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Town Council is collecting feedback for the Town of Manning Bylaw implentation regarding Cannabis. Print copies of the survey were also included in resident's July utility invoices. To view the proposed bylaw or to ask questions about the proposed bylaw, please contact the CAO Bob Cardwell via the town office. Click the link below to proceed with the online survey.
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In this novel, Neef is a mortal changeling. When a fairy changeling was exchanged for her, Neef was brought to New York Between. Her fairy godmother and godfather have raised her to be a proper subject of the Green Lady, Genius of Central Park.
Astris is a giant rat. She is also Neef's fairy godmother.
The Pooka is a trickster and Neef's godfather. He likes to take people on wild rides and dump them in the lake, but he only protects Neef.
Tiffany is an upperclassperson at Miss Van Loon's School for Mortal Changelings. She is almost ready to graduate.
Bergdorf is another student at the school. She is the sidekick of Tiffany.
In this story, Astris and the Pooka decide that Neef needs to go to the School for Mortal Changelings. Her godparents tell her about the school the day before she is to attend. Of course, being fairy, they know nothing about the school curriculum (see Rule 3).
Naturally, Neef is very confused. She is also hot, so Neef goes down to the duck pond and takes a swim. When she returns to the castle, the Pooka has strewn her clothes all over the kitchen.
Her godparents are trying to find her proper clothes to wear to school.Read more ›
I initially picked up Changeling on a whim at my local library after running across it on Amazon. I have no prejudice against YA books and will read them for enjoyment on occasion. Many are a let-down though, and I feel often that such books "talk down" to their youth audience, or try too hard to "sound" hip and young. Changeling didn't do that. It simply gave you a wonderful, classically inspired and good-old-fashioned fairy tale set in modern New York City.
I'm pleased to say that The Magic Mirror of the Mermaid Queen continues this same setting and characters and builds on the first book. The story continues past the first book's conclusion and gives us new challenges for the main character, Neef, to conquer. We meet some new characters along the way and in traditional "hero's quest" format, Neef not only ultimately succeeds in her goals but learns important lessons about herself and life along the way.
I highly recommend both of these books to young and old alike. They are a good way to introduce kids to myths and literary characters they might not have been as exposed to in the modern media (especially not in their more classic presentations) and a fun way for adults to remember hearing fairy tales with such creatures/characters from their own youth.
Now she's becoming the Official Changeling of Central Park, and in this Ambassadorial role, she has to find the Magic Mirror, negotiate with the nasty Genius of the Harbor, and rescue her friends - all while keeping up her grades at Miss Van Loon's School for Mortal Changelings. This is Neef with a more confident voice, tougher adventures, and new friendships. And if, like me, you're a fan of New York Between - here it is again.
This book should appeal to young fantasy readers of all ages from about 9 or 10 upward - and their parents.

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I love the tiered trays that are everywhere now. It's so much fun to have a small seasonal decoration.
I do appreciate the current decor trends. Look how adorable this St. Patrick teired tray is that I found on Pinterest.
My creative endeavors always tend to more boho, repurposed found treasures. Here is the one I decorated.
Mine is not as colorful but it has treasures that I love!

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Evolution and Inheritance has been on the primary school curriculum for over 12 months now, and the biggest concern seems to be how dry the curriculum content can be. But this doesn’t have to be the case – sometimes a new approach can make a real difference. How about teaching evolution through stories?
It is relatively easy to find news stories linked to evolution. The most common are new fossil discoveries. A recent favourite, about a fossil within a fossil within a fossil, is the perfect way to demonstrate how fossils help scientists to understand more about ancient food chains. Asking students to discuss what it might show would be a fantastic starting point for a discussion.
Another great option for a new story starter is to focus on the growing urban fox community. The British public love to hate urban foxes, and they are never far from the headlines. The curriculum states that children must understand that animals’ adaptations help them to survive in their environment. Any story about urban foxes introduces the idea that some animals’ adaptations are suited more than one habitat. You could try reading this article as a class and then splitting into two groups. What conclusions can the class draw from a debate? Would they rather be urban or rural foxes? Do they have any ideas about why foxes have started changing their habitat to live in cities?
A lighter option for the historical aspects of evolution might be to use a comic book. There are lots of fantastic specialist comics out there, covering a range of topics including Shakespeare, science and history. This extract from Charles Darwin and the Theory of Natural Selection shows the moment Charles Darwin realised each of his finches collected on the Galapagos Islands had a differently shaped beak.
Each finch had adapted to suit the food available on the island they lived on. Children may not have noticed that birds have different beaks, so a practical investigation is a great next step. Giving children chopsticks, tweezers, straws and spoons to replicate different beaks and seeing how they could be helpful in feeding or building nests will help build understanding.
Whether it’s through a recent news story, historical comic, or even creating your own Just So tales about how animals evolved, stories are a wonderful way to bring evolution to life. Evolution is relatively new, and might seem tricky, but there are just as many engaging opportunities for lively debate and interesting investigations as any other aspect of primary science. It’s just a case of finding the most exciting angle!

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Letter: Political ignorance
Rep. Larry Miller, District 88
In reference to the offensive tweets about Muhammad Ali issued by state Rep. Martin Daniel, it has recently become evident that I work with some of the most hypocritical, grandstanding, headline-grabbing politicians in the nation (“Knoxville lawmaker hits Ali for resisting draft,” June 7 article).
Some Tennessee lawmakers, usually Republicans, are seeking to become national spokespeople for their personal political causes. But contrary to what they believe, they are embarrassing themselves, their constituents and all Tennesseans.
We have denied health care to 300,000 Tennesseans and consistently underfunded education, while at the same time, sponsored legislation to make the Bible the state book and give guns to everyone along with other backward legislation that’s too numerous to mention.
Now we have the national embarrassment of Rep. Daniel’s ignorant comments. Ali was much more than a boxer. He was a poet, civil rights leader, innovator, businessman, religious leader and child of God.
Muhammad Ali changed the world for the better. Rep. Daniel, what have you changed for the better?


Bicycles can take up a lot of needed space when stored on the ground in a garage. To solve this problem, consider hanging bikes from the ceiling. Here’s how:
- Purchase heavy duty, plastic coated hooks from the home center to support the weight and prevent scratches on your bike.
- Locate the ceiling joist in the space above the garage where you plan to hang the bike by finding them in the attic and transferring these measurements to the garage wall, or by using a stud finder on the garage ceiling.
- Mark the location of the joist on the garage ceiling.
- Drill a pilot hole slightly smaller than the threads on the screw hooks and install one of the hooks.
- Measure the distance between the wheel centers on the bike and drill and install a second hook that distance from the first one to support both wheels of the bike in an inverted position.
- Repeat this process to hang more bikes.
- You can also add ceiling hooks attached to a chain and horizontal pipe for overhead plant storage.
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BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- China has been improving the legal protection of intellectual property rights (IPR), according to a press conference of the State Council Information Office (SCIO) on Tuesday.
The press conference, focusing on "reform and opening up and IPR development," introduced China's achievements in IPR protection.
China has built a sound legal system in protecting IPR, with the laws including those on trademark, patent, copyright and anti-unfair competition enacted and enforced.
China has experienced huge changes in pushing forward the legal protection within no more than 20 years, said Wu Handong, former professor of Economics and Law at Zhongnan University.
More patent lawsuits among overseas companies were chosen to be conducted in China. This is a signal of holding confidence in China's judicial judgment and preference for the Chinese market, said Yang Wu, head of All-China Patent Attorneys Association.
China began to accept patent applications in 1985 and in 2017, the country saw 1.38 million invention patent applications, leading the world for the seventh year.

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Ducati are making their move both on and off the track in the 2016 transfer market. At Laguna Seca a fired-up Chaz Davies was quickest in the second session of the US Round, which concluded in the middle of the night in Europe. The Welshman lapped in 1’23.833, just four-tenths of a second away from the lap record, to finish ahead of the Kawasakis of Tom Sykes (a gap of 0.156s) and Jonathan Rea, fourth at +0.398s. Ahead of the Cannibal, who was quickest in the morning session, there is also Davide Giugliano in third place, 0.225s behind despite a harmless crash. For the next season Ducati have got one eye on Alex Lowes, currently in Suzuki: with the two factory riders Davies and Giugliano close to being reconfirmed, the 24 year-old Brit could become the third rider for Althea Racing, the satellite team very close to Borgo Panigale. Always assuming that Althea lose interest in Marco Melandri, whom they offered the possibility of racing the final three rounds in Spain, France and Qatar.
LATEST TRANSFER NEWS – Rea and Sykes are clearly staying put next year and so Kawasaki have already finalized their line-up. Ducati are down to the fine print with Chaz Davies “and intend to confirm Davide Giugliano” pointed out team manager Serafino Foti. However, the position of the Italian is still a topic of discussion, because the aim is to sign Alex Lowes, an interesting prospect for the future but still an unknown factor due to the scarce competitiveness of the Suzuki. The 24 year-old British rider could flank Davies, or be handed over to Althea with the full technical support of the internal race department. There is also another candidate for the Ducati slot in Michele Pirro, who at the age of 28 is crying out for a shot at the world championship but who is extremely useful as a MotoGP tester. Davide Giugliano is also on the shopping-list of BMW Italia, who already have the green light from Munich for a two-rider S1000RR line-up in 2016. One place will be for 21 year-old Markus Reiterberger, who is dominating the German series and who is a protégé of the Group’s top management.
REPORT – Kawasaki kicked off the Californian weekend with Rea and Sykes ahead of the red Italian bikes, but in the afternoon, with the track much hotter (43°C compared with 30°C), the order was reversed. Davies raced in the American series for two seasons (2008-9) with a Kawasaki Attack, he knows Laguna Seca well and he really got the Panigale to fly. “On this track the twins are really competitive,” said Tom Sykes, who won here in 2013 – his title year – as well as last season. The Panigale also went well in the hands of Niccolò Canepa in an excellent fifth place: here the rider from Genoa was quick twelve months ago with the same bike. “To get a good result, you have to do well in Superpole, because the front row is really important,” declared Davies. So far, Chaz is the only rider to win with the Panigale 1199R, last April at Aragon, when he blitzed Rea.
MERCADO INJURED – It was a painful end to the day for Argentina’s Leandro Mercado, who had a violent crash on his out lap from the pits, breaking a bone in his left foot. He will go for a check up on Saturday morning but should be OK. A curious thing is that Barni Racing, the satellite Ducati team, has doubled up to follow the penultimate round of the CIV domestic series at Imola, where Michele Pirro (Ducati’s MotoGP test rider) can win the Italian title early. There was also an early crash for Ayrton Badovini, who was sixth in the morning and who ended up twelfth. Aprilia are looking quite competitive again with Haslam in sixth ahead of Torres. There are six-tenths to make up “but we only used one tyre per session, we’re not looking at the times, the race is the most important thing,” said Leon who will celebrate his 200th SBK start here.
TIMES (combined FP1/2): 1. Davies (GB-Ducati) 1’23.633; 2. Sykes (GB-Kawasaki) 1’23.789; 3. Giugliano (Ita-Ducati) 1’23.858; 4. Rea (GB-Kawasaki) 1’24.021; 5. Canepa (Ita-Ducati) 1’24.143; 6. Haslam (GB-Aprilia) 1’24.240; 7. Torres (Spa-Aprilia) 1’24.384; 8. De Puniet (Fra-Suzuki) 1’24.598; 9. Lowes A. (GB-Suzuki) 1’24.628; 10. Guintoli (Fra-Honda) 1’24.742; 11. Salom (Spa-Kawasaki) 1’24.820; 12. Badovini (Ita-BMW) 1’24.824; 13. Camier (GB-MV Agusta) 1’25.496; 14. Van der Mark (Ola-Honda) 1’25.636; 15. Baiocco (Ita-Ducati) 1’25.810; 16. Ramos (Spa-Kawasaki) 1’26.393; 17. Mercado (Arg-Ducati) 1’26.634; 18. Rizmeyer (Ung-BMW) 1’26.878; 19. Ponsson (Fra-Kawasaki) 1’27.117; 20. Barragan (Spa-Kawasaki) 1’27.579; 21. Vizziello (Ita-Kawasaki) 1’28.164; 22. Toth (Ung-BMW) 1’28.532.
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Audubon Speaker Series
Midway Atoll: 60 People and 2 Million Birds
Dave Hartley and Jeanine Lovett
San Francisco: Thursday, July 15
7 p.m. refreshments, 7:30 p.m. program
Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge has opened to small groups of visitors again. This nature lover’s paradise supports 17 seabird species, including the largest Laysan Albatross colony in the world. Dave Hartley and Jeanine Lovett’s presentation is based on a trip they took to the atoll in 2009. Through photographs, they will show life in the Albatross colony—including Laysan, Black-footed, and Short-tailed Albatrosses—along with Red-tailed Tropicbirds, Red-footed Boobies, Great Frigatebirds, White Terns, and Laysan Ducks. They will also discuss the environmental issues affecting the atoll.
Dave Hartley, born and educated in England, has lived in the Bay Area since 1997. A passionate photographer, he has visited all seven continents, including three trips to Antarctica. Jeanine Lovett was born and raised in San Diego, and studied art and design in San Francisco. She works as a freelance graphics designer and, like Dave, is a passionate photographer. Dave and Jeanine were married in Antarctica
San Francisco programs have moved to the First Unitarian Universalist Church and Center located at 1187 Franklin street (at Geary)

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Evanston, WY (News4Utah) – Utahns with fistfuls of cash and dreams of riches had 667 million reasons to make the drive to this border town Tuesday, all hoping to win a record Mega Millions Lottery jackpot worth two-thirds of a billion dollars.
A steady stream of Lotto players from Utah filed into Discount Liquors about 4 miles from the state line to purchase tickets for the Tuesday night drawing.
Dave O’Connell is the co-owner of Discount Liquors.
“Probably 75 percent business from lottery is Utah,” O’Connell told News4Utah. “The other is local or travelling through or whatever but Utah is our main business.”
“Evanston is one of the closest places to get it from where I live,” Salt Lake City resident Julie Jolley. “But it’s also better that going to Idaho because there’s no state tax in Wyoming.
Lynn Stark of West Point was there buying tickets from him and his wife and had plans for the jackpot.
“Of course it would be sharing with family and friends,” Starks said. “Also you know charitable type things too but the first thing would be pay off the bills.”
Fred and Sue St. Pierre from Aurora, Utah made the trek to buy $100 worth of tickets.
“We’re going to win it for sure,” Sue said.
And what would they do with two-thirds of a billion dollars?
“Pay off bills,” Fred said.
“Pay off bills, help family, you know family, we’ll share,” Sue said. “Luxuries? You bet. Maybe a houseboat.”
Jolley said she would buy a house.
“The house. Definitely the house. It’s gotta have a pool and a library,” Jolley said. “It’s fun to hope and it’s fun to figure out what you would do because it’s kind of like a puzzle. It’s like if you actually won, what would you do and what would you have to avoid?”
Fred St. Pierre said a winning ticket would be his ticket to retirement.
“I’ve been working 40 years in a coal mine I’d retire,” he said. “Immediately.”


Judicial Watch Submits FOIAs for Hillary Clinton Emails, Lawsuits Could Follow In Twenty Days
MARCH 05, 2015
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it has submitted three Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the Department of State seeking access to the previously secret government emails of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, including any emails about the terrorist attack on the U.S. Benghazi facility.
Judicial Watch submitted the FOIA requests on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 seeking:
- The 55,000 pages of emails received by the Department of State from former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton: from October 1, 2014, to present.
- Any and all emails sent or received by former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in her official capacity as Secretary of State during her tenure: from February 2, 2009, to January 31, 2013.
- Any and all emails of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton concerning, regarding or relating to the September 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya: from September 11, 2012, to January 31, 2013
The State Department lawfully must provide these documents, or a justification for withholding them, to Judicial Watch within 20 working days, or be subject to federal lawsuits under FOIA.
“There are nearly 20 lawsuits and dozens of other FOIA requests that may have been compromised by Mrs. Clinton’s secret email accounts,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “We are tired of the Obama/Clinton shell games and will sue as soon as the law allows if this administration continues to unlawfully withhold this material from the American people. In the meantime, we have placed the Department of Justice and the State Department on notice that we expect all secret State Department email accounts, including those of Hillary Clinton, to be secured and searched as the law requires.
“We have no doubt that our 20 Freedom of Information lawsuits against the State Department, one of which led to the creation of the House Select Committee on Benghazi last year, forced the State Department to finally admit to Hillary Clinton’s illicit concealment of government records.”
As of today, there are 10 active Judicial Watch FOIA lawsuits against the State Department that may be impacted by the Clinton email scandal. Since President Obama took office, Judicial Watch has filed at least 20 Freedom of Information Act lawsuits against the State Department, including one yesterday seeking emails from Hillary Clinton and her top aide Huma Abedin.


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Have you ever thought about buying Rocket League but haven’t tried it yet? Is your moment! Players on Steam and with an Xbox One Live Gold subscription will be able to play Rocket League in full FREE from July 5 to 9. During this period the players you can enjoy all the game modesboth casual and competitive, as well as the latest Salty Shores Arena map.
Also, if you later want to buy the game, you will find it at half price both on Steam and on the XBox One Microsoft Store, including all the DLCs.
Official Site | Rocket League

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The amount of undeserved praise this album gets is astonishing. Now, while it's obvious that creating an album full of mostly unoriginal, somewhat watered down gothenburg riffs on downtuned guitars, having a bassplayer just for show and getting a vocalist with decent abilities and misusing them, the resulting musical rubbish can't really be called good in any way. To juice this astonishingly mediocre attempt at metal with folk instruments and using some folkish guitar leads here and there apparently sounded like a good idea to these guys, but let's be honest. Average at best gothenburg and celtic folk music are not a very common and certainly not a very good combination, no matter how scarcely the actually folkish parts are sprinkled over the album, especially if no noticeable attempt at actually fusing the styles together has been made. No, playing saccharine, cheesy and extremely mediocre melodeath where good riffs are hard to come by and adding folk instruments on top seemingly just for show doesn't work at all. If the bass player Eluveitie has is only for show, their folk elements are even more so, since they're actually quite audible, but the little interludes aside, there isn't really any folk to be found from ”Slania”. Certainly, many great albums have been recorded using folk elements in metal, but bands like Moonsorrow actually let a respectable amount of folk music in their metal and blend it in a very interesting and very functioning manner, whereas the redundant folk parts of ”Slania” are simply glued on top of the steaming pile that their melodeath is.
The most prominent aspect of ”Slania” is clearly the melodeath. While some folkishness has been brought to the riffing, or at least the guitar leads where they appear, this is essentially melodeath. The interplay between heavy rhythm guitars and drumming, which adds considerable amounts of heaviness to the music (though attempts at brutality, like usually in melodeath, have all failed here) sticks out the most. Moderately high-pitched screams give a lot of aggression to the sound, and there are also some female vocals aswell as chanted male vocals for the softer, supposedly more atmospheric parts. The folk instruments really don't make much of a difference, even less than the bass, which appears to be there solely for the sake of providing more punch to the sound. In that, it succeeded: the guitars have a full tone and sound quite excellent, the drums have punch and are performed with precision, and overall, both the production and the performances are not bad at all, but the production leaves no space for bass other than the modest role of simply complementing the tone, and as a result, there's no way to tell what the bassist is actually doing aside from playing root notes, it's far from satisfying. If Eluveitie did pull off that department decently, the real problems of the album lie in the most important part of the music: the content.
”Slania” is extremely disappointing, but unlike in most cases, it's not because it could've been good. No, it's clear from the beginning that this album was deemed to be this mediocre. It's rather the asinine attempt at blending these styles of which the most prominent one is pulled off with zero inspiration, and how superficial, shallow and irritatingly pointless the result is. The music isn't necessarily boring, and there aren't too many headache-inducing parts (aside from the extreme cheesiness, terrible metalcore parts where the band seems to forget that pseudo-brutal chugging doesn't equal quality or good melodeath, and not to forget the strange rhythmic choices that often seem to draw down the melodeath parts of the music), but the fact that this album offers little of any actual value, so little satisfaction or pleasure other than that of the most instant and superficial type which quickly wears off, that it becomes very irritating to listen to before long. Fans of simplistic melodeath with a gothenburg sound and a metalcoreish edge might find the melodeath insides of this album appealing, at least initially, but it won't take long to realise how redundant and meaningless it actually is. The gimmicky folk elements are little more than a nuisance, and don't improve the music at all, since the core of the music is helplessly mediocre in any light you can look at it. It seems as if the melodeath trivel is there solely to provide a background for the folk metal gimmick so it can be fully displayed, and since no real effort was put into creating metal music with folk elements in it, and the core itself is beyond repair, it's not that hard to guess how low the quality of this album is.
Not everything about ”Slania” is terrible, however. It's not nerve-grating to listen to, really, as long as you can tolerate the recycled and uninnovative riffing and unrelated folk elements bluntly taped on top of it, because it is rather accessible, and while it features rather few good moments (some of the best being in ”Gray Sublime Archon”, where the melodic chorus actually manages to express some emotion and even create something slightly resembling of atmosphere), there are equally few that make your brain hurt. Extremely good production makes the music flow smoothly despite all the blunders and severe lackings in the content, so the album is certainly not painful to listen to. But then, there's really nothing to justify all the hype and praise either. While fellated over their supposedly beautiful blend of celtic folk and melodeath, on ”Slania”, fiddles, flutes and such instruments are simply used for leads like any other instrument could've been, and while they don't necessarily sound bad or out-of-place, they really add nothing at all to the music, other than replacing guitars as lead instruments: the music itself is definitely not folkish, barely even folk metal, and mainly so because of the redundancy of the folk instruments used, and the lack of actual folk in the music itself despite the image it tries to give with all those folky leads and whatnot. It's really quite depressing how the entire concept behind this album keeps digging its own grave deeper and deeper with each listen. It's also saddening that the little quality that ”Slania” has comes from the gothenburg foundations of the music, and while the folk elements aren't really hindering the music, they serve absolutely no purpose either, other than for existing for the sake of existing; making this folk metal, I guess.
”Slania” might be an interesting album to check out if looking for gothenburg with folk instruments, because even if the substance is near nonexistent, it's not something you hear every day. The great production provides a relatively tolerable listening experience despite the lack of quality and originality, and everything is so average and inoffensive that it will hardly make anyone want to kill themselves. As unambiguous and one-dimensional as it is, ”Slania” is definitely an easy album to listen to as long as you can tolerate gothenburg. But is this art? Is there anything of high quality here, or anything really worth mentioning other than the fact that this band plays gothenburg metal with flutes and pipes? The answer is pretty much no. In all its accessibility and ear-friendliness, and even the occasional head-nodding moments, this album has neither anything interesting or terrible, but it's nothing more than a sum of seemingly unrelated and random elements meagerly sewn together in a crude mesh which provides an unremarkable and extremely mediocre whole of old and worn out ideas and something new and moderately unconventional elements in an awkward combination. Needless to say, that doesn't equal innovation, or good music for that matter.


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Philip Morris International (PM) is now seeking approval from the FDA for IQOS, a smokeless “heat-not-burn” tobacco device. While this product is already sold in more than 30 countries, PM is trying to sell it as the first “reduced-risk” tobacco product ever sold in the US. The device uses real tobacco in the form of a stick, as opposed to e-cigarettes which use nicotine-laced liquids. Instead of undergoing a combustion process, the tobacco stick is heated by the device only enough to release a nicotine-containing vapor.
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OKLAHOMA CITY – President Trump's critics won’t get their kicks on Route 66 under an Oklahoma legislator’s proposal to rename a small stretch of the iconic roadway after the president.
TAFT, Okla. – Tess Harjo, 28, couldn’t restraint her joy. She hugged and hugged her aunts, her grandmother and other relatives, one after another, on her first day of freedom from prison in nearly two years.
NORMAN — Oklahoma cornerback Tre Brown’s sack of Sam Ehlinger resulted in a safety during last year’s Big 12 title game, and arguably became OU’s best defensive highlight of last season.
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I layered the collages a bit more yesterday – I worked fairly quickly and improvisationally because I was sitting there umming and ahhing and not actually glueing anything down so I decided just to get on with it and then see what I thought of them!
Here’s the blue one – I wanted to do something with leaves as I am so drawn to them at the moment.
I may add more or do something else to this one. Not sure yet.
This is the one with the brown background. I like this better in the photo than I did yesterday looking at the original!
This is as far as I have got with the green one but it isn’t finished yet…
I also made another background. This uses some of the mulberry paper as well.
In the latest studio reorganisation I turned my table 90 degrees and put all the paints and related stuff into an old vegetable rack. I like this.
You can see how much clutter there is on the ‘collage table’ at the moment! Plenty of stuff to keep me going for a while!
And of course moving the paints left some shelves free for my ‘inspiration’ files and notebooks…


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California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom recently debunked some common right-wing claims about crime and the reality is quite a doozy.
He also called out the Democratic Party for not including direct refutation of GOP misinformation in DNC messaging.
Republicans love to talk about blue states as though they are bastions of crime, but the statistics tell a completely different story.
You can watch an excerpt of Newsom refuting GOP rhetoric on crime here:
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On Tuesday’s Alex Wagner Tonight on MSNBC, host Wagner played a clip of Newsom from May when he addressed the leaked draft of the Supreme Court’s decision on Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization overturning Roe v Wade, eliminating reproductive freedom as a right.
Newsom told a gathered crowd:
“Where’s the Democratic Party? Where’s the party?"
"Why aren’t we standing up more firmly, more resolutely?"
"Why aren’t we calling this out?”
Wagner then asked California's Democratic governor:
"How lacking are we at the national level in the Democratic Party?"
"There’s no doubt that states are on the front lines of the rights battles, period, full stop."
“I’m not going to deny the substantive challenges our party has as well—addressing those tough and pressing issues."
He added the Democratic Party has a messaging problem.
"It’s not just a messaging problem, but a messaging problem that has persisted for years and years. Constantly on the defense."
Newsom then addressed common GOP rhetoric—blue states are lawless and crime riddled due to liberal gun policies.
"Eight of the top ten states with the highest murder rates—all are Republican states.”
“How do Democrats not know that?"
"In fact, it’s really nine out of 10 because Georgia, which went for Biden, it’s clearly a Republican state or at least a red state."
"Eight out of 10. And we’re losing that message?"
Newsom then fired back at Texas, one of the red states that often vilifies California in their GOP messaging.
"Crime is higher, as well as taxes here for the average citizen in Texas.”
The California Democrat was in Austin, Texas over the weekend for the Texas Tribune Festival.
“It’s higher—crime higher, violent crime and property crimes—than in the state of California."
"Sixty-seven percent higher gun death rate in Texas. Why don’t we push back?"
When Wagner asked why Democrats don't push back on Republican misinformation, he replied:
"I don’t know. I’m optimistic about our ability turns around if we go on offense."
Newsom then cited his own efforts to push back.
"That’s why I’m doing the billboards. That’s why I’m doing these ads."
"That’s why I’m doing these TV commercials in other states."
"Take it to them and take it to that damn social media."
True to his word, Newsom shared a clip of the interview on his Twitter account.
\u201cHere\u2019s what the @GOP don\u2019t want you to know:\n\n- 8 of the 10 states with the highest murder rates are Republican states\n\n- CA actually has lower middle class tax rates than TX\n\n- The gun death rate in Texas is 67% higher\n\n@WagnerTonight\u201d— Gavin Newsom (@Gavin Newsom) 1664340564
A lot of Twitter users agreed wholeheartedly with Newsom's assessment.
\u201c@GavinNewsom @GOP @WagnerTonight Absolutely spot on everything my CA Governor @GavinNewsom said tonight about forcefully, succinctly calling out the GOP at every opportunity\u2026Dems need to make these opportunities & take our messages to people from coast to coast. Thx @WagnerTonight for the segment. \u2696\ufe0f\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udf0a\u201d— Gavin Newsom (@Gavin Newsom) 1664340564
\u201cGavin Newsom on Alex Wagner's show - Where is the Democratic message? Why aren't we speaking out against these facists? DEM leaders need to call it like it is. He's right. We need to get focused. Call out the red states that have higher gun deaths, poverty and crime. Let's go!\u201d— Jane Cates (@Jane Cates) 1664327905
\u201c@GavinNewsom @GOP @WagnerTonight Yes, I believe Democrats need to go on the attack more. The narrative is important and we shouldn\u2019t be allowing Republicans to control that.\u201d— Gavin Newsom (@Gavin Newsom) 1664340564
Many of Newsom's constituents were very happy with his interview on Alex Wagner Tonight.
\u201c@GavinNewsom @GOP @WagnerTonight Facts and truth\u2014powerful. Great job, Governor! \ud83d\udc4f\u201d— Gavin Newsom (@Gavin Newsom) 1664340564
\u201c@GavinNewsom @EmmaPeele3 @GOP @WagnerTonight You were great on @WagnerTonight ! I\u2019m so proud to have you as my Governor. Keep up the fight! \u2764\ufe0f\u201d— Gavin Newsom (@Gavin Newsom) 1664340564
\u201c@GavinNewsom @GOP @WagnerTonight that was a great interview with @alexwagner - so grateful you're taking the fight to the lying, fearmongering, civil rights reversing @GOP\u201d— Gavin Newsom (@Gavin Newsom) 1664340564
The California governor didn't cite a source for his crime claims.
Centers for Disease Control homicide statistics go only to 2020 and do not encompass all the crimes Newsom referenced in some of his comments.
According to the CDC, in 2020 the top seven of 10 states for homicide were so-called red states—those that voted for a Republican in the last presidential election.
As of the 2020 CDC statistical data, Georgia ranked 11th in homicide rate.
While the homicide data is from 2020 and incomplete, it does lend credence to Newsom's assertion about red versus blue states and discredit the GOP rhetoric on crime.
Whether the DNC decides to start using that information in their messaging remains to be seen.


Sunday, May 15, 2011
Chinese Democracy II
So about 4 years ago.. maybe 5. One late night I was just surfing on the internet... I'm not sure how I got to the web page but I came across this page which documented the behavior of Axel Rose after the break up of Guns N Roses. I stayed up longer than I wanted.. but it was worth it. I found his over egotistical, over obsessive behavior hilarious from all the information gathered by the owner of the page.
This is just some stuff...
There was a long list of people he fired from his new band. Managers.. and a list just about as long of all the people he tried to sue.
Geffen Records promises Axl a $1 million bonus if he delivers a new Guns N Roses album by March 1 of the following year.
Year after year the album was rumored to be coming out.. It was also rumored to have been redone 5 times.
Tour were scheduled and canceled. Shows were canceled at the last minute leading to riots.
12.06.02: Philadelphia First Union Center: On the night of the show, Guns n Roses cancels their scheduled concert around 11 p.m. Fans had been waiting for several hours for the show to begin. A spokesman claims one of the band member’s is sick. The fans riot. The media reports that Axl never left New York and that he was watching a basketball game on TV.
The band the Offspring at one point threatened to use the title Chinese Democracy for their album title, but backed down at the threat of being sued by Axel Rose who is always suing someone every year. I actually met in RL a guy who was friends with the lead singer of The Offspring. I asked him about it and he said (Dexter) thought it was funny... I said so did I. lol.
March 2005: A New York Times article about Chinese Democracy titled “The Most Expensive Album Never Made” states that production costs have reached $13 million.
At one point Dr. Pepper announced it would give everyone in the United States a free soft drink if Axel Rose released Chinese Democracy
Does this behavior remind you of anyone? Yesterday was supposed to be this huge event where everyone was treated to the "the most advanced SL machinima film ever created, combining an array of powerful directorial techniques, stunning visual effects shots, custom animations, sound effects and sound editing, and a dark, mysterious storyline with some breathtaking sexual scenes to boot."
Where is it?
I'm mean to boast something like that and not produce is rather embarrassing. Especially throwing a party for it. What were you thinking? Seriously... having a party for something that is delayed yet again? LOL. I guess some ego-stroking was needed.
I mean you have such high praise for your own work... shouldn't you let others decide how good it is? You haven't done anything in a sense.. but release a small trailer which wasn't that hard to make. Text wipe with a optical flare effects and color key and adding a different background. That's really it. Yet you can go boast your stuff is the best? Over others who have produced great work. It's really insulting to people like Serenity Juneberry, Rysan Falls, Tox Menges, Pixie Rain and many others.
Lesson #1 in machinima making.. figure out where you are going to upload the movie.. you would think you would of had that part figured out in the last 5 months. I guess when you are preoccupied with patting yourself on the back for such a job well done... you tend to forget things like that.
I for one can't wait to see it..that's if it ever does come out. The build up..all the claims. I pretty sure that this "movie" is more sizzle than steak.
With that said I must get back to my new movie project.. Sultrina! Keep and eye out for the party!
I leave you with a good machinima that actually did come out. man vs second life 2
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Skip to comments.Fake Guitars Seized From Oakdale Music Shop (Counterfeit Gibsons)
Posted on 09/18/2007 5:14:02 PM PDT by Drew68
An Oakdale music store owner was arrested Monday for selling fake versions of the legendary Gibson guitar at his Montauk Highway shop, the Suffolk police said.
Investigators seized 15 fake Gibsons from the store, the police said.
Bernard Musumeci, 44, of 2 Domino Way, Centereach, surrendered to the police Monday night, and was charged with trademark counterfeiting.
After he was released, Musumeci turned over another 18 guitars from his home, and Gibson Guitar Corp. experts will determine whether they're authentic.
The arrest came after a two-month investigation by Fifth Squad detectives, working in conjunction with the Nashville-based Gibson company.
After authorities were alerted that Musumeci may have been selling fakes at Oakdale Music, at 925 Montauk Hwy., an undercover security expert from Gibson determined that several guitars from the store were, indeed, counterfeit.
Suffolk detectives applied for and executed a search warrant earlier this week and the 15 guitars, all of which were determined to be counterfeit, were seized at the music store.
Now based in Nashville, the original Gibson Guitar and Mandolin Company was founded in 1894 in Kalamazoo, Mich., by shoe clerk and musician Orville Gibson.
Gibson now produces what many consider the world's foremost guitars, especially reissues of the Les Paul model first manufactured in 1952.
Authentic Gibsons are pricey. An original 1959 Gibson Les Paul Flame Top guitar was listed on eBay Monday at a buy-it-now price of nearly $100,000. And a 2007 reissue of the same guitar was listed for $4,500.
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A lot of people think so. there is a great debate going on over on the various guitar forums about Gibson vs. Heritage. The Heritage Les Pauls used a lot of the features that Gibson used in the 1950s but discontinued later for cost-cutting reasons.
I didn't think Heritage was still in business? I had figured the Gibson's lawyers had long ago shut them down.
Having owned several of these now “vintage guitars” I don’t see what all the hubub was about. In most cases, the originals had very poor quality of materials and workmanship. I guess that it that they are now 50 years old and that is the allure.
My latest axe is a custom guitar where the materials and workmanship are second to perfect and about the same price as the average Gibson.
I have a mid-70’s Gibson ES347 which is pretty smooth and of excellent quality. Many of the mid-70’s to mid-80’s Les Paul’s had some pretty funky quirks about them with setting up the intonation and harmonics and would not sustain very well.
Nope; not worth going digging for...
I’ve been buying and selling old guitars since about 1968. I used to insist on playing older, vintage guitars with fetish value. But as the prices of these older instruments has climbed, I now feel that much of the hoopla is pure fetish. There are valid arguments on both sides of the old vs. new issue.
On one hand, to some extent, most musical instruments (other than the violin family) are mechanical devices plus sounding devices. It is true that for most acoustic instruments, aged woods can impart tonal qualities that simply cannot be duplicated with newer woods. That is, if they were quality instruments to begin with. Not all old ones are great guitars. It is also true that SOME high quality older instruments have certain intangible inspirational qualities to them. Some of this is imaginary, but some is not. I’ve owned and played older guitars that have amazing “vibe” to them.
But, as a fan of Strats and having owned well over a hundred vintage examples over the years, I recently bought a near new one on ebay, never having actually played it. I knew, though, from playing others of that specific model, that this model had a neck profile that I really liked, was unavailable elsewhere, and was a precision-made deal. I’m about the last one who would reco a new guitar over and old one, but this one utterly devastates any one of the six 35+ year old ones I own. Maybe tonally it isn’t quite as good as my favorite old ones, but it’s better in every quantifiable way. And after you run it through effects and whatever, the tonal differences are pretty much swamped.
Better or worse, older or newer, is pretty subjective. I owned a 1959 Strat that was an absolute dog, both sound wise and playability wise. I’ve owned a very low-end Squier guitar, which is a Korean $139 Strat that had a killer, knockout neck and made a super guitar with a drop-in pickup upgrade ($150). I will say that a brand new or near new guitar (or most any other instrument) will tend to have much more uniform mechanics. Likewise, older instruments in the era I happen to prefer (say 1957-1968) more often than not have wear-based mechanical issues that (in some, many cases) you can’t fix because fixing them will de-originalize them, and/or they are too valuable to take out and jam on in a sleazy bar. In fact, the more valuable some of these things get, the more they seem like liabilities.
You are correct. The vintage market has been taken over by collectors driving the prices of sub-standard guitars through the roof. 1970s era Gibsons and Fenders used to be considered inferior (not that there weren't some good ones made during the 1970s) but now command top dollar.
Even today's Indonesian, Korean and Chinese made Squires and Epiphones are often better instruments, playability-wise, than 1970s era American made Fenders and Gibsons but they have no collectible value.
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I have a Samick. It is my "take to the boat guitar" for when I deploy to sea. It is basically a double cutaway Les Paul with a set neck. I replaced the p'ups with DiMarzios. It is a great little guitar and a lot of fun to play! Since it only set me back about $250, I don't worry about it. It has great action and a nice, slim neck. It is heavier than my Les Paul, though!
I have a Godin SD that has excellent sound that is made in Canada and assembled in N.H. Great clean sound and versatile, an excellent jack-of-all-trades guitar!
How can I tell the difference between an original Gibson Air Guitar and a cheap knock off?
Boy, that one would fool almost anybody! When they are that new(ish), you can’t even judge from tarnished solder joints or older pots/caps inside the body cavity.
One of the guitarists in my band owns 9 genuine Les Pauls. To each his own I guess.
That's why the "vintage re-issue" and "reliced" lines of guitars have become so popular. Owners of valuable, collectible vintage instruments can leave their priceless guitars at home and hit the road with a worn, "reliced" version that is identicle to their prized vintage guitar but worth only a fraction of the original.
I did some google research on these Chicom Gibsons when I noticed them en mass on eBay last year. It was something about buying a ‘59 Les Paul re-issue for $20 with $175 shipping that made me curious.
End result was I found an Chicom goods importer website where they had thousands of items that had to be ordered in bulk and could be customized to your specs, whatever you wanted it to look like they would do; The musical instrument inventory section showed a picture of a knock-off Les Paul.
My $150 Chinese Epiphone plays better than my 1972 Les Paul Anniversary special (which I sold).
There are other teletale signs as well.
For one. The headstock is too big. The inlays on the neck are wrong and the ‘bell’ cover is shaped wrong and also too big.
It’s like they took a Les Paul and an Epiphone and combined them.
I’m sure if you took it about it probably has cheap electronics in it as well.
This is true, but the ‘57 “relic’ed” Strats I’ve seen still seem to cost at least in the upper $2K range.
I’m personally fond of the “Strat Plus” models that were made from about 1989 to about 1997. These had the roller nut, Sperzel or Schaller tuners, and the Lace pu’s (which are not that great sounding but they are loud and resistant to dimmer noise) AFAIK, these were the first Fenders to have a “rolled” finish process applied to the fret-edges which is very friendly to my hand. Great “out” guitar.


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Samuel Willard (January 31, 1640 – September 12, 1707) was an American Puritan clergyman. He was born in Concord, Massachusetts, graduated from Harvard College in 1659, and was minister at Groton from 1663 to 1676, before being driven out by the Indians during King Philip's War. Willard was pastor of the Third Church, Boston, from 1678 until his death. He opposed the Salem witch trials and was acting president of Harvard University from 1701. He published many sermons; the folio volume, A Compleat Body of Divinity, was published posthumously in 1726.
Willard's parents were Major Simon Willard and Mary Sharpe, who had emigrated from England to New England in 1634, settling first in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1635, with Rev. Peter Bulkeley, they established the town of Concord, where Samuel was born the sixth child and second son. After the death of his mother, his father remarried twice, and Samuel was one of seventeen children born to the family. At the age of fifteen, Willard entered Harvard College in 1655, graduating in 1659, and was the only member of his class to receive an M.A.
Ministry in Groton
In 1663, Willard began preaching in Groton, then at the very frontier of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The town's first minister, John Miller, had become ill and, when he died, the congregation asked Willard to stay, and he was officially ordained by them in 1664.
On August 8, 1664, Willard married Abigail Sherman of Watertown. In 1670, he became a freeman, with full privileges of citizenship. In 1671, 16-year-old Elizabeth Knapp fell ill and appeared to be possessed. Willard wrote about the strange behavior. Groton was destroyed on March 10, 1676, during King Philip's War, and the 300 residents abandoned the town. Willard and his family removed to Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Ministry in Boston
Willard preached at the Third Church in Boston during the illness of Rev. Thomas Thacher and gave an election-day sermon on June 5. The Third Church called Willard to be its teacher, an associate pastor, on April 10, 1678. When Thacher died on October 15, Willard became the only pastor. Members of the congregation included a variety of influential members of the colony: John Hull(18 December 1624 – 1 October 1683), Samuel Sewall, Edward Rawson, Thomas Brattle, Joshua Scottow, Hezekiah Usher and Capt. John Alden (the son of John and Priscilla Alden of Plymouth). His wife Abigail died some time in the first half of 1679; in July that year he married Eunice Tyng, a possible sister-in-law of Joseph Dudley.
Church of England
Sir Edmund Andros asked each of the Puritan churches in Boston if its meeting house could be used for services of the Church of England. When he was rebuffed, he demanded and was given keys to Samuel Willard's Third Church in 1687 in a clear power play. Services were held there under the auspices of Rev. Robert Ratcliff until 1688, when King's Chapel was built. These actions highlighted him as pro-Anglican in the eyes of local Puritans, who later accused him of involvement in a "horrid Popish plot".
Willard was the acting president of Harvard College, although having the nominal title of vice-president, from 1701 until his death in 1707.
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- "A Compleat Body of Divinity". Boston: B. Green. 1726. Internet Archive
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- "A briefe account of a strange & unusuall Providence of God befallen to Elizabeth Knap of Groton" in Samuel A. Green, ed., Groton In The Witchcraft Times, Groton, MA: [s.n.] 1883
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Australian Banks under fire by the Hedge Funds again
Rising bad loans and falling earnings are the trigger
It seems that the mainly international hedge funds have set their sights on the Australian banks yet again. Current data shows that the funds have ‘borrowed’ A$9bn worth of stock to sell short against the Big 4 banks in Australia. The trigger for this increase to record short selling against the banks started with the ANZ’s most recent result, which saw the bank cut its dividend and increase their bad and doubtful debt book for the first time since 2008.

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Date: Saturday 29th February 2020
Venue: Belmont Community School, Durham (DH1 2QP)
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The tournament is open to players from all areas and of any standard.
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Entry deadline: Tuesday 25th February 2020
The tournament will be run in a round robin style format with group winners progressing to semi-finals then a final so players are guaranteed at least three matches.
Only the first 16 pairs to enter will be accepted into the tournament, entries will be taken on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.
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Budding entrepreneurs wanting to test out their new business ideas can get a taste of the real deal in Mansfield’s first pop-up shop due to open next month (April).
The innovative scheme has been introduced by Mansfield District Council and Mansfield BID, who are now asking for interested people to come forward to register their business for the pop-up shop.
The pop-up shop will be set up in an empty unit in the town centre Market Place (the former Christmas shop). Up to four new businesses, at one time, will be given one weeks experience running their own business.
The scheme is open to any type of retail business which is able to operate in a town centre retail space without the need for onsite large equipment or machinery.
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Researchers from the University of Utrecht and the Erasmus medical centre have developed a human antibody which, they say ‘offers potential for prevention and treatment of COVID-19’.
It is important not to give false hope but the discovery is promising, research leader Berend-Jan Bosch says on the UU website. ‘But it is still too soon to speculate about its eventual working on people.’
The research is currently awaiting peer review before it can be published in the prestigious science journal Nature.
The researchers are now trying to get a pharmaceutical company on board that can produce the antibody on a large scale as a medicine.
‘Before it can be marketed, the antibody must go through an extensive development phase and be tested for toxicological properties,’ Erasmus professor Frank Grosveld told Erasmus Magazine.
‘That process is now underway. In addition to the development as a medicine, we also want to use the antibody to set up a diagnostic test: one that everyone can do from home, so that people can easily find out whether they have an infection or not.’
Grosveld says he expects that if the medicine were taken, it would stop the infection and give the patient time to recover.
‘But prevention is of course better than a cure,’ he says. ‘A real solution is therefore a vaccine, others are working on that. However, developing a vaccine can easily take two years. Our medicine, if it all works as it should, could be here sooner. Only, it is more expensive to produce.’
However, virologist Ab Osterhaus, who was also involved in the research, told the Telegraaf that optimism about a medicine should be tempered.
Osterhaus said he could ‘think of a lot of reasons’ why the antibody might not lead to a medicine. Many of these sorts of findings don’t make it, he said. ‘You must not think that you can make a few kilos of this medicine and the world will be saved,’ he told the paper.
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Claas FarmPoint wasted little time after announcing their new plans in Kentucky and southern Indiana and now are releasing expansion plans for the remainder of Indiana. The new Claas equipment dealership, which will open its first location in Madisonville, Kentucky, this June, already has plans for the second location.
According to Head of Commercial Development, Patricio Frangella, work will begin on a second location in Indiana to better support the needs of Claas customers in that state. Currently, MacAllister Machinery Company serves as the Claas combine dealer in the state of Indiana. Starting in June 2023, farmers in the area can choose between Claas FarmPoint and MacAllister Machinery Company for the sales and servicing needs of their Claas grain harvesting equipment. This move is part of a joint plan between MacAllister Machinery Company and Claas.
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In what seems like an unprecedented move by BBC America, the network has announced the casting for the fifth and final season of the Emmy®-winning drama Orphan Black.
Aside from the show’s core cast – Tatiana Maslany (every Leda clone), Jordan Gavaris (Felix), Maria Doyle Kennedy (Mrs. S), Kevin Hanchard (Art), Kristian Bruun (Donnie), Ari Millen (Castor clone Ira), Josh Vokey (Scott) and Skyler Wexler (Kira) – the season five returning cast will include James Frain (Ferdinand), Evelyne Brochu (Delphine) and Calwyn Shurgold (Hell Wizard).
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Co-creators Graeme Manson and John Fawcett and returning writer Alex Line head up the creative team. Orphan black will conclude its run in 2017.
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Toronto – October 25, 2016 – Announced today, the cast for the final season of BBC AMERICA’s critically acclaimed and award-winning series, Orphan Black. The fifth season sees the return of Tatiana Maslany to her Emmy®-winning role as multiple characters in the Peabody Award-winning series. Orphan Black is produced by Temple Street Productions, a division of Boat Rocker Studios, in association with BBC AMERICA and Bell Media’s SPACE.
This morning at 9:30am ET, BBCA provided fans with unprecedented access to the Orphan Black production with a Facebook Live broadcast on location as they film a scene with one of Tatiana Maslany’s fan-favorite characters, Helena. (Watch Here)
Sarah Barnett, President of BBC AMERICA, stated, “Since the beginning, BBCA has worked with the incredibly talented cast and crew of Orphan Black to create deep relationships with the show’s fans. As the team reunites to shoot season five, we all wanted to invite the Clone Club to something pretty special – a virtual set visit with Facebook Live. This innovative event marks the beginning of our celebrations leading up to the final season of this unique show in 2017.”
“It’s with mixed feelings that we start this final leg of our journey with Sarah and her sisters,” said David Fortier and Ivan Schneeberg, Executive Producers of Orphan Black and Co-Presidents of Boat Rocker Studios. “We are incredibly proud of Orphan Black and what it’s come to mean to all those involved and, especially, the fans. Our pride is only matched by our gratitude to the wonderfully talented writers, producers, cast and crew who have been so dedicated to bringing to life such engaging and compelling characters and storylines.”
Returning to Orphan Black this season are fan-favorites Jordan Gavaris as Sarah’s battle worn foster brother Felix; Kristian Bruun as Alison’s incredibly devoted husband Donnie; Maria Doyle Kennedy as Sarah and Felix’s fiercely loyal and stouthearted foster mother Mrs. S; Kevin Hanchard as Art, a detective torn between being a good cop and his loyalty to the clones; Ari Millen as castor clone Ira; Josh Vokey as Scott, science geek and confidante to Cosima; and Skyler Wexler as Sarah’s daughter Kira. Also returning this season – James Frain as Ferdinand, an intimidating and scheming executive; Evelyne Brochu as love-torn scientist Delphine; and Calwyn Shurgold as Hell Wizard. Joining the cast this season is Elyse Levesque as Detective Engers, a dirty Neolution cop who is a true believer; Andrew Moodie as Mr. Frontenac, Rachel’s new mysterious consultant; Simu Liu as Mr. Mitchell, Kira’s new homeroom teacher; Jenessa Grant as Mud, an eclectic young islander; and Stephen McHattie as P.T. Westmoreland, the mythical 170-year-old founder of Neolution.
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Orphan Black is executive produced by Ivan Schneeberg and David Fortier, Graeme Manson, John Fawcett and Kerry Appleyard. The series is co-created by Manson and Fawcett, with Manson also serving as writer and Fawcett as director. BBC Worldwide distributes the series internationally.
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Inova Alexandria Hospital remains at about half capacity, and the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is not going down, according to a hospital spokesperson.
As of yesterday, the hospital was treating 59 patients for COVID-19, and the hospital system has capacity for more patients.
“Inova’s overall numbers remain steady — no surges — but also not going down,” a hospital spokesperson told ALXnow over email. “Do not be afraid to come to the hospital. Delaying the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of a potential emergency condition can put you at greater risk – especially if you have symptoms of a stroke or heart attack.”
The spokesperson would not comment as to how Alexandria Hospital conditions have changed, or how the worst part of the pandemic compares to now. Visitation is still restricted, although earlier this month Inova resumed elective procedures and patients are allowed to be accompanied by a companion.
The pandemic has also led to massive layoffs across the Inova system, as 427 non-clinical positions were eliminated. The spokesperson said that direct patient care has not been impacted by the action.
With the Northern Virginia economy set to reopen on May 29, Inova is advising the public to follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with continued social distancing, wearing face masks and washing hands.
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SEATTLE – Improving water quality through better permeable pavement is the focus of a research and development collaboration announced by Boeing, Washington State University and the Washington Stormwater Center.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified improved permeable pavement as a positive step to mitigating stormwater issues in Washington state. In addition, the state requires low-impact development wherever feasible in western Washingon, and permeable pavement is one way to achieve that.
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Boeing is supporting the Washington Stormwater Center, a collaboration between WSU and the University of Washington, through a $212,000 research grant and donation of cured carbon fiber composite material. The material will be recycled to develop stronger permeable pavement.
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The project will take a two-pronged approach to improving permeable pavement. First, scientists will recycle scrap carbon fiber composites to strengthen and reinforce porous pavement material, which is used in parking lots and side roads but is too soft to be used on heavily traveled roadways.
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“If we find that this material safely strengthens permeable pavement, resulting in an increase in its use, this could be a game changer in terms of reducing the impact of pollutants in stormwater on the environment,” said John Stark, director of the Washington Stormwater Center.
Boeing is an industry leader in global collaboration on environmental issues important to aerospace and communities, such as researching the use of innovative technology to help solve challenges like stormwater runoff.


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Good morning peeps :)
I've been very busy and here, there and everywhere over the last week so I haven't had a chance to update my blog with all the Christmassy things I've bought from lovely people this year.
I finally have a spare few minutes so can show you my next Christmassy purchase :D
This post is all about Sam from Venus Art Glass. She makes wonderful colourful glassy things and I do have a soft spot for glass!
You see the middle snowflake in this picture? This is now mine and will soon be hanging very prettily on a Christmas tree! It is a stunning shade of turquoise blue and I would love more on my tree! Unfortunately the bank of Kayleigh has advised me to stop buying this year otherwise I will not be able to eat in the New Year :P Maybe I can just go get another one though? Maybe? Simply beautiful!
I also bought a small glass piece from Sam earlier in the year which I plan on making into a Christmas decoration but haven't got around to doing yet. It is clear glass with two very colourful birds on it!
Click here to go and have a peek at Sam's Etsy shop.
Have a great day everyone and enjoy the Christmas season!


So I was going to add some more memory to my Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L when I found out it supports both DDR2 and DDR3 memory. I already have 2GB of DDR2 installed and was just wondering if it was possible to run both DDR2 and DDR3 at the same time. I know it probably isn't, I just need confirmation. But if it is, how would you do it? Thanks.
you might not have to, if you can find a Q9550 or Q9400 for a decent price, though for the price of those cpu's you can get a new cpu/mobo on the AMD side (athlon X4 and decent crossfire mobo), you needed more ram anyways, and another 5750 wouldn't be too bad either
Boards don't have multiple DRAM controllers. Just different memory slots/sockets.
since LGA 775 has the memory controller in the north bridge, in order for it to be able to utilize DDR2 or DDR3 memory you need the corresponding controller, and some motherboards have both DDR2 and DDR3 slots on the LGA 775 platform, though you can't use both at the same time
The LGA775 Intel memory controller design can support either DDR2 or DDR3 (so can AMD's, which is why AM3 processors can be installed into AM2/AM2+ boards with DDR2, or AM3 boards with DDR3). Its the same chipset. They don't use a different version of it for DDR2 or DDR3.


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Almost three million Patani Muslims who live in Thailand celebrates Eid al-Adha under the shadow of weapons.
Malay Muslims came to Patani Center Mosque in morning and they prayed for all Muslims.
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Mohamed Elshenawy, the Egyptian goalkeeper in the FIFA World Cup 2018, has declined a trophy sponsored by Budweiser for religious reasons.
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