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SHELBY COUNTY, Ala. – Several people were injured and one person was later reported dead in a massive explosion near the Colonial Gas pipeline in Shelby County, Ala. on Monday.
Fire officials in Helena, Ala. said the explosion occurred at a Colonial Pipeline facility west of the site of a leak that caused gas shortages across the South earlier this year.
Investigators said subcontractors were working on a section of pipeline around 3 p.m. when a trackhoe the crew was using hit a line, causing gasoline to ignite and catch fire.
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A news release from the company said a total of five people were transported to hospitals in the Birmingham area and at least one person was reported dead at the scene.
The company said in that same statement that its "deepest condolences go out tonight to the family and friends of the person who was lost today, and our thoughts and prayers are with those who were injured."
Alabama Gov. Robert Bently issued a statement on Twitter saying, "My Office is closely monitoring the explosion in Helena, receiving updates from State & local officials. Pray for workers, rescue personnel."
Colonial Pipeline, an Alpharetta-based company, said that both mainlines have been shut down and it's unclear how it will affect the availability of gasoline.
The Shelby County Alabama Sheriff's Office issued a statement saying:
As of 7:30 p.m. the situation is contained and emergency personnel will remain on scene monitoring the area of the explosion. Please avoid the area to continue to allow emergency crews easy access to the site of the explosion. We will provide updates as they are available. We wish to thank all the first responders who so quickly responded and put themselves in harms way for the citizens they serve.
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Brown took over after John Kitzhaber, Oregon's only four-term governor, stepped down amid scandal. Brown said all of that ends today.
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Topics such as recycling payments and garden furniture are now in Israel's political sphere, after a review found spending such as an average monthly cleaning bill of over $20,000 for two homes.
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Aleppo has been the subject of bitter fighting, with rebels and government forces splitting a city that was once a productive economic engine. The UN wants to create a "freeze" on violence there.
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"Some 80 percent of the units have already been pulled out" of Debaltseve, says Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko. He's seeking to punish Russia for the latest violence.
The new, leftist Greek government says it wants to revolutionize a country that long has resisted change. So far that hasn't included finally placing women at the highest levels of government.
Electronic messages can circle the globe in an instant these days, but electronic payments can still take days to complete. This can put consumers at greater risk of getting hit with late fees.
A number of parents have made news in recent months for letting children walk or play outside on their own. But laws on when kids are allowed to be by themselves are vague.
Preventing home-grown terrorism is the focus of meetings at the White House this week. Experts say more than 20,000 foreign fighters have traveled to Syria to sign up with the so-called Islamic State.
Secretary of State Kate Brown will become the second woman to serve as Oregon's governor. She replaces fellow Democrat John Kitzhaber who is resigning amid a criminal ethics investigation.
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The talks will be held next Friday at the State Department. Last month, the two sides held the first high-level talks since the Cuban revolution.
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N.B. teachers generally approve of province's back-to-school plan
HALIFAX -- New Brunswick is three weeks away from an academic year, unlike any other. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the province's school system is adapting to ensure the safety of students and staff. While there are gaps in the province's safety plan, teachers say they're pleased with what they've heard so far.
"Students of all ages will need to bring a clean face mask to school with them every day," said N.B. Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development Dominic Cardy, on Thursday. Face masks are not going to be required inside the classroom while students are working if physical distancing can be maintained."
Cardy has launched information sessions – to take place every Tuesday and Thursday – to answer questions that students, parents, and teachers have concerning returning to school during the pandemic.
Teachers say the information sessions are putting their minds at ease.
"To date, I have to say that the return to school plan for New Brunswick appears to be better than the return to school plan for many of our neighbours," says New Brunswick Teachers' Association president, Rick Cuming. "The reduced class sizes at many levels and the regular involvement of public health in all aspects of the plan are encouraging."
However, Cuming notes some teachers are wary.
"I still continue to get questions about regular class sizes in middle school, which many middle-level teachers would identify as a gap in the plan," says Cuming.
Operational plans for schools are being finalized, and Cuming would like to see teachers have a say in those plans as classes get underway. Cuming says he's been meeting with WorkSafeNB and the New Brunswick Department of Public Safety to finalize safety measures.
A letter from the Anglophone South School District to parents of students from grades six to twelve advises students to bring reusable water bottles to school with them, as water fountains have been replaced with bottle filling stations. Additionally, students should bring their own lunch upon returning to class, as cafeteria services will not be available for at least the first week. Officials also promise much more daily-cleaning in schools – especially common areas.
And while there could be an election campaign coinciding with students' return to school, Cuming says no matter how much "noise" it might make, the safety of students and staff should continue to be top of mind.
"We would certainly hope that if there is any coming election, that the people at the Department of Education will continue to be focused on the educational system," says Cuming.

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DELAFIELD--Janesville failed to convert power-play opportunities in the first period, and that cost the Bluebirds in a 4-0 loss to Waukesha in the opening game of the Joe Raymond Memorial Holiday Hockey Classic on Thursday.
“We had three power plays in the first period,” Janesville coach John Mauermann said. “We had a couple of chances but just didn’t finish.”
After a scoreless first period, Waukesha took control with two power-play goals in the second. Waukesha concluded the scoring with two third-period goals.
“It would have been nice to do something in the first period,” Mauermann said.
The Bluebirds return to the Nagawaukee Ice Arena today for an afternoon game against Brookfield Catholic Memorial.

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Op-Ed: Expansion Can’t Meet Lexington’s Housing Needs
Text was originally published as an Op-Ed by Susan Speckert in the Lexington
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Done in an intentional and planned way, infill and redevelopment is sustainable and ensures continued investment into and improvement of our city while protecting our iconic Bluegrass landscape.
It also creates more housing opportunities inside the city — where the demographics tell us we need it.
To plan responsibly for our future growth, it is important to understand recent trends and demographic projections. Fayette Alliance partnered with other community stakeholders to sponsor a housing market demand study looking at trends and projections for the next 10 years.
Fayette County has been growing at a consistent pace, welcoming about 20,000 additional people every five years. The study translates this growth into a need for approximately 22,780 additional housing units over the next decade.
Over half of the new housing demand will be for seniors. Like the rest of the nation, our population is aging. The Kentucky State Data Center reports that people 65 and older will account for nearly half of our estimated growth in the next decade.
This growing group will require low maintenance “evolving formats,” such as duplexes, fourplexes, townhomes, condominiums and detached homes on small lots, according to the study.
Some will argue we must expand the Urban Services Boundary to accommodate our projected growth, despite the fact that there are over 5,600 acres of vacant land and thousands more underutilized acres inside the USB.
But a recent report by Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies suggests otherwise. It finds that seniors’ living situations are keys to their quality of life and capacity to live independently. It concludes that a growing senior population will increase the need for affordable, accessible housing that’s well connected to services, necessities, social activities, entertainment, amenities and transportation options — in areas where they will remain integrated into, not isolated from, the community.
This is especially true for middle- and lower-income seniors. But building housing in an expansion area is expensive, and adding land into our inventory does not translate into more affordable homes.
This is one of the lessons we should learn from the last expansion in 1996. At that time, 5,400 acres were brought inside the USB with the vast majority designated for residential development. The Expansion Area Master Plan recognized the expense of building in an expansion area and tried to incentivize developers to build affordable housing.
While the wisdom of locating affordable housing on the perimeter of the city is questionable at best, the fact remains that developers did not take advantage of the incentives and did not build any affordable housing.
Expanding did not result in more affordable homes.
The second group projected to see the greatest growth is the 20-29 age range, a little younger than the 32-35 range that the National Association of Realtors cites as the average age of a first-time home buyer. People in the younger age group are almost exclusively renters and prefer to live in walkable areas that are easily accessible to school, work, entertainment and necessities.
Moreover, as student loan debt mounts, many young people need to live in areas that are accessible to multi-modal forms of transportation.
In order to meet our community’s needs for housing for both this younger group and seniors, the city must recommit to infill and redevelopment as our primary growth strategy. Without this strategy we cannot grow in a smart, intentional way that works for all our citizens.
Creating this strategy will be hard work. But our community deserves it. And it is clearly what the overwhelming majority of our citizens prefer over irresponsibly expanding our Urban Services Boundary.View Housing Demand Study Read Op-Ed in Lexington Herald Leader


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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Carolina Panthers had an extra week to bask in the glory of the franchise's most lopsided win in nearly two decades but now it's time to get back to work.
Cam Newton and Co. will travel west to take on the Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium.
The Panthers were mired in hard-luck during the first two weeks of the season, dropping their first couple of games by a combined six points before bouncing back in a big way by with a 38-0 thrashing of the visiting New York Giants back on Sept. 22.
"We have to be realistic because we've not arrived by any stretch of the imagination," coach Ron Rivera said while trying to temper any "success hangover" for his young team. "We have to approach each week as a learning situation and keep shooting for the top of the mountain."
Newton threw for three touchdowns and rushed for another against Big Blue, while his team's defense put forth a dominant effort.
Newton finished with 223 yards and one interception while completing 15-of-27 passes and adding 45 yards on the ground. Brandon LaFell hauled in two of the quarterback's scoring strikes, with DeAngelo Williams contributing 120 rushing yards on 23 carries to Carolina's first triumph of the season.
The Panthers, who were routed by New York at home by a 37-6 score during Week 3 of the 2012 season, outgained the still-winless Giants by a whopping 402-150 margin in total yards. Carolina tied a team record by sacking Eli Manning seven times, including three from end Greg Hardy, forced three turnovers and yielded just 10 first downs in an overwhelming performance resulting in the team's first shutout since 2008.
"That game feels like a long time ago now and the significance of it will be determined by how we do going forward," said Rivera.
The Cardinals, on the other hand, are also coming off a win, albeit an extremely unimpressive one after Jay Feely's 27-yard field goal with 1:29 remaining lifted Arizona a 13-10 comeback victory over the hapless Tampa Bay Buccaneers last Sunday.
Tampa Bay rookie QB Mike Glennon was intercepted by Patrick Peterson late in the fourth quarter and Carson Palmer found Larry Fitzgerald in the end zone from 13 yards out to tie the score at 10-10.
"I was really surprised they threw towards him," said Arizona head coach Bruce Arians. "With the rookie quarterback, he's gonna make you pay. For a great athlete, Patrick studies the game extremely hard."
The Cardinals then sacked Glennon at the Tampa Bay 1, forcing a three-and-out and took advantage of the field position with Feely's 27-yard kick. Palmer's 19-yard pass to Jaron Brown, combined with an unnecessary roughness penalty on safety Dashon Goldson, brought the ball to the 9. After three runs, Feely booted the winning kick.
Peterson picked off Glennon for a second time with less than a minute remaining to seal the win for Arizona, which won on the road for the first time since Week 2 last season.
"I thought the fourth quarter was some of the best football we've played all year," said Arians. "I think all 53 guys had a hand in this win, and that's what it takes to win on the road in the NFL."
Palmer completed 21-of-38 passes for 248 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions for Arizona, which ran off 13 straight points in the fourth quarter.
The Cardinals snapped a seven-game regular-season losing streak to the Panthers with a 28-21 win the last time these two teams met on Sept. 11, 2011, Newton's NFL debut. Overall Carolina leads the series 8-3.


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Nearest beach: Marigot, Lorient
Gustavia: 15 min.
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The Windward region
St Barts, known as Saint Barthelemy officially and simply as Saint-Barth to the locals, is eight square miles of paradise in the north eastern corner of the Caribbean arc. Not far from either St Kitts or Anguilla, both of which can be seen on the horizon.
In contrast to its formerly British neighbouring islands, St Barts remains resolutely French and 100% part of the French Republic, with all the emphasis on style, fashion and cuisine that that entails.
Discovered by Colombus in 1493 and then again in 1957 by the Rockefellers, St Barts is famed as the playground of the rich and famous and at Christmas the global jet-set and glitterati can be found enjoying the 22 beaches and the 80 or so restaurants. The hotels on St Barts are small and the majority of the accommodation is in villas, of which we have the widest possible choice
Mont Jean is a quiet gate community consisting almost exclusively of rental villas.With no through traffic and a coded barrier it is one of the most tranquil locations on the island.Mont Jean is in fact a small peninsular juttting into the Atlantic ocean, not far from Pointe Milou, Lorient and Grand Cul de Sac with easy access to the windward side of the island
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QueryClick partners with Mental Health UK
We have launched of a partnership with Mental Health UK, marking the start of Stress Awareness Month 2018. The partnership will see the consultancy raise £10,000 for the mental health charity as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations.
The consultancy’s digital marketing specialists, based in London and Edinburgh, will embark on a series of initiatives to raise awareness of the campaign and encourage donations. Fundraising initiatives will include various challenges including Tough Mudder, an abseil, bake sales, The Three Peaks Challenge, and a 10k Marathon.
The donations will support millions of people in the UK living with mental illness, which is estimated to be as high as one in four. Mental Health UK’s four founding member organisations will benefit from the partnership including Rethink Mental Illness, Support in Mind Scotland, Hafal, and MindWise. The funds will allow the organisations to offer much-needed psychological therapies, crisis and recovery houses, peer support groups, housing services, carers, substance misuse treatments, employment support, and advocacy services across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
Commenting on the partnership, James Fletcher, Head of Corporate Partnerships, Mental Health UK, said:
We’re so pleased to announce this partnership with QueryClick for their 10th anniversary. The money they raise will help us provide information, advice and support for people affected by mental illness across the UK. We’d like to say a big thank you and good luck to all the colleagues who will be climbing, running, hiking and even abseiling to raise money.
Promoting health and wellbeing is a key focus for the consultancy, at the start of this year QueryClick entered into the NHS’ Healthy Working Lives Award Programme. The aim of the programme is to help identify issues and improve health, safety and wellbeing in the organisation. The award will provide employees with support to achieve a healthy work and life balance, create a healthier, more motivated and productive workforce, and contribute to the health of the wider community.
Chris Liversidge, Managing Director, QueryClick, said:
We are very proud to support Mental Health UK and the life-changing work that the charity carries out each year. It is incredibly important to raise awareness of mental illness and the impact it has on the lives of those affected by it. The symptoms often go unnoticed and untreated but fundraising campaigns and the hard work of charities such as Mental Health UK can shine a spotlight on the tell-tale signs and help those in need get help early on.
As an employer, QueryClick is passionate about promoting health and wellbeing in the workplace. We place an importance on offering NHS-certified stress awareness training, private health care and flexible working options to protect the health of our employees. This partnership is testament to our commitment to raising awareness of mental health issues. Reaching 10 years is a major milestone for QueryClick and we’re looking forward to marking this in a meaningful way by supporting a great cause and helping to lift the stigma of mental illness
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UNESCO Global Forum Against Racism and Discrimination
On March 22, the UNESCO Global Forum Against Racism and Discrimination was held online in Paris, France. The event was co-hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Korea with UNESCO to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (March 21) as a follow-up to the Global Call Against Racism adopted by the 210th UNESCO Executive Board. High-level speakers, including UNESCO Secretary-General, South Korea's Vice Foreign Minister, and the UN Human Rights Representative, participated to point out the current situation of racism and discrimination in the world, and to discuss proposals for strengthening partnerships and roadmaps for anti-discrimination.
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App works great, but it has British English instead of US English (colour vs color) and if you have the setting to send an SMS at 9% and your battery dies to 6% and you charge it back up it'll send another and when it's charging up past 9%
This is a simple but effective app. I use it to automatically notify my girlfriend when my battery is about to die so she knows why she can't reach me. Just set it and forget it!
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I wish I hadn't upgraded. I used to love this app but it's completely unusable now. I got 3 full screen ads within the 1 minute I took to check out the new upgrade. There is one dismiss button in the corner of those ads but I have hot corners set up on my phone and they overlap. So I can't use it at all, when I hit that button my hot corner gets triggered and I will not disable it as it is far mo
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Whether for cereal, soups and salads or as a colourful decorative highlight when serving at the table: Our high-quality, colorful bowls are the perfect complement to your dinnerware.
Dinner & Dining Bowls
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Every home needs bowls for serving, preparing and storing food. At ZWILLING you can find a selected range of high-quality serving and mixing bowls made of different materials and in various sizes and designs: From multifunctional serving bowls to mixing bowls for preparing and serving delicious dishes.
What types of bowls are there?
ZWILLING specializes in high-quality kitchen utensils and offers high-quality bowls for various purposes in its online store. Here you can find decorative bowls, serving bowls, salad bowls, mixing bowls and multi-bowl sets.
Decorative bowls are used to present hot and cold dishes, as well as fruit or cookies. Small decorative bowls can also be used to arrange nuts or other nibbles. Serving bowls are often used on special occasions, when the table is set attractively and the food is beautifully presented in colorful serving bowls. Serving bowls are available for all kinds of dishes, from cereal bowls to dessert bowls to salad bowls. Salads can be prepared in salad bowls, ready to serve. Mixing bowls are ideal for making dough or desserts, but are also suitable for serving soups. Multi-bowl sets include several bowls of different sizes for preparing, serving or storing food.
High-quality bowls in various materials
Bowls from ZWILLING are made of high-quality materials and are particularly robust. At the same time, the bowls impress with their attractive designs, for example, in cherry red or an antique look. The ceramic bowls dazzle with their attractive designs. Glass and stainless steel bowls, on the other hand, shine with their simple and timeless design.
What to consider when buying bowls
The choice of bowls or dishes for the kitchen and dining area depends on your personal taste and what you want to use the bowls for. Stainless steel serving and mixing bowls are particularly robust and are ideal for preparing all kinds of food.
Porcelain and ceramic bowls are mainly used for the decorative presentation and serving of all kinds of food at the table or buffet. Whether it’s for soup, fruit or vegetables: Food looks even more appetizing in ZWILLING's high-quality ceramic and porcelain bowls. You can find modern and high-quality bowls to meet your personal requirements in the ZWILLING online store. You can also find other kitchen products here such as cookware or kitchen utensils.

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Craig joined Prior Scientific in January 2022 as a UK Sales Manager.
He has over ten years of technical sales experience in high-tech industries and seven years of experience in motion/positioning and piezo technology, last four years specializing in life science applications.
Recently appointed Product Manager at Queensgate, Craig Goodman brings a wealth of expertise and an unwavering passion that empowers him to drive the company’s product strategy to unprecedented heights. His steadfast commitment to delivering excellence in every product and component plays a pivotal role in ensuring Queensgate’s ongoing triumph and success in the industry.
Craig has a BEng in Automotive Engineering from Loughborough University, and he is currently studying for MSc in Technology Management from the Open University. Craig is a keen runner and cyclist.


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Khartoum, Sudan — Fourteen bases that had been run jointly by the United Nations and the African Union in Sudan’s Darfur region for 13 years are now under Sudan’s control and to be used by local populations.
The recent official handover comes in accordance with a framework agreement signed on March 4 between the United Nations and African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and Sudan.
The U.N. Security Council voted last year to turn over the sites to the Sudanese government, but M’Baye Babacar Cissé, U.N. assistant secretary-general, said the repatriation of equipment and staff from Darfur had been going on for four months.
“The main beneficiaries in fact were the local communities and the IDPs (internally displaced persons) and the teams’ sites were supposed to be used as vocational training centers, education centers, clinics, health centers or community activity centers,” Babacar told VOA’s South Sudan in Focus program.
Eight of the 14 sites were stripped bare by looters from the local communities in Darfur. But some of the sites are serving locals, Babacar said, referencing the former outposts known as Zalenji and Kalma.
Zalenji “is now [under] the University of Zalenji,” where early occupation of the sites by the university of the same name prevented looting, he said.
“… Kalma was transferred to the IDPs and now they are the ones managing Kalma as [a] health center,” Babacar told VOA.
UNAMID repatriated its peacekeeping equipment to its respective countries along with about 6,000 staff members who had performed peacekeeping operations in Darfur since December 2020. Some of those operations, however, were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Babacar said.
“We had at the end of December 2020 programmatic activities as well as state liaison projects that were implemented by the U.N. agencies that were not completed because of the COVID crises that affected the operation.”


JACKSONVILLE, FL - The Mobile BayBears won in Jacksonville for the first time in 2013 on Saturday night, downing the Suns 4-2 with a pair of runs in the top of the 9th inning.
The night began as a pitchers duel between Zeke Spruill and Matt Neil, and evolved into a battle of the bullpens late.
Spruill and Neil kept the game scoreless into the 5th, when both offenses were finally able to break through. Mobile started the scoring in the top of the inning on a sacrifice fly from Rossmel Perez, and made it 2-0 when Spruill poked a single into right.
The Suns responded in the bottom of the inning, scoring a run on a pair of doubles, but Spruill was able to avoid further damage by inducing a 4-6-3 double play off the bat of Christian Yellich with one out and the bases loaded. That would be Spruill's last pitch, as he departed the game with the lead for the first time all season. He finished with four strikeouts, and allowed the one run on three hits and three walks.
The game remained 2-1 into the bottom of the 8th, when the Suns tied it up with more late inning drama. Derek Dietrich did it again. Less than 24 hours after his pinch-hit walk-off home run, he sent a Steve Garrison curveball out of Bragan Field with two outs, and the two teams headed to the 9th tied 2-2.
The BayBears didn't waste any time grabbing the lead back. Jon Griffin led off with a double down the line in right and Brent Clevlen brought him home with a triple to straight away center field. Raywilly Gomez scored Clevlen on a sacrifice fly in his first plate appearance at the AA level, and the two run lead was enough for Derek Eitel in the 9th.
Eitel, who had recorded the final out of the 8th inning, retired the Suns in order in the 9th, and earned the victory to improve to 2-0.
Game four of the series will get underway at 2:05 CT on Sunday afternoon, with Anthony Meo (0-0, 3.38) squaring off against Robert Moorey (0-1, 4.15).
This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.


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Well, I've been on an extended Pink Floyd kick for many months, now. I also have been listening to Radiohead and the new Portishead, which really has grown on me. (I guess I should listen to Motorhead, too. Anyone know any other groups with "head" in the name?)
When I'm online I usually listen to www.pandora.com, where I have several different channels. Lately I've been listening to a hip hop channel which I custom-made by entering the search term "Black Elvis" (a song by Kool Keith), which yielded a bunch of 90's underground rap.
Despite being a college student in the 90s, I missed out on a lot of pop culture, and it always takes a few years for me to catch up with underground stuff.
Oops, my mistake! It was Teotihuacan by Noel Gallagher:
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Overall a pretty good CD. One More Murder by Better Than Ezra (remember them?) is a great song.
(In fact, there're a lot of "remember them" type artists on this disk. And it was only the late 90s. Makes me feel old.)
You just gained cool points. Growing up I never appreciated Floyd; but the last few years I realized what I was missing out on when I started listening to entire albums rather than the radio tracks.
Something else to check out is a Saturday night/Sunday morning radio show from University of Pennsylvania's radio station that streams online. It's an awesome space music show which I've listened to since freshman year in college. Thank god for the internet. www.starsend.org
My most played list has Basshunter, Cascada, 7cEil, Kleerup and Muse at the top.
At the moment I'm listening to two almbums more than otehrs though:
September - September 2004 (Can't love myself is a super track)
Ramms+ein - Rosenrot (all super) and
Kent - Tillbaka till samtiden (Colombus is cool)
(edit) Actually Generation Ex is probably my favourite on the Kent album.
Abba; Ace of Base; Adriano Celentano; Aerosmith; Alan Stivell; Алиса; Bach; Blackmore's Night; Боярский Михаил; Clannad; Deep Purple; DDT; Dido; Jean Michel Jarre; Joe Dassin; Paul Mills; Stan Rogers; Loreena McKennitt; Metallica; Nightwish; Notre Dame De Paris tracks; Pink Floyd; Пламя; Рыбников Алексей - Юнона и Авось; Стадион; Roxette; Шостакович Дмитрий, симфония №7; lot of stuff from sovmusic.ru; Sting; U2; Vacuum; Vanessa Mae; Земфира; Тампль; Игорь Чижик, песни про Байконур; Айрэ и Саруман; Вадим Егоров; Ветер Воды; Дольский Александр; Испытание близнецов; Йовин; Крыс и Шмендра; Лита; Мельница; На'Тот; Тол Мириам; Нэнси; Якупов Руст; Тэм; Ягода Гало; Георгий Свиридов; Виктор Цой; Андрей Макаревич; Олег Митяев; Наутилус; Lion King musical tracks; Dean Reed; Songs about Che Guevara; Зоя Ященко и Белая Гвардия
I've been on an extended Pink Floyd kick since I first heard the* PULSE concert in 1994... :lol:
If I'm not listening to Pink Floyd, I'm usually listening to David Gilmour's solo stuff. And occasionally, I'll branch out to Evanescence and Weird Al Yankovic. And on very rare occasions, I'll even stick on an Echobelly album.
But at the moment, it's almost all Pink Floyd/David Gilmour. My musical taste is rather limited...
* technically, it's the second time I'd heard Pink Floyd, as I have vivid recollections of Another Brick in the Wall from back when I was around 3 years old. It's one of my earliest memories.
Generally I'm listening to Club Music. I have over 1500 tracks and a lot of new works. What I can recommend?
Liz Kay - True Faith (Samuraj Extended Remix) -> new version of old New Order's song. Very nice with very nice vocal.

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This Crystal Blacksmith diorama is something I have worked on for 8 weeks part time. When starting this project i had the upmost intentions of making this a stylised piece. As the project progressed I found it slipping somewhere between stylised and realism, I went with the flow and found that the style I came out with looked interesting.
These assets were created in a production environment on the Gamer Camp: Pro course at Birmingham City University. This crystals were created with a degradable intention, they were created primarily in Zbrush low-polyed and Uved in Maya and Textured in Substance Painter. View more.


Hello Kubernetes Community,
I am currently leveraging JupyterHub to dynamically allocate containers within a Kubernetes cluster for running my machine learning notebooks. My machine learning datasets, which are essential for my projects, require persistent storage to manage and store data effectively. The challenge I’m facing is integrating storage with these dynamically created containers to ensure data persistence across sessions.
To address this, I’m considering using Minio as a flexible, S3-compatible storage solution that can cater to my storage needs. The key requirement here is to dynamically provision storage for each Jupyter notebook instance created through JupyterHub. This setup would ideally allow each notebook to have its dedicated storage space, facilitating seamless data management and accessibility.
I’m in search of a Container Storage Interface (CSI) solution for Minio that supports dynamic provisioning. The goal is to mount Minio storage volumes into my Kubernetes cluster, enabling automatic storage allocation for each new Jupyter notebook instance. This would significantly streamline the management of machine learning datasets and storage resources within my cluster.
Could anyone please recommend a dynamic provisioning solution or a CSI driver for S3 (compatible with Minio) that meets these criteria? Any guidance, experiences, or recommendations on setting up a robust, dynamic storage provisioning system with Minio for JupyterHub in a Kubernetes environment would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your support and suggestions.
Kubernetes version: 1.28.0
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Will Tom Hardy Be the Next James Bond? Pierce Brosnan Would Be ‘Happy’ To See the ‘Venom’ Star Take Over the Iconic Role
- Tom Hardy is currently tied with Richard Madden at 4/1 odds to be the next James Bond.
- The only person with better odds is Tom Hopper from The Umbrella Academy.
- Former Bond Pierce Brosnan would be “happy” to see Hardy take over the iconic role.
Tom Hardy has been a popular choice among fans to become the next James Bond. Now that Daniel Craig has given his final performance as 007 in No Time To Die, betting houses have Hardy near the top of the list to be Craig’s replacement. According to former Bond Pierce Brosnan, he would be “happy” to see the Venom star take over the iconic role.
The odds are (sort of) in Tom Hardy’s favor
UK betting house William Hill has the odds at 4/1 that Hardy will be named the next James Bond. He’s tied with fellow Marvel star Richard Madden at number two on the list. The only actor above them is Tom Hopper — who plays Luther on Netflix’s hit series The Umbrella Academy. William Hill currently has Hopper’s odds at 3/1.
However, Hopper’s big move to number one is a recent trend. While Hardy has been on the Bond radar for years, Hopper essentially appeared out of nowhere.
“It looks like we have been caught on the hop here. Yesterday morning Tom Hopper was completely off our radar, but he is firmly on it now,” William Hill spokesperson Rupert Adams explained to Express. “The gamble suggests that he is almost certainly on the shortlist.”
Money Penny actor Naomie Harris says the ‘Venom’ star would ‘amazing’
Naomie Harris, who plays Money Penny, says she is “down” for Hardy becoming the next big-screen British spy. Harris told ET Canada that if the decision was up to her, she would vote for the Venom star because “he would be amazing.”
“He would make a great Bond, but they always pick someone we don’t expect and is up and coming,” Harris explained. “I reckon it will be someone totally unexpected and their name isn’t even in the mix. But I do think Tom would be amazing and if I could pick I would choose Tom.”
Pierce Brosnan would be ‘happy’ to see Tom Hardy as James Bond
Brosnan — who played 007 in GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day — has weighed in on who he thinks should replace Daniel Craig during a couple of different interviews.
Back in 2018, he told The Mail on Sunday’s Event Magazine that he would be “happy” to see Hardy get the role.
“I think Tom Hardy could be a good Bond. I’d be happy to see him do it,” Brosnan said, according to Indiewire. “You need an actor who can put a bit of wiggle into it — that’s what makes Bond.”
James Bond creators can go ‘many different ways’
Brosnan also shared his thoughts about the next James Bond in the summer of 2021. He told People magazine that Craig has “left such an indelible footprint,” and they can go in “many different ways.”
The former Bond admitted it was “wearisome” to always be asked about who should be the next 007. But this time Brosnan said that two names did come to mind — Hardy and Idris Elba.
“Idris is such a powerful presence and such a great former voice tensity. He would be magnificent. There’s Tom Hardy out there as well. Tom can really chew the furniture up, just be a ball boy – both men can,” Brosnan explained.
When will James Bond fans find out if Tom Hardy gets the role?
Fans are eager to find out who will be the next James Bond. But 007 bosses Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson are keeping their short list a secret — for now. According to Broccoli, they want Craig to enjoy his final turn as the iconic character before they start thinking about his replacement.
“We want Daniel to have his time of celebration,” she told Esquire. “Next year we’ll start thinking about the future.”
Broccoli also told Total Film that she can “only be in love with one person at a time.” And, she says the role would have to be “reimagined” because the character constantly evolves based on who plays him on the big screen.
“Once No Time to Die comes out, then some time will pass, and then we’ll have to get on to the business of the future. But for now, we just cannot think about anything beyond Daniel,” Broccoli said.
No Time To Die is currently playing in theaters nationwide.


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Pasta shapes are used as one of the main methods used to classify pasta, a staple food of Italy. There are well over 600 different types of pasta that come in various shapes, sizes and functionality (i.e. how they are used in various dishes). Pastas generally fall into one of several categories of pasta shapes. These are corkscrew, long, tubular, soup shell and special shapes pastas.
List of Different Pasta Shapes
Because there are literally hundreds of pasta shapes in existence (and new shapes that continue to be created over the years), it is nearly impossible to keep track of them all. However, if you are a pasta-lover, here are some of the more interesting pasta shapes besides your basic spaghetti and macaroni that you may want to consider adding to your pantry.
- fusilli – Fusilli pasta is a corkscrew-shaped pasta that can be short or long. In Italian, the word “fusillo” means “little spindle”, which refers to its shape and how it twirls onto itself when agitated in a circular motion. It works well with chunky sauces and pairs well with cheese and vegetables.
- rotini – Rotini is a corkscrew-shaped pasta that can be short or long. Similar to fusilli, rotini has a slightly curved edge on one side and a dimple in the center of the other side. The name “rotini” comes from the Italian word for “little wheels”. Rotini works well with chunky sauces or can be baked with cheese or vegetables.
- bucatini – Bucatini is a type of thick spaghetti with a hole running through the center. It’s made by passing long, thin strips of pasta dough repeatedly through a device that forms round tubes about the thickness of a pencil lead. The resulting pieces are then cut to size and dried. Bucatini is traditionally served with thicker sauces that cling to it.
- fettucine – Fettuccine is a type of flat nooodle pasta, traditionally made from an egg-based dough. The name means “little ribbons” or “tapes” in Italian. Fettuccine is usually served with a cream or oil-based sauce.
- linguine – Linguine is a type of flat noodle pasta that is thinner and more delicate than fettucine. It can be made from several different types of flour including wheat and rice.
- pappardelle – Pappardelle is a wide flat noodle pasta, similar to broad ribbon pasta. It hails from the Tuscany region of Italy.
- tagliatelle – Tagliatelle is flat ribbon pasta that is slightly wider, yet thinner than fettucine. It’s made with egg dough and typically served with a Bolognese sauce.
tube / tubular pasta
- cavatappi – Cavatappi pasta is a tube-shaped pasta that can be short or long. It is similar to fusilli, except it curves around itself in a classic snail shape rather than twirling onto itself like fusilli. It works well with chunky sauces and pairs well with cheese and vegetables.
- paccheri – Paccheri is a type of long, smooth tube pasta that’s named after the Neapolitan word paccharia meaning “slaps” since a slapping sound is created when eaten . Paccheri pasta resembles large smooth tubes of pasta.
- paccheri millerighe – Paccheri millerighe is simply a version of paccheri with ridges.
- penne – Penne pasta is a tube-shaped pasta that is approximately 1/2″ in diameter and 4″ long. In Italian, the word “penne” means “quills”, which refers to its tubular shape. It works well for most creamy or chunky sauces and can also be baked.
- penne rigate – Penne Rigate has ridges running down the length of the penne, which helps to trap and hold on to pasta sauces. Though similar to regular Penne, it is typically a little shorter in length and not as wide. It works well with almost any type of sauce but specifically pairs well with vegetable or cream sauces.
- ziti – Ziti is a tube-shaped pasta that is approximately 1/2″ in diameter and 4-6″ long. In Italian, the word “zitoni” means “large tubes”, which refers to its slightly larger than average size compared to other types of tube pastas. It pairs well with almost any type of sauce and works best when baked with a cheese or vegetable sauce.
shell pasta / stuffed pasta
Shell pasta is shaped like a hollow tube that forms a shell-like shape when run along the ridges of a fork. It works well with chunky sauces or can be stuffed using cheese or vegetables for something more substantial.
- cicioneddos – Cicioneddos is a small shell pasta from Sardinia. It is a smaller version of malloreddus.
- malloreddus – Malloreddus (a.k.a. Sardinian gnocchi) is small, chewy traditional Sardinian shell pasta made from durum wheat and flavored with saffron. They’re the official pasta of the ancient city-state of Nuoro (the second largest province in Sardinia).
- malloreddus allo zafferano – Malloreddus allo zafferano a version of malloreddus made with saffron and is often slightly more elongated. This pasta originated in Cagliari, but now it can be found all over Sardinia.
Soup pastas are so small that they cannot hold much sauce and act as a filler to a dish. They are generally best for soups, salads and stews.
- acini de pepe – Acini means “grains” in Italian. So, acini de pepe are little balls of pasta. Their shape resembles that of peppercorns, which is why this type of pasta is named after them (“acini di pepe”).
- fregola – Fregola is an Italian pasta, similar to couscous. It’s typically made in the south of Italy, on the island of Sardinia.
special pasta shapes
These are the pasta shapes that don’t clearly fall into any of the aforementioned categories.
- gigli di semola – Gigli di semola is a ruffled cone-shaped pasta. In Naples, it’s been a common tradition to use the leftover from pasta making to make a delicious bread called ‘gigli di semola’ (in english: ‘wheat lilies’).
- orecchiette – Orecchiette pasta is a small, disk-shaped pasta with a slightly curved edge on one side and a dimple in the center of the other side. In Italian, the word “orecchio” means “ear”, which refers to its ear-like shape. It works well with thick sauces made from vegetables, beans, sausage or pasta.
- taccone – Taccone is a flat, square shaped pasta from Campania, Italy. It is about an inch in length and width.
Where can I get different pasta shapes?
Depending on the authenticity and specialty of the Italian restaurant you eat at, you may be able to find one or more of the less common shapes.
You can find all types of pasta at your local Italian grocer, the nearest “Little Italy” or online. Here are several places you can shop for various pasta shapes:
What is taccone pasta? Taccone (a.k.a. tacconi) is a unique type of pasta that is…
What is gigli de semola? Gigli de semola pasta (a.k.a. gigli pasta or campanelle) is…
What is fregola? Fregola (traditionally known in Italy as fregula) is the common term for…
What is paccheri? Paccheri is a type of pasta shaped like large tubes. Its diameter…
What are malloredus? Malloreddus are a type of short, hand-rolled shaped pasta typical of Sardinian…
What is cheese wheel pasta? Cheese wheel pasta (a.k.a. pasta alla ruota) is a style…
Kristina Reynolds is the Founder & CEO of Glutto and an alumna of the University of California, San Diego. She writes articles & posts for Glutto Digest with insights from fellow industry experts. Furthermore, she is the author of The Fittest Food Lovers: How EVERY BODY Can be Incredibly Fit and Still Enjoy Food, a collaborative philanthropic book with proceeds going to charities that fight world hunger.


The Hyperloop Company One showed some photos of the construction of a test bed the world's first Hyperloop transport system, the Assembly is currently going on in the Nevada desert. The Los Angeles startup is one of several companies who supported the idea of Elon musk at the realization of a futuristic system of transportation of goods and passengers.
The concept is described as "the fifth generation of transport" and proposes to carry out passenger and cargo transportation with a speed of 1220 kilometers per hour in closed capsules that will move in a special sealed system of pipes with low pressure. The idea may "smacks of" science fiction – and rightly so, I have to admit — but new photos from Nevada talking about what to expect the first Hyperloop system were (hopefully) very long.
The length of the test bed, called DevLoop at the moment is just 500 metres away. The weight of the structure is more than 1 million pounds. When its construction will be completed in the next few months, the full length of the line will be about 3 kilometers. Despite the fact that in the first tests of the system it is unlikely as passengers will be allowed a people, a test site will allow for the first time in practice to find out if it works the idea of Hyperloop and will she be able to justify such arose around the level of hype that even the Russian officials to build a similar system on our home-mother.
For the First time the concept of the system Hyperloop proposed by Elon Musk, founder and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, back in 2012. Later they were presented a concept document that described how such a transport system might work. According to the original idea of the Mask was considered the option of building a superfast transport branch Hyperloop between San Francisco and Los Angeles. However, to date it is not known whether in General implemented the California Hyperloop in the near future.
As Musk originally stated that his idea is completely open for third parties, a number of companies including several hundred academic research teams started to develop the technology for the Hyperloop, however, the leading party at the moment, it seems, is that One Hyperloop.
Startup conducted the first demonstration of the Hyperloop propulsion system in may last year. Then, in October of the same year presented their plans to build the first passenger system, which the company wants to build in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), making it among such cities as Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The length of the line will be about 159 kilometers. Typically, this distance takes about two hours by car, but according to experts from One of new Hyperloop transportation system Hyperloop will be able to reduce travel time to just 12 minutes.
The Company says that the UAE could be completed by 2020, but before that happens, first it is necessary to conduct the demonstration of full-scale test branches DevLoop, which is now collected in the Nevada desert. The developers want to make sure that such transportation will indeed be safe even at such insane speeds promised.
That is why all eyes will be on Nevada this year. And if all goes well, the technology adaptation Hyperloop will be a large step forward, since, despite the loud promises, many questions regarding it remain unanswered. In particular, is it possible to create a similar transportation system, whether it is reliable and safe for this kind of traffic, and how much it all might cost.
Some hints on the cost of such projects still exist. Leaked last year in the Network of documents point to the fact that, according to preliminary cost of the project of building the Hyperloop in the UAE will cost $ 4.8 billion, or more than $ 30 million per kilometer. And yet if something can convince people that such a futuristic transportation system will be worth every spent on it dollar of such astronomical sums, so it is a successful demonstration DevLoop that promises to place in a few months.
May Mask and gave the concept of the Hyperloop system in the hands of other people, he never abandoned his own dream of connecting cities with ultra-fast transport corridors. Last month, the head of SpaceX and Tesla showed a glimpse of a huge rig that could potentially be used to create underground tunnels to facilitate ground traffic cities such as Los Angeles. Elon even got the idea to build your own tunnel in order to get to your seat and not bored in traffic. As a joke this enterprise was christened by the name of Boring Company. And the question on Twitter on whether he plans to combine these two ideas to ultimately produce a real transport revolution, Musk replied: maybe.
Since ancient times, scientists, including Pascal and Leibniz, dreamed of machines, is able to see, understand the world and interact with it.
Today we present to your attention our new project — scientific-educational program «How does it work?».


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Emma Tenayuca was born on December 21, 1916, in San Antonio, Texas, one of eleven children. She lived with her grandparents during her childhood to ease her parent's strife. When she was 16 years old, she joined the labor movement and found out all about the Finck Cigar Company strikes. She graduated from Brackenridge High School in 1934 and became an elevator operator. However, she was still in the labor movement, and was arrested once when she joined the Finck Cigar Company picket line.
In 1937, in San Antonio, Emma was named the Workers' Alliance's general secretary for ten chapters. Also, she was asked to be the strike representative in January 1938 for the pecan shellers, which she accepted. The problem was that the pecan dust made the workers have high tuberculosis rates and as workers, they had inadequate restrooms and cleaning facilities. Their wages had also been cut in half, unfairly.
Soon, Emma was granted permission to speak at the Municipal Auditorium at a small Communist party meeting on August 25, 1939. However, the auditorium was stormed with people who hated Communists and the whole meeting got really violent. Emma got out of there safely, but from that point forward, she received many death threats.
Emma was blacklisted after that incident and she was forced to leave San Antonio. She moved to San Francisco instead and in 1952, she got her teacher's certificate. She then taught at Harlandale school in San Antonio once she was allowed back in Texas. In 1974, she graduated from Our Lady of the Lake University and received her Master's degree in Education. She retired in 1982.
Emma died on July 23, 1999, having established minimum wage for all workplaces nationally, among other achievements.
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"You get a medal," announces Stephen Walsh after I admit to devouring the second book of his mammoth two-volume biography of Igor Stravinsky, Stravinsky: The Second Exile: France and America, 1934–1971 (Knopf), in a few days. Actually, Walsh deserves the medal; Stravinsky's life and work has stymied biographers for decades.
"Second volumes of biographies of great figures are very often rather dull, aren't they?" muses Walsh by telephone from his home in Wales. "They tend to recount meetings with the Queen, various honors, and trips around the world. But with Stravinsky, that's not the case." Despite fundamentally transforming Western music with Petrushka, The Rite of Spring, and Les Noces, Stravinsky still struggled to support a flotilla of friends and relatives. Undaunted by the composer's multilingual archives, Walsh, who learned Russian for the project, compacts an avalanche of details into a monumental portrait of the perpetually harried genius. Stravinsky chronicles the composer's endless concert tours, unsuccessful angling for film-score gigs (then as now, Hollywood remains insensible to substantive music), and determination to make the then-fashionable post–World War II serial language of Anton Webern his own. Walsh disperses Stravinsky's biographical smoke screen and limns the prescient image making abetted by collaborators and ghostwriters such as Walter Nouvel and Robert Craft, the composer's aide-de-camp and amanuensis.
The Second Exile surpasses the descriptions of music in its predecessor, A Creative Spring. About the astounding 1957 ballet Agon, Walsh writes, "Stravinsky weaves a surreal musical tapestry from behind which the dance is no more than faintly heard, like costumed figures glimpsed through a series of colored gauzes lit at an angle." The author also admires Stravinsky's late music. Walsh explains, "I felt more apostolic about the later works because they're not so well known."
In these pages recently, I tussled with Carrie E. A. Scott over Trimpin. I have no regrets except for my mealy-mouthed definition of sound art. I should have quoted Brandon LaBelle's Background Noise: Perspectives on Sound Art (Continuum): "Sound art as a practice harnesses, describes, analyzes, performs, and interrogates the condition of sound and the processes by which it operates." Background Noise is mandatory reading for anyone interested in sound, listening, and sound art.
And though it won't hit bookstores until September, Steve Lacy: Conversations (Duke), an arresting anthology of interviews, already has me excited. A disciple of Thelonious Monk, Lacy helped revive the soprano saxophone, battling the bygone instrument several years before John Coltrane repopularized it with "My Favorite Things" in 1960. Conversations abounds with Lacy's canny insights, like "Monk represents for me the defense of a supreme equilibrium by the importance he gives to rhythmic values [and] to harmonic proportions." And "Money is necessary, like the air you need to breathe. When I have some, it's not important; when I don't, it's crucial."


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- EBITDA of USD 75.6 million in Q2 and USD 160.4 million for the first half year
- Operating cashflow of USD 135.8 million in Q2 and USD 283.7 million for the first half year
- Barossa project progressing as planned
- Awarded limited notice to proceed for Shell’s Gato do Mato development in Brazil
- Closed the sale of BW Joko Tole for continued operation to an Indonesian consortium and completed handover of Yùum K’ak’Náab
- Cash dividend of USD 0.035 per share and USD 5 million of BW Energy Limited shares as in-kind distribution
- Equity ratio of 35.2% and USD 428.1 million in available liquidity
EBITDA for the second quarter of 2022 was USD 75.6 million, a decrease from USD 84.8 million in the previous quarter. The decrease in EBITDA was mainly driven by high maintenance activity on the fleet combined with provisions for severance and inventory write-down on units coming to end of term, and higher costs for Sendje Berge preparing for the start-up of production.
During the quarter, BW Offshore continued to execute the Barossa FPSO project according to plan. As of July, the gas and condensate FPSO project was close to 40% completed in line with schedule. The project achieved 3 million manhours without injuries, which reflects BW Offshore’s and the project partners’ commitment to safeguard people and operations.
In May 2022, BW Offshore was awarded a limited notice to proceed (LNTP) by Shell Petróleo Ltda and its partners for early-stage engineering and supplier reservations for the supply of an FPSO for the Gato do Mato oil and gas field offshore Brazil. The LNTP is valued up to USD 50 million.
“We continue to execute the Barossa project in a safe and efficient manner, carry out our planned divestments of non-core units and maintain good performance from our core assets. This lays the foundation for continued steady shareholder distributions,” said Marco Beenen, CEO of BW Offshore. “We also selectively progress new infrastructure projects with long-term contracts, investment grade counterparties and attractive partnership models in the FPSO market and are pleased to register BW Ideol’s success in building a sizeable offshore floating wind project portfolio.”
The Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of USD 0.035 per share and USD 5 million of BW Energy Limited shares as in-kind distribution. Shares will trade ex dividend from 31 August 2022. Shareholders recorded in VPS following the close of trading on Oslo Børs on 1 September 2022 will be entitled to the distribution payable on or about 8 September 2022.
Please see attachments for the half-year report and presentation. The earnings tables are available at: https://bwoffshore.com/ir/quarterly-results/
BW Offshore will host a conference call of the financial results at 09:00 (CEST) today. The presentation will be given by CEO Marco Beenen and CFO Ståle Andreassen.
Conference call information:
To dial in to the conference call where the first half year and second quarter results and Q&A will be hosted, please dial one of the following numbers:
Norway: +47 8150 3308
UK: +44 2039 362 999
US: +1 6466 641 960
France: +33 970 733 958
Singapore: +65 3163 4602 (PIN: 086550#)
You can also follow the presentation via webcast with supporting slides, available on:
Please note that if you follow the webcast via the above URL, you will experience a 30 second delay compared to the main conference call.
For further information, please contact:
Ståle Andreassen, CFO, +47 91 71 86 55
Anders S. Platou, Head of Corporate Finance & Strategy, +47 99 50 47 40
About BW Offshore:
BW Offshore engineers innovative floating production solutions. The Company has a fleet of 10 FPSOs with potential and ambition to grow. By leveraging four decades of offshore operations and project execution, the Company creates tailored offshore energy solutions for evolving markets world-wide. BW Offshore has around 2,000 employees and is publicly listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

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After roughly one month on the bench, Madison County Circuit Judge John Barberis, Jr. said the transition from lawyer to judge has gone really well.
“It’s been fantastic,” Barberis said.
Barberis, a Republican, was sworn in on Dec. 1 after winning a circuit court seat in the November election.
He received 41,723 votes to Associate Judge Clarence Harrison’s 35,114 votes, a margin of 54 to 46 percent.
In the campaign for the empty circuit judge seat - vacated by former chief judge Ann Callis - Barberis did not accept campaign contributions from attorneys.
On the other hand, Harrison, a Democrat, raised more than $100,000 in individual contributions, much of which came from asbestos attorneys who practice in Madison County.
Barberis, of St. Jacob, said his fellow judges have been warm and welcoming, making the switch fairly seamless.
He added that his new position as judge has been a learning experience as he works in subjects new to his area of expertise.
Since beginning his new role, Barberis said his docket consists of a variety of cases, including Law Division, Miscellaneous Remedy, Chancery, minor civil and arbitration.
“I get sent to new judge school in February, so until then I guess I get graded on a curve,” Barberis joked.
"Judge school" will be held in Chicago where new judges learn tricks of the trade, such as how to be a more effective jurist and how to conduct themselves on the bench. Barberis will be joined in Chicago by first-term Madison County Associate judges Philip Alfeld and Martin Mengarelli.
Barberis said he is taking things one step at a time, but his goal is to do the best job he can while on the bench.
“I definitely appreciate the trust they showed in electing me,” he said. “I plan on fulfilling the duties of my job the best I can and making sure that the Madison County residents who elected me, that their interests are protected under the law.”

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cups Basmati rice (you may also use plain white or brown rice)
cup fresh cilantro
Zest of 1 lime
Juice of 1 lime
tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
cloves fresh garlic, minced
teaspoon sea salt
In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, bring 1-1/2 cups of water to a boil. Add in the rice and salt, mixing well. Cover and allow to cook until water is absorbed and rice is tender, 18-20 minutes. In a food processor or blender add cilantro, lime juice, lime zest, olive oil, garlic and 2 tablespoons water. Blend until smooth. Stir the mixture into cooked rice and fluff with a fork. Add your favorite fajita recipe. Best served warm.


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A pensioner killed one of his sister-in-laws while driving to pay their final respects to another.
Sheila Barrett died after George Jones drove his wife and her two sisters to visit the dying woman at her nursing home.
The family had received a "phone call that changed everything" from care staff to say she "may not last the evening".
Jones, who had been drinking, agreed to drive but collided with another vehicle resulting in 70-year-old Ms Barrett's death.
As well as suffering the loss of Ms Barrett, the family were also unable to see their other sister before she died.
Family members broke down in tears at Liverpool Crown Court as Jones, of St Martin's Grove in Southdene, Kirkby, was sentenced for causing death by careless driving.
Nicola Daley, prosecuting, told the court that the collision took place in the early evening of December 6, 2018.
The court heard that while driving on the East Lancashire Road at St Helens, Jones collided with another car.
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Jones had been turning right across the westbound carriageway of the East Lancashire Road when a VW Tiguan, driven by Nicola Murray, collided with him.
Ms Barrett was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead after suffering severe chest injuries.
Susan Walls, one of Jones' other sister-in-laws, was also injured, suffering bruising to her lungs and brain which has resulted a turn in her right eye.
A driver behind Jones, Andrew Pilling, also intending to make the same turn said he saw Jones enter a right-hand filter lane.
Ms Daley said: "He believed the defendant would stop, as there hadn't been a safe gap and he could see several headlamps of oncoming traffic."
He then described Jones turning right as though he had the right-of-way rather than waiting at the junction.
Ms Daley explained how Ms Murray saw the defendant drive straight out in front of her.
She said: "All she could do is shout 'no' and press her brake."
Mr Pilling said he saw a "puff of steam" before realising Ms Murray had collided with the nearside of Jones' car.
The court heard witnesses had described Jones as appearing drunk.
A faulty breathalyser test saw Jones taken to hospital at around 10.45pm, for a blood sample which was analysed by a forensic scientist, who concluded that at the time of the crash Jones most likely would have given a sample just short of twice the legal limit.
Ms Daley explained that Jones' wife told officers at around 1pm Jones had gone to the pub while she played bingo with her sisters and he hadn't had anything to drink after getting home.
Jones told officers he had had two pints to drink and in interview said his driving was competent, although an investigation officer said that the view of the westbound carriageway is "totally unrestricted for a considerable distance."
The court heard the 73-year-old has no previous convictions.
John Rowan, defending, said: "This is a truly tragic case for all involved. There hasn't been a day, Mr Jones tells me, that he hasn't woken up in the morning or gone to bed at night without thinking of those events.
"The regret, the remorse and the shame lives with him every moment of every day."
The court heard Jones was supported in court by his wife and children.
Mr Rowan said: "Mr Jones is no longer the same man."
He explained Jones hasn't driven since the collision and has no intention of getting behind a wheel again.
Mr Rowan also told the court that Jones had held a clean licence for 46 years.
He said: "Mr Jones tells me he simply can't come to terms with what happened. He wants it known how very sorry he is and he will never forgive himself for the death."
Mr Rowan said the pair were "like brother and sister" themselves.
He explained to the court that after returning from the pub Jones was "in the middle of his evening meal with his wife when a phone call that changed everything came through, that his other sister-in-law, who was in a nursing home and suffering from dementia, may not last the evening."
"The advice from the nursing home was to get here as quickly as you can."
Mr Rowan explained that Jones' wife then asked him to drive and in a "split-second decision".
The court heard he "hadn't considered" that he shouldn't get behind the wheel although "clearly the effects of alcohol were still in his system".
Mr Rowan said: "What was in his mind was a genuine emergency - to get the nursing home."
He said Jones "replays that decision in his head every day" and wishes he had simply phoned a taxi.
Mr Rowan said: "The family, unfortunately, tragically, had to bury two sisters within one week"
He asked the court to consider Jones' age, the current circumstances of coronavirus in prisons at the moment and his health problems, as well as the fact he had no previous convictions.
Judge Robert Trevor-Jones, sentencing, clarified that "there can be no blame attached to the driver of the VW, they had no chance to avoid the accident".
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The judge said it "simply doesn't add up" that Jones had only two pints to drink at the pub before getting behind the wheel.
"The consumption of alcohol, I make it clear, is an important element of this offence."
The judge accepted that Jones' remorse was genuine and noted his age which "counts for a considerable amount", also taking into account letters written by his family and one from a work colleague who "spoke most highly and supportively of you".
Having read the family's victim personal statements, in which "all express their terrible grief for the loss of their mother" the judge said he "can't compensate or attempt to compensate her family for her death" in his sentence.
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The judge reduced the sentence due to Jones' previous good character and the features of his personal mitigation and said: "I am well aware of the impact of an immediate custodial sentence on someone like you and of your age."
The judge also took into account the delay and reduced the sentence by two months to reflect the impact of coronavirus in prisons.
Jones was handed a prison sentence of two years and six months.
He was disqualified from driving for three and a half years and will have to take an extended retest.


Chamber Music Northwest & Corvallis Celtic Festival
June 29, 2023: Host Christa Wessel welcomes Chamber Music Northwest’s Young Artist Institute and the Corvallis Celtic Festival to the Roger O. Doyle performance studio.
CMNW’s Young Artist Institute will showcase young violinists, violists, and cellists selected for the YAI program. These musicians are among the top high school string players from North America and Asia. The 2023 students have been finalists in the most distinguished competitions in the world such as the Menuhin and Sphinx Competitions, and they hail from prestigious preparatory programs at the New England Conservatory, San Francisco Conservatory, Colburn Academy, Juilliard School, Korea National University of the Arts, and Portland’s own Portland Youth Philharmonic.
The first annual Corvallis Celtic Festival will be held July 21-23 in Central Park and downtown Corvallis, Oregon. Tune in for a preview of their inaugural season.
In 2022, CMNW launched the Young Artist Institute (YAI), a new intensive education program for 16 talented string players from around the world, ages 14-18. Each week, we invite our community to watch and support the incredible students of the Young Artist Institute. The Portland community can enjoy the amazing virtuosity and precociousness of these musicians around the city.
Now in its 52nd season, Chamber Music Northwest serves more than 50,000 people annually in Oregon and SW Washington with exceptional chamber music through over 100 events annually, including a flagship Summer Festival, year-round concerts, community activities, educational programs, broadcasts, and innovative collaborations with other arts groups. CMNW is the only chamber music festival of its kind in the Northwest and one of the most diverse classical music experiences in the nation, virtually unparalleled in comparable communities.
Learn more at cmnw.org.
The inaugural annual Corvallis Celtic Festival will be held July 20-23, 2023 in Central Park and downtown Corvallis, Oregon. Festival activities include Celtic musical performances and workshops, children’s activities, dancing, whisky tasting, and arts and food vendors. Most events will be by donation. A kick-off free concert with two bands will be held at Common Fields in Corvallis on Thursday, July 20, 5:00 – 9:00 PM.
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Lisa Riley broke down in tears after losing the Strictly Come Dancing dance-off to Denise Van Outen, who will join Kimberley Walsh, Louis Smith and Dani Harmer in next week’s grand final.
Van Outen and her dance partner James Jordan found themselves in the bottom two despite achieving the second highest score from the judges, who saved the former Big Breakfast host ‘purely based on technique’.
Riley received a standing ovation from the studio audience as she bid Strictly a goodbye, saying: ‘It’s been the best time of my entire life, I can’t thank you enough.
‘From the costume to the makeup, everybody backstage is just beyond belief, and all the judges, I’ve had the time of my life.
‘And one person has made that and that’s Robin Windsor. He has just been amazing.
‘What you don’t all know is having me as a partner is a really, really tough ask and every week, week in week out he’s done it… and he’s helped me through one of the toughest times of my life. I owe every inch of Strictly to him, he’s just amazing.’
A similarly tearful Windsor added: ‘I just want to say from day one this whole experience this year has been absolutely amazing, and Lisa has come out and shown you don’t have to be a certain size to dance, and she’s inspired so many people around the country.
‘She is one of the loveliest, nicest people I’ve ever met.’
Riley, who danced the American smooth to All That Jazz from the musical Chicago in the semi-final, is the tenth celebrity to exit the competition.
Her departure means that Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh, Olympic gymnast Louis Smith, Tracy Beaker actress Dani Harmer and TOWIE narrator Denise Van Outen will contest next week’s final.
Sunday night’s results show included a performance from opera singer Katherine Jenkins, who also danced a jive with her dance partner from the US-version of Strictly, Dancing With The Stars.

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Wade Spees // The Post and Courier
Cougars left fielder Jose Rodriguez tries to track down a ball during Charleston’s first game Saturday against Georgia Southern at Riley Park.
The College of Charleston baseball team knew it had a major mountain to climb Saturday if it was going to get a shot at playing in the postseason for the second straight year.
Having lost to Georgia Southern in the Southern Conference tournament opener in the wee hours of Thursday morning, the Cougars would have to beat Georgia Southern twice Saturday to advance to today's SoCon championship game and reach the 40-win plateau that is considered the magic number for getting into the NCAA tournament.
The Cougars pulled off the first win against the Eagles, using the hit and run and bunting their way to a 9-1 victory to set up a decisive second game Riley Park. But in the rematch, Charleston (39-22) stumbled in the middle innings and fell behind by five runs, and Marty Gantt's grand slam in the eighth wasn't enough as the Eagles held on for a 7-6 victory.
Georgia Southern (35-24) faces Samford (37-22) today at 2 p.m. for the championship and the SoCon's automatic NCAA bid.
"I think it's going to be tough," Cougars head coach Monte Lee said when asked if the Cougars held any hope for an at-large bid. "I think it's a one-bid situation (for the Southern Conference). If we'd won the game today and gotten to 40 wins going into the championship, I think we would have had a better chance. You never know."
The Cougars, the top home-run hitting team in the SoCon this season, had to resort to small ball to beat the Eagles in the first game. Two bunts and a check swing single keyed the four-run fifth. The Cougars bunted twice, had a seeing-eye single and a double in the sixth to score four more.
After Georgia Southern ended Jake Zokan's shutout with a single run in the top of the eighth, catcher Rob Kral hit Charleston's second homer of the tournament in the bottom of the eighth for a 9-1 Cougars margin. Kral had three hits in that game, while Gantt, Cole
Rakar and Matt Leeds had two apiece. Zokan pitched eight full innings, giving up five hits while tying his career-high with seven strikeouts.
Charleston jumped on top in the second game with a two-run second, started by SoCon freshman of the year Daniel Aldrich, who ended an 0-for-13 slump in the tournament with a double off the left-field wall. He advanced on a sacrifice bunt and then scored on Rob Harding's chopper that went for a double. Gantt scored Harding and reached base on an error, but the Cougars stranded two runners.
Georgia Southern tied the game with two runs in the bottom of the third, added three in the fourth and put the game out of reach with two in the seventh.
But the Cougars, who had squandered some scoring opportunities along the way, did not roll over. Jamie Holler singled to lead off the eighth and Harding was hit by a pitch. Pinch-hitter Kolby Epley drew a walk to load the bases. After Georgia Southern brought in a relief pitcher, Gantt went opposite field over the right field fence for a grand slam, pulling Charleston within a run.
But that was all the Cougars could muster. Georgia Southern retired the side and then put the Cougars down in order in the ninth.
Gantt said the Cougars probably played their best all-around baseball of the season during the tournament, although they weren't able to put up the big offensive numbers. But the Cougars' pitching was solid.
"It's tough. We know we're a really good ball team and we didn't play every game (during the regular season) like we probably should have," Gantt said. "Our defense kind of hurt us all season, but I'm not sure the defense let us down today. I think we lost a little bit of focus in the middle innings and that led to them scoring some runs."
"Our guys fought hard and competed. Marty Gantt came up with a big grand slam to get us within one run. We just couldn't find a way to get a guy on base there in the ninth to bring the winning run to the plate," Lee said.
"To come back in the tournament the way we did after losing the first game, fighting as hard as we did, I'm proud of our guys for their efforts this week. If we could have gotten to tomorrow, who knows what would have happened. But it didn't happen for us and you have to give Georgia Southern credit. They deserved to win. They outplayed us."


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Wilderness Survival Minecraft Trap Mod
This mod adds animal trapping to the game, upping the gore factor and putting emphasis on survival at the expense of other life forms. Why build farms when you can trap animals at your leisure and collect the bacon without ever having to swing a sword? If you're far more hunter than gatherer, you're going to absolutely love this mod.
There are currently two types of trap included in the Wilderness Survival Mod, a spike trap that will slow mobs down and do some damage when they pass over it, and a lethal trap that will destroy any mob that touches it. Spike traps do not take damage and do not need to be reset, lethal traps will be 'sprung' when touched and have to be reset with a pocket knife. There's also a trip wire, which I'll elaborate on after we're done with the traps.
Spike traps are crafted with four iron
ingots, which create four spike traps. These would be perfect for
placement in a gauntlet style arrangement because they don't degrade
or become sprung. If you want to wear down your enemies before they
get to you, place several spike traps outside your home or base. Or, for a more classic approach to the problem of catching animals, put them at the bottom of a hole for an old time spike pit.
These are essentially spike traps with a wooden base. Unlike spike traps, they only work once, (though they can be reset after they are sprung) on the plus side, they do lethal damage, which means you will destroy your foe every time. Lethal traps are perfect for the free range hunter or someone very serious about protecting bases.
The trip wire isn't a trap in and of itself, it's basically a reskinned switch that sends a redstone pulse to something that can act like a trap (think dispensers filled with arrows, or perhaps a disappearing lava pool.)
This is the sort of mod that deserves attention, it's going to be a great addition for anyone looking to build mob grinding traps and will also fit well into a free ranging survivalist strategy too. It's currently only available for 18.1, but that's largely because that's the only version of Minecraft officially released at this point in time. I'm looking forward to seeing mods like this working in the hard mode where death is permanent, after all we need all the tools we can get to make minecraft life a litle easier amongst the creepers and endermen. There's also a whole world of possibilities for these things in a multiplayer situation, but we're getting ahead of ourselves there for sure.

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