After complaints for the use of poor material in the construction of the main road in NIT-2, the municipality’s Vigilance team has taken samples from the Cemented road being built up. Samples have been sent for Lab inquiry. Chand Bhatia, a local resident and chief of the business forum, told the corporation officials last month that the construction of their main road was done a few days ago and the material used in the construction is of poor quality.
This is the reason that a few days after the construction, there have been cracks in many places on the road. Apart from this, due to lack of proper label, rain water has accumulated on the road. The contractor has also not laid down the concrete road under the main road. On the complaint made, the Deputy Commissioner ordered to take the samples of the road.
On the other hand, Chand Bhatia said that he himself would go ahead and get the samples checked in a private lab as he is not having trust on the local authorities for the lab testing reports. Municipal Chief Engineer DR Bhaskar said that the sample of the road has been taken. So the reports for the same are awaited now.


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Napa County is weighing whether requiring signs for rural development proposals is a good way to alert residents that their neighborhood might be changing.
Some county supervisors say the signs would get more people involved early in the public discourse over possible projects. Others noted the county has more than 75 pending projects and worry about sign clutter.
The debate is a sign of the times. Proposed wineries and winery expansions have come under increased scrutiny in recent years. People routinely express concerns about too much traffic and too much groundwater drawdown.
For now, the county will settle for mailing notices to neighbors living within 1,000 feet of a proposed project requiring environmental documents, an increase from the previous 300 feet. The Board of Supervisors approved this move on Tuesday.
Supervisors also discussed whether they need to do more. Supervisor Keith Caldwell brought up the sign idea.
“I just think because of the rural nature of the county, even expanding from 300 feet to 1,000 feet, you may or may not connect with any of the neighbors,” Caldwell said.
But Supervisor Diane Dillon said she could entertain the idea only if the signs are up for a short period. She already receives complaints about sign clutter in the county.
Gary Margadant, president of the Mount Veeder Stewardship Council, liked the sign idea.
“We don’t think of this as clutter,” he said. “We think of this as a notice to the neighbors so they can participate.”
To Caldwell, temporary signs announcing proposed wineries might be literally a sign of what’s to come. A winery, if approved, will want a permanent sign, he said.
Supervisor Alfredo Pedroza suggested there might be another way to tackle the issue in a high-tech world. He talked about using mobile phones and the Internet to alert residents to proposed projects.
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“It would be great to explore what technology can do for us,” Pedroza said.
But Supervisor Brad Wagenknecht favored Dillon’s suggestion for a pilot sign program, with Napa County’s main thoroughfares of Highway 29 and Silverado Trail exempted from the requirement. He sees advantages to having signs even in the Digital Age.
“I like the simplicity of it,” Wagenknecht said. “It’s low-tech. You’re going for your bike ride and you can see that.”
Any decision on the sign idea will come at a future Board of Supervisors meeting.
Supervisor Mark Luce had another idea for getting people involved early in proposed development discussions. He suggested having the county release administrative drafts of environmental impact reports. These drafts are circulated only among county officials for comments on accuracy.
Developers might take a different course if they learn early on about public concerns, Luce said.
County Deputy Planning Director John McDowell said administrative drafts are works in progress and might have inaccuracies. Sometimes, various versions have conflicting information, he said.
“That doesn’t bother me,” Luce said, adding releasing administrative drafts would give others a chance to “check your grammar or anything else that is in the report.” It could encourage collaboration that is missing.
People can already get involved early in the planning process, said David Morrison, director of the Planning, Building and Environmental Services Department. They can comment on initial project concepts and attend community meetings to suggest what topics should be addressed by environmental impact reports.
The board took no vote on the administrative draft proposal.


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We the people of free India
This day, 55 years ago, India achieved political independence from the British state, but she still awaits economic and social independence from the Indian state. But, I am not sure whether we have even genuine political independence.
Many of our laws are of the British time, some even unmodified. The Official Secrets Act keeps citizens away from their democratic government as it kept the subjects beneath their British rulers.
The Defence of India Act of 1935 underpins the legal architecture of independent India. The laws that today govern family relationships of Hindus as well as Muslims were framed by the divide-and-rule Brits.
The British did build the institution of relatively independent judiciary. The Supreme Court of independent India however uses the British law of contempt of court to keep itself above criticism by low citizens.
"We need to teach these browns how to show respect."
Freedom has turned into licence. The judiciary rules on any and all subjects under the guise that "the browns" can’t solve the problems through their own political and social mechanisms.
It debates whether bonus is really a salary, as if "the browns" cannot tell the difference, and declares that bonus once given shall become mandatory. For-profit education is decreed to be unconstitutional.
It orders use of only CNG for public transport in the capital, demands that transport and power sectors must be given priority in CNG allocation, and bans passage of trucks through Delhi. This is the independent judiciary of independent India.
Political independence hasn’t brought much improvement in political governance either. Many say we have simply changed the skin colour of our rulers. We actually have done more than that. We have added hypocrisy. With the British, we at least knew that we were looted for their benefits.
Our Indian rulers plunder us in the name of helping us!
We take solace in being the world’s largest democracy—if nothing else, we are governed by representatives elected in free and fair elections. Democracy is allegedly India’s crowning achievement. But is it a genuine democracy? Do our representatives reflect popular will?
The criminalisation of politics has excluded the honest and the decent from joining politics. The laws limiting campaign contributions and the expenses that can be officially incurred by candidates has led to the dominance of muscle power and illegal money in the electoral process.
The laws have created the need for "black" money. The necessity of muscle power reflects the fact that the goal of the rulers has hardly changed — they are there to loot.
In our first-past-the-post (FPTP)electoral system, a candidate doesn’t need to win a majority, a candidate needs just one more vote than the opponents.
Most of our rulers have controlled our lives by winning about one third of the votes. In the FPTP system, candidates try to appeal to a section of voters, not a majority of them — they create a vote-bank, not the bank of a majority of votes.
Several better electoral systems exist that result in winners who more accurately reflect majority preferences. But our election campaigns are rarely about policies and issues; they are about which candidate would share how much of the loot with his supporters. We have democratised plunder, not governance.
Many see the rise of regional parties and coalition politics as a sign of empowerment of those who didn’t hitherto have a voice.
This deepening of democracy is supposedly a move towards equalisation of opportunities for the downtrodden and the lower castes. Yes, the opportunity to share in the loot! Not just the upper-caste netas and babus, but all have a finger in the jar. Is this equality India’s proud achievement?
The structure and working of our political parties also echo my claim that our politics is politics of plunder. There is no democracy, accountability, or transparency in the political parties.
It is futile to expect that political parties would operate by a code different from the one central to the political system. Political parties unanimously opposed the requirement of disclosure of wealth and income, and of criminal record by election candidates.
Most democracies require that candidates make their wealth and income tax returns public. Their media effectively takes care of any criminal record the candidates may have.
The wealth and income tax returns are legal documents that can be required to be disclosed. Any discrepancy between the returns and actual wealth and income would then be handled by the media and hopefully by the tax authorities.
A further suggestion is that the failure to disclose or false disclosure should result in disqualification of the candidate.
Many oppose the disqualification requirement on the grounds that it infringes person’s fundamental right to participate in the democratic process, in the same way as any minimum education requirement.
Shouldn’t people have the right to decide minimum qualifications for the job to run the government? Similarly, they should be able to fix criteria for disqualification.
To prevent people from setting such norms is a violation of their right. Any unreasonable qualification or disqualification criteria would not be permitted. Just as we don’t permit norms that are arbitrary and unrelated to the requirements of the job in the private sector.
My concern with the disqualification requirement is not with any infringement of fundamental rights of candidates, but with impartial implementation of the requirement.
Given the politicisation of the police, investigative agencies, and the judiciary, it is difficult to expect that impartial investigations and judgements will be made in the short period of time to decide whether a candidate is disqualified. If we are able to create a proper mechanism, the disqualification requirement is certainly worth a second look.
The battle for economic and social freedom is on. Let’s resolve on this day to recommit ourselves for the struggle for true political independence. We must have authentic representatives and true economic and social independence.


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Michaele Jordana Berman first gained attention as a pop icon in 1976 with her solo exhibition of large super-realist paintings at Toronto's Isaacs Gallery. Her setting: the Arctic, her subject: the whales, the slaughter of the innocent. Michaele's painterly approach and strong content quickly landed her paintings in the permanent collections of The National Gallery of Canada, Art Bank, and corporate collections such as First City Trust, and international private collections.
The success of Michaele's paintings of whales opened the way for her to explore other art forms, including photography. The primal images she took in the Arctic were featured at The Isaacs Gallery, in her exhibition "Carnivore".
She went on to write the "Manifesto of Performance Art" with artist Wendy Knox Leet, while producing attention-getting multimedia performance works with composer Douglas Pringle, a founding member of the electronica band Syrinx. Michaele Berman, the groundbreaking young artist from Winnpeg, was about to come out of her cocoon, out from behind the canvas, and transform into Michaele Jordana the performance artist and singer, creating a persona and alter ego who proved she could make even Joey Ramone tremble.
By 1978 her collaborations with Pringle in performance art had pushed the boundaries of pop culture. And Michaele Jordana took the music world by storm as singer of the original New Wave punk band The Poles*. Their ground breaking band was hailed by George Higton in The New York Rocker as "the best recorded rock out of Toronto."
"CN Tower", Michaele Jordana's acclaimed single, led the band to perform in venues including Crash & Burn in Toronto, and CBGB's and Max's in New York with acts like Devo, the Ramones & Patti Smith.
Hailed as the 'It Girl" by Peter Goddard in the Toronto Star, Michaele Jordana won the first CASBY award & a JUNO nomination for her album "Romance at the Roxy", produced at Nimbus 9 Studio in Toronto.
Michaele Jordana pioneered the New Wave punk sound, attitude and style and was the true forerunner of future generations of female artists and musicians. The unique sound of her band's music makes Michaele Jordana's songs as current today as when they were first released. In fact, in The Toronto Star, March 30, 2003, writer/film maker David Bedini hails "CN Tower" by Michaele Jordana & The Poles as one of the top 50 all time classic songs coming out of Toronto.
After leaving the spotlight when her daughter was born, Michaele re-emerged a few years later with a series of moving television documentaries. Though she had a healthy child, Michaele wanted to show that less fortunate children were capable and eager to communicate. In "Face to Face", Michaele forms a video crew with disabled teenagers who are on the threshold of integration. "Face to Face" has been broadcast internationally, and won a silver medal at The New York Film and Television Festival.
Michaele has worked extensively in the field of education in University and school environments, developing innovative progams in visual arts, video and multimedia. Commissioned by Industry Canada for Canada's SchoolNet, Michaele pioneered online learning with "AIERbrush" - the Artists in Electronic Residence web site. Michaele's recent credits include online digital artwork and design for corporate clients such as architects Reitch+Petch Architects and Taylor Exhibits.
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US: First of the Boeing-built GPS 2F satellites will be launched on May 20. The satellites will bring modest improvement to the constellation’s sub-meter positioning accuracy and their cores are similar to the Boeing GPS 2A satellites launched in the 1990s, an Air Force official said, according to Air force Times report.
Boeing and the Air Force discovered engineering flaws during tests late in development of the first satellites. In a prelaunch press briefing, Col. Dave Madden, commander of the Air Force’s GPS wing, said the delays were one-time events that should not happen again. The government added a new civilian signal, L-5 and a new military-only signal, M-Code, that is being used for tests at this point, he said. M-Code is not scheduled to be used operationally until 2013, when the first receivers are fielded.
There were engineering mistakes, Madden said, but those were the result of a failed acquisition strategy called total system performance responsibility, under which contractors were given latitude to meet broad design requirements, he said.
“We removed all the [military] standards, and the system engineering practices that we believed were best practices all got removed during that era,” he said.
Once mistakes were uncovered, the Air Force restored independent oversight of technical work and Boeing set up a series of technology gateways to spot problems early.
During the briefing, Madden’s staff said the average cost of a 2F satellite is USD 121 million. The Government Accountability Office last year declared the programme USD 870 million over budget and three years behind schedule and made the 2F programme the basis for its controversial warning that the GPS constellation could grow unacceptably thin in coming years.
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Twenty years ago today, the Tooze family was just like any other.
But within days – on July 26, 1993 – their lives would be ripped apart by a double murder that shook Wales.
It was a quiet Monday evening when Megan and Harry Tooze’s only daughter, Cheryl, picked up the phone to her parents’ neighbour.
Concerned fellow farmer Owen Hopkins called her to say the couple were missing, their farm eerily deserted, with the door unlocked and a half-prepared lunch on the kitchen side.
Police were called in and, in the early hours of the morning, Cheryl learned that the bodies of Harry, 64, and his 67-year-old wife Megan, had been found covered in a carpet and stowed in a cowshed.
Both had been shot in the head with a 12-bore shotgun.
The devastating news led to a chain of events that even Cheryl could not have predicted, as police quickly pinned their sights on her boyfriend, Jonathan Jones.
Officers arrested him and released a statement shortly afterwards saying they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the grisly killings.
Jonathan, now 53 and now married to Cheryl, also 53, was jailed for life in 1995 after being found guilty of the couple’s murders at a trial.
But a year later, he had his convictions quashed by the Court of Appeal.
On his release, he called on the police to follow up a “host of leads” – including sightings of four-wheel drive vehicles near the farmhouse, noisy arguments and a mystery middle-aged man seen with the Toozes, all of which were mentioned by the Court of Appeal judge.
But despite a full review in 2000, a second review in 2005 and another following the conviction of John Cooper in 2011 for murdering four people in Pembrokeshire in the 1980s, the case remains Wales’ most notorious unsolved murder.
But for Cheryl and Jonathan, whose lives have been most affected by the tragedy, their 20-year fight for justice and answers has taken its toll.
On July 26 this year – a Friday – the pair will be in Rhodes with their teenage son and Jonathan’s parents Graham, 78, and Pauline, 74.
Speaking to Wales on Sunday yesterday, Graham, who lives in Caerphilly near his son and daughter-in-law’s family home, said the family would spend the day trying not to think about the media frenzy back home, as the murder of Cheryl’s loving parents reaches its 20th anniversary.
“At the time, there was so much stress on Cheryl, she finds it hard to talk about it,” he said. “It’s affected her health and made her an invalid for life.”
Graham said it was the stress she was under that caused Cheryl to suffer a rare condition during her pregnancy that saw the cartilage between the bones in her body waste away, leaving her “literally a bag of bones”.
After the birth of her son, that cartilage recovered but not throughout her body, and she now has difficulty walking without support.
“She can go shopping with a trolley to lean on but she struggles walking,” he said. “The doctors at the time put it down to the ‘unnatural stress’ she was under.”
The rare condition also meant Cheryl partially lost her hearing, meaning she now has to rely on a hearing aid.
And she is not the only member of the family who has been affected.
Graham, who has helped the couple in their campaign for justice, said Jonathan – who never received any compensation for his year in jail – has “never got over” his incarceration, saying his wrongful conviction “pulled the rug out from under his feet”.
He said: “I brought the children up to believe that the police were reliable and he has found out different, and that has shaken the base of his upbringing to some extent.
“He hasn’t said so, but I can feel it. He tends to question things that I say now and the beliefs that I have from time to time, which he wouldn’t have done before.”
And Graham said the “sense of total disbelief that this could happen in this country” is still with the family, two decades on.
He said: “We have always called for this to be investigated by an outside force, because there are too many questions, too many mistakes made by South Wales Police.”
He added: “Jonathan and Harry were like father and son. Harry and Megan both thought the world of Jonathan and he did of them.”
Graham was scathing about the police investigation and said the family is now also renewing its calls for South Wales Police to keep its promise and publish a review carried out 13 years ago into the murders.
In 2000, when police announced their “full review” into the murders, the then Assistant Chief Constable Tony Rogers said he would leave “no stones unturned” to find the killer, adding: “The conclusion of the report and its findings will be made known. Warts and all, the contents of the report will be made available to the public.”
But despite dozens of Freedom of Information requests over the years, the force has always refused to make the contents of the report public, saying it cannot because the murders remain unsolved.
Freedom of Information campaigner Tom Bennett is one of the people calling for that review to finally be published.
He said: “If the head of South Wales Police publicly announced it would be made public, why is it not available 10 years on under the Freedom of Information Act?
“As I see it, it is not the prerogative of the South Wales Police to refuse the contents of the Ross Report being seen by the public.”
When approached by Wales on Sunday, a spokesman for South Wales Police said: “This month marks 20 years since the tragic deaths of Harry and Megan Tooze. The public can be assured that any new information which is received in relation to this case will be fully investigated.”


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Aerco has long been a distributor of electronic and electrical components with strong technical expertise in a wide range of markets. This ability to help engineeers with design issues and component selection has led to Aerco strengthening its relationship with two major suppliers.
Oxley appoints Aerco as its Master UK Distributor
Many customers are expressing concern that manufacturers are moving production to the Far East. Because of this, Aerco’s customers are showing increasing interest in Oxley filters that are designed and manufactured in the UK. The close relationship between the two companies has led to Aerco being appointed by Oxley Developments Company as its master distributor in the UK. Aerco has been a franchised distributor for the Oxley range of interconnect terminal test points, RFI discrete filters, LED indicators, event counters and elapsed time indicators since 2008 and will now handle all direct sales in the UK. Oxley will continue to serve the major programmes of OEM customers directly.
Aerco has an impressive record in supplying a wide range of electronic and electromechanical components to the aerospace, military and commercial market sectors. This appointment is intended to capitalise on this expertise and further develop the close partnership between Oxley and Aerco to improve the service to UK customers in terms of delivery times and access to product expertise and design support.
Steve Wells, business director of Oxley Developments Company, Components Business Unit, said: ‘We are making significant investment in our manufacturing capability and new product development programme, particularly in EMI and we believe that Aerco’s experience and capability will play an important part in this exciting new phase of development at Oxley.’
Aerco appointed as strategic distribution partner by Hypertac
Another important development has been the appointment of Aerco as a strategic distribution partner by Hypertac, the major international interconnect company, under the terms of which Aerco becomes Hypertac’s major stocking distributor in the UK.
The famed Hypertac hyperboloid contact system saves space by carrying 30% more current than traditional contacts and provides unrivalled performance in terms of mating cycles, shock and vibration immunity, long life, low contact resistance and low insertion and extraction force. The system is featured across a broad range of Hypertac connectors.
The HDLP series is a range of low profile, high density, rectangular PCB connectors designed for use in applications where small, low mating force connectors with low and stable contact resistance are required while the Hypertac HBB connectors are rated up to 750A and provide easy mating and quick release with over 2,000 mating cycles.
This combination of high current capability with small size and high levels of environmental performance makes the HBB range particularly suitable for electric drives used in fighting vehicles, weapons, avionics, rail transport and automotive and medical equipment.
The most recent addition to the Hypertac connectors marketed in the UK by Aerco is a new range of spring-loaded, high-density connectors known as the MLPI (micro miniature low profile interposers) series.
Using its high level of expertise and long experience in spring probe contact technology, Hypertac has worked with its sister company IDI to develop a highly innovative contact technology that provides a spring-loaded contact system allowing one PCB to be connected to another situated directly above it.
With a pitch of 1mm and available up to 120-way, the MLPI series meets the requirements of the most demanding of applications. The design ensures there are no appreciable degradation of contact resistance over a long life cycle and a low variation of electrical contact resistance even under extremes of shock and vibration.
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In addition, when a design programme falters because a component cannot be sourced for whatever reason, the team can bring years of experience either to find an alternative, work with the supplier to design and implement changes to a standard component or change the design of the original product so that a component that can be sourced can be used.
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The UK’s first-ever, glasses-free 3D-capable smartphone is available now on Orange, teaming 3D video playback and recording with high-end Android phone functionality.
Orange is offering the handset free from £40 per month when takers sign up to a 24-month contract. That’ll get you 900 call minutes, unlimited texts and 750MB of data usage per month, as well as unlimited Wi-Fi at BT OpenZone hotspots.
Nicola Shenton, Head of Device Portfolio, Everything Everywhere said: “The LG Optimus 3D is truly a game changer in the smartphone market, and we are delighted to be able to give our customers the opportunity to dive into the exciting world of 3D.
“The way we create, share and view content is constantly evolving, and we’re proud to be at the cutting edge of innovation by offering smartphones and handsets which give users more options than ever before.”
Currently being showcased at LG events around the UK, the Optimus 3D enables users to record and view 3D content on the 4.3-inch WVGA display. As well as 3D movies for download, there’s also a library of user-generated content to view via YouTube’s dedicated 3D channel.
Elsewhere, it’s home to dual, five-megapixel stereoscopic cameras, 8GB of storage and a dual core processor to keep everything running super smoothly.
Alas, the Optimus 3D ships with the ageing Froyo version of Android out of the box. However, LG has promised us an upgrade to the newer Gingerbread iteration of the platform from around late September. And in a development that considering sweetens the appeal of LG’s challenger, the update will bring with it the option to convert 2D HD games to 3D.
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Everywhere I go here in central Illinois, one of the easy-peasy species I'm bound to see is the brown-headed cowbird. Often, I hear it first--giving a short, bubbling, burbling song that I've heard described as it's "water call." At Sugar Grove Nature Center over the winter, I would frequently see flocks of up to 100 cowbirds, hanging out around the feeders.
The male cowbird is not unattractive: a shiny black body with a glossy brown head. Their behavior, however, is notorious: like the more famous European cuckoo, the cowbird is a brood parasite, recruiting other species as unwitting nannies by depositing their eggs in other bird's nests. In the days of Yore, this wasn't really a problem: cowbirds are grassland birds, who traditionally followed the bison. Since following bison and incubating eggs aren't really compatible, they developed their habit of foisting their young on others.
Now that humans have fragmented forest habitat, creating a lot more open and edge environments, the cowbirds are flourishing, even though the bison are gone. I love birds, but seeing so many cowbirds bugs me: I can't help but think of all the unhatched songbirds they represent, and they have become kind of symbolic for me, of what we humans have done wrong. I mean, it's not the cowbirds fault.
Today I decided to look up cowbirds on the Internet and see just how bad they are. I learned some interesting cowbird factoids: for example, that individual female cowbirds will have preferences for parasitizing certain hosts. Cowbirds have parasitized over 200 different species, so they can't be called choosy birds, although sometimes they make bad decisions. House finches feed their young diets that baby cowbirds cannot thrive on, for example, so young birds raised by house finches rarely survive. Some birds get savvy to the cowbird's ways, and have different defenses against them: yellow warblers will build a new nest over the top of a nest with a cowbird egg, gnatcatchers will abandon their nests, and brown thrashers will destroy the cowbird eggs. Most species, however, are oblivious to the fact that their young have been switched at birth, so to speak, and will happily raise the young cowbird as their own. Even those species who have caught on are not safe: the "cowbird mafia" will actually check the nests they have left eggs in, and retaliate if their egg is gone. For all of these reasons, cowbirds have a bad reputation, and have been blamed for declining songbird populations.
With all these cowbird prejudices in mind, I was surprised to read on the Audubon website that, with the exception of a few endangered species, such as the Kirtland's warbler and the black-capped vireo, cowbirds are not largely to blame for songbird declines (sadly, the blame would lie, once again, with us humans). In fact, cowbird populations are even declining slightly, and most species who unwittingly raise a cowbird can go on to re-nest later in the year. Even species that are heavily parasitized by cowbirds, such as song sparrows, only lose a small percentage of their chicks because of them.
To control cowbirds (again, information is from the Audubon website), wildlife managers rely on methods such as trapping them, removing their eggs from nests, and shooting them at their roosting sites. (In Luke Dempsey's book "A Supremely Bad Idea," he describes how up to 4,000 cowbirds a year are trapped and then squeezed to death to protect the endangered Kirkland's warbler.) However, with the exception of cowbird murder to protect endangered species (sorry if my pro-animal rights bias is creeping out), these actions are controversial--for one thing, they are expensive and time-consuming, they don't necessarily improve nesting success for other birds, and they are merely a stop-gap measure that does not address the underlying problem: the reason that cowbirds are able to do this is because of the changes in habitat that we are creating. Until we restore woodland habitats, we are doing nothing to solve the real problem.
Last summer, I felt privileged to witness a couple of real-life cowbird moments. One was at the McKee Marsh in the Blackwell Forest Preserve (by Warrenville, IL), where a pair of blue-gray gnatcatchers had caught a pair of cowbirds skulking around their nests. The gnatcatchers were clearly upset over this, jumping and diving at the female cowbird until she flew away (egg laid or not? That I could not tell.) The male was observing all this from a branch higher up in the tree. Meanwhile, the gnatchatchers were so upset that they attacked an unwitting white-breasted nuthatch who had the bad luck to land on that tree trunk just then.
The second instance was at the Morton Arboretum, where I saw a cowbird chick being fed by its adoptive parent, a song sparrow. The cowbird looked so different from its "parent" -- for one thing, it was huge, much bigger than the little sparrow ferrying insects to its hungry beak -- that it was hard to believe that the song sparrow hadn't caught on. Well, who's to say it hadn't? I don't know what birds are thinking. The song sparrow left, after depositing the meal it the cowbird's beak, and then the baby cowbird gave a tiny chirp and settled down on its branch in the sunlight to rest. Honestly, that little chick is one of the "cutest" things I've ever seen....
Kind of hard to hate cowbirds after that. (After all, I don't hate humans, and it's really our fault about the habitat...)


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The company Lenovo introduced a fitness bracelet Cubot S1, equipped with a six-axis accelerometer, which allows to make measurements more precisely than the models with a triaxial accelerometer.
The device can automatically identify the type of physical activity (walking, running, Cycling, and so on), you’ll get accurate data about covered distance, calories and heart rate. By the way, Cubot S1 dynamically monitors your heart rate during the day, the data is displayed in the mobile app. If your heart rate goes outside the allowable limits, the bracelet will immediately notify you. Of course, this feature can be disabled to conserve.
Cubot S1 also tracks your sleep quality, as well as air temperature and atmospheric pressure, alerting the owner about the changes of the weather.
The bracelet allows you to remotely control the camera of the smartphone reminds you to get up and stretch throughout the day, notifies you of calls and messages.
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‘Data is the key’: Strategic partnership leverages AI for cancer clinical trial placement
Massive Bio, an artificial intelligence (AI) powered company focused on cancer clinical trial enrollment, will combine its ability to surface personalized clinical trial options with Azra AI’s proprietary AI software.
Azra AI’s software, used in over 200 hospitals, reads pathology and reports in a fraction of a second, which according to the partnered companies, is significantly longer than the one to two minutes it takes for clinical teams to read the same reports.
Massive Bio’s platform, which is powered by 170 algorithms, connects cancer patients with relevant clinical trials. Massive Bio’s platform, which has onboarded more than 100,000 patients, is also able to account for social determinants of health.
According to Selin Kurnaz, co-founder and CEO of Massive Bio, “Data is the key to identifying the clinical trial that offers a patient the best chance at a positive outcome.” Using the AI platform clinical teams have an increased bandwidth for placing cancer patients with the best clinical trial opportunity.
Kurnaz told us, “I think this collaboration will have a tremendous impact by helping to instill greater confidence in patients that they have received the right diagnosis, and [that] they’re receiving only the best recommendations for clinical trials.
“That confidence will translate to higher enrollment and greater retention rates in clinical trials.”
According to Kurnaz, the partnership also eliminates unconscious bias as a barrier to enrollment in clinical trials by using artificial intelligence to identify a malignancy, then linking that diagnosis to data-driven recommendations for the patient’s treatment options through massive Bio’s AI platform.
Removing unconscious bias is imperative in clinical cancer trial enrollment because according to Kurnaz that unconscious bias occurs even among clinicians with the best intentions and that bias can influence care recommendations.
Kurnaz stated, “a study presented at the most recent ASCO annual meeting found that Black patients with metastatic breast cancer were significantly more likely than non-Black patients to say that no one on their healthcare team mentioned clinical trials as a treatment option.”
Kurnaz explained that while AI is only going to become more powerful over time, “there will always be a need to couple advanced analytics and automation with the human element” when it comes to recommending treatments to cancer patients.
“A certified nurse oncologist reviews and audits every Clinical Trial Matching Service report from Massive Bio’s platform before it is delivered to the patient and their clinician.”
After a patient enrolls in a clinical trial, Massive Bio provides service to assist patients with barriers to participation they might be facing, such as travel costs.
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I've post a number of thing son this blog relating to Nazi invasion routes to America and the potential threat of Poland to Nazi Germany, all stories more vividly enhanced (whether true or not) by maps--as a matter of fact, maps seem to be validity enhancers to just about any story, for it seems that maps represent a will of some sort, and where there's a will, there's a way, and so there must've been a good Nazi plan for attacking South America via Uruguay. Except that there wasn't. But the map looked good, and certainly it made people think.
[Map source from the Bahia Sin Fondo blog, here.]
For example, see the posts Invasion Routes to America: Nazi Invasion Scenarios of the U.S. and Germany Surrounded (map below).
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The government shutdown has resulted in numerous federally-funded animal-protection programs that are deemed non-essential, to stop operating. According to activist blogger Michael Markarian, US Department of Agriculture inspections that help ensure research facilities, commercial dog breeders, and exotic animal exhibitors are adhering to the Animal Welfare Act, are forced to go on hiatus. Furthermore, the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Dynamic Management Area program, which prevents endangered whales from being struck by oceanic vessels, will also be forced to stop operating. Fortunately, Markarian notes, US Fish and Wildlife Service law enforcement officers who combat poaching will remain employed, and other agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health and Bureau of Land Management, will be able to resume their respective animal care programs in some capacity.
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April 4 - April 6
Mongolia is a rising star for mining in the region. The geography is generally unexplored and the government and people are supporters of mining. The 6th edition of this expo will feature the complete range of mining technologies. The country also has an emerging oil and gas sector that will add value to some interests. The event includes a complete array exploration and mining industry speakers and includes a flavour of investment and finance discussion.
The development of the world class $US 5B Oyu Tolgoi project is the gorilla in the room consuming a lot of the services and focus. The mine is looking for vendors and there are several other new mining developments making this event hold broad interest for mining suppliers. There is a small but quality group of local partners looking for good Canadian technologies to take to Oyu Tolgoi. Signing up as a vendor on line is a starting point.

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Kathy Bigham stands in the middle of Main Street on Tuesday morning trying to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Soon after this photo was taken, Bigham was told by a Price city patrolman that she couldn't raise money for victims this way because it is considered panhandling. Up to that point she had collected $21. Later, Bigham got in contact with Mayor Joe Piccolo and he is working with city officials to find a way that she can legally gather money for the cause.
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Today was the community garden open-house for the dirty dozen hub gardens supported by Franklin Park Conservatory’s Growing to Green Program. Ok, it wasn’t 102 like yesterday, but 90 degrees is still too warm to entice most people to stand in the hot sun looking at frazzled vegetation.
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Hello readers! I hope those of you who celebrate Easter enjoyed the heck out of it! My lil man and I definitely enjoyed it and he was superbly happy and that is all that matters! I have been dragging a bit with blogging and I think it is due to the holiday and RL issues. I went to the pose fair and grabbed a few things! I basically fell in love with the poses from Elephante! I have never done any blog pictures laying down as I find them quite challenging. So I grabbed the “Lay Me Down” Poses and well I managed to do at least one of the poses but hey they are better than nothing lol. I love challenging myself so it feels like a bit of an accomplishment. I will say it is not the best but I will get in the habit lol.
I haven’t been keeping up with The Dressing Room (shame on me) BUT omg I am falling even more in love with Pink Acid skins. Like Stasey may be known for her makeup but damn woman you are da bomb lol. I had to snatch up the Trinity Skin in Peach. What is even better is that it is available for only 70 lindens with appliers and all. You CANNOT beat that.I also picked up this skirt from there as well which gave me inspiration to rock the Minion nails just released from MUA. Yup! They are so frickin cute!
I will now stop waffling on as Skyla would say and give you the details. I have been a bit distant but I love you Skyla and Avery!
Skin: Trinity 01 in Peach-Pink Acid@The Dressing Room
Shape: My Own
Hair: Akane in Blacks-Argrace
Eyes: Mysteria Eyes in Gold-Buzzeri
Makeup: Northern Lights Shadows in Electrik Blue-Buzzeri
Jewelry: Ensorcelled Bee-Ellabella
Clothing: Elyse Wrapped Tucked Tank in White-Tee*fy
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Hello all, I decided to talk about the color green since it is most associated with being “lucky”. I have been doing some research and has found out the color green while pretty and is associated with pretty things like the rainbow, emeralds,shamrocks, and so on is not all that lucky. It is the Celtic color of death,leprechauns and faeries who were not always cute as depicted by modern society. The lucky color that was worn before was blue. It wasn’t until St. Patrick actually started wearing a three leaf clover to represent the Holy Trinity. From that point on green was worn in uniforms and was used to represent the holiday. Green in my opinion is still a beautiful color. It is the color of trees, some parts of the sea,gems, herbs,and so much more. So on a positive note, I am showing off the beautiful makeup set from MUA. It comes with the lip color, eyeshadow, and a clover. It is such a pretty set for any woman to wear to represent the holiday. Also, I have started buying jewelry from Ellabella. It is sometimes beautiful or cute, either way she makes awesome products! I joined her group and received this free Nuala group gift(the face jewelry and necklace). If you enjoy these type of jewels, please join the group cause it is free and it is def worth it!
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Hair: Harriet in Browns-Truth
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Jewelry: Circlet,Lip Ring,Necklace(Nuala Group Gift)-ellabella
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India is loving Honey Singh’s new version of a Bhangra classic ‘Gur Nalo Ishq Mitha’. The new version from Honey Singh featured the original singer of the song Malkit Singh. Now almost two weeks after the release Malkit Singh has talked about the release and how proud he was to be a part of this new version.
Malkit Singh has shared his views on ‘Gur Nalo Ishq Mitha’ and his input on the song:
“So this collaboration ensured that this is a regional song, which is sung by a regional singer. Got the massive audience it deserved. Honey Singh has perfectly sung this song with me. I am really happy and proud of him.”
“While remaking it to suit the tastes of the youth, I realized that this song can be given a modern touch by singing it as ‘Gur Nalo Ishq Mitha Yo Yo, Rabba Lagg Na Kisi Nu Jaave, Gur Nalo Ishq Mitha!’”
This latest release from Honey Singh is gathering momentum day by day, the song Is becoming a firm favourite summer tune in India. Honey Singh may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but one thing you can’t disagree with is how huge a star he is and his ability to judge the Indian market is second to none. Go Go Honey Singh!!


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I was on vacation in Mexico when I was officially booked for Peter and Karina’s wedding (for the day after I got back home)! I have to admit I was bleary-eyed the next day but tanned and excited to meet this couple!
I left Vernon an hour early with my gear (and a strong coffee) to scout out the location. Usually I would visit the location a number of days before the wedding. But if I’m not able to, then I will get there early to plan out some unique locations for formals. I also like taking photos of the decor and detail shots. These photos may seem insignificant, to some, but they are the introduction to the story I’m going to tell through my photos.
I arrived outside the home Peter grew up in which was nestled in between pine trees and overlooking Okanagan Lake. There were pathways and a faded red stairway leading down to the water. Imagine growing up as a teenager in a beachfront home? Peter told me a few stories from his younger days, but that’s photographer/client privilege.
The wedding took place in the living room of the home. It was a short ceremony but it couldn’t have been more perfect for Peter and Karina. Hugs with family, drinks flowing and snacks enjoyed (by the way…fresh figs are phenomenal!) and then we headed outside for formals.
I learned that Karina and Peter met through a dance class (Karina is a professional Salsa dancer) so I wanted to make sure they danced on the hill overlooking the lake. But how do you get there wearing stiletto shoes? You borrow your sister-in-law’s Vans! Cha-Ching! Karina was a trooper all the way down to the water, too. We made numerous stops along the way – the stairs, trails and views overlooking the water (and you know that means lots of footwear changes!).
After the formals, we had the challenge of walking back up the hill to the house (note to self: my aerobics need some work). After we freshened up there were drinks, pastries and the wedding cake waiting to be cut.
I’ve learned that a wedding may be small in number but it never lacks in the same emotion and excitement as a larger wedding. It’s about the two in front getting hitched. If you have a large or small wedding coming up, I would love to get in touch with you and discuss how I can capture your unique and special day.


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Our host for dinner shared how he and his wife have long had a heart for Haiti. They discovered 40 groups with a similar heart in the Knoxville area, and they had, long ago, prepared a team to visit Haiti. They left for the airport earlier than we did this morning with plans adjusted from what they were months ago. They're connected to a couple dozen churches there, and they reported that a care facility run by one of those churches is overrun with over 1500 people fleeing Port-au-Prince in fear of more aftershocks.
In the evening I performed part of Big Fish Little Worm (www.RichDrama.com/BigFishLittleWorm) and Hyatt Moore shared his amazing art, his story and his heart. He's best known for The Last Supper for Twelve Tribes (www.HyattMoore.com). He told us that he didn't know what color to paint Jesus, so each time he finished one of the disciples, representing a different people group, he used some of that color on Jesus. So in the end, Jesus has some color from each of the different people groups.
Hyatt went from art director for a surf magazine to short term missionary to head of Wycliffe Bible Translators. Then one day he was stopped at a light and saw a painting. He thought to himself, "I can do that." Now it's his full-time profession.
Here's a video on how Hyatt created The Last Supper for Twelve Tribes:
If you want to be a part of that feast at the end of time, read on: www.RichDrama.com/MyPassion.


IMPHAL, July 26: Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal had introduced ultra modern ambulance services for the benefit of the patients. Patients and their family members can avail themselves of the ambulance service by ringing up the Casualty ward any time at Tel No. 2414478, a press release of the RIMS said.
In case of the a busy tone or the said number being out of order, officials on duty can be contacted through Extension No. 104 through 2414720 or 2414750, it said.


Remember how it felt when you discovered there was no Santa Claus, Easter Bunny and the government allowed electric cars on our streets?
Today’s going to be one of those days. I’ve found an Alfa I want to buy. Yes, I know I’ve mercilessly stuck it to Alfa owners like still regular reader Pete Matthews, with bon mots like: “I just saw an Alfa Romeo driver using his indicators correctly on the freeway. Twice. Should I report the vehicle as stolen?”, or “What is an Alfa Romeo owner’s most ardent wish? Answer: “A bigger …” Well, you know the rest. Actually, it’s the right time for my conversion on the Autostrada to Portello (Portello was the first Alfa factory, but now the cars are made in FCA’s Cassina plant along with Fiats and Lancias).
But wait! It’s also the 100th anniversary of Nick Romeo changing the name from Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili (Alfa) to Alfa Romeo (no ego there, Nico!). Apart from naming the company after himself, Nico had another stroke of genius hiring a young up and coming racer named Enzo Ferrari. (Like Nico, Enzo named his company after himself. Should I change my name to Jono?). In fact, Enzo liked Alfas so much he became a dealer and invented the now well known phrase used by car service people around the world: “Non l’abbiamo mai visto prima” (we have never seen that before).
How did we get here? Oh, I was going to tell you about the Banks family and their Alfaholics GTA-R290. The original 1965 Alfa GTA could put out 85KW and became a very successful racer. “The trouble is,” Jeremy Clarkson wrote in The Times (part of our global multimedia empire) last week, “Alfa Romeo has spent most of the recent past making dismal hatchbacks with the word ‘Fiat’ crossed out and ‘Alfa Romeo’ written in crayon. So, we have all forgotten that back in the days before the Arna and the 33 and the MiTo, Alfa was one of the most respected and loved car companies on earth.”
Dad Richard and sons Andrew and Max spend 3000 hours creating a 178KW, 830kg, carbon fibre, little red supercar. The price? Ex-factory from Bristol about $580k for what Top Gear’s Chris Harris calls: “The most enjoyable car I’ve ever driven.” To some people half a mill is a lot of money. Of course to today’s CUBs (cashed-up bogans) it’s pretty good value when you compare it to the big, floating lounge chairs or so-called supercars that cost the same or an original 1969 Alfa Romeo GTA 1300 Junior with serious racing history that Bonhams sold in 2017 for $560k.
Wondering about classic car values during this time of contagious respiratory and vascular disease that will lead to a five-year boom that will make the roaring twenties look like a temperance society meeting?
The HAGI index of classic car values is showing that while Feezer prices are up 7.9 per cent for the year to date, Porkers outperformed everything in October, up 3.32 per cent. Historic Auto Group International founder Dietrich Hatlapa says classic cars are “a good investment in a crisis if you are not under pressure to sell and you can wait for the best time”. Then again classic cars have outperformed the S&P Global 1200, the EuroStoxx 50 and have jumped 300 per cent in the past 12 years.
Let’s talk about Toyota, and our friend Evelyn Martin, the one who went to the president and CEO of Toyota Australia, Matty Callachor, asking why two dealers wouldn’t even quote her on replacing her touch screen stereo on her near new Toyota86 GTS and whose PR person replied to us saying she had referred Evelyn’s problem to guest experience.
Unbeknown to Matty or his PR person, Michael from Guest Experience had already sent a note saying nothing in a hundred words of carefully written waffle. Last Monday Evelyn received a call from a new guest experience person from Toyota HQ telling her how to turn off the stereo (stop the car and pull on the handbrake), but not mentioning replacing the unit.
Toyota said it introduced “countermeasures” to new vehicles starting in 2016 and provided “field fixes” without charge for existing vehicles and warranties were extended to 10 years.
On the subject of up and coming race stars, Jayden Ojeda, 21, from Sydney’s Penrith is worth keeping an eye on. Jayden started racing karts at the age of seven. He won the NSW state championship at 11, the Australian championship at 15, became the most dominant driver to have raced in the Australian Formula 4 Championship in its history, winning the 2018 championship by 58 points and setting several series records. He made his Bathurst 1000 debut after a late call-up to the Garry Rogers Motorsport wildcard entry.
In 2020 Jayden is competing in the Super 2 Series with Matt White Motorsport. I think his car is sponsored by Jayco, which make the fastest caravans in the world.


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Following the much anticipated opening of the new KY Hwy 92, commuters can now travel a much quicker and safer route from Pine Knot to Williamsburg and I-75. Completion of Highway 92 was welcomed by all, especially those who commute on an almost daily basis to and from work and school. McCreary County’s State Representative Kenneth Upchurch also expressed his pleasure about the opening.
“We broke ground in 2018 on the first of two phases for completion, and I am very pleased with the fact that 92 is now open,” Upchurch said. “I’m pleased about the potential it has for opening up industry for McCreary County and the region.”
Representative Upchurch was recently named Chairperson of the Budget Review Committee on Transportation which is responsible for state highway infrastructure funding.


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Ed just got this finished up today. At the prompting of JD member ELUSIVEWEASLE we decided to try a few knives that have a period look to them. This is our first one. Not really patterned after any specific knife, but just a simple belt knife with a more vintage "look" to it. The steel is 1095 in 1/8 inch stock and the knife is convex ground. The handle is Black Walnut with an oiled finish. The sheath was made in house by Ed.


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A Knob Noster Missouri driver sought medical attention on his own after a roll over accident in Johnson County.
An El Dorado Springs Missouri driver is being held without bond after a traffic stop in Benton County Thursday.
Charges are being filed against a Cleveland Missouri driver, after he was seriously injured in a Cass County crash.
Arunachalam Annamalai age 48, a citizen of India residing in Las Vegas, Nevada pleaded guilty in federal court after his role in one of the largest software piracy schemes ever prosecuted by the Justice Department.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol has issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a Mercer County teen.
Senate Leader Tom Dempsey formed the Senate Interim Committee on the Sanctity of Life to conduct an investigation into allegations against Planned Parenthood.
Customers at a Walmart in Richmond were evacuated this morning due to an apparent gas leak.
According to the Carrollton Police Department, Dorian Eiserer was last seen in Carrollton July 20, 2015 at approximately 6:00 p.m.
Lafayette County also distributed an alert message indicating all eastbound lanes of I-70 are currently closed and traffic is backing up.


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James has been alive for a long time – a really long time. He’s travelling the stars with his A.I. companion Liz, trying to discover the truth about what happened to him all those years ago, and what lies in his future…
“A Small Favor is a comic book series by Caleb Palmquist and John Grimes, with art by fifteen different artists (and counting)! The story is told over the course of 1,000 years, and every time period is drawn by a different artist. Contributors include Walter Ostlie (Shiver Bureau, Metal Shark Bro!), Nicolas Touris (Pixie Dust, Franklin and Ghost), Nick OG (Beyond the Wall of Sleep), and many more!”
Dr. Harleen Quinzel has discovered a revolutionary cure for the madness of Gotham City—she just needs to prove it actually works. Through her studies of the criminals and sociopaths that pass through the halls of Arkham Asylum and the GCPD, Harleen is seeking to end the growing apathy among the citizens of Gotham. But with the criminal justice and mental health establishments united against her, the brilliant young psychologist must take drastic measures to save Gotham from itself.
Following an attack on the city by the villainous Joker, Harleen will come face-to-face with one of the many criminals she hopes to heal—but she will soon find herself drawn into the madness and insanity that plagues him. Witness Harleen’s first steps on a doomed quest that will launch the legendary super-villain Harley Quinn in this stunning reimagining of Harley and the Joker’s twisted and tragic love affair.
“SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN #1, an all-new original series from GLAAD Award-winning author James Tynion IV (The Woods, Justice League) and artist Werther Dell’Edera (Briggs Land) about a close-knit community rocked by a series of murders and the first appearance of Erica Slaughter, a mysterious figure who rides into town claiming she can stop the brutal murders turning their community upside down.
But the local police and authority figures don’t know what to make of this dangerous outsider who claims to believe the local kids and their rumors of monsters in the woods. Can they trust this so-called “monster” hunter with their children’s lives? Or is Erica Slaughter an unhinged killer who’ll only bring more tragedy into their community?”
Six Flags St Louis announced their 8th DC character themed attraction, coming in 2020:
I was recently contacted to review Modern Mythology: The Hero’s Journey, a comic anthology retelling mythological stories, many reimagined in new, more modern ways. I was sent a digital copy for review, along with a press kit of images I can use for my review, and a link to their Kickstarter.
The creator and editor, Caleb Palmquist, really pulled together an amazing team of writers and artists to create something special with this book. Modern Mythology: The Hero’s Journey is a 160+ page softcover book with seventeen stories created by 29 talented individuals. In addition to all of this amazingness, there are also a collection of pin ups from other independent comic book artists.
This has been a long awaited tale, for many. One of my greatest adventures from a little over three years ago.
The story of my spontaneous trip to Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash for Comic Book Men.
Written by Lauren Myracle
Illustrated by Isaac Goodhart
“Selina Kyle is fiercer than she knows. For 15 years, she’s put up with her mother’s string of bad boyfriends, but when Dernell, her mom’s current beau, proves crueler than the others, Selina reevaluates her place in her home. There’s no way Selina and Dernell can live under the same roof, and since Dernell won’t leave, Selina must.
From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Myracle ( ttyl) and artist Isaac Goodhart comes a story about learning how to survive the world when you’ve been forced to abandon your home and finding allies in the most unexpected moments.”


A setting that creates a lot of space with transparent arrangements that float through many
different textures, rhythmic pulses, and soundscapes. This is the art of silence and
interplay exemplified…the often underrated aspects of music in today’s world.
The band called „Triophony“ consists of three fine, young musicians from three different
countries who met in Graz, Austria where they are opening a new chapter for trio playing.
The trio presents Nicolò Loro Ravenni from Italy on bass clarinet, Ilya Alabuzhev from
Ukraine on double bass, and vocalist and arranger Annika Esslage from Germany.
All three musicians come mainly from a jazz background with an open ear and mind for
different genres ranging from Rock, Irish Folk, and Latin music. Consciously choosing to
avoid the traditional construction of a standard jazz band backing a vocalist, they exclude
any rhythm or harmony instrument such as drums, piano or guitar, yet one can hear these
aspects in their music. Their setting creates a space for the melody lines, counterpoint,
interplay, and improvisation, to intermingle with stories full of intelligent lyrics and emotion.
The beautiful blend of the voice and bass clarinet is what strikes the listeners ear first. Its a
timber that brings to mind a folky yet jazz influenced music that together with the double
bass can even have a classical chamber-like quality.
The repertoire of the band ranges from modern own compositions to Irving Berlin and
Gershwin songs (brought up to date through modern arrangements) as well as rock songs
from the 60’s to the present that are arranged to sound like a small chamber ensemble.
Triophony was recently honored by the DownBeat Magazine with an „outstanding
performance price“ within the 36th Student Music Awards.
This month they released their first CD called „introducing Triophony“.
It is available in selected shops in Germany, Austria and Holland and soon will be sold online.
Annika Esslage – vocals
Nicolò Loro Ravenni – bass clarinet and clarinet
Ilya Alabuzhev – double bass


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Devourer of books with a preference for fiction. Quite good at competitive reading. Happily hoards books of all kinds. Gets stabby going too long without reading.
Time passes differently in the Underworld, and by the time Diana makes it to Zola, she's already nearly full term in her pregnancy. Almost immediately after birth, Diana and Zola experience a terrible betrayal, as the baby is stolen away. To locate the child, it's clear that Diana will need the aid of several of her demigod siblings. Zeus' continued disappearance and the shift in power on Olympus means the reawakenings of old forces and the birth of Zola's child could have an impact on more than our world. Orion, one of the New Gods arrives to help her in her search for the baby, but clearly has his own agenda, and it's unclear whether he wants to help or harm the child. In Wonder Woman: Iron we also get a look at Diana's early years. The god of war, Ares, wants to train her into a perfect warrior, but gives her up in disgust when she eventually refuses to finish off an opponent after a battle, showing mercy instead.
I must confess, that as I read this and the previous volume in the series on the same day, the plots do blend together a bit in my mind, and I'm not entirely sure what happened in each of them. Common for both, however, is an action-packed plot full of adventure, twists and turns. Things are very rarely as they appear on a first glance or sometimes even on a second. Everyone is ready to scheme and double cross everyone else. Cliff Chiang is an excellent artist and mostly I really like his style, in both the action scenes and the more quiet moments.
A bigger niggle is the introduction of Orion in the third volume. While my husband is a huge fan of Jack Kirby's New Gods and pretty much every iteration of them, I find them incredibly annoying and the only time I've not pretty much hated all of them is when Gail Simone had Big Barda in some guest appearances in Birds of Prey. So the prospect of more of them turning up in later issues is not a happy one for me. I really liked every single issue of Guts, but in Iron, there are several story lines being introduced (not just the Orion thing) that I'm not too keen on. Azzarello's portrayal of Wonder Woman, and his general take on the gods and demigods of Greek mythology is so creative and fun that I'll keep reading for at least a while longer.

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On Wednesday 23 November, the Institute of Economic Development, in association with Planning and Placemaking Resource, will host its annual conference in London. The event offers the opportunity to meet more than 200 economic development and regeneration professionals from across the UK under one roof.
1 Listen to a keynote speech by former Liberal Democrat business secretary Vince Cable. Following his years in the coalition government, Cable will reflect on the new administration's changing economic policy approach and the risks and opportunities arising from Brexit.
2 Hear from Sir John Peace, chairman of the Midlands Engine project, on plans to boost growth and productivity across the region. Peace, the chairman of Burberry Group and Standard Chartered, will speak about the impact of Brexit, the role of banking in economic development, and the Midlands Engine and Northern Powerhouse agendas.
3 Learn from the leader of England's largest local authority about the prospects for growth and sustainable economic development in city regions. Birmingham City Council's leader John Clancy will discuss how to achieve the best result for your areas through devolution deals and explain how devolution is going to work in the West Midlands.
4 Discuss and debate the implications of Brexit for businesses, inward investment and regeneration. Panel members for the discussion will include economist Vicky Pryce, a board member of the Centre for Economics and Business Research, Anna Leach, head of economic analysis at the Confederation of British Industry, and Marian Sudbury, director of the Northern Powerhouse at the Department for International Trade.
5 Gain insight into how planning can help boost investment and growth, through housing and high-quality placemaking. Speakers include Steve Evison, deputy director at the Department for Communities and Local Government, Peter Paddon, planning and infrastructure consent specialist at the Department for International Trade, Nick Pollock, head of planning at the Duchy of Cornwall, and Lucie Bailey, associate director at Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners.
6 Hear about methods to achieve greater geographical equality in sustainable growth. Philip McCann, professor of economic geography at the University of Groningen and David Crichton-Miller, chief executive officer of SQW Group, will talk about how regions outside London can secure sustainable growth. They will also explain the implications of the focus on city regions for rural economic development.
7 Understand how infrastructure can deliver the economic growth agenda. Stephanie Joslin, director of regeneration and partnerships at the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation and Chris Allington, managing director of Oxford Innovation, will talk about maximising the potential of infrastructure investments and the government's new National Infrastructure Commission.
8 Understand the future of devolution and the role of local enterprise partnerships (LEPs). Sir Nigel Knowles, chairman of the Sheffield LEP and Professor Henry G Overman, director of What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth, will discuss what impact LEPs have had, what challenges they face and what their role is under devolution.
9 Find out how improving local skills can boost economic growth. Jonathan Barr, policy analyst for the Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme of the OECD, Madeleine Atkins, chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England and Dr Stephen Rosevear, director of Regeneris Consulting, will talk about how to meet the needs of local employers and opportunities for universities to help councils boost growth.
10 Identify ways to tackle the productivity gap. Steve Carr, deputy director of the West End Partnership and Duncan Brown, senior consultant at Emsi, will discuss ways of improving UK productivity and the necessary skill sets, behaviours and attitudes needed to achieve this.
KEY CONFERENCE DETAILS
The IED Annual Conference
When and where: 23 November 2016, The Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London Cost: £269 + VAT for members, £349 + VAT for non-members Further details: http://www.planningresource.co.uk/iedannualconference/agenda


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Olympic diving sensation Tom Daley is ready to pull the plug on university and plunge into a TV career.
Last night the 18-year-old was seen teaching celebrities to dive in ITV1’s new series, Splash!
And now the Olympic bronze medallist wants to be the next Ant or Dec or Dermot O’Leary.
He told the Sunday People : “I’d like to present Saturday night TV once I’ve finished diving. I don’t know about university, it will depend on different things.”
Brilliant Tom has already got two As and an A in his AS Levels and is revising two hours a day for his A Levels.
He said: “I want to go into TV and if I am getting TV opportunities now I’d rather have work experience than turn it down for the next four years because of university.
“I’d like anything that’s a bit of fun and entertaining. I’m a massive fan of I’m A Celebrity, I could do everything apart from the eating trials.”
But he thinks training 15 celebrities – including model Caprice, 41, ski-jumper Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards, 49, and Sugababe Jade Ewen, 24 – will be a good distraction from study.
He said: “It’s good to have other things to think about. With Splash! it’s every Saturday night and all of the celebrities have been coming to Plymouth so I haven’t had to travel.
“I’m still able to train as well and I’ve actually improved quite a lot since the Games because I’ve been practising so much.”
Tom has also learned from the celebrities.
Katie Price’s Argentinian ex-fiancé Leandro Penna, 27, has helped with his Spanish.
Now Tom, who was third in the men’s individual 10-metre diving at London 2012 and plans to represent Team GB in Rio 2016, wants to host Splash! which is currently presented by Vernon Kay, 38, and Gabby Logan, 39.
He explained: “Ending up hosting Splash! would be my dream job in a couple of years time. Hopefully it will run for many years, like Dancing On Ice, and I could take Vernon’s spot.
“At the moment I’m a mentor – Torvill and Dean have done it on Dancing On Ice. Hopefully I can get a bigger and better role as the years go on.”


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SIOUX FALLS—The Oregon Tech men’s basketball team is headed to the semifinals of the NAIA DII Tournament after toppling No. 1 overall seed and defending champion Indiana Wesleyan 107-93 on Saturday.
Junior Mitch Fink scored a game-high 34 points to go along with 11 assists, and the Hustlin’ Owls are among the final four teams for the first time since 2012 and two wins away from their fourth national championship.
As has been the case for most of the season, OIT surged in the second half, outscoring Indiana Wesleyan by 13. It also benefitted from a 44-29 rebounding advantage and a 45-10 advantage in bench scoring.
Oregon Tech has Sunday off and will be back in action Monday at 4 p.m. PT against the winner of Morningside (Iowa) and College of Idaho.
- Oregon Tech Tops No. 1 Indiana Wesleyan, Advances to NAIA Semifinals
- Southern Oregon, Oregon Tech advance to NAIA Softball World Series
- Oregon Tech Tops College of Idaho, Advances to NAIA Championship Game
- Oregon Tech Men Reach NAIA National Tournament
- Southern Oregon Women Fall to Dakota Wesleyan, Eliminated in NAIA Tournament
- Southern Oregon Blows Out Dickinson State, Advances to NAIA Quarterfinals
- Oregon Tech Eliminated from NAIA Tournament by Briar Cliff
- Oregon Tech Women Win NAIA Cross Country Championship
- Oregon Tech's Kallstrom Named NAIA Player of the Week
- Oregon Tech Earns Two Seed in NAIA Tournament