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Yesterday we came back from a quick trip to Swaziland. When you live in a country different than your passport indicates, you must deal with visas. Sometimes they are like one of those necessary evils, if you know what I mean. The longest amount of time we thought we would be here this trip was three months. Three months came and went on Monday as well as our visa allowance. Since we are planning on applying for our visas from the U.S., we needed to hop a border to stay legal.
Swaziland is a beautiful country with gorgeous mountains. We stayed with friends at a YWAM base and the view was spectacular (although very hard to capture on camera). As I looked across at the mountains, all I could think of was Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music. I wanted to run across those mountains, arms open wide, singing, “The hills are alive with the sound of music!”
On the drive there, I took the opportunity to tell some of the history for our home schooling. Did you know that Swaziland is one of the few monarchs still in the world? It has two capitals which I also found quite interesting. Only a million people live in this small country the size of New Jersey.
We had a lovely time and got a few extra days on our visa. Joshua and I did a quick little photo shoot with the setting sun. I’m thinking these would have been a good link up for this month’s Color Your World ORANGE. How do you like the cow walking by as I was trying to capture the tree with the sun?


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My inbox and Twitter stream began to sound like Bubba from Forrest Gump: Coconut shrimp, coconut crab, coconut cake, coconut pie, coconut clafoutis, coconut smoothie, arroz con coco, coconut salmon ... you get the idea.
Many of you responded to our call for photos of a coconut dish you recently made or were about to eat, sending in gorgeous, I-want-that-now shots of both savories and sweets.
▪ First place goes to Diana Rodelo of Miami, who submitted an eye-catching pic of a coconut-chicken dish she developed (see recipe) featuring cumin- and ginger-rubbed thighs simmered in a coconut-based sauce.
▪ Second place: Alexandra Alonso of Miami, who said her mom’s grilled coconut-shrimp skewers “deserve to be showcased to the world — or at least Miami.” From the looks of them, we agree.
▪ Third: Mabel Bernal of Coral Gables, who prepared arroz con coco, a typical dish of Colombia’s north coast, made with rice, coconut meat and raisins, served with fish.
Winners all receive new, top-shelf cookbooks. Thanks to all who submitted entries. Look for a new photo contest in Saturday’s Tropical Life, with chances to win tickets to see Robert Irvine Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
Evan S. Benn is Miami Herald food editor. Follow him on Twitter: @EvanBenn.
8 chicken thighs
2 teaspoons ground cumin, divided
3 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt, divided
2 teaspoons ground ginger, divided
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 tablespoon coconut oil
1 1/2 cups coconut milk
1 medium shallot, chopped
1 cup chopped scallions
1 cup parsley parsley, chopped
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon ground clove
1 teaspoon brown sugar
In a small bowl combine 1 teaspoon cumin, 2 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon ginger and black pepper, then sprinkle seasoning all over chicken thighs; set aside. Add coconut oil to a large sauté pan and turn heat to high. When pan is hot, add chicken and sear for 5 minutes on each side. After chicken sears, reserve to a plate and tent with foil. Lower heat to medium-low and add coconut milk, shallot, scallions and parsley. Stir, then add remaining cumin, salt and ginger as well as clove and brown sugar. Let sauce simmer 5 minutes, then add reserved chicken thighs, cover the pan and let chicken cook through, about 20 minutes. Serves 4.
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After yesterday’s news confirming that the GOP is planning to strip Planned Parenthood of its funding as a part of their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Planned Parenthood supporters began flooding Paul Ryan’s office with phone calls protesting the decision. Today, to further their opposition, more than 50 Planned Parenthood Action Fund supporters will attempt to hand-deliver 80,000 petitions to the Speaker of the House expressing their discontent.
The #IStandWithPP supporters will be convening at the Longworth House Office Building at 11:30 a.m. to attempt the delivery. Volunteers are now organizing 300 events in 47 states and 150 cities in the U.S. to communicate to legislators that defunding Planned Parenthood would strip millions of women of access to affordable reproductive health care.
Update, 1/6/2017, 3:30 p.m.: Officials from Planned Parenthood say six security guards were sent to block delivery of the petitions to the House Speaker’s office, and shortly thereafter, Ryan’s office was “conveniently closed.” The petitions were eventually accepted by Representative Gwen Moore (D-Wisconsin).


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A large population-based study of women in the UK was carried out to explore the long-term effects of women’s childbearing patterns on their body mass index (BMI). Data was captured from responses from 740,628 postmenopausal participants in the Million Women Study, recruited during the years 1996-2001.
The women reported their height, weight, reproductive histories, infant feeding history and other relevant factors. Women were aged 57.5 years on average, and had a mean BMI of 26.2; 88% were parous, with 2.1 children on average. The standardised mean BMI increased progressively with the number of births, from 25.6 in nulliparous women up to 27.2 for women with four or more births. Among the parous women, 70% had ever breastfed and their average total duration of breastfeeding was 7.7 months. At every parity level the standardised mean BMI was significantly lower among women who had breastfed than those who had not, decreasing by 0.22 for every 6 months of breastfeeding. In other words, women’s mean BMI was 1% lower for every 6 months that they had breastfed.
These associations were highly statistically significant and independent of the effects of other known factors that are associated with adiposity – socioeconomic group, region of residence, smoking and physical activity.
The authors conclude that patterns of childbearing have a persistent effect on adiposity in this population. The reduction in BMI associated with just 6 months breastfeeding in UK women could importantly reduce their risk of obesity-related disease and their costs as they age.
Bobrow KL, Quigley MA, Green J et al (2012). Persistent effects of women’s parity and breastfeeding patterns on their body mass index: results from the Million Women Study. International Journal of Obesity advance online publication, 10 July 2012; doi:10.1038/ijo.2012.76

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'Gripping...unforgettable ...It is a high price that a young person must pay for being 'connected'. But those with a strong spirit can triumph' - Sam Giancana, author of Double Cross 'Gregg and Gina Hill show the heartache, disappointment and psychological torment they suffered at the hands of a toxic father whose warped version of parental love left deep scars. A must-read' - Anthony Bruno, author of Bad GuysReseña del editor:
The story takes us through Gregg and Gina's early years as they visit their father in prison and rub up against Mafia culture in ways both terrifying and poignant. In 1980, a daylight raid on the Hill home cuts the family loose from its already shaky moorings. Facing decades in prison for, among other things, his involvement in the infamous Lufthansa hijacking, Hill becomes a witness for the state and, immediately, a wall of protection seals off Gregg and Gina from their previous lives.Nomadic now, wandering from community to community, constructing new identities and making new friends only to have those identities compromised and those friends cast aside, Gregg and Gina desperately seek normalcy but are continually thwarted. Making their lives even more difficult - indeed, putting their lives in peril - is their father, whose scams continue even after his being absorbed into 'the Programme' and whose capacity for violence remains dangerously high.
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Title: Birthday by Meredith Russo
Two-sentence summary: Morgan and Eric are two teenagers who were born on the same day. That makes them bonded for life, even if their journeys take them in very different (yet connected) directions.
Portrayal of LGBTQ issues: Morgan is a transgender girl whose identity develops over the course of the novel. We’re able to see these characters once a year (on their birthdays) and so we watch her as she discovers that her inherent femininity won’t just go away. But because she realizes these truths in her conservative community, it takes her some time to find a place in the world where she belongs.
What I liked: I already had a lot of faith in this book before I started reading it because Meredith Russo is one of the best writers I’ve read in queer YA. Not only does she write unique characters whose stories are important to hear, but her prose itself is so beautiful. Although we only get to experience Morgan and Eric’s worlds for six birthday, she crafts lives and emotions for these characters that feel real. It’s vulnerable and authentic, and it’s not just a story about queer identity – it’s a story about what it means to accept yourself and others in a world that sometimes teaches the opposite.
As far as the novel’s format goes, I usually have extreme reactions to experimental novels like this: I’m either crazy for them or I hate it. In this case, I loved that we follow Morgan and Eric throughout their birthdays over the course of the novel. What I think Birthday makes clear overall is that so much can change in a year. It’s powerful to see Morgan and Eric change and become more authentic versions of themselves over time, as well as how they influence each other to face who they are inside.
“Maybe that’s what life is about: surviving what you can’t control and clinging to the good things the winds whip up.”
Recommended: Meredith Russo is one of my favorite queer YA writers. Her book If I Was Your Girl is my go-to recommendation for transgender fiction because she portrays the emotional complexity of being trans so well. I’d recommend Birthday for similar reasons. Both Morgan and Eric face real and meaningful challenges as they come to terms with who they are, and I think that the author does an excellent job at writing a story with equal parts humanity and heart.
Note: I was given an ARC in exchange for a fair review.

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Thwart crime with vigilance
Published 8:43 am Friday, February 28, 2014
If there is any hope to deter criminals from breaking the law in Lawrence County, it will be the harsh sentences imposed when they are brought to justice.
Lawrence County Prosecuting Attorney Brigham Anderson hit the nail on the head when he said home break-ins are one of the worst crimes that can befall unsuspecting citizens.
Anyone who has returned home from a vacation, or even a brief shopping trip, to find their door ajar and belongings ransacked or missing knows how terrifying that experience is.
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Once your home is invaded, it takes a while to feel safe there again. Could you be targeted again? What if you’re home next time?
Prosecuting these burglars with harsh prison sentences is one of the only ways to send a message that this type of behavior will not be tolerated, as one Kentucky man found out this week after he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for breaking into multiple homes in the county.
Another way to deter these criminals is to follow suit with many of the residents in Ironton and other parts of the county who have stepped up their vigilance with neighborhood watch programs.
If would-be burglars knew citizens were keeping a watchful eye out for themselves and their neighbors, they may think twice before breaking into homes.
Bravo to the prosecuting attorney for taking these crimes seriously and for all those who patrol their neighborhoods. Stay safe.

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U.S. pop singer Beyonce surprised fans and critics with the release of her fifth solo studio album on Friday, which features 14 new songs and 17 videos and caused a stir on Twitter, capping a year in which the singer made a carefully choreographed return to music.
The 32-year-old Grammy-winning performer said she wanted to release the music in a new way, in order to connect more directly with her fans.
After she announced the album, it was immediately available worldwide exclusively on iTunes, skipping the advance publicity, critics’ reviews and other marketing strategies that usually precede the release of a major musical artist’s new work.
Music trade publication Billboard, citing sources, said the album sold 80,000 copies within three hours of its iTunes release early on Friday.
The move to release the album without fanfare was designed to let fans hear the music first and form their own opinions, something that Billboard editorial directorBill Werde said was rarely seen among music’s top performers.
“Being able to listen to an album without any sense of what to expect, and to experience the music and videos in an unspoiled sort of way, it was fantastic,” Werde said.
“What it does show in the age of the Internet is that artists can have a really strong direct relationship with core fans and present art to them in the way they want to,” he added.
Entitled “Beyonce,” the digital compilation is the singer’s first visual album and contains videos filmed in Houston, New York, Paris, Sydney and Rio de Janeiro, many of the shots filmed during her “Mrs. Carter Show World Tour.” Physical album copies in CD and DVD format will be available this month.
“When I’m connected to something, I immediately see a visual or a series of images that are tied to a feeling or an emotion, a memory from my childhood, thoughts about life, my dreams or my fantasies. And they are all connected to the music,” Beyonce said of the visual components of the album.
The song “Blue” features vocals from baby Blue Ivy, who was born in January 2012. The accompanying music video, one of four co-directed by Beyonce, shows mother and daughter cuddling against the vibrant backdrops of Brazil’s beaches and towns.
FANS EMBRACE NEW ALBUM ACROSS TWITTER
Beyonce kicked off 2013 by performing at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration in January, headlined the Super Bowl halftime show in February, and embarked on “The Mrs. Carter Show” tour in April, performing more than 100 shows across the world.
The manner of the new album’s sudden release generated plenty of reaction from fans, including fellow musicians, on Twitter. The album release generated more than 1.2 million tweets in 12 hours, Twitter said on Friday, with a spike of 5,300 tweets a minute.
Twitter said “Blue” was the most tweeted-about song.
Texas-born Beyonce Knowles is one of the most successful performers in the world, regularly selling out concert tours. The singer, who began her career as a member of R&B girl group Destiny’s Child, has become a solo artist powerhouse, famed for her energetic stage shows, hit songs including “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” and her promotion of female empowerment.
Beyonce and Jay Z were named the highest-earning celebrity couple for the second consecutive year in September by Forbes magazine, with estimated combined earnings of $95 million for the year up to June 2013.
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This is what it gets you: the only almost completely backlit gig I can remember seeing, slight eye strain from the blinding white light behind the Beach House for some of the songs and a sense that they'd be better off streaming their magnificent tunes on Spotify then sitting back and relaxing.
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The ethereal new album, Bloom, is exactly the sort of dreamy sound you'd want to take to your imaginary beach house. Especially in this weather. It opens with a wistful wind-bell, ebbs and flows on gentle seahorse waves and washes over you like an invigorating dip in the Atlantic ocean.
Live, not so much. Drum machine complemented by a real life drummer, Victoria's vocals even less discernible than usual, and performed in silhouette. It's as though they don't want to be recognised. The most rock and roll they get is Alex's bent-double Stratocaster-bobbing and her sequinned sparkly top. It's also admittedly difficult to get into a Beach House zone on a freezing Monday night in west London when an Arctic wind whistles round your neck every time the entrance door opens on the first floor.
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Banter? Forget it. "It's so nice to see you," Victoria ventures 15 minutes in. Wish we could say the same, we think, squinting into the light. Later, "It's our nineteenth time in London. You're like an old pony." Yes, that's what we are - an old pony. You'd just think the stagecraft stuff would be so much better after 18 previous efforts in London alone.
What's even more bizarre is the downbeat contrast with their bright and vibrant videos. The clip for the majestic Wishes is like a cross between the superb Friday Night Lights TV show, a Coen brothers film and a Flaming Lips stage show.
So how come for the live gig Victoria settles for the odd swish of her long hair behind her coffin keyboard and Alex can hardly be arsed to get off his stool for most of the gig?
The reason? They don't have to. The gigs sell out, the new album is brilliant and the sound is everything. If you want showbiz bugger off to watch another duo like the Pet Shop Boys or something.
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Technical notes if you're going tonight: Beach House were on stage at 9.30pm and the set lasted 90 minutes. The support act, Marques Toliver, is an astonishing solo soul-singing violinist who samples and loops his fiddle brilliantly and gets exasperated when people talk through his set.

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A winning blend of careful precision and mercurial abandon, Kane Strang's new album 'Two Hearts and No Brain' is constantly surprising. With a penchant for melodic earworms to rival those of the world's best pop songwriters, the New Zealand artist's glittering hooks twist and turn in perfect synch with meticulous band arrangements. Hints of 60s pop (NB: Zombies, Stooges) and early 00's alt-rock (Interpol, Elliott Smith) shine through; but there's a contemporary crunch, sheen and bald lyrical tone to Strang's sound that places him firmly in the here and now.
"Strang has a gift for pulling diamonds from the rough", says Pitchfork, "[his] songs have a way of making modest acts seem heroic." Strang's proclivity for writing smart, anthemic guitar pop shines brightest now that he has moved away from the bedroom and into the studio. Showcasing his new collaborative approach to recording and writing with his band, the four-piece twists Strang's melodies upside down and pushes his hooks inside out. 'Two Hearts and No Brain' proves emotive and playfully laced with a tongue-in-cheek nostalgia - timelessly old and new in the same breath.
Mark McGuire's albums are, amongst many other things, strong arguments for the album and for the stereo system. They're not just music; they're statements, and they demand to be experienced by the best sonic means available. They're throwbacks, not in style, but intent and effect. Put another way -- they don't make them like this anymore.
The wall of sounds contained therein constitute a degree of ambition uncommon since the 70s heyday of McGuire's forebears -- Gottsching, Eno, Fripp. This is not laptop music.
Beyond Belief, his second full-length for Dead Oceans, finds McGuire now well on the way of his own trip. Fantastical liner note tales written to accompany and set the stage for his mostly-wordless songs delight and confound. Throughout nine tracks we find an unrelenting drive to refine, build upon, focus and maximize the effect of an already remarkably prolific body of work. Though deservedly known for his virtuosic multitracked guitar playing, McGuire in fact plays every bass / synth / piano note, and every beat on the album himself, his vocals more prominent than ever before. 26 months in the making, the passion going into Beyond Belief is self-evident, and the effect is overwhelming.
Like many before him, McGuire isn't entirely comfortable with the critically-bestowed 'new age' tag, but the resonance is there particularly in McGuire's prose, and it's not unreasonable that he appeared alongside venerated new age masters Iasos and Laraaji in The New York Times' appraisal of the new age music renaissance ('For New Age, the Next Generation', Mike Rubin, February 16, 2014).
Running nearly 80 minutes, the bold and fearless Beyond Belief is McGuire's magnum opus to date, but in truth, there is no end in sight for McGuire's vision, making any such assessment wholly premature.
The world has finally caught up with Slowdive. A band whose reach goes far beyond just influencing music is back, with their first new album in 22 years.The album is called Slowdive-- self-titled in an echo of their debut EP from 1990-- and is remarkably direct."We were always ambitious," says frontman Neil Halstead. "Not in terms of trying to sell records, but in terms of making interesting records. Maybe, if you try and make interesting records, they're still interesting in a few years’ time."Now, in 2017, the record is ready and first single from which, "Star Roving," shot to the top of the Billboard Trending 140 Chart."There’s a different energy about it," says drummer Simon Scott. "It took ages to get back together and write songs and for it to click in the studio, but this album doesn't feel like a bolt-on -- it's got an energy that's as vibrant as Souvlaki and Just for a Day. It feels very relevant to now."


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Read, D., Bostrom, A., Morgan, M. G., Fischhoff, B., & Smuts, T. (1994). What do people know about global climate change? 2. Survey studies of educated laypeople. Risk Analysis, 14(6), 971-982. doi:10.1111/j.1539-6924.1994.tb00066.x
Drawing on results from earlier studies that used open-ended interviews, a questionnaire was developed to examine laypeople's knowledge about the possible causes and effects of global warming, as well as the likely efficacy of possible interventions. It was administered to two well-educated opportunity samples of laypeople. Subjects had a poor appreciation of the facts that (1) if significant global warming occurs, it will be primarily the result of an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere, and (2) the single most important source of additional carbon dioxide is the combustion of fossil fuels, most notably coal and oil. In addition, their understanding of the climate issue was encumbered with secondary, irrelevant, and incorrect beliefs. Of these, the two most critical are confusion with the problems of stratospheric ozone and difficulty in differentiating between causes and actions specific to climate and more general good environmental practice.
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The Hilarious Mischief of Simon’s Cat: A Feline Phenomenon
Simon’s Cat is a famous feline phenomenon that has taken the world by storm. With millions of followers on social media, Simon’s Cat has become a household name in the entertainment industry. This animated cat, created by Simon Tofield, is known for his hilarious antics, mischievous behavior, and love for food. In this article, we will explore the hilarious mischief of Simon’s Cat and why he has become such a popular internet sensation.
Simon’s Cat was created in 2008 when Simon Tofield started making short animated films featuring his lovable pet cat. The character quickly gained popularity because of his relatable behavior. Simon’s Cat is a mischievous little fellow who is always looking for ways to cause chaos in his owner’s home. Whether it’s knocking over a vase of flowers, biting on electrical cords, or stealing food from the kitchen, Simon’s Cat is always up to something.
One of the most hilarious aspects of Simon’s Cat is his love for food. Simon’s Cat is often seen begging for food, stealing food, or doing everything he can to get his paws on his favorite treats. This obsession with food is something that many cat owners can relate to, which is why Simon’s Cat has become such a popular character.
Another reason why Simon’s Cat has become so popular is because of his animated personality. Simon Tofield has done an excellent job of capturing the true essence of a cat’s behavior and personality. Simon’s Cat is a curious little creature who loves to explore his surroundings, play with toys, and interact with other cats. The way Simon’s Cat is animated is so realistic that it’s hard not to believe that he is a real cat.
Simon’s Cat has gone beyond just being an internet sensation and has become a brand in itself. Simon Tofield has created a whole line of Simon’s Cat merchandise, including calendars, books, and even a mobile app. It’s clear that Simon’s Cat has captured the hearts of people all over the world, and his popularity shows no signs of slowing down.
In conclusion, the hilarious mischief of Simon’s Cat has made him a feline phenomenon that has taken the internet by storm. From knocking over vases to stealing food, Simon’s Cat’s mischievous behavior has captured the hearts of millions of people around the world. Simon’s Cat’s love for food, animated personality, and relatable behavior have made him a household name and a brand in itself. Simon’s Cat is a feline phenomenon that is sure to bring smiles and laughter to people for many years to come.
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The Watershed Game (WSG) team is hosting a Train-the-Trainer workshop that will focus on the WSG: Coast Model. We will explore critical coastal issues, including eutrophication and increasing flooding. The workshop will highlight the Local Leader Version which is designed for use with small groups of elected and appointed officials, members of watershed organizations, and other community leaders and groups.
Workshop participants will learn how the WSG can be used to engage their audiences and help meet education, planning, or program objectives. The goal of the workshop is to prepare participants so they are ready to facilitate gameplay with their target audience.
View the full workshop agenda for more details.
April 23, 2024
9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. ET
Focus Hope, MSU Extension office, 1360 Oakman, Detroit, MI
Registration is required. Cost: FREE, lunch is included
- Maggie Karshnia, Stormwater Extention Educator, Minnesota Sea Grant & UMN WRC,
- Erica Clites, Extension Educator, Michigan Sea Grant
This training workshop and the development of the new Coast Model were made possible through support from the NOAA Central and Gulf of Mexico Regional Collaboration Teams, the National Sea Grant Office, Minnesota Water Resources Center, and Minnesota Sea Grant. This work is led by a collaborative team in multiple states including: John Bilotta, UMN WRC & MN Sea Grant Maggie Karschnia, UMN WRC & MN Sea Grant Madison Rodman, MN Sea Grant Cindy Hagley, NRRI Karen Bareford, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium Tina Miller-Way, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium Brenna Sweetman, NOAA Office for Coastal Management Lyndsey Manzo, Ohio Sea Grant
Image credit: Cait Dettmann/MNSG


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VIDEO: In Braintree, bike owners give so others may ride
David Desmond started riding a bike at age 6 and it soon became one of his favorite activities. Now 15, David needed a community service project for confirmation class at St. Thomas More Church and found a cause close to his heart.
Bikes Not Bombs is a Boston nonprofit organization that refurbishes and donates used bicycles to developing nations and youth programs in Boston.
“I just thought Bikes Not Bombs was a great charity, because they use something that I have personally loved to benefit the world,” David said Saturday at Braintree Town Hall, where the organization held its first bike donation drive of the season.
The Braintree drive ran from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at town hall. Bikes Not Bombs will hold 45 other donation drives this year in Greater Boston, including one June 4 at Old Ship Church in Hingham.
Fifty-six bikes were donated Saturday, and the group may return Oct. 22 for the Make A Difference Day event hosted by Sustainable Braintree.
David’s mother, Valerie Desmond of Braintree, teaches the St. Thomas More confirmation class.
Her son and Emily McCarthy, 15, who is also in the class, helped register the donated bikes Saturday and began taking them apart to be refurbished.
They had made signs and posters and posted them around town during the past two weeks.
“I love working with my hands, so I’m looking forward to working on some bikes today,” Desmond said.
“It is recycling,” McCarthy said. “If people don’t need the bikes and other people can use them, it is beneficial to them.”
Stephen Bosco, bike donation coordinator for Bikes Not Bombs, laid out wrenches and other bike tools on a table by the large white Bikes Not Bombs truck.
“We’re hoping to get anywhere from 20 to 200 bikes today,” he said.
Bosco said many of the recycled bikes are sent overseas to projects in developing countries. Others are given to low-income youths in Boston programs.
When donated, the bikes can be in any condition. Bikes Not Bombs asks for a $10 donation with each bike to cover the cost of overseas shipping, but it is voluntary, Bosco said.
For more information, call 617-522-0222 or visit bikesnotbombs.org.
Reach Sue Scheible at email@example.com.
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text: The Poznań uprising of June 1956, coming just a few months after Nikita Khrushchev’s landmark “secret speech” at the Twentieth Soviet Party Congress, constituted the first real test of de-Stalinization. The uprising was a turning point in postwar Polish history and the precursor to subsequent bouts of unrest in Poland. Yet, the episode itself and its repercussions that year were overshadowed by more pressing and dramatic developments, especially the revolution in Hungary four months later. The responses of the leaders of the two largest non-ruling Communist parties to the Poznań rebellion have been well documented, but much less is known about how ordinary Communist Party members in Italy and France viewed the unrest. This article draws for the first time on the personal testimonies of more than fifty people who in 1956 were rank-and-file Communists from the federations of Var and Gorizia. The article looks in detail at the contemporary reactions to the anti-Communist rebellion. In so doing, it reveals much about ordinary Communists’ priorities, degrees of critical detachment, and level of commitment to the Soviet Union and the Communist cause.

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Celtics remain perfect at home this postseason with their 10th straight victory.
BOSTON (AP) — Rookie Jayson Tatum had 24 points and Al Horford had 15 points and 12 rebounds to help the Boston Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 96-83 on Wednesday night and take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals.
The Celtics remained perfect in Boston this postseason with their 10th straight victory at home and moved within one win of their first trip to the NBA Finals since 2010.
Game 6 is in Cleveland on Friday night, with the decisive seventh game back in Boston on Sunday if necessary. The home team has won every game so far in the series, and none has been closer than nine points.
LeBron James had 16 points and 10 rebounds and Kevin Love scored 14 for the Cavaliers, who are trying to reach the finals for the fourth consecutive season. James has played to the end in seven straight seasons.


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By the end of World War I, the British had conquered the Ottoman vilayets (provinces) of Basra and Baghdad. They were not content with that, and took the Mosul vilayet after the war ended. This caused a huge controversy with the new country of Turkey, which claimed Mosul as its own. That would lead to nearly ten years of negotiations before the former Ottoman domain joined the other two to become the nation of Iraq.
Just days after agreeing to a peace treaty with the Ottomans ending World War I, the British headed north and invaded the Mosul vilayet. On October 30, 1918, the armistice was signed to end the Great War. Four days later on November 3, the British seized Mosul, which was made up of present day Ninewa, Kirkuk, Dohuk, Sulaymaniya, and the northern half of Salahaddin governorates. The British were interested in oil deposits in the vilayet, and believed that the mountainous north could provide a natural defense against Turkey and Russia to protect its new conquests, the Basra and Baghdad provinces. This caused consternation in Turkey, which condemned the breaking of the peace and taking of Mosul, which it laid claim to.
The British did not always have their eye on Mosul, but that changed as World War I progressed. Originally, under the 1916 Sykes-Picot agreement, England agreed to split the Mosul vilayet with the French getting Mosul city and the British Kirkuk. The Secretary of War Lord Kitchener made this concession, because he wanted a buffer between Russia in the north, and the British holdings in the south, and its trade route to India. Others in London were opposed to this idea, because they believed there was oil throughout the province, and did not want to give any of it to the French. When the Russian Revolution occurred in 1917, fears of Moscow encroaching into the Middle East subsided in London. That changed the equation for the British.
In August 1918, Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour told Prime Minister David Lloyd George that England had to control Mesopotamia to acquire its oil wealth. That led to the invasion of Mosul after the armistice. By December, Lloyd George asked France’s Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau to re-negotiate Sykes-Picot and cede Mosul to the British. In return, Paris would get oil concessions, which were ensured under the April 1920 San Remo Treaty. The French were more interested in the Levant, so giving up Mosul did not represent a real change in their plans. They also got to take part in oil development in Iraq. That left the next round of talks with Turkey, which still desired the vilayet.
The dueling claims to Mosul were made clear in 1920. First, in January the Turkish National Pact said Turkey would give up its rights to all the Ottoman provinces with Arab majorities. That did not include Mosul however, which Turkey claimed was dominated by Ottomans. In April, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk gave a speech demanding that Turkey’s border extend to the cities of Mosul and Sulaymaniya. He even sent forces into the vilayet, but they were turned back. On the British side, the cabinet released a statement in March that the new Iraq Mandate should include Mosul. The League of Nations, which was deciding on the fate of places like the former Ottoman empire initially said that Turkey had an uncontested claim to Mosul. England protested saying it should be included in the new Iraq. The two countries then decided to meet face to face.
Talks opened in Lausanne in November 1923. At the start, Mosul was not a major issue as Ankara and London had many other issues to work out. Then it moved to the fore when drawing the border between Iraq and Turkey came up. Both sides argued that the line should be based upon the indigenous population, an idea that gained favor after the end of World War I. The problem was neither could agree on what the population was, and what they wanted. The British for example, argued that Mosul should be separated from Turkey due to its large Kurdish population, and that the Turks in the vilayet were not regular Turks. The English also said that since the Turks lost the war they should not be able to dictate terms. Ankara on the other hand, claimed that Mosul had been ruled for millennium by Turks proven by the plethora of Turkish places names, that the Turkish language was used, and that the Kurds were Turks. The debate went nowhere leading Mosul to be taken off the table so that the Lausanne Treaty could be signed. The two then decided to turn the issue over to the League of Nations.
In May 1924, Britain and Turkey restarted talks on Mosul. Unfortunately, they had not progressed passed the same arguments used in Lausanne. The deadlock led them to agree to the League of Nations making the final decision on Mosul in June. In October, the League okayed a commission being sent to the region, which arrived in Mosul in January 1925. It did extensive surveying of the vilayet’s land, people, and economy. It interviewed hundreds of locals attempting to determine their desires. It found no consensus. Some Arab merchants wanted union with Turkey because it would be better for trade. Some Turks wanted British rule, and were opposed to Ataturk. Arab nationalists wanted union with Iraq as an independent state. That led the commission to abandon its original idea of ethnic self-determination. In the end, it found that while Turkey did have a legal claim to Mosul, the English should get the territory because most of those interviewed were for joining the new Iraq. In July 1925, its findings were presented to the League. There were still more talks to be held to work out the details however.
In June 1926, England and Turkey met once more and agreed on concessions. Ankara would get 10% of oil revenues from Iraq for 25 years in return for recognition of Mosul’s inclusion in the British Mandate of Iraq. That also included a lump payment of 500,000 pounds. That deal was signed on July 5, 1926. In May 1931, Iraq made its first oil payment to Ankara, which would last until July 1951. In the book The Creation of Iraq 1914-1921, the authors argued that the Turks were willing to give up on Mosul by this time. Turkey had just beat the Greeks who wanted its western regions, and pushed back the Soviets in the north. The Turks therefore, were in no mood for a fight with the British. In fact, they might have believed that it would be better to have Britain as an ally in the south to protect that border. Eight years after the British illegally seized Mosul, it officially gained the province. Turkey had given up its claim in return for money, and to protect its new borders. London gained the Kirkuk oil field, the largest discovered at that time in the new Iraq. At the same time, it added a large Kurdish population, which would have difficult relations with Baghdad until the present day.
Anderson, Liam and Stansfield, Gareth, The Future of Iraq, Dictatorship, Democracy, or Division? New York, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
Polk, William, Understanding Iraq, New York, London, Toronto, Sydney: Harper Perennial, 2005
Simon, Reeva Spector Tejirian, Eleanor, The Creation of Iraq 1914-1921, New York: Columbia University Press, 2004
Sluglett, Peter, “The Kurdish Problem and the Mosul Boundary: 1918-1925,” Global Policy Forum, 1976
Stansfield, Gareth, Iraq: People, History, Politics, Malden: Polity Press, 2007

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Ex-Congressmen’s Kin Die in Fire
PIONEER, Calif. (AP) _ Three grandchildren of former U.S. Reps. Bob Mathias of California and Bill Alexander of Arkansas have been killed in a house fire along with their father.
Authorities were investigating whether the father set the fire, which had engulfed the two-story house and its attached garage by the time firefighters arrived, sheriff’s Commander Mark Anderson said Wednesday.
The bodies of Timothy Halstead, 33, Haven Halstead, 8, Jordan Halstead, 5, and Elijah Halstead, 4, were found in the rubble, Mathias said.
``They are my sweet grandchildren and I love them very much,″ Mathias said in a telephone interview from his Fresno home.
Halstead’s estranged wife, Alyse, 31, said she had dropped off the children at the home 120 miles east of San Francisco in the Sierra foothills a few hours before the fire Tuesday.
Anderson said identities have not been confirmed, but that he believed the bodies were those of Halstead and the children.
Mathias is married to Alyse Halstead’s mother, Gwen, and is the children’s stepgrandfather. Gwen Mathias was previously married to Alexander, Alyse Halstead’s father and the children’s grandfather.
Mathias, 68, was a two-time Olympic decathlon winner who represented a Central Valley district as a Republican from 1966-1974. Alexander, a longtime Arkansas Democrat, was defeated in 1992.


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Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott - Songs From The Arc Of Life (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 67:55 minutes | 1,15 GBStudio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott create a unique classical music experience with their new Sony Classical recording "Songs from the Arc". This all-new recording also celebrates thirty years of friendship and collaboration in concerts and recordings for Ma and Stott. The album includes pieces they have frequently performed but never recorded, as well as a handful of discoveries.


India being lectured, pressured on environmental issues by developed countries: PM
India is the only country that is on course to achieve the Paris Agreement goals ahead of time and yet, it is being ''lectured'' on environmental issues and subjected to numerous pressures by developed nations, which still harbour a colonial mentality, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday.
This is the first time that the prime minister has spoken on the issue since the United Nations' COP26 summit concluded on November 13.
He said the latest example of this mentality was seen at the recently concluded international climate conference, COP 26, in Glasgow, where the issue of environment was being ''hijacked'' by the developed nations.
''We can see these days that attempts are being made to hijack the issue of environment. A few weeks ago, at the COP26 summit, we saw a live example of this. If we talk about the absolute cumulative emissions, since 1850, the developed nations have collectively caused 15 times more emissions than India.
''If we talk about the per capita basis, developed nations have caused 15 per cent more emissions than India. Absolute cumulative emissions of the United States and the European Union together are 11 times more than that of India. Still, India is lectured on environmental conservation,'' the prime minister said.
He said India has lived with nature embedded in its tradition, where god is seen even in plants, where the land is worshipped as the mother, adding that these values are not just confined to books.
Modi also highlighted that the country's biodiversity is constantly improving with the population of lions, tigers and dolphins increasing.
''Today, there is a continuous improvement in the biodiversity of India. The numbers of lions, tigers and dolphins are rising, the forest cover is increasing, land degradation is reducing...,'' he said.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)


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It’s official, folks. The Malaysian MotoGP round for 2020 has been cancelled. This news was finally confirmed just moments ago by the Sepang International Circuit (SIC) for the Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix 2020 in relation to the growing concerns of COVID-19 around the globe.
This comes to as no surprise as all the other flyaway MotoGP rounds outside of Europe have announced their cancellations just weeks ago. These venues include America, Argentina, and Thailand. Nevertheless, it is still very sad news for motorsports fans in the region.
According to Sepang International Circuit’s CEO, Mr Azhan Shafriman Hanif, “We are truly disappointed on this cancellation and actually, we are looking forward to watch the actions on home ground especially from our local boys, Kasma Daniel, Khairul Idham Pawi, Hafizh Syahrin and PETRONAS Sepang Racing Team who have had a great start to the season. But with the ongoing Covid-19, the safety of all is the main priority, we can’t afford to risk the health of others.”
“I’m sure this is sad news for MotoGP™ fans in Malaysia and all over the world who have made the event what it is today. We have seen increasing number of spectators for the Malaysian Grand Prix year-on-year and we thank all fans and partners for their continuous support. The best thing to do right now, is to keep supporting our local boys and team who are still competing in the championship. We hope to come back bigger and better for Malaysian Grand Prix 2021,” added Mr Azhan.


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Moonspell – “Lisboa Under The Spell” 3CD/ 3LP/ DVD (Napalm Records)
Acknowledged as Portugal’s biggest metal band, Moonspell have been going since the early 90s, releasing 11 studio albums yet only 1 live album during that time. As such, with fan demand for another live release reaching fever point, the band have returned with such a lavish package that doesn’t just make up for it, but actually blows everything else this year into space ha ha. Indeed, it doesn’t come any finer than this and quite possibly is Napalm Records most ambitious project to date! Packing out the 4,000 seater Campo Pequeno in Lisbon with their hometown fans, Moonspell have chosen to play – in entirety – 3 albums taken from their beginnings in “Wolfheart” and “Irreligious” to lately “Extinct” unbelievably in one gargantuan show stretching across 3 hours! It’s an awesome achievement in itself and how both the band and their fans make it is down to one thing: love. Beyond the passionate gothic metal and onstage action, what comes across abundantly is the bond between them and that’s captured beautifully on “Lisboa Under The Spell”, which goes well beyond a live music release into a film about the band themselves. Unlike other live releases, the film actually begins in the days prior to this landmark show, offering an intimate glimpse into the lives of the members, their families and their outside lives. As the build up begins, their emotions are expressed and you get a unique, first hand perspective of what it means to be in a big band facing probably what is your greatest show. What is even more moving however, is post the musical marathon, vocalist Fernando Ribeiro’s personal post script filmed on a hand held as he invites you to his ‘after show party’ – in fact, his quiet hotel room and a nocturnal stroll in the early hours (naturally under a full moon heh heh) offering his perspective on success, talent and melancholia. What with all that, the perfect performances split into 3 Acts and the band varying their garb and make up to match, are spectacular, not in the least thanks to the unflappable Lisbon crowd who match the band at every point, singing, roaring, and clapping to classics such as ‘Full Moon Madness’, ‘Vampiria’ and ‘Raven Claws’ – not forgetting the other 26 tracks! Needless to say, an absolute must for the Moonspell fan, but equally, the definitive release for anyone wanting to check out this legendary band.


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What we know to be true
Zahra Baseri, Yasmeen Nematt Alla, and Arshia Salesi
March 30 – May 11, 2019
Opening Reception: March 30, 2019 from 2:00-4:00 pm
Artists have always found creative ways to question, clarify, make fun of, and criticize dominant narratives and power structures. What we know to be true features works by three artists who complicate and challenge the status quo. Zahra Baseri takes aesthetic inspiration from traditional Persian miniature paintings to create contemporary miniatures depicting the entangled relationships between the oil industry, corrupt politics, and women’s oppression in the Middle East. Yasmeen Nematt Alla’s practice draws on her experiences working as a translator for Syrian refugees. Using a text-based approach, Nematt Alla reveals injustices in the Canadian system intended to protect and support refugees. In her multimedia constructions, Arshia Salesi abstracts and deconstructs letters from the Farsi language to encourage multilingual legibility, challenging the dominance of the English language. The artists in What we know to be true reveal, critique, and oppose oppressive and unjust power dynamics, ranging from the mistreatment of women and refugees under state protection, to the subtleties of social influence granted based on language fluency.
This exhibition is accompanied by a critical essay written by Joy Xiang, which can be downloaded HERE.
Zahra Baseri was born and brought up in Iran. She came to Canada with an engineering degree, but decided to pursue fine arts. Currently she is an MFA candidate at University of Waterloo focusing on drawing and sculpture. She received the Ontario Graduate Scholarship in 2018, and was Manitoba’s provincial winner for BMO 1st Art! in 2016. Baseri describes her artistic practice as both multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary. Her subject matter is positioned from a feminist perspective, engaging with religious, cultural, and sociopolitical issues.
Yasmeen Nematt Alla is an Egyptian-Canadian artist with a BA in Fine Arts and Business from the University of Waterloo. She immigrated to Canada when she was fifteen and continues to grapple between the diaspora of her identity and the switching that occurs when she assumes either her Egyptian or Canadian identity. Her practice stems from her experiences as an immigrant, visible minority and her attempts at becoming a translation medium of the marginalized within her community.
Arshia Salesi received her BFA from OCAD University, and completed an exchange at Hunter College, New York. Her works use the visual languages of Iranian Modernist painting, as well as Minimalist painting. She investigates illegibility through a text-image relationship that create abstractions from Farsi language. Her work explores painting’s ability to expand three-dimensionally, both as constructions and into site-specific paintings. Salesi’s practice engages with ideas of transculturality, Orientalism and language through a non-hierarchical approach.
Joy Xiang is an arts writer, poet and cultural worker based in Toronto. She researches and engages themes of migration, desire, material flows and media nostalgia/futurity. Her critical texts, reviews and poetry have been published in venues like Canadian Art, KAPSULA, Looseleaf and Mercer Union.


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As a certified bibliophile, it’s needless to mention that I have a tendancy of hoarding books. AND now that I have mentioned it, I thought kickstarting my blogging journey with a book haul would be the best way to do so!
Let me start by clarifying that this post is in no way shape or form sponsored by Bookchor or a paid ad article. This is just a book lover’s extension of appreciation to the site and its team.
As I mentioned above, I hauled these books from http://www.bookchor.com. Its an online bookstore with its own android app which specialises in used (read:loved) books. In short, its THE book paradise.
These are the books I ordered:
- The Quest by Wilbur Smith
- Interview with a vampire by Anne Rice
- The vampire armand by Anne Rice
- Confessions of an ugly step sister by Gregory Maguire
- Wicked by Gregory Maguire
- The jewel that was ours by Colin Dexter
- Service of all the dead by Colin Dexter
- The book of murder by Guillermo Martinez
- The Jansen Option by Robert Ludlum (Free : on the deal of buy books over Rs. 250 and get a book free)
The books I ordered are in no exact pattern or preference but more a mixture of books I have wanted from quite sometime and books that sounded interesting and were at an off. The total for the books plus COD of Rs. 65 (other payment options are free of charge) was Rs. 677/- which means that at an average the cost of one book is Rs. 75.2/- and that is with the COD charges added in the total.
Beginning with the selection of books:
- I have always loved The Wizard of Oz (1939) and it was the touchstone of my childhood. I had every line, every song memorised and when I was old enough, I read the book by Frank L. Baum, cementing my love for the classic. I came across Gregory Maguire and his interpretation of the same, creating a background story to the characters we love (and hate). Finally, I found the copy of Wicked at a steal and had to buy it. I also bought The Confessions of an Ugly Step sister out of intrigue as it is the story of Cinderella’s other sisters who didn’t exactly fare well after Cinderella found her happily-ever-after. (I will post a review on both soon.)
- After the Twilight Saga came out, the vampire frenzy has been exactly that: crazy! Everyone loves a great vampire story but all those that I have come across are basically just love stories! As someone who’s cult favourite is Bram Stroker’s Dracula and it’s many movie adaptations, also not forgetting the Dusk to Dawn film series, my vampires are gory, crazy, die in sunlight and not exactly a romantic type. However, I did find Twilight interesting, but one can only have just so much of a twinkling fangling. On researching, I found out that I had missed a classic milestone in the genre by Anne Rice. Fortunately, I found it on the site and bought all the ones I could find!
- Wilbur Smith is not exactly an author I easily pick up. His stories are often long and winding and I end up losing interest after a while. However, I love anything to do with Egyptology ( I once wanted to be an archeologist after I saw The Mummy Series). Even though I didn’t exactly get to follow my little dream, Egyptian civilization has always been an enigma for me, driving me to read books about its history and Pharaohs, hence, I never miss out on any Egypt oriented plot. I will post my views on the same as soon as I finish it.
- Like Wilbur Smith, Colin Dexter is another author I am hesitant to pick up. I find other writers’ novels more thrilling. It’s a personal preference I guess. Anyhow, I am looking forward to these books because the brief sounds very exciting and I will try my best to read them with no prior bias of any sort.
- To be honest, I have never read anything by Guillermo Martinez and thus, I have no expectations from the book. I didn’t look up for any reviews online because this is my first book by the author and I want to give it a clean perspective. More on the book when I post my first reaction.
- I have always admired Robert Ludlum for his excellent background stories and strong characters and I am quite eager to read this one as well. Since I have read his other novels apart from the Bourne Series, I know that his story telling will as always be par excellence!
I have been ordering books from http://www.bookchor.com for quite some time now and they never disappoint. The quality of books, service and customer satisfaction level is unparallel to any other online bookstore. It’s pocket friendly which is a huge benefit to budding readers who don’t want a hefty financial setback. All in all, I think it is a great option for anyone willing to read and my heartiest congratulations to the team who are doing such an exceptional job!
P. S. : I am planning to make Bookchor Book Catches or BBC a bi-monthly segment even if they are smaller hauls since the price factor is such a life saver!
Until next time!
DISCLAIMER : THIS IS NOT A SPONSORED AD ARTICLE AND ALL BOOKS WERE PURCHASED WITH MY OWN MONEY.

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1 cup white sugar
1 cup karo syrup
1 cup chunky peanut butter
4 1/2-5 cups Rice Krispies
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 cup butterscotch chips
Melt karo syrup and white sugar together over medium low heat. (You don't want this mixture to boil...it will make the scotcharoos go hard later! I just watch for it to become more runny.) Take off heat and add peanut butter. Stir well.
Gradually add Rice Krispies until coated. I usually add about 4 1/2 cups and it's just right.
Pour into lightly greased 9x13 pan and spread.
Melt chocolate and butterscotch chips together and pour over Rice Krispies. Let cool at room temperature about an hour before serving for chocolate to harden.
Work great as a Christmas treat with a red or green M&M on the top!


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Man charged in Wilson County with 20 counts of child rape
A 41-year-old Lebanon man has been booked into the Wilson County Jail on 20 counts of rape of two children, according to indictments issued.
Michael Aaron Currier was indicted by a Wilson County grand jury and booked into jail Wednesday.
He is being held on a $200,000 bail, according to jail records.
Indictments allege Currier raped two victims under the age of 13. The Wilson County Sheriff’s Office alleges Currier had sexual contact with the two victims for at least two years in the Watertown area.
The case was referred to the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office after it was reported to the Department of Children’s Services. Anyone with information can call 615-444-1412.
Reach Andy Humbles at 615-726-5939 and on Twitter @AndyHumbles.


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When you are sick, what do you do? If you feel bad enough, you probably go to the doctor. Thankfully, in many parts of the world there is a plethora of excellent and effective treatments for illnesses of all kinds. More and more, alternative therapies such as massage, acupuncture, acupressure, and holistic medicine are becoming popular in the West. Most people have at least heard of these therapies. However, the majority of individuals are unaware of the healing properties of color.
Wait…Color Has the Potential to Heal the Body and Mind?
Have you ever heard of color therapy? If not, here’s a great definition from the article Color Therapy and Healing – An Introduction: “Color therapy and healing (also known as chromotherapy or light therapy) is a type of holistic healing that uses the visible spectrum of light and color to affect a person’s mood and physical or mental health. Each color falls into a specific frequency and vibration, which many believe contribute to specific properties that can be used to affect the energy and frequencies within our bodies.” Color therapy may help emotional problems/mood issues in particular, but, according to http://www.holistic-online.com/, it may also be helpful to those dealing with the following health concerns:
~ High Blood Pressure
~ HIV and AIDS
~ Low Blood Pressure
~ Nausea and Vomiting
Green: the Color of Balance
Since different colors have different frequencies, it makes sense that they have unique healing functions. It seems that green is a hue that is especially healing to the emotions. The article mentioned above says, “Green is another color that may be used to relax people who are emotionally unbalanced.” The article Green: the Colour confirms that green is excellent for balancing the emotions. It states, “Green is the colour of balance and harmony and can, therefore, be helpful in times of stress. If one has experienced a trauma, a green silk wrapped around the shoulders can have a very therapeutic effect.”
Practical Ways to Use Color to Heal Yourself
If you can’t get professional color therapy, there are some practical things you can do to use color to promote healing and foster a better quality of life. First, do a little research and find out what colors may help to resolve your specific health concerns. Then, repaint one, two, or many rooms in your house accordingly. Another way to integrate color therapy into your life is to spend more time outdoors. Nature is loaded with incredible colors that are good for the body and the soul.
Here at Segmation, we are fascinated with color. We are consistently amazed at the ways color enriches lives. It lifts the mood, and apparently ministers healing to troubled bodies. No doubt there will be many more findings in the future about the incredible abilities of color. We can’t wait to discover what they are.
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Protective effect of Indigofera aspalathoides roots on N-nitrosodiethylamine-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in mice
The chemopreventive effect of ethanol root extract of Indigofera aspalathoides was evaluated in Nâ??nitrosodiethylamineinduced experimental liver tumor in mice. Pretreatment with ethanol root extract (100 mg/kg, p.o.) for three weeks significantly reduced the impact of Nâ??nitrosodiethylamine toxicity (50 mg/kg, i.p.) on the serum markers of liver damage, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase and total bilirubin. Protective effect was reconfirmed the elevated serum total protein levels were significantly restored towards normalization by the extracts, and this was confirmed by sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Histological examination of the liver of animals treated with ethanol root extract of Indigofera aspalathoides showed the reduction of necrosis. These results suggest that ethanol root extract of Indigofera aspalathoides possess protective effect against Nâ??nitrosodiethylamineâ??induced hepatocellular carcinogenesis.


CEBL, the Canadian men’s basketball league, will offer its professional basketball players the option to receive a portion of their salary in cryptocurrency. The new payment option has been enabled through a partnership with the Canadian cryptocurrency exchange Bitbuy.
Bitbuy to Convert Canadian Dollar Salaries Into Bitcoin
The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) announced the deal with Bitbuy days before the start of its third season, on June 24. The league, which was founded four years ago, launched in 2019 with six teams, all of them owned and managed by the Canadian Basketball Ventures group. It now says the crypto partnership will be the first of its kind for any professional sports league in North America. CEBL Commissioner and CEO Mike Morreale commented:
Our partnership with Bitbuy speaks to our commitment to players, and also to our forward-thinking approach to how we go about our business. We appreciate Bitbuy’s investment in helping us further grow Canada’s official national pro basketball league.
With the help of Bitbuy, the basketball players will be able to opt-in to receive a portion of their salary in bitcoin (BTC). The trading platform will convert the Canadian dollar payments into cryptocurrency and deposit the digital coins to the players’ personal crypto wallets. The exchange, which has more than 300,000 users in Canada, will also become an official sponsor of the league as part of the agreement with the CEBL.
Basketball Players Ask for Bitcoin Salary Option
According to Charlie Aikenhead, VP of Marketing at Bitbuy, the partnership represents a significant shift in how athletes are thinking about compensation. “We’re excited to help the CEBL’s players protect their long-term wealth by getting paid in Bitcoin,” he added, emphasizing that the crypto company is proud to support homegrown Canadian sports.
The cooperation between Bitbuy and the CEBL comes in response to basketball players…


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By Kristina Ortez and Jim O’Donnell
We Taoseños are lucky.
Our little town is surrounded by hundreds of thousands of acres of public land. We are rich in nature. Trails abound, empty spaces await, social distancing is easy in our neck of the woods.
And yet there you are, in your house, being good and following the Governor’s orders. And your kids are climbing the wall. Or maybe not, yet, but you’re worried they will be soon. Or you will be….Luckily, all that wide-open space surrounding us is…well, wide-open…and waiting for you. It’s time to get those kids outside.
We are both parents. Kristina has two and Jim has three. Over the years we’ve become pretty skillful in raising kids who love (sometimes!) to be outdoors. But where to begin?
When asked what she likes about the outdoors, Vida, Kristina’s daughter says, “everything…I mean, just like when it’s really healthy out!”
It is healthy to be outdoors! But for little kids who have never hiked in the wilds before, your backyard or your neighborhood is a good place to start. Check out our downloadable booklet of fun, educational walking routes right in town.
You can come up with a simple scavenger hunt to acclimate your kiddos to the outdoors in a very gentle way. Can you spot a Robin? What about a Northern Flicker? What about a worm, find me a worm. (No, wait. Don’t eat the worm!) What animal footprints do you see? Who do you think made them and why?
There are a wide range of online guides to help with things like bird and footprint identification. Our friends at the Cornell Ornithology Lab have some suggestions on free apps for birding .
Kristina’s kids really like to explore the arroyo by their house. “I love the hills,” says Gilly. They like to slide down those hills on their butts. They can get really dusty, and not a little bit dirty. We’ve turned this walk into our daily P.E. We just make sure to dump out all the sand from our shoes before we come back in the house!
We know that sometimes it can be hard for parents to play. But that’s really the best way for our kids to engage in the outdoors. Outdoor scavenger hunts are another way to get kids engaged with the good old out-of-doors. We really like this hunt that REI put together.
Jim’s kids are a bit older: 16, 12 and 12. Accomplished peak-baggers by the age of 10, they also enjoy bringing a camera or tablet to take pictures on hikes. Jim’s daughter loves to sit and paint watercolors….and these types of things even keep them busy once you home. There is editing the pictures into a slideshow or putting filters on them, printing and creating a collage or turning paintings into illustrations for a story. One thing Jim’s kids loved to do when they were smaller was to create a map during or after their hikes, trying to draw a route and labeling the landscape or things such as trees, lakes, rocks, creeks that they saw along the way.
“The best thing about going for a hike is getting wet and muddy,” says Ilan, Jim’s boy. “The best thing about being a kid is getting dirty.”
If you’re just starting out with a hike, keep your expectations realistic. You don’t need to climb Wheeler Peak. A half mile or a mile is enough..and snacks, plenty of yummy snacks. A yummy treat every half mile is a good motivator.
“The power that good snacks have over the human psyche is astounding,” says Jim’s 16-year old daughter. “When I was little I’d go anywhere as long as there was good food involved.”
We know how hard it is to find time to be in nature when everything seems so uncertain. That’s why it’s so important to keep things light and loose. Lower your expectations for a trip outdoors and just have fun. Let yourself get a little dirty (or a lot!). Don’t forget the water and find the joy in the little things growing in your backyard or around the corner.


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Works have begun to refurbish Shepparton's Stuart Reserve following successful negotiations with the area's residents.DARREN LINTON January 4, 2013 4:20am
Refurbishment works have started at Shepparton’s Stuart Reserve after successful negotiations with nearby residents.
Residents were up in arms in October 2011 when a two-stage concept plan for redevelopment of the river frontage was released by Greater Shepparton City Council.
The first stage included new playground equipment, a large shelter with barbecue facilities and park furniture, a fence along the pathway, a footpath along the river side of the reserve and tree planting.
The second stage proposed widening of the road to incorporate parking, 11 off-street car parks at the north-west end of the park, a unisex toilet, a boardwalk on the river and connecting paths.
As a result of the residents’ protests, the council indicated it would scale down the redevelopment and council’s leisure services, recreation and parks manager Brendan Gosstray said the start of works yesterday followed successful consultation and resolution of issues with a reference group comprised of residents.
‘‘Input from the residents informed the final master plan for the reserve which has been adopted by the Greater Shepparton City councillors,’’ he said.
‘‘Play equipment is currently being refurbished and some new items including swingers and rockers are being installed.’’
Paths to support access are also being constructed, along with new fencing and a drinking fountain. As funds become available new post-and-rail bollards and park lighting will also be installed.
‘‘Residents and family members have also been involved in the design of a plaque to recognise the contributions of Una Cody which will be placed at the reserve,’’ Mr Gosstray said.
Mrs Cody died in 2004 after spending most of her life maintaining the park, which developed from a paddock on the Goulburn River floodplain in the 1960s.
She used to run garden hoses across the street from her house to water the grass.
The cost of design and construction is $100
Neighbourhood Watch Week will start with a sizzle — a sausage sizzle to be precise — at Sevens Creek Dve in Kialla.
Victoria State Emergency Service (SES) and other emergency services are preparing for the next round of wild weather in the north-east.
It was clear blue skies last Tuesday for the official launch of the Gargarro (pronounced Ga-gar-ro) Botanic Gardens in Girgarre.
SNAKES will be coming out of hiding as the weather warms up.
KATH Bubb has been recognised for 50 years of service with the Ballendella Red Cross.
IT EXPERTISE in Kyabram has received recognition after Advance Computing won a Microsoft Australia Partner Award in the excellence in regional area customer category.
Seymour A and B-grade in season decider
Extensive rainfall in the Southern Riverina is having a negative impact on farming.
McIvor Creek – in and around Heathcote – has gone over its banks with all our recent rain, flooding streets and causing closures and detours.
Yarroweyah's Katie Anderson will be heading to Wisconsin in the United States after winning the Dairy Youth Travel Scholarship.
After a 30-year career as an accountant in Deniliquin, Peter Skipworth officially retires today.
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English 1121 (Prof. Scanlan)
April 15, 2020
Life Within “The Road Not Taken”
The poem, “The Road Not Taken,” by Robert Frost, illustrates life and the choices we make in them. Everyday, a decision is made. Whether it be a good decision or a bad decision, the decision made will affect one’s life moving forward. Take notice of the title of the poem, it says, “The Road Not Taken,” keyword “Not.” It doesn’t say the road that is taken. The speaker and as well, the reader, can be at a questioning of, what if? The first two lines that start the poem, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood/And sorry I could not travel both,” impacts the rest of where the poem is going to go. Throughout each stanza of the poem, the denotation and connotation of words within the lines filled with the use of metaphors and symbols allows us to fulfill the true meaning and theme of the poem.
In the first line, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,” the speaker has two choices and can only pick one. These two roads are an indication of two different life paths. The yellow wood is a metaphor of the setting, the season is currently Fall. The season in which the leaves fall, the colors change, as well as the weather. The season of change. Yellow would be the season and wood itself is representing life. The road symbolizes the journey of life. Either one of these paths could potentially affect the speakers life in a positive or negative way. With just that line alone, the reader can connect with the speaker. In life, there’s typically two choices to make, the easy or hard one. Which I feel these roads represent in some way. They’re obviously going to lead to two different destinations but which one will be worth the walk?
In the second line, “And sorry I could not travel both,” the speaker couldn’t pick both paths of life to explore. The desire the speaker had to begin with, having two roads in front of him/her with different possibilities of life knowing they couldn’t have it all. Emphasizing the word sorry in the line could sound like possible regret. The fact of having more than one option can create curiosity of once again, what if.
When both lines combine, it sets the whole tone of the poem. It allows the reader to grasp the true meaning and theme that Robert Frost wants the readers to understand. The metaphors and symbolism within the poem sets the point across. In life, a decision has to be made. The decision must be made thoroughly as any decision is made. At the end of the poem, the speaker makes it clear to which road was chosen, “the one less traveled by.” The speaker didn’t share whether or not the “the one less traveled by” was the right choice. As the reader, it can create curiosity as it would in one’s own shoes.


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time or ingredients. We split cooking duties on this one – I do the grilling while Tom makes the sauce.
1 ½ Lbs Flank Steak
1 Tbsp Salted Butter
1 Shallot, minced
8 oz. Crumbled Gorgonzola
1 Cup Heavy Cream
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper
Optional – Asparagus for side dish
Brush flank steak lightly with olive oil and season with salt & pepper. Grill “approximately”
4 to 6 minutes per side for medium-rare, (or longer depending on your preference),
turning once. (maybe twice for grill marks!) Let steak rest for 5-10 minutes before
While steak is resting, prepare the cream sauce.
Melt 1 tablespoon butter over medium heat. Add the shallot and cook until tender, about 1 minute. Add cream and simmer until reduced by half. Whisk in the gorgonzola until it
melts. Season with salt & pepper and keep warm.
Slice flank steak against the grain. VERY IMPORTANT!! I don’t know exactly why, but your meat will be so-so much more tender if you do this!! Top with gorgonzola sauce.
For grilled asparagus – coat asparagus with olive oil, sprinkle with sugar and grill until al dente.
*** If your asparagus is stringing and tough, you might not have cut off the pulpy part. Don’t just cut off the ends. Hold asparagus with both hands and allow to “snap” at it’s natural point. Some might be a little shorter but you eliminate those chewy, stringy pieces.


Police Department | 501 Neville St. Beckley, WV 25801 | 304-256-1720 | 304-256-1721
Beckley Police Department
The Backbone of the Beckley Police Department is made up of patrol officers.
While other specialty areas may receive more attention, it is the men and women on patrol that interact with and serve the community every day.
Each year BPD patrol officers respond to or self initiates well over 25,000 calls for service in the City of Beckley.
Patrol officers are responsible for police protection of the city, responding for calls for service, and enforcement of local ordinances and state laws, as well as traffic enforcement and monitoring traffic problems.
Patrol operates around the clock with three shifts of officers providing 24 hours of continuous coverage. The patrol division is commanded by Capt. F. D Shelton. and three Shift Lieutenants.
Sgt. William Pannell “A” Shift
Lt. William Ray “B” Shift
Sgt. Joshua Stewart “C” Shift
Frankie Shelton is a 24- year veteran of the Beckley Police Department. Shelton was promoted to Captain on August 9, 2021. Captain Shelton’s new job title is Field Operations Commander. In this new assignment he will be responsible for the following areas within the Beckley Police Department; Patrol Division, which includes day, evening, and night shift patrol units, PRO officer at WWHS, SRO officers at Park and Beckley-Stratton Middle Schools, Domestic Violence Officer, Highway Safety Officer, Community Services Officer, and K-9 unit.
Shelton obtained an Associate Degree in Criminal Justice from Southern WV Community College in 1991. He then went on to Bluefield State College and obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice Administration with a Minor in Law Enforcement in 1993. Shelton began his career in Law Enforcement working at Danville Virginia Police Department from 1996 to 1998. He graduated from New River Criminal Justice Police Training Academy in Danville, Va. Shelton was hired at Beckley Police Department in April of 1998. He completed West Virginia State Police Academy graduating from the 101st basic class.
Captain Shelton has served most of his career in Patrol Division. Captain Shelton’s most recent assignment was the Shift Commander for day shift. He has worked out of both East Beckley and Maxwell Hill precincts. Shelton has served as a Uniformed Patrol Officer, Road Patrol Supervisor, Supervisor of Street Crimes Unit, and Domestic Violence Officer.
Shelton has been Southern Regional Highway Safety Officer of the year 21 times and has received several other Highway Safety awards. He has also been named to the Governor’s Highway Safety Top 52 Dui Enforcement list for several years. Shelton is also one of 35 officers that has completed the Drug Recognition Expert course in the State of WV.


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Flight experiments on the effects of step excrescences on swept-wing transition
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A 30° swept-wing model with a movable, leading-edge extending to 15% chord is used in flight tests to study the effect of two-dimensional, step excrescences on swept-wing transition, where stationary-crossflow waves are typically the dominant instability. Transport unit Reynolds numbers are achieved using a Cessna O-2A Skymaster. Forward- and aft-facing steps are modulated in-flight. Pressure measurements are compared with CFD. Infrared thermography is used to globally detect boundary-layer transition. When the 2-D pressure gradient matches the unswept case, the swept-wing case has a lower Rekk,crit. However, there is still potential to relax conventional, laminar-flow tolerances for steps. © 2014 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
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Jr., G., Crawford, B. K., Tufts, M. W., Saric, W. S., & Reed, H. L.


In a speech at the Reagan Library, Cong. Paul Ryan said he expects that the GOP will not only win this November's election, but will do so with a "mandate" to "sweep and remake the political landscape." If the option is continued, divided, dysfunctional government or a mandate to enact the Ryan view of government, I;ll take a few more years of divided, dysfunctional government.
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