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Boalkhali representative: 74 Rohingyas who escaped from various refugee camps in Cox's Bazar have been detained in Boalkhali again.
Boalkhali Thana Police arrested these Rohingyas from the rented house made of a shed in Bu-Ali Qalandar Shah Mazar Gate area of Karladenga Union of Upazila on Monday night.
A few Rohingyas said that with the help of Kefayet Ullah and some others, they escaped from the camp and were working in lemon orchards in Karladenga area of Boalkhali.
In this regard, the officer-in-charge (OC) of Boalkhali police station. Abdul Karim said, these Rohingyas fled from various refugee camps in Cox's Bazar and moved to Boalkhali. They were working as laborers in areas including lemon gardens. Preparations are underway to file a case against them. Detained Myanmar nationals were handed over to the court after filing a case.
He also said that operations against collaborators will continue to prevent Rohingya infiltration.
Earlier, 31 Rohingyas were detained by Boalkhali Police Station from Karaldenga on the night of June 26 this year.

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The Government must "accept where mistakes in policy and practice are being made" if the surge in food bank use is to be tackled, a major report into food poverty recommended.
The Below The Breadline report said:
The Government must first commit to really understanding and monitoring the true scale of this problem, then set out ambitious steps to tackle it.
This will require a willingness to accept where mistakes in policy and practice are being made, and put in place measures to repair the social safety net.
It will also mean taking steps to ensure that people have decent, secure jobs so that they can earn their way out of poverty and to tackle the rising cost of living.
This will mean visionary policy making; but if these issues are not addressed, many people are going to continue to struggle.
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Folkestone Rotary Half Marathon
For 2015, the Club is pleased to be working in aid of the Kent Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre for its main fund-raising event,
the annual Half Marathon
, organised by Rotarian Ray Johnson. Click on the link on the left to see the latest news,
including details of previous races, which have supported Folkestone & District Mind, KAB, Demelza House, Macmillan Cancer Support,Step Short and the Gurkha Memorial Fund in recent years.
Most summers we organise a Boot Fair on Radnor Park - near to Folkestone Central railway station - to raise funds for local, national and international good causes. Details of the next event will be added here in due course.
Next Club Meetings
The Club Meetings for October will take place on Monday October 13th
and Monday October 27th
at 12.15 for 12.45. For the October 13th meeting, Visitors' Host will be Past President John Greig
and Cash Collectors will be sara-jane Hulme and Michael Ivor-Jones
. On October 27th, Visitors' Host will be Ray Johnson
, with Cash Collectors Brenda Barber and Past President Roger Joyce
Next Club Council Meeting
The next Club Council Meeting will be on Monday November 3rd 2014
at the Burlington at 6pm.
A reminder from Treasurer Don Falvey that the new Rotary year’s subscriptions are now due. Details are in the e-mail that Don sent out at the end of June.
Newsletter, July 2014
to see the July 2014 Edition of the Club Newsletter, courtesy of Immediate Past President Terry Cooke-Davies.
Calling all members!
If you have any images or articles which would be good to include on the website please pass them on to me, either via e-mail by clicking here
or at the next Club Meeting. Similarly, if you have any suggestions as to how the site could develop, please let me know.(Bill Wright)

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The works of art by Hiroyuki Masuyama bring space and time into a new context. One of his most famous photographic series follows the most important painter of German Romanticism, Caspar David Friedrich, into the nineteenth century.
Masuyama explores those magical places where Friedrich found the inspiration for his painting dedicated to the sublime. He reconstructs Friedrich's painting from thousands of detailed recordings. The resulting digital works of art acquire the credibility of photographic images. Imaginations of the nineteenth century viewed through the eyes of the twenty-first: an exciting journey through time begins. Seeing the past in the light of the present without the patina of time - Hiroyuki Masuyama makes it possible.
Hiroyuki Masuyama was born in Tsukuba in 1968. He graduated from the University of the Arts in Tokyo, studied at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf and at the Art Academy for Media, Cologne. Museums, art halls and galleries in Europe and Japan hosted numerous solo exhibitions for him.

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The 2011 Lincoln MKX has an unenviable task: It has to make Lincoln relevant again. Yet its sensual styling, lush interior and cutting-edge driver interface help this redesigned crossover take a long stride toward that end. This is, after all, an automaker that inspired ambition in middle-class Americans with the high style of its long, low-slung land yachts.
But that was a half-century ago. Decades of misdirection and cynical product management — dressing up Ford exteriors to pass off as luxury editions — have made Lincoln an also-ran against its European and Japanese premium rivals. The MKX has its work cut out to undo these missteps, but it's capable. Its 305-horsepower V6 provides plenty of locomotion, while its gentle ride and quiet interior help repel the stress of frenzied streets and highways. Its soft leather upholstery lets you slip, slide and adjust into postures of tension relief. There's even available all-wheel drive for those times when you need to leave the cityscape and find a moderate unpaved road to a pastoral scene.
On this score, the 2011 Lincoln MKX rises to the brand's legacy. That said, others offer similar luxury cocoons with more engagement. Compared to this 2011 Lincoln MKX's as-tested price of $50,665, the BMW X3 and Infiniti EX make similar power and better connections to the road. The Audi Q5, Mercedes-Benz GLK350 and Volvo XC60 bundle European amenities with tighter reflexes. But with its strong combination of American innovation and classic style, the new MKX is an ideal candidate to kickstart Lincoln's revival.
The 3.7-liter V6 in the 2011 Lincoln MKX makes 305 horsepower and 280 pound-feet torque thanks to retuned variable valve timing, better flow through the intake manifold and cylinder head, and a taller compression ratio. It delivers that power through a six-speed automatic transmission to the front wheels or to all four depending on the model you choose.
In Edmunds testing, the MKX hustled its 4,508 pounds from a standstill to 60 mph in 7.3 seconds, slightly faster than our test times with a Ford Edge Sport that carried stylish though heavy 22-inch wheels and summer tires. From the driver seat, though, the MKX feels slow. The transmission responds slowly to throttle inputs and shifts at relatively low rpm, so attempts at rapid acceleration feel jagged and strained. Given a good mash of the throttle pedal, the engine whines and the transmission whips through its six gears, but it ultimately drops you into a sleepy spot in the power band. This might make the lords of EPA fuel-economy estimates smile, but not enthusiastic drivers. Fortunately, a button on the gear stalk lets you manually determine the transmission's shift points.
Braking was a weakness on the previous-generation MKX, and the revised 2011 Lincoln MKX improves slightly. The rear discs are larger, the pedal feels firmer and the brakes don't fade as quickly as before. But in Edmunds testing, the new MKX still requires 133 feet to stop from 60 mph. This is better than before, but still only average among the competition. By comparison, the Ford Edge Sport with its oversize summer tires makes the same stop in 122 feet.
Equipped with available all-wheel drive, the MKX makes for comfortable, sure-footed passage to places accessed only by slippery roads. Hill-start assist keeps the MKX from rolling back when you accelerate from a standstill, while trailer sway control will help stabilize the camper you're lugging behind. The MKX's low front overhang and minimal 13.5-degree approach angle confine it to flatter ground, however.
Retuned springs, shocks and sway bars sharpen the 2011 Lincoln MKX's cornering manners, but it's still 67 inches tall, so the MKX is a reluctant carver of corners.
Not that you'd much notice its tire-squealing performance anyway. Lincoln engineers nailed this branch of the brand's genealogy in the MKX, so ride is nicely damped, yet doesn't feel as if suspended on gelatin. Bumps in the road are felt, then dispersed. And it is quiet. The sleepy hum that represents the MKX's representation of the outside world isn't for everyone, but your friends in the rear seat will probably think your career is going quite nicely.
Soft, perforated leather upholstery and ash or walnut trim contribute to a feel of classic American luxury, while sharp, ice-white ambient and control lighting place the MKX squarely in the present. The quarter-moon of wood-trim on the tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel feels odd, though, making for three touch surfaces: wood, leather and plastic.
Like the 2011 Ford Edge, the 2011 Lincoln MKX is one of the tech-savviest cars on the road. Its driver interface shows perhaps the clearest influence of the iPod/smartphone era. The MKX uses a center stack that replaces conventional audio and climate control buttons with touch-sensitive icons. Pressing a "button" breaks an electrical field and manipulates the control. Superfluous tech-ery it may be, but it makes a great party trick. The buttons are truly touch-sensitive, however. Jab the Seek button on a bumpy patch and you'll end up skipping to that embarrassing John Mayer playlist.
For the most used functions, better to stick with the 8-inch center stack touchscreen or the twin LCD screens flanking the speedometer in the dash. Five-way directional buttons on both sides of the steering wheel navigate through menus and control everything from trip and systems information to radio presets and voice commands. It's an attractive, intuitive interface that requires minimal eye movement and a short learning curve, and you wonder why no one thought of it sooner.
Adaptive cruise control, blind-spot monitoring and collision warning braking (even HD Radio tagging that lets you save favorite songs for purchase later in iTunes) round out an impressive list of the MKX's brainy features. But behind all the techiness, the MKX is still a spacious and versatile crossover. Folding the second row opens up 69 cubic feet of cargo room; there's a little less than half that with the second row up. Even tall rear-seat passengers will find plenty of leg- and headroom, and space to get comfortable. An available panoramic sunroof, open in front, fixed at the rear, further contributes to the cabin's feel of expanse and space.
Design/Fit and Finish
Even though it's a bit too easy to think of the MKX as a Ford Edge in formal wear, the 2011 Lincoln MKX still cuts a dashing figure. Muscular hips and shoulders frame its body contours, and the single taillight strip from the previous model has been replaced with winged taillamps. The grille, with its vertical chrome slats and waterfall design, is an acquired taste and a brave departure from its predecessor's more conventional mesh-style grille. Likewise, the 18-inch chrome wind turbine wheels won't suit everyone. We expect the aftermarket to do a brisk trade in MKX accessories.
Who should consider this vehicle
It's tempting to dismiss the 2011 Lincoln MKX as a badge job, simply a Ford Edge with nicer interior and more distinctive curves. And dynamically, that's true. Its driving performance doesn't vary much from an Edge with similar specs. But if driving performance is a priority, you're not likely looking in Lincoln's direction to begin with. Instead, the Lincoln MKX rewards you with a premium driving and riding environment centered on technology, comfort and style.
Lincoln still has much ground to cover to catch up with its European and Japanese competitors, and even its traditional rival, Cadillac. To fully get there, the company will need a model with skin and bones exclusive to its brand. Until then, however, the Lincoln MKX is no compromise. It is, in fact, a handsome performer that puts the once-iconic automaker back on a path to redefining American luxury.
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One man gravely wounded in exchange of gunfire with police in Ferguson
FERGUSON, Mo., Aug 10 (Reuters) - A man who opened fire on police in Ferguson, Missouri, on Sunday was gravely wounded in an ensuing gun battle with officers, the St. Louis county police chief said, after rallies commemorating the killing of Michael Brown last year turned violent.
The man, was hospitalized in a critical, unstable condition, and was undergoing surgery, Chief Jon Belmar told reporters on Monday.
He said one officer was treated for cuts to his face after being hit by a brick near the spot where Brown, an unarmed, black 18-year-old, was shot dead by a white policeman last year. (Reporting by Carey Gillam; Writing by Steve Gorman; Editing by Louise Ireland)
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With Summer Around The Corner, A Guide To The Night Skies
It’s been a hard road getting there this year, but spring is finally in the air in much of the country. And that means summer is not far away, bringing with it warmer temperatures and lazy nights made for stargazing. Dean Regas, outreach astronomer at the Cincinnati Observatory and co-host of the PBS series Star Gazers, joins Ira to talk about some of the highlights of the summer night skies, from planets to constellations to meteor showers.
[Hot off the presses: the latest issue of ‘Your Martian Daily.’]
We’ll also check in on NASA’s TESS planet-hunting mission, and look ahead to the launch of the InSight mission to Mars in May.
Dean Regas is outreach astronomer at the Cincinnati Observatory and co-host of the PBS program Star Gazers in Cincinnati, Ohio.
IRA FLATOW: This is Science Friday, I’m Ira Flatow. Did you know that Saturday is Astronomy Day? And it comes at a great time, because Spring is in the air, and that means warmer temperatures and more comfortable conditions for night time stargazing. And I just got a new telescope, I upgraded my telescope, I’ve been waiting to get it outside.
You know, it’s great that I’m coming to you from the Cincinnati Public Radio studios in Cincinnati, because I have with me Dean Regas, who is the outreach astronomer at Cincinnati Observatory. You may also know him as the co-host of Star Gazers on PBS. Always good to talk with you, Dean.
DEAN REGAS: Oh, thanks so much for coming to Cincinnati, we’re glad to have you here in telescope town.
IRA FLATOW: You have the country’s first observatory, right?
DEAN REGAS: Exactly, yeah. So we have one of the oldest telescopes in the whole world. It saw first light, 1845, so we just had its 173 birthday. It’s this beautiful telescope made out of wood and brass, 11 inches in diameter, 16-foot-long, gorgeous scope. And oh, it’s just a joy to look through it.
IRA FLATOW: And is this a good week to look through a telescope?
DEAN REGAS: Well, oh boy, we’ve got a lot going on. Venus is up in the sky after sunset, so maybe you’ve been seeing this extraterrestrial-looking light up in the sky as the sun sets. It’s actually the time where we get a lot of UFO calls.
At the observatory. And I have to put on my– it’s only Venus, it’s only Venus, it’s only Venus. And so that’s going on right now. And then we’re getting ready for Jupiter season to kick off soon. So lots to go on this summer.
IRA FLATOW: Now, I noticed last night was a crescent moon. And people think, oh, I’ll wait for the full moon, but that’s the worst time.
DEAN REGAS: Actually, you’re right. Yeah, I mean the full moon is one of the worst things to try to look at with a telescope. When we point our telescope, at the Cincinnati Observatory, at the full moon, it’s blinding. You are like– you can see that moon for the next 10 minutes in your eyes.
So yeah, it’s best when you can see where the dark meets the light part of the moon. So even if the moon’s halfway lit up, or crescent– and that area is called the terminator. And so you want to always look for the terminator on the moon. That’s where you see the most details.
IRA FLATOW: And that’s because you have long shadows? It gives a three-dimensional feel to it.
DEAN REGAS: Exactly, exactly. And so I like to think of when you’re looking through that telescope, like, how the first people, when they looked in through telescopes– they saw the moon has all these features, and these mountains, and these valleys. And you can see them. And so we showed some of your crew the moon last night.
IRA FLATOW: Yeah, they had a great time.
DEAN REGAS: And I said, looks like a bad movie set, doesn’t it? It looks like Plaster of Paris, but it’s the real thing, it’s awesome.
IRA FLATOW: And there is really something– how shall I put it– indescribable. You can look at pictures and movies of things, but when you actually see the real thing through a telescope–
DEAN REGAS: Oh, there’s so much power to that. That’s the biggest kick I get of working at the observatory, is that when people put their eyes up to the telescopes, their face literally lights up. Because that light is coming through this telescope through all those miles.
‘Cause we could put cameras on the telescopes, and we could plug that camera into a TV monitor, and people could watch it down in the warmth of a room. But there’s just something about seeing that with your own eyes.
IRA FLATOW: Even with my little eight-inch telescope. The first time I saw the moons of Jupiter, I said, this is what made Galileo so excited.
DEAN REGAS: Exactly.
IRA FLATOW: You get that same excitement.
DEAN REGAS: Yeah, and that’s so great. And you point it yourself, that’s the other thing. It’s like, OK, so I got this telescope, and I’m aiming it at that light, and that– I just figured out what that light is. Wasn’t that so cool?
IRA FLATOW: It was, absolutely. And some of the rings of Saturn, when they’re tilted the right way.
DEAN REGAS: Oh yeah.
IRA FLATOW: It’s life-changing, I mean, it is. I’m a geek, I like this. But it is, really, I’ll geek out on this. It’s just really life-changing.
DEAN REGAS: I agree. I mean, Saturn’s what got me. When I pointed a little four and a half inch reflector telescope at Saturn, and I said, are you kidding me? That can’t be the real thing. It just looks like a sticker on the end of the telescope. And so that’s what we’re hoping people this summer really taking advantage of the planets, because we’ve got Jupiter starting.
IRA FLATOW: Tell us about what to– give me a schedule, I got my telescope, I want to go out. What should I look for in what order?
DEAN REGAS: Oh, so this is Venus season, so you catch Venus right after sunset.
IRA FLATOW: But you’re not going to see a lot when you look at Venus.
DEAN REGAS: That’s true, yeah, Venus is one of the less impressive ones, at least at this time of year, because it looks just like a very bright egg-shaped thing. You want to catch Venus when it’s actually a crescent shape. So that will be later on in the summer, and even in early fall, you’ll see it as a big crescent-looking moon.
But Jupiter’s coming up, it will be closest to us in May, so you’ll be able see that up. And then Saturn comes closest to us in June. And this summer, Saturn is going to be tilted so much.
IRA FLATOW: Oh is that right?
DEAN REGAS: You get see the rings to just maximum tilt.
IRA FLATOW: So that’s a good one for beginners?
DEAN REGAS: Absolutely.
IRA FLATOW: If you’re a beginners, take a look at Saturn, ’cause the rings will be tilting right at you.
DEAN REGAS: Absolutely. And you can– if you have a good enough telescope, you’d see the gaps in the rings, called the Cassini’s division. You could see several moons. Oh, don’t get me going. I’m starting, I’m already thinking it.
But then the big news, probably this summer, that shouldn’t overshadow Saturn– because Saturn’s definitely the best– is Mars. Mars is coming closest to the Earth July 27th of this year.
IRA FLATOW: I’m writing that down.
DEAN REGAS: July 27th, and it’ll be the closest it’s been since the infamous close pass of 2003, when it was as close as Mars ever gets. So this is about as good as it gets. And that date, July 27th, is going to be huge in the news, because there’s also a lunar eclipse that day.
There’s also a full moon that day. Unfortunately, the lunar eclipse is not visible from the United States, but it’s going to be in the news. And so the correlation of a giant moon, plus Mars at its closest– this is what I live for, when the media’s going to pick up on stuff like this.
IRA FLATOW: Wow. Now, let’s backtrack a little, because we’re both trying to geek out too fast. You also have a book out called “100 Things to See in the Night Sky,” which is a fantastic book.
DEAN REGAS: Oh, thank you.
IRA FLATOW: You know, for a beginning astronomers, and amateurs, you go through. Because we all want to know the first things to look at.
DEAN REGAS: Exactly. And so my book is just basically, kind of– it goes through how I got started in the first place. I started as– I didn’t know anything about the night sky. I started working in a planetarium, and they said, here’s the keys to the planetarium, you have to learn how to do it. And I just dove in and learned all I could.
And so this book kind of gets you started from the basics– how do you identify major stars and constellations? And then we go on to planets, and then we go on to satellites, and meteor showers, and eclipses too.
IRA FLATOW: And you know, when you walked in, you gave me a copy of the book. I didn’t want to tell you I already had a copy.
‘Cause I’m going to keep the second copy.
DEAN REGAS: Well I’ll sign this one for you.
IRA FLATOW: No, that’s great. No, I want it, because you got it around the house. You know, because when you see something, you want to run outside, and pick up the book, and you want to have it right where you are.
DEAN REGAS: Oh yeah, and it has some star charts in it so you can identify where you can find these things in the sky. And for folks listening in the southern hemisphere, my southern hemisphere version comes out in June.
IRA FLATOW: Of course, it’s a different sky.
DEAN REGAS: Exactly. Oh man, it’s so fun learning the Southern sky too. But this one’s for the Northern sky. And yeah, “100 Things to see in the Night Sky.” Those are the top 100. And almost all of them can be found with the naked eye. If you have your telescope, point at all of them, they look even better.
IRA FLATOW: A good pair of binoculars will work too?
DEAN REGAS: Oh, absolutely. Yeah binoculars– I really recommend that for folks to get started, because they’re portable, they’re easy to use, and you can see so much extra stuff with that.
IRA FLATOW: Now what– how do you shop for one? What power? People say, “I want to get the highest power, right? That’s what they advertise.”
DEAN REGAS: I have to admit it– size matters when this comes. The bigger the binoculars, the better. But you can also get some that have coatings on them. Good starter ones are called 10×50, so they magnify 10 times, and the lenses are 50 millimeters in diameter. That’s a good place to start.
IRA FLATOW: Those are the wide lenses. Not those tiny little horse racing binoculars.
DEAN REGAS: No, you kind of want bigger. And then you can get up to 15x70s, and then just strap two telescopes together. I don’t know, if you want to go that far.
IRA FLATOW: Get out a pair of opera glasses if you have them.
DEAN REGAS: There you go.
IRA FLATOW: Let’s talk about what happened. Some interesting stuff happened this week. We had the launch of NASA’s test mission.
DEAN REGAS: Oh yeah.
IRA FLATOW: Which happened on Wednesday. Why is that important?
DEAN REGAS: Well, so I think that is the biggest field right now in astronomy, is finding exoplanets. And that’s what this test mission is going to do. It’s going to kind of pick up where the Kepler space mission’s going on right now, it’s finding these planets orbiting around other stars.
And I mean, it is just a fascinating field that we’re finding so many planets around other stars. Even as optimistic as I am, I thought, there’s no way we’re going to find thousands of planets. And they’ve already found 3,000. This one is going to hopefully find tens of thousands. And the more planets out there, the more places we can look at and dream of going.
IRA FLATOW: Wow and there’s another mission launching soon to Mars.
DEAN REGAS: Yes.
IRA FLATOW: Is there a window, sort of?
DEAN REGAS: Yes.
IRA FLATOW: Is that why? We have to wait, right? For the right time.
DEAN REGAS: Exactly, yeah. So Mars is going to be at its closest approach in July. If we want to launch a spacecraft there, we have to do it in these launch windows that happen about every two years or so. And so it’s going to launch in May, get there in November. And it’s going to join a whole fleet of space crafts.
IRA FLATOW: It’s another rover?
DEAN REGAS: Yes it’s another rover, another lander. Wait, another lander, I don’t know if rover. Lander. But right now, there’s still seven orbiters there on Mars. And two rovers rolling. so Mars is well-covered right now.
IRA FLATOW: Wow, so it’s going to get there– if you launch it now– what, November?
DEAN REGAS: Yeah, so November’s the time. So about six months. Because this is a closer approach. The farther approaches, well, then it’s either seven or eight months.
IRA FLATOW: And so we have the landers and the rovers there, sort of scratching around. Is this going to scratch? Or is it going to go try to figure out what’s underneath everything?
DEAN REGAS: Boy, this one. I can’t remember what the whole– what their plan is with this one. But the story on the rovers, I mean.
IRA FLATOW: They’ve lasted forever.
DEAN REGAS: I can’t believe that Opportunity rover is still rolling. it landed there in ’03 or ’04, and it’s still going. I mean, past its 90-day warranty, that’s for sure.
IRA FLATOW: It’s not a three-hour tour.
Now, of course, this time of year, there’s always a meteor shower.
DEAN REGAS: Yes.
IRA FLATOW: Big one? Get excited?
DEAN REGAS: Oh boy. Well, OK, so this is where we have to dial things back a lot. The best meteor shower of the year is predicted to be the Perseid meteor shower. That’s the one that always comes August 12th and 13th every year.
I like the Perseids a lot because– August. Staying up late at night in August is a lot better than staying up late at night in December. And so it’s warmer, it’s summertime, you may have the night off. But the best viewing is between 2 and 5 AM on the morning of the 13th.
IRA FLATOW: Wow
DEAN REGAS: And so you may see predictions. You’ll see, oh, 80 meteors an hour, 100 meters per hour. That is if you’re in Tucson, Arizona, or somewhere in the desert.
IRA FLATOW: Perfect sky.
DEAN REGAS: Perfect sky.
IRA FLATOW: Dry weather.
DEAN REGAS: So the realistic rate would be about 12 an hour. That’s the Dean Regas rate, that’s the– sorry to be the buzz-kill for that one. But that’s the thing, is we hear people say, “oh, I went out, I was expecting 100 an hour, and I saw two.” I was like, yeah, it’s not my fault. I’m not making the predictions, you never know with these.
IRA FLATOW: So what’s the best way to watch a meteor shower?
DEAN REGAS: Yeah, so the best way, just get out as far as you can from the city. Get out from the city lights. And you don’t need binoculars or telescope. Get a comfy chair, kick back, take in as much of the sky as you can.
Because these shoot from different places. They’re supposed to irradiate from the constellation Perseus, that’s why they call it the Perseids. But they’ll come from behind you, over the side. And it’s always the worst when you’re talking to somebody, and you hear them go, “whoa!” And you say, what? What’d I miss? What’d I miss? And you missed it. You’ve just got to be vigilant, that’s the big thing.
IRA FLATOW: Yeah, I know you, you have to be patient. You know, have a party. Invite, you get your lawn chairs out, whatever.
DEAN REGAS: Exactly. And that’s what I think is, you know, don’t expect to see the sky falling. But make it a good excuse to get outside with friends and family in the summer, and just kick back, and take some time off.
IRA FLATOW: And also, you know, you see things you don’t expect. Because every once in a while– I remember the last star party I was at– I’m looking up at the sky and I’m saying, it’s moving, but it’s not an airplane. I know it’s not an airplane. What the heck is that? And it’s–
DEAN REGAS: Satellites.
IRA FLATOW: Satellites.
DEAN REGAS: We’ve got lots of satellites going overhead.
IRA FLATOW: Or the space station.
DEAN REGAS: Oh yeah. Yeah, I mean, the International Space Station is so incredibly bright. When it goes over your town, you will notice it. It’s just this slowly-moving, steady, bright light. Doesn’t flicker, doesn’t twinkle. Takes about five minutes to go from horizon to horizon.
But the bigger ones, the brighter ones are called iridium flares. They are these old communications satellites with reflective body panels. And the light hits them, and when you’re in just the right spot, they flare up really fast, and then fade away. It’s like, if you didn’t know what it was, you’d swear the invasion on.
IRA FLATOW: I did. I saw this 20 years ago or something. I saw this main in a dark sky, and I said, whoa, something blew up!
DEAN REGAS: That’s right.
IRA FLATOW: It looks just like that.
DEAN REGAS: It does, it’s kind of startling. But you can go to– the website I like the best is heavensabove.com, or heavens-above.com. That usually lists where the satellites are going over your head.
IRA FLATOW: I’m Ira Flatow, this is Science Friday from WNYC Studios. Talking with Dean Regas, author of “100 Things to See in the Night Sky.” And that reminds me, we’re talking about what to see. As long as you’re out there looking for the meteor shower, you can search for some great constellations that you can see. As a beginner, in “100 Things to See,” what constellations should we look for?
DEAN REGAS: Well, so if I’m thinking summertime. So we’re getting ready for summer. The big constellations to look for are things in what’s called the summer triangle. And the summer triangle is not an official constellation, it’s what we call an urban constellation, for us city dwellers. There’s these three bright stars that make this huge triangle– Vega, Deneb, and Altair– you see that all summer long.
IRA FLATOW: Where would I look for it?
DEAN REGAS: So you look to the east, they rise in the east in the early summer, and then get higher up in the south as the season goes on. But Vega has this great constellation, Lyra the harp, around it, that’s supposed to be the harp of Orpheus. And then Deneb is the tail of the swan, Cygnus the swan. And Altair is the eye of the eagle constellation.
IRA FLATOW: And there’s been some very bright stars out too, aren’t there?
DEAN REGAS: Yes. So other than the triangle stars, we also have Antares, the big heart of the scorpion star that’s out there. Which will confuse you a little bit with Mars, because Mars is the same color. And Antares in Greek, is “anti-ares,” the anti-Mars, essentially. They’re both the same color. But yeah, can’t wait to see– that’s the scorpion’s heart star, that’s one of my favorites.
IRA FLATOW: And you just distinguish– by your eye, you distinguish a star from a planet how? What’s the biggest–
DEAN REGAS: Well, so planets twinkle less, way less than stars. So you’ll see stars twinkling, and dancing, and everything. So Antares will be twinkling red, red, red, red, white, red, white, red, white. And then Mars will be steady, orange-ish in color. But planets still twinkle a little bit, so you got to watch out for that. It just takes a little practice.
IRA FLATOW: Now I understand that your home observatory has links to the beginnings of weather forecasting in the US? Tell us.
DEAN REGAS: Well, so the original observatory was near downtown in Cincinnati. And when they built it, it was a small town, we were a small city. But as the city grew, pollution became so bad, of smog, like coal pollution, that the poor astronomer up on the hill couldn’t even see the stars.
So he had to find something else to do. And he was sitting there watching the smoke clouds blow from west to east. And he gets hooked up to the telegraph, and he gets on the telegraph, and says, hey, what’s your weather out West, out west.
And he became the first weather forecaster. His name was Cleveland Abbe. And he had the telegraph 1860 or whatever. Instead of the Doppler 5000, it’s the tele– he used the telegraph. And he started the National Weather Service, all because–
IRA FLATOW: That’s amazing.
DEAN REGAS: He couldn’t see through the telescope.
IRA FLATOW: That’s amazing.
DEAN REGAS: Yeah, and so there’s a lot of firsts in Cincinnati.
IRA FLATOW: Well, let’s talk about the observatory. I mean, it’s an old observatory. Is it hard to maintain? Has it got the little tiny parts and things?
DEAN REGAS: Oh yeah. Yeah, so the old, the original telescope, it was made in Munich, Bavaria, before Germany was even a country. And so the parts on it are all original, pretty much all original parts. If something breaks, we have to call up our guys– we got some guys we know– that can manufacturer parts to spec. But it’s amazing, the scope is made out of wood, and it hasn’t hardly warped.
IRA FLATOW: Wow.
DEAN REGAS: It’s still perfect.
IRA FLATOW: Well, it’s a great observatory. Dean Regas is outreach astronomer at the Cincinnati Observatory, co-host of the PBS show Star Gazers, author of “100 Things to See in the Night Sky.” Thanks, Dean, it’s always good to have you here.
DEAN REGAS: Oh, my pleasure. Keep looking up, guys.
IRA FLATOW: BJ Leiderman composed our theme music. Our special thank you’s to Bill Dean, Don Danko, Kevin Reynolds, Rick Andress, and all the folks at Cincinnati Public Radio have helped make our visit here so comfortable today. Of course, you can always download a podcast if you missed anything. And you can ask your smart speaker– yeah, I won’t say it– to play Science Friday whenever you want. So everyday now is Science Friday.
And of course we’re active on social communities– Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Have a great weekend. It is this weekend, it is Astronomy Day. So we’ll sign off from Cincinnati. I’m Ira Flatow in Cincinnati.


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Republicans Have NO Grass Roots and Are Sinking in the Dry Sands of Failed Political Strategy
In mid October Scott Fitzgerald said he would would consider trying to recall nearly all of the Democrats who are eligible. He called Sen. Kathleen Vinehout (D-Alma) the most vulnerable and said Sen. Julie Lassa (D-Stevens Point) was a likely target. Even though a recall attempt failed last round, he raised the possibility of, once again, going after Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller (D-Monona). Oh, and Republicans tried to recall Lassa this year but did not garner enough signatures.
WSJ October Article
So, what happened?
Last Summer Republicans tried to recall Senator Dave Hansen (30th District), Jim Holperin, (Conover), and Bob Wirch, (Kenosha) – and failed on all three counts. While Democrats ousted Dan Kapanke (32nd District) and Randy Hopper (18 District). You may remember how they hired people from out of state to canvass for recall signatures with disastrous results.
Link for complete breakdown of races in last Summer’s Recall
Today, Democrats are believed to hold enough signatures to trigger recall elections for Senators Pam Galloway of Wausau, Terry Moulton of Chippewa Falls and Van Wanggaard of Racine, and against all odds, Scott Fitzgerald himself! Not to mention, the historic recall of the sitting Governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker!
If They Can’t Buy It Republicans Can’t Get It
Walker isn’t making his appeal to the people of Wisconsin, he finds his constituents in the deep pockets of wealthy conservatives just about everywhere else:
Walker Addresses Koch-funded Policy Group
Walker was scheduled to address the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), a right-wing policy shop, funded by the Koch Brothers and central to promoting the agenda of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in the state.
Walker’s Texas Rangers – PR Watch
Walker and Fitzgerald have millions of out-of-state dollars pouring in to a point where they owe taxpayers $500,000 in fines accrued for failure to report all the donations! How many times have you seen Walker on your TV telling us how effective he has been? Yes. They have a lot of money.They do not have heart. They have no active volunteers or boots on the ground. A answer to a question has been playing out in Wisconsin over the past year – So, where does democracy thrive? In campaign bank accounts or the hearts, hands, and daily lives of the people?
Yet, Walker and Fitzgerald are so out of touch with the people, that they seem to really believe all of the action of protest is being funded, orchestrated, and organized by big union money. As the NEO GOP strategy blows up in their faces, the song of the Tin Man of the Wizard of Oz is haunting their dreams – “If I only had a heart”.
I Can’t Give You A Heart – But…
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Beijing: China has vowed to stabilize its stock markets after the share prices on the Shanghai Stock Exchange plunged on Monday, the largest single-day drop since June 2007.
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) will continue to take measures to stabilize the stock markets, Global Times cited analysts as saying. The analysts added that fears that the government may halt support measures may have triggered the drop.
The CSRC also said that it will look into the possibility of malicious short-selling activities, and welcome public support in identifying alleged short sellers and “severely” punish offenders, the media report said.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index plunged 345.35 points to close at 3,725.56 points on Monday, while the Shenzhen Component Index fell by 1,025.46 points, or 7.59 percent, to 12,493.05 points.
Li Daxiao, chief economist at Shenzhen-based Yingda Securities, was quoted as saying that the weak economic data is only a minor reason for souring market sentiment.
“The more important factor is that some stocks on the two bourses are still overvalued, leading to the market correction,” Li told the Global Times on Monday.
Authorities announced measures to arrest the market slump that began on June 12. It includes a relaxation on margin trading rules – using borrowed money to invest in the market – a ban on major shareholders from selling within six months and a crackdown on “malicious” short selling.
“If the market remains turbulent, the government may roll out additional measures to back the stock market,” Liu Xuezhi, an analyst at the Bank of Communications, told the Global Times.
Authorities in the Chinese capital have placed a number of high-profile dissidents under police guard and stepped up city-wide security ahead of a high-profile conference showcasing President Xi Jinping’s “Belt and Road” global infrastructure plan.
The Belt and Road Forum will see 37 heads of state and government converging on Beijing from Thursday through Saturday, including leaders of Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Russia.
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde, and U.N. secretary-general Antonio Guterres are also expected to attend, according to China’s foreign minister Wang Yi.
Residents of Beijing said police are now routinely stopping people on the streets and checking their ID.
“They are checking ID in Beijing right now, asking passersby where they are going, and where they came from,” a resident surnamed Liu told RFA. “Around the Southern Railway Station, they have drafted in a bunch of young police officers from I don’t know where, with dogs.”
“They are also running security checks and checking ID at the metro stations,” Liu said. “It’s really tight, as if we’re on high alert,” she said.
She said the security measures at the Southern Railway Station began on April 18.
“Things are so strict in Beijing right now,” housing rights activist Ni Yulan told RFA on Wednesday. “Basically, nobody from out of town is allowed into Beijing, and they have placed sensitive figures, such as dissidents and petitioners, under control and surveillance, so they can’t move around freely.”
“They are now paying close attention to people they didn’t particularly care about before,” she said. “The family members of anyone pursuing a complaint [against the government] are now really affected.”
Beijing resident Qi Zhiyong, who was maimed when a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) tank ran over his legs on the night of June 3, 1989, during the bloody crackdown on the student-led pro-democracy movement, said he has been under close surveillance since Monday.
“They have been on duty watching me since April 22, and limiting my freedom,” Qi said. “They are watching me because the Belt and Road Forum is about to open.”
Qi said his movements will likely be restricted until April 29, and that he isn’t the only one being targeted.
“[Democracy activists] He Depu, Gao Hongming, and Zha Jianguo, also Hu Jia, Zhang Baocheng, and Li Wei were all placed under surveillance from April 23,” he said. “Also, they’re detaining petitioners now. If they find them during an ID check on the streets, they’ll detain them.”
Wu Shuyun, a petitioner from the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu, said many petitioners had been refused train tickets to Beijing when they tried to buy them ahead of the forum.

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Petitie IPJET en SZWS dekolonisatiecommissie VN09-10-2011
West-Sahara is de laatste kolonie van Afrika. Jaarlijks buigt de dekolonisatiecommissie van de VN zich hierover. Hieronder staat de tekst van de petitie die IPJET (International Platform of Jurists for East Timor) en Stichting Zelfbeschikking West-Sahara gezamenlijk uitgeven.
Madame Chairperson, distinguished delegates,
I wish to thank you for the opportunity to speak before this Committee on behalf of the International Platform of Jurists for East Timor; a NGO made up of 660 law professors, judges, attorneys and other jurists from more than 80 countries. I am also speaking on behalf of the Stichting Zelfbeschikking West-Sahara; an association established under Dutch law for the defense of the right to self-determination of the people of Western Sahara.
Since October of last year, when this Committee held hearings of petitioners on the question of Western Sahara, many events took place that left Morocco even more isolated in its stance on the conflict. Let me pass in review some of those events.
Aminatou Haidar, called by many the "Sahrawi Gandhi" for her non-violent protests, who had been awarded with several prizes before and after her successful hunger strike, including the prestigious Robert Kennedy Human Rights Award and the Civil Courage Prize, won since last October many other prizes and honorary citizenships. One of those awards, the “University of Coimbra Medal”, was given in November by the Portuguese educational institution for her attitude and civic actuations in defense of human rights in Western Sahara. Worth noticing is that the University of Coimbra had already awarded a Medal to the East Timorese Bishop Belo and José Ramos-Horta in 1997. Ramos-Horta is now the President of Timor-Leste.
In November, Moroccan military forces dismantled the Gdeim Izik protest camp near El Ayun, resulting in dozens of deaths. The brutal violence was condemned by the African Union, the European Parliament, the UN Security Council and by many human rights organizations. Aminatou’s hunger strike and the Gdeim Izik protest camp definitively broke the silence that surrounded the human rights violations in the occupied territory.
The peaceful Arab uprisings in the beginning of 2011, like wild fire, quickly spread to Morocco. More, they overthrew dictatorships that supported Morocco’s irredentist claims to Western Sahara. And as the world-renowned Prof. Noam Chomsky rightly remarked, “the current wave of protests actually began last November in Western Sahara”.
The independence of South Sudan on 9 July, immediately followed by the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Sahrawi Republic, caused another headache to the government of Morocco. South Sudan became a member of the United Nations and joined the African Union in the same month. Morocco’s isolation became even more pronounced: it continues to be the only country in Africa that is excluded from its regional organization.
The striking similarities between the questions of Palestine and the Western Sahara were pointed out by several scholars, including Prof. Juan Soroeta Liceras, of the University of the Bask Country: illegal occupations, two walls of shame, the violation of the right to self-determination and other human rights of both peoples, the installation of settlers in the occupied territories, to mention a few. The very recent Palestinian bid for full UN membership must have been a nightmare for the government of Morocco, despite the lipservice it pays to the move. As the Moroccan-American Center for Policy, the Moroccan government’s official mouthpiece in Washington, admits in its website, “Israel's relations with Morocco have historically been friendlier than with any other Arab country”. Indeed, friendship of Israel went to the point of assisting Morocco in the construction of its wall of shame in the occupied Western Sahara.
The prolongation of the infamous EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement is another matter that worries Rabat. The agreement was, and still is, illegal, but in 2006 the European Council had given its approval and only Sweden opposed it. Three months ago, on the decision of prolonging the agreement for one year only, also Denmark and the Netherlands voted against, while four other States abstained. Their position was based on a legal opinion of the European Parliament stating that the agreement violated international law for failing to take into account the wishes and interests of the Saharawi people.
The current gross human rights violations against Sahrawis in Dakhla, including the use of militias, recruited under Moroccan settlers and backed by the military, reminds me what I witnessed twelve years ago in East Timor. The killings, abductions and destruction of property are probably occurring at the very moment that I speak and clearly show the cruelty and the despair of the Moroccan occupying forces.
WAELE, a NGO represented in 46 African countries, organized last week in Abuja, Nigeria, an important conference on ‘the struggle of Saharawi women for freedom’. This extraordinary and moving example of solidarity of African women with the women of Western Sahara will certainly bear fruit. The Moroccan regime is warned.
Thank you, Madame Chairperson.
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What is the best engraving tool?
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Can you carve lava rock?
It has a low price, is available in every market, is lightweight and can easily be shaped into natural-looking carvings. In fact, lava rock is so easy to carve that after a few dozen pieces, I found I could rough out a small- to medium-size fountain or free-standing stone in less than 15 minutes.
How much does it cost to engrave a rock?
Once you have chosen a stone and decided what to put on it we can give an accurate estimate on cost. As a very general rule, many of our Yard sized engraved rocks land in the $300 – $500 dollar range with many below and above that.
How do you carve letters into stones?
As cutting stone is hard work, it is probably a good idea to groove only one letter at a time, chisel it out while the tool rests and cools, then groove the next. Using the hammer and chisel, chip out the stone, again to a depth of around 1/8″. Hold the chisel at around a 30º angle and strike lightly with the hammer.
What tools are used to carve stone?
The principal stone carving tools needed by the sculptor include the point chisel, tooth chisel (rake), the flat straight chisel and a hammer, all of varying sizes and weights. All are forged from high carbon steel and tempered for strength.
Can you make money laser engraving?
With the laser, you can end up doing a lot of $8 items. At most, a $100 item here and there. You can get long run jobs that make money, but it’s not that common. You’re talking about selling items that take minutes to run, so the cost will never be but so high.
Is engraving a good business?
Laser engraving is a profitable way to start a business in a growing industry that takes only a small investment. Laser systems are so easy to use that you’ll be able to start using one in no time, and they are so affordable, they usually pay for themselves in a short amount of time!
How do you engrave rock with a Dremel?
How to Engrave Rocks with a DremelDraw your pattern. Draw anything that you fancy, but keep in mind the width of your lines. … Clamp your rock down, if needed.Get the rock wet. … Begin to trace your lines. … Keep wetting the rock.
Can a Dremel engrave stone?
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‘Neighbourhood school’ means the nearest primary/upper primary school within walking distance from the child’s residence.
The neighbourhood school concept relates to availability of a school within safe and accessible distance from the habitation where a child lives. The Act defines the limits of neighbourhood schools as 1 km walking distance from the habitation of a child at the primary level (class 1 to 5) and within 3km walking distance for upper primary level (class 6 to 8).
However, under the Kerala Rules, in places with difficult terrain, risk of landslides, floods etc., small hamlets or habitations where no school exists, this limit may be reduced and the state will make adequate arrangements for providing elementary education.
The Government has to ensure availability of neighbourhood school for all children within 3 years of the implementation of the Act.

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Donald Trump was elected president of the United States the American way as the makers of the constitution in 1787 wanted it, imposing the Electoral College to despise “democracy”. He was not the first to lose in the popular vote and win in the Electoral College; George W. Bush did the same in 2000. Expecting to lose the popular vote throughout the country, each had worked extra hard and smart to ensure he got the votes that counted in the Electoral College. Bush and Trump had politically outsmarted supposedly very smart people in Albert Gore and Hillary Clinton. Trump enjoyed leading “smart” people by the nose and then firing them unceremoniously. He likes doing things, as Frank Sinatra would sing, “My Way.”
As long as there was no serious crisis, his way seemed to work. The third president to be impeached, he showed no remorse for his seeming uncouthness. He survived the Senate trial which gave him strategic “bonga” points in the anti-establishment rural America where electoral votes reside. His way was their way, for a while, until coronavirus hit America.
When the Coronavirus hit America, Trump’s way became global liability as he, and America lost the coronavirus moment. He could not blame the loss on predecessors Barack Obama or George Bush or even on China. To his credit, Trump had tried solving challenges inherited from Bush and Obama in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Libya and had a modicum of success. He had even tried to create his own “Nixon Moment” in North Korea, the way Obama did in Cuba, only for his advisors to sabotage the effort. They did it, particularly National Security Advisor John Bolton, by making inappropriate comments at crucial times in negotiations. Bolton’s supposed comment about fixing North Korea the way NATO had fixed Libya was sure way to sabotage discussions.
Although Trump showed leadership in North Korea, he failed to “lead” when the coronavirus opportunity arose. His indecisions and probable disdain for anything not white American made him lose the coronavirus moment. He, instead, made contradictory statements that made him look confused. He initially tried denying the reality only to be forced to swallow pride and appear to act half-heartedly. He showed that he was a very poor consumer of intelligence and, even worse than poor consumption, he lacked the acumen to understand and properly act on the intelligence availed to him. He ignored serious warnings of epidemic threats on the horizons.
No need to blame members of the intelligence communities for not availing the appropriate intelligence to consumers/policy makers. They did their part. Policy makers, in their worldwide habit of “Kupuuza”, failed partly because they have inherent prejudices that blind them to evident realities. The prejudices deny them capacity to understand and act properly. By the time they wake up from superficial self-grandeur, they end up plunging themselves and their countries into panic modes. It happened in the US where Trump has a big fight with governors of various states who waited for his leadership in crisis, in vain.
Trump belatedly tried to act forcefully, only to lose it partly because his administration’s believability level is low. He went to Norfolk to launch a floating hospital called “Comfort” to take regular patients and relieve other hospitals to worry about coronavirus. He also declared war on coronavirus by turning Detroit and related industrial zones into huge factories for coronavirus related fighting materials. With the US government as the primary market, this deficit spending economic stimulus package might pull the US out of its current economic squeeze, the way World War II pulled the US out of the Great Depression in the 1930s. His low believability undermined his anti-coronavirus war strategies. He quickly had to retreat on his suggestion to quarantine the tri-states of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut when New York Governor Andrew Cuomo accused him of violating the constitution.
Accusations of behaving unconstitutionally undercuts Trump’s dreams of become a great president leading nationalistic Americans into being “Great Again”. He watches that “greatness” disappear in the new global crisis. The coronavirus sweeps his dreams of becoming a great president, probably greater than George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, down the sewer of self-pride. It exposed the United States as a once great country that lacks proper public policy, would be global leader without grand strategy. Since Trump’s home state of New York leads in American coronavirus infections and deaths, he looks beaten, rudderless, and troubled. Reflecting the country that he leads, no longer great, he is like James Buchannan before the Civil War and Herbert Hoover at the onset of the Great Depression. Being neither Lincoln nor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, he talks “great”, has no capacity to be great, and is symbolic of American lost world of self-greatness.
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Need a sweet little bird companion? Keep one and give the other to a friend! (or keep them both, they do look quite cute together)
These hard enamel pins are made with a gorgeously shiny gold colored metal. They are just over 2cm tall and come on individual backing cards.

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Auckland momentum follows rest of country
Friday 18 June 2010
The Auckland residential property market has come into line with the rest of the country after being ahead in terms of momentum, according to the latest Mike Pero Mortgages-Infometrics Property Cycle Indicator (PCI).
By Maddy Milicich
The PCI is a sensitive measure of the market based on changes in the number of houses sold, changes in price plus the time taken for a house to sell and ranges from negative 10, showing a strong downturn, to positive 10 - a strong upturn in the housing market.
"The PCI is a momentum-based indicator, rather than an absolute indicator of the market," Mike Pero chief executive Shaun Riley says.
Auckland's PCI for May is at -0.95, down from 2.17 in April, previously the only region recorded by the indicator to be holding positive ground.
"The Auckland market is more resilient than a lot of the regional areas around the country, which tend to see recovery and momentum shifts sooner than the cities," Riley says.
Wellington, which was only just in negative territory in April, also lost ground and dropped from -0.12 in April to -2.57 in May.
Riley says Wellington tends to trend similar to Auckland for the same reasons, mainly due to population and demographic being that much bigger than regional areas.
The national PCI fell from -0.86 in April to -3.71 in May.
"The nationwide PCI slipped further into negative territory last month and is now at its lowest level since March last year," says Riley
House sales activity was also weak in May, down 17% from May last year, with total residential sales inching down to 5,206 from 5,207 a month earlier, according to REINZ.
House prices also fell further in May, with the national median house price falling 1.7% to $350,000 month-on-month, although still up 3.7% from May last year.
Time taken to sell a house was at 43 days, compared to 40 days in April and 42 days in May 2009, the first time since March last year houses spent longer on the market than in the same period the previous year.
Looking at the PCI in other regions, Canterbury/Westland dropped slightly from -4.14 to -4.90; Nelson/Marlborough fell from -3.51 to -4.55, and; Otago also lost ground falling from -4.89 to -6.71.
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Periods of house price decline are rare and "short-lived", says economist Tony Alexander, amid forecasts of a drop of 10%-15% this year.
The Reserve Bank says the commercial property sector is vulnerable to the Covid-19 crisis. But PMG Funds' chief executive believes that while there’ll be short-term pain, the biggest long-term impact will be structural change.
Mortgage lending fell to its lowest level on record last month as the property market ground to a halt during the Covid-19 lockdown.


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Some retirees are using reverse mortgages, once unpopular after years of lending abuses, to supplement income sources or to finance.
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The University of Denver Recent Graduate Committee, along with other recent graduates in Colorado, have raised more than $35,000 in support of DU’s ASCEND campaign.
The committee, which includes alumni who graduated within the past decade, rose to the challenge set forth by Board of Trustees member Margot Gilbert Frank BA ’71 and her husband, M Allan Frank JD ’67, to raise $25,000. They surpassed the goal within six months, and a year after the challenge was issued, they collectively have raised more than $38,000. The money will help fund the new Academic Commons at Penrose Library, opening in early 2013.
Kate Bleakly, co-social chair for the committee, thinks the group can have a strong influence within the DU community.
“DU has opened doors for me and helped me achieve my goals on my career path, and as a proud member of the DU alumni community, it’s now my turn to play a role in ensuring new DU students have even better college experiences in store for them,” Bleakly says. “I volunteer my time on the Recent Graduate Committee, and I donate monthly to the Recent Graduate Challenge that’s part of DU’s Ascend campaign. It’s a way for each of us to help ensure that the University of Denver is the best it can be.”
A study area on the upper level in the new library will be named in honor of the Recent Graduate Committee, all of the recent graduate donors, and the Franks. This named room includes the completely new Penrose space that will jut out to the west and overlook the green between Penrose and Driscoll. Architecturally this space adds dramatic interest to the west elevation of the Academic Commons, and will offer stunning views both to the north and to the west. Inside, on the north and south sides of this open reading area, there will be a total of six group study rooms, allowing students to work together without disturbing others.
A “Casino Night” event was held in June at the Joy Burns Center in the Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management to thank these young alumni for their contributions to the University.
by Kelsey Outman and Andrea Howland


NABI Silver Bracket
After 0-3 start, AZ Natives respond with second-place finish
By Quentin Jodie
PHOENIX, July 25, 2013
(Times photo – Donovan Quintero)
I n the hours leading up to the Silver championship bracket of the Native American Basketball Invitational, Art Singer repeatedly told his boys to keep working.
After not winning a single game during pool play action and producing a 0-3 record, the AZ Natives coach felt that there was more to his team than what their record indicated.
"We played some tough teams in our bracket and we were intimidated," Singer said. "They were well-coached teams."
Needless to say they took their lumps and finished with a 0-3 record at the start of the 11th annual event, which took place at various sites in the Phoenix-metro area.
But on the final day of competition, the AZ Natives responded with four straight wins and reached the championship game of the silver bracket, which was played at Phoenix College.
"I basically told them to keep their heads up," Singer said when asked what he told his young group of underclassmen. "I kept telling the boys that we needed to keep working hard. Every one of them put a lot effort into this and it helped."
Finishing last in their pool play also helped, Singer added.
"I think that was what motivated us," he said. "Our pool got us ready for the silver bracket."
In the championship game, the AZ Natives faced a familiar foe and lost 73-55 to the Yakama Nation basketball team.
"We played with them in our pool," Singer said of the Washington state team. "We gave them a good game (last Friday) but today we weren't playing defense. They have a lot of good shooters and we gave them too many open looks.
"We also missed a lot of baskets underneath so that was the outcome of the game," Singer said.
Yakama Nation coach Everette Howe Sr., said their rematch with AZ Natives was a tale of two halves as his club stretched a 37-33 halftime lead into a 57-41 cushion with 8:29 left in the second half on a three-point basket from point guard Fermen Wheeler.
"We played three games previous to this one and I told the guys this was it," Howe said. "This was our last chance to (extend) the lead and keep our momentum going … fortunately our shots went through.
"You know they surprised me," he added. "They came up with this (trophy) and I am happy with that. They stepped it up and they played with their hearts. That is all I can ask for."
During their second half run, Howe said his team exploited their speed by attacking the basket.
"We worked on our zone offense," he said. "We attacked the basket and they had to collapse on defense and that left somebody open. That was what they did and I am very proud of them. It's been a long battle. We've been at this since 9 a.m. (last Saturday) morning."
Despite the score, the AZ Natives made their presence felt in the first half. After trailing 13-10, the Natives responded with an 6-0 run, with soon-to-be Coconino sophomore Vincent Figueroa scored four of his six points.
Yakama Nation guard Shawn Craig, who finished with a team-best 15 points, tied the match at 16-all and after four lead changes took the lead for good on a trey by Alonzo Ramos for a 24-22 lead.
That basket by Ramos sparked a 12-2 Yakama Nation run as they went up 34-24 on back-to-back treys from Craig with 5:02 left in the first half.
Coming in "we were pretty concerned because we knew that team could shoot," Craig said of the Natives. "We barely beat them by nine points (in pool play) so with them making the championship game we knew they were doing something right."
In the closing minutes, the Arizona team cut that 10-point deficit down to 37-33 at the break with recent Monument Valley graduate Urian Yazzie scoring nine of his game-high 16 points.
"We made a run at them but we didn't do that in the second half," Yazzie said.
Yazzie said the slow start to the second half started to wear them down.
"I really wanted us to win that championship game but I think we just got tired," he said. "It got frustrating because we can play with these guys. We just have to work harder."


The top of the country singles charts is familiar territory for Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood — their duet ‘Remind Me,’ currently number one, is his 20th chart-topper, and her 14th.
But even if the song produced predictable results for the duo, it started with a burst of unusual inspiration. As Paisley tells it, the idea for ‘Remind Me’ came from watching the sort of character acting commonly heard in hip-hop.
The last time Kelly Clarkson cut a duet with a country star, the result was her number one hit with Jason Aldean, ‘Don’t You Wanna Stay,’ so it’s only natural that, during a recent Web chat, she was asked if she’d consider teaming up with any other artists.
The song was unveiled via a live premiere at Kelly’s official site, but if you missed it, don’t worry: she’s thoughtfully kept it up for your listening pleasure — and posted the lyrics, too, so you can read along while you celebrate her return.
It was impressive enough that Taylor Swift booked a four-night run of sellout performances at L.A.’s Staples Center. Then she went and added surprise cameos from Justin Bieber and Jason Mraz, who each popped up for unannounced duets. Sunday night marked the end of Taylor’s Staples residency, and she had yet another surprise special guest for her fans: Ellen DeGeneres.
When Justin Bieber showed up onstage at Taylor Swift‘s August 23 show for a surprise duet rendition of his hit ‘Baby,’ their impromptu collaboration made the concert memory of a lifetime for several thousand concertgoers and set news feeds abuzz for the rest of the week.
Lady Gaga has earned her rep for lighting up the red carpet with splashy awards show ensembles, and during the leadup to this year’s MTV VMAs, the network promised more of the same with a #whatwillgagawear Twitter hashtag.
As it turns out, the VMAs were opened by none other than her sideburned alter ego, Jo Calderone, who started things off by launching into a profane tirade about the end of his relationship with … Lady Gaga.
Not to be outdone in the “hopefully fake and wildly inappropriate public expressions of affection” department, comedienne Kathy Griffin has posted her own video. The object of her desire? None other than Justin Bieber.
Joe Jonas‘ new single, ‘See No More,’ details the aftermath of a nasty breakup, so it’s perhaps understandable that tongues are wagging about the possibility that it was inspired by the end of his relationship with ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift.
Justin Bieber has made something of a habit out of making surprise public appearances lately — as these wedding guests can attest — and he continued his streak Tuesday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
What was so unexpected about Bieber taking the stage in L.A.? Only the fact that Taylor Swift was already there, wowing a crowd of several thousand fans — who really went into a frenzy when they saw her special guest.
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What is The Difference Between Bone Conduction Headphones and Common Earphones and What are The Benefits of Them?
Dec 16,2022 | Sylvia
The difference between bone conduction headphones and common earphones lies in the way of sound transmission. Common earphones transmit sound through air, while bone conduction headphones transmit sound through bones. The bone conduction headphones transmits sound to the cochlea through the human lower jaw bone and stimulates the auditory hair cells in the cochlea to generate electronic signals so that we can hear the sound. When we eat, we hear clear chewing sound, and when we cover our ears, we hear our own voice clearly. These are caused by “bone conduction”. We can clearly find that the sound transmission mode of bone conduction does not pass through our fragile eardrum, so the impact on hearing is minimal.
common earphones are air conduction earphones, which use air as the transmission medium of sound. It transmits sound to the ear canal, so that we can hear the sound.
Because of the different ways of sound transmission, there is a huge difference between bone conduction headphones and common earphones. Bone conduction headphones are better for hearing protection and ear health. It also has a lot of benefits because of the change in the way it is worn.
What are the benefits of bone conduction headphones?
Safer: It doesn’t block your ears when you wear it, so you can keep your perception of the surrounding environment. It is safer when you exercise outdoors.
Healthier: It uses bones to transmit sound without using eardrums. The sound is directly transmitted to the auditory nerve. It canavoid the damage to the eardrum, which is better for hearing protection .
More hygienic: bone conduction headphones do not need to be worn in the ear. Even if it is worn for a long time, it can ensure that the ear canal is fresh and avoid diseases such as otitis media and eardrum caused by blocked ear canal.
The healthy sound transmission mode of bone conduction headphones is recommended by many otologists and audiologists. They can not only protect hearing, but also keep the ear canal fresh, which is a healthier way to wear headphones. Which one is the best for you? I will recommend some models for you.
1、Wissonly Hi Runner bone conduction headphones
Wissonly is a brand specializing in bone conduction technology. Their chief engineer started the research and development of the technology 10 years ago. Their technical accumulation in the field of bone conduction is profound.
Wissonly Hi Runner adopts the latest sound leak reduction technology and bone conduction vibrator technology. It has made great progress in sound quality and reduce sound leakage. Their full closed sound leakage reduction technology can effectively reduce the sound leakage problem by 90% through the fully closed body without holes. The directional bone conduction vibration technology improves the overall sound quality of the headphones. It makes the sound sense of space stronger and the sound quality characteristics of bone conduction more prominent.
Wissonly has collected more than 9000 ear databases to create the headphones most suitable for ear wear. Whether men and women, old and young, short hair and long hair wear glasses, they can get a good wearing experience. In terms of comfort, its body is made of high-tech low sensitive silicone material. Its baby skin like touch makes it more comfortable to wear.
Wissonly Hi Runner bone conduction headphones also have two features that need to be highlighted:waterproof and small sound leakage. Its waterproof grade is very high, reaching IPX8. It is suitable for swimming and can work normally even under 20 meters of water. It also has 32G built-in memory, which can store 5000 songs. When there is no mobile phone signal, you can also enjoy music normally.
2、Aftershokz Openrun Pro bone conduction headphones
The Openrun Pro bone conduction headphones is ergonomically designed. It is comfortable to wear. Its body frame is made of high-strength titanium alloy, which has strong flexibility. It is convenient to adjust to suit different head circumference, and also can ensure the stability when you wear it. Openrun Pro also uses their PremiumPitch 2.0+bone conduction technology. This improves the sound quality significantly.
3、Philips A6606 bone conduction headphones
Philips A6606 adopts the latest generation of appearance design. It enhances the waterproof and anti-skid performance during exercising, and is more stable when wearing. It also has a night running indicator which can ensure that cyclists or vehicles behind can see you while running at night, so as to avoid danger. From the configuration point of view, the configuration of this product may not be very high. But Philips’s quality is trustworthy. The disadvantage is that the price may be a little expensive.
4、Moing DG08 bone conduction headphones
The DG08 bone conduction headphones comes with 8GB of memory. It can store about 2000 songs independently. Its battery life reaches 10 hours. So you don’t need to worry about the battery even if you play outdoors all day. The headphones is designed to be out of the ear, making the ear feel more comfortable. It supports life class waterproof and is not afraid of sweat. However, there are still some problems with sound quality and sound leakage. If the budget is not sufficient, you can consider this model.
5、NANK Runner CC2 bone conduction headphones
The Runner CC2 bone conduction headphones has a certain improvement in terms of leak proof sound and sound quality compared with previous products. It is also improved in terms of water resistance. It supports IPX6 water resistance. Generally, there is no problem with rain and sweating. But it can’t be used in swimming. Its battery life is 6 personality hours, which can meet daily use.

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Tara Rubin, Tara Rubin Casting
Tara started her company in April, 2001 after working for 15 years as a Casting Director at Johnson-Liff Associates. During those years she worked on productions of Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Sunset Boulevard, Jerry Zaks’ revival of Guys and Dolls and Miss Saigon. She also cast the daytime drama Another World and Dan Aykroyd’s series Soul Man.
At Tara Rubin Casting, she and her colleagues Eric Woodall, Merri Sugarman, Laura Schutzel, Kaitlin Shaw, Lindsay Levine, Claire Burke, and Felicia Rudolph cast the musicals Falsettos, Cats, A Bronx Tale, Dear Evan Hansen, Miss Saigon (upcoming), School of Rock, It Shoulda Been You, Gigi, Bullets Over Broadway, Big Fish, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Aladdin, Mary Poppins, Spamalot, The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Promises, Promises, How To Succeed… for Broadway as well as The Country Girl, The Heiress, The Farnsworth Invention and A Time To Kill. They recently completed their 12th season as Casting Directors for Yale Repertory Theater and have worked with many regional theaters across the country.
Tara graduated with honors from Boston University and serves on the board of the Casting Society of America.
Duncan Sheik, Performer/Composer
Frank Troutman, City National Bank
Frank Troutman is a Senior Vice President and Director of Operations for City National Bank’s Entertainment Division and is responsible for offices in New York City, Nashville and Atlanta. He works closely with the bank’s Entertainment Team to serve the financial needs of clients in media, film, television and theater, as well as business managers and accountants.
Frank helped establish the New York office for the bank – its first office outside California – in 2002. Previously, he was Regional Operations Manager for City National in Northern California. He began his financial services career in 1983 with Chase Manhattan Bank in New York.
Frank is an avid supporter of the Theater, having served for six years as Board member, Treasurer and supporter of the New York Musical Festival. He has been an affiliate member of The Broadway League since 2009. In April of 2009 Mr. Troutman was the recipient of the Dewitt Stern Local Hero Award for services to New York City’s Non -Profit Theater Community.
He resides in New York City.
Mo Rocca, Master of Ceremonies
Mo Rocca is a Correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and host of The "Henry Ford's Innovation Nation" Saturday mornings on CBS. He's the host and creator of "My Grandmother's Ravioli" on The Cooking Channel, and a frequent panelist on NPR's "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!". Mo starred on Broadway as Panch in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" and was president and author of The Hasty Pudding Show at Harvard. He played Doody in the Southeast Asian tour of Grease.


"María Elena" is a 1932 popular song written by Lorenzo Barcelata (Spanish words and music). It was published by Peer International Corporation of Mexico. The English words by Bob Russell.
The song was dedicated to María Elena, the wife of Mexican President Emilio Portes Gil.
An instrumental version of the song was used for the background theme of the film Bordertown, starring Paul Muni and Bette Davis, in 1935. The next year the words and music were used in the Mexican film María Elena.
An instrumental version was recorded in 1958 and released in the United States in 1962 by Natalicio and Antenor Lima, better known as Los Indios Tabajaras. This popular revival hit No.6 in the Billboard pop chart and No.3 on the Billboard easy listening chart in the USA in late 1963, as well as making No.5 on the UK singles chart at the same juncture. The Shadows performed an instrumental version of this song on their 1967 album Jigsaw. Ry Cooder performed an instrumental version of this song on his 1972 album Boomer's Story.
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On May 5, 2015, the state of California and plaintiff/prisoner William T. Coats agreed to settle Coats' medical negligence lawsuit for $5,000. Coats had sued several medical personnel at the Deuel Vocational Institute - Tracy Reception Center (DVI) and the High Desert State Prison (HDSP) alleging ...
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Miley's pups pose on the couch for a super cute group picture. Click on to meet the crew!
It took Miley a while to get over the loss of her pup Floyd, but a few months after saying goodbye to her beloved pet, she introduced her new dog, Emu, to the world, with this cute Insta pic.
Chihuahua mix Bean was rescued in January of last year, and "brought so much sunshine" to Miley's life.
Losing Floyd was really hard for Miley who called the Alaskan Klee Kai her favorite puppy—he even made an appearance in her We Can't Stop music video.
A Rottweiler-Beagle mix, Happy was found in a box in front of a Walmart by Miley and then fiancé Liam Hemsworth. It's not hard to see why the singer couldn't resist adopting him, too!
Miley has credited Mary Jane for helping her through many rough times, including her split from Liam!
Lila passed away just two years after Miley got her, but the singer will never forget her first pup and often refers to Lila as an angel watching over her.
Liam and Miley agreed that if they ever split Miley would keep all of the dogs they adopted together, including their Walmart rescue Happy.
Penny Lane is really her little sister Noah's dog, but Miley treats the tiny ball of cuteness like one of her own!
Miley's often called her first dog, Lila, her best friend.
Miley once said that she and Floyd liked to listen to the band Fleetwood Mac together, so it was only fitting that after losing the adorable pup, Miley performed one of their songs in a touching tribute.
Moonie is the newest addition to the Cyrus fam. The cutie pie was gifted to Miley by her mother to help cheer her up after she lost Floyd.
Miley rescued Bean from Spot! Animal Rescue and inspired many fans to rescue puppies of their own!
Boxer mix Mary Jane was adopted by Miley and Liam just two weeks after they found Happy.


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The Manning brothers star in a new “commercial”
All day we’ve been covering Drake fever, announcements of new mixtapes from Young Jeezy, Rapsody and Trinidad James, Beyonce bringing Jay Z out at her show, Miley Cyrus announcing her new album, and more Drake fever. This, is something we did not see coming.
As part of DirecTV’s new NFL Sunday Ticket campaign, in which they emphasize the exclusive TV program’s new mobile compatible features, Superbowl champion quarterbacks and biological brothers Peyton and Eli Manning star in their very own music video for “Football On Your Phone”. The two, who have starred in collaborative commercials before have never been showcased like this, and the full length music video will absolutely have you clutching your sides. From the vintage country star outfits to the Anchorman-inspired hair alterations, watch as the Manning brothers get down.
-Khari Nixon (@KingVanGogh)

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Press Release (ePRNews.com) - VALBONNE, France - Jun 27, 2017 - “It is time to embrace technology in education, innovation in learning (http://info.ebicaschool.com/blog/innovation-in-education) and 21st century education.” stated Pascal Ashkar, Director, during his announcement on the digital future of the school.
A digital school could mean many things but for ebica (http://www.ebicaschool.com/en/welcome/) this means that students will have an electronic suitcase; no paper and no textbooks. Technology presents many wonderful opportunities for learners to become inquirers and take charge of their own learning. It also gives the teachers the opportunity to focus on each student’s learning programme individually. An application such as Classroom, allows teachers to personalise a lesson to each individual student’s needs. All lessons will be conducted through digital media with the exclusion of Art which will include a wide variety of forms in which the students may express themselves.
Towards this aim, ebica has already piloted its first roll out of iPads on a one to one (1 iPad per student) programme in years 7 and 8. The I.T Lab has also been equipped with 10 new iMacs to enhance the work already done in Coding Class and Graphic Design. The addition of Apple TV’s in many of the classrooms has enabled teachers to start using the iPads to great effect. This programme has already achieved great success in the school with both teachers and students adopting the new technologies with enthusiasm. Other digital support has been put in place such as the online version Encyclopedia Britannica and an ebook lending library.
Here are some of the things that the teachers say:
“Using i-pads in a classroom situation has allowed the pupils to have more responsibility for their learning.They have been able, with teacher guidance, to create parts of lessons. I have seen my pupils become more confident, inventive and ambitious.”
Jane – FLE teacher.
“Using iPads has motivated my students as it has turned learning into a game. They are able to have the world at their fingertips, helping to foster creative and fun projects.”
Elisabeth – Maths teacher.
Next school year (2017-2018), ebica will be extending the iPad programme with the purchase of 50 more Ipads and the inclusion of the new Year 7 students and the IGCSE 2 students. During this year all teachers will be certified under the Apple Certified Teacher Programme to enable them to enhance their understanding and expertise in integrating technologies into the classroom and create all of the courses online. The ebica Academy will be fully digital by June 2018.
During the school year of 2018-2019 all students from the Academy and Campus will be equipped with an iPad and 90% of all classes will be conducted using digital technologies.
Pascal Ashkar is confident that this programme will provide a better learning experience for ebica students and will enable them to create their own future.
Contact Name: Scott Walker
Organization: Ebica International School, Academy and Campus (ebica)– Day and Boarding
Phone Number: 04 93 64 32 84
Ebica International School Academy and Campus


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