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John Nolte at Big Government writes:
As is the case with any important election, events are happening fast as we approach the final weekend prior to the crucial Tuesday April 5 vote that will ultimately decide the future of Wisconsin for a generation to come. In one corner, you have sitting State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser, a reliable 4-to3 tie-breaking vote in favor of judicial restraint. In the other corner, Joanne Kloppenburg, a die-hard lefty with zero judicial experience who has all but promised the state’s thuggish public unions that she will be their firewall in stopping Governor Walker’s reforms via judicial fiat.
We all know Democrats and public unions plays dirty. That’s not the question. The question is only how dirty, and in their bid to get Kloppenburg on the court, they played it as dirty as anyone can — going so far as to exploit a victim of sexual abuse.
You can watch the offensive ad at Big Government.
Now the victim speaks out in an ad for Justice Prosser:
Video via Breitbart TV.
UPDATE: Merryfield’s more in depth statement to the media about the ad, here.
I can’t think of anything slimier than accusing someone with enabling pedophilia, knowing it’s a false charge, but doing it anyway for raw political power. This is how Democrats operate. Just when you think they can’t get any lower….they come out and surprise you with something like this.
The Prosser/Kloppenburg race is much closer than it should be because of such underhanded tactics. Hopefully this ad will help.
A woman who would allow such a vile lie to stand, smearing a good man’s name, while exploiting the victims of a crime a second time, has no business sitting on the bench. All Wisconsinites should know that, whether pro-union, or not.
For TBogg’s readers, who despite this powerful evidence to the contrary, are trying to argue in the comments that Prosser is NAMBLA’s choice:
This is the story on which the Kloppenburg ad is basing its smear:
When Prosser was a district attorney, a Catholic priest was accused of improperly touching two boys in their home — running his hand across their chests, but nothing more. Creepy, yes, but probably not prosecutable. With no more evidence than that to go on, with one witness refusing to testify, and with the family not keen on sending its young children to the witness stand in a case in which it would be practically impossible to prove a serious crime had been committed, Prosser, with the family’s agreement, declined to file charges. He reported the incident to the diocese and asked that the priest be removed. Long after Prosser was out of office — 14 years, in fact — further accusations against the priest came to light: accusations of which the prosecutor had known, and could have known, nothing. For this, the union-backed Greater Wisconsin Committee accuses him of conspiring to protect pedophiles from justice. That is a shameful libel — even Politifact, generally hostile to Republicans, gave the claim a low rating on its Truth-O-Meter.
Even the boys in the case denounced the ad as the exploitative fraud it is, and one averred that he’d vote for Prosser. But what is the suffering of exploited children when there are union dues on the line?
By the way TBogg readers. I would love to hear your thoughts on the union extortion that’s going on in Wisconsin. Not that it isn’t fascinating enough to watch people twist themselves into pretzels defending an obvious smear – I’m morbidly curious about what the lunatic left would say in defense of union bullying of Wisconsin businesses.
Linked by Michelle Malkin in Buzzworthy, and Doug Ross, and Lonely Conservative, thanks.

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The Football Association has launched an official complaint to FIFA after a fan broke in to the England dressing room and berated David Beckham.
The intrusion occurred immediately after the nation's disappointing 0-0 Group C draw against Algeria which has put qualification to the knockout stages of World Cup 2010 in doubt. Security is usually rigid around such events, but this breach has enraged the FA who have demanded an explanation from FIFA.
A source from the organisation has exclusively revealed the incident to Goal.com UK. They said: "An official complaint has gone to FIFA over a break in at the England dressing room."
Beckham is believed to be the victim of the event. The injured ex-Three Lions skipper has travelled with the squad to the tournament despite being unable to feature and has been a constant presence with the players.
An official statement from the FA read: "A fan got in past FIFA security.
"We have formerly complained to FIFA after the game and will follow it up in writing.
"This is not acceptable and thankfully no serious harm was done."
The comment has left no doubt to whom the FA have apportioned blame. Their reaction has been especially severe since Prince Harry and Prince William had earlier been in the dressing room, though they had left by the time of the break.


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Cite this article: Yang, M., Wang, Y., Chen, J., Li, H. and Li, Y. (2016). Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Halocarbons at a Mountaintop in Southern China.
Aerosol Air Qual. Res.
16: 478-491. https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2015.03.0197
The sampling site is located on a mountain surrounded with industrial districts.
Seasonal variations of aromatic hydrocarbons and halocarbons in spring and summer.
OH loss rate and ozone formation potential of aromatic hydrocarbons are analyzed.
The influence of long-range transport on the atmosphere is demonstrated.
In this study, 45 ambient samples were collected in the summer of 2011 and spring of 2012 on Mount Lushan. The concentrations and seasonal distributions of aromatic hydrocarbons and halocarbons were measured and discussed. Moderate concentrations of individual species were found compared with other mountain sites; however, the measured concentrations were much lower than the values reported in cities. For aromatic hydrocarbons, benzene and m/p-xylene were the most abundant species in the spring, while benzene and toluene exhibited the largest contributions in the summer. For halocarbons, the concentrations of 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene, dichlorodifluoromethane and chloromethane were higher than other gases measured in the spring; and dichlorodifluoromethane and chloromethane contributed largest in the summer. The OH loss rates demonstrated that 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene and 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene were the dominant aromatic hydrocarbons for OH loss rates in the spring, while styrene and toluene contributed the largest to reactivity in the summer. For the ozone formation potential (OFP), 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene and m/p-xylene accounted for the largest fraction of the OFPs in the spring (24.3% and 23.7%), while toluene was the most abundant source of OFP (i.e., 43.7%) in the summer. M/p-xylene exhibited large contributions to OFP in both spring and summer (23.7% and 19.2%) of the OFPs. The T/B (0.80 and 0.73 in spring and summer respectively) ratios indicated that the sampled air masses were primarily influenced by automotive emissions. The 36-h backward trajectories of the sampled air masses and the corresponding daily concentrations of individual species suggested that long-range transport had a large effect on the atmosphere at the sampling site.

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I received an email this morning saying that Wake County Animal Center is having a cat sale. Cats are normally $45 and $20, but for this weekend only, they’re $25 and $10. Heck, they started out cheap. I could get two cats for $20! Which is what I would want. Cats do best in pairs. And we have a cat-sized house. Two levels, lots of walking space.
I went and looked into the price of my apartment’s fees:
We welcome up to 2 pets per apartment home. The pet fee is $300 for one pet and $400 for two pets. There is a $15 per month pet rent for 1 or 2 pets. Breed restrictions apply, no weight limit.
I’ll be honest: that is incredibly reasonable. I can cover that no problem.
James doesn’t particularly like cats. He doesn’t particularly dislike cats either. He just prefers dogs.
Fuzzy pets are therapeutic. Their affection is calming; engaging them mentally with play and the like is stimulating. They’re supposed to be really good for people with emotional disorders, like depression. I’ve been thinking more and more that having an emotional support animal like that would be nice. I’ve been feeling it in my chest again for the last few days.
Even if I convinced James to let us get cats (or a dog, dogs are $95), I can’t just impulsively do it. What are the things I need?
For a cat:
Cat food: $19 + $22.50
Cat food dish: $10 (for two)
Cat tree: $90 minimum (and I tend to like the ones that are like $150)
…so we’re looking at $200+ for cat(s) + basic cat supplies, minimum, before we even get into vet fees.
For a dog:
Food: $50 + $74.70
Treats: $10/type of treat
…so we’re looking at $270+ for dog + basic dog supplies, minimum, before we even get into vet fees.
Cats are more affordable, but at this point I’m looking at throwing down $600+ on these cats before we even get into the fun stuff (toys) and vet stuff. And like, I want to say I’m willing to do it, but there is the wedding to think of. There is the fact that James wouldn’t really be on board with this. I’m not sure I’m willing to spend $600 like that all at once. As much as I want a fuzzy, as much as I would benefit from a fuzzy…I can’t do it.

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Jewish World Review July 26, 2001 / 6 Menachem-Av, 5761
http://www.jewishworldreview.com -- SOME people are pro-choice on the abortion issue because they believe that government should have no say in the matter. I disagree.
Don't get me wrong: I also disagree with the notion that the mother's so-called right to privacy justifies her right to choose abortion. But I want to focus on the flawed argument that the government has no business "legislating morality."
First, I'm not saying that under the Constitution the federal government has the power to outlaw abortion. I believe that since the Constitution is silent on the matter, absent a Constitutional amendment, the matter ought to be decided by the individual states.
But those arguing against the government "legislating morality" are probably opposed to government at any level making these decisions. What do they mean when they say that the government shouldn't legislate morality? Aren't they really saying that as long as a person does not harm someone else he ought to be able to do anything he pleases and the government should stay out of his private affairs?
Those who advocate legalizing drugs make this very argument. The government shouldn't interfere with individual behavior even of the self-destructive type, as long as no one else is directly harmed. Because most people do not live in a vacuum vis-Ó-vis the public (Howard Hughes' types excepted), I don't buy the argument that individual drug use is solely a private matter. But abortion is even less so.
The only way to claim that abortion is a private matter is to deny that the unborn is a human being. It's one thing to argue that the mother's right to abort is superior to the unborn's right to live. But if the unborn is a human being, then killing it is not a private matter.
And those who acknowledge uncertainty as to whether the unborn is a human being are fooling themselves when they maintain that abortion is a private matter. If they can't be sure the unborn is not human, they can't be sure that killing it/him/her is a private matter. Yet, I've heard some people say, "I don't know or care if an unborn is a human being, the government has no business interfering with the private decisions (freedom) of the mother."
But some anti-government pro-choicers mean something else when they say the government shouldn't legislate morality, as illustrated by a recent e-mail I received. The e-mailer didn't rely on the mother's right to privacy as guaranteeing the mother's right to abort, at least during the early stages of pregnancy.
Rather, he asserted that the First Amendment Establishment clause (which he erroneously referred to as the mandated separation of church and state) precluded the government from outlawing abortion in the early stages of pregnancy.
He said that since our society considers brain death actual death, then we must concede that brain activity and the capacity for cognition and self-awareness are essential to personhood. As such, "an argument may be reasonably made that a cell/blastocyst/embryo is not a person in the legal sense ... When you get to the stage of the fetus, and the development of the cortex, you then get brain activity, and the argument for personhood becomes much more compelling."
Believing that he'd established this point, the e-mailer went on to say that since the pre-fetal unborn is not a person then the only justification for protecting it is the spiritual belief that the soul inhabits "the cell" at the moment of conception. Since that is by definition a religious/moral determination, the government is precluded, on First Amendment grounds of separation of church and state, from outlawing these pre-fetal abortions. So by "legislating morality," this e-mailer meant "legislating spirituality."
The e-mailer is wrong. Our national, state and local governments have "legislated morality" since the inception of this country with the full blessing of the framers of the Constitution. Almost all of our criminal laws and many of our civil ones are (and should be) based on moral judgments, such as those embodied in the Ten Commandments and elsewhere in Scripture. This entire body of law, based on moral and spiritual judgments, was ratified by our founding fathers as they drafted and adopted the First Amendment. They knew there was no conflict.
I dare say that some people then, as now, disagreed with many of these laws on moral grounds. But it is a gross revision of history, and frankly absurd, to argue that the framers meant to preclude the government from passing laws that had their roots in moral and spiritual


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Concert Infrastructure Makes Further Investment in Forensic Services and Coroner’s Complex Project
Vancouver, BC – Concert Infrastructure is pleased to announce the acquisition of Carillion plc’s 50% interest in the Forensic Services and Coroner’s Complex (FSCC) in Toronto, Ontario, and specifically the project company CSS (FSCC) Partnership. Having previously held a 50% interest in the project, Concert Infrastructure now wholly owns the project company. As part of the acquisition, Concert Infrastructure has assumed sole responsibility for the management of the project with Carillion Canada remaining the day-to-day facilities management service provider.
This acquisition further supports Concert Infrastructure’s investment strategy of acquiring primary and secondary infrastructure assets as well as managing these assets through the term of their concession.
“Acquiring Carillion plc’s interest in the FSCC is a demonstration of Concert Infrastructure’s commitment,” says David Podmore, Concert Infrastructure’s Chairman & Chief Executive Officer. “It solidifies our position as a long term developer, investor and manager of Canadian infrastructure assets supported by the financial strength and backing of our Canadian union and management pension plan unit holders.”
The FSCC is one of the world’s largest medico-legal facilities at approximately 663,000 square feet and brings together the Office of the Chief Coroner, the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service, the Centre of Forensic Sciences, Office of the Fire Marshall and Emergency Management Ontario on one site making collaboration between the units much easier. The facility supports the world-class forensic capabilities that Ontario needs in the years ahead, and accommodates increased capacity for autopsies and forensic science cases.
This LEED Gold project achieved Substantial Completion in early 2013 and continues to be the most advanced facility of its kind in North America. Concert Infrastructure will continue to work closely and in collaboration with Infrastructure Ontario and the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (MCSCS), to operate and maintain the FSCC for the remainder of the concession period.
About Concert Infrastructure
Concert Infrastructure is an independent, long-term investor, developer and manager of public infrastructure, and has been successful in forming strong strategic partnerships and securing solid investment opportunities for its pension plan unit holders. Concert Infrastructure approaches each project with the intention of remaining a partner for the duration of the project, valuing long-term, stable returns for our ten Canadian union and management pension funds.

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Thumbtack has mentioned that price per lead during this time will be lowered but I have seen no change at all. My prices are all the way up to $80 per lead and a lot of them have not been very good leads. I haven't signed up a client from Thumbtack in the past 8 months. Can you please lower your lead prices to around $30?
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Cass Motor Truck Company & Independent Truck 1910-1915 1915-1918
cass motor truck company & independent truck
Years in Operation: 1910-1915(Cass) 1915-1918(Independent) Models Built: Several different models Approximate Number of Vehicles Built: Unknown Factory Address: 1025-1031 Lapeer Ave., Port Huron, MI 48060 Officers of the Company:
A.W. Frantz: President & General Manager
B.L. Howes: Vice President
W.B. Ford: Treasurer
M.H. Rupe: Secretary
J.J. Haynes: Board of Directors
W.D. Smith: Board of Directors
A.N. Spater: Sales and Advertising Manager(Cass)
John I(O). Turnbull: Incorporator(Cass)
George G. Epstean: Incorporator(Cass)
Alex M. Spartar: Incorporator(Cass)
F.W. Ferguson: Incorporator(Cass)
Phil Higer: Director(Cass)
H.G. Barnum: Director(Cass)
F.J. Haynes: Director(Cass)
Frank H. Nicol: Director(Cass)
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No known examples of the Cass Truck exist today. The factory was taken over by Mueller Metals(Mueller Brass). One building that was built by Mueller still exists. Address: 1024-1031 Lapeer, Port Huron, MI 48060
Cass Truck was formerly organized in Detroit in early 1910 and had already built a few sample wagons before getting started. They were to build general delivery and laundry wagons, ambulances, police patrols, fire trucks, sight-seeing cars, and heavy transportation vehicles...
Cass was showcased in the auto and truck shows of Detroit and New York...
Photo Courtesy of the Detroit Public Library
The specs were promising for trucks of that time and their ads were simple. It was announced that a distributor would be set up in Ohio...
The 1912 models were upgraded for the new year and the ads got more elaborate...
The company seemed to be moving along without trouble but It was rumored that Cass would be reorganized in August of 1914...
The company was indeed completely reorganized as Cass became the Independent Motors Company in 1915 stating that the reason for the move was to better care for its growing business. They would sell trucks under both names...
By 1918 Independent was bought by investors and was moved to 1636 Wilson Ave., Youngstown, Ohio. The company assets changed hands after it sold its building to Mueller Metals which would later become Mueller Brass...
They continued to sell trucks until at least 1921...


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Space Hotel Shigar, Baltistan
Located in Shigar, Space hotel shigar features a garden. Featuring a 24-hour front desk, this property also has a restaurant and a terrace. Guests can enjoy mountain views.
All units at the hotel are equipped with a seating area. At Space hotel shigar every room is fitted with a flat-screen TV, a private bathroom, and a balcony with a garden view.
The nearest airport is Skardu Airport, 19 km from the accommodation.

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Four Things You Didn’t Know About Edible Insects
While many people find the idea eating insects rather disturbing, others are jumping on the insect-eating bandwagon at ever-increasing rates. True, insect eating is not the most popular fad out there, but it’s slowly starting to gain momentum in many developed countries. The plethora of nutrients that insects contain is almost mind-boggling; bugs are protein-rich foods abundant in fiber, vitamins, and essential fatty acids. Although some eat insects in their pure, unadulterated form, others consume these tiny critters as fine dried powders hidden in baked goods and cooked dishes.
Four Surprising Things about Edible Insects
Many people don’t know anything about insect cuisine, and many people prefer not to know. Still, bridging the gap between education and consumption may help some nations fight hunger, save the environment, and reduce disease. Here are four surprising facts about insect consumption:
Insects Help the Environment
Insects require no pesticides or other chemicals. They’re already plentiful in the environment, and many edible insects grow quite easily on their own in epic proportions. Additionally, insects can live in practically any climate and require far less water, land, food, and energy for successful production than do conventional farmyard animals. Typical protein sources, such as beef and chickens, are far more damaging to the environment because they create a greater drain on natural resources.
Insects Can Reduce Disease
Eating some bugs has been shown to reduce migraine pain. Also, insects contain a wide range of beneficial fatty acids essential for brain development and cognition. Their high protein levels, small size, and ease of accessibility make insects a potent medicinal force in the world today.
Insects May Help the Elderly
Crickets, among the most popular edible insects, have more calcium than common protein sources (chicken, pork, and beef), making them helpful for elderly individuals with osteoporosis. Calcium isn’t just for the elderly, however, as this nutrient plays a key role in a myriad of biological mechanisms within the body.
Insects Are Sustainable and Inexpensive
Due to their reduced need for water, food, and land, insects are a more sustainable food source than any other cultivated crop. They are plentiful in number and are capable of producing in large numbers when carefully controlled. They are very inexpensive compared with other protein foods, and many third-world countries are seeking to add insect meal to baked goods to increase nutrient content and reduce nutrient deficiencies.

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It’s difficult to find fault with the latest album from Swallow The Sun, as these Finnish doom merchants weave another intricate tapestry of sound that embraces many extremes. Their sound can best be described as the slow, dreary heaviness of early work from My Dying Bride incorporating the acoustic and progressive elements of Opeth. One of the great things about Swallow The Sun is that their songs never get drug too deep into their slow, plodding parts. Just when you think your mind may start to wander, a crushing riff or an acoustic break is interwoven into the song to leave you hanging in anticipation of the next move. The vocals can be gruff and indecipherable at times, but they fit the music well and are sung and whispered when appropriate. “Sleepless Swans” is a great example of what Swallow The Sun is capable of. After opening with a soft, acoustic melody, powerful guitars take over and launch the song into an experience between these two styles. Other stellar tracks are the title track, “Lights On The Lake (Horror Pt. III)”, and “…And Heavens Cried Blood”. Really, the entire middle of the album is amazing. This is moody, depressing, and evocative music that drips with substance and character. Swallow The Sun are one the most interesting bands in the gothic/doom realm, and come highly recommended, especially to fans of recent material from Opeth. This band is a titantic force on stage and blew the crowd away the last time they came to Station 4. New Moon is an album not to be missed.
Swallow The Sun will be appearing as support to Finntroll at Station 4 in St. Paul on Saturday, April 17. Additional support will come from Moonsorrow and Survivors Zero.


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Calling artists, designers and papermakers ready to embrace the challenge of creating a wearable garment made from at least 80% paper. Design Eye Creative ‘paper on skin’ connects Burnie’s papermaking heritage to a unique competition with an AUD$10 000 Prize Pool. Six Awards in total. Entries close 28 Feb. Gala Event and Award Evening 19 June. Burnie is located on the beautiful North West Coast of Tasmania.
$5000 Design Eye Creative Major Award
$2000 Runner-Up Award
NEW $1000 Tasmanian Hearing and Implant Centre – Dr Kellie Walker’s Encouragement Award – for recognition of talent and to encourage pursuit of the artform
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NEW $1000 Award in honour of Pam and Neil Thorne – a special award which reflects the core concept of paper on skin, an idea conceived and developed by Burnie artist Pam Thorne with support from her (equally paper-passionate) husband Neil. This award will be judged by the Burnie Regional Art Gallery Director to highlight the strong partnership between paper on skin and the Gallery. It is sponsored by Janet De Boer OAM.
$500 Cocoon Designs Public Vote Award
Design Eye Creative paper on skin 2020 JUDGES
Virginia Dowzer (VIC) - Creative Director and curator, specialising in fashion related exhibitions
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Close to the charming beaches, coves and marinas of Cabo Roig and Campoamor, close to 3 different golf courses.
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Round 23 wraps up with the Knights hosting the Raiders after Newcastle endured a week from hell that saw two players accused of taking illicit drugs and another two suspended.
The little hope Newcastle held going into this match was diminished even further when outside backs Bradman Best and Enari Tuala were suspended for arriving late to the team bus last week. A disastrous season just keeps getting worse.
Canberra though re not an enticing play laying 10 points. They cover at just 41% off a win.
The over is the strongest play in this game. The over has hit in 11 of 15 Knights-Raiders games. The over has hit in eight of nine Newcastle home games and is 10-4 when the Knights are a home underdog. The over is 5-2 when the Raiders are on the road.
With good conditions forecast, the over is the way to bet this game.
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Sebastian Kris has 10 tries in 14 starts this year and leads the Raiders in scoring.
Nick Cotric has scored four tries in his last six games.
Hudson Young is one of the most reliable try scoring propositions in the NRL and can be bet with a great deal of confidence against a lacklustre Knights team. He has eight tries this year with seven of those in his last 14 games. He has scored in both his starts against the Knights.
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That's according to Gary Lynch, chief executive of global data synchronisation body GS1 UK, which launched TrueSource in January a portal for standard product data that consumers and the trade can tap into.
"There needs to be ways of certifying whether the data management processes for such information are accurate," Lynch said.
He said the amount of incomplete or erroneous data accessible by shoppers was constantly growing and tackling the issue could lead to the creation of some sort of "kite mark" to authorise material. Otherwise, he said, "how would you be able to tell that the data you were accessing was good?"
Fatal consequences could ensue if consumers with allergies viewed details that failed to flag up the presence of certain allergens in products, he warned. "We would definitely look to start some sort of accreditation of suppliers."
As was the case with TrueSource data, ultimate ownership and responsibility for data should lie with manufacturers, said Lynch.


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A survey by Cornell University found that 2,600 Spanish-speaking people work on New York dairy farms. Of them, two...
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He says when the state school aid numbers first came out Tuesday afternoon, it looked like the district might get close to a 10 percent increase in state funding. Gregory says that would have been great.
"But once we got studying the numbers, it was clear that something was wrong."
Some key numbers had been left out of the state calculation. Once Gregory added those numbers back in, instead of a 10 percent hike, it was just shy of a three percent hike in state aid.
According the Glens Falls Post Star and the Watertown Daily Times, some districts, such as Glens Falls, Clifton-Fine, and Colton-Pierrepont, will actually get less state money than last year.
Gregory says he's glad his district is on the plus side this year.
"Well that's good, but we're facing a gap now of about $2 million. That type of aid is not going to help us bridge that gap effectively."
Canton and many other districts are looking at the governor's new education proposals for help. One would help districts stabilize the huge increases their facing in pension costs. Gregory says his board of education will need to look at that program, use of its fund balance, and a possible tax hike, to avoid more programming cuts in the coming year.

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Avengers: Infinity War will be Rocket's first meeting with the MCU at large.
The film is the culmination of a decade's worth of Marvel movies, and the 19th film in a franchise that started in 2008 with Iron Man. The film will also see Spider-Man as a part of Avengers in this film, something he had refused in the climax of Homecoming. I grew up in a family with five kids. Someone just told us that they were going to release it after this movie.
And as a comicbook fan who was your favourite superhero?
Since the release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, many fans have been convinced that Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) would take over the famous shield and become the new Captain America. More on him a little bit later. It's definitely better the way it is now, I think. But can you even fathom the Avengers without him? "It's probably easier to have read a fake script and a fake ending because they don't have the pressure of knowing what happens in the movie and then they have to hide it". And we don't want anyone spoiling the ending.
"He's not so much a voice", Anthony Russo said. Silver Surfer has a large role in the comic version of the story, but Fox still has the rights to the character, even after Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige offered up a trade for the character a few years back.
"The challenge this time was how do we expand something without repeating something that has been executed well before".
Okay, we don't have any idea how big or small the reference will be, or if it will have anything to do with the episodes of the show they directed, but we're going to let our imaginations run wild until we see it.
White House Walks Back Haley's Announcement About Sanctions Against Russia
Haley also said the United States would never go for a one-to-one talk with Assad as it did not consider him worthy of that. But Trump was not yet comfortable rolling out new sanctions and was upset by Haley's announcement, according to the Post .
If you crave longer post-credits scenes in your Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, you nearly got your wish with Black Panther. It was a great experience. But that does not mean that they are done announcing cast members.
Coon is notably and arguably one of the most in-demand actresses nowadays.
The actress confirmed reports she was pregnant at the Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California in January after sporting what looked like a baby bump on the red carpet.
What brought you to Edinburgh to film?
Thor's also sporting a new hairdo and costume, thanks to his time spent in the gladiator pits of Sakaar, fighting his old pal the Hulk.
As is always the case when we're discussing post-credits scenes, beware of spoilers. It's very hard when you are trying to get a performance out of an actor and they are standing on a stage in green screen, they don't know where they are or what they are looking at. "We will see where it goes from here". Thanos is a cosmic character so there are a lot of cosmic locations so it wasn't always the case. The untitled sequel, presently dubbed Avengers 4, is slated to premiere on May 3, 2019. With Infinity War so close, it would make sense to try not to spoil the film before it comes out.


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Tennessee State has had a lot of success over the past couple of seasons by bringing in transfers from the FBS. Ex-Clemson defensive lineman Ebenezer Ogundeko is hoping to become the next success story as he has announced he will play at TSU in 2015.
Time to start my new journey at TSU. God is good and I thank you for another opportunity. #blessed #TSU
— Ebo Ogundeko (@Ebenezer_O_1) May 30, 2015
//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Ogundek was dismissed from Clemson in May following his arrest for financial transaction fraud. The 6’3, 250 defensive end was the top-rated player in the state of New York for the 2015 signing class. He redshirted as a freshman and played in six game as a reserve defensive lineman in 2014.
He will be eligible to play immediately at TSU, though TSU learned this week it will be ineligible for the postseason in 2015.
Tennessee State coach Rob Edwards has had success with players like A.C. Leonard and De’Aunte Saunders, who both came from Florida. The team currently has nine FBS transfers on its roster, including former Clemson offensive lineman Shaq Anthony.

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UBS Soundscapes: LSO Artist Portrait - Denis Matsuev
Part of the Principal Conductor's series
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No 2
RACHMANINOV Symphony No 3
Valery Gergiev conductor
Denis Matsuev piano
London Symphony Orchestra
This season's featured artist Denis Matsuev -'the Siberian bear with the fastest paws in the Arctic and perhaps anywhere else' – returns in his favourite repertoire with Rachmaninov’s ever-popular Second Piano Concerto. Valery Gergiev frames it with Balakirev’s epic symphonic poem Russia, a reworking of an Overture on Russian Themes collected during expeditions up and down the Volga, and Rachmaninov’s powerfully emotional Third Symphony.
This concert will be played in memory of Rod Franks, former LSO Principal Trumpet who died in July 2014.
Tickets: £10 £16 £22 £28 £38
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June 9, 2020
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced
today 797 new COVID-19 cases and 95 deaths. The total number of cases in the state is 129,212 in 101 counties, with a total of 6,018 deaths. IDPH says that in the past 24 hours, 20,309 test specimens have been processed, with a positivity rate of 3.9%. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity rate from June 2 to June 8 is 4%. Statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations in the past 24 hours increased from 2,496 patients to 2,573 patients. Of that figure, 726 patients are in the ICU, with 437 patients on ventilators.
To help employees return to the workplace, the state has distributed
more than 450,000 cloth face masks to private sector businesses that support critical infrastructure sectors. In the coming days, the state will also distribute more than 18,000 thermometers to licensed daycare providers to help facilitate temperature checks and health screenings, as recommended by IDPH.
Current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) figures
show more than 1.95 million confirmed and presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 in the U.S., with 110,925 deaths.
The latest WHO Situation Report
shows more than 7 million COVID-19 cases globally, with more than 404,000 deaths. The Region of the Americas (includes the U.S.) continues to lead the world with more than 3.3 million cases and nearly 184,000 deaths.
Yesterday, WHO officials said the global situation is worsening, with 136,000 new cases reported Sunday, a record for a single day. Nearly 75% of the new cases come from 10 countries, mostly in the Americas and South Asia.


Ryan Tubridy has revealed the overwhelming response his interview with Vicky Phelan generated on Friday’s Late Late Show.
Appearing as the final guest on the show, Vicky reflected on her decision to stop chemotherapy to spend more quality time with her children and have a Christmas that she can cherish with her family.
Vicky was moved by the reaction to her interview on social media as some were calling her ‘incredible’, ‘inspirational’ and ‘extraordinary’.
On this morning’s radio show, Ryan revealed he had ‘so much admiration’ for Vicky.
Tubridy also mentioned that she was ‘very easy to laugh with’ backstage after their interview on the Late Late Show on Friday Night.
Vicky thanked a number of people for helping her prepare for her appearance on the Late Late Show including host Tubridy.
‘I want to take the opportunity today to thank a number of people who helped me make it to the couch beside Ryan on Friday night…
‘To MUA @lisapoole7 of @clarinsireland who offered to come to my house on Friday to do my make up for the LLS – THANK YOU.’
Vicky said she is continuing to stay on Pembro and hopes it will allow her to spend Christmas with her children.


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As everyone that has encountered me is well aware of, I greet people with “Peace.” In the midst of the global panic due to the pandemic, I have watched that word evolve in my existence and surround me and keep me within that peace. Yes, “Peace be still.” I continue to speak and live that statement unlike those that I see encroaching on the peace of the Gullah/Geechee Nation.
As everyone that Googles me finds out, I have spent four decades of my life fighting for Gullah/Geechee cultural continuation and land ownership. I encourage native Gullah/Geechees to be good stewards that hold onto our cultural traditions in order to maintain not only our cultural heritage, but our quality of life. That quality of life not only includes keeping our environment healthy, but being able to socially engage with one another in person which uplifts and enriches our spirits and allows us to share island stories and family histories while passing down traditions.
Those that support me in this work are the folks that I often laugh with about how we can be under a tent or a tree at an event crakin we teet wid one nudda and ting and here comes someone that is not Gullah/Geechee rudely invading our personal space without even a greeting of “Hi” or asking “Can I join you?” As a result, my security has had to escort people away and our Minister of Protocol or Minister of Information has had to find out what the person wants and to attempt to provide them with the proper protocol. Some of the people who were raised with manners apologize and are happy to learn that there are protocols for approach and some will even ask why my greetings is what it is and why I do NOT shake hands. (I pray that the world keeps with that after this is all over so that I don’t have to field that question anymore.) Most of the time, the person simply had no social skills that indicated to her that she was rude (men usually don’t try to pull up a seat, they usually get stopped for trying to walk all the way up to me to try and shake my hand and get offended when told that you don’t shake the Queen’s hand). Those folks just feel that they are going to get the Gullah/Geechee Safari opportunity that they came for by running into the midst of a circle of us without an invitation to be part of a private conversation. Some have even turned on recording devices and ran over because they heard our language drifting toward them in the wind and when we stopped talking, they leaned their heads sideways and stood in silence until I said, “You need to turn that off.” Once again, they get offended for invading the privacy of our sacred and private times of connections with one another.
Well, given all that I have already dealt with for 20 years as Queen, I sat back and waited to see how those of other cultures would end up putting our folks at risk during the pandemic. I KNEW it was coming! I knew it wouldn’t be Gullah/Geechee folks that were going to be the major issue and I was right! I sat back and wondered about the misdirected attempt to contain the virus by disallowing international flights, but allowing intercontinental flights from hot spots to other states. I thought about the grounding of flights while folks still own cars and the interstate highway is still open. I thought about how hard-headed people are and the selfishness in the world. Then I logged on to social media and saw it all unfolding.
As soon as images about Florida beaches went viral, folks found out that our state parks in South Carolina that had beaches were opened and they not only drove in from hot spots, but flew down. I went out to do a site check and didn’t encounter one Gullah/Geechee, but instead numerous state license plates and conversations by people stating where they had come from to the coast. Oh, yes, these conversations were being held face-to-face without 3 good feet between these folks. I was not surprised given how many times in my life I have had to tell folks to step back and stop invading my personal space especially when I worked in corporate environments and go to meetings in such settings. So, I kept my distance and shook my head. As I traveled back to my compound, I could see the handwriting in the sand of the coming issues of the pandemic in our county which had zero cases at that point.
Well, sure enough, one week later, there are announcements of numerous cases of folks testing positive and there are protest along our coast ironically by Anglo folks that have moved here themselves that now want to stop the tourists from getting to the beaches that they have built houses, resorts, and restaurants on. I have heard town council meetings from Hilton Head Island where a councilwoman stated “It’s not fair” in reference to people not having passes to get to the beach. Once again, I shook my head. It is a wonder that I do not have to wear a neck brace due to all the madness that I am hearing and seeing. It was fair to gate out native Gullah/Geechees and when we said that this was spatial segregation and racism, that wasn’t anything worthy of discussing, but now that people are not even supposed to be out and about, fairness of waterway access is a discussion! WOW!
Well, speaking of waterway access, I went out on Sunday for essentials for the family compound to only find that the Beaufort River had more boats in it than I had ever seen in my life. Even the Water Festival doesn’t have this amount of people riding up and down the river with loads of friends in the boats! I said out loud, “Here we go! This is another problem!” There is no social distancing in those boats. These people have come from elsewhere here instead of staying where they were simply because could afford to get in a boat and travel. Now, what is this going to cause?”
I got the answer to my question yesterday and my peace was then disrupted! Governor McMaster of South Carolina made a blanket closure of beaches and all public docks and ramps because of people being disobedient to instructions. Once again, it only takes someone coming to one of my interactive sessions or volunteering with a group that I am leading for you to know that I believe in folks following instructions. “Obedience is greater than sacrifice.” So, if you want to sacrifice yourself to the study of the coronavirus and how people succumb to it, do not do it at our expense. We prefer that you are obedient to the social distancing and sheltering in place order where you actually live as your primary residence, pay taxes and receive snail mail.
This latest order from the governor now brings me from my sacred peace back into the world of politics because I cannot have Gullah/Geechee families fined nor jailed for going out getting food to sustain themselves while this lockdown of the world takes place. We cannot afford to have anything escalate and become an incident between law enforcement and us because they are preventing our traditional practices. Folks went to the store and we went to the field and to the creek. Now, due to non-Gullah/Geechee others that went out to frolick, they are again causing harm to our cultural sustainability and continuation and that is NOT acceptable! We were already fighting to keep our traditional fishing methods going without being fined and jailed for “fishing while Black” and now this!
I continue to pray that in the midst of all of this, people will learn basic human respect. I pray that people who come from cultures of invasion will learn to respect boundaries for the health and safety of the world. I pray that the peace of the Gullah/Geechee Nation will be restored.
Part of the peace that balanced out the madness that I observe from others is seeing the reports of how the ozone layer is healing. I see that as a true blessing given all the work that global climate actors have been doing to encourage people to go green and alter their lifestyles in ways that will reduce the pollution that we emit into the air and the water. Folks swore up and down that they couldn’t ride together to places, but now that folks tell them to ride alone and stay away from others they are car and boat pooling! So, it seems that just being told not to do something like go outside caused folks to go out and now enjoy outdoors with their children and grandchildren instead of staying in and running up the electric bills and stressing the electrical grids. I pray that this social distancing that has actually brought folks literally and figuratively home to be with their family members helps Gullah/Geechees to appreciate all the more the traditional ways that we played outdoors and that we pass that down to the children while they are home.
That we appreciate the cousins that we wish we could gather for a small fish fry of 50-75 of us right now. That we appreciate the value in working outdoors and planting in the field and how that sunshine and bending adds to your health and quality of life.
I pray that my “Queen’s Chronicles” can soon return to simple reflections of journeys to communities where I get to share not only the legacy of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, but share in the lessons from folks that I get to learn from as I visit them where they are. Those journeys are not to bring destructionment or illness to others by disturbing their peace. They are all about touching one another emotionally and spiritually and spreading love and upliftment to all. Maybe we need to tell folks not to do that and then they will disobey that order too. SMH as I send out love and peace from the Gullah/Geechee Nation‘s coast to all of you.

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Bloomingdale’s is pushing forward to launch outlets, according to sources, becoming a Johnny-come-lately into a potentially very lucrative channel of distribution for the department store chain.
One real estate executive said Bloomingdale’s could be close to a deal with Simon Property Group Inc. to open several outlets around the country, taking a dramatic dive into the Simon-owned Mills properties, which typically comprise over 1 million square feet of gross leasable area and include traditional mall, outlet center and big box retailers and entertainment uses.
In these sprawling centers, Simon has reclaimed some space from departing tenants, paving the way for Bloomingdale’s outlets, likely to be in the 30,000- to 40,000-square-foot range. Among the 16 Mills centers are Sawgrass Mills in Sunrise, Fla., Arizona Mills in Tempe, Ariz., and Potomac Mills in Woodbridge, Va.
Bloomingdale’s declined to comment Tuesday on the strategy.
Bloomingdale’s could also put up outlets in Prime Outlets, also owned by Simon, since the December acquisition. Simon is likely to remerchandise some of the Prime portfolio, which consists of 22 outlet centers in major markets such as Washington, Baltimore and San Antonio, as well as tourist destinations, including Orlando, Fla., and Williamsburg, Va.
Bloomingdale’s currently does not operate any outlets for apparel, although it does have a furniture and carpet clearance center in Westchester, N.Y. And it’s not unprecedented for the store to pounce on real estate opportunities when they arise. In November 1996, Bloomingdale’s opened four stores in California in eight days. In March 1997, two additional units opened in the state.
Bloomingdale’s move underscores the lure of outlets as consumers trade down to cope with the weak economy. Next to the Internet, the outlet channel is the best performing sector in retail, attracting new players and encouraging others to bolster their outlet presence, in terms of square footage and elevating the image. Lower occupancy costs also make outlets desirable expansion strategies for retailers and brands.
“The outlet business has grown and developed profitably over the last 10 to 15 years for retailers ranging from luxury to mainstream,” said Arnold Aronson, managing director of retail strategies, Kurt Salmon Associates. “It’s a permanent part of the retail universe, but after some leveling off in the middle of the last decade, the recession has reignited this channel.”
With Bloomingdale’s in the game, the race for space will heat up considering there’s been very little development of new outlet centers.
Sales in U.S. outlet malls were $301 a square foot in 2008, little changed from $305 in 2007, and occupancy was at 95 percent, according to the St. Petersburg Times. Through the first half of 2009, sales were down only about 1 percent, and average rents stood at $23 a square foot, though a premium outlet such as Chelsea Premium Outlets, including Woodbury Common in Central Valley, N.Y., can be as high as $110 to $130. There are 331 outlet centers as of the end of 2009, occupying about 79,134,000 square feet, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers.
Lord & Taylor is also entering the outlet arena with a 15,000-square-foot unit opening in mid-February at the Jersey Gardens outlet center in Elizabeth, N.J., located about 18 miles west of Manhattan. If the unit meets its objectives, L&T will open more, according to Jeffrey Sherman, chief executive officer of Hudson’s Bay Trading Co., parent of L&T. “We are looking at locations,” added Brendan Hoffman, president and ceo of Lord & Taylor.
Brooks Brothers operates 92 outlets in the U.S. and another 15 around the world. “Outlets was a better business last year compared to our regular price stores. They didn’t drop as much” in sales, said Claudio Del Vecchio, chairman and ceo.
Del Vecchio noted there are few new opportunities to open outlets due to the lack of projects under development.
Retailers have to be careful that the outlets don’t cannibalize sales from their regular-priced stores or tarnish the image of the brand. “The outlets do not cannibalize as much as we were afraid of a few years ago,” Del Vecchio said. “There is a 15 percent overlap of customers.” He described the design of the outlets as simple compared with the regular price stores, but still very much in the character of the brand. “It’s clearly still a Brooks Brothers store.”
On the higher end, Neiman Marcus Inc. and Saks Inc. are getting aggressive with outlets. Saks Off 5th in April 2008 introduced a 26,400-square-foot prototype with a cleaner, upscale look in Orlando’s Prime Outlets International Center.
Last year, Neiman’s acknowledged the company’s Last Call outlets were outperforming the regular stores, and that the fleet of 28 units is likely to grow. “Our plan is to roll out more stores over the next four, five, six years, and have them located closer to the consumer that has an interest in that category of business….Let me assure you, we will do nothing to diminish the value of our brand and reputation in any way,” said chairman and ceo Burt Tansky.
Nordstrom Rack is soon opening its first Manhattan unit, on Union Square.
In terms of brands, outlet players run the gamut, from J. Crew, Coach, Victoria’s Secret,Nike, American Apparel, AmericanEagle, Gap and Banana Republic to Ralph Lauren, Barneys, Gucci, Frette, Bottega Veneta and Giorgio Armani.
@chanel and @pharrell dropped what’s being dubbed as the world’s most exclusive sneakers yesterday. The Adidas Originals NMD Hu, which Williams designed in collaboration with Chanel and @adidasoriginals, has a waiting list of over 120K people who pre-registered online at chanelatcolette.fr –– and only 500 pairs are on sale. The singer predicted the resale value of the shoes could reach $40K. Read the full interview on WWD.com. Link in bio. #wwdfashion
@imanshumpert is diving deeper into his creative endeavors and relaunching his clothing line, Post 90s, and is helping to raise money for the hurricane victims in St. Maarten with a jersey he’s designed with his brother. The Cleveland Cavaliers player talked to WWD about kneeling during the national anthem, working with fashion brands and how he wants to be more than an @nba player. Read the interview on WWD.com #wwdfashion (📷: George Chinese)
Not only does #TheProfit return to CNBC tonight, but @marcuslemonis has launched @shopmarcus, a new shopping and lifestyle retail experience in Aspen and Chicago, with more locations to come. The retail stores offer in-store stylists and a variety of contemporary womenswear selections.
“It’s life, I’m going to face it,” @mingxi11 sighed. “I fell, but you know, I think the most important thing is that I get back up. I had the love, the help from my sister — the girl next to me Gizele [Oliveira] — she’s so nice. When I went backstage everybody was trying to comfort me like ‘Oh Ming, it’s OK.’ I’m really, really touched. I think it’s them who gave me the courage to go back on stage for the finale,” Xi told WWD of her fall at the @victoriassecret fashion show. (📷: David Fisher) #wwdfashion #vsfashionshow #victoriassecret
@louisvuitton tapped @therealpeterlindbergh for its latest city-centric photo book, which is part of a series called Fashion Eye. The primarily black and white book captures the spirit of Berlin in 57 images shot between 1989 and 2019. “Berlin is an inspiration for me, more than a city. I mean @millajovovich is simply Berlin!” said Lindbergh. #wwdfashion
“You know, I think audiences expect a certain performance so I have to deliver to them what they’re expecting to a certain degree. But I’m also a different actor and a different person, I have my own spin on the character,” says @noahegalvin of his takeover of the leading role in “Dear Evan Hansen” following the departure of @bensplatt, who originated the role. Read WWD’s interview with the 23-year-old actor on WWD.com #wwdeye (📷: @jilliansollazzo)
For pre-fall 2018, @etro created richly-colored wonderland, using tapestries, textiles and wallpapers from the Eastern world at large. The line featured floral and graphic prints and jacquard motifs, like this two-piece look featured here. #wwdfashion (📷: Giovanna Pavesi)
@kith is moving into children’s. The men’s and women’s streetwear brand has launched Kidset, a Kith kids line located in New York at 64 Bleecker Street. The line includes mini versions of staple Kith pieces like the Astor bomber jacket and the Kith box logo sweatshirts, along with a wall that can display up to 120 pairs of shoes from @adidas, @newbalance, @timberland and more. #wwdfashion
“I just wanted to create this fully rounded character, but I do think what excited me most was just the opportunity to give a group of people representation that I feel needs it. I like to do characters in projects that stand for something and Karolina definitely does, so that was really exciting to me,” @ginnygardner says of her new role in @hulu’s “The Runaways.” Gardner plays Karolina Dean, a queer superhero, which is a rarity for @marvel. Read more about Gardner’s character on WWD.com #wwdeye (📷: @dandoperalski)


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This place is truly a beautiful setting amidst the Sultanate’s crystal-clear waters and craggy Mountains. It is an ecosystem and excellent destination for water activities rolled into one.
The existence of mangrove coves support the habitat of marine life and stunning bays provide shelter to rare coral reefs.
There are amazing creeks and cavities that are well-known for its aesthetic beauty.
People come here to enjoy kayaking, snorkeling, or jetski and boat riding while many spend a day fishing.
We simply had lunch on top of a hill overlooking the stunning view
and later descend to have a quick plunge on its very inviting beach and cool waters.


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Revved and ready
Cleveland Jones Jr.’s loyalty to General Motors goes beyond his job at the Tonawanda engine plant.
When the assembly engine technician saw the 2016 Chevy Camaro unveiled earlier this year, he just knew he had to have that car.
He placed his order at the first opportunity last summer. And when a Hot Rod Magazine editor stopped by the plant one day with a 2016 Camaro, he returned to the plant three hours after his shift ended to check it out.
Jones talked about his eagerness to buy the vehicle in the GM plant newsletter, so co-workers constantly asked him when it was arriving. His patience was rewarded last month when GM said he became the first customer in Western New York to own a 2016 Camaro, taking delivery at Joe Basil Chevrolet in Depew. If the car doesn’t stand out enough on its own, it has a “CLEVE JR” license plate.
In a follow-up message, Jones said it was worth the wait: “As I drive down the road, everyone’s reaction is priceless.”
Ring, ring. Who’s there?
There is nothing so irritating as a cellphone going off in a solemn setting.
The sound pierced the intense proceeding of Aurora Town Justice Douglas Marky’s courtroom Thursday as he presided over proceedings regarding horsewoman Beth Lynne Hoskins’ failure to pay $52,325 in fines tied to her animal cruelty case. As the proceedings continued, so did the ringing. Observers in the courtroom discreetly looked around, trying to figure out where it was coming from.
After a while, the judge could no longer ignore it.
“Who is ringing?” Marky asked.
It was then that Hoskins’ attorney, Thomas J. Eoannou, leaned over toward his brief case on the floor, as he explained to the judge that he’d forgotten to mute his phone.
Chuckles erupted in the courtroom. “It’s time for me to leave, your honor,” said Eoannou.
Hold the phone
Intrusive as they can be sometimes, smartphones have made a few commonplace objects – watches, phone books and dictionaries – all but obsolete.
At a recent Town Board meeting, Alden Supervisor Harry F. “Bud” Milligan relayed how, earlier in the day, he had gone to the town clerk’s office to use a dictionary to look up the exact definition of infamy for some research he was doing on Pearl Harbor.
Observing this anachronism in action, the deputy town clerk, who is of a younger generation, remarked that it was “cute” that Milligan was using a dictionary.
“People don’t do that anymore, I guess,” Milligan said.
“Your smartphone wasn’t smart enough?” Councilwoman Mary Riddoch asked with a laugh.
“I guess not,” Milligan replied. “My smartphone is a dumbbell.”
Rising to the occasion
Lancaster High School students have earned a reputation for their high baking energy when it comes to participating in the annual cookie marathon.
It rolls around this time of year and last week the Student Union tweeted out a call for volunteers to help bake cookies for this week’s event.
Well, interest rose beyond expectations, reaching all the way to Texas.
Turns out the Greyhound Student Council in San Benito, Texas, follows the district on Twitter and inquired about the event.
By the time the districts were able to connect after Thanksgiving, it was too late to set up a friendly competition this year, but that’s how the cookie crumbles. However, the idea is being explored for a possible future bakeoff.
Preet’s first tweet
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara finally opened a Twitter account this week.
“How many prosecutions will it take before Albany gives the people of New York the honest government they deserve?” Bharara asked in his second tweet.
Well, the ball is in his court.
Off Main Street is written by Harold McNeil, with contributions by Matt Glynn, Karen Robinson and Michael Canfield.


Urban rail transit power supply integrated urban rail substation simulation training system for training the personnel on duty, power dispatching personnel in substation daily duty in the process of normal, abnormal and accident conditions and operation training solutions are put forward.
System to provide a full range of high voltage switchgear, low voltage switchgear, traction transformer, distribution transformer, rectifier cabinets, negative ark, Internet ark, rail potential limiting device, terminal cabinets, and equipped with a main wiring mimic panel, integrated automation system, power monitoring PSCADA system, faculty management system; Batch training system can be deployed in the network classroom, can completely according to the on-site hardware structures for urban rail power supply system, so as to deepen students' understanding of urban rail power supply system, with the skill of daily standardized operation of substation.
The system restores the actual field environment of the real substation. It can realize the comprehensive cognition of the whole structure of the substation and the secondary physical equipment. Implement the training personnel's control of the main points and paths of substation equipment; To realize the operation of the circuit breaker, the isolation switch and the close operation of the circuit breaker by the training personnel through the switch cabinet, integrated automation system and power monitoring PSCADA system; To realize the cognition and processing of all kinds of failures of substation by trainees; And the implementation of the training personnel to the substation maintenance operation.
1. System architecture based on the functional structure of urban rail power supply system
2. The system provides different training environments
3. The system realizes virtual simulation software combined with physical equipment
4. The system has the complete standardization exercise content
5. The system simulation fault type is complete
6. The system simulation fault type is complete
The operator of the city rail substation


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The Nollywood actor was a guest on a show on TVC and was asked which character he loves to play; a villain or a superhero.
Pere in response noted that he loves to play villain as there’s something spectacular about the bad guy.
“I like the villain, yh the bad guy…there’s something about the bad guy mehn… Heroes just…” He said.
Watch video below,
Meanwhile, media personality Uti Nwachukwu in reaction to Pere and Whitemoney’s clash stated that it’s possible that the actor is playing a script, a ruthless game or the tension of the house is starting to get to him and made him respond in such manner.
Uti affirmed that the Pere he knows in real Life would never treat anyone the way he treated Whitemoney last night.


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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #60
Happy Wednesday! I hope you are having a great week so far. I can't believe it's Wednesday already! We had a crazy Tuesday here and I am thankful that it's over. My husband has been away for a few days on a business trip and I'm exhausted!!!
Wednesday brings us another new (and fabulous) sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches. Tui Nathan bring us this week's sketch. There is a giant circle on this week's sketch. You all know how I feel about circles!!! I discovered that the star from "The Sounding Joy" fit perfectly in a circle so we were off to the races! I decided to make this card using my traditional Christmas colours of red (or cherry cobbler) and gold (champagne glimmer).
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Champagne Glimmer
Stamps: The Sounding Joy
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Versamark
Other: Circle Dies, Gold Embossing Powder, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder
Head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to check out the other fabulous cards the design team have created you!
Thanks for stopping by!
Have a wonderful day!


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Temperance and exercise have already been known for thousands regarding years to improve healthIt is through virtue that we live a significant living. The ancients knew this specific. But somehow our present society seems to have got forgotten.
All of our current modern society seems to observe debauchery, deviancy and degeneracy over virtue. You can discover all this all around you. All of our govt is rife along with tainted political figures and bureaucrats that devote money together with drop, throw away individual life within overseas wars, lay daunting taxes after us, while wanting to keep track of and surveil all of our every move and actions. A new large portion of each of our overall economy seems designed in order to entrap all of us in credit card debt and addiction. The advertising traffics in lays together with produces destructive habits. It attacks and attempts to be able to destroy the character regarding anyone who disagrees along with the bogus narratives the idea non-stop propagandizes us along with. The tradition is dumbing down, getting coarser, nearly idiotic. Excellent men associated with the past will be reviled for their flaws when their achievements are reduced. Mediocrity is promoted since standards decline. People have turn into obese and poor, generally taking multiple pharmaceutical drugs drugs pressed on them by way of a damaged plus dangerous pharmaceutical business in addition to by doctors who place profit ahead of our well-being. More and even more of the mid type slips into poverty since the rich revel around wasteful opulence, having missing most sense of kinship with the countrymen, lacking any kind of feeling of noblesse oblige. Young families are broken as well as do not form because involving economic worries and a great inability to get man plus woman to acquire along. Children have no dads and no futures. Panhandlers on our avenues lead derelict existence. There is too many traffic, too much pollution, very much crowding. The organic world is being coated over by urban sprawl. Our own civilization seems in order to have lost the way and fallen in drop. In fact, after generations of increasing life span, in the United States in recent yrs, lifestyle expectancy has begun to help fall due to boosting rates of drug overdose, suicide and organ disappointment caused by drug plus alcohol abuse plus stuffing ourselves. For many, the potential future shows up bleak. They look to the prospect having a sense of foreboding and dread, even give up hope.
Yet, we live throughout the age of great abundance. People from a good century in the past would become astonished by the magic of our time, by means of often the technology, the entry to goods and services, the safety, the comfort, the luxury and even enjoyment available for you to the average person, the ease of travel, the medical advances, the reduction of ailment, the social and political liberties, the universe of information available to all at the press of a good button, and the unmatched opportunity for self-improvement. When compared to the lives of our ancestors, we are residing in a golden era of peace, success and flexibility. You have more power to influence, change and even shape your future together with the globe around you than the people of the prior. In this confusing age of abundance and vice, a gentleman regarding virtue has tremendous advantages and can go up to fantastic heights.
By following the Beliefs connected with Greatness, by building unique virtues, thoughts in addition to practices, you can set by yourself on a path in order to health, money and wisdom and to wonderful achievement.
Stop for a second and picture yourself a new year from now, could be more rapidly, standing in front of a match. Anyone are healthy and blooming, physically fit, without excess fat, muscled. Your face is more chiseled when compared with the idea is now, you will be very pleased with your appearance plus your entire body. You’re smiling, you feel self-assured, self-assured. You are more skilled than you had been the year before, more experienced, wiser, nevertheless learning. You are more prosperous, safeguarded in the knowledge of which every single time in just about every way the prosperity is growing as you transfer toward amassing your fortune. You consider in on your own 100 %. You know in your heart that your lifetime contains a purpose together with that you are driving a vehicle ever onward toward pleasing it. You are up to any kind of task the fact that life punches at you. In fact, you know that in times of adversity and even crisis, when everyone is losing their mind, as soon as all presents itself misplaced, of which these are times as soon as you are at your greatest, times of your own personal biggest option, when you can step up with resolution plus boldness and take as soon as before it travels. You will be at your ideal in the clutch pedal. A person are secure in the particular relief of knowing that you are moving forward in this lifetime, thriving, succeeding, conquering, enhancing yourself and the entire world who are around you each and every day. You know this because you have some sort of secret tool: The Idea of Achievement.
Plato, Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas together with other philosophers through history have talked about the value of virtue to a good important life. Virtues are usually understood to be the character-traits, features, and even ethical and meaningful guidelines that enable an individual to thrive plus are living your best life. Aristotle wrote that virtue and vice are in the power and are a new choice that people make under your own accord. For Aristotle, virtue seemed to be a state involving persona that brings quality to a man while corruption diminishes and degrades him or her. “Therefore, if this will be true within any circumstance, ” he had written, “the virtue associated with the guy also will as the condition of character that creates the man good and which makes him do his personal work nicely. ”
Aristotle described quite a few virtues. His some elemental virtues were being temperance, daring, justice and modération. St . Thomas Aquinas added in belief, hope and charitable trust.
Ben Franklin’s thirteen virtues were temperance, silence, purchase, decision, frugality, sector, truthfulness, justice, moderation, hygiene, harmony, chastity and humility. He defined each and attempted to survive by way of these individuals while keeping away from their similar vices.
It needs to go devoid of saying that anyone that would like to live a good and meaningful life will need to attempt to lead a positive living. It is far better to be honest comp ared with how to lie, to end up being a man of daring and not a coward, to consume and drink found in moderation and even not really be a glutton, to have by simply virtue and avoid perversité. We should all work to follow the Great Rule regarding Jesus by means of doing to others everything we would have them do to all of us. This is definitely merely commonsense. However on our present day, while they say, commonsense ain’t so common.
Using philosophers speaking about so many and even often different virtues, just where should we begin? Whenever we attempt to live our own lives by the long record of virtues, natural meats run into the same troubles Bill Franklin found as soon as he attempted to master his or her thirteen. It becomes an exceedingly ambitious together with daunting activity, and since all of us are human being and imperfect, our times of a weakness and even failures may get the better of you first in the attempt.
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The decentralized finance (DeFi) sector continues to attract increased attention from cryptocurrency investors. ForkLog collected the most important events and news of recent weeks in a digest.
Main indicators of the DeFi segment
Against the background of the crisis in the cryptocurrency industry, the amount of blocked funds (TVL) in DeFi protocols fell to $78.89 billion. The leader of the sector in this indicator is the Aave landing protocol ($10, 48 billion). MakerDAO ($7.93 billion) and Curve ($5.51 billion), respectively, occupy the second and third lines of the ranking.
Data: DeFi Llama.
TVL in Ethereum applications fell to $46.03 billion. Over the past month, the figure denominated in US dollars has decreased by almost 40% (on May 25 – $75.49 billion). In ETH, the value decreased by only 0.5%, to 37.44 million coins.
Data: DeFi Llama.
Decentralized exchange (DEX) trading volume over the past 30 days was $76.5 billion, according to Duna Analytics.
Uniswap continues to dominate the non-custodial exchange market, accounting for 56.9% of total turnover . The second DEX in terms of trading volume is Curve (20.3%), the third is Synthetix (8.7%).
A hacker stole about $100 million in an attack on the Horizon cross-chain bridge of the Harmony protocol
The Harmony blockchain platform team reported an attack on the Horizon cross-chain bridge, as a result of which the attacker stole assets worth about $100 million
According to Certik, the attacker managed to gain control over the multisig wallet. An unknown person withdrew the tokens in several transactions, then sent them to another wallet and exchanged them on the Uniswap decentralized exchange.
The developers have suspended Horizon. They also said they launched an investigation with law enforcement, including the FBI, and notified cryptocurrency exchanges about the situation.
The team assured that the incident did not affect the trustless bridge for bitcoin – all funds are safe in decentralized vaults.
The Chainlink team announced the launch of staking
The developers of the Chainlink decentralized oracle network announced the introduction of the LINK token staking mechanism in the second half of 2022. The team noted that the move will improve the security of the ecosystem as it scales.
According to the statement, the staking mechanism will achieve “four long-term goals”:
- improve network security and provide guarantees to users;
- ensure the involvement of community members in the work of Chainlink;
- generate and distribute rewards for stakers;
- create a reputation structure for selecting nodes in decentralized oracle networks.
According to the developers, the first step is to create a “reliable and simple foundation that will allow you to collect feedback.” Over time, the scope of staking will expand, and its structure will become more complicated.
Osmosis blockchain suspended due to a critical vulnerability
On June 8, the Osmosis blockchain platform of the Cosmos ecosystem suspended block production due to a vulnerability that could lead to the depletion of the liquidity pools of the Osmosis DEX application.
Reddit users were the first to notice the exploit. One of them noted that the vulnerability allows you to add liquidity to the pool and get 50% more deposit when it is removed.
The developers explained that the exploit became possible due to a bug present in the Osmosis v9 update, which they activated May 7.
The error consisted in the incorrect calculation of the shares of liquidity providers when depositing and withdrawing assets from pools. It was skipped during the internal testing phase of the update.
It took the project team several days to restore the platform. Osmosis only resumed block production on June 12.
An attacker attacked the DNS servers of DeFi projects among Namecheap clients
Since June 23, a number of DeFi projects, including Convex Finance, Allbridge, Ribbon Finance, and DeFi Saver have experienced attacks on their DNS servers. All of them used the services of the Namecheap domain name registrar.
The attack vector was similar in all cases: an unknown person seized control of the project’s DNS server and offered its users to approve malicious smart contracts.
Allbridge co-founder Andrei Veliky told ForkLog that about 23 cryptocurrency projects faced a DNS attack . He added that the affected group is considering filing a lawsuit with the provider.
Namecheap remained silent for almost a day, but on the evening of June 24, the head of the company, Richard Kirkendall, wrote on Twitter that the provider had identified a “compromised agent” and removed access.
Venture funding in the DeFi sector in May fell to $176.3M
In May, the total volume of decentralized finance-focused venture capital deals was $176.3M, the lowest since September 2021.
Cumulative With the influx of venture investments in the blockchain industry, the share of the DeFi sector fell to 9% from 18% in April.
Data: The Block Research.
According to analyst John Dantoni, for the first time since July 2020, DeFi funding was not among the two most popular types of transactions in the industry.
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The fact that a cult classic like Night Trap is about to be re-released made me wonder if other people of this forum have played full-motion-video games and if they enjoy this kind of games.
I haven’t played many of them and I’m completely incapable to see why people like the famous Text Murphy series so much, but I have tried a few:
The fabulous “Her Story” and its very original gameplay:
Contradiction - Spot The Liar! , with a bit of bad acting but with an enjoyable story:
Late Shift, which I have to finish yet but I’m already impressed by the high production values:
I would also like to try, sooner or later, The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery and Star Trek: Borg (but I’m not sue if there is a way to buy and download a digital copy of it).
What about you?
I dunno, I´ve yet to see one that is not supercheesy, from that standpoint many of them are fun I guess.
I played the X-Files game when it was new, but don´t think I´ve ever finished it.
How this ever managed to be supercontroversial, is somewhat beyond me.
This is cheesy as hell, and it´s even better in the german dub and if you´re from bavaria on top of that it´s the most hilarious thing ever!
I played some during the 90s. I enjoyed Phantasmagoria, Gabriel Knight, The 7th Guest, The 11th Hour, and a few others.
However, some of the ones you point out there came much later.
Well, they were all cheesy, but the Gabriel Knight games were very much so. Hehehe.
Now, what would give you such an idea?
Took me a while to work out what a full motion game is but
that helped. I nearly finished it. I enjoyed pointing my gun at Skinner and making him say, ‘don’t do that.’
Anyway I’d possibly revisit that genre - Contradiction looks interesting.
I haven’t played a lot of FMV games, because I didn’t like the them much. (Or in other words: I haven’t found a FMV that I liked )
btw: Are you referring only to adventure games? Because for example Dragon’s Lair and Space Ace were FMV games too.
And speaking of adventure games, “The Last Express” used the rotoscoping technique. So it is and is not a FMV.
I was thinking about that part when I wrote that. His “I would be really dissapointed in you if you did that” look combined with the fact that it always leads you to death row (even if you don´t shot anyone in particular) is such a scream.
I think people usually associate games that have lowres video with real actors in it (like in the 90s) with the FMV term. The Don Bluth games were an exception but if you include them as well, those are great of course. Hard but great (they´re on steam with slightly easier modes). I wonder if popularity in Dragon´s Lair is about to raise again now that a movie adaptation is in the works and the game will be featured in Season 2 of Stranger Things.
It’s true, most of them are cheesy. Among the three games that I have cited in the “Steam boxes”, only “Contradiction” is a bit cheesy. “Her Story” and “Late Shift” aren’t.
I just consider Night Trap funnily cheesy. When it was published, the topic of violence in videogames was still debated and I think that there wasn’t even a rate system for videogames at that time.
Maybe “interactive movies” might be a better name for this kind of game. I have seen the expressions “FMV game” and “interactive movie” being used interchangeably.
The overacting of the main actor is unbelievable, especially if you compare it with the other actors. I suggest buying the game only if you are OK with typical overacting that you find in b-movies.
I was referring to any kind of game that uses pre-recorded videos as the main part of the gameplay. I would include among these games Dragon’s Lair and Space Ace too.
I really really wanted to like this game. Unfortunately I don’t like that kind of game mechanics (you need to be in a specific location at a specific time to observe/do something).
Yeah I’ve since watched the trailer. I might put that one on the back burner!
I understand this decision. Don’t get me wrong: the game is overall a good experience and its Steam reviews are overwhelmingly positive for a reason, but the acting of the playable character can be really a letdown. I was encouraged to proceed only because the other actors were quite good and sometimes very good. There is a character who is quite funny and that helped enjoying the game more.
As far as I know it was this game along with Mortal Kombat that was responsible for the introduction of a video game rating. Making this the “Night Of The Living Dead” of videogames I guess. Writing that feels so wrong, even if it´s technically correct…
The '90s was a different time, indeed. I remember when Married With Children was a super-controversial show. These days the show’s idea of pushing boundaries seems downright quaint.
That and Beavis & Butthead are great examples of people not getting satire.
I first played the English CD version (still sold in Germany) and later got my hands on German dub version. And I couldn’t stand that they redubbed the policeman to speak Bavarian.
“Weeeeeeer siiiiiie siiiiiind!”
What´s even funnier is that, with the language barrier removed it makes the whole conversation even more awkward.
It´s a bit like in Inglorious Basterds where “I need you to translate” became “I need you to hold hands” in german.
I have just finished one of the games cited in the first post: Late Shift.
I have to confirm that my first impression was correct and that the game is a well-crafted interactive movie, if you compare it with other similar “games”. Production values are very high, the actors are quite good and some choices had actual consequences on parts of the story.
Being just an interactive movie, the “gameplay” is very thin: you watch the movie and every now and then you have to take a decision that usually leads you to a different branch of the story.
This is a screenshot of my stats:
I have seen only one ending, so far, and probably I’ll play the movie again to get a different ending. Replayability is somehow debatable, because to reach a part of the story that you never saw, you still have to watch large parts of the movie that you already saw.
As a game it can be a bit boring, but as an interactive movie it does a good job, if you don’t expect a Hollywood blockbuster.
One of my favorite adventure games is Harvester. It’s FMV but not an interactive movie. It plays like a traditional p’n’c game, just happens to use actors and video cutscenes. It’s dark, disturbing, weird, sometimes experimental. It’s absolutely unlike anything I’ve ever played. It’s an old game but I played this just a few years ago and my mind was blown. Seriously, I didn’t expect any game to move me this much at my age, or jump into my favorites next to games like MI. It’s not for everybody though, that’s for certain. Those who get it, are often hardcore fans as can be seen on FB fanpage (getting a Harvester tattoo is pretty hardcore IMO).
I bet there will be a sale on Halloween, so maybe it’s worth checking out for 1$. I bought it on GOG.
Rebel Assault demo
But I never finished any of them. I guess, I get bored pretty fast with that kind of game.
I don’t think that will qualify. “Full motion video” in this context means prerecorded motion of the scene, which includes backgrounds. But the backgrounds are still images in this game, so it clearly doesn’t qualify.
Also if a game only uses full motion video for intro, cutscenes and/or transitions doesn’t qualify as a full motion video game either, as it is not “full” but only parts of the game then. Many CD exclusive games before 3D accelerators took of are of that kind.

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