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Market farming – a primer for the beginner
I believe market farming is the best job there; I get a real sense of satisfaction from producing great food for appreciative customers.
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If you are thinking about market farming as a career, here's a few points to consider before you take the leap. I've also included some of my personal answers to the questions, to give you a guide.
Selling your produce.
Before you grow anything, think about how you will sell it first. Are you close to a population centre that will provide a market for your farm goodies? Is there an established farmer's market close by? Can you create a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) veggies box delivery program? How will you price your products to make a profit? Did you include the costs of harvesting, processing and transportation in your calculations?
Need to create some additional income on your small farm?My answers: We operate a CSA, delivering to about 50 families this year. The families are all located withing 25 kn of the farm. The advantage of the CSA is we know how many customers we have, and how much we have to grow. Therefore we can set a price per share to make a profit, using the cashflow Planning spreadsheet I created. We also sell overflow produce at a farmer's market in a nearby town (less than 10 km away.)Growing your produce.
Do you have good market farming land, or can you get access to land for a reasonable price? How will you till the land? What crops can you grow profitably in your area, with your growing season? Will season extension (using row covers, greenhouses) be necessary to provide a reasonable season? What about access to water for irrigation, and electricity for tools, fans, pumps, etc? My answers: Our farm has good Class One farmland; the soil is fertile but a little heavy. We hire a neighbour's tractor for primary tillage, then I use my walk-behind rototiller for finishing the beds. We use raised beds to help in drainage, and drip irrigation for watering. We have a heated plant starting room with grow lights for the earliest seeds we start, and two small greenhouses. We use a half-mile or so of row cover each year as well.Protecting your produce.
How will you protect your crop from insects, and diseases and wildlife? Will you use passive and preventative means of insect control, and strictly organic controls? Will you need fencing to keep out marauding wildlife (or your own livestock?)My answers: We use passive means of insect control in the garden and the greenhouses; we use sticky traps, row cover, and if necessary a soap and water spray for the persistent bugs. We try to select disease-resistant varieties of vegetables whenever possible. My whole garden is surrounded by electric mesh fence to keep out the bad guys.Harvesting your produce.
When and for how long does each crop produce? How long will it keep in the field? What are the processing requirements? Does it need to be cleaned, weighed, counted, packed? What kind of storage is required? Do you need refrigeration? What about transportation to your market, and keeping your goodies fresh there?My answers: My whole garden is planned out using a spreadsheet I developed. I know when I can expect to harvest each crop, and when I need to replant. We have a veggies processing area with shade, weigh scales, power and water, located between my two gardens. I built a walk-in cooler to store the veggies until delivery. And my CSA delivery runs are short, because I don't deliver further than 25 km from the farm.
This probably sounds like a lot to think about just to grow a few veggies for sale. But here's the reality: market farming is a great business, if you treat it as a business.
And to do that means developing your own answers to the questions above.See also:
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Oxyfibre is an uncrimped, extruded, oxyfluorinated, fibrillated, multi-layered polypropylene fibre manufactured in tape form, chopped into lengths of 14 mm, 25 mm and 40 mm. The oxymodification process makes the normal hydrophobic (water repellent) polypropylene surface hydrophilic (water attracting) thereby improving interfacial shear bond strength with cement matrices.
The introduction of Oxyfibre to a cement-bound matrix modifies the plastic and hardened properties of concrete. When used in accordance with the guidelines, the fibres reduce the probability of plastic shrinkage cracking and thereby improve the probability of drying shrinkage cracking at planned locations. The addition of Oxyfibre will also increase the toughness and impact resistance of concrete.
Oxyfibre can be used in a wide range of mix proportions and can be added without any other modification of the mix proportions.
Oxyfibres are not capable of resisting structural tensile stresses and should therefore not be used as a substitute for conventional steel reinforcement.
Oxyfibre is packaged in 1 kg, 9 kg and 12 kg polythene or paper bags.
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The photovoltaic square array connects several components in series and parallel according to the needs of the load, to obtain the output current and voltage required by the design, and to provide power for the load. The output power of the square array is related to the number of series and parallel components. The series connection is to obtain the required operating voltage, and the parallel connection is to obtain the required operating current.
Generally, the voltage of off-grid photovoltaic systems is often designed to correspond to the nominal voltage of the battery or an integer multiple of it, and to be consistent with the voltage level of the electrical appliances, such as 220V, 110V, 48V, 36v, 24V, 12V, etc. For grid-connected photovoltaic power generation systems, the voltage level of the square array is often 110V, 220V, 380V, 500V, etc. For photovoltaic power generation systems with higher voltage levels, multiple square arrays are used in series and parallel connection to form the same voltage level as the grid level, such as 600V, 1KV, etc., and then directly connected to the public grid after passing the inverter, or connect with 3kV, 110kV, 220kV and other high-voltage power transmission and transformation lines after passing through a step-up transformer.
The number of series connected components of the square array is mainly determined by the system working voltage or the rated input voltage of the inverter. Off-grid systems must also consider factors such as battery float voltage, line loss, and temperature changes. Generally, the output voltage of a photovoltaic array with batteries = 1.43 × the nominal voltage of the battery pack. For photovoltaic power generation systems without storage batteries, when calculating the output voltage of the square array, the rated voltage is generally increased by 10%, and then the number of components in series is selected.
For example, the maximum output power of a component in an off-grid system is 245W, and the maximum working voltage is 29.9V. Assuming that the selected inverter is AC three-phase with a rated voltage of 380V, and the inverter adopts a three-phase bridge connection method, the DC output voltage of the photovoltaic array is Up=Uab/0.817=380/0.817≈465V. Considering the voltage margin again, the output voltage of the photovoltaic square array should be increased to 1.1×465≈512V, and the number of modules in series is calculated to be 512V/29.9V≈18.
Next, calculate the total number of battery components from the system output power. Assuming that the required power of the load is 30KW, the total number of components is 30000W/245W≈123, and the number of components in parallel is calculated to be 123/18≈7, and the number of parallel connections can be selected as 7.
Conclusion: The system should select the above-mentioned power components 18 in series and 7 in parallel, the total number of components is 18×7=126, and the maximum output power of the system is 126×245W=30.87KW.


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HealthNet network includes a wide and extensive network of medical providers in the UAE and abroad. In the UAE alone, there are more than 1,500 providers enrolled in our network on direct billing including hospitals, medical centers, clinics, diagnostic centers, laboratories, pharmacies, and others. We have also established direct billing agreements with SEHA providers in AUH and we continue to secure contracts with DHA health facilities as well.
The main objective of medical network management is to “foster a cost effective network of quality medical healthcare providers all over the UAE and overseas that caters for the different needs of our insured members at all levels of healthcare; primary, secondary, and tertiary care while maintaining an overall acceptable average claim cost”.
The emphasis is on delivering cost effective quality health care that meets the demands of our insured members, promote their wellbeing, and improve their clinical outcomes.
HealthNet is structured in such a way that the Insured Persons can first of all visit a General Practitioner (or gynecologist for ladies and pediatrician for children). Any person requiring specialist treatment will be referred immediately to the appropriate specialist (usually on the same day) thus reducing work time lost due to waiting for an appointment.
This system encourages the efficient utilization of healthcare resources. This means the family doctor becomes the focal point for the patient and assures that the person is treated as a unique individual and concentrating on his/her complete medical history and healthcare requirements.
Alternatively there is direct access to specialist consultation without prior authorization when visiting a facility within the HealthNet network.
If any HealthNet member should suffer from a long-term or serious illness then HealthNet will assign a HealthNet supervisor to the case to co-ordinate with the doctors and hospital to ensure that the most beneficial and efficient treatment is provided. Since all HealthNet supervisors are trained and qualified doctors, they can answer questions, provide advice or just simply be there as a friend in need if required.
HealthNet pays all of its Network doctors, clinics, hospitals, laboratories and pharmacies directly. There is no need for our insured members to pay out of their pocket or fill out complicated and time-consuming claim forms. This also helps the employer to remove the administrative burden of coordinating the settlement of staff medical claims with the insurance company.

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Our History, Black History: Ebonics and Black Vernacular
February 23, 2023
There is an adage that states, “You never know where you are going unless you know where you have been.” In the spirit of Black history month, the Monroe Dispatch will highlight stories and the history of Blacks that are not commonly known. Blacks have made many significant contributions to the world, and one of our most significant contributions is culture and vernacular. One can not study African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) without consideration of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, which brought Africans to America and neighboring territories. Enslaved people brought intelligence...
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The Nevada High School Key Club is hosting a dance marathon on Saturday, March 30. The Dance Marathon is raising money for the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. The hospital relies on support from Dance Marathons all over the state. The University of Iowa Children’s Hospital cared for and provided a welcoming environment for over 77, 068 pediatric patients and their families in 2018. Level 11 of the hospital is dedicated entirely to the University of Iowa Dance Marathon Pediatric Cancer Center. The center includes our pioneering Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) program, the only pediatric BMT program in the state of Iowa.
The UI Dance Marathon Pediatric Cancer Center was designed for the comfort and convenience of patients and families. As of now, outpatient appointments and oncology infusion procedures take place in the Pediatric Specialty Clinic (PSC), and inpatient admissions take place in other areas of UI Hospitals & Clinics. Input from the care team and families led to combining inpatient and outpatient care in a single area. As a result of Dance Marathon efforts, both inpatients and outpatients are cared for on Level 11 in the new hospital.
By hosting a dance marathon, the Nevada High School Key Club is hoping to raise as much money as possible to donate to the University of Iowa hospital, to help them provide for patients and their families. If you are a high school student looking have fun and raise money for the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital, please considering going to the dance marathon. You do not have to be a Key Club member to participate.
The entrance fee is $40 and can all be fundraised — you can pick up a packet in the Nevada High School office. At the event there will be rollerskating, dodgeball, castleball and life-sized board games. Free food will also be provided at the event, and there will be guest families from the hospital to share their stories. If you don’t have high school student and will like donate to this cause, you can send money to the Nevada High School Office labeled ‘Dance Marathon.’ Please consider donating to this life-saving cause.


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No lines at the department that cares for moms
Published 10:25 am Monday, May 15, 2017
Although many qualify for free aid, hundreds do not take it
Most people know that the Port Arthur Health Department provides WIC (Women Infants and Children) for women who are expecting. WIC provides formula and cereal for babies, but there is much more to WIC than baby food. Women who are expecting can benefit from WIC from the time they learn they are pregnant until their child is 5 years old for whole-family nutrition and development and more.
“Women Infants and Children, that’s what everybody mostly thinks about when they think about the health department, but we do more than distribute milk for families and give stipends for the foods that go along with WIC,” LaTasha Mayon, assistant health director, Port Arthur Health Department, said. “It’s a lot—peanut butter, the cereals, we do fruit now. We do a lot of different things.
“Another thing that many people are unaware of is that even though the WIC program is housed in the city of Port Arthur’s Health Department, the department services more than just Port Arthur and Jefferson County. In fact, the Port Arthur Health Department services four counties – Jefferson, Orange, Hardin and Chambers.”
And just as vast as the program’s geographic coverage are the program’s resources. The services WIC offers help babies, of course, but they also help mothers and families grow stronger and stay healthier. And yet, WIC Director Brandy Patteson said she is concerned people aren’t taking advantage of the services provided by WIC. Patterson said currently, there are 1,000 openings in the WIC program for the four-county area served by the Port Arthur Health Department.
“Unlike programs like food stamps or TANF, where it’s just based off of income, we’re only allowed to service so many people,” Patteson said. “But, right now, I think one of the things that people don’t realize is that we have the availability to serve about a thousand more people than we’re currently servicing per month. So, we really want people to come in here and know that they can get services from us.”
Retention is something else that concerns Patteson. She said that people who could continue to use the program are not sticking with it because they think someone else needs it more or they don’t understand how to use the benefits. She said the taxpayer-funded program has plenty of room for people and so much to offer, but if it’s not used it will be reduced or lost altogether.
“It makes me sad to know that there are a thousand people a month more that we could be servicing and those people aren’t walking through our door or they’re not staying,” Patteson said. “A lot of times we hear things like, ‘Well, I’m going to let someone else who needs it more than me get it.’ But, we don’t necessarily want people to think that way. We want people to come in here and get services from us.”
Patteson, who is a registered dietician, said she has to remind people that benefits from WIC not only provide help buying nutritional foods for children and babies, but also cover foods for moms during the first six months after giving birth, which is such a crucial time in the new mother’s life because their bodies are still making adjustments and full of hormones. Plus, she said, moms who are breastfeeding need extra care and quality nutrition to sustain their health and their baby’s health.
“They don’t always realize we’re not just the formula people,” Patteson said. A lot of times people think, ‘I’m just going to go there for the first year of life and get formula, and at the end of that, I’m done. And, the babies are going to get food all the way up until they’re 5 years old, all the way through that last month of their fifth birthday. Then we do a graduation ceremony when they turn five to celebrate them going through the whole program with us.”
Another little-known service provided through the WIC program is peer counseling, which is a comprehensive breastfeeding program. It is free and includes a variety of classes, videos and one-on-one personal support by licensed counselors for moms.
“We do a lot of breast feeding support too. So, back again to that,” Patteson said. “We’re not just the formula people. We really want to promote and encourage women to breast feed because of the benefits it has for mother and child.”
Peer counselors have to have taken a variety of classes and certifications required by the state, as well as having breastfed their own child to qualify as peer counselors. They also must be certified by the IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultants). They are supported by The Medical Center of Southeast Texas and Christus Hospital.
“It’s really confusing sometimes because there’s a lot of misinformation out there and I think that’s part of the problem,” Patteson said. “We go through a lot of training. To be a peer counselor you have to go through the trained breastfeeding educator program, through the Texas Department of Health and Human Services. So that program in itself is 18 hours of training.”
Breastfeeding is something that the WIC program encourages because it is healthier for mother and child. Mayon said that it is also something that is pushed in the latest program for WIC recipients called Nurse Family Partnership.
“One of the main goals (of the NFP) is to improve child health and development and to improve the economic self-sufficiency of the family as a whole,” Mayon said.
Mayon is most proud of the Nurse Family Partnership program, a free and educational program for first-time moms. WIC recipients automatically qualify for the program, as do food stamp recipients.
“It has to be a first pregnancy,” Mayon said. “If you’re on WIC you automatically qualify. Basically, it’s two years of free nurses coming to your home to make sure that you’re OK. It’s like a home health agency for pregnant individuals.”
The program begins when a woman is 20 weeks pregnant and goes until the child is 2 years old. Expectant mothers are educated on the process of pregnancy, birth and motherhood and given the tools to succeed.
“We teach you how to care for your child,” Patteson said. “We teach you during pregnancy what labor and delivery are going to be like, things that you need to do, things that may help you with certain discomforts, like nausea, vomiting, sometimes false labor, things like that. We teach you how to deal with that. Then, once you have your baby, the goal is for you to be a productive citizen. So, we try to steer you toward working or going to school or accomplishing a goal you didn’t think you could accomplish because you were pregnant.”
Among the many services WIC provides for families are referral sources for a variety of needs. Whether someone is in need of healthcare, shelter or an escape from an abusive situation or just wants to further their education, WIC recipients can find relief and assistance as part of the program.
“That’s the other thing that people need to realize. When you come into WIC, our job does not end with just making sure that you have a card with food benefits on it or getting nutrition education and breastfeeding education,” Patteson said. “We’re a referral source, too. So, if you come in here and you tell me that you’re homeless, I’m going to get you into a homeless shelter. If you come in here and tell me that you’re afraid because there’s some kind of abuse going on at home, I’m not going to let you walk out that door until I’ve done something to help you.”
Patteson said that high-risk referrals are also among the services provided in the WIC program. For example, if an expectant mother is not gaining weight properly or is losing weight, the health department sends someone to the client’s home to assess the problem. They call the client’s physician, determine if they need a change in their nutritional plan or if it could be something more serious, and then, if necessary, work together to find resources to refer them to health professionals who deal with those issues.
“Let’s say someone has something like food allergies or something that’s not necessarily a high-risk referral, and that parent wants their child to see us, we’ll see them too,” Patteson said. “I think you don’t realize just how many things people come in here with and I don’t think that they realize too that we’re here to help them with those things.”
Mayon and Patteson encourage all citizens in the four counties the Port Arthur Health Department serves – Jefferson, Orange, Hardin and Chambers – to visit the facility, call, go to the website to take advantage of all that the WIC program offers. Patteson said that people are likely to be eligible and not even know it and she said there’s no harm in finding out.
Questions can be cleared up with a visit to the website http://www.portarthur.net/DepartmentPage.cfm?id=18 or a call to the Health Department at (409) 983-8800.

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Dale Chihuly - Fiesta Macchia
Sold Out Portland Press Studio Edition
Dimensions: 8.5'' x 11'' x 11"
Signed: Signed on the side and inscribed "PP11" for Portland Press Edition 2011
Acrylic display vitrine included.
Excellent condition overall, please request a condition report for full details
Includes Gallery Certificate of Authenticity
Known as one of the most prolific artistic series ever conceived by Dale Chihuly, “Macchia” continues to grow in popularity among collectors. Created in 1981 as a result of the artist’s wish to use all 300 glass colors from his hot shop, this vibrant series evolved into a one-of-a-kind celebration of color and light. With a name meaning “spot” in Italian, it inspired Chihuly to invent not only novel ways to explore colored glass, but also to employ new techniques to allow each molten glass nuance to shine.
As an extension of human breath according, glass-blowing is a way of creating that comes naturally to Chihuly. Gaining shape by breath, the “Macchia” glass would also receive an abundance of coloristic effects and contrasts from glass shards that would melt over the vessel during the creation process. Speckles, translucency and surprising contrasts of the inner and outer shell of the series’ vessels set it apart as a long-lasting experiment in invention and demonstration of true mastery in glass art.
A marvel of fiery nuances, “Fiesta Maccha” seduces with its endless palette and soft undulating shapes. Springled with amber yellows and deep maroons, this piece presents an outstanding play in translucency and shadows, as different shades of red flow over one another, allowing the brightest orange inside to glow through. Defined by a bright lime lip wrap and finest lines across the outer shell, “Fiesta Macchia” is an excellent piece of the series’ most iconic features, bringing forth the spirit of celebration, happiness and warmth.
An eruption of conviviality and seduction in glass, “Fiesta Macchia” makes a dramatic statement adding to any fine art collection.
This handblown work belongs to a sold-out Portland Press studio edition. It measures about eleven inches in height and is signed by Chihuly on the side.
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About Dale Chihuly
One of the most famous contemporary glass artists in the world, Dale Chihuly is best known for his monumental sculptures and installations. He is the name behind the spectacular ceiling at the Bellagio’s flower garden in Las Vegas and the creator of the Rotunda Chandelier at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Glasswork of Dale Chihuly is considered one of the most desired collectibles between the decorative arts devotees today.
Despite his initial indifference towards education, Chihuly has spent a lot of time in school, obtaining both scientific and artistic degrees in sculpture from prestigious graduate schools. He displayed a proclivity for interior design and craft early on, but his true passion was always in the glass. He was a Fulbright Fellow in the late 1960s and an apprentice at the Venini Glass Factory in Venice. Mastering the art of Murano glasswork, he continued the experiments with glassblowing and thus became one of the people who brought the ancient art of glassblowing back into the spotlight on an international scale.
Monumental and small-scale artwork of Dale Chihuly is present in over 200 most renowned decorative art collections today, while the artist holds twelve honorary doctorates!
The most illustrious series in his work are Cylinders and Baskets he created in the 1970s; Macchia, Venetians and Persians from the 1980s, Niijima Floats and Chandeliers created in the 1990s; and a more recent one, Fiori from the 2000s.
For over 30 years, Dale Chihuly has been acting as an artistic director of his team of craftsmen, since he was incapacitated in two accidents, which left him blind in one eye and incapable of holding the blowing tube. This change allowed him to see the possibilities of glasswork on a much broader scale, while still maintaining his recognizable style.

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Accommodation can be hard to find in Iceland, especially in the south of Iceland. In the south, you can find many of the most popular places people like to visit while in Iceland, like Seljalandsfoss, Skógafoss, Gullfoss, Geysir, Dyrhólaey, and Vík. Did you know that the population in Vík is 300 people but at high season there are like 2500 cars that drive through, so the number of visitors is approx. 5-6000 people and a big part of this people like to stay in Vík. It´s the same story in other nearby towns. Guesthouse, hotels, apartment´s and hostels are normally fully booked in July and August. So it´s very important to book in advance and make sure you choose the best location for your travel to avoid long distance driving. Even though you might think Iceland is small and easy to drive from one place to the other it always take´s more time than you predict and Google map is not always correct. If you are planning a trip to Iceland just now then please check out our new accommodation – www.volcanoapartments.is. It´s a well-located apartment in the south of Iceland. From there it´s easy to drive to check out the waterfalls, black beaches, and Geysers. It´s only 8 km from the main road and the town of Hvolsvöllur, quiet and private but has an amazing mountain view. From there you can see Volcano Hekla, Katla, Eyjafjallajökull, and Vestmannaeyjar. And there are few horses there who love travellers attention.
Check this out if you are planning your Iceland trip.
Guðjón and Katlatrack team.

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I was pumped when I saw my Tidal New York flip-flops sitting on my front stoop a few days after ordering them. The flip-flops are super comfy, ultra-durable, and the perfect flip-flop for when I'm rushing out of the house to work, the gym or downtown for a few drinks with friends!
Fast shipping and nice to support a company making their product close to home.
Very comfortable. I appreciated the slight design that wasnt too overwhelming yet gave a bit of flair.
Third pair of Tidals. I'll never own another kind. Love them! Hate to see winter come to give them up
I have always loved wearing flip-flops so when I saw these I knew I had to give them a try. Not only are they really cute, they are so well made. The colors and patterns are amazing and fun and the quality makes them so much more comfortable. I will only wear Tidal flip flops from now on. So glad I found these!
These are the best flip flops I have ever had on my feet. Great quality and so comfortable

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Archbishop Paul Coakley joined us in studio to talk about the historic day in Vatican City.
He talked with us about Pope Benedict XVI and his resignation.
Archbishop Coakley also discussed the direction the Catholic Church may now go and the future pope.
The Vatican has deleted Pope Benedict XVI's tweets since he is no longer the leader of the Catholic Church. They have archived them on their website.
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What do you look for when you want to find the perfect snack? What criteria does a food have to meet? For me, the basic requirements are that it be tasty but not detrimental to my health. My personal favorite snack is probably the Quest bar, a portable, high-protein, low-carb, no sugar added bar that tastes like dessert. Quest bars are the best bars, hands down.
However, Quest bars are ridiculously expensive (up to $3 per 60 gram bar at my local GNC!), so if you’re looking for a somewhat cheaper and also less processed snack, I would recommend Greek yogurt. My favorite plain Fage 0% has 22 g of protein and 9 g of sugar, all naturally-occurring from the lactose in milk. Just add some fruit/nuts/seeds/spices/whatever and it’s perfect! I have Fage for breakfast almost every morning.
Sometimes, though, you crave cakes and cookies and brownies and you don’t want to bother putting together a health-ified batch. Or you are way too tired to cook something and you know better than to stuff your face with greasy Chinese delivery.
This week, Vitalicious kindly shipped us a few boxes of their products. We received various flavors of VitaTops, frozen muffin tops (no, not that kind) that are lower in calories and healthier than most similar products, and a box of frozen VitaEgg flatbread sandwiches. I was super excited to try them, and the haze from the dry ice contributed to the ambiance of suspense and anticipation. Props to Vitalicious for providing an element of mystique to their frozen food!
I must admit, the VitaTops and VitaEgg sandwiches don’t look very pretty when you remove the overwrap and plop them on a plate to microwave them. But after they’re heated up, they smell delicious and taste even better. The VitaTops are moist (I know people hate that word; just pretend I said “not dry”) and rich-tasting, and I would definitely recommend them.
To be honest, I didn’t like the VitaEgg sandwiches as much – it’s tough, after all, to make frozen and reheated egg whites taste good. Audrey thought they were okay though. The Vitalicious products have a lot of added vitamins, minerals, and fiber, making them a lot healthier than your average pastry, and each VitaTop has 100 kcal. However, unless you get the sugar-free version, they do have 11 g of sugar each, so don’t overdo it. Additionally, many of them are made with mostly refined wheat flour (if it just says “wheat flour” and not “whole wheat flour” or “100% whole wheat flour” then you can definitely assume it’s just white flour).
Favorite snack staples:
- plain nonfat Fage
- Quest bars
If you’re craving pastries and want convenience:
- (and I guess Quest bars again)
Pros of VitaTops:
- taste like dessert, but healthier
- lower in cals than real pastries
Cons of VitaTops:
- some are high in sugar (still much less than real pastries!)
- made with refined flour (but have fiber added in so it’s not as bad)
In conclusion: VitaTops are pretty good if you have a sweet tooth. VitaEgg sandwiches are less good.

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In a heartwarming celebration of love and cultural fusion, Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda and actress Lin Laishram officially tied the knot today in a private ceremony held in Imphal, Manipur. The eagerly awaited first pictures from their special day have emerged, showcasing the couple’s stunning traditional Manipuri wedding attire.
— Randeep Hooda (@RandeepHooda) November 29, 2023
Randeep Hooda, who had previously expressed his enthusiasm about the “union of cultures,” was seen donning an elegant all-white kurta and dhoti ensemble, accentuated with a vibrant yellow headwear. The actor, surrounded by guests in matching white attire, joyfully made his way to the ceremony amidst the melodious tunes of the accompanying band. Additional footage captured Randeep participating in a significant ritual at the entrance, beaming with happiness.
Lin Laishram, resplendent in Manipuri attire, graced the occasion in a breathtaking white and pink saree paired with a black blouse. Adorned with exquisite gold jewelry, she radiated elegance as she walked towards the wedding venue, accompanied by close relatives who assisted her with the elaborate ensemble.
Prior to the ceremony, Randeep Hooda spoke to the media, emphasizing the importance of honoring Lin’s traditions. “I felt that it’s only respectful to come and marry in the bride’s traditions. I look forward to the ceremony and experiencing my partner’s culture. I just hope I don’t make any mistakes,” he shared. Expressing his hopes for the future, Randeep revealed his desire for a happy life filled with children and abundance. “We have been talking about Manipuri culture for a long time,” he added, expressing gratitude for the union of their friendship into a lifelong commitment.
The couple had previously announced their engagement on social media, drawing inspiration from the Mahabharata and the marriage of Arjuna to Manipuri Warrior Princess Chitrangada. In a joint post, Randeep shared, “As we embark on this journey, we seek your blessings and love for this union of cultures, for which we are forever indebted and grateful.” The duo also hinted at a future reception in Mumbai to extend the festivities with their loved ones.
The wedding of Randeep Hooda and Lin Laishram stands as a beautiful testament to the amalgamation of love, tradition, and cultural richness.

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Belchertown (previously known as Cold Spring and Belcher's Town) is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,649 at the 2010 census. It is the home of Belchertown High School and the infamous Belchertown State School mental institution which closed in 1992. Part of the town is part of the census-designated place of Belchertown.
In 1716, the equivalent lands were sold by Connecticut Colony to residents who reside in present day Connecticut and Massachusetts. Some of these lands were granted to Jonathan Belcher, the future Royal Governor of Massachusetts.
Belchertown was first settled in 1731 and was officially incorporated in 1761.
In 1816, part of Belchertown was combined with part of the town of Greenwich, Massachusetts, to form Enfield, Massachusetts. In 1938, Enfield and Greenwich were two of the four towns that were disincorporated to make way for the Quabbin Reservoir, and the northwest part of Enfield was merged back into Belchertown.
The University of Massachusetts in neighboring Amherst employs more Belchertown residents than any other enterprise or institution.


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Wellington’s CubaDupa returns to the streets for 2021 with its most ambitious programme ever.
WELLINGTON, NZ — Wellington’s Cuba Street Precinct is set to come alive as CubaDupa, New Zealand’s most diverse and creative street festival, confirms plans for a full street festival on the weekend of March 27-28, 2021
Returning to the streets with its most ambitious programme ever; CubaDupa will offer 19+ hours of curated entertainment across 20 stages and creative zones, delivering 470 performances and 20 parades with over 1700 artists from all over Aotearoa.
A turnout of 100,000 friends, whanau and neighbours is expected, and CubaDupa wants all of NZ to reset their frequency, channel their inner CubaDupa and join the beautiful disruption in Wellington.
Festival Director Gerry Paul says “After a tough year, Cuba Dupa 2021 will be just the tonic we all need. The streets will be alive with surprises around every corner and our most ambitious, most creative and most diverse programme ever. We will be there celebrating our community, our artists and the businesses that give Cuba Street and Wellington its unique character.”
Music is the beating heart of CubaDupa, with a diverse free live music programme showcasing almost every genre and artists from all over Aotearoa. Multi-award winning musician Troy Kingi will hit the stage with a high-energy set. Richter City Rebels all-star 10-piece will bring the ultimate Mardi Gras party vibes blending RnB, soul, hip-hop, jazz and funk with the heart and soul of New Orleans brass band music.
Christchurch’s There’s a Tuesday will explode onto the scene with their exciting female-fronted 4-piece indie rock/pop band. NZ based US siblings Deva Mahal, Zoe Moon, and Imon Starr, combine their singing, playing and songwriting talents to form Blue-Reggae band Black Pacific.
Local Wellington legends Hans Pucket will perform their pure power pop hits with a full horn section, and emerging local rockers H4LF CĀST will chug through their bangers; hot on the trail to release their debut album in 2021.
Musicians, sound experiences, and immersive electronic wizardry become a cornerstone of the 2021 CubaDupa with the festival’s most ambitious project ever, Cubasonic. The mass musical interruption—conceived by New Zealand’s leading composer John Psathas—involves over 300 musicians lining the street, twelve conductors above the crowd, a custom-made overhead sound system.
Psathas will be joined by ensembles including Orchestra Wellington, Royal New Zealand Air Force Band, The Nudge, Boat and nearly 100 Batucada drummers.
The RadioActive Upper Cuba SoundSphere debuts in 2021. Experience an abundance of dance music, street theatre and art activations taking place in Abel Smith and Upper Cuba Street. Join The Ping Pong Party People on their search for the King of Ping in an ultimate table tennis championship rave. Head over to Shabby Salon for a drop-dead gorgeous makeover and attend your own faux funeral. If that’s a little gloomy for you, get married at the Cuba Chapel instead.
Feast your eyes on the newly commissioned visual art installation at the Wellington Airport Swan Stage by female art cohort which consists of local artists Miriama Grace-Smith, Xoë Hall and Gina Kiel. Also new for 2021 is an all female fronted line-up on the Garage Project Wild Workshop Stage, programmed by Gussie Larkin of Mermaidens.
Returning for 2021 is the The Mammoth circus tent on Ghuznee Street where you’ll find energetic performances and workshops by day, and saucy cabaret shows by night. The Street Feast also returns to CubaDupa, with over 100 food stalls and a diverse and tantalizing range of local vendors and culinary experiences.
The 2021 festival will take place on 27 and 28 March, 2021 throughout the Cuba Street Precinct in Wellington. For full details visit www.cubadupa.co.nz.
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I recently observed the incumbents in the Marlington school board election, Mark Ryan and Thomas Hippely, deceitfully promising to "build an elementary at no cost to the taxpayers." That's an outright lie. Unless the school has a donor who can give $30 million, then this building would cost the taxpayers dearly.
First there's the "state's share," about $15 million. That comes from the state's general fund. That fund is supplied primarily by your income tax payments. That's the first way this building would cost you.
Then there's the local share. With interest, that number is around $30 million. The board is planning to raid the general fund of money from the pipeline to attempt to pay this loan. The problem is, the general fund needs that money to stay out of the red. Current projections show it deep in a deficit in a few years. With the pipeline money promised to pay off the "free" building, the only choice the district has left is to ask you, the taxpayers, for a sizable operating levy. This is the second way this building would cost taxpayers.
That's if the state even allows this plan. While they are promising a free building in exchange for your vote, one of the incumbents has said the board doesn't know if such a plan can even work. So they are selling you an idea they haven't confirmed.
I realize it is hard to imagine candidates promising something during the campaign, then doing something else later, but doesn't it seem like that happened in Marlington about four years ago?
It's this deceitfulness that has led me, as a former Marlington school board member, to endorse and encourage everyone to vote for both Josh Hagan and Danielle Stevens.
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Where does the world stand on designer babies? An international report released in September 2020 advises that heritable genome editing is not yet ready to be tried safely and effectively in humans.
It cites that initial clinical uses, if permitted, should be limited to serious single-gene diseases where it is known, with strong evidence, that a specific mutation is causing the disease. Wits Professor of Human Genetics Michèle Ramsay, who is also the Director of the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience in the Faculty of Health Sciences contributed to this report on Heritable Human Genome Editing.
What is heritable genome editing?
Heritable genome editing refers to the use of techniques that edit or alter genetic material (DNA) in a human germ cell or early embryo, resulting in changes in the germline (sperm and egg cells) – which means that the changes in the DNA can be passed onto the offspring through the genetic material.
Because clinical applications of germline genome editing are now possible, albeit not yet with sufficient accuracy, there is an urgent need to examine the potential of this new technology. However, the implications of how heritable human genome editing might affect future generations is not yet fully understood and needs to be the topic of wide debate.
“Making edits to the human genome that will be passed on from generation to generation is a very big step. We have a responsibility to society and future generations to approach this with great caution and long deliberation,” says Ramsay, who participated in the conversations when Wits University hosted the first South African Gene Editing Conference in November 2019.
Where are the ethical boundaries in this futuristic field?
Heritable human genome editing poses many ethical questions, because a gene or DNA sequence should not be used to create a pregnancy until it is established that precise genomic changes can be made reliably, without introducing undesired changes — a criterion that has not yet been met by any genome editing technology, says the report.
It concludes that should human genome editing technology advance according to specific criteria and should a country decide that it was desirable — neither of which has happened so far — proposed first-in-human cases would need to fulfil four criteria:
- Edits should aim to correct a mutation for a serious monogenic disease.
- The edited change should be to a sequence that is common in a population and should not be known to cause diseases.
- No embryos that are unaffected by the mutation should be edited.
- The technology should be available only to couples with no or very poor options for having their own biological child without a serious genetic disease.
It is not yet possible to define responsible translational pathways from research to clinical application for other potential uses of heritable human genome editing. However, the technology could potentially be used for less serious monogenic diseases or for enhancing certain traits where it is known that a single mutation is strongly correlated with the trait.
“[But] using the technology for complex diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and most cancers would be much more complicated, as they involve thousands of variants and are influenced by non-genetic factors, such that at present it is not possible to predict the outcomes. International co-operation and open discussion of all aspects of heritable genome editing will be essential,” concludes Ramsay.


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The House of Representatives on Tuesday lifted the suspension placed on its former Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, Mr. Abdulmumini Jibrin.
Jibrin, who was suspended for 180 legislative days in September 2016, had been out of the House for almost one year and four months before he was recalled on Tuesday.
The House lifted the suspension after the All Progressives Congress member from Kano State “apologised” to his colleagues over his conduct in the famous N40bn budget padding allegations, which ultimately led to the suspension.
The Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, brandished a letter, which he said was Jibrin’s letter of apology to the House at Tuesday’s plenary.
Dogara recalled that the apology was one of the conditions attached to the suspension, which Jibrin must fulfil before his pardon.
Dogara stated, “By this (letter of apology), he has fulfilled all the conditions of the resolution of the House. He can resume legislative activities, except anything else happens.”
In 2016, Dogara had sacked Jibrin over alleged shoddy handling of the budget.
But, days later, Jibrin came out to accuse Dogara and three other top officers of the House of padding the budget by over N40bn.
The others are the Deputy Speaker, Mr. Yussuf Lasun; the Chief Whip, Mr. Alhassan Ado-Doguwa; and the Minority Leader, Mr. Leo Ogor.
Jibrin also alleged that several favoured committee chairmen and members had projects inserted into the budget.
He called for the resignation of the officers and their prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and other anti-corruption agencies.
However, the House later investigated Jibrin and came up with a report that he exposed the House to “ridicule” by making the budget padding allegations.
A resolution to suspend him was later passed in a unanimous voice vote.
Meanwhile, Jibrin’s office confirmed on Tuesday that the lawmaker would resume on Wednesday (today).
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Originally from Canada, Byron Bay local singer-songwriter & producer Garrett Kato went from busking and living out of a backpack to tallying over 45 million worldwide streams and performing sold-out shows alongside Damien Rice and Ziggy Alberts. He landed a sync in Hollywood blockbuster 'Bad Moms' and his single single ‘Take It Slowly' has surpassed 13 million Spotify streams. His 2019 EP, ‘Distant Land’, earned the endorsement of Triple J and 'Beatroute Magazine' as the title track eclipsed 2.7 million Spotify streams. At the same time, he cemented himself as an in-demand, platinum-award winning producer.
He worked with Ziggy Alberts on his 2016 EP‘ Four Feet in the Forest’ (certified Platinum) and his 2018 album ‘Laps Around the Sun' (certified Platinum) and has also worked with Pete Murray, Kyle Lionheart, Riley Pearce, Pierce Brothers, Jack Botts and more.


(FREDERICK, MD) – Maryland State Police report that three people are dead following the mid-air crash of a small plane and a helicopter that occurred this afternoon in Frederick.
WJLA reporter Jay Korff reports that NTSB officials said that the unique parachute system saved the lives of the two men in the airplane.
The three deceased victims are identified as Christopher D. Parsons, 29, of Westminster, MD, William Jenkins, 47, of Morrison, Colorado, and Breandan J. MacFawn, 35, of Cumberland, MD. Investigators have determined all three men were on-board the helicopter. Who was piloting the helicopter has not been verified at this time.
The two persons in the airplane are identified as Scott V. Graeves, 55, of Brookeville, MD, and Gilbert L. Porter, 75, of Sandy Spring, MD. Both had been taken by ambulance to Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, MD, but were released from the hospital this evening. Graeves was the pilot of the airplane and Porter was his passenger.


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In the last few years, progressive jackpots have become an attraction for the casino players. Have you heard of the legendary Mega Moolah? Players can’t seem to get enough of these nifty little creations!
And we will be honest: neither can we.
The charm of progressive jackpots is dual: they are just like slot games, only better.
So, as you can already guess, they are effortless to master and even easier to love.
So, let’s see what the primary rules and terms that you need to grasp before you go chasing the never-ending jackpots are:
Progressive jackpots use the same mechanics as regular online slots. In fact, there are very few differences between the two types of games.
Indeed, it is maybe even better to say that progressive jackpots are just a subtype of video slots.
The major difference between them is the nature of the jackpot. While online slots might feature fixed jackpots, in progressive slots the jackpot amount is continually growing. That means that you can win more than in regular slot games.
In this text, we will be using a few expressions that you are perhaps unfamiliar with. To dispel any potential confusion, have a look at some useful terms and definitions below:
Every slot player belongs to a certain type. In other words, every single punter is categorized according to his gaming preferences. However, the most important thing that you need to decipher before you enter progressive slots is the risk level.
In other words, it is important to know what kind of gameplay interests you the most. Are you looking for high risk with high payouts? Or do you prefer laidback games that do not offer excessive winning potentials?
Whatever you choose, make sure to follow that type. Typically, progressive slots are designed for high rollers because they entail high risks with a massive payout. Hitting the progressive jackpot is not easy, and players usually experience dry spells before they get lucky.
If you know what kind of gameplay interests you, it is time to set the bets. For each round, you can adjust the total bet by customizing bet levels and coin value. Make sure your total bet fits your balance – you don’t want to lose what you cannot lose.
If you are just starting with progressive jackpots, we highly recommend starting slow. Small bets allow you to test out the game to see whether you like it or not.
As the game progresses, you may choose to increase the bet or keep the initial one.
Bet settings are almost always in the lower part of the game screen, right next to the Spin and Autoplay buttons. Set the bet that you want to use, and then click spin.
Paylines are the winning patterns that you need to form on the grid to win a prize. Some games offer 5, 10, 20 winning patterns – we call these paylines. If they exceed 40, we call them winning ways.
Moreover, paylines can be fixed or adjustable. What does that mean?
It means that in some games, you may change the number of active paylines that you want to use. Fixed paylines cannot change; you use all of them automatically.
This is especially important in progressive jackpots. For instance, imagine landing a winning combination on a line that you excluded: that would be such a shame!
However, you have to keep in mind that, with adjustable paylines, adding more lines affects your bet. You might need to invest more per round if you want to use them all.
Progressive jackpots are extremely popular at top online casinos around the world. Players relish a chance to turn their lives upside down in a single spin and it’s fair to say such an idea has been more than a pipedream for many slot enthusiasts. Online progressive jackpot slots can make you a millionaire overnight.
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Now that you know how (and where) to place bets and spin for a chance to win, it’s time to meet the symbols. Icons on the reels are your ticket to these big wins because, if you make the right combo, you win!
So far, everything that we mentioned had close similarities with slots. But we did mention one significant difference between progressive slots and regular slots – jackpots.
Jackpots in slots can be either fixed or progressive, as we mentioned above.
Fixed jackpots are pre-determined amounts that you cannot change. No matter how many times you win it, it is the same amount of prize money.
Progressive jackpots have no pre-determined amounts. Instead, they have seeds: the seed amount is the starting sum that the provider/casino puts into the game.
Now, that seed always grow, because a percentage of each bet that players wager goes into the prize pool. Hence, it can expand to millions if no one succeeds in winning it.
If a lucky player manages to win the progressive jackpot, the jackpot sum resets to the seed amount, and it starts growing again.
The best kind of progressive jackpots are games that feature both fixed and progressive jackpots. For instance, Microgaming’s Mega Moolah Atlantean Treasures features both types of pots.
There you have it. We took you on tour around the world’s best progressive slots where we hope we’d teach you the ins and outs of this superb game. Not the ones to shy away from any task, we went all-in: with a comprehensive guide, glossary of terms, and fun facts that we prepared, you will become a pro in no time.
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Australian middle distance champion Stewart McSweyn has been forced to withdraw from the World Athletics Indoor Championships due to long COVID.
McSweyn was scheduled to compete in both the 1500m and 3000m events in Belgrade, but his inability to complete a 10,000m race in Melbourne this week prompted doctors to warn him against making the trip to Serbia later this month.
He is the current Oceanian record holder for both the events he was set to compete in during the upcoming Championships.
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The 26-year-old tested positive to COVID-19 earlier in the year and has struggled to overcome complications related to the illness in the months that have followed.
McSweyn's decision to withdraw from the Australian team set to make the trip to Serbia was made official via a press release from Athletics Australia on Wednesday.
"Stewart is one of our strongest distance athletes on the track and while it's unfortunate that he has had to withdraw from the World Athletics Indoor Championships, we unreservedly support this decision," Athletics Australia General Manager, High Performance Andrew Faichney said in the statement.
"The health and wellbeing of our athletes must always come first, and we wish him all the best with his recovery. We look forward to seeing Stewart back on the track when he is ready."
Australia will now send a team of 15 athletes to the Championships, which take place from March 18-20.


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What is laser cap therapy?
The method of laser cap therapy falls under a really genuine medical class considered low-level light therapy. Initially approved by the FDA in 2007 as a treatment for hair loss, the technique has actually picked up a variety of various names, including traffic signal treatment, biostimulation, photobiostimulation, cold laser, and soft laser treatment. Whatever nickname is your favorite, specialists believe that, in mix with other hair regrowth methods, laser cap therapy can be a favorable addition to your routine just don’t hang your entire hair growth hat on them (pun meant).
While more long term research studies are required, evidence does support that a genuine, FDA-approved laser device can safely assist motivate hair growth in cases of both male and female pattern baldness in the short term.
How does laser cap treatment work?
The essence of their design is that for a number of minutes a few times weekly, the cap is placed on your head to enable red lights of a particular frequency to make contact with your scalp. While their mechanism of result is still not totally understood, the hypothesis is that these lights penetrate your skin in the hopes of coaxing your hair roots out of the rest stage and into the growth phase. It’s likewise proposed that the treatment can help keep hair in the anagen (growing) phase longer.
Does laser cap treatment work for everybody?
Something to think about is that this stimulation doesn’t ensure your hair follicle in fact has all of the nutrients and products it needs to build strong, thick hair once it gets the green light. To put it simply, getting the factory going is one thing; actually having actually the materials required to make the goods is another.
Plus, there’s no research exploring just how much internal tension signals can interfere with this attempt to flip “on” the growth switch. To date, no research studies on the impacts of laser cap treatment for telogen effluvium, aka stress-related hair loss, have actually been carried out. While low-level light therapy has actually been used as a strategy to minimize swelling and promote injury recovery, this doesn’t always suggest these gadgets can cancel out the hair development barriers of a hormonal imbalance, nutrient deficiencies, or high levels of stress hormones.
Specialists have actually explained that the effectiveness of low-level light laser treatment appears to depend upon the health of the cells being targeted. It makes sense then that it would be more beneficial to include laser cap therapy as part of a holistic hair growth program, such as one that includes supplementing minerals and vitamins key for hair development, such as the ones discovered in Nutrafol, with private additions like natural warriors against internal stress or peacemakers of hormonal balance if needed. This holistic technique is ideal to ensure your hair follicles are getting the thumbs as much as jump into grow mode, and have what they require to get the job done.
Including laser cap treatment to your development regimen
If you’re interested in including a laser cap to your hair development group, ensure you’re buying a quality device. While it has been recommended that devices reaching wavelengths of 650-900 nm at 5 mW are an effective treatment choice for male and female pattern baldness, wavelengths of devices can differ from 600-11000 nm and come in different wavelength powers. For this and lots of other reasons, if you’re interested in laser cap treatment, we advise just buying laser cap therapy gadgets from a physician’s workplace or qualified medical facility. This is the best method to make sure the gadget you’re using is both safe and reliable, and provides you access to a medical professional to talk through your options with.
The cost for a quality gadget isn’t low-cost. Low laser cap treatment users can anticipate to invest around $60 and up per session at medical facilities, while the expense of purchasing a laser cap for home use range from the hundreds to thousands, with advised courses of use beginning at 6-12 months.
While the price tag (and your stance on headwear) are two things to consider with this hair growth pattern, research study does support the helpfulness of laser cap therapy in hair growth.


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Amid Queens Of The Stone Age’s upcoming stints Desert Sessions” series, also via Ipecac. The album sports guest appearances by Polly Jean Harvey, Dean Ween, drummer Josh Freese, Eleven principals Alain Johannes and Natasha Shneider, A Perfect Circle’s Twiggy Ramirez, and QOTSA drummer Joey Castillo, among others.
QOTSA guitarist Josh Homme is also working on a project dubbed the Eagles Of Death Metal, in tandem with Jesse Hughes. QOTSA’s official Web site describes the project as “a flurry of Satanic Bluegrass Stripper music that will knock your hams off.”
As for QOTSA, the group’s new single, “Go With the Flow,” debuted this week at No. 32 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart. Its predecessor, “No One Knows,” is No. 8 in its 27th week on the same chart. The Interscope album from which they are drawn, “Songs for the Deaf,” is No. 106 in its 31st week on The Billboard 200 and has sold 646,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Ipecac is planning to release “Songs for the Deaf” on double vinyl in July, bolstered by a previously unreleased cover of Roky Erickson’s “Bloody Hammer.”


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In his debut film, The Talent Given Us, writer-director Andrew Wagner dressed up a fairly shabby road-trip indie with an inspired bit of stunt casting. By having his actual parents and sisters play a family driving across the country to visit their filmmaker son, Wagner redeemed a lot of his lame wisecracks and awkwardly "honest" conversations with charmingly naturalistic performances, raising questions along the way about the proper boundaries between reality and fiction. For his follow-up, Starting Out In The Evening, he and co-screenwriter Fred Parnes have adapted a Brian Morton novel, with the help of an accomplished cast that includes Frank Langella as an aging New York author, Lauren Ambrose as a grad student writing a thesis about Langella's out-of-print novels, and Lili Taylor as Langella's unmarried, unhappy daughter. Between the skilled actors and Harlan Bosmajian's lovely, burnished digital cinematography, Wagner no longer gets a "pretty good for DIY" pass.
Which is too bad for him, because after a thick application of prestige-film polish, Wagner's preferred brand of earnest conversation sounds much clunkier. It's bad enough when Taylor snaps at Langella, "Maybe the characters in your books have the luxury of grappling with moral issues, but I'm living in the real world," but Wagner has her do it when they're seconds away from the opening curtain at an avant-garde dance performance. These characters never switch off the high-toned chatter; they drop literary references at the breakfast table and in the street. Starting Out In The Evening is like the opposite of "mumblecore." It's "loquacitycore."
There's nothing inherently wrong with talky movies—astute writer-directors like Woody Allen and Noah Baumbach can often make unnatural give-and-take sound lively and meaningful—but for all its verbiage, Starting Out In The Evening seems to be fumbling for something to say. The idea of Langella as a neglected, decrepit artist is poignant, as is the idea of Ambrose using an academic study as an excuse to get closer to a writer whose work she's always loved. But the extended subplot about Taylor's desire to have a child before she's too old costs the movie some vital focus, making it less grounded in specificity and more about some abstract romantic idea of creativity in an indifferent world. Wagner and company fail to follow Langella's primary rule of storytelling: "Follow the characters around until they do something interesting."

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For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
SENATE FILES HATE CRIMES BILL FOR POTENTIAL VOTE TODAY
'Matthew Shepard Act' Submitted as Amendment to Defense Reauthorization More Than 1,300 Clergy Sign on to Letter of Support
WASHINGTON - Today, Sens. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., and Gordon Smith, R-Ore., filed the Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act(S. 1105) as an amendment for consideration to the Department of Defense reauthorization currently being debated before the U.S. Senate. The bill, commonly referred to as the "hate crimes bill," could receive a Senate vote as early as today. The virtually identical House version of the bill passed overwhelmingly on May 3, 2007, with a bipartisan vote of 237 to 180 - with more than 20 Republicans voting in support of the bill.
"Without any further delay, it's time for Congress to provide local police and sheriffs' departments with the tools and resources they need to ensure that entire communities are not terrorized by hate violence," said Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign. "On behalf of the overwhelming majority of the American people, we stand today and urge the U.S. Senate to pass the Matthew Shepard Act and send a strong message that hate violence against any American will no longer be tolerated."
"The Matthew Shepard Act sends a strong message to America that hate and the violent crimes committed in its wake are not acceptable in our society. This crucial piece of legislation is an important step in the ongoing effort to erase hate. I cannot think of a single more resounding action for the Senate to take in our son Matthew's memory," said Judy Shepard, executive director of the Matthew Shepard Foundation.
The Matthew Shepard Act is supported by more than 290 law enforcement, civil rights, civic and religious organizations. Some of those supporting organizations include the National Sheriffs Association, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, 26 state attorneys general, the National District Attorneys Association, the NAACP, the Episcopal Church, the League of Women Voters, the YWCA of the USA and the United Methodist Church.
The Human Rights Campaign, along with a coalition of organizations including the Unitarian Universalist Association, the Interfaith Alliance and the Religious Action Center released a list today of more than 1,300 faith leaders who have signed on to a letter urging passage of the Matthew Shepard Act (S. 1105) in the U.S. Senate - a bill that would update the current hate crimes law. The 1,385 faith leaders signing the letter represents a broad spectrum of religious voices urging passage of a hate crimes bill that is expected for a Senate vote in the near future. Read the complete letter at www.clergyagainsthate.org.
In addition to the letter, the Human Rights Campaign, along with the Leadership Council on Civil Rights and the National Black Justice Coalition, has also published a full-page ad in today's edition of Roll Call. The ad features a theologically diverse group of black clergy representing tens of thousands of Americans speaking out in support of proposed hate crimes legislation. View the ad.
According to the FBI, somewhere in this country a hate crime is being committed once every hour, and one in six of those crimes are because of the victim's sexual orientation. These hate crimes terrorize entire communities and violate America's core democratic principles that all citizens are created equal and are afforded equal protection under the law.
This legislation would help combat hate crimes across America by doing two important things: updating the federal hate crimes laws to include all Americans, and providing new resources and tools to assist local law enforcement in prosecuting these vicious crimes.
In addition to this year's overwhelming, bipartisan vote in the House to support this legislation, both the Senate and House have voted in favor of legislation to combat bias-motivated violence in prior Congresses. Most recently, in the 109th Congress, the House of Representative approved its hate crimes bill as an amendment on a bipartisan vote of 223 to 199. House and Senate votes were held in the 106th and 108th Congress as well. In the 108th Congress, the Senate passed the measure by an overwhelming vote of 65 to 33, with 18 Senate Republicans voting yes, and the House approved it on a bipartisan vote of 213 to 186, with 31 Republicans voting yes.
The Human Rights Campaign has produced an award-winning video focusing on passage of the Matthew Shepard Act that has been viewed more than 360,000 times on YouTube - making it the most-watched HRC video to date. View the video.
The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end discrimination against GLBT citizens and realize a nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all.
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DRAFT ORDINANCE REVISIONS
Section 21: Subdivision Controls- consists of a re-write and replacement of the current subdivision controls. Takes into account comments from June 2016 Town Meeting. Aims to establish a clear application and approval process and ensure responsible subdivision development.
Note: Copies of the recordings of the Planning Board, Appeals Board, and Selectmen's meetings (if recorded) are available for rent at the library or available for purchase from the Town Office. The cost of the recordings is $25, or $30 if mailed. Requests for the recordings must be made in writing.
Planning Board Members:
Kent Pidgeon - Chairman, Patrick Emery, Barry Woodbrey, Robert Ricks, Edy Kizaki
Regular Planning Board meetings are typically scheduled for the 4th Tuesday of the month, although this can vary depending on the workload of the Planning Board and the urgency of projects that are being reviewed. The meetings start at 6:30 and are held at the Town Office unless otherwise noted.
Land Use Authorization Applications and associated material must be received by the Planning Board at least 14 days prior to the regularly scheduled meeting in order to be on the agenda. Subdivision Applications and associated materials must be received by the Planning Board at least 14 days prior to the regularly scheduled meeting.
Board of Appeals Members:
Angelo Milia - Chairman, Carmen Doughty - Vice Chair, Kimberly Clark - Secretary, Gerald Smith, Angela Sword
The Board of Appeals meets on an as needed basis when applications are received. The meetings are held at the Town Office unless otherwise noted.
The Board of Appeals is responsible for hearing and deciding on administrative appeals of the Code Enforcement Officer and the Planning Board. The Board of appeals is also responsible for authorizing variances.
Applications for appeals must be received by the Board within 30 days after the decision is made by the CEO or Planning Board .


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Start a Flower Garden
Many people dream of how their garden will look, but they never actually take the time to start one. You don’t have to be a professional gardener in order to grow flowers and enjoy their beauty.
Spring is in the air and it’s time to start thinking about how you plan to have a beautiful garden this year. If you are someone who has never planted before, or if you’re looking for some tips on how to make sure your new flower bed doesn’t turn into a disaster.
Then this guide is for you! We will be teaching how to plant flowers from the beginning steps all the way through planting annuals.
Best Tips To Start Your Flower Garden
Flowers are the perfect way to brighten up someone’s day, and a flower garden can be created in any size space. Imagine having an outdoor living area with flowers cascading down from pots or hanging on trellises. It would provide a burst of color for your home!
Whether you’re looking for something small like 50 square feet (4 sq m) or 500 square feet (47 sq m). Planting flowers is fun and energizing as they help relieve stress while giving both physical exercise benefits.
There’s no limit when it comes to creative floral gardens because there’s always new ideas that come about by experimenting with different plants.
Creating your own garden on canvas is a fun, creative process. Whether you take inspiration from libraries or bookshelves full of pictures of gardens and buildings from all over the world.
Or try to design an imaginary space that reflects what’s most important in your life, there are no rules! The best part about these projects?
They can be as large-scale as you want them to be, it doesn’t matter if they fit on one sheet of paper.
A great way to get a feel for what your garden will look like is to take out some graph paper and colored pencils. Draw the shape of whatever you’re planning on planting in one corner. Then sketch it onto another piece of paper until you have an idea of how everything should go together.
If that sounds too complicated or time-consuming, there are plenty more tools available online! A handy website called “Plan-a Garden” lets users input information about their property.
So they can be sure not to plant plants under trees where they won’t flourish because those areas might only see partial sunlight at best.
The colors that are popping up in the seed catalogues now will be on display come springtime! The seeds for these flowers can last a lifetime and they produce colorful, unique plants.
You’ll love watching your garden grow from a tiny transplant to a lush landscape of color with different height. But all equally as beautiful!
After the long, brutal winter and a few warm days of Spring, it’s time to bust out your gardening tools. Whether you are planting flowers in containers or doing some terracing for vegetables like zucchini with tomatoes and cucumbers.


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We have it pretty good here in Cali, but as it is, the scene doesn’t meet up NEARLY as we need to in order to get better. Everyone’s just too busy with real life stuff, as the older you get, the less time you have to spend hanging out at arcades late at night.
Most of us are in our late 20s/early 30s. I’ve actually managed to get a few players joining our weekly tournaments at Super Arcade who got into the scene because of SF4, so they’re most like early 20s. We got some nice variation.
NH2 pretty much disappeared off the face of the planet once ToL1 ended. He packed it up and rode off into the sunset never to be heard from again.
NYC still has ST gatherings here and there. Mostly they get together for the 2old2furious tournaments at Next Level down in Brooklyn. They get something like 30 entrants, which is a pretty big deal for ST outside of majors, so you might want to look into attending those if you haven’t already.
I like HF. Very fun game to play, but ultimately, there’s probably not enough meat in there to keep a healthy scene going long into the current age of gaming. It’s very simple, very little in luck, rewards skill and substance over flash, and only 12 characters to play with, most of whom don’t get played. It was great for a time when there was nothing else to play, but now that we have like a thousand-and-one fighting games to choose from, games need a bit more to draw in new crowds.

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It is a little known fact that most of the annual temperatures reported are not raw data from weather stations, but are corrected by a computer program to adjust for many factors that could affect the raw data. It is now being said that the temperatures NASA reported that indicated Global Warming, and that Global Warming is accelerating due to man-made greenhouse gasses were erroneous, that a Y2K related bug in the adjustment program made things look much worse than they are. What right wing-nut Exxon sucking mouth breathing Neanderthal is saying this? NASA itself!
In a quiet correction (no press conferences, no handouts to the media), NASA has changed all the corrected temperatures for the last century, almost all of them from recent decades corrected downwards, admitting that previous graphs had been in error. You can search NASA or NOAA websites, and/or read about it here , here , and here .
Does this mean we should stop looking for alternative energy supplies? NO. We still have to worry about little things like pollution, trade imbalance, terrorism, etc. But it does mean that what facts (as opposed to conjectures) Al Gore reported in “An Inconvenient Truth” that had not been debunked already (as I did to the hurricane data here ) have now been shown to be in error. Will future generations look at “An Inconvenient Truth” the way we look at “Reefer Madness”?
P.S. This is also an argument in favor of patronizing newspapers; I have not found a single story in any broadcast network about this- evidently their editors consider this less newsworthy than Lindsay Lohan entering rehab once again.
P.P.S. Sorry about the erratic nature of my posting lately- I’ve been making major progress on other writing projects, neglecting this one. Someday I’ll achieve balance.
Washington Post headline: "Arctic Ocean Getting Warm; Seals Vanish and Icebergs Melt." Interestingly enough, it's from 1922! details here


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Renewable energy continues to enjoy high support among the British public, according to the Department of Energy and Climate Change's (DECC) public attitudes tracking survey, released on Tuesday.
A total of 75% of respondents in the latest quarterly poll support the use of renewables, in line with the backing seen during the tracker which has fluctuated around 75%-82%. In the previous survey support was 78%. The latest poll questioned 2,118 UK households in the period between 24 and 28 June 2015.
At 24%, however, the percentage of people that strongly support renewables is the lowest since the start of the survey in March 2012. Renewable energy is opposed by only 4% of respondents, with just 1% strongly opposed.
The latest survey did no gather data on support about individual renewable energy technologies.
The data, meanwhile, showed that only 21% support extracting shale gas and 33% support the use of nuclear energy, both figures being the lowest so far in the tracker.
Greenpeace UK used the findings to criticise the government. "The government's own survey shows ministers' priorities on energy are at the polar opposite of what the British public wants. Popular technologies like wind and solar are having their support axed, whilst the more unpopular than ever fracking industry keeps getting preferential treatment," its head of energy Daisy Sands said.
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This year Spabreaks.com is supporting Breast Cancer Care so they can help women through and after breast cancer. Sharing her experience of breast cancer and the support that Breast Cancer Care provided we chatted to Hedwig Hegtermans, 53, who was diagnosed in 2012…
Tell us a bit about you…
I am Dutch but have lived in the UK for 15 years. My family are back in Holland but I have many loved ones here. I enjoy reading, walking and cooking and of course breast cancer did change my outlook on life, as these things do.
When were you diagnosed with breast cancer?
I was diagnosed on 1st November 2012 after my first routine mammogram having turned 50 in the September. I didn’t feel it so I was very lucky with the timing of the mammogram. Because of the kind of breast cancer that I had I needed to have a mastectomy, chemotherapy and targeted therapy, then radiotherapy and now I am on hormone blockers which I will probably be on for the next 10 years. It’s been a journey to say the least, and it still is, but I am lucky to live in a time when these treatments are on offer. I have energy and am getting used to my new body because it’s obviously changed.
What happened after your diagnosis?
I had my surgery just before Christmas 2012 and I pretty much had to rule out 2013. I felt fantastic on my 50th birthday; healthy and fit, not knowing that I had already developed breast cancer. It was the treatment that made me feel awful and that was some comfort to me as I told myself that it was all temporary. The hormone treatment is harder than I expected though as it has immediately put me into the menopause. I started taking them the tablets on a Monday and by the Friday I was having 10 hot flushes a day. I still have those symptoms and will most likely continue to do so. I think that enduring legacy of the treatment is something I didn’t really realize would happen when I got the diagnosis. You think you will have the treatment and then be back to normal but the old normal never comes back. Some people are lucky and have hardly any reaction to hormone blockers, other people are worse than me and have night sweats - everyone reacts differently and no one can tell you how you will react.
What piece of advice would you give someone else who has just been diagnosed?
It’s difficult to say because everybody is different so there’s no right or wrong way to handle it, you need to find what works for you. However, I think the biggest piece of advice is don’t be afraid to ask for help. Ask your nurse or contact the Breast Cancer Care Helpline. Breast Cancer Care made a complete difference to how I dealt with it. For me, to understand what I was having and why I was offered particular treatments was really helpful. There’s so much confusing and conflicting information out there, but Breast Cancer Care offer such a great amount of reliable information and without dumbing it down they make things that are medically complex very easy to understand. For me it was good to be informed; understanding my breast cancer and the treatments I was offered was the best way of coping with the diagnosis. Breast Cancer Care’s publications made such a difference to me. I also went to some of the information sessions Breast Cancer Care regularly organises. These sessions cover a wide range of topics like reconstruction and menopausal symptoms induced by treatment.
Is there anything you wish someone had told you before your treatment or diagnosis?
I didn’t realise how much I would change through my treatment; how it would affect my body and what the long term impact was and I think I would have liked to understand more about that. However, at the same time you are going through so much that I can understand why doctors wouldn’t want to overload you with more information so it’s difficult to say. The changes don’t need to be negative however. My life has changed completely, but I met some fantastic people along the way, not only the medical staff, but also fellow patients. You meet the same people when you’re having your chemo and you chat with them. I have stayed in contact with some of them and I have made good friends through it so not every change is a bad change. I volunteer a lot now for Breast Cancer Care which has opened a lot of doors and experiences for me that I would never have had otherwise! For example this year I will be modelling in their fashion show - I never thought I would walk on a catwalk!
Treatment takes a lot of time and is very intense, so when that came to an end I had the feeling ‘Oh, what now?’ Breast Cancer Care’s Moving Forward course helps to move beyond hospital based treatment. They are group sessions for four consecutive weeks, during which a wide range of relevant topics are explained by expert speakers. You realise that emotions you have are very normal and that there is still help out there should you need it. Plus you can share experiences with women who know exactly what you are talking about because they are going through the same. Even during my treatment I decided I wanted to give something back, so I contacted Breast Cancer Care to ask if I could become a volunteer. Now I am enjoying many different roles; I am a volunteer at the Moving Forward courses; I am an office volunteer helping the helpline; I am a trained Breast Health Promotion Volunteer organising my own workshops. I know how vital early detection is, and I am passionate about getting the awareness message out in the community. I also am a Someone Like Me volunteer, which is a service where people who have a diagnosis and want to talk to someone who has been through similar treatment is matched with a volunteer who had similar experiences. All my roles are very rewarding, and help me too moving beyond. It is great that I can turn something negative into a positive by volunteering with Breast Cancer Care.
Have you had any spa treatments throughout your experience with cancer?
I had aromatherapy and reflexology which were lovely during my cancer treatment. It helped a lot because first of all it makes you relax for an hour or so and takes your mind off everything that’s going on. I think it probably made me feel physically better as well because when you feel mentally stronger and you feel more positive then it makes things easier to deal with and maybe helps you to recover from the treatment. I am not saying it makes the treatment less hard, but it does help.
Is there another treatment you would have liked to try?
I used to love saunas, but those are a no go when you’re having treatment. It’s lovely to have your make-up done, so I think combining a makeover combined with spa treatments would be wonderful as it would show you how to do your make-up if you lose eyelashes, and to understand what creams and products you can use when the skin is very sensitive because it all needs to be very neutral.
What has been the most helpful thing anyone has done for or with you throughout your treatment?
People were lovely, everyone around me sent cards and flowers, then the practical help I got was wonderful wonderful. So if you know someone going through treatment go and visit them for a cup of coffee but at the same time grab the hoover, because after surgery you can’t do the hovering! Cook a meal for someone, or if they have children, take the children out. Do something practical without being asked because people are not likely to ask for help.
If you have a query about breast cancer or breast health, just want to talk things through or find more support, Breast Cancer Care’s experts are only at the end of a telephone line. Call them on: 0808 800 6000.