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Hove Library is a step closer to leaving the Carnegie building in Church Road after a vote by councillors this afternoon (Thursday 10 March).
A final decision is due to be taken in a fortnight at a meeting of Brighton and Hove City Council.
Under the council’s Libraries Plan 2016-20 Hove Library will move from its existing 108-year-old premises to the Brooker Hall, home of Hove Museum.
The council plans to create more space inside and outside the building for library users and to have some flexible shared spaces with the museum.
The proposal has attracted opposition including from former Green councillor Christopher Hawtree who campaigned against a previous proposal to close the Carnegie building.
Councillor Robert Nemeth led the opposition to the proposal at the council’s Economic Development and Culture Committee meeting yesterday (Thursday 10 March) which took place in the Jubilee Library in Brighton.
Councillor Nemeth said: “I am disappointed that the important question of Hove Library’s future is being dealt with as part of a wider package of measures when it could easily have been taken out and dealt with in isolation.
“Considering the future of Hove Library in this manner divides and rules and detracts from a lot of good work that has been done in other areas such as Hollingbury and Westdene.“We read in the report that Hove Library has a dedicated 616m2. The new facility will have 520m2. This is a reduction of just 15 per cent apparently.
“But this is counting the so-called flexible museum/library areas. Dedicated library space in the new facility is only around 250m2 – a reduction of some 59 per cent. Nowhere near the 15 per cent figure.
“If the flexible space is to be counted as library space, as has been done, then it needs to be acknowledged that the museum is to shrink by an equivalent amount.
“To not do so would be double-counting – in effect, a gross manipulation of the figures.
“250m2 is to be lost from the museum – essentially the whole ground floor of a two-storey museum – or half the museum.
“This is quite an important detail to skip over.
“So whether it’s the shrinking library or a vanishing museum, there is no doubt that Hove is losing out again.
“And there is of course the removal of much of the garden behind the museum – one of Westbourne Ward’s only green spaces.
“The building condition report suggests that repairs will cost £845,000 over the coming five years.
“I would question this figure but would also point out that, if it is true, any potential purchaser will expect the asking price to take it into account.“We won’t be able to escape such a cost whether we keep it or sell it.
“In conclusion, having assured thousands of residents on the doorstep in the run-up to the election that I would resist further damage to Hove as a distinct community, I couldn’t possibly support a policy that sees such a reduction in service for the town.”
Councillor Alan Robins said: “This report is nothing short of miraculous.”
He said that despite budget cuts, the Libraries Plan included creative ideas for a better service and longer opening hours across the 14 libraries in Brighton and Hove.
Councillor Robins said: “We’ve got to look at this in the round. We’ve had no other suggestions. No one’s said leave Hove Library and pay for it by doing this or not doing that.
“The campaign that’s been run has been disingenuous. They’ve been telling people they’re going to shut Hove Library without telling them we’re going to move it 400 yards down the road.
“The old Goldstone football ground was a much-loved football ground but it was rubbish … The new ground is lovely.
“The hospital out in Kemp Town is a lovely building. It’s old and it’s precious but nobody’s saying we shouldn’t knock it down and build a modern replacement.”
Councillor Garry Peltzer Dunn pointed out that Brooker Hall – which was used for German prisoners of war during the First World War – was 30 years older than the Carnegie building. It was built in 1877.Councillor Peltzer Dunn said: “I don’t want to see a diminution of service to Hove residents but I’m not convinced that there won’t be. I don’t think the case has been proved for moving Hove Library.”
He said that while he was not happy with some of the aspects of the report before the committee, it also contained many good things.
And he was mindful that while councillors represent a ward they also had a wider duty to the council as a whole.
Councillor Les Hamilton said: “When I first moved to Mile Oak the library was in a small room in a community building. Then it moved into Portslade School and Community College and now it’s in PACA.
“It’s been in three buildings but it’s always been Mile Oak Library. It’s a service – not a building.”
Council leader Warren Morgan said: “I have huge respect for everyone who’s campaigned to protect the Carnegie building. It’s obviously a much-loved building.”
He cited his Labour colleague, Councillor Dan Yates, who pointed out that the council was under a duty to provide a library service for the whole area.
The committee had been told five to seven libraries might have to shut if Hove Library stayed in the Carnegie building. It is expected to open in the museum building in early 2018.
Councillor Morgan said that the Libraries Plan would lead to extended opening hours across the city.
And he added: “We will always put services before buildings.”
The Economic Development and Culture Committee voted 6-3 in favour of the Libraries Plan, which includes moving Hove Library, with one abstention.
The final decision will be taken at a meeting of the full council on Thursday 24 March at Brighton Town Hall. The meeting is open to the public.
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The US has imposed sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, including his daughters.
The list also includes the family of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and major banks.
The measures follow new revelations of atrocities by Russian troops in Ukraine, including images of bodies of civilians scattered on the streets of Bucha, near the capital Kyiv.
Russia says, without evidence, the images are staged by Kyiv officials.
Even though satellite images have shown the civilians were killed when Russians were in control of Bucha, Mr Putin on Wednesday described the event as a “crude and cynical provocation by the Kyiv regime”.
Referring to the Bucha murders, US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday: “There’s nothing less happening than major war crimes.”
“Responsible nations have to come together to hold these perpetrators accountable,” Mr Biden added.
The US said that Mr Putin’s daughters, Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova and Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova, were being put under sanctions “for being the adult children of Putin, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked”.
The announcement described Ms Tikhonova as “a tech executive whose work supports the GoR [Russian government] and defense industry”.
Her sister, Ms Vorontsova, it went on, “leads state-funded programs that have received billions of dollars from the Kremlin toward genetics research and are personally overseen by Putin”.
Asked why the US was targeting Mr Putin’s daughters, a senior Biden administration official said the US thought they could be in control of some of their father’s assets.
“We have reason to believe that Putin, and many of his cronies, and the oligarchs, hide their wealth, hide their assets, with family members that place their assets and their wealth in the US financial system, and also many other parts of the world,” the official said.
“We believe that many of Putin’s assets are hidden with family members, and that’s why we’re targeting them.”
The US sanctions announced by the White House include:
- economic measures to ban new investment in Russia
- severe financial sanctions on Russia’s largest private bank, Alfa Bank, and its largest financial institution, Sberbank
- sanctions on critical major state-owned enterprises
- sanctions on Russian government officials and their family members
Meanwhile the UK has announced further sanctions against eight oligarchs and Russian banks, including the country’s largest, Sberbank, and Credit Bank of Moscow.
The European Union is also debating cutting off Russian coal imports as concern over alleged war crimes increases.
Before the new raft of sanctions was announced in Washington, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he could not “tolerate any indecisiveness”.
Speaking to the Irish parliament on Wednesday, he said there was still a need to convince some in Europe who believe “war and war crimes are not as horrific as financial losses” to back tougher sanctions.
He added that “Russian oil cannot feed the Russian military machine”, with Ukraine’s foreign minister arguing on Twitter that an embargo on gas and oil was needed to truly impact Russia’s ability to finance the war.
Josep Borrell, the EU’s chief diplomat, separately acknowledged on Wednesday that the one billion euros ($1.09bn; £833m) Europe spent on Russian energy every day put into sharp perspective the billion euros given to Ukraine in military assistance since the start of the invasion.
A US court of appeals has ruled that cases against Lebanese commercial banks can be tried outside Lebanon, paving the way for more cases by depositors seeking to unlock their frozen funds. The court decision, issued on Thursday in a case brought by Lebanese depositors...
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The Biden administration has reversed a decades-old decision to revoke the security clearance of Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist called the father of the atomic bomb for his leading role in World War II’s Manhattan Project. U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm...
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The Day It All began
The author, deputy director and acting director of the CIA from 2000 to 2004, teaches at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
It was about 10 p.m. when I finally turned to my computer to write. I was on the seventh floor at CIA headquarters, where I had been serving as deputy director for 14 months. I typed a single sentence, a memo to myself: “Nothing will ever be the same.”
Sept. 11, 2001, was by any measure the most eventful day of my brief tenure. In my memory, that day is a blur of emergency work, and the rest of that week could easily comprise a book. But some memories, personal and professional, remain vivid.
The hijacked planes hit the twin towers at 8:46 and 9:03 a.m. and the Pentagon at 9:37. Around 10 a.m., we moved out of our headquarters, in Langley, Virginia, to an adjacent structure; we assumed that our building was also a target. The only officers left behind, until we returned early that afternoon, were those of our Counterterrorism Center; they continued to monitor incoming reporting on the situation.
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WNU Editor: This post by John McLaughlin is too short .... I hope he follows up with a more detailed analysis at some future date.


Media, Pennsylvania, The Taiwanese student accused of threatening a terrorist attack against his school in Pennsylvania made his first appearance in front of the press Wednesday following his detention in March, as he attended a preliminary hearing for his case.
Wearing a blue T-shirt over a gray sweater, An Tso Sun (???), who is charged with making "terroristic threats" and possessing "instruments of crime," according to the Delaware County District Court, had his hands cuffed, although his legs were not shackled.
Although the 18-year old Taiwanese national had little to say to the reporters, he mentioned wanting to read comic books.
Sun has been held in custody at the Delaware County Jail for the past 29 days ever since his March 26 arrest on suspicion of threatening to carry out a mass shooting on May 1 at Monsignor Bonner Archbishop Prendergast Catholic High School.
Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood told CNA the day before that Sun's attorney, Robert Keller, is planning to waive his client's right to any more hearings, which would allow the case to move forward and be resolved through a plea bargain.
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In order to keep it truly open, SGI formed the OpenGL Architecture Review Board (ARB), a group of companies with a vested interest in OpenGL's success (such as SGI, 3D Labs, and nVidia), as well as one or two companies with a vested interest in its failure (such as Microsoft). Through the ARB, formalized extensions to OpenGL are proposed and implemented, and occasionally they make their way into the mainstream API.
The way that OpenGL manages the hardware is that it gives the notion of "contexts," much like a process context, to the client program. The program is responsible for choosing which of its own contexts is active, and the OpenGL implementation is responsible for keeping track of the contexts' states. Because of the large amount of state stored in 3D accelerators, such as texture data, transformation matrices, and lighting, the underlying video card generally only stores one context at a time, and it is up to the OpenGL driver to ensure that the video card's context is the one which the currently-running program thinks it is. Otherwise, disastrous results happen - anywhere from displays being garbled to the entire system crashing.
To further complicate the issue, in most cases, the 3D hardware is part of the normal 2D video card. The typical setup in a UNIX environment is to have every process isolated from one another, and having all of the video managed by the X server. However, for decent performance, programs need direct access to the underlying hardware. This causes a conflict of interest, however, as not only does this circumvent the implicit protection of the X server, but it also requires that programs be able to directly write to the hardware, which is inherently insecure.
Operating systems such as Windows typically have no notion of protection. Operating systems such as IRIX have typically had OpenGL included from the ground up. Linux, however, has traditionally lacked the features necessary to include OpenGL in a secure but efficient way.


Vampire Weekend burns for SaabThu, 21 Mar 2013 16:57:00 EST
Could Vampire Weekend be trying to tell me something? A just-launched music video for the indie rock band's new single Diane Young features what looks like a pretty mint black Saab 900 Turbo Convertible being torched in slow-motion. In fact, with the exception of a brief, flickering cameo by a 900 three-door of a similar vintage, that's all that there is to the nearly three-minute long video. It's both sad and oddly beautiful.
Coincidentally, I have a similar-looking turbocharged black Saab convertible sitting in my garage, and I've been reluctantly pondering its sale this very week. Admittedly, mine is a later model (2001 9-3 Viggen), but tri-spokes and more tapered rump aside, it looks eerily identical. And while mine isn't mired in flames (I love it too much to torch it), through no fault of its own, it's been sitting motionless far too regularly. Thankfully, I see a better future for it than the droptop seen above.
So, what's the deal? Did VP lead vocalist Ezra Koenig have a Saab love affair that went bad, leading to this conflagration of music video? Is he unhappy about the fate of the perennially troubled Swedish automaker? Or did he and the band just figure that the video below was an attention-grabbing/artsy and inexpensive way to put promote their forthcoming album, Modern Vampires of the City? The world might never know...
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See also: The Saab 9-3 that never was finally shows up, Grainy leaked images show stillborn Castriota-designed Saab 9-3, Saab 9-3 production to start in China in 2013 [UPDATE].


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The UK is not on track to reach its target of reducing carbon emissions by more than half within 13 years, according to energy industry professionals.
For the first time, renewable sources of energy have generated more electricity than coal and gas in the UK.
US president Donald Trump has pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement on climate change, the agreement that almost every country in the world adopted in December 2015.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) ministers will gather in Vienna, the Austrian capital today to discuss the world’s oil supply and prices.
Incumbent utilities have been generally slow to react to the many challenges facing the industry, ranging from the drive to decarbonise the sector, to volatile wholesale prices and deep consumer dissatisfaction.
The effect Brexit could have on the UK’s energy industry has been at the forefront of concerns recently.
The UK's Conservative party will cap gas and electricity prices for two-thirds of British households if it wins the upcoming general election in June.
Shell could begin building offshore wind farms in the UK and across Europe.
When it comes to renewables, woody biomass (the energy industry term for fuel created from wood) has recently gained a bad reputation.
The application of blockchain to energy systems remains speculative but it fits well with the expected evolution of the entire industry -- a shift away from centralisation and one-way flows towards more decentralised and transactional management.
British supermarket Waitrose has become the first in Europe to power its delivery trucks using food waste.
Today, defence secretary Michael Fallon faced questions in the House of Commons over claims that a Trident missile test failed in June.

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Wildcats rebound, defeat Seneca
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Led by River Phelps' five touchdowns, the Wildcats rebounded from the Barry County Brawl loss with a 59-26 barnburner win over Seneca at home Friday. Cassville struck first in the contest when a Kyle Ruark block opened up a lane for River Phelps to find paydirt, giving the Wildcats a 7-0 lead...
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Missouri Jones Adventure: Summer Home of the Spiteful Neck, a favorite attraction of Willie the Giant
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Based on the geeky Missouri Jones series of stage plays, Missouri Jones Adventure: Summer Home of the Spiteful Neck lets you crowd after Missy into the summer of the ancient goddess Coro. Aboard your runaway jeep, you'll be tempted to point past Coro's cursed neck, but if you do, you'll be thrust into a mega-speed chase through skulls, explosions, and endless wealth!
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Hellody, everyone. I am Indurok, and I am a gamer. I really enjoy playing video games for YouTube. I also make some images with the Source Filmmaker. But what I am really into is voice acting. I want to voice act so much. I want to voice someone in a video game or something.
So recently, I had created an account on Archive of Our Own, and I posted some of my old Fanfictions from FanFiction.net to there. However, for one of my stories, half of the chapters were copied and pasted directly from my FanFiction account. And the rest were rewritten from scratch.
I was also considering writing stories on DA too. I have no intention of posting my old fanfics here, though. I have an original story I've had stuck in my head for the past couple of years. I won't reveal anything about it yet. I want to try and write as much of the story as I can before I post it. It's just too bad I don't have any cover art for it. If I could draw, I'd make it myself.
I haven't tried Eclipse since it was announced last year. Since it's going to be a permanent change now, I decided to try it again, and man, I really don't like it that much. I can't even add one of my collections to my profile. I tried to add my Ori collection, but all it shows is all of my faved art. I kept trying to change it back to Ori, but it won't let it happen. That art is only there because there's no collection to put them in. I just want to show one collection of art. Why the hell is that too much to ask?
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I apparently won $100 for a post I never made, and the account has only been around for a week. And they posted a funny-looking link ending in .xyz
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I remember, over a decade ago, getting a glimpse of the last ten minutes of a movie someone was watching on their PC. I saw some blue beings fighting against humans, and the blue beings achieved victory in the end. The movie was called Avatar, and having only heard about and never seen the Avatar of the anime genre, I confused it for that, and I was quickly and playfully corrected by those around me and informed of the distinction between the two. I also got an ineffective crash course on the plot and premise of the film and learned that one of the blue beings was actually a human.
Naturally, watching only the last 10 minutes, all that was on my mind were the words of Colonel Miles (Stephen Lang) to Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), “Why would you betray your kind?” I kept wondering, “Why would a human detest their own skin so much as to take it off and side with another race?” While I was never able to watch the first Avatar movie until very recently, I had, through various media, been able to understand the plot and the premise for Jake’s actions. Seeing the first installment made me understand why it was such a groundbreaking film when it was released 13 years ago, why there was so much hype around the release of the sequel, and why it is on its way to breaking records.
It’s been a long wait since 2009, and we finally have the long-awaited sequel to Avatar, James Cameron’s digital film, The Way of Water, set on the planet of Pandora, decades after the tussle for Pandoran land between the humans and the Na’vi and after the humans were sent back to earth. “Happiness is simple,” says Jake (Sam Worthington). He is now fully integrated into the Na’vi way; he and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) now have kids, and the Na’vi live in peace, but the happiness does not last long. The sky people (humans) have returned, not only for the valuable resources, but also to prepare Pandora for colonization, and they are even more destructive and technologically advanced this time. Na’vi avatars implanted with the minds and memories of colonel Miles (Stephen Lang) and his marines are among the returning humans.
The Na’vi, led by Jake, fight back, attacking the supply lines of the humans’ operation. Miles and his men are tasked with capturing Jake and stopping the Na’vi attacks. Following a skirmish, Jake realizes his family is in danger: “A father’s duty is to protect his family; it’s what gives him meaning.” They flee the tree-dwelling Omatikaya clan and seek refuge with the amphibious Metkayina tribe, led by Ronal (Kate Winslet) and Tonowari (Cliff Curtis). Jake and his family have to learn the way of water to be able to survive among the Metkayina, but Miles is relentless in hunting Jake, and once again, Jake has to fight to save his people.
Coming off the back of a record-breaking original, The Way of Water has a tough feat to perform better than the first installment; the plot of Avatar wasn’t anything otherworldly in the first place and was only accentuated by the creative use of CGI technology. Since 2009, the use of CGI has been improved, and fans are looking forward to something even more groundbreaking. After solely writing and directing Avatar, James Cameron is joined by a writing team of Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman, and Shane Salerno in the sequel. This film lasts for a little over three hours, but one cannot help but feel like it could have been wrapped up in half the time. The story is unnecessarily drawn out as it descends into a pool of trope narratives—natives fighting for their land against colonizers, teenagers finding themselves, a misunderstood character bonding with an outcast character, etc. The story, despite the vibrancy of the visual effects, is soulless, like a Disney movie without the humour and singing.
One thing that is striking about the story is how shortsighted the Na’vi people are. The sky people are expelled from Pandora, and despite having ample resources and human allies on their side, they never prepare for a possible return of the sky people. One wonders why they do not put effort into protecting their home when they claim to love it so much. With how intelligent they are portrayed to be, it is farfetched that they would just sit back and wait to be overrun by humans again. Also, watching The Way of Water makes one realize how little we know about Pandora and the Na’vi; perhaps this is done to have complete control of the story and be able to introduce new elements as conveniently as possible given that a third and fourth installment are on the way.
Like earlier mentioned, the plot of The Way of Water is nothing extraordinary (if it had been set in 19th-century Africa instead of outer space, there wouldn’t be a significant difference); the predominant language used does not do it any favors. A premise is quickly set in the beginning, with Jake saying he’s so used to the language now that it could as well sound like English. Unlike in the first installment, where the Na’vi mostly spoke their language and only used English to communicate with the human avatars, the Na’vi use English extensively and, in a reverse situation, use their native tongue sparingly. To make things worse, English is spoken with one of the designated Hollywood African accents.
One thing most people will look forward to is the design of the film. Naturally, The Way of Water has better CGI than its predecessor; the colors are more vibrant, and the visual effects are top-notch. But unlike the first installment, The Way of Water is not a first of its kind type of film, and while the actions and special effects are exciting and thrilling, they are unable to distract us from how the film has no heart, which sometimes feels like we are watching an animated documentary of an alien world.
Despite The Way of Water losing the sense of disruption the original has, it’s a great film, as other aspects of the filmmaking like the acting, cinematography, and sound are well handled. The plot is also airtight and director James Cameron has a good handle on the story. Avatar: The Way of Water is a very enjoyable film, especially if you have not seen the 2009 original.
Avatar: The Way of Water is showing in cinemas.
Share your thoughts in the comments section or on our social media accounts.
- Avatar is a fantasy for every ever persecuted race.
- Why are the Na’vi speaking like Africans?
- Humans can be really destructive.
- Why did Jake not change his name?
- There is a difference between the bodies of the natives and the avatars?
- Why are the Metkayinas bluer?
- Why so blue?


Kanye West recently released his new album The Life of Pablo at a Madison Square Garden event Feb. 11, where he played the album for audiences and used the event in addition to showing off his new clothing line.
Featuring 18 songs, the album contains a variety of tracks with different rhythms and strong lyrics. However, the album is only available on Tidal, a music streaming service owned by Jay-Z requiring a monthly paid subscription.
Though West’s album was met with generally mixed reviews upon its release, students such as sophomore perspective finance major Conor Haines, have always been big fans of West and think the album is great as usual.
“This album is typical of what we expect from Kanye: greatness. The Life of Pablo gives fans satisfaction with incredible songs and so many different types of artists featured,” Haines said.
The album has an array of collaborations with artists such as Chris Brown, The Weeknd, Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Young Thug, Post Malone and Ty Dolla $ign, Kid Cudi, Desiigner, Frank Ocean and Caroline Shaw.
However, The Life of Pablo has been met with a lack of profit and availability. The album is streaming solely on Tidal, where the website offers a free one month trial before charging $9.99 per month. Therefore, many people have chosen to take the free trial and then will probably cancel their subscriptions.
“I think that it’s the way he released it, because it’s exclusively on Tidal so it forces people to purchase a Tidal subscription, which people don’t want to do,” said sophomore operations management and supply chain management major Adam Whitesell.
The album also has been illegally downloaded over a half a million times, resulting in a loss of money for West, instead of expected profit.
According to the New York Post, Kanye has lost up to $10 million in revenue because everyone is illegally downloading the album. Tidal was supposed to prevent this, but file-sharing sites were able to get hold of the album and leak it.
Another issue to look at is West’s recent spurs in the media. His actions have caused society to take less interest in his album, and instead of focusing on the quality of his music produced, people are more interested in the meanings of his lyrics and how they compare to his current life.
The Life of Pablo overall has many tracks that are sure to spark the attention of the public the more people are able to listen to the album. Whether or not West is able to get out of his alleged $53 million debt is another story.


HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE MACHINES
Blood Pressure abnormality is a cardiovascular risk factor, as such, it’s treatment is very important and this brings the needs for blood pressure machines. As a result, Blood pressure measurement is one of the Vital signs used by medical practitioners as indicators of health.
This, without a doubt, has increased the manufacture of “BLOOD PRESSURE MACHINES”. These machines are designed to help clinicians monitor patients’ blood volume, the pumping efficiency of the heart, and the resistance of the peripheral vasculature.
Depending on how they are configured, Blood Pressure machines vary in their technique.
In the past, Blood Pressure was measured Non-Invasive, using Auscultatory Technique, (korotkoff sounds), with the pressure in the cuff measured using a mercury Sphygmomanometer.
This consequently became, and is still the “Gold Standard”. However, environmental concerns regarding mercury meant that there was no long-term future for these machines.
These concerns have led to the impositions of bans in some European countries and supply in the UK is now restricted to health care use.
Meanwhile, Automated Blood Pressure Measuring Machines, many of which use Oscillometric measuring technique has become increasingly popular, because of their ease of use.
It is therefore advised that consideration is given to the selection of mercury-free products when the opportunity arises. But then again, “Automated Blood Pressure Machines” also have limitations users need to be aware of.
As stated earlier, Blood pressure Machines vary in the type of technique, traditionally, the commonest Blood Pressure Machines were configured to perform, Manually, using the “Auscultatory Technique”.
The majority of this technique depends on inflating an upper arm cuff to the brachial artery and then listening to the korotkoff sounds through a stethoscope with the cuff slowly deflated.
The patient’s systolic and diastolic blood pressure record is taken from the sphygmomanometer.
Machine for use with the manual auscultatory technique are:
-Mercury Sphygmomanometer; This includes a mercury pressure gauge, an upper arm cuff and a hand inflation bulb with a pressure control valve, requires the use of a stethoscope to listen to korotkoff resonate.
-Aneroid Sphygmomanometer; This is, just like the mercury sphygmomanometer, with an aneroid gauge replacing the mercury manometer. Aneroid may be wall or desk mounted or attached to the hand bulb.
-Electronic Sphygmomanometer; As mentioned above, with a pressure sensor and electronic display replacing the mercury manometer. The display could also be a numerical display or a circular or linear bar chart.
Nowadays, the majority of the Blood Pressure Machines available are automated, and they use the oscillometric technique.
This technique relies on the detection of variations in pressure oscillations due to arterial wall movement beneath an occluding cuff.
Empirically derived algorithms are used and its calculate systolic mean arterial and diastolic blood pressure.
Machines using the oscillometric technique are;
-Automated (stop-check) machines:- This comes with an electronic monitor with a pressure sensor, a digital display, and an upper arm cuff. An electronically driven pump raises the pressure in the cuff.
These machines, sometimes, have a user adjustable set inflation pressure, and they may automatically inflate to the appropriate level, usually about 30mmhg above an estimated systolic reading when started the machines automatically inflates then deflates the cuff and displays the majority calculates these values during the deflation cycle, but there are some that use data from the inflation cycle.
The pulse rate may also be displayed these machines may also have a “memory” facility which stores measurement and previous readings.
-Wrist machines:- this includes an electronic monitor with a pressure sensor, an electronically driven pump attached to a wrist cuff. Its function is similar to the automated stop check machine above.
-Finger machines:- this is a battery powered machine and uses oscillometric pulse wave or plethysmographic method for measurement.
-Stop-check non-invasive blood pressure machines:- this is designed for routine clinical assessment.
-Automated cycling non –invasive blood pressure machine:- designed for bed-side monitoring in a clinical environment where repetitive monitoring of patients and alarm function is required.
-Multi-parameter monitors:- these redesigned for use in critical care wards and operating theaters and monitors a range of vital signs including blood pressure.
-Ambulatory blood pressure machine:- this is a programmed machine, designed to take a record of the patient’s blood pressure at a pre-defined interval over a 24- hour period during normal activities and store data gotten for future analysis.
Conclusion on high blood pressure machines
In summary, apparently, technological advancement has led to the development of new and better methods.
Also the falling cost of these newly introduced machines together with the improved reliability of aneroid machines and the introduction of the manual electronic sphygmomanometer, there has been a reduction in the use of mercury sphygmomanometer.
However, mercury sphygmomanometers are still been used in some undeveloped countries, therefore, appropriate health and safety procedures should be maintained with the availability of mercury spillage kits.


Microsoft has overhauled dark mode in Windows 11 to ensure the operating system’s audio cues are a little less jarring.
The company says it is introducing calming, more rounded sounds to match the redesigned rounded user interface. In a statement to Bleeping Computer, the company said the system sounds will still designed to alert users, but in a more soothing way.
Sounds like the low battery alarm, the default beep and general system notifications have all been smoothed out, as well as the cues to signify a device has failed to connect or been disconnected. Calendar reminders, new email, or text notifications have had the same treatment.
These will differ to the Windows 11 light mode sounds which are designed to keep users alert and engaged, the company says.
“Windows 10 sounds were sharp, literally created with sharp wave lengths. In Windows 11, we have focused on making the technology calm. In order to do this, we needed to reevaluate our sound scape to also be calm,” Microsoft told BleepingComputer in a statement.
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“The new sounds have a much rounder wavelength, making them softer so that they can still alert/notify you, but without being overwhelming. Just like we rounded UI visually, we rounded our sound scape as well to soften the overall feel of the experience.”
Windows 11 is out later this year with the revamped operating system offering a new UI, an all-new Microsoft Store, multitasking improvements and chat integration. The software will arrive with a centralised tool bar with some macOS-esque design inspiration.
It will be available in less than a month from now on October 5. The roll-out will be gradual Microsoft said. PC makers like Asus, Dell, HP and Microsoft will begin shipping devices running Windows 11 on day one. Microsoft is also announcing new hardware at an event on September 22, which will surely arrive running Windows 11.


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July 28, 2005
Contact: Corey Fisher (406) 721-1002
Forest Service opens up new oil and gas leases in Diamond Fork area
SALT LAKE CITY A new U.S. Forest Service oil and gas lease sale in the Diamond Fork area of northern Utah is premature given that protests to previously filed lease sales have yet to be resolved, according to national coldwater fisheries conservation group Trout Unlimited.
The new lease sale, which would open more Forest Service land for oil and gas exploration in the Diamond Fork, Fifth Water Creek and Sixth Water Creek drainages southeast of the Salt Lake City metro area, is happening too fast and without the proper oversight as required under the National Environmental Policy Act.
There are protests still unresolved on existing lease sales, said Corey Fisher, an oil and gas coordinator with Trout Unlimiteds Public Lands Initiative. The need to answer the concerns of hunters and anglers regarding the ongoing lease sales is greater than the need to move forward and open more public land to development by private industry.
The Diamond Fork River and Fifth Water and Sixth Water creeks are home to vibrant populations of Bonneville cutthroat trout and brown trout, making the area a high-quality recreational fishery for anglers all over northern Utah, Fisher said. In fact, the Diamond Fork River and Sixth Water Creek are candidates for Blue Ribbon status, the highest-quality the state of Utah bestows on a fishery. Opening the land to oil and gas drilling could have detrimental effects on the fishery, as well as on the big game populations of the area. Water quality in the region could also suffer.
Its unfortunate the Forest Service feels the need to move so quickly with these leases, Fisher said. Theyre not giving enough credence to the hunters and anglers and the people who live here. These are the people who will have to deal with the long-term impacts of the industrial activity. They should have a say in the matter. Its in their best interest that this development is done right, and until protests are resolved on existing leases, moving ahead with new ones is a bad idea.

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Anti-Social Behaviour Orders
Vandalism, fly-tipping, begging and drinking in the street are
all types of anti-social behaviour.
In fact it’s is any kind of intimidating or threatening
behaviour that damages the quality of life of an individual, family
Essex Police is working to tackle this kind of behaviour and one
of the tools available to help our officers and staff do this are
Anti-Social Behaviour Orders. Since 2007 more than 70 ASBOs have
been granted in Essex.
Commonly known as ASBOs and launched in 1999, anti-social
behaviour orders are court orders that forbid a person from a
specific behaviour such as visiting a certain area, swearing or
spending time with particular individuals.
Police forces can apply for an ASBO to be issued against a
person if they are able to collect enough evidence to show that an
individual’s behaviour is frightening or intimidating a person or
ASBOs are civil orders not criminal penalties. That means they
won’t appear on a person’s criminal record. However if an ASBO is
breached, a criminal offence has been committed and can result in a
fine or up to five years imprisonment.
In this film we meet Tina Hall, Anti-Social Behaviour support
officer, and PCSO Gemma Cheek who explain how ASBOs are proving
effective in controlling anti-social behaviour.
If you are experiencing anti-social behaviour you shouldn’t
ignore it but report it to us as soon as possible.
There are many ways to report anti-social behaviour. To find out
how to report it and what happens when you make a report, visit the
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It was a night of fear, with the theatrical performance including several scary costume changes, a giant Frankenstein, and a graveyard.
Cooper paid tribute to his "dead brothers" John Lennon, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and Keith Moon by covering a song of theirs each, and thrilled the older crowd with a vast array of his own hits and songs from his newest album.
The audience was on their feet for the entire show, and seemed to be loving every minute.
Rock is not dead, and Alice Cooper's still got it.
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The cancer charity Macmillan has warned that around 27,000 cancer patients in the UK could be in debt as a result of falling behind on their energy bills.
A survey of 535 people who have been diagnosed with cancer in the last two years found that:
- 5% of respondents are currently in debt to their heating provider
- 54% are worried about the cost of heating their homes this winter
- 30% have had to turn off the heating in the last three months to save money
- 34% have put on outdoor clothes indoors to keep warm
More top news
Masked machete-wielding raiders stormed into a convenience store and threatened the assistant, before stealing cash, cigarettes and alcohol.
GPs have a public duty to tell authorities if a patient is driving against medical advice, new guidance from the GMC says.
The Government may be about to announce a new levy on council tax of up to 2% to replenish social care budgets.

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The Technical Assistance Partnership in conjunction with the Humber LEP Growth Hub are holding Funding Expo on 25 January 2017 at The Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, HU1 2AA. This event is supported by the European Structural and Investment Fund.
Are you a business, social enterprise or community organisation in the Humber region looking for funding to help support staff development, business development, research and development or community projects? If you are then why not attend
The EXPO will showcase all current funding and support opportunities open to SMEs in the Humber.
The Technical Assistance Partnership will be on hand to help businesses and organisations look at taking their next steps and apply for funding.
Booking is not required, just attend on the day.


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A Sumner man will share his personal memories of D-Day this weekend at the Pierce County Library in Sumner.
Bill Heath’s presentation, “Remembrance and Sacrifice: A Personal, Firsthand Account of D-Day, June 1944,” is set for 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the library, 1116 Fryar Ave. Admission is free.
Heath is a former Sumner High School principal. He landed on Omaha Beach in France and also guarded German prisoners of war while serving in the 302nd Brigade, the library said in a news release.

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CD review by Roger-Z (06/09/12)
On "The Levee," Petey Hop manages to wrap his arms around the incredible diversity of "the blues." On this entirely self-penned set, Hop lays down country blues, jazz blues, folk blues, stride, shuffle, surf, and rock'n roll. Produced by legendary blues-guitarist, Duke Robillard of "Room Full of Blues" and solo fame, the players consist of Petey Hopkinson (vocals, guitar), Nick Longo (drums), Anthony Candullo (bass), Chris DiFrancesco (sax), Ian Bennett (sax, harp), Jeremy Baum (keyboards), and Duke Robillard (guitar).
Petey Hop moves me the most when he extends the perimeter -- when he adds something new and unique. Take the lyrics to "My God." In this Dylanesque romp," Hop laments God's inaction and lack of visibility. "If my God would show me how, I would follow him 'til I fall down. Wish my God would show his face and spread his love throughout the human race... If my God is there and if he really cares, I'm saying, 'here I am'." In the self-accompanied, "The Porter," the lyrics wind their way into complex territory. "Someone broke your heart just having fun. Well I won't apologize for things he's done. Well I won't carry on your crown of thorns. My suitcase in my hand, I'm out the door... Don't take it all to heart, you've got to do your part to change the game. Well I might be your boy but I won't be your porter any more." In the jazzy, "Why Should I Complain," once again the lyrics sparkle. "Questions that I ask myself at night... The answers that I seek are them I fight. My life just slips away in my plain sight. I said, 'Oh, why should I complain,' knowing I'm insane. "Panic At The Beach" harkens back to the Ventures and Sixties' surf instrumentals. Hop absolutely shreds on his fired-up Tele.
Petey Hop shines on more traditional fare as well. His grainy, slightly nasal voice, combined with his hypnotic sense of rhythm, hammers the nail home dead center, every time. The band provides the perfect launching pad for vocals and solos. Longo and Candullo lock in effortlessly. They understand the dynamics of the blues. Chris Moore's original painting adorns the album cover. It sets the tone absolutely and perfectly.
In the inner sleeve, Petey Hop dedicates the CD to a number of people who have journeyed to the next world as well as to those still here. With one foot in this life and another in the next, Hop captures the essence of "the blues." Go see Petey Hop live and witness him take these songs to another place!


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Once upon a time, The Baking Sheet editorial staff put their heads together and wondered, what can we do that will convince all King Arthur fans to subscribe to our little newsletter? What if we gave them a present, kind of like the recipe cherry-on-top, for subscribing? So we did. Yours truly shot a DVD with the help of some of our Baking Education Center instructors, with A LOT of information about... pie.
How to make flaky crusts, whole grain crusts, food processor, blind baked, and oil crusts. Tips to help you with a baker's dozen of our most frequent pie questions. What the ingredients do, and how to work with them. How to make mini pies, slab pies, and frozen pies for the holiday ahead.
All in all, 75 minutes of information, techniques, and a whole raft of recipes (for everything we show on the disk). This is one of them: the Thanksgiving Sweet Potato Pie from our King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking book.
This pie is a head-turner in a whole grain crust, and a cut above the usual turkey-day casserole, I can tell you. Want to know more? Let's make one. You can follow along with the recipe for Sweet Potato Pie by clicking here.
Let's talk a little bit about whole grain baking first. When PJ, Susan Miller, and I spent a year stirring, slogging, and occasionally swearing our way through testing for the King Arthur Whole Grain Baking book, we learned one very important lesson: whole grain recipes need more moisture and more resting time to be as successful as possible. The moisture gets absorbed by the bran in the flour, which eventually softens. The results are whole grain baked goods that behave better in the oven.
We'll start with the crust. In your mixing bowl, measure out
2/3 cup whole barley flour
1/3 cup King Arthur whole wheat flour, Traditional or White, your choice
1/4 cup King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
1 tablespoon buttermilk powder (optional, but tasty)
1/4 teaspoon baking powder (for a bit of crisp)
1/4 teaspoon salt
One quick note: if you don't have barley flour on hand, you can easily make this crust using all whole wheat flour.
See all the little piles? It's always a good idea to keep them separate in the bowl, so you can backtrack if you get distracted to see how many ingredients you've added. Once you double-check and see they're all in there, you can whisk them together to mix.
Now, take 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut it into 1/2" cubes, and toss them around in the flour mixture. You can squish the cubes flat with your fingers to give things a head start.
Once they're coated, you can cut them in with a PastryPro (my favorite), two knives, or your fingers (my other favorite).
You want the mixture to be fairly crumbly here; not have really big chunks of butter (white flour pastry can handle bigger butter bits than whole grain can; the longer gluten strands in a white flour dough do a better job of surrounding the sheets of butter in the pastry).
Next we bring it all together with 4 to 5 tablespoons of cold orange juice. One of our other whole grain epiphanies was that orange juice and whole grains have a real affinity. The OJ has a subtle flavor interaction with the tannins in the whole grains that creates a milder flavor. You don't taste the juice, and the whole grain tastes a little nuttier and sweeter as a result. It's pretty cool.
Add the juice, a tablespoon at a time, mixing with a pastry fork as you go.
The dough is almost there; the sides of the mixture still have some crumbly parts, so I'm adding another tablespoon of juice. I'll use my dough scraper to bring the dough together; the barley flour can get pretty sticky.
Time to wrap this part up, literally. I'll put the dough on a piece of plastic wrap and pat it into a disk about an inch thick.
Before I finish wrapping I'll pat the edges nice and smooth: if you store the dough that way, you'll have far fewer cracks when you go to roll it out later on. Make sure you give the dough at least a half hour in the refrigerator before trying to roll it; the bran needs some time to absorb the liquid and soften up.
Always label and date. You could make this dough now and have it ready for Thanksgiving, no sweat. Put it in the freezer, and defrost overnight in the refrigerator the day before you want to bake. You could do the same thing with the filling mixture. How smooth would you be, if you started putting your Thanksgiving dinner together before Halloween?
Which brings me to the filling. Basically, you need a good 2 to 2 1/2 cups of cooked, mashed sweet potato, and between you and me, I don't care where it comes from. Bake a couple of extra next time you're having them for dinner. Peel and boil 'em, if that floats your boat. Or nuke them, either in their jackets, or with a little bit of juice for extra flavor. Our recipe calls for either cranberry or apple juice, but I'm going to use pineapple, because it matches the dried pineapple that's going in the filling later on.
Peel and cut the sweet potato into chunks;
put it in a microwave-safe bowl, pour 1/4 cup of pineapple, apple, or cranberry juice on it (I don't see why orange wouldn't work as well), cover, and microwave in 3-minute rounds until the potato is cooked through and very tender.
Once the knife slips in with no resistance, the potatoes are ready to use. We're now at one of those forks in the...uh, pie, where your personal taste dictates what happens next. If you want your filling to have some chunks of potato in it, smash them up and add the remaining ingredients in your mixer.
If you want the sweet potato part of your pie to be smooth, do this next part in the food processor. Put the potatoes in the bowl, and add
2 large eggs
1/2 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup half & half or light cream
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
Give everything a buzz until smooth; don't forget to add 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.
Again, you could freeze the filling at this point until Thanksgiving time. If you're making the pie now, the crust has had its rest while we made the filling, so it's time to roll it out.
Every blog I do has one of these moments, where I do what my husband calls the "head smack." Call it human, call it boneheaded, call it forgetting the basics, but heaven help me I rolled this dough out on a counter with a) nothing underneath it and b) waaay too thin. I share my clumsiness in hopes of keeping you off this same dead end.
Looks fine, right? what's the big deal? Try picking this up and getting it into the pie plate in less than a hundred pieces, that's what. It's very nearly soldered onto the countertop. I was too disgusted with myself to take a picture of the demolition that ensued, but rest assured I scraped the dough up and then rolled it again. This time with floured parchment underneath, more flour on top, and a piece of plastic on top of that to boot.
I will often take one of our All-Purpose bags, cut it up one side and across the bottom, and open it up as a big, heavy sheet to put on top of sticky doughs before rolling them out. It keeps the pin clean, keeps me from adding too much extra flour, and gives me a handy way to move the dough around in one piece.
Now that the dough is rolled out, and I know it's a little on the brittle side (barley flour is a different animal in your hands than wheat flour, even whole wheat: it's a little stickier and not very flexible), I'll use the parchment underneath to help me flip everything over into the pie plate.
Alley-oop, and over she goes!
With generously floured fingers, I'm gathering the wayward dough and crimping it. Once that's done, add 1/2 cup each of diced dried pineapple and ginger mini chips to the pan. And if you haven't done it yet, get that oven preheated to 425°F.
Next, the filling gets poured on top.
Here's an old-timer's trick for you. How many times have you poured something out of a processor's bowl, hoping to get away with it, only to have the blade plop out into whatever you're making? To keep this from happening, put one of your fingers into the hole in the center of the bowl's bottom to hold the blade in place while you pour.
My hands are just barely big enough to pull this off. But it's a good thing to know, anyhow. With this technique you can hold the bowl upside down and scrape it out without going through too many extra gymnastics.
Assuming the oven is hot, plop a pie shield on top of the crust and put the pie in the oven for 15 minutes. My bad, I didn't realize we now have these groovy adjustable silicone ones (ha! now you have to click on the link to see what I'm talking about!) and I used the old ones we had in the test kitchen. The adjustable one would have been better.
After 15 minutes, drop the oven's temperature to 350°F and bake for 15 minutes more. We're almost there. Next, the marshmallows. I found out a couple of years ago when inventing the S'more Whole Wheat cookie recipe (Baking Sheet Early Spring 2005 issue, page 27) that marshmallows hold their shape much better when baking if you let them get stale first. So a day or two before making this recipe, I opened the bag and poured them into a container with no cover to let that happen.
Pull the pie shield off the edges of the pie and put the marshmallows on top. When you're photographing food, it's hard not to check lots of times and shoot the progression of what's going on.
Just starting to brown now... 5 minutes more, and this is what you get:
Not quite there; I want to get a little more color in the center....
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The Brooklyn Arab American Friendship Center is a place where Arab American families can come to learn ESL, develop meaningful friendships, and bridge cross-cultural barriers. Volunteers are needed to lead workshops on Saturday mornings on various topics such as financial literacy, family relationships, parenting skills, etc. Volunteers are also needed to provide childcare for children while parents are attending the workshop. Our goal is to equip parents with skills they need for their families to flourish and continue to foster relationships among the Arab American community in Bay Ridge. This is a great opportunity for community groups to serve together on Saturday mornings.
- 1-2 male discussion volunteers + hospitality
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Last Update on: May 22nd, 2021 at 11:06 am
Ahead of the 2021/22 home summer of cricket, Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced that it will be conducting the West Indies Professional Cricketers Draft on Tuesday, May 25 via video call.
The territorial Board Franchises will be convened to pick the final two players for their respective squads for the upcoming domestic season which included the Super50 Cup and the West Indies Championship.
The draft will be conducted over two rounds and in each round, the franchises will have to pick one player from a pool of around 100 cricketers.
The two players selected by the franchises after the completion of two rounds will complete their respective 15-member squad our of 13 were pre-selected.
For the upcoming season, each franchise will be allotted a pick number according to their standing in the last West Indies Championship which was held in 2019/20.
Each franchise will be allotted a total of 90 seconds to make their respective picks and if they fail to make it within the allotted period, then they will have to wait until all the other franchises have picked their players.
Once all the franchises have made their respective picks across two rounds, a total of 90 cricketers across six franchises will be retained on a full-time contract for the next 12 months.
“The draft, now in its eighth (8th) year, demonstrates that CWI remains committed to our professional cricket structure and system, even in these times of uncertainty from the COVID-19 pandemic. The ninety (90) regional players who will be awarded regional franchise contracts, will be able to train and practice professionally as CWI hopes for a return to normalcy in regional cricket later this year,” said Cricket West Indies’ Cricket Operations Manager, Roland Holder.
Each draft pick by the franchise selection committee will be monitored and recorded by the draft overseer, as notified by Cricket West Indies to the franchises.
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John Calipari took over in 2009.
Since then, he’s helped churn out a multitude of first-round picks and an unprecedented amount of lottery selection. However, until the 2019 NBA Finals, he’d yet to have one on the biggest.
Now, he’s had one get there, but he’s yet to have won take home the coveted Larry O’Brien trophy. A Wildcat was destined to win a title once the Conference Finals were announced, but the only non-Calipari-coached player, Jodie Meeks, won.
Meeks played for the Wildcats in 2009, the year prior to Cal’s arrival. Although many may not remember Meeks’ days in Lexington, he was an absolutely monster for Big Blue Nation, averaging almost 24 points per game his junior season.
In addition, Raptors assistant coach Jamaal Magloire also got a ring on Thursday. Magloire who played 12 seasons in the NBA before joining the bench in Toronto, also played at UK in the 90s and helped the Wildcats make two national title game appearances, winning one in 1998.
So while a Cal-coached player didn’t win a ring, two former Cats did get to finally win a title.
Coach Cal can rest assured at least Cousins was finally able to get on the NBA’s brightest stage.
DeMarcus Cousins, who was drafted off Cal’s first Kentucky team, played for the Golden State Warriors. The Dubs lost the NBA Finals in Game 6 after seeing two of their top three players go down with serious leg injuries.
Cousins was asked to step up for Golden State, and that he did. While his future with the team is unknown, what we did see from Boogie resembled what UK basketball is all about: determination and grittiness.
After rupturing his ACL in 2018 and tearing his quad this postseason, Cousins continued to fight and did get his chance to contribute on the league’s biggest stage. However, for the Warriors, it wasn’t enough.
Because Golden State lost, Calipari’s players remain without a ring at the highest level. While it’s not a testament to Calipari’s teams, it is one for the overall success of his players at the next level.
He’s had studs like Anthony Davis and Karl-Anthony Towns who have filled up the stat sheet, but not a single star player has achieved wide-spread team success. John Wall, Anthony Davis, Karl-Anthony Towns and Kevin Knox all missed the postseason.
That being said, next year, as long as Davis is traded, Eric Bledsoe’s Bucks improve, Murray continues progressing and Cousins stays in Golden State, Calipari will likely finally see a player with a ring.
Cousins averaged 8.3 points and 4.7 rebounds in 18 minutes per game through the six NBA Finals matchups.

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20 Games Like Sleeping Dogs()
Hitman: Absolution follows the Original Assassin undertaking his most personal contract to date. Betrayed by the Agency and hunted by the police, Agent 47 finds himself pursuing redemption in a corrupt and twisted world.
Showcasing Io-Interactive’s new proprietary Glacier 2 technology, the game has been built from the ground up, boasting a cinematic story, distinctive art direction and highly original game design, Hitman Absolution combines much loved classic gameplay with completely new gameplay features for the Hitman franchise.
78 / 1002743.9
Saints Row: The Third is the first Saints Row game that takes place in the city of Steelport. Much like the first two games, the story revolves around the Saints destroying and absorbing three rival gangs, taking over the city in the process. In Saints Row: The Third, these three gangs are the Morningstar, the Luchadores, and the Deckers. Unlike the first two games, these three gangs are all controlled by a criminal organization known as The Syndicate, which the saints must also deal with.
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Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal. Pursue your enemies under the cover of darkness or ruthlessly attack them head on with weapons drawn. The outcome of each mission plays out based on the choices you make.
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Beyond the reach of civilization lies a lawless island ruled by violence. This is where you find yourself stranded, caught in a bloody conflict between the island’s psychotic warlords and indigenous rebels. Struggling to survive, your only hope of escape is through the muzzle of a gun. Discover the island’s dark secrets and take the fight to the enemy; improvise and use your environment to your advantage; and outwit its cast of ruthless, deranged inhabitants. Beware the beauty and mystery of this island of insanity… Where nothing is what is seems, you’ll need more than luck to escape alive.
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Unlike the first three games in the franchise, Saints Row 4 does not center around the main character defeating three rival gangs in order to take over a city. The Saints have now become a household name, and their leader has become the president of the Unites States. The antagonists in Saints Row 4 are an invading alien race known as the Zin. Most of the game takes place within a computer simulation of the city of Steelport controlled by the Zin, where the protagonist is attempting to free himself and his companions.
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Adventurer Lara Croft has been hired to recover the pieces of an ancient artifact known as the Scion. With her fearless acrobatic style she runs, jumps, swims and climbs her way towards the truth of its origin and powers - leaving only a trail of empty tombs and gun-cartridges in her wake.
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Splinter Cell Blacklist builds on the stealth roots of the franchise, while exploring new directions to embrace the realms of action and adventure. Players can define their personal play styles and be rewarded for those choices.
Ghost players want to remain undetected.
Assault players rely on instincts and firepower to deal with a situation.
Panther players strike lethally from the shadows in the most efficient and silent way.
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Developed in collaboration with the critically acclaimed television series from Starz, Spartacus Legends invites you to experience raw, visceral combat using multiple fighting styles and thousands of different weapon combinations. Follow your gladiator’s journey through multiple arenas and watch as they strive to reach legendary fame, or meet death at the hands of another. Compete with friends online and see if you have what it takes to kill them all.
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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is a raw and intense third person shooter designed to take players on an visceral story driven experience, following two of gaming's most disturbed criminals through the gritty Shanghai underworld. Introducing a new visual experience, the design of Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days has been inspired by documentary film-makers and the user-generated content era.
Every aspect of the game has been designed to deliver a fresh perspective to the words intensity and realism in videogames. In Kane & Lynch 2, Lynch is now living out his days in Shanghai working with a British criminal called Glazer. Glazer is the boss of a gang that left Europe in search of new ways to expand his criminal empire.
This adult tale begins with Lynch accepting a deal to ship an assortment of munitions to Africa from China with a little help from his old friend, Kane. Ultimately, things turn sour quickly and a bloodbath ensues. Dark, gritty and packed with action, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days will have you on the edge of your seat right from the outset.
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Prototype 2 is an open-world action game published by Activision and developed by Radical Entertainment. It's a direct sequel to Prototype and was announced at the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards.
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Become Death - The most feared of the legendary Four Horseman.
Epic Universe – Unlike anything the player has seen before, delivered in the unique style of Joe Mad.
Player Choice & Customization – Customize your experience with varied armor sets, weapons, and skill trees allowing players to create their own Death.
Explore a vast open world, complete dozens of side quests and customize your Death with a full leveling system, skill trees and endless equipment combinations.
Death is a nimble and agile character capable of incredible acrobatic feats allowing the player to explore the world like never before.
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Gotham City Impostors is a first-person shooter multiplayer-only video game set in the universe of DC Comics' Batman. Developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, the downloadable game is played from the perspective of two teams each trying to kill the other: one with people dressed like Batman and the other with people dressed like his archenemy, The Joker. The game is a six versus six first person shooter multiplayer game featuring customizable characters. Players take on the role of either amateur vigilantes (the Bats) or villains (the Jokerz). The game features a range of both traditional and imagined weapons.
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As Chuck Greene, you have 72 hours to save your infected daughter, clear your name and survive the hordes of hungry zombies before the military comes in and nukes the city. To ensure your survival, you can combine everyday objects to create numerous deadly combo weapons and slaughter the ravenous zombies. Dead Rising 2, it’s where Creativity Kills.
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Ride to Hell: Retribution is a no holds barred brawler set in the tumultuous age of the 1960's. A lone rider, Jake Conway, is locked in a battle to the death against a ruthless gang of bikers called The Devil's Hand. Jake will employ any means necessary to enact his vengeance: weaponizing his environment, using hand-to-hand combat on foot, and battling it out in high-speed shootouts on Jake's custom hog.
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In this retelling of Dante's origin story which is set against a contemporary backdrop, DmC Devil May Cry retains the stylish action, fluid combat and self-assured protagonist that have defined the iconic series but inject a more brutal and visceral edge.


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Archived News Release from 2003
For Immediate ReleaseRedwood City Could Lose Millions in State Budget Crunch, Urges Citizens to Learn About Budget and Inform Legislators
City, CA - March 4, 2003 - While the State budget continues to
swirl with uncertainty, the only apparent definite information is that
cities throughout the State, including Redwood City, stand to lose millions
under most of the proposals currently being discussed.
Further significant losses could be experienced if the Governor makes good on his proposal to confiscate locally-generated funds from local redevelopment agencies, unless those funds are formally obligated. Such a turn of events would have grim repercussions for Redwood City in that local redevelopment agencies would be precluded from issuing debt, and funds that would otherwise go to local agencies would instead be transferred to the State, thus impacting many redevelopment projects including low- and moderate-income housing. Other aspects of the Governor's proposal also hit local governments very hard, including loss of reimbursement of booking fees, and loss of road repair funds.
With nearly half of its annual budget going to fund police, fire, and other public safety programs, such cuts to Redwood City's funding could have devastating effects on service levels. Some other cities are worse off, and already developing plans for staff layoffs and severe service cutbacks.
The City of Redwood City believes that its constituents should be well-informed of these aspects of the State budget proposals, and that they should let their State elected officials know of their opinions on the matter. Redwood City urges interested citizens to contact their local members of the State Senate and Assembly, as well as Governor Davis, and clearly articulate their thoughts and outlook on the State budget situation. People can obtain contact information for their legislators at www.sen.ca.gov and www.assembly.ca.gov, and can reach the Governor's website at www.governor.ca.gov.
Visit Redwood City's website at www.redwoodcity.org for information about the City and its services, the community, recreation programs, education, City government, and local business. Redwood City news releases are also available online, at www.redwoodcity.org/news.
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Gunmen have abducted the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Pankshin Division in Plateau State’s Pankshin Local Government Area.
The development was confirmed by a police officer in the council area to The Punch in Jos on Thursday night.
He claimed that the gunmen shot the DPO, whose name has not been released, in his hotel room in the council district before kidnapping him.
The source said, “The DPO was just posted to Pankshin about three days ago. He was staying in a hotel in Pankshin and was in that hotel when the gunmen came and shot him before taking him away. Since then, we have not seen him.”
This is a developing story…
As of the time of filing this report, the Police Public Relations Officer in Plateau State, DSP Alfred Alabo, had yet to respond to calls made to him.


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The Day of the Dead is a time for the dead to return home and visit loved ones, feast on their favorite foods and listen to their favorite music.
In the homes, family members honor their deceased with ofrendas or offerings which may consist of photographs, bread, other foods, flowers, toys and other symbolic offerings.
Historically, Dia de los Muertos altars are made up of some combination of the following items:
Saints that are important to the particular family, as well as photos of loved ones who have died.
Lit candles, usually of beeswax or parafin.
Pan de muertos (Bread of the Dead) represent the souls of the dead. The essence or soul of the bread is consumed by the dead when they visit their loved ones. Most of the bread loaves are shaped as ovals (said to be the shape of one's soul), though each loaf may vary with different ingredients and decorations. In some parts of Mexico, the bread may be shaped as humans or animals.
For children, sweets and other foods are left for the dead to eat when they come to visit.
Mole is usually set out for adult spirits. The thick sauce made from chilis, sesame seeds, herbs, spices, chocolate and/or fruit is thought to be too spicy for the child spirits. Tamales made from meat, cheese or nuts are also added to the altar. Children might get a sweeter version of the tamale made with fruit.
Flowers, which symbolize the brief life of man, are used as an offering on the altars. Alter builders must rely on a network of relatives and neighbors, or purchase flowers for their display.
Yellow marigolds, known as "the flower of the dead," and other fragrant flowers are used to communicate to the spirits the richness of the offering. Sometimes paths of marigold petals are created by families to aid the souls in finding their way home.
Dia de los Muertos, explaining the history and meaning
Metro Phoenix artist Lucinda Yrene demonstrates in 15 easy steps how to create a Dia de los Muertos sugar-skull makeup look.
Metro Phoenix artist Lucinda Yrene demonstrates an easy way to create a Dia de Los Muertos sugar-skull look.
Dia de Los Muertos artist Zarco Guerrero explains the meaning of Day of the Dead and the importance of the masks in the celebration. Produced by Alex Gregory/The Cronkite School Produced by Alex Gregory/The Cronkite School
Metro Phoenix artist Lucinda Yrene demonstrates an easy way to create a Dia de los Muertos sugar skull look for your younger children.
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by Joe Martino |
Antibacterial soap sounds like it’s very effective for cleaning out hands and bodies, but the truth is the term “antibacterial” is more of a marketing ploy than anything else when it comes to effective cleaning of our body’s and homes.
Even the FDA(Food and Drug Administration) has admitted that “there is currently no evidence that [antibacterial soaps] are any more effective at preventing illness than washing with plain soap and water.”
Over time concerns about antibacterial soaps, mainly about an antibacterial ingredient called Triclosan, have been raised stating that we don’t know the dangers or long term effects and therefore should be weary of using it. Unfortunately like many other concerns, it went ignored, by North American countries mainly, and now studies are showing the clear dangers.
The Many Health Hazards
Research has shown that triclosan can disrupt hormone function and cause issues with allergies, thyroid function, endocrine disruption, weight gain and inflammatory responses.
A recent study published in the journal Chemical Research in Toxicology found that Triclosan encourages cancer-cell growth. Various studies over the past few years have clearly outlined the health dangers associated with this chemical.
Triclosan can also pass through the skin and interfere with hormone function (endocrine disruption). A study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives from 2008 shows how scientists detected triclosan in the urine of nearly 75 percent of those tested (2,517 people age six or older). Interestingly, the highest levels were found in people in the third decade of life and who had high income levels. Perhaps the cumulative effects of triclosan will show very harmful effects later on for that age group.
In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences it was found that mice who were exposed to triclosan regularly for six months showed abnormal cell proliferation, liver fibrosis, and inflammatory responses. Each of these conditions resemble the environment within which human liver cancer forms. Researchers stated that they would expect that the same triclosan-induced formation of liver tumors “would occur in humans as it occurs in mice.”
Luckily these concerns are not going unnoticed as they can sometimes do, The Canadian Medical Association has even called for a ban on products that contain Triclosan.
While it may not prove to be as harmful yet, remember that governments and corporations used to tell us that asbestos, PCB’s and DDT were all deemed safe and effective, yet all of these chemicals have since been banned. One might wonder the same about GMOs considering there is already a large body of evidence showing their dangers, yet government and corporations promise their safety.
How To Properly Wash Your Hands & Clean Your Home
If we shouldn’t use antibacterial soaps and cleaning agent what should we use and how do we properly keep clean?
When it comes to washing your hands, Dr. Mercola recommends the following: Keep in mind that your skin is your primary barrier against germs, so obsessive-compulsive washing, especially in dry environments that typically exist for most in the winter months when the heat is on, can actually increase your risk of getting sick by drying out your skin.
- Use warm, running water and a mild soap (avoid antibacterial soap)
- Work up a good lather, all the way up to your wrists, scrubbing for at least 15 or 20 seconds (most people only wash for about 6 seconds)
- Make sure you cover all surfaces, including the backs of your hands, wrists, between your fingers, and around and below your fingernails
- Rinse thoroughly under running water
- In public places, use a paper towel to open the door as a protection from germs that the handles may harbor
In your home, there are a number of natural products you can use that are entirely safe and very effective. You don’t need to use any harsh cleaners and you especially shouldn’t be using bleach.
Here is a recipe for a natural orange cleaner as well.
STEP 1: Save enough orange peels to fill up a 1-liter mason jar. (If this is going to take you more than a day or 2 I would suggest storing them in either the fridge or freezer)
STEP 2: After you have done that, pour in 500 ml (2 Cups) white vinegar.
STEP 3: Seal the jar, and let it sit on your countertop or in a cupboard for 2 weeks.
STEP 4: After 2 weeks strain out the orange peels and keep the liquid in the jar.
STEP 5: Mix Water with orange vinegar solution (4 parts water 1 part orange vinegar solution in a spray bottle)
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The next model is advertised to have a borderless screen and Home button integrated directly into the display. This rumor is not new, but the New York Times is an important medium to good sources it strengthens the hallways noises.
Previous rumors about the iPhone 8 announced that Apple will abandon the LCD, used since the first model came out in 2007 in favor of the OLED. Other novelties announced are a back glass, wireless charging and an iris scanner. He said that Apple could offer three models, one with a curved screen like the http://hibbydabby.blogspot.com /2015/11/galaxy-s7-with-its-snapdragon-820.html" target="_blank">Galaxy S7 Edge of Samsung , but it's possible that Apple plans evolve over the coming months. This year, Apple had planned three iPhone 7, but only two have emerged.
To recap, Apple decided to go on a three-year cycle for its iPhone, where users were accustomed to change every two years. It is for this reason that the iPhone 7 looks like the iPhone 6 released in 2014. The "real" new iPhone will arrive in 2017.


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Russia has beefed up its scrutiny of McDonald’s restaurants.
The country’s food safety watchdog made unscheduled checks in several regions, one day after four branches in Moscow were shut over alleged “sanitary violations”.
Many people suspect the move is some sort of political statement related to the tit-for-tat sanctions war between Russia and the West.
“They occasionally hit us with different sanctions,” pointed out one man. “Why can’t we do something in return? McDonald’s is a symbol of everything Western. I think this is a good symbolic step that shows we have some guts.”
Other consumers share that view.
“I am for McDonald’s being wiped from the face of the earth,” said Vladimir Zolotsev, a 20-year-old music student, who was near the world’s busiest McDonald’s in Pushkin Square.
Anatoly disagrees: “The idea of there being political motives should be ruled out immediately because, as far as I know, the entire production cycle takes place here … just the brand is American.”
McDonald’s Russian unit said in a statement: “We are studying the essence of the claims to determine the steps necessary to open the restaurants for the customers as soon as possible.”
McDonald’s corporate headquarters in the US did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
McDonald’s employs over 35,000 workers in more than 400 restaurants across Russia.
For a generation of Russians who saw the first McDonald’s open at the tail end of the Soviet era in 1990, the restaurants are a symbol of American capitalism.
For most people, though, they’re just part of the urban fast-food landscape.
McDonald’s has been criticised by many Russian nationalists.
It famously pulled out of Crimea in April after Moscow annexed the region from Ukraine. That prompted calls for the chain to be shut down across Russia.
Foreign food producers who have fallen foul of the watchdog in the past have accused it of acting in the political interests of the Kremlin. It denies the allegation.
The watchdog banned Georgian wine as Tbilisi strengthened ties with Washington and spirits from Moldova after the former Soviet republic boosted its drive to partner with the European Union.
Earlier this month, Russia banned all meat, fish, dairy, fruit and vegetable imports from the European Union, the United States, Canada and Australia for one year in retaliation for the sanctions imposed by these countries over the Ukraine crisis.
That’s hurting ordinary Russians by pushing up prices and causing shortages of some goods.
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