This year, for BlackHistory Month, we salute some of the extraordinary women athletes whose strength, skill and bravura have brought them to the top of their fields, many of them breaking records. It wasn’t easy narrowing the list down to just these 16 amazing women!
February baby names relate to a wide range of inspiring namesakes. The second and shortest month of the calendar year, February gets its name from the Latin term februum, meaning purification. February is often associated with love and there are a plethora of names to love with ties to this month. Let’s look at this list of February namesakes which includes names ranging from a state, to artists, to several visionaries.
16 fantastical finds, fit for a little prince or princess!
Royal baby names are always a hot topic of discussion, and with the spring due date of the Queen’s newest great-grandchild fast approaching, speculation is mounting around the names that may or may not have made Meghan and Harry’s list.


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|Legendary LA Artists in Santa Monica to Discuss Their Work||
By Lookout Staff
December 21, 2016 -- Five legendary Los Angeles artists will help launch a series of talks exploring LA's vibrant contemporary arts scene at the Broad Stage at Santa Monica College next month.
Moderated by author and art critic Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, "Artists Talk -- LA Legends: A Conversation with California Art Icons" will feature Larry Bell, Billy Al Bengston, Robert Irwin, Ed Moses and Ed Ruscha, who were members of LA's "Cool School" that flourished in the 1960s.
The event Wednesday, January 18 at 7:30 p.m., which will be preceded by a 6 p.m. reception, will give the audience a chance to hear the artists speak about their "work, process, histories, and lives" in what promises to be a "historic public event," event organizers said in a statement this week.
"Los Angeles is now internationally recognized as a center of great contemporary art production, scholarship, and world-class institutions, but its history is a comparatively young one," organizers said.
"This is a rare opportunity to observe these greats in conversation as they share thoughts on their earliest beginnings and apocryphal tales from their storied pasts."
Its members, who were all men, would become known as much for their "swashbuckling antics" as their work.
They "espoused a complex and varied set of stylistic tenets and were bound by camaraderie, the moment, and their youth rather than adherence to any single manifested movement," organizers said.
The five artists featured at next month's event continue to create and shape LA's art scene.
"Forged in the spirit of L.A's unique disciplinary fluidity across cultural and institutional boundaries, the Artists Talk series is part of a new, multi-year collaborative arts initiative between the two organizations," organizers said.
It brings "the living history of Southern California’s art to the stage and (provides) educational and career opportunities for arts management students and public alike."
The executive producer of Artists Talk is William Turner. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, December 21, 2017 at 12pm Pacific Time at www.thebroadstage.com and by calling 310-434-3200.
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“From the score for Under The Skin.”
From the score for Under The Skin.
Quite possibly the most beautiful piece of music I've ever heard.
a fittingly haunting score for such an eerie movie. If you haven't seen Under The Skin, I definitely recommend it! Very unique and creepy.
Have to be honest, I'm not a great fan of the film, but I think the soundtrack it ace.
Astonishing piece from the amazing soundtrack to Under the Skin, full of wonder and dread and tenderness... and irrevocable change.
My copy of the LP arrived yesterday, so it'd be rude not to jam another. Simply magnificent.


June 14 (Bloomberg) -- Defending Wimbledon champion Serena Williams overcame Tsvetana Pironkova in her comeback match after almost a year away from professional tennis.
Williams beat the Bulgarian, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 on a packed center court at the Aegon International grass-court tournament in Eastbourne, England. Wimbledon, the year’s third Grand Slam event, starts June 20.
“I am a little rusty, but really enjoy playing here,” Williams, 29, said in a court-side interview. “It’s great to be back.”
The American is making her comeback to the women’s tour at the Wimbledon warm-up event on the south coast of England after being sidelined by two foot operations last year and treatment for blood clots in her lung in February. Today was her first match since she collected her 13th Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon in July.
Watched by her sister and five-time Wimbledon champion Venus and their father Richard, Williams started off nervously, producing a double fault in her first service game. After dropping serve for the second time in the match for 4-0 down, she cracked her racket on the grass. The 34th-ranked Pironkova, who reached the Wimbledon semifinals last year, took the first set 6-1 as Williams struggled with her ground strokes and movement.
The momentum shifted in the second set, as Williams held serve after saving a break point and then broke the Bulgarian to take a 2-0 lead. Williams took the second set 6-3 with a forehand volley. Serving for the match at 5-3 in the final set, Williams produced her seventh ace and moved to the next round with a deep backhand.
Formerly ranked No. 1 and now 26th on the WTA tour, Williams will either play British wildcard Heather Watson or Vera Zvonareva in the next round. The Russian, the top seed in Eastbourne, lost to Williams in last year’s Wimbledon final.
Williams told a news conference yesterday the blood clots she sustained in February could have been “life-threatening” and “career-ending.”
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July 16, 2018 03:07 PM NPT
Photoshop is one of the most well known and widely used pieces of software on the planet. And in 2019 it will be coming to iPad.
This will be the first time Adobe has released anything outside the confines of traditional computing platforms. It is also a testament to just how significant Apple’s iOS platform has now become.
Photoshop for iPad will be announced at Adobe’s MAX creativity conference in October, before a release sometime in 2019.
Mobile versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere have been available, in a limited capacity, inside the App Store for a while.
But this Photoshop release will NOT be like these apps; rather, it will be a fully-fledged, complete program that has all the same features as the desktop software.
Adobe embraced the cloud back in 2012 and now, six years later, it is once again looking towards new areas for expansion.
The iPad – most notably the iPad Pro – is a clear path into the hands of millions of new customers.
The iPad Pro is insanely powerful and perfectly suited to Photoshop, so it’s no wonder that Adobe is targeting it with Photoshop.
Why So Long?
Most likely because applications like Photoshop require A LOT of processing power, and iPads have only just started catching up with desktop computing in the last couple of years.
The launch of the software is still 5-6 months away, according to reports.
This means an actual release for Photoshop for iPad could still be 12 months away.
Still, work is now underway, so that’s something.
There’s no word on pricing just yet either, but it’s likely to be in the same ballpark as Photoshop for PC and Mac (meaning it’ll be pricey).
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But the main charm of this type of interior give, of course, Berber notes. The nomadic way of life, the traditional "blind-sighted" windows of their houses, the interweaving of the grace of oriental ornaments and the peculiar decorum of a decorum - create a unique mood. Such a design is hardly ever bored. And the best part is the possibility of recreating it in a regular city apartment.
First of all, special attention should be paid to finishing. Replace the classic European arched openings with gracefully curved oriental ones. Smooth lines and clear contours of external surfaces should prevail here. The walls should be covered with light plaster, of course, it should be adapted to the conditions of the apartment. Use of beige and peach tones is possible. Pictures and photos as decoration items are not acceptable. Instead, on one side of the room you can create a colorful mosaic panel.
Particular attention should be paid to furniture. For wealthy Moroccans, it is covered with exquisite complex carvings, which indicates the high status of the owner. Cabinets are traditionally low, various sofas, poufs, and armchairs should be arranged in abundance. On them in unlimited quantities should be scattered multi-colored pillows, with African painting. Armrest sofas cover with woolen tassels.
Add to your new interior a pair of dark wood chests, also decorated with carvings. This will add a special touch to the design. It is not excluded the use of forged openwork decorative elements. They, like the tree, are very revered by Moroccans. With such skillful curls will be well combined blankets of camel wool of brown tones and white pillows of different sizes and shapes. Read: Studio apartment - 70 photos of ideas how to combine two interiors
In the classical traditions of style, tiles are used as floor coverings, but in the conditions of a city apartment it can be easily replaced with a dark wood. From above it is necessary to lay a carpet with a geometrical ornament. It can be of any color and size.


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I grew up in the era of 8-bit computer games, so I tend to have a more lenient view on graphics in games than other reviewers on the site. When I grew up, one of the main things that we used to look for in games was colour. “What? This game uses a palette of 16 colours on screen at once? That’s amazing, how did they do that?” we would cry. Yes, we were poor fools who got distracted by bright colours and completely ignored how they would clash with each other and look horrid and garish. It didn’t matter that humans aren’t normally purple and nobody had black wallpaper in their house, we just marvelled at how colourful it was. This attitude has stuck with me and so to this day I do tend to gravitate towards brightly coloured games rather than cherishing the drab browns and greys that some of the more “realistic” games tend to go for. If I wanted brown, I’d get the Commodore 64 out and play on that. Anyway, this long ramble all serves as an introduction to Monochrome World, a game all about bringing colour to… well, to a monochrome world in fact.
You play as a raindrop who has to roll around, painting the floor in order to turn things from white to whatever colour they happen to be at the moment. It all sounds quite easy, however there are plenty of terrible tribulations to your tile-tinting task and these come in various forms. Some levels will have little Roomba-like robots that chase after you, whereas others will have spikes coming from the floor, precarious ramps, or buttons that activate bullets in your path. Your role is to control the unnamed raindrop (known in the game as simply “raindrop”) and navigate the maze-like levels to turn the tiles that make them up into a pretty colour.
Along the way you will collect coins that allow you to unlock new skills such as slowing down time or jumping a fraction of a centimetre off the ground. These can be levelled up through the same mechanic allowing for more useful variants such as the ability to jump properly. You can also unlock new shapes for your raindrop, as well as accessories like hats and moustaches. These don’t have any functional purpose, but the shapes are absolutely adorable and I had a hard time deciding if I wanted to play as a bunny with a top hat or a Shiba Inu with a cat on their head.
The trouble with having the skills unlocked through coins is that they’re not always necessary to the game as a result. For example, after about 30-odd levels, I still haven’t found a use for the jump mechanic. Some levels require the skills to unlock extras before you could feasibly get them as well, so you’ll have to go back to get them. You can three star a level without doing this though, so there’s no easy way of knowing which levels to return to. I would have preferred skills to unlock through playing as they are needed so that the level can serve as a tutorial to their use.
The pace of the game is somewhat sporadic, veering between sedate and speedy throughout. Your raindrop falls into each level slowly and controls are sluggish but momentum picks your speed up as you go. This makes it difficult to manoeuvre the more complex bits of levels without the focus skill that slows time down, and also makes stopping difficult after some of the steeper ramps, so you have to pre-plan your route carefully. It’s not entirely dissimilar to Marble Madness, and equally as frustrating when you die as a result of running too fast down a ramp that ended somewhere off-screen with not enough time to slow down when it came to an end. Every five levels you earn a new colour for your raindrop and this is awarded by way of an animation of the new colour slowly floating down into your character. I didn’t time it precisely but I estimate it takes about 47 years each time.
When all’s said and done, I found Monochrome World to be a bit of a mixed bag. I certainly enjoyed it, but the pacing and level design isn’t perfect. It’s a good game in short bursts but it didn’t grab me enough to play for hours on end like some other puzzlers have done. It feels like the sort of game that might be better on a mobile. As a Switch title, I just don’t think it does enough to be a must-have title.
Monochrome World (Reviewed on Nintendo Switch)
Game is enjoyable, outweighing the issues there may be.
It’s not the best puzzle title on the Switch and it has some flaws, but Monochrome World is a solid puzzler that’s enjoyable in short bursts. Don’t expect too much of it and you might have a bit of fun, but probably best to wait for a sale before purchasing.

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Term of Aerial Classes
£35.00 – £145.00
If we are midway through the term and you would like to join for the rest of the term ..please get in tough to see if there is space ..joining part way through the term will cost £14 per session for the remaining weeks left.
Autumn 2022 Term: 12 Weeks (5th-30th Sept / 1st – 31st Oct, 1st-27th Nov) , Spring/Summer 2022 Term 12 Weeks : 21st-31st March / All April / 1st-29th May / 11th-24th July, Winter Term 9 Weeks: 17th – 31st Jan / 1st-31st Feb / 1st-20th March 2022
Aerial Circus Therapy Thursday 1pm-2.15pm, Aerial Yoga Loop and Aerial Circus Therapy Sunday 6pm-7.15, Monday Aerial Circus Therapy 8am-9.15am, Monday Aerial Circus Therapy 9.30-10.45AM, Sunday Aerial Circus Therapy 6pm-7.15, Sunday Mixed Aerial Beginner – Intermediate 4.30-6pm. Age 7 to adult., Monday 7.30-9pm Aerial beginner-Intermediate Rope, Silks, Beginner Straps. (adult), Sunday Silks 3-4pm Beginner – Intermediate Age 6-adult ., Thursday Aerial Hoop and Mixed Aerial Class 7.30-9pm (adult), Wednesday 7.30-9 Trapeze (adult) Beginner – Intermediate

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Intense sunlight not only steals the color of facial skin, but it is also very harmful to the skin of the hands. Most women suffer from the problem of tanning in the summer season, but their focus is not only on protecting the face from tanning, but also taking care of the skin of the hands Health Tips.
If the hand gets tan due to sunlight, it looks very ugly. But you can also get rid of this tanning if you take some home remedies. Here are some simple home remedies to get rid of hand tanning.
1) Yogurt, lemon and rice pack: Ingredients: 1 teaspoon yogurt, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, 1 tablespoon rice powder. How to pack yogurt, lemon and rice: Take yogurt, lemon juice and rice powder in a bowl. Make a paste by mixing this mixture well. Apply this paste well on the hands. After 5 to 8 minutes, gently remove the paste by hand.
Then wash your hands with clean water. Doing this regularly will reduce the blackness of the hands. Benefits – Yogurt has bleaching properties and rice is a very good skin exfoliator. The combination of the two removes dead skin on the skin.
2)Make Ten Removal from Papaya: Ingredients: 1 teaspoon papaya pulp, 1 teaspoon papaya seeds. How to make: Take a piece of papaya and mash it. Add papaya seeds. Now gently scrub your hands with this mixture. Benefits – Papaya can be used to cleanse and deepen the skin.
Other Remedies for Hand Tanning:
- Tomato Juice – Tomato juice contains good amount of Vitamin-C, it brightens the skin. You can use it to reduce the problem of skin tanning.
- Potato juice – Potato juice has exfoliating properties. If you apply potato juice on your hands every day like a toner, doing so will reduce the blackness of the hands.
- Cucumber- Cucumber contains very good amount of Vitamin-C. Cucumber juice is very helpful in bleaching the skin. Take a small piece of cucumber and rub it in your hand. Do this regularly, the blackness of the hands will go away.
- Aloe vera gel- Aloe vera gel has the ability to reduce the problem of pigmentation. If your hands have turned black in the sun, you should apply aloe vera gel on your hands regularly before going to bed at night. Doing this after a while will make you feel less black.
- Orange peel powder- Dry the orange peel and make a powder and then mix the powder in milk or yoghurt and scrub the hands. You should use raw milk if your skin is dry and yogurt if it is oily.
3. Coffee scrub: Ingredients needed: 1 teaspoon coffee, 1/2 teaspoon honey, 1/2 teaspoon milk. How to make a coffee scrub: Prepare a mixture of milk, coffee and honey in a bowl. Now rub this mixture on your hands. Scrub hands thoroughly for 5 minutes. Then wash your hands with clean water. You will benefit a lot from this homemade hand scrub. Benefits – Coffee has anti-aging properties, as well as works to heal the skin.
The tips mentioned here are general. If you follow these tips you will see the benefits you need. Stay tuned to our Digital Gujarat Info for more useful information.

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William John Cudworth,
Member, Institution of Civil Engineers
Newport Sorting Sidings - 1874
|Obituary in Minutes of Proceedings, Inst. C.E., vol. 180,
1909-10, pp 342-3
WILLIAM JOHN CUDWORTH, late Chief Engineer of the southern division of the North Eastern Railway, died at his residence, Butts Close, York, on the 31st December,1909, in his sixty-first year. The son of the late Mr. William Cudworth, Chief Engineer of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the subject of this notice was born at Darlington in 1848, and, as a member of the Society of Friends, received his education partly at Stramongate School, Kendal, and partly at Bootham, York. In 1865 hen entered the service of the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company - a section of the North Eastern Railway - as a pupil under his father. On the completion of his pupilage, however, he left the profession of engineering, and, desiring to become an architect, he underwent a course of training, including 6 months as a working joiner. Thereafter he worked for 4 years in the office of Mr. George Somers Clarke, architect, London. But at the end of that period he returned to railway engineering, and from 1874 to 1891 served as chief assistant under his father and Mr. Joseph Cabry, on the centraal division of the North Eastern Railway.
In the latter year, he was appointed Engineer of the central division in succession to Mr. Cabry, and in 1899, when, on the retirement of Mr. Harold Copperthwaite from the old southern division, the railway was divided into two, instead of three, sections, Mr. Cudworth was appointed Chief Engineer of the enlarged southern division, with headquarters at York.
During his tenure of this office many important works were carried out on the southern portion of the railway, including, besides the construction of new lines, an installation of automatic signalling on the main north line between Alne and Thirsk, equipment of all electric signalling stations, and a new signal-box at York, the latter containing the largest number of manual levers in the United Kingdom. He was also responsible for the extension of the Hartlepool docks and of the Wear Valley Railway; the construction of the new Durham coast-line connecting the Hartlepools and Seaham, and Isle of Axholme Joint Railways, the latter including a swing bridge across the South Yorkshire Navigation; and, finally, the Selby and Goole Railway, still in the course of construction.
Whilst fully occupied with his professional duties, Mr. Cudworth yet found time to devote to philanthropic and social work, particularly in connection with the affairs of the city of York. From very early days he was a strong supporter of the temperance movement, and was a Liberal in politics. His many friends esteemed him for his sterling worth of character, for the sympathy and help he was always ready to give to those in need, and for the conscientious devotion to duty which he always displayed.
Mr. Cudworth was elected an Asoociate Member of The Institution on the 6th March, 1883, and was transferred to the class of Members on the 7th January, 1896. Between 1903 and 1906 he served as a member of the Council.
|Obituary in The Engineer, January 7, 1910, p.12
W. J. CUDWORTH
We have to record with regret the death on Friday, Dec. 31st, of Mr. W. J. Cudworth, of York. Mr. Cudworth resigned in October last the position of chief engineer of the southern division of the North-Eastern Railway, being succeeded by Mr. C. F. Bengough, the district engineer of the Newcastle-on-Tyne area. Mr. W. J. Cudworth was born at Darlington in 1849, and in 1865 he entered the engineer's office of the North-Eastern Railway at Darlington, but, shortly after finishing his time, left the engineering profession, and qualifying himself as an architect, entered the office of Mr. G. Somers-Clarke in London in 1870. Four years later, however, he returned to railway engineering, and from 1874 to 1891 he served as assistant under his father and Mr. Joseph Cabry. On the retirement of Mr. Cabry in 1891, he became engineer of the central division of the North-Eastern Railway, but in 1899, when the railway was divided into two instead of three divisions, he went to York as the first chief engineer of the enlarged southern division.
Included amongst the railway engineering works with which Mr. Cudworth was prominently associated are the extensions of the Hartlepool docks and the Wear Valley Railway; the construction of the new Durham coast-line connecting the Hartlepools and Seaham, and Isle of Axholme Joint Railways, the latter including a swing bridge across the South Yorkshire Navigation; and, finally, the Selby and Goole Railway, still in course of construction.

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By Nick Sestanovich
Two of the biggest changes at Benicia High School this year are the adoption of a new bell schedule and the switch to a new special education model. Items on both were presented at Thursday’s school board meeting.
The implementation of a new bell schedule at Benicia High has been in the works ever since it was suggested as a goal by a Western Association of Schools and Colleges visitation team more than two years ago. After two years of conducting research, soliciting feedback from the community and presenting various possibilities for a new schedule to go into effect in the 2017-2018 school year, Benicia High announced a new schedule in May. Rather than students having a non-rotating six-period schedule for all five days of the week, students will only have that schedule for three days of the week. On Wednesdays and Thursdays, students will have a block schedule consisting of three 86-minute classes each day. Odd-numbered classes will meet on Wednesdays, even-numbered classes will meet on Thursdays, and school will end for students 30 minutes earlier.
Source: New Benicia High School bell schedule, special education model discussed at Thursday’s school board meeting
By Nick Sestanovich
As indicated by the cooler weather and flood of advertisements for school supplies, summer is winding down. On Monday, Aug. 21, Benicia students at all grade levels will head back to school for the start of the 2017-2018 school year. However, no matter which school they are attending, all of Benicia Unified School District’s sites will have something different they did not have the year before, whether it is a new crop of teachers, new administrators, new construction or even a new schedule. The Herald recently caught up with the principals at all seven schools to let students know what they can expect as they start the new school year.
Source: Benicia Heads Back to Class: What’s new, what to expect at Benicia Unified’s 7 schools in 2017-2018
By Katy St. Clair
The morning was all “criss-cross applesauce” and smiles as the children at Dan Mini Elementary lined up to receive their new backpacks full of school supplies for the new year on Thursday.
“Yayyy!” exclaimed a second-grader, tightening her pack’s straps proudly.
The kids came in three groups to get their goodies, all provided by the Pitcch In Foundation, a nonprofit started by New York Yankees baseball player CC Sabathia and his family. Sabathia is a Vallejo native who has been giving back to kids here for eight years.
“It’s very exciting to know that every kid gets a backpack,” said Dan Mini Principal Heather Topacio. “They feel so proud. And we know we can count on it every year,” she said.
And every kid did indeed get a backpack, so that no one feels singled out for being in need more than others.
“This is fabulous,” said a second-grade teacher in passing, as she corralled her kids back to class. “We have students that don’t have basic supplies.”
Source: Pitcch In Foundation put the “backpacks” in “back to school” in Vallejo – Benicia
By Richard Bammer
The herald of the day was not the first bell, but white-painted letters on the back windshield of several cars — “Seniors c/o 2018” and “Seniors 2K18” — headed at 7:40 a.m. to Vacaville High, one of several campuses in Vacaville Unified undergoing major physical changes under Measure A, as the first hours of the new academic year began on a sweetly blue and cloudless Thursday.
The nearly 2,000 students at the West Monte Vista Avenue campus were in their seats by 7:50 a.m., including several hundred in the brand-new $10 million, 15-classroom English building, literally a stone’s throw from a similar building, for mathematics classes, to be completed by the December holiday break. Both projects, including earlier expansions and relocation of the school’s main parking lot and tennis courts, are funded by the $194 million bond measure passed by Vacaville Unified voters in 2014.
Source: Impact of Measure A projects seen on first day of school
By Ryan McCarthy
Police officers will teach a public safety course at Vacaville and Will C. Wood high schools, where $33.5 million in construction is underway – while at Fairmont Charter School parents and their children gathered Thursday for the start of the school year.
Aneyda Zinky said she was telling her daughter Meghan, 10, about going back to school in Mexico City.
“It was a private school, so it was very strict,” Zinky remembered.
Meghan was looking forward to the books, computers, music and P.E. class at Fairmont, the charter school that opened in 2009 at its Marshall Road site.
Source: Police teach public safety in Vacaville School District, which adds new way to grade
By The Washington Post
A brother and sister approach the end of summer differently – the girl is excited for school to start and the brother would rather just stay home. Even after describing the new subjects they’ll be studying and things they’ll do, the boy is adamant about not going to school: “I am going to play all day!/It doesn’t matter what you say.” His sister responds: “Recess is for playing games:/We’ll run and jump and climb!/Let’s go right now and join the fun./You really must not whine!” The sister’s enthusiasm never wanes and eventually the brother – seated at a chair and surrounded by friendly students in a cheerful classroom – discovers his sister was right all along. Bright, bold, detail-laden drawings paired with singsong rhymes create a perfect “turn-that-frown-upside down” story.
Source: 7 books that will help ease the back-to-school transition
By Daily Republic Staff
High school sports are gearing up for the fall season, and with that comes the risk of concussions.
NorthBay Healthcare surgeon and Trauma medical director J. Peter Zopfi, D.O., will answer questions about concussion during the next #OurDocTalk chat at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday on the NorthBay Facebook page.
#OurDocTalk is a series of live Facebook chats designed to connect NorthBay doctors with the community to answer questions on a variety of health issues.
Source: Facebook chat to focus on concussions
By John Glidden
Jitters and excitement on the first day of school aren’t just reserved for the kids.
“I don’t sleep the night before the first day of school,” Principal Kim Mitchell-Lewis confessed as kids and parents showed up to Annie Pennycook Elementary School Wednesday morning. “I get excited, like the kids.”
In her fifth year as principal, Mitchell-Lewis acted as traffic control, answering questions, and directing parents, students, and staff on where they needed to go.
Source: Vallejo students return to school
By Kimberly K. Fu
School may already have started, but that doesn’t mean that all students have everything they need for a successful academic year.
Which is where three Solano Business Network International (BNI) groups come in, as they’ve partnered to collect school supplies Aug. 25 and Aug. 27 during the “Fill My Ride” event. Items gathered from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 25 at Sam’s Club (1500 Helen Power Drive) and from noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 27 at Wal-Mart (1501 Helen Power Drive) will go to Suisun Elementary School, Markham Elementary School and the Vacaville Neighborhood Boys & Girls Club.
The idea came on a whim, said Susan Schwartz, who oversees several BNI groups and volunteers with the Boys & Girls Club, but members were very excited to make it a reality.
“We’re really trying to show our community that BNI isn’t just about business. It’s about giving back to the community,” she said.
In the past, members also have participated in speed mentorships and other activities in support of youth.
Source: School Supplies Needed
By Richard Bammer
A debt recovery plan for school lunch accounts, and updates on sixth-graders’ transition to C.A. Jacobs Intermediate School and the possibility of reconfiguring the district’s elementary school model are on the agenda when Dixon Unified leaders meet tonight.
Melissa Mercado, the district’s new chief business officer, will lead the discussion on the food services department’s plans to get families to pay off meal debts.
The agenda item comes two weeks after the five-member board first heard of the plan from Superintendent Brian Dolan, which came after headlines about public rage directed at American schools that resort to so-called “lunch shaming” policies that humiliate children with meal debts.
Since July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has required school districts to adopt policies for taking care of delinquent student accounts for breakfast and lunch meals. While the agency, which funds the meal programs, is not specifically barring most of the embarrassing methods — such as serving cheap sandwiches instead of hot meals or sending children home with reminders, such as hand stamps — districts are being encouraged to inform parents at the start of the school year, so children don’t go hungry.
Source: Dixon Unified School District trustees focuses on meal debt recovery plan, sixth-grade transition
By Richard Bammer
Staffed by a full complement of employees, the Vacaville High main office Wednesday seemed ready for the first day of the new academic year, today: Postcard-sized paw prints, a symbol of the school mascot, a bulldog, in school colors orange and black, decorated computer monitors; a Bulldog Nation bulletin board was affixed to one wall near the principal’s office; and athletic forms and schedules and yearbook order forms were available near the front counter for students. A few students came and left.
But, at first glance the school’s new, two-story English building, with work crews in white hard hats pouring concrete, painters adding finishing brushwork here and there, looked anything but ready for the hundreds of teenagers that will begin filing into its 15 brand-new classrooms.
Source: A new day for English classes at Vaca High
By Amy Maginnis-Honey
It was a day of many firsts on the first day of the 2017-18 school year in the Fairfield-Suisun School District.
For Atreyu Jilpas, it was his very first day of school. The 5-year-old waited anxiously with his Super Mario backpack and Star Wars jacket to meet his kindergarten teacher at Crescent Elementary.
In a transitional kindergarten classroom at the school, Paula Clanton was having the first day of her final year of teaching. She retires at the end of the year, having spent 17 of 19 years at Crescent.
Source: Fairfield-Suisun school year kicks off with day of many firsts
By Bill Hicks
Anyone who had ever been to Solano Community College’s previous Theatre Arts building might have a memory of a theater that was adequate but didn’t necessarily bowl anyone over in terms of aesthetics and general functionality.
The concessions were previously sold, for instance, out of a closet.
That has all changed.
Guests at the college’s ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday took a tour of the fully refurbished performing arts center and the transformation was monumental.
“It was a full renovation,” college President-Superintendent Celia Esposito-Noy said. “This project was made necessary for a number of health and safety reasons.”
Source: Renovated Solano College theater steals show at ribbon-cutting
By Nick Sestanovich
Benicia Unified School District schools are nearly back in session for the 2017-2018 year, and so are the Governing Board meetings. As is usually the case, one of the items on the agenda is devoted to providing an update on the status of Measure S bond projects.
Measure S is an initiative approved by Benicia voters in 2014 to provide $49.6 million in bond funding for renovation and upgrades of school facilities. Bond projects completed to date include upgrading the technology infrastructure at all seven schools, playground enhancements at all four elementary schools, exterior painting at Benicia High School and repairing the roofs at Benicia Middle School and Mary Farmar Elementary School.Bond Director Roxanne Egan will deliver an update on items that were discussed at the July 25 BUSD Citizens’ Oversight Committee meeting, as well as updates on items being funded by Measure S.
Source: School board to kick off 2017-2018 year with Measure S update
By John Glidden
A candidate has been identified as the next possible Vallejo school district superintendent, trustees announced this week.
The Vallejo City Unified School District Board of Education met in closed session over two days last week interviewing several candidates.
“The board conducted two rounds of interviews and then identified a candidate for further review,” Trustee Marianne Kearney-Brown wrote in a news release to the Times-Herald.
The candidate is expected to make a site visit to the district.
Additional vetting of the candidate will occur and the board is “in the process of selecting representatives of key stakeholder groups to participate in the site visit.”
“After this additional work is completed, the board will determine whether to offer a contract or conduct additional interviews,” the release further states.
Source: Vallejo trustees narrow search for new superintendent
By Tracy Seipel
August — ouch — is National Immunization Awareness Month and the start of school for many, timely reminders why local and state public health officials are urging parents to make sure their children are up to speed with their vaccines, preventing diseases like measles and whooping cough that can easily spread in childcare and school settings.
Actually, it’s not just a reminder, it’s the law — and one that got even tougher in California starting last summer when parents no longer were allowed to opt out of immunizations for their children, save for legitimate medical exemptions. Students attending a home-based private school or an independent study program with no classroom-based instruction also are exempted from the law.
In fact, Napa County Public Health Officer Karen Relucio reminded parents recently that children’s vaccinations must be up to date for them to attend school.
Source: Check your kids vaccine record
By Richard Bammer
Several contract change orders related to Measure Q, a Department of Defense grant, an agreement with the Bay Area Clean Water Agencies for classroom instruction are on the agenda when Solano Community College leaders meet tonight in Fairfield.
Trustees will review and likely approve some half-dozen small Measure Q contracts before considering a significantly larger one with Pacific Gas & Electric for electric service facilities for intersection improvements at the Vacaville Center on North Village Parkway. The contract is nearly $68,000 to relocate a junction vault out of a classroom building driveway. It does not include related trenching work, according to agenda documents. (Measure Q was the $348 million bond passed by Solano County voters in 2012 to improve and modernize college facilities.)
Source: Measure Q contracts, DoD grant are on SCC board agenda
By Richard Bammer
Vacaville Unified leaders late last week were nowhere near a school cafeteria but they heard plenty of information from representatives of an advocacy educational resources firm that provided food for thought as the district’s new academic year begins Thursday.
Two employees from the Sacramento-based School Services of California Inc., which offers business, financial, management and support for the state’s 1,000 school districts, laid out the numbers during Thursdays’s governing board meeting, an comparative analysis of district income and expenses side-by-side with a dozen primarily other Bay Area districts for the 2015-16 year (the most recent for which their specific data was available).
School district officials had requested the analysis, Sheila Vickers, a company vice president, told trustees. The analysis and comparisons cast an eye on districts with similar average daily attendance and percentages of “unduplicated” students, that is, English learners, low-income and foster youth.
Source: Vacaville school district ranked in detailed income-expense comparative analysis
By Todd R. Hansen
Hundreds of students at two Solano County elementary schools will get a better start to the new school year because of donations to the Fill-the-Ambulance program.
“Anytime you can get resources into the hands of kids, it’s going to have a powerful impact,” said George Porter, the first-year principal at Fairview Elementary School in Fairfield.
Also benefitting from the NorthBay Healthcare program is Eugene Padan Elementary School in Vacaville.
Source: Students to get supplies boost from NorthBay program
By John Fensterwald
At an education conference Thursday, the two announced candidates for state superintendent of public instruction called for more strategies to counter a teacher shortage they said is gripping the state. The comments by Marshall Tuck and Tony Thurmond indicate the issue will factor heavily in their campaigns to replace retiring State Superintendent Tom Torlakson next year.
“The shortage is a massive crisis that few are talking about,” said Tuck, a former president of the Green Dot charter network in Los Angeles, who is making his second run for the office. Adopting short- and long-term approaches “must be the number one priority in the state,” he said.
Source: State superintendent candidates agree teacher shortage must be top priority | EdSource


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Anyone who follows new Washington Nationals' outfielder Denard Span on Twitter (@ThisisDSpan) knows the 28-year-old former Minnesota Twin was in the nation's capital this past weekend to visit his new home and meet with his new team, including Nats' GM Mike Rizzo, who took a picture with Span on the field in Nationals Park.
Me and gm Mike Rizzo at National's park lockerz.com/s/268944450— Denard Span (@thisisdspan) December 14, 2012
The veteran of five MLB seasons with the Twins who finished the 2012 campaign at +3.9 fWAR with a .283/.342/.395 line, a career-high 38 doubles, four triples and four home runs in 128 games and 568 plate appearances told 106.7 the FAN in D.C.'s Danny Rouhier (@funnydanny) in an interview aired on Mr. Rouhier's show with co-host Holden Kushner (@Holdenradio) this morning that it meant a lot to him to be going to a team that had pursued him for over two seasons before finally acquiring him in a trade for top pitching prospect Alex Meyer in late November.
"I tell you what," Span said, "It's a great feeling. It's a great feeling to be coming to a place where you're wanted. Obviously, the last two years there have been rumors that I was supposed to get traded to Washington and for it to actually finally become a reality after two years of them trying to do it, it definitely is a great feeling to be coming to an organization like this, an organization that is in place to win."
The Nationals are happy to have Span. D.C. GM Mike Rizzo described the outfielder in a press conference after the deal with the Twins as a, "... high average guy, .350 OBP-type of guy," who, "... doesn't strike out," or is at least, "... one of the tougher guys in the league to strike out," and a, "... contact bat [who] can really, really run... [hits] from the left side of the plate, which keeps our lineup balanced and [is] a guy that in the past has stolen a lot of bases and we feel is really going to come into his own as a base stealer in the National League."
The new Nats' leadoff man told 106.7 the FAN in D.C.'s host he too thinks he improve on the basepaths. "It's something I've been working on more than anybody probably knows," Span said, "But it's to be more of a threat on the bases. I feel like if I add that to team, add that to my game I will be a complete... first of all, it will only help the team having me at second or third base with the meat of the lineup coming up. But I feel like, myself as a player, if I can add that to my game, I will be an all-around, leadoff, prototypical player."
Asked to describe himself as a player for any fans in Washington who might not be familliar with Span's game, the outfielder said, "My game is first and foremost to bring good defense. I pride myself on catching the ball, trying to make exciting plays to get the fans into it and uplift our starting pitcher, whoever that might be for that day. Secondly, is to be the best leadoff hitter I can possibly be and set the tone for my teammates and just get the game going and rolling in the right direction and that's pretty much it. I'm going to try to bring a lot of athleticism to the team and a lot of excitement." As a leadoff hitter, Span had a .280/.339/.393 line last season. Leading off an inning, he had a .280/.331/.404 line.
Defensively, Span's +8.5 UZR (Ultimate Zone Rating) was the second-best amongst qualified center fielders in the majors behind only runaway UZR leader, the Braves' Michael Bourn (+22.4 UZR). Span's .989 fld% was down from .990 in the last full season he played in 2010 and his career .991 fld%. Span told 106.7 the FAN in D.C.'s Mr. Rouhier he was looking forward to patrolling an outfield that wasn't quite as expansive as the one he played in for the last three years in Target Field in Minnesota, though he did say that after visiting Nationals Park this week, the outfield in D.C., "... looks pretty big as well." He was looking forward to the chance to play in the nation's capital though, and, "... definitely looking forward to playing next to Jayson Werth and Bryce Harper. These are two guys that probably are going to make my job a lot easier."
Offensively, Span admitted that he's definitely not a power hitter. "I'm not going up there to try to hit a home run, but I'm capable of doing it if a pitcher makes mistakes or whatever," the outfielder who hit a career-high eight home runs in 2009 said, "but my goal and what I like to do is to try to hit the ball in the gaps and try to hit doubles and triples." Span's 38 doubles in 2012 were the second-most by a center fielder league-wide, tied with Angel Pagan behind only the Orioles' Adam Jones (39 2B). Span's .283 AVG was eighth-highest amongst center fielders. The Nationals finally have the center fielder/leadoff man they were after this winter.
• Listen to Denard Span talk to 106.7 the FAN In D.C.'s Danny Rouhier HERE.


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It is hardly possible to easily remove hard water stains. One must have better techniques to get rid of in an easy manner. Here we will get to know about some easy techniques by using some of our household items to get rid of them. But before that, let’s get to know, what is Hard Water strain and what causes it etc.
What is hard water and what causes it?
When water contains high levels of minerals, like Mg, atomic number 20 and iron, it’s thought of as “hard.” Those ugly water stains are caused once water droplets dry and leave behind mineral deposits. Usually, these stains are chalky white however may also be brown or rust-coloured betting that minerals are within the water.
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Best ways to easily remove hard water stains:
There are numerous ways and Cleaning merchandise that you simply will use simply take away water stains and build-up. Betting on the surface you’ll be able to use vinegar, a mixture of hydrogen carbonate and vinegar or cleaning merchandise specifically designed to eliminate water stains.
If your once-bright chrome regulator and glass shower door are currently dingy and stained, the key to restoring their lustre is to get rid of water stains. Here are 5 effective ways to victimisation home items you will have already got.
Vinegar may be a safe, all-natural house cleaner with the superb ability to combat water stains. Pour some in a very spray bottle and squirt any surface wherever you discover water stains. Let it sit for 5 to fifteen minutes to offer the vinegar time to interrupt down the minerals within the chalky, white stain.
If the vinegar starts to dry up, spray the surface with additional to stay it damp. for big vertical areas like shower doors, you will wish to drench paper towels in vinegar and paste them to the glass to stay the surface wet for the assigned time.
After soaking long enough, scrub the surface with a recent toothbrush. Use a larger} brush once Cleaning bigger areas.
You can use many different types of vinegar to get rid of water stains, as well as white vinegar and apple acetum. attempt victimisation no matter you have got to be had 1st. If it doesn’t do the trick, search for Cleaning vinegar, which is additional acidic for superior power against water stains.
Hydrogen Peroxide & Cream Of Tartar:
Ordinary peroxide works wonders on stubborn soap scum and water stain mixtures that accumulate on bathtubs and metal fixtures. For adscititious Cleaning power, create a paste victimisation cream of tartar, a sort of leavening, and apply it to the stained space. Let it sit for up to a half-hour, and so scrub with a moist sponge to reveal the results of your efforts. With this method, you can easily remove hard water stains.
Hard water stains on ceramic tiles are frustrating. The minerals leave behind residue that produces even the foremost high-priced tiles and grout that look low-cost. With this method, you can easily remove hard water stains.
To fix the matter, apply hydrogen carbonate and water paste to the affected areas. enable this natural cleaner to penetrate the stain for a couple of minutes. Then, gently scrub with a toothbrush or alternative setose brush to reveal tiles that seem like new.
You brush with halide dentifrice to wash and shield your teeth; however, did you recognize this restroom staple is effective at removing water stains as well? Dentifrice works best on tiny metal fixtures and glass surfaces. It even works on dishware!
If you wish to try and do away with water permanently, you’ll have to be compelled to install a softener. This technique removes minerals from the water before it travels through your pipes, preventing water stains therefore your plumbing fixtures look their best. A softener conjointly helps you avoid common water issues, like clogged taps and showerheads, poor tank performance, dingy-looking garments, lifeless hair, and irritated skin.
These are all the methods that can be used with this method, you can easily remove hard water stains. If you are finding it all difficult, just contact Busy Bucket. Busy Bucket is a professional cleaning company in India that provides affordable cleaning work. Our team will easily remove hard water strains for you.

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Erika Salerno Shadowens
Erika Salerno Shadowens is a partner at Varnum LLP. Erika’s practice is entirely devoted to family law matters specializing in divorce, child custody and family law litigation including change of domicile, interstate and international child custody matters. Erika is also a trained mediator and collaborative lawyer. She adamantly advocates for her clients in Kalamazoo, Kent, Allegan, Berrien, Van Buren, St. Joseph, Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ionia, and surrounding counties. Her 26 years of experience lends itself well to complex high asset cases involving closely held family businesses, and challenging child custody matters. Her knowledge of the law, diligence and tenacity help her accomplish her client’s goals in their family law matters.
Erika has litigated cases in all levels of the court system, including the Michigan Supreme Court. Media outlets call on her to share her expertise. Erika is a former Council Member of the State Bar of Michigan Family Law Section and currently serves as a Board Member for the Girls on the Run of Greater Kalamazoo.

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Fund managers Paul Theron from Vestact, and Rowan Williams, director at Nitrogen Fund Managers, weigh in on private schooling stocks on the JSE, breaking down which are good prospects for investors, and why.
Speaking on CNBC Africa’s ‘Hot or Not’ segment, the fund managers paid particular focus to private education group, Curro; newly listed retirement and secondary education group, Pembury Lifestyle Group; and Advtech.
Advtech, Curro and Pembury are small-cap companies listed on the JSE, and have a focus on private education in South Africa – a growing market sector, where there is increasing demand for an alternative to public education, which is seen as offering poor levels of teaching in the country.
According to Theron, he believes there is going to be “a listings boom” in private education, “because it’s obvious – unfortunately the state isn’t getting its game together… these (state) schools aren’t going to get better any time soon, so it’s a good opportunity for the private sector.”
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Speaking on Pembury, Theron noted that one of the draws to the stock is the fact that it isn’t exclusively in the education sector, but also includes retirement homes and late-in-life facilities. This, too, is a growing market that is under-serviced in South Africa.
However, Theron also noted that it’s too early to tell where the stock is going, as it has only been trading for a few months, and has a very small market capitalisation of around R233 million. “I’m going to go ‘not hot’, just on the scale and the newness of the business,” he said.
Nitrogen’s Rowan Williams had an alternative view – mentioning a R55 million investment injection from the Black Management Investment Fund, as well as the ‘two-pronged’ business approach with education and retirement making the stock a medium-term draw.
Curro is a more established private education group, with a market cap of R17.5 billion. The group develops, acquires and manages private schools across South Africa, and has had a successful performance on the JSE.
According to the fund managers, the stock has been trading for several years with a lot of “prospect” built into the price. Growth at the group has slowed after some rapid development, and it is now trading sideways.
The slowdown is likely due to the group’s shift to focus on spinning off its tertiary education business, Williams noted, which is a “capital hungry business” with room for expansion. This would provide two appealing investment opportunities he said.
Theron said that there is growing demand for Curro schools, and that the company is making acquisitions and developing new facilities to meet this demand. Because private schools only cater to about 5% of school-going children, there is “enourmous potential and plenty of scope” to grow, he said.
Putting a damper on this, however, is consumer pressure.
“Affordability is a big issue,” Williams said. “These stocks are almost seen as consumer stocks – and bad debt can be an issue. It’s getting a bit more balanced, and the top-end is getting saturated – so they (school groups) will have to move more downstream, where they will face some quality issues.”
Advtech is seen as Curro’s direct competitor in listed private schooling stocks, with a market cap of R9.7 billion and a similar success path in trade.
According to the fund managers, the group is more established than Curro, with more assets in the education space, with its host of colleges and tertiary institutions.
“They were resting on their laurels for a bit, as the established players in its chosen niches, but there was a massive growth opportunity, and it was too conservative,” Williams said.
Pushed by competition from Curry, “they have subsequently embarked on a massive capex programme and been fairly acquisitive,” he said.
With 82 schools and 28 tertiary institutions, Advtech is where Curro wants to get to, Williams said – the group is established, and the tertiary education business is exciting, with further potential for growth.


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Ida B. Wells And The History of Black Women In Chicago; U of I 150 Keynote Speaker Amitav Ghosh
On this encore edition of the 21st: Remembering the history and legacy of Ida B. Wells and many other influential and inspirational black women in Chicago. Also, a conversation about climate change with Amitav Ghosh, an award-winning novelist who delivered the keynote at the University of Illinois 150 Conference.
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
Those are the words of Ida B. Wells, a pioneering investigative journalist who was also one of the founders of the NAACP.
She was born into slavery in Mississippi in 1862, but she moved to Memphis and eventually to Chicago. She was known for her journalism, which included documenting the many cases of lynching in the American South. She also fought for the right for women to vote and was one of the founders of the NAACP.
Her story is one of many in Chicago that’s being kept alive by new generations of activists and writers. We were joined by her great-grand daughter, Michelle Duster to talk about the life and legacy of Ida B. Wells, one of the most prominent black women in the history of Chicago.
We were also joined by Mariame Kaba and Essence McDowell, co-writers of a book called "Lifting As They Climbed: Mapping a History of Black Women on Chicago's South Side - A Self-Guided Tour." Kaba is an organizer, educator and founder of the non-profit group Project NIA which works to end youth incarceration. McDowell is a digital artist and communications strategist.
"The media at the time was racially segregated. We had a mainstream press that was a white press, and did not give deep coverage to issues that were facing the black community. And this was the time that Ida B. Wells began to cut her teeth as a journalist." —@LollyBowean— The 21st (@21stShow) April 10, 2018
Essence McDowell (@inspirationess), on what led her to work on the guidebook "Lifting As They Climbed."— The 21st (@21stShow) April 10, 2018
"It wasn't just the immense contributions that black women had made to the city, but it's also just these landmarks that are everywhere around us, that I had no idea existed."
The question of whether our culture is coming to grips with climate change was brought up by award-winning novelist Amitav Ghosh in his most recent non-fiction book, “The Great Derangement; Climate Change and the Unthinkable." In the book, he explores our inability to grasp what he calls the “scale and violence” of climate change.
Amitav is in Central Illinois was the keynote speaker at the Illinois 150 Conference. The three day conference is to celebrate U of I’s 150th anniversary.
He joined us in the studio to talk about his thoughts on climate change and cultural implications.
"It’s just a disaster waiting to happen…and it’s not just waiting to happen. It happens constantly”— The 21st (@21stShow) April 10, 2018
- @GhoshAmitav on extreme weather events related to #climatechange
He’s the keynote speaker at @Illinois_Alma #ILLINOIS150 celebration.

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The $22.5 Million 345 Flats housing development is located between Kent State University’s main campus and the downtown district. The project includes living spaces for about 300 students. The 147 unit 172,000 SF development includes residential amenities and parking on the first floor with four stories of studios, one, two, and four bedroom units above. The building’s amenities space includes a fitness center, business facilities, and resident lounge complete with kitchenette, spacious gathering areas, and a TV/gaming center.
The building foundations consisted of shallow conventional footings that supported a pre- cast podium level. The podium level supported four levels of wood framed residential floors. The building lateral systems consisted of combination wood shear walls for the residential floors and masonry shear walls for the podium level.


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A stay at New World Shanghai Hotel places you in the heart of Shanghai, a 9-minute drive from Jing'an Temple and 14 minutes from People's Square. Featured amenities include wired Internet access (surcharge), a business center, and limo/town car service. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite.
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By Tammy Mills
ABOUT 300 people at Monday's memorial service at Corryong for fallen firefighter Steven Kadar were told the last 12 months of his life were his happiest.
His friend, local police sergeant Paul Brady, family and colleagues told mourners - including Deputy Premier Peter Ryan and Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews - that Mr Kadar had met the love of his life in Leah Edwards and had settled in a home in Corryong.
Mr Kadar died on February 13 alongside Tallandoon teenager Katie Peters, 19, as they fought the Harrietville-Alpine North fire.
Mr Kadar's helmet and overalls were laid out on a Department of Sustainability and Environment truck parked in front of the youth hall. Emergency services personnel formed a guard of honour.
Sergeant Brady read a statement from Ms Edwards about the man who loved the outdoors as much as she did and who created a well-worn path between their homes in Corryong and Albury.
''I will forever miss the sound of Steven stomping up the front steps,'' she said.
His family and colleagues spoke about Mr Kadar's uncanny ability to create calm in people in demanding situations.


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Given the enormous amount of money that is spent on our health care system and the research that has gone into the various diseases we would be excused if we think that there should be able to trust our health care system to deliver quality health care. Sadly, our Western health care system falls well short of what is desired. Instead of healing and health it largely delivers suffering and further disease. Mendelssohn as far back as 1979 (and he wasn’t the first to suggest it) considers that the public has been ‘conned’ about the benefits delivered by ‘scientific medicine’. There is a great deal of myth that surrounds our current system.
A part of the myth is that medical practice has produced an overall increase in health in the past one hundred years. However, historical analysis has found that general improvements in social and environmental conditions provide a more adequate explanation of the changes than the rise of ‘scientific medicine’. Factors such as the improvement in diet and nutrition, sanitation and improved general living conditions have made the greatest difference. Read the rest of this entry »
You and your family deserve nothing but the best health care services. When you look for a job, one of the first things that you ask for is the employee health benefits that you will be receiving.
When your child or another member of the family gets sick, do you have ample coverage to cover the costs or would you have to get a loan to cover the medical expenses?
You will never know what emergency might come up so it is vital for you to have a comprehensive health care plan.
However, health care costs are soaring each year so it is important to look around for the best health care plans that you can take advantage of. You need to make sure that you are getting ample coverage while getting your money’s worth.
There are two basic types of health insurance coverage that you can get: the private health insurance plans that you can purchase as an individual. Second, there are government-sponsored health insurance plans. Read the rest of this entry »

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Ed Corporal HEAD COACH
The newest TBL team the Gulf Coast Lions, are excited to announce Ed Corporal as their 1st ever Head Coach.
Corporal is a veteran of The Basketball League as he has been with the KC Tornadoes, for 2 seasons and was their Head Coach last year.
He brings over 30+ years of experience on the collegiate and professional level. Prior to joining forces with the TBL, Corporal was the Head Coach of the Arkansas RiverCatz, an affiliate of the American Basketball Association (ABA). Under his leadership as Associate Head Coach, he led the Arkansas RimRockers to an ABA World Championship during the 2004-2005 Season.
With his strong strategic thinking and emphasis on team building, Corporal has helped guide several organizations within the NBA and various college preparatory programs to championship caliber teams. Understanding the importance of preparing players for the next level, he has leveraged his leadership skills and basketball IQ to develop NBA, ABA, NCAA Division I, Division II, and junior college level players. In addition to his qualifications as a head basketball coach, Corporal's success can be credited to his strong ability to manage, recruit, promote, and develop team players with a high ratio of success. “Since I have past roots of previously living in Florida and have family there, I am excited about returning. Having the opportunity to build a TBL professional organization in Sarasota/Bradenton area is very exciting to me and I can’t wait to bring a championship to the Gulf Coast Lions.“ Ed Corporal. “We are thrilled to have a guy of Coach Corporal’s experience in both coaching and with this tough league. It is our intention to build a championship caliber team in our inaugural season in TBL.” Mario Lovett President Gulf Coast Lions


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BUENOS AIRES, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Argentina consumer prices rose 2.9 percent in January, the country’s official statistics bureau said on Thursday, a touch faster than in December and ahead of analysts’ forecasts as the country struggles to recover from rapid inflation last year.
The data, announced by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC), compared with a 2.6 percent average rise forecast by analysts polled by Reuters, adding pressure to President Mauricio Macri as he looks to stem rising prices and underscoring the challenge ahead for the country.
Fueled by a weak peso currency, consumer prices in Argentina leapt 47.6 percent in 2018, which analysts said was the highest annual rate in nearly three decades, hitting the country’s spenders as wage growth failed to keep apace.
That inflation and weak economic growth forced Macri and his administration to turn to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last year for a $56.3 billion loan and agree to stringent economic targets set by the international lender.
The centre-right leader, however, faces a tough balancing act with economic challenges on all sides, including his push to cut subsidies for utilities that has sparked steep price hikes which in turn have fed inflation.
A central bank poll of 53 analysts earlier this month forecast full-year 2019 inflation at 29 percent, dropping to 19.5 percent in 2020.
Reporting by Jorge Otoala, Adam Jourdan and Cassandra Garrison, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien and Susan Thomas

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Adhuri Kahani Hamari 15th April 2016 Written Update
The episode starts with Krish’s mom asking Purushaarth where did he see baba. Purushaarth asks why she wants to know about imposter baba. She gets angry. He says location. Radhika comes and asks what are they talking about. Mom says Purushaarth is telling his usual stories.
Mom with Preeti and Avni reaches baba’s ashram and requests assistants to let them in as she has icchadhari nagin in her home. Baba hears this and calls her in. She tells baba that nagin has tricked and married her son. Baba says he will come to her houe and only then decide if she is telling truth or not.
Krish is busy in his office. Radhika calls him and coughs. He rushes home and asks Radhika if she is fine. She says she was missing him. Their romance starts. They book at each other. A romantic song plays in the background. He is about to kiss her when his phone rings. Radhika says his work is sautan to her and says she can adjust and he should go back to his work.
Baba comes to Krish’s home with mom, Preeti, and Avni. He senses Ichadhari nagin’s presence and says she is here. Purusharth comes out with his parents and asks what is this trickster doing here and asks him to get out. His dad asks him not to mess up with baba and apologize him. Radhika and Krish come down. Baba grins seeing them.
Precap: Baba grins looking at Radhika. He tells mom that he will come to her house tomorrow and there should not be anyone except nagin.
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Radio 1212 was just one of America's covert programs. There were other stations and other formats. An OSS training record bragged about one black operation broadcast from a secret studio in the English countryside. It featured a woman named Vicki, supposedly broadcasting from an anti-Nazi station in Germany. Vicki spoke in German but played American music that the German soldiers liked. And she would talk to the soldiers in a sultry voice that sounded like a pin-up girl.
The OSS recording said that one night Vicki blew a kiss to a German U-boat captain, saying his fiancée had married another man. The story was a lie, the record claimed, but the captain was so upset he surrendered.
Hollywood filmmaker Abraham Polanski wrote scripts and directed programs for the OSS clandestine stations. He says the German soldiers tuned in for the jazz, and heard the information the Americans wanted them to hear as well: that the Nazis they were losing. "When a German sub went down the Germans never admitted it" Polanski remembers. "But we knew who was on the sub, who went down, his name, address, and all the rest. We broadcast all that to their families as they listened to the jazz. A lot of people listened."
Clandestine outfits were like any other radio station. They had to compete for listeners--especially when their signals were weak, or they were marooned on an obscure frequency. To boost the audience, OSS producers arranged for Marlene Dietrich and other stars to record popular American tunes in German. Though Dietrich was anti-Nazi, many Germans still adored her.
Over in the other theater of war, the Pacific, the OSS prepared to cast its electronic net at the Japanese. But the Japanese islands were too far from Allied-controlled territory. A conventional radio signal couldn't reach. So in the meantime, OSS propaganda teams targeted Japanese troops and their collaborators in occupied China. But only rich or official people owned radios there. For one operation, scriptwriter Gordon Auchincloss cast his Chinese actors as Yangtse riverboat captains chattering on their ship-to-shore sets.
"We were really corny," he said with a laugh. "We used to start the riverboat business with a sound that simulated the sound of the whistles on the riverboats which was achieved by blowing on canteens that were partially filled with water. A sort of 'wooooo' sound."
The station was set up in an American-occupied villa near Kunming, in Southern China. Programs were pre-recorded and beamed from a mobile transmitter to elude Japanese bombers. Another deception created by the same outfit had a cover story about as far-fetched as the river captains. Sy Nadler wrote the scripts. Gordon Auchincloss and Betty Macintosh contributed ideas. The code-name was "Hermit".
"The speaker purported to be someone known as the hermit, who based various predictions on a combination of the Chinese calendar, the Japanese calendar, the Zodiac ... you name it" Nadler remembers. The Hermit would predict things that had already happened, a technique used by Walter Winchell, the famous New York newspaper man. But the team was under pressure to make a prediction that would scare the population.
Betty Macintosh remembers, "Seymore Nadler was stalking up and down screaming 'We gotta do something to get to Japan.'" So Macintosh suggested a big earthquake, but that wouldn't do. It had to be something bigger.
This time, the propaganda was ominously right. Sy Nadler recalls, "For some reason we predicted to them that on a certain day, in August, Japan was going to suffer a catastrophic event. Without saying what it was. Of course it turned out to be the day the atom bomb was dropped but we knew nothing about it."
Allied broadcasters boasted that they were the best at covert radio. But the Nazis actually pioneered the tactic. Germany used radio to create the illusion of an underground Fascist movement spreading across Europe--a so-called "fifth column." Much of the rhetoric was anti-Jewish. British intelligence agents took notice and started their own clandestine stations. Later, the Americans copied the British. Former OSS agent John Creedy says the Nazi propaganda was incredibly effective early on in the war.
"They were credited with the collapse of the French resistance early on. Everybody said well we'd better have something like that ourselves," remembers Creedy.
Some of the clandestine Nazi broadcasts were well-acted and believable. The bogus New British Broadcasting Station was probably the most credible.
A voice asks in British English, "Have you ever given any thought to the fate of your children? You realize that the government's evacuation plan, or should one say, their complete collapse, may have a profound effect on your boys and girls in years to come."
Historian Martin Dogherty says other Nazi stations were almost comically bad: terrible cockney accents, inappropriate language, dull tirades.
Dogherty says part of it was a labor problem. "They could not really find any half decent broadcasters to work for them. They were forced to rely on renegades, prisoners of war, former school teachers who happened to be living in Germany at the time who were more-or-less coerced into working for them…so they had a great problems in finding anyone who could put a credible story together for them."
The Third Reich apparently cooked up just one black propaganda station aimed at America's home front. Little seems to be known about the shadowy operation. Radio Debunk, as it called itself, broadcast from Berlin over short wave. It claimed to come from Iowa.
Communications Professor Lawrence Soley of Marquette University says the Nazi broadcasts provoked scant interest. "You usually find clandestine radio stations broadcasting in situations where you have a repressive regime that prohibits dissent." The German stations broadcasting to Great Britain or the United States were broadcasting to free countries with a competition of ideas. "Opponents could speak out against the war, both in Great Britain and in the United States," Soley notes.
The effectiveness of Allied stations that targeted Axis countries is also open to doubt. The OSS claimed that some Nazi troops did surrender and that German morale was weakened as a result of Allied broadcasts. But there's no independent evidence--no Nielson ratings for disinformation. When former OSS scriptwriter Abraham Polonsky looks back on the effort he sneers. "If you add up all that war-time radio intelligence then, and compare it to the effect of one armed soldier going into battle, [they] cancel out," he says.
After the war, Polonsky worked in Hollywood. Clandestine broadcaster Sy Nadler went on to a career in counter intelligence. Gordon Auchincloss produced radio and television shows. Nadler and Auchincloss look back on the work they did six decades ago with some fondness and pride.
"We always said if we'd shortened the war by thirty seconds, we'd have paid for ourselves. We didn't have very high budgets, God knows," says Auchincloss. Nadler adds, "Sometimes if you reach just one important person...important in the sense of having the authority and the ability to make decisions, and if you can affect that decision, what's the difference if you haven't reached five or ten thousand others?"
A few black propagandists worried about the morality of what they were doing, especially the journalists. Was it right for the government to do so much lying? Betty Macintosh went into World War II a reporter. She came out to a career in the CIA. "I cringe at some of the things I've written for morale operations that were just beautiful, they were so untrue," remembers Macintosh.
Clandestine radio stations closed down after the World War II. But soon fired up again in other countries, with other voices. The CIA made extensive use of black radio propaganda during the Cold War. So did the Soviet KGB. U.S. government reports show that covert radio stations are still being used around the world. As one study put it: "wherever authoritarian regimes, political conflict or civil wars exist...there is black radio."
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Growing up our family had a dog named Sport. Sport was my sister's and I's constant companion. We really loved that dog. Sport fell victim to some bully's that lived down the road. He disappeared one day never to return.
Mom never really cared to have dogs or pets. It wasn't that she didn't like them but that she was afraid of them. I don't recall ever getting another animal to replace Sport. There were many reasons why but our hearts being broken was the man reason.
In my younger adult years, I was the type who didn't have time to have a pet. Didn't want to nurture, feed, water or care for a pet. I was always to busy for one. I would see others with a dog that they would take everywhere. My reaction was, "I bet their house is dirty. All that dog hair and stuff." All kinds of things would come out of my mouth. It wasn't that I thought having a pet was bad. I just didn't have time.
I met Tommy who is the love of my life in 2004. In 2005, he says,"I want you to have a dog. A golden retriever is the best kind." I told him, "NO WAY! I don't want something to have to feed or take care of." As it turns out, he secretly searched for one for me. In March 2005, we went to Lake Lanier to the breeders to pick him up. I still didn't really want a dog.
The breeder we bought him from always has a theme for the litters. Like a country theme, gambling theme, baseball theme, etc. They ask that you name your pet after that theme but it is not a requirement. The theme for this litter was a gambling theme. Tommy and I had made a list two weeks before and discussed what to name him. Of course, we couldn't decide. Once there though we knew what his name would be.
When we arrived, Tommy & I went in to met the newest memeber to our family. I instantly feel in love with our baby. We knew that his name would be "Master of the Game-The Boss". We call him Boss for short.
I held him in my lap all the way home. At 125 lbs, he still thinks he can set in my lap. This is a very funny site.
Boss is a wonderful dog. I don't know how I ever lived without him. Boss loves people and especially kids. He likes to swim, eat ice but most of all, he likes to be loved on.
I know Boss can't read this but I want him to know that I love him very much.

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GIW Industries October 2010 - at PresentResponsible for Sales on new equipment, spare parts and services in the region. Responsible for sales plan and strategies to penetrate in the mining market and catch goals and exceeds sales budgets. Responsible to elaborate the annual sales budget and elaborate the monthly forecast.
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In charge to create different strategies, coordinated with Sales, Production and Operations in order to penetrate with new slurry pumps in key customers, ensuring profit and also the customer satisfaction.
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Khel Chetna Mela 2022, What is special this time in? 18 sports 7 thousand children hockey and yoga too
Ratlam | The 23rd Khel Chetna Mela will be held from 9 to 12 January 2023, for the first time yoga and girls’ hockey will be included.
Krida Bharti and Chetanya Kashyap Foundation will organize, the meeting of sports advisors, coordinators and co-ordinators will be held regarding the preparations for the Mahakumbh of the Games.
Ratlam, 23 November 2022. The 23rd Khel Chetna Mela organized by Krida Bharti and Chetanya Kashyap Foundation will be organized every year from 9 to 12 January 2023. In connection with the preparations for the sports fair, a meeting of sports advisors, coordinators and co-coordinators was held. For the first time in the sports fair, mini category has been included in some sports along with yoga and girls category hockey.
Mukesh Jain, secretary of the Khel Chetna Mela committee, said that various issues were discussed regarding the preparations for the 23rd Khel Chetna Mela. Training camps will be organized by the sports coordinators from 2nd to 4th December.
After discussing with all the sports coordinators and co-coordinating schools, it has been decided to gather information about the condition of the sports grounds and prepare the grounds as per the requirement. During the meeting, the coordinators and co-coordinators associated with various sports also gave suggestions, which were discussed with the decision taken by the committee members.
Participation of all the schools of Ratlam city will be ensured in the 23rd Khel Chetna Mela to be organized by Krida Bharti. This time more than 7 thousand children will participate in 18 sports in the sports fair. This time the events of yoga, basketball, table tennis, badminton, athletics, kabaddi, kho-kho, cricket, football, hockey, wrestling, volleyball, chess, swimming, malkhamb, skating, shooting, bodybuilding will be organized in the sports fair.
During the meeting Mukesh Jain, secretary of Khel Chetna Mela, Krida Bharti District President Dr. Gopal Majavadia, secretary Anuj Sharma, Prakash Vyas, Jagdish Srivaswat, R.C. Tiwari, Rakesh Sharma, Balwant Bhati, Pappu Mehta, Raja Rathod, Ravi Panwar, Dinesh Sharma, Sunil Jain, Amrik Rana, Jitendra Dhulia, Umang Porwal, Jitendra Singh Ranawat, Arjun Sisodia, Abhishek Gupta, Krishna Gopal Tiwari, Kapil Chhapri etc. were present.
The organizing committee has appealed to the school directors and principals along with all the parents to motivate maximum number of children to participate in sports events for their mental as well as physical development.


Sydney, Australia, Nov 9 (EFE).- Two climate change protesters Wednesday vandalized Andy Warhol’s famous “Campbell’s Soup Cans” artwork in the National Gallery of Australia and glued their hands on it to demand an end to fossil fuel subsidies by the Australian government.
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New PlayStation Releases Next Week - Wolfenstein: Youngblood - NewsWilliam D'Angelo , posted on 21 July 2019 / 681 Views
Sony announced all of the games that will be releasing next week on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation VR in the US. 15 games in total will release next week.
Here is the full list of games:
- Date A Live: Rio Reincarnation, PS4 — Digital
- Hoggy 2, PS4, PS Vita — Digital (Cross-Buy)
- Robbie Swifthand, PS4 — Digital
- Sabre VR, PS VR — Digital
- Wargroove, PS4 — Digital
- Conga Master Go!, PS Vita — Digital
- Elea, PS4 — Digital
- Fantasy Strike, PS4 — Digital
- Fear of Traffic, PS4 — Digital
- Mighty Switch Force! Collection, PS4 — Digital
- Smoots Summer Games, PS4 — Digital
- Songbird Symphony, PS4 — Digital
- Tetsumo Party, PS4 — Digital
- Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot, PS VR — Digital, Retail
- Wolfenstein: Youngblood, PS4 — Digital, Retail
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at firstname.lastname@example.org or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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