Picosecond carrier lifetime and large optical nonlinearities in InGaAsP grown by He-plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy
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We report the measurement of a fast carrier lifetime and large band-gap-resonant optical nonlinearities in an InGaAsP sample grown by He-plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. Using a 2-microm-thick sample grown on an InP substrate, we observed a carrier lifetime of 15 ps and an index change as large as 0.077 induced by an intense 1-ps pulse at a wavelength of 1.57 microm. Good crystalline structure is maintained in the material during growth, and the absorption spectrum shows a sharp band edge. These properties indicate that materials produced by He-plasma-assisted growth have potential applications in compact ultrafast photonic devices.
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Know About SAP HANA Administration | Why SAP HANA ADMIN
SAP HANA is a powerful database from SAP built-in memory technology. SAP HANA generally needs less administration SAP suggests migrating from other traditional databases to HANA database which has faster speed and analytics. SAP HANA Studio is the main tool for SAP HANA ADMIN training so, the future world is with HANA database for more productivity and more reliability.
SAP Hana Administration is not SAP’s first in-memory product. Business Warehouse Accelerator (BWA, formerly termed BIA) was designed to accelerate queries by storing BW info cubes in memory. This was followed in 2009 by Explorer Accelerated where SAP combined the Explorer BI tool with BWA as a tool for performing ad-hoc analyses. Other SAP products using in-memory technology were CRM Segmentation, By Design (for analytics) and Enterprise Search (for role-based search on structured and unstructured data). All of these were based on the TREX engine.
SAP HANA is an in-memory data platform that is deployable as an on-premise appliance, or in the cloud. It is a revolutionary platform, which is best suited for performing real-time analytics and developing and deploying real-time applications. At the core of this real-time data, the platform is the SAP HANA database, which is fundamentally different from any other database engine in the market today.
SAP HANA Administration training course is prepared for all categories willing to make a career in SAP HANA – Administration, Operation, and Support for fresh graduates to the professionals who wanted to Update skills for their professional goals This course is based on latest HANA release. This course focuses on fundamentals like on Introduction, SAP HANA Sizing, Pre-Installation Steps and Installation and to advanced concepts.
- SAP HANA Admin Course will prepare you to
- Install and upgrade SAP HANA system
- Preparing SAP HANA sizing for customer specific scenarios
- Operate and administrate an SAP HANA system landscape
SAP HANA ADMIN Training course is ideal for system administrators, technical consultant, and administrators, SAP BASIS consultants and DBAs who are involved in planning, sizing and configuring the SAP HANA database as well as configuring the different components for data provisioning and reporting clients. IT professionals experienced SAP consultants, aspiring IT professionals and fresh graduates can also register.
SAP HANA ADMIN Tools Include:
- SAP HANA cockpit
- SAP HANA studio
- SAP HANA database lifecycle manager (HDBLCM)
- SAP HANA HDSQL command line
- SAP HANA XS administration tools
- SAP HANA application lifecycle management
SAP recognizes that different administrators have different tooling preferences. As such, there are multiple tooling choices available. The SAP HANA Studio is the main GUI tool for administering SAP HANA. For candidates who are willing to work with command lines, or strive for automation through OS scripts scheduled via cron, there are also command line admin tools available. SAP HANA training is fully integrated with the SAP Solution Manager. It supports the constant stable integration of SAP HANA based systems into standardized IT service management and application lifecycle management processes that are common in existing non-SAP HANA based systems.


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Kittle Brothers Funeral Directors is a long-standing family business who have serviced Shepparton and surrounding areas for over 140 years. Their initial contact to us was via a client referral with a brief to expand their current landing page to a fully functional website.
We developed the new website to present Kittle Brothers in a new and modern light. It was important to the client that the site made visitors feel a sense of calm and ease when honoring their loved one or pre-planning their own funeral. This is demonstrated via a contemporary design, updated content and the inclusion of strong, emotive imagery.
With the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating the popularity of remote-attendance funerals, a live stream of Kittle Brothers funeral services has been integrated into the site, allowing friends and family to attend services remotely, in real-time.
Kittle Brothers were also keen to extend the features they provide their clients by integrating Life Lived, a third-party site that allows clients to create funeral notices and post tributes for their loved ones.
With the integration of new functions as well as a modern, intuitive design, this new website will distinguish Kittle Brothers from their competitors and position them as a leader within their industry.
As always user experience is foremost in our mind when creating websites, and this site provides for easy user navigation whether it be via mobile, tablet, pc or laptop.

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Friday, April 18, 2014
Kristen Stewart's latest film, Sils Maria (a.k.a. Clouds of Sils Maria) is officially In Competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2014. The festival will be held in Cannes, France from May 14 - 25, 2014 .
Here are new stills from the film.
via Indiewire, KristenStewartDaily, CannesCoverage, Festival De Cannes
Here's a new international red band trailer for the film.
via RPLife, festival-cannes
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
A new teaser poster (in Italian, perhaps?) for Maps to the Stars has been released. The film stars Rob Pattinson, along with Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, and John Cusack rounding out the main cast.
via Thinking of Rob, TheFilmStage
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
A total of 34 movies done out of 37 projects, more than 50 award nominations, one BAFTA 'Rising Star' award won, 15 years of acting, the face of Chanel and Balenciaga...
All that, and she's only 24 years old. Happy birthday, Kristen Stewart!
The photo above is from the Chanel Metiers D'Art Paris Dallas Collection.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
I missed this news that came out a month ago, so sorry about that. I haven't seen this around here, so pardon me for my lack of awareness. There's a new-ish soundtrack from the movie saga. It's called "The Twilight Saga: Forever Love Songs". Basically, it's an album full of love songs (some lovey-dovey, some not quite) taken from all 5 film soundtracks. Some songs are new, in the sense that it appears in special editions or bonus tracks not available here in Malaysia.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Kellan Lutz stars in a retelling/origin story of Hercules, the Greek demigod.
In Ancient Greece 1200 B.C., a queen succumbs to the lust of Zeus to bear a son promised to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the king and restore peace to a land in hardship. But this prince, Hercules, knows nothing of his real identity or his destiny. He desires only one thing: the love of Hebe, Princess of Crete, who has been promised to his own brother. When Hercules learns of his greater purpose, he must choose: to flee with his true love or to fulfill his destiny and become the true hero of his time. The story behind one of the greatest myths is revealed in this action-packed epic - a tale of love, sacrifice and the strength of the human spirit.
The film is released by Rainfilm Sdn Bhd here in Malaysia, and is currently in cinemas.
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Hi fellow Twilighters!
First off, I apologise for the much slack in updates for this blog. We all know there's nothing much happening in Twilight World anymore these days. Even Stephenie Meyer is sorta over it.
So, what should I do with this blog? Keep it, or delete it?
I felt that this blog need a closure. A sort of a thank-you note for everyone that have stuck around to comment, vote, view, read, criticise, etc. So here goes.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
The apparent quote that Stephenie Meyer is over Twilight has struck a nerve in the Twilight community. She said this in the Variety interview.
Even those of you who love Twilight the most (in fact, especially those who love it the most) have probably noticed that there's been just a teensy little bit of backlash following the success of the books and films. I try my hardest to be thick-skinned, but I'm not much better at that than I am at brevity. So when I speak of Twilight becoming a negative place for me, it is entirely that near-omnipresent Twilight antipathy that I am speaking of. And I'm not complaining or saying it's unfair—I totally understand and even empathize with its existence. I'm just saying that Twilight isn't the wholly positive place for me that it once was.
DM: What about a return to “Twilight?”
SM: I get further away every day. I am so over it. For me, it’s not a happy place to be.
DM: Is the door completely closed on that?
SM: Not completely. What I would probably do is three paragraphs on my blog saying which of the characters died. I’m interested in spending time in other worlds, like Middle-Earth.
To clear up any misunderstandings, Stephenie took to her official blog to clear it up.

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Which Joe gave his name to ‘sloppy joes’? We look at five interesting sandwiches and their lexical origins.
1Relating to the measurement of volume.
- ‘Since she began attending, the figures in her paintings have gone from flat to volumetric, and her aesthetic has changed to match.’
- ‘The runoff hose was supplied by a tank reservoir that permitted measurement (i.e., volumetric metering) of the outflow.’
- ‘Traditionally, two types of experiments have been used to study swelling behavior of cartilage, including measurements of volumetric swelling and dimensional swelling of cartilage.’
- ‘Most licences in the Basin have now been converted from area licences to volumetric ones to encourage better water usage.’
- ‘The odds ratios for all the volumetric soft tissue measurements increased or stayed the same (odds ratio for parapharyngeal fat pad volume decreased slightly) after adjusting for sex, ethnicity, age, and craniofacial size.’
- ‘The controlled heating of deeper tissue and the ensuing skin tightening is known as volumetric tissue heating.’
- ‘Often when I ask for a price, the owner will get a look on his face that makes me think he is doing volumetric computations of some of the more difficult solids.’
- 1.1 (of chemical analysis) based on measuring the volumes of reagents, especially by titration.
- ‘One lecture in 1814 was memorable for its first description of volumetric chemical analysis.’
- ‘In general, the titrant is placed in a volumetric glassware called a burette and added slowly to a known volume of analyte until the reaction is complete.’
- ‘For high-accuracy chemical analysis and research work, a volumetric transfer pipette is preferred.’
- ‘The other main branch of quantitative methods is volumetric analysis.’
- ‘The apparatus used for volumetric measurement was a new version of one previously described.’
Mid 19th century: from volume + metric.
We take a look at several popular, though confusing, punctuation marks.
From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, discover surprising and intriguing language facts from around the globe.
The definitions of ‘buddy’ and ‘bro’ in the OED have recently been revised. We explore their history and increase in popularity.

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Thursday, February 11, 2016 – PREVIEW
Friday, February 12, 2016 – OPENING
Closes Sunday, March 6, 2016
Vivie Warren is a thoroughly modern, highly educated young woman. When her mother, whom Vivie barely knows, pays a surprise visit, The truth of Mrs. Warren’s profession comes to light, and an epic battle of wills ensues. A witty and provocative play by the author of Pygmalion and Major Barbara.
Adults $32/$29, Seniors/H.A.R.D. Residents $27/$24,
For more information about the show, read the Director’s Notes by clicking HERE .
Monday, February 22, 2016
What’s your story?
The Douglas Morrisson Theatre invites local storytellers to come share their stories on the theme of: NARROW ESCAPES.
We’re looking for stories about times you squeaked out of a “situation,” whether it was a relationship, a job or a literal cliff-hanger. Or perhaps you’ve escaped from some situation you wish you hadn’t. We can’t wait to hear your story.
It’s pretty simple to be a Storyteller at DMT’s Telling Tales, here’s what you should know:
For complete “Telling Tales Story Guidelines” visit the DMT website at www.dmtonline.org and click on the Alt. Mondays image.
Open mic at the end of the evening for those inspired to share on the spot.
Or just come and enjoy the stories!
Tickets are $5, open seating.
We hope to see you here.
An Evening of Improv with
at the Douglas Morrisson Theatre
Tuesday, March 1 at 8:00pm
Made Up Theatre is the Bay Area’s home for improvised comedy and entertainment. DMT’s show will feature an all-star cast of improvisers who use nothing but audience suggestions to create fresh and hilarious improvised scenes. Voted “Best Comedy Theatre” by Reader’s Choice, we invite you to enjoy the night out and experience the magic and fun of improvisational comedy.
Two different formats of improv will be presented during the show: Laugh Track City for the first half of the evening and 5 Play for the second half.
Laugh Track City is Made Up Theatre’s fast-paced short-form improv show that will have you laughing ’till you cry! Similar to TV’s “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” the cast of Laugh Track City plays a series of improvised games and scenes based on audience suggestions. It’s fun, interactive and hilarious.
5 Play is widely regarded as the most physical and fast-paced improv group in the San Francisco Bay Area. Using a made-up title provided by an audience member, 5 Play will create a fully improvised movie before your eyes. 5 Play has been performing across the Bay Area and beyond since 2009. Some of their accomplishments include:
Join us for this FREE event!


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Read online or download a free book: Education In Pakistan: Learning From Research Partnership
Publisher: OUP Pakistan (24 April 2012)
By: Ayesha Bashiruddin (Editor), Zubeda Bana (Editor), Malak Naz (Editor)
Book format: pdf doc docx mobi djvu epub ibooks (*An electronic version of a printed book that can be read on a computer or handheld device designed specifically for this purpose.)
Pakistan and Norway entered into an agreement in 2005 to start a multi-sector Institutions Co-operation Programme. Oslo University College, Norway entered into a partnership with Institute of Education Research (IER) University of Peshawar and The Aga Khan University - Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) to develop institutional capacity, particularly of IER-PU by (i) strengthening, planning and implementing educational programmes offered by IER-PU, and (ii) strengthening teacher education programmes for improving quality of education. This is the first tripartite partnership in higher education sub-sector, which has successfully completed three years. The partnership has provided an excellent opportunity for the faculty from the public and the private sector teacher education institutions in Pakistan to work collaboratively to improve education in Pakistan. This joint venture has lead to an idea of dissemination it the wider audience for which this book has been developed. This publication gives a full account of the abovementioned joint research studies focusing on teaching, learning, teacher education, education leadership and management, assessment practices, whole school improvement initiative.
*Report a Broken Link
Adolescents in Crisis Canute the Great - The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age

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This week marks the inaugural release from Crystal Culture, the newly minted label co-run by Bobby from Get Some and Pedro 123. Setting out with a clear statement of intent Bristol-based producer Stuff takes the helm for the first EP, delivering the unabashed club hype of ‘Gun Ho’.
Built around its constantly shifting vocal chops, ghetto house swagger and a relentless bass knock, the title track is pure dance floor energy. Refreshingly fresh-faced and with its sense of humour intact, this is the perfect antidote to the abundance of po-faced, overwrought and washed out dance music doing the rounds at the moment. Second original production ‘Spider’ continues this theme, another manic club track that sits somewhere between infectious and unnerving, while the EP also comes backed by remixes from rising talent Pedro 123 and Liminal Sounds’ own Elsewhere.
In the video for the title track, home videos from the Bay Area’s gangster rap and ecstasy fuelled ‘Thizz’ scene are cut up and graphically manipulated to create an unnerving but hyper visual that matches the original track’s ADD approach. Check the video below and previews of the full EP underneath. ‘Gun Ho’ is available now here.


By Abdulfatah Babatunde
The APC-led government, at all levels, will not do anything to impede the works of journalists, Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo State assured on Friday in Owerri.
Uzodimma gave the assurance while speaking at the 2023 National Bienial Convention of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) held in the state capital.
“Let me assure you that the APC-led government, both at the state and federal levels, will never do anything to impede the work of journalists.
“I believe I have a cordial relationship with both the labour unions and the Nigerian journalists. I also believe that we have enough laws in our statutes to check the excesses of some misguided media practitioners,” the governor said.
He said he welcomed the setting up of the National Media Complaints Commission.
“Those who are aggrieved by the actions of the media can always approach the commission to seek redress.
“I charge the commission to find a way of bringing the social media to account also. Nobody denies the fact that we need the media to strengthen our democracy.
“Both the government and media practitioners must, therefore, work together to ensure the protection, survival and development of this democracy.”
Uzodimma also used the occasion to highlight some achievements of his administration, which included the attraction of two federal projects for the benefit of the people.
These included the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, now upgraded to the Federal University of Technology Teaching Hospital and the Naval Base at Oguta as well as the dredging of Oguta Lake to Orashi River among others.
Speaking on nation’s 24-year-old democratic processes, Uzodimma said he still believes that “our democracy is still at its infant stage. We should not judge it harshly”.
“As a matter of fact, expecting a perfect electoral process at this stage is not a realistic enterprise,” he added.
Earlier, the immediate past President of the Guild, Mr Mustapha Isah, charged editors to continue to innovate and adopt new survival strategies in the face of economic conundrum.
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Isah knocked the Federal Government for not considering media industry in the various intervention funds it provided to bail out other sectors of the economy.
“Federal Government initiated intervention funds to bail out other sectors but is not bothered about current state of the Media.
“The media play the role of watchdog. Our constitution gives us the power to hold the government to account.
“However, a sick and hungry watchdog wouldn’t be in a position to watch anything when faced with challenge of survival.
“Some people, expected to hold accountable, would even pray for this scenerio to continue in perpetuity,” he said.
Isah, however, charged editors to keep doing their job, no matter the challenges faced.
He also spoke on the National Media Complaint Commission, recently inaugurated by the Nigerian Press Organisation.
According to him, NPO set up the commission in response to those in government who insisted on regulating the media.
“They wanted to do this through obnoxious laws.”
“The Guild does not believe that those we should hold accountable will be same people to regulate the media.
“So, I plead with all editors to give maximum support and publicity to the commission.”
The NewsZenith reports that former governor of Ogun State and Fellow of the Guild, Chief Olusegun Osoba, was Father of the Day.
Several important dignitaries in the media industry and academia also grace the convention, held at the Rockview Hotel, Owerri.
Do you have a flair for Citizenship Journalism? Share story(ies) of happenings in your area with The NewsZenith on WhatsApp: 08033668669 or email@example.com


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Centers & Institutes
The Center for Integrated Biological and Environmental Research (CIBER). CIBER serves as an umbrella for researchers from DSU, Wesley College, DTCC, and the University of Delaware to come together and conduct collaborative, interdisciplinary research. CIBER is located in the College of Agriculture & Related Sciences at Delaware State University.
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Program
The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Program is a subscription service providing research ethics education to all members of the research community and offers the following courses:
- Basic and Refresher Courses in the Protection of Human Research Subjects.
- Good Clinical Practice and ICH
- Health Information Privacy and Security (HIPS)
- Laboratory Animal Welfare
- Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)
Learn more about the CITI program
Delaware Nucleotide Analysis (DNA) Core Center supports high throughput DNA sequencing and genomics research using the state-of-the-art equipment. The core was established for DSU faculty, staff, students, and external clients in their research and to provide the DNA sequencing training and Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) services.
The Ethics Resource Site
The Ethics Resource Site was established at Delaware State University as an intrinsic part of the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII-1). Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), with a 50% match from the State of Delaware, this program was designed to improve the scientific research infrastructure throughout the state of Delaware.
Learn more about the Ethics Resource Site
The University of Delaware, Delaware State University, Delaware Technical & Community College, and Wesley College are partners in Delaware’s EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program (RII-3) grant. EPSCoR, the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, is a federal grant program led by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help states develop their research capabilities and institutions. It has served as a successful model for similar programs adopted by a number of federal agencies that sponsor scientific research.
The purpose of the Delaware IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) is to continue building a self-sustaining basic and translational biomedical research capability in Delaware. Under this program, DSU is pursuing diverse educational and research activities aimed at particularly increasing diversity in the Biomedical workforce. It is home to several pilot projects led by DSU researchers and with the participation of talented DSU students.
The Optical Science Center for Applied Research (OSCAR) is a state-of-the-art research facility where students, professors, and scientists use cutting edge technologies help solve real-world problems.
Office of Sponsored Programs
The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) is a support structure and seeks to assist faculty members in a variety of ways - identifying funding sources; assisting with the development of proposals, including the development of a budget; proposal processing, which includes pre-and post-award administration of grants or contract; and review.

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In order to make sure you get the most out of your Marijuana plants and be satisfied with your harvest, there are a few things you’ll need to learn to do during your plant’s growth. Those include pruning, topping, defoliation, low stress training, and more. While some of these techniques are fairly simple, some come with a few risks. However if you learn how to execute them properly, you’ll be able to optimize your yield and be able to get awesome results that you can be proud of.
Let’s have a look at those techniques as well as the proper way of doing them.
If you want to make sure you don’t grow small flowers, and get the most that you can out of your plants, you’ll need to prune or trim them properly so that they can use the water, nutrients and light you provide them appropriately.
If you take a look at your plants while they’re in their vegetative state, you’ll probably notice many tiny branches that are either going nowhere, growing into the middle of the plant (which is an area you want to open up), or are too tiny to get any light to grow. All these branches are going to do is basically eat up the nutrients, water and energy that could otherwise go up to those big, bud-producing branches at the top.
These tiny branches are a waste of energy and should be cut down in order to increase the productivity of the top of the plant and optimize your yield.
The way to properly prune your plants is to do it during their vegetative stage as they start getting a bushy shape, and at least 15 days before you switch them to the flowering stage.
When pruning, you’ll want to remove branches that:
- Are in the lower sides of the plant and do not receive enough sunlight
- Have leaves that are drying off because they receive too little sunlight, as well as bud sites that are hanging very low.
The idea behind topping a plant is to break its natural christmas tree shape, where it focuses on growing tall and concentrates its energy into a top-most growth. Topping is achieved by breaking the main growth point of the plant and encouraging it to put more energy into side branching.
If you repeat the process more times, it will encourage the plant to create additional bud sites and ultimately improve your yield.
If you want to do it correctly, you should wait until the plant has 5 nodes or 5 sets of multi-point leaves. Once its time, cut or pinch the growth tip and wait to see how the main stem thickens and strengthens.
You can repeat this process with side branches to produce more forks, which will result in more bud sites forming.
Remember to only top during the vegetative stage, and not while the plant is flowering.
There are also benefits to pruning leaves, also known as defoliating, early in the flowering stage and if executed correctly, this process can help increase your yields and lead to a very successful harvest.
The way this process works is by pruning fan leaves that are not directly connected to a bud, and are covering other leaves, limiting their exposure to light by standing in the way of their light source. The way to do this correctly is to go in and locate those leaves and use clean scissors to cut them off, leaving just a little bit of stem at the base where the leaf used to be, so that if any infection gets on the stem, it won’t go down to the leaf.
Be careful not to over-defoliate which can often do more harm than good. Only remove leaves which can impede bud growth. Do not remove sugar leaves, which are the ones that are directly connected to a bud, and focus on removing fan leaves only.
If you’re an inexperienced grower, it’s always best to start off slow and then gently learn from your experience as you become better at the whole process. That’s because the point of defoliation is not to unnecessary stress the plant, but to trick it into feeling like it needs to expand.
Low Stress Training
Low stress training is a popular way of training your Marijuana plants, especially if you’re a new, inexperienced grower.
Low stress training is based on taking minimal risks, exposing the plant to minimal stress and reducing the possible unwanted side effects or negative results. LST is used to give your plant more light exposure and stimulate its side branches to expand.
LST exposes a lot more of the leaves and buds to light. The way this is done is by bending and tying benches to the side so that you can optimize light penetration and increase the surface area of the plant that is exposed to light.
LST is a delicate technique that should be done with respect to the plant’s natural tolerance. The difference between bending it and breaking it can be very tiny so you should always be careful not to overdo it, especially in the case of strains with a crispier, stiffer structure.
Timing Your Harvest
Another important factor in optimizing your marijuana yield is timing your harvest right.
As your plants enter their flowering stage and their aroma gets more pungent you’ll be more and more tempted to start harvesting soon. If you’re not patient enough and you harvest your buds early, you’ll get smaller buds, but if you can resist the temptation and wait at least a week or two after your 2-3 week harvesting window, you can increase the size of your flowers by 20-25% and maximize your yield.

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Quick question: Would you spend almost three-fourths of your annual income on one party?
Yeah, me neither. But some people will spend that much – or more – on their nuptials. While researching a wedding article for MSN Money Frugal Nation, I learned that:
- The average wedding cost $28,427.
- The average income for a U.S. resident is $39,959.
Do the math.
Incidentally, that average wedding price does not include the cost of a honeymoon.
And yes, I know “averages” lie. But even if they can’t tell the whole truth, they can give pretty good approximations of trends. The averages in this case came from more than 17,500 brides surveyed by TheKnot.com for its annual “Real Weddings Study.”
Although the recession isn’t fully behind us, only 26 percent of the women surveyed said the economy affected their plans. Nearly 1 in 4 (23 percent) didn’t even have a specific budget, and about 1 in 8 women (13 percent) said they spent more than $40,000 on their weddings.
We all dream differently
I wonder if any of the survey questions read like this: What would you do differently/what did you wish you’d known before you planned this shindig?
And if there were, I wonder if any of the women answered: I wish I’d known the color of the place cards doesn’t really matter, that half the guests were going to leave those expensive “favors” on the tables and that we could have spent a lot less and still have been just as married.
Some people wonder if they can afford to get hitched. Well, sure. Marriage licenses are cheap and so are civil ceremonies. If by “afford” you mean “go into debt to satisfy other people’s expectations,” that’s a question that only you can answer.
I think you can stick to a budget and still get married in style. But it’s up to you to set that style, rather than let wedding planners and bridal magazines tell you what you want. Or, more to the point, sell you what they want.
We all dream differently. Maybe your home culture dictates that parents pay for everything and invite approximately 3,000 relatives.
Some of us are extremely pragmatic: We’d rather do a small ceremony with light refreshments so we could put $20,000-plus down on a house. Or throw it toward student loans. Or start a business. Or invest it for retirement.
And sometimes the limits are imposed by circumstance. When my daughter got married she was on disability and the two of them were paying off medical debts. Their long engagement (two years) allowed them to make inroads on the bills and to plan and shop very, very carefully. Think “Craigslist.” Think “yard sale.” Think “dollar store.”
Keeping it real
Both the wedding and reception took place at a social hall that another family member procured for free. Its no-alcohol policy made the choice of beverages pretty simple (and cheap!): sparkling cider, soft drinks, and water.
The reception: sliced meats, cheeses, potato salad, vegetable trays, five kinds of fresh fruit, rolls, crackers, hummus, salsa, and chips. Most of the food and drink were paid for with gift cards all three of us earned through rewards programs like MyPoints and Inbox Dollars. About $90 out of pocket paid for everything else on the menu.
The most delicious cake I have ever eaten was contributed by a friend as his wedding gift. On top stood a vintage ceramic bride and groom that Abby bought for a quarter at an estate sale. (She later found it selling for $45 on eBay.)
On the tables were scattered Hershey’s “Bliss” chocolates – appropriate for a wedding, we thought – and Ghirardelli chocolate squares. The Hershey’s candy was free after rebate; I got the Ghirardelli free by trading in inkjet cartridges.
The total number of frugal hacks are too numerous to mention. I’ve almost certainly forgotten some of them. But the money they saved let her have some girly splurges, such as pedicures for her bridesmaids ($17.95 each at a Seattle beauty school) and an elaborate wedding gown ($500 from a breast-cancer charity; I contributed half the cost).
Many hands make light work
This kind of wedding isn’t for everyone, but it was a delightful occasion. “Handmade” doesn’t mean “second-rate” any more than “expensive” means “quality.”
It took a dozen friends and family members to engineer the day. This made the wedding more special, since we all had a hand in making sure Abby and Tim had a memorable day. And we were working with our hearts as well as our hands.
As it turned out, it’s a darned good thing they were practical: One month before the wedding, Tim got laid off.

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CONTRACTOR Valmec has achieved mechanical completion at Jemena’s Atlas gas compressor facility.
The 40 terajoule plant will process gas from Senex Energy's Project Atlas gas fields in the Surat Basin before piping it to the east coast domestic market.
In June last year, Senex and Jemena partnered to build the 40 terajoule gas compressor and pipeline to send gas from the Project Atlas processing facility to Wallumbilla Hub, marking the first domgas route to market.
Jemena completed the pipeline which connects the fields to the processing facility in October.
Valmec said on Saturday it expected to be fully demobilised from the site by the end of December, having achieved the last stage of construction activities.
"Commissioning by the Jemena team is well underway, ensuring gas from the facility can be delivered to major Queensland manufacturers, providing a major boost to the local economy," Valmec said.
Source: Energy News Bulletin
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Getting more antioxidants and phytochemicals is one of the easiest ways to prevent cancer, reach your physical peak and have lots of energy. Sprouting grains, non-GMO seeds and legumes can increase your nutrition by up to an astounding 900%. Sprouts are also full of minerals, amino acids, protein and chlorophyll.
Why not start growing some in your own kitchen? Here are six very simple steps to get your sprouts started:
- 1. Begin with the easy ones. If you want to sprout seeds, broccoli, alfalfa, mustard or radish, sprouts are super easy to grow. You can also try sprouting legumes. Lentils, mung beans and adzuki are really easy ones to begin with. You can also sprout your beans and still cook them, boosting their nutritional content exponentially regardless. Just make sure you buy ‘seed quality’ legumes before sprouting.
- 2. Get your supplies. You don’t need much. Start with some wide mouthed mason jars with perforated lids, or you can buy sprouting jars online that have plastic perforated tops already. You will need to rinse and drain your sprouts, that is why you need perforation. You can use nylon cut into squares and rubber bands to cover your lids if you are doing your sprouting DIY style. You may also want a large shallow pan to drain your jars into. Once you set out your jars, make sure they are not in direct heat or a draft. They like a shady area with no extreme temperatures – ideally around 75 degrees Fahrenheit, but this doesn’t need to be exact.
- 3. Measure your seeds and get your filtered water ready. For every one cup of sprouts you only need about ¼ tablespoon of seeds. Measure your seeds or legumes into your jars, and add water. Cover them completely. The water should be reverse osmosis filtered or distilled for best results and health.
- 4. Next, put your perforated lids on your seeds and allow them soak for a few hours. You want them to soak up the water but not get mushy. You will then drain them off and leave them alone. You will do this for about three to five days, depending on the germination rate of each seed or legume. Soak, rinse, repeat. Make sure you rinse, because natural toxins are released into the water when you soak the seeds (like cyanide in many legumes).
- 5. Allow the sprouts to start growing. Once the seeds start to sprout, place them in the sun. They will be treated like plants for a few days. You want them to get a good start, as if they were going to be a full-grown plant, with about a ½ inch or inch of growth before you consume them. This will ensure they are at the peak of their nutrition.
- 6. Once the sprouts are grown, place them in an air-tight container in the refrigerator and consume at your leisure. They will last about a week before you will need to grow some new ones, but since it is such an easy process, you can ensure you have fresh sprouts all the time.
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There are so many benefits from sprouts…my cockatiel loves them, too. I find that when I buy them, there are too many not to share with a family, friends and neighbors.
Here's a recipe you might enjoy: Start with 2 slices of multigrain bread…try to avoid wheat bread (we eat way too much wheat in this country and the gluten is harmful to many people). Spread bread slices with cream cheese, one sliced avocado seasoned with lemon juice, and about a TBSP of creamy garlic dressing. Top with alfalfa sprouts. Enjoy.
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Some of us are going to be returning to out-of-home work on level 3. After 2 months at home living with uncertainty, some of us may be surprised by our mixed feelings about this next step, with rising anxiety about going back to a daily workplace routine. Given the current circumstances, this is a fairly normal response. What can we do to make this transition as low-stress as possible?
What is the first thing that comes to mind – our biggest concern? If we can address that concern in a practical way, we will have come a long way in alleviating our anxiety. If your friend was telling you about this issue, what advice would you give him/her? I don’t know what your biggest worry is, but hopefully one of the possibilities below will spark some ideas that work for you.
Let’s think this through in a very practical way – what do we know about the circumstances we are going back to…and what changes to daily life can we make now that bring us closer to the daily work experience?
We know what work clothes we will be wearing. If practical, we could start wearing them during the day even now. Those of us who use make-up might want to start doing that again.
If we know what time we need to leave the house to get to work on time, we can set our alarms and practice our wake-up and go routine. This also means getting to bed on time. This may involve our children if they are in grades 12 or 7 (if they are willing to play along!) If we have children of other age groups, what will be happening to them while we are at work? This may land up being a difficult question to navigate – we need to know they are safe.

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Days after Young Money's Drake announced Maybach Music Group rapper Wale would join his OVO Fest concert series next month, new reports claim a major shuffle is taking place in light of an injury to headline performer Frank Ocean.
According to reports, Drizzy's OVO Fest opening night is nixed due to Ocean's injury.
The opening night of next week's OVO Fest in Toronto has been cancelled due to the vocal problems of its headliner, Frank Ocean, Live Nation announced on Tuesday. Ocean, who suffered a tear on his vocal cord last week, resulting in the cancellation of an Australian tour, was to perform on Aug. 4 at the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre in Canada's largest city. James Blake, who was to perform on the same bill as Ocean, will instead be added to the sold-out Aug. 5 show alongside Drake and Wale. Tickets for the opening night will be refunded. (Billboard)
Last week, Drake broke some news to his 11.5 million Twitter followers about Wale joining the OVO Fest.
"@Wale August 5th on stage at OVO Fest before me. It's gonna be a doozy.," he tweeted July 26. (Drake's Twitter)
Along with the performance hype, Drizzy has teamed up with New Era for a line of Toronto Blue Jays hats to promote the concert.
While we await the arrival of Drake's new album Nothing Was the Same, which drops on September 17, the rapper has been ramping up hype in myriad ways. Leading up to his OVO Fest and North American tour, he's teamed up with the Toronto Blue Jays and New Era for a new hat collaboration. The hats, which are pictured above, are part of New Era's 5950 series and include the Blue Jays logo along with a stitched, commemorative OVO patch on the side. They'll be available in black or royal blue. (Exclaim)
Drizzy recruited a slew of hip-hop heavyweights like Nicki Minaj, French Montana, Meek Mill and more for last year's OVO Fest.
Drake headlined his third annual OVO Festival in his hometown of Toronto on Sunday night (August 5) with guests like Nicki Minaj, 2 Chainz, A$AP Rocky, Snoop Dogg as his reggae alter-ego Snoop Lion, French Montana, Meek Mill and singer The Weeknd all sharing the stage with him. And as promised, Drake unleashed his featured guest appearance on Aaliyah's posthumous single, "Enough Said," debuting it as part of his huge concert last night. It has previously been reported that Drizzy would be executive-producing the late and loved singer's posthumous album and "Enough Said" seems to be the first listen off the project. (XXL Mag)
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I just watched an exceptional episode of No Reservations where Bourdain makes his rounds in Brittany on the northwest coast of France, making a similar observation, most notably in the case of the fascinating and inspiring chef Olivier Roellinger, who returned his 3 Michelin stars to pursue something that mattered more to him: "a more fluid, accessible and natural experience." Aside from his ascent into becoming one of France's great chefs despite a really rough start (he was beaten, nearly to death, by a gang of several people when he was 21, was in a coma for a bit, then a wheelchair for 2 years, and only then got into the food business), which is amazing on its own, Roellinger's story sparks interest because he is a chef at the top of his game, and he chooses to step away from the stuffy environs of perfection, white linens, and plating things with tweezers, and move into a neighborhood of dirt, pigs, charcuterie from said pigs, bakeries and pastry shops, spice merchants, and above all else, an inn with gorgeous yet approachable food. Which begs the question: is something more beautiful because it is inaccessible (think Catherine Deneuve), or does beauty come from the every day realness of something (a wooden table, the sea). I suppose it's far too complex to answer that easily, but I suppose at this point, I would take a lovely plate of Roellinger's well-crafted charcuterie with the Big Cat over a fleeting chance to wash Catherine Deneuve's car given the choice.
At any rate, the point here is that the inherent quality in something simply but lovingly crafted is always pleasurable. Last week, me and mine got hold of some very simple ingredients, and made a really great meal together--the kind of meal that, when created together, and the cooking is actually part of the event of the thing, is greater than the sum of its parts.
We found a beautiful striped bass and some mussels; sweet little parsnips and lovely treviso radicchio, potatoes and brussels sprouts. At home, I had a rich duck stock in the freezer from meals past, and some of that great ham from Tennessee that my Bounty paper towel friend brought me.
We cleaned the fish, and tossed its collar with some soy sauce, cane vinegar, sesame oil, fish sauce and chiles, then blasted it in the oven and served the hugely flavorful result over rice.
This was followed by mussels steamed in duck stock with that salty ham, leeks and celery sautéed in butter, and some crusty bread.
And to finish, puréed parsnips and potatoes with charred Brussels sprouts, a salad of the bitter treviso radicchio with apples, and an extremely crispy-skinned bass with an herb vinaigrette. None of this food is way out there, and none of it ranks high on the difficulty/creative list. But we found beautiful product, cared about it and each other, and had an outstanding evening preparing and eating it. We'd be in the $100 range in a restaurant for something that cost us $15-$20 to buy, but that's not the point. The value inherent in simple, well-crafted food and the pleasure in cooking and enjoying it is its own reward.

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McLaren built an exclusive supercarMarch 25, 2020
The presentation of another “memorable” variation of the Elva speedster design, which was developed by the McLaren Special Operations (MSO), took place. Now the supercar has received the shade of the racing conceptual model M6A, which for 5 years in a row shone in the Can-Am series and the first acquired orange in the McLaren line.
The release of the debut orange McLaren occurred in 1967. Painting the racing concept in the shade of Papaya Orange was the initiative of the team manager Edward Mayer – according to the plan, thanks to the bright livery, the car should become more noticeable. The MP4 / 12 car of the 1997 season was painted in a similar color, and 2009 was marked by the appearance in the colors of the brand of the new Volcano Orange shade. A couple of years later, the colors McLaren Orange, Papaya Spark and Azores appeared in the palette.
The exclusive Elva variation has the Anniversary Orange hue, which is diluted with a gray stripe and the numbers “4”. It is in such a color that the spectacular “flow” of doors and fairings into the passenger compartment is especially noticeable, and the bucket seats with white upholstery are a contrast against this background. Judging by the pictures, the open “2-door” also acquired nameplates and pressed carbon fiber.
The Elva model has a 4.0 liter V8 engine, which has 2 turbochargers with an output of 815 hp. and 800 Nm of torque. Along with it operates a 7-band preselective robotic transmission. Up to 100 km / h the car accelerates in less than 3 seconds.
A feature of the car is an active system that controls air flow, AAMS (Active Air Management System), Its ability is to form an air “dome” above the cockpit.
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Whilst awaiting the arrival of another enthralling, multi-megabyte, download about the General Data Protection Regulation, I started reading the judgement (Case Number IPT 14/85/CH), delivered by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal last February. This is one of the cases between Privacy International and Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) which identified some unlawful processing of personal data by the latter (see references).
Paragraph 109 of this Tribunal’s judgment refers to the National Security Certificates established by Section 28 of the DPA; it states:
“Those certificates certify that personal data that are processed in performance of the Intelligence Services’ functions are exempt from the first, second and eighth data protection principles (and are also exempt in part from the sixth data protection principle). Thus the certificates do not exempt the Intelligence Services (including GCHQ) from their obligation to comply with the fifth and seventh data protection principles, which provide:
5. Personal data processed for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes. …
7. Appropriate technical and organisational measures shall be taken against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data.”
The reference to “those certificates” is a reference to National Security Certificates dated 2001; they were signed by David Blunkett and Jack Straw when they were Home and Foreign Secretaries respectively.
This in turn implies the current Home/Foreign Secretaries have not seen them contrary to the practice established for the Transport for London’s Congestion Charge National Security Certificates (when Jacqui Smith in 2007 and her replacement in the following Coalition Government, Theresa May, signed it in 2011). Why successive Home/Foreign Secretaries have not followed the Transport for London practice for the 2001 Certificates is one of those unanswered questions.
Of course, there is no obligation in Section 28 of the Data Protection Act to refresh Ministerial approval of Certificates (or indeed to have Certificates at all). But it is astonishing that the national security agencies have relied on them for well over a decade, without any evidence of any review of their effectiveness, by any other later Cabinet Minister who has political responsibility for these agencies. In relation to any concept of accountability, there is something not quite right here.
One plausible reason for the lack of review could be the fact that these Certificates, fashioned just after 9/11, are over engineered as they exempt the First, Second and Eighth Data Protection Principles. So for instance, the exemption:
- from Schedule 2 and 3 of the First Principle allows that processing of personal data which is not necessary for the national security purpose.
- from the Second Principle is consistent with the notion the national security agencies might want to use or disclose personal data for purposes that are incompatible with the national security purpose.
- from the Schedule 4 (and the Eighth Principle) is consistent with the idea that the national security agencies want to transfer personal data without any regard for any “substantial public interest” or the adequacy of protection in the territory to which personal data are transferred.
In other words, if I wanted to fashion an exemption that would allow me to transfer personal data to North Korea for any purpose, without regard for the lawfulness of the processing, my exemption of choice would have to include all of the First, Second and Eighth Principles. That, in a nutshell, is why these Certificates are over-engineered.
However, taking paragraph 109 at face value, it appears that the Information Commissioner can undertake an assessment under the Fifth and Seventh Principles. Namely, to assess whether GHCQ has taken;
- appropriate organisational and technical measures against unlawful and unauthorised processing, and
- appropriate steps to ensure that the retention of personal data such as communications data are kept no longer than are necessary for the national security function.
In addition, as the Third Principle is not exempted by the Certificates, such an assessment can include the issue of whether personal data are processed in a way that is relevant to the processing purposes.
The use of “unlawful processing” and “necessary” creates links between the Fifth and Seventh Principles to Article 8(2) of the Human Rights Act. In the context of national security purpose, we can read A.8(2) as:
“There shall be no interference by a public authority” (e.g. data retention by a national security agency) “with the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the law” (i.e. not unlawful) and “is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security….”.
As each Principle stands by itself, the fact that the First Principle is exempt (i.e. the requirement to process personal data lawfully), does not mean that an assessment cannot be done into management processes to prevent “unlawful processing” in terms of the Seventh Principle.
Given that GCHQ has appeared to have processed personal data unlawfully (see press references below), it is reasonable for the ICO to assess whether GCHQ management has done its best to ensure that any future processing is not unlawful (as alleged by the press) and that all proper “authorisations” for processing are in place. An assessment in terms of data retention and relevance seems also to be possible (unless a new Certificate is produced) if the Commissioner wants to do one.
Of course there might be issues such as concerning security clearance of the Commissioner’s auditors or overlap between the functions of different Regulators. However, these are not insurmountable as there are many contractors and staff of regulators, with the correct level of security clearance, who can be trained to deliver a data protection audit (by us, perhaps?).
In summary, the national security agencies should comply with several data protection principles and refashion the 2001 Certificates in order to precisely define when and why the exemption from the Principle is needed.
In the post Snowdon era, it would reassure the public if these agencies had, by law, to commit to the following obligations:
- Limit the processing to that which is necessary for their statutory functions.
- Ensure that personal data are processed in a way that is not incompatible with the national security purpose.
- Ensure that personal data are kept no longer than necessary for the national security purpose.
- Ensure that personal data be kept secure and only transferred if there is a substantial public interest in the transfer.
My conclusion is that far from exempting the above Principles, the national security agencies should publicly embrace them.
Of course, I am not expecting this to happen; however this does not stop the ICO from establishing the important principle that some processing of personal data for a national security purpose falls within his responsibilities as a data protection authority.
The Tribunal Case No. IPT 14/85/CH: http://www.ccc.de/system/uploads/174/original/Privacy_Greennet_Open_Response_6_Feb_2015.pdf
GCHQ press coverage of existing “unlawful processing”:
• 6th Feb 2015: GCHQ's Internet surveillance with US ruled unlawful: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11394860/GCHQs-mass-Internet-surveillance-ruled-unlawful.html
• 29th April 2015: GCHQ conducted illegal surveillance, investigatory powers tribunal rules; http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/apr/29/gchq-destroy-legally-privileged-communications-rendition-victim-sami-al-saadi-ruling
The National Security Certificates (Straw; date 8/12/2001) and (Blunkett; date 10/12/2001) are published at the end of: http://amberhawk.typepad.com/amberhawk/2014/02/should-national-security-certificates-exclude-the-data-protection-principles.html
Data Protection and the national security function; written evidence to the Intelligence and Security Committee: http://amberhawk.typepad.com/files/blog_evidence-to-isc.pdf

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The ‘Scandalous’ Woman From “New Jack City” Is Even More Beautiful Now
Most of us, Old Schoolers, will never forget the 1991 hood classic, New Jack City. Many of the actors were so realistic, they made us believe that they really were those characters.
New Jack City!
We all know what’s going on with Chris Rock, Ice-T, and Wesley Snipes. They’ve all moved on with their careers in a major way. Chris Rock has done several movies and has his Netflix comedy special “Tamborine” out right now. (Not sure if I really like his special, but I digress). Wesley Snipes has done a ton of movies all while battling the IRS. In 2008, Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison for willful failure to file federal income tax returns. After his release from federal prison on April 2, 2013, he only did a few movies that were direct-to-video including, Spike Lee’s “Chi-raq”.
Back To The Scandalous Chick!”
So do you remember the scandalous character, “Uniqua?” She was “Gee Money’s” (Allen Payne) woman, who did him dirty by hooking up with his ‘CMB brother,’ “Nino Brown” (Wesley Snipes), behind his back. *In Gee Money’s voice* “CMB, we all we got!” My bad y’all, I couldn’t resist. Now back to “Uniqua,”…she did her thing in ’91, but we haven’t seen her much since…until now.
She didn’t have may words in the film. Actually I don’t remember any, but check out this beauty now, and see what she’s doing.
Her name is Tracy Camilla Johns and she played the hell outta her “Uniqua” role.
You may also remember when she made her 1986 acting debut in Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It. Yep, it was over 30 years ago that Spike Lee captivated audiences with his groundbreaking portrayal of a self-proclaimed “sex-positive, polyamorous pansexual,” named Nola Darling in She’s Gotta Have It. That was actress Tracy Camilla Johns, and she made her feature film debut as the carefree painter juggling three beaus: the mature Jamie Overstreet, the conceited Greer Childs and the eccentric Mars Blackmon. The movie has resonated with plenty of women because of its overall feminist tone and has since become a cult classic.
Bam! Is this 1991 or 2018? Because looking at this photo of Tracy Camilla Johns today (above, left), it’s almost hard to tell. If it weren’t for the few strands of gray hair, her new pics would damn near look like a throwback (like the only below with Spike). At the age of 57, Tracy’s aging fine like wine and her sexy fine lines have only made her better with time.
Now in case you’re wondering, these photos are from Spike Lee, who released his Netflix remake of She’s Gotta Have It in recent years. As many of you may know, the pretty lady on the right is actress, Dewana A. Wise, who played Tracy’s past role of “Nola Darling” in the film.
Spike posted these two photos last year when Tracy stopped by the set. He also revealed that Tracy and Dewana cried when they met each other for the first time on set.
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Wise further elaborated on what the role and the movie meant to her at a recent press screening for the series, which Bustle attended. “I was a freshman at NYU when I first watched She’s Gotta Have It,” Wise said. “I was dating some dude who was like ‘you remind me of Nola Darling.’ So I watched it and I was like ‘okay, this situationship is over [laughs], but this movie is amazing.'”
According to Wise, the film and its honest portrayal of a black woman living her best life gave her permission “to explore herself and to move more fully” into the woman that she was to become. After landing the lead part, Wise says she was extremely excited because she thought of Nola as a role model and a role she desired to play ever since she began acting. “There are moments in culture that you can look back on and point to and say that ‘Oh wow that had a legit impact’,” Wise said. “That is Nola.”
Overall it’s always a beautiful thing to see an old school entertainer living healthy and well. Hopefully we’ll be seeing more of Tracy in the near future.
Random Fun Fact: Peep What Al B. Sure & Tracy Did Back In The Day
The above pic is from Al B.’s ‘Heartbreak Tour,’ when he performed at the Madison Square Garden, 1988. We don’t now if this was just a playful concert appearance, or if there was something more going on between them. But either way, based on where Al B.’s hand is placed, it looks like he wouldn’t have mind gettin’ it in right there on stage, LOL.

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Everyone's a Critic
The Observer's culture blogMonday, March 19, 2012
TALKING ABOUT MY GENERATION, by James Leonard
I was standing around the third floor of City Hall, staring out the window, waiting for an interview with Mayor Hieftje when I heard two familiar voices behind me talking about rock music from the 70s, and playing records on a turntable.
I turned around and there were police chief Barnett Jones and city attorney Stephen Postema, walking out of Postema's office and talking about Billy Joel and Japanese pressings and half-speed masters. When Postema told Jones I used to be in the record business, the chief became even more loquacious.
By the time Hieftje got off the elevator and walked over, Jones was in full flow. He was talking about how his 13-year-old wanted to see his collection and how he went downstairs and showed him some of his favorite records by his favorite bands - like the Doobie Brothers.
"But, dude!" I said. "Did he ask you what their name meant?"
"Sure," the chief replied. "I told him when I pulled it out. A doobie is a name for a marijuana cigarette - but they made some great music!"
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HOLTON, Kan. (KSNT)- A jury has been selected in the second trial of a man facing a strong of sexual assault charges.
Thirteen of the 23 people excused on Tuesday from serving on 22-year-old Jacob Ewing’s jury said they could not be impartial. They cited friendships and business ties to Ewing and his prominent family.
One prospective juror said her daughter dated Ewing. Another prospective juror exchanged a hug with Ewing’s mother.
The latest trial involves allegations from two of the five women he is charged with sexually assaulting. Last month, Jacob Ewing was acquitted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl.
The accusations continue to divide the town of Holton. Advocates rallied at the courthouse on Monday. They planned to flood the courtroom in support of those woman. Supporters of Ewing, a former high school football player in Holton, have also held similar demonstrations.

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nVent Electric plc Acquires ECM Industries, Expanding its Electrical Connection and Protection Solutions
NEW BERLIN, Wis., May 18, 2023 ECM Investors, LLC, the parent company of ECM Industries, LLC, announced today that it has been acquired by nVent Electric plc (NYSE: NVT) (“nVent”), a global leader in electrical connection and protection solutions. The acquisition marks a significant milestone for nVent, enhancing its capabilities and expanding its portfolio of high-performance products and solutions.
nVent, with its headquarters in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, operates with a team of over 10,000 professionals across more than 130 sites worldwide. The company specializes in designing, manufacturing, marketing, installing, and servicing products that connect and protect mission-critical equipment, buildings, and essential processes. nVent is renowned for its industry-leading brands, including nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, RAYCHEM, SCHROFF, and TRACER, which are globally recognized for their quality, reliability, and innovation.
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Last August, Christine Mickeloff’s mother left her retirement home in Jarvis with her walker. Before anyone knew it, she was wandering down the highway.
Fortunately, an off-duty worker from the home was driving nearby when she recognized the Leisure Living resident who has dementia. She alerted the home and staff walked her back to safety.
Mickeloff says the incident shows how people with dementia — especially those living in retirement homes that are not equipped to offer the same level of care as a long-term-care facility — are falling through the cracks.
“There are people like my mom who are ... stuck in a facility that is not meant to look after (them),” says the Caledonia resident.
Her mother, who Mickeloff didn’t want to name, was already showing signs of dementia when she moved into Leisure Living three years ago. A year later, she was diagnosed and the disease continued to progress. Though she was on the wait list for long-term care, delays from the pandemic meant she wasn’t getting a bed any time soon.
“Mom was forgotten,” Mickeloff said of the wait.
The home says staff tried their best to care for her mother, but were caught in the middle of the resident’s worsening dementia and an absence of supports.
When Leisure Living restricted access during the pandemic, Mickeloff mother’s symptoms worsened. Mickeloff couldn’t visit and there were no group activities to keep her mother engaged. She began to wander more and woke up in the middle of the night to look for her husband.
After the “dangerous” and “scary” highway incident, Kristina Kasza, the home’s director of care, said she immediately contacted Mickeloff and members of the resident’s care team.
“Multiple times, we were told to admit her (to hospital),” said Kasza, but the hospital “kept sending her back.”
“We were put in a rock and a hard place,” she said.
Jane Meadus, staff lawyer at the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, says the government has left more and more people relying on retirement homes to provide health care in the pandemic.
“They are treating retirement homes almost as quasi-long-term-care homes and as a way for seniors to get care without the government having to pay anything,” she said.
Unlike long-term care, a retirement home doesn’t fall under the health-care sector. Instead, residents pay rent to stay in a home and can purchase care options on top. Mickeloff looked into hiring private care, but says at $37 per hour for 12 hours a day, it was too costly.
“You can’t say to somebody, ‘Well, yeah, you could go to long-term care but there’s no bed, so you’re going to have to pay privately,’ because we have a publicly funded health-care system,” Meadus added, noting that even before COVID-19, hospitals often pressured patients to go to a retirement home instead of waiting for long-term care in order to clear up beds.
While home care can help supplement care in a retirement home, Meadus says it can be “spotty” because there aren’t enough workers.
That means people who can’t afford private care, like Mickeloff’s mother, are left with inadequate care while waiting for a long-term-care bed.
Kasza says the LHIN requested more care for Mickeloff’s mother, but didn’t have enough staff to provide it since COVID-19 prevented workers from going into multiple homes.
“It was just a hot mess,” she said.
Kasza noted the whole home rallied to care for Mickeloff’s mother by alerting staff when they spotted her wandering or helping redirect her.
“Everybody took care of her to the best of their abilities,” she said.
By September, Mickeloff’s mother was on the crisis list, which prioritizes patients for long-term care. But COVID-19 outbreaks and precautions continued to cause delays. On top of that, she was competing with hospital patients also waiting in line.
By January, she was accepted for a bed. She got a COVID-19 test before her move, but days later, the long-term-care home declared an outbreak, postponing her entry for two weeks. Another COVID-19 case was later suspected in the home, again delaying her move.
In February, Mickeloff’s mother finally moved into long-term care, and her daughter says she seems happier. She has access to 24-7 care and staff to keep her stimulated.
Mickeloff says more needs to be done for others in her mother’s shoes, especially with dementia increasing.
“The government’s just not moving fast enough,” she says. “(My mom) got left behind and wasted away while she was waiting.”
Maria Iqbal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Hamilton Spectator


text: In October of 2022, Tracing the Stream will host a Virtual Symposium and correlate graduate courses at the University of Arkansas and Texas Christian University to pay homage to the legacy of Jacqueline Jones Royster and her work, Traces of a Stream: Literacy and Social Change Among African American Women. Traces was the first of its kind in the field of rhetoric-composition studies that located Black Feminism as a critical point of origins and praxis. We are continuing in that work. This digital space aligns with the October 2022 symposium and is co-sponsored by Dr. Eric Pritchard and Dr. Carmen Kynard. We will fiercely pursue Black feminist research, teaching, and what Alexis Pauline Gumbs calls "community-accountable" activist scholarship. We will (re)consider challenging and necessary questions about what it means (or could mean) to study, teach, and activate the Black feminist literacies and rhetorical traditions in 2022 and beyond.


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Baseball fans at Game 1 of the World Series got an extra boost in their ticket price by hearing country mega-star Trisha Yearwood sing the National Anthem! Yearwood is known for her famous career in country music and her marriage to fellow country music singer Garth Brooks.
“I love to do it,” Yearwood said while taking in the scene from the field during batting practice on Tuesday (Oct. 21) night at Kauffman Stadium. “It’s such an honor.”
Yearwood continued “I knew when the window of the World Series was, and I said, if I can do it, I’d love to do it, I was so excited that I got to be here for Game 1.”
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The Georgia-native grew up a Braves fan, attending games in the 1970s with her sister and dad “when nobody went to Braves games”. “We’ve been watching the game our whole lives. It’s exciting for me to be here.”
Yearwood admits to jumping on the Royals bandwagon with most of the country. Underdogs are always the crowd favorite in America.
In other Yearwood news, Trisha recently was on the set of ABC’s Nashville, where several of her professional worlds collided all at once. The CMA award-winning singer, who has also done some acting in TV dramas, will be at the real CMAs in a couple of weeks to present an award. Yearwood joined the Nashville cast as they filmed segments for a dramatized version of the star-studded awards show, allowing the show’s fictional country stars to mingle with a few who are the real deal.
Yearwood is a few weeks from releasing her 12th studio album, Prizefighter: Hit after Hit, on Nov. 17. The album will feature six new songs, including her new single “Prizefighter,” and 10 hits, including her No. 1 hits “She’s in Love with the Boy,” “XXX’s and OOO’s,” and “How Do I Live?”


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Seems the iPhone 5 isn't exactly flying off the shelf. (I blame that stupid new firewire). Per the Wall Street Journal:
Apple Inc. AAPL -0.62% has cut its component orders for the iPhone 5 due to weaker-than-expected demand, people familiar with the situation said Monday, indicating sales of the latest smartphone haven't been as strong as previously anticipated.
Apple's orders for iPhone 5 screens for the January-March quarter, for example, have dropped to roughly half of what the company had previously planned to order, the people said.
The Cupertino, Calif., company has also cut orders for components other than screens, according to one of the people.


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Concord, NH- New Hampshire House leaders released the following statement in response to the Fiscal Committee voting 7-3 to accept more than $10 million in federal funding for the purpose of expanding charter school opportunities for New Hampshire students.
Acting Speaker Sherman Packard (R-Londonderry):
“Education is not a one-size-fits all system for our children. We have waiting lists to enter charter schools, and many areas of our state without access to these alternative public schools. The acceptance of this federal grant will put NH on a pathway to open more charter schools to better serve students in those areas, and allow parents to access more options to fit the needs of their children.”
House Majority Leader Jason Osborne (R-Auburn):
“For a party that calls themselves champions of education, leaving over $10 million in money for schools on the table, for over a year, is absolutely shocking. There are many communities in this state where there is only one option for education. For the students who may not be thriving in that environment, charter schools provide another option for educational success. Democrats embarrassed our state by leaving this money on the table for so long. They opted to play politics with thousands of children’s educational opportunities rather than help all children in our state succeed. Especially during the pandemic, we have seen the increased need across the state
House Finance Chair Ken Weyler (R-Kingston):
“I am glad that we have finally recognized the successes of our existing charter schools and the fact that there is demand for them throughout the state in places where they don’t currently exist. It was wrong, and partisan, to deny these funds in the last biennium. We can finally distribute these much needed funds and expand opportunities for New Hampshire’s students.”