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Michael Boogerd retired from Team Rabobank last fall after 14 seasons, all with the same team. He then signed a contract to do unspecified duties for both the bank and the team, but new team manager Harald Knebel told him after the Amstel Gold Race that the team has no place for him, according to sportwereld.be.
The former rider had expected to do public relations work or to work with the younger riders. He will still work for the bank itself, but had hoped to find a job with the team.(SW)


Charlton's prospects in the transfer market?
Karl Robinson is fretting over the future of Ricky Holmes and whether he can land his transfer targets.
Charlton have rejected a bid from Sheffield United for the winger — their player of the year this season, and say he is not for sale. But Holmes is seeking an improved deal.
Robinson has so far been frustrated in his attempts to get deals over the line. Charlton need a keeper and could sign David Martin after he left MK Dons.
What would improve the team?
Robinson says he wants to sign a striker to score 20 goals next season. Holmes top scored with 13 this term.
What is their pre-season programme?
Charlton head to Ireland for a training camp. They play Welling United, Greenwich Borough, Dover Athletic and Stevenage and end with home games against Norwich and Ipswich.
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Aside from the actual competition, it’s the opening ceremony and the team uniforms which always captivate fans.
Although Summer uniforms maybe aren’t as “avante garde” as Winter Olympic uniforms, what I love about many of this year’s designs is that they were inspired by either the 1920’s or the 1948 Games held in London. The majority of the looks incorporate a blazer with either pants or a skirt, yet many of them have their own individual look. Great Britain’s uniforms won’t be revealed until right before the Games, so keep checking back! For now, here’s what we have:
Czech This Out!
The blog Modni peklo says that the 2012 uniforms were inspired by two of Frantisek Kupka’s paintings. Why do the uniforms make me think of Spirograph–especially some of the performance wear? I’m not sure about the promotional photos above. Judging from the footwear, I’d say they’re preparing for a wet and rainy London.
And After Czech….Slovakia
I’m not going to be disrespectful and mock the obvious traditional influence on these uniforms. I did this with Hungary and perhaps I was too insensitive. One can see there’s a modern twist on traditional Slovakian costuming. Uniform kit is from clothing company Alpine Pro, but it seems only the active wear is for sale online.
The country extended fan voting on its team uniform design, which was awarded to Leigh Schubert. I can’t say I like it. Yeah, I’m not wanting to blow my vuvuzela for this one.
Chile Isn’t Chilly – It’s on Fire!
Chile selected Brooks Brothers to dress its athletes for the 2012 London Games. The wrinkle-free shirts are white for the men and light blue for women, with beige gabardine pants. Men will wear a red striped tie embroidered with the Olympic rings. Watch out, Ralph Lauren! The Chilean delegation is going to be looking “GQ Smoothe” as it enters Olympic Stadium.
That’s the name of the Atletica collection for the 2012 Mexican Olympic Team. I think this is possibly the women’s uniform for the opening ceremony, but I’m not 100% positive. She looks more like a park attendant than an athlete. Is that a fanny pack she’s wearing?
Much like Israel, it’s a very literal translation of flag colors. But it’s a pretty blue, and I like the women’s dress!
Ah, you gotta love the Swiss. They always manage to be bring a bit of European preppyness with a certain panach that just makes you want to smile. I can’t be neutral on this one. I like it!
Jamaica Be Jammin’
Bob Marley’s daughter Cedella Marley designed the 2012 ensemble for Jamaica, as well as all of the competitive gear for Puma, the company of choice for the island nation. My hat is off to Miss Marley for being innovative and designing opening ceremony attire that isn’t so predictable, and represents the country’s colors well. Her dad would no doubt be proud. The bright hues are appropriate for a fast athlete named Bolt to wear.
Spain Stays Mainly in the Plain
Poor Spain. A country known for its vibrant culture and history is sending its athletes to London wearing drab, dowdy uniforms. Due to the economic crises, the gear was designed for free by a Russian company, so it seems that Spain sacrificed style for affordability. Was there not a young, up and coming Spanish designer that could have donated their talents? Why not hold a design competition? The red and yellow ensemble looks like it’s straight out of a 1970’s airline uniform catalog. Was the design so bad that it couldn’t even get real people to model the clothes?
Crikey, That’s Boring!
Australia’s athletes will be donning an incredibly boring green blazer over a white Oxford shirt. This ensemble will be paired with white pants or a skirt. The uniform was designed by SportsCraft, a popular Australian fashion label, with the shoes provided by Volley. Seriously, why does Australia always use green and yellow for its sporting colors? Well, I did some research and found out. The colors of green and yellow formally adopted in 1984. These colors were chosen because they’re the primary colors in Australia’s national floral emblem, (the Golden Wattle). I still wish they’d use red, white, and blue.
Old & New Zealand
Love, love, this look! Yeah, it lacks some color, but I love how New Zealand is paying homage to its current athletes’ predecessors. Now that is just plain classy, and my hat is off to Rodd & Gunn for this delightful collection.
Italy will greet the world on July in very dreary attire. A country known to be so passionate about fashion makes this choice of design an epic fail. It’s hard to believe it was designed by Georgio Armani! Armani seems to have put quite a bit of thought into the design, including the Italian national anthem’s lyrics on the inside of the jackets. I’m giving the boot to this one.
Die Barbie und Der Ken
Just when it’s getting too boring, we must remember that there will always be Germany. Bright colors a la Ken and Barbie. The pink and blue are two colors in the official 2012 Olympic logo. Is Germany’s choice an attempt to salute London, or is it bad taste? As one writer commented, the winter-ish jackets look like the athletes came straight to the 2012 Olympics from the 2010 Games in Vancouver. The plaid shirts underneath almost suggest an Olympic hoe down. Oh, Germany! I don’t know if you’re like that family member whose fashion is always standing out at weddings, or if we just don’t always grasp your innovation. I will hand it to the Germans, though, that at least they’re thinking outside the box and making a lasting impression. It will be one of the few uniforms I remember, so maybe they deserve more kudos than I originally thought. The look is a collaborative effort between Sioux, and Bogner.
Are You Hungary for More?
Speaking of hoedowns, let’s talk about Hungary’s uniforms. Now, my Hungarian isn’t good enough to determine which of these two uniforms will be worn. Most countries have an opening ceremony uniform, casual day dress, and then formal evening attire. I can’t imagine that the Hungarian Olympians would want to be caught dead in the western/folk costumes during the day, so I’m thinking they might wear these during opening ceremony. The designers were chosen from several candidates by the Hungarian Olympic Committee, which finally settled on Innoe Design, a company of two up and coming designers.
Stars and Stripes Forever, or 星条旗永不落
Team USA’s opening ceremony uniform has been unveiled, and one again, it’s courtesy of Ralph Lauren. The uniforms feature the typical navy blazer with white pants or skirt, along with an Oxford-style shoe and…a beret! US Congressmen are outraged that the uniforms were made in China. While designers consider him a class American designer, it would be nice to see what other American designers could do. Though a bit weary of Mr. Ralph Lauren’s designs, I have to say that I dig the beret. Had it not been for this added touch, I would definitely be yawning.
No Wooden Clogs and Just Plain Perfect
It took me awhile to find the Dutch team uniforms, but thanks to Google Translator, all things are possible. The Netherlands’ Olympic Committee again chose Adidas, the same company used to outfit its 2010 athletes. What I love about these uniforms is that it incorporates a vintage look while proudly displaying the traditional Dutch Orange. Netherlands is much like Australia in that it uses orange for its sporting events rather than the colors on its flag. Orange is the color of the Dutch Royal Family, or the House of Oranje-Nassau, which traces its roots back to Willem van Oranje (William of Orange). This just makes more sense to me than Australia’s green and yellow. (I know, I’m inconsistent.) According to Dutch websites, the uniforms “are an homage to traditional English sports like cricket and tennis.” SuitSupply is the company designing this bold and distinctive look.
Bee’s Belize Knees!
Belize’s delegation may be small, but their uniform may be one of the most talked about after the opening ceremony. The country chose designer Jeff Banks, who said his inspiration was from “The Great Gatsby.” If I didn’t know better, I’d say I was looking at uniforms from the 1924 Games. A little bright, but I love it! I feel like I’m looking at a still from “Chariots of Fire!”
Ooh La La!
Ah, la France! La capitale de la mode! The French will never truly disappoint when it comes to fashion because first, they have impeccable taste and second, the rest of the world follows its lead. France took the classic blazer and pants (or skirt) and added a bit more of a modern twist, and I love the very subtle homage to London with the women’s pink shoes. C’est parfait! Exquisite!
Romania’s collection features blue and the traditional ochre from its flag. The men’s pants seem a bit ill-fitting, while the dresses are a bit more pleasing. But what’s up with those hideous shoes? They remind me of something I’d see at the Easy Spirit shoe store! I hope they’re comfortable, at least. Romanian press said “the collection is inspired by the attributes of” former Olympian canoer Ivan Patzaichin’s “sport and pleasure, freely overlapping spirit of the Danube Delta.”
El Salvador chose an interesting design that is quite different from many of the other nations. According to designer Sara Hernandez, it’ supposed be sky’s blue-to-white degradation. Some people might think it reminds them of Ty-D Bowl, but I like them. Especially if you look at the details more closely, which can be done here. It’s apparent that Hernandez put a lot of thought into this creation.
To Russia, With and Without Love
I’m on the fence with Russia’s uniform. Part of me loves and hates this take on a safari jacket. I’m much more partial to the women’s look–until we get to the hat. How much sun is there going to be at night that such a huge brim was required? Designer is, not surprisingly, Bosco.
As much as I love Portugal, I’m a bit bored with this look that’s a tad dated. The uniforms were designed/produced by athletic company Modalfa.
I’m still in shock at having just found Team Ukraine’s look for the opening ceremony. I really don’t know what to say. I guess disco is still alive and well in Ukraine. There’s the men’s “Saturday Night Fever” jacket, the giant belt buckle, the women’s flared sleeves, and finally the psychedelic print on both shirts. I think Bosco uses the loud print on its Eastern European uniforms because it’s inspired by folk costumes, but it really comes across as more “Saturday Night at the Disco.” Ukraine definitely gets the gold medal for most groovy. By the way, this look will not be available to purchase online at Bosco’s online store.
Serbia has a really cool look this Olympic year. The designer/manufacturer is Serbian company Zekstra. I couldn’t find an online shop, but the company info is here.
Colombia also has shown us its uniforms, which were designed by Bettina Spitz. Their team’s look can totally be used outside of an Olympic Games. I especially like the men’s look.
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- 5:38 pm Friday, March 20th, 2009 by Jeff Ostrowski
Bank of America filed a $13.4 million foreclosure action last week against the Comeau Building, a downtown West Palm Beach landmark.
Owner NCP Holdings of Chicago said last year that it would turn the 80-year-old building at 319 Clematis St. into a 162-room Renaissance Hotel, a Marriott brand.
NCP Investments also planned to turn the Southern Bell building at 326 Fern St. into a 150-room hotel operated as an Aloft by Starwood.
But both projects have been on hold as the credit crunch has deepened. I couldn’t reach representatives of Bank of America or NCP.

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Alfred Thompson Bricher is most closely identified with paintings of the shoreline of Eastern United States and Canada, devoid of human association, in which sea, land and sky are held in a carefully balanced equilibrium. A contemporary writer's description of the Eastern shore captures the essence of these paintings: "The rocks are torn into such varieties of form, and the beaches are so hard and smooth, that all the beauty of wave-motion and the whole gamut of ocean-eloquence are here offered to eye and ear." But in the lengthy essay which appeared in William Cullen Bryant's Picturesque America in 1874, it was also observed that a transformation was occurring along the isolated Northern shore of the United States, as the coast was increasingly being visited by "the rich-man and his family who seek in proximity to the ocean their summer recreation from the cares and excitements of the year." Americans were discovering the amenities of the shoreline. While the less fortunate clustered at beaches near the cities, the wealthy sought out the remote areas of the eastern coast for a reinvigoration of their physical and mental health. After the Civil War artists were recording not only the power of the ocean, but the pleasures that were taking place along the coastline.
Bricher carefully recorded this human activity along the shores in his sketchbooks of the 1860s and 1870s and in a number of his paintings of the 1870s and 1880s. Most often the figures were female, not male, as he portrayed women and children enjoying their weekday leisure after the paterfamilias had returned to his work in the city. Fashionably dressed women sit on the sand or rocks of the shore, often protected by parasols, while occasionally children play on the beach. Sometimes the women and children engage in a social conviviality as they partake of the pleasures of the beach, while at other times the women, singly or in pairs, are remote and isolated, as they sit on rocks gazing out to the endless sea before them.
We find both the veneration of the ocean and the recreational activities of its shoreline in Bricher's Looking out to Sea. A young girl, hat in hand, looks to the horizon dotted with sailing vessels. A picnic basket lies on the sand behind her, suggesting a sociable occasion, yet her pensive form is dwarfed by the immensity of the rock against which she is silhouetted. The long figure, strangely isolated, adds a piquant note to a composition bathed in the sparkling sunlight of a summer day. The painting hints at the festive pastimes of the shore, as well as implying a fragile relationship between man and nature.
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Warriors repeat as NBA champs, Kevin Durant named Finals MVP
The Golden State Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-85 on Friday night to capture the NBA Finals 4-0.
In winning in a clean sweep, the Warriors took their second straight title and their third in four years. They outscored the Cavs by a margin of 60 points and 15 points per game. For his outstanding efforts, Kevin Durant was named Finals MVP with averages of 28.8 points, 10.8 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game.
In being named MVP, Durant became the 6th player to receive the honor in back-to-back Finals. He joins esteemed company in LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and Hakeem Olajuwon.
- Portland will start Meyers Leonard, Enes Kanter to come off the bench on Saturday May 18th, 2019
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- Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo produces massive double-double in Friday's Game 2 victory over Toronto May 18th, 2019
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- NBA suspends Tyreke Evans for two seasons May 17th, 2019
- Giannis Antetokounmpo scores 24 with 14 boards, Bucks beat Raptors Game 1 May 16th, 2019
- Golden State's Andrew Bogut will come off the bench on Saturday May 18th, 2019
- Warriors reportedly starting Damian Jones in Saturday's Game 3 against Portland May 18th, 2019
- Golden State's Kevin Durant (calf) ruled out for Game 3 and 4 May 17th, 2019
- Kevin Durant (calf) reportedly ruled out for Warriors in Game 2 May 15th, 2019
- Stephen Curry ties playoff high with 9 treys, Warriors win Game 1 easy May 15th, 2019
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Fernando, Scott Sinclair and Samir Nasri among Manchester City stars preparing for pre-season friendly with Dundee
- Man City prepare for first pre-season friendly by training in Scotland
- City face Dundee at Firs Park on Sunday before facing Hearts next Friday
- New City signing Fernando among squad to travel north of the border
- City then tour America before playing Arsenal in Community Shield
Manchester City stars - including new signing Fernando - have begun their preparations for the new season ahead of the friendly against Dundee on Sunday.
City will face Dundee at Firs Park on Sunday before playing Hearts in Edinburgh the following Friday.
Manuel Pellegrini's squad then fly to America to play Sporting Kansas City, AC Milan, Liverpool and Olympiacos before facing Arsenal in the Community Shield on August 10 before beginning their title defence with a trip to face Newcastle at St James' Park the following weekend.
New boy: Fernando is with Manchester City in sunny Scotland ahead of their pre-season campaign
Forgotten man: Scott Sinclair (right) is also among the City squad who will play Dundee on Sunday
Rigorous: Manuel Pellegrini's squad were put through their paces indoors and outdoors in Scotland
Cool customer: Pellegrini looks typically downbeat as he prepares to defend the Premier League title
Another face involved in City's training session on Friday was Scott Sinclair, whose future with the Premier League champions is in doubt after spending last season on loan at West Brom.
Samir Nasri was also among the City squad, having signed a new long-term contract on Thursday which will keep him at the club until 2019.
With plenty of first-team players still on holiday following their World Cup exploits - and Sergio Aguero, Pablo Zabaleta and Martin Demichelis still involved in the tournament - Pellegrini may opt to take a look at his squad depth against Dundee.
Micah Richards, who is expected to leave the club has travelled to Scotland, while Alvara Negredo, who is linked with a transfer back to Spain, is also among the travelling party.
Safe hands: New signing Willy Caballero boards a flight to Scotland with Man City
On board: Spanish striker Alvaro Negredo has been linked with a move away from City this summer
Committed: But Nasri signed a new long-term contract with City until 2019
International duty: Pablo Zabaleta and Sergio Aguero are still away with Argentina
Golden chance: Aguero's Argentina will face Germany in the World Cup final on Sunday
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Take a chance on me, Dancing Queen. This white jumpsuit has the silver accents and ruffles of a wicked ABBA costume. With a glittery gold trim and all the glory of the late 1970s this disco queen costume is ready to jam.
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The Government is acutely aware of the problems some young people are continuing to experience when looking for their first job, and are being realistic about the scale of the challenge. The latest unemployment figures have shown a decrease in levels of youth unemployment; however, the number of young people currently out of work in Wales remains too high.
The range of support available to help support young people into work is extensive and varied, and this summit provides the perfect platform and audience to help get that message across.
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John McDonagh, 41, was jailed for four years for what a judge described as a despicable offence.
A report into the health service in Wales says patients need a greater voice if quality and assurance is to be checked.
Welsh students who work in Wales after graduating could benefit from tuition debt write-off of up to £6,000 a year, under new Plaid plans.

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5 Delightful Dance-Based Activities for Children
Does your child love to dance? Dancing can be fun and great for staying fit mentally and physically. Here are some enjoyable activities around music and dance to keep your little one on her feet
By Srividya Anish • 7 min read
We all want our children to have a healthy mind in a healthy body. Dance is a great way of ensuring this because it has a relaxing effect on the mind while ensuring a healthy workout for the body. When both mental fitness and physical exercise come together there can be lots of fun, so parents can encourage their children to take an active interest in such activities. According to the London-based Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD), dance is one activity that is perfect for kids and it can improve flexibility and strength. So, let's make them dance for boosting their confidence and keeping them healthy. Dance is always fun, irrespective of age.
Learning dance improves determination, concentration, confidence, creativity, mental strength and balance, flexibility, body stamina, tones muscles and increases metabolism. Studies have found that dancing can reduce stress, depression, and anxiety. It can also boost children's self-esteem.
Apart from learning in formal dance classes, children can be engaged in some interesting dance activities at home by parents for some fun and bonding --
Kids love jumping. Jumping is a simple activity and needs no props. Jumping can be done anywhere, anytime and on any music. This gives lots of stamina to the body and mind and is the best warming up exercise. There are a variety of jumping activities such as tuck jumping, Bhangra jumping, island jumping, jumping for distance and many more.These can be lots of fun for toddlers or even older children and will improve their motor skills.
Dance to study
Making active kids sit and read their school books is not an easy task. So here’s what you can do. Make them just dance to study. Yes! It will work like magic. If the child is going to dance classes, ask her to do the dance steps and parents can help them to sing the subject content with a nice rhythm along with the movements. Example: Children can say arithmetic tables like “one ones are one…” instead of “Tat-tai-tha-ha" of Bharatanatyam or recite any poem or a rhyme. This improves their memory and the dance practice is also over!
Team activities can do wonders and develop a great bond with parents and friends. Nature can always be an inspiration, so here is one dance activity you can do as a team -- imitate the movements of a snake, butterfly, lion, peacock, deer, frog, kangaroo and so on with a suitable music. This activity will be a lot of fun and will teach children to coordinate in a group.
Dancing a story
Children love to hear stories. Be it mythological or futuristic tales, they find them quite enthralling. Young minds can let their innate creativity to blossom when they enact their own stories in dance form, complete with expressions and movements. This can increase their non-verbal communication and teach them the importance of the right gestures. Discussing the story with parents also helps them connect.
Take everyday household items and make your little ones improvise by using these to dance to the tunes of some music. Let them choose the props and decide how they want to use it in their dance. They could use brightly-coloured ribbons or even utensils and garments such as sarees to create their own performance piece. This will boost the creativity of your little ones and teach them to use their imagination to think out-of-the-box.
Dancing comes to us with lots of dedication, devotion and perseverance. When children are involved in dance-based activities, they have a lot of fun, while learning new things. Both teachers and parents can use these activities to enhance their child’s creativity.
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NEARLY half of small businesses are waiting at least three months to be paid for services rendered, it was claimed yesterday.
The latest credit watch survey by small firm trade group ISME, says that 44pc of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) wait 90 days or more to be paid. The average wait time nationally is 73 days, while 14pc of companies have to wait four months or longer for payment.
ISME chief executive Mark Fielding blamed "big business" and state agencies for the delay in payments.
The figures contrast sharply with the Government's own prompt payments scheme, which has seen government departments pay 97.5pc of their bills within 15 days. That scheme is now being extended to state agencies including the HSE.
ISME said its members were particularly vulnerable to the lack of cashflow, as most were relying on a small number of major customers and so did not have the cashflow to be able to sustain the business while waiting to be paid.
Mr Fielding said: "When smaller businesses are not being paid on time, they cannot in turn pay their suppliers and the vicious circle ends with the smallest and most vulnerable being forced to close down."


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Durango residents have a landmark decision to make in the upcoming city election – whether to continue fluoridation of city drinking water.
As a member of Clean Water Durango, I helped collect over 1,000 signatures from voters to place the initiative on the ballot to remove sodium fluoride, a non-naturally occurring substance, from our water. Here’s why: In our democracy, there is a practice called informed consent. When we are prescribed treatment for a medical condition, our written consent is required to undergo treatment.
Currently, everyone drinking city water is being medicated to prevent cavities, and we have not consented. We should have the right to choose what we put in our bodies. Water fluoridation treats only the symptoms of a complex public health issue. Fluoridation, a medically questionable “quick fix” at best, does not address the underlying cause of tooth decay, which is determined by 32 genes, diet, bacteria and oral health practices.
The city spends $35,000 annually on fluoridation – that could go a long way toward helping those families most vulnerable to tooth decay by providing nutrition and oral health education, and fluoride toothpaste. The patriarchal perspective supporting water fluoridation does nothing to help those most vulnerable to learn practices for better lifetime health.
Using the city water supply to distribute substances intended to cure public health issues is a slippery slope. Vitamin D deficiency is growing among children and adults. Should we add vitamin D to the water to correct this? What about adding antidepressants because of growing teen depression? Where does it stop?
Up-to-date research shows the ill effects of fluoride on body systems such as thyroid and endocrine system disruption, kidney disease and diabetes. Until we can rule out sodium fluoride as contributing negatively to our health, the precautionary principle should be followed – do no harm.
Vote for the initiative to remove sodium fluoride from Durango city water.

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I don't know who David Schuster is, but this response seems to justify your opinion of him.
As I am pointing out now to Mitch Rosen, the Sox drew 27,294 today. That's a respectable crowd. I am not sure why an employee of the Sox radio flagship feels it necessary to take pot-shots at Sox fans and then blow-up when he's called out on it. What a childish, unprofessional response.


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|Net Worth:||$5 Million|
|Birthday:||Dec 31, 1978|
|Age:||44 years old|
|Height:||6 feet (183cm)|
|Birthplace:||United States of America|
|Last Updated:||March, 2023|
Johnny Sins is famous American porn actor, who has accumulated wealth working as a “doctor”, “astronaut”, “firefighter”, “teacher”, “officer” etc. in various adult movies. As of March, 2023 his net worth is approximately $5 million.
How Did Johnny Sins Become Rich?
In his early life Johnny Sins (his real name is Steven Wolfe) was described as shy guy that got regular job in the construction after gradating a college. There Johnny didn’t make much money and at the age of 28 he moved to Los Angeles and got into the adult business industry.
Johnny Sins got his first role in the pornographic industry in 2006 via Craigslist. At a time he wasn’t famous at all and Brazzers – his first studio he worked for – didn’t consider paying him a lot of money. At best he made several hundred bucks per movie he was featured in.
But as the time went by he appeared in more and more movies and at the same time getting better contracts from other adult studios. Johnny’s often appearance didn’t went unnoticed by viewers too, as not only his looks made him recognizable but also roles: he starred multiple times as doctor, firefighter, astronaut, policeman and many other civil servants ‘helping’ wifes, daughters and sisters. That led to countless memes that in return boosted his popularity even more.
At the start of career he was getting less than $1k per movie, at this stage Johnny Sins already made tens of thousands per months. His salary continued to grow year by year.
In 2015 Pornhub even tried to make an adult movie shot in space starring Johnny Sins and Eva Lovia. They raised over $200 thousand in the span of two months but failed to reach their goal of $3.5 million.
The actor continued to expand his business opportunities by launching YouTube channel SinsTV in 2017. The channel focused on the star’s daily life and advices on sex life although Johnny doesn’t limit himself to this topics only. On the channel he often reviews memes about him, tastes different cuisines etc.
In 2019 the actor announced his retirement from porn industry to focus on his own projects (YouTube, TikTok etc.). At the span of 13 years he has made several million dollars and it there wasn’t any reason to continue working as a porn actor.
What Is Johnny Sins Net Worth?
In 2023 Johnny Sins’ net worth is about 5 million USD. Most of the money he has made in adult industry. He totaled 2,300 videos in his porn career!
Salaries for his last movies aren’t well known, but it is estimated to be in range of 20 to 50 thousand dollars. In the female-dominated industry Johnny Sins is one of highest paid male actor of all times. He definitely worth such sums of money if the studio were willing to pay him.
His another source of income is his YouTube channel. Despite not being an active uploader, Johnny Sins is still making some amount of money from his older videos that range in million views. The channel SinsTV has made from 20 to 30 thousand USD in 2021 alone.
In the meantime he continues using his popularity to make personalized videos on Cameo and selling them to his fans or businesses. His account has over 1000 reviews and fans continue to support him, increasing Johnny Sins wealth.
How Johnny Sins Spends His Money?
Johnny Sins isn’t a know spender. He once made a big purchase buying house near Los Angeles, but that’s it. He mostly spends money on healthy food, gym and his car. Johnny definitely not going to waste his several-million net worth on some useless flash jewelry.
- Johnny Sins was married to his fellow actress Kissa Sins. Unfortunately, they divorced in 2019 but remained close friends.
- He was nominated over 20 times and won several awards, including AVN Award, Pornhub Award and XBIZ Award.
- Johnny Sins performed with famous porn stars like Mia Khalifa, Jayden James, Natasha Nice, Lana Rhoades, Lisa Ann and many more.
- It was rumored he got shot during Los Angeles shooting, but that were just baseless rumors.
- Johnny Sins net worth continues to grow mostly due to his personalized videos he makes nowadays.

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The Lordstown, Ohio-based automaker wants to bring an electric truck to the masses, but they want to put their mettle to the test in extreme conditions first. Lordstown Motors has been rigorously testing its skateboard platform (sans-body) in all kinds of conditions. Now, they plan on taking their completed Endurance Race Truck to the San Felipe 250 off-road race in April. While the finished product bears similarity to their pickup truck prototype for the public, it’s got to take on some pretty tough terrain. It gets beefed-up suspension bits, a full roll cage, larger black fender flares, upsized wheels and tires, a strip of LED driving lights in the front fascia, and highly bolstered racing seats. It will be the first EV to enter the 290-mile race, but the truck only has 250 miles of range under normal driving conditions. That said, it’ll be interesting to see how they’ll charge the 600-hp electric truck during the race.


|Full text name||Steyr TMP|
|Caliber cartridge||9mm Luger - 9x19 Luger / Parabellum|
|Overall length, mm||282|
|Weight empty, kg||1.3|
|Magazine capacity, rounds||15, 30|
|Cyclic rate of fire, rounds/min||800-900|
Steyr TMP is a modern compact SMG. It is blowback operated, locked breech design, with rotating barrel. This mean that after the shot bolt with barrel locked to it are moving backward for some 4 millimeters. Then, the barrel rotates clockwise slightly, and thus unlocks the bolt. Rotaton controls via small cam on the barrel that follows the spiral groove inside the receiver.
Both upper and lower receiver are made from polymer. TMP has no stock and could be fired only from off-hand position.
Safeties featured automatic off-battery safety, drop safety and the manual safety switch.
TMP is reported as a very controllable and comfortable to fire firearm.


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State's eyes in the sky chart change
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OLYMPIA (AP) Tucked away in an air-conditioned archive are thousands of cannisters that contain nearly 50 years of aerial photos charting change across the Washington landscape.
One state official calls the collection "the time machine," The Spokesman-Review newspaper of Spokane noted in a weekend story on the archive.
Since the late 1950s, state-hired aircraft equipped with million-dollar cameras and high-resolution film have been recording swaths of scenery. This summer, one of those aircraft has been flying over northeastern Washington to add thousands more feet of film to the overview.
Comparing photos, viewers can see irrigation bringing lush farm fields to arid central Washington. Dark-green forest canopies, erased by logging, are replaced by the paler green of brush and saplings.
The archive is an undertaking of the state Department of Natural Resources, which oversees millions of acres of state property, including forests, farm fields, tideflats and shellfish beds. The agency regulates forestry, puts out fires and runs coastal tsunami-early-warning stations.
Many of the aerial photos are used to make maps, but they can also provide answers enabling DNR officials to figure out if someone's logging too close to a stream, or helping landowners resolve boundary disputes.
"You can't drive out there and see every square inch, but we can," said Terry Curtis, a DNR photo expert. "Most people don't know that Big Brother is up there."
The collection has helped pinpoint the cause of forest fires, find landslide-prone areas and research wildlife habitat. Retailers use the photos to study residential growth and traffic patterns as they decide where to build a new store.
"We can re-create the past accurately," said Tim Gregg, geographic services manager for the department. "Photographs don't lie."
The archive is believed to be the largest state collection of aerial photos in the country, and Natural Resources spends about $1 million a year to maintain it. Each section of the state is photographed every four years down from the original two-year sequences.
"Our legacy is this aerial film vault," Gregg said. "It's going to support public decision-making long after I'm dead."
Typically the photos are taken from 12,000 feet or 22,000 feet. The flight paths overlap, and by looking at two prints through a stereoscopic viewer, the images are shown in 3-D like a giant version of a child's 3-D View-Master.
Even at extreme magnification, it's impossible to make out fine details. A car can be distinquished from a pickup, but the model can't be determined.
The flights raised security concerns about 35 years ago, when federal agents showed up at the aerial photo contractor's lab and used razors to slice out images of certain areas of the Hanford nuclear reservation.
Nothing similar has happened since, Gregg said.


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Before adjourning, VanGordon said that this was just the first go around to discuss how to appropriate these funds. No decisions were made at this time.
On Tuesday, Sept. 7, the Springfield city council held their first meeting after returning from summer break. This week’s meeting consisted of both a work session and a regular session. During business […]
offer a space in Springfield that is both safe and welcoming for marginalized groups. They said that this space is a place for belonging and most importantly, esperanza – hope.
Editors note: This article has been updated to reflect new information. On Sept. 4, the message was made clear that The Church at Planned Parenthood is not welcome in Lane County. The […]
Black Unity, CLDC Amend Their Lawsuit Against Springfield Police, Alleging Surveillance and Arbitrary “Unlawful Assembly” Proclamations
According to the CLDC and BU, the lawsuit has been amended to “include claims of unlawful spying and viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment and a little used Oregon Law, ORS 181A.250.”
“I really hope that the Latinx community feels included in the City of Springfield. The Latinx community is growing here in Springfield and it’s so nice to have something that we as Latinos can identify within our city limits.”
On Aug. 3, Black Unity returned to Jesse Maine Memorial Park to protest the Springfield Police Department–and the so-called Springfield Neighborhood Watch–hosted “National Night Out in your Neighborhood Park.”
Allow me to start by saying: there is no gay handbook out there folks. You do not wake up one day instantly an all-knowing gay. There is no gay stork. No gay Santa Claus leaving presents with cards that read “To: Gay, Love: Santa.” Not even a goddamn courtesy call from your local coffee shop. Queer-hood has been a battle of self discovery that the likes of straight-hood has never seen.
After their home was targeted in another hate crime, Xia Wang and Ben Christensen received an outpouring of support and strength from the community. Over the course of two days, neighbors, friends, […]
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I don’t have to understand why the old men with the model trains are so enamored with their hobby


This project consists of three separate programs:
- Site Creator
This bash script creates a number of catalogs-sites and html webpages and fills the webpages with random text segments from a text file. The root directory, the text file and the number of sites and pages are given as arguments.
This program implements an HTTP server which supports GET requests of HTTP/1.1. The arguments given in the command line: request PORT, command PORT, Number of Threads, Root Directory.
Server listens on these two sockets and accepts connections. Polling is used to avoid busy waiting. If a connection is successful, the file descriptor returned by ACCEPT is inserted in a synchronized queue. One of the existing threads retrieves that fd and reads from the corresponding socket the HTTP request. It then parses and validates that request according to HTTP standards. After a validated request, the same thread finds the requested .html file, creates a response (e.g 200 OK ...) and sends it through the request socket.
On the other socket the server accepts commands. The two supported commands are: a) STATS b) SHUTDOWN
When STATS, server responds with statistics about the number of webpages sent, total byte size and server time. Shutdown command terminates the program after it frees the memory and terminates any existing threads.
The Web Crawler is similar with the Server in terms of thread functionality and memory allocation, it just works as a client. It sends requests to the server and with the responses it recreates the server's website directory. Each webpage created by the crawler includes links to both webpages from the same website, and external websites-catalogs. This is made such as every webpage is linked.
Web Crawler gets the starting URL-link from the command line and inserts it in a synchronized queue. A crawler thread retrieves the link, tokenizes and forms the request for that certain html file. After it gets the file from the webserver it searches for links to other files and recursively all folders and files are created.


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Octagon, meTVafrica to stream Olympics to Africa
VALUE ADDED SERVICES| Aug. 2, 2012, 3:42 p.m.
Octagon is using African based video on demand (VOD) service meTVafrica, as the delivery platform bringing viewers across the African continent highlights of the London 2012 Olympic Games free to their mobile phones and desktops for the duration of the Games..
This comes after the company secured rights to distribute the Olympic Games with partnerships with some of the continent’s leading network operators and ISPs. All content is free access, meaning the content is openly available in Africa excluding South Africa.
Octagon is the global sports and entertainment content marketing arm of the Interpublic Group of Companies and a pioneer and thought leader in sports and music and entertainment sponsorship consulting, athlete & personality representation and management, talent procurement, event management and hospitality.
The meTVafrica platform is a content aggregation VOD platform that allows for the distribution of professionally made video content on the internet. Octagon says it is committed to providing relevant programming for audiences across the continent on a platform that they can access at the touch of a button. Jonathan Riley, the Head of Sales and Broadcasting Media at Octagon says the IOC has been very supportive through this process.
“We’re very much looking forward to bringing African audiences the best possible content because we want to ensure that they don’t miss a moment of the riveting highlights from the Games,” said Riley.
“Every effort will be made to ensure that key sports or disciplines will be featured and the content will focus on a number of sports including, athletics, boxing, football, basketball, and swimming,” he said. He said that this would however be subject to the African sides’ / athletes’ qualification.
The highlights offer commenced from 25 July and end on 12 August. The system to access these packages is “video on demand” and all content will sit on these platforms for the duration of the Olympic Games
For desktop or laptop access, the website link is www.metvsport.com
For mobile phone access, the mobisite link is www.metvsport.mobi
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Tear lab is a diagnostic test used to aid in the diagnosis and management of dry eye. High readings indicate poor tear film stability. With effective treatment, these readings should decrease.
This is a diagnostic test that allows providers to view the structure of the Meibomian gland and assess the damage caused by chronic dry eye. This test helps providers properly manage dry eye.
Lipiflow is a treatment for Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD). This treatment safely delivers heat and pulse-like pressure to express obstructed oil or meibum from the glands located in the upper and lower eyelid. This oil is needed to prevent the tear film from evaporating too quickly. A good tear film is essential in maintaining clear and comfortable vision.
Lumenis Optilight Intense Pulse Light (IPL)
IPL is a light-based treatment used to reduce inflammation. This treatment targets telangiectasia (abnormal blood vessels) and helps relieve dry eye symptoms. Patients with ocular rosacea would greatly benefit from this treatment.
The initial IPL treatment consists of four treatments two to four weeks apart. Most patients start to have symptom relief after the third treatment. After the initial treatment series, patients are treated on an as needed basis with a single "touch up" treatment.
*Medicare now covers the Lipiflow and Lipiview; however, patients will need to check coverage with their individual insurance.


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* 5th book in the 43 Old Cemetery Road *
Hollywood wants to make a movie out of the story from 43 Old Cemetery Road. As usual the three put the decision to a vote. Seymour wants to go to Hollywood. Olive decides to go. Ignatius isn't sold on the idea, but as two's the majority, he goes along it with it and signs the contract.
When they arrive in Hollywood, Olive's stunned that no one's interested in her. Worse, they don't believe she exists. Seymour's not allowed to play himself until he tricks the director. Ignatius undergoes hair and teeth remodeling. Soon, he's absorbed in the culture.
The movie company's coerced a retired actress to make her final appearance in the film - too bad she didn't read the contract before signing it. Neither did Ignatius. They both missed out on key elements on their contracts. Can Olive talk sense into everyone and get everything straightened out before everything they've worked to achieve is ruined?
My Thoughts: I LOVE this series - it's quirky, funny, and clever. I love the epistolary style, the funny names, and the great illustrations. I started reading this series for our 4th and 5th grade book clubs. Every time we read the first one with a group of kids, they love it. I really loved Olive in this book. She imagines she was going to live out her dreams, but then got even instead.I loved her interactions in Ivana, the legendary actress. A very fun addition to this charming series!
Cover Thoughts: Perfect
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Technology is changing the face of medicine and bringing new hope to patients. It's also improving the efficiency of Nova Scotia's health-care system.
We believe that technology and infrastructure are critical and have spent $90-million from the Federal Medical Equipment Fund directly on equipment. We have introduced new PET scanners, doubled our MRI capacity, and installed 64-slice CT scanners in most facilities.
We're also working toward better care by introducing a provincial Electronic Health Records System, expanding our Picture Archive and Communications System (PACS), installing 12-lead ECG defibrillators in all ambulances, and using Telehealth in new ways.


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EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. - More than a dozen charities in New Jersey have received grants to give children safe and affordable summer experiences.
OceanFirst Foundation of Toms River awarded $85,000 in grants to 21 charities Thursday morning.
The charities include the Egg Harbor Township Police Athletic League, the Boys and Girls Club of Atlantic City, and the Ocean City Arts Center.
The grants will allow the charities to give camp scholarships of up to $250 per child.
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Water Contaminant Treatments
Drinking Water Sources of Hydrogen SulfideHydrogen Sulfide (H2S) is a gas which imparts its "rotten egg" odor to water supplies. Such waters are distasteful for drinking purposes and processes in practically all industries. Most sulfur waters contain from 1 to 5 ppm of hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen sulfide can interfere with readings obtained from water samples. It turns hardness and pH tests gray, and makes iron tests inaccurate. Chlorine bleach should be added to eliminate the H2S odor; then the hardness, pH and iron tests can be done. Hydrogen sulfide can not be tested in a lab, it must be done in the field. Hydrogen sulfide is corrosive to plumbing fixtures even at low concentrations. H2S fumes will blacken or darken painted surfaces, giving them a "smoked" appearance.
Treatment of Hydrogen SulfideH2S requires chlorine to be fed in sufficient quantities to eliminate it, while leaving a residual in the water (3 ppm of chlorine is required for each ppm of hydrogen sulfide). Activated carbon filtration may then be installed to remove the excess chlorine.
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Obama to Ali: `You shocked the world`
Las Vegas: Muhammad Ali turned 70 last month, but the world`s most famous people are still wishing the boxer known simply as "The Greatest" a happy birthday.
"Happy birthday, champ," President Barack Obama told Ali through a video message, saying he wished he could have attended a swanky dinner gala in Las Vegas featuring some of the biggest names in sports, film, television and music.
"As a fighter, you were something spectacular," Obama said. "You shocked the world, and you inspired it, too. And even after all the titles and legendary bouts, you`re still doing it."
About 2,000 people attended the gala to celebrate Ali`s life and generate millions of dollars for brain research, a mission Ali`s family says is important to him in part because of his nearly 30-year battle with Parkinson`s disease.
NFL great Jim Brown said Ali represents the greatest of America, because at one time people only recognised his athletic ability and didn`t like what he had to say. That changed over time, he said.
"America started with slavery and ended up with a black president," Brown said. "Muhammad Ali was a part of that ... a big part."
Ali`s wife, Lonnie Ali, told the star-studded crowd that her husband`s greatest wish has always been to inspire and help others. She said he feels that his life really began when he retired from the ring.
"Muhammad`s gift of inspiration is timeless, and now more relevant than ever," she said after being introduced by music icon Quincy Jones.
Lonnie Ali introduced a video montage of her husband`s life, including clips from his work with children. Guests arriving on the red carpet included former NFL player Franco Harris, supermodel Cindy Crawford, actor Samuel L. Jackson, Ali`s children and grandchildren and Chuck Wepner, who fought Ali in 1975 for the heavyweight title and lost.
"I would go anywhere in the world for Muhammad Ali`s birthday," Wepner said.
One of Ali`s daughters, Rasheda Ali, said the gala is a chance for friends, family and A-list celebrities who look up to her father to show their respect for his life and legacy as a humanitarian. In return, she said he`ll be honored to see them there.

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Why You Should Consider Chiropractic Care Services
Back pain is a common condition in adults today. For some, it develops as a result of a traumatic event such as a car crash. However, for most, it develops over time as a result of poor sleeping positions or sitting at a desk for a long time. This is an issue because many American adults have desk jobs where they sit at a desk for nearly eight hours a day. It is no wonder why there are so many people with back problems.
People were never designed to be so sedentary. This is why we also see a rise in other issues such as heart disease. Fortunately, there are things that can be done for a bad back. In this video, you will learn what chiropractic care services can do for you.
A chiropractor is a professional who has been trained on how to realign spines and relieve pressure in your back. Often times, the pain you are feeling in your back is not coming directly from the site of the pain. Instead, that is a nerve that is simply sending a pain signal. Nerves run all the way through your back and throughout your body. If your back is not aligned properly, these nerves can get crushed or pinched. This is what causes you to feel pain. A chiropractor can help relieve this pain by reducing the pressure that the back is putting on the nerve.


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Google Search mobile users in the US looking for a specific news topic will now see a carousel of relevant stories at the top of the results page, plus new related coverage.
That related coverage to top stories can be seen in additional cards beneath each main card in the carousel. This feature should make it easier for users to make informed decisions about which articles to click through to, according to Google.
"Within each story, the new structure will make more room for high-quality content – beyond just the most recent coverage – as well as more diverse sources, to bring more context and perspective to the day's news," it says in a blogpost.
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Google recently revealed how its new BERT machine-learning generated models are improving how Search understands what humans are looking for when they type a query.
BERT is short for Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers, a technique Google has used to understand about 10% of search queries in English in the US.
These same BERT models are being used as the basis for what Google sums up as its "story-understanding technology", which maps "people, places and things involved in a news story, and then draw connections between them".
The purpose of this mapping is to create groups of news articles, and just as Google is attempting with search, to get users more quickly from question to answer. This is the feature that's rolling out for search users in the US using English today.
The new AI tech for news on mobile was announced alongside an update to the Google News Initiative, its $300m commitment over three years to support journalism in an internet dominated by Facebook and Google. Part of the plan includes Google's efforts to help publishers convert viewers into paid subscribers.
Google on Wednesday said it was developing new machine learning-based paywall tech that may benefit publishers in the future.
"We're applying artificial intelligence to understand how readers engage with content and ultimately make the decision to subscribe. We'll begin developing this technology in December, and intend to share learnings with the broader media industry," said Kai Ridenoure of the News Lab, Google News Initiative.
The company also has announced its other contribution to the future of integrity of information and democracy in the US via its support of a bipartisan resolution introduced this week to ensure the US 2020 Census is fair and accurate.
The once-a-decade census is important because the data is used to decide how $800bn in annual federal spending is allocated to states and local communities in future.
Google and YouTube's main objective is to "prevent bad actors from abusing our services to spread misinformation, or to conduct fraudulent activity around the census such as phishing or other scams".


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May 22nd 7pm at The ComedySportz Theatre
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ComedySportz High School League® is closing out it's 2010/2011 Season with a night of Improv, Pizza and Dancing, sponsored by Leona's Restaurants and ComedySportz Theatre. This event is for High School League Members, Members parents, Teachers and High school Improvisers interested in joining The ComedySportz High School League 2011/2012. This event is email registration only and High School ID's must be shown at the door along with a permission slip signed by the student's guardian.


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Need an attorney for a relocation case in Pasadena, California? There are many reasons people choose to relocate after a divorce. Perhaps you had moved originally to be near your significant other? Moving back near family can help the rehabilitation process after a divorce.
Sometimes people move because of months or years later because of a job opportunity. Regardless of the reason for moving, the relocation may directly affect your divorcee decree, especially if there were children involved in the separation. Studies show that almost 25% of all custodial parents will move within the first two years following a divorce. Trying to relocate after a divorce may be very difficult. Most of the time, the parent that is left behind can feel hurt and upset and can raise a lot of troubles for the parent who is trying to move. Some states have laws that determine how a court will deem if a parent is allowed to move away from the area where the child is.
Sometimes, your final order documents may already restrict your move, in which case you may petition to file for a modification to your divorce decree. If your decree specifically states that you are not allowed to move or there are any travel restrictions, you should consult a Pasadena divorce lawyer.
What Factors Determine if I Can Move?
A judge will look at a few factors in determining if the move is in the best interest of your child. Here are a few questions to ask yourself:
Is your move abiding by prior agreements that you and your ex-spouse have made?
Does the move negatively affect the relationship of your child and or any siblings that they may have?
Is the move for the military?
Will the move occur every few years? (The more "permanent" parent may gain sole custody of the child.)
Does the move improve the quality of life of the child?
Is the move within the child's preference?
If the child is over the age of 12, a judge may interview the child to help determine if the move is a sound one. If you are looking to relocate or are already trying to and are experiencing interferences because of an ex-spouse or divorce decree, get the help you need.
Contact a Pasadena divorce lawyer today by calling (626) 314-6738.


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With these Bluetooth Speakers, users can try to involve themself in the musical world. Two speakers are traveling in the user’s musical journey. One is Bose home speaker 500 but also Apple homepod. The Bose speaker might very well distribute influential, magnificently broad, but also comprehensive music whenever and wherever, somewhere where, kudos towards its Wall-to-Wall Stereo Sound and Voice Pickups Technology. This then includes Alexa, which allows users to easily play, pause, and shuffle one’s favorite tracks. Furthermore, users can pay attention to weather forecasts and news stories as often as they want.
All users must do is ask Alexa to hear whatever they want to hear. Users have a lot of choices when it comes to hearing what they want to hear. Users can wireless data stream what they want, anyway, they want, thanks to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, as well as Apple Airplay 2 connectivity. Enjoy your favorite music services, including Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music, on your smartphone or tablet. The Speakers have let us listen to any music you have on your device. Various music services are available.
Let’s know more about these speakers in this article.
Bose Home Speaker 500 Vs Apple HomePod: Comparison Table
|Characteristics||Bose Home Speaker 500||Apple Homepod|
|Model Name||Home Speaker 500||Homepod|
|Generic Name||Bluetooth Speaker||Bluetooth Speaker|
|Connector Type||Bluetooth and USB Cable||Bluetooth and USB Cable|
|Available Colors||Black, Silver||Yellow, Orange, Blue, Grey, White|
|Compatibility||Laptop, Desktop, PC, Android, and iOS||Wireless, Bluetooth, and Compact|
|Dimensions||20.3 x 17 x 10.9 cm||14.21 x 8 x 17.21 cm|
|Weight||2.15 Kg||2.5 Kg|
|Battery Average Life||10 hours||8 hours|
|Distance Range of Bluetooth||Up to 9 m||10 m|
|Online Price Ranges||Rs.39,000||Rs.19,900|
Bose Home Speaker 500 Vs Apple HomePod: Detailed Analysis
You won’t run out of charge again with the Bose Home speaker’s Lithium-ion rechargeable battery. It also features a USB charging port, so you can constantly charge one’s devices. Apple’s power supply ranges from 100 to 240 volts AC and can provide up to 10 hours of listening time.
Bose speaker has a top-quality appearance thanks to its streamlined, anodized metal body. One such sizable speaker can be placed in just about any part of the room. With a height of less and over 18 centimeters, HomePod can be placed wherever in one home. The elevated woofer, intended by Apple, is positioned at the top of the speaker, going to face upwards, generating a huge variety of heavy bass that outperforms each conventional speaker.
A made-to-order array of seven wideband tweeters, each with its amplifier, provides exceptional directional movement. People are arranged all-around base using a folded-horn layout to facilitate the flow of songs more toward the center point than out the underside in a 360-degree pattern, creating some all sense of distance.
Sound Quality Features:
Bose speaker has 2 different custom drivers which produce an effective wall-to-wall stereo audio experience, that will make one’s house parties and just get extra enjoyable. Wireless headphones are based on the 500, which is a made-to-order 8 measurement range that allows the user to understand us from all over the place, even in noisy settings or while playing music. And it has a microphone off button, allowing users to disable voice access whenever and wherever they want.
The Apple thoughtfully designed speaker practical benefit, complex and subtle sound that belies its small size. HomePod manages to combine custom Apple-engineered audio technologies and innovative apps to convey precise, room-filling sound. A six-microphone array and an internal bass-EQ microphone assess but instead receive compensation again for the effect of a room on the deep bass, resulting in affluent, constant sound. Moreover, a powerful motor raises the diaphragm by a remarkable 20 millimeters, so the bass is audible even at a low volume.
The Bose speaker supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Apple Airplay 2, allowing users to wirelessly stream whatever they want. The device has a range of 30 feet and supports Bluetooth version 4.2.
The Bose Music app allows users to browse one’s favorite music services, such as Spotify, Amazon Music, or Apple Music, as well as play music from their phone or tablet. Users shouldn’t have to waste any time trying to search for one’s favorites with this device, but you can listen to one favorite track with such a single touch.
All of Home Pod’s phenomenal audio advancements are orchestrated by an A8 chip devised by Apple. Such as sophisticated signal processing, which allows Siri to hear us over the music. Processors that maximize bass and minimize distortion in real-time. Even faster buffering. As well as ambient audio mixing. Enjoy excellent sound every time. It thus eliminates initial table reflective surfaces while maintaining good consistent sound.
Bose Home Speaker 500 Vs Apple Homepod: Quick Result
|Features||Bose Home Speaker 500||Apple Homepod||Which one is better?|
Customer Reviews and Feedbacks
Bose Home Speaker 500:
- Whenever it performs, this speaker sounded and looked great.
- This then makes a connection to Bluetooth without the need for a hitch.
- The main draw of this speaker was its ability to link to multiple music services at the same time. That capability is a calamity.
- It works well with Apple devices.
- The sound is good.
- The design is unique and portable, making it easy to transport anywhere.
- The battery backup is adequate.
Bose Home Speaker 500 Vs Apple HomePod: Final Verdict
Both speakers are excellent features, with the louder sound quality coming out on top. It has wireless connectivity through all Bluetooth-enabled devices. Both the battery life and Bluetooth capabilities are adequate. The water-resistant and ANC features are absent from the Bose and Apple models. Each has advantages and disadvantages.


Tina Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer born on May 18, 1970, in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. She broke through in 1995 on Saturday Night Live as a writer, later becoming the sketch comedy show's lead scribe and its "Weekend Update" co-host. Fey went on to pen the hit movie Mean Girls (which later became a successful musical), before thriving as the star of the popular sitcom 30 Rock and co-creating the Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
Comedian, writer, producer and actress Tina Fey was born Elizabeth Stamatina Fey in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, to parents Donald and Zenobia "Jeanne" Fey. Jeanne worked in a brokerage firm and Donald Fey wrote grants for the University of Pennsylvania.
At the age of five, Fey was in an alley behind her house when a stranger approached her and slashed her face with a knife, leaving her with the signature scar she still carries today. But Fey did not allow this incident to define or hinder her. Growing up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Tina recalls a dorky adolescence filled with unplucked eyebrows and perms. In lieu of dating, Fey would have friends over to play party games like Celebrity. This self-proclaimed super nerd went on to study drama at the University of Virginia.
'Saturday Night Live'
After graduating from college in 1992, Tina Fey moved to Chicago to pursue a career in comedy. She joined the comedy training ground Second City, a renowned program where many Saturday Night Live (SNL) performers got their start.
In 1995, SNL writers came to Second City looking for new talent and were encouraged by Tina Fey's aptitude. When SNL producer Lorne Michaels read Fey's sketch ideas, she was offered a job as an SNL writer. It may be hard for some to imagine Tina Fey prior to stardom and her trademark sexy librarian image, but husband Jeff Richmond remembers dating a Tina who wore "mismatched frumpy clothing" on a heavier, Rubenesque frame.
After several years in New York, Fey became the first female head writer in SNL history. However, when critics were apprehensive of casting her because she didn't have the looks, Fey realized she needed a diet and a makeover.
It was during the show's 25th season when Fey was able to transform her image and establish a fan base. Fey was cast as a news reporter on the regular "Weekend Update" sketch with Jimmy Fallon, where she wrote many of the segments' most popular biting jokes.
'Mean Girls' and '30 Rock'
Despite gaining a more glamorous persona in recent years, Fey still retains her legendary work ethic, deadpan humor, and grounded personality, qualities that helped catapult her comedy projects to unprecedented levels of success. Proving she had the staying power to endure past her SNL run, she penned the screenplay for Mean Girls (2004), a popular movie about the awkwardness of teenage culture that made lead actress Lindsay Lohan a star.
Shortly after, Fey created the television show 30 Rock, a satirical look on her own life as a SNLwriter. Despite lukewarm ratings in the show's early seasons, 30 Rock made comedy series history after receiving 17 different Emmy nominations in 2008 and became one of the most popular shows of its era.
Many attributed the sudden success of 30 Rock to Tina Fey's enormously popular impersonations of Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Liveduring the 2008 presidential election. When combined with friend Amy Poehler's impersonations of New York Senator Hillary Clinton, the skits resulted in a 46 percent increase in Saturday Night Live's ratings from the prior season.
'Bossypants' and 'Kimmy Schmidt'
Fey has continued her successful momentum post 30 Rock. In 2011, she took time out to release her autobiography, Bossypants, which was well received by The New York Times. She went on to star in Admission (2013), Muppets Most Wanted (2014) and This Is Where I Leave You (2014), before reteaming with Poehler for the 2015 comedy Sisters and headlining the 2016 war comedy-drama Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
Fey went on to more success in scripted television as the co-creator of Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, starring Elle Kemper, with Season 4 of the hit show set to begin in May 2018. Additionally, Mean Girls found new life on the stage, enjoying a run at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., in late 2017 before moving to Broadway. In May 2018, Fey learned that Mean Girls had earned a whopping 12 Tony nominations, including for best musical.
Awards and Honors
Beginning with her first Writers Guild award, for her work on SNL in 2001, Fey has earned enough accolades to fill an entire trophy room. She has since taken home nine Primetime Emmys, two Golden Globes and five Screen Actors Guild awards. Additionally, the multi-talented writer and performer has earned two Gracie Allen awards, three Producers Guild of America awards and a Television Critics Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy.
In 2016, Fey shared an Emmy with Poehler for co-hosting a December 2015 episode of Saturday Night Live. In the episode, the comedy duo performed a sketch about a meeting between Hillary Clinton (Poehler) and Sarah Palin (Fey).
Fey currently resides in New York City with her husband, 30 Rock producer and composer Jeff Richmond, and their daughters, Alice Zenobia Richmond (b. 2005) and Penelope Athena Richmond (b. 2011).


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President Sarah Mangelsdorf says Rochester embraces Black issues as subjects of academic study.
The University of Rochester’s Board of Trustees approved the creation of a Department of Black Studies in Arts, Sciences & Engineering. The new academic department will work in close collaboration with the University’s Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies, which was established in 1986.
At the formal announcement during Meliora Weekend in October, University President Sarah Mangelsdorf said, “Today, the University of Rochester joins the community of institutions that embrace Black life, Black culture, and Black issues as very serious subjects of academic study. This is an important and necessary step as we work toward being a global research university of the future.”
Until now, the institute, which is part of the School of Arts & Sciences, incorporated faculty who had primary appointments in other departments. The Department of Black Studies, however, will be able to hire faculty fully committed to its mission. That will result in a greater focus on the study and research of issues central to the institute.
Jeffrey McCune Jr. is the institute’s director. “The study of Black people in the world is a major project encompassing geography, culture, political science, sociology, economics, and creativity,” he says. “All of that is robust and deserves to be studied seriously.”
At the official announcement, Provost and Chief Academic Officer David Figlio said, “The Department of Black Studies is a shining light of how we can be the best possible research university that we can be.”
Creating a Department of Black Studies was one of McCune’s primary goals when he came to the University last year. According to McCune, a dedicated department will be able to develop curriculum and programming in a way that will be best suited for students.
Joan Saab, vice provost of academic affairs, believes the benefits extend well beyond the department itself. “We know that Black studies doesn’t operate in a vacuum,” says Saab. “We have to forge ties to other entities, whether it’s the Susan B. Anthony Institute, or the Medical Center or the Memorial Art Gallery, or our colleagues at universities and colleges across the country. And I’m certain that we’re going to do that.”
The Frederick Douglass Institute was established nearly four decades ago in order to promote the development of African and African American studies in both undergraduate and graduate education, and to advance research in those areas.
Crystal Sellers Battle articulates a path toward long-term cultural change at the Eastman School of Music.
The accomplished scholar discusses the importance of Black studies as well as his plans to expand the scope of the institute at the University and in communities beyond campus.
The region’s role in shaping the abolitionist leader has not been fully appreciated, according to history professor Larry Hudson.


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The journal The Scientist has published an interview with Manuel Serrano, ICREA researcher and head of the Cell Plasticity and Disease Lab at IRB Barcelona, about studies into cell aging done in recent years. In the 1950s, the scientist Leonard Hayflick did a series of studies in which he demonstrated that cells enter what is known as a “senescent” state. Initially, the scientific community rejected this concept, considering it irrelevant for living organisms. However, work done in later decades by researchers like Manuel Serrano has revealed the importance of cell senescence. Serrano has observed that when cells are exposed to stress stimuli that would normally lead to some type of cancer, they become senescent as a way to prevent the transmission of the tumour to daughter cells.
Manuel Serrano is an ICREA research professor and head of the Cell Plasticity and Disease Lab at IRB Barcelona. His laboratory receives the support of the Banking Foundation “la Caixa”.
About IRB Barcelona
Created in 2005 by the Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia) and University of Barcelona, IRB Barcelona is a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence, a seal that was awarded in 2011. The institute is devoted to conducting research of excellence in biomedicine and to transferring results to clinical practice, thus improving people’s quality of life, while simultaneously promoting the training of outstanding researchers, technology transfer, and public communication of science. Its 27 laboratories and eight core facilities address basic questions in biology and are orientated to diseases such as cancer, metastasis, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and rare conditions. IRB Barcelona is an international centre that hosts 400 employees and more than 30 nationalities. It is located in the Barcelona Science Park. IRB Barcelona is a CERCA center, and a member of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).

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Boda boda operators in Kiserian Kajiado County area are appealing for support from the government to cushion them against the coronavirus pandemic.
Kenneth Ngugi one of the operators says that business has gone down since the pandemic started as most people fear using boda boda as a mean means of transport because of the social distance challenge.
Speaking to Ghetto Radio News, Ngugi says that they are also experiencing the payment challenge as most ladies do not like paying via mobile money service.
According to Ngugi, the ladies fear that their numbers will be picked by the boda boda operators who in turn start harassing them by asking them to go out with them.
“Dem hawezi kukutumia kwa sababu unajua tu watu wa pikipiki wanapenda madem, wanapenda kutongoza wasichana that’s why wanapenda kutumia cash.) Ladies cannot send you cash because they know that boda boda operators like women so they will start asking them out,” said Ngugi.
“And when they pay cash, they in turn put us in a lot of risk because most of us do not walk with hand sanitizers,” he said.
Cheza Clean Caravan yesterday toured Kiserian area and dished out bars of soap, sanitizers and masks.
The #ChezaClean campaign is being held in partnership with Parrot Group, Shell and Ghetto Radio.


China’s fuel cell electric vehicle industry is likely to grow rapidly in the following decade and reach 1 million units by 2030, said member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ouyang Minggao on Monday March 4.
Speaking to Automotive News China, professor Ouyang, added that commercial vehicles are currently the focus for fuel cells in the auto sector.
Data showed that production and sales of fuel cell EVs both stood at 1,527 units in 2018, including over 1,400 buses and 100 trucks.
China has built 12 hydrogen refuelling stations as of the end of 2018.
Professor Ouyang received a Ph.D in energy engineering from the Technical University of Denmark in 1993, and is currently dean of the department of automotive engineering at Tsinghua University.


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DENISON, Iowa (AP) -- Workers at the Denison Farmland pork plant have overwhelmingly rejected a contract offer from the company.
About 1,400 workers voted by more than 92 percent on Sunday to reject the proposal. The previous contract expired at midnight Sunday.
In a statement, Local 440 of the United Food and Commercial Workers union said the company's demands would have significantly increased workers' share of health care coverage.
Local 440 spokesman Leo Kanne said the other sticking point is wages.
There was no immediate comment from the company.
The Denison plant is one of nine pork-processing plants run by Farmland Foods of Kansas City, Mo., which is a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods of Smithfield, Va.


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Idrees Kanth has a PhD in Modern South Asian History from Leiden University, The Netherlands, where he was part of the Asian Modernities and Traditions research profile. He was previously educated at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in India where he studied Modern History. Idrees Kanth has also been associated with the International Institute of Social History (IISH) Amsterdam and the academic journal Politics, Religion & Ideology (PRI). His research interests are in modern Kashmir history, Islam, and the history of cricket in the Indian subcontinent and in the West Indies
The present article is focused on the relationship between a sacred object: the moi-e-muqaddas (the Prophet’s hair), housed in the Hazratbal shrine in Kashmir, and the Kashmiri Muslim community. The relic, which was stolen from the shrine on 27 December 1963, lead to a massive protest in the Kashmir valley and in other parts of the subcontinent, as people demanded its immediate recovery. Such thefts, which have been reported from across the world and across centuries, point to the extreme value of the relics, and the additional value they generate when they are stolen. Similarly, the Hazratbal relic theft became a vehicle for reifying certain Kashmiri Muslim social and political sentiments. The incident also catapulted the issue of Kashmir’s political accession, which emerged in 1947 at the time of the partition of the subcontinent, to the forefront, alarming the Indian government. The Hazratbal relic episode is also reflective of the role of religious ideas and symbols in political action in South Asia.
The author would like to thank Shrimoyee Nandni Ghosh for suggestions and comments on the article.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Kanth, Idrees. 2018. The Social and Political Life of a Relic: The Episode of the Moi-e-Muqaddas Theft in Kashmir, 1963-1964. HIMALAYA 38(2).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya/vol38/iss2/10


Yesterday Ryan sent me some photos of a former Hostess plant near Sacramento, CA. Everything onsite is how it looked the day the company declared bankruptcy and ceased operations. Among the rows of parked trucks (most of which were cabovers) something caught my eye. The drom box.
The drom box (dromedary) was a popular setup for truckers out west for a number of years in what would be considered the golden age of trucking, think late 40’s through the 60’s. The theory behind the drom box was the ability to haul more cargo while remaining within the established length limits of the time. As the age of cabovers ended and length restrictions changed the drom slowly faded away. Outside of specialized rigs you probably won’t see one on the highway anytime soon…unless you live in Canada. Recently Wal-Mart started a pilot program dubbed the Supercube. This unique setup uses a Freightliner Argosy glider kit and call haul up to 30% more cargo than a conventional tractor trailer. Wal-Mart argues that this truck is good for the environment as it can move more product with less fuel. Driver associations are wary of the supercube as it could enable trucking firms to move more freight with less drivers. Check out the two articles below for more info and photos.
Walmart’s 60-foot supercube draws a double take – Landlinemag.com
Super-cube rig for Walmart Canada might raise some issues – Truckinginfo.com
Same great product with new packaging!