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Jun 4, 2013, 8:47 PM EDT
MLB will let Tony Bosch off the hook, if he just gives them A-Rod and Braun.
That’s the crux of Tuesday’s Outside the Lines article. Tony Bosch, the fake doctor who ran the Biogenesis Clinic exposed by the Miami New Times earlier this year, merely has to tell MLB everything that went on at his defunct business. In return, the league will drop its lawsuit against him; “indemnify him for any liability arising from his cooperation; provide personal security for him and even put in a good word with any law enforcement agency that may bring charges against him.”
So, forgive the dealer, punish the users.
I’m good with suspending steroid users, but I’m not comfortable with that kind of arrangement. I’m also not comfortable with punishing players who never failed steroid tests, and I’m simply not interested in seeing a couple of dozen major leaguers benched for a big chunk of the season so that Bud Selig can prove his point. It’s not cleaning up the game. It’s a power play, and the real losers in all of it are the fans rooting for the teams affected by the suspensions.
What’s more, the OTL report indicates that the league will aim for 100-game bans, rather than the 50-game standard:
One source familiar with the case said the commissioner’s office might seek 100-game suspensions for Rodriguez, Braun and other players, the penalty for a second doping offense. The argument, the source said, is that the players’ connection to Bosch constitutes one offense, and previous statements to MLB officials denying any such connection or the use of PEDs constitute another.
Good luck getting that to stand up. Like it or not, the CBA says its a 50-game suspension for a first offense. The idea that lying about their PED usage constitutes a second offense is laughable.
This whole thing stinks like something long dead. I don’t like steroids, but I don’t want to see the season ruined because a cluster of users were outed for something they did the year before. It’s not like these 20-25 players that MLB might try to suspend are the extent of cheaters around the game. There are at least dozens and maybe hundreds more with secrets best buried who were merely lucky enough to be dealing with people smarter than Bosch. Almost all of the players associated with Bosch have strong Miami connections; this is just one subset of the players who have tried to game the system by getting ahead. Even if they deserve their punishments, the fans don’t.
In trying to suspend several stars, none with positive tests, MLB has a lot to lose and very little to gain here. Bud Selig believes Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun have embarrassed the game with their previous evasions and may think this grand gesture will add to his legacy. In so doing, he’s getting into bed with a sleazy criminal possessing pretty much zero credibility. Besides the lawyers looking at a grand payday, I can’t imagine anyone coming out a winner in this.
May 30, 2015, 11:06 AM EDT
Dodgers manager Don Mattingly and catcher A.J. Ellis were ejected from Friday’s game against the Cardinals for arguing about the strike zone with home plate umpire Mike Winters.
May 30, 2015, 10:06 AM EDT
Dior designed the “silhouetted batter” logo in 1968, but didn’t receive official credit until 2009.
May 30, 2015, 9:27 AM EDT
Derek Norris struck out in his first four at-bats Friday night against the Pirates, but made up for it with a walk-off grand slam.
May 30, 2015, 8:55 AM EDT
A quick recap of a busy Friday around MLB, including a sterling performance from one of the best bargains in baseball.
May 29, 2015, 11:59 PM EDT
The Brewers designated reliever Brandon Kintzler for assignment on Friday afternoon but rescinded it and put him on the 15-day disabled list instead.
Tony Cingrani hits Bryce Harper in the back with a pitch, then complains he was too slow getting to first base
May 29, 2015, 11:41 PM EDT
Bryce Harper was hit square in the back with a fastball and had the gall not to sprint immediately to first base. What nerve!
May 29, 2015, 11:00 PM EDT
Alex “Chi Chi” Gonzalez will make his major league debut on Saturday against the Red Sox.
May 29, 2015, 10:10 PM EDT
Rafael Soriano still wants to pitch and has fired agent Scott Boras in an effort to find work.
May 29, 2015, 9:18 PM EDT
Josh Hamilton hit his first home run of the season on Friday night against the Red Sox.
May 29, 2015, 8:52 PM EDT
Rockies starter Chad Bettis is trying to throw a no-hitter against the Phillies.
May 29, 2015, 8:35 PM EDT
The Mets will be without catcher Travis d’Arnaud a little while longer due to a bone bruise in his wrist.
May 29, 2015, 8:08 PM EDT
The Mariners will lose starter James Paxton for a couple of weeks due to strained finger tendon.
May 29, 2015, 7:42 PM EDT
Stephen Strasburg came out of Friday’s start after facing one batter in the second inning against the Reds.
May 29, 2015, 6:55 PM EDT
More than one in two fans of major league baseball prefer having the pitcher hit as opposed to a designated hitter.
May 29, 2015, 6:05 PM EDT
Tuffy Gosewisch may be dealing with a torn ACL, which would likely end his season.
May 29, 2015, 4:50 PM EDT
Wieters hasn’t played in the majors in nearly 13 months.
May 29, 2015, 4:33 PM EDT
Schilling says Amaro lacks self awareness, is elitist and has not been successful as a manager.
May 29, 2015, 3:55 PM EDT
Or much of anything else, really.
May 29, 2015, 3:30 PM EDT
Feldman is in the second season of a three-year, $30 million deal.
May 29, 2015, 3:16 PM EDT
“Wow. That is an EXPLOSION of cheese.”
- Settling the Score: Friday’s results 11
- Tony Cingrani hits Bryce Harper in the back with a pitch, then complains he was too slow getting to first base 99
- Video: Josh Hamilton hits his first home run of the season 15
- Rockies starter Chad Bettis loses his no-hitter in the eighth inning 2
- Stephen Strasburg exits start in the second inning with an apparent injury 5
- More than half of polled baseball fans prefer having the pitcher hit 73
- The Marlins aren’t happy with the Dan Jennings hire 47
- Andrew McCutchen is doing just fine now, thank you 20
- Tony Cingrani hits Bryce Harper in the back with a pitch, then complains he was too slow getting to first base (101)
- The Big Unit: Wide Angle Watcher (90)
- And That Happened: Wednesday’s scores and highlights (89)
- Chipper Jones will fight you if you insult his “girl” (84)
- Alex Rodriguez is the all-time AL RBI champion. Sorta. (76)


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Joseph Siddiqi is a Canadian painter of South Asian and English heritage born and living in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal. His studio work in painting and drawing is grounded in technical experimentation, material sustainability, meditative practices and educational philosophy, bringing alternative perspectives to conceptualizing the creative process.
The themes of Siddiqi’s work have included: understanding the role of culture and creation myths in the formation of personal narratives; representing relationships between the natural world and the built environment; examining urban histories through photographic archives and observant walks in the city; and exploring the connections between art-making and mindfulness. He has also been engaged in designing more inclusive virtual and psychological spaces for visual arts teaching and learning.
Siddiqi has exhibited his paintings with galleries in Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, Calgary, Montréal, Boston and New York. He has been awarded grants by the Concordia University Part-time Faculty Association, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. His paintings can be found in public and private collections, including the Canada Council Art Bank in Ottawa, Colart Collection in Montréal, and Athabasca University Art Collection in Northern Alberta.
Siddiqi holds an M.F.A. in Painting from Boston University's School of Visual Arts and a B.F.A. in Studio Art with Distinction from Concordia University. He has taught in the Visual Arts program at Dawson College and in the Départment d'histoire de l'art et d'études cinématograpiques at l'Université de Montréal, and regularly teaches Painting and Drawing in Concordia University's Department of Studio Arts.

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Pier Solar and the Great Architects HD-SKIDROW (PC/ENG/2014)
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As I was writing my post about Out Magazine’s coverage of Pete Buttigieg’s fascist antics I came across a couple of articles.
Two gay Palestinian youth were spotted in Ramallah and brutally attacked by people while police stood by idle.
— Mark Halawa مارك حلاوه (@HalawaMark) December 2, 2019
A transgender Palestinian woman and two friends were brutally attacked by a group of men near Ramallah in the central West Bank on Monday.
According to reports, the trans woman — whose name is Sammy — was with friends in the West Bank to attend a doctor’s appointment in the village of Kafr ‘Aqab. A group of men reportedly from the Kalandia refugee camp attacked, robbed, and destroyed the vehicle in which the three were traveling.
According to a friend of the victim, the altercation started when a group of young men began recording Sammy and a friend in a clothing store. Afterward they went out to their car and attacked a male friend waiting outside.
“The girls heard the screams, and when they came out of the store to see what was going on, the group of men assaulted them as well,” Miriam told the Israeli news outlet ynetnews. “They stole 52,000 shekels [or $15,000] from Sammy, took her and her friends’ phones, and then told them to run away.”
The group was able to make it back to the checkpoint at the entrance to the village, where they medical attention for their injuries back in Israel.
After videos of the attack were posted on social media by Mark Halawa, a businessman whose parents are Palestinian refugees, LGBTQ+ people and allies condemned the local police, who stood by and watched as the victims were assaulted [sic].
“Two gay Palestinian youth were spotted in Ramallah and brutally attacked by people while police stood by idle,” Halawa wrote on Monday. “There are no laws to protect [LGBTQ+] people under the Palestinian Authority, where homosexuality is a punishable crime.”
The response from police is unsurprising, however, as Palestinian authorities have previously threatened to “crack down” on LGBTQ+ events in the West Bank.
Sammy was thrown out by her family after they discovered her gender identity and currently lives in Jaffa, where she is currently receiving gender affirming care from the LGBT Center in Tel Aviv, ynetnews reports.
Note the bolded parts.
There is no legal protection for LGBT people in Muslim territories. The Muslims who attack suspected LGBT people are not arrested. The victims of Muslim anti-gay violence were given medical treatment and sanctuary in Israel.
To be a good Progressive, you have to support the Palestinians over Israel, to be a good gay you have to be Progressive, so to be a good gay you have to support the people who savagely attack gays in the street over the people who give them refuge from their attackers.
Want more proof? How about this article:
Why? She advocates for Palestine statehood, largely by way of the destruction of Israel. Shouldn’t’ she as a Progressive explain how she can advocate for social justice for Palestinians while Palestinians murder gays?
Omar has been a leading critic of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, a stance that recently led to the lawmaker — in addition to fellow House Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) — being banned from Israel after Donald Trump tweeted she hates “Israel & all Jewish people.”
Clearly siding with the president, right-wing news website Washington Examiner claims Palestine’s “vicious anti-gay intolerance betrays everything the progressive women claim to stand for.”
“The merits of Israel’s decision to deny the congresswomen entry are ripe for debate, but one thing is no longer disputable: the blatant hypocrisy of supposedly progressive Democrats supporting an illiberal Palestinian Authority government over our Israeli allies,” says the conservative online rag, which incidentally has a long history of transphobic reporting.
Absolutely, 100%, spot-on, accurate.
While it’s great that Omar is using her platform to amplify the voices of LGBTQ+ Palestinians, she is not obligated to respond every single time a brown or Muslim person does something wrong — just as we don’t ask all white people to condemn mass shootings perperated by Caucasian males, the group most likely to be mass shooters.
Actually, you fuckers do. All the time. Every time some tragedy happens you blame the NRA and want all of us to be thrown in jail or murdered.
This controversy harkens back to the weeks and months after the September 11 attacks, which were used as a McCarthyian litmus test to prove Muslims’ loyalty to their own country. If they didn’t condemn the horrific acts of terrorism committed by Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda, Muslims were viewed as suspect and possibily seditious. Even if they did denounce the attacks, they were expected to do so again and again — and sometimes it still wasn’t good enough.
Asking people to condemn the murder of 3,000 of their fellow citizens is just shameful.
Also, cry me a river. When Muslims and Progressives accuse Jews of dual loyalty, the Left just can’t muster up that condemnation of anti-Semitism.
This expectation isn’t just racist and xenophobic; it causes Americans to create fallacious connections between Islam and mass terror in their minds, even when they’re more likely to be blown up by someone who looks like Donald Trump than llhan Omar.
It’s racist. Of course, it is. Also, the assertion of the risk of terrorism here is patently false. Show me the Conservative with a Chic-Fil-A sandwich in one hand and an AR in the other shooting up a Pride Parade. I must have missed that story.
Omar has herself spoken out on this issue. During a panel at the Muslim Collective for Equitable Democracy, she was asked by a member of the audience to censure female genital mulitation (FGM). Omar responded that she had made her position on the issue clear many times and was tired of being interrogated on the subject.
“So today, I forgot to condemn al Qaeda, so here’s the al Qaeda one,” the Congresswoman said in July. “I forgot to condemn FGM. Here that goes. I forgot to condemn Hamas. Here that goes.”
The problem with Omar is that when she speaks, she says things that show support for terrorists and she has to be reminded to condemn them, and when she does condemn them, she does it sarcastically.
Maybe we question her motivation because she’s given up ample reason to question her motivation, like some people who did something.
Let’s be clear: LGBTQ+ Palestinians absolutely need all the support they can get. But according to the fact-sheet Omar herself tweeted, alQaws says one of the ways onlookers can best support queer and transgender people on the ground is to resist “pinkwashing”: the idea that Israel’s support of LGBTQ+ rights makes all its humanitarian actions virtuous or that Palestine’s lack of support makes everything it does bad.
“Perpetuating tiresome tropes of presenting Palestinians as inherently oppressive and Israel as a liberal state that protects [LGBTQ+] rights is counterproductive and factually baseless,” the organization says. “[…] We ask you to steer away from these lies that are intentionally used to justify their colonization of Palestine.”
And there is the doublethink. The Palestinians are murdering gays and the Israelis are saving them, but they have to hate the Jews and support the Palestinians so they come up with some SJW jargon to stave off the cognitive dissonance and make this illogic hold in their minds.
It’s sound advice, but something tells me no one will ever expect every white person who has criticized Omar to respond to it.
See, you are a racist if you expect one of the strongest supporters of a Palestinian state to support gay rights in that state.
That’s how you stop Progressive gays from seeing that there are only four lights and acknowledging the truth about the condition of LGBT people in Muslim countries. If they stray from the orthodoxy, beat them back with the stick being called a racist.
Lastly, there is this story:
A group of teenage boys have admitted to harassing and attacking a lesbian couple during a late night bus ride in London.
The altercation took place on the upper deck of a double decker in the North London residential district of Camden. A group of teenage boys began harassing Christine Hannigan and Melania Geymonat and pelting them with coins after Hannigan claims they demanded the couple show them “how lesbians have sex.”
The three assailants — whose names have not been released to the media but are aged 15, 16, and 17 — pled guilty to “public order offenses.” Two reportedly laughed as CCTV footage was screened in the courtroom showing them physically assaulting the couple, who were badly bloodied following the scuffle.
We all know what the text in bold means.
According to a report published in The Guardian earlier this year, the number of hate crimes in England and Wales has doubled in the past five years.
I wonder what has happened in the last five years? Want a clue? Look at this other excerpt from the linked Guardian article.
However, hate crimes against Jewish people more than doubled, with 18% of religious hate crime offences targeting Jewish people (1,326 offences), compared with 672 in the previous year.
What demographic hates both Gays and Jews and has significantly increased in London in the last five to ten years?
I can give you a few more hints.
How about this article from The Independent:
Jamila Choudhury is accused of a public order offence during the Waltham Forest Pride event on 27 July.
Footage widely shared on social media showed a woman wearing a black niqab shouting at a marcher draped in a rainbow LGBT+ flag.
Or maybe this article from the Huffington Post:
The most detailed opinion survey of British Muslims was carried out by Gallup, who correctly predicted the result of the last general election. In their extensive polling, they found literally no British Muslims who would say homosexuality is “morally acceptable.” Every one of the Muslims they polled objected to it. Even more worryingly, younger Muslims had more stridently anti-gay views than older Muslims.
It would seem that Islamic violence against gays is a worldwide event, from beating them in Palestine to shooting them in Florida to beating them in London.
But… to be a Progressive means that fact can’t be acknowledged and you have to promote anti-Zionism/anti-Semitism.
This is the Queer Progressive Doublethink.

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A quick disclaimer: what you see below is my opinion – these are books that I have read and enjoyed and I think others will too. I receive no compensation to read or make any recommendations. The links I have provided below are all from Amazon.com but I’m sure these books can be located where ever books are sold.
Take a Hike is a wonderful book for anyone who wants to get outdoors. The various trails are well researched, maps are easy to read, and the difficulty information is accurate. One of the things I really appreciate about books by Rich and Sue Freeman is that they do their own research – they have been out walking these trails so you get their first-hand account of trail conditions, parking, fees, etc. Take a Hike is thorough and easy to read. And even if you’re a lifelong CNY’er such as myself, I still guarantee that there will be at least one trail illustrated in this book that you will not be familiar with. So go explore!!
Even if you’re only going to look at the gorgeous pictures, you should check out Understanding Exposure. This seems to be kind of the Bible of understanding how to use light and your camera’s settings to take great photographs. I’ve seen where other photographers (ones that are WAY better than me) read this book once a year to refresh their memories and maybe remind themselves of some tip they’ve forgotten. I just read this book last fall so it hasn’t been a year yet. But I think I will pull it off the shelf again sometime soon. Like I said – if for no other reason than to look at the pictures!!
The Photoshop Elements 8 Book for Digital Photographers. A must read for anyone using PS Elements 8. This is not the most intuitive or user-friendly software out there, but it has major capabilities – once you figure out how to use it. This book goes a long way to getting the user comfortable with all of the different functionalities that are available. There are many more that aren’t addressed but this is a great starting point for the beginner to moderate Elements user. Contains whole chapters on creating sharper images and how to touch-up your portraits, as well as provides an understanding for working with the ever-intimidating layer.
I love this book!!!! 200 Waterfalls in Central & Western New York is the greatest waterfall guide out there as far as I’m concerned. Written by the same authors as Take a Hike!, it’s well researched and provides information for waterfalls I never even knew existed. Degree of difficulty, parking fees, and any other pertinent information is provided. If you like waterfalls as I do – you’ll love this book.
Summer in a Glass by Evan Dawson is a must-read for anyone interested in Finger Lakes wine or even just for anyone who has an interest in wine in general or in the Finger Lakes region in general. Each chapter follows the journey of a specific winemaker from the time the decided this is what they want to do with their life to the time when they make that dream a reality. As you can imagine there are many assorted bumps in the road from disbelieving critics to immigration problems. even though each chapter focuses on a particular individual, there is also enough of a story to follow from chapter to chapter due to the cooperation that winemakers in the Finger Lakes display. With the new found insight that this book offers, I can’t wait to revisit some of the wineries featured because I’m thinking knowing the back stories of the winery will make the wine tastings that much more interesting.

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NBA Game Notes (Jan. 22, 2023)
Here are the NBA game notes for games that were played on January 22, 2023.
Lakers Stun Blazers
The Los Angeles Lakers’ rallied from a 25-point halftime deficit to stun the Portland Trail Blazers 121-112. The Lakers improved to 10-9 in the 19 games they’ve played without Anthony Davis since he injured his foot on December 16.
The Lakers were outscored by the Trail Blazers 45-13 in the second quarter. They are just the second team in NBA history to win a game in which they lost a quarter by at least 30 points. The first was the Boston Celtics on Oct. 20, 1972, who were outscored by the Buffalo Braves 58-23 in the fourth quarter of a 126-118 win. The Braves’ 58 points are still the most scored in a quarter in NBA history.
The Lakers’ LeBron James scored a game-high 37 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, shooting 14-24 from the field (58.3%) and 7-10 from the free throw line.
In the 10 games he’s played as a 38-year-old, James has averaged 35.1 PPG, 9.6 RPG, and 7.9 APG, shooting 53.0% from the field. James is the only player in NBA history age 30 years or older to record at least 350 points, 75 rebounds, and 75 assists over a 10-game span.
Teammate Thomas Bryant had 31 points and 14 rebound, shooting 12-15 from the field (80.0%) with four 3-pointers made. The last Laker to record a 30-point, 10-rebound game with an effective field goal percentage of at least 90% was Wilt Chamberlain on Nov. 7, 1969.
The Trail Blazers’ Anfernee Simons scored a team-high 31 points on 12-20 shooting from the field, including seven 3-pointers made. It’s the 12th time Simons has made at least seven 3-pointers in a game, tying Luka Doncic, Trae Young, and D’Angelo Russell for the most such games in NBA history by a player before his 24th birthday.
Backcourt mate Damian Lillard scored 24 points and dished out 10 assists, but made just five of his 17 shots from the field (29.4%). Lillard is the only player since the ABA-NBA merger to record at least 20 points and 10 assists with a field goal percentage less than 30% in back-to-back games.
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You were never really here… film review… inc spoilers.
Hmmm. I nearly went to see this at the Showroom. Glad I didn’t to be fair. It’s one of the films that seems to be ‘critically acclaimed’ … maybe I’m a pug but I just didn’t get it. Neither did my film aficionado friend Max.
A PTSD afflicted vet (so far so familiar) a low end hitman type chap, weapon of choice, hammer, is called to rescue a politicians troubled young daughter. He walks around the house / brothel whilst stoving in heads with his hammer, whilst no one says anything.
He rescues the girl, but the baddies are now hunting him and killing everyone in his life, including his elderly mother, whom he gives a dignified send off to by wrapping her in black bin liners and duct tape and sinking her in a pond.
He then hunts down the killers, and kills them.
Apart from the one the girl herself kills.
There’s lots of flashbacks, he likes to auto asphixiate to relax, and despite the above, there’s not really any action as such. Certainly no typical cinematic devices like plot, suspense, characters, or anything that doesn’t make you go eh?
Overall, the best thing about this film is it’s quite short.
Max rating: 45%


Earlier this month I made few drawings of couple of changes that I was planning. Step one is now complete. I've destroyed another chassis in order to take the GPU mounting bracket for this build. Sort of in a way you can tell that I also scarred my NZXT H700I chassis for good.. If you are interested this is not a new build it is just moded one , same old good parts from the Sentinel , check my other two build pages for history..


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For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is even more dangerous than Bella ever could have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of one evil vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their troubles may be just beginning. . . .
Legions of readers entranced by the New York Times bestseller Twilight are hungry for the continuing story of star-crossed lovers Bella and Edward. In New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural spin. Passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this vampire love saga is well on its way to literary immortality.


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I mentioned earlier I was going to take a break from the Christmas palette. These mini bottles were the most recently cured. They will join my growing collection of polymer covered mini-bottles. I did a mini vase, too. I like greens, purples and magenta together. I indulged. See the stack of canes I made last week. Well, here they are covering a 4 3/4" and two 4" glass mini-bottles. The bottom of the vase is 2" in diameter, the tallest bottle is 1 1/4" square and the wide bottle is 2" wide and 1 1/4" deep. I plan to finish these with a buff finish. Now, that I have cured nine mini bottles I have to commit to setting up my buffing table. Uncovering that is another post! LOL Enjoy.

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It is interesting to compare lincoln and his treachery in causing the southern enemy to fire the first shot at fort sumter, resulting in the civil war, with roosevelt's similar manipulation causing the attack on pearl harbor and america's entry into world war ii. Abraham lincoln’s killer, john wilkes booth, was a maryland native born in 1838 who remained in the north during the civil war despite his confederate sympathies. Social media addiction: the ultimate guide to finally overcoming this time-consuming addiction by caesar lincoln discover how to finally overcome your social media addiction read on your pc, mac, smart phone, tablet or kindle device. Comparison of julius caesar and abraham lincoln julius caesar is remembered as one of the history greatest general, and a popular leader of the roman republic julius caesar would always compare himself to alexander the greatest for almost 1 5 years julius caesar led armies against enemies abraham lincoln was also remembered as one of [.
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"They both felt that considering all the factors involved, the best decision was to enter the draft this year," Richt said in a statement released by the school. "Charles and Danny are within reach of graduation, and I certainly indicated to them the hope they would finish their degrees. In the final analysis, we always want what's best for each player, and in these two cases, both were confident this was the right decision."
Johnson's choice is not a surprise. The 6-foot-2, 275-pounder indicated last month that he was beginning to think strongly about leaving early. In his first year as a starter, Johnson led Georgia with 9.5 sacks and 19 tackles-for-loss. He also had a team-best nine pass breakups and 27 quarterback pressures.
And he will be going out with a bang. Johnson dominated Virginia Tech in Saturday's Chick-fil-A Bowl with two sacks and three tackles-for-loss.
His departure means Georgia will have to replace both defensive ends in 2007. Senior Quentin Moses, who passed up early entry last year, also will be gone. This year's backups, Marcus Howard and Rod Battle, junior college transfer Jarius Wynn and redshirting freshman Kiante Tripp appear to have the best chance to fill those voids.
ESPN analyst Mel Kiper Jr. ranks Johnson as the second-best junior defensive end in the country. Longtime draft analyst Frank Coyle, who operates www.draftinsiders.com, said Johnson's draft stock will be greatly affected by how he performs at the NFL Combine.
"Juniors have to work out well," Coyle said.
At Hawkinsville High School, Johnson was named the Class A defensive player of the year as a senior while leading the Red Devils to the state championship.
Ware's name, meanwhile, barely shows up on anyone's draft radar. He was the Bulldogs' third-string back most of the season but moved up to second-team after a season-ending injury to Thomas Brown. If Ware had returned, he would have been battling Kregg Lumpkin, Brown, redshirt freshman Knowshon Moreno and potentially incoming freshman Caleb King for playing time.
Ware rushed for 326 yards this season, the lowest total of his three-year career with the Bulldogs.
It was unclear Monday if Johnson and Ware had signed with an agent or planned to sign. If they don't, they could change their mind, pull their name out of the draft and retain their final year of college eligibility.
"Of course, we wish them the very best and appreciate their contributions to the Georgia program," Richt said. "They will always be part of our Bulldog family."
Junior cornerback Paul Oliver also is considering an early exit, but he has yet to announce his decision.


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Johnson, a cornerback with the Washington Redskins, won Super Bowl XXII (1988) against the Denver Broncos.
PHOTO: Johnson, a former player for the Redskins, shakes hands with West Campus football players Eric Henderson and Michael Hunt at a banquet for players in the East-West San Antonio High School All-Star football game on May 21, 1992.


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Desk: Jamirul Hasan said, “This election season will be the first rally of our party leader Asaduddin Owaisi in the Bengal. He will begin the party’s campaign rally in the state.”
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief, Asaduddin Owaisi, also arrived into the political fight of West Bengal Assembly Elections. Asaduddin Owaisi on February 25 will start the party’s election campaign by rallying in Metiabruz, a minority-dominated region of Kolkata.
Exhilarated by the upright performance of AIMIM in Bihar, Owaisi has declared to compete in the Bengal Assembly Elections. He is discussing a possible union with Maulvi Abbas Siddiqui of Furfura Sharif. Siddiqui has lately shaped an association called the Indian Secular Front (ISF).
Jamirul Hasan, Bengal’s AIMIM Secretary, said, “This election season will be the first rally of our party leader Asaduddin Owaisi in the Bengal. He will begin the party’s campaign rally in the state.”
The seat of Metiabruz is minority-dominated and comes underneath the Diamond Harbor’s Lok Sabha seat, which is a parliamentary constituency of Abhishek Banerjee, nephew of Mamata Banerjee, Bengal’s Chief Minister. AIMIM has made arrangements with posters having slogans (it’s time to raise voice).
The ruling party Trinamool Congress (TMC) has conveyed a strong response to the Owaisi’s rally. Senior TMC leader Saugata Roy said, “AIMIM is nothing but a deputation of the BJP. Owaisi is well conscious that most of the Muslims are Bengali-speaking and will not back him. Muslims living in Bengal stand confidently with Mamata Banerjee.”


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- Gold has staged a fabulous rally from about $1220 to $1245. Using the December futures price chart, I’ve defined the $1300 – $1350 area as a spectacular profit booking opportunity for investors.
- Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this gold chart.
- I’m an eager gold bullion seller now, but I’m less eager to sell gold stocks or silver bullion. That’s because they have not taken out their February highs while “Queen Gold” has done so easily.
- Gold has clearly been the leader. It’s been a great upside ride, and now it’s time for investors to book solid profits with a big smile.
- I’ve been adamant that gold is on the cusp of a two hundred year “bull era”. It’s themed around the love trade in China and India. For that reason, core positions should not be sold, but short term positions bought in the $1200 – $1250 area should definitely be sold aggressively now.
- Investors who are nervous that they will miss out on more upside action should buy call options while selling some bullion. Call options are like lottery tickets; if gold surges above $1350 and runs to $1400, the call options will rise in value quite significantly.
- On the other hand, if gold declines to either of my $1308 or $1280 key buy zones, the loss on the options is small, and the investor has plenty of dry powder to buy more gold bullion, ETFs, and futures.
- Please click here now. Clearly, the deep-pocketed commercial traders are aggressive sellers now.
- This COT report covers the action through last Tuesday. In my professional opinion, the commercial traders have probably shorted another 50,000 to 100,000 COMEX contracts since that report came out, and sold a significant number of long positions.
- Amateur gold investors don’t need to sell as aggressively as the commercial traders do, but history suggests that investors who book modest gold market profits when the commercial traders are aggressive sellers tend to be making a wise tactical decision.
- Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this interesting bitcoin chart.
- I cover the entire blockchain asset class at www.gublockchain.com but gold bullion enthusiasts should take note of the fact that bitcoin price sales can sometimes be a leading indicator for gold price sales.
- Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge. That’s another look at the gold chart. Note the huge volume that occurred at the November highs in the $1338 area. Commercial traders were aggressive sellers into that price zone, as they are now.
- The rally was caused by the election of Donald Trump. It was destroyed by Modi’s demonetization announcement, and there are rumours that he may be planning “Demonetization 2.0”
- In the big picture, demonetization is increasing Indian gold demand. Indians have always been more distrustful of government than most of the world’s citizens (and rightly so), which is partly why they buy so much gold.
- Demonetization has only increased that distrust. Another round of demonetization would create a significant long term increase in demand for gold bullion. In the short term, demonetization is negative for demand, and for the price.
- Do commercial traders believe more demonetization is imminent? Is that why they are such aggressive sellers into this rally? That’s possible, but I think their selling is related more to the simple fact that there has been no serious pullback since the rally began, and a pullback is overdue from a technical standpoint.
- Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge. I’ve noted that I’m a seller of gold but not of silver. Silver is likely to pull back when gold does, but when that pull back is over I expect silver to stage a stunning advance.
- Silver should easily outperform gold during this next stage of what I call the “bull era”. As gold rises above $1392 and begins an aggressive rally towards my $1432, $1470, and $1530 target price zones, I think silver could shock investors and rally towards its $50 area highs.
- My personal plan of action is to buy silver and gold stocks with the proceeds of my recent gold bullion sales. I encourage the entire Western gold community to consider partaking in that plan, to some degree.
- Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this fabulous GDX chart. A lot of gold stocks have arrived at my first upside target zone ($25 – $26 basis GDX), but I urge investors to keep profit booking very light and focus on building substantial gold stock core positions on all price weakness.
- For GDX, it appears that the long consolidation zone between $26 – $21 that started in February is ending. As noted, I’ll be using any price weakness to allocate my gold bullion profits to silver and gold stocks.
- Many senior and intermediate mining companies have significantly restructured, and a gold price of $1300 or higher is turning them into “cash cows”. I’ve declared the 20 year bear market of gold stocks versus gold to be over. Gold doesn’t need to rally to thousands of dollars an ounce to send gold stocks to new highs, given this restructuring and low oil prices.
- A gold price of just $1500, if it is sustained (and I think it will be) could send GDX to a new high, as institutional investors race to get in on the “restructured mining companies” action!
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Now that we know On Earth Peace will remain an agency of the Church of the Brethren, we need to discern a shared understanding of how we continue our work of building justice and peace in the denomination and beyond.
It might be helpful for us to meditate on these two organizing tools (shown above) in the next few months before our fall board meeting:
- Spectrum of Allies: https://www.flickr.com/photos/onearthpeace/albums/72157671644184593
- Wheel of Diversity: https://www.flickr.com/photos/onearthpeace/albums/72157681696571544
While we often consider each of these tools separately, we may benefit by starting to look more at both of them together. How do they interact with each other in working for justice and peace?
Spectrum of Allies
When using the spectrum of allies tool at OEP, we usually focus on people and congregations with whom we are connected in the CoB, and ask where they appear to be on the spectrum with respect to a given concern.
What if we looked instead at OEP from the perspective of the leading groups working for inclusion in the denomination, and asked how do they see OEP with respect to their concerns? Do they see us as oblivious neutrals, passive or active allies, or as leading supporters for their concerns?
- LGBT: BMC, SCN, Open Table Co-op
- Women: Womaen’s Caucus, Open Table Co-op
- Race/Ethnicity: Intercultural Ministries, Open Table Co-op
- Age (Youth): Dunker Punks, DP Podcast, Open Table Co-op
And based on where they see OEP on the spectrum of their concerns, what do they want to work toward with us, what do they want to see OEP do with those with whom we are connected in the church and beyond?
Wheel of Diversity
Note that each of these categories are at the inner core in the wheel of diversity (age, race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation). This is why OEP has begun to work on these as justice concerns in recent years, as we have been learning together about the integral union of justice and peace.
Note too that we are missing meaningful focus on gender (women), age (elders), and ability (physical/mental) in our justice work at OEP so far.
Some people who may be uncomfortable with a part of our work (say, with respect to LGBT or racial justice concerns), may be active allies in other parts of our work with respect to some of these other concerns. This kind of split worldview with respect to oppression may give opportunity for more people to learn about intersectionality, which often can be a side door for people to come to see some of our biases in a new light.
Opportunities for relationship abound, without any need to dilute or compromise our core commitments and values.

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“A failure to act, and act now, will turn crisis into a catastrophe.”
— President Obama, Feb. 4.
Catastrophe, mind you. So much for the president who in his inaugural address two weeks earlier declared “we have chosen hope over fear.” Until, that is, you need fear to pass a bill.
Why the rush to pass a bill which won’t have any stimulus for years? Because it’s filled with billions for ACORN and other non-stimulus pork. That’s why it has to be pased NOW NOW NOW. If you don’t give in to the pork, the world will end, or so says Mr. hope-n-change. Besides, if you really find out what’s in it, nobody will want it.
$50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts
$380 million in the Senate bill for the Women, Infants and Children program
$300 million for grants to combat violence against women
$2 billion for federal child-care block grants
$6 billion for university building projects
$15 billion for boosting Pell Grant college scholarships
$4 billion for job-training programs, including $1.2 billion for “youths” up to the age of 24
$1 billion for community-development block grants
$4.2 billion for “neighborhood stabilization activities”
$650 million for digital-TV coupons; $90 million to educate “vulnerable populations”
Best ammendment offered so far: $2 billion to encourage low-income housing. Gee, isn’t subprime mortgages how we got in this mess to begin with? So let’s do more!
The more people find out about the “stimulus”, the more resistance will come. That’s why Mr. hope-n-change switched tactics to fear-fear-fear the-sky-will-fall without all the pork! He knows if you really know where your taxes will end up, nobody will want this pork-fest.
So tell me, how will the country pay back the trillions going to special interest groups? Is that the legacy hope-n-change leaves to the next generation – trillions for special interest groups? After all, following the example of his own cabinet, nobody will bother paying taxes anyway.


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UH OH! Check your freezers ASAP!
A recall has been issued by Wal-Mart, after a popular brand has announced that there is a possibility of listeria contamination.
The product is the frozen pizzas sold under Wal-Mart's Marketside brand. As of now they estimate that about 6,700 pizzas have already been sold.
It has affected about 21,220 pounds of the Marketside Extra Large Supreme Pizza with the the product code is 20547.
If you have this product in your home, return it immediately!


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U.S. trade with Cuba has been embargoed for 45 years. But Crowley Shipping does business with Cuba every week, and has since 2001. Under an exception to the embargo for agricultural products, Crowley sends one ship a week between Florida and Havana. The man who captained the first U.S. vessel in more than 40 years tells us that Cuba is a ripe market for American goods. And the company, which is busily planning for post-embargo Cuba, offers lessons for others that want to follow it there.
Go to Their Ship Has Come In article to watch a three minute CNBC video about the current state and future potential of shipping containers of goods to Cuba. I could not see the video using Firefox so I opened an IE7 window and it worked fine.

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Many fans recently took to social media to pay tribute to iconic hip-hop artist DMX – real name Earl Simmons – who died April Symptoms of a heart attack can include: chest pain – a sensation of pressure, tightness or squeezing in the centre of your chest pain in other parts of the body – it can feel as if the pain is travelling from your chest to your arms (usually the left arm is affected, but it can affect both arms), jaw, neck, back and tummy (abdomen) The grieving kin explained, "He took that vaccine, and he had a heart attack. I'm not saying the vaccine did it, but he never had a heart attack before." Over 167 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the United States from December 14, 2020, through April 5, 2021. A heart attack happens when there is a loss of blood supply to part of the heart muscle. It often results from a blockage in a nearby artery. A person who is experiencing a heart attack — or 2021-04-09 · Rapper DMX has died at the age of 50, his family said Friday. He suffered a heart attack and had been hospitalized since April 2. Heart attacks have been the major cause of death across the world.
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… 2017-02-03 3 hours ago 2018-06-29 2006-07-15 A heart attack can also occur if general blood flow to the heart is severely reduced, such as when a person’s body goes into shock as a result of trauma, heatstroke, or blood loss. Risk factors. There are certain factors that contribute to the build-up of plaque, which narrows arteries and increases the risk of having a heart attack. Heart Attack Lyrics: Baby you got me sick, I don't know what I did / Need to take a break and figure it out, yeah / Got your voice in my head / Saying, "Let's just be friends" / Can't believe the 2020-12-14 Don’t ignore heart attack warning signs. Chest pressure, tightness, and heaviness: Most heart attacks involve pain or discomfort in the chest that lasts for more than a few minutes or goes away and comes back. Extreme fatigue: A sense of unusual or extreme tiredness that lasts for days, or weeks, can be a sign of heart trouble.
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During a heart attack a person remains conscious and keeps breathing. Find out 3 common signs of a heart attack in women and learn when they are cause for concern. Hint: Chest pain often isn’t your first clue. Heart Attack Lyrics: Baby you got me sick, I don't know what I did / Need to take a break and figure it out, yeah / Got your voice in my head / Saying, "Let's just be friends" / Can't believe the The most common cause of a heart attack is coronary heart disease.
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There are a few cardiac conditions that can cause heart attacks.
24 Feb 2020 An expert explains the difference between having a heart attack and experiencing chest pain from heart disease, along with the warning signs
29 Jan 2009 Signs and symptoms that you may be having a heart attack, signs for women, what to do, and links to additional information. A heart attack occurs when the blood flow that carries oxygen to the heart is blocked.
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"American combat troops are not going to be fighting in Iraq again." (Via The White House)
Pretty declarative statement from President Obama Thursday, when he delivered remarks and took questions from the White House Press Corps.
But there was this caveat:
"It is in our national security interests not to see an all-out civil war inside of Iraq." (Via The White House)
So what's the White House willing to do in the face of the situation in Iraq — where Sunni militants are capturing more and more territory? (Via RT)
First — the U.S. is sending as many as 300 military advisers. They'll provide training, advice and support. (Via Sky News)
Targeted strikes are a possibility — an aircraft carrier and two Navy ships have made their way into the Persian Gulf. (Via CBS)
Finally, the U.S. will continue to urge a diplomatic solution. Despite calls from some lawmakers for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to step down, President Obama said Thursday it isn't the United States' place to choose Iraq's leaders. (Via Euronews)
Instead, the president called for a political solution — and urged Iraqis not to fall into civil war.


Laurens Vanthoor believes achieving a repeat Porsche’s success from the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season will be “difficult to top” despite a reduced field of GT Le Mans class machinery for next year.
Vanthoor and co-driver Earl Bamber teamed for three of Porsche’s six wins in GTLM this year that took Porsche to its first manufacturers’ title since 2015 and the first with the mid-engined 911 RSR.
Now armed with the German manufacturer’s second-generation GTE contender, which made its debut in the 2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship, Vanthoor feels there will be a number of new variables at play heading into the 2020 season.
“I think it’s quite an impressive car in the way it’s built and the way it works,” Vanthoor told Sportscar365.
“BoP will never make it quicker but I think the tools we have in the car are quite advanced in terms of technology and stuff like that, for the engineers as well as us.
“It’s a new car so we’re still learning it. I think it will go easier than we had with the previous RSR because that was the first mid-engined car. We did struggle with that in the beginning.
“It’s been quite successful in WEC already, although they won more often on strategy than pure pace. It should be interesting.”
Vanthoor admitted that Porsche doesn’t necessarily need to maintain the same dominant form in order to repeat as class champions next year, with consistency often paying the biggest dividends due to the nature of the IMSA points system.
Corvette Racing’s Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia claimed the 2018 GTLM drivers’ championship without a single class win to their credit, largely due to only to finish off the podium three times that season.
“We had six wins total, five straight. I think it’s going to be difficult to top it,” Vanthoor said. “In the end we don’t need to top it. The goal is championships. Corvette won the championship two years ago without winning a race.
“We need to keep on working. It will be a new car with a lot of new systems. We’ll have to adapt as well as a team. We’ll be facing new issues so we’ll just have to continue to work in a way and keep learning.”
GTLM Still at High Level Despite Reduced Six-Car Grid
Vanthoor believes GTLM will still be a “huge challenge” next year despite Ford’s departure that will leave the class with an expected six-car field for the full season.
“I’m not going to lie. Being on the grid with six cars… [is disappointing],” he said. “But on the other hand, the level of where we operate at is extremely high.
“We’re coming with a new car and Corvette is coming with a new car. It will be interesting.
“I think a lot of people underestimate the level of operation in GTLM or GTE. I thought the same before when I was doing GT3s, why GTLM, why not just drive GT3?
“Well it’s actually a completely different world the way it works.
“Factory teams, the whole year around, there’s a lot more development, developing tires, systems. I think it’s comparable to DTM where GT3 is customer racing.
“Even thought we’re at six cars, it will still be a huge challenge at all aspects, which makes it still exciting and difficult.”


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This strain has also developed adaptations to its environment which has to deal with the increased production of the unpopular cannabinoid called tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV). THCV contains about 25% the psychoactivity of THC and it can lead to quick and intense psychoactive high.
Taste and aroma – Durban Poison has an earthy, citrus flavors. This strain characterizes of a sweet and damp forest smell. Cannabis enthusiasts will rapidly get a scent of fresh pine lingering in the background.
Can Treat – When it comes to medical use, Durban Poison is common among medical marijuana patients due to its wide array of healing properties.
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That’s the sound of the broom sweeping sexist pigs out the door at Nike. A nugget:
While the #MeToo movement has led to the downfall of individual men, the kind of sweeping overhaul that is occurring at Nike is rare in the corporate world, and illustrates how internal pressure from employees is forcing even huge companies to quickly address workplace problems.
As women — and men — continue to come forward with complaints, Nike has begun a comprehensive review of its human-resources operations, making management training mandatory and revising many of its internal reporting procedures.
Nowhere that I ever worked did I witness conduct like that described in the article.


Summers in Argentina are best experienced in the southern regions of Patagonia or the wine country of Mendoza. Whereas much of the country is hot, humid, and rainy during the summer, Patagonia has a regional average temperature of 41 to 72 degrees Fahrenheit (5 to 22 degrees Celsius) and remains fairly dry.
What is the warmest part of Argentina?
The Chaco region is the hottest in Argentina, with a mean annual temperature of 23 °C (73 °F). With mean summer temperatures reaching 28 °C (82 °F), the region has the hottest summers in the country.
Does Argentina have good climate?
The climate in Argentina is very varied. Buenos Aires and the Pampas have a temperate climate which means it’ can be pretty cold in winter, but hot and humid in summer. … During winter it is moderately cold and dry. The Andes and Patagonia are cool in summer and very cold in winter, varying according to altitude.
Which city has the best climate?
Congratulations to Long Beach, Calif., which tops our list with 210 nice days per year. Los Angeles closely follows. Other cities near the top are some you might expect, such as San Diego, famous for its great weather, and parts of California’s Central Valley. All of the top 10 are on the West Coast.
What is the most common climate in Argentina?
In general, Argentina has four main climate types: warm, moderate, arid, and cold, all determined by the expanse across latitude, range in altitude, and relief features. The arid and cold climates predominate in the west and south while the warm and moderate climates predominate in the center and north.
Is Argentina colder than Canada?
Canada lays between 43°N and 70°N whereas Argentina lays between 21°S and 55°S.
Does it snow in Argentina Buenos Aires?
Snowfall occasionally occurs in the surrounding areas of the city but rarely within Buenos Aires proper; since the start of meteorological observations in 1906 at the central observatory, snowfall has only been observed thrice: June 1918, July 1928, and July 2007.
Why is Argentina so stormy?
The Andes funnel warm, moist air from the Amazon down into Argentina’s subtropical arid environment. This provides the convection—rapidly rising warm air mixed with moisture—that fuels severe weather.
Is climate in Argentina Tropical?
Climate of Argentina. Argentina lies almost entirely within the temperate zone of the Southern Hemisphere, unlike the rest of the continent to the north, which lies within the tropics. Tropical air masses only occasionally invade the provinces of Formosa and Misiones in the extreme north.
Is Buenos Aires safe?
Buenos Aires is generally one of the safest cities to visit in South America. In the #beforetimes, Buenos Aires ranked as the third safest city in South America—and safer than Los Angeles, Mexico City, and Brussels. Still, locals note that, as with any big city, you should exercise standard safety precautions.
What is the healthiest climate to live in?
5 of the Healthiest Places on Earth (PHOTOS)
- Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula. First up on the list in Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula, one of National Geographic’s famous Blue Zones. …
- Sardinia. …
- Vilcabamba, Ecuador. …
- Volcan, Panama. …
- New Zealand.
Which city has the coolest year-round weather?
Among the country’s 51 largest cities, San Francisco tops the list for usually having the coldest weather each day in June, July and August. San Francisco’s mean summer temperature is barely above 60 degrees Fahrenheit, whereas most major US cities average at least 70 °F (21 °C) during summer.
Where is the cheapest warm place to live?
Check out our list of the 20 best warm places to live with a low cost of living in the United States.
- Phoenix, Arizona. …
- Yuma, Arizona. …
- El Paso, Texas. …
- Lake Charles, Louisiana. …
- Roswell, New Mexico. …
- Port Charlotte, Florida. …
- Grand Prairie, Texas. …
- Bella Vista, Arkansas.
What is the coldest place in Argentina?
With a mean temperature of −0.3 °C (31.5 °F) in the coldest month, Río Grande has the coldest mean monthly temperature amongst cities in Argentina.
Does Argentina have 4 seasons?
The country has four seasons: winter (June – August), spring (September – November), summer (December – February) and autumn (March – May), all featuring different weather conditions. Most of the country experiences warm but wet summers except in Patagonia where summer is the driest season.
How safe is Argentina?
OVERALL RISK : MEDIUM. Overall, Argentina is a country where you should mostly feel safe. Follow general rules of precaution and your common sense, and your trip should go smoothly. Argentina’s main issue is petty crime on the streets, since its rate is pretty high.


Investment firm Crest Financial Ltd. urged its fellow Clearwire Corp.
shareholders to delay acting on Sprint Nextel Corp.'s
Sprint, which owns about half of Clearwire's shares, has faced an uncertain future after Dish Network Corp.
The battle for Clearwire's biggest shareholder adds another twist to an already complicated fight for control of Clearwire.
"Clearwire should not be locked up before the battle for control of Sprint is resolved," Crest said in its statement on Monday. "Letting Sprint gobble up Clearwire now would only transfer Clearwire's value to Sprint."
A Clearwire spokeswoman declined to comment on Crest's statement sent to Clearwire stockholders as well as Chairman John W. Stanton.
The message from Crest, an outspoken opponent of Sprint's bid, comes a day before Clearwire shareholders are slated to vote on the deal.
Sprint last year reached an agreement to buy the half of Clearwire it doesn't already own for $2.2 billion, or $2.97 a share, a bid that several shareholders opposed as too low.
Influential proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. earlier this month said it will back Sprint's bid, while rival Glass Lewis holds the opposite view and contends that Sprint didn't make a strong enough case for its offer.
Sprint currently owns about 50% of Clearwire, but agreements in place could put that stake above 67% if the bid falls apart.
Crest detailed several scenarios it said would result in a higher offer for Clearwire if the battle for Sprint is allowed to take its course first.
Crest owns about 5.1% of Clearwire Class A shares, according to FactSet. The firm last month proposed providing Clearwire with $240 million in financing.
Shares of Clearwire and Sprint were inactive premarket at $3.20 and $7.32, respectively.
-Thomas Gryta contributed to this story
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Nova Agritech Limited was incorporated as a private limited company under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 on May 9, 2007 at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Our business was started by our founders Sambasivarao Yeluri and Kalyana Chakravarthy with an objective to be a one-stop solution provider by offering ecologically sustainable and nutritionally balanced products to the farmers.
We are an agri-input manufacturer offering soil health management, crop nutrition and crop protection products focused on tech-based farmer driven solution approach, wherein we mainly offer ecologically sustainable and nutritionally balanced products based on our R&D. We manufacture, distribute and market a wide range of product categories consisting of (a) soil health management products; (b) crop nutrition products; (c) bio stimulant products; (d) bio pesticide products (e) Integrated Pest Management (IPM) products; (f) new technologies; and (g) crop protection products. Currently, the crop protection products are manufactured by our subsidiary Nova Agri Sciences Private Limited.
We have received a total of 629 product registrations comprising of 7 registrations in the soil health management category, 168 registrations in the crop nutrition category, 4 registrations in bio pesticide category and 450 registrations in the crop protection category. All of the 450 registrations in the crop protection category are in the name of Nova Agri Sciences Private Limited. Further, we have applied for 53 registrations for new products across various categories in the name of Nova Agri Sciences Private Limited (NASPL) and 26 new registrations in the name of Nova Agritech Limited (NATL).
We have a total dealer network comprising of approximately 10,900 dealers out of which approximately 6200 dealers are active to whom we have distributed and sold our products during the current financial year. Our dealer network is currently spread across 16 states of India namely Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir and 02 in Nepal. We have also entered into marketing, distribution and supply agreements with certain third parties in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Vietnam and are currently awaiting the necessary permission to start business in these jurisdictions.
We intend to import and distribute Technicals, which will be a prominent factor in the growth of the agriculture sector in India in the near future. Considering the same NASPL has entered into Registration and Distribution Agreements for import and distribution of Technicals with a Taiwanese and a Chinese entity.
We run a farmer outreach program called Nova Kisan Seva Kendra program (NKSK) through which we educate farmers on various crop management practices. Our NKSK team compromises of 32 NKSK Coordinators who are all agri-graduates and are on the payrolls of our Company. Apart from the NKSK Coordinators, our Company also have arrangements with individuals across various states who provide their services to our Company as Kisan Mitras, and Kisan Sevaks catering to the need of the farmers. Our Company is associated with 13 Kisan Mitras and 253 Kisan Sevaks at a grass root level. The key objective of NKSK is to provide farmers with need-based solutions, products, technologies, methodologies, knowhow and usage skills, thereby enhancing farm yield. The advantage of these dedicated teams is that they can understand the local language of the farmers and are trained to identify the problems in field and are skilled to give solutions, thus creating an emotional connect with the local farmers and providing ease of solutions. We also provide farming inputs to farmers regarding the appropriate amount of dosage and application of our products through our IOT based solutions such as the soil health scanning device called “NOVA BHUPARIKSHAK” and also the drones called as “NOVA AGRIBOT”.
Maintaining consistent growth performance, we have initiated back ward integration process of CPC business, aims to manufacture new off patent molecules. Looking to engage eminent personalities and open for collaborations for its sustainability in growing competitiveness and to deliver safe chemistry.
Work at Nova
At Nova, we create opportunities by encouraging “idea leadership” and taking responsibility for decision making, by gaining experience in varied roles enabling adaptability in an ever-changing business environment. We create an environment that translates to meaningful work and real growth at every level, where hard work and a supportive team are key to achieving goals. Our collaborative work style offers the support you need to make an impact on our business, while simultaneously developing the career you want through your own efforts.

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Accor Hotels News
Accor unveils massive Indian expansion
Accor Hotels has unveiled plans for a massive expansion spree across India to include setting up as many as 48 hotels over the next three years, with the addition of some 10,000 rooms.Hotels would include the French chain’s core brands - Sofitel (luxury), Novotel (business class), Ibis (economy), Mercure (mid-scale) and Formule 1 (budget), as well as its new upscale brand Pullman.
Accor expands Thai portfolio
Accor has signed an agreement of Fico of Thailand to develop four more hotels in the country. The hotels are the Novotel Bangkok Fenix Ploenchit, Novotel Bangkok Fenix Silom, Mercure Samui Fenix and Hotel Muse - a member of the MGallery Collection.
Accor draws up battle plan after profits slide
Accor has drawn up a plan to tackle the tough global hospitality market as it posted a 3.5 percent drop in 2008 operating profit, which was in line with forecasts.The measures amounted to a “battle plan to face a difficult environment” after “the effects of the global economic downturn quickly spread to the hotels business, especially in the fourth quarter,” Accor said in a statement.
Accor Asia Pacific and Kangaroo Lodge join forces
Kangaroo Island Lodge is delighted to announce a new partnership between Kangaroo Island Lodge and one of the world’s largest hotel operators, Accor Asia Pacific.
Accor to expand Thai network
Accor is to add seven more properties under the Novotel, Mercure, all seasons and ibis hotel brands in Thailand, adding to its existing Thai network of 39 hotels. wo of the hotels are located in city centre locations in the metropolis of Bangkok, and the other five in some of Thailand’s most popular beach destinations.
Accor plans Brisbane project
Accor is to open a Novotel hotel at Brisbane Airport. The Novotel Brisbane Airport is currently under construction and is scheduled for completion by October 2009.
Accor to expand Pullman brand
Accor is aiming to expand its new 5-star Pullman brand, to a total of up to 100 hotels in the Asia Pacific region by 2015, primarily in China, India, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand.
Accor plans Sydney hotel
ACCOR ANNOUNCES SYDNEY’S ONLY NEW-BUILD HOTELS FOR THIS DECADEFirst Pullman hotel announced for Australia & Ibis for King Street Wharf Australia’s largest hotel group, Accor, announced today that it would launch its new 5-star Pullman brand in Australia, with the Pullman Sydney Olympic Park scheduled to open in August 2008. It will be the only 5-star hotel to open in Sydney this decade. Accor are planning a new-build hotel in the Sydney central business district this decade - Ibis King Street Wharf, which is currently under construction and is planned for opening by the end of 2008.
Accor presents strategy for the future
Accor is holding a two-day event forinstitutional investors and financial analysts to present the new businessmodel for its Hotels division and measure its impact.
China Southern, ACCOR ink FFP pact
China Southern Airlines is signing a new frequent flyer pact with ACCOR Hotels.
France Telecom and Accor Wi-Fi Hotspots
France Telecom and Orange France have announceda strategic alliance with Accor to deploy their network of Wi-Fi hotspots in 900Sofitel, Mercure, Libertel, Suitehotel, Ibis, Etap Hotel and Formule 1 economy,midscale and upscale hotels in metropolitan France. At least 300 hotels will beequipped by the end of the year, enabling Accor hotel customers to benefit fromall the advantages of broadband roaming wireless Internet access.
Accor and TotalFinaElf Partner
Accor and TotalFinaElf have created Mouvango, a network of traveland leisure-related loyalty programs. Today, Mouvango federates the loyalty programs of theCompliments-Mouvango and Club Total cards, with the support of several partner brands.


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By Chisomo Phiri
Five fourth-year students (three male and two female) at the University of Malawi (UNIMA) in Zomba have been summarily suspended for being found involved in a serious case of harassment of a warden who is also the university’s academic staff member.
In a statement,UNIMA Assistant Registrar Kumvenji Lamba says, the five have been booted out pending the disciplinary hearing due to their immoral behavior.
Lamba explains:”In the early hours of Friday, June 30,2023 at approximately 2 am, some students involved in an altercation at Gweru Hall of Residence involving a warden who is also an academic staff member at the University of Malawi.
“The warden is allegedly physically and verbally harassed when she responded to act on a noise complaint from other residents of Gweru Hall of Residence.”
According to Lamba, the effect of the suspension implies that the students will, in the, meantime, not be handled as bona fide students at the University of Malawi in all aspects until further notice after the final verdict.
However, a date for formal Disciplinary Hearing on the matter has already been set.


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Gandhinagar: Gujarat government has joined hands with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to establish Gujarat Skill Development Corporation (GSDC). The approval to set up GSDC was OKayed by the Board of NSDC in its meeting on Friday.
The state government will hold 25% shareholding in GSDC, and NSDC 24%. The remaining 51% shares are proposed to be held by 10 private companies from the state, with each of them holding 5.1% stake. Around Rs. 100 crore will be required as seed fund...Read More


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KARACHI: The opposition to the Punjab government’s recently imposed tax on data services reached its peak on Thursday when Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Dr Ismail Shah lent support to the private sector’s calls for withdrawal of the duty.
“The recent imposition of taxes on data services is not good for the growth of telecom sector, which could impede the penetration of mobile broadband, particularly in Punjab,” said the chairman during the 8th Pakistan TeleCON-2015 conference.
The chief of telecom sector’s regulatory body said this while referring to the Punjab government, which through a statutory regulatory order (SRO) on May 29 imposed a 19.5% tax on internet services that provide more than 2 Megabits per second (Mbps) connection or exceeds Rs1,500 in monthly consumption.
Discussing the taxation structure of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector, Shah said the PTA has approached the province to explain that taxes on data services will not bode well for the entire telecom sector and consumers of the province.
The chairman told the audience that they were collaborating with the Ministry of IT and Telecom to convince the Punjab government to consider indirect revenues through internet uptake and promising economic activities that are inevitable with tax-free data service – and tax the internet itself.
Shah supported the stance of Jehan Ara, President of the Pakistan Software Houses Association who also spoke at the conference. “There is a need to reduce the tax burden on fast-growing, high-potential sectors like telecom and ICT, to give them the freedom to grow faster, enrich the national economy with healthy revenue streams and create new employment opportunities,” she said.
Coinciding with the event was a blackout campaign by local bloggers, which exceeded 100 bloggers on the same day. These bloggers and digital publishers are blacking out their websites in protest.
They are displaying black screens on their home pages and demanding that the Punjab government reverse its decision of taxing the internet, according to industry sources.
The SRO was a fresh blow to the telecom sector that invested more than $1 billion to purchase licences for mobile broadband services in April 2014. Given that Punjab accounts for more than 50% or Rs14 billion of the sector’s overall data revenue (about Rs26 billion), the CMOs – already among the highly-taxed sectors – opposed the SRO in a joint statement last week.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 12th, 2015.
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- 05 September 2018
- Posted in: Science & Technology, Planning & Development
Over the last few years, we have seen significant research, development and trials in the Smart City arena with some reaching live implementation. Apart from a relatively small number of exceptions, we are still to achieve significant scale and roll out of solutions that are really changing citizens lives at the grass roots level.
We have learnt so much about how technology can help us make a step change in the way we provide city services, protect and improve people’s lives, but we continue to come up against hurdles that are slowing down and even preventing scale. Data and how we obtain it and how we use it has not traditionally been centre stage of these trials, as a result so many exciting and promising opportunities are yet to achieve scale.
The next stage of smart city evolution really needs to focus on the core issues that as a democracy we have been used to observing and take as a given: personal choice and the right to privacy.
Every smart city project means we are gathering more and often new streams of data. We are now blending this data and getting better information with which to make decisions. So, we need to ask ourselves, have we considered and gained the correct permissions? Have we given people the choice to share their data with us? This goes so much deeper than GDPR.
We have the arrival of a fast-growing number of IoT devices that are gathering and transmitting data, have we made sure this is captured and used responsibly?
Here in Bristol, we are taking this to the heart of our smart city evolution. We are moving forward with a strategy that will enable us to scale our smart city solutions responsibility.
We have adapted and expanded the way we manage our smart city initiatives. Our projects are now engaging with a much wider research and development skillset, especially from our academic partners in the legal research and ethical studies areas who will work alongside our technical development and business analytics teams.
We start with our people and make sure we are focused on real problems that need addressing, for example, healthcare, communities, social inclusion, economic growth and we will deliver them responsibly utilising a mix of technology, process modification, policy review and behavioural change in collaboration with our partners across the city.
This means we need to look at the end to end case. Clearly there is the core budget and business case that underlines the reasons, i.e. where are we at the start of the project, what are our costs of failures etc. Our step change is ensuring the in-depth study of the legal, ethical and policy issues.
To make our cities prosperous and inclusive where everyone is proud to live and respected, we have to protect our individual right to make our own decisions. To do this, we must all consider this as core to each smart city initiative.


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The concept of compost has different uses, but this time we are interested in staying with its meaning as the substance used to fertilize the soil. The organic adjective, for its part, also has several meanings: it can be what has carbon as its main component.
An organic fertilizer, according to Digopaul, is a type of fertilizer that is produced from plants, animals, or fungi. Different is the case of inorganic fertilizers, which derive from mining activities or fossil fuels and require an industrial process for their manufacture.
The use of organic fertilizers is more environmentally friendly compared to the rest of the fertilizers. They allow, for example, to reuse organic waste, help to fix carbon to the ground, require less energy for its production and help increase the soil’s capacity for water absorption. As a negative point, organic fertilizers can favor the appearance of pathogens if they do not receive the appropriate treatment.
On the other hand, many people choose to consume foods whose obtaining does not imply the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, because these kinds of foods are healthier.
The humus produced by earthworms; the compost that is made with food scraps, wood and leaves; and manure (animal feces) are some of the most popular types of organic fertilizers. Their choice usually depends on the crop and the environmental characteristics of the region.
However, we cannot overlook the existence of many other organic fertilizers such as:
-The ashes that come from woods that do not have any type of paint. They are considered to be a great alternative when it comes to treating soils that have the peculiarity of having a very acidic PH. And it is that they provide both magnesium and calcium or potassium.
-The mob. Under such a singular name is a very spongy matter that is obtained from the decomposition of vegetables that have had little oxygen and a lot of humidity. It should also be emphasized that there are two types: the blonde, which has an acidic PH, and the black, which is identified as having a neutral PH.
-The green manure, which is obtained from plants that have been planted and then cut into pieces. It is a great type of organic fertilizer to ensure that soils that are badly eroded or have been damaged by the use of too many toxic products are in their best condition again.
-The guano. It is one of the most unique organic fertilizers that exist and is basically the one obtained from defecation of bats and birds that are marine. It is considered to be very rich in phosphorous, nitrogen, and potassium.
That without forgetting that there are other equally effective but really peculiar ones, such as, for example, bone meal, coffee grounds, human urine, eggshells.

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Is anyone else bothered by the stickers as a form of advancement for the character sheet? This is "legacy" design continues to be either a money grab or a slapdash game design technique. If you are going to go the route of creating character sheets, why design them with blanks to fill in with stickers? There has to be a better way than this.
Aug 29, 2018 · That's because this Rifts character sheet is usable for any Palladium Books game from Rifts to Nightbane and Heroes Unlimited to Beyond the Supernatural and Splicers to Palladium Fantasy, you get the point. Where do I start? This game is a random character generation paradise, but sometimes it will give you too many powers.
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Family Center Vision Clinic.
DO go to this office! I am a new patient of Dr. Martin's, and I have to agree with you concerning your assessment of the doctor. However, my experience with the front end staff and lab has been excellent. I felt that they were very knowledgable and honest. I hope all of you who read the earlier review are not discouraged to give Dr. Martin and her staff a chance.
Do NOT go to this clinic for new glasses. The technicians are incompetent. I had to go back literally five times for five different errors, Dr. Martin is great, very thorough. Have her take care of you and then go somewhere else for your hardware, or you will be sorry, I certainly was. The front desk staff deserves credit for being caught in between.