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Beaumont police Wednesday announced the arrest of 37-year-old Daniel Chavez, who was nabbed late Tuesday night in the area of Palm Avenue and 5th Street.
Chavez was apparently a passenger in a truck which failed to stop for police, leading them on a brief pursuit through town, according to Police Spokeswoman Darci Mulvihill.
He was eventually taken into custody-- around the same time that a man walked into Banning's San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound, and police say they linked him to the crime.
Here's the full press release from the Beaumont Police Department:
On Tuesday, January 28, 2014, at approximately 10:15 p.m., an officer from the Beaumont Police Department attempted to pull over a black Dodge Ram truck for speeding in the area of 6th Street and Beaumont Avenue.
The truck failed to stop and led the officer on a brief pursuit that ended in the 500 block of Palm Avenue when the driver stopped the truck and fled on foot. The vehicle’s passenger, identified as Daniel Chavez, age 37 of Cherry Valley, was detained for questioning. Officers searched the surrounding area, but were unable to locate the driver of the vehicle.
While still investigating the vehicle pursuit, officers were notified that an adult male had driven himself to San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening gunshot wounds. During the investigation, it was determined that Chavez had shot the victim in the area of 5th Street and Beaumont Avenue. Chavez was booked into Smith Correctional Facility on attempted murder and various weapon charges.
The investigation is currently on-going and detectives are investigating the relationship between Chavez and the victim to determine why he was targeted. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the on-duty Watch Commander of the Beaumont Police Department at (951) 769-8500. Information can also be sent to firstname.lastname@example.org or reported anonymously to WeTip at 1-800- 78-CRIME.

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The Tech Amigos Club will sponsor a Día de los Muertos celebration from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 5 in South Hall, Room 205.”I’ve never been to the Día de los Muertos party here at Tech,” said Cameron Chaparro, a freshman at Tech and president of the Amigos club, “but I think it’s going to work out well.”
El Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead in English, is a holiday celebrated by Mexico, parts of the United States and other Latin American countries. The holiday consists of families and friends gathering together to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.
Traditionally, this holiday is celebrated in concurrence with the Catholic holiday of All Saints’ Day on Nov. 1 and All Souls’ Day on Nov. 2.
Private altars are built to honor the dead family members. Skulls made of sugar, marigolds, and the favorite foods of the deceased are placed upon the altar and sometimes even the grave.
The Amigos club will celebrate this holiday by providing food, music for dancing and games.
“We want it to be an environment for kids as well as college students,” said Chaparro. “We’re hoping to have a piñata for them.”
Tickets are priced at $5 in advance and $7 at the door. Tickets for children are $3. They can be purchased from members of the TTU Amigos Club or at the Foreign Language department office.


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Former and retired WCCO news anchor, Don Shelby, visited Minnesota State University, Mankato Monday evening during the Bioenergy Conference to speak about conservation in a new manner.
Attendees in the Ostrander Auditorium listened attentively as the idea of trust was presented. Coach was referred to as ideally a personal figure one can trust – and news anchor is really a position to be trusted.
Shelby surely had been added to the trust list after 45 years in the industry and 32 years as anchor, investigative reporter and environmental correspondent. His degree of confidence and trust is recognized on a national level.
“Coach will be on my headstone – I hope that will be true someday,” Shelby said as he addressed his introduction and the audience.
Shelby started his presentation with light humor, “I know, I need a hair cut, but I don’t give a damn, I’m 65 and I have been in a popularity contest for 45 years,” Shelby said.
Being in the public eye for an extensive amount of time had kept him from saying some important things on polarized subjects, he said. Saying biased information would lead to drawing the audience apart.
Seven years before retiring, Shelby said exactly what he believed. As a result, WCCO lost 20 percent of its ratings.
“Ratings means money, money means jobs,” Shelby said.
Shelby attributed a quote once said by Thomas Jefferson that claimed he would rather have newspapers than a government and that newspapers were the basis of all liberties in an informed government.
“I’ve worked 25 years as a journalist and the thing that is least important to me is your informed opinion, it is totally opposite of your own opinion,” Shelby said.
He noted that people tend to gravitate to people in the media who have their own belief system and tell those followers what to believe is true.
“The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is one of my favorite places in the world, I spend a lot of time there,” Shelby said.
According to the NREL, by 2050 80 percent of our automobile energy can be converted into using renewable resources. Shelby pauses and emphasized that first we need to agree there is a problem in order to solve it.
He said half of the American population does not believe there is a problem and are polarized not working on the problem. Eventually, 2050 will be pushed to 2080 and so forth it will not happen if people choose to remain stagnant.
In working with people to give facts, Shelby admits that the American population is lead to believe that there is an actual dispute.
Whether it is the pollution of fossil fuels, or the production coal – Shelby states that coal producers believe there is about 200 years of coal left in the United States. However, if a 2 percent increase were calculated to the usage rate in each year, only 50 years of coal would be left in the U.S.
Shelby said that public officials are trained in convincing no matter what you believed in equivalence to what legislatures are. Sometimes they are invested in doing what is right, while others are primarily focused in being re-elected, being liked and getting back in power.
Referring to the presidential debate, Shelby describes Obama as tired and Romney as animated. He said people don’t have an “informed opinion” because essentially political candidates are saying exactly what people want to hear.
“This has caused me great frustration and heartache,” Shelby said. “Even if we have the facts, if we shout them and prove them true, they’d rather believe their own opinion.”
Shelby said renewable energy is a major source that should have started 50 years ago. Yet, the U.S. Department of Defense receives continues to receive commission contending wars because, “we couldn’t agree on facts,” Shelby said.
Shelby continues his discourse with a long line of public officials in America and around the world that have deemed global warming as an evident and present issue. He identifies Iron Lady; Margaret Thatcher in addressing the United Nations that global warming requires “immediate action.”
“Bush put together a team, Congress made a team, they decided global warming exists – and that yes humans are responsible, they calculated the temperature humans produced,” Shelby said. “Then the Republicans and the House of Representatives decided not to fund the project because they didn’t like it and didn’t believe in it.”
Shelby said that in debates it is hard for an audience to know what you’re talking about, and many elevate to the opposite opposing side if the debated sides are not defended equally.
An ideology that was built upon by government officials was “Keep American’s confused,” Shelby said, “Well, the fossil fuel industry took that and ran.”
He said though there may not be enough science to make adequate decisions, “lets make them sound credible,” Shelby said.
“American’s for prosperity,” became the ultimate campaign.
“As entrepreneurs, scientists and engineers, you’re up against an assault on what you’re trying to make your living on,” Shelby said, addressing the audience.
Shelby figuratively spoke about an airplane flying to Disney World. Of 100 scientists, 98 deem the flight as unsafe and unable to make it to Disney World. Two scientists do not agree; one said it wouldn’t be as bad as the other 98 think, and one saying the plane will make it to Disney World.
“Wouldn’t that prevent you from putting your children on that plane?” Shelby said, “And then you find out that one is paid commission per seat occupancy by the plane company.”
Shelby said he could name a handful of people who are making Americans believe there is an actual debate.
He said that those who do not see global warming as an issue are using the same public relations agency that back Philip Morris, the nation’s leading cigarette manufacturer.
“No science has a public relations agency,” Shelby said, “There are intricacies in how we’re being bamboozled for political reasons, and why?”
Shelby said let’s get together and agree, that if there were a free market solution to this – no government money would have to be spent.
“But we can’t agree because it collides with what people believe,” Shelby said. “But what’s belief got to do with science? Belief ruins science, it just doesn’t work. It affects the outcome because you want it to be true.”
Shelby questioned how to bring the partisans together, when he realized they were already together. He found that both sides do agree and they don’t even know they agree. Putting what conservatives believe from most important to least important on an x-axis and y-axis graph, in comparison with liberals – the point at which both cross is the inflection point in agreement.
He said Romney said the word “inefficiency” 20 times during the first presidential debate.
Shelby’s parents’ were environmentalists that raised him in a Republican household. He continues with a list of great environmental presidents: Harrison, Garfield, Mckinley, and Nixon who even invented the Environmental Protection Agency.
“I’m glad they’re not here today to see what’s happened,” Shelby said.
Shelby asked the audience how many of their grandmother’s threw away a dress. Many replied with a shake of their head.
“Because of the depression, they knew what it was like to be bad,” Shelby said, “I wish I could communicate this more.”
Scientists do not have the capacity to learn to talk with human beings he said.
“Just as Romney’s take on inefficiency, just like my mother and father, I hate it,” Shelby said.
Shelby, a renowned conservative recently constructed a $1.25 million cottage-style home from the ground up with renewable resources.


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This brief proposes a bias-and-input interchanging (BII) technique for resetting opamp summing nodes to remove the memory effect of residue signals in cyclic/pipelined analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) with opamp-sharing architectures. The proposed BII technique does not need an additional preamplifier stage or need to sacrifice signal swing, as do other opamp summing node resetting (OSNR) techniques. Thus, the size of driving circuits and power consumption can be reduced. In the BII technique, fully differential (FD) BII folded-cascode and pseudodifferential (PD) BII telescopic opamp architectures are developed. The proposed FD-BII technique is more power efficient than existing OSNR techniques. The proposed PD-BII technique can further save more power and opamp area than the FD-BII technique, but the problem of common-mode (CM) offset amplification accompanies the PD architecture. This brief proposes simple floating interconnection schemes that eliminate the CM offset amplification for the PD architecture. Compared with existing OSNR techniques, the proof-of-concept ADCs confirm that the proposed BII technique can be used by ADCs to reset opamp summing nodes more efficiently, using less power and achieving a wider signal swing.
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Veteran opener Shikhar Dhawan has finally broken his silence on being replaced by KL Rahul as the captain for India’s upcoming tour of Zimbabwe. When the squad was announced last month, Dhawan was named the captain of the three-match ODI series. The BCCI, however, bizarrely removed him as the captain of the team once KL Rahul was cleared to play the series.
Rahul has not played for India since February due to a spate of injury setbacks. Dhawan, on the other hand, recently led India to a 3-0 series win over West Indies. The BCCI, however, surprisingly decided to remove Dhawan from the captaincy role for Rahul. The decision at the last moment has raised many eyebrows. Several fans and experts have criticised the move and have opined that it would hurt Dhawan’s confidence.
Shikhar Dhawan comments after being removed as captain:
Shikhar Dhawan has now spoken on the BCCI’s decision of removing him as captain for the Zimbabwe series. Sharing his thoughts on the same, Dhawan in the pre-match post conference called Rahul’s return as captain a ‘good news’. Dhawan did not show any sort of disappointment in front of the media as he said that Rahul will learn a lot from the series ahead of the Asia Cup.
“It is a very good news that KL is back and will be leading the side as well. He is one of the main players of this Indian team. It will be a good outing for him before the Asia Cup gets underway. I am sure he will gain a lot from this tour,” Shikhar Dhawan said.
“I quite enjoy sharing my experience with the youngsters in the team. I first came here in 2014 (actually 2013), when Duncan Fletcher was the Indian coach. If they (youngsters) reach out to me for any suggestions, I am (always) there to answer them,” he added.


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Biodiversity loss: A needed prescription for environmental survival
Like Australia, the U.S. must face one of its most important threats — not war or crumbling democracy — but the demise of biodiversity.
The threat resides in the lack of understanding of biodiversity loss by many, including governments. For 40 years scientists have battled to explain climate change sufficiently to be bring action from governments. Instead, the direct experience of wildfires, heatwaves, droughts and floods, disappearing rivers and the increased potency of storms and hurricanes was apparently needed to breach entrenched minds.
What is the equivalent experience from the decline of biodiversity and its ecological services over the same 40 years? Superficial at most, for government decisions have been driven mainly by non-government organizations’ advocacy to save iconic species.
Concern in Australia is for the koala with the destruction of its habitat by development. In the U.S., its equivalents are the Florida panther, California condor and the red wolf (all three are endangered), but this is the limit of public understanding. Few recognize that these species are just a symptom of why soil is blowing away in the Midwest due to ecological damage. In reality, the koala and the red wolf are the recognizable faces of the destruction of thousands of unnamed species that form a vital part of our life support systems.
This problem has been recognized by leading scientists from both the U.S. and Australia, including in the scientific article “Underestimating the Challenges of avoiding a ghastly future.” They report three major and confronting environmental issues that have received little attention and require urgent action. They must be regarded as the defining medical prescription to save the patient, humanity.
The authors note, “First, we review the evidence that future environmental conditions will be far more dangerous than currently believed. The scale of the threats to the biosphere and all its life forms — including humanity — is in fact so great that it is difficult to grasp for even well-informed experts.”
“Second, we ask what political or economic system, or leadership, is prepared to handle the predicted disasters, or even capable of such action,” they added. “Third, this dire situation places an extraordinary responsibility on scientists to speak out candidly and accurately when engaging with government, business, and the public.”
“We especially draw attention to the lack of appreciation of the enormous challenges to creating a sustainable future,” they wrote. “The added stresses to human health, wealth, and well-being will perversely diminish our political capacity to mitigate the erosion of ecosystem services on which society depends.”
The “lack of appreciation of the enormous challenges” must highlight the state of public education delivered by government and to some extent the media; the track record is abysmal. Education is vital to an understanding of the role of the four horsemen of the apocalypse: climate change, environmental destruction, burgeoning population and the current consumptive economy. In the U.S., college textbook coverage of climate change is inadequate. In Australia, climate change has barely entered university teaching. For this reason, my organization, Doctors for the Environment Australia has developed a tool “for medical schools to incorporate climate change into doctors learning.”
What of the other three horsemen- most graduates have little formal knowledge of these threats. Surely, it is crucial that our colleges and universities have these topics as core subjects in every course, which will in turn demand their presence in school teaching.
Did the recent UN summit on biological diversity known as COP15 provide any answers as to what political or economic system, or leadership, is prepared to handle the predicted disasters?
An article from the Yale School of the Environment asks the pertinent question: “The 30 Percent Goal: Is Bigger Always Better for Biodiversity?” Most countries have not demonstrated knowledge and ability to protect 30 percent, for the salient issue is whether crucial ecosystems are being protected.
Consequently, COP15 called for 20 percent of damaged ecosystems to be “under restoration,” reducing alien species invasions by 50 percent, and establishing a funding stream of $200 billion per year.
This brings the economy into the equation — as a successful economy leading to wealth is causing the greatest damage to ecosystems. As I’ve written about previously, Australia’s recent State of the Environment Report detailed 19crucial ecosystems were under threat. Much the same will exist in the U.S. if we remind ourselves that the United States requires the natural resources of 5.1 Earths to maintain its standard of living and Australia requires the resources of 4.5 Earths. Economic progress currently depends upon consumption of the environment.
Let us be clear, each country is solely responsible for saving its own environment by correcting all damaging factors within its own borders. The responsibility for the impact of climate change on biodiversity is collective to all nations but the national decisions needed to preserve biodiversity relate significantly to land clearing for development and to the use and abuse of land for production of crops and forest clearing for meat production.
Current productivity of crops — which depends on fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides — is a significant cause of ecological harm to the thousands of species that form healthy soil. As reform begins, we must remember that Rachel Carson with her book “Silent Spring” in 1962 conducted a courageous campaign against the pesticide known as DDT, and was attacked by powerful chemical industries. She was derided for being hysterical and unscientific and for being an unmarried woman.Today, these industries will be ready to thwart reform using the well-trodden paths of the tobacco and fossil fuel industries.
At the close of 2022, let us ask the politicians of both our countries to honor Carson, a great American scientist, by reading Silent Spring again to give them courage to enact the key ecological needs listed in COP15.
David Shearman (AM, Ph.D., FRACP, FRCPE) is a professor of medicine at the University of Adelaide, South Australia and co-founder of Doctors for the Environment Australia. He is co-author of “The Climate Change Challenge and the Failure of Democracy” (2007) commissioned by the Pell Centre for International Relations and Public Policy.
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Tabish Khan, 23, was racing at high speed with three other vehicles around Bradford, West Yorks, when he lost control of his powerful Audi RS3, which he’d taken out for a test drive.
Footage played in court shows Khan pulling off the “suicidal manoeuvre” as he drives on the wrong side of the road and fails to round a corner, before the car explodes.
Prosecutor Richard Walters said the incident took place on February 21 last year when the roads were wet and particularly poor for driving.
A policeman who was parked up nearby with a speed camera device estimated that the cars were travelling at over 100mph as they approached him.
And as the officer set off in his pursuit vehicle, he saw “a flash of fire” from the vicinity of a nearby Skoda garage and realised that the Audi had crashed.
Mr Walters said the officer came across a scene of “carnage” with the Audi’s engine ripped out of the vehicle and burning on the road six feet away.
Khan and his friend, Mohammed Shah, were both unconscious in the written-off Audi and the officer used a fire extinguisher to put out the burning engine.
Mr Walters said two Golf vehicles initially stopped at the scene to watch, but they then drove off.
Both men were treated in hospital for multiple injuries with Mr Shah suffering fractures to his face, pelvis, legs and hip.
Khan, of Moorlands Avenue, Bradford, broke his ankle, shoulder and ribs and also suffered a punctured lung.
In his police interview, he accepted that the crash could have been fatal, and said he had nightmares about it.
The court heard that at the time of the crash, Khan was waiting to be dealt with by the courts for an offence of drug driving in February this year.
Defence barrister Shufqat Khan said his client had made a horrific mistake that night and now faced going into custody for the first time.
He said Khan had been in tears when he saw the footage of his driving and he was remorseful for what he had done.
Mr Khan added that the defendant’s ongoing difficulties with mobility and lifting heavy items would be a constant reminder of his offending.
Judge Burn told Khan that he and his passenger were "both very lucky to have survived this crash.”
He said the latest incident of driving while disqualified showed that Khan had not completely learned his lesson as a result of almost killing himself and his friend.
He added: “In any event using the public roads in the centre of Bradford as a race track is far too serious for this court to deal with it in any other way than an immediate custodial sentence.
“It puts so many people at risk of death or serious injury. Not just the people like you but others going about their ordinary business.”
He said the Audi had been far too fast for Khan to competently control and the overtaking at high speed had been “an almost suicidal manoeuvre”.
Khan pleaded guilty to causing serious injury to Mr Shah by dangerous driving and he was jailed for 27 months.
He was also banned from driving for just over three years and ordered to take an extended re-test.

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Nasa's Spitzer Space Telescope has found seven Earth like exoplanets in orbit around a single ultracool white dwarf star. The star is known as Trappist-1 and is only 40 light years away, which is very close in cosmic distances. Three of the planets were initially identified as the exoplanets most suitable for life as we know it on Earth, by an international team of astronomers last year. The three planets were discovered by the TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope (Trappist) telescope in Belgium, after which the star was named.
All the seven planets are in an orbit closer to Trappist-1 than Mercury is to the Sun. An individual standing on the surface of one of the planets, can observe geological and atmospheric features on the others. Some of the other worlds would appear larger than the Moon as seen from the Earth. The planets are in the habitable zone of the star, where the temperature is just right for liquid water to exist on the surface. Further observations are needed to confirm if the planets actually have liquid water.
There are indications that the planets are tidally locked to the star, which means that one side of the planets are in perpetual daylight, and it is always night on the other side of the planet. In this case, there will be a twilight zone between the day and night sides. The weather on these worlds would be more extreme than those on Earth, with strong winds blowing from the day side to the night side, and extreme changes in temperature.
Sean Carey, manager of NASA's Spitzer Science Center at Caltech/IPAC in Pasadena, California says, "This is the most exciting result I have seen in the 14 years of Spitzer operations. Spitzer will follow up in the fall to further refine our understanding of these planets so that the James Webb Space Telescope can follow up. More observations of the system are sure to reveal more secrets." The Hubble Space telescope has also turned its gaze towards four of the planets, to analyse the atmospheric conditions of the alien worlds.
Spitzer, Hubble and Kepler will all be used to help Nasa scientists plan for follow-up observations using the James Webb Space Telescope which will launch in 2018. The James Webb Space Telescope can detect signs of water, methane, oxygen, ozone and other components of the atmosphere of the planets.
Water and oxygen support life as we know it on Earth, Ozone protects the lifeforms from radiation, and methane is a byproduct of life. The James Webb Space Telescope can also find out the surface temperatures of the planets, and the atmospheric pressure, key indicators of life.
The surface of one of the planets can be explored in a 360 degree interactive panorama. Six of the other planets can be seen in a more or less straight line across the sky. An interactive visualisation by Nasa is also available, where the planets can be explored in 3D. In the planet closest to the star, the liquid water is in the twilight zone, as the day side is too warm and dry, and the night side is too cold, frigid and icy. In the planets farther from the star, the liquid water is in the dayside, where temperatures are warm enough, whereas the night side is too cold for liquid water.
An international team of astronomers have made available data-sets of over two decades of observations, in an effort to crowd source the discovery of new extra solar planets. The scientists cannot go through all the collected data on their own, and are asking for help from the general public. This means that you could come up with the next exciting exoplanet discovery by going through the data at your home.
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© by the Reverend Alison W. Eskildsen
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. Frederick Douglass
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others.
You need to accept yourself. Thich Nhat Hanh
Story: A telling of Gerald McDermott’s Coyote.
Does Coyote seem foolish to you? Did it make sense for him to try to fly?
Even though he’s portrayed foolishly trying the impossible, I admire him. Not his desire to become the greatest coyote in the world, but because Coyote refused to accept the limitations set upon him by Nature which gifted him with four legs and fur, not two legs and feathers.
Do you think Coyote learned to accept his limitations by his failure to fly like the crows?
My guess is he’ll probably try something equally foolish another time. Another reason I admire Coyote.
On its surface, Coyote’s story is about learning one’s limits. His crash and burn serves as a cautionary tale for our own lives if we’re tempted to be something we’re not. And, if you’re at all like me, there’s plenty to wish were different.
We may wish to be more beautiful than we are. We may wish to be smarter than we are. We may wish to be more talented, generous, loving, perfect, or more of whatever it is that we think we’re not enough of. Other people readily tell us how to behave or who we ought to be.
To this point, the late Irish poet-priest, John O’Donohue, wisely said:
One of the sad things today is that so many people are frightened by the wonder of their own presence. They are dying to tie themselves into a system, a role, or to an image, or to a predetermined identity that other people have actually settled on for them. This identity may be totally at variance with the wild energies that are rising inside in their souls. Many of us get very afraid and we eventually compromise. We settle for something that is safe, rather than engaging the danger and the wildness that is in our own hearts.
Coyote connected to that wild energy within himself. If he or we conform to someone else’s idea of who we should be, if we accept our place because we fear to look foolish or we worry we’ll fail at something new, then I think we, and the world, would be poorer for it. If there’s a secret identity hiding inside of you, let it fly! Risk letting it go free.
Coyote is foolish for trying to fly, but if humans never dreamed we could fly, the kite, airplane, and space ship might never have been invented. I’m sure Leonardo de Vinci was thought to be foolish for imagining human flight.
Beyond imagining new inventions, we may reinvent ourselves. We take piano lessons and learn we’re virtuosos, or we learn we can’t keep time. We try to speak before thousands and learn we get stage fright—or we learn we have a talent heretofore untapped. Coyote shows us that we should try, even when it seems outrageous. When we try new things we may discover new talents and new capabilities.
To accept who we are implies we know who we are. One way we discover who we are is to try new things.
Accepting who we are does not mean we have to like everything about ourselves. You might not want to accept that you’re angry, or meek, or anxious, or a failure, for example. But if we don’t accept that these feelings or concerns are ours, we cannot change them. To deny an aspect of who we are denies our ability to change that aspect.
I’ve seen you try something new. I’ve seen you reach beyond your comfort zone. And I’ve seen you rewarded for doing so. Yes, accept who you are now, for that is who you are. And whether you change or not, you are worthy. We see you. We accept you. You do not need to change because we want you to change, but because you want to change.
Institutions can also get stuck in an idea of who they are and not try new ventures. When we began the building expansion project, some said we would fail. Some said we’d never raise enough money. Some feared that failure was too big a risk. But we didn’t accept that advice. We tried, knowing we might fail. Instead, we exceeded our expectations. We learned something about who we are and what we’re capable of. We learned we could fly!
This challenge of acceptance and change reminds me of the beginning to the Serenity Prayer:
God grant me the serenity to accept
the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
May we be like Coyote and try new things, even when it seems foolish.
May we accept that who we are can include courageous.
May we be as wildly adventurous and whole-hearted as Coyote.
May it be so.
Questions for Reflection or Discussion:
- Have you ever felt pressured to be someone you’re not, or do something you didn’t feel right about? How did you resolve this conflict? Do you still feel such pressure?
- Are you happy about whom you are right now—why or why not? What brings you the most happiness about yourself? How more easily might you live into who you wish to become?
- Do you try to change other people to fit your expectations? How has that worked?

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Manson, Otis Frederick
10 Oct. 1822–25 Jan. 1888
Otis Frederick Manson, physician and educator, was born in Richmond, Va., the son of Otis and Sarah Dews Ferrill Manson, who were married in Richmond on 1 Feb. 1818. Otis Frederick, the second surviving child of his parents, was the brother of Sarah Anna (b. 4 July 1820; m. Eli H. Richards of Richmond), George W. (b. 8 June 1825), Eliza Sanger (b. 7 Dec. 1827; m. Cornelius J. Eaton of Richmond), Charles Henry (b. 14 Jan. 1830), and Mary Ann (b. 27 Mar. 1832; m. Joseph Littlejohn of Oxford, N.C.). His mother was from Petersburg, Va., and the records of his maternal grandparents, William and Sarah Dews Ferrill, are located in Halifax and Pittsylvania counties. His father was the son of Frederick and Anna Hemmenway Manson, of Framingham, Mass., both of whom were buried in Shockoe Cemetery, Richmond.
The elder Otis Manson was established in Richmond by 1822; in December he advertised his readiness to supply drawings of plans and elevations of town and country houses. Records and appraisals of his work are in the Valentine Museum, Richmond, and in Scott's Old Richmond Neighborhoods. His son, Otis Frederick, was probably born in the family residence at the southwestern corner of Nineteenth and Franklin streets. He may have spent all of his childhood at that location since his father, although residing in 1850 at the corner of Ten and Main streets, probably did not move before 1840. The boy completed his early schooling at the Richmond Academy. Adopting the profession of his paternal great-grandfather, Dr. Ebenezer Hemmenway, he studied medicine at Hampden-Sydney College (afterwards the Medical College of Virginia of Virginia Commonwealth University) and was graduated at an early age.
By 1841 Manson had settled in Granville County, N.C. The 1850 census lists him as a physician in the Nutbush District and the father of four children. He gave twenty years of service to the people of his adopted state and for a time was a member of its Board of Medical Examiners, a position he later held in Virginia. In 1862 Manson was commissioned a surgeon in the Confederate army and placed in charge of a hospital in Virginia for the care and rehabilitation of North Carolina troops. For his devotion to duty he received the personal commendation of Governor Zebulon Vance. The community of Cheatamville in Warren County changed its name to Manson in his honor.
After the war Manson returned to his native Richmond, where he devoted the remainder of his life to the practice of medicine and to teaching. From 1869 to 1882 he was professor of pathology and physiology at the Medical College of Virginia; subsequently its board elected him professor emeritus. His career was especially noteworthy for his work on the pathology and treatment of various fevers, a subject on which he published several works. The extent of his medical as well as his general knowledge may be judged from the catalogue of his extensive personal library. In addition, he served as a member of the Richmond City Council from 1874 to 1882.
Manson was married twice. His first wife was Mary Ann Spotswood Burwell, the daughter of Spotswood Burwell of Granville County and the great-granddaughter of Colonel Alexander Spotswood, a governor of colonial Virginia. Their children included Sallie Spotswood (m. A. L. Huntt), Otis, Eliza Sanger (m. T. L. Alfriend), William Frederick, Mary Anna (the second wife of A. L. Huntt), and Lewis Burwell. Manson's second wife was Mrs. Helen Gray Wattson, whom he married on 25 Oct. 1881. He died in Richmond and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery.
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Reports of abuses including torture remain widespread in Sri Lanka eight years after the end of a decades-long civil war, the UN said Friday, criticising the government’s slow progress in addressing wartime crimes.
Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena swept to power two years ago promising justice for the minority Tamil community and a full investigation into alleged atrocities committed under the leadership of his predecessor.
But UN rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said the island had made “worryingly slow” progress in addressing its wartime past, warning this could threaten lasting peace and stability.
“I urge the government and people of Sri Lanka to prioritise justice alongside reconciliation to ensure that the horrors of the past are firmly dealt with, never to recur,” he said.
His comments came in a new report in which the UN human rights office said the use of torture was “a serious concern”.
It pointed to the island’s own Human Rights Commission’s acknowledgement of complaints illustrating the “routine use of torture by the police throughout the country as a means of interrogation and investigation”.
“The prevailing culture of impunity for perpetrating torture has undoubtedly contributed to this situation,” the report said.
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At least 100,000 people died in the conflict between Tamil separatists and government forces that ended in 2009.
The UN has been pushing for a special court to investigate allegations that government forces killed up to 40,000 Tamil civilians in the final months of fighting.
Sirisena had agreed to a UN Human Rights Council resolution in October 2015 which called for special tribunals and reparations for victims and gave Sri Lanka 18 months to establish credible investigations.
But the deadline lapsed without those commitments being met.
The UN said coalition politics in the unity government Sirisena formed after ousting former strongman leader Mahinda Rajapakse were likely to blame for the slow pace of progress.
“Party politics, including the balancing of power between the different constituencies of the coalition in the run-up to constitutional reforms, have contributed to a reluctance to address difficult issues regarding accountability,” it said.
On Monday Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera asked the UN for more time, promising that his country remained committed to seeking justice.
“With patience, understanding and constant and consistent effort and perseverance, we strongly believe that we can make the reconciliation process a success,” he told the Human Rights Council.
In its report, the UN urged the government to prioritise the return of private land occupied by the military, adopt laws allowing the creation of a hybrid court, and invite the UN rights office to establish a presence in the country.
It acknowledged that the government had made some positive advances on constitutional and legal reforms, limited land restitution and symbolic gestures towards reconciliation.
But it cautioned that the measures taken so far had been “inadequate, lacked coordination and a sense of urgency.”
“I urge the government and people of Sri Lanka to prioritise justice alongside reconciliation to ensure that the horrors of the past are firmly dealt with, never to recur,” said Zeid.
He also reiterated the council’s demand for special war crimes tribunals involving international judges and prosecutors, a demand Colombo has repeatedly rejected.(AFP)


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The work involves a film documenting different people from diverse backgrounds, talking about dreams that they had. These accounts inform the content of the second element of the game, a self-designed video game.
The work explores the way dreams and images function, revealing a space of similarity and dissimilarity between the two, as well as playing with how our realities and perceptions, in the digital age, are constructed.
The film and the game are merged together in one projection: the game in the background and the film slightly translucent in the foreground. The film is edited to allow two-seconds intervals between small sequences, revealing the entire game screen from time to time.
The audience is invited to interact with the work via a game controller.
Special thanks to:
Lorenza Brancadoro, Cici Chan, Jake Huddart, Amy Yuen Hui, Chuen Hui, Patrick Hui, Ma Chui Hui, Bob-Bicknell Knight, Tiffany Lau, Tommas Orban, Zoe Tsang.


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As I was busy on the popular party night of Halloween, I had to refuse offers from other people wanting Scary Make Up!
I still wanted to practise however and I had so many ideas and inspiration that i wanted to put into good use.
Yesterday and today I have taken to my laptop, researched on you tube with my make up and mirror in hand.
Watching tutorials is an amazing way to learn new tricks of the trade. There is always more than one way to create a particular look! One of my favourite You Tube users is Promise Phan (Dope2111). She provides quick and easy to follow guides to creating particular looks.
Here are some of my favourite halloween looks I have created on myself.

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Manchester City wins appeal over European competitions ban
Manchester City’s two-year ban from European club football has been overturned.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) delivered its verdict today having considered City’s appeal against its ban by European ruling body UEFA in February this year.
Their ban, and a £26.9m fine, was imposed after UEFA ruled the club had breached FFP (Financial Fair Play) regulations.
But today Cas ruled in City’s favour, and reduced the fine from 30 million euros (£26.9m) to 10 million euros (£9m).
It means City will be able to continue its record of nine successive years of competing in the lucrative European Champions League.
And it means the club is likely to retain its current team to go into next season’s European fray.
Top players like Kevin de Bruyne had warned that he could consider joining other clubs able to take part in the Champions League if the original UEFA decision was upheld.
However, manager Pep Guardiola had already given an undertaking that he would remain with the Premier League club, come what may.
The club issued a statement following this morning’s decision, saying: “Whilst Manchester City and its legal advisors are yet to review the full ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the club welcomes the implications of today’s ruling as a validation of the club’s position and the body of evidence that it was able to present.
“The club wishes to thank the panel members for their diligence and the due process that they administered.”
UEFA’s Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) ruled on February 14 this year that City had committed “serious breaches” of FFP rules between 2012 and 2016.
Among a series of claims it was alleged that City had inflated the size of sponsorship deals so owner Sheikh Mansour was able to invest more money into the club than FFP regulations allowed, giving them an unfair advantage.
However, the club immediately announced it would appeal to Cas on the grounds it believed the CFCB process was not independent.
City said the information the ban was based on was obtained illegally and represented “a clear and obvious attempt” to damage its reputation.
They were also critical of the publication of a series of leaked emails in the German magazine Der Spiegel in November 2018.
Speaking to the club’s own website in the days after the initial verdict, City chief executive, Ferran Soriano, said: “The allegations are simply not true.”
He said the club felt the whole process had been “prejudiced” against them and evidence used by the FFP chamber relied on “out of context, stolen emails”.
“All we are looking for is a proper adjudication from an independent and impartial body that is going to take the time to look at all the evidence without preconceptions,” he added.
“The fans can be sure of two things. The first one is that the allegations are false. And the second is that we will do everything that can be done to prove so.”
David Pannick QC of Blackstone Chambers and Paul Harris QC of Monckton Chambers, fought City’s case which was heard by three Cas lawyers in private video conferences since June.
Today’s adjudication said: “The Cas award emphasised that most of the alleged breaches reported by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the CFCB were either not established or time-barred.
“As the charges with respect to any dishonest concealment of equity funding were clearly more significant violations than obstructing the CFCB’s investigations, it was not appropriate to impose a ban on participating in UEFA’s club competitions for MCFC’s failure to cooperate with the CFCB’s investigations alone.
“However, considering i) the financial resources of MCFC; ii) the importance of the cooperation of clubs in investigations conducted by the CFCB, because of its limited investigative means; and iii) MCFC’s disregard of such principle and its obstruction of the investigations, the Cas panel found that a significant fine should be imposed on MCFC and considered it appropriate to reduce UEFA’s initial fine by 2/3, ie to the amount of EUR 10 million.”
In response, UEFA said: “UEFA takes note of the decision taken by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to reduce the sanction imposed on Manchester City FC by UEFA’s independent Club Financial Control Body for alleged breaches of the UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play regulations.
“UEFA notes that the Cas panel found that there was insufficient conclusive evidence to uphold all of the CFCB’s conclusions in this specific case and that many of the alleged breaches were time-barred due to the five-year time period foreseen in the UEFA regulations.
“Over the last few years, Financial Fair Play has played a significant role in protecting clubs and helping them become financially sustainable and UEFA and ECA remain committed to its principles.
“UEFA will be making no further comments on the matter.”
City are still in this season’s Champions League and face Real Madrid in their last-16 home second leg on August 7.
They lead 2-1 from the first leg in Madrid and will face Juventus or Lyon in the quarter-finals, which will be held in Lisbon if they progress on their way to their dream of lifting their first European Champions League trophy.


Well, ace banjo man Pikelny may not have known, but apparently a bunch of others - 300 others - apparently did. The experiment was an unqualified success.
That shouldn't be any surprise whatsoever given the quality of the band. Pikelny may be touring behind his first solo release since 2004, "Beat the Devil and Carry a Rail," but the beauty of the music - a combo of bluegrass, country and acoustic music - rested with the band. Pikleny certainly played a mean banjo, but this night wasn't just about him.
The band consisted of Jessie Cobb (ex-Infamous Stringduster) on mandolin; Mark Schatz on upright bass; Chris Eldredge (Punch Brothers) on acoustic guitar, Gabe Witcher (Punch Brothers) on fiddle and Aiofe O'Donovan (Crooked Still) on lead vocals.
Everyone stood out on their respective instruments with Pikelny giving ample space to all to showcase their skills. Witcher's fiddle (he particularly stood out on Man Chicken from Pikelny's first disc) and Cobb's mandolin particularly sparked the songs. Pikelny stood out with Cobb on Milford's Reel with just the two of them playing. Cluck Old Hen, which opened the second set was dynamic even though it was just Schatz and Pikelny.
O'Donovan, lead vocalist for Crooked Still, was an appropriate match for the material. She has a bit breathy voice and worked best when she turned it up a notch, which was a good chunk of the time. Witcher has a strong voice, well-suited to country the band sometimes applaud and bluegrass.
Pikelny was not a singer - he let O'Donovan, Witcher and Eldridge take over, but he lent his voice to backing vocals on Will You Miss Me, warning the crowd, "This bring us to the point of the show where we are not going to refund tickets for any reason because I'm going to sing." He didn't blow his backing vocals too much at all, but it was easy to see why he let others handle that job.
He was a good front man, although, as his sense of humor came through time and again in his comments. He joked at O'Donovan's expense (at one point, he toured with Crooked Still), while offering a bunch of humorous comments.
The stellar night of music closed out with the band's take on Bill Monroe's The Wheel Hoss Fiddle players Darol Anger and Alex Hargreaves came out on stage with a ferocious triple fiddle attack leading the song.
Pikelny said afterward that he hoped to go back on the road to the West Coast with the band in the future. He can't claim that it will be an experiment because he already has test run it, and this night proved that he passed with flying colors.


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Year 6 Taster Day 2015
All year 6 students coming to Cooper next September should gather outside the main staff block at 8.30-8.40 on Tuesday 7 July. Students can wear their primary uniform; trainers can be worn as students will be involved in lunchtime sports activities.
Students should bring: pens/pencils; packed lunch or money for the canteen.
Should warm weather continue in to next week, please equip your child with water to drink and sun screen, as some activities may be outside, depending on weather conditions.
The day will end at 3.20, when parents can pick up their children from the front of school or make arrangements for them to walk home, where appropriate.
We look forward to welcoming our new students on Tuesday.


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Thanksgiving Fire Safety
Did you know that Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for fire departments when it comes to home fires involving cooking equipment? With more home cooks cooking larger meals than they are probably used to, the number of home fires involving cooking equipment spikes to nearly 4 times the daily average on Thanksgiving! Whether you plan to be in charge of the kitchen or are just helping out, be sure to follow these important safety tips when preparing this year's Thanksgiving feast!
- Start your Thanksgiving with a clean stove and oven! The weekend before Thanksgiving, remove any food or grease buildup from burners, stovetops, and the oven.
- Always stay in the kitchen when you are cooking on the stovetop. While items in the oven may not require as attentive an eye, food on the stovetop should have constant monitoring in case of spillage or splatter.
- Stay in the home while cooking the turkey. You don't need to set up camp and keep a constant eye on the turkey once it's in the oven, but you should stay inside and check on it frequently. The last thing you want is a burnt turkey that sets your kitchen on fire!
- Keep a flame-resistant oven mitt, potholder, or lid near your cooking space so that you can smother any flames before they get out of control.
- Should an oven fire occur, turn off the heat and keep the door closed. This should allow the fire to burn out on its own. Once the fire has gone out, open your windows before carefully opening the oven door to release the smoke. IF THE FIRE DOES NOT GO OUT ON ITS OWN: LEAVE THE HOUSE AND CALL 911.
- Make sure your home has working smoke alarms and that your family knows the fire escape route in the event of a fire. Remember to always plan TWO WAYS OUT of every room.
- Avoid using turkey fryers, but if you must, make sure to follow the fryer's instructions. Also be sure to completely thaw the turkey before frying and always fry outside at a safe distance from the home.
Stay safe this holiday season! Should your home experience any fire damage, be sure to call SERVPRO of University Place/Lakewood West to make that fire "Like it never even happened".

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[ClickPress, Fri Jun 28 2019] The important markets covered in the Waste Collection Vehicle
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"To celebrate our 75th anniversary, Dulsco is proud to introduce the City Compactor waste collection vehicle
, which reaffirms our commitment to provide customised solutions to the distinct and emerging waste management challenges of Dubai.
The grants, funded as part of the Department of Environmental Protection's (MassDEP) Waste Collection Vehicle
Retrofit Program, have been awarded to the towns of Blackstone and Clinton, the cities of Chicopee and Springfield, and to private waste haulers based in Ashland, Auburn, East Boston, Rutland and Somerville that service multiple communities across the Commonwealth.
In a report, director of environmental services, Philip Walton, said: "The existing waste collection vehicle
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FROM THE EDITOR
We are very excited to send our very first Pet Alive newsletter! Although we have always included your furry friends in our monthly Native Remedies Newsletter, throughout the last few years we have noticed a growing need for a newsletter focused solely on pets. Did you know that sixty-three percent of U.S. households have at least one pet? That's more than 69 million homes. With so many of our subscribers making their pets a part of the family, we decided to launch a newsletter filled with useful pet news and health articles.
With summer quickly catching up with us, we wanted to inform our readers on the added dangers pets face during the hot humid days to come. Personally, I had no idea that heatstroke was such a serious issue, and you don't have to run your dog in 100 degree weather to risk it happening. Find out more in our feature articles, which not only address about heatstroke, but many other summertime struggles your pets face.
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While an afternoon stroll may seem ideal, it can take as little as 15 minutes in the hot midday sun for your pet to develop heatstroke and even less than that for animals left inside a vehicle. Even with the windows cracked, your car can heat up to over 102 degrees within 10 short minutes - on a day when the temperature is just 85 degrees. That's hot enough to cause your dog or cat stress, skin burns, respiratory distress and even death during your quick stop at the market or mall.Read More…
Other Summertime Risks for Pets
Summer Allergies Can Cause Breathing Problems, Weepy Eyes, Scratching and Excessive Chewing
While there is no doubt that heatstroke is a dangerous reality for your animals during the hot summer months, there are plenty of other seasonal risks that you may not know about. Allergies can be a big summertime struggle for a lot of pets. Did you know that, just like humans, your dog or cat can have severe allergies to pollen, dust, mold spores and other airborne allergens? These allergens can cause your pet discomfort and pave the way for more serious infections. Read More…
Pet Food Recall Update
The recent pet food scare has had pet owners frantic with worry for weeks now. Luckily, industry professionals and scientists have located the source of the problem and are working to isolate it so that it does not happen again. However, in the past week there have been additional recalls of both cat and dog food, suggesting that we should not let our guards down just yet. To review the current list of recalled brands and specific cat and dog food, as well as find out the latest information, click here to visit the FDA website.
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You are quite correct in saying that Cushing's can only be diagnosed through a blood test, but as Sherry is showing no clinical signs of Cushing's - excessive thirst and urination, lethargy, panting, hair loss, abnormal Appetite - it may be that her liver enzymes are elevated for another reason. I have seen some dogs have high liver enzymes and even show some of the symptoms of Cushing's, but come back negative for the disease on their blood work…Sherry sounds as if she is otherwise well, [so] I would recommend starting her on SlenderPet and LiverAid. These can both be used in conjunction with the Denosyl that your vet has suggested. It would be advisable to have Sherry's blood work checked again in 6–8 weeks time. As she gets very stressed at the vet, try using our PetCalm remedy to make her veterinary experience less stressful. If you decide against further diagnostics and Sherry does start showing signs of Cushing's I would suggest starting her on our Cushex Drops. As this is a natural remedy it can safely be used even if a definite diagnosis of Cushing's has not been made.
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Are you ready to be witness another fantastic class of T10 league? This clash is happening between Deccan Gladiators and Delhi Bulls. Both teams are in excellent form. So the audience wants to know who will win this match? We make T10 Today Match Prediction. Let’s start.
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As you know T10 Cricket League Schedule has been announced. Click Here For Complete Schedule. As per Schedule, it is the second match of Day 1 in which Deccan Gladiators and Delhi Bulls will compete for the win. Both teams are in good shape.
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We always post 100% safe, secure, authentic, perfect, and accurate T10 Match Predictions on who will win the match today. Moreover, we have a team of cricket experts who work day and night to collect the stats of both sides in every game, check the ground realities and other match factors like pitch conditions, home ground favor then predict who will win this match. Check the PSL 2020 Live Score. PSL fifth edition is started.
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To remedy the transience of content broadcast live, Twitch and other social giants give creators the ability to save live shows on the platform to ensure that they take on greater visibility over time and that users can view them on demand at a later time. Not all streamers, however, fall under the spell of this opportunity. Not even i Daft Punk (yes, you read that right), recently reappeared by surprise on the Net one year after the sudden announcement of their dissolution after 28 years of association.
The famous Parisian electronics duo broadcast live on Twitch yesterday, February 22, a concert in 1997, the last stop of the world tour Daftendirektour at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles. These are extremely rare shots that immortalize the very young Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter without the iconic chrome helmets on the head with which for years they have entrenched themselves in anonymity and in the halo of mystery that has become their stylistic code (in tandem with the revolutionary sounds).
Anyone who missed the unexpected reappearance of the band on the web, albeit with a revival content, will have to resign himself: the live has not been saved, so it cannot be played again (even if the first images immortalized by users during the live are starting to circulate).
Although “elusive”, the live broadcast was in any case a success and monopolized the attention of the Twitch audience, soaring to the top of the ranking of the most watched broadcasts in that time slot. The moment of greatest traffic marked 176 thousand spectators connected, with an average of 120 thousand, about double the second most watched broadcast at that moment.
On the Net, fans immediately shouted at the possible reunion, but the most plausible explanation is that the live broadcast is part of a cabaret of content that the group will broadcast in the coming days to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut album. Homework.. At the same time as the live broadcast on Twitch, Daft Punk released the digital deluxe version of their first album (with unreleased remixes) nine years after the launch of Random Access Memories, the duo’s latest recording effort.
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Whenever I travel, I like to listen to these songs – especially on during take-off and landing, because I get nervous easily, so this playlist helps me relax, shut off from noise and enjoy my time above the clouds. I have tried a few providers before subscribing and Spotify is by far my favorite provider. I can access all my playlist whilst using the Airplane Mode, provided that I’ve downloaded all my playlists before my flight. This playlist is a collection of my most favorite songs that I have kept adding to this playlist in the course of the last few months. I have prepared this playlist for my flight to Southeast Asia and been listening to the songs on a daily basis ever since, it calms me down and at the same time also motivates me. I took some inspiration from a favorite youtuber of mine, Mr. Ben Brown, who also has a playlist on Spotify that I follow.


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The discontinued Infiniti G sedan fell a little further back in the rearview mirror today, as the first production 2014 Infiniti Q50 rolled off the assembly line at the Tochigi plant in Japan.
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With only one teaser image of the Infiniti JX crossover concept remaining it's pretty clear what to expect when it's launched next spring.
Yesterday at the Los Angeles Auto Show Infiniti took to the stage to unveil the new JX crossover and the IPL G convertible.
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This actually started when I was a kid and had a hamster named Dude (because I am awesome at picking names). Every night I would pet my hamster good night and go to sleep. If I didn't pet him, I would have dreams that he was loose (and he frequently was) and that something bad happened to him (we also had a large dog...). Once I calmed down from the nightmare, I would reach into his cage and make sure he was still there.
And in many ways, kids are like hamsters...you have to feed them daily and they kinda make the room stink. Still, I thought I'd grow out of this, maybe find more stability. And yet, here are the nightmares. Had one just the other night when the Boy had rolled so far over that me and my big pregnant belly couldn't reach him inside the crib. All I could do was barely make contact with the heel of his foot and then fling his blanket back over him. It wasn't enough and I dreamt that he turned into that kid from Pet Sematary. Didn't get much sleep that night...darn quirks.
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A surgeon who faked a burglary in a £1m fraud has outraged 24 Hours In Police Custody viewers.
Orthopaedic surgeon Anthony McGrath called 999 from a country estate in Bedfordshire reporting the burglary of his antiques.
McGrath claimed almost 100 items had been stolen, including a Persian rug worth £35,000, valuable antiques and clocks, and a 19th century red marble rococo fire surround.
He even went as far as to ship some of the items he claimed were stolen to his family home in Ireland, using a hired van that he didn’t realise was fitted with a tracker.
Veteran detective Dave Brecknock suspected McGrath was committing fraud and the case started to unravel in dramatic fashion.
A financial background check showed McGrath was "skint", prompting questions over whether he was "greedy or desperate".
But his arrogance shocked the detectives as they realised that he had staged the burglary.
DC Brecknock said: "Perhaps coppers are more intelligent than surgeons."
McGrath's "Achilles heel" was the distinctive marble fireplace as the GPS location of the photos show they were not taken in the house where the burglary supposedly took place.
He was arrested at his home In Ireland before a tense set of interviews with DC Cathy Layton.
In 2019, four years after the alleged burglary and two trials, McGrath was found guilty of fraud by false representation and committing acts with intent to pervert the course of justice.
McGrath was sentenced to 8 years in prison, while his wife, Anne-Louise McGrath, was found not guilty of all charges.
24 Hours In Police Custody viewers took to Twitter to slam the surgeon after the episode aired.
One viewer said: "The epitome of arrogance "I'm a surgeon they'll probably just give me the money no questions" you can see it in face he thinks this is an incredible intrusion and inconvenience."
Another added: "This guy is an arrogant p**** of the highest order. Just look at his patronising condescending language and body language."
A third said: "What a disgustingly arrogant man the doctor is. I bet nothing is ever his fault. I feel for the medical staff who have had to work alongside him."
* 24 Hours In Police Custody airs Mondays on Channel 4 at 9pm
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