Thirty years after Israel launched its first satellite, the Ofek 1, into space, the Defense Ministry on Monday released never-before-seen footage of its liftoff into orbit.
The ministry also released photographs of sites located deep inside Syria taken by its newest spy satellite, the Ofek 11.
At 11:32 a.m. on September 19, 1988, the Ofek 1 — or Horizon 1 — was shot into space from the Palmachim Air Base in central Israel with a Shavit rocket, making the Jewish state the eighth country in the world that had launched objects into orbit.
“Under a shroud of secrecy, the State of Israel developed extraordinary capabilities in the field of satellites in order to preserve its comparative regional advantage and its intelligence capabilities,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
“Today, 30 years after the historic launch, we are revealing, for the first time, footage of the launch of the Ofek 1 and photographs from the Ofek 11,” the ministry said.
The Ofek 1 — known originally as the Oz, or valor — was a relatively simple solar-powered satellite designed to perform tests and collect data on the earth’s magnetic field and the environment in space. The octagonal satellite was built by the government-run Israel Aerospace Industries and the nascent Israel Space Agency.
It was not until seven years later, in 1995, that Israel launched a reconnaissance satellite into space capable of photographing the Earth.
Though the public knew of the Ofek 1 launch at the time, the satellite and rocketry program were largely conceived and operated in secrecy. That included keeping footage of the Ofek 1 launch under wraps.
However, marking the 30th anniversary of Israel’s first successful launch the Defense Ministry decided to declassify three videos of the launch, along with the photographs from the Ofek 11, which was launched in September 2016.
The Ofek 11 experienced some flight issues after launch, but engineers on the ground were later able to get the satellite to beam back images from space, dispelling fears that it was a total operational loss.
Boaz Levi, head of the Israel Aerospace Industries’ rockets and space division, lauded Israel for its dedication to developing satellites and other space-related technologies, saying it helped the Jewish state not only in the field of defense but also economically.
“Thanks to an organized program for reconnaissance satellites, led by the Defense Ministry, along with the best minds in the State of Israel, we have succeeded time and again to reach extraordinary technological achievements,” Levi said.
“Geographic requirements led us to develop small, lightweight satellites that provide pictures of incredible quality for the betterment of the security of the State of Israel. In addition to its security contributions, the Israeli space program has led to economic contributions, acting as a first-rate technological engine and catalyst,” he said.


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Singapore's GIC has taken part in an equity syndication program to finance the world's largest green hydrogen platform in the world; Taiwan pension funds reported investment losses in the first four months of 2022; AIA Singapore has teamed up with Franklin Templeton to launch a shariah global diversified fund for Muslim investors.
India's state insurer LIC traded down on debut after blockbuster IPO; Temasek-backed e-commerce platform Zilingo fires chief executive Ankiti Bose amid investigations into financial irregularities; Australia's Unisuper and Australian Catholics Superannuation enter agreement to explore merger; and more
Indonesia's new sovereign wealth fund to invest $2.72 billion in toll roads; Singapore's MAS tightens tax criteria for family offices; Harvard University's endowment among risk-averse US institutional investors looking to reduce commitments in China; and more.
The consolidation of Khazanah's commercial and strategic funds will simplify the structure of the sovereign wealth fund but the verdict is out on whether reporting will be more transparent.
Even China is concerned about its Russia exposure; AIA puts on its acquisition hat; SFC fines HSBC Securities Brokers (Asia) HK$6.3 million; HKMA issues bonds; Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) invests $350 million into Indian commercial space; and more ...
The sovereign wealth fund posted a 19% time-weighted rate of return on its commercial fund despite expectations of a negative return.
Proposed changes to how Malaysian GLICs operate should clarify what their mandates are meant to achieve but risk putting pressure on returns, say observers
The sovereign wealth fund has replaced Shahril Ridza Ridzuan, making it the latest government-linked investment company to change its leader.
Experts say the recent changes of chief executives at state investment funds PNB, EPF and Kwap all have similar explanations, with Khazanah potentially being next.
Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund has been hit especially hard by Covid-19, to the extent that its chief executive and more of its overseas offices are seen as under threat.
The pandemic has sharpened investors’ focus on ESG adoption, but for Khazanah and other asset owners in Asia, scaling up sustainability-themed investments has its challenges.
Some asset owners in the region are reducing riskier assets, while more investors around the world are planning to increase their allocations to government bonds.

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In a recent decision applying the new “machine-or-transformation test” set forth by the Federal Circuit in In re Bilski (see IP Update, Vol. 11, No. 11), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (the BPAI or Board) continued its recent practice of invalidating software- and electronic-related method claims under § 101. Ex parte Motoyama, Appeal No. 2008-2753 (BPAI, Feb. 27, 2009) (Dang, APJ).
The application at issue claimed, among other things, a “method for a monitoring device to obtain an identifier of a monitored device,” including steps directed to obtaining, accessing, generating and storing identifiers and information. The applicants appealed to the Board to overcome a rejection for obviousness under § 103. Although agreeing with the applicants that the obviousness rejection was improper, on its own initiative, the Board raised a new rejection against the method claim as ineligible subject matter under § 101.
Applying the framework set forth in Bilski, the Board first concluded that the claim did not fall within the categories of machine, manufacture or composition of matter of § 101. Thus, the method claim was subject to the Bilski “machine-or-transformation test” for eligibility under § 101. Under the first prong of the test, a claim is eligible where it is tied to a particular machine or apparatus. In this case, although the preamble of the claim recited “a monitoring device,” none of the claimed steps required implementation by any machine. As noted by the Board, a reasonably broad interpretation of the claims would include software or algorithmic implementations of the claimed steps.
Under the second prong of the test, a claim is eligible if it transforms a physical and tangible article or data representative of such an article. In this case, the Board found that none of the claimed steps—involving “obtaining,” “accessing,” “generating” and “storing” —performed an eligible transformation. Having failed both prongs of the Bilski test, the method claim was found to be invalid under § 101.
Practice Note: In January, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (the USPTO) issued a memorandum to its examiners, revising earlier guidelines for examining claims under § 101. The memorandum explains that the Bilski “machine-or-transformation test” is slightly different from the test previously proposed by the USPTO. The memorandum also notes that “mere field-of-use limitations” and “insignificant extra-solution activity” will not rescue an otherwise ineligible method. The letter advised that revised examination guidelines will be “forthcoming.”

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Great varieties of manners and ceremonies make up the legal and cultural binding called a wedding. The connecting of families, communities, religions and ethnicities is celebrated through a latticework of movements, scripts, foods, and music. Thinking of these ties, values, and community building found in traditional wedding festivities, I had a thought: what if The Bride were alone?
(Click on images to view full-size photographs.)
What if, independently, she went about her day in the ordinary way that many of us do? What if The Bride, dressed for her spectacular moment, were to be watched living out a day of mundane activities? What happens when the spectacular-moment costume dovetails with the ordinary moments of the ordinary day? So many ruptures occur with this simple juxtaposition of the physically-splendid and the everyday contexts and actions:
• A bride is always accompanied, the center of focus; in this imagined situation, The Bride is part of a crowd, a blending person in her actions;
• A bride doesn’t do work; in this imagined situation, The Bride goes about regular chores procuring what she needs in her daily life;
• A bride receives, and receives only gifts; here, The Bride receives nothing, and indeed pays for everything from gas to groceries;
• A bride is seen, often, as at the pinnacle of one version of success; indeed, in cultures which prefer that women not work, a woman’s marriage is considered her job, the means through which she will live and support her family. Here, The Bride is presented as at no pinnacle; rather, she seems to have barely taken the time in her day to have stepped into wedding-mode and then clearly stepped out again; her bride-ness seems here to be only a passing part of the continuum of her day.
What response will the public give as they witness these ruptures, and which contexts will elicit the most reaction, which the least, which none?
Curious about this series of mental images, I wanted to make them happen. I began a search for a discarded wedding dress, one from a second-hand shop or abandoned at the dry-cleaners. I discovered a cache of five of them at a Salvation Army thrift store in Chicago. I chose the one that fit my model, the one the most archetypal—a long white satin dress with seed pearls and sequins, long puffed sleeves, covered buttons, and a long train and two-tiered veil. The fact that it was “used” seemed important, and not knowing its story was part of the allure of this dress. Putting it on was like putting on a narrative the specifics of which one could never access; the outline of its story seemed clear, but the details, in particular the reason for its presence at the Salvation Army, remained obscure and rich. This dress was to be in another narrative with an awareness of a probable first narrative, against which the “performance” of this new narrative would push.
Thinking of photo locations for the independent bride, would any ordinary site do? What public activities are the most ordinary? Waiting for a train; pumping gas; having lunch at a diner; stopping in at a local pub; taking the laundry to a laundromat; reading the paper at a coffee shop; shopping for groceries; getting money at an ATM; walking the dog. These ordinary public chores are mostly solitary tasks. Some of these are done alone for expediency, others to get some down time during an otherwise busy, populated day. But the bride is someone who is never alone, always surrounded, buffered, tended to. So her appearance alone, with the ordinary accoutrements of daily life, seemed jarring to my vision. But to begin the activity of “The Bride, Off Duty”. . .
As Kate dressed on the first of our photo days, we felt exhilarated, as if something very special was happening, and fell prey to the sensation of “special day.” We reached a working mode, however, when we both realized that the oddest aspect of this was that there was no groom, not even a stand-in for a groom, not another celebrant or formally attired partner at all. She really was a solitary bride. There was a lack; she was half of an equation, incomplete.
We got into my rusty pickup truck that winter Saturday, and drove around northwestern Chicago to the sites I had considered. But other situations, as well, appealed to us which I had not considered previously: Blockbuster, a funeral home, an abandoned church. Sometimes she carried something—a black leather jacket, a basket of laundry, a briefcase, a book. Everything she carried seemed odd, out of place—brides aren’t carriers, except of flowers. The briefcase made her seem costumed in a mocking way; a purse seemed poignant, like she was returned to normalcy for a moment because she forgot to buy something for the reception. The black leather jacket seemed more complex, as if a woman from one culture recognized the need to take on attributes and attend to a ritual from another culture. The basket of laundry seemed a collapsing of female duties—both to marry and to move into double domesticity, carrying twice the load. It was The Bride at the ATM machine that triggered for me a realization of my own inculcated presumptions: brides don’t need money, brides are coddled and cared for, treated like dolls, and supported like prizes, booty from some competition. Brides are the currency.
Some of the responses to The Bride on the street were ones we had anticipated. Two women asked The Bride to pose for pictures, “Stand right there. Oh, isn’t she lovely. Imagine seeing her here at the El Station….!” Several people asked tentatively, “Did she just get married?” looking around for the expected entourage or accompaniments to wedding rituals, and seeing none. But there were other responses we had not expected at all: men said more to us than women did. Men smiled and said, “Good luck!” and “How wonderful!” Some men said they wished they could find someone as lovely as The Bride; two men asked her to sit on their laps for photos. Several men responded spontaneously on the street with simply “Oh, wow!” The male response seemed surprising. But recently it was suggested to me that men were perhaps responding to the lack of a groom, implicated as part of the lack felt when confronted by The Bride Alone. Perhaps the male response was an outreach, an empathetic gesture, an effort to fill a perceived void in a simple way.
Women, at two different times over the course of our photographing, looked at The Bride with consternation. Each then said that she would never have worn a dress like that, and then moved on. We were surprised, thinking to ourselves that nobody critiques a bride in the usual wedding scenario. Clearly her abnormal presentation as someone alone and removed from the fairy tale that gave permission to respond in a correspondingly nontraditional way. The interjection of honesty into the arena of ceremony and queenly pretending brought home to us that this was not real. If the appearance of this bride on the street was a sort of proposition, then their rebuttal was clear displeasure, a non-acceptance.
Many people simply ignored The Bride. They seemed to respond not to her extraordinary-day attire, but to the ordinariness of the context. In the city, too much is going on to dwell on any one peculiar situation (provided it is non-threatening). Interestingly, Kate Harris, the model, expressed offense at one point when people treated her as ordinary—by not acknowledging her at all—while she was in the bridal gown. Yet, she admitted that if she were doing the same activities wearing ordinary attire, she would have been offended if people did not treat her as ordinary. Here, she expected the dress to speak.
The wedding dress partly represents the wearer’s adherence to societal norms, exhibiting a desire to make continuing connections over time between families and within cultural traditions. It is expected that the bride will always be seen with and among those that she belongs to as well as with those whom she is connecting. But here is a visual investigation or proposition of The Bride as Loner, the antithesis of she-who-joins-together, she-who-belongs. To some, that made this solitary bride seem funny; to others, invisible; and to some, it made her suspect. Dressed for a moment of connection, she is here alone and doing what is necessary to provide for her individual, daily, ordinary, perhaps unconnected life.
1 I thank Ed Epping for this observation.
• McBride-Mellinger, Maria, The Wedding Dress; NY: Random House, 1993
• Monsarrat, Ann, And The Bride Wore…The Story of the White Wedding; NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1973
About the Artist: Peggy Diggs is an artist who does temporary public art projects about a variety of social issues; these have taken the form of billboards, subway posters, bar coasters and milk cartons, concerning issues such as domestic violence, teen heroes, elderly inner city women’s fears. Most recently she has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and will be teaching at Williams College as of 2001-02.
About the Model: Kate Harris is an actress who has been producing and acting in Chicago since 1979. She is Artistic Director of Pyewacket Theatre Company, and co-founder of Bailiwick Repertory.

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Focus on First Responders and Pet Education
MONTEREY — BirchBark Foundation, a local nonprofit serving both Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties in California, has helped save the lives of 119 pets in the past three years and kept them in their loving homes. BirchBark Foundation once again reinforces the human animal bond with their 3rd annual Pet Health Festival, BirchBARK 911, to be held on Sunday, September 25 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Carmel Middle School, 4380 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel-By-The-Sea. The event is free and open to the public.
Emcee for the day’s festivities is Rosie Chalmers, Host of Good Morning Monterey Bay on KSCO-AM 1080. In addition to all day demonstrations by K9 Units, Monterey Bay Search Dogs, Salinas-Monterey Agility Training and more, visitors to BirchBARK 911 will find vendor booths that include pet first aid from Carmel Fire Department; pet related health, fitness and medical information, BirchBark’s Associate Member veterinary hospitals and novelty pet items.
Local police and fire teams will be on hand all day (schedule permitting). This year’s BirchBARK 911 will, for the first time, offer agility instruction for dogs and their humans. In addition there will be a herding demo, games and prizes, photo booth, a silent auction and delicious food from Spice it Up, Zameen and Green Pedal Organic Smoothies. Well-behaved pets on leash are welcome!
BirchBark Foundation provides financial aid and pet health education. Some pet owners face a terrible choice: unable to cover the cost of catastrophic veterinary care, they may be forced to give up a beloved pet — quite possibly to be euthanized. Since the foundation launched in 2013, the BirchBark grants program has provided financial aid to save the lives of 119 pets and provided priceless pet health education and guidance to thousands via their website at BirchBarkfoundation.org, at events and on social media at Facebook.com/birchbarkfoundation and Twitter.com/birchbarkfdn.
BirchBARK 911 is sponsored in part by IDEXX Laboratories, Diggidy Dog Carmel, Westside Animal Hospital, Pacific Veterinary Specialists and Emergency Service, Santa Cruz Veterinary Hospital, and Annie’s Blankets.
For more information about BirchBARK 911 festival and/or BirchBark Foundation contact Bunny Tavares at (831) 462-6004 or firstname.lastname@example.org.

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Kiren Rijiju Flags-in the CRPF Divyang Yodha Cycle rally
New Delhi: Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Kiren Rijiju flagged in the CRPF Divyang Yodha Cycle rally that began its journey from Sabarmati Ashram, Gujarat and culminated at Rajpath today on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. Before the event, Shri Rijiju payed floral tributes at the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi on his 151st birth anniversary, at Rajghat, New Delhi today. CRPF Divyang Yodha Cycle rally has covered about 1000Km to reach Delhi in the last 16 days. From the CRPF Academy in Gurugram, the rally of intrepid warriors was joined by Dr. A.P. Maheshwari, DG CRPF who led the yatra from Gurugram to Rajpath. Secretary of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities,Ministry of Social Justice Empowerment Ms. Shakuntala D. Gamlin and other dignitaries were also present on this occasion.
Speaking on the occasion Shri Rijiju said that the internal security warriors of the Central Reserve Police Force are actively serving the country across several conflict zones.CRPF Brave hearts have made supreme sacrificein the service Of the nation. Many fearless warriors suffer grievous injuriesand lose limb or Vital organs during their service.
Appreciating the courage and determination of the team, Shri Rijiju said that CRPF has also fervently participated in the Fit India Movement across the country. He also lauded the professionalism of the force.
It is pertinent to mention that among the participants is Shaurya Chakra recipient Shri R. K. Singh, Second-in-Command CRPF, who lost his leg in an operation in Lohardaga Jharkhand when a series of close to 200 IED explosions were triggered by Maoists on 03/05/2012. The Cycle Rally team consisted of 06 Women of CRPF Mahila Battalions who have shown strong determination and courage throughout the rally.


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Spirent GNSS simulator now integrated with MVG over-the-air test systems
Spirent Communications announced that the Spirent GSS7000 GNSS simulator has been integrated into Microwave Vision Group (MVG) over-the-air (OTA) and passive antenna test systems.
MVG, an antenna measurement solutions company, enables the characterization and evaluation of antennas for testing wireless connectivity, reliability, and standards compliance. MVG near-field test systems perform fast and accurate measurements for OTA tests of antennas designed for satellite communications and other GNSS-enabled products, systems, and networks.
As connectivity in industries such as automotive, aviation and military becomes ever more sophisticated, the need to ensure that all the pieces of technology work together in the way they should increases. The integration of Spirent into MVG test systems enables R&D engineers to incorporate the antenna and the vehicle in a test environment that represents the real-world signal environment as closely as possible while maintaining full control and repeatability.


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Chorizo and Manchego Breakfast Pizza
Eggs and chorizo on a cheese pizza? Sounds like an excellent breakfast to us. If only we could get the crust to crisp and the eggs to cooperate.
Why This Recipe Works
Chorizo and Manchego Breakfast Pizza is an easy, unexpected crowd favorite for a Sunday brunch, but it comes with a challenge: achieving a crisp, golden-brown crust without overcooking the eggs. To get there, we press room-temperature dough into a lightly oiled sheet pan and parbake it for 5 minutes to give the crust a head start before we add the toppings. Warm spices and subtle heat from the chorizo, along with nuttiness from the Manchego cheese, give this pizza distinct flavors. The surprising addition of cottage cheese tethers all the ingredients together with a silky creaminess.

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President Donald Trump told New Hampshire voters Thursday that they had to support his re-election campaign or suffer the economic consequences.
“I won the election, the markets went up thousands of points, things started happening,” Trump said at a rally even as markets show signs of a coming recession.
“If, for some reason, I were not to have won the election, these markets would have crashed. That will happen even more so in 2020,” Trump added.
“The bottom line is, I know you like me, and this room is a love fest, I know that, but you have no choice but to vote for me, because your 401(k)’s down the tubes, everything’s gonna be down the tubes,” Trump said.
“So whether you love me or hate me, you gotta vote for me,” he added.
TRUMP predicts dire consequences if he doesn't win in 2020: "You have no choice but to vote for me because your 401ks — down the tubes. Everything's gonna be down the tubes. So whether you love me or hate me, you've gotta vote for me." pic.twitter.com/oCcLueQdUe
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 15, 2019
Speaking to reporters ahead of his rally, Trump insisted that U.S. economic growth would end if the nation elected a Democrat to the White House next year.
“Frankly if for some reason that happened in the 2020 election, you’ll see this economy go down the tubes. I will tell you that right now,” Trump said.


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Knight Center offers new online course in Spanish “Editors in Times of Internet”
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas will offer the new course “Editors in Times of Internet,” from March 14–April 24, 2011, for editors in Latin America and the Caribbean. The instructor is veteran Colombian journalist María Teresa Ronderos. Applications will be accepted online until Feb. 28. (See this page for more information.)
"The general idea of the course is to open discussions with editors about the difficult challenges of their profession in a changing world, with new media in growth, and traditional media in decline,” says Ronderos, who has created this course specifically for the Knight Center.
"We will also discuss some of the multiple tasks that an editor has to deal with on a daily basis, and what issues they must address to improve or guarantee the quality of the media or section they edit,” she adds. “Editors will be able to hear the work views of very prominent editors in the journalistic field today, like Chuck Lewis, Gustavo Gorriti, and Miguel Ángel Bastenier.”
The class will be conducted entirely on line and is divided into weekly modules containing audiovisual presentations, documents, and online resources. The course contains weekly exercises, online discussions and forums, and additional assignments. Students can work at their own pace according to their preferred schedules but will be expected to complete the weekly assignments.
Students selected to participate in the course will be asked to pay an administrative fee of US$50, which will cover a small part of the operating cost of the distance education program. All participants who satisfactorily complete the course will receive a certificate of participation from the Knight Center.
Ronderos is editor of Semana.com and a past president of the Press Freedom Foundation of Colombia. She will be assisted in the course by Paul Alonso, a Peruvian journalist who is a member of the Knight Center staff and a doctoral student in journalism at the University of Texas at Austin.
Applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. (Austin time) Feb. 28. Applications are available at: http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/es/webform/postulacion-cursos-de-educacion-distancia-los-editores-en-tiempos-de-internet.


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There were always going to be missteps as legal sports betting rolled out across the US.
But a bunch of major players combined for a massive facepalm as part of Game 6 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals.
The sports betting fail in video form
Let’s set the stage.
Caesars Entertainment has a deal with Turner Sports via Bleacher Report “to develop gaming-related sports content.” Caesars is planning on having an increasing footprint in sports gambling in the US as it becomes more widely legal.
The relationship showed up in the pre-game show for the Toronto Raptors vs. Milwaukee Bucks, on the TNT broadcast:
Here’s the head-scratching part of this segment: The prop bets involving superstar Drake and the Raptors game didn’t exist at any Caesars sportsbook, nor at any legal sportsbook in the US.
Those bets were only taken at offshore sportsbooks operating illegally in the US, and all the parties involved should be embarrassed by what they broadcast.
Why this is a problem for US sports betting
Everyone here should be mortified:
- Caesars has a deal with Turner to promote its sports betting properties, and just plain old legal sports betting, one would think. Caesars should be clearly telling Bleacher Report what is and isn’t in bounds. Otherwise, why are they bothering with this show at all?
- TNT/Turner Broadcasting/Bleacher Report is supposed to be helping Caesars and instead is just promoting offshore sportsbooks. What’s really strange is that Kelly Stewart, one of the co-hosts for the segment, surely knows the props aren’t taken in Las Vegas or at Caesars properties.
- The NBA has also said it wants to help with moving sports betting from offshore to the legal market. An official broadcast doing this should be cringe-worthy if I am sitting in an NBA office. The league should have been on the phone immediately to everyone involved to get this fixed moving forward.
Here’s hoping everyone does a better job the next time we see a betting segment on national TV.


I’m currently looking into putting a 7mm mag together for all around deer/elk hunting. I initially was going to convert my Tikka T3 .270 into a 280ai. Because of the ammo situation (I do not currently reload) I decided the just go to a 7mm mag as it is readily available around me. I want to shoot this suppressed so I am looking for a max barrel length of 24”, preferably 22”.
Do I pick up a Tikka T3 lite in 7mm and rebarrel it with a prefit or buy a custom action and piece it together? Or is there a better factory rifle that fits my criteria for $2k or so? I’m wanting to be able to do all of the work at home, so a prefit barrel for the action is a must. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
For $2K you can get a Christensen Arms Ridgeline in .280 AI with a threaded carbon fiber barrel. I just bought one a couple weeks ago when they were running the $350 rebate that ended on Sept. 30th. My local shop only had 1 in stock, so I bought it. But you can buy them online anytime.
The Christensen Arms Ridgeline offers good long-range precision and performance in a lightweight, durable, and lightweight rifle design. It comes chambered in .280 Ackley with a 26 inch barrel. Features include a synthetic stock, a carbon fiber wrapped barrel, and a 3 round magazine. Get this...


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Don't actually have a title: (Story)
Hey all, I write stories, most of the time under wraps, but I decided to go ahead and post on of mine! Oh and if anyone knows a title based off the story that'd be great!
***Note: I'll release more parts, but only if I get good enough feedback I'll release more.
Hope You Enjoy!
Log 001; Thirteenth of September, 2190
The war has been going on for less than 3 hours, but death already plagues the land. I sought shelter under some debris from the initial attack, with every breath I took, I knew I was one step closer to death, the only salvation in this time of corruption and despair. After what seemed to be a decade of hiding I heard nothing, I believed it to be safe to get up. I moved some debris and peeked out of a thin slit, there seems to be nothing but the lingering spirits of the deceased and an ominous red glow from the fallout of the nuclear arsenal with which they had massacred my people. With no sense of self-preservation, I got out from my makeshift shelter. I now stand in the presence of a walking abyss, itís large, the faint sound of cogs grinding on top of each other fills the atmosphere and creates an unsettling feeling of hopelessness. Fearing the capabilities of this mechanical monstrosity, I run the other way. Not even 10 minutes after I end up seeing something that beacons hope to my already deadened spirit.
Ö End Transmission
I Troll the Trolls
Re: Don't actually have a title: (Story)
You forgot the part where as soon as you emerge from the rubble, some invisible fat guy on roller skates appears and kills you with a katana.


Summit Plaza | Public Service Electric and Gas Transformer
The Summit Plaza is a four tower, 485 unit residential housing complex located in Jersey City, NJ. The complex also has a large commercial office building and a heated swimming pool. At the center of the complex is the CHP plant which supplies the property with power, heating and cooling.
Grenadier Realty Corp, the management agency for the property, contracted Prestige Plumbing & Heating to resolve an issue concerning a new Public Service Electric and Gas electrical transformer. The transformer was being situated on top of the underground vault through which the 8” water service entered the property. PSE&G was not able to relocate the transformer, so Prestige was asked to come up with a strategy to relocate the water service.
Prestige’s engineers, working closely with Jersey City Municipal Utility Authority, developed a plan to re-route the underground piping to a new, above ground location. A new backflow prevention device and a new 8” Sensus water meter were installed at the same time. This required a coordinated effort, led by a Prestige Project Manager, in cooperation with the electrical contractor, PSE&G, and JCMUA.
During one phase of the project a crane and operator were brought in to hoist the ¾ ton RPZ’s and other components into position. Smiles broke out as the final device, the 6 foot long water meter, was lowered perfectly into place.
“Through some solid planning and great communication, the job was completed with almost zero impact on the residents and facility”.
Headquartered in Staten Island, NY, Prestige Plumbing & Heating, Inc. has been providing expert craftsmanship and mechanical solutions to the metropolitan tri-state area for more than ten years.
“Through some solid planning and great communication, the job was completed with almost zero impact on the residents and facility.”
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Carle Place (LIRR station)
An eastern Long Island-bound M3 leaves Carle Place station, while an M7 bound for NYC waits for passengers.
|Location||Cherry Lane & Atlantic Avenue
Carle Place, NY
|Platforms||2 side platforms|
|Connections||Nassau Inter-County Express: n22|
|Electrified||October 19, 1970
750 V (DC) third rail
|Previous names||Carll Place|
Carle Place (previously known as Carll Place) is a station along the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). It is served by trains on the Port Jefferson Branch at all times while Ronkonkoma Branch and Montauk Branch trains bypass the station. It is located at Cherry Lane & Atlantic Avenue in Carle Place, New York.
Carle Place was built on March 1, 1837 with the opening of the LIRR to Hicksville. The station was closed sometime in 1859, however it was revived in 1923 as a sheltered shed. In 1950, the station was removed and then relocated 400’ east of the former location, opening on January 21, 1952. The station has existed as a pair of platformed shelters ever since then. In October 1970, an electrification project took place at Carle Place station, along with the rest of the Port Jefferson Branch between Mineola and Huntington Stations.
Platforms and tracks
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|2||■ Main Line||toward Hicksville or Huntington (Westbury)|
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This station has two high-level side platforms, each 12 cars long. The north platform, next to Track 1, is generally used by westbound or New York City-bound trains. The south platform, next to Track 2, is generally used by eastbound trains. The Main Line has two tracks here.
Both platforms have staircase going down to Cherry Lane and Atlantic Avenue on their extreme west end. At their center, the eastbound platform has a staircase and ramp that goes down to an alley between a house and the baseball fields of Carle Place Park that leads to the dead-end of Garden Avenue while the westbound platform has two short ramps leading to the dead-end of Stonehedge Lane, which at this location is primarily a parking lot for local businesses. The station's only two ticket vending machines are here under a green kiosk. A steel overpass connects the platforms at this point. On the extreme east end, the eastbound platform has a staircase going down to alley between the tracks and Carle Place Park's parking lot that leads to the dead-end of Carle Road.
- Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
- Westbury Hempstead - Carle Place (Arrt's Arrchives)
- LIRR station History (TrainsAreFun.com)
- Bamberger, Werner (October 20, 1970). "Change at Jamaica Is Only a Memory For 12,000 Riders". The New York Times. p. 88. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
Media related to Carle Place (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official LIRR station information page for Carle Place
- Station timetable for Carle Place
- Cherry Lane entrance from Google Maps Street View

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Our partnership with Anahuac, facilitated through Capaces Leadership Institute (CLI), is a “radical way for youth to get connected with their roots.” Anahuac guides and connects youth with indigenous elders and practices from lands in Mexico and the US. From spiritual healing in a Crow constructed Temazcal to mushroom foraging practices, Anahuac offers youth a great opportunity to connect with their physical world, heritage and cultural roots, and each other.
Youth from FHDC and others from the community meet weekly in the small community room at Cipriano Ferrel Education Center and so far this fall they have planted garlic in the community garden and went on an exploratory harvesting field trip to forage for medicinal and edible mushrooms and other edible healing plants. 30 people in all went on the field trip to the foot of Mt. Hood to harvest mushrooms other plants with indigenous history and beneficial to human consumption. Of the 30 included high school students from CAPACES program, CAPACES staff, project leaders, and FHDC residents, both youth and parents.
A future project includes helping to install flooring of a traditional kitchen called fogon, being built outside of CAPACES. We are so grateful for this partnership to connect youth with elder generations to share in the wealth traditional, indigenous techniques and knowledge.

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Temporary Anchorage Devices: An Insight
The aim of this review was to categorize and document the various improvements and research conducted on the temporary anchorage device in the orthodontic practice. The various aspects discussed in the article include the structure and design of the miniscrew, the sites of insertion, the indications and contraindications, and the newer methods of utilising mini screws for anchorage purposes in orthodontic practice. The use of TADs as a mainstay in the field of orthodontics is quickly gaining traction. The field is diverse and requires a thorough understanding to allow practitioners to utilize the equipment to its fullest capacity.

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NETGEAR N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ADSL 2+ Modem Router Review @ HardwareHeaven.com Today we will be taking a look at another product from the Netgear range, the DGND3700v2. The DGND3700v2 is a wireless dual band gigabit ADSL 2+ modem router offering an all in one solution for ADSL broadband users."
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From historical perspective, people associate the brand of Boston with Irish America, and its glorious figures like Kennedy, Curley, O’Neill, Mary Anthony O’Connell and many others that had left their “footsteps of the Gael” in Boston (Stevens 32).
Since 1634, Boston is one of the greenest cities in the United States of America. During the colonial years, Christianity and Christmas-related celebrations were once banned in Boston in 1659. Salem witch trials during 1692-1693 caused a great deal of hysteria among the locals often alleged of witchcraft that ended in death sentences. Boston the fist witch ever put to death. In 1897, Boston was the first US city to have launched a subway system. At the turn of the twentieth century, people called Boston as the “Athens of America” while the city hosted numerous educational facilities. Now, the city hosts more than 100 colleges and universities. Boston is also famous for local cuisine with more than 850 restaurants capable of suiting every palette (Think Global School 1-3).
To get to know more about the city’s history, take Haunted Boston Ghost Tours through Boston and you will never regret a moment in this historically rich and diverse city. Haunted Boston Tour is full of firsthand accounts, documented stories, and items you can touch. The Tour over Boston presents a mix of historical accounts and ghost stories. Even if the weather is rainy, the enthusiastic Tour will deliver relish presentation of the city’s rich history. Macabre and ghostly stories reveal how Bostonians lived in the past, what they dressed on, ate and drank. In addition to seedy history of old Boston, the Tour features entertaining dark and haunting tales that make visitors full of goose bumps.
- Stevens, Peter. Hidden History of the Boston Irish: Little-Known Stories from Ireland’s “Next Parish Over” The History Press 2008. Print.
- Think Global School. “Seven interesting facts about Boston”, 2013. Web.

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Within the programme the CEO of Chandler Group Vladimir Nekhvyadovich presented the transportation route from and to European areas in Russia, Siberia, Central Asia and the Far East and polar regions of Russia. In the process where not treated only the theory, but the practical implementation of transports were presented with help of extensive examples from the Chandler portfolio.
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How to Recognize a Faulty Generate Shaft
The most typical problems connected with automotive driveshafts incorporate clicking and rubbing noises. While driving, the sounds from the driver’s seat is frequently visible. An knowledgeable vehicle mechanic can easily discover regardless of whether the audio is coming from equally sides or from 1 side. If you notice any of these indicators, it really is time to send out your car in for a suitable analysis. Here is a information to identifying if your car’s driveshaft is faulty:
Symptoms of Driveshaft Failure
If you’re getting difficulty turning your car, it’s time to examine your vehicle’s driveshaft. A negative driveshaft can limit the overall management of your automobile, and you must correct it as soon as achievable to keep away from additional troubles. Other indicators of a propshaft failure consist of unusual noises from underneath the automobile and trouble shifting gears. Squeaking from under the motor vehicle is an additional indicator of a faulty driveshaft.
If your driveshaft fails, your auto will cease. Though the motor will nevertheless operate, the wheels will not flip. You could hear unusual noises from under the automobile, but this is a rare symptom of a propshaft failure. Nonetheless, you will have loads of time to repair the issue. If you do not listen to any noise, the dilemma is not influencing your vehicle’s potential to go.
The most clear indicators of a driveshaft failure are boring sounds, squeaks or vibrations. If the push shaft is unbalanced, it is likely to injury the transmission. It will call for a trailer to get rid of it from your motor vehicle. Aside from that, it can also affect your car’s efficiency and need repairs. So if you hear these indications in your automobile, be positive to have it checked by a mechanic proper absent.
Push shaft assembly
When developing a propshaft, the layout should be dependent on the torque needed to travel the car. When this torque is way too large, it can cause irreversible failure of the drive shaft. For that reason, a very good push shaft style should have a lengthy provider lifestyle. Right here are some tips to assist you layout a good driveshaft. Some of the principal parts of the driveshaft are shown beneath.
Snap Ring: The snap ring is a detachable element that secures the bearing cup assembly in the yoke cross hole. It also has a groove for locating the snap ring. Spline: A spline is a patented tubular machined element with a collection of ridges that in shape into the grooves of the mating piece. The bearing cup assembly consists of a shaft and stop fittings.
U-joint: U-joint is essential owing to the angular displacement among the T-shaped housing and the pinion. This angle is specifically huge in lifted 4x4s. The layout of the U-joint need to ensure a consistent rotational speed. Correct driveshaft style have to account for the distinction in angular velocity between the shafts. The T-bracket and output shaft are hooked up to the bearing caps at the two ends.
Your vehicle has a established of U-joints on the driveshaft. If your vehicle needs to be changed, you can do it oneself. You will want a hammer, ratchet and socket. In order to eliminate the U-joint, you need to 1st get rid of the bearing cup. In some circumstances you will need to have to use a hammer to remove the bearing cup, you should be cautious as you do not want to injury the generate shaft. If you can not remove the bearing cup, you can also use a vise to press it out.
There are two varieties of U-joints. A single is held by a yoke and the other is held by a c-clamp. A total ring is safer and perfect for automobiles that are usually employed off-road. In some cases, a full circle can be utilized to mend a c-clamp u-joint.
In addition to abnormal torque, excessive masses and incorrect lubrication are typical leads to of U-joint failure. The U-joint on the driveshaft can also be destroyed if the motor is modified. If you are driving a vehicle with a intensely modified engine, it is not ample to exchange the OE U-joint. In this circumstance, it is essential to take the time to effectively lubricate these elements as required to maintain them practical.
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The tube fork has a relationship point to the driveshaft tube. The lug framework offers attachment factors for the gimbal. Normally, the driveshaft tube is 5 inches in diameter and the lug composition is 4 inches in diameter. The lug construction also serves as a mounting position for the push shaft. Once mounted, Tube Yoke is simple to keep. There are two types of lug structures: one particular is forged tube yoke and the other is welded.
Heavy-obligation series generate shafts use bearing plates to secure the yoke to the U-joint. All other proportions are secured with external snap rings. Yokes are typically machined to accept U-bolts. For some applications, grease fittings are used. This attachment is more suitable for off-street vehicles and efficiency autos.
The end yoke of the drive shaft is an integral portion of the push teach. Deciding on a higher-top quality end yoke will assist make sure extended-term operation and avert untimely failure. Pat’s Driveline gives a complete line of automotive end yokes for electricity take-offs, differentials and auxiliary equipment. They can also evaluate your current elements and provide you with higher good quality replacements.
A U-bolt is an industrial fastener with threaded legs. When used on a driveshaft, it offers increased security in unstable terrain. You can obtain a U-bolt kit to secure the pinion provider to the generate shaft. U-bolts also occur with lock washers and nuts. Efficiency autos and off-road automobiles frequently use this type of attachment. But prior to you install it, you have to make confident the yoke is machined to take it.
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The very first step in repairing or replacing an automotive driveshaft is to change worn or damaged bushings. These bushings are located within the push shaft to provide a clean, risk-free trip. The shaft rotates in a rubber sleeve. If a bushing needs to be replaced, you must very first check out the manual for tips. Some of these elements could also need to have to be replaced, such as the clutch or swingarm.


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4. Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens
Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens finally agreed to terms on a contract extension and he will be piloting the team next season and beyond. Better yet for Ravens fans, Lamar has more weapons around him with the likes of Zay Flowers and Odell Beckham Jr. now on the team.
There definitely is room to dissect Lamar and the Ravens and how high the team's ceiling is with a running quarterback in the playoffs. That being said, there should be no argument that Lamar and the Ravens are one of the best regular-season teams in the entire sport.
Jackson has a 45-16 record as a starter in the NFL. That does not happen by accident. He is only the fourth-best quarterback the team faces in 2023 but he might just be the hardest to game plan against.
3. Aaron Rodgers, New York Jets
There definitely is an argument to be made that Jackson should rank above of Rodgers on this list. However, Rodgers has won two MVPs since Jackson's one and while there is a threat of regression, we have not seen it happen with the Jets yet.
Is Rodgers still at the height of his powers? Not at all. But can he still be one of the five best quarterbacks in the league with a better supporting cast in New York? Absolutely. It will be interesting to see how Rodgers gels with this Jets team but when it is all said and done, he is still the third-best QB the Chargers will face in 2023.


I don’t know why I have been sitting on this one for weeks now. I stumbled across Tom and Nick Shirm aka Goldsmoke via SubmitHub back in May and their new single “Only Love” left an impression on me, especially the hook which is so infectious, you just might be humming it all week after today.
Previously supported by the likes of Clash Music, PressPLAY OK, Atwood Magazine and Vents Magazine, Goldsmoke are a London-based sibling duo that make electronic or ‘future soul’ music, which is sure to leave its mark on the UK scene in the coming months. This new single “Only Love” comes on the back of their recently released EP titled Late Intervention, which I should definitely go back to, based on how much I like “Only Love”.
“Only Love” is serving as the first taste of their forthcoming sophomore EP but there is no word yet as to when that will be arriving, and I know I’m meant to ask you to stay close by to Conversations About Her if you want to hear more about Goldsmoke as we will share more information about the duo as we receive it, but that may not be the case…
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CEO Jennifer Bott addresses the Pacific Edge Regional Arts Australia National Conference in Mackay, Queensland on 15 September 2006.
The Hon Tim Mulherin MP, Queensland Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries; James Strong; Meg Larkin; Councillor Julie Boyd, colleagues and delegates – good morning.
To begin, I’d like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where we are – the Yuiberra people – and I pay respect to their elders. I’d also like to welcome delegates to a highlight of the Australian arts calendar – the RAA national conference – and also to say how pleased I am that the Council last night announced its renewed commitment to supporting regional arts through an enhanced partnership with Regional Arts Australia.
As it happens, this is my last public speech as CEO of the Australia Council. There’s a powerful symmetry for me in this, since I began my career in the arts in 1977 – at the age of five – as the Federal Administrator of Regional Arts Australia, then called the Arts Council of Australia. Next week I leave the organisation which I’ve led since 1999, so today I’d like to reflect on what’s characterised this vibrant period in the arts, and what might lie ahead.
Of course the Australia Council has had its ups and downs, and quite properly comes under regular public, political and media scrutiny. That’s a healthy thing, not only in terms of keeping us on our toes – but also because it shows there’s continuing interest in what we do. To paraphrase The Godfather, I’m still not sure if it’s better to be loved or to be respected, but either is preferable to being ignored!
Which leads to the obvious end-of-term question – is the Australia Council spending its $162 million-a-year budget to the best advantage? Despite criticisms, despite our own frustrations at not always getting it right, I think we can say that taxpayers’ money spent on the Australia Council, the money in turn spent by the Council, is worth it. I make no apologies for being an avid, card-carrying supporter of public funding for the arts, which I regard as the mark of any civilised society. And I reject the term ‘subsidised arts’ – we don’t talk about ‘subsidised military defence’. It’s really ‘investment’ – and our ‘investment in the arts’ is starting to pay off handsomely. Australia’s global standing in the arts is high, way beyond our size. Investment in Australian works has helped shape the view we now have of ourselves, and that the world has of us.
I’ve been immensely fortunate to lead the Australia Council in a period when a robust but respectful sharing of many and diverse perspectives has played out. We learned not to fear big ideas – not just about ‘the arts’, but also about Australia as it heads into the 21st century, about the world we inhabit and how could use cultural imagination as a catalyst to improve our society. We certainly found that, in 2006, sitting on the margins is not an option.
To position the arts at the heart of society is a bold enterprise, not for the faint-hearted. It requires us to leave the comfort zone of what we know, of where we’ve been, and create a new dialogue with others. It acknowledges the importance of the public value of the arts, and the importance of streaming the arts through a whole-of-government strategy into all sectors and all walks of Australian life. Over the past year especially we’ve developed a Creative Communities Strategy to enable us to do this – owned and valued at every level of the Council.
This is a defining stamp of the era, that we want to connect with others who, at first glance, may not be thought of initially as obvious partners: education with crime, arts with health and regional development, youth affairs, Indigenous affairs, aged care and so on. And the push towards whole-of-government policies has been crucial in this, positioning the arts as integral to the fabric of society, being as much about social engagement as creative achievement, and linking the arts to reconciliation, social cohesion and economic prosperity.
To that end, we’ve streamlined and focused the Council’s internal operations and, in what some saw as a controversial move, reorganised the Australia Council to meet the needs and challenges of the new century. We moved away from its 40-year-old role as primarily a funding mechanism – or as one colleague put it, an ‘arts ATM with a complicated PIN’ – and aggressively became a catalyst for change and for innovation, for creative adventures at the personal, social and economic levels.
That’s not meant to be a criticism of what went before. But societies evolve, and the organisations that serve them must evolve too: we’ve all seen how our cultural growth as a nation has been underlined by the rise in diversity that has become the contemporary trademark of this country, both in our own eyes and in the eyes of the world. Australia’s contemporary arts are as unique and diverse as the society and continent they come from. They reflect an ancient landscape that is home to both the world’s oldest continuous cultural traditions and also to a rich mix of our migrant cultures over the last 200 years. Just as the stifling conformity of the post-war years gave us ‘safe art’ – so diversity is now the powerplant of bold ideas in our creative life.
It’s a clich� to ‘think globally, act locally’, but over the past seven years, the Australian arts have been increasingly doing that – in a period when global concerns seemed to be swamping us all. This was indeed a strange time to be running a major arts organisation, since the prevailing winds were increasingly about security, containment and national protection – in some ways the opposite of what the arts are about, with their emphasis on fresh and risky ideas, open borders and lack of restrictions.
Many pressures are driving change, reshaping our world, and forcing a major rethink of what it means to be human – so these are complex times. Yet when we’re talking about culture, they’re certainly not dark times – it’s hard to think of another era when so many people had so much access to so much culture, on a planet brimming with new ideas, concepts and technologies so adventurous that we can barely get our heads around them.
So what might the role of the arts be in future? What are the forces that will reshape our notions of creativity, of expression and entertainment, of who we are? Globalism is big and growing, but so too is a sense of our identity: we’re becoming both less Australian, and more Australian, and our culture reflects this apparent contradiction.
Where do we resolve these issues? With due respect to the national context, the reality is that most Australians connect primarily at the local level, but with new definitions of what community means. We’re all Australians – but reality tells us that first and foremost we’re part of that Australia we experience on a regular basis. The Council’s Creative Communities Strategy is built on that reality: if the arts are to impact on all Australians, it needs to enter communities of interest – and draw government, media and corporate support. For that to happen, we need to put culture not at the end of the value chain, tacked on ‘if and when’ funds are available, but right at the start – and the heart – of community building and engagement, where it belongs.
If anything, regional arts feels this more than urban arts, for beyond our major cities there’s a battle going on between local pride and some fairly harsh economic realities, be they drought, or the drift of young people to the cities, or structural economic changes that spell the end of one era and uncertainty about the next. These impacts are felt, doubly felt, in Australia’s regional Indigenous communities, where we see social upheaval – and in some cases, disintegration – on the one hand, and the enormous surge of interest nationally and internationally in Indigenous art forms on the other. To work our way through the contradictions, to come up with answers, nothing is more valuable than creative collaborations, where diversity, adaptability, an outward-looking mentality, risk-taking and teaming-up can promote dialogue on the very tough questions – and offer creative solutions.
All this was driven home to me on two occasions during my tenure as Council CEO – both events took place far from these shores, yet were quintessentially Australian. In 2001, just three weeks after September 11, we sent over 110 Australian artists to the USA for the month-long New Wave festival. At the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the festival opened with Cloudstreet, the play based on Tim Winton’s novel in which two large and ill-matched families, the Lambs and the Pickles, find themselves sharing a house in Perth – as far from New York as it’s possible to get. As one leading US newspaper put it, a play about ‘human mutts shoved together in a harsh, haunted place, slowly figuring out how to coexist and even thrive’. What was most remarkable was how closely this corresponded with the very experience that New Yorkers were then going through. In the audience that night you could feel how powerfully they were relating to, and drawing strength from, this distinctly Australian play. Big world, global world, small world…
More recently, in June this year, I was privileged to be in Paris for the opening of the largest-ever international commission of Australian Indigenous art, with the work of eight artists built into the spectacular new Mus�e du quai Branly – again, far removed from Australia where these works were conceived, yet again too, the sense that this was also where our Australian art belonged, powerfully, in one of the world’s great art capitals. The hundreds of us who witnessed the Indigenous smoking ceremony directed by today’s keynote speaker Rhoda Roberts were moved, many to tears, by the intimacy, the generosity of the ceremony and by the realisation that culture transcends social and political barriers – that it can, as President Chirac said on that day, ‘promote the importance of breaking down barriers, of openness and mutual understanding against the clash of identities and the mentality of closure and segregation.’
The future, like the past, is a story. A story waiting to happen, but its roots are here and now. We are part of that story. The arts are not about living in a rarefied comfort zone, but about coming to terms with issues and events that confront and challenge us, and about stimulating the debate with imagination and courage, showing how, as Australians, we might live in future.
To conclude, let me offer my best wishes for a wonderful conference – full of new thoughts, good conversations and special experiences – and leave you with what I think is perhaps the biggest lesson I’ve learned during these seven years at the Council. Simply this: that the most important decisions we make in the arts are about people – not money. Nurturing and investing in people, offering them the freedom to develop and explore challenging ideas, empowering and inspiring our artists and audiences. People are our ultimate resource. For me it’s the people in the Australian arts sector – all of you – that have made it such a wonderful, richly rewarding, life-changing time.
Thank you so much.
“Of course the Australia Council has had its ups and downs, and quite properly comes under regular public, political and media scrutiny. That’s a healthy thing, not only in terms of keeping us on our toes – but also because it shows there’s continuing interest in what we do. To paraphrase The Godfather, I’m still not sure if it’s better to be loved or to be respected, but either is preferable to being ignored!”


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Using existing cycle trails and quiet country lanes, this guidebook presents a 5 day cycle tour of the Lake District, with 2 options each day up to a total of 186 miles and almost 5000m of ascent. Also 15 tough day rides from Keswick, Ambleside, Penrith and bases to the southwest and southeast of the National Park. With outlines of other tours and the Fre Whitton Challenge ride (112 miles over 7 iconic passes).
The best time to go touring in the Lake District is between April and October, when the days are longer and the weather is at its best. But even then, you will undoubtedly get wet and experience blustery days. So be prepared for them. As a general rule always plan your route so that you are riding south to north with the prevailing south westerly winds.
Each tour stage and day ride and is graded on two criteria: distance with rides categorised as short, medium or long, and total ascent with rides categorised as easy, moderate, hard or challenging. Easy - smooth pedalling with gentle inclines Moderate - undulating with an occasional steady climb, but nothing to get you out of the saddle Hard - involves some hard climbs with gradients up to 10 per cent Challenging - long steep ascents or multiple short sharp gradients that will most definitely hurt. Inevitably, the majority of rides fall into the latter categories.
Step-by-step route descriptions are accompanied by either 1:100,000 or 1:200,000 mapping, together with details on gradient, major climbs and cafes/pubs en route. Also included is a comprehensive 'what to take' checklist plus other practical information such as preparing your bike, packing for a cycle tour, fuelling your ride and more.

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Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. celebrated the inauguration of the Panama Canal expansion last month along with other suppliers and local dignitaries. The company supplied close to 1 million tons of specially developed cement for the expansion – considered the most important infrastructure project in the last 100 years.
“Cemex congratulates the government, the Panama Canal Authorities, and especially the Panamanian people for the key role they played in this iconic project, which will change the dynamics of global trade and economy,” said Fernando A. Gonzalez, CEO of Cemex. “Our ability to meet the design, supply and logistics requirements of our clients is a priority for us. We are proud to have fulfilled the demands of this mega-infrastructure.”
To provide a steady delivery of material for the construction of the third set of canal locks, Cemex invested more than $300 million to triple its production capacity in Panama, and dedicated a production line exclusively for the project. Using durable and low heat hydration properties, Cemex Panama and Switzerland-based Cemex Research Group AG designed the innovative cement to enable fast construction by facilitating massive pouring. The cement is also highly resistant to chemical sulfates that attack submarine structures.

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Former housemate of BBNaija, Tboss Idowu has insinuated that the leaked video of ex housemate, Cross, was an intentional mistake.
Recall, yesterday, Cross became the topic of discussion on social media after he shared his nude video for everyone on Snapchat.
Following the video, the reality star claimed that the video was a mistake and he never intended to make it public to everyone on social media.
However, hours after he said that, Tboss said there’s a difference between a real mistake and an intentional mistake.
She added that “intentional mistakes” are now on the increase, because there are no repercussions for them.
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In the year 1884, four months after Theodore Roosevelt’s wife and mother died, there was still a Wild West; and though it would end soon, there was yet room for one more man who had lost everything. Roosevelt boarded a train in the middle of the night. The engine chugged out of the station as he stared out at the fading lights of the East. He didn’t hurry the train along this time. He was leaving and heading into the unknown darkness. His last words to a World reporter were that he was heading West and “what I shall do after that I cannot tell you.”
The twenty-four-hundred-mile journey took him first to Chicago, where he switched to the St. Paul Express, which then plunged into the great flat plains of the American Midwest. When he crossed the Red River at Fargo and slipped past the Western Boundary of the United States, Teddy Roosevelt knew he had reached the vast Dakota Territory.
—Forging a President
Teddy Roosevelt wasn’t born as the rough riding, big-game-hunting, Amazon-exploring legend that America has come to love. So how did he become the larger-than- life character portrayed in history books? He was forged by the last vestige of the Wild West—the Badlands of the Dakota Territory. Yet this side of one of America’s most popular presidents has mostly gone unexplored
In this episode I talked with William Hazelgrove, author of the book Forging a President: How the Wild West Created Teddy Roosevelt. Roosevelt once stated, “I have always said I would not have been president had it not been for my experience in North Dakota.”
Faced with tremendous heartbreak and extreme adversity, Roosevelt headed West for comfort and healing. Little did he know that the ways of trappers and thieves would create his bombastic personality, and later lead him to run for president of the United States.
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- The tragedy and heartbreak that led Roosevelt to leave the city and move West
- Why the Dakota Territory recreated Teddy Roosevelt
- What Roosevelt learned from the “broken country” of the Wild West and how it applied to his presidency
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Floyd Elliott Rice
Height: 6-3 Weight: 223 lbs.
Born: August 31, 1949 in Natchez, MS
Died: November 8, 2011 in Natchez, MS
High School: Sadie V. Thompson
College: Alcorn St. (school history)
Drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 9th round (212th overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 31 (3206th overall since 1950)
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The Proton X50 can now obtain ATLAS (ACO Tech Native Automotive Companies) by way of an over-the-air replace, ACO Tech has announced. The replace could take as much as 14 days to be acquired by all relevant automobiles, the agency has additionally famous.
We’ve additionally taken a look at the new infotainment operating system; our man Hafriz Shah has highlighted a few of ATLAS’ key options equivalent to its consumer interface, enhancements to its voice recognition in addition to navigation and different features.
A digital voice assistant is now higher geared up to deal with pure speech, whereas its app retailer will embrace Spotify sooner or later, following a partnership between ACO Tech and the favored music streaming service.
Different streaming providers – equivalent to Joox and Syok by Astro – may also be obtainable to customers of ATLAS, while enabling the personalisation of the system to its consumer’s desire. Telephone mirroring can be supported on ATLAS OS, with deep integration into the car that permits the management of features equivalent to local weather management, security options and to examine on the car’s standing.
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Artist Norman Wilkinson was a versatile, stylistically diverse painter and illustrator who specialized in marine and maritime art, and in lithographic travel poster design. His media ranged from watercolors to oils and from etchings to drypoint, including combination watercolors over graphite and oil and charcoal on canvas.
Artist Norman Wilkinson became known to the public from his posters, which hung in schoolhouses, railway stations, and government offices. Norman Wilkinson posters for sale include those he created for railway and shipping lines, lithographed from oil paintings with sweeping, spare color tones with black accents. His marine and maritime watercolors were more variegated in tone, characterized by abundant, sharp brush strokes. Norman Wilkinson paintings hang in British maritime, university, and naval and war museums, including the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of British Arts. You can also find other epochal marine paintings for sale at Invaluable.


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Mike DeBonis of the Washington Post reports that on Wednesday, September 19, 2012, the D.C. Council unanimously passed emergency legislation requiring the D.C. DMV to exercise “reasonable discretion” in determining whether to suspend one of its own resident’s driver’s license for merely receiving an out-of-state reckless driving conviction. “D.C. Council fixes DMV’s reckless driving lunacy.” The D.C. Council’s legislation is in response to the D.C. DMV’s ridiculous practice of summarily suspending the driver’s licenses of its residents as a result of out-of-state reckless driving convictions, including those incurred in Virginia for merely going 81 miles per hour in a 70 mile per hour zone. See our blog post on the topic at Reckless Driving in Virginia: Beware D.C. Residents.
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33rd Belley Interviews in the Brillat-Savarin Region - Market and Grand Buffet
Discover the traditional market for regional products and numerous conferences, demonstrations and events on the theme of fruit.
The local produce market will be held on Place de la Victoire from 9:30 am to 8 pm.
Activities will take place in the halls of the festival hall from 9am to 6pm
>Alec01's bike: "Mix your smoothie with calf strength"
>Association Arbores et Sens: the fruit tree, a link between the city and nature
In the village hall from 2pm to 6pm
>Culinary and fruity demonstrations. Chefs, producers, pastry chefs, students of the Bugey vocational school will make recipes based on fruit.
>"Gardez la pêche" porcelain painting workshop and gourmet books area.
In the courtyard of the Episcopal Palace from 9am to 7pm, chalets "100% fruit decorated" by Belley's schoolchildren.
Place des Terreaux from 7pm large friendly buffet prepared by local professionals (reservation with the full buffet from September 6)
Grand Buffet Menu
>Bugey sparkling wine or local fruit juice (Bugey Wine Union)
>Poultry fondue with ceps and fresh grape soup accompanied by an orange and Tonka bean shortbread (restaurant Le Bouchon)
>Mountain pork loin stuffed with dried fruit, grape polenta, Mediterranean spice juice (restaurant l'Atelier des Sens)
>Indrious blue cheese with a candied half fig (Marjollet Florio cheese dairy)
>"Le délice chestnut": chestnut mousse (suspicion of chestnut liquor), on a background of biscuit, meringue and chocolate icing (Ducroux pastry)
>"Bavarian blackcurrant dome": on a Mona Lisa cookie background, blackcurrant icing decorated with a meringue tube (Marmillon pastry)
Coffee (Ducroux pastry shop)
Country bread (Abry bakery)
AOC wines of Bugey (Bugey wine union)
As part of the 33rd Entretiens de Belley, excerpts from the exhibition "L'Ain au menu. An art of gastronomy" in partnership with the Bugey-Valromey Museum, from 4 to 12 October.
Friday 11 October 2019 at 9.30 am.
Place de la Victoire 01300 Belley Show / Hide location
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September 24, 2017 The Call: #ProtectOurCare #GrahamCassidy #SaveACA Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) are keeping up the pressure push through their ACA repeal and replace bill before the September 30 deadline, introducing a revised text late Sunday with “sweeteners” for key Senate holdouts. The bill remains even worse than the last Trumpcare bill, slashing Medicaid and ending federal subsidies for premiums. Despite Cassidy and Trump claiming the bill would protect people with pre-existing conditions, health care analysts say Jimmy Kimmel is right that it does not, and would also allow caps on coverage. The AMA, AARP, American Cancer Society, Heart Association, March of Dimes and virtually all patient advocacy groups have lined up against Graham-Cassidy. Republicans plan to vote with only a preliminary CBO score, which won’t address how many will lose coverage. Additionally, they are holding only a sham hearing to provide a fig leaf of “regular process.” It is important to contact your House member in addition to your Senators. If the Senate passes the bill, it is expected the House will be asked to pass it “as is” before the September 30th deadline. Some Republican representatives who voted for the first Trumpcare bill have serious concerns about Graham-Cassidy. We need an overwhelming number of calls, letters and pressure on our members of Congress to defeat Trumpcare once and for all. The bill is a potential death sentence for sick and vulnerable Americans. Voting on the bill without a full CBO score and full hearing is reckless. Instead, Congress should pass a bipartisan bill to stabilize the exchanges and repair the ACA. Your Action Call and write to your three members of Congress and tell them to vote NO on the Graham-Cassidy ACA repeal and replace bill and to support the bipartisan effort to stabilize the ACA exchanges. Talking Points
This is [NAME] and I’m a constituent in [ZIP].
[IMPORTANT] Describe how the repeal of the ACA would personally impact you, your friends or family.
[Democrat MoC’s] The Graham-Cassidy bill is a potential death sentence for sick and vulnerable Americans. Please use every tactic available to defeat the bill.
[Republican MoC’s] Graham-Cassidy is even worse than the BCRA. It destroys Medicaid as we know it, guts protections for people with pre-existing conditions and is a potential death sentence for sick and vulnerable Americans.
[Republican MoC’s] It is reckless and immoral to ram through such profound changes without regular process and a full CBO score. It is wrong for America and its values.
It’s time to support a bipartisan effort to stabilize the ACA exchanges and mandate outreach in order to prevent spikes in premiums and lapses in coverage.


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Dada is an artistic, literary, and political movement that emerged in Zurich and New York around 1916. This book invites us on a journey into the madness of the dada revolt, presenting over a thousand works. After a historical approach to the major dada events since 1916, the book focuses on the itinerant exhibition initiated by the Centre Pompidou in Paris, co-produced with the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the MoMA in New York between 2005 and 2006.
Size: 17× 24 cm, 320 pages, 260 B&W and colour images
Texts: Jeanne Brun, Séverine Gossart, Jasmin Oezcebi, Anne Umland, Jérôme Neuner and Leah Dickerman
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Along with performing her new song, Wide Awake, Katy won the Spotlight Award last night at the Billboard Music Awards and was accompanied by her grandmother to the award show. Check out the 36 HQs I added in the gallery:
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Indian Authority Threatens Legal Action over Shortages
October 7, 2014
The drug pricing authority in India is warning manufacturers, importers and marketers of certain essential drugs that they will face legal action if they don’t immediately submit monthly production and sales figures and other compliance documents, as officials try to address the scarcity of products in many parts of the country.
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We are having a good time playing around with techniques or themes related to the first letter of our name. So many choices that will fit so many people…what would YOU chose if you had to do something based on your first letter? Please share in the comments. Send your creations to the link below to win!
My project is called POPPIES AND PATTERNS.
I was inspired by some simpler cards I had been seeing on Facebook from many people, including fellow educator, Tenia Nelson.
I chose the Painted Poppy Stamp and Die bundle, stamping the flowers in black and pairing it with just a splash of color.
For this first card I used the Might Waves 3D embossing folder cutting just a strip of it matted with a black background, a bit of embroidery floss and a splash of Burnt Red Crisp Dye Ink.
For the second card I used the Window Slats 3D embossing folder but only edging it with some of the Burnt Red ink and adding orange embroidery floss. I also added splatter from the same ink.
The third card uses the Illusion Triangles 3D embossing folder and adding some Sew Easy fancy floss that I had in my stash. Because the matting of the pattern was shiny metallic paper, I used some Glossy Accents over the Burnt Red ink.
The next stop on this hop is Anna Patricia Mahtani
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$200 in total prizes! Altenew is giving away a $35 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 10/09/2021 for a chance to win.
There’s MORE! What’s a hop without YOU?! We have included an Inlinkz at the Altenew blog for you to enter your gorgeous Altenew “Alphabet Name Game” creations. We will pick 2 of our favorite handmade creations from those who joined the linky party and they will each receive a $15 Altenew gift certificate!
Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 10/11/2021.


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- Novartis India Limited
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Novartis India Limited is an India-based company, which is primarily engaged in the business of trading of drugs and pharmaceuticals. The Company focuses on over three divisions, including pharmaceuticals, eye care and generic medicines. In India, its pharmaceutical business is focused on bone and pain, calcium portfolio, gynecology and neurosciences, and the generics business is focused on gynecology, anti-tuberculosis (TB) and anti-infectives. It focuses on therapeutic areas, such as cardiovascular, renal and metabolism, immunology and dermatology, ophthalmology, neuroscience and respiratory. It develops gene therapies for patients and families devastated by rare and life-threatening neurological genetic diseases. It is developing a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T platform for various investigational CAR-T therapies in its pipeline. The Company has presence in various locations in India, including Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai and Lucknow.
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