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Elizabeth Township Sanitary Authority to fight termination
Elizabeth Township Sanitary Authority says it will take all legal means necessary to defend against the township's bid to dissolve it.
At a special meeting on Wednesday, the authority's board of directors gave solicitor Thomas Barry the go-ahead to counter the steps that Elizabeth Township board of commissioners is taking to terminate the authority, and to seek compensation for legal fees incurred while doing so.
“This is an illegal act,” Barry said, referring to an ordinance preliminarily approved by township commissioners on Tuesday night that, in addition to terminating the authority, would put the sanitary system under township control.
Barry said the authority operates like a separate corporation and cannot be terminated by the township under the state's Municipal Authorities Act, which he said was used to form the authority in 2002.
Those who support the dissolution say the township legally can and has terminated the authority in the past.
Township Commissioner Gene Francesconi, who attended the special meeting and supports the township's takeover of the sanitation system, accused the authority of costing the township money in the past through mismanagement.
Francesconi said the township paid fines related to sewage overflows at the authority's Buena Vista treatment plant in 2008, a charge authority members said is not true.
The authority produced a copy of a $20,000 check it paid to the Allegheny County Environmental Fund related to the discharges to prove that it, and not the township, had been held responsible for the fines.
Authority board member Ed Campbell cast the only vote against mounting a defense against the township.
“They have the right to dissolve it,” Campbell said.
Authority board member James Lesniewski Sr. said he is against the termination effort.
“I've worked very hard for years on the board,” he said. “We've done a lot of great work for the community.”
Barry said he could not discuss the authority's next action in the defense, noting that it would be premature even to do so because township commissioners have yet to finalize the ordinance.
Commissioners are expected to do that at their April 22 meeting.
Eric Slagle is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-664-9161, ext. 1966, or firstname.lastname@example.org.

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SISTER JOAN KIRSCH
Wheeling native Sister Joan Michel Kirsch, pioneer Maryknoll Sisters missionary to Africa, died July 28, 2014, at Maryknoll Sisters Center, Maryknoll, NY. She was 94 years old and had been a Maryknoll Sister for 71 years.
Born Virginia Dorothy Kirsch, she graduated from St. Alphonsus Commercial High School in 1936.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, August 1, 2014, at 11 a.m. at the Maryknoll Sisiters Center. Burial will be in the Maryknoll Sisters Cemetery.
More information at www.maryknollsisters.org /sister-joan-michel-kirsch-0.

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Type: 6th Rate ; Armament 28
Launched : 1817 ; Disposal date or year : 1872
St Helena 14 Jun 1820 Had sailed to the Cape of Good Hope.
St Helena 19 Nov 1820 is reported to be based at Mauritius.
Cape of Good Hope 12 Oct 1825 Arrived from Trincomalee and the Mauritius, and was to sail on the 20 Oct for England.
1824 - 1826 Burmese War - medal awarded to surviving officers, seamen, and marines - "India, No. 1" that decoration, with clasp for "Ava"). See p. 250 at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow.
Aug 1824 following ships composed the naval force in India : Tees (26 guns), Captain Thomas Coe, who, after the death of Commodore Grant, became the senior officer , Alligator (28), Slaney (20), Arachne (18), Larne (20), Sophie (18), Liffey (50), Of this force only the Larne was at Rangoon, the Sophie having been despatched to Bengal for provisions, &c.
3 Sep 1824 Captain Marryat was promoted out of the Larne into the Tees.
middle of May 1825 Captain Marryat departed Rangoon in command of the Tees.
1826 Church Ship, Liverpool.
20 Dec 1848 Church Ship, Liverpool.
1860 Church Ship, Liverpool.
1870 Church Ship, Liverpool.

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News > Divyanka Tripathi demands '70 lakh' from her brother on Raksha Bandhan
Divyanka Tripathi demands '70 lakh' from her brother on Raksha Bandhan
Pinkvilla | 10/08/2022 08:59 PM | Click to read full article
Now as the occasion of Raksha Bandhan is approaching, Divyanka too celebrated the festival with her siblings and shared a glimpse of it with her fans.
Today, Divyanka took to her social media handle and dropped a hilarious reel with her sister and her brother. The actress recreated Phir Hera Pheri's popular '70 lakh' dialogue, and sharing this video, she captioned, "Rakshabandhan pe paisa double!".

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- Pleasure House headlined The Station pub in Sutton Coldfield armed with a brand new set list
- Sold-out show was well received and preceded details of their debut EP, Show Your Colours, to be released on March 25th
- Support came from The Cosmics and The Drive, with a special guest appearance from new band LCKD
The Station opened its doors to a music hungry crowd filing into the venue to catch a pretty local talent wagon. Atmospherically lit, vibes permeated the intimate space as drinks flowed and the masses gathered.
LCKD gave a tight, well crafted debut live performance with little flaw and great confidence. They covered all angles; already receiving relaying chants of “Licked” relating to their name, they were met by a welcoming response to kick off their future in live music. Showing likenesses to Nirvana their songs are entwined with intricate strings, a dark, grunge sound and deep self-relatable lyrics.
Awaking the crowd with an invasion from a dressed-up Mexican, LCKD thrashed out an upbeat track. The crowd was parted by a companion adorning Mexican garb who relentlessly shook maracas and himself in entirety ahead of the crowd. LCKD did utter a word of warning at the intro “mind the Mexican!”.
The Cosmics landed shortly after with a quirky pop-punk set. With the intelligent, contrary lyrics of the likes of Kate Nash and Lily Allen colliding with tight rapturous rhythms and strings bringing a fruity feminine flavour to punk statement.
Edgy female lead, petite in appearance brought a big voice and huge sass to the growing crowd. Fresh, bouncy but with a bite, The Cosmics demonstrated individuality and huge potential.
With 80s rock undertones to their original tracks, The Cosmics have formulated music ahead of their years. A little fireball of talent, the band have a fresh complexion with a sound unexpected on first glance. The band carry a natural zest and well established confidence making them one to watch out for.
The Drive are certainly going places. An unconstrained set of hook-packed tracks were smashed out to an engaged crowd. The Birmingham unit confirmed their rightful position as part of the bubbling Birmingham music scene with a fast-paced, eclectic performance. Essences of pop, true indie and grunge hints ran throughout, wrapped around lyrics of aggression, true-to-life and depth. Front man Will, possesses an unrivalled presence, vocal knack and leads a band of unmissable demeanour.
Single ‘Dancin’ features a pulsating beat smashed out by drummer Omar, married with harmonious melodies and vocals making for a catchy gem, guaranteed to multiply their fan base time after time. The Drive ran away with any woes of The Station’s crowd, as their impeccable performance unfolded, it is only a matter of time before this band take off.
A blackout and eruption of smoke preceded a lengthy instrumental build up calling on Pleasure House. Coupled with a set list of unheard new musical elixir, the band were set to reveal the products of their new audible identity. Notorious for producing memorable, rhythmic cocktails the Pleasure House boys mix masculine charisma with fizzy, floral harmonies…and boy do they do it well! 2015 saw the Birmingham boys flourish, gaining momentum and deserved recognition for their melodic bewitchery.
Opening with the lyrically contagious ‘Like A Drug’, fans received their fix of familiar indie-pop flavours. Released in early Autumn of last year, this song echoed post-summer love blues and kick started a ripe close to the year for the boys. Championed as “the next big thing from Birmingham” the song received huge support from BBC Introducing as well as a roaring general response- rightly so.
The feel-good foursome proffered a taste of their new material, plunging listeners into a darker, less fizzy liquor of whirring undercurrent. Presenting ‘Cyan’ true to shade, listeners lapped up the more mysterious aura concocted by the band. Flowing into ‘Why’d You Have 2 Go?’ another newfangled track, the band demonstrate their meticulousness remains throughout a thicker in substance sound.
Renowned for a particularly well encompassed ability to provide articulate, pun-laced narratives over bouncy instrumentals, front man Alex, leads a serving of the original Pleasure House delights. ‘Blow My Mind’ pummels to an eruption in the crowd, bringing back the taste of party this band have an unrivalled ability to create. It appeared every mouth in the room was wrapped around the lyrics as the lights picked up in time with the bounding audience.
Pleasure House were back. Taking the eager crowds on a reverberating safari with ‘Radical’. The fluid tracks tropical essence is always an invite for all to move with the dynamic quartet. Followed by the trashing rhythm of animated, adroit drummer James kicking into ‘Man Overboard’. Previously one of the heavier and less colourful of their tracks, listeners were comfortable in its density and its’ careful placement as the sets cleverly followed the course of the crowds alcohol influence. Pleasure House most certainly mastered the crowd conduct from day one.
Another new offering, came in the form of ‘Renegade’, new to the menu, again a darker more sour liquor than the past tang. Being the first live performance of the bands new tracks, fans responded with excitement for some fresh fruits and welcomed the change. First notes then revealed the previously teased track ‘Wasted On Me’, front man Alex’s signature sharp vocals reached the darkest corner and vibes exploded. Leaving the stage with some urge, the room fell to blackout encouraging a swift exit from attendees, passing the post-stage high intoxicated PH boys on departure.
It is fair to say, Pleasure House, as always have continued to conjure intelligent, musical magic, which will open new doors for 2016. Virtuosos in the art of party, it would be a shame for the anthemic honeyed dulcets to not continue to reign in their sets, but let’s see what warmer climes brings later in the year from the summery-sounding sugar coated dirty pop accomplices.
Photographs by Jonathan Morgan

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Although the Jewish State and the Gulf Kingdom have no diplomatic ties, Palestinians with Israeli citizenship have been able to perform the hajj, considered compulsory in Islam, using temporary Jordanian passports. Riyadh has eliminated this loophole despite reports about a rapprochement and military cooperation between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia has changed its passport rules, and will now block Muslim residents of Israel from making the pilgrimage to Mecca, according to Haaretz. The believers can be barred from undertaking the Hajj, as well as the Umrah, a less important pilgrimage, as Riyadh no longer recognizes temporary Jordanian passports.
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text: After several years of controversy and delays, Ecuador’s Organic Law on Communication begins the final stage of approval by the National Assembly today. An international NGO that defends freedom of information, Reporters Without Borders contributed to the debate when the law’s first draft was being discussed in 2010 and it would like to update its comments now. Reporters Without Borders has never questioned the principle of a new media law, one that matches the changes in the national media landscape and catches up with the new laws being adopted by other countries in the region. One of this law’s main flaws is the creation of a new mechanism for regulating the traditional media and their websites. Another is its attempt to influence how the profession of journalism is defined and practiced. We also deplore the complete lack of any provision for decriminalizing defamation, contrary to the general trend in the rest of the continent. We hope that this omission can be addressed in the near future by means of an amendment to the criminal code. On the other hand, we think that other provisions conform to international legal standards. They include restrictions on broadcasting hours for the protection of minors, the prohibition of racist and discriminatory content and the prohibition of deliberate calls for violence. Finally, the provisions governing nationally-produced broadcasting content are broadly similar to those in force in most other countries. Main principles The Organic Law on Communication affirms three overarching principles with which, as such, we concur: - The first (article 18) prohibits any form of censorship by government officials or civil servants. - The second (formulated in articles 37, 38 and 39) guarantees the right of journalists not to go against their beliefs, the protection of their sources, and their right to professional confidentiality. - The third (article 112) is the fair distribution of broadcast frequencies. It reserves 34 per cent of frequencies for state broadcasters, 33 per cent for privately-owned broadcasters, and 33 per cent for community broadcasters. Such an allocation constitutes a powerful lever for media pluralism. Questionable or dangerous provisions Will these praiseworthy goals be adhered to? Other clauses in the law unfortunately open the way to possible violations of the fundamental rights it is supposed to guarantee. We think that freedom of information is threatened by article 23, which says: “It is everyone’s right that information of public interest received through the media should be verified, balanced, contextualized and opportune.” What criteria will be used to determine whether a news report satisfies this provision? Who will have this job? It is not part of the duties that article 46 assigns to the new Council for Media Regulation and Development, of which critics say its five members will be too subservient to the government. This council will have the power to exact a public apology (and impose fines on repeat offenders) when media fail to accord someone the right to a correction (article 24) or the right of reply (article 25). Public apologies must not be confused with corrections. And will a person’s insistence that he or she has been defamed be a criteria for determining the truth of the offending report? And will the council function as a court, in parallel to the regular courts? The law does not answer these crucial questions. Media lynching By retaining the system of “cadenas” – official messages that all over-the-air TV and radio stations have to broadcast – the law gives the government a powerful media weapon, offensive and defensive, with no provision for an opposing view. It limits use of this provision to a maximum of five minutes of air-time a week for all public office holders except the president and the National Assembly speaker, who are allowed to use it “when they consider it necessary” (article 77-1). This clause will not help to resolve the polarization between President Correa and his supporters on the one hand, and certain privately-owned media, whose excesses Reporters Without Borders does not try to minimize. Similarly, Reporters Without Borders regards as highly dangerous an addition to the law proposed by the parliamentarian Maria Augusta Calle that would prohibit media lynching, defined as “a concerted effort, coordinated by several media or carried out by just one, to destroy a person honour or prestige.” Such an addition would pose a serious obstacle to any revelation of sensitive information and would just encourage the government in its frequent use of the label of “destabilization” against its detractors. Delicate regulation Democratization of the broadcast frequencies continues to be a crucial challenge for the law. The frequencies already available or about to be created should be enough for implementation of the rule of a third each of the frequencies for state, private and community media. Article 121’s ban on any one person or entity from being allocated more than one AM radio frequency, one FM radio frequency and one over-the-air TV frequency could help to guarantee pluralism. The obligation to relinquish frequencies that will affect some media owners should also affect the state sector, which consists of no fewer than 20 media. The outcome will depend in part on the extent of the prerogatives of the future Media Supervisory Authority, which will hopefully be a regulatory body and not a tool for controlling content.


The Mayor of the City of Kigali, speaking during an exclusive interview with this newspaper published on Monday, spoke at length about the ongoing effort to update the City Master Plan.
She highlighted the fact that the city’s population continues to grow fast and is expected to hit four million by 2050.
With Kigali city home to an estimated 1.4 million inhabitants at the moment and considering the challenges that have come with the sudden increase in its population in recent years, it is evident that City Hall needs to undertake a thorough process to ensure that the next Master Plan is comprehensive enough and sensitive to the evolving demands and realities of a fast-growing metropolitan.
For some years now one the biggest challenges faced in the implementation of urban master plans in the country is the limited participation and coordination of the different stakeholders and involvement on the part of the general public in the process to draw up the master plans, which results into lack of ownership.
In the ongoing exercise, however, there is a sense that city authorities are keen on reaching out to the different players and members of the public with view to collecting their views to help inform the next City Master Plan and getting as many actors on board so that implementation is smoother when the plan is finally rolled out.
Also commendable is the fact that the city administration is committed to actively involve the private sector in such undertakings as introducing and upgrading green and entertainment spaces, car-free zones, among other aspects of the proposed master plan.
It is through broader participation and ownership that the city will succeed in implementing its plans, making Kigali a truly habitable, refreshing and contemporary metropolitan.
We can only encourage city authorities to follow through on their pledge to make the process participatory and open as much as possible.


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New Home Sales Climb in Muskegon, Prices Decline According to Latest Data
Posted on: Aug 08, 2014 11:38:05 AM
New home closings in the Muskegon, MI market climbed year-over-year in May, rebounding from a year-over-year decline in April 2014. New home closings moved from 1 a year earlier to 2 after the figure moved from 6 in April 2013 to 4 in April 2014.
A total of 22 new homes were sold during the 12 months that ended in May, up from 21 for the year that ended in April.
2 of the 164 total closings were new home closings, a shift on a percentage basis from 1 out of 186 a year earlier. Following a year-over-year decline in April, closings of new and existing homes also fell year-over-year in May.
Pricing and Mortgage Trends
The average new home price was $235,400, down from $357,000 a year earlier. This was on the heels of a 21.7% bump in April year-over-year.
The average mortgage size went down to $219,355 from $321,300 a year earlier. Average mortgage size on new homes went from $106,181 in April 2013 to $164,506 in April 2014.

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The question you should be asking is why is streaming video so expensive that DVD (shipping little plastic discs around) is cheaper than sending bits over a wire?
Because it's the second stupidest deliberate misuse of computational capacity to artificially create digital scarcity since Bitcoins.
The correct way to distribute large files like movies online is to copy the bits as locally to the endpoints as possible, and cache them pervasively at all levels of the network. Nothing would need to be sent more than once down any given cable. It would be fast, cheap, make use of the Internet as it was designed to function, and give us near-unlimited bandwidth.
But that would mean that those bits don't become artificially scarce and can't be tracked and audited by the media companies for copy-protection purposes. So instead of copying, we stream them over and over and over again, generating terabytes of needless, duplicated data traffic, and creating huge bandwidth storms that suck all the capacity out of the Internet.
tldr: Video streaming is expensive because it was designed to be. It wasn't designed by or for you, and it doesn't benefit you.


The Best Video Conferencing Equipment 2021
In this article, we share our recommendations when choosing webcams, mics, headsets for your video conferencing, webinars and live streams.
At Proficonf events, the quality of the video depends on the webcam used and on the speed and stability of the Internet connection. Video is adaptive and can reach 4K quality if you have a high-speed internet connection.
There is no point in buying a high quality webcam if you have a slow and unstable internet connection – it will only reduce the video quality and the image will “freeze”.
We recommend using a stable Internet connection of 1 Mbps or more when using webcams with 720p. When using 1080p and higher, we recommend an Internet connection speed of 5 Mbps or more.
Your gear needs to be USB-ready. This means you can plug it into your computer or laptop.
Lights for Video Conferencing and Webinars
Lights are very important. Indoor lights will make you look orange, you need to have a white natural light coming towards you slightly above your head.
It can be LED lights, soft boxes or light panels. The right lighting for a webinar or conference will help even a built-in webcam make the video much better.
This is mid-priced equipment that will help set up good enough lighting for the host. LED lighting is available from a variety of brands.
Soft boxes, light panels
This is more expensive and professional equipment, which will allow you to set up quality lighting for any event.
Webcams for Video Conferencing and Webinars
When choosing a webcam, be sure to consider several criteria:
- Image resolution from 720p to 4K. The middle is 1080p FullHD.
- Webcam needs to have a USB plug
- Great autofocus and frame rate from 30 per second.
- You need a camera with a zoom for a full frame, even better if it is a PTZ webcam.
Be sure to buy a tripod along with the webcam so that you can fix it securely and not get into an awkward position during the event.
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Microphones for Video Conferencing and Webinars
This point is very critical! Audio drives comprehension, so make sure everyone can hear you clear. Don’t forget the pop filter for the microphone, which will filter out blast sounds and noise.
Price from $30.
A great inexpensive microphone for webinars, video conferencing, and live streams.
Blue Microphones Yeti
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Tri-capsule array – 3 condenser capsules can record almost any situation. Multiple pattern selection – cardioid, bidirectional, omnidirectional & stereo. Gain control, mute button, and zero-latency headphone output. Perfect for vocals, musical instruments, podcasting, voiceovers, interviews, field recordings, conference calls. Signal to Noise: 100dB
HuddleCamHD Speakerphone HP-AIR-BK
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Wirelessly connect your speakerphone to your PC @ 2.4 GHz for great performance. 6 Hour Battery Life or plug into any USB charging source. Compatible with Windows, MAC, Chrome OS, Android, Linux. Will not interfere with Bluetooth or WiFi.
Headsets for Webinars and Video Conferencing
If you use a laptop for webinars and video conferencing, and mobility is important to you, buy a headset. The headset should be comfortable and have a noise-canceling function and volume control.
You can use wired headphones from a smartphone or a Bluetooth headset, like AirPods or Xiaomi Headset.
For better sound during the event, we recommend using a professional headset.
Sennheiser PC 8 USB
Price from $69.
USB plug & play – simply plug in to your PC or Mac USB port and start phoning over the net. Light and comfortable – with the lightweight headband, it’s easy to forget you’re wearing a headset.
SteelSeries Arctis 9 Wireless
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Premium hi res capable speakers with high density neodymium magnets reproduce a full, expansive frequency range from 10 to 40,000 hertz with stunning realism and clarity. Luxurious polished steel and aluminum alloy construction offers maximum durability and a consistent fit.
At the end of the day, the choice of equipment depends on your budget. Of course, an expensive microphone may have a slight advantage over a cheap one, but that cheap microphone will still be better than the built-in microphone and webcam of your laptop or computer.
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The total economic cost of climate change in Nigeria is estimated to be about $ 100 billion annually, with potential trillions of dollars in stranded assets at risk, according to a new climate report released by Abuja-based think tank, Agora Policy.
The report points to the fact that Nigeria is facing a dire and multi-faceted crisis as climate change continues to wreak havoc on Africa’s largest democracy, leading to increased hunger, poverty, disease burden, migration, conflict, and insecurity.
The report released earlier this month highlights the consequences of climate change on Nigeria, including damage to infrastructure, changing coastlines, desertification, water scarcity, erosion, and revenue loss for states and the federal government.
“Climate change will alter Nigeria’s coastlines, result in displacement of hundreds of thousands of people and possibly the submergence and disappearance of Nigerian communities,” the report states.
Furthermore, the impact extends to the potential alteration of Nigeria’s geographical, social, and political trajectory for decades or even centuries, with some repercussions being irreversible.
The report titled ‘Climate Change and Economic Development in Nigeria’ insists that climate change remains a central challenge that demands immediate and bold action and that while “climate change poses significant threats to Nigeria’s economic development, it also presents an opportunity to diversify the economy, expand the energy portfolio, address energy security concerns, and increase global economic competitiveness.”
The report acknowledges that successive Nigerian governments have recognised the threat of climate change, issuing numerous policy declarations, documents, and a new National Climate Change law. However, it criticises the slow pace of implementation, the lack of a clear roadmap, and inadequate funding.
The report also calls for proactive measures to address stranded assets and position Nigeria for a more resilient and prosperous future. It emphasises the need for industrialisation and transition without increasing emissions and highlights the importance of mitigation and adaptation strategies that enhance macroeconomic stability, economic transformation, and job creation.
The global shift to a low-carbon economy is underway, driven by international and national initiatives. The report underscores that Nigeria’s response to climate change will significantly impact its position in this changing global landscape.
The report called on the government to increase climate change education as “surveys conducted by Afrobarometer suggest that only 30% of Nigerians are aware of both climate change and its anthropogenic cause, compared to an African average of 39%,” and that “Improving public awareness of climate change, therefore, is very critical to any national effort to respond to the challenge of climate change in Nigeria.”


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Rawalpindi, A family stage play ‘Dil da Mamla’ was presented by Rawalpindi Arts Council and Dolphin Communication. The play was written by Salman Sunny and directed by Aasma Butt while senior artists Aslam Mughal, Saeed Anwar, Robina Khan, Naeem Bubba, Rizwana Khan, Saima Khan, Naeem Tota, Noor, Sabir Sunny and Salman Sunny.
The play was based on an awareness campaign about heart diseases. Its aim was to educate the people and how to deal with heart diseases. Addressing at the occasion, Naheed Manzoor said that RAC is recognized for presenting neat & clean entertainment facility for the people of twin cities.
Director RAC Waqar Ahmed welcomed the guest and said that after renovation of the auditorium, cultural activities have been resumed.


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Dangerous Stairways of Austrian Cliff
For some strange and bizarre reason the Dachstein Glacier resort in Austria decided to build 14 steps out over a cliff that leads to absolutely nowhere but certain death.
Opened to the public on Wednesday, the new bridge offers spectacular views of the Alps, but with a sheer drop of 1,300ft visible beneath your feet, walking along this suspension bridge onto a glass platform jutting off the edge of a cliff is not for cowardly chicken shits.
The 100-meter-long bridge, which took six months to build, is the highest in Austria and according to their website, the ‘stairway to nothingness’ at the Dachstein Glacier is only for visitors with ‘nerves of steel’.

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Due to it being another windy day, our Offshore fleet decided to take a break from fishing… However, our Nearshore boat Fistful went out and had a great day catching some Cobia.!. Good thing those fish don’t mind the wind.!.
The weather for tomorrow looks promising and hopefully we will be back in action.!. Stay tuned for the fishing updates! Check us out at www.fishpiratescove.com, call us at 252-473-3906 or come and see us in the Ship Store!

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Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythmic Adventure Pack (English) Similar Items
- Enjoy a relaxing adventure through the world where you control Don freely in Story Mode! - Take care of foes you encounter in Taiko Battles! Drum on the Taiko well to attack! Mess it up and you'll be attacked! Compose a team of your favorite characters to take on even stronger enemies!
- In "Rhythmic Adventure 1" you'll serendipitously meet Tocky who has the important job of protecting all of history - He tells you his friend Ticky has been abducted by someone named Professor Timedyne. This wily professor is trying to use Ticky to dismantle history! Travel to all sorts of ages throughout history and do away with the bad guys!
- In "Rhythmic Adventure 2" the treasures that protect the very being of the world, the Ooparts, have been stolen by the shady organization The Hexagria Magical Society! - In order to retrieve them, Don and Katsu embark on a grand adventure! Will Don and his friends be able to retrieve the Ooparts successfully and save the world?!
- And of course, you can play the Taiko Game Mode! - The library consists of over 130 songs, including 6 newly added titles such as “Pretender” by Official Hige Dandism and “Gurenge” from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba!
Taiko no Tatsujin RPG?! Join Don-chan in two exciting RPG adventures!
From the past to the future, Don-chan sets out on a great adventure that will transcend time and space and save the world from mysterious occurrences around the world in Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythmic Adventure Pack.
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Collecting friends along the way as you travel through time is fun and relaxing, and while the difficulty does tend to randomly ramp up at times, you can always go to the menu and adjust the difficulty levels as needed. The game automatically swaps to English so you have no worries if you can’t read Japanese, which is an added bonus.
Overall, a great and somewhat mindless yet relaxing game. My only complaint would be that in story mode you can’t seem to use the motion controls for the songs, and must use buttons instead. However, I’m assuming that if you own a Taiko drum, that it should work just fine, though I haven’t checked this.
If you like Taiko and want a bit more than just the standard song modes, this is the game for you!
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|Company Name||Shanghai Caison Color Material Chem.Co.,Ltd|
|Country/Region:||Shang Hai - China|
|Contact:||Tony Peng Director|
|Last Online:||21 Dec, 2018|
CAISONCOLOR Textile dyeing Pigment Emulsion Paste
Applicable Range of pigment emulsion paste:
These products are applicable to printing and dyeing of cotton, linen, polyester, acrylic and various blend fabric.
Characteristics of pigment emulsion paste:
∆. Conform to Oeko-Tex100-2016 (II) Standard of International Association for Research & Testing in the field of Textile Ecology (contents restriction of formaldehyde and heavy metal, phthalates and 24 kinds of prohibited aromatic amines);
∆. Conform to National General Safety Technical Code for Textile Products GB18401-2010(except fluorescence series products);
∆. Complete chromatogram, stable compatibility, high percentage of solid, high tinting strength;
∆. CTH-x00x series have excellent performances of sunlight fastness, heat proof quality and ironing resistance;
What conditions an excellent pigment paste manufacturer should have?
An excellent water based pigment paste manufacturer should have:
1. Pigment paste needs grinding and dispersing, requires professional dispersed equipment. An excellent pigment paste manufacturer should have several kinds of dispersed equipment. And Shanghai Caison has more than 10kinds these equipment: high-speed disperser, low-speed disperser, disk disperser, paddle disperser, uniaxial disperser, biaxial disperser, disc bead mill, rod bead mill, vertical bead mill, horizontal bead mill;
2. The raw materials adding amount should be strictly controlled in production of water based pigment paste, requires highly accurate weighing system and different weight sensing system.
3. The production of water based pigment paste needs transports and shut -off from pumps and valves. According to the different kinds products, require to match different types pumps, such as gear pumps, screw pumps, vane pump, air pump, electric pump and so on. Different valves are: closing valves, ball valves, check valves, pressure relief valve, shunt valve and etc.
4. Strict quality control testing equipment must be required for water based pigment paste manufacturer.
.Pigment paste fineness testing: microscope, particle size distribution analyzer, fineness scraper;
.Pigment paste color strength and color detection: color measurement instrument;
.Limited substances content controlling of pigment paste: gas chromatograph;
.Strict weighting of pigment paste formulation: millionth libra;
. For the pigment paste testing in so wide application range, the laboratory should be equipped with different instruments for application data collection and analysis, such as Rotational viscometer, Ford cup; rubbing fastness instrument , Hot-pressing machine; oven; shocks instrument; centrifuge; different standard light source;
Water based pigment paste manufacturer involved so much formulation and raw material management, ERP management method is very important to the water based pigment paste enterprise. Shanghai Caison has cooperated with well-known software company--Kingdee Soft for ten years, and invested millions to establish a set internal EPR Management system, providing the technical support for the orderly production.

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This article suggests moving from a more populated more expensive area into a small town where the cost of living is much less. So would moving to West Virginia be the best thing for everyone to do, since the cost of living is much less there than most other places in the United States. I say no, sure it is good for some people to move from the big city into a small town, because they are starting a family and need the extra space or are changing jobs and won't have as much income. If everyone follows this trend though the cost of living in these areas will eventually go up and everyone will be stuck in the same situation and this moving in and out of low cost of living areas will become cyclical. A few factors deterring people from this are you are farther away from shopping malls, major cities, and entertainment options. Do these three factors effect everyone the same or will they eventually become disgarded because benefits from a lower gas price and cost of living outweigh the entertainment benefits?


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Good afternoon. Habari zenu! I am honored to be with you as we celebrate International Women’s Day. This is a very important day for all of us – both women and men.
The first International Women’s Day was celebrated 103 years ago. It was a turning point on women’s rights. It offers us all an opportunity to show respect and appreciation for the extraordinary accomplishments of women. It is a day to welcome the progress that has been made and to renew and redouble our commitment to making further advances in one of the great causes of our time: full equality for women.
Looking back over the past century, we have made progress. Women in the United States won the right to vote in 1920. Over the years, sometimes sooner, sometimes later, women have won the right to vote in most countries… though unfortunately not yet all women in all countries. There has also been a gradual awakening to the great contributions women make to society. Over time, in virtually every profession from business to government to sports to the creative arts, the world has witnessed an increase in women’s participation in the workforce. Greater equality has brought us greater innovation, creativity and productivity. Just one fact to make the point: research shows that the stock price of companies with at least one female board member perform better than those companies that do not have a woman on their board. There is no doubt that decades of increasing empowerment for women has made the world a better place.
But we’re not done yet! Fifty years ago, a female reporter asked John F. Kennedy what his administration had done to advance women’s rights. President Kennedy quickly replied, “I am sure not enough.” It was true in President Kennedy’s time and it is true today – though the United States and the entire world has come a long way, there is still more to do.
For example, the United States still struggles with the advancement of girls and women in traditionally male-dominated fields like science and technology. Women still earn 77 percent of what their male counterparts earn. Tragically, violence against women remains a problem, too. The United States, like Kenya, is continually working to improve. Just a few examples: President Obama’s chief advisor on national security issues is a woman. Three of the last five secretaries of state – my former bosses – were women. The secretaries of the U.S. Departments of the Interior, Health and Human Services, and Commerce, as well as the director of the Environmental Protection Agency, are women, as is the top American diplomat at the United Nations.
In business, American women run some of the largest corporations in the world in very diverse sectors. These companies include Pfizer, Disney, Xerox, General Motors, and Johnson and Johnson, just to name a few. The number of women chief executive officers at the helm of Fortune 500 companies continues to grow.
Step by step, through the actions of countless women and men, women’s rights have advanced in the United States.
Since the last time I served here, a little more than ten years ago, Kenya has made great strides in the advancement of women too. Enshrined in Kenya’s new constitution is a commitment to increasing the voice of women and to equal rights. Kenya’s foreign affairs and defense ministries are led by women, indeed six of Kenya’s 18 ministries are headed by women demonstrating a strong commitment by President Kenyatta to advancing women’s rights. Women political representatives give a voice to the needs of Kenyan women and girls and raise public awareness about the valuable contributions women make at the county and national levels.
The Kenya Women Parliamentary Association has an extensive membership of distinguished lawmakers dedicated to public service and to empowering women in this great country. More women in Kenya are involved in business and civil society, too. In commerce, there are role models like Kenya Association of Manufacturers Chief Executive Betty Maina, and Managing Director of Equity Group Foundation Dr. Helen Gichohi. They help to inspire the next generation of women to lead Kenya’s companies. In civil society, environmentalist and Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai moved millions through her courage and commitment. And, Wildlife Direct’s Dr. Paula Kahumbu is doing extraordinary work to protect elephants and advance conservation.
And let us not forget another great Kenyan woman – the actress Lupita Nyong’o, who has climbed to the summit of her field. Just a few days ago, she reminded the world that “no matter where you’re from, your dreams are valid.” Women and girls around the world need to hear that, to believe it, and to live it. Regardless of your gender, your upbringing, your nationality, or your race, you have the right to dream, to aspire, and to achieve. This is an important message, an overdue message, and a message whose time has come.
Yet, as in the United States, challenges remain in Kenya. In last year’s election, not a single woman was elected as governor in Kenya’s new counties. Women are not always given equal consideration for jobs. And, of course, the level of violence against women remains unacceptably high. The journey to achieving women’s equality will be a long one, as the United States can attest to. It will require vigilance and action by people like you and me, and commitment from all – the private sector and public sector, civil society and community based organizations, the media, and male champions: spouses, brothers, and fathers.
Through continued effort, I am confident that Kenya can and will continue to make progress. There is a clear commitment by so many Kenyans to do so. Moreover – and this is what gives me the greatest hope – there is an abundance of talented women here in Kenya. Just look around this room. Visit university campuses. Stop by Kenya’s corporate board rooms and government ministries. There are so very, very many women leaders and potential leaders in every part of this country. We must help empower these women and celebrate them on their journey. We all share of the goal of helping these women and I am pleased to say the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi plays a role in achieving this goal through our initiatives.
In 2011, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launched the African Women’s Entrepreneur Program, commonly referred to as AWEP, as an outreach, education, and engagement initiative that focuses on African women entrepreneurs in order to promote business growth, increase trade, and create better business environments for African women entrepreneurs. The Embassy has partnered with AWEP Kenya, which is ably led by Zohra Baraka and Nancy Gitonga, both of whom are here today, to support Kenyan women entrepreneurs. We also sponsor mentorship and exchange programs for women in business, politics, and civil society such as the Department of State’s and Fortune Magazine’s Global Women’s Mentoring program. Through this and other exchanges, dozens of women have traveled to the United States to receive training from our top female executives.
The U.S. Embassy Nairobi looks forward to continuing to work with you – the Kenyan government, civil society, community based organizations, and the private sector – to further our shared goal of advancing and empowering Kenyan women.
Together, as we all celebrate Kenya’s 50 years of independence, I know that Kenya will succeed in achieving this goal. For rights and equality for women is the right thing to do. It is the smart thing to do. By improving the lives of women, we make everyone better off.
To all the women here today – and to all the men too – I wish you a happy International Women’s Day!
Thank you. Asanteni Sana.


HP ProDesk 405 G6 Desktop Mini PC
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The team of Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s Sardaar Gabbar Singh has wrapped up the entire shooting part and is flying back to India. Today, the film will undergo the censor scrutiny, before gearing up for its release on April 8.
It is well known that Pawan, apart from penning the script for Sardaar, is also supervising the creative aspects of the film. He even choreographed a few pulsating action sequences under stunt masters Ram-Lakshman’s supervision. Buzz is that these action sequences will showcase the vintage Pawan Kalyan who enthralled his fans with his stylish stunts in his early films such as Thammudu, Badri and Khushi.
Directed by Bobby, Sardaar Gabbar Singh is jointly produced by Sharrat Marar and Eros International. Kajal Aggarwal romances Pawan for the first time. DSP’s songs have become a huge hit.
- Pawan Kalyan to undergo eye surgery
- None of my films’ producers lost money : Sreenu Vaitla
- Date finalized for Ranveer Singh-Deepika Padukone’s wedding
- Old school romance for Sai Pallavi’s next
- Extensive night schedule for Kalyanram’s ongoing thriller

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA 93-7 THE FAN)- Steelers wide receiver Plaxico Burress talked with Joe Starkey before practice Thursday.
Burress said that everyone on the team understands the sense of urgency, and have to play good football.
Burress told Starkey that the receivers are young, and sometimes they will make great plays and sometimes they will struggle. But Burress added that the young guys understand the moment, and those bumps and bruises will help them later in their careers.
Burress admitted to loving this time of the season, and likes the fact that the team controls their own destiny.
Click the link below to listen to the full interview:

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8. Show That Your Love Is Unconditional
As a parent, you're responsible for correcting and guiding your kids. But how you express your corrective guidance makes all the difference in how a child receives it.
When you have to confront your child, avoid blaming, criticizing, or fault-finding, which hurt self-esteem and can lead to resentment. Instead,


Melissa Gelner (BSBA ’97) spent time this summer reading R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder with her 9-year-old daughter. A passage in the book struck her as especially poignant: “The things we do are like monuments that people build to honour heroes after they’ve died … Only instead of being made out of stone, they’re made out of the memories people have of you. That’s why your deeds are like your monuments.”
As chief kinship officer of Askinosie Chocolate, a producer of craft bean-to-bar confections based in Springfield, Mo., Gelner hopes to build her own monuments through the work she does to support the company’s mission.
The company’s founder, Shawn Askinosie, left a job as a successful criminal defense attorney in search of a career through which he could make a difference and affect change. He turned to chocolate, a trade known for underpaying the farmers who grow and harvest cocoa beans. Social responsibility is woven into every aspect of Askinosie Chocolate, which appealed to Gelner’s desire to engage in meaningful work.
She focuses her efforts on developing the concept of kinship, whether with customers, partners, the farmers who supply the cacao beans or the communities Askinosie serves. “What I do at Askinosie is about building the other person up — trying to be empathetic and understand common ground between two people or organizations while working on being a good partner.”
If Gelner’s job title, the company’s mission and endless access to decadent chocolate confections sound like an idyllic combination, it’s not far off. She says, “Askinosie is a fun company with a lot of personality that’s doing a lot of really great things. I feel lucky to be part of it.”
“More than a transactional business model”
Gelner works closely with the communities and farmers who reside in the countries of origin that supply Askinosie’s cocoa beans, which currently include Ecuador, the Philippines and Tanzania. “The farmers are friends of the factory, and we know them personally,” Gelner shares. “We have dinner at their houses and spend quality time with them to learn who they are. It’s more than a transactional business model — it builds deeper relationships, they work hard to get us their best cocoa beans and we in turn can make better chocolate.”
Along with paying above-market rates for its ingredients, the company’s business model also includes a profit-sharing agreement with its farmers, who choose how best to use the resources within their communities. “We learn from the farmers as they decide how to invest in their business and community,” Gelner explained. “Whether it’s an unmet need in health care or early childhood, or programs to help orphans and widows, we empower them by providing connection to models and tools they can use to bring those plans to life and accountability to achieve their own vision.”
Education is a personal passion of Gelner’s and also central to Askinosie’s mission. The company’s experiential international business immersion program, Chocolate University, gives Missouri students the opportunity to learn how businesses can solve world problems. Education initiatives also extend overseas to Tanzania, with company-sponsored programs called Empowered Girls and Enlightened Boys that incorporate curriculum covering topics from personal hygiene to business principles. “We work with the students to help them see their individual worth and ensure that they are inspired to do their best,” said Gelner.
“It’s not about the chocolate, it’s about the chocolate”
The full-time staff of 16 also serve as volunteers for the programs; and Gelner says that as a result, employees find more fulfillment in their work. “It just becomes part of everything we do.” She adds that chocolate is the tie that binds everything together. “We have a saying at Askinosie: ‘It’s not about the chocolate, it’s about the chocolate.’ Chocolate is why all of the great work we are doing is possible and also what connects us to these villages and to the farmers. We believe those connections make better chocolate.”
Gelner says her career path in marketing was solidified at TU in the late Professor James Cagley’s classes. She double-majored in marketing and organizational management, which she felt would serve her well no matter what type of company she joined. She met her husband, Brian (BSBA ’95), at TU, and they moved back to his hometown of Springfield following her graduation. Gelner went to work for advertising agency Noble and Associates, where she specialized in food marketing. She left the agency for a role in marketing at Tyson Foods and spent 13 years there before taking a break from work to stay home with her young children. She reentered the job market as a part-time consultant and took on Askinosie as a client. Eventually she was asked to join the company.
“After working in a large corporate environment then in a small privately held business, the difference is significant,” said Gelner. “It feels good to make a difference at work. I appreciate the opportunity to work for a company that allows me to focus time on these good deeds.”


LCD Controller Board TV/PC/DVD DIY Kit TOP-TECH2025L(4-IN-1) Inverter LVDS Keypad Remote Controller
This is a great set of easy-reassembling LCD controller Board TV kit which is used to turn a bare laptop LCD panel into a TV/PC monitor, which can be connected to DVD as well. It will be a surprise that your bare LCD will be of good use, and no longer be a waste. It supports most of the LCD panel below 19" with a LVDS interface and resolution 640X480~1920X1200, plug&play kit, no need soldering.
This kit is with the analog type TV input only and it can not support USA's TV standard, please make sure whether it is suitable for you or not before ordering. Or please contact us about this issue before ordering too.
Please remember to leave us your LCD Model Number when placing the order, it is very import for us to prepare the right kit for you.
This kit comes with a 4-IN-1 controller board: TV +AV+S-VIDEO+VGA.
The controller board contains 15 programs for combined options. With jumper options, you can light most of the LCD, no need burning program. But for some special LCD panel, it is still needed to be input program.
Jumper Resolution Cable for the Controller Board (8-7, 6-5, 4-3, 2-1 is jumper position)
|LVDS||8-7||6-5||4-3||2-1||Jumper Resolution Mode|
| || || || ||1280X1024---double8(17/19inch)|
| || || ||√||1024X768-----single8(SVA 15)|
| || ||√|| ||1024x768---single6(14/15 inch)|
| || ||√||√||800X600-----single6(samsung10.4)|
| ||√|| || ||1280X800----single6(15 wide LCD)|
| ||√|| ||√||640X480-----single6|
| ||√||√|| ||1280X768----single6|
| ||√||√||√||1440X900----double 8 |
|√|| || || ||1366X768-single 8(32-37inch)|
|√|| || ||√||1680X1050-double 8 20.22 inch wide standard|
|√|| ||√|| ||1920X1200--double 8 24inch Hight Resolution|
|√|| ||√||√||1920X1080---double 8|
|√||√|| || ||1600X1200--double 8 20inch standard|
Necessary Accessories for turning a LCD to be a Monitor: Controller board with remote controller, Inverter, LVDS cable, Keypad, VGA cable, Power Adapter. If you have already had a normal VGA cable and a power adapter (12V,4A), this kit will be a great choice for you. else click here to find the right kit for you.
Have a try and you will get great surprise!
Then, are you going to get this kit?
Below are the important Steps to Process your order:
Step 1: Please provide your LCD panel model no. by sending us the ebay message before bidding this item, so that we can advise a right kit for your LCD. (Usually, the model no. can be found on a sticker on the back of the LCD panel. If needed, disassemble the plastic shell and you will find the sticker). If possible, please give us as more specification of your LCD as you can. Then wait for our reply.
Step 2: We will give you the reply as soon as possible after carefully selecting and testing the kit by our technical support, and then you can place the order, and pay for it. We will send the package via HongKong Post as soon as possible after cleared payment. (If you prefer paying additional cost for express shipping, please let us know.)
Step 3: Waiting for the package.
We will try our best prepare a right kit to match your LCD, so this kit will match against one very specific LCD Panel or others that have exactly the same specification. If you like, you can prepare different LVDS cables and Inverters to match some different LCDs. Besides, you will need a certain professional knowledge in electronics.
1. Please make sure that your LCD is ok before bidding this item, else you will need be responsible for the incompatibility.
2. If you concern much about resolution setting, please reconsider before bidding!
3. We will try our best to prepare the right kit for you, such as writing the corresponding program into the controller board, selecting the suitable LVDS cable and the suitable inverter. But as we don't have an LCD exactly as yours at hand, we can just test the controller with our own LCD. For yours, you need to test it yourself to check if it works well or not. As you know, there are so many LCDs with many varieties in the market, sometimes we can't promise the exact compatibility. Please consider it before bidding! However, we have gained many success in preparing the kit for our customers in real store. So you are standing a chance to getting surprise! Don't miss it!
4. If you are not specialized in electronics or have doubts in operation, please contact us for instruction, as we are not able to responsible for wrong operation.
5. After finishing the connecting, please don't rush to power on! First, use multi-meter to test whether the GND of the LCD is connected with the GND of the controller board. If not, please check the connection again. If yes, please test whether there is a short circuit between the red wires and black wires of the LVDS cable. If there is a short circuit, it means opposite connection or other errors. Any problem, please feel free to contact us. DIY needs a certain professional knowledge, please kindly take the responsibility of the risk. No metal contact is allowed when powering on the controller board, otherwise short circuit may occur, which may cause unavailability of the controller board.
Instruction to connect the controller board to the LCD:
1. Take away the old inverter and old LVDS cable from the LCD panel.
2. Connect the new inverter and LVDS cable to your LCD panel.
3. Connect controller board with PC by VGA cable.
4. Input power of 12V,4A.
We have collected a few of the model no. in the following table which we have gained success for reference. However, no matter your model no. is listed in the table or not, welcome to contact us for more details, we probably will be able to find the solution for you as we are located in a huge electronic market in shenzhen, China.
|LG||LP121X04 LP133X09 LP133X3 LP133X7 LP133X8 LP140WX1 LP141WH1 LP141WP1 LP141WX1 LP141WX3 LP141X10 LP141X12 LP141X13 LP141X3 LP141X7 LP141X8 LP141XA LP141XB LP150E05 LP150X04 LP150X08 LP150X09 LP150X1 LP150X2 |
|Samsung||LT133X1 LT133X7 LT133X8 LT141X4 LT141X5 LT141X6 LT141X7 LT150X3 LTA150XH LTM150X0 LTN141AT03 LTN141P4 LTN141W1 LTN141WD LTN141X7 LTN141X8 LTN141XA LTN141XB LTN141XC LTN141XF LTN150P2 LTN150PE LTN150XB LTN150XD LTN150XG LTN152W3 LTN154X1 LTN154X3 |
|AUO||B121EW01 B121EW02 B133BEW01 B133XN02 B141EW01 B141EW02 B141EW03 B141EW04 B141XG03 B141XG05 B141XG09 B141XN03 B141XN04 B150XG01 B150XG02 B152EW01 B154EW01 B154EW02 B154PW02 B154SW01 G150XG03 M150XN07 UB133X01 UB141X01 UB141X02 UB141X03 |
|IBM/IDTech||00K3120(00K3190) 00K3220/ITXG72H 07K5500 07K5540 07K8466/ITXG77C 25L8400/ITXG75 26L4500/ITXG64 IAQX10N ITUX97E 55P4540/IAXG02D IASX12S IAXG01M IAXG02L5 ITXG06 ITXG77H |
|TOSHIBA||LTD121EA4XY LTD121EA6N LTD121EA8K LTD121EX1S LTD121KAOS LTD133EX2X LTD141EA0V LTD141EC7F LTD141KN5K LTD154EX0T LTM12C270 LTM12C278F LTM12C283 LTM12C318 LTM12C328L LTM13C407 LTM13C420 LTM14C433 LTM14C500G LTM14C502K LTM14C502U|
|Hitachi||TX31D72VC1CAA TX34D62VC1CAC TX34D71VC1CAA TX34D74VC1CAA TX34D76VC1CAA TX36D70VC1CAF TX36D71VC1CAA TX36D77VC1CAA TX36D81VC1CAA TX36D97VC1CAA TX38D14VC0CAA TX38D81VC1FAE TX38D83VC1FAB TX38D94VC1FAF |
|CMO;CHI MEI||N121i3 N141A1 N141C1 N141I1 N141I3 N141X201 N141X202 N141X5 N141X6 N141X7 N150X3 N154C3|
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- 1 X LCD Controller Board (TOP-TECH2025L support TV)
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- 1 X IR Receiver
- 1 X Inverter
- 1 X 5 Keys Keypad
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KARACHI: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday heavily criticised rival Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) for what he termed their plans to bring back "politics of ethnicity" in Karachi, ARY News reported.
KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party chief Syed Mustafa Kamal thanked his supporters for making his Karachi rally a success.
KARACHI: Leader of Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) Syed Mustafa Kamal said that they reject such democracy which deprive people of their rights, ARY News reported.
KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party, led by former mayor Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal is set to stage its first-ever public rally in the city a month after formation of the party, ARY News reported.
KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party representative Syed Mustafa Kamal said that people from all over Pakistan were coming to attend his party's April 24 rally, ARY News reported.
KARACHI: The Quaid-e-Azam management board refused to grant permission to Pak Sarzameen Party to conduct their public gathering at Bagh-e-Jinnah on APril 24, ARY News reported.
LAHORE: A 10-foot long python’s sighting of humans proved fatal for her at Lahore’s Bagh-e-Jinnah on Saturday.


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Beginning with what ruins our lives: work and its pointlessness (upon taking stock we concluded that 90% of this society’s productions are useless bullshit), its miserable wages, its hierarchies, its daily horror; and the wretchedness and boredom of unemployment, which we came to realize is merely the flip side of work, a threat held over the heads of workers, forcing them to submit to the economic blackmail.
Antigovernment protests continued in Yemen, and
at least eleven protesters were killed in Syria. In
Manchester, 20,000 marched in protest of British
austerity plans; in Lisbon, tens of thousands rallied
against Portuguese austerity measures; in Athens,
protesters blocked the entrance to Greece's finance
ministry in an effort to stall talks on civil-service
wage cuts; and in New York City, more than 700
protesters were arrested during demonstrations against
Wall Street greed.
October 4, 2011
With its endless propaganda the Moneyed Master has caused its slaves to believe they are free. But when that cruel hoax is ripped bare of its deceitful cloth and stands naked before the people, and when enough of the people sleep under the bridges and their children’s bellies swell from hunger then one day it will be too late for the Master. Suddenly, without warning, the people will rise up in explosive unison like a long sleeping volcano. Raging and turmoil will ring across the canyons of the streets and blood will flood the streets, and the people will at last prevail.


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It’s just March, and so far Metro Police has investigated 34 homicides in its jurisdiction. That’s compared to last year around the same time when Metro had only investigated 18 homicides.
The steep increase in violence has caused the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department to shift its resources. In fact, the police department is in the process of hiring more officers.
But until the new officers are hired, Metro says it will rely on detectives who wouldn’t generally be on patrol to keep a watchful eye on the area.
“It concerns everybody, from the sheriff on down,” said Lt. Dan McGrath, Metro Police. “There’s some plans being put into place to put some more people out on the street, including people like myself.”
Detectives will now to do patrol duties for two weeks at a time. Metro hopes this will put an end to the violence around the valley.


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McHenry Diaper Drive draws large response
Nearly 65,000 free diapers were distributed Tuesday, May 19, to community members in need at a drive-through event held at Follett School Solutions' offices, 1340 Ridgeview Drive in McHenry.
The event was sponsored by United Way of Greater McHenry County, Follett, and The Diaper Bank of Northern Illinois.
Mask-wearing volunteers from the three organizations, plus the local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, were on hand to distribute packages of diapers, ranging in size from newborn to adult.
The Diaper Bank of Northern Illinois is on target to distribute a total of 420,000 diapers to those in need for 2020.\


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Love x 4 = Lodis Addingtons
HD: Love x 4 = Lodis Addingtons
BY: Sarah Williams
SO: The Record
LODI -- San Joaquin Countys best-known parents celebrated Saturday the
birthday of their first born.
And their second born.
And their third born.
And their fourth born.
The Addington quadruplets, lined up in high chairs in the order they were
delivered, welcomed their first birthday by plunging their tiny hands into
miniature homemade cakes.
Theyre good kids. Theyre not difficult. But theres just so many of
them, said grandpa Gary Shore, who has cut back on his volunteer church work
to help take care of the babies.
It is overwhelming every time I walk in and everyone looks up with big
smiles on their faces, he said. It just breaks me up.
Jared, Hannah, Haley and Heather are crawling and babbling, cutting teeth and
taking their first steps. All are healthy, and their parents are still quite
Thats despite up to 28 diapers changes, 24 bottles and dozens of spit-ups a
Randy and Dawn Addington of Lodi, both 30, are first-time parents surprised
with an instant family after in-vitro fertilization.
The couple had tried for years to conceive and were ecstatic when told they
were going to have triplets. But when the babies came more than two months
early, a fourth -- Heather -- was found hiding behind the placenta.
Shes the one who has done everything first, said grandma Peggy Shore.
They didnt know she was there, and shes still trying to achieve.
The couple has had trials, including Jareds recent cleft-palate surgery and
Dawns bout with hepatitis A. But they have managed with an unwavering
determination and the help of unflagging friends and family.
If Dawns really stressed out, we have to be available, said her father,
Gary, who together with wife Peggy watches one to two babies every weekend
plus every Tuesday and Thursday night.
No one ever handles the babies alone. The job requires at least two people to
feed, monitor and cuddle.
Randys parents, Phillippine and Dennis, are part of the team of babysitters
that helps the couple keep their weekly date -- somewhere out on the town and
away from babies. And when Randy mentioned at Saturdays birthday party that
he cant wait to take the quadruplets to the zoo, his dad jokingly said, You
didnt tell everybody you live in a zoo now.
Yes, it is noisy at the Addingtons house, and the babies typically have the
run of the place. But it works because both parents are consummate organizers.
Dawn last summer returned to work as a part-time nurse in the emergency room
at Lodi Mem-orial. And when she became sick with hepatitis A, Randys
co-workers at Mondavi Winery offered their vacation days to him as he stayed
home to be a full-time dad.
Raising four babies has put a dent in the Addington budget. But Enfamil
donated almost all the formula the couple needed, coupons have helped with
solid food and diaper donations poured in when the babies were born -- helping
with the estimated $9,000 annual cost of disposables for four infants.
The most special moments over the last year?
When you go to pick them up in the morning and they give you that big
smile,' said Randy.


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IBNA Special Report
Skopje, April 17, 2015/Independent Balkan News Agency
By Naser Pajaziti
The interim government is seen as one of the best options to solve the political crisis in FYR Macedonia. Almost the majority of political parties and political analysts see this option as a decisive step which gives way to the solution of the crisis.
However, the interim government must receive the confidence of the parliament of the country, which is being boycotted by Macedonian opposition. This option has not been contested so far by the largest party in power, VMRO-DPMNE of PM Nikola Gruevski.
University professor, Jove Kekenovski, who is one of the founders of VMRO-DPMNE, is currently against the policies of this party and says that an interim government would be the only solution to the crisis.
“The interim government must be formed by personalities with high intellectual and political credibility. Its mandate must be 6 months to a year in order to adjust problems in the judicial system and the removal of political influences on institutions such as police, public radio and television and election commissions. In case this doesn’t happens, then the country will be damaged”, declared for IBNA, Jove Kekenovski.
According to him, this is the last chance for the current government to step down after the wiretapping scandal.
But, political analyst and diplomat, Risto Nikovski underlines that there’s no need to form an interim government.
“The current government has its mandate and it has a convincing majority not to be contested. Those who have secured private registered conversations, must go to court. The only solution of the crisis would be in parliament”, Nikovski declared.
According to him, the political conflict is culminating and so far, there’s no room for reconciliation between political opponent subjects.
Fatos Rushiti, who is a university professor, sees the solution on an interim government, which according to him, should include the relevant parliamentary parties. “This is the solution to take the country out of the crisis, but by launching an agenda with concrete topics and by including in it the constitutional changes. I say this because this is a key moment to solve pending issues for Albanians in Macedonia, such as a wider use of the Albanian language, national symbols, the advancement of the representation of Albanians in institutions and other issues”, declared for IBNA professor Fatos Rushiti.
The public opinion is also in favor of an interim government which would take the country out of the political crisis and would have clear objectives for the future, such as the full independence of institutions, the advancement of issues that relate to Albanians, as the second largest community in the country and the integration of the country in Euro Atlantic structures. /ibna/


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Getting mentally prepared might be advisable before your dental implant surgery for you to assess the health of the oral cavities in your teeth, mouth, or gums. This may prevent bacterial infections from spreading or disrupting surgical procedures.
Bacteria forms between the heart and the mouth. When a patient goes through any surgical procedure, bacterial infection risks may occur. We underestimate bacterial infection risks at present as we now can access treatment with many antibiotics. About a century ago, the knowledge of bacteria or their capacity to cause infections was not well documented. Most patients died following surgeries as the surgery rooms were not sterilized or disinfected. When an astute doctor observed the post-surgical death rates and conjectured that maintaining a clean surgical room might ease infections, death rates fell with sterilization. Bacterial infections from your teeth or gums house millions of toxic bacteria. Such bacteria may easily flow directly into your bloodstream and then infect the area between your surgically cut bone cartilage or your bone joints. This causes severe bacterial infection inside the surgery operating room.
Clean Out Oral Bacteria
Bacteria are living organisms that are present in many physical environments. Certain bacteria are beneficial, while others are not beneficial. Bacteria often cause the development of gum disease and cavities in your mouth. The bacteria multiplies and spreads rapidly when you fail to keep bacteria from spreading by maintaining your oral hygiene. Diet also may affect mouth bacteria forming. There are specific forms of foods that oral bacteria that reside in the mouth seek to feed on. Sweet and sticky snacks are delectable treats for humans and bacteria in the mouth. The bacteria swarm around in swathes and develop a sticky coating upon the teeth that surface, named plaque.
Prevent Plaque & Periodontal Disease
Plaque damages the gums and your teeth gums, thus causing cavities or gum disease, otherwise termed Periodontal Disease. Periodontal disease damages the bone and gums of your teeth.
Oral Bacteria Flows Into The Bloodstream
Dentists observed that disease originates from the rapid spread of bacteria in our bodies. The organisms that emerge from these diseases will flow into your bloodstream. Your circulatory system transports blood to circulate to all areas of your body, like your heart and its valves.
The observation that bacteria from the mouth may flow into the heart and settle firmly upon the new heart valve explains why you need dental clearance before dental implant surgery. For instance, your cardiologist may seek to ensure that the heart procedure would proceed well and not get disrupted by bacteria residing within the mouth.
Why Get Mentally Prepared Before Dental Implant Surgery
If you fail to get mentally prepared before the dental implant surgery, an infection that spreads at the surgery is highly problematic to treat, as replacement joints get produced from non-porous materials like metal, plastic, or ceramic. To prevent infections from spreading, antibiotics must flow through the bloodstream. If you do not obtain dental clearance before surgery because no blood flows through replacement joints, antibiotics may not work in preventing infections from spreading. If bacteria from oral infections spread to your recent joint replacement surgical area, there are generally only two options to treat it. The first is for the surgeon to attempt to clean it out surgically. The surgeon usually cleans infected tissue around the new joint, then treats it with antibiotic treatment. The second option requires the surgeon to remove the new replacement joint, then re-do the surgery, which is troublesome, or painful. Dental conditions cause bacteria to enter your bloodstream, causing complications.

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You can morph this egg any way you like by spinning and twisting it into different shapes. Then try to get it back to its original egg shape. This is super fun for all ages and is more challenging then you might think.
- Recommended for ages 7+
- 3.15 x 2.36 x 2.36 inches


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|"How to Train Your Dragon" Dominates Box Office|
March 28th, 2010
Thanks to a boost received from 3D, DreamWorks' $165 million animated film "How to Train Your Dragon" dominated the box office by opening with $43 million, pushing last week's winner "Alice in Wonderland" to second place.
|John Cusack in "Hot Tub Time Machine" Comedy|
February 24th, 2009
John Cusack (Con Air) and Rob Corddry (W) have boarded the MGM comedy "Hot Tub Time Machine," while Craig Robinson ("The Office") and Clark Duke (Sex Drive) are in negotiations to also star in the pic, being directed by Steve Pink (Accepted).


When told about his head coach impressing some long-time conference media members, senior James White was not surprised. He had seen that type of demeanor since Andersen walked into the program.
"He definitely brings a lot of energy and pushes us to a point that we rarely have been pushed to," said White. "We actually have full team practice now which hasn't happened since I at least got here. It is really great that he started doing that."
While transitions between coaches can often be a rocky process (take Wisconsin's failed transition from Bob Bostad to Mike Markuson last fall), the switch from Bret Bielema to Andersen has been met with great enthusiasm by a Wisconsin team expected to be competitive once again.
In the spring, practices were shorter, more up-tempo and had a more competitive edge to it than recent seasons. More importantly, Andersen has based his coaching philosophy on productivity, not willing to waste a minute.
"Practices are a lot shorter and quicker with more of a competitive edge to it," said wide receiver Jared Abbrederis. "He is all about the players and would do anything for you … Trusting him and his coaching staff just seemed natural. We, as a team, melded together with him and his staff almost instantly."
Not only is Andersen being well received for his passion for coaching and making academic success a priority goal by his players, he is making an impact with the other head coaches around the conference after only six-and-a-half months on the job.
Michigan head coach Brady Hoke knows Andersen going back to Hoke's days when the two coached against one another when Andersen was at Utah State and Hoke was in charge at San Diego State. Andersen made an impression on Hoke after his Aztecs beat the Aggies, 41-7, in San Diego in 2010, simply by the way they competed.
"I could tell that his team was disciplined and just a hard-nosed football team," said Hoke. "They fought till the end and they played as if it was 0-0."
Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill called Andersen a "great hire" for Wisconsin because of the morals he laid out for his players, and the way he has already embraced some of the rich history of the conference and the Minnesota-Wisconsin rivalry.
"The significance of the Paul Bunyan axe is priceless," said Kill. "Even though it's just an axe, it still signifies the intense rivalry between two really solid teams. Aside from the rivalry, Andersen is going to be an exciting coach to watch."
Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer called Andersen one of the best hires he ever made while at Utah; Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz said he was impressed with how well coached Utah State was last season; and Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald said he quickly earned his respect after reaching out to him shortly after he was hired.
"I have a ton of respect for the way his teams plays," said Fitzgerald, who said he studying Utah State because of the success the program. "I watched his teams play and I was real impressed … He's not going to be somebody he's not. Talking to Coach Alvarez, the players love him. He has a plan; he's executing his plan and it'll be fun to watch it unfold."
During his introductory press conference, Andersen said his goal over the ensuing several months was to earn the trust of his players and build a family-oriented atmosphere. With fall practices starting August 5, it's evident that Andersen has already succeeded in his first true test at Wisconsin.
"We all have tremendous respect for him and the team camaraderie is really showing this year," said senior linebacker Chris Borland. "We are looking forward to seeing where he can take us this season."


This is the first case for environmental damage – a concept registered in the Civil Code since 2016 – to be tried in a court in France, according to the site's lawyer.
They had illegally hunted tons of fish in the creeks. The national park asked Friday, November 8, 450 000 euros for "Ecological harm" four poachers of the seas, who appeared in Marseilles in civil. This is the first case for environmental damage – a concept registered in the Civil Code since 2016 – to be tried in court in France, according to the park's lawyer, Sébastien Mabile. The Advocate General added:
"The demand for the national park is legitimate and I ask the judge to assert the principle of law in this historic case. "
In July 2018, the four freedivers of Marseilles had been tried in the penal and sentenced to terms ranging from fifteen to eighteen months of suspended sentence, for having harpooned illegally for more than four years in the protected waters of the creeks.
Mr. Mabile recalled that 4.5 tonnes of fish and shellfish had been illegally harvested, which provoked "Going back three to four years compared to the"reserve effect" on biomass ». This "Reserve effect", he explained, defines the increase in biomass in non-fishing areas.
An impact on the entire food chain
At the helm on Friday, a research director emeritus of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), former member of the board of the Calanques Park, Denise Bellan-Santini, was sorry that poachers are attacking especially to predators like the grouper, on which an entire ecosystem depends.
"When a poacher pulls a 10 kg grouper, the impact on the whole biomass is multiplied by ten", she said, because the presence of this predator affects the entire food chain.
The park is also asking 100,000 underwater hunters for "Non-pecuniary damage", and 18,000 euros for the same injury to their customers: six scalers and restaurateurs located in Marseille, and who have benefited from this manna. These traders "Bought unprocessed, pierced, harpooned fish (…), but benefited from a very favorable regime "said Mr Mabile, recalling that they have avoided the public criminal trial and have only been sentenced to fines ranging from 800 to 1,500 euros.
The barkeepers and restaurateurs asked the president not to give in to the "Political and media pressure" and of «Bring this file back to its measurement», evoking "Just some fish bought", or "Five dozen sea urchins". The deliberation must be made on March 6, 2020.


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Google Pay integrated peer-to-peer payments, boarding passes
After having kept peer-to-peer and mobile payments separated in different apps for years, Google has finally integrated the former into the latter.
Specifically, peer payments are now available on Google Pay. The Google Pay Send app, formerly the Google Wallet app, will be done away with in the process, but the integration will allow Google Pay users to split any bill easily such as for dinner, groceries or rent.
A couple of features introduced at Google I/O have also made it into the update: Ticketmaster and Southwest Airlines now support storing ticket information on the Google Pay app with more vendors following soon like Eventbrite, Singapore Airlines and Vueling. They’ll be stored in a new tab on the app called “Passes.”
Finally, Google Pay account information, including card pairings and preferences, can now be edited online at pay.google.com, not just on the app.


This is the first in our series of three articles on women and discrimination in the music industry in 2021.
Many music commentators have seen this year as the time in which women really arrived in the music industry, with the Brits and the Grammys showering awards onto the likes of Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa, Beyoncé Knowles and Taylor Swift. Yet does this success, whilst belated and more than welcome, hide up the discrimination that lies elsewhere in the music industry.
Whilst the awards might represent the pinnacle of achievement as you work down through pop music's hierarchy, female representation gets noticeably less. As research by the BBC pointed out, the number of female acts credited on the best-selling hundred songs of the year was the same in 2018 as it was ten years earlier, yet the number of men credited over the same time period had risen by 50% mainly due to men collaborating with other male, rather than female, artists.
“Ninety-one men or all-male groups were credited on the Official Chart Company's top 100 most popular songs of 2018 - compared with 30 female acts."
Equally, it has already been reported over several years and many times, that when it comes to festival programmes women are frequently under represented in the line-ups. This is not just a trend in mainstream music but also in specialist genres such as jazz. As Dr Sarah Raine comments in her report on the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, the second largest in the world, that despite their pledge to programme a 50/50 gender balanced schedule by 2022...
"...it is very clear that women are still significantly under-represented in terms of actual 50/50 performances and (by extension) the total musicians scheduled to perform at this annual jazz festival."
Of the ten women in jazz that Raines interviewed to underpin her report, nine had experienced gender discrimination as musicians whilst three had experienced direct sexual harassment.
Once male artists become the dominant gender in the music industry they become hard to dislodge as a recent study by Bauer and Ferraro shows, when they examined how streaming playlists work:
"Our analysis of around 330,000 users’ listening behaviour over nine years showed a clear picture – only 25% of the artists ever listened to were female. When we tested the algorithm we found, on average, the first recommended track was by a man, along with the next six. Users had to wait until song seven or eight to hear one by a woman."
Of course it could be argued that male artists are simply more popular, even though this years awards suggest otherwise. However, if the findings are extrapolated from the above research its possible to discover how playlists can generate gender discrimination. For example:
Lets assume, as the research found, that the top six recommended tracks on a new playlist would be by men and then assign all the next four to women.
If we then further assume the top track gets listened to ten times more than the tenth, and then allocate the rest in proportion, ie, the second gets listened to nine times more and so on, and then say our total audience is a hundred people, then tracks by men would be heard 3,550 times whereas by women it would only be 300 times.
Therefore, women would have 40% of the top slots but only 10% of the total plays (and presumably only 10% of the revenue).
This would be further acerbated if the playlist used an an algorithm based on the number of plays any individual tune gets. The initial gender bias would become magnified, because the algorithm would be applied on the assumption that male artists were ten times more popular than female.
Consequently, in the next iteration men would occupy the top nine slots and a woman artist the tenth, and so on. Therefore, if the original listing has a gender bias and the playlist algorithm is based solely on the number of plays, then the initial bias gets magnified each time the algorithm is applied.
Yet as the reports authors point out, if you alternatively distribute tracks equitably or randomly so that gender is balanced, people listen to more female artists. Changing the original way in which a playlist is constructed changes the prominence of, and rewards for, female artists.
If female artists find it hard to gain equality then such gender disparity only increases when you move into non performing roles, as a variety of reports have shown:
A report by the University of Southern California found that the ratio of male to female producers across 400 popular songs was 47:1.
In a second report in 2019 by the Annenberg Institute, in the case of songwriters, more than half (57%) of the songs studied did not credit a woman although only three tracks (less than 1%) failed to credit a male songwriter.
This is not just a phenomenon confined to the USA but is also true of the UK. As Vick Bain shows in her analysis of the salary data of the large UK music companies.
Taking the average figures of all eight companies across the industry, music companies pay their female staff 73p for every £1, that is 27% less than men.
72% of all women and 76% of all men receive bonuses, but women only receive 77p for every £1 a man receives in their bonus, or 23% less than men.
Women work in 51% of the bottom quartile jobs but only 36.5% of the top quartile jobs.
Although BME and female representation is rising across the industry, that rise decreases with age and seniority as the UK Music diversity report for 2020 shows. Only 28% of those earning over £100,000 were women with only 12.2% being from an ethnic minority background.
The report Gender Disparity across UK Radio Stations found that of the top fifteen music stations only 11% of their top twenty plays were by women, with three stations Kerrang, Radio X and Absolute having no women artists in their top twenty most played songs.
So well done girls, on your awards and your financial success. It shows what can be achieved, although the odds are not stacked in your favour. Not only do fewer women artists make it to the top but on the non-performing side of the business, women do even less well. To change that may be a lot harder than making an acceptance speech at an awards ceremony, but if achieved, far more beneficial.
This is the first in series of three articles on women and discrimination.
Why women get the blues
As yet another report on discrimination in the music industry comes out, we look at how discrimination might be lessened for women in non-performing roles.


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Newspaper seeks to unseal records in coal baron’s appeal
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia newspaper is asking a federal court to unseal documents filed as former coal baron Don Blankenship sought to have his criminal mine safety conviction overturned.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports it filed a motion Wednesday to intervene in the case so it can argue that 14 documents should be made available to the public and press.
The court filing says Blankenship’s accusations of prosecutorial misconduct have been widely circulated and the public has a right to know what information he’s using to support the allegations.
Blankenship, who was CEO of Massey Energy, was convicted of conspiring to violate mine safety and health standards at Upper Big Branch Mine, where 29 miners died in a 2010 explosion.
His conviction was upheld by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider a further appeal.
Information from: The Charleston Gazette-Mail, http://wvgazettemail.com.