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You may say, "but Mr. Dark•Heritage guy, there already is such a game; White Wolf published it in the 90s." You may also say, "But Mr. Dark•Heritage guy, you could also use the totally free 'homebrewed' Thrash RPG, which was specifically designed to emulate that genre."
Or you could conceivable say other things as well. I don't know that any of those games really give me the experience that I want. I've considered perhaps using Mutants & Masterminds to emulate it, and I've had some, including some game designers (If I remember correctly, Ethan Skemp, who is a Storyteller game designer most famous for his work on Werewolf, said that's what he would do to run the setting, for instance. But maybe it wasn't him, but someone else instead. Take that with a grain of salt.)
The challenge I find is that trying to emulate the specific techniques seems like a quixotic endeavor. It'll never approach actually playing the video games. Rather, it should be somewhat abstracted and suggestive, without trying to replicate the styles of the fighters in minute detail. This is where I think games like Thrash and the White Wolf Street Fighter game fail. If all you want to do is replicate the combat system in a pen and paper environment, you're better off not, really. Just fire up your console and game of choice and play it.
That's why I think Mutants & Masterminds would be a good choice. It's got just enough granularity to suggest the different perks and quirks of the various fighters without bogging you down in minutae. It also allows you to go farther afield if you want to. It allows you to create, for example, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 with Spider-man, Iron Man, Wolverine, Venom, etc. fighting against Ryu, Ken, Akuma and the rest. And you can do it without having to create house rules for various styles and moves. The system is already robust enough to suggest these differences without modelling all of the details of it.
That said; I'm still not sure how else to pull this off. I'm just rambling a bit right now, but if you've got any suggestions, feel free to let me know here. And I'm not so much looking for mechanical help as I am "what in the world do I do, assuming I set this up?"

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Pokemon Let's Go! Pikachu and Let's Go! Eevee received mixed reactions when announced, with many not knowing how to feel about the Pokemon GO-like features. Some have decided to ignore the game and wait for the mainline title in 2019, while others are going in optimistic and giving it a chance.
That might change a bit when they find out that there is a requirement system that players have to partake in if they want to challenge gym leaders.
According to the game's Japanese website (translated by Siliconera), the man who is near the gym's entrance will now give players a list of things to do before they can challenge the gym. It can range from catching a specific Pokemon type to reaching a certain level with monsters.
Obviously, this move was made so that younger players or casual fans would be able to progress in the game properly. The developers had previously stated that the game was targeted towards newer players and those that got into the series via Pokemon GO.
No matter how one looks at this, there's no doubt that this decision will divide older fans of the Pokemon games. Hopefully, this system is implemented well and the game ends up being a good one.
Pokemon Let's Go! Pikachu and Let's Go! Eevee comes out on November 16.


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In presenting the following pages 'descriptive of the revolution that occurred in naval warfare on the 8th day of March, 1862, when the Confederate iron-clad steamer Virginia destroyed the Federal frigates Cumberland and Congress, no statement will be made that cannot be verified by official records, nor will any illustration be printed that is not accurate in every detail, as far as it is possible to obtain accuracy by describing to an artist that which you desire to be transferred to canvas. 'with the exception of the battle between the iron-clads on the 9th of March, the challenge of Commodore Tatnall to battle on the 11th of April, and the destruction of the Vir ginia on the 11th of May, the writer witnessed every movement that is depicted, and others not so important. The small battle scene on the frontispiece is especially commended to the reader for examination, as it presents the exact appearance of the Virginia when she reached the Navy Yard Sunday afternoon after the fight. Her boats and an chor had been shot away, her armor had dents in it in many places, her smoke stack had been riddled until it resembled somewhat a huge nut meg grater, and her ﬂag, which had been shot away, was fastened to a boarding pike, which in turn was made fast to the smoke-stack.
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zxcvbob said:Absolutely. It also helps to save one's good targets (for years) and throw away the bad ones.
When I first started shooting, I had many bad targets. The more I shot, the fewer bad ones I had. As I shot more and more, the good ones outnumbered the bad.
I found if I shot at least 300 rounds per week, I could stay in good form. Lay off a week, and my shooting suffered.
That's why I never became an exhibition shooter, I got married, and could not afford the practice required without some company's financial backing, and never got good enough for that.


text: Noncytopathic infections with bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) can compromise research and commercial use of cultured cells. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the ability of aromatic cationic compounds to prevent or treat BVDV infections in fetal fibroblast cell lines that are used in somatic cell nuclear transfer. To evaluate preventative use of compounds, 10 cell lines were inoculated with BVDV in the absence or presence of 2-(4-[2-imidazolinyl]phenyl)-5-(4-methoxyphenyl)furan (DB606), 2-(2-benzimidazolyl)-5-[4-(2-imidazolino)phenyl]furan dihydrochloride (DB772), or 2-(1-methyl-2-benzimidazolyl)-5-[4'-(2-imidazolino)-2'-methylphenyl]furan dihydrochloride (DB824). The 99% endpoints for prevention of viral replication by these treatments were 81, 6, and 14 nM. To evaluate therapeutic use of compounds, two fetal fibroblast cell lines infected with a genotype 1a strain of BVDV were cultured through four passages in the absence or presence of either 0.04 or 4 microM concentrations of DB772 or DB824. The presence and concentration of BVDV in media and cell lysates were evaluated using reverse transcription nested polymerase chain reaction and virus isolation from titrated sample. A single passage in 4 microM of either compound was sufficient to eliminate BVDV from cells without causing cytotoxicity. Our results demonstrate that in vitro infections with BVDV can be effectively prevented or eliminated by addition of aromatic cations.

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The Perfect Match – Enago Announces Collaboration with AcademicLabs to Support Their Community of...
Enago, a global leader in editing and publication support services, has announced a collaboration with AcademicLabs, a specialist platform to easily identify opportunities and ideal partners for research collaboration.
Many organisations in ‘mature’ industries are now challenged to change rapidly, to keep pace with the leaders of the consumer internet that are now encroaching on – and often dominating -all verticals. In the pursuit of such ‘digital’ excellence, the capability for software engineering is key – and increasingly, the context for software engineering is now AI & Machine Learning.
The IET has launched a call for papers for a new gold open access journal in the field of quantum wireless communication. IET Quantum Communication will publish novel research and original survey articles focusing on the application of quantum information science to provide the security and infrastructure for future communication networks.
Aries Systems Corporation is pleased to announce the next phase of LiXuid Manuscript™, an XML workflow solution focused on streamlining the publication production process. LiXuid Manuscript transforms unstructured representations of journal content–such as Word documents–into structured, industry-compliant XML.
As part of our journey to democratise knowledge, IntechOpen has joined Research4Life, the public-private partnership that aims to reduce the scientific knowledge gap between industrialized countries and the developing world.
Five new chemistry journals will meet the growing demand for affordable open access options, and build on PeerJ’s reputation of delivering high-quality peer-reviewed research to a global audience.
Karger Publishers and Enago Announce an Integrated Services Partnership to Support the Global Community...
Enago and Karger Publishers develop a new method of collaboration for the benefit of health sciences research communication
AI and Data Science are changing the content landscape beyond recognition, at this year’s ConTech we discuss the breadth of opportunity we will demonstrate how to adopt AI and cite real life examples of where these technologies are making a difference.
Enago, a global leader in editing and publication support services, has announced a collaboration with Begell House Inc., specialists in bioscience and engineering publishing.
“We are delighted to welcome ENI as our registration sponsor at ConTech 2019. One of the largest corporations in the world, they have done some pioneering work developing an AI driven media strategy.
Aries Systems invites current and prospective users of Editorial Manager® and ProduXion Manager® to attend our 16th annual European Editorial Manager User Group Meeting (EEMUG). Join us on January 23-24th, 2020 at the America Square Conference Centre in London – registration is now open!
Scholarly publishing tech provider, HighWire, today announced that the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has selected HighWire’s Benchpress platform to manage its manuscripts submission and tracking processes.

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13 April 2022 | News
Introduces mid-stream pregnancy test device Prega News Advance
Prega News, Mankind Pharma’s pregnancy test kit brand, has launched a new and advanced pregnancy detection test kit for the Indian market. Having 82% share in the market, Prega News is the No. 1 Pregnancy Detection Test Kit in India, and with the launch of Prega News Advance it strives to continually provide advanced testing solutions for confirming the pregnancy.
Prega News advance is a single-step pregnancy test device that does not require the collection of urine in a dropper or a container, making it the easiest and most convenient method to test pregnancy at home.
It is an easy to grip mid-stream test device used under urine stream directly while the absorbent tip of the device without the use of dropper collects the sample and readily provides accurate results in just 3 minutes.
Commenting on the launch, Joy Chatterjee, General Manager, Sales and Marketing, said, “Our product has received overwhelming responses in the first phase of the launch and we are expecting the same enthusiasm towards the product in the future.”
After the first phase of the launch the products will be available in eight states. Consumers will be able to access the products in offline and online stores of Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Lucknow, Guwahati, Chennai, Haryana and Kolkata. The product is competitively priced at Rs 100 only. While in the second phase, the brand aims to proliferate deeper into the markets by availing the products in all parts of the country.


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This is a link to a very well put together slide show on the History of Israel and terrorism. Worth watching, even though many of us know these facts.
Video on Israel and the Jews
this is from the Terrorism Awareness Project web site.
And : This link is to a fair and well written article on Messianic Jews in Israel. It is one of the few truly accurate articles I have seen and presents a good picture of what is going on there for the 100 or so Messianic congregations. Kudos to the author for his work here.
Messianic Judaism in Israel


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Characteristics of Healthy & Unhealthy Relationships
Good communication is an important part of all relationships and is an essential part of any healthy partnership. All relationships have ups and downs, but a healthy communication style can make it easier to deal with conflict and build a stronger and healthier partnership. We often hear how important communication is, but not what it is and how we can use good communication in our relationships. By definition, communication is the transfer of information from one place to another. In relationships, communication allows to you explain to someone else what you are experiencing and what your needs are. The act of communicating not only helps to meet your needs, but it also helps you to be connected in your relationship. Talk to each other.
Abide by for both oneself and others is a key characteristic of healthy relationships. Healthy relationships share certain characteristics so as to teens should be taught to anticipate. They include:. Unhealthy relationships are apparent by characteristics such as disrespect after that control. It is important for adolescence to be able to recognize signs of unhealthy relationships before they accelerate. Some characteristics of unhealthy relationships include:. It is important to educate adolescence about the value of respect after that the characteristics of healthy and anaemic relationships before they start to appointment. Youth may not be equipped along with the necessary skills to develop after that maintain healthy relationships, and may not know how to break up all the rage an appropriate way when necessary.
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Ireland dealt sizeable blow as Conor Murray is ruled out of November internationals with ongoing neck issue
- Ireland have upcoming matches with Italy, Argentina, New Zealand and the USA
- Joe Schmidt’s side will be without Conor Murray who has an ongoing neck issue
- He hasn’t played since summer tour to Australia and isn’t ready for match action
- England Under-20s graduate Will Addison has earned his first Ireland call-up
Conor Murray will miss Ireland’s November internationals due to ongoing neck troubles, in a sizeable blow to head coach Joe Schmidt’s plans.
Ireland must now face Italy in Chicago, then Argentina, New Zealand and the USA in Dublin without British and Irish Lions and Munster scrum-half Murray.
Murray has not played since Ireland’s summer tour to Australia, and while he has returned to Munster training he is not yet ready for match action.
Conor Murray will miss the upcoming matches against Italy, Argentina, New Zealand and USA
Murray has an ongoing neck issue and has not played since Ireland’s summer tour to Australia
Ulster’s John Cooney steps up in Murray’s absence, with Will Addison, Sam Arnold and Ross Byrne the three uncapped players in Ireland’s 42-man squad.
Murray moved to explain his injury situation on Wednesday, with updates on his neck troubles having been previously intermittent.
Asked when he might be back in action, Murray told reporters: ‘A couple of weeks; obviously the (Ireland) squad is being named today and I haven’t chatted to anyone.
‘I’ve been over and back and they know where I am with the injury.
‘I’d have been lucky to be named in it because I haven’t played and you need that – especially with the calibre of Argentina and the All Blacks in particular. You’re going to have to be ready.
‘So, in and around the end of November hopefully.’
England Under-20s graduate Will Addison has earned his first Ireland call-up this week
Joe Schmidt has named his squad but will have to do without one of his biggest players
England Under-20s graduate Addison has earned his first Ireland call-up, qualifying to represent Schmidt’s men with his mother hailing from Fermanagh.
IRELAND TEST SQUAD
Rory Best, Finlay Bealham, Tadhg Beirne, Jack Conan, Sean Cronin, Tadhg Furlong, Cian Healy, Iain Henderson, Rob Herring, Dave Kilcoyne, Dan Leavy, Jack McGrath, Jordi Murphy, Sean O’Brien, Peter O’Mahony, Andrew Porter, Quinn Roux, Rhys Ruddock, James Ryan, John Ryan, Niall Scannell, CJ Stander, Devin Toner, Josh van der Flier
Will Addison, Bundee Aki, Sam Arnold, Ross Byrne, Joey Carbery, Andrew Conway, John Cooney, Keith Earls, Robbie Henshaw, Rob Kearney, Jordan Larmour, Kieran Marmion, Stuart McCloskey, Luke McGrath, Garry Ringrose, Jonathan Sexton, Jacob Stockdale, Darren Sweetnam
The 26-year-old has starred at full-back since his summer switch to Ulster, but his versatility across the backline will boost boss Schmidt’s resources.
Munster centre Arnold and Leinster fly-half Byrne complete the trio of uncapped faces in Schmidt’s line-up.
Evergreen hooker Rory Best continues as captain, with Johnny Sexton and Peter O’Mahony named as vice captains.
Ireland start their four-match series by facing Italy in Chicago on Saturday, November 3, with the eagerly-anticipated clash with back-to-back world champions New Zealand at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on Saturday, November 17.
‘As always there have been a number of close calls in selection, meaning that some very good players have missed out in this particular window,’ said head coach Schmidt.
‘The upcoming series offers an exciting opportunity for the squad but will also be very challenging.’
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Pembrokeshire Housing Association
A Housing Plus budget of £10,000 per area team was available to be used to enhance and sustain schemes and estates.
Action plans were developed to identify the need for financial support and outline how the funds would be spent.
Individuals as well as schemes and estates were eligible to be considered in terms of the potential to improve quality of life.
Funds had been awarded for:
The Housing Plus fund helped to engage tenants at a community level and give support to their resident associations.
The allocation of the total budget (£40,000) between the four area teams was flexible.

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By Cassie Welch, ASAS Public Policy Committee
August 29, 2016 – On July 20, President Barack Obama signed into law the Global Food Security Act – a bipartisan bill expanding food security priorities and the ability to build capacity for agricultural growth in developing nations. The signing was applauded by agricultural and global development sectors during the White House Summit on Global Development, which was held on the same day as the signing.
The new law, S. 1252, provides authorization of more than $7 billion for international agriculture and food programs and requires the executive branch to coordinate efforts of relevant federal agencies to address global food security and malnutrition.
Obama referenced the act as a means of reaching those most affected by food insecurity and as a way to ensure programs, such as Feed the Future, “endure well into the future.” As a presidential initiative created in 2009 by the Obama administration, Feed the Future has helped reduce poverty up to 26% and provided improved nutrition to nearly 18 million more children in areas where its programs are active. In 2015, Feed the Future reached over 9 million smallholder farmers around the globe, whereby the adoption of improved agricultural practices has helped to increase their incomes by more than $800 million.
President Obama expressed his gratitude to Congress for passing this overwhelmingly bipartisan piece of legislation that reaffirms the United State’s commitment “to improving the lives of rural poor people around the globe through investments in more productive agriculture and better nutrition.” Similarly, USDA’s Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, released a statement sharing his support for the Global Food Security Act and stating, “Feed the Future represents the best of our American values – compassion, innovation, collaboration, and progress toward a world free of hunger and inequality.”


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UNC officials considering new logos
September 20, 2013
A committee of campus and community representatives has issued 10 recommendations to the University of Northern Colorado concerning its visual identity. They include embracing the UNC acronym and designing new logos.
The committee issued the recommendations following a review that included surveying students, faculty, staff, alumni, community members and other university stakeholders to determine whether the current logos convey a positive image of the university and form a cohesive visual identity.
Also evaluated were acronyms, school colors and the official university seal. The committee determined the university has too many logos — in particular, mascot logos and acronyms.
The committee recommends a new "UNC" logotype that differentiates the acronym from the University of North Carolina's logotype and to use the logotype for athletics and academics.
Other recommendations included:
» A new "University of Northern Colorado" logotype that works in tandem with the "UNC" logotype.
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» A new mascot logo to be used for athletics and when a university spirit mark is needed. Eliminate all other mascot logos.
» Eliminate the "NC" and "Northern Colorado" logotypes.
» Design a new university seal to be used for formal applications including diplomas, transcripts, commencement materials, and president and board of trustee uses.
» Standardize "UNC Blue" and "UNC Gold" colors for all applications, including electronic communication and print communication and on apparel (including athletic uniforms).
The university will now bring in an outside firm to create new logo options. University constituents will have opportunities to provide feedback to proposed options.
The design and evaluation process will begin this fall and conclude next spring.

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About 80% of the water we supply is from groundwater sources - it is generally hard after dissolving calcium and magnesium salts as it percolated through layers of limestone, chalk or rock. Signs of hard water are poor lathering of soap and limescale. The rest comes from surface water stored in reservoirs which is generally softer.
There is no maximum limit for the hardness of drinking water. The hardness of water is expressed in several ways including milligrams per litre of calcium carbonate (mg CaCO3/l). This is the equivalent of parts per million (ppm). As a general indication water is classified as follows:
Find out more about limescale and how to minimise the effects on your household appliances.


Lincoln University President Placed on Paid Leave Amid Outcry: What You Need to Know
The recent news about the president of Lincoln University in Missouri being placed on paid leave amid a distressing situation has sparked significant attention and concern. Let’s delve into the details surrounding this development and the circumstances leading to it.
The president, John Moseley, voluntarily opted for paid leave while a third party undertakes a comprehensive review of personnel issues and mental health concerns following the tragic death by suicide of Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey, the university’s vice president of student affairs.
The Tragic Event
Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey’s untimely demise, along with reports of her termination by Moseley, has triggered an outpouring of grief and demands for accountability, with allegations of a strained relationship between Candia-Bailey and Moseley surfacing.
Allegations and Concerns
Allegations of bullying and insufficient support from Moseley have emerged, with reports of an email from Candia-Bailey containing grievances against Moseley’s conduct and leadership. Members of the university community have expressed their distress and called for new leadership to facilitate healing and institutional care restoration.
Reaction and Response
Both the board of curators and Moseley himself have acknowledged the need for a comprehensive review to address the issues and provide an independent investigation into the circumstances. The university’s commitment to prioritizing the mental health of its employees and ensuring a respectful work environment has been emphasized.
Tragic Loss and Remembrance
This deeply distressing situation has prompted expressions of admiration and remembrance for Candia-Bailey, highlighting her impactful role within the university community and the profound loss that her passing represents.
Support and Resources
In light of this distressing event, resources for crisis intervention and support have been made available to those in need, emphasizing the importance of seeking help during challenging times.
– President John Moseley of Lincoln University in Missouri has been placed on paid leave following the suicide of the university’s vice president of student affairs, Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey.
– Allegations of bullying and inadequate support from Moseley have surfaced, prompting demands for new leadership and institutional care restoration.
– The board of curators and Moseley have acknowledged the need for an independent review of the circumstances, emphasizing the priority of mental health in the workplace.
– The grieving community has expressed admiration and remembrance for Candia-Bailey, emphasizing her impactful role within the university.
The recent events at Lincoln University have sparked an important conversation about mental health, workplace dynamics, and the crucial need for robust support systems within academic institutions. It is imperative to recognize the significance of addressing these issues effectively while providing the necessary resources for those in need.


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English at UGA
The English Department at the University of Georgia is a diverse scholarly community of more than 40 faculty, 100 graduate students, and more than 600 undergraduate majors and minors held together by a common commitment to preserving, transmitting, and extending the rich cultural legacy of the English language. At the core of our discipline lie the complex skills of reading and writing, and though these can be productively applied to a wide range of professional goals our own work as scholars and teachers strives to deepen our understanding of the critical and creative imagination. A sympathetic participation in the verbal worlds of other times and places, drawing on the full range of linguistic tools, historical knowledge, and interpretive experience at our disposal, allows our students to enhance their appreciation for expressive possibility. The diversity of the faculty's interests and research methods helps ensure that an English major at the University of Georgia develops a sophisticated, practical grasp of the central role that language plays in the preservation of human institutions.
ENGL 4210 Old English Literature
Spring 2016 MWF 2:30-3:20 p.m. Jonathan Evans
The thing about Old English literature is this: it's old. So old, in fact, that students must have reading knowledge of the language in order to make any sense of the literary texts. But, unlike the prerequisite ENGL 4060, the focus of attention is not on Old English grammar per se but on the literary merits of prose and poetry written in English before the Norman Conquest.
Highlights include "Cædmon's Hymn," the earliest recorded poem in English, "The Battle of Maldon," and the elegiac "The Seafarer," later adapted -- badly -- by Ezra Pound.
Brittene igland is ehta hund mila lang and twa hund brad. And her sind on þis iglande fif geþeode: englisc and britisc and wilsc and scyttisc and pyhtisc and bocleden.
"The island of Britain is 800 miles long and 200 broad. And there are five languages in this island: English, British, Welsh, Scottish, Pictish, and Latin."
English 4821 Poetics: The Modern Pastoral
Spring 2016 MWF 11:15 a.m. Susan Rosenbaum
This course explores the aesthetics, history and politics of pastoral poetry with an emphasis on its modern uses. Mankind’s relationship to nature centers this longstanding tradition, and we will briefly survey its Classical origins and its transformations during the Renaissance and Romantic periods. This will prepare us to study the re-invention of pastoral during the late 19th and 20th centuries, as poets respond to industrialization, a shrinking wilderness, urbanization, scientific discoveries, and a growing environmental ethic. We will trace pastoral’s history in modern poetry with forays into its related appearance in modern drama, painting, music, and film.
ENGL 4642/4642L Films about the American South
Spring Semester 2016, Hugh Ruppersburg
In English 4642 we will consider a series of films (many of them iconic) about the American South and will seek to understand and appreciate them as examples of cinema, explore their perspectives on the history and culture of the South, and study their sources, especially literary sources. We will view at least one film a week. The class will meet on Tuesday and Thursday at 11:00 AM in 144 Park Hall. There will be a required viewing session each Monday, beginning at 3:35, in Miller Learning Center.
Possible films to be covered: Jezebel (1938); Intruder in the Dust (1949); Pinky (1949); A Streetcar Named Desire (1950); To Kill a Mockingbird (1962); In the Heat of the Night (1967); Deliverance (1972); Nashville (1977); Wise Blood (1979); O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000); Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006); The Help (2011); The Tree of Life (2011); Mud (2012); Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012); 12 Years a Slave (2013)
ENGL 4895 :WRITING ON THE WALL: GRAFFITI
Spring Semester 2016, Dr. Andrew Zawacki
This course will confront the terminology, semiology, erratic history, constantly changing social significance, fugitive literary appearances, and embattled artistic legitimacy of graffiti. We will begin by addressing the cave art of Southern France and the Old Testament’s prophetic “handwriting,” before wandering through the earliest codifications of graff in the mid-nineteenth century, its blatant identification with childishness and sexual deviance at the end of the Victorian period, its awkward and recalcitrant entrance into semi-official art in the Modernist period, and the controversial vitality that its aerosol iterations awakened on the trains in New York in the 1970s.
ENGL4780, The Walking (un)Dead: American Indians as Zombies, Ghosts, and Ghouls in 20th century novels.
Spring 2016, LeAnne Howe
Wed. 2:30 p.m.
In this course we will read twentieth century novels by American Indian authors that feature the paranormal. Students will research the origins of American Indians as “human commodities,” as “blood thirty savages,” and as the “noble,” but vanishing savages. Some of the semester texts include, Almanac of the Dead, Riding the Trail of Tears, Ghost Singer: A Novel, Eye Killers, It Came from del Rio, and Transit of Empire. In addition we will analyze Native and non-native films, and have lively discussions focused on student research. Two term papers and weekly mini papers make up the bulk of the written work. The course is reading intensive and fun!
ENGL 4680, Introduction to Irish Literature
Spring Semester 2016, Nicholas Allen
Ireland is home to one of the richest literary traditions in the English language – James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Elizabeth Bowen, W. B. Yeats, Seamus Heaney and Anne Enright are only some of its great novelists, poets and dramatists. Ireland is also site of a rich and complex history, which has inflected its culture over the course of the twentieth century. Take this opportunity to learn more about a literature and a society that continues to influence the world of writing to this day. This course coincides with the centenary of the Easter Rising, the great rebellion that is subject of Yeats's poem 'Easter, 1916', and the Battle of the Somme, both of which have come to represent very different traditions of the past in Ireland. Subsequently we will pay special attention to ideas of empire, independence and partition in our reading of Ireland and its troubles, north and south.
ENGL 4640, Black Sounds Matter: Black Music in Modern and Contemporary Film
Spring Semester 2016, Ed Pavlić
This course surveys and explores the many roles that black music has played in US and world cinema. We’ll watch for the way the positioning of black music in films works formally within the works themselves, but we’ll also look closely at the politics implied (or even confessed) by such positioning in its historical era viewed from ours.
We’ll touch upon historical, classic Hollywood films that used black music and musicians in soundtracks and scores as well as feature films in which black musicians played character roles. We’ll examine how the depth and sophistication of black music’s role in film resonates with the social and political movements in each decade after WWII.
ENGL 4820: Literary Theory
Spring Semester 2016, T/TR 2 pm, Dr. Michelle Ballif
How do literary texts mean and what is at stake in any interpretation? In what way can textual interpretation be viewed as “turtles all the way down”? This course aims to provide a variety of answers to these questions by familiarizing students with the major theoretical movements within contemporary literary criticism that investigate all those layers of turtles and what they can possibly signify. Surveying the major schools of thought in the last 50 years or so, the course will culminate in the more pointed question: “so what?” What does it matter that texts (and textual readings) can be read in multiple ways, each way reinforcing particular ways of being, thinking, and relating to others? Lots of questions—lots of turtles.
ENGL 4790, Poe: Mind and Cosmos
Spring Semester 2016, Doug Anderson
This class will focus on Edgar Allan Poe's short fiction, on his novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, on his 1848 cosmogony Eureka, and on two or three successors whose work reflects Poe's influence among contemporary artists. Students can expect to make one presentation to the class that traces the publication history and editorial changes in one Poe story, as it migrated from magazine to book form, and to write three essays exploring the interest of Poe's prose in close and attentive detail. As a break from what Poe once called the "intensities," we will mix our immersion in his fiction with books by Paul Auster, Yann Martel, and Joyce Carol Oates that reflect Poe's vital legacy.
Borrowers and Lenders
Borrowers and Lenders, winner of the CELJ Best New Journal Award in 2007, is a peer-reviewed, online, multimedia Shakespeare journal (http://www.borrowers.uga.edu). The journal is indexed in the MLA Bibliography, World Shakespeare Bibliography, and other databases.
General Editors: Christy Desmet and Sujata Iyengar, University of Georgia
Associate Editor: Robert Sawyer, East Tennessee State University
INFORMATIONAL MEETING: Literature and Plants of the Cherokee Landscape
ENGL 4860/8960 and LAND 4440/6440
Students in the course will travel from Athens, GA to Cherokee, NC and on to the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, following the Cherokees' historic route westward along the Trail of Tears. Along the way, you'll meet with Cherokee people, observe important landmarks along the Trail, and read Cherokee literature to learn about the role the environment played in traditional Cherokee life. You'll come to better understand the Cherokee relationship with the land, the cultural consequences of Indian Removal, and the ways that contemporary Cherokee people negotiate their tribal past for present-day healing. Students in previous years have met Cherokee writers, artists, and leaders, played stickball with the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, toured a Cherokee language immersion school, attended a stomp dance, and much much more! This non-traditional course has no pre-requisites.
Greetings, Park Hall alumni and friends!
Campus has a different look in early May, the presence of more parents than students (and the students conspicuous for their black gowns and mortarboard caps) announcing the end of another school year. On May 7th, we celebrated our undergraduate and graduate Class of 2015 in a ceremony that also highlighted annual awards for students and faculty.
The awards, both internal and external, are numerous, covering everything from research accomplishments to excellence in teaching. The Department of English has much to be proud of, but success in the classroom is surely at some kind of peak. At least that’s the impression I got earlier this year when I compiled the faculty reports of accomplishments for 2014. Reading the teaching evaluations of the faculty, I was reminded of the line in Garrison Keillor’s long-running radio broadcast, A Prairie Home Companion, about the fictional town of Lake Woebegone, “where all the children are above average.” But there’s nothing fictional about teaching in Park Hall, a place where it can truthfully be said that most of the professors are not just “above average,” but wayabove. Over the moon, out of the ballpark, however you want to put it.
Student comments are far more revealing than the numerical indicators (but the numbers are astounding in themselves: with 5 being a perfect score, I estimate that the department average is about 4.7). Comments say a lot about the different ways successful teaching makes an impact. Many students are impressed by the preparation their professors bring to the classroom, especially when it means the teacher is prepared to make discussion thrive. It’s easy, of course, for professors to come across as knowledgeable, but students value a certain generosity when it comes to dispensing it, making it accessible to them. Students also appreciate the personal touch, the consideration for their own needs and inclinations. Some professors are prized for the way they come across as fully rounded human beings — the way they impart a quality of “keeping it real,” as it’s sometimes put in the evaluations.
A familiar stereotype in the mass media portrays English professors as self-absorbed, bookish types, barely able to get through a day in the “real world,” aided only by their endearing cluelessness. It’s a stereotype that has distant roots in fact. Until the big boom in postwar education after the Second World War, being an English professor was generally a prerogative of the leisure class, a sinecure for unworldly souls disinclined (or unfit) to run the family business. Those days are long gone, and the typical professor today would be up to the task of selling cars, trading stocks, or strategizing troop movements. Student evaluations are vivid reminders that successful teachers don’t teach a subject; they begin with a subject and spiral out from there. Evaluations consistently acknowledge that impassioned professors inspire intellectual curiosity: they convey the sense that one thing leads to another and another and another, until you find you started with a sonnet and ended up, not on that “silent peak in Darien” imagined by a dreamy English youth, but somewhere else altogether — crossing a bridge into Birmingham from a contested start in Selma, coming to terms with the slaughter of French cartoonists, or discovering how mercantile trade routes established centuries ago set in motion the frantic world of globalized interconnectivity we now straddle.
What makes a great teacher? Dedication and practice help, along with commitment to the students. But I think the secret is that all good teachers are themselves students: lifelong learning is a deep instinct. That’s the gravitational force you feel in the classroom — when it becomes apparent that everyone’s in it together, learning and teaching and learning until, to paraphrase an Irish poet, there’s no distinguishing the dancer from the dance.
For more, please read the latest version of the Park Hall Monitor, the department's newsletter.
Nine University of Georgia faculty members will hone their leadership skills and gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities confronting research universities as members of the inaugural class of the university's Women's Leadership Fellows Program.
Valerie Babb, director of the Institute of African-American Studies and Franklin Professor of English has been named one of the inaugural class of Women's Leadership Fellows at UGA. Her research focuses on African-American literature and culture, transatlantic studies, and constructions of race and gender. Her honors include serving as a scholar-in-residence at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, receiving the W.M. Keck Foundation Fellowship in American Studies and delivering the Distinguished W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture at Humboldt University in Germany.


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Mombelli (Alberto Sordi) is an elementary school teacher whose wife Ada (Claire Bloom) dreams of becoming wealthy. She talks him into quitting his job and investing all of their money in a shoe factory. The family and the business fall apart when Ada is killed in a car wreck, and the colorless Mombelli has no choice but to return to his dull world of academia. Vito de Taranto plays the schoolmaster in a role that is a cardboard caricature. Although Sordi injects some satire and comedy into his role, his performance isn't enough to overcome this meandering feature that often gets bogged down.

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I would like an Accesspoint user to be able to reload a file. File is normally updated every two hours but this user want the file to be updated when needed. Is there any simple solution to that?
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19-year-old Marquiya Dashay Dula Witherspoon of Todd Street N.W. in Hickory was arrested by Hickory Police at about 9 p.m. Friday (July 31) on one felony count of larceny by servant or other employee.
She was arrested in connection to two incidents at the Belk store in Hickory’s Valley Hills Mall. On July 28, a Loss Prevention Officer saw Witherspoon as she allegedly concealed merchandise and left the store without paying. She was not stopped on that occasion, but, three days later, Loss Prevention again saw Witherspoon as she allegedly repeated the process. Clothing items taken included pants, shorts and a sweater.
Witherspoon was taken into custody at the store without incident. She was processed and later released under a $500 unsecured bond. A first appearance in District Court was set for today (August 3) in Newton.
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The City of Newton will begin installation of a “smart meter” system on August 10.
The advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system from Utility Metering Solutions will replace the current reading system with a wireless system that collects multiple remote reads per day. The new system will allow for better leak detection, increased billing accuracy, and improved customer service.
AMI works via wireless technology to send readings to regional collectors that transmit usage data to City Hall. Regional collectors are located on existing city water towers and at the Newton Water Treatment Plant.
Changing out all of the meters will take about four months. Customers will receive a phone notification no more than one week prior to installation in their area. Water and electric meters are being installed by different crews and installation may take place at different times. Customers do not need to be at their homes or businesses during installation unless their meter is in a locked area.
Customers may track where installations are taking place by visiting the city’s website at newtonnc.gov. For more information, call 828-695-4301.
30-year-old Angelique Sincell Holloway of Rhony Road in Connelly Springs was arrested at about 2:20 Saturday afternoon on one misdemeanor count of shoplifting and one felony count of failure to appear.
She was arrested in connection to a shoplifting incident at the Goodwill Store on North Center Street. Holloway allegedly put on some shoes from the store and left her old shoes on the rack.
She was in the manager’s office when Police arrived. A routine records check turned up the outstanding felony warrant for her arrest. That warrant was issued in Burke County on July 20.
Holloway was jailed in the Catawba Co. Detention Facility under a $135,000 secured bond. An appearance in Superior Court was set for September 21 in Morganton.
One person was killed this morning in an accident involving a bicycle and a motor vehicle. The incident occurred at approximately 8 a.m. on the 2100 block of North Center Street, near Clark Tire.
A northbound gold Saturn sedan reportedly crossed into the southbound lanes, hit the bicycle, then ran into a phone pole and hit a tire can in the Clark Tire parking lot. A Clark Tire van also sustained minor damage. 21-year-old Steffan Alexander Robinson has been arrested in connection to the incident. He was charged with D.W.I.
Hickory Police were still on the scene late this morning.
The victim is a 29-year-old male. His identity has not been released.
31-year-old Derek Scott Frenceschini of East Avenue S.E. in Hickory has been arrested by Catawba Co. Sheriff’s Officers on four counts of failure to appear in court as the result of charges dating back to last year. Those charges include fleeing to elude arrest with a motor vehicle; hit & run – failure to stop for property damage; possession of a schedule II controlled substance; and felony possession of a schedule VI controlled substance. He also faces current charges for simple possession of a schedule IV controlled substance and felony possession of a schedule II controlled substance.
Frenceschini was jailed yesterday (August 2) in the Catawba Co. Detention Facility with bond set at $40,000, secured. He will appear in District Court today and on September 16 on the latest drug charges. A Superior Court date was set for August 7 on the 2014 charges.
30-year-old Bobby Ray Abshire of Poovey Drive in Granite Falls was arrested Friday (July 31) by Caldwell Co. Sheriff’s Officers on charges of felony breaking & entering, felony larceny after breaking & entering and felony possession of stolen goods or property.
Following his arrest, Abshire was taken to the Caldwell Co. Detention Facility with bond set at $10,000 secured. He’ll appear in Superior Court on August 31 in Lenoir.
HighRoad and the Tribute Quartet will perform at the annual Soldiers Reunion Gospel Music Night at 7:30 p.m. Monday, August 17, on the courthouse square in downtown Newton.
The concert is free and open to the public. Area residents are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy traditional, inspirational and contemporary gospel music.
HighRoad is an award-winning female gospel trio made up of Sarah Davison, Anna Grace Kimbrough and Kiley Phillips. The women are all graduates of Belmont University’s School of Music. They live in Nashville, Tennessee.
Also based in Nashville, the Tribute Quartet is made up of lead singer and group manager Gary Casto from West Virginia, baritone and pianist Josh Singletary of Florida, tenor Riley Harrison Clark and bass Anthony Davis.
For more information, contact Wayne Dellinger at 828-464-3906.
39-year-old John Scott Davis of Zacks Fork Road in Lenoir was arrested yesterday (August 2) by Caldwell Co. Sheriff’s Officers on charges of felony fleeing to elude arrest with a motor vehicle, driving while license revoked, fictitious or altered registration card or tag, operating a vehicle with no insurance, driving or allowing a motor vehicle to be driven with no registration, no inspection, speeding, driving left of center, unsafe passing over the yellow line and reckless driving to endanger.
Following his arrest, Davis was taken to the Caldwell Co. Detention Center under a $25,000 secured bond. A first appearance in District Court was set for today in Lenoir.
Dennis Young of Hickory has won $230,992 in the N.C. Education Lottery’s Carolina Cash 5 game. He purchased one of two tickets that matched all five numbers in the July 24 drawing, splitting the $461,844 jackpot. Young purchased his winning ticket from Energy Fuels on Springs Road Northeast.
After state and federal taxes were withheld, Young received a check for $159,913. The other winner was a retiree from Raleigh.
For details on how $50 million in lottery funds have been used in Catawba County, click on the “Where the Money Goes” tab on the lottery’s website.
54-year-old Delisa Branch Thorne of 7th Avenue S.W. in Hickory has been arrested by Hickory Police on one count of felony assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. She was taken into custody yesterday (August 2) and jailed in the Catawba Co. Detention Facility under a $150,000 secured bond. A first appearance in District Court was scheduled for today.


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The metal objects may have become lodged in the body as shrapnel, for instance, during the war or have been deliberately implanted by surgical means (cardiac pacemakers, artificial joints, prosthetic heart valves).
The risk is the magnetic field
The risk posed by MR imaging is due partly to the static magnetic field and partly to the effects of the rapidly changing magnetic fields and high frequency exposure.
The risk in the static magnetic field arises by virtue of the fact that the implants can be displaced and cause damage, for instance, to nerve structures or blood vessels.
A decisive factor it the composition of the alloys used for the implant.
Doctors hold conflicting views on how exposure to high frequencies and rapidly changing magnetic fields acting on metal implants can cause parts of the body to heat up.
Decisive is the conductivity of the metal
Furthermore, metal implants such as cardiac pacemakers can act as additional antennae and couple with the high frequency coil of the MR tomograph.
Turbulences then occur in the implant, possibly leading to heat generation. A decisive factor is the conductivity of the metal. The heat that is produced is conducted to the surrounding tissue so that, in a worst-case scenario, the tissue surrounding the implant may sustain burns.
Uncertainty among doctors and patients
The theoretical risk to patients with implants as outlined above during MR tomography has in many cases made doctors and patients wary, with the result that the MR scan was not performed.
No untoward effects on mechanical heart valves
The same applies to patients following heart valve replacement surgery who now have implanted mechanical heart valves and metallic wires around their breastbone. Extensive experiments have shown that patients do not suffer any untoward effects through warming of the prosthetic heart valve or through magnetic forces.
Several scientific publications concerning the effects of magnetic fields and high frequency radio waves on various mechanical heart valves (see table) conclude that the mechanical replacement heart valves named are unproblematic and safe for the heart valve patients investigated.
In the meantime large numbers of patients throughout the world who have MR-compatible replacement heart valves have received MR scans. There are no reports to date of any serious complications.
One thing to note, however!
A doctor sending a patient for an MR scan and the MR doctor performing the scan must make sure that the implanted prosthetic heart valve is properly seated before the MR scan commences.
The magnetic force attempting to deflect the mechanical heart valve is very small compared to the forces that can be generated when the heart muscle contracts, but even the small force created by the magnetic field may the “last straw” that displaces a valve hanging on by only a single thread. This is merely a theoretical consideration.
Use echo cardiography as an exploratory scan
Patients with very poor haemodynamics (factors affecting the flow of blood within a vessel, e.g. hypertension) who are suspected of having severe valvular dysfunction should be sent for an EC scan before an MR scan is attempted.
Be careful with heart valve prostheses that were manufactured before 1969
Patients with mechanical heart valves not tested for MR-compatibility (manufactured before 1969) should not be sent for an MR scan. Care with MR scans should also be exercized in freshly operated patients whose blood vessels were clipped without the use of titanium/tantalum alloys. In addition, all patients with unspecific metal fragments in their body close to critical organs should not undergo MR tomography for safety reasons.
What is magnetic resonance tomography?
Magnetic resonance (MR) tomography is a computer-assisted imaging technique. A strong magnetic field acts on the body and electromagnetic waves emitted from the body following exposure to an outside source are recorded. These waves are converted into very accurate images and so allow the doctor to detect any early signs of tumours, etc.
Dr. med. Heinrich Koertke, Heart- and Diabetes-Center, North-Rhine Westphalia, Georgstr. 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen/Germany (2005)


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Grayjeans is progressing nicely. The body is done as well as the right arm
(this is obviously before the arm was finished ...)
I realy enjoy knitting this. The contruction is pretty clever - no seams!!! - and the cable pattern does keep is interesting.
Cables are on the lower half of the body as well as the cuffs.
I've just started on the twelvest ball of yarn. Good thing I went back and bought some more. I think I should be able to finish this with about a ball to spare.
The sock I've started last week turned out not as I wanted it. So in the end I decided to start a new sock with a different pattern I sort of made up (standard sock pattern with some details from another pattern)
The heel caused me a bit of a headache - this is version three. With the first heel (the 'classic' turned heel) the colors in the gusset section began to pool like crazy - but only there. So I went to the frog pond and tried another heel (short row), but there I didn't like how the yarn crosses in the wrap and turn sections, so this was ripped as well. This here is okayish, but still not 100% what I wanted. Ah, well.
The yarn, by the way is not as good as the first from this batch - I found a minimum of two knots in the first ball, and one already in the second. Means there's going to be a lot of weaving in the ends.

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Talks between the NHL and its players' union resumed at the league offices Friday, a day after commissioner Gary Bettman issued a second proposal with the hopes of securing a collective bargaining agreement. They didn't last long, and the result appears to be less amity and more venom in a spiral toward a lockout in mid-September.
Donald Fehr, the NHLPA's executive director, told media members the meeting "did not bear fruit," SportsBusiness Journal's Chris Botta reported via Twitter. Bettman spoke after Fehr, tossing out some snarky comments about the union that don't portend a settlement any time soon.
Fehr said NHL would not respond to proposals that don't include salary cuts. "At this point, the talks are recessed," he said.
Bettman countered with a pointed reference to the NHLPA, Botta reported, in saying the union "stonewalled" and did not move off its latest proposal.
"If you look at the history of these negotiations," Bettman said, "there doesn't seem to be a rush."
When talks continue, their goal will be a collective bargaining agreement to replace one that expires Sept. 15. Barring an accord by that date, Bettman has warned the league and its owners would order a lockout. It would be the NHL's third labor stoppage since Bettman took power in 1993.
The league was idle for more than half the 1994-95 season and shut down for the 2004-05 season.
It was the league, not the union, that decided to end Friday's talks, Fehr said. Also, the union proposed a three-year labor contract with a one-year option. The league wanted a longer pact.
Bettman said the union did not offer, in his view, a counter-proposal. He also called talk of revenue sharing a distraction.
Players aren't scheduled to get their first 2012-13 paychecks until Oct. 11, Bettman noted, and then added that after Sept. 15, making concessions "gets more difficult."
He concluded: "I wish I had better news, everybody."
Bottom line, according to Botta: The talks have gone to hell.
If a new labor deal is done, NHL training camps will open on or after Sept. 16. Exhibitions would follow and the 2012-13 season would begin in October.
A lockout would delay camps, reduce the regular season, possibly scotch 2013 All-Star Game festivities and maybe the season's Winter Classic.
The union attempted to get an agreement on the fourth year of its initial offer, but Fehr said the league was unwilling to do that. The union's initial deal included a lower share of revenue for players over the first three years of the offer and a return to the current level of 57 percent in the fourth.
"We proposed several concepts for the fourth year that would allow the fourth year to be something less than 57 percent of revenues," Fehr said. "The suggestion was that if we could get over the fourth year and their objection to the 57 percent snap-back that would give us an opportunity to move forward.
"Unfortunately, so far at least, that proposal we made today did not bear fruit."
Bettman said the suggestions put forth by the Players' Association didn't adequately address the fourth-year stumbling block.
"In the final analysis the emphasis was on returning back to 57 percent in the fourth year, which obviously isn't acceptable," he said.
The NHLPA plans to remain in New York for the next two weeks and will be willing to restart negotiations whenever the league is ready.
However, Fehr said either side could restart talks and the he expected neither "would stand on ceremony."
The NHLPA's latest offer came three days after the NHL made its first counter-proposal. After asking the players to cut their share of hockey revenue from 57 to 43 percent, the NHL upped its proposal to have the players get a 46 percent share over a six-year deal.
Bettman said the players' offer wasn't a proper counter-proposal to the offer the league tabled earlier this week, and said the union was not adequately addressing the economic issues facing the business.
"What I thought was starting as a promising week after we made our substantial counter-proposal on Tuesday, ends I guess you could say in disappointment," Bettman said. "We did not get a proposal from the union. I call it more of a response."
Bettman said either side could resume talks if they had something to bring to the table, but said there is nothing forthcoming.
"There's nothing scheduled because there's nothing that we're prepared to say in light of the fact there was really no substantive movement on the economics," he said.
The current CBA was reached after acrimonious negotiations that saw the league lock out players and cancel the entire 2004-05 season. The league won a hard salary cap in that agreement, and Fehr says the league has posted record revenues the past few years.
"Given those to things, the players' overall feeling is they are not prepared to, and don't feel it's appropriate to, see an absolute further reduction in their aggregate salaries," Fehr said.
The union is also proposing greater revenue sharing to help out less financially sound teams, something Bettman called a "distraction."
"As we've made clear you've got to deal with the fundamental economics," he said. "We don't believe revenue sharing addresses the issues that need to be addressed."
—Contributing: Associated Press, Canadian Press

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Look out notice issued for constable in drug nexus case
Panaji: The Goa police has issued a look
out notice against constable Sanjay Parab, who is on the run,
after being booked for alleged nexus with drug peddlers.
The 30-year-old cop is among the six policemen booked
for having links with Israeli drug peddlers Yaniv Benaim alias
Atala and David Driham alias Dudu.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (Crime Branch)
Chandrakant Salgonkar, in the look out notice issued
yesterday, said that the constable`s whereabouts should be
made known to the police, if he is traced.
Police Inspector Ashish Shirodkar is among the five
policemen who are presently in arrest under Prevention of
Corruption Act and Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act.
The crime branch was expecting Parab to surrender
before them yesterday after his lawyer withdrew case from Goa
Bench of Bombay High Court stating that his client will
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Hope for missing 11-year-old Gannon Stauch’s safe return home was shattered Monday with the arrest of his stepmother, Letecia Stauch, who is suspected of killing the boy.
Arrested in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Letecia Stauch, 36, is being held for investigation of first-degree murder of a child under the age of 12 by a person in a position of trust, tampering with a body, tampering with evidence and child abuse resulting in death, El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder said during a Monday news conference.
Letecia Stauch will be extradited to Colorado to face the charges and could face life in prison if convicted.
She was the last person to see Gannon alive on Jan. 27. Authorities have been searching for the boy for five weeks, at times combing rural areas with horses, drones and dogs. Gannon’s body has not been found.
His mother, Landen Hiott, wept during the Monday morning news conference, at times burying her face in the arms of Albert Stauch, Gannon’s father.
“I never thought I’d be standing here. It’s a nightmare,” she said, facing TV news crews in a blue T-shirt that featured a silhouette of Gannon in a hero’s cape and his nickname, “G-man.”
“Justice will be served. And I will make sure of it, that justice is served,” Hiott said. “My boy did not deserve any of this that has happened to him.”
Albert Stauch said in a statement that was read during the news conference that his heart stopped Monday when he was informed of his wife’s arrest. Both he and Hiott said they’d trusted Letecia Stauch to care for Gannon.
“That’s a burden I will carry for a very long time,” Albert Stauch said in the statement.
He lamented that he’s no longer able to have Taco Tuesdays with his son, that he can’t play Nintendo with him ever again, and that his daughter no longer has a big brother.
“My little boy is not coming home,” the statement said.
Authorities did not discuss any of the details that led to Letecia Stauch’s arrest or take questions from reporters. An affidavit that details the investigation will be kept secret to protect the integrity of the case, El Paso County sheriff’s Lt. Mitch Mihalko said.
The search for Gannon’s body will continue, Mihalko said, adding that authorities have received new information that should help narrow the search.
Letecia Stauch previously told authorities that she last saw her stepson when he left to walk to a friend’s house on Jan. 27. In early February, a neighbor told reporters that he had home video surveillance footage that showed Letecia Stauch and Gannon leave together on the morning of Jan. 27, but that only she returned home that afternoon, several hours later.
Letecia Stauch previously worked as a special education teacher for Horry County Schools in South Carolina, school system spokeswoman Lisa Bourcier said. She started as a paraprofessional in 2010 and became a teacher in 2012. She resigned in 2015.
Authorities have searched for Gannon for a month, logging nearly 9,000 hours as they have checked nearby bodies of water and walked miles through deep snow. They covered territory in northern El Paso County and southern Douglas County.
At first, Gannon was reported as a missing child but the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office upgraded his case three days later to missing and endangered because of his age, the medication he needed and the length of time he had been gone.
Gannon’s case drew widespread attention from across the nation. Flowers sat on the porch of the family’s home on Mandan Drive Monday, and blue ribbons in honor of Gannon were tied on trees in the neighborhood, a quiet subdivision filled with single family homes.
Kellie Gasper, who lives across the street from the Stauch family, said she helped look for Gannon on the first night he was missing, hopping in a truck with her husband to search under bridges and in a nearby area with homes under construction.
“My heart just broke today,” she said.
Hiott on Monday said she was grateful to everyone who prayed for her son and helped in the search.
“I’m astounded by the amount of love that has not come from me. It’s come from my boy,” she said.
Through tears, she said Gannon became a hero to all who heard about him.
“Gannon has a story; he’s special,” she said, and paused. Her voice cracked with emotion as she continued. “And this is his story. So make that story magnificent.”
Reporter Elise Schmelzer contributed.


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Sipping tea on a rainy day is a favorite thing to do and especially if it is a tasty sweet-aroma tea like, believe it or not, a bag tea. I love the “Madagascar Vanilla Red” tea by Celestial Seasonings (and the coupons inside the box encourage me to continue buying it)!. This tea is especially good in the late evening with Vanilla Ice Cream or Bananas Foster…wonderful! If you haven’t tried it, do…it is great and you an even have it on diet with diet dessert!
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Real Madrid vs Levante LaLiga LIVE Football Score 12 May 2022
NAME: Real Madrid – Levante
DATE: 12 May 2022
TIME: 19:30 UTC
VENUE: Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain
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Tim Knol & Blue Grass Boogiemen
Wed 25 May ’2220:15 uurSmall Hall
Music by and anecdotes about flamboyant performers like Jimmy Martin ("The King of Bluegrass") and Bill Monroe ("The Father of Bluegrass"), as well as work from their most recent album Happy Hour which received exclusively rave reviews, will be featured.
After the release of his self-titled debut in 2010 things went fast for Tim Knol. The Netherlands got to know him and was immediately convinced of his talent. He played at all the major festivals, countless clubs and did several theater tours. Tim grew into a big name in Dutch pop music.
‘De combinatie van Knols heerlijke knauwstem met de soms opzwepende, soms melancholieke, meerstemmige Amerikaanse plattelandsmuziek is even logisch als briljant. De songs op Happy Hour klinken fris, doorleefd, opzwepend en authentiek. Ga ze ook vooral live zien.’


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It’s incredibly difficult to keep things organized over time. We always tend to struggle with the canned food. Grab one, pull it out, look it over, and then put it back because it’s the wrong one!
This happens so frequently, that we often end up preparing something totally different than originally planned.
Luckily, RV pantry storage can be improved. Our solution was to build an RV food storage dispenser for all the canned goods we keep in our rig.
Building Your Own Food Storage Dispenser
No need to recreate the wheel as we found a great concept for RV pantry storage while searching around at ProvidentLiving.org.nz. The designs they show offer lots of flexibility on the size, type of material used, and where you can install it. This made it ideal for us to use in our RV pantry.
The premise for this RV food storage idea is simple. A can dispenser keeps a time sensitive rotation of your food. It ensures you are always using the oldest cans first.
You can take stock of what types of canned goods you keep and build a dispenser with the right amount of cans and types of food for your individual needs. You can customize it for cat food, dog food, soda cans, or food cans.
The end result of your RV food storage can dispenser is really what you make of it. Provident Living shows off ideas for vertical, horizontal, and box dispensers. It shouldn’t be too hard to find one that fits your needs.
RV Food Storage Can Dispenser Design #1
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RV Food Storage Can Dispenser Design #2
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RV Food Storage Can Dispenser Design #3
This design is referred to as the “gravity-fed” can dispenser. Aptly named, it’s a vertical RV food storage can dispenser that works well for spaces that require a slim profile. Perfect for those areas not traditionally used for storage, such as behind a chair or on the wall in the kitchen.
You can see more information about can dispensers at ProvidentLiving.org.nz.
Thoughts? How do you keep canned goods organized in your RV pantry? Please share with us in the comments section below.
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Ju Sushi moved to Groton 1043 Poquonnock Rd, Groton, CT Ju Sushi offers sashimi, classic…
Authentic Japanese Ramen Noodle Soup, Asian BBQ and sushi in Downtown Mystic. Their noodles made fresh daily on site (you can watch them in action) and they have 18 beers on tap.
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Reviewed By Robert M (Smithtown, NY) Reviewed for a 2013 Honda Accord —5/3/2016 6:20 AM
Tight fit but manageable.Have not had much time driving at night yet,but hope it makes a difference.Nice look though.
Reviewed By Jeff B (SAVANNAH, GA) Reviewed for a 2003 Honda Accord —4/10/2017 3:35 AM
The lights look great, and the bumper needs to come off for the installation of the headlights. If the vehicle is an older one, then you will have hyperflashing turn signals. I'm still working on trying to fix that.
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GB7WI Channel Configuration
Time Slot 1 - Talk Group Use
TG 1 Worldwide
TG 2 Europe
TG 3 USA
TG 13 Worldwide English
TG 235 UK
TG 23560 NE (TG 860)
TG 23562 M62 (TG 862)
TG 23520 NW (User Activated) (TG 820)
TG 23550 Scotland (User Activated) (TG 850)
TG 9 Local
Time Slot 2
TG 9 Local / Reflector use
TG 9990 Echo test
By default local will revert to REF4400 UK.
GB7WI is connected to BrandMeister network providing reliable digital communications to radio amateurs worldwide. The repeater keeper is Kevin G0UZJ.
Having two Time Slots (TS) allows two conversations to take place simultaneously using one frequency. This means you can be talking to someone on TS1 on a Worldwide/USA/Europe/UK Talk-Group (TG) whilst another station uses TS2 to contact someone local or connect to a reflector. There are currently over 90 reflectors.
A huge advantage of BrandMeister is that it is dedicated to amateur radio, you can use Motorola and Hytera repeaters, GPS/GPRS, Reflectors and you can use a DMR hotspot/dongle/accesspoint and homebrew DMR repeaters! No matter where you are in the world, if a repeater is available or not, whether you are in your car, house or in a hotel room you will have the capability for worldwide communication.
Where TS1 implements TGs similar to DMR MARC TS2 implements the use of reflectors similar to the DSTAR network. The easiest way to use the reflector is to program your radio with TG9 (local) in TS2. This is the only TG you will need for a QSO on the reflector.
To link and unlink a reflector, program the radio with the reflector number as a group call on TS2. To link to a reflector, select the reflector number from the contacts list and transmit for about 1 second. The repeater should respond with a voice announcement, "Connect to reflector xxxx". Then go back to TG9 to make a QSO.
To unlink select 4000 from the contacts list, transmit for about 1 second, and you should hear a voice announcement "Reflector Disconnected".
To enquire about the reflector link status call 5000, and the repeater will respond with the currently linked reflector.
TG9 will default to the UK reflector 4400 after 5 minutes on inactivity.
GB7WI is a digital radio amatuer repeater located in Winterton, N.Lincs, England. Using a Motorola DR3000 we are able to provide 2 digital time division streams (technically known as a Time Slots) providing worldwide communication on the same frequency.
RX Frequency 430.4125 Mhz
TX Frequency 439.4125 Mhz
Color Code 1
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Connected to BrandMeister UK
*There are over 90 reflectors available.
4000 - Unlink refelector
4xxx - Link to reflector
5000 - Link Status
Old Talk Group numbers i.e. TG 860 should be programmed as new TG configuration i.e. 23560
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We ate at the Bistro tonight to celebrate my in-laws’ 50th wedding anniversary. It was perfect! We sat outside and enjoyed a beautiful view. All four of us had excellent meals—Lobster dinner, Grilled salmon with side of asparagus, and fried chicken dinner. Our server was pleasant and attentive, but not overly so. We will definitely return again.
We were there for Easter. Everything was good except the waitstaff. It appeared that there was not enough help. Our waitress was very stressed and did not fulfill our requests; such as coffee refills, boxes to go, extra napkins etc. We did get our meals and desserts in a timely manner! She was a little bit short with us in her replies for questions. After I told her we were all in the restaurant business, she made an effort to be a little nicer! I am not blaming her. I just think the Cafe was not prepared for the crowd! The food was enough to draw us back though! Sincerely, Barbara MacKenzie
We sat and ate outside. The food was very well prepared and service was great. The chef and his staff deserve kudos. The food was better than most top chef's in Vegas. I'll be back and hopefully get to entertain dinner guest's as well. Thank you
Awesome food and service, Robert and me (Leah) has been enjoying The Bistro many times and also have brought close friends over so they can enjoy the wonderful experience there. My praise to the Chef for the excellent food and Marge our waitress for Incredible service!!!! SEE YOU SOON!
Lobster 🦞Night was 50/50. My lobster was perfect but, my husband's was chewy. Everything else was Wonderful! Great service, appetizer & view.
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Jason Broadwater believes it’s the business innovators who will create jobs and investment in downtown Rock Hill in the future.
So the president of RevenFlo and founder of The Hive willingly agreed to share space with a business incubator planned by the city of Rock Hill, Winthrop University and York Technical College.
“In the old model, people would move to the companies. Now the companies move to the talent,” Broadwater says. “Retention and attraction of talent is the new spear of economic development.”
The incubator, tentatively called Knowledge Park at Old Town, will offer eight to 10 high-tech entrepreneurs a variety of services and support in a downtown office.
Initial plans call for Knowledge Park to share The Hives’ 3,000 square feet of office space in the former Citizens Bank building at 157 E. Main St., says Stephen Turner, director of the Rock Hill Economic and Urban Development Department. He says the first businesses will be brought into the space in January.
Private funding is kicking in $20,000 a year for the incubator, and the city’s economic-development arm is contributing $5,000.
Broadwater, president of an Internet marketing firm that’s also based in downtown Rock Hill, founded The Hive last year. There, students prepare websites for nonprofits and gain knowledge of the business world.
In the incubator, Rock Hill will follow a Clemson University-based model to connect new business owners with administrative, human resources, legal and capital assistance, says Andy Shene, chairman of the Rock Hill Economic Development Corp. board. That model is already being used in Bluffton, S.C.
“This opportunity to support home-grown high-tech entrepreneurs confirms our commitment to providing quality services, developing quality places and fostering a quality community,” says David Vehaun, Rock Hill city manager.


India celebrated its 73rd Republic Day across the country on Wednesday with the annual parade held at Rajpath here showcasing the nation’s cultural diversity and military might with a series of tableaux and cultural performances.
For the second consecutive year, the celebrations were held without a chief guest due to the pandemic, which has seen a surge in cases of the Omicron variant. However, sanitation workers, frontline workers, auto rickshaw drivers, construction workers and labourers who prepared the majestic tableaus were among special guests invited this year to the Republic Day parade.
This year’s parade witnessed a half-hour delay to ensure better visibility, while the biggest fly-past comprising 75 aircraft was a scene to witness for the spectators. Only those who are fully vaccinated individuals were allowed in limited numbers due to the Covid-19 restrictions in place.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to the armed personnel who lost their lives, at the National War Memorial, following which the celebrations kicked-off with the unfurling of the national flag and a 21-gun salute.
The number of tableaux at this year’s event had been reduced to 21 with States including the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Goa and Uttarakhand presenting 12 while nine were featured by Ministries and Departments including the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Like every year, the tableaux of the Navy and the Air Force were also showcased.
Last year’s celebrations witnessed 32 tableaux with 17 featured by among others Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, that were left out of this year’s event, raising strong opposition from State leaders.
After conferring the Ashok Chakra, one of the highest gallantry awards, to late Assistant Sub Inspector of Jammu and Kashmir Police Babu Ram, who was gunned down by terrorists in Srinagar in 2020, the much-awaited march past began with several army contingents and indigenous developed battle tanks charging the atmosphere at Rajpath.
This was followed by a flypast by Advanced Light Helicopters developed by the Army Aviation Corps.
Thereafter, several marching contingents showed their prowess with the fabled Rajput Regiment, led by Lieutenant Varun Pratap Singh of 17 Rajput Regiment, carrying weapon point 3 naught that was used during the 1947-48 Indo-Pakistan war.
Amidst this, what caught the public’s eye was the Parachute Regiment, the paratroopers of the Army, dancing to the tunes of ‘Kadam Badaye Jao Kadam Milaye Jao’. They were sporting new combat uniform of the Army. The march past also saw bands of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Delhi police adorning the occasion. Vibrant cultural performances and motorcycle display shows added to the event’s glory.
In another first at the parade, the country’s first woman Rafale fighter jet pilot Shivangi Singh, was part of the Indian Air Force tableau, becoming the second woman fighter jet pilot to achieve the feat.
Several tricoloured balloons were released in the air and after the singing of the national anthem, The President’s Bodyguards escorted him, making an end to the celebrations.
India in 2021 celebrated the Swarnim Vijay Varsh (Golden victory year) to commemorate the country's win over Pakistan in the 1971 war that led to the creation of Bangladesh. The mechanised columns of the Army showed one PT-76 tank, one Centurion tank, two MBT Arjun MK-I tanks, one OT-62 TOPAZ armoured personnel carrier, one BMP-I infantry fighting vehicle and two BMP-II infantry fighting vehicles.
The prime minister ditched his traditional turban look on Republic Day this year and wore a traditional cap from Uttarakhand with an image of the brahmakamal, the state flower, and also sported a stole from Manipur.
Commanded by Lt Gen Vijay Kumar Mishra, with Maj Gen Alok Kacker as the second-in-command, the parade began with President Ram Nath Kovind taking the salute. The national flag was unfurled followed by the national anthem, synchronised with a 21-gun salute.
Horse-mounted soldiers of the Indian Army's 61 Cavalry Regiment, the only active horsed cavalry unit in the world currently, was the first marching contingent at the parade. This regiment's contingent was led by Major Mrityunjay Singh Chouhan.
The parade saw the launch of 'Shaheedon Ko Shat Shat Naman' programme by the National Cadet Corps and a display of ten scrolls each of 75 metres prepared during the 'Kala Kumbh' event besides installation of 10 large LED screens for a better viewing experience of spectators.
The contingents of security forces were followed by tableaux from states that showcased India's cultural diversity, with themes ranging from the freedom struggle to biodiversity.
Several government ministries and departments also took out tableaux, highlighting flagship initiatives such as the Jal Jeevan Mission. The Central Public Works Development tableau paid tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 125th birth anniversary.
The Lok Adalat tableau made its debut on Rajpath this year. The theme of the float by National Legal Services Authority was " Ek Mutthi Aasman (Inclusive Legal System): Lok Adalat". The front part of the tableau showcased 'Nyay Sabke Liye' , a hand gesture of fearlessness, guarantee and protection.
Martyrs and independence movement was the theme of poll-bound Punjab's tableau while the Department of Post's tableau displayed the robust outreach and the modern face of India Post as well as all-women post offices to showcase the steps taken towards gender equality.
Dancers from the Kunbi community, the original inhabitants of Goa, and glimpses from the liberation struggle were the highlight of the tableau of the coastal State while Karnataka's skillfully made pots, carefully sculpted sandalwood miniatures and rich tradition of handicraft were on display in the state's tableau.
Known otherwise to witness huge bustling crowds across many age groups, the annual ceremonial event at Rajpath was scaled down this time in view of the coronavirus pandemic, with spectators' size drastically cut to 5000 from the 25,000 last year.
In the pre-pandemic times, over one lakh spectators used to witness the parade.
From members of contingents to spectators, everyone wore masks. The audience maintained the mandated distance while sitting, and standing spectators were not allowed.
Only double vaccinated adults and children above the age of 15 who have taken at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine were allowed to enter the venue.
There was tight security with personnel maintaining strict vigil. Chairs were placed at a distance to ensure social distancing. Participants also received a white cap with "Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav" printed on it.
Delhi was brought under a heavy security cover as the city police had intensified patrolling and sealed the borders of the national capital in coordination with its counterparts from the neighbouring states to thwart any untoward incident amid a terror alert by intelligence agencies.
Over 27,000 police personnel were deployed on Republic Day security duties in Delhi and anti-terror measures intensified.
(With inputs from PTI)


EVERYONE who teaches in a university has known it for some time: standards in higher education are on a slippery slope. Even that usually stalwart establishment newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, felt obliged to comment on the decline (22 March). The main culprit is blindingly obvious – a massive increase in student numbers without the extra resources to cope with them.
The Daily Telegraph’s report complained that a lot of teaching lacked intellectual depth. If this is true, one of the contributing factors could well be the difficulty that students in large classes have in gaining access to original journals in the university library. Perhaps lecturers and tutors should be photocopying the relevant articles for everyone. We already do this for a number of absolutely essential ones. However, the point of a final-year degree course is that it is open-ended and is not limited to a few papers that are essential reading: students are encouraged to pursue their own interests in particular areas. This is one way to achieve intellectual depth.
But resources are scarce all round – for education in general and for university libraries in particular. One result has been the diminishing number of journals available following successive rounds of cuts in funds for library accessions. And, of course, times are hard for students, whose grants have all but disappeared.
Now, biologists worth their salt will tell you that wherever in the animal kingdom a major resource is in short supply, intense competition is the inevitable result. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the jungle of today’s university library. There used to be an unspoken code of conduct in libraries: if you looked after its contents you could assume that others would do the same, because everyone benefited. It was a kind of literary reciprocal altruism.
All that seems to be changing, and one of the consequences of increased student numbers is a new selfishness, manifesting itself in the abuse of journals and books. Competition for information has led to an increased use of the ploy of hiding volumes in remote places in the library stacks. Frustrating as this is for other students, the books do eventually turn up and are returned to their correct position. But far worse things are happening, too.
Five years ago you might occasionally find a journal from which an article had been neatly excised with a razor blade, but it was unusual. Nowadays this practice has reached epidemic proportions. When I asked my 85 final-year students whether they had come across any journals that had been abused in this way they all said they had. Even the finesse has gone. The articles are no longer surgically removed but are ripped out. The problem is ubiquitous, and colleagues at other universities say that they face the same problem.
Such behaviour reflects the desperate measures that competition engenders in the jungle, and it has far-reaching implications. Honest undergraduates who cannot get hold of the articles they need will be less well equipped to answer examination questions, set months before those articles went missing. Lecturers will then have to spend precious time checking which of their recommended articles are still in the library. Then, a fully stretched library staff will have to obtain copies of the missing articles through their inter-library network.
From a purely selfish, Darwinian point of view, stealing an article of recommended reading may seem a smart thing to do. The perpetrator gets the article and can answer an exam question on it, while the rest of the class cannot – it’s as simple as that. One of the distasteful aspects of all this is that when a group of students tells you it’s happening, the chances are the offender is one of their classmates.
The range of additional resources needed to resolve this problem are unlikely to be forthcoming, so I have been considering a number of options to stem the abuse. For example, if the perpetrators knew that they risked disciplinary sanctions, and might forfeit their degree, they might be deterred. But as long as the chances of being found out remain low, some will always be prepared to take the risk. Another strategy would be to install video cameras in the stacks, or to arrange for spot checks of bags as students enter and leave the library and lectures. It might work – for a time anyway. But thereafter I suspect that these draconian measures would simply generate other unpleasant surprises.
In the same vein, rewards could be offered to people prepared to grass on others thought to be in possession of the priceless pages, but this would also be open to abuse. Perhaps it might be possible to identify the guilty person by finding the one and only examination answer that contains a near word-perfect synopsis of a missing article … If only.
One day, all journals will be published on CD-ROM and the problem will disappear. But by then our precious sources of information will be seriously depleted. Of course, the easiest and most effective solution would simply be to stop recommending that students read journal articles. This would suit everyone. We could spend even less on libraries, we could save undergraduates from the demanding task of sorting out ancient primary sources, and we could help to maintain the educational standards set by recent policy makers.