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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Washington, D.C., high school teacher who died after a struggle in which he was repeatedly shocked with a Taser by Los Angeles police didn’t pose a deadly threat, and two officers who subdued him violated departmental policy on the use of lethal force, the police chief said in a report made public Tuesday.
The 33-page report presented to the city’s civilian Board of Police Commissioners said the Jan. 3 arrest of Keenan Darnell Anderson, a cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors, was mishandled because the officers applied force to his windpipe and because the stun gun was used six times.
In the September report, Police Chief Michel Moore also said five officers deviated from tactical training by, among other things, failing to properly search Anderson and failing to quickly put him in a “recovery position” after he had been handcuffed.
In a closed-door session, the police commissioners adopted the chief’s findings of “administrative disapproval,” opening the way to disciplining some officers.
An email seeking comment from Carl Douglas, an attorney representing Anderson’s family, wasn’t immediately returned Tuesday night. However, he spoke at the commission meeting before the vote.
“What’s clear is Keenan Anderson was never anything more than a passive resistor. What’s clear is that a less than lethal weaponry like a Taser, when used in the wrong hands, is indeed lethal,” Douglas told the commissioners.
An autopsy report concluded that Anderson’s death was caused by an enlarged heart and cocaine use, although it listed the exact manner of his death as undetermined and said it was uncertain how much being restrained and shocked by officers contributed to his “medical decline.”
Anderson, 31, was a high school English teacher in Washington, D.C., and a cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors. He was visiting family members in Los Angeles when he was stopped on suspicion of causing a hit-and-run traffic accident in the Venice area, police said.
An officer found Anderson “running in the middle of the street and exhibiting erratic behavior,” according to a police account.
Anderson initially complied with officers as they investigated whether he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol, but then he bolted, leading to a struggle, police said.
At one point, officers pressed on his windpipe and one officer used a stun gun on him six times, according to Moore’s report.
“They’re trying to George Floyd me,” Anderson said during the confrontation.
Anderson screamed for help after he was pinned to the street by officers and repeatedly shocked, according to police body camera footage released by the LAPD.
“They’re trying to kill me,” Anderson yelled.
After being subdued, Anderson went into cardiac arrest and died at a hospital about four hours later.
His death caused an outcry over the LAPD’s use of force and prompted a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of his family that contends the use of the Taser contributed to his death.
Before the commission meeting, activists from Black Lives Matter and other groups held a news conference calling for officers to be disciplined.
“We say it’s an outrage that we had to wait this long. That of course, when you steal life, it should be out of policy,” said Melina Abdullah, co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter. “Of course when you should be disciplined, and of course, police who steal life shouldn’t get to keep their jobs.”
In his report, the police chief said Officer J. Fuentes used proper force by trying to shock Anderson four times with the Taser because Anderson was resisting violently but using it twice more was “out of policy.”
The chief also found that Fuentes and Officer R. Ford violated the LAPD’s policy on the use of lethal force by pressing on Anderson’s windpipe during the struggle. He said there was no evidence that Anderson posed “an imminent deadly threat.”
“We strongly disagree with these politically influenced findings,” said a statement Tuesday night from the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union that usually represents rank-and-file officers.
“Each responding officer acted responsibly in dealing with Mr. Anderson, who was high on cocaine and ran into traffic after fleeing a car accident he caused,” the statement said. “Mr. Anderson and Mr. Anderson alone was responsible for what occurred.”


The end of Roe v. Wade started in the Senate.
It was the Senate Republican partnership with President Donald Trump to confirm conservative judges, and transform the federal judiciary, that paved the way for the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling to overturn the constitutional right to abortion.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell set the strategy in motion, engineering the Supreme Court’s makeover by blocking President Barack Obama’s 2016 nomination of then-Judge Merrick Garland and changing the Senate’s rules to easily confirm Trump’s picks. It was a long game that sought to lock in a conservative court majority for decades to come. Trump and McConnell, R-Ky., couldn’t have accomplished it alone, needing the backing of almost all Republican senators to reshape the bench.


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Less than 10 years ago, Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, was an emblem of China’s growing problem of solid waste. Flooded sewage channels, pungent odors and a hideous landscape made the residents of Wuhan keep their doors and windows shut all the time. Before it was closed in 2005, the Jinkou landfill in Wuhan had accumulated more than 5 million cubic meters of garbage since its opening in 1989; even after its closure, more than 100,000 residents living in nearby areas had to deal with issues of gas pollution and pollutants leaching into groundwater.
But in 2018, at the Guangzhou International Award Ceremony for Urban Innovation, Wuhan became one of five winners from across the world, showcasing the same waste dump – which had now been transformed into a lush green garden full of cherry blossoms. Aerobic ecological restoration technology had made sixty percent of the living waste biodegrade within two years. A 24-hour methane-to-carbon conversion system processing 200 cubic meters of gas every hour, wastewater treatment facilities recycling 110 cubic meters of polluted water; all of these turned the great wasteland under Wuhan’s General Urban Planning scheme, back into something worthy of its ancient Chinese nickname of the “Dreamland with Clouds and Wetlands”.
Wuhan is not alone. Stefano Boeri Architetti has been making waves since 2016 with two projects in China: one, the ‘vertical forest’ in Nanjing – the first of its kind in Asia, built on the prototype in Milan.Two towers will host offices, a museum, an architecture school, a Hyatt hotel and restaurants, shops. Over a thousand trees will grow on the towers themselves. The firm plans to extend the concept into buildings in Shanghai, Guizhou, Shijiazhuang, Liuzhou, and Chongqing.
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The other project is even more ambitious: a full-scale ‘Forest City’ north of Liuzhou, in the mountain area of Guangxi in the southern part of China. This 175-hectare project, approved in the 2017 Liuzhou Forest City Masterplan, is set to host 30,000 people, 40,000 trees and a cited 1 million plants. Projections set it to absorb almost 10,000 tons of CO2 and 57 tons of pollutants per year and produce approximately 900 tons of oxygen.
Multiple studies published recently point to developing Asia as the home to the lion’s share of the fastest-growing cities in the world [Core: THE MEGA-SPRAWL APPROACHES]. Compared to developed nations, the urban poor in developing countries suffers substantially more from mismanaged municipal waste. In addition to emitting pungent odors and contributing to unpleasant scenery, unsustainable managed municipal waste serves as a breeding ground for numerous vector-borne diseases, emit large amounts of the greenhouse gas methane and can be the cause of great civil unrest.
This urgency is felt across Asia and the Pacific. In poor corners of Eastern Indonesia, individuals can grow a “savings” account by recycling trash. These trash banks have now spread to Africa and other parts of Asia and achieve the triple benefits of helping the vulnerable, preserving the environment and changing the way people view waste.
Authorities in Quezon City, Philippines, have implemented long-term and consistent social marketing campaigns across multiple generations about proper garbage disposal hoping to bring about lasting behavioural change. In Shanghai, China, strict laws on separation of waste were imposed recently, after a few months of awareness building. Meanwhile, Mahasarakham, Thailand and Kanpur, India have leveraged Public-Private Partnerships to fill skill and technical gaps, by letting contractors take full or partial control of waste management operations. Singapore, under the leadership of veteran urban planner Cheong Koon Hean (who now runs the Housing and Development Board), aims to be Asia’s greenest city
Several startups are also cropping up across the region tap into the economic opportunity created by waste. A Chinese company called Aihuishou has developed an online platform where companies can bid on the recycling and second-hand electronics of consumers, like laptops and mobile phones. Paperman, a Chennai-based organization in India, has helped spawn an alternate economy around trash by connecting households, local scrap dealers and non-profit organizations.
Clearly, a variety of solutions and actors exist. The question is whether they coordinate well enough to be effective. While some believe that it should not be hard to tackle municipal waste, practical progress has been slow. As the World Bank points out, effective waste management does not come cheap, sometimes comprising up to 50% of municipal budgets. It also requires the seamless operation of an integrated system which must operate efficiently.
Bereft of the overwhelming autocratic push that China is capable of, cities may find themselves too overwhelmed by the complex nature of what needs to be set in place. India and Thailand may be on the right track here: creating quick economic opportunity may spur public-private partnerships that can handle the most immediate aspects of the problem, while governments contemplate longer-term plans for what they want their cities to be. Should market controls be brought in to curb needless spending and the subsequent waste?
Or should softer approaches be taken? Like the recent #Trashtag challenge, a meme that went viral on Instagram, leveraged social capital to create a temporary movement resulting in the clean-up of beaches and tons of trash worldwide. Should such social engineering be launched more regularly and often?
This is no easy task. Authorities tasked with fighting waste are fighting against an economic system which is built on the take-make-consume-dispose model, and people find it difficult to shake off habits empowered by billions in marketing. Various researchers, artists, and creators have preached anti-consumerism; should governments or non-governmental organizations actively indulge in reshaping attitudes and tastes through the education system, for instance? Can the disruptive tendencies of startups be leveraged to break this generations-old consumerism? These questions may be the only way of breaking the vicious cycle in which we seem to be engaged. After all, as Uruguayan writer, Jorge Majfud once pointed out, “Trying to reduce environmental pollution without reducing consumerism is like combating drug trafficking without reducing drug addiction.”
This report has been written by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne, Merl Chandana, Sriganesh Lokanathan and Shazna Zuhyle of LIRNEasia with commissioning by the UNDP Regional Innovation Centre (RIC) as an exploratory and intellectual analysis; the views and opinions published in this work are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect or represent the official position or policy of the RIC, United Nations Development Programme or any United Nations agency or UN Member States.

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Israeli leaders commemorate Shimon Peres’ 5th Yahrzeit
JERUSALEM (SDJW) – Israel’s political leaders gathered at Mount Herzl on Monday to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the death of Shimon Peres, who served twice as Prime Minister and once President of Israel. They were joined by members of Peres’ family, who also paid tributes.
The current President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, commented: “So many people only look at the present, especially in the realm of politics. The here and now attracts us and all our resources. As the ninth President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres has been able to look to the future, look into the distance and take flight. The feeling was always that he was some kind of chess player, and in his eyes the chessboard was the story of the Jewish people and the State of Israel. Always three, five, 10 steps ahead. Anticipate challenges, and more than that – and more important than that – identify opportunities. Human, economic, scientific and technological capital. Human development and its direction. Shimon Peres brought these three qualities – versatility, perseverance and vision – to the institution of the Presidency, and took this important institution to new heights. It has succeeded in connecting its deep roots, between intellectual greatness and phenomenal historical and cultural knowledge, with technological advancement and a connection with the future generation of our country. He succeeded in leading the State of Israel to its impressive place within the family of nations, with great intelligence, exceptional political acumen and uncompromising determination. I remember from my childhood how my mother, may she live a long life, related with affection and humor that, already in the 1950s, she was reading in the palm of Shimon – as we all called her at home – that ‘he was going to be Prime Minister. I mention this story not only as a nice anecdote, but because for me, Shimon has been a great mentor all of my adult life.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said: “In a speech he gave on the occasion of his 90e birthday, Shimon Peres uttered, among other things, the following sentence. Try to imagine it in his voice: “Today I understand that real power is the power of goodwill. I chose to open my remarks precisely with this saying, because I think that today everyone understands how true it is, how great the power of goodwill is. Goodwill between people, sometimes with different opinions and ideas, but with the power of goodwill to bridge divisions and differences and to strengthen the common denominator of all of us, of this good country, of this good people . The goodwill that allows us to put aside personal desires and hurtful past wounds and unify in an important purpose, goodwill, that which puts the good of the country above all else, while being ready to bear a personal price on its behalf of. The past few months have shown us all how much strength can be hidden in goodwill.
Other political leaders in attendance included Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy, Opposition Leader Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut and Katy Perry, Head of the Prison Service Israeli.
Peres’ daughter, Tzvia Walden, an education teacher, spoke as if she was addressing her late father directly: “Beyond the thanks, I also want to do some soul-searching. In the past five years, the technological revolution has broadened and deepened. Borders between peoples and countries have been crossed. As you liked to say: “Science has no barriers or partitions and does not need a passport. We must make the most of the new era, seek innovative methods and strengthen here a peace of truth, a real peace – hot or cold. The Abrahamic Accords were born and grew as an initiative in which you were a partner. We have to be careful that they don’t use them like a fig leaf, but they will be a boost for a new Middle East. After all, you’ve always said we should give up land for the sake of human life. And you wrote: “The future of the Zionist project depends on the adoption of the two-state solution. You said about yourself: “As a leader, I nurtured the hope that Israel would be a flourishing country, a just country, a country of peace and ethics, a light to the nations. Your words are our to-do list – we will continue to remember you as a man of vision and action, and we will do our best with all our might to live up to your legacy, not give up on it. ‘initiative or abandon hope. We will seek peace and pursue it.
Chemi Peres, son of the ninth president of Israel and president of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, told the audience: “Since he left, the country has been turbulent and does not know how to be silent. We live alongside the raging corona virus and in the shadow of threats of war and terror. And all this as the divisions that have torn apart Israeli society are bleeding. This nation needs leadership that will serve it. Leadership that will work on its behalf – not one that tries to control it. Leadership that will not be discouraged for a better future, for us and for generations to come. We need renewal, optimism, faith in our ability to create a better future. Because those who live on a small island need to live together, to find the good in diversity, to live in fraternity, in mutual respect, and striving for coexistence. My father believed in each of us citizens of Israel. As a nation and as individuals. He wished for the moment when the stormy winds would subside and the lines would merge. For the day when we will pursue the desired peace together without fear or terror, until we reach it. Just like that, together, out of service for a common goal beyond us all, a day will come when we will spread our wings and fly to new horizons, when we are freed from the shackles of the past. Me too, like your father, I think. Even if it is late, it will come. Many ask us, and themselves: what would Shimon Peres say about what is happening now, and more importantly – what would Peres do? How would he manage the crown and what would he say about Abraham’s accords? In his life, Peres knew how to give the things of the daily agenda an original, clear and crisp depth, and to mark new horizons and opportunities, which led us all not only to listen, but also to think. We cannot provide the answers to these questions on his behalf. They are found in everything he has done and said during his life.
As part of the commemoration, the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation is releasing a transcript of Peres’ last public speech before his death. Some parts read: “People ask me: what is your greatest achievement in life? I say I wish I could have done more. What’s your biggest mistake in life? I say: my dreams were too small. I recommend dreaming big! Do not be afraid, do not hesitate, leave the past to historians. … People may think that in the future we will have a robot as sophisticated as human beings. A robot has a certain importance, a good use. It doesn’t cost money, it doesn’t tire. But there is another problem. You cannot instill in a robot the tendency to dream or to imagine, to innovate, and if the robot does not have the capacity to have a dream or a vision, you will not have the capacity to make it happen. feel alive. He will not have the capacity to innovate and if he does not innovate, he can hardly fall in love. And if he can’t fall in love, I don’t see any robots getting pregnant for a while. … There are still societies that discriminate against women. If you discriminate against women, you cannot save your people. There is no way that 50 percent of the nation can save 100 percent. If the women are not educated, there is no chance that the children will be educated. It’s a simple proposition. … Democracy is based on the idea that everyone has the right to be equal, supposed to have the right to be equal. Are you equal? People have the same hands, but no one has the same fingerprints as someone else. We are so individualistic, and at the same time we are so similar to each other. “
Previous provided by the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation via N10S Israel


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The annual conference of the Society of the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP) will be held in Australia for the first time in July 2018. The Library is pleased to be a part of this important event.
Since 1826, the Library has developed an exceptional collection documenting the history of writing, reading and publishing in Australia. On display in the Mitchell Reading Room for two days, from the 9 July 2018, is a small selection of objects providing material evidence of the history of writing, from cuneiform to keyboards.
A selection of authors' portable typewriters will make up part of the display; from the Empire Artistocrat typewriter belonging to Clive James, the Remington typewriters belonging to poet, journalist, writer, editor and literary critic Douglas Stewart and war time cinematographer Damien Parer, as well as Nobel Literature prize winner Patrick White's Optima typewriter.
Also on display are examples of the traditional writing equipment once used in the Mitchell Library, from around 1910 to 1940, including the pen used to sign the proclamation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901 and two pens owned by one of Australia's best-known writers and bush poets, Henry Lawson (1867-1922).
Come in and be inspired to write!

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Fergie is back!
And has so many amazing moments, we had to break it down GIF by GIF!
[Image via Instagram.]
The wait is almost over for the pop icon's new single with Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., Give Me All Your Luvin', off of her upcoming album MDNA, but to hold you over until it's official release, we've got a 1:30 snippet of the track for your listening pleasure!
Ch-ch-check it out (above)!
And YES! We finally get a sneak peek of Her Minajesty's rap verse!
Perfection! Just as we expected!
Now for the full song PLEASE!
We're DYING with anticipation!

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Backstreet Boy worships at Lakewood Church during Houston visit
...l visited another packed arena in Houston: Lakewood Church.
He tweeted Sunday:
Littrell said he has been a “born-again believer” since age 8 and gave up a scholarship to Bible college to join the Backstreet Boys.
His post-Backstreet Boys solo career has focused on singing Christian music, including Contemporary Christian worship music and covers of classic hymns.


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We definitely did a double take when Ellen Barkin stopped by the Toronto Film Festival on Thursday night.
The actress, who walked the TIFF 2014 red carpet for "The Cobbler" premiere, looked incredible (she's 60, guys) in a dark green tent-like dress that on any other celeb would look awkward, but on her, it totally worked.
Ellen kept her accessories to a minimum with a black clutch and a few bracelets, and rocked her fabulous platinum pixie cut, which reminded us of Michelle Williams' iconic 'do.
Joining "The Cobbler" star on the red carpet were co-stars Adam Sandler and Method Man, who wore a cute Toronto toque (#represent).
We hope we look half as good as Ellen when we're her age!
There were so many gorgeous celebs at TIFF:

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Some are convinced that organic farming and, resulting from that, organic food should be called conventional since mankind has been growing food on an organic way for centuries. Now organic stands for ecologically based farming. It is defined by ecological and proactive procedures that maintain and enhance soil fertility, prevent soil erosion, promote and enhance biological diversity. It also aims to minimize risk to both animal as human health and natural resources.
Organic products are therefore not just products with no pesticide residues but organic products are the result of a specific way of producing.
For organic produce a formal legislation is not into place in the EU. The EU is working on a formal legislation but until today it is not official.
For organic produce, Primoris offers several methods that are very well suited for organic produce and where the reporting limits of plant protection products are compliant to the rules for organic produce.
Regarding residue analysis on organic produce, Primoris is approved by the German "Bundesverband Naturkost Naturwaren" and the Dutch organisation BIOKAP.
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The European Commission — Health and Food Safety, has published the 2016 annual report on the work of the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF). The RASFF was put in place to provide food and feed control authorities with an effective tool to exchange information about measures taken responding to serious risks detected in relation to food or feed. This exchange of information helps Member States to act more rapidly and in a coordinated manner in response to a health threat caused by food or feed.
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Following the actual fipronil crisis, the past few weeks we’ve been working hard on an additional quick individual method for customers that are only interested in the fipronil compound. This extra accredited method, carrying the new method code [FIP_01_A] is available starting from Thursday September 7th.

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Quito, Ecuador (SportsNetwork.com) - Albert Montanes and Horacio Zeballos were each straight-set winners on the opening day of the Ecuador Open clay court tennis event.
Montanes needed just 65 minutes to easily handle Facundo Arguello by a 6-1, 6-3 score, while Zeballos won a first-set tiebreaker with American Austin Krajicek en route to a 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 victory.
The top seeds in Quito are Spanish left-hander Feliciano Lopez, Colombian Santiago Giraldo and another Spanish southpaw, former top-10 star Fernando Verdasco. Giraldo will take on Montanes in the second round.
This week's champion will claim $80,000.


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Eden Hazard backs Chelsea youngsters to impress next season
Eden Hazard hopes youngsters Nathan Ake, Josh McEachran and Romelu Lukaku get their chance to impress at Chelsea next term
Eden Hazard is hoping youngsters Nathan Ake, Josh McEachran and Romelu Lukaku get their chance to impress at Chelsea next season.
Lukaku spent the season on loan to West Bromwich Albion, while McEachran was sent out to Middlesbrough and made 38 appearances.
And Hazard, who impressed in his first campaign in England following his transfer from Lille last summer, has high hopes for the Blues trio next term.
“We have some very good young players, Nathan Ake, Josh McEachran and Romelu Lukaku,” Hazard told Chelsea’s website.
“I hope they can be involved with the other ones who are young but now also have experience, people like Oscar and Mata, who have learned from the older players like John Terry, Frank Lampard and Petr Cech.”
Hazard added: “The first thing to do in the summer, it is important to relax on holiday, and let our bodies recover from the long season.
“Then when we come back for pre-season we have some big trips, and it will be important to train well ahead of the season. If we can have a good pre-season we will go into the competitive games with confidence.”◀ The Sport Review homepageNext story ►
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Transaction limit raised for agent banking
Bangladesh Bank has bumped up the daily cash deposit limit for agent banking accounts to Tk 6 lakh from Tk 1 lakh with the view to promoting banking services across the country.
The change was made in the new guideline for agent banking operations, which was issued on Monday.
Agent banking is a system of providing banking and financial services on a limited scale to the underserved population of Bangladesh by way of agents under an agreement rather than a teller.
The central bank has decided to promote this complimentary channel to reach out to the unbanked and underserved segments of the society as well as existing bank customers with a range of banking services, especially to geographically dispersed locations.
In the new guideline, the cash withdrawal limit for business accounts has been set at Tk 5 lakh and fund transfer limit Tk 15 lakh.
The minimum capital of agents must be Tk 2 lakh and that an agent cannot enter into contract with more than one bank.
Moreover, defaulters, bankrupts, convicts or anyone being investigated on criminal charges cannot provide agent banking service.
“This will accelerate agent banking operations across the country,” said Arfan Ali, president and managing director of Bank Asia.
He said the guideline has set criteria for the agents, helping banks shape the service. But Abul Kashem Md Shirin, managing director of Dutch-Bangla Bank, the market leader in agent banking, said the new guideline will raise the cost of agents as they will have to comply with various security measures.
The agent banking activities are limited to 13 kinds of services.
They are: cash deposit and cash withdrawal; inward foreign remittance disbursement; disbursement and repayment of loans; bill collection; payment of insurance premium, retirement and social benefits, and of salaries; fund transfer; balance enquiry; generation of mini bank statements; collection of loan application forms, credit and debit card applications; monitoring and recovery of loans and advances sanctioned by the bank.
About 3.3 lakh agent banking accounts were opened in the first half of the year, an increase of over 60 percent from the preceding six months, thanks to the growing popularity of this new form of banking services aimed at those living in remote areas.
At the end of June, the number of agent banking accounts stood at 8.73 lakh in contrast to 5.45 lakh at the end of December last year, according to data from the BB.
Seven banks got agent banking licence in the first six months this year, taking the tally to 17.
Of them, 12 are already running agent banking operations and one is in the process of rolling out the service.
The 12 are: Dutch-Bangla, Bank Asia, Al-Arafah Islami, Social Islami, Modhumoti, Mutual Trust, NRB Commercial, Standard, Agrani, Midland, First Security Islami, and City.
Dutch-Bangla Bank has the highest tally of agents and accounts: 1,454 and 5.75 lakh respectively. It is followed by Bank Asia, which has 1,238 agent outlets and about two lakh agent banking accounts.

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Takeaways from the U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory
“Everyone has a role to play in combating this mental health pandemic. This is the moment to demand change—with our voices and with our actions.” – U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA
In December of 2021, the U.S. Surgeon General’s office released Protecting Youth Mental Health, an advisory urging immediate action to address the mental health crisis young people are facing.
The report includes a comprehensive list of actionable steps that everyone can take to combat this crisis, affirming our core belief that it takes all of us—teens, parents, educators, health professionals and the community—to remove the stigma of mental health, foster community support, improve education and increase awareness to prevent teen suicide.
Below are key strategies highlighted by the report that closely align with our prevention efforts. We encourage you to read through them and consider what steps you can take to create a world where young people can thrive.
Strategies for Young People
- Ask for help. Find trusted adults, friends, or family members to talk to about stressful situations.
- Be intentional about your use of social media, video games and other technologies.
- Be a source of support for others. Talk to family and friends about mental health, listen and connect them to helpful resources.
- Learn and practice techniques to manage stress and other difficult emotions.
- Remember that mental health challenges are real, common and treatable. Struggling with your mental health does not mean you are broken.
Strategies for Parents and Caregivers
- Be a role model for young people by taking care of your own mental and physical health.
- Look out for warning signs of distress and seek help when needed.
- Be attentive to how youth spend time online. Digital technology can help young people connect, but it can also be a harmful space for bullying, misinformation and negative self-comparison.
- Be a voice for mental health in your community.
Strategies for Educators
- Expand social and emotional learning programs and other evidence-based approaches that promote healthy development.
- Learn how to recognize signs of changes in mental and physical health among students and take appropriate action when needed.
- Provide a continuum of supports to meet student mental health needs, including evidence-based prevention practices and trauma-informed mental health care.
- Expand the school-based mental health workforce and prioritize students with mental health needs.
Strategies for Communities
- Educate the public about the importance of mental health, and reduce negative stereotypes, bias and stigma around mental illness.
- Address the unique mental health needs of at-risk youth, such as racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ youth and youth with disabilities.
- Elevate the voices of children, young people and their families. Youth are experts on their own lives, so it is important to engage youth in community-based mental health efforts.
Read the full advisory: Protecting Youth Mental Health: The US Surgeon General’s Advisory


The management and analysis of data originating from solar PV systems are essential aspects not to be missed when dealing with monitoring systems: this is a very much welcomed service by installers and end users.
To meet the increasing demands on 4-noks products coming from France, the 4-cloud portal is now available also in the French language.
The smart management of solar photovoltaic energy, with the aim of increasing the levels of home-grown energy from self-consumption, is a key issue in the French market: hence the need and wish to offer our customers high qualitative tools of analysis, even on the web.
The displaying of data of one or many solar PV systems, the management of production alarms, the comparison and analysis of results over time, the graphics and the export of data in an electronic format: these are only some of the information available thanks to the 4-cloud portal. We deem these are important data to better know the system and to use clean energy more responsibly.
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Salisbury, Massachusetts – Despite being only 15, talented singer-songwriter Gavin Marengi has established a reputation through his music in the small town of Salisbury.
Gavin weaves lyrical storytelling into his songs, entrancing audiences with his flawless guitar playing and a voice that reverberates with honest emotion. He has a fierce enthusiasm for his city and a deep connection to his formative experiences.
Gavin’s music is an alluring combination of Americana, Classic Folk, Southern Rock, and Outlaw Country that draws inspiration from a wide spectrum of musical subgenres.
His songs deftly capture the spirit of his personal journey, reflecting on the heartbreaking prospect of leaving his beloved Salisbury behind.
The February 10, 2023, release of Gavin’s first song, “Southbound,” serves as a moving representation of his ideas and goals.
The track highlights a talented 15-year-old’s unmistakable devotion while showcasing crying slide guitars, an appealing melody, and his ability to write music from the heart.
Gavin released his 10-song album on March 31st, 2023, with the aptly named “Southbound.” His development as an artist is demonstrated by this musical masterwork, which proves that his quest has succeeded.
Fans, lured in by the potential emanating from this young musician, eagerly anticipate the next installment in Gavin’s musical tapestry.
Gavin modestly characterizes himself as a youngster with a dream in his own words. But his tremendous talent and dedication are evident to all who have heard his passionate compositions or seen him perform live.
Gavin’s unwavering dedication to crafting songs that deeply resonate with listeners is evident in every note he plays and every word he sings.
Each note Gavin plays and each word he sings are a direct result of his unwavering commitment to writing songs that have a profound emotional impact on listeners.
Notably, Gavin has assembled a stellar group of accomplished musicians around him, creating a formidable band that takes his performances to new heights. Terry Marengi, a talented guitarist, contributes his knowledge to the mix, while AJ Pappas plays the bass guitar expertly.
Ron Stewart completes the group, and his flawless drumming gives Gavin’s sound more depth and rhythm. Together, they produce an electrifying live performance that inspires audiences.
There is no disputing that something extraordinary is developing as Gavin Marengi forges his way through the music industry. Gavin has grabbed audiences and won a devoted following thanks to his passionate songs, exceptional talent, and steadfast dedication to his profession.
Gavin Marengi is a musician to keep an eye on as he continues to make an enduring impression on the music industry, whether he is on stage performing or putting his heart and soul into his songwriting.


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I get picked on quite a bit by my colleagues and reporters for “chatting” too much.
While I’ve cut back on the chatter a lot in the last two years since becoming editor of the BBJ, I actually enjoy talking to my coworkers about their families and favorite movies or foods.
It’s a part of building a relationship, an emotional connection with the people you work with or who work for you. If they get that you care about them, they’re more likely to work harder for you.
That’s something the Harvard Business Review hit on recently and offered tips in their “Three Ways Leaders Make Emotional Connections.”
I’m a people person and enjoy developing sources and relationships. But not every manager is good at that.
The HBR article offers some good tips for becoming a better, more engaged manager.

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|Reviews for Little Daryl and the Zombie|
| The Swooce chapter 1 . 4/2/2016
Night of the Living Dead eh? Classic!
| toochipanda chapter 1 . 7/11/2013
Funny how Daryl was afraid and terrified of zombies as a child and now years later, as an adult, he's fearless and got a crossbow to wipe 'em out! XD
This was cute! I liked it! :D
| Ravenesque2 chapter 1 . 6/28/2013
This was adorable, too! Where've you been hiding? We need more of your fic!
| what evil lurks chapter 1 . 6/2/2013
ha cute and funny, last line's the kicker!
| Guest chapter 1 . 5/21/2013
This was so cute!

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Gwalior mint and Indian sandstone, verdant canopies, and swathes of Italian marble ensconced with rich, locally sourced materials–nothing about this breathtaking Mediterranean tapestry would remotely allude to its coordinates in Ansal Villas, New Delhi. "An earthy-looking, Mediterranean house that merges with the landscape," was the brief provided to Aparna Kaushik, founder and chief interior designer of her eponymous design firm, Aparna Kaushik Design Group. "Nestled in an expansive enclave far from the chaos of the city, this home is a rebellion against the concrete demands of urban living. The layout is natural and unforced, with the idyllic blues of the expansive pool framed perfectly through the open windows. It's a slice of tropical paradise," says Kaushik.
Equal parts foliage and built form occupy the L-shaped plot, duetting around the water body and open spaces. The main door heralds a stately foyer that provides a view of the open courtyard and leads further towards the bar and living room.
Muted hues, built-in bookshelves, warm wood grains, chandeliers by Klove Studio, and pastel seating by ProForm conjure a yesteryear air in the two-part living room, in this Delhi home. Rustic artworks breathe painterly charm into the walls, enlivening the pared-back, neutral shell. "The décor is muted, cosy and comfortable. The organic, natural palette echoes the nature outside," notes Kaushik.

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Most people who suffer from tinnitus also experience hearing loss to some degree. As they often accompany one another, the two conditions may be correlated. In fact, some researchers believe that subjective tinnitus can only occur if the auditory system has been previously damaged (source). The loss of certain sound frequencies due to hearing loss may change how the brain processes sound, causing it to adapt and fill in the gaps with tinnitus. The underlying hearing loss typically results from exposure to loud noises or advanced age:
Meniere’s disease isn’t directly connected to tinnitus, but people with Meniere’s often experience it, at least temporarily. Meniere's disease is an inner ear disease that typically only affects one ear. This disease can cause pressure or pain in the ear, severe cases of dizziness or vertigo and a ringing or roaring tinnitus. While Meniere’s isn’t fully understood, it appears that several relief options for tinnitus can also help with this disease. Patients are often advised to reduce stress and lower their consumption of caffeine and sodium.
While there are many different FDA-approved treatments for tinnitus available, the most important component is finding the right partner (i.e. a Doctor of Audiology), who will work closely with you to help explain your tinnitus and treatment progress over time. In order for the options below to be as successful as possible, the proper support and guidance from an experienced tinnitus specialist is mandatory.
A diagnosis of tinnitus is based upon identification of characteristic symptoms, a detailed patient history, a thorough clinical evaluation and complete audiologic testing. These steps will help to differentiate rhythmic tinnitus from non-rhythmic tinnitus. It cannot be overemphasized that tinnitus is a symptom of another underlying condition and not a diagnosis in and of itself. Because of the high number of underlying causes of tinnitus, a variety of specialized tests to detect the specific cause may be necessary. Attempting to identify the underlying cause of tinnitus is the first step in evaluating a person with tinnitus.
Vertigo is the sensation of spinning or rocking, even when someone is at rest. Vertigo may be caused by a problem in the brain or spinal cord or a problem within in the inner ear. Head injuries, certain medications, and female gender are associated with a higher risk of vertigo. Medical history, a physical exam, and sometimes an MRI or CT scan are required to diagnose vertigo. The treatment of vertigo may include:
Español: curar el tinnitus (zumbido de oídos), Deutsch: Tinnitus heilen, 中文: 治疗耳鸣, Italiano: Curare l’Acufene, Русский: вылечить тиннитус, Français: soigner des acouphènes, Português: Curar Zumbido no Ouvido, Bahasa Indonesia: Mengobati Tinitus, Nederlands: Tinnitus genezen, Čeština: Jak vyléčit tinnitus, العربية: علاج طنين الأذن, Tiếng Việt: Trị ù tai, 한국어: 이명을 치료하는 방법, हिन्दी: कर्णनाद (टिनिटस) का इलाज़ करें, 日本語: 耳鳴りの治療
Another example of somatic tinnitus is that caused by temperomandibular joint disorder. The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is where the lower jaw connects to the skull, and is located in front of the ears. Damage to the muscles, ligaments, or cartilage in the TMJ can lead to tinnitus symptoms. The TMJ is adjacent to the auditory system and shares some ligaments and nerve connections with structures in the middle ear.
Tinnitus that's continuous, steady, and high-pitched (the most common type) generally indicates a problem in the auditory system and requires hearing tests conducted by an audiologist. Pulsatile tinnitus calls for a medical evaluation, especially if the noise is frequent or constant. MRI or CT imaging may be needed to check for a tumor or blood vessel abnormality.
Tinnitus is not a disease but a symptom that can result from a number of underlying causes. One of the most common causes is noise-induced hearing loss. Other causes include ear infections, disease of the heart or blood vessels, Ménière's disease, brain tumors, emotional stress, exposure to certain medications, a previous head injury, and earwax. It is more common in those with depression.
Many of the press headlines mentioned that listening to the sound of the sea could help tinnitus, with the Metro claiming this could cure the condition. However, sound therapies that try to neutralise tinnitus using soothing sounds, such as waves or birdsong, are not new, but are part of standard treatments for this condition. Also, the report in the Lancet did not state what kind of sounds were used as therapy. Sound therapy was not the only treatment approach used, but was given as part of a specialised treatment programme delivered by expert health professionals.
The accepted definition of chronic tinnitus, as compared to normal ear noise experience, is five minutes of ear noise occurring at least twice a week. However, people with chronic tinnitus often experience the noise more frequently than this and can experience it continuously or regularly, such as during the night when there is less environmental noise to mask the sound.
Hyperacusis is a different, but related condition to tinnitus. People with hyperacusis have a high sensitivity to common, everyday environmental noise. In particular, sharp and high-pitched sounds are very difficult for people with hyperacusis to tolerate—sounds like the screeching of brakes, a baby crying or a dog barking, a sink full of dishes and silverware clanging. Many people with tinnitus also experience hyperacusis—but the two conditions don’t always go together.
Vitamin Supplements. Vitamin supplements, like Lipo-Flavonoid Plus, contain the vitamins that some studies have shown to be beneficial to inner ear health. These include Vitamin C, B-1, B-2, B-6, B-12, zinc, niacin and calcium. And while I am a proponent of vitamins, I advise my patients to take a regular OTC multivitamin that costs $15, versus Lipo-Flavonoid Plus, which has the same ingredients, but costs up to $90 for the same number of pills, just because it’s packaged and marketed to people that suffer from tinnitus.
There are, however, excellent tools to help patients manage their condition; treatments that reduce the perceived intensity, omnipresence, and burden of tinnitus. These currently available treatments are not “cures” — they neither repair the underlying causes of tinnitus, nor eliminate the tinnitus signal in the brain. Instead, they address the attentional, emotional, and cognitive impact of tinnitus. They help patients live better, more fulfilling, and more productive lives, even if the perception of tinnitus remains.
Tinnitus is not a disease — it’s a symptom. It’s a sign that something is wrong with your auditory system, which includes your ear, the auditory nerve that connects the inner ear to the brain, and the parts of the brain that process sound. There are a variety of different conditions that can cause tinnitus. One of the most common is noise-induced hearing loss.
Tinnitus is a common condition characterized by the perception or sensation of sound even though there is no identifiable external source for the sound. Tinnitus is often referred to as a “ringing in the ears.” However, the sounds associated with tinnitus have also been described as hissing, chirping, crickets, whooshing, or roaring sounds, amongst others, that can affect one or both ears. Tinnitus is generally broken down into two types: subjective and objective. Subjective tinnitus is very common and is defined as a sound that is audible only to the person with tinnitus. Subjective tinnitus is a purely electrochemical phenomenon and cannot be heard by an outside observer no matter how hard they try. Objective tinnitus, which is far less common, is defined as a sound that arises from an “objective” source, such as mechanical defect or a specific sound source, and can be heard by an outside observer under favorable conditions. The sounds from objective tinnitus occur somewhere within the body and reach the ears by conduction through various body tissues. Objective tinnitus is usually caused by disorders affecting the blood vessels (vascular system) or muscles (muscular system).
In persons with pulsatile tinnitus, additional tests maybe proposed to study the blood vessels and to check the pressure inside the head. Gentle pressure on the neck can be performed to block the jugular vein but not the carotid artery. The Valsalva maneuver reduces venous return by increasing intrathoracic pressure. If there is a venous hum, this usually abates or improves markedly. If the pulsation is arterial, these tests have no effect.
Assessment of psychological processes related to tinnitus involves measurement of tinnitus severity and distress (i.e., nature and extent of tinnitus-related problems), measured subjectively by validated self-report tinnitus questionnaires. These questionnaires measure the degree of psychological distress and handicap associated with tinnitus, including effects on hearing, lifestyle, health and emotional functioning. A broader assessment of general functioning, such as levels of anxiety, depression, stress, life stressors and sleep difficulties, is also important in the assessment of tinnitus due to higher risk of negative well-being across these areas, which may be affected by or exacerbate the tinnitus symptoms for the individual. Overall, current assessment measures are aimed to identify individual levels of distress and interference, coping responses and perceptions of tinnitus in order to inform treatment and monitor progress. However, wide variability, inconsistencies and lack of consensus regarding assessment methodology are evidenced in the literature, limiting comparison of treatment effectiveness. Developed to guide diagnosis or classify severity, most tinnitus questionnaires have been shown to be treatment-sensitive outcome measures.
Prevention involves avoiding loud noise. If there is an underlying cause, treating it may lead to improvements. Otherwise, typically, management involves talk therapy. Sound generators or hearing aids may help some. As of 2013, there were no effective medications. It is common, affecting about 10–15% of people. Most, however, tolerate it well, and it is a significant problem in only 1–2% of people. The word tinnitus is from the Latin tinnīre which means "to ring".
An ultrasound is another test that may be used to aid in the diagnosis of tinnitus. An ultrasound uses reflected high-frequency sound waves and their echoes to create images of structures within the body. An ultrasound can reveal how blood flows within vessels, but is only useful for accessible vessels. It is not helpful for blood vessels within the skull.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) / Hypnotherapy. Another alternative treatment option worth considering is Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), which is often simply referred to as hypnotherapy. The goal of CBT is to help lower any anxiety, anger or depression you are feeling toward your tinnitus, as well as to help retrain your brain to notice the ringing in your ears less. CBT is typically used in conjunction with sound stimulation therapies, like Neuromonics or Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TRT). When choosing your therapist, be sure they not only do they have previous experience working with patients with tinnitus, but also have Neural Linguistic Programming (NLP) training.
A poor diet, sedentary lifestyle, lack of sleep and chronic stress are all capable of reducing immunity and making you susceptible to nerve damage, allergies and ear problems. If you frequently experience seasonal or food allergies that affect your ears, ear infections, swelling and other problems related to damage of the vestibular system, consider changing your diet, exercise routine and ways of dealing with stress, which in turn will aid your tinnitus treatment. Try natural stress relievers like exercising, yoga, meditation, taking warm baths, using essential oils and spending more time outdoors, and eat an anti-inflammatory diet.
Tinnitus matching is helpful to identify the frequency and intensity of the tinnitus. This is a simple procedure in which the audiologist adjusts a sound until a patient indicates that it is the same as their tinnitus. Most patients match their tinnitus to the region of their hearing loss (Konig et al, 2006; Mahboubi et al, 2012). Unfortunately, the "gap detection test", does not work to confirm tinnitus in humabs (Boyen et al, 2015).
There's no known cure for tinnitus. Current treatments generally involve masking the sound or learning to ignore it. A research team led by Dr. Michael Kilgard at the University of Texas at Dallas and Dr. Navzer Engineer at MicroTransponder, Inc. set out to see if they could develop a way to reverse tinnitus by essentially resetting the brain's auditory system. Their work was funded in part by NIH’s National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).
Most people develop tinnitus as a symptom of hearing loss. When you lose hearing, your brain undergoes changes in the way it processes sound frequencies. A hearing aid is a small electronic device that uses a microphone, amplifier, and speaker to increase the volume of external noises. This can mollify neuroplastic changes in the brain’s ability to process sound.
It is possible that the most common cause of pulsatile tinnitus is sigmoid sinus diverticulum and dehiscence, which can be collectively referred to as sinus wall abnormalities or SSWA. The sigmoid sinus is a blood carrying channel on the side of the brain that receives blood from veins within the brain. The blood eventually exits through the internal jugular vein. Sigmoid sinus diverticulum refers to the formation of small sac-like pouches (diverticula) that protrude through the wall of the sigmoid sinus into the mastoid bone behind the ear. Dehiscence refers to absence of part of the bone that surrounds the sigmoid sinus in the mastoid. It is unknown whether these conditions represent different parts of one disease process or spectrum, or whether they are two distinct conditions. These abnormalities cause pressure, blood flow, and noise changes within the sigmoid sinus, which ultimately results in pulsatile tinnitus. Narrowing of the blood vessel that leads into the sigmoid sinus, known as the transverse sinus, has also been associated with pulsatile tinnitus.
Many drugs have been studied for treating tinnitus. For some, treatment with low doses of anti-anxiety drugs -- such as Valium or antidepressants such as Elavil -- help reduce tinnitus. The use of a steroid placed into the middle ear along with an anti-anxiety medicine called alprazolam has been shown to be effective for some people. Some small studies have shown that a hormone called misoprostol may be helpful in some cases.

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From Rebecca Richards
For more, see:
- Fricker, Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing (Oxford University Press, 2007)
- Kidd, Medina & Pohlhaus (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Epistemic Injustice (Taylor and Francis, 2017)
- Chung & Hunt (2019), 'Epistemic Injustice and Humanitarian Action: The case of language and translation.'
- Eckenweiler (2019), 'Seeking Asylum: Epistemic Injustice and Humanitarian Testimonies.'
- Scully (2019), 'Responding to disability in Global Health Emergencies.'

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Survey: Ban Drivers' Cell Phone Use
Almost 2 in 3 Say States Should Outlaw Drivers' Cell Phone Use
June 1, 2006 -- Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults think their state should pass a law making it illegal to use a cell phone while driving.
So says a new survey from the University of Michigan's department of communication studies. The survey included 849 adults aged 18 and older.
Nearly seven in 10 participants owned a cell phone. More than 80% of those people said their cell phone has simplified their lives.
Survey participants were generally not too keen on cell phone use while driving. But a recent government survey shows that many drivers are chatting on the phone anyway.
No Chatting Behind the Wheel?
The University of Michigan's survey included this question: "Do you think your state government should, or should not pass a law making it illegal to use a cellular phone while driving?"
Almost two-thirds of participants -- 65% -- said yes. Another 29% said no. The remaining 6% said they didn't know or refused to answer.
Another question asked if police officers should note drivers' cell phone use on accident reports. More than eight in 10 participants said yes; 8% said no; and 6% said they didn't know or refused to answer.
Participants also rated how strongly they agreed or disagreed with this statement: "A cell phone is a major safety hazard when people use it while driving." Eighty-three percent agreed or strongly agreed.
The survey's youngest participants -- those 18-27 years old -- had slightly different views.
"In this group, fewer people think that it is dangerous to use a cell phone while driving (74% compared with 80% to 90% in other groups)," the report states.
The youngest age group -- which the report calls "Generation Y" -- was also the group least bothered by people using cell phones in public. The report notes that "only 33% of Generation Yers agreed that cell phone use in public is irritating to others, when the proportion was 56% to 80% in other groups."
The participants were selected from a random sample of landline telephone households in the continental U.S. Interviews were conducted by telephone at home in the evenings or on weekends in March 2005.
The report notes that the University of Michigan's department of communication studies was endowed by an alumnus who helped found a wireless telecommunications network in rural America.


Criminal charges have been filed against a Cape Girardeau man police say is responsible for starting a fire Friday in a basement apartment at 721 N. Middle St.
Police are still looking for Neziah N. Wyatt, 32, who was charged with felony arson Monday.
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the residence just before 3 a.m. Friday to find heavy smoke coming from the back of the residence.
The moderate fire and heat damage was confined to the basement apartment's bathroom and bedroom, where the tenant said her boyfriend started a mattress on fire, according to court documents filed in the case by Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Don Perry.
According to the probable-cause affidavit, the tenant, Tamara M. Cobb, told police that Wyatt, an ex-boyfriend, came to her residence intoxicated around 2:30 a.m. wanting to continue their relationship. When she said no, Cobb said Wyatt began to "tear things up" and threatened to start the residence on fire.
Cobb said she saw Wyatt set the bed on fire with a lighter and then she left the apartment to go outside and call police. Another person inside the apartment at the time said she also saw Wyatt set the mattress on fire.
Also in the affidavit, Richard Lyke, a firefighter with the Cape Girardeau Fire Department, confirmed for police that there were two points of origin for the fire, one being the bedroom mattress.
Damages to the basement apartment were estimated at between $10,000 and $12,000.
Wyatt has numerous convictions in Cape Girardeau County, including driving with a revoked license in 2002 and 2007, resisting arrest in 2004 and misdemeanor assault in 2000.
For his most recent conviction, possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute, Wyatt was sentenced to 120 days' shock incarceration and granted release in October. He's currently serving five years of supervised probation.
721 N. Middle St., Cape Girardeau, MO


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JACKASS NUMBER TWOR
"This is gonna suck" is the mantra you hear throughout Jackass Number Two, as the sometimes near-certifiable participants face their latest challenge, which can range from posing as live bait for hungry sharks and running with infuriated live bulls to being sprayed by a volley of high-speed bullets. After the hooting success of the first Jackass: The Movie, smirky, sexy Johnny Knoxville is back with his cadre of astoundingly durable buds, including Chris Pontius, Dave England, miniature meso-morph Wee Man (Jason Acuña), chubby Preston Lacy, Bam Margera and ultimate go-there guy, Steve-O.
You laugh, you cringe, you wonder what the hell modern civilization is coming to as you see Steve-O apply a leech to his eyeball, and lots and lots of vomiting (some of it generated by the most disgusting prank of all: a fart mask). Much of it has the brain-dead, guffaw-worthy power of Three Stooges routines witnessed when you were eight: Why is it so funny when a mechanized fist suddenly k.o.'s some unsuspecting dupe trying to read tiny writing on a fan mash note? Through all the drinking of horse semen and skull-busting skateboard colliding, the true essence of Jackass is broached when Margera's much-put-upon mom demands to know why he subjected himself to multiple penis images being branded onto his ass. "Because it was funny?" comes the adorably lame reply, a slacker manifesto if e'er there was one.
Producer Spike Jonze gives himself a hilarious cameo, heavily prostheticized into the character of "Gloria," a 90-year-old slut whose sadly saggy breasts are forever popping out of her blouse to the consternation of Los Angeles street people. Jonze's total, pugnacious commitment to the role makes this a lot funnier than Knoxville's "Old Man Balls" skit, which wears a lot thinner. The extended, blatantly offensive terrorist sequence is truly more queasy than funny, but there's a quite disarming musical finale with all the guys charmingly displaying their lack of chorus-boy skills before, yes, being pummeled by those ever-present forces of destruction, ubiquitous in the Jackass universe.


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Two of the most common uses of melt inclusions are to study the compositions of magmas present early in the history of specific magma systems. Craters are very useful in relative dating; as a general rule, the younger a planetary surface is, the fewer craters it has. The black arrow points to one good example, but there are several others. The principle of cross-cutting relationships pertains to the formation of faults and the age of the sequences through which they cut. These foreign bodies are picked up as magma or lava flows , and are incorporated, later to cool in the matrix. For example, in sedimentary rocks, it is common for gravel from an older formation to be ripped up and included in a newer layer. Observation of modern marine and non-marine sediments in a wide variety of environments supports this generalization although cross-bedding is inclined, the overall orientation of cross-bedded units is horizontal. As he continued his job as a surveyor , he found the same patterns across England. Essentially, this law states that clasts in a rock are older than the rock itself. The occurrence of multiple inclusions within a single crystal is relatively common Melt inclusions are small parcels or "blobs" of molten rock that are trapped within crystals that grow in the magmas that form igneous rocks. Principles of relative dating[ edit ] Methods for relative dating were developed when geology first emerged as a natural science in the 18th century. In addition, because they are trapped at high pressures many melt inclusions also provide important information about the contents of volatile elements such as H2O, CO2, S and Cl that drive explosive volcanic eruptions. Sediment will continue to be transported to an area and it will eventually be deposited. Cross-cutting relationships[ edit ] Cross-cutting relations can be used to determine the relative ages of rock strata and other geological structures. These foreign bodies are picked up as magma or lava flows, and are incorporated, later to cool in the matrix.
Original horizontality[ edit ] The principle of original horizontality states that the deposition of sediments occurs as essentially horizontal beds. In addition, because they are trapped at high pressures many melt inclusions also provide important information about the contents of volatile elements such as H2O, CO2, S and Cl that drive explosive volcanic eruptions. The formation of melt inclusions appears to be a normal part of the crystallization of minerals within magmas, and they can be found in both volcanic and plutonic rocks. As a result, rocks that are otherwise similar, but are now separated by a valley or other erosional feature, can be assumed to be originally continuous. For example, in sedimentary rocks, it is common for gravel from an older formation to be ripped up and included in a newer layer. Scientists from the former Soviet Union lead the study of melt inclusions in the decades after World War II Sobolev and Kostyuk, , and developed methods for heating melt inclusions under a microscope, so changes could be directly observed. The occurrence of multiple inclusions within a single crystal is relatively common Melt inclusions are small parcels or "blobs" of molten rock that are trapped within crystals that grow in the magmas that form igneous rocks. Layers of sediment do not extend indefinitely; rather, the limits can be recognized and are controlled by the amount and type of sediment available and the size and shape of the sedimentary basin. Sediment will continue to be transported to an area and it will eventually be deposited. The lateral variation in sediment within a stratum is known as sedimentary facies. Included fragments[ edit ] The law of included fragments is a method of relative dating in geology. Individual inclusions are oval or round in shape and consist of clear glass, together with a small round vapor bubble and in some cases a small square spinel crystal. Another example is a derived fossil , which is a fossil that has been eroded from an older bed and redeposited into a younger one. Sorby was the first to document microscopic melt inclusions in crystals. The black arrow points to one good example, but there are several others. If sufficient sedimentary material is available, it will be deposited up to the limits of the sedimentary basin. There are a number of different types of intrusions, including stocks, laccoliths , batholiths , sills and dikes. In many respects they are analogous to fluid inclusions. In geology, when an igneous intrusion cuts across a formation of sedimentary rock , it can be determined that the igneous intrusion is younger than the sedimentary rock. Due to that discovery, Smith was able to recognize the order that the rocks were formed. They occur in most of the crystals found in igneous rocks and are common in the minerals quartz , feldspar , olivine and pyroxene. For example, if a valley is formed inside an impact crater , the valley must be younger than the crater. Cross-cutting relationships[ edit ] Cross-cutting relations can be used to determine the relative ages of rock strata and other geological structures. Based on principles laid out by William Smith almost a hundred years before the publication of Charles Darwin 's theory of evolution , the principles of succession were developed independently of evolutionary thought. This principle allows sedimentary layers to be viewed as a form of vertical time line, a partial or complete record of the time elapsed from deposition of the lowest layer to deposition of the highest bed. Faults are younger than the rocks they cut; accordingly, if a fault is found that penetrates some formations but not those on top of it, then the formations that were cut are older than the fault, and the ones that are not cut must be younger than the fault.
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Rabble is a fast-paced party game where you are trying to get your teammates to guess a word on a card. The debut game of Rabble Media, it was designed by two guys who were tired of having to go out to just have fun. And it is definitely a party game, as it can be played by anywhere from 4 to 20+ players. While the rule book is very simple and only 4 pages. You first split into two even teams. The game is played over three rounds. Each team gets 20 Rabble cards and 6 challenge cards. On your team’s turn, one person will be the clue giver and try to get your team to guess the word on the card without saying the actual card text. You have 45 seconds to do this and then it is the other team’s turn to do the same with their deck. The challenge cards come at the beginning of the turn of round the other team picks which one you do. You cannot reveal the challenge until after you are done giving clues. The teams go back and forth until one has guess all of their rabble cards. You score points based on the number of unguessed cards the other team has. The game was simple enough for me to teach to a group of six, including an 11-year-old. The game is for ages 17+, but inappropriate cards are marked with a devil emoji so they can easily be removed. Everyone knows their family and friends so just use your best judgment.
The Challenge cards are what set this game apart from similar games. The three most memorable moments of our game came from the challenge cards. One of the challenge cards was to do a push up after each card. This was the one my mother gave to me. She as on the opposing team. At that moment I began to wonder if I was her least favorite child. I was winded as my family laughed at me trying to lay on the floor and do a push-up after every card. It’s very hard to give clues and do push-ups in 45 seconds. The funniest thing that happened was to wave a wand and cast an imaginary spell on the other team. The spell Dingus-a-Mingus was cast onto my team and we all just died laughing. The last card that was a challenge to name a book after each card which was super easy but really nice to see how clever my younger was at coming up with different books that he knew or had read. I was really proud of how well this game brought out the competitive edge in all of us.
The modern cards include things like current supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg all the way to popular music artists like The Weeknd, Kanye, and Madonna. Pop culture is currently in this game and that makes it more playable for people of the younger generation. I don’t see an age gap for older generations because of the cards including historic landmarks like the great wall of china and the statue of liberty as well as everyday items and actions everyone knows. I believe this is the most updated party word game on the market. It comes in a compact box so it is perfect to take to game night. It comes with a sand timer that you can use, but my group was too rambunctious for a sand timer, so we just ended up using the timer function and having the other team help reset it. This is the perfect game for your extrovert friends if they love to be the life of the party.
I find this game to be a new take on classic games (it felt like a modern Time’s Up to me, and my family agreed). but with a few changes that make it stand out in its own right. The challenge cards really make all the difference. Some are physical, vocal, mechanical, or even just silly. I love that the other team assigns them to the clue giver so you cannot just pick whichever one is easier. This game is very easy to learn and has a convenient startup guide on the back for people who just want a fast play explanation. This game was brought to the world via Kickstarter and if you like charades or know someone who does, you can recommend this game instead as a way to break them slowly into the hobby game world. Personally I played this game with my younger brother, both of my parents and two of my great aunts who came for a visit over the weekend. Everyone enjoyed it and was able to play without having any trouble understanding the rules or concepts. If you need a party game keep Rabble in mind!
You can currently pick up Rabble, both the standard and new “Fun Size” editions, on its website or on Amazon, where it retails for $25.00. You can also get a free Print and Play version by singing up for the Rabble mailing list, and college students can sign up for the Rabble College Program, where they’ll send you a “Cut and Play” version for absolutely free.
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We did the pre tour of Alaska first and joined the ship in Whittier.
Princess were well organised on the tour and handled our luggage well.
The embarkation process was smooth and quick. Luggage waiting on board and we went straight to lunch before exploring.
Cabins were comfortable, great walk in wardrobe with plenty of hangers.
Ship was quite easy to get around, but it did have some of those lifs that only went to certain floors, but on the positive side it made you walk more.
We had pre-booked th 8:15pm dining sitting but on boarding this had been changed to 7:30. This was a shame as it didn't align us with the shows, unless we went late and we didn't see many. What we did see, wasn't anything to write home about. Though others raved.
The dining experience was OK, but only 2 other guests turned up for our fixed dining, so they were the only ones we got to chat too. Previously ships, there had been 8/10 people per table and we all moved around and it worked well.
Buffet breakfast and lunch was good. As were the snack bars.
Service was good, had no issues.
Had some great excursions, they weren't cheap though.
Overall we felt the ship was a little bit flat. It didn't excite us
Spacious cabin. Bathroom tight as to be expected.
Coach to north and then train back down. Great views from both.
Lunch was nothing special, a chicken leg, half a baked potato and watery coleslaw.
Nice to see a few animals. Carcross was main town, pleasant enough.
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As the entire country is scurrying to banks and waiting in long human chains (queues would be an understatement) to convert their now dead money into real money, there are others who are trying get rid of the stashes of black money which they must have very carefully hidden away.
One such stash was found by a cleaning lady in Pune. Shantabai Ovhal found a plastic bag of 52 currency notes of ₹1000 while sweeping a lane off Law College Road.
She tells The Times of India, "As usual, I walked down Law College Road and started sweeping the lane. At 7am, I found the bag near a spot where people generally throw their garbage. I checked the bag and found the currency notes. At present, there is much hue and cry about the old currency notes, so I decided to call my senior officer."
Ovhal her contractor Khandu Kasbe then decided to deposit the money at a police station.
"We don't know the source of these currency notes so we decided to hand them over to the police," Kasbe told The Times of India.
On Thursday, after Modi's "shocking" announcement of demonetising ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes in order to curb corruption in the country, sacks full of burnt currency notes were found in Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh. According to reports, the notes were dumped on Wednesday by workers of a company on Parsa Kheda road at CB Ganj in Bareilly.
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A List of Dapper Men From The Filmfare 2016
Filmfare Awards 2016 was a star studded event. From female celebrities of the tinsel town making stunning style statement in designer outfits to actors in their sartorial best, it was a night of Bollywood glitterati. Amongst the galaxy of stars walking the red carpet, let’s see the best dresses men from the b-town. While suiting up was the fashionable choice for most, some of them took the unconventional route for their ensembles. We’re thrilled to have noticed a lot of well-dressed men this year and we’re sure all you men will be inspired to step up taking a look at these pictures. From our all time favorite Salman Khan to Shahrukh Khan and Ranveer Singh, all the handsome celebrities floored us with their style at the Filmfare this year.
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We knew it was coming. We know we're going to lose all the hours again. But once more the excitement starts to build in regards Football Manager 2024. And we now have confirmation that Football Manager 2024 will be releasing in November, yet again debuting on Game Pass Day One.
It's been a decade since Dinosaur Polo Club stumbled onto something special with their Mini series of games. From there, they've gone from strength to strength. So much so that now feels like the prime time to launch Mini Motorways on Xbox and Game Pass, accompanying it with Mini Metro.
If you are wanting a chilled out platformer, complete with neon graphics and a cute, minimalist protagonist, then Mr. Run and Jump on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and PC will provide at least two of those things.
It was back in 2019 when we first heard of Antstream, as it looked to utilise Kickstarter funding in order to become a retro gamer's dream. Now, some four years on, Antstream is finally coming to Xbox.
PowerA have proven themselves as market leaders with a host of different gaming controllers over the years, but with the release of their MOGA XP-Ultra Multi-Platform Wireless Controller, they may have created the most interesting option yet.
You may have thought Atari were only concerned with Recharging their older titles like Centipede and Breakout, bringing them in line with modern day gaming audiences. But you'd be wrong and every now and then an original game pops up. Having been created back in 2021 as an Atari 2600 title, Mr. Run and Jump is now also set to launch on PC and console.
Grindstone is a bloody fantastic (in all senses) puzzle game, where you take the role of Jorj, a dungeon raider and grindstone gatherer, as he chains together similarly coloured ‘creeps’. We had to hold in all that gushing praise, for a moment, when we were offered the chance to interview Dan Vader, director of Grindstone at Capybara Games. Nobody likes a suck-up.
You may have played Grindstone, whether that be as it debuted on Apple Arcade, or via the worlds of Nintendo Switch or PC. Whatever, there's a chance you would have succumbed to the magic found within. Now it's time for Grindstone to play out on Xbox and PlayStation.


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Police arrested a man in Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill Friday afternoon for allegedly attacking a man and stealing his puppy in the Central District.
According to police records, the victim of the puppynapping told police he met a woman in Cowen Park near the University District earlier this month, who said she knew someone who might be interested in purchasing a puppy.
A week later, the victim met with three men at his Central District home, where the suspects began playing with the victim's pitbull puppies.
During the visit, one of the suspects walked out of the victim's house, and the victim noticed one of his puppies was missing.
The victim confronted the men, and grabbed the puppy out of one suspect's hand.
One of the men told the victim he wasn't going to pay $300 for a "mutt," and then grabbed the victim , put him in a headlock and twisted one of his arms behind his back.
The suspect then told the victim "I'll beat you till you're dead if you don't release the puppy!"
The suspects then left the victim's home with at least one dog.
Four days later, a friend of the victim was in Cal Anderson Park when he spotted the suspects with one of the victim's dogs.
The man called the victim, who came to the park and contacted police.
Officers came and arrested one of the suspects, who admitted to taking the victim's dog.
Police booked him into jail for investigation of robbery.


For every film produced by a major Hollywood studio, there are several that didn’t get made. Sometimes it’s just a rejected idea, sometimes a film lingers in development hell for years, and sometimes the project burns through millions of dollars before being abandoned. We often don’t even find out why a movie doesn’t get made. But quite a few of these unfinished projects became legends anyway.
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2. Superman Lives
The names attached to this would-be Superman movie have made it notorious among film fans. Tim Burton was set to direct, with Nicolas Cage starring as the title hero and Kevin Smith co-writing the script. The project was eventually killed, but not before the studio burned $30 million on it. The most that survives of it today is test footage of Cage in the iconic suit.
16. Sylvester Stallone’s Poe
Prior to his days as an action star, Sylvester Stallone came close to portraying a literary icon. Stallone had planned to write and star in an Edgar Allan Poe biopic—titled Poe—early in his film career. He eventually accepted that he wasn’t the right person to play the macabre writer, but he got far enough to do some costume tests.
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Ceeon Quiett, who succeeded Forman as Nagin's communications director, would not answer direct questions about the nature of Goodson's duties. She stated flatly in an e-mail that "city officials do not have bodyguards or drivers."If the Mayor’s office feels the Times-Picayune is wasting its time investigating why a city official’s bodyguard/driver – a position which the Mayor’s spokesperson flat out stated “city officials do not have” – received more taxpayers’ money in salary than the city’s Police Superintendent, then it seems a straight answer would clear everything up. Refusing to answer “direct questions about the nature of Goodson's duties,” on the other hand, would force the paper to continue working to find answers rather than focusing on ways “to advance our recovery mission.”
Via e-mail, Quiett also declined to answer a number of specific questions, instead offering a response suggesting that asking questions about payments to city contractors slows the city's progress: "Issues relating to former employees and disgruntled vendors does nothing to advance our recovery mission," she wrote. "Further, having our one newspaper focus on rumors and innuendo also does not help citizens seeking critical information to rebuild their lives."
Suggesting what stories the media should do is not the role of the Mayor’s communications director. It is also a fallacy to suggest that the Times-Picayune can not cover information critical for citizens to rebuild their lives *as well as* issues relating to former employees and disgruntled vendors.
I wonder how the Mayor’s office feels about the Times-Picayune’s continued practice of dedicating an entire section to sports. Basketball box scores aren’t necessarily critical for citizens to rebuild their lives.
They did, however, get rid of the weekly Food Section. Sorry, Jeffery.
This article and Gordon Russell’s other articles – the yacht story, the camera contract change, the state stopping all camera sales – seem to be leading somewhere. We even got a cliffhanger this time:
Early last year, Goodson also played a role in NetMethods' installation of 58 wireless surveillance cameras in Baton Rouge, St. Pierre said. As the Baton Rouge system was being deployed, around March 2006, Goodson was being paid for 40-hour work weeks by New Orleans taxpayers, city invoices show. In fact, the invoices show, Goodson billed for 40-hour weeks from January until his departure in September.I can’t wait until the next episode. I’ll tune in to American Zombie for a preview.
In response to an e-mail asking for an explanation of that discrepancy, St. Pierre replied: "Your information as to the timing of any potentially relevant work in connection with the BR camera network is inaccurate, as are the other implications in your e-mail."
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An attractive early 20th Century French Art Deco bronze figure of a resting beauty reclining on a day bed with a shawl delicately draped over her. The bronze exhibiting attractive deep green patination and very fine hand finished surface detail, raised on a black marble base and signed Béguin
French Bronze During the 19th Century a time when Paris was the centre of the art world, the French bronze sculptors and their foundries were creating work with remarkable precision and detail. Table-top and figurative bronzes became a popular feature of tasteful interior decor. Leading the demand of bronzes were foundries including: Barbedienne, Susse Freres, Peyrol and Siot-Decauville. The foundries became proficient at using both lost-wax and sand cast techniques to produce exceptional bronzes of outstanding quality.


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Online dating has jumped among adults under age 25 as well as those in their late 50s and early 60s.The share of 18- to 24-year-olds who use online dating has roughly tripled from 10% in 2013 to 27% today.
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Today, nearly half of the public knows someone who uses online dating or who has met a spouse or partner via online dating – and attitudes toward online dating have grown progressively more positive.
To be sure, many people remain puzzled that someone would want to find a romantic partner online – 23% of Americans agree with the statement that “people who use online dating sites are desperate” – but in general it is much more culturally acceptable than it was a decade ago.
Please take not that I have listed the sites in ascending order of importance and popularity.
The top dating sites of 2013 The above are my 10 top dating sites for 2013.
Digital technology and smartphones in particular have transformed many aspects of our society, including how people seek out and establish romantic relationships.
Few Americans had online dating experience when Pew Research Center first polled on the activity in 2005, but today 15% of U. adults report they have used online dating sites or mobile dating apps.
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Abel, Gillian, Lisa J. Fitzgerald and Cheryl Brunton: The Impact of Decriminalisation on the Number of Sex Workers in New Zealand. Journal of Social Policy / Volume 38 / Issue 03 / July 2009, pp 515-531
In 2003, New Zealand decriminalised sex work through the enactment of the Prostitution Reform Act. Many opponents to this legislation predicted that there would be increasing numbers of people entering sex work, especially in the street-based sector. The debates within the New Zealand media following the legislation were predominantly moralistic and there were calls for the recriminalisation of the street-based sector. This study estimated the number of sex workers post-decriminalisation in five locations in New Zealand: the three main cities in which sex work takes place as well as two smaller cities. These estimations were compared to existing estimations prior to and at the time of decriminalisation. The research suggests that the Prostitution Reform Act has had little impact on the number of people working in the sex industry.

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Chicory 'Pizza Plush' now available via Fangamer
Color us excited!
Chicory: A Colorful Tale, available on Switch now for $20, is a top-down adventure game in a coloring book world where you can draw on anything. Use your painting powers to explore new places, solve puzzles, help your friends, and change the world!
If you’ve already played through Chicory and loved it, you might be interested to know that Fangamer is now offering a special Chicory ‘Pizza Plush’ for just $32.
This official Chicory: A Colorful Tale plush was designed by Alexis Dean-Jones and Audrey Waner. It includes a plush paintbrush accessory that attaches to one hand with magnets, as well as five washable markers to let you customize your Pizza plush. It’s about 8 inches tall when seated.
If you’d like to place an order for this plush or take a closer look, you can find it on the Fangamer shop here.

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Fluff by Claudette Barjoud
"Where have you been all this time?" A free interpretation of Ivana Greta's gorgeous face. Goodnight!
Pin Up Girl Coloring Pages for Adults | Pumpkin Girl kids coloring page by Matt-Flint
Snow White. Tim Shumate Illustrations.
Yet another Banksy; life can be tough sometimes, and this piece perfectly sums up how some of us use art as a means of escape.
From Deco to Atom • wholesalemoney: 1950′s
Simple and pretty Spring and Easter tablescape ideas! Pin for Easter brunch or dinner.
It's Joker all grown up!!