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LAKELAND, Fla. — Saturday's storms turned a Polk County church into rubble, but the pastor is still holding a service Sunday morning.
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Lugar de Restoracion, along New Tampa Highway in Lakeland, was flattened when the storm produced by Nestor passed over it.
Across the street from the church, a semi-tractor trailer was picked up by the tornado and tossed into the power lines cutting off power to thousands.
Despite all the damage in the area, the church's pastor says he still feels blessed that no one was injured and that church services be held as scheduled today.
"This is not the church. The church is the people. Jesus is still alive. We're gonna preach him. We're gonna get an outdoor service. We're gonna be rejoiced so," laughed Pastor Jose Luis Romero.
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The night before the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles faced off in Super Bowl 52, “Saturday Night Live” aired a sketch called “Revolutionary War.” In it, colonists receive news of a victory over the British, but seem oddly disappointed by the news. Why the frustration? It’s yet another victory for the “Patriots of New England” and their fearless captain, “Thomas Brady.”
Ugh, the colonists collectively groan.
The sketch captures the fan bases of both the Patriots and Eagles, with big assists from former cast members Rachel Dratch, a Lexington native, and Tina Fey, who was born in Upper Darby, a township that borders Philadelphia. It also sums up how the rest of the nation was feeling about the two fan bases — at the end of the sketch, cast member Beck Bennett asks rhetorically, “Is there any way they both could lose?”
“SNL” writer Streeter Seidell came up with the idea for “Revolutionary War” in the days following the Eagles and Patriots earning their respective spots in the Super Bowl. That’s a somewhat uncommon feat on a show that often brings sketches together last-minute through all-night writing sessions.
“I wanted to do something about the Super Bowl, but that wasn’t necessarily directly about the Super Bowl, if that makes sense,” Seidell said. “Rather than ‘Tom Brady and Bill Belichick do stuff,’ I wanted to do something with the fans, because both cities have sort of notorious fan bases. That, to me, seemed more interesting than the actual people playing the game.”
Seidell, a self-proclaimed “history nerd,” said he had recently been watching the HBO miniseries “John Adams,” and that it lent considerable inspiration.
“A lot of the early episodes of ‘John Adams’ are New England people being extremely aggressive and loud and kind of obnoxious, and the rest of the colonies being like, ‘All right, enough from you,'” Seidell said. “There’s a lot of John Adams screaming at other delegates about how New England is doing everything, and how no one else is helping or doing their fair share.”
With the idea in hand, Seidell reached out to “SNL” co-head writer Bryan Tucker, who is known on the show as being the go-to writer for anything sports-related.
“When Streeter was throwing out different Super Bowl ideas, the thing that really appealed to me about ‘Revolutionary War’ was that even if you’re not a hardcore football fan, you could enjoy the sketch,” Tucker said. “There was fun for football fans underneath it, but the sketch on its surface was just enjoyable characters.”
The duo brought the idea to host Natalie Portman, who was game to give her Boston accent a go.
“She was down to play a Boston lady,” Seidell said. “She had gone to Harvard, but of course no one from Harvard talks in the stereotypical Boston accent. But she was down to give it a try, which was cool of her to do. She just as easily could have said no, and that would have been that, so thank you to her for playing around with our silly idea.”
Seidell and Tucker wrote the sketch on the Tuesday night before the episode, then presented it at the “SNL” table read on Wednesday. At that point, the sketch was almost completely about New England and its fans. That changed when a producer suggested calling up an old friend of the show.
As the sketch started to come together, producers reached out to Rachel Dratch, a Lexington native whose “Boston Teens” sketch with Jimmy Fallon made her a hometown favorite and helped bring the Boston accent to a nationwide audience.
Tucker said that after writing a sketch about Amazon two weeks earlier, in which Bostonians try to use Dunkin’ Donuts and Red Sox tickets to convince the company to build its headquarters in the city, he wished he had been able to have Dratch make a cameo. After Dratch was confirmed this time around, it quickly became apparent that Fey should be part of the sketch too.
“Once we got Rachel, it just naturally flowed that since Philadelphia was in the Super Bowl, we should have a Philadelphia representation,” Tucker said. “And if Rachel’s going to be in it, we should call Tina.”
Tucker said that Dratch’s longtime relationship with Fey — which dates back to their time together at Chicago’s Second City theater in the ’90s — helped ensure Fey would return.
“The fact that Rachel was on board helped Tina to be a little bit more open to being on board, because they were good friends at the show and even in Chicago before,” Tucker said. “Once that was put together, we wrote it for both of those voices.”
Tucker relied on his knowledge of Eagles fandom to write the Philadelphia half, with an assist from writing supervisor and West Delaware native Sudi Green. Tucker also made sure to add a few one-liners courtesy of Fey, “one of the best writers the show has ever had,” according to Seidell.
Seidell, a Connecticut native, mostly wrote from the perspective of Boston fans, and got a boost from first-year writer and Dorchester native Sam Jay.
“We asked Sam to help produce it because she’s from Boston, but also because she’s super funny,” Tucker said. “She was adding some funny lines, and she could tell us real Boston things, what felt authentic and what wasn’t.”
Seidell was particularly glad to have Jay on staff come Thursday night, when he was stricken with the “full-blown flu.” He had to watch the dress rehearsals and show from home through a closed circuit feed, occasionally texting Tucker to hear updates and share ideas.
“It was a weird feeling,” Seidell said. “That was the first time in the four years I’ve been here that I’ve watched the show like a civilian.”
“Revolutionary War” was well-received by the “SNL” audience, and the cast members seemed to enjoy themselves during the sketch, as well. At one point, Pete Davidson covered his face with a stack of papers to hide his smile, on the verge of “breaking.”
Tucker credited the ensemble feel of the sketch with creating a fun atmosphere for both the cast and audience.
“Oftentimes, some of the best ‘SNL’ sketches are when there’s a bunch of people and everyone gets to have what we call a ‘score,'” Tucker said. “Even if you have one line, like Luke Null, who played the guy from Connecticut. He only had a couple small lines, but for every one of them he got a laugh. When you distribute the laughs all around the sketch, often that lifts the whole ensemble up, and you can feel that spirit of fun in the audience.”
Those Connecticut lines came from Seidell, who remains proud of his home state in spite of its outlier status in New England.
“We have the best lobster rolls. You know we have the best kind,” Seidell said. “Connecticut invented the hamburger, and it has the best pizza. Yes we do have a lot of highways, but it’s a nice little state.”
Nevertheless, Seidell admitted that people in his hometown displayed a bit of fair-weather fandom when the Patriots began their run of success in the early 2000s.
“This may offend people, but I feel like when the Patriots started winning, I started seeing a lot more Patriots hats at home, way more than Giants hats. Or, God forbid, Jets hats.”


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GORHAM, Maine — Senior southpaw Tom Fortier (Falmouth, Maine) earned his third win of the season pitching eight-plus innings as the University of Southern Maine Huskies defeated the visiting University of Massachusetts Boston Beacons, 4-2, in a Little East Conference (LEC) game Tuesday afternoon at the USM Baseball Stadium.
The win was the 11th straight for the Huskies, improving their overall record to 18-7. The Huskies are unbeaten in LEC play at 7-0 and sit in first place at the midpoint of the conference schedule. The Beacons lost for just the second time on the last nine games, and are now 17-9 overall and 4-3 in the conference. The two teams will meet again next Tuesday (April 25) at UMB.
Fortier pitched into the ninth inning giving up two runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out seven. The Beacons nicked Fortier for a run on the first on an RBI triple by junior Chris Fowler (Barnstable, Mass.), but were shut down over the next seven innings. At one point, Fortier retired 10 consecutive Beacon hitters.
The Huskies scored all the runs they would need in the second inning pushing three runs across the plate. USM loaded the bases on consecutive singles from senior Paul McDonough (Wells, Maine) and sophomores Jake Dexter (Oakland, Maine/Messalonskee) and Devin Warren (Smithfield, Maine/Messalonskee). Sophomore Kip Richard (Kennebunk, Maine) brought home McDonough with a sacrifice fly to center. After a wild pitch moved the runners up 90 feet, rookie Andrew Olszak (Danvers, Mass.) grounded a single through the left side to bring home both runners and give USM a 3-1 lead.
The Huskies chased Beacon nemesis, sophomore right-hander Fernando Burgos (Hyde Park, Mass./John D. O’Bryant), when sophomore Zach Quintal (Eliot, Maine/Marshwood) followed Olszak’s hit with a single of his own. Junior Bryan Kaufman (Farmingdale, N.Y.) was summoned from the bullpen and got the Beacons out of the inning without any further damage.
Fortier and Kaufman matched zeros on the scoreboard from the third through the seventh innings. USM got a big insurance run in the eighth inning when rookie Dylan Hapworth (Winslow, Maine) led off the inning with his seventh home run of the season.
UMB would not go quietly on the ninth. Sophomore Nick Herzog (Riverhead, N.Y.) led off the frame with a single to end Fortier’s day. USM sophomore left-handed reliever Matt Correale (Peabody, Mass.) sandwiched a pair of outs around a double by sophomore Charlie Huegi (Sandy Hook, Conn.) that put runners at second and third. Correale surrendered a walk to load the bases, then hit rookie Danny Brown (Hudson, N.H.) with a pitch to force in a run. The Huskies turned to Dexter to get the final out of the game via a strikeout.
Hapworth, Dexter and Olszak had two hits apiece to pace the Huskies’ 10-hit attack. Fowler, Herzog, Huegi and Josh Lopez had two hits each for the Beacons. Burgos took the loss allowing three runs on five hits and a walk in 1 1/3 innings. Kaufman gave up just the one run on five hits without walking a batter and striking out five over 6 2/3 innings.

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The new Competition package combines Audi’s popular S Line Sport and S Line Exterior packages at a cost of around £3,400 – roughly half of the total of ordering all the extras independently.
Customers buying the S Line Competition package will get S Line Exterior’s specially designed bumpers, air inlets and side sills, S line badges, tailpipe trims, diffuser insert and Xenon plus headlights with LED daytime running. Exterior’s radiator grille, exterior mirror housings, front bumper blade, diffuser insert, tailpipe trims and rear spoiler are framed in high-gloss black. The radiator grille insert, license plate frame and front fog light grille are matt black. Mirroring the Audi TT RS, there is also a fixed rear wing.
The Competition interior will offer the Sport package’s door sill trims, aluminium-look trim, sport seats and manual transmission short shifter and remodelled, multifunction sport steering wheels. The seats will feature black leather/silver stitching, perforated Alcantara upholstery and inlays of matt-brushed aluminium.
The Competition package also includes Sport’s 19-inch wheels, with a five-prong design, housing 255/35 series tyres and suspension that lowers the car’s chassis by 10 mm.
The S Line Competition offering includes four new paint finishes: metallic Samoa Orange or Glacier White, pearl effect Daytona Grey or Misano Red. The new package can be fitted to any TT Coupe up to 211bhp.


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Using familiar messaging on Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) budget plan, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee begins a barrage of automated calls today, targeting 30 districts of GOP House Members the party sees as vulnerable. The failure of the super committee tasked with deficit reduction is the hook for the round of calls.
“The Super Committee debate in Washington unmasked Republicans’ real priorities — more tax breaks for billionaires and Big Oil at the expense of the Medicare guarantee for seniors and creating jobs for the middle class,” DCCC Chairman Rep. Steve Israel (N.Y.) said in a statement. “Republicans want seniors who depend on a Medicare guarantee to be the first to sacrifice while billionaires wouldn’t have to sacrifice a penny. House Republicans are going to face a chilly reception from voters for trying to defend the indefensible.”
A sample script for the automated calls reads in part: “Americans demanded a bipartisan, big, bold and balanced plan to reduce the deficit and grow our economy — but that’s not what we got. The Super Committee failed because Republicans insisted on extending the Bush tax breaks for millionaires and refusing to include a jobs proposal — while ending the Medicare guarantee!”
Since the House passed Ryan’s plan in April, national Democrats have used votes in favor of the bill as the crux of the party’s 2012 messaging.


SERIOUS concerns were raised yesterday over plans to introduce a needle vending machine in a North Wales town.
During apresentation at a Conwy council meeting, councillors said there were major worries about installing the machine behind Colwyn Bay's Rhiw Road police station.
Although supporting needle exchange programmes in principle, they insisted this was not the place for the machine. It will allow drug addicts to get clean new needles in a pack, and dispose of dirty needles in a steel bin.
Colwyn Bay is expected to be the first town in the UK to introduce such a scheme, and one of only ahandful in Europe.
Addicts will be able to get the needle pack, which also contains alcohol swabs and a condom, any time of the day or night after receiving a token from rehabilitation agencies.
There would be no supervision, the joint community and wellbeing and community safety scrutiny committees heard yesterday, but it would be covered by CCTV.
Police hope the machine will help cut drug-related illnesses in the area. But local councillors Chris Hughes and Abdul Khan said they had been contacted by large numbers of residents unhappy with the siting of the vending machine.
Cllr Bob Squire said: "This will never work in an area like Colwyn Bay unless there is full consultation with the whole community."
Other concerns included local people being intimidated by drug users, and youngsters being possible targets for drug grooming by dealers.
Cllr Keith Toysaid: "Isn't this asignal that we are condoning the taking of drugs?"
But Sgt Dewi Roberts, North Wales Police's substance misuse officer, insisted it was part of a four-pronged campaign against drugs - enforcement, education, prevention and treatment.
"We are trying to engage with them so they can come away from drug addiction," he said. He added police would be willing to consider other sites.
Carry Burton, North East Wales Health Trust needle exchange manager, said the machine would help stop the spread of disease among the needle using population.
"Needle exchange is not about drug treatment," she said. "It is about protecting public health. It is to keep people healthy."
Councillors voted against the vending machine being sited at Colwyn Police Station, but agreed to needle exchange schemes in principle.
It will be up to the planning committee to decide on the application.
The machine was paid for by the Welsh Assembly, and needles will be paid for and replaced by the Welsh Ambulance Trust. Ambulance staff will also be responsible for emptying the dirty needle bin.


UNC Men's Basketball to Host Wofford Dec. 15 in Carmichael Arena
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The UNC men's basketball team will host Wofford on Sunday, Dec. 15, at Carmichael Arena, the first regular-season men's basketball game in that venue since 1986. The game is being played in Carmichael because the Smith Center will host December Commencement that day. Ticket information for the game will be announced in early October.
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Opposition Belgium wants urgent debate about eggs
brussels - The Flemish opposition parties Green and Sp.a want to feel the federal government in a hurry about how the authorities tackle the crisis over the infected eggs. Left-wing opposition parties demand that the Federal Food Safety Agency (FAVV) clarify the number of contaminated eggs sold and consumed in Belgium.
Group leader Kristof Calvo van Groen showed Sunday that FAVV communication on fipronil contaminated eggs has so far been inadequate. Furthermore, it is unacceptable that the FAVV was aware of a Belgian poultry company that was possibly affected by a fipronil infection in June, but that agency continued for a long time.
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Hey, all! Since it is the free Tuesday, I'd like to visit about getting thrown off course.
That's me today. I was just getting in the groove of the new WIP last week. Starting to kick out some pages, get into the characters, and then commitments and company upended me and I sit here today (company is visiting the other daughter for a few days) and I can't quite get motivated to jump back in even though the whole time I couldn't be at the computer writing, the characters and their backstory as well as some scenes that may or may not make it into the book have been playing in my head.
When you get thrown out of sync how do you get back in? I plan to start reading from the beginning and draw myself into the story, but I was wondering what others do. I haven't started any kind of music affiliation with this story yet. But my daughter gave me an MP3 player for my mother's day/birthday present. So now I have to decide what music put on it.
So what do you do to get back in a story when you've been pulled away for a few days?

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KRON 4 - Cindy Sheehan's Campaign Prepares For Election Day
As election day approaches, the Cindy Sheehan for Congress Campaign, working to elect Sheehan to California's 8th Congressional District seat, is gearing up for a busy day.
"We're going to be out on the streets of San Francisco from sunup to the wee hours on election day, talking to people, connecting with voters, and making the case for Cindy for Congress," said Tiffany Burns, the Cindy for Congress campaign manager. "Of course our opponent, incumbent House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), is nowhere to be found. She's clearly lost touch with San Francisco and the people she represents."
"I'm ready to pull out all the stops on November 4 to win this election," says Cindy Sheehan. "I want to be on the streets of San Francisco listening to voters and connecting with the community the entire day. Since Nancy Pelosi doesn't feel the need to do the same, San Francisco voters have even more evidence that she's the wrong person to represent them in Congress."


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The summer is over, but the bright impressions of the summer holiday will happy the long time to the young winners of the All-Ukrainian Children drawing contest "UKRAINE – THE EARTH OF TALENTS", who had a rest on the vacation in the wonderful children's camp "Artek-Bukovel". Having won prizes, our young talents received honorary awards from the Igor Iankovskyi Charity Foundation "Initiative for the Future" - not only the art sets, but also the holiday packages for children's summer camp in the Carpathians. After a good rest, the young artists shared their emotions and impressions with their relatives. And recently the Iankovskyi Foundation unexpectedly received the impressionable letters from the parents of the young winners - sincere feedback that it is impossible not to share.
Antonyna Taratina from the city of Zhytomyr, mother of 9-year-old Anastasiya Taratina, and the winner of the I-stage category of the Vth jubilee All-Ukrainian Children drawing contest "UKRAINE – THE EARTH OF TALENTS" writes to us:
It's nice when the bright impressions and positive emotions warm the children's souls, inspire the young generation of Ukrainians to creativity. We are especially proud that the mission and activities of the Foundation have a positive reaction in the hearts, unites supporters and like-minded people!


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History of genetics: from prehistoric times to the rediscovery of Mendel's laws
This history traces the evolution of man's ideas concerning the generational continuities and changes of living organisms from the earliest times to the rediscovery of Mendel's fundamental laws, first brought to light in 1865 but neglected until the early 1900s. The dramatic story of the independent studies by Bateson (who coined the word "genetic"), De Vries, Correns, and Tschermak which finally led to public recognition of these laws is given in full detail. Reviewing the first German edition of the book in Isis,Zirkle wrote that "The overall history of genetics falls easily and naturally into three periods. Recently, the first...has been covered excellently by Hans Stubbe." Likewise, reviewing the second German edition (1965) for Science,the geneticist L. C. Dunn noted that "It is a sign of the widening interest in the origin of genetics that the first brief comprehensive account of its history before 1900 has already reached a second edition.... "The first edition was an excellent and succinct account of the work of Mendel and of his predecessors beginning with the first domesticators of plants and animals. The first chapters were devoted to ideas about reproduction and heredity as found in the works of the Greek and Roman writers of antiquity and of scientists and observers of the Middle Ages. The beginning of a new era in the 18th century was noted in the controversy concerning performation and epigenesis and especially in the botanical discoveries of the late 17th century and the 18th century (by Camerarius, Linnaeus, and Kolreuter). Some 40 pages (now expanded to 60) were devoted to the plant breeders and theorists of evolution in the 19th century, including Mendel, and were followed by an excellent chapter on the origin of variations and the mutation theory.... The last chapters, about a fifth of the text, were devoted to the great cytological discoveries of the 19th century, to Weismann and the germ plasm theory, to the rediscoveries of Mendel's laws, and to the first conceptions of a chromosome theory of heredity. "The second edition is an improvement and expansion of the first. Forty pages have been added to the text, including a 12-page facsimile of Mendel's letter of 3 July 1870 to Carl von Naegeli (the holograph has not been published previously) and 115 titles added to the already extensive bibliography. Proper attention has now been paid to Karl Pearson's contributions (1900 to 1909), to the theory of Mendelian equilibrium, and to Fisher's critique of Mendel's theory.... "A valuable feature of the book is the brief biographical notices of most of the chief actors in the history of genetics up to and including the rediscoverers of 1900. Most of these notices are accompanied by portraits." The present English translation is based on the second German edition, but it contains in turn a wealth of new material added by the author since the German publication.
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The musings of a freeborn Englishman who is totally disenchanted with the dictatorial attitude that poses as democracy.
One of the reasons why I am considering giving up blogging is because prestige is becoming more rather than less of a factor in blogging.To his credit, BH has publicised the Spiegel piece after a tip from one of his many readers. It has already attracted a large number of readers and 35 comments.It is the same article written about on AM four days ago albeit, I like to think, with significantly more analysis and context - yet that didn't capture half the interest, or the attention of bloggers who share an interest in the subject.Perhaps it's worth the effort any more. Time to do something else.
AM: "One of the reasons why I am considering giving up blogging...." - Don't you dare!On a more serious note, I admit to having missed that post however have attempted to rectify matters as you will no doubt notice......
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We don't all have a vast landscape to accommodate a weeping beech or grand oak tree. However, some trees are right for a yard of any size. Regardless if you desire to bring a little color to your outdoor space or you want a shade tree, below are the best small trees for a small yard. Most of these trees will grow under 30 ft. tall and need just a little maintenance to look fabulous in your landscape.
Crepe myrtles need a warm, long growing seasons. As a result, you get gorgeous flowers during the summertime and beautiful fall trees. Getting rid of the bottom branches uncovers the attractive bark. Crepe myrtles blossom on new wood and must be trimmed in late winter. They can grow up to 30 ft. tall.
The Red Buckeye puts on a stunning spring show, with vibrant red flowers that last for months. The flowers are well-liked by butterflies and hummingbirds. This is a slow growing tree that gets to a height of up to 20 ft. tall with a canopy spread of up to 25 ft.
Even the littlest of yards can house a crabapple tree. Typically, they stop growing somewhere between 12 to 15 ft. tall. They give four weeks of white spring flowers that appeal to native pollinators like the honeybee. The flowers are followed by hanging bunches of fruits that are well-liked among birds.
Birch trees usually grow in multi-trunk clumps. Several have attractive bark, such as the river birch and white paper bark birch. They also have marvelous fall coloring. Even though they grow rapidly and can get to 60 ft in height, they have a thin spread at their base, and the canopy lets through sunlight.
Dogwood trees are rapid growers that can handle a partly shaded area. They’re one of the first trees to blossom in the spring. Dogwood trees look beautiful when their fallen petals border them. There are numerous dogwood types. You should search for one that is right for your outdoor space. Most dogwood trees grow to around 25 ft. tall.
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End the “orphanage” system; promote family care
A boy crouches on the floor of a state orphanage for disabled children in the Sverlovsk region, Russia.
© 2013 Andrea Mazzarino/Human Rights Watch
(Moscow) – Almost 30 percent of all children with disabilities in Russia live in state orphanages, where they may experience violence and be neglected, Human Rights Watch said in a report published today. Russia should end these human rights abuses against disabled children living in state care and help them to live with their families or in other family circumstances rather than in state institutions.
The 93-page report “Abandoned by the State: Violence, Neglect, and Isolation for Children with Disabilities in Russian Orphanages” documents that many disabled children and adolescents who live or have lived in state orphanages have been victims of severe abuse and neglect by the staff. The development of the affected children was thus lastingly impaired. Some of the children with whom Human Rights Watch conducted interviews reported being beaten by orphanage staff, sedated with narcotics, and taken to psychiatric hospitals for days or weeks at a time. These measures served to control and punish the children.
“Violence against and neglect of children with disabilities is heartbreaking and deeply deplorable,” said Andrea Mazzarino, a member of Human Rights Watch’s Europe and Central Asia department and author of the report. “The Russian government should establish a zero tolerance policy towards violence against children in state institutions. In addition, it should immediately promote programmes aimed at not separating children from their families.”
The report is based on more than 200 interviews with children, family members, stakeholders and orphanage staff, as well as visits to ten state orphanages throughout Russia where children with disabilities live. Most of the children living there have families. However, staff at the facilities visited by Human Rights Watch sometimes tried to prevent visits by parents or other family members, as such contacts would “spoil” the children. The children would get used to too much attention.
Children and child rights activists reported that children in orphanages often have no access to health care, healthy food, care and play facilities. In addition, many children receive no or inadequate education. One of the main reasons for the behaviour towards the children is the lack of staff in orphanages as well as the lack of adequate support and training for the staff. Children have few, if any, real opportunities to seek help or report abuse.
At least 95 percent of children living in Russian orphanages or in foster care still have at least one parent. The Russian government has made a public commitment to end the policy of excessive placement of children, including children with disabilities, in state institutions. However, government officials have not paid enough attention to the special situation of children with disabilities who are housed in such institutions.
In cases documented by Human Rights Watch, many children with disabilities were placed in orphanages after health care officials exerted pressure on parents. The officials had claimed that the children lacked developmental potential and that the parents could not care for them. The lack of access to adequate schooling, rehabilitation, health care and other state support in many regions of Russia also affects parents’ decision to place their children in or leave them in a state institution.
Human Rights Watch documented that in orphanages those children whose disabilities are considered by staff to be “the most severe” were separated from the others and placed in so-called “recumbents”. There they have to lie in caged beds or are tied to pieces of furniture with rags. Many of these children receive little attention unless they are fed or wrapped. Many of the children in these rooms rarely, if ever, have the opportunity to leave their beds, come into contact with other children or go outside. This practice of placing children in those “recumbents” is discriminatory and should be stopped, Human Rights Watch said.
“Many children with disabilities in the “lying rooms” suffer from physical, emotional and intellectual developmental disorders,” says Mazzarino. “This tragedy could be avoided if all children with disabilities were given decent food and access to health care and education to which they have a right,” Mazzarino said.
Human Rights Watch spoke with many orphanage workers who expressed their desire to help children realize their development potential. However, children are often treated by orphanage staff in an unacceptable manner because they lack adequate support. For example, there is no training on non-violent disciplinary methods or on the physical and nutritional needs of children with various forms of disability.
Under international law, Russia is obliged to protect children from all forms of violence or neglect and to ensure that children with disabilities are not separated from their parents against their will. Children must also be protected from all forms of discrimination.
One of the steps the Russian government has planned to address the high rate of children in state institutions is the development of the National Action Plan on Children’s Rights from 2012 to 2017. This document provides that children will not simply be deported to state institutions and that the number of children in state institutions will be reduced. However, these and other policies pay too little attention to the special needs of children with disabilities. There are also no concrete plans for the implementation and monitoring of the measures.
Now that the government has recognized the need to reduce the placement of children in state institutions, clear, feasible plans must also be made to achieve this goal, Human Rights Watch said. The government should support the children so that they can stay with their families, or, where this is not possible, expand the care and adoption programmes.
Russia lacks a nationwide system for placing children with disabilities in foster or adoptive families. In addition, such families reported hurdles in their communities, such as lack of support and sourpusses for education and other services. The families also reported negative attitudes among government officials.
The Russian government should draw up a time-bound plan to end the excessive placement of children in orphanages, Human Rights Watch said. Such placement in state institutions is intended to be a short-term solution that will only be used in clearly defined circumstances that make it the best option in the child’s best interest. Furthermore, housing must be in accordance with international law. The government should also provide social assistance and other services to help families raise children with disabilities at home.
International and national donors should provide funds for programmes that help children find their way out of orphanages into a family environment. Support will also be given to programmes that promote the integration of children into the community, including access to schools and health care.
“As long as the Russian government and donors do not act, tens of thousands of Russian children will live in four walls, isolated from their families, environment and other children. They will be denied the opportunities that other children have,” said Mazzarino. “The Russian government can do much more to help parents educate children with disabilities and not to deport them to state institutions.


We’re wasting a lot and then wasting the waste — that is just plain wrong
We waste 30 to 40 percent of our food, 60 to 70 percent of our energy, and massive amounts of water. We are in a world of increasing resource stress, especially in energy, water, and food. We are wasting a lot, and then we waste the waste that we could reuse, recycle, or, at the very least, reduce.
Our food waste is astonishing given how many people go hungry in the world. Food waste in the world is worth well over $1 trillion. Massive tracts of good farmland grow food that we waste. Lots of water, fertilizers, energy, and human and machine efforts go into sowing, growing, harvesting, processing, transporting, storing, packaging, selling, cooking, and refrigerating all that food that is wasted. Food that is “ugly” is thrown out where it could be consumed — an “ugly” carrot, for instance, could be diced for a salad and boiled for a mash. About 15,500 liters of water are used to create each kilo of beef in a shop. This water is used to grow the food for the cattle, grow the cattle, for cleaning, processing, and more.
A lot of energy went into the making of cattle feed, transportation, processing, refrigerating, and so many other processes and products that happen along the supply chain that finally sees the beef on the shelf in the market. Then that kilo of beef is transported home or to a restaurant or warehouse to be refrigerated and cooked. A lot of the beef in the world goes to waste; lost in transport, in homes and restaurants awhen people do not finish eating it, or it goes bad and is tossed out. Now think of the water and energy that goes into that whole process, not to mention for apples, oranges, dates, cheese, coffee, tea, and the thousands of other things we eat, or waste and throw away.
We waste about 60 to 70 percent of the fuel we put into our energy systems. Much of the waste is in the form of waste heat from electricity generation, transport vehicles, and other processes and products that we rely on so much in the world. Try walking around in an electricity generation plant. They are hot from the waste heat they generate along with the electricity, and then use a lot of water to cool the waste heat, in turn wasting water.
Most of the petrol in your car and truck is lost to inefficient drive trains, the way we drive (stop, start, stop, start), and how the internal combustion engine, well, combusts. Do not touch the top of an engine after a long ride: It will be hot. Much of that heat is waste heat from combusting the petrol to run the engine. Air conditioning and heaters in cars use a lot of petrol to make the electricity in the car to run the air conditioning and heating, and the systems are very inefficient. The story of our energy waste is a much longer and more complicated one, but these examples can give you indications of where we need to go with these problems.
Our water waste is so astonishing it is hard to fathom. When we waste energy, we waste water. And we waste a lot of energy. When we waste food, we waste the energy that goes into the making, processing, cooling, and cooking of that food, as well as the water that went into making the food. And we waste a lot of food. We waste water through our irrigation methods in many parts of the world; we waste it to grow crops that should not be grown in dry areas with little rain. We also waste water in making clothing, electronics, building materials, fuels, and in mining and many industrial processes. A lot of water goes into making a shirt — which leads to an awful lot of waste when you consider most fashion in the developed world is fast, disposable fashion.
When we waste energy, we waste water. And we waste a lot of energy. When we waste food, we waste the energy that goes into the making, processing, cooling, and cooking of that food, as well as the water that went into making the food.
Dr. Paul J. Sullivan
Water, energy and food waste, by extension, create emissions for no purpose unless we can reuse that waste somehow. So, what can we do? One answer is to use biomimicry, mimicking what nature is already doing. Nature reuses and recycles — water has been for billions of years, through all manner of plants, animals, gravel, soil, and sand, and through the water cycle of evaporation to rain to groundwater and rivers, seas, lakes, glaciers and the like.
We, too, can recycle waste and sewage water to be reused, and we can extract fuels, fertilizers, feedstock, building materials and more from wastewater and sewage. We can recycle the food wasted as fertilizer and as food for animals, or we could use food waste and municipal waste to create biogas and electricity. Some food that might go to waste could even be given to the poor and hungry before it turns bad.
We can reuse energy though something called cogeneration — for example, we could use the waste heat from an electricity plant to dry crops, heat buildings, run air conditioning, and even create more electricity. We can use the CO2 from energy production to produce other things, like building materials, fuels, feedstock for chemicals, and even for cleaning. We can help create ammonia and hydrogen with waste heat and emissions, and then there is the energy we are wasting because we are not using it enough in the first place, such a geothermal.
We are wasteful; so wasteful that we are wasting waste. Instead, we should reduce, recycle, and reuse, creating circular economies in our homes, offices, regions, and countries. Trillions of dollars in revenues and profits, meanwhile, could result from innovating our way to reducing, recycling, and reusing waste. That ought to grab your attention.
• Dr. Paul Sullivan is a senior research associate at KFCRIS and non-resident fellow, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council.


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Moradian-Oldak receives Distinguished Scientist Award
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Professor Janet Moradian-Oldak received a 2019 Basic Research in Biological Mineralization Award at the International Association for Dental Research’s (IADR) General Session and Exhibition in mid-June.
The award — one of 17 Distinguished Scientist Awards — is one of the most prestigious awards bestowed by the IADR. It is meant to stimulate, encourage and recognize basic research in the field of biological mineralization.
“This is extremely rewarding and allows me to reflect on all those years of doing experiments, writing grants and manuscripts and presenting in conferences while running around to come up with new ideas — and doing all of this while being a mother,” said Moradian-Oldak, who was quick to credit the students and postdocs, who have been working alongside her.
“We are very proud of Dr. Oldak’s scientific accomplishments and her continued success with her research projects,” said Associate Dean of Research Yang Chai PhD ’91, DDS ’96. “This award is a demonstration of the impact our scientists are making at Ostrow. We will continue to expand our effort in translating our research discoveries into clinical treatments in order to benefit our patients.”
A LIFE OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
Moradian-Oldak has published more than 120 peer-reviewed manuscripts that have significantly advanced scientific understanding of enamel biomineralization and biomimetic approaches for enamel growth and repair.
Her research has led to a number of patents, including one for a hydrogel that promotes the growth of an enamel-like surface on teeth and remineralizes dentin. Since 1998, Moradian-Oldak’s research has been consistently funded by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, part of the National Institutes of Health.
She has also served as president of the IADR/American Association for Dental Research (AADR) Mineralized Tissue Group, as president of the AADR Southern California Section and as chair of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Dentistry Section.
Moradian-Oldak earned a master’s of science degree in structural chemistry and a doctoral degree in structural biology from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.
She has been with Ostrow since beginning her post-doctoral degree in 1992. She also has a joint appointment in the biomedical sciences and bioengineering division at the Viterbi School of Engineering.
A new grant will bring together multidisciplinary researchers to understand jaw joint degeneration and pain from the inside out. THE JAW JOINT IS A LITTLE LIKE THE KNEE: It has a disc in the middle and then two bony structures that articulate together to open and close the jaw. But, with all that talking and […]
A new Cell Stem Cell publication by Ostrow researcher Jianfu Chen shows how the lymphatic system and skull stem cells may help kids with a rare birth defect. CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS IS A BIRTH DEFECT in which the bones in a baby’s skull fuse too early — before the brain is fully formed. It happens in 1 […]
WE LOST AN ICON AND PILLAR in USC Orthodontics history. Donald L. Tuverson passed away peacefully in his home in Point Loma, San Diego, in January 2023. Dr. Tuverson was in the private practice of orthodontics in Pasadena, Calif., until he retired at the end of 1999. He was known for his attention to the fine […]
Amy Merrill-Brugger has been awarded a second grant to study bent bone syndrome — and help uncover some fundamental truths about joints in the skull. IF YOU’VE EVER HELD A BABY, you probably remember soft spots on their heads — space for the developing skulls to grow around the brain. When the system works correctly, […]
Chai joins a list of illustrious scientists in the award and hopes his research will impact patients’ lives. ASSOCIATE DEAN OF RESEARCH Yang Chai PhD ’91, DDS ’96 has been awarded the 2023 Paul Goldhaber Award by the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. The highest honor given by the school, the award goes to a […]


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Any drug or alcohol addiction should be properly treated with medical care. If you decide to detox on your own, there could be medical complications that could result in relapse. Deciding to get professional help from a drug and alcohol treatment center will be the best decision and this is the start to a changed lifestyle. Many people worry about the addiction detox process and if they will be comfortable after detox going into a rehab facility. At Banyan Treatment Center, we provide customized addiction care in Philadelphia. Our safe and comfortable treatment setting can help with long-term sobriety. It’s very important to undergo addiction treatment in the proper setting to ensure long-term success.
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Once the detox process is complete, individuals can expect to begin their residential treatment plan or their partial hospitalization program. In both settings, patients don’t have to worry about whether or not they will feel comfortable, as a drug and alcohol treatment center like Banyan ensures that comfort and safety are main priorities throughout the entire addiction treatment stay.
During addiction treatment, patients are engaging in therapy sessions as well as following a structure that best fits the individual’s needs. They can expect to receive individualized care and one-on-one therapy. Once detox is complete, the hardest part of treatment is complete, and patients do not have to worry about compromising their comfort.
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With the recent introductions of the all-new Ford F-150 and Nissan Titan, the full-size pickup truck segment has never been more competitive. Well, it’s about to get even more competitive. Today in Detroit, Toyota unwrapped the FTX, a truck concept that hints at the next Tundra. Developed by Toyota's North American-based research and design center, the FTX measures nearly 19-feet in length, nearly seven feet in width, and six-and-one-half feet in height. That’s big. It offers a body-on-frame design, suicide doors, bumpers with integrated tow hooks, special hideaway carabiner-type tie-down hooks in the bed, and a multi-functional unit under the rear skid plate that houses an electric generator, an air compressor, and other outlets. Other nifty features include a collapsible hidden job box in the bed that can be erected for storage, and a hideaway ramp in the tailgate that extends to the ground when the gate is open. The exterior design of the FTX is meant to mimic the “power of the fist,” while the interior, with its “Flying T” theme, aims to create the feeling of an operator station. To make the FTX feel even more truck-like, Toyota gave it an extremely high seat height and steering wheel angle for the feel of a big rig. The driver accesses all vital information through a central display 3-D screen, while rear-seat passengers are greeted by foldaway seats styled after recreational boats. Perhaps most noteworthy is the FTX’s powerplant, a large-displacement V-8 hybrid gas-electric engine that puts out plenty of torque while delivering the fuel efficiency of a V-6. Toyota says a hybrid Tundra is likely to debut a year or two after its gasoline-only counterpart. The next Tundra will begin production in 2006 at a new plant in San Antonio, Texas.


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On the 22nd of October, the Central Government announced relaxation on visas.
Extending relaxation to the travel internally, amid the Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic,, the Government of India (GoI) allowed more categories of foreign and Indian nationals to be able to travel.
All OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) and PIO (Persons of Indian origin) card holders and all other foreign nationals intending to visit India for any purpose, except on a tourist visa would be allowed to enter by air or water routes, through authorised airports and seaport immigration check posts.
According to the new visa rule, besides the Vande Bharat Mission, the air transport bubble arrangements or by any non scheduled commercial flights as allowed by the ministry of civil aviation, OCI and PIO card holders would be allowed to visit India.
However, all the travellers would need to strictly follow the Health Ministry guidelines of the Novel Coronavirus prevention.
Under this graded relaxation, the Centre decided to restore with immediate effect all existing visas (except electronic visas, tourist visas and medical visas.)
If the validity of such visas has expired, fresh visas of appropriate categories could be obtained from the concerned Indian Mission/Posts.
Any foreign nationals who are planning to visit India for medical treatment can apply for a medical visa including for their medical attendants.
In its earlier order, the Home Ministry allowed four categories of OCI cardholders to travel to India.
1. Minor children who hold OCI cards and whose parents are Indian nationals.
2. OCI cardholders who wish to come to India for some medical emergency of immediate family members or death.
3. Married couples when one is an OCI card holder and the other is an Indian national.
4. Students who are OCI cardholders and at least one of their parents is an Indian national or an OCI card holder.
Now with the new visa allowed rules, all OCI and PIO card holders will be able to travel to India.
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Rahul Gandhi Leads Tractor Rally In Kerala To Protest In opposition to Farm Legal guidelines
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi led a rally of round 200 tractors in Kerala’s Wayanad in the present day to protest in opposition to the centre’s farm legal guidelines and questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on the farmers’ protests within the nation.
“We have pop stars commenting on situation of the farmers, but not the Prime Minister,” the Congress chief, who reached his parliamentary constituency Wayanad forward of the upcoming Kerala meeting elections, mentioned after the six-km lengthy tractor rally between Thrikkaipatta to Muttil.
“I have said this in the Parliament — Hum do, Hamare do (we two, and two of ours). Two people in the government, partnering with two people outside the government. Idea is very simple that these four people must control the Indian agriculture. Their idea is that farmers must sell their produce directly to these businesses,” Mr Gandhi mentioned.
In Kerala, the ruling Left authorities led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the Congress-led opposition United Democratic Entrance have strongly opposed the centre’s new farm legal guidelines.
Nevertheless, Rahul Gandhi hit out on the ruling celebration whereas criticising the draft notification of the centre on the Eco-Delicate Zone (ESZ) — a buffer zone round protected areas like Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary.
“I also wish to raise the issue of a buffer zone which is going to cause tremendous hardships to people here. I wrote to the central government and asked questions in the parliament (over the issue). We were shocked when the Union minister said that the Kerala government has recommended to do so. I am also told that the centre is willing to reconsider the draft, if the state government changes its position,” the Wayanad MP mentioned.
As protests emerged in Wayanad over the draft ESZ, Chief Minister Vijayan earlier this month wrote a letter to PM Modi looking for his intervention.
“The state government, after considering the genuine concerns of the people living in the nearby areas of the wildlife sanctuary, submitted an amended proposal for the draft notification. According to this amended proposal for draft notification, the extent of the eco-sensitive zone measures to 88.2 sqkm. The present draft notification issued by MoEFCC has notified 118.59sqkm around Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary as an eco-sensitive zone,” Mr Vijayan advised the PM.


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Happy Halloween! And what better way to celebrate this day then with a little quiz to get your brain ready for the holiday, right? But first, I have to say that I was pleasently impressed with the correct answers that were sent in for our last photo. I thought it was going to stump everyone, but apparently not. So kudos goes out to the following: Sean Bell, Aaron Christensen, Ken Johnson, Anna Maurya, and Gavin Schmitt. Well done, indeed! The photo was from the 1968 Japanese film The Living Skeleton.
So let’s get to our special Halloween Mystery Photo. And no, it is not from one of the Halloween movies. Give me a little more credit than that. But the photo does feature a shot that could give one some nightmares or at least some late night sweats. So take a peek and see if the title comes to you.
As always, please remember not to post your answers here, but send them in an email to me at email@example.com. Good Luck!
If you’re like me, horror movie soundtracks are a staple of my day. Each and every time I’m at work on my computer, I have a horror soundtrack playing in the background. Even now, I’m listening to Pet Sematary‘s score by Elliot Goldenthal. True story.
If you’re looking for a few scores to add to your collection, you may want to head over to La-La Land Records to take advantage of their Halloween sale that ends tomorrow. You can find some good deals for only $4 each! You can pick up the soundtracks for The Sender, Trick ‘r Treat, The Conjuring, and a few more for just a few bucks. For $10, you can get yourself copies of Friday the 13th (the original) and Evil Dead (the remake), Pet Sematary (the expanded release, which I just ordered), and a few more. Or for $15, you can get John Harrison’s Creepshow, which I have to say is simply a must for any collector of horror soundtracks. It is one of my all-time favorites. But in that same price range, they have Day of the Dead, Magic (which I also just ordered), and Monster Squad.
While I’ve been known to have a few horror reference books in my library, my wife has a pretty impressive book collection of her own. Except those are cookbooks. So what better way to combine both of our love and passion for books than to create a cookbook where the recipes come from the darker side of life! Feeding Hannibal: A Connoisseur’s Cookbook is just that book.
Janice Poon is a food stylist and writer that had been hired to work on the NBC show Hannibal. Now she gives us a book that is a collection of recipes that were inspired by the show that are said to be “easy to follow”. Well, I leave that up to my wife and son. Otherwise, if I’m in charge, it could get real ugly. But each recipe is also accompanied with insider information and anecdotes, artwork, and behind-the-scenes photos of the stars of Hannibal. It’s 240 pages and is only $18.50 on Amazon. For a cookbook, that is a killer price.
I think this one soon might be part of our collection!
It’s times like this when I wish I was just a little bit closer to New York City. This Saturday, Oct. 29th, the Anthology Film Archives will be screening both Demons and Demons 2, both directed by Lamberto Bava & produced by Dario Argento. And to make it even better, the star of Demons 2, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, will be making a personal appearance there at the screening of Demons 2.
When I tell some of my non-horror friends that I am going to a 24-hour horror movie marathon, a few might be slightly intrigued, while most give me that strange look of “why in the hell would you want to do that?” If you are a horror fan, then you know exactly why we’d do it. If you’re not, then I’m not sure I could explain it. It is something that each year I tell myself I’m getting too old to do them, but then the next year, I’m right back there for more madness.
Released by Lakeshore Records, 2016
26 tracks with a total running time of 71 min.
Music by Chris Bacon
Ominous: portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious.
Even though I’m a huge horror fan and collector, I tend to stay away from the horror toys. Mainly because once you start down that road, not only does it go on forever, but has so many side paths and diversions, that your bank account will hate you forever, not to mention trying to find space for all of the stuff you start to find. But I do like seeing some of the stuff, especially the older items that I remember from my childhood, and even more so, seeing how much it is going for these days. That is the reason why I, along with my wife Dawn and son Nick, headed out to the Chicago Toy Show today. As it turns out, it was well worth the trip.


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Asha Utamuriza, an employee of Trnitel Uganda Limited , has been remanded to Luzira Prison over allegations that she stole over Shs100M from her bosses at Mindset Solutions Uganda limited.
Utamuriza, who was arrested a few days ago by operatives from the Special Investigations Division (SIU) in Kireka, was on Monday 4th April 2022, paraded before Nakawa Grade One Magistrate Posiano Odwori and charged with two counts of theft.
According to the charge sheet seen by our reporter, Utamuriza is alleged to have stolen Shs84M on March 22, 2022 from an account owned and managed by Mindset Solutions Uganda Limited, situated at Ntinda, Kampala.
Utamuriza is also alleged to have stolen
Shs25, 267,000 from another account belonging to Trnitel Uganda Limited.
Although she denied the charges, sources privy to the matter reveal that the said money was banking float owned by Mindset Solutions Uganda limited, which operates a mobile banking business.
It is said that the owners of the company, which has a business relationship with Trnitel Uganda limited, decided to report the electronic financial fraud after observing discrepancies in the transactions on their accounts.
The sources reveal that initially on being arrested, Utamuriza first denies the fraudulent transactions but after being squeezed and shown all the evidence, she admitted, hence being paraded in court.
However, after denying the charges, she was remanded to Luzira Prison until April 19th, 2022 because all her sureties lacked some of the documents that were required by court in order to grant her bail.

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Victims of Hungary’s largest ever financial scandal will gather in Budapest tomorrow, April 11, at 3.00 pm in Báthory utca 4, to demonstrate against the negligence which caused the loss of their savings, the organizers said in a press release today.
An official statement from the 32,000 Quaestor Victims Facebook Group said: “We, the demonstrators, accuse the government of criminal complicity in a “ponzi” scheme that led to the recent collapse of Quaestor, a brokerage that had been handling the savings of Hungarian citizens since 1990. Quaestor’s issue of €500 mln worth of fictitious bonds has wiped out the savings of 32,000 households, and we expect thousands of our supporters and fellow victims to join the protest from all over Hungary.”
Éva Himmer, one of the main organizers of the event, saw her retirement savings disappear overnight: “I’ve lost everything, so I have nothing left to lose,” she said. Csaba Végh, another Quaestor victim turned organizer, said “I work in healthcare in the United Kingdom. My savings were wiped out on March 9, 2015 at Quaestor.” Végh added that in his opinion “Orbán had insider information and urged the ministries to withdraw money from brokerage firms. But he did not signal this to us: We demand full compensation for our loss of savings.”
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A subset of the Will West band is Groovy Wallpaper. This duo describes themselves as “the deep juggernaut of thunder that is Don Henson (Typewriter, glockenspeil, xylophone, djembe, various iphone apps) and the looping mastery of Skip vonKuske (cello, guitar, mandolin, iphone, and loopstation)”. During their show last night at McMenamin’s Grand Lodge, they played everything from Bach to Hendrix, plus some engaging, original groove-pieces. If you’re looking for a show that lacks predictability (not even *they* know what’s going to happen!) then get out and see these guys. They are on the McMenamin’s train, with frequent stops at Edgefield Winery.
From her bio, we learn this about Rebecca McDade: This twenty-one year old Scottish singer-songwriter has been making music on both sides of the Atlantic for as long as anyone who knows her can remember. Her childhood was spent jumping back and forward between Scotland, Ireland, and Oregon, and with music always as a constant, this young musician has been able to craft songs which reflect all the corners of the globe where she has called home.
She was kind enough to swing by Primrose and Tumbleweeds over the weekend with her guitar. I enjoyed as she took the time to talk about the origins of the songs she played, including those she didn’t write. In addition to be a gifted songwriter and talented musician, she has a wonderful sense of humor. I managed to capture a little of that, along with some music, in this video (shot in a very dark room!). Enjoy!
As part of the McMenamin’s Great Northwest Music Tour the Freak Mountain Ramblers returned to Grand Lodge for another stellar show. They have been with the tour from the beginning (at least 10 years) and are invited back every year. They showed us why Friday night as they parading their wide assortment of music ranging from classic pop & rock, modern pop and Rock, and (their specialties) country and swing (which they often combine). This has got to be the most versatile band in the Northwest. These guys know how to fill a dance floor and there are a lot more shows coming up on this tour so I hope you can make one. In the mean time, have a look at some photos from Friday night.
I’ve seen Oregon music hall-of-fame’r Jon Koonce play solo and with bands, but this was the most up-beat I’ve heard him. You see, he was scheduled to play with his quartet outdoors. Not expecting rain, what they had in their back pocket was a slough of rock-n-roll songs. Instead of trying to change it up, they went with their plan, at the garage door venue in the basement of McMenamin’s Grand Lodge. While the music was plenty loud, it was well mixed and I stayed for the whole show.
Jon always delivers a good show, even to a very small crowd (you could count the sets of ears on one hand). The Thursday night music is new this year at Grand Lodge, and it’s not well socialized. Jon and the boys played hard. The dueling guitar solos were outstanding!
Pretend Sweethearts is a duo of singer/songwriters/multi-instrumentalists based in Atlanta who play a wide range of music from roots to blues to folk to country. Brianna Blackbird and Drew de Man met while studying music therapy here in Portland. In the course of writing songs together, releasing recordings and touring like crazy, they became “real” sweethearts. I have been a fan for a while and was glad to catch up with them for the first time last night at McMenamin’s Rock Creek Tavern. They were joined by their friend Rochelle Muzquiz handling the percussion duties.
Bri was born and raised in Portland, so this summer tour brings her back home. Drew is from Georgia forming his first band No River City in 2001, spending six years recording and touring. He is wildly talented on the guitar, she sings like a bird, and their mix of music will keep you engaged for hours. They’ve got a few more Northwest dates before they fly away, so check them out if you can.


The tiny Balkan nation of Albania installed Shliach Rabbi Yoel Kaplan as its first chief rabbi. In a ceremony attended by Israeli Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar at the new Moshe Rabbeinu Synagogue in the capital city of Tirana, Kaplan, who also serves as Shliach of Thessaloniki in nearby Greece, assumed leadership of Albania’s more than 250 indigenous Jews.
According to Rabbi Kaplan, who was chosen for the position by the Rabbinical Centre of Europe and Prime Minister Salia Berisha, the ceremony – which coincided with the eight-day holiday of Chanukah – signaled a new chapter in Albania’s post-World War II Jewish history. While Jews have historically lived along its Adriatic shoreline since Roman times, many immigrated to Israel and the United States after the fall of the Iron Curtain. But a small contingent of businessmen and their families remained. Until now, the community has been without a shul to call their own.
“In the last few years, many have come back,” noted Kaplan. “Now, more than ever, they’ve needed a shul.”
In a meeting with the Rabbinical Centre of Europe in April, Berisha formally requested a chief rabbi on behalf of his Jewish constituents.
“The Jewish community would be welcome to practice its religion and promote its culture in Albania, like every other religion,” he assured.
The Rabbinical Centre, in turn, reached out to Kaplan, who for the past couple of years, has been nurturing connections with local Jews during his frequent visits to the country.
“The Rabbinical Centre of Europe’s mission is to assist any European Jewish communities, whether they are large of small, affiliated or non-affiliated,” Rabbi Aryeh Goldberg, the council’s deputy director, told The Jerusalem Post. “Albanian Jewry has a long and illustrious history and the current community needs a spiritual leader to ensure its vitality and continuity.”
Amar’s presence at the ceremony coincided with a final leg of an official regional tour. He also stopped in Thessaloniki and Athens. Rabbi Gershon Mendel Garelik, the Rebbe's Shliach to Milano, was an honored guest, as well.
Kaplan emphasized his gratitude to Sokol Paraini, a local leader of the Albanian Jewish community, for supporting the creation of the post. He also credited Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, vice-chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of Chabad-Lubavitch, for facilitating the position, and the Rohr Family Foundation, for providing the financial backing of the Tirana synagogue and the chief rabbinate.
Kaplan, who has stepped up his visits to the country, is already planning to open a kosher restaurant.
“We are here for whatever the Jews need,” he said.


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LOS ALTOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kasten, a market leader in cloud-native data management, today announced a $14 million Series A round led by Insight Partners, bringing the company’s total funding to $17 million to date. The Series A financing builds on an exceptional year for Kasten which saw a rapidly growing roster of enterprise customers that are scaling cloud-native deployments. The investment will be used to grow all areas of the company including sales, engineering, and marketing, in addition to creating an R&D center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Michael Triplett, managing director of Insight Partners, will join Kasten’s Board of Directors.
“We found Kasten’s innovative data management platform to be the best in the market, and it is perfectly timed to take advantage of the explosive ecosystem growth,” said Triplett. “We look forward to working closely with the leadership team as they scale the company and accelerate the adoption of Kasten’s platform across a wide segment of enterprise customers.”
Kasten’s K10 data management platform uses a novel application-centric approach to data management for cloud-native applications. It enables enterprises to meet business continuity and compliance requirements around stateful container-based applications running at scale on public and private Kubernetes deployments. Kasten’s solution provides enterprise IT and DevOps teams with much needed operational discipline and peace of mind when handling use cases like Backup and Recovery, Cloud Migration, and Disaster Recovery.
“In today’s hybrid and multicloud environments, effective data management for cloud-native applications is becoming increasingly important,” said Brad Casemore, Research Vice President for Datacenter Networks at IDC. “Kasten has responded to this need with an application-centric approach to data management for Kubernetes environments that addresses day-2 operations such as backup, disaster recovery, and application continuity.”
“This is an exciting time for Kasten as we are experiencing significant traction in the enterprise, and with the new funding we will be able to further accelerate our growth and take advantage of the large opportunity in front of us. Insight and Michael Triplett’s deep expertise in both the cloud-native and data management space make them the perfect partner to help us achieve this,” said Niraj Tolia, co-founder and CEO, Kasten.
Kasten reinvents the data management toolset for the modern cloud-native infrastructure for the purpose of empowering enterprises to easily build, deploy, and manage stateful containerized applications at scale. Founded in 2017 by experts in the areas of Kubernetes, storage, and distributed systems, Kasten is headquartered in Los Altos, CA with offices in Salt Lake City, UT. For more information, visit www.kasten.io or follow @kastenhq on Twitter.
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Filmmakers Mathew Kaufman and Jon Hart explore the last gasp of the sexual revolution with this profile of Plato's Retreat -- New York City's most notorious, 1970s-era sex club. The year was 1977: the city was in the suffocating grip of a heat wave, nerves were rattled due to the energy crisis, and the social unrest was growing. But when the sun went down over the city, the nightlife flourished. The discos were packed, cocaine was all the rage at Studio 54, and over at CBGB the punks were smashing it up. Inspired by the open sexuality in gay clubs all across town, Larry Levenson hatched the idea to open a club where people could have sex freely, without shame or threat of lawful consequences. On the surface Levenson appeared to be just your average family man, but by night he would leave his wife at home to live it up at local swingers clubs. It was with the help of some particularly shady investors, as well as his girlfriend Mary and a series of steamy public-access commercials, that Levenson made his dreams of opening an extravagant, heterosexual sex club a reality. There were no inhibitions at Plato's Retreat, as highlighted by the numerous vintage clips showing the swingers paradise in its heyday. But while the city ultimately failed in their efforts to pass ordinances that would close Plato's Retreat, the club flourished until the closing of its doors on New Year's Eve, 1985, an erotic casualty of the growing AIDS crisis. Interviews with Melvin Van Peebles, Ed Koch, as well as other journalists, celebrities, and actual club employees paint a vivid image of the carefree era before sexuality was a matter of life and death.
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“I mean if it were me, I’d add one tablespoon of bitters to EACH half pint… mmm!” If you haven’t gotten word of the Food in Jars Mastery Challenge yet then you may be wondering why I’m going marmalade crazy. Specifically booze marmalade crazy. I apologize in advance to all the food swap’ers at this month’s Bull City Food Swap. Guess what you’re getting? 🙂 Typically, I never make marmalade. But after this batch, I’m beginning to question why. It’s like eating candy out of a Ball Jar. After last week’s lemon vermouth marmalade experiment, I decided to play it safe with something a bit more attainable. Since moving to Durham, I have came to love the flavor of bitter cocktails. Perhaps it’s the creativity, or the wide range of craft bitters created right here in the Triangle, or maybe it’s just the bartenders…
Anywho, for this month’s marmalade challenge I present to you blood orange marmalade finished with Angostura bitters. Depending on your preferences, I’d suggest adding 3-5 tablespoons of bitters. Adding the bitters right before the set point ensures that the flavor of the bitters doesn’t burn off. With the expected bitter flavors exhibited by the orange rinds this marmalade delivers a perfect bitter sweet punch. Enjoy!
- 3 pounds blood oranges
- 6 cups white sugar
- 8 cups water
- 3-5 Tbsp Angostura bitters
- Give the oranges a good scrub and place them in a pot with a tight-fitting lid. Cover them with the water and set the pot on the stove over high heat. Bring the liquid to a boil, reduce the heat to medium-low, and put the lid on the pot.
- Simmer the oranges until the rinds are tender enough to be easily pierced with a fork (approx. 45-60 minutes).
- Remove the pot from the heat and let the oranges cool completely.
- When the oranges are cool, remove them from the pot. Measure out 6 cups of the cooking water and reserve it.
- Cut the oranges in half across their mid-section, the way you would a grapefruit. Using a spoon, scoop the interior flesh out into a bowl. Remove the seeds and discard them. Put the seeded pulp into the bowl.
- Cut each half into 4 wedges and then cut those wedges into thin strips.
- In large-sized, non-ionized pot, combine the reserved cooking water, the orange pulp, the zest ribbons, and sugar. Place the pot over high heat and bring to a boil. Cook at a controlled boil, stirring regularly until the volume in the pot has reduced by about half.
- Monitor the temperature of the cooking fruit using an instant read thermometer. The marmalade is done when it reaches 220F.
- Right before 220F stir in angostura bitters. When it reaches set point (use plate method), remove the pot from the heat.
- Pour marmalade into the prepared jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Wipe rims, apply the lids and rings (finger tight), and process jars in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.
- Remove the jars and set them on a folded kitchen towel to cool for 12-24 hours.
- Sealed jars can be stored at room temperature for up to a year.
Recipe adapted from Food in Jars.

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On my last post of monthly obsessions, I showed you guys some cool purchases I made at Kohl’s. Now I want to share with you guys in this post a purchase I made at one of my favorite stores called Rainbows. The prices are awesome and the quality of the clothing is decent. You just really have to know how to shop for good bargains. And to be honest, not all the quality of clothing is great. The brands I normally shop for is On Fire which I have to wear a medium because some of the tops run a little small. I get at least a year of wearing out of the tops I buy for there which is decent because I try to keep all of my tops and sweaters over a year. It gives me a great reason to not shop as much.
I’m a huge fan of graphic tees and hoodies and when I see them at Rainbows, I try to get them when I see them, but to be honest, my closet is packed enough so I can’t really buy anymore right now. LOL But it was between this hoodie and another one that was gray and pink that had Faith written on the front and back. But of course i ended up buying both of them. The Rainbows at Williamsburg Premium Outlets only been there for a month and it was much bigger than the one I normally go. I just like the colors and the dripping lips which makes this hoodie stands out. I will probably wear it with my rip jeans and either vans or converse.
I did ended up purchasing the other hoodie as well because the other Rainbow might not have carried it and I don’t plan to go back to the mall anytime soon. Now I am completely set on my fall gear and I don’t need need any any more clothes for the remainder of the year! (at least I hope I don’t buy anymore. They have cute graphic sweat shirts as well)
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So this is my first time ever writing about a monthly obsession and I can honestly say that I have more than one. We all that one thing that we are obsessed over and whether we can’t afford it at the present moment or can’t eat it at the present moment, we have a plan to get what we want! Sounds familiar?
As for me, I’ve been more of the “go-getter” type in anything that I want, whether it’s a new eye shadow palette or a new phone case for my phone (I am actually proud of myself because I just upgraded my phone and I haven’t purchased a whole lot of phone cases) This month or shall I say the last couple of months I have been obsessing over a few things. The first item is a pair of combat leopard and plaid print boots I ordered online at Rainbow Shops.
One thing about me is that I don’t tend to follow the latest trend or style because I create my own trend and style! My taste is rather unique and I like to go outside the box just a little to see if I can pull it off! When I first saw these boots online in my promotions email, I knew right then and there that I had to have these cute combat boots! You can say that I am a big fan because I have two other pair of combat boots at my house. A pair of pink waterproof converse and some Candies combat boots from Kohl’s Department Stores. It just started getting a little cold where I’m at in Virginia, so I will have plenty of opportunities to wear these boots. I was thinking of wearing them with a solid denim collared shirt and mild accessories.
What do you guys think about that combination? And be honest! lol. I don’t bite! LOL I purchase a lot of my plaid button down shirts from Kohl’s since I’ve been working there for the last eight years and the discounts are great! With my associate discount and other discounts we can stack on top of that I sometimes be racking up! There are other obsessions that I have, but I want to save that for my next blog post which will be a continuation. I can’t wait to share with you all what I’ve been obsessing over! Until then take care and don’t forget to hit that follow/submit button to keep updated of all my blog posts.


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The Bills’ offense struggled to find its rhythm in the first half, relying on field goals to keep their lead against the Jets. However, things changed in the third quarter when Josh Allen connected with Khalil Shakir for his third touchdown pass of the day, extending the Bills’ lead to 29-6. The play was a result of a missed interception attempt by Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner, which allowed Shakir to scamper 81 yards, the longest play from scrimmage so far in the NFL season.
Before the long touchdown pass, Allen also scored a touchdown on the Bills’ first drive of the second half, connecting with running back Ty Johnson. In his first game with interim offensive coordinator Joe Brady in charge, Allen completed 19 of 29 passes for 273 yards.
After punting on their first possession of the third quarter, it seemed like the Jets were struggling to find the offensive firepower needed to get back into the game.


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Tomato sauce on pizza can taste great, and using fresh tomato slices can be spectacular. Paired with milky fresh buffalo mozzarella, this pizza is closer to the pleasure one gets from a bruschetta. A pizza like this is proof that when done right, pizza is hardly something to feel guilty about!
14 ounces buffalo mozzarella cheese, shredded
2 heirloom tomatoes, cut into 20 to 24 (1/4-inch-thick) slices
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup fresh basil leaves
Extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling
1Place a pizza stone in the oven and preheat to 500°F for 1 hour before baking. (Or preheat a wood-fired pizza oven to very hot, 4 hours before baking.)
2Spread one-fourth of the mozzarella on 1 disc of dough, leaving a 1-inch border all around. Top with 5 to 6 tomato slices. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
3Gently place the pizza on the pizza stone and bake for about 5 minutes, until golden with slight signs of charring. (If using a wood-fired oven, gently place the pizza on the oven floor, and bake for 3 minutes, or until golden and crisp.)
4Remove the pizza from the oven, transfer to a cutting board, and garnish with a few basil leaves and a drizzle of olive oil. Slice and serve immediately.
5Repeat with the remaining 3 pizza discs.