He had a double and triple and is hitting .302 on the season. The three-year veteran batted just .189 during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season after hitting .314 as a rookie.
“It didn’t look like it would happen this year for a while,” Reynolds said of hitting .300. “It was one of my goals this season and I had thought a lot about it and then I just thought it really doesn’t matter if I do it or not. I just kind of relaxed after that and good things happened.”
The Pirates went ahead for good 7-6 in the sixth inning when Reynolds tripled in a run. The Reds had tied it in the top of the inning on Tyler Stephenson’s RBI double.
“The swings he’s taking, he is locked in,” Pirates manager Derek Shelton said. “He is right on pitches. We’re seeing a guy who is a premier hitter.”
The 6-foot-7 Cruz was making his major league debut and became the tallest shortstop in big league history after being called up from Triple-A Indianapolis before the game.
“When I got on the field and I began stretching I felt nothing by excitement,” Cruz said. “I just wanted to get to that shortstop position and get the game started.”
“He hits the ball hard. We saw him hit the ball hard in the minor leagues,” Shelton said. “It was an impressive debut for Oneil. Any time one of your prospects comes to the big leagues, it’s a big night.”
The Reds built a 5-0 lead by the middle of the fifth inning and starter Tyler Mahle had checked the Pirates on only one hit to that point. However, Pittsburgh responded with six runs in the bottom of the inning while knocking the 13-game winner from the game.
Pinch-hitter Wilmer Difo’s two-run triple and Chavis’ two-run double were the big blows. Cruz and Cole Tucker added RBI singles.
“All I have to about it is one inning to me doesn’t mean anything to me in the big picture of the entire season,” Reds manager David Bell said. “Tyler had a great year and I want him to know that.”
A sacrifice fly in the first inning by Stephenson, Max Shrock’s RBI single in the third, Suarez’s two-run homer in the fourth and Castellanos’ solo shot in the fifth put Cincinnati ahead 5-0. Suarez hit his 31st homer of the season and Castellanos belted his 34th.
Mahle was charged with six runs in 4 2/3 innings. Pirates rookie starter Max Kranick surrendered four runs – three earned – in four innings.
Stephenson and Suarez each had two hits for the Reds.
Cruz also became the tallest position player in the Pirates’ 139-year history. John Holdzkom, a 6-9 relief pitcher, played for Pittsburgh in 2014.
Cruz also matches the New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge and Houston’s Taylor Jones for the tallest current position player in the big leagues.
To open a roster spot for Cruz, right-hander Tanner Anderson was optioned to Indianapolis.
A GRAND TIME
Suarez played in his 1,000th career game. He broke into the major leagues in 2014 with the Detroit Tigers then was traded to the Reds following that season.
Suarez’s 129 home runs since the beginning of the 2018 season are the most in the major leagues.
Reds: SS Kyle Farmer (left abdominal strain) sat out a second straight game and won’t play in Sunday’s season finale. … 2B Jonathan India, a leading contender for NL Rookie of the Year, was rested and could also get Sunday off.
LHP Reiver Sanmartin (1-0, 1.59) will pitch for the Reds on Sunday against RHP Mitch Keller (5-11, 6.27). Sanmartin beat the Pirates in his major league debut Monday, allowing one run in 5 2/3 innings.
Rex Sox pound White Sox 16-3, extend win streak to 6 games
— Trevor Story and Christian Vazquez each hit a three-run home run and drove in four runs as the Boston Red Sox set season highs in runs and hits in a 16-3 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.
Jared Walsh crushes 9th dinger as Angels top Rangers
Jared Walsh lines a solo homer to right-center field to extend the Angels' lead in the fifth inning.
Contreras gets first walk-off hit, Braves edge Phillies 6-5
— William Contreras singled home Ronald Acuña Jr. in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 6-5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night.
On road back to Washington Nationals, Stephen Strasburg allows three runs in rehab start
Washington Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg allowed three runs in 2 2/3 innings for Class A Fredericksburg Tuesday night during his first rehabilitation appearance since undergoing thoracic outlet surgery last year.
Jansen, Guerrero homer, Blue Jays beat Cardinals 8-1
— Danny Jansen hit a three-run homer and a solo shot, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also went deep and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-1 on Tuesday night.
Willy Contreras walks it off for the Braves
Willy Contreras drives in Ronald Acuna Jr. as the Braves complete a 6-5 comeback win over the Phillies.


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In easily one of the most entertaining and highest-quality finals series in recent memory, the Toronto Raptors have won the 2019 NBA Championship, defeating an injury-hobbled Golden State Warriors 4 games to 2, marking the first time the title has left the United States.
The Raptors took down the Warriors in today’s Game 6, sealing a remarkable third road win for the series and securing the franchise’s first-ever NBA title.
The wild game had a raft of storylines running throughout – not least of which was a knee injury to Klay Thompson in the third quarter that put him out for the remainder of the game – but perhaps the biggest story of all is the unlikely rise of point guard Fred VanVleet, whose 12 fourth quarter points not only helped keep a rampant Golden State at bay, but also ensured he’ll never have to pay for a bag of Timbits in Canada ever again.
The undrafted bolter’s antics were so wild that Twitter practically exploded, having found and crowned its new King.
Fred VanVleet cannot miss.
Drake potentially thinks this was a game-winner pic.twitter.com/PZ6g3iL6Gv
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) June 14, 2019
Fred VanVleet has set a new NBA record for most 3-pointers made off the bench in an NBA Finals. The previous record of 15 was shared by Robert Horry and JR Smith.
— Justin Kubatko (@jkubatko) June 14, 2019
I’m not sure what happened to Fred VanVleet’s basketball powers after his child was born but it needs to be a movie. Just stupid.
— Kane Pitman (@KanePitman) June 14, 2019
Fred VanVleet a real one. No kool aid in his blood.
— Allonzo Trier (@ISO_ZO) June 14, 2019
Fred VanVleet, it must be repeated, was undrafted.
— David Aldridge (@davidaldridgedc) June 14, 2019
Fred Vanvleet this off-season pic.twitter.com/kuYUZo35SX
— Boss (@MadduxPuskus) June 14, 2019
FRED VANVLEET OUTPLAYED STEPH CURRY IN A CHAMPIONSHIP CLINCHING GAME pic.twitter.com/lOH9xWAQ2R
— Cousin Steez (@AndrewDoxy) June 14, 2019
Fred VanVleet after winning the Finals for Toronto pic.twitter.com/lWqB4Ah6A1
— Brian Daboll worshipper (@garrett_thomas6) June 14, 2019
The number 23 will always be remembered in NBA history for Fred VanVleet pic.twitter.com/x9ulEUh3lg
— Alex Kurtz (@adkurtz7) June 14, 2019
Look who is listed as Fred VanVleet’s child on Wikipedia 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/qTJky7iCVJ
— Born Ready 2 Pod (@BornReady2Pod) June 14, 2019
I WILL TALK TO THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE ABOUT A STATUE OF FRED VANVLEET
— Raptors HQ (@RaptorsHQ) June 14, 2019
THAT’S FREDERICK EDMUND REGINALD ALGERNON ULYSSES CUCUMBER SANDWICH VAN VLEET SENIOR TO YOU, SIR
— Micah Peters (@micahpeters) June 14, 2019
Drake gonna rhyme “elite” and “VanVleet” in something I can feel it in my bones
— Angie Treasure (@snark_tank) June 14, 2019
The title win also caps off one of the most outlandish recruiting gambles in recent league memory, with Raptors officials essentially copping Kawhi Leonard on a one-year loan before he makes an expected move to a bigger market this coming off-season.
Canada’s so goddamned fired up right now that it’s got Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaking in tongues (French, we know it’s French, that’s the joke here).
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) June 14, 2019
There’s a new King in the North, folks. And it’s the Toronto By-God Raptors.
Drake fixing to shout the entire country drinks tonight.

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Cartographic Agency / Agencia Cartográfica
A map outline of the city was silk-screened on large sheets of paper. The maps were distributed through the public library system so that people can fill in the maps with their own interpretations of the city, “comuna”, neighborhood, or landscape, in order to reveal the forms and patterns that express personal geography in relation to power, inclusion, exclusion, “invisible barriers”, agency, discriminatory practices, or social commentary. The results form a Cartographic Agency that reveals personal maps as a means of understanding the social context of the city. Ultimately between 20 – 40 maps were displayed inside the gallery of the Museum of Antioqiua.

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1 Tishri 5775
L’Shanah Tovah, everyone.
It is a new year, and time to be a sanctuary. That’s what the rabbi’s sermon at my shul was about tonight.
So, I make these resolutions for the new year:
… to be a sanctuary to myself, and a safe place to land when things are hard.
… to be a sanctuary to my partner and my best friend, that they might find peace and comfort.
… to be a sanctuary to my daughters, that they might find help and understanding.
… to be a sanctuary to my friends, that they might find companionship and connection.
… to be a sanctuary to my students, that they might find wisdom and knowledge.
And finally, to be a sanctuary to Adonai, that he might dwell beside and within me, and that I might learn the thirteen attributes of mercy in the coming year.
L’shanah tovah tikatevu – May you all be inscribed and sealed for a good year.

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Pope Benedict XVI encouraged Latin America and the Caribbean to renew their “vocation of hope” in his homily at a Mass celebrating the independence of Latin American countries earlier this month in the Vatican Basilica. In his homily, the Pope also announced that he would make an apostolic trip to Mexico and Cuba before next Easter.
“Currently,” the Holy Father said, “while the bicentenary of their independence is being celebrated in various places in Latin America, the journey towards integration on this beloved continent is proceeding hand in hand with its emerging importance on the world stage.”
In such a circumstance, the Pope continued, “It is important for its various peoples to safeguard their rich store of faith and their historical and cultural dynamism, always defending human life from conception to natural end, and promoting peace. Likewise, they must protect the authentic nature and mission of the family, and at the same time intensify their widespread educational efforts which will rightly prepare people and make them aware of their abilities so that they may meet their destiny in a worthy and responsible way.”
The Pope asked the people of Latin America to devise and promote, “ever more adequate initiatives and concrete programs aimed at reconciliation and fraternity, increasing solidarity and protecting the environment, increasing efforts to overcome poverty, illiteracy and corruption and eradicating all injustice, violence, criminality, civil unrest, drug trafficking and extortion.”
Also participating at the Mass were representatives of the local episcopate, the Bishops’ Conference of Latin-America (CELAM) and the Spanish Bishops’ Conference, as well as exponents from various governments and the cultural and academic world.
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Albany- A group of Dougherty County leaders is using mass mail-outs to market another sales tax to people in Dougherty County.
It's been a little harder for the ones against the tax to get their message out.
The South Georgia Minority Contractors Association wants people to vote against the tax extension. Monday night they heard from Darton professor Roger Marietta, who is also against the tax.
"And we're both against the SPLOST," Marietta said. "The minority contractors are against it because only three percent of the last SPLOST went to the minority community."
There are more than 40 projects for the city and the county included in this sales tax vote. Albany-Dougherty County does have a department set up specifically to help local minority contractors bid for city and county business.
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Poetry, chapbook, 36 pages, from Bottlecap Features.
En Todos Los Mundos explores human experience through love, grief, living with trauma, healing, and the essence of what we all are after. That which binds us together as living beings. It reckons with the profound need for understanding and self-love in all the worlds we find ourselves navigating through.
In their debut poetry collection, Che Ortiga brings vivid imagery to what it is to crush out on a new love, build worlds, lose everything, and come back to oneself again. It examines the interactive cycles of how to know and love oneself, messes and all. By weaving nature’s influence on emergent growth and self-reflection, this collection encourages an awakening of the deep collective memory that we are all connected by the same threads. That there is profound healing in stillness and composting. It beckons compassion for the places inside where we are growing from and the places we can go when we integrate our shadow.
Che Ortiga (he/they) is a trans, latinx, queer adoptee, who has lived many lives within the auspices of one. He has been writing poetry in composition books since he was 14 and is elated to invite you into his worlds. They care deeply for building a safe world for trans kids and perform in the Portland based boyband TurnBack Boyz. Che also writes queer country music, works on a queer history podcast, and enjoys singing karaoke to their rescue bunnies in Oakland, CA.


|Introduction||Historical Background||Chronology||Geography||Biography||Technology||Ownership and Financing||General Bibliography|
|Middle Atlantic States||New York||Flushing|
Flushing was incorporated as a village in 1837 and was consolidated into the City of New York in 1898.
The village built a Holly water works system that was tested and celebrated on December 2, 1874.
Water is provided by the City of New York.
1872 An act for supplying the village of Flushing, Queens county, with pure and wholesome water. February 15, 1872.
1874 An act to amend "An act to provide for supplying the village of Flushing, Queens county, with pure and wholesome water," passed February fifteen, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. May 22, 1874
York Herald, August 15, 1874, Page 9.
The Holly Machinery for the Flushing water works is ready for shipment from Lockport, and will reach Flushing sometime during the coming week. The filtering well at the source of supply is nearly completed and the engine house is well advanced. There is quite a rivalry between Flushing and College Point as to which village shall have its water works completed first.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 4, 1874, Page 4.
About a year ago the Long Island Railroad Company erected a large windmill and five immense water tanks, at a cost of over $7,000, for the purpose of supplying their locomotives with water. The water has proved unsuitable, and the mill and tanks will be abolished as soon as the Flushing water works are completed, with the mains of which the Railroad Company will make a connection, The present the water used at Hunter's Point for the locomotives is brought from Minneaola, a distance of twenty miles.
Flushing Water-Works," The
Evening Post (New York, New York), December 3, 1874, Page 4.
Description of the Buildings and Machinery - A Celebration and Formal Opening To-Day.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, September 11, 1876, Page 4.
An Aristocratic Young Lady Off with a Fireman from the Flushing Water Works.
1888 "Flushing," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 1.
1890 "Flushing," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 2.
1891 Map of Queens. Plate 29: Town of Flushing. - Douglaston. - Bay Side. Shows location of Flushing water works.
1891 "Flushing," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 3.
1897 "Flushing," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 4.
Cases of Typhoid in Flushing," The New York Times, July 27,
1899, Page 12.
They made an examination of the ponds at the Flushing water works, from which the village derives its water supply.
© 2018 Morris A. Pierce


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Her name is Priyanka
And she's got something to say. Drag royalty graces the stage at the AGO on June 9.
Photo credit: Colin Gaudet.
“Pride is the reason why I don't have to be two different people in and out of drag,” explains Priyanka over the phone. “I get to celebrate whatever skin I want to be in that day. That's what Pride is to me. It is the definition of acceptance. It's the definition of happiness, not feeling judged. I remember my first Pride, and it was so beautiful because, for the first time in my life, I was around people like me. That feeling of acceptance and that feeling of feeling safe is what Pride is.”
For Priyanka – the children’s TV host turned multi-hyphenate drag superstar - to say the past three years have been a whirlwind would be an understatement. In 2020, she was crowned the first-ever winner of Canada’s Drag Race – a not-so-easy feat. Then came a die-hard social media following, sold-out performances around the globe, magazine covers and, of course, music. In 2021, she released her debut EP Taste Test featuring the bombastic pop smash Come Through with her Canada’s Drag Race Season 1 sister Lemon, racking up millions of streams. Now, she has the AGO within her sights as she headlines the AGO’s Pride Extravaganza for one night only on Friday, June 9, with fellow Toronto drag artist Yovska as the opening act. She’s got a new single called Bad Bitches Don’t Cry ready to perform, along with more new songs, dancers, and dazzling visuals.
Priyanka spoke to us before her birthday and a highly anticipated AGO performance about new music, the state of drag today and the importance of representation.
Foyer: You’ve accomplished so much throughout your career with no signs of slowing down. Tell us, is this performance at the AGO the first you’ve ever performed at an art museum? What can audiences expect?
Priyanka: It is the first time I've ever performed at an art museum! And there's something very chic about this whole idea. When the opportunity came to me, and they asked, "Would you ever do a full show at the AGO?” I was excited! I mean, I don't even know what to expect yet. I know the show will be very, very, very high-energy. We’re crafting a performance for this ginormous Pride performance. Am I going to be performing in the middle of art? Am I the art within the art? Where is the art? It’s very interesting and unique. I'm going to be premiering a new song and I'll perform some covers and other songs from my EP Taste Test.
Foyer: Are there visual artists you take inspiration from as a performer?
Priyanka: I mean, a lot of the places I pull my references from are high-end designers like Mugler and Alexander McQueen, all those kinds of artists, because all my art is very performance-based. In terms of visual art, it’s kind of the heartbeat of what fashion can become. Fashion is a very specific way to receive art as a consumer [versus] looking at a canvas and seeing something that inspires you and makes you feel something. I feel those kinds of things unintentionally inspire us.
Foyer: Speaking of performing – let’s talk about your music. You just released a new single and music video, Bad Bitches Don't Cry. What can we expect with this new era of your music? An album?
Priyanka: There's going to be an album coming out later this year. I've been working on new music since last year, taking what I learned from the first EP and really applying it to the second one, and it truly is a really cool, exciting journey. Because the first time I released music, I was like, “Oh, baby, I'm the best, this sounds fucking cool,” but when you release it, and understand how people hear music and how music is truly universal, and anyone can listen to it ... it made me have a real different approach to how I've made this album and all the different places I've pulled inspiration from. Relationships, how I feel, working on myself, realizing that I'm an artist and taking ownership of that are common themes through the new music and new era. So, it's going to be very exciting. And I really feel like audiences will be very surprised, not only my current fans but my new fans too. They’re going be like “Oh shit, she means business.”
Foyer: Any collaborators we can look forward to?
Priyanka: Well, I have this song [Bad Bitches Don’t Cry] with JUNO Award Nominee Ralph, who's incredible. The fans are begging for another Lemon collaboration. I was on Canada's Drag Race with her, and on my EP Taste Test, we had a song called Come Through that blew up. I think it's at, like, 6 million streams now, it's crazy. It really was one of those songs that solidified me as a new musician, so people want to hear us on a song together again. There are a lot of writers and people I've collaborated with behind the scenes that I'm excited to reveal because there are some celebs. There are some celebs.
Foyer: You got your start in the Toronto drag scene. From when you first started and now, what has been the most noticeable change?
Priyanka: It's actually become scarier to be a drag performer. When I started drag, that’s when drag was becoming truly mainstream. There were a couple of years when drag was just everywhere. I was at every office performing, at every lawyer's office, every bank, every this, every that during Pride season. And now we've come to a place where it's gotten so mainstream that it's unlocked a lot of hate. That's the biggest change that I've seen. Seeing the amount of hate drag performers and queer people are getting now because of conservative views. That's new. It's new in the sense of how public [the hatred] is. There was always, you know, hate towards our community, homophobia, transphobia, and all that stuff. But I'm shocked that, say, how many drag performers are now scared to go to their gigs.
In terms of drag as an art form, I mean, it's just blown up. It's become so different; it's become more accessible. People have lucrative businesses because of drag, making wigs and costumes. It's been amazing to see, and it just makes my heart so happy that queer people are making a lot of money because that's how it should be.
Foyer: In the face of all the hatred towards drag performers and the queer community, what keeps you motivated to continue creating your art?
Priyanka: I think what keeps me motivated is knowing it doesn't matter what your sexuality is, what your skin colour is, what your gender is, you can be entertained. You can listen to a song by any artist and relate. You can laugh at the same jokes. There are so many universal things that all of us can feel. So, knowing that I'm creating music and doing drag shows for everyone, it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from any or any of that stuff, keeps me going. Because if I were to stop, you let the hate win. I mean, I lived my whole life as someone who has been targeted by hate. I've never been a victim to it, I've always risen above it. That keeps me going knowing that I can be a voice for people that might not have a voice
Foyer: From your drag name, many of your looks and more, you proudly rep your Indo-Guyanese heritage. Why is that important to you? What have you learned about your identity?
Priyanka: I think many POCs are typically pitted against each other and don't know how to love themselves. Growing up, many of us only watched a lot of people that don't look like us on TV. [Those people tend to be] winning Academy Awards, winning Grammys, on magazine covers etc. We don't see many Brown people doing those things, or Black people or Asian people. So, it is important for me to represent that culture and speak on it. I think it is so much easier for someone with a background like mine to hide their roots, hide they like to take curry to lunch, hide they like to listen to Indian music, hide all these things just to fit in. I like to show you can be as cultured and as ethnic and as Brown as you can be and still fit into society because you are you.
Foyer: In doing that, have you felt closer to that side of yourself, like you've discovered more about your heritage?
Priyanka: Oh, totally. I mean, before, I wouldn't be saying this to you. Before Canada's Drag Race, I did like doing Bollywood songs in drag sometimes. It was when I did Canada's Drag Race that I figured out how important representation is to people. I really started to own it. It's an interesting mental journey to be on. To really take pride in that. I remember in kindergarten, my mom would say, you know, "I packed chicken curry in your backpack,” and I said, "No, I want a bologna sandwich". It's so funny because now I own it. And now white people are like, "I love a curry!” How did we get here? This is amazing.
Photo credit: Colin Gaudet.
Foyer: Looking back at your career before and after starting drag, what was the exact moment when it clicked that you could make drag your full-time job? Was it when you got on Canada’s Drag Race?
Priyanka: It was when I saw the posting for the auditions for Canada's Drag Race. That's when I knew my life would change because I just knew it was what I was made to do. Because it was like spirit came within me, and I was like, “This is my destiny.” Before Drag Race, I was very okay with doing drag on the side and it being a side job and then working on TV during the day. And I think nowadays, a lot of queens do it full-time. I don't know how, but I commend them for giving their whole life to such a beautiful art form. It's amazing because it takes us so much hustle to be able to make your rent. Every single $5 bill you're collecting, and all those tips go towards your rent or your bills. I feel very lucky I could start drag with another job because now that I’m doing it full time, it's very interesting to survive off performing. I feel lucky I'm able to perform at shows, and that is my survival. It’s a really cool place to be, and the hard work definitely pays off.
Foyer: Season 4 of Canada’s Drag Race – who do you want to see get on the show?
Priyanka: Oh, I would love to see Aurora Matrix, she's incredible. I would love to see Ivory Towers. I would love to see Sofanda Cox. I would love to see my drag mama Ecstasy Love. I would love to see Yovska, who’s opening for me at the AGO, too, she was on Dragula. The world needs more Yovska, that’s for sure. I think Perla from Toronto. She's incredible. Van Goth, and Mikayla Couture would be amazing. Naomi Leone would be amazing. We have so many great queens in Toronto.
Foyer: As you performed around the globe, what do you think makes Canadian drag unique?
Priyanka: Oh, I mean, I think it's different because we come from more of an entertainer’s background. A lot of US-based, not all of them but some specific ones, come from the [drag] pageant world. So, it's more about the look. It's more about one number and putting all your meat into one number. Canadian drag, especially in Toronto, we do so many back-to-back-to-back songs. It's about stamina. It's about long-form entertainment. It's a whole different ballgame when it comes to doing drag in Toronto. Everyone loves the Canadians, though.
Foyer: Last question, you performed with the Teletubbies at Drag Con. What was that all about? Who’s the biggest diva?
Priyanka: It was amazing. They contacted me and asked me if I wanted to do a duet at DragCon, and you know me, I have to do things 100%, all the time. So, I was like, “oh my god, I have to do this full out! It has to be this; it has to be that." It was so special because, having been a kid’s TV host [before winning Canada’s Drag Race], it really felt so fulfilling for me to be dancing with one of the biggest, most popular children's entertainers ever! I was dreaming the whole time.
I definitely think Dipsy was a little bit of a diva. But Dipsy also worshipped my outfit. I was the most starstruck around Po. Tinky-Winky definitely was a little bit jealous of me because I had a better purse.
Priyanka performs at the AGO with Yovska on Friday, June 9. Buy your tickets here.

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text: After few seconds, a figure steadily presented in peripheral vision becomes perceptually filled-in by its background, as if it “disappeared”. We report that directing attention to the color, shape, or location of a figure increased the probability of perceiving filling-in compared to unattended figures, without modifying the time required for filling-in. This effect could be augmented by boosting attention. Furthermore, the frequency distribution of filling-in response times for attended figures could be predicted by multiplying the frequencies of response times for unattended figures with a constant. We propose that, after failure of figure–ground segregation, the neural interpolation processes that produce perceptual filling-in are enhanced in attended figure regions. As filling-in processes are involved in surface perception, the present study demonstrates that even very early visual processes are subject to modulation by cognitive factors.

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Ahmed has lived in a flat near Preston Park for about a year now, I asked him what he liked about the area? “I like living by the park, it is quiet and sometimes my friends come over and we go to the park to play.”
Ahmed wasn’t too sure of any history of the park or surrounding area, but we discussed the photograph, and whether he would have liked to be around in those times? “NO – there were no TVs, computers or MP3 players, oh and no library!”
So what would you have done for entertainment in those days, was the next question? Ahmed reckons that people would have listened to radios for their entertainment.
We went on to discuss schools and schooling in those days: “It would have definitely been stricter at school, and you could have got into trouble a lot easier, you would have probably had to eat toads! The games at school would have been different. I don’t think there would have been any cricket, and the games would have been old fashioned games like chase. Tennis rackets would have been made of wood rather than being strung as they are now.”
So my next question to Ahmed was what sport did he play now? “I like football, rugby, hockey and playing ‘it’.” He went on to say: “I think that as there weren’t buses around in those days you probably would have had to walk to school, nowadays there are more bikes available!”. If Ahmed were around then he would have invented sweatshirts to wear.
We finished up talking about the park again, and what it would have been like in those days? “I think there would have been too many trees and, with the wind blowing through them, it would have been too noisy.”
Clearly Ahmed is someone who enjoys the peace & quiet Preston Park can offer.

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It’s often said that “Less is More”, and we think that the chic ESP8266 environmental monitor posted by Thingiverse user [bkpsu] definitely fits the bill. Dubbed “Kube”, the device is a 3D printed white cube with an OLED display in the center, which [bkpsu] says was designed specifically for the approval of his wife. Weirdly, she didn’t like the look of bare PCBs on the wall.
Inside, things are a little more complex. The Kube uses the NodeMCU development board, and a custom breakout that [bkpsu] designed to interface with the display and sensors. For temperature and humidity monitoring, the Kube is using the ever-popular DHT22, and [bkpsu] mentions that he has future plans for things like motion sensors and direct control of RGB LED strips. All the data collected by the Kube is piped into openHAB via MQTT.
On the very detailed Thingiverse page, [bkpsu] gives background information on his design goals for the project, tips for printing out a high-quality case, a parts list with Amazon links, and pinout information for getting it all wired up. The PCB is even available on OSH Park for those who want a Kube of their own.
Even with all the stick home monitoring and automation products on the market today, many hackers simply can’t bring themselves to buying a turn-key commercial product. But we think with the results hackers have been getting rolling their own solutions, they just might be on to something.
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I’ve got one of those in my chicken coop, just not as nice looking.
I had similar setup for this https://github.com/nardev/hepek-iot (final code never went up.. not ready to share it yet..) but what i noticed, the temp sensor is giving like 2-3 C higher temp due to enclosure and being close to hot MCU or voltage regulator..
I have noticed the self-heating as well, even without an enclosure you can gain a degree or two. Add on top of that the poor calibration — all my temperature sensors differ by a degree (Celcius!) or two, and I’m not sure that it reflects reality. But if all you care about is change in temperature, it’s kinda moot.
Here’s an example where heat is carried by the copper pour in a PCB design:
In my experience, the DS18B20 and its derivatives are more accurate than the DHT22. DHT’s always report a value 1 or 2 degrees above what I expect.
I prefer DS18B20 too. Quite accurate, almost free and small! Of course If you don’t need humidity too. :)
bme280 222496414823 for US $1.29 shipped to your door.
Right, as Rumburack said, bme280 is cheap and has good precision. I use it in this sensors mesh project https://hackaday.io/project/20388-home-smart-mesh. Well precision comes from the fact that every sensors has special calibration parameters.
I don’t understand why to use the DHT22. Bosch bme280 gives more data and is better at the same price.
Self heating is a pain, the esp8266 can easily change the reading by simple heat radiation.
It’s hard to find bme280. just sensor anywhere for less than 5EUR .. although those modules from china cost about a 1-2USD… +, i wonder if anyone published proper schematics for bme280???
DHT22 is so widely used, i think even Linux kernel has the driver for it by default :) so, why not :)
I’ve used BME280 in my own weather monitoring setup, but found them to be pretty poor outdoors; first time I rains for awhile the humidity pegs at 100% and stays there. Accordingly to the docs, solution is to take out sensor and bake it in oven for a few hours.
Yeah, no problem…
Don’t feel bad. I worked at a major thermostat manufacturer, and they had precisely this problem. Normally you could compensate for it, but in this case when the furnace fan would turn on, it would blow air through the tiny holes in the wall behind the thermostat until the pocket between the studs was pressurized. This resulted in the measured temperature first being too high, then too low as the fan turned on, then finally too high again.
I have a stupid problem like that. Wall my thermostat is on gets a draft forced down it according to wind, gets super cold air behind. I made a gasket for the thermostat but it still bleeds through, and in general wall is colder than rest of room. I can’t even move it around the room much due to doors, window, where the registers are etc.
Also have an idiot problem, due to it being only free wall, furniture goes against it also, but ppl keep piling crap up below thermostat, getting in danger of blocking it all the time. DON’T PUT THAT THERE!!! Alright alright no need to be an asshole about it. I HAVE TO TELL EVERYONE EVERY FREAKING WEEK OF COURSE I’M AN ASSHOLE ABOUT IT.
Can anyone recommend similar commercial home monitoring products?
There seems to be a gap in the market between 433MHz indoor/outdoor thermometers for a few $$, and room sensors like this – where the commercial ones are an order of magnitude more expensive, even if they don’t have a display. Then you get the Nest/Hive devices, which may be easy to use but still only monitor a single room.
This! ^^ I would buy several remote sensing units if they came with DIP switches to set the “station” number. The base unit should be able to then use multiple stations set points and program a schedule.
Answer is DIY :) I had the same conclusion so started this https://hackaday.io/project/20388-home-smart-mesh
I stayed by the 2.4GHz but extended with ultra cheap (DIY) repeaters with PA LNA up to 1 Km.
As it’s connected to MQTT and Open-Hab, it’s much more open than any other product on the market.
Don’t use a DHT22, they are cr*p, personal experience and corroborated by https://hackaday.com/2017/01/03/humidity-sensor-shootout/
Concur. SHT35 recommended where there would be no exposure to high humidity, SHT31 for areas having high (>78%) humidity. Have found the MaxDetect stuff to be garbage; seldom within spec new, always out of spec after six months.
Reading and understanding product spec sheets. One of the differences between hacking to engineering.
I’m in the process of building something very similar.
With the idea of a ultrasonic range finder being used to determine if a garage door is open or closed stolen from the open garage project, I wanted to add a temp/humidity and CO detector to the setup…
I sometimes use a propane heater in the garage and it produces temperature, humidity and CO, and in large enough quantities any of those things can be dangerous, so I wanted to monitor them, and if I decide they are reaching problematic levels I’ll get an exhaust fan, to help clear them out…
Maybe even add an electric heater that might be able to keep the garage above freezing in the winter… but I’d want to know how much power that would actually take, as it would be a factor in if I go to off peak power in the garage (probably an electric oil heater that I Can run off peak and it will radiate heat for several hours after it’s been shutdown.)
Once the garage is up and running and I plan to do the same sensor bank for the bathroom to deal with the humidity from hot showers there…
I’m piping everything into homeassistant (gave up on openhab when I couldn’t get the openhab 2 upgrade working)
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As an online triathlon coach, I try to be in full access for my athletes but I also have to set boundaries. Sometimes, those boundaries get broken but for the most part, my athletes do a great job of understanding that I have a life as well. And I truly thank them for that.
About two months ago, I had to do it. I had to drop off the face of the earth for 24 hours. I was exhausted. I was overwhelmed. I was actually hating my phone and computer. It was with me constantly and it was getting to be too much.
Sometimes staying away from our smartphones for just a few minutes is difficult, but did you know that separating yourself from your digital gadgets and life can improve your life a great deal. It’s more than likely that if you are reading this article, your smartphone is lying within reach of you. These days our smartphone is our best friend that we can’t be separated from, not even for an hour or so. It’s an extension of us, we’re always ready to grab it when it we hear a ding or a vibrate from a text. Apart from our phone, we spend more and more time on digital devices, probably much more than 2 hours in a day. There is a steady flow of incoming messages, social media connections and phone calls.
Technology and Dopamine!
We have to be honest and admit that technology has certainly changed our lives, making them just a whole lot easier – in fact, many of us have become addicted to all the digital gadgets we own.
When new messages come in, dopamine gets released in our bodies. This important chemical causes people to desire, to want to search and seek; to be curious. Learn more about dopamine and digital devices HERE. But from our smartphones to our computers to everything digital, we are actually in a vicious cycle and this is unbeknown to us, the fact that it is taking a toll on our health as well as our mental wellbeing, let alone our relationships. Surveys suggest that there is a link between some of the high tech gadgets to anxiety, depression, marital dissatisfaction and many more.
Do you feel desperate to escape the digital trap?
To end the vicious cycle of digital devices in your life, people ask whether they need to step away entirely from these gadgets and while we think that would be FANTASTIC, I hate to say it but it is the way of the world. Today we do need these technologies, but it is possible with some easy steps, that you can still stay plugged in, but ‘detox’ at the same time. This will help you to feel more fulfilled, connected and calm. When these high tech gadgets no longer have a hold on your life, you will feel like you are starting to live again to the fullest because you are finding a balance between your work and your life.
No matter what your status is online, the fact of the matter is most of us spend heaps of time in front of a screen, sometimes at our laptops with the phone in hand. Many people realize and understand that some of their online connections feel more ‘real’ to them and impact more on them than their connections in the real physical world do. Therefore finding a balance or doing a digital detox can be rather hard to contemplate but it certainly can help.
I know how hard it is to leave for 24 hours and step away from the digital world all the time, so I found out what happens when you DO take a little bit of digital detox…
We develop deeper friendships and our posture improves
If you can go 3 days without any technology, you will notice that your posture improves. Your energy levels will start to improve too. Instead of looking down when you walk, like you’re still looking at your smartphone, you will stand up straighter and look more open to conversation, appearing more approachable. BAM!
Searching on Google make conversations disappear
The content of our conversations can change when we no longer have so much technology in our lives. If you are on the computer, you quickly look up answers to the things you need, but if you do not have the technology, and you are with a group of people who also don’t, you keep on talking, looking for and discussing the options and answers to the problem. These type of conversations form bonds because you get to know people more, gaining insights into what makes them tick – memories and bonds are made from lovely conversations.
I just laugh at this because how true is this! I know that if you are with a group of friends, everyone put their phones in the middle of the table, face down and whoever picks up their phone first has to pay for the whole tables dinner! I think that is genius!
Your memory improves
When you are a couple of days without technology, you kind of remember the finer details of things; you remember things people said a few days previously, such as names of people and places. Neuroscientists say the reason for this is that people are more ‘present’ when involved in a conversation, making their brains capable of processing and storing more Information more easily. With all the directions that technology is going today, people’s brains are not registering the more minor details anymore that are in fact so important when it comes to bonding and learning things about other people.
For example, do you forget where you park because you are on your phone when you head into the store? What about chatting with your spouse and then you asked him/her the same question that you already asked? I never do that! HA!
More and better sleep
Those who did take a break from the digital world to detox say they felt more rejuvenated, more free, more relaxed and ready for sleep. For those who didn’t, neuroscientists think this is because the lighting from computer screens suppresses the melatonin in your body, making us more alert as we go to sleep; not feeling ready for sleep in a natural relaxed way. There are studies which show that people who are looking at their phones just before going to sleep do not particularly get a good night’s rest, let alone straining their eyes.
For us, we keep our phones in another room and actually use a good old alarm clock! With that said, we also try to unplug 30 minutes prior to going to bed BUT that doesn’t always happen. But it is something I am trying to really do!
When detoxing, you have changed perspectives
When people go offline, they “leave” technology behind for a bit, hoping to make other changes to their lives. Many people, it was discovered through findings, made changes to their relationships, their career or their health. Being away from the demands of the digital word allowed people to concentrate on more important issues. Kovert did a digital detoxing experiment and discovered that those who detoxed from digitization were adamant about making the way they viewed technology permanent. Many people on this experiment said it gave them the opportunity to make life changing decisions. People said they wanted to disconnect from technology at night time and also over weekends and “bask” in the benefits of detoxing during those times.
While, I was able to enjoy my 24 hour get away detox, I also know I won’t be able to do that on a month basis. It sounds ideal but there is something called life. With that said, I would like to make 4 steps moving into November:
- Off the phone/computer by 9pm
- Phone is not picked up when I am out to dinner with hubby, family and friends.
- Take 24 hours in a month without my phone or computer.
- Don’t get on my phone right away in the morning. Enjoy my coffee and some morning time with me!
Anyone want to join me and keep each other accountable? If so, make a comment below and let’s help each other out!


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Are Yukon Government’s Managers and Deputy Ministers intentionally making bad decisions? Maybe it’s a lack of understanding or an information vacuum that makes for face-palm results on critical cases? Either way it frustrates the hell out of me. It’s YOU, the members we represent, who suffer from some very bad decisions at every level of the grievance process.
I attend many complex representation meetings including policy grievances, 3rd level grievances and arbitration hearings. This isn’t standard for an elected official of YEU but I want to observe the process. Poorly considered decisions result in grievances being referred to PSAC for arbitration, lengthening the process & leaving workers in limbo for years.
The cases that go this route include dismissals, lengthy suspensions, human rights complaints and issues of accommodation. The process can drag on, and the uncertainty impacts an individual’s physical and mental well-being & livelihood.
The cases don’t start out terribly complicated, so what happens? To answer that, we need to look at the first step in a grievance process. This varies by employer but typically starts with an immediate supervisor. Most of these individuals aren’t trained to solve complex human resource problems – they are intelligent and well-meaning people – but they’re set up for failure by their employer. They are not given the freedom or the tools they need to be successful.
We see good people promoted into supervisory positions because they know the work; they have the knowledge to perform the job but aren’t given labour relations training. It’s not just the supervisors who lack training either – the same is true for all levels of decision makers – Human Resource Advisors, Directors, CEOs and Deputy Ministers.
Accommodating a physical injury is straight forward – an injured worker is usually off work for a short period of time. Upon a return to work, limitations may include how much weight can be lifted or how long the worker may spend at a dedicated task. Mental health issues, invisible disabilities or addictions also require accommodation, the requirement is entrenched in law. This is where we encounter a minefield of miscommunication and a lack of understanding.
Supervisors need proper training to have difficult conversations with workers. Without the right skills, sensitive personal information that might inform a supervisor’s decisions can be misunderstood, inappropriately shared or lost in translation.
An attempt at resolution can quickly turn into a performance management issue & rather than achieving an accommodation, struggling workers are disciplined.
By the time someone figures out what needs to be done, all positions are firmly entrenched and the opportunity to problem solve is long past. Few directors, Deputy Ministers or CEOs are willing to rule against those below them; it reflects badly on the organization and frankly, most of the higher ups haven’t received the training needed to know better.
After a few agonizing rounds of bad decisions, a case may end up referred to arbitration, and the people with the knowledge to find a resolution get involved at last. That sounds like a good & positive thing, doesn’t it? Sadly, very few settlements are actually awarded by an arbitrator’s decision.
Most employers offer to settle prior to the arbitration hearing, or during the proceedings. Why? If an arbitrator makes a decision in favour of the worker, it is precedent setting and becomes part of the public record. A settlement acts as a gag order – instead of public accountability, the matter disappears.
By the time a case reaches this point, the worker involved is often truly suffering either mentally or financially. While it would be great to stand on principal and hold out for a favorable decision and a culture change, it’s rarely feasible or recommended. Enough is enough and peace of mind comes first.
YEU won’t recommend a member continue a struggle just to achieve a ruling. Settlement offers are usually enticing enough and the grievor weary enough that they accept the settlement offer and try to rebuild their lives. Of course, without a binding decision, the employer is free to continue the practices that initiated the grievance process in the first place.
It’s true that not every employee is a model worker. Management has the right to manage and we respect that right when the employer operates in good faith. The union is willing to have tough conversations when members seek representation; that’s part of our job and reflects our obligation to the membership at large.
Some supervisors tell us they feel inadequately trained in labour relations and human resources. If the employer won’t fulfill their obligation, we’ll be glad to step up to help you get what you need.
Congratulations to employers who build strong teams through appropriate training and empowering policies. To the rest of you (and you know who you are) please put aside your pre-conceived notions, prejudices, superiority complexes and whatever else motivates you. Treat Yukoners – our members, with the dignity and respect they deserve.

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The “Harlem Shake” craze is moving from humans to animals. Check out this cute video of a litter of puppies getting down after the beat drops.
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Boating Magazine talks about the all-new Yamaha GP1800R SVHO, feautring the new industry first, Auto Trim with Cornering Control and Launch Control.
[Excerpted from Boating Magazine , December 4th, 2021]
"You may have heard of the Yamaha GP series of WaveRunners thanks to the fact that they’ve won just about every major competition there is to win in the high-speed world of personal-watercraft racing. The GP1800R SVHO is cut from the same cloth."
"With the same 1.8L SVHO marine engine that has claimed so many checkered flags, the GP1800R SVHO is a rocket ship. Add to that a redesigned hull with an ultralight deck and an upgraded jet pump, and you may have to bring an extra pair of shorts."
- Top-end, acceleration, and cornering are all world-class.
- Hop on the GP1800R and you’ll soon be riding like a pro thanks to Auto Trim.
- RiDE and TDE let you reverse, decelerate and maneuver at slow speeds without prior experience.
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Raleigh's General Parts International Sold To Advance Auto
A Virginia auto parts company is buying North Carolina-based General Parts International for more than $2 billion.
Advance Auto Parts says its acquisition will create the largest automotive replacement parts provider in North America. GPI is based in Raleigh and operates under the CARQUEST and Worldpac brand names.
Advance spokeswoman Shelly Whitaker says the companies have not yet decided how the move will affect GPI's 500 workers in Raleigh.
"It's business as usual for the immediate future," she says.
"After the completion of the transaction, Advance and GPI are going to work together to develop a transition plan to bring the best of both companies together. We will continue to have a presence in Raleigh, N.C., going forward."
The deal still needs regulatory approval, but Whitaker says it's expected to clear by early next year. Advance Auto says it's expecting $1.5 billion in revenue for the third quarter.

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Top Tips for Parents
Rebecca and her colleague, Stephanie Smailes (Primary English Teacher), have teamed up to create these tips to help you support your child's reading:
Does your child ever see you reading? This might sound simple, but I cannot emphasise it enough: if you want your child to read, you must show them what a reader looks like. Children need to have reading modelled to them, so consider how you could build some reading time into your family life – whether in the evenings, weekends or during holidays – so that your child sees that you value and enjoy reading.
2) Ask about what they are reading
It’s amazing what you can find out about a young person in an animated conversation about a book. Talk to them about what they are reading, and you may be surprised by the insights that they have.
3) Don’t dictate their reading choices
My brother Joe hated reading growing up – he was much more interested in playing, watching and discussing sport. It was only when my parents gave him Steven Gerrard’s autobiography for his 12th birthday that he saw any benefit in picking up a book. Now he has shelves full of sporting autobiographies – and won’t stop talking about them! If your child is into Marvel films, then encourage them to read graphic novels. If they love computer games, you could consider getting them a subscription to a games magazine. If students begin to see reading as an extension of a hobby or passion they already have, they will not see it as an arduous task but instead as something they enjoy.
4) Give them books in their home language
Students will gain so much from learning to enjoy reading whatever language the book is in. Even if the book is not in English, it will still benefit their knowledge of characters, structure and description which will undoubtedly have positive effects at school.
5) Give them books appropriate to their age and level
Children and teenagers often disengage from a book if they feel it is aimed at a younger audience. If your child is new to English, then Barrington Stokes is a great publisher for teenagers: their content is aimed at secondary students, but the reading age is much lower. Ask your child’s school whether they have books suited to non-native speakers and have a look on Amazon too.
6) Practise everywhere
For younger learners, there are countless opportunities to practise reading and reading skills. Point out signs and letters wherever you see them. Help your child to develop inference skills by encouraging them to infer meaning from what they know about the world around them. For example, if the traffic lights are red, ask them what colours will come next and what they mean. If the clouds are grey and dark, encourage them to predict what might happen next. This skill will help them when they read stories.
7) Make books available
A dearth of books is a barrier to reading. Make sure you have books available all the time; with their toys, in the car, in their bedroom. It’s a great way to encourage them to reach for a book when they have time to fill.


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Is Ivar’s Clamosaurus Blocking Bertha?
When Ivar Haglund’s prized proto-clam went missing in 1937, most believed the giant shellfish escaped into the bay. But did it burrow instead?
SEATTLE – Dec. 17, 2013 – It’s the question on everyone’s mind: what’s blocking Bertha? The cause of the sudden obstruction to Bertha in digging Seattle’s tunnel has been causing speculation among historians, engineers and Seattleites this past week. Today, Ivar’s announced it may have the answer: a 70-foot clamosaurus.
Ivar’s records and historical anecdotes reveal restaurant “flounder” Ivar Haglund bred an oversized “proto-clam.” Ivar’s mysterious pet was a prized possession spotted around town until it abruptly disappeared in 1937 when Haglund moved his Seattle aquarium from Harbor Avenue in West Seattle to Pier 3 (now Pier 54). Legend has it the 70-foot shellfish fell off a truck bed near South Jackson Street, approximately where Bertha is currently stuck. Coincidence?
“Ivar was a great storyteller and spoke fondly about his clamosaurus,” said Bob Donegan, president of Ivar’s. “Ivar’s notes say he thought the clam reverted to its natural instincts and burrowed for the water – or else sought safe, deep ground. The evidence shows the clamosaurus could be blocking Bertha. If WsDot or Seattle Tunnel Partners find it, we are eager to regain it and put it on display at Acres of Clams, which Ivar named for the clamosaurus.”
The Washington State Department of Transportation and Seattle Tunnel Partners are working to identify the blockage and put a removal plan in place by this Friday. In the meantime, public speculation has suggested it could by anything from a locomotive, to a marine bunker or a meteorite.
“Bertha can cut through dirt and debris, so whatever she’s dealing with has to be significantly fossilized,” said Feliks Banel, a noted Seattle historian. “I’ve heard the clamosaurus lore and when you look at the history, maps and Ivar’s notes and anecdotes, the clamosaurus blockage lines up as a real possibility.”
Ivar opened one of Seattle’s first aquariums on Pier 3, now Pier 54 in 1938. The fish and chips and chowder bar at the front entry grew into Acres of Clams. Today, there are 23 Ivar's fast casual Seafood Bars and three full-service restaurants: Ivar's Acres of Clams, Ivar's Salmon House and Ivar's Mukilteo Landing. Ivar's Seafood, Soup and Sauce Company develops and sells Ivar’s award-winning soups, chowders and sauces both nationally and internationally. The company also operates regional stadium concessions including Safeco Field, CenturyLink Field, KeyArena, Bank of America Arena, Husky Stadium and Cheney Stadium. Learn more at www.Ivars.com.
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High school is the time in a teenagers live that can be very stressful. They are hitting puberty, and they are growing into the adults they will one day be. High school aged children are faced with a lot of choices, and they are given responsibility, but they are still not completely responsible for themselves. This is the time when they will make a lot of life choices, and this can be very stressful. This is also the time where their bodies and interests are changing, and sex and relationships become a part of their lives. High school can be very stressful, and this article will discuss five stress management techniques for students.
A great way for students to deal with the societal pressures of the media and their classmates is through collage. Have students bring in magazines that are designed for their age group. Next have them cut out articles and pictures that they find to be negative or bothersome. Have students cut up these images and glue them together in an order that is more pleasing. Encourage the students to alter the images by cutting them, coloring over them with markers, and remind them to have a sense of humor with this project.
Another fun project that will help high school students to reduce stress is the balloon popping game. Have the students blow up several balloons and right on them the causes of there stress n marker. They can also draw pictures or right initials on the balloons if they want their privacy. Next have them bounce the balloons around for awhile. Next have them pop the balloons using a pin, their hands, or their feet.
Stress management for teenagers is very important, and stress usually comes from being unorganized and having a lot on your plate. In order to help students focus and prioritize in order to release stress have them right all of the things that are important to them on a sheet of paper. Next have the students highlight the least important items in a yellow marker, next have them highlight the medium important items with a blue marker, and highlight the most important things with a pink marker. This list can contain school obligations, familial obligations, and personal desires. Now have students focus on the pink ideas. Remind them that sometimes you need to look at everything in order to figure out what really matters, and encourage the kids to keep their list and cross off items as they are completed. This will give them a feeling of accomplishment.
Stress is something that comes from responsibilities, and it is important to allow yourself to relax and have fun when you are feeling overwhelmed. Teenagers need this time especially because they are new to the stresses of being older. So in order to manage stress schedule at least one hour a day to just enjoying life. Make sure at least one hour a day is for fun and hobbies such as art music, and sports. These activities will increase happiness, and allow stress to be released through productivity.
Another way for students to manage stress is through breathing. Every teenager should take a few minutes each day to sit and relax. Sitting outside or by a window is good because it brings you closer to nature, but anywhere is fine. This method is especially important when a high school student is feeling overwhelmed. It is important to step away and breathe in order to regain focus or solve problems. Every student should take time to breathe, and pay attention to their breathing in order to relax and manage stress.
High school is a time when stress is prevalent for children; they are surrounded with influences, and they expected to make many important choices at this time in their lives, and it is important to practice these stress management techniques in order to be healthy and happy.


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The Chairperson greeted and welcomed everyone to the meeting and announced that this is the first formal meeting without Ms T Tongwane (ANC) who passed away. He thanked Mr P ...
The Acting Chairperson announced that the late Ms M Tongwane (ANC), a Member of this Portfolio Committee, would be buried on Thursday in Kuruman, Mogajeneg Village.
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The Committee secretary said that Ms S Mbatha (ANC) would join later, Mr D Bryant (DA) had sent his apologies, and Ms T Tongwane (ANC) was off sick.


The RPi Foundation announced a $10 price cut for the Raspberry Pi Model B+ and launched a “Sense HAT” add-on. Meanwhile, Pi competition continues to emerge.
When the quad-core Raspberry Pi 2 Model B arrived in February with the same $35 price tag as the old Pi 2 Model B+,
we knew something had to give. Now the Raspberry Pi Foundation, which previously promised to continue supporting the B+,
has dropped its price by $10 to $25, only $5 more than the stripped down Model A+.
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SuperTuxKart 0.9 is a huge update over earlier versions. It runs a hot new engine under the hood(awesomely named ‘Antarctica’). This change, the developers say, delivers richer graphical environments, better shading and depth of field and improved kart physics.
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Today at Build, Microsoft unveiled its first version of Visual Studio for Mac and Linux.
The new tool, called Visual Studio Code, makes it easy to develop .NET code
along with many other programming languages on Linux based systems.
Sedan Linux version 4.0 släpptes 15 April, en av de mest diskuterade funktionerna i den här versionen har varit att den innehåller en funktion för "no reboot" kernel uppdatering/patchning. Linux Journal postade följande artikel ' "No Reboot" Kernel Patching - And Why You Should Care' i samband med detta
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Greetings! It has indeed been far too long. I apologize for the absence
of updates lately, but we've been using the time to get some good work done.
This is not a beta (probably not even an alpha release yet), but it is also
not a drill. ;-) We've spared you all most of the pain while we
transitioned to a lot of new libraries that got major version number bumps,
and have tested everything to ensure that this will be a smooth upgrade.
Still, I'd be surprised if all this didn't introduce any regressions, so if
you find any problems let us know. Huge thanks are due to Robby Workman,
Heinz Wiesinger, Eric Hameleers, and Stuart Winter for all the help. Have fun!


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Seven years ago now, a coalition of local churches, the West Nipissing Community Health Centre and other interested community members formed the group Neighbours Without Borders – Voisins sans frontières, with the hope of sponsoring a refugee family for resettlement into the community of Sturgeon Falls. At the time, the original goal was to raise $30,000 dollars to support the family of 7 for one year, which is a requirement of the Ministry of Canadian Immigration and Citizenship. The community responded with unparalleled generosity, reaching $42,500 in just seven weeks.
However, the generosity did not end there. After two years of planning, Kashindi Monde and Adolphine Jules and their children along with Adolphine’s brother Gadi Jules arrived in Canada and Sturgeon Falls on February 14, 2017. For the occasion, the group piled onto a bus donated by Alouette Bus Lines and drove to the North Bay airport on a snowy cold winter’s night to welcome the tired family. It was Valentine’s day of course, so there was loads of love and goodwill sitting in every seat on that bus.
That was five years ago now and the people of West Nipissing were both welcoming and generous in every way to this newcomer family. Our Lady of Sorrows School and Northern High School accommodated the students who had not had much formal education. Only one of them had a working knowledge of English at the time. The Multicultural Centre in North Bay as well as the Literacy Alliance of West Nipissing stepped in to help mom and dad with their English skills. Many people provided clothing and furniture to set them up. It was a community endeavor from the start. After ayear, the family moved to Windsor where there were better job opportunities for the father.
Not long ago, the family took their oath of citizenship and officially became Canadian Citizens. Unfortunately, because of COVID restrictions, the citizenship ceremony could not be held in person so the family made their oath via a Zoom call. But this did not take away from the pride and sense of accomplishment they all felt.


Blossoms for Earth Day, San Cristobal, NM. Blossoms for Earth Day, San Cristobal, NM. So I thought I’d post something pretty today for Earth Day, April 22, 2018. The trees are tempted to bust out even though the night time temps are still quite cool.
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- Performed with The Polychrome Quartet, Bethesda on the Bay Lutheran Church, and the Obertones a cappella group.
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WISERD is among the nine partner centres who will continue to work with the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) to deliver a new phase of innovative training and capacity-building activities. These will be in the application of core and advanced research methods techniques.
This news follows today’s announcement from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) that they will be investing £2.8m in the NCRM over five years until 2024. Continuing into a new phase, the principal aim will be to increase research methods capability in the social sciences and beyond.
Professor Gary Higgs, WISERD co-director and lead on training and capacity building, said: “For over ten years, WISERD has assisted with the delivery of NCRM courses. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with the NCRM in training needs analysis, facilitating and contributing to courses for social scientists in Wales. Also, in developing training for non-academic audiences and civil society organisations (CSOs) where WISERD has particular knowledge and expertise.”
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People seem to be fascinated with the Carvana vehicle vending machines when they find out about their existence, be we have something even better. The Elliot Museum in Stuart, Florida contains a classic car vending machine of sorts, which is automatically far cooler.
Watch an idiot in a Camaro mow down a crowd here.
Called the Boomerang, the museum’s curator during a local news spot referred to it as an automated parking garage. While such things have been used in Asia for a while, they’re starting to filter into use here in North America.
But the Boomerang is in fact an old machine, not something newer. The curator tells the reporter that there were only four made and he believes this is the only one operable. To see it in action is a real treat, but we can only imagine what it’s like in person.
Apparently, the vending machine feeds cars onto a giant turntable, which just like with records, spins round, right round, giving everyone a good 360-degree view of the different classic cars on it. Then it will remove a car and put it away, retrieving something else. The concept is cool and honestly is something we could just sit and watch for hours at a time.
We haven’t seen anything like this in a car museum, so that lone makes a trip to Elliot Museum worth the effort. The curator says originally the purpose was to display as many cars as possible using the museum’s limited footprint. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention, only this machine was already invented but it did push management to find it and make it workable.
You have to watch this thing in motion in the video, it’s really cool. And if you’re ever in the area, you’ve got to visit this museum.


According to Entertainment Weekly,Breaking Dawn - Part 2 pulled in an estimated $141.2 million this weekend - just above what last year's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 nabbed, $138.1 million, but just below The Twilight Saga: New Moon's $142.8 million.
Internationally, the film grossed $199.6 million over the opening weekend as well, putting its first week totals at $340.9 million.
This affirms those predictions which estimateThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 will gross at or near the $700 million mark.
It is uncertain at this time, though, whether Part 2 will reach the domestic Twilight Saga high set by The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($300 million).
In either case, it's still quite a strong opening for a fifth installment to a surprise success franchise!
Breaking Dawn - Part 2 of course dominated the weekend, beating Skyfall by nearly $100 million.
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The Kano State High Court on Thursday sentenced the proprietor of Nobel Kids Academy and North West Preparatory School, Abdulmalik Tanko, to death for the kidnap and killing of five-year-old schoolgirl, Hanifa Abubakar.
The People’s Democratic Party caucus of the House of Representatives has backed their colleagues in the Senate over the call for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari
Google on Thursday announced five Nigerians and 29 other recipients of the third Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge drawn from Africa, Middle East, Israel and Turkey.
The Federal Government says it will sanction the BBC and Trust Tv for airing respective documentaries glorifying and fueling terrorism, banditry in Nigeria.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has threatened to sack all the Kaduna State University (KASU) lecturers if they continue to observe the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike.
The Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Oyeyemi Oyediran, has appealed for calm while encouraging well-meaning residents to cooperate within the course of investigations into the shootings at the Craneburg Construction Company site in Owo.
German Economy Minister Robert Habeck on Thursday said the country is facing the “greatest energy crisis” ever.
Habeck blamed over-dependence on Russia for the energy crisis, saying that reliance on Russia has built up over decades.
Adire Oodua Textile Hub says it is set to position the adire fabric as one of the non-oil exports that will boost Nigeria’s economy.
Its Chief Executive Officer, Princess Ronke Ademiluyi, during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos, said that the fabric was a viable wealth creation tool for the nation’s tourism.
The Defence Headquarters says the military troops have eliminated 30 of the terrorists who attacked troops of the Guards Brigade in Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Sunday.
The bail terms and conditions were given by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).


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Pralognan-la-Vanoise, an authentic village nestled in the high mountains, has become a reference destination for freeride ski enthusiasts and lovers of large spaces. Immerse yourself in the heart of the Vanoise park and book your ski equipment now to live an unforgettable experience in Savoy.
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Straight at the foot of the mythical peaks of the Vanoise massif, this family village transports you to a bewitching and magical setting, dominated by majestic glaciers and giants of more than 3000 meters above sea level. Pralognan-la-Vanoise benefits from exceptional snow throughout the season, thus offering lovers of skiing, wilderness and thrills of unforgettable moments. If you want to explore other renowned ski resorts, Courchevel and its alpine frame as well as the Plagne and the vast Ski -Ski -Ski area of Paradiski await you nearby. Discover all our online offers for your ski rental in La Plagne and Courchevel.
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During your ski stay, you will be surrounded by the highest peaks of the Alpine massif, such as the Grand Beak (3398 m), the Pointe de la Grande Casse (3855 m) and the Pointe de la Becca Motta (3045 m ). The Pralognan-la-Vanoise ski area offers more than 1000 meters of elevation served by innovative ski lifts.
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Children are not to be outdone with several fun areas specially designed for them. Secure toboggan tracks, playgrounds with turns and bumps, as well as aqualudic space guarantee moments of family joy. The most daring can embark on the Boarder Cross, a track with raised turns, natural obstacles and boxes.
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In summer, Pralognan also offers mountain bike paths adapted to the enduro, cross-country and descent. Explore the picturesque hamlets and descend the mountain bikes with their bumps, turned turns and springboards.
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Located in the heart of the Tarentaise valley, in Savoie, the Pralognan ski resort is easily accessible. You can take the A43 motorway to Albertville, then the RN90 to Moûtiers Salins. Then, you only have 27 km to travel on the D915 to arrive in Pralognan-la-Vanoise. If you prefer to travel by train, the Moûtiers SNCF station offers shuttles to reach Pralognan, whether in summer or winter. Liaisons are also available from Lyon-Saint-Exupéry, Geneva-Cointrin and Chambéry airports.

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Autistic disorders occur in a spectrum, ranging from mild and moderate to severe and with a variety of different symptoms. Mental health professionals classify autism into several types.
This helps to assess the severity of a child's impairment and determines the best treatment to help the child develop the necessary skills for good functioning throughout life.
Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is an umbrella term that includes all the different types of disorder. However, often ASD is simply referred to as 'autism'.
Since 2013, health professionals don’t talk any more about types of autism like Asperger's syndrome and 'pervasive developmental disorder – not otherwise specified' (PDD-NOS). Autism is now ranked as level 1, 2 or 3, depending on how severe it is and how much support the person needs.
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Emergency services are at the scene of an ongoing 'road traffic incident' in Kemnay.
The incident on the village's Bremner Way has sparked a major response, with a helicopter landing in a field next to nearby Kemnay Academy.
The number of vehicles involved and the extent of any injuries sustained are unclear at this time, but the school has sent a message to parents insisting that neither the school nor any pupils are involved.
Police remain at the scene, while fire crews that were deployed have now left.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: “Officers were called to a road traffic incident in Kemnay, close to Bremner Way, at around 11.30am on Thursday, 23 February, 2023.
“Emergency services remain at the scene.”
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: "We were alerted at 11.34am on Thursday, 23 February to reports of a road traffic collision on Bremner Way, Kemnay.
"Operations Control mobilised two appliances to the scene to assist emergency service partners. Crews left the scene at 12.41pm as the area was made safe."
The Scottish Ambulance Service has been approached for comment.
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The death of Gaddafi was welcomed among many on the streets of Libya's capital, Tripoli on Thursday.
Immediately after the 69-year-old's death, confirmed by Libya's prime minister, crowds of people erupted in celebrations throughout the city waving Libya’s new flag and shouting, “God is greatest.” In Tripoli celebratory crowds gathered as fireworks lit up the sky.
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