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2018 World Cup Qualification picks back up during the November international break. Miguel Delaney looks ahead to the action.
Can England and Scotland get back on track? England vs. Scotland (Nov. 12)
The buildup to this fixture has been shrouded by the controversy over the federations' wish to wear poppies, but this is a match with so much riding on it. Both are looking to recover from quite different recent humiliations. Although Gareth Southgate was already in charge against Malta after Sam Allardyce's controversial departure, this latest staging of a historic rivalry will be his first proper test; the first time we get to see whether this squad has been affected by the managerial upheaval. They will be tested, however, by a team facing a lot of uncertainty themselves. After going to so close to reaching the playoffs of the Euro 2016 qualifiers, Scotland seem to have fallen apart. They drew 1-1 at home to Lithuania, and then got thrashed 3-0 away to Slovakia in their last game. It has left manager Gordon Strachan on the brink, so he badly needs to respond with a big result. England, meanwhile, need to restore a sense of normality.
Can France continue to show they might yet come to fruition? France vs. Sweden (Nov. 12)
It is impossible to separate France and Sweden. They both have seven points after three games and have both scored five and conceded one, having both put in unconvincing and promising performances in this group so far. This game, however, will properly show how close they really are. The indications are that it is not that close at all. While a young Swedish side have responded to Zlatan Ibrahimovic's retirement and the failure of Euro 2016's first-round exit better than expected, they are still someway short of France's quality. Didier Deschamps' side have also responded well to the disappointment of losing the Euro 2016 final at home to Portugal. Despite kicking off this group with an underwhelming 0-0 draw away to Belarus, they quickly found their rhythm, and impressively destroyed Bulgaria 4-1 before so easily defeating a poor Dutch team 1-0 in Amsterdam. Paul Pogba put in a match-winning performance against the Netherlands, scoring the only goal to provide the perfect answer to so much criticism of his display against Bulgaria. It also offered signs that he might finally have figured out his best role for France. This match will tell us much more.
A decisive day in Group D? Austria vs. Ireland, Wales vs. Serbia (Nov. 13)
Group D is perhaps the tightest of all, given that it has no heavyweight teams, but instead four sides of similar quality. This is also one of just two days in this qualification series where those four face off. Austria host Ireland in Vienna before Wales take on Serbia in Cardiff. It brings another big swing in a group that has already seen some big movements. Austria are under the most pressure, having dropped three points so far by drawing with Wales at home and losing to Serbia 3-2 away. It feels like Marcel Koller's side still haven't recovered from the embarrassing first-round exit at Euro 2016, and still haven't found their rhythm. Meanwhile, David Alaba has come under criticism for his performances for the national side. That means a match with Ireland comes at a particularly bad time, given how awkward Martin O'Neill's side are to play against. The Irish are second in the table on goal difference, just behind a Serbian team who are growing together. They will feel confident against a Welsh side who have lost some of their own momentum, having drawn at home with Georgia in the last round of games. The Georgians are a team that could yet further skew this most competitive of groups.
Can Cristiano Ronaldo's goals make more landmarks? Portugal vs. Latvia (Nov. 14)
In the same week he secured his long-term future at Real Madrid by signing a new contract, Ronaldo can also add to his legacy with his country. He is currently the sixth highest scorer in European international football history, on 66 goals, only behind Gerd Muller, Robbie Keane, Miroslav Klose, Sandor Kocsis and Ferenc Puskas. While he is unlikely to match Puskas's haul of 84, Ronaldo is just two behind Muller and Keane, and seems to be on a hot run of form for his country. The Real Madrid star hit four goals in an international game for the first time in his career last October, as Portugal smashed Andorra 6-0. The European champions look like they are coming back to form after slipping up in a 2-0 defeat to Switzerland, and their big star looks hungry for more goals.
Miguel Delaney covers the Premier League and Champions League for ESPN FC. Twitter: @MiguelDelaney.

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Stabbed for his tax refund
A MAN, just released from 15 days in jail to a massive tax refund, found himself $900 poorer with a life-endangering knife wound to his liver just hours later.
Gavin Hyde, described in a police statement, read out in Brisbane Supreme Court on Monday, how he thought Shane
Anthony Uittenbosch was going to shake his hand but he quickly realised he had been stabbed after experiencing "immense pain".
Uittenbosch has pleaded not guilty to stabbing Hyde in the abdomen during an alcohol and drug fuelled invasion of a home at Moorooka, in Brisbane's south, on October 5, 2009.
Hyde, then 33, said he tried to stop Uittenbosch but allegedly ended up with further knife wounds to his temple and arm.
"I thought that if I didn't fight back he would kill me," he said.
Hyde said he had earlier been to an ATM with Uittenbosch's mate, who is a protected witness, to withdraw $1000 of a $5680 tax refund which was how Uittenbosch knew about the money.
He said $900 was stolen from his wallet that night and he had to have life-saving surgery to repair his liver.
Crown prosecutor Belinda Merrin had told the court Uittenbosch and his mate had allegedly hatched a plan to get the money in their nearby hotel rooms.
She said the Crown would proved the men had left their hotel with the intention to steal or rob Hyde at his home nearby.
Ms Merrin said the other man claimed he did not know Uittenbosch had a knife until he saw it.
She said that man phoned emergency services and stayed until police and ambulance officers arrived.
Ms Merrin said police found blood-stained joggers and jeans, matching Hyde's DNA, in hotel rooms where Uittenbosch and his mate had been staying.
The trial continues.


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Covid Bail Out NYC mobilized in response to catastrophe, when Rikers Island was the global hotspot for the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, the NYPD, judges, and prosecutors have used the pandemic as a pretext to send more people to NYC jails for longer, all while ramping up criminalization of NYC's Black and brown communities.
Covid-19 is surging yet again in the jails, but that is not the only violence our people endure. Over 16 people died from systemic neglect and abandonment in NYC jails in 2021; thousands and thousands more are traumatized daily by the violence they endure in city cages.
Covid Bail Out NYC’s community bail outs are radical acts of community defense against systems designed to kill and traumatize us.
Over 5,000 people are in NYC jails right now. Most are in cages because judges set bail higher than what they or people they know can afford. By collectively organizing to pay their bail, together we get our neighbors free, out of the clutches of the state, and into the safety of their communities. When we pool our funds for folks' freedom, we also disperse the crushing financial and emotional toll of bail, away from the friends, families, and chosen families of criminalized New Yorkers, most Black or Latinx, many living with disabilities.
Because of your support, New Yorkers can post bail weekly (if not daily) for their neighbors facing acute dangers on Rikers Island and the Boat, and we can cover their vital post-release support needs, such as housing, food, medical care & healing. Your donation gets people out of NYC jails and supported once free.
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CELEBRITIES have sprinkled their stardust all over a new cookbook to raise money for a Birmingham charity.
Comic Jasper Carrott’s Carrott Curry, former Aston Villa and Wolves manager Graham Taylor’s Halibut with Nutmeg and Orange and TV pair Richard and Judy’s Famous Spag Bol are among the recipes in the book, launched by the Sutton Coldfield-based Holly Trust.
The charity was set up in 1997 to raise awareness of bowel cancer, the second-largest killer cancer in the UK.
Other famous faces who contributed recipes to the book include Smethwick-born actor Julie Walters, chefs Ainsley Harriott and Phil Vickery and Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
Describing his dish, Taylor said: “It is one of my favourite meals. Halibut steaks have few bones.
“It is not the cheapest, I have to admit, but it is worth getting for a special occasion. My wife first cooked it and I perfected it. I am not a good cook but I enjoy it.
“I like to get a recipe done quickly, put everything in a pan, cook it and enjoy it as I don’t like complicated recipes.
“Submitting a recipe was an easy thing for me to do to help a charity.”
The book contains more than 60 recipes including soups, starters, main dishes and cakes and desserts.
The Holly Trust is made up of patients who have had bowel cancer, relatives, carers and specialist nurses. More than 30,000 people each year are diagnosed with the disease and 18,000 people die as a result.
The book was put together by charity supporter Jane Rowland, who said: “The cookery book contains the favourite recipes who have responded to our request.
“We are really pleased with the feedback and sales will hopefully add significantly to our fundraising. The aim of the charity is to raise awareness of the symptoms of bowel cancer and raise funds to improve patient care.”

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VISITORS flocked to the opening day of the Lakes Alive Harmonic Fields art project. IAN DUNSTAN went along
BIRKRIGG Common came alive with the sound of music.
Five hundred hand-crafted aeolian wind-powered instruments adorned the landscape, creating a truly unique atmosphere to go with the stunning scenery.
The opening day of the Harmonic Fields project, by French arts company Lieux Publics, attracted almost 700 people to the hillside.
A constant stream of people wandered among the aeolian instruments as the wind blew through them, creating a beautiful sound.
The low hum of the harmonic cellos, mixed with the sound of vibrating drums, bamboo whistles and flute trees, proved a big hit with the visitors.
Mike Walsh, an art teacher at Furness College, came from Dalton to enjoy the installation with wife Sara and the rest of the family.
Mr Walsh said: “It is well worth the walk up. I’m really surprised by just how many things there are here. It’s incredible that the slightest breeze can change the sound and atmosphere.
“If we had more installations like this it would be great, not only for the people who live here, but for tourism as well.”
Mrs Walsh added: “It is absolutely brilliant. It’s is something really different, a totally different use of the space.”
The installation had also appealed to the curiosity of Reverends Kaz Stanton and Anne Furness, who had made the trip from Manchester and Stockport
respectively, just to see the project in the flesh.
Mrs Stanton said: “It is absolutely fantastic. It is like a life’s work coming together. It is an amazing combination of so many things coming together.
“I like hearing the instruments that I can play being played in such a different way.
“Some things you get out of bed for, this is definitely one of them.”
Mrs Furness said: “It is wonderfully inspirational.
“We saw it on the news and thought we just have to go. It is such an amazing concept.”
It is the first chance for UK audiences to see and hear Pierre Sauvageot’s critically-acclaimed installation, which had its debut in France last year and will next head to New York next year.
And Jason Geldard, from Conishead Priory, appreciated the effort behind the project.
He said: “It is really amazing, all the sounds you can hear and the hard work that has gone into preparing it.
“It is the first time I have seen anything like it in the area.
“It is the sort of thing that pulls you up here, I had to come and see it while I’m off work.
“It is magical.”
Debbie Lander, who came from Carlisle, said: “It is very high quality and absolutely ingenious.
“I feel like I could live here.
“I think it should be here always, a permanent installation.
“It is the sort of place where if you’ve had a stressful day, you could come up here, have a walk around and really zen.
“There is a really diverse audience here too.”
The project will finish tomorrow (Sunday) and a free shuttle bus will run between Ulverston and Birkrigg, with only very limited parking available at the site.
The bus will run continuously from Ulverston between 11am and 8pm daily.
The pick-up and drop-off points are Lanternhouse, the bus stop outside the Rose and Crown in King Street and Ulverston Railway Station. There will be a request stop outside the Lancastrian Hotel in Mountbarrow Road and a pick-up point by the ice cream van on the coast road at Bardsea.
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2009 alfalfa outlook favorable
KEARNEY, NE (DTN) – Barring any unforeseen weather factors, the coming growing season should be favorable for alfalfa, according to Dr. Bruce Anderson, professor of agronomy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
“Conditions are good for a pretty favorable growing season so far,” Anderson said. “But it all depends on a variety of factors, as the season hasn’t even started. We have a long ways to go.”
Fall moisture was adequate in the bulk of alfalfa-growing regions, and growers in most areas should be able to start out this season with good yields, Anderson said. Some areas in the western Plains may experience moisture pressure because of dry soils, but only a relatively small portion of alfalfa acres in those areas are affected.
“Overall, winter was pretty kind to alfalfa. I’m not expecting, at least in the Great Plains region, any sizeable winter kill issues or winter injury,” he said. “Alfalfa should be able to get off to good start.”
DTN Ag Meteorologist Bryce Anderson agreed with the favorable forecast, but said growers farther south from Kansas through Texas may continue to be concerned about persistent dry conditions. Those dry conditions could reduce crop output in that section of the country, he said.
“Weather looks favorable for the start of the alfalfa season in the central Plains,” DTN’s Anderson said. “The crop is starting out with very favorable moisture supplies due to some heavy rain last fall and some snow during the winter.
“We are looking for a cool start to spring, and this will allow the crop to get started with limited temperature stress either by conditions being too warm or too cold,” DTN’s Anderson said. “At this point, the first cutting looks like it will be a very good harvest.”
Bruce Anderson said a major factor in alfalfa supplies in 2009 will be the amount of alfalfa acres planted.
A substantial decline in alfalfa acreage was noted in 2008, as extremely high commodity price forecasts around planting season caused many farmers to turn some alfalfa acres to corn, soybeans or wheat the previous fall.
“A lot of those people are still looking at those annual crops and are considering their potential to do better with those crops than with alfalfa,” he said. “I think there’s a lot of question whether any of those lost acres will return to alfalfa.
“My suspicion is that at least this year, we won’t see an up-tick in alfalfa acres,” he said.
Still, Anderson said hay prices may fall somewhat this season, especially for lower-quality hay.
“I think the lower-end hay is seeing some downward pressure because of the heavier supply, and will probably continue to at least average lower this year than last,” he said.
If average supplies of dairy quality hay continue, there may be some downward pressure as on that as well, as the low milk prices may leave dairy farmers unable to pay premium prices for high-quality hay.
Also, if struggling dairies are forced to sell animals, we could see a substantial herd reduction and that could cause a proportional reduction in demand for high-quality alfalfa, he said.
Supplies of dairy-quality hay were tight throughout the past winter season and will remain so, at least until the new crop starts coming in, Anderson said.
Prices are also down for non-dairy quality hay, such as grind-type hay or hay for dry cows, as supplies of the lower-quality hay are becoming pretty abundant.
“Winter was relatively easy for many livestock producers, so they didn’t have to extend their use of hay and were able to hold back on the amount consumed,” he said. “We should have a pretty sizeable carryover going into spring, at least more than the last few years.”
Alfalfa growers, at this time, should especially be watching for winter annual weeds like mustards, penny cress and downy brome, Anderson said.
“Last fall provided good weather for many winter annual weeds to get established in alfalfa stands, so they are greening up and starting to do their damage right now,” he said. “They need to be treated with herbicides as soon as possible, especially producers of hay targeted towards dairy and horse markets, because of the quality issues.”
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For cinema lovers new talent, especially in the way of edgy directors, is hot and exciting news. The Coppola family name has become synonymous with groundbreaking artistic work in cinema and it certainly seems as if this momentous storytelling is in their blood.
Enter Gia Coppola – the granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola, the pioneer of this genius family. She is the daughter of Gian-Carlo Coppola, a film producer, the eldest child of Francis Ford Coppola, and also the older brother to Roman and Sofia. Roman Ford Coppola, Gia’s uncle, is an American film and music video director, who was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his 2012 film, Moonrise Kingdom.
The other well-known female in the Coppola family is Sofia Coppola, who has stunned Hollywood with her intuitive eye and mesmerizing filmmaking skills. She is a successful and acclaimed screenwriter, director, producer and actress. In 2003, she won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for her film Lost in Translation, starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson, and she also became the third (and the first American) woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director.
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This maiden work of Gia has been cited to have many similarities with Sofia’s film The Virgin Suicides for its technique and scope. Palo Alto has been picked up by Tribeca Films for distribution with a release date in May 2014. Whether or not the film fares well critically or at the box office, Gia definitely doesn’t have to worry about finding a place to fit in as the Coppola name unquestionably has a home in Hollywood already.


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Significance of antioxidants for seafood safety and human health
Piotr Kulawik , Faith Özogul , Robert H. Glew , Jesim Özoğul
AbstractThe demand for high-quality seafood products is constantly growing worldwide. Nevertheless, seafood is susceptible to rapid rancidity mainly due to lipid oxidation and microbiological spoilage. Thus, treatment with antioxidants offers a preservation technique that can prolong the shelf life of seafood. However, because of food safety and health concerns about the use of synthetic antioxidants, there is growing interest in the application of natural antioxidants, mainly plant extracts and compounds, as an alternate means of confronting the problem of lipid oxidation. In this review, up-to-date information and recent discoveries about different naturally occurring antioxidants on the oxidation progress, synthetic antioxidants and their health concerns, health benefits of antioxidants, antioxidants used for seafood, and food safety concerns are addressed. The antibacterial effects of natural antioxidants are also reviewed. Finally, the most effective methods for analyzing a wide range of antioxidants in plants are described.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 - President Bush vowed Sunday to work with Congress to revive a bill to enact major recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission, as Republican lawmakers struggled to explain why influential House Republicans blocked the bill's passage despite the president's personal last-minute lobbying.
"When I get home, I look forward to getting it done," Mr. Bush said at a news conference in Santiago, Chile, where he was attending a Pacific Rim economic summit meeting. "I was disappointed that the bill didn't pass. I thought it was going to pass up to the last minute."
Mr. Bush said he and Vice President Dick Cheney had talked "with key members of the House" to encourage support for the bill, which would create the post of national intelligence director to oversee the Central Intelligence Agency and the government's other spy agencies.
"It was clear that I wanted the bill passed," the president said. He declined to respond directly to a question about whether reports of opposition by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld had contributed to the bill's collapse not quite three weeks after Mr. Bush won a second term and his party expanded its control over Congress.
Mr. Bush spoke on a day when Congressional leaders traded accusations and offered new details and interpretations about what doomed the legislation on Capitol Hill on Saturday.
After a month's stalemate, House and Senate negotiators announced that morning that they had finally produced compromise legislation that Congress could vote on before adjourning for the year. But just hours later, J. Dennis Hastert, the House speaker, refused to allow a vote on the measure, bowing to the will of two powerful committee leaders who had been personally lobbied by the president and vice president to allow the bill to go forward.
On Sunday, one of those committee leaders, Representative F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. of Wisconsin, made it clear that he would not budge even as Senator Bill Frist, the majority leader, and other Republican lawmakers held out hope of making progress on the legislation during the traditional Congressional recess in November and December.
In tense hours of discussion on Saturday, a core group of conservative House Republicans continued to warn that the bill would dangerously dilute the authority of the Pentagon on intelligence issues, despite the addition of language drafted by Mr. Cheney's legal counsel that explicitly barred a national intelligence director from interfering in the military chain of command.
Others argued that the bill did not do enough to crack down on illegal immigration, while some lawmakers grumbled about the Senate generally trying to run roughshod over the House.
The bill had been endorsed enthusiastically by leaders of the Sept. 11 commission, whose final report last summer set off a frenzy of action in Congress and the White House to reorganize the intelligence community. If the bill had made it to the House floor, it most likely would have passed despite the objections of many in the Republican ranks. It faced no similar opposition in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Spokesmen for the Pentagon and Mr. Rumsfeld were pointed Sunday in responding to speculation that the defense secretary had played a role in the bill's collapse. Earlier this year Mr. Rumsfeld publicly expressed skepticism about provisions that would require the Pentagon to cede much of its budget and personnel control over intelligence issues to a national intelligence director.
In an interview Sunday, Larry Di Rita, Mr. Rumsfeld's chief spokesman, said: "To place the failure of concluding that very complicated matter on one person is not only wrong, but immensely unfair. The secretary expressed strong support for the president's objectives. These are complicated matters. The fact that it didn't come together should not be blamed on one individual."
In other interviews Sunday, proponents of the compromise bill worked out Friday night by a House-Senate conference committee insisted that the bill did nothing to interfere with the transfer of tactical battlefield intelligence within the Pentagon and that House Republicans and their Pentagon allies seemed more interested in preserving their bureaucratic turf on intelligence issues.
"This idea that somehow the Pentagon would be hurt by this, this is a canard," said Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas, the Republican chairman of the Senate intelligence committee and a member of the conference committee. "I am a former marine, all right?" Mr. Roberts said in an interview on "Fox News Sunday." "No bill that I have ever seen, even the one that I introduced that went even further than this, had anything to do with doing any harm to tactical intelligence in regards to that war fighter in the field."
Whatever the hopes of Republican leaders, Mr. Sensenbrenner, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said chances for a successful compromise had faded in light of the stinging public criticism of House Republicans by Republicans in the Senate.
"There was no respect for our position," he said, referring to the "condescending attitude of the Senate on the immigration and law enforcement provisions" on which House Republicans had insisted. Those provisions were eventually stricken from the compromise bill reached Friday.
Members of the House-Senate conference committee had been in negotiations since last month to reconcile very different House and Senate bills that were passed in response to the findings of the Sept. 11 commission.
While both bills created the position of national intelligence director, the panel's central recommendation, the bipartisan Senate bill provided the intelligence director with far more sweeping budgetary and personnel powers. The Senate bill was endorsed by the Sept. 11 commission.
The House bill, which was prepared by the House Republican leadership with little input from House Democrats, included a variety of provisions to expand the powers of law enforcement and immigration agencies to deal with terrorist suspects and illegal immigrants.
Negotiations on the conference committee had been reported close to collapse since early in the talks last month. And on Friday, with only a day to go before the House and Senate were to adjourn before Thanksgiving, the collapse appeared final.
Mr. Sensenbrenner and another powerful Republican on the conference committee, Duncan Hunter of California, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, seemed determined to oppose the bill and were believed to be close to persuading other Republican negotiators to join them.
Senate negotiators from both parties and House Democrats said they had given up days earlier on trying to persuade Mr. Hunter, a staunch advocate for the interests of the Pentagon, to go along with the bill, even after they had agreed to add language barring a national intelligence director from interfering in the military chain of command. Lawmakers said the provision had been drafted by David S. Addington, Mr. Cheney's legal counsel.
Mr. Bush intervened to try to rescue the talks about 7 p.m. Friday, when he telephoned Mr. Sensenbrenner from aboard Air Force One, en route to Chile, with a plea that Mr. Sensenbrenner compromise and drop his insistence that the bill contain a provision banning the issuance of driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.
Mr. Sensenbrenner had long championed the idea, which he depicted as a means of blocking terrorists from obtaining official government identification; several of the Sept. 11 hijackers had been issued driver's licenses. But it was opposed by White House officials and many lawmakers from both parties as unnecessary and an infringement on the rights of state governments.
"What the president was stressing to me was that he would like to get this issue off the table because the Congressional agenda and the presidential agenda were going to be very ambitious" next year, Mr. Sensenbrenner said of Mr. Bush's request for quick passage of an intelligence bill. "I didn't want to give up on the driver's license provision," he said. "But out of respect for him, if he asked me to, I said I would give up on it."
But in dropping the driver's license provision, Mr. Sensenbrenner told the other negotiators that he wanted to reintroduce other law enforcement and immigration provisions, including a measure that would give new discretion to immigration officials in deciding whether to grant political asylum to immigrants. The Senate negotiators and House Democrats said the new provisions, which have been strongly opposed by civil liberties groups, were equally unacceptable.
The chairman of the conference committee, Representative Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, decided to take a risk, colleagues said. He would forward the compromise bill -- without Mr. Sensenbrenner's provisions and with the almost certain opposition of Mr. Hunter -- to the House Republican leadership, urging them to allow a floor vote in the House.
To the delight of the Senate negotiators and House Democrats, Mr. Hastert decided on Saturday to allow a vote, despite the protests of the chairmen of two of the most powerful committees in the House.
Republican lawmakers said that Mr. Hastert had never been a committed advocate of either the bill or of the Sept. 11 commission. But lawmakers said the speaker and his inner circle, who usually exert a tight control on the Republican rank and file, had come to the conclusion that the political risks of not enacting changes called for by the panel were too great in the event of another terrorist attack.
Mr. Hastert's plans came undone when Republicans huddled for a private meeting in a room in the depths of the Capitol around noon on Saturday, where Mr. Hastert sought to sell the bill. He allowed Mr. Hunter to address his colleagues, and it was Mr. Hunter who carried the day by arguing that the bill would undermine American troops in the battlefield by interfering with the military chain of command and the transfer of intelligence.
"Duncan's concern was that the proposed reform could endanger our troops in the field who use real-time intelligence to fight the war in Iraq and Afghanistan," Mr. Hastert said in explaining why he decided to block a final vote and to revive negotiations on the bill. "We must make every precaution to ensure that when we reform our intelligence agencies, we do it in a way that protects our troops and those people who protect our citizens."


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The Amsterdam houses are obviously iconic, being narrow and high and built with their doors and windows raised from the ground. There are about 5 different types of gables, and they as well are characteristic of the Amsterdam houses.
Whilst we may have looked like stalkers taking pictures of peoples’ houses, I wanted to take a closer look at the houses after Alex had made a comment about the colour scheme. All the houses were differing shades of brown, grey, white and black – a loose monochrome. Alex wasn’t so keen on this and prefers a more vibrant look (which there was plenty of at our next destination – Copenhagen). By the end of our stay in Amsterdam, I concluded that I in fact did like the colour scheme. I think that it is beautiful because it is subtle and it allows you to focus on what you want to focus on when walking along. Bright colours and garish designs force you to look at them, whereas the Amsterdam houses you can look at and appreciate but at the same time you are able to completely ignore them and look at the canals and the colour of the bikes and flowers on the bridges and the shop awnings and all the other colours that are present. I think the strict colour scheme also suits the layout of the city. It is very structured with the rings fanning out from the centre and symmetrical bridges and the discipline of the colours works with that order.
Sorry for the rambling … a short summary – Amsterdam is personally the most beautiful city I have visited (so far) and the houses are just one of many things that contribute.
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Motorist dies after crashing car north of Idyllwild
A motorist was killed on Tuesday when he crashed into rocks alongside Highway 243 north of Idyllwild.
The fatality occurred at about 10:30 a.m. where the mountain highway intersects Twin Pines Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Witnesses told the agency that the victim, whose identity was not immediately released, veered off of the two-lane corridor and hit a rock pile.
A volunteer firefighter was driving through the area when the crash happened and stopped to render aid until Riverside County Fire Department paramedics arrived, according to the CHP.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
The highway remained open to traffic.
An investigation was underway, and anyone with information was asked to contact the CHP San Gorgonio office at 951-769-2000.


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Currants struggle to maintain the interest of Italian families after 2021, when, due to the pandemic and the enthusiasm for homemade cakes, there was a record increase in sales (+26% compared to 2020).
In fact, according to Italian Berry - GfK data, spending on currants has decreased by 9.3% in recent months (July 2022 - June 2023), dropping from 6.6 to 6.0 million euros. Quantities have decreased to a greater extent (-12.2%), reducing from 537 to 471 tonnes during the period under review.
The case of currants highlights another issue that has negatively affected consumption: although penetration has remained unchanged (3.5% of Italian families buy currants at least once over the years), the number of purchasing families has decreased due to the overall decline in the number of Italian families, which lost about 6,000 purchasing families in one year.
The factor that has had the greatest impact on the decline in consumption, however, has been the average purchase per household, which has decreased from almost 5 baskets of 125g each per year to just over 4, representing an 11.7% decrease.
Even the average annual spending has decreased (-8.7%), going from EUR 7.35 to EUR 6.71 per family.
Spending has decreased despite the fact that the average prices of currants have seen a 3.4% increase (compared to a +2.6% in the small fruits category), reaching EUR 12.81/kg, equivalent to about EUR 1.60 for a 125g package.
The Italian family bought currants more frequently (on average 1.7 times a year, +11.0%), but for each purchase, both the quantity (0.300 kg with a 20.4% decrease) and the value decreased, registering a 17.8% decrease (from EUR 4.73 to EUR 3.89).
In the Italian market, there has been a gradual erosion of currant prices and also of the price differential with blueberries, which has gone from +15% / +20% to +5% / +10%.
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As of January 1st, 2017 Ontario has doubled the land transfer tax rebate for first time home buyers from $2,000 to $4,000. That means first time home buyers wont pay provincial tax on homes sold for $368,000 or less. This is great news for buyers who are looking to buy condominiums or are looking outside of the city, but those looking to purchase home in the city, you will still have to pay about 2% tax on a purchase price between $400,000-$2,000,000. With the average selling price being over $700,000 most likely there is still provincial tax to be paid. This is still great news, saving $4,000 is a lot! The city of Toronto has had a rebate for first time home buyers for many years which is set at a maximum of $3,725 (covers the Toronto land transfer tax on a purchase of $400,000 or less). If you purchased a home for $400,000 you would have negligible tax to pay. On a home worth $1 million dollars, you would be looking at paying $24,274 in land transfer tax, a savings of $7,725.
The City of Toronto has approved changes to the Toronto Land Transfer Tax that mean additional Toronto Land Transfer Tax costs for some home buyers with a closing date on or after March 1, 2017, when it will be harmonized with the provincial LTT.
• Added an additional LTT of 0.5% of the value of a residential or non- residential property from $250,000 to $400,000 (an additional $750)
• Added an additional LTT of 0.5% of the value of a residential property above $2 million
• Added an additional LTT of 0.5% of the value above $400,000 of a non- residential property
• Increasing the maximum allowed First-Time Home Buyer Rebate to $4,475, up from $3,725
• Amended the first-time home buyer rebate program eligibility rules to restrict rebate eligibility to Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada
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In March, there were 43 new restaurant openings. In April, 30. This month, I could only track down 9. Not sure if this is a sign of the economy or maybe I am not hardworking enough. In any case, these are the 9 new restaurants and 4 new hawkers that open recently.
33 Hong Kong Street, Singapore 059672
Tel: +65 6723 7733
Casual Italian restaurant by the Il Lido Group which operates other Italian restaurants such as Aura, &Sons, and Osteria Art. Opening sometime this month.
12 Ann Siang Road Singapore 069692
The shophouse of 12 Ann Siang houses 3 concepts, and one of them is Catchfly, a basement speakeasy bar headed by New York mixologist Liam Baer.
Coriander Leaf Grill
12 Ann Siang Road Singapore 069692
Tel: +65 6222 7276
Offshoot of Coriander Leaf and part of the 5-storey 12 Ann Siang, Coriander Leaf Grill serves charcoal grilled contemporary food with Asian accents. Recommended: Harissa chicken burger ($20).
Ergon Greek Deli & Cafe
3 Temasek Boulevard, Suntec City Mall, Singapore 038983
Tel: +65 8657 7814
Weekdays 8am-10pm, Weekends 10am-10pm
A 3-generation family business in Thessaloniki has expanded to 300 stores in Greece, and has a presence in Europe. This is the first permanent shop outside Europe, offering Mediterranean cuisine with a focus on Greek produce.
Block 212 Hougang Street 21 #01-329 Singapore 530212
Tel: +65 6584 1943
Gonpachi Ramen uses imported ingredients from Japan, and serves tonkotsu (pork bone) and tori (chicken) soups originated from the Kyushu and Nagasaki Region respectively.
32 Maxwell Road #01-06, Maxwell Chambers, Singapore 069115
Japan’s largest fugu restaurant chain, Guenpin, has 96 outlets in Japan and over 30 years of history. This is its first ever overseas outlet. The 32-seater outlet in Singapore serves torafugu and snow crab cuisines, offering both à la carte and full-course menus.
Ryori by Sushiro
301 Upper Thomson Road, Thomson Plaza #01-22/30, Singapore 574408
Tel: +65 9450 1020
The insanely popular Sushiro, known for their inexpensive barachirashi don, has expanded in the same mall. This new casual restaurant focuses on beef don ($12) and unagi don.
9 Bras Basah Road, Hotel Rendezvous, Singapore 189559
tel: +65 6335 1771
After 4 months of renovation, Straits Cafe reopened to bring new dishes to their Peranakan and local buffet (weekday lunch $42++, dinner $50++; Sunday brunch $48++; F-Sun dinner $58++). These new dishes include beef rendang lasagne, black pepper carrot cake, and kong bah bao. They also have chilled seafood, oysters, sashimi, and chilli crayfish. Of course they are famous for their durian pastries, and their durian penyat is the star for the dessert section.
Thai Super Bowl
1 Hougang Street, 91 #01-41 Central Place, Singapore 538692
Tel: +65 6385 3195
They serve Thai seafood hotpot ($36), good to be shared with 4 people.
Fish & Chicks
Blk 204 Bedok North Street 1 Singapore 460204
The fourth Fish & Chicks outlet.
Blk 120 Bishan St 12, #01-67 BS120 Makan Hub Coffeeshop, Singapore 570120
[FULL REVIEW] Lobster Time at Bishan is newly opened on 10 Apr. They sell 5 bowls: prawn noodles ($4.50), big prawn noodles with clams ($8.50); crayfish with clams ($16.50), lobster with clams ($26.50); and combo ($38.50).
90 Bras Basah Rd, B1-33, Esplanade Food Inn, Singapore 189562
T: +65 8688 5920
Modus serves quinoa bowls at the Esplanade Exchange foodcourt for $7.50 each. The meat are cooked freshly upon ordering; the fermented vegetables are homemade; and the organic quinoa is from Peru. Recommended: Japanese Bowl (quinoa, aburi salmon, tsukemono, sautéed crabmeat, corn kernels, furikake) and Western Bowl (quinoa, Australian striploin with fermented pineapple salsa, crispy wasabi chips).
30 Eunos Road 5 Singapore 400030
T & W 11.30am-3pm, Th-Sat 11.30am-8pm, Sun 11.30am-5pm
The hawker graduated from Enderun Colleges in Manila that has a program by 3 Michelin-starred French chef Alain Ducasse. Pick a protein and a pasta at $7. Most popular: chicken cutlet with aglio olio.
PHOTO CREDIT: Photos without RERG logo are taken from the respective establishements’ facebook pages or websites.
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Took you to award shows, there go Jay right there, where? Right there!
Game takes his niggas to award shows. He shows them Jay-Z – one of the biggest names in hip hop today – who undoubtedly is invited at every music award show.
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Salomon is pleased to share that the Golden Trail World Series is adding the Mammoth Trail Fest 26K to its 2023 schedule. This will be the second North American stop for the series in 2023 alongside the iconic Pikes Peak Ascent. The 2023 season will include six races across North America and Europe, with a grand finale in Italy.
“We are excited to add the Mammoth 26K to the 2023 Golden Trail World Series and have the opportunity to engage with the North American trail running community at two iconic races next year,” said Grégory Vollet, director of the Golden Trail Series. “Along with the new stop, we’re incorporating a new format for the final in Italy that makes 2023 a highly anticipated year for the series.”
For its 2023 season, the Golden Trail World Series returns to the fan-favorite trails that made it successful. In addition to the three essential classics of Zegama, Marathon du Mont-Blanc and Sierre-Zinal, the series will include the Dolomyths Run in Italy and the Pikes Peak Ascent in Colorado. Accompanying these iconic races is the newest addition, the Mammoth Trail Fest 26K in California. The series will culminate with the Golden Trail World Series Final, the Il Golfo dell’Isola Trail Race.
The Il Golfo dell’Isola Trail Race will consist of a prologue and a run of approximately 25 km with 1,200 m D+. To offer the same exposure to the women’s and men’s races, the women will run their prologue on Thursday and race on Saturday while the men will run their prologue on Friday and race on Sunday. All races are open to everyone and will feature both OPEN and ELITES ranking, as well as a team ranking of the best Golden Trail National Series. More information on the series and registering for it will be available soon.
Golden Trail World Series 2023 Schedule
- May 14, 2023: Zegama-Aizkorri, Spain — 42 km / 2,736 m D+*
- June 25, 2023: Marathon du Mont-Blanc, France — 42 km / 2,540 m D+
- July 15, 2023: Dolomyths Run, Italy — 22 km / 1,750 m D+
- August 12, 2023: Sierre-Zinal, Switzerland – 31 km / 2,200 m D+
- September 16, 2023: Pikes Peak Ascent, United States — 21 km / 2,382 m D+
- September 23, 2023: Mammoth 26K—Mammoth Trail Fest, United States — 26 km / 1,400 m D+
- October 19-22, 2023: Grand Finale, Il Golfo dell’Isola Trail Race, Italy — 23 km / 1,200 m D+ (+ prologue).
*Distances and denivelations are for information purposes and may be changed by the running directors prior to the trial.
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Veteran musician Neil Young compares MacBook Pro to toys
Neil Young wants you to Feel the Music and stop recording on MacBook Pro’s.
He may be an Old Man, but that has in no way affected his hearing and devotion to good audio quality. Young, a veteran musician, recently did an interview with The Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel about all things audio, including throwing shade on Apple’s new MacBook Pro.
For the past decade, Young and tech executive Phil Baker have been on a mission to push the tech industry to make it easier for consumers to listen to high-quality audio.
They even created their own hi-res music player- Pono- aimed at fixing problems plaguing MP3 players, iPods and music software like iTunes, including compressed, lossy, and low-fidelity audio files.
Five years after the Pono was released Young still feels that the tech industry hasn’t advanced enough to deal with this pressing matter.
Young Baker released a new book, To Feel the Music: A Songwriter’s Mission To Save High-Quality Audio, detailing their quest to make high-res audio quality the industry standard.
MacBook Pro/Fisher-Price toy
When Patel asked about artists starting their creative process with the new MacBook Pro, Young scoffed.
“It’s a piece of crap, are you kidding?” Young exclaimed.
“That’s Fisher-Price quality. That’s like Captain Kangaroo, your new engineer. A MacBook Pro? What are you talking about? You can’t get anything out of that thing. The only way you can get it out is if you put it in. And if you put it in, you can’t get it out because the DAC is no good on the MacBook Pro.
So you have to use an external DAC and do a bunch of stuff to make up for the problems that the MacBook Pro has because they’re not aimed at quality. They’re aimed at consumerism.”
“It’s about museum quality. What happened when you opened your mouth and sang? What went into the air? That’s what we’re not getting with the new technology,” the musician laments.
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Longtime Brewers’ groundskeeper dies
Gary Vanden Berg, the Brewers’ longtime groundskeeper who oversaw the team’s move from open-air County Stadium to retractable-roofed Miller Park, has died after a yearlong battle with cancer.
Hired by the Brewers in 1981, Vanden Berg saw the team through the 1982 World Series and the 2002 All-Star Game, floods at County Stadium in 1986 and at Miller Park in 2004, plus everything from a tractor pull to rock concerts to bowling tournaments. His most recent job title was Director of Grounds.
He had twin sons, John and Joel, who worked for the team. Joel spent a summer as an intern in the team’s baseball operations department, and John was a 25th round Draft pick of the Brewers in 2002 who rose as high as Double-A Huntsville.
“Gary was a fixture of the Brewers — one of the faces of Miller Park for a lot of people,” said infielder Craig Counsell, whose father, John, worked in the team’s front office during the 1980s.
“You could tell how much he loved what he did by just him being there at the ballpark this year,” Counsell said. “He was sick, he was having a hard time, but he wanted to be there. It was really important for him to be there.”
Some co-workers hoped the Brewers’ best regular season in club history provided a source of strength. Director of Baseball Operations Tom Flanagan, whose tenure began as a batboy in 1990, last saw Vanden Berg at Miller Park on Sept. 23, the night the Brewers clinched the National League Central.
“You could tell that being at the park was his passion,” Flanagan said. “We were all pulling for him.”
Vanden Berg had a difficult job after the Brewers moved to Miller Park, where the huge, moveable roof panels limited the amount of sunlight that could reach the field. The turf occasionally drew criticism from players, and Vanden Berg took that criticism to heart, Counsell said.
“He would ask frequently, ‘How am I doing? What can we do better?’” Counsell said. “He definitely wanted input.”
A number of Brewers players joined members of the Miller Park grounds crew in wearing bracelets this season in support of Vanden Berg with the phrase, “Believe in miracles.” Vanden Berg told WTMJ-TV in June that he did believe, and said he was ready for the end of his life.
“I’m looking forward to going to heaven,” he told the station. “So in that sense, you know, I’m not afraid to die.”
The Brewers were planning to release further information on Tuesday afternoon.
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Sluggo goes beatnik. Out of boredom. So ahead of his time. And so alliterative. I am not. Bored. All Worlds Fair day two!
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Lenovo Creating Windows RT Convertible Tablet
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Lenovo is creating a convertible notebook computer that can turn into a tablet.The report, citing people familiar with the situation, said that the new device would offer a keyboard that flips around to transform it from a notebook, into a tablet.
The new device would use a Windows RT operating system, which is the ARM-based version of Windows 8.
The tablet's operating system indicates the device would be powered by an ARM chip, rather than a traditional Intel or AMD computer chip.
If the Journal report is true, then the new device would be Lenovo's second Windows 8 convertible tablet.
Lenovo unveiled earlier this year the IdeaPad Yoga, which is a notebook that can bend itself backward into a tablet. This device will be powered by an Intel chip, and will run the full version of Windows 8.
Lenovo also announced the ThinkPad tablet 2 at a business event in New York earlier this week. This 10.2-inch tablet will use Intel hardware and will run Windows 8 Pro.
Dilip Bhatia, general manager of Lenovo's ThinkPad business, told the Journal that along with the Intel-based tablet, Lenovo will be introducing a Windows RT device when Windows hits the market. This could indicate that the rumored convertible tablet may be available around the October 26th release date.
The report also said the Nvidia signed a deal with Lenovo to put its quad-core Tegra 3 chip inside the Windows RT device.
Nvidia reported on Friday that it has nearly doubled its second quarter profits from the same quarter last year to $119 million as Tegra sales grow.
The firm reported revenue of $1.04 billion, which is a thirteen percent increase from the same period last year.
While rumors circulate about an upcoming tablet, Lenovo celebrated the 20th anniversary of its ThinkPad this week. The company brought in press and analysts on Wednesday to show some of its early products alongside other innovations.
For the past twenty years, commercial entities have bought 76 million ThinkPads. These devices have seen updates over the years, and still remain a stronghold for Lenovo.


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Hidy Brothers Photo Finish at Spartan Speedway
Finally Mother Nature gave Spartan Speedway a break on Northside Service Mid- Season Championship Night, with picture perfect skies and great side by side racing in all the Carquest Racing Series Classes.
The Performance NW Street Stocks had a very excited feature winner in Landon Hidy as he beat out brother Ben by less than an inch in a spectacular photo finish. This could be the beginning of things to come as the duo battles it out for the 2004 Track Championship. Randy Squires took the early lead from his pole position until lap 5 when Pat Dent took over. Dent stretched his lead as Mark Valasquez worked his way up to 2nd with the Hidy brothers in tow. Dent's large lead was eliminated on lap 13 and the restart had the Hidy Brothers both getting by to set the stage for a great late race battle. Ben Hidy went to the outside of Landon for the lead just as a caution flew on lap 22, setting up a 3 lap shootout for the win. Ben was determined to take a shot for the win and jumped to the outside on lap 23 and both drivers held their line and went side by side to the finish as Landon took the photo finish win over Ben. Dent was 3rd followed by Joe Barnhart's best run of the season in 4th and Valasquez's season best 5th. The Hidy Brothers cleaned house as they tied for the Lost Tiger Tattoos Hard Charger Award.
Butch Morance was the RaceFan.Com heat race winner and Mark Smith took home the fast heat. Ben Hidy set fast time for the 19-car field with a quick lap of 14.359.
The racy little ¼ mile was holding plenty of side-by-side racing as the Comcast Cablevision Super Late Models put on a show of their own as the 50-lap feature event had heavy racing through out the pack as surprise visitor,Tom Hernley Jr. tried to hold off the weekly regulars for the win. Hernley Jr. held the point until Harry Foote Jr. took over the lead with 8 laps to go as the veteran driver used the elusive outside lane to gain his 2nd victory of the season. The veterans seemed to be on fire this night as Dave Stehouwer worked the outside groove to perfection also and brought home 2nd place as Doug Finley nipped Hernley Jr. at the stripe in a photo finish for 3rd. Jeff Hackworth rounded out the top 5. Rookie, A.J. Foote was the Hidy's Towing Hard Charger in only his 2nd race at the speedway, finishing 10th from his 15th starting spot.
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- April 3, 2019
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- Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit confirmed on 3 Apr 19 that he had been summoned by police to answer a charge of sedition brought by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), describing it as the use of “dark power”.
- Mr Thanathorn also posted a picture of the summons issued by the Royal Thai Police Office 29 Mar 19. The document named his accuser as Col Burin Thongprapai, a legal officer of the NCPO. It did not refer to any particular act of alleged sedition.
- He said the alleged offence was brought under Section 116 of the Criminal Code, saying that he wondered when he committed this alleged offence. In the past year, he wrote, he had met people nationwide.
- Mr Thanathorn wrote that it was clear that an old-fashioned political game not only refuses to stop after the election but also intensifies, because the opponents are afraid of Future Forward and the unexpected victory of so many people.
- He added that he would meet police as ordered and prove his innocence. He believed millions of people would support him and would not bow to the “dark power” that wanted to destroy his party.


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Former ISRO Chairman Madhavan Nair gets death threat
A case under Indian Penal Code section 507 (Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication) had been registered and investigation was on, they said.
Delhi High Court refuses to hear 2G plea unless all trees planted
The court had ordered the litigants to plant trees in Delhi's Ridge area fo...
India had anti-satellite missile capability in 2007, but no political will: Ex-ISRO chairman
India is only the fourth country to have such a ...
HAL says not interested in Rafale offsets, is spoilt for choice for mega fighter contest
An exclusive clause in the agreement that HAL signed with Boeing and Mahindra last year could be a potential issue if the state owned company is to pursue talks with the Russian competitors.
LCA Tejas gets clearance for induction into IAF
The aircraft performed air-to-ground attacks and air-to-air refuelling at IAF's Vayu Shakti air display at Pokhran in Rajasthan on February 16, the Air Chief said.
Gaganyaan a major turning point in India's space programme: G Madhavan Nair
Nair also expressed confidence that ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) would be able to undertake the venture by 2022, the targeted time-frame.
Hydrogen is right choice as fuel for automobiles: Scientist G Madhavan Nair
ISRO had come out with a demonstration vehicle using hydrogen itself as fuel, G Madhavan Nair, the former chairman of the space agency, said.
Ex-ISRO chief gets bail in Rs 578-cr illegal gains case
Nair was co-accused in a case that alleged the S-Band, a restricted wavelength of the INSAT satellites, was wrongfully leased out to Devas Multimedia by Antrix.
Antrix-Devas: Ex-ISRO chief Madhavan Nair summoned as accused
The CBI had earlier informed the court that sanction to prosecute the former public servants had been obtained from the authorities concerned.
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5. Of Monsters And Men - My Head is an Animal
This album made its way into my top 5 at the very last minute. I first discovered Of Monsters And Men over the summer during one of the three times I moved this year. It was a turbulent morning in terms of getting the rental truck picked up and returned on time. I had a headache. I was exhausted. And very irritated. Towards the end of the move, “Mountain Song” came on satellite radio. The song had a joyous feel to it and really was a bright spot in a rough day. I instantly had to jot down the title and the artist to check them out later. To my delight, this entire album has a great upbeat folksy charm about it, and every song is equally appealing. I look forward to more from this band!
4. Emeli Sande - Our Version of Events
In short, Emeli Sande is going places. After reading a glowing review about her in the morning paper on my commute to work one day, I just knew I had to get this album. I must say, I feel a little guilty having only paid $5 for it through Amazon’s mp3 store. Life, love and encouragement are the recurring themes on this delightfully balanced r&b/pop album. “Heaven” and “Wonder” are the two tracks that stand out to me, but each and every song is special in its own way. In an age of R&B music plagued by generic, recycled beats and shallow, mundane lyrics, Our Version of Events is a very welcome breath of fresh air.
3. Ralf Gum - Never Leaves You
Ralf Gum’s Never Leaves You can arguably become one of my favorite house music albums ever. Smooth at times, chill at others and upbeat as well, this effort is as well-rounded as they come. I only recently bought this one, but have listened to at least one of its tracks almost every day since. My favorites are “Take Me To My Love” which featured a return of vocalist Monique Bingham to the studio and “So Good” featuring Caron Wheeler. Anyone who appreciates good house music is going to appreciate Never Leaves You.
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My already enthusiasm for Esperanza Spalding was already high, but after winning the Best New Artist Grammy in 2011 (and to my delight, snatching it from Justin Bieber), that enthusiasm skyrocketed. Her album Esperanza was already a regular part of my rotation, especially on a relaxing Sunday at home. And when she followed-up that effort with Radio Music Society, I fell in love. Her unique fusion of jazz and soul makes her a jewel and in my opinion, a pioneer in the genre. A true musician. A philanthropist. An educator. Ms. Spalding beautifully demonstrates all of her talents on Radio Music Society.
1. Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight Rises: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Listening to this soundtrack for the millionth time as I type out this list. Hans Zimmer’s brass-heavy scores are a big part of the reason he’s my favorite film composer, and he did not disappoint on the score to the final chapter of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. A part of me was thrilled that James Newton Howard did not return for The Dark Knight Rises music so we could get all Hans. The notion that the spirit of a movie is its score is so spot-on, and this soundtrack is a gleaming example of that. I got this soundtrack back over the summer, and since then, I don’t think a single day has gone by that I don’t listen to at least one track from it. My favorites include “Gotham’s Reckoning,” “Why Do We Fall,” “The Fire Rises,” “Fear Will Find You,” and “Imagine the Fire.” A truly epic score to go with a commensurately epic film.
SWV - I Missed Us
One of the best comeback albums I’ve ever heard. After 15 years, SWV came back and delivered an album laced with that same feel that we came to love them for initially. What was so respectable about this album is they didn’t come back and try to do what everyone else is doing. They stayed true to themselves and this was a nice ode to that 90s R&B that, like so many others, I came up with.
Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts
I don’t think I was even aware that Norah Jones had a project up her sleeve this year until I saw this album on sale at Starbucks back over the summer. That very same day, I had to get it. While it wasn’t what I expected from her, it was a very tasteful change of pace. In Little Broken Hearts, Norah Jones experiments a bit with pop and I must say I like the feel of it. I expect to give this album more listens in the coming months and I expect to fall more in love with it.


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Environment Day was started in 1972 and aims to stimulate environmental awareness and spur public action. Since then it has been celebrated every year on June 5. This year the theme for the celebrations is Think.Eat.Save. Think.Eat.Save is an anti-food waste and food loss campaign that encourages you to reduce your food print. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), every year 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted.
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To address this problem, Aquabest has worked on some measures to alleviate the problem and improve access to clean water. First, is GQWEST’s thrust of introducing various brands catering to specific markets that offer clean and affordable water. The company is also involved in industry groups like the WQAP that aims to improve access and the quality of our drinking water. Finally, it has partnerships with groups like Haribon to help preserve and expand our watersheds, which provide the bulk of our drinking water.
“With millions of people suffering every day because of inadequate access to clean water not just in the country but also around the world we can no longer afford to stay silent and do nothing. We need to be proactive and be part of the solution “says Tan. He adds that Aquabest is committed to championing the ideals of WED, and is seeking more ways to bring fresh and clean water to everyone.


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New report shows link between air pollution and dementia
Environmental campaigners say bold action to limit polluting traffic is needed as a new report showing the links between air pollution and dementia is released.
The report, published today (25 July 2022) by COMEAP, the UK Government’s Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants, suggests the most likely way that pollution impacts cognitive impairment is through circulation. Air pollutants, particularly small particles, can affect the heart and blood vessels, including the brain.
Environmental campaigners say that the Scottish Government and local councils are not taking enough action to reduce pollution from transport and other sources. Earlier this year, research by Friends of the Earth Scotland showed that Scotland breached air quality limits in 2021 after a historic low in 2020 due to the pandemic.
Friends of the Earth Scotland’s Transport Campaigner Gavin Thomson said:
“Today’s report from the UK Government is further evidence that air pollution is devastating for human health, and it’s really worrying to see the links with dementia being strengthened. We have known for a long time that traffic fumes cause asthma and heart conditions, and evidence has been growing about the risk that tiny particles – from exhaust fumes, tyres and brakes – pose to our cognitive health. It is particularly dangerous for young children, the elderly, and people with pre-existing health conditions.
“Four cities in Scotland will soon have small clean air zones limiting polluting vehicles from the city centre. This is the first action we’ve seen to tackle air pollution but it’s nowhere near enough. To improve air quality in our communities and neighbourhoods, we need significant investment in public transport so that everyone can access it, while providing more space for walking, wheeling and cycling.”


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BankUnited has a savings rate of 0.05%, which is poor compared to the average U.S. bank. Its CDs feature a rate of 1.30% and 1.75% for the one-year and five-year term lengths, respectively, while its highest-yielding money market account has a rate of 0.85%. Given its noncompetitive savings rate, you should consider other options to earn more on your deposits.
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