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there is pure gold in boxing history!
Harvard University, just a few years after the Civil War, hired a Black boxer and gym owner named Aaron Hewlett to teach "Physical Culture". The decision to create a class on physicality and physical defense developed during the mid-19th century. A popular attitude existed claiming modern society created effeminate white men.
The main point of this story? Well, besides a black man being hired at the country's most prestigious university just after the Civil War...Aaron Hewlett's middle name was Molineaux.
George Dixon is another boxer with a great historical backdrop.
In Fredericks Douglas's autobiography he talked about being a boxer. Crazy right? Harvard has always been progressive. I think WEB Debois studied there....

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After the destruction of the first Beit ha-Mikdash, Nebuchadnezzar appointed Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, as governor of Judah. Gedaliah was a wise ruler. He encouraged the people to cultivate the fields and vineyards and restore the land. In theory, the country could have recovered from the tragedy of the destruction. But the earlier prophecy of complete destruction was soon fulfilled. Gedaliah’s reign did not last for long.
Ishmael son of Nethaniah, a Judean military commander and member of the royal family, led a group of captains to the administrative capital of Yehuda, Mizpah, and assassinated Gedaliah during a feast.
This event spelled the end of the small remnant of the Jewish people in the Land of Israel. The Prophet Irmiyahu encouraged them to stay in the Land of Yehuda even after the death of Gedaliah, promising prosperity and protection from the Above. But they soon fled to Egypt ending Jewish autonomy in Judea.
A few years later there was a political upheaval in Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar took advantage of the situation and invaded the country. Most of the Jews who had previously sought refuge in Egypt perished in this war.
In memory of the assassination of Gedaliah we fast on the third day of Tishrei, the Fast of Gedaliah. Despite its name, this is not just a fast in memory of a wise ruler. It’s one of the four fasts instituted to commemorate the chain of events that led to the destruction of the Beit ha-Mikdash and exile.
With the arrival of Mashiach, the fast of Gedaliah will become a day of joy and feasting (Zechariah 8:19).
More about the days Gedaliah and the subsequent events:
- The Book of Melachim II, 25:22-26
- The Book of Irmeyau, 40: 5-43.


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Clayton Smith shares about Barnaby Dapper's Library Tonic: scents for readers that smell like story settings.
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"Presentation of the Day" on May 17, 2014.
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“Smell gives us a sense of place. Our nose is our built in navigator and every city is filled with smell scapes.”
In The Fragrant City from PechaKucha Night Maastrict Volume 29, Speaker Tanja Schell shows how powerful one of our most ignored senses is. We live in a world of scents. And we are influenced by them 24/7. All those scents influence our mood and our wellbeing, all of them. Even those we are not aware of. Scent is a hidden but powerful dimension which adds a strong sense of place to the urban space, it makes cities more attractive and more safe. After ages of reducing and controlling odour emissions in the city, time has come to develop a positive policy to use this invisible power.
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Hi, I'm Nata from Germany! I'm studing European ethnology and religion at the University of Würzburg.
I will just be posting random stuff I enjoy. ;)
This blog is dedicated to medieval, nature, landscapes, movies, books, fantasy, mystic, forests and other awesome things...
German photographer Kilian Schönberger recently has presented his new project called “Brothers Grimm’s Homeland”, where author mixed photography with illustration. Big trees, dark homes and moody environment - these are the key elements that connected these photos with legendary Brother Grimm even more. Love it!
Travelers — particularly those who venture out after sunset on unfamiliar pathways — beware of the will o’ the wisps. It is said — though by whom is a bit of a mystery — that on certain days for certain travelers in certain parts of the world, little lights dance on the horizon, whispering tempting invitations… pledging the answers to lifelong questions, the realisation of dreams, a key to secret treasures — a change of fate.
Charmed and curious, unsuspecting travelers follow the floating lights, mesmerized by their whispers, their promises. Yet no matter how long or how fervently they follow, they never quite touch the beautiful beacons whose flickering lights eventually fade and disappear… leaving the inquisitors, the dreamers and the treasure seekers lost… and alone.

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A short pull in my GT3076R powered SRT-4
My SRT-4 doing a 3rd and 4th gear pull. I run an AGP GT3076R Stage-4 turbo Kit at 25lbs of Boost and 50/50 water/methanol injection with
an Extrude Hone Ported Intake Manifold, 62mm throttle body and a few other
go fast bits.
Filmed on a closed course.
700 + WHP SRT4 making a street pull at 20 psi
This is our 20 psi tune running on street tires. 24 psi makes 3rd gear
usless and 28 psi spins 4th gear on street tires. I pedal the throttle in
3rd gear, that is why you see the RPM's jumping up and down. 4th gear is a
pull all the way to the pump gas redline.
2005 Dodge SRT-4 Start Up, Exhaust, and In Depth Tour
In this video I give a full in depth tour of a 2005 Dodge Neon SRT-4. I
take viewers on a close look through the interior and exterior of this car
while showing details, over viewing of features, and noting unique styling
cues to the vehicle itself. I also show the engine and the details of it,
start it up and see how it sounds under acceleration. A thorough
tour/review of this car designed to give others a greater overall
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Ring Design 101:
Not everyone can walk into a store or browse online and without hesitation decide on the perfect ring. There are those who can, but they are the exception. Ring shopping can be overwhelming. There are so many different options and so many different variables to consider when conjuring up the perfect ring. We’re here to help. The following is a simplified framework to consider when designing a ring (stones, metal, silhouette, setting, and finer details).
Stones or lack thereof are a great place to start. Not using stones in your ring? Perfect, move on to the next step. Planning to incorporate stones in your ring? Great! Here are some things to consider:
Type: Diamonds, rubies, and sapphires are all different types of stones. There is an endless selection of precious and semi-precious gemstones you can choose from when building your ring. It’s important to know what colors you are attracted to and go from there.
Stones also vary in durability which is important to consider as well.
Shape: Shapes include round, oval, pear, fancy (alternative/asymmetrical), and many more. We will discuss this more when considering the silhouette of the ring, but the shape of your stone or stones will play an instrumental role in the aesthetic of your ring.
Size: Size, also known as carat weight. Is another factor you will want to consider when choosing stones for your ring. The size of the stone or stones you pick will be determined by a few different things: budget, silhouette/aesthetic appeal, and proportion.
Choosing a metal can be fairly simple. You will want to consider price, durability, and color. A majority of metalsmithing artisans will be working in either platinum, gold, or silver. If your chosen metal is gold you will be given the options of yellow (yellow in color) rose (pink in color), or white (silver in color). Gold also varies in karat or gold content. A higher gold content will result in both a more valuable product and a softer product.
The silhouette or form of the ring is determined by the shape and dimensions of the rings itself. Do you want a minimalist solitaire piece or do you want the ring itself to look like a majestic bird? The silhouette or form of the ring can be rendered in various ways:
Stone Arrangement: The way you group or position your stones can determine how the shape of the ring will appear. You can arrange your stones to resemble an ethereal flower, regal crown, or other iconic imagery (the shape of the stones will help you achieve this). You can transform a simple solitaire ring by simply offsetting the stone for a subtle asymmetrical look. The possibilities are truly endless.
Shape of Metal: When creating a custom ring, think about it like a sculpture. You can manipulate the metal into practically any shape you want, it just has to function as a ring. This could pertain to the shape of the band (round, square, wavy, etc.) or the shape of the ring itself (do you want the body of the ring to be formed like a geometric shape, organic matter, or even an animal?). Again, the possibilities are endless.
Dimensions: Dimension refers to size. How much finger real estate do you want the ring to encompass? How deep or thick do you want the metal to be? To sum it up, how much space do you want the piece to inhabit and how heavy do you want the piece to be?
If you’ve decided to opt out of stones in your ring you can skip this step! However, if you’ve chosen to incorporate stones in your ring, this part is crucial but simple. How do you want to nestle the stones in your ring so that they don’t fall out? There are a variety of ways to set your stones and this will affect both sustainability and aesthetics. Examples are as follows:
Prong (3-6 prongs)
Really all you're considering is how the stone is going to be surrounded by/housed in the metal.
When we discuss finer details, we are essentially talking about add-ons. These are things like texture, milgrain, engraving, patterns, cut-outs, filigree, detailed profiles, etc. Anything that could be considered ornate or non-essential, but perhaps most meaning
This has been a crash course in ring design. It is not intended to be all-encompassing nor strict law. This is merely a simplified guide intended to assist and provide insight. This is also a useful framework for designing other types of jewelry (earrings, pendants, bracelets, etc.) ! Whether your intention is to make something symbolic or to make a piece of wearable art, the jewelry making process can be simple or extremely nuanced. It is a matter of intent, style, and vision that determine your next step in designing your perfect piece.


While at the Democratic retreat in Williamsburg Thursday night (at a posh hotel, partially paid for by you and me), the President struck a non-bipartisan tone by mocking the Republicans and any concerns they may have on the 'stimulus' bill. Apparently, it's not the Dems' fault that they passed a huge porky bill last fall and failed to set any limits on it.
While speaking to fellow party members, the President indulged in some partisan ranting, making an open mockery his vaunted lack of ideology. When addressing the Republican opposition to the proposed new fleet of cars, the President mocked concerns that such a massive expenditure would do nothing to quickly stimulate the economy and is overspending. Listen to the whole speech when you get a chance.
The President seems willing to assume that anything less than full capitulation is due to sheer stubborness and lack of intelligence. He went on to mock recent statements by Republicans that the stimulus bill is nothing more than a 'spending bill,' saying 'what do you think a stimulus is.'
Well, gee, Mr. President. I thought a stimulus was supposed to help stimulate economic activity NOW, not two years from now and at the expense of the GDP. I thought it should help lots of people get jobs, not a few producing extremely expensive products. I thought you were all for 'shovel-ready' projects, not expenditures that are meaningless to the majority of the country. That would be a stimulus. What you have now is a pork-laden bill, which will only stimulate moderate activity, laden us with generation of debt, and which is a gift to every liberal whose ever dreamed of all-encompassing power.
So much for bipartisanship.


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WINDSOR, Ont. — Police in Windsor, Ont., have arrested and charged a 56-year-old man following a hit-and-run accident on Monday evening that killed a three-year-old boy.
Police, acting on witness descriptions, began looking for a dark green van and located one matching the description on Wednesday after receiving tips from the public.
Officers spoke with the owner and say his version of where he was at the time of the incident did not match video surveillance from the scene.
Kenneth Dawson was arrested and charged with failure to stop at the scene of an accident causing death and criminal negligence causing death.
Police say the van will be searched for possible evidence once they receive judicial authorization.

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Guest Post: Mariesa Dulak
Author of There’s a Tiger on the Train
Parents, Children and Phubbing
In There’s a Tiger on the Train a little boy is on a trip to the seaside with his Dad. But this is no ordinary train and soon he is joined by a jumble of unusual animal passengers. Unfortunately, Dad is far too busy on his phone to notice.
Phubbing is snubbing or ignoring someone else because you are using your mobile phone. In today’s modern world, we do it without thinking, but research shows that phubbing undermines interpersonal relationships and mental health especially when parents do it to their children.
A staggering 70% of parents say they feel distracted by their mobile phones when they spend time with their children. And studies show that the more parents phub their children, the more socially disconnected that child feels towards them.
So, when I sat down to write a book that included phubbing, I tried to imagine what it might be like to feel ignored by the most important person in your world and being too small and powerless to do anything about it.
Conversations for the Classroom about Making Memories
The young readers I have shared this story with are rooting for the little boy, but I also have some sympathy for the Dad. He’s not a bad parent. Like many of us, he’s just struggling to juggle the pressures and distractions of modern life and it takes a lightbulb moment for him to get back on track – stop scrolling and start making some memories.
Here are some questions and discussion points for the classroom:
Do the children have a special memory of a time that they spent with a relative? Perhaps baking a cake together or jumping in puddles. What did they do and why did it mean so much? Can they draw a picture about the memory to gift to the relative or put on their wall as a reminder of how special it was?
The animal passengers in the story are going to the seaside to make some memories too. Their clothes and the things they have brought with them provide clues about what they plan to do when they get there. Can the children remember which accessory belongs to which animal? Do these items help is guess how they might be spending their day at the beach? What would the children take with them to make a trip to the seaside extra special?
Why does the tiger roar in the story? Is it the noisy animal rumpus or is it something else? Look at the pictures together and see if you can find some clues.
Does the Tiger in the Top Hat really eat Dad’s phone? What other explanation might there be? Are there any clues in the pictures to tell us what else might be happening on that trip down to the sea?
Reading and Connecting
You don’t have to go to the seaside to spend quality time with a grown-up. Sharing a book is also the perfect opportunity to put aside distractions and tune into another world together.
You can do this anywhere – at the dentist, at the kitchen table, in the park, under the duvet or even on a bus or train! What is the most unusual place that the children have ever read a book? Make a tick-list of different places where you could squeeze in time to share a book and set a homework challenge to tick off as many as they can!
There’s a Tiger on the Train is about taking the time to connect with those you love. I hope that children reading the book will join in with the rhymes and rhythms, have fun making some new animal friends and enjoy the ride! And I hope that their grown-ups will be reminded to look up from their phones to see what they might be missing in the wonderful world of their own child’s imagination.
Many thanks to Mariesa Dulak for visiting our blog this week.
Rebecca Cobb illustrates the book – here are a few more of our favourites from this illustrator…
- Find Hello, Friend on our list of books for class transitions
- The Day War Came can be spotted on our list of children’s books about refugees and immigration
- You’ll see The Paper Dolls nestled among our toys topic booklist.
- Get creative with Elisabeth and the Box of Colours among our list of children’s books about art and artists.
The book is featured on our Spring 2024 Ones to Watch booklist.


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The NFL is entering into a partnership agreement with the XFL, with the latter league set to be a “petri dish” for the former. In an official statement, the XFL announced it would “collaborate with the NFL on select innovation programs”, with a particular focus on health and safety.
The partnership is not one that will establish the XFL as a developmental league for NFL teams, but nevertheless a notable step in collaboration between the two entities. The news comes one year before the XFL is scheduled to begin play in its third iteration (and first since being purchased by Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia). It is the second time the league has attempted to partner with an established outfit, having unsuccessfully done so with the CFL in 2021.
“We are bringing forward an XFL that is progressive and forward-thinking when it comes to innovation, leveraging the newest technology to enhance gameday experience”, Garcia said. “Sharing insights and practices between the XFL and NFL will do a tremendous amount of good for the game of football and support the player ecosystem overall”.
Opportunities also exist for the league to “experiment with proposed rules, test new equipment and develop prospective officials and coaches”, writes ESPN’s Kevin Seifert. League president, and longtime Bills executive Russ Brandon made it clear there has been productive dialogue with the NFL when it comes to “[advancing] the game of football” overall.
NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent added: “The XFL has shown us that innovation is one of its core principles. We are hopeful that this relationship will support further development and improvements in the game of football at all levels”.
While Garcia insists that a direct affiliation for the purposes of player sharing and development is not currently on the table, this announcement could mark, at a minimum, a sign that the third time could be the charm for the XFL to establish itself long-term. The deal is unrelated to the re-booted USFL, which is set to begin play in April.

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"Forever Plaid" comes to Cal State Northridge this weekend. The show offers a look at the musical flip side of the 1950s. Along with Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly, such four-part-harmony guy groups as the Four Aces, the Four Lads, the Four Freshmen, the Hi-Lo's and the Crewcuts scored hit after hit throughout the decade. "Forever Plaid" is about a fictitious group and includes many of the great pop tunes of the era, including "Catch a Falling Star," "Heart and Soul," "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" and "Three Coins in a Fountain."
* "Forever Plaid"; Saturday, 3 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m.; CSUN's Performing Arts Center, 18111 Nordhoff St. $29. (818) 785-8885.
The Debussy Trio will perform Saturday evening in Canoga Park. Harpist Marcia Dickstein, flutist Angela Wiegand and violist David Walther draw upon such diverse influences as French Impressionism, American jazz fusion, African Kora music and Hollywood to create a new chamber music for the 21st century.
* Debussy Trio; Saturday, 8 p.m.; West Valley Playhouse, 7242 Owensmouth Ave., Canoga Park. $14-$16. (818) 884-1907.
Los Angeles DreamShapers present "Luck, Lilts and Leprechauns," a St. Patrick's Day show, featuring storyteller Elena-Beth Kaye with music by Jon Hughes, Saturday in Encino. Kaye has performed as a storyteller for 10 years. She specializes in folk tales, myths and personal stories.
* "Luck, Lilts and Leprechauns" featuring Elena-Beth Kaye and Jon Hughes; Saturday, 8 p.m.; California Traditional Music Society's Folk Music Center, 16953 Ventura Blvd., Encino Park. $8-$10. (818) 704-4240.
The Topanga Symphony will give a free concert Sunday in Topanga. Musical director Jerome Kessler will lead his ensemble in a program that includes works by Schubert, Mendelssohn and Mauro Giuliani. Guitarist James Smith will be the featured soloist. Smith is chairman of the classical guitar program at USC.
* Topanga Symphony; Sunday, 3 p.m.; Topanga Community Center, 1440 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd. Free. (818) 999-5775.


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Corn bread made from scratch is the secret to a corn-bread stuffing, especially when the bread is this delicious. As moist as cake beneath its golden crust, this crumbly treat is also wonderful on its own.
Makes 8 servings
Preheat oven to 425°F with rack in middle. Heat skillet in oven 10 minutes.
Meanwhile stir together dry ingredients in small bowl. Whisk together eggs and buttermilk in a medium bowl.
Remove hot skillet from oven (handle will be very hot) and add butter, swirling skillet to coat bottom and side (butter may brown). Whisk hot butter into buttermilk mixture and return skillet to oven. Stir cornmeal mixture into buttermilk mixture just until evenly moistened but still lumpy.
Scrape batter into hot skillet and bake until golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Turn out onto a rack and cool.
Corn bread for stuffing can be baked 2 days ahead and kept in a sealable bag at room temperature.
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I made this to complement some chili I bought at my local Central Market. It's excellent cornbread--not too sweet (which is why I chose it from various online possibilities), and as a bonus, if I ever make it for my Dad (who is a celiac patient), it's GLUTEN-FREE: no flour. Nor is there a huge amount of butter, though I suppose it's generous. I added some minced jalapeno, but with or without the result would be the same: moist and tasty; corn-y, not cloying.
I was looking for a flour free corn bread recipe and couldn't find my prev one, so.....I tried this one. I modified it like I do most recipes simply b/c I don't eat dairy much anymore, but a little butter doesn't bother me. So here's what I did: Used 1 3/4 coconut milk and 1/2 fresh squeezed lemon juice, instead of the buttermilk. Used 1/2 C polenta and 1 1/4C cornmeal instead of 1 1/2C cornmeal. And being at elevation I baked a few min longer in a greased glass 8x8 dish. What I got was this moist, fluffy, delicious, bread that had a bit of crunch to it and has won me over:) Next time, I'm adding either green chilies, jalapenos, or maybe caraway seeds to the mix.
I loved the texture, flavor and simplicity of this bread. I did manage to burn my arm pulling it out of the oven. Worth it.
Quick, easy, and delicious! I'm gluten free and so excited to find a corn bread this good (tender and fluffy) with no wheat flour in it. I used cornflour and added some frozen corn for texture. Definite keeper.
This is the best cornbread that I have ever had, hands down. It was perfect! I used white cornmeal and it wasn't too dry, not too moist. Definitely not sweet, like most of us Southerners prefer. Even my boyfriend, that doesn't care for cornbread, said it was good. Very very pleased with this recipe.
Dauphin Island, AL
This is delicious. I followed the recipe exactly and it turned out very well - moist but not too much butter. The essentials for success are to use a cast iron frying pan, to brown the butter, to use very fine cornmeal (as you would for polenta) and to make sure your oven is fully pre-heated before you start.
Made as written. Extremely bland and not worth eating. There are much better recipes for relatively unsweetened cornbread!
I played around with the recipe a bit. Used coarse cornmeal and ran half a cup of it through my spice mill to give a fine/gritty texture. Used maple syrup in lieu of sugar. 1 cup of buttermilk and 3/4 cup of yogurt. YUM!!! The only reason I didn't give it 4 forks is that it's too much butter. I would cut back 1-2 Tbls. I like buttery, but found it too greasy. Put it on parchment paper between the bread and the plate. But the technique is terrific and cooking it in an iron cast skillet is THE way to get the edges crispy and evenly baked.
I made this for a friend with a gluten allergy, and it was a huge success! I used 1/2 cup of buttermilk and milk and plain fat free yogurt for the rest, and used maple syrup instead of sugar. It turned out of the pan beautifully after about 15 minutes and was so easy to make. I served it for breakfast with Strawberry Syrup (Bon Appetit, June 2007) and the recipe was requested by all.
I thought this was an excellent recipe for homemade cornbread. It tasted like my grandma's that she always used to make. In the past, I've only made Jiffy boxed cornbread which always comes out so crumbly & dry. This recipe was plenty moist. My guests loved it! I served it alongside grilled salmon & a lettuce salad.
The bread turned out quite well, but I had to remove it from the oven after only 20 minutes,as it was already quite brown on the bottom and along the edges. I also added one cob of fresh corn kernels for some added texture and interest. I used stone ground corn meal, but next time would use a mixture of fine corn flour and corn meal for a softer consistency.
I've used my cast iron for baking traditional cornbread with wheat flour and more sugar very successfully in the past. This recipe turned out greasy cornbread that stuck more than usual in the skillet. I used coarse cornmeal, which made the bread chewy in an unpleasant way. I thought it tasted a bit too eggy as well.
Pretty good cornbread for stuffing, and I would use it as a topping. I'm not sure you really need 1/4 cup of butter, could probably cut that down a little, but defintely will use again.
Unusual and delicious! I used superfine cornmeal (probably not stone-ground) so it the bread was very soft, very moist, and fairly dense. Not sweet at all. I'm always looking for new ways to use my cast-iron skillet, and this technique will surely become a new standard: the browned butter deepened the flavor of the cornbread, and the hot pan ensured a perfectly crisp crust.
Loved it... I added some Jalapeno Havarti Cheese and that sent it over the top.. had it at a guys BBQ night and it was a huge hit.

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Eating disorders are associated with high mortality rates. Most eating disorder prevention research is conducted within the fields of psychology and psychiatry, not in public health. This gap in public health research can lead to insufficient attention to the root causes of eating disorders and minimal upstream prevention efforts. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to identify public health leaders' perceptions of and attitudes concerning eating disorders as a public health issue. Objectification theory was used to describe how societal expectations have created an environment in which people's self-worth is based on their outward physical appearance. Ecological theory was used to identify environmental factors that influence the development of eating disorders. Public health leaders at local public health departments throughout California were invited to participate in the study, as they hold significant public health positions in the state. Data were collected using open-ended questions. Results were coded and analyzed via thematic analysis. NVivo 11 software was used for data management. Theoretical saturation was reached after 6 interviews when the information was redundant and no new themes were revealed. Emerged themes included observations from the participants that eating disorders are not considered a public health issue. The participants did not view eating disorders as a significant problem and they noted that they do not monitor the rates of these illnesses. They expressed interest in exploring the public health role in eating disorder prevention. Public health educators, researchers, and leaders can use these results to assess the burden of eating disorders and recognize ways to address this health threat at the macro level. In doing so, they will affect positive social change.
Lightfoot, Karin L., "Public Health Leaders' Perceptions of and Attitudes Concerning Eating Disorders" (2016). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 2321.


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- Bread and Roses Or "When Will It Ever End?"
"Even during these tough fiscal times, we must recognize the important role education plays in preparing California's children for the competitive environment of the 21st century," Wilson said.
The governor, giving no details, suggested he will propose that welfare payments be cut to provide more money for kindergarten-through-high school education programs.1
At the end of May 1988, I gave the Presidential Address at the Fifteenth Annual Conference of the Children's Literature Association sponsored by the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina.2 It was my last act as ChLA President after a rather stormy year in the Association, and some of the immediate concerns of the Association were addressed in a portion of the speech omitted here. It was also a national election year, and one in which, I imply here, we all had a stake, as we do in 1992. I have not upwardly revised the statistics on poverty and homelessness, but the general domestic welfare of this country has clearly not been helped by Bush's points-of-light philosophy. If we—who know the difference between ketchup and vegetables in a school lunch program—do not attempt to do something to turn around this reign of callousness, we are part of the problem. That is why I agreed to have this only slightly revised speech included in the first issue of The Lion and the Unicorn edited by Louisa Smith and Jack Zipes.
Friends and fellow lovers of children's literature, the title of my talk today is "Elread and Roses." For those of you to whom that phrase is as yet unknown, I hope to make clear not only why I am using it here, but also its fame, or notoriety (depending on your point of view) in American history in general, as well as in labor history. As you shall see, given the standard curriculum, you are unlikely to have learned about bread and roses in school.
Presidential addresses usually begin with either a funny or an inspirational [End Page 110] story. I am going to begin with a true and inspirational story rather than a joke.
This story is told admirably by Milton Meltzer, one of the best-known writers of nonfiction for children. I will be quoting liberally from his book, which like most of Meltzer's works, is written for both adults and children. The story begins on Friday, January 12, 1912, when the workers—men, women, and children—struck the textile mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, a town in which no stockholder in these mills could bear to live.
As Meltzer notes, although the conditions in the mills were ghastly and the wages already incredibly low, "The immediate cause of the strike was a wage cut." He continues,
A state law had just been passed reducing the hours of women and children from 56 to 54 a week. The employers had strongly opposed it because over half of the 40,000 workers in the woolen and cotton mills were in these categories. Now they cut wages proportionately, and at the same time speeded up the machines so that for 54 hours at 54 hours' pay they got the same output they used to get in 56 hours at 56 hours' pay.(173)
The Industrial Workers of the World, known familiarly as the Wobblies, was the union to organize this strike. The Wobblies were known for organizing not just the craft workers, but workers in all industrial categories, skilled and unskilled; they spoke to the many immigrants in their own original languages. This important feature of the strike managed to create in the strikers an almost religious fervor. Ray Stannard Baker, a famous muckraker, reported on this aspect of the strike:
"It is the first strike I ever saw which sang. I shall not soon forget the curious lift, the strange sudden fire of the mingled nationalities at the strike meetings when they broke into the universal language of song. And not only at the meetings did they sing, but at the soup houses and in the streets."(181)
This strike was clearly a family affair...


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The initial Laptop or computer networks were dedicated Specific-reason units including SABRE (an airline reservation system) and AUTODIN I (a defense command-and-Command system), equally created and executed while in the late nineteen fifties and early 1960s. From the early 1960s Laptop or computer brands experienced started to utilize semiconductor technological know-how in professional merchandise, and equally common batch-processing and time-sharing units were in place in several significant, technologically Sophisticated businesses. Time-sharing units permitted a pc’s resources for being shared in immediate succession with numerous consumers, biking in the queue of consumers so swiftly that the pc appeared dedicated to Every user’s duties despite the existence of numerous Many others accessing the system “concurrently.” This led for the notion of sharing Laptop or computer resources (identified as host computer systems or simply hosts) around a complete network. Host-to-host interactions were envisioned, along with entry to specialised resources (including supercomputers and mass storage units) and interactive accessibility by distant consumers for the computational powers of time-sharing units Found somewhere else. These Suggestions were to start with recognized in ARPANET, which founded the 1st host-to-host network connection on October 29, 1969. It was produced with the Innovative Exploration Assignments Company (ARPA) of your U.S. Department of Defense. ARPANET was one of several to start with basic-reason Laptop or computer networks. It related time-sharing computer systems at governing administration-supported exploration web sites, principally universities in the United States, and it soon became a important piece of infrastructure for the pc science exploration community in the United States. Tools and applications—like the basic mail transfer protocol (SMTP, typically generally known as e-mail), for sending small messages, and also the file transfer protocol (FTP), for for a longer time transmissions—swiftly emerged. So that you can obtain Price tag-efficient interactive communications in between computer systems, which generally communicate in short bursts of information, ARPANET employed The brand new technological know-how of packet switching. Packet switching requires significant messages (or chunks of Laptop or computer facts) and breaks them into scaled-down, manageable pieces (generally known as packets) that could vacation independently around any out there circuit for the target destination, in which the pieces are reassembled. Hence, contrary to common voice communications, packet switching does not demand a one dedicated circuit in between Every pair of consumers. Commercial packet networks were introduced while in the 1970s, but these were created principally to offer efficient entry to distant computer systems by dedicated terminals. Briefly, they changed long-length modem connections by less-expensive “Digital” circuits around packet networks. In the United States, Telenet and Tymnet were two these kinds of packet networks. Neither supported host-to-host communications; while in the 1970s this was nonetheless the province of your exploration networks, and it could continue to be so for a few years. DARPA (Defense Innovative Exploration Assignments Company; formerly ARPA) supported initiatives for ground-based and satellite-based packet networks. The bottom-based packet radio system furnished mobile entry to computing resources, whilst the packet satellite network related the United States with many European nations around the world and enabled connections with broadly dispersed and distant regions. While using the introduction of packet radio, connecting a mobile terminal to a pc network became feasible. However, time-sharing units were then nonetheless way too significant, unwieldy, and expensive for being mobile or simply to exist exterior a local weather-controlled computing setting. A solid inspiration Therefore existed to attach the packet radio network to ARPANET in an effort to enable mobile consumers with basic terminals to accessibility time-sharing units for which they had authorization. In the same way, the packet satellite network was utilized by DARPA to website link the United States with satellite terminals serving the United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, and Italy. These terminals, however, had to be linked to other networks in European nations around the world in an effort to get to the stop consumers. Hence arose the necessity to hook up the packet satellite Internet, plus the packet radio Internet, with other networks. Foundation of the world wide web The web resulted from the effort to attach a variety of exploration networks in the United States and Europe. Initially, DARPA founded a program to analyze the interconnection of “heterogeneous networks.” This program, identified as Internetting, was based upon the recently introduced strategy of open up architecture networking, where networks with described regular interfaces can be interconnected by “gateways.” A working demonstration of your strategy was planned. To ensure that the strategy to operate, a new protocol had to be created and formulated; without a doubt, a system architecture was also demanded. In 1974 Vinton Cerf, then at Stanford College in California, and this writer, then at DARPA, collaborated on the paper that to start with explained this kind of protocol and system architecture—specifically, the transmission Command protocol (TCP), which enabled different types of equipment on networks everywhere in the globe to route and assemble facts packets. TCP, which originally bundled the world wide web protocol (IP), a world addressing mechanism that permitted routers to acquire facts packets to their final destination, formed the TCP/IP regular, which was adopted with the U.S. Department of Defense in 1980. From the early 1980s the “open up architecture” of your TCP/IP strategy was adopted and endorsed by many other scientists and at some point by technologists and businessmen around the globe. From the 1980s other U.S. governmental bodies were seriously involved with networking, including the Countrywide Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Vitality, and also the Countrywide Aeronautics and House Administration (NASA). While DARPA experienced performed a seminal part in creating a little-scale Variation of the world wide web amid its scientists, NSF worked with DARPA to grow entry to all the scientific and tutorial community and to produce TCP/IP the regular in all federally supported exploration networks. In 1985–86 NSF funded the 1st 5 supercomputing centres—at Princeton College, the College of Pittsburgh, the College of California, San Diego, the College of Illinois, and Cornell College. During the 1980s NSF also funded the event and operation of your NSFNET, a national “backbone” network to attach these centres. From the late 1980s the network was operating at countless bits per second. NSF also funded a variety of nonprofit local and regional networks to attach other consumers for the NSFNET. A number of professional networks also began while in the late 1980s; these were soon joined by Many others, and also the Commercial Net Trade (CIX) was formed to allow transit website traffic in between professional networks that normally would not happen to be permitted within the NSFNET backbone. In 1995, just after intensive overview of the situation, NSF made a decision that help of your NSFNET infrastructure was now not demanded, considering that several professional companies were now keen and capable of meet the needs of your exploration community, and its help was withdrawn. Meanwhile, NSF experienced fostered a competitive selection of business Net backbones linked to each other by means of so-identified as network accessibility points (NAPs).


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Australian and European Release Dates for Pokemon B/W Announced
The official release dates for the European and Australian versions of Pokemon Black and White have been announced!
In Europe, they will be released on March 4, 2011, making them the first ever main series games to be released in Europe before North America. The games will release on March 10, 2011 in Australia and New Zealand.
And the games will release on March 6, 2011 in North America. Check out the English trailer!
(bulbanews | officialnintendomagazine)
Australia just got the support needed from the federal government for the R 18+ classification in Australia this shows that Australia might finally be up to standards with the rest of the civilized gaming world!
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Her latest album, The Lost and Found, finds her moving towards the hip-hop and modern soul-inflected sound that marked moments of her previous record, In a Dream. The set followed suit. Surrounded by her extended musical family of Aaron Parks on piano and keyboard, Alan Hampton on bass (with cameos on guitar and voice), and Jamire Williams on drums, she opened with "Within Me" and "Holding Back The Years," bridged by a subdued Williams drum interlude. The next two songs, "Butterfly" and "Juju," were linked by an almost architecturally-crafted bass solo from Hampton. Parlato and crew were the epitome of hushed intensity. Their power came not from volume, but from drawing the listener in to a very intimate and focused degree. In Parlato's one vocal solo, on "Juju," she recalled Wayne Shorter's soprano sax playing of recent years, with carefully crafted statements and choosing her places in the music. Williams has matured by a remarkable degree since I heard him with Christian Scott a few years ago - he displayed his vast amount of technique not by flash but by his precise dynamic control. He is one of the leading practitioners of the MPC/drum-programming inspired grooves that have been adopted in modern jazz, but he widened his sound to blend with Parks. Parks can play like a sample, à la Glasper, as he showed on the closing "How We Love," but generally his sensibility is broader and more organic. His comping enveloped Parlato's voice as it ranged from her trademark hush to a more powerful upper register than I've ever heard from her.
Parlato hasn't totally abandoned the jazz, Brazilian, and African-inspired sounds of her previous repertoire. She led the groove of "Juju" on caxixi, and played these West African balls on Paulinho da Viola's "Alô alô" (and yes, many double entendres were made - "I need to get a new pair of balls, these are busted"). Immediately after "Alô, alô," she and Parks performed an absolutely gorgeous rendition of "Spring is Here," with Parks' silken touch and sensitive reharmonization framing Parlato's tender expression of the lyric. As was the case at Savoy, Gretchen Parlato is not afraid of using the tropes of the "jazz singer" for her own purposes. The band vamped in on "Within Me" as her entrance and on "How We Love" as her exit, giving a slight dramatic arc to the show without it being trite.
Their loudly demanded encore comprised two songs that are extremely important to me on a personal level: Djavan's "Flor de lis" and Stevie Wonder's "I Can't Help It." For the former, Djavan was the first Brazilian musician I ever heard and of whom I became a devoted fan. For the latter, I learned that song at the hands of its composer two years ago. They did both songs an exceeding amount of justice (and Jamire Williams has a deep samba feel). I was too busy shivering with goosebumps to make any further notes.


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Jewish Driver: 'Escaped With My Life By a Miracle'
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Report: U.S. Talks Peace, But Aids Incitement
NGO Monitor tells U.S. Congress that while leaders talk peace, American money is being used to fund hate.

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Title Matching "Black Panther" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
PG-13 | 161 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.
2. Black Panther (2018)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.
Votes: 783,302 | Gross: $700.06M
3. Wakanda Forever: The Official Black Panther Podcast (2022 Podcast Series)
The groundbreaking success of Black Panther changed the world. What happened after was unprecedented. This podcast is an intimate look into the making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
4. Black Panther (2010)
TV-14 | Animation, Action, Adventure
Black Panther is the ruler and protector of the African nation of Wakanda. Using technology, wits, and extraordinary fighting ability he must protect his nation from an invasion led by Ulysses Klaw, the man who killed his father.
8. Black Panther: Origins (2020)
Short, Action, Adventure
The untold story of how T'Challa, the King of Wakanda, rose to power in the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda.
Action, Adventure, Drama | Announced
11. The Real Black Panther (2020)
43 min | Documentary, Short
This isn't Wakanda. Deep in south India is a jungle kingdom that has inspired legends. Kabini, in the Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, is home to a rogue confederation of animal tribes all vying ... See full summary »
13. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Black Panther - Trouble in Wakanda (2018 TV Short)
Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Short, Action
Ulysses Klaue and Eric Killmonger are back to loot Wakanda's Vibrainium mines, this time with the help of the mad titan Thanos. Can Black Panther thwart their evil plot, even with the aid of Earth's Mightiest Heroes?
Not Rated | 115 min | Documentary, History
This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years.
Votes: 2,072 | Gross: $0.48M
15. Gungala, the Black Panther Girl (1968)
88 min | Adventure
An insurance company, led by a wealthy English family, organized an expedition to Africa to find a lost heiress who has been raised in the wild as Gungala and one of the explorers falls in love with her.
18. Deadpool & Black Panther: The Gauntlet (2016)
30 min | Short, Action, Sci-Fi
Deadpool and Black Panther are back for one last ride, and this time the enemy is a whole new breed of soldier.
21. Warriors: The Black Panther (1993)
91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Black Cougar is a mercenary who is being paid a huge sum of money by an unknown person to recover a top secret file. Realising the enormity and complexity of the task, he looks for a group of experts to help him out.
27. The Black Panthers (in Israel) Speak (2003)
54 min | Documentary
The Black Panthers in Israel are the social movement of second generation Mizrahim in Israel - Jews originating from Arab and Muslim countries. The uprising of the Black Panthers in the ... See full summary »
Not Rated | 115 min | Documentary
A recap of the Black Panther Party's often distorted history and an expose of apparent governmental plots that hastened its demise.
30. Yakuza: Black Panther (2010 Video Game)
Action, Crime, Drama
The main character is Tatsuya Ukyo, a boy who only knows how to express himself through violence. An act of indiscretion by Tatsuya sets the story in motion, eventually leading him to face ... See full summary »
32. Reign of Wakanda: Return of the Black Panther (TV Movie)
Adventure | Announced
While the king of Wakanda is away, enemies attempt to overthrow. The King must now return to his home land to reclaim his throne.
33. The Black Panther (1957)
26 min | Short, Adventure
The Maharaja is out hunting in the jungle, but gets nothing because Sabu, the jungle boy protects the animals from hunting. The Maharaja also wants to marry the Rajah's daughter, who, ... See full summary »
34. Black Panther: The Fallen Avengers (2018)
After the events of Civil War, flame of revenge continously burns Tony Stark heart. So, He decides to trap Captain America in Avengers Tower by taking help of T'Challa. But his plan fails when T'Challa enters the Arena.
35. Black Panther Woman (2014)
TV-MA | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Marlene Cummins breaks a forty-year silence to tell the story of her abuse in the Australian Black protest movement, to overcome her demons of today.
36. Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther (1970)
73 min | Documentary, Biography
Cleaver, on film as in life, is a complex mixture of profound political insight, socially crystallized ghetto cultural patterns and a multifaceted human personality.
Drama | Announced
A miniseries chronicling the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party.
38. The Black Panther (2010)
105 min | Drama
Dishevelled private eye Nico Beamonte's latest case comes from God himself ... possibly. He wants Nico to find the mysterious Black Panther. But who, or what, is the Black Panther? And what... See full summary »
The most in-depth study ever of the murders of So. Calif. Chapter of the Black Panthers founder Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins at U.C.L.A.
Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary
This film tells the story of three former members of the Black Panther Party incarcerated at Angola Louisiana State Prison in solitary confinement longer than anyone in modern US history and collectively known as the Angola 3.
43. Wakanda Revealed: Exploring the Technology in 'Black Panther' (2018 Video)
6 min | Documentary, Short
This piece explores the critical role Vibranium plays in the story, including how it has helped develop the land and its use in clothing, weapons, and vehicles.
47. IMAX® Sight & Sound: Black Panther (2018)
2 min | Documentary
In IMAX® theaters, select scenes of Marvel Studios' Black Panther will be specially formatted to show audiences up to 26% more image than standard theaters for a truly immersive experience.
54 min | Documentary
The women of the Black Panther Party were instrumental to the success of the Party's survival programs such as the health centers and school breakfasts. Here are six women, who's lives were changed by the Seattle Black Panther movement.
22 min | Short, Action
In this continuation of the epic adventure, the king of Wakanda must battle the X-men and Storm in order to restore order to his embattled country.
50. Merritt College: Home of the Black Panthers (2010)
58 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Merritt College, Home of the Black Panthers is a groundbreaking new documentary about the Black Panther Party, focusing on the party's roots and origins at Merritt College in Oakland. This ... See full summary »


11th May 2012, 20:01
Hey all, my 2nd Fiori was recently purchased... I love these...
Have had two Nissan Micra's (one a Super S with everything), but the Fiori's are a go cart.
I am no mechanic, and hate problems that come with mods, but..
was wondering if anyone knew where in Sydney you'd go for
induction & extraction systems?
Basically, is there any mechanic competent on Fiori's out there??
Or do I leave the sweet thing as it is...
20th Jun 2012, 03:52
Hi, just wondering what type of 13" rims you are going to use for your Fiori?
I have a little ripper of a Fiori, and want to drop the revs a bit at highway speed. Just having a bit of trouble finding rims to fit. Any help would be greatly appreciated... Thanks.
1st Oct 2012, 22:42
Hi - I'm in desperate need of a spare set of brake discs... if you can help, please send me an email on email@example.com.
26th Oct 2012, 01:35
Hey all, got a 1990 Fiori, rebuilding an engine at the moment. The only way I could get parts was to get my Subaru dealer to contact Japan, despite them saying Japan wouldn't have anything. I'm a mechanic by trade, but with trucks.
Would love to hear from fellow fans, PeterBedding on Facebook.
26th May 2013, 02:00
G'day, I have purchased a Fiori, a great little car by the way. I am have trouble getting hold of some parts, a tie rod end and engine mount. I was hoping someone out there can help please? Any information on the subject would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time (firstname.lastname@example.org).
16th Jun 2013, 22:30
I recently bought a 1990 Fiori in Adelaide, and was just inquiring how I go about replacing the front speakers and removing the grille? I don't want to damage the speaker grille in the process.
30th Jul 2013, 21:12
Using a bread and butter knife, carefully lever the grille up and it will come up - the speakers are located with four screws. Snap the grille back in place afterwards.
28th Jun 2014, 12:03
There's amayama.com for genuine parts for Japanese cars.
10th Nov 2014, 13:24
Did you ever find a workshop manual?
I desperately need one, too - and I'm willing to pay for shipping and a bit extra for your help to borrow and scan it!
6th Jan 2015, 08:55
If you find a service manual for a Subaru Fiori combi van M80 1992, please let me know as I am in a similar situation...
I am in Perth WA.


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EAST BROOKFIELD - Second Chance Animal Services announced Tuesday that it has been named a 2017 Top-Rated Nonprofit by GreatNonprofits, which provides user reviews of charities and nonprofits.
Sheryl Blancato, executive director of Second Chance, said the organization was honored to receive the recognition. “We are proud of our accomplishments this year, including the opening of our new community veterinary clinic in Worcester and the 120 pets we took in from shelters affected by the recent hurricanes.”
Second Chance helps more than 26,000 pets a year through adoption, low-cost spay/neuter programs, subsidized veterinary care, community outreach, educational programs, training, a pet food pantry and more.
The Top-Rated Nonprofit Award is based on the rating and number of reviews that Second Chance received from volunteers, donors and aid recipients.
“Second Chance is a great example of a nonprofit making a real difference in their community,” said Perla Ni, CEO of GreatNonprofits.

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Mozak Video Game Turns Ordinary People to Neuron Experts; Brain Cell Mapping Made Easy [VIDEO]By Staff Writer, UniversityHerald Reporter
The University of Washington in Seattle and Allen Institute have created Mozak, a video game that lets ordinary individual into a neuroscientist in a fun way. The game is a proof that humans are much smarter than computers.
Even the scientists are still unable to fully untangled the brain cells, but with the help of individuals who play Mozak religiously, they can now map it out. Mozak has just recently left Beta version and the game is surprisingly helping neuroscientists to reconstruct neurons more than three times faster than their usual method.
The common tricks in Mozak
The developed game traces lines with dreamy music as the backsound in a relaxing pace. There is no rush in playing Mozak in viewing images of neurons. Hundreds of ordinary people have played Mozak. The game's simple steps of leveling up and collecting points could actually help an individual to create a model of neurons in a fun way, GeekWire reported.
To keep players excited with the game, Mozak uses scoring board to make it a fun competition whilst giving bonuses for players who reach certain levels. According to the game's developer, 200 people log in daily to play the game.
How Can They Help Neurons Study?
When tracing is done in the same way, scientists said that the rate of accuracy is high. Thus, by playing Mozak, people are actually contributing to the study. There is also a chat room that enables players to talk to each other and get socialized while the scientists check in. According to one player, Mozak is like a meditation when all else failed.
The Scientists' Notes
According to the creator, Mozak enables humans and computing machines to 'do what they are good at'. The video game has proven that humans can be smarter than any computer with their abilities to trace 3D objects. In return, this ability helps scientists to regenerate structures of neurons and build the systems for further discoveries, NYTimes reported.


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Biota Aquariums是Biota Palau的大陆分支，该公司由托马斯·鲍林（Thomas Bowline）领导，他是一位熟练的水产养殖者，他繁殖了从巨型蛤到Threadfin Snappers和Bumphead parrotfish。最近，Bowline和Biota将目光投向了more ornamental species of fishwhich are more suitable for home aquariums, and their captive bred mandarins are the stars of their new lineup.
在事件的随机融合中，我们刚刚在Biota Aquariums开始运送小型观赏鱼类之前几周就建立了一个新的礁石坦克，而汤姆·鲍林（Tom Bowline）则在我们的家乡旅行时从事其他业务。汤姆（Tom）安排将货物发送给我们，以便他可以亲自检查佛罗里达州Biota Aquarium设施中运送的鱼的质量。
After such a long trip from Palau, to Florida, to Denver Colorado, the fish had managed to lose a little bit of weight during their journey. Thankfully, these being captive bred fish it was quite easy to offer them a variety of small foods and they quickly fattened up within about two weeks.
It’s been almost two months now since the pair of mandarins have been in our tank and they are beautiful, fat little gems. You might think (or hope) that being captive bred, these fish would eat pellets and flake foods but the mandarin gobies still retain some of the their predisposition for ‘good’ foods.
我们已经能够喂养几乎每种小的冷冻肉类食物，包括婴儿盐水虾，鸡皮脚架，切碎的mysis虾和卡拉努斯。对于他们的小尖头嘴，卡拉努斯仍然只是一个太大的触感，但是在这里，我们应该能够开始尝试更多的干食品，例如冷冻干燥的卡兰 - 恩（Calan-eeze），一旦被补充水，就应该开始尝试。
Being still just a hair over 1.5 inches long now, our mandarins are still a bit shy, but they do not cower away from targeted clouds of the frozen foods we offer them. We suspect that over time these fish will actually come to associate us with the dinner bell, and will eventually come to beg for food like most normal aquarium fish.
We have one male and one female captive bred mandarin goby from Biota Aquariums, and while they are not even halfway to fully grown, their coloration, finnage, and the shape of their face and markings are all on track to be every bit as beautiful as what we expect from wildSynchiropus、溶.
Sustainable harvest of mandarin gobies in the wild is definitely not a concern, but wild fish can have diseases or parasites, and most onerous of all, they will be a lifelong picky eater and may take years to eat frozen foods. Having seen, fed and grown Biota Aquariums captive bred mandarins for most of the summer, we feel that these fish will not only be easier to keep for most people, but that they will also be more robust and better thrive in a home aquarium environment.


VoIP phones are significantly utilized by businesses, both large as well as little, to minimize their total costs and also boost their earnings. VoIP phones supply companies with phone company that are both faster and much more effective than traditional telephone networks. VoIP is normally considered given by customers, as it is an application which is built into several preferred net browsers as well as does not call for any type of unique equipment or arrangements to utilize. However what is VoIP and also just how does VoIP vary from routine telephone solution? VoIP phones are the application of VoIP, which is a method for making phone conversation over an electronic network rather than with a physical telephone line. A VoIP phone or IP phone utilizes voice over ip technology for placing and then transferring telephone call over an IP network, including the Internet. This is opposed to a traditional telephone service which makes use the public changed telephone network just. VoIP phones do not use the existing copper wiring system that exists in homes as well as tiny workplaces. Rather, they utilize an internet-based system which sends audio signals by means of IP (Web Procedure) packets. The packets are sent out to an answering web server where the individual can after that get the call and also be attached directly to the person on the various other end. In order to make VoIP Phones work, a customer will require a net link in addition to a specialized adapter which is called an Ethernet adapter. These can either be cordless routers or wired Ethernet adapters. An Ethernet card is the main part of a VoIP phone as well as the tool using this component links to the web utilizing the appropriate port. It is additionally feasible to use a USB Ethernet adapter. This kind of device is more effective for those who wish to place VoIP Phones on a single computer system and do not wish to purchase added adapters or circuitry for each and every and every computer on the network. Another choice for VoIP Phones is the usage of SIP VoIP phones. One of the most prominent VoIP phones are those that use SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) modern technology. SIP VoIP phones work on a session initiation procedure, which is similar to the methods utilized in routine telephone interaction systems. This allows them to utilize common analog signals in addition to digital ones and transmit them online similarly as if finished with a standard telephone. One drawback of VoIP phones and also SIP VoIP phones is the absence of portability. Unlike routine telephone networks, SIP networks can not be relocated from one area to another. It has been impossible to expand the capacity of VoIP phones to integrate voice calling right into a new setting. A major constraint of VoIP phones is their inability to handle phone calls that happen outside the variety of their link. For instance, if you were abroad and made a local telephone call, your VoIP phone would certainly not have the ability to pick up the call, as it needs a great net connection. Likewise, VoIP phones can not be relocated from a public phone line to an inner telephone network, as this would certainly break the service agreement between you and also your company. VoIP Phones can also be utilized along with typical analog telephones. A SIP enabled phone can convert an analog telephone number to an IP number (an IP address is simply a string of numbers). Phone numbers sent utilizing a SIP connection undergo the personal privacy restraints of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as consequently can not be accessed by others.


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ATHENS, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- As the Olympic flame reaches the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro for the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics, Artemis Ignatiou, the Greek choreographer of the lighting and handover ceremonies of the Olympic flame over the past decade, spoke of the values the torch carries across the world,.
Ignatiou will be in Rio on Aug. 5, along with Katerina Lehou who lit the Olympic flame playing the role of an ancient High Priestess in Athens, the birthplace of the Games, in April, at the invitation of the International Olympic Committee.
Ignatiou received numerous compliments for this year's ceremonies at Olympia and the Panathinaic stadium in Athens, but the 2008 ceremonies will always hold a special place in her heart.
"Maybe it was indeed better than previous ceremonies but for me each ceremony is unique, starting from the special for me ceremony of lighting the flame which burned for the Beijing Olympic Games. I will never forget that ceremony because it was the first time I assumed this role and I later came to know that my teacher was proud of me," she told Xinhua.
Ignatiou approaches each ceremony in a different manner to create a link to the host city and country, she said. In 2008, she opted to create several patterns with the dancers and a choreography which was flowing like water. For the 2012 London Games, she tried to encompass the British culture's journey to progress. For the Brazil ceremonies, she attempted to portray a vibrant spirit.
The choreographer bears a large share of responsibility for the entire event -- from the costumes and the makeup of the dancers and actresses who play the roles of the ancient Greek priestesses to hairstyles, sandals and what they will eat or when they will go to bed.
After six months of rehearsals, she knows the tightly interlinked team of dancers can cover up any mistake. This includes working on the fly to adapt dances steps to new music hours before an event.
Ignatiou started her career in 1988, fresh out of the Greek National Dance School, by joining the group of priestesses in the lighting ceremony for the Seoul Games.
"I started with so many strong emotions. The first moments at Olympia were unique. And until today I feel the same. What has changed today is that I bear a larger share of responsibility," she said.
Greek actress Katerina Lehou who lit the Olympic Flame playing the role of an ancient High Priestess at the birthplace of the Games in April, talks to Xinhua in Athens, on July 12, 2016. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)
Over time, she founded the Art dance theater group which performs across the globe.
In 2008, her team participated in the opening ceremony of Beijing's Festival a few days before the Olympics, presenting the "Muses" show. It was the first time she created a choreography inspired by the Greek ancient mythology.
Ignatiou has had the honor to also hold the part of the High Priestess once in 1995 for the Bath Youth Olympics before starting to have a say in the selection of the next High Priestesses. Asked to choose between the two roles, she does not hesitate to select the choreographer, although it is more demanding.
"In order to assume the role of the High Priestess one should be a professional actress with big experience in large theaters. Even better at open air theaters, because she has to command her voice in an open space, which is very difficult without the use of microphone," she explained.
Speaking on the legacy of her teacher in dance and life Maria Hors, she gets emotional. She recalls their discussions in Athens at Hors' home with a view to the Acropolis. She can never forget the discussion at Olympia when she would prompt her to take a look outside and notice that no tree is the same. "This is the way you should be treating your dancers," Hors told her.
"Each person has something unique to give, each female or male dancer, each actress has something unique to give and it would be a pity and so unfair to not allow them to express it," Ignatiou said.
"Even in my family life I now see my two children in a different way. They are not two kids who have the same mother and father, but two human beings with unique souls, hearts and paths in life."


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I am happy to welcome fellow agency author, Maria Grazia Swan to my blog today! I really hope you enjoy your time here, Maria - I'm looking forward to getting to know more about you and your work. Let's get started...
1) Did you set any goals for 2013? Not really, I’m more the go with flow kind of gal, that way I don’t get disappointed.
2) What is the best part of the writing process for you? I get so deep into the story I totally forget reality. I do my best writing (in my head) while driving or doing yoga. The good part is I make good use of my time, the bad part is I totally, and I mean, totally, forget my surroundings and that can bring consequences like going through red lights or snapping out of your creative trance and finding yourself at the wrong end of the freeway. Oh, best part? I forget all my troubles.
3) The worst part? See above?
4) Tell me where you write? At my desk. The last time I moved I had a serious crisis, until I was able to recreate a quiet spot where to write. By the way, I live alone, and yet…I crave complete solitude.
5) Tell us about your latest release? By the time this is posted, my non-fiction should be out. Dear romance reader, fear not, the title of the non fiction is Mating Dance and it is dedicated to the art of meeting, greeting and dating singles who weren’t born yesterday. Lots of salacious stories about love, lust, sex. Not necessarily in that order
6) Tease us with a blurb/short except
Mating Dance is not a step-by-step manual on how to disco or merengue. It’s a chronicle filled with tales of love in unexpected places, stories of women with secret pasts, and yarns about men who don't know what’s good for them or even what they want. Add to that a bit of tantalizing celebrity trivia and Cosmo-esque quizzes, and you will agree Mating Dance is the perfect read for lying by the pool, while peering over the top of the page, scoping out your next partner—the perfect inspiration to kick-start your own Mating Dance.
7) Tell us about a new author you’ve recently discovered I’m not sure how new she is, let’s say she is new to me; Kristin Hannah.
8) Name two romances you’ve read more than once I have to confess I’m not sure what’s strictly romance. I consider romance any story driven by the romantic relationship between the main characters. The Horse Whisperer comes to mind. And anything by Anita Shreve.
9) Tell us about your first car What a funny question! My first car was a FIAT 500 that was like a century ago. Yes, I used to feel old confessing to it, but suddenly America discovered that little old Italian car and now I see the glamorized ads and I feel relevant again. VIVA L’America.
10) Where can we find you? Like any other writer trying to get noticed I’m in many places, Facebook, Twitter, my website. My website is probably the best place, it will tell you a lot more than I can say about myself because…drum roll…I have a fabulous webmaven who keeps me motivated and invested. www.mariagraziaswan.com
Maria would love to hear from you! Comments? Questions?


James Corrigan: Richardson's solo crusade to save us from radio gaga
View From The Sofa: Sportsweek, Radio 5 Live
Monday 08 March 2010
The day after England beat Egypt – the latest confirmation that a second World Cup victory is but a few months away – Radio 5 Live was boasting about landing "the first John Terry interview with the BBC since he was sacked as England captain". Nothing wrong there. It's what sports journalists call "a good get".
The problem was the rolling news network really didn't have an "interview" on their spools. Not in the proper sense. As Ian Dennis is an excellent journalist and didn't ask Terry about Wayne Bridge it is safe to presume Terry would only talk if he wasn't asked about Bridge. So out came the predictable sound-bytes, such as England "having the best fans in the world" and "we're all in this together". In truth, it wasn't worth the PR toilet roll it was smeared on and, in future, the corporation shouldn't agree to any conditions.
Garry Richardson would never have, that's for sure. When someone agrees to go on Sportsweek they do so uncomfortable in the knowledge the presenter will be asking whatever needs answering. Sure, Richardson might drop in an agreed question at the end about a charity or the like but that's as far as he is prepared to go. That's probably why Terry hasn't granted Richardson an interview recently. Or Tiger Woods. Or anyone with an ego larger than their courage.
It's also why Richardson has the finest sports programme in Britain. Not just on the radio, but any medium. It's the one show that attempts to get to the nitty-gritty through the quaint old technique of actually talking to people. Informed opinion, leading to intelligent debate. It'll never catch on. Not in dumbed-down sporting Britain.
Sitting there listening to Richardson yesterday morning (on the sofa, if anyone wants to quibble about this column's brief to be a television review) I was struck by how sad it is that Sportsweek is nowhere to be found in the BBC download chart. Believe it, the smart-arsed and the mealy-mouthed will very soon have complete and utter dominance over our sporting airwaves. And when they're off polishing their quips, the controllers will hand over to the phone-ins. God help our few brain cells that have yet to be pulped into mush.
Richardson is leading a one-man crusade to exercise our remaining neurons. He measures his show's success by the number of headlines it generates in the next day's papers. This particular morning a few might have leapt on Nigel Mansell predicting Lewis Hamilton "to have the edge" over Jenson Button in their forthcoming intra-team battle, or even Mansell's startling suggestion that at 56 he could "make a bit of history" with a return to Formula One. Personally, I was most intrigued by Ross Brawn's comments concerning the inevitable tensions between McLaren's two world champions. "Only one of them can win and how is the other going to cope with it?" said the wise team leader.
But then, as this is Britain and this is World Cup year, Sir Geoff Hurst's traitorous remarks will probably have attracted the most bold type. "How far can England go in South Africa?" probed Richardson. "I'd say the semi-finals because I think we are a tiny bit short up front," replied the treasonable Knight. He should have been whisked off to the tower there and then.
Perhaps he will be, if and when Gordon Brown heard his thoughts about the Terry affair. Said Sir Geoff: "If we removed everybody in seniority that committed adultery we wouldn't have anybody running the country." Er, does he know something we don't? Yet another revelation to chalk up for Sportsweek.
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Last Night I Crossed Rivers
The Death of Digenis
Οψές επέρνου ποταμούς
Last night I forded rivers and crossed bridges
and heard sighing and wondered what it was.
Digenis is fighting for his life and the world cowers,
the sky thunders and lightning flashes.
The whole upper world is shaking,
and the underworld is gaping open, its foundations creaking
and the thought of covering him fills the slab with dread,
the thought of the slab covering the eagle,
[the bravest on the earth,
whose words are brave, even when fighting for his life.
- Would that the earth had steps and the sky chains,
I'd plant my foot on the steps, grab the chains
and shake the heavens.]
Translated by Michael Eleftheriou
Οψές επέρνου ποταμούς
Ο θάνατος του Διγενή
Οψές επέ- οψές επέρνου ποταμούς και διά- ε, και διάβαινα γιοφύρια
και διά- ε, και διάβαινα γιοφύρια κι άκουσα κι α- κι άκουσα κι αναστεναγμούς
κι άκουσα κι α- κι άκουσα κι αναστεναγμούς και ρω- ε, και ρώτηξα είντα 'ναι.
Ο Διγενής ψυχομαχεί κι η γης τονε τρομάσσει,
βροντά κι αστράφτει ο ουρανός και σειέτ' ο απάνω κόιμος1
κι ο κάτω κόιμος άνοιξε και τρίζουν τα θεμέλια
κι η πλάκα τον ανατριχιά πώς θα τονε σκεπάσει,
πώς θα σκεπάσει τον αϊτό, [τσι γης τον αντρειωμένο,
γιατί κι όντες ψυχομαχεί, λόγια αντρειωμένα λέγει.
- Να 'χεν η γης πατήματα κι ο ουρανός κερκέλια2,
να πάθιουν τα πατήματα, να 'πιανα τα κερκέλια
να 'δουδα σείσμα τ' ουρανού.]
Songs on the death of Brave men
Of all the songs in the Digenis cycle, the best and most widely known - including the very few that researchers now recognize as properly ‘akritic’ - are those that relate to the death of the never-defeated hero. Βλ. τραγούδια Kostantis and Kostantas, Charon and the brave men, Last night I crossed rivers. Akritas goes hunting', Charon wore black, Digenis is dying.
In the popular imagination, it is unthinkable that such a hero should be subject to the common fate of common folk and be allowed to die. And, truth be told, there was little that was philosophical or meditative about the heroic mindset. A slave to his impulses and his strength, the hero will once again square up against an opponent and challenge him, even if he is Death himself. And the hero will throw himself into battle once again, the latest in an endless string of feats; this time, though, he will be defeated.
As a theme, Digenis’ death belongs to the older, rich oral narrative tradition which centred on the personality, life and achievements of the akritic heroes so beloved by the populace. However, the fact that the struggle with Charon is absent from all the variants of the written epic led a number of researchers to conclude that this theme is also absent from the popular imagination during the akritic era. It was also used to argue that the written epic pre-dated the songs.
The oldest and richest song-type, the one Nikolaos Politis considered a recap of Digenis Akritas’ feats and the type closest to the written epic, is represented in this collection by a Cypriot variation (see Charon wore black).
Some of the other songs included here are loosely linked to the traditions relating to the death of Digenis or with the epic cycle more generally (e.g. Kostantis and Kostantas). They include however names, verses and concepts linked to the Akritic cycle and besides the central theme of death, they also refer to other aspects of the hero’s everyday life, work, family and loves. Miranda Terzopoulou (2017)
Studio recording, 2004.
Charidimos Manarolis sang the verses in brackets for Domna Samiou who taped him in the village of Lakkoi, Crete, in 1965.
Watch a different version of the song by Domna Samiou


Wheel Shields are about to change longboarding forever by eliminating wheel bite and allowing skaters to stand on top of a board’s wheels.
Wheel bite occurs during a sharp turn or hard landing. The board’s base dips or tilts just low enough for the wheels to start scraping against it, causing wear and tear on the board itself, its wheels and, sometimes, the rider. A particular bad case of wheel bite can send a rider flying off his board, which is exactly what happened to Wheel Shields inventor, Chase Kaczmarek. His injury during a ride session at College Park, Maryland, inspired him to seek an answer to the wheel bite problem.
By designing a barrier to fit around each wheel, Kaczmarek took it upon himself to invent the answer. With Wheel Shields, the board never touches the wheels, enabling them to spin freely at all times. ”I wish I had Wheel Shields when I skated around the world. Wheel Shields have changed the longboarding transportation paradigm forever. They are an elegant solution to a frustrating problem,” says Robert Thomson, the Guinness World Record for Longest Distance on a Skateboard.
Additionally, Kaczmarek discovered his invention allowed riders to stand on top of the wheels. This dynamic opened up all kinds of trick possibilities. Never-before-attempted manuals, dances and colemans are now possible because of Wheel Shields.
As an added bonus, Wheel Shields function as a mudflap of sorts, protecting riders from the backlash of dirty wheels. The wheel protectors turn your longboard into a “sweet, versatile all-weather transportation vehicle,” according to the website.
Wheel Shields are available now through their Kickstarter page, so be sure to pick yours up before you head out on your next ride.


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Robert Pattinson (photos) probably wishes he could take back the interview he did with Top of the Pops magazine where he confessed that his childhood dream was to rap like Eminem. The interview is actually quite adorable but feature a few key points that, while thoroughly entertaining, might make life difficult for him. Allow us to break it down for you by quote:
1. First off, Pattinson says “I’ve got a whole collection of tapes of me rapping from when I was 13! I wanted to be a rapper so there are hundreds and hundreds of tapes. They’re very amusing!” Adorable anecdote, but we now fear that Robert’s garbage will be the subject of some rooting around. Hundreds of tapes of a 13-year-old Pattinson rapping? Who wouldn’t want to get their hands on those, make thousands of copies and then put them on eBay? Certainly not crazed Twilight fans, no siree.
Learn more after the jump!
You’d think after a long day of filming sex scenes, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart might want some time apart. But according to witnesses in Baton Rouge, LA, the couple can’t even bother to mingle at parties. “Kristen and Rob were very couple-like,” a source who spotted the Breaking Dawn cast dining at a local steakhouse. “There was a lot of hand-holding, sitting next to each other. Everyone was talking around the room, but Kristen and Rob were just talking to each other, not really into the conversations everyone else was having.” Everyone together now: Awwwww!
A similar story was told when the team went off to a strip-mall karaoke spot. “They weren’t slobbering all over each other…but they sure looked like a couple and were talking with each other like a couple…a couple in love.” It was so cute that no one even noticed Taylor Lautner, shirtless at the microphone, blubbering through an awkward rendition of “You Belong To Me.” Or was that just a dream we had?
[Photo: Splash News Online]
Well, it’s finally official: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are the most stylish couple in Hollywood. As if there was any doubt! The pair earned the title from a poll conducted by In Style Magazine, confirming what Twi-Hards have always known to be true. The magazine editors said that RPatz’s “public-school boy style” and KStew’s “laidback American approach to fashion” created a union made in fashion heaven. They even beat out such power couples as Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, and Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis. It’s not hard to see why when you check out the mega-gallery of Robsten Cuteness below!
[Photo: Getty Images]
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are in Brazil (duh) filming the sexiest scenes of Breaking Dawn (duh). This we all know. But yesterday’s shoot at the romantic Isle Esme waterfall provided us with a peak of something we aren’t privy to that often: Robert Pattinson’s legs. Now Kristen, as we all know, should be voted Lady With the Hottest Legs in the Universe. For serious – that girl has gams and regardless of if they’re in skinny jeans or a mini, they always look fierce. Are we fangirling hard enough for you guys yet?
But Rob – we hardly ever get to see what he’s packing below, uh, what he’s packing. Correct us if we’re wrong, but the last time we saw him flash some leg was back in the Remember Me days, when Rob and Emilie de Ravin shot those make-out scenes at the beach. That was a year and a half ago, so you can understand the celebratory mood we’re in today. Sure, Breaking Dawn is the Twilight movie with the most sex (well, with sex, period) but let us here-by declare it the Twilight movie with the most leg!
[Photo: Splash News Online]
With everyone always focused on Robsten and their successful on-screen/off-screen romance, we’re sure Taylor Lautner must feel both thrilled but also bummed. Thrilled because unlike his co-stars, his personal life isn’t under constant scrutiny, but bummed because he’s one of the three main characters in the film, but he sometimes is treated like a third wheel in the press. So we’re psyched to hear that Lautner might actually have his own romance brewing with his Abduction co-star Lily Collins.
Perez Hilton reports that eighteen-year-old Taylor and twenty one-year-old Lily have been trying to keep things quiet, but they have been dating for about four months. (And yes, it’s Perez so take it with a grain of salt – that’s why we’re just calling it a rumor.) We guess we’ll find out for sure though if they’re a couple when Lily decides to show up on the Breaking Dawn set (it’s filming as we speak!) for some sweet werewolf love.
Twi-Star Ashley Greene and Jo-Bro Joe Jonas are a match made in million-dollar-franchise heaven. But there’s one person who isn’t all for it: Joe’s mom, Denise. According to a friend of the family, Mrs. Jonas is a little uneasy with how fast their relationship has moved in the last five months. Just recently Joe flew to Baton Rouge to visit Ashley on the set of Breaking Dawn. Ashley has been following Joe on his cross-country tour, and this week traveled all the way to Columbia to meet up with him.
The fact that they’ve been spotted getting cozy in public without Joe’s famous purity ring probably didn’t endear her to the devoutly religious Jonas parents. And that naked Sobe ad couldn’t have helped. Or those other naked pics. Or the fact that she plays a vampire, and they traditionally fear the cross.
Sure Joe’s a bit of a “man about town,” famously stepping out with wholesome-seeming sweeties like Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato and Camilla Belle. But a source tells HollywoodLife.com that Ashley is different. “Normally he’s the one calling the shots, but now Ashley’s the one leading the relationship. She’s edgier and older than Joe’s other girlfriends and his mom isn’t thrilled about the situation.” Well, she’s certainly “edgier.” It’s hard to imagine Taylor Swift hitting up a sex shop (no offense, T-Swift).
“She’s trying to give Ashley a shot,” the insider continues, “But things are a little strained.” Awww, poor Mrs. Jonas. Her little boy is growing up. But there comes a time in every young man’s life where he runs off to Louisiana with a vampiress. Let’s hope she comes around.
[Photo: Splash News Online]
There’s a quote floating around today from Robert Pattinson (photos) that has the blogosphere up in arms. Pattinson apparently tells The Sun about his musical pursuits, “I am sure I’ll be one of those artists that people don’t pay any attention to while I’m alive, and when I am dead people will go yeah, man, that was a work of art.”
Er, internet? We’re kinda Robert Pattinson experts (Are we embarrassed to admit this? Yes. But it’s true.), and we’re fairly confident that he was joking. In case you’ve never seen one of the 20974020190200423 interviews the guy has done since 2008, he tends to be self-deprecating, sarcastic, and doesn’t take himself too seriously at all. This is, after-all, why he’s the dreamiest piece of not-so-buff man meat on the planet.
So try not to take everything he says so G-D seriously. Did you even read the rest of the story? He calls his music “depressing,” and says of Simon Cowell, “he created artists that he knows the public will like, that’s why I don’t think he could ever launch my music career.”
Rob’s saying his music is unlikable, guys. He’s not insinuating that he’s destined to be the next Nick Drake. That being said, we actually like that one song he had on the Twilight soundtrack [Ed. Note: That’s two songs! Thanks commenter Adra, for catching our mistake]. Maybe our grandkids will use it in a Volkswagon commercial one day when we’re all long gone!
Update: Rob’s team has denied the story altogether. Nice try, Sun!
[Photo: Splash News Online]
Talk about the compliment to end all compliments. We spoke with uber-iconic, Academy Award-nominated actor James Woods at the Welcome to the Rileys screening and he gushed – GUSHED - about Kristen Stewart (photos).
The pair may be working together on the movie American Girl (he’s directing), and he could not say enough nice things about the actress. You know, like comparing her to Marlon Brando and Robert DeNiro and calling her “one of the best of her generation, if not the best.”
No pressure or anything! Do you think Kristen Stewart is the best actress of her generation? The next DeNiro? Oscar-bound? Share your thoughts in the comments and check out pics from the screening below.
The one time we chatted with Jackson Rathbone on the red carpet at the Eclipse premiere he blew our mind with his hardcore music knowledge. (And his eyes. Wow, those eyes). It was no different at the Spike Scream Awards, where he rattled of a lengthy list of the instruments he jams out out when we asked if he played Rock Band. (Answer: he doesn’t.)
Then, in one of the weirder red carpet moments we’ve ever seen, he whipped a harmonica out of his pocket and started playing. It.Is. Awesome.
Kristen Stewart (photos) showed up at the Spike Scream Awards looking leggy and fierce as usual, but not after she sent Twitter into a tailspin over her whereabouts. Was she in Baton Rouge prepping for Breaking Dawn? Was she on the Spike Scream Awards red carpet hugging frenemy Nikki Reed? Was she somehow doing both thanks to the time-warping powers of the island on Lost?
Turns out she made it to LA (the city) just in time to accept the award for Best Fantasy Actress in a Guishem dress (drool) and Giuseppe Zanotti shoes (double drool). Her hair is back to its Bella brown shade, and all feels right with the world. Now if you’ll excuse us, we’re off to gush and swoon over her perfection. Feel free to join us in the comments.

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PL to support Tonio Borg nomination
The Labour Party will support the nomination of Tonio Borg for EU Commissioner.
It will be doing this because it had never worked against Malta's interest "and it never will", Labour leader Joseph Muscat said this afternoon.
He warned, however, that there were difficulties with Dr Borg’s nomination because of declarations he made in the past which had already reached officials in Brussels.
He did not specify what these declarations were but said that his confirmation should not be taken for granted.
Questioned following a news conference about energy, Dr Muscat said that although he would have liked matters to have been conducted "a bit differently", the nomination was the Prime Minister's prerogative. He did not agree with the Socialist group that the new Commissioner should have been nominated after the elections because the post could not remain vacant till then.
Dr Muscat hoped that the grilling of Dr Borg would not be overshadowed by any doubts over the John Dalli case.
The Labour leader said that without putting pressure, he was making an appeal for the Dalli case to be dealt with as soon as possible.
In the case of then Parliamentary Secretary Chris Said, he said, the courts had acted faster than usual and it would be good if similar tactic was used in Malta in the case of Mr Dalli.
Asked whether he thought Mr Dalli was a victim of GonziPN, Dr Muscat said one had to wait to see how things develop. However, Malta needed to know what was the circumstantial evidence against Mr Dalli, which led to his resignation.
He stressed that it was not the PN or the PL that looked bad but Malta, which would now have an uphill struggle to change the impression some people had developed about the Maltese.


EUR 4 million boost for African legal supportGermany’s development bank has provided a EUR 4 million grant to the African Legal Support Facility...
Germany’s development bank has provided a EUR 4 million grant to the African Legal Support Facility aimed at strengthening the hand of African countries when negotiating contracts with international investors.
The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF), which helps to level the legal advice playing field between African countries and international investors, has received a EUR 4 million boost in the form of a grant from KfW, the German development bank.
ALSF will use the funding to improve African nations’ legal capacity to negotiate contracts, with the aim of getting fairer deals from international companies and investors, including public-private partnerships, particularly in the natural resources and infrastructure sectors.
“The aim is to increase financial and inclusive non-financial benefits for African states and enhance the involvement of African experts in negotiation of complex commercial transactions,” it said in a statement.
Hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), ALSF provides litigation support, advisory services, training and experience for lawyers and knowledge management for lawyers acting on behalf of states in Africa.
The grant was confirmed by the signature of the financing agreement by KfW’s director for regional funds Thomas Duve and ALSF director Stephen Karangizi.
Duve said in a statement: “We are excited about our partnership and recognize the value and role of the ALSF as an instrument for risk mitigation. The ALSF’s focus on operational activities will help it better respond to the needs of African governments.”
Karangizi explained that the money would “significantly contribute” to the facility’s medium-term strategy for 2018 to 2022. “It will help us to continue to level the legal playing field among parties to negotiations and contribute to an enhanced and sustainable economic and inclusive growth in Africa.”
ALSF and KfW signed a memorandum of understanding in 2016, which included a EUR 5 million grant.
The inequality of legal advice between natural resource-rich countries and investors has been a large enough problem that in 2015 the G7 launched the CONNEX Initiative, designed to tackle this issue, and ALSF will take steps to implement the initiative’s code of conduct, with support from KfW.
AfDB recently announced USD 7.24 billion in borrowing from capital markets, to support its projects in 2019, while Germany’s Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG), a subsidiary of KfW, is one of several development finance institutions providing EUR 194 million in funding to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across North Africa.