I have to agree with other posters who say the current W10 search is an absolute DOG - also the fact that I can hardly read the start menu (text size for me too small and I've found no way so far of being able to increase the size of the start menu itself - other items OK though) makes it doubly useless.
For some W7 users who never used W8 here's what it looks like.
(Note I'm on a Linux Host so this is shown on a W8.1 VM in Unity mode on a Linux desktop) - but on a Windows desktop the search panel is identical. The dropdown gives you files, settings or everywhere and it works decently. The whole point of a search is that it should be easy to enter your query and the GUI should be clean and uncluttered.


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Coloring a Black and White photo is easy, Coloring it well is a different story. Because there are so many different colors present in a normal photograph – hundreds of millions, it can be very difficult to reproduce that range.
Coloring a Black and White Photo
Today you will learn some great tips and tricks on how to color a Black and White photo in a way that won’t take you forever. This is the same method you would use if you wanted to make a photo accurate, but it would require much more painting.
I would recommend this technique for photos of your own family. Chances are that art galleries are not going to be impressed, but your Grandmother is sure to think you are the most amazing artist to have ever lived.
Start out by creating a group above the Black and White photo and changing the blending mode of that group to COLOR. This will make every layer in the group also act as a color layer. Now choose a random Color and start painting over an object.
It doesn’t matter what color you choose to begin with because you can always change your Color later by hitting CMD+U, and adjusting the Hue and SAT sliders. This way keeps you from stressing about choosing the right Color from the beginning.
Once everything has been colored separately, choose a slightly larger Brush with a soft edge, and a Flow of 10. Sample different Colors in the image by hitting ALT, and paint them into other areas. The idea here is to get the Colors to blend together. In this photo for instance, the green grass would cast some color on the legs of the girls, so that has to be painted on.
In this tutorial, we’ll help you master every layer effect with practical examples like adding photorealistic text to an environment, creating a neon glow effect from scratch, using layer styles to add a natural glow to a light source and more.
We take you through every adjustment layer, showing you how to fix exposure, color correct, color grade, place objects on solid colored-backgrounds, make advertisements for print or web, and much more!
In this tutorial, we break down all 27 blending modes that Photoshop offers, providing in-depth explanations and practical examples that are bound to help you get your creative work done faster and with impressive results.
In this tutorial, we cover several tools and techniques that, when combined, will allow you to create perfect masks of anything from the precision curves of designer products to the messy detail of a head of hair.

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A-list Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde is in the news again and this time, it’s about her hair.
Yes, you read correctly… It’s her hair!
The superstar actress is giving us some hair inspirations by serenading us with some beautiful and adorable face-beat along with a green hair to match the moment. The mother of four was first sighted rocking the look to a birthday dinner party for Chioma Ude over the weekend.
Trust the curvaceous actress, she is always ready to slay when called upon.
“Realomosexy” as she is popularly known took to her Instagram page to share the stunning look in a series of pictures along with the caption;
You’d recall that the award-winning actress recently made headlines after she claimed she was self-made and had never collected a dime from any politician before unlike most of her colleagues. A statement that was well-received by her fans around the world for upholding her integrity and self-esteem.
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, MFR is a Nigerian actress, singer, philanthropist and former model. Since her Nollywood film debut in 1995; the leading actress has appeared in 300 films, selling millions of video copies.
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| Feb 10, 2014
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Feb 10 (Reuters) - Virgin America, the U.S. carrier in which
Richard Branson's Virgin Group has a minority stake, has
appointed Barclays and Deutsche Bank to lead an initial public
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| Jan 10, 2014
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(Reuters) - Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, a six-passenger, two-pilot spacecraft aiming to make the world's first commercial suborbital spaceflights later this year, conducted its third rocket-powered test flight on Friday.
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| Jan 10, 2014
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MOJAVE, Calif. -- Virgin Galactic, British billionaire Richard Branson’s commercial space venture, reached its highest altitude yet Friday in a supersonic rocket plane that’s set to carry paying customers into sub-orbit later this year....
| Jan 7, 2014
On January 1, 1914, the first commercial flight in history took one paying passenger across Tampa Bay, from St. Petersburg to Tampa, in a two-seat seaplane. Several industry leaders took note of the coincident 100th anniversary of flight and this New...
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| Dec 26, 2013
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China watched this month as the nation's first lunar rover rolled across the moon's surface.
It was a moment of national pride when images of the six-wheel rover, dubbed Jade Rabbit, were transmitted live back to Earth, showing the red and gold...
| Dec 23, 2013
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Kate Winslet and husband Ned Rocknroll appear to have a penchant for nicknames as real names: The couple has reportedly named their newborn Bear.
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The little guy, the Oscar-winning actress' third child, was born on Dec....
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Kate Winslet and husband Ned Rocknroll have welcomed their first child together, a baby boy.
The child, Winslet's third, was born Saturday in Britain, the actress' rep confirmed to People. While no name has been revealed, the tot clocked in at 9 pounds,...
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A bill authorizing Henderson County to boost its accommodations tax to 6 percent has been approved in the state legislature.
State Sen. Tom Apodaca said Tuesday that Flat Rock Playhouse leaders gave him their word that additional revenue the nonprofit will receive from an increase in Henderson County’s lodging tax will be managed effectively.
Apodaca’s comments came hours after a late session Monday, during which a bill authorizing the county to boost its hotel occupancy tax from 5 percent to 6 percent passed the Senate. The measure then cleared the House early Tuesday.
County commissioners voted in May to ask legislators to give them the authority to increase the room tax to 6 percent so the extra money could be directed to the Playhouse. The final version of the bill approved Tuesday directs that funds from the extra 1 percent tax go to the Playhouse for two years.
The measure now must gain final approval from commissioners to take effect.
Apodaca said the two-year time frame should give the county time to assess the outcome.
“We ought to be able to tell within two years how this is going to work, and I hope it works well,” Apodaca said. “I’ve been assured by some good business people (at the Playhouse) that they will be overseeing this and making it work, so I have faith in them.”
The Hendersonville senator called Bill McKibbon, president of the Playhouse Board of Trustees, a “very good businessman” and said McKibbon has “given me his personal word that he will take care and look after this money.”
McKibbon told the Times-News he doesn’t know yet specifically where the room-tax money will go, since the Playhouse is currently working on its 2013 budget, but that it be well-utilized.
“We’re very pleased to have the opportunity for the bill to pass, and we will be good stewards of the funds,” he said. “We’ll certainly do all we can to continue to provide great theater in the area for lots of patrons and to be a driver for economic development in the area as well.”
The measure went to a legislative conference committee after Apodaca amended the original House version of the bill to stipulate that funds raised by the extra 1 percent tax go exclusively to the Playhouse for three years. The House version would have permitted county commissioners to decide how to direct the funds.
Apodaca said his amendment included the Playhouse stipulation because of the critical role it plays in the local economy.
“I think the Flat Rock Playhouse is the main tourist generator in Hendersonville,” said Apodaca, owner of Hendersonville travel agency Fifth Avenue Travel. “We have a lot of attractions, but I think we’d be hard-pressed to find one — other than maybe the Apple Festival — that brings more tourists into Henderson County, and therefore, I think it needs the (financial support).”
He added, “City and county leaders approached us with this to begin with, and now some are trying to distance themselves. I understand politics, but I also understand how important it is for us to have a healthy Playhouse, especially with their venture downtown, the excitement it’s creating and the people I see coming to downtown. So I think this is the way to go.”
Commissioner Larry Young, who opposes the room-tax hike, said Monday that he’s looked through the Playhouse’s recent financial books and believes that poor business management is the reason the Playhouse fell on hard times and sought the county’s assistance.
Apodaca disagreed, saying the main culprit was the economic downturn’s effect on tourism.
“Yes, I know they’ve had issues — some of them may be self-inflicted — but I think the economic issues far outweigh the others,” he said, “and hopefully we’re turning that corner, and I think the Playhouse is going to be crucial for tourism in Henderson County.”
McKibbon said things are improving as the Playhouse’s subscription sales as well as enrollment for its education classes and summer camps are up significantly the last couple years, “but 2010 was difficult and we continue to work our way out of it.”
“We underperformed in our revenues in 2010, and we also had a lot of capital improvements that we undertook in 2010, and like a lot of nonprofits and small businesses, we’ve been working hard since the economy took a downturn to keep ourselves,” McKibbon said. “It’s been a struggle like it has been for a lot of folks, but it continues to get better.”
The room-tax bill also establishes a new Travel and Tourism Development Authority, replacing the current Travel and Tourism Committee. The new board for the authority will be comprised of three members appointed by county commissioners, three by the City of Hendersonville, one by the Village of Flat Rock, one by the Town of Fletcher and one by the county upon recommendation of the Chamber of Commerce.
State Rep. Chuck McGrady, who introduced the original bill to increase the accommodations tax, said the measure updates the structure of the travel and tourism board to fall more in line with other counties.


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Andrew Way, chief executive of Hampstead's Royal Free Hospital, in north west London, said staff were "incredibly disappointed" with the IT upgrade on trial at the hospital.
The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) aims to create a centralised medical records system for 50 million patients in England at a cost of more than £12 billion.
The Government believes this will benefit patient care and could prove vital in an emergency. The Royal Free began trialling the e-records system last summer.
Mr Way told the BBC: "I think it is very disappointing that the work we had to do as a trust has caused our staff so much heartache and hard work. Many of the medical staff are incredibly disappointed with what we have got.
"I have personally apologised for the decision to implement the system before we were really clear about what we were going to receive. I had been led to believe it would all work."
He said the hospital spent an extra £4 million to get the system working, with added administration costs including 40 extra staff to handle the added workload.
And he said a further £6 million was effectively lost because fewer patients and problems with the system meant the hospital was unable to bill other parts of the NHS for work done.
He also said the Royal Free had been unable to invest in new equipment and out-patient bookings were taking four times as long.
A Department of Health spokesman said: "Many elements of the programme are complete, and patients and clinicians are now beginning to see the benefits these systems bring to improve patient care. We are learning lessons from the deployment at the Royal Free of Cerner Millennium (the new computer system), which now has an effective patient record system, and we expect these lessons to help us improve further deployments."Reuse content

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Steak And Vegetables On Skewers
|Ears of corn||2|
|Burgundy||1 Cup (16 tbs)|
|Vegetable oil||1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)|
|Onion soup mix||2 Tablespoon|
|Garlic||1 Clove (5 gm), minced|
|Beef sirloin||1 1⁄2 Pound, cut in 1-inch pieces|
|Zucchini||2 , cut in 1-inch pieces|
1. Cook corn 3 minutes at HIGH, or until just tender enough to cut through. Cut into 1-inch slices.
2. Combine Burgundy, oil, soup mix, salt, thyme, pepper and garlic. Add meat and marinate 1 hour at room temperature or 2 hours in refrigerator.
3. Remove meat and reserve marinade. Alternate meat, corn and zucchini on 4 skewers. If using metal skewers. Arrange skewers on microwave oven cooking tray.
4. Cover with waxed paper. Cook in microwave oven 8 to 10 minutes at ROAST, or until meat is done as desired. Turn and rearrange skewers and brush with marinade twice during cooking period.
5. Place a cherry tomato at the end of each skewer for garnish.
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 2861 Calories from Fat 1316
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 147 g226.7%
Saturated Fat 43 g215%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 319.7 mg106.6%
Sodium 4817.1 mg200.7%
Total Carbohydrates 196 g65.5%
Dietary Fiber 25.2 g100.8%
Sugars 34.6 g
Protein 167 g334.5%
Vitamin A 57.6% Vitamin C 220.2%
Calcium 32.3% Iron 92.8%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet

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The City of Le Havre is going to give up a piece of land in the Saint-Nicolas district for the construction of a 15-storey residential tower which must produce more energy than it consumes.
74 positive energy homes
Le Havre will soon have on its territory the first positive energy high-rise building in Normandy. On Monday, March 7, 2022, City Council authorized the transfer of a 1,256 sq. m. parcel of land2 to the north of the Dumont-d’Urville ZAC (Saint-Nicolas district) for the benefit of the SCCV Tour Elithis Le Havre for the construction of a 74-unit positive energy demonstration building and a commercial space on the first floor, for a total floor area of 4,482 m2.
The 15-story tower is designed by the architectural firm Coldefy & Associates to produce more energy than it consumes. The production of solar energy combined with a very advanced design of its insulation must allow to cover the needs in heating, domestic hot water and the electric consumption of the occupying households.
Zero energy bills for residents
With this project, the Elithis real estate group pursues the objective of obtaining a zero energy bill for the building’s inhabitants, by placing them at the heart of the energy management system through digital and home automation.
The building will be topped by a large pergola on the 15th floor that will function to support solar panels and host a sharing and meeting space for residents.
Work is scheduled to begin in early 2023, once the urban planning procedures have been completed.
Dumont-d’Urville, a new district between the city and the port
The creation of this “signal” tower, with its remarkable architecture and innovative technical features, marks the entrance to the brand new Dumont-d’Urville district, which will eventually house a “sports-health” campus, a health center, an EHPAD and 485 housing units (including 150 students)The project will complement the already existing “Hangar Zero” third-party space and the A Docks university residence.
All of the land in this concerted development zone (ZAC) is now sold or under promise of sale.


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It looks almost a little clearer than normal, but then I realise it is missing two bags of pens that normally perch precariously on the top! At the front there's some new paper tape from Paperchase. They have a few selections at the moment that come in their own cute little dispenser. This set has purple and clocks, what's not to like?
The bathroom is virtually done and as you can see we have moved back into it. I just need to pick up some new floor tiles. My crafty, creative self says that I can cut and fit those myself. My practical self says that I can always get someone in if I make a total mess of it! I'm thinking of going with blue.
There's lots of house work to do, but I've woken up with a bit of a stiff shoulder this morning so I'm thinking a quiet day on the sofa with a vat of coffee and lots of crafting, anyone want to join me?
** Kate **

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car looks to expand in Steamboat
December 5, 2013
Steamboat Springs — Enterprise Rent-A-Car is going through the city of Steamboat Springs' process to establish a new rental location on Downhill Drive in west Steamboat.
The company currently has staff at the Sheraton Steamboat Resort and cars in a garage at the mountain.
Tina Gabell, regional operations manager for Enterprise Rent-A-Car, said the company is looking to expand its business in Steamboat.
"The current location doesn’t really work well as far as access and visibility," Gabell said about where the cars are stored.
Driving through the city to reach customers at Yampa Valley Regional Airport sometimes can add 20 extra minutes to travel times, she said, and the potential new location would put the company closer to its business accounts as well as allow for more retail rentals.
Gabell said there is potential for Enterprise to increase the number of cars it has available for rent in Steamboat, but the growth wouldn't be immediate.
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Enterprise will continue to have cars at the Sheraton Steamboat Resort even if the new location is approved, Gabell said, but the logistics of what that would look like have yet to be determined.
The Planning Commission will hear the application Dec. 12 for a conditional use to allow the rental car use on Downhill Drive. The staff report states that the use is consistent with the area.
In a letter to the city, Gabell wrote that the high utilization of the company's fleet means that only about five cars would be parked at the location throughout the day.
Enterprise also would occupy an office suite at the location.


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We were hoping to get a hint or clue on the development of Elders 6 in E3 2020. But unfortunately, the show canceled due to the growing concern of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pete Hines tweeted on 1 April “Given the many challenges we’re facing due to the pandemic, we will not host a digital Showcase in June. We have lots of exciting things to share about our games and look forward to telling you more in the coming months.”
Bethesda said ” We are very disappointed that we are unable to hold this event for our fans and supporters. But we know it’s the right decision based on the information we have today.”
The game was confirmed during Bethesda’s E3 2018 conference. Todd Howard said that the game will be coming after Starfield, the company’s next big IP. But given Starfield is coming in 2020 at the very earliest, Elder Scrolls 6 will still take years to come. However, it is highly anticipated that you will be able to play the game in 2025.
In an interview with Bethesda Game Studios executive producer Tom Howard, speaking to IGN, he said “I think everyone should be very patient” when asked about an Elder Scrolls release date. “The gap in between [Elder Scrolls games] is going to belong, It already is,” continued Howard.
“On the one hand, I think it’s good to miss things. I think that makes people come to it with really, really fresh eyes, and I think when they eventually—eventually—see the game and what we have in mind, they’ll understand the gap more in terms of technology and what we want it to do,” he said.
A Whole New Story
In an interview with Gamespot, Todd Howard said that Bethesda is looking into how exactly it tells stories in its games. Howard noted that Skyrim and Fallout 4 take slightly different approaches to stories, with Skyrim leaving things more open to the player’s vision and Fallout guiding them more firmly through a story
He said, “ We have new ideas that we want to explore in the future because we feel like we haven’t cracked it yet the way we think it could be.”
Home Building Feature
Skyrim introduced the idea of designing and maintaining a homestead with its Hearthfire DLC. Fallout 4 expanded upon with the introduction of its settlement mechanic. The Elder Scrolls online built upon again with its Homestead DLC. This hints that Elders 6 will have the feature to some degree.
The thing that we know for sure is that the game will be released on the next-generation PS5 and Xbox Series X consoles.
Elder Scrolls 6 Trailer?
The only footage of Elder Scrolls 6 available is a very short clip of the game’s logo. Other than that, you might be waiting a while to see more.
Here’s the announcement trailer.


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Almost all bacteria rely on the same emergency valves--protein channels that pop open under pressure, releasing a deluge of cell contents. It is a last-ditch effort, a failsafe that prevents bacteria from exploding and dying when stretched to the limit. If we understood how these protein channels worked, antibiotic drugs could be designed to open them on demand, draining a bacterium of its nutrients by exploiting a floodgate common to many species. But these channels are tricky to operate in the lab. And how precisely they open and close, passing through a sub-conducting state and ending in a desensitized state under the influence of mechanical forces, remains poorly understood. Now, new research from the laboratory of Rockefeller University’s Thomas Walz, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemical Biology, and Structural Biology, introduces a novel method to activate and visualize these channels, making it possible to explain their function. The findings shed light on key membrane proteins in bacteria, and the same method can be used to improve our understanding of similar channels in humans. The results were published online on February 10, 2021 in Nature. The article is titled “Visualization of the Mechanosensitive Ion Channel MscS Under Membrane Tension” (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03196-w). "We were actually able to see the entire cycle of the protein channel passing through a series of functional stages," Dr. Walz says.
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Safeguarding e-Bulletin – 7th March 2019
Serious Violent Crime
Following the deaths of teenagers Jodie Chesney (17) & Yousef Ghaleb Makki (17) from violent knife crime last weekend, Home Secretary Sajid Javid MP addressed the House of Commons on Tuesday. He highlighted that serious violence is on the rise describing it as "a cycle of senseless violence that is robbing people across the UK of their lives". Of the 726 people murdered last year in the UK, 285 of these deaths occurred by the use of a knife or bladed weapon, the highest ever recorded level. In his speech, Javid described the complexity of tackling serious crime and the need for "coordinated action on multiple fronts". Javid described this action as:
- A strong law enforcement response (as detailed in our previous bulletin the new Offensive Weapons Bill includes new offences for knife crime);
- Early intervention the through the Early Intervention Youth Fund (which funds local projects) and knife crime prevention orders aimed at preventing young people carrying knives;
- Improved Police resourcing - next year HM Government plans to increase Police funding by 976M;
- Gaining a better understanding of drugs misuse and the relation this has to violent crime (an Independent Drugs Misuse Review has been launched);
- The need for all parts of the public sector to prioritise tackling serious violence. There will be a new consultation on introducing a new statutory duty to combat violent crime and protect young people.
Child gang activity - a national safeguarding priority
The children's commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, has called for child gang activity to be made a national safeguarding priority. Her report based on the study Keeping Kids Safe: Improving safeguarding responses to gang violence and criminal exploitation estimates that 27,000 children in England are in gangs of which only a quarter are known to children’s services or youth offending team. The report also estimates that 34,000 children, who are gang members or who know a gang member, have been victims of violent crime in the past year.
Longfield’s report calls for:
- Joint inspections by Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission, the Police and probation inspectorates to be rolled out across England;
- Greater emphasis on early years within the Serious Violence Strategy, with the Department for Education setting a clear target and plan for reducing the number of children beginning school with very low levels of development, along with a national plan for improving special educational needs identification in the early years;
- More support from the NHS, to include better mental health support for children at risk of gang membership and exclusion; An urgent commitment to what will replace the soon-to-expire Troubled Families programme, alongside a long-term family-based approach to supporting children at risk of gang involvement;
- Ensuring councils have enough resources to provide the youth and early help services required to meet the needs of children at risk.
The report also identifies a number of "early warning signs" that gang violence among children is rising which include:
- Referrals to children's services where gangs were identified as an issue rose by 26% between 2015/16 and 2016/17;
- Permanent exclusions rose by 67% between 2012/13 and 2016/17;
- Hospital admissions for children who have been assaulted with a sharp object rose 20% between 2015/16 and 2016/17;
- The number of children cautioned/convicted for possession of weapons offences rose 12 per cent between 2016 and 2017.
The study also found that children in gangs were 95% more likely to have social and emotional health issues, were more than twice as likely to be self-harming, were 41% more likely to have a parent or carer misusing substances and were 8 times more likely to be misusing substances themselves.
Bradford Sexual Offences Convictions
Nine men, found guilty of a range of sexual offences against two young and vulnerable victims, have been sentenced at Bradford Crown Court to a total of more than 132 years.
The abuse began in 2008 when both girls (aged only 14) been placed in a children’s home run by Bradford Metropolitan District Council. One victim was exploited by Basharat Khaliq over a three-year period with the other victim groomed and exploited by numerous men; including the other eight convicted defendants. The abuse of these two vulnerable victims continued after they left the care system to live independently.
The nine defendants were charged and convicted as follows:
- Basharat Khaliq (38) of Allerton, Bradford: one charge of assault by penetration and five charges of rape. Guilty on all charges – sentence 20 years
- Saeed Akhtar, (55) of Girlington, Bradford: two charges of causing or inciting child prostitution and one charge of rape. Guilty on all charges- sentence 20 years
- Naveed Akhtar (43), of Manningham, Bradford: Guilty of two charges of rape and not guilty of one charge of rape- sentence 17 years
- Parvaze Ahmed, (36) of Heaton, Bradford: guilty of three charges of rape- sentence 17 years
- Izar Hussain, (32), of Girlington, Bradford: guilty of one charge of rape, not guilty to two charges of rape, and guilty of one charge of attempted rape- sentence 16 years
- Kieran Harris, (28), of Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury: guilty of two charges of rape- sentence 17 years
- Fahim Iqbal, (28), of no fixed abode: guilty of one charge of aiding and abetting rape- sentence 7 years
- Mohammed Usman, (31), of Undercliffe, Bradford: guilty of two charges of rape- sentence 17 years
- Zeeshan Ali, (32), Girlington, Bradford, guilty of one charge of sexual assault- sentence 18 months
Paula Craven from the Crown Prosecution Service said: "These two girls were deliberately targeted because of their vulnerability. Sadly, the exploitation followed a pattern which is all-too familiar in cases of this kind. These victims suffered an appalling catalogue of degrading emotional and sexual abuse which has deprived them of their childhood."
Additional bans for former Eton Community Head Teacher
Following a Teaching Regulation Agency professional misconduct hearing, Sophie Rahman (former Head Teacher of Eton Community School in Ilford) can no longer hold a management position in a private school or be a state school governor. Rahman was previously banned from teaching for life after she allowed London Bridge attacker Khurum Butt to teach after school classes.
The panel found that Rahman knew or should have known that Butt, who had appeared on the documentary "The Jihadist Next Door" (Channel 4), was connected to members and former members of extremist jihadist organisation Al-Muhajiroun. Despite not having qualifications or experience and a caution for violence, Butt taught Qur’an at the school formerly known as Ad-Deen Primary School. The panel also found Rahman misled or attempted to mislead the Police and Local Authority about the number of children who attended Butt’s classes.
Butt was one of three men involved in the terrorist attack in London Bridge in June 2017, when eight people were killed and forty-eight injured. All three attackers were shot dead by police officers.
Eton Community School, an independent Muslim primary school, was closed in August 2017.
Domestic Abuse Victims - school priority?
A report produced by the charities Hestia and Pro Bono Economics is calling for an amendment to the draft Domestic Abuse Bill to make it easier for victims of domestic violence to transfer into another school if they have to move address. The report, which states that 500,000 children in the UK have been exposed to domestic violence, highlights that families escaping this abuse can struggle to get their children into another school. The report suggests that, similar to children in care or adopted from care, priority school places should be available to such children.
KCSIE 2018 Translated!
Educational not-for-profit organisation LGfL have translated KCSIE 2018 into ten languages including Polish, Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Arabic, Mandarin, Cantonese, Portuguese and Spanish. Access this fantastic resource.
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I am going to jump off my steady stream of "what’s new" articles and treat you today to one of my adventures. I have been on many trips, from fishing the waters around the Galapagos Islands, 600 miles into the Pacific off the west coast of Ecuador, to moose hunting in Newfoundland, one and a half Time Zones further northeast. I will preface these stories by saying that I have never received anything from any outfitters, so my opinions are unbiased. I hope you enjoy reading this first one, my bear hunting trip to northern Maine.
Four years ago, I met Edgar Lugdon, the owner of Lugdon Lodge in Eagle Lake, Maine at the Northeast Sportsman's Show in Syracuse. A delightful man to chat with, he gave me all his time and attention. I was working for the Adirondack-Catskill Chapter of Safari Club International (ACSCI) trying to get some vendors interested in attending the annual banquet and possibly donating a trip to help the cause. Ed was very interested in helping out ACSCI and did in fact donate a six-day bear hunt.
Anyhow, Ed has donated year after year and finally I could not resist bidding. After talking with other successful hunters, all had great things to say about the camp, the amount of game, the meals, accommodations and guides. So, after a few emails and phone calls to iron out the details, I was set to go.
Ed told me that they had a good population of bear, but they are rather on the small side, as in Maine they spend half the year in hibernation. A good-sized bear would run 300 pounds, but speaking with biologists and folks at the bear check station, average adult Maine bears run 140-175 pounds. At Lugdon Lodge, they hunt only the first three weeks of the four-week fall bear season. The last week off allows the woods to calm down a bit and the guides to prepare for the opening week of moose season.
With the first week filled to capacity, I opted for the second. The hunt weeks start on Monday and ends on Saturday, with arrival and departure on Sundays. This allows for six full days of hunting.
With my car packed I hit the road for the 14-hour trip north at 3 a.m.. By sun-up, I was half way across Massachusetts and my breakfast stop would be a quick coffee and Egg McMuffin via the drive-thru at Micky D's in Worcester. My next stop would be the State Liquor Store just south of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Right on Interstate 95, the big draw is there are no taxes on liquor in New Hampshire. So, most libations are about 40 percent less than you would find anywhere else. I grabbed a bottle to share over the evenings’ story telling in camp, and a few to stock up the liquor cabinet at home, and I was quickly back on the road again.

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TRI-CITIES, TN/VA (WJHL)- Black Friday deals are one week away but as you start checking off your Christmas shopping list small business owners in our region are hoping shoppers remember to shop locally on ‘Small Business Saturday’.
The annual shopping event will be Saturday November 26th and is a way to emphasize the importance of shopping at local businesses which not only helps keep tax dollars stay locally but also means helping your community prosper during the season of giving. Many local shops will be offering extended hours and holiday specials in order to accommodate more shoppers.
Johnson City’s Downtown Development Manager Dianna Cantler said, “We really just encourage people, if you can, shop locally. Sometimes you may not find what you’re looking for but you really do help out your neighbor, your community and your state when those sales tax dollars stay here in the community.”
Cantler says while Small Business Saturday can increase awareness of the importance of shopping local, it is great to remember to support small businesses year-round.
“Instead of spending your money online or going to a big box store… Share a little bit of the Christmas spirit with your neighbor,” said Cantler.Copyright 2016 WJHL. All rights reserved.


You will be horrified and dismayed to discover that the really cool exotic weapons, the laser, rocket, and disruptor, will now cost a staggering $15,000 to research in the Saturn release. They are the pinnacle of offensive technology! They’re supposed to be really hard to get. At least, early in the game.
Lasers and rockets have also been nerfed very slightly in the forthcoming release. Lasers will do a teeny bit less damage, and rockets only explode when they hit their actual target location (as opposed to anything in their path). Also, rockets will cause splash damage to any nearby buildings! This means you will have to be very careful to place them such that gidrahs won’t slip behind them and amongst your valuable buildings, causing it to start raining rockets down on your own base! The sword has two edges, etc, etc.
All three exotic weapons now cost a huge $5000 to buy as well, reflecting the fact that with two of them you can pretty much defeat any level with relative ease. You still can, of course; you just need to be rich enough to afford to 🙂
Droids and turrets had a “big” AI overhaul; they now select new targets every 2 seconds, which means if something more suitable to shoot comes along, they’ll switch to it. Droids fire a bit more rapidly now, and move a smidgen more quickly as well.
And lastly autoloaders are somewhat cheaper at just $750. You know you want them! Sit back and watch the battle take care of itself 🙂
In other news, Chaz has been hard at work on Saturn, and he’s got Saturn wraiths done, and is currently finishing off suicide bombers. These little critters start off slowly, then accelerate towards their target, whereupon instead of biting, they explode causing splash damage to all buildings nearby! Better shoot them from a great distance. Fortunately being explody they are quite easy to pop.


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The recent historic agreement between Malaysia and Singapore to settle the long-standing railway land issue which runs through Singapore to Malaysia will open up property development opportunities in Singapore and Iskandar Malaysia not envisaged before, a property consultant said.
According to DTZ Research in its latest report, the warmer bilateral relations, and smoother and cheaper transport system arising from the agreement will give a boost across all property sectors in Iskandar Malaysia.
“With a proposed mass rapid transit (MRT) line linking Johor Baru city centre to Nusajaya, there will be a tendency for a shift in value towards Nusajaya as more newer physical developments take place and the cost of using the Second Link becomes more competitive,” the report added.
For Singapore, judicious land allocation has always been an integral part of real estate planning and development given its limited land size. The reversion of the railway land will thus enable the authorities to amalgamate the track land with adjacent sites and bring about more optimal use of the land.
The station site at Tanjong Pagar has the greatest redevelopment potential
DTZ Malaysia executive director Brian Koh said the railway agreement had unfolded a new chapter for Malaysia and Singapore and both countries can co-build a new growth story that resembles the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Metropolis model.
However, unlike Hong Kong and Shenzhen which are both under one country, a lot more co-operation and government involvement is needed between Singapore and Malaysia to overcome two distinct economic and legal systems and build trust and co-operation, while pursuing their respective national and economic objectives.
“The degree of success of Iskandar Malaysia will be partially determined by political co-operation with neighbouring Singapore as well as by economic factors,” Koh said.
More skilled and semi-skilled migrants from other parts of Malaysia may be attracted to reside in Iskandar Malaysia to take advantage of the employment opportunities in Singapore through daily commute without having to pay for the high residential cost of living across the causeway.
“Demand for homes from foreign buyers, particularly Singaporeans, is envisaged to improve due to the higher confidence level in Iskandar Malaysia from the warming bilateral ties,” he added. In the office sector, there is potential for a shift of low-end commercial service activities, namely back office processes, from Singapore into the Johor Baru central business district to take advantage of cost arbitration, given the widespread use of the English language and the general availability of mid-level executives in Johor.
The retail and hotel sectors will also benefit from the higher tourist flow into Johor, while more industrial and logistics investments can also be expected from Singapore.
DTZ head of South-East Asia Research Chua Chor Hoon said that among the returned railway land in Singapore, the railway station site at Tanjong Pagar had the greatest redevelopment potential given its size and the government's plans for this district.
While the rest of the returned land are unlikely to be developed anytime soon, one area that is likely to see some earlier new developments will be at Bukit Panjang where a MRT station would be ready in 2015, providing some impetus to develop the vacant land around it.
The once sleepy Tanjong Pagar area is perking up with newly completed and pipeline offices, hotels and apartments. Higher rents and prices are being achieved and more investors are becoming interested in the area.
“The Spottiswoode area just north of the railway station may be totally rejuvenated as the old existing residential developments are prime candidates for redevelopment,” Chua said.

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Chatham County Commissioners want more study into a proposed convention hotel in Savannah.
The hotel has generated heated opposition because of possible public support.
The financing hasn't been worked out yet, but a memo commissioners approved today says, private developers expect to get public support.
That possibly could mean a county-backed bond for tens of millions of dollars.
County officials say, no private investor will build the hotel without public financing.
Attorney Tom Bordeaux representing MHI Hospitality LLC, a hotel group, says, that amounts to unfair competition.
"There's something the private enterprise is supposed to do. There's something the public is supposed to do," Bordeaux says. "And subsidizing a hotel isn't what the public is supposed to do."
County officials say, the public only would finance meeting space, not hotel rooms.
They say, Savannah is losing convention business without the hotel.
Peter Simmons of Local Union 188, representing steam fitters, plumbers, welders and HVAC mechanics, says, the hotel would create jobs in construction and operation.
"We need jobs in this city. We need jobs. We need to put people to work," Simmons says. "And one of the best ways to do that is to take advantage of the tourism industry. And that is building an addition over at the Hutchinson Island hotel."
Commissioners Friday approved $25,000 worth of new studies into hotel, including the possible impact on existing hotels and the performance of similar public-private hotel arrangements in other areas.


Women's Field Hockey
The women's field hockey team won their third straight game with a 4-0 blanking of visiting New Paltz this afternoon as senior Erin Zalewski scored two goals. Geneseo scored early as senior Michelle Milkovich crossed a ball in front and first year Katie Farley finished for her second goal of the year at the 1:18 mark. Zalewski's first score came at 12:45 when first year Kim Sherman crossed in front on a corner for a 2-0 lead. At 31:39, Milkovich fed sophomore Katie Gallo on the right wing on a corner and Gallo's rocket hit inside the left post for a 3-0 lead at intermission. Zalewski collected a loose ball just 58 seconds into the second half for the final goal as the Knights move to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in SUNYAC. Sophomore Caitlyn Dowell made one save and posted the win in 59:22 of action and classmate Nicole Zito was untested in 10:38 of play. Geneseo travels to Utica on Wednesday.
The women's soccer team hosted Brockport this afternoon and captured a 1-0 decision in the SUNYAC opener for both teams as junior Anne Beinetti scored her seventh goal of the season at the 33:31 mark of the opening half. Geneseo's defense held the Golden Eagles to 11 shots on the game, while the attack peppered Brockport with 26 shots. Senior Katie Clerkin posted her fourth shutout by making six saves, while Brockport's Erin Asquith stopped 16 shots in taking the loss for the Golden Eagles. Geneseo moves to 5-1-0 overall and hosts Potsdam on Friday at 4 p.m.
The men's soccer team scored a pair of goals in the initial 25 minutes of the game and held on for a 3-1 win over visiting Union College this afternoon. Junior Colin Begy scored the opener from 15 yards out after a pass up the left side by senior Yuta Shimizu at 12:01 after the Blue Knights missed a penalty kick high at the 7:45 mark. Geneseo made it 2-0 at 24:35 when John Piaggione crossed in front to junior Ian Mort, who scored his fourth goal of the season on a header into the right corner. In the second half, the Dutchmen controlled play despite being down a player due to a red card late in the first half. Union drew within 2-1 when Craig Santangelo collected a loose ball in the scoring area and shot low left corner. The Blue Knights reclaimed the two-goal lead when Mort fed a corner kick to the left side and senior Andy Marzo finished with a header into the upper right corner at 87:09. Senior Mike Madarasz made one save to post the win in nets for the Blue Knights. Geneseo moves to 3-2-1 on the season and travels to Potsdam on Friday.
The women's tennis team remained unbeaten on the season at 6-0 with a 9-0 blanking at Oneonta this afternoon. Junior Monica Vieth won first singles, 6-0, 6-2 and teamed with junior Julia Passik to win first doubles, 8-6. Junior Melissa Baker won second singles, 7-5, 6-1 and teamed with sophomore Katie Talbot to win second doubles, 8-6. Junior Katie Gayvert won fourth singles, 6-1, 6-4 and teamed with sophomore Sarah Shields to win third doubles, 8-3. Passik captured third singles, 6-2, 6-2, Shields won fifth singles, 6-3, 6-0 and Talbot was the victor at sixth singles, 6-1, 6-1. Geneseo is off until hosting RIT on Monday, September 27 at 3:30 p.m.
The women's volleyball team continued with the RIT Invitational today and dropped a three-set match to New York University in the opener, 25-17, 25-15, 25-10. Senior Krista Frieling had eight kills to lead the offense. First year Noelle Morrison handed out 16 assists, while junior Alex Hughes and sophomore Laura Galvin contributed six digs each. In the second match, Geneseo won an exciting five-set affair over Potsdam, 14-25, 25-16, 25-17, 18-25, 15-9. Frieling had 17 kills and Galvin dished 36 assists to lead the Blue Knights. Junior Kat Strickland combined seven kills, nine blocks and three service aces, while Megan Reed added eight kills and six blocks. The Blue Knights are 5-9 on the season and host Ithaca on Tuesday at 7 p.m.


Rep. Lance Gooden of Terrell is one of the latest members of Congress to say he is going to object to the Electoral College certification on Jan. 6. Now, he says he just needs Sen. Ted Cruz or Sen. John Cornyn to join him.
The Terrell Republican said neither senator had yet responded to him on a Fox News interview Wednesday evening, but he said he was confident that another senator would step up. Sen.-elect Tommy Tuberville of Alabama has indicated that he might object.
“On January the 6th, I suspect that more senators will come out and join me in this objection,” Gooden said. “But we’re starting here at home with Sen. Cornyn and Sen. Cruz.”
Gooden is not the only Texas Republican who has pledged to object to the Electoral College count. He signed a letter with Reps. Brian Babin of Woodville, Louie Gohmert of Tyler and Randy Weber of Friendswood saying they all would object to the results of the presidential election if Congress does not investigate claims of alleged voter fraud by Jan. 6.
In a letter to the senators, Gooden called for a full audit of ballots in Georgia, Arizona, Michigan and Pennsylvania, where the Trump campaign alleges fraud has occurred, despite little evidence.
Foreign countries, Big tech, fake news & the Dems worked together to RIG this election against @realDonaldTrump & the American people— Lance Gooden (@Lancegooden) December 22, 2020
Americans must have FAITH in the process. Today they don’t
I’m calling on every TX House member, @tedcruz & @JohnCornyn to join me in OBJECTING! pic.twitter.com/Oz2IegPJIo
“We must stand up for the tens of millions of Americans who want answers to the irregularities surrounding this election,” Gooden said in the letter. “It is our duty to ensure the integrity of our election is unwavering, and the American people deserve to feel confident their vote counts.”
Texas’ senior Sen. Cornyn has already said that the election results are final following the Electoral College vote and that his “hope is that no one will” intervene with the results of the election.
“The way I read the Constitution and the law, once the states’ votes are certified by the electors, that’s conclusive,” Cornyn said. “While, theoretically, there is a procedure where Congress could intervene, I can’t imagine that will be successful.”
Cruz, on the other hand, has not ruled out objecting to the vote, and he is one of the handful of senators considered a possibility to join in.
The Electoral College voted for President-elect Joe Biden with a 306-232 majority on Dec. 14, but the last opportunity to challenge the results of the election will take place when Congress meets to certify the Electoral College results on Jan. 6. If at least one member of the Senate and one member of the House object to the results of the election, Congress must debate the matter.
Unless a majority in each chamber votes to reject the electors, the tally will stand. Since Democrats control the House, it is unlikely to be successful.
“I can promise you, we won’t prevail if we don’t try,” Gooden said. “If we don’t continue to fight, I can promise you it is over, and we will lose. So we’re taking it one step at a time.”


Trust for the Public Land’s vision for a neglected part of Dallas recently got a funding boost. Rendering courtesy of Trust for Public Land.
Nov. 8, 2022
A quality park or green space within a 10-minute walk of every home in Dallas?
Such is the audacious vision of the Trust for Public Land. A challenge anywhere in the city, but nowhere more so than in the historically neglected South Oak Cliff, where city services lag behind more affluent areas, leading to illegal dumping, abandoned buildings and urban blight.
No natural feature more defines South Dallas than Five Mile Creek, named for being five miles from downtown Dallas. It cuts east-west between Kiest and I-20, infused by the major feeders of Adams, Alice, Ricketts, Runyon Springs and Woody Branches, plus Crow and Lisbon’s Creeks, before merging with the Trinity River near McCommas Bluff Landfill.
“Parks have the power to improve health, benefit the environment, build equity, and bring the community together, but only about half of the nearly 200,000 residents living in the Five Mile Creek watershed have access to park or trail within a 10-minute walk of home,” said Robert Kent, Texas State Director for TPL.
CHAIN OF PARKS
South Oak Cliff Renaissance Park brings hope to a formerly blighted riparian corridor. Photo courtesy of Trust for Public Land.
The Five Mile Creek Greenbelt plan, designed by Austin-based landscape architecture firm TBG Partners, calls for creating 23 miles of new trails linking three new parks.
The small but mighty two-acre South Oak Cliff Renaissance Park on Alice Branch is already open. But first extensive tire dumps and other refuse, including human waste and drug debris, had to be removed from the creek and its riparian corridor.
South Oak Cliff Renaissance Park is a boon to the adjacent South Oak Cliff High School, whose motto, “Still We Rise,” is embraced by many South Oak Cliff residents. The park links to the five-mile Honey Springs-Cedar Crest Trail, which connects Beckley Avenue to East Illinois Road, lacing a community with healthy green open space.
Then there’s the 40-acre Judge Charles R. Rose Community Park, in the Highland Hills neighborhood off Simpson Stuart Road, just south of Five Mile Creek. It has an estimated completion date of 2023 and will ultimately be connected to the greenbelt.
Meanwhile, the 82-acre Woody Branch Park project, located in the Glen Oaks neighborhood southwest of I-35E and Loop 12, is in process. The deeply forested and rocky area contains one of the last unchannelized stretches of Five Mile Creek.
TPL contacts extensive hydrology studies to ensure that the trail and restoration work does not exacerbate erosion. The emphasis is on low-care native plants when possible.
INVESTMENTS IN A GREEN FUTURE
Five Mile Creek is the lifeblood that ties together many South Dallas neighborhoods. Photo courtesy of Trust for Public Land.
The Five Mile Creek Urban Greenbelt trails will connect South Oak Cliff to more than 160 miles of existing trails throughout Dallas.
“For 80 years, Dallas has dreamed of a greenbelt along Five Mile Creek to benefit the city’s health, connectivity, and environment,” said Tillie Borchers, chair of the TPL Texas Advisory Board. “With these new commitments, we are closer than ever to making this long-imagined dream a reality for our city.”
All told, 124 acres of public land will be protected, restored, and opened to the public —a public that has clamored for equal treatment and health amenities for many frustrating decades.
“The entire greenbelt network will benefit not only the residents of southwest Dallas and Oak Cliff but make the natural beauty of the area accessible to all of Dallas’s 1.3 million residents,” said TPL’s Kent.
The Five Mile Creek Urban Greenbelt is part of a network of parks and trails TPL is developing across Oak Cliff and southwest Dallas. Also along the creek are Texas Land Conservancy’s Oak Cliff Nature Preserve and the Kiest Park Conservation Area. Just a few blocks off the creek is the anticipated Floral Farms Park at the former Shingle Mountain site.
“The Five Mile Creek Urban Greenbelt will be a transformational asset for southern Dallas that will advance equitable development and provide environmental and health benefits for generations to come,” said Garrett Boone, Dallas entrepreneur and Chair of the Boone Family Foundation. “We are proud to continue our support for the project with our new commitment.
From 2019 to 2022, TPL raised $13.3 million to fund their park and greenbelt projects, including previous gifts from the Boone Family Foundation totaling $2.4 million. The Sapphire Foundation, Victoria and William Chaney, and others helped kickstart the project’s beginnings with more than $5.7 million. The City of Dallas has also greatly contributed financially.
Two nature-loving benefactors Garrett Boone and Lyda Hill came together to help bring the Five Mile Urban Greenbelt and its associated parks closer to fruition. Rendering courtesy of Trust for Public Land.
“I’m so excited to support the Five Mile Creek Urban Greenbelt, which will benefit so many children and families in southern Dallas,” said Lyda Hill, founder of Lyda Hill Philanthropies. “As a lifelong supporter and user of parks and trails, I know how important these assets are to building creative minds, healthy bodies, and thriving communities. It’s not the size of the check that matters, but the joy I see watching children and adults come together in community in these spaces.”
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Bamboo furniture and bamboo floors have loved many nature-inspired and nature-loving people. People have brought the chairs and dining sets made of bamboo cane into their home to get a refreshing new interior that not only looks unique but also offers many natural benefits in the environment that positively affect the atmosphere.
In addition, exploring bamboo furniture is not as expensive as wooden furniture. While the maintenance of bamboo furniture is also inexpensive. Just a damp cloth to be turned over the furniture and the natural shine is back. The smooth texture of the bamboo sticks is dustproof and ensures that the furniture always looks new.
People chose the interior, which is to be decorated with bamboo sticks, because the natural bamboo is simply extraordinarily beautiful and always fresh. People even choose the bamboo furniture as partitions and partitions in the rooms because the interior becomes decorative and impressive.


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We’re continuing our social media campaign asking community members “Why Do the Arts Matter?” to celebrate National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week (YA Week). Maryland State Senator Bill Ferguson shared his perspective in a #WhyArts video.
You can join us in celebrating #YAWeek by creating a video, taking a photo, writing a few words, or sharing a piece of artwork that tells a story of how the arts have impacted your life. Learn how to share your story and other ways you can get involved this week at yamd.org.
During National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week (YA Week) we’re leading a social media campaign to ask community members “Why Do the Arts Matter?” Young Audiences Executive Director Stacie Sanders Evans shared her perspective in a #WhyArts video.
Join us in celebrating #YAWeek by creating a video, taking a photo, writing a few words, or sharing a piece of artwork that tells a story of how the arts have impacted your life. Then nominate your friends, family, and colleagues to participate as well! Learn how to share your story and other ways you can get involved this week at yamd.org.
In July 2014, Young Audiences adopted its new five-year strategic plan, “Transforming the Lives and Education of Our Youth.” In the coming weeks, we will profile our four strategic directions and our exciting plans related to each. To kick off this series, Stacie Sanders Evans, Young Audiences executive director, wrote about how the plan was created and the exciting work that is to come.
More than 300 volunteers contributed to Young Audiences’ strategic planning process, spanning May 2013 to July 2014, to build an ambitious new strategic plan that sets the organization’s course for the next five years to significantly grow its reach–ultimately impacting the education of 50,000 more young people across this state every year.
During the development of the plan, Young Audiences worked with two consultants to conduct an external and internal review of the organization; more than 50 board members, staff members, artists, teachers, organizational funders, and school administrators gathered for a day-long strategic planning retreat; and smaller working groups composed of artists and educators spent two months exploring six strategic areas that came out of the retreat’s discussions and developed goals for the plan. It was an honor to co-lead this work with Bill Buckner, chair of the Strategic Planning Committee and Young Audiences’ immediate past board president. Our new plan was adopted by our board in July 2014 and since then our staff and board have been laying the foundation necessary to take on the challenges laid out in our plan.
Some of you may not be aware that Young Audiences is the nation’s largest arts education network and it began in Baltimore in 1950. During our 64-year history, the Maryland affiliate of Young Audiences has continually expanded its services to Maryland students, teachers, and artists to give more students the opportunity to experience and learn through the arts. We are proud of our rich history and roots as an organization focused on exposing young people to the arts. Yet, we are increasingly excited by our evolving role as an education organization that is transforming the lives and education of young people by building communities of educators, professional artists, and parents and enabling them to help our children realize their full potential through the arts.
The Next Five Years
Our vision remains the same as it did five years ago: “One day, every student in Maryland will have the opportunity to imagine, to create, and to realize their full potential through the arts.” Our mission also remains unchanged: “To transform the lives and education of youth through the arts by connecting educators, professional artists, and communities.”
What has changed is that now, more than any other time in our history, Young Audiences is poised to realize this vision and achieve this mission for all Maryland children.
During the next five years we plan to significantly increase Young Audiences’ transformative impact on students and on education, and to accomplish this by:
- Expanding our school district arts integration partnerships
- Investing in and growing our teaching artist community
- Building and sharing evidence of our impact
- Strengthening and expanding our programs
Through a series of blog posts, I will dive deeper into each aspect of this plan and share updates on our progress. I welcome your feedback and participation in our work.
We are excited about the power of the arts to improve educational and life outcomes for students, and we are proud of our plans and the community we are building to leverage the arts to have the greatest impact possible on our students. We hope you will join us in this work!
– Stacie Sanders Evans, Young Audiences Executive Director
To learn more Young Audiences’ mission and our work, we invite you to join us at one of our upcoming On the Bright Side Tours. Learn more and sign up online.
We started 2014 off big: moving into a brand new space in the restored former tire shop at 2600 North Howard Street in Remington.
Everyone has been talking about our big move (the Baltimore Sun recently featured the new development), but we want to give you a firsthand look at what’s really going on inside our spacious new home. Check out this short virtual tour for a glimpse into our new offices, and a look back to how far we’ve come since the organization’s start in 1950!
Come see us in person at our Open House event on Sunday, February 16, from 1 to 3 p.m. There will be Young Audiences staff and roster artists on hand to provide interactive and artistic entertainment as well as impromptu tours of the space. The whole family is welcome! RSVP here if you plan to attend. Stay updated on the schedule of events and entertainment by joining the Facebook event.
While you’re here, you can also see our neighbor (and roster ensemble) Single Carrot Theatre‘s final matinée performance of “The Flu Season” at 2:30 p.m. Learn more about the show and buy your tickets online. Discounted tickets are available for $10 by using the coupon code YAMD. Tickets are expected to sell out quickly for this final show, so please purchase your tickets early! (Please note: This particular show is best suited for theater-goers 18 years and older.)
Not able to make it on February 16? Sign up for one of our monthly On the Bright Side tours to see our new space and learn about our programs and their impact on Maryland students. You’ll get the chance to talk with one of our teaching artists, our executive director, and a member of our board, all while learning more about our work of bringing the power of the arts to Maryland students and educators.
Hope to see you soon!
Every day, Young Audiences artists, teacher partners, staff, board members, and supporters work to fulfill our mission of providing opportunities for Maryland students to imagine, create, and realize their full potential through the arts. In addition to our monthly enewsletter, this blog will share the stories of our work in Maryland schools and examples of the profound impact the arts have on learning.


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A ‘portfolio diet’ containing daily doses of plant proteins, plant stanols, fibres and nuts has could help slash cholesterol and blood pressure, leading to a lower heart disease risk, say those behind a new meta-analysis.
NIH study suggests the importance of pre-conception vitamin D
A majority of poor women in urban areas are still at risk of folic acid and folate deficiency, even with government-sanctioned mandatory fortifications, according to a study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
A collaboration between MilliporeSigma and Washington University in St. Louis seeks to explore the differences between gut microbiomes of healthy and malnourished children, and then restore any imbalances using optimized supplements.
The make-up of bacteria in our guts – and the metabolites they produce – have a dramatic impact on the way fat is processed and distributed, say UK researchers who believe altering our microbiome could be a way to help fight obesity ‘within a decade’.
In a study that advances the state of evidence for the gut-brain connection, scientists in Colorado have shown that prebiotics and other fractions derived from human milk can reduce anxiety in juvenile rats and induce other changes in the brain.
The science is clear: a vegetarian diet is better for heart health, a study says - but does that include processed meat analogues? "While not as healthful as whole plants, they are useful transition foods," says one researcher.
Beef compounds could help improve the flavour and acceptability of functional ingredients with a bitter taste, according to researchers who report that certain beef peptides can block bitter taste receptors on the tongue.


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American Jason Millard will not play in the US Open after belatedly calling a penalty on himself in qualifying.
Millard, who qualified in Memphis on 2 June, revealed five days later he was "pretty sure" he grounded his club in a bunker, which carries a penalty stroke.
"I don't know 100% but deep down I believe I did," he said. "For five days I practised and I couldn't get it off my mind. It's the right decision."
The United States Golf Assocation said it "had to disqualify" Millard.
"We commend Jason for bringing this matter to our attention," said Daniel B Burton, USGA vice-president and chairman of the championship committee.
"At this time we have no recourse but to disqualify him under the rules of golf and specifically Rule 34-1b."
Rule 34-1b effectively states that a competitor must be disqualified after the competition has closed if he has returned a score which failed to include a penalty which, before the competition closed, he knew he had incurred.
Millard will be replaced in the field at Pinehurst by American amateur Sam Love for the second of the year's four majors, which starts on Thursday.
England's Justin Rose is the defending champion.

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Rain, rain and too much rain. It’s such a shame that it can’t be evened out over the year instead of the cycles of all or nothing that we seem to have now. After a rather wet week we had the first proper frost with the temperature dropping to – 1.8 degrees C outside last night.
- We had a day out at Westonbirt Arboretum yesterday and, despite the above moaning, it was dry a with some sunshine. We’ve not been there for a few years so it was lovely to make a return visit. Most of the Acers have dropped their leaves but there was still a lot of colour to be seen.
- Where the leaves had fallen there were lovely pools of colour on the ground.
- On Thursday, between the showers, I managed to empty some of the patio pots, repot the Salvias, Lobelias, and other half hardy plants and get them in to the glasshouse to overwinter. I then planted the pots up with spring bulbs. There’s still quite a few pots to do and bulbs to find a home for but it was good to make a start. I’ve been using nematodes to control vine weevils for a few years and they are very successful but I now seem to have a new pest to deal with. I’ve mentioned several times that there have been an awful lot of rose chafers. When I turned the compost heaps earlier in the year I removed, literally, hundreds of the grubs. Numbers of the beautiful green beetles were a lot, lot lower this summer but two of the six patio pots had their grubs in.
- In the front garden Sorbus aucuparia ‘Autumn Spire’ has coloured well this year. It’s past it’s best but still worth a place in this weeks Six.
- In the back garden Betula utilis ‘Snow Queen’ looked beautiful against the blue sky yesterday morning.
- Most of the Salvias are still flowering well. I planted several under the Roses to help prevent Black Spot. It seemed to work pretty well and I’ll definitely do it again next year. S. microphylla ‘Delice Feline’ is still covered with purple/blue flowers.
Thanks for reading my Six and thanks to Jim for doing a great job of hosting. Find him and the other Sixers at https://gardenruminations.co.uk/

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View Full Version : Choke for skeet
August 31, 2001, 09:56 PM
What choke do you guys normally use (the best suited) for skeet shooting? Have a Browning BPS, had it for years, and use it for hunting. But haven't used it skeet shooting much. BTW, superb pump gun.
Question number 2:
Where on earth can I get a 18 inch barrel for this thing (if one is made), so I can use it for home defense?
August 31, 2001, 10:28 PM
There is a choke called a "skeet" choke that is a little bit more open than Improved Cylinder but a little bit less open than true Cylinder bore. If you have one, use it. Otherwise screw in your Improved Cylinder choke and go for it. You won't be hurting your odds too much with the I.C. Brownells will sell you a skeet tube for your gun if you want one. Check www.brownells.com
September 1, 2001, 07:43 AM
Skeet choke it is. Just about every manufacturer makes a Skeet choke if they have interchangeable choke tubes. Skeet is designed to deliver optimum patterns at the common ranges found in Skeet.
Some old doubles set up for skeet had a second choke in the upper barrel called Skeet 2 or Skeet out. This is actually a Light Modified (between IC and Mod) and was usefull for doubles in the days before shotshells used plastic wads. The old shotshells used fiber wads and the shot was in contact with the barrel when fired. This caused many "flyers" (deformed shot) that opened up the pattern. the tighter choke was good for long shots at skeet in those days. today's shotshells throw tighter paterns and Skeet 2 is rarely seen.
As for the 18 inch barrel, good luck!
September 1, 2001, 09:53 AM
At normal Skeet ranges, a True Cylinder choke is fine. Skeet choke is fine. Some skeet chokes will pattern tighter than normal and others more open than others, and so it goes with True Cylinder and all other chokes. You do need an open choke for skeet and seldom is anything tighter used for skeet.
Every choke mfg differs. I use skeet tubes in my Brownings and Remingtons. In my Beretta 391's, I use the Cylinder choke that came with the guns, but they pattern like skeet chokes, tighter than true cylinder.
September 1, 2001, 10:08 AM
Some Skeet guns have been reverse choked, where the choke area is actually larger, not smaller, than the bore. I'd avoid the extremes and go with something like 3-6 POC.Pattern your load of choice at 25 yards and go with the ones with good,even coverage.
The BPS has a lot of fans, and the little I've seen of it in the field has all been good. Alas, HD type bbls seem nonexistent.
Got a hunch that if one was found, it'd cost about as much as a beater 870 police tradein.
September 1, 2001, 05:50 PM
I guess you're right Dave. Might be better off just getting a Mossberg or Rem. that already has a 18 incher installed:)
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Authored by Bhavisha Kantaria, eCommerce Designer at PiWheel.
For an eCommerce business, product photography is an extremely crucial aspect since customers cannot physically see or feel your products. So product Photography on eCommerce gives them the real image of the product they will be receiving.
Professional product photography not only represents the quality of your products but also your brand image and dictates customer engagement.
65% of the population are visual learners and 90% of online buyers agree that photo quality is the most important factor in an online sale.
This article highlights the various ways in which you can perform and optimize product photography for your eCommerce business. Enjoy!
How to optimize Product Photography & must-haves:
Using the Correct Equipment: From a quality camera, lens, and backdrop to lighting, it is essential to use the correct, professional equipment for powerful images that are high quality and showcase the correct color, texture, and essence of the product. This also helps the customer to zoom in and inspect minute details.
Capturing Multiple Angles and Views: The primary image of the product should have a clear front view of the product label/packaging, enabling readability. It is also vital to capture the different views/angles of the product so they can be used for secondary images and the customer can read the information on all sides of the product and also see the inside of the product to inspect its texture, color, etc.
Lifestyle product photography: Lifestyle product photography is one form of product photography that shows your product in context, as part of a lifestyle, preferably with a model holding the product or using it. This helps the customer visualize a lifestyle using your product and understand its size and usage, as this is where you show your products in action. Here is an example
Group Shots: Group photography displays the range and variety of your products giving the customer a complete view of your offerings. This familiarizes the customer with your brand and makes them open to trying more products from the range.
Scale Shots: Not being able to gauge the size of a product is a common issue. Thus, scale shots help shoppers understand the realistic size of the product they are ordering so their expectations are realistic and this increases your customers’ confidence when purchasing online.
Creating Shadows: Adding shadows to the products helps customers visualize the product in reality and understand the perspective.
Set a high standard of product quality: A high standard of product photography pays attention to details, promotes unique selling points, and differentiates your brand from competitors.
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For many brands, quality photography is one of the most important factors that define the success of the product on eCommerce websites.
Good product photography increases conversion rate by 30% and it is 40% more likely to be shared from social media accounts, thus increasing brand exposure.
Statistics say visual appearance is a key deciding factor in purchasing decisions. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then an exceptional product image is worth a thousand website visitors. Product photography is the most important tool to achieve a long-term relationship with your customers.
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Thus proving, high-quality product photography on your website, eCommerce site, or social media increases the chances of higher sales. 70% of companies invest in content marketing which includes product photography. The most important aspect of product photography is capturing a good hero image of your product. Suppose you are not able to do a professional shoot of your products. In that case, you can also use the 3D simulation of your packaging for the primary images and place it in different atmospheres for lifestyle images.
However, investing in product photography could be one of the best decisions for your eCommerce business. Not only will you see the conversion rate improve, but you can also improve your marketing campaigns.


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On 8/2/2018 at 1230 hours, Hellertown Police received a report of theft of a specialized bicycle from Saucon Valley Bikes located at 824 Main Street in Hellertown Borough. The theft is believed to have occurred on 8/1/2018 between 1800-1900 hours. The bicycle is described as a carbon and blue in color Pivot Mach 4 Pro XO1 Eagle bicycle. See the attached photos for similar bicycle and suspect. Any agency with information or recovery is requested to contact Hellertown Police through the Northampton County 911 Center at 610-759-2200.


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There are lots of reasons to chop down a tree. Cut it into lumber. Make Firewood. Clear a field. Because it threatened to drop a branch on the house. Because it drops stinky fruit on our porch.
Recently we encountered a new reason: because it makes a vina de palma, or palm wine.
(April and Ancelmo at a felled palm; he will scoop the wine and fill that small container. It is hard to see the trunk of the tree for all of the fronds around it...but he is working with the trunk.)
On Ash Wednesday (in other words, the day after four days of Carnaval fun had finished), I was pasear-ing around the island to tell folks about a meeting on Saturday. My last stop was at Ancelmo and Paula's house. They had been our first host family on the island and are always glad to see us. This time, Ancelmo was even more amigable (friendly) than normal; for him Wednesday was the day to finish up anything (alcohol) that hadn't been consumed during the previous four days. After chatting for a bit, they asked if I wanted to see the vina.
Well, I wasn't sure what that was, but I agreed to follow them up into a field. They assured me that it was not that far...and sure enough we soon arrived at where they were making vina de palma and I finally understood. After realizing what it was we were after, and enjoying some good vina (not as much as Ancelmo), I agreed to bring April back the next day. These pictures are from that visit.
The palm (not all types of palms work for this; some are used for their fronds to make roofs, this one is used for wine) is cut down and a hole is cut in the side, near the former top of the tree. There are other countries where palm trees are tapped to make wine rather than cut down, but in the island these trees are basically weeds that are allowed to grow for a few years just so they can be cut to make wine.
(The hole in the side of the tree)
The sap continues to climb the tree for about ten days afterward, where it collects enough to empty the hole twice a day. The sap contains natural yeasts that start fermentation immediatly and naturally.
(Ancelmo scooping the vina from the hole)
The other option, besides scooping out all the vina into a container to bring back to the house, is to cut a reed that serves as a straw, and enjoy some vina right there in the midst of the long, dangerous thorns that cover the palm.
(Me following Ancelmo's directions to try some more, try some more)
So how does it taste? If you empty the hole, the next time it will have a very warm initial taste followed by an almost sweet vina. That was how it was the first afternoon I was there. Take a long sip, because while the first taste may be a shock, the rest is better.
But (possibly due to his enjoyment of other beverages earlier that day), they didn't bring the cup to scoop out the hole that first day, this left some of the wine fermenting for another 24 hours. So when we returned with April the next day, the vina had fermented a bit more, and was, as even Ancelmo put it, fuerte (strong).
(My reaction on day two shows the difference in flavor and strength)
To keep the sap flowing, after emptying the hole you need to carve off the upper-most layer of the heart of the palm. Like a Christmas tree, this keeps it from sealing over.
(Anclemo using his machete to scrape off the leading edge of the palm heart)
Then before you leave, the hole is re-covered with the chunks from cutting it, as well as some of the spikey palm fronds, to protect it from ants, bees, animals, dogs, horses, and neighbors.
The day April and I visited, we didn't partake much of the vina, since it had developed such a strong flavor. But the first day, I'd been hiking and chatting for about four hours by the time I arrived there, and I was thristy. And Ancelmo kept saying, try some more, try some more. The sun was setting, and I needed to walk fast to get back at least to the sidewalk before it got too dark to go safely over the rocky trails.
But the sky and clouds were turning beautiful colors and we were hanging out in the middle of a field drinking from a recently cut palm tree. I just couldn't feel in a hurry to leave. Using a straw, I have no idea how much I sipped, but it wasn't too strong that day, and I made it home happy and safely.