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Police in Los Angeles have had their hands full containing real-life street racers over the weekend on which new US chart topper The Fast and the Furious opened to the public. In an operation explicitly timed to coincide with the release of the Vin Diesel-starring hit, the LAPD arrested six people for street-racing activities and seized countless vehicles. According to Sergeant John Pasquariello of the force, over 200 other people were disciplined for spectating at an illegal racing event.
While Pasquariello admitted that such raids were regular in a city blighted by street racing, this weekend's operation had been influenced by the release of the feature film. (Whether Universal Pictures' marketing department put the LAPD up to it was not disclosed!). "We do see a spike in this kind of activity when you see movies like The Fast and the Furious... which features people driving fast," said Pasquariello.
The movie, which was directed by Rob (The Skulls) Cohen, stars Diesel as the leader of a street racing gang under investigation by an undercover cop. It grossed $40m (£28m) over its opening weekend and shot to the top of the US box office. The picture ends with a disclaimer advising audiences that: "No attempt should be made to duplicate any action, driving or car play scenes herein portrayed." But in interviews with the press, National Hot Rod Association driver Len Monserrat remarks that that advice is inadequate. A member of the campaign Racers Against Street Racing, he argues that films like Cohen's: "Send the wrong message to novice and amateur racers... Racing is great, on the racetrack. On the street, it's not only illegal, it's incredibly dangerous."


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Trauma flowing from Nunavik dog slaughters slow to heal
“We apologized for those mistakes”
The mayor of Kangiqsualujjuaq says she welcomed provincial and regional officials to her community Aug. 8 to receive the long-awaited recognition of the dog killings that took place across Nunavik in the 1950s and 60s.
In an interview with Nunatsiaq News, Kitty Annanack remembered how, as a young girl, she would watch her father go hunting with his dog sled team.
Sometimes her mother would take a few dogs to collect wood on the land.
“And then we lost our dogs,” Annanack recalled. “We didn’t even think of fighting back.”
Then, many people in the region could no longer hunt, and many more turned to alcohol, she said.
So when Quebec premier Jean Charest and his native affairs minister, Geoff Kelley, arrived Aug. 8 to acknowledge the suffering the killings had created for Inuit families, Annanack called it a “relief.”
“It was emotional for me because I witnessed this happen, and now my parents have passed,” she said. “I was trying to be strong. We cannot go back.”
Recognition was key to helping nurture a respectful partnership between Nunavik and Quebec as they move ahead on future projects, Kelley said in an Aug. 9 interview.
The dog slaughter was an issue raised by Makivik Corp. and the Kativik Regional Government during the first discussions with the province on Plan Nord, he said.
“It seems like such a long time ago, but the memories are still there,” Kelley said. “There was a high level of misunderstanding and miscommunication, and not much respect for the Inuit culture.”
The intentions of provincial officials were good, although they went about it the wrong way, he said.
When asked if Quebec actually offered an apology to the people of Nunavik for its part in the killings — one of the recommendations made by the 2010 report that looked into the issue — Kelley said “the premier used the word apology when he spoke.”
“But it was a recognition of errors in the past,” Kelley said of the Aug. 8 event. “And we apologized for those mistakes.”
That recognition also come with $3 million in compensation, provided to Makivik as well as commemorative plaques for each Nunavik community.
The trilingual plaque, titled “The Nunavik Qimmiit,” reads “The Government of Québec acknowledges that the Nunavik Inuit community suffered from the impact of the slaughter of sled dogs during the 1950s and 1960s and that many people were affected. Since that time, our relations have improved such that a similar situation could not take place today. Consequently, Québec recognizes the Inuit people and their modern vision of the role of the Qimmiit (sled dogs).”
Annanack said her community would find a public place to mount the plaque, “so people can see it.”
In the report prepared on the killings, retired Quebec judge Jean-Jacques Croteau found that Quebec provincial police officers killed more than 1,000 dogs, mostly in the 1960s, without considering the role the animals played to the Inuit way of life.
Quebec provincial police replaced the RCMP as the police force in Nunavik in 1960.
In 2006, the RCMP produced their own report into allegations of dog killings in northern communities, concluding that police destroyed the dogs for heath and safety reasons.
But Ottawa has yet to officially respond to Croteau’s report.

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He was named as one of eprivateclient magazine’s Top 35 Under 35 in 2015 and 2018 and as a ‘rising star in the Legal 500 in 2020. Oliver is listed in the Citywealth Future Leaders List and was named Citywealth’s Lawyer of the Year, Senior/Managing Associate in 2020. In 2021 Oliver was named a ‘next generation Partner’ by the Legal 500 and he won Partner of the Year at the Citywealth Future Leaders Awards (Silver).
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Oliver joined Wedlake Bell as a trainee in September 2007. He qualified into the Private Client Team in March 2010 after spending six months in the firm’s marketing team.
Oliver was promoted to Associate in October 2012, to Senior Associate in October 2016, and he became a Partner in April 2021.
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Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted that he would like to return to Manchester United - one day.
The Real Madrid superstar left Old Trafford in 2009 for a then record £80 million, and has gone on to establish himself as one of the world's best players and shatter goal scoring records at the Bernabeu.
He's scored over 250 goals in five seasons in Spain, helping Madrid to win their 10th European title in May with a record Champions League goal haul, and he also won the Ballon d'Or to end Lionel Messi's four year winning streak.
Despite his success in Spain, Ronaldo has always retained a place for Manchester United in his heart, and has previously suggested that a return to Old Trafford could be on the cards in the future.
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Now, ahead of Real Madrid's pre-season friendly game against Manchester United in Michigan this evening, the 29-year-old has once more spoken of his affections for the Red Devils.
"Well, of course, it was one of my favourite clubs, Manchester, everyone knows that every time when I speak about Real Madrid I should speak about Manchester United," he said.
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It was suggested last year that Manchester United were weighing up an audacious swoop to take Ronaldo back to Manchester, but the move never materialised. Despite winning a host of trophies with Real Madrid, his time in Spain hasn't always been plain sailing. In 2012 he admitted he was 'sad' at the Bernabeu amidst speculation that he felt he wasn't being treated with enough respect.
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There was an online ruckus a few months ago when social media users got a taste of Emily Wilson’s translation of “The Iliad,” with some readers bemoaning that it sounded too modern while others believed it revitalized an old tale. Translation is a treacherous endeavor, which sometimes slips into the outrageous: The Icelandic “Dracula” differs starkly from its source material, and a German edition of Terry Prachett’s works once contained an unauthorized insert advertising soup.
Which is to say that I picked up Álvaro Enrigue’s novel about the encounter of Spaniards and Aztecs because I was curious about its title. In Spanish, the book is called “Tu sueño imperios han sido” — a line borrowed from a baroquely beautiful poem that means “your dreams empires have been.” Its English translation is titled “You Dreamed of Empires,” which sounds less Yoda-like and morphs, to my ear, into something different.
I therefore journeyed into “You Dreamed of Empires” already thinking about translation and communication, as well as the limits of both, which turned out to be a prescient frame of mind: The novel dwells on this conundrum.
The meeting of Hernán Cortés and Emperor Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, or Moctezuma — never Montezuma with an “n” — was akin to the meeting of two alien species. The Spaniards, as the victors of this clash of civilizations, would later write narratives crowning themselves as the superior contenders. Enrigue presents us with two societies that feel far removed from our modern sensibilities, one of which — the Aztec empire — has often been shoddily reproduced, its complexity buffed away.
This complexity stands between us and the past. For example, I used the word “Aztec” in a paragraph above for ease of recognition, but as Enrigue’s novel makes clear, there was no such thing as an “Aztec Empire” — a term that was coined centuries after the arrival of the Spanish. Instead, Cortés wandered into a collection of city states, three of them joined in a powerful confederacy, the Triple Alliance. The crown jewel of these three cities, Tenochtitlan, was ruled by the Tenochca and was the realm of Moctezuma.
In Mexico, the past is never really over, and grudges are carried over the centuries. That is how the name Malinche, which referred to Cortés’ interpreter and mistress/slave, has become synonymous with self-hatred, and we still blame the Tlaxcaltecas for destroying Mexico by allying themselves with the Spaniards. Never mind that the axiom “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” has a universal ring to it. The Tlaxcaltecas, the Purépechas and many other groups had little affection for the Triple Alliance, just as Madrid didn’t adore Paris simply because they shared a continent.
Cortés had two interpreters : the aforementioned Malinche — a woman from Olutla, nowadays Veracruz, who had been sold into slavery and could speak Nahuatl and Mayan — and Gerónimo de Aguilar, a shipwrecked Spanish friar who was also enslaved and learned to speak Mayan. Playing what was essentially a game of telephone, the duo interpreted from Spanish to Mayan and from Mayan to Nahuatl, in the process swaying a large group of Indigenous vassals who were tired of paying tribute to Moctezuma and his allies.
The intricacy of this series of events might have daunted many writers; it’s difficult enough just to portray it accurately and make it comprehensible. Even when someone has done their research — and Enrigue has done it admirably well — the story could easily become ponderous and overblown, a mothballed costume drama. Enrigue’s genius lies in his ability to bring readers close to its tangled knot of priests, mercenaries, warriors and princesses while adding a pinch of biting humor.
The Spaniards who have stumbled onto Moctezuma’s court are aghast at the stench of priests covered in blood from human sacrifices, while Moctezuma’s assiduously clean courtiers complain that the men smell of excrement and dogs. The priests have interminable names, such as He Who Looses the Rain of Words and Governs the Songs Lest We Be Like Flowers and Bees That Last But a Few Days. The emperor spends his days high on mushrooms, coveting the horses of the foreigners like a petulant, overgrown teenager. Cortés doesn’t realize that courtiers call him “El Malinche,” as though he were an extension of his interpreter and not the other way around. After all, it’s her words that they understand, not his. Translator Natasha Wimmer adeptly captures all this whimsy.
At the same time, this comedy is a dark one. Cortés and his men are rough mercenaries who rape, plunder and murder without compunction. They hail from a chaotic and dangerous world, surviving through a mixture of desperation and cruelty. The majestic, orderly city of Tenochtitlan may seem kinder at first glance, but this is also an empire that crushes its opposition. Moctezuma is a capricious ruler who executes courtiers for minute breaches of protocol and who might just lose an entire kingdom for want of a horse. There are no heroes to be had, and women like La Malinche, as well as the emperor’s sister, are among the few who can glimpse the follies of these men with the power to preserve or destroy civilizations.
I’m sure some people will complain of Enrigue’s fictional rendering. Yes, his knowledge of this era is meticulous. Nevertheless, he takes liberties, permits anachronisms, inserts metafictional narratives and seems to have a hell of a good time doing it. On the other hand, it is fiction, and we can’t know the exact words Moctezuma spoke to Cortés. It’s all an exercise of the imagination.
In the end, some meanings are always lost in translation, but if it didn’t happen this way, it should have.
Moreno-Garcia is the author of “Silver Nitrate” and “Mexican Gothic.”


Rent, number of apartments on rise in W.Pa.
When Kathy DiLorenzo decided to give up her home and become an apartment dweller, she found her housing costs didn‘t change drastically.
Rents for apartments in the Pittsburgh area have been on the rise, increasing faster than inflation, according to a Census Bureau report released Tuesday, and sparking a mini-boom in construction of multifamily complexes in the region.
Developers have been shifting their focus from single-family homes to capitalize on the demand and higher rents for apartments — although rents here are still cheap compared to other major metro areas.
DiLorenzo, 50, vice president of business development for Planet Depos, a court reporting company, moved into the Encore at 7th, Downtown, in 2011 after a divorce and her children left home. She also could keep her dog in her apartment.
While she made a conscious decision to rent, many apartment dwellers today have no choice. They are being forced to do so because banks have made it more difficult for consumers to get a mortgage to prevent a repeat of the huge loan losses that resulted from the housing crisis.
At the same time, the region has experienced a growth in high-paying seasonal jobs associated with the Marcellus shale development. The influx of gas-drilling workers from outside the state have added to the pressure on rentals.
Local apartment owners, such as Dave McSorley of Sterling Land Co., say rents over the past five years have increased an average of 3 percent to 6.5 percent for all bedroom units. He said a two-bedroom depending on room size, now rents for from $1,300 to $1,600.
“The Pittsburgh apartment market is characterized by high demand and strong fundamentals, with a growing employment base. All of these factors make Pittsburgh an attractive market for apartment developers,” said Mark H. Dambly, president of Pennrose, a Philadelphia based developer.
The boom in apartment construction in the region mirrors a national trend. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that apartment construction jumped nearly 31 percent in March from February to an annual rate of 417,000, the fastest pace since January 2006. By contrast, single-family home building fell 4.8 percent to an annual rate of 619,000.
There are at least six new apartments with close to 2,000 units either under construction or planned by out-of-town developers in the Pittsburgh region. And the Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership says within the next decade, 2,400 apartment units are “in the pipeline” for the Greater Downtown area.
“Everyone is looking at Pittsburgh,” said Gregg Willett, vice president of research for Dallas-based M/PF Research which monitors the national apartment scene. “They like Pittsburgh for its consistency in having high occupancy levels as well as high rentals,” he said.
Bill Gatti, president of Trek Development Group, Downtown, said he's seen the demand for units increase steadily during the past three years. “The vacancy rate has always been low,” he said. “But the turnover rate has decreased and (lease) renewal rates have increased.”
Pennrose, Dambly's company, has teamed with Ralph A. Falbo Inc. of Pittsburgh to build the 131-unit Gateway at Summerset, opening this month at the Summerset at Frick Park in Squirrel Hill with rentals ranging from $1,350 to $2,015 for one- and two-bedroom apartments.
Kevin Keane, executive vice president of Lincoln Property Co., said the high end of the market has definitely tightened.
“We have always enjoyed 95-percent occupancy,” he said. “We are now at 98-percent-plus occupancy.”
The Dallas-based company owns apartments in Pittsburgh and the suburbs with rents ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 a month. All of the properties above $2,500 a month are rented out, Keane said.
This is a good time to build apartments in Pittsburgh because rental rates have exceeded $1,000 a month, and occupancy is good,” said Todd Palcic, who has a 27-unit apartment at 907-09 Penn Ave., Downtown, under construction.
The good news for Pittsburgh is that it has a comparatively affordable rental market compared to other major metro areas, said Chris Briem, an economist at the University of Pittsburgh.
The median rent in Pittsburgh in 2011 was $682 per month, according to census data, up from $643 in 2009.
Sam Spatter is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-320-7843 or email@example.com. Trib Total Media staff writer Brian Bowling contributed to this report. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Career paths are rarely straight lines, especially in photography. In the September/October issue of American Photo we looked at just how hard it is for photo assistants to successfully launch their own careers. In our November/December issue, we examine the careers of photographers who have made it big, but who, for one reason or another, are now overlooked or underrated. There are a hundred reasons why one talented photographer becomes a success and another, equally gifted, never quite makes it, or having made it can't hang onto it. You can explain it by talking about the vagaries of the art world, about bad luck or bad timing, or you can do what I often do and simply chalk it up to fate.


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Please check out more of my work on my procreate acc (by.siufeifei), or feel free to follow me on Instagram!
This is a gallery-quality giclée art print on 100% cotton rag archival paper, printed with archival inks. Each art print is listed by sheet size and features a minimum one-inch border.

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We are so ready for spring and can't wait to sing all sorts of flower-themed operatic loveliness for you!
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Opera on Tap Colorado
Opera on Tap was founded in New York City in 2005 when a few singers, out for a drink in Brooklyn, wondered what it would be like if classical singers could gig at local bars like bands do. Opera on Tap grew to boast chapters in cities across the country - and now in Colorado!
We bring opera to unexpected places throughout the state, offering audiences exceptional music by outstanding singers, and giving professional singers the opportunity to sing regularly in public in a welcoming, supportive atmosphere.
While casual and even rawkus, Opera on Tap is not an open mic. Each month, our shows will have a theme and singers will perform arias that more or less match that theme. Audiences can expect singers to be top notch performers singing music from actual operas. Often with a drink in hand!


text: David Anthony Stuart Atkinson (born David Burke; October 20, 1921 – October 4, 2012) was a Canadian baritone and New York Broadway actor/singer. Most of his career was spent performing in musicals and operettas in New York City from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, although he did appear in some operas and made a few television appearances. In 1952 he created the role of Sam in the world premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti. From 1956-1962 he was a leading performer at the New York City Opera where he starred in several musicals and appeared in the world premieres of several English language operas. His greatest success on the stage came late in his career: the role of Cervantes in Man of La Mancha which he portrayed in the original Broadway production (replacing Richard Kiley), the 1968 national tour, and in the 1972 Broadway revival.

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Recently, ESR was fortunate to host two esteemed scientists who spoke to their interests in two videos now available on ESR’s Vimeo channel.
Sir Peter Gluckman, ONZ, KNZM, FRS, FMedSci, FRSNZ, is currently the inaugural Chief Science Advisor to the New Zealand Prime Minister. He originally trained as a paediatrician with an interest in endocrinology, but after two years as a doctor he entered the research track. His distinguished career includes setting up the Liggins Institute and one of the seven new Centres of Research Excellence in New Zealand, the Gravida National Centre for Growth and Development. He is responsible for developing LENScience — a programme to involve school children in science.
Sir Peter spoke(external link) to ESR to staff about his belief that science has a central role in New Zealand’s future, and can help transform the country into a stronger nation — socially, environmentally and economically.
Professor Robert Webster BSc, MSc, PHD, is a world-renowned virologist and leading influenza expert. His team identified the avian strain of influenza known as H5N1, the causative agent of avian influenza or ‘bird flu’ that emerged in Hong Kong in 1997.
Born in Balclutha, Professor Webster studied microbiology at the University of Otago which led to a position with the New Zealand Department of Agriculture as a virologist. After receiving his PhD he moved to the USA where he established one of the world’s leading centres of influenza research at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis.
Professor Webster spoke(external link) at a public lecture about the reservoir of influenza viruses in wild birds and their role in the evolution of new pandemic strains for humans. This continues to be a major focus of his work, along with the development of a universal vaccine.


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Canadian Pokémon fans hoping to get their hands on Pokémon Rumble U figurines are going to have a tough time catching them all.
Toronto game developer is creating a line of mobile games and accompanying toys for properties like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Smurfs.
The move is part of a strategy to secure a piece of the growing market for completing real-world transactions with smartphones
Early Tuesday morning, Deloitte representatives will take the stage at the Sony Centre for Performing Arts in downtown Toronto to share 10 major trends they believe will shape the worlds of technology, media and telecommunications in 2012
Tech firms making news this morning: Apple Inc., Intel Corp. and ReadWriteWeb Media and SAY Media.
By launching a “digital wallet” pilot program Wednesday, Research In Motion Ltd. is hoping its BlackBerry devices will lead the world into a future in which a smartphone is all anyone will ever need to pay for groceries or open a locked door. Too bad the first profits will flow to wireless carriers and RIM’s chief rivals
For widespread adoption of mobile payments to take place, Canadian consumers will need to be courted with incentives and discounts to change their behavior – to trade in the use of plastic credit cards, for the use of their ubiquitous smartphones
In the first step towards having BlackBerry smartphones take the place of physical wallets and security key cards, Research In Motion Ltd. announced a pilot project Wednesday that will see hundreds of Telefónica Digital employees use their BlackBerrys to make payments and access buildings
Tech firms making news this morning: Research In Motion Ltd., Apple Inc., Dell Inc., Sina Corp. and Amazon.com Inc.
It's not exactly the most ringing of endorsements, but Sameet Kanade with Northern Securities has bumped up his rating on RIM to speculative buy from sell while raising his target price to $26 from $18.
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- NOTE: The next few months were skipped and Volume 54, No. 1 was published as Genii November 1990.
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- The Bill In Lemon Book - Featuring Life and Times of Emil Jarrow by David Charvet reviewed by John Booth

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In recent years there has been a huge growth in the number of AI art generator tools. Whether it be an entertaining Pokemon art generator or a tool that produces professional-looking content, the AI scene is now jam-packed with different AI art generators.
We have powerful artificial intelligence operating systems to thank for that, but while this is a good thing, it can make it difficult to find the best platform to use. With that in mind, we recommend using an AI art generator tool that offers good variety. That’s where IMGCreator AI comes in. This innovative AI tool can create almost any image you can imagine, making it a very versatile tool.
Today, we’re going to show you what IMGCreator AI is, how it works, what it has to offer, and what you can expect from the platform. Stick around if you want to learn more!
Let’s start by explaining what IMGCreator is. Described as the ultimate AI art, image, and design generator, IMGCreator is a text-to-image, image-to-image & ChatGPT-powered AI design tool. In other words, IMGCreator is an AI tool that takes text descriptions and converts them into an image.
This AI tool is best used to create illustrations, concept design images, and anime artwork. Having said that, you could probably use it for all your art needs.
Now we’ve explained what IMGCreator AI is, we’re going to take a deeper look at what it has to offer. We’ll do that by reviewing the platform. In this review, we’ll look at the key aspects you need to be aware of before you use the tools on offer. Some of the things we’ll look at include:
What IMGCreator can do
How it works
The main features
How easy it is to use
How good it is
We’ll look at what it can do first!
Compared to some of the best AI content generators for creating images, IMGCreator is a very versatile AI image generation tool. While some platforms only offer one or two key things, IMGCreator offers a wide range of uses. The main thing IMGCreator can do is turn text into images. To put it simply, this AI tool takes the text descriptions we input and turns them into images.
What we love about this platform is how much it can do with our descriptions. IMGCreator doesn’t just generate one image. Instead, it can generate multiple images in various design styles. These styles include:
IMGCreator can even edit and modify existing images by removing backgrounds, adding elements, or completely changing the style of the image.
So, how do AI-Generated images work? Well, AI art generator tools like IMGCreator AI use machine learning and AI tech to analyze the text we input. The AI can then work out what we want to create. Once it’s worked out what we want, it will get to work generating the image we described.
This particular AI tool is powered using ChatGPT. ChatGPT uses GPT language models to understand what we ask, answer our questions, and provide answers. IMGCreator allows us to input text into a text prompt box. It then takes our inputted text, analyzes it, and turns it into an image that fits our request. It is as simple as that.
It’s now time to look at some of the main features IMGCreator has to offer. When we reviewed this AI platform we were amazed by just how many features it has to offer. It might be the most feature-rich AI art generator platform we’ve ever used. It might just be an image generation tool but it has a huge array of tools for us to choose from.
Users can generate hyper-realistic images, design rooms, transform existing images, create anime characters, create backgrounds, swap elements, and so much more. Some of the best features you’ll want to check out include:
IMGCreator image generator tool
Anime conversion tool
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This wealth of tools can be used to fulfill all your AI image creation needs. Of course, the most valuable tool the platform has to offer is the text-to-image generator. This is the tool that lets us create images from simple text inputs. The AI designer and AI studio are fantastic too. The AI designer allows us to create unique content or edit existing photos, while the AI studio lets us create cool avatars from our photos.
We also appreciated the community and help features. These two features give users the chance to learn more about the platform and share their images with the community.
When it comes to using IMGCreator, you’ll be pleased to know the platform is super easy to get to grips with. The website has a sleek and streamlined feel to it that makes it incredibly easy to navigate. Users are only ever a few clicks away from what they need. On top of that, each AI tool features tutorials and keeps all the features in one dashboard.
As a result, users can create their images in a matter of seconds. All you have to do is go through the selections and pick the type of image you want. Selections you’ll have to make include style and sizing. After that, it’s just a case of inserting the right text description prompt. We used IMGCreator and found it very easy to create high-quality images quickly.
Creating an account to use the platform is easy too. All you have to do is sign in using your Google account. Alternatively, you can create an account with another email address and password.
It doesn’t matter how good an AI tool is if it can’t offer users the best quality when it comes to the final image. Luckily, we’re pleased to confirm that IMGCreator has a lot to offer in terms of the overall quality of the content produced too.
IMGCreator not only generates images that suit a huge range of different genres and styles in just a few clicks but also images that are designed to an incredibly high standard. Every image or piece of content generated using this platform looks amazing. You can see some impressive examples in the image above.
IMGCreator currently has three paid plans for users to choose from. Those plans are:
These plans range in price, with the starter plan costing $7.5 a month, the pro $22 a month, and the boss plan $36 a month. The main difference between each plan is the number of images you can generate and the overall quality of the images.
This AI platform does also have a free trial you can use first before you commit to a plan. We recommend using this trial to get used to the platform. That way, you can decide if a paid plan is the right option for you or not.
IMGCreator has a wide variety of different real-world applications. It can boost creativity, aid designers, and more. We’ve listed some of IMGCreator’s AI use cases below!
Graphic designers can use this AI platform to produce illustrations, paintings, art pieces, and more. Designers can also use the platform’s tools to generate visuals for their clients.
There is nothing stopping businesses from using the IMGCreator tools to generate visuals for marketing campaigns. The marketing materials made using IMGCreator can be used to draw attention to a business.
Finally, bloggers can use IMGCreator to generate content for their blogs. This includes the generation of stock images and the modification of existing images.
Now you’ve made your way through our review, you should be able to use IMGCreator to generate epic images. With that being said, why don’t you use your Google account to create an account on IMGCreator and try out the various tools and features for yourself? This tool has a lot to offer so you better get moving!
As an AI powered image generator, ImgCreator is up there with the best. Users can easily create images that are original and high quality, and take advantage of online photo editing tools. Meaning that this app can be a one-stop shop for AI-generated images.
Yes, IMGCreator.ai can be used for free. However, once your free credits have run out, you will have to pay to use the platform.
Typically, you can use the images you generate using IMGCreator in any way you like. However, there are rules and policies you have to follow so make sure you read those first.
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I’ve been working on a DIY mod for the mainboard, putting it inside a mechanical keyboard with eGPU etc, and I’ve come across a few things I wish I had to make my job a little easier/make my result a little more interesting.
Consider this a wishlist, I imagine it wouldn’t be too hard to make these and sell them at a decent markup, even if there isn’t a huge demand for volume.
- Breakout board for keyboard connector
- power button
- USB connection on this port
- Breakout for eDP connector
- Micro HDMI output.
- Controls for a monitor on pins?
- 3D Models of the framework mainboard and accessories components.
- BIOS option to disable vPro.


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Reader Spotlight: Timothy Seisser
Meet Timothy Seisser, a bassist from Chicago who started out on bass thanks to it being the only instrument left unchosen. He’s made the most of it in the years since, both playing and building basses.
Timothy is this week’s No Treble reader in the spotlight (you could be next). Here’s his story…
I started playing bass in junior high and continued more seriously through high school. I started recording and playing gigs at 16 and opted to be schooled in the Chicago scene instead of college. I’ve been playing professionally in Chicago now for almost 15 years. My journey in music has taken me on tour all over the USA and internationally. I’ve played at pretty much every venue in Chicago and with all the local heavies. I toured for a while with a slew of jazz musicians including Makaya McCraven, Marquis Hill, Greg Spero, Nick Colionne, Stephen Lynerd, Willerm Delisfort, Shawn Maxwell, and many others.
More recently I’ve primarily been touring with Progressive Rock group District 97. In 2020 I started work on my new trio record featuring a core of two of my best friends and incredible drummer Jonathan Marks and Keyboardist Andrew Lawrence. Our debut record is being produced by and features Tim Lefevbre as well as Donny McCaslin, Fareed Haque, and Howard Levy. In addition to all this, I also build high end custom bass guitars under the brand, LowDown Bass Guitars. I have been building for almost 10 years now and really enjoy supplying players with high-end, hand-crafted, musical instruments to help them explore new musical territory on the bass guitar.
Why I play the bass:
I wanted to join a band with my friends and the only instrument left was bass.
I use Markbass amplifiers, Bergantino and Markbass Cabinets. I play my own custom LowDown 6 string bass (made by me!) and I have a HUGE pedalboard which is way too much fun to use.
Jaco, Matthew Garrison, Gary Willis, Hadrien Feraud, Victor Wooten, Michael Manring, Paul Jackson, Les Claypool, Cliff Burton, Dave Holland, and many more.
My bass superpower/claim to fame:
Not only being one of the most technically proficient 6-string bassists on the scene but also, I freakin’ build custom bass guitars by hand. That’s pretty cool, right?
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An Indica dominant plant is consumed for its strong relaxing effect on the body. Contains high essential terpenoid components of- Alpha Pinene, Beta Pinene, Myrcene, D-Limonene, and Linalool. Also composed of THC compound of about 18% to 22% and 2% CBD level contributes enormously to its medical effects.
Critical mass is highly appreciated for its balanced effect on the body. It releases compounds into the bloodstream that keeps the consumer psyched and enthused when consumed. More so, the entire body’s metabolism is balanced and improved during that period.
When consumed, do not worry about the offensive odor as it gives an intense sweet berry fruit flavor. The mode of cultivation depends on interest as it can be either indoor or outside. Although, it yields different quantities depending on the environment.
When grown under indoor conditions, a plant yields an average of 550-650 grams per square meter. However, under outdoor conditions, each plant yields a high output of an average of 1500 to 2000 grams per square meter. In addition, the cultivation and flowering period for each seed take about 45 days to 50 days under either outdoor or indoor conditions.

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HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – A new survey conducted by the Connecticut Education Association shows Connecticut teachers are faced with stress, burnout and shortages.
According to the CEA survey of nearly 6,000 Connecticut educators, findings show a wave of dissatisfaction with working conditions, high levels of frustration and burnout, and other serious issues leading to teachers leaving the profession. The survey showed that 74% of educators say that compared to a few years ago, they are more likely to retire to leave the profession or retire early.
“Teaching has always been a difficult and stressful job with inadequate support and resources to meet students’ needs, a lack of professional respect, subpar compensation, and poor working conditions,” said CEA President Kate Dias. “While educators have been underpaid, undervalued, and under-resourced for years, the COVID-19 pandemic and the relentless attacks on public education and teachers further exacerbated these existing problems, leading to teachers leaving the classroom in droves and fewer students entering the profession, causing snowballing teacher shortages. We must all work together to make substantial changes that will solve these problems.”
Here’s a breakdown of some of the numbers from the survey:
- Six in 10 educators say public schools are headed in the wrong direction.
- 72% of educators are dissatisfied with their working conditions.
- Seven in ten are experiencing high levels of frustration and burnout.
- 98% of educators identified teacher stress and burnout as their top issues.
- 96% acknowledged staffing shortages in schools.
- 95% pointed to the rising number of teachers leaving the profession.
- 93% identified the lack of respect for teachers and students’ mental health.
The survey asked the educators what the ways are to attract and retain them. Their answers included higher salaries, respect, support, addressing student behavior, mental health, and benefits.
The teachers’ union represents more than 43,000 Connecticut eductors and says they’re bucking by the burden of large class sizes and teaching extra courses.
“The educator shortage is real and requires immediate attention,” said Dias. “If we want to keep educators in the classroom and encourage people to enter the profession, we need to offer higher compensation, pandemic pension credit, increased autonomy in the classroom, better working conditions, streamlined teacher evaluation, reduced standardized test burden, college debt relief, affordable housing so that educators can live in the communities where they teach, and other incentives to reduce burnout and demonstrate that educators are valued.”
“It’s time we show our teachers that we respect them, that we care for them and that we’re going to uplift the profession,” said Rep. Kathleen McCarthy (R).
“Education should be treated like an emergency room, with a dire need to improve and make sure that our students are getting all the best that we can give them,” said State Representative-elect Kevin Brown (D).
The survey of K-12 educators was conducted from October 18 through October 25, 2022.


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If you are unable to qualify for a balance transfer deal or personal loan that makes financial sense, and you prefer to not touch any of your assets, you may want to set up a chat with a reputable credit counseling firm to see if you are a good candidate for a Debt Management Plan (DMP). A DMP can make it easier for you to pay your credit card bills, but it will likely have a negative impact on your credit score.
If you’re unable to pay all of your bills on time, “cushion the blow to your credit score by defaulting on just one account. There is a component in the FICO score called 'prevalence,'" says John Ulzheimer, president of consumer education at SmartCredit.com. "That means having five collections is worse than having one." He recommends that you “let the account with the highest monthly payment fall behind to free up more money every month to pay your other debt obligations.”
Did you just get a tax refund, a bonus, a raise or an inheritance? Instead of spreading it out and making small extra payments to all of your debts, opt for the snowball method. Consider paying as much as you can towards the debt with the lowest balance so you can reduce or eliminate it entirely (while keeping the account open). This reduces your credit utilization dramatically and can increase your credit score just as dramatically and quickly. Reducing your credit utilization from 50% of your credit limit down to 30% of your credit limit can result in a 50-point score lift, according to the VantageScore report.
Other ways credit card consolidation can hurt your credit include applying for a new line of credit which will result in a hard inquiry on your credit report, adding a new credit account that can lower the average age of your credit history, and getting a new personal loan. All of these things will show that you have a high level of outstanding debt (your scores should improve as your remaining balance shrinks from where it started).
Presently, there’s more and more consumer struggling to pay off their debt, some collection agencies are opting for unfair means to collect payments from debt-ridden consumers ignoring the debt collection laws. However, to stop such malpractices and help debtors combat such illegal collection agency harassment, the FTC has come forward with the FDCPA, which gives debtors legal rights to sue those debt collectors who illegally threaten, intimidate or harass them.
You'll probably have a limited amount of money to put toward credit repair each month. So, you'll have to prioritize where you spend your money. Focus first on accounts that are in danger of becoming past due. Get as many of these accounts current as possible, preferably all of them. Then, work on bringing down your credit card balances. Third are those accounts that have already been charged-off or sent to a collection agency.
Rates can vary depending on where you live: The rate that is advertised on LendKey is the lowest possible rate among all of its lenders, and some of these lenders are only available to residents of specific areas. So even if you have an excellent credit report, there is still a possibility that you will not receive the lowest rate, depending on geographic location.
A good credit repair company will first pull your credit reports from each of the three major credit reporting agencies to pinpoint your credit issues. Why all three? Because each credit reporting agency has its own “data furnishers” (aka lenders, credit card companies, debt collectors, etc.), who report your credit information to them. And there may be errors that appear on one of your credit reports, but don’t appear on the others
Would you like to learn more about the best way to consolidate debt? Then look no further than American Consumer Credit Counseling (ACCC). We are a non-profit credit counseling agency with more than 22 years of experience. We have helped thousands of clients become free of their financial burdens by consolidating debts. Our outstanding commitment to customer service shows with our A+ rating and accreditation through the Better Business Bureau.
The offers that appear on Credit.com’s website are from companies from which Credit.com receives compensation. This compensation may influence the selection, appearance, and order of appearance of the offers listed on the website. However, this compensation also facilitates the provision by Credit.com of certain services to you at no charge. The website does not include all financial services companies or all of their available product and service offerings.
You may have heard that some creditors are willing to settle your debt for pennies on the dollar. In reality, credit card debt forgiveness is rare and tricky, and can be very costly. You have to first be in serious arrears. Then you have to convince your creditors that you don’t have the means to repay your debt and your situation isn’t likely to change. If you manage to work out a debt settlement agreement, the creditor is all but guaranteed to report your forgiven debt to the IRS. The forgiven debt is considered taxable income.
Anyone can join First Tech Federal Credit Union by becoming a member of the Financial Fitness Association for $8, or the Computer History Museum for $15. You can apply for the card without joining first. The intro 0% for 12 months and no transfer fee on balances transferred within first 90 days of account opening is for the Choice Rewards World MasterCard® from First Tech FCU. After the intro period, an APR of 11.74%-18.00% variable applies. You also Earn 20,000 Rewards Points when you spend $3,000 in your first two months.
However, there is a big risk to using a debt consolidation loan. Once you pay off your credit cards, you will be tempted with a lot of newly available credit. If you got into debt because you spent too much money on credit cards, creating more spending power on your credit cards can be a dangerous strategy. Dave Ramsey regularly tells listeners that they cannot borrow their way out of debt. On his blog, he write that "debt consolidation is nothing more than a "con" because you think you’ve done something about the debt problem. The debt is still there, as are the habits that caused it — you just moved it!"
If your current credit score isn’t great, take measures to improve it. Payment history and credit utilization can make up to 70% of a credit score, according to Experian, so simply paying your bills on time and keeping your balances low can be a tremendous help. You can also help your score by only applying for new credit only when absolutely necessary and getting a head start at paying your loans off now, if possible.
I came across Brandon's credit repair Video on you tube, and by far was the best and most inspirational one that I've came across. I purchased his Ebook, and was very easy to understand and follow. I submitted a total of 6 letters, 3 for me and 3 for my boyfriend. It's been a little over a month and we have both seen a difference in our credit score. His more then mine, and we are both going to send round 2 letters in a couple of days. His score went up 95 points with the 1st round of letters. We are so happy! And to make things even better, every time I had a question I would just email Brandon and he would respond literally within 15min or less. He is very reliable to answer any questions. thank you Brandon! Honestly this is helping us so much.
You might be used to checking out at a store and being asked if you’d like to open a credit card. While these credit cards come with really high interest rates and are great tools to tempt you into buying items you don’t need, there is a big perk to store credit cards: they’re more likely to approve people with low credit scores. Just be sure to only use the card to make one small purchase a month and then pay it off on time and in full. Unsubscribe to emails about deals and don’t even carry it around everyday in your wallet if you can’t resist the desire to spend. Read more here.
Trying to get a little bit of business advice, hope someone can help. We are struggling to make it through our slow months right now. We have about $100,000 in business debt currently active and all in good standing, we have never made a late payment. But we are getting buried with making sure we are paying all of these bills on time while still being able to order products to keep the business fully functional. We are scared we are heading towards bankruptcy or even closure. Would a debt consolidation company be able to help us? Or does it seem we are too far gone? I guess I was hoping with a debt consolidation company we could lower our monthly burden, stretching out our payment to 48-60 months.
Veteran journalist/blogger Tom Jackson has worked for newspapers in Washington D.C., Sacramento, Calif., and Tampa, Fla., racking up state and national awards for writing, editing and design along the way. Tom also has been published in assorted sports magazines, and his work has been included in several annual “Best Sports Stories” collections. Most recently, his blogging for various websites on the 2016 election won a pair of top honors from the Florida Press Club. A University of Florida alumnus, St. Louis Cardinals fan and eager-if-haphazard golfer, Tom splits time between Tampa and Cashiers, N.C., with his wife of 40 years, college-age son, and Spencer, a yappy Shetland sheepdog.
If you have one of those letters we mentioned earlier that details your credit problems, you have some idea of what’s holding you back. Even though it may seem complex, as we mentioned, your credit score is based on five core factors: payment history, credit utilization, the age of credit accounts, mix of credit accounts and history of applying for credit. They’re not equally weighted, and this information will most likely vary between credit bureaus.


Background of intelligent water quality monitoring system
Of the water that covers 71 percent of the Earth's crust, only 2.5 percent or less is potable. This has led to serious consequences of increased concentrations of pollutants in freshwater bodies and water scarcity in different corners of the globe. Therefore, the emergence of intelligent water quality monitoring system brings people more safety and security.
There is no doubt that water is the most important resource on our planet. Without it, life would cease to exist and within days would surely collapse. Not only for general use, its application in industry also helps in the creation and extraction of other resources and products that are vital to our survival and sustainable living. Yet we have been exploiting this irreplaceable resource for decades.
Fresh water resources are being depleted at an uncontrollable rate. Currently, in addition to monitoring and maintaining optimal water quality. There is no way to improve the situation. At present, however, water quality measurements are done manually. This presents several challenges.
How to monitor water quality with IoT smart water quality monitoring system:
A smart water quality monitoring system using the Internet of Things is required to automatically monitor various parameters that determine water quality. IoT facilitates the development of automated water quality monitoring systems, thereby mitigating the aforementioned challenges. By using devices such as sensors and probes, several parameters of water can be measured in real time from remote locations.
These devices share real-time data about water quality to the platform suite. By using this platform, individuals or companies can take useful actions to ensure optimal water quality.
Some of the variables that can be measured by remote water quality monitoring devices are:
1) Turbidity: Turbidity is the number of individual suspended particles in water. Due to the presence of these particles, the water may appear cloudy or cloudy in appearance.
2) pH: Measuring the pH value or the power of hydrogen can tell whether the nature of the water is acidic or alkaline. Pure water has a pH of 7, but the pH can vary depending on topographical and geographical conditions.
3) Temperature: Water temperature plays a vital role in maintaining aquatic organisms and their habitats. For industrial applications, water temperature is also essential for efficient operation and increased productivity.
4) Dissolved Oxygen: BOD or Biological Oxygen Demand is a parameter that is fundamental for the breakdown of organic compounds present in water by various microorganisms.
5) Conductivity and TDS: Since water is a universal solvent, it can dissolve almost all available salts. A high concentration of TDS (Total Dissolved Salts) in water will increase its conductivity and affect the reproduction and growth of aquatic organisms.
6) Salinity: High salinity in water also increases salinity. Salt water is not intended for drinking purposes and is not suitable for domestic, industrial or agricultural use.
These parameters measured by water quality monitoring devices allow IoT systems to perform real-time water quality monitoring, which can be used to develop useful insights and take informed actions.
Water Quality Monitoring System|Solution
Water quality monitoring of rivers, lakes, and reservoirs: large-scale deployment of monitoring equipment along rivers and lakes, Internet of Things technology as the carrier, big data and cloud computing technology as the starting point, through the establishment of a system management platform, to provide a full range of water quality monitoring solutions .Ocean water quality monitoring: The floating water quality monitoring system can accurately measure the sea water quality online, in situ, and send the data back to the onshore data center in real time to provide timely warnings and effectively monitor the sea water quality.


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Ransomware attacks and other cybersecurity threats are becoming more sophisticated, but keeping up with security and safety will help prevent attacks.
With more lawyers marketing their services online, they are opening their doors to becoming vulnerable to cyberattack. According to the Globe and Mail, many small towns and cities in Canada are being targeted for ransomware, sending ripples of concern into the surrounding governments and business owners.
Ransomware attacks and other cybersecurity threats are becoming more sophisticated, making it difficult for small businesses to keep up their security measures to hedge against attacks. Lawyers are particularly concerned due to the sensitive nature of their clients’ information. A breach of data security could mean large fines and lawsuits against their firms.
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority published a survey in 2018 with 500 responders who were business owners or IT employees. It reported that 40 percent had experienced a cyberattack in the past year, and 88 percent were worried about one happening in the future.
While many lawyers have decided to dedicate more money and resources toward preventing cyberattacks, there are still many ways to help prevent cyberattacks against a firm.
Katherine Kolnhofer, partner at Bell Temple LLP, who works in a privacy and access to information practice group with a focus on cybersecurity and data breach management states, “There’s still a perception this [data breach] is not going to happen to a small business, your average business…they’re somewhat resistant to thinking they need to expend resources to implement all these strategies.” Don’t allow your firm to experience a data breach and be subject to the costs and legal actions. Take steps to protect your information before it’s too late.
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Icelandic chapter in the Polish book: a narrative perspective on Polish migration to Iceland
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The paper presents a narrative perspective on Polish migration to Iceland based on one example of a woman, called Irena. Her biography served for an anthropological analysis used in biographical approach in social sciences with the assumption that the story of one life of a particular person can give some general knowledge – in this case about migration patterns and experiences. The story of Irena presented in this article is also an interesting example of the narrative journalism, since thedoi:10.26774/wrhm.151 fatcat:6tyg63zrsbfqrnrsmgtsa5gfmu


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Grammy Award-winning singer Lauren Daigle coming to Greenville on 2024 tour
GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Two-time Grammy Award-winning singer Lauren Daigle plans to stop in Greenville on her 2024 tour.
Daigle’s Kaleidoscope Tour will make a stop in Greenville at Bon Secours Wellness Arena on Dec. 9. The concert will start at 7:30 p.m.
Billboard reports that Daigle’s single “Thank God I Do” was atop its Hot Christian Songs chart in September and became one of seven hits to have led Hot Christian Songs for at least 20 weeks since the list launched in June 2003.
The 32-year-old singer is currently touring until the end of the year with scheduled stops in California, Oregon and Texas.
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Going Out Guide, in plugging Friday's event at TWC, the WP calls Story/Stereo "one of our favorite regular events in the area, a laid-back evening that combines literature and music while giving the creators a chance to explain their inspiration and process."
Pretty cool. Since this is Story/Stereo week I want to give a shout out to the man who designed the now iconic logo for Story/Stereo (in fact, as soon as we saw it we judged it iconic). John Foster owns Bad People Good Things and has a new book out himself: 1000 Indie Posters. And this logo is, we all felt, spot on brilliant.
Year 2 of Story/Stereo started with great news: Our Emerging Writer Fellowship program, around which Story/Stereo is centered, would receive funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Clearly, we'd tapped into something important. The shows this year have been varied in terms of presenter and performer, attendance and buzz. But the quality of the shows has never waned, not once. Here's James Hannaham reading from his novel God Says No at Story/Stereo 11:


The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released its latest authoritative assessment of climate change science, delivering a stark warning to the world that climate change is already occurring, and every additional delay in action will result in worsening impacts.
Here are nine key takeaways from the IPCC’s latest landmark climate change assessment:
1. “It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred.”
Scientists say that their understanding of the world’s climate, and the potential future impacts of climate change, is better than it has ever been. The updated observations and forecasts issued by the IPCC have been made with greater accuracy and certainty.
2. “Human-induced climate change is already affecting many weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe. Evidence of observed changes in extremes such as heatwaves, heavy precipitation, droughts, and tropical cyclones, and, in particular, their attribution to human influence, has strengthened since AR5.”
Scientists say the impacts of climate change are already becoming more evident since the IPCC’s last assessment report, published in 2014. Things are getting more extreme in every part of the world.
3. “Global surface temperature will continue to increase until at least the mid-century under all emissions scenarios considered. Global warming of 1.5°C and 2°C will be exceeded during the 21st century unless deep reductions in CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions occur in the coming decades.”
Scientists have warned that global temperatures are on track to exceed 2°C of warming this century. Global warming of 1.5°C is expected to be exceeded before 2040 and a draw-down of emissions from the atmosphere will be necessary to keep warming below this level.
4. “Many changes in the climate system become larger in direct relation to increasing global warming. They include increases in the frequency and intensity of hot extremes, marine heatwaves, and heavy precipitation, agricultural and ecological droughts in some regions, and proportion of intense tropical cyclones, as well as reductions in Arctic sea ice, snow cover and permafrost.”
As global warming intensifies, global weather events are predicted to become more extreme. For Australia, this means more frequent and intense droughts, flooding and bushfires. Scientists also predict Australia will see more frequent sand and dust storms.
5. “Many changes due to past and future greenhouse gas emissions are irreversible for centuries to millennia, especially changes in the ocean, ice sheets and global sea level.”
Scientists predict that the impacts of global warming will continue to influence the global climate for thousands of years into the future, pushing the climate to levels not seen for thousands of years prior.
Even modest temperature increases will continue to impact the global climate, including ongoing melting of glaciers and the polar ice-caps, leading to significant levels of sea level rise centuries into the future.
6. “From a physical science perspective, limiting human-induced global warming to a specific level requires limiting cumulative CO2 emissions, reaching at least net zero CO2 emissions, along with strong reductions in other greenhouse gas emissions.”
There is only one way to avoid worsening impacts of climate change: rapidly and significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Predictions suggest that to avoid the most extreme outcomes, reaching net-zero emissions won’t be enough, as the world will need to plan to begin drawing down existing greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere.
While the world still emits greenhouse gases, the world will continue to warm.
7. “Australian land areas have warmed by around 1.4°C between 1910 and 2020 (very high confidence), and annual temperature changes have emerged above natural variability in all land regions (high confidence).”
Observations show that Australia is warming at a faster than average rate compared to the rest of the world, already reaching an increase of 1.4°C over the last century. Across all parts of Australia, the warming signal is clear, above normal levels of variability and pushing parts of the country to new record high temperatures and projections suggest this is only going to get worse.
8. “Frequency of extreme fire weather days has increased, and the fire season has become longer since 1950 at many locations (medium confidence). The intensity, frequency and duration of fire weather events are projected to increase throughout Australia (high confidence).”
Australia felt the impacts of global warming during a devastating 2019-20 summer, when bushfires destroyed thousands of homes and claimed the lives of dozens of Australians.
The IPCC has warned that such events are predicted to occur more often and with greater severity, as higher global temperatures exacerbate the conditions in which bushfires thrive.
9. “Changes in several climatic impact-drivers (e.g., heatwaves, droughts, floods;) would be more widespread at 2°C compared to 1.5°C global warming and even more widespread and/or pronounced for higher warming levels.”
The message from scientists is clear – every fraction of a degree matters. The higher global temperatures are pushed by increased concentrations of greenhouse gas emissions, the worse the resulting impacts of climate change on human health.


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How to Make Iced Tea
For a refreshingly delicious easy iced tea that packs a flavour punch, look no further…
What’s Iced Tea and How Does It Differ to Cold Brew Tea?
Iced tea is brewed in the same way as traditional tea, then cooled over ice. Cold brew tea differs in that there’s no exposure to heat; instead time is used to extract the tea’s flavours. Fancy experimenting with cold brew tea too? Check out our Cold Brew Tea page.
Step-by-Step Guide to Making Iced Tea
2 teaspoons loose tea
Add 100ml freshly boiled water
Top with ice
Put in fridge for 2-4 hours.
- Add your favourite loose tea/infusion to a cold
brew bottle or jug.
- Cover the leaves with freshly boiled water and
brew for 15 minutes.
- Top up with freshly drawn (and ideally filtered)
cold water or ice.
- Allow the tea to chill in the fridge for 2-4 hours.
Drink your iced tea within 24 hours.
Recipe: Totally Tropical Iced Tea
4 heaped tsp Coconut Truffle Loose Tea
400ml freshly boiled water
1 tbsp sugar
500ml pineapple juice
100ml coconut water
Pineapple to garnish (optional)
Infuse the tea in freshly boiled water for 5 minutes, then strain into a measuring jug.
Stir in the sugar until fully dissolved.
Half-fill a large pitcher with ice.
Pour over the tea mixture, pineapple juice and coconut water and stir.
Serve in chilled glasses, topped with pineapple pieces.

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UP POWER Minister Shrikant Sharma and officials have said that the electricity grid will not be affected if people switch off lights for nine minutes at 9 pm on Sunday, following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to light candles during a staged blackout to express solidarity amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown to contain the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
“Everything has been planned and we have made all arrangements for the appeal by the PM to switch off lights,” Sharma said on Saturday. “Everything will be running, except the lights [at homes], so there will not be any problem. Emergency services and street lights will run and so will other appliances. Our plants will be at minimum generation. Our grids are very strong and officials are working to ensure no issue is faced.”
Power department officials urged people to switch off only lights, and not other electrical appliances.
This appeal came a day after the State Load Dispatch Centre wrote to top officials of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL), and the UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL), expressing concern about the load reduction that will occur.
“It is estimated that in case of switching off lighting load in UP (while the whole country will also be doing the same activity), approximately 3,000 MW sharp load reduction phenomenon may occur in the state in a very little duration of time,” it said, adding: “This may cause a “high voltage surge.”
The dispatch centre advised that rectors in UP Power Grid must be kept in service during the period, and “all capacitor banks must be kept out of service”.
However, UPPCL Chairperson Arvind Kumar said there was no need to panic.
“Only the lights will be switched off, not the other appliances. So, there should not be any problem at all,” he told The Sunday Express.
“The panic is unnecessary. We have a robust grid and there won’t be any major fluctuation if all lights are switched off because other appliances such as fans, refrigerators, etc will continue to run. As a precaution, we have instructed officials to be on guard.”
In a letter, the power ministry’s Director (Operations) RK Singh instructed officials in his department to be prepared with a charged mobile phone from 8 pm to 10 pm, and follow rules and restrictions related to COVID-19.
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Thomas Bennett House Wedding
It is always a treat to see former clients and their families at weddings we shoot. In this case I shot Eric’s sister, Alyson’s, wedding in Austin almost 4 years ago. Alyson and Craig now have two adorable daughters that I got to meet at the wedding. Krissy & Eric are living in Florida at the moment but wanted to have a destination wedding and loved the idea of getting married in a town they had visited before that they loved. Krissy contacted us almost a year ago and reserved her venue, the Thomas Bennett house in Charleston, South Carolina, based on our availability. The house is more of a historic mansion located centrally in downtown Charleston.The rooms were a perfect backdrop to the girls getting ready as well as some bridal portraits before the ceremony and the lawn was beautifully manicured for spring for a tented reception. Their ceremony was at the Johannes Lutheran Church where they did a sword arch exit with all of Eric’s Navy friends. We took portraits at Battery Park so we get a few photos with the ocean water and the gorgeous moss covered trees that South Carolina is known for. There is something so beautiful about the way the light shines in South Carolina, the light is the perfect amount of soft and warm. The reception was full of laughter and dancing which also continued on into their after party. We’re so glad that we could make it out to Charleston for a fun and beautiful destination wedding.
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"Georgia, from the Latest Authorities", Carey, Mathew
Subject: Southern United States
Period: 1795 (published)
Publication: Carey's American Atlas of Guthrie's Geography
Color: Black & White
15.7 x 9 inches
39.9 x 22.9 cm
This scarce and significant map covers from the Atlantic seaboard to the Mississippi River; present-day Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. There is good topographical information particularly in the eastern section, where early counties in Georgia are named and their boundaries given. The interior is labeled Country of the Creek Nation of Indians with several other tribes located and the notation These Parts are little known. Several Creek and Cherokee villages are located and the trading paths to the interior are shown. This is the first state with no page number in the plate.
References: Wheat & Brun #611; Phillips (Maps) p. 296.
There is moderate toning and foxing, and dampstains along the right sheet edge. Most of the right margin has been replaced with portions of the neatline drawn in facsimile.

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