The deployment of cooperative ITS needs a multi-stakeholder cooperation. The umbrella organisations represented in the Amsterdam Group have expressed their support for C-ITS as follows. Both achievements of cooperation are referred in Annex 2:
- The C2C CC with its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the introduction of Cooperative ITS from 2015 on has made a clear statement in the way forward.
- On the level of the Amsterdam Group this statement is complemented with the Letter of Intent (LoI) between the umbrella organisations carrying the Amsterdam Group.
The commitment of road operators / road authorities highly relies on the policy and the effectiveness and costs of ITS implementations in their respective road network. E.g. Front runners are proactive and give direction to the developments and deployment of C-ITS by applying and testing early standards and setting the scene for the future. One of the front runner activities is the trilateral Cooperative ITS corridor between Vienna in Austria, Munich and Frankfurt in Germany and Rotterdam in The Netherlands which is organized and managed by the transport ministries and automotive industry of the three countries.
Figure 2: Cooperative ITS Corridor and planned day one services
The Cooperative ITS corridor has following implementation steps:
- Due to similar projects in the Netherlands (DITCM) and in Austria (Testfeld Telematik), which are implemented to national circumstances, and the efforts of the automotive industry in Germany within DRIVE C2X and SIM-TD, it is more than obvious to initiate a first step in the implementation of cooperative services together in a European Corridor.
- Thus a MoU for the establishment of cooperation in a corridor between the BMVBS - Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (Germany), the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Directorate-General Rijkswaterstaat (The Netherlands) and BMVIT (Austrian MoT) was signed on 10 June 2013 alongside the Council of Transport Ministers in Luxemburg.
- A similar agreement on concrete applications of cooperative systems between the German automotive industry and the German Ministry of Transport is planned and should give the key partners security for a market introduction of cooperative ITS.
- The goal is to equip a road corridor from Rotterdam via Frankfurt to Vienna, with specific day one services supported by the Amsterdam Group. In Germany, the implementation concept is focusing on road works trailers where cooperative modules will be installed. In Austria and The Netherlands the installations will be most probably focus on the currently available ITS implementations (gantries) of conventional line control systems or toll gantries (in Austria).
- The corridor approach envisages a phased roll-out like the one proposed by the AG. This should start in the federal state of Hesse and being subsequently extended to the corridor including the corridor-relevant parts of the Netherlands and Austria. The nationwide equipment of all road works safety trailers operating on the high level road network is planned before the end of the decade.
Figure 3: Phased deployment approach in the Cooperative ITS Corridor between the Netherlands, Germany and Austria
- In the Netherlands the policy has been adopted for a transition programme (2013-2023) where the collective traffic information and management will be extended with individual traffic information and by that offers possibilities for individual traffic management. This will be achieved by applying innovative in-car and handheld services and technologies resulting in a reduced investment in conventional roadside systems when this approach is proven to be feasible. This will be a joint public-private cooperation. Objective is to achieve more effective and efficient traffic management and information services.
- The Dutch Integrated Testsite for Cooperative Mobility (DITCM), The ‘PraktijkProef Amsterdam’ (PPA: pilot Amsterdam on networkmanagement and in-car services) and the Corridor project Netherland-Germany-Austria serve as important deployment tests to demonstrate and prove/test the added value of in-car services on a large scale. Important criteria are scalability, continuity, cross-border, cost efficiency, portability and acceptance/appreciation by road-users.
It is expected that similar to established patterns of competitive dynamics (i.e. front runner – follower) other initiatives will step up and connect to the Austrian-German-Dutch Cooperative ITS corridor. It is also expected that the connections to the urban network will evolve as today’s cooperative ITS test sites also cover parts of the urban network (e.g. Helmond, Frankfurt, Vienna). The Amsterdam Group has already established (or will do so) connections to the following implementation pilots:
- The French automotive industry has taken the initiative to establish a pilot linking Paris and Strasbourg as being the potential interface to the Cooperative ITS Corridor. Bordeaux as being the host city of the next ITS World Congress in Europe in 2015 may also play a role here. The initiative is discussed with other French core stakeholders but no commitment has been taken yet.
- COMPASS 4D (coordinated by ERTICO, funded by the EC CIP ICT Policy Support Programme) started in early 2013 as a pilot C-ITS deployment among seven European cities (Bordeaux, Copenhagen, Helmond, Newcastle, Thessaloniki, Verona, Vigo). The service portfolio comprises Road Hazard Warning, Red Light Violation Warning and Energy Efficient Intersection. The urban services intend to contribute to solving urban transport problems by improving traffic management in cities. As an example, the city of Copenhagen is planning to provide public transport priority traffic within the city center based on C-ITS within the COMPASS 4D project and the same technology as corridor projects and other infrastructure projects in Europe.
The coming years will likely show an increasing uptake of C-ITS in the urban context although this is expected to be a challenging process. Local authorities are key players in cooperative systems deployment because cooperative systems have the potential to support the management of urban transport systems in many ways. Potential benefits include: enhancing the quality and quantity of real-time traffic data gathered from equipped vehicles for improved management and control of the road network; efficient and less polluting urban freight delivery; improved use of infrastructure for moving people and goods efficiently, eg, public transport priority, kerbside management (parking, deliveries), access restrictions; information provision to encourage sustainable and safe travel behaviour; and, finally; an open ITS platform enabling a multi-vendor environment (as opposed to vendor lock-in faced by many local authorities today).
Guiding principles for ITS deployment in cities: the deployment of ITS is largely objective-led, meaning that ITS investments are directly linked to policy objectives, such as promoting public transport or improving the safety of vulnerable road users. For local authorities, ITS is a tool to support all transport modes (private car, freight, public transport, cyclists, pedestrians and new mobility services). The priority given to mobility and sustainable modes in urban and regional transport policies in recent years has meant that most investment has likewise been directed towards services such as public transport priority at traffic lights, real-time passenger transport information, multi-modal journey planners and electronic ticketing.
Besides policy, another important principle guiding deployment is cost effectiveness. This is gaining greater importance in the current climate of budget cuts, where any capital investment is subject to even greater scrutiny and actions are being taken to bring down the operational costs of existing systems. Any new technology proven to be more efficient or cheaper than mainstream ITS will have a good business case.
Concerns and barriers for local authorities regarding cooperative systems: while the many R&D and pilot projects have shown that cooperative systems work- at a technical level, the real benefits for local authorities have still to be proven, ie, cooperative systems must show how they can contribute to either policy objectives and/or cost-effectiveness. Most cooperative systems R&D has focused on vehicles and traffic management, whereas most (larger) cities hold the view that network control is a largely completed task and that increasing operational capacity through further ITS is reaching the point of diminishing returns. It is also worth noticing that whilst key players within OEMs, some road authorities and research institutes have passed the phase of demonstrations and are heading towards deployment, European cities in many cases have not yet reached the demonstration stage.
Recommendations for an accelerated deployment of cooperative systems
- Develop applications of relevance to local authority policy objectives; particularly with regards to public transport, and non-motorised road users.
- Ensure proper evaluation of benefits, especially at urban level.
- Develop deployment scenarios for local authorities showing (amongst other things) how to move in a cost-effective way from existing systems to cooperative systems.
- Strengthen the role of cities in all development and testing activities, including large scale and complex field operational tests (FOTs) to make sure local policy objectives are taken into account both in the applications developed and in the evaluation.
- Develop robust business models for local authorities.
Action plan on urban issues for Amsterdam Group
- Ensure proper representation of local authority interests within all infrastructure-related cooperative system standardisation activities. Standardisation of SPaT for instance cannot be left to traffic system suppliers and ITS experts alone.
- Encourage and facilitate discussion on alternative ‘urban’ applications of the Amsterdam Group Day One services. Most of the Day One services are more suited to interurban roads. However, the functionality enabled by them may well find a suitable use in an urban and/or regional context. For instance, the ‘slow/stationary vehicle warning’ service could potentially have an urban fleet application, such as managing bus headway or warning of a broken-down fleet vehicle (bus, refuse truck, etc).
- Regarding the services to be deployed on the Vienna-Frankfurt-Rotterdam corridor, there should be a detailed consideration of the opportunities and requirements of each service for cities and regions:
- Probe vehicle data (PVD) holds great appeal to road authorities since they are large consumers of real-time traffic data for traffic control purposes.
Questions for consideration include: What are the infrastructure (hardware/software) requirements? What are the capital and operational costs? Is PVD more cost effective than existing traffic detection systems? Is PVD as, or more, reliable than existing systems? What data is needed to feed the traffic control systems? How can the irrelevant data be filtered out from the relevant data? Can the traffic control systems cope with the huge amount of data (data overload)? Could PVD be extended to all (non-motorised) road users? When could PVD fully replace existing traffic detection systems (ie, which vehicle penetration rate)?
- In-vehicle information (IVI) could be useful to urban and regional roads if the information displayed goes beyond traffic information and if route guidance is based on the prevailing traffic control strategies. Other information to be displayed could include traffic regulations, eg, speed limits, one-way street, access restrictions (to specific vehicles, at specific times); temporary diversions; road works, etc.
Questions for consideration include: What are the benefits of IVI over existing information services (road signs, VMS, traffic broadcast, SatNav)? What infrastructure (road-side, back-office, etc) is needed for in-vehicle information and at what cost? What is a sensible roll-out plan for IVI, ie, which data to start with, how to extend over time and what are the key enablers (eg, a centralised database of (i) traffic regulations, (ii) road works and diversions, etc)? What is the risk of information overload for the driver and how can this be mitigated? What are the liability implications for a local authority if the data displayed is not up to date and this leads to an accident?
- Road works warning is considered to hold more relevance on interurban roads due to the high traffic speeds and the consequent safety implications. In urban areas, road works information could be provided through in-vehicle information since the main benefit is of a traffic efficiency nature rather than safety.
- SPaT is not going to be implemented on the corridor; however, it is addressed here because it is an urban-specific application and furthermore, there is ongoing standardisation activity. The SPaT use case presented by the Amsterdam group should represent the viewpoints of the umbrella organisations and in particular urban stakeholders. This way the SPaT use case from the Amsterdam group can be used and referenced to within the C2C-CC and used as input to standardisation.
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The windswept foothills of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains are the setting for a pilot project using drones to deliver medical supplies and personal protective equipment to remote communities.
Researchers at the University of Calgary, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Alberta Health Services and Alberta Precision Laboratories partnered with the three reserves that are part of the Stoney Nakoda First Nation last summer.
A large drone, looking very much like a small helicopter and able to carry up to 45 kilograms, delivered equipment and COVID-19 test kits on its maiden voyage to the Morley reserve west of Calgary.
The project was the brainchild of Wade Hawkins, lead researcher at SAIT’s Centre for Innovation and Research in Unmanned Systems, and Dr. John Conly, medical director of the Cumming School of Medicine’s research and innovation centre.
“We think that the sky is the limit, literally, for this type of technology, marrying drones with … medical supply delivery,” Conly said.
“We’re just priming ourselves for what could be a great delivery service.
“My vision is we create a drone army that would be supplemental to the medical care that we deliver.”
Hawkins said initial test flights “are going great so far.”
Eden Valley, southwest of Calgary, will provide challenges due to distance and strong winds. Big Horn, in central Alberta, is even farther away and the terrain is more rugged and cell service more spotty.
“Our goal is to prove this technology locally and then we’ll move that Canada-wide potentially — to northern territories with truly remote environments — and then developing countries.”
Hawkins said the Alberta tests are to wrap up by next summer and the idea is drawing international attention.
“We’ve even had interest from the World Health Organization (WHO). They’re actually a funder now and they’re interested in seeing what we can do,” he said.
“They’re interested in some of the countries in Africa, primarily for delivery of medical supplies, but also COVID testing … (and) delivery of mobile medical equipment.”
Conly, who has been a senior technical adviser with the WHO’s COVID-19 response program, said the agency sees the potential.
“They were quite intrigued about the issue for vaccine delivery. They would be able to load up and deliver vaccine to remote villages for self-inoculation.”
The project is also testing smaller drones to send medical equipment, such as portable ultrasound devices, directly to patients, so a doctor could do remote examinations.
“The ultrasounds are getting tiny. I’d say less than a pound. They can actually be powered by plugging into your smartphone,” said Dr. Andrew Kirkpatrick, a professor at the Cumming School of Medicine and a trauma surgeon who has worked with NASA.
“If it’s immediately life-threatening, you can act on it. Time is everything in emergency medicine.”
The CEO of the Stoney Nakoda said the First Nation is thrilled to be on the ground floor of testing new technology.
Ryan Robb said Morley is next to the Trans-Canada Highway, but the other reserves are more isolated. So drones could prove valuable in providing better health care.
“We could see this being used to deliver medicine. We still have many people on our reserve where I can’t drive to their house unless I’m in a four-wheel drive,” Robb said.
“We would like to be cutting edge, too. These aren’t the same drones your kids are playing with.”
Dr. Aurang Khan with Stoney Health Services said the use of drones is essential for remote communities, especially to test for COVID-19.
“Having this technology to be able to deliver personal protective equipment and swabs and testing kits to the health centre … is really going to improve the outcome for our community members in terms of health,” he said.
“We can easily summon the drone and have all the swabs loaded on to it and sent to the provincial lab at Foothills Hospital (in Calgary) and we’ll get the results in a very short time.”
Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press

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ALBANY, GA (WALB) - U.S. Senate Candidate Michelle Nunn made a stop in Albany Saturday.
Nunn, along with other volunteers including city commissioner Jon Howard went door to door encouraging people to register to vote. The deadline to register is October the 6th. Nunn says it's important to have your voice heard.
"Whether it's our children's education, whether it's minimum wage, whether it's affordability of college these things matter and they are decided through elections and we need everybody to let their voice be heard," said Michelle Nunn, (D) U.S. Senate Candidate.
Nunn also gave us her thoughts on ISIS. Nunn believes ISIS is a threat and hopes the U.S. can work close with its allies to defeat.
"I do agree that we should continue the air strikes," said Nunn. "I also believe that we need to look to our military leaders to continue to develop the evolving strategy, again in concert with regional players."
Nunn believes that the U.S. should not fight a civil war in Iraq and that issues there need to be resolved by their leadership. She says Congress and the President need to work together on united policies for international engagements.
Nunn will face Republican Senate Candidate David Perdue in the November 4th election. The winner will replace retiring Senator Saxby Chambliss.


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So, as you may or may not have read already on this blog, I love anything creepy…..love it. This short story/novelette/whatever is written as a letter from the previous owner of your house to you, the current owner. That is absolutely genius in my opinion and is what made this story extra-super-mega scary. I mean, it takes place in your home. Can you imagine ‘Insidious’ or ‘Sinister’ or something like that taking place in your house?! I know…..I would cry/pee my pants.
Even the blurb scares me –
This is no chain letter, hoax or prank.
It is a sincere warning about your home and the entity which dwells within.
Your home has been haunted for quite some time.
I am sorry that I could not personally deliver this document. I did not even post it myself. The postmark on the envelope will not help you, should you ever attempt to locate me.
When this letter is complete, I shall entrust a friend in another country with repackaging and sending it on my behalf. This letter also may or may not have been translated from its original language.
You do not know me. You must never know me.
Neither do I know you, beyond your name, address and appearance. I have seen you in person but you have not seen me.
Think back to the day that you moved into your home. I contrived to casually pass by as you stood outside. I saw your face, but you did not so much as glance my way. I did not stop walking. I simply committed your face to memory and moved on before you became aware of my presence.
Why did I want to see you?
I suppose my conscience drove me to it. Just as it compels me to finally write this letter.
I wanted to see exactly who I was passing the entity on to.”
This story literally stayed with me for days. I would not go to bed alone. Waking up in the middle of the night scared the hell out of me (if you read the story it will become clear why). I think this story, with a bit of padding out and adding meat to the bones would make a great film. A real ‘hiding your face behind a cushion’ type of film. My favourite kind! 😀
Anyway, enough of me pretending I’m Steven Spielberg and let me tell you a little bit about the plot of this story. It is, as I said, a letter to you, the current occupier of your house and it is a warning from the previous occupier about this so called ‘entity’ kind of ghost-type thing that is in your house with you. I can’t say too much without giving a lot of the story away but as it says in the blurb, the previous owner has passed the entity onto you in order to rid himself of it. (What a thoughtful housewarming gift, right?) That part of the story – the whole ‘having to pass it onto somebody else to escape it’ type thing reminded me of ‘The Ring’ and various different things in the story remind me of a host of different films. There’s elements of ‘The Grudge’, ‘The Ring’ and a few others.
Please do give this story a try. It costs less than £1 on the Kindle store so you can’t really go wrong if you want a short, fast-paced, terrifying read.

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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Movie Review
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is a sequel to 2006's Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. The earlier film showcased the various misadventures of the clueless Kazakh journalist Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen), who goes through interpreting the American way of life in his own unique way, providing us with plenty of laughs and plenty of insights as well about middle-class America. Through its prank comedy style of reportage, the film explored the random hypocrisy of the common American people, who have no clue they were being racist, or that their thoughts and actions are out of sync with reality. The film came out before the advent of social media and of smartphones. It was a different world it was projecting and targeting a president -- George W Bush II. Here, the film brings up several real-world concerns, including COVID-19 and the American administration's casual response to it. It also targets the present American president Donald Trump, though not as savagely as we would have hoped. It also sends across a message to the American people to vote. The film apparently rushed through its release to catch the pre-election dates.
The film’s title in entirety is Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Borat, who has been charged with treason and has been living in a prison ever since, is instructed by Kazakh authorities to bribe a senior politician in the Trump administration so they take their country seriously. Borat comes to know that the American politicians like younger girls so he hits upon the idea of making an offering of his own 15-year-old daughter, who has somehow smuggled herself across to America, either to Trump, or to Mike Pence and to Rudy Giuliani as the last resort. His daughter is played by Maria Bakalova, who has been brought up believing that women are the property of men, they lack libido and are incapable of taking decisions on their own. Coming to America opens her eyes to a new way of thinking and learns what it means to be a free woman. Through her, the film takes potshots at the beauty industry which insists on cosmetic perfection, the gold-digger tendencies of seemingly liberated women, the pro-life tendencies of the religious fanatics who won’t consider abortion even in the face of rape and so on.
Borat himself exposes the callous hatred displayed by the common Americans towards people who they feel are different from them. A helpful salesman helps him with enough items to murder a small group of people when he comes to know that Borat wants to target gipsies. Another cake maker writes an anti-Jew message on a cake without thinking twice. He’s later shown to be sheltered by two men who hate Obama and who are delighted when he comes up with an anti-liberal song. We also see the common Americans treating the threat of the coronavirus in a casual manner. They don’t want to wear masks and consider their desire to do so as their constitutional right. And social-distancing is pretty much non-existent. It’s made amply clear that the administration is in no mood to risk the ire of the vote bank by putting in harsher measures against the pandemic, as it would be an unpopular move.
In their own eyes, these ordinary folks are good people. They’re blind to their hatred because they can’t see it for what it is. Which is something sadly true of all bigots everywhere. Not everything the film does has gone right. Borat’s encounter with an actual Holocaust survivor starts with a great build-up but then the momentum peters down. The fertility dance sequence at the debutante ball plain grosses you out. Maybe it’s because the first film was way funnier. Also, the candid camera uniqueness of the first film isn’t there anymore. We’ve all seen that before so the repeat doesn’t cut ice. We’re no longer as shocked by the proceedings as we were before.
Director Jason Woliner has written-in the running gag that thanks to his antics of 14 years earlier, Borat is a celebrity in America and is instantly recognisable. This gives Sasha Baron Cohen the leeway to explore different wigs and costumes to stay incognito. Needless to say, each get-up is more deliberate and ridiculous than the other. The director has also brought-in an emotional core to the film by focussing on the father-daughter bond. The realisation that he actually loves his 'non-male' child brings a kind of redemption to Borat and helps him become a better person.
Sacha Baron Cohen is in fine form here, doing his best to expose human foibles and follies. His sense of coming timing is second to none. He makes the complex role look easy. He had earlier declared that he’s retired Borat and we’re all glad the character got resurrected. Cohen has found a fine partner in Bulgarian actress Maria Bakalova. Their father-daughter dynamics is spot-on and her solo scenes where she learns to be her own person are nicely acted as well.
All-in-all, while the sequel might not have the bite and the wildness of the first film, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm retains enough of the madcap humour to keep us laughing throughout. What we would like to know is how Rudy Giuliani allowed himself to be part of the film as it portrays him in an unflattering light...
Trailer : Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Renuka Vyavahare, October 24, 2020, 12:28 AM IST
STORY: An unusual feminist sequel to 2006 comedy ‘Borat’, this is a scathing satire and brutal social commentary, that gives the middle finger to political correctness, while making a strong case against misogyny and patriarchy.
REVIEW: The story follows Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen) a Kazakhstani TV reporter who is sent to America to bribe the powerful men in order to win favours in return. Trouble ensues when his teen daughter (terrific Maria Bakalova) smuggles herself into the United States to be with her father. The film essentially tells a dad daughter story while highlighting the metaphorical cage that women find themselves trapped in even today.
There’s a reason why this film is so important in 2020. We all want to sound woke on Twitter. Outraging and taking offence to insignificant things is now a popular pastime. Our drive to feel superior to others has given birth to an online pandemic called cancelling culture. It has stripped us off our honesty, as we constantly fear being ostracised for speaking our mind. While it’s fashionable to preach courage, deep down we are a bunch of fearful creatures, who seek validation from random people. Enters the audacious maskini clad Sacha Baron Cohen who questions the status quo in his own shocking ways. His explicit ways to get a point across can be cringe inducing and thus not for everyone. However, if you can overlook the pubes, underarm hair, penis jokes, you are guaranteed to have a good laugh.
Unapologetically feisty, the man has a funny bone but most importantly, a spine. His mockumentaries speak truth to power and make you wonder how we as society are yet to change our mindset. We’ve normalised sexual harassment, hatred against Jews, racism, taboos around menstrual blood, unrealistic standards of female beauty and the denial of female masturbation. The film holds a mirror to not only America but the world in general. We aren’t rattled by human rights abusers.
Ahead of the US elections, the comedian wants Americans to be offended for not thinking straight. The jabs on the right wing supporters and Republicans, especially President Trump, VP Mike ‘fly’ Pence and an expose of sorts on Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani are the film’s jaw dropping moments. The Giuliani scene is a shocking real footage that’s used in the film. It shows the senior attorney reaching into his trousers while reclining on a bed in the presence of the actor playing Borat’s daughter, who is posing as a TV journalist for a fake interview. They are then interrupted by Borat who runs in and says: “She’s 15. She’s too old for you.”
Maria Bakalova is as uninhibited and terrific as Sacha. As the dad-daughter emotional angle takes centre stage, the film loses steam and gets generic. However, it provides you with enough and more awkward laughs that also make you introspect. Ridiculous and harebrained yet insightful and hilarious... this isn’t a perfect film that makes for a pleasant watch but it’s audaciously different and daring.


Southeastern Conference power rankings: Week 4
No. School (Record) AP/USA Today rankings Last Week
1: LSU (4-0) 1/2 LW - 1 : The Tigers finished with a 4-0 record after a grueling September where they faced three top 25 schools on the road, and were bumped to the top spot in the AP poll because of it. LSU looked to shore up the one unspectacular spot on the team in its victory over West Virginia. Punter Brad Wing was named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week for downing six punts inside the West Virginia 11-yard line, Morris Claiborne returned a kick for a touchdown, and kicker James Hairston boomed kickoffs consistently inside the five-yard line. LSU should beat up on Kentucky at home this weekend before taking on Florida at home October 8.
2: Alabama (4-0) 3/2 LW - 2 : Junior running back Trent Richardson is rounding into form, and that could be bad news for the rest of the SEC. Richardson was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week for his game against Arkansas, after he gained 211 total offensive yards in Alabama's 38-14 win. The Tide travel to Florida this week for a showdown against the Gators.
3: Florida (4-0) 12/12 LW - 4 : Florida hung 48 points on Kentucky last weekend in an impressive win that vaulted them three spots in both polls. The main reason for the Gators' success this season has been a rushing attack that ranks No. 9 in the country at 259 yards per contest. But the undersized duo of Chris Rainey and Jeff Demps will have a tough test against swarming Alabama and LSU defenses in consecutive weeks.
4: South Carolina (4-0) 10/9 LW - 5: The Gamecocks won a yawner against Vanderbilt 21-3 last weekend, but will have it's toughest test yet this Saturday against Auburn. Sophomore running back Marcus Lattimore should run with ease against the sieve known as Auburn's defense, but the Auburn offense could provide South Carolina with a scare this weekend.
5: Arkansas (3-1) 18/18 LW - 3 : The offensive prowess the Hogs showed against lesser competition was exposed against the stout Alabama defense last weekend, as Arkansas only managed 14 points in the loss. The team gets a shot at redemption this weekend against Texas A&M in a preview of a 2012 conference matchup. Both teams are coming off disappointing losses, and this game could be a make or break game for both squads heading into the remainder of the season.
6: Georgia (2-2) NR LW - 6: The Bulldogs have rebounded nicely after opening their season 0-2, but will need to avoid a defensive letdown to climb back over .500 when Mississippi State comes to town this weekend. The Bulldogs will need a good performance from quarterback Aaron Murray (268 yards in a 27-13 win against Ole Miss last weekend) to upend Mississippi State.
7: Auburn (3-1) NR LW - 8 : It's redemption weekend for the defending national champs, as they get to try to get back in the good graces of voters with a win in South Carolina. The Tigers played a solid game against Florida Atlantic, winning 30-14, but will need to prove their defense is capable of stopping an NFL-caliber player like South Carolina's Lattimore. This game starts a grueling stretch in which Auburn plays South Carolina, Arkansas, Florida and LSU in consecutive weeks, with only Florida being at home.
8: Mississippi State (2-2) NR LW - 7: Mississippi State looked like it was still suffering from a post-LSU beatdown hangover when it barely squeaked by Louisiana Tech in a 26-20 overtime win last weekend, despite having a week and a half to prepare. Quarterback Chris Relf completed less than half of his passes (14-29) and running back Vick Ballard had an unspectacular game (17 carries, 68 yards). After starting strong in a season-opening win against Memphis, State has struggled in its last three games. They'll need a better effort if they want a win in Athens this weekend.
9: Tennessee (2-1) NR LW - 9 : The Vols got the week off, giving the plenty of time to figure out how to move forward without their No. 1 receiver, Justin Hunter. Quarterback Tyler Bray should have no problem moving the ball and establishing a rapport with his other receivers against Buffalo at home this weekend before Tennessee hosts Georgia next weekend.
10: Vanderbilt (3-1) LW - 10: Vandy only managed a field goal against South Carolina this weekend, but did a good job bottling Lattimore up - only allowing the sophomore to gain 77 rushing yards. The Commodores get a week off before they try to do the same against Alabama's Richardson.
11: Kentucky (2-2) LW - 11: The Wildcats make their first appearance against LSU since knocking them off college football's throne in 2007 when they beat the then No. 1 Tigers 43-37. The Tigers just got the top ranking again, but it'll be difficult for Kentucky to repeat the feat - they only completed 22 of 44 passes against Florida and face an even tougher LSU defense this weekend.
12: Ole Miss (1-3) LW - 12: The Rebels ONLY lost by 14 points to conference rival Georgia, which should go down as a success after losing to Vanderbilt by 23 the week before. Ole Miss gets a respite from conference play this weekend, but have to travel across the country to do so in a matchup against Fresno State. The Rebels could use a win - their next three games are against Alabama, Arkansas and Auburn.


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Then the drake or dragon made another appearance – flying out from under the stone, surveying the scene and then returning to its guardian position. After that it was left alone for a while, but it began to annoy the farmer, who constantly had to plough around it when working in his field. Eventually he had a large hole dug next to it and, presumably with the greatest of difficulty, had the boulder rolled in. Rudkin tells us that it was one Reverend Dodsworth, then vicar of Anwick, who didn’t want the stone to be lost, so commissioned a traction engine to haul it to its present place beside the church.
There was no escape, however, and the colossal waves crashed into the cities, destroying Valerian’s palace as well as all the houses and streets. It swept away all traces of Roman supremacy and then it rushed through the forest, washing away all the trees and swallowing up the hills and rivers. High in the upland range, the Iceni watched the sea smash against the ground below them, obliterating everything in its path, but fortunately they were high enough up and the waves abated just below them, sparing their lives.
Of course, there are exceptions to the rule and some people like courting trouble. It was believed by such folk that if you were to drop a pin in the keyhole of a church door and then run around the church seven times that the Devil would appear. Quite what they would do then is unclear. The legend of Dorrington Church boasts a similar belief. On a clear, moon-lit night you can peek through the keyhole to watch the Devil playing with glass marbles across the church floor. Exactly what Old Nick looks like we are not sure, although there is one story, retold by Rudkin,3 that describes him as a ‘funny little ole man’.

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"There are zombies chasing me. I need protecting." Seven almost pouted at the engineer. "I am scared."
"So you came to the half Klingon vif a bad accent and vorse temper for protection? You really are a stupid Borg!"
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Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Director General of the Tinubu-Shettima Campaign Council, Simon Lalong is currently meeting.
Naija News learnt that the meeting which has directors of the campaign council in attendance is been held at the PCC Headquarters in Abuja.
At the time of filing this report, the aim of their meeting has not been stated.
However, the meeting is coming hours after the strategic planning committee of the council met to review the campaign council list.
The Governor of Plateau State, Lalong chaired the meeting held at the PCC office in Abuja.
Lalong had taken the step to douse the controversy surrounding the list of the APC campaign council.
Some APC Governors and members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party had expressed their grievances over the composition of the list.
The National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu and other members of the NWC were absent from the meeting.
A source that spoke with Punch about the meeting disclosed that Adamu and other members of the NWC might be absent from the meeting because of a crucial meeting on Wednesday.
The source said, “Are they not members of the PCC? Remember that Adamu is a deputy chairman of the council while national vice chairmen of the APC are equally deputy coordinators and zonal vice chairmen.
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Some residents of Malemati village in Ga-Mphahlele have accused the Limpopo Department of Public Works, Roads, and Infrastructure of failing to give them answers and timelines about their demand for construction of a tar road.
Residents in ward 19 and 30 were promised the tar road since 2017 and to date, the department only announced in the 2023/2024 budget that it has completed designs for Malemati roads namely: D4090, D4093, D4094, and D4096.
One of the residents Hendrick Madigoe told Capricorn FM News that their recent meeting held with the officials from the department said nothing to respond to their concerns, saying the only new thing the report mentioned was that there are no funds to construct new roads.
Madigoe says the officials promised them that they will request money from Infrastructure South Africa this financial year to build their roads.
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The Limpopo Department of Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure has meanwhile indicated that together with Roads Agency Limpopo, they do not have enough budget to upgrade the road as called for to do so by the residents of Malemati village in Ga-Mphahlele.
Departmental spokesperson Witness Tiva says they need around R280 million for the construction of that 22km stretch of road.
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Local projects across Roscommon and Galway are to benefit from €25 million in funding to make homes and businesses more energy efficient under the SEAI Community Grants Scheme.
The announcement was welcomed by local public representatives including Independent TD Denis Naughten and Fine Gael Senator Maura Hopkins this week.
Deputy Naughten said: “A total of 18 local families will have their fuel-poor homes upgraded through improved insulation, heating, lighting, window and floor upgrades which will reduce energy bills and make these homes more comfortable and healthier.
“Not only does this investment reduce electricity and oil bills but it makes local businesses more viable, helps community groups keep their doors open and ensures the homes of families in fuel poverty are more comfortable and healthier to live in. There are also significant supports available for individuals”.
The community and public buildings in County Roscommon to be upgraded include: Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle; Athleague Community Centre; Athleague National School; and Boyle GAA Club. Harmac Medical, Castlerea, will have their premises upgraded under the programme.
Senator Maura Hopkins also welcomed the news: “This funding which is being made available by Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton will have a huge impact on the ground for communities locally.
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Dr. Arnold Willis, a urologist in Maryland, is bringing Hello Kitty wine to Merrifield with his Napoleonic Cavalry-themed distribution service, thanks in part to Chicago gangster Al Capone.
It’s a lot to unpack. The ABC permit is still pending, but Chasseur Wine LLC is planning on opening a wholesale distribution facility at 2995 Gallows Road, as a staging ground for moving into Northern Virginia.
The brand is already active in Maryland and D.C., and Willis said Merrifield was right at the epicenter of the planned distribution network.
So where does the beloved Sanrio feline fit into all of this? Buckle in, it’s sort of a long story.
A few years ago, to celebrate their 40th anniversary, Willis said Sanrio was looking for a wine to put their label onto — the logic being that girls who had grown up with Hello Kitty were now likely of drinking age. In a tour of European vineyards in 2016, they settled on Torti Winery in Italy.
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“It surprises people as a legit wine,” Willis said. What has happened — it’s something very kitschy, it catches you off guard. Everybody buys one bottle to say ‘look what I got’ but the irony of this is: it’s quite good wine.”
But there was a catch.
“Ever since the Al Capone days, the federal government has cut it up so you can’t have wholesale distributorship to more than 15 states,” Willis said.
So the distributorship needed to be split up. Willis lived in the D.C. area, so he worked with his son on setting up their own distribution service in the area. Thus, Chasseur Wine — named for the son’s interest in the French cavalry unit from the Napoleonic War — was born. There are other wines involved, but Willis said the main feature is still the Hello Kitty wine, which typically sells in the $17 to $30 range.
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“This is the most fun I’ve ever had,” Willis said. “Chasseur Wines is my baby.”
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If all the allegations made by the state Department of Labor are true, a fine of $19,600 is utterly inadequate in the death of Donald DeHart. DeHart, 43, was killed Jan. 18 when the 18-foot-deep ditch in which he was working in Fairview collapsed. It took rescuers eight hours to reach him, then three more to remove his body. The work was slow because digging had to be stopped periodically so the walls of the ditch could be shored up.The Citizen-Times has been on this case from the beginning. I complimented the paper last January for writing a rare, well written, educated editorial condemning a company for violating OSHA standards and killing DeHart:
"We don't want to lose a person while we're attempting to rescue another one," said David Walker, public information officer for the Garren Creek Fire Department and Fairview Fire and Rescue.
Unfortunately for DeHart, no one had shored up the walls of the ditch in which he died. State Occupational Safety and Health rules require shoring or sloping sides for any ditch deeper than five feet. In addition, according to a Department of Labor report, there was no ladder, ramp or other safe way for workers to get out of the trench.
And that's just for starters. The report also says employees were not instructed in recognizing safety hazards, the dirt removed from the trench was left at the edge instead of at least two feet away so its weight wouldn't make the walls unstable, and the trench had not been inspected by someone with expertise in trench safety before work began and during the shift.
All the violations are classified as serious and Labor has proposed penalties totaling $19,600.
"I think it's so sad that a human life is worth so little," said DeHart's sister, Revonda Johnson. So do we; if everything Labor says is substantiated, the penalties are so inadequate as to be meaningless.
The accident that claimed DeHart's life reminds us that OSHNC regulations are not just another way for a government bureaucracy to harass employers and workers. They are in place because obeying those rules saves lives. If the ditch that collapsed on DeHart had been constructed according to OSHNC standards, DeHart would almost certainly be alive today. Yet, both employers and employees often ignore OSHNC regulations because complying would cost extra money or take additional time. The price for not doing so can be far more dear than an OSHNC fine.The company, of course, is contesting the citation. And why not? They've got nothing to lose but their fine reputation.
Oh, and one more unresolved issue. The company claims that DeHart wasn't eligible for workers compensation because he was an "independent contractor." The Citizen Times is skeptical:
That should be checked out. If DeHart in fact were an employee improperly classified, it wouldn't be the first time an employer has claimed his workers were independent contractors in order to evade responsibility and dodge payments into the worker's compensation fund.


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OBJECTIVES: Describe mesothelioma occurrence in Wisconsin during 1997-2013 by usual industry and occupation (I&O), including occupations generally considered low risk.METHODS: Population-based rates and standardized incidence and mortality ratios were calculated. Two case-control analyses were designed to compare mesothelioma incidence and mortality in specific I&O groups with occurrence of (1) brain and central nervous system cancers and (2) other causes of death, using logistic regression.RESULTS: Mesothelioma incidence and mortality were elevated in Wisconsin (SIRadj = 1.20 (1.13, 1.28); SMRadj=1.30 (1.22, 1.38)). Certain industry (construction, manufacturing) and occupation (construction and extraction) groups were associated with increased odds of mesothelioma, with some evidence of increased risk among teachers.CONCLUSIONS: Forty years after the Occupational and Safety Health Act, mesothelioma incidence and mortality remain elevated in Wisconsin, with increased risk continuing for certain I&O groups.
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Kenya wa~ also a skilled modeller of figures, and his factory in the Irnado suburb obtained a considerable reputation for work of that nature.
Isenberg, who was followed by Dr Ludwig Krapf, the discoverer of Mount Kenya, and others.


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Understanding Gaslighting: A Deep Dive into Psychological Manipulation
The term ‘Gaslighting’ is used commonly nowadays. Yet many may not be aware of when they’re being impacted by it. This blog offers an understanding of gaslighting as a deep dive, looking at where the term comes from and recognising how it manifests.
Origin of the Term “Gaslighting”
People often use the term “gaslighting” in modern conversations to describe manipulative behaviors that make someone question their reality. This term originates from the 1944 film “Gaslight.” In this movie, Gregory, Paula’s husband, manipulates her into believing she’s losing her sanity. The film’s title and central plot revolve around Gregory adjusting the house’s gaslights, making Paula doubt her perceptions.
As depicted in the movie, gaslighting makes someone question their reality deliberately. Over time, people have expanded the term’s use to describe various manipulative behaviors that make someone doubt their memories, perceptions, or sanity.
Manifestations of Gaslighting
Gaslighting isn’t a new concept. From ancient myths like Cassandra, cursed to predict true events that no one believed, to modern pop culture references like “The Truman Show” or Shaggy’s song “It Wasn’t Me,” we can see the essence of gaslighting. At its core, gaslighting erodes a person’s sense of self and reality.
Not all perpetrators intentionally gaslight. Some might not even realize they’re doing it. However, many use it as a tool for power and control. They deny the victim’s experiences, escalate situations, trivialize the victim’s feelings, and counter their memories with alternate versions of events.
Gaslighting in Today’s Context
The term “gaslighting” has resurfaced in daily conversations, mainly due to the broader societal focus on various forms of abuse, especially against women. As society expands its understanding of abuse, it acknowledges psychological manipulation techniques like gaslighting more.
Organizations like the Domestic Violence Resource Centre of Victoria and Safe Steps recognize gaslighting as an abusive technique. This term also challenges stereotypes like the “crazy ex-girlfriend” or the “hysterical woman.” Instead of questioning the woman’s sanity, it examines the motivations of the accuser.
Public Figures and Gaslighting
The term “gaslighting” isn’t exclusive to personal relationships. People have used it to describe the behaviors of public figures, most notably US President Donald Trump. Critics have accused him of trying to manipulate public perception and make people doubt their reality.
However, understanding the context remains crucial. While people can apply the term broadly, its original intent was to describe more intimate, controlling behaviors that are challenging to escape.
The Importance of Recognizing Gaslighting
The increasing use of the term “gaslighting” stands as a positive sign. It indicates society’s deeper understanding of abuse and its various manifestations. Recognizing and understanding gaslighting serves as the first step towards addressing and combating this form of psychological manipulation.
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I’m sure you’ve noticed: the days are getting longer. I generally wake up between 5 and 5:30, and it’s pretty much light by then. Sunset at my home is around 8:30 or so.
That’s a long day.
This week marks the Summer Solstice — June 21, to be exact. Which means that day is 5 hours, 50 minutes longer that it is on the Winter Solstice.
Today, we know that the Solstice is an astronomical event caused by Earth’s tilt on its axis and its motion in orbit around the sun. But in ancient times, the Solstice was thought to be a time of magical or spiritual significance. The Celts and Slavs celebrated with dancing and bonfires to help increase the sun’s energy. The Chinese honored Li, the Chinese Goddess of Light. And ancient Pagans celebrated with bonfires in which couples leapt through the flames for good luck (the belief was the higher you jumped, the higher your summer crops would grow.)
Some archaeological structures are thought to be aligned to reflect observations of the Solstice. From the view of the Sphinx, the Solstice sun sets squarely between the Great Pyramids of Khufu and Khafre on Egypt’s Giza plateau. And archeologists have long debated the purpose and use of Stonehenge. The site is aligned with the direction of the sunrise on the Solstice. Even today, revelers gather at Stonehenge to celebrate the longest day of the year.
But the Solstice isn’t only significant to ancient cultures. For skiers, too, it has meaning. It’s pretty obvious: from here on out, the days begin to get shorter. Which means we’re on our way to next ski season.
I like to think of it this way: Picture a really long chairlift on a very snowy mountain. It’s around December 21, or Winter Solstice. You get on, and it slowly starts heading up the mountain. Along the way you pass a number of trail signs: President’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Last Day of School. After a long time, you reach the top and get off. The sun is high in the sky, everything is flooded in bright light. It’s the Summer Solstice. You’re only there for a few brief minutes. Then you point your skis down the mountain and push off.. The ride down takes a while, and the days begin to shorten. When you reach the bottom, it’s Winter Solstice again.
Here are some interesting facts about the Summer Solstice:
• A Solstice happens at the same instant for all of us, everywhere on Earth. To find the time of the Solstice in your location, you have to translate to your time zone.
• The word Solstice derives from Latin, meaning ‘sun stands still’. This word was chosen because when the solstice occurs the sun appears to stand still.
• Due to seasonal lag, the hottest weather of the summer doesn’t generally fall on the Solstice. Earth just takes a while to warm up after a long winter. Even in June, ice and snow still blanket the ground in some places. The sun has to melt the ice – and warm the oceans – and then we feel the most sweltering summer heat.
• The earth is actually at its farthest from the sun during the Solstice. The warmth of summer comes exclusively from the tilt of the earth’s axis, and not from how close it is to the sun at any given time.
• Some people confuse the solstice with an equinox however an equinox occurs when day of night are of equal length and the sun is directly above the equator, which occurs twice each year and marks the beginning of spring and fall.
• Because of the differences between the astronomical year, which is only 265.25 days long, and the human calendar year, which is 365 days long, the exact date of the Summer Solstice dates can change each year.
The Solstice and Skiing
I’ve never skied on the Summer Solstice, though I think it’d be an absolute blast. And yes, there are places in North America where you can do it, too. With a base of 115″ at its summit, Mammoth is still open for skiing and riding. And Snowbird, Squaw, Aspen, and A-Basin are open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, so you can celebrate the Solstice there, too. Mount Hood’s iconic Illumination Rock also plays host to a summer solstice party organized by local skiers. And this year, Breckenridge is having its first-ever Summer Solstice Festival, bringing together broadcast meteorologists from around the country to learn about topics, trends, and technology in meteorology. And yes, of course, you can ski the Fourth of July bowl.
Have you ever skied on the Solstice? If so, post here. I’d love to hear about it.


Rapid and sensitive detection of low amounts of pathogen in large samples is needed for early diagnosis and treatment of patients and surveillance of pathogen. In this study, we report a microfluidic platform for detection of low pathogen levels in a large sample volume that couples an Magainin 1 based microfluidic platform for pathogen enrichment and a recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) sensor for simultaneous pathogenic DNA amplification and detection in a label-free and real-time manner. Magainin 1 is used as a pathogen enrichment agent with a herringbone microfluidic chip. Using this enrichment platform, the detection limit was found to be 20 times more sensitive in 10 ml urine with Salmonella and 10 times more sensitive in 10 ml urine with Brucella than that of real-time PCR without the enrichment process. Furthermore, the combination system of the enrichment platform and an RPA sensor that based on an isothermal DNA amplification method with rapidity and sensitivity for detection can detect a pathogen at down to 50 CFU in 10 ml urine for Salmonella and 102 CFU in 10 ml urine for Brucella within 60 min. This system will be useful as it has the potential for better diagnosis of pathogens by increasing the capture efficiency of the pathogen in large samples, subsequently enhancing the detection limit of pathogenic DNA.
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This study was supported by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) ( 2017R1A2B4005288 ), and also supported by a research fund of Chungnam National University .
© 2017 Elsevier Inc.
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- Molecular Biology
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Nothin’ but the blues, from down home to uptown with Marty Kool. If it’s blue, it’ll do.
On the air for 30 years just playing the Blues. From the 1930s to now, acoustic & electric, downhome & uptown, with some Soul & Gospel. Heavy on Chicago, Texas & West Coast, light on blues/rock. Dig the 50s. Out of print vinyl, too. More traditional than not. Marty is a member of the Arizona Blues Hall Of Fame & the Tucson Musician’s Museum.
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Raquel is a staff writer for PlentyofCheddar.com. She received her Bachelor's of Arts in Public Relations from Barry University. Raquel enjoys reading Sci-Fi/ Fantasy novels and watching films of that same genre. Raquel is also enjoys the theater arts and fine dining. She was raised in Maryland but currently resides in Miami. Check her out on Google+!


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Kennedy's Adrian Parra places fourth at state XC
EUGENE Adrian Parra bided his time.
The junior from Kennedy High School hung around the top 10 in the state OSAA Class 3A/2A/1A boys cross country meet for the majority of the 5,000 meter distance, but was saving himself for the final quarter mile.
He made up huge distances in the final quarter mile to place fourth in a time of 16:35. He was initially given third, but Riverdale's Guy Eroh edged him out.
"My strategy, every time I do a race, I always ask myself if I'm able to get a good finish," Parra said. "I don't want to tire myself too much before the finish. Other than that, when it comes to the hills, run as hard as I can and keep control of my breath."
Chemawa junior Connor Ogle placed sixth in 16:41 to lead the Braves to a fourth place finishing and a team trophy.
"It's a big accomplishment," said Ogle, who was at the state meet for the second straight year. "I plan on being a state champion next year. It starts right here."
Chemawa's team of Ogle, Gustavo Salcido, Michael Capone, Lance Billie, Natron Longhair, Bruce Dickensen and Joshua Friday scored 145 points.
Kennedy was 10th and Crosshill Christian was 15th, led by Danny Schanz' 10th place finish in 16:53.
5A girls: Maddie Fuhrman had a plan to stick with the lead pack for the first two miles.
It wasn't easy, but she did it.
The junior from Silverton stuck with the torrid pace the leaders set for the first two miles and built a big enough cushion that when she dropped back she was still able to hang on to place ninth.
"I went out really solid and I was trying to keep with that pack for two miles at least," Fuhrman said. "I kept my eyes on the next person and kept telling myself I had to go.
"I found something inside that made me run really strong. My goal is top 10 and I'm really excited to stand on the podium."
3A/2A/1A girls: Kennedy freshman Kaylin Cantu hovered just outside of the top 10 for most of the race, but made her move in the last mile to placed 10th in 20:17.
"I tried to stay up with the first group of girls for the first mile then they kind of pulled away so I tried to chase them back," Cantu said. "And then I realized I was in 11th place so I tried to get in the top 10."
Salem Academy junior Jessie Brownell placed 15th in 20:43, Kennedy senior Lauren Stokey placed 21st in 21:03 and Crosshill Christian sophomore Hannah Schanz placed 32nd in 21:39.
Amity placed 12th in the team standings. Union won the team championship.
4A girls: Cascade senior A.J. Spangler placed 39th with a time of 21:33 to lead Cascade to a 12th place team finish.
4A boys: North Marion's Colin Barrow finished 42nd in 17:39 and Stayton's Jacob Classen was 60th in 18:21.

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The soundtrack to summer’s most anticipated movie has been unveiled and it’s everything we could have hoped for.
If you were excited for the upcoming Barbie movie already, well, get strapped in because Barbie: The Album is on its way too.
The album will be executively produced by Mark Ronson and is set to feature songs from Ava Max, Charli XCX, Dominic Fike, Dua Lipa, Fifty Fifty, Gayle, HAIM, Ice Spice, Kali, Karol G, Khalid, Lizzo, Nicki Minaj, PinkPantheress, (yes, even Ryan Gosling), Tame Impala, and The Kid Laroi.
Pop star Dua Lipa has also announced the release of Dance the Night, the lead single from the highly-anticipated film.
There’s no doubt Barbie is one of the most-anticipated films of the year, and it’s set to be a very queer affair thanks to the inclusion of the following openly LGBTQ+ stars: Kate McKinnon as Weird Barbie, Hari Nef as Doctor Barbie, Alexandra Shipp as Writer Barbie and Scott Evans.
Margot Robbie leads the cast as the titular character, alongside Ryan Gosling as Ken. Different variations of the doll include Issa Rae as President Barbie, Emma Mackey as Physicist Barbie, Sharon Rooney as Lawyer Barbie, Nicola Coughlan as Diplomat Barbie, Ana Cruz Kayne as Judge Barbie, Rita Arya as Journalist Barbie and Dua as Mermaid Barbie.
The multiverse of Ken’s will be played by Evans, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Simu Liu and Ncuti Gatwa. Additional cast members include Connor Swindells, Michael Cera, Helen Mirren, Jamie Demetriou, Emerald Fennell, Will Ferrell, America Ferrera, Rhea Perlman, John Cena, Ariana Greenblatt and Marisa Abela.
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The official synopsis for Barbie reads: “After being expelled from Barbieland for being a less than perfect-looking doll, Barbie sets off for the human world to find true happiness.”
Robbie previously told British Vogue of the plot: “People generally hear ‘Barbie’ and think, ‘I know what that movie is going to be,’ and then they hear that Greta Gerwig is writing and directing it, and they’re like, ‘Oh, well, maybe I don’t…’”
Although Robbie acknowledged that the character evokes “a lot of nostalgic connections” and “comes with a lot of baggage”, she said: “But with that come a lot of exciting ways to attack it.”
Barbie: The Album is set for release on July 21 2023, the same day the movie, Barbie, hits the big screen in the US and UK.


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APL Logistics today launched what it is calling “Simultaneous optimization” – a shipment planning platform that could change the way large freight buyers coordinate their transportation activities
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Cargo activity at the Port of Los Angeles got off to a great start, with the port announcing earlier today that its January total of 698,715 TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalents) represents its best January ever recorded, topping January 2007, which reached 691,602 TEU.
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A new benchmark for software integration has been reached by Kewill, a leading supply chain solutions provider
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There was some good news and bad news coming for U.S. port authorities today. President Obama’s fiscal 2013 budget contained a bit of both.
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The National Federation of Independent Business small business optimism index rose 0.1 point to 93.9 in January
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According to a leading trade intelligence report, inbound ocean cargo calls increased at all top ten U.S. ports last month.
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Taking its next steps in launching a less-than-container load (LCL) offering, global third-party logistics (3PL) services provider CEVA Logistics announced today that it has opened two new LCL lanes.
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Recent findings by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Global Supply Chain Institute advisory board suggest that finding the right professional has never been more crucial.
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From the 2015 Chicago Auto Show, Cars.com's Kelsey Mays takes a look at the 2016 Toyota Avalon.
(upbeat music) Toyota really wowed us with styling on the current generation of its Avalon full-sized sedan. We're here at the auto show already with some updates on that car, a few years into the current generation.
A big change upfront is the grill. It's now sort of frowning instead of smiling, in these outboard sections, you've got these very vertical turn signals here instead of fog lights, it looks a lot like the updated 2015 Camry sedan. Other changes, in back a little bit more chrome and a little bit of minor restyling in the LED tail lights, but overall, a very similar car, both inside and out. Now, one important change comes in these suspensions. There's a whole bunch of different trim levels for the Avalon. The Touring grade, the sportiest grade, still gets a sportier suspension, but all of the rest of the suspensions in the Avalon have been tuned for more comfort, probably a good thing because the current generation Avalon does kind of ride a little bit firm, for a full-sized sedan. Stay tuned for our driving impressions. The new Avalon goes on sale in Fall 2015. (car engine revving)


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What’s it like to walk away from an abusive marriage and then marry the man who wrote you eight years of love letters and emails every day until he took his last breath?
Dr. Lin Morel discusses the resiliency of the human spirit, hope, grace, and stepping into a love story for the ages. Dr. Morel, is a best-selling author, speaker, international consultant, and trauma specialist for body, mind, and spirit. She works with thought leaders, world changers, and those committed to sharing their divine gifts and vision with the world. Dr. Morel’s wisdom and transparency will lift you into a heightened awareness of what is possible when one is committed to growth and loving as the primary ingredients for a sacred union between hearts and souls.
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Times have changed. The era where cannabis was considered bad has long gone. Now, there are people who support the use of cannabis for medical purposes. People are realizing that cannabis can be used for more than just recreational purposes. According to a survey conducted, 9 out of 10 Americans say medical marijuana should be made legal in the country. As of now, 33 states and Washington DC have made medical cannabis legal. The 2018 farm bill made CBD legal throughout the nation.
Even though we came to known about CBD only a few decades back, it was popularly used in ancient times
. There are several mentions of cannabis in Chinese Medicine. In fact, the Father of Chinese Medicine called cannabis “ma”.
Why was cannabis considered important
? What are its properties?
The main component of cannabis plants is phytocannabinoids. These are compounds that react with the endocannabinoid system of our body to maintain homeostasis. What will happen when our body does not get enough endocannabinoids?
Experts say that the root of all our health problems is from the imbalances in the endocannabinoid system. When our body fails to produce enough endocannabinoids on its own, the balance of our body and mind are affected. The endocannabinoid system controls the sleep cycle, mood, pain, digestion, reproduction, and many other functions. The lack of these compounds will lead to a condition called endocannabinoid system deficiency or simply, endocannabinoid deficiency.
The two endocannabinoids naturally produced by our body are anandamide- the bliss molecule- and 2-AG. When there is a decrease in the amount of these molecules, the functions depending on the endocannabinoid systems will be disrupted. These natural endocannabinoids react with the cannabinoid receptors- distributed throughout the body.
Endocannabinoid System And CBD
CBD is a cannabinoid sourced from natural hemp. Being rich in cannabinoids, hemp extract is one of the best ways to substitute for the deficiency of endocannabinoids.
It was observed that people who suffered from a few diseases were reported to have certain endocannabinoids in fewer quantities. This observation led to concluding about the positive effect cannabinoids may have on the body.
Cannabis-derived CBD extracts are also a good source of cannabinoids if you do not mind the high THC concentrations
. Most of the plants from the cannabis family have high THC and thus, the chances of you getting high are more. If you prefer to avoid THC, you should try full-spectrum CBD extracted from hemp. This extract will not contain more than 0.3 percent THC because of which you will not get high.