|Deputy editor||George Garner|
|Former editors||Tom Pakinkis, Tim Ingham, David Dalton, Steve Redmond, Selina Webb, Ajax Scott, Martin Talbot, Paul Williams|
|Frequency||Monthly from March 2021, previously weekly|
|Year founded||1959; 61 years ago|
Music Week is a trade paper for the UK record industry. It is published by Future. It was founded in 1959.
Founded in 1959 as Record Retailer , it relaunched on 18 March 1972 as Music Week.On 17 January 1981, the title again changed, owing to the increasing importance of sell-through videos, to Music & Video Week. The rival Record Business, founded in 1978 by Brian Mulligan and Norman Garrod, was absorbed into Music Week in February 1983. Later that year, the offshoot Video Week launched and the title of the parent publication reverted to Music Week.
Since April 1991, Music Week has incorporated Record Mirror , initially as a 4 or 8-page chart supplement, later as a dance supplement of articles, reviews and charts. In the 1990s, several magazines and newsletters become part of the Music Week family: Music Business International (MBI), Promo, MIRO Future Hits, Tours Report, Fono, Green Sheet, Charts+Plus (published from May 1991 to November 1994), and Hit Music (September 1992 to May 2001). By May 2001, all newsletters (except Promo) closed.
In 2003, Music Week relaunched its website of daily news, features, record release listings and UK sales, airplay and club charts. In early 2006, a separate free-to-access site for the Music Week Directory listed 10,000 contacts in the UK music industry. In mid-2007, the magazine was redesigned by London company This Is Real Art. In October 2008, another redesign led to major changes.
In June 2011, Music Week was sold to Intent Media.The package was sold for £2.4m and also contained titles Television Broadcast Europe, Pro Sound News, Installation Europe, and additional websites, newsletters, conferences, show dailies and awards events, which generated £5.4m of revenue in 2010. As of issue 30 July 2011, UBM is still named as publisher, as the new publisher Intent Media took over on 1 August 2011. In the first edition under new ownership it was announced that the title would switch its day of publication Monday to Thursday with immediate effect. NewBay Media acquired Intent Media in 2012. Future acquired NewBay Media in 2018 and decided that the publication would go monthly from March 2021, in keeping with its Louder Sound publications such as Metal Hammer and Classic Rock magazine
Music Week features these British charts: the Official Top 75 Singles of the month, the Official Top 75 Albums of the month (similar to charts used by Top of the Popsin the early 1990s and Absolute 80s on Sundays) and the Official Vinyl Charts. Specialist charts include the Official Top 20 Americana, the Official Top 20 Classical, the Official Top 20 Hip-Hop & R&B, the Official Top 20 Jazz, the Official Top 20 Country, the Official Top 20 Dance, the Official Top 20 Folk and the Official Top 20 Rock & Metal. Also found in Music Week are charts for streaming and various album compilations, whilst James Masterton's weekly Official UK chart analysis column can now only accessed online by subscribers.
When the magazine was a weekly publication it included Top 75 Singles, Top 75 Artist Albums, Top 20 Downloads, Top 20 Ringtones, Top 20 Compilation Albums, Top 50 Radio Airplay, Top 40 TV airplay, and a number of format and genre charts (Music DVD, Rock, Indie, etc.). It also included background on sales and airplay analysis from Alan Jones. Following a redesign in October 2008, the magazine introduced live charts based on Tixdaq data, a Box Office chart and predictive charts based on information from Amazon, Rakuten.co.uk, Shazam, HMV.com and Last.fm. Music Week compiled and published weekly club charts from chart returns supplied by DJs in nightclubs; Upfront Club Top 40, Commercial Pop Top 30 and Urban Top 30. The magazine also published a weekly Cool Cuts chart compiled from DJ feedback and sales reports from independent record shops, which traced it roots back to James Hamilton's BPM section in Record Mirror (a publication which ended up as the middle dance music section of Music Week in 1991).
Music Week is published monthly by Future (from the March 2021 edition), though previously it was a weekly magazine (50 editions p.a.). It was available as a B4-sized printed magazine and a PDF digital edition. ISSN 0265-1548.
Previous editors of Music Week include Tom Pakinkis, Tim Ingham, David Dalton, Steve Redmond, Selina Webb, Ajax Scott, Martin Talbot and Paul Williams. Other former staff:
Circulation trend (ABC data):
By October 2011, Music Week had been deregistered with ABC after 54 years.
The website musicweek.com had 63,904 monthly unique browsers for the audited period 1–31 October 2008.By 2009, the website had been deregistered with ABC.
New Musical Express (NME) is a British music, film and culture website and brand. Founded as a newspaper in 1952, with the publication being referred to as a 'rock inkie', the NME would become a magazine that ended up as a free publication, before becoming an online brand which includes its website and radio stations.
Kerrang! is a British weekly magazine devoted to rock, punk and heavy metal music, currently published by Wasted Talent. It was first published on 6 June 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper. Named after the onomatopoeic word that derives from the sound made when playing a power chord on a distorted electric guitar, Kerrang! was initially devoted to the new wave of British heavy metal and the rise of hard rock acts. In the early 2000s it became the best-selling British music weekly. The print edition of Kerrang! is currently on publication hiatus due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, though the website and digital editions are continuing as usual.
"Don't Speak" is a song by American rock band No Doubt from their third studio album Tragic Kingdom (1995). It was released as the third single from Tragic Kingdom in the United States on April 15, 1996, by Interscope Records. Lead singer Gwen Stefani and her brother Eric Stefani, former No Doubt member, wrote the song originally as a love song. The song went through several rewrites and new versions. Gwen modified it into a breakup song about her bandmate and ex-boyfriend Tony Kanal, shortly after he ended their seven-year relationship.
UBM plc was a British business-to-business (B2B) events organiser headquartered in London, England, before its acquisition by Informa. It had a long history as a multinational media company. Its current main focus is on B2B events, but its principal operations have included live media and business-to-business communications, marketing services and data provision, and it principally serves the technology, healthcare, trade and transport, ingredients and fashion industries. UBM was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index until it was acquired by Informa in June 2018.
"Viva Forever" is a song by English girl group the Spice Girls from their second studio album, Spiceworld (1997). The song was co-written by the group with Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard, while production was handled by the latter two. It is a pop ballad with Spanish-style elements. The song's theme is about a summer romance during a holiday vacation, while the lyrics discuss past experiences or memories. It was released as the album's fourth and last single on 20 July 1998.
Radio & Records (R&R) was a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries. It started as an independent trade from 1973 to 2006 until VNU Media took over in 2006 and became a relaunched sister trade to Billboard, until its final issue in 2009.
Record Mirror was a British weekly music newspaper between 1954 and 1991 for pop fans and record collectors. Launched two years after the NME, it never attained the circulation of its rival. The first UK album chart was published in Record Mirror in 1956, and during the 1980s it was the only consumer music paper to carry the official UK singles and UK albums charts used by the BBC for Radio 1 and Top of the Pops, as well as the US Billboard charts.
The Official Charts Company is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various "official" record charts in a number of European territories.
Cherry Red Records is a British independent record label founded by Iain McNay in 1978. The label has released recordings by Dead Kennedys, Everything But the Girl, The Monochrome Set, and Felt, among others, as well as the compilation album Pillows & Prayers. In addition to releasing new music, Cherry Red also acts as an umbrella for individual imprints and catalogue specialists.
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming. The Official Chart, broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and MTV, is the UK music industry's recognised official measure of singles and albums popularity because it is the most comprehensive research panel of its kind, today surveying over 15,000 retailers and digital services daily, capturing 99.9% of all singles consumed in Britain across the week, and over 98% of albums. To be eligible for the chart, a single is currently defined by the Official Charts Company (OCC) as either a 'single bundle' having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes or one digital audio track not longer than 15 minutes with a minimum sale price of 40 pence. The rules have changed many times as technology has developed, the most notable being the inclusion of digital downloads in 2005 and streaming in July 2014.
"No Tomorrow" is the debut single of American pop rock band Orson. It was released on February 27, 2006, as the lead single from their debut studio album, Bright Idea (2007).
Informa PLC is a British publishing, business intelligence, and exhibitions group. Headquartered in London, it is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Building is one of the United Kingdom’s oldest business-to-business magazines, launched as The Builder in 1843 by Joseph Aloysius Hansom – architect of Birmingham Town Hall and designer of the Hansom Cab. The journal was renamed Building in 1966 as it is still known today. Building is the only UK title to cover the entire building industry.
The discography of Foo Fighters, an American rock band formed in 1994 by Dave Grohl, consists of ten studio albums, ten extended plays (EPs), six video albums, and fifty-six singles. The current Foo Fighters line-up consists of Grohl, Taylor Hawkins (drums), Rami Jaffee (keyboard), Nate Mendel (bass), Chris Shiflett (guitar), and Pat Smear (guitar).
Billboard is an American magazine and website that produces news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. It is known for its music charts, including the Hot 100, Billboard 200 and Global 200, tracking the most popular songs and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows.
Building Design, or BD, is a weekly architectural magazine and digital title in the United Kingdom. It is based in London.
The Impossible Dream is the debut studio album by Welsh operatic duo Richard & Adam, who first rose to fame on the seventh series of the ITV talent show Britain's Got Talent, on which they finished third. The album was released on 29 July 2013 through Sony Music as the first of two albums that the duo released with their current contract.


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A traditional, warming dish from the North of England, Tripe and Onions is best served in a tureen accompanied by a dish of boiled potatoes so that the diners may help themselves.
1 ½ lb. prepared tripe, cut into small pieces
4 medium-sized onions, sliced
1-J- pints milk
1 teaspoon salt
1½ oz. butter
3 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley
Place the tripe, onions, milk and salt in a large saucepan and place the pan over moderate heat. Bring the liquid to the boil, stirring frequently. Cover the pan, reduce the heat to low and simmer the mixture, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour or until the tripe is tender when pierced with the point of a sharp knife.
Remove the pan from the heat and drain the mixture through a large, fine wire strainer into a medium-sized bowl. Transfer the tripe and onions to another bowl and reserve the drained liquid. Set aside.
In a large saucepan, melt the butter over moderate heat. When the foam subsides, remove the pan from the heat and stir in the flour to make a smooth paste. Gradually add the reserved cooking liquid, stirring constantly and being careful to avoid lumps. Return the pan to the heat and cook, stirring constantly, for A dish that is warming and sustaining, Tripe and Beans is a mixture of tripe, haricot beans, bacon and tomatoes simmered in chicken stock. minutes or until the liquid thickens slightly. Stir in the pepper and nutmeg.
Return the tripe and onions to the liquid and cook for a further 5 minutes until the tripe is heated through.
Remove the pan from the heat and pour the tripe and onions into a warmed soup tureen. Sprinkle over the chopped parsley and serve immediately.

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Apple has taken a small stake in a British chip designer, revealing how the company plans to power the graphics in future iPhones and iPod Touches.
Imagination announced Thursday that Apple has acquired a 3.6 percent stake in the company, which will only cost Apple 3.2 million pounds, or about $5 million. Imagination designs chip cores for a variety of applications, but its most prominent designs are its PowerVR cores for graphics in mobile phones.
That is believed to be the source of Apple's interest in the company, according to AppleInsider, which has tracked Apple's interest in the PowerVR technology for some time. Earlier this year Imagination announced that a "international electronic systems company" had acquired a license for the PowerVR graphics cores, and in Thursday's press release, Imagination said Apple was also a licensee.
The PowerVR cores will likely sit alongside the ARM-based processor core designs that the. Imagination has also signed a manufacturing license deal with iPhone processor maker Samsung, perhaps a sign that Apple will continue to use Samsung as a manufacturing partner once the P.A. Semi designs are complete.

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Article by Roy Inkidar
The Castanea garden is the first-ever edible forest at a UNC system school, providing free food through plant growth for UNC Asheville’s vibrant community, but much of it is being wasted due to the lack of student engagement in the garden.
Manager of UNCA’s Castanea garden Naomi Todd said her experience working at the garden allows her to engage in UNCA’s sustainability efforts and projects.
“My favorite part of working in the garden is probably having been able to work in this land for a year now. It is really beautiful to see the garden throughout the seasons and I’ve seen every step of the growing produce. It’s been cool seeing the cycle happen and I enjoyed meeting all the people that come here and sharing the space with them,” she said.
The garden is a place where people who have never gardened before can come to learn about gardening, composting and growing their own food.
Todd said that students should benefit from this learning experience that creates a lot of social interaction and provides them fresh food.
“One of our goals is to grow food for students and faculty and community members who need it. Students can come here and take whatever they want or need. That is the point of the garden and the food that we grow. Also making connections with people and bringing them together while learning about everything that goes into having a garden space,” Todd said.
Todd calls on the UNCA community to support the garden and welcomes everyone to get involved and help as it proves difficult to maintain the garden’s production on her own.
“I always need people to come out and help. I am the only person working here and it is a lot of work for just myself. I always love when people come and meet new people, and there are always things to work on. I would appreciate all the help I can get,” she said.
One of the largest issues Todd faces while working at the garden comes from the major imbalance between how much food is produced compared to how little is actually consumed.
Todd said she encourages students and faculty to make use of the garden and benefit from its production instead of letting it go to waste.
“There is a lot of free food in the gardens and take advantage of it because a lot of it goes to waste. So while you have the opportunity to, come get your produce,” Todd said.
UNCA takes part in numerous events that advertise environmental sustainability efforts and encourage students to build an eco-friendly environment, including the week-long annual Greenfest and the spring semester Green Olympics waste reduction competition between UNCA’s dorms. The on-campus gardens also serve as another opportunity for students to play a role in UNCA’s extensive sustainability efforts.
The Castanea garden contains a variety of produce and herbs, including numerous patches of plants used for teas such as lemon balm and mint. The North Carolina state fruit is the Scuppernong grape, and similar grapes are available in the garden. Additionally, there are multiple herbal plants that each have their own utilities.
Todd said she and other students involved with campus sustainability continue to create new garden-centered projects.
“I am working on spreading new wood chips, getting the compost more under control, doing some fall planting and some harvesting soon. It really depends on the season,” she said.
According to Todd, there are different durations to each plant’s life span. There are annuals which last only a season, perennials which come back every year and even plants that maintain and restore micronutrients to the soil such as buckwheat or oats.
“Right now I’m growing potatoes, sweet potatoes, spinach, winter greens, winter squash, pumpkin and watermelon. Those are annuals. I also have a lot of perennials which are plants that stay around the whole year and don’t die. Generally that means a lot of herbs so I have lavender, chamomile and basil,” Todd said.
For more information on the Castanea garden and to see Todd at work, check out the video attached above.

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By OSHRAT CARMIEL, Courant Staff Writer
October 19, 2005
Mounds of dirt and gravel rest in a muddy parcel intersecting Wyllys and
Norwich streets - once the center of one of Hartford's most notorious neighborhoods.
If you were a social worker or police officer and wanted a primer on all
that ailed the city, the Dutch Point public housing projects was an ideal
classroom. Drug dealing, prostitution and shootouts could be seen or heard
on any given day from the brick, concentration camp-style housing where 186
What's often forgotten because of the gangbangers, crackheads, hookers and
mischief-makers who got all the attention is that decent, law-abiding folks
also lived at Dutch Point. Some were actually proud to call it home.
Angela Martinez, 71, attended a groundbreaking ceremony this week for the
new $60 million Dutch Point Colony on the leveled property where the old
Martinez, who is single and speaks little
English, lived alone for 25 years in one of the federally funded units.
Through an interpreter, Martinez said she cries now when she drives past
the vacant land. "She liked it over
here," said Sergio Melendez, 27, who also lived at the old Dutch Point.
"Stores were close, the hospital, everything," he said. "When
she lived here, she would [rarely] open the door. And nobody bothered
her. When she heard gunshots it would scare her a little bit. One time,
the shots went in somebody's unit and killed somebody."
Martinez's home was only a few feet from where local community leaders and
dignitaries stuck a shovel in the ground Monday to signify the beginning
of construction on 198 new units, 50 of which will be set aside for home
ownership. Federal, state, city and private dollars make up the investment.
One of the people Martinez was friendly with is William Fornier, a stooped,
78-year-old man with white hair who has become the de facto historian of
Dutch Point. A neighborhood icon, Fornier recently participated in the Hartford
Citizens Police Academy. Like Martinez, he also lived in Dutch Point for
a quarter of a century and is very protective of his old haunts.
"I think the children went a little bit unchecked," Fornier
says - in what is fair to call an understatement.
Melendez, who lived in the projects for 13 years with his mother, sister
and three nieces and nephews said he wouldn't let the young ones play outside.
"It was frustrating," he said. "People
are getting shot. People are fighting; people selling drugs. I don't want
my kids seeing that. There was a lot of crime, a lot of problems. I don't
want to see that in my neighborhood."
For a while it looked as if Dutch Point and all its problems would be left
unchanged, even though hundreds of millions of dollars were being invested
nearby in new development - including a convention center, hotel and a planned
92-unit condominium complex.
Former Hartford Housing Authority Executive Director John Wardlaw wasn't
having it. He held off his retirement for years until papers could be signed
on the razing of Dutch Point.
Now the challenge is to make sure the troublemakers from the old units don't
infiltrate the new housing. A Dutch Point tenants group has helped set criteria
for previous tenants who want to occupy the new housing, which should open
next year. No recent criminal record is one of the requirements.
More than anyone else, the alums want to make sure that this time, Dutch
Point will be a place where kids can play outside and parents won't have
to hole themselves up inside.
"The residents have been really instrumental in wanting this to happen" said
Kathleen Zura, coordinator of community and supportive services for the Housing
Authority. "They've become a stakeholder. They don't want to go back
to the same type of environment they were in. And they are being empowered
to be able to change that."
An array of social services are being offered - including job training,
financial literacy, child care, drug counseling and English classes - to
get folks on their feet and productive.
The new Dutch Point is a new start for
a city trying to make itself anew with a moniker - "Adriaen's Landing" -
that honors a Dutch explorer.
Seems almost fitting.
Reprinted with permission of the Hartford Courant.
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AEW’s 2023 Fight for The Fallen edition of Dynamite will air live tonight from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.
Tonight’s show will feature Jeff Hardy vs. Jeff Jarrett in a Texas Chainsaw Massacre Death Match, as well as The Young Bucks vs. The Gunns for the first time, Kenny Omega’s interview with Jim Ross to discuss his All In plans, and much more.
The 2023 AEW Fight for The Fallen event will take place over three nights, beginning tonight with Dynamite and the Rampage tapings, which will air on Friday. The Fight for The Fallen will continue on Saturday with a live AEW Collision from Louisville, Kentucky’s Rupp Arena. The proceeds from both shows will be donated to the Maui Food Bank to help victims of Hawaii’s wildfires.
AEW has announced the following card for tonight:
* The Acclaimed vs. TBA
* Will Chris Jericho join The Don Callis Family?
* The Young Bucks vs. The Gunns
* AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy defends against Wheeler Yuta
* ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions Kaun and Toa Liona vs. Darby Allin and Nick Wayne
* The Bunny vs. Britt Baker for the final spot in the AEW Women’s World Title Fatal 4 Way at All In with champion Hikaru Shida, Toni Storm and Saraya
* Kenny Omega’s sit-down interview with Jim Ross
* Adam Cole and AEW World Champion MJF discuss their All In main event
* Jeff Hardy vs. Jeff Jarrett in a Texas Chainsaw Massacre Death Match

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Professor Jack Arthur Masquelier (1922-2009)
Legendary and amiable French scientist Jack Masquelier, one of the great pioneers in the fields of phytochemistry and human health, died Tuesday, 24 February, in Bordeaux, France.
Over sixty years ago, in July 1948, Jack Masquelier published his doctorate thesis upon the successful isolation and chemical description of the phytonutrient we know today as oligomeric proanthocyanidins or OPCs. That same year he filed a patent for the industrial method of producing the first botanical product based on OPCs.
Based on Dr. Masquelier’s groundbreaking and always innovative role in the research, isolation, identification and therapeutic and dietary applications of OPCs, two botanical products followed. In the 1960s, a botanical medicine based on OPCs isolated from Pinus maritima bark saw the light of day, followed ten years later by an OPCs-based medicinal product manufactured from Vitis vinifera seeds. In France, these medicinal products are still sold today. During the 1980s these complex, but well characterized phytonutrients, were introduced on the natural products market. Today, Masquelier’s OPCs are sold around the world as dietary supplements.
The postwar period, when Masquelier began his research, was marked by a surge in interest in flavanols, the group of bioactives to which proanthocyandins belong. In 1951, Australian scientist W.G.C. Forsyth first isolated flavanols from fresh coco-beans. In that same year, using Masquelier’s OPCs, the English phytochemist E.C. Bate-Smith, working at Cambridge (UK), developed and first described a coloration method to detect the presence of proanthocyanidins in plant materials.
Masquelier’s scientific work was seminal in the early development of two areas of science: phytochemistry and human health. Finding that the nomenclature used in the fields of phytochemistry and botany could easily lead to confusion and imprecision when applied in the field of dietary and pharmaceutical products, Masquelier, together with his lifetime friend and colleague Dr. Jean Michaud, focused on, and succeeded in the characterization of OPCs-based products in conformity with nutritional and pharmaceutical standards, thus fitting for the field of human health.
Through tireless scientific investigation, Dr. Masquelier revealed the numerous health benefits of OPCs. The key early finding of Dr. Masquelier was that OPCs strengthen and protect blood vessels and vascular function, so essential for the function of every organ in the body. This set in motion a series of independent clinical studies by several other scientists that sustained Dr. Masquelier’s findings and provided conclusive support for the use of Masquelier’s OPCs-compounds in the French vasculo-protective medicines.
In 1985, Dr. Masquelier was able to further explain the intense and instant positive effects that OPCs have on the human body when he discovered that OPCs neutralizes free radicals, the common cause of seemingly unrelated degenerative conditions and early onset of age-associated changes in the body. He found that OPCs are powerful antioxidants and are unique in their ability to work in both aqueous and lipid phase to provide superior antioxidant support.
All of Dr. Jack Masquelier’s discoveries have greatly influenced human health worldwide, and have gained great significance in this era, when life expectancy has increased while accompanied by an equally dramatic increase in cardiovascular and other degenerative diseases. His products have grown in relevance in a world that has fundamentally changed since their discovery.

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In the US, starlings are an unloved interloper. The result of a bizarre 1890 attempt to introduce every bird ever mentioned by Shakespeare into America, they move in their thousands in huge, noisy flocks.
The Starling app created by New Yorker Kevin Slavin (above, right, with general manager Kenny Miller) channels the idea of a giant flock, this time of people all talking at once -- but gives it a potentially lucrative focus. Big TV events can lead to thousands of tweets going out every second, following the action. “It’s empty and cluttered at the same time,” says Slavin, 41. “It’s like a room full of people talking -- not all of them speak your language, others are just using the same words in a different context.”
To filter the firehouse, he looked at what people tweeted while viewing -- often as little as “???” or “!!!”. Starling is built around these emotional sound effects. With eyes fixed on the TV, users start up the app on their phone, tablet or netbook. When Vampire Bill sucks blood or Don Draper downs an Old Fashioned, viewers select a “card” and throw it into the stream of responses from others. That card could contain their own comment or a readymade phrase provided by Starling. You can think “WTF?”, say “WTF?”, and see fellow fans agree, absolutely, “WTF?” before the scene has ended.
By looking at the timeline and the piles of cards, fans -- and TV executives -- can see where a show, event or commercial connected with its audience. Slavin is already considering what else to enhance by sharing excitement in real time. “We want to amplify what someone’s watching by adding participation. To improve an experience, just add people.” The app is available now for iPhone and iPad, or accessed via starling.tv


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Embassy Address3 Abu El Feda Street, 13th floor
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- +20 227 371 376
- [email protected]
- Sunday to Thursday: 8:30 am -12:00 pm, 1:00 pm - 4:15 pm
The following is a brief listing of services offered at the Embassy of Finland in Cairo, Egypt.
- Process passport applications
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Head of Mission
Laura Kansikas-Debraise, Ambassador
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Citizens of qualified countries may be able to travel to Finland without a visa. The most common types of Finland visas are the following.
- Transit visa
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- Long stay visas
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The last thing you need this summer is your garage door to stop working, leaving your car stuck in the heat outdoors. How can you tell if your garage door is malfunctioning or even beyond repair? Today, we’re breaking down some of the main tell-tale signs of a broken garage door.
Garage doors shouldn’t be making abnormally loud noises or squeaking incessantly when being used. Some noise is to be expected, but if your garage door is making unusual sounds that it didn’t before, the chances are that something has gone awry. If you’ve heard a loud BANG or POP, this is one of the common signs of a broken garage door spring and should be inspected by a professional immediately. Each different sound, from grating to ticking to squealing, has a different mechanical cause. Therefore, it’s essential to contact a professional to inspect the door further, as this is one of the telltale signs of a broken garage door.
The entire purpose of a garage door is to open and close so you can secure your storage space, but still gain access to your belongings when you need them. If your garage door isn’t opening correctly, it could be one of the signs of a broken garage door opener. If your door doesn’t open and close the way it is meant to, it is critical to seek professional assistance as soon as possible, so that you can reclaim your garage as a functional space. If the garage door refuses to budge even after being investigated for potential repairs, getting a garage door replacement in Salt Lake County from our team at Affordable Garage Door Repair may be your best option.
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Road closures in Whitehall and the City of Pittsburgh
Nightly closures of Provost Road at Weyman, Stewart Avenue and Fairhaven Road will occur this week, as crews from Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania work in the area.
The road closures will run from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. on the streets, going through Whitehall and the City of Pittsburgh, Columbia Gas representatives and Whitehall police said.
The detours will be marked and motorists are encouraged to plan their travel accordingly, Columbia Gas representatives said today. Police and flaggers will be in the area to direct local traffic. The roads will remain open outside of working hours.
Columbia Gas representatives said there are plans to close the same streets for three to four days during the day for additional work. Times have not been finalized.
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Mental Health Awareness Month: Breaking Down Barriers to Mental Health Treatment
By: Rebecca Hiltz, LSW | Behavioral Health Navigator
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, more than half of the estimated 60 million Americans struggling with mental health concerns go without treatment. Considering the stigma associated with mental illness, limited access to providers, and the financial burden that can accompany treatment, patients often face numerous obstacles along the journey to treatment. To honor Mental Health Awareness Month in May, we’re discussing these barriers with hopes that increased awareness and access will get more patients the care they need and deserve to live happier, healthier lives.
Personal and cultural risk of stigma prevents patients from seeking it. The stigma attached to mental illness is both a personal and cultural issue. First, people are often ashamed to seek services due to feeling that they will be judged or thought of differently. Whether the issues being dealt with are large or small, the overwhelming assumption that “something is really wrong” can prevent patients from seeking treatment. Additionally, different cultures view mental health concerns differently, with some believing treatment is a sign of weakness or that private matters shouldn’t be discussed. Provider awareness of personal and cultural stigma can better equip patients and families with the information needed to become confident in their treatment, regardless of stigma, and help reduce stigma overall.
Limited access to providers delays or prevents treatment. According to a study by the National Council for Mental Health Wellbeing, mental health services in the U.S. are insufficient to meet the needs of all those who need help. Even though 76% of Americans now see mental health as being as important as physical health, those who need it have trouble getting care due to an overall lack of provider availability. Geographical location of patients can act as a further barrier, with patients living in rural areas having an even more difficult time finding care. Continued awareness of the need for care may encourage more providers to join the field and increase funding to help those in need.
Cost of mental health care in America prevents millions of people from receiving it each year. It’s estimated the cost of mental health care in America exceeds $225 billion annually and acts as a deterrent to treatment being received. Even for patients with insurance coverage, copayment amounts can be high and add up to significant balances over time. Providers can help by helping patients understand costs before beginning treatment and offering payment options if possible. For those who need more financial support, community or government-funded health centers, such as RIMYA Services and the DuPage County Health Department, may offer lower cost options. Simply continuing to work to decrease stigma and increase awareness of mental health treatment options will help decrease costs over time as the culture works toward a more accessible pathway to care.
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The new research confirms that, while humans may pride themselves on being highly evolved, men really do go for an attractive mate - though will make do with someone who falls somewhat short of this ideal - while women - apparently understanding this - adjust their desire for a "high-quality" mate according to how attractive they perceive themselves to be. In other words, beautiful women want rich men.
That is the conclusion of research published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Peter Todd, of Indiana University, Lars Penke, of Humboldt University, Berlin, Barbara Fasolo, of the London School of Economics, and Alison Lenton, of the University of Edinburgh.
Mr Todd said the problem with earlier work that suggested that likes attract was that the scientists had simply asked people about preferences while today's work showed what they actually did in a real world setting - a commercial speed dating operation with 46 people in Munich.
[...] "We found that what men and women say they want is not the same as what they actually choose and that the actual choices made by men and women accord with a rough evolutionary-predicted trade-off, in this case between men's overall mate value [combining their wealth and status, family commitment and health] and women's self-perceived attractiveness," said Mr Todd.
Women dominate this trade-off, he said, because "men are much less discriminating".
Although people may claim otherwise, beauty is the key for men, since it signifies "good genes", while women, the choosier of the sexes, leverage their looks for security, fitness and commitment.
"Ancestral individuals who made their mate choices in this way - women trading off their attractiveness for higher quality men and men looking for any attractive women who would accept them - would have had an evolutionary advantage in greater numbers of successful offspring."
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Before hitting the stores for her daughters' school uniforms, Teresa Salyers hit the Web so she wouldn't burn up gas with aimless browsing.
Her strategy is an example of how many back-to-school rituals this month are being reshaped by the jump in gas prices.
Parents and school leaders say they're changing their ways this fall – from surfing the Web for school supplies to signing up for car pools – with an eye on burning less gas. A Ballantyne-area park even plans to sponsor a day of free tire-pressure checks to remind drivers that more efficient cars burn less fuel.
For Salyers, whose two daughters will attend Winget Elementary in southwest Mecklenburg this month, it makes sense to first scour the Web for coupons and sales before heading out to shop for school necessities.
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“I've been doing a lot of Internet shopping and consolidating trips when I do go out,” said Salyers, a teacher assistant at Winget.
Even though gas prices have fallen from highs of about $4 a gallon, many consumers aren't banking on a continued decline.
That has the back-to-school crowd thinking about gas conservation.
Here are some strategies being used in school communities throughout southern Mecklenburg and Union counties:
Ballantyne: Waiting to bike
Sharon Damaré, principal of the brand-new Ballantyne Elementary School on Old Lancaster Highway, knows her nearby students are itching to bike and walk to school.
“Our parents are very mindful of the gas prices,” she said.
Just don't go solo yet, she advises.
Damaré (“It rhymes with gamma ray,” she says.) has asked parents to walk with their children first, and hold off on letting them bike until everyone can see how the opening of school goes.
While the school is surrounded by new neighborhoods with sidewalks conducive to walking, it also is just off Old Lancaster Highway, where cars travel at 55 mph.
“We are a late school (opening bell is 9:15 a.m.), so I don't know if all the work traffic will be gone by then,” Damaré said. “We're trying to get the lay of the land here.”
Car pool lines should move swiftly given the school's layout, Damaré said, but she's also reminding parents about other options.
“I encouraged parents to put children on buses … it saves parents from having to get into the car pool lines to begin with.”
Patricia Riska, principal of the newly named Polo Ridge Elementary on Tom Short Road, also expects more parents to choose the school bus over walking.
“We don't have sidewalks on a segment” of the road, Riska said. “I suspect we may have more children riding the bus.”
Drive-through tire check
521 District Park in the Ballantyne area plans to offer free tire-pressure checks on an upcoming Saturday, according to facility manager Chris Hunter.
“In the midst of high gas prices, we all can't go out and get a hybrid vehicle … but we can all go out and check tire pressure.”
Improper tire inflation causes drag and eats up gas.
Hunter and park staff members will check tire pressure, have pumps on site to inflate tires that need air, and give out a fact sheet on how proper tire pressure helps conserve gas.
Stay tuned for the date, Hunter said.
Keeping same good habits
School bus drivers at Charlotte Latin School on Providence Road will simply keep practicing longtime gas conservation habits, said spokeswoman Karla Jennings.
The school uses 13 buses that go to 10 designated pickup/drop-off points twice a day – “which helps save us a considerable amount of money on diesel fuel costs, since the buses aren't stopping and starting every couple of blocks in a given neighborhood,” Jennings said.
A lot of parents car-pool to these stops. Drivers also use Mapquest to find the most direct route for bus trips, and make a point of observing speed limits to help save on fuel, Jennings said.
Members of Park Sharon Athletic Association, based in south Charlotte, will keep car pooling to practices, said communications coordinator Christine Black.
She said it's long made sense to combine rides since the association has kids within the same neighborhood playing on leagues, and parents willing to take turns car pooling to accommodate each others' work schedules.
Casey Corser is noticing more walkers along Ballantyne Commons Parkway heading to Stonecrest shopping center, and more people riding their bikes to the YMCA.
She notices how her two younger children, in the second and fourth grade, are well into the habit of recycling and being mindful of resources like water, given the recent drought conditions. So walking, rather than riding from their neighborhood to nearby St. Matthew Catholic School, isn't a big deal.
“I think we will be doing a lot more walking, not so much because of me, but because they're more aware of it,” Corser said.
Academy is a car pool school
Ken Templeton, headmaster of Union Academy, is guessing 80 percent of his students are car pooling.
“It seems to me we have more carpooling this year than last,” Templeton said. His school, Union County's only charter school, has about 1,000 students from all over the county and some from Mecklenburg and Anson counties.
Long before the gas price hikes, the school made car pooling a priority. Union Academy has a parent volunteer coordinator who keeps track of where everyone lives. If anyone needs a ride, they call the coordinator. The school has had this system since opening in 2000.
The issue now, Templeton said, is deciding how to handle school field trips to museums, parks, Discovery Place, Washington and other sites, given that charter bus costs are also on the rise.


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"Swiss landscape architect Anouk Vogel lives and works in the Netherlands. Her Paper Garden titled Folding for Peace, was commissioned by the Gardening World Cup (who knew?) in Nakasaki, Japan, last year. Inspired by an ancient Japanese legend which promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish, such as long life or recovery from illness, Vogel folded thousands of paper flowers and plants with the wish for world peace."
"If you've ever wondered how an origami designer thinks, or wanted more information on how to create new origami models yourself, this book is for you. In Creating Origami, J.C. Nolan brings you inside his origami design process in glorious detail, explaining his creative techniques for origami design. Nolan describes his experience of exploration, trial, error, and success, as he worked out the origami design process and documented his experiences during his growth in knowledge and expertise. The first 100 pages of the book are dedicated to his thoughts on the creative experience, strategies, tools and tricks of the trade, detailing instructions for origami bases and techniques used in the models. Included are more than 50 models that Nolan designed or was inspired by. His detailed instructions for the famous two-color Clownfish and Sea Anemone are still an amazing classic model for origami folders. Other models range in difficulty from simple to complex, represented by well-drawn diagrams, with models from famed creators Fred Rohm, Patricia Crawford, and others. After 15 years of being out of print, Creating Origami is a rare, sought-after classic, original copies of which are jealously guarded by lucky collectors who were able to obtain them upon its first release. Now, after a successful and well publicized re-launch campaign on Kickstarter.com, Creating Origami is once again available to a new generation of fans, folders, and designers. A must-have book for the technical folder or budding creator!"
Ming Liang Lu, 57, snips and slices intricate portraits of commuters in his own unique style. Mr. Lu practices several ancient Chinese art forms and says he hails from a noted Shanghai teaching lineage.
Beginning today, The USC Libraries are displaying an origami model of the Mosely Snowflake Sponge, a newly discovered three-dimensional fractal object designed by MIT-trained engineer Dr. Jeannine Mosely.
"I was invited by the Indo-Japanese Association and the Japanese Consulate to participate in a cultural exhibition organised to commemorate 60 years of India-Japan relations. I made this 25-feet long Origami Dragon for the event. There are 3200 scales on this. I am looking so haggard because of almost non-stop folding over 6 days (approx. 78 hours)!"
I got this ticket in a town where the cops (and absurd redlight cameras) are pretty much a money trap and that's it. I decided to pay in an appropriate manner: 137 origami pig $1 bills in a pair of Dunkin' Donut boxes.
"Every year, OrigamiUSA holds its annual convention at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. At the convention, works are displayed by some of the most talented origami artists from around the world. Here I have put together a quick slideshow of some of the pictures that I took during this year's convention! I hope you enjoy it!"
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Carol Hills: Of all the tragic events that characterized the Balkan Wars of the mid 1990s, one definitely stands out. The 1995 massacre in Srebrenica. The slaughter claimed the lives of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys, and it became a symbol of the international community’s failure in the former Yugoslavia. Now the massacre is in the news again because Serbian officials have just arrested eight men suspected of having participated in the killings.
David Rohde: It’s 20 years late but it’s still very welcomed because this is Serbs themselves, the government of Serbia, arresting ethnic Serbs and putting them on trial for war crimes, and that’s a tremendous step forward.
Hills: David Rohde is an investigative reporter at Reuters who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Srebrenica massacre. In 1995, he was a young reporter who followed up on leads to uncover evidence of the slaughter.
Rohde: Literally 20,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys tried to walk through enemy territory after Srebrenica fell, and many of them made it to central Bosnia. As I said, they would emerge from the woods and they’d say “The Serbs are rounding up Bosnian Muslim prisoners and shooting them all dead,” and it was unclear the scale of what actually happened.
Hills: How did you manage to make your way there to discover this evidence?
Rohde: To be honest, I, without permission, drove into the Srebrenica area and was able to find the graves that had been identified in these photographs and I also remember driving past a warehouse, there were bullet marks all over it, and that actually relates that warehouse sadly to these arrests this week.
Hills: In fact, those arrests are individuals accused of actually killing the Bosnian Muslims, more than a thousand at that warehouse on the outskirts of Srebrenica. One of the notorious people they arrested was this guy known as “Nedjo the Butcher.” Were you aware of him back in 1995?
Rohde: The warehouse that I mentioned earlier that I drove by in 1995, this is where Nedjo the Butcher, Nedeljko MilidragoviÄ‡, essentially rounded up Bosnian Muslims that they captured trying to flee through the woods and then they just unleashed hails of bullets, they fired rocket-propelled grenades into the warehouse and they slaughtered everyone. There’s this horrible story of how after the initial wave of shooting, they called on survivors to come out, Nedjo promised people water. Survivors did come out and they gunned them down as well.
Hills: I remember reading that as you were traveling to these sites in eastern Bosnia, a Serbian soldier inadvertently confessed to committing some of these executions?
Rohde: He did. He was in the backseat; I had a very brave Serb translator that was with me, and in casual conversations he said “We round them up and we kill them,” and he was very matter of fact about it. But going back to that time, we thought it was maybe dozens, hundreds, but the concept of thousands--8,000--just never crossed my mind. I never imagined it could have been that terrible.
Hills: What did you actually find when you got to this place where the massacres had taken place?
Rohde: That same translator was actually a woman and she was a trained doctor, walked around with me, and we were kind of confused because the photographs that had been released by the United States made the buildings look much larger than they were and it turned out--we finally understood the layout of the area and we went down near this riverbank and there was this area of fresh digging. I remember it was sort of dark soil, this is late summer of 1995, and there was this white object sticking out of this area of fresh digging. As we approached it, it became very clear that that white object was actually a human bone. We were both sort of just in shock. We could still hear shots being fired from the surrounding hillsides, they were still hunting Muslims in the area, and we were very afraid that we would be arrested ourselves. But we were able to get away that day.
Hills: One of the subthemes of this whole episode was that that area where these Bosnian Muslims were massacred was an area that was supposed to be a safe haven for them, wasn’t it?
Rohde: Yeah, that’s the tragedy here. It’s one thing if it’s a distant conflict--many Americans will say “Who cares?” to be honest. This was a United Nations protected safe area in Srebrenica.
Hills: I know you returned to these areas to do more investigating and then you were arrested by Serbian officials and spent 10 days in jail.
Rohde: It’s true. I went back in on a second trip alone without that translator because she was criticized and threatened for having worked with me on the first trip, and I was arrested at a grave site.
Hills: One of the things about these recent arrests that sort of confuses me is, as you said, these are Serbian authorities arresting Bosnian Serbs who have lived in Serbia, who moved to Serbia in the late 1990s. So, they’ve had 20 years to arrest them. Was there simply not the will before now?
Rohde: To be honest, past Serb governments have not had the will to arrest these people and put them on trial. There was this much better known international war crimes tribunal that was UN sponsored in The Hague. That’s where Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladi, the two top leaders of the Bosnian Serbs, are on trial. But there’s hundreds of lower level perpetrators and this is a great step forward because there are local war crimes tribunals in Bosnia itself, in Serbia, and in Croatia, and this is local governments finally facing what happened, finally arresting people that have been living in these countries for all these years and lying about what they did. The incentive is European Union membership, the prospect of economic growth and a brighter future for the whole country. There’s been years and years that it’s taken too long but the hope was that that carrot would get governments in the region to start trying their own people and it’s finally happening.
Hills: David Rohde is an investigative reporter at Reuters. He’s the author of Endgame: The Betrayal and Fall of Srebrenica, Europe’s Worst Massacre Since World War II. Thanks so much David.
Rohde: Thank you.


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Record-Breaking Storm Could Bring Pe’ahi Swell
Former super typhoon Nuri is making history. After becoming extra-tropical and merging with a frontal system the storm is now the strongest non-tropical storm ever recorded in the North Pacific.
The system is expected to bring us a solid northwest swell (310-335°) building through Veteran’s day, peaking late and into Wednesday with 15 to 25 foot faces possible at the best exposures. Deep water, big wave spots could possibly even see bigger waves.
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A HIGH SURF ADVISORY has been issued by the National Weather Service for the north facing shores of Molokaʻi and Maui until 6 p.m.
Expect strong breaking waves, shore break and strong currents making swimming difficult and dangerous. Anyone entering the water could face significant injury due to the dangerous hazards this swell will pose. Boaters are asked to be aware of the increased number of surfers likely to be in the water.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY is also posted for all waters surrounding Maui County through 6 p.m. North to northeast winds of 25 knots are expected with rough seas up to 15 feet. Inexperienced mariners should avoid navigating in these conditions.
North: Surf is expected double overhead and maybe bigger at most spots exposed to the swell. Best breaks could be triple overhead or even larger.
West: Breaks that don’t catch the swells are forecasted to get smaller surf at ankle high or less. Spots that are open to the north-northwest swell will get some wrap with waves expected head high and possibly larger at the best breaks.
South: Ankle-slappers to possibly thigh high surf is expected.
Our current north-northwest swell (320-345°) is peaking into this morning at double to triple overhead on the sets at the best breaks. That’s 15 to 20 foot faces. The swell will gradually fade but still offer overhead to possibly double overhead wave heights through tomorrow morning, easing to head high by sundown.
Former Super Typhoon Nuri is expected to start building Tuesday peaking at triple to maybe even four times overhead on the sets.
If the storms develop, we may also get a series of solid northwest swells Thursday through the weekend.
Small swells generated in the South Pacific are expected to bring us waves in the thigh high or less range. You might see possible pluses at the best tides and exposures but they will be inconsistent at best and most west side spots will remain flat since they lie in the shadow of other islands.
There isn’t much on the horizon out of the South Pacific.
Keep in mind, surf heights are measured on the face of the wave from trough to crest. Heights vary from beach to beach, and at the same beach, from break to break.

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This cultivation is particularly important in peanut, as early growth of the crop is slow. Selective herbicides are available for weed control in some locations.It should be noted that legume seeds are very prone to mechanical damage when they are dry. Thus seed to be used for sowing should be threshed carefully. For peanut, it appears that the seed is best kept in the shell to retain viability. When required for sowing, it is best hand shelled.The response to fertiliser has been slight in peanut. There is a marked response to P and K fertiliser in cowpea.
Unit 5: Legumes 5.151.What is the main benefit of intercropping legumes with other non-legume crops?2.What soil nutrients appear to be more important for legume crops like peanut and cowpea?3.What soil nutrients appear to be more important for legume crops like peanut and cowpea?Activity 5.4
Unit 5: Legumes 5.165.8 Harvesting The time to maturity for peanut and cowpea crops varies as follows:Time to maturityPeanut:Spanish-Valencia type31/2 monthsPeanut:Virginia type5 months or longerCowpea: Early cultivars, green pod50 daysCowpea: Early cultivars, seed3 monthsCowpea: Late cultivars, seed5 monthsThese legume crops are generally harvested by hand. However, mechanical harvesting of peanuts is sometimes practised in the USA.Peanut plants are pulled up and turned over in the sun before the nuts are stripped.5.9 Storage Seeds of both peanut and cowpea are stored in a dry place after drying.5.10 Processing Cowpea is much less widely processed than peanut. However, seeds of cowpea are sometimes processed as a coffee substitute.Peanut is processed into vegetable oil, and is the second largest source of vegetable oil after soybeans. Virginia cultivars contain much more oil than Spanish-Valencia types. The oil is used:as a substitute for olive oil in salad dressings and for cooking;in the manufacture of margarine;
Unit 5: Legumes 5.17in soap manufacture; and as a lubricant (inferior oil).Peanut butter is made by grinding roasted blanched seeds. When ground after removal of the testa and germ, this produces smooth peanut butter and if ground before removal of the testa and germ, crunchy peanut butter results.5.11 Significance in South Pacific Countries The table below summarises a few aspects of the significance of legume crops in the South Pacific.PeanutCowpeaProductionMedium butSmall,in Pacificincreasing.in Fiji onlyProcessing inFiji, Solomons.ImportedProcessedVery littlefromproductselsewhereonlyFutureWill depend on global climate trends, e.g. global importancewarming (see note below).Note: Peanut seeds are sometimes in short supply because of the popularity of the crop for human food. There can be many leaf diseases in peanut in wet conditions, making the crop difficult to grow during certain times of the year.


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Discussion in 'Handguns: Revolvers' started by Fiv3r, Jan 18, 2020.
I had no problem carrying a 2 1/2" Python IWB. Or a Cobra. Should never have sold both.
LOL. Yea they are.
And good shooters to boot!
My 2" Model 10 is easily my most accurate snubbie. The extra size and weight help. It's from 1961, IIRC, and the trigger is excellent. I have carried it OWB on occasion.
Edc perfection, in the days dinosaurs roamed. Geeez. Nice.
I've posted it before, but here's my Enfield No.2 Mk.I* snub. Caliber is .380IIZ and .38S&W
My only chunky snub is my DAO SP101 2.25" 357. Not a large frame but a chubby snub.
Id love to come across one of the Enfield snubbies. They, and the unmolested full sized guns as well, are about as rare as hens teeth around here.
38/200 is a fun and accurate round to load and shoot.
One of my favorites, a .45.
Here's one from my dad's collection. Lew Horton 44 special
My two are both Rugers...
My favorite is the .44 Spl GP100 3” with compact Ruger grips that’s carried in a SimplyRugged pancake holster.
When I’m not carrying the .44 above, it’s my 2.25” SP101 in 357. I love the heft and beefy construction of the SP101. It rides in my right front pocket in a DeSantis pocket holster.
Love the stag grips and Tyler T-Grip on your Service Six snubbie! Very stylish as well as being very practical!
CA 45 colt. My son carries my 44 special bulldog
That .45 colt Bulldog is gorgeous. Once I get my feet back under me from buying the 688+ I wasn't planning on getting, the .45 BD is way up on my list.
2. 3/8 inch Python
The Supermodel is Lizzy, an 8 foot Coastal Carpet Python
I just took my 686+ for her first spin and got her all dirty The bummer is that the Pachmayr grips I ordered weren't up to the quality I have come to expect from them. Lots of molding flash and the screw over penetrated. They are going back.
Now the stock grips are plenty comfy if a bit chunky for concealment. I've got some wood grips coming to swap out in a couple of days.
How did she perform? Better than I did I shot mostly single action at 7-10 yards only using the sights as a guide and shooting more instinctively by looking at the spot I wanted to hit. Semiautos tend to behave better shooting this way for me, but from combat distances the 2.5" barrel was no slouch keeping the group sub-fist sized. I was really just working on rough close up work as this is a close up defensive weapon.
Hornady XTP 125gr .38 was a very accurate powderpuff. I think this load would be great for inside work since it's not earsplitting and actually proved to be the most accurate due to being both a high quality premium ammo and very easy to control.
XTP 125gr .357...that was more...kinetic Very accurate despite belching a fireball that completely blotted out my field of vision. It hit hard too. As a matter of fact, it ripped one corner of the target off the hanger at 7 yards.
Monarch ammo (Academy brand) continues to perplex me. I get that it is cheap range ammo, but I had two boxes of 158gr .38 special jshp that patterned completely different. I tried one part of the target, accurate enough. I tried another and they shot 2" lower. The scientist in me wondered if it was the target placement throwing off my shot so I mixed 2 rounds in of the less accurate stuff with 5 of the others. I had no idea which was which. 5 hit fine, 2 low.
Anyway, I burned through about 200 rounds of ammo and have kinda fell in love with the wheelgun again. I need to scrub her up and get her back on my belt.
Sooty and needing a bath. I shot her until the barrel was too hot to handle. Something about a bucking firebreather that makes me smile.
Another chunky snub
I have never really cared for a snub nose revolver, but I ran across this one, a 1968 Colt Detective Special, in one of the local gun shops I frequent. For some reason it just caught my attention. I would say it would grade 95%, if not better. It just had a look to that I like and it feels good in the hand. After I bought it and started looking on gunbroker and other sights, it seems like they are selling a good bit higher than what I paid for this one. It is just an old classic, in really great condition. One thing is for sure, they will never be built and finished like this again.
Chunky Snubs... Was just watching "Faster" with the Ruger Alaskan 2.5" in .454 Casull.
It looked a little chunky.
I think I would go with the .480 Ruger though.
That was the first gun that came to mind when I started this thread. I dont remember much about the movie, but it certainly fit Dwayne Johnson's character.
I'm a big fan of "chunky snubs" but not the prices they bring. So I got out in the garage and made my own. The Astra Terminator started out a 6" barrel, square butt, stainless (inox) 44 magnum revolver. I bought a short barrel from ebay and did a barrel swap. I used a set of S&W N frame round butt grips as a template to make it a round butt frame. I did a similar process on the S&W model 19-6. It started out as a square butt 4" barrel .357. Both are great shooters and I love'em. Plus they were fun projects.
My favorite chunky.
That looks to fire honest to gawd real slugs.
Well this is the wife's chunky snubbie. 7 shot 357 magnum GP100. Compared to my Alaskan it doesn't seem so chunky. Another fun gun.
Those are snazzy looking speedloaders there dickeydalton.
Just aquired a CA 45 Colt bulldog.
I was greatly surprised by the smooth trigger, both double and single action.
So far, I have only put 25 rounds of 255 SWC personal reload thru it.
She shoots about 4" low and 3" to the right.
I like it.....
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Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust (LP, Album, Mon) (Very Good (VG))
Media Condition: Very Good (VG)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)
Style: Folk Rock
Record and sleeve are in good condition. Minor wear to edges of sleeve
Notes:This is the Monarch Pressing of Diamonds & Rust, denoted by the triangle in the runouts. Includes colored cardstock inner sleeve with lyrics. Recorded January 21-24, 1975 - A&M Studios A, B & D. Synthesizers recorded January 28 at Cecil & Margouleff. String & Pedal Steel overdubs recorded January 29 at Wally Heider Studio #4. Remixed February 11-15 at Sound Labs and February 19-22 at Producers Workshop. Mastered February 27 at Mastering Lab. ℗ 1975 A&M Records, Inc. A1, A5, B4: Copyright © 1975 Chandos Music (ASCAP) A2: Copyright © 1974 Benchmark Music A3: Copyright © 1970 Jobete Music Company, Inc. A5: Copyright © 1975 Ram's Horn Music (ASCAP) B1: Copyright © 1972 No Exit Music Co., Inc. (BMI) B2: Copyright © 1971 Cotillion Music Inc. and Sour Grapes Music (BMI) B3: Copyright © 1972, 1973 Frank Music Corp. (ASCAP) B5: no publishing information or lyrics included B6: This Arrangement Copyright © 1975 Chandos Music (ASCAP) / Copyright © 1913 Boosey & Co. Ltd. (ASCAP); Copyright renewed 1941. Reprinted by permission of Boosey & Hawkes Inc. Joan apologizes to the authors for any discrepancies between lyrics of songs as they appear on this album and their original versions. A4: Larry Carlton, Wilton Felder & Joe Sample courtesy ABC Records Inc. Tom Scott courtesy of Ode Records B5: Joni Mitchell appears courtesy Asylum Records B6: Dedicated to my grandmother Barbara Bridge Special Thanks to: Manny, Colleen Creedon, Instantaneous Ellis, Joe Henry & Nancy Carlen
A1. Diamonds & Rust 4:44
A2. Fountain Of Sorrow 4:31
A3. Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer 2:45
A4. Children And All That Jazz 3:07
A5. Simple Twist Of Fate 4:46
B1. Blue Sky 2:54
B2. Hello In There 3:04
B3. Jesse 4:28
B4. Winds Of The Old Days 3:53
B5. Dida 3:20
B6. I Dream Of Jeannie / Danny Boy (Medley) 4:13
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Matrix / Runout SP 4791-M-1 TML-M MR Δ19802 (1)
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Matrix / Runout (SP-4791)
Matrix / Runout (SP-4792)
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Recorded At Wally Heider Studios
Produced For JCB Productions
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Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Remixed At Producers Workshop
Remixed At Sound Labs, Hollywood
Published By Boosey & Hawkes
Recorded At A&M Studios
Recorded At Cecil & Margouleff
Published By Frank Music Corp.
Published By Cotillion Music, Inc.
Published By Sour Grapes Music
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Meet the royal bride-to-be’s Emmy-winning father!
Meghan Markle's father, Thomas Markle, has dominated headlines leading up to her and Prince Harry's royal wedding on May 19, thanks to a paparazzi photo scandal that has left it up in the air as to whether or not he will walk Meghan down the aisle as originally planned.
On Tuesday, TMZ reported that Thomas has had a change of heart after initially telling the outlet on Monday that he would no longer be walking Meghan down the aisle as planned following his recent photo controversy -- in which the Daily Mail reported he was caught staging paparazzi photos of himself getting ready for the wedding -- because he doesn't want to embarrass his daughter or the royal family. TMZ reported that Thomas said he changed his mind after Meghan contacted him to say that she still loves him, and had no ill feelings toward him with regard to the paparazzi scandal.
However, according to the outlet, Thomas is still unsure he will make it to the May 19 wedding since he's back in the hospital due to serious chest pains after suffering a heart attack a week ago.
A source tells ET that despite the photo scandal, Meghan would definitely still like her father to attend her wedding, and is "devastated" over his initial comments that he would no longer be coming.
"This was his decision entirely," the source says of Thomas. "Meghan would still like him to come."
"There is no plan in place yet who will walk Meghan down the aisle," the source adds.
ET has reached out to Thomas for comment.
Meanwhile, Kensington Palace has responded to the paparazzi scandal, asking for respect to be shown to Thomas.
"This is a deeply personal moment for Ms. Markle in the days before her wedding," Kensington Palace said in a statement to ET. "She and Prince Harry ask again for understanding and respect to be extended to Mr. Markle in this difficult situation."
Read on for more on Thomas:
1. He’s a retired lighting director.
According to his IMDb page (yes, he has his own Internet Movie Database profile!), Thomas was a lighting director and cinematographer for several years, working on television sitcoms like Married… with Children and The Facts of Life. He also lent his lighting expertise to the daytime soap opera General Hospital, where he was often credited as “Tom Markle.”
During an interview with Esquire, Meghan recalled visiting her dad on set when she was just a pre-teen. "Every day after school for 10 years, I was on the set of Married… with Children, which is a really funny and perverse place for a little girl in a Catholic school uniform to grow up," she said. "There were a lot of times my dad would say, 'Meg, why don't you go and help with the craft services room over there? This is just a little off-color for your 11-year-old eyes.'"
2. He’s won two Daytime Emmy Awards.
Speaking of General Hospital, Thomas won two Daytime Emmy Awards for his work on the long-running drama series -- one in 1982 for Outstanding Achievement in Design Excellence for a Daytime Drama Series and another in 2011 for Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction for a Drama Series. He was also nominated for seven other Daytime Emmys for his work on General Hospital and garnered a Primetime Emmy nomination for his production assistance on the 58th Annual Academy Awards in 1986.
3. He lives a relatively secluded life in a quiet Mexican seaside town.
The former cinematographer is enjoying a peaceful life of retirement in Rosarito, Mexico, where he resides in a small beachfront house overlooking the Pacific Ocean. He reportedly keeps many of his belongings in storage, shops for groceries at Walmart and drives a silver Volvo S70 and a red Ford Escape. While the proud dad loves to chat with friends about his daughter, he refuses to speak with the media “out of respect” for his family.
4. He’s from Pennsylvania.
Thomas grew up in Newport, Pennsylvania, a town that Meghan characterized as a “homogeneous community,” as well as a “small-sized (and, perhaps, small-minded) town” in a 2016 editorial she wrote for Elle UK about growing up biracial. (Meghan’s dad is Caucasian and her mom is African-American.)
5. He won the lottery (literally).
In Andrew Morton’s unauthorized biography Meghan: A Hollywood Princess, it was revealed that Thomas won the California State Lottery in 1990, “scooping $750,000 with five numbers, which included Meghan’s birth date.” While he eventually wound up filing for bankruptcy, Thomas did use some of it to pay for Meghan’s Catholic school tuition at the time.
6. He’s been married (and divorced) twice.
Thomas was first married to a woman named Roslyn Loveless in Chicago, where he worked in lighting for PBS television station Channel 11. Shortly after they split, he moved to the West Coast and met Meghan’s mom, Doria Ragland, while working on the set of General Hospital. “It was the late '70s when my parents met. My dad was a lighting director for a soap opera, and my mom was a temp at the studio,” the former Suits star shared with Elle UK. “I like to think he was drawn to her sweet eyes and her Afro, plus their shared love of antiques.” Thomas and Doria got married in 1979 and divorced in 1988, when Meghan was 6 years old.
7. He tried to shield Meghan from racial ignorance.
Meghan recalled to Elle UK that her parents often did what they could to keep her from feeling “different” due to having a biracial family. “When I was about 7, I had been fawning over a boxed set of Barbie dolls. It was called The Heart Family and included a mom doll, a dad doll, and two children,” she remembered. “This perfect nuclear family was only sold in sets of white dolls or black dolls. I don't remember coveting one over the other, I just wanted one. On Christmas morning, swathed in glitter-flecked wrapping paper, there I found my Heart Family: a black mom doll, a white dad doll, and a child in each color. My dad had taken the sets apart and customized my family.”
8. He has two other children, who are Meghan’s half-siblings.
Before he married Doria, Thomas and Roslyn had two children -- Samantha Grant and Thomas Markle Jr. According to royal expert Katie Nicholl, Meghan is reportedly estranged from both Samantha, 52, and Thomas Jr., 51, and will not be inviting them to the wedding. "Well, I think in terms of who Meghan's inviting from her family, it may well just be her mother and her father," the royal expert told ET. "My sources tell me she's very much estranged from her half-brother and her half-sister. I think if you've spoken publicly, you're not gonna make that wedding list."
On Monday, Samantha claimed while on the British talk show Loose Women that she was behind the photos that were allegedly staged of Thomas, and said her intention was to "benefit the royal family that everyone looked good and they depict you as you are."
“Let me clarify, he’s 73, which makes him a bit more fragile,” she said of her father. "He’s a quiet man. I feel that the media have unfairly preyed on him. He’s really been admirable about laying low and not speaking out, with all due respect. I merely wanted him to be seen in a respectable light. I didn’t feel that was being done so I suggested that the photographers show him as he is, doing positive things and that was never addressed.”
Last December, a source described Samantha as a "wild card," and said that she and Meghan have had a "strained" relationship in the past. Samantha is also publishing a book about Meghan titled, The Diary of Princess Pushy’s Sister.
"She has no filter and she’s not afraid of the repercussions of speaking her mind," the source told ET of Samantha.
9. He’s been brushing up on his British history!
Earlier this month, Thomas was spotted sitting quietly at a Starbucks in Rosarito. His reading material of choice while sipping a hot beverage? A book entitled Images of Britain: A Pictorial Journey Through History. He was clearly putting in his prep work before his daughter’s big day!
Watch the video below for more on the Markle family.

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Hello, Justin Berendzen (@jrberendzen on Twitter) here to bring you my top 5 division 2 matchups of week 8
1.California University of Pennsylvania at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Only matchup involving ranked teams in division 2 this week after a jam packed week 7. Indiana PA pulled off the huge upset against Slippery Rock last week. California PA offensively its about senior wide receiver Tyson Hill who has 548 receiving yards. They also have a really good quarterback in junior Noah Mitchell who has 1,886 passing yards and 13 touchdowns. Trying to stop them for Indiana PA will be redshirt junior linebacker Connor Kelly who has 31 tackles, 2.5 TFLs and 3 PBUs. Offensively for Indiana PA watch out for redshirt senior wide receiver Irvin Charles who has 396 receiving yards and 8 touchdowns and redshirt junior wide receiver Duane Brown who has 547 receiving yards and 4 touchdowns.
2.Augustana University(SD) at Minnesota State University-Mankato
This game has 2 highly rated total offenses. The Mavericks of Minnesota State are led offensively by there tall junior wide receiver Jalen Sample who has 565 receiving yards and 4 touchdowns. One of the players trying to stop him from the Augustana defense is senior linebacker TJ Liggett who has 51 tackles, 5 TFLs and 4 QBHs. Augustana offense you have to watch senior quarterback Kyle Saddler who has 1,983 passing yards and 23 touchdowns in 2021. In Saddler’s way will be senior Minnesota State defensive back Ty’shonan Brooks who has 16 tackles and 3 interceptions.
3.Texas A&M University-Commerce at West Texas A&M University
I expect a fun matchup here good offensive team in West Texas A&M against a good defensive team in Commerce. West Texas A&M has a good running back in sophomore Khalil Harris who has 595 rushing yards and 5 touchdowns. In his way for Commerce they have redshirt senior defensive lineman Elijah Earls who has 31 tackles, 9 TFLs and 6 sacks. Commerce offensive has senior wide receiver Chance Cooper who has 345 receiving yards and 4 touchdowns. For the Buffaloes defensively they have one of the more impressive freshman on defense in linebacker JT Cavender who has 62 tackles and 2.5 TFLs.
4.Colorado School of Mines at Colorado Mesa University
Colorado School of Mines is ranked top 5 coming into a tough environment at Colorado Mesa should make for an interesting game. One to watch offensively for Colorado Mesa is Lionell McConnell redshirt senior wide receiver who has 299 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns. Colorado Mines defensively have redshirt junior linebacker Nolan Reeve who has 43 tackles, 9 TFLs and 6.5 sacks. Offensively Colorado Mines has a stud running back in redshirt senior captain Michael Zeman who has 799 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns. Trying to slow Zeman down will be Colorado Mesa senior linebacker Remington Green who has 45 tackles, 4 TFLs and 4 PBUs.
5.Savannah State University at Albany State(GA) University
Two teams that are both in the receiving votes category of the coaches poll. Albany State is led offensively by there sophomore running back Marcuis Fulks who has 435 yards and 8 touchdowns. Defensively for Savannah State they have sophomore defensive back Ny’em Bozeman who has 24 tackles, 3 TFLs, and 3 PBUs. Offensively Savannah State has junior running back D’Vonn Gibbons who has 521 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns.