After a day spent driving the 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe on Nevada roads and on the track, there’s no doubt Hyundai gets it. Which isn’t something we say too often about big automotive corporations. Like the kid in the back of the class who may not participate much but absorbs everything, Hyundai pays attention all the time. And takes notes. It listens to customers, journalists, enthusiasts, and anyone who’s willing to give input on how the vehicles can be improved. Not only does Hyundai listen, it takes the critiques to heart then makes improvements.
The perfect example of this is the new Genesis Coupe. When CarBuzzard’s David Boldt reviewed the Genesis Coupe models, he noted that the engines were a bit underpowered and the fuel economy was lacking versus the competition.
For 2013 the Genesis Coupe models have received a handful of changes that addressed those issues and more, making them more competitive and appealing than ever before.
The most noticeable change is to the front end, where the Coupe greets the world with a more aggressive front clip. The new grille sports a large front opening, flanked by more defined headlamp clusters and a new hood shape with nostril-type accents. New LED DRLs are featured on the 3.8 GT and Track models, and there are LED accents on the foglamps that look great at night.
The Genesis also features sharp-looking revised rear combo LED taillamps as well. To finish the exterior, the wheels sport aggressive and quite appealing 18- and 19-inch wheel designs.
While the previous Coupe looked nice in a clean-cut Iowa teenager kind of way, the updated version has had a Cosmo makeover and, in the right color (black), has put on thigh-high stiletto boots, dark black eyeliner, and a plunging V-neck sweater. She’s grown up, and isn’t afraid to let you know it.
Inside the makeover continues, with upgrades in quality of materials, a new center stack design, and better tactile feel of all knobs and switches. Other standard upgrades include a tilt and now telescoping steering column, driver’s seat power lumbar adjustment, and the addition of Hyundai’s available telematics system, Blue Link®, to the 2.0T Premium and 3.8 GT and Track models.
Under the redesigned hood, Hyundai has seriously beefed up the engines, starting with the previously anemic 2.0-liter turbocharged DOHC inline four cylinder. While it’s still a single turbocharger, it features a twin-scroll design, which means the turbo can run more efficiently, is more precise and also reduces emissions. A more efficient turbo when combined with a large increase in horsepower (up 30 percent to 274 on premium fuel) means more grins each time you tap the throttle. Hyundai powertrain engineers matched the turbo to a considerably larger intercooler as well. Torque also gets a 23-percent boost, to 275 lb-ft on premium fuel. And because the Coupe equipped with the 2.0T weighs about 3,300 pounds, it delivers a respectable 12.3 lb/hp ratio, besting the soon-to-be-released Scion FR-S and also the Honda Civic Si.
For those looking for even more, the 3.8-liter V6 Lambda engine also receives performance upgrades, including direct injection, Dual Continuously Variable Valve Timing, and a variable intake system for improved fuel delivery and better breathability. The engine’s 10.0:1 power-to-weight ratio is lower than both the Infiniti G37 and 2012 BMW 335i. It also boasts more horsepower than those two competitors, now with 348 (up 42 hp) on premium fuel. Torque is also stronger, at 295 (up 29) also with premium fuel.
Hyundai continues to position itself as a fuel economy leader, bragging that 33 percent of its overall sales mix features models with 40 mpg. For the new Genesis 2.0T Coupe, even with the tremendous boost in power, it remains at 21 mpg city and 30 mpg highway on regular or premium fuel. The 3.8-liter V6 with more power and now mated to the 8-speed transmission goes up to 18 mpg city and 28 highway.
Speaking of the new 8-speed automatic transmission, the Genesis Coupe is the first in its segment to feature one. It’s been tuned to provide smoother shifting, more direct feel, and an efficient ratio spread, and is nicely matched to the bump in power. Standard with the 8-speed is the Shiftronic® system, along with easy-to-reach and use paddle shifters. Hyundai also improved the feel of the 6-speed manual tranny, as well as reduced the clutch pedal effort and engagement range for a more precise feel.
More changes to the Coupes include suspension and handling dynamic upgrades, such as optimized shock dampening, spring rates, and stabilizer bars. Hyundai also added an intermediate setting to the stability control program where engine power isn’t cut so drastically if you want to have a little more fun but not turn off the system altogether.
Added performance fun comes in the form of available Brembo brakes on Track and R-Spec models. The 4-piston monobloc fixed calipers, large swept area and vented rotors provide maximum braking power for the quick braking force needed on high-speed racetracks. And trust us, there are plenty of Genesis Coupe owners out there having fun on the weekends at racing venues all over the country.
There are six Coupe trim levels, and all come in below the competitively spec’d competition, and with more standard features. The 2.0T engine can be had in the base model (starting at $24,250), the R-Spec model ($26,500), and the 2.0T Premium model ($28,750), which adds features like a 360-watt Infinity sound system, pushbutton start with proximity key entry system, Power sunroof, and navigation system with a large touchscreen and Blue Link.
The 3.8 also offers three versions: 3.8 R-Spec ($28,750), 3.8 Grand Touring ($32,000), and 3.8 Track ($33,000) Throw the 8-speed automatic onto the Track model, and you’re looking at $34,250, which, when compared to the Infiniti G37S, is a savings of around $10K, with more standard features and a longer warranty. Throw in Hyundai’s trade-in value guarantee, and it would be a tough decision to walk away from this offer in the showroom.
Now that you know all the basic info, all that’s left is to talk about the driving experience. We had a chance to drive the Genesis Coupe with the new 8-speed automatic, 6-speed manual, and 3.8 Track series, and our overwhelming opinion was impressive.
While we would like to see more low-end torque, the 3.8-liter V6 with the added power was fun to drive on the smooth roads of Red Rock Canyon in the Nevada desert. A climb up a few thousand feet on the way to the Spring Mountain Raceway highlighted the Coupe’s capability to perform without huffing and puffing up the hills. On the track, we liked the way the 3.8’s power felt balanced, and the gears were so well spaced, we easily made it all the way around the circuit quickly in third gear; going up to fourth on the straights not because we had to, but because we chose to do so.
Steering also was nicely weighted, and the suspension setup was tuned perfectly for the tighter turns on the course. There were no surprises; we never felt as if the Coupe was having trouble maintaining a set, even during the short drop on an early kink that grew progressively more fun each time we looped the track.
We took the 2.0T around a few laps as well, and while it was also balanced, we’d choose the predictability of the 3.8’s powertrain and added punch every time.
Hyundai also set up an autocross course to let us have some fun trying to get the best time of the day on the half-minute loop, but where most manufacturers tell us to keep the ESC on, the evil (or fun-seeking, depending on how you look at it) pro-drivers had it switched off and then threw water on the track to make it more difficult in a rear-drive vehicle. While the skids were imminently catchable, it just shows that really knowing how to drive a car quickly is more about finesse than it is about pure power.
Two of the biggest pet peeves about any coupe are the lack of rear seat leg room and the inability to enter and exit gracefully. Although the rear seat leg room is still nothing to boast about in the Genesis two-door, ingress and egress were surprisingly easy.
As we said before, Hyundai gets it. After 25 years in the U.S., and a continual gain in market share, product improvement, owner loyalty, brand value, dependability, warranty, and quality, it’s hard to see it any other way.
Photos courtesy of Hyundai Motor America and Team Killeen.


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Alright, I know I post crazy creations, but this is really something. Have you ever wondering about Minecraft's sounds? Well, DedicatedToMindcraft has and he has created a musical number he calls SoundsOfMinecraft. You know, I've envisioned this day would come. For almost any game, I've seen these types of videos. The sounds one can make can, actually, be used to create an up-beat tone of the game. As shown by DedicatedToMinecraft, he's shown everyone he can do it. Sadly, this video doesn't have a visual of Minecraft, but hey -- we get to listen to it atleast!
I'm just here to say: I love Minecraft and cause I had time two nights ago I made a little minimalistic Minecraft Sound Song - just made with Minecraft Soundfiles.
For everybody whose interested here is a Download-Link http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4347838/MineCraftSoundsSong.mp3
So... back in the mine... deeper and deeper.
Good night. I hope somebody likes it.

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Revising English statement of our university educational philosophy
January 5, 2022
President of Sophia University
With the neighborliness and internationality based on Christian humanism at the center of its research and education, Sophia University has upheld fostering “Men and Women for Others, with Others” as our educational philosophy.
While we remain dedicated to the spirit of this philosophy, Sophia University will renew its slogan to a gender-neutral term: For Others, with Others.
Since its establishment, Sophia University has worked with its members, including students, faculty and staff with diverse backgrounds, to develop an environment where its members can thrive in their individual goals with mutual respect.
We will engage more actively in creating inclusive research and education settings where no one is excluded based on their gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, age, nationality, race, religion and/or any kind of disabilities, etc.

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The DOE Clean Cities grant alone (funding to replace two gasoline vehicles with one all-electric and one propane vehicle) will save us 564 gallons of gasoline every year and reduce our greenhouse gas emissions 3,219 lbs. (1.46 metric tons) of carbon every year.
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that Texas longhorn cattle evolved from 3 breeds the Spanish imported to the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries? They were the barrenda or piebald, the retinto, and ganado prieto. Modern longhorn have long legs and a narrow body - perfectly suited to travel long distances in dry, harsh country.


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The Christmas break is over and students will head back to school this week in Marion County with all of their snow days still available.
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The U.S. Senate has approved the Keystone pipeline, and House approval is likely. Should the President veto the bill?
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This week: Women conductors reflect, new leaders for TSO and Victoria Symphony, deadlines loom for Pittsburgh and Pacific Symphonies, and a tentative contract for Fort Worth. Here are stories we're following....
Glass ceilings, new leaders and new roles
By the NY Times' reckoning, women now direct leading nations and corporations at higher rates than major orchestras. That glass ceiling may finally be cracking, however, thanks to some remarkable female maestros, including Marin Alsop, Susanna Malkki, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, and Canadian Barbara Hannigan. All four conducted at the Lucerne Festival this summer, and took time to discuss their careers and the persistence of sexism in conducting.
Gary Hanson, who retired as CEO of The Cleveland Orchestra in January, will take on the same position with the Toronto Symphony on an interim basis, the Plain Dealer and Musical Toronto report. Hanson's term will last up to two years, beginning Sept. 26th. He brings a personal connection - he grew up in Toronto, taking bass lessons from members of the TSO.
The Victoria Symphony also has new leadership this season: Kathryn Laurin, whose most recent position was president of Camosun College, the Times Colonist reports. Laurin had a previous career as a conductor, leading orchestras in Regina and Saskatoon.
Gordon Gerrard led the Regina Symphony last weekend in his first concert as music director, at the Symphony Under the Sky festival, CBC News reports. Gerrard most recently served as associate conductor of the Vancouver Symphony.
Talks and contracts
A tentative agreement reached yesterday may break the impasse at the Fort Worth Symphony, the Star-Telegram reports. Details were not yet disclosed, and a vote for ratification is scheduled for this Sunday. Most recently, talks were extended past a July 31st expiration, having continued for over a year, with mediation beginning in July. FWSO Musicians are providing updates on their website and social media.
The Pacific Symphony (Orange County, Ca.) is working without a contract, after negotiations collapsed without an agreement before the August 31st deadline, the OC Register reports. At issue is musicians' effort to move from per-service to a salaried contract, an arrangement they deem more appropriate to the orchestra's purposes and its $20 million budget.
A contract deadline is approaching this Sunday for the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Post-Gazette reports. PSO musicians are telling their story through a new website and social media; PSO President Malia Tourangeau recently appealed to the Regional Asset District for $1.4 million, after projecting a 2015-16 budget deficit of $1.5 million.
Good news and grants
We don't always see the good news stories from the many orchestras tallying strong results both artistically and financially. Three such stories are worth noting, though: the St. Louis Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, and Atlanta Symphony each posted gains in attendance and ticket sales last season.
A federal matching grant of $300K will help the Windsor Symphony maintain its artistic work in the community, the Windsor Star reports. The Canadian Heritage grant matches funds donated by the Toldo Family Foundation and the Ursuline Sisters of Chatham in 2015.
Compiled by Matt Heller, OCSM 1st VP. Sources include the discussion groups of ICSOM and ROPA. Visit OCSM online at: http://ocsm-omosc.org/index.php. Visit OCSM on Facebook, or tweet us @ocsm-omosc.
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Sti- frys are one of my favorite dinners. They’re fast and easy to make, pack a punch of flavor, and contain a hefty serving of vegetables. I frequently use leftover, already-cooked meat for the protein in my stir-frys, which makes preparation even quicker.
And if there’s a bit of stir-fry leftover, I like to mix it into scrambled eggs in the morning for a hearty and healthy breakfast. Two meals in one is definitely a win!
Chicken Apple Stir-Fry With Fennel
I like making this stir-fry in the fall when apples are in season. The apples give it a nice burst of sweet/sharpness and the fennel gives it a mild little spice. I usually use leftover chicken that’s already cooked, and grilled is my favorite.
If it’s a busy night and we’re eating in a rush, this stir-fry converts easily into a cold chicken salad. Since apples and fennel are both delicious raw, I just chop all the ingredients and mix them together with some mayo and the spices.
If you have extra fennel, I bet it’d also taste great on top of this Honey Mustard Chicken with Mushrooms recipe too.
What Do I Need to Know About Fennel?
Fresh fennel is a common enough ingredient that it’s usually not too difficult to find in grocery stores. It’s got a white bulb on the bottom about the size of a medium-large onion. Green stalks shoot up from the bulb and are topped with feathery greens that look a bit like dill.
To use fresh fennel, slice or chop the bulb and saute or eat fresh. The stalks are a bit tough, so I don’t usually use them, but I know they can be chopped up and used in soups and salads. The greens are so pretty and delicate looking and are very tasty in salads.
Fennel tastes a bit like anise, but is light and fresh and not too strong. It can be used in almost any application that calls for celery. Here are some ideas on how to use it.
Love Stir-Fry As Much As I Do?
If you love stir-fry as much as I do, you may be interested in some more ideas. Here are some of our favorites:
- Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry – this one’s got some Chinese flair to it and it’s delicious
- Beef and Cabbage Stir-Fry
- Chicken Vegetable Stir-Fry
- Chinese Chicken Stir-Fry
- Garlic Butter Calamari Stir-Fry
- Greek Stir-Fry
- Moroccan Chicken Stir-Fry
- Pizza Stir-Fry – it really tastes like pizza in a bowl!
- Sausage Squash Stir-Fry
- Spicy Shrimp Stir-Fry
- Taco Scramble
- Zucchini and Beef Stir-Fry – with zucchini noodles!
Chicken Apple Stir-Fry
Ever cooked with fennel? What do you use it for? Tell me below!

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Turkey's first railway museum in Sirkeci Station: Sirkeci Train Station in Istanbul's historic buildings, is hosting the Railway Museum. 11 years ago opened Turkey's first railway museum, it is kept more than 400 part. The museum welcomes its visitors with items belonging to Orient Express.
The beginning of Rumeli Railways is the end point of railways coming from Europe. Sirkeci Station, the subject of poetry of books, the address of separation and reunification. It is in the Railroad Museum, which is in the history of the station.
In the museum part of the museum belong to the famous Orient Express and used during the expedition welcomes visitors here. The first railway museum in Istanbul, which opened in 2005, exhibits approximately 400 historical artifacts from the Thrace line.
It is possible to see all kinds of artifacts used by the trainers at Orient Express in the museum. These include silverware, typewriters, telephone and telegrams and ticket cabinets.
19 The 19th century Anatolian - Ottoman railway company's station bell and 20 's legacy peron clock and the last medal of the last expedition of the train are among the notable works of the museum.
The Istanbul Railway Museum also brings together the first electric suburban train, which started its journey in 1955, with its enthusiasts. The museum exhibits examples of the old train constructions of Istanbul and is visited by many local and foreign people every year. Most of the visitors of the Railway Museum in Sirkeci, which is visited by 70 thousand people annually, constitutes foreign tourists.


Always challenging themselves and their listeners with a shifting musical paella of contrasting timbres and style influences, Yeasayer were joined by drummer Joey Waronker of Atoms for Peace in a production role during the late stages of their fourth studio album, Amen & Goodbye. In keeping with the bricolage aspect, the recording also features performances from a diverse selection of guests, including folk singer Suzzy Roche and guitar virtuoso Steve Marion aka Delicate Steve (both appear on "Gerson's Whistle"). What proves to be a trademark of the album is introduced in a prologue-type track, the nearly two-minute "Daughters of Cain." Razor-sharp vocal harmonies reminiscent of "Bohemian Rhapsody" settle in for appearances throughout, and also set the stage for an out-of-time convergence of the past and -- via outer spacy, mechanical synth textures -- the future. The sprawling "I Am Chemistry" offers an album snapshot, incorporating sunny harmonies, as well as '80s keyboard tones, 2010's otherworldly effects, acoustic instrumentation, a children's choir, and the timeless noise of hammering. Compared to prior LPs, there are fewer hints of R&B and more of John Lennon on Amen & Goodbye. World rhythms and scales are also woven into the design, as is customary for the band, such as the Middle Eastern influence apparent on "Half Asleep." Most of the tunes are discernible and dancy, such as on the new wavy "Dead Sea Scrolls" and catchy "Cold Night," though Yeasayer makes room for songs like the elegant, more explorative "Prophecy Gun;" the Beatlesque, Theremin-graced ballad "Uma;" and the trippy and percussive "Divine Simulacrum." Typical of the album and how it plays with expectations, the half-minute "Computer Canticle I" features whirring synths but also earthy, acoustic drums, at once evoking tribal plains and space sirens. This combining of the human-organic and the quirky-mechanical not only rewards repeat listens, but ultimately fascinates with warm alienation.
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Here is the namesake of the park, President Andrew Jackson.
I thought this fountain was so pretty.
The church behind President Jackson is St. Louis Church: may be St. Louis Cathedral. It didn't say...just the name. I thought this shot was so cool.
A small oasis in the chaos of the French Quarter.

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Medak: Major Irrigation minister T Harish Rao said that the state government was committed for the welfare of youth in the state and was taking all measures to provide employment to them in various sectors.
The minister on Sunday inaugurated a coaching camp for the candidates appearing for Police constable jobs at Siddipet. Speaking on the occasion, the minister said that the state government was providing all sorts of help to all sections of the society.
He urged the Police Constable job aspirants to avail the facilities provided on par with corporate institutions and prove their mettle.
The minister also enlisted various achievements of the state government saying that the state was making strides in all spheres. He said that the new industrial policy of the state government and the T-hub initiative was providing jobs to thousands of qualified youth.
The minister said that the Harita Haram green drive programme by the state government would provide solution to issues like drought like situation in the state. (INN)


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One of the most challenging jobs in the world is for those people who work in the prison industry. It is the prison officials who handle and control the inmates in prison that are sometimes very dangerous. It is no surprise that the prison officials have to deal with a lot of physical and mental abuses and so do their family members. Even though the inmates are locked up inside the prison, it does not stop them from planning criminal activities using the cell phones that they manage to smuggle inside the prison. While it was not a big issue till a few years back, the advancing technology has led to the cell phones size becoming much smaller making it easier to smuggle inside the prison. They then use it to plan and execute their plans efficiently without being caught. Even though there are many security measures in place, the criminals still find some way to get the cell phones smuggled inside and use them to their advantage. These also become a threat to the family members as they can easily target anyone without being free themselves.
No one knows the ill-effects of cell phones usage inside the prison by inmates than Robert Johnson. He was a correctional officer at the Lee Correctional Institution in Florida. His main responsibility was to find smuggled things inside the prison and confiscate them from the inmates. Not everyone was happy with the work that they did, and it has led him to make many enemies inside the prison. One week, he confiscated a huge amount of drugs that were meant for distribution to the inmates. It led to the inmates create a plan to murder him, and they paid a person outside of prison to kill him. Just after a week, he was attacked by a masked man inside his house who managed to find out all information about him. He was shot many times but was strong enough to pull through. He spent months healing in the hospital, and it led him to make efforts to make prisons safer for his colleagues once he came out.
Robert currently is employed with Securus Technologies and work on the new Wireless Containment System that allows them to block the use of cell phones inside the prison. Only some authorized calls can be made from inside the prison while all others are dropped as soon as they come in contact with the system. Securus Technologies have been working towards implementing the new system at all of the prisons that they service. They have already started the installation of the wireless containment system in many different prisons and hope that it would help make prisons much safer than they were previously.


Join us for a virtual learning journey with members of the YOUR World Research Partnership and their Ethiopian partners, the Impact Initiative and researchers supported by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Department for International Development (DFID). The event will explore the opportunities and challenges of engaging children and youth and other communities with national policy formulation.
Focusing on the YOUR World Research partnership, and its collaboration with Ethiopian partners, this webinar will share learning from the organization of a National Youth Seminar in 2019. Around 100 people participated, including 50 young people who shared their experiences of seeking ways out of poverty with government officials and senior decision makers. Officials from the Ministry of Women, Children and Youth attending the event affirmed the importance of listening to young people’s priorities, and said that the research discussed at the seminar would contribute to the re-design of the national youth policy. The Ministry of Women, Children and Youth have now released their National Youth Policy.
In this virtual debate, Vicky Johnson from the University of the Highlands and Islands will facilitate a panel of Ethiopian child rights practitioners, researchers and policy actors who will share their learning around engaging the lived experiences of marginalised youth with Ethiopia’s national youth policy. Then grantholders from the Joint Fund for Poverty Alleviation and the Raising Learning Outcomes Programme, along with campaigners, policy actors and donors, will be invited to discuss their experiences of seeking to empower the voices of youth and other marginalised groups.
- Anannia Admassu (Director, CHADET)
- Amid Ahmed (Researcher, YOUR World Research/Addis Ababa University, Institute of African Studies)
- Firehiwot Seyoym Tadese (Disability Advocate)
- Matiyas Assefa Chefa (Director-General Youth Participation, Ministry of Women, Children and Youth – Ethiopia)
This event has taken place and registration is now closed.


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|[PDF] Mechanics of Materials (McGraw Hill)
Mechanics of Materials (McGraw Hill) By Beer, Johnston, Dewolf, Mazurek and Sanghi
Mechanics of Materials (McGraw Hill) is book for mechanical engineering students by Beer, Johnston, Dewolf, Mazurek and Sanghi, published in 2020.
A strong conceptual understanding is essential for solving problems successfully. This edition of mechanics of materials helps instructors and students achieve this goal by providing strong understanding and logical analysis of the concepts using SI units, which also helps identify the applications in designing actual engineering structures and machine components. With new concepts presented in a simplified and detailed manner, a number of advanced or specialty sections are included. To keep these distinct and optional, these are marked with asterisk so users can choose whether or not to read. Using numerous engineering examples and end-of-chapter homework problems, The book helps the readers to easily understand and relate to theory and application. 1. Extensive use of free-body diagrams 2. Sample problems explained with smart problem-solving methodology 3. Ample number of concept applications 4. More than 1500 homework problems including end of sections, review and Computer problems and online lab videos with data sets.
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Author(s): Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., John T. DeWolf, David F. Mazurek
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Baird, Daniel (1990): \"Computers and Writing,\" edited by Noel Williams and Patrick Holt. In Hypermedia, 2 (1) pp. 68-71.

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“In this particular company's case, we don't know where it's making its profits, we don't know where it's paying its tax,” Tax Research UK's Richard Murphy told Channel 4. "We don't actually even know it's paying its tax because there is no cash flow statement in these accounts because there is a Swiss parent company."
Channel 4 News criticises Net-a-Porter’s tax practices
Channel 4 emphasised that Net-a-Porter’s accounting practices are entirely legal, and no laws have been broken, but asked whether it is too easy for companies to avoid tax and claims that Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) aren’t doing enough to crack down on certain corporate tax practices.
“The Net-a-porter Group Ltd notes the media comment regarding its UK tax status. Net-a-porter is a successful UK-based global business that employs over 1,500 people in the UK and a further 800 worldwide, and contributes significantly to the UK economy,” Net-a-Porter Group Chief Executive Officer, Mark Sebba, told WWD in response to the allegations.
Sebba added: “The company continues to invest significant sums in expansion, development and innovation. Net-a-porter has every intention of maintaining its UK tax domicile for its UK operations, and paying all taxes due in line with the law, best practice and HMRC’s policies. Since its foundation in 2000, Net-a-Porter has never sought to avoid paying tax in the jurisdictions in which it operates.”
Net-a-Porter is the latest big company to have its tax practices examined, Google, Amazon and Starbucks have also been accused of not paying enough tax.

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Last month the League of California Cities released a “Retirement System Sustainability Study and Findings.” The findings were not surprising. “Key Findings” were (1) City pension costs will dramatically increase to unsustainable levels, (2) Rising pension costs will require cities to nearly double the percentage of their general fund dollars they pay to CalPERS, and […]
About Edward Ring
Edward Ring has over 20 years experience in business and politics, primarily with start-up and early stage organizations. From 2010 through 2016, he was Executive Director, then President of the California Policy Center. From 2007 through July 2010, in partnership with AlwaysOn Media, Ring designed and launched their “GoingGreen” conferences, held in San Francisco and Boston, attracting clean technology entrepreneurs and investors from around the world.
Ring was CFO for Play Industries in 1999-2000, the first company to develop and deploy technology for desktop digital video production and internet video broadcasting. In 2003, Ring was Director of Strategic Planning for Anuvu, one of the first companies to build a prototype fuel cell vehicle. Currently Ring consults for various clients in politics and media.
In 1995 Ring founded www.EcoWorld.com, an online environmental magazine reporting on clean technology and the status of species and ecosystems. For over 14 years under Ring’s editorial direction, EcoWorld was a respected international voice for free-market environmentalism, something that is needed now more than ever.
Ring has an undergraduate degree in Political Science from UC Davis, and an MBA in Finance from the USC.
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On January 28, 2018, the Dow Jones stock index closed at a record high of 28,610. Nine days later, on February 6, the Dow index hit an intraday low of 24,198, a drop of over 15 percent. Since then the Dow index has recovered somewhat, along with other stock indexes and the underlying stocks around […]
The employer contribution to California’s state and local government pension systems will double, from $31 billion in 2018 to $59 billion by 2024. This estimate is based on aggregating official projections of cost increases issued by CalPERS to their participating agencies, and extrapolating those projections show the overall impact on all of California’s 87 government […]
Gimmick – a concealed, usually devious aspect or feature of something, as a plan or deal. – Dictionary.com In the past week, from Millbrae’s city hall to the inner sanctum of the CalPERS leviathan in Sacramento, defenders of pensions have been active. In particular, they have criticized the recent analysis, published by the California Policy Center, “How […]
Have you experienced water faucets that spray tiny jets of water onto your hands? You know, those eight tiny jets of water, each about 1.0 millimeter in diameter, that are emitted with so much pressure that the paltry quantity of water bounces off your skin before you can get it wet enough to apply soap, […]
When speaking about pension burdens on California’s cities and counties, a perennial question is how much are the costs going to increase? In recent years, California’s biggest pension system, CalPERS, has offered “Public Agency Actuarial Valuation Reports” that purport to answer that question. Notwithstanding the fact that CalPERS predictive credibility is questionable – i.e., they’ve […]
As of a few days ago, high-wage earners have a new reason to leave California: their state income taxes are no longer deductible on their federal income tax returns. Can California’s union-controlled state legislature adapt? Can they lower the top marginal tax rates to keep wealthy people from leaving California? The short answer is, no, they cannot. They cannot conceive of the possibility that California’s current economic success is not because of their confiscatory policies, but in spite of them.
The looming Janus vs. AFSCME decision, expected by Spring 2018, is probably going to validate the contention that ALL public sector union activity is inherently political. Once this landmark case is decided, members will not only have the right, already existing, to opt-out of paying political dues. After Janus, they may also have the right […]
One year ago the Dow Jones stock index was 19,756. Today it closed at 24,211, an increase of 23%. Pretty good for one year! When the stock market does well, pension funds do well, since that’s where these funds place most of their portfolio investments. But CalPERS, the largest public employee pension system in the […]
California’s ruling elites have enacted policies that make it impossible for middle class citizens to live here. They have artificially elevated the cost of living, nearly destroyed public education, decimated public services, neglected public infrastructure, and declared war on small business. To deflect criticism, they’ve convinced a critical mass of voters that any attempts to […]
How can you persuasively counter arguments for diversity quotas, when implacable fanatics purporting to represent every identifiable group whose aggregate achievements fall short of the mean will argue it is discrimination, not merit, that determine outcomes? Expect no help from government unions. Resentment gives them passion, restitution gives them power. Undermining the meritocracy is key […]
As the ethnic composition of America changes from mostly white to a kaleidoscope of color within a generation, there is no better way to fracture society than to teach everyone to resent everyone else. Nurturing tribal resentment is a winning strategy for government unions, because a swollen, authoritarian, unionized government becomes the referee. Government union […]
Nobody argues that California’s roads need huge upgrades. But the solution didn’t require the $0.12 per gallon tax hike that goes into effect today. The root cause of these neglected roads – and the reason even more taxes will never be enough to fix them – is the power of public sector unions, whose agenda […]
How would you feel if someone told you they’d just increased your retirement benefit by 50%, took five years off the age you’d have to be when you could retire and collect this benefit, and then told you there would be almost no additional cost because the stock market was roaring? In California, that’s what […]
“A public employer shall provide all public employees an orientation and shall permit the exclusive representative, if applicable, to participate.” – Excerpt from California State Assembly Bill AB 52, December 2016 In plain English, AB 52 requires every local government agency in California to bring union representatives into contact with every new hire, to “allow […]
Instead of the cross, the albatross About my neck was hung. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 1798 In Coleridge’s famous poem, a sailor who killed an albatross has it hung around his neck as punishment. Since then, the albatross, which sailors used to consider good luck, has come to symbolize an oppressive […]
How would you like it if every time you received a property tax bill from your county assessor, you also received a notice that disclosed the amount of the county’s total debt, annual operating expenses, total unfunded liability for pensions, and total unfunded liability for retirement healthcare? You might not like it, but you’d have […]
Back in 2013 the City of Irvine had an unfunded pension liability of $91 million and cash reserves of $61 million. The unfunded pension liability was being paid off over 30 years with interest charged on the unpaid balance at a rate of 7.5% per year. Irvine’s cash reserves were conservatively invested and earned interest […]
“We’re not anti-cop. We’re anti bad cop. Bad cops have to be fired, just like bad politicians” – Leader of Black Lives Matter counter-protest, who was spontaneously invited to speak at a pro-Trump rally (watch video). There aren’t too many things that are easier to agree on than this sentiment. Even those of us who […]
Introducing competition to the public sector is an essential part of delivering cost-effective services to taxpayers. What happened earlier this year in Placer County is just one example of how millions of savings can be realized by privatizing a public service. By replacing county employees with a private firm to provide inmate food services to […]
Pension reform in San Jose began in June 2012 when voters, by a margin of 69% to 31%, approved Measure B. Despite overwhelming support from voters, however, this vote triggered a cascade of union funded lawsuits which by 2015 had overturned several of the key provisions of the reform measure. Finally, in August 2015, the […]
The City of San Jose was a pioneer in reforming their rules governing binding arbitration, rules that may seem obscure and complex to the uninitiated, but which have profound consequences. Until the San Jose city council put arbitration reform on the ballot in 2010, unelected arbitrators could end labor negotiations with decisions that were devastating […]
Beginning around 2009 it became clear to civic leaders and councilmembers that the City of San Diego faced serious financial challenges. A San Diego County Grand Jury in that year released a report that recommended the city file for bankruptcy. The report cited the underfunded City’s pension system as the primary underlying cause of their […]
You’ve just been elected to the city council. You’re 34 years old and you’ve been attending your city council meetings for almost a decade. You’ve served on some civic improvement commissions. You’ve been a concerned activist for most of your life. But the firefighters union contract is being renegotiated this year, and you’re about to […]
The San Diego District Attorney last week charged John Collins with misuse of hundreds of thousands of dollars over several years as superintendent of Poway Unified School District. The allegations would be shocking if they weren’t so common. In Placentia, Bell, Compton, Pasadena, Beaumont, and elsewhere, California cities have needlessly lost millions, and for a time, nobody knew. […]


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You would think Petronella’s sixteenth birthday would be cause for celebration. After all, fashionable friends are arriving at her country estate near London, teas are being served, and her coming out party promises to be a resplendent affair. Everything is falling nicely into place, until, suddenly—it isn’t. For Petronella discovers that her guardian, Uncle Augustus T. Percival, has developed a most unVictorian compulsion: He must eat bugs. Worse still, because he is her guardian, Uncle Augustus is to attend her soiree and his current state will most definitely be an embarrassment.
During the festivities, when Petronella would much rather be sharing pleasantries with handsome Lord James Sinclair (swoon), important guests are disappearing, kidnapping notes are appearing, many of the clues are insects, and Uncle Augustus is surreptitiously devouring evidence. It’s more than one sixteen-year-old girl should have to deal with. But, truth be told, there is far more yet to come . . . -GoodReads
I love it! I read this book all in one sitting, and was perfectly delighted with every chapter. The absurd plot and witty banter are just perfection! There are so many imaginative details in this book that all come together for a truly interesting plot. The writing is so dignified and humorous; it’s like this sugary froth of words.
I adore Uncle Augustus, and I liked how sweet and caring he is to his niece. His insect “problem” was just hilarious! I loved seeing his character develop throughout the story.
Petronella is just wonderful; she’s brave and full of humor and curiosity. I especially loved it when she would get angry, and quietly “cut” someone with either a sharp remark or her extreme politeness to them. She is poised and in control no matter the wild circumstances, and above all, she uses that brilliant brain of hers to save the day.
I did get a little tired of her raptures over the handsome James, but that was nicely counter-pointed by her occasional annoyance with him too.
I loved Petronella’s friendship with Jane! Those two are just charming, planning escapades in cahoots with each other. I want to be BFFs with them! My favorite was when they would exchange this knowing look, like they have little secrets amongst themselves, and have a perfect understanding of each other’s thoughts and feelings. They are a delightful example of true friendship.
I really liked James. He is written with such a crisp balance to him. Sometimes he’s smart, and sometimes he’s a bit slow. He’s always gentlemanly, gallant, brave, and resourceful. He’s a little thoughtless, but not selfish. He says the witty thing, but he’s never rude or mean. He truly cares about people. He is almost too perfectly heroic for interest, but has a spark to him that makes him really appealing. I can see why Petronella likes him!
I can’t wait to read more about Petronella! I want to live inside Jen Corace’s illustrations. So beautiful!


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Friends, I have been trying to get back into the habit of a monthly reading recap for quite a while now. You should see my WordPress drafts — months of efforts are saved, in vain. I keep running out of time and before I know it – poof – it is way too late to share! But I’m in an acceptable window right now and am doing my best to get this published.
July included a round of covid for my family and a week of quarantine. You’d think that would mean lots of reading time but my experience didn’t pan out that way. I barely read for two weeks as we worked our way through the illness and played catch up around the house as we started creeping back into our typical routines. I often ebb and flow with my reading and it’s not uncommon for me to have a few quiet weeks while my focus turns to other projects. The difference this time is that I really wanted to be reading and couldn’t. It felt devastating at the time but now that I have a little more perspective, I can see that it was okay. All of those books on my lists are still there, waiting patiently for me to get to them.
A few highlights from the month:
- I returned to The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society when I began to reenter the world of reading after covid. It hits the spot every time.
- The 2022 Booker Longlist was released on the 26th and I finished two of the books that very day! Small Things Like These and Oh William! were both highly readable and quick to get through, if you’re looking for a place to dip your toes.
- I finally finished The Books of Jacob, despite starting it in April. I wasn’t a fan but am glad to say that I read it. I have a goal this year to read more big books, so this one helped me stay on track with that aim.
- The newest Ruth Galloway mystery, The Locked Room, was published in July and I saved my Audible credit for it. It was another excellent addition to the series.
- My love of Japanese culture was stoked by The Housekeeper and The Professor and My Year of Meats. Another one of my reading goals for the year is to prioritize Japanese literature, so check!
- I finished four chapter books with my kiddos this month and Josefina is my favorite American Girl so far.
- If you’re looking for a very weird book, then Bunny just might be for you.
- My favorite of the month: Oh William!. There’s a close tie for second: The Housekeeper and the Professor and Small Things Like These.
I’m thinking about how to incorporate this year’s bookish goals into these monthly recaps if I’m able to continue them, but the goals I wrote aren’t very helpful to me right now. I made them vague on purpose because I’m no longer counting books read, which makes measuring progress a little tricky. So they’re hanging out in the back of my brain and I’m trying to find ways to make them a little more specific and measurable without making reading feel like homework.
August is going smashingly so far, so I’m looking forward to writing another monthly recap as soon as the month ends. How has your reading been? Any new discoveries lately? I’d love to hear from you!

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By Harry Newman, DVM and Taoist Tai Chi Instructor
Harvard Health says, “Tai chi is often described as meditation in motion but should be called medication in motion.” It is a low-impact, series of relaxing, continuous slow-motion circular moves that are never forced.
But what is most impressive about tai chi is evidence of its overwhelming health benefits. Some of the most impressive tai chi research involved 500 studies and 21 countries conducted by Beijing University and Harvard Medical School, confirming that individuals practicing tai chi, just two hours a week for 12 weeks, experienced significant improvement in falls prevention, heart health, hypertension, diabetes, osteoarthritis, and osteoporosis. Tai chi’s benefits are indisputable.
- Tai chi strengthens the lower body, improves posture, promotes flexibility, increases body awareness and proprioception (knowing where your legs are in space), and decreases the likelihood of slipping and falling (leading cause of death and injury in those over 65 years of age). Studies published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society in 2017 show regular tai chi practitioners are 43 percent less likely to fall.
- Tai chi helps control musculoskeletal, back and neck pain, and pain from injury and arthritis, promotes better posture, improves blood and lymph circulation, increases range-of-motion, and healing. A study in Arthritis Care confirms practicing twice weekly decreases back pain.
- Osteoarthritis, a painful degenerative disease, causes the protective cartilage surrounding joints to wear away causing bone to rub on bone. Research in Annals of Internal Medicine found tai chi to be an effective form of physical therapy for knee osteoarthritis. A study in Journal of Pain revealed tai chi is as effective as traditional neck exercises in reducing pain and improving overall quality of life.
- Fibromyalgia pain tends to be more diffuse than joint pain, affecting soft tissues at the back of the neck, shoulders, chest, lower back, shins, hips, elbows, and knees. The New England Journal of Medicine found tai chi to be more beneficial than stretching classes.
- A meta-analysis of 20 studies showed individuals with mild cognitive impairment practicing tai chi experienced a slower progression to dementia. Research in Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics found significant improvements in mood and depression amongst those practicing tai chi.
- The journal American Cardiology found that healthy individuals with heart disease practicing tai chi experienced improved exercise capacity on par with brisk walking. Those with hypertension experienced a 32-point reduction in systolic and an 18-point reduction in diastolic blood pressure.
“More and more people are flocking to tai chi classes. Not only are they talking about their improved health, but they are also experiencing the unique joy and added social benefit of being part of a welcoming community,” said Taoist tai chi instructor Harry Newman.”
Locally, tai chi classes are offered through the Toist Tai Chi Society and at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo (JCC). Learn more at /www.taoisttaichi.org/locations/buffalo-center regarding classes in Kenmore, Amherst, Buffalo, and West Seneca. For classes at the JCC visit www.jccbuffalo.org.
Harry Newman, DVM is an instructor at the Taoist Tai Chi Society of Buffalo.

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Out of enthusiasm, a Militia soldier abandons his platoon and decides to fight for the cause of the Revolution. His Lieutenant and the rest of the crew look for him during the confused night of 22-23 December 1989.
Costi is a family man whose cash-strapped neighbor makes him an intriguing proposition: help him find the fortune reportedly buried somewhere on the grounds of his family's country home in Romania and split the profits.
During the production of his latest movie, a director feels the need to add a new scene, emphasising on the protagonist's aesthetic nudity. Endless negotiations begin between lunch and dinner; however, will they ever reach a conclusion?
In 1911-12, the Romanian movie director Grigore Brezianu and the financial tycoon Leon Popescu made together the 2 hours long movie "Romania's Independence" - an as faithful as possible ... See full summary »
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It's the 22nd of December. Sixteen years have passed since the revolution, and in a small town Christmas is about to come. Piscoci, an old retired man is preparing for another Christmas alone. Manescu, the history teacher, tries to keep up with his debts. Jderescu, the owner of a local television post, seems not to be so interested in the upcoming holidays. For him, the time to face history has come. Along with Manescu and Piscoci, he is trying to answer for himself a question which for 16 years has not had an answer: "Was it or wasn't it a revolution in their town?"Written by
The ouster of Ceausescu from Romania certainly isn't exactly the comedy event of the century, but those wacky Romanians, who just nailed black comedy last year with the black 'The Death of Mr. Lazerescu' set to it to make this film, all about a call in TV show about the revolution, as hilarious as possible. First of all, please just ignore the long, ridiculous, not needed preamble to the show itself, where the participants perform in mundane life. This was surprisingly dull, boring and totally not needed, No, what this film will be remembered for is the call-in show tour-de-farce that the three actors do. One of them is a host, the other 2 are the 'guests' that have rather dubious memories of the revolution. One of them sets himself out to be a ridiculous hero of the event, only to be shot down (or at least attempted to, he just challenges everyone at every turn) and the other is quite comfortable not saying anything, just sitting quietly making paper animals.. This is all perfectly ridiculous. I could have watched a full hour and a half of this nonsense rather then the ridiculously slow preamble before it.
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Six months ago, I wrote here and over on Emulsive about starting a couple of solargraphs on the summer solstice. These beer cans with holes in, containing a sheet of photo-paper, would record the path of the sun as it crossed the sky from its highest pass on the 21st of June, to its lowest on […]
I’ll be writing up my 52 Rolls summary in the next week or so, but suffice to say that shooting so much film through 2016 has been a complete game-changer. When I read about the project (on Emulsive) in Poland the week before last New Year, I couldn’t have imagined that it would have become […]
Another post from my 52 Rolls project – shooting film 52 weeks a year… Two rolls for the price of one in this post (numbers 14 and 15 of the year already) but shot over the course of a couple of days and on a single trip, so I though I’d combine them.
I wrote a bit last month about my intention to produce 12 zines, books or physical releases (of some sort) of my pictures over twelve consecutive months. Having decided that we’re emigrating next month, that might prove difficult, but at least I got as far as number four…
Back in December, I put together a zine of the work Wojtek, Pavel and I created for our No Constructive Conclusions exhibition and followed that with Nighttime Adventures in Neopan – a collection of nighttime, TLR shots by Dan Smith and I. As it was January, a time of resolutions and unlikely ambitions, I got carried away […]
For the first few days of shoot week of this month’s @FP4Party I was still in Eastern Europe. We’d been visiting my mother-in-law in Poland, and as we’ve done a couple of times now, travelled to the mountains on the Polish/Czech border on New Year’s Day. Being the day after the main event, it’s usually […]
A while back, I wrote about putting together my first ‘zine. It was a collection of the photographs that Wojtek, Pavel and I had shown as part of our No Constructive Conclusions shows. While it contained six pictures from each of us, the others had given me free reign to design, produce and distribute this […]
Another month, another Emulsive Film Party and this time, it’s the return of the #FP4Party. Shootweek coincided with a couple of days of snow in the UK and as usual, things ground to a halt.
Originally written for the 35mmc website. At some point last week, I saw Hamish’s tantalising pictures on social media of ten boxes containing the new 7Artisans, 50mm lenses that he had for sale. It’s a lens that’s been causing quite a stir since its launch, due to the winning formula of being an M-mount 50mm, […]
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Holiday Murrayby Nadine Theron / 06.05.2011
Amongst the flags fairy lights and retro artefacts, Holiday Murray introduced their debut album at Frieda’s; embracing the lucky few in a glowing ambience, the enchantment reminiscent of Beirut’s “Elephant Gun” video. A rich cream of Cape Town’s cool was spread thick over the affair. The show started with a screening of the video for their single, “Jirey”, and soon, to avoid suffocating in the overwhelming glorification of aesthetic appeal, I had to go outside for air.
The actual music part of the music-video unfortunately could not escape the same fate, the Hipster Westlife flashes on the screen; boys in white riding bikes in the sunshine down tree-lined avenues in the top tourist destination in the world, then wrapped in colourful flapping rags becoming hipster hippies. The delightful CD sleeve design proves why the same destination was nominated as international design capital of 2012: Pastel, darling illustrations, feathers, coffee stains… the simple white disc nestled in recyclable cork and egg carton between sheaves of mystical diagrams and hand-written lyrics and (always a winner) retro pictures of the sea and mountains. Oh Nostalgia, you get us every time. But this is no Instagram creation, Thomas Pepler’s design truly captures the folky feel of Holiday Murray.
Here we should pause and lament the necessity of above two paragraphs, that well-executed packaging these days arouses suspicion: What are they compensating for? One fears another over-designed band concept selling like gourmet cupcakes, gobs of glittering bright icing disguising a tasteless bake.
Attractive CD sleeve, attractive fans, attractive launch party, attractive Beach Boys attire… Holiday Murray should be really grateful that they aren’t a foursome of classically pretty boys. What with all the attractiveness around them, it would be hard to look beyond the aesthetics – and lo’ there is so much more once your obligatory anti-hipster pride is swallowed and prejudice thrust aside.
Folk it is; Crosby, Stills and Nash it is not. It’s Vampire Weekend with Kooks’ vocals, Bat for Lashes’ magic and, regrettably, New Holland moments (unavoidable since the band is managed and the album was recorded by TeeJay Terre’blance.) I have to emphasise that the The Kooks reference refers only to the vocals and the vocals alone, possibly this is because James Tuft can actually carry a melody and stay in tune, a pop characteristic which falls sweetly on the ear.
At first the fact that you don’t notice the jump between the first and second song disappoints but then the way the tracks flow into each other becomes pleasing. The self-titled album is the modern-day rarity of a cohesive debut album, one that could, should and will be listened to – this must be applauded. The first few songs build toward the Murrays’ current hit single and then… Surprise! One is tricked out of the temptation to lose interest in the last four songs which turn out to be the most substantial part of the album.
“Homeless and Happy” drags you down and raises an eyebrow for anyone who knows that Holiday Murray members are not exactly impoverished, it’s highly possible that the intended meaning of this song isn’t clear but besides the lack of the lyrics’ ability to conjure emotions, musically it drags and lags and the dwindling guitar makes it the boring song you will want to skip on an otherwise very complete album.
“Fantasy The Woods” with haunting vocals is so Bat for Lashes, maybe also because both bands ride bikes in their first music videos although BFL’s Natasha Kahn does so through the woods. “Nested” is quirky and filled with folky folly where a Crosby, Stills and Nash influence is actually recognisable. It wouldn’t be surprising if “Antagonizer” is the second single, seems a justifiable choice as the Use Somebody/Epic Love Song of the album. The song is musically immersive and you’ll find yourself mouthing “Nobody escapes me like you do” while hurriedly looking around for a you that would complete the picture, temporarily, for the duration of the song. “The Sea Finds Me” and “Be a Bird” with its ‘hidden’ cute drumming end doesn’t sound like Devendra Banhart at all but has his titles, atmosphere and most importantly, heart.
Holiday Murray know what they want to work on and if they focus on that, like they intend to, their next one could earn them that succesful second album status. The band members themselves said they would likes less “dah-dah-dah” in their songs, and it’s very clear what they mean. It’s the “dah-dah-dah” which ever so slightly pushes some songs into the grey of monotony now and then. Apart from the many other musical subtleties, they have done one major thing right: Not blatantly sounding like a particular international act. One can’t help but wonder though what other delightful offerings SA could deliver musically if everyone had parent-on-draught to keep them from being poisoned by activities other than music.


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What do you get when you cross Mortal Kombat, Shadow Era, and Infinity Blade?
Injustice: Gods Among Us. This is DC Comics newest video game release. Since I don’t have a PS#, Xbox 360, or Nintendo Wii U, I’ll just give you my IOS assessment.
So I bought this game last night….and it took so long to download to my iPad Mini I waited to play it until in the morning! However, the game was free……(We all know the catch here! In App Purchases)
I just ignored the chance to purchase stuff at first, which is my general practice anyways, and dug into the game. The game started me with three complimentary characters, Nightwing, The Flash, and Green Lantern (Hal Jordan). After I won a few battles, I unlocked Catwoman.
It’s been awhile since a game got me. “It got me!” (said in Sweet Brown’s voice.)
I played this game for well over an hour. It is pretty simple. You just tap and swipe on the screen, in a fighting style similar to Infinity Blade, but not nearly as in depth.
When you unlock characters and things, they go into your collection as “cards.” Like Shadow Era or Magic The Gathering trading cards. Really. And they get exhausted over time… This keeps you recharging them with energy cards, or swapping them out with new cards that are not exhausted. I have not run out of these energy cards yet, but I think I know where that’s going. They will eventually, and if I want to play, I will have to fork over the dough. I have had a lot of fun for free, so far, but I liked the game enough to go ahead and buy their $4.99 special booster pack. This got me Harley Quinn’s card, Green Arrow’s card, and another Flash card, this time the “regime” version. This was the first time I noticed that there are different versions of each character. This is a cool touch! Regime Flash is much bigger and has a fancier costume.
I have nearly leveled my Catwoman all the way up. I also had a tough time with the first boss, which was Hal Jordan. But after I beat him, my characters each got a big boost in levels.
All of this is cool, except that some of the in-app purchases are very expensive. You can unlock 1,900,000 game currency for a whopping $99. You see, I hate this. It makes me think I will never be able to achieve the perfect game without paying WAY TOO MUCH. I vow not to spend any more money on this game. I will grind my way to the top if I ever get there. $5.00 is one thing, but $99 is just about enough to go and buy a newer console system. I could buy the whole “Dragon Maze” Magic The Gathering set for around that price, and probably have a wealth of cards I could trade in at the comics store. And I would have REAL CARDS. Not digital goods only.
The best thing about this game has got to be the BEAUTIFUL GRAPHICS. Never have the DC heroes and villains looked so realistic. Never have they had such high resolution. Never have they been so awesome. This is why it is a good thing the Mortal Kombat people are on it. They did it right!
You can see strands of hair, scales of chain mail, screws and nuts and bolts and wires. Feathers on arrows. This game is made by the graphics. In fact, it makes up for a weak fighter with all of the awesome images and the cool stuff. Isn’t this kind of what makes Mortal Kombat successful? Compared to other fighting games, MK is weak on the mechanics, etc. But makes up for it with its coolness. Ed Boon is bringing that same magic to this game.
Incidentally, the oldest SpartanSmurf in this house thinks this game is AWESOME!
So I am going to grade this game 8\10. It looses a mark for being expensive. (But paying out IS optional, it will just slow you down big time if you don’t.) And it loses a point for lack of depth as a fighting game. Everything else is solid. Especially the graphics.
So what is your rating?
Back to my fully restored NES!


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A Surrey company director has been jailed for laundering cash after an elderly couple were fleeced out of nearly £1million in a double scam.
It follows an investigation by Buckinghamshire and Surrey Trading Standards* working with Thames Valley Police.
Richard Walsh, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Localities and Community Wellbeing, said: “Booker has been brought to justice thanks to a painstaking investigation across two counties. Trading standards officers will now focus on recovering as much as they can of the funds laundered by Booker and returning them to this elderly couple who have been devastated by the loss of their life savings.”
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Nudeswirl was an alternative/grunge band based in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Nudeswirl was formed in 1989 by Shane M. Green, Chris Wargo, and drummer Mike Toro in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The band released an independent full-length LP titled Nudeswirl in 1989. In 1992, they signed to Megaforce Records and released their second self-titled album the following year. They toured with White Zombie, Danzig, Flotsam and Jetsam, Mindfunk, and performed on the 1992 Lollapalooza side stage.
Nudeswirl is the second full-length album and first major label release by alternative metal band Nudeswirl. It was released in 1993 on Megaforce Records. Two songs from the album, "F Sharp" and "Buffalo," were released as singles. In 2005 the album was placed number 427 on Rock Hard magazine's list of "the 500 greatest rock & metal albums of all time".
Listen to music from Nudeswirl like Gordon's Corner, Buffalo & more. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from Nudeswirl. Nudeswirl was formed in 1988 by Shane M. Green, Chris Wargo, and original drummer Mike Toro in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Toto was later replaced by Woody Newland. They released an independent full length LP in 1989.
Produced by Nudeswirl. You sacrifice all the things and you won't care Sit them out on the edge of the river Dig, dig, dig in this brutal world Exactly what are you waiting for Christmas comes but it won't come again Then you watch the days go by right outside the window is freaking me out Can not believe the Buffalo Right outside the.
Nudeswirl were an alternative rock band formed in New Brunswick, New Jersey around 1988 by singer-guitarist Shane M. Green, guitarist Dizzy Cortwright, bassist Chris Wargo, and drummer Mike Toro, who was later replaced by Woody Newland. They released two albums, both self-titled, in their brief existence, one in 1989 and the other in 1993. Each album features a different track listing and one of the two aforementioned drummers. I have not heard their '89 album, the one with Mike Toro, as it has only ever been released in vinyl, which I am not equipped to collect.
Nudeswirl – Nudeswirl. Older folks will remember this band’s 15 minutes occurred on Beavis and Butthead. because that’s how a lot of people found out about new music regardless of whether they’d admit it or not (I guarantee a lot of people’s first exposure to Morbid Angel occurred there, unless you’re obviously fucking cool, but if that’s the case. Nudeswirl! I haven’t thought about them since the mid-90’s. Just put it on: still good!
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v Pre-launch of The Legacy 5.0 Commemorative Bible. It is the first bible that examines the 'Divinity Perspective,’ of the God of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and conveys what God was up to during The Civil Rights Movement. The Legacy 5.0 Commemorative Bible features multiple accounts of the prophetic accuracy of King’s ‘final prophecy’ delivered on April 3, 1968, up to our current times.


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Can l use CBD flowers for anxiety?
With more science and anecdotal evidence being offered all the time, CBD is becoming extremely popular for its potential medicinal benefits. CBD is well-known for its soothing properties, which means it can be beneficial to people who suffer from social anxiety. With its quick absorption, CBD-rich hemp flower is a promising therapy option.
Do you have a deep fear of being judged by others? Is it hard for you to do simple things like talking to a cashier or speaking in class because of your anxiety? If this is the case, you may be suffering from social anxiety disorder (SAD), which is characterised by a chronic fear of being observed and judged by others. A person with SAD may also over analyze social situations afterwards, searching for ways to disgrace oneself. Their physical symptoms can increase their anxiety since they are concerned that others will notice them blushing or their trembling voice. They avoid doing or speaking things they would ordinarily do or say because they are afraid of embarrassing themselves. A person who suffers from social anxiety may not be able to reach their complete potential.
What is CBD and how can it help?
Cannabidiol CBD is a form of cannabinoid, which means it's a naturally occurring substance found in cannabis plants. CBD and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) are the two most well-known and prominent cannabinoids, though they act differently in the human endocannabinoid system. THC is the psychoactive component that makes you high, whereas CBD is not. These cannabinoids are found in both hemp and marijuana plants. Marijuana is the total opposite of hemp, which has a low THC content and a high CBD content. CBD has various advantages and can be used to treat several medical ailments, including but not confined to:
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CBD helps the human endocannabinoid system, which maintains homeostasis and impacts nervous and immunological systems to perform better. CBD, like SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) works by blocking the breakdown of endocannabinoids. This allows the chemicals that tell your body to act (like relax) to have more of an effect.
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Although many CBD products have calming and relaxing properties, inhaling them through smoking or vaping is the quickest way to feel the effect. While smoking CBD flowers, the cannabinoid enters your circulation immediately, letting you feel the effects much more quickly. This simple method is helpful for people who have social anxiety. However we at Doctor Herb do not recommend smoking the CBD flowers this way due to the increased risk of introducing carcinogens into the body.
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On Wednesday, a multiteam deal to send Carmelo to the Rockets was reportedly "at the 2-yard line," as the turbulent relationship between the Knicks and their All-Star forward seemed to be coming to an end.
But apparently the New York Knicks have Pete Carroll running their Carmelo Anthony trade talks, because Thursday night, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported that those talks are now on hold.
Story posting soon with @RamonaShelburne on ESPN: The Knicks have paused Carmelo Anthony trade talks with Houston and Cleveland.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 14, 2017
Carmelo has been the subject of rumors all summer thanks to Phil Jackson's public declaration a few days after the Knicks' season ended that the team would be better off without him. As has been well documented, Melo has a no-trade clause, which has made the Knicks' efforts to trade him difficult.
The recent talks with the Rockets have picked up only because Anthony told the Knicks he would be willing to lift his no-trade clause for a move to the Rockets or Cavaliers.
Now, however, the Knicks are reportedly considering keeping Carmelo around. Via ESPN:
The New York Knicks are pausing trade talks centered on Carmelo Anthony and want to pursue a conversation with the 10-time NBA All-Star about possibly reincorporating him into the organization, league sources told ESPN.
After talking with the Houston Rockets and Cleveland Cavaliers for nearly a month to help engineer deals for Anthony, the Knicks told both teams that they're stepping back from trade talks for a short time, league sources said.
It is a tricky situation for the Knicks, as they don't want to give up Carmelo for nothing, but after all of these reports and rumors, it's difficult to see how the two sides could have a working relationship this season.


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The First World War Diary Wilfred Holland-Hibbert
Wilfred Holland-Hibbert (4th January 1893 – 18th February 1961) wrote a diary of which pages 51 - 66 cover his time serving in the Herfordshire Yeomanry during the Great War. He was called up immediately War was declared and served at home and then in Egypt. He was sent home ill before the Yeomanry was sent to Gallipoli. Once well again he was given the task of training new recruits.
Thurstan his elder brother also served in the Yeomanry until 1916.
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By Tim Graham ~ The nation’s top liberal newspapers found “beauty” in a New York Times book review comparing Donald Trump to Hitler. The Washington Post has a new opinion article this weekend titled “Donald Trump is a walking, talking example of the tyrannical soul.” Post book reviewer Carlos Lozada recently claimed “it is impossible to miss the […]
By Curtis Houck ~ Whether it’s the urge to link the Paris climate deal or global warming to Hurricane Matthew, the left has injected politics into a news cycle that should solely be focused on the deadly hurricane. In the last 24 hours, their focus has shifted to Florida’s registration deadline and their worries that […]
By P.J. Gladnick ~ As your humble correspondent sits in his lower latitude abode in the Fort Lauderdale area awaiting the unwelcome arrival of Hurricane Matthew in a few hours, it comes as no great surprise that at least one major publication has affixed blame for that tropical storm upon, you guessed it, Global Warming. In […]
By Tom Johnson ~ In a post headlined “To See Mike Pence as ‘Normal’ Is to Grade on a Generous Curve,” Steve Benen, a producer for MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show and the primary blogger for the program’s website, sought to demolish the idea that Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate will feature what Politico called […]
By Andrew Bolt ~ Beautiful start by Maurice Newman – one that helps to explain what Newman warns is Australia’s “march to tyranny“: When your news and views come from a tightly controlled, left-wing media echo chamber, it may come as a bit of a shock to learn that in the July election in Australia, almost […]
By Tom Johnson ~ In the presidential debate this coming Monday, The Atlantic’s Peter Beinart wants moderator Lester Holt to set a tone that the moderators of the subsequent debates would maintain. Each should “confront [Donald] Trump in ways they’ve never confronted a candidate before,” wrote Beinart earlier this week. “The more audaciously he lies, […]
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Lord Peter Smith signs the agreement with Jon Rouse
Plans to reduce demand on the local hospital and deliver care closer to home are one step closer as Wigan Borough's health and care organisations sign an agreement worth £14.8million.
Local health partners came together on Friday to sign the landmark agreement which will see them working closer together to help residents lead healthier lives.
The money comes from the £450million Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership Transformation Fund and will be used to radically transform local health and social care services to improve the health of residents.
The funding application, which was submitted in October last year, included a number of transformation projects and involves the main health and social care organisations in the borough working together to transform local services and improve health outcomes for all residents: Wigan Council, NHS Wigan Borough CCG, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS FT, Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS FT and 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS FT.
Part of the funding will also help these organisations work even better together around the needs of patients and residents through the development of Healthier Wigan - the Wigan Borough Integrated Care Organisation.
The new Integrated Community Services (ICS) will receive a share of the money. The ICS means that district nurses, health visitors, social workers and other specialist staff are working together to coordinate care outside the hospital that is planned around the patient's needs. The money will be used to support more teams to come together and work in partnership with the ICS, delivering better, more seamless, joined-up care in communities across the Borough. All of this is vital to helping to provide better alternatives to keep people out of A&E.
All the money goes to services that will support patients to be independent and support the health and social care system to be sustainable. The funding covers the period to March 2018 and we will be preparing further applications to the Transformation Fund to support us in achieving better outcomes for local residents and patients.
Dr Tim Dalton, Local GP and Chair of NHS Wigan Borough CCG, said:
'We are delighted to have been awarded this funding and to be able to inject much needed funds in to driving forward the innovative transformation of local health and social care services. Patients deserve to get high quality care that helps them to live long and healthy lives. This money helps us to fund new, more patient-focused and more integrated services that support patients to be independent.'
Jon Rouse, Chief Officer of Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership said:
'Transformation is at the very heart of devolution and the bid from Wigan Borough's health and care organisations demonstrated an unwavering commitment to bring together multiple organisations from across the area to deliver better, more seamless services across the borough. I am looking forward to seeing the fantastic results that I am sure Wigan Borough will be now be able to deliver thanks to money from the Transformation Fund.'
Lord Peter Smith, leader of Wigan Council and Chair of the CM Health and Social Care Strategic Partnership Board, said:
'In recent years, months and even weeks the strain on the region's hospitals continues to show, especially at this time of year. With an aging population we need to find a long term solution, not a quick fix to the NHS crisis. These plans aim to provide that solution, to help residents lead healthier lives to prevent them from becoming reliant on health services later on in life. In recent years we've already seen massive improvements to health in Wigan Borough, with far less people smoking and dying prematurely. I'm confident that these programmes of work will aid that ambition, making us a healthier borough.'
Andrew Foster, Chief Executive of Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, said:
'This successful bid is excellent news for the public in Wigan. It will help us to transform our services so that patients and their carers will be better able to look after themselves, will be better cared for in their own homes by skilled health and care teams and will be less likely to face avoidable hospital admissions.'
Colin Scales, Chief Executive of Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, said:
'This funding will support our strong commitment to delivering great integrated care for local people, building on the work that is already underway to transform community health services by working even more closely with our health and social care colleagues to improve out of hospital services for patients.'
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