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this county, was chartered as a College, by the last Legislature of Maryland.-Editor.
There is danger to be apprehended from the diffusion and ascendancy of Popish principles.
"A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump." This is emphatically verified in these cases, where there is a peculiar appetency and adaptation in the mass, to receive the contagion, and where the leaven so infused, is peculiarly active and insinuating-in this case, both these circumstances combine to favor the diffusion of the baneful virus of Romanism.
What? in a Protestant country, the land of light? Impossible, it is said, that the stupid errors and blind superstitions of Popery can be entertained among enlightened people!
If the objection means merely intellectual light, the argument is Hull, for it is notorious, that men possessed of the highest intellectual powers, have lived and died in an avowed belief of the ridiculous tenets, and in the idolatrous practices of Rome. What does this prove? That the light in these Popish literati is darkness, and that there is no absurdity too monstrous for men to credit, so long as they reject or slight God's word, and neglect to seek the teaching of his Holy Spirit. "The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God-for the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them that believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them."
Though men of high intellectual attainments do profess to hold the absurdities of Romanism, it contributes nothing to the support of Popery but it is an argument of great weight against those, who would persuade us, that the march of intellect will secure us against Papal encroachments.
The highest intellectual refinement will combine with the grossest superstition. This was abundantly evinced by the philosophers of Greece and Rome; who, with all their science and knowledge, yielded to the popular superstitions and idolatry; "professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God, into an image made like to corruptible man."
Is it urged that some of the more enlightened Heathens did not believe the pop ular idolatries, but only connived at them, as a useful engine of state policy? Perhaps, also, some of the more intellectual disciples of Popery may not believe its absurd dogmas, nor join sincerely and ex animo, in her superstitious rites; but only sanction them out of worldly policy. But does this alleged incredulity of some of Rom e's sons afford us any security that they will not propagate her princ iples? On the contrary, is there not cause to apprehend, that the number of these Infidel Romish partizans may be recruited from the ranks of nominal Protestants? Are there not many disciples of lauman reason in our land, at present numbered among Protestants, who are far from being vitally impressed with the truth of the Christian religion? And may it not be apprehended, that whenever it seemed that the Roman system presented an effective
system of machinery for state purposes, a position, which to a carnal mind is very plausible, they would be prepared to adopt it?
What matters it, to a man of no religion, what are the forms of belief? That which will most effectually answer the ends and purposes of human policy is best to him; especially, if it will least incommode him in his career of impiety, and will serve best to reconcile a life of sin, with the hope of escaping eternal misery.
Is there not therefore cause to fear, that if Romanism were backed with power, as it is in Maryland, very many of the disciples of human reason, instead of being shocked at the Papal absurdities, would go over to that interest, regarding it as the most useful engine of carnal policy, and as presenting the most promising field for sowing the seed of infidel principles. Is this hypothesis, or history?
Human reason and intellectual light alone, constitute not a safeguard against the errors of Popery. They are treacherous allies to the cause of spiritual and vital Christianity, and which will assuredly join the ranks of irreligion in the hour of trial!
But the prevalence of religious knowledge and gospel light, is our defence against the incursions of Popery! If all Protestants were sound, this would indeed constitute a powerful security. But if all Protestants were sincere, a compromise or coalition with Popery would not for a moment be contemplated, for it is the very essence of Protestantism to protest against all compacts and combinations with Popery. If the great body of the Reformed churches in this land were really what they profess, there would be little reason to fear the spread of Popery-but a great many nominal Protestants are already more than half Papists.
The tenets of Romanism are precisely adapted to the bias and disposition of our fallen, corrupt nature; and consequently every individual, in his natural, unrenewed state, prefers the soothing self-flattering doctrines of Popery before the self-abasing principles of true Protestantism.
If we contrast Protestantism with Popery in a few leading principles, we shall be convinced that the latter is the most palatable to human nature. How deep rooted is that self-righteous principle, which prompts men to entertain the idea that they can deserve the favor of God by their own works, or that, if a claim of absolute right to sal vation by their own merits cannot be established, they can plead comparative goodness-that they are less guilty than others; that their sins are less numerous or less heinous; or that they can atone for them by repentance and amendment, by attendance on religious ordinances, and alms-deeds. Every person acquainted with the human heart, knows that such are the principles to which it naturally inclines, and that myriads of nominal Protestants hold these sentiments, so totally repugnant to the Gospel.
Is this Protestantism? is this the religion of the Reformation, founded on the word of God? are these the principles for which Luther wrestled, and for which Latimer and Ridley bled? Far from it..
The great fundamental principle of Protestantism is salvation wholly of grace justification by faith, to the exclusion of all merit in
works, either absolute or comparative. Are those who cherish selfrighteous views in heart, true Protestants? Or can we reckon upon their inflexible adherence to a system, which is grounded essentially upon principles which they hate and disclaim?
STATIONS FOR AURICULAR CONFESSION.
The ensuing narrative, extracted from the Glasgow Protestant, furnishes a genuine portraiture of Popery in its Irish modernized most amiable features.
Living some years ago in a small town in the south of Ireland, and being intimately acquainted with the parish priest, and with others, both priests and laity, of the Papist communion, I could not be unacquainted with many of their practices, and their system of worship. As some of your readers are not acquainted with many circumstances relative to the system of Popery in Ireland, I shall give you some account of those things they call Stations for Confessing.
It was formerly the custom, at whatever house these stations were held, to require that a dinner be provided for the priest: and as the host would not set the priest down by himself, it was always the practice to invite fifteen or twenty of the neighbouring farmers, and their wives, who were expected to attend at confession, and who would ask them in return. I have frequently seen purchased for these occasions, meat, several gallons of whiskey, &c., and always a bottle of wine for the priest's own drinking. This, you will say, was paying pretty well for the honour of his company: but this was not all; there was a tax of five shillings on the landlord for saying the mass, who was made to believe that a temporal and spiritual blessing would follow. Besides this, it was expected that each confessed person would pay something for absolution.-For causes best known to themselves, these dinner parties were, of late years, changed for breakfasts; which were more convenient for the priests, as he had to return home, when these stations were held in the country, perhaps some miles, and he might not so clearly see his way. Some simple people have said, that they were changed to do away those drunken revels which always followed these dinners; but this was not the case, as the following facts will show. I lived opposite to an industrious couple of the Romish religion, the man a cooper by trade, and his was one of those houses set down in the priest's book for a station, for the priests like to follow industry, hoping to partake more largely of those temporal blessings which may rationally be expected from it: I had, therefore, frequent opportunities of observing the effects of station confessions at this man's house. I have seen some of the company invited come out quite intoxicated; and on asking how they could get so beastly drunk, they stammered out that they were only at a station.
As the priest is seldom ready before twelve o'clock, these breakfasts usually commence about that time. The bill of fare is as fok
lows: tea, a hot griddle cake, butter, eggs, &c. &c., with decanters of whiskey, placed on the breakfast-table: and as the Irish have a great affection for the native, as they call whiskey, these decanters are frequently replenished, and the feast prolonged for the remainder of the day. It may be said that this is an unfair construction put upon the society of fifteen or twenty persons, invited to meet the priest at a station breakfast; that although some may outstep the limits of sobriety, the rest should not be charged with it: that these poor souls, for aught I knew, were, after pardon received from the priest, making pious resolutions of future amendment-laying down plans for moralizing their relatives and acquaintances--or devising how they may promote the moral and religious education of the rising generation, by the introduction of the Bible into schools, as the great and only fountain of divine revelation to man; showing him his lost estate both by nature and practice, and the necessity of coming to God for real pardon, peace, and holiness; and that at all events, surely their drinking bouts could not be fairly charged upon the priest. Whoever argues thus, does not know what Popery is. How sure its doctrines lead to licentiouness; how cruel and intolerant are its principles; and how much opposed to every effort to promote the moral and religious education of the poor children in its communion, I shall hereafter show. Indeed, with them the proverb, that "Ignorance is the mother of devotion," is held as true, and more current, than any of the Proverbs of Solomon.
The writer was present at the settlement of an account with the spirit-dealer for the whisky drank at but one breakfast station for confession, at his opposite neighbour's house, where the whole company, men, women and children, could not have exceeded twenty-four persons; when the bill, admitted to be correct and paid for, was seven half gallons of whiskey, at sixteen shillings per gallon; a liquor considerably stronger than either brandy or rum. It may be objected, that this was too particular a case to be taken for a general rule; and that the master of the house might be a very dissipated character himself, and have been too pressing with his guests. With regard to this man's general character, he passed among his neighbors for an industrious sober man, in general: and as to his character with the priest, I assure you that both he and his wife were in several holy orders, as they are called in Ireland. So that taking this man's character, I am convinced that I take a standard much too high as an example of the good effects following confession stations; for were I to select those stations which are held at publicans? houses, it would far exceed what I have detailed.
It is the practice for the priest to publish from the altar, at certain periods of the year-I believe before Christmas, and before Lent— that he will hold stations for confession at certain houses, then and there named. These houses are selected without previous liberty ob. tained from the owners, perhaps lest they may make objections, which many of them would most certainly do, if not thus publickly given out from the altar. The individuals thus selected make the necessary preparations, and as it has been a prevailing opinion from the
time of the Jews, that the publicans were the greatest sinners, and consequently required most amending, I have observed that they are most frequently selected: nay, I have observed that those who have most business are particularly selected by the Priest; it being reasonable to suppose, that the chief amongst the publicans must be chief amongst the sinners. As the liquor on these occasions is drawn from the cock, it is not so easy to calculate the expenditure; but as they ask their best customers, it would be natural to believe that the landlord is not backward in recommending his liquor, nor his guests in trying its strength, not having the usual reckoning to pay, and having previously quit scores with the priest. As it may be alleged that the priest does not countenance these practices, I shall mention a fact. A female, invited to one of these confessional coteries, mentioned to some others how very polite the priest was at breakfast to the women, pressing the bashful ones to take whiskey in their tea. "Faith," says her husband, "it was very easy to prevail on them to take it, and for him to offer what was not out of his own pocket." The wife replied, "You dare not tell him so at your next confession."
Thus you may see, Sir, how much the moral principle is degraded by such a system, and even by the priests; a system which holds out to its deluded followers a yearly, or half-yearly, acquittal for sin. Well may that truth, applied by our Saviour to the Scribes and Pharisees, be applied to them: "Ye encompass sea and land to gain one proselyte; and when ye have gained him, ye make him twofold more a child of the devil.”—The Protestant of February 6.
THE CHARACTER OF THE LION VINDICATED.
As the Lion is mentioned so frequent in the Bible, a brief account of this noble animal may not be deemed inconsistent with the religious character of the Recorder, more particularly, as it may be interesting to many of its readers. Every one knows who has read the Bible, that Samson tore a lion to pieces with his hands,-that David killed one; and Benaiah slew a lion in a pit. That a lion killed the man of God from Judah, who prophesied the ruin of the idolatrous altar at Bethel, and, contrary to nature, spared his ass. That Daniel was cast into a den of lions, but received no harm. The heathen persecutors often exposed the Christians to be torn by lions. The church is likened to a lion strengthened of God; she overcomes, and is terrible to all that oppose her. Her ministers, especially in the primitive ages, were like lions, bold, courageous, and active in their work, and conquered multitudes to Christ, and in numerous other instances is he mentioned. Passing on to a more modern account of him, he is said to be the terror of travellers in the regions where he abounds; able to bear off a buffalo on his back, and crush the skull of a horse by a single stroke of his paw. In physical strength he is indeed unequalled. He lives on animal food, and his organization fits him well for the destruction of animal life, regulated by a saga

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The first carriages of the MS received in the tram Park. Konyashina, where they began to work on the route No. 9, from the Narva gate up to the Polytechnic Institute.
Cars MS has released four, slightly different from other versions: MS-1 (1927 — 1931), MS-2 (1931), MS-3 (1931 — 1932) and MS-4 (1932 — 1933). End of cars MS-1 had a rounded shape in plan. Other modifications of the tip was more simple, angular. In cars, the MS-2 was missing the sliding doors between the salon and venues, so starting with this modification, the cars equipped with sliding glazed entrance doors.
In addition to motorcars MS, the plant “Red Putilovets” in 1929 released a trailer cars PS. They have no traction electrical equipment, control stations, and the chassis were the two free (not United into the cart) axis.
A number of motor cars in 1933 and was made without the traction electrical equipment and was used as a trailer — they received the designation of SMEs.
Of course, unlike a single car, two-car to coupling gear, consisting of motor and trailer cars, it was not easy to walk on routes without turns at the last stop. However, already in 1920-e years the tram network of Leningrad was optimized. Most of the radial routes with the end stops in the city centre was transformed into a diametrical, with end stops in the suburbs, equipped with pivot hinges. Movement on the routes of the couplers was not a problem.
Capacity two-axle wagon were 24 passengers, which was clearly inadequate in order to meet the growing transportation needs of Leningrad, and in the 1930-ies the MS tram walked the trails with a hook (sometimes two) cars.
Due to the fact that the “Red path-the catch” is more loaded with military orders, in particular, the production of tanks, in 1930, the plant stopped producing locomotives, and in 1933 it was the turn of tram cars.
Obsolete, it would seem, to 1940-th years of the cars MS proved to be extremely popular in the years of the siege of Leningrad. Due to the fact that a significant proportion of vehicles were mobilized to the front, the tram has become a very important form of urban transport, both passengers and freight.
In December 1941 without warning was removed the voltage from the contact network. All trams and trolleybuses stood where they were caught off. So they stood the hard winter of 1941/42, but in the spring the question was raised about the resumption of the tram traffic. In early March, in a network applied voltage. The lines went trams — first freight and special. With their help was restored the way and a contact network, which was destroyed by bombing and shelling, was removed from the paths of the snow and the wreckage of buildings, towed to the depot abandoned on the tracks the cars.
Motor car X (Mytishchi, Ust-Katavsky plants) 1927 — 1941
Motor car MC-1 (the Putilov factory) 1927 — 1930s
Motor car MC-2, MC-Z, MS-4 1930— 1933 years
And so, on 15 April 1942 Leningrad again heard the call of the tram. 116 cars MS went on five routes, then the number of routes was increased. For people who survived the nightmare of starvation and cold winter of the siege of 1941/42, tram calls in April 1942, meant that the hard part is done, the city comes alive, life is getting better…
German troops besieging Leningrad, could not help but notice the appearance on the streets of flashes from sparking tram pantographs. The news that in Leningrad resumed tram, shocked the Germans, who expected the imminent imminent surrender of the city.
With the resumption of the tram traffic in the city by the Nazis during the shelling began to strive to conduct aimed fire on the cars and tram stops to achieve the greatest possible number of victims. So they had from time to time to carry stops that it was impossible to zero in. And to reduce the sparking of the current collectors on the cars parallel to the main installed auxiliary current collectors. To increase the speed on the line was produced only motor cars without trailers.
The routes were deliberately released old “amasi”. The fact that damage to the contact network of the passengers were able to push out from the damaged section of small MS, in contrast to the heavier trams.
By the way, in the movie “Baltic sky” was shown very credible scene in which the passengers pushed the car MS for part of the way with undamaged contact wire.
After the war, in connection with the beginning of construction of a new tram LM-49, MS cars began to be transferred to tram system in other cities where passenger traffic was not so significant. Small batches “amasi” went to Minsk, Irkutsk, Sverdlovsk, Kalinin, Taganrog, Astrakhan, Krasnodar and some other cities. A number of cars MS altered at the same time on a narrow gauge.
Gradually, the MS cars have undergone significant changes. Since they no longer need to walk the trails without turning at the last stop, the cars were removed the rear control post, and the doors were left only on the right side.
Lattice entrance doors on cars MS-1 were replaced with sliding. Route lights from the roof were transferred under the cabin Windows and the air intakes were eliminated altogether. The driver’s area was figuratives improvised cabin and under the driver’s seat mounted electric heater. On some trams there is a rope tow trolleys were replaced by pantographia.
Currently, the number of cars is preserved in the MS collections of the Museum of urban electric transport in St. Petersburg, and some of them are maintained in working order. From the car of MS-1 No. 2066 in 1981 was made a car replica firm Brush (MB) No. 1028. And the car of MS-4 No. 2603 in 1970 was transferred to the tram Museum in Amsterdam.
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(or mulagatoney, mullaghee-tanny, malaca-tawney, malachatauni, malagatany, malakatanni, mulkatany, mullagatawney, mullagatawny, mulligatawney, mullikatauny, mulligatawny, malagatawny)
Any soup made hot with curry spices. (Acton 1845, Mrs.B, etc.)
Known in England at least since 'The Sporting Magazine' of 1798; "I supped ... in his house on Mulagatoney or pepper-water." (OED)
The name Mulligatawny is from the Tamil language of South East India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia, meaning 'pepper water', though spiced soup in those regions is more commonly called 'rasam'. The original dish was entirely vegetable, usually based on lentils, but the name is now given to variants based on chicken or beef.
Modern Pakistani Muligatawny Soup
Original Receipt from 'The Cook's Oracle' by William Kitchiner (Kitchiner 1830)
Curry, or Mullaga-tawny Soup (No. 249.)
Cut four pounds of a breast of veal into pieces, about two inches by one; put the trimmings into a stew-pan with two quarts of water, with twelve corns of black pepper, and the same of allspice; when it boils, skim it clean, and let it boil an hour and a half, then strain it off; while it is boiling, fry of a nice brown in butter the bits of veal and four onions; when they are done, put the broth to them; put it on the fire; when it boils, skim it clean; let it simmer half an hour; then mix two spoonfuls of curry, and the same of flour, with a little cold water and a tea-spoonful of salt; add these to the soup, and simmer it gently till the veal is quite tender, and it is ready; or bone a couple of fowls or rabbits, and stew them in the manner directed above for the veal, and you may put in a bruised eschalot, and some mace and ginger, instead of black pepper and allspice.
Original Receipt from 'Pot-luck; or, The British home cookery book' by May Byron (Byron 1914)
160. MULLIGATAWNY SOUP (Hertfordshire)
Fry some onion and carrot in butter till they become a light brown, then add a small piece of apple, some sultanas, coconut, chutney, Harvey's sauce, a pinch of salt and pepper, a tablespoonful of curry powder, a little curry paste, and about a quarter of a pint of strong stock, and let simmer for about an hour.
151. MULLIGATAWNY (Kent, 1809)
Take four onions sliced small and a head of garlic, fry them a light brown, then put them into a stewpan with the meat, which should befowl oranywhite meat. Three spoonfuls of curry powder and two of flour mixed together, likewise a spoonful of lemon juice and cayenne pepper to your taste. Pour over it a pint of boiling water and let it simmer slowly for a short time, then add a sufficient quantity of broth made without vegetables to make a tureen of Mulligatawny. The ingredients must then stew together an hour. To be served up with a dish of rice as for curry. Cold fowl will dress this way extremely well
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When the world`s largest bicycle ride meets the world`s largest neon sculpture, as happened in Cedar Falls one day last week, you can bet the result will be something big, but is it art?
It definitely is, according to the creators of the sculpture, which consisted of 144 large white tents, each sporting large, diamond-shaped, red- and-blue neon tubes above their open front.
During the day, the white nylon tent fabric provided shelter from wind and sun for hundreds of weary bicyclists who had completed almost 100 miles of pedaling to arrive in Cedar Falls as part of a weeklong ride across Iowa.
By night, when the neon was electrified, flashes of purple light spread through the 12 rows by 12 columns of tents, reflecting eerily off the nylon. Sometimes the neon diamonds flashed on and off quickly, but later the pattern slowed down significantly.
The idea, according to James White, a sculpture professor from Arizona State University who created the event, was to influence the mood of people who camped within the sculpture.
Late at night, when most people were ready to sleep, White slowed down the flash sequence to about the rate of human breathing in an effort to induce relaxation among the campers.
''We want the light to pulse like a human heart beat,'' White said, ''to provide a monotonous, soothing beat.''
Reaction was mixed among the bicyclists trying to rest in the midst of the neon sculpture.
''I feel like I`m in the middle of a 1950s diner,'' one camper complained to a companion.
Kevin Skellenger of Greenfield, Ia., said that spending a night with neon blinking all around ''reminds me of an episode from the `Twilight Zone,` like we`re part of a community far away from reality.''
The sculpture was titled the Square Wave-Aere Perennius. White called it that because the three acres of large tents formed a square, the blinking lights produced a wave effect, and aere perennius, which White says is Latin for ''more lasting than bronze,'' indicating the hope that the neon`s effect would make a lasting impression upon those who viewed it.
Officials at the University of Northern Iowa commissioned the sculpture after learning that their campus would host an overnight on the annual summer bicycle ride sponsored by the Des Moines Register.
The ride, first held 17 years ago, has become a major event in the state, attracting more than 10,000 bicyclists and thousands of others who accompany the riders. Cities and towns where the bicyclists spend the night try to outdo each other in showing what good hosts they can be.
In smaller towns it is common for bicyclists to have free use of the public swimming pool, for Main Street or the courthouse square to be converted to a giant picnic grounds and for townspeople to offer their front yards for camping.
In commissioning the square wave sculpture, the university asked White to create something that would serve as a shelter, but also would be visually interesting.
White said he was pleased at the effect made by the many bicycles, sleeping bags and other gear scattered around the sculpture site as riders moved in.
''I especially like that people who washed out their clothing have hung it out to dry on lines between the tents,'' he said. ''It adds colors that we didn`t anticipate.''
For many riders, the sculpture meant that for at least one stop during the week, they didn`t have to pitch a tent after spending the entire day riding.
Jodie Ripperger of Creston, Ia., said it was especially fortunate for her, because the tent she carried for the trip had suffered a broken zipper the night before the Cedar Falls stop.
''With the zipper stuck, I knew I`d be sleeping under the stars,'' she said. ''It`s really lucky for me they have this sculpture here. I find the neon very relaxing.''
Square wave stayed in place for two days after the bicyclists left town. But this week, White and his associates took down the sculpture and repacked it. Apart from video tapes and color photographs, the square wave now is only a fond memory.
But, White said, he would like to set up his apparatus again in a new configuration, if anyone wants to commission another event.
''I could set it up in a circle, a third of a mile across,'' he said.
''The effect of the lights racing around in a circle that big could be very stunning. Or a straight line a mile long. That`s possible as well.
''There are a lot of ways to present something like this.''

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Up for sale is my 1996 Chevrolet Caprice 9c1. TheExterior/Interior combination Dark Green Grey Metallic (DGGM)/Silver interior.
During my ownership, the car has been garaged and never driven in Chicago land winters.During my owner ship, the car has had the following maintenance done:
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•Complete tune up
•A/C compressor replaced
•a new belt tensor installed
•a center link and idler arm installed
•new starter installed.
fresh oil change
Condition of the Vehicle
the vehicle is free of antenna holes. The exterior, as seen by the photos, is in great condition. The paint has held up great for a vehicle that is now 13 years old.
The only flaws with the body and paint are found on the passenger side front fender. Above the turn signal light, there is a small dent and scratch in the paint (see photo).
As seen in the photos, the cloth interior is in immaculate condition. There are no rips or tears anywhere. The only sign of wear is in the driver’s foot well area, as seen in the photos.
The car already has an SS Grill installed, the car also has some mild interior upgrades. They include the following:
Dual power seats
•Factory GM AM/FM radio with cassette
•Dual power trunk openers.
The air conditioning and heater work as they should. All of the vehicles electronics (power windows, locks and cruise control) are working correctly as well. These cars are known for not having the best interior grade materials. Well, the interior in this car has held up well over time, as seen in the photos, the interior and the interior panels are free of any rips or tears and are in excellent condition.
Mechanically, the car does have a 93 tune and is in great shape.
The only other negative to the car is it does have an oil leak, it leaks about one quart every 3,000 miles.
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It's always important to remember there is more than one equity average. For example,
While the SPYs are in a clear consolidation phase over the last two days
The QQQQs were still rallying according to the primary trendline (a) until about mid0day yesterday (b).
And the Russell 2000 is still in an uptrend (b), although yesterday's price action is bearish (b).
Also note the risk factor part of the previous three charts: the riskier part of the market (IWM) are still rallying and the QQQQs were rallying until mid-day yesterday. This tells the risk trade is more alive than previously thought.
The SPYs are right at the 200 day EMA.
The QQQQ are through the 200 day EMA
The IWMs are through the 200 day EMA, although they are under the 10 day EMA.
The point of the above information is the equity averages are improving technically pretty quickly.
The long-end of the yield curve rallied into the long-term trend line yesterday. The next week or so of price action will be very important. Will the trend lower continue or not?
A big reason for the increase in risk tolerance is the euro's recent rise. Notice that prices have broken the downtrend (a) and are clearly in an uptrend (b). Prices have broken through important technical resistance levels (c) and the EMA picture is turning positive -- the 10, 20 and 50 day EMAs are rising, the 10 day EMA has moved through the 50 day EMA and prices are above all three.

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22nd April 2006, 03:40
Going to work this morning i went to pass and hit the left turn signal switch,it started blinking and then would not shut off... I hit both switches and the flasher worked fine,then agian and they went off but the left side kept blinking... On the way home i just took the bulbs out of the left side and the right side worked fine... Now it just gets weirder.. Some times i can turn the key on and they will both be ok and work fine,then i can turn the right signal on and it's working fine blink blink blink and then without touching anything the left side starts blinking and the right side stops... Any ideas????:frownone
22nd April 2006, 03:50
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22nd April 2006, 03:55
First i would open the handlebar controls and clean the switches areas. Probably full of old spider nests etc. Next i would check the turn signal controller. It is under the seat. Has one 6 or 8 pin connector [if it is like my 1998]. Disconnect, clean, re-connect. Finally i would check the speedometer sensor that plugs into the transmission and sends a signal to the turn signal controller.
22nd April 2006, 04:02
I started answering this saying it sounded like it must be in the turn signal module.... but maybe not. If you had a left turn switch that was starting to short or possibly a short in the wiring it could act this way. The short would have to be between white with violet stripe wire and +12v though. Typically shorts pull things low (i.e. short to ground). But if something was pulling that line high, it could hold the left turn signal on or cause it to come on eratically if the short were intermittent.
I hope it's not that, because that might be a bear to isolate.
22nd April 2006, 04:10
Thats strange cuase the other day my right blinker stayed on and wouldn't shut off. The left one worked fine , etc.. after riding about a couple of miles I pulled over and killed everything took the key out and swore at it :) I then put the key back in fired her up and the right blinker started working normally again. It was very strange.
22nd April 2006, 04:33
What do you think about this?? I had the porter that works for me wash my bike last night just before i came home, and maybe he got alot of water around and in the switches, could that do it????
22nd April 2006, 04:38
Could be... that could cause a short in the turn signal switch. Even a mildly conductive short could turn the signal on since I imagine it's a rather high impedance input to the turn signal module.
24th April 2006, 04:05
Well i guess i got lucky... I took the switch housings loose and sprayed some contact cleaner and then some W-D 40 in the switches... Have rode all weekend and no more problems... So i'm betting it was water in the switches...
Btw thanks everyone for the input, i'll try to return the favor
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I am working on my paper, read the poems for class (I love John Donne!), and found out today that I need to put together my research proposal sooner that I expected for my application for my English MA.
I am enjoying this time though.
A holy hieromonk visited us this past weekend at my Church and he spoke of the 40 days of Brightness as a time of renewal for us, body and soul.
I feel a sense of this renewal by working on this class.
Ironically, or what appears ironic at the surface, is that I am writing my paper on despair. Actually I am tracing the movement of the characters in Paradise Lost (other than God the Father and Son) in relation to the despair they are in. Acedia - Kathleen Norris started me on the awareness of this years ago with her writings on acedia. Of course now her latest book focuses on the topic exclusively.
Did you know that the Catholic St. Thomas Aquinas used St. John Cassian's writings to explain sloth? I found it very helpful to read that sloth is considered not only to be a form of hatred towards God (by avoiding / hating spiritual good) but also an opposite to joy.
This made Fr. Roman Braga's emphasis on joy more real and understandable. Of course if we think of St. Seraphim of Sarov, and how he called those he met, 'his joy' and how he lived the reality of Pascha year round, the world suddenly is full of brightness.


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The Singapore Symphony Orchestra wrote to "correct" errors in a review of mine concerning their concert last Thursday. Having been away over the weekend, I have only just returned home and accessed the review I sent to the Straits Times at 23.22 on Thursday night. Here it is; it does not seem to be the same piece the SSO was complaining about!
Dvorak Cello Concerto
Ng Pei-Sian (cello), Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Pavel Baleff (conductor)
Esplanade Concert Hall
Thursday (22 November)
The Singapore Symphony Orchestra chose to celebrate St Cecilia’s Day (the patron saint of music) with an all-Dvorak programme. Dvorak himself, a profoundly religious man, would doubtless have been touched by this, even if it the significance of the date seemed to have passed the SSO by.
None-the-less, there was a tangible sense of celebration and festivity about the hall, reinforced by a boisterous and excitable, if somewhat unkempt, performance of the Carnival Overture. Possibly taken too fast for the orchestra to keep itself perfectly in step, it nevertheless provided a pleasingly rowdy opener for the capacity crowd.
So many people at a Thursday night SSO concert might have been down to a celebration of St Cecilia, a love for Dvorak’s music or even the anticipation of a Black Friday shopping bonanza. But probably it was the evening’s soloist who was the irresistible draw to Singaporean music lovers.
The SSO’s own star cellist, Ng Pei-Sian was clearly both inspired and deeply moved by the reception he got both from his orchestral colleagues and his large fan-base in the hall. The result was a performance of the Cello Concerto which was seething with passion and boiling with emotional turbulence. Ng gave it his all, rapturously bursting in with his first solo entry, caressing the gorgeous theme of the central movement like an intense lover, and joining in with gusto the dances of the finale before his moment of deep introspection which reduced him to tears, and got the audience exploding with admiration.
It was probably just as well that Bulgarian conductor Pavel Baleff did not try to tame things or put the orchestra under any kind of restraining leash. This was above all an emotionally-charged performance which overflowed with so much expressiveness that the rough edges were effectively smothered.
Throughout the concert, Baleff’s speeds veered rather disconcertingly from extreme to extreme. But if nothing else, he inspired the SSO to throw off their inhibitions to the extent that, at times, they rather left him behind as they rushed off chasing their next big moment. This relatively hands-off approach from the conductor turned the performance of the ubiquitous New World Symphony from the potential such a popular work has for sounding routine (after all, the SSO give it an almost annual work-out) into something which had an edge-of-the-seat sense of adventure.
Dvorak wrote the Symphony in New York and was inspired by the sights and sounds of America, all of which were quite novel and strange to him. It was this sense of awe-struck amazement that Baleff brought to the Symphony and, indeed, to this entire concert. Saint Cecilia might not have approved of such earthy pleasures, but everybody in the audience most certainly did.


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You've heard her sing on Glee & The Flash. Now, Supergirl star Melissa Benoist is spending her summer vacation on Broadway, starring in "Beautiful: The Carole King Story". Melissa was a presenter at last night's Tony Awards, and appeared on Live With Kelly & Ryan this morning to promote "Beautiful".
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LAS RAMBLAS RESTAURANTS THAT WON’T FAIL YOU
Enjoy Las Ramblas with all your senses – including taste, finally! Las Ramblas are one of the main arteries of Barcelona and a well-known place that you shouldn’t miss. This 1.3km long street connects Plaça Catalunya with the old port and it’s always crowded: people walking, artists, music and terraces that makes this place a good choice for wander around.
Enjoy it with your eyes people-watching, enjoy it with your smell when you pass by the flower market, enjoy it with your ears with the rejoicing of kids and adults being surprised by the living statues tricks, enjoy it with your touch gently caressing the bark of the hundred-year-old plain trees along it.
This is our selection of restaurants on la Rambla:
This brasserie offers a very Mediterranean proposal all day long: from morning to night. There are delicious salads, tapas, pasta, sandwiches and pizzas… all elaborated in their open kitchen with a real wood oven. The service is quick and the decoration, with wood and neutral colors, make it the perfect haven of peace for charging batteries and feeling like home.
Don’t miss their leek and truffled egg pizza – amazing! And if you can, get a table upstairs and be surprised at the stunning giant paper dragon that hangs from the ceiling (they kept it from when the venue was an Asian restaurant before becoming Luzia).
We probably shouldn’t call it strictly a “las Ramblas restaurant”, because technically it’s not exactly located in Las Ramblas but just off it, in the lively Plaça Reial. It’s a multipurpose fun space that changes from day to night: a cafe in the morning, an outdoor terrace when the weather is good, a restaurant during meal times, a club with a lot of rhythm in the evenings…
It offers a simple but original cuisine and tapas inspired in the Catalan tradition with some Asian and Moroccan fusion touch. Don’t miss either their cocktails, created by the international barman Mario Greenfield. Ocaña will surprise you, and you’ll understand how it was managed to attract Barcelonans back to la Rambla, when most locals had stopped coming after the explosion of tourist traps.
By the way, the venue decoration inspired in the sixties links to the name of the place: Ocaña was a famous transexual artist that lived in this plaza and organized performances way beyond his time.
Tapas bars in La Boqueria
The Boqueria market is without a doubt one of the most special places in Las Ramblas. It’s considered one of the best markets in Europe (probably also the world) and it invites you to enjoy its colors, flavors, aromas… a great bunch of different sensations. While the number of take away stalls has grown a lot these last years, it’s always worth it to stay for lunch (or have a very rich breakfast) seating in a stool of one of its tapas bars.
The most famous bars are El Quim, famous for its fried eggs topped with baby calamari, fried baby fish, mushrooms or foie; or the Bar Pinotxo where you need to taste traditional Catalan recipes such as chickpeas with black pudding or white beans with baby calamari; or El Kiosko Universal, hidden in a corner, that specializes in the freshest fish, shellfish, and seafood in the market (get one of their daily menus – they are a very good deal!)
This restaurant located at the bottom of Las Ramblas (near the Columbus monument) is a classic in the city and probably the oldest restaurant in the street. It offers a fusion of Mediterranean and Basque cuisine, and all dishes are cooked with fresh and good quality products.
You can choose between being seated at the terrace, the lounge or the attic. Good choice to rest and enjoy without paying much attention to the clock, specially if you like good old earthy recipes: honey-coated lamb shoulder, hake in green sauce… Traditional food and a great atmosphere.
If you don’t want to waste too much time in a restaurant, then I would suggest to try Viena’s sandwiches. Viena is a local fast food chain but they offer delicious sandwiches with high quality raw material. They totally beat the burger places you are used to. Plus it’s open all day. If you want to have lunch or dinner, you can accompany their sandwiches with salads and french fries, and for dessert they have pastries and even a cake of the day.
Their Jabugo ham sandwich has been mentioned in international press, and Barcelonans rave about the Alpino sandwich (yummy sauce!) and the cheesy Cevapcice sausage. They also have some good options for vegetarians and gluten-free diets. In the evenings, people attending the shows in the next-door theater come here for a bite – maybe that’s why there is a grand piano decorating the access to the toilets upstairs… A good choice at a reasonable price.
AND BONUS! Want to discover the newest opening that is going to transform la Rambla restaurant scene?
Ultramarinos Santa Monica
This industrial style restaurant, huge, modern and full of colors and live music, offers a good variety of tapas and Mediterranean dishes. Choices range from grilled squid caught in the local beaches to tuna tartare, baked lamb to paella, and they have also handmade pizzas and gourmet burgers among other things, but tapas is what they are most proud of.
It also has a “show cooking” kitchen where you can see how they prepare ceviche, oysters, shrimp and other assorted canapes. A new and fun option that might be worth trying.
Any other las Ramblas restaurants that you’d recommend?
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750 nobodies believe it isn’t a movie at all, but real life – and that makes it much worse than if it was a movie.
Those 750 nobodies, and their families and friends, are setting out to save America. No guns, no violence, just an RV, cameras, microphones, and 750 everyday people telling their stories.
They are making “Lawless America,” a movie about government and judicial corruption, and they are recording testimony to Congress from 750 victims.
William M. Windsor told NewsBlaze “The issues that motivated the colonists in America to revolt were NOTHING compared to the issues that all Americans face today. We have lost what our founding fathers established for us. We have lost our fundamental rights.”
Windsor says that 99.99% of Americans don’t even realize this is happening. The 750 nobodies have a plan, to educate a wide audience, an essential step, they say, if there is any hope they can bring about reform. Windsor recorded a five-minute video that explains the problem and what they are doing about it.
Lawless America … The Movie started as a little movie project, but it has become a huge and very important project. Windsor and his group are now trying to raise a little money to make the movie special. They launched a fundraising campaign on KickStarter, a website that generated pledges of more than $175 million dollars and has delivered more than 20,000 successfully funded projects.
Windsor says this is a Pulitzer-prize winning story the mainstream media has not covered because they are afraid of the judges and the government. Windsor says he is not afraid.
The group has 40 days to raise $50,000, or they get nothing.
Windsor says, “We NEED your help…”
“Would you be willing to spend a few dollars to save America from corruption? If you can afford it, please donate at least $10 so we can try to save America from government corruption and the loss of our Constitutional rights.”
Here is now you can help:
Here is the KickStarter link again:
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Tonsillitis is an infection of the tonsils, which are two lumps of tissue located at the back of the mouth on either side of and near the opening of the throat.
The tonsils are collections of lymphatic tissue * involved in helping the body to prevent and fight infection. Sometimes, however, the tonsils themselves become infected with viruses or bacteria. The tonsils swell and sometimes become coated with whitish spots or pus. This condition commonly occurs with pharyngitis * , influenza, or other respiratory * infections.
The first symptom of tonsillitis is usually a sore throat. Fever and chills may follow, and the lymph nodes (glands) under the jaw and in the neck may become swollen and sore. Tiredness and loss of appetite are common. Swallowing may become difficult. Sometimes there is also a middle ear infection because the eustachian (yoo-STAY-ke-an) tube, which connects the throat and middle ear, becomes blocked by the swelling of the tonsils.
A non-aspirin pain reliever can lessen soreness in the throat. Soft food, soups, milkshakes, and ice pops also help. Getting adequate rest is important, as is drinking enough liquid. Most people start to feel better within five days after the sore throat starts. It might take longer if the tonsillitis is the result of a viral infection.
The best way to avoid a bout of tonsillitis is to avoid close contact with people who have respiratory infections. This is especially important for people who have had tonsillitis before. It is important not to share cups or utensils with people who have sore throats or who are coughing and sneezing. It is always important to wash the hands frequently to help prevent the spread of this and other infections.
Recurrent bouts of tonsillitis may cause a doctor to recommend tonsillectomy (ton-si-LEK-to-mee), which means surgery to remove the tonsils. Often, the surgeon removes the adenoids * (also lymphatic tissue near the tonsils) at the same time. Surgery may be considered when a child has had many infections. This surgery was common for many years, although it is currently done less frequently. In some cases, the tonsils are removed to help people with sleep apnea, which is a disorder that causes breathing to stop for brief periods during sleep.
See also Ear Infections (Otitis) • Influenza • Laryngitis • Sleep Disorders: Overview • Sore Throat/Strep Throat
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* lymphatic tissue is tissue where white blood cells fight invading germs.
* pharyngitis (far-in-JI-tis) is inflammation of the pharynx, part of the throat.
* respiratory (RES-pi-ra-tor-ee) refers to the breathing passages and lungs.
* adenoids (AH-din-oyds) are the fleshy lumps of tissue behind the nose that contain collections of infection-fighting cells of the immune system.


The American Constitution Society is proud to announce that Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) will speak at the ACS National Convention.
Whitehouse sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee and serves as chair of the Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. In his capacity as oversight subcomittee chair, Whitehouse recently convened a hearing on torture. Whitehouse has been an outspoken advocate of Truth Commission on torture.
Continuing in his leadership role in the torture accountability debate, Whitehouse recently fielded questions about suggestions that then-Vice President Dick Cheney ordered a former Iraqi intelligence officer waterboarded in order to produce evidence of links betweeen al Qaida and Saddam Hussein. See Whitehouse's handling of the revelations below.


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Situated in the heart of the countryside, Fredericton is a culturally progressive town. The town thrives on its art galleries and museums and boasts typically Canadian architecture.
I fell in love with the village of Kings Landing. The name, no doubt, will appeal to Game of Thrones' fans. But it has nothing in common with George R.R. Martin's books. At thirty kilometres from Fredericton, Kings Landing is an historic village settlement.
A living history site that recreates life between 1780 and 1910, you'll find reenactors who'll regale you with stories from the past. You can visit houses, shops, a printing press, a forge, a school and churches. The attention to detail is impressive, be it the fresh flowers, oven-baked cakes or the souvenirs on sale. It's the perfect step back in time during a holiday in eastern Canada!

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The office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., responded after claims that she pushed the young daughter of a newly elected Republican representative.
Representative Mayra Flores, R-Texas, was recently elected to Congress in a special election and claimed that in a photoshoot with Pelosi in her new office in Washington the House speaker elbowed her daughter.
A representative for Pelosi has contested the claims and in several posts on Twitter claimed instead that Pelosi was simply trying to move the girl so she would be in camera.
“It’s sad to see ‘news outlets’ that know better misrepresent the Speaker’s effort to ensure Rep. Flores’ daughters wouldn’t be hidden behind her in all of the photos of such an important moment for their family,” spokesman Drew Hammill wrote in reference to an article written by Fox News.
Hammill proceeded to post further footage showing Pelosi talking to Flores’ children about the room. “And here’s more footage of the Speaker graciously greeting Rep. Flores’ children and telling them about the room they are in.” He said in a follow-up post.
“I am so proud of my strong, beautiful daughter for not allowing this to faze her,” Flores wrote on Twitter, posting a video of the incident. “She continued to smile and pose for the picture like a queen. No child should be pushed to the side for a photo op. PERIOD!!”
Flores was put into office in a special election which saw her beat her Democratic opponent by eight points. The 34th district has long been considered a Democratic stronghold. Analysts have claimed that Flores’ victory is a bad sign for Democrats, citing issues such as high gas prices and inflation, which Republicans claim is largely due to President Joe Biden’s policies.
A recent AP analysis has shown that over 1 million Americans have joined the GOP. “More than 1 million voters across 43 states have switched to the Republican Party over the last year, according to voter registration data analyzed by The Associated Press,” wrote the article. “The previously unreported number reflects a phenomenon that is playing out in virtually every region of the country — Democratic and Republican states along with cities and small towns — in the period since President Joe Biden replaced former President Donald Trump.”


The only thing more puzzling than this scenario is the fact that this movie, Vanya on 42nd Street, is a fabulous film. "Uncle Vanya" is the play in question, a tragicomic tale of family members plagued by broken hearts, lost youth, and missed opportunities. The film's premise is that "Uncle Vanya" is being performed by a small theatrical group, and the film simply captures the last rehearsal of the play before the costumes arrive.
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A good example: Pollock was suicidal, maniacal and violent throughout his 44-year life. The first sentence of Naifeh's and Smith's book -- the very first sentence -- is this quote from Pollock: "I'm going to kill myself." Explains a lot, but for some odd reason, Harris only hints at Pollock's suicidal tendencies in his long-anticipated film.
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Take a look back at October's inaugural event.
The film is expected to continue without Mendes' involvement.
Is a Gallagher reunion on the cards for the future?
The unlikely franchise took over their Halloween night.


The Nordic Solutions to Global Challenges initiative was launched in 2017 by the five Nordic Prime Ministers, with the aim of driving progress toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 Agenda. The plan is to present Nordic knowledge of green transition, gender equality at work and sustainable food production, and welfare solutions. This three days seminar focused on bringing the energy component of the initiative.
The Norwegian Ambassador to Ethiopia Andreas Gaarder gave the opening remark on behalf of the Nordic Embassies in Ethiopia and acknowledged the efforts made by all of the Nordic Embassies in giving the Nordic countries a common profile in certain areas where they have common backgrounds and interests in the country. He also stated that, Nordic countries have been Ethiopia’s partners in the energy sector by supporting several bilateral and global programmes that fund various energy projects.
The Swedish Embassy representative, Annika Jayawardena, also presented that renewable energy is a priority in their new strategy for Ethiopia from 2016-2020. She mentioned the Renewable Energy and Adaptation to Climate Change (REACT) that will start supporting the private sector work on solar energy in Ethiopia and their new collaboration with Addis Ababa Institute of Technology to support the research environment around generation, transmission and distribution. She also referred to several of the regional support to energy related activities.
The Danish representative Nikolaj Svensson presented the wind project that Denmark is supporting in Ethiopia, which has just developed the first wind IPP roadmap. He also stated that the experiences of Nord Pool and the consultant that are hosting this seminar will be a great asset for the country as they bring in the experiences of one of the most efficient power markets in the world. He also emphasized the relevance of donor coordination when discussing the broader context of energy development in Ethiopia to ensure that everything that is done is demand driven.
Participants were from Ministry of Water Irrigation and Electricity (MoWIE), Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) from market and strategy, engineering, Low Dispatch Center (LDC), and from Ethiopian Energy Authority (EEA).
Carole Rosenlund from ICH introduced the organization and stated that Ethiopia has been very interesting and very important focus for them. And therefore, they have been running at least a yearly programme since 2012 with collaborating partners both in Ethiopia, from the continent and from Norway. They will also host another training in Ethiopia this year looking at the dam structure and how to avoid disasters.
ICH is a non-for profit organization facilitating skills development and capacity building in hydropower sector. They are funded primarily by Norad and are running regional activities in Africa, Latin America and Asia. They also have four programmes that run in Norway which are more generic. The programmes that they do in the region are more tailor made to feed the regional needs and support development and increase the skills in these areas.
Svend Søyland from NER stated that the SDG goal that they are trying to address via this seminar is energy for all particularly focusing on increasing renewable energy, facilitating international collaboration, and promoting investment. He also added that Nordic countries have about 100 years of cross-border energy cooperation, mixed portfolio of renewable energy companies and technologies, robust regulatory frameworks, transparent energy markets, and strong development and consultancy teams available that prioritized countries such as Ethiopia can benefit from.
The Nordic Energy Research has the mandate to oversee the energy component of the Nordic Prime Ministers’ initiative. In phase one of the programme, they planned to identify needs and priorities in the countries where they operate, host workshops to discuss energy systems, and enhance Nordic cooperation. Søyland stated that the Danish wind project is a great departure for Nordic collaboration and can be supplemented by Norway’s hydropower and Iceland’s geothermal expertise.
Nord Pool also presented their experiences from operating the Nordic power market for the past 25 years. Nord Pool has been Europe’s leading power market offering trading, clearing, settlement and associated service across nine European countries. They also shared their experiences from the work they have done on the South Africa Power Pool (SAPP) since they started supporting them in 2004.


Since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle fled the country and the Royal Family for the US, we have found out more about their personal lives than ever before.
The Duke of Sussex recently went on a metal health podcast hosted by his friend, actor Dax Shepard, in which he opened up about his life.
Harry spoke openly about the early days of his relationship with his now wife and the measures they took to ensure their privacy while out and about.
He said: “The first time Meghan and I met up for her to come and stay with me, we met up in a supermarket in London, pretending we didn't know each other, texting each other from the other side of the aisles.
“There's people looking at me, giving me all these weird looks, and coming up to me and saying 'hi'. I texted her saying 'is this the right one', and she said 'no you want parchment paper', and I'm like 'where's the parchment paper?'”
He added: “I had a baseball cap on, looking down at the floor, trying to stay incognito. It's amazing how much chewing gum you see, it's a mess.”
Harry did not reveal which supermarket he visited where he encountered all this chewing gum, but in November 2016 Meghan was spotted leaving a Whole Foods store near Kensington Palace.
The Prince is also said to have been a regular at the high-end American organic food store on Kensington High Street.
Elsewhere on the podcast Harry spoke about how his life here in England was like living in The Truman Show, a film starring Jim Carrey as the main character whose life is actually the focus of a TV show.
When asked what it's like being in a “tiny group” of royals “watched by millions”, Harry replied: “It's a mix between The Truman Show and living in a zoo.”
He continued: “It's the job right? Grin and bear it. Get on with it. I was in my early twenties and I was thinking I don't want this job, I don't want to be here. I don't want to be doing this.
“Look what it did to my mum, how am I ever going to settle down and have a wife and family when I know it's going to happen again.”
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Harry took a step back from royal duties at the beginning of 2020, and now resides in California with his wife Meghan and their son Archie.
Speaking of his new life he said: “So living here now I can actually lift my head and I feel different, my shoulders have dropped, so have hers, you can walk around feeling a little bit more free, I can take Archie on the back of my bicycle, I would never have had the chance to do that.”


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Ecosystem services provided by mobile agents are increasingly threatened by the loss and modification of natural habitats and by climate change, risking the maintenance of biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and human welfare. Research oriented towards a better understanding of the joint effects of land use and climate change over the provision of specific ecosystem services is therefore essential to safeguard such services. Here we propose a methodological framework, which integrates species distribution forecasts and graph theory to identify key conservation areas, which if protected or restored could improve habitat connectivity and safeguard ecosystem services. We applied the proposed framework to the provision of pollination services by a tropical stingless bee (Melipona quadrifasciata), a key pollinator of native flora from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and important agricultural crops. Based on the current distribution of this bee and that of the plant species used to feed and nest, we projected the joint distribution of bees and plants in the future, considering a moderate climate change scenario (following IPPC). We then used this information, the bee’s flight range, and the current mapping of Atlantic Forest remnants to infer habitat suitability and quantify local and regional habitat connectivity for 2030, 2050 and 2080. Our results revealed north to south and coastal to inland shifts in the pollinator distribution during the next 70 years. Current and future connectivity maps unraveled the most important corridors, which if protected or restored, could facilitate the dispersal and establishment of bees during distribution shifts. Our results also suggest that coffee plantations from eastern São Paulo and southern Minas Gerais States could suffer a pollinator deficit in the future, whereas pollination services seem to be secured in southern Brazil. Landowners and governmental agencies could use this information to implement new land use schemes. Overall, our proposed methodological framework could help design novel conservational and agricultural practices that can be crucial to conserve ecosystem services by buffering the joint effect of habitat configuration and climate change.
Dung beetles are detrivorous insects that feed on and reproduce in the fecal material of vertebrates. This dependency on vertebrate feces implies frequent contact between dung beetles and parasitic helminths with a fecal component to their life-cycle. Interactions between dung beetles and helminths carry both positive and negative consequences for successful parasite transmission, however to date there has been no systematic review of dung beetle-helminth interactions, their epidemiological importance, or their underlying mechanisms. Here we review the observational evidence of beetle biodiversity–helminth transmission relationships, propose five mechanisms by which dung beetles influence helminth survival and transmission, and highlight areas for future research. Efforts to understand how anthropogenic impacts on biodiversity may influence parasite transmission must include the development of detailed, mechanistic understanding of the multiple interactions between free-living and parasitic species within ecological communities. The dung beetle– helminth system may be a promising future model system with which to understand these complex relationships.
Future climate change is expected to lengthen and intensify pollen seasons in the U.S., potentially increasing incidence of allergic asthma. We developed a proof-of-concept approach for estimating asthma emergency department (ED) visits in the U.S. associated with present-day and climate-induced changes in oak pollen. We estimated oak pollen season length for moderate (Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 4.5) and severe climate change scenarios (RCP8.5) through 2090 using five climate models and published relationships between temperature, precipitation, and oak pollen season length. We calculated asthma ED visit counts associated with 1994–2010 average oak pollen concentrations and simulated future oak pollen season length changes using the Environmental Benefits Mapping and Analysis Program, driven by epidemiologically derived concentration-response relationships. Oak pollen was associated with 21,200 (95% confidence interval, 10,000–35,200) asthma ED visits in the Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest U.S. in 2010, with damages valued at $10.4 million. Nearly 70% of these occurred among children age <18 years. Severe climate change could increase oak pollen season length and associated asthma ED visits by 5% and 10% on average in 2050 and 2090, with a marginal net present value through 2090 of $10.4 million (additional to the baseline value of $346.2 million). Moderate versus severe climate change could avoid >50% of the additional oak pollen-related asthma ED visits in 2090. Despite several key uncertainties and limitations, these results suggest that aeroallergens pose a substantial U.S. public health burden, that climate change could increase U.S. allergic disease incidence, and that mitigating climate change may have benefits from avoided pollen-related health impacts.
As the global human population continues to grow, so too does our impact on the environment. The ingenuity with which our species has harnessed natural resources to fulfill our needs is dazzling. Even as we tighten our grip on the environment, however, the escalating extent of anthropogenic actions destabilizes long-standing ecological balances (1, 2). The dangers of mining, refining, and fossil fuel consumption now extend beyond occupational or proximate risks to global climate change (3). Among a plethora of environmental problems, extreme climate events are intensifying (4, 5). Storms, droughts, and floods cause direct destruction, but also have pervasive repercussions on food security, infectious disease transmission, and economic stability that take their toll for many years. For example, within weeks of the catastrophic wind and flood damage from the 2016 Hurricane Matthew in Haiti, there was a dramatic surge in cholera, among other devastating repercussions (6, 7). In a world where 1% of the population possesses 50% of the wealth (8), those worst affected by extreme climatic events and the aftermath are also the least able to rebound.
Understanding feedbacks between human and environmental health is critical for the millions who cope with recurrent illness and rely directly on natural resources for sustenance. Although studies have examined how environmental degradation exacerbates infectious disease, the effects of human health on our use of the environment remains unexplored. Human illness is often tacitly assumed to reduce human impacts on the environment. By this logic, ill people reduce the time and effort that they put into extractive livelihoods and, thereby, their impact on natural resources. We followed 303 households living on Lake Victoria, Kenya over four time points to examine how illness influenced fishing. Using fixed effect conditional logit models to control for individual-level and time-invariant factors, we analyzed the effect of illness on fishing effort and methods. Illness among individuals who listed fishing as their primary occupation affected their participation in fishing. However, among active fishers, we found limited evidence that illness reduced fishing effort. Instead, ill fishers shifted their fishing methods. When ill, fishers were more likely to use methods that were illegal, destructive, and concentrated in inshore areas but required less travel and energy. Ill fishers were also less likely to fish using legal methods that are physically demanding, require travel to deep waters, and are considered more sustainable. By altering the physical capacity and outlook of fishers, human illness shifted their effort, their engagement with natural resources, and the sustainability of their actions. These findings show a previously unexplored pathway through which poor human health may negatively impact the environment.
Plants are important in urban environments for removing pathogens and improving water quality. Seagrass meadows are the most widespread coastal ecosystem on the planet. Although these plants are known to be associated with natural biocide production, they have not been evaluated for their ability to remove microbiological contamination. Using amplicon sequencing of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene, we found that when seagrass meadows are present, there was a 50% reduction in the relative abundance of potential bacterial pathogens capable of causing disease in humans and marine organisms. Moreover, field surveys of more than 8000 reef-building corals located adjacent to seagrass meadows showed twofold reductions in disease levels compared to corals at paired sites without adjacent seagrass meadows. These results highlight the importance of seagrass ecosystems to the health of humans and other organisms.


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At 104, Manohar Aich finally surrendered to time. On Sunday afternoon, the first Indian to win the Mr Universe title breathed his last at his Dum Dum residence, near Baguihati on the northern fringes of Kolkata. “He was on a liquid diet for the last 10-15 days. He succumbed to age-related complications,” said Manoj, Aich’s son. Aich is survived by his two sons and two daughters.
Aich, who turned 104 on March 17, became Mr Universe in 1952, long before Bollywood actors started wooing fans with their sculpted frames. That was also the year when the late Jyoti Basu made his first appearance in the West Bengal Assembly.
From a coconut vendor at Sealdah station to world acclaim, it had been a long journey for the little big man. A journey with a dramatic beginning — in a military prison.
Recounting the story, when The Indian Express met him on the eve of his 100th birthday, Aich had said: “It was 1942 and the Quit India movement had gathered considerable momentum. I had been working as a physical instructor in the Royal Indian Air Force, when I protested against the British oppression at the camp. I slapped a British officer, who made an offensive remark against the Indians during the interrogation.
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A court-martial and jail time ensued but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. The jailor had been very kind and allowed me to train. In fact, he encouraged it. Then, I was shifted to the Alipore Presidency Jail but release followed as India won her freedom. I decided to settle in Kolkata.”
Jogeshwar Paul’s akhara became his next destination, where he would drop in everyday before going to Sealdah station to work as a coconut vendor. As the 1951 Mr Universe contest approached, Aich started to do private bodybuilding shows to raise money for his passage to England.
“I had a failed attempt in 1951 but decided to stay back in London, for I was determined to win it next term. Thankfully, I got a job in the British Rail which helped me live my dream. I returned home only after winning the 1952 competition,” Aich had said.
That was the beginning of the legend. Aich, at 4ft 11in, towered over the rest to earn the sobriquet ‘Pocket Hercules’. He went on to win the Asian Body Building Championships. “He (Aich) was an inspiration to everyone, young and old. Death is inevitable but Manohar Aich will be remembered by all, across every sporting discipline,” legendary footballer Chuni Goswami told The Indian Express.
“Our body is a temple that we must worship. Exercise is the only way to stay healthy,” Aich always maintained. This was the reason why the boy from Comilla, now in Bangladesh, became passionate about bodybuilding. Four years ago, on that sunny March afternoon, he took pride in flexing his wrinkled and rippling muscles but lamented that he could no longer hit the gym. He had suffered a stroke a year before which restricted his movement.
Aich briefly flirted with politics as well, when BJP came calling during the 1997 general elections. He lost that contest. Four years later, he lost his wife Jyotika, whose silent contributions behind the scenes had been immense.
Today, Aich’s legacy lives through his students, eight-time national bodybuilding champion Satya Paul and former Mr Universe Premchand Dogra, and hundreds of others who flock to Bishnu Manohar Aich’s Fitness Centre & Multigym to follow in the footsteps of their idol.
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Saga has announced it’s going to close its headquarters in Kent.
The over-50s travel and insurance firm has a large base in Sandgate near Folkestone.
Reporter Rhys Griffiths explains why the decision has been made and the reaction to it.
Also in today’s podcast, a Medway man has been jailed for 12 years for his part in a knifepoint robbery at the home of Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish.
Expensive watches were taken from the property in Essex in November 2021.
A Kent mum whose baby was stillborn at just 20 weeks has told the podcast how she would have had a breakdown, if it hadn’t been for the support from a Kent charity.
A scan last November revealed baby Brynn had passed away and she was born at Medway Maritime.
Cheryl Griffiths was able to spend time with her baby in the hospital’s bereavement suite funded by Abigail’s Footsteps.
It’s Internet Safety Day and a new programme is going to be running in Kent to make sure children have healthy relationships online.
Workshops will be put on in schools to teach pupils how to spot things like coercive behaviour, bullying or harassment.
A Medway toddler has rung a bell to mark the end of his cancer treatment that started just weeks after he was born.
Tadhg Mealey from Wigmore had a small lump under his left eye which doubled in size within days.
And, as the cost of living crisis continues, the owner of shop in Herne Bay has decided to give everything away for free.
Maya’s Free Shop has donated clothes, handbags, pillows, candles and even paintings that have all been made available for no charge at all.