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"Clients often say that they'll call when they move on to their next house," observes Los Angeles designer Betsy Burnham, "especially after a small job. I'm never waiting," she says knowingly, "but it's nice when it happens."
Several years ago, Burnham decorated what she calls "a west-side bungalow" for a newly divorced dad, a world-traveling investment banker who wanted a nice place to come home to. "One day he called and said, 'I've bought a house in Beverly Hills, and you really have to come and see it,'" she remembers. The vintage house was an unwieldy accumulation of additions and scrambled architectural genres that included a Mediterranean red-tile roof and Elizabethan ye olde latticework windows.
"It was a total mess," declares Trevor Abramson, partner in Abramson/Teiger, the architectural firm enlisted for the renovation. The owner, who wanted openness but not a loft and some aesthetic cohesion both indoors and out, brought the architects and his designer of choice together to work collaboratively right from the beginning.
As agreed, they stripped the house down to basics: The roof was reconfigured, an inviting and navigable floor plan devised and all the doors and windows—encrusted with decades of paint—replaced. In the living room, tall, mullioned windows free the space to fill up with light. "The thinness that you can get with steel window framing is just fantastic," Abramson remarks appreciatively. "It really is the fine stitching on a suit."
The plan and flow of a house has to make sense," remarks Abramson, describing the puzzling structure he and Douglas Teiger first encountered. "We turned a rabbit warren of rooms into highly livable space, introduced light and established a strong relationship with the garden." Abramson credits the homeowner and design team's collaborative efforts for successfully resolving the flow problems. "Brainstorming together was, surprisingly, a fantastic experience," he says.
"We didn't want a great-room type of feel to the house," says Burnham, expressing the team's shared intentions and the client's mandate to open up the house but not turn it into a loft. "Each room has its own focus and character," she continues.
Almost perversely, the "openness" was achieved in part by some artful enclosure: Among the changes was the creation of a hallway between the front entry and the kitchen, which encloses the dining room and makes it smaller. For the homeowner, who favors more casual entertaining around the pool or in the kitchen, the stylish dining room offers an intimate alternative.
In the dining room, a chandelier, finely strung together with hand-hammered chain work, produces a sultry glow. The room's more formal elements—the linen-and-wool draperies and smoke-colored walls, for example—partner beautifully with rough-hewn nature rendered in high style. While the custom chairs were being built, the hands-on homeowner joined Burnham at the factory; he tested each one to make sure the pitch of the backs was just right. "A strong-minded client with strong opinions can help produce a better finished project," says Abramson.
During the renovation process, the kitchen was entirely reconfigured. In the newly drawn up plan, the original kitchen, a narrow galley space, was substantially expanded, incorporating a cluster of three small rooms and annexing part of the formal dining room. "The kitchen really became a focal point of the house," observes Burnham, pointing out its pivotal relationship through to the front entry, adjoining dining room and a glass-enclosed back gallery as well as the newly landscaped back garden with its swimming pool and pool house.
The design team helped create a sense of visual unity by repeating the same materials throughout the house. For the new kitchen floor, Burnham chose the same Spanish marble used for the family room fireplace—in hefty 16-by-24-inch slabs. And the palette is kept intentionally neutral; deep walnut browns and subtle khaki tints predominate. "I generally like to use a lot of color," she allows, "so this house was a challenge."
The kitchen cabinets are mahogany, and a massive custom-built island topped with a polished-concrete counter holds center stage while providing an impressive amount of storage. Nickel-finished pendant lamps and straightforward barstools deliver a pub-meets-breakfast-club kick. "I think it is very bachelor-y," says Burnham, "without being too slick."
The kitchen walls, covered in rectangular black and white ceramic tiles from Ann Sacks, are playful and bold, offering a sharp, well-considered contrast to the room's dominant large-scale pieces and muted tones. "You do need to change scale for visual interest," says Burnham.
The kitchen is linked via the dining room to a gallery that connects it to the family/game room and opens directly onto the patio, as does the kitchen. "We always consider the indoor-outdoor interaction very seriously," recalls Abramson. "When we replaced the windows, we deliberated between using large, expansive glass or horizontal mullions. We chose the mullions—they provide a very thin barrier between you and the exterior without dominating in either direction. They tie the indoors and the outdoors all together in a very crisp, refined way."
Burnham displays a Savile Row flair for fabric: Herringbone tweeds, landed-gentry tattersall checks and worsted wools are handsomely sewn into draperies and upholstery. "I am crazy for menswear," says the designer, who attributes her love of traditional haberdashery to a Connecticut childhood, an Ivy League education and a former career in fashion. In the master suite, floor-to-ceiling draperies hang like haute couture.
The adjoining bath is luxurious and refined: limestone floors, an antique Persian rug and a grand white porcelain tub. Burnham selected a dusky taupe gabardine for the bathroom's draperies. Set against elegant French doors, the long draperies fall gracefully in soft, disciplined lines reminiscent of a beautifully draped suit. Polished-nickel wall sconces and the dark wood console give an old-world quality to the newly constructed bathroom.
"I fell in love with the marble that we used for this bathroom floor," remarks Burnham, admiring the delicate shadings of natural stone (called Linen, from Ann Sacks). Burnham, who prefers to use her select range of materials in a variety of applications, also utilized Linen marble in the entry hall, where larger tiles were laid out in an intricate basket weave; in the dining room the same material makes an appearance in a striking herringbone pattern.
The homeowner is now living very differently than he did in his former bungalow, Burnham observes, reflecting on the extensive remodel. "But he's now put so much of himself into this house. I'm glad that he's living so well."
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Abramson/Teiger Architects decided to replace the existing wooden window and door frames (above). The new, custom-designed frames, elegantly cased in steel, deliver durability and a finely articulated outline. "The architectural advantage of steel is that you get an extremely strong, low-maintenance product," says Abramson. "They are expensive," he continues, "but not necessarily more expensive than high-end wood-frame doors." Most window companies produce custom steel windows; the architects chose Hope's Windows, in Jamestown, New York (hopeswindows.com). Because the windows are extremely heavy, Abramson says, contractors "will typically install them without glass and then install the glass afterward."


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PM Imran Khan finalises names for 20-member federal cabinet
ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Prime Minister Imran Khan has finalized the name of 20-member federal cabinet.
According to the details issued by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry, the cabinet includes fifteen ministers and five advisors. Cabinet members will take oath at the President House in Islamabad on Monday.
The cabinet has 10 ministries divided among Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members while some of the ministries also went to PTI’s allies, the MQM-P, AML and PML-Q.
The portfolio of Finance & Economic Affairs Ministry will be given to Asad Umar while Shah Mehmood Qureshi will be the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Shireen Mazari will be Minister for Human Rights, Ghulam Sarwar Khan Petroleum Minister, Zubaida Jalal Minister for Defence Production, Fawad Ahmad Information Minister while Shafqat Mehmood Education Minister.
Aamir Mahmood Kiani will be given the portfolio of National Health and Services, Defence Minister will be Pervez Khattak.
Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui got Information Technology ministry, Railway to Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad and Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony to Noorul Haque Qadri.
Dr Farogh Naseem will be the Minister for Law and Justice, Chaudhry Tariq Bashir Cheema for States and Frontier Regions while Dr Fehmida Mirza will be Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination.
The advisors of prime minister included Muhammad Shehbaz Arbab on Establishment Division, Abdul Razzaq Daud on Commerce and Textile, Dr Ishrat Hussain for Institutional Reforms and Austerity, Amin Aslam on Climate Change and Zahee-ud-din Babar Awan for Parliamentary Affairs.

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Join us as we celebrate Northwest Arkansas’ 9th Annual
Shine a Light on Lung Cancer event Thursday, Nov. 15.
“Shine a Light is a wonderful event that provides an
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support,” said Hope Cancer Resources Emotional Support Services Coordinator
Lauren Dallas, LCSW. “It also has an educational component to the evening,
hearing from a panel of medical professionals regarding advancements in the
field and from a survivor and caregiver regarding their journey with lung
We will hear from Dr. Dan Bradford, Dr. Jim Counce and
Dr. Chris McClinton in the panel discussion.
Our community will come together Nov. 15 from 6-7:30 p.m.
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When: Thursday, November 15
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John Bonavia was featured on “Millionaire Matchmaker” on March 20, 2014.
A second millionaire on “The Millionaire Matchmaker” in less than 2 months has been charged with brutalizing a woman… and the latest one was so bad, the guy was arrested for attempted murder.
John Bonavia was arrested on September 12, after police responded about 1 a.m.to a disturbing the peace call in the 200 block of Spalding Drive, Beverly Hills police Lt. Lincoln Hoshino said. After police forced their way into the residence, they found a “battered and bloody” woman.
The 62-year-old also was charged with three misdemeanors for alleged possession of ecstasy, cocaine and GHB, prosecutors said.
While conducting their investigation authorities concluded that Bonavia had assaulted the female victim who was later transported to a local hospital to be treated for injuries she sustained by the Beverly Hills Fire Department.
Sadly, this isn’t the millionaire’s first brush with domestic abuse – J.B. was arrested in 2014 for violently attacking his then girlfriend.
A “Millionaire Matchmaker” contestant has been arrested.
According to court documents obtained by RadarOnline at the time, Bonavia’s former lover claimed her boyfriend ripped her shorts and bit her back and the side of her face.
Six months later, he was arrested for being drunk in public. While Bonavia was choking her, according to the papers, ‘he repeated over and over again, “I’m going to kill you tonight”‘.
Patti Stanger sure knows how to pick’em.
“On September 3, Bernback was charged with eight felonies: forcible rape, rape by use of drugs, rape of an unconscious person, forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by a foreign object, attempted sodomy by use of force, and two counts of administering a drug to commit rape, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office”.


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Farleton Knott is a small limestone crag beautifully situated near the border between Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cumbria, in North-west England. I’ve been coming here for years to wander and think; to sketch and paint; to photograph the landscape, and to simply ‘be’. I am yet to visit anywhere else that can capture the imagination quite as much as this place, and it continues to draw me back again and again. There are many similar limestone landscapes within a stone’s throw from my home in Lancashire, and I have come to know them all, but this one is my favourite.
I park in a lay-by on a single track lane, climb the style, and stride out across the farmland that surrounds the Knott, usually occupied by a small flock of sheep. The ground slopes gradually upwards towards a modest limestone cliff, and before long the terrain becomes more rugged. Rocky limestone pavements abound, exposed to the elements, with small trees and shrubs scattered randomly across them. It seems incredible that they grow here, from the gaps between the rocks, reaching eastwards, blown by the wind. Lumps of rock stand on the pavement; known as erratics, debris left behind by glaciers. All of it an amazing feast for the eyes. I get the sense of being miles from anywhere; even though the motorway and a scattering of towns and villages are situated in the valley below.
I feel a special bond with this place, an emotional response that is difficult to put into words. I have made a great deal of work as the result of my experiences here and always carry a sketchbook and camera. I have even brought large canvasses up here and painted barefoot on the rocks. An experience I’d love to repeat again soon.
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“But I don’t like the beach.” My seven-year-old daughter is adamant that this is a terrible idea. Maybe she’s right. By arranging to spend a weekend in a beach hut, I’m trying to return to some vintage age, a charming time of buckets and spades by the British seaside, ice creams, Punch and Judy, golden memories. Except they’re someone else’s memories; we never went to the British seaside when I was small. There’s a word for this: anemoia — nostalgia for something that never existed. I’m trying to capture an ideal that never was. Nevertheless, it’s a bank holiday weekend, the sun is (miraculously) shining, and so I’ve loaded the kid, beach toys, picnic blanket and a waning sense of optimism into the car.
Strictly speaking, it’s not a beach hut exactly that we’re heading for: Bournemouth Beach Lodges promise something a little more luxurious. And when we arrive, all my daughter’s doubts dissipate.
“This is like living in a dolls house!” she squeals, climbing the steep steps up to her room, a little mezzanine with a single mattress in it. She peers down through the wooden slats beside her bed as we assess the space. A table and bench turn into another bed, if needed, there’s a TV, and a dinky, well-supplied kitchen. We ‘re going to sleep in the — very comfy — double bed up in the mezzanine, tucked in under a sloping roof. The en suite facilities are good, with a better shower than we have at home, and it’s all ingeniously fitted together to maximise the space. There’s even a Dorset apple cake waiting for us, which we take outside and eat with a cup of tea, admiring the view — which is really something.
The lodges overlook a wide boardwalk, and the expansive golden sands of Boscombe Beach are right in front of us, the waves crashing pretty much the only noise. It’s lovely. “Let’s go!” I enthuse, grabbing the picnic blanket, and trotting down the steps to make the 30-second walk to the beach. We spend a lovely 15 minutes on the sand (I’m particularly thrilled to realise I can take my cup of tea with me) and then, true to form, my daughter pipes up. “I don’t like the beach.” She’s spied the land train, which trundles along to Bournemouth every half hour or so. So we pack up, and get on the train, which climbs up and down the steep hills until we get to the attractions of the centre of town – fountains, a fun fair, the park. It’s lovely, and we feel particularly smug as evening comes — and tourists trudge back to their cars — as we hop back on the land train and go to our lodge, where we order pizza (the delivery driver isn’t terribly impressed by the hundred or so stairs he has to walk down to get to us from where he parks his car on top of the cliff) and drink wine while we watch the sunset.
The next day passes in almost exactly the same idyllic way: short beach trip, playing in Bournemouth, dinner delivered (this time by bike, a much more sensible idea as they can cycle down the boardwalk), drinks on our little terrace. The next day we have to leave our little home by the sea. We pack up and head over for a last play on the sand. “Do we have to go, mummy?” my daughter asks, plaintively. “I love the beach.” I hope she’s having the golden childhood I want to remember.


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Marjorie Watson studied at the University of Manchester and qualified with the London University medical degree in 1945. From 1947-53 she was a clinical medical officer for Manchester council.
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GREENBELT, Md., Aug. 20 (UPI) -- As NASA's Mars Curiosity rover prepares for its explorations, the space agency has announced its next proposed mission to the Red Planet, set for 2016.
In a relatively low-budget mission, NASA said it would land a probe on Mars to study why it diverged in its evolutionary history to become so different from Earth.
The mission, dubbed "InSight," will study Mars' core to determine whether it is liquid or solid, and why the Red Planet has never developed tectonic plates like those responsible for the shape and configuration Earth, a NASA release reported Monday.
"InSight will get to the 'core' of the nature of the interior and structure of Mars, well below the observations we've been able to make from orbit or the surface," John Grunsfeld, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, said in a statement.
The mission, to be conducted by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will set a lander down on Mars in September 2016, carrying instruments to measure the planet's rotation and any seismic waves and heat in its interior.
"The recent successful landing of the Curiosity rover has galvanized public interest in space exploration, and today's announcement makes clear there are more exciting Mars missions to come," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said.


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TEAM Oregon is a coalition of Business Oregon and local/regional economic development organizations in the state supported by OEDA. The TEAM model is an effective way for organizations large and small, rural and urban – to leveraged focused resources to create more proactive and strategic retention, expansion and recruitment efforts. Strategically positioned to support the industry in our local communities, together, we send a strong message to out-of-state companies that Oregon is open for business and offers many competitive advantages to support their success. The TEAM leverage resources and investments to deliver a solid program of activities from July – June each year.
Team Oregon Manufacturing markets Oregon’s advantages as a location for Advanced Manufacturing. The team identifies growing and expanding advanced manufacturers, develop relationships and generate business recruitment leads. At the same time, we support our existing manufacturers by connecting them to opportunities, developing resources, and addressing industry challenges. The team recruits companies to fill strategic missing niches in the supply chain and attract buyers and suppliers to support Oregon companies. Through its multipronged efforts, we collect industry data and valuable resources recruit, retain and expand the multi-million dollar advanced manufacturing industry in Oregon. This year’s program will focus on qualified lead generation, site selector meetings, tradeshow participation and training, professional development, resource mining, and many other activities.
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Seminole Tribe puts more cash into gambling ballot proposal
One could understand how squeaky-clean entertainment empire Disney could oppose gambling as they seek to monopolize entertainment to their plastic and mortar world of make believe. After all, swamping children and their supine parents with cartoon characters and funny costumes is not that bad compared to casino gambling.
How is it that the Seminole Tribe of Florida, owners of the Hard Rock International casino gambling franchise, also oppose gambling in the state where they have almost a monopoly on this adult type of entertainment? Well, the answer is right there – they do not want competition from other gambling empires., This is why Disney and the Seminoles are such cosy bedpartners in their support of the political committee Voters In Charge, which is trying to pass Amendment 3 on tomorrow’s ballot.
With overall contributions at nearly $24.65 million to VIC, according to a new finance report posted on the Florida Division of Elections website, reportedly the Seminoles coughed up another US$4.285 million last week for the gambling ballot proposal. In all, VIC have raised US$44.31 million.
Amendment 3, if approved by 60 percent of voters, could make it harder to expand gambling in Florida. It would change the Florida Constitution and give voters the “exclusive right to decide whether to authorize casino gambling” in the state. Then, it would require voter approval of casino-style games in the future and effectively reduce the power of the Legislature and governor to decide gambling-related issues.


Rep. Jackie Rosen, the Democrat vying to unseat Republican senator Dean Heller in Nevada, has profited from investments in petroleum and natural gas, despite heralding “renewable energy” as a cornerstone of her campaign.
Senators from both sides of the aisle have proposed legislation to end the separation of illegal immigrant families, prompting a new battle over how to ensure children’s safety and family integrity while also enforcing the law.
President Donald Trump and his administration continued to aggressively defend its policy of separating children from parents who enter the country illegally as public backlash to the policy intensified and Republicans on Capitol Hill sought a solution.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) used taxpayer money to pay for travel from a visit to California for a lucrative campaign fundraiser, according to official expenditure reports.
The New York Times reported Tuesday it had opened an investigation into its own reporter after the federal government alleged she had a romantic relationship with a source.
Sen. Bob Menendez, fresh off having won a narrow victory in the New Jersey Democratic primary, has ignored overtures by his defeated opponent to unite the party ahead of the general election in November.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) cancelled August recess Tuesday, saying Democrats have engaged in “historic obstruction” of nominees and legislation.
Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.) signaled his support Friday for legislation to strengthen the power of unions to recruit members and negotiate with employers.


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About forty years ago, a young Tony Iommi played three simple notes that would change the state of music from that day on. The three notes in question were the notes that made up the opening riff to the song Black Sabbath, the opening track of the debut album by the band of the same name. Constructed from a harmonic progression with a diminished fifth, an interval better known as diabolus in musica or Satan’s music, these three notes would give birth to what would become known as Heavy Metal.
In the forty years that have passed since that day, Iommi has written some of the finest, most recognisable and influential guitar riffs ever to grace the air waves and in doing so has influenced just about every man, woman and child that has ever picked up the guitar. Below, in his own words, Tony Iommi talks us through ten of his, and heavy metal’s, greatest songs.
(The debut single from Black Sabbath. Later featured on their debut self titled album of February 1970.)
Tony Iommi: That’s a bit of a non entity is Evil Women. We used it on either the American or the English version of the album, I can’t remember which one it went on now but it only went on one of them. I would have used my Stratocaster and a Laney Amp on that I would have thought. I only changed over to the Gibson when we were recording the first album and the bloody Strat broke. The pick-up went so I picked up my other guitar which to be honest I had never used before; I’d only kept it as a spare. I think we did Wicked World on the Strat and the next song it started playing up so I changed to the Gibson. It felt really weird having never really played it and specially to be recording an album on it, it was very strange. But I sort of got used to it.
(The opening track from Black Sabbath’s self titles debut album. Released February 1970. Reached number 8 on the official UK album charts.)
Tony Iommi: We used to rehearse three times a week in this youth club in Aston and one day I just walked in and started fiddling. I played that riff and it just felt right and everyone liked it. Really that’s how a lot of those songs have been written, just off the cuff like that. I was never very good at working stuff out; I tended to just come up with stuff. When we recorded that first album we didn’t know anything about the studio. We just walked in, set up and played and the guy recorded it and it was thank-you, good night, that was the end of it. It took two days. Basically record that album was just like going to a gig, that’s how we treated it. The only track we did twice was Warning and the reason for that was because there’s a long guitar solo in it but then of course they ended up cutting it down for that album.
That was my old SG [Tony’s Red 1965 SG Special] and the Laney. That entire album was that SG and Laney because after the Strat broke I only had that one guitar. It’s a weird story actually how I got that guitar. There was a guy I’d heard of who’d had a left handed guitar but was right handed so he used to play it upside down. Somebody gave me his number and I managed to contact him and I told him that I was left handed but had a right handed guitar that I play upside down and would he be interest in swapping guitars and that’s basically what we did. He wanted some cash for it as well but I said no way so we just swapped and off we went.
The monkey sticker on it came about because I had this jacket around that time that I used to stick things on. I found these monkey stickers and stuck some on the jacket and thought what can I do with the rest so I stuck one on the guitar and its remained there now forever. I don’t use that guitar anymore and to be honest with you, it was a great guitar in its time but now the neck is very week. You can actually change the tuning just by pressing it. I used to fiddle about with all my guitars, I’d have my Strat in pieces every bloody week doing something else to it and I also started doing it with the Gibson as well, changing this and doing that. But no I don’t use that guitar anymore and in fact it’s in the Hard-Rock Café in New York.
(The first single taken from Black Sabbath’s number 1 selling album Paranoid, released September 1970. Paranoid reached number 4 on the official UK singles charts.)
Tony Iommi: That’s the same old SG and the same Laney amp. As I said, I used to keep messing with the guitar and I think I was fiddling with the bridge pick-up at the time. I had it waxed and a cover over it and stuff like that to try and stop the feedback. That guitar was always feeding back, especially at the levels that we played at. I think around about that point I also linked up with John Birch who’s a guitar maker and a bit of an experimenter of things. I got him to try and make some pick-ups for me, or try and solidify the pick-ups I had at that time which is what we did. And it sort of worked to a point.
What happened with Paranoid was we were recording the Paranoid album and the Record Company told us they wanted another song, a short track to fill in, something around 3 minutes. We’d never done a three minutes songs, they were always like 5 and 6 minutes but we were pretty good at being able to put a song together pretty quick because that’s what we did in rehearsals. So when the other guys popped out to get something to eat, I sat in the studio just fiddling really and came up with that riff. I was waiting for them to get back so I could play it for them and when I did everyone liked it so we put it down within not much longer then what the track is, we got it together and put it down that quick. Considering it was just a filler track I was very surprised at how popular it became and when it got on Top Of The Pops and stuff like that it was very strange. We’re not playing it at the moment because we don’t do any of those songs with Heaven And Hell but I’ve never got sick of those songs. I’m really proud of them and I love to play them and we possible may even do them with this line up, I don’t know.
(Taken from Black Sabbath’s Paranoid album.)
Tony Iommi: Again I think that was written at the rehearsal room like the others. I couldn’t believe some of the riffs I used to come out with, it was almost like someone else was doing it. That one come out and I thought, oh yeah I like this one. And of course I used the Laney amp and the old SG.
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
(The opening track from Black Sabbath’s Sabbath Bloody Sabbath album. Release December 1973 and reached number 4 on the official UK album charts.)
Tony Iommi: We’d recorded the Volume 4 album in LA and really enjoyed the vibe and everything so we went back to the same house, the same studio, everything, to record the Sabbath Bloody Sabbath album. They’d built a big Moog in the studio for Stevie Wonder at the time which took up half the studio and so everything was different and suddenly I just couldn’t think of anything, it just didn’t happen. Id never had writers block before and it frightened me to death. So what we did was basically pack everything up and came back home and had some time off. When we were ready again we booked Clearwell Castle and as soon as we got in there with the vibe and the atmosphere and everything things started again just like that and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath was the first track we wrote.
I think I was using my red SG. I’m pretty sure it was because I used I used it a lot around that time. Still Laney amps of course. In them days it was still their first model whatever that was. It was just very basic and I used to use the bass input on the amp and used a range master treble booster. For some reason it just created the sound that I liked but the trouble was that it was very noisy using the treble booster and we used to pick up a lot of interference. By then we were de-tuning as well, we had been since the Masters Of Reality album. I always used to fiddle about, not only pulling the guitar to bits and putting it back together but also on my amplifiers and then of course with the tunings. I used to try and just create something different so it was just a natural thing for me to try to de-tune. I started by tuning one string down and seeing what sort of chords I could make to get a different sound. Actually my accident was a reason as well for de-tuning [the accident Tony is referring to is when we cut the tips off the middle and ring fingers on his fretting hand in an industrial accident at the age of seventeen]. Certainly in the early days I couldn’t get any light gauge strings because they just didn’t make them. I contacted many different companies and they all said they couldn’t do that so I had to make my own set. I used a banjo string as the first string and then took the bottom E out and went down to the 5th as the bottom E. It worked because it didn’t hurt my fingers so much or destroy the fingertips when I was trying to bend. I continued to go to all these companies trying to find someone to make me some strings and eventually I found Pucarto who wanted to do it.
Heaven And Hell
(The title track for Black Sabbaths ninth studio album Heaven and Hell. Released April 1980 and reached number 9 on the official UK album charts.)
Tony Iommi: Ronnie [James Dio] was now with us and you sort of write for the singer. He was a different singer all together from Ozzy so it did stimulate me again. Ronnie would sing on different things where Ozzy wouldn’t and vice versa. Where Ozzy would sing a lot of riffs, Ronnie didn’t, there was more open spaces and chords that he would sing on. It was a slightly different way of writing and it pushed us into another field really. That song probably started with Bill playing drums. I don’t really remember but I remember it came out pretty quick, the initial idea, the initial riff.
I used the Jaydee Custom on that song. John Diggins [Birmingham luthier who build the Jaydee Custom SG] at one point came on the road with me and worked with my guitars. It was after that that we started getting him into a business because he was a very good guitar maker. I used that guitar a lot for solos on that album. I also used Marshall on that song as well. We had this guy working for us at that point and he said he could make a better job of the Marshall and so he did. It was basically a standard Marshall but he put bigger valves in and did this and that to them. It was a different era for us with going with Ronnie so I just wanted to try something different and being in LA at the time, I think it was easy access to be able to get Marshall’s and have some work done on them.
(The opening track of Black Sabbath’s Dehumanizer album of 1992.)
Tony Iommi: That would have been the old Jaydee again and at that time, I’m pretty sure it was the Laney’s again. I was happy with that whole situation and that we were able to get back together with Ronnie again and do an album. Originally Cozy Powell was involved because he was playing with me at that time in another version of Black Sabbath. Ronnie wanted his drummer, Vinnie Appice but he said if I wanted Cozy we’d try Cozy. It didn’t work out to long because Cozy had hurt himself, believe it or not he’d had a horse fall on him and he couldn’t play for a while so the obvious choice was to go with Vinnie which we did.
To be honest that album was pretty difficult because when we got back together it was a weird phase for us and it wasn’t a good time to have an album out for our sort of music. We rented a house here, not far from where I live, and Ronnie, Vinnie and one of the crew moved into it. We had the gear set up there and Geezer and myself used to appear, write some stuff, we’d tape it and we’d come up with the ideas that way. It was a slightly different way then we normally did it but we liked it. We picked riffs that we wanted to work on and once we got all the songs together we booked Rockfield studios and went and recorded them.
(Taken from the live Black Sabbath album Reunion. Released October 1998.)
Tony Iommi: That was either the Jaydee again or my Gibson Signature guitar. I think I probably used both on that album but I can’t remember which guitars on which songs. I tried to retire the Jaydee because certainly when we got back with Ozzy I was using the Gibson Signature all the time. As for which amp, as far as I can remember that was a Laney. I’d also had my old Pete Cornish pedal board for many years so I used those which is a Tychobrahe Parapedal wah wah and I can’t remember what chorus I used.
That song to be honest was done very quickly and in a peculiar way. I brought Bob Marlette who had worked on a couple of my solo albums into the studio in LA to work with Ozzy and me because that’s all who was there at the time. Well basically it was me, Ozzy popped in for half an hour and then disappeared or fall asleep or whatever. So we came up with these riffs and Ozzy said that he liked that one and in the meantime the record company are standing outside asking what’s happening? What ya doing? They’d asked for two new songs and wanted them quickly. I just think we could have spent a little bit more time on them because we hadn’t recorded for such a long time together and it just needed a little bit more space. They were literally done in a day or so. We’d put the track down with a drum machine and then Bill would play and it just didn’t feel right. Geezer was coming in and playing bass and he didn’t even know what he was playing bass to at one point, it was too much. I really, really enjoyed doing the tours and playing together again, it was great and it felt ok to write again but as I said it was too much of a rush. I wished I’d had more time on it and got Ozzy to spend more time on it because we were pushed into doing it so quick that we never had time for it to sink in.
(Taken from the Tony Iommi solo album Iommi. Released October 2000 and featuring Dave Grohl.)
Tony Iommi: I tried to do this when I did the Seventh Star album a long time ago but it was like pulling teeth. You’d find a singer that wanted to do it but then the record company wouldn’t let them. There were some fairly big names like Plant and Coverdale and people like that but it was so difficult to put it into practice I had to realize it wasn’t going to work and fortunately Glenn Hughes came along and ended up singing the whole album and did a great job. But I still wanted to do the idea and I wouldn’t say that it was a lot easier this time around but there was a lot more people wanting to do it, a lot more contemporary artists. Lars from Metallica was going to play on the album as well, he called me a few times about doing it and I called him but they were doing their thing with the orchestra at the time and we couldn’t really wait. That’s the difficult thing, you want to play with certain people but it’s working out the right time because everyone is so busy.
When Dave Grohl got involved that was just brilliant because he’s such a great artist to work with. I think we contacted him first but then he came back and asked if he could play drums as well so we said yeah of course. He’s just brilliant, an absolute great musician.
It worked basically the same was as always, I’d come up with a riff and show it to whoever the singer was going to be, in this case Dave. I was in Los Angeles at the time and Dave was in Los Angeles so that’s when we did it and I also got Brian May involved because I get him involved in most things I do and we’ve been close now for over 35years. I thought that it would have been good to do a few specials shows with everybody who was involved on the album but of course at that time it was when we started doing the Ozzy thing again so that kind of put the kibosh on it really.
For Guitars, it’s either going to be the old Jaydee or the signature guitar. I actually use both of those and I also used a Les Paul on some of the backing track bits. I wasn’t made up about using the Les Paul but Bob Marlette asked if we could just try it so I did. But mostly as I said it’s the Jaydee and the SG Custom. The Jaydee’s got its use out of it? Oh yeah, you’re not kidding. You should see the state of it now. It looks like it’s been dragged through a hedge backwards, it’s really tatty but I’m still playing it. As I said, I did retire it at one point when we did the Ozzfest and all the Ozzy stuff and I thought that was it but out it came again.
(The first single taken from Heaven and Hell’s debut album The Devil You Know. Released April 2009.)
Tony Iommi: For the song Bible Black, I used a Taylor at the beginning; in fact I used a Taylor on all the acoustic parts of that album and the Jaydee again. Amp wise we’ve got something different, I used the Engl on that whole album. I’ve got my own signature amp out with Laney and whatever but I go through these phases of wanting to try something different and for this I just wanted to try a different sound. When I was at Ronnie’s house in his studio writing this stuff he had an Engl so I just plugged into it and liked it. I just stuck with that and got used to that sound and like it so I used that on the album. At Ronnie’s I was using the Fireball and on the album I use the Powerball so I’ve tried a few of them. Live I’m actually using both Engl and Laney at the moment, so I’m experimenting again.
How the initial reunion with Ronnie came about was the record company wanted to put an album out, Black Sabbath the Dio Years, so they got in touch with my office asking if there was a couple tracks laying around that were recorded but were never used. The answer of course was no we hadn’t but I just suggest it might be a long shot but why don’t we call Ronnie and see if he would be interested in writing and recording a couple new tracks for it. We called him and he was interested so he came over to England and up to my house because I’ve got a studio here and we wrote and recorded some new songs. We emailed them to the other guys, Vinnie and Geezer, to see if they liked them and they did so they came over and played on them. That was the initial connection and from there we thought it would be nice to tour and the interest was so high so that’s what we did. What we’ve done this time is we’ve taken everything in stages. We haven’t gone around saying we’re going to be together for 10 years, if there’s a tour we ask do we want to do it? Or with the album we asked do we want to do an album? That’s how we’ve worked and it’s seemed to have worked all right up to now. I’m really happy, it’s a great band and they are great guys and we’ve had some great shows.
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Raised Bed Gardening: “MarketMore” Cucumbers!
This is the second year we are growing the variety “MarketMore” cucumbers in the garden; and the first year we’re using an arched trellis to grow the vines.
The trellis was created from a single hog panel, and the arch was formed over the space between the ends of two raised beds.
In another raised bed, the cucumber vines are allowed to grow over the side (about 2 1/2 feet tall).
Seen behind the cucumber vines are tomatoes and eggplants.
There are about 30 plants total. So far this year, we have canned 30 quarts and 2 gallons of pickles.
The heavy, flooding rains from earlier in the Spring would have drowned our in-ground cucumbers, but these raised beds drained very well. We have, unfortunately had vine damage due to insects, snails and slugs, and powdery mildew. Now that the vines are recovering and “greening up”, the heat is also increasing and cucumber production will stop soon.

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Soldier search deepens
As 4,000 troops scour for three, the U.S. says it believes an al-Qaida group has them.
By DAMIEN CAVE
Published May 15, 2007
BAGHDAD - The search for three missing American soldiers abducted after an attack south of Baghdad continued Monday as the al-Qaida group that claimed responsibility for the ambush said the soldiers would never be found.
"What you are doing searching for your soldiers will be in vain and lead to nothing but fatigue and unrest, " said a statement posted on jihadist Web sites by the Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella insurgent group that includes al-Qaida in Mesopotamia. "Your soldiers are in our hands. If you desire safety do not look for them."
The statement suggested that the group was reveling in a manhunt that required a hefty deployment of resources at a time when Congress has pressed the American military to show progress by September.
About 4, 000 American soldiers have been scouring the orchards and villages near Mahmoudiya, a predominantly Sunni Arab farming town where the attack occurred early Saturday morning. A similar search involving 8, 000 soldiers in June for two American soldiers captured in a town nearby forced commanders to cancel or delay operations in other parts of Iraq until after they were found dead four days later.
On Monday, the American military reported the deaths of four American soldiers, a Marine and an airman throughout Iraq.
Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, the top military spokesman in Baghdad, said Monday that the search effort would continue. Of the four American soldiers and one Iraqi soldier who died in the ambush, he said in a statement, one American was still unidentified.
"We are using every asset and resource available to the United States and our Iraqi allies in these efforts, " he said.
He confirmed that American officials believe "al-Qaida or an affiliate group" engineered the abduction. He said it took 56 minutes for reinforcements to arrive at the scene of the ambush because the first and second units sent to assist discovered roadside bombs along the way. He also said that "elements of the same unit" that was attacked heard the initial explosion at 4:44 a.m., suggesting that the two Humvees burned at the scene had not been traveling alone.
Typically, American convoys include at least three vehicles. Procedures for handling attacks vary; some commanders tell units to drive through ambushes and call for backup.
The statement from the Islamic State of Iraq was its second regarding Saturday's attack, and it called the war in Iraq "a competition, " according to a translation by the Site Institute, which tracks jihadist Web sites. The abduction, it suggested, was an effort to even the score after Caldwell's announcement earlier this month that American troops had killed Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, a senior leader of al-Qaida in Mesopotamia. It went on to cite the rape last year of a teenage girl by American troops near where the abduction occurred.
A similar statement was issued during the search for the two American soldiers captured in June. In a sign of what might be to come, that statement accompanied a video that showed the soldiers' mutilated bodies wearing tattered green army uniforms. One of the soldiers in the video had been decapitated.
The area south of Baghdad where both abductions of soldiers occurred, known as the "triangle of death, " has been perpetually difficult for the American military to control.
Sheik Ali al-Hatim, the leader of the Dulaimi tribe in Mahmudiya, said the ambush on Monday bore the hallmarks of another coordinated assault on American troops - an attack in January in Karbala by gunmen dressed in fake American military uniforms. One soldier was killed and four were kidnapped and later found dead.
"A number of parties are involved in this - Al Qaida and other militias, " he said. "The situation in the area where the incident took place is very dangerous. Al Qaida has been knocking on people's doors and telling them that their sons between the ages of 20 and 30 must join their organization."
He said the Americans have detained at least 50 people in the search.
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Attuukal Pongala is a month away, but the air of sublime dedication looms large in the air. People far and near have begun to talk about the grand ritual; women have already started preparations, collecting the dried coconut leaves and sizing fire wood, buying pongala sarees and even reserving their places at their friends' or relatives' houses near the Attukal temple. Usually women prefer houses where they have put up during the previous festival, you could find many homes around the temple where people from far away places gather for decades. Attukal pongala is also a great social gathering that strengthen relationships, where love and trust are the sublime denominators.
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Workiva develops a cloud-based software platform for regulatory, financial and environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting. The company, founded in 2008, is based in Ames, Iowa. The business had 2,444 employees listed on LinkedIn as of April 2023.
Demand for the software appears strong. Indeed, the company's revenue was $143.8 million in Q4 of 2022, up 19.1% from Q4 of 2021.
Deloitte ESG Accelerators for Workiva
Key partners include Deloitte -- which has released three new sustainability-focused software tools via the Workiva Marketplace. Deloitte's new ESG accelerators for use on the platform include:
Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Report Calculator and Dashboard can process source data and calculate Scope 3 emissions for the 15 categories defined by the GHG Protocol.
ESG Report Template allows customers to "simplify and accelerate sustainability report development on the Workiva platform."
Continuous Controls Monitoring Exception Report Chain and related ESG Controls Templates allow customers to "streamline the development of continuous monitoring controls within Workiva and aims to help reduce climate- and sustainability-related risks across the organization."
The the latest Deloitte developments surfaced roughly one month after PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Workiva published various research that explored the SEC' proposed SEC climate change disclosure policies.
Meanwhile, KPMG and Workiva in early 2023 inked an “enhanced alliance to deliver environmental, social, and governance (ESG) focused solutions and services.” That increased collaboration “expands the KPMG ability to assist organizations in effectively implementing ESG data, process, control, and reporting capabilities, ultimately enhancing trust, mitigating risk, and unlocking new value as companies build a sustainable future,” the two companies said.


By FnF Correspondent | PUBLISHED: 10, Sep 2022, 17:12 pm IST | UPDATED: 10, Sep 2022, 17:15 pm IST
During the initial period, the users were rewarded with the commission and the balance in the wallet could be withdrawn hassle-free. This provided initial confidence among users, and they started investing bigger amounts for a greater percentage of commission and a greater number of purchase orders.
Further, after collecting a handsome amount from the public, all of a sudden, the withdrawal from the said App, was stopped, at one or the other pretext viz. system upgradation, investigation by LEAs etc.
Thereafter, all data including profile information was wiped off from the said App servers and only then the users understood the ploy, the enforcement agency said.
During the search operation, it is noticed that the said entities were using dummy accounts. So far, huge cash (more than Rs 7 crore) has been found at the premises, and counting of the amount is still in progress. The search operation is in progress, the Directorate of Enforcement said.
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Modified 2006 Dodge Ram SRT10 VIPER TRUCK!
There are lots of companies out there in the automotive landscape that seem to have ...
There are lots of companies out there in the automotive landscape that seem to have given life to a variety of vehicles that seemed to be created in either a limited run or test run shortly before falling off of the face of the Earth. That isn’t to say that these things aren’t cool or don’t have some sort of appeal but, as it turns out, machines like the Dodge Ram SRT-10 Viper Truck just weren’t fit for mass consumption whether it be because of the niche market of performance trucks, the $50,000 base price in 2006, or a mix of both. However, it is cool to take a look back at some of these machines and the features that made them so special and unique.
This time, we check out one of these Viper truck mashups that really seemed to come from out of nowhere and seemed to depart just as quickly as they came. You don’t see these things too much anymore and with the rarity, it leads you to think that something like this 8.3L V10 monster might just become a collector’s item some day! You never know what the future has in store for a platform like this one.
The video below gives us an in-depth run in with one of these machines that’s hooked up with a couple of key bolt-on performance parts to really wake it up a little bit and make it a ton of fun to drive. The Viper truck might not be around in production any longer, nor is the actual viper, but that still doesn’t stop us from taking a journey back a decade or so to check out one of these rides, up close and personal. After checking out the truck in detail, be sure to tell us what you think of this ride as it blasts its way through the streets. Is this a worthy candidate that you’d like to find in your garage at some point?


Here's something special for the end of summer, hosted by the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation.
The SVSEF has invited many of the Wood River Valley's former and future Olympic athletes for a "Sun Valley Olympicfest" on Sunday, Aug. 16 in Ketchum.
Those attending can meet and speak with current Olympic Development Team members and former Olympians such as Chuck Ferries, Greg Randolph, Jon Engen, Reggie Crist, David Currier, Terry Palmer, Maria Maricich, Linda Fratianne and Judy Blumberg.
According to an Aug. 3 SVSEF press release, the Olympic Development Team was started five years ago to fund and coach athletes as they worked towards their goals of becoming Olympians.
In 2010, the valley has 12 athletes with a chance of qualifying for the Winter Games at Vancouver, B.C., Canada. The promising athletes identified by their coaches are these:
Kaitlyn Farrington, snowboard halfpipe; Graham Watanabe, snowboardcross; Langely McNeal, first time Olympic sport skier cross; Biche Rudigoz, skier cross; Shane Cordeau, freestyle moguls; and, from cross country skiing, Morgan Arritola, Nicole DeYong, Reid Pletcher, Colin Rodgers, Mike Sinnott, Morgan Smyth and Kate Whitcomb.
Sun Valley Olympic Fest is Sunday, Aug. 16th from 5-9 p.m. at the Forest Service Park in Ketchum. The Ski Heritage Museum will be open for viewing of its Olympic display.
Musical guest Bryon Friedman (bryonfriedmanmusic.com) will be accompanied by his band for acoustic and folk rock sounds. For dinner, noted chef and SVSEF alpine ski coach Ruben Macaya will serve an authentic Argentinean Lamb Asado.
Tickets are available in Ketchum at The Elephant's Perch, Backwoods Mountain Sports, PK's Ski & Sports and Atkinsons' (look for the athletes), and also at the door. Cost is $25 adults or $15 ages 6-17. Kids under five are free.


Did Reliance use PM Modi's picture without consent, asks congress
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi today calling him "Mr Reliance" after his photo appeared in the company's advertisements
Congress party on Friday sought to know whether Reliance company had taken permission from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) before using Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photograph in their full page Jio advertisement.
"To use PM's photograph in an advertisement, there are certain norms. According to the norms, as far as we know, when we were in power, the ministries had to take the permission from the Prime Minister's Office before using his photograph in an advertisement," said Congress senior spokesperson Ajay Maken quoted as saying by Indian Express.
On Friday, the company took out full front-page ads in most leading newspapers and announced the launch of the service. But what caught the attention of most people, was Prime Minister's photograph on a full page advertisement of Reliance company's "Jio Digital Life", ‘The Indian Express’ has reported.
The advertisement said, "In the journey of time, there come a few life changing moments. Our honourable Prime Minister’s inspiring vision of a Digital India is one such movement. Jio is dedicated to realising our Prime Minister’s Digital India vision for 1.2 billion Indians. Jio Digital Life will give the power of data to each Indian, to fulfill every dream and collectively take India to the global digital leadership…”
"The first question that comes to mind is has the Reliance company taken permission from the PMO? If they gave permission to Reliance, then will they give permission to Cadbury and other chocolate companies later? Whoever seeks permission, will it give permission to all of them," asked Maken.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi today calling him "Mr Reliance" after his photo appeared in the company's advertisements.


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Nearly 150 leaders of the American national park community gathered at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in Grand Canyon National Park for a five-day discussion of opportunities and concerns.
The meeting, Grand Thoughts at the Grand Canyon, was organized by the National Park Hospitality Association (NPHA) in cooperation with Grand Canyon National Park. Participants included executives of companies operating in the national parks, providing overnight accommodations and meals to an estimated 100 million park visitors annually, according to a news release.
Also participating were National Park Service (NPS) leaders, including Director Jon Jarvis and Deputy Director Peggy O’Dell, and the presidents of both the National Park Foundation (NPF) and the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA).
The meeting also attracted key leaders from the telecommunications and entertainment industries and national tourism leaders, including state tourism directors. Grand Thoughts was held at the Grand Canyon Lodge, a structure built in 1928 that continues today to provide an inspiring perspective on America’s natural beauty.
Tom Kiernan, president of NPCA, described unity among the parks community and a focus on long-term communications and funding as essential to achieve a “Bending of the Curve.” He described the current situation facing parks on both funding and visitation as downward. “We are at a crossroads,” he told the group, “but through unified action we can ‘Bend the Curve.’”
The program featured nearly a dozen keynote presentations and special panels. Leading off the program was Brent Young, founder and creative director for Studio 78, a top creator of theme park attractions and innovative film concepts globally. He touted the use of “Augmented Reality” as a part of park visits. Among his suggestions was using geospatial information to share what has occurred at the same spot at which visitors stand today – from battlefields to scenic overlooks. He told the group that a walk with a holographic ranger was technically feasible even today, and that leisure-time forces like theme parks and the film industry are investing heavily in technology that is then available to museums and parks at a greatly reduced cost.
New strategies to boost the financial and manpower resources available in national parks were another key topic of discussion. Participants learned about successes in related fields – including the rebuilding of Chicago’s lakeshore through a public/private partnership – and discussed new ideas ranging from a Penny for Parks proposal, which is connected with pending discussions regarding national surface transportation policy, to issues that could be addressed in conjunction with reauthorization of federal recreation fees, necessary by December 2014.
According to a new public opinion poll commissioned by the National Park Hospitality Association (NPHA) and the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), national parks are “cherished by an overwhelming 95% of likely voters who want the federal government to ensure the parks are both protected and available for enjoyment.”
According to a press release, the new poll finds that more than 80% of those likely to vote in 2012 have visited a national park at some point in their lives, nearly nine in 10 say they are interested in visiting a park in the future and 60% want to stay overnight in a park lodge. National parks are viewed as embodying the American experience, and voters want to see them “enjoyed, honored, cherished, and cared for, not left to crumble into disrepair.”
“From the Everglades to Gettysburg and Yellowstone, our national parks are American icons and inspire visitors from across the world, supporting urban and rural economies nationwide,” said Tom Kiernan, NPCA president. “This poll is a clear indication that voters want to see them preserved and protected for the future.”
Nearly nine in 10 voters see national parks as an important and appropriate federal responsibility. And even in these challenging fiscal times, very few voters from either side of the political aisle say the federal government should be cutting back on funding for national parks.
“The American people understand that national parks are gifts from the past to treasure today and bequeath to future generations of Americans,” said Derrick Crandall, counselor for the NPHA and president of the American Recreation Coalition (ARC). “Our nation’s leaders – regardless of party – can’t allow differences on other issues to obscure the unifying force of our national parks.”
The poll of likely voters indicates that they associate national parks with key priorities and American values. Nearly 90% of voters think that candidates who prioritize national parks are seen as caring about the environment, protecting our heritage for the future, patriotic, and a good steward of our nation’s resources.
And as the National Park Service approaches its centennial in 2016, a majority of likely voters (77%) say it is important for the next president to ensure that parks are fully restored and ready to serve and be relevant to future generations in their second century.


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My first spinach and blueberry smoothie
Tried my new blender yesterday. Just for a quick blueberry smoothie. It tasted great, but the main reason I bought that blender was to make healthy meals, not just fruit drinks. Spinach is supposed to be ideal for healthy smoothies. I’ve seen lots of recipes on the net containing that vegetable. Would not have been my first choice if I didn’t hear about it, but it actually tastes great.
By tasting great, I mean I can’t taste the spinach at all. 🙂
The taste of spinach disappears among much stronger taste of blueberries and mint, but the nutrients and vitamins should be there and I hope my body will thank me for the effort. Somehow.
Recipe for my spinach and blueberry shoothie, and by that I mean just the ingredients. I will put a bit of everything and see how it tastes. This is not a recipe to follow.
- 1 cup spinach
- 1 cup frozen blueberries
- A few mint leaves
- Some sweetener – xylitol in this case
- Some yogurt
- Some milk
- Some protein powder
I’m writing this as I’m drinking it and I’m loving it. The color is not what I expected. I thought it would come out either green for the spinach or purple for blueberries. It came out looking gray-green. Hm…
Mint overpowers any other ingredient in this smoothie. Not in a bad way, but all I can taste and smell is mint. It smells really refreshing.
Taste is really nice too. Very smooth even though I blended it on the lowest power setting. I guess there were no stringy ingredients, so it was easy to blend. Or maybe the blender is really good. I hope so… Next time I will put a little bit less mint. I don’t mind the taste, but I would have preferred a bit more blueberry taste in it.
I can’t taste the protein powder. I’m using unflavored protein concentrate. I will see on the golf range later if I have the energy that the powder promises.
I think I will use less sweetener next time too. I may have added about a tablespoon of xylitol. Can’t taste the yogurt; also I may put less milk; make it a bit more solid.
Overall this spinach and blueberry smoothie it is a very nice drink. Knowing that there are no nasty ingredients should help the digestion. The only thing I don’t like is the pile of dirty dishes in the sink. A bowl of muesli only requires one bowl. This is different. 🙂 I’m not good at cleaning.

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Rally against controversial Florida set for Saturday at Dennis Baxley's office
LEESBURG — The Lake County Democratic Party is hosting a "Kill the Bills Rally" on Saturday to protest two bills pending in the Florida Legislature — one that would change Vote-by-Mail rules and another that would increase criminal penalties for rioting.
The rally will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of Republican Sen. Dennis Baxley’s office, 206 South Highway 441, in Lady Lake.
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Exclusive:State Sen. Dennis Baxley talks 2021 session priorities
Nancy Hurlbert, the Lake County Democratic Party's Advocacy Chair, said that the rally is mainly to protest Senate Bill 90, a bill that would place additional restrictions on vote-by-mail ballots.
Baxley has sponsored the bill, which would prohibit the use of drop boxes to return vote-by-mail ballots. The measure would also require an additional identifier when a voter submits a written or telephone request for a vote-by-mail ballot. Those identifiers include the voter's Florida driver license number, identification card number or the last four digits of the voter's social security number.
If passed, it would also reduce the number of elections for which one request for a vote-by-mail ballot is sufficient to all elections through the end of the calendar year of the next regularly scheduled general election.
SB 90 has drawn ire. Why, opponents ask, change the way we vote when the 2020 Election went so well?
"Senate Bill 90 is a voter suppression bill," Hurlbert said. "We've heard nothing except praise for the Florida Electorate system after the Nov. 3 election, and all of a sudden, session starts, and there are all of these changes, mainly to vote-by-mail. It was such a great opportunity for so many people, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and now we're taking away a lot of the benefits of voting by mail."
Baxley, on the other hand, has said that he feels the bill has been unfairly mischaractarized and he only wants to strengthen election security.
Local Democrats are also concerned with House Bill 1, a proposal prioritized by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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The measure would create new crimes and enhanced penalties for aggravated rioting and aggravated inciting a riot. It would also create new crimes prohibiting a person from defacing, damaging, destroying, or pulling down a memorial.
The bill would require a person arrested for offenses related to rioting, unlawful assembly or mob intimidation to be held in custody until he or she appears for a first appearance hearing and a court determines bond.
"Voters need to call their senators and tell them that they disapprove of this bill," Hurlbert said. "Our main call to action is to bring this to people's attention."
Correction: A previous version of this article misspelled Nancy Hurlbert's name.

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SaoZen created two epic plush diorama sets for Supahcute Kaiju Show 2 – the first is called “Revenge of the Derpy Dino.”
Artist Sao De La Vega says that she started with the derpy dino, but she decided the piece needed “more destruction.” As she worked on the set pieces, her boyfriend Loren wanted to know why the building didn’t have a face. That’s why she created the saddest building ever.
She also created a sequel piece called “Night of the Rise of the Revenge of the Derpy Dino 2: The Sequel.” Who says that the sequel can’t be as great as the first one?
Both SaoZen pieces sold on opening night, but you must visit Leanna Lin’s Wonderland to see them in person. Supahcute Kaiju Show 2 runs through April 26, and you can see remaining pieces online.
Thanks to everyone who braved the heat to attend the opening of Supahcute Kaiju Show 2: Cuter, Better, Fatter, Stronger last night! It’s always great to see old friends and to make new ones.
The show is now available online! Many pieces sold on opening night, but plenty of great pieces are still available.
The show will be at Leanna Lin’s Wonderland through April 26! More photos of the gallery wall and from the opening reception will be posted soon.
Supahcute Kaiju Show 2: Cuter, Better, Fatter, Stronger is almost here!! Finally!! This has felt like the longest week ever because I can’t wait for you to see all of the fantastic pieces!!
The opening event takes place tomorrow, March 14 (6-10pm) at Leanna Lin’s Wonderland, in conjunction with 2nd Saturday NELA Art Gallery Night. It’s supposed to be hot as a kaiju’s breath this weekend, but we’ll have plenty of snacks and refreshments to keep you cool. Tacos El Mago De Culiacan Sinaloa will be close-by so you can grab a Godzilla torta (seriously) and some amazing tacos.
Follow #SupahcuteKaiju2 on Instagram and Twitter to see images from opening night. Hope to see you there! For serious inquiries, please email hello@LeannaLinsWonderland.com. The show will be available online after the opening event. Additional sneak preview and WIP photos are available on Flickr and on the Facebook event page.
Limesicle Kaiju Babee and Ice King Kaiju Babee are ready for the opening reception of Supahcute Kaiju Show 2!! Only 1 of each color has been handmade by Fat Rabbit Farm, and you can see them both this Saturday, March 14.
Varinya Nunez created two adorable pieces for the show, and here is your first look at one of them. Adorable!!
Ryan Shaw‘s baby kaiju also looks forward to meeting you!
We will not have a preview period for this event, but serious inquiries can contact the gallery at email@example.com. Available artwork will go online after the opening event.
They like to read, especially to dogs.
They like to hang out at the beach with friends.
They like to go on a solitary stroll.
What else will you learn about cute kaiju? Find out at Supahcute Kaiju Show 2! This awesome group exhibition opens at Leanna Lin’s Wonderland this Saturday, March 14. The reception takes place 6-10pm – RSVP on the Facebook event page!


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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine lawmaker was seriously injured and a provincial official killed Thursday in one of the most brazen political attacks in the South American country since it returned to democracy in 1983.
Héctor Olivares, representative of La Rioja province in Argentina’s lower house of congress, was shot around 7 a.m. local time near the congressional building in Buenos Aires, officials said. He is being treated for gunshot wounds that pierced his abdomen and affected vital organs.
The dead man was identified by Telam state news agency as Miguel Marcelo Yadón, a coordinator who works in the fiduciary of La Rioja’s federal electric transportation system. Telam says the men, who reportedly were friends since their teenage years, were shot at least six times.
Argentine President Mauricio Macri said doctors were trying to save Olivares’ life and he expressed condolences to Yadón’s family.
“We’re moved by this attack,” Macri said in a televised address. “We’re praying for Héctor’s life … We will do everything to find out what happened and find out who is guilty of this.”
As Macri spoke, authorities wearing white jumpsuits collected evidence at the crime scene.
Local media initially reported that Yadón and Olivares had been shot from a moving vehicle, but a surveillance video of the shooting released by the security ministry showed a parked car waiting for them. As the men walk by, they’re seen being shot at close range. Yadón collapses on the sidewalk, while an injured Olivares tries to get up and holds up his arms in a desperate cry for help.
A burly man in the driver’s seat then steps out of the car and paces. Another man also steps out and walks away calmly. When a police officer arrives on the scene, the car drives away slowly.
Security Minister Patricia Bullrich said the shooting “confirms the presence of mafias in our country.”
“Yadón was killed from a car that was waiting for him,” Bullrich said in a press conference. “They shoot the main target, which was Yadón; they achieve his murder and having the opportunity to murder Olivares, they decide not to kill him.”
Bullrich said authorities found the car used in the crime and have identified the suspects, but she said the motive has not been confirmed and is still being investigated.
Local TV broadcast images late Thursday of federal police officers escorting a man suspected of having links to the attack from his apartment into a police car. His face was covered by a hood, and authorities did not release any other details.
Olivares belongs to the Radical Civic Union party of the ruling government coalition and is also part of the transportation committee in the lower house. Before he was shot, he had been discussing a bill against hooliganism in Argentine soccer, which produces some of the world’s best players but is plagued by entrenched corruption and violence.
“If it does turn out the judicial investigations show there is a connection to politically motivated violence then we can definitely say that we’re facing a very grave institutional event,” Olivares’ spokesman, Ulises Bencina, told The Associated Press.
Attacks on politicians are unusual in Argentina, a country of about 44 million people, where the news usually centers on an ongoing economic crisis.
Politicians said the attack was the first of its kind since a brutal seven-year dictatorship from 1976-1983, during which thousands were killed, including some lawmakers.
Associated Press journalists Paul Byrne and Mayra Pertossi contributed to this report.
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The new novel from the author of ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ is a tale of love and loss in New York City, which shows she is as gifted a novelist, as she is a memoirist
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Nelumbo is a steel faucet with the Lotus shape; thanks to a digitalized system there’s the possibility to choose type of jet according to the situation, in order not to waste and misuse water. Steel has got the same property of the aquatic leaf: the “lotus effect”. This innovative particularity helps the user to keep the touch-screen surface always clean (by limestone for example) and so efficient.
You can feel the temperature of water before it exits; I can choose it before I waste it. You can feel with fingers if it’s at the right temperature.
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Anyone who, like me, has ever done a Google search for Pluckrose will know that it will retrieve something of the order of 79,000 hits. A quick browse reveals that the majority of these hits refer to the author Henry Pluckrose. A fresh search to exclude Henry (i.e.< Pluckrose -Henry >), reduces the number of hits to about 23,000. Even now, most still refer to Henry Pluckrose, but this time in the guise of H Pluckrose.
Who is this Henry Pluckrose who is clogging up the internet?
Henry Pluckrose is a retired teacher, born in 1931. He is descended from the Walthamstow branch and can be found in Tree 1006 (PL1335). At one time (1968-1983) he was Head Teacher of the Prior Weston School in the Barbican (City of London). He is remembered by at least one pupil.
After leaving Prior Weston School he worked for two years as a tutor at Avery Mill College (now Greenwich University) before retiring early and devoting his time to writing, lecturing (mainly in Scandinavia) and working part-time in the education department of the Royal Opera House until he finally retired in 2000.
He has written about his experiences, lecturing and demonstrating in many parts of the world. He makes some interesting comparisons of the philosophy of education. You can find his book on Amazon. It is certainly an absorbing read.
He is the author of over 250 books for teachers and children. These have been translated into a number of languages and have been published internationally (as a Google search will reveal).
In his retirement he writes poetry and collaborates with his sister, Winifred, on research into the family tree.

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SAND SPRINGS, OK (KJRH) — An army of volunteers showed up to help Town and Country neighbors muck out their flooded homes, but save some dumpsters and heavy machinery, the neighborhood now sits empty. Neighbors say as hard as the cleanup process has been, the harder work is going to be rebuilding.
As the piles of debris were taken away in dumpsters, homes in Town and Country have been left empty, without insulation, walls, or wiring.
Most people, like neighbor Lisa Renfrow, don’t have flood insurance, or the thousands of dollars needed to begin repairs.
“Because I have stage four colon cancer," Renfrow said, "most of our savings goes toward my medical bills.”
Renfrow only got a few thousand dollars from FEMA to replace everything in her home, and her family needs help in beginning to make it livable again. That’s where she’s asking for help, in the form of donations like sheetrock, and people to help put it up.
"Our friends are exhausted. Bless their hearts," Renfrow said, "they’ve helped us so much and we don’t want to think we can’t help ourselves, but we do need a little help.”
Tulsa Emergency Management (TAEMA) is working with the county to put together a long-term recovery committee. The committee aims to help neighbors like Lisa, who didn’t have insurance and aren’t getting much aid.
Meanwhile, on June 20 neighbors will learn what the next steps are for their homes. A meeting will provide a place for families to receive the evaluations of their homes, and experts will outline what they need to do to begin rebuilding.
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Rufino Roadel in December 2018
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Rufino Roadel claims to have been born on 10 April 1907 in the Philippines. In April 2016, Roadel lived in a poorly maintained house. Some time between 2016 and 2018, he moved to a community based residential area, where he still lives to this day.
Rufino Roadel currently lives in Calaguay, Naga, Camarines Sur, Philippines, at the claimed age of 112 years, 320 days.
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Aiden McGeady is relieved to finally get the chance to start showing Hibernian fans he has not returned to Scotland for “a pension top-up” after overcoming one of the worst periods of his career.
Just weeks after signing for the Easter Road side following his exit from Sunderland, the 36-year-old former Republic of Ireland winger suffered a recurrence of a knee injury in July and spent five months out.
McGeady admits he pondered retirement during his latest demoralising stint on the sidelines, but having returned to action at the end of December, he is delighted to have the opportunity to prove to any doubters that he still has the hunger to play regularly.
“I’ve not played for so long that I feel I owe the club and the fans something,” said the veteran, who impressed in his first cinch Premiership start for Hibs as they defeated Motherwell 3-2 on Sunday.
“I feel people might think I’ve just up come here for the last couple of years of my career.
“That’s not the case at all. I still love playing football and I still feel I have something to offer.
“The injury really set me back a lot, because it was a recurrence of the same one from last season.
“There’s nothing worse than being injured. The last four or five months have been some of the worst of my career.
“I actually contemplated just packing it in completely. I thought, ‘I’m never going to get over this’.
“But it’s all worth it when you have days like Sunday, when you are out there enjoying playing football again and showing you can make a difference.”
Asked what caused him to banish the niggling thoughts of retirement, McGeady said: “It was just about getting over the pain in my knee. We took it really cautiously this time.
“At Sunderland, I rushed back and had two or three setbacks so I was more cautious this time. There must have been people thinking, ‘he’s up here for a jolly, or to top up his pension’, whatever they want to say.
“I absolutely wasn’t. I still love playing football and I want to do well for this club.”
McGeady is the latest high-profile Hibs attacker to return from a lengthy injury lay-off after Kyle Magennis and Kevin Nisbet also made their comebacks towards the end of 2022. All three started together for the first time on Sunday as Hibs picked up a much-needed win following a run of nine defeats in 11 games for Lee Johnson’s side.
“I don’t want to speak about what’s gone on before, but if you put myself, Nisbet and Magennis, the three of us have pretty much been out for a year (each),” said McGeady. “Then you’ve got Martin Boyle as well (who is out for the rest of this season).
“It doesn’t help the manager when you have three or more focal points of the team out, it will hold you back a bit.
“I can only imagine he feels better having us three fit and I’m just glad to get back on the pitch again.
“I think if he gets his best players and formation, with the game intelligence and game management, I don’t think we will be too far away.”
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All series, the Pittsburgh Penguins
have talked about creating traffic around the Montreal net.
But talk -- no matter how convincing -- does not win hockey games.
So the Penguins decided to turn their words into action and storm the area around Jaroslav Halak
, the Montreal goalie who has stymied Pittsburgh through the first four games of this series.
The result? Two goals through traffic that proved to be the difference in a 2-1 victory for the Penguins Saturday night in Game 5 at Mellon Arena. Pittsburgh now leads the best-of-7 series 3-2 and gets its first opportunity to close out the Canadiens in Monday night's Game 6 at the Bell Centre.
"You can talk about getting there; everybody wants to do it," Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby
said. "But it's not easy. A great job by those guys battling to get position there."
"Those guys" were Bill Guerin
and Mike Rupp
, the two changes from the lineup that lost Game 4, 3-2. Guerin also missed Game 3, a 2-0 victory. Rupp and Guerin were the ringleaders in the full-frontal assault on Halak's crease.
Guerin was encamped in front of Halak during a first-period power play, tying up defenseman Roman Hamrlik
, who was trying to budge Guerin out of Halak's line of vision. That effort proved fruitless and Guerin was in perfect position when Kris Letang
whistled a slapper past a screened Halak for the opening goal with just 1:42 left in the period.
Midway through the second period, Rupp set up shop in the low slot and refused to budge despite the attention of both forward Tomas Plekanec
and defenseman Josh Gorges
. As a result, there was a wall of legs and sticks in front of Halak when Sergei Gonchar
hammered home another slapper for the eventual winning goal.
Halak himself admitted that Pittsburgh's willingness to crash the crease was the difference in the game.
"They were trying to get more traffic in front of me and there was always somebody," he said. "It was how they scored their goals. The first one I couldn't see. I think it went through our guy. The second one was the same thing."
For that reason alone, Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma
sure was happy he could write down the names of both Guerin and Rupp on his Game 5 roster sheet.
"We talked this morning about getting Billy back in and what it would mean," Bylsma said. "One of his assets, so to speak, is being in that front area. When you have a goaltender that is playing like that, you need to get people there. I thought we did a better job of it tonight. But it is an indication of how we need to score goals. Mike Rupp
did a good job doing that; Billy Guerin as well. Two big additions and two big goals."
Why are Guerin and Rupp willing to go to the net and take punishment from players like Montreal's Hal Gill
, who was doling out punishment until he left the game with a lower-body injury early in the third period?
Because, simply, they hunger to win another Stanley Cup. And to get past Halak -- their biggest obstacle to date in that quest -- they must make such sacrifices.
"I don't know if there is any other way to beat this guy," Rupp told NHL.com. "We have to find a way to get there and hold that spot. I think we did a good job with that tonight. Even with doing that, we were only able to get two goals on the guy. We need to keep doing that and keep putting pucks on net and we'll look to keep trying to do the same thing."

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