Earlier this week, 11 members of President Obama’s Secret Service were sent packing after allegations were made regarding their involvement with prostitutes in Catagena, Colombia.
The personnel were part of the Uniformed Division Officers, who are not accountable for protecting the President directly. Allegations about the men say they paid for prostitutes at Catagena’s 5-star hotel Caribe.
The men were sent home immediately by the Director of the Secret Service, Mark Sullivan.
According to MSNBC, the case came to light after one of the alleged prostitutes got into a dispute with two Secret Service personnel who refused to pay their fee of $50 dollars.
Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in the House, Peter King, has been briefed by Sullivan and released a statement saying:
“They have all their IDs and are conducting an extensive background check to make sure they aren’t affiliated with any narcotrafficking or terrorist group or that they could be minors. So far there is no security breach.”
Author of In the President’s Secret Service, Ron Kessler, spoke on the incident saying:
“This really is the biggest scandal in the history of the Secret Service. The agency’s problems are deeply rooted. There’s a culture in the Secret Service that’s fostered by the management of just nodding, winking, favoritism… What the agency needs is an outside director who can come in, clean house, change the standards.”
This is certainly a case that does not look good for the Obama administration. We hope that the Secret Service personnel face justice.
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Looking for a kids’ dentist in Grants Pass?
Let Dr. Sara Riechers make their visit to the dentist fun!
When should you bring your children to the dentist? Many parents don’t know that infants should be seen when they get their first tooth or by their 1st birthday at the latest. This visit is not only for the child, but also for the parents. Dr. Riechers will educate you about dental care for children, along with diet education and preparing for what to expect next. It is also a great time for the child to get acquainted with the office, staff and instruments to help prevent dental fears developing in the future.
Dr. Riechers takes the extra time needed with children of all ages and uses age-appropriate terms to help children understand what is going on and what to expect, as well as make it an interesting and enjoyable experience. This extra time is necessary in order for the kids to feel comfortable, relaxed and informed. She and her staff follow a simple yet powerful three-step process.
- Tell the kids what is going to happen during their visit.
- Show them the different instruments and explain what they are and how they will be used.
- Do the procedure once the child feels comfortable, relaxed and empowered
Make It Fun
Not all kids’ dentists make visiting the dentist fun. Dr. Riechers and her staff tell stories, name teeth and fillings, use words that sound silly but help your child make sense of what is going on (sugar bugs, tooth tickler), and hand out lots of high 5’s and positive encouragement during the visit.
After every dental visit the child will be able to pick a prize from the treasure chest. Although the prizes vary, it is not uncommon to find super balls, bracelets, pull back cars or squeaky animals. Motivation and a positive experience are essential elements for a successful visit.
Healthy Teeth Kit
After every exam visit your child also receives a tooth brush, tooth paste, kid flossers and a sand timer so they know how long they should brush. This kit is crucial in building healthy habits at an early age. The habits your kiddos are forming now are the ones they will carry throughout their lives.
“I just brought both of my kids in to see Dr. Sara. They were dreading going to the dentist. I was in the waiting room hearing laughing coming from inside the office. When I went to investigate I found my daughter having a great time! Sara and her staff are gentle, kind and professional. They go out of their way to make you feel comfortable. I would recommend them for families or individuals. Dr. Sara is our new family dentist!”
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Good habits start at home, and prevention of dental disease results in better overall health, less pain, and can save time and money. In children, cavities can progress fast and cause serious damage in a short amount of time. This is why Dr. Riechers usually recommends seeing children every six months. If a child has 7 or more cavities or a very high cavity risk, a schedule of every three months is recommended.
Dr. Sara is a warm, caring dentist and a loving Mom. She knows what it is like to be a parent and to want to the best for your child, and she hopes she’ll see you and your family soon for some tooth tickles!

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Limited double vinyl LP pressing. Put Your Ghost To Rest is Kevin Devine's fourth studio album. It was released on October 17, 2006 through Capitol Records. The album was produced by Rob Schnapf, who had previously produced records by Elliott Smith, of whom Kevin is an avid fan. Devine is a singer/songwriter and musician from Brooklyn, New York, who is known for melodic, acoustic songs with alternately introspective, and political lyrics. He is a contemporary member of the underground indie rock and indie folk musical scenes, and his influences range from older indie artists such as Neutral Milk Hotel, Elliott Smith and Pavement to more mainstream and well known acts such as Nirvana and Bob Dylan.
You're Trailing Yourself
You'll Only End Up Joining Them
A Billion Bees
Less Yesterday, More Today
Like Cursing Kids
Go Haunt Someone Else
The Burning City Smoking
Me & My Friends
Heaven Bound and Glory Be
Each record is protected within its record sleeve by a white vellum anti-dust sleeve.
All items are shipped brand-new and unopened in original packaging. Every record is shipped in original factory-applied shrink wrap and has never been touched by human hands.

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Cortijo los Malenos is located in a haven of tranquility. It is a rural accommodation of 400 m2 in the Natural Park Cabo de Gata This accommodation in Cabo de Gata is located a farm of 7 hectares.Cortijo los Malenos is a rural accommodation located in an enclave near Agua Amarga,Fernán Pérez and Carboneras.
The Cortijo has preserved the traditional architecture of the area.
It also has various types of rooms, common areas such as patios and gardens or pool.
Water is an essential element in Cortijo Los Malenos.
The farmhouse has a swimming pool that we have done following the aesthetics of the traditional swimming pools, but with the purification system of the modern swimming pools, it is far from the sleeping area and very integrated in the landscape of the natural park of Cabo de Gata. The excess energy of the solar panels is used to heat the water in spring and autumn. book now
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We invite you to see a compilation of videos in the area
ALL ABOUT CABO DE GATA
1.- Monsul Beach 2.- Genoveses Beach 3.- El Playazo 4.- El Arco Beach 5.- San José Beach 6.- Agua Amarga Beach 7.-Peñon Blanco Beach 8.- Los Muertos Beach 9.- El Barronal Cove 10.- El Plomo Cove 11.- San Pedro Cove 12.- Los Amarillos Cove 13.- Lance Cove 14.- En medio Cove 15.- Arena Cove 16.- Los Toros Cove 17.- Las Negras Beach 18.- La Media Luna Cove 19.- San Miguel Beach 20.- Rajá Cove 21. La Fabriquilla Beach 22.- Embarcadero de los Escullos Beach 23.-Carnaje Cove 24.- Carboneras Beach 25.- Carbón Cove 26.- Higuera Cove 27.- Grande Cove 28.- Cuervo Cove 29.- Chica Cove 30.- Príncipe Cove 31.- Bergantín Cove - 32.- Las Amoladeras Beach - 33.- La Almadraba Beach 34.-Ancon de Cabo de Gata Beach 35.- El Algarrobico Beach 36.- Torre Garcia Beach
Cabo de Gata Natural Park is a first-class protection place.If you navigate through these pages do not forget that the information you can obtain here, should be used with sensitivity.
Although we try to select the services that they are promoted here, we can not be held responsible if any of them presents any type of deficiency during your stay.
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If I can describe the work of the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme in one sentence, I would say that it works for both the protection of the environment and development. Most people would think that protecting the environment is something that distracts society from developing technologies, facilities, and the making of profits. However, GEF SGP is the place where we research how to do both simultaneously.
Port au Prince, Haiti: I am an international UN Volunteer with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) engineering section, specialized in administration and finance.
I have a dedicated passion for nature and the environment and have volunteered in my home country of Gambia to promote sustainable and profitable solutions to urban environmental challenges.
During the first UNV Partnerships Forum that took place in Bonn, on September 30th and October 1st 2014, eight UN Volunteers were given the floor to share their experience as UN Volunteer. In this video, Wei Li, National UN Volunteer from China, tells about her volunteering in raising awareness on environment issues.
Solid waste management is a serious environmental and social concern in Peru. Waste is not separated but often dumped into rivers, contaminating the water. At the same time, illegal recycling is a widespread practice, seeing the poorest people collecting waste in dangerous conditions.
The municipality of Waspam, located on the banks of the Coco River, is characterized as being the largest municipality of Nicaragua. It has an area of 9,341.71 km2, of which 43% falls within the Bosawas Biosphere Reserve.
It borders the Republic of Honduras to the north; the municipalities of Rosita and Bonanza to the south; the municipality of Puerto Cabezas and the Caribbean Sea to the east; and the municipality of Cúa Bocay to the west.
Due to high industrialization and urbanization rates, solid waste has increased by 40 per cent in Peru over the last decade, negatively impacting the environment and peoples health.
Last October, 9,000 volunteers joined forces to plant over 230,000 trees in one day as part of one of the largest volunteer actions in Bosnia and Herzegovina the "Let's do it - one million seedlings in 1 day" campaign organized for the second year in a row and supported by the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme. The action was implemented on 24 October 2013 across the country and involved a total of 72 municipalities in both entities.
UN Volunteer Marco Federico Alvarez is one of the creators of the solid waste recycling campaign initiated in October 2013 by the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Since then, the 32-year-old volunteer has been touring the MINUSTAH offices to train sanitation workers, raise awareness amongst his colleagues and inspect the various locations with the aim of recycling 25% of the waste produced by the MINUSTAH offices.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: As a UN Youth Volunteer, I have been assigned to the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) liaison office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and my assignment here is slowly coming to an end. My role as an Environmental Outreach Specialist includes increasing UNEP's visibility, environmental awareness and communication, as well as acting as a liaison with the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Forestry.
On 18 May 2013, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme in Bosnia Herzegovina, together with the local NGOs ‘Ruke’ and ‘Mozaik Prijateljstva’, joined the ‘Let’s Do It!’ action for the global environmental clean-up-campaign ‘Let’s Do It! World Clean-up’. The goal was to clean illegal disposal sites, and make Bosnia and Herzegovina a nicer, cleaner and healthier place. In the course of five hours, more than 40,000 people and several thousand school children volunteers from over 110 municipalities across Bosnia and Herzegovina took part in the cleaning of illegal dumps and green areas.


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NEW YORK (September 29, 2022) – New York Metro Super Lawyers has selected 11 Kostelanetz & Fink attorneys for inclusion on its 2022 list, recognizing the firm’s experience and skill in the areas of Tax, Criminal Defense: White Collar, and Business Litigation. Super Lawyers describes itself as a “rating service of outstanding
On May 24, 2022, Christopher M. Ferguson teaches a course entitled, “Walking on Eggshells: How to Handle An Eggshell Audit” for the CPA Academy. CLE and CPE credit is offered for this event. Course Description: An IRS audit can be a harrowing experience under any circumstances. When there is the risk
On April 29, 2022, Christopher M. Ferguson participates in a panel entitled, “So Your Client Wants to Pay You in Cryptocurrency…” for the Graduate Tax Program at New York Law School’s 19th Annual Tax Lawyering Workshop: Tax Practice In A Changing World. The program meets virtually via Zoom and offers
An overview of the current options in place for those US taxpayers who have not complied with return filings and/or information disclosures, recent activities/focus by the IRS on enforcement, and traps for the unwary. Click here for more information
On July 28, 2020, Christopher M. Ferguson conducts a CLE on CARES Act Enforcement with Celesq® AttorneysEd Center in partnership with Thompson/Reuters (West). With the passage of the CARES Act, Congress launched an unprecedented, multi-trillion stimulus package into the economy at break-neck speed in order to address the coronavirus pandemic.
In the third segment of a three-part series entitled, “Rescuing the Rescuer,” K&F partner, Christopher M. Ferguson, joins Dov Tuzman on the radio show, Equal Footing with Dov Tuzman, to discuss the emotional and psychological toll on lawyers when they are unable to “save” their client or achieve justice for
By Christopher M. Ferguson CPA Journal August/September 2021 Faced with shrinking budgets and resources, for more than a decade the IRS has been forced to do more with less. It has responded by turning to big data analytics. In recent years, the IRS has amassed massive amounts of taxpayer data

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Are You Eating Like A Caveman (or woman)?
During the Paleolithic Age (which extends from the earliest known use of stone tools, probably 2.6million years ago, to the end of the Pleistocene era at around 10,000 BC) humans of course ate what they could get. The diet and lifestyle of the time allowed the human genetic makeup to evolve in such a way as to maximize our ability to survive. Out of this history our bodies are now made to eat certain foods. The typical Paleolithic diet contained between 2 and 5 times as much nutrients when compared to today. How is this possible? First off all - the caveman would obviously not have eaten processed foods. Potato chips, breads, breakfast bars etc. wouldn’t have been a part of their diets. They of course ate a completely unprocessed diet.
They definitely ate fruit. Several of the fruits we eat today have been around for thousands of years pretty much as they exist today. Plums, figs, pears, grapes, apples and olives date back to the Paleolithic era or earlier. Grapes have in fact been around for at least seven million years. Apples date back beyond 30,000 years. Oranges and various berries grew in certain parts of the world. Even though none of these are identical to what we eat today, they would be perfectly edible to us. Some fruits like dates, figs, and pears that were around back then, have changed. We have engineered them to make them larger and sweeter.
Since farming had not been invented there would have been no grain (or very little) or corn in their diet. These items are a staple today of course. Given that there was no livestock they would not have had access to milk or cheese. Game animals however, would have been eaten as often as they could secure such a meal. Unlike today their meat would have been totally free of hormones and antibiotics however.
The caveman also ate vegetables. But the vegetables they ate would have been very different from the ones we eat today. Most of the vegetables that we consume today have undergone profound changes. For example roughly 10,000 years ago we took a green, leafy plant that was called the brassicas and began to transform it into what is now broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, brussels sprouts and kale. Carrots were around but they were different (possibly purple in color). The greens we eat today are largely invented by man. Ancient man also ate certain plants that we generally don’t commonly eat today. For example there is evidence that ancient man included plants like ferns in their diet.
Quite simply they hunted and they gathered. Therefore their diet would have included fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes, and meats.
Most of the carbohydrates they ate came from fruits and vegetables. All would of course have been wild. Back then they didn’t farm and they lacked pesticides. Pesticides affect the soil in such a way that fruits and vegetables today often contain fewer minerals than those the caveman would have found in the wild.
It is estimated that their diet was made up of two-thirds plant foods, including fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, and seeds and the rest came from lean meat and fish. Given this apparently healthy diet why did the caveman only live an average of about 18 years? Especially if their diet was so much healthier than ours? One has to keep in mind the way they typically died. Viruses, bacteria and frequent battle with predators were what typically did them in. What normally did not kill them were dietary inflammatory diseases such as heart attacks, cancer and diabetes. Today we have vastly cut down on deaths from viral and bacterial sources but we have replaced those will new diet related health concerns. If one wanted to try to emulate the approximate diet of the caveman – one way to start would be to avoid the following:
- Potatoes (they have been around for less than 11,000 years).
- Cereal grains (rice, wheat, barley, corn).
- Dairy products.
- Refined sugar products.
- Most alcohol; especially distilled.
- Modern fruits bred for high sugar content.
- Large amounts of salt (at least for those not living near the sea).
- Foods that require cooking (the caveman generally ate everything raw).
Here are some other things the caveman typically ate:
- The diet was higher in protein than ours, since we tend to eat lots of carbs and our meat is typically grain fed rather than grass fed (grass fed meat has a higher ratio of protein to fat)
- Even though the meat was lean, the caveman was able to obtain needed fat, since he ate much more of the animal, including the organs, bone marrow, tongue, eyeballs. The fat from these sources is less saturated than the fat you find in the cuts of beef generally available today.
- Cavemen living near water would be able to get lots of protein and therefore a high protein to fat ratio.
- Fruits and berries were available seasonally. Today of course fruits and berries are readily available but the breeding has produced today's very sweet offerings. The caveman fruits had considerably less sugar than what you find in today's fruit.
- Grain (grasses) may have been eaten in small quantities occasionally - but the amounts were miniscule compared to what most people eat today.
- Nuts were often available and provided a good source of protein and fat.
- Root vegetables, like carrots, turnips, parsnips and rutabagas were available – so they had plenty of fiber in their diet.
- They ate eggs when they could find them.
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The Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of the Wilton Manors City Hall and Public Safety Building was held Thursday night with a crowd of over 200 people.
Mayor Gary Resnick welcomed the crowd and spoke briefly before turning the microphone over to the city commissioners. Vice Mayor Justin S. Flippen gave an eloquent statement about the vision of the leaders of The Island City of Wilton Manors, which is reprinted below.
"This is a proud and historic day for our city. And for many of us, today marks a once in a lifetime experience."
"While I was not a member of the city commission when we officially broke ground for this building, I and many other community members were there at that groundbreaking event. Today, as your public servant and Vice Mayor, I am honored to witness a cycle come full circle and see our city hall completed."
"I am reminded by the words of antiquity that where there is no vision, the people suffer. A previous commission gave birth to the vision of this new city hall. The current commission and the hard work of our city manager and dedicated staff made sure that vision became a reality. The people of our city deserved a city hall that was better equipped to serve them. And now they have it."
"From this point forward, Wilton Manors City Hall and Police Department stands proudly on our city's main Street, Wilton Drive. It stands here as I and my colleagues, many of our city staff, and our police department are before you now, reminding everyone who passes by or walks through its doors that this is the Island City of Wilton Manors and that this building and we who work within it are here to serve you."
"From residents to business and community leaders, to elected officials past and present, thank you all for joining us this evening and for all you have done for the betterment of our community. I am proud to be a part of city history today, and I know you are too."
'May the vision that brought us to this day motivate us all to take pride and part in the history, the growth, and the future that has come and will continue to come to our Island City of Wilton Manors, so long as we have the wisdom to seek it."

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“There’s nothing original about the skeleton of Honour, the play” says its writer Joanna Murray-Smith.
It’s not often that a dramatic play comes along that so generously pays out the
Man, was David Mamet angry or what when he wrote Glengarry Glen Ross? From the
We have all had to wait a long time, but surprise, surprise, a new play
War Horse stands as a case study of the perfect theatrical experience. In all departments, whether
One attends The Underpants with some trepidation. The title alone could be a turnoff for some
It was a great rite of passage that many of us born before 1965 went
There’s a lot going on in the household of Archie Lee Meighan. But there’s a
King Henry VIII certainly had a way with the ladies! After all, he had six
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Tips on Playing Slots Casino
Slots are the most common gambling device within casinos. They’re so common that many people feel safe gambling with slot machines because of their easy accessibility. They are also available in most bars, along with other establishments where gambling is illegal. These machines offer exciting jackpot or prize amounts. Some of these machines also contain reels, which spin at different durations. If they stop spinning, the player gets the amount displayed on the reels.
Playing slot machines on the casino floor can be extremely tempting. They offer many excitement and people may become too-hot to handle if they see that their winnings of the prior spin are restored to its initial value. That is why some people choose to play slot machines inside a casino instead of on the casino property.
Slots are believed among the favorites in casinos. Despite having the odds against them, slot players still choose to play these machines because they believe that it gives them more pleasurable and enjoyment than other types of casino games. There are even some casino operators who do not allow players to use machines with payouts of cash. They only allow the use of slot machines that have winning claims.
When you play a slot machine, you can win a lot of cash just by spinning your wheels. You can find slot machines which have high win rates. However, you will also find those that give lower win rates. Selecting a slot machine with a high win rate is better for you than choosing one which gives lower returns.
It is also advisable to consider the way the machine works. Have you any idea if it accepts multiple currencies? Casinos that accept different currencies allow players from different countries to play exactly the same slot machine. If the device will not accept your currency, then it isn’t worth it to play there.
Opt for the location of the machines. Some casinos allow their customers to play in the casino. This is especially true for online slot machines. If you want to play at an actual casino, then you must make sure that there are proper slots for you to play. If the machines do not have enough space that you should place your bet, then it is not a good idea to play there. The slot machines is quite enjoyable but playing it inside the casino is not a good idea.
Playing in non-authorised gambling establishments can be prohibited. Be careful about where you are staying. Not absolutely all hotels or inns allow people to play slot machines 카지노 쿠폰 inside. Sometimes these establishments may lure you with free drinks and snacks. As soon as you step outside, you will realize that you aren’t actually playing the machines. Remember to clarify things with the management first before getting into a real casino.
Lastly, try to get some slot machine game advice from the professional expert. There are numerous slot machine experts who can help you get more info on slot machines and assist you to decide whether you need to place your bets on slots or not. Although slot machine game gaming can be quite exciting, it is also dangerous. So if you usually do not want to get involved with any sort of danger, just follow these pointers to make your slot machine game gaming more safe.
Do not play with large sums of money. When you are in a casino, remember to play with reasonable levels of money. Never risk more than 20% of one’s bankroll on any single slot machine game. When you are finished with your bet, always keep adequate money in your pocket. This way, you should have something to fall back on once you feel that the slot machine game is no longer winning.
You will discover information about slot machine game games online. You can visit various websites that offer guides on how best to play slot machines. In addition to that, it is possible to read online reviews to find out which slot machines are best for you. These days, you can even sign up for casino-related e-mail lists so you will receive updates whenever there is a new slot machine location all over the world.
Generally, slot machines are easy to beat. However, this does not mean that you do not need to be careful while playing. It would be best if you do not try to guess how exactly to beat the machine because you might just end up throwing your money away. Don’t forget to observe your gaming options before you choose which slot machine to place your bet. By doing so, you will surely have a great time while earning some cash.

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If I want to create a photoblog it would be handy if I could generate HTML pages from image files containting XMP metadata (like Title and DateTimeOriginal). Creating markdown or HTML pages to use as input seems like an unnecessary step when the data is already in the image files.
Hugo can read EXIF, but not XMP or IPTC. You could use something like exiftool before each build to copy from one field to another (e.g., some XMP field to the EXIF ImageDescription field). Your photo management app may do that already, or may be configurable.
Assuming the data you want is available in the EXIF tags, then yes, you can generate pages from this data. There are a couple of approaches.
exiftool can do this recursively over a directory structure with a single command, and it is very fast. ↩


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S.2759 - EAGLES Act of 2018115th Congress (2017-2018)
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This bill provides statutory authority for the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the Department of Homeland Security.
It authorizes the functions of NTAC through FY2022 and expands them to include the establishment of a national program on targeted school violence prevention.

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Kingfisher FPP pdf pattern
The Kingfisher bird is so beautiful and their colours can be just so stunning. Just imagine how lovely this fellow will look as a wall hanging or incorporated into a quilt. It would also look great on a cushion/pillow cover.
This Kingfisher Foundation Paper Piecing pattern makes a 10″ block. Make sure that you print Actual Size in order to create a block in this size.
This pattern assumes that you already know how to paper piece so there are no technique tips included with the instructions.
There are a few small pieces so I would recommend this pattern to people with intermediate or advance paper piecing skills.
All of the sections have been reversed so that you will make a Kingfisher that faces to the right. All of the section pattern pieces are clearly marked and include a 1/4″ seam allowance around the outside edges.
The pdf is a total of 8 pages, of which the pattern pieces make up 4 pages.
The To-Go Tote is a wonderfully big bag. It is super roomy and is great for trips to the beach or swimming pool, over night stays or even a trip to the gym!
There are four pocket options and instructions for a hanging loop and an optional firm base.
A simplified version of this pattern featured in Issue 16 of Love Sewing Magazine
The Facets of the Heart FPP pattern makes a beautiful, slightly rounded heart. Make it up in a whole rainbow of colours or make one up in one solid colour to make a bold statement. You could even try out several tones of the same colour.
Just imagine how stunning it would look as a wall hanging or incorporated into a quilt. It would also look great on a cushion or pillow cover.

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A new adventure with the famous threesome! As the runners get invited back to the Hungry Like A Wolf restaurant, they get approached by a wannabe ganger who invites them to get some revenge of those annoying Firebirds – but who will drive their rust bucket of a car?
After the party have burnt, decapitated and maybe even kicked the Necromancer Betic, the party decide to check out the rest of the manor including going back to the spooky basement – what do they find there? Well there appears to be statues – and statues never come to life in fantasy settings – or do they….
As I start to play more and more RPGs again on the stream I need to get back into the habit of actually creating adventures/encounters on a regular basis. Initially my idea was to play until an adventure came to an end and then take a week off to create the next adventure using the ‘playing session’ to create it. Although this initially appears to be a good idea, my own hectic timetable often means that things conflict with this idea and players often don’t want to miss their playing session – hopefully because they enjoy it so much! I guess missing a session also means that there might be a gap in my own production of videos for YouTube etc so more of a constant playing schedule might be more desirable. However, although both players and viewers see the finished product, there is some work which goes into actually creating an adventure and in this waffle I wanted to share with you my own approach to this and hopefully get some feedback and hear about how other Game Masters (GMs) engage with the process.
Have you watched the original Karate Kid film? The one with Daniel in it and Mr Miyagi? Near the end of the film Daniel as the karate kid enters the karate tournament in order to get to the end, neat the bully and finally get the girl! There is a wonderful piece of music which accompanies the scenes as he progresses through the fights.
Well, I am just coming to the end of a two week break from work and looking back on what I have achieved, I am somewhat disappointed that I haven’t actually streamed more than what I usually do. You would have thought, without the time sink of work, I would be able to complete everything that needs to be engaged with in ‘normal’ life in the mornings and then stream for the majority of the afternoons and evenings. However, if you have been following my Twitch Channel, you will be aware that this has not been the case. Why? Well when it comes to streaming I always seem to have a lot more other things to do about from the actual act of streaming…
The runners gain some magical support from a mage called Carrot who is sent by Mr Johnson to assist the party of two. Using all the power of their ability rolls, the depths of the matrix and a shear bit of luck – they eventually find the missing person but did they expect to find him there and will they get paid this time?
I’ve decided that I am a very nosy person? Why? well as well as really enjoying sitting in coffee shops people watching and listening into conversations, I always tend to fall into interview mode whenever I meet someone new (probably why I never get invited out or on dates) asking loads of questions. If someone mentions something which really intrigues me then again I dive in asking questions, many of which people would never ever ask but always want to – yes I am that person who just asks it. A few months ago YouTube was awash with ‘Draw my ‘Life videos and, although I really like watching these, I much prefer, if I can find them, ‘Day in the Life’ videos. Well, if they can do a video about a day in their life then so can I – so here is my usual, Saturday!

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Akwa-Ibom Star Boy “Lybra” finally releases “Happy”, one of the highly anticipated Love songs down South and everyone seems to be exited that the long wait is over. We too. Moreover, listening to this irresistible tune, I can’t help but keep checking if the Song is on repeat. The Akwa-Ibom King of High-Life defends his title with this potential Hit with his perfect sync on the Richy B produced Number as a follow up of his last 2 successful singles released earlier simultaneously. Join the groove and hit Lybra up on your favorite social media; Twitter, FaceBook and Instagram
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Gillian Anderson was back to filming as the iconic Dana Scully filming the new season of The X-Files. Dana Scully was seen getting into a car crash before being helped out of the car with blood on her face by what looked like a friendly fellow FBI agent.
A crowd had gathered around them with Scully falling into the agent’s arms with cuts and bruises on her head.
The X-Files Season 11 is directed by Chris Carter who was also spotted on set taking a break for lunch with a sandwich in his hand.
Gillian was later seen with a big smile on her face carrying an umbrella as she took a break between scenes. David Duchovny was not on set who famously plays Fox Mulder but he was recently on Jimmy Kimmel Live where he and Gillian recalled meeting for the first time while they were auditioning for their roles on The X-Files. See the video here:
VIDEO: Jimmy Kimmel Live David Duchovny & Gillian Anderson on Getting Their X-Files Roles
Two more stars were announced to be joining The X-Files Season 11 from the previous season: Robbie Amell and Lauren Ambrose will reprise their roles and the air date will be in 2018.
New characters were also seen on the set of Deadpool 2 in Vancouver, Canada. Check out the mystery characters here:
The X-Files Trivia: According to BuzzFeed “Creator Chris Carter came up with the idea for The X-Files when he read a report saying 3.7 million people have claimed to have been abducted by aliens.”


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An unstable shoulder joint causes laxity and pain. Many years living with shoulder instability leads to shoulder arthritis. The anatomy of your shoulder includes the ball, which attaches to the long upper arm bone (humerus) and connects to the glenoid socket and scapula. A cartilage ring called the labrum surrounds the socket for the ball to fit in snugly. A water sac (joint capsule) fills the area around the shoulder joint, storing essential fluids to lubricate the mobile component for swift, painless movements. Sturdy ligaments line the walls of the joint capsule and reinforce the connection between the ball and socket, preventing a dislocation.
Arthroscopic shoulder stabilisation is a less invasive surgical procedure of reinforcing the shoulder joint to prevent instability. Surgery occurs through small incisions- keyhole arthroscopic surgery using a small camera(arthroscope) and instruments to identify and treat the anomalies.
Shoulder instability is due to sports injuries as a result of throwing a ball, tackling or being tackled during a rugby game, lifting weights or falling on the shoulder. Once your shoulder dislocates, it is most likely to happen again, especially if you are in your twenties. As a result of the dislocation, rotator cuff and labrum tears are possible causes of shoulder instability.
Gentle pre-rehabilitation is encouraged if not painful It helps to prepare your shoulder muscles months before the procedure to speed up recovery and promote healing. Dr Pirjol orders you to work closely with a physiotherapist beforehand to fuel this process. This stimulates healing and improves your shoulder’s flexibility.
You will be instructed to wear and maintain a sling. Your orthopaedic doctor removes the stitches after ten days and checks for signs of infection. The shoulder joint takes six months to heal before you can even think of returning to your usual sporting activities. Until then, you cannot engage in any strenuous sports.


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1995-02-10 Senate Journal Page 0237 SB 82 SENATE BILL NO. 82 BY SENATOR MILLER, entitled: "An Act relating to revocation of a driver's license for illegal possession or use of a controlled substance or illegal possession or consumption of alcohol by a person at least 13 but not yet 21 years of age; and providing for an effective date." was read the first time and referred to the Judiciary and Finance Committees.


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Dan Harmon is the executive producer of Acceptable.tv. It’s a new multi-platform show from VH1 that builds on the success of Channel 101 and Channel 102, cult comedy phenomena in New York and Los Angeles.
Each episode of the television program will feature five short “shows,” each about three minutes in length. The shows will also be posted on the website, where viewers will vote on which shows will return for a new episode the next week, and which will be “cancelled.” In addition to shows produced by the staff of Acceptable.tv, the program and website will highlight user-created series.
Before co-creating Channel 101, Dan Harmon and his writing partner Rob Schrab co-created the cult television pilot Heat Vision & Jack, a parody of Knight Rider which starred Jack Black as a “super-intelligent renegade astronaut” and Owen Wilson as his talking motorcycle. Their antagonist was character actor Ron Silver, who played himself.
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just something new
All my days had taught me everything.
Years has passed
All the agony, the sacrifice, the tears
Now all gone.
I'm now, not in an oblivion
But I am now in a balanced world.
Yes, everything seems so new.
Everything seems not blue.
I'm living life like the way it use to be.
But now i"m living it with my one and only.
No more cries, no more tears.
No more anger to fill as I sleep.
I am just a shallow little girl.
Daddy's liitle one.
But outside I am someone more big.
Someone who can face everything.
I start to believe, begun to hope
Begun to dream more as I dream before.
I'll be making them true.
I'll be making it reality.
I will not waste a single hour of days now.
I will use it wisely.
More enough I'll be spending it with the one I love.


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Reasons to Buy Dogs
Finding a great dog means looking for certain qualities that would make them ideal for you to take care of as a pet. If you want to get dogs for your home then make sure you know about the following things:
A dog is just more than just a pet despite initially being bought for that purpose. These aren’t just pets that you can cage the entire day, they are loyal companions who deserve to be free to roam around the property. If there is a need to cage your dog then make sure it is a comfortable one that ideal for your loyal friend so that he or she can feel free to roam around.
These companions will shower you with all the love in the world if you take care of them. These pets are really loving and it will break your heart to see them depart this world. This dog is not just an ordinary pet, it’s a part of your family.
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These pets want to be part of a family because that is how they naturally are in he wild. Nothing would make a dog happier than being part of a family so make sure to give them that. These pets are going to follow you around because they will think you are their leader but that’s normal and there’s no need for you be upset.
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Once you have a dog, make sure that you follow the right feeding schedule. They have to be fed in around a similar time every single day. This routine is necessary for your new family member’s happiness.
It is important to discipline your dogs as much as possible. Train your pets to be good household companions as much as possible. There are various reasons which you need to consider this and one of them is to establish a chain of command that will make him see who is the leader.
You cannot just allow your dog to stay put in your home or in his cage at all times. You need to take your dog for a walk because he needs exercise on a regular basis as well. These pets tend to get nervous and this is one way to eliminate that. You will surely make your pet healthier when you do this on a regular basis. Think about it this way: if it’s good for you, it’s good for them.
Your pet will need as much house training as it can get. This will allow it to be more of an ideal house companion in so many ways.

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Typically my Tuesday nights end with me catching up on some sleep. Not during Fashion Week! A friend and I had been invited by Paper Magazine to attend Betsey Johnson's 70th Birthday Party which would also entail a Fashion Show. Once we arrived the line was already out of order. And I mean the VIP line. It was pretty clear that here, anything goes. I witnessed some of the most outrageous outfits and realized quickly I was overdressed for the occassion. Once inside, it was a celebration with people sipping champagne and filling plastic bags of candy. The show opened with Cyndi Lauper, who I'm almost positive was, should I say, intoxicated? No one knew what she was singing until she mumbled through her infamous "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun". Thankfully the crowd sang for her.
Finally the show began. Starting with the decades of style each girl that came out seemed like they were having a great time, and made the audience feel very involved. It felt like one huge party! The clothes, even if you'd never wear them were amazing. Colorful, fun, and of course very Betsey Johnson. From swimwear, to sleepwear, to prom dresses, and birthday dresses. She covered it all. Even having one of the prom dress models walk out holding a live baby pig! In the end we all sang Betsey Happy Birthday as she cartwheeled down the runway. Let's face it, it wouldn't be a Betsey Johnson show if she didn't. At 70 years old, she even did a split! We all couldn't help but dance along and soak in the experience. This party ended with me in flats and a great story to share with you.


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New Food & Drink policy in the Library
(8 October 2018)
Cold food can be consumed on Level 1, 2 and 3. Level 4 remains a no-food zone. Lidded drinks are allowed throughout the Library.
Until refurbishment of the Library café is completed in Epiphany 2019, alternative catering facilities are provided in the Lower Mountjoy area: a coffee cart has been located outside the Library and a selection of vendors will be present on weekdays. Please consider that hot food is not allowed anywhere in the Library and has to be consumed in the marquee installed in the library square. The Calman Café will operate extended opening hours. Please see here for updates and further details.
Thank you for your patience and cooperation!

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Limited Brands Announces Temporary Name Change
March 27, 2013
Columbus, Ohio-based Limited Brands has temporarily changed its name to “L Brands,” according to The Columbus Dispatch. This name change is part of the company’s transition process following the sale of The Limited to investment firm Sun Capital Partners, which it completed in 2010. The retailer plans to announce a new permanent name within the next few months.

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Big housing development proposed for ND oil town
Published 11/17/2012, The Jamestown Sun
Officials say a proposed 164-acre housing development will be the largest in the oil boom town of Williston.Word count: 108
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Are you feeling like your blog is invisible on the Internet? Whether you write only occasionally or are committed to regularly adding new content, there are essential elements every blog should contain.
If you’re missing one, or more, of these key components it can begin as a stumble that only grows wider until your blog post falls into the black hole of never being seen or heard of again.
Now’s the time to course-correct and give your blog a much-needed evaluation. It’s time for a blog rescue! You’re in the right spot for a thorough examination of your blog. Soon you’ll be able to claim success as your posts are found over and over in search engines such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo.
The Blog Rescue Checklist
A well-maintained blog is the place to share relevant written resources, information, and downloads with your target audience. This allows them to get to know your brand better, position you as an authority in your industry, and demonstrate your skills and expertise on the topics being discussed on your blog. Use this checklist and nothing will be overlooked as you create your posts. Plus, you’ll learn the vital role each element plays in helping readers find your blog.
- Title: Gives the reader an indication of what your post is about. If it makes sense, include one of your keywords in the title. According to 2016 HubSpot research, titles with 6-13 words attract the highest and most consistent amount of traffic to your blog. A hint to creating great titles is to use CoSchedule’s Headline Analyzer!
- Sub-Heading Titles: 43% of people admit to skimming blog posts (I’m one of them!). (Source: HubSpot, 2018) The sub-heading’s role is to help readers find sections of your post quickly. BONUS: When you’re setting up your post in the blog editor use a heading tag (H2, H3, H4, etc.). These tags are also indexed by search engines and can show up in search results.
- Eye-Catching Images and Visual Elements: Never publish a blog post without including something visual. This may include an image, a graphic, or a still-photo from a video or audio clip. Blog posts with attractive visuals have demonstrated to out-perform plain text posts with higher open rates, and are more memorable.
- Call to Action: Before you wrap up your post include an invitation for the reader to take action. Examples of calls to action could include clicking a link, leaving a comment to start a conversation, subscribing to your list, downloading more information, joining you on social media, scheduling a consultation, or any number of things. Including a call to action makes reading your blog an interactive experience.
- Include an Author Bio: While your name may appear under each blog post it’s important to also include your author bio with each of your posts. WordPress even has a plug-in for this. Personally, I use the Simple Author Box plugin. An author bio gives readers a bit more information about you, your brand, and your business. It’s also another place to include a call to action, plus a headshot so visitors can see your lovely face. The author bio helps readers get to know you better.
- Linking to Other Related Blog Posts: Have you written about related topics the reader might find helpful? Consider including up to three links to these other blog posts. And yes, WordPress does have a plug-in for this. This action is a beneficial inbound link tactic search engines acknowledge and reward. It demonstrates your website is filed with resources and information.
Kicking Your Blogging Up a Notch
Now that you’ve got a better understanding of the blogging essentials, let’s consider three blogging tactics to kick things up a notch. When you add any of these elements it’s like adding rocket fuel to everything you’re doing.
- Using Lists: As you read earlier, people like to skim; and using either bulleted lists or numbered lists makes the job easier. This practice is referred to as Listicles and these are the most popular blog post formats among business blogs. (Responsive Inbound Marketing, 2019)
- Including Statistics: Facts help decisionmakers. Using statistics in blog posts improves consumer trust. (Forbes, 2018) If you want to make a stronger impact with your readers, and there are statistics to support the topic your topic, include some of this research data.
- Adding Video Content: 20% of people will read the text on a page, but 80% of people will watch a video. (My SMN, 2017) Search engine bots can’t scan and index the content on a video or audio. The bots need text so give your reader (and the search engines) the best of both experiences by writing your blog post and consider adding video.
How does your blog stack up in light of the above? Do you include one or more of the 6 essential elements of a great blog post? If you need help, or just want to know more about how we can help you get more traction on your blog with less effort, let me know. I’m happy to schedule a complimentary 30 minute discovery call to show you how we can help!
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Another event we had to cancel this year was our Words and Music At The Skep Festival we host in our barn. We had a great line-up of poets and musicians booked in for May, but obviously it never happened. We did a virtual mini-version of it on YouTube, which was fun, but not as fun as the real thing would have been. One of the bands we were most excited about seeing was Panic Pocket, a female duo (Selphie and Nat) from London. This is “Pizza In My Pants.” – Amelia
Song features on Never Gonna Happen EP; stream/buy it HERE.
If you’re one of those folks that really enjoyed We Were Promised Jetpacks, you’re going to really enjoy listening to Me Rex, to a certain degree. It has that same sort of distinctive feel to it, though I’ll admit there’s a little more restraint in what Myles McCabe is doing here, holding back from those blasting choruses. I think therein lies his success on this song, as it allows a bit more intimacy between songwriter and listener, perhaps owing to the personal sentiment in the lyrical content. This track comes with the announcement of the new Stegosaurus EP, which drops November 27th via Big Scary Monsters.
I’m so grateful for the reliable labels that never seem to miss for me, you know, like Trouble in Mind or Fire Talk or, as is the case here, Meritorio Records. They just announced the debut LP from London’s Wicketkeeper, and they’ve left behind a trail of pop bread crumbs to tease you along the way. Their sound kind of skitters all over in the tracks they’re currently offering up, from the great wall of guitar pop featured “The Side” to the 90s college yearbook of “Spin;” these are all glorious guitar songs to help you piss of the neighbor next door…or, I mean, to just turn up super loud as you sped down the Autobahn. Shonk is out on October 16th.
As we all continue to push through more quarantine life this summer, it’s been fantastic for us music bloggers to keep receiving so much new music from artists working from home. Today we have this new tune called “Somebody Else” which was written and produced by songwriter Spencer Enock for his band Pynch. The tune definitely has a more lo-fi take on the garage rock genre of a band like The Strokes if their songs incorporated a more driving sound with epic progressions. As someone who typically looks for those solid and spell binding song progressions, this one is right up my alley.
“Somebody Else” is available on all streaming platforms now.
This pandemic is fucking with my head. One moment, I’m sitting there, you know, contemplating and what not. Then I’m off ready to run and rock. With this track from Tim Wilds, I think it’s perfect for the first state. It opens with quietly picked notes; you can hear Wild’s slide his hand up and down the neck of the guitar changing notes. When Tim comes into the picture with his voice, it offers deepened tones, calming as he carries syllables into the next. There’s something so narrative in the presentation, as if the song is some newspaper boat set adrift on a small stream, carried by Wilds’ voice. Something gentle to set your mind at peace.
Over the last year or so, London based group Honey Lung has quickly been moving quite a few songs into year end lists and various other playlists of mine. Yet again I feel like the guys deliver another real slam dunk in the indie rock genre with this new single called “Big”. I absolutely love the intricate and dueling guitar work on this track. All of the separate parts blend into each other effortlessly and offer the listener a fantastic piece of music.
Honey Lung will release a new EP entitled Post Modern Motorcade Music on May 29th via Big Scary Monsters.
If you have yet to check out the young, up and coming folks in London based Sorry, it is now time for you to do so. After the release of their new album 925 a couple of weeks ago, the band now have this new single with accompanying video for album track “Perfect”. For me, this perfectly encapsulates the raw sounds of a band who can take darker genres like goth/new wave and seamlessly intertwine them with more pop oriented sounds. It’s incredibly refreshing to hear a band who buck trends to create something completely their own.
Well I have emerged from my week long hiatus and am back and ready to share some new tunes again. Today I’ve got this one called “As the Sun Sets” from London based upstarts Sorry. What I dig about this track is its effortless ability to meander between multiple genres like folk, pysch, and indie rock while sounding like a true opus of a song. Some of the sonic moments here truly special and mesmerizing.
I’ve been off battling a cold all week, so it’s good to find a nice little rocker to squeeze into the playlist on a Thursday, just before we roll into the weekend. This Hussy (not to be confused with THE Hussy) tune is really great, and I honestly can’t quit playing it super loud. It offers this fuzzed jangling riff, coated in atmospherics that set up the immediate bounce of the vocals; I love the urgency in Sophie Ellison’s voice as the tension in the track builds. Sometimes you just need a jam of a song to come in and lift your spirits, and pretty sure this tune’s spot on in that fashion. Go on, have fun.
Obviously been in the mellow moods this week, judging by the majority of my coverage, so why not further go down that road with this new track from The High Wire. This is this stretched out drifting number, falling just on the edges of guitar pop. The band incorporates these little ornate orchestral touches that really pull on the heartstrings; I, of course, was drawn to the sullen nature of the vocals, hanging out ever so casually as the musical element really provided the song with movement. If you dig it, check out the London outfit’s new album, the Salt Edge.


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But the President remembers the lessons of 1992, when moderate voters punished his father for a G.O.P. convention loaded with extremist declamations on the culture wars. Bush the son is careful to avoid coarse language about gays and lesbians. As Air Force One flew to South Carolina last week, the President made clear his opposition to gay marriage but added, "I'm not against anybody," according to Jim DeMint, a Republican Congressman who was aboard. "If some people want to have a contract, that's O.K., but marriage is the foundation of society."
Though it was an offhand comment, the idea that Bush might favor some kind of "contract" for gay couples--presumably a type of state recognition--is astonishing when you look back at the brief history of the gay-marriage debate. As recently as 1993, when the Hawaii Supreme Court issued the first appellate-court ruling in favor of gay marriage (a ruling that never took effect because Hawaiians voted to amend their constitution), even domestic partnerships were still considered radical. Only a few liberal municipalities offered them--Berkeley and West Hollywood in California, for example--and they didn't cover much. You could get a certificate suitable for framing and the assurance that a hospital within city limits would let you visit a sick partner. That was about it. FORTUNE 500 companies were only beginning to allow partners of gay and lesbian employees to buy into health insurance plans. Most big cities didn't offer their employees such arrangements; in 1993 plans to extend health benefits to same-sex partners of city employees in Atlanta and Seattle caused great public consternation.
Today municipalities routinely invite partners of gay employees to join health plans. Kansas City, Kans., became the latest to do so just last week. The website of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay political group, now lists 7,414 U.S. employers that offer domestic-partner benefits. And New Jersey, Hawaii, California and Vermont have established statewide registries for gay couples. Until last week, Vermont's law was the most famous (thanks to former Governor Howard Dean) as well as the most sweeping. That state's civil unions go well beyond the limited package of benefits usually associated with domestic partnerships and offer everything except the word marriage--inheritance rights, joint state-tax filings, joint adoptions, the whole show. But not the word marriage.
Which is where things stood until last week. The Massachusetts decision laid out the case for why, in the majority's opinion, everything but marriage is not enough. The state senate had asked the court if it could establish civil unions to meet the constitutional requirement of equality for gay couples set forth in an earlier ruling. "The answer," the court replied, "is 'No.'" Why not? "Because the proposed law [establishing civil unions] by its express terms forbids same-sex couples entry into civil marriage [and therefore] continues to relegate same-sex couples to a different status ... The history of our nation has demonstrated that separate is seldom, if ever, equal."

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“It is estimated that one in five women on college campuses has been sexually assaulted during their time there.” – Barack Obama, January 22, 2014
Wow, that sounds like a lot to me. Does it to you? I mean, really? Is it even that bad in a high-crime area of a big city in the middle of the night?
The first thing to know about this research is that the sample size leaves a lot to be desired. A total of two schools were studied to produce this statistic. That tells me that however useful the conclusions are, they are likely to be so primarily for those two campuses. There are over 4,000 colleges and universities in the United States. How many should we look at to find out something meaningful? I don’t know, but I’m pretty sure more than two.
The second thing to know about this research is that the definition of sexual assault is broad indeed. For example, “attempted” or “completed” assaults are included in this statistic. Now at first blush, that shouldn’t matter. Attempted rape or rape? Felony either way.
Ah, but see, here’s the thing. Many of those reported sexual assaults are rapes, but “sexual battery,” also included in the study as sexual assault, includes things like attempted-but-unwelcome kissing and touching.
So, for this study’s purposes, a woman who eludes a drunken frat boy’s clumsy attempted kiss is a sexual assault victim.
Trying to kiss a woman when she clearly doesn’t want you to is rude and boorish. So is “accidentally” pawing her rear end instead of gently grasping her waist when you’re dancing. But it’s ludicrous to call these things violent crimes. Frankly, I have trouble finding an innocuous motive for putting these in the same bucket as rape and sodomy.
Violence against women, sexual or otherwise, is a serious problem that deserves sustained attention. But let’s keep our eye on the ball.


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The official narrative about the military dictatorship in Myanmar (formerly Burma) is that it took power in a 1962 coup & dissolved after the 2010 elections when a civilian government took over. We’ve seen that scenario play out in several countries, most notably in Latin America, but after the grotesque deceptions of the military in the Egyptian uprising we should question when & why the military just steps back from direct rule. Sometimes the ruling elite deems the stability of neoliberal capitalism better served by posturing a democratic face while the junta waits in the wings if & when outright barbarism would best serve.
To justify lucrative trade relations with Myanmar after the 2010 elections & the so-called restoration of democracy, the US & European regimes (EU) claimed the human rights record was improved & they pointed to the release of Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest in 2010. For her political defiance of the junta, Suu Kyi had received dozens of honors including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. For obvious reasons, the US & EU didn’t elaborate whether the junta had ceased use of child soldiers, slave labor, child labor, human trafficking, systematic use of sexual violence, torture, or allegations of genocide against the Rohingya Muslims.
Yesterday, hundreds of riot cops attacked students & Buddhist monks protesting a long-disputed education bill that muzzles academic freedom. The protesters had planned to march from Mandalay to Rangoon but were attacked by the cops about 90 miles from Rangoon. Protesters were beaten, dragged into trucks, & carted off to jail.
Officials from the European Union, which has been training Myanmar riot cops in crowd control, issued a statement condemning the violence & deeply regretting the use of force against peaceful protesters. Who the hell do they think they’re kidding!? Since when does the Myanmar military need lessons in crowd control when brute force has served them so well for nearly 20 years?
Suu Kyi is now an elected leading figure in the Myanmar government & wants to run for president. The military connived a constitutional provision preventing her from doing so. This provision should have the entire world scratching its head in bewilderment since no one has been a better servant of tyranny than Suu Kyi since she was released. She sits in the reviewing stands with the generals for military parades. But more significant, she traveled in 2012 to pick up that worthless Nobel Peace Prize while the regime was conducting a brutal ethnic cleansing & forced migration against Rohingya Muslims–& she never uttered a peep of protest.
The 800,000 Rohingya residents of Myanmar have been subject for decades to violent state-sponsored persecution & discrimination conducted by the military, including denial of citizenship (though they have lived in the region for decades), religious persecution, forced labor, land confiscations, arbitrary taxation & various forms of extortion, forced eviction & house destruction, restrictions on travel for health & work, restrictions on marriage, education, & trade. And Suu Kyi, the democracy icon heralded as “the Mandela of Asia,” has nothing to say about that!?
When queried by reporters about the persecution of Rohingya, Suu Kyi responded with platitudes urging people to all just get along & exhortations for the rule of law. Some excused her platitudes as diplomacy & political caution. That was in 2012 but by now her political reputation is irredeemably tarnished. She has refused to speak out against genocide, extrajudicial killings, sexual violence, arbitrary arrest & detention (including of journalists), land confiscation, child soldiers, forced labor, & internal displacement–all documented by human rights groups. Her silence is so deafening regarding the Rohingya & military crimes in the state of Kachin that 23 human rights groups signed an open letter of protest.
No one today would look to Suu Kyi to intervene on behalf of the students & monks assaulted & arrested yesterday. Nobody is puzzled anymore that she refuses to speak out against the violence & human rights crimes of the regime. What’s the point of all those prestigious honorifics or of getting elected to parliament if you have to clam up to get them? But justice is not who she answers to. Sitting in the reviewing stands with the generals & holding smooch-fests with H. Clinton, Obama, & Lagarde from the IMF tell us which side sister Suu Kyi is really on. And in the long-run, she will go down with that junta. Pity that. But it only takes one betrayal–silence on genocide–to go from heralded to heckled.
(Photo of student getting ganged up on by riot cops by Soe Zeya Tun/Reutes)


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Redfin Direct Expands to Northern Virginia, Giving Unrepresented Homebuyers the Option to Buy Redfin Listings Online
Service empowers unrepresented buyers to make offers on Redfin-listed homes using step-by-step offer tool, helping Redfin's home-selling clients save on commission fees
SEATTLE, July 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- (NASDAQ: RDFN) — Redfin (www.redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage, announced the launch of its Redfin Direct service in Northern Virginia. Redfin Direct helps unrepresented homebuyers tour, make offers and buy Redfin-listed homes. With Redfin Direct, homebuyers can make their offer more competitive by helping the seller avoid paying a buyer's agent commission, which is often 2.5 to 3 percent of the sale price. Redfin Direct first launched in Boston in March and the company plans to launch this feature in additional markets this year.
For Redfin-listed homes in Boston and Northern Virginia, buyers have the option to work with an agent or to buy unrepresented and make an offer using a step-by-step online tool created by Redfin. The offer tool uses technology to guide the buyer through the offer process, defining the parts of the contract and arming buyers with data about the market and the most common offer terms from successful Redfin buyers.
Redfin already helps sellers in Northern Virginia save money on commissions with its 1 percent listing fee service. A Redfin seller who accepts an unrepresented offer will pay a total commission of 2 percent (1 percent listing fee plus additional 1 percent transaction fee), as compared to the 5 or 6 percent that sellers working with traditional agents often pay.
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From an editorial Friday in the Washington Post:
Disappearances, torture and extrajudicial killings have become shockingly common under the Egyptian regime of Abdel Fatah al-Sissi. According to the El Nadeem Center, a Cairo-based human rights group, there were 464 documented cases of abductions by security forces in 2015, at least 676 cases of torture, and almost 500 deaths of detainees. The abuses have largely been ignored by Egypt’s Western allies. But on Jan. 25, a 28-year-old Italian PhD. student researching trade unions, Giulio Regeni, disappeared in Cairo. His torture-scarred body was discovered dumped in a roadside ditch nine days later.
The case made headlines across Europe and prompted some long-overdue scrutiny of the Sissi regime’s appalling human rights record. On March 10, the European Parliament overwhelmingly called on governments to cease arms sales and security assistance to Egypt, saying the student’s murder “follows a long list of enforced disappearances,” as well as mass arrests and sweeping repression of free assembly and speech. “Respect for human rights,” said Cristian Dan Preda, vice chair of the Parliament’s human rights subcommittee, “should be the basis of our relations with Egypt.”
That principle also ought to govern U.S. ties with the Sissi regime, not least because its brutal repression is spawning extremism and pushing stability in Egypt out of reach. Instead, the Obama administration is moving in the opposite direction. In requesting another $1.3 billion in military aid for Cairo in next year’s budget, it has asked Congress to eliminate conditioning that has tied 15 percent of the aid to the government’s human rights record.
For the Obama administration to hand Cairo a blank check now would be foolhardy. Congress should prevent it.


An international team of NASA and university researchers has found the first direct evidence the Earth is dragging space and time around itself as it rotates. The researchers believe they have measured the effect, first predicted in 1918 by using Einstein’s theory of general relativity, by precisely observing shifts in the orbits of two Earth-orbiting laser-ranging satellites. The researchers observed the orbits of the Laser Geodynamics Satellite I (LAGEOS I), a NASA spacecraft, and LAGEOS II, a joint NASA/Italian Space Agency (ASI) spacecraft.
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An international team of NASA and university researchers has found the first direct evidence the Earth is dragging space and time around itself as it rotates.
The researchers believe they have measured the effect, first predicted in 1918 by using Einstein’s theory of general relativity, by precisely observing shifts in the orbits of two Earth-orbiting laser-ranging satellites. The researchers observed the orbits of the Laser Geodynamics Satellite I (LAGEOS I), a NASA spacecraft, and LAGEOS II, a joint NASA/Italian Space Agency (ASI) spacecraft.
The research, reported in the journal Nature, is the first accurate measurement of a bizarre effect that predicts a rotating mass will drag space around it. The Lense-Thirring Effect is also known as frame dragging.
The team was led by Dr. Ignazio Ciufolini of the University of Lecce, Italy, and Dr. Erricos C. Pavlis of the Joint Center for Earth System Technology, a research collaboration between NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., and the University of Maryland Baltimore County.
”General relativity predicts massive rotating objects should drag space-time around themselves as they rotate,” Pavlis said. ”Frame dragging is like what happens if a bowling ball spins in a thick fluid such as molasses. As the ball spins, it pulls the molasses around itself. Anything stuck in the molasses will also move around the ball. Similarly, as the Earth rotates, it pulls space-time in its vicinity around itself. This will shift the orbits of satellites near Earth.” The study is a follow-up to earlier work in 1998 where the authors’ team reported the first direct detection of the effect.
The previous measurement was much less accurate than the current work, due to inaccuracies in the gravitational model available at the time. Data from NASA’s GRACE mission allowed for a vast improvement in the accuracy of new models, which made this new result possible.
”We found the plane of the orbits of LAGEOS I and II were shifted about six feet (two meters) per year in the direction of the Earth’s rotation,” Pavlis said. ”Our measurement agrees 99 percent with what is predicted by general relativity, which is within our margin of error of plus or minus five percent. Even if the gravitational model errors are off by two or three times the officially quoted values, our measurement is still accurate to 10 percent or better.” Future measurements by Gravity Probe B, a NASA spacecraft launched in 2004, should reduce this error margin to less than one percent. This promises to tell researchers much more about the physics involved.
Ciufolini’s team, using the LAGEOS satellites, previously observed the Lense-Thirring effect. It has recently been observed around distant celestial objects with intense gravitational fields, such as black holes and neutron stars. The new research around Earth is the first direct, precise measurement of this phenomenon at the five to 10 percent level. The team analyzed an 11-year period of laser ranging data from the LAGEOS satellites from 1993 to 2003, using a method devised by Ciufolini a decade ago.
The measurements required the use of an extremely accurate model of the Earth’s gravitational field, called EIGEN-GRACE02S, which became available only recently, based on an analysis of GRACE data. The model was developed at the GeoForschungs Zentrum Potsdam, Germany, by a group who are co-principal investigators of the GRACE mission along with the Center for Space Research of the University of Texas at Austin.
LAGEOS II, launched in 1992, and its predecessor, LAGEOS I, launched in 1976, are passive satellites dedicated exclusively to laser ranging. The process entails sending laser pulses to the satellite from ranging stations on Earth and then recording the round-trip travel time. Given the known value for the speed of light, this measurement enables scientists to precisely determine the distances between laser ranging stations on Earth and the satellite.
NASA and Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif. developed Gravity Probe B. It will precisely check tiny changes in the direction of spin of four gyroscopes contained in an Earth satellite orbiting 400-miles directly over the poles. The experiment will test two theories relating to Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, including the Lense-Thirring Effect. These effects, though small for Earth, have far-reaching implications for the nature of matter and the structure of the universe. For graphics and other material about this research on the Web, visit:


Los Coast closes down this year’s Levitt series
Published 1:30 pm Friday, September 23, 2022
Los Coast, a psychedelic pop-soul duo from Austin, Texas, closed out the Levitt AMP concert series on Sept. 15.
On their debut album Samsara, Los Coast incorporates a wide range of genres. The band’s seamlessly soulful songcraft incorporates the band’s distinctive grooves along with the inventive compositions and commanding vocals of principal members Trey Privott and John Courtney.
That same mix of energy and expertise is reflected on Samsara, which features such memorable, no-nonsense tunes as “Simplify,” “Monsters,” ”Graves,” and the frantic, tongue-twisting “(Everything But) The Kitchen Sink.” The album delivers infectious hooks, ironic lyrical twists and explosive funk grooves in equal measure, providing an irresistible frame for Privott’s soulful vocals and the band’s explosive grooves.
Blues-rock guitar player and singer Alex Kilroy opened for Los Coast.
Although he was born and raised in the Transylvania region of Romania, Kilroy’s love for music made him follow his dream all the way to Nashville. While in Romania, Kilroy was a finalist on The Voice and played guitar as a session musician for Dancing with The Stars. Kilroy is currently touring the nation with his band and playing on Broadway in Nashville.
“We want people to know that the Levitt series is more than just a summer concert series. It’s about the community and promoting diversity and inclusion,” said concert organizer Harry Hoe.
This is the last of the Levitt concerts of the year, but there are a lot of things going on along Main Street throughout the remainder of 2022.
“Like the heritage festival, the fall festival, then trunk or treat, the festival of trees auction, the Veteran’s Day concert, Small Business Saturday, the Christmas tree lighting, and the last Main Street event of the year is the Christmas Parade,” said Joanie Jasper, Main Street Middlesboro executive director.
Amber Withers, a program manager with the Levitt Foundation, confirmed recently that the concert series, which has been ongoing since 2015, will continue next year.