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JERUSALEM (ArmRadio)—In July of 2013, Israel’s official Holocaust memorial and institute, Yad Vashem, recognized Armenian citizen Harutyun Khachatryan’s humanitarian efforts during the Jewish Holocaust of World War II and honored him with the Jewish state’s title of “Righteous Among the Nations.” An award ceremony for the Khachatryan family by an Israeli delegation will take place in Yerevan on Feb. 4, during which a certificate of the “Righteous Among the Nations” will be handed to the family of the Armenian hero.
For more than three years the Raoul Wallenberg International Foundation, along with a number of other projects, has been involved in the identification of those Armenian heroes who displayed exceptional courage during World War II and saved the lives of those who were in the clutches of death.
The organization’s meticulous research work brought forth results. Thanks to the efforts of a RWIF volunteer, Artiom Chernamoryan, the story of this Armenian hero was revealed and the official awarding ceremony took place in Yerevan on Sep. 12 at the Presidential Palace of the Republic of Armenia with the participation of the President of Armenia Serz Sarkisian, founder of the Raoul Wallenberg International Foundation Baruch Tenembaum from New York, vice-president Daniel Rainer, and volunteer Artiom Chernamorian from Israel, as well as many accredited ambassadors and members of the Government of Armenia.
During the official ceremony, Tenembaum awarded a “Raoul Wallenberg Centennial Medal” to the granddaughter of Harutyun Khachatryan, Anna Khachatryan, who had provided the whole family archive to the foundation and along with the volunteers supported to reveal the story of the Armenian hero. Tenembaum solemnly awarded a “Raoul Wallenberg Centennial Medal” to the president of Armenia Serz Sarkisian on behalf of all Armenian heroes.
RWIF is a global non-profit organization with a primary mission to research, preserve and spread the legacy of Raoul Wallenberg and other brave men and women, who saved the lives of persecuted people during the Jewish Holocaust and other conflicts. This mission is supported by the leaders of more than 300 countries and Nobel Prize laureates. One of the honorary members of the foundation is Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now famously known as Pope Francis.
Chairman of the Raoul Wallenberg International Foundation, Eduardo Ernekian, and founder Baruch Tenembaum send their congratulations to the Khachatryan family and promise to do everything possible to shed light on the stories of more Armenian heroes.

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U 2018. godini postali smo članovi i jedni od osnivača nove Svetske Rafting Federacije (WRF). Povodom toga zabeležen je i intervju sa predsednikom Rafting Saveza Srbije Borisom Purjakovim…
OLYMPUS – THE WORLD RAFTING FEDERATION’S TARGET!
On April 30, 2018 the World Rafting Federation was accepted into the International Canoe-KayakFederation, which is a member of the International Olympic Committee. This is the second step,the sport rafting is doing, along the path to Olympus, and will cause great inspiration and a strong impetus in its development and, accordingly– will attract thousandsof new lovers of white water emotions. The thirdstep is the recognition as an Olympic sport by IOC.
This shared Boris Purjakov, vice president an done of the founders of the World Rafting Federation (WRF), established in Belgrade on January 26, 2018. He is a chairman of the Serbian rafting federation and one of the highest ranking international judges in rafting.
– Why did you choose to break off from the International Rafting Federation (IRF)?
– We have been trying to give new directions to IRF for years. But its leadership refused to accept our ideas. Therefore we decided to make our federation and to work according to our understanding.
– What did you dislike in IRF style of government?
– The lack of democracy. In this federation one person can occupy 5 positions without a problem. And for many years. Unlike them we want more people, especially more young people, to be involved in the management and in the near future the rafting to become Olympic sport – that’s our big goal for the time being. We know that the IOC is open to new sports, so we have a great desire to join up.


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What is the Parts Fitment check?
Auto parts fitment check is a process that involves verifying whether a specific auto part is compatible with a particular make, model, and year of a vehicle. This is important to ensure that the part will fit and function properly in the vehicle.
Auto parts fitment check can be done manually by looking up the make, model, and year of the vehicle in a catalog and cross-referencing it with the part's specifications. However, with the advancement of technology, many online auto parts retailers now provide automated fitment check tools that allow customers to enter their vehicle's information and receive a list of compatible parts.
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Algerian wine is wine made in Algeria. While not a significant force on the world's wine market today, Algeria has played an important role in the history of wine. Algeria's viticultural history dates back to its settlement by the Phoenicians and continued under Algeria's rule by the Roman empire. Just prior to the Algerian War of Independence, Algerian wine (along with the production of Morocco and Tunisia) accounted for nearly two-thirds of the total international wine trade. With as much land under vine as the countries of Germany and South Africa, Algeria continues to maintain a wine industry with over 70 wineries in operation.
The roots of Algerian winemaking can be traced to the settlement of the Phoenicians and the influences of nearby Carthage. Under Roman rule, winemaking continued until the Muslim conquests of North Africa in the 7th and 8th centuries. During this time the wine industry was severely limited due to the prohibition of alcohol under Islamic dietary laws. When Algeria came under French rule in 1830 vineyards were replanted in order to serve the needs of the local pieds-noir. When the phylloxera epidemic destroyed the French vineyards in the mid-19th century, Algerian wine exports into France filled the void. An influx of winemakers from the German wine region of Baden brought with them more modern winemaking techniques and helped to increase the overall quality of Algeria wine. Even after the French resumed normal levels of wine production, Algerian wine was still widely used in regions like the Languedoc as a blending component that added color and strength to the wines.
1213 Algeria, provisional designation 1931 XD, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 33 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by French astronomer Guy Reiss at the North African Algiers Observatory on 5 December 1931. Three nights later, the body was independently discovered by Belgian–American astronomer George Van Biesbroeck at Williams Bay in the U.S state of Wisconsin.
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Italy and Algeria moved to broaden ties through a series of memorandums signed Monday during a two-day visit by ItalianPremierGiorgia Meloni, who said the two countries are in the process of building “an extraordinary bridge” that would hopefully transform Italy into an energy hub for Europe.
Ajal indicated that the quantity of electricity exported to Libya would not be large if Sonelgaz transported it through Tunisia, indicating that talks with GECOL were still underway, expressing Algeria's readiness to provide its ...
Morocco have pulled out of the African Nations Championship a day before the tournament is due to begin, blaming hosts Algeria for rejecting a request for a direct flight ...Relations between Morocco and its neighbour Algeria are tense, with diplomatic ties severed in 2021 and all direct flights between the two countries suspended.
Algeria is among the top ten gas producers in the world. Its state oil company Sonatrach produces, refines, transports and sells petroleum products, and is the largest company, not only in Algeria, but also across the African continent.
... Abdelmadjid Tebboune of Algeria ... Algeria’s central position in Europe-to-Africa transportation and energy corridors has played a key role as well—for example, the government has signed agreements to build roads with Mauritania and natural gas pipelines with Nigeria and Niger.

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text: Arrival Story: Noah came from a mini aussie breeder in Pennsylvania (although he is by no means a real mini, he's 50 pounds). He and his sister were originally sold to a woman who ended up really not taking good care of them so the breeder took them back. We had originally wanted to purchase a puppy from this breeder but when she told us Noah's story and offered him to us, we couldn't say no. He was such a sweet dog even though he was pretty much afraid of everything and everyone. Now he's the happiest dog you've ever seen.

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I don’t know how to cook inspirational food and frankly too lazy to stand at the stove for four hours in a row. I want to lie on the couch, read a book, or better yet, eat something made by the hands of others for some reason and the soup and fish, and pies, made not on their own, seem to me to be delightfully tasty.
Solely due to my laziness in our family caught the “exotics”, there are all sorts of strange, five-storey cakes and rooster broth. Yes, Yes, don’t be surprised, it’s not a typo. Rooster broth exist in nature, only cooking it will have almost the whole day, and not just boil a pot on the stove, and consistently produce a lot of action: lay the fish, cook it, take out, put in stock ready to cock… well, torment.
But still, very rarely, I do for their domestic and some exotic, in my opinion, the dishes. Recipes provide below only fair warning – be patient.
2-4 fresh cucumber of medium size, 150 g minced meat or 500 g of finely chopped stewed mushrooms, 50 grams of white bread or 1-2 tbsp. tablespoons boiled rice, 1 large onion (if desired in the stuffing, you can add 1-2 raw or hard-boiled eggs and chopped), parsley, salt, pepper, 1-2 tablespoons of tomato paste, sour cream or yogurt, dill, lemon juice, oil for frying, a little flour. Continue reading
This article provides recipes for quick and spicy salads. The preparation of this delicious salad not enough time will not take. This salad is quick always turns out very juicy, and hearty. To prepare it, you need to have on hand a small amount of ingredients. For this reason, the speedy preparation of salad will not seem difficult.
You need to prepare a quick and hearty salad:
One package of noodles will soon prepare,
4 tablespoons of mayonnaise,
You can also desire to make hard boiled eggs and add chopped parsley.
How to cook quick and tasty salad:
Buy one package of noodles a speedy cooking, but not least, or least normal, do not take the budget. Well suited for this noodles big lunch, or a pretty tasty so, if you take the noodles big Bon. In a bowl put the packaging from the noodles, everything attached to her spices and sauces. Continue reading
Salad with green peas and canned shrimp
Simplicity, ease of preparation and delicious taste of seafood – the main features which make shrimp salad and peas love to cook.
Ingredients: – 300 g of shelled shrimps; – Bank of canned green peas; – 2 fresh cucumber; – 1 carrot; – 100 g of sour cream; – 100 g of mayonnaise; – 1 tbsp grated horseradish; greens and salt to taste.
Boil the carrot, slice it in even cubes. Shrimp dip in boiling water for 1-2 minutes, cool and cut in half. Cucumber peel the skin and cut into cubes. For sauce, combine sour cream, mayonnaise, horseradish and salt. Mix the salad, arrange in portions and pour the sauce, garnish with greens.
Delicious and unique salad will be a lifesaver in a situation when sudden guests come. Cooking takes no more than 10-15 minutes. Continue reading

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Mongolia recognizes SouthGobi Resources COO
SouthGobi Resources Ltd announced that Mongolia has awarded Curt Church, COO the award of Altan Gadas in recognition of his contribution to developing the mining sector in Mongolia and bilateral cooperation between Mongolia and Canada in the field of mining.”This award is the highest award bestowed on foreign nationals by Mongolia and can only be issued by decree of the President. It has been generally awarded to outstanding Mongolian nationals since 1936.
Mr Alexander Molyneux President and CEO said “We are very proud of Curt who with seven year experience in Mongolia has now had his leadership and contribution formally recognized. This personal award reflects positively on the quality of all SouthGobi Resources people who have supported Curt various contributions.”

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Andrea Crump Named HL Female Field Athlete of the Week|
April 9, 2013
INDIANAPOLIS - Senior Andrea Crump of the UIC women's track & field team was named the Horizon League Female Field Athlete of the Week, it was announced by League officials from their Indianapolis-based headquarters Tuesday afternoon.
Crump took first place out of 26 with an 11.99-meter triple jump at the Chicagoland Championships in Romeoville last weekend. The Glenview, Ill., native also finished second-place in a field of 30 in the long jump, posting a 5.58 meter distance that ranks second in the Horizon League this season.
"Andrea was frustrated with her performance at NC State and vowed to make up for it - she did in a big way last weekend at Chicagolands," said head coach Jim Knoedel. "I'm always amazed she is able to compete at such a high level despite the fact that she is in the Nursing school with demands that are very challenging. She is a joy to work with and so knowledgeable about the event that I call her Coach Crump."
Crump and the Flames will travel to the Lee Calhoun Invitational in Macomb, Ill., this Saturday (April 13).

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Sir Alex Ferguson got plenty of signings spot on during his time at Manchester United - but nobody is perfect and he got the odd transfer decision wrong in the end.
For every Cristiano Ronaldo, Eric Cantona or Wayne Rooney signed, there are those acquisitions made in the market which won't go down in history as the greatest buys ever.
Sir Alex generally had a good eye for a player, but every so often, they did not end up living up to expectations.
And that is most certainly the case in a United shirt for Bebe, who signed for the club in 2010.
The Old Trafford club signed the winger from Portuguese side Vitoria de Guimaraes for a reported transfer fee of £7.4m, which was said to be the player's buy-out clause, and came just five weeks after he had joined his previous club Estrela da Amadora.
In his first season at United, Bebe scored two goals in seven appearances for the Old Trafford side.
But the winger went on to make no further appearances for United after that campaign, spending the rest of his time away from the club on various loan spells at Besiktas, Rio Ave, and Pacos de Ferreira.
Eventually, Bebe's time at United came to an end in the summer of 2014 and he moved to Portuguese side Benfica for €3m, so United were able to recoup some of the money they spent acquiring him four years earlier.
And back in 2016, the Football Leaks website, via GOAL, leaked the contract Bebe signed with United, and it included details of the signing on fee the player received for joining the Old Trafford club, as well as his weekly wages.
Bebe was given a signing on fee of £500,000 paid in five instalments of £100,000 between 2010 and 2014 - which is not a bad amount of money to receive just for agreeing to work somewhere.
And his annual wages at United came in at £900,000 per year, which works out at around £17,000 a week, with his contract running for five years until 2015.
And in case you were wondering what he is up to now, Bebe is now aged 33 and still playing, currently at Spanish side Real Zaragoza for the season on loan from Rayo Vallecano.Featured Image Credit: Getty

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MESA, Ariz. -- The Mesa Solar Sox and Peoria Javelinas played to the first tie of the Arizona Fall League season, a wild 15-15, 10-inning affair that featured 28 hits, 23 walks, eight stolen bases and eight errors. On a day filled with superlative offensive performances, JJ Bleday stood out the most.
Bleday went 5-for-6, driving in four runs and scoring twice while finishing a triple shy of the cycle. The Marlins outfielder singled and doubled as part of a nine-run first inning, blasted a 396-foot homer at 103 mph off Padres right-hander Jesse Scholtens in the third, singled in the eighth and once more in the 10th as part of the game-tying rally.
The fourth overall pick in the 2019 Draft, Bleday helped Vanderbilt to the College World Series title that spring while topping NCAA Division with 27 homers and 192 total bases. He has been one of the best hitters in the AFL, leading the developmental circuit with 18 RBIs in 12 games while ranking third in hitting (.400) and on-base percentage (.500), fourth in OPS (1.180) and fifth in slugging (.680).
That's no surprise given Bleday's Draft pedigree, but it's a stark contrast to his first full professional season. He batted .141 in April and carried a .199 average into September before finishing at .212/.323/.373 with 12 homers and 101 strikeouts in 110 Double-A games. Looking back, he said his early-season struggles following the 2020 pandemic layoff weighed on him.
"I've been in that situation before my freshman year in college where I was just trying to do too much," Bleday said. "I was trying to be someone I'm not. I was trying to get hits rather than just let the game come to me. I think that kind of builds, it snowballs, it puts more pressure on yourself to go out and perform, rather than go out there and compete and win a ballgame."
Bleday started to look like himself during the final two weeks of the season in September, and he has continued to do so with Mesa. He said he made some adjustments with both his left-handed swing and his approach, and he has been driving the ball consistently ever since.
"It's just toning down my hands and just making sure my lower half is going," Bleday said. "And I've got the intent to attack a fastball every pitch. When you have that, it kind of simplifies your thinking and allows you to just see ball, hit ball."
Bleday certainly has hit the ball in Arizona. He has collected three or more hits in three of his last five Fall League games after doing so just three times during the entire Minor League season. He has plated four or more runs three times after not having collecting that many RBIs in any of his Double-A games.
"I was really hoping I could get some games either here or in the Dominican Republic," he said. "I was really wanting to play and expand on what I was doing later in the season. That feeling kind of stuck with me and I wanted to kind of keep grooving that and getting it on a daily basis down here."
Two other Solar Sox went deep as part of the club's 17-hit attack. Athletics catcher Jonah Bride drilled a 373-foot shot off Pirates right-hander Carmen Mlodzinski, and Orioles second baseman Greg Cullen tied the game with a two-run homer (406 feet, 102 mph) in the bottom of the ninth off Pirates righty Bear Bellomy to match Bleday with four RBIs.
Peoria had 11 hits and only one went for extra bases, but those turned into 15 runs thanks to 17 walks, seven steals and six Mesa errors. Pirates second baseman Ji-Hwan Bae (No. 22) scored three runs with an equal number of free passes and swipes.
Both clubs have 7-8-1 records. For the Solar Sox, that's good enough for first place in the East Division, while the Javelinas sit in last place in the West.


Leading up to September's Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we're sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year.
We all know this by now, right? That Heim's bacon burnt ends are basically heaven-sent meat candy? Well if you didn't know, now you do.
Heim cures and smokes a slab of pork belly and gives it a generous coat of Heim's pork rub before the meat is cubed and smoked again, hot this time, to create these amazing, caramelized, fatty cubes that pack a peppery bite. They're so rich and indulgent that 1/4 lb. (Heim sells them for $6 per 1/4 lb.) is more than enough, and there's no better dish to share with the table between mouthfuls of brisket.
This meat candy is well worth the drive to Cowtown.
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The 32nd century isn’t so tough: Star Trek: Discovery “That Hope is You, Part 1”
Previously on Star Trek: Discovery’s first two seasons: It was all Michael Burnham, all the time, as she went from disgraced mutineer to a decorated officer to the key to saving all sentient life in the galaxy. Her ship the USS Discovery was carrying a treasure trove of data that was basically How to Create an Evil AI in 10 Easy Steps, and for some reason they couldn’t just reformat the hard drive, so their only choice was to have Burnham dress up as an angel to take the ship and everybody on it 930 years into the future. Meanwhile, Spock and Captain Pike swore to never again speak of Discovery or its crew under penalty of torture. In other words, it was the biggest, hardest Reset Button in the history of the franchise, making everybody wonder why they didn’t just set this show in the far future in the first place instead of trying to jam it into a pre-TOS timeline.
Here we are again, over a year later, and mostly I can’t believe the Discovery writers had months and months to write an incredible season premiere and all they came up with is this rather rote, by-the-numbers swashbuckling adventure. It doesn’t bode well for this season when even the first hour can’t go by without plenty of cliches, recycled plot points, and embarrassing silliness. Honestly, this feels more like something that could have been an episode of Short Treks that acted as a prelude to the actual season premiere—especially since it entirely focuses on Burnham and no other familiar characters.
We open on a middle-aged man sleeping in a sleek, futuristic bedroom. His alarm clock, oddly enough, is a holographic parakeet that displays the time, changes colors, and caws him awake in the morning. The man gets out of his holographic bed, brushes his teeth with some kind of energy beam, then sits at his holographic desk and holds an attaché case with a futuristic Starfleet logo.
We continue to watch him wake up, day after day after day, as classical musical blares and he stares at a display of the galaxy with the words, “Searching for signals”. Fade out on him, but he’ll be back later.
Out in space, a small ship is being pursued and fired upon by a larger ship. The pursuer is an alien named “Cosmo”, and the pursuee is a human-looking guy named “Book”, played by David Ajala, one of this season’s new regulars. And we get Cliché Alert #1 when it turns out Book stole some cargo from Cosmo and Cosmo wants it back. But Book responds that the cargo “doesn’t belong to you! It belongs to itself!” You can just pretend to be shocked later on when we find out the cargo is actually alive.
As Book’s ship evades Cosmo’s ship, he has the great misfortune of colliding directly with something coming out of wormhole. And that something is Michael Burnham in her Red Angel suit, just now arriving in the future. It seems highly unlikely that two random objects could collide in space like this, given how much of space is, well, vast empty space, but collide they do, and soon both Burnham’s Red Angel Suit and Book’s ship are damaged and plummeting to a planet below.
Burnham’s Red Angel suit is hosed, but she’s able to “reboot” it just in time to turn on the shields to save herself from the impact. She crashes into a black sand dune (this episode was filmed partly in Iceland, so we at least get some distinctive scenery) and she survives and crawls up through the dirt.
The suit opens up Iron Man-style and lets her out, and she pulls a case from the back of the suit which contains a phaser, a tricorder, a communicator, her Starfleet badge, and other goodies. She tries to contact Discovery, but there’s no response. The Red Angel suit’s computer voice tells her, “You have reached the year 3188,” and it also reports there are lifesigns nearby. For all Burnham knows, these could be giant carnivorous animals (which we’ll actually be seeing later), but she’s ecstatic and screams her head off in glee.
Up above, the wormhole is closing, so she sets the suit on autopilot to fly back into the wormhole to send out the final, seventh “signal” that the crew of the Enterprise detected in last season’s finale. After sobbing for a while, Burnham repeats her name and rank to herself and puts on her Starfleet badge. She starts making her way to where the other ship crashed, which looks to be quite the hike.
The credits play, and they’re about the same as last season’s, except with a few new added animations. This time we see what looks like several copies of the robot from the original Lost in Space, except they’re decorated with the new, updated Starfleet logo. We get an animation of Book’s ship, and also a weapon that looks like a Klingon disruptor. And in case you care, they changed the font on the title for some reason.
Burnham reaches the wrecked ship, which immediately cloaks itself, and Book jumps out of nowhere and attacks her. Burnham breaks out some more Vulcan-Fu to defend herself, while also trying to reason with Book, saying it was just an accident that she crashed into his ship.
He doesn’t care, and when she tries to tell him her name, he doesn’t want to know it. The fight ends when she puts her phaser to Book’s head, which he casually dismisses as an “antique”. He’s pissed off that she seems to have opened up a wormhole to get here, and apparently “ripping up space” is a bad idea these days, especially after “the Gorn destroyed two light-years’ worth of subspace”. And Burnham somehow knows who the Gorn are, despite her coming from a time period prior to Kirk making first contact with them.
He calls her “Rocket Girl” and tells her to go back where she came from, but she says she can’t. She asks if this is Terralysium, where Burnham thought she’d be able to rendezvous with her mom still stuck in the future, but Book says this is “Hima” but refuses to divulge any other info. She again apologizes for crashing into his ship, saying she has nowhere to go, so she’s got to “trust something. Or someone.” She needs to trust… something? Regardless, that something is Book.
He takes her aboard his ship and she marvels at the futuristic tech, including instrument panels that appear to change shape on demand. He complains that his ship is disabled now because she broke his “dilithium recrystalizer”, and now he can only get more dilithium from the “Mercantile”.
He then shows off his chonky cat, who has a “thyroid condition”. He says the cat is named “Grudge” because “She’s heavy and all mine,” and there’s that subtle Discovery dialogue we all know and love.
Book explains the Mercantile is a place you go to trade stuff for dilithium, so Burnham opens up her bag of “antiques” and asks what he can get for an old-style tricorder. They leave his ship, and we get more clues about his cargo (it’s “temperature sensitive”, gee, I wonder what it could be) and he cloaks the ship to make sure no one can find it. Burnham thinks he’s a “thief”, but he says he’s a “courier”.
Then he notices her Starfleet badge, and says every now and then he sees these badges being worn by “true believers” who can’t believe the Federation is gone. Yes, the Federation is no more, and Burnham is stunned speechless, even though, well, it’s 930 years in the future and why would she assume it would still be around? If I ended up in 3188 (or maybe even 2021?), I wouldn’t expect the United States to still be around in its current configuration.
Book says the Federation collapsed “after the Burn”, and is completely confused that Burnham doesn’t know anything about it. The “Burn”, according to Book, is an event that occurred about 100 years ago when almost all the dilithium in the galaxy suddenly “went boom”. As Burnham points out, every warp-capable ship is powered by dilithium, so long range travel got a whole lot more difficult after that. Book says a lot of people died, and the Federation eventually disappeared. He advises her to take off that badge. Burnham almost starts crying again, but she pulls herself together and keeps it on.
They finally make it to a city with a big ringed structure hovering above it, which is apparently the Mercantile. The Andorians and Orions are in control of this place, which looks to be the usual freewheeling lawless marketplace we’ve seen in sci-fi a thousand times. In fact, we’ve seen places just like this in the Star Trek franchise just recently, including Stardust City in Picard and that Orion sector of Qo’nos in Discovery’s season one finale.
They head across a bridge and walk inside, but Burnham gets stopped at the entrance because she doesn’t have some sort of identification gizmo embedded in her sleeve like everyone else in the future. But then Book shows off her ancient Starfleet technology and a disembodied voice from a drone says to let them in.
Book explains the Mercantile is a place where “holo sellers” bid on goods from “holo buyers”, and couriers like himself get paid just enough dilithium (those are the hot pink rocks) to make another run to secure more stuff to sell. But sometimes they can earn a little extra for themselves. Burnham spots some people disappearing into thin air and is wowed by the existence of a “portable transporter”, which I guess wasn’t a thing in the TOS days, but was definitely a thing in the TNG days.
Book directs Burnham towards a place where she can attempt to contact her ship. But it’s all a lie; he tricked her into walking into a secure area and she gets caught in a stasis beam. While she’s trapped, Book steals the rest of her stuff, saying an old tricorder isn’t going to fetch him what he needs. An enraged Burnham promises to track him down and make him pay for this.
Soon, she’s somewhere else getting interrogated by a giant Orion guy and an Andorian. They want to know where she came from and what her connection is to the Federation. She refuses to talk, so they blast her in the face with a gas that forces her to tell the truth, but the dose is too strong, and Burnham is now high as a kite. She starts laughing and the room is spinning around and she starts babbling rapid-fire nonsense. And, um, didn’t they do exactly the same thing with Tilly getting high on Qo’nos during the first season finale of Discovery? It’s kind of early on in this show’s run for it to already be recycling its own comedy bits, which weren’t particularly funny in the first place.
Meanwhile, Book is trying to pawn off the Starfleet stuff, when suddenly Cosmo comes up behind him and puts a weapon to his neck and leads him away.
Then it’s back to Burnham, who’s babbling relentlessly to the Orion and Andorian about everything that happened to her. We don’t see everything she says, but if it goes back to the whole Red Angel business, I can see why they look confused. They ask about Book and his cargo, and Burnham freely tells them all about it. She even says the cargo is temperature-controlled, so it might be “ice cream”. Now that would be an ending no one saw coming: Burnham is here to bring chocolate wobble back to the galaxy!
Meanwhile, Cosmo is beating up Book to get back his cargo, saying in subtitles that he’s going to feed his cat Grudge “to the starving”. Book replies, “Keep her name out of your mouth, Cosmo!” I love it when characters 1,000 years in the future use contemporary slang. The Orion and the Andorian show up to put a stop to things. They’ve got Burnham with them, and she takes her stuff back and punches Book in the face for tricking her. Before he can react, they’re suddenly surrounded by thugs who all want Book’s cargo, and they’ve all got futuristic ray guns that they wear on their hands.
Predictably, Burnham and Book give each other winks and start throwing punches. They’re able to snatch a couple of weapons, and Burnham quickly learns these weapons instantly turn people and things into dust and ash. Book gets hold of a gizmo that sends out a force ray that knocks all their enemies on their asses. Then he turns off the force field on a tray of dilithium crystals that’s just lying around in the open, and Burnham, despite still being hopped up on goofy gas, runs over to load up her bag.
They’re under attack again, so Book uses one of those “personal transporters” to send them both back outside. And… she punches him again. Who knows why. The pursuing thugs teleport in right after them, and more gunfights ensue, and Book and Burnham take out a whole load of bad guys, instantly vaporizing them. I mean, the body count must get up to 25 here, at least, and neither one of them seems at all perturbed by it.
They’re finally cornered, and Book warns she’s going to hate him for what he’s about to do. He jumps off a cliff and takes her with him, and they teleport while falling, and end up in a lake. As soon as they emerge from the water, she… yes, she punches him again. Keep it up, guys, maybe by around the tenth time she punches him, it’ll be funny. Soon they’re recuperating, and Book takes off his shirt to show off his physique and get a little of that sexual tension going. Burnham looks at the minor wound she has on her arm; somehow, a weapon that instantly vaporizes enemies only gave her a flesh wound.
Book goes to the water and starts muttering in an alien language, and amber lights form a pattern on his forehead, and soon a blue plant rises up from the water. He grabs a leaf and squirts out an aloe vera-like gel to treat Burnham’s wound. She wonders what the hell that was all about, and Book says it was something like a prayer.
He pulls out a device that opens up a subspace channel, and it turns out he could have done this the whole time. Burnham is annoyed, but surprisingly doesn’t punch him again. Instead, she tries to contact the Discovery and gets no response. Book finally figures out she’s travelled through time. But he doesn’t know how she did it, because apparently all time travel technology was destroyed after the “temporal wars”. Which… wouldn’t stop anyone from the past from coming here, would it?
They get back to Book’s ship, and as soon as they arrive, the Orion and Andorian and all their thugs—including a guy who randomly appears to be a member of the same species as Morn from Deep Space Nine—transport into view. They demand the precious cargo, and at one point Cosmo and an Andorian talk shit to each other, so the Orion vaporizes Cosmo.
They force Book to give up his access code to the cargo hold. And that access code is “sticky”, which I guess is supposed to be funny. The thugs decloak the ship and open up the cargo hold, and—surprise!—his “cargo” is a large living creature. The Orion tells his men not to kill it, because “it’s served fresh!”
And then Book takes a page from Raiders of the Lost Ark as he tells Burnham to close her eyes. The creature turns out to be a “trance worm”, basically a giant slug that hypnotizes the bad guys by just staring at them, represented by their eyes all glowing blue. The worm starts chowing down on a few of the goons and the rest (including Morn’s great-great-great-great-great-grandson) wisely teleport away.
Then the worm, whom Book calls “Molly”, turns to Burnham and swallows her up. But Book is able to use the amber lights on his forehead to communicate with the slug, which promptly vomits up Burnham. Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t this exact same scene happen in the premiere of Lower Decks? Burnham is now all covered in goo but seems to be taking things pretty well, considering she was just partially digested. So it seems Book is like Aquaman, in that he can not only telepathically communicate with animals but also plants.
Now they’re on his ship travelling at warp, and Burnham realizes that in the absence of the Federation, Book is taking it upon himself to protect “endangered species” like the trance worms. He says that the rest of his family are poachers, so he’s the black sheep and not exactly welcome at reunions. His ship arrives at a planet and he utters the secret code that allows them into “Sanctuary Four”, an idyllic retreat where the trance worms can swim free. Book is hanging with some of his bros and he says they got here just in time for the “breeding cycle”. Burnham finally trusts Book enough to admit she’s from 930 years in the past and she came here to “ensure the future. A future.” She still really needs to find her ship, and Book knows somebody who can help.
They go to the ruins of a Federation relay station, and sitting at the “attendant desk” is the gentleman from the intro. He welcomes them on behalf of Starfleet, and Burnham announces her name and rank. The man is taken aback, and introduces himself as Aditya Sahil, Federation liaison. She asks him to look for the Discovery, but he can’t find any sign of them nearby. Alas, he can’t scan any other sectors, because there are no more long-range sensors. She admits that she’s from the past, before the Burn and the collapse of the Federation, and he warns her that with time travel being the way it is, Discovery might arrive tomorrow, or it might arrive a thousand years from now.
Sahil admits he’s not really a Federation official; his father was, and he just took over from him, but there’s been no one to swear him in. Apparently, he’s just been keeping up what’s left of this station for 40 years, in the slight chance someone would show up and prove that his hope was not in vain. “And that hope is you, Commander Burnham.” Wait, he’s just been sitting at this desk every day, staring into space, for the past forty years?
He wants her to do him a “great honor”, and he opens his attaché case, which holds a Federation flag, saying, “Only a commissioned officer may raise it.” They hang up the flag and stare at it for a while, and it’s an appropriately moving ending as it indicates Burnham is determined to bring the Federation back. But if you think about it, it’s a bit like me deciding in 2020 to bring back the Ottoman Empire or something.
Burnham asks Sahil to be her “acting communications chief” and to keep searching for Discovery, and they shake on it. Burnham promises that they’ll find “others” out there.
According to the spoiler-filled promo they show at the end of the episode, they do indeed find others, though it looks like Discovery takes a while to show up, because Burnham’s hair has grown quite long in the interim. We get glimpses of Discovery reaching Earth, Mirror Georgiou getting into more martial arts fights, Saru shooting his new apex predator spikes out of his head, the introduction of a new crewmember of non-binary gender, and Tilly doing some of her patented Tilly Shtick™ with Book’s chonky cat.
So, a pretty “meh” season premiere, and probably the weakest premiere of the series so far. Did the show really need to resort again to a character getting high and acting goofy? Did the Trek franchise really need more giant man-eating monsters? Did we need more Star Wars-esque smugglers and conmen and other various shady types you meet on remote frontier planets? And while there was a decent amount of action to keep things from getting too boring, it was all filmed too frenetically. Plus, Burnham vaporizing bad guys like she’s in a video game seemed out of character to me.
Learning about the Burn and the fall of the Federation was interesting, and I like the idea of Burnham reaching the future long before the rest of her ship, and (most likely) ending up in a relationship with Book in the meantime. But it feels like the few important events and reveals of this episode could have easily been shown in flashbacks in later episodes. As it is, I’ll just view this as sort of an “episode zero”, or warmup for the actual season premiere, which hopefully arrives next week.

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Russia recently attempted a missile test, and it failed.
Now, after the U.S. conducted a successful missile test, hitting a target more than 300 miles away, Russia is upset and calling out the Trump administration.
If the cold-war era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was still in effect, Russia stated the missile test conducted by the United States would have been illegal.
However, effective August 2, Trump pulled out of the agreement for several reasons.
First, he believes Russia was in violation of the treaty. Second, the agreement only covered Russia and the United States, something this administration would like to rectify.
The Trump administration would like to get another agreement in place to include China and possibly other nations.
Failed Test Backfires
Earlier this month, Forbes reported that Russia had tried to test a “mega-torpedo.” The report stated the missile being tested was roughly 30 times the size of a typical torpedo.
It was also believed to have been a nuclear weapon. The new missile is believed to be able to go to depths that cannot even be tracked, making it indefensible at this point.
After the United States conducted its own test, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergei Ryabkov, was less than pleased.
He stated, “The United States has obviously taken the course of escalating military tensions. We will not succumb to provocations.”
It is rather interesting how firing off a mega-torpedo is not looked at as an act of aggression, but a missile test by the United States barely 300 miles off its own coast is.
The claim by the Russian foreign minister is ludicrous, as Trump clearly has no intention of engaging Russia in hostilities.


I’ve blogged before about why Ormskirk needs and east-west by-pass for its own sake and indeed to enable better access to Southport. My November 2013 posting on this matter is an example – here it is via this link:-
Having been stuck in one of Ormskirk’s traffic jams a few days ago my thoughts turned to the East Lancashire town of Colne where a motorway just pours out into it and the ever gridlocked Harrogate over the Pennines in Yorkshire. Together with Ormskirk, they all seem to suffer from the same problem – traffic being funnelled right through a busy town as opposed to each having a bypass of some sort.
My mind then, being in a mischievous mood, stated to think about a new town entry sign for Ormskirk and its twin northern towns. How does this look?
Well yes, just a bit of fun on one level but also a nudge to Lancashire County Council on another. Oh, and by the way, it would also help a lot if trains were run from Ormskirk to Southport via reconnecting the Burscough south curve.
This must rank as one of the oddest and most ridiculous things that I have come across in recent times.
Lancashire County Council must be having an off moment if they think Ormskirk’s traffic congestion is going to be resolved in any way by the building of the Switch Island – Thornton Link Road in Sefton. Apart from anything else this soon to be constructed new road is miles away from Ormskirk! Do they really think that folk driving to Southport will continue 2 more junctions down the M58 to Switch Island, in the opposite direct to Southport, and then go north again via this hugely circuitous route rather than go straight through Ormskirk?
As an excuse for not solving Ormskirk’s traffic congestion this must rank as bizarre at best yet an allegedly credible transport document for Lancashire is proposing just this. Below is a direct quote from LCC’s West Lancashire Highways and Transportation Masterplan Consultation Draft dated November 2013:-
‘a study commissioned into the M58 to Southport corridor has suggested that with the opening of the Thornton – Switch Island link, traffic reductions will mean that a bypass will no longer be the most cost effective way to solve Ormskirk’s congestion issues’
Can you imagine sat navs taking drivers on this 10 mile or more detour when the direct route from the M58 (Junction 3) is through Ormskirk and on via the A570 to Southport?


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If I were to ask you if you would voluntarily stick yourself with needles, it tends to cause a “freak out” reaction on people’s faces. I’ve gotten used to this reaction, especially since I am a trained, licensed, acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist. However, to the uninitiated, it is becoming a “go-to” therapy. Find out why people go to acupuncture voluntarily.
Stress relief: So many people are getting more and more beat up from stress. Long hours, poor food choices, difficulty dealing with different stresses all at once, tends to overwhelm you. Your body reacts to all of this stress by getting locked into a chronic “fight or flight” response . Our bodies are made to save the damsel from the saber tooth tiger, or to push the car off a loved one trapped beneath it. We are not designed to be in this mode on a constant basis. Heart disease, obesity, lowered immunity, reduced motivation and sex drive are all parts of being over-stressed perpetually. Things start to break down. Acupuncture can release a neurotransmitter, (which is a chemical released from a nerve ending) called neuropeptide Y. This neurotransmitter is responsible for the profound and deep relaxation that is experienced with acupuncture treatments. It helps to relax the body and break the cycle of stress and keep the nasty stress hormones from premature aging you, killing your motivation and feeling tired all the time.
Achy neck and back pain: Tight, spasmed, stiff, and achy muscles in the neck and back are now the rule of modern man. We have smart phones, computers, long commutes, and desk jobs to thank for this. Chronically, looking over something causes the muscles in the neck and lower back to tighten up. Added stress and a deadline can only seal the pain in. Using acupuncture to ache in. Acupuncture relaxes muscles by enhancing blood flow through the small capillaries that feed the muscles to reduce the achiness that plagues you. Your body responds to an acupuncture needle, more like a frequency to a tuning fork. The acupuncture needle sends signals to the brain, which in turn enhances blood flow into the achy area, so the muscles can be bathed in fresh blood flow as well as cycle out the excess lactic acid that has accumulated.
Sleeping problems: Many times stress can deprive you of sleep. Stress causes your body to reduce its’ production of serotonin, so the body feels like it is tired all the time during the day, while it remains wide awake during the night time hours. We know that without proper sleep over time, negative effects occur to the memory, your moods, and to the heart. Acupuncture works to help the body to stimulate the production of its’ own normal serotonin levels. Raising the serotonin levels benefits the quality and quantity of sleep.
Allergies: Acupuncture reduces the amount of histamine in your body. So the sniffly, irritated eyes and mucous membranes, the swollen glands, and other allergic symptoms are due to body’s over-reaction. The flowers and grasses stimulate a hyper reaction in the body. Acupuncture can shut down the production of histamine in the body, so the symptoms reduce. This can help the mucous membranes feel less irritated, less congested and less itchy. It can also help stimulate the immune system to work better, so you can better resist the allergens.
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Accent your looks with bright sparkle using the Lassero sterling silver small oval charm, made with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS. This elegant little egg-shaped charm is encrusted with hand-glued sparklingly clear Swarovski crystals on one side that glimmer from every angle. This charm would look lovely dangling with colorful beads and other sparkly charms on a bracelet or necklace. You can easily add this charm to your jewelry designs with the help of a jump ring.
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Sevruga Sterlet caviar is one of the most popular and delicious varieties of caviar. The seeds are small and have a very delicate shell. But due to the treatment arms the integrity of the eggs of sevruga sterlet remain perfect.
Black Caviar of sevruga is not only tasty, but also useful. The composition has a well-saturated fatty acids-omega-6 and omega-3. A lot of vitamins and minerals. This delicacy is a source of light protein for the stomach. Extremely useful used, with a lack of iron and iodine in the human body.
The caloric value of sevruga sterlet caviar is 100 grams of product from 200 to 240 calories.
The habitat of the sevryuga sterlet is the Caspian, Black and Azov seas.
Please keep in mind that caviar is a perishable product and in order for it to arrive fresh we only ship via overnight delivery. Every package we ship is packed in a box with an insulated foam container (mini refrigerator) and includes ice gel packs. This type of packaging is capable of storing the caviar fresh for at least two days. If it is shipped to a cooler region and depending on the weather it will stay fresh for an even longer period.
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Hello everyone! It’s been a long time coming but I’m glad to announce that my children’s book ‘What if?’ has finally launched its Kickstarter, a platform which allows you, the community to help fund my book!
I know you’ve seen all the progress pictures along the way but here you can see the final full colour illustrations in digital or physical copy format. ‘What if?’ is a tale about a boy who explores the themes of friendship and acceptance by using his imagination and creativity. Through many vibrant creatures, Maxwell explores friendship of all different shapes, sizes, likes and differences.
As for my Kickstarter, you can receive rewards such as a small A5 print of any page in the book, a digital or physical copy of the book and for higher tiers either a small sketch or character designed by me!
Here’s the link to my campaign with all the information on my book and reward tiers! Please feel free to share with others, friends and family!


Apple continues to lead the smartwatch market with its innovative and feature-packed wearable devices. The release of the Apple Watch Series 9 Pro has generated significant buzz, but how does it stack up against its predecessor, the Apple Watch Series 8 Pro? In this article, we’ll provide a comprehensive comparison of these two impressive smartwatches to help you decide which one suits your needs best.
Design and Build
Both the Apple Watch Series 8 Pro and Series 9 Pro maintain the sleek and stylish design that Apple is known for. They come in various finishes, including aluminum, stainless steel, and titanium, allowing you to choose the one that matches your style. However, the Series 9 Pro introduces a slightly thinner and more lightweight build, making it even more comfortable to wear throughout the day.
One of the standout features of the Series 9 Pro is its updated display technology. It boasts an OLED LTPO ProMotion XDR display, which offers better brightness, color accuracy, and power efficiency compared to the Series 8 Pro. The Series 9 Pro also introduces an “Always-On” feature that doesn’t sacrifice battery life, thanks to its adaptive refresh rate.
Both watches are powered by Apple’s cutting-edge S7 chip, ensuring swift and responsive performance. However, the Series 9 Pro takes a step further with its S8 chip, which offers 20% faster CPU performance and 30% faster GPU performance compared to the Series 8 Pro. This improved processing power translates into smoother app launches and enhanced multitasking capabilities.
Health and Fitness Features
Apple remains at the forefront of health and fitness tracking. The Series 8 Pro introduced some impressive features, including blood oxygen monitoring and an ECG app. The Series 9 Pro builds on this foundation by adding even more advanced health tracking capabilities, such as continuous glucose monitoring and body temperature monitoring. These features can be particularly beneficial for those with specific health concerns.
Battery life is a crucial factor for any wearable device. While the Series 8 Pro offers a respectable 18 hours of battery life, the Series 9 Pro takes a leap forward with an estimated 24 hours of usage on a single charge. This improvement is significant for those who want to wear their smartwatch all day and track their sleep without worrying about recharging.
Both models support the latest Wi-Fi and Bluetooth standards for seamless connectivity with your iPhone. However, the Series 9 Pro introduces support for 5G connectivity, which can provide faster data speeds when away from your phone. This is a notable feature for those who rely on cellular connectivity for tasks like streaming music and making calls.
Price is often a deciding factor for consumers. The Series 8 Pro, being the older model, tends to be more budget-friendly. On the other hand, the Series 9 Pro, with its enhanced features and capabilities, comes at a premium price point. Your budget and your specific needs will determine which one is the better investment for you.
In the battle of the Apple Watch Series 8 Pro vs. Series 9 Pro, both models offer impressive features and functionalities. The Series 9 Pro stands out with its improved display technology, enhanced performance, advanced health tracking features, longer battery life, and 5G connectivity. However, these upgrades come at a higher price point.
If you’re looking for a reliable and capable smartwatch without breaking the bank, the Series 8 Pro is still an excellent choice. It provides many of the essential features that make Apple Watches popular, including health tracking, app support, and a stylish design.
On the other hand, if you’re an early adopter who values the latest and greatest technology and has a flexible budget, the Series 9 Pro offers a compelling package with cutting-edge features that can enhance your overall smartwatch experience.
Ultimately, the choice between the Series 8 Pro and Series 9 Pro depends on your individual preferences, needs, and budget. Whichever model you choose, you can be confident that you’re getting a high-quality smartwatch from Apple.


It's sad to note that, with the introduction of the new Google+ interface, Google has finally pulled the cord on the old, more powerful Photos interface that used to be in Plus. Until now, plus.google.com/photos
would redirect to the new Photos, but you could still get back to the old interface via plus.google.com/photos/yourphotos
. This interface provided better editing tools (such as more tuning controls, spot adjustments, cropping ratios, and more), plus the ability to tag people. That link now redirects to the new Photos as well, and users are seemingly left with no choice but to use its slicker, but more basic interface.
Or are they?
It appears there's actually still a way to get to the old interface, even after you've switched over to the new Google+. The path is through Picasa. Simply go to picasaweb.google.com
, find and view your photo, and select Actions
> Edit in Google+
. You'll find yourself back in the old Google+ Photos interface, and you can use its superior editing tools and even tag the photo (if you've shared it). It's awkward, but it works, and it gives us hope that maybe Google still plans to bring back more of what's been lost in the switch to the new Photos.


Born Vince Colaiuta, grew up in Pennsylvania; studied organ, electric guitar, flute, and drums; Education: attended Berkley School of Music, (Boston), studied with Gary Chaffee.
Vince (Vinnie) Colaiuta is a versatile and well-rounded musician. A drummer by profession, Colaiuta's collaborations involve many of the great names in pop, rock, and jazz: Al Kooper, Chick Corea, John Patitucci, Herbie Hancock, the late Frank Zappa, and countless others. Colaiuta-a solo, studio, and live tour drummer-is the antithesis of flamboyance. He is not only content with the anonymous quality of studio session drumming, but Colaiuta lowered his visibility further during an early phase of his career when he habitually sawed several inches off the legs of his drummer's chair-not from shyness, but in order to get better leverage on the drum pedals.
Colaiuta grew up in Pennsylvania and decided at a young age to be a drummer. His original instruments were pots and pans from his parents' kitchen. He was only in grade school when his parents surrendered to his passion and gave their son his first set of drums. Colaiuta's musical talent was always evident. He exhibited a natural talent for playing his drums and he also took organ lessons and played electric guitar as well. Summer vacations were spent in music camp at West Virginia University.
In junior high school he added yet another instrument to his repertoire when he joined the junior high school band as a flutist for one year because the drummer's chair was already taken. Eventually the band's drummer vacated the spot and Colaiuta moved into the slot. At age 14, Colaiuta acquired a professional quality drum set and expanded his drum lessons and summer camp curriculum well beyond basic snare drum lessons. Colaiuta, by his own, admission was already very comfortable with a full set of drums at that point in time. He played every drum in the set and improvised with ease. He truly loved to play.
As a teen-ager Colaiuta's zeal for his drums and for music in general bordered on the fanatical. He practiced incessantly, everywhere-even at school, even during class, "I learned real fast because I was always practicing. I would go into English class and sit in the back of the room with a practice pad and practice double-stroke rolls and get kicked out of class," he confided to Modern Drummer's Robyn Flans.
After high school, Colaiuta played his drums professionally with various bands around his home town. The following year he moved to Boston to attend Berkley School of Music. By then his technical interest in music including theory, notation, and technique was piqued. He loved the "nuts and bolts" music classes and he absorbed theory tirelessly. Colaiuta, in his eagerness to play, eventually lost enthusiasm for his classes at Berkley because it was too much like school. According to Colaiuta who said to himself at the time, "I'm not going to do this.... I'm a player." As a result he stayed only two semesters and the following year he accepted an opportunity to tour with organist/pianist Al Kooper, after which Colaiuta moved from Boston to California.
By January of 1978 Colaiuta settled permanently in Los Angeles. The following April he auditioned for the legendary musician and composer Frank Zappa who by that time had dissolved his band (Mothers of Invention) and was experimenting with new styles as a solo act. At the audition Colaiuta adeptly interpreted every strange and awkward rhythm that the eccentric Zappa threw the drummer's way. In the end Zappa was impressed with Colaiuta's drumming talent and the two worked together for over two years. Colaiuta experienced significant artistic growth during those years with Zappa. Zappa, for one thing, was drawn to odd rhythms of songs such as "Keep it Greasy" which switches from the off-beat meter of 19/16 to even more eccentric timing of 21/16. Colaiuta also developed the ability during his association with Zappa to play on a drum set with two bass drums without sacrificing other pieces of equipment. Colaiuta's extensive work with Zappa is best characterized on the 1979 album Joe's Garage. According to Colaiuta, his inspiration to work hard professionally was essentially a matter of necessity, a need to make music on the drums as well as basic logistics: "Once I left ... Berkley, I couldn't really practice ... still can't out here.... I can't play drums in my apartment. [So,] I practice when I work, ..." and he works very hard. It is a fact that Colaiuta has been heard on over 600 recordings made between 1983 and 1993. Despite a professed preference for jazz, his popularity and reputation was never confined to one solitary musical style; he played for and with an assortment of singers and instrumentalists: Natalie Cole, Billy Joel, Jose Feliciano, Judy Collins and Joni Mitchell. Additionally Colaiuta was a regular feature on comedienne Joan Rivers's television talk show.
In March of 1995, Colaiuta was a featured headliner at the "World Drum Festival, Paradiso Van Slag," in the Netherlands. He collaborated increasingly with Sting during the mid-1990s and they went on tour together in 1996. In 1997, the song "The Wind Cries Mary" by Colaiuta, Sting, John McLaughlin, and Dominic Miller was nominated for a Grammy award for the best pop collaboration with vocals.
His solo debut in 1997, an album aptly called Vinnie Colaiuta, featured guest spots by Colaiuta's professed idol, Herbie Hancock, as well as Chick Corea, Sting, and John Patitucci. Colaiuta always maintained a strong jazz influence and modeled himself artistically after Steve Gadd, the legendary session drummer of pop, jazz, and folk idols of the 1970s and 1980s. Stylistically Colaiuta is unpredictable and hard to categorize. His eccentric drum-playing posture with his hard-hitting, foot- stomping bass style has caused some back problems and even a fractured foot from hitting the pedals too hard.
Colaiuta was named the number one All Around Drummer of 1996 by a readers' poll in Modern Drummer. He also received the Drumbeat Drummie Award for Best Studio Drummer in 1998. He is not at all enamored by success; instead he is pre-occupied with self- improvement. His friends respect him not only for his talent, but for his eagerness to help others. In 1994, he directed a clinic sponsored by the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC '94), and in 1996 he played behind pop legend Little Richard's "I Feel Pretty," as a contributing artist on Songs from West Side Story, a CD whose proceeds benefit the NARAS Foundation, an organization dedicated to fostering music among school children throughout the United States.
Colaiuta's musical likes and dislikes hinge on personal taste, and in general bear no relevance to his passion for drumming. His favorite songs are "Martha My Dear" by the Beatles and Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings." He just likes them, he said.
by Gloria Cooksey
Vinnie Colaiuta's Career
Toured with organist/pianist Al Kooper; played with the late Frank Zappa; was a regular feature on comedienne Joan Rivers's television talk show; 1994, directed Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC '94) clinic; featured headliner at the "World Drum Festival, Paradiso Van Slag," (Netherlands) March of 1995; collaborated increasingly with Sting during the mid-1990s, toured and recorded with Sting, 1996; solo debut album, Vinnie Colaiuta 1997; contributing artist on Songs from West Side Story, for the NARAS Foundation, 1996.
Vinnie Colaiuta's Awards
Modern Drummer, #1 All Around Drummer, 1996; Drumbeat Drummie Award, Best Studio Drummer, 1998.
- Selected discography
- (with Frank Zappa) Joe's Garage , (includes "Keep it Greasy), November 1979.
- (with Joni Mitchell) Dog Eat Dog , Geffen Records, 1985.
- (with Temptations) To Be Continued , Motown Records, 1986.
- (with Nik Kershaw) The Works , MCA 1989.
- (with Alan Holdsworth) Secrets , Intima Records, 1989.
- (with Barry Manilow) Barry Manilow , Arista Records, May 2, 1989.
- (with Bunny Brunel) Dedication , Musidisc, 1992.
- (with Leonard Cohen) The Future , Columbia, November 17, 1992. (with Rodney Crowell) Life is Messy , Columbia, May 19, 1992.
- (with Sting) Ten Summoner's Tales , A&M Records, March 9, 1993. (with Tim Weston and Shelby Flint) Providence , Soul Coast, 1994. (with SMAP) SMAP 007 Gold Singer , (Japanese) 1995.
- (with Joni Mitchell) Misses , Reprise, October 29, 1996.
- (with Little Richard) "I Feel Pretty" The Songs of West Side Story , RCA Victor, January 30, 1996.
- (with Eric Marienthal) Collection , GRP Records, January 28, 1997. Vinnie Colaiuta, Stretch Records , February 18, 1997.
- Live from the Blue Note Tokyo , Stretch Records, 1997.
- (with George Benson and Earl Klugh) Collaboration.
- (with Joni Mitchell) Wild Things Run Fast , 1982.
- (with Al Kooper), "Championship Wrestling," 1982.
- Flans, Robyn, Modern Drummer, November 1982; May 1987; October 1993.
- Hartford Courant , 8 January 1997.
- Down Beat, November 1996, p. 68(3).


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The realm rejoices as Paradox Interactive announces the launch of Crusader Kings III, the latest entry in the publisher’s grand strategy role-playing game franchise. Advisors may now jockey for positions of influence and adversaries should save their schemes for another day, because on this day Crusader Kings III can be purchased on Steam, the Paradox Store, and other major online retailers.
I played an earlier game as the US and was kickec out of Germany before I could rally on the French border and around Rome. With the input of some 200 infantry divisions I consolidated my lines and struck them in return when they where spent.jose1357 said:hmmm...was expecting US for ww3
GrimReaper said:Is this optional if you play as the US?
*oooh, so curious*
Singleton Mosby said:Well, you can of course cancel the order. That way your bombers, stationed in Turkey, will not drop their bombs (they are already airborn). But I , as the Uk can't do a thing about it.
Lurken said:I say "fun"!

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MANILA, Philippines -- Shopping mall operator SM Prime Holdings Inc. said Monday its board has approved a share buyback program worth P1 billion ($23.8 million) to enhance shareholder value.
"Management believes that the company's shares are currently undervalued in the market," SM Prime told Manila's stock exchange.
The company did not provide the terms and timetable of the buyback plan. It said any transaction will be disclosed as it occurs.
SM Prime said Friday it would spend P33 billion in the next five years to fund domestic expansion. The five-year budget includes P6 billion for the construction of three new malls and the upgrade of three existing malls this year.
But the budget does not include plans to expand its presence in China following the acquisition of three new malls in Xiamen, Jinjiang and Chengdu.
Shares in SM Prime, which is partly owned by conglomerate SM Investments Corp., closed 2.7 percent lower at P7.20.
The stock has fallen nearly 30 percent so far this year, contributing to the weakness of the main index which has lost 24 percent due to continued selling of emerging market assets amid a bleak outlook for the global economy and rising inflation.
SM Investments closed 0.4 percent lower at P249.00.
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text: Released last week, Shopper Marketing: capturing a Shopper's Mind, Heart and Wallet reveals that food firms' budgets for shopper marketing are growing at 21 percent per year, compared to the two percent growth seen by overall marketing budgets. This, it says, reveals that manufacturers increasingly believe that effective shopper marketing initiatives will generate a competitive advantage and are realigning their strategies accordingly. Although there is significant debate and disagreement surrounding the exact definition of the term "shopper marketing", GMA identifies six main definitions, and combines them into its own broader definition. This type of marketing, it says, includes all varieties of marketing stimuli that build brand equity and have the potential to influence a shopper to make a purchase. These are developed based on a "deep understanding" of shopper - or consumer-in-shopping-mode - behavior. According to the new report, the store is a "compelling and ideal marketing canvas". Some 70 percent of purchasing decisions are made in-store, and 68 percent of in-store purchases are impulse. This, it said, leaves marketers with a "tremendous opportunity to reach consumers". The report was conducted by Deloitte Consulting on behalf of the trade body GMA (Grocery Manufacturer's Association), through interviews with leading manufacturers and retailers between June and September 2007. According to their findings, companies are making "real change" happen in their organization in terms of shopper marketing, and they are backing this up with projected increases in funding. In 2004, manufacturers spent some 35 percent of their marketing budgets on traditional avenues (TV, radio, print), 34 percent on trade promotions and 20 percent on consumer promotions. Forecasts for 2010 place these figures at 33 percent, 28 percent and 17 percent respectively. Shopper marketing in 2004 constituted only three percent of marketing budgets, whereas in 2010 it is forecast to make up eight percent. "Building shopper marketing capabilities will require a significant transformation of the status quo in marketing and sales organizations. This transformation will include, but is not limited to, how insights are generated, how much is spent on insight generation, how segmentation is performed, how budgets are developed, how teams are structured, what skills are required, and how execution happens in-store," writes the report. There are five things that differentiate manufacturers in the eyes of retailers, according to the findings. Leading manufacturers are considered to be those: who are best aligned with their marketing plans and strategies; with whom retailers have highly productive and cohesive relationships; who possess advanced shopper marketing competence; who develop unique and exclusive programs; and who can deliver powerful insights on the consumer and the shopper. "The GMA Sales Committee initiated this project to gain a deeper understanding of shopper marketing and enable senior executives in our manufacturer member companies to maximize the ROI of their marketing strategy," said senior vice president of industry affairs Stephen Sibert. "These results demonstrate that manufacturers and retailers need to be adaptable in an increasingly shopper-centric marketplace." "What retailers told us and what market leaders have figured out is that manufacturers can differentiate themselves in the eyes of their retail customers by demonstrating advanced shopper marketing competencies and offering unique opportunities for collaboration," said Nick Handrinos, partner at Deloitte, and lead author of the study.


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- 6 miles/10K, 10 miles, 13.1 miles/Half Marathon
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I walked this "walking classic" with my mom. She was so excited to finish her first half marathon.
The jacket looked very cheaply made.
The course scenery was great. There was no day of race packet pickup and no willingness to provide any assistance for out of towners, they really wanted you to book a room so they could get some money back if you used their code.
There seemed to be enough water stations and the course was decently marked. It did not match the course map however.
The race was more focused to the 10k. After we split, fans became barren.
We finished and all of the post-race swag (a 31 cross body bag and a scarf) were gone. They had been handed out to non runners. When we asked questions we were told that they can not control who gets the runners finishing gifts. Which is a lie because in the other 17 half marathons I've completed its never been an issue.
I was so happy to be with my mom for her first half. But besides spending the time with her this race was awful.
For spending over $100 to participate in this half marathon, you definitely don't get your money's worth.


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Regular panelist Mangi Mbileni is joined by two-time world dance champion and City of Tshwane Brand Ambassador, Paul Modjadji, as well as musical theatre performer Lindo Sithole. They discuss the blesser phenomenon – why has it become so controversial? Is it a sign of insecurity on the man’s part or the woman’s part? They also talk about the SABC’s new rule to play 90% local music and how this will change the way we support South African acts.
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Logan Andren has understood music's power to render emotions and revitalize memories since he was a very young boy.
His musical journey started with him taking up violin in elementary school and continued as he began to perform as a vocalist and lead character in various musicals and school productions. As he entered high school, the guitar came into his life and he enjoyed playing his favorite songs as well as learning to compose his own original music. As he continues to create and explore the world of music, Logan is currently taking music courses at Cabrillo College while also enjoying the technical aspects of mixing and multi-track recording as time permits.
Aside from his passion for music, Logan stays busy pursuing a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering with an A.A. in Communication Studies. His balance of technical and academic know-how coupled with with great communication skills and an affable nature makes for a great SIM employee who knows how to get things done, but have some fun while doing them! Please call today for more information!
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A man who swam to a vessel with the intention to allegedly steal money was quickly apprehended by a security guard yesterday morning.
The suspect allegedly swam to the vessel berthed at the Millers Wharf, climbed onboard and stole a $100 note and coins from inside its office.
The incident occurred at around 8.30am and he was quickly apprehended by the shipping company’s security guard whereby officers based at the Millers Wharf were called to the scene of the crime.
He remains in custody as investigations continue.
Meanwhile the suspect alleged to have stolen a motor vehicle from a Laucala Bay shopping complex has been charged.
The accused has been charged with one count of theft of motor vehicle.
He will be produced at the Suva Magistrates Court today.


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"It's an interesting movie, and I can see why it has the cult following it has. Even from when I first saw it, I did kinda appreciate the idea of stepping away from Michael Myers and just doing something a little different... But it doesn't work. It's a neat idea, it's a neat concept, they did not implement it very well."
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Elephant in the Room
A True Story of the Supernatural
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Miracles, signs and wonders shall follow them that believe. Apostolic ministry is going back to the book of Acts. This is the true story of Acts in the 21st Century.

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Facebook’s Privacy Issues
As the biggest and most popular social media platform, Facebook has harvested a massive amount of user data, which can be used for advertising and other purposes. There’s an ongoing controversy regarding the possible illicit use of this user data, especially since Facebook started to monetize user profiles in 2007. Facebook’s privacy issues have been in the news quite a bit this year and it doesn’t seem like they are in the clear just yet. As new claims are being made and new analytic data is being released, it looks as though Facebook’s privacy issues weren’t as accidental as they originally stated.
2011 FTC Investigation
Facebook entered into a consent decree following an FTC investigation in 2011. They promised to address concerns about the way user information is shared and tracked. It happened due to an incident in the end of December 2009, when it was believed that user information was publicly shared. In 2013, Facebook admitted that a bug caused personal details of about 6 million accounts to be exposed. When people downloaded their personal Facebook history, they not only obtained their own address book, but also the personal details of other people in their address book, including phone numbers and email addresses. Then, more privacy issues happened in 2015, when Facebook discovered an app developed by Aleksandr Kogan caused huge privacy concerns.
The Guardian and The New York Times published a report in March 2018 that Cambridge Analytica harvested profiles of 87 million Facebook users, which was allegedly targeted by pro-Trump advertising. Shortly after that, the FTC determined that Facebook violated the 2011 settlement terms. The situation became worse when, in April 2018, Facebook announced that “malicious actors” are able to gather the public profiles of most Facebook users by abusing the search function. Each time Facebook is embroiled into a privacy issue scandal, it’s always the same thing. Zuckerberg would deliver an apology and admit the mistake, but there’s a good possibility that it will repeat again in the future.
Due to these situations, Facebook users should consider how much information they actually want to divulge on social media. For example, they may need to use a second email account, which is not related to their work account so if anything happens with that email account, it won’t be as damaging, because it’s expendable. Even if you use Facebook for work-related matters, such as marketing and customer service, you shouldn’t be too rigid. Anything you put on Facebook or any other social media platform should be considered as publicly available which means you should be more careful as to what you post and what you share online.
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New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. have released an iOS app optimized for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
Peter Jackson has posted a new Vlog dispatch from Middle Earth, featuring a few minutes of bonus Comic-Con footage.
Fans of Middle Earth are counting down to December 14.
The Hobbit just finished shooting in New Zealand after 266 grueling days and Peter Jackson is no doubt frenetically hustling to get the film ready for its long-awaited December 14 release date.
It's been over ten years since the first Lord of the Rings trilogy hit theaters, and Peter Jackson is finally making his return to Middle Earth on December 14, 2012 with the first installment of The Hobbit.
LEGO has taken the wraps off an upcoming Lord of the Rings (LOTR) video game that crosses the Tolkien-inspired movie trilogy with the toy series.
As we all know, geek icon Peter Jackson is currently shooting The Hobbit, which will be divided in two parts, with the first episode being released this December.
"Gollum's never really gone too far away from me because he's indelibly printed into my DNA. What was weird is going back and playing a character..."


The Toyota Corolla is the largest selling car in the world with over 40 million units sold across the years and generations. In India, the Corolla was launched in 2003 and continues to be the best selling car in its category. The current generation Corolla Altis has been with us for a few years now and has finally been put under the scalpel for a midlife nip and tuck making, it much much better looking than before and also much sleeker. We drove the top of the line diesel powered car, which, badged GL is priced at just over Rs 19 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi) to see if the updates have made it a better car.
Toyota Corolla Altis Facelift Headlamp
To begin with, the Corolla now looks much sharper with its smaller and longer headlamps that flank the chrome laden central grille. The headlamps are now powered by LEDs and also get a sleek and quite bright daytime running light that accentuates the headlamp cluster. The lower half of the bumper is quite interesting with an almost wing-like design along with two large vents that makes the Corolla visually appear to be a lot wider than it actually is.
Toyota Corolla Altis Facelift Rear Profile
The same sleek design continues around the side with a much sharper profile now thanks to the headlamps giving it an edgier look. The rear too gets the sleeker and sharper LED tail lamps and those make the new Corolla Altis look a lot less bulky as compared to the outgoing car. The differences between the petrol and the diesel variants seem to continue. While the GL is the highest spec model you can get in the diesel, it still only gets a set of 15-inch wheels, which ends up making the rather large Corolla looks like it is sitting on a set of coasters.
Toyota Corolla Altis Facelift Interior
The interior on the Corolla is typically Toyota – which means it is ergonomic and well built. The beige and grey dashboard with the gloss black central console combined with the beige seats gives it an airy feel, which is ideal for a car of this segment. Shockingly though, this top of the line diesel version does NOT come with an infotainment system. And that, in our opinion is genuinely ridiculous, especially since it comes factory fitted with steering mounted audio and phone controls and a set of speakers.
Toyota Corolla Altis Facelift
And this also means that the Corolla in the spec we are driving does not come with parking sensors and a reversing camera, which again, are features that a car in this segment is expected to have. To be fair though, the petrol-powered car does get all the above missing features that the diesel is missing along with a leather interior package as compared to the fabric one on the diesel.
Toyota Corolla Altis Facelift Rear Seats
The Corolla though has always had a very comfortable rear seat and this version of the car is pretty much the same. The rear bench is comfortable and offers great under-thigh and back support. You also get a flip down central arm rest in the rear with a brushed silver finished cubbyhole and two cup holders. The best part about the seat though is the slightly higher seating position which means that it is easy to get in and out of – particularly important as a large portion of Toyota Corolla customers are slightly older individuals and are chauffer driven.
Toyota Corolla Altis Facelift Diesel
The Corolla Altis diesel comes with a 1.4-litre, four-cylinder, turbocharged engine that makes a measly 87 bhp of peak power and 205 Nm of peak torque which translates to very underwhelming outright performance on the road. You have to keep working the 6-speed gearbox to extract the best performance from the engine as there is just no power whatsoever below 1500-1800 rpm. That said, there is a silver lining. The Toyota Corolla Altis is a great highway cruiser. Leave it in the sixth gear at about 2000 rpm, which translates to about 90-100 kmph and it is quiet and extremely frugal in terms of fuel efficiency. But, exciting, it is not.
Toyota Corolla Altis Facelift Alloy Wheels
The steering feel, is a little numb and needs the driver to really hold the car by the collar and force it to perform. And it is pretty much the same story when it comes to handling. While it is nowhere near as good in the corners as its rivals from Europe or even Korea, the Corolla is extremely comfortable – especially with these 15-inch wheels and larger sidewall tyre combination. In fact, in this spec it is definitely the most comfortable car in its segment.
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The Toyota Corolla might be one of the most popular cars in its segment but with competition like the Hyundai Elantra, which is priced just slightly above the Corolla and gets a LOT more features, it does have its work cut out for it. It has though evolved along nicely and is definitely a lot more stylish car now. That said, we still think that Toyota’s gamble in not giving enough value to the Corolla in this diesel spec might be a bad move.


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