Mixing equipment plays a crucial role in several industries. From food to pharmaceuticals, industries depend on machines that work with precision to produce high-quality goods. As technology evolves, so do the machines used in the manufacturing process. Such machines are subject to wear and tear, and with time, become obsolete. Modernization is necessary to maintain the efficiency and safety of the equipment. This article discusses the challenges and opportunities that come with modernizing mixing equipment.
The Need for Modernization
As mixing equipment ages, it becomes less efficient. Older models consume more energy, are prone to breakdowns, and have a higher risk of accidents. On the flip side, newer models come with advanced features that boost energy efficiency, reduce human error, and minimize the wear and tear of the equipment. Modernization is necessary to ensure quicker and lower-cost processes, reliable quality control, and meeting regulatory requirements concerning safety and environmental concerns.
Challenges Associated with Modernization
Modernizing mixing equipment comes with its fair share of challenges. One of the most common ones is adapting to the changes brought about by new equipment. The controls are different, the size is sometimes more extensive, and the cost may also be more than expected. Training workers on the use of new equipment may be required to avoid delays in production due to inadequate knowledge of the new machinery. The operator’s safety may be compromised if the required training is not completed.
Benefits of Modernizing Mixing Equipment
Modernizing mixing equipment has several benefits. One significant advantage of modernization is the enhancement of energy efficiency. New equipment can significantly reduce energy consumption, leading to reduced operational costs. Modernizing equipment also increases production capacity and quality, improving the overall efficiency and output of the company. New tools have regulatory compliance built into them that help meet environmental and safety requirements. Additionally, the updated equipment comes with better accuracy, flexibility and reduces the chances of human error. The result is an overall improvement in the quality of the final product.
Types of Modernization
It is essential to understand that modernizing equipment does not mean the replacement of the entire mixing system. Instead, it can involve upgrading individual components, incorporating new technologies, or changing the existing system. Upgrading individual components, such as the machine’s control systems, can significantly enhance its performance and boost energy efficiency. Alternatively, retrofitting can improve the productivity and reliability of the equipment by adding elements such as advanced sensors, software, and automated controls that impose less stress on the machines. Implementing an entirely new system may also be necessary where the current one is outdated, and the cost of maintenance and repair is more than modernization.
Factors to Consider When Modernizing Mixing Equipment
Mixing equipment is a crucial component of several industries worldwide. Modernizing the equipment is necessary to maintain efficiency, improve productivity, and ensure the safety of employees. Despite the challenges of modernizing mixing equipment, the benefits outweigh its costs in the long term. The increased energy efficiency, reliability, and regulatory compliance that come with modernization contribute to companies’ profitability and competitiveness in their respective industries. Understanding the need for modernization and considering the essential factors to come up with an elaborate upgrade plan is vital for industrial organizations that want to upgrade their mixing equipment. We’re dedicated to providing a well-rounded educational experience. That’s why we suggest this external website with extra and relevant information about the subject. Baker Perkins, dive further into the subject and discover more!
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Image: Realme China
Weight: 184g / Height: 157mm / Width: 74.2mm / Thickness: 8.9mm
Prices (in Chinese Yuan)
4GB RAM + 64GB storage – ¥998
6GB RAM + 64GB storage – ¥1198
8GB RAM + 128GB storage – ¥1498
Blue and green
September 2019 (China)
Back: 8MP (119° Ultra-wide f/2.25) + 48MP Sony IMX586 (wide f/1.79) + 2MP (depth f/2.4) + 2MP (macro f/2.4)
Front: 16MP IMX 471 (f/2.0)
6.3” dew-drop LCD display, FHD+ 2340 x 1080 resolution and 90.6% screen-to-body ratio
4035mAh, 20W VOOC 3.0 charging
Snapdragon 712 AIE
ColorOS 6, Android 9.0
USB Type-C, 3.5mm headphone jack, splash-resistant, Support maximum 256GB memory expansion using MicroSD
Other features or products highlighted during the launch
- Realme Q is the first realme phone that packs a quad rear camera setup in China.
- The rear cover features the unique diamond cut design.
- Realme Q also features the Hyper Boost 2.0 acceleration engine for gaming and the LPDDR4X + UFS 2.1 storage technology.
- There are also official cases for Realme Q too, which cost ¥39. Available in grey and yellow.
- Realme also launched its first (at least in China) ¥49 wired earphones. (anti-winding wire + clip together magnetically + attached cable organizer + 11.2mm bass boost driver + Multi-layer composite diaphragm + Japan Daikoku voice coil)
- The company also unveiled the 10000mAh fast charging power bank. It supports fast charging up to 18W, two-way fast charging via USB-C, 12-layer of safety protection, and it’s available in grey, yellow and red.
- At the end of the launch, Realme teased a new 64MP quad rear camera phone which will be unveiled in 3 weeks time in China. Could this be the same Realme XT that’s launching on 13th September in India?
– Q & A:
1. Does Realme Q have NFC?
There’s no NFC and IR Blaster on Realme Q
2. Does Realme Q have glass back?
Realme Q doesn’t have glass back. The back cover is made of plastic with 3D curved design.
3. Does it come with a 20W charger?
The specs from realme.com/cn show it comes with a 5V/4A charger.


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Beliefnet’s Steven Waldman blogs about what he calls the "religious left’s" plea to President Obama not to repeal the Global Gag Rule. The plea needs a highlighter and red pen.
Pro-life Obama activists fully expect Obama to repeal the Mexico City "gag rule" — which prevents American dollars from going to groups that offer abortion services or advice. But some of them are urging the Obama administration Obama to delay action on that until he can put it in the context of a broader "abortion reduction" agenda. In other words, don’t make a big pro-choice move without also taking some abortion-reduction step.
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First of all, the religious left’s (which is not really left but quite centrist) simplistic explanation of what the Mexico City Policy or Global Gag Rule does is woefully inaccurate. In fact, the Global Gag Rule is an executive order first put in place by Ronald Reagan – even though we already had (and have) explicit laws banning the use of federal U.S. taxpayer funds from being used to fund abortion services abroad (or in the U.S. for that matter). As I have written before on this site:
The Global Gag Rule was originally put in place by President Reagan, by executive order, to deny funding to international family planning organizations unless they agreed to specific curtailments as set by the United States on the medical services and information
they provided to their patients. That is, health centers that operate
in developing nations to help women and men plan their families and
avoid unintended pregnancies, were told that they would not be allowed
to provide abortions (regardless of whether or not it is legal in their
country to do so), refer to abortion services, discuss
abortion as an option, or even so much as hang a poster that mentions
abortion without potentially being denied funds for the provision of
health services that have nothing to do with abortion.
So, to make that point one more time:
The Global Gag Rule is not about banning federal U.S. funds from being used to pay for abortion services abroad. We had and continue to have separate laws governing this.
The Global Gag Rule is about imposing censorship (that is unconstitutional in this country) on U.S. family planning funded NGOs that provide critical health services in developing nations; services like the provision of contraceptive supplies, family planning counseling, HIV prevention tools, maternal health care and more.
In countries like Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, imposition of the
global gag rule has meant the loss of critical funds for the
contraceptive supplies and services needed to prevent unintended
pregnancies in the first place. In virtually every country with high
fertility rates, lack of access to contraceptives means women have more
children than they want or can afford.
If a woman comes to a clinic and is in need of a life or health saving abortion? The health center is censored from providing a referral or even telling her that is what she needs. If a woman has been raped and wants to ask about abortion as an option? Again, she’s out of luck.
What of international organizations like International Planned Parenthood Federation that operate health centers in different parts of the world – some that provide abortions and some that don’t? If they operate a non-abortion providing health center in a developing nation (and many do) they must keep their family planning funding separate. Again, they would be breaking the law should they use any U.S. taxpayer funds for abortion services.
Furthermore, the assertion that President Obama needs to "delay" the repeal of this harmful policy until he can also do something that furthers "abortion reduction" is stunning in its misunderstanding of the rule.
The Global Gag Rule does nothing if not hampers efforts at abortion reduction. It doesn’t take much to figure out that if you block funds to family planning organizations for family planning efforts and actual contraception provision, you are increasing the likelihood of women becoming pregnant with an unplanned pregnancy. This is usually what leads to abortion.
Further, the very idea of "abortion reduction" is one that seems to strangely separate women from their bodies and the life growing inside them. "Abortion reduction" on its own sounds to me like a failed concept – abortion reduction at what cost? Any cost? How is that different from any extreme anti-choice belief system? The goal is not abortion reduction – the goal is ensuring that women and girls lives and health are valued, respected, and cared for, that women’s status in society is elevated so that we become fully autonomous, equal members of society. The natural result will be that more women will be able to prevent unplanned or unintended pregnancy if they desire, women will be able to plan for their children, women will be able to gain economic self-sufficiency in greater numbers, women will have more control over their health and lives.
If the religious left wants simply to reduce abortion, there is no reason not to rely on the same, tired, anti-choice legislation and constitutional challenges to get us there. The Global Gag Rule was put in place to appease anti-choice voices, rescinded by President Clinton and signed again by President George W. Bush as a nod to the religious right again. President Obama understands that these nods or gestures are more than symbolic – they are harmful to women and global society’s efforts to grow and evolve.
While the Global Gag Rule has become a favorite tool of the far-right to rally its base, their explanation of what it does it simply wrong. The religious left is not helpful to anyone by perpetuating these false ideas.
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Immigration has been one of the country’s most contentious political topics and, not surprisingly, is now a primary focus of this election. But no matter how you feel about the subject, this is a nation of immigrants in search of “el sueño Americano,” as Karla Ortiz reminded us on the first night of the Democratic National Convention (DNC). Ortiz, the 11-year-old daughter of two undocumented parents, appeared in a Hillary Clinton campaign ad earlier this year expressing fear that her parents would be deported. Standing next to her mother on the DNC stage, the young girl told the crowd that she is an American who wants to become a lawyer to help families like hers.
It was a powerful way to kick-start the week, suggesting to viewers Democrats were taking a radically different approach to immigration than the Republican National Convention (RNC). While the RNC made undocumented immigrants the scapegoats for a variety of social ills, from U.S. unemployment to terrorism, the DNC chose to highlight the contributions of immigrants: the U.S. citizen daughter of undocumented parents, the undocumented college graduate, the children of immigrants who went into politics. Yet, even the stories shared at the DNC were too tidy and palatable, focusing on “acceptable” immigrant narratives. There were no mixed-status families discussing their deported parents, for example.
As far as immigration is concerned, neither the Democrats nor Republicans are without their faults, though positions taken at the conventions were clearly more extreme in one case than the other. By the end of two weeks, viewers may not have known whether to blame immigrants for taking their jobs or to befriend their hardworking immigrant neighbors. For the undocumented immigrants watching the conventions, the message, however, was clear: Both parties have a lot of work to do when it comes to humanizing their communities.
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So, it should come as no surprise that the first night of the RNC, which had the theme of “Make America Safe Again,” preyed on American fears of the “other.” In this case: undocumented immigrants who, as Julianne Hing wrote for the Nation, “aren’t just drug dealers and rapists anymore—now they’re murderers, too.”
Night one of the RNC featured not one but three speakers whose children were killed by undocumented immigrants. “They’re just three brave representatives of many thousands who have suffered so gravely,” Trump said at the convention. “Of all my travels in this country, nothing has affected me more, nothing even close I have to tell you, than the time I have spent with the mothers and fathers who have lost their children to violence spilling across our borders, which we can solve. We have to solve it.”
Billed as “immigration reform advocates,” grieving parents like Mary Ann Mendoza called her son’s killer, who had resided in the United States for 20 years before the drunk driving accident that ended her police officer son’s life, an “illegal immigrant” who “had no business being in this country.”
It seemed exploitative and felt all too common. Drunk driving deaths are tragically common and have nothing to do with immigration, but it is easier to demonize undocumented immigrants than it is to address the nation’s broken immigration system and the conditions that are separating people from their countries of origin—conditions to which the United States has contributed. Trump has spent months intentionally and disingenuously pushing narratives that undocumented immigrants are hurting and exploiting the United States, rather than attempting to get to the root of these issues. This was hammered home by Mendoza, who finished her speech saying that we have a system that cares more about “illegals” than Americans, and that a vote for Hillary “puts all of our children’s lives at risk.”
There was also Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a notorious racist whose department made a practice of racially profiling Latinos and was recently found to be in civil contempt of court for “repeatedly and knowingly” disobeying orders to cease policing tactics against Latinos, NPR reported.
Like Mendoza, Arpaio told the RNC crowd that the immigration system “puts the needs of other nations ahead of ours” and that “we are more concerned with the rights of ‘illegal aliens’ and criminals than we are with protecting our own country.” The sheriff asserted that he was at the RNC because he was distinctly qualified to discuss the “dangers of illegal immigration,” as someone who has lived on both sides of the border.
“We have terrorists coming in over our border, infiltrating our communities, and causing massive destruction and mayhem,” Arpaio said. “We have criminals penetrating our weak border security systems and committing serious crimes.”
When accepting the nomination, Trump highlighted the story of Sarah Root of Nebraska, a 21-year-old who was killed in a drunk-driving accident by a 19-year-old undocumented immigrant.
“To this administration, [the Root family’s] amazing daughter was just one more American life that wasn’t worth protecting,” Trump said. “One more child to sacrifice on the altar of open borders.”
It should be noted that the information related to immigration that Trump provided in his RNC speech, which included the assertion that the federal government enables crime by not deporting more undocumented immigrants (despite deporting more undocumented immigrants than ever before in recent years), came from groups founded by John Tanton, a well-known nativist whom the Southern Poverty Law center referred to as “the racist architect of the modern anti-immigrant movement.”
“The Border Crossed Us”
From the get-go, it seemed the DNC set out to counter the dangerous, anti-immigrant rhetoric pushed at the RNC. Over and over again, Democrats like Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA) hit back hard against Trump, citing him by name and quoting him directly.
“Donald Trump believes that Mexican immigrants are murderers and rapists. But what about my parents, Donald?” Sánchez asked the crowd, standing next to her sister, Rep. Loretta Sánchez (D-CA). “They are the only parents in our nation’s 265-year history to send not one but two daughters to the United States Congress!”
Each speech from a Latino touched on immigration, glossing over the fact that immigration is not just a Latino issue. While the sentiments were positive—illustrating a community that is thriving, and providing a much-needed break from the RNC’s anti-immigrant rhetoric—at the core of every speech were messages of assimilation and respectability politics.
Even in gutsier speeches from people like actress Eva Longoria, there was the need to assert that her family is American and that her father is a veteran. The actress said, “My family never crossed a border. The border crossed us.”
Whether intentional or not, the DNC divided immigrants into those who are acceptable, respectable, and worthy of citizenship, and those—invisible at the convention—who are not. “Border crossers” who do not identify as American, who do not learn English, who do not aspire to go to college or become an entrepreneur because basic survival is overwhelming enough, what about them? Do they deserve to be in detention? Do their families deserve to be ripped apart by deportation?
At the convention, Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL), a champion of immigration reform, said something seemingly innocuous that snapped into focus the problem with the Democrats’ immigration narrative.
“In her heart, Hillary Clinton’s dream for America is one where immigrants are allowed to come out of the shadows, get right with the law, pay their taxes, and not feel fear that their families are going to be ripped apart,” Gutiérrez said.
The Democratic Party is participating in an all-too-convenient erasure of the progress undocumented people have made through sheer force of will. Immigration has become a leading topic not because there are more people crossing the border (there aren’t) or because nativistDonald Trump decided to run for president, but because a segment of the population has been denied basic rights and has been fighting tooth and nail to save themselves, their families, and their communities.
Immigrants have been coming out of the shadows and as a result, are largely responsible for the few forms of relief undocumented communities now have, like Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which allows certain undocumented immigrants who meet specific qualifications to receive a renewable two-year work permit and exemption from deportation. And “getting right with the law” is a joke at this point. The problem isn’t that immigrants are failing to adhere to immigration laws; the problem is immigration laws that are notoriously complicated and convoluted, and the system, which is so backlogged with cases that a judge sometimes has just seven minutes to determine an immigrant’s fate.
Becoming a U.S. citizen is also really expensive. There is a cap on how many people can immigrate from any given country in a year, and as Janell Ross explained at the Washington Post:
There are some countries, including Mexico, from where a worker with no special skills or a relative in the United States can apply and wait 23 years, according to the U.S. government’s own data. That’s right: There are people receiving visas right now in Mexico to immigrate to the United States who applied in 1993.
But getting back to Gutierrez’s quote: Undocumented immigrants do pay taxes, though their ability to contribute to our economy should not be the one point on which Democrats hang their hats in order to attract voters. And actually, undocumented people pay a lot of taxes—some $11.6 billion in state and local taxes last year, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy—while rarely benefiting from a majority of federal assistance programs since the administration of President Bill Clinton ended “welfare as we know it” in 1996.
The 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act and the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, enacted under former President Clinton, have had the combined effect of dramatically increasing the number of immigrants in detention and expandingmandatory or indefinite detention of noncitizens ordered to be removed to countries that will not accept them, as the American Civil Liberties Union notes on its site. Clinton also passed the North American Free Trade Agreement, which economically devastated Mexican farmers, leading to their mass migration to the United States in search of work.
In 1990, then-Sen. Joe Biden introduced the Violence Against Women Act, which passed in 1994 and specifically excluded undocumented women for the first 19 of the law’s 22 years, and even now is only helpful if the victim of intimate partner abuse is a child, parent, or current/former spouse of a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident.
When writing about the Democratic Party, community organizer Rosa Clemente, the 2008 Green Party vice president candidate, said that she is afraid of Trump, “but not enough to be distracted from what we must do, which is to break the two-party system for good.”
This is an election like we’ve never seen before, and it would be disingenuous to imply that the party advocating for the demise of the undocumented population is on equal footing with the party advocating for the rights of certain immigrants whose narratives it finds acceptable. But this is a country where Republicans loudly—and with no consequence—espouse racist, xenophobic, and nativist beliefs while Democrats publicly voice support of migrants while quietly standing by policies that criminalize undocumented communities and lead to record numbers of deportations.
During two weeks of conventions, both sides declared theirs was the party that encapsulated what America was supposed to be, adhering to morals and values handed down from our forefathers. But ours is a country comprised of stolen land and built by slave labor where today, undocumented immigrants, the population most affected by unjust immigration laws and violent anti-immigrant rhetoric, don’t have the right to vote. It is becoming increasingly hard to tell if that is indeed “un-American” or deeply American.
When asked this month about the platform’s opposition to Hyde, Hillary Clinton’s running mate Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) said that he had not “been informed of that” change to the platform though he has “traditionally been a supporter of the Hyde Amendment.”
Democrats voted on their party platform Monday, codifying for the first time the party’s stated commitment to repealing restrictions on federal funding for abortion care.
The platform includes a call to repeal the Hyde Amendment, an appropriations ban on federal funding for abortion reimplemented on a yearly basis. The amendment disproportionately affects people of color and those with low incomes.
“We believe unequivocally, like the majority of Americans, that every woman should have access to quality reproductive health care services, including safe and legal abortion—regardless of where she lives, how much money she makes, or how she is insured,” states the Democratic Party platform. “We will continue to oppose—and seek to overturn—federal and state laws and policies that impede a woman’s access to abortion, including by repealing the Hyde Amendment.”
The platform also calls for an end to the Helms Amendment, which ensures that “no foreign assistance funds may be used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method of family planning.”
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Though Helms allows funding for abortion care in cases of rape, incest, and life endangerment, the Obama administration has failed to enforce those guarantees.
Despite the platform’s opposition to the restrictions on abortion care funding, it makes no mention of how the anti-choice measures would be rolled back.
Both presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) have promised to address Hyde and Helms if elected. Clinton has said she would “fix the Helms Amendment.”
Speaking at the Iowa Brown and Black Presidential Forum in January, Clinton said that the Hyde Amendment “is just hard to justify because … certainly the full range of reproductive health rights that women should have includes access to safe and legal abortion.” In 2008, Clinton’s campaign told Rewire that she “does not support the Hyde amendment.”
When asked this month about the platform’s opposition to Hyde, Clinton’s running mate Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) said in an interview with the Weekly Standard that he had not “been informed of that” change to the platform though he has “traditionally been a supporter of the Hyde amendment.”
“The Hyde amendment and Helms amendment have prevented countless low-income women from being able to make their own decisions about health, family, and future,” NARAL President Ilyse Hogue said in a statement, addressing an early draft of the platform. “These amendments have ensured that a woman’s right to a safe and legal abortion is a right that’s easier to access if you have the resources to afford it. That’s wrong and stands directly in contrast with the Democratic Party’s principles, and we applaud the Party for reaffirming this in the platform.”

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Paris Saint-Germain defender Lucas Digne has explained why he preferred the Serie A club
The chance to work his former boss was a massive influence in the decision, says Digne.
The France international was heavily linked with a move to the Premier League, but decided a move to Serie A was more appropriate.
Liverpool and West Ham were also linked with Roma winger Adem Ljajic, but were disappointed when he too turned them down, instead deciding to join Inter Milan on a season-long loan.
Digne believes he has made the right choice and admits the opportunity to work with Roma manager Rudi Garcia was too good to turn down.
“Rudi Garcia has played an important role because I know him from Lille, he really wanted me at Roma” the right-back told Canal Football Club.
Digne OUT Coleman IN
As Digne headed for the exit, PSG did everything possible to bring Everton’s Seamus Coleman through the entrance at the Parc des Princes.
Last season’s Ligue 1 champions reportedly offered £20million as well as defender Gregory Van Der Wiel in a bid to secure Coleman’s services.
However, the former Sligo Rovers player, is a player Everton hold in the highest regard and were adamant he was not for sale, as they did with John Stones.
The England international was a key target for Chelsea, who had three bids turned down, the final one thought to be worth around £30million.
Written by Jack Wynne – @JackRobertWynne

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text: To illuminate your interiors and add an artistic, decorative touch, let yourself be tempted by our vintage Arcachon Bay posters. The warm colours of these posters recreate the magical landscapes of this idyllic spot from Southwestern France. You will behold the famous Dune of Pilat and its orangey hues overlooking the turquoise sea. You will walk around the Bay's emblematic stilted cabins. We will take you for a boat ride to Cap-Ferret for a relaxation break on the seaside and we will let you enjoy those unforgettable sceneries. Our prints and their unique aesthetics will let you relive your best holiday memories or keep on glazed paper those places that are dear to you.

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Whether it’s a government secret or outright cover-up, a secretive U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unit is funneling information from intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a massive database of telephone records to authorities across the nation to provide solid evidence launching criminal investigations against American citizens.
Rarely do these cases involve national security, as investigated by Reuters show. Documents uncovered provide proof that law enforcement agents, under orders, have concealed how investigations begin.
That means hiding those facts from defense lawyers but also sometimes from prosecutors and judges.
Documents are merely recreated by federal agents which some experts feel violate a defendant’s Constitutional right to a fair trial.
The DEA unit assigned to distribute the information is called the Special Operations Division. SOD and two dozen other partnered agencies comprise the unit. This includes the FBI, CIA, NSA, Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Homeland Security. Its origination dates back to 1994 and the urgency to fight to Central American drug cartels.
The entire operation has grown from several dozen employees over the years to an estimated several hundred.
But two senior DEA officials defended the program and said trying to “recreate” an investigative trail is not only legal but a technique that is used almost daily.
Their methods standard have agents pretending their “investigation” began with something as minor as a traffic stop, not with the SOD tip. The training document reviewed by Reuters refers to this process as “parallel construction.”
Reuters confirmed this practice of parallel construction was used by dozens of agents they interviewed for their story.
As Finn Selander, a DEA agent from 1991 to 2008, and now a member of a group called Law Enforcement against Prohibition said, “It’s just like laundering money, you work it backwards to make it clean.”
There are some attorneys that claim it is cause for legitimate reasons not to reveal its sources. Robert Spelke, a former prosecutor who spent seven years as a senior DEA lawyer, said some sources are classified. He said, “It’s a balancing act, and they’ve doing it this way for years. Do I think it’s a good way to do it? No, because now that I’m a defense lawyer, I see how difficult it is to challenge.”
The SOD’s primary role of providing information to agents isn’t a secret at all. In fact, it is briefly mentioned by the DEA in budget documents, but without any reference to how that information is used or represented when cases go to court.
And there is the dig.
The DEA long insisted that SOD’s primary role within mufti-jurisdictional and international investigations was bringing agents in separate cities together so they would not accidentally try to arrest each other.
SOD’s mandate has expanded over the years to include narco-terrorism, organized crime and gangs.
Today, SOD offers at least three services to federal, state and local law enforcement agents. That would include coordinating international investigations, distributing tips from overseas NSA intercepts, informants, foreign law enforcement partners and domestic wiretaps.
“We use it to connect the dots,” one official said.
Wiretap tips forwarded by the SOD usually come from foreign governments, U.S. intelligence agencies or court-authorized domestic phone recordings. Because warrant-less eavesdropping on Americans is illegal, tips from intelligence agencies are generally not forwarded to the SOD until a caller’s citizenship can be verified, according to one senior law enforcement official and one former U.S. military intelligence analyst.
SOD tips aren’t always helpful. The estimated accuracy is estimated at 60 percent.
DEA officials said that the SOD process has been reviewed internally. They declined to provide Reuters with a copy of their most recent review.
However it’s described, that’s a whole lot more information than the president can provide to Jay Leno.
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Golden Glimmers are a new way for GHHS members to express themselves, and at the same time stay connected with their GHHS peers! Staff will periodically request themed submissions in the form of art, writing, photos and more. We will share a selection of submissions on our website and social media pages.
Golden Glimmer Theme #1 was advice for new medical students in the form of a haiku. Read the wonderful haiku poems here.
Golden Glimmer Theme #2 was submissions of photos that elicit feelings of joy, resilience, or passion. View the gallery here.
Thank you to everyone for your ongoing engagement in the Golden Glimmer project.
The Gold Foundation’s headquarters is located in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. We don’t know about you, but we are READY for the summertime sunshine. We couldn’t be happier that summer is here and we want to know what’s making you SHINE!
Reading an amazing book? Vacationing with your family or friends? Getting outside for outdoor activities? Writing or Painting? Share your summertime joys with us!
Look for your submissions on social media in our special summertime frame.
Topic ideas: Travel, art, landscapes, poems, book recommendations.
Please submit by September 1, 2019

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Things You'll Need
LED battery powered light string
Experiment with different colors of tulle, and different colors of lights and ribbons to achieve a variety of effects. Gold or silver tulle adds an elegant sparkle to the lights. For twinkling points of light, try glittery tulle. Create a glimmer effect by wrapping a double layer of tulle around the lights -- one glittery layer and one white or colored layer.
Drape tulle-covered strings of lights anywhere you’d use plain light strings -- around windows, doors or mirrors, on shelves and mantels, along stair rails or balusters, or on wreaths.
Use the wire tie ends to help position the lights if you hang them.
Use only cool, LED lights with tulle to reduce fire risks.
Soften the glow of Christmas lights by tying tulle loosely around the string of bulbs. Whether your lights are white or colored, tulle diffuses the shine, surrounding each bulb with a misty aura. Cool to the touch, low-watt LED bulbs powered by batteries are safe to use closely with decorative tulle. The battery pack means you can use the lights to illuminate anything, anywhere, whether or not the area is wired for electricity.
Cut tulle yardage or 6-inch-wide tulle from a roll the length of the string of lights plus an additional 1/4 of the length. Lay out tulle yardage flat on a table or the floor, and cut it lengthwise into strips about 6 inches wide.
Place a string of lights down the center of a strip of tulle. Encase the light string by folding the tulle over it. Wrap a wire tie around one end of the tulle and the end of the light string, and twist the tie to secure it.
Gather the tulle in the space between the next two bulbs, creating a puff of tulle over the bulbs. Secure the tulle between the bulbs with another wire tie. Continue fastening the tulle with wire ties between the bulbs until all are covered. Adjust the puffs over the bulbs to accommodate any extra tulle, or trim off the extra.
Cut the ribbon into sections long enough to tie into bows around the light string. Tie a ribbon bow over each wire tie. Camouflage the battery pack inside a puff of tulle or a bow.
Fern Fischer's print and online work has appeared in publications such as Midwest Gardening, Dolls, Workbasket, Quilts for Today and Cooking Fresh. With a broader focus on organic gardening, health, rural lifestyle, home and family articles, she specializes in topics involving antique and modern quilting, sewing and needlework techniques.

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The MPs' report said in 2009 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) objected to a proposal for Sri Lanka to host 2011's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) but did not attempt to block this year's event or insist it should be conditional on improvements in human rights.
That approach now appears timid. The UK could and should have taken a more principled stand in 2009, and should have taken a more robust stand after the 2011 CHOGM in the light of the continuing serious human rights abuses in Sri Lanka.
The committee has previously suggested Mr Cameron should "publicly state his unwillingness to attend" unless he receives evidence of improving political and human rights.
We note that the Prime Minister remains committed to attending the CHOGM.
However, we recommend that the Prime Minister should obtain assurances from the Sri Lankan government that people who approach him to talk about human rights while he is in Sri Lanka to attend the CHOGM do not face reprisals or harassment by security forces.
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A selection of papers and prize essays on subjects connected with insanity
- Society for Improving the Condition of the Insane.
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At the end of August (28th-29th) people from around the country will be gathering in Washington D.C. and online for the next meeting of The Idea Camp. The focus of this (un)conference will be Compassion and Justice.
During the month of July, people shared their creative writing here at bibledude.net on the topic of compassion. In this series people shared some amazing poetry, short stories, and more!
Now for the month August bibledude.net will be taking creative submissions on the topic of justice! Submissions will be taken here for any form of creative writing that you would like to share…
- Short story
- Playwriting/Dramatic writing
- Creative non-fiction
- Flash fiction
- Photo journaling
Use any of the listed forms of creative writing (or photo journaling) to share what you want to on this topic, and email your submissions to firstname.lastname@example.org. Submissions on the topic of justice will be accepted through the end of August, and will be posted right here on bibledude.net. Please include a short (2-3 sentence) bio that includes links to your website/blog (if you have one) and other social networking profiles (Twitter, etc.), along with a photo of yourself.
One lucky submission will be selected to receive a FREE copy ofby Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. The winner will be selected on a mysterious combination of quality of content, feedback (via comments) submitted by readers, and maybe some other factors that I have not determined yet. But regardless, you cannot win the book if you don’t submit something!
Let me know if you have any questions… otherwise, I look forward to seeing what God puts on your heart!
Check out the current submissions:
- [poetry] as the deer by Marcus Goodyear
- [short story] cruelty at the playground by Janna Bailey
- [poetry] we must by Janna Bailey
- [short story] tina’s grandmother by Janna Bailey
- [prose] opening my lens wide by Gabrielle Dickinson
- [poetry] pull-apart bread by Jeanne E. Loupe
- your creative writing listed here…


Sapphire HD 5670 1GB Reviewccokeman -
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The Sapphire HD 5670 is built upon the 40nm Redwood core that comes with clock speeds of 775Mhz on the core and 1000MHz on the 1GB of GDDR5 memory running through a 128bit bus. There are a total of 6 different models of this card with varying specification with the biggest being the difference in the memory capacity and whether the card has Hyper Memory support. The cooler is made by Arctic cooling and is a two slot design. The Sapphire HD 5670 is meant to be used in a 16x PCIE 2.0 slot but can be used in a PCIe 1.0 16x slot as well with support for PCIe 2.1. The PCB is blue and by the standards of the 5 series is the runt of the bunch at just about 6.5 inches in length.
This card comes with a wealth of connectivity options that would make this card perfect for the HTPC builder with native DisplayPort, HDMI 1.3 that offers # Dolby® TrueHD and DTSHD Master AudioTM Support and a dual link DVI connection. With this setup you can run an Eyefinity setup at resolutions of up to 4800x900 60hz. The back side of the HD 5670 is barren and does not contain the power connection we are so used to seeing on higher end cards. This one just does not need it based on its power consumption of 61 watts under load and 14 watts at idle. With that said, a 400 watt power supply is recommended. For CrossfireX, which is available on this card with the dual bridge connections, it jumps to 500W.
Cooling is handled by way of the Artic Cooling heatsink and fan assembly that is reasonably quiet for its size. The heatsink block is all aluminum without a copper plate or core and should easily dissipate the 61watt heat load from this card. The TIM application is about par for the course and is easily removable.
The back of the card has a total of 4 of the 8 Hynix memory modules that are rated to run at 5000Mhz but are only clocked to 4000MHz. The 40nm Redwood core is rated to run at 775MHz with its 400 stream processors, 20 texture units and 32ROPs.
Lets get the card installed and setup so we can see what really under the hood.


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May 20, 2005
Sam Gamgee in Mordor
"There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for awhile. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
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Adapted from James Joyce's epic novel Ulysses, Bloom follows the story of grieving father Leopold Bloom (Stephen Rea), his amorous wife, Molly (Angeline Ball), and young writer Stephen Dedalus (Hugh O'Conor). The film focuses on one day in the lives of the three characters, as they experience similar and disparate feelings, thoughts and actions, and navigate through lives full of joy, lust, frustration and sorrow. Also stars Patrick Bergin.
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Great fun game
A Whole New Low 1/5
By Raven Nevermore
I 100% understand the need to put commercials in free games. I get it and I diligently watch those commercials even when there is one after every level. I also buy a lot of games outright when they make me happy. However, this game stops you IN THE MIDDLE OF A LEVEL to show you an ad! And shows you ads when you complete the level AND every time you restart a level and for other little things. Greedy and completely unacceptable. This could have been a good game and I might have spent real money on it but now we’ll never know because of the three times more ads than play time.
To many ads 2/5
This is honestly a pretty cool game I really enjoyed it there’s just to many ads for me you guys even got it to where they pop up while your in the middle of a level.. great game to many ads🥺😘😘💋
TOOOOOO meany ads 3/5
By rad vad
Sorry but there is tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo meany adds I rate it a tree star if there where no adds five star
Can’t stop playing this game💕 5/5
By foxes are so cute
I love this game!!!!
The Challenge 5/5
By haley long
I love the Challenge the game has
My opinion 3/5
I really enjoy playing this game but I really wish it were more challenging. Once you play for a few weeks you get bored. I’m thinking maybe there could be music while you are playing. Another thing I have to say is there are WAY TO MANY ADS!!! But again it is a pretty fun game.I like that you can choose colors. By ???
It can be extremely frustrating. 3/5
I really like the game but at least once a level the thing goes off by itself. The level starts and the gun fires the paint balls without me even touching the screen. I can’t get it to stop until it crashes and then I either have to quit or watch yet another dang ad. 🤦♀
The worst game ever 1/5
By Rif faf
It’s the worst because I just can’t talk for how bad it is!
About the app 1/5
I played the app until I reached level 14 and on my 3round the game was hitting the black parts and made me loose more the once I deleted the app to reinstall it and reached the same level again and the same thing kept happening
By poopy pp
To many adds but still fun
What I think 4/5
By candy cayze
I took off the last star because of all of the commercials.
the game itself was fun but the commercials just got in the way
No charge purchase 1/5
I gave it one star because it wouldn’t let me re-download the game
By queen diamond #1 always
I just started to play this game and I love it
This game is so fun and easy and I love the bonus round is cool my name is Jasmine Mayer’s and I love your game
I like this game but, A lot of times when I hit play it automatically fires a couple of balls and I lose the game. Please fix this glitch. Thank You!!!
PaintPop 3D 5/5
By Unicorn lover 🦄❤🦄❤
I love this game it is so amazing I play this every day so much fun I give you 1000 stars 🤗👍🥳😊🤪🙃😋🤩😎😜🤗👍🥳😊🤪🙃
The best game ever Thank you for making this game 5/5
I just couldn’t wait to download this game
This game is awesome and fun 5/5
By Da'Vonni issa twaimz bestie
I could play this game for hours even on the toilet while I have explosive diarrhea btw if I hear and earthquake alert just no it is my big stankin but because I had beans also if u watch Issa Twiamz and or Larray I are a true baddie yazzz queen mk mk mk PERIODT IF U DON LIKE THIS GAME U ARE WACK AND CRAZY PERIODT
By Princess Pinkypie
Been very fun lately and I enjoyed it a lot I think you will too so have fun you and there’s daily challenges and a lot of stuff that you will like it and so take a shot and go ahead and try so go ahead
😍 love it 5/5
By ad adiction
No ads and I have WiFi so good job ( bc w/ WiFi you have ads) and its a fun game so great job 🎮🎮🎮🎮🎮🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀👩🏾💻👩🏾💻👩🏾💻👩🏾💻👩🏾💻👩🏾💻🙋🏾♀🙋🏾♀🙋🏾♀🙋🏾♀🙋🏾♀🙋🏾♀🙋🏾♀
I LOVE THIS GAME
Pretty cool, there ARE ads oof
Ads,Ads and,more Ads 3/5
The game is fun.Its fun for every couple of minutes before
the next Ad!The Ads aren’t just when you lose but also WHILE you are playing the game.
It’s awesome 5/5
By I love cat 6 to 9
The game lags too much and after every level there is an ad its just not as good as shown. 2/5
By Candy Queen 🍭🍬🍫
The game is really fun. I play it all the time. I definitely recommend it.
You just do the same thing over and over again ☹ not fun at all.would never recommend! 👎
Kerry que era 5/5
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Good game 5/5
By Olivia thames
This is a awesome game I love it so much
Sooo many ads! 3/5
I like the game but the ads are after every game. Been playing about a week and find most levels are too easy now. It is mindless and a time waster, which is what I was looking for, but having to watch so many videos is very off putting and the game isn’t challenging enough for me to want to pay for it.
Addictive App I love it 5/5
Addictive app love it
Great game for kids and adults 5/5
By alikitty cutie
Amazing app I love it
I don’t like the adds!
I don’t like it 1/5
Has to much ads and I am sick of tired of this game already so I deleted it is very frustrating with all these ads
Awesome game 👌 5/5
How to raise downloads by 10 times? 5/5
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It’s so fun the only thing I don’t like is the offers
It’s so much fun I just got it
It’s pretty fun 5/5
By BkBsjsje zoansj
I think it’s very satisfying and fun...😁
Too many long ads 1/5
By Bob H 5524
Ads are way too long and too many. It’s to annoying to play the game so I deleted the app.
The best game ever 5/5
By queen sleep
Best game ever I am so addicted to this game
BEST GAME EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!! 5/5
By Lover to the game
BEST GAME EVER PLAYED IN LIFE IF YOU LIKE THIS GAME YOU SHOULD GET STACK BALL3D!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Too many adds 5/5
To many adds calm down on adds it’s annoying but fun game 🤷🏽♀
Fun but too many 3/5
WHAT WAS THE REASON 5/5
By Lil Kim Is God
I LOVE this game but ... WHY do ads pop up mid game? That’s not right,I swear this game just keeps getting worse. When you update a game it should be to better it and make the players happy, not chase them away🙄 do better y’all, like I said I love this game but I can’t deal with an add popping up while I’m playing, I can understand before I start or after I complete a level but just not mid game that’s bs😤
I love this game it is a amazing game to do when I’m bored but it is kinda not fun with all the Ada while you play this game I love it but everytime is kinda not fun I don’t play it anymore because of that but I still love it and check it out every month have a great day!

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From being the hand-picked choice of Sonia Gandhi as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister to sitting on a dharna in Delhi against division of the state, Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy has turned from a Congress regional leader to a disgruntled rebel in his nearly 39-month tumultuous tenure.
He became the first Congress Chief Minister in the history of the grand old party to stage a sit-in in the heart of the national capital against the high command decision to carve out Telangana, embarrassing it in no small measure.
53-year-old Reddy might have earned the wrath of the Congress leadership for his strident stand against division of AP, but he has now positioned himself as a champion of ‘Samaikyandhra cause’ seeking to upstage the likes of charismatic and resourceful Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who is also fighting for the same political space.
He was anointed as Chief Minister on November 25, 2010 after septuagenarian K Rosaiah, who held the fort for Congress for over an year following the death of towering Y S Rajasekhara Reddy in a chopper crash in September, 2009, resigned.
The selection of Reddy for the post of Chief Minister was surprising even to Congress insiders in 2010 as he had never been a minister and not known to be a mass leader.
Political analysts had predicted that the cricketer-turned- politician would not remain in office for more than a few months given the fluid political situation in Andhra Pradesh on account of the raging separate Telangana agitation and the Jagan factor.
Reddy’s government had faced a serious threat to its stability with Jaganmohan Reddy, the aggressive and charismatic son of late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, once declaring famously in Delhi that the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh was at his mercy.
The government, however, survived the no-trust motion on the floor of the House due to the merger of actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi’s Praja Rajyam with Congress and Jagan being jailed in an alleged corruption case.

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Metro police say a woman is facing charges for theft of property after stealing from her workplace. This happened on Tuesday at the Kroger in the 2200 block of Murfreesboro Pike in Nashville.
Police say that Torian Wilson was seen on store surveillance video stealing $3,630 worth of lottery tickets and scratching them off without paying. Of those tickets, there would be $2,935 in winnings. Police say Wilson admitted she knew what she did was wrong, and that she needed money because her hours were cut back at work… WKRN.com

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by David C. Willens – Kinefac Corporation
A worn-out machine can negatively affect your rolled part quality and die life, and can increase your rework/scrap rate regardless of the accuracy of your setup. Band-aids and temporary fixes only prolong the inevitable and can end up costing you more money in the long run. The level of wear or damage will be proportional to the repair and rebuild cost. Depending on this figure, it might be time to start considering an upgrade to a new piece of equipment.


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Sunday, March 20, 2005
Why Does The New York Times Allow Itself To Be Plagiarized?
I just found out at AMERICA Blog that Jeff "copy-and-paste" Gannon has an interview in the magazine of today's copy of The New York Times. In the interview, Deborah Solomon refers to Jeff's "reporting" and his "career in journalism" even though he's nothing but a lowdown, dirty thief.
All of Jeff's stories that I've read (about 150 so far) were stolen from either press releases or from real news organizations, as my regular readers have learned from the countless articles I've written about it over the last month-and-a-half. Even worse, Ms. Solomon allows Jeff to get away with saying, "I had submitted some opinion pieces to Gopusa. I believe they were picking up wire feeds, and Bobby Eberle wanted to supplement that with original reporting." What fucking original reporting? There wasn't any at Talon News. Why the fuck won't the Mainstream Media report this?
I sent an e-mail to Sheryl Stolberg of The New York Times a month-and-a-half ago telling her that she'd been plagiarized and there has still not been one fucking word about it in the fucking paper of record or anywhere else in the mainstream media.
Yet she sent me a response the very same day which recognized the theft!!!
Two weeks ago I wrote her again and told her that I was going to post on this blog the contents of those e-mails.
But I can't do it. Because I'm not an unethical bastard like Daniel Okrent and because I never do such a thing unless I get permission. Plus, Ms. Stolberg ignored the last e-mail I sent her (in which, heh, I told her I would). If Dick Cheney writes me a personal e-mail admitting to sending that letter to Senator Daschle in 2001 I might break that rule, but I've wrestled with this for the last two weeks and I just can't do it.
But anything that I write I do reserve the right to post:
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 20:22:54 -0800 (PST)
From: "Ron Brynaert"
Subject: You've been plagiarized
I just posted an article on my blog ("Why Are We Back In Iraq?" at http://whyareweback.blogspot.com )that relates to PropaGannon - Jeff Gannon and Talon News.
It concerns another Talon News "correspondent" by the name of Steve Roeder who completely ripped off an article from the New York Times and Fox News on the very same day. Here is the URL link for the story...which I call "Fake Ass Talon News" but you can call it whatever you want [as long as you link to it :)]: Fake Ass Talon News
You might want to change that last sentence on the About page to Talon News filches stories from other media outlets. Mr. Gannon is not the only plagiarist on the staff of the Talon News. And it's not just the White House who's words are being lifted. Talon News also cribs from The New York Times and Fox News.
Just after the 2004 election "results" were officially certified late Thursday afternoon on January 6, 2005, a report by Carl Cameron, Julie Asher and Jim Mills appeared on the Fox News Website: link On January 7, 2005, the article - "Congress Ratifies Bush Victory After a Rare Challenge" written by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and James Dao - was published in The New York Times (excerpted at this cache link), although it most probably was available at The New York Times Website sometime late Thursday evening. On Friday, Steve Roeder, a "correspondent" for Talon News "wrote" a practically identical "article" called "Dems Fail in Ohio Electoral Vote Challenge" which is (how do you delicately put it?) practically stolen (Steve Roeder from Talon News is a plagiarist):
Roeder - "A joint session of Congress resumed proceedings Thursday evening and quickly ratified President George W. Bush's November election victory."
Cameron, Asher & Mills: "A joint session of Congress resumed meeting Thursday evening and quickly finalized certification of President Bush's 286 Electoral College votes to Democrat John Kerry's 251.
Roeder - Certification was halted for the majority of the afternoon when Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) stopped the formal declaration process.
Cameron, Asher & Mills - The certification was delayed for several hours after Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, stopped the formal declaration of Bush's second term to protest voting irregularities.
Roeder - Boxer said on the Senate floor that she and Jones wanted to "shed some light" on issues of reported voting irregularities in Ohio and nationwide election reform.
Cameron, Asher & Mills - Boxer said on the floor of the Senate that she joined with Jones to "shed some light" about the issues of reported voting irregularities in Ohio as well as election reform throughout the nation.
Roeder - Lawmakers were forced to retreat to their separate chambers for two hours of debate and a vote on the challenge.
Stolberg & Dao - Instead of holding a courteous joint session to certify the election, lawmakers were forced to retreat to their separate chambers for two hours of debate and a vote on the challenge.
The following line appears on the Talon News Website: "Copyright © 2005 Talon News -- All rights reserved." Tell that to Fox News: "This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Copyright 2005 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved."
One more thing, if Sheryl Stolberg never told her employers at The New York Times about the theft of her work that they own the rights to, then she deserves to be fired (heck, she deserves to be fired for her crappy propagandistic writing, anyway).
READERS: Please leave a comment that includes your own personal theory on why The New York Times and the Mainstream Media will not report on the rampant plagiarism of real news organizations (let alone...sue the hell out of Bobby Eberle, Jeff Gannon & company) so that everyone I write at The New York Times tomorrow (and other organizations that purportedly care about issues such as this) can see it when they read this post.


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Propane pool heaters have several advantages over other types of heaters. With electric heat pumps, the pump pulls heat from the air to warm the pool, which may not get the water as warm as you’re expecting, and heating would take much longer. Solar pool heaters require a system that’s equal to at least 50% of the pool’s surface, and the pump, which is electric, must run for the heater to work, possibly raising your electric bill. Propane is an easy, hassle-free way to get your pool heated fast without breaking the bank.
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Walmart is a great place to shop if you want to save on groceries and other items. But in some places, shoppers no longer have as many Walmart stores to shop at as they did previously.
With the popularity of online shopping, many retailers are pulling back on brick-and-mortar locations, and that includes Walmart.
In 2023, Walmart closed nearly two dozen stores in multiple states, according to a Business Insider report. Here are the locations that were shut down for good.
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Closed location: 6900 U.S. Highway 19 N., Pinellas Park (Neighborhood Market concept)
While Walmart closed Its Neighborhood Market location in Pinellas Park on March 10, seven Walmart Supercenters and five Neighborhood Markets in this Tampa Bay suburb remain open.
Financial underperformance and poor profitability were cited as the reasons for the closure of this store.
- 4200 82nd Ave. SE, Portland
- 1123 N. Hayden Meadows Drive, Portland
While Portland, Oregon, has received a lot of attention for crime-related problems in recent years, shoplifting wasn’t the only consideration in closing these stores.
Some business experts have suggested that high business taxes in the city — as well as an additional surcharge on businesses that pay their CEO more than 100 times the median worker’s salary — had a lot to do with the decision to pull the plug.
Another factor in Walmart’s departure might be Portland’s culture of supporting small, independent retailers instead of behemoths such as Walmart.
Closed location 3701 Portage Road, South Bend
One of two Walmart locations in South Bend closed permanently on April 21. While this will leave a big hole in the employment and retail of the area, it might not be as devastating as the closures in other places.
There is a Meijer grocery store and an Aldi just up the street from the former location, ensuring continued access to food, toiletries, and other products that Walmart once provided to the residents in South Bend.
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Closed location 1200 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center
This suburban Minneapolis Walmart location closed on April 21.
Walmart isn’t the only major retailer leaving parts of Minneapolis: Aldi, Walgreens, and Target have all exited areas of the Twin Cities recently.
The Brooklyn Center Walmart is located in a shopping center with several other stores. Walmart’s closure has the potential to negatively impact those surrounding retailers.
A Cub Foods grocery store is located about a half-mile from the closed Walmart.
Closed location: 301 San Mateo Blvd. SE, Albuquerque
Walmart recently closed its San Mateo Boulevard store in Albuquerque, leaving a large, mile-wide hole in grocery options for residents.
There are a few nearby stores, such as Sprouts and Smith’s (both around one mile away), as well as specialty Asian and Mexican markets. But none of them is as large or as full-service as Walmart, making it tough for local residents who may be paying too much for groceries.
Local government leaders are looking into repurposing the building Walmart vacated and are hoping for input from the community as to which direction to take.
Closed location: 11400 Highway 99, Everett
Walmart says it closed this store in Everett, Washington, in April because it was underperforming. But locals say the store also experienced a lot of theft, with one person commenting that even the socks had to be locked away.
Shoplifting has been a chronic problem in the area for other businesses as well. In July 2022, a nearby Starbucks closed due to crime-related issues.
There are several other Walmart stores in Snohomish County, so hopefully shoppers will find goods at another nearby location.
Closed location: 10330 W. Silver Spring Drive, Milwaukee
The Silver Spring Drive store closed on March 10. This was especially sad because it was located in one of Milwaukee's 13 food deserts — locations where at least 100 households with limited transportation access live more than a half-mile from a grocery store.
The next-closest supermarket is a Pick ’n Save that is around 3 miles away, and which tends to have more expensive prices on many items. Walmart said that seven of its Supercenters remain open within 13 miles of the Silver Spring Drive location.
- 17550 South Halsted St., Homewood
- 12690 S. Route 59, Plainfield
- 840 N. McCormick Blvd., Lincolnwood (Pick-up only concept)
- 1511 Camp Jackson Road, Cahokia
- 8431 S. Stewart Ave., Chicago
- 4720 S. Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago
- 2844 N. Broadway, Chicago
- 2551 W. Cermak Road, Chicago
Of the 21 recent Walmart closures, eight of them are in Illinois, the majority of which are in Chicago and the surrounding area.
While this represents a hefty loss of jobs and retail choice in the area, employees will be given the option to transfer to another location.
The local residents near the Cermak Road location didn’t go down without a fight, holding a rally to protest the decision. They expressed concerns about not having access to grocery prices that fit their budgets and the disappearance of Walmart’s convenient pharmacy.
However, Walmart stated that its Chicago stores had not been profitable since the day they opened 17 years ago and that the company had lost millions.
Closed location: 1032 Fort Street Mall, Honolulu
This downtown Honolulu location located in the Fort Street Mall closed in April.
Fortunately, the island of Oahu has several other Walmarts, and Honolulu has another location just 2.5 miles away.
Like most other stores on this list, the Honolulu location has disappeared due to financial “underperformance.”
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Location closed: 1801 Howell Mill Road NW, Atlanta
Initially, Walmart closed two locations — the store on Howell Mill Road and one at 835 M.L.K. Jr Drive NW — in Atlanta.
Unlike other stores on this list, the Howell Mill Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive stores in Atlanta didn’t just solely due to “underperformance.” In December, arson was reported at both locations.
In January, Walmart announced that it would reopen the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive location as a Neighborhood Market store and permanently close the Howell Mill Road store.
The Howell Mill Road location could not be reinvented as a Neighborhood Market store due to site restrictions.
Closed location: 24919 Westheimer Parkway, Katy (Neighborhood Market concept)
The Walmart Neighborhood Market in the Houston suburb of Katy, Texas, closed on March 10 due to poor financial performance.
Walmart’s Neighborhood Market concept stores were designed to compete with smaller grocers such as Kroger in urban areas that wouldn’t allow or couldn’t sustain a full-sized supercenter store.
However, locals say theft was also a concern at this store. A Kroger and Market Town remain options for people who once shopped at this Walmart store.
Closed location: 99 H St. NW, Washington, D.C.
While Walmart isn’t the only grocery store in the Northeast neighborhood of D.C., it’s probably the most affordable one. Locals have pricier options such as Trader Joe’s, Harris Teeter, and Whole Foods nearby.
Several locals told a local media outlet they are concerned about the closing, noting that it will create a widening food desert, keeping working-class citizens from being able to afford to live in D.C.
Closed location: 3701 SE Dodson Road, Bentonville (Pickup-only concept)
Even Walmart’s home state hasn’t been spared from the latest round of store closures.
The Bentonville, Arkansas, pickup-only location — the first of its kind, where customers had no access to the inside of the store itself — closed its doors on Feb. 17.
Experts say Walmart’s pandemic-inspired experiment of pickup-only grocery is likely over, although it paved the way for the widespread curbside pickup we see today.
Retailers across the country are tightening their belts through layoffs and store closures as they prepare to weather what many believe to be a coming recession.
If you live in one of these communities, your grocery bills might be a bit higher now. Taking a part-time job, developing a side hustle, or finding another way to make more cash might be your best option for staying ahead of these higher costs.
Walmart may cut costs in the short term, but there will be long-term implications for communities that might struggle to find alternatives to the cheap food, medicine, and household supplies that these shuttered Walmarts leave behind.
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Home prices in the Bay Area are among the nation's highest. There's little land to build on and its tech economy draws educated, well-paid workers from all over the world.
That keeps the housing market sizzling. The median price of homes sold during the last three months of 2012 was about $700,000, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).
While rents are no bargain either, it still takes at least five years before buyers can start reaping the financial benefits of homeownership, Trulia found. At that point, homeowners realize about a 5% savings over renting. After seven years, that savings advantage climbs to 19%,
Source: Trulia Savings are based on a comparison of total housing costs for buyers and renters and include transactional cost, such as commissions, taxes, appreciation and opportunity costs, like the potential returns of selling a home. The calculation assumes homeowners will put 20% down on a 3.5%, 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, will itemize deductions and are in the 25% tax bracket.
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Alcohol Awareness Week 2019
Every day 20 people die as a result of their drinking, but alcohol harm isn’t inevitable.
Alcohol Awareness Week is a chance for us to get thinking about drinking. It’s a week of awareness-raising, campaigning for change, and more. This year’s theme for Alcohol Awareness Week is ‘Alcohol and me’.
Alcohol and Me
The evidence that drinking too much isn’t good for us is strong. But how much is too much and what are the health risks associated with drinking? There are a number of ways you can find out about this:
- Use the interactive body map linked here to improve your understanding of the impact of alcohol on your body
- Check how healthy, or otherwise, your drinking is using this quick quiz
- Test your knowledge around drinking guidelines and the health impacts linked to drinking
- Download this app to help you drink more healthily
If you, or someone else close to you is concerned about an alcohol habit that may be getting out of hand there is a range of confidential information and advice available. Click here for more information.
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During the February 11th, 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, fans and celebrities came to enjoy the biggest night in sports to watch the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Fransico 49ers. Taylor Swift and Ice Spice were in attendance but that wasn't the hype of the night. The halftime show was the talk of the whole experience and what seemed to move the crowd. Usher was the main headliner for the evening being joined by Ludacris, Lil Jon, Jermaine Dupree, and more.
Usher made it clear that he was there and representing his hometown of Atlanta especially when he made the statement "I brought the world to the A" while he was on stage. The iconic singer performed hit singles such as "Lovers and Friends", "You Don't Have To Call", and "Love in the Club" and the performance featured Alicia Keyes's solo single "If I Ain't Got You". Usher and Alicia seemed to get close during their performance for "My Boo" which has the internet talking.
2019 Grammy-nominated artist H.E.R also made a guest appearance and was seen in the background shredding out on an electric guitar for the opening of "Bad Girl" before the hit single "OMG" which featured Will I Am from Black Eyed Peas. The next hit that was performed was "Turned Down For What" which brought out Atlanta artist Lil Jon. To end the night with a bang, Usher performed his 2004 hit single "Yeah!" and Ludacris made his appearance.
This show truly was a night sports fans will remember and cherish as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity they may never experience again. The crowd was on the edge of their seats and got an amazing show. The halftime shows are always great but this one is one for the books and will go down as one of the greatest. Not only was it a great performance Kansas City fans always got to celebrate the win 25-22 in overtime over the 49ers. It was truly a great night and something that will be talked about for months or years to come.


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Ange'el Series by Jamie Le Fay
It's difficult to neatly 'peg' Ange'el, because it doesn't fit easily into any genre. Define it as 'romance', 'young adult', or 'fantasy' as you will … then break those defining walls; because Ange'el is so much more than any singular genre limitation.
Yes, it is a romantic story: but Ange'el will equally appeal to non-romance-novel readers because of its swift action and fantasy.
Yes, it also features fantasy and magic … but that doesn't mean its audience need be your usual sci fi/fantasy genre fans, because the underlying setting and romance move beyond standard plot and definition to incorporate many other elements of intrigue and adventure.
And to limit its audience to mature young adult readers would be doing adults a disservice: Ange'el will appeal to all these groups!
Morgan's arrival in New York as a speaker for her beloved Hope Foundation brings her into contact with both a handsome control freak (Gabriel) and a series of events that lead her to believe her life is in danger.
Ah - so it's a mystery/romance, right? Wrong; in that mystery is only one of the elements employed to lend strength and diversity to Ange'el, and the romance is a side dish to the story, not the main event.
So what is the main event? That's for Morgan (and the reader) to discover as a straightforward business trip turns into a mission involving her in a war between two ancient cultures and an impossible magic that she's believed in all of her life.
There are awakenings and revelations, there are warnings and dragons and heroes, and there are protagonist insights into the source of her strength and motivations and the wider connections involved: "Morgan felt sadness as she understood that Amalia’s and Sky’s powers came from anger, rage, hate, and disillusion. This was not the empowerment she sought for women and girls, and yet this story was not so different from many other stories in her own world. Is anger the only route for women’s empowerment? she wondered."
It is these tidbits of insight that elevate Ange'el from a simple genre read, adding inspirational insights for readers and creating a quest whereby other entities challenge perception, history, and motivation: "What reform should I expect? Where and when is my voice going to be heard? Is Sky going to listen to my people? The people she hates and despises with every single cell in her body? Is the Ange’el prince ever going to fight for us when he could not be bothered to fight for his people at a time when Sathian’s men and the dragons ravaged our land? What reform should I expect?”
The question revolves not around what kind of heroine Morgan will become; but where Morgan's place will be, in such a world. And Gabriel? Without spilling beans, suffice it to say that he, too, is much more than he initially appears - and his evolution will also change not just her life, but the world.
So if it's cross-genre reading you seek, with vivid protagonists and unexpected involvements, then Ange’el is the item of choice, recommended for its fast-paced action, super-charged fantasy, and memorable protagonists.
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See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you. – Isaiah 42:9
Studying and sharing thoughts from the post “Ultimate Lift”, the people of Israel went through difficult days as they wandered for 40 years in the wilderness. The Lord humbled them to know what was in their heart but He was teaching them that He would provide if they remained obedient.
God kept Israel looking forward with hope as they headed to the Promised Land and He wants us to trust Him for the future. Let us use the memories of how God helped in tough times in the past to lift us higher so we will be optimistic for the future. His ways are higher because there is unlimited wisdom that is always near.
Take inspiration from the song Higher by For All Seasons. God will be your guiding light when things are not black and white. His ways are higher so let this thought give you a lift this day.

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2020 Audi RS7 Sportback
The new-gen Audi RS7 Sportback is based in the second-generation Audi A7, and it is built on the Volkswagen Group's MLB Evo platform. The new RS7 Sportback is powered by a turbocharged V8 petrol engine.
The new Audi RS7 Sportback sits low to the ground, while the flared wheel arches emphasize the sporty nature of the high-performance Sportcoupe. Also, the profile is dominated by a set of large 21-wheels, adding to its aggressive stance.
Up front, the new RS7 Sportback features a broad, flat Singleframe grille with no contrasting border. The honeycomb pattern and the distinctive air inlets add to the aggressive styling, while the RS-specific sills with black inserts emphasise the pronounced forward thrust.
The rear end has a sweeping spoiler lip and a strip of lights linking the main taillights, which are equipped with dynamic turn signal lights. At a speed of 100 kmph, a spoiler will extend from the tailgate, for that much needed downforce.
The new Audi RS7 Sportback also comes with the RS exhaust system, with a large, chrome-colored oval tailpipe on each side, positioned beneath the RS-specific bumper which also houses the sporty rear diffuser.
The Audi RS7 Sportback comes with full-LED headlights as standard, but customers can also opt for RS specific HD matrix LED headlights with Audi laser light, dark bezels.
The Audi RS7 Sportback is also noticeably wider now at 1,950 mm, stretching an additional 24 mm over the Audi A7. The car is also longer by 40 mm compared to the A7 sedan
On the inside, the Audi RS7 will be loaded with new-age interiors featuring dual touchscreen display on the dashboard, heated RS seats, flat bottom multi-functional steering wheel, multi-zone automatic climate control and more.
The RS7 Sportback also comes with RS sport seats with a rhombus pattern and RS lettering embossing, all as standard. An even sportier option is available in the form of RS sport seats covered with perforated Valcona leather, featuring a honeycomb pattern and RS embossing.
The upper MMI touch response display of the RS7 Sportback offers a diverse array of infotainment options, like Audi Connect, navigation and a lot more, while the lower display offers climate controls.
At 535 litre, the boot of the Audi RS7 Sportback is already quite vast, but what's interesting is that it can be further expanded to 1,390 litre with the rear seats folded.
The new RS7 will be powered by a 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine with direct fuel injection. Transmission duties handled by an 8-speed automatic gearbox, sending power to all the four wheels via the quattro AWD.
The RS7 Sportback's V8 engine is capable of producing 591 bhp and a peak torque of 800 Nm. The four-door coupe can sprint from 0 to 100 kmph in 3.6 seconds, before reaching the electrically limited top speed of 250 kmph, which can be extended to 280 kmph with the dynamic package.
The Audi RS7 Sportback will compete with the likes of the Porsche Panamera 4 and the BMW 8 Series Gran Coupe in India.


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This poem is dedicated to all my blogger friends and special mention to those friends who never gave up one me , who made me realize how important are my words of connections more than my motivating poems and writings, who even after their long breaks would take time to read and respond to all my posts, who share their wise words to add more to my post .
Yes i have spoken a lot in my posts about changes i went through my blogging journey , how i had this imperfection of not being able to connect through comments with my friends here . This problem doesn’t exist just here its everywhere where i am a part of the community . Yes there is a long story behind it . But thanks for waiting for me to grow to have patience till i was discovering my work learning from yours . Till i was strong and prepared to take this next step as i took each of those small steps to change.
This growth has no value
till it grows between all
a growth nurtured by all .
this growth is not that easy to achieve
first a search to find my identity
then to embrace change, to belong to the community
to rise to a level, so that i find myself among you
then a step to connect, for now its my turn to give.
Thank you for waiting till i found it within me
I have been slower in this than you expected of me.
Now i am prepared to take the next step of leap.
Every time i grow you have made your part in it .
I wish to hear more from you
As now i will be leaving from me to you.
I am blessed for accepting me a part of your family.
Now inspired all of this I am going to add a fifth book which will be about the” inner journey “. I dont know the contents but i will sure write on this.


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Posted: Feb 18, 2018
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Santa Clara baseball lost the rubber match of the series to Boston College, 3-1, in a pitcher's dual on Sunday afternoon at Stephen Schott Stadium.
Alex Waldsmith made his first career Bronco start, pitching five strong innings allowing one unearned run on two hits and two walks.
Boston College (2-1) starter Brian Rapp was equal to the task pitching six frames of no hit ball while striking out 10 Bronco hitters. Rapp was pulled after throwing 93 pitches and holding onto a 1-0 lead.
The Eagles scored in the fourth inning when Jake Alu came home from third on a ground out. Alu led off the inning with a walk and stole second before advancing to third on a throwing error by Bronco catcher Jake MacNichols.
The Broncos (1-2) got its first hit of the game in the seventh inning, off the bat of hot hitting Jake Brodt. With one out, Brodt smoked a double over the center fielder Dante Baldelli's head for his sixth hit of the series.
However, Brodt was stranded at second after cleanup hitter John Cresto struck out swinging and Niko Holm grounded out to short.
Boston College added to its lead in the eighth, scoring a pair of runs off of Santa Clara's Travis Howard on a Baldelli double and Alu's sacrifice fly.
Down 3-0 in the home half of the eighth, the Broncos attempted to mount a comeback, loading the bases on three consecutive singles by Grant Meylan, Jake MacNichols and pinch-hitter Austin Fisher. With one out, Joe Becht delivered an RBI single to left, scoring Meylan. Dicochea flied out to shallow center field before Brodt came to at-bat, once again with the bases loaded.
In Saturday's game, Brodt hit two grand slams in one inning, becoming just the seventh Division I player to do so since NCAA began keeping records in 1957.
This time around, Brodt struck out swinging to end the inning.
Rapp (1-0) picked up the win for the Eagles while Waldsmith (0-1) took the loss for the Broncos. Five Bronco pitchers combined to hold the Eagles to four hits.
Santa Clara next plays at San Jose State on Tuesday, Feb. 20. First pitch is at 5 p.m. PT.


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In a culture that went from fantasizing about a relationship like the one between Quincy and Monica in Love and Basketball to the phenomenon that we now call Love and Hip Hop, it seems that our ideology of sex and love has become a bit confusing. Everyone has the right to choose who to love and how but has privacy become a thing of the past or is sexual fluidity more of a publicity stunt?
While some celebs keep us guessing with what’s going on in their love lives and if they even have one, others have been keeping their legs, sexual lifestyles and preferences open. Growing up, peer pressure was one of the main topics of concern for adults when it came to teaching adolescents about sex but now, there are many different factors for parents and guardians to cover during the ever so impressionable teenage years. Now that it’s become harder to keep our children innocent, how does one decide what is exactly too much? As if birds and the bee’s along with the topic of STD’s wasn’t enough to bear, there is now a need to explain why some women choose to post themselves on social media in their underwear. Also, family dynamics are much different now; we are seeing double a lot more often due to same-sex marriages and parenting.
Besides the message it could possibly be sending to children, how does it affect us as a whole? Of course, we’d all like to believe that what someone else does in their private life doesn’t affect ours but it may not be that simple. Think about it this way, a man who witnesses the lifestyle of having multiple women glorified on television or hearing about the freaky fetishes some women allow their men to experience may have him wanting and expecting similar things from you. After all, it is “reality TV” right? Many women are becoming fearful that they won’t be able to keep up with what the millennial women of today portray as the modern norm. Sex has become so mainstream that it seems to have taken over our televisions, relationships, and everything else in between; so much that it may suggest that love has gotten lost in the conversation.
With all the hoopla surrounding body shaming, sexual preferences, and the impact it’s having on society, it’s actually giving some people the courage to come out of the closet, live in their truth, and embrace the different lifestyles among us. So if celebrities are using their platforms to inspire others and bring awareness to important issues then let’s applaud them for doing so. When dealing with love and life, sometimes the lines can get a little blurred but if you remain authentic to who you are and what you feel is right then eventually things will become clear but the important thing to remember is that we all envision things differently and we must always remain aware of that. Times are changing and believe me, we get that but let’s not forget that while adjusting to the ways of the world may not be easy, it is necessary. In the midst of it all, moderation and respect can go a long way.
Do you think sexual fluidity is a mere trend or something that’s been going on in the dark and finally coming to the lime(light)

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Manx Independent help couples charity effort
2nd May, 2010
Manx Independent Carriers were pleased to assist motorcycle fan Nigel Bowery and his wife with shipment of their Harley Davidson to Atlanta, Georgia, USA in August 2009. They set off on their two month long journey around the United States and as well as having a fantastic trip they set their sights on raising money for two noteworthy charities. The charities were Riding for the Disabled and the Manx Radio Dream Catcher Appeal and they recently handed over a substantial cheque to Chris Williams of Manx Radio.