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Pet Health Insurance
I’ve been thinking a lot about pet health insurance lately. And, for good reason. You see, last year our 5 year old Border Collie, Nikki, got into “something”. What she got into we still aren’t sure about, and how she got into “something she shouldn’t have” – well, that’s a mystery as well. All I know […]
In many households, a pet is as much a part of the extended family as anyone else in the clan. In the same way that people are concerned over the health of their loved ones, they also care about the health and well-being of their four-legged members. Securing cheap pet insurance can be a good […]
Aside from the fact that there has been dog insurance available for almost twenty years, there are still a good number of dog owners who aren’t aware of pet health insurance coverage. For those who consider their beloved pets to be an integral part of their family, learning about the availability of health insurance for […]
A lot of people reading this probably think that health insurance for pets must be some type of new fad and craze suddenly popping up, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Health coverage plans for pets have been around for the last 20 years or so, but are just now starting to become […]
Pet health insurance is becoming much more common these days due to fact that its availability is becoming increasingly publicized. Dog owners can find an array of coverage through a variety of companies that offer extensive coverage. If you own of a canine companion, you can find policies that will cover most any general maintenance […]
Before you welcome any dog into your home, regardless of what dog you get, a rescue dog from a shelter or a pedigree from a breeder, you must be aware of dog health issues. You should realize that any pet, even pure breeds, can develop a serious illness and all pets require vaccinations.

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Rapper Travis Scott is still trying to whitewash his reputation after last year's incident.
During his performance at the Astroworld music festival ten people were killed in a crush, and several hundred more were injured.
It became known that the rapper recently donated $1 million to low-income black students who study at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and HBCUs. Thanks to this amount, they will be able to continue their education at institutions of higher learning.
The scholarship fund is named after Waymon Webster, Scott's grandfather, who himself graduated from one of these universities, People reported.
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Harvey Park’s Rosemary Cafe is being sold — it had been owned by the late Breakfast King owner Gerasimos “Mike” Apergis
Another classic Denver restaurant serving American fare may soon be gone.
On Monday, Jan. 24, families walked in and out for lunch at Rosemary Cafe, a bustling southwest Denver restaurant serving up affordable sandwiches, steaks and breakfast fare. Little did they know, the beloved Harvey Park restaurant at 2133 South Sheridan Boulevard had been listed on the market as for sale or lease.
A man identified as the owner declined to share his name or comment on the sale or the future of the restaurant.
Rosemary Cafe was one of the restaurants owned by Gerasimos “Mike” Apergis, who also owned the diner the Breakfast King. That establishment on Santa Fe Drive was shuttered late last year, the Colorado Sun reported, months after Apergis’s death on September 2, 2021. Apergis, the last owner named in business filings, was a Greek immigrant who got his start in the restaurant business in Denver working at the Columbine Steakhouse for nine years, according to his obituary.
The Rosemary Cafe business license dates back to 1999, according to state records. The restaurant took over the space on Sheridan weeks later. After a run of more than three decades, Rosemary Cafe took out at $166,838 Paycheck Protection Program loan, during the pandemic, to support 17 employees. Federal records indicate it has not been paid back.
The one-story restaurant, built in 1973, is zoned B-2 — part of a shopping-center district along a major road, according to the posting from realtors Paul Cattin and Joey Gargotto of NAI Shames Makovsky.
“Rosemary Café is continuing to operate,” said Gargotto, declining to comment further.
“Free-standing restaurant available for lease or sale,” noted the posting for the sale. “Great corner location for a restaurant user. High visibility with tall monument street signage and flag pole for branding. Building price of $1,550,000 with FF&E at $200,000.”
Fixtures and equipment will be included with the sale, along with the business’s assets.
Late Monday afternoon, the restaurant wrote on social media: “If anything were to happen I would definitely post about it.”
The news breaks in the wake of many other diners and family restaurants serving up classic American fare, having closed their doors, including Tom’s Diner, the Denver Diner, the Breakfast King and Racines. Last year, the Annie’s Cafe building also went on the market.
This story has been updated with additional information the restaurant posted to social media.

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When Donald Trump met with Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit last week, the U.S. president reportedly accepted Putin’s denial that Russia was involved in meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The Russian president even said at his press conference Saturday that Trump had agreed with him.
On Sunday morning, Trump responded by saying he was looking forward to working with Russia on global cybersecurity.
I strongly pressed President Putin twice about Russian meddling in our election. He vehemently denied it. I've already given my opinion.....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2017
...We negotiated a ceasefire in parts of Syria which will save lives. Now it is time to move forward in working constructively with Russia!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2017
Putin & I discussed forming an impenetrable Cyber Security unit so that election hacking, & many other negative things, will be guarded..— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2017
Sanctions were not discussed at my meeting with President Putin. Nothing will be done until the Ukrainian & Syrian problems are solved!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2017
Trump said last week he believed Russia had interfered in the presidential election, but he also claimed “Well, I think it was Russia, and I think it could have been other people and other countries. Could have been a lot of people interfered.”
At least one person on Twitter said Trump’s desire to work with Russia on cybersecurity was like the FBI wanting to form a joint taskforce with the Mafia.
Considering the Washington Post reported on Saturday night that Russia’s government has hacked into U.S. nuclear power and other energy companies, Trump’s enthusiasm at working with Putin is an interesting position to take.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)—the former presidential candidate who’s been an occasional critic of Trump—put it another way.
Partnering with Putin on a "Cyber Security Unit" is akin to partnering with Assad on a "Chemical Weapons Unit". 2/3— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) July 9, 2017
This was how the New York Times characterized the meeting between Trump and Putin and what kind of discussion they had about Russia’s hacking.
Trump, unlike most other world leaders at the G20 Summit, did not participate in a press conference, but he did save plenty of vitriol for Democrats on his Twitter account on Sunday morning.
...and safe. Questions were asked about why the CIA & FBI had to ask the DNC 13 times for their SERVER, and were rejected, still don't....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2017
...have it. Fake News said 17 intel agencies when actually 4 (had to apologize). Why did Obama do NOTHING when he had info before election?— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2017
Trump is still under several federal investigations to determine if his campaign colluded with Russia to sway the presidential election.
Josh Katzowitz is a staff writer at the Daily Dot specializing in YouTube and boxing. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. A longtime sports writer, he's covered the NFL for CBSSports.com and boxing for Forbes. His work has been noted twice in the Best American Sports Writing book series.


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In 2010 printmaker Andrea Lauren was putting her artwork on mirrors, calendars, buttons, and rings and selling them on Etsy. While browsing the Etsy forums one afternoon, a comment about the print-on-demand fabric company Spoonflower piqued her interest. She’d been searching for a way to print her art on fabric, and this seemed like the ideal solution.
Lauren drew a stylized grizzly bear, carved and printed a block, scanned it into her computer and began playing with creating a repeat pattern. “It started so simply and innocently without any plan,” she recalls. “That geometric animal design is still one of my best-selling prints.”
The bear motif’s popularity led to numerous requests from customers to make other animals in the same style, and very quickly Lauren became a regular Spoonflower user. Five years later she has approximately 250 designs in her Spoonflower shop, with dozens of colorways and coordinates adding up to well over 1,000 patterns for sale.
Today Andrea Lauren is Spoonflower’s #1 top seller by revenue, and fabric design has become a significant part of her career…(to find out more about Andrea read the rest of this piece on the Spoonflower blog where I’m a guest writer today.)

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Definition of welded pipe:
Welded pipe, also known as welded steel pipe, is a steel product made by bending a steel plate into a tubular shape, welding it, and undergoing some form of surface treatment. Welded pipes have the characteristics of high strength, corrosion resistance, and long life, and are widely used in construction, automobiles, furniture and other fields. The following will introduce the commonly used materials of welded pipes.
Welded pipe material types:
1. Carbon steel welded pipe
Carbon steel welded pipe is the most common welded pipe material, mainly composed of carbon and a small amount of other elements. Carbon steel pipes have the characteristics of high strength, good processing performance, and good corrosion resistance. They are widely used in petroleum, chemical industry, aviation, shipbuilding, machinery and other industries.
2. Alloy steel welded pipe
Alloy steel welded pipe is a welded pipe material consisting of one or more alloy elements and carbon elements. It has high strength, high hardness, high heat resistance and corrosion resistance. Alloy steel welded pipes are widely used in petroleum, chemical, aerospace, shipbuilding, machinery and other industries.
3. Stainless steel welded pipe
Stainless steel welded pipe is a rust-free steel pipe, mainly composed of chromium, nickel and other elements. Stainless steel welded pipe has good corrosion resistance, toughness and strength, and is easy to clean and disinfect. It is widely used in food, chemical, pharmaceutical and other industries.
4. Galvanized steel welded pipe
Galvanized steel welded pipe is a welded pipe material with a layer of zinc coating on the surface of the steel pipe. Galvanized steel welded pipes have the advantages of corrosion resistance, beautiful appearance, and long life, and are widely used in construction, home furnishing, machinery and other fields.


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|Born||January 16, 1911 in Bayonne, France|
|Died||October 12, 1996 in Pessac, France|
|Career||Professional cyclist (1932-1949)|
|Teams||Alcyon, France Sport, and Bertin|
|Major Wins||1 Tour de France (1937), 1 World Championship (1937), 1 Paris-Nice (1934), 1 Bordeaux-Paris (1938), and 2 Critérium National (1936, 1939)|
Roger Lapebie was a French professional cyclist who was born in Bayonne on January 16, 1911. In the 1930s, he began his cycling career and was renowned as a versatile racer who excelled in numerous types of races. During his career, Lapebie rode for multiple teams, including Alcyon, France Sport, and Bertin.
The greatest accomplishment of Lapebie was winning the 1937 Tour de France, in which he also won four stages. In the same year, he also won the World Championship championship. In addition, he won the 1934 Paris-Nice race, the 1938 Bordeaux-Paris race, and the 1936 and 1939 Critérium National races.
Lapebie was a versatile athlete who was able to climb mountains and sprint on flat roads. He was renowned for his fluid pedaling technique and outstanding bike control. After retiring from riding, Lapebie became a prosperous businessman and politician, serving for several years as a member of parliament.
Roger Lapebie was a great cyclist who was also a gentleman of the sport. His reputation for fairness and fair play earned him the admiration of both his fellow riders and his supporters.
Roger Lapebie’s Greatest Achievements:
|1934||Winner of Paris-Nice|
|1936||Winner of Critérium National|
|1937||Winner of Tour de France|
|1938||Winner of Bordeaux-Paris|
|1939||Winner of Critérium National|
|1948||Winner of Grand Prix des Nations|

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GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) - Saints fans around South Mississippi are thrilled over the team's remarkable season and upcoming Super Bowl appearance. Fans show their support in a variety of ways.
"I'm a huge Saints fans and I know a lot of people around here bleed black and gold," restaurant owner Martin Burns said.
So what did the owner of Confusion Restaurant on Tegarden Road in Gulfport do?
"I created a special Saints lunch menu," Burns said as he stood in front of a chalkboard featuring the Saints lunch specials.
You can order the Superdome Steak Sandwich, or Reggie Bush Red Beans & Rice. You might want to sample the Drew Brees Beef Ravioli with Tomato Sauce. Burns' customers are getting a kick out of the Who Dat menu.
"I sent out an email to customers and the phone was ringing off the hook with people wanting to make reservations. Everyone is in the spirit."
Burns said if the Saints defeat the Colts in Super Bowl 44, he might keep the menu up for a while.


When the Bulls easily handled the Miami Heat last Thursday, it seemed like the kind of victory that could help the team put together a string of wins. But befallen by another injury, the mentally tough team were overcome by a hot-shooting Detroit Pistons team on Sunday and handed an embarrassing 92-75 loss.
“Well that’s the challenge of the league,’’ coach Tom Thibodeau said. “You have a good win, and then the thing you’re concerned with is how quickly everything can change. We lose a guy, and now we’re starting a different group, then the bench changes. We’ve got to get back into that gym, we’ve got to work. We have enough.’’
The Pistons shot 12-for-19 from 3-point range for an opponent’s season-high of 63.2. The Bulls were held to (8-10) 33 percent shooting to hand them their second loss at home on the season and Detroit’s first win at the United Center since Feb. 24, 2006 as they had lost 14 straight in Chicago.
Taj Gibson, who started in place of Luol Deng because of a sore left Achilles kept the small forward from suiting up, scored a team-high 21 points to go along with 10 rebounds. Mike Dunleavy added 16 points.
“We’ve just got to let this one slide off our backs until we figure out a way to win,’’ Gibson said. “We’ve got a lot of guys out, a lot of guys hurt. It’s real frustrating because you’re not really getting a chance to get a rhythm because there’s always one guy banged up from the night before. It’s tough, but we’ve just got to keep pushing.’’
After being tied 47-47 at halftime, the Bulls put up an unforgettable third quarter that took them right out of the game as they missed 16 of 20 shots and committed seven turnovers, while being outscored 24-9.
“The first half was very good until the last two minutes,’’ Thibodeau said. “We were up 47-41 and they went 6-0 to close out the second quarter, and then the 24-9 in the third gave them a cushion. They got away from us and we were trying to keep it to within 10, like work our way back into the game. We had a hard time scoring, a hard time covering the line, and those two things got us.’’
Brandon Jennings scored a game-high 33 points for Detroit.
The Bulls will have two days to regroup before a stretch of four games in five nights begins on Tuesday vs. the Milwaukee Bucks.


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Pure nature experiences with Lexuri Crespo, our #NatureLover
Lexuri, who describes our mountains as “life-giving”, wants to share with us a few tips on how to enjoy nature in Bilbao Biscay.
Loving and caring for the natural environment is in our DNA. From the deepest valleys sculpted by rivers and torrents to the summits that rise high above the clouds, in Bilbao Biscay we are enthusiastic about the nature that surrounds us, including our woods, beech tree forests and those charming villages where time seems to have stopped.
“The Biscayan mountains are my home”. These words, by Nature Lover Lexuri Crespo, define exactly the way the people who live in Bilbao Biscay feel about nature. A good pair of hiking boots and a backpack with a sandwich to recharge energy are the most essential things for those of us who, like Lexuri, take pleasure in the mountains that surround us. The fact that Bilbao Biscay is a natural territory, replete with wildlife and magical corners waiting to be discovered, has much to do with it. Paths that follow important medieval routes, footpaths that were mine railways once, trails that go up and down hills where surprising caves lie hidden, or tracks that lead to summits full of symbolism and tradition are just a few of the region’s highlights.
Our Nature Lover Lexuri, for example, grew up at the foot of Mount Serantes, in the maritime town of Santurtzi, where the annual Cornites pilgrimage is made on Easter Monday. On that day, the local people climb all the way up to the summit of Serantes to spend the day in the countryside and replenish their strength with “cornites”, a kind of bread made with chorizo and hard-boiled eggs. In Bilbao, climbing the closest mountains is also traditional on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, when people say goodbye to the year that finishes and welcome the new one. Those days, two favourite destinations for the mountain enthusiasts (or “mendizales”) who live in the Biscayan capital are Mount Pagasarri and Mount Ganekogorta, but the most popular spot to see the first sunset of the year is Mount Gorbeia, the mecca for mountaineers in Biscay.
Crowned with a 17-metre-tall cross, whose structure reminds us of that of the famous cast-iron Vizcaya Bridge, the summit of Mount Gorbeia can be reached by different paths. Some of them – like the one that departs from Pagomakurre in Areatza – are pleasurable walks among fields, woods, and crags, while others – such as the one that starts in Ubide – run along ravines and cols, only apt for the most experienced mountaineers (among which Lexuri is included). Even though at the beginning our Nature Lover Lexuri Crespo ran solely in short-distance races, it made her “feel so free, so good” about herself that she ended up finding her place in the challenging world of ultra-distance mountain running.
Mount Gorbeia, 1,481 metres above sea level, is located in the centre of Gorbeia Natural Park, a true paradise both for wildlife and Nature Lovers. There is no better therapy to unwind than hiking along the paths that run through it while you discover the most amazing corners of the region. Spaces like the Itxina Biotope are real havens for plants and animals and its rock formations, which seem to be touching the sky, are a feast for the eyes. The magic of the legends and myths that were born in these mountains can still be felt in places like the Ojo de Atxular. This natural arch in the rocks formed by erosion under the shadow of Gorbeia has never stopped feeding the imagination of those who visit it on their walks.
Lexuri also likes getting lost in the Biscayan mountains to “get to know them better following their endless trails”, so she loves going to Enkarterri for a bike ride to explore the westernmost part of Biscay. Lexuri never gets tired of pedalling her bicycle up Mount Kolitza. She goes there from Balmaseda, the first town in Biscay (founded in 1199), which still preserves a remarkably rich heritage. Although the ascent to the top of Kolitza, at an altitude of 879 metres, is made across scarp and rugged slopes, among oaks and beech trees, its views are really worth the effort. As you get near the mountain’s highest point, next to the Romanesque chapel of San Roque on the edge of the precipice, you can see how Balmaseda and its neighbouring valleys begin to emerge right below your feet. Plus, if you pay careful attention, you may be able to hear the echoes of a horn. It is easy to understand why, in the Middle Ages, Kolitza was one of the five so-called “montes bocineros”, the mountains from where the people were called to attend the General Meetings held in the Casas de Juntas of Avellaneda and Gernika.
Easier and flatter cycling routes can be found in Enkarterri, too. The greenway called Vía Verde de los Montes de Hierro, for instance, runs through the region following a former mine railway line, crossing rivers and entering tunnels. You will spot imposing Egyptian vultures over the crags, pass by former ore loaders and ironworks (built more than 2000 years ago), and see the mine sites where the iron ore that brought fame to the region was extracted. Across bridges and wetlands where fish species like trout and salmon live and spawn, this cycling route will lead you through abandoned mining towns, fields where the livestock from our baserris (traditional farmhouses) graze, and forests. Finally, the route will take you to the coast in Muskiz, where it meets the Vía Verde de Itsaslur greenway on the edge of a cliff by the Cantabrian Sea.
Those looking for a different way to immerse themselves in nature and enjoy the peace of the countryside can opt for exploring the least travelled paths of Durangaldea –in the heart of the Bizcayan mountains– on horseback. Our Nature Lover Lexuri, who loves “showing people all the beauty that surrounds us, which is quite something”, did not miss the opportunity to go horse riding along the Zaldi Gorri Bridleway, a circular route around the whole Durangaldea and Urkiola Natural Park divided in three stages. At a gently pace, during her ride along unpaved tracks, Lexuri had the chance to feast her eyes on a “landscape that leaves anyone breathless, especially at the sight of Urkiola” and was delighted by the history and the heritage of the towns in region.
Apart from being home to Urkiola Natural Park, Durangaldea offers a wide variety of trails and activities any Nature Lover would like to take part in. The Ruta Mikeldi passes through the most authentic neighbourhoods of the region with its baserris –our traditional farmhouses–, medieval roads, tower houses, and other legendary places. The Vía Verde de Arrazola is a gentle walk in a rural environment, a greenway at the foot of Mount Anboto. The Wine and Fish Route in Durangaldea, a two-stage trail that follows a former medieval route used for the exchange of the wine produced in La Rioja and the fish caught in Bermeo and Ondarroa, passes by the towns of Otxandio, Urkiola, Mañaria, Izurtza, Durango, Garai and Berriz. Mount Oiz, one of the five previously mentioned “montes bocineros”, located in the geographical centre of Biscay, is another popular summit among climbers.
In Durangaldea, any adventurous Nature Lover like Lexuri can find experiences that will push them to the limit of their abilities. No matter what activity you choose: mountain biking, guided hiking tours, climbing, caving, canyoning, or orienteering, this is the perfect location for adventure.
“The Biscayan mountains are my home”. These words, by Nature Lover Lexuri Crespo, define exactly the way the people who live in Bilbao Biscay feel about nature.

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The Ice Cream Truck
Mary’s husband gets relocated for work which allows her to move back to her suburban hometown. As Mary’s family ties up loose ends back home, she moves into their new house all alone and... waits. Although her familiar suburb is a constant reminder of her youth, something seems strange. A local Ice Cream Man with a love of nostalgia starts to kill some of her neighbors. Mary is torn between her mature instincts that something wrong and the distracting memories of her younger days.
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18 August 2017 (USA)
Megan Freels Johnston
Writers: Megan Freels Johnston
Lisa Ann Walter
Jeff Daniel Phillips
Bailey Ann Borders
I watched the trailer for this film before I had a chance to see the film itself. It looked great and sounded great. I was thinking that this was going to be a great film.
Sadly I was disappointed...
Visually the film was great, The sound was great, the acting was great, the directing was great... The story ... If this film were just a drama would have most likely been great, as a Horror film... Not so much.
I was 30 min in before any kind of action started to happen. If I'm not mistaken another 20 minutes before the next kill. Don't quote me on that, I'd have to go back and make sure of the exact times, and I'd rather not.
The ending left you with a WTF moment (Not the good kind) It made absolutely no sense whatsoever.
This film had so much potential to be a great Horror flick.
If you want to watch a Drama this one might do. If you're a true Horror fan I might possibly suggest it for background noise.
Reviewed by: William

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LGBT CHICAGO HISTORY IN 1893 VIRTUAL TOUR DETAILS
On this LGBT Chicago history virtual tour led via Zoom, you’ll glimpse beautiful architectural spaces from the era of the 1893 World’s Fair. You will learn about the fair’s impact on Chicago, and your tour guide will share stories of some gay and lesbian men and women from turn-of-the-century Chicago. Several of the buildings featured on the tour have strong connections to both the World’s Fair and LGBT Chicago history.
Along with guide commentary, your professional tour guide will show you archival images that illuminate the World’s Fair. We will highlight the ways in which gay and lesbian Chicagoans met and made their voices heard at some of these historic locations, like the Fine Arts Building and the Chicago Athletic Association. While this won’t be a comprehensive LGBT history tour, we wanted to shine a light on this under-appreciated aspect of the past.
Like all our public virtual tours, you’ll get a chance to check-in with the group and see where other tour guests are from. During the presentation, the tour guide encourages a lively chat for guests to share comments and questions.
ABOUT YOUR TOUR GUIDE:
This LGBT-themed Chicago History tour will be led by Chicago Detours tour guide Marie. She studied gender and sexuality in Chicago history at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s doctoral program. She developed the queer history content for this tour by drawing on the work of Gregory Sprague, Sukie St. De La Croix, Tracy Baim, Jennie Brier & Jill Austin.
VIRTUAL TOURS OF CHICAGO
Virtual tours are a fun and safe way to stay connected with your team, friends or family. During a virtual tour, you and your group will explore topics in architecture, food history, or jazz and blues, in both downtown Chicago and our diverse neighborhoods while interacting with each other.
Visit our Virtual Team Building page to book a private tour.
We now also offer Virtual Field Trips for kids.

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It’s that time of year again! Saturday Morning Farmers markets are in full swing, & not only is it important to your health, it’s important for your community as well. Farmers Markets are physical retail stores featuring foods produced by the farmer and sold directly to the consumer. This platform has sustained throughout history and has become increasingly popular since early 2000’s. Technology advancements and modern industrialization has made food growth faster, cheaper, & bigger! Therefore major retailers such as Walmart and Target provide 90% of Americans their food, and 60% of that food is processed. Families are eating out, instead of at the table, and our wellness is becoming less of a priority.
Farmers Markets are a great asset to you, your community and your family! The food is fresh so not only is the flavor at its fullest so is the nutritional value. With local farmers, Seasonal produce is fun to enjoy in the season they were intended to flourish. Supporting local farmers is great for the economy and the environment. Shipping goods is quite expensive and can cause a strain on the environment. With farmers Markets the shipping costs are minimal and with each community holding their own Market, farmers are traveling less. It’s a win win for the farmer and the consumer! Also, Knowing where your food comes from is priceless. At the farmers Markets you can get answers from the source. It helps keep families engaged in what they are eating, and increasing your ability to make healthful choices when it comes to shopping. Sorry folks, Little Debbie hasn’t been seen at any of them farmers Markets I have been at. Start connecting with your community and start making your food choices a priority! Click here to find all your local Farmers Markets!

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Road Builders Have Long History of Wielding Influence
(Story created: 5/26/04)
The TBI has joined the probe into possible bid-rigging by state highway contractors. But some question who was policing the industry before this investigation and whether they were influenced by the its power and money.
Tennessee road builders pull in hundreds of millions of dollars from taxpayers... leaving the industry able to return the favor to Tennessee's public officials.
For example, there was a golf outing provided to then-governor Don Sundquist and his transportation commissioner Bruce Saltsman.
Highway contractors also repeatedly loaned their jets to Sundquist.
Among them: the owner of Lojac Inc., Jack Lowery. Lowery is also an attorney who represented former Sundquist officials Joanna Ediger in her federal corruption trial.
Among the flights Lowery provided was a trip to the Kentucky Derby in 1999.
In fact, Sundquist and Saltsman's golf outings emerged during Ediger's jury selection when a potential juror described joining them on an outing with a highway contractor friend.
"He was doing what he did to make it work for his company," the man said, referring to his state contract.
Kent Starwalt, from the Tennessee Road Builders Association, is the industry's lobbyist on Capitol Hill, "there was nothing wrong with such favors.
"Is that trying to buy favor?" NewsChannel 5's chief investigative reporter Phil Williams asks.
"No, it's not."
In fact, if a company sells a bulldozer to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, it might be illegal for them to provide such favors.
But if they sell tens of millions of dollars in highway construction services, it's entirely legal.
TDOT Commissioner Gerald Nicely doesn't think that makes sense.
"I think probably that prohibition on gifts should be extended to service providers as well as vendors," he added.
In fact, the only real prohibition is that the Road Builders Association -- because it employs a lobbyist -- cannot provide gifts directly.
"We don't give gifts to government officials," Starwalt says.
"What about Fiesta Bowl tickets, 1999," Williams responds.
"I don't know anything about any gifts."
But in a note from Sundquist's papers, Starwalt writes: "Dear governor, here are two tickets for the Fiesta Bowl. We are glad to be able to help you."
"The tickets actually were not from the road builders. They were from a member of ours," Starwalt replies.
"But you as the lobbyist gave them to the governor," Williams says.
"Yes, the tickets were given to me to give to him."
But critics like Greene County's J.C. Jones say such free junkets for Tennessee's public officials may end up costing you a lot.
"Any amount of money to lobby with is cheap money, compared to having competition, in my opinion."
Jack Lowery -- and every other industry person we've talked to -- said they only provided such favors as a courtesy when they were asked. But that they never asked for or expected any favors.
And they say they know of no wrong-doing when it comes to bids on highway contracts.
The criminal investigation is in its early stages. And investigators aren't naming any names about who may become the focus.


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Does Art in Hospitals Make a Difference?
The healing power of art in healthcare spaces
Our surroundings impact the way we think and feel. Psychologists believe imagery is preverbal and deeply linked to our emotions and unconscious mind. Introducing art into a stark, clinical environment can instantly transform it into a compassionate space filled with inspiration. The inclusion of art in healthcare settings is a proven method for supporting patient recovery. It can provide beneficial distraction, imbue a sense of comfort and peace, as well as evoke pleasant memories for patients.
“Art has the capacity to introduce solace, happiness, and satisfaction into any space. It humanizes a building and brings it to life. So many critical life moments occur in healthcare facilities—from birth to death—and we believe these moments ought to take place surrounded by beautiful, calming, and positive art.”
– Jen White, VP, Marketing
Today, more and more hospitals support the notion of patient-centered care, recognizing that people who become unwell have needs beyond the physical. They understand that meeting a patients’ social and psychological needs, in addition to treating their physical ones, helps improve their health and aid recovery.
Enhancing environments, impacting lives and healing the spirit
Art has been shown to help reduce depression and situational anxiety, contribute to overall satisfaction, and improve the medical providers’ recruitment and retention rates. Additional benefits of art in hospitals include:
- Lowers blood pressure
- Shortens hospital stays
- Reduces need for pain medication
- Increases trust and confidence
- Improves communication between patients and caregivers
- Serves as a positive distraction for patients, visitors, and staff
Creating calm atmospheres for patients and their families
Even though visual art occupies the background of a patients’ hospital experience, it can influence their sense of safety, comfort, time, and identity.
Hospital art gives rooms, hallways, and other spaces a sense of peace, beauty, and joy. When designing a hospital, architects take great care in creating artful wayfinding elements through landscaping, architectural features, lighting, and technology.
Let us be your partners in healing
Hospital administrators are often given the difficult task of integrating therapeutic art into the hospital environment that empower patients, caregivers and their families to find healing strength in the face of illness and injury.
The healthcare art consultants at KBFA are dedicated to taking the hospital experience to the next level by healing patients, their families, and health workers through captivating, personalized art.
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The restaurant is closed Sunday evenings and all day Monday.
Lunch is served 12-2.30pm Tuesday - Sunday and Dinner is served 6.30pm - 9.00pm Tuesday - Saturday
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- Private Dining
- Outdoor Seating
About The Swan - Loddon
We are reopening on Monday 12th April, however as we don't serve food on Monday's our first service will be on Tuesday 13th.
We appreciate the ongoing support that we have received through these difficult times and look forward to seeing everyone back.
Great staff & service
What an absolutely lovely place to eat & stay. The atmosphere, location, venue and staff were all exceptional. Arranged a family wake here and the care, attention to detail and compassion were so appreciated. Thank you to all the team at The Swan.
I appreciate you are in a difficult position, but drinks menu would be helpful on the tables, perhaps laminated
Excellent service and well done to the Mod One - we enjoyed the evening. Looking forward to our next visit.
Fabulous Sunday roast 👍
Nice pub food. Much better than a couple of years ago
Always enjoy great food served by extremely friendly and polite staff. Thank you.
Lovely meal with excellent service.
Food was excellent and service to lovely evening
Fabulous food and beautiful dining room. Friendly relaxed service. One of our favourite places to dine out. Cant wait to return when we can !
Lovely food prepared with passion. Tentative service with good covid precautions in place.
Food was wonderful, service was great and it’s just an all round nice place for a meal
Lovely food, friendly staff and a great evening.
We had a lovely Saturday lunchtime meal at The Swan, the staff are lovely and very friendly. We will definitely be coming back when we can!
A safe place to be, with friendly service from all staff. As card payment is the norm, there should be the availability to add a tip! Food was lovely - especially the goats chees starter! Will return - after the initial recommendation from another family member.
Great food and very friendly staff
We'll be back.
Waitress worked extremely hard and was exceptionally nice. Nothing was to much trouble. Food was great and we didn’t feel rushed.
Just lovely! What a find. The service was great from the whole team, the food was outstanding and the rooms are great, hot water, comfy beds and very peaceful. We stay in lots of different places but this was outstanding - thank you.
We were staying at the hotel and were impressed by the food in the restaurant and the breakfast the following day.
Fantastic Sunday lunch! Will definitely be coming back again!
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ANNIHILATIONMANCER – The Involution Philosophy
Napoli Italy’s Annihiliationmancer (say that name ten times fast and not sound like marbles in your mouth) have been around since 1994 and released two demo recordings a decade apart. Usually that sends up a warning flag in this reviewer’s headspace – because it shouldn’t take this long to get a debut album on the table. Alas, “The Involution Philosophy” traverses a world otherwise known as techno-thrash, unconventional in its progressive stance with riffing, time signature changes and solo structures.
These musicians love the art of drop dime tempo juggling, divergent rhythm/ lead play and melodies that somehow have to navigate around the progressive structures. It’s safe to say artists like Watchtower and Toxik factor into the band’s ethos, along with slight affinities for Annihilator and Voi Vod through tracks like “Etereo” and “”Apolide”. Another act that comes to mind when you hear some of their jarring riffs and unconventional arrangements would be the Swiss band Coroner – which parallels the core trio of musicians in Annihilationmancer.
Guitarist Bruno Masulli doubles on vocals, and his angry voice is very raspy while he does possess a touch of melody when he tackles the lyrics with a normal clean melody. There are moments where his vocals leave a little to be desired (the title track does contain come cringe worthy parts), but the musicianship of Bruno and his band mates (Angelo Sasson on guitar/bass and Andrea Cannata on drums) more than makes up for this.
Longer songs equals more deep riffs and interplay to savor. I wonder how Annihilationmancer would sound with an even stronger production quality – as I believe this should be in the hands of people who miss late 80’s / early 90’s techno-thrash.


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Australia Council for the Arts seems to be wasting taxpayers’ money on obscure fringe artists
The Morrison government’s announcement that it has appointed five new Board members to the Australia Council for the Arts will do nothing to fix the Council’s cultural problem which is so deep rooted that the only solution is to abolish it altogether.
Since 2016, the government has spent $360m of taxpayers’ funding on a range of arts projects which are offensive, divisive and have absolutely no appeal to mainstream Australians forced to pay for them.
Over the years, we have been compelled to subsidise a Melbourne-based artist to knit for 28 days using yarn placed in, and drawn daily from, her vagina.
We have paid for a grants recipient to be surgically cut in front of an audience 147 times and we have paid for a Tasmanian artist to send messages to outer space.
We have even funded a cabaret performer to take off her underpants, draw a face of Prime Minister Scott Morrison on her bottom and turn it into a ‘bum puppet’.
While Australians are paying $2 a litre for petrol and rising inflation, our hard-earned taxes have paid for a poet to write about bodily functions on toilet paper; an individual who has a penchant for ‘popping nangs’, getting naked and stuffing things up her bottom; a video artist who makes gay pornography; and another who uses our money to talk about “fascist -behaviours of sectors of Australian community”.
It is not the taxpayers’ job to subsidise fringe artists who make no genuine attempt to find an audience.
They are free to make all the political statements they wish, in whatever way they choose, but they should be doing it at their own expense.
Remarkably, in the face of all this, the Council refuses to acknowledge that there is anything untoward happening with our money.
Australia Council CEO Adrian Collette even told Limelight magazine that “the Council takes their responsibilities seriously”.
If these responsibilities include continuously taking taxpayers for a ride, sewing discord in society and politicising absolutely everything, then it is true, the Council is taking them very seriously indeed.
Collette tells us, with a straight face, that: “the grants in question were competitively assessed through our well-established peer assessment process. Peers are appointed on the basis of their artistic and creative expertise and experience.
“Applications are considered on their artistic and creative merits in line with the criteria for the funding programs.”
If these grants were the result of rigorous assessment, then imagine what they would be like if they had not been rigorously assessed. The mind boggles.
There is much in this country which is of immense creative and artistic value but which never sees the light of day because it does not conform to the fringe, extreme political agenda the Council.
It’s much harder to become a virtuoso violinist than it is to put something up your posterior. It’s much more difficult to write a classic novel than it is to write bad poetry about farting and constipation.
It’s much easier to parrot a few political tropes about racism and climate change coupled with something to do with body parts, and then get paid for it by the government.
Last year, Circus OZ was informed by the bureaucrats that it needed to “diversify” in order keep getting funded.
Circus OZ stood its ground and refused, in doing so was shut down after 44 years of entertaining Australians from all walks of life.
It seems if you appeal to a mainstream audience, then the Australia Council doesn’t want to know you.
It also doesn’t want to know you if you inhabit the world of classical music.
In 2021, Opera Australia was so close to folding that it had to sell its 1.27ha industrial space, along with its costumes and props, to save the organisation.
Opera Australia received minimal government assistance and not one cent of federal Covid recovery funds.
The Council did not come to its rescue because it despises opera.
Opera is deeply and unashamedly the music of Western Civilisation, with Christian roots and a profound attachment to tradition.
It represents everything the Australia Council rallies against and wants destroyed.
In 2015, Tony Abbott cut funding and diverted over $100 million to a new fund which saw the grants being awarded by the federal Minister for the Arts, with all the scrutiny that comes with it.
This was reversed by the Turnbull government, which just gave all the money back to the extremists again.
The problem here, of course, is that the federal government continues to fund this rubbish like Turnbull did, yet neither Scott Morrison, nor his Minister for the Arts Paul Fletcher, seem to care nor understand.
Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar has said publicly he could not justify the wasteful spending of the Australia Council for the Arts.
Why should Australian taxpayers continue to foot this bill?

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Arts and sports groups, charities and members of the Isle of Wight Council Talented Athlete scheme will have their Wightlink sponsorship extended until the end of 2021 because of the continuing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Despite restrictions easing, not all events and sporting fixtures have returned to normal. That means some groups and individuals have not had the opportunity to use Wightlink’s travel sponsorship scheme.
“We are very proud of our Wightlink in the Community initiative which supports more than 50 charities, arts and sporting groups and around 80 talented and gifted individuals,” says Wightlink Chief Executive Keith Greenfield. “We recognise 2021 has been another challenging year and want to extend our sponsorship until the end of the year when, hopefully, there will be more opportunities for people to travel.”
One of the many sporting groups to benefit from the sponsorship scheme is Ryde Rowing Club. Chairman Steve Bull says: “We are very grateful to have our sponsorship extended, it is of great benefit to the club in these difficult times. With a minibus and 30-foot boat trailer to take to the mainland for competitions, Wightlink’s support is invaluable.”
Applications for future sponsorship will now open at the beginning of October each year, with successful applications confirmed in December and sponsorship beginning on 1 January. Wightlink has worked closely with the Isle of Wight Council to align the Talented Application process with the new dates.
Alec Broome, sports development manager at the Council, says: “Wightlink has been a long-standing supporter of our Talented Athlete scheme. It is designed to assist the Island’s most gifted sportspeople to progress in their chosen sports. We are very grateful for the discounted ferry travel Wightlink provides as many of them need to travel regularly off the Island for training and events. We are pleased that this year’s sponsorship has been extended and look forward to re-opening our Talented Athlete scheme for applications in October.”


‘Lanterns’ won both ‘Most Played Australian Work’ and ‘Rock Work of the Year’ at the 2014 APRA Music Awards last night! The annual marquee event, which honours songwriters and their publishers was held for the first time in Brisbane, the winner’s list celebrates the songwriters …
Scoring a major sync placement, ‘Lanterns’ is featured in the first trailer for the much anticipated DreamWorks adaptation of ‘The Hundred-Foot Journey.’ Boasting a Oscar award winning blockbuster line up, the film set to be released in August is directed by Lace Halstrom, produced by Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey and Juliet …
After 9 weeks at US radio Bird’s of Tokyo’s ‘Lanterns’ entered the Top 10 at AAA Radio this week! The band also announced they’ll be heading out for their first tour of North America and Canada with Kodaline this Fall. Check out the full list of dates …
Birds of Tokyo are hitting the road again for another bunch of US shows this May. After their sell out show in Los Angeles earlier this month, the band are excited to showcase live sets in Santa Barbra, San Diego, Chicago and Mountain View. Dates …
Birds Of Tokyo made their national TV debut in the United States last night performing ‘Lanterns on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Check it out here. The band also played ‘This Fire’ for the audience while the show closed which is now also available here.


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You have to either be an improviser or a forensic investigator to find this clip on YouTube. It’s got less than 200 views, it has a blank description. The title is brief and without context. It’s almost uploaded in as an afterthought to a personal catalogue of shows. If you know what you’re looking for, however, finding this video is like finding a 1909 American Tobacco Company Honus Wagner card in your grandfather’s sock drawer.
Jay Sukow, the video uploader, is a grizzled veteran of Chicago and LA improv. His show, Improv Famous, features a rotating all-star cast of improv mercenaries. The show’s name implies that each invited performer is a legend to improv insiders, but perhaps not to the general public. The below cast was the first one ever assembled on March 3, 2017 at Santa Monica’s Westside Comedy.
What follows is a 45 minute Armando – a set of scenes inspired by the story of a monologist (in this case, Second City Patriarch, Jeff Michalski). The scenes and the monologist interact and spiral around each other as the piece unfolds.


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This is the last of the stuff that i have previously written.... i will need a bit of a mental run-up in order to write a story, but it shouldnt be *too* long - i have some.... *dramatic pause* .... ideas :)
I wrote it so long ago that i dont know *who* it was for - all of my mushy stuff was because of feelings i had at the time for a women (all ex`s now..meh). Reading it again (for the first time in ages), it seems to be another "lost Love" one. As usual, i hope that you enjoy it, and i hope that it somehow "connects" with you....
You remind me of the stars.
Their ageless beauty is breathtaking.
Their light seems so close, my soul reaches upward
Try as I might, I cannot touch them.
Looking into the heavens,
Looking at you
Always there, always shining
The light shimmering in the tears of my heart.


Several startups backed by Silicon Valley that are operating in developing countries are looking to change the lending landscape in the nations, where banks may be scarce and many prospective borrowers do not have a credit history on which to judge their credit scores.
According to experts, smartphones could significantly decrease the lending cost as the apps are able to generate a healthy amount of information that indicate thousands of behavioral patterns that are related with the borrower's chance of repayment or default.
Traditional microlending practices usually have much higher interest rates, often going beyond 25 percent, because the lending companies need to cover the cost of having to go out to the field to check if the borrower has the capacity to pay. In addition, banks have been reluctant in joining the practice because of the need to build physical outlets for the service.
The app-based lending startup companies have received support from some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, with Branch.co having received investments from Palantir Technologies co-founder Joe Lonsdale after being founded by microlending pioneer Matt Flannery. Lenddo, which determines a borrower's creditworthiness through the analysis of their social media accounts, is backed by an investment firm that was created by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. InVenture, another lending startup, is led by a former officer of the United Nations and is backed by venture investors Zachary Bogue and Chris Sacca.
These startups are resorting to apps that judge credit scores by taking a look at the smartphone usage of the borrowers.
Included among the information that affects the decision to allow a borrower to take out a loan include seemingly irrelevant things such as the number of times a person recharges their smartphone, the number of text messages that they receive, the distance that they travel daily and the method on how they input new contacts into their devices.
In Kenya, Branch.co allows users to apply to take out a loan through an Android app. The loans, which could get instant approval for immediate access to the money, have an average amount of $30 and interest rates of between 6 percent and 12 percent, depending on the creditworthiness of the borrower.
The algorithms of InVenture found that borrowers that wait until 10 PM has passed before making calls, when there are lower rates, present lower risks for loans. Branch.co, on the other hand, found that gamblers, which could be deduced through the borrower's messages or payments made to gambling companies, actually have a higher chance of paying back a loan compared to those that do not gamble.
These lending startups are building upon the growth of mobile banking in developing countries and the rise of smartphone adoption. As such, these companies could be bringing formal credit services to millions upon millions of people in developing countries for the first time, enabled by technology.


Post-1991 maps made by all units of Council for current and future planning. Includes maps from City Corporate, Future Planning, Geographical Information System (GIS) and Civil Defence.
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it would be great to write it C#-slyle:
member __.Foo(?a: int = 2)
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I agree with Vasily, but I think the "?" symbol is not necessary at all for the syntax suggested. In my opinion, that symbol has no value added; it worsens the readability of code only.
I think it would be even better to write it in the VB.NET or Ada 2012 style:
member _.Foo(a : int = 2).
Sidenote: the value "a" has to belong to type int during all its lifetime (as declared in a member or function).
member ___.Foo(a : int = 2): int =
(*…….……*) if a = 2 then 0 else a
For the sake of the F# language stability, let the two syntax models co-exist. Let the "member __.Foo(?a: int)" syntax remain in the existing codebase, and let's open opportunities for the new syntax "member _.Foo(a : int = 2)" to become widely used in new code!


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In the early 21st century, it is typical to associate evangelicalism with extremes: the terms "born-again Christianity," "Bible Belt," and "Jesus Freak" readily come to mind. Yet at the height of its early success, evangelicalism ultimately represented an act of moderation. While Anne Hutchinson was cast out for overemphasizing free Grace and Jonathan Edwards was, perhaps, expelled for too strictly enforcing ecclesiastical law (and in doing so, countering the evangelical movement with stricter ministerial authority), Mather, the Moodys, and a younger Edwards all found success in balancing ministerial influence with congregational deference. This moderation was reflected not only in the content of the narratives, but in their chosen speakers: while ministers certainly recorded evidence of their own conversions, even their most marginalized converts were granted a turn to speak (and if publication history is any indication, were heard more widely--if only in this specific genre--than the ministers themselves). Individual narratives indicated the need for further balance between journalistic openness and reserved proselytizing, and the voices of ministers at times clashed with the voices of laypersons in a struggle for narrative power. In the end, if only briefly and quietly, even Patience Boston, Joseph Quasson, and Sarah Edwards had a say in the creation of one of America's most powerful, and most controversial, institutions: the protestant church. Their narratives are a key to understanding the origins of that institution, and the role of the people who populate it.
"Such a Means of Promoting His Work Amongst Us":
Evangelicalism and Autobiography in Early American Conversion Narratives

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By Dave Saltmarsh, global education evangelist, Jamf
Many classrooms in North America and Europe have been transformed by technology over the last 30 years. Throughout this period, Apple has played a very important role in driving innovation and guiding education towards digitalisation with its hardware and software. Steve Jobs, Apple’s co-founder, was particularly invested in creating technology that would enrich the lives of learners, and has been quoted saying “Apple put the first computers in education” when he famously returned to the company in 1997. This shows the company’s historical dedication to placing education at the heart of its products, which resulted in real impacts in classrooms. Apple’s emphasis on education continues to transform the learning environment.
Most recently, Apple released a new 9.7-inch iPad specifically for classroom use, as well as a very interesting set of updates to its Classroom app. The 2.0 version of the app now allows teachers to create classes and invite nearby students to participate in collaborative sessions. The new update also lets teachers share documents and other materials onto their tablets, as well as direct students to certain apps and monitor how they are working on their devices.
The most brilliant thing about Classroom 2.0 is that it improves communication in the class significantly. Students can hand in work once it’s completed and the teacher can view it instantaneously on his or her screen. Teachers can quickly report back on their work in-person or via message if it is more appropriate for the feedback not to be broadcasted. Furthermore, providing management tools for teachers allows them to pause a screen to capture students’ attention and gives them the ability to manage audio from their device if it becomes distracting. Not to mention, the current app doesn’t have to be set up by the IT team and it comes native with all newly purchased iPads. So, teachers wanting to experiment with Classroom 2.0 should be able to start creating classes and developing collaboration based lesson-plans immediately, providing that the students are equipped with the classroom iPads.
If teachers wanted to go a step further, they could consider getting their IT department to transform their classroom through a mobile device management system which would allow them to configure their class registers and student data. With this setup, teachers can assign specific iPads to students. Therefore, if iPads are shared and one has been assigned to a student before, the system will recommend giving that student the same device again, thus reducing the time it takes to download data.
These updates undoubtedly move teachers towards employing a more student-centred approach to how they use technology and away from the idea of having students sitting in rows looking at a single screen at the front of a classroom
These updates undoubtedly move teachers towards employing a more student-centred approach to how they use technology and away from the idea of having students sitting in rows looking at a single screen at the front of a classroom. Rather than seeing Apple Classroom as a tool for teachers to have control over the iPads, the tool allows teacher to comfortably transform the learning environment towards a model of active engagement that promotes personalised learning.
The positive impacts on students, through the use of technology in teaching, have been demonstrated by a recent report published in the UK by academics from Stranmillis University College in Northern Ireland. Its findings showed that the use of mobile devices in early learning improved children’s English, maths and communication skills. Also, the use of iPads increased children’s confidence and ownership of the learning process, and those children appeared to be more motivated and engaged when tasks were presented on tablet devices.
In addition, a great use case that we have seen with the managed iPads in classrooms has been allowing a teacher to run a series of simultaneous classes at once. Teachers are now able to provide support to a group of struggling students whilst also being able to load up iBooks for another group of students, offering them the opportunity to learn independently. As teachers have control over the apps and visibility into the devices their students are using, they can rest assured that they are still on task.
As a whole, if teachers are provided with the right tools, we can be confident that we will see a positive impact on student’s learning through the increasing use of technology, and particularly iPads, in lessons. To foster a shift towards a student centred approach, it is important that these tools provide teachers with the ability to deliver greater levels of autonomy to students, and management capabilities to regain students’ attention when necessary.


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‘[Although Architecture] may be seen to be rooted in pragmatism, it is a powerful and extraordinarily revealing expression of human psychology [reflecting the] ambitions, insecurities and motivations of those who build.’
– An extract from The Edifice Complex: An Architecture of Power
To me, The Edifice Complex by architectural critic Deyan Sudjic, beautifully explains the ways in which buildings throughout history – usually of a patriarchal, political or religious nature – have been carefully and often ruthlessly orchestrated to intimidate their guests. Rather than elaborate external symbols of power, subtle manipulations of architecture have been used to leave guests feeling ‘suitably intimidated.’ Although not reflecting the same ambitions, insecurities and motivations; I was interested in the themes explored in Sudjic’s writings and how they might be applicable to the analysis of many other building types and programmes. Characteristically, I chose to write my dissertation on Prada: an Architecture of Manipulation, and the ways in which luxury brands use architecture to manipulate consumers.
My dissertation examined the interweaving of politics, religion, gender and music in relation to Iranian women singers. My focus was on the changes incurred by the revolution in 1979, which saw a dramatic shift from the modernising, Westernising stance held during the Pahlavi era (1925-1979) to the Islamic theocratic rule secured by Supreme Leader Khomeini.
As dominant attitudes towards religion and gender changed, legislation surrounding music, which Khomeini believed was ‘like a drug’, also transformed to correspond with Shari’a law. Under immense religio-political pressure, music largely retreated into the private sphere, with the notable exceptions of the revolutionary hymns and anthems played by the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, and the establishment of the annual Hymns and Revolutionary Music Festival in 1986. More specifically, the solo voice was thought to symbolise Western individualism and consumerism, antithetical to the revolutionary vision; and, furthermore, women’s voices were considered to make men think of things other than God. As a result, Iranian women singers were hit hard by the revolution, which appeared to present them with an ultimatum: either stop singing or leave their country.
(This article contains mentions of abortion, obstetric abuse, battery and discussion of cis-sexism).
My dissertation looks at one particular ‘girl talk’ and its codes of transmission: women talking about giving birth. I first became interested in birth stories when reading about the 2013 California court case of a woman, Kelly, who sued her obstetrician for battery after he performed an episiotomy on her as she begged him to stop. This is just one story in a history of birthing bodies labouring under abuse of authority: the Mexican woman unable to communicate with her doctor, told by her mother to do as he said; the women pressured into convenience caesareans or else labelled ‘too posh to push’; the trans man terrified to give birth in an NHS hospital; the six out of ten US episiotomies performed without consent.
There is clearly a need for talk about birth- education in the form of transmission of stories. Nevertheless, my reading prompted the realisation that there is only one established genre of women talking about birth: Old Wives’ Tales. The bad reputation of this grisly genre precedes it, leading to the startling realisation that our stories of birth do not come from those who have given birth themselves. Instead, they come from medical professionals, the state, partners and friends. Think about the books you have read with birth scenes, the films, the TV shows. Where were these stories coming from?
And yet, birth is a huge moment in anyone’s life. We need stories about birth. When it comes to talk about birth, a woman talking to other women forms a ‘we’; building solidarity amongst diverse groups and enabling us to transmit feminist critique from this place of solidarity. But we must also recognize that such bonding also engenders division. In a patriarchy, women too are responsible for the transmission, and often the enforcement, of social rules and codes. Where solidarity can be built across women, birth talk can also exclude certain groups.
In celebration of Mother’s Day, it seemed only natural to turn to our most loyal fans and generous patrons: our mums. As we grow older the adage that ‘mum knows best’ only rings truer and truer. So, with a postcard penned by Sabira Khakoo and some life hacks from Pauline Grady, we turn to them for a dose of wisdom and love that only mothers know how to give.
On 14th March, The Webb Library in Jesus College hosted Cambridge Girl Talk’s second event ‘Women in Fashion’ with Jane Shepherdson CBE, former CEO of Whistles and Brand Director of Topshop; Kerry Taylor, fashion historian, auctioneer and owner of Kerry Taylor Auctions: the world’s leading fashion auction house; Pandora Sykes (freelance journalist, stylist, brand consultant and presenter of The High Low podcast) and Ellie Pithers, fashion features editor of British Vogue. The event was chaired by Dr Alice Blackhurst, Junior Research Fellow in Visual Culture at Kings College. Check out pictures and highlights from the evening below.
My dissertation looks at the work of Margaret Harrison, a British artist who made a series of pieces in the 1970s about various issues affecting women at the time (and indeed, still). Her pieces are consciously feminist and activist, and tie into her heavy involvement in the Women’s Liberation Movement, participating in consciousness-raising groups, meetings and protests like the one that took place at the Miss World Beauty Pageant in 1971, where Harrison played the character of “Miss Loveable Bra”, wearing orange fur nipples!
Even Harrison’s earliest work was vociferously political: her first exhibition, in 1971, consisting of a series of pop-art-style drawings that subversively played with the gender stereotypes embodied by cartoon superheroes and pin-ups, was shut down by police on its first day due its ostensibly offensive content. Police at the time said that it was her representation of men (such as Hugh Hefner) in stereotypically ‘sexy’, feminine clothing that most offended their sensibilities.


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Applications of Virtual Reality in Drone Technology
Virtual reality is here, whether it be through the units such as the Google Cardboard, Oculus Rift, or the several phone companies who have released some headsets. And while the initial acceptors of this technology may find it cool, there is an application of virtual reality about which it has the potential for that has hardly been spoken about. This application is to connect virtual reality with drones.
Recently, GoPro launched a website named GoPro VR. The Motley Fool says that this is a website for the users of the GoPro to share their own virtual reality creations by using the action cameras of the company. Now, GoPro also released a cage that can hold a number of cameras pointed in different directions, but what will happen if they will release a cage that’s smaller with the Hero4 Session cameras that are much smaller than a usual GoPro, and put that cage on a big consumer drone? With such a headset, the viewer will feel the same as if they were flying like Superman, but this is only the start. The applications of this combo are boundless.
While the drones have been used for the purpose of rescue and search, imagine a complete squadron of drones that are searching places for the missing children. Positioning four to five drones for this work could increase the search places. Fire departments can also use those drones to actually estimate a large structure fire, or into the places such as Chernobyl disaster zone, where the situations are not safe for the humans to spend long amounts of time. According to a report by Reuters, there are the people had moved back to their houses in the disaster zone, about 30 years after the nuclear disaster, but they are still facing the risks of radiation poisoning. While no one may be able to stop them from entering the zone, researchers and even law enforcement agencies can use the drone to scout and patrol the zone without the risks of radiation exposure.
The other option for virtual reality drones could be on the football field. During the practice sessions, the coaching staff can use a couple of drones flying around the field, allowing the coaching staff to recreate something that the players are doing wrong. Truly, the uses are endless to what these virtual reality drones could accomplish that are good for the world.
Virtual reality drones can even be used to expand the sports realm, placing them all around stadiums and arenas will offer virtual reality live streaming of the sports events and music concerts to the fans that are not present in the event due to some reason, they can also avail the opportunity to feel like they are in the first row. Forbes reported that there is virtual reality content available for Coachella and Lollapalooza festivals that show some concerts live, but mostly behind the scenes footage.


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Eating for a greener Earth – wondering what that means? We’re talking about organic food products – the kind that comes fresh from the farm and is free of preservatives and pesticides.
As a prelude to Earth Hour on 23rd March, The Park, Chennai, recently introduced a special menu. The food, we’re told, is made from organic food products free of fertilizers and pesticides. Kohlrabi soup with unfiltered apple cider vinegar (Rs 400), Baked pickled rice with tempered sweet potatoes (Rs 675) and Braised lamb ((Rs 875) and yoghurt timbale (Rs 600) were just a few dishes off the menu.
The soup was prepared with kohlrabi, a type of cabbage, which is slightly sweet and very similar to creamy mushroom soup but has a zing of the apple cider that nicely balances with a small dollop of cream. The mildly spicy braised lamb came with cracked wheat and flax seed pancakes and a fresh herb salad. The dessert was something we hadn’t seen before – a yoghurt timbale served with pomegranate hibiscus relish and a melted sugar biscuit with burnt sesame seeds. But the star of the menu for us was the baked pickled rice made from brown basmati and served in a banana leaf with cauliflower and crispy pressed rice.
It was tasty, no doubt. But if you were to cook this at home, how easy would it be to source these indgredients?
“It’s a little difficult. A few decades ago in India, the food on our plates was farm fresh, free of fertilizers – organic. But the Green Revolution changed all that. Now people are rediscovering the health benefits of organic products. While going back to nature is catching on, there aren’t many takers because of the increased prices and it’s treated like more of a luxury,” says Rajesh Ramakrishnan, the head chef of The Park, who created the menu.
So did this food taste drastically different from a regular dinner at any other restaurant or even home-cooked food? We didn’t think so, but perhaps a chef’s trained palate would say otherwise.
“Organically grown vegetables and fruits do taste different but the change is subtle so most people wouldn’t notice it. But think about it – we spray pesticides, use chemicals to ripen fruits faster than normal and use copious amounts of fertilizers – this definitely changes their taste, texture and even colour,” he says.
And it’s not just the nature of the food that changes, but the environment itself. Organic food crops consume lesser water and since fertilizers aren’t used, the ground water doesn’t get contaminated. In the shorter run, the green revolution may yield more crops but in the longer run it sucks all the natural goodness of the land, rendering it useless eventually. This doesn’t happen with organically grown crops because what comes from the nature goes back to it.
For an indiscernible change in taste there isn’t much you’d be sacrificing by cooking the organic way, except spending a little more money perhaps. “Yes the products are expensive, which is the main challenge in making them mainstream,” admits Chef Rajesh.
But expense isn’t the only factor driving people away from choosing organic products. Since they contain no preservatives, they also have a shorter shelf life when compared with other non-organic products. That means you can’t store your vegetables or fruits for extended periods of time.
But Chef Rajesh sees that as an advantage rather than a drawback. “Shouldn’t you consume food fresh? After all, it’s not meant to be stored long term and no one did until refrigerators came along,” he adds.
Maybe he’s right. But right now, the scales aren’t tipping in the favour of all things organic. The only people who will buy organic produce are those who see them as a healthier way to live while preserving the environment. For the rest of the populace, though, going organic requires tremendous effort and expense due to the accessibility and pricing of these fruits and vegetables. Unless this changes in the near future, going organic will just remain a luxury.
The Earth Hour special menu is available for lunch and dinner at 601, The Park till 23rd March.


There are still 17 days until Santa Claus makes his list, checks it twice and delivers presents to good boys and girls everywhere, but on Tuesday afternoon the Pittsburgh Penguins put on their best Kris Kringle impersonation by donning Santa hats and passing out presents to kids at Children’s Hospital in Lawrenceville.
The day began in the Lemieux Sibling Center on the hospital’s first floor, where the team signed a 2009 Stanley Cup champion logo before the players moved upstairs to throw on their jerseys and grab the carts full of presents they were to pass out to the children. Befitting the giving nature of a team filled with first-class individuals, the presents were bought from a team collection raised by the players on their own account.
“Tis the season so we are in the Christmas spirit here,” Sidney Crosby
said. “I am sure all of the kids here are thinking about Christmas so we are bringing our Christmas cheer.”
Once all the players were present and accounted for it was time to play the part of St. Nick. Crosby led one of the first groups down the hall, accompanied by teammates Jay McKee, Chris Kunitz
, Kris Letang
and Ruslan Fedotenko.
The first stop for the group was the crib of 14-month-old Kaiden, an infant stricken with a very rare form of brain cancer. As the players entered the room, Kaiden’s father, Nadir, expressed delighted shock at seeing members of the team that he said he watched less than 24 hours earlier.
“This is great that you do these rounds,” Nadir said. “This is awesome.”
Crosby and Co. did more than simply make a round. They took the time to ask questions about Kaiden’s condition and made sure the lights from the cameras in the room did not disturb him. Then they each signed a yellow school bus before shaking the hands of Kaiden’s parents and moving on to their next stop.
“I think it is fantastic that they take time out of their busy schedules to visit and just say hello,” Nadir said. “He is 14 months and doesn’t appreciate it but we certainly do having lived in the hospital the past month. It means a lot to us.”
As much as visits such as these mean to the patients and families, their hockey heroes get just as much enjoyment from getting to meet and speak with them to help divert their attention from the illnesses and surgeries they are forced to overcome.
“One of the most special things is talking to the families and hoping everybody gets better,” Brent Johnson
said. “Seeing a smile on their face is probably one of the best things. When you make a kid smile it brightens our day.”
Johnson, along with fellow netminder Marc-Andre Fleury
, had one of the tougher trips of the day to make – a voyage through the Intensive Care Unit.
“It’s a little bit different in there,” Johnson said. “When you go in there and you see a kid light up, it’s fantastic. We both had a great time.”
Speaking of having a great time, it would probably be tough to find somebody who had more fun passing out the presents than Bill Guerin, who walked around with Pascal Dupuis
, Jordan Staal
and Tyler Kennedy
When Guerin entered the room of a 5-year-old patient named Cadence, who was making a necklace, he did more than simply give her a toy pink laptop. Instead Guerin gave a rendition of “Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer” that would have made Gene Autry proud.
Following his award-winning performance Guerin asked Cadence, “Are you making me a necklace? That’s Billy. B-I-L-L-Y.” As the remainder of the group made their way from Cadence’s bedside, Guerin spent a couple extra seconds helping her string the necklace before the two pounded fists and Guerin joined up with the rest of his party.
The players were making their way down the hall, led by Dupuis pushing the cart full of toys, when they ran into a 13-day-old child. Guerin, a father of four, stopped to pay a visit.
“She’s a peanut,” he said. “She is so adorable.”
After the group continued on their way, Staal noticed a young boy named Steven who wasn’t on the list. Staal asked, “You want a visitor?”
Within seconds everyone was surrounding the television watching Steven’s favorite cartoon, “SpongeBob.”
Guerin told Steven his favorite character is Plankton because “he is a funny guy.”
A star-studded group featuring Evgeni Malkin
, Sergei Gonchar and Martin Skoula certainly brightened the day for the many children they visited. One of their first stops was a 7-year-old fan named Kyle who just got out from surgery.
As he gave Kyle a box of Legos, Gonchar made him laugh when he told him, “It’s a good thing you didn’t see our game last night.”
“Just seeing these guys come out and everything is really something great that they do,” Kyle’s mother, Dottie, said. “They have so many other things they could be doing and they take time out for the kids. The parents appreciate it.”
Malkin was happy to hear what visits such as these mean to the families because he says they mean just as much to the players.
“This is a big deal to be able to come and make these kids happy,” Malkin said. “It makes us feel good too. This can be tough to do but it’s worth it.”
Once all the presents were delivered the team headed to Austin’s Playoom, a common area where the children gather to play games, for more intimate interaction with the patients. The room is named after Austin Lemieux, the son of Penguins owner Mario Lemieux.
Crosby, who has become close to Austin while living at the Lemieux household, took the time to take a tour of the room.
“This is great,” said Crosby to one of the workers.
One of the first children to make his way into the room was Steven, who finished watching his “SpongeBob” show.
“How was the rest of ‘SpongeBob?’ Guerin asked before inviting Steven to join Staal in racing Mike Rupp to a puzzle-building contest.
“Jordan needs some help,” Guerin said.
While Steven gave assistance to Staal, Malkin found a Nintendo Wii in the back room and challenged Kasey, 12, to a game of bowling.
Malkin got out to a fast start with a strike and a spare in his first two frames after Kasey showed him how to use the remote.
Kasey’s mother, Mitzi, couldn’t contain her excitement as she watched her son take on the Penguins superstar.
“This just made his day,” Mitzi said. “I don’t know if they know what visits like this mean to the kids. These are more special than some of the other visits they get.”
As Mitzi spoke, Kasey and Malkin kept getting more and more into the game a couple feet away.
“That’s going to be tough,” Malkin told Kasey after Miller was looking at a one-two split following his first roll.
In the end Malkin prevailed, 170-113. On a day like this, however, the score hardly mattered as Kasey had one of the most thrilling moments of his young life.
“It was cool,” Kasey said. “It was a lot of fun bowling (with Malkin).”
And with that another rewarding trip to Children’s Hospital was complete. Like it is every time the Penguins pay a visit, this trip helped show the team the difference they make to young children in the community and it helped put life into the proper perspective as the “most wonderful time of the year” swings into full force.
“It is always something that puts things into perspective,” Crosby said. “We always talk about adversity and things like that when we talk about hockey.
“When you see real-life situations where kids are sick or really facing a true adversity, you see their bravery and how courageous they are to deal with it. I think it puts things into perspective for us as players.”


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Easing Canada’s mortgage stress tests will not have a material impact on Canada’s hottest housing markets, according to CIBC’s deputy chief economist.
“It’s not a significant change by any stretch of the imagination,” Benjamin Tal told BNN Bloomberg in an interview on Friday.
“I think that B-20 was necessary. It was important because we needed to save some Canadians from themselves.”
Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced on Tuesday that the federal government is changing how it calculates qualifying rates for insured mortgages, which are often taken out by first-time homebuyers who put down less than 20 per cent as a down payment. The new rules are set to kick in on April 6.
The country’s banking regulator, OSFI, is also looking at changing the stress test for uninsured mortgages.
When you do that math, the qualifying rate to pass the stress test will come down by about 30 basis points – a change mortgage market watchers says will give potential homeowners about three per cent more buying power.
“What’s happening is a 20 (or) 30 basis-point difference,” said Tal.
“That will not change the trajectory of the Toronto or Vancouver housing market.”