We’ve been there. It’s mere hours before the game, and you just can’t find a place that’s streaming the game. You really wanted to watch it in the comfort of your own home instead of risking being around all those fans at the sports bar.
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This industry leader gives up-to-the-minute coverage for hockey, baseball, basketball, college football, and more. Through this channel, you can get the rundown for all major games throughout the day, complete with thorough and skeptical commentary, video highlights, and game replays.
A spinoff of regular ESPN, ESPN2 touts its target audience as a younger crowd. With a focus on mainstream as well as unconventional sports, “The Deuce” tends to have an informal air. A huge draw to this channel is the weird sports, like extreme ironing, cycle ball, and wife carrying.
Currently, ESPNews is the only 24-hour sports news channel available with national coverage. Similar but different than the original ESPN, this channel is devoted to sports news and highlights. ESPNews acts as an overflow for the network, virtually eliminating all scheduling conflicts.
The third sibling of the acclaimed ESPN: ESPNU. As the name would suggest, ESPNU is dedicated to college sports. This channel includes coverage of games from the Ivy League, Big Ten, SEC, and so many more.
5. ACCN (ESPN)
The ACC Network covers sports in the Atlantic Coast Conference. This channel broadcasts 40 football games, 150 men’s and women’s basketball games, and 250 Olympic sports events. Similar to other college-dedicated channels, ACCN promotes everything in its conference, including tailgating and game-day action.
6. SEC NETWORK (ESPN)
The SEC Network is, of course, dedicated to our treasured SEC Conference. This channel touts the three live Saturday football games per week during the season and a college “takeover” marathon during the months of July and August, where each SEC college has 24 hours of coverage on just their school.
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The RedZone is a game-day-only channel where you can catch everything live on Sundays. Airing from 12 pm to 7 pm Central, RedZone offers coverage on all in-progress games on CBS and Fox. When a team is in the red zone, the broadcast switches to a live-game air, so all scores and potential scores are caught.
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This joint venture channel is partially owned by the National Hockey League. The signature program, NHL Tonight, provides NHL highlights, interviews, and commentary. This channel also offers Vintage Games, college hockey, and sometimes IIHF World Junior Championships.
Fox Sports 1 provides coverage for a wide array of sports, including but not limited to baseball, basketball, dog shows, and professional wrestling. A large attraction of this channel is the studio shows that provide rich debate over sports topics.
A sister network to FS1, Fox Sports 2, operates as an overflow channel for the network. Special events on this channel include coverage of Major League Rugby, the ARCA Menards Series, the State of the Origin, and RollerGames.
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Primarily owned by Major League Baseball, this channel provides everything pro baseball. Its signature program, the MLB Network Showcase, is on every other night to provide self-produced non-exclusive games. This channel also covers some Minor League Baseball and some Matinee Baseball.
14. PAC-12 NETWORK
Owned by the Pac-12 Conference, this channel is devoted to 24-7 coverage of the Pac-12 games. To provide the most game coverage possible, whatever games are not broadcasted by this channel are sent out to area-specific channels. P12N also has Olympic Sports coverage and broadcasts archived games.
This channel is dedicated to events at the University of Arizona and Arizona State University. Additionally, it covers men’s and women’s basketball as well as some Olympic sports.
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This channel is dedicated to events at the University of California and Stanford University. Additionally, it covers men’s and women’s basketball as well as some Olympic sports.
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This channel is dedicated to events at the University of Oregon and Oregon State University. Additionally, it covers men’s and women’s basketball as well as some Olympic sports.
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Household wealth in the U.S. had risen to shocking levels in 2019 when compared to the GDP increases over the same period. That created a massive wealth bubble similar to those seen in the lead up to the dot-com crash and the 2008-09 recession.
With the market down roughly 20%, it’s safe to say that bubble has officially popped and with it will come a stock market crash of epic proportions.
Niels Jensen, the Chief Investment Officer at Absolute Return Partners, noted that household net worth has climbed far faster than GDP, a trend that’s unsustainable .
As of Q4 2019, household wealth-to-GDP was 545%, far higher than the mean value of 380%. That’s indicative of a bubble on the verge of popping:
Total wealth in society cannot grow faster than nominal GDP over the long term, and that every country has a well-defined mean value in terms of the wealth-to-GDP ratio. In the U.S., that mean value is 380%. In other words, when the actual wealth-to-GDP ratio deviates too much from 380%, you know that the ratio will mean revert at some point. You just don’t know when.
Except, we do know when the bubble will explode, because it’s happening right now.
Household wealth took a massive hit in the first quarter as Americans lost their jobs and the stock market crashed. Major drops often correlate with a dip in net worth among American households. In Q4 2018, the Dow suffered a 16% loss, which translated into a roughly 4% drop in net worth among American households.
Not only are Americans grappling with a sizable decline in their investments, but they’re coping with job losses as well. Pop goes the wealth bubble.
Just as in the dot-com bubble burst and the 2008 recession, this correction in wealth-versus-GDP is followed by a lasting bear market.
Data regarding household wealth won’t be available until this summer, but it’s fair to deduce that it won’t be promising. If we were to have a V-shaped recovery, as the market appears to be hoping, there could be an argument that the wealth bubble would continue to grow—but that is an unlikely outcome.
Daniel Grosvenor, an analyst at Oxford Economics, noted that the current rally is essentially a bet on a V-shaped recovery .
Investors are bullish about the prospects of U.S. firms now that the Federal Reserve has stepped up with a massive stimulus effort. But that’s no more than a stop-gap if the economy doesn’t snap back in the next few weeks.
The bullish case for stocks rests on the policy measures being enough to prevent widespread financial distress, with the pandemic peaking shortly to allow a sharp, V-shaped rebound in both gross domestic product and earnings growth
By most accounts, the economy isn’t going to snap back. In fact, many are warning that coronavirus could continue to plague countries around the world for up to two years.
Infectious disease scientist Peter Collignon told Bloomberg that eradication of coronavirus is “unrealistic.” He sees international travel on hold for at least six months and social distancing to become a way of life until a vaccine is available. That could take up to two years.
The wealth bubble popped in Q1 and with coronavirus still dragging the global economy into a black hole, investors can only assume things are going to get worse. Equities and the housing market will be hardest hit as consumers make massive spending adjustments to cope with the change.
Don’t get caught in this dead cat bounce, all signs are pointing to the exit as a stock market crash looms.

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- All-time greats Richard Petty won 200 races, Jimmie Johnson won 83 (that probably won’t change) and Dale Earnhardt won 76.
- Kyle Larson already has 21 career wins, including 15 since returning to NASCAR in 2021.
- That’s more than twice as many as Chase Elliott (7), Joey Logano and William Byron (6), and Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch (5) have won each of their last 85 starts.
It’s probably too early to say that Kyle Larson will one day join Richard Petty, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt on NASCAR Drivers’ Mount Rushmore. After all, the current Final Four winner’s playoff format means that a single setback in Phoenix could dash a team’s championship hopes, no matter how worthy.
So while winning seven titles seems like a stretch, it’s not too soon to say that Larson is the best thing in NASCAR right now, an unofficial title he could hold all year.
Consider that in a recent eight-day stretch, the 30-year-old Hendrick Motorsports driver won an Xfinity race at Darlington, a Craftsman Truck race at North Wilkesboro and the All-Star Cup race at North Wilkesboro. Maybe it doesn’t compare to Kyle Busch’s three-round weekend sweep at Bristol in 2010 and 2017, but it’s still pretty impressive in its own way.
Larson’s resume would be even better if it weren’t for two late-race mishaps that almost certainly cost him wins earlier in the month.
On May 7, second-placed Denny Hamlin aggressively knocked Larson down as Larson led on the final lap at Kansas. (Larson managed to finish second). A week later at Darlington, the day after his Xfinity race win, Larson had a comfortable lead until a late warning bunched up. When he and Ross Chastain crashed out on the restart, what seemed like a certain victory turned into a 20th place finish.
But back to that image of Larson on Mount Rushmore from the drivers:
Petty won 200 races, Johnson won 83 (that probably won’t change) and Earnhardt won 76 before dying at the end of the 2001 Daytona 500. Larson already has 21 career wins, including 15 since returning to NASCAR in 2021. That’s more than twice as many as Chase Elliott (7), Joey Logano and William Byron (6), and Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch (5) in their last 85 starts.
Petty, Johnson and Earnhardt each won seven cups. Larson won one, in 2021, his first year with owner Rick Hendrick and crew chief Cliff Daniels. Given the continued strength of the Daniels/Larson couple, however, that number should go up. As much as anyone on the circuit, this team is a pre-race favorite almost every weekend.
Larson’s recent win at North Wilkesboro was his third in seven All-Star starts, each at a different location. He won in 2019 in Charlotte for owner Chip Ganassi, in 2021 in Texas for Hendrick, and again last weekend for Hendrick. He is the fourth driver with at least three of those wins, behind four-time winner Johnson and tied with fellow three-timers Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon. Those drivers won theirs in Charlotte, site of 35 of the first 36 All-Star races.
“He’s at the top of the ladder right now and has been for most of the last few years,” said Billy Sawyer, who has spent most of his 75 years watching the races from the old venue. his family’s workplace, Richmond Raceway. “I’ve seen Junior Johnson in his prime, on dirt and asphalt, and this kid from Larson is as close to him as anyone. A bit like David Pearson, who was also good on dirt and asphalt. But right now, no one can run with Larson.
Like Sawyer, former driver Brett Bodine has seen just about everyone who has ever been someone in the Cup. He dares to talk about Larson in the same breath as three legendary icons.
“When Jimmie Johnson won his sixth Cup, I thought we were looking at the greatest Cup driver of all time,” Bodine said. “When I look at Kyle Larson now, I think we’re looking at America’s greatest driver. It’s because he beats the best of the best in every series he races, dirt or asphalt, stock car or car. wide open. Either way, he’s usually the best. I’m sure he’s good. He’s our modern-day AJ Foyt and Tony Stewart.
Longtime Cup team owner Eddie Wood finds comparisons difficult. “He’s as good as anybody else right now,” he said, “but it’s hard to compare different eras in the sport. David Pearson won 43 races with (Wood Brothers Racing) after turning 37. He won his first championship at 31 and the other two at 33 and 34. It will be interesting to see what Larson (he turns 31 next month) does when he gets to the late 30s. But right now… yeah, he’s pretty good.
One can only imagine what Larson’s life would be like today were it not for April 12, 2020. That night, during the live broadcast of a iRacing event, he uttered a despicable racial slur that everyone heard. Ganassi and NASCAR immediately suspended him and NASCAR ordered sensitivity training. When several sponsors distanced themselves, Ganassi fired Larson and hired former champ Matt Kenseth for his #42 Chevy. Larson spent most of 2020 under the mainstream radar, winning countless open-wheel races and on the track.
After reviewing his rehabilitation, NASCAR reinstated Larson in October 2020. Hendrick snapped him up several weeks later with a contract for 2021 and beyond. With Daniels atop the pits, the No. 5 Chevrolet won in Las Vegas in March, the first of 10 victories during its unlikely championship season.
There were nine more points wins that year, plus the All-Star run at Fort Worth. The last of 10 came in November at Phoenix, where the crew pulled off a jaw-dropping 12.345-second pitstop to secure the race lead, victory and the Cup. The late race stop on bail lifted Larson from fourth to first, an advantage he maintained for the final 28 laps.
Now, a full season later, he continues to do and say all the right things.
“I think about it all the time, how lucky I am and where my life and my career could have gone in 2021,” he said after dominating the $1 million All-Star race. dollars Sunday night. “Yeah, 2021, could have gone in many different directions. Luckily Rick took a chance and I will be forever grateful to him. And the time had come. Their equipment was super good. They had kind of struggled a bit until the middle of 2020 and then Chase (Elliott) was able to win the championship.
“I wouldn’t be able to accomplish any of this without great teams, and I’m super lucky to be able to race with great car owners, team leaders, in every form of racing that I do. There’s not a moment when I go to a race track where I don’t feel like I’m in the best gear with the best team around me.
Could he have imagined this return in 2020, when his great career seemed threatened?
“Before 2021, I guess I always thought I could do it,” he said of his Cup win. “I thought I had the talent to win here. I just didn’t know if it was me or the gear (because) I didn’t get hits often enough, like I got in the dirt. Once I got picked up from Hendrick, but before we ran our first race, I was confident…but I never thought I would have the stats we have so far.
“But once I got to run a few races in 2021, I was like, ‘Okay, I’m a good stock car driver, I can do this. The road has been fun so far (but) we still have a lot to accomplish. I hope to be around for a long time and figure out what Jimmie and Jeff (former HMS stars and multiple time champions) have been up to.
Crawl ? Barely. Bust over there, it’s more like that.
Unemployed after three years as an army officer and Vietnam veteran, Al Pearce shamelessly lied on a small newspaper’s sports team in Virginia in 1969. He inherited motorsports, a strange rhythm and unknown which quickly became an obsession.
In 53 years – 48 ongoing with Autoweek – there have been thousands of NASCAR, NHRA, IMSA and APBA assignments at weekend tracks and major venues like Daytona Beach, Indianapolis, LeMans and Watkins Glen. The job — and the perks that come with it — have taken him to all 50 states and more than a dozen countries.
He was lucky enough to attract the interest of several publishers, hence his 13 motorsport-related books. He can change a tire on his Hyundai, but that’s about it.


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Loss and disturbance to the seabed is caused by human activities that inflict permanent changes or temporary disruptions to the physical habitat. Examples of such activities include extraction of seabed sand and gravel modification of the seabed for installations, maintenance of open waterways by dredging, and bottom trawling. Based on the data available for the assessment and current knowledge, less than 1 % of the Baltic Sea seabed is potentially lost due to human activities while over 50% of the seabed area is potentially disturbed during the assessment period (2011-2015). There is currently no regionally agreed method for assessing how loss and disturbance is causing adverse effects on the marine environment.
Several human activities may cause severe damage to benthic habitats and species, some by direct contact with the seabed and others through indirect effects caused by the increased turbidity or sedimentation, for example. Whether an activity leads to a permanent loss or a temporary disturbance of benthic habitats depends on many factors such as the duration and intensity of the activity, the technique used, and the sensitivity of the area affected. The loss of a natural habitat may give rise to a new artificial habitat, for example when a construction creates rocky bottoms on sand. This may also lead to ecological changes that are undesirable.
Many activities may contribute to both permanent loss and disturbance of the seabed (Figure 4.7.1). Estimating seabed loss and physical disturbance at a regional and sub-basin scale requires a generalised approach which links together different types of activities with potential loss and disturbance of the seabed and thereby simplifies the complex reality (Box 4.7.1).
Human activities potentially attributed to seabed loss and disturbance
Off-shore wind farms, harbours and underwater cables and pipelines are examples of constructions that cause a local but permanent loss of habitat. In addition, disturbance to the seabed may occur during the period of construction and installation. The pressures exerted during the construction phase are in some instances similar to those during sea-bed extraction or dredging into the seabed (see below).
Installation of off-shore construction may in some cases also encompass drilling or the relocation of substrate for use as scour protection. The area lost by scour protection around the foundation of a wind farm turbine has been estimated to be in the order of 20 meters from the wind turbine (OSPAR 2008). The scour protection will give rise to a new man-made habitat.
Cables and pipelines may be placed in a trench and then covered with sediment extracted elsewhere. Most often the sediment composition then differs from surrounding habitats (Schwarzer et al. 2014). On hard substrates, cables are often covered with a protective layer of steel or concrete casings. The loss of habitats by smothering and sealing from cables has been generalised to a 2 meters distance for the assessment purposes (OSPAR 2008).
Open systems of mariculture affect the seabed habitat through sedimentation of excrements under the fish and shellfish farms, as the accumulated material changes the seabed substrate. However, the extent of the effects in terms of loss and disturbance depends on the hydrological conditions and on the properties of the mariculture, and currently no information exists on the recovery rate when the pressure is removed.
Dredging activities are usually divided into capital dredging, which is carried out when building new constructions, and maintenance dredging, which is done in order to maintain existing waterways.
Dredging causes different types of pressure on the sea bed; removal of substrate alters physical conditions through changes in the seabed topography, increased turbidity caused by re-suspended fine sediments, and smothering and siltation of nearby areas due to settling of suspended load. Loss of habitat occurs during capital dredging which usually is a pressure occurring once at a specific location. But loss of habitat also occurs during maintenance dredging which is performed repeatedly, often at regular intervals. The loss is limited to the dredging site, whilst disturbance through sedimentation may have a wider spatial extent.
Some studies have estimated that disturbance through sedimentation may affect animals and vegetation up to a couple of kilometres from the core activity (Lassalle et al. 1990, Boyd et al. 2003, Orviku et al. 2008). In addition, remobilisation of sediments with deposited substances may contribute to contamination and eutrophication effects.
During sand and gravel extraction sediment is removed from the seabed, for use in construction, coastal protection, beach nourishment and land-fills, for example.
Sand and gravel extraction can be performed using either static dredging or trailer dredging. When using static dredging, the pressures exerted by sand and gravel extraction are comparable to those during dredging; potential physical loss of habitat (which may be partial or complete depending on how much sand or gravel is removed and which extraction technique is used), altered physical conditions through changes in seabed topography, increased turbidity caused by fine sediments that are mobilised into the water, or smothering or siltation on nearby areas. When performing trailer dredging the pressures exerted are more limited. In addition, in areas where the sediment mobility and dynamics are naturally high, the effects of sand and gravel extraction may be less significant.
Since the extracted material is sieved at sea to the wanted grain size, the unwanted matter is discharged and may result in a changed grain size of the local sediment on the seabed. Sedimentation levels are more restricted during sand and gravel extraction than during dredging, and may occur a few hundred metres from the core activity (Newell et al. 1998). There is more or less full mortality of benthic organisms at the site of sand and gravel extraction as they are removed together with their habitat (Boyd et al. 2000, 2003, Barrio Frojan et al. 2008), whereas the extent of the impact on adjacent areas is smaller (Vatanen et al. 2010).
Importantly, there are modern techniques and concepts which, if applied, can help to reduce the negative impact. Recolonization by sand- and gravel dwelling organisms is for example facilitated if the substrate is not completely removed. Precautionary measures are also recommended in HELCOM Recommendation 19/1 on ‘Marine Sediment Extraction in the Baltic Sea Area’.
Disposal of dredged matter may cause covering of the seabed, smothering of benthic organisms, and lead to loss of habitat if the sediment characteristics are changed. In addition, increased turbidity during the disposal cause increased siltation on the site itself and in the areas around it. Disposed material may contain higher concentrations of hazardous substances and nutrients than the disposal site and may cause accumulation of these pollutants at the disposal site and adjacent areas.
The impacts on the species depend mainly on the seabed habitat type, the type and amount of disposed material, and distance to the disposal site. Burial of benthic organisms may cause mortality, but some species have the ability to re-surface (Olenin 1992, Powilleit et al. 2009). The probability of survival is higher on soft bottoms, whereas vegetation and fauna on hard substrates die when covered by a few centimetres of sediment (Powilleit et al. 2009, Essink 1999). The spatial extent of the impacts is similar to that of dredging a couple of kilometres from the core zone of the activity (Syväranta and Leinikki 2015, Vatanen et al. 2015).
Ship traffic can cause disturbance to the seabed in several ways; propeller induced currents may cause abrasion, resuspension and siltation of sediments, shipbow waves may cause stress to littoral habitats, and dragging of anchors may cause direct physical disturbance to the seabed.
Disturbances to the seabed from shipping mainly occur in shallow areas. The effects are often local, concentrated to shipping lanes and to the vicinity of harbours. For larger vessels, increased turbidity has been observed down to 30 m depth (Vatanen et al. 2010), and mid-sized ferry traffic has been estimated to increase turbidity by 55% in small inlets (Eriksson et al. 2004). Erosion of the sea-floor can be substantial along heavy shipping lanes, and has been observed to cause up to 1 m of sediment loss due to abrasion (Rytkönen et al. 2001).
Estimation of physical loss
The level of long term physical loss of seabed in the Baltic Sea was estimated to be less than 1% on the regional scale until the year 2015. Highest estimates of potential loss at the level of sub-basins were found in the more densely populated southern Baltic Sea and ranged between 1 and 5% in the Sound, the Bay of Mecklenburg and the Great Belts. In the majority of the sub-basins, less than 1% of the seabed area was estimated to be potentially lost (Figure 4.7.2).
The human activities mainly connected with seabed loss were sand extraction, dredging and disposal of dredged matter and to a lesser extent offshore and coastal installations, and mariculture. In terms of broad benthic habitat types, the highest proportion of area potentially lost was ‘infralittoral sand’, but the highest total area potentially lost was estimated for ‘infralittoral mixed’ substrate’ (Figure 4.7.3).
Estimated physical disturbance
Around half of the Baltic seabed was estimated to have been potentially disturbed (236 000 km2) during 2011–2015. The spatial extent of potential physical disturbance to the seabed varied between 20 and almost 100% per sub-basin (1 200 to 39 000 km2; Figure 4.7.4). However, the estimation does not reflect whether these areas are associated with adverse effects to the benthic habitats as the intensity of the disturbance is unknown. The intensity or severity of the disturbance is an important aspect which is intended to be covered in future indicator-based assessments.
The activities connected to the widest potential physical disturbance are bottom-trawling fishing, which is common in the southern parts of the Baltic Sea, and shipping. At a more local scale, however, more severe physical disturbance may be caused by dredging and the disposal of dredged material. The largest area of potentially disturbed seabed were estimated in the Eastern Gotland Basin and the Bornholm Basin, which are also both comparatively large sub-basins in the Baltic (Figures 4.7.4 and 4.7.5). The sub-basins with highest proportion of potential disturbed seabed were found in the southern Baltic Sea, between the Kattegat and the Arkona Basin.
Importantly, these estimates are based on best available data on the extent of the activities concerned. In some cases, areas licensed for an activity, such as dredging, disposal of dredged matter and extraction of sand and gravel, do not necessarily reflect the extent of the exerted pressure, as the activity may be undertaken only in parts of the licensed area. These limitations in data add to the uncertainties of the estimate.

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“Hey," said Shadow. “Huginn or Muninn, or whoever you are.”
The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side, and it stared at him with bright eyes.
“Say ‘Nevermore,’” said Shadow.
“Fuck you,” said the raven.”
People believe, thought Shadow. It’s what people do. They believe. And then they will not take responsibility for their beliefs; they conjure things, and do not trust the conjurations. People populate the darkness; with ghosts, with gods, with electrons, with tales. People imagine, and people believe: and it is that belief, that rock-solid belief, that makes things happen.
- Neil Gaiman, American Gods


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Higgins Sunburst Veggie Stix Gourmet Treats for Guinea Pigs, Rabbits & Chinchillas 4oz
Keep your small pal healthy with the Higgins Sunburst Veggie Stix Gourmet Treats for Guinea Pigs, Rabbits & Chinchillas. These tasty, crunchy sticks are an assortment of fun, healthy, natural snacks that are the perfect supplement to your herbivore pet’s balanced diet. They’re made with sun-cured hays, grains and cooked, or extruded, vegetables like beets, carrots, and alfalfa to delight your furry friend. The sticks encourage healthy foraging behavior and are also high in fiber to promote digestive and overall health. Plus, they’re proudly made in the USA with no artificial flavors, colors or preservatives, and come in a resealable package with an easy to open tear strip.Key Benefits
- Tasty sticks are made with sun-cured hays, grains and cooked, or extruded vegetables.
- Contains wholesome veggies like corn, alfalfa, beets, and carrots that herbivores love.
- The shape encourages healthy foraging behavior and healthy chewing for your furry pal.
- High in fiber to promote overall and digestive health for guinea pigs, rabbits, and chinchillas.
- Made in the USA with no artificial flavors, colors, or preservatives, and comes in a resealable package with tear strip.
Ground Corn, Ground Wheat, Alfalfa Meal, Ground Carrots, Ground Beets, Sunflower Oil, Cellulose.
Sunburst Treats can be fed in a separate treat dish or mixed with your pet’s daily food. Discard any unused portion before feeding again. Feed treats to not exceed 20% of your pet's total daily food consumption. This helps to ensure that your pet is receiving the required nutrients from its regular fortified food.

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You are on a diet for one month. You are trying so hard. You exercise every day and you stick to your eating program. But you deal with crises. Sweets Crises. Or you just have chosen healthy life style. You quit alcohol, you don’t eat bread, and you quit sparkling drinks. You care for your calories and you count them every day. But, you can still be fit and enjoy your sweet healthy desserts. We’ve made a little research and we choose to suggest you Top 10 – 100 Calories Chocolate Desserts.
Thick and Rich Hot Coco
Are you hot chocolate lover? Through away your quick hot chocolate sachets, see here the needed ingredients and make magic taste dessert. Light a candle, put a movie in your DVD, warm the room and you will have super romantic winter night. Surprise your boyfriend with a thick and rich hot cocoa.
Recipe via singforyoursupperblog.com
Chocolate-Covered Brownie Bites
Your friends are coming to dinner! You have crunchy bruschetta with tomatoes and olives , mix of green veggie salad as a starter and a plate, pork meat with a sauce of dry plums and spicy potatoes grilled as a main meal, good red wine on the table, candles and blues in the back. Ouuch, you forget the dessert. Make a 45 min Chocolate Covered Brownie Bites.
Recipe via confessionsofacookbookqueen.com
Chocolate Bark with Pistachios and Dried Cherries
Nuts. Cherries. It sounds so promising. And it is healthy too. And quick. This is your second week on a diet and you are in the worst phase! The hating Chocolate Crises. No need of stress! Make yourself non guilty dessert and smile.
Recipe via katherinemartinelli.com
Frozen Chocolate-Covered Bananas
You open your sweet secret place and you can find nothing. You check your ingredients and you realize that is been a while, you haven’t been to shopping. You had a very stressful day at work and you desire for something sweet all day. Just take a banana and melting chocolate. Mmm, add some nuts too.
Recipe via shnugglebunny.com
Dark Fudgy Brownies
It is another creative recipe for healthy sweet. And it is simple too. No need of extra ingredients. See the instructions and go to work it.
Recipe via hersheys.com
Double-Chocolate Almond Biscotti
Saturday. Rainy day. Morning. You will love to have a hot coffee and biscotti now. You want to put your biscotti in the coffee and mix the taste in your mouth. You want to chew this taste as much time as you can. You just want listen your favorite songs, watch the rain and eat your almond biscotti. Try it out.
Recipe via gratineeblog.com
Quick Mini Chocolate Cheesecakes
They are cute little cakes. They are chocolate cakes. They are cheesecakes. Nummy. Satisfy your sweet need making one of the tastiest healthy recipe. Make a list and go in the market. You shouldn’t miss this.
Recipe via livebetteramerica.com
Bittersweet Chocolate-Orange Truffles
While orange adds an exotic note, much of the flavor of these simple yet sophisticated candies comes from the chocolate, so choose a semisweet or bittersweet with a flavor and level of sweetness you enjoy. The recipe makes a big batch of truffles – plenty for gift-giving.
Recipe via tishboyle.blogspot.com
Sure, you could buy them. But things always taste better when you make them yourself, and these make a great holiday gift. And more over, you will give a healthy holiday gift.
Recipe via riversidechocolatefactory.com
Chocolate Almond Cherry Crisps
These no-bake cookies taste like bite-sized candy bars and are terrific with a cup of coffee. Prepare them up to two days in advance, and store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
Recipe via me-myself-and-pie.blogspot.com


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Indiana Pacers' Aaron Nesmith, middle, drives to the basket between Milwaukee Bucks' Pat Connaughton and Brook Lopez during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)
MILWAUKEE — Jrue Holiday and the Milwaukee Bucks responded to the Indiana Pacers’ fast start by delivering a dominant performance down the stretch.
Holiday scored a season-high 35 points to go along with 11 assists for his third straight double-double and the Bucks rallied to beat the Pacers 132-119 on Monday. The Pacers had led 76-65 at the break after matching their highest first-half point total of the season.
“I think that we slowed them down just enough,” Holiday said. “They were running that first half, boy. It was like how Golden State tries to do, how Houston used to do. They ran fast. They run fast, they shoot 3s. They were pretty much getting things in the paint and getting 3s at the same time.”
Neither team was at full strength.
The Bucks played without two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo for a third straight game due to left knee soreness. Indiana was missing leading scorer and NBA assists leader Tyrese Haliburton for a third straight game due to a left elbow sprain and a mild left knee bone bruise.
The Pacers still led most of the way, with Myles Turner scoring 30 points after missing three games with back spasms and T.J. McConnell adding a career-high 29 points — including 25 in the first half — plus nine assists.
Milwaukee eventually handed Indiana its fourth straight loss by outscoring the Pacers 39-21 in the fourth quarter. Holiday scored 21 of his points after halftime to lead the comeback.
“He’s just an unreal player on both ends,” McConnell said. “Should be the defensive player of the year for a couple of seasons. And his offensive game, he just plays at his own pace, can score at all three levels. He’s just unbelievably good.”
Holiday shot 13 of 19 overall and 5 of 8 from 3-point range. The Bucks went 23 of 46 from beyond the arc and had their most 3-pointers this season.
Milwaukee’s Bobby Portis said after the game that Holiday deserves to play in the All-Star Game. Holiday’s lone All-Star appearance came in 2013 with the Philadelphia 76ers.
“Just taking the game over and taking it into his own hands, that’s what stars do,” said Portis, who had 21 points and 11 rebounds. “They show up on a nightly basis. And I think he shows up every night for us.”
After falling behind by as many as 13, the Bucks pulled ahead 101-100 on Grayson Allen’s 3-pointer with 10:04 left in the game, the first time the Pacers had trailed since the opening quarter. Indiana responded with consecutive baskets from Andrew Nembhard and Jalen Smith.
The game went back-and-forth from there, as the first 4 1/2 minutes of the fourth quarter featured five lead changes. Jordan Nwora’s 3-pointer with 7:40 left put the Bucks ahead for good at 108-107.
Indiana led most of the way thanks to the fast start by McConnell, who entered the day scoring just 6 points per game.
During his 25-point first half, McConnell shot 9 of 9 from the floor, including 4 of 4 from 3-point range, and 3 of 3 from the free-throw line while playing 17 minutes.
McConnell was asked after the game the last time he had been in such a zone.
“Probably high school,” McConnell replied.
Brook Lopez had 19 points, Allen 17 and Nwora 14 for the Bucks. Buddy Hield scored 18 and Bennedict Mathurin added 12 for the Pacers.
Pacers: Indiana shot 60.9% in the first half but 39.5% in the second half.
Bucks: Coach Mike Budenholzer said before the game that a decision hadn’t been reached on whether Antetokounmpo would play Tuesday against the Toronto Raptors. … George Hill played more than 22 minutes and had nine points and six assists in his first appearance since Jan. 6.
Pacers: At Oklahoma City on Wednesday.
Bucks: Host Toronto on Tuesday. In their only previous meeting this season, the Bucks won 104-101 in overtime at Toronto on Jan. 4.
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The pulp and paper industry often encounters challenges that require process improvements to remain competitive. These challenges may include the requirement to meet more stringent environmental regulations, stricter energy policies, or the need to improve product quality, increase production capacity and profitability. As a result, the pulp mills of today have to focus on becoming more efficient by possessing an effective chemical recovery system and reducing chemical losses. The high degree of closure is beneficial for environment, water consumption and mill economy but can upset the Na/S balance and increase the build-up of non-process elements in the system. Installing an acid plant to convert the sulfur containing Non Condensable Gases (NCG) into sulfuric acid will eliminate the NCG as a sulfur input to the recovery cycle, eliminate purchases of sulfuric acid, reduce caustic purchases, and produce additional steam that will positively impact the mill’s heat balance. This paper provides an overview of the OptimumAcid™ technology required to produce sulfuric acid in a pulp mill from NCG, presents some of the unique challenges related to feed variability, and discusses some of the technical features of NORAM’s sulfuric acid OptimumAcid™ process technology and equipment.
Cellulose bromo-isobutyl ester was prepared using filter paper as raw material through esterification reaction with 2-Bromoisobutyryl bromide (BIBB) in N, N-Dimethyl-formamide (DMF). Cellulose esters with different degree of substitution were obtained. FTIR result indicated the successful introduction of bromo isobutyryl group in cellulose to obtain cellulose ester (Cell-Br). The surface of modified filter paper become rough and grooves could be observed by SEM. The thermal stability of the cellulose ester decreased in comparison with unmodified filter paper. Besides, the hydrophobicity of the filter paper was improved and the water contact angle increased from 73.4° to 116.5° with increasing degree of substitution. The water vapor barrier property was improved by 26 %. Furthermore, it was also found the modified filter paper possessed antibacterial activity against S. aureus bacteria. The modified filter paper obtained could be potentially used in food packaging fields and the results provide a simple method to prepare functional filter paper.
The poplar alkaline hydrogen peroxide mechanical pulp (APMP) with the lignin content of 24.63 % was used as raw material, which with lignin content of 10.04 %, 6.33 %, 3.82 %, and 1.14 % were obtained by the acid sodium chlorite method for 1–4 hours respectively. Then, different lignin content APMP were micro-nano processing treated with acidolysis (6.5 M, 9.8 M) or ultra-granular grinding respectively. Afterwards, poplar bleached chemical pulp (BCP) was prepared micro-nano cellulose under the same conditions as the APMP. Then, compared the data of the particle size, specific surface area, fiber morphology and zeta potential of suspensions between micro-nano cellulose products. The results show that the presence of a small amount of lignin (1–4 %) in APMP does not affect the preparation of different scales nano cellulose under different acid concentration conditions. When the lignin content is reduced to below 2 %, the acidolysis is more uniform, stable, and well-dispersed compared to BCP products; when the APMP is processed by the ultra-granular grinding, the higher lignin content, the more obvious cutting effect in the fiber length direction. The characteristics and feasibility of the preparation of micro-nano cellulose by the acidolysis and ultra-granular grinding using APMP with varying degrees of delignification are compared.
Chemithermomechanical pulp (CTMP) is often used in central layers of multiply paperboards due to its high bulk and strength. Such a CTMP should consist of well-separated undamaged fibres with sufficient bonding capacity. The basic objective of this work is to optimize process conditions in low-consistency (LC) refining, i. e. to select or ultimately develop new optimal LC refiner filling patterns, in order to produce fibrillar fines and improve the separation of fibres from each other while preserving the natural fibre morphology as much as possible. Furthermore, the aim is to evaluate if this type of work can be done at laboratory-scale or if it is necessary to run trials in pilot- or mill-scale in order to get relevant answers. First stage CTMP made from Norway spruce (Picea abies) was LC refined in mill-, pilot- and laboratory-scale trials and with different filling patterns. The results show that an LR1 laboratory refiner can favourably be used instead of larger refiners in order to characterize CTMP with regard to tensile index and z-strength versus bulk. A fine filling pattern resulted in CTMP with higher tensile index, z-strength and energy efficiency at maintained bulk compared to a standard filling pattern.
Paper has been the most significant carrier of written information for many centuries. To prolong the life expectancy of papers, the polyurethane based on nanosilica was used to strengthen the paper fibers in this work. The relation between the mass concentration of polyurethane based on nanosilica and the specific properties of papers (e. g., folding endurance, tensile strength, tearing strength, whiteness and glossiness) were investigated. In addition, the effect of polyurethane based on nanosilica on the acid/alkali resistance and ageing resistance were studied. The results showed that polyurethane based on nanosilica could significantly improve the mechanical properties and ageing resistance of papers.
A high resolution rotary encoder and a piezo electric force sensor are implemented in a 16-inch laboratory-scale low consistency refiner to explore the effect of plate gaps on bar-force profiles. The sensor replaces a short length of a stator bar and measures normal and shear forces applied during the passage of each rotor bar. The rotary encoder data is used to locate the rotor bars relative to the stator bar in which the sensor is located. Previous work with this type of force sensor focuses primarily on the distribution of the maximum force measured during the passage of each rotor bar over the sensor or bar passing event, BPE. In this work, force profiles for bar passing events are registered to the position of rotor bars relative to the stator bar in which the sensor is located. These registered force profiles are measured for a range of plate gaps and two different pulp furnishes. The angular reference provided by the encoder makes it possible to generate mean force profiles. As force data for individual BPEs is highly variable, these mean force profiles have potential to shed light on the fundamental mechanisms of mechanical refining. For large gaps, there is a late peak in the force profiles that occurs toward the end of the bar passing event. For gaps that are less than the critical gap, below which fiber cutting occurs, there is an early peak in the force profiles that occurs at the start of the bar passing event. It is hypothesized that the early peak represents the corner force and, therefore, that corner force is causal in the onset of fiber cutting. To explore this hypothesis, a model is presented connecting corner force and friction force to the progression geometric variables during the bar passing event such as the bar edge length engaged at any point in the bar passing event and the area covered by the rotor bar on the force sensor at any point in the bar passing event.
The extraction of lipophilic wood extractives from pulp and paper process waters proves to be a challenging task, due to harsh and alternating process and sample conditions. This study has determined the potential use of polymeric sorbents for solid-phase extraction (SPE) and compared to classical silica-based reversed-phase packed columns, with polymeric hydrophilic-lipophilic balanced (HLB) cartridges being the sorbent with the most potential. Recovery functions were obtained with an internal standard mixture representative for the main lipophilic wood extractive groups, which are fatty acids and alcohols, sterols, sterol esters and triglycerides. The impact of pH, sample volume and sample matrix, expressed as TOC and cations, on the retention behavior of lipophilic extractives during SPE of industrial samples were determined with polymeric HLB sorbent. High variations in the composition of pulp mill matrices led to different optimal extraction conditions. Thus, a new SPE protocol was developed, which bypasses matrix interferences and omits the loss of analytes due to sample preparation. The method is applicable to different pulp mill effluents with large discrepancies in pH and sample matrices, resulting in recoveries >90 % with RSD <5 % for all lipophilic wood extractives.
This paper presents a model for design optimization of pulp mill steam utility systems subject to variations in energy prices and steam demands. A Scandinavian Kraft pulp mill is used as case study to investigate investment opportunities in lignin extraction and new turbines. The model enables solutions to be identified that are more flexible than the solutions that would have been identified with a corresponding model using, for example, annual average values for key input data. The results from the case study show that lignin extraction has a potential to contribute to flexibility in pulp mill electric power production under certain conditions provided that the mill invests in both lignin extraction and condensing turbine capacity. However, the potential electric power production flexibility will vary over time. In the studied mill, with a capacity increased to around 1.3 million tonnes/a of pulp, it is estimated to vary between 15 and 30 MW. Furthermore, investment in new condensing turbine capacity only seems to be attractive if electricity prices that are considerably higher than the spot prices of recent years are assumed. Such prices may occur if there is a clear value of tradable electricity certificates or if future electricity prices rise significantly.
The present study analyzes the composition of pine wood cultivated on artificial plantations in the Leningrad Oblast (Region). Comparing to pine wood from natural stands, a smaller heartwood zone along the height of the pine trunk and a lower content of resinous substances are noted. The content of cellulose and lignin in the heartwood and sapwood of pine is distributed differently along the trunk. The distribution of pentosans and water-soluble substances in the heartwood and sapwood along the trunk is associated with the lignin complex. The component composition of the studied pine wood from planted stands is quite uniform in its indicators if compared to the wood of older natural stands. Sulphate pulping of planted pine wood showed a higher yield of technical cellulose than the average yield from wood obtained at natural stands of the studied region.
Paper has a high value of culture, history and scientific research as the cultural carrier of historical inheritance. However, with the passage of time and the change of environment, many paper files are aging and damaged. Therefore, it is of great significance to carry out the protection of paper archives. Chitosan, a natural material, has a good compatibility with paper fibers. In this paper, chitosan (CS) was modified by epoxy cyclohexane (CHO) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) to prepare CS-CHO-g-PMMA emulsion. CS-CHO-g-PMMA was applied to paper protection, and the effects of CS-CHO-g-PMMA on heat aging resistance, reversibility and acid-base resistance were investigated. In order to improve the mechanical strength of paper, CS-CHO-g-PMMA and phosphate ester starch (HPDSP) were blended to determine the optimum ratio. The results showed that the degradation rate of paper sample was slowed down obviously and the coating had certain reversibility. Acid-base resistance experiment showed that CS-CHO-g-PMMA could effectively resisit corrosion of external acid-base to protect the paper. The best combination ratio between CS-CHO-g-PMMA and HPDSP was: m (CS-CHO-g-PMMA): m (HPDSP) = 5:2. Under this compound ratio, the performance indexes of the paper met the requirements, conforming to the “repair as old, keep the original” and other requirements.


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issue #26: inspiration-hunters
1. I would start with the claim of your work: “a world where elegant interplays of signature colours and graphic patterns evolve into sophisticated compositions and textures”. An extremely expressive phrase that leaves little room for uncertainty. How do you come to use textiles as a means of expression? How did this way make you fall in love?
Even as a child I touched everything I saw which looked interesting in structure or tactility. I do it without even realizing it. Then at my high school there was a course on Textiles on which I graduated at that young age. I think it was the moment that I really realized my interest, but I still had no idea what I was going to do next. Studying fashion seemed to be the right direction. While studying fashion I noticed that the material I was creating, for example knitting, silk screening and handwork, always became the focus of the creation instead of working with the shapes. I think textiles is the area in which I can express myself best and I love being surrounded by it.
2. One of your missions is to ferry old textile production techniques to a more modern frontier. Can you tell us about a technique you have worked on that you are particularly passionate about?
The first rug I designed was made in Nepal by hand knotting. I required a very high pole, higher than that company had ever made, so it was a real challenge to develop new techniques to get the feel and touch I envisioned. This is always about getting the artisans to be open and enthusiastic enough to want to explore new ways of doing things. This is what I do in many of my projects. I have an idea of what the production should look like and then I study a way for it to be possible. Then we discuss it together and do trials. Within the rehearsal process, interesting ideas can emerge. These are things that you can’t think about while you’re designing, they’re like gifts I can say.
3. Yours is a world of nuances. Do you find a parallel between this ‘harmonious and soft approach’ and your personality?
Yes, I think it reflects my personality, since I draw from intuition, my designs really come from who I am, what I like and how I dream. Then I like to find balance with the different elements I’m working with to create harmony. It is at that point that a work can be considered finished for me.
4. In your work you manage to combine your creative identity (always recognizable) with trends. How does the constant dialogue between these two components take place? Is there a creative process you follow to realize your creative compositions? Can you tell us about it?
I would say this comes from a belief that I follow and trust in the direction that interests and intrigues me and believe that is the right way to follow at that particular time. I don’t spend time looking or looking for trends. I think these are processes that you acquire and I think I have found a way to place them in my work and combine them with my signature. My signature comes from the way I make decisions, I think. It’s not a list I follow, it’s simply my method of creation.
5. Are there other forms of expression, apart from your work as a textile designer, that you use to express yourself? Can you tell us about them?
Well, not really really…. I do like to laugh a lot which is an expression of happiness of course and sing songs in my mind which is a more introvert thing. When I was younger I loved to dance but sadly at some time I quit that. In addition to textiles, of course, I find my expression in home furnishings, the way I dress, and collecting items that pique my interest. All not too flashy, but I would say balanced.
6. Speaking of inspiration: where do your creations come to life? Are there any creative rituals that help you to create?
I like to be in a space where I feel comfortable, like my studio or home or even traveling. I just need to feel good. Maybe with a nice coffee or something else, a glass of wine for example. I also find myself sitting on my living room floor mostly in the evenings. On a rug, of course, with my sketchbook, computer, television on and the lights dimmed. This is the quietest time of my day, when my kids are in bed.
7. One of the most topical issues related to fashion, and consequently to textiles, concerns sustainability. How does your work take this issue into account?
Well, I find this issue increasingly important and when years ago it was just one aspect of the works, now it often becomes the most important in the development of a project. Most of the things I make don’t have stock, so no inventory is created. Most of the pieces are high quality and hopefully have a long life. Most of the fabrics can be recycled later or come from recycled yarns. In summary, I think this shows that we are already working with this in mind and one of the questions I would ask directly when I visit a factory would be, “Do you work with recycled yarn or do you have leftover pieces, cutouts that we can work with?” This is all pointing us in a new direction and new ways of creating for us as designers and I think it’s really interesting. We’re just at the beginning. I feel like we’re much more open and determined about this today, so I’m really curious to think about what it will look like in the future.
8. As a MM Award juror, what do you expect? What aspects of young creatives intrigue you most?
The first thing I ask myself when I see a project is if I can see the distinctive traits, the clear signature of that creative, if it manages to convey something new and fresh to me, a new or different way of working with materials, if it intrigues me and if I find it aesthetically pleasing.
9. What is one question you always wanted to be asked, but haven’t yet?
Let me think. One question no one has ever asked me is “What might you have become if you weren’t a textile designer?” I would have gone into the fragrance business, I think. I have a really good sense of smell. I find fragrances so important for atmosphere, so dreamy. Scent plays the same role as music. It can capture time, it can revive memories and create new ones. Imagine if I had become the creator of a big perfume brand! That would have been an exciting thing to do. I’m sure I would work the same way I’m working now. I would be guided by intuition.
10. What is an object in your home that you would never give up? What is the memory attached to it? Can you send us a photo taken by you?
It is a set of ceramics bowl created by my daughter, husband and me while we were in Japan. We made it ourselves in a workshop at the brilliant Asahiyaki in Uji. The clay is 100 years old and has a pink, gray and sandy color without being glazed. It was a lot of fun. A special trip that is always good to remember.

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Mobile device chip firm Qualcomm Technologies has revealed that it has launched its Snapdragon Metaverse Fund, a $100 million fund to invest in developers and firms that are creating "unique, immersive XR experiences".
The Snapdragon Metaverse Fund will combine venture investments from Qualcomm Ventures and a grant programme from Qualcomm Technologies.
The fund will be used to explore extended reality experiences in gaming, health and wellness, media, and more.
"Through the Snapdragon Metaverse Fund, we look forward to empowering developers and companies of all sizes as they push boundaries of what’s possible as we enter into this new generation of spatial computing," said Qualcomm Inc. president and CEO Cristiano Amon.
Furthermore, funded creators may gain early access to new XR platform tech, dev kits, co-marketing opportunities, and more.
In addition to the new funding, Qualcomm has revealed a partnership with Square Enix to explore extended reality experiences.
The two companies will collaborate on Snapdragon Spaces, Qualcomm’s XR platform, in a bid to "push the boundaries" of immersive gaming. Square Enix’s Advanced Technology Division will be the company’s division involved in the collaboration.
“We have been investing in XR and look forward to building on Snapdragon Spaces," said Square Enix technical director Ben Taylor.
"In particular, we think the time is right with XR to innovate on games of a classic genre we are especially known for and look forward to sharing them with the world to further our mission to help spread happiness across the globe.”
Earlier this month, Qualcomm announced a partnership with German esports organisation ESL Gaming with the companies aiming to "revolutionise the trajectory of mobile esports".

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By Kristin Rover
In an effort to recognize veterans for their service, Wm. Light Paving Company will be sponsoring Veterans Appreciation Day Oct. 12 to coincide with the Vietnam Traveling Wall that will be in Clermont County Oct. 9-13.
Sherry Light, with Wm. Light Paving, said her husband, Steve, came up with the idea to host the event because he wanted to thank and honor veterans.
Light said they thought it would nice to have an event while the traveling wall memorial was in the county.
“We wanted to have an appreciation day,” Light said. “We wanted to be able to host some veterans, have some food, music and raffles and run them up to the event and bring them back.”
Light said the event will begin at 8 a.m. and will include a flag raising, a 21 gun salute, live music, food, and door prizes.
Light said they will also be transporting veterans from the event to the memorial and back.
She said shuttles will be running from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. to the traveling wall. The event will end at 10 p.m.
“It’s going to be a fun event,” Light said.
Light said their business was started by a veteran and they have many veterans in their family.
“A lot of people don’t thank vets enough,” Light said. “We thought we would show appreciation.”
Veterans Appreciation Day will be held at the Fraternal Order of Eagles 2289 post located at 265 Foundry Avenue in Batavia.
The Vietnam Traveling Wall Memorial will be in the county Oct. 9-13 at Veterans’ Memorial Park in Union Township.


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Let them know that diversity in music is like diversity in culture. Another cultural implication of music ubiquity is in clothing more popular music artists are producing clothing lines.
This is a space for hearing the unheard music of the world around us. I sometimes wonder to myself if they really need to be controversial to sell records or is that just a big hoax. Each of things have their own magnetic sounds. Jazz remains a rich and vital presence in the world of music today.
This means you need to give specific arguments. Next is improvisational jazz, which is the most popular type of jazz. Country and western music was primarily produced by white Southerners beginning in the early s and came from the folk music of Southern Appalachia and is rooted in the folk songs of immigrants from Great Britain.
As for popular music, I believe it does just the opposite: When you get to these pieces, instruct the cast to lie down and relax. To me his music is the ultimate taboo because when I listen to it for this project it freak me out I thought I was listening to the devil himself, but I digress historical and contemporary concerns for rock music are one in the same.- Exploring Different Styles of Popular Music In this project, I aim to explore the different styles of popular music that have been successful from the s to the present in Spain, why they have been popular, where they originated from, their history and what the.
Different Types of popular music Essay Sample. Music is all around us. We all grew up listening to some type of music.
No one can really determine when music began or which cultures had music first. Exploring Popular Music. Exploring Popular Music What is popular music? Popular music is defined as “any genre of music having wide appeal but usually only for a short time.”(Popular music) My definition of popular music is music mostly by one hit wonders or well established artists appealing widely for a short time.
Apr 27, · Music is like true friend, in happy, merry and woe times it will together. For example when i listen to music i forget a bit [Essay] There are many different types of music in the world today. Description: 60 minutes Before your program day, make a playlist of different music equaling thirty minutes in length.
Each musical selection should be only 30 to 60 seconds of a song and be a diverse array of musical styles (dance, rock, country, new age, classical, opera, Middle Eastern, African, etc.). Essay: Messy Techno and the Resurgence of Musical Abstraction Essay: Messy Techno and the Resurgence of Musical Abstraction.
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The Entrance Band Go Creepy Yet Colorful In ‘No Needs’ Video
It’s shaping up to be a big week for Paz Lenchantin. Not only was she named the newest Pixies bassist — replacing the Muffs’ Kim Shattuck, who in turn replaced founder Kim Deal — but today, her other project, psych outfit the Entrance Band, debuted a video for ‘No Needs.’ Lenchantin was acting director on the new clip.
The video is a collaboration between the L.A. band and British clothing brand Sister Jane. The clip depicts jerky stop-motion images of listless-looking girls sporting an array of brightly colored frocks. The outcome is a creepy, albeit colorful video that suits the trippy song.
Keep an eye out for Lenchantin and her bandmates, singer-guitarist Guy Blakeslee and drummer Derek James, who appear at the end of the clip.
‘No Needs’ appeared on the Entrance Band’s album ‘Face the Sun,’ which landed in November on Beyond Beyond is Beyond Records.

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Spanish based Banco Santander revealed earlier this month that it is linking with Ripple to provide the first-ever mobile service focused on payments supplied across borders. Santander One Pay FX solution makes it possible for settlements to be refined promptly within secs and negotiation is gotten on the exact same day. The solution is readily available to the numerous clients throughout Europe.
In April, Santander exposed that in Spain customers of the solution can move funds to the UK as well as the USA. Also, customers in Brazil and Poland can move to the U.K. Users can send dollars to the United States and also pounds to the U.K. under illustratory usage cases. Customers in the UNITED KINGDOM could send out euros to 21 countries.
The financial institution made an announcement in June- One Pay FX and also prepared rollout throughout Europe, the firm said in a launch, enables speed and also safety in cross-border payments, where, along traditional conduits, worldwide transactions took three to 5 days to clear. The firm said that the mobile-first user interface (UI) and blockchain framework ties together the overall price of sending out payments, welcoming (beyond the total settlement) bank charges, foreign exchange rates, distribution time quotes and settlement receipts.
See also: Ripple [XRP] price is plunging despite all the positive initiatives: Why? Can Ripple recover?
Ripple’s xCurrent modern technology is made use of for repayments and tracking, firm reveals. The motivation behind the innovative project is to supply customers with simpler and also much less friction-filled worldwide transfers when compared to the past. After carrying out a pilot with Surge two years earlier, the company began to roll out this solution to Santander’s consumers.
” Blockchain or dispersed journal modern technology covers a large range of brand-new innovation methods, but making use of a few of the exact same building blocks and also principles [of other techniques], The trick is selecting the most proper of the different techniques and modern technologies with the problem being addressed,” Ed Metzger- Head of Innovation, Banco Santander said.
He even more included that the financial institution will certainly include even more attributes like instant global payments in numerous markets, which would stand for substantial improvements in rate over existing worldwide repayments offerings.
Surge covered headlines for the past couple of weeks and all for the great reason. In the current previous Indian bank, Kotak Mahindra has actually introduced its partnership with blockchain-enabled cross-border payment compensation system with RippleNet- Ripple’s subsidiary.
According to the reports from the press launch, the financial institution declared that Surge settlement remedy xCurrent will certainly be utilized for faster transactions. Earlier it was taking numerous days for the purchase procedure. However by making use of the option by Surge the deal the ordinary time connected with the purchase will get minimized to mins. The entire deal will be tracked end to finish, promptly enabling cross-border settlements.
Kotak Mahindra Bank’s Chief Digital Police officer, Deepak Sharma, said,
” We harness new modern technologies to streamline and enhance financial services for our consumers. xCurrent ticks all the boxes and also enables us to use our customers a much more transparent and effective worldwide settlements service making use of blockchain. Joining RippleNet likewise increases our payment network internationally by enabling us to get in touch with various other members.”
A mechanical engineer turned journalist, Shekar takes a keen interest in the study and analysis of cryptocurrencies and blockchain strategy. With the cryptocurrency world blooming in the recent days, he finds great interest in monitoring their growth and gathering every possible piece of information about them. He works as a crypto-journalist for the website Cryptoheed.

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We were woken by the rain and wind in the early hours of Monday. I got out and checked the mooring ropes at 7.00, taking up some slack and adjusting a fender. We were being blown about and the current was increasing. And we had to go with the flow before we could turn up the lock cut. This was going to be interesting. Bones and Maffi managed to get NB Bones turned round and disappeared off down the stream. Now it was our turn in Milly M. I planned to go down backwards, reasoning that I would always be able to slow the progress as necessary, and maintain steerage. Not such a good idea, as it happened. For one thing, the current was strong and turbulent, with many bends in the river. For another, the wind was also strong, and blowing against the stream, apart from the times, that is, when it was blowing across the stream. It started well, but things went wrong when the current caught the bow, which started to try to overtake the rest of the boat. Not a problem: Milly M has a bowthruster. But bowthrusters are happier on canals than on fast-flowing rivers: this one just reduced the speed at which the inconveniently-placed tree started to attack the side of the boat. So it was out with the boat hook, this being the longest shaft in the inventory, and, after a bit of straining against said obstruction, and praying that no damage was being done, we got clear. Did I mention it was raining? It was raining. And the phone in my pocket was ringing. That would be Bones wondering where I'd got to, no doubt. Or Maffi wondering what had happened to his home. I decided to tie up alongside a narrowboat (just before the plastic boats, phew!) and take stock. OK, we were secure, but the wind and current showed no signs of abating, and all we needed to do was get down a third of a mile before turning into the lock cut. Bones had done it, so could we. Back up to the pub mooring we went - a lot easier going this way - winded, and cruised down the weir stream in tickover, just enough to keep steerage. In a flash we were there. Why didn't I do it this way in the first place? I know now, but I would have rather found out in my own boat! Maffi assures me that no damage has been done, but you can imagine how concerned I was.
Apologies for the lack of photos to illustrate the above (!)
Somehow during today's quite short cruise, between fixing her engine and checking up on me by phone, Bones managed to concoct a delicious minced beef stew for lunch. After that it was goodbye Maffi, goodbye Bones, and hello A34.

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text: To the very best of our knowledge, it’s the first research to record the function and molecular system of KMT2A in melanoma carcinogenesis and advancement. hTERT encodes a rate-limiting catalytic subunit of telomerase that maintains genomic integrity.60 Inside our research, ChIP assay showed that KMT2A bound to the promoter of hTERT (?1655~+40) in melanoma cell lines. scientific samples demonstrated the fact that appearance of KMT2A and hTERT had been positively correlated in melanoma tumor tissue, and KMT2A high appearance predicted poor prognosis in melanoma sufferers. Collectively, our outcomes indicate that KMT2A promotes melanoma development by activating the hTERT signaling, recommending the fact that KMT2A/hTERT signaling pathway may be a potential therapeutic focus on for melanoma. Melanoma is among the most deadly cutaneous boosts and malignancies in incident before several years.1, 2, 3, 4 Currently, there could be one million melanoma sufferers in america. Up to 20% from the sufferers will establish metastatic tumors ultimately, as well as the 5-season survival rate of these is <5% following the incident of metastasis.5 Lately, improved understanding of the pathophysiology of melanoma and an improved knowledge of the function of the disease fighting capability in tumor control have resulted in the development and application of several immunotherapies.6 Monoclonal antibodies against different defense checkpoints possess revolutionized the treating unrespectable and metastatic melanoma. Ipilimumab and pembrolizumab have already been shown to focus on cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 47 and designed cell death proteins 1,8 respectively, whereas vemurafenib goals BRAF signaling pathway.9 These therapies possess prolonged the entire survival (OS) in patients with advanced melanoma. Nevertheless, reasonable proportions of melanomas are BRAF outrageous type, TERT-mutant or NRAS-mutant, and so are insensitive to these vemurafenib hence.10, 11 Also, metastatic melanomas need good treatment plans still, as the underlying systems of melanoma metastasis and development aren't well acknowledged.12 Therefore, it is very important to find and identify potential essential players in melanoma tumorigenesis for the introduction of novel cancers therapeutics. Lysine methyltransferase 2A (KMT2A), also called mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL) or severe lymphoblastic leukemia 1 (ALL-1), is certainly a transcriptional co-activator regulating gene expression during early hematopoiesis and advancement.13, 14 The KMT2A proteins contains multiple conserved functional domains,15 as well as the Place domain is in charge of its histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) methyltransferase activity that mediates chromatin adjustments connected with epigenetic transcriptional activation.16, 17 KMT2A is processed by taspase 1 into two fragments, MLL-N and MLL-C. These fragments re-associate and additional assemble into different multiprotein complexes that control the transcription of particular focus on genes.18, 19, 20 It's been shown that aberrant chromosomal rearrangements of KMT2A generated the MLL-AF9 fusion proteins that initiated murine acute myeloid leukemia.21 Other reviews show that MLL fusion oncoprotein drive the expression of homeobox genes such as for example HOXA cluster genes and myeloid ecotropic viral integration site 1, that are recognized to induce leukemic change of hematopoietic progenitors and anticipate poor medical diagnosis for the condition.22 Furthermore, the appearance of KMT2A is vital for the senescence-associated secretory Zosuquidar phenotype Rabbit Polyclonal to TBX3 usually,23 and KMT2A continues to be found to connect to the NF-E-twenty six/ternary organic elements (Ets/TCF) binding sites,44, 45 offer an insight in Zosuquidar to the possible reason behind tumor-specific increased TERT appearance. However, the complete system behind the TERT activation in malignancies remained unknown. Inside our siRNA collection screening, we identified some brand-new proteins implicated in melanoma progression and development. Among them, we chose KMT2A to judge its function in melanoma cell apoptosis and growth. Furthermore, we explored the molecular mechanisms where KMT2A governed cell growth and its own scientific significance. Our outcomes demonstrated that knockdown of KMT2A inhibited cell proliferation and induced apoptosis by activating the caspase-dependent signaling pathway, KMT2A marketed cell development via hTERT signaling, and high appearance of KMT2A was connected with poor prognosis in melanoma sufferers. Zosuquidar Our research has not just revealed the function of KMT2A in melanoma development for the very first time, Zosuquidar but identified a potential therapeutic focus on for melanoma treatment also. Outcomes KMT2A knockdown inhibited cell proliferation in melanoma cells To find and recognize potential substances and signaling pathways mixed up in development of melanoma, we screened a siRNA collection targeting >6000 individual genes in A375 melanoma cells and discovered that KMT2A knockdown by siRNA considerably suppressed the cell viability by 76.0% (Figure 1a), indicating that KMT2A, a transcriptional co-activator in cancers,15, 46, 47 is actually a melanoma focus on. Open in another window Body 1 KMT2A Zosuquidar was defined as a potential melanoma focus on. (a) A short summary from the siRNA collection screening outcomes. (b and c) The KMT2A appearance level was discovered by traditional western blot as well as the relative optical thickness % were examined in melanoma A375 and MeWo cells with KMT2A knockdown (b) or overexpression (c). (d and.

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Doug's Photo Blog
An offering of images from Charleston, South Carolina, and travels elsewhere.
Thursday, January 12, 2017
East Battery, Charleston, SC © Doug Hickok
A stone paved sidewalk runs past antebellum mansions
along Charleston's East Battery, catching
the morning light on a summer morning.
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How much rain did the atmospheric river deliver to the Bay Area?
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A sopping-wet blanket of moisture engulfed Northern California over the weekend, drenching some parts of the Bay Area with more than 5 inches of rain.
The so-called "atmospheric river" brought a much-needed final push of rain, replenishing water reserves and giving seasonal rainfall totals a dramatic bump.


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This guide aims to explain how to enable remote desktop on Windows operating systems.
Software prerequisites: Microsoft Windows release notes:
Esiste una differenza tra le versioni di Windows in funzione di come usiamo il servizio RDP:
Nel caso in cui il PC remoto (ovvero il PC che effettua la connessione) voglia connettersi ad un PC/server remoto, in questo caso possiamo scegliere qualsiasi versione in quanto non esistono restrizioni.
There is a difference between the versions of Windows based on how we use the RDP service:
In the event that the remote PC (i.e. the PC making the connection) wants to connect to a remote PC / server, in this case we can choose any version as there are no restrictions.
If we talk about the PC on which another device connects (i.e. the one that receives the RDP connection) it is necessary to pay attention as not all windows licenses are suitable.
The Remote Desktop (RDP) service is available outbound, or by launching the “Remote Desktop Connection” application, on both Home and Professional versions of Windows.
The incoming Remote Desktop service, that is when we want to connect from another device to the PC (in the case of the PV that is always on in the company) is available only on the versions:
- Windows Professional: 7/8/8.1/10
- Windows Server.
Below, we will show the configuration on Windows 10 Professional, and Windows 7.
Remote Desktop Activation:
RDP configuration on Windows 10 Professional.
Enter the Windows Settings.
Chose the system
In the menu on the left, search for and select the Remote Desktop item
Active the Enable Remote Desktop option
And confirm the activation.
The remote desktop service is now active.
The following part shows an advanced configuration of the RDP service.
Access to users attempting to connect in RDP can be limited by selecting the Select users who can remotely access this PC item in the User Accounts section.
It will be possible to manage the users who will have access to the PC in Remote connection
RDP configuration on Windows 7 Professional
Open the control panel
If it is not set, set View by: Category as in the image.
Select System and Security.
Open Remote Connection Settings
Select Allow remote connections to the computer. The remote desktop service is now active, the following part is for an advanced configuration for the RDP service.
Access to users attempting to connect in RDP can be limited by selecting the Select users … item and indicating the users who can remotely access this PC.
Select the users who will be able to access this PC via RDP.
At this point my configuration of the RDP service is finished.
What to do if I have problems:
- Check your PC’s firewall settings: the firewall may be preventing you from connecting to your PC.
- Check the antivirus settings: it could cause RDP service malfunctions.


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Dive into our global social cycling network and create your own.
Find beautiful rides in your favorite cycling area. No matter where you are, we’ve got you covered.
Check out routes, ride participants and weather conditions and easily join with a single tap.
Use the built-in chat with fellow riders to discuss your next ride. Or just to say hi.
Use the app to create your own cycling adventures – and invite buddies to join the ride.
Share with other cyclists the highlights of your ride.

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After I repurposed my old weathered ladder, I became interested in ways others might have repurposed their ladders. So I went to Pinterest to see what I could find.
So many exciting ways to use ladders outdoors. I like how this one used vintage boxes with plant containers.
This would be a good space to start seedlings too.
This particular “ladder” looks as though it was a DIY project. I love how she used it in her bathroom to organize items.