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Healthy bliss balls to keep your creative energy high
Hello Creative QB’s,
Try these healthy, gluten-free, yummy bliss balls that will keep your creative energy levels high all afternoon.
• 1 minute read PLUS recipe
Being in a self-imposed lockdown is very different from being in a COVID lockdown.
I’m in self-imposed lockdown, I choose to spend weeks in the studio while I paint for my forthcoming art exhibition in August.
Plus, even though I live only two hours up the road from Sydney, while we are not ‘officially in lockdown, we are with you in solidarity.
I thought I would share what has been helping to keep my creative energy high while I have spent weeks wearing raggy, paint-covered clothes, rarely brushing my hair, and never wearing make-up. Come to think of it, the only time I leave my house is to ride or walk to the local shops. Of course, the difference is, there is a method in my madness because I’m deep in the process of making art. I also know so many of us are using the time in lockdown to make art, which makes my heart leap with joy.
Here is what I do (almost) daily: ( I say almost, because, let’s be real, some days for whatever reason, it just doesn’t happen and that is OK)!
- Warm lemon water as soon as I get up.
- 5 – 10 mins yoga stretching
- 2 pages in my journal
- 10 mins meditation (most mornings)
I have done this for years, and I will neglect other things, like cleaning up the breakfast dishes, and that hair brushing thingo, just to do these three top things + sometimes meditation every day.
PLUS I have a secret afternoon weapon – a super easy, quick, delicious and healthy, bliss ball snack to keep my creative energy high all afternoon.
Here is the recipe:
1 cup of pitted dates
1 cup of almond meal
1/3 cup raw cacao powder (Sometimes I add a teaspoon of Macca powder if I have some – for extra juz).
2 tablespoons of chia seeds
1/3 cup of organic virgin coconut oil
1/2 cup natural shredded coconut
Extra shredded coconut, pistachios or flaxseed, anything that takes your fancy to roll the balls.
- Soak the dates in warm water for 15 minutes to soften.
- Add the almond meal, cacao, shredded coconut, chia seeds, and oil into a blender and whiz until a smooth consistency.
- Add dates and a little water and whiz again, ensure all the dates are blended smooth.
- Let the mixture sit for 10 – 15 minutes
- Roll the mixture into bite-size balls
- Roll the balls into the extra shredded coconut, pistachios, etc.
TIP: At this point, I am super impatient, I just want to eat them, so I place the extra shredded coconut into a container, placing 4 – 5 balls at a time into the container, place on the lid, gently turn upside down and shake so the balls get an even coverage of the topping.
Finally, whack them in the fridge for a bit. The result is healthy, gluten-free, yummy balls that will keep your creative energy levels high all afternoon.
If you don’t love a date, try apricots instead, they are equally delicious.
I’m keen to try some other recipes for keeping creativity energy up, I’d love to hear yours, I will add them to this blog post, or comment on them below.
For a quick video how-to, watch the reel on my Instagram Reels page @creativequeenbees
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The hand loved best of all.
The hand loved best of all: Cantata for tenor solo, chorus, small orchestra (or piano) / Text [by] Langston Hughes ; music [by] Irving Mopper.
- Creation: 1959?
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- Guide to the Iriving Mopper Collection
- The hand loved best of all
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Among New York theater cognoscenti, to utter the words, "Oh, I saw that at the workshop," is to indicate a self-designated insider status. A tone of dripping condescension toward the mere opening-nighter adds to the effect.
Most potential Broadway projects--from "Rent" to "Bounce"--first display their wares at a high-profile staged reading aimed at investors, potential producers, likely presenters and other interested industry types. Don't be fooled by the Grotowski-like term; these shows often are quite elaborate showcases performed with manic intensity. The actors, after all, want to make sure they get a part when (and if) any actual money starts rolling.
Almost always, these affairs take place in New York.
But there's been a noteworthy uptick of late in high-profile musical workshops in Chicago. Frank Galati directed a workshop of a Stephen Flaherty piece called "A Long Gay Book" at Northwestern University this spring. More importantly, Gary Griffin is preparing a Chicago workshop of "The Color Purple," the upcoming Broadway musical currently in development.
And Tuesday night, I sat with some 400 Ravinia supporters (and several Chicago artistic directors) watching a 2 1/2-hour workshop of Scott Frankel and Michael Korie's musical "Doll." It's part of what Ravinia CEO Welz Kauffman describes as "an exciting new component" of his plans to increase the amount of theater at the North Shore venue (a place that has the donor support to do this kind of thing).
In an interview, "Doll" director Lonny Price (whose last Broadway show was the ill-fated "Urban Cowboy") said he hopes to build a summer repertory company at Ravinia with local and national musical-theater actors. So I suspect we'll see another of these workshops in this slot next fall.
Based on real characters, the serious and substantial "Doll" is set in 1914 Vienna and follows a maverick artist named Oskar Kokoschka who has an affair with Alma Schindler, the widow of the composer Gustav Mahler. Schindler is a frustrated artist herself who lives vicariously through her lovers. But once she dumps Kokoschka, he retaliates by carrying around a life-size, fully functioning mannequin of his former lover. It's unclear whether this is a piece of art--or if the artist has lost his sanity.
Frankel's score is rooted in a post-modern Broadway style--although with firm touches of operetta. Tuesday, audiences saw what Price described as the "director's cut," which meant he was well aware that much needed to be cut.
Still the workshop was no thrown-together affair--the lead roles were sung by David Hyde Pierce (of "Frasier" fame), the notable Broadway siren Judith Blazer and Michael Cerveris, who has a huge set of pipes and originated the role of "Tommy" on Broadway, among other accomplishments. Composer Frankel, an immensely talented fellow, has been known primarily as a musical director and performer. But with "Doll" and another musical project called "Meet Mister Furie," he's trying to develop a reputation as a Broadway composer.
And while the staging was simple, this was still quite an elegant show--in the fashion of the popular concert-style stagings of musicals known as "Encores." In these cost-conscious days, that kind of style can also be found on Broadway. Exhibit one is "Chicago," in town again for the next couple of weeks, which developed directly from a concert staging.
People doing workshops usually evince much paranoia. The key is to quietly generate good buzz while keeping out all negative words about the material. Artists understandably argue they're entitled to a safe space in which to develop material. On the other hand, there were some paradoxes in play Tuesday.
Serious new musicals that are not based on pop-culture icons need a lot of attention to get fully launched. Workshops need audiences. And since they can be expensive to do, that often means charging for tickets. Ironically, there was a bigger audience for "Doll" than some full-blown shows in Chicago. And once they've seen the material, people like to talk.
Still, it was clear that the generally older Ravinia crowd was embracing the development concept--nodding their heads and applauding the show's strongest numbers: rousing melodic efforts called "Women in Their Prime" and "Forever."
Heads also perked up in the lively, shorter second act, when a potentially fascinating, challenging musical that claims and needs to be about a complex man with a doll finally, and necessarily, gets around to the doll.


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The current outbreak of eastern larch beetle in northern Minnesota is going into its 18th year, and researchers have found that at least some eastern larch beetles are able to reach maturity without requiring an overwintering period. In short, warmer winters mean eastern larch beetle is killing trees faster than it can be managed.
Meet "Wiley" the mosquito, a sculpture at Bates Middle School in Annapolis, Maryland, part of a school-wide integrated education program supported by the Entomological Foundation.
Bee hotels provide nesting habitat for a range of native, solitary, cavity-nesting bees. At North Carolina State University, several bee hotels installed on campus support local pollinators and are accompanied with information for campus residents about native bees and the important role they play.
First encountered in the United States in Pennsylvania in 2014, the spotted lanternfly had spread to New York, Delaware, and Virginia by early 2018. The invasive insect threatens Tree of Heaven as well as grapes, hops, and fruit trees, and it has a penchant for hitchhiking. Anyone sighting spotted lanternfly is urged to report it to their state agriculture department or local extension office.
Highlights of the 2017 Annual Meeting Plenary Session with Mary Roach and Gwen Pearson
The Entomological Foundation sponsors a teacher workshop annually at the Entomological Society of America (ESA) annual meeting. In 2017, in-service teachers learned about pollination, spiders, and more!
What can you do as a scientist to get the best, most accurate coverage of your research? Tips on working with reporters.
Among many highlights on the slate for Entomology 2017—which starts this Sunday, believe it or not—is a live recording of the long-running podcast This Week in Science. Hosts Kiki Sanford, […]
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Dispatch From Puerto Rico: Entomological Research Faces Rebuilding—and Opportunity—After Hurricane Maria
By Timothy D. Schowalter, Ph.D. In an article in the Fall 2017 issue of American Entomologist, “Long-term Entomological Research on Canopy Arthropods in a Tropical Rainforest in Puerto Rico,” I […]
The sensory experience of live butterflies gets visitors in learning mode, and that's when staff at Butterfly Pavilion can connect what visitors see with broader science topics.
By Rayda Krell, Ph.D., and Melissa Willrich Siebert, Ph.D. “Creating a pollinator protection program is like making gumbo,” said Andy Whittington, environmental programs coordinator at the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation. […]
Last Saturday, on the stage of the Orpheum Theatre in Wichita, Kansas, entomologist Rachel Stone told the audience gathered there that a pile of animal poop is a lot like […]
By Margaret Hardy, MSc, Ph.D., FRES Recent efforts to bring science communication into the scholarship of the teaching and learning umbrella has met with some success. The emergence of commercially […]
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Insects studied in experiments in outer space were featured at an entomology booth at an Eclipse Watching Event hosted by the Department of Entomology at a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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The campaign draws parallels between the idyllic Christmas season and the harsh realities of domestic violence. The campaign's tropes of a fighting match and its statistics are used to portray the struggles faced by some families.
This professional campaign titled 'Silent night, violent night' was published in Finland in December, 2023. It was created for the brand: Nollalinja, by ad agency: TBWA\ Helsinki. This 360°, OOH Outdoor, and Print media campaign is related to the Health and Public Interest industries and contains 4 media assets. It was submitted 4 months ago.
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The prime minister has announced new trade and investment deals with India worth £1bn.
It includes more than £533m of new investment from India into the UK, which is expected to create about 6,000 jobs in growing sectors such as health and technology.
The deal includes a £240m investment by the Serum Institute of India, which will support clinical trials, research and possibly the manufacturing of vaccines.
British businesses have also secured export deals with India worth more than £446m, which are expected to create more than 400 British jobs.
This afternoon the Prime Minister will hold a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Modi to agree a deeper relationship between the UK and India across trade, health, climate and defence. This includes agreeing an Enhanced Trade Partnership. The partnership will unlock new opportunities for British businesses exporting to India and Indian businesses investing in the UK.
Trade between the UK and India is already worth around £23bn a year, supporting more than half a million jobs, according to the government.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said:
“Like every aspect of the UK-India relationship, the economic links between our countries make our people stronger and safer. Each and every one of the more than 6,500 jobs we have announced today will help families and communities build back from coronavirus and boost the British and Indian economies.
In the decade ahead, with the help of the new Partnership signed today and a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement, we will double the value of our trading partnership with India and take the relationship between our two countries to new highs.”
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North Carolina's passage of mental health parity was one of the success stories of the 2007 legislative session in the states.
Signed into law in July, the measure provides full parity for nine major mental health conditions, including bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, anorexia and bulimia, schizophrenia, paranoia, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The legislation also provides financial parity--meaning parity for everything but duration of treatment--for other mental disorders.
That win isn't just a victory for psychologists in the state, says Dan Abrahamson, PhD, assistant executive director for state advocacy in APA's Practice Directorate. The new law will help advocates push Congress to enact a federal parity law.
"When you see state after state passing parity laws, it shows that there's a groundswell of support," he says, noting that about three dozen states now have such laws. "It opens their eyes and becomes something Congress can't ignore."
Another major success story was in Hawaii, where a prescriptive authority bill made it all the way to the governor's desk--the furthest yet in the effort to win the state's psychologists the right to prescribe medication.
"We got oh-so-close on prescriptive authority in Hawaii," says Abrahamson, noting that the bill made it through the state's House and Senate but didn't survive the governor's veto. The bill would provide for psychologists in federally qualified health centers to prescribe medications for mental health disorders in collaboration with patients' primary-care physicians.
Despite that defeat, Abrahamson sees the experience as a new milestone in the fight for prescriptive privileges in the state. The Hawaii Psychological Association has pursued similar legislation for several sessions and has made progress each time.
In addition, says Abrahamson, state-level efforts like Hawaii's help build momentum in other states. Nine states introduced prescriptive authority bills in 2007--indicating a trend over the past few years of more states actively pursuing prescriptive authority legislation, according to Abrahamson. As further evidence of the growing support, Abrahamson notes, legislators in Mississippi and Montana introduced prescriptive authority bills of their own in 2007.
Other wins, while not as flashy, are just as important, says Abrahamson.
"What people lose track of is the incredible amount of bricks-and-mortar work that constantly has to be done to safeguard and strengthen the profession," he says. Those gains include:
Extending health insurance coverage. In Washington state, the legislature added individual and small business insurance plans to the mental health parity law it passed in 2004. In West Virginia, the legislature extended the law requiring mental health parity for group insurance plans past its original sunset date of March 2007.
And thanks to support from the Connecticut Psychological Association, the state's legislature expanded and improved existing health-care programs, such as the state's insurance plan for uninsured children, federally qualified health-care centers, school-based health clinics and the state's Medicaid program for pregnant women and children. The legislation will also allow dependent children to remain on their parents' insurance plans until they're 26. By offering testimony and meeting with key legislators, Connecticut psychologists ensured that the new legislation includes mental health coverage.
In California, the legislature amended an existing law that prevents health-care plans from rescinding treatment authorization after treatment has been provided. The new bill further specifies that plans can't rescind authorization for any reason, including changes in a patient's contract or the plan's discovery that an eligibility determination wasn't accurate.
Psychologists also thwarted attempts to chip away at past gains. For instance, in Arizona psychologists helped to defeat a bill that would have allowed managed-care organizations to opt out of covering psychological care when issuing individual policies. And in Kansas, they successfully fought off an attempt to eliminate "vendorship"--a state mandate that requires insurance companies in the state to reimburse psychologists and social workers for services. Master's-level providers intent on gaining vendorship for themselves introduced the bill, apparently hoping that psychologists would support legislation creating joint vendorship for all three professions.
Addressing licensing, mobility and scope of practice. Legislators were also busy addressing a range of issues that affect how psychologists practice.
In Arkansas, a new law strengthens and clarifies psychology licensure by ending the state's two-tiered licensing system. After 2013, the doctoral degree will become the entry-level degree for practicing psychology in the state. Ending years of debate, the new law represents a compromise between the Arkansas Psychological Association and Arkansas Association of Masters in Psychology.
Other licensing-related legislation will help psychologists adapt to changing workplace trends. In Illinois, for example, a new law allows licensed psychologists from out of state to practice in the state on a temporary basis. It also allows psychologists licensed in other jurisdictions to practice in Illinois while waiting for their Illinois licensure applications to be processed.
"People now do more and more work in neighboring states or in an expert capacity across multiple state lines," explains Abrahamson. "This kind of temporary license law is an important strengthening of psychologists' ability to practice."
In North Carolina, the legislature passed a bill to clarify that the licensing board has the authority to write mobility-related rules.
Elsewhere, legislatures gave psychologists new powers. In Montana, a new law includes psychologists in the definition of mental health professionals who can make civil commitments without needing additional certification. Legislators also took action to ensure that nondoctoral-level providers have the training and experience they need. With support from the New Hampshire Psychological Association, a new law establishes a committee to study the licensing process for alcohol and drug counselors. In North Carolina, the legislature passed a bill clarifying that master's-level practitioners licensed under the psychology board must comply with psychology licensing laws, regardless of whether they are licensed under another discipline.
In West Virginia, a bill that would have created a Marriage and Family Therapy Board of Examiners was defeated. The bill would have called for psychologists to meet a separate set of requirements and would have brought them under the jurisdiction of another board to treat clients that they're already licensed to treat.Y
Rebecca A. Clay is a writer in Washington, D.C.
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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 2, South east. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1970.
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8 CHICKERELL (6480)
(O.S. 6 ins. aSY 67 NW, bSY 67 NE, cSY 68 SW, dSY 68 SE)
The modern parish of Chickerell covering 3,500 acres comprises an irregular strip of land stretching some 5 m. N. from the coast and adjoining Weymouth on the W. The S. part is a generally low-lying area under 100 ft. above O.D. on Oxford Clay. To the N. the land is etched into a series of narrow E.-W. ridges and valleys over the complex structure of the underlying Jurassic Clays, sands and limestones, with a general rise north-wards to the sharp Portland Stone ridge of Friar Waddon Hill at 375 ft. above O.D.
Readjustments of the original parish boundaries in the 20th century have resulted in large territorial gains from the old parishes of Buckland Ripers, including the church and village, Upwey, Radipole and Wyke Regis (see also Weymouth). The original parish of Chickerell occupied the S. part of the present parish. Its three settlements of Chickerell, Putton and East Chickerell lay in a line along the E.-flowing Chickerell Brook. Only Chickerell itself is recorded in Domesday Book but the entry may cover the other two. There are slight settlement remains at Putton. The old parish of Buckland Ripers lay to the N. and consisted of a rectangular block of land on either side of the Buckland Brook on which lie the two Domesday settlements of Tatton and Buckland. A narrow projection to the N. in the N.E. corner was apparently the land of another Domesday settlement, Holwell, which lies in the next valley to the N.
Many Romano-British burials have been found in Putton Brickyards and at Buckland Ripers. The parish church of St. Mary is the principal monument.
c(1) The Parish Church of St. Mary stands to the N.W. of Chickerell village. The walls are of local stone rubble with dressings of the same material and the roofs are covered with blue slates. The Chancel and Nave were built in the late 13th century, and in the 14th century the buttress and bell-cote were added on the W. end of the nave. In 1834 the North Aisle was added. The South Porch was rebuilt in 1722, and the North Vestry is modern. The chancel was restored in 1865, and there were further restorations in 1875 and 1896. A drawing of the church in 1804 by the Rev. John Skinner in the British Museum (Add. MS. 33642, f. 54) shows the eaves of the chancel at about the level of the present eaves of the nave.
Among the fittings the font, the incised slab and the pulpit are of interest.
Architectural Description—The Chancel (18¼ ft. by 13 ft.), which has had the N. and S. walls lowered since 1804, has a late 13th-century E. window and a modern doorway in the N. wall to the vestry. In the S. wall are two 19th-century windows and, between them, a blocked 13th-century doorway with continuous chamfered jambs and two-centred head. The late 13th-century chancel arch has been rebuilt and widened; it is two-centred and of two orders, the inner hollow-chamfered and the outer chamfered, with roll-moulded stops; the stop on the S. has been cut away to a splay.
The Nave (31¼ ft. by 15½ ft.) has had the N. wall removed entirely and replaced by three 19th-century cast-iron columns. The S. wall has a chamfered plinth and a moulded string close under the eaves. High up at the E. end is a small single-light window probably of the 14th century with an ogee opening and pierced spandrels in a square head with a flat chamfered rear arch; it is over the E. haunch of a large 15th-century window of three cinque-foiled lights with vertical tracery in a distorted two-centred head with a label with coarsely-cut head-stops of a man and a woman. The S. doorway has a two-centred head and may be of the 13th century; it has been plastered and heavily coated with paint. The much altered and partly reset 14th-century window further W. is of two trefoiled lights with a quatrefoil in a two-centred head; it was perhaps transomed; the reveals are chamfered externally and, internally, they and the mullion are rebated for shutters; the lights have been extended downward some 3 ft., a transom being reused as the sill. The gabled W. wall has a central buttress in three stages and at the gable apex is an ashlar bell-cote with two round-headed openings under a gablet with trefoiled capstone.
The North Aisle (14½ ft. wide) is gabled to the E. and W. and each end wall contains a two-light window; these and the three-light window in the N. wall have simple intersecting tracery in two-centred heads. The W. doorway has chamfered jambs, a two-centred chamfered head and a stone tablet above inscribed: 'This aisle built 1834 by subscription', and with the names of the churchwardens.
The South Porch (8½ ft. by 6½ ft.) is gabled to the S., the parapet having a flat stone coping and a trefoiled apex-stone. The entrance has a chamfered segmental head and chamfered jambs; above it is a small stone tablet with the initials and date IH 1722.
The Roofs are of the 19th century.
Fittings—Bells: two, inaccessible, said to be uninscribed, one recast c. 1900. Door: In entrance to S. porch, nail-studded plank door with strap hinges, 18th-century. Font: circular tub-shaped bowl with nearly straight sides, shallow band of fluted label-ornament under rim, bands of bead and interlace ornament round the lower part and three incised lines between, 12th-century, on modern cylindrical stem and step. Gallery: continuous across full width of W. end of church, with plain panelled front, 1834.
Monuments and Floor-slab. Monuments: In chancel—on S. wall, (1) to Rev. William Gorton, 1830, black and white marble tablet; (2) to Rev. John Mills Arnold, 1850, white and black marble wall-tablet with fluted side brackets, pediment and antefixae, by Raggett, Weymouth. In N. aisle—on N. wall, (3) to Philippus Keay, 1796, oval white marble wall-tablet; (4) to Charles Bowles, 1822, black and white marble tablet; (5) Purbeck marble slab with incised figure of priest in academical dress, crudely drawn, 15th-century, cut down and reset, on modern corbels. In churchyard—S. of chancel, (6) to Prudence, wife of William Davis, 1654/5, table-tomb with arched panel on side and moulded top. Floor-slab: At entrance to S. porch, rectangular, with traces of black-letter inscription in one corner.
Paintings: In nave, two framed oil paintings on canvas: 'Noli me tangere', after Raphael, late 18th-century; the Visitation (?), late 18th-century. Pulpit (Plate 28): six-sided, of oak with fluted and reeded styles, sides divided into three tiers of panels by enriched rails, the lower two tiers with round-headed panels cut out of the solid and containing arabesques of stylised trees, the uppermost with guilloche patterns, excepting one panel carved with the date and initials '1630 RW.IM.', with modern cornice, two plain modern sides and some modern repairs, on modern pine base. Stoup: E. of S. doorway, recess with roughly cut dishing in projecting sill with chamfered under edge, mediaeval. Tablets: In nave, high on W. wall, Creed and Lord's Prayer painted on cinquefoil-headed boards, 19th-century. Miscellaneous: In nave, in S. wall, grotesque head-stop, mediaeval.
d(2) The former Parish Church of St. Nicholas, Buckland Ripers (651825), stands 1¼ m. N.N.E. of (1). The walls are of coursed local stone rubble with dressings of the same material, and the roofs are covered with blue slates with stone slates at the verges. The mediaeval building was badly damaged by fire about the middle of the 17th century and in 1655 was reconstructed; in that year James Frampton of Buckland left £20 towards the rebuilding. The church now includes a Chancel, Nave and South Porch, all, except perhaps the chancel, for the most part of the later date. It has been drastically restored in the past century.
Architectural Description—The Chancel (15 ft. by 13 ft.) has a gabled E. end without parapet and in the wall below is a late 19th-century two-light window. In the S. wall is a single-light window with square head and label; though of the 17th century and of two lights originally it has been much restored and the mullion removed. The chancel arch is of the date of the reconstruction in 1655, but widened subsequently to nearly the full width of the nave, the N. and S. walls of the chancel being cut back to accommodate the responds in their new positions; it is now of elliptical form, of two orders, with a keystone inscribed IF LW GC and extending into a shaped pendant; the outer hollow-chamfered order is continuous, the chamfered inner order springs from semi-octagonal responds with moulded capitals.
The Nave (29½ ft. by 16¾ ft.) has had a part of the N. wall and the part of the S. wall E. of the porch and the upper part of the rest rebuilt. In the N. wall is a mid 17th-century two-light window. The N. doorway further W. is probably of mediaeval origin though in rebuilt walling. The two 17th-century stone-mullioned windows in the S. wall are reset; they are of two square-headed lights with moulded labels and much restored. The S. doorway is of the 17th century and has chamfered jambs, segmental head and triangular rear arch. The W. wall is gabled, with a bell-cote on the apex of the gable; the W. window of c. 1500 has two cinque-foiled lights and sunk spandrels in a square head with a moulded label with square-return stops with foliated centres. The bell-cote is probably of the 17th century and has two plain segmental-headed openings under a gable.
The South Porch (5½ ft. by 7¾ ft.) has had the E. wall rebuilt since the 17th century. The entrance archway has chamfered jambs and segmental head and is dated 1655.
The Roofs are of the late 19th century.
Fittings—Bell: one, inaccessible. Font: octagonal stone bowl with plain sides and chamfered under edge on stop-chamfered square pedestal and round base, mediaeval. Plate: includes cup and stand-paten both of 1663, with maker's mark IG.
Unless otherwise described the houses are of two storeys, of rubble and with slate-covered roofs. Houses (3) and (29) are interesting examples of vernacular building.
c(3) House is of the early 17th century. The walls are of thin, carefully coursed rubble with substantial quoins at the angles; the roofs are tiled. The plan originally comprised two heated rooms, the front doorway leading directly into the larger of the two, which was the hall. The original staircase was beside the hall fireplace. The central doorway has chamfered stone jambs and cambered head; flanking it asymmetrically are two three-light stone-mullioned windows; above these last are two smaller windows, originally of two lights but now with the mullions removed. In a garden wall is a reset stone inscribed NM 1625.
c(4) Cottage has walls of rendered rubble with brick dressings; the roofs are tiled. It was built in the early 19th century, and the plan comprises a staircase hall flanked by two rooms, each with a fireplace in the end gable wall.
c(5) House is of two storeys with attics and of rubble with a symmetrical brick front in Flemish bond; the mansard roof is tiled. A stone set between the first-floor windows is inscribed CRF 1788, the date of the building. The central doorway has a round head, and the flanking windows, one to each side on each floor, have segmental heads.
c(6) House has a thatched roof and is of the late 17th century. The ground floor has two heated rooms. Fixed on the front is a metal 'Imperial' insurance sign.
c(7) Former Barn, now a blacksmith's shop, has a tilecovered roof. A stone in the walling is inscribed WR 1758. It retains two old timber-framed windows.
c(8) Cottage has a symmetrical front and is of the early 19th century.
c(9) Cottages, two, have thatched roofs and are dated 1829.
c(10) Cottages, two, semi-detached with adjoining living rooms, have some brick dressings and thatched roofs. They are ostensibly of the early 19th century but three stone buttresses on the E. side show that an earlier building has been incorporated, perhaps a small barn.
c(11) House, of two storeys with attics and of brick with a rendered front, has a mansard roof. It is of the late 18th century.
c(12) House, 'The Elms', is of two storeys with attics and of rendered brickwork with rusticated quoins. It is early Victorian. The ground floor has two large french windows flanking a doorway with a three-centred head, all opening to an iron veranda.
c(13) House has a central doorway above which is a stone inscribed 1578 IR. The plan originally comprised a hall and an unheated room, but no original partitions remain. The date 1829 has been cut on the original date stone and refers to the building of a brick wing at right angles to the earlier building.
c(14) House, of three storeys, with brick walls in part rendered, is of the early 19th century. The principal elevation, facing S. to the garden, is symmetrically designed and has a stucco plat-band at second-floor level. Over the garden gateway is a reset mediaeval corbel.
c(15) House is of the early 19th century with rendered walls and tiled roofs. The W. elevation has two three-light sash windows on each floor.
c(16) 'Turk's Head', public house, of the early 19th century, is similar to (15).
c(17) Cottages, two, of the early 19th century, were originally separate; they are now linked by a Victorian building.
c(18) Bank Farm, house, is of the 17th century. The original doorway has stop-moulded jambs and four-centred head, and the two original windows are of three lights with hollow-chamfered mullions. The S. end has been rebuilt. Inside on the first floor is a 17th-century stone fireplace with a four-centred head and stop-chamfered jambs.
c(19) Cottage, with a thatched roof, was built in the 18th century. The very simple front is nearly symmetrical. On plan it has a central chimney with a fireplace in both the ground-floor rooms.
c(20) Former Workshop, of rubble and slate, is of the early 19th century. To the N., at right angles to it, is a contemporary range of cottages.
c(21) Morn Lodge, house, was built in the first half of the 19th century. The S. front has two windows on both ground and first floors with two-centred heads and interlacing glazingbars; the ground floor has a covered veranda with trelliswork supports to the roof. The E. side has a later brick extension to the N.; on the first floor is an original round window.
c(22) Barn (649805) at Putton, of rubble with a thatched roof, is of the early 19th century. It is about 56 ft. by 22 ft., with a porch on the W. side. A smaller porch on the E. side has been demolished.
a(23) House (645802), of brick, has a symmetrical front and is of c. 1830–40.
a(24) Montevideo House (647796), of two and three storeys, with walls of stucco-faced brickwork and a slate roof of low pitch behind a parapet, was built c. 1800 and altered in c. 1830. The windows have segmental heads. Four Cottages on the opposite (W.) side of the road are of c. 1830. The former Coach House, N.W. of the house, has a cupola with turned balusters and a swept, lead-covered roof surmounted by a weather-vane.
b(25) Cottage (650793) is of the early 19th century. It was heightened in brick later in the same century.
b(26) Cottages, two (651793), at Charlestown, of one storey with attics and with tiled roofs, are of the early 19th century.
d(27) Manor House, N.E. of the church (2), is of two storeys; it is of stone, now faced with stucco, and the roofs, which were formerly thatch-covered, are slated. It was built in the second half of the 17th century, after the fire which had damaged the church and destroyed much of the village, and remodelled and extended subsequently, chiefly in the 19th century. The original building was L-shaped and now forms the S. and E. sides of the main part of the existing house.
c(28) Middle (formerly Buckland) Farm, house (647822), is of the early 17th century; scratched on the S. doorway is the date 1619. Nearly all the old features have been removed except on the S. side, where the doorway has a triangular head and the windows have ovolo-moulded mullions.
c(29) Tatton Farm, house (633827), now with a modern asbestos roof, is of the early 17th century. The original plan must have been unusual, though the S. end of the house has been so altered that the complete form is not recoverable. The proportions of the plan suggest it was divided originally by a through passage, no doubt formed by plank-and-muntin partitions, entered from the W. through the existing doorway with a four-centred head. The N. room has two three-light windows with hollow-chamfered mullions. The S. room was smaller, with a projection on the W. side, presumably for a staircase. At the S. end of this projection is a blocked doorway; at the N. end, at about the same height as the first-floor joists, is a small blocked window. A modern wing abuts the projection.
d(30) Cottages, four (654831), at Holwell, are of the early 19th century. They were built two rooms thick, with two storeys at the front and one at the back; to the latter a second storey has since been added. The plan of each cottage comprised two rooms. N.E. of the foregoing is a Range comprising a house, with a tiled roof, and a barn. The house may be of the late 18th century, the barn rather later.
Mediaeval and Later Earthworks
c(31) Settlement Remains at Putton (64958035) lie 700 yds. S.E. of St. Mary's church on ground sloping gently E. and N. at about 100 ft. above O.D. The first known reference to Putton is in 1237 (Fägersten, 153).
Several small banked and scarped closes cover some 3 acres around a hollow-way in pasture immediately E. of Putton Lane opposite Fairfield House. The hollow-way, up to 30 ft. wide and 4 ft. deep, runs N. for 100 yds. from the angle in the road; another apparent hollow-way runs up to this angle from the E. Three closes W. of the N. to S. hollow-way are each of about 1/5 acre and roughly square; two to the E., about 75 ft. and 105 ft. wide, seem originally to have been about 300 ft. long. Pottery from pipe trenches immediately N. of the remains is largely of the 14th and 15th centuries, though some might be 16th-century. Much stone rubble and variations in the depth of loam over the clay subsoil were noted in one of these trenches.
Hedgerows preserve a pattern of enclosed strip fields E. and S.E. of the earthworks. Some of these fields apparently formed part of 'Putton Plain', completely enclosed by 1792. There were also an East Field and a West Field. (Enclosure award, but no map, in D.C.R.O.; R.A.F. V.A.P. CPE/UK 1821: 2458.)
c(32) Settlement Remains (634827) lie over a small area immediately E. of Tatton Farm (Monument 29), formerly in Buckland Ripers parish. Vestiges of two closes abut on a ditch or hollow-way. 'Tatetun' occurs in Domesday Book. (Hutchins II, 491; Fägersten, 158; R.A.F. V.A.P. CPE/UK 1821: 6456.)
d(33) Settlement Remains (65128252 to 65528237), formerly part of the village of Buckland Ripers and in the old parish of that name, lie S. and S.E. of the Manor House (Monument 27). They cover 3 acres and are much disturbed but include closes about 360 ft. long and of unequal widths, bounded by banks 1 ft. high. (Hutchins II, 491; Fägersten, 157; R.A.F. V.A.P. CPE/UK 1821: 4460.)
Other Earthworks and Allied Monuments (34–35) Roman Remains, p. 595.


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There are many things that cannot be explained by the most trustworthy science of modern people, such as the dream of pregnant mothers.Because the baby is born in the mother’s body, maybe there is a way of communication that cannot be explained between the mother and the baby, and many pregnant mothers think that the dream of fetal dreams is this way of communication.Many pregnant mothers have shared their own dream dreams. After reading it, you will definitely have to admire it. It’s amazing!
A net name "Little Xianxian" pregnant mothers shared that she has been married for many years, and she is also very loving with her husband, but she has never been pregnant with her baby. She has no problem in checking her body, but she has no sign of pregnancy.After many years, they are about to give up.But one night, she had a dream. In the dream, she was by a lake, and then a little snake appeared on her heel.Unlike the usual dream, she will become blurred after waking up. This dream, she remembers very clearly, so she shared this dream with her colleagues the next day. My colleague speculated that it was a baby dream, so she suggested that she use the pregnancy test stick.Come and try, I didn’t expect to be pregnant.After hearing the news, her husband was very excited and returned from outside overnight and gave up on business trips.Now that the child is eleven years old, he is healthy, and her family is also very happy.
And another netizen also shared her own dream. She had a dream during pregnancy. The same thing as the "Xiaoxianxian" above was that the dream was very real and clear.It is clear that it seems that it happened.In the dream, someone handed her two children. She first caught a boy, but the man regretted telling her that the boy’s body is not healthy, so let’s re -select the girl next to him.Later, her caesarean doctor discovered during the operation that she was pregnant with her twins, but unfortunately, as if the two could only choose one of the two, the twins could only survive one.So every time she thinks of this dream, she feels sad.
Fetal dream is a unique experience of pregnant mothers, and even after many years, mothers will still remember the dreams, because this may be the first communication between the baby and the mother.
I met me in one minute: My dear, I am Kapok’s mother. Why do children have poor ability?Why don’t children like to eat vegetables?What is the child who is afraid of people and timid?
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text: Pinakin Patel and Mohak Mehta of Pinakin Patel Associates style a mellifluous, consummate urbaneness for Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri’s upscale jewellery boutique in suburban Mumbai. The product profile is defined by pre-eminence; a premise that perhaps advents the sighting of this store with a nonchalant façade but with an interior ambience that goes for the kill. The massive glass door opens into a lush space lined with mirror to the right, fluted columns with display insets to the left, behind which are strategically placed floor-mounted jewellery display counters, and a shimmering chandelier that beckons head-on. The thematic is a deep midnight-blue and gold, which is also the branding insignia for TBZ; and the material palette is modelled after the upscale look. The chandelier undoubtedly forms the piece-de-resistance; below this is a creatively highlighted podium that exhibits the prime-prized possession from the current collection.


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Roberts, A (2013). Financing Social Reproduction: The Gendered Relations of Debt and Mortgage Finance in Twenty-first-century America According to Adrienne Roberts, what is social reproduction ?
In US, 2000-2007: Average household income: stagnant Gendered Relations of Debt and Mortgage Finance in Twenty-first-century America
US household debt: doubled to $13.8 trillion
debt to GDP ratio: 98 %
liabilities to disposable income ratio: 138%
Security for debt: residential real estate as > 80% household liabilities
Sharp rise in consumer debt: credit card, auto loans and student
Poor classes debt dramatically grew by 90%
In 1998- 2008, mostly low income and average Americans were given 15 million subprime loans
The Mortgage Interest Deduction (MID) tax Gendered Relations of Debt and Mortgage Finance in Twenty-first-century Americabenefit:
highly regressive that subsidizes the rich homeowners
private homeownership is promoted as a right in a ownership society
But no democratic measures to equalize the credit and borrowing for the poor
These conditions increase the wealth of the richer borrowers
When the system fails, e.g., mortgage loans not paid back- the poor women and minorities lose all the equity they have built up
Section1: the Gendered Relations of Debt and Mortgage Finance in Twenty-first-century Americaconcept of social reproduction
Section 2: explains how under neoliberalism, the debt in general, and mortgage debt in particular, are the financial system’s re-privatization of social reproduction
Section 3: Shows the connection between finance, social policy and social reproduction
MID tax benefit turned into an indirect subsidization of private homeownership for the wealthiest segments of the population
As a result, the poor borrowers of mortgage loans helped redistribute resources to the wealthy.
Section 4: subprime mortgage loans discriminated against the women, minorities and the poor.
Thus financial markets and operations are not technical but human with prejudices and discriminatory biases.
Market citizenship and social women, minorities and the poor. reproduction:
Society assumes that social reproduction of labour will occur without formal recognition of who is involved and how it is performed- no costs or compensation is involved for reproducing labour as if it were automatic
The new concept of ‘market citizenship’ under neoliberalism vs. social citizenship:
Neoliberal market considers individuals as technical without social context of class, gender, etc.
Thus market distributes goods and services for all assuring the well-being of all regardless of differences and divisions within a population
market citizenship: women, minorities and the poor.
George W. Bush’s ‘Ownership Society’
Thatcher ‘s Ownership Society ( to justify the privatisation of public housing in the 1980s
Bush - twenty-first century justification for eliminating public rental housing when they were turning them into privatized housing
The state/employer was responsible for the costs of public housing – now it was shifted to families and/or the private sector. This is a trend of ‘reprivatisationof social reproduction’
Society assumes that women no longer were dependent on the women, minorities and the poor. ‘male-breadwinner’
Now it is assumed that women are a part of single or dual earner family system in society
It does not recognize the inequalities in the labour market sectors where women find jibs or their lack of equal pay in the market.
a dual-earner model is also disadvantageous for women, particularly given that dominant trends are away from full-time, permanent employment
US, UK and Canada: women, minorities and the poor.
Prevalence of this trend where policies assume that all are equal regardless of gender, etc.
Ignore the gendered nature of poverty globally: e.g., in Canada, women earn an average of 71 per cent of what men do, pay equity is not enforced in certain sectors.
Fiscal policiesare governed by ‘market citizenship’
Policies are made as technically dealing with issues rather than considering whom they apply to or affect , e.g., reduce government revenues throuhg lower taxes for the rich that reduces the benefits for workers or of women, e.g. child-care while at work.
Debt and the women, minorities and the poor. reprivatisation of social reproduction
Cutting of Social support through public housing is opposed to MID for the well-off, subsidizes the wealthy and transfers the assets from the marginalized populations to the well-off.
This trend as redistributed wealth and social power upward, from the poor to the rich, from women to men and from some races to white men and their families.
In women, minorities and the poor. 2010, MID subsidization cost govt. $108 billion- this was double the total set up for ($48 billion) the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
This department was mandated to improve access to affordable housing and to eliminate discrimination in housing markets.
80 % of the benefits from mortgage-interest and property-tax deduc- tions go to the top 20 per cent of taxpayers while 3.5% of the benefits go to the bottom 60% of earners
Mortgage women, minorities and the poor. debt was used by the poor and working class to pay off consumer debts: credit card, education loans and health care.
Medical indebtedness is linked to mortgage debt- 60 % ‘medically indebted’ households that refinanced their homes in 2005 used the money to pay credit card loans
More women are bankrupted by health-care costs due to: lower incomes, lack of access to employer-based health insurance, costs of pregnancies, and having dependent children who need health care
In Brooklyn, Mortgage Crisis Eats Away Wealth of Several Generations of Hispanics
Blacks in US face greatest loss of wealth in US history 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcPJ2o6j7i8 7 min
The role of class, gender and race in determining Generations of Hispanics (lack of )access to credit at the market rate of interest
Historically, women, the working poor and radicalized minorities were excluded from access to credit
Under subprime borrowing system: inequitable and predatory loans ($85,000 and $186,000 more in interest than average loans)
Based on assessing them as higher risk borrowers:
People with high credit scores to merit regular rate loans were made to borrow at predatory rates (more than 50% high-interest loans)
In the short term: The result was the social reproduction of the millions of Americans who have lost their homes and savings in the foreclosure crisis .
Long term implication: They will not be able to have social mobility as the foreclosure crisis has precluded the possibility of using home equity to pay for higher education, supplement retirement savings, or to rely on it as a safety net of last resort in cases of illness, job loss.
Even if income Generations of Hispanics and credit risk are equal, African Americans – 34% more likely to get higher-rate and subprime loans than their white counterparts
Subprime lending is 5 times more among African American neighbourhoods than in similar white areas.
Impact of the Generations of Hispanics loss of home equity and rising levels of unsecured debt after the housing collapse- (2005 – 2009)
class- and race-based inequalities in wealth, Increased:
On average, net worth decline:
Hispanic households - fell 66% from $18,359 to $6,325.
Black households: Fell 53%, from $12,124 to $5,677
White households: fell 16 %, from $134,992 to $113,149

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This was a special shoot with my darling little niece, Mylah, for her Grandma’s birthday gift! I dare you to think of a gift better than photos of your happy & cuter-than-anything granddaughter holding a red flower and eating a pepper. There is nothing better.
Ryan these pictures are amazing. I realize you had a great subject to photograph but you are extremely talented. I am a very proud great Aunt 🙂
Love……thank you Ryan!!! Amazing work 🙂
oh my goodness oh my goodness! she is the cutest and you are an AMAZING photographer!
What can I say…when a picture speaks volumes.
These are such precious photos, thank you for capturing all the nuances of Mylah! It’s so difficult not to be there to see her growing up, so thank you also for sharing these!
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If you thought Boston's Joseph J. Moakley Courthouse was about to get a breather after the months-long trial of James "Whitey" Bulger, you were wrong.
In late September, an initial status conference will take place in federal court for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. (Federal court calendars are, of course, subject to change. But that's the plan as we know it now.) In June, Tsarnaev was indicted on 30 counts, including the use of weapons of mass destruction and homicide. He pleaded not guilty.
According to the court docket, prosecutors expect the trial of Tsarnaev to last 3 to 4 months, during which time they anticipate calling 80 to 100 witnesses. It remains to be seen how soon the trial will begin. And Dzhokhar has amassed a significant number of supporters, so the trial is expected to be a bit of a spectacle from that perspective.
And just this week, two college friends of Tsarnaev - Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov - were arraigned on charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice as well as obstructing justice with the intent to impede an investigation. A third friend - Robel Phillipos - also faces charges of lying to investigators.
Read more about the accused bombers and the network of people you'll be hearing from (and about) in the weeks and months to come. ChartGirl on The Bombers, Et Al.
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Katherine Jackson wants $40 billion in wrongful death trial
Michael Jackson's mother is demanding a massive $40 billion from concert promoters AEG for the King Of Pop's death.
The superstar's mother Katherine filed a wrongful death lawsuit against AEG Live in 2010, claiming the giants behind her son's doomed comeback shows were negligent in ignoring life-threatening health concerns going on behind closed doors.
Last month, a judge ruled the case will go to trial -- and now newly obtained legal papers suggest Katherine wants the entertainment executives to pay in excess of $40 billion.
According to TMZ.com, the documents stipulate that Jackson's three kids should have $10 billion for all future earnings their father would have generated, and an additional $50 million for various other damages. The website reports AEG Live officials say the damage claim is "preposterous" as the "Thriller" hitmaker's career had been badly damaged by child molestation allegations.
Katherine will go to trial on April 2 over allegations AEG Live executives negligently hired and supervised Conrad Murray, the doctor who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death.
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So by the looks of it, I’ve had a year off from posting updates here. My sincere apologies. Now I’m back! And first on the agenda is to give this page a tidy up. Over the next few weeks you will start to see some new content added and some old content removed. The posts though will remain.
So how has this year been? Half and half is probably best to describe it but that maybe unfair slightly as I don’t eat much of what I grow, my Wife and Kids are the benefactors so what did I grow and how did it do?
· Potatoes – I went with Second Earlies this year after last year’s blight on the main crop I have learnt my lesson quickly. I choose Kestrel as they are a good all-rounder. I went with two beds for them and they grew well. We still have around 10kg left so I’m reasonably happy with how they turned out.
· Sweetcorn – Despite holding them back in pots for longer than I should, they recovered quickly and gave us a great harvest. I inter-planted them with Squashes and Courgettes and I have to say it worked very well. No supplement feeding was required and the ground covering by the leaves meant the whole bed stayed weed free all summer.
· Dwarf French Beans – These were started off in modules and even though they took a long time, they gave us a plentiful harvest. Will add them in again next year.
· Japanese Onions and Spring planted Onions – The Japanese Onions were ok, and that’s about it. Nothing too big and were quite wet but still edible. Going to pass on these this time round though as the Spring planted ones from this year grew very quickly.
· Garlic – God knows what happened to these. They grew through winter lovely with nice green stalks but when it came to harvesting them, I couldn’t find a bulb in sight. The stalks just lifted out of the soil with nothing attached. A complete mystery. This year I will be starting them off in modules and overwintering them in the greenhouse.
· Courgettes – These were my best performers this year. We’re still eating them now! These will return in 2014, gaureenteed.
· Squashes – These took their time but once they fruited they grew well but their taste didn’t go down well with the family. Due to crop rotation I won’t have the space in the smaller beds so will give these a miss next year.
· Tomatoes – These took ages to come through this year and when they did they were nothing special. Possibly too hot in July which stunted them. Might try a different variety next year.
· Cucumbers – Same as the Tomatoes really. They have their own greenhouse so conditions were slightly different but fruiting just didn’t produce a great bounty. We had a couple and of those they went down a treat. Will try them again next year.
· Mixed Bell Peppers – And again, they struggled in the greenhouse. That long spell of hot weather in July meant temps in the greenhouse with doors and vent wide open were still in the 30’s for 12 hours a day. I’m convinced this was their downfall.
So what to grow next year? I’m definitely growing Potatoes, Onions, Sweetcorn, Courgettes, Dwarf French Beans, and the greenhouse crops. I missed out the Brassica’s this year as well as Leeks, Carrots, and Salads. I will have a think about adding a couple of them to the others and see how it all fits in the beds. I may throw in something else from the many packets of seeds just to see how they get on. For now though it’s a case of putting the beds to sleep. I have homemade compost to scatter and dig some bean trenches as the one large bed I have will be for the bean family next year. I might also start off some Leeks now and overwinter them in the cold frames and that’s it for now.
Thanks for reading.

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A reception will be held on Friday, March 23 in the Burrison Gallery from 4:30 to 7 p.m. for the current show featuring photographs of African Journeys. The Burrison Gallery is located in the University Club at Penn on the 2nd floor of The Inn at Penn. It is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Clemson Smith Muñiz, who was raised in Puerto Rico, is a 1979 graduate of Penn. He’s also the past president and a current board member of Penn’s Association of Latino Alumni. Mr. Smith Muñiz an internet entrepreneur and sports broadcaster who dabbles in poetry, creole cooking and wine. He loves photography, cycling and travel with a passion. Since 1997, he has made seven trips to Africa, most recently in 2017 to Tanzania and Kenya, pulled back by the continent’s enormous size and cultural diversity but also by its promise and pain.
He takes photographs to capture moments in the fleeting light and time. He is particularly drawn to animals. Encountering a mountain gorilla face to face in the bamboo forest and gazing into its eyes, he realizes that we humans are simply one of many creatures blessed to walk on this earth.
For the past 15 months, Mr. Smith Muñiz has been executive editor of La Vida Baseball (www.lavidabaseball.com), a digital platform produced in association with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum that celebrates the past, present and future of Latino baseball. He’s also starting his 10th season as the Spanish-language play-by-play announcer for MLB Network and has been the radio voice of Los Jets en español for 18 years.


The USB2AX is a direct way to control a Dynamixel TTL servos directly from a computer or a single board computer such as a Raspberry PI, Odroid. You can also use it as a tool to setup, diagnose or fix your servos.
What servos can it talk to?
The USB2AX can talk with the Dynamixel servos which use a half-duplex TTL interface (3-pins connector), more specifically
- All of the Dynamixel AX servos (AX-12/AX-12+/AX-12A, AX-12W, AX-18F/AX-18A)
- The “T” versions of the Dynamixel MX servos (MX-28T, MX-64T, MX-106T)
- Communication with AX and MX Dynamixel servos (with 3 wires) @ 1Mbps
- Small form factor (16x36mm)
- Optimized latency
- Protection against ESD and short circuits
- Advanced functionalities: sync_read, ...
- Windows / Linux / MacOS
- Compatible with RoboPlus, Dynamixel SDK, ROS, Python, C/C++/C#, Visual Basic, Java, Labview, Matlab…
Fortunately, the USB2AX can not do everything ;-)
The USB2AX cannot communicate with the Dynamixel servos using the RS485 interface (the one with 4 pins).
Neither can it control any sort of hobby/RC servos or other brand of robot servos. Compared to the USB2Dynamixel, it also lacks the RS232 port (with its big DB9 connector) used to program some controllers from Robotis like the CM-510.
It can not supply power to the servos (see Q: How to power the servos).
Xevelabs USB2AX v3.2a Dynamixel Driver
- Control Dynamixel servos that use TTL communication from the USB port of your computer
- $ US39.00 USD 250.00 Left For Free Shipping


City named most trusted in South Africa, 7th time in a row
14 September 2020
The report notes: ‘Of the eight metros polled, Cape Town has once again emerged as the best performing metro on the overall Citizen Satisfaction for ‘Large Metros’ recording the highest score for the seventh consecutive year. Cape Town recorded a score of 66,0 out of a possible 100 in the latest index - a two-point improvement on its previous score of 64,1 in 2019. It is also more than 10-points above the par score of 55,7 for all municipalities and well ahead of all other metros.
The City scored the highest trust rating of 72,0 out of a 100, this is 8,6 index points higher than the average.
‘While we are very pleased with our achievements and this latest accolade as it independently validates our efforts, we are constantly looking at ways to improve. It has been an especially trying time with the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, but we have kept one great goal in mind: to carry on providing basic and essential services to the best of our ability. As a City administration dedicated to improving the lives of our people, we know that the delivery of basic services is of the utmost importance and top of mind for our residents. Delivering services to the best of our ability, managing our resources in a sustainable manner, maintaining infrastructure responsibly and planning for our growing city as a place for all, while keeping a zero tolerance approach against corruption, is our commitment to our residents,’ said the City’s Executive Mayor, Alderman Dan Plato.
‘Cape Town has the smallest gap (-5,5) between what citizens expect and what they perceive in terms of actual delivery, which means that Cape Town is closest to delivering the basic services of a local government to what their citizens would expect,’ the report notes.
The report further states: ‘It is notable that when you look at the sentiment analysis in the latest SA-csi index, with the exception of Cape Town, sentiment on every single measure is negative on the level of service experienced by citizens’ in the rest of South Africa.
Issued by Greg Wagner, Spokesperson to the Executive Mayor, 14 September 2020


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NCI is researching the role of telehealth in cancer care and developing best practices for continued integration.
The SBIR center takes a comprehensive approach to fostering underrepresented small businesses.
The Office of Cancer Survivorship takes a comprehensive look at cancer survivor care.
NCI is pushing the "bench to bedside" paradigm to bring medical advances into the clinic.
NCI's ANCHOR study discovered that early treatment of precancerous lesions can cut anal cancer rates by more than half in people with HIV.
An NCI study examines the crossroads between cancer and COVID-19 diagnoses.
A recent NCI study explores new immunotherapy treatment for metastatic breast cancer.
The legislation set the foundation for the future of the war against cancer.
NCI’s SEER and CIS programs encourage ongoing engagement to further data sharing goals.
How NCI-designated cancer centers are supporting the national fight against cancer.
Data, communications tech, next-gen DNA sequencing and more have helped accelerate NCI's mission over the past 50 years.
In this episode of our National Cancer Act 50th anniversary miniseries, we dive into how NCI is fighting pediatric cancers.
In this latest episode of the National Cancer Act miniseries, we discuss progress in cancer prevention research and practice.
Making the fight against cancer more equitable requires diversifying cancer research, clinical trials and treatments.
Clinical trials, innovation in research and technology have improved cancer treatment and diagnostics in public health.
We delve into the history of cancer in America and talk to NCI Director Dr. Ned Sharpless on NCI's work the past 50 years.


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When I knew this was coming up I had many expectations.. when I heard the demos on Facebook.. the expectations only multiplied a gazillion times.. and were they met???
Aye aye it does.. J Awright enough beating around the bush.. This is Ranam Sugam I am talking about… 😀
Ranam Sugam is a musical novelette by Paadhai a band comprising of Siva, Suresh and Shammeer..
My thoughts on the album.. Loved it CERTIFIED MUST LISTEN.. Rating 3.75/5
Why not more you might ask esp when I loved it… cos there are 1-2 tracks that I may not wanna listen again and again.. my personal fave being Ranam kuda Sugam than aaahhh I can keep listening to it again and again… followed by Nilavum thoongalaam…, Yaar ival and Veyil Mazhai..
The only downside was too many tragic songs and most importantly the beats somehow sounded repetitive… I couldn’t see much variety in the songs, they all sounded kinda alike to me (being brutally honest..) the album seems to maintain the same mood and effect.. When I listen to an album esp not a movie one.. I would like to see some variety like love, pathos, hatred, passion everything.. c’mon 10 songs… ok one was theme so 9 songs… err… 1 was remix so 8 songs… wish the 8 songs had picked up one mood each J that would have made It perfect…. 🙂
I know tragedy sells.. I know tragedy enters the heart and plays with the heart strings leaving an effect behind.. But then let’s not keep the whole mood of the album as tragedy 😦 that takes out a certain charm away from it 🙂
But overall one swellll ALBUM… Looking forward to More of Paadhai 🙂
Now for the detailed analysis—
Yaar aval ~ it’s an Awesome mindblasting song.. The moment it starts I feel myself nodding my head.. Tapping my feet..Closing my eyes and lost in the song.. This is one of the best songs in the album and also one of my personal favorites.. The rap effect in the song gives me Kulir 100 degrees kinda feel to it.. Wonder if I may be wrong too.. But somehow just felt so..The music is awesome… ample usage of the violin-ish effect… CERTIFIED MUST LISTEN
En nanbane ~ nice feel this one where the female singer sounds a tad like Bombay Jayshree… When u close your eyes and try to lose yourself in the song.. you might end up feeling this is another of Gautam Menon’s movie songs with Harris Jeyraj as the music director and Bombay Jayshree as the singer J the use of Indian classical instruments does leave me with a feeling of Kannalane (Kehna hi kya) from the Mani Ratnam movie Bombay..Though this is one song that seems to come across as a potpourri of many others, if I were someone naïve to Indian music and film music, I may fall in love with this one instantaneously.. Oh well, as a matter of fact I still love it 🙂 CERTIFIED LISTENABLE
Thedi ~ this is again one of those songs that have the Kulir effect to it.. Or maybe something is really really wrong with me.. 🙄 The addition of Rap does enhance the song but the pathos reflected in it is blatantly visible… CERTIFIED LISTENABLE
Nilavum Thoongalam ~ THIS is the BESTESTESTEST SONG in the album… I simply fell in love with it when I heard the demo.. And was feverishly looking forward to this one 🙂 I am glad to conclude that it dint disappoint me one bit…yaayy… the moment I heard this I was fully, completely, sincerely, awesomely in love with it….. The yearning heart seeks solace in someone’s arms.. No no that’s not the lyrics… that’s the effect I get when I hear the song… Awwww the mush-o-meter is on a full time high.. The song somehow gives the effect as If a light feather was caressing your soul.. This one’s a definitely must must listen…I highly recommend this one.. CERTIFIED MUST LISTEN
Veyil Mazhai ~ this is again a lovely track.. The initial aalaap-ish humming by the female singer again gives the Bombay Jayshree effect.. I love her voice.. Err.. Not BJ you sillies I love her obviously but this female singer too 😀 though she sounded like BJ in the start, as the song proceeded she sounded a tad like saindhavi.. This one’s a love song complete with words that leave you speechless and spellbound…but somehow a wee bit of pathos and yearning did seem to have crept into this song.. Or is it just me 🙄
Overall I loved the effect of this song…a perfect background music for those long evening walks by the beach, finger entwined…aaww CERTIFIED MUST LISTEN
Paathiyil vilaguvathu ~ I am not even sure if this can be classified as a song.. It has more dialogues then even lyrics.. More like rants by a group of no-good-losers or should I reword that and say Rants by a group of Loved-and-lost… baahhhh.. That don’t impress me much… too much pathos I say.. 😐
After listening to the previous songs this one’s certainly not what I expect..But I do know the actual majnu’s and devdas might actually love this.. But for me it’s definitely CERTIFIED MISSABLE
Ranam Sugam ~ oh maannn.. This is surely gonna make you guys fall in love with it.. Yes this is THE BEST SONG in the album… I have simply fallen in love with this one.. When I heard Nilavum thoongalaam I thought that was the best.. But maann.. This one over-rules that one too 🙂 this is one of those songs that is perfect for those late-night lonely long drives..If I were to picturise this song for a movie or even for the album.. The video would include a guy on his bike/car driving at full speed in a frenzy, his tempers and passions both raging an eternal fight in the mind… CERTIFIED MUST LISTEN
Vaarthai Thavarivittai ~ this is one bloody brilliant of a song.. The opening lines give a Barathiyar effect.. Maybe that’s cos of the use of the word “Kannamma”.. This one’s another sorrow filled track..But if the previous one was tragedy this is the King of tragedies.. 😥 The singer’s voice is sure to instill some old memories if you have one and is sure to make an impact on you… the lyrics are so beautiful that they are cherry on the cake J CERTIFIED MUST LISTEN
Ranam Sugam (Remix) ~ trusts me if the original was good the remix is no less… I somehow can’t seem to get over this song… this one has to be the best 🙂 the song starts upbeat but the anguish is clearly etched all over out… the lyrics, the singer, the song overall definitely leave a mark in your mind.. MY PERSONAL FAVE in this album… the lines “ranam kuda ranam kuda sugam thaan” are pacy and hence catchy and addictive… even after the song is over I end up humming those lines again and again… I had got so addicted to the song that even when I was not listening to any music – mind you any music at all I could feel this song running in my mind… I think after listening to this surely I’m gonna end up feeling pain is good 🙂 CERTIFIED MUST LISTEN
Ranangal mudivathillai ~ this is again another grief filled song.. Only music No lyrics.. And makes up for something like the theme of the album… Certain parts in the music is definitely commendable… love this one… perfect to be your ringtone… CERTIFIED LISTENABLE
After listening to the whole album.. as I said the songs that stand out are definitely Ranam Sugam, Nilavum Thoongalaam and Yaar Ival..
Just for the title track, which I loved sooooooo much I am gonna be a tad partial and give the album a 4/5 Yes I changed my rating.. but well.. my review meri marzi.. 😛
The Album is currently available at
– cafe tapas, 47b velachery main road, velachery, chennai
– coming soon in conneXions outlets
It is also available for purchase online from their site www.ranamsugam.com
You could also join their Facebook page Ranam Sugam for regular updates and details..
As for me I am still humming Ranam Kuda Sugam Thaann… 🙂
And YES GUYS PLEASE GO GET YOUR COPIES I AM SURE YOU WONT REGRET…
As for PAADHAI.. guys looking forward to more from you… Keep Rocking..!!! 🙂
That’s it from MEGZONE for now..
Keep Smiling..!! Keep Rocking..!! Keep Blogging…!!!


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John Porch is a regular in the Australian Sevens team. After debuting in Wellington back in 2016, Porch’s career has seen him play on the World Series circuit, at the 2016 Rio Olympics and most recently at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. But, his career really took off at Farrer under the watchful eye of a local coach.
Australian Sevens speedster John Porch has access to some of the best coaches in the game.
One of those coaches is Andy Friend who’s coached the Brumbies and is currently preparing the Australian side for the Commonwealth Games opener on Saturday.
However, when asked who’s had one of the biggest influences of his career, Porch’s mind immediately goes back to his playing days at Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School.
“Kylie Dawson was my school coach from under 15s onward. She really helped me grow as a player and helped me grow outside of rugby as well,” Porch said of his former coach.
Dawson was “humbled” by the kind words from the knowledgeable player with a “good work ethic”.
“I’ve coached 100s of kids and John had an innate, natural ability to be able to do anything,” Dawson said.
“He just got better and better through the years I coached him.
“He could see things two or three plays ahead. He was always thinking and could predict what was going to happen.
“As he got older, he was just able to find that extra gear. His ability to keep going was phenomenal.”
Dawson will be one of many watching keenly as Porch takes to the field for Australia this weekend.
Porch, who moved to Nundle from Orange when he was five before moving to Tamworth aged 12, will have his own personal cheer squad on the Gold Coast.
“It’s exciting. A home Commonwealth Games, it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to play in front of my family and friends,” he said.
“Pretty much all my family and extended family are heading there.”
Porch “can’t wait” to get out onto the field at the Commonwealth Games and said the side was confident despite some big losses.
“We’ll be trying to keep it low key and make sure we’re fully ready [for the matches].”


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Obama Won’t Tout Massachusetts Health Coverage Plan During Trip Today
President Obama will not talk about the Massachusetts health care program to cover the uninsured or even talk about health reform for the country on a trip to that state today, focusing instead on clean energy and fundraising, The Washington Post reports.
"The president's critics say his reluctance to spotlight the Massachusetts model is real-world evidence that his vision would not work on a national scale. High costs have forced the state to trim benefits for legal immigrants and prompted one safety-net hospital to sue over a $38 million shortfall. Obama's allies -- and even one prominent adversary -- see a more nuanced picture that offers guideposts for federal lawmakers as they finalize decisions on a bill that could reshape one-sixth of the economy."
Massachusetts has sparked much debate in America over covering 97 percent of residents in a system where there are serious cost containment issues, though it enjoys popularity among doctors and residents (Connolly, 10/23).
The Associated Press, in the meantime, reports that Obama's cabinet members often stop in Nevada - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's home state - to help the senator in his campaign for re-election. "'The president will continue to send his Cabinet members to Nevada and across the country to find the best ways to repair our economy, reform our health insurance system and build upon Nevada's efforts to create green energy jobs,' said White House spokesman Adam Abrams" (Freking, 10/23).

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You would be hard pressed to find a more centrally located suburb - close to all the major routes, amenities, schools and outdoor activities, Die Hoewes is the kind of area where you will find a wealth of property options inside a tight-knit community.
As part of the Centurion East neighbourhood, Die Hoewes boasts with a good selection of safe, high quality property options. The area has a large selection of gated villages, complexes and estates which has attracted a cosmopolitan community and functions as something of a mini city of its own.
The properties in this area vary in style, from the older Tuscan and French style homes, to the newer homes with a contemporary look.
Despite its proximity to all the major routes and amenities, the area is considered quiet and peaceful.


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The duties of the Tree Board include planning for the use of tree bank funds and charitable donations of trees or money, planning and holding an annual Arbor Day ceremony, maintenance of a recommended tree list for the community, establishment of an official city tree, preparation of a tree plan for the community, adoption of rules and regulations pertaining to the tree program, coordination of tree-related activities, provision of tree information to the community, recognition of groups and individuals completing tree projects, and coordination of publicity concerning trees and tree programs.
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| Kim Hoover
| Skip Heibert
| Justin Stelter
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Re: Applications for Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loans
- Date: 07/14/2016 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
- Location: City Hall Board Room
109 Third Avenue South
Franklin, Tennessee 37064
The City of Franklin
will conduct a PUBLIC MEETING
on Thursday, July 14, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. at the Franklin City Hall Board Room
to provide information about the City’s applications
for two low-interest Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loans totaling $45,000,000
for the Wastewater Treatment Plant and Biosolids Improvements project
and the impact, if any, on monthly sewer bills.
Per the State Revolving Fund’s evaluation, current user rates are sufficient to repay the loans.
One loan will be in the amount of $1,500,000 with $225,000 in principal forgiveness that will not have to be repaid.
The other loan will be in the amount of $43,500,000 with no principal forgiveness.
Questions prior to the meeting should be directed to
Mark Hilty at 615-794-4554.


I’ve always wanted a headline like that. It sounds like something out of Weekly World News. However, I assure you that this time it’s 100% accurate.
The Mega Mech Airmagination Inflatable Robot has to be one of the worst product names I’ve heard in a long time. Even though this inflatable R/C robot is designed as a kid’s toy, it’s sure to be blast sneaking around the hallways and cubicle farms at your office. The inflata-bot stands over 4-feet tall and it can speak — in a typically robotic tone — although I’m not exactly sure what it has to say.
It’s only appropriate that the Mega Mech is available from everyone’s favorite Mega Store, Wal-Mart. It’s just $39.95.


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The government is to launch a consultation in March on proposals to make auto-enrolment simpler.
The proposals are based on feedback received since the implementation of the reforms began in October 2012. These include a list of areas that could benefit from practical and technical improvements, including:
- Making the assessment of the workforce easier.
- Making it easier for money purchase pension schemes to show these meet the quality requirements.
- Removing the duty to enrol particular groups, such as those who benefit from protection, because they already exceed the lifetime allowance for tax purposes.
Steve Webb, minister for pensions (pictured), said: “We’ve been listening to the experience of employers that have enrolled their workforce so far and recognise that some parts of the process could be improved.
“By consulting on these changes we can address this before automatic-enrolment is rolled out to small and medium-sized businesses.
“We don’t want to make changes to legislation lightly, but we do want to make sure that automatic-enrolment is working as well as possible.”


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Chesapeake, Va. – Chesapeake police are looking for a suspect wanted in a hit-and-run case from last month.
It happened on November 26, 2013 at 9:30 p.m. A hit-and-run accident occurred near the intersection of Commerce Avenue and Liberty Street.
The victim was walking down Commerce Street when the vehicle came up from behind, striking him with the vehicle. According to police, the victim did not sustain life threatening injuries and is expected to recover.
Witnesses say the vehicle appeared to be a dark blue, “older model” Chrysler 300 and may have a Virginia tag number similar to MZP-6393.
The driver was described as a light skinned black male in his early 20s. Police say he is approximately 6’1” and has a beard. He was wearing a black hat with a skull cap underneath, long sleeved black thermal shirt and dark shorts at the time of the accident.
If anyone has information regarding the identity of this individual they are encouraged to call, text or submit an online tip to the Chesapeake Crime Line.
Stay with NewsChannel 3 for updates.


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A firm's mix of growth options and assets in place is an important determinant of its optimal default strategy. Our simple model shows that shareholders of a firm with valuable investment opportunities would be able/willing to wait longer before defaulting on their contractual debt obligations than shareholders of an otherwise identical firm without such opportunities. More importantly, we show empirically using a dataset of recent corporate bankruptcies that measures of investment opportunities are significantly related to the likelihood of bankruptcy. Augmenting existing bankruptcy prediction models by these measures improves their out-of-sample forecasting ability.
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|Journal||Journal of Financial Markets|
|State||Published - Aug 2013|
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Economics and Econometrics


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2021 Doctor-To-Doctor World's Top 100
LAS VEGAS, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global Summits Institute presents the 2021 Class of Doctor-To-Doctor World's Top 100. The honorary recognition is an achievement award for exceptional services rendered to the arts and sciences of the healthcare professions. The Global Summits Institute is a preeminent peer-to-peer organization in recognizing leading doctors in dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, chiropractic, surgery, and other medical specialties who exemplify clinical excellence, innovation, research, organizational leadership, and entrepreneurship in serving humanity and advancing the global healthcare industry.
Each member had been nominated by their peers and selected by a committee of their colleagues. Renowned clinicians, experts, key opinion leaders, surgeons, researchers, executives, innovators, and specialists from all inhabited continents were represented. 100 doctors were ratified.
For media inquiries, publishing rights, participation as an organization or for more information about the honorary recognitions or the Global Summits Institute, please email firstname.lastname@example.org or visit Facebook:@GlobalSummits
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|Location:||Naval Station Mayport, FL|
|Architect:||Moffat and Nichol/STV/BRPH|
|Completion Date:||October 2022|
This project is the restoration and realignment of a US Navy Destroyer Slip’s South Quay Wall wharf. The harbor services 34 naval vessels and this project will add full berthing capability for littoral combat ships, U.S. Coast Guard cutters and other smaller ships. The area consist of crane loading, staging area with guard house, necessary port docking systems, and bulkhead. The restoration encompasses approximately 540 LF of new bulkhead that is a separate standalone structure seaward of the existing bulkhead in the wharf and the addition of a new combination king pile and steel sheet pile (SSP) anchored bulkhead system. To fill the void between the new and existing bulkheads, we added approximately 12,000 cubic yards of select engineered backfill and topped with an asphalt wearing surface. All berthing and mooring systems were replaced, to include installation of ladders, foam filled fenders and low double bitt bollards. Site civil work at the wharf includes removing/milling the existing asphalt pavement, resurfacing the project area to support crane operations, and realigning the security fence. Existing storm drains removed and replaced from catch basin to outfall. New installation of ship connections to water, electrical, oily waste and sanitary sewer utilities. New construction of utility housing of two sets of igloos and hotel stations, pedestrian turnstile and vehicular gate. Demolition of existing building was also included along with disconnection and removal of associated utilities.