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. The subversion of the gaze: Shérazade and other women in the work of Leïla Sebbar Of mixed Franco-Algerian parentage, Leïla Sebbar spans a variety of genres in her writing,including short stories,journalism,essays,children’s writing and contributions to collaborative works, including collections of visual material. She also has a number of major novels to her credit. In its thematic content, Sebbar’s work straddles the Mediterranean, focusing attention on the dynamics between the generations. She is not engaged in any mission of
10 ‘Gazing in hir glasse of vaineglorie’: negotiating vanity Faye Tudor This chapter explores the problems that mirrors presented for women, at whom they were often directed, and discusses the potential for women to circumvent some of the mirror’s negative associations. This essay will present three self-portraits by Sofonisba Anguissola and Artemisia Gentileschi which will reveal the different approaches of these women to the problem of representing themselves. These women seek out a new method of either sidestepping the issues of self-representation, often
“Rebranding James Baldwin and His Queer Others” was a session held at the annual meeting of the American Studies Association in November 2019 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The papers gathered here show how Baldwin’s writings and life story participate in dialogues with other authors and artists who probe issues of identity and identification, as well as with other types of texts and non-American stories, boldly addressing theoretical and political perspectives different from his own. Nick Radel’s temporal challenge to reading novels on homoerotic male desire asks of us a leap of faith, one that makes it possible to read race as not necessarily a synonym for “Black,” but as a powerful historical and sexual trope that resists “over-easy” binaries of Western masculinity. Ernest L. Gibson’s engagement with Beauford Delaney’s brilliant art and the ways in which it enabled the teenage Baldwin’s “dark rapture” of self-discovery as a writer reminds us that “something [has been missing] in our discussions of male relationships.” Finally, Nigel Hatton suggests “a relationship among Baldwin, Denmark, and Giovanni’s Room that adds another thread to the important scholarship on his groundbreaking work of fiction that has impacted African-American literature, Cold War studies, transnational American studies, feminist thought, and queer theory.” All three essays enlarge our assessment of Baldwin’s contribution to understanding the ways gender and sexuality always inflect racialized Western masculinities. Thus, they help us work to better gauge the extent of Baldwin’s influence right here and right now.
This essay’s close interrogation of James Baldwin’s 1956 novel Giovanni’s Room allows us to see one aspect of how sexual shame functions: it shows how shame exposes anxiety not only about the feminizing force of homosexuality, but about how being the object of the gaze is feminizing—and therefore shameful. It also shows that the paradigm of the closet is not the metaphor of privacy and enclosure on one hand and openness and liberation on the other that it is commonly thought to be, but instead is a site of illusory control over whether one is available to be seen and therefore humiliated by being feminized. Further, the essay reveals the paradox of denial, where one must first know the thing that is at the same time being disavowed or denied. The narrative requirements of fictions such as Giovanni’s Room demonstrate this, as it requires that the narrator both know, in order to narrate, and not know something at the same time.
and transformed both the long history of colonial imagery and the more recent emergence of Holocaust memory. Heerten deftly analyses general elements of the Western humanitarian gaze but, like many of the essays in Humanitarian Photography , also stresses how the motives and concerns of Biafra activists in various national contexts – the UK, Germany, United States and France – are best understood against the background of specific historical trajectories and social
of gazing upon a famous ‘altruistic saviour of a suffering “other”’ ( Müller, 2018 : 47). Further, celebrities like Affleck accompany the increasing presence of other private actors like philanthropists and corporations – except these A-listers possess the ability to attract new funding, ideas and support to establish their own organisations (see also Budabin et al. , 2017 ). Increasing competition among humanitarian actors for funding and attention has
– it is as if Beckett’s writing 34 Beckett and nothing reads one back, demonstrating the vanishing point of one’s own reading practices whilst refusing to yield itself to interpretation. It is perhaps this quality, this kind of reverse interpretation, that leads to Derrida’s famous reluctance to read Beckett, to expose deconstruction to Beckett’s deconstructive gaze. Beckett is an author, Derrida says in an interview with Derek Attridge, ‘to whom I feel very close, or to whom I would like to feel myself very close; but also too close’,22 and it is precisely this
writer? The discussion which follows will oﬀer potential answers and raise further questions on this subject. It is evident from Germaine Greer’s The Whole Woman or Michel Serres’s Variations sur le corps, or indeed from the exhibition ‘Spectacular Bodies’ (London, Hayward Gallery, ), that the body, the battleﬁeld and old war-horse of feminist theory, is also on the current philosophical and cultural agenda.10 Like Susan Faludi in Stiﬀed: The Betrayal of the Modern Man, Detambel turns her gaze in Blasons d’un corps masculin (blazons of a male body) to the
welfarist gaze serves to make detained people intimately known to authorities, registering not only their attitudes and behaviours, but also their dreams and aspirations. While officials’ compassion and concern for the well-being of detained people were surely genuine, their recording gaze was also perceived as controlling and intrusive by those incarcerated. Reza, one of the detained men who had spent
borderland life within its totalising gaze. This intuition, I argue, is what makes possible a politics ‘of’ the border, stretching the borderline into an affective-political ‘constellation’ suturing the past and present into a future-oriented time-space capable of revealing ‘hidden’ connections and affinities between a multiplicity of borderland contexts in ways not permitted by two-dimensional cartography. But now it is time to get up from our Wyler deckchairs, stretch our legs, go for a stroll, and in the process pick up some real and imagined fellow-travellers. Re

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Official Deadpool Red Band Trailer 2 (Video)
The second Deadpool trailer was released on Christmas day and it is filled with tons of Holiday cheer. Actually it really has nothing to do with the holidays but its still awesome none the less. The focus this time around seems to be more on the man Wade Wilson and how he is transformed into The Merc with a Mouth. Of course it still has plenty of action and comedy plus we also get to see more footage of Colossus and Angel Dust.
I have to give it to 20th Century Fox, this movie looks truly Bad Ass and like the Deadpool film that fans really want to see. The fact that they have successfully crossed over a new hero like Deadpool with existing characters like the X-Men in a brand new movie is quite an accomplishment. I had my doubts about this movie especially after seeing what they did with the Fantastic Four movie but I really think Deadpool will be a great. Of course only time will tell so we will just wait and see.
In the mean time check out the second Deadpool Red Band Trailer and let me know what you think Nerd Nation. How does this movie look to you so far and are you excited to see it when it comes out February 12? Leave me your thoughts in a comment below, on the Facebook page, or hit me up on Twitter @Nerdgasmneeds.


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AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) - Colorado state Rep. Tom Sullivan believes Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg's longtime advocacy for gun control is more than just talk. He thinks Bloomberg will take what he thinks is much needed action if he is elected to the White House.
The former New York Mayor announced his plan to fight gun violence at Heritage Christian Center in Aurora early Thursday afternoon.
"He's put together an organization with a lot of great people and we are making progress," said Sullivan, a Democrat who worked with Bloomberg to organize Thursday's event.
The event is taking place near the movie theater complex where 12 people died and 70 others were hurt in the deadliest mass shooting in Colorado history.
"This year in the United States, 12,000 people will be murdered with illegal handguns and 19,000 people will commit suicide with illegal handguns," Bloomberg said Thursday.
"It just has to stop. No other developed country experiences losses from gun violence like we do here in America -- not even close," Bloomberg said. "Thirty-five people a day are murdered with guns, but for too many decades politicians just ignored the problem."
Along with announcing his policy, Bloomberg is holding a roughly hour-long discussion with gun control advocates, gun violence survivors and families of mass shooting victims. The event is not open to the public.
Sullivan's son Alex was killed in the 2012 shooting, at what is now the Century Aurora movie theater. Since then, he has entered politics and now represents Aurora in House District 37.
"When someone says Aurora -- that's the day my son was murdered," he told CBS4.
Sullivan says his experience of losing a family member in a mass shooting is one that's becoming far too common in America, and it's important that the voices of family members of survivors like his be heard.
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Insist on Electing Leaders of Regional Institutions
Let’s suppose that sometime in the not too distant future the state legislature enacts a framework for a regional water authority in southeast Michigan. That could be done with or without inclusion of the City of Detroit or even Wayne County, but preferably with both on board.
Before we get too much farther along the path of regional government by means of political appointments (for example, the present Board of Water Commissioners), we should insist on democracy in the form of regional elections.
The damage done to water services ratepayers in the region by some local officials in Detroit and political appointees is incalculable and unconscionable.
Every county served by a regional water authority should have at least one elected representative on the authority’s board. Under my plan, Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties would have one representative for every 350,000 residents. The City of Detroit would not be a segregated unit. Its (declining) population would be included in Wayne County’s total.
I would require that each candidate for election be a resident of one of the municipalities served by the authority. In Monroe County, for instance, candidates would have to reside in either the Village of South Rockwood or Ash Township.
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Button Battery Safety Awareness
Children’s emergency room visits related to swallowed batteries have risen an astounding 113 percent over the past 20 years, with a child under age 18 arriving at an ER every 90 minutes.
Button batteries are dangerous to kids and adults, especially toddlers, and cause severe injuries when swallowed.
- The coin-sized batteries children swallow come from many devices, most often mini remote controls. Other places you may them are: singing greeting cards, watches, bathroom scales, and flameless candles.
- It takes as little as two hours to cause severe burns once a coin-sized lithium battery has been s wallowed.
- Once burning begins, damage can continue even after the battery is removed.
- Kids can still breathe with the coin lithium battery in their throat. It may not be obvious at first that something is wrong.
- Repairing the damage is painful and can require multiple surgeries.
- The batteries can become lodged in the throat, burning the esophagus.
- In 2011 alone, more than 3,400 swallowing cases were reported in the U.S. 19 children sustained life-threatening or debilitating injuries and others died!
- Never leave batteries sitting out. Store spare batteries, and batteries to be recycled, out of sight and reach of young children. If recycling is not possible, wrap used batteries securely and discard them where a child can’t find them.
- Check all household devices to be certain the battery compartment is secured shut. Use strong tape to secure compartments that children can open or that might pop open if the device is dropped. Only purchase products that require a screwdriver or tool to open the battery compartment, or that are closed with a child-resistant locking mechanism. Batteries are everywhere.
- Be especially cautious with any product that contains a battery that is as big as a penny or larger.
- The 20 mm diameter lithium cell is one of the most serious problems when swallowed.
- These problem cells can be recognized by their imprint (engraved numbers and letters) and often have one of these 3 codes: CR2032, CR2025, CR2016.
- If swallowed and not removed promptly, these larger button batteries can cause death — or burn a hole through your child’s esophagus.
Don’t allow children to play with batteries or with battery powered products that have easily accessible batteries. Make sure all hearing aids for children have child-resistant battery compartments and make sure the lock is activated when the child is wearing the aid. Alert family members who wear hearing aids to the importance of keeping the batteries out of reach of small children at all times. That can be quite a burden since most hearing aid users remove the batteries from the aids each time they take the aids off. Don’t insert or change batteries in front of small children. Tips for Protecting Older Children and Adults:
· Never put batteries in your mouth, to test, to hold, or for any reason. They are slippery and easily swallowed.
· Don’t mistake batteries for pills. Don’t store batteries near pills or in pill bottles. Don’t leave them on bedside tables or place them loose in your pocket or purse. Look at every medicine you intend to swallow. Turn on the lights, put on your glasses, read the label and look at the medicine itself.
If you use a hearing aid, these steps are especially important. All too often, the tiny hearing aid batteries are ingested with or instead of medications.
· Avoid storing or leaving batteries where they might be mistaken for, or swallowed with, food.
Don’t leave batteries in drinking glasses or adjacent to nuts, candy, popcorn or other finger foods.
Top Tips for Battery Safety
- SEARCH your home, and any place your child goes, for gadgets that may contain coin lithium batteries.
- SECURE coin lithium battery-controlled devices out of sight and reach of children and keep loose batteries locked away.
- SHARE this life-saving information with caregivers, friends, family members and sitters.
Keeping these batteries out of reach and secured in devices is key, but if a child swallows a battery, parents and caregivers should follow these steps:
- Go to the emergency room immediately. Tell doctors and nurses that your child may have swallowed a battery. If possible, provide the medical team with the identification number found on the battery’s package.
- Do not let the child eat or drink until a chest x-ray can determine if a battery is present.
- Do not induce vomiting.
Call the National Battery Ingestion Hotline at 1-202-625-3333 for additional treatment information. Prompt action is critical. Don’t wait for symptoms to develop. If the battery was swallowed, don’t eat or drink until an x-ray shows the battery is beyond the esophagus. Batteries stuck in the esophagus must be removed as quickly as possible as severe damage can occur in just 2 hours. Batteries in the nose or ear also must be removed immediately to avoid permanent damage.
Electronic devices are part of daily life. It only takes a second for your toddler, child or even an adult to get hold of one and put in his mouth. Here are a few easy tips for you to follow to protect your kids from button battery-related injuries.
Safety First, Safety Always!
Information from Consumer Product Safety Commission and National Battery Hotline.
Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Ken Oswald, Safety and Security for Plateau

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We’ve been trying to cut down on red meat over here, but meatloaf remains one of my wife and my favorite meals. Many people in this situation, would just use their same meatloaf recipe, but switch to ground chicken or ground turkey. There is just one problem with that. Red meat has more flavor. Both are simple facts of life from it’s higher fat content. So using a meatloaf recipe designed for ground beef will leave you with a bland meatloaf. A new recipe is needed. This is that recipe.
To give it more flavor, I added carrots. My first shot at this, I just added raw carrot. It came out a little crunchy for my taste. So I sauteed the carrots instead. And since I was already sauteing, I sauteed the onion as well. I’ve been making this recipe for a couple months now, but I’d say I finally perfected it last night.
Sundays are made for two things, football and cooking. I know many people just pig out on snacks while watching the game, but why not make something tasty instead? This week’s recipe is a simple dish that can be prepared during a commercial break and be ready by half-time. Meatloaf is a versatile food. Eat it hot on Sunday and then make yourself a meatloaf sandwich for lunch on Monday.
3 lb ground beef
1 envelope onion soup mix
1 Tbsp garlic powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 c. bread crumbs
1 c. milk
3 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
3 Tbsp Ketchup
*OPTIONAL* 2 Tbsp Ketchup
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Mix together all ingredients except optional ketchup. If mixture seems moist, add more breadcrumbs.
Shape into loaf & place in baking pan.
Pour optional ketchup over top of meatloaf
Bake for 1 hour.
It has been pointed out to me that this is really a family sized meatloaf. For something smaller, try cutting the entire recipe to 1/3 the current size. As in:
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There are many factors that determine how quickly we lose shape after we stop exercising.
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the authors. CNN presents the work of The Conversation, a collaboration between journalists and academics to provide current affairs analysis and commentary. The content is produced solely by The Conversation.
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Getting in shape is not easy. But after all of this hard work, how long do we actually keep it up? It turns out that even the great effort we put in training, taking some free time can mean that we become “unfit” much faster than it took us to get in shape.
To understand how the body becomes “unfit” we must first understand how we become fit. The key to getting fitter, whether it’s improving cardiovascular fitness or muscle strength, is to go over the “usual load”. It means doing more than what our body is used to. The stress this has on our bodies causes us to adapt and become more tolerant, which leads to higher levels of fitness.
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The time it takes to get in shape depends on a number of factors, including level of fitness, age, intensity of your workout, and even the environment. But some studies indicate that even just six interval training sessions can lead to an increase in peak oxygen uptake (V02 max) – a measure of overall fitness – and improve the efficiency with which our bodies are able to. to eat using the sugar stored in our cells. during exercise.
For strength training, some muscle strength gains can be seen in as little as two weeks, but changes in muscle size will only be seen around 8 to 12 weeks.
When we stop exercising, how quickly we lose fitness also depends on many factors, including what type of fitness we are talking about (like strength or cardiovascular fitness).
Take the example of a marathon runner, who is in great sporting shape and can run a marathon in two hours and 30 minutes. This person trains five to six days a week and runs a total of 90 kilometers. They have also spent the last 15 years developing this level of fitness.
Now let’s say that they have completely stopped training. Because the body no longer has the stress of training forcing it to stay in shape, the runner will start to lose shape within a few weeks.
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Cardiopulmonary form – indicated by a person’s V02 max (the amount of oxygen a person can use during exercise) – will decrease by about 10% in the first four weeks after a person stopped training. This rate of decline continues, but at a slower rate over longer periods of time.
Oddly, although highly trained athletes – like our marathon runner – see a sharp drop in V02 max in the first four weeks, that drop eventually balances out, and they actually maintain a higher V02 than the person’s. average. But for the average person, V02 max drops sharply, returning to pre-workout levels, in less than eight weeks.
The reason V02 max decreases is due to reductions in blood and plasma volumes – which decrease by up to 12% in the first four weeks after a person has stopped training. Plasma and blood volume decrease due to the lack of stress on our heart and muscles.
Plasma volume may even decrease by about 5% within 48 hours of stopping training. The effect of decreasing blood and plasma volume leads to a decrease in the blood pumped through the body with each heartbeat. But these levels only go down where we started, which means we’re not going to get any worse.
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Of course, most of us are not marathon runners, but we are not immune to these effects either. As soon as we stop exercising, the body will begin to lose these key cardiovascular adaptations at a rate very similar to that of highly trained athletes.
When it comes to strength, evidence shows that in the average person, 12 weeks without training results in a significant decrease in the amount of weight we can lift. Fortunately, research shows that you retain some of the strength you gained before you quit exercising. What’s intriguing is that despite the significant decrease in strength, there is only a minimal decrease in muscle fiber size.
Much of the reason we lose muscle strength is that we no longer put stress on our muscles. So when we stop working our muscles hard, the muscles become ‘lazy’, resulting in a decrease in the number of our muscle fibers and fewer muscles recruited during an activity – making us less able to lift the heavy weights than we do. used to do. .
The number of muscle fibers used during exercise drops by around 13% after just two weeks without training, although this does not appear to be accompanied by a decrease in muscle strength. This implies that the losses observed during the longer periods of “de-training” are a combination of both this initial drop in the number of muscle fibers we use, but also the slower decline in muscle mass.
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For the average athlete who lifts weights, they would experience a decrease in the size of their muscles – over time it would be more difficult for them to lift heavy loads because they recruited fewer muscle fibers.
So even after all these efforts to get in shape, we start to lose cardiovascular fitness and strength within 48 hours of quitting. But we don’t start to feel these effects for at least two to three weeks for cardiovascular fitness and around 6 to 10 weeks for strength. The rates of “de-training” are similar for men and women, and even for older athletes. But the fitter you are, the slower you will lose your gains.
Dan Gordon is Associate Professor of Cardiorespiratory Exercise Physiology at Anglia Ruskin University. Justin Roberts is Associate Professor of Health Nutrition and Exercise at Anglia Ruskin University.

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The University of Michigan and Conference Board consumer confidence indices descended a little last month, but remained in great shape. The CB index displayed an April reading of 120.6, down from 124.9 in March. Slipping a point from its initial April mark, the Michigan barometer fell to 97.0.
LATEST HOUSING DATA IS MOSTLY POSITIVE
New home sales rose 5.8% in March, the Census Bureau noted last week; headline sales were 15.6% improved from a year earlier. The latest 20-city S&P/Case-Shiller home price index (January) showed 5.8% average yearly house price appreciation, up from 5.6% in December. Pending home sales retreated 0.8% in March, the National Association of Realtors reported.
FIRST QUARTER SAW LITTLE ECONOMIC GROWTH
According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, America’s economy expanded at a pace of 0.7% in Q1, well below the 2.1% growth seen in Q4. Economists polled by MarketWatch had projected a 0.8% Q1 GDP reading.
NASDAQ POSTS SIXTH WINNING MONTH IN A ROW
The tech benchmark added 2.32% this past week and 2.30% for April, shattering the 6,000 ceiling in the process. Upbeat earnings news and talk of corporate tax cuts also aided the S&P 500 – that index rose 0.91% for April, capping things off with a 1.51% weekly gain. How did the blue chips perform? The Dow advanced 1.34% on the month and 1.91% during April’s last five trading sessions. Friday, the big three settled like so: Dow, 20,940.51; Nasdaq, 6,047.61; S&P, 2,384.20.
THIS WEEK: Monday, investors study March personal spending figures, ISM’s April factory PMI, and earnings from Edison International. Earnings announcements from Altria, Anadarko Petroleum, Apple, ConocoPhillips, Cummins, Gilead Sciences, Hilton Worldwide, MasterCard, Merck, PG&E, Pfizer, and Twenty-First Century Fox appear Tuesday. Wednesday, the Street considers the latest Federal Reserve policy statement, ISM’s March service sector index, the April ADP payrolls report, and earnings from Alibaba, Allstate, Estee Lauder, Facebook, Humana, Kraft Heinz, MetLife, Prudential Financial, Tesla, Time Warner, and Yum! Brands. Thursday offers a new Challenger job-cut report, initial jobless claims numbers, and earnings from Activision Blizzard, Anheuser-Busch, Berkshire Hathaway, Occidental Petroleum, and Viacom. March employment figures are out Friday, along with earnings from Cigna; also, Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen speaks at Brown University in Rhode Island.
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Introducing coverage of Altice USA by his firm with a “neutral” rating, MoffettNathanson analyst Craig Moffett said the company has driven down per-subscriber operating expenses not related to pay-TV programming by around 20%.
But in a rather Debbie Downer report to investors, Moffett described Altice's original goals of U.S. cable conquest as sinking off the pier.
For one, Altice’s high-margin goals for its $17.7 billion purchase of Cablevision last year face challenges. Not only does the European telecom face intense competitive pressure from OTT operators in its so-called “Optimum” region, having Verizon offer an $80-a-month 1-gig internet product caps how much the cable operator can raise its own prices on internet service.
“Verizon’s broadband offering steals the thunder from what would otherwise be Altice’s pressure-release valve,” Moffett said. “So yes, we expect Altice can raise margins. And yes, we expect that doing so will impair growth. There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”
Speaking more broadly, Moffett expressed doubts in regard to Altice originally more ambitious goal to take on Comcast.
“Longer term, we’re also left scratching our heads about where all this gets them,” Moffett added. “Sure, there are a few small M&A targets out there. But without Charger, and that appears to be a non-starter, there is no endgame that yields anything more than a sub-scale cost-cutter. That’s certainly not what they had in mind, originally.”
In the end, “Altice USA faces the same combination of headwinds and tailwinds as its larger peers, but even more so,” Moffett said. “They can be expected to have higher margins as they aggressively shed costs, but (modestly) slower growth as they grapple in a more competitive footprint. Their capital intensity will be higher than peers initially (as they build out fiber-to-the-home) but perhaps lower down the road.”
While Optimum is overpenetrated and faces steep competition, Altice USA’s other acquisition, Suddenlink, is underpenetrated and faces less competition. The result, Moffett contended, is a “pedestrian” situation.
“Altice rode into the U.S. market with an aura of differentness,” the analyst said. “They spoke disparagingly of U.S. models and suggested that they have a better way. Our analysis suggests they are actually less different than they seem.”

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A trowel is a small handheld shovel. It's useful for indoor or pot gardening, for planting flowers and bulbs. A trowel can also help with weeding or working around existing plants. Generally, a trowel has a small curved blade with a handle on one end and the curved sides coming to a point at the other end.
- Besides gardening trowels, there are specialized trowels for brick laying and archeology, but this article focusses on trowels for gardening.
The advantages of a trowel over a full sized shovel are that it's smaller and easier to store, lighter and allows more control, so you are less likely to harm other nearby plants. On the other hand, a trowel is not the best tool for digging "in volume". Another tool would be better for digging a large hole or loosening up the soil for a new garden bed.

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The incident happened in the Madhya Krishnapur area. "We will decorate the victim's house before the wedding begins. The Forest Department will also provide compensation in a week," said Sub-Divisional Forest Officer (SDFO) of Teliamura Gaurav R. Wagh. The Forest Department would also expedite the process to radio collar all the wild elephants in the Mungiakmai range and target achieving it in two months to avoid such incidents.


In thе world of two-whееlеrs, thе Bajaj Pulsar N150 has еmеrgеd as a gamе-changеr, rеdеfining thе way wе pеrcеivе and еxpеriеncе two-whееl advеnturеs. This iconic motorcyclе from Bajaj Auto has bееn capturing thе hеarts of ridеrs across thе globе with its blеnd of powеr, stylе, and innovation. In this comprеhеnsivе articlе, wе will takе a dееp divе into thе world of thе Bajaj Pulsar N150, еxploring its fеaturеs, pеrformancе, and why it stands out as a truе trailblazеr in thе rеalm of motorcyclеs.
A Lеgacy of Excеllеncе
Thе Bajaj Pulsar sеriеs has always bееn synonymous with еxcеllеncе, and thе N150 modеl is no еxcеption. Bajaj Auto, a rеnownеd Indian motorcyclе manufacturеr, has a rich history of producing rеliablе and high-pеrformancе bikеs, and thе Pulsar sеriеs has bееn thе torchbеarеr of this lеgacy. With thе launch of thе N150, Bajaj not only continuеd this tradition but also sеt nеw bеnchmarks in thе world of two-whееlеrs.
Onе of thе standout fеaturеs of thе Bajaj Pulsar N150 is its powеrful еnginе. Thе motorcyclе is еquippеd with a 150cc DTS-i еnginе that dеlivеrs an imprеssivе amount of powеr whilе maintaining fuеl еfficiеncy. This mеans that ridеrs can еnjoy a thrilling ridе without constantly worrying about frеquеnt rеfuеling stops. Thе DTS-i tеchnology еnsurеs smooth accеlеration and a rеsponsivе throttlе, making еvеry ridе a mеmorablе еxpеriеncе.
Thе Bajaj Pulsar N150 boasts a dеsign that turns hеads whеrеvеr it goеs. With its sharp and aggrеssivе styling, this motorcyclе еxudеs a sеnsе of powеr and advеnturе. Thе wеll-sculptеd body panеls, muscular fuеl tank, and stylish graphics all contributе to its visual appеal. It’s not just a mеans of transportation; it’s a statеmеnt of stylе and attitudе.
A Symphony of Form and Function
Thе Bajaj Pulsar N150’s dеsign isn’t just skin dееp; it’s a sеamlеss blеnd of form and function. Bеyond its striking appеarancе, еvеry еlеmеnt of this motorcyclе’s dеsign sеrvеs a purposе.
Thе aеrodynamic shapе of thе bikе isn’t just for aеsthеtics; it еnhancеs its pеrformancе by rеducing drag and improving stability, еspеcially at highеr spееds. Thе sculptеd body panеls not only look grеat but also contributе to thе bikе’s ovеrall balancе and manеuvеrability.
Thе muscular fuеl tank not only adds to thе bikе’s visual appеal but also offеrs amplе capacity, rеducing thе frеquеncy of rеfuеling stops on long ridеs. Thе carеfully dеsignеd sеating and еrgonomic handlеbars еnsurе that ridеrs еxpеriеncе maximum comfort, whеthеr thеy’rе commuting in thе city or еmbarking on an advеnturous road trip.
Thе attеntion to dеtail in thе Bajaj Pulsar N150’s dеsign is еvidеnt in thе placеmеnt of еvеry componеnt. Evеn thе stylish graphics arеn’t just for show; thеy add to thе bikе’s charactеr whilе also improving its visibility on thе road.
Making a Statеmеnt
Owning a Bajaj Pulsar N150 isn’t just about having a modе of transportation; it’s about making a statеmеnt. This motorcyclе rеflеcts thе ridеr’s sеnsе of advеnturе, individuality, and stylе. It’s an еxtеnsion of thеir pеrsonality, a way to еxprеss thеmsеlvеs on thе opеn road.
Thе bold and distinctivе dеsign of thе Bajaj Pulsar N150 sеts it apart from thе crowd. It’s a convеrsation startеr, a topic of еnvy among fеllow ridеrs, and a symbol of thе ridеr’s uncompromising spirit.
Whеthеr you’rе cruising through thе city strееts or еxploring winding mountain roads, thе Bajaj Pulsar N150’s dеsign еnsurеs that you do it with unmatchеd stylе and flair.
In еssеncе, thе Bajaj Pulsar N150 doеsn’t just rеdеfinе two-whееl advеnturеs with its dеsign; it еlеvatеs thеm to an art form. It’s a mastеrpiеcе of еnginееring and aеsthеtics that capturеs thе еssеncе of what it mеans to ridе with passion and purposе.
So, if you’rе looking for a motorcyclе that not only pеrforms flawlеssly but also makеs a bold statеmеnt, thе Bajaj Pulsar N150 is thе еmbodimеnt of cutting-еdgе dеsign in thе world of two-whееlеrs.
Ridе Comfort and Handling
For any motorcyclе еnthusiast, ridе comfort and handling arе paramount. Thе Bajaj Pulsar N150 offеrs a comfortablе and еrgonomic sеating position that еnsurеs long ridеs arе a brееzе. Thе suspеnsion sеtup is dеsignеd to absorb shocks and providе a smooth ridе еvеn on rough tеrrains. Whеthеr you’rе navigating through city traffic or cruising on thе opеn highway, this bikе offеrs supеrb handling and control.
Tеchnology at Your Fingеrtips
In today’s digital agе, connеctivity and tеchnology havе bеcomе intеgral aspеcts of our livеs. Bajaj undеrstands this, and thе Pulsar N150 doеsn’t disappoint in this rеgard. It comеs еquippеd with a digital instrumеnt clustеr that providеs rеal-timе information about spееd, fuеl lеvеl, and morе. Additionally, it fеaturеs LED lighting for bеttеr visibility during night ridеs.
Safеty should always bе a priority whеn it comеs to motorcyclеs, and thе Bajaj Pulsar N150 doеsn’t compromisе on this front. It comеs with advancеd braking systеms that еnsurе quick and prеcisе stops, еnhancing ridеr safеty. Additionally, thе bikе’s robust build quality and durablе componеnts contributе to its ovеrall safеty.
In an еra whеrе fuеl pricеs continuе to risе, fuеl еfficiеncy is a significant concеrn for ridеrs. Thе Bajaj Pulsar N150 addrеssеs this issuе with its еfficiеnt еnginе dеsign and tеchnology. It offеrs an imprеssivе milеagе, allowing ridеrs to go thе distancе without burning a holе in thеir pockеts.
Pricе Tag That Imprеssеs
Whilе thе Bajaj Pulsar N150 offеrs top-notch fеaturеs and pеrformancе, it also comеs with an attractivе pricе tag. This affordability factor makеs it an еxcеllеnt choicе for ridеrs looking for valuе for thеir monеy without compromising on quality.
In conclusion, thе Bajaj Pulsar N150 is not just a motorcyclе; it’s a statеmеnt of advеnturе and stylе. With its powеrful еnginе, cutting-еdgе dеsign, ridеr-focusеd fеaturеs, and compеtitivе pricing, it has carvеd a nichе for itsеlf in thе world of two-whееlеrs. Whеthеr you’rе a daily commutеr or a passionatе ridеr sееking adrеnalinе-pumping advеnturеs, thе Bajaj Pulsar N150 is thе pеrfеct companion for your two-whееl journеys. So, gеar up and еxpеriеncе thе thrill of rеdеfining two-whееl advеnturеs with thе Bajaj Pulsar N150.


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Plaza Midwood Neighborhood In Charlotte Is About To Get A Big Makeover
Plaza Midwood is the neighborhood I’ve chosen to live in for the past 4 years since I moved back to Charlotte. I chose the neighborhood because it seemed to perfectly fit my love of art, and culture and the people here just seemed the most like people I would get along with. That’s not to take anything away from the other neighborhoods in Charlotte; in fact, one of the things I love most about Charlotte is how different all the neighborhoods are. With that being said, I want them to stay that way.
That’s why I was a bit sad thrown off this morning when I saw the new renderings of a 12 acre wide renovation that will be happening right in the middle of Plaza Midwood neighborhood. While beautiful, the photos looked like every other new building that has been built in the past two years in Charlotte. There’s just nothing super unique about it.
While the post does says that there were many meetings about preserving Plaza Midwood’s personality and culture while designing these plans, it’s hard not to look at them and be a bit concerned that Plaza Midwood is about to look a LOT different.
It’s hard because of course, I want the city to continue to grow, but when you come to find and love all the little small businesses and local spots that make Charlotte unique, it’s so hard to see them jeopardized.
In the end, we really won’t know until it is built whether or not the project will preserve that wonderful Plaza Midwood personality and culture, we can only hope.


Prevention is everyone’s job
Director, U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii Public Affairs
WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD — Hawaii is a tropical paradise: perfect temperatures, lots of sunshine, a warm ocean and gentle breezes.
While those elements combine to make a wonderful environment, they also combine to produce an unwanted consequence: mold.
Mold is found virtually everywhere in our environment, indoors and outdoors, and in new and old structures.
Molds are naturally occurring microscopic organisms, which reproduce by spores. Without mold, we would be struggling with large amounts of dead, organic matter.
While we’ve lived with mold spores all our lives, Hawaii’s continuous moisture and humidity can make excessive mold growth a problem in our homes, buildings and barracks. Inhaling mold spores or touching mold growths can cause allergy symptoms in some people.
Fighting mold in Hawaii’s humid climate is an ongoing battle.
Lt. Gen. Francis Wiercinski, commander, U.S. Army-Pacific, recently directed that a mold task force be established to synchronize the combined efforts of all Army Hawaii resources in this fight.
“This task force brings together the U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii staff with all units and organizations and our on-post housing partner, Island Palm Communities,” said Col. Daniel Whitney, commander, USAG-HI. “Combatting mold in a tropical environment requires that all our residents and organizations work together for success.”
USAG-HI’s Directorate of Public Works, or DPW, is the task force lead in providing training and mold remediation support for all installation organizations. IPC provides these same efforts for all on-post family housing.
Initiatives throughout Army Hawaii include education on mold prevention; inspection of on-post buildings, facilities, barracks, community centers and housing; and mold remediation efforts — all combining to provide a constant surveillance and elimination of mold, as needed.
Each week, USAG-HI holds a Barracks Synchronization Meeting with representatives from all installation units. This forum is used to discuss any barracks maintenance issue, including mold.
USAG-HI further coordinates training of unit and maintenance management personnel to prevent, detect and remediate mold in all barracks and on-post buildings. Also, when Soldiers are assigned a barracks room, they are provided with information on mold prevention, detection and mediation.
“We also conduct a weekly barracks inspection, looking at a different building each week,” said Col. Jay Hammer, executive officer, USAG-HI. “These inspections include the DPW staff, the unit’s building representative and a member of the unit’s chain of command.”
Hammer noted these inspections cover the overall condition of the barracks with a focus on the Soldiers’ living quarters.
“We check for mold and mildew and the serviceability of furnishings and utilities,” he said. “We work together with the unit to ensure a clean-safe-secure environment for our Soldiers.”
“These weekly walk-throughs and spot checks of common areas will continue to be conducted to detect mold and other maintenance issues,” said Carol Jones, chief, Housing Division and project manager, Residential Communities Initiative, DPW.
IPC offers resident training in mold prevention and has comprehensive mold information in its Resident Guide and Community Standards Handbook. For mold remediation efforts, IPC uses its in-house maintenance staff for minor occurrences and a licensed mold remediation subcontractor for larger requirements.
“The fight against mold really begins with you, the individual,” said Whitney. “The garrison and all units in Army Hawaii are committed to providing the support you need, but it’s the simple steps each of us can take at home or work to help prevent the spread of mold.”
Mold thrives in moisture and needs a food source to flourish, such as cloth, cardboard, wood or wallboard. When indoor moisture is not dried promptly, molds can reproduce quickly.
The key to mold control is moisture control:
•When running an indoor air conditioner, shut all windows; otherwise moisture and dust will be drawn inside.
•Indoor temperatures should be set at 72-74 degrees as too low a temperature with high outside humidity can cause more moisture and mold growth inside.
•Use bathroom exhaust fans when showering.
•Eliminate any damp or moist surfaces; look for water leakage under sinks and faucets.
•Clean dusty areas as they can attract mold spores; keep homes and work areas free of dust build-up.
•Watch for visible mold growing on walls, ceilings, carpet, cabinets and furniture.
For mold remediation in barracks or on-post buildings, Soldiers should contact their unit’s Barracks Management Representative or facility manager.
For on-post housing, residents should contact their assigned community manager.
Army Hawaii offers the following additional resources to learn more about mold:
•IPC has mold information on its website at www.islandpalmcommunities.com.
•More information on mold prevention and remediation can be found at DPW’s website: www.garrison.hawaii.army.mil/sustainability/FAQ.aspx#MOLD.


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The Seminole State College of Florida women’s golf team will stay home over spring break, co-hosting six other squads at its first-ever home event, the inaugural Magnolia Spring Break Classic.
Spectators are invited and encouraged to attend the Magnolia Spring Break Classic, which will take place March 4-6 at Magnolia Plantation Golf Club in Lake Mary and feature a field of seven teams from around the country.
“We’re hoping this is the beginning of a long tradition,” says Christa Teno, head coach of the Lady Raiders. “As it grows in stature and number of teams, hopefully the community can get behind it. It’s going to be a great event.”
Seminole State, who closed last year as runner-up at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national championship tournament, is the lone NJCAA squad in the field. Other teams compete in NCAA Division I. Teno hopes the tournament will catch on as an attractive annual option for teams around the country, because it will give Raider golfers a chance to make positive impressions on four-year schools.
“This tournament gives schools up north a chance to come down to Florida for a break from the cold, and it gives our girls at Seminole State some extra looks from Division I schools around the country,” Teno says. “When their careers as Raiders are over, they can use those connections to help them reach the next level.”
Other colleges participating in the Magnolia Spring Break Classic include: Florida Atlantic University, University of Detroit Mercy (UDM), Jackson State University, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Niagara University and Saint Francis University.
The Magnolia Spring Break Classic is the first of two consecutive tournaments in Central Florida co-hosted by Seminole State and UDM. The Sunshine Spring Classic will take place March 9-11 in Orlando.
For more information and a complete tournament schedule, please visit the Raider women’s golf home page.
Seminole State College of Florida has gone gold again, achieving the highest rating in the Florida College System for performance funding for the second consecutive year.Read More »
Seminole State College of Florida has been awarded an $80,000 grant by Duke Energy Foundation to raise awareness and interest in STEM-based careers as they relate to environmental sustainability.Read More »
Preparation at Seminole State propelled Jon Hughes to run his own businesses and establish the Disney Marathon, while making significant contributions to his community.Read More »


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Instagram iPhone App - What is it?
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been constantly taking photos of anything that catches my fancy. Be it food I order from a restaurant, stuff I see around, small objects, toys and other things, I make it a point to take a snap of them. I don’t use the boring iPhone default camera. I use a third-party app which I recently discovered. It’s called - Instagram.
The Instagram iPhone app is a mixed breed of photography and social networking app. As a camera/photography app it lets you use your iPhone’s camera to take photos of anything you want. Right after taking the picture, the app then gives you various photo filters that you can apply to give your photos that cool, retro look. There are 11 of these photo filters, excluding the normal one.
So, what happens after you’ve applied a filter to your photo? You can then add a short description of the photo, geo-tag it, and then most importantly share it with your friends and family via the following social sites - Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Tumblr, and Foursquare. The app covers all the major social/microblogging/photo sharing sites.
After sharing, the app then saves your photos. But before you can share your photos to those sites, you must first configure the app to connect to those sites. This is one issue that I have with the app. You have to configure it every time you want to share a photo. Hopefully, in a future update, there will be an option to leave this turned on continuously and it will be turned off only if you don’t want to share your photos.
Instagram iPhone App - Features
Aside from applying photo filters and sharing your photos to various social sites, the app also lets you connect with other Instagram users. Once you’re connected with these users, you can then browse through the app’s feeds to see the photos those users have taken and saved on Instagram. You can also browse for popular photos on the Instagram site or browse your own Instagram photo collection. Another feature of the app is labeled - news. I’m assuming that this pertains to relevant news about the app. Unfortunately, when I click on it, nothing is being displayed yet.
While inside the app and browsing your friend’s photos, you can like or make a comment. This is another feature that makes the app social.
Instagram is gaining popularity right now. In fact, it has been the featured iPhone app on the App Store for a couple of days now. This only means that the app is indeed interesting, useful, and more importantly fun. The app sort of puts a new meaning to the iPhone’s camera. Believe me when I say that this app will make you use your iPhone’s camera more often.
For a fairly new app, I can’t commend the developer enough. Instagram is sleek, snappy, and very robust. The straightforward approach to what it can do makes this app one of the coolest and also best iPhone camera apps.
Instagram is available now from the App Store for free. It wouldn’t hurt you to give it a try. And I bet that once you do give it a try - you’ll love this app and your iPhone camera more.
Download Instagram now.


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This is to document my explorations in weaving and other fiber crafts that I enjoy.
Pillows in Swedish Art Weaving
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Rose hips, fall 2009, Alpine Loop.
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Cedar Catholic defeats Norfolk Catholic to advance to District Final
HARTINGTON - The winning ways for Cedar Catholic continue as the Trojans defeat the Norfolk Catholic Knights 49-33 and head to their fourth straight District Final.
This was the second time the Trojans and Knights had seen each other, after Cedar Catholic managed to defeat Norfolk Catholic 39-30 on December 12th.
The Trojans didn't skip a beat in their second going against the Knights, either.
Carrying the momentum of a 62-24 win over Bloomfield on Tuesday, the Trojans used their defense to create offense.
The first quarter was low-scoring and defensive, with the Knights leading early, but the Trojans scored a bucket at the quarter's buzzer to lead 11-9 at the end of one.
Cedar Catholic used the momentum and found some more scoring on offense, thanks to Makenna Noecker's 15 first-half points.
The Trojans led the Knights 29-20 at halftime, and the lead only extended from that point on, surged by another impressive half by Makenna Noecker, who finished with a game-high 32 points.
Cedar Catholic held on for the 49-33 win and moves on to another District Final appearance, where the Trojans will look to win it's fourth straight final and get back down to Lincoln for the State Tournament.
Addison Corr finished with 11 points for Norfolk Catholic in the loss, as the Knights fall to 11-12 and finish its season.
Cedar Catholic improves to 19-6 and will wait to see who they will play in the District Final on a date to be announced.


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PROVIDENCE -- Scientific sleuths from Brown University are in California trying to figure out what makes the great jumping frogs of Calaveras County jump so far. "They're spectacular," Manny Azizi, a postdoctoral fellow at Brown, said of the bullfrogs. The contest requires frogs to make three consecutive jumps. Then the total distance is measured. The record is 21 feet.
Mark Twain's famous and fictional tale of a frog-jumping contest started the whole thing. It has now been turned into a real-life, annual event at the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee in Angels City, Calif. ( See more at Providence Journal, May 14, 2009 and July 14, 2010)


FLOODING, AND POLLUTION
For decades, the Chambers Lake Basin area has been fragile, prone to flooding, and a wetland in the rainy season.
One proposed development (39.55 acre Chambers Lake Residential development) bordering Chambers Lake will severely impact this environment. The 221 housing units will impose impervious surfaces, streets and parking areas contaminated with automobiles residue and oil leaks, fertilizers and pesticides.
Another conceptual proposal, Village at Chambers Lake, covering 43.54 additional acres and adjoining the Chambers Lake development, would impose another 319 planned units abutting west Chambers Lake, a habitat-fragile ecosystem. These are just two of the seven PROPOSED developments in the Chambers Lake Basin area, some of which are already being bulldozed.
The developer is suggesting that individual water gardens will handle stormwater runoff from the Chambers Lake development. As we all know, 2004-2005 was an unusual drought year. It was also the year the proposal for Chambers Lake Basin development was moving forward.
We citizens, some who have lived on this land for up to 40 years, testify to the problems of our land flooding in the rainy season. Our few remaining small farms, organic berry fields, and organic gardens deserve protection, as do our wells, groundwater, and septic systems. These developments should not be allowed to start until all facts are examined and mitigated. The loss of decades-old trees, cut to accommodate the developments, and the added impervious areas will greatly increase the stormwater problems and runoff into the Chambers Lake drainage ditch.
THE IMPACT OF THIS WOULD BE FAR REACHING!
Chambers Lake drainage ditch and Chambers Creek drain into the Deschutes River, Capital Lake, Budd Inlet, and then into Puget Sound. This route is a known salmon habitat protected by state and federal governments.
A State Department of Ecology study, released in August, 2005 supports “other studies showing that pollution from industries is decreasing while pollution from individual citizens and urban runoff is growing,”, Ecology Director, Jay Manning stated. This critical information is reiterated by Brad Ack, director of Puget Sound Action Team who said, “the press of population growth, including more vehicles and more stormwater runoff, probably is behind the increase in PAHs.” * “Saving Puget Sound is ultimately about smarter land use and management of wastes in the basin,” Ack stated.
CRITICAL AREA: A FRAGILE, UNIQUE NATURAL HABITAT We, the citizens of Olympia, the CAPITAL of the State of Washington, take pride in the fact that our state is admired nationally for respecting and protecting the environment. The citizens of Olympia recently voted to tax themselves to ensure we conserved space for parks.
This unique, natural area, Chambers Lake Basin, could increase the size of the City of Olympia’s adjacent park site. These acres are home to coyote, raccoon, deer, quail, hawks, eagle, heron, pheasant. According to a printed study, Birds of Chambers Lake, prepared by Thurston County Storm and Surface Water Program, almost 40 species of birds, including 15 rare species and 2 very rare species nest here. Removing the trees and their cover destroys one remaining area of their habitat. Chambers Lake, the wetlands and ponds are home to ducks who return to lay eggs and raise their young.
TRAFFIC, which is being presented at the Olympia City Council as a serious problem for many neighborhoods in our south Olympia community, is becoming worse on Wiggins and Herman Roads (37th St). Picture Yelm Highway during the commute, the Boulevard Road dilemma, the Fones Road bottleneck, and south end neighbors unable to get out of driveways safely. Then add to this picture the impact of 3,164 more cars poured onto roads already backed up at intersections and struggling to absorb the growth in recent months. If only FOUR of these SEVEN developments were permitted to build, and each household had the usual two cars, our roads become flooded with more than 3,000 additional vehicles...
Who benefits? A few will benefit monetarily if these developments are allowed.
Who is burdened? Our city and our entire Chambers Lake Basin community will bear the heavy burden and aftermath of increased water problems, pollution, and irreplaceable loss of open space and a unique wildlife habitat.
Association of Citizens Concerned about Chambers Lake Basin © 2005-2012


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It’s a big week for Ikea. Tomorrow at Protein Studios, Shoreditch, It’s Nice That teams up with the mega brand on a panel to discuss The future of design: how personalisation is on the rise for the mass audience. But for today at least, all eyes are on the brand for a different reason: a collaboration with artist director of Louis Vuitton menswear, Virgil Abloh.
It is not the furniture brand’s first foray into fashion. Not long after Balenciaga “borrowed” its signature yellow-and-blue Frakta bag, Off White’s Virgil Abloh remade the bag in cardboard. In a twist, Ikea and Virgil Abloh have now teamed up on a full collection, with a work-in-progress look at the objects live-streamed to YouTube from Virgil’s native New York.
Featuring accessories and furniture, the millennial-centric collection sits somewhere between home wear staples and conceptual art.
Prominently featured are two patterned rugs, with the words “BLUE” and “KEEP OFF” spelled out in block capitals, while a red door stop titled “door stop interruption” becomes a key topic of conversation for Virgil and Henrik Most, a creative leader at Ikea Range and Supply. “Who notices a doorstop?” asks Henrik. “It’s one of those things that’s so pure in a way that it doesn’t have a designer,” Virgil agrees.
“The person who designed the wheel must think he’s like God’s gift to Earth, but the person who designed the doorstop is equally impactful because he can stop an aeroplane in its tracks.”
Final prototypes are set to be revealed in June.
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text: Did anyone else find the love triangle kinda ruined after ROTJ? For the rest of time when people watch Star Wars, audiences will simply cringe with disgust when Luke seems to express interest in Leia instead of becoming invested in the love triangle and that pays off dramatically in ESB with "I love you!", "I know.". Upon rewatching ANH recently though, I interpreted that scene in a way I never have before. I always saw it as two guys competing over the attention of a girl they liked but now I see it could be looked at more as a brother looking after his sister. "Do you think a princess and a guy like me?" "NO!" Rather than being a jealous insecure Luke, maybe this is just Luke's early unconscious bond and protectiveness of his sister coming through. Like an older brother who dosen't want his sister dating a bad boy. Even when he asks Han what he thinks of her, maybe he's just probing his mind trying to see if this wild guy has his eyes on his sister. You might then say Luke's, "I care!" means he's vying for Leia's affection over Han but maybe he's just trying to return the favor of comforting her and giving her support in return for Leia comforting him over Obi Wan's death. What do you think? Even Luke's interest in hologram Leia early in the film, which I always interpreted as him being enamored by this mysterious beauty, now reads more like innocent genuine interest and concern.


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Saturday night, as Joe watched Notre Dame dominate the Spartans, I headed off to the movies with a good friend of mine.
THE WORDS SPOILER ALERT! DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER IF YOU’D LIKE TO WATCH THE WORDS!
The Words, a story about the choices we make, stars Bradley Cooper as Rory Jansen. On his honeymoon in Paris, he discovers an old briefcase that holds a manuscript for a World War II novel. As a struggling, unsuccessful and unpublished writer, he makes the decision to copy the book word for word into his computer. After his wife stumbles across the novel which she presumably believes to be written by him, she persuades him to get it published. The book becomes a best-seller and Rory receives prestigious accolades to boot.
One day, Rory takes a walk in Central Park. He sits down on a bench next to an elderly man who strikes up a fascinating conversation. This old man, played by Jeremy Irons, turns out to be the man that originally wrote the novel. It was his story. It told the story of a young soldier in Paris who falls in love with a Parisian girl. As Rory begins to understand who this stranger is, guilt and fear take over.
In an attempt to make things right, Rory suggests telling everyone the truth, taking his name off the book and giving any advances/money to the old man. The old man refuses. The old man mentions that we all make choices in life. Making choices is the easy part. The hard part, and sometimes the ultimate destruction of a man, is living with those choices.
A few weeks later, the old man dies and the secret dies with it. Later in Rory’s career, he writes a second book with an alias name. This book tells the story of a man who steals a book and the repercussions it can cause. Rory is now separated from his wife and trying to move on from the choice he made so many years before.
It was a tragically, beautiful story about living with the choices that we make. It made me really sit back and think about the choices I’ve made in my life. I wouldn’t ever go back and change anything, but I can certainly remark on a few choices that weren’t worthy of the character I try to embody on a daily basis.
We make decisions every day without thinking much about them. Sometimes we make choices that we don’t believe will make as big of an impact as they actually do. Some are easy while others are weighty in nature.
What happens once we’ve made those decisions? Will there be repercussions or will it barely impact our life at all?
What factors go into making these choices?
These are some things that I think about when I’m making important choices that could be life changing:
Is it moral?
Am I being honest and true to myself?
Will this hurt someone I love or anyone for that matter?
How will this impact me or others moving forward?
And in the long run, I think we all have to come to peace with the decision and simply move forward with it whether it’s good or bad. If not, we’ll simply wallow in it and eventually it’ll eat us up until we can’t bear it any longer. What kind of life is that?
I loved the moral of this story and I couldn’t help but share it with you all. We all have made some good and bad choices in our life. Let’s all let the bad ones go and move forward with our life. Make do with what we’ve decided and live life as the best we all know how; with irrevocable happiness and no regrets.


IWC to discuss whaling quota
BARROW (AP) -- The International Whaling Commission will conduct a special meeting this fall to discuss reinstatement of the bowhead quota for Alaska Eskimo whalers, according to the president of the Barrow Whaling Captains Association.
Former Juneau priest stripped of duties for abuse
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A former Southeast Alaska priest has been stripped of his ministerial duties over sexual improprieties involving a teenage girl at the Haines parish in the late 1980s.
Trial set for man accused of harassing fishery observer
UNALASKA (AP) -- A sexual harassment case prosecuted under the Magnuson Stevens Fisheries Conservation Act is set for trial in September, according to the National Marine Fisheries Service.
Drug officers raid wrong house outside North Pole
FAIRBANKS (AP) -- Kara Goodale was watching television Tuesday afternoon when she saw men dressed in white suits and gas masks pointing assault rifles through the window of her house near North Pole.
Seafood processor workers injured in crash
JUNEAU (AP) -- Three seafood processing workers from Kake were airlifted to a Juneau hospital after a crash that injured five Tuesday, police said.
Twins rally, sweep series with Indians
CLEVELAND -- Torii Hunter hit a two-run homer and Luis Rivas drove in the go-ahead runs in the seventh inning as the Minnesota Twins rallied Thursday for an 8-6 win over the Indians.
Devil Rays pay two players late
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Tampa Bay Devil Rays, said to be having cash-flow problems earlier this year, were more than two weeks late before making nearly $1 million in deferred payments to Steve Trachsel and Gerald Williams, several baseball officials told The Associated Press.
Cardinals send Giants tumbling
ST. LOUIS -- Matt Morris allowed one run in eight innings as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants 5-1 on Thursday.
One fish, two fish: Sockeyes, kings running strong
Sockeyes and Dollies and kings, oh my! "That's where our universe is right now," said Alaska Department of Fish and Game area management biologist Mark Gamblin. "We've got two more weeks to weather through. Hopefully, we'll finish up with a bang."
Daisies, other undesirable plants crowd out those that belong here
A rose is a rose in William Shakespeare's book, but here on the Kenai Peninsula, a daisy is a weed.
KPEA says letter to teachers violates rules of negotiations
The Kenai Peninsula Education Association is filing an unfair labor practices complaint against the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District -- marking yet another snag in ongoing contract negotiations for the district's teachers and support staff.
Time capsule raises questions about past
Uncovering a time capsule opens a window to the past, but often that window can be cloudy. Such is the case with a capsule uncovered in Kasilof last month.
Torgerson outlines propositions on statewide ballot
In his address to the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce this week, Sen. John Torgerson also briefed the audience on the propositions voters will be asked to decide on in the fall.
Daily bag limit for Tanner crabs cut
Due to diminishing Tanner crab numbers in Kachemak Bay, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has issued an emergency order reducing the daily bag limit from 20 crabs to 5. No more than two pots may be fished per angler, and no more than two pots are allowed per boat.
Bank closures aimed at protecting habitat
CAPTION: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has closed approximately 1.5 miles of Kenai River riverbank to fishing, effective today.
Torgerson: Companies want gas pipeline risks minimized
In a prologue to what turns out to be the meat of the issue, Sen. John Torgerson, R-Kasilof, announced to the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce Tuesday that Duke Energy had told him it is pulling out of a consortium of gas producing and distributing companies.
Oilers host families provide home away from home
There are many adjustments that are necessary for a player to succeed in the Alaska Baseball League. Even more important than the switch from aluminum to wood bats is the switch from living at home or at school to living in someone else's home, under the care of a host family.
Community helps make annual Kenai River Classic a successHockey player appreciates sponsors' financial support
A tribute to Vera Howarth
It is with sadness that I have read on the Clarion's Internet version about the death of Vera Howarth.
'Kenai Wild' salmon something residents should brag about
Imagine a world where the top chefs in five-star restaurants from New York to Paris insist that the only salmon they'll serve is Cook Inlet salmon. Where discriminating connoisseurs reject any other fish than the best, "Kenai Wild," sockeye. Where everywhere you go, Cook Inlet salmon are sought out as delicacies, to be treasured and revered like a fine Bordeaux wine.
Letters to the Editor
Limiting guides, making river drift-only would help save salmon
Peninsula offers plenty of accessible activities
Sensory and mobility disabilities are no reason to miss out on the Alaska experience.
Loss of vision doesn't deter outdoorsman from exploring
Gilles Couturier, Eldon Cyr and Elmer Pelletier pile out of fishing guide Dennis Randa's van. Joking with one another, they immediately conjure up images of everyone's favorite grandfather -- playfully gruff, full of stories and ready for adventure.
Around the Peninsula
Burning permit suspension liftedNikiski area loses electricity for one hourCurator highlights Heritage DayGarage sale winds down todayHomer chamber mixer scheduled for tonightKiller whale count begins todayPancake feed to be held SaturdayBlood drive canceledEDD to hold flea marketKenai Eagles cancels dinnersBarbecue planned for late JulyRed Cross continues classes
Religious leaders pin hopes on next generation
A high school senior and part-time cashier at a greeting card store, Jessica Gonzales may be part of the next big thing in religion.
Clothing ministry to open SaturdayAAJC flea market plannedRussian-American Festival slatedChurch to offer space camp
Church finds more than 1 way to help
What is a woman to do? All her life she has been able to see with her eyes, the tasks around her that need to be done. Then set her mind and her body to work at accomplishing those tasks.
Armstrong climbs into Tour's yellow jersey
LA MONGIE, France -- The opening mountain stage in the Tour France went as expected, and now Lance Armstrong is where he expected to be. In first place.
Researchers hope to finally answer concussion questions
PITTSBURGH -- The most extensive study ever of concussions in college and high school athletes may soon yield the answers to several perplexing questions coaches and trainers have been asking for decades.
College Heights Baptist Church sponsors clinicHorn takes Junior Golf TournamentRacing continues tonight at Twin CitiesRobinson almost quit as Expos managerWizards sign free agent guard Larry HughesReports: Dale Carter suspended by NFLYzerman to have knee surgery in August
Tiger not all smiles at British Open
GULLANE, Scotland -- Tiger Woods may have a fight on his hands. And not just with the photographers.
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In the aftermath of last week’s jobs report, there are three critical labor market trends that need to be examined more closely.
Reversing the Shrinking Labor Force. To my mind, the most important labor market question is how much can stronger growth repair the damage to the labor force participation rate.
Perspectives from expert contributors.
The second is macro. Overall economic growth is the sum of productivity growth and labor force growth. Less of the latter makes it harder to grow faster, creating a vicious cycle of weak GDP growth, weak job growth, and low labor force participation.
Some of the decline in the labor force, maybe a third to as much as half — is driven by older workers dropping out, but even that is not as benign as it sounds. As some people are healthier for longer, they’ve been extending their work force tenure in recent decades and thus it’s a mistake to assume that every older labor force dropout is happy to leave (though many surely are — let’s not fetishize work!).
At any rate, those of us concerned about these dynamics were happy to see the pop in the labor force participation rate last month, though of course no one should make a big deal out of one-month result like this.
Here, however, is an interesting and favorable trend. It’s from the labor force flows data, which tracks people’s monthly movements in and out of employment, unemployment, and not in-the-labor-force (or NILF; remember, if you’re looking for work, you’re unemployed; if you give up the search, you’re NILF). This line shows the share of the population moving from unemployment to NILF, and is thus a driver of the decline in the labor force.
It’s clearly a cyclical variable, as you’d expect, and it shot up in the great recession, as discouraged job seekers left the labor force. But while it is still elevated, its decline is quite sharp, a positive sign for restoring some labor force growth.
Increasing Job Growth. A quick point about the underlying pace of job growth: The 192,000 jobs added in March is a solid number, but we’re still way behind where we need to be in terms of job quantity. Various commentators made a big deal of the fact that with last month’s gains, the level of private sector employment was finally back to its prerecession peak.
But all that means is that we’ve finally climbed out of the deep hole that the recession blew in the nation’s payrolls; it’s certainly not enough jobs to employ the growth in the working-age population over all that time. And we’re talking a long time here: It took more than six years just to repair the damage, compared with two, three and four years in the previous three recessions/recoveries. (Why it’s taking so much longer to regain lost jobs — why today’s recoveries tend to start out “jobless” — is another important question, beyond my present scope).
The figure below, using numbers developed by the economist Heidi Shierholz of the Economic Policy Institute, shows where we are compared with where we should be (the figure uses total payrolls, including government). The gap between the two lines last month amounts to over seven million jobs; that’s how many jobs short we are in the labor market once you adjust for the fact that just by dint of population growth, there are a lot more people who need work.
So sure, March posted decent job gains, and as the figure shows, we’re slowly catching up to the trend line. But the operative word there, especially for policy makers, is “slowly.”
Raising Wages. We covered job quantity. What about job quality? There’s been a bit of noise lately about some acceleration in the growth of wages. The figure below shows annual growth rates for two nominal wage series for private sector workers — the overall average and lower paid workers — along with the core inflation measure most closely watched by the Federal Reserve.
Average wages have been growing at a relatively low rate of 2 percent and show little sign of any acceleration. The pace of wage growth for lower-wage workers has picked up a bit in recent months, but remains in the noninflationary 2 to 2.5 percent range.
In fact, you can easily observe the validity of that assertion by comparing the wage trends to the price trends for the inflation measure most closely watched by the Federal Reserve, the core PCE deflator. Not only is wage growth not bleeding in price growth, but there’s a growing gap between the two. Important, inflationary expectations are also “well anchored” around 2 percent.
Too often in recent years, powerful forces yell “Inflation!” every time some working stiff sees a couple of months of real pay gains. For the Fed to listen to such Yellen (sorry…) would be a great way to ensure the continuance of the unbalanced returns to growth that have dominated this recovery so far.
So, putting it all together, the job market is slowly but steadily improving, it’s got a long way to go, and there are some tentative signs that labor market sideliners may be getting pulled back in. Wage growth is steady and nonthreatening, inflation-wise, and given how little growth in this recovery has flowed to paychecks as opposed to profits, it is essential that whatever bit of heat there is in the job market be fanned, not stamped out.


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All Eyez On Me Review
By Rich Cline
There’s a clear sense that this Tupac Shakur biopic is hoping to build on the momentum that started with Straight Outta Compton but, despite an even stronger story, this film pales in comparison. The writers and director never quite get a grip on their subject matter, including far too many inexplicable events and unidentified characters. This means that audiences unfamiliar with Shakur’s story will struggle to engage with people and events that lack context and resonance.
Raised by his activist mother Afeni (The Walking Dead’s Danai Gurira) in New York, the gifted Tupac (Demetrius Shipp Jr.) starts studying music, acting and dance at art college with his best friend Jada Pinkett (Kat Graham). Then the family moves across the country to Northern California, where he becomes more politically active and starts rapping. Mistreated by his record company, his hot temper lands him in prison, after which Suge Knight (Dominic L. Santana) brings him to Death Row Records. Amid rising fame and fortune, Tupac becomes caught up in an East Coast/West Coast feud with his former friend Biggie Smalls (Jamal Woolard), which takes a fatal turn.
With a story like this, it’s odd that the filmmakers opt for such a saintly portrayal of Shakur, completely ignoring his personal life. He seems bizarrely asexual, even when surrounded by near-naked women, and his relationship with fiancee Kidada (Annie Ilonzeh) is non-existent. This is largely because the film’s narrative is little more than sequence of moments in Shakur’s life jarringly edited together without much connection between them. People wander in and out of these scenes in vast numbers, with some recognisable as famous figures but most just a blur. So the through-line of Shakur’s life is a choppy stream of artistry, anger and violence. If the sound mix made it possible to decipher his lyrics, maybe more of this would make sense.
In his first performance, Shipp is excellent, bringing plenty of energy and charisma to the role. The musical performances are remarkably involving, even if Tupac remains oddly enigmatic as a movie character. The filmmakers touch on but never explore the irony of this artist whose petty grudges and violent outbursts undermined his positive, humanist message and ultimately got him killed. This personal journey is what makes Shakur’s story and music so compelling, and it’s completely missing from this film. Instead we get a clipped outline of a musician’s tragically short life. It’s moving simply because it’s Tupac Shakur, but the movie never quite gets around to reminding us why he was so important.
Starring: Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Tupac Shakur, Danai Gurira as Afeni Shakur, Kat Graham as Jada Pinkett, Jamal Woolard as Biggie Smalls, Dominic L. Santana as Suge Knight, Annie Ilonzeh as Kidada Jones, Lauren Cohan as Leila Steinberg, Cory Hardrict as Hatian Jack, Grace Gibson as Faith Evans, Desean Jackson as Street Entrepreneur, Brandon Sauve as Ted Field, Josh Ventura as Tom Whalley, Azad Arnaud as Daz, Harold House Moore as Dr. Dre, Khadija Copeland as Queen Latifah, Chanel Young as Aunt Linda, Chris Clarke as Shock G., Ronald Brooks as Money B., Hamid-Reza Benjamin Thompson as Ronnie, DeRay Davis as Legs, Bruce Davis as Black C.O., Keith Robinson as Atron, Gary Weeks as Attorney


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An NFL fan is reportedly suing the New England Patriots for damaging his Tom Brady autographed American flag.
According to Yahoo! Sports, the fan, identified as Daniel Vitale, is planning to take legal action against the New England Patriots for allegedly ruining the Tom Brady autographed American flag. The team ruined the flag by using improper displaying techniques. This notably faded the Brady autograph and possibly reduced the flag’s value up to $1 million.
The media outlet reported that according to the lawsuit’s documents, the autographed flag is “very” rare and was a flag that flew at Foxboro Stadium in 2001. This was the same year that Tom Brady took over as starting quarter for the New England Patriots and the final year of the stadium being used. On the flag, there is a patch that commemorated the final season at the stadium. It also included the date and game of when the flag flew. Vitale’s flag flew in the stadium on December 22, 2001, against the Miami Dolphins. Years later, Tom Brady autographed the flag. Both the flag and autograph are authenticated.
New England Patriots Hall of Fame Made a Deal to Display the American Flag With Tom Brady’s Autograph
In 2021, the Pro Football Hall of Fame decided not to display the flag at its establishment. However, the New England Patriots Hall of Fame became interested. Vitale and the Hall of Fame struck an agreement. The Hall of Fame allegedly presented itself as a museum and the flag would be a loan. Kurt Evans, who was named the flag’s curator, allegedly said that the flag would be handled and displayed “using accepted professional library and museum techniques and standards.”
Evans also allegedly reassured the flag’s owner that the Hall of Fame was considered a museum. The flag would also be handled with care. That was why Vitale decided, due to the language of the agreement and talking to Evans, to not get insurance.
In November 2021, which was five months after the loan agreement was reached, Vitale and his fiancee stopped at the New England Patriots Hall of Fame to see the flag. However, the flag wasn’t on display. Evans apparently then assured Vitale that the flag was fine. But the flag owner noted that the autograph on a different display item was severely faded.
Evans had an interesting answer when Vitale questioned him about the Hall of Fame’s care of items. “I know, I’ve been telling them for years that they need to switch out the lights and glass,” Evans allegedly said. “It is not the right stuff for this type of display.”
New England Patriots Hall of Fame Reveals There is ‘Slight Fading’ on the Flag
In January 2022, Vitale said that Evans contacted him and said there was “slight fading” to the autograph. This was apparently due to the flag’s contact with air. He also said that the lighting and glass were all museum-quality.
The court documents have not revealed the amount of money that Vitale is seeking. But he is seeking damages, interest, and cost for the Hall of Fame’s breach of contract. He is also suing for the establishment’s fraudulent and negligent misrepresentation.

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