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Cardiologist and genomic-medicine expert Eric Topol makes his case for a future of “medical selfies.”
Raising millions, Editas proved that investors are enthusiastic about gene editing. Now the company has to make its technology work.
Thirteen years after the human genome was sequenced, some remarkable treatments are being developed.
Herceptin, the original genetic drug, showed that not all cancers are alike.
With more data, a pioneer of gene sequencing hopes to unlock the connections between DNA and illness.
Startups focused on Asia are among those aiming to bring precision medicine to far more people.
This week’s most thought-provoking papers from the Physics arXiv.
By some measures machine vision is better than human vision. But now researchers have found a class of “adversarial images” that easily fool it.
The average Olympics goes over budget by 156 percent. For a third of the games since 1960, nobody even knows the cost overruns.
By detecting light in a new way, engineers can easily send data at 2.1 gigabits per second.


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Weibo to Open Up Weibo Payment This Month
Weibo has announced on the 5th of June to open up its Weibo Payment for third parties, including enterprises and individuals. Weibo Payment was launched this January, co-developed by Weibo.com and Alipay.
With Weibo Payment integrated, third parties can streamline the payment process on Weibo for better user experience and higher conversions as users don’t need to go to another website for transactions. According to Sina Tech news, Weibo Payment will increase the conversion rate by three to four times compared with redirecting users to another website for payment.
Weibo so far has built itself as an integrated platform for social media marketing, social e-commerce, online payment and social sharing.

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Friday, April 16, 2010
I Felt You Leave
you had my head over the edge,
as i nestled into this paradise.
i lost control of saving smiles,
admiring the tea leaves shape your face.
i was on the other side of the puppeteer's line,
only with a genuine expression.
in this grotesque affair of senses,
my mind was a wild act of cirque du soleil.
the nights would end,
yet my days never saw the sunset.
insatiable was this hunger,
of the apotheosis of lust i craved.
this ignorance was bliss,
this ecstasy i could not leave,
but soon i was closing my eyes,
soon i was enveloped by emptiness.
checkmate in a game of chess,
by a vacant foe,
i was so behind,
in this race i figured i lead.
or just fool me once more.

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What would happen if you were suddenly deprived of every screen, every Wi-Fi connection and every digital device in your life? What would your day be like if you weren’t checking Facebook, scrolling through Instagram or sending a volume of texts?
For some, the transition to a life without pixels could sound like a healthy release from technology that has gradually become ubiquitous throughout societies worldwide. But for many, the mere thought will make them uneasy, bristling with frustration and anger. Without their phone, how will they tweet? Without their laptop, how will they continue their next Netflix binge?
Addiction vs. Obsession
As the impact of the digital world is relatively new, a formal addiction to it has not yet been fully classified. Unhealthy immersion in the digital world is viewed by many as an obsession, although to the layman, the distinction may seem like semantics.
Clinically, an addiction indicates behavior that provides a source for satisfaction that can’t be rationalized as existing elsewhere. They look to escape an undesirable situation using tools that often result in unhealthy behavior.
Obsession has its roots in fear. With the range of means by which technology provides interconnectedness, especially with the rate of “information turnover,” it’s easy to see how this can apply. What if you were suddenly unable to play a role in your social groups’ digital existence? What if you suddenly couldn’t like Facebook posts, play games or communicate with friends? Our social value has transitioned to dependence on digital methods, and some primal fear of falling behind and losing social status can certainly drive our need to maintain a constant connection in binary terms.
The Digital Dilemma
These concepts aren’t just theories. Major studies of the brain have measured upticks in chemicals released due to anxiety when separated from technology.
This immediate gratification and reliable means of distraction are now being linked to mental health issues. The threat of “avoidance coping” has become intertwined with technology as a near-infinite number of resources are available to distract us from facing issues such as stress. Why deal with the unpleasantness of facing sadness, anger or loss when it can be thoroughly overpowered by prolonged engagement with online distractions?
Studies also show heavy consumption of digital media is leading to other problems as well. Constant social media consumption has been linked to depression. Sleep deprivation and its long string of related effects on health is becoming more widespread. An increase in substance abuse is also being documented as driven by this world of digital interaction.
Fighting Digital Worlds With Analog Ones
The term “analog” has become anachronistic, indicative of a time before microprocessors provided escapes, but it has immeasurable value when dealing with digital obsession. The analog world is still our standard, a physical one that lives outside of technology. And it’s in this world that you can begin to find respite from the dangers of digital obsessions.
Where can you start? Your first step is to recognize whether the world of online interaction has become so pervasive that it’s an issue. From here, you can make a plan to fight back. Make plans to set aside technology, such as turning computers off, setting a phone aside and avoiding a flat screen television.
Engage in physical activity without tech involved — visit a park for a walk, visit a gym or pick up a book. Start cooking more often. Try out a yoga class. Give your brain an opportunity to enjoy moments that don’t require electronics to provide satisfaction.
If you find it difficult to start any of these activities, or even rationalize integrating them into your routine, it could be a sign that you have developed an obsession with your tech outlets. By exploring any psychological rationales for depending on them, you can help get to the root of the problem and find a way toward a healthy lifestyle that approaches the digital world with balance.
What’s the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do before you go to bed? A generation ago, many of us may have answered: “Have a cigarette.”
Today we answer: “Check my phone.”
While the former is unarguably the product of addiction, the idea of the latter as an addiction is murkier. Is it possible to be addicted to our phones and the internet in general? The opinions of thought leaders on these questions may surprise you.
An All-in-One Tool
The multifunctionality of smartphones makes it easy to reach for them as our resource of choice. From games and web surfing to GPS and a camera, there’s a solution on our phone — or a corresponding app — for just about anything. And because of its multiple uses, determining if phone use is the product of addiction or simply the phone’s own myriad capabilities can be difficult to discern.
In his article Cell-Phone Addiction: A Review, Jose De-Sola Gutierrez describes addiction as “an unstoppable and uncontrollable desire that can lead to use (a drug, a technology) despite its negative and detrimental effects.” While the immediate negative effects of cell phone use may not be as readily obvious as the cancer risks associated with cigarette use, they still cannot be ignored.
Your Phone, a Threat to Your Health
In this country, an average of six teenagers ages 16-19 die every single day because of distracted driving, according to the CDC, and while the rate among adults is noticeably lower, the risks posed by driving while on the phone have prompted government legislation in states across the nation.
To date, text messaging while driving is illegal in 47 states, and 14 states have banned cell phone use by anyone while driving. The state of Oregon is also introducing new, stiff fines and even jail time for motorists who fail to comply with existing laws banning cell phone use while driving.
In addition to potential hazards tied to cell phone use while driving, continual heavy cell phone use has been tied to problems associated with the user’s eyes and increased muscle pain.
Cell phone use has also been tied to numerous mental health disorders including sleep deprivation and depression, stress disorders, increased anxiety and the consumption of tobacco or alcohol in greater quantities. In addition, research shows heightened cell phone use can hinder a person’s — particularly a younger person’s — social experiences, as young users report spending less time with friends and less time going out on dates than they did in years past because of heightened cell phone use.
Recognizing and Treating the Threat
While more experts are widely accepting smartphone dependency as a legitimate addiction, would-be patients are understandably resistant to break away from their prized possession in a smartphone-dependent world.
The patterns of abuse appear most frequently in young women, particularly those who already show the need for excessive social networking or suffer from image and self-esteem problems. But smartphone addiction can strike people of any gender and age.
Because of the wide range of potential people suffering from cell phone addiction, treating the problem ranges from simple avoidance of the device for extended periods of time all the way to full-blown rehab. But as therapist and addiction expert Paul Hokemeyer, Ph.D., stated to Shape.com, as with any other addiction, the first step is acknowledging the problem. “If you think you have an issue, there’s a high probability that you do,” he said.

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"I received my Save the Dates yesterday, and they were all absolutely perfect. They arrived on time and in a beautifully presented stationary box, carefully packaged and each one of them was completely faultless, not a single speck or smudge. The designers worked with me and got every detail just how I wanted it, and as a result I now have a simple and sophisticated card to send out to my guests. They perfectly set the tone for an elegant wedding. I strongly recommend this design for brides that want a uniquely simple and classy design and aren't wanting to be tied to set themes, colours and motifs."
"The save the dates were the perfect design to capture the feel of our wedding. The designer I worked with was so personable and helped me get the exact color I wanted. The customer service was excellent. Everyone I spoke with was incredibly helpful and willing to do anything they could to make my experience as easy as possible. The only thing I would do differently is that in the future I hope Wedding Divas adds a service to address the envelopes."
"This card was everything I wanted! I loved the pearl shimmer that you can add to the card to give it that shine. I cannot wait to order my invitations!!!! Thank you Wedding Paper Divas for making this a breeze to order/design."
"I ordered my cards to come in red with the pearl white shimmer and rounded corners, and they were very beautiful! The quality of the paper was better than expected. I am very pleased with my order. :)"
"I got this card in the square version for my save the dates, trading the rounded corners for the Pearl White shimmer. I recommend the shimmer, its really light but adds a pretty touch to it. My fiance really liked this invite too. He wanted something beach themed, but classy and elegant (which I surprised me!) My family and friends have commented how pretty the card is as well. I got my return address printed on the label, which came out excellent! Highly recommended! My order had an arrival date of a Tuesday through Wednesday, but I received it the Saturday before, so I was really impressed at how quickly WPD processed, reviewed, confirmed the revisions, and shipped the cards. I'm really excited to order my invites/response cards, and my thank you notes, so I hope they keep the card around until the winter! Overall, I give it 5 stars."

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As the cannabis industry continues to grow, it's important to minimize environmental harm.
Safety regulations regarding cannabis products are becoming increasingly important and that includes pesticides in marijuana.
Our nation's Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has asked to have the EPA's logo replaced because he think it looks a little too much like a marijuana plant.
No, those aren’t Baby Ruths floating in the waters of Australian beaches. That is, in the technical phrasing of the word, poop.Australia’s Environment Policy...
FOR A WEEKLY DOSE OF THE FRESH TOAST
Hand selected from our editors with all the latest news and entertainment with a side of cannabis.


Scream is the new proposed M. C. Automazioni specifically designed for high speed production.
The Up & Down continuous movement of the horizontal sealing jaws of Scream allows to achieve a significant speed packaging mechanic push up to 200 cycles per minute with empty bags of small size.
Scream is the right answer to the most demanding customers high production and continuous creation of packaging volume small, medium, to the formats in the pillow, gusset, or flat bottom bags.
The extreme ease of use and management of various functions, makes Scream the best response to the growing need to reduce packaging costs through a high production capacity.
The small size of Scream allow it to operate in environments and confined spaces.


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Rijuk Waterfall (Rijuk Jhorna) is located at Ruma upazilla of Bandarban. The water is continuously falls into the river Sangu from about 300 feet high hill with beautiful sound throughout the year and this water is shiny like pearl particles in the space creating a unique beauty of nature. This lake is surrounded by many kinds of plant and underwood. You can go there any time but during the rainy season you will see the most attractive glance of this fall. This awesome place will make you the most naturalistic and very close to your heart.
Location and Map
Rijuk waterfall is located at Ruma upazilla of Bandarban in Bangladesh. It is 66 kilometer southeast from Bandarban town.
At first you have to go Bandarban to Ruma upazilla by Public jeep (locally known as “Chander Gari”) or private vehicles and from Ruma bazar to Rijuk fall you can hire propelled boat. This boat is known as “Ree shong shong” in local language. Fare of boat is 500/- BDT.
There is no food and accommodation facilities in Rijuk fall area. So if you want to stay there long time, you should take your food and drinking water from Ruma Bazaar. The authority has a future plan to make restaurant and rest house very soon. Then it will become nice tourist area.
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Love Island fans' prediction that Amber Gill and Ovie Soko will become a couple might just come true, if tonight's first look is anything to go by.
This evening, unlucky-in-love Ovie will finally get some much-needed luck as he bags a date with a hot new bombshell.
Last night, viewers watched as sexy vegan chef India Reynolds and Ellie's pal Ellie Brash were announced as the new arrivals in the villa - and they are both gunning for Ovie.
They will be joined by fellow new Islander and rugby player Greg O'Shea as they enter the villa tonight.
In a first look for tonight's episode, Ovie is very excited when he receives a text.
"Message!" he announces as everyone leans in to listen. "Ovie and Chris, two new girls are waiting to take you two on dates tonight.
"Please get ready. Back in the game. Slam dunk!"
Amber is sitting away from Ovie and Chris as they sit on the swinging bench and doesn't look too happy about the news.
Molly-Mae is seen standing next to her with a shocked expression as Amber looks over, seeming unimpressed.
Ovie and Amber don't take any notice as they celebrate having a date.
"Time to stir things up," narrator Iain Stirling teases.
Could Amber realise she has feelings for Ovie?
*Love Island airs every day at 9pm on ITV2

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Union Township Woman Reported Among Crash Victims
November 11, 2013 — Reports say a small plane that crashed off the Bahamas’ northernmost island was registered to a central Indiana company and that one of the victims was a woman from northwestern Indiana, identified as Cynthia Mierzwa of Union Township in Porter County, as confirmed by her ex-husband.
Bahamas Police Superintendent Stephen Dean said the plane crashed Sunday in waters a few miles off Grand Bahama island and all four people aboard were killed.
Bahamas police say they have confirmed that four people were U.S. citizens aboard the single-engine plane. Assistant Police Commissioner Emrick Seymour said Monday that he expects to disclose their names Tuesday.
The Cirrus SR22 plane was registered to First Class Flyers LLC in Cicero, Indiana, about 25 miles north of Indianapolis, where a telephone number listed for the company’s Indiana address was out of service.
Police say the small plane was destroyed when it crashed into the sea minutes after takeoff Sunday from an airport on Grand Bahama island.
Authorities say the bodies have been recovered.

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I finished my three-dome tank car over the past few days. British American Oil Company (BAOX) 378 is now in service:
The lettering really makes this car stand out, and for this I asked Al Ferguson at Black Cat Publishing to re-scale the BAOX set he offers in HO and O scale. Thanks Al – the decals are great as always!
I do not know if this car had the data on the ends of the tanks – but I don’t care. The decal sets included this information and I liked it, so I added it. It’s actually large enough to read in 1:64, too.
I sealed the decals onto the car with a matte finish from Alclad. This has become my go-to line of finishes – really lovely stuff. I then finished the car with washes of black-grey, brown and pale grey from the Model Color line offered by Acrylicos Vallejo. While not apparent in this photo, there’s also a bit of artists oil brushed on to represent wheel splatter.
This car – an Overland import – was a fun and easy project. Now it’s back to the kit stash to decide what to work on next…

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What Is Happening In Westwood?
Playing fields, tracks and tennis courts open
Our playing fields, tracks (located at Westwood High School and Deerfield School) and tennis courts (Westwood High School and Downey School) are open.
Annual Town Election and Annual Town Meeting
The Annual Town Election has been postponed to June 2, 2020 and the Annual Town Meeting have been postponed to June 8, 2020
Property Tax Due Date Extended
The Select Board approves extension of the due date of property tax bills from May 1 to June 1, 2020.
Norfolk County Mosquito Control- Notification of Late Evening Aerosol Applications
Please see this information regarding the start of aerosol applications for mosquito control
Dedham Westwood Water District
Starting April 13, 2020: water main construction and road closure- Canton Street from the Rotary to Canton Terrace
Tips For Safe Shopping During COVID-19 Pandemic
Please review these tips for a safer grocery shopping experience


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I absolutely trust Gabrielle with my dog Charlie. She has watched him for up to three weeks at a time and he has always been happy and healthy every time I come back. Charlie has to have a special mixture of three different foods for meals and Gabrielle has always been more than happy to accommodate.
Gabrielle is an animal lover and has been all her life. She volunteered at animal rescue sites and even graduated from UNL with a degree to help animals that are being hurt. She is always a responsible and caring person and loves dogs and cats.They are a priority to her and I know you will see this too when you call on her to take care of your pet.
Gabby is such a wonderful person. She has watched my pets on numerous occasions and has always been top notch. Personally she is a real go getter, I know she graduated the University Of Nebraska with highest Distinction. She always puts pets above everything else when she cares for them. I wish she still lived her in Lincoln, Ne. we miss her dearly. I would recommend her for all and any position you might have ...
Home full time, love all animals!
I love dogs! Growing up my family always had dogs. I’ve done volunteer dog walking at a few different non profits over the last few years and loved walking the dogs and getting to learn their different personalities. I’m available Monday through Friday and some weekends normal working hours for walks, doggie daycare, and drop in visits. I’m available Monday though Thursday nights and some Fridays through Sundays for overnight petboarding and ...
What Gabrielle would like to know about your dog
Before babysitting I would lov to know what treats the dog is allowed to have, any favorite toys or games the dog likes to play, and any special needs the dog might have. All breeds accepted!

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Catching up on some announcements: E2TG Favorites, The Foresters are releasing their eagerly anticipated new album House Stories on Friday! Here is the link!
As always, there is a ton of great live music in Music City. Of note: Saturday night, at The 5 Spot, I am excited about the Dan Montgomery CD Release Show with special guests BARK and Julie Christensen. Montgomery's new album GONE sounds amazing, it is always great to see Tim and Susan of BARK, and Julie Christensen is one of my favorite artists and people. This is a no-brainer, do-not-miss kind of show!
Also, earlier in the day on Saturday, Sue and I will be celebrating our 1 year anniversary of Double Shot with Joe and Sue. Our theme will be leftovers: we will be revisiting past themes and playing songs that we didn't get or think to play the first time around. Right after Double Shot, I will be filling in for Leslie on Nashville U and spinning some local tunes (past and present) and Gina will be on hand with special in-studio guest Rayvon Pettis!
Double Shot begins at 11a.m. Central Time on 101.5 FM in Nashville and wxnafm.org or via the TuneIn App everywhere.
Really cool coincidence, yesterday, I posted Jon Magnusson's tribute to a local hockey team in Sweden and joked about co-opting the song for the Nashville Predators, and Magnusson commented that one of the Predators players (Filip Forsberg) previously played for the team his song is about.
Time for some wildness on our Wild Wednesday shuffle - this is the day we shuffle from ALL of the songs on my phone. A wild mix today,,,,
"Sentimental Mood" by Yucca Rose
Yucca Rose is a jazz/world music vocalist, and a visual artist from Jakarta, Indonesia. We featured her music back in the early days of E2TG and this track was added for the E2TG Topical Thursday list.
"Little Bird" by The Western Shore
Coincidentally, The Western Shore show up for the second day this week. This is the final track we have to feature from their 2014 album Thunderstorm. Sounds great.
"Elemental" by Exedra
Exedra is a recording project featuring Jeremy Gluck (whose album Memory Deluxe we featured a while back). It is dark and heavy and awesome.
"Sushi" by Kyle Andrews
Another from the depths of my playlist. Kyle Andrews is a Nashville based artist - currently a member of the band Chaos Emeralds. This song is from his 2010 album Real Blasty.
"The Bird Hunters" by Turnpike Troubadours
Oklahoma band, Turnpike Troubadours are up next with a track from their 2015 self-titled album.
"Opening Statement" by Hard Working Americans
And why not close out this short (six songs - because three of them were long) shuffle with the opening song from Rest in Chaos - the 2016 album by Todd Snider and company. As I understand it, they are already hard at work on the follow-up.


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The previous post discussed a move by the maker of the alcoholic beverage Four Loko to remove caffeine from their products. The move came just as the FDA signaled they would begin cracking down on products containing alcohol and caffeine.
According to a recent article in the Los Angeles Times, toxicologists and doctors have been pushing for a crackdown against products containing alcohol and caffeine because of the dangers they pose, especially to young people.
According to the Times, the combination of alcohol and caffeine in the quantities found in Four Loko and similar products (like Joose or Core Spiked) are too dangerous and toxic to even study on humans in scientific studies. Scientists believe, however, that the combination of the depressant of alcohol with the stimulant of caffeine leads people to take more unnecessary risks than they would otherwise take.
A 23.5 ounce can of Four Loko contains the equivalent of 4 or 5 beers and two cups of coffee. Four Loko is also known as “blackout in a can” because drinking one can in an hour can be like drinking a full six-pack in an hour. The addition of caffeine may mask the drowsiness that alcohol creates and make someone feel more awake and may delay the feeling of drunkenness.
For this reason, a person may drink more quickly and more than they can handle. This makes the combination of alcohol and caffeine especially dangerous for inexperienced drinkers, such as college students, which may lead to underage DUIs.
Why mixing alcohol and caffeine is so deadly (Los Angeles Times)

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Handmade in Coaldale, Alberta - Sage and Stone Collection is made by the sweetest gal, and I am so grateful that I get to showcase her products and share them with all of you.
These turquoise Amazonite diamond pendants are my absolute favorite - something about simple and elegant pieces, they are so in right now.
Amazonite carries a gentle energy that is calming, and used to encourage better communication, forgiveness, & courage to the wearer.
Available in Silver or Gold.
The perfect accessory to wear to work, out on a date night, or just because - this necklace will match your Wild Prairie Tees with ease and goes perfectly with our Jasper Gemstone Bracelets (you'll want one of each, I promise.)


NARINAS have been together since 2005 and have finally put out their debut album…about time don’t you think? They come from Cambé, Brazil originally and now Yuri Ulisses André has moved to Los Angeles, CA and plans to start all over again with a new band. On this release he is joined by Raf on bass and vocals, Douglass Barison on drums and YUA does vocals and guitars.
“Bedroom” is the lead off track and gets the pop punk party off with a bang. Lots of ringing guitar, bouncy bass, drumming with a ton of crashing cymbals, and melodic singing that all add up to a toe tapping fun time. “Brazzers” has a hard rock sound with great bouncing bass, and lyrics about checking out their favorite website, “Awtr” and “Find A Way” are great pop punk songs that make you want to get up and dance to, with “Find A Way” having a bit of a GREEN DAY sound. These three guys have done a great thing, making pop punk that doesn’t sound like BLINK 182, but has the same catchiness that they do. The bass bounces along in these songs and compliments the quick paced drumming, the guitar playing doesn’t rely on solos, but powerful and melodic playing and the slightly snotty vocals give this album enough edge to win over the jaded pop punk fan. Some other tracks that got stuck in my head were, “Clits On Fire” is a catchy song that is go-go-go, “Squirting Queen”, “Unlucky Day”, “Untitled”, and the final song “WTF”. Keep the album going after the last song for the CHIPMUNKS sounding replay of “Bedroom”.
It was great that they didn’t go the way of so many pop punk bands and fall pry to the evil BLINK 182 style of music, they had a few touches of the goof humor and some GREEN DAY bits, but they took those small things and ran their own way. A great debut and I can’t wait to hear what YUA will be doing in the future here in America with his new band.


The Middle East Watch of the Year Awards honoured the epitome of elegance combined with the finest Swiss watchmaking expertise by awarding the Monsieur Bovet timepiece.
Monsieur Bovet is presented in an Amadeo convertible case, proposed in 18K white or red gold. The ingenious Amadeo system enables the timepiece to be transformed from a wristwatch to a pocket watch, a reversed timepiece or a table clock without the use of a single tool.
On one side, the off-centred dial at 12 o’clock displays the hour and minute hands while the seconds’ carriage at 6 o’clock completes the vertical axis with a triple hand. The centre wheel and its bridge, visible at 4 o’clock, mirror the balance spring and balance cock. Finally, the power reserve indicator is nestled at 10 o’clock.
The other side epitomizes pure, timeless classicism. A sumptuous lacquered dial covers the entire surface, leaving just enough space for the seconds’ carriage, which offers a glimpse of its Virtuoso II calibre.
This in-house calibre stands out for its dual display of hours and minutes, together with the patented double co-axial seconds mechanism, which indicates the seconds on both sides of the movement whilst sharing the same axis but with opposite directions of rotation. The Virtuoso II offers a seven-day power reserve.


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Hovenweep National Monument
Hovenweep is located approximately 20 miles north of Aneth Utah and straddles Southeast Utah and Southwest Colorado. It is accessible from either Aneth Utah or from Pleasant Valley Colorado. The road is paved from Aneth while it is a combination of a dirt and gravel road coming from Colorado. Hovenweep is not a place that you just happen to be going by... You have to want to go there and drive the extra miles out of your way to get there. The weather was very pleasant and there were no crowds when I went there the last weekend of April, 1997.
Hovenweep (a Ute Indian word meaning "deserted valley") contains six groups of prehistoric Anasazi Indian Ruins circa A.D. 400-1300. These include the remains of coursed-stone masonry pueblos, small cliff dwellings, and large quantities of scattered ruins.
The first site I visited is referred to as the Square Tower Group and is the largest of the groups of ruins that make up the Hovenweep National Monument. The picture below has many ruins shown on both sides of a canyon. The Square Tower ruins occupy 400 acres, the surrounding lands belong to the Navajo Nation, Bureau of Land Management, State of Utah, or private landowners. I also visited several of the outlying sites including Holly, Hackberry, and the Cutthroat Castle Site which have many more pictures.
The trail around the Square Tower Group is approximately 1 mile and can be entered from either the Campground (closed when I went there) or from the Ranger Station. All of the ruins that make up the Hovenweep group are original and have not had any reconstruction. This is a real pleasure after having spent a lot of time at places like the Aztec Ruins which have had so much help that they don't look authentic any more.
Although you can get very close, the actual ruins are chained off and you are not allowed to touch the ruins. This is a small price to pay for the preservation of these sites.
The most impressive feature of the Hovenweep ruins are the amazing towers - square, oval, circular, and D-shaped. Many of the ruins resemble castles (the name of the ruin above is "Castle Ruin"). These sites were constructed by the Anasazi Indians about the same time that the castles were being built in Europe. Most of the structures were built around 1200 AD.
|Several of the towers I saw were constructed in the bottom of the canyon. This is something that I don't understand. Perhaps somebody could explain why they went to such elaborate work.|
|Five of the six Hovenweep structure groups are within a 20 mile drive of each other along the Utah-Colorado border section of Cajon Mesa. The sixth group, Goodman point, is 14 miles northwest of Cortez and is one that I didn't visit.|
Failing crops and drought compelled the inhabitants to vacate their homes sometime before A.D. 1300.
The outlying ruins at Hovenweep
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“Customers who carry a concealed weapon into a bank could put others at greater risk of injury or death during a robbery, but only one U.S. state specifically prohibits carrying a concealed weapon inside a bank,” writes Marcie Geffner.
How about this thought? People carrying their own firearms can also prevent injury and death during attempted robberies. It happens. Lying about this fact, by omission, is irresponsible and deceitful. Like most of the media, Geffner chooses not to acknowledge these incidents, probably because it undermines the concept owning firearms is only ever unnecessary or dangerous. Neither is true- firearms prevent home invasions, robberies, and, for instance, curtail surplus populations of deer populations. The only practical way to keep numbers down is to reintroduce their natural predators or hunt them. Either would necessitate some form of weapons ownership.
But more to the point, having accounted for the bias in Geffner’s opening…
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A black teen in Missouri was shot Thursday night after he called the wrong house to pick up his siblings.
Police said Ralph Yar was shot in the head after coming face to face with a white man in his 80s who shot him in Kansas City.
Jarl, a 16-year-old clarinetist, was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, but is now said to be off the hook.
The homeowner and shooter were arrested and released after 24 hours.
The teen’s aunt told the story on the platform GoFundMe It had raised more than 1.5 million US dollars (about 2 million Canadian dollars) as of Monday noon.
“The man in the house opened the door, looked my nephew in the eye, and shot him in the head. My nephew fell to the ground, and the man fired again. Ralph was able to get up and run to the next house to get help,” the aunt said.
It also alleged that Ralph was forced to ring the doorbell at three different homes before someone helped him “after he was told to lie down on the floor with his hands up”.
The Kansas City Police Chief said the district attorney’s office is ready to take over the case once officers gather all the evidence.
The event was officially classified as a case of mistaken identity.
The police also claimed that the initial evidence did not “indicate a racial motive”, but indicated that the case contained “racial components” and would continue to be investigated by the police.
She added that the victim would also have to testify so that the investigation could be completed.
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Russia: Pirated Radio Stations Broadcasting Putin’s Fake Speech
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Tennessee’s law against drag queens was ruled unconstitutional

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- COMIC: Ice Bucket Challenge of Draenor
- Mornin '14
- PlayStation Flash Sale Includes God of War and BioShock Infinite
- Legend of Grimrock 2 Now in Beta, Coming to iOS
- Assassin's Creed Unity Return to Form Trailer
- Disney Invites Wii Owners to Upgrade to Wii U Disney Infinity for Free
- First Light DLC Install Size
- Two Free Multiplayer Maps for The Last of Us
- Ancient Space RTS Revealed
- The Crew On the Road Trailer
Back in October Ubisoft confirmed that the Assassin's Creed movie has been fast tracked "as the creative pieces come together, while allowing Ubisoft to maintain control of key elements of the movie's creative direction. Financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed."
Apart from that we know that, we have been informed that actor Michael Fassbender is going to portray the main role in the upcoming movie based on Ubisoft Montreal's well-known action adventure series.
Today, it was uncovered that writer Michael Lesslie will be penning the script for the movie. Michael did not work on any major Hollywood flick, although he has penned scripts for short films Skirt and Heavy Metal Drummer.
Mr. Lesslie, this is your chance to shine. Don't screw it up.
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Singles & EPs
About Taylor Barton
You could easily think of Taylor Barton only as the wife of talented musician/producer G.E. Smith. Considering Barton's own considerable talent, that would be a mistake. Barton is from Maryland, although she became a full-fledged New Yorker. During an appearance on "Saturday Night Live, " she met Smith, the SNL house band's guitarist and music director. Smith would become her husband, producer and partner in independent music label "Green Mirror Music." Barton's first CD, Mean American Dream, was recorded with her band Generic Blondes. It got critical acclaim and some airplay. Her second solo CD, Taylor Barton - Thoroughbred, featured some of New York's best musicians — guitarist Andy York of the John Mellencamp band, former SNL bassist Paul Ossola and former Wings drummer Steve Holley. Skinny Kat, her 1998 release, again included Ossola, Holley and York as well as multi-instrumentalist and producer Smith. Barton wrote every song on the album. She received ASCAP popular panel awards in 1994, 1997 and 1998 for her overall songwriting and performances. She is an award-winning playwright who wrote 'The Eric Clapton Breakfast Club" and "Pedro N' Pete, a Rock N' Roll Odyssey for Eco Kids." Another project is a musical called "Road Clips." Barton has performed in theatre, commercials, films, and appeared on numerous syndicated radio and TV shows, for at least two decades. Mid-2000 saw the release of 13 Break Ups. Two years later, Barton issued her fifth album, the ambitious Dry Land.

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Okay, I’ve admitted it before and I’ll admit again: I am clueless about the whole rally thing. Clueless but intensely curious that is. So, as I was browsing the forums, YouTube and the inerwebs in general this morning I cam across a GT-R Dakar Rally concept. For better or worse, the GT-R Dakar is now (and probably forever) just that: a concept.
Still, it got me thinking and then I ran into the above: a 350z Rally Race Car. For some reason I had always imagined the 350z to be too delicate for something like rallying which was a sport I thought was reserved for Subarus and Ford Fiestas. I see how wrong I was though. Please share your thoughts and take a look at this video of the 350z at a rally in France.


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> From: Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net>
> Date: 2006/01/19 Thu PM 12:44:45 EST
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> CC: 200q20v List <200q20v at audifans.com>
> Subject: #@$!$%^ing "ultranators"
> Broken AGAIN. Voltage regulator is putting the voltage so high the
> Bozo speakers shut off up front and the gauge is pegged...and that's
> with every accessory I can think of turned on. I had to drive the
> car home 5 miles in 5th @25-30mph to keep revs low enough that the
> alternator wouldn't generate too much voltage.
> Folks- regardless of how nice Avi is or how long he's been on the
> list- his alternators are built with cheap crap for components; this
> is the second time the voltage regulator in my "ultranator" has
> failed, and failed "on full bore". The regulator is some sort of
> custom widget that none of the local parts stores can find, so I've
> got a useless car sitting in the driveway and a club social event in
> a few hours I need to be at. I don't give a rat's ass how fast he
> overnights me a replacement or how free it is- it's a huge
> inconvenience and potentially a multi-thousand-dollar failure if it
> blows electronics.
> Steer clear and go OEM. I'm about to.
> quattro mailing list
> quattro at audifans.com
Just smack a $10 external regulator from your FLAPS on it and be done with it. If the rest of the alternator is working well, a regulator failure shouldn't get your panties in a knot...
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Following his graduation from Saratoga High School, Josh Porcell continued developing his skills and passion for lacrosse at the Bridgton Academy, Essex Community College, and University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). Following his graduation from UMBC, Porcell played for the Boston Cannons, Chicago Machine, and Ohio Machine of Major League Lacrosse (MLL). He would go on to establish the Rogue Lacrosse club program to share his knowledge and passion for the game with youth and high school players. In addition to his role as CEO of Rogue Lacrosse, more recently Porcell has also had the opportunity to serve as a volunteer assistant coach with the Siena College men’s lacrosse program. He recently took the time to answer some questions for Capital District Lax.
You weren’t introduced to the game of lacrosse until high school. With what many would consider a late start, how did you develop your skills which would allow you to succeed at the Division 1 and MLL levels?
JP: It took a lot of hard work and dedication. I had an internal drive to be the best player I could possibly be. As a young player all I would think about was lacrosse, I always had my stick in my hand trying to make myself better. It was because I started so late that I worked extra hard. All of my friends had been playing for years and I had to work twice as hard to catch up. That drive stuck with me throughout my career. I always worked hard to try and be the best player on the field and took it upon myself to make sure I pushed myself to practice and train myself for the next level.
How did that experience of developing your own skills influence the coaching philosophies and methods you would later implement with Rogue Lacrosse?
JP: I created Rogue because I wish there was a program like it when I was growing up. The tools I used to make my self better are things that we highlight at Rogue. WALL BALL, WALL BALL, WALL BALL, that is how I immediately made myself better. I had a goal in my back yard and the chimney on my parent’s house. I would throw against the chimney and shoot everyday. I also learned that at the end of the day it’s up to you as a player to put in the work to get better. Coaches can only guide and motivate you so far, but as coaches we can’t play the game for you. It’s up to the players to put in the work and effort to become better and the parents to provide the support to their children and encourage their commitment to the game. At the end of the day it is on YOU to make YOURSELF better with the tools that you have been given and your own internal drive. In college at UMBC, I was very fortunate to get to play for some great coaches. Coach Don Zimmerman (UMBC), Kevin Warne (Georgetown) and Rob Cross (Siena). They instilled a strong work ethic in me and that combined with a focus on fundamentals skills is what I encourage at Rogue.
When did you know that you would make a career out of lacrosse?
JP: In 2008 I was drafted to play in the MLL for the Boston Cannons. As a team we had the opportunity to coach several local youth programs in the Boston area throughout the summer, and I fell in love with coaching. Coaching was a new challenge that I found extremely rewarding and difficult because you have no control of the situation the players are in, you can only help guide them to make the right decisions and help them continue to build their skills. Like I said earlier, as coaches we can’t play for you, so to be able to express to players how to do things that you do so naturally is very difficult. I knew from that summer on that I wanted to be a coach and help players reach their maximum potential.
Tell us about Rogue’s connection to the Siena College lacrosse program.
JP: Rogue’s connection with Siena has been though the relationships I have built with the coaching staff there. I have known Coach Svec and his wife for some time now and when I was at UMBC I played for Coach Cross. It was a natural and easy fit for me to start bringing Rogue to Siena and combine the knowledge and passion of both the Rogue and Siena coaches. Our philosophies and goals are aligned in what we hope to teach and bring to the current game of youth lacrosse.
Working with Siena this past year was a great experience for me to get back to coaching at a high level again. After I graduated from UMBC I coached at the college level for 3 years. I then moved back home to Saratoga Springs where I coached at the High School level for 3 years while also focusing on building the Rogue program. I missed coaching at the collegiate level and I was lucky enough to have Coach Svec bring me in and coach with his program. Coming from UMBC and understanding the system that Coach Cross taught us there, made it very easy for me to come to Siena and help immediately. I knew the system and it made the process almost turn key for me to come in and help.
Tell us about Rogue’s NY coaching staff.
JP: Our staff is what sets us apart from the lacrosse “instructional” companies throughout the country. I pride myself on our staff and the knowledge and experience they bring to the field to share with young players. We are not comprised of a bunch of dads who started up a program because their son was interested in the game nor are we a group of former players who played a few years of High School or even college lacrosse. We are current and former professional players. This sport is what we have chosen as our professions. When it comes to summer camps and clinics, I truly believe there are very few companies out there who teach the game of lacrosse as well as we do at Rogue and that is because of the staff that I bring in to coach the players. Coaches for the 2016 camp at Siena College include, Kyle Hartzell (NY Lizards, Team USA), Tucker Durkin (FL Launch, Team USA), JoJo Marasco (NY Lizards, Team USA), Drew Adams (NY Lizards, Team USA), Terry Kimener (Charlotte Hounds), Greg Gurenlian and the Face Off Academy (NY Lizards, Team USA), as well as the Siena College Coaching Staff, John Svec, Rob Cross and Connor Gill. If you don’t know who these guys are just take a look at YouTube. They are each the best players at their respective positions in the world. It doesn’t get any better then this when it comes to coaching and experience. These coaches are at camp from start to finish, not just for an hour like most camps in the country. 5 Team USA Players, 6 Pro’s, and a full Division 1 coaching staff, plus local varsity coaches from the area. Players from the area no longer need to travel hours away to get tier 1 coaching. It’s right here in our back yard. This is why I started Rogue to bring the best coaching available to young players.
Rogue now also operates summer travel teams and summer camps in Arizona and Louisiana, and a summer camp in Dallas. Tell us about the growth of the game that you are observing in those areas. Being able to travel throughout the country and share this great game I love so much is the most humbling thing in the world. The game is growing leaps and bounds throughout the country and it is great to see some kids playing lacrosse that are just flat out incredible athletes. The biggest advantage down south, there’s no SNOW! The kids can play year round with no interference from weather and it’s a massive advantage they have over us in the North. The biggest challenge the South faces right now is the lack of coaching experience and knowledge of the game. This is why Rogue is down there trying to assist in every way we can. Rogue does more coaching clinics down South then anywhere else. The parents and coaches involved are incredible people and it’s an honor to work with them to grow the sport.
How do you select the tournaments that the Rogue travel teams participate in?
JP: When it comes to being a “Club” program we are still very young. I do my best to take kids and families to high quality tournaments that are cost effective, well run and competitive. Most of the families in our program aren’t interested in traveling all over the country like we see with some of the larger national clubs like a 3D, or Team 91. They want to stay local have fun and get better. So I do my best to keep things local and take the parents to one away tournament that they can enjoy as much as the kids do. Parents need to have fun too; I mean they are flipping the bill for these young players. They deserve a weekend vacation here and there; it’s about the families and the experience as a whole.
If you could change one rule in the college game, what would it be?
JP: Easy, I would put in a shot clock like the MLL. As soon as the defending goalie saves the ball the shot clock starts (like basketball), that 1 minute or maybe for NCAA 1:30 shot clock, is the time you have to clear the ball, play offense and get a shot off.
Everyone wants to hate on the MLL’s rules because they’re not “traditional.” I tell those people you should try playing the MLL game before you knock its rules. The game is played at lightning fast speed and is an absolute blast to play. A 2-point line wouldn’t be a bad idea to test out at the NCAA level either; it would make things very interesting.
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Elevated plasma levels of neurofilament light (NfL) protein in early stages of multiple sclerosis (MS) were tied to an increased risk of disability worsening, a large case-control study suggested.
MS patients with high plasma NfL, a measure of axonal damage, were 40% to 70% more likely to have worsening disability in the next year, and were more likely to have long-term, sustained disability, reported Ali Manouchehrinia, PhD, of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and co-authors, in Neurology.
"These results suggest that elevated levels of these proteins measured early on in the course of the disease may help us to predict how the disease will develop and monitor how treatment is working," Manouchehrinia said in a statement.
More research is needed before a blood test could be used routinely in clinical settings "but our results are encouraging," he noted. "In disease like MS that is so unpredictable and varies so much from one person to the next, having a noninvasive blood test like this could be very valuable, especially since treatments are most effective in the earliest stages of the disease," he said.
Earlier small studies, including an analysis of 122 patients from the CLIMB cohort, have tied serum NfL values in the first few years after MS onset to long-term measures of brain lesion load and atrophy. A case-control study of active-duty U.S. military personnel also showed that plasma NfL levels increased 6 years before the clinical onset of MS, suggesting it may have use as a prodromal marker.
NfL can be quantified in serum reliably by single molecule array assays, noted Zoe Leonie Elise van Kempen, PhD, of Amsterdam University, the Netherlands, and co-authors, in an accompanying editorial. "This makes NfL the ideal candidate biomarker of acute and chronic axonal damage."
In this analysis, Manouchehrinia and colleagues looked at a subset of MS cases and population-based sex- and age-matched controls from two prospective studies: the Epidemiological Investigation of Multiple Sclerosis (EIMS) and the Immunomodulation and Multiple Sclerosis Epidemiology (IMSE) cohorts. Median follow-up was 5 years.
The sample included 4,385 MS patients and 1,026 controls. Relapsing-remitting MS patients numbered 3,664, and 640 patients had progressive MS. Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score milestones 3.0 (indicating moderate disability), 4.0 (significant disability, but able to walk without aid or rest for 500 m), and 6.0 (requiring unilateral assistance to walk about 100 m with or without resting) were the study's endpoints.
Median plasma NfL was 11.4 pg/mL in MS patients and 7.5 pg/mL in controls. MS patients were categorized by age-stratified NfL levels above or below the 80th, 95th, and 99th percentiles of controls.
High plasma NfL was tied to increased adjusted rates of EDSS worsening in the year after sampling, with adjusted hazard ratios ranging from 1.4 (95% CI 1.1-1.8) to 1.7 (95% CI 1.4-2.3).
MS patients with plasma NfL concentrations above the 80th percentile of controls had a higher risk of reaching sustained EDSS milestones. High levels were tied to the risk of reaching a sustained EDSS score of 3.0, with adjusted hazard ratios in the neighborhood of 1.5 over all percentile cutoffs (all P<0.001).
Similar increases were seen for the risk of reaching a sustained EDSS score of 4.0. However, the risk of reaching a sustained EDSS score of 6.0 and the risk of converting to secondary progressive MS were not consistently significant.
"But before we can implement NfL as a prognostic marker on an individual level, a few things should be sorted out," van Kempen and colleagues said in their editorial.
The percentile cutoffs of NfL levels used in this study could vary across different cohorts and methods, they observed. Because NfL fluctuates in individuals with relapses, "a sole baseline NfL measurement might be insufficient for founding treatment decisions and prognosis," they added. "Current disease activity should be taken into account, and multiple NfL measurements over time may be needed to improve the prediction."
The data showed significant variability and overlap in NfL levels between controls and MS patients and within different MS phenotypes, the study investigators noted. It's also likely NfL levels were affected by other factors, like comorbidities, that were not assessed in this analysis.
The study was supported by the Swedish Municipality and County Council, Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, Biogen, Genzyme, Novartis, Swedish Research Council, European Union, and other foundations.
Study authors reported relationships with the Margaretha af Ugglas Foundation, Biogen, Novartis, Teva, Actelion, Alkermes, Almirall, Bayer, Celgene/Receptos, df-mp, Excemed, GeNeuro SA, Genzyme, Japan Tobacco, Merck, Minoryx, Mitsubishi Pharma, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, Santhera, Vianex, Neurostatus-UHB, the Swiss MS Society, the Swiss National Research Foundation, the European Union, and Roche Research Foundations.
Editorialists reported relationships with Biogen, Celgene, Merck, Novartis, Roche, and Teva.


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Pick up from your hotel early morning between 08:00 - 08:30 to our meeting point. First, we will visit St. Sophia and we walk to Blue Mosque. After visiting and getting information about it, then we have a walk-in tour at Hippodrome square where our minibus waiting for us. From there, we will drive to Grand Bazaar to spend some time to see the biggest historical shopping center in the world. After that, we will drive back to our meeting point again. This half day tour concludes in Sultanahmet Square app. 13:00-13:30.
- Pick-up and Drop off from your hotel;
- St. Sophia is closed on Monday, replace with “Chore Church”
- Free for ages of 0 - 2
- %30 discount for children below the age of 7 years old
- Tour fees includes ground transportation, guidance, entrance fees.
St. Sophia; This ancient basilica, built by Constantine the Great, in the 4th century and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century, is one of the architectural marvels of all time. In 1453, Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Turks and Sultan Mehmed II ordered the building to be converted into a mosque. The bells, altar, iconostasis, and sacrificial vessels were removed, and many of the mosaics were eventually plastered over. The Islamic features such as the mihrab, the minbar, and the four minarets outside — were added over the course of its history under the Ottomans. It remained as a mosque until 1935, when it was converted into a museum by the Republic of Turkey.
Blue Mosque; Across from St. Sophia built in the 17th century by the architect Mehmet, this is known as the BLUE MOSQUE because of its magnificent interior of blue Iznik tiles. It was built between 1609 and 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I. Like many other mosques, it also comprises a tomb of the founder, a madrasah and a hospice. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque has become one of the most popular tourist attractions in Istanbul.
Hippodrome; The scene of ancient chariot races, the ancient Hippodrome, with its four monuments; the German Fountain Of Wilhelm II, the Obelisk Of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column Of Constantine.
Grand Bazaar (Covered Market); In this labyrinth of streets and passages are more than 4,000 shops with each trade having its own area; the goldsmiths’ street, the carpet sellers, Turkish arts and crafts, such as hand painted ceramic plates, hand-honed copperware, brassware and trays, water ewers, onyx ware and meerschaum pipers


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March 1st- Alabama state, Creighton university, Florida A&M, Nova, Western New Mexico University, Touro College, and Concordia University Wisconsin
March 15th- Thomas Jefferson University
April 1st- University of Alabama , Arizona still, Keuja College, Utica College, University of Pittsburg, and Milligan College
May 1st- Salus university
June 1st- university of Toledo and Duquesne University
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View Others as Excellent Ones
Prayer point>Lord, as your followers we must view each Christian as your excellent ones by your grace.
God’s word>“Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.” Psalms 16:1-3
Know you have been prayed for today.
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- Dwayne Johnson: It was an honour for Kevin Hart and me to play Danny DeVito and Danny Glover in 'Jumanji: The Next Level'
'Jumanji: The Next Level' will see two Hollywood legends, Danny DeVito and Danny Glover, join the film's team on their video game adventure. The new film starts off where the last one ended


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Air Lease Corporation Announces Delivery of New Airbus A350-900 Aircraft to Sichuan Airlines
Posted on Tuesday May 21, 2019
“ALC”) announced the delivery of one new Airbus A350-900 aircraft on long-term lease to Sichuan Airlines. The aircraft is from ALC’s order book with Airbus and joins eight Airbus aircraft currently on lease from ALC to Sichuan Airlines for a total of nine aircraft. “Sichuan Airlines is a loyal long-term customer of ALC and we are pleased to be leasing our new A350-900 to the airline,” said Steven F. Udvar-Házy, Executive Chairman of Air Lease Corporation.
Air Lease Corporation Announces Pricing of Public Offering of $750 Million of Senior Unsecured Medium-Term Notes
Posted on Friday May 17, 2019
Air Lease Corporation (AL) (the “Company”) announced the pricing on May 16, 2019 of its public offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 3.750% senior unsecured medium-term notes due June 1, 2026 (the “Notes”). The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include, among other things, the purchase of commercial aircraft and the repayment of existing indebtedness. BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering of the Notes.
See what the IHS Markit Score report has to say about Air Lease Corp.
Posted on Tuesday May 14, 2019
Air Lease Corp NYSE:ALView full report here! Summary * ETFs holding this stock are seeing positive inflows but are weakening * Bearish sentiment is moderate and increasing Bearish sentimentShort interest | NeutralShort interest is moderate for AL with between 5 and 10% of shares outstanding currently on loan. This represents an increase in short interest as investors who seek to profit from falling equity prices added to their short positions on May 2. Money flowETF/Index ownership | NegativeETF activity is negative and may be weakening. The net inflows of $1.61 billion over the last one-month into ETFs that hold AL are among the lowest of the last year and appear to be slowing. Economic sentimentPMI by IHS Markit | NeutralAccording to the latest IHS Markit Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) data, output in the Industrials sector is rising. The rate of growth is weak relative to the trend shown over the past year, however. Credit worthinessCredit default swapCDS data is not available for this security.Please send all inquiries related to the report to email@example.com.Charts and report PDFs will only be available for 30 days after publishing.This document has been produced for information purposes only and is not to be relied upon or as construed as investment advice. To the fullest extent permitted by law, IHS Markit disclaims any responsibility or liability, whether in contract, tort (including, without limitation, negligence), equity or otherwise, for any loss or damage arising from any reliance on or the use of this material in any way. Please view the full legal disclaimer and methodology information on pages 2-3 of the full report.
Air Lease Corporation (AL): The Vilas Fund Thinks It’s a Bargain For Long Term Investors
Posted on Monday May 13, 2019
Insider Monkey recently shared The Vilas Fund's Q1 2019 Investor Letter, in which the fund disclosed 34.3% return for the quarter. You can download a copy of the letter here. Aside from posting information about its performance, the fund also shared a few comments on several stocks in its portfolio, among which was Air Lease […]


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Missing girl found safe
For the second time this month, Brockville police sought the public’s help in locating a missing girl. And on Sunday, she was found safe again.
Brocklville police have confirmed Kylie Chapman, 14, was found safe earlier Sunday.
Chapman had last been seen Thursday and had been reported missing on Friday.
Chapman was last reported missing Feb. 12 after she was not seen since the previous night. She was found safe later that day.


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I stayed one night in May 2013. Arrived in the late evening. It's quite close to Zurich Hbf (Main Station) but if you have anything more than a carry bag, you'll need to take a taxi. It's a good 10-minute walk and lugging around heavy bags is not easy.
The entrance and the lobby are quite tiny, with only one door leading in. Another opens to the Asian restaurant. Check-in was fine and it was done quite quickly. The staff was quite fluent in English, so there was no trouble on that front. They were quite friendly and amiable.
The room was quite good. It was small without being cramped - making full use of the space available. The bed itself was really comfortable, so I have no complaints at all.
The breakfast buffet (also held in the Asian restaurant) was ok. Don't expect a massive selection, but whatever you want is there (bread, eggs, fruits, juices, etc).
Overall, a great little hotel with friendly service and all the amenities you could possibly need for a quick trip. As value for money, the Seidenhof is among the best. I highly recommend it.
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Voters heeded important message on fracking
We are writing on behalf of Frack Free Butte County to thank the Enterprise-Record for its endorsement of Measure E.
We believe the success of this nonpartisan measure (71.7 percent yes votes) reflects the cautious approach all human beings take toward life-sustaining issues. In this case, clean water attracted support from voters of all political ideologies.
We would also like to extend our gratitude to the citizens who donated both time and money to ensure that Measure E passed. Without their support the voters would not have had the opportunity or information to make this critical policy decision. Their commitment to the campaign confirmed that the protection of our water, farms, and families is Butte County’s highest priority.
Frack Free Butte County will continue to monitor and report on issues resulting from the interface between mineral extraction and clean water. We are concerned about the “bomb trains” carrying Bakken oil down the Feather River Canyon. The trains are a grave danger to the millions of people who depend on Lake Oroville for drinking water.
Also, the potential contamination of our Tuscan aquifer by surrounding counties that still allow fracking is extremely troubling.
Collectively, your editorial, our neighbors who staffed the campaign and the voters formed a cohesive force to protect our community while reminding us that “we are all in this together.”
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The downside is that the new noise-cancellation and mildly water resistance headphones will not be available till next year according to Bloomberg.
The firm could also add more biometric sensors to the AirPods, that would allow for similar heart-rate monitoring used on the Apple Watch. A new report coming from Bloomberg now talks about a couple of new features that one can expect from the upcoming wireless earphones.
Apple was trying to increase the range in which AirPods worked away from an iPhone or iPad, they said. Unfortunately, it might not be possible to give them Ingress Protection, but it means that they will be able to keep out water from light rain and perspiration.
The 2019 AirPods will probably be more expensive than the current $159 model. Apple has talked to Tymphany, a Primax Electronics subsidiary, about working with them to make the headphones; however, production has not started and the deal is not finalized. They were originally scheduled to arrive by the end of 2018 but development challenges pushed back release.
Apple is pumping resources in order to release a premium audio lineup that will comprise up of upgraded AirPods, and not surprisingly, over-ear headphones.
Nevertheless, the AirPods sequel that will come out later this year will only have a new chip and support for hands-free Siri activation. Described as a "higher-end alternative to the company's Beats line", the no doubt costly Apple-branded audio accessories should compete against similarly premium Bose or Sennheiser products.
Apple is also said to be in the process of developing a new version of its HomePod smart speaker. For the next-generation HomePod that's expected to launch next year, the company is looking for other partners. Two years later, Apple bought headphone maker and streaming-music company Beats for $3bn, its largest acquisition. An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment.


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Sat, 18 Feb 2017 19:33:00 ESTOn a weekend that offered one of the final chances to post times that will hopefully qualify for the NCAA Championships next month, Villanova traveled to North Carolina to compete in the distance medley relay on Saturday afternoon. It was a successful endeavor for the Wildcats, who posted a time of 9:37.90 while running in the UCS Invitational at the JDL Fast Track. The race was run on a flat 200-meter track, and the conversion factor should lower that mark to one which will rank at least in the top 10 of the current national performance list.
Sat, 11 Feb 2017 02:04:00 ESTJunior middle distance runner Elliot Slade (Cardiff, United Kingdom) and redshirt freshman Casey Comber (Maple Glen, Pa.) each had strong results in the Mile as Villanova competed in the FastTrack National Invitational at Ocean Breeze Track & Field Complex on Friday afternoon. Five different runners competed in the Mile for the Wildcats, who tallied several strong efforts across the board during the meet.
Sat, 04 Feb 2017 23:37:00 ESTSophomore Ville Lampinen (Vantaa, Finland) and junior Ishmael Muhammad (Mays Landing, N.J.) combined for a 1-2 finish in the 800 meters at the Villanova Invitational on Saturday evening. In their final home meet of the indoor season, the Wildcats tallied a total of six top-three finishes at the Ocean Breeze Track & Field Athletic Complex, including wins in the 800 meters and the 4x400 meter relay. Muhammad and Lampinen ran the first half of the relay, while sophomore Harry Purcell (Dublin, Ireland) and freshman Konrad Bayer (Naperville, Ill.) took the baton for the final two legs.
Sat, 28 Jan 2017 02:34:00 ESTTerrific results in the middle distance events highlighted what was a strong day overall for Villanova at its second home meet of the season. The team recorded seven top-three finishes at the Villanova Open on Friday afternoon and had several athletes record new personal best times in their respective events at the Ocean Breeze Track & Field Athletic Complex.
Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:38:00 ESTThe second home meet of the indoor track & field season takes place on Friday afternoon when more than a dozen schools converge on the Ocean Breeze Track & Field Athletic Complex for the Villanova Open. The meet gets underway at 12 p.m. and is expected to wrap up by approximately 6 p.m.
Fri, 20 Jan 2017 23:22:00 ESTThe trio of senior Ben Malone (River Vale, N.J.) and redshirt freshmen Andrew Marston (Wayne, Pa.) and Casey Comber (Maple Glen, Pa.) swept the top three spots in the 3000 meters to highlight several strong performances by Villanova at the Gotham Cup on Friday afternoon. The meet was the first of five straight for the Wildcats at the Ocean Breeze Track & Field Athletic Complex.
Sat, 14 Jan 2017 23:22:00 ESTSophomore sprinters Ville Lampinen (Vantaa, Finland) and Harry Purcell (Dublin, Ireland) were among several Villanova athletes who opened up the new calendar year on a strong note at the Nittany Lion Challenge on Saturday afternoon. The pair each competed in the 600 meters and finished in the top four in a field of 20 runners. Overall, the Wildcats had 14 athletes competing in 10 individual events and a relay during the meet at Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track.
Fri, 06 Jan 2017 11:53:00 ESTOne of the legendary names in Villanova track & field history passed away on Thursday afternoon in his native Ireland. Frank Murphy, 69, died following a long illness. He was a noteworthy member of the “Irish Pipeline” of Wildcats track & field athletes, and was a three-time NCAA champion and a two-time Olympian during his career.
Wed, 14 Dec 2016 16:06:00 ESTVillanova senior Kolby Koeck (Altoona, Pa.) was named the BIG EAST Men’s Field Athlete of the Week in an announcement made by the conference on Wednesday morning. Koeck made his season debut in the pole vault at the Fast Times Before Finals Meet at Lehigh last weekend.
Sat, 10 Dec 2016 21:55:00 ESTA group of four Villanova athletes wrapped up competition at the Fast Times Before Finals Meet on Saturday afternoon. Senior Peter Winslow (Stratham, N.H.) and sophomore Michael Morrow (Danbury, Conn.) finished strong in the heptathlon at Rauch Field House on the Lehigh campus, while senior Kolby Koeck (Altoona, Pa.) and freshman Thomas Conboy (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) competed in the pole vault.
Sat, 10 Dec 2016 21:48:00 ESTSophomore Michael Morrow (Danbury, Conn.) and senior Peter Winslow (Stratham, N.H.) completed the first four events of the heptathlon at the Fast Times Before Finals Meet at Lehigh on Friday evening. The two-day meet at Rauch Field House got underway with the multi-events, while the majority of the meet will take place starting on Saturday morning. With three events left in the heptathlon, Morrow and Winslow rank seventh and ninth, respectively, out of the 14 athletes taking part in the competition.
Sat, 03 Dec 2016 17:40:00 ESTSophomore thrower Henry Sise (Hawthorn Woods, Ill.) finished first in the shot put and Villanova registered a total of nine top-three finishes at the Jack Pyrah Invitational on Saturday afternoon. The first meet of the 2016-17 indoor season was a good one for the Wildcats, who had athletes competing in eight different at Alumni Gym on the Haverford campus. Villanova hosted the first of three home meets this season and had seven different athletes make their official collegiate debuts during the competition.
Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:42:00 ESTThe indoor track & field season will officially kick off this weekend as Villanova hosts the annual Jack Pyrah Invitational on Saturday afternoon. The meet takes place in Alumni Gym at Haverford College and will begin with field events at 11 a.m., followed by the start of running events at 12 p.m.
Wed, 30 Nov 2016 13:02:00 ESTVillanova men's track & field head coach Marcus O'Sullivan was inducted to the Athletics Ireland Hall of Fame on Wednesday morning at the Irish Life Health National Athletics Awards. He earned the top honor at the annual awards ceremony while surrounded by some of the most legendary figures that have been a part of the Wildcats storied track & field history. Also honored as part of the Hall of Fame festivities was fellow Villanovan and O'Sullivan's one-time coach, Donal Walsh. The inductions and other annual awards were presented by Athletics Ireland at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Northwood.


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Here’s an Issue Some View as Unsuitable
Women of the world, unite. How much longer are you going to put up with this? There must be something you can do about this. By now you must be positively sick and tired of this. The time has come for more of you to be heard about this.
I am talking about the single most insulting issue in women’s lives today.
The swimsuit issue.
Don’t you feel dejected? Don’t you feel disgusted? Don’t you feel degraded? Can’t you write letters to editors? Can’t you write letters to advertisers? Can’t you state your case to somebody ? You are woman. You are supposed to be able to roar. So, come on, already. Roar.
The more silent you stay on this swimsuit-issue issue, the less it will remain an issue.
Am I the only liberal male who feels this way? Will red-blooded American men think me nothing more than a bleeding heart with an empty head, part scarecrow and part tin man? Will women mock me as well? Do women consider the swimsuit-issue issue a non-issue? Have women come to accept it as harmless, innocent fun? Shall I find myself labeled a wet blanket, a square, a wimp, a phony, a maker of much ado about nothing? Am I no longer--stand, turn, flex--a man’s man?
Look. I like my sports, and I like them illustrated. I like pictures. I like women. I like pictures of women. I am not misogynistic, homoerotic, homophobic, prudish, prurient or some sort of born-again palace eunuch. At a beach, I do not shut my eyes. At a mirror I do, but not at a beach.
The way I figure it, though, some periodicals ought to deal with swimwear, and others ought to deal with swim ming . One’s for shorts, and one’s for sports. Just as some magazines are for skin, and others are for skin diving. In my humble and possibly misguided opinion, the twain should never meet.
But, the beach beat goes on.
Not only are the happy-go-lucky folks of Sports Illustrated bursting forth with another of their best-selling swimsuit editions, but they have even turned the thing into a glitzy, fun-filled special for cable TV--on the making of the swimsuit issue. No doubt we will be treated to documentary evidence of how the models clean sand from between their toes.
The February issue of Sport magazine also hit the stands recently. Proclaims the cover: “Hot Swimsuit Issue!” On the cover: Model Cindy Crawford, in a white bikini top and some sort of knotted bed sheet. Yes, that’s sport, all right. And fashion, too. All the women this year are wearing knotted bed sheets.
The February issue of Inside Sports magazine also hit the stands recently. On the cover: Actress Charlene Tilton, alias Lucy Ewing of the TV program “Dallas,” in a blue V-bottomed bikini. Yes, that’s inside sports, all right. Also outside sports. What a little athlete Charlene is.
OK. There are a couple of things I do not understand.
One is the obvious one: What the hell do bikini bombshells on the beach have to do with athletics? If these editors wish to also cover recreation, let them rename their magazines, and further let them provide photographic layouts of chess players, card players, roller skaters and tourists.
Two, if the object of these “sports” magazines is truly to reveal the styles of the latest swimwear, why do they not at least consider asking accomplished swimmers and divers to model for them--Janet Evans, Donna de Verona, Kristin Otto, Kelly McCormick, Mary T. Meagher, Tracy Caulkins, Michele Mitchell and so on.
Three, where are the men? Don’t men wear swimwear? Where are Matt Biondi, Greg Louganis, Terry Schroeder, Mark Spitz? Women would shell out 3 bucks for these magazines, trust me. And, if they absolutely must pose professional models, go ahead, put a couple of hunksters out there. Put Jim Palmer in a Speedo suit. He has worn less. Put handsome men in hot little trunks out there. Boxers in boxer shorts. Jockeys in jockey shorts. Whatever.
The January issue of Gentlemen’s Quarterly also had a swimsuit spread. GQ did feature some men, which was fine. Only, it featured some women as well. The very first photograph depicted a well-tanned man in the water, wearing spiffy red-and-blue trunks. He was shown kissing a woman in a green bikini. The bottom half of a green bikini. So much for equality. I guess GQ figured it was fair as long as both models were dressed alike.
Oh, well. You know as well as I do why these magazines do what they do. Sex sells. “Hot off the presses” is exactly what these magazines are. Hot stuff. Sports Illustrated will run a bunch of outraged letters in the issue that follows, without comment or regret. Some people will get a big laugh out of all the “Cancel my subscription,” “Oh, what filth!” and “I picked up your magazine in my dentist’s office and imagine my surprise!” mail the magazine gets.
Let’s put swimwear back in the Sears catalogue, where it belongs. I do not want to see a bathing suit in a sports magazine unless it is doing a butterfly. Women, I would like to see you do something about this. I just wish I knew what the hell you could do.


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The Riverside County Sheriff's Department confirmed that dead infant was found at a trash processing facility in the city of Perris Friday afternoon.
Deputies were called to a dead body found at the facility on Friday at around 1 p.m. Deputies were able to identify the body as an infant.
There were no other details available on the infant. No arrests have been made.
The Sheriff's Department asked residents that if they know someone who was recently pregnant and is no longer pregnant, but they have not been seen with a newborn baby, contact Investigator Lacy Stutler at the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department – Perris Station at (951) 210-1000, or send an email to PerrisStation@riversidesheriff.org.
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Arkansas, Where A Great Student Trip Is All-Natural
Arkansas is known as the Natural State for good reason. For most of us, the state’s name conjures up a gentle and temperate scenery of green rolling hills and meandering rivers. But Arkansas has more than bucolic beauty to offer student travel planners. The state is crisscrossed with history (literally, by way of its Heritage Trail system) that dates from the Civil War, the Trail of Tears, the pre-cursor to the United States Postal Service and the Civil Rights Movement.
Arkansas is also great place to learn. Whether it’s an outdoor expedition to learn about geology and ecology or an inside look at arts and history, Arkansas is full of treasures just waiting to be discovered by your group.
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Arkansas sets the stage for a different kind of scholastic digging—for diamonds, at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro and for quartz at various points in the Ouachita Mountains. Crater of Diamonds State Park is the world’s only DIY diamond mine. Since being discovered in 1906 this diamond field has produced a variety of precious and semi-precious stones. And digging for quartz, especially around Mount Ida and in the hot springs area, is a one-of-a-kind experience to be sure. And just in case you’d rather spend than mine, gift shops are available.
Another kind of hands-on experience is the Heifer International Global Village and Ranch, located near Little Rock. It’s an experimental, interactive ranch where your group can tour or even spend a night. Here, they’ll get a chance to see animals, exotic and domestic, as well as learn about the real-world problems of poverty and hunger that we’re still struggling with worldwide.
Louisiana Purchase State Park is part National Historic Landmark—a granite monument marks the spot where surveyors of several states-to-be got started—and part pre-Settler ecology lesson. The park’s central feature is a boardwalk that wends its way around the natural swamp-like setting that was common to eastern Arkansas prior to farming. Signs along the way educate visitors about the natural and man-made history of the area.
At Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park in central Arkansas, self-guided walking tours, tram tours and guided archeological site tours offer visitors a chance to see three American Indian mounds. Part of a ceremonial and government complex, the mounds are the tallest in the state. The park’s visitors’ center and exhibit gallery feature artifacts and a theatre to help your students relate to what they learn.
Not Your Average Science Museums
Museums can be “meh.” Interactive museums are more “wow!” And The Donald W. Reynolds Science Center Museum of Discovery in Little Rock has more than 90 exhibits, plus an assortment of shows and special programs, to keep kids engaged. Recently, this museum was ranked as one of the country’s best by MENSA. Not only will your kids have a blast, they’ll exercise their brains, too.
The Mid-America Science Museum, also affiliated with the Donald W. Reynolds Science Center, is the largest hands-on museum in the state. More than 100 exhibits include a digital dome for stargazing, a physics-first entryway called the Marvelous Motion Gallery, an outdoor skywalk into the forest canopy, and many more opportunities to nourish knowledge and wonder.
Experiencing the Past, Appreciating the Present
The Arkansas River Trail is an 88-mile loop in and around the Little Rock area that connects museums, parks and open land. If you’re looking for a lot of traditional museums in one place, the Arkansas River Trail has 12 of them, including The Donald W. Reynolds Science Center Museum of Discovery that we just profiled. Other museums include the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, and the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum. Of special interest are the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, which commemorates African American history in the region, and Old State House Museum, the oldest standing capitol building in the West.
Music is a big of part of any culture, and that’s doubly true in Arkansas. The mountain harmonies of the Ozarks and the longstanding blues tradition of the Delta—as well as the cultures and stories that gave birth to them—are honored at the Ozark Folk Center State Park and the Delta Cultural Center. Both venues also host live music performances; in the case of the Delta, there are festivals of blues and gospel; for the Ozarks, it’s a combination of folksy concerts and workshops.
Outdoor Adventures for Student Travel Groups
Of course, not every moment of your trip needs to be spent actively learning. Make time to get outdoors for some fun! In Arkansas, GPS-enabled geocaching is a high-tech twist on a treasure hunt.
For a bigger hit of adrenaline, Arkansas offers balloon rides by Balloon Little Rock and Little Rock Hot Air Balloon, a large number of zipline tours, and more hiking, biking, rock climbing, kayaking and canoeing than one group could possibly accomplish.
Arkansas hosts a variety of festivals. While each one comes with the usual attractions of onsite food, various competitions and assorted vendors, the main themes are definitely one-of-a kind: the World Championship Cardboard (Boat) Races in Heber Springs; Race For Sight Lawnmower Races in Pea Ridge; the Kudzu Festival and Chili Cook-Off in Helena; the Birdhouse Festival in Elaine; and the entirely porcine-themed Little Rock Bacon Fest.
It’s natural to have a good time in Arkansas. What activities tailored to student travel groups would you add to our list? Let us know in the comments section below!


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In September, Matt Healy climbed on a flight to France and headed to the Mediterranean resort city of Nice, on the gabled Côte d’Azur (Coast of Azure), also known as the French Riviera. It’s part of the world known for its sunny weather and idyllic days spent on the beach, enjoying the ocean, or taking in the French cuisine, wine and lifestyle. However, Matt wasn’t going there for any of that. He was there for Nice Côte d’Azur Ultra 100km trail race, which is part of the Ultra-trail Mont Blanc (UTMB) World Series.
Training in the still wintery SA for a hot summer race in the south of France was not ideal, but Matt arrived in France feeling confident. “I went over early and stayed in a small village on the route, to recce what I would be running. Those trails were probably as technical as trails ever get within these UTMB races, and on the mountains that climbed to over 2000 metres on the ridgeline. If you weren’t running up, you were running down! Also, I hired a car to get to different parts of the race route, and driving on mountain passes on the wrong side of the road put me way outside my comfort zone, but I absolutely loved it.”


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Andrea Thompson has been publishing and performing her work for over twenty-five years. In 2005 her spoken word album, One, was nominated for a Canadian Urban Music Award, in 2009 she was the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word’s Poet of Honour, and in 2019 her poetry album, Soulorations helped earn her the League of Canadian Poets’ Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award.
Roger Aplon’s new collection is divided into five sections. He begins his unique poetry compilation with an explanation of the book’s title and dedicating it to all those who’ve devoted themselves to the survival of our endangered planet.
It took years for Rose to put together this book about the music of Charles Mingus but in poems. Rose covers melodies, harmonies, tones, mood and tempo to illustrate Mingus’ life in poetry and prose.