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If you’re a regular at HGO, you’re probably aware of one of the company’s important traditions: three times each season, we present our Studio artists in recital performances at either the main campus of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, or at Rienzi, the MFAH house museum for European decorative arts. In contrast to our spectacular performances of mainstage repertoire in the Brown Theater, these events show a different side of classical singing: songs performed by a pianist and singer in an intimate space. If you haven’t yet attended a Studio recital, I urge you to join us for the experience, and I promise you’ll be hooked.
Studio recitals are typically performed in a space that accommodates fewer than 100 guests. No seat is farther than about 50 feet from the piano. The recital is one hour long, with no intermission, and a short reception is held afterwards to give the audience a chance to meet the artists. Typically, three Studio singers perform in each recital with one pianist, with each singing a solo “set” of songs; sometimes they sing duets, or a unique program is designed that follows a narrative idea. While you may not know the music, you’ll often recognize the composer, and you’ll have a copy of the poetry in English to follow along.
When classical singers and pianists perform in a recital format, they select repertoire from an extraordinary array of music, spanning centuries, languages, and a multitude of styles. Recitals are programmed to foster a deep connection to the poetry and music—which means that artists must sing songs that they love, so they can express themselves in the most honest and heartfelt way. For some, it may be contemporary American songs; others may have fallen in love with the poetry and romantic style of 19th-century German song or the immense and rich Spanish song repertoire. What matters most is that the artists feel that this music is their own.
Over the years, many of my most meaningful experiences as an audience member have been at recitals, where incredible performances by great artists have been etched in my memory. The power of great poetry, combined with the unique, expressive nature of the human voice, connects with our souls in a way that is beyond description. Hearing artists in such an intimate space can be a profound experience, as operatic voices surround you, and pianists play with a dizzying array of sounds and colors, great imagination, and extraordinary skill. In this setting, singers are able to experiment with their voices, exercising every option available to express themselves and communicate poetry with an audience that is in very close proximity. We look to music to give us a moment in time that departs from everyday life, moving us beyond ourselves and heightening our emotions.
Of course, as with all elements of the HGO Studio, these recital programs are an important part of the artists’ training. The HGO Studio is about discovery, encouraging and unlocking ideas that make each of the artists one-of-a-kind. They enter the program with extraordinary talent, passion for the art, and technique that is growing and developing every day. Recitals are the perfect opportunity for the artists to channel their daily practice into performance, push themselves to deepen their relationship with music and text, and share with an audience in a personal and intimate way. Recital work fuels them and molds them into the extraordinary talents you see on our main stage, and it is a critical part of their development.
Our next recitals are coming up soon, on May 2 and 5 at Rienzi, featuring Yelena Dyachek, soprano; Leia Lensing, contralto; Richard Trey Smagur, tenor; and Kyle Naig, piano. Tickets can be purchased on HGO’s website or by calling Customer Care at 713-228-6737. If you haven’t attended a recital, make plans now to experience an important part of HGO.
—Brian Speck, HGO Studio Director


A woman and her dog had a close call after a mountain lion came after her and her dog Sunday evening in Deadwood, South Dakota.
Virginia Potter had just taken her 6-month-old Corgi named Shorty outside around 7 p.m. when the puppy became nervous. Apparently Shorty was trying to warn his owner of danger, but as Potter told the Rapid City Journal, she didn’t realize it right away. In fact, she thought Shorty was riled up again over the rabbits that frequent her yard.
“Shorty usually barks at them and I said, ‘Shorty, be quiet,’” Potter told the Rapid City Journal. But a moment later, Potter realized Shorty was attempting to warn her of danger as a large mountain lion suddenly appeared and made a beeline for the woman and her dog. Potter said the big cat cleared two large fences as it came after them.
Both Potter and Shorty’s flight-or-flight instincts took over and they both made a mad dash towards the house. And, like a scene straight out of a movie, they dramatically made it into their house only seconds before the mountain lion was on top of them.
“It was two feet away when we got to the door, and it was huge,” Potter told the Rapid City Journal. “I have never been that scared in my life. It was terrifying.”
Police officers came to investigate and discovered that there were not one, but two mountain lions in the area. While an officer did shoot at one of the mountain lions, it was a miss and the animal got away. Officers also discovered a dead deer, apparently killed by one of the big cats, in the area.
While the mountain lion did not return during a police stakeout of the area, Potter is taking no chances and plans to not take Shorty outside too early in the morning or after dark from now on. In the interest of additional safety, Shorty will have to make use of a “pee pad” from now on.
“We just won’t give him a reason to have lunch here,” Potter told the paper.
As for the mountain lion, Deadwood Police Chief Kelly Fully told the paper that the animal is likely a problem cat and officers will try to scare the animal out of the area, but will take action if necessary. “We realize they share the area with us,” Fuller said. “They are a magnificent animal, and they have their place here. But our job is about public safety, and sometimes we have to take action.”
It’s worth mentioning that South Dakota’s mountain lion season is still in session at this point. Hunts are slated to continue in the Black Hills area, where Deadwood is located, until March 31, or until quotas of lions are reached.


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Celebrate:MK has teamed up with Riverford to give away a delicious recipe box to one lucky reader.
Riverford encourages the public to ‘Live Life on the Veg’ and delivers fresh, organic food and recipes straight to people’s doors in Milton Keynes and beyond.
MK franchise owners Vanessa and Russell Cook, who we featured in last month’s issue of Celebrate:MK, have offered up one of their two-meals-for-two-people recipe boxes for the lucky winner.
The winner can choose between Vegetarian, Quick Vegetarian, Original or Quick, with each box worth between £25 and £30 depending on which one you choose.
To enter, all you have to do is email firstname.lastname@example.org with the words ‘Enter Riverford Competition’ in the subject box.
Or you can enter by liking and sharing/retweeting the competition post on our social media channels. Good luck!
This competition was first published in the March issue of Celebrate:MK lifestyle magazine. You can read the full digition edition by clicking here.

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Cam Newton was released by the Carolina Panthers earlier this offseason and is still waiting to find a new opportunity. While there are a few teams that need quarterbacks, there is also one team that could consider bringing him in simply due to their familiarity with him. That team would be the Washington Redskins, who hired former Panthers’ head coach Ron Rivera this offseason.
Rivera is a huge fan of Newton and at one point many thought the Redskins could sign Newton.
Rivera was once again asked about the Redskins potentially signing Newton this offseason. He had a very intriguing answer.
“You know, the thing about Cam really is the situation,” Rivera said. “We’re in a situation where we’ve got two really young quarterbacks, one that’s been with us, been in the system, understands how we want things done and the other one is a guy who was taken last year in the first round and shows some promise.”
He continued forward talking about the Redskins potentially signing Newton.
“I think with Cam, and I have thought about it, I mean, it’s something that’s run through my mind, and it’s about the situation and circumstances. I’m not sure I would do it. I’m not sure if I wouldn’t do it. It depends on circumstances.”
Washington would certainly be an intriguing landing spot for Newton. While the Redskins do have Dwayne Haskins as their starting quarterback, Newton could come in and be a veteran mentor. If Haskins struggles, Newton could potentially take over and play.
Last season with the Panthers, Newton only played in just two games. Back in 2018, however, he played in 14 games and completed 67.9 percent of his pass attempts for 3,395 yards, 24 touchdowns, and 13 interceptions. He also racked up 488 yards and four touchdowns on the ground.
If Newton can get back to full health, the Redskins should absolutely consider signing him. Washington is looking to get back into playoff contention and Newton could help them with that goal.
All of that being said, it will be interesting to see which team decides to give Newton a chance. He has a chip on his shoulder and is putting in a ton of work to get back to 100 percent healthy. Newton is a name to keep an eye on over the next few weeks.

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William Hill Casino Mobile - Online, on the high street, on the phone
Founded in 1934, William Hill is one of the best-known names in the gambling industry, providing gaming and betting services across three channels: online, on the high street and on the phone. We have been listed on the London Stock Exchange (WMH.L) since 2002 and employ over 16,600 people in the UK, Ireland, Israel, Bulgaria and Gibraltar.
Our aim is to give our customers what they want, when they want it, where they want it. We are one of the UK's leading bookmakers, with a trusted high-street brand based on our in-depth knowledge of fixed-odds betting and our unrivalled customer service. With the advent of internet betting and gaming, we have extended our market-leading brand to a new generation of customers around the world.
William Hill's operations are based around three channels: online, retail (betting shops) and telephone betting. Through our three channels, we are constantly adapting to the changing environment, with different strategies for each to capitalise on the opportunities available.
Retail: constantly evolving and improving
William Hill is already the leader in UK high street betting and gaming, with approximately 25% of a mature, stable LBO market. We will continue to increase our market share by investing to improve and expand our estates, by enhancing the range of products we offer and by providing high-quality customer service. We maximise the cash flows from our Retail business through tight cost control and careful capital expenditure.
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In creating William Hill Online, we established one of Europe’s top three online betting and gaming companies. In 2009, we have built the necessary infrastructure and products to continue to be a market leader in this high growth market. We aim to grow our UK market share and to expand into new territories, particularly in Europe, using our strong brand name, sports-betting knowledge, market-leading gaming products and marketing expertise.
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Telephone is our most mature channel, serving loyal, long-standing and sophisticated customers. The competitive environment for Telephone has been changed by offshore operators and betting exchanges, affecting profitability in this channel. To return this channel to an acceptable level of profitability, we will focus on the needs of the core customer base for whom Telephone is the preferred channel and tailor the size and location of our operations appropriately.
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We operate in around 2,300 betting shops across the UK and Ireland, most of which are open seven days a week, offering odds and taking bets on a wide range of sporting and other events
We process over one million betting slips every day
The gaming machines that we offer in the majority of betting shops enable customers to bet on roulette, slots and other random number generated events
Our call centres for telephone betting can handle over 600 calls simultaneously
We own and operate two Greyhound stadia (in Sunderland and Newcastle)
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In October 2008, we established William Hill Online, the leading European online gaming and sports betting business
Our online Sportsbook serves customers from over 175 countries, offering six languages and 11 currencies
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Depressive disorders are “the world’s most important cause of disability”, as emphasized in the session title. Depression is a prevalent, chronic, relapsing condition, and – unlike many chronic physical disorders – it has an early onset. Hence there are many years of life during which its damaging effects are experienced.1 Professor Brenda Penninx, Amsterdam University Medical Center, the Netherlands, also pointed to under- or mis-treatment and lack of maintenance strategies as contributors to disease burden.
Professor Penninx presented a strong case for subtypes within depression – more specifically “typical” and “atypical” types – which, although of similar severity, can be distinguished by symptomatology, demography, prior life experiences, the course of disease, underlying pathophysiology, and genetics. If validated, this distinction has clear implications for therapy.
While typical depression often presents with decreased appetite and weight and insomnia, the opposite symptoms characterize atypical depression, Professor Penninx reported.2
Smoking, and negative life events are associated with typical presentation, while atypical patients are more likely to be female and have an earlier disease onset then their typical counterparts. Persistent anxiety is found in typical depression while atypical patients show a persistently poor metabolic profile.
The need is to find out what works for which patients
In terms of pathophysiology, hyperactivity of the HPA axis (evident, for example, in raised cortisol) is found in patients with typical depression. Atypical patients show immune-inflammatory features, metabolic dysregulation and leptin resistance.
Typical patients are more likely to have gene markers which overlap with those seen in schizophrenia, while the genetics of atypical patients suggests metabolic dysregulation.
For typical patients, antidepressant and/or cognitive therapy are typical entries for treatment, while atypical depression patients may require other interventions including lifestyle changes.
Professor Penninx emphasized that we are only at the start of the large-scale multidisciplinary research needed to understand subtypes; and the presence or absence of immunometabolic features is only one of many possible means of distinguishing between groups of patients.
Reducing the disability burden
The scale of the task is illustrated by the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA), which is the source of the findings presented above. More than 200 researchers have been involved in following a naturalistic cohort of more than 3000 people (patients and controls) for 13 years.
We treat episodes but should also have a long-term strategy to prevent relapse
That said, such efforts are clearly worthwhile, since there is an emerging consensus that the heterogeneity within depression is a major reason that our efforts at therapy are less successful than we would like to be.
The theme of heterogeneity was reinforced by Sidney Kennedy, University of Toronto, Canada, who confirmed that there are 227 different combinations of symptoms, each of which could lead to a diagnosis of major depression.
Heterogeneity within depression is a major reason that our efforts at therapy are less successful than we would like
We do better with measurement-based care
There is a disconnect between our diagnostic systems and our choice of treatments, he argued. The future is one in which biological and imaging markers will play a major role. But, even with current understanding, we can and should still able to do better.
Care that involves repeated measurement using an instrument such as the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) leads to fewer people continuing to receive suboptimal doses. We can also make better use of algorithms that select treatment based on the side effects most relevant to our patients, he said.

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$12K raised for Norwalk police officer diagnosed with cancer
NORWALK — John Haggerty has taken more than his fair share of blows over 21 years as a Norwalk police officer.
He’s been hit by a car, he’s torn an ACL and he’s worked more overtime and holiday shifts than he can count, and he did it all while maintaining a smile close friends describe as “infectious.” But, last week, Haggerty received news that nobody wants to hear. He was diagnosed with colon cancer.
The diagnosis was a harsh blow for Haggerty and his family, especially considering that he and his wife, Lori, have been working behind the scenes for nearly two months toward the grand opening of a new holistic healing center in the area.
Now, after years of helping the wider Norwalk community, Haggerty has found himself in an unfamiliar position of being the one who needs the help.
Since his diagnosis five days ago, his wife secretly posted a GoFundMe page asking for $3,000, what she called a “cushion” to help the family in their time of need.
“He does not know I’m doing this and I’d like to keep it that way if possible. I know he’s a prideful, hard-working guy. It’s a difficult thing for either one of us to ask for help...we always manage on our own.. but this time I’m doing it for my husband...the man who works so hard so that I can realize my dreams,” Lori wrote on the GoFundMe page.
And, in only a days’ time, the family has received an outpouring of support and nearly $12,000 in donations.
Already, though, Haggerty is only counting down the days until he can return to work. Lori, however, hopes this money will help him to take the time to focus on himself. It will allow him to undergo surgery to remove the infected part of his colon without feeling like he has to rush back to work.
“I am trying to tell John that this is a wake-up call to examine his lifestyle. That he needs to slow it down, take it easy and evaluate the number of hours and stress he puts his body through,” she wrote.
“Please help me put his mind at ease. Any amount will be so greatly appreciated and of course, your thoughts and prayers will help tremendously and I’m a firm believer in the power of collective intention,” she added.


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Jeff Gonzalez, RRT-NPS, serves as Director Ancillary Services for Nebraska Heart Hospital. In this position, Jeff oversees the day-to-day operation of the Nebraska Heart Hospital’s Respiratory Care Department, Clinical Laboratory, Pharmacy, and the organizations Nutritional Services Department. Additionally, Jeff is assisting in the transition of the organizations noninvasive diagnostic imaging services and Radiology Department to the newly organized Cardiovascular Service Line.
Prior to the role of Director Ancillary Services, Jeff began his career with Nebraska Heart in 2003 as Imaging and Respiratory Care Team Leader for the Nebraska Heart Hospital and has been involved in managing multiple clinical departments in both NHH and NHI. He has also managed the Outreach Services Departments that provide mobile services to the 40 communities outside of Lincoln.
Jeff has been involved in the health care field for more than 22 years. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Nebraska Society for Respiratory Care and is a member of the State and National Government Affairs Committee of the American Association for Respiratory Care.
Jeff is originally from western Nebraska. He and his wife, Gayle, live in Lincoln. They have two grown children and three grandchildren. Jeff’s son also works at Nebraska Heart.


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Winter weather can wreak havoc in a multitude of ways. Heavy snowfall could result in homes and businesses losing power, and icy conditions can create considerable dangers on the roadways. Many areas that often experience such weather know how to prepare, but if a roadway is not properly cleared and salted to prevent ice, a vehicle could lose control and be involved in a railroad accident.
It was recently reported that a fatal accident recently took place in Illinois involving a vehicle and a train. It was reported that the driver of the car was a 19-year-old girl and that she was traveling the roadway when she came to the railroad crossing. It was noted that the crossing was at the bottom of a hill and that the snowy conditions of the roadway likely played a role in the accident.
The girl sadly suffered fatal injuries and was declared dead at the scene. No individuals on the train were injured in the crash. Authorities called trucks to come to the area to lay salt, but it was unclear whether the area had been salted to prevent ice before the incident took place.
Because the Illinois railroad accident resulted in the death of a driver, the family of the deceased may wish to determine whether other individuals could potentially be held liable for the incident. If there is reason to believe that the roadway had not been salted before the incident or that other extenuating circumstances may have led to the accident, the family may wish to consider a wrongful death claim. Filing such a claim could allow them to seek compensation for their emotional and financial losses.
Source: Chicago Tribune, “1 dead after Metra strikes vehicle in Woodstock“, Amanda Marrazzo and Carlos Sadovi, Feb. 26, 2015


When a company experiences a cyber-attack, it always makes the news. It’s the negative press that does the business in question no favours at all. So, here’s why investing in a good data protection policy can be great for your business.
With GDPR on the horizon, all businesses will have to follow the new rules in how customer data is handled and retained, or face a financial penalty from the ICO. But it isn’t just the monetary problems that businesses have to worry about…
As the public grows increasingly wise to the new regulations, your customers will want (and have the right) to know that you are handling their data securely.
By dealing with the issue right now and encrypting your data, you can get the early edge over your competitors, especially those that may be slower to react with GDPR compliance for their business.
But how will you gain an advantage?…
Your customers will trust you
Clearly, businesses and organisations adopting a good data protection policy and demonstrating properly secured and encrypted information will have an obvious advantage over those who don’t.
By way of example, back in July this year; the private healthcare group BUPA suffered a data breach. Data for 500,000 customers on their international health insurance plan was compromised. That included names, dates of birth and other contact information.
Likewise, the payday loan company, Wonga, fell victim to a large data breach this year. An estimated 245,000 customers had data compromised. That included bank account numbers and sort codes.
These breaches will be resonant for years to come.
Your business will have credibility
Network operator, Three, suffered a customer database breach in November last year. The data stolen included names, phone numbers, addresses and dates of birth. Although the company said the breach didn’t include financial data, the stolen data would make it easy for identity theft to occur.
Without being a fly on the wall, it’s hard to say what direct impact these security breaches had on the companies. But you put yourself in the shoes of one of their customers – and wondering whether to remain a customer after such negligence. Customers might well have moved away because of a lack of trust. Other businesses with a proven security record would then be in an advantageous position.
Follow the advice of the ICO
In a recent video blog, information commissioner, Elizabeth Denham explained how the GDPR could damage your public reputation as well as your bank balance.
“Get data protection right and you can see a real business benefit. Accepting broad accountability for data protection encourages an upfront investment in privacy fundamentals, but it offers a pay-off down the line – not just in legal compliance, but a competitive edge. Whether that means attracting more customers or meeting pressing public policy needs, there’s an opportunity for companies to present themselves on the basis of how they respect the privacy of their customers. This can play a real role in consumer choice. Now is the time to act!”
The fact is, encrypted data in a secure environment will help your business build trust with your customers, as well as adhering to new governmental regulations.
Encryption at the heart of your data protection policy
Encryption doesn’t need to be complicated. MFG Managed Encryption have developed a solution that is:
• Hassle free
• Quick to deploy
• Fully managed
Not only that, but we offer centralised for all devices. That includes desktops, laptops, tablets, mobiles and yes, even the cloud.
Call +44 118 914 8800 to discuss your data protection needs with us today.


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As with many of Saratoga Olive Oils, you'll be the star of the kitchen when you integrate Herb De Provence Olive Oil into your next dish, meal, or recipe. From roasted chicken and basted turkey, to artisan focaccia bread and hearty stews, this infused olive oil adds just the right amount of savory goodness.
- Wonderful for Bread Dips and Aioli
Rub on Turkey and Chicken before Roasting
- Scrumptious on Crostini
- Stir in soups and saute with fish
- Spritz on Fingerling potatoes and zucchini
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Two Chicago Fire rookies have been named to the roster for the inaugural Chipotle MLS Homegrown Game according to the team.
Midfielders Harry Shipp and Chris Ritter will join 18 other players as they take on the Portland Timbers U-23s at Providence Park. The game is part of festivities that will lead up to the 2014 AT&T MLS All-Star Game on Monday August 4th at 9 p.m. CT.
Shipp leads the team with six goals and four assists in 15 matches for the Fire. The former Notre Dame standout was also named the MLS Player of the Week after his hat trick against the New York Red Bulls.
Ritter is a Winnetka, Ill. native and had a stellar career at Northwestern University. He has started five straight matches after making his debut on June 1.
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Makers of Lucozade and Ribena drinks, have announced plans to reduce their sugar by more than 50 per cent, saying it was a plan to make the drinks healthier and more appealing.
Lucozade Ribena Suntory (LRS), will make all of its brands, including Orangina and V Energy, contain less than 4.5g of sugar per 100ml.
According to the UK company, the products’ packaging will be changed to ensure that the nutritional information of the drinks are clearly seen.
The move means none of the brands will fall into the sugar tax category, which is set to come into effect in 2018.
The U.K. government announced a sugar tax in their childhood obesity strategy to halve the number of overweight children by 2026.
The levy is expected to come into force in 2018 and will affect producers and importers of soft drinks that contain ‘added sugar’.
But after LRS’ change, all of their drinks will fall below the tax – which is aimed at products contain 5g of sugar or more per 100ml.
The Times quotes Peter Harding, chief operating officer at LRS, as saying that the changes would come into measure by next summer.
He said: “Today’s announcement is a game changer for our business and for those people who love and enjoy our drinks.
“The world has changed, with consumers now wanting healthier drinks and more action from the brands they regularly enjoy.”
Per 100ml, Lucozade Energy Orange contains 13g of sugar while Ribena Blackcurrant has 10g. Orangina also has 10g of sugar per 100ml, while V Energy contains 11.2g.


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Nominations are now open for the Farm Management Canada's (FMC) 2018 Wilson Loree Award, honouring those who have made contributions to agricultural business management practices and expertise in Canada. The nomination deadline is October 5, 2018, with the winner accounced during the Agricultural Excellence Conference on November 27 in Winnipeg, Man.…
Cavendish Farms announced July 30, 2018 it will be closing its fresh produce packaging facility in O'Leary, P.E.I., due to a shortage of potatoes. The closure will affect 40 employees.
The AgriRisk Initiatives Program, dedicated to exploring and developing risk management products and services, has been renewed under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.
Harris and Winston Callaghan were awarded the Potato Producer of the Year award during the P.E.I. Potato Blossom Festival.
Sarah Woodside was awarded the role of P.E.I Potato Ambassador during the Potato Blossom Festival farmers' awards banquet.
If it wasn’t for a single rainfall event, Robert Irving, the president of Cavendish Farms, says the 2017 potato growing season could have been a disaster. To meet the challenge of dry weather conditions, Irving says industry leaders and the government need to come together and find a sustainable solution. Supplemental…
Thompson Potato Company Inc., a potato packaging company in Prince Edward Island, received funding from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. The funding will go toward upgrades that will make the company more efficient and contribute to its plans for long-term, sustainable growth.The upgrades at Thompson Potato Company Inc. in Victoria…
For Dan Breen, soil is a living, active bio-system that needs protecting. It's like the "skin" of the earth, he believes, and much like people cover their bare skin when going outside in the winter, fields too need covering to protect them from the elements.
Colorado potato beetle. Potato virus Y. Dickeya. Disease and pests that plague potato growers continue to grow and evolve. So too do the rules and regulations that monitor the use of pesticides and seed treatments.
A recent study conducted in Canada demonstrated that a potato-derived resistant starch showed positive results in lowering insulin resistance in elderly subjects.
"Potahto Week," a new seven day event in Winnipeg runs February 19-25.Larry McIntosh from Peak of the Market says the starchy vegetable has gotten a bad reputation, and Potahto Week is all about helping people reconnect with Manitoba spuds.Over 50 locations will promote potatoes with a view to making the much-maligned…
Last year was an "optimistic year'' in P.E.I. agriculture, with successes coming in the potato, dairy and blueberry industries, says the minister of agriculture.
A major expansion project has been announced for a Manitoba potato-processing plant that's expected to create about 90 new full-time jobs.
The potato industry saw 15 selections from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's potato breeding program at the annual potato selection event on February 14 at the Fredericton Research and Development Centre. There are five french fry potatoes this year, two for the potato chip sector, six fresh market selections, and two potatoes…
Chemicals in the leaves of potato plants, produced naturally by the plant, may hold the key to a new way in controlling Colorado potato beetles. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) research scientist, Helen Tai (pictured here) has turned to the leaves growing on wild potato relatives – leaves that Colorado…
Canadian potatoes still progressing well despite heat stress, hail and frost concernsCanadian potato crop is progressing well despite heat stress, hail…
Canadian potato production increases in 2018Potato farmers planted 347,416 acres of potatoes in 2018, an…
Black cutworms found in Delhi, Ont.Black cutworms were found in a number of fields near…
Callaghan Farms named Potato Producer of the YearHarris and Winston Callaghan were awarded the Potato Producer of…
Potato Research Field DayWed Aug 22, 2018 @10:30AM - 02:00PM
Ontario Potato Field DayThu Aug 23, 2018 @ 3:00PM - 08:00PM
Variety and Crop Tour - AAFC Harrington FarmWed Sep 12, 2018 @ 1:00PM - 04:00PM
PEI Potato ConferenceTue Feb 19, 2019

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Misunderstood By Rachel Liu: What Goes On Inside Of A Teenager’s Head
Do adults ever wonder what goes on inside of a teenager’s head? Well, in the poem “Misunderstood” by Rachel Liu it talks about what teenagers feel and think about on a daily basis. Teens these days tend to act out to be cool or to hide their real feelings so people won’t think they are weak. Most of the figurative language used in the poem is used to enhance the emotion and thoughts running through teenagers heads. Adults these days don’t really have an understanding of why teens actthe way they do and because of that kids cannot talk to adults about how he or she feels and what they are going through internally. Kids become more desensitized to the world because they think that no one can help them or care for them. Kids become numb to everything in the world and think that there’s nothing else for them so they act out which adults do not understand making them feel misunderstood.
The figurative language in the poem is being used to compare teenagers in school to headless chickens because the kids seem like they are just wandering around the halls acting out and running around trying to feel like they exist. Teens sometimes think they are invisible in school making them crave for attention which causes them to act out in the halls causing trouble. In this generation, teens are expected to look and act a certain way. “Big bad insecurity monster” is personificationused to express that teens always have insecurities that they wish they could change but they can’t. Teens feel like he or she has this pressure or obligation for being perfect which creates a feeling of being an outcast. “We act out to drown our feelings” symbolizes teenagers these days hiding their feelings from people because they feel that it is a sign of weakness. Kids who have had a rough childhood have a tendency to hide their feelings since they are afraid of the outcome if someone findsout about their feelings. Kids feeling “Like they’re in prison” when they are in school is a simile being used to describe how much they dislike being in school. A school is a place where teens feel like they do not fit in or they are constantly bullied for the way they act or look.
Misunderstood, do not understand or grasp what is being interpreted. All young adults feel this way, they all feel like nobody can comprehend what he or she’s going through. Adults nowadays do not take the time to understand what a teen is going through mentally and because of that teens constantly get in trouble for acting out. Constantly, being yelled at by a more superior person can make the youth feel more obligated to act out so that they superior will get more aggravated. Also, whenteensto express their feelings to an adult they try to act like it’s not important. To help the reader comprehend, the adult will tell the teen to go to therapy to relieve themselves of their stress, or they will tell them that other people have this issue too and that they are just trying to get attention. The more young adults feel neglected and misunderstood the faster he or she will fall into bad habits that they will get in trouble for which brings them back to square one.
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Introduction: Duo Chair
Live in a small apartment (yet have access to a woodworking area)? Need additional seating on occasion but don't want to trip over a bunch of chairs all the time? Or do you simply like to make interesting things? Check out the Duo chair! I designed this chair to be cut out of a single sheet of 3/4" plywood. It is assembled using NO fasteners and No Adhesives...but a heavy dose of basic mechanical principles.
To build a Duo of your own, you'll need:
1. My solidworks file (certainly couldn't hurt, anyway)
2. 1 Sheet of 4' x 8' x 3/4" plywood (It'll use less but start there in case you mess something up!)
3. A collection of hand held tools (drill, jigsaw, file, wood rasp, chisel, router, ruler, straightedge, pencil)
4. A table saw is handy for speed and accuracy but it's not absolutely necessary
5. Something to finish it with (paint, lacquer...whatever suits your mood)
6. A good dose of patience and creative appetite!
Follow along as I outline the assembly process!
Step 1: Using the Duo
Using the Duo is e. a. s. y. Pull off the top seat of the barstool and you now have two seating surfaces. Or a footrest, possibly? Maybe somewhere to set your coffee...
The Duo pictured is the very first one built and I used it nonstop as my computer chair for over a year. As a design student, I spent a LOT of time in this chair. It's as solid today as it was when I made it.
Step 2: Duo Stool
If you have everything cut out, I know you've already put a lot of blood (hopefully not too much), sweat, and tears into this project, so let's put it together and let the gratification begin!
We'll start with the stool. Gather all of your pieces and your assembly tools (block of wood and rubber mallet)
1. Place both seat pieces back to back
2. Put each leg in. Can't hardly mess this up...they only really work one direction.
3. Splay all three legs out a little and place the small disc into the small slot on the back of each leg.
4. Bring all three legs together to trap the disc. You'll have to work your way around and wiggle stuff to get it all to fit.
5. Once all three legs are upright, place the leg brace in the slots on the bottom of the legs.
6. Tap the brace into place and add the leg locks to each end of the brace.
7. Make sure everything is seated properly and you have a functional stool!
Step 3: Duo Chair
Alright, get all of your chair parts in order. Now, get to work!
1. Place the two seating surfaces back to back.
2. Fit the four legs into their spots. You want the groove of each leg to face inward. You may need to work a little to get this done.
3. Once all four legs are in place, drop the spreader between each leg.
4. Tap the spreader into its place in the grooves.
5. Make sure everything is lined up properly then tap the leg brace into place as you had done with the stool.
6. Once the leg brace is in place, put the two proper spacers between the legs to keep them parallel.
7. Now place the leg locks to secure the brace to the legs. This will hold the legs vertical.
8. Put the back on the chair by lining up the holes in the back with their corresponding chair part. Tap it into place.
9. Tap the key lock over the lugs sticking out of the back of the chair.
That's it! It's all together.
Remember that you can finish the parts before you put them together but you will mess up the finish putting it together. You can see in some of the photos that I sprayed mine with clear urethane after I assembled it. It works for my purposes. If I was using a clear finish like this again, I would finish each piece, put it together, then go over the entire chair again.
Step 4: Duo Solidworks
There are some intricate details to the joinery. Nothing earth shattering but my solidworks file would probably make life a lot easier if you wanted to tackle this project as is. I'm happy to share and answer questions and I hope that someone takes this in a new direction. There is a lot of room for design exploration!!
Step 5: Solidworks!
I have attached the solidworks files for this project. You can take it all apart, see the joinery, make templates...whatever your heart desires! I'm sure there are cleaner files out there but this should be usable.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte area got hit with another round of thunderstorms Tuesday as crews tried to clean up the mess left behind by Monday's severe weather.
"We have small hail in 2 locations right now Belmont/Mt Holly and along Independence in SE Meck," First Warn chief meteorologist Brad Panovich said around 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Hail was also reported in Burke County and Asheville. Heavy rain and flooding affected parts of Charlotte.
On Monday, some areas in Charlotte saw more than an inch of rain during the storms. Hail was spotted in York County, and damaging winds led to downed trees in several locations.
The highest threat on Monday was damaging winds which brought down trees and power lines.
Despite the rain, the Charlotte area reached 82 degrees Monday afternoon -- the warmest so far this year.


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The Grilled Cheese Holy Grail: It’s in New Jersey!
I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t like cheese—and those who have a disdain for grilled cheese are not even worth my breath. Thank you, I feel better getting that out. On the flip side, for connoisseurs of fromage, I’d like to introduce to you the Littlest Greatest Grilled Cheese Place in New Jersey: American Melts. The place is no bigger than an oversized SUV. It’s in Kenilworth. It’s Heaven. Today, January 20, is also National Cheese Lover’s Day, so I couldn’t think of a better time than now to tell our readers all about this pint-sized paradise.
On Springfield Road, right off the Boulevard, lies a tiny hut that packs a wallop of build-your-own grilled cheese with artisan breads that include country white, rye, gluten-free, and get this—a glazed donut. The cheeses include New York cheddar, mozzarella, pepper jack, Swiss, and Monterey jack—there are even a brie and vegan American options. Sandwiches include proteins such as grilled chicken, roast beef, and healthy ham. And it’s nice to know that the proprietor takes his love of bacon seriously with both the original favorite and chicken. The list doesn’t stop there. The menu boasts toppings like Jalapeño, tomatoes, pickles, avocados, caramelized onions, portabello mushrooms, and pickles, for those of you who like your grilled cheese on the wild side. The daily specials aren’t too shabby, either, as they range from hummus selections, tomato soup, and a Grilled Cheese of the Day.
I’d like to think that I’m somewhat of a grilled cheese fan girl, but this place put me to shame, plain and simple. It’s hard to even imagine how all the ingredients on the menu can even fit in a house that looks like it’s fit for Santa’s elves. My boyfriend and I visited on a Sunday and with no line, we ordered pretty quickly, uttering more than enough “Umm… Oh, that sounds good!” I chose multigrain wheat, with pepper and Monterey jack, chicken bacon, and garlic butter, while my boyfriend got a “5 Way”—one of the many Chef’s Combinations (the chef’s signature sandwiches), which is, as you guessed—a love affair between five cheeses: Monterey jack, cheddar, Swiss, mozzarella, and provolone, with garlic butter on country white. He added pork bacon to his, because, as the friendly owner said, “Everything tastes better with bacon.” The sweetest part: We didn’t have to wait out in the cold—the Chef kindly brought the sandwiches to our car!
Everybody has their own secrets to making their perfect grilled cheese, but this guy has the science down. He doesn’t gob the cheese all over the bread to the point where you’re picking up the hardened specks from the paper—it’s just enough; and the bread has a flawless, buttery crunch. It’s deliciously homemade, and the pride in the fresh ingredients and carefully constructed American classic is enough to make anyone cry. American Melts is a Union County masterpiece, and for all you cheese lovers out there, go now, before the chef is on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and his precious station turns into a reservations-only, fine-dining destination.
515 Springfield Rd.
Tues, Wed, Thurs: 11 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Fri: 11: a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Sat and Sun: 11 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Lisa Panzariello is thrilled to be part of the Jersey Bites crew, and as a fellow Jersey foodie, she lives and breathes all things delicious. Born and raised in Essex County, she now resides with her boyfriend, James, in Union County. Her writing career has stemmed over 14 years, starting with Metal Edge Magazine, then later as an editor for Penthouse, where tasting many an ethnic cuisine in The City made her realize her true passion: Mixing food with writing. Now focusing solely on freelance writing, her flexibility is giving her more freedom to cook and bake, sometimes for 24 hours straight. Given her Irish and Italian heritage, Lisa travels for an impressive beer list and loves anything relating to her Celtic roots; and just like her Nona before her, she wants everyone to feel the love and warmth in her cooking—while splitting it with those around her—especially her two dogs.


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I was using xanax on and off for a year in a half until the last 3 months. I was using up to 2 mg a day. I had gone to inpatients detox and the used phenobarbital and released me after 6 days.. 4 days later I had felt the worst I ever felt and went back in for 4 more days. They had given me inderol and that medicine just had horrible effects and ended up in the E.R. Then bakeracted myself to see a psychiatrist since I don't have insurance he prescribed me celexa that was 4 days ago.. I haven't used in 19 days but am still having a lot of different withdrawal symptoms. Is there still a chance for seizures? I scheduled an appt with my FHP.. Is there any way to make the withdrawls go away?
no there is no easy way. this is why a long slow taper is very important. these effects could last a very long time....6 days using phenobarbital to detox is just waaaaay too fast. it will lower the seizure threat, that is true, but the actual phsychological symptoms you're feeling do NOT go away quickly. for some people it can take months.
generally a taper with a longer acting benzo over the course of months is much easier to do. what was the purpose of stopping so abruptly? generally someone who has been on high doses of a short acting benzo like xanax will be slowly switched to a long acting benzo like valium and then the drug is SLOWLY discontinued. thats under ideal conditions, though.
the only thing worse that the conditions you've gone thru w/d in would be if you had just simply gone cold turkey. see what your FHP has to say...it all depends on why this was d/c'd so abruptly though. were you actually abusing it or were you taking it as prescribed?
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In 2017 two PFAF trustees, Wendy Stayte and Chris Marsh, began a research project involving making cooperative links with people in the South West growing unusual plants in innovative ways. They began with a visit to Incredible Vegetables near Ashburton, where they made notes and took photographs, publishing the resulting photo essay on the website at http://www.pfaf.org/user/Research.aspx?id=307.
Our next visit was on 26 July 2017 to the site of East Devon Forest Garden (https://www.facebook.com/Eastdevonforestgarden/ ) established by Sagaravajra. Our report contains:
1. Wendy’s View
2. Design and Implementation
1. Wendy’s View
Walking into this lushly abundant garden that Sagara has created feels like stepping into a magical jungle of trees, shrubs and creeping, climbing plants, set in the midst of the relative uniformity of fields of corn of the farmland around.
Diversity is one of the key-notes of this patch of land, where ingenious use of curving hedgerows provide not only sheltered spaces, but meant that wandering through I was constantly surprised as I tunnelled from one enclosed, often circular, growing area into another. A whole new range of plants and trees would suddenly appear, and most magical of all, after losing all my bearings, the last ‘enclosure’ was a wide open space containing a circular lake, bubbling gently here and there from solar-powered water pumps, with statues of the Buddha gazing serenely on the blue water.
Though the feeling here was one of openness to sky and distant horizons, it also felt protected by being in a shallow quarry where earth had been dug out to create the pond, and earthen walls sheltered warmth-loving plants like small lemon trees. A place to swim and to relish the peace that still water brings.
This was the central one of what Sagara calls outdoor rooms, which are a feature of this piece of land, some being open spaces where the lushness and diversity was in the varieties of trees and shrubs growing around the edge, and underfoot low-growing familiar native plants, like dandelions, plantain, grass and clover. The spaciousness of these ‘empty’ rooms provided restful clearings in a garden that was mainly so full of a riotous variety of edible and useful and beautiful plants, providing food for humans, insects and many other animals, vines clambering up trees, self-seeding comfrey and Babingtons leeks erupting in the midst of beds of herbs and salad plants and fruiting bushes.
The overall feel is one of fruitful chaos, but comes from a judicious mix of careful forward-planning, and making the most of the ways that plants chose to propagate and spread themselves, the surprise visits of plants blown in from elsewhere, the natural balance that a garden will assume after a few years of loving and thoughtful guardianship.
Nearer the shelters for human comfort and plant protection in cold and wet weather, [barn and greenhouse] were signs of Sagara’s creative and practical skills in building and designing water-heating systems, compost loos, thick earthen walls and large water bottles to conserve heat, places to cook and take shelter for the visiting groups that come here to learn from Sagara, to find some peace in this haven.
2. Design and Implementation
Like Ken Fern in Cornwall, Sagara began with a bare field, and was inspired by Robert Hart’s idea of a forest garden: a low maintenance food production system modelled on a natural woodland in which trees, shrubs and perennials are intermixed to create up to seven different levels. Forest gardens are designed to be largely self maintaining, to create a stable ecology, eliminating the need for herbicides or fertilizers, and the plants are sited to create naturally beneficial relationships between them.
Sagara’s field is only 3 acres in extent but with its network of meandering paths through areas of established food forest, it feels much larger. At the heart of this garden is a substantial pond. Sufficient food is harvested from the site to nourish the people who come here on retreat. Visitors also find that this garden supplies their needs for psychological, aesthetic, spiritual and social nourishment. The forest garden design also has a global perspective, in that it mimics a natural woodland ecosystem, but substitutes its elements with edible and useful perennial plants. The result is a low input, high yielding food forest which has the capacity to sequester large quantities of carbon into the soil. If designs like this were replicated worldwide, as Sagara explains: ‘within 20 years 70% of the CO2 mankind has released in to the atmosphere could be sequestered into the soil in addition to producing huge quantities of food which globally is currently responsible for 30/40% of our carbon footprint’. On our visit Sagara showed us how rich the soil has become.
Sagara spent two years improving the soil with green manures while he enjoyed the luxury of drawing up his design for the site over and over again. Six years ago he hired a digging machine to construct the large pond and used the excavated materials to contour the land to form a pattern of curved, sheltered outdoor rooms, each with its own microclimate. Now with rich soil and mycorrhiza established, the site is not dug or ploughed.
Sagara gave us a guided tour of about half the site, before heavy rain made note-taking difficult. He told us he had concentrated initially on the upper and middle forest layers, and we saw a variety of fruit and nut trees including several mulberry trees, apples, pears, plums, damsons, olives, peaches, nectarines, walnut and a lot of soft fruit, and a grapevine growing through trees to make a climbing layer.
Sagara said he was working on the ground and root layers, and we saw black plastic mulch in places with plants growing through. But parts of the site are covered by mixed perennial food plants, some of which we remembered from the visit to Incredible Vegetables. The next section has photos of some of the recognisable useful plants we saw on our visit, grouped in fours alphabetically, with links to the PFAF website.
New Zealand flax
Persimmon (var Kaki)
At the time of our visit, Sagara had recently hosted 17 people at a retreat, and we saw the tented seating area, cooking and washing facilities, solar water heating and the thermal mass rocket stove Sagara built on a permaculture course. There is a hot tub with well water from the site heated by a microsolar system. A power shower is underway, to be constructed from a huge orange juice container.
Sagara told us that he always has conviviality in mind, the best yield from his permaculture design being people: their happiness and wellbeing. Visitors are fed from the garden and their waste goes back to the garden – hence the beautifully constructed and pleasant compost loo.
One of the most surprising elements in Sagara’s design is his use of leylandii, those garden pariahs so often the cause of disputes between neighbours. But if you want screening for your outdoor loo and bathing facilities, their very tall, dense and rapid growth is a bonus. Sagara is glad of the mature leylandii boundary hedge, and he even envisages pulling some of the tops together to make a living yurt, perhaps ultimately stripping off the foliage, then weaving and daubing to form an earthship. He is growing willow too which will be woven to form a screen around the hot tub.
At the start of our tour of the forest garden, we were shown the greenhouse and trays of now depleted microgreens salad, mustard etc. for the guests. Inside the greenhouse was thermal mass storage, auto-watering for tomatoes and grapes. Beside the greenhouse was a damson ‘Juno’ tree which fruits in June. Nearby were a herb bed and an edible flowers bed.
Sagara would like more of the food for visitors to be harvested from the edible perennials he is planting as ground layer in his forest garden. Work is needed to introduce more plants and fill up spaces designated for food growing. But he has technical and construction work still to do, and his time and energy have to be rationed. He is thinking of integrating gardening tasks into the retreats he hosts on the site. He is also inviting people for practical courses, teaching the arts of foraging and preserving.
We are very much looking forward to our next visit to this magical place – hopefully when it isn’t pouring with rain.

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From 5-year jail term to non-bailable offence: What states say on ordinance against ‘love jihad’
According to experts, the charges of “love jihad” are bogus and that adult men and women are free to convert under the right to freedom of religion.
Several states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, have said they will bring in laws to check “love jihad”, described by Hindu activists as an organised conspiracy of Muslim men to trick Hindu women into marriages and bring about a demographic change.
The Madhya Pradesh government said on Tuesday that a bill will be passed in the next session of the state assembly against “love jihad”. It will a provision of five years in jail for forced conversions for marriage. The Haryana government also indicated on the same day that it will constitute a committee of officials to study and draft law to that effect. Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka have also said they will bring in legislation to end love jihad.
However, according to experts, the charges of “love jihad” are bogus and that adult men and women are free to convert under the right to freedom of religion. In February, the central government told Parliament that there was no definition of the term and no such cases were reported by agencies.
Congress-ruled states have opposed the introduction of such legislation.
Also read | ‘Love Jihad’ a term created by BJP to divide nation: Gehlot
Here’s what the states want to do against “love jihad”:
UP’s home department has sent a proposal to the state’s law ministry for a stringent law to deal with the alleged religious conversion of women in the name of marriage. News agency PTI citing a government spokesperson that a proposal for strict law against “love jihad” has been sent to the law department.
This has come after chief minister Yogi Adityanath said earlier this month that his government is planning to introduce a law to regulate interfaith marriages involving Muslim men and Hindu women, citing a high court order to promise that his administration would secure and protect women in the state.
Also read | In defence of the right to choose one’s love
“Taking a serious note of such incidents [of forceful conversion and cruelty], the CM has directed that a concrete strategy be made to control such incidents. It has often been seen that this is being done in an organised manner. If required, an ordinance can be brought for it,” an official earlier told news agency PTI. Last year, the Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission submitted a report to Adityanath, suggesting “a new law to check forcible religious conversions.” Kanpur Police had also set up a special investigation team to look into “love jihad” cases.
The central state’s home minister Narottam Mishra had said on Tuesday the Madhya Pradesh Dharm Swatantrey (freedom of religion) Bill, 2020, will be passed in the next session of the state assembly. Mishra said the law -- with a provision of five years in jail for forced conversions for marriage -- was necessitated because of rising cases of love jihad. He insisted that the BJP government was not against interfaith marriages but only against incidents of love jihad.
Also read | New Madhya Pradesh bill likely to replace 1968 law
“We are going to table the Madhya Pradesh Dharm Swatantrey Bill, 2020, in this winter session in December against love jihad, which means a woman is forced or lured by a person of other religion for marriage and later she is tortured for conversion,” said Mishra.
The proposed law doesn’t mention any religion in particular in its provisions. Mishra said the bill proposes rigorous imprisonment for five years for “luring a person through fraud and forcing marriage by religious conversion”. Other proposed provisions include making it mandatory for kin of the person being converted for the purpose of marriage to file a complaint.
“The forceful conversions and marriages will be a cognisable offence and non-bailable. There will be a provision for declaring such marriages null and void,” said Mishra. Besides, those assisting in such acts will be made co-accused in the case, he added.
Haryana home minister Anil Vij said the state government intended to constitute a committee of officials to study and draft law against love-jihad. “We will first have a discussion with the chief minister, ML Khattar, in this regard,’’ Vij said. Vij said a representative of the advocate general’s office would also be a part of the committee. This committee will study similar laws enacted by other states, he added.
The BJP national general secretary CT Ravi said on Friday that a ban on “love jihad” and cow slaughter would be a reality in Karnataka very soon. Ravi, a former Karnataka minister, said a law banning both practices would be passed in the upcoming assembly session. He said there are serious deliberations going on in government circles as BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel has also urged chief minister BS Yediyurappa to take steps in this regard.
Also read | RSS push for law on interfaith marriage
“Love Jihad and cow slaughter ban have been approved by the BJP core committee. The clamour to bring in a law banning cow slaughter has grown louder. We intend to do so,” the Chikkamagaluru legislator said during a press conference.
Ravi had said earlier this month that on the lines of Allahabad High Court’s order, Karnataka would enact a law banning religious conversions for the sake of marriage. Allahabad High Court had said in its October 31 order that religious conversion just for the sake of marriage was not valid. “We will not remain silent when Jihadis strip the dignity of our sisters,” Ravi had said, adding that anyone involved in any act of conversion would face severe and swift punishment.
Also read: Stop attacking interfaith marriages | HT Editorial
Union minister Giriraj Singh on Friday supported the implementation of law against “love jihad” in Bihar and claimed that the subject has become a cause of trouble in many states. The BJP leader requested the Nitish Kumar government to understand issues like “love jihad” and population control have nothing to do with communalism, but that they are a matter of social harmony.
Singh told reporters “love jihad” should be seen as a problem not only among Hindus but also among all non-Muslims in all states of the country. He said that in Kerala where there is a large population of Christians, community members have expressed concern over this development.
(With agency inputs)


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INDUSTRY bodies have united to condemn the Scottish Government’s plans to ban large shops from trading on New Year’s Day.
Ministers are currently considering extending the ban on Christmas Day trading for larger retailers to cover 1 January.
In a joint letter to ministers, 13 business associations have warned such a ban would limit competition.
David Lonsdale, director of the Scottish Retail Consortium, said: “This is an unequivocal message from a formidable cross section of Scottish industry, voicing serious doubts about the wisdom of banning shops from opening to customers on New Year’s Day.
“A legislative ban would be putting rocks in the retail industry’s rucksack just as it seeks to recover and climb out from the worst trading period in decades.”

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NAGPUR: In a major move against illegal hoardings and banners mushrooming at almost every square, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation during its two day special drive has removed over 300 hoardings across city.
During the drive, the 46 banners and 11 hoardings were removed from Dharampeth zone, two hoardings and four banners from Dhantoli zone, 8 hoardings from Nehru Nagar zone, 77 banners from Gandhibagh zone, four from Lakadganj zone, seven hoardings from Mangalwari zone and 135 banners and 16 hoardings from Asi Nagar zone.
Additional deputy municipal commissioner Ajay Ramteke said, "NMC has asked all zonal officers to act. The drive will not stop. The zonal officers have been asked to send the show cause notices to people who had put up political hoardings and banners. The banners of parties and leaders who submitted approval letter of district collector were spared."
With model code of conduct in force in city for state assembly elections, it has now become mandatory for the all political parties to show legality of advertisements, hoardings etc and seek permission from district collector's office.
Ramteke said the civic body did not act during festival season because of emotional involvement of particular communities. Now that Ganesh festival is over, the drive was launched. Hel also said people wanting to erect a hoarding should take prior permission from NMC zonal offices. The civic body is also planning to set up 10 special anti-encroachment squads (one in each zone).


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I've had in the back of my mind, for some time
now, the urge to go back and redo
the 12" Luke Lightsaber from SW:ANH. I was never really happy with the
saber the figure originally came with (it was too long and not
wide enough), so I thought up this project.
I kept putting it off until recently by circumstance
I found myself standing
next to the metal tubing in my local hobby shop, next thing I know
I had bought the materials to begin my own Lightsaber.
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Here's a photo of an original Graflex 3-Cell Flash
provided the photos to the left and the detailed information on how to construct a life-size replica of the props used it the Star Wars Trilogy
So here's where I start, I know what the original prop looks like, and now I know exactly what it was made from. Now, how do I make it in 1:6 scale?
Recently I came across this site called
Utilizing the information from both sites I formed a plan using aluminum tubes found at my hobby store.


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Auckland Council commissioned Innovation Unit Australia New Zealand to understand peoples’ experiences of housing instability to inform a cross-sectoral homelessness plan for Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland). The report reveals deep gaps between housing support services, and shines a light on opportunities for system-level change.
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Authors: Innovation Unit Australia New Zealand
Publish date: September 2018

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Before Climate-Change Deniers, Flat Earthers
The anti-scientific, anti-intellectual approach favored by today's myriad climate-change deniers (latest is Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-DeNile] attacking Al Gore as "Looney Tunes on the issue of global warming") has a long history in this country. Yesterday the cartographic world was abuzz with the news that one of two known U.S. maps showing the earth as flat had been donated to the Library of Congress. (Click to expand.)
The "Map of a Square and Stationary Earth" was drawn by Prof. Orlando Ferguson of Hot Springs, South Dakota, and first printed in 1893. "Send 25 Cents to the Author, Prof. Orlando Ferguson, for a book explaining this Square and Stationary Earth," says a note at bottom. "It Knocks the Globe Theory Clean Out. It will Teach You How to Foretell Eclipses. It is Worth Its Weight in Gold." That "Globe Theory" would be the prevailing view that, uh, the earth is a globe. It's wonderfully lampooned in this detail cartoon:
Ferguson's rhetorical style is oddly reminiscent of that deployed by Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) in ridiculing the notion that carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases are leading to the warming of the earth's atmosphere:
Carbon dioxide, Mister Speaker, is a natural byproduct of nature. Carbon dioxide is natural. It occurs in Earth. It is a part of the regular lifecycle of Earth. In fact, life on planet Earth can’t even exist without carbon dioxide. So necessary is it to human life, to animal life, to plant life, to the oceans, to the vegetation that’s on the Earth, to the, to the fowl that — that flies in the air, we need to have carbon dioxide as part of the fundamental lifecycle of Earth.
That Bachmann--she knocks the warming theory clean out!


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The British ambassador, Sir Ivan Rogers, surprised on these tuesday(03/01) and announced that he is resigning from the post.
Sir Ivan Rogers is latest in string of experts on European Union to be frozen out of government, says former top civil servant. The sudden resignation of Britain’s ambassador to the EU has prompted angry accusations from remain supporters that officials who express caution about the Brexit process risk being pressured out of their jobs. Sir Ivan Rogers’ resignation so close to the start of Brexit negotiations at the end of March amounted to a “wilful and total destruction of EU expertise”, according to the former top civil servant at the Treasury.
In an unusually candid intervention, Lord MacPherson, who was permanent secretary from 2005 until last year, said Rogers’ decision was a huge loss and that he was the latest in a string of EU experts to be frozen out, describing the decision as “amateurish”. MacPherson also cited Rogers’ predecessor Jon Cunliffe and Tom Scholar, previously the prime minister’s adviser on European issues who is now permanent secretary at the Treasury. His warning appears to reflect a Treasury concern that Theresa May is under pressure from Tory Eurosceptics to abandon hopes of trying to negotiate access to the profitable EU single market, even on a temporary basis.
There have been disputes across Whitehall about whether the UK can afford a so-called hard Brexit. The Foreign Office played down the implications of the resignation, saying Rogers had been due to leave in November and that he had merely “resigned a few months early”. “Sir Ivan has taken this decision now to enable a successor to be appointed before the UK invokes article 50 by the end of March,” a spokeswoman said.
But Rogers has known since October that he was due to leave his Brussels post before the talks are due to end in 2019, raising questions about why he was given a vital role in preparing for the negotiations in the first place. Rogers angered Eurosceptics in December when it emerged he had told ministers it could take 10 years to negotiate a free-trade deal with the EU. Downing Street insisted at the time that the ambassador had been communicating the views of some European leaders, rather than giving his own assessment.
A Whitehall source said the early departure had been discussed before Rogers told his staff on Tuesday. However, Nick Clegg, who worked with Rogers in Brussels, said it appeared to be the latest in a series of attacks on public officials who had expressed caution about Brexit. “First it was the judges, condemned as enemies of the people for just doing their jobs,” the former deputy prime minister told the Guardian. “It’s been the CBI and any business that didn’t sign up to the Brexit zeal, and now it’s senior officials being kneecapped in the Brexit press, after Sir Ivan Rogers just gave candid advice about the length of time negotiations might take. They are in the firing line if they do not endorse a zealous world view. This is a very worrying trend, and very new in British politics.”
Insisting civil service neutrality is a precious British asset, Clegg said the government should value candid advice. “It will come back to haunt the Brexit headbangers, because you can insist as much and hysterically as you like that the world is flat, but there are only so many people you can condemn for just pointing out the truth, that the world is round and that Brexit is complicated, might take time and might not be fully to Britain’s advantage,” he said.


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I don’t usually read two books by the same author because I feel there are so many topics, so many authors one can sample in our ever shrinking time that’s devoted to the lost art of reading books. However Activist Saru Jayaraman is an exception and so is the work she’s devoted her life to doing. I really admire her and feel so proud that we share the same gender and Indian heritage. She’s a great role model and is making a positive difference in the lives of so many people.
“Sustainability is about contributing to a society that everybody benefits from, not just going organic because you don’t want to die from cancer or have a difficult pregnancy. What is a sustainable restaurant? It’s one in which as the restaurant grows, the people grow with it.” from Behind the Kitchen Door. I got interested in reading this book after I saw the very well made and inspiring TEDX video presented by Saru Jayaraman. Being an Indian woman, I felt very proud to lea


text: Don't mess with Texas! People around the world are familiar with that slogan. They know it's an expression tied to the Lone Star State's long history of defying outside interference and cherishing the days when cowboys herded cattle on the open range. "Don't Fence Me In" remains a popular song among Texans of a certain age. So what's with those Texas politicians who in blind political loyalty to a Republican president won't stand up against his plan to build a wall on the Mexican border that will require Texans to give up their property rights? Yes, we're talking about Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, who accompanied President Donald Trump for a photo op Thursday in McAllen to promote the flawed wall idea. "When we see politicians go on TV and say the border's secure and there is no crisis, they are ignoring reality," Cruz said. Too bad he and Cornyn weren't taking advantage of their time with Trump to persuade him to end the government shutdown he has orchestrated to get Democrats - and some moderate Republicans - to bow to his wishes. Conservatives who accused President Barack Obama of acting like a king are ignoring Trump's abuse of power to get his way on the wall. At least some Republicans representing border districts are speaking up. Rep. Mac Thornberry, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, said he opposes an emergency declaration to build the wall. Rep. Will Hurd, whose district includes 820 miles along the border, has repeatedly spoken out against the wall. We're waiting for Cornyn to join their ranks. "Some people want to just talk about walls or barriers, but of course unless there are people there when people come over the barrier or through it or under it, that's not going to work, and really technology is the force multiplier here," he said last year. Even recently Cornyn noted that "the idea of a wall is somewhat off-putting to a lot of people." A lot of those people are Texans. Trump's assertion that a border wall is needed to keep criminals out was disputed by El Paso Mayor Dee Margo, who told a CNN interviewer, "This is the safest city in the United States. We have families on both sides, commerce takes place on both sides. We have 50,000 employed because of our relationship with Mexico." Cruz and Cornyn aren't expressing the same outrage over Trump's need to acquire private land to build his border wall as they did when the Obama administration tried to take Texans' property in the Red River Valley that the federal Bureau of Land Management said rightly belonged to the public. Gov. Greg Abbott demanded that the BLM "end this unconscionable land grab." Cruz and Cornyn introduced a bill in Congress to stop the BLM. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an amicus brief that said "the borders of any state are a fundamental expression of its sovereignty." The brief was related to lawsuits settled in 2017. Why isn't Paxton screaming about state "sovereignty" now? Why isn't he standing up for Eloisa Cavazos, whose land alongside the Rio Grande sits on the route a border wall would take. Cavazos says he won't sell his property to the government. "You could give me a trillion dollars and I wouldn't take it," he said. "It's not about money." If Cavazos remains defiant, his land could be taken by the Trump administration invoking eminent domain authority. Where will Cruz, Cornyn, Abbott and Paxton stand if that happens? With Texans? Or with a president who insists on building a wall even where it wouldn't improve border security? There is already fencing in the heaviest traveled areas along the border. More border patrol personnel, improved communications equipment and drones would likely provide a much better deterrent to illegal border crossing than any wall. Yet Trump insists on a wall, while paying lip service to other security measures that would be effective. It is an obsession that, if Trump gets his way, threatens to leave Houston less safe in the face of the next hurricane. The White House has started planning on issuing a national emergency to justify redirecting money from the Army Corps of Engineers to fund the big, beautiful border wall, the Washington Post reported Thursday. This potentially includes $4.5 billion not yet spent on projects on Texas. Houston can't seem to get all the federal funds necessary to build the Ike Dike, a third reservoir and the totality of flood prevention infrastructure our sprawling region needs to build a true resilience. Local taxpayers have been compelled to dip into our own pockets with a billion-dollar county bond to jumpstart the funding. Now Trump's scheme might mean we get even less for Harvey recovery. Maybe we should have asked Mexico to help us pay for it. Cornyn put up an impressive legislative fight to deliver recovery dollars after Harvey and it would be an utter insult to the state of Texas - and his efforts - if those funds are directed to a wall. How many times must it be said: The border is not a crisis. Harvey was a crisis. But Trump couldn't care less about whether our city survives the next hurricane season, whether the oil and gas infrastructure at the Port of Houston is ready for a worst case scenario. He just cares about his political ego. Houston can drown. Federal employees can go without their paychecks. But for Trump, the show must go on. It's time for the theatrics to stop and for Texas politicians to stop playing roles on Trump's stage. He's been a reality show actor for so long he doesn't know when to end. Cruz, Cornyn, Abbott and Paxton can help him. So could Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who skipped the first day of the legislative session to visit the White House. Trump says Patrick offered Texas' help to build the wall. If he did, he betrayed all those Texans who built this state on a foundation of standing with each other. "Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may," Sam Houston once said. Apparently an exception has been made for Trump.


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Sigfrid Laurentius EDSTROM, Broddetorp, Skaraborg
I am seeking information about Sigfrid Laurentius Edström, born at Broddetorp, Skaraborg, SWEDEN on 8 July 1882. He died in Chilliwack, British Columbia, CANADA on 6 June 1956 and is buried in Carman cemetery, Sardis, B.C., not far away. He married Ethel Hope Haworth (1878-1958) in 1909, having immigrated to Canada from Sweden with his parents August Wilhelm Edström (b. 21 May 1849, Sweden; d. 13 Nov. 1922, Burnaby, British Columbia, son of Lars Edström, and an unknown mother), and Johanna Josefina Hammarstrand (b. 16 April 1850, Sweden, baptised on 18 April 1850 at Utvangstorp, Skaraborg, Sweden; d. 28 Nov. 1929, 2224, Alberta Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Empire; daughter of Sigfrid Hammarstrand and Sara Maja Andersdotter), and one sister, Bertha Sophia Edström, later Mrs Charles William Tilson. It seems that Sigfrid Laurentius Edström was probably named for his two grandfathers, Lars(=Laurentius) Edström and Sigfrid Hammarstrand. This is all I know of his antecedents.
Many thanks, in advance, for any help.

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