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Ever try Russian Potato Salad? It's delicious—with new potatoes, red onions, sweet pickle relish and creamy French dressing.
What You Need
Original recipe yields 8 servings
2 lb. new potatoes, cooked, cubed and chilled
1/3 cup finely chopped red onion s
2 Tbsp. CLAUSSEN Sweet Pickle Relish
3/4 cup KRAFT Creamy French Dressing
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Combine first 3 ingredients in large bowl.
Add dressing; mix lightly.
Refrigerate several hours or until chilled.
Add 1/2 cup chopped celery.
Calories From Fat
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9g
Saturated Fat 1.5g
Trans Fat 0g
Total Carbohydrates 26g
Dietary Fibers 3g
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
* Nutrition information is estimated based on the ingredients and cooking instructions as described in each recipe and is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Please note that nutrition details may vary based on methods of preparation, origin and freshness of ingredients used.


This diffraction plate contains 10 different apertures and is ideal for diffraction experiments.
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Catholic hospital chain backs out of joint venture with Centene
A Massachusetts Catholic hospital chain has backed out of a joint venture with a Centene Corp. subsidiary after facing criticism about a how the Catholic-affiliated venture would handle contraception, abortions and other family planning services that the Catholic Church is against.
Caritas Christi Health Care, founded by the Archdiocese of Boston, said it was withdrawing from the partnership Friday night, just days before it was to take effect Wednesday.
Caritas plans to continue to participate in the state-subsidized program that will provide health-care services for 165,000 low-income working adults who are not eligible for Medicaid or employer-sponsored insurance. But the hospital system will participate only as a health-care provider, not a co-owner of the venture.
“By withdrawing from the joint venture and serving the poor as a provider in the Connector, upholding Catholic moral teaching at all times, they are able to carry forward the critical mission of Catholic health care,” Cardinal Seán O’Malley said in a statement Friday night. “Our singular goal has been to provide for the needs of the poor and underserved in a manner that is fully and completely in accord with Catholic moral teaching.”
Sandy McBride, a spokeswoman for Centene, told the Boston Globe that the end of the joint venture won’t have an impact on the health plan. She also said she couldn’t provide information about the financial impact of the change.
In March, Centene Corp.’s subsidiary, Celtic Group Inc., announced it won a contract to manage health-care services for thousands of low-income patients in partnership with Caritas Christi Health Care.
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McIntyre to speak during college student career program at IPE
The annual College Student Career Program will be held during IPE/IFE Week at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga.
This year's featured speaker is Dr. Don McIntyre, poultry technical manager for Adisseo. McIntyre will address the students on “Progressing From Academics to Industry” in his presentation. The program provides companies with the opportunity to interview top students from poultry-related studies in one location, during a three-day period.


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Guitars are an amazing instrument, the way they work and sound. By far the best type of guitar is the electric.
How They Work
Guitars, since they will most likely be used a lot have to be made very carefully and efficiently. They are made with hardwoods-such as cherry wood,-chrome, nitrocelluse laquer, and sometimes a battery. When you pluck a string on an electric guitar that is plugged in, the pick-ups "on the" pick guard have magnetic components to pick up the strings vibrations. It then sends electronic signals through a series of wires, through the cable, into the amp., where it is transformed back into sound. This all helps make the guitar work and sound better.
The brand of the guitar also matters because different brands make them different in different ways and make different types of guitars. Fender, mainly makes stratecasters and telecasters . Both are very similar in looks but sound different plugged in. Gibson, is another one that specializes in bigger electric guitars that are louder unplugged. they are much bigger physically and musically with more of a jazzy look.
The Music They Are Used To Play
Now the genres also make a huge impact on an instruments popularity. Rock 'n Roll and country are mainly the genres that people learn to play on guitar. Electrics are also used to play the blues, bluegrass, and jazz. No matter what genre, electric guitars sound good playing anything.
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Daily Bible illustrations : being original readings for a year on subjects from sacred history, biography, geography, antiquities, and theology : especially designed for the family circle / by John Kitto.
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Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan is a charity that works with and for people with mental health problems, their carers and supporters. Mental health problems are very common and can affect anybody at any stage of their life. We believe that many of the ideas that people have about mental illness are based on fear and prejudice and we are firmly committed to challenging these misconceptions.
Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan aims to assist people to achieve their goals and ambitions by working in a recovery focused approach, providing information, support and encouragement for individuals.
These relaxed peer support sessions give the opportunity to chat and meet other like minded people, offer a variety of fun activities and the occasional guest speaker.
These sessions are for anyone who is struggling with their mental health, feeling isolated and would like to build confidence to access mainstream courses.
Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan works with people who have a lived experience of mental health to offer support to achieve and maintain a more fulfilling life and to play a full and equal part within the community.

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Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
Meet International Fashion Platform – À La Carte Fashion was created as an end to end service provider to the fashion industry. What does mean?
To us it starts with the designer! “They are job creators! They have the ability to create a local fashion scene and manufacturing industry which can stabilize an economy.” John Mark Hoffman (Founder)
À La Carte Fashion is a custom tailored resource which has the tools to launch and establish a designer’s brand.
A Fashion designer identifies and establishes themselves as a partner with A La Carte Fashion. The designer and À La Carte Fashion work together to create a 2 year Business plan.
Now Enter our local Models Gallery, here we can choose the models that fit the esthetic of the designer. The models are then chosen to work side by side doing anything from runway to print advertisement.
Review our Stylist Gallery because next, a Stylist is needed to once again create a look that fits the designer’s esthetic; that can be a clothing stylist, hair, or Make-Up artist. After it’s ALL put together we reach out to our gallery of local Photographers, to establish who would be available and a good fit for the project. The photo shoots are set up and the collaboratively approved images and blogs are published instantly via our entire social media platform (giving everyone involved proper credits) and perhaps later in our print and digital magazine.
This gives us the ability to fully and consistently establish a Fashion Designers Brand by creating marketing materials and an identifiable resume which in return can be used to approach local, national, and global boutiques to export clothing brands; while adding value to the careers of the collaborative efforts of the Models, Stylists Photographers and all involved..
After we have established a team for the designer we can do some serious promoting!
This team usually consists of 5-10 Models, 1-2 master stylists, 1-3 MUA’s, 1-3 Hair stylists, and a designated photographer and writer to document the progression. (If it’s not documented; it never happened!).
À La Carte Fashion is a Fashion Community, Platform, Magazine, and Global Entity; focused on establishing and consulting leading edge market driven strategies to fashion relevant partnerships.
We work with all facets of the fashion industry to connect, collaborate, and create the creative culture within it. As a firm we provide the resources and guidance to elevate and establish your brand identity.

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New Zealand was once a bird’s paradise hosting over 200 species. Many of them, like the iconic Kiwi, have become flightless over generations due to the absence of natural predators. Now, invasive species such as rats, possums and weasels threaten the native and unique wildlife that still remains, killing around 25 million native birds each year.
New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DoC) has taken steps to remove invasive mammalian predators that have altered native ecosystems and continue to devastate native species. The response: aerially dropping and lacing bait stations with a deadly toxin known as Compound 1080. A single aerial drop of Compound 1080 can kill around 98 percent of possums and have a similar success rate on rats.
Prime Minister John Key wants “every single part” of New Zealand to be predator free of these invasive species by 2050 and believes getting rid of them will be “the most ambitious conservation project attempted anywhere in the world.”
Key announced a $20 million commitment to set up Predator Free New Zealand Limited, a company that would lead the charge in ridding the nation of the foreign predators by 2050.
James Russell, a conservation biologist at the University of Auckland in New Zealand and coordinator of the program Predator Free New Zealand, states that the new goal is “the modern equivalent to landing someone on Mars” and will ultimately require new technologies and billions of dollars to succeed.


Electrophoresis, Vol.25, No.21-22, 3825-3831, 2004
Microfluidic devices obtained by thermal toner transferring on glass substrate
A new process for the manufacture of microfluidic devices based on deposition of laser-printing toner on glass substrates is described. It is an alternative method to the toner on polyester film (toner-polyester) one, previously introduced. Commercial laser printers cannot print directly on glass, thus the toner must first be printed on a special paper and then transferred by heating under pressure to the glass surface. Although this procedure is more complex than the toner-polyester one, it can be repeated several times, yielding multiple toner layers. Even without special alignment equipment, up to four layers could be satisfactorily piled up. Characterization tests revealed that the toner-glass devices have similar behavior as toner-polyester ones regarding the toner layer porosity. The main advantages of the toner-glass technology are improved mechanical stability, possibility of multiple toner layers, augmented electroosmotic flow (EOF), and improved heat transfer. On the other hand, toner adhesion to glass is weaker than to polyester, which limits the device lifetime and usable liquid media. The measured EOF mobility (3.5 x 10(-4) cm(2.)V(-1.)s(-1) for pH 7) suggests that it is mainly determined by the glass surface, being little influenced by the toner walls. Microchip electrophoresis with contactless conductivity detection and photometric detection were implemented using toner-glass devices.


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Things get hopping at this casual pub-style dining spot, with locals and visitors alike enjoying live music, trivia and themed party nights. The large menu has salads, many sandwiches, finger foods and a few entrées including yellowfin tuna and St. Louis ribs. Wash it all down with one of the many fine beers on tap.

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Andrea Wollstadt and Rob Duquette make up the funky-folk-pop duo. Rob sings and plays guitar, Andrea sings and plays sax, flute and keyboards. They make up a unique sound all their own, and they incorporate many styles of music into their original material. The couple had their wedding ceremony the same month as their first CD release, back in late 2000. Shortly thereafter, they embarked on a national tour, performing in cities such as New York, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Cleveland and many others. New York City's 'The Village Voice' called their first CD: 'Amazing.' Formerly a part of the Cambridge and Boston acoustic scene, they began recording their new CD shortly after renovating their new home in Southern Maine. 'Cactus Highway is the most rare of acoustic acts, they are a duo of true sophistication who merge folk, pop, jazz in flowing, cool, unpretentious ways.' (The Boston Herald). They've preformed with such artists as Aztec Two Step, Catie Curtis, Roy Bookbinder, Greg Greenway, David Massengill, etc,. Their music has been played on radio worldwide. 'This Talented duo has a new release out, they are super savvy players, somewhat of a hybrid folk-jazz, No doubt excellent.' --Chris Darling, Us Folk WMPG, Portland, Maine.


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Sources of Significance confronts consumer capitalism and religious fundamentalism as symptoms of death denial and degenerated cultural heroisms. Advancing and synthesizing the ideas of Ernest Becker, Kenneth Burke, Hans Jonas, Erving Goffman, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and Epictetus, this multidisciplinary work offers a sustained response and corrective. It outlines heroisms worth wanting and reveals the forms of gratitude, courage, and purpose that emerge as people come to terms with the meaning of mortality. Corey Anton opens a contemporary dialogue spanning theism, atheism, agnosticism, and spiritualist humanism by re-examining basic topics such as language, self-esteem, ambiguity, guilt, ritual, sacrifice, and transcendence. Acknowledging the growing need for theologies that are compatible with modern science, Anton shows how today’s consumerist lifestyles distort and trivialize the need for self-worth, and he argues that each person faces the genuinely heroic tasks of contributing to the world’s beauty, harmony, and resources; of forgiving the cosmos for self-conscious finitude; and of gratefully accepting the ambiguity of life’s gifts. Winner: 2011 Best Book Award from the Philosophy of Communication Division of the National Communication Association
Separate chapters deal with narrative techniques in gnostic literature, the reception of Luke's Gospel throughout the ages, and the author's own highly sensitive reading of Luke's Gospel. He shows how gnostic enlightenment functions in the development of Jesus as a character as well as in his own teaching technique toward his disciples. Wojcik demonstrates how the implied author of Luke's Gospel uses these same techniques to withhold information and foster insight in the reader. The final chapter isolates the essential differences between canonical and non-canonical biblical scholarship and contains an impassioned argument for the value of scholarly analysis of the Bible from a literary standpoint.
The Amish Schools of Indiana studies the history of the Old Order Amish parochial school movement in Indiana from its beginnings in 1948 through the 2001 2002 school year. Included in the work are complete descriptions of buildings and grounds, as well as descriptive essays on the pupils and their teachers, the curriculum, the values that are taught, and the religious community that surrounds and supports the school. Readers are invited into the school at numerous points, to sit in on classes, school programs, and impromptu celebrations, as they read anecdotal accounts of real experiences. While preserving the anonymity and Amish proscription against posed pictures, the book makes generous use of photographs to document the current state of Old Order Amish education in Indiana.
This authoritative study explores the scientific and mathematical cultural milieu that patterns much of the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges's narrative design. Although criticism of Borges's fiction and essays has long emphasized philosophical traditions, Merrell expands the context of this interrogation of traditions by revealing how early twentieth-century and contemporary mathematics and physics also participated in a similar exploration. In this light, Merrell's study provides materials that greatly contribute to a reevaluation of Borges's writings as more than parodies, satires, or metaphysical jokes. Topics treated include the semiotic flows of paradox and contradiction, the patterns of of infinities, the limits of natural and mathematical languages, and the narrative fiction in scientific theory. Against this background, Merrell provides incisive readings of Borges's complex fiction and essays. Merrell establishes a series of parallels among Borges, mathematics and physics that suggests a large cultural project in the "thinking" of the first half of the twentieth century to "unthink" the closure of traditional models of reality and to press the limits of how the "real" can be described, modeled, and defined. The result is an integrative study of the relationship between aesthetic and scientific narratives.


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Pleasant Grove, United States, 20th Jul 2022, The Block Busters Token (BBTF) has just announced plans to reflect BitBurn as part of its automated rewards protocol. The Block Busters Token reflects a total of 8 tokens and adding BitBurn was a strategy that will improve the net benefit to BBTF holders. Now holders are able to directly receive both Bitburn as well as its reflection token, Bitcoin.
BitBurn is an innovative token that was launched via the Enhance BluePrint. BitBurn resides on the BSC network and rewards 5% Bitcoin reflections while offering a critical burn mechanism for its protocol. To accomplish this 2% of all transactions result in a reduction of supply, which is permanently removed from circulating supply.
The ability to collect Bitcoin in the rewards pool for BBTF is also of interest to the organization as analysts predict a swift upswing for the trading value of Bitcoin which would increase the value of the BBTF Contract.
This partnership comes on the heels of both tokens launching during a bear market and provides a unique opportunity for both.
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Some days I lock my doors,
Retreat away from this world,
A budding flower shrinking inwards in the absence of the sun,
Do not force me open,
Do not pry at me with your frantic hands,
The sun will rise again,
It always does.
Thank you for taking the time to join me on this journey! I hope my writing has some positive effect on you and your life. I will be posting my poetry and writing and I hope to spread some positivity.
“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t”. – Rikki Rogers


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Sitting in Doha (Qatar) I found myself stuck between the worlds of past and future, neither here or there, hanging in the balance of transition. Awaiting my flight to the future, the symbol of the moment not lost on me, the idea that I was almost in the future tantilising.
Saddness filled my soul, my spirit depressed and yet at the same time excited and relieved that the transition period in my life was going to be over soon. During the transition phases in ones life we get to decide who and what memories we want to take with into the future. It is a long and tedious process and for me a simple one. My past is the past but only a few people made it into the future, there they will stay with me through all my different life chapters.
I sit now on the cusp of the next chapter, ready for it to start, all dependent on the Home Affairs office and what they have decided my future should hold. It has been a long journey to this point, at times life was in the balance, moments where the complications and the difficulty of the situation got too much and the spirit just wanted to hand in the towel, cut the remaining thread to life as we know it.
Only time will tell where our destiny lies, only fate can really decide if the karma we carry is in correct balance, we have to believe it knows best and trust it. All I can say is that it may sound easy but it is the exact opposite, its the hardest thing I have ever done, ever had to do!

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The US State Department has issued a worldwide alert after the death of Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Yesterday, President Joe Biden announced that the most wanted terroriast Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a drone strike in Kabul and added that “Justice has been delivered.”
“On July 31, 2022, the United States conducted a precision counterterrorism strike in Afghanistan that killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden’s deputy and successor as leader of al-Qa’ida. Al- Zawahiri was one of the masterminds of the attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, and had continued to urge his followers to attack the United States,” the US State Department alert on Tuesday (local time) said.
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When we wrote our story about U.S. retailers and developers trying to expand in Canada earlier this summer, many market experts warned that entering Canada for the first time won't be an easy feat. This week, we are getting the first inklings of what they were talking about.
Among the retailers opening new stores in Canada this summer is J.Crew. But it seems that no sooner than the chain opened its first store in Toronto than it has already managed to turn off some local shoppers. The reason? J.Crew is charging customers at its Canadian stores and on its Canadian e-commerce site a 15 percent premium on merchandise compared to what it charges U.S. shoppers.
Many Canadians are well familiar with what J.Crew's U.S. prices are because they've shopped at its stores stateside and they are outraged at being forced to pay extra for the same products. Some have threatened that they will stop shopping at J.Crew or will return previously bought merchandise.
“I will not spend another penny there,” said Suzanne Dugard, a longtime J. Crew customer who bought about $600 worth of clothes at the Toronto store on Thursday and plans to take them all back. “I feel once again as a Canadian, I'm getting screwed.”
What does everyone think? Was J.Crew justified in raising prices at its Canadian store? Is there any way to mend the chain's image north of the border?

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The stars continue to shine in Paris Saint-Germain’s training sessions as of late.
As expected, new PSG forward Lionel Messi has been the main attraction in training.
He has continued to build strong chemistry with his new club teammates, including with Kylian Mbappe. The two combined for an impressive goal during Tuesday’s training session.
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Messi sure does look ready to feature in a fixture with the team.


This work presents a novel planar memimpedance device, named AMemImp, that consists of a Silver/reduced Graphene Oxide/Silver junction. AMemImp exhibits a unique ability for analog memimpedance tuning. For the first time in the literature, it is shown that the resistance and the capacitance of AMemImp device can be tuned simultaneously using a suitable voltage pulse. The oxide gap size (the distance between the metal electrodes) effect on both resistance and capacitance is also studied. It is proved that AMemImp capacitance follows semiconductors-based capacitance behavior during full ON state, while it has the insulator-based parallel plate capacitance characteristics during full OFF state. As a demonstrator, the analog capacitance switching behavior of AMemImp is utilized to build 2 capacitors and 2 transistors (2C2T) computation cell to perform multiply-and-accumulate operation. The non-volatile memcapacitor is exploited to store the data during the programming mode and perform multiplication in the computation mode. The 2C2T is used in a 5x4 crossbar where 20 operations are achieved in a single clock cycle with an error of 5.7%. AMemImp is considered great merit for tunable memory, computing, and RF systems.


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In and Out Clouds
In this exhibit, EuropeNow provides an escape and a pause. Berndnaut Smilde’s Nimbus and Benjamin Løzninger’s THE C/LOUD PROJECT focus on cloud formations through ephemeral projects that confound the boundaries between inside and outside, between 3-D and flatness, and between movement and stillness. While Smilde has developed a technique to produce unique fluffy cloudy creations indoors, inverting interior and exterior, Løzninger uses blind flat vertical surfaces to create depth and extend the sky down onto structures that are part of viewers’ everydayscapes. His temporary cloud murals at the same time connect the mundane street level with the celestial infinite and make buildings disappear altogether to become unbounded, just as Smilde’s indoor clouds eventually dissipate and unshape. In both projects, the built environment—whether ordinary or iconic—becomes extraordinary; and the fleeting and impermanent condition of the installations suspends the viewers in time and in space. By creating spatial continuity and playing with light, volumes, and temporalities, the artists fashion atmospheric moments and prompt unexpected place-based experiences between fantasy and reality.
—Hélène B. Ducros for EuropeNow
Berndnaut Smilde: Nimbus
Benjamin Løzninger: THE C/LOUD PROJECT
Berndnaut Smilde is a Dutch visual artist who lives and works in Amsterdam. He is a graduate of the Frank-Mohr-Institute in Groningen, The Netherlands. His work has been featured in many solo and group exhibitions all over the world. He has received a number of grants and residency awards and has taught at various universities in Europe, the US, Japan, and Australia.
Benjamin Løzninger is a French visual artist, art director, graphic designer, photographer, musician-singer-producer, director, and illustrator. He shares his time between France and NYC, where he founded the French-American creative collective FrenchBK.
Hélène B. Ducros, JD, PhD (UNC-Chapel Hill), is a human geographer studying heritage spaces.
Nimbus @Berndnaut Smilde; All images courtesy of the artist and Ronchini Gallery.
THE C/LOUD PROJECT @Benjamin Løzninger
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The Timber Bull Ranch is located in one of the most sought after elk destinations in the state. The famed Bull Mountains provide ample opportunities to harvest world class elk while trophy class mule deer, whitetail deer, and antelope are harvested in Bull Mountains annually.
Located on one of the highest points on the ranch is a beautiful lodge and guesthouse/shop allowing the owners plenty of accommodations for friends and family.
The 2,883 square foot 3 bed/2 bath lodge was custom built in 2015, and was perfectly placed on a high ridge that overlooks the countryside, known by neighbors as the “lodge on the ridge”. Sitting on the oversized wrap around deck, one can see in any direction for miles. A perfectly located shop provides ample space to entertain family and guests, including four beds and a full bathroom.
On average, the Timber Bull Ranch receives approximately 14 inches of rain and 23 inches of snow. With just under 200 sunny days, the average annual temps range from approximately 87 degrees in the summer to a low of 14 degrees in the winter months.
Water resources include multiple wells throughout the property along with reservoirs and wallows strategically placed by the current owners to enhance the usage of the wildlife that inhabits the ranch.
The elk population in the Bull Mountains is one of Montana’s largest growing elk herds and trophy bull locations. The Timber Bull Ranch is located in prime rutting areas along with being wintering ground for elk. The ranch provides a rare opportunity to not only hunt trophy bulls during the archery and rifle season, but to pick up their sheds as well. Along with the large numbers of elk, trophy mule deer, whitetail deer, antelope and bear use the ranch and can be
hunted as well. The turkey hunting in the spring is arguably some of the best turkey hunting in the west with large numbers calling the ranch home, while growing populations of Sharp-tail and Hungarian Partridge are commonly seen throughout the ranch.
Any and all minerals owned by seller will convey at closing.
A Montana Land Reliance Conservation Easement has been placed on the Timber Bull Ranch.

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Located in Palm Beach and Boca Raton, FL, Astro Air Inc. has established a reputable name in providing exceptional air conditioner services. The company is dedicated to delivering unparalleled customer service and superior workmanship that has seen a rise in customer satisfaction rates. Their fast and reliable A/C services keep homes and businesses cool, functioning efficiently, and in a green manner.
HVAC Services: West Palm Beach, FL & Lake Worth, FL
The team of licensed professionals at Astro Air Inc also specializes in delivering top-tier HVAC services in West Palm Beach and Lake Worth, FL. Known for its versatility in HVAC repair and maintenance services, clients have praised the company for its prompt response and innovative solutions that improve indoor air quality and increase energy savings.
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Whether it’s high-quality AC repair or HVAC repair, Astro Air Inc, remains the go-to service provider in Boynton Beach and Delray Beach, FL. Their experienced team handles each task meticulously, greatly improving system lifespan and efficiency. Astro Air Inc’s consistent high-quality services have left a trail of satisfied clients and a better environment.


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Burbedge History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The name Burbedge belongs to the early history of Britain, it's origins lie with the Anglo-Saxons. It is a product of their having lived in Leicestershire, and held a family seat at the village of Burbage. There is also a Burbage Brook in Padley Gorge, Derbyshire. The surname is derived from the Old English form of Burbage on the Wye, which means someone who lived at the brook or valley of the burg.
Early Origins of the Burbedge family
The surname Burbedge was first found in Leicestershire at Burbage, a chapelry, in the parish of AstonFlamville, union of Hinckley, hundred of Sparkenhoe.  Alternatively the name could have been from Burbage, a parish, in the union of Pewsey, hundred of Kinwardstone, Marlborough and Ramsbury in Wiltshire.
Early History of the Burbedge family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Burbedge research. Another 146 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1597, 1576, 1567, 1619, 1531, 1597, 1566, 1636, 1567, 1619, 1607, 1631 and 1653 are included under the topic Early Burbedge History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Burbedge Spelling Variations
Until the dictionary, an invention of only the last few hundred years, the English language lacked any comprehensive system of spelling rules. Consequently, spelling variations in names are frequently found in early Anglo-Saxon and later Anglo-Norman documents. One person's name was often spelled several different ways over a lifetime. The recorded variations of Burbedge include Burbage, Burbidge, Burbyche, Burbridge and others.
Early Notables of the Burbedge family (pre 1700)
Notables of this surname at this time include: Sir Thomas Burbidge; James Burbage (or Burbadge) (1531-1597), an English actor, theatre impresario; and his son Cuthbert Burbage (1566-1636), English theatrical figure; and his brother, Richard Burbage (c.1567-1619) British actor, member of the Earl of...
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Migration of the Burbedge family to Ireland
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Migration of the Burbedge family
Thousands of English families boarded ships sailing to the New World in the hope of escaping the unrest found in England at this time. Although the search for opportunity and freedom from persecution abroad took the lives of many because of the cramped conditions and unsanitary nature of the vessels, the opportunity perceived in the growing colonies of North America beckoned. Many of the settlers who survived the journey went on to make important contributions to the transplanted cultures of their adopted countries. The Burbedge were among these contributors, for they have been located in early North American records: Thomas Burbage who settled in Virginia in 1642; Thomas Burbadge settled in Virginia in 1653; Elizabeth Burbridge settled in New England in 1775; Thomas Burbridge her husband also settled in New England in the same year.
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text: My modern cave painting reflects my family structure and my parenting style. In the painting there are four figures - on the far left there is a small baby (newborn), next there is my four-year-old son, then there is my fiance, and finally, there is me. Above our heads is the sun, which is on the left side of the painting. The painting represents me and my fiance's desire to not always lead, but to, at times, follow our children and let them lead. We believe that there is much to be learned from our children. The sun represents knowledge, so as we are following our children who are following the sun (the knowledge), we are also following and looking to and toward knowledge. This picture also represents the agency and independence we want our children to have. Finally, the picture represents what we want our children to grow up knowing, that they can be leaders in this world regardless of their age. For my paint I used honey as my medium and red mud from my backyard. For my paintbrush, I simply used different size sticks (the two I used can be seen in the second image).

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the Enlightenment unequivocally on the side of the critics and revolutionaries. African vernaculars replaced the traditional Latin of the mass, and the process of inculturation resulted in the incorporation into the liturgy of African traditions in music and dance. In 1769 the Spanish Franciscan Junpero Serra founded a mission in San Diego, the first of 22 stations that would stretch up the California coast. The trial by battle was tolerated because it also involved a call to God, and the one who came forth the victor did so not from brute force but through the assistance of god. The brotherhood cultivated by groups such as the Freemasons and the Illuminati, a rationalist secret society, constituted a rival to the feeling of community that the church had once provided. Liberation theology was widely supported throughout Latin America, and Christian base communities, which expanded the role of the laity in the church, assumed an influential place in church and society. French missionaries also penetrated the Great Lakes region and the Mississippi valley, but few traces of their efforts remained after English-speaking settlers arrived in the North American interior late in the 18th century. He also revived the Society of Jesus, condemned Freemasonry, and patronized art and education. Although the issue of trusteeism would emerge again, the decisions of the council defined the administrative structure of the church and established a precedent that was restated at subsequent councils.
Both Jansenism and Quietism must be seen not only as parties in a controversy but also as symptoms of religious vitality. Along with the challenge of interpreting the decisions of Vatican II, the Roman Catholic Church in Mexico faced the aggressive proselytism of Protestant Christians, including Pentecostals, whose message had great appeal. Laws were passed to compel candidates for the Roman Catholic priesthood to attend a German university for at least three years. In the 1950s and 60s, when the countries of Africa gained their independence, Catholics and other Christians played important roles in the development of new states such as Tanzania.
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The Counter-Reformation was instituted wherever there had been a Protestant Reformation, but it met with strikingly varied degrees of success. Increasing persecution in the mid-1920s inspired the Cristero Rebellion (192629 in which the peasantry, without the support of the bishops, rose up in defense of the church. Spanish missionary efforts came to an end in the early 19th century, and their record was one of mixed success at best. It granted freedom of worship to all Frenchmen while recognizing that the faith of most of them was Roman Catholicism. This forfeiture became a source of great revenue to the church or King depending upon what law was broken. Suppression of the Jesuits Among the repercussions of the controversy over Chinese rites was an intensification of the resentment directed against the Society of Jesus, to which some of the other movements mentioned above also contributed. France, the first daughter of the church, was the nation-state whose development during the 17th and 18th centuries most strikingly dramatized the collision, so much so that Gallicanism, as the nationalistic ecclesiastical movement was called in France, is still the term used to refer. The missionaries also failed to learn the languages of the Native American population and, therefore, were unable to convert the indigenous peoples. Decades of scholarly research into Buddhist and Confucian thought had prepared Ricci to attach the Roman Catholic understanding of the Christian faith to the deepest spiritual apprehensions of the Chinese religious tradition. A devotion such as that of the 4th-century Greek theologians Gregory of Nyssa and Evagrius of Pontus was completely ruled out by the legalistic theology that condemned Quietism.

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Flowers, frivolous and opaque, Hide themselves like a bicycle bell. They, like many, Cannot control other’s admiration, Their assumption, How they dilute the image of you in their minds, And try to print you like a pattern, Like wallpaper. But flowers are not wallpaper, They are seeds, That crushed can nourish, That wild can overtake, That allowed to can be the whole damn system, Every cog, And every beauty in between.
The reputation of the ‘flower’ precedes the thing itself, yet it has few synonyms in the English language. Perhaps the flower’s popularity doesn’t necessarily denote a multifaceted understanding of it. Flowers are ubiquitous, mythologised on the one end as symbols of misbehaving women during the witchcraft trials and imagery for love and hate in fairy tales, and on the other end classified by the Victorian practice of Floriography and through the science of botany.
Yet, from the flower children of 1960’s America to women holding peonies as feminist protest in present-day Mexico, flowers have shown their potential as more than apolitical figurines. Beyond the pen, the courtroom or the computer, the flower retains a ‘usefulness’ as a social symbol, as a form of non-verbal communication, or as a way of questioning what being ‘useful’ is through its connection to rest, thoughtfulness, and playful environments. By launching a ‘flower festival’ through Assemblage, we can think playfully about the flower as a visual medium for reimagining social change.
To think of a flower manifesto might be to explore aims and objectives in a different way, to approach a manifesto as a constellation of poetry, collage, creative writing, and as a digital space assembled from a central floral focal point.
To prepare for the Flower Festival launch, Assemblage headed down to member Elena’s Whitechapel art studio to discuss flower manifestos as a way of collecting ideas about what we might want the festival to look and feel like.
We first went around the group and collected a floral stream of consciousness, asking ‘what comes to mind when you think of a flower?’. The theme precipitated answers of such a range that it felt like we were developing a collective flora. Members had strong personal associations to plant life, discussing buttercups and childhood, the gentle disappointment of receiving flowers, and decorating their kitchens with blooming vases. Ideas dropped petal-like onto the page, with conversations about preserving flowers, resin, and plastics departments, to debates about the temporariness of flowers, flowers in protest, and flowers as resource or medicine.
We collected these flower themes and came up with our own flower manifestos, thinking about what we might want represented through the festival. Our manifestos materialised into a collaborative zine, each page filled with collage, ink, and mark-making, creating a mood-board garden. Contained within the pages were libraries in bloom, evergreen vines growing out of technicolour dots, DIY lyrics overlapping hydrangea.
We hope to reimagine the flower as it stands today, helping us to consider the multiple branches of what a floral future might mean. Our flower manifesto is moving and growing and will be shaped by the events and artworks that develop in the next two months.
Keep up to date through Assemblage’s Instagram for info on upcoming activities, including a ‘flowers and feminism’ poetry workshop, a ‘this will get you lost’ flower tour, creative writing and design, and lots more. And of course, daisy stickers!
A superhero- singular, ‘a fictional hero having extraordinary or superhuman powers’. We tend to imagine superheroes as typically lonesome, cape billowing in the wind, eyebrows arched in a pensive state. We don’t see the power of invisibility that is held by the endless groups of people caring for the ‘hero’, such as the foster family, the friends that embrace their ‘outsider’ position, the community making it possible for them to act ‘heroically’.
A similar notion characterises the ever-elusive ‘artist’, either completely out of view or totally centre stage, the concept of the extraordinary artist and their muse denies the existence of a creative community making ‘art’ possible. It denies the caring, learning, and teaching that happens collectively, giving way to a cycle of ideas.
Through an Easter Sunday spent at the Foundling Museum’s ‘Superheroes, Orphans & Origins: 125 years in comics’ exhibition, followed by a themed workshop, Assemblage Youth Collective spent the day distilling the assumptions around what the term ‘superhero’ means. The Foundling Museum’s history as a hospital for the care of abandoned children, founded by Thomas Coram in 1739, set the perfect stage for an exhibition around care identity and comic book hero histories, the exhibition focusing on how orphans, adoptees and foster children are depicted within comics and graphic art.
The exhibition room itself felt like stepping into the pages of a comic book: plush with baby pink polka dots, strawberry red and electric blue walls. The display held vintage comics, contemporary pieces specifically commissioned, and graphic art from all over the world. Personally, I was struck by the originality of contemporary artist Bex Glendining’s piece, Begin Again, a digital illustration designed specifically for the exhibition, exploring themes of growth and emotion in new environments. The mesmerizingly vivid blocks within the piece could be read in any order, playing with the idea of sequential art and questioning how we order time and space. This mirrored the Foundling Museum’s approach to the conversation around care, where they replace the term ‘care-leaver’ in the descriptions with ‘care-experienced’ and ‘care identity’, expanding ‘care’ out to include different spaces beyond the foster home.
Reactions to the exhibition informed the creative work that followed. Assemblage founder Tasch led a workshop centred on designing and crafting our own superhero symbols, playing with the concept of superpowers. A member of the collective, Justin, considered how powers could move beyond the visual: ‘one of the things I took away from the pieces on display was that power can be much more internal and metaphorical as well – it’s resilience, it’s accepting change, it’s staying focused, and all of that. I took the basic motif of a wing/wave shape to symbolise that ability to ride out changes’.
Other members thought about how the illustrations on display distilled classic depictions of a hero, and of a foster child. Hannah took inspiration from Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom’s drawings, that ‘focused on ‘the harsh othering that can and often does occur as a result of being an adopted child’ and ‘her use of muted, selective colours, and the textural quality of her pieces that looked almost tea-stained’. Hannah’s symbol played with conventional notions of femininity, merging bright pinks with geometric shapes to capture ‘the endless realm and range of what a woman looks like and can achieve’.
Tasch drew ideas from Lars Horneman’s illustrations of warrior queen Zenobia, impressed by how the comic ‘combined traditional feminine and masculine emblems to constitute a sense of power, breaking with more classic representations of superheroes and superpowers’.
During the workshop, I led a brief talk about how poetry writing could help inform our symbol-making. Poetry is how I care for myself and expressing feelings and observations through creative writing helped us to expand out our symbols beyond the visual, thinking about how we might symbolise our identity through sound and smell, noticing how it has changed and been informed by others.
As I made my own notes for my symbol, I wrote, ‘writing is drawing’, as I felt the bends of the letters grate against cardboard, my illegible handwriting resembling squiggles more than words, prompting my own technicolour symbol to express how what may seem directionless can fulfil an emotional or creative purpose. The exhibition itself is based on an original work commissioned by the museum in 2014, where care-experienced poet Lemn Sissay made a poem that is sprawled over the museum’s walls entitled ‘Superman was a Foundling’.
The idea of being found, instead of being made or being new, sits at the heart of the Museum’s themes and Assemblage’s workshop. Member Josh captured this through his fascination with the characters in Taiyō Matsumoto’s illustrations in the Manga series Tekkonkinkreet, who wear clothes made from found materials, emphasising how we can re-use objects and surroundings to create new identities. Similarly, member Amy’s symbol played with the recycling logo, expressing how creativity and identity exist as ongoing processes.
We continued re-imagining superhero and superpower tropes in the reflection portion of the session. Usually, evaluations after workshops can feel quite clinical, but by discussing the session in real-time, the participants created a comfortable space to share thoughts and feelings. Luisa explained how her drawing of tear drops symbolised her connection to her own vulnerability and how she cares for her friends, and Tasch drew inspiration from the raindrops in her emblem to consider how judgements and moods, like the weather, can change and flow.
As the sunshine warmed our journey home, we were left thinking about the ‘everyday superpowers’ that mark our identities, and how care becomes an ongoing and collective experience.
Begin again, Go home, Do not pass Go, Do not collect £200. Don’t leave a note, Await orders, For the next time, For the last time? No, settle in, Make roots, Don’t look back, There is nothing to look for, You might not like what you find. Only forward matters, Look to the horizon, The city you protect, Backwards always falls through. The mask is warm, It has no past, No name. The mask is yours, The mask doesn’t wonder, About before, Or about after. Be alone in the moment, Untouched, unmoored. Then, now, later. Wonder, wander, Wonder, wander, Begin again.
Peeking out over an inescapable mask, I see once more, Women draped over ornate couches, Done with the world and its confinement, And its clothes. I see once more, Disembodied faces meeting unhinged shapes, Unsure, they attempt to devour one another. I see once more, Unlikely creatures emerging, As if willed by the vacuum of imagination. I see once more, Ambiguous structures, Soaring while more solid words explain little, Of what, perhaps, Should not be explained. I see once more, The collective embrace merge, With joint resistance, Forever twinned in a fleeting, nonchalant glance. Feeling nill, I wonder if I am measuring effort wrongly.
I wrote this sonnet in 2014 as part of a Year 9 class assignment. 7 years onwards, I still enjoy what I wrote – and in a way, this connects our February and March themes! I think it's healthy to let yourself be moved by your own work, and to appreciate the unique and personal memories of the process... I remember how I was inspired by the rhythm of Alexander Pope's Eloisa to Abelard, after watching the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Lovesong for Spring
For season that gives bless’ed days in light, Your comely looks will ever leave the shore; For you a snowdrop land out for delight, I wait and yearn for honeyed sound: amour. Oh budding youth and binding honest smells, No bird nor figure did evoke my mind; Your sweet, your caprice tale in spring we tell, Your dream of slumber wrote for me designed. For you bloom lily, iris, rose with charm, That dance, that laugh and soothe red eyes so sore; So arrows cushion frays within your arms! Complete devotion of my heart to yours. By you my lonely heart shall be adored, Go onwards, so our journey upwards soars.
Whispered words of stripped timber, Chanted like a spell under hot breaths, Like a song hurried through and felt. Quiet storm, do I want thee? Do I want to be, To be degraded as if in acid rain, To be a reduced solution, Part of it finally, My affects wiped away, Like paint chips journeying down the drain, Accompanied only by a swelling of circumstance.
Perhaps it is good to be reduced, Be forced towards childishness, To have to inhabit a time, When dreams were boundless, And outside of reason, A time before the weight of the appropriate and the likely. Perhaps it is a needed antidote, To the certainty and uncertainty of creeping adulthood, Perhaps we should not grow up all at once, But only in the useful branches, And stay young and budding in a few varieties of ourselves.
And then I spy a hole, Between here and my vibrancy. For just a moment, I can be excited, passionate, loud, And I can see why and how, I can be all those things and more. I have found that place, Where I do not worry or weep, For things I believe I am missing, I do not get stuck in notions of futures, Of missteps and inaction, I am living in action, And am free of the weight, That before I let crush me on this side of the wall.
The old cliché of a writer produces a visual of beauty and torment, or beautiful torment, a tormented genius, writing as the source of all fulfillment. Anyone who writes today knows that the reality is a little less idyllic, and a lot more of meeting deadlines, refilling coffees and half-baked thoughts.
Perhaps this is one key reason why I’d steer clear of an all-encompassing defence of writing for free. It concocts this image of writing as something one simply has to do, strokes of genius rather than scraps of neo-teenage angst written as half-formed moon metaphors (trust me I know, I’ve written my fair share). Writing as fuel in and of itself makes it seem removed from practical constraints, and from writing as a self-critical process.
So where does this leave writing for free? Should we all just stop writing unless we can find a paid publication? No, of course not. Precisely because the industries are hard to access, and labour so exploited, we need to carve out spaces that support and allow writers to express opinions that are silenced, rejected, or undervalued. Writing for unpaid publications helps you practice writing regularly, build confidence, and form your own style.
Sidelined groups can use unpaid publications as communities, spaces that work as forms of resistance. The Black Lives Matter protests this year showed how discrimination leaks into every industry, at every level, and when voices are silenced, often the only solution is to write louder. Publications that promote the voices of people marginalised on the basis of gender, race, class, or disability bring groups out from the margins, and into the centre.
If in exchange for writing, the publications promote the authors extensively, give them a space of support and recognition, and help them in their careers, then they are shifting existing power structures that divide. These publications can let writers dabble in different genres, develop digital and graphic design skills, and form content not limited to baring souls for profit, or occupying an incubated space of a newspaper. As Black journalist Niellah Arboine argues, Black people can’t just be presented with performative diversity schemes, but need to be given positions of leadership. Unpaid magazines can be spaces that provide this power shift, with the strength of support, you can more easily tackle the bigger industry problems. It’s not an end in itself, but a way towards creating more hopeful spaces.
Furthermore, writing for profit can have a big impact on mental health. Whilst the phrase goes ‘there is nothing new under the sun’, spending five minutes in the writing world shows how fraught it is with the tension of being the first to come up with new terms, new trends, new angles. This notion of linear progression makes it hard to keep up, and makes me question if I want to, rather than stopping to think about what I am actually writing and what it means.
In lockdown-stricken times, time seemed endless and yet oddly characterized by the need too create, produce, better yourself. The pressure to perform in quieter spaces is deafening, endless options present a continuous stream of thought not mediated by quotidian tasks. As Zadie Smith stresses in Intimations, periods of lockdown make us interrogate our reason for writing as ‘something to do’ as we divide our time. The lack of pretense in this statement helps us to admit that writing is a comforting and enjoyable way to pass the time. Writing for hierarchical industries, rather than for yourself or for supportive publications, dissolves the satisfaction in less formalized writing forms, torn diary pages, five minute poems, articles born out of thoughts trying to escape idleness.
Whilst I want to stray away from any gleaming platitudes about writers, writing for free can be a happy middle that tethers the tremendous gap between those in power and those without a voice. Writing is perhaps the greatest form of a voice, and from my own experience, I know that writing for yourself is a cathartic stepping stone to writing for others.


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Craig and I headed to the Nevis range for the first lift. This worked well but the high winds meant we walked from the gondola station to the top ski hut.
Abseiling intro easy gully gave respite from the wind but the CLAG meant finding routes difficult. We walked until we found Left Twin, we soloed the first pitch and Craig led the ice fall; this was in great knick and felt 4 rather than 3 today.
We abed down again as the sky cleared revealing amazing ice everywhere, White Shark IV 4 *** looked fat so I set on up. The ice was great and took screws and to be honest felt more grade 5 than 4, the climbing was great on first time placements. Arriving at the belay and bringing Craig up, the wind increased so we decided to bail. This was the best decision of the day, on reflection…
We climbed out easy gully and made our way to the Gondola station only to be told 98mph gusts earlier in the day forced them to close. We headed down the cycle track and back to the car in 45mins or so.
A great day climbing on a great crag. More here on the Simply Epic website.


Some questions about Sun's M-series servers
By drapeau on Oct 08, 2008
A couple of questions came out of the meeting and I agreed to follow up; I figured I'd post the answers here, because the questions are not proprietary and the answers aren't, either.
Question #1: how many power supplies on an M4000 server?
Answer: 2. The Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 Server has two power cords coming into the box, in what we call a 1 + 1 redundant power supply configuration. The M4000 needs only one power cord coming into the system to power it, but we have a second power supply just in case the 1st one fails.
(by the way, the M5000 server has four power cords. Why? It uses two power supplies active to power the server, and each of those has a redundant power supply.)
Here are the specs for the M4000 server, which comes from the Sun System Handbook.
Question #2: what kind of monitoring interface does the M-series server have?
Answer: I hope I'm answering the question that was asked here. I recall that one question had to do with what the console looks like when you log into it: ALOM or ILOM-style interface? (these have two different styles of giving commands to the server when you log into the console) According to the technical lead in our ISV Engineering Labs datacenter, the M4000's console interface looks kind of like the SunFire 6800's style, which is (and I quote) "ALOM-ish".
And here is the documentation for the M-series's console, called the XSCF (eXtended System Control Facility).
If this isn't answering the question you asked, let me know what you need to know and I'll happily track it down.
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Square One Law announces strategic European alliance
Commercial law firm Square One Law, has agreed to a strategic alliance with Brussels-based EU law practice Kemmlers, as a response to the North East business communities’ continued reliance on exporting more than 50% of its services to EU member countries.
At a time when continuing uncertainty surrounding the Brexit negotiations presents new and specific challenges to UK businesses, the move will ensure that Square One Law’s clients have access to European Institutions as well as giving them a base to have influence within EU’s trading community. It will also offer Square One Law’s clients a full range of EU commercial legal services under one roof.
As well as maintaining access to EU institutions, businesses will require the expertise of EU lawyers if the EU Withdrawal Bill incorporates all current EU law into UK law. One of the unintended consequences of the implementation of the EU Withdrawal Bill is that a knowledge of how to interpret EU law will be required to be able to advise on a raft of ‘new’ UK laws.
Senior Partner, Ian Gilthorpe, said:
“As a firm we have never expressed a view as to whether remain or exit was better for the UK and have remained neutral in the Brexit debate. During the negotiations and whatever their outcome, our client base will need access to Europe and the EU as people will always find a way to trade regardless of politics.
“Neil Warwick, who heads our EU and competition team, is the leading EU lawyer in the region and this alliance will allow us to provide the necessary support our clients require whilst also offering Kemmlers’ clients access to the UK market.”
Neil Warwick, Head of EU & Competition Law at Square One Law, said:
“I have had a longstanding working relationship with the Kemmler’s lawyers, which this alliance now formalises.
“Rather than simplifying matters, the introduction of the EU Withdrawal Bill may mean that international businesses are subject to existing UK law and also have to interpret the new laws to an EU-style of explanation. As the EU develops new laws, some businesses may face a dual interpretation system, which undoubtedly will add to the complexity of doing business in Europe.
“The North East is more reliant on the EU as a market for its services than any other region in the UK; therefore we are keen to give our clients as much flexibility as we can as they position their businesses to navigate future challenges.”
Kemmlers, as one of the few remaining boutique EU law practice in Brussels, has offices on Rond Point, Schuman, conveniently situated between the EU’s External Action Service and the Parliament, directly opposite the EU Commission, literally giving it a base in the centre of the EU.
Scott Crosby, Head of Kemmlers, said:
“This alliance makes perfect sense and should benefit our respective clients and both parties at this difficult time and beyond.”

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A family has donated fruit and vegetables it has grown on its allotment to a charity for vulnerable people.
The Smith family has been selling its produce to the congregation of Heckmondwike’s Salvation Army church, with the proceeds being donated to the church’s Big Collection.
Steve Smith, who first took on the allotment with his wife and two step-sons back in June, said: “When we first started work on the site it was completely overgrown.
“However now it looks really good and we are growing all sorts there.
“We are looking forward to harvesting potatoes, broccoli and sprouts later in the year and we are planning all sorts of fruit and vegetable crops for next year.
“In just three weeks we have already raised more than £50 towards the appeal and hope to be able to add a little bit more each week”.
Major Sharen Furlong, minister at Heckmondwike Salvation Army, said: “Our annual appeal takes a lot of hard work, collecting door-to-door and standing days at local events.
“This idea is great as not only do our congregation get to go home with some fresh, home grown vegetables to eat but the donations they give go to provide help and support for people in need.”


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CBK ~ Chess Set ~ Contemporary Design
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Old World Meets Contemporary Design
Antique button design chess set with cast base rim, cast chess pieces and multicolor finish. The pawns have a fleur de lis design and the kings and queens have crown designs. Just beautiful!


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COPS are hunting a disgraceful driver who ran away after sending a ‘grandmother and two grandchildren’ flying in a brutal hit-and-run car crash.
Gran Khalida Hussain, 57, who had been with four of her grandchildren, broke legs and ribs and was treated for head injuries.
An 11-year-old boy suffered a broken nose while his twin sister sustained back injuries.
Khalida’s son Asad said she saved lives by taking the force of the impact. He added: “That car must have been doing 60-70mph.
“Imagine if that happened to your mum and kids. There are no words, just anger. If you look at the video it is horrific how they went ten feet in the air. It’s a miracle they are here in this world.”
It was as the group reached the centre of the road in Newham, east London, that the vehicle ploughed into them, sending Khalida flying approximately 10 metres into a plastic bollard.
The two young children were also hit by the car and sent skyward but fortunately the two older schoolgirls managed to get out of the way.
The car then came to a halt on the pavement as the woman and two youngsters lay motionless in the road.
The two schoolgirls stood frozen in the moment as the car doors opened and two men made a run for it.
As the men made their escape, the schoolgirls ran to a nearby house to ask for help.
The three victims are understood to have suffered serious injuries as a result of the collision on Thursday but are not thought to be life-threatening.
POKEMON TRAGEDYThe young woman killed and dragged 200ft along road by a 'hit and run' driver while out playing Pokemon GO
LORRY DRIVER HUNTEDCops release images of lorry 'involved in hit and run outside Tube station' that killed pensioner
'he's lucky to be alive'Brave young girl saves little brother’s life after he was struck in hit and run
The footage was posted online by the Newham People's Alliance with an appeal to help catch the culprits.
In a statement, the Met Police said: “Police were called at approximately 2:55pm on Thursday, 27 October, to reports of a car in collision with three pedestrians in Central Park Road.
“Officers and London Ambulance Service attended and the three pedestrians - a woman believed aged in her 50s and two children - a boy, 12, and a girl, 11 - were taken to hospital for treatment.
“All three remain in hospital - none of their injuries are life threatening.
“The car involved stopped a short distance away and two males occupants made off on foot.
“Enquiries are underway to trace them.”
Anyone with information is asked to call the police on 101.
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Why The Nature Conservancy?
The Nature Conservancy’s Kentucky Chapter brings the following strengths to every project:
We have a staff presence and strong connections in communities throughout Kentucky – from the Mississippi River bottomlands and the Green River watershed, to the Kentucky River Palisades and the Cumberland Mountains, and even in downtown Louisville.
We join colleagues in every state and over 40 countries to leverage our conservation work in Kentucky to benefit larger natural systems that reach beyond our borders, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Central Appalachian Mountains.
We draw expertise and advice from our network of more than 600 Nature Conservancy scientists to ensure that our actions are based on sound science and tested on-the-ground techniques.
We work with all stakeholders to develop thoughtful, balanced, and lasting solutions to conservation challenges.
We work collaboratively with communities, companies, government agencies, and other non-profit organizations to expand our collective impact.
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A Santa Clara church that has racked up more than $50,000 in fines for public health violations is expected to go ahead with indoor services Wednesday evening.
North Valley Baptist Church holds regular Wednesday evening services, and for the past two weeks, the services have been held inside despite numerous fines.
Pastor Jack Trieber posted a public plea to government agencies to stop what he described as harassment.
"You cannot take away our right to assemble," he said. "County, the state of California, it must stop. One, I’m asking you to stop all fines, and two, I’m asking you to remove all fines."
This week, the pastor posted a 10-minute video with his reasoning for reopening, noting that there hasn’t been a spike in cases locally, and they are following protocols inside.
However, the county counsel sees it differently, and they said that there are not enough masks or adequate social distancing. Videos posted to the church’s website appear to show just that.
Out of 150 complaints the counsel has received, the church is just one of two that keeps holding indoor services.
“Concerning examples of folks not following the public health directives, and as a result putting not only their own congregations, but in fact all of us at risk,” said James Williams of the Santa Clara County Counsel.
Members of the county's COVID-19 enforcement team met Wednesday to discuss what to do about the church's defiance.


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Gone Girl (Compact Disc)
June 2012 Indie Next List
“Told from the alternating perspectives of Amy and Nick whose marriage is falling apart in small-town Missouri, this is first a story of perfect young love in Manhattan, followed by its slow disintegration after both partners lose their jobs and move to Nick's hometown to help his family through his mother's terminal illness. When Amy disappears, who is innocent and who is guilty? Slowly, each spouse's lies and deceptions are laid bare until the real foundation of their relationship is revealed. A tale reminiscent of Scott Turow, with a veneer of crazy all its own!”
— Susan Taylor, Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany, NY
The #1 "New York Times" Bestseller
On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick's clever and beautiful wife disappears. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife's head, but passages from Amy's diary reveal the alpha-girl perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge.Under mounting pressure from the police and the media as well as Amy's fiercely doting parents the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he's definitely bitter but is he really a killer?
About the Author
Gillian Flynn est nee a Kansas City dans le Missouri. Apres des etudes d'anglais et de journalisme, elle rejoint l'equipe d'"Entertainment Weekly", un magazine specialise dans le cinema pour lequel elle travaillera pendant dix ans. Elle publie en 2007 son premier roman, "Sur ma peau", qui a ete recompense par plusieurs prix litteraires - dont, fait unique dans l'histoire, deux Britain's Dagger Award. Publiee dans plus de vingt-cinq pays, Gillian Flynn est considere par la critique comme l'une des voix les plus originales du thriller contemporain. Son troisieme livre, "Les Apparences", a connu un succes hors norme en France comme a l'etranger.
Julia Whelan, a former child actress best known for her award-winning work on ABC's "Once and Again", has won multiple "AudioFile" Earphones Awards and was named one of "AudioFile" magazine's Best Voices of 2010. Her "flawless" narration of Jandy Nelson's "The Sky Is Everywhere" earned a place in the first round of 2011 Grammy nominations for Best Spoken Word Album.
Kirby Heyborne has received critical acclaim for his starring role in the award-winning World War II drama Saints and Soldiers. He has had starring roles in eight other features and two short films, and has also appeared on the WB's Everwood and many national commercials. He has garnered rave reviews for his narration for Books on Tape over the years and is considered one of the finest narrators working today.


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How to Deal With Toddler Tantrums
Toddler tantrums are a normal part of childhood, and while they make you doubt your parenting approach, you have nothing to worry about. But if you think your child’s tantrums are causing behavioural issues in him, you could use help dealing with his tantrums. Read on to know more about toddler tantrums. Its causes and how you can handle them!
Video: How to Deal with Toddler Tantrums (5 Best Ways)
When Do Toddler Tantrums Start?
Toddler tantrums can begin as early as age one and continue till your child is four. However, the peak period of tantrums can safely be said to be when the child is two or three years old. The tantrums that 2-year-old kids throw can be quite different from those of an older child because their challenges would be different.
What Causes Toddler Temper Tantrums?
The following are the probable causes of a toddler’s temper tantrums:
- Your child may be feeling the need to assert independence and throwing a tantrum may seem the right way to do so.
- At his age, the child has a limited range of words, actions, and expressions that can convey his feelings. A tantrum can be an outcome of frustration about these limitations.
- Boredom, fatigue or hunger could also become causes for throwing tantrums.
- Lack of control.
- A large number of restrictions or too many limitations – in this case, the tantrum is an act of rebelllion.
Do Toddlers Throw Tantrums on Purpose?
Since a tantrum is a probable way of expression of frustration in younger children, they are rarely thrown on purpose or with an agenda. As parents, if you give in to your child’s tantrums regularly, they could form a habit and can continue. Older children may throw tantrums as a part of their behaviour if parents have allowed them to get away with it in the past. However, kids generally do not plan to create a scene or embarrass their parents.
How to Avoid Toddler Tantrums
Although there may not be a guaranteed method to keep your child away from tantrums, they can be reduced by encouraging positive behaviour. Here are a few tips:
- Avoid situations that could trigger tantrums: Provide your child with games and toys suitable for his age. Complicated games could lead to tantrums. Stay away from shops that are packed with temptations like edible items or toys. Choose quick service restaurants if your child is prone to act up while waiting for food.
- Set a comfortable routine: Set a daily routine for your child that includes bedtime and snack-time, so your child knows what to expect. A 3-year-old child is capable of throwing your routine out of gear. Establish a routine and follow it consistently.
- Promote the maximum use of words: Kids can understand more words than they can actually express so encourage them to speak. A child who isn’t speaking at all or clearly enough can be taught sign language that can replace words of daily needs like want; more, tired, hungry, drink, etc. Helping a child to convey his actions into words can reduce his need to through tantrums.
- Allow the child to choose: By saying no to a majority of things, your child will get frustrated. And not giving in to your child’s demands and watching him cry can frustrate you. So instead of saying no or yes to everything, how about you teach your child about compromise. Give him a sense of empowerment by giving him choices. Frame your questions cleverly. “Do you want to wear the yellow sandals or the blue ones?” or “Would you like to play out in the park or ride the bicycle?” When a child makes a choice he feels in control of the situation.
- Praise good behaviour: When your child does a good thing or behaves well, it is time to praise him. Extra attention will enhance similar behaviour in the future. When your kid shares his toys or food with another child or carries out small tasks, tell them how proud you are of his behaviour and action.
How to Handle Toddler Temper Tantrums
As a parent, you will eventually learn that at times all your preparation and precautions will come undone because your baby can throw tantrums without warning. The following methods of handling tantrums can work well if used just as the tantrum is beginning:
- Induce laughter: Try to make your child laugh when he begins to throw a tantrum. By triggering laughter, the brain releases feel-good chemicals in the body and reduces stress. Act in a silly way so that your child is momentarily distracted from his tantrum. If your child says no to his daily glass of milk, make a mooing sound and imitate a cow asking him to drink it up. Pick up a banana and pretend to make a call to his friend or a grandparent. The sillier, the better.
- Play peek-a-boo with your child: Children love peek-a-boo, so play this game with your child. Don’t go too far and always remain within the eyesight of your kid. This will surprise the child and is guaranteed to get a giggle or laugh from him. Your child will forget the tantrum, and you can take charge of the situation again.
- Play a game your child loves: A child’s tantrums are mostly the result of the need for attention or plain frustration. By playing a game with your child, you will provide him the attention he needs, which can prove to be a distraction. This is a proven technique that works more than often, irrespective of where you are, at home or outdoors.
- Take your child in your arms: A full-blown tantrum or screaming fit can be controlled by picking up the child in your arms. Your child will feel comfortable in your arms. You can talk to him and reassure him that he is safe with you. It will help melt away any pent-up frustration and soothe his temper within no time.
- Be consistent: You will need to remain calm and stand your ground. Repeat the same words and bore him with the monotony till he tires out. Your eyes and face should carry a neutral expression, and your voice should be firm. Once he understands that you won’t budge, the tantrum will lose steam within no time.
- Try to ignore it: Children are fully aware of the fact that if they keep up with the drama, they will get the necessary attention. Check if the child isn’t overly stressed and isn’t likely to harm himself. Give him the cold shoulder and carry on with your work. Pay no attention to any of his antics till he realizes that this isn’t going anywhere.
- Speak softly: If your toddler is screaming loudly, do not try to out-shout him, Instead, draw his attention and speak in a low and calm voice. Try to divert his attention and speak softly till he calms down.
- Allow the banned: Kids love everything that belongs to adults and often try to reach them. During a tantrum, select an item of special interest to your children like wallets or car keys. You will have to make sure he doesn’t have the opportunity to through it out of the window, or put it in his mouth or hurt himself. Your child will focus on this normally forbidden object and forget about the tantrum.
- Don’t lose your cool: Your child will shout and escalate the tantrum to a higher level if you try to shout louder than him. If you lose your cool, you will lose the opportunity to show him the right way. Stay with him, and he will appreciate the fact that you are with him.
- Remember you are the adult: Do not give in to any unreasonable demands and do not ever negotiate. If you do that, your child will feel that a tantrum is a good way of getting things done.
When Will Toddler Outgrow Tantrums?
When your toddler grows in age and in strength and capability, he will face less frustrating situations in life. The more control he has over his actions and emotions, the calmer he will get. He will be reassured that he can manage things without help from you and the tantrums will gradually reduce.
Do not get excessively worried about childhood tantrums as this is a normal part of growing up. Use your parental skills to keep your child calm and handle these outbursts in a sensible way. Your child is sure to outgrow it, be assured.
Also Read: Toddler Behavioral Problems And Solution


Papua New Guinea Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare, says the Kokoda Track will gain World Heritage listing, but the extent to which it can coexist with mining has yet to be decided.
Sir Michael was speaking at a news conference with Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd after they met for talks in Port Moresby.
The Kokoda Track, which Australia wants added to the World Heritage list, was among topics discussed.
Local landowners oppose the listing, saying it will hurt them economically by preventing proposed mining near the track, where Australians stopped the Japanese advance during World War II.
They are backing Australian company Frontiers Resources' bid for a renewed mining exploration licence at a site that would partly damage the track.
Landowners protested outside Port Moresby airport yesterday when Mr Rudd flew in for a three-day visit.
Later, Sir Michael said all parties had to be satisfied over the issue.
He said a conclusion would be reached when PNG and Australian ministers meet in Madang in PNG in April.


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The U.S. Supreme Court’s upholding of a town’s longstanding practice of prayer before government meetings was seen by many as a victory for religious liberty, but even advocates can’t pinpoint exactly how the case will affect the future of religious freedom.
In a 5-4 decision last month, the justices ruled that Greece, N.Y., did not violate the Constitution by opening its government meetings with a prayer.
Thomas M. Johnson Jr., an attorney who worked closely with the legal team on the Town of Greece v. Galloway case, called the decision a “significant victory for friends of religious liberty.” But during a talk Wednesday at the Family Research Council, Mr. Johnson admitted that questions remained.
“Will the [decision] be interpreted narrowly, or as a significant and necessary course correction?” he said. “The issue in a lot of these cases is whether or not we’re going to respect individual freedom.”
Mr. Johnson said the country would likely start to see different ways in which states and localities handle the question of religious freedom.
“What’s good for San Francisco might not be good for the town of Greece,” he said, adding that the answer should be reflective of each community.
Other possibilities for future cases could involve privately funded memorials on public land that incorporate religious imagery, holiday displays, or hosting non-religious events in a church or synagogue.
The case began in 2008, when Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed a lawsuit against the town of Greece on behalf of two residents who protested that only Christians were delivering prayers at town council meetings.
Town leaders said they provided the opportunity for anyone to lead the opening prayer at the meetings regardless of religion or lack thereof, saying the practice dates back to the nation’s founding.
The Supreme Court decision reversed the ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, which held that Greece officials were endorsing Christianity and violating the Constitution’s “Establishment Clause,” which bars the government from favoring one religion or faith.
David Cortman, director of litigation and senior counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, welcomed the ruling, noting that the high court said it is important to look at the historical practice of anything being challenged.
“It’s difficult to say a practice that’s 200 years old is now unconstitutional because of a test framed 40 years ago,” Mr. Cortman said.
A good sign for future religious liberty cases, he said, is that the majority of the justices determined that “offense is not coercive, therefore it doesn’t violate the Establishment Clause. Our hope in this is now that we have five justices discussing the coercion test, it could officially take the place of the endorsement test, which we think is problematic, and certainly unclear.”
Americans United Legal Director Ayesha N. Khan said the narrowness of the Supreme Court’s ruling has created more gray area.


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2021 June 2 13:40
BIMCO is to develop an electronic bill of lading standard for the dry and liquid bulk sectors as a key component of a global initiative to accelerate trade digitalisation, according to BIMCO's release.
As part of a major initiative to accelerate digitalisation in the shipping industry, BIMCO has teamed up with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and other key stakeholders to help identify and overcome obstacles preventing a more widescale adoption of electronic bills of lading.
BIMCO is to play a key role in this process by developing a global electronic bill of lading (eBL) standard for the dry and liquid bulk sectors and encouraging its acceptance and adoption by regulators, banks, carriers and insurers.
BIMCO’s electronic bill of lading standard will be fully aligned with the UN/CEFACT MultiModal Reference Data Model to ensure seamless and transparent eBL transactions across international borders. The organisation plans to develop its eBL standard with the assistance of, among others, the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) who published their own standards for the liner industry in December 2020.


Stagnant property market sets house prices up to go nowhere in 2013, says Nationwide
Property prices were flat in November and are likely to remain this way, or edge ever slightly lower next year, according to the latest Nationwide House Price Index.
The average house price over the course of the month slipped £300 to £163,853 in November, however, seasonal adjustment which adjusts figures to fairly compare quiet and busy months rendered this as a 0 per cent change.
With just one month left of 2012, house prices look likely to be broadly flat over the year - with the index posting a December 2011 figure of £163,822.
House prices: They have remained slightly lower compared to last year
However, prices are 1.2 per cent lower compared to November 2011 and means the average property has lost almost £2,000 in value in the past 12 months. House prices have been down on an annual basis for the last nine months in a row.
Novermber's flat performance followed a modest 0.6 per cent monthly increase recorded by the study in October which saw the average property value hit £164,153.
According to the report, annual price growth has remained within a narrow margin of between 1.5 per cent and minus 1.5 per cent on all but two occasions over the last two years.
Nationwide said that overall, house prices have remained stable, helped by the better-than-expected performance of the labour market in the tough economy.
According to Office of National Statistics (ONS) earlier in the month, the jobless total was 49,000 lower for July to September than for the preceding quarter, taking total unemployment down to 2.51million - 7.8 per cent of the potential workforce. The number of employed people rose by 100,000 to 2.51million.
Robert Gardner, chief economist at Nationwide, said: ‘The annual rate of house price inflation remained in negative territory for the ninth month in a row in November. However, the pace of decline remained extremely slow, with prices just 1.2 per cent below the level prevailing in November 2011.
‘The predominant theme remains one of stability. Indeed, UK house prices were unchanged over the month in November, after taking account of normal seasonal factors.’
The report follows the Land Registry's house price figures for the month of October released yesterday, which showed the patchy state of the housing market across the country.
The Land Registry report showed that prices grew by seven per cent year-on-year in London but dropped by almost six per cent in the North East.
Jonathan Samuels, from Dragonfly Property Finance, said: ‘No change over the past month pretty much applies to the property market of the past year. With the exception of London, it's idling with little discernible direction.
‘The property market is doing better than it perhaps should be given the still delicate state of the underlying economy. Low interest rates and a resilient jobs market have definitely acted as a glass floor under prices.
‘The big question, as ever, is what happens when rates go up?’
Labour market trends – pluses and minuses for the housing market
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Nationwide say the performance of the housing market is strongly linked to the employment situation, and wage growth is likely to remain under downward pressure as competition for jobs remains strong in the coming months.
Robert Gardner says: ‘In a number of respects the UK labour market has performed much better than expected since the onset of the financial crisis, and this in turn has provided significant support to the housing market.
‘The initial surprise was that employment declined by far less over the 2008 to 2010 period than in previous downturns, even though the recession was the deepest and longest on record.
‘The surprises didn’t end there, however, with employment rising strongly over the past twelve months even though the economy was back in recession for much of the period. Indeed, in the three months to September the annual pace of employment growth reached 1.8 per cent - the strongest outturn since 1997.
‘While the stronger than expected employment performance helped to support the demand for homes, the most powerful influence on prices has probably been on the supply side of the market.
‘The resilience of employment together with the ultra-low level of interest rates has been instrumental in preventing a glut of unsold homes from building up on the market and exerting sustained downward pressure on house prices.’
UK employment: It has seen a much lower dip than in previous recessions
Mortgage deals leap - but top rates aimed at those with big deposits
The number of mortgages available has leapt 20 per cent since the Bank of England launched its £80bn cheap funding scheme, a new report shows, but wealthier borrowers have reaped the greatest rewards.
And in a sign that housing market activity has picked up recently, Bank of England and British Bankers' Association (BBA) figures have both shown recent rises in the number of mortgage approvals for house purchase.
Jonathan Harris, director of mortgage broker Anderson Harris, says: 'The uptick in lending in October reflects a busier housing market, while the number of homeowners remortgaging also increased as better mortgage rates filtered through as a result of the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS).
'While the FLS is pushing down money market rates, which is good news for all borrowers, the very best mortgage rates are still targeted at those with the biggest deposits and similar levels of equity in their homes. It is great news for these borrowers that they are so well catered for but those with far more modest deposits are crying out for better rates.
'The deposit is the biggest single barrier to home ownership, with first-time buyers having to delay getting onto the housing ladder until they are well into their thirties if they can't call upon the Bank of Mum and Dad to help.
'However, we do expect the FLS to filter through to those with more modest deposits next year, resulting in lower rates at high loan-to-values, which will give the housing market a much-needed kickstart.'
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Each of the band members – Idris Winfield as lead rapper, Cameron Lucci with an impressive guitar solo, Khalil Abdul-Wakil on drums, K.C. Lucey on backing vocals and keys, and Kai Friedenberg rounding out the sound as producer and bassist – shines effortlessly, keeping the lights on for “his” neighbor. According to contest rules, there must be one table per entry, but The Wizzards went further: the music video for “Love Me” features seven tables, each with a different band member sitting on them, wearing matching jackets and shiny gold sneakers. Best “Tiny Desk 2021” sets we’ve seen this week: Part 1: All Songs Considered In the coming weeks, we’ll showcase some of the many contest entries that caught our eye. The song “Mercy,” which the band says is about “reflection, confronting ancestors and true love,” is a great example of the duo’s ability to combine the incredible vocals of both members with complex guitar parts. Vreen, a songwriter from California, explains that “he” wrote “his” first song in 2021 after a panic attack “and what felt like a very long winter,” a time when they were trying to unravel the patterns in which they felt trapped. Over the next few weeks, we’ll showcase some of the many 2021 Tiny Desk performances that caught our attention. Originally from DMV, KICKK has developed and refined a familiar yet distinctive blend of hip-hop, R&B and funk. The chunky high school rhythms can’t limit the Miami-based band’s party energy; the chemistry between the members is undeniable, as evidenced by singer Roy G. On the band’s first single, “Doing Your Thing,” KICKK offers clever lessons interspersed between sharp bars and half-sung, half-sung word melodies. Allen Leroy Hug is a collaboration between Kree Kamansky and Sarah “Cole” De La Isla, singer-songwriters from Tennessee Snow who began writing together during the COVID-19 pandemic. With a constant smile and a calm, confident voice, MikeyyAustin talks about resilience and growth. Our first track features California folk music, hip-hop from Maryland and more.
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