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Dried Veggie Variety Sample Pack (17 items)
This simple sample pack allows you to try 17 healthy snacks without the high cost of buying larger amounts. If you love the outdoors, this is lightweight and works well for all your camping food or backpacking food needs. With approx. 1/4 cup of each product you can make and test several different recipes, two of which we will provide with this pack. This packet includes: Tomato Dices, Potatoes, Corn, Jalapenos, Onions, Carrots, Celery, Bell Peppers, Peas, Green Beans, Broccoli, Zucchini, Spinach, Chives, Sweet Potato, Cabbage, and Leeks.
Dehydrated vegetables also have a great shelf life and can be put away as long term food storage for survival or emergency preparedness. Preppers consider dehydrated vegetables a vital part of their prepper supplies and survival foods specifically. This is an all around great product that we know you will love.Once you know which ones are your favorites, you can order in larger quantities and save money. Enjoy the quick and easy use of these in all your everyday cooking - we do!
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The brilliant journalist Carrie Gracie has taken a stance over pay inequality and transferred (some said she quit) from her role as BBC Chinese editor to the BBC newsroom team. It was a noble decision but a great loss to those of us who admired her Chinese related reports.
Pay inequality discussions tend to focus on salary differences based on gender. But in the UK civil service pay inequality does exist but not gender related.
UK governments like to lecture other employers on pay inequality . Yet the said governments have allowed unfair pay structures to thrive under their noses for 3 decades across the civil service.
In the 1990s, the Conservative government decided to delegate human resources strategic (incl. pay and salary) responsibilities to each government department to handle independently.
Some government departments used this new found autonomy to bump up salary structures. Some other government departments took a moderate approach and kept their salary scales conservative.
[The less said about how recruitment and promotion practices became corrupted]
This has led to many staff across the civil service performing the same role, in the same grade (sometimes the same building), same length of service, but paid vastly different depending on their government department.
Department of Works and Pensions (DWP) is widely known as one of the most poorly paid government department for admin and middle management grades. DWP is also the most challenging government to work at, especially for frontline staff handling welfare payments and job seekers. Given the abuse they regularly face from the public.
Departments such as the Treasury and especially HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) on the other hand pay their staff vastly better wages. Home Office and Department of Health pay scales are sandwich somewhere between DWP and HMRC.
Simply there is no pay consistency at admin and management grades across the civil service.
An Executive Officer (EO) at HMRC can earn as much (sometimes more) as a Senior Executive Officer (SEO) at the DWP; even though the latter is 2 grades higher and has far more responsibility and staff to manage.
You would never hear of civil servants transferring permanently to the likes of DWP due to its lower salary structure. Even if such a transfer could mean promotion.
In 2003, Gordon Brown – then Chancellor of the Exchequer – mooted the idea of merging Customs and Excise with the Inland Revenue. Staff in both departments hated the proposal. This was due to long standing cultural animosity that existed for between both departments.
Customs and Excise and Inland Revenue staff did not feel the merger was feasible due to the salary differences that existed between both departments
E.g. Higher Executive Officer at Inland Revenue could earn £6-£10k more than their counterparts at Customs and Excise.
In 2005, Gordon Brown pushed through the merger. In one single month Brown upgraded the thousands of Customs and Excise staff salaries to match their Inland Revenue counterparts. Customs & Excise staff felt happy with the sharp pay increase while some Revenue staff were livid at salary upgrade for their new colleagues.
Some government departments would advertise their vacancies without disclosing the salary for fear of turning off potential applicants.
Yet trade unions and politicians have sat back and watched this unfair pay practice to thrive for decades. While lecturing the private sector on gender pay equality.
But with BREXIT looming now is a perfect time for a universal salary scale to be gradually implemented across the civil service. Pay inequality based on which government department employs you is simply unfair to its staff, future recruits and tax payers.


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This movie contains graphic content that may not be suitable for younger viewers. Parental discretion is adviced.
Synopsis: Meet Mia Clark. The perfect daughter. So righteous in her own thought, that she created a superhero of herself in her mind. But is her own righteousness, good enough for God? Especially when hatred flows out of her heart for her prodigal brother, Jake, who is now back living with his parents?
This is the sequel to "When Dad Ran", our 48-HR film festival entry for 2011.

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Are Toronto’s developers gearing up to build more rental housing?
Story by: Monika Warzecha | BuzzBuzzHome
Colliers International believes Toronto will see more purpose-built rental construction in the years ahead, echoing murmurs throughout the industry forecasting a boost in new apartments. The commercial real estate company is forecasting a few more city condo developments crossing over into rental territory during their construction, something Toronto has witnessed with high-profile projects such as The Selby and Kingsclub switching to rental.
“With the exceptionally low vacancy rate and the shift of preference from single-family homes in the suburbs to apartment-style units, the developers have begun to transition from condominiums to purpose-built projects,” Colliers stated in its Spring Land Report for the GTA, released Monday.
“Investors heavily involved in office and industrial real estate are now shifting into investing into multi-residential properties as well.”
It’s something other major real estate organizations have predicted. In its spring outlook report for Ontario, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) said “demand for less expensive multiunit ownership and rental housing will grow faster, particularly in Ontario’s most expensive ownership markets.”
Currently, rental construction remains a drop in the bucket compared to condo construction in Toronto. In March, CBRE, a commercial real estate services company, released data on the slight uptick in rental housing construction in Canada, a trend it said was still in its infancy. For 2014, CBRE found that purpose built rentals made up just 12.3 per cent of apartment construction starts in 2014, compared to 87.7 per cent devoted to new condos.
However, 2014 still saw a modest increase in purpose built rental apartment construction compared to previous years. The average number of rental starts was 1,799 in 2014. Between 2009 and 2013, the number of rental starts averaged 1,546.
Developers committed to rental still manage to raise eyebrows. When Westbank announced that it would introduce roughly 1,000 purpose-built rentals — and not a single condo — in its redevelopment of the Honest Ed’s site at Bloor and Bathurst, it caught a number of real estate watchers off guard.
Ian Duke, a spokesperson for Westbank, said the company wasn’t surprised by the reaction the announcement generated. “Seen through the lens of the last twenty years it is an unusual decision,” he said.
“We’re seeing right now a historic opportunity to take advantage of incredibly low interest rates, which really is what is driving most of the resurgence in purpose built rental. We’re building Bloor and Bathurst to own and operate ourselves. From an investment perspective, we just think this is great place to build a significant long-term asset.”


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Melbourne’s oldest park is Flagstaff Gardens, originally established in 1862. Located in an area steeped in history, the park includes a memorial marking the graves of the city’s first European settlers. The sprawling gardens form an important ecological area, which includes mature Morton Bay figs, elms, and eucalyptus trees. Extensive lawns and well-maintained rose and shrub beds are lined by these old trees, which shade long pathways enjoyed by picnickers, walkers, and cyclists. Get some exercise at the park’s tennis courts, which can be used for a number of sports, such as volleyball, handball, and netball. Electric barbecues are available to visitors all year long. Our Melbourne trip builder website makes visiting Flagstaff Gardens and other Melbourne attractions simple, and helps you make a travel plan personal to you.
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The Australian Government is getting on with the job of building drought preparedness across the country, with the first programs from the $5 billion Future Drought Fund rolling out in July 2020.
You can see the list of programs here.
Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, David Littleproud, said the Future Drought Fund is a long-term, sustainable investment that will make $100 million available each year to help our farmers and communities prepare for the impacts of drought.
“Drought is an enduring feature of the Australian landscape. It has economic, environmental and social impacts on our farmers, communities and landscape,” Minister Littleproud said.
The first eight programs from the Future Drought Fund will give farmers and communities the tools they need to prepare for, manage and sustain their livelihoods during droughts.
“We are funding farm business planning, greater access to information for decision-making, adoption of research and technologies, and building the drought resilience of natural resources such as soil and vegetation in agricultural landscapes.
“Communities will also benefit through improved regional planning, strengthening networks, leadership and community capabilities and small-scale infrastructure projects,” Minister Littleproud said.
National Coordinator-General for Drought and Flood Shane Stone AC QC welcomed the ‘over the horizon’ measures.
“My Agency and I continue to focus on the here and now. We are out in rural and regional communities, listening to farmers and businesses in affected areas, drawing on their ideas and concerns to provide advice and feedback to Government.
“I’m pleased to see that communities will be getting some assistance through the Networks for Building Drought Resilience program. Communities will be able to get funding to plan what their region needs, and importantly, funding to foster the networks and activities that strengthen their wellbeing. This is in line with our guiding principle that the people who are set to benefit from support should have a say in how it’s best used in their community.
“One thing I hear over and over on my community visits is that every farm is a business but not every farmer is a businessperson. The $20m Farm Business Resilience Program will provide farmers with training to strengthen their business management skills and develop a Farm Business Plan tailored to the needs of them and their farm. This is a very welcome initiative,” Mr Stone Said.
The programs have been selected based on expert advice from an independent Consultative Committee, with input from communities and industry.
The Government will continue to monitor and adapt programs to make sure they are building resilience and delivering for farmers and the community.
The Future Drought Fund is an important part of the Government’s Drought Response, Resilience and Preparedness Plan to deliver the support Australian farmers and communities need to be sustainable and productive.
The eight programs rolling from July 2020, totalling $89.5 million, are:
- The $20m Farm Business Resilience Program, providing farm businesses with training to strengthen their strategic business management skills and develop a farm business plan to build risk management capacity and drought resilience.
- The $10m Climate Services for Agriculture program funding the development and delivery of interactive digital ‘climate information services’ for the agriculture sector to assist farmers to make real-time decisions.
- The $3m Drought Resilience Self-Assessment Tool, providing an online self-assessment tool for farmers to self-identify drought risks based on a range of social, economic and environmental indicators, and take action to build the drought resilience of their farm business.
- The $20.3m Drought Resilience Research and Adoption program, which will establish two regionally located Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs, and Innovation Grants will become available to research organisations, private sector, industry, not-for-profit organisations and community groups.
- The $15m Natural Resource Management (NRM) Drought Resilience program, which will fund regional NRM bodies to undertake projects to build drought resilience of natural capital on agricultural landscapes, and there will also be grants available to organisations, farmer groups and individuals to undertake NRM projects to build the drought resilience of natural capital on small scales.
- The $3.8m Networks for Building Drought Resilience program, supporting community-driven projects that enhance drought resilience and strengthen networks, including small-scale infrastructure projects to make community facilities drought resilient.
- The $7.5m Drought Resilience Leaders program, which will develop leadership capability in communities and include a mentoring component to foster uptake of innovative practices to build drought resilience of farmers and their businesses.
- The $10m for Regional Drought Resilience Planning which will fund consortia of local councils or equivalent entities to develop Regional Drought Resilience Plans for agriculture and allied industries.
You can find out more details about the programs on the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment website or by calling 1800 900 090.

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Thursday, June 23, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pmFree
With generous grant support from the Hellenic Foundation, we are presenting a series of free, 90-minute online classes for adult learners. Join us for one or more lively and engaging discussions hosted on Zoom and facilitated by NHM’s Dr. Katie Kelaidis. For questions, or to schedule a special time that suits your organization, email firstname.lastname@example.org.
Byzantium: A Legacy: Often called “the Forgotten Empire”, the legacy of the Byzantine Empire is all around us — from the conflict in Syria to the forks on our dinner table. This 90-minute lecture will explore how the Byzantine Empire lives today and why you have never heard much about its legacy before.

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HP ZBook 14u G6 Mobile Workstation Specifications
Below is a list of the specifications of the HP ZBook 14u G6 mobile workstation sample we reviewed.
Featuring a 4 core/ 8 thread 15W TDP Intel Core i7-8665U (1.9 GHz) provides a lot of performance and Intel will seek to integrate higher core count processors in this power envelope with its Ice Lake generation of CPUs.
We thought that the AMD Radeon Pro WX3200 is an interesting choice. We generally see the AMD Radeon mobile GPUs in Apple products while many PCs tend to focus on NVIDIA’s offerings.
WiFi 6 is going to be a big deal in the industry. It helps in areas with congested WiFi use. If you are on 802.11ac and are waiting for the next generation of WiFi, this is it.
OEMs like HP usually spec a drive size and type, but not the vendor. This gives them more supply chain flexibility. In our test unit, the Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ-000H1 was the NVMe M.2 512GB TLC SSD included.
The Intel Core i7-8665U runs with a base speed of 1.9 GHz and can Turbo up to 4.8 GHz. With 4 cores / 8 Threads. The lower core count limits some benchmarks when compared to other mobile workstations and laptops that we have reviewed that have 6 core processors.
GPU-Z shows the primary stats of our AMD Radeon Pro WX3200. The AMD Radeon Pro WX3200 GPU clocks in at 1082 MHz. And DDR4 Memory at 1000 MHz. Pixel Fillrates run at 17.3 GPixels/s, and Texture Fillrate comes in at 17.3 GTexel/s. The AMD Radeon Pro WX3200 is a slight upgrade over the UHD 620 Graphics we have seen in several of our last reviews. There are no other GPU options available when ordering for users that might require higher-end graphics.
HP Comprehensive Layered Protection
HP ZBook 14u G6 features what HP calls it’s Comprehensive Layered Protection built into the mobile workstation.
HP Sure Sense uses deep learning and neural networks to identify behavioral traits; instinctively recognizing and neutralizing never before seen malware. HP Sure Start Gen 5
protects from Firmware attacks with the world’s first and only self-healing BIOS. HP Sure Start Gen 5 automatically recovers the BIOS from attacks or corruption.
We find these are welcome features HP has added to its line of mobile workstations and other products, we all know that even simple things like visiting a website can infect your system, and ad’s can also download virus. Sure Start Gen 5 is an advanced feature we have not seen in other products to protect your BIOS, these types of attacks would be extremely hard to fix for average users. In the Lab we run Kaspersky and Malwarebytes to protect our machines, but things can still pass through if not careful, it is nice to see HP take a lead in this area to give even more protection.
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If this was anything but gasoline, no one would swallow the explanations we get year after year as the price soars. But we have been taken down this road so many times we’re starting to believe just about anything we’re told, apparently.
In trying to explain why pump prices have jumped to as much as $3.99 a gallon in just two weeks, lots of commentators have blamed the oldest bogeyman in the book — “political tensions” in the Mideast. When aren’t there political tensions in the Mideast?
This time around, Western nations are said to fear that Iran is building a nuclear weapon. That’s in place of Israeli/Palestinian tensions or unrest in Syria or the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011 or whatever.
But that does nothing to explain why prices jacked almost exactly a year ago, too.
Prices surged to $3.37 a gallon in late February of 2011; that’s about 60 cents less than the current high; gas … was about $3.40 in mid-February of this year. Oil prices were around $103 a barrel last year, compared to the current $107 a barrel last week.
But wait a minute.
Gregg Laskoski, senior petroleum analyst for price-tracker Gasbuddy.com, recently said, “We generally expect prices to go up at this time of year.” March Madness?
And Walt Breitinger, who writes a Record-Eagle commodities column, said North America is presently “awash” in crude oil supplies, but there’s less refined gasoline available as speculators sit on supplies to see how the Middle East situation plays out.
North America is “awash” in crude?
The United States is currently a net exporter of crude oil?
The U.S. does not import a single drop of oil from Iran?
There is less refined gasoline because speculators are sitting on supplies?
There is a “refinery capacity bottleneck” around the Midwest?
And we still blame unrest in the Middle East?
Step away from the ledge. We’re “awash” in crude, “speculators” are sitting on supplies, there is a refinery “bottleneck” and we wonder why prices are sky high?
Hmmm. If the commodity in question was ice cream and we found out there was more than enough cow product to make as much ice cream as we could eat but some plants have been purposely taken out of production to jack up prices, would we still blame Iran?
Of course not. We’d blame the people who are to blame — in the case of gasoline, that means oil companies, refiners and speculators.
To believe otherwise is to swallow the same old malarkey. But that’s what we do.
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Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was a French sculptor who is best known for creating one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, the Statue of Liberty. He was born on April 2, 1834, in Colmar, France, and grew up in a wealthy family that encouraged his artistic pursuits. He studied sculpture in Paris and quickly gained recognition for his talent. Bartholdi’s works were known for their grandeur, and he often incorporated political themes into his sculptures.
Early Life and Career of Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
Bartholdi’s early life was marked by his love of art and his desire to become a sculptor. He was heavily influenced by his father, who was an artist and engraver, and his mother, who encouraged his artistic talent. Bartholdi’s career began in earnest when he won a scholarship to study at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He quickly gained recognition for his talent and was awarded several commissions for public sculptures. His works were known for their grandeur, and he often incorporated political themes into his sculptures.
The Inspiration Behind the Creation of Bartholdi’s Statue
Bartholdi drew inspiration for his statue from his travels to Egypt, where he saw the ancient colossi of Memnon. He was struck by the grandeur of the statues and began to imagine a similar monument that would symbolize the friendship between France and the United States. He developed the idea for a colossal statue of a woman holding a torch, which he called Liberty Enlightening the World.
The Design of Bartholdi’s Statue
Bartholdi worked with several engineers and architects to design his statue. He envisioned a copper statue that would be more than 150 feet tall and would stand on a pedestal that would bring the total height to over 300 feet. The statue itself was designed to be a woman holding a torch in one hand and a tablet inscribed with the date of the Declaration of Independence in the other. The statue was to be a symbol of freedom and democracy.
Construction and Funding of Bartholdi’s Statue
Construction of the statue began in France in 1875. The statue was made of copper sheets that were hammered into shape and then assembled around an iron framework. The pedestal was constructed separately in the United States. The funding for the project came from both the French and American governments, as well as private donations from both countries.
Unveiling of Bartholdi’s Statue
The statue was completed in 1884 and was shipped to the United States in crates. It was reassembled on its pedestal on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. The unveiling ceremony took place on October 28, 1886, and was attended by thousands of people. President Grover Cleveland was among the speakers at the ceremony.
Reception and Criticism of Bartholdi’s Statue
The statue was immediately embraced by the American people and became a symbol of freedom and democracy. However, it also received some criticism. Some people felt that the statue was too grandiose and that the money spent on it could have been better used elsewhere. Others felt that the statue was too French and not American enough.
The Fame and Legacy of Bartholdi’s Statue
Despite some criticism, Bartholdi’s statue has become one of the most famous landmarks in the world. It has been featured in countless movies, TV shows, and photographs, and has come to symbolize freedom and democracy around the world. The statue has also become a symbol of the enduring friendship between France and the United States.
Bartholdi’s Other Works of Art
Bartholdi created many other works of art throughout his career. Some of his most famous works include a statue of Christopher Columbus in New York City and a monument to General Lafayette in Paris. He also designed several public buildings, including a courthouse in Bordeaux, France.
Restoration and Preservation of Bartholdi’s Statue
The statue has undergone several restorations over the years to repair damage caused by weather and pollution. In 1986, the statue underwent a major renovation to celebrate its centennial. The statue was cleaned, and the torch was replaced with a new one made of gold leaf.
Bartholdi’s Influence on American Culture
Bartholdi’s statue has had a significant impact on American culture. It has become a symbol of the American dream and has inspired many immigrants who came to the United States seeking a better life. The statue has also been used in political campaigns and has become a symbol of freedom and democracy around the world.
Conclusion: Bartholdi’s Statue and Its Significance
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi’s statue is a testament to the enduring friendship between France and the United States. It is a symbol of freedom and democracy that has become an iconic landmark in the world. Bartholdi’s legacy lives on through his work and the impact that it has had on American culture. His statue will continue to inspire future generations and serve as a reminder of the importance of liberty and democracy.


text: VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC) announced today that it expects to report its second quarter financial results on Thursday, July 19, 2012, at approximately 7:00 a.m. ET. Following the press release, the Company will host a conference call at 8:30 a.m. ET to review results. VF Chairman, President and CEO Eric Wiseman and Bob Shearer, Senior Vice President and CFO, will lead the call. Also participating on the call will be Group Presidents Scott Baxter, Steve Rendle and Karl Heinz Salzburger. The conference call will be broadcast live and accessible at www.vfc.com. A replay of the conference call will be available from July 19 through July 26, 2012 via telephone at 877-870-5176 for domestic calls and 858-384-5517 for international calls. The access code for the replay is 9450521. A replay will also be available at www.vfc.com. About VF VF Corporation is a global leader in branded lifestyle apparel with more than 30 brands. The company's top six brands are The North Face®, Wrangler®, Timberland®, Vans® , Lee® and Nautica®; other brands include 7 For All Mankind®, Bulwark®, Eagle Creek®, Eastpak® , Ella Moss® , JanSport® , Kipling® , lucy® , Majestic® , Napapijri® , Red Kap® , Reef® , Riders® , Splendid® and Smartwool®. VF Corporation's press releases, annual report and other information can be accessed through its home page at www.vfc.com .

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The Association of Se
nior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), Universal Basic Education (UBE) Unit of Rivers State, has elected Comrade Dagogo Alabo as its interim chairman.
Others elected include, Comrades Scholastic Osaroeji-vice chairman, Obinna Okparaolu-Secretary, Gift George-will-Treasurer and Godwin Izoma-Ex-officio member.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony held at the Boards’ Conference Hall in Port Harcourt, the state Chairman of the association, Comrade Austin Jonah, enjoined the interim executives to work in synergy with the management for higher productivity, stressing that gone were the days of antagonism as dialogue is the best option in settling issues.
Jonah, who was represented by Comrade Ezekiel Amachree appealed to the management to always ensure that workers welfare and environment were given priority attention for a cordial working relation, and also urged them to look into the issue of stagnation of some staff, salary discrepancies and promotions among others.
He stressed the importance of unionism describing the RSUBEB Unit Interim executive as a destination union members and charged them to take the union to a greater height.
Also speaking, the state Secretary of the association, Comrade Barshman Adesina, commended the union members who are yet to be part of the union for their doggedness that had brought the long battle to an end, and advised the union members that they are in a wrong place.
Adesina, who highlighted the activates and membership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), further enjoined them to work deligently to achieve the benefits of unionism before the election proper would be conducted.
In his remarks, the Public Relations Officer of RSUBEB, Dr. Amina Fiberesima assured the union executive of Cordial working relationship between management and the union charged them to live up to expectation.
Fiberesima advised them not to be confrontational with management but ensure that issues, were channeled appropriately as management is union friendly and congratulate them for their election.
In his acceptance speech, the interim chairman of the Association, Comrade Dagogo Alabo Commended the Permanent Secretary of the Rivers State Universal Basic Education.
Board, Dame Josephine Chukwuigwe for her matured handling of affairs of the Board, and thanked her for creating an enabling environment for the peaceful conduct of the inauguration of RSUBEB unit of the association.
Alabo, who described the occasion as epoch as it climaxed the long struggle, stressed that the association had proven itself to be an “Iroko in the midst of shrubs”.
The new union boss expressed delight with the leadership of the body, and pleaded to carry out responsibilities with due diligence to further the interest of the workers and the union inorder to enhance good working relationship, adding that they would strive to synergise with management to engender high moracles, increased productivity and harmony.


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Interested stakeholders are invited to participate in a meeting on March 30 at 4:00 PM at the Governor Calvert House, 58 State Circle, Annapolis, to discuss the establishment of the Chesapeake Bay Coalition. The meeting will last about 90 minutes and a conference call number will be provided to those unable to personally attend. The purpose of the Coalition will be to provide a forum for multi-state dialogue to understand the requirements of the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and at a minimum focus on three key areas:
- Identify and secure federal funding for Chesapeake Bay Restoration efforts
- Work to develop acceptable, science-based modeling resources in addition to the current model established and maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
- Ensure that federal facilities be required to make the same modifications as non-federal facilities to meet the TMDL limits
The Coalition will work to mitigate the financial resources required to fulfill the TMDL regulations by ensuring that the modeling is accurate and the federal government takes the same steps as local governments to fulfill its environmental responsibilities. Local governments are welcome to participate.
The guest speaker will be Delegate Marvin Holmes, Chair of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee and Member of the State Water Quality Advisory Committee.
If you are interested in participating either in-person or by phone, please contact Alex Perry at 703.841.0626 / email@example.com.

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After Gulzar peer, another self-styled ‘godman’ of the valley is in news for all the bad reasons. In Srinagar’s Khonmoh area, a godman has been preventing the locals from lighting up their hearths from last eight days, citing ‘some absurd spiritual reasons’.
After suffering in silence for over a week now, the locals Thursday staged a ‘raucous’ protest in Srinagar demanding swift action against what they called “scandalous godman”, namely Fayaz Peer.
“This man has been a big nuisance for us for last one year now,” shouted Mala (name changed), a mother of three. “He forced our kids to the verge of starvation.”
The protestors claimed that Fayaz Peer is in possession of djinns—which he is using to create fear psychosis in local population.
“He sprinkles Kerosene on himself and then alleges that villagers are spreading smoke in the area and thereby, harming his spiritual activities,” said Yaqoob (name changed), a youth from the area.
“On this pretext, he is preventing us from lighting our hearths. We brought the matter in the notice of Dyp SP Davinder Singh, but he instead threatened to put us behind the bars for eight years. We don’t know what to do. There seems no way out for us.”
To save themselves from starvation, the locals claimed to have abandoned their houses and are now living on rent in nearby village.

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Spotted and discoloured straws are dyed either in pipe or in plait.
Naturally white-blonde, she'd dyed it pink on a whim last weekend.
They are also dyed a sable colour.
These native cloths are exceedingly durable, and many of them are ornamented by using dyed yarns and in other ways: Southern Nigeria (Lagos) and northern Nigeria are the most important cotton countries amongst the British possessions on the coast.
The chief exceptions are the Persian and Astrachan lambs, which are bought at the Russian 'fairs, and are dressed and dyed in Leipzig, and the ermine and Russian squirrels, which are dressed and manufactured into linings either in Russia or Germany before offered for sale to the wholesale merchants or manufacturers.

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iTunes songs that I have purchased in the last three months do not appear with an iCloud Download ICON in my iTunes library.
I verified the folowing; That my computer is authorized and I clicked on "Update iTuenes Match". There still is no symbol under the iCloud Download ICON.
Even though the songs do not show up with an iCloud symbol the songs are included in my iPhone(s) and iPad.
Is the iCloud download symbol only used for songs added to my iTunes library from a CD?
The download icon only appears when the tracks are in the cloud and not on your computer. It seem that they are already on your computer. Is this correct?
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NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: WASHINGTON SQUARE
NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: WASHINGTON SQUARE;The End for an Oasis of Africana
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
Published: November 26, 1995
The poet Amiri Baraka turned to Bill French's bookshop when he wanted to buy a full set of Crisis, W. E. B. Du Bois's magazine from the 1920's, or an out-of-print treasure from the Harlem Renaissance. The art historian Robert Farris Thompson has been known to browse through Mr. French's dusty, overgrown stacks. So has the novelist John Edgar Wideman.
For 63 years, this drafty ninth-floor loft known as University Place Books has been an oasis for writers and academics interested in black literature and history.
Now University Place Books is about to become history: Mr. French, the shop's rail-thin, golden-bearded owner, is $60,000 behind on the rent, and the landlord, the real estate firm of E. S. Gordon, wants him out.
An ad hoc group of bibliophiles and business people, including the hip-hop guru, Russell Simmons, have enlisted a lawyer to stave off eviction until the end of the year so they can find other homes for the 90,000 books and magazines inside.
Right now, only Mr. French knows what his overgrown garden of books contains. To the left, he says, as he leads a visitor through the stacks, are the books on Africa; to the right, books on African America. Near the window facing 12th Street is a ceiling-high shelf of books on slavery. The floors are strewn with magazines and pamphlets: in one corner, Cab Calloway's face beams up from the pink cover of a 1959 Ebony magazine, while a stack of Negro History Bulletins lies in another.
Some books have languished on his shelves for decades. In 1970, Mr. French recalled, he bought 150 copies of a play called "Dream on Monkey Mountain," by a then-obscure Trinidadian playwright, Derek Wolcott. Mr. Wolcott won a Nobel Prize in Literature two years ago. Mr. French sold the last copy last week.
"That's the point of the place -- you have to wait 25 years," he said, chuckling. "The joke is, every book you got on the shelf is a mistake because you should have sold it. And every book you sold was a mistake -- 'cause you should have gotten more for it."
But Mr. French's sharp eye was not enough to sustain a bookshop on the tony edge of Union Square. "He is very knowledgable about books," Mr. Baraka said. "His business sense is probably not up to dealing with post-intellectual America." SOMINI SENGUPTA
Photo: Becoming history: Bill French with his huge trove of blackliterature. (Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times)

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The Ekaterinburg brawler has bitten the militiaman at the airport
One of these days employees of transport Office of Public Prosecutor have directed to court business in the relation of the tourist which has attacked the inspector.
- the Inhabitant of Ekaterinburg is accused of the commission of crime, the Criminal code of the Russian Federation provided p.1 item 318 “ Application of violence concerning the representative of the power, - have told today, on January, 19th, in a press - service of Sverdlovsk transport Office of Public Prosecutor.
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The Dynamic Contribution Cycle, designed during the 2014 ecbi Oxford Seminar to maximise space for future ambition in the Paris Agreement, revisited in light of recent developments and submissions to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
09 November 2018
The IPCC’s special report on Global Warming of 1.5°C recently highlighted the importance of early action against climate change. In this context, pre-2020 ambition becomes ever more critical. As the 2020 deadline approaches, this policy brief considers whether pre-2020 pledges on mitigation and climate finance have been met. It also provides an overview of the history of the pre-2020 negotiations; plans for upcoming sessions; key issues under discussion; and a set of key questions and recommendations for climate negotiators.
30 October 2018
The 2015 Paris Agreement was negotiated piece by piece, rather than as a whole document. As a result, although several pieces of the Agreement are closely related and even overlap, not all the linkages between them are logical or, at least as yet, coherent. Identifying and addressing the links between these different complex elements is essential for the overall coherence and effectiveness of the Paris outcome. This paper identifies links and gaps between the major elements of the Agreement.
22 October 2018
This Global Climate Action Summit Affiliate Event on 14 September 2018, at the University Club of San Francisco, was co-hosted by Oxford Climate Policy, Cool Effect, and 350 Seattle. Leaders, stakeholders, activists, and experts discussed how to advance sub-national action on multilateral climate finance to ensure financial support to developing countries – especially those most vulnerable – despite the Trump Administration cancelling America’s promised funding to the Green Climate Fund. Across the US there is a growing realization that climate...
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Experiencing jazz in Royce Hall is really something special. Sure the acoustics are perfect, it’s a big hall with a small vibe, especially if you’re really into the music , but it’s also jazz lovers and listeners who help make it so special.
They are truly among the coolest audience we see every season. Our jazz events always rank as season highlights and generate powerful memories every year. I’m really not saying that just because I work here. I was only a marginal jazz listener until I began experiencing the jazz artists we bring to the program in this space. My first experience with free jazz was Ornette Coleman’s appearance here and it broadened (and blew) my mind. I (semi-sheepishly) confessed that in an email exchange after the performance with one of the best jazz writers in town. He said: “You picked a great one to start with. Be careful, this is how jazz addictions start…I speak from experience.”
Side note: Jazz writers amaze me. It’s like they know how to use words in exactly the way the artists they write about seemingly effortlessly use the notes surrounding them to create this utterly unique and thought-provoking picture of the world. No one describes music like jazz writers.
I think there’s jazz just steeped into the walls of Royce Hall. All the greats have played here, Thelonius Monk, McCoy Tyner, Alice Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Sonny Rollins, Keith Jarrett…the list goes on and on. It will continue to go on and on.
And there’s definitely plenty of jazz addiction in Los Angeles, you don’t even have to look very hard to find it.
This season we’re incredibly proud that Royce Hall will play host to the grand jazz proselytizers of Angel City Jazz Festival. Our presentation of Bill Frisell and Bill Morrison: The Great Flood Oct. 13 and An Evening with Vijay Iyer Oct. 14, mark the culminating performances of this multi-venue annual celebration of jazz.
These guys really do it right. Every year they thoughtfully curate a seasonal theme and seek to introduce Los Angeles to new talent, or thrill them with legends of the craft. This year, in conjunction with the beloved Jazz Bakery (which is on a “moveable feast” adventure for the present while their new home gets built in Culver City), they’re doing both with the theme “Artists and Legends.” Check out the lineup, shows starts October 5.
Angel City was a natural and welcome partner for CAP UCLA, because like us the organization is committed to bringing jazz to the masses. Angel City is also investing in the future of jazz in L.A. with its annual Young Artists Competition, which invites young jazz performers (often high-schoolers) to showcase their talent and get feedback from working pros.
You can see this year’s finalists tomorrow night in action as they perform short sets at The Blue Whale in front of a panel of judges consisting of legendary jazz performers and educators. (Stick around afterward for the fabulous Christian Scott Quartet). The winners get a gig as the opening ensemble for Angel City Jazz Festival’s opening night at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on October 5, 2012.
And definitely don’t miss Bill Frisell and Vijay Iyer. They’ll most certainly be adding their indelible stamp to Royce Hall this year.


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A bunch of events coming up tonight and in the coming weeks…
Mon and Jo from Champfest mag are dropping their travelling show in London tonight. Head to Wayward Gallery on Mowlern st in Bethnal Green.
Doors open at 6pm so head on down and drink some cider!
More on this one at Champfest.com
And on the 24 – 25 of July we have ‘the rise of the non-conformists’ which looks like its going to be quite good. The artist line-up is pretty good with names such as Best Ever, Mysterious Al, Paul Insect, David Bray, Will Barras, Xenz from Bristol and many more. Sheperd Fairey is even on the bill???
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As Donald Trump fails to get members of his own party to vote for him are we starting to see the beginnings of a landslide victory for Clinton in November? With a fractured and divided party that are not able to come together behind their candidate, the situation looks like it can only benefit the Democratic nominee whom I am sure will welcome the endorsements of any former Republican Presidents with open arms.
As we enter the general election Trump will increasingly resemble Reagan in any case, for the same negative claims made against him: that he is an extremist, that the White House is no place for a low-brow entertainer, that he is too unpopular with too many. The revival of the US probably rests on how the people react to that view, just as they did some thirty-five years ago.
In the 19th century it was British democracy protesters being cut down, now it's Saudi bloggers and protesters being lashed and facing public decapitation. With the Foreign Secretary wanting to raise a cheer for British business in places like Iran and China, I think jailed activists around the world are in for a cheerless time.
As this week's dialogue takes place, Europe must reaffirm that short-cutting human rights through short-term security responses alone, can never be a long-term answer to the terrorist threat. The war against terror may indeed have returned. But the difference this time is that it's a war which Pakistan appears to have declared against itself.
Some of these horrors make agonising reading - but it is incorrect to say that they defy description. In the cold, expressionless language of the Senate report, even blunt, mechanical phrases can contain the key to understanding a world of pain. 'Rectal feeding' is one. 'Stress position' is another. Through reams of inert prose, an appalling picture of abuse is built up and solidified.
If we continue to feed this monster it will become much more problematic to defeat. Our leaders and the public who oppose military intervention now will only be repeating the mistakes we made in the 1930's by not stopping the Nazis before they became too powerful to stop quickly and effectively causing catastrophic loss of life totaling 60 million civilians and soldiers.


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Climate-Smart Agriculture in South Africa
Why take this course?
The course aims to raise the awareness and strengthen the capacities of key stakeholders in South Africa on the concepts, approaches, and tools for enabling climate-smart agriculture in the country.
At the end of the course learners will be able to:
- Explain what climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is, its main principles, objectives and benefits
- Identify critical social, environmental, and economic opportunities for CSA in South Africa
- Describe applications of CSA in various agricultural domains, such as livestock and croplands
- Discuss the role of remote sensing and identify practical steps to apply CSA in South Africa
- Discuss enabling conditions for the adoption of CSA in South Africa
The course at a glance
1. Principles of Climate Smart Agriculture
The first module provides the rationale and key concepts related to climate change and climate-smart agriculture. It also provides an overview of South Africa's agricultural sector.
2. Climate-Smart Crop Production
The second module explores how CSA differs from mainstream agriculture in crop production and why it is essential to adopt CSA given the impact of climate change.
3. Climate-Smart Livestock Production
The third module focuses on livestock production. It explores the importance of livestock production for food security, the link between climate change and livestock production, ways to adapt livestock production to climate change.
4. Climate-Smart Remote Sensing
The fourth module introduces basic remote sensing concepts and their application in the agriculture domain.
Get your Certificate
Participants must complete the final course assessment to receive a Certificate of Completion. To complete the test learners are allowed 3 attempts; a grade equal to or higher than 70% constitutes a passing grade.


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Americas News U.S. Senate passes US$2 trillion coronavirus relief bill The Saigon Times Thursday, Mar 26, 2020,11:43 (GMT+7) U.S. Senate passes US$2 trillion coronavirus relief billThe Saigon Times The U.S. Capitol Building as seen ahead of a vote on the coronavirus (COVID-19) relief bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 25, 2020 – PHOTO: REUTERS WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly backed a US$2 trillion bill aimed at helping unemployed workers and industries hurt by the coronavirus epidemic, as well as providing billions of dollars to buy urgently needed medical equipment. After bitter negotiations, the deeply divided Senate came together and passed the bill by a unanimous 96-0 vote, which sent the massive stimulus package to the House of Representatives, which could vote sometime this week. President Donald Trump, whose top aides helped negotiate the bipartisan measure, promised to sign it into law as soon as it reaches his desk. “I will sign it immediately,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday. The massive bill – which would be the largest economic stimulus measure ever passed by Congress – includes a US$500 billion fund to help hard-hit industries and a comparable amount for direct payments of up to US$3,000 apiece to millions… Read full this story
- Pelosi: $2.3 Trillion Coronavirus Relief and Government Spending Bill a ‘Down Payment’
- Perdue lobbied Trump to sign coronavirus relief bill: report
- McConnell, Senate GOP hit 'pause' on next coronavirus relief bill
- McConnell: Coronavirus relief deal unlikely before election
- McConnell dashes hopes for $2,000 coronavirus relief checks in standalone bill
- With Pres. Trump’s Reversal, Coronavirus Relief Stimulus Checks Now Poised To Go Out
- Florida Nurse Allegedly Lied to Obtain $420K in Coronavirus Relief
- Congress Took A Big Step Toward A New Coronavirus Relief Bill
- Poll: 75 percent of voters say $600 coronavirus relief checks are 'too little'
- Roundup: Italy's Senate passes govt's 2021 budget
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La Liga’s flagship programme in India, La Liga Football Schools will see direct involvement from three La Liga clubs – Sevilla FC, Real Betis and Celta de Vigo. The Football Schools projects in Pune (Turf Up), Bangalore (Tiento) and Noida (Pathways School) will be adopted by the clubs.
The association will include the involvement of the clubs in the organisation of training programmes for the coaches, training kits of the participant students and more engagement opportunities for the students like merchandising and giveaways.
“We are committed to this market and the young football aspirants here. Over the past seven months, we have undertaken various initiatives to ensure a lasting impact on the football environment in India,” Jose Antonio Cachaza, Managing Director of LaLiga India said.
“Te latest project, in association with our best clubs will help provide an immersive experience to the students. We look forward to working with Sevilla FC, Real Betis and Celta de Vigo for a project that’s so close to our heart,” he added.
The LaLiga Football Schools programme was launched in India last year with the aim of grassroots development of the sport in the country. Top Spanish clubs are now joining hands with La Liga and investing into the future talent by hosting select LaLiga Football Schools programmes in three cities in India.
The project, with 30+ centres across 14 cities in India, has seen participation from over 10,000 Indian students so far. The participation of the LaLiga clubs will help provide further technical assistance to the coaches and subsequently, the aspiring footballers in the country.
To provide a more holistic experience and increased exposure to the top-performing students from the programme, LaLiga recently announced the LaLiga Football Schools Scholarship, the winners of which would get an opportunity to train in Spain.
This year, four students will be training with LaLiga club CD Leganes for two weeks as a part of this initiative. LaLiga Football Schools also conducted a unique ‘Train the Trainer’ programme to provide guidance to the Indian coaches.


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The first tow truck ever made was designed by Ernest Holmes Sr. in 1916. Holmes, a garage owner from Chattanooga, Tennessee, saw the need for a vehicle that could quickly and easily transport disabled and wrecked automobiles from one location to another. He called his invention the “Motorized Wrecker” and it was an early version of what is now commonly known as the tow truck.
The Motorized Wrecker had an open-bed design with two large wheels at the front and a small wheel at the rear. It was powered by an electric motor that Holmes built himself.
The motor only had two speeds: low speed for pulling along slow-moving or disabled cars, and high speed for hauling them away quickly. The Motorized Wrecker also featured a crank handle on the side which allowed Holmes to raise and lower the bed of the truck, making it easier to haul away larger vehicles.
The Motorized Wrecker proved to be very popular with garages and auto repair shops, as it allowed them to easily move vehicles from one location to another without having to use manpower or expensive horse-drawn carriages. It also helped reduce traffic congestion in cities as it allowed broken down cars to be removed much quicker than they could be manually loaded onto a carriage or cart.
In 1921, Ernest Holmes Sr. sold his invention to an auto parts company called JH Miller & Sons who continued to manufacture and improve upon his design over the next few decades. They eventually changed the name of their product from “Motorized Wrecker” to “Tow Truck” which is what we call them today.
Today there are many different types of tow trucks available on the market ranging from small flatbeds used for light duty hauling jobs, to large heavy-duty rollbacks used for hauling away larger vehicles such as buses or semi trucks. No matter what type of tow truck you need, you can thank Ernest Holmes Sr., inventor of the first tow truck ever made in 1916, for making it all possible!
In conclusion, Ernest Holmes Sr.’s design of ‘Motorized Wrecker’ in 1916 was revolutionary for its time as it enabled garages and auto repair shops to quickly move broken down or disabled vehicles from one location to another without having to use manual labor or horse-drawn carriages; thus helping reduce traffic congestion in cities at that time. JH Miller & Sons acquired this invention soon after its creation and improved upon its design over time before renaming it ‘Tow Truck’, which is what we call them today!

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Player to Watch: Daniel Rivera
Travel Team: Chino Hills Dirt Dawgs
Following a standout performance at the California All-American Games, Baseball Youth’s player development staff was quick to recognize Daniel Rivera’s talent. After earning a promotion to compete with Baseball Youth Elite this spring, Daniel put on a show at Sports Force Park’s Roller Coaster Challenge, counting among his accomplishments a complete game shutout.
Daniel’s recognition is well-deserved after years of hard work, which have included hours of personal hitting and pitching training and living the baseball life each and every day. Following three Baseball Youth Elite events this year, Daniel and his family have become a part of our community and we can’t wait for him to compete with us again!
Baseball Rebellion’s JK Whited breaks down the swing of this week’s Baseball Youth Player to Watch Daniel Rivera. JK shows you how Daniel generates his power by timing his leg kick and then opening his front side during contact. Check out our weekly swing breakdowns on our Youtube channel or Baseball Youth’s website!


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I had never heard of micro-farming or Community Supported Agriculture ("CSA") until a couple of years ago when I was looking for an accessible and affordable way to put locally grown fruits and vegetables on the table. As much as I enjoyed the farm markets and even going straight to the source at larger farms in my area, on busy weeks (or when traveling over the weekend) I often found myself having to hit the produce aisle at the grocery store.
So when I overheard a couple lamenting their upcoming move to a different state and having to give up their beloved CSA, I butted in an asked a couple of questions.
What I learned is that micro-farming/CSA consists of one or more local "little" farms - usually in someone's backyard on on their residential property. Skilled farmers engineer the farms, taking care of everything from planting to irrigation. The micro-farms grow seasonal fruits and vegetables that fare well in the geographic region. Each CSA sells "shares" of the farm, available to the general public in the local area, and shareholders receive a weekly or bi-weekly box of whatever from the farm is in season. In my area, which is Northern Virginia, the growing season for CSAs start in early Spring and end in late Fall. Many CSAs also offer local eggs, honey, and cut flowers. Some CSAs deliver, but many have local designated pick up spots.
When we moved to our current neighborhood and I learned that there was a CSA in our area, I jumped at the chance to sign up.
Our local CSA is run by the skilled and energetic farmer Allyson, who farms two large residential plots in Fairfax and Fairfax Station, Virginia. Using, bio-intensive and micro farm growing practices, Allyson cultivates a diverse and nutritious harvest of vegetables, herbs, and flowers. She also includes local eggs and honey if the CSA member requests (I do!) and deliveries are at the local coffee shop just a ten minute walk from my house. Our first delivery of the season will be this May.
I took a drive to visit Allyson at one of her sites - only a fifteen minute drive from my house but seemingly miles into the countryside. I was amazed at how a busy byway gave way to winding roads and rustic farm houses. The site is on the property of a friend with a flat farm plot (less than one acre) with woods just beyond the farm house. Even though it was early March, tilling had begun, and a few hearty colder-weather crops fought the near-frozen ground. A short walk across a field, downhill from the farm, there is a roomy hen house with curious chickens scratching around (when it turns warmer, they will roam outside) and beyond that two rows of beehives which turn out lots of lovely honey 🍯.
Allyson is a seasoned farmer 👨🌾 and loves her craft. She grew up in Northern Virginia, but developed her skills in Scotland and the Netherlands, and also running an urban farm in D.C. Now in its second year, Allyson expects Pocket Farms to continue to serve the community and maybe even expand to additional plots in the coming years. If you live in the Fairfax and Fairfax Station areas, check out Pocket Farms and sign up!
I look forward to my first box and meeting some fellow CSA members. I strongly encourage you to look into whether you have a CSA in your community and if not, why not find a farmer to start one?


There's something about honky-tonk in the throes of a cold snap when all anyone wants to do is forget about the outside world and warm up with the help of a hot toddy and some even hotter dance moves. Enter Cary Fridley and Down South, a self-described Appalachian roots country outfit led by bassist/singer/Freight Hoppers alum Fridley.
Fridley's band has morphed a bit in the several years it's been around. Most notably, past guitarists (Daniel Coolik, Jon Stickley) and drummers (Lance Wille, Jacob Baumann) have been replaced by Floating Action's Michael Libramento and Evan Martin. This move is likely related to Fridley's most recent album, Fare You Well, being produced by Floating Action frontman Seth Kauffman.
But Kauffman's trademark lo-fi touch was not part of Fridley's recent Jack of the Wood performance. Instead, her band (including fiddler/vocalist Steve Trismen, Matthew Smith on pedal steel and Bob Willoughby on keys) served up plush, resonant, bass-heavy tunes that straddled the line between vintage and modern.
Fridley and Trismen put their own lyrical spin on The Flying Burrito Brothers' "High Fashion Queen" before launching into the sultry waltz of Delbert McClinton's "Got You On My Mind." The next number, a stomp-blues song with rock drums and pedal steel sounding like a '70s-era organ, gave the musicians a chance to show off. Instrumental breaks were ripe with texture and coiled energy, suggesting that the song structure was little more than a foil for the band to cut loose.
The audience seemed in on that secret, too. Local musicians like Kyle Smith, Vollie Mackenzie and Woody Pines watched while ace dancers practiced swing and two-step. And, in a shout out to another area fiddler, Fridley dedicated "We'll Sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning" (originally a duet by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris) to Darin Gentry.
Wearing a retro dress and tall boots, posing for pictures, petite Fridley practically begs the adjective "cute." Add to that her character-rich singing voice, baring some similarity to essayist Sarah Vowell. But when Fridley launched into the blues standard "Rollin' and Tumblin,'" her high notes took on a dangerous edge and her low tones a menacing growl. Martin set a brisk pace with brushes on snare, lending a spooky, renegade feel — more J.J.Cale than Muddy Waters. Fridley herself is a bit of a master of redefinition: In old-time group the Freight Hoppers she played rhythm guitar, and as a solo artist she extensively researched ballads by the likes of the Carter Family, Hazel Dickens, Alice Gerrard; in 2007 she was written about in No Depression for self-released album Goin' Down South, which paired mountain traditional with gritty blues a la R.L. Burnside and Blind Willie McTell. Down South, with Fridley on bass (her current instrument of choice) is a culmination of all of these influences.
While every minute of the Down South performance was compelling — the band plays with a loose ease belying its flawless delivery — some highlights included the gorgeous ring of Smith's pedal steel on Fridley's raw, emotive original tune "Fare You Well" and Willoughby taking the lead on Hoagy Carmichael's "New Orleans."
Willoughby is a multi-instrumentalist who plays everything from old-time and contra dance music to blues and swing, but with Down South his rollicking piano licks and rough, Professor Longhair-reminiscent vocals brought the steamy bygone Crescent City into chilly, present-day Asheville.


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I did a bunch of searching to see if this was already covered.
Before I post anything I search. Basically because I live in fear that my question will be met with a plethora of links from past posts where people asked the same question as I am asking
1) I know we all have our favorite restaurants but what about deserts. What is the best places to get desert?
2) My wife and I disagree on this one...We are usually way way to full after an amazing dinner to think about desert. But my wife LOVES desert. How do people feel about going to a place just to sit down to have desert and coffee? Does it matter or are you occupying a table just for a possible $15 bill.
thanks in advance!


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Emma Jammeh suffered severe stomach pain back in March but didn't want to trouble medics during the coronavirus pandemic.
A devoted mum with agonising tummy ache who put off seeing the doctor during lockdown has been told she has only months to live.
Mum-of-four Emma Jammeh suffered severe stomach pain back in March but didn't want to trouble medics during the coronavirus pandemic.
Now just eight months later, the 35-year-old has been given the devastating diagnosis that she has terminal cancer.
Emma told Wales Online : "My first thought went straight to my children, to the baby.
"It's hard too, I have an older son who has ADHD, I was thinking who will be there for them."
Emma has four children, Morwen 17, Francis, 16, Smyler, 14 and two-year-old Lorenzo. She also has a grandson, Kian who is one.
Emma said that despite the crushing realisation that she might only have six to 12 months left with her children, she is determined to fight the illness.
"It happens doesn't it, I'm trying to stay positive," said Emma.
"I had stomach pains back in March/April time but with everything with Covid I thought I'm not going to go to hospital - especially as I had three children at home. I didn't want to make a fuss with everything.
"It was only in June when I bent over and literally couldn't move that I thought I should go and see about it."
Emma, from Wales, was rushed to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff where she was told that she had a strangulated hernia, two holes in her stomach and a stomach ulcer.
Emma was put on medication for these while she awaited the results of a CT scan. Sadly, the results of the scan found two ovarian cysts and a mass in her uterus.
After a biopsy on the growths, she was then given the devastating diagnosis of stomach and uterus cancer. Further tests showed that the cancer had progressed and was terminal.
"I knew I had stomach cancer and was coming to terms with that - but then to be told It is incurable, well it's just devastating. I have four children, a two-year old, it's just awful," she said.
"I have been told that it is a very rare form of stomach and ovarian cancer which is incurable, it's terminal.
While Emma has been offered Chemotherapy, doctors do not know how this will affect the cancer and she said she has been given just six to 12 months to live.
"They have said I can begin having chemo but if I get too ill that will have to stop, they said that at the moment it is about the quality of my life not the quantity.
"The chemo will either shrink it, do nothing or make me more ill."
Since her diagnosis in November 2020, her pals have set up a GoFundMe page to raise funds for Emma's kids.
They say this money will be used for legal fees to make Emma's sister the children's legal guardians, as well as funeral costs. More than £600 has already been raised of the £4,000 target.
"Financially I want to be able to raise some money to help them out, I don't want them to get themselves into debts paying for me after I've gone," added Emma.
"As well, we have received advice off a friend who is a solicitor that it could cost up to £10,000 to legally change the guardianship of the baby so that my sister can look after him when I'm gone.
"I worry that without this guardianship things like social services will have to get involved and they could be split up, I do not want that to happen."
Emma insisted that she wants to spend her last months enjoying time with family and friends and not suffering from the chemotherapy treatment.
She said that should the treatment make her too ill to enjoy her last months she would stop treatment.
"Until this I had never been in hospital other than to have my children, the doctors have told me its very rare," she said.
Emma added: "Even though I do get my down days where I'm in pain I've got to keep fighting for my children. It's going to be hard but even if I live one day longer than they have predicted then I have won.
"I don't want to spend my last few months laid up in bed feeling awful, I don't want my children to think of me like that.
"I want to be with them as much as I can, making memories. I just want to enjoy whatever time I have left with my family and friends now feeling awful in bed.
"I've got to just accept it but also keep fighting."

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 comes to Verizon for $360
Samsung announced their 2014 tablet lineup earlier this year, and back in March we told you the biggest slate was headed to Verizon. That day has finally arrived as the Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 has just landed on Big Red.
The Galaxy Tab 4 line is a step (or two) below the Tab Pro’s, and it’s a yearly refresh of Samsung’s entry level tablet series. The Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 sports a large display with a resolution of 1280×800 and under the glass you’ll find a quad-core chip clocked at 1.2GHz, 1.5GB of RAM and 16GB of storage that’s expandable thanks to a microSD slot.
The mid-range slate has two cameras with a 3MP rear snapper and 1.3-MP front-facing shooter. There’s nothing to get too excited about, but the tablet does run KitKat 4.4, and it has a huge 6800mAh battery. In terms of features, you can look forward to an IR Blaster and Multi-User Mode.
Verizon has the Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 up for sale online, and it’s headed to storefronts in the coming weeks. The LTE version of the tablet will set you back $359.99 with a new 2-year contract or $22.99 a month on Verizon Edge. You can also buy the tablet unlocked and sans contract for $459.99.


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When Erasmus accepted the printer Johann Froben’s request in 1515 to embark upon a new edition of the New Testament in Greek, the project was unprecedented, but for all that not improvised. Erasmus was inspired by the New Testament in his heart and soul, and intended for his publication to remind all Europeans of the importance of the Word of God. Through his work on the New Testament, Erasmus sought to bring about the rebirth of apostolic times, those blessed times of Christianity, and to finally offer Christians the possibility of experiencing directly the message of the Gospel.
Convinced of the need for Christians to have access to the Word of God, which was the source of all sacred history, Erasmus demanded that Scripture be made available to all. During the first centuries of Christianity, the translation of Scripture of course imposed itself as a necessity, and there were already innumerable attempts in the early sixteenth century to make the Bible accessible to the greatest number. There were annotated, paraphrased and versified Bibles, as well as Sacred History in prose, moralized Bibles, and translated Bibles. However, the arrival of the printing press, along with the ability to have access to these translations, which were henceforth offered to a greater number of believers, impassioned the debate during Erasmus’s time. Contrary to some, who reserved reading the Bible only for specialists, Erasmus wanted all people to have access to it, from the most humble to the most scholarly. Yet what Erasmus offered Christian Europe in 1516 was an edition of the Greek text of the New Testament, along with a new Latin translation, which improved and clarified the text of the Vulgate. He added to the latter text his Annotationes and Paraphrases in Latin, but never translated the New Testament into a vernacular language! As paradoxical as this may seem, it was indeed Latin, the sacred language as well as the language of learning, which in Erasmus’s view was the ideal instrument for the popularization of Scripture.
Within five or six months, the first edition of the Greek New Testament, accompanied by numerous commentaries and a new Latin translation different from that of the Vulgate, was prepared, typeset and printed. The precious volume, a small folio, was fairly easy to handle, and was printed in two columns: on one side was an edition of the Greek text of the New Testament, and on the other a new Latin translation of the Vulgate, accompanied by the Annotationes that clarified and justified it. Erasmus thus became a pioneer in the field of publishing Biblical texts, as the publication of a Greek version of the New Testament was an extraordinary and almost provocative endeavour in 1516. It was even a “manifesto,” in the words of Lucien Febvre, that sent shockwaves through a Christian Europe deeply attached to Latin and the Vulgate. Yet Erasmus was solely preoccupied by his philological work; he paid no attention to the criticism levelled against him, and was in no way worried about the reception of his publication in the Europe of his times. If he remained indifferent to the frustrated reactions of his contemporaries, it was because the Vulgate alone was at the heart of his reflections. In fact, his priority was not publishing the Greek text of the New Testament, but rather the Latin translation of Saint Jerome’s work.
He believed that thanks to his work as a philologist, he was in a position to revive the Vulgate as established by Saint Jerome, and therefore undertook the most arduous task of carefully eliminating all of the imperfections that had built up in successive layers during the medieval period. He imposed a triple requirement on himself: fidelity, lucidity, and purity of language. He wanted first and foremost to clarify the text and to reconstruct it in perfect Latin, so much so that he did not hesitate to restructure certain sentences, or even to develop others. Thus for the first time in the history of Christianity, Erasmus applied to New Testament writings the rules that were applied to all literary texts. Nevertheless, this philological work was not meant to overshadow the text’s purely theological aspect, which Erasmus endeavoured to make clearer, for he was quite determined to remain faithful to the dogmatic content of the Vulgate, a concern that also naturally guided his work. Yet his desire never to betray the Biblical message did not prevent him from taking risks. The philological exercises in which he engaged inevitably led him to alter the meaning of some passages. These modulations would later earn him the wrath of the ecclesiastical establishment. For although translating Biblical writings was in no way an innovation for Erasmus’s contemporaries, the responses to the questions raised by the use of these translations were, as was the attribution to Jerome of all or part of the version used in the liturgy, or the status given to these translations, whether considered as “inspired” or as the product of philological work. By producing a text that he deemed faithful to the spirit of Jerome’s work—but that no longer totally corresponded to the Vulgate which for centuries had officially been recognized by the Church as the sole vehicle for the Word of God—Erasmus wanted to teach his readers that even if a text was no longer identifiable with a stable Latin text legitimized by tradition and liturgical use, it could nevertheless be recognized as a source of Christianity. Similarly, in his Annotationes, Erasmus was not solely content with clarifying the text of the New Testament, but also tackled those who offered commentary on Scripture. He enjoyed pointing out the absurd, erroneous or ill-adapted commentary provided, through ignorance or insufficient knowledge of the Greek, by not only medieval theologians but also Church Fathers. He took the liberty of criticizing them not to lessen their authority, but out of a love of language and the interest of the restitutio of patristic texts.
Both a major upheaval and a publishing success, Erasmus’s New Testament prompted reactions of great hostility and strong enthusiasm, based on the readership and on European geographical, cultural, and religious horizons. Scandalized by the fact that Erasmus dared touch the Vulgate, many doctors from the Faculté théologique de Paris, as well as that of Louvain, attacked him fiercely. The situation grew dangerous for him during the years 1521-1524, as zealous Catholics made a heretic of him, seeing him as the inspirer of Luther. They hoped thereby to anger him and provoke him to commit to their side, but Erasmus would hear nothing of it, and either responded to the polemics, or held them in contempt. According to Erasmus, they were only seeking to discredit his philosophy of Christ. For many Lutherans, on the other hand, he was seen as the true guide, he who had helped them understand Luther’s message, and who should naturally rally to the cause of the reformers. However, Erasmus would hear nothing of it, and was happy to listen solely to the praise of theologians from Warsaw or Oxford, who ensured a major editorial success across Europe for his edition of the New Testament, as well as an enduring reputation, which would last through the centuries. Henceforth nothing could resist his pen, as John Colet rightly understood when in 1516 he made the famous prediction: “Erasmus’s name will never perish.”


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Assessment for Intervention in Child and Youth Mental Health
This interdisciplinary course is designed to enable bachelor's and master's prepared students to provide assessmentand treatment for clients with mental health disorders. The course provides an understanding of assessment issuesand approaches relevant to the support of children and youth with mental health concerns and their families. Students will be introduced to a range of issues and considerations that guide a thorough and accurate evaluation anddiagnosis and develop an understanding of specific assessment processes and instruments associated with specific conditions.
Completion of CYMH 5511: Context and Theory in Child and Youth Mental Health is required and acceptance in the Child and Youth Mental Health Certificate Program or acceptance as a Professional Development course-taker by the Program Coordinator. It is recommended that students have a background in social work, counseling, child and youth care, education and/or nursing.
After successfully completing this course, you should be able to:
- Analyze key components of the strength-based perspective and how this practice approach is used in child and youth mental health assessment.
- Describe specific professional roles, functions, processes, and tools for assessing and evaluating children and youth who present with mental health issues.
- Develop core interviewing and clinical skills, knowledge and attitudes related to collaborative assessment of children and youth.
- Generate a family genogram to illustrate knowledge of key concepts, theories, and best practices in assessing families of children and youth who present with mental health concerns.
- Demonstrate understanding of best practices and professional requirements related to ethical considerations including scope of practice, informed consent, confidentiality, case management, and documentation of information gathered in assessing children and youth.
- Conceptualize fundamental concepts, principles, and best practices related to trauma-informed care of children and youth impacted by mental health issues.
- Develop comprehensive knowledge related to physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and sexual development of infants, children and youth and how this relates to assessment of mental health.
- Formulate an understanding of the history, structure, organization, and use of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) in the assessment of children and youth.
- Outline specific clinical terminology and functions related to the assessment of children and youth including intake, provisional diagnosis, diagnosis, care plan, and treatment plan.
- Classify specific child and youth mental health disorders in the DSM-V and other evidence-based research.
- Utilize child and youth mental health assessment frameworks, clinical skills and strategies to analyze case studies of young people with common mental health and psycho-social concerns.
- Identify circumstances of child and youth maltreatment and understand the child protection legislation, protocols, procedures, and practices that are in place for reporting suspected child and youth abuse and neglect to child protection authorities.
CYMH 5521: Assessment in Child and Youth Mental Health includes the following five modules in twelve units:
- Module 1: Overview of Assessment Roles, Functions, Skills and Processes
- Unit 1: Understanding Key Components, Skills and Processes in Child and Youth Mental Health Assessment
- Unit 2: Assessment of Children, Youth and Families
Module 2: Child and Adolescent Development and Assessment Frameworks
- Unit 3: Assessment Framework and Pre-Natal Infant Development
- Unit 4: Child Development
- Unit 5: Adolescent Development
Module 3: Child and Youth Mental Health Disorders
- Unit 6: Introduction to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5), Developmental Disabilities, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Unit 7: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Disorders in the DSM-5
- Unit 8: Substance Use, Misuse and Behavioural Addictions in Young People
Module 4: Special Topics in Assessing Child and Youth Mental Health
- Unit 9: Impacts of Psycho-Social Issues on Children and Youth
- Unit 10: Working with Children and Youth in Foster Care, Aboriginal and Immigrant Youth
Module 5: Specialized Assessments
- Unit 11: Specialized Assessments for Child Maltreatment and Family Violence
- Unit 12: Specialized Assessment for Complex Mental Health Issues
Maximum Completion30 weeks.
Required Text and Materials
NOTE: Students will be required to purchase their own textbook for this course.
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). 5e, 2013.
Type: Textbook: ISBN: 9780890425558 / 0890425558
This web-based course requires that students have reliable access to the internet. Refer to the TRU-OL website for computer requirements (https://www.tru.ca/distance/services/student-orientation/technical-basics.html).
Open Learning Faculty Member Information
An Open Learning Faculty Member is available to assist students. Primary communication is through the Learning Management System's "Mail" tool or by phone. You will receive the necessary contact information when you start your course.
To successfully complete this course, you must achieve an overall passing grade of 70% or higher on the overall course and 50% or higher on the mandatory final project.
|Assignment 1: Family Genogram||20%|
|Journal Submission 1||10%|
|Assignment 2: Informational Interview||20%|
|Final Project: Essay Outline||5%|
|Journal Submission 2||10%|
|Final Project *||25%|

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|Post||Director (Cyber Security in Financial Sector), Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance|
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|Pay Scale||Revised Pay as per 7th CPC Level-13 in the Pay Matrix. The gross salary per month would be Rs. 1,82,000 (Approx.) including Basic Pay, HRA, DA and TA.|
|Age||Age not below 35 years and not exceeding 45 years as on closing date of receipt of application.|
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B.E./B.Tech. in Computer Science/Information Technology from a recognized university/ institute.
Master’s Degree in Science (Computer Science/ Information Technology) from a recognized university/ institute.
Master’s Degree in Computer Application from a recognized university/ institute.
At least 10 years of experience in cyber/information security/Project Management roles in Financial Sector
|Desirable Qualification (s)||
i. Experience in cyber/information security in financial sector.
ii. Certification in Cyber Security from any of the following
a) Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
b) Certified information systems security professional (CISSP).
Governance of cyber security in financial sector. Managing projects and coordinating with multiple stakeholders in government, financial sector regulators, national and global agencies on various issues related to cyber security.
Providing inputs on strategic and policy matters.
The candidate will be responsible for monitoring sectoral efforts in financial sector towards maintaining dynamic and modern cyber security resilience and will undertake additional functions as may be called for given the specific requirements of the financial sector and prospective changes that may evolve in future.
The candidate will also be responsible for strengthening Cyber Security Framework in financial sector in consultation with regulators and other agencies/Departments concerned, would be involved in all Cyber Security related work, Digital Payment Service Provider related work and Data Residency issues, will engage regularly with the experts and leading institutions including IIT, Indian Institute of Science, etc., on issues of Cyber security in financial sector, and attending to all work relating to cyber issues in financial sector which may come up in various national and international forums/ institutions/ departments of Govt. of India.
|Tenure||The period of contract may be 3 years extendable to 5 years, depending upon performance.|
|Other Details||The post is Group ‘A’ on contract basis (On Deputation for officials of State/UT/PSUs, Autonomous Bodies, Statutory Organizations, Universities, Recognized Research Institutes).|
|Any Other Conditions||1. Central Government employees are not eligible to apply. 2. The candidate must have a minimum gross salary of Rs. 15 lac per year during any of the financial year 2018-19 or 2019-20 as per Form-16/ITR (or payslip in the absence of Form-16/ITR). 3. All appointees are to be deemed as public servants for the purpose of the CCS(Conduct) Rules and such other statutes as notified by the government from time to time. 4. The employment contract to be terminated by either side with a minimum notice period of 3 months.|
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ON the rugby pitch they are better associated with pulling up trees, but Munster legends Marcus Horan and John Hayes rolled up their sleeves and did the opposite last week in the shadow of Thomond Park.
The duo were at the Learning Hub in Thomondgate as part of an exciting project involving the community in developing Limerick’s first ‘city orchard’.
Together with children from local schools and the surrounding community, Horan - who is a director of the Learning Hub - and his pal The Bull - a farming nut - planted apple trees in the new community orchard.
Created under the supervision of independent environmental consultant Diarmuid Neilan and funded by Limerick Regeneration, over 100 apple trees were adopted and planted in Thomondgate last Friday.
Jennifer Moroney-Ward, the Hub’s manager, explained that the project was “an exciting opportunity” for local people to get involved in adopting their own apple tree and assigning their family name to it.
“The idea is to create a city orchard and invite local people to adopt a tree - specifically children and their families,” she said.
“In two years’ time it will produce apples for what we hope will be a co-op in the city - that is Diarmuid’s idea - and there will be juices locally grown that are available for sale and delivery back into the schools and community centres,” she added.
It is planned that the orchard will be divided into two sections; a commercial orchard consisting of 225 trees in 10 different varieties with a maximum production of 30-60 kilos of apples per tree by year five of operation and a heritage orchard with 20 native varieties, many of which have been brought back from the brink of extinction.
“We have planted about 100 trees and have another 80 to go,” explained Ms Moroney-Ward. “The trees are different varieties, including heritage Irish apple trees that are dying out, so we are trying to maintain and protect those heritage trees, not just the high production and volume apple trees.
“People have a connection to what they are planting, and lots of them have been done in memory of relatives and others, so they will really enjoy watching them grow and they will have respect for the planting and growing process and the produce that comes from it in turn.”
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Made at Worcester Manufactory (England)
Object Place: Europe, England
8.8 x 11.8 x 6.3 cm (3 7/16 x 4 5/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
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Soft-paste porcelain, molded acanthus leaves springing from scalloped base along spiral ribbing, double-scroll handle; acanthus leaves in pink and green enamels, polychrome enameled flower sprays above scalloped rim. Condition: good.
Tilley and Co., London (dealers); 1959, purchased by Janet M. Wolfson, Brookline, MA
Bequest of Janet M. Wolfson

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- Author : Winifred Aldrich
- Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
- Release Date : 2012-06-27
- Genre: Design
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- ISBN 10 : 9781118372050
Metric Pattern Cutting for Menswear Book Description :
Since the first edition was published in 1980, Metric PatternCutting for Menswear has become established as the standardwork on this subject and has proved invaluable as both a textbookfor students and a reference source for the practisingdesigner. In this fifth edition, the chapter on computer aided design nowhas full colour illustrations and reflects the growing importanceof CAD to the industry and as a part of fashion and design courses.The rest of the book has been updated where necessary: inparticular, new blocks for tailored shirts, new details on how toadapt men’s blocks for women’s wear, and a revision ofsizing and labelling information. Colour is now used todifferentiate the main groups of patterns and with its tried andtested layout wit...


A man got lost in Brecksville and asked police for directions. The only problem -- he had a felony warrant issued for his arrest.
The man -- who is 34 and lives in Warrensville Heights -- got off a bus near the intersection of U.S. Route 21 and Parkview Road at about 9 a.m. on Feb. 19.
He then approached a Brecksville police officer and asked where he could find the "101" bus, adding that he did not know whether the "101" was a Summit Metro or Cleveland RTA line.
The officer replied that it sounded like a Metro line and offered to drive him to a hotel on Richfield Road where there was a Metro stop and the man agreed.
Meanwhile, the officer got the man's name and checked it in the police database. There he found that the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office had issued a warrant for the man's arrest.
He is accused of violating his probation after he was convicted of attempted abduction last year in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.
Consequently, instead of dropping him off at the bus station, the police officer arrested the man on the warrant.
The officer noted in his report that the man cooperated during the arrest and allowed himself to be checked for weapons.


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Recently, during the signing of the agreement between the two countries, the President Donald Trump stated that all tariffs imposed on products from China will be withdrawn by the United States after "phase 2" of the trade agreement between the two powers. He said that he hopes to resolve all trade issues with the Chinese in the next stage of negotiations and that this agreement does not extend to a "phase 3".
"China and I will start negotiating the next stage of agreement very, very soon. I hope there is no stage 3," he added. In detailing the content of the agreement that was signed in Washington, Trump highlighted Chinese purchases of $ 200 billion in various American products and services. He also said that China will buy US $ 50 billion in American agricultural products and put US $ 75 billion in American industry.