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To mark the 30th anniversary of the Merano Municipal Library, the library and the South Tyrolean Artists' Association came up with a special gift for Merano. Ten authors have created an unforgettable monument to Merano and the people of Merano. The texts - written primarily for this literary walk - offer a new way to explore Merano's historic centre. The stories tell of underdogs as well as the glittering world of the Kurhaus, the Tappeinerweg and Powder Tower, and Merano's past.
This tour is available only in German or Italian language.
Click here to start the tour: https://direct.hearonymus.com/guide/1323

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Renesas Electronics announced a lithium-ion battery management integrated circuit that provides accurate cell voltage and temperature monitoring.
The ISL78714 IC also has cell balancing and system diagnostics to protect 14-cell Li-ion battery packs for hybrid and electric vehicles to help maximize driving time and range, Renesas said Aug. 8.
The IC monitors and balances up to 14 series connected cells to within plus or minus 2mV accuracy. There is also a 14-bit analog to digital converter and up to six external temperature inputs, as well as fault detection and diagnostics for key internal functions.
Board level accuracy is designed to last 15 years. It is specified to operate at -40 degrees Celsius to 105 degrees Celsius.
Mass production quantities are now shipping in a 64-lead package.
The reference design is available online.
Renesas, based in Tokyo, makes microcontrollers, analog, power and SoC products for auto, industrial, office, home and IT applications.


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I’ve been reading a book that, part way through, touches on the most radical and transformative element of Time-Light. The book is Robert M Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, ostensibly the story of a man’s motorcycle ride across America with his son, but actually an exploration of meaning, value and philosophy.
At one point, the narrator says something that almost made me drop the book: “Objects create the subject’s awareness of himself”. Now, that’s pretty close to my idea that, soon after our birth, the sense of an individual ‘I’ emerges from an upsetting experience, and that in turn creates the impression of a world separate from ourselves. As I arise, the world arises also.
Then, a few pages on, the narrator states: “Reality is always the moment of vision before the intellectualization takes place.” Now, it starts to get very interesting, although I say ‘pure experience’ rather than ‘reality’. And I’d substitute the semi-academic term ‘intellectualization’ for ‘you’. Now it reads: “Pure experience is always the moment of vision before you take place (or arise)”.
Pure experience doesn’t leave a footprint or energy trace. It passes through. A pure experience doesn’t have a ‘you’ having that experience; instead, pure vision happens when there is no ‘you’ creating the ‘separate thing’ – or before the subject/object divide occurs.
It sounds complicated but it’s really so simple. Just look at something. You’re not looking (unless your mind is already full of thoughts and worries) – there’s just looking, at a wall, a cup, or whatever.Within a second, ‘you’ arise, and now you’re looking at a cup. Pretty innocuous, perhaps, but suppose it’s something important in your life – possibly an argument or dispute.
As I say in Time-Light, the more ‘you’ are participating in an experience, the less true it is. An ‘untrue’ experience leaves a vibration or imprinting in the Psychological Past, and continues to repeat itself. This is because ‘you’ are the past – and what is happening is happening now. The dead past meeting the dynamic present is an awful mismatch, and one that will continue to reverberate through time.
Pure seeing is transformative because it happens outside of time, and only the timeless can heal the hurts of time.


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Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki has issued a warning about the potential demise of the U.S. dollar and the looming threat of hyperinflation. He has expressed concern that the USD may lose its value and “become toilet paper.” Further, the famous author is saddened by U.S. authorities bringing criminal charges against former President Donald Trump. He stated: “As crime runs rampant in our cities & voters demand ‘defund the police.’ I am crying. America is dying.”
Robert Kiyosaki’s USD and Hyperinflation Warnings
The author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, has shared his concerns about the future of the United States, hyperinflation, and the potential collapse of the U.S. dollar. Rich Dad Poor Dad is a 1997 book co-authored by Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter. It has been on the New York Times Best Seller List for over six years. More than 32 million copies of the book have been sold in over 51 languages across more than 109 countries.
In an “emergency podcast” that he hosted on Wednesday with guest Andy Schectman, the owner of precious metal dealer Miles Franklin, Kiyosaki explained that the U.S. has violated monetary laws, such as Gresham’s laws. “America has been violating all of these laws of money for all of these years, and the world says: ‘We’ve had enough of this.’ So, they’re joining the BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa.” The Rich Dad Poor Dad author stressed:
So, there’s gonna be quadrillions of dollars coming back, and the ramifications of that are possibly … hyperinflation.
While holding a dollar bill and waving it around, Kiyosaki emphasized: “That means 70% of the world’s population that used to use the dollar are going to take this dollar bill and say: ‘We don’t want it anymore.’” He continued:
And this thing [U.S. dollar] goes to trash. This becomes toilet paper. This little dollar here. Because there’s so much of it out there.
Sharing Kiyosaki’s sentiment, Schectman detailed: “The United States and their actions have done more to destroy themselves, ourselves, itself in the past few years than any external enemy could have ever done because we weaponize our source of power, which is the U.S. dollar, and we have driven most of the world away from it as a result.”
Moreover, Kiyosaki is disappointed at the direction America is headed. Commenting on the decision of U.S. authorities to bring criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, the Rich Dad Poor Dad author tweeted Tuesday: “Tragic day in America. My friend, the former president of the United States is being arraigned in NYC courts. His sons Don jr and Eric are also extremely close friends.” Kiyosaki opined:
As crime runs rampant in our cities & voters demand ‘defund the police.’ I am crying. America is dying.
Trump pleaded not guilty to all 34 counts of falsifying business records. He became the first former president to be charged with criminal activity.
Kiyosaki has issued multiple warnings regarding the potential downfall of the U.S. dollar and its status as the world’s reserve currency. He has also cautioned that a crash landing could be imminent, with stock, bond, and real estate markets crashing.
What do you think about the warnings by Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki? And, do you think the U.S. dollar or America is dying like he said? Let us know in the comments section below.

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After an intensive two-week search for Susan Kuplu’s remains in a city landfill site, police are taking a “brief operational pause” to give officers and equipment operators some rest.
What began as a missing persons case in early January turned into an Ottawa police homicide probe with murder charges laid against Kuplu’s teen daughter, Lennese Kublu, and Lennese’s boyfriend, Dwight Brown.
Kuplu, 37, was last seen by her probation officer during a meeting at the Ottawa courthouse on the morning of Jan. 10.
Though friends and family kept searching for any sign of her, police believe she was killed shortly afterwards. Relatives became concerned, too, when daughter Lennese went missing just two days later, though police believe that was the result of a pair of alleged killers fleeing town.
Homicide detectives allege Kuplu, 37, was killed by Lennese and Brown inside her Penny Drive home and that the pair then disposed of Kuplu’s body in a dumpster. The contents of the dumpster were then taken to the Trail Road dump, where police have been searching.
“The search operation at the Trail Road waste facility began on January 26th and continued for 14 consecutive days without a pause,” lead investigator Det. Chris Benson said.
“Searchers have faced extreme weather, however, have continued their search for Susan non-stop.”
The hiatus will give members of the force’s emergency services unit, who have been searching the landfill, and the city’s heavy equipment operators, who have been moving the waste to make it searchable, time to rest, Benson said.
“This is essential to guarantee the safety and well being of all search team members.”
Benson maintained that police were committed to finding Kuplu’s remains.
“I understand this is difficult on Susan’s family and friends, but all members involved in the search and investigation remain dedicated to finding Susan and giving her the proper resting place she deserves.”
Kuplu, a mother of five, came to Ottawa from Igloolik, Nunavut, years ago when her father came to the national capital for cancer treatment. Kuplu stayed at Larga Baffin on Richmond Road, a boarding home for people accessing health care in the capital from remote northern communities.
Family and friends in Igloolik have maintained their support for teen Lennese, the second of Kuplu’s five children, alleging that Brown threatened her and had a history of violence with her.
They skipped town on Jan. 12, allegedly after the homicide, fleeing to Toronto on a Greyhound bus. This newspaper first reported they were arrested on Jan. 15 for allegedly shoplifting in Toronto, but only Brown was charged in connection with the incident. He was also charged with possessing crack cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and assaulting a security guard.
Brown was also charged by Ottawa police on Jan. 4 — one week before the alleged murder — with assaulting his girlfriend and now co-accused, Lennese, on Dec. 29.
Lennese Kublu and Brown have both been charged with second-degree murder and committing an indignity to a dead body.
The search for Susan Kuplu’s body is expected to resume on Wednesday.


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Russ Meyer, the king of cleavage cinema, and his traveling companion Melissa Mounds (58-21-32) were the highlight of this summer's Moscow Film Festival. Meyer drew cheers from Soviet filmmakers when he said, "My films out-and-out appeal to the prurient interest. I'm in the film business for lust and profit.…The success of any film is how many asses you can get to cover the seats in the theater." And Muscovites packed the theaters showing Meyer's films Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Mudhoney, and Supervixens. How're you gonna keep 'em down on the collective after they've seen big American breasts?
When George Bush went to a fundraising dinner for Sen. Jesse Helms (R–N.C.) he had an unusual request: He wanted his favorite wrestler, Charlotte native and then-world champion Ric Flair, seated at his table. Flair, who is considered the greatest wrestler of all time, and Bush, who may be the greatest U.S. president of the early 1990s, got along famously.
Speaking of Bush, the president was criticized for going easy on Chinese leaders after the Beijing massacre. But Bush's strategy of appeasement appears to have paid off. China recently enacted a reform similar to one that Bush wanted for the United States. It is now illegal to burn the Chinese flag.
Time-out for a Brickbats quiz. On a report on the "Today" show, NBC's Carl Stern summed up the judicial record of Supreme Court nominee David Souter: "As a bachelor, he showed spare concern for women's rights, taking a sometimes dim view of rape complaints." (Souter once voted to overturn a law prohibiting defense attorneys in rape trials from bringing up the sexual history of the alleged victim.) Does Stern's statement reflect his: a) antibachelor prejudice, b) law-and-order leanings, or c) left-wing desperation?
Lest anyone doubt the antiscience nature of the environmental movement, observe the commercial for "Big Green," a 39-page catchall environmental initiative on the November ballot in California. Without ever trying to disprove the scientific claims that the air is cleaner, that most cancer rates are falling, or that pesticides on our food aren't much of a problem, actor Michael Landon proclaims, "We've listened to the experts. Now it's time to tell the experts what we believe." Yeah! Who knows more about toxins and stuff, a bunch of pointy-eggheads or Little Joe?
And California isn't the only state infested with these eco-pests. Mark Herndon, drummer for the country-music group Alabama, showed up at a public hearing to oppose a new landfill in Chattoogaville, Georgia. To demonstrate the depth of his knowledge of toxicity, aquifers, and other important-sounding things, Herndon forced those at the hearing to watch the video for Alabama's song "Pass It on Down."
Meanwhile, eco-activists in Australia have targeted the birth-control pill as an enemy of the earth or, at least, of fish. Supposedly, estrogen from the pills somehow winds up in Australia's coastal waters. The hormone renders fish swimming in the water sterile. How long will it be before Messrs. Landon and Herndon show up in Sydney to demand a ban on estrogen?
And the city parents of Santa Monica, California, showed their lack of concern for the environment by threatening to fine Edwin Ek for using a sidewalk trash can. Ek didn't know that city ordinances forbid putting private waste into public trash cans, so he tossed some junk mail into a can one day on his way to the bus stop. The letters were later spotted by the crack investigative unit of the sanitation department who sent photocopies of the evidence and a letter warning of future fines to Ek. Now what happens if he throws the letter from the city into the trash?
This article originally appeared in print under the headline "Brickbats".


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KENNY DOZIER is the founder & Artistic Director of Kennie Playhouse Theater, Nashville & is also the Producer at Nashville Shakespeare Festival. Kenny is a television, film, & stage actor. He is the founder of Kidz Kravings Acting Summer Camp. He also received a Thrive Grant from Nashville Metro Arts that allowed him to employ students from local schools. In 2004, his portrayal of Hedley in August Wilson’s “Seven Guitars” earned him the Best Supporting Actor award from Nashville’s Tennessean. He also was nominated for Director of the Year for the play “Amazing Grace”.
TINA COCUMELLI is the host of our event and a native of Los Angeles, California, who spent over four decades as a K-12 theatre educator and curriculum designer. She has produced and directed over 300 plays and musicals with students of all ages, including the young Hunter Arnold, whom she gave his first roles onstage.
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Missoula City-County Air Pollution Control Board Hearing for Rule 4.112 revisions on September 21, 2017. Hearing will occur at approximately 12:15 pm at the Missoula City-County Health Department, 301 W. Alder Street, Room 210.
The Air Quality Division at the Missoula City-County Health Department (MCCHD) monitors air quality and regulates outdoor air pollution sources such as: industry, wood stoves, fireplaces, outdoor burning and dusty roads.
If you would like to receive Air Quality Advisory Council agendas and other air quality information by email or mail, contact Sarah Coefield or Benjamin Schmidt and ask to be put on the Interested Parties list. Be sure to include your name as well as your email or mailing address.


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In many places above 6500 feet of elevation the new 35-45 cm of snow is resting at N, NE, E aspects above a layer of "surface hoar" crystals. This layer was sensitive today with numerous massive "whumpfs". Interesting enough we did not detected surface cracks during the multiple collapses (whumpfs).
Stability assessment at N, NE, E aspects between 7000-7700 feet revealed easy triggering and propagation likelihood:
- Multiple CT1Q1 (SC) at 45 cm (SH 4-5 mm)
- ECTPQ1 SC at 45 cm (SH 4-5 mm)
- PST 40/100 (End) at 45 cm (SH 4-5 mm)
- More than a dozen of Easy Hand tests at N, NE, E aspects elevation 7000-7700 feet. Some of the Hand Test failed during isolation in pockets with very well developed surface hoar crystals, and easily slided downhill!
The term SC above refers to the collapse of the slab above the weak layer during the test. The SH term denotes a surface hoar weak layer with large crystals in the 4-5 mm range.
Observations and testing at SE aspects did not reveal instabilities present and the buried surface hoar was NOT detected. We choose to threat these slopes as suspected and keept angles below the 32 degrees of steepness, limiting our mobility (switching to the Glades Ridges) when skiing the SE aspect slopes of the long and fun Knob ridge.
The ECT (Extended Column Test) ans PST (Propagation Saw Test) are tests that allow us to gain understating on the propagation potential of fractures. You will find descriptions for this tests at the following link:
Another party reported RB2-Q3 at a slope with East aspect at 7900 feet.
Two natural release were observed by our party at a NNE slope with 34-36 slope angle at the starting zone. They were classified as SS-N-D1.5-R3-N and ran for 100 vertical feet.
- SS means soft slab
- N stands for natural release
- D1 describes destructive power, a one suggest that ran less than 10 meters. A D2 can bury a skier.
- R3 quantifies the distance it ran, for an scale of R1 to R5, with R5 as maximum.
- The second N denotes that the avalanche involved NEW snow.
If you are interested in reviewing and/or familiarizing with the classification and recording of avalanche observations please refer to the following link:
Yesterday was easy to find instabilities in the snowpack at Pilot Peak. The obvios red flags were: collapses, warming temperature trend, and recent loading event (45 cm of NEW snow). To this list we can possibly add ratings of considerable or above on the the regional forecasts (HIGH for Payette Forest and West Mountains, and Considerable for the Sawtooths).
It was comforting to observe all parties exercising good judgement and managing angles during yesterday ski outing. Surface Hoar instabilities are notorious for avalanches getting triggered at shallower angles (lower 30's), and as far as I could tell skiers and riders were skiing terrain that did not exceeded 30 degrees in steepness.
Todays's forecasted rain up to 8000 feet, and continued warm temperatures above the freezing level will make skiing less attractive (Movie Theater Time!), but in the meantime it is likely that in the long term it will assist in stabilizing the snowpack.
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Looking for a Country lot to build your dream home, this 2.5 Acre lot right on RT 404 North of Bridgeville on the corner of Woodenhawk Road/RD569 is the one for you. This property is only minutes from the Maryland/Delaware line and less than quarter
Back on the Market! Beautiful farm with 1/2 tillable and 1/2 woodlands. NO Easements, meaning THE FARMLAND PRESERVATION RIGHTS have not been sold. Ponds and trails throughout make this a great riding (horse or ATV) farm. There is a beautiful high gr
Make your dreams come true! This land can be used to make your dream home! No builder tie in! There are no deed restrictions, You can have horses, or even just use as great hunting spot. Home packages can be arranged! Sight evaluation has been comple
A tranquil subdivision close to shopping and resort areas. Builder tie-in with custom home construction by Milfords premier contractor, Warfel Construction Co. Addendum to accompany all sales contracts, on file. LA related to seller. interior lots $7
Great potential in Greenwood with this 40+/- acre property that has 1000+/- ft road frontage on Rt. 13/Sussex Highway. Town water & sewer hook-up available. Seller will consider accepting a contract contingent upon Commercial rezoning.
One of the few wooded lots left at the Retreat at Hazzards Hill. Builder tie in with Warfel Construction, outside of city limits but close to down and and access to Rt 113- Comcast and Delaware Electric co-op are both in development .Details on file!
126 acres of development land immediately adjacent to the town limits of Greenwood. Town/County sewer and water is available to this site. Ideal site for multi-family--town homes--apartments--, single-family, or mixed use community. Engineer's preli
Approved & partially site approved for 24 garden style apartments. Price is based on $35,000 per unit, plus existing infrastructure costs already in place. Infrastructure includes water, sewer, stormwater, building pad, and parking lot base. Site is
Great private lot at the end of Webb Street in Milford, DE. Just shy of 1/3 acre, you'll find beautiful Evergreens, Holly and Oak trees offering privacy and shade. With some "TLC" landscaping this property would be perfect for a modular or stick buil
***Builder Alert*** Build your dream home on this waterfront 3 Acre Lot. Soil samples show lot qualifies for a basement and cap and fill gravity systems. Beautiful location on the Nanticoke River, with plenty of privacy yet less than an hours driv


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My mother, Nergis Dalal, a multi-faceted person and a well-known writer, was born exactly 100 years ago on 13 June 1920. On this occasion, almost eight years after her death, many memories surface.
This week on Am I Making You Uncomfortable? we ask how porn impacts our sex lives, body image and more, with sex educator.
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This is a story about what a fireman really is – a fireman saves everyone and everything, and this includes saving the life of a dog. Read on to know more about the details of story.
On July 19, 2015, a fire broke out in a home at Springfield, Virginia. A brave fighter, Ben Sisson, was quick to respond to the emergency call.
Ben Sisson narrated how he grabbed his tools and broke down the front door of the house. Blinded with the smoke from the fire, he rushed inside.
The fireman was able to capture the moment through the camera attached to his firefighter helmet. Fortunately, there were no people at home, yet a concerned informant from the neighborhood told Ben Sisson that there might be three dogs trapped inside.
As fast as he could, Ben Sisson traversed through the burning home to search for the dogs. He found one of them trapped behind the basement’s gate and could not get out.
The firefighter rushed down the basement and felt against the wall. When he stepped on the dog’s bed, that was the time he saw the dog laying there. He grabbed the dog and brought him outside.
The dog was reportedly fine after the incident. In fact, after the dog had enough fresh air, he started running around the lawn looking really happy.
Ben Sisson was commended by everyone who saw the video because of his bravery. Indeed, he was faithful to his duty as a fireman, and he vowed to save anyone – whether it be a person or an animal.
The firefighter was very happy to have done his job the right way. Ben Sisson’s bravery made it to the headlines and was further commended by many.
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Denver Co, Friday April 27th. Over 10,000 teachers and like-minded individuals gathered to show solidarity in their demand for higher salaries as well as better overall school funding.
This was the second day of protesting in front of the Denver state capital. As teachers flooded the streets chanting, screaming, cars passing by honking in support. It’s clear that there is a problem that needs to be addressed. That problem is funding for the professionals that we depend on to mold our children’s minds. Funding for the equipment and standards we would like to have installed in place for our children. But the funding is simply not there…. Denver’s teachers and fellow believers showed up to say they’ve had enough.
It’s nice to see peaceful protest. Often we see protest get out of hand, with individuals unable to maintain their barren. Colorado’s teachers showed up in full fledge, getting their point across in numbers. I would like to see change personally in the support we show our teachers. I believe their importance should be reflected in their pay, and resources that are available to them in order to complete their task. Until those actions are met. I think more protest like these will be in order.
Comment what your opinion is on teachers in the United States. Do you believe this is an issue that needs to be addressed and why?


text: Skip glamping and just rent this house!! You truly have to see the 'Bell Brook' to believe the stunning transformation it recently underwent. This cozy -in the woods- retreat is just minutes from downtown Saratoga Springs. The minute you venture in to see the beautiful hard wood floors, open kitchen and welcoming sun drenched living room, you'll want to stay for the entire track season. And now you can! You'll love meandering the scenic grounds and exploring the Bell Brook stream that flows right through the back yard. Cross over the bridge and hike through the wooded trails, make a camp fire by the pond and feed the many cute fish who have live there! A truly spectacular option for anyone wanting the camping feel, but also close proximity to the many amenities of Saratoga Springs.


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text: The Sin recombinase from Staphylococcus aureus builds a distinctive DNA-protein synaptic complex to regulate strand exchange. Sin binds at two sites within an 86 basepair (bp) recombination site, resH. We propose that inverted motifs at the crossover site, and tandem motifs at the regulatory site, are recognized by structurally disparate Sin dimers. An essential architectural protein, Hbsu, binds at a discrete central site in resH. Positions of Hbsu-induced DNA deformation coincide with natural targets for Tn552 integration. Remarkably, Sin has the same topological selectivity as Tn3 and γδ resolvases. Our model for the recombination synapse has at its core an assembly of four Sin dimers; Hbsu plays an architectural role that is taken by two resolvase dimers in models of the Tn3/γδ synapse.


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This is a wonderful wavy ribbed shaped cup and saucer. There are lots of colourful flowers in pinks, purples and blues with green and yellow leaves. The edges, handle and foot are trimmed in gold. This would be a great addition to any collection.
English China Floral Teacup and Saucer
This is a lovely footed teacup and saucer. This set is white and pale yellow with gold trim on the edges, handle and foot. Inside the cup is a pretty dark pinkish red flower with green leaves. A fabulous addition to any collection.


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Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift have released a new track – a version of Sheeran’s The Joker And The Queen – ten years after their first collaboration.
The heartfelt duet came out at midnight on Thursday at the same time as an accompanying nostalgic music video premiered on YouTube.
To mark the ballad’s release, Sheeran, 30, described Swift, 32, as a ‘very close friend’, adding that he is ‘lucky to have her in his life’.
The Shape Of You singer wrote on Instagram:
‘Me and Taylor first met and wrote + recorded our first song together in 2012, ten years ago now, I’m so so honoured to have her on this song.
‘Not only is she the best singer/songwriter in the world but she’s also a very close friend, I’m very lucky to have her in my life.’
The post was liked more than two million times in ten hours.
The music video for The Joker And The Queen follows two teenagers as they live parallel lives.
The boy, who has a mop of ginger hair, is modelled on Sheeran, while the girl character wears cowboy boots – a nod to Swift’s country roots.
They appear to go away to different schools, singing the song’s wistful lyrics back to one another, before reuniting at the end.
Fans will recognise the youngsters as they previously featured in the video for the pop stars’ 2012 collaboration Everything Has Changed.
Sheeran wrote on Instagram: ‘For the music video we got the kids from our song Everything Has Changed, all grown up and off to college now!
‘Hope you love the song, and the video, and have a great week x’
Swift revealed the return of the young actors in her own social media post.
‘This video makes me think of our friendship all these years,’ she wrote on Instagram.
‘Also can’t believe Jack and Ava from the Everything Has Changed video came back and did this.
As well as Everything Has Changed, the friends have previously collaborated together on a number of songs including End Game and Run.
The Joker And The Queen was first released in October as part of Sheeran’s fifth studio album, Equals.
The album went on to top the charts, and two of its tracks, Shivers and Bad Habits, took the No1 spot in the singles chart.
Sheeran, 30, also took home the Brit award for Songwriter of the Year at London’s O2 on Tuesday, after kicking off the ceremony with a performance alongside metal band Bring Me The Horizon.


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cheerleader wrote:Eleven employees at an Austin pork plant have developed chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) There's currently an official inquiry, since these folks have become very ill...numbness, tingling, loss of mobility, stiffness and pain.
Kruse worked in the "day kill area," where her job was to carve meat out of the back of butchered pigs' heads with a small knife. Her work area was next to the place where compressed-air hoses were used to remove brain material.
Health officials were concerned enough about exposure to raw pig meat to recommend that the plant shut down the air compressor system used to extract brain tissue from the skulls.
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Symptoms first emerged around the same time the plant began using the high-powered air system. Some health experts think exposure to blood and pulverized tissue might have caused the autoimmune response.
Hi Brock,viper498 wrote:I wonder what the MS incident rate is for the Jewish community?
Doesn't seem sensible that they would spend all that time and money on something they don't get.
I don't know of any data proving it but I think there is good reason to believe that Jews not only acquire MS at a similar rate but were among the first to experience a startling increase in incidence....in cities in Northern US and Europe.Viper wrote:You are probably right in that they also get MS at roughly the same rate?
That has always been one of the key questions regarding prevalence/incidence data, especially with the invent of the MRI and other modern tools. Most researchers accept that prevalence really is higher in "developed" countries and is rising in "developing" countries but that is a sore point of controversy. Remember that diagnosis still isn't made by MRI, it's just another tool.RedSonja wrote:I reckon the statistics show more Northern European (based) populations having MS only because they have access to medical staff and the infrastructure capable of recognising it.
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Westport considers hiring outside agency to look at property values
WESTPORT — Selectmen are mulling whether the town should hire an outside agency to evaluate all properties in town.
Selectmen Vice Chairman Richard Spirlet made a motion to place a nonbinding ballot question before voters at the next annual town election.
Last week the board did not support the motion, but did not appear opposed to it either. Selectmen Chairman Antone Vieira recommended waiting until the Dec. 29 meeting to decide on the matter. Vieira mentioned that selectmen should talk over the matter with the Board of Assessors.
Spirlet’s motion comes amid controversy over how some properties are being evaluated and if some property values are inaccurate.
Vieira brought some of the public complaints to the forefront after fielding complaints from some town residents. Vieira has said that if there are errors, some property owners could be receiving tax breaks of $10,000 or more. He has mentioned that some waterfront properties have been assessed for millions of dollars less than their most recent sales prices, leading to possible hefty tax breaks for those homeowners if there is an error.
Assessors have defended how properties are being evaluated and have said that sale prices are not always the best indicator of values.
Assessor Robert Grillo said the assessors have an unbiased source that validates the town’s numbers — the state Department of Revenue, which certifies values every three years.
Selectmen last week said an independent source would allay doubts that there could be issues with the valuation process.
Resident Bill Burns applauded the idea of an independent evaluation. He said the move would not only alleviate concerns, but it would also free up the assessors’ office workers. He said that office is overworked and would be able to concentrate on other work within the office.
Also in other town news, the town’s contract with Direct Energy is about to expire but selectmen recently approved a two-year deal with another company that Town Administrator Timothy King says offers the best possible deal.
King said he used a broker and sought out a competitive price, before deciding on Constellation Energy at 10.43 cents a kilowatt-hour. Currently, the town is paying nine cents but King said that price was going to spike to 12 cents a kilowatt-hour or higher.
As a result, King said they sought out bids for a competitive price. Now, the town is signed on with Constellation until Jan. 2, 2017.
Also in other town news, King is looking into a mysterious leak in the roof of Town Hall. King said one contractor says there is a leak in the chimney and a need for a new chimney cap should resolve the leak issue. However, King and selectmen will also have a mason look into it.


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DXY was strong last night:
AUD was squashed:
Miners dead catted some more:
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Treasuries were bid:
Stocks were smashed:
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US Conference Board consumer confidence fell to 98.7 (est. 100.0, prior revised from 106.4 to 103.2), led by decidedly softer expectations (66.4, prior revised to 73.7 from 77.5).
The Richmond Fed manufacturing activity survey fell to -19 (est. -7, prior -9), similar to the weakness seen in yesterday’s Dallas Fed survey. New orders fell to -38 from -16, and shipments fell to -29 from -14. Wages remained elevated, while there were early signs of supply chain relief and receding prices. US housing data for April was mixed but close to estimates. FHFA prices rose +1.6%m/m (est. +1.4%m/m), and CoreLogic’s rose +1.8%m/m (est. +1.9%m/m).
FOMC member Williams said the Fed needs to get to a 3% to 3.5% funds rate this year, and the debate at the July 26-27 FOMC will be about 50bp vs 75bp. He believes rates will get into restrictive territory in 2023, and expects the economy to slow enough to push the unemployment rate a little above 4%, but a recession this year is not his base case. Bullard published an essay on inflation, noting that getting ahead of inflation will keep it low and stable and promote a strong real economy. He noted the lessons learned from the 1974, 1983, and the 1994-5 experiences, concluding that the latter two approaches were the better examples to follow.
ECB President Lagarde said that they would take the first step of applying flexibility in reinvesting maturities and coupons from PEPP to counter “fragmentation” pressures from 1July.
Aust: A softer gain is anticipated in May’s retail sales as spending rotates towards non-retail items (Westpac f/c: 0.3%).
Eur: Economic and consumer confidence should continue to be affected by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and historically elevated prices in June.
US: The final estimate for Q1 GDP is due (market f/c: -1.5%). Meanwhile, FOMC Chair Powell will participate in a panel at the ECB’s Central Banking forum. The FOMC’s Mester will also speak at the forum and Bullard is due to speak at a different event.
The Chinese victory over OMICRON, such as it is, fired up oil as it lifted some travel restrictions.
Needless to say, any Chinese oil demand recovery of substance is very bad news for the global economy. It will force the Fed to hollow out demand with higher rates to crash the oil price.
Indeed, China itself is running on the spot here as it lifts domestic demand only to see its external demand smashed. That’s the reality of today’s oil resource limitation.
As I have said before, it really is the Fed versus oil now and yesterday the Fed lost.
As for Australia, there was a time when higher commodity prices were seen to benefit the local economy and lifted the AUD.
That time is long past as energy inflation runs rampant everywhere and the only place to hide is King Dollar.


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A gentle explanation for children about death and the funeral. Tells children about what happens when you die; explains the funeral and cremation, and answers questions honestly. A useful tool for parents and caregivers searching for the right words to say. "Remember though, being dead and being asleep are not alike. When we are asleep, our parts inside keep working, making us ready for the day. We move. We breathe in and out...You can tell the difference between being dead and being asleep."
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CLAIM: ‘The Only Force That Can Beat Climate Change Is the U.S. Army’
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/01/09/the-only-force-that-can-beat-climate-change-is-the-u-s-army/BY ANATOL LIEVEN
America’s military is the only institution that can break the partisan deadlock on the worst threat the nation faces.BY ANATOL LIEVEN
The precise extent of human-induced climate change is unclear, but the basic science is unequivocal, as is the danger it poses to the United States. This threat comes from the direct impact of climate change on agricultural production and sea levels but equally importantly from the huge waves of migration that climate change is likely to cause, on a scale that even the world’s richest states and societies will be unable either to prevent or accommodate.
Yet for two out of the past four U.S. administrations, action on this issue has been frozen due to the refusal of a large section of the political establishment and electorate to accept the clear scientific evidence that this threat exists — and the Trump administration has now decided to remove climate change from the list of security threats to the United States under its new National Security Strategy (NSS).
The most urgent and important task facing climate change activists in the United States is to persuade the U.S. national security establishment of the mistakenness of this decision. If no serious progress can be made under this administration, then concentrated thought must be dedicated to placing climate change at the heart of the next administration’s NSS and of U.S. security thinking in general.


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a late form of the syphilitic infection of the nervous system that primarily affects the meninges, the dorsal roots of the spinal nerves, and the posterior columns of the spinal cord. The first symptoms of tabes dorsalis appear from three to 30 years (usually approximately ten years) after infection. The disease is manifested by whooping cough, labored breathing, pupillary changes, and pain and paresthesia (formication, numbness, tingling in the legs, paroxysms of intense pain in the internal organs [tabetic crises]). Disturbances of musculoskeletal sensation in the legs is impaired, resulting in a sharp decrease in muscle tone, the loss of reflexes, and incoordination (specifically, ataxic gait). Also characteristic is tissue malnutrition, which is marked by joint deformities, an increased bone fragility, ulceration of the soles of the feet, loss of hair, and severe emaciation. Infection of the optic nerve with tabes dorsalis may cause vision disturbances and sometimes blindness.
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RENOVATING THE HISTORIC GALES SCHOOL
In more than a century of helping the area's invisible neighbors, Central Union Mission has moved often, residing in several wards throughout the city. Beginning in a rented room at 909 Pennsylvania Avenue, the city’s first long-term shelter opened on C Street, NW, between 6th and 7th Streets in 1891. Due to the 1974 Pennsylvania Avenue Plan, the Mission was displaced through eminent domain from its 90-year downtown location and relocated to 1350 R Street, NW.
The Mission's R Street building was originally designed as a car dealership during the 1920s. While it served thousands of people well, it was completely outmoded for today’s demands, cramped and extremely costly to maintain. In addition, neighborhood revitalization efforts attracted affluent residents and forced poor and needy neighbors to other areas of the city.
It was the right time for Central Union Mission to move from an outdated, inefficient building to an area of the city with the greatest need for support for poor and homeless people. In 2010, Central Union Mission successfully competed in the Department of Real Estate Services’ public solicitation process to identify an organization to restore the former Gales School building for use as a homeless shelter.


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The mouse itself features five programmable buttons and a 4-way tilting scroll wheel. An optical sensor handles tracking and can be adjusted between 1200 and 1600 CPI (counts per inch rather than the more common dots per inch, or DPI). Two AA batteries keep the mouse juiced, and HP says they'll last up to nine months.
As far as I can tell, the Wi-Fi Mobile mouse is only available through HP's online store. It'll set you back $50, which is a little pricey but not unreasonable given the mouse's unique attributes. Thanks to Engadget for the tip.
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As he has dozens of times since stumbling into the benefits of cover cropping and no-till farming nearly 50 years ago, Pennsylvania farmer Leroy Bupp set up his props for a talk on soil health at a large Chesapeake Bay conference.
There were goofy moments, like calling out volunteers from the audience to replicate how worms breed. But the real wow moment came when he dropped two clods of soil — one from his no-tilled, cover-cropped farm and one from a neighbor’s conventionally tilled field — into beakers of water.
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“Mother Nature made soil work, then with tillage we destroyed this,” he told the audience, now riveted. “In tilled soil, without air spaces, the water is running off into the Bay. Leave the soil alone!” said the 75-year-old Bupp.
Relatively quiet and driven by farmers themselves, a revolution of sorts is happening in agriculture in the Chesapeake Bay region: soil health. It’s a way of improving the soil that reduces runoff pollution in the Bay region while helping farmers turn a profit.
Farmers have tilled the earth into submission for thousands of years. But now, growing numbers are spreading the gospel about a fundamental shift in which soil is left unplowed and covered with a diverse mix of plants in all seasons.
“This soil health movement is big, growing and critical,” said Lamonte Garber of the Stroud Water Research Center, a world-renowned freshwater research facility in Pennsylvania.
Instead of constantly pumping fertilizers and pesticides into worn-out soil, a more hands-off approach encourages an underground living ecosystem of bugs, worms, fungi, microbes and bacteria to make the soil healthier and less threatening to the environment.
The result, over time, is a soil with a rich, intertwined web of living matter. You may have heard it called soil health, regenerative agriculture or carbon farming.
While no-till and cover crops are key ingredients, soil health is broader than those two environmentally friendly farming methods and can also incorporate changes to crop rotation, livestock grazing and other actions.
“It’s using the soil not simply as a medium. It’s a win-win. Farmers can cut costs, and we can clean up the water,” said Franklin Egan, of the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture. Though each farm is different, farmers generally see benefits within a couple of years, and soil fertility increases each year for up to 20 years or so without drop-offs in crop yields from cutting back on commercial fertilizer.
Proven dividends of this laissez-faire approach include less soil runoff and more nutrients being manufactured by the plants themselves, reducing the need for other sources of fertilizer. The protective layer of plants hinders the growth of weeds, and organic matter in the soil discourages plant diseases. Beneficial insects attack crop pests. Herbicide and fertilizer costs are cut — though generally not eliminated — and farmers have more time for other farm chores because they are not plowing fields. Cover crops can be used as feed for livestock or grazed, saving farmers more money.
Over time, as all of the underground elements team up, soil structure improves too — increasing its ability to act like a sponge to both hold more moisture during storms and release water during dry periods. Farmers call it weatherproofing their fields: A single acre can hold 25,000 gallons more water than one that is tilled.
While not tilling soil would seem to invite more weeds and insect pests, advocates of soil health say the use of pesticides and herbicides can be vastly reduced because crops grown in healthy soil resist pest pressure and allow natural enemies of pests to thrive. And, the use of cover crops suppresses the growth of weeds.
The constant layer of plants also sucks up earth-warming carbon. According to a 2018 study by government and university scientists, the use of cover crops on all of the nation’s farmland could remove 103 million metric tons of carbon dioxide each year from the air. That’s equivalent to eliminating harmful global warming emissions from 21 million vehicles.
That would help farming become part of the climate change solution rather than be part of the problem. Currently, agriculture accounts for 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
For the consumer, crops grown in fields with healthier soil have more nutrition and essential oils that aid immune systems and bodily functions.
“I just feel this is the future of agriculture and this is where we need to be at a national level,” said Lisa Blazure, coordinator of a newly created soil health position at the Stroud Water Research Center in Pennsylvania.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service, the federal government’s chief conservation agency for farmers, was formed after severe dust storms during the Depression ravaged U.S. prairies — a landmark example of the price to be paid for poor soil management. The agency was slow to embrace soil health but now is one of its main cheerleaders, calling it “the next frontier of conservation.” Tilling the soil, it says, “is like burning down the house” and destroying the microbiological community under the surface.
Agency handouts urge farmers not to “treat your soil like dirt.” One says, “We believe improving the health of our nation’s soil is one of the most important endeavors of our time.”
Advocates say a soil health ethos also is badly needed to keep the nation’s soil from disappearing. In the last 40 years, it’s estimated that one-third of all the world’s food-production soil has been lost to erosion. Soil is vanishing 10–100 times faster than it is being formed.
“There’s soil and then there’s dirt. Farming is a degraded resource right now and we’ve kind of accepted that as normal,” Blazure said. “We used to have the viewpoint of what can the soil do for the plant. With soil health, we realize it’s not a one-way street. The plants and that crop are doing as much for the soil as the soil is doing for the plant.”
For the Chesapeake Bay, the movement could be fortuitous, over time reducing significant amounts of runoff sediment and nutrients flowing into the Bay, though it is unlikely to be adopted on a wide enough scale in time to help states such as Pennsylvania meet its reduction goals for sediment and nutrient by 2025.
“Our hope is it will help the Bay. We really want to try to help the scientific community understand what the impact of healthier soils is on delivery of pollutants to waterways,” said Garber of the Stroud Water Research Center.
PennFuture, a Pennsylvania environmental group, now considers soil heath practices more important than planting streamside buffers for the state to attain its Bay cleanup commitments.
State and federal farm agencies are pushing to make soil heath a standard land management practice in Bay states. And research institutions are rushing to complete studies to prove the benefits farmers have found on their own.
In 2019, Pennsylvania added soil health, for the first time, to the seven priority conservation practices for farmers listed in its most recent Bay cleanup plan.
And a state program that gives Pennsylvania farmers tax credits in exchange for using conservation practices now includes soil health best management practices.
Elements of the soil health movement are starting to take hold in the region. Pennsylvania farmers have led the way nationally in bringing no-till agriculture to the fore. In 2002, 20% of farmland in the state used no-till methods to grow crops. That figure has risen to 60%, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Maryland ranks first in the nation for the use of cover crops on farms. In 2017, the legislature created a Healthy Soils Program and instructed the Department of Agriculture to expand the adoption of soil health practices. Agency officials estimate that more than half of the state’s ag fields use cover crops and conservation tillage.
“My impression is soil heath is pretty mainstream in Maryland. Our farmers are progressive thinkers,” said Alisha Mulkey, head of the Healthy Soils Program.
Virginia ranks third in the nation in the percentage of farm fields using cover crops.
New York has spent $5 million since 2015 on climate resilient farming. Soil health practices are a linchpin. And in 2018, legislation was passed to create a two-year soil health project.
The federal government is investing in Bay region soil health, too. Last fall, Maryland got a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to launch a $2.3-million program to get 150 more farmers to adopt soil health practices.
Another grant and matching funds will support a $2-million program at Virginia Tech to help the Virginia Soil Health Coalition expand soil health practices in the Shenandoah Valley and the lower Eastern Shore. The effort also will educate consumers and producers about the benefits of soil health.
The Stroud Water Research Center will spend $2.9 million to get 4,500 farmers in Pennsylvania to turn to cover crops, no-till and rotational grazing through farmer-to-farmer soil health “hubs.”
Big ag business is starting to jump on the bandwagon as well.
General Mills, Tyson Foods, Pepsi, Walmart, Monsanto and others are encouraging their supply-line farmers to use soil health practices to deliver better quality foods and satisfy consumer demands for healthy farming. Even Wrangler has rolled out a brand of high-end jeans, called its Rooted Collection, made of cotton grown using cover crops and no-till fields.
One of the remarkable things about the soil health movement is that it has been unearthed and championed by farmers themselves, with little initial support from government.
“The farmers believe in it because they’ve come up with it,” Blazure said.
“The Pennsylvania No-Till Alliance was tired of hearing my agency or Penn State Extension or conservation districts saying this won’t work around here when they were having success,” said Mark Goodson, state agronomist in the Pennsylvania office of the federal Natural Resources Conservation Service.
“When you hear from another farmer it’s a lot more believable than hearing it from a government person or an academic,” said Charles White, a Penn State assistant professor and Extension specialist in soil fertility and nutrient management. “The conversation has really changed. Credit pioneering farmers.”
Even today, the movement grows primarily through field demonstrations by farmers hoping to convert their neighbors. The Extension and NRCS are increasingly holding similar field days.
“That’s been the spark plug,” said Steve Groff of Lancaster County, a vegetable farmer who travels the world as a cover crop and no-till consultant. “It relies on farmers (realizing) that it’s about our own farms and we can actually grow our cash crops in a way that is most cost-effective.”
Like Bupp, many of the pioneers of soil health discovered its benefits by accident.
Thirty years ago, Lancaster County, PA, dairy farmer Jim Hershey tried no-tilling as a way to save time and fuel as he and his wife struggled to run the farm themselves. “There was nothing much talked about back then about keeping nutrients on our soil. And I thought the Chesapeake Bay was not even close to me and it’s not something I had to worry about.” A lot has changed since then. Hershey was a founding member of the Pennsylvania No-Till Alliance and has been its president since 2010.
“I like to say no-till without cover crops is still dead soil,” he said. “It’s not providing any nutrients to the soil biology and microbes to keep that soil alive, healthy, productive and able to recycle nutrients.”
Groff, who experiments with cover crop mixes with up to 13 different plant species to enrich the soil, only stumbled into the deep-rooted benefits of soil health. “We didn’t know about soil health back then. I did it because I didn’t want ditches in my field.”
What will it take to make soil health mainstream and the most common method of farming?
More peer-to-peer mentoring, reinforcing scientific research, nudging agri-business and consumer demand, experts say. Also needed is finding ways to reward farmers who use soil health practices, such as getting more for their products or discounts on federal farm insurance premiums.
Part of the resistance by some farmers is simply change. “We’ve been trying to tame nature and make soil into a monoculture for so long. We’ve always said you have to kill everything so we can plow the soil. And now we’re replacing the paradigm and it’s just hard,” Goodson observed.
Soil health advocates also find pushback from fertilizer, pesticide and equipment companies.
But Hershey, for one, thinks most farmers will see the light. “This is a revolution that’s occurring and it’s very promising for cleaner agricultural production. Much cleaner.”

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on Germany's car industry comes up with various solutions on how consumers will shift from premium brand cars to the more cheap avaliable low class vehicles. Furthermore it is stated that German premium cars still are extreme gas-guzzlers and will, according to your study, not change so until the latest of 2012. On the contrary however, I believe that German engineering is on route towards an overall solution. This solution being, instead of Toyota's hybrid vehicles, which still use a combustion engine as partial power source i.e. not cutting carbon emissions dramatically because long distance travels will still use up as much gasoline, however a more sophisticated approach by replacing the "old" combustion engine with a complete new environmentally friendly engine. The leading German car companies have devoted many resources into this field of research, and many buses throughout Germany are nowadays on their way without creating any emissions. Toyota has simply put forward a literal "hybrid" technology which is a mere step, compared to the "jump" research that German car makers have conducted on clean engines throughout the years. This clever marketing trick has propelled Toyota's overall performance and marketing position, whereas the Germans were stuck in their traditional role model as prestige car maker. In addition to that, I wish to remark that you once pointed out that Germany's car industry was a positive example of an old European industry that has gone global. If so, why have these brands then not reacted quicker to Toyota's foreseeable threat? Moreover, I wish to point out that German manufacturing has always been a matter of sophistication and precision, as one might know. However, late developments have lead to a decrease in quality standards namely the shift towards Eastern production facilities. A great example would be the brake disc of the Porsche Cayenne (produced in a Czech plant and made of domestic steel). These brake discs had an above average failure rate and forced Porsche to react immediately, despite identical quality checks as in the German factories. Maybe not only R&D and design should remain in Germany.


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Teedra Moses SELLS OUT SOB’s Stage
Written by S.O.B.’s Intern Ellie Rangel
Teedra Moses brought out all the feels this past Thursday… and a sold-out crowd, at the legendary SOBs. Not only did Teedra deliver a dope performance but her fans came with the high energy that we all needed. Teedra, a New Orleans-born R&B singer, has that buttery, soulful sound with lyrics that make her fans scream out every word. Her powerhouse of a voice was accompanied by a four-man band that provided groovy and sensual beats, reeling everyone’s focus onto the stage. She played her hit song, “Be Your Girl” which was a crowd favorite as everyone was dancing, filming, and screaming the words with their hands up high!
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While fans excitedly waited for Teedra to bless the stage, the incredibly talented Coline Creuzot opened for the crowd with her buttery smooth voice and storytelling R&B lyrics. This was the perfect transition into Teedra’s set, taking the crowd from vibing to belting.
After the vibey and fiery show, Teedra added her name to the wall of the many legends that have played at SOBs.

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Stephen Donnelly says he ‘can’t answer definitively’ if the Taoiseach can sack Coveney
7th September 2021
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HEALTH MINISTER STEPHEN Donnelly has said he “can’t answer definitively” if the Taoiseach has the power to sack Fine Gael cabinet member Simon Coveney.
Coveney is currently facing a make-or-break grilling before the Foreign Affairs Committee where he is being quizzed over the planned appointment of Katherine Zappone as Ireland’s freedom of speech envoy to the UN.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs is being asked to run through the entire timeline of events which led to Zappone landing the role.
In an interview on Today with Claire Byrne on RTÉ Radio One, Donnelly said: “This is a coalition and in a coalition government, one party does not tell another party who they can and can’t have at Cabinet.
Pushed further on the Taoiseach’s power to remove Cabinet members, Donnelly hastened to add: “I don’t believe the Taoiseach has expressed that about Minister Coveney.”
However, under the constitution, the Taoiseach has the power to seek the President’s approval to remove any member of Cabinet.
The particular article of the constitution reads: “The President shall, on the advice of the Taoiseach, accept the resignation or terminate the appointment of any member of the Government.”
While the Taoiseach has the power to sack Coveney, it is thought in political circles that this move – unless Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar also backs it – would lead to the collapse of government. Donnelly himself said he thinks Coveney should not have to resign over the saga.
“I don’t think he should resign. I think he has made an error. I think he got it wrong. I think it’s right and proper that the documentation has been released. People make mistakes,” he said.
In his opening remarks to today’s committee, Coveney said: “The first thing I want to do is apologise to all the committee members for creating the circumstances that require a second hearing in a week, on the same issue of the appointment of a special envoy.
“Due to the sloppiness of some of my answers to your legitimate questions last week, we are back here again in order to, I hope, bring clarity to any outstanding issues once and for all.”


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World class athletics will return to Athlone Institute of Technology again on February 21 with the fifth AIT International Grand Prix.
Three-time Olympic medalist and former World Champion Carmelita Jeter will compete in the AIT International Arena Grand Prix on February 18. The American sprinter will run in the 60m event.


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This week an official trailer was released for the 2019 film Sonic the Hedgehog which will be released into cinemas/theatres in November. The trailer has had mixed reviews with most people being excited about the potential storyline and feeling positive about Jim Carrey’s role as Dr. Robotnik. But when it came to Sonic’s design, the response was still very negative with many wondering why Sonic can’t just look like he does in the games. The director has promised to make changes to the design after the backlash from fans, but should the studio really do this and at what point do we need to accept that Sonic’s look should stay as it is?
A promising start
Being a fan from the days Sonic first made his debut on console on the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) I was excited about the idea of a Sonic movie, especially one made by a studio like Paramount. But watching the unveiling of the first movie posters, followed by the leaked images of Sonic’s design and now finally this trailer, I still have very mixed feelings about seeing this movie. The recent trailer, which is nearly three minutes long, shows a mysterious creature (which turns out to be Sonic – voiced by Ben Schwartz) meeting and later working with a local town cop Tom Wachowski (James Marsden) while an interesting looking Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) appears to be after Sonic, attempting to do anything to capture him.
The trailer itself isn’t bad, the story behind the film seems to be interesting and looks like it will be an origin story of sorts for Dr. Robotnik, or Eggman as we now know him. As a fan of Jim Carrey’s movies, especially his comedy roles in the late nineties I can’t wait to see his portrayal of Robotnik which from the images in the trailer appear as if he will be going through a transition into the bald-headed, big moustached villain we know and love today. The movie is also filled with some references to Sonic lore including the famous rings – even the initial Paramount logo, usually surrounding a mountain with stars, uses rings instead. It seems some of the warp rings that warp Sonic into different worlds, like the special stages from the early MegaDrive/Genesis games make an appearance too which looks exciting.
Along with the story there looks to be a lot of great gags too. The humour is going to be good and will hopefully be no different or worse than other similar style movies made today. But then we come to Sonic himself and there’s just some not quite right about that design. Although the movie Sonic was never going to look like the video game Sonic, the design still differs a lot, perhaps too much. The thing most people seem to take issue with is Sonic’s eyes and mouth, which just look too human-like. Personally I think sonic looks just too…cute! Now, normally I love cute and fluffy things, I even have a soft spot for cute hedgies and follow a bunch of their accounts on Instagram (really I do!), but do I really want that this cuteness to be on this anthropomorphic hedgehog? There’s something very cute about his design and while Sonic’s not ugly, the cuteness takes away from the cool attitude that Sonic is usually shown as having in the games.
Apart from looking super cute – Sonic’s small rounded eyes being a big contributor to that – he also has a weird mouth, one that looks so wide when he smiles with his mouth closed but it’s so small and filled with weird big chunky teeth when he opens it. Even my mum who’s not the big Sonic fan I am thinks the teen are all wrong! For me the teeth are bad, but the physical design of his body is worse. Although we’re all thankful that Sonic no longer looks overly muscular in the legs, he also doesn’t look like his speedy self, in fact I can’t help but feel that Sonic looks like a man in a Sonic-suit…there’s just something not quite right.
Now, I m grateful that Paramount have listened to fan feedback at all, especially as the first initial images of movie posters leaked a more muscular (at least in the legs) looking Sonic which nobody wanted. But just a day or so after the trailer was released the director of the movie Jeff Fowler tweeted ‘The message is loud and clear… you aren’t happy with the design & you want changes. It’s going to happen. Everyone at Paramount & Sega are fully committed to making this character the BEST he can be…‘
With this tweet it seems that the fan backlash against Sonic’s design will prompt Paramount to change the look again. It’s certainly worth making Sonic’s eyes a little larger, or at the very least giving him less weird teeth and where possible slimming down his look to further enhance a more videogame-like look, but should Paramount just continue to edit the design until we’re all happy or is it the case that as fans we’ll never be truly happy with the design unless it’s a complete copy of the one in-game?
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Although I’d like some changes to be made, the reality of this happening has to be thought about carefully. Paramount can tweak the design, but after a long time of creating this movie and animating the GCI design of Sonic, there’s only so much that they can adjust of their previous work before it becomes too difficult, time-consuming and costly. The studio ultimately want to make money out of the movie, so getting fans alongside should be a priority (afterall we’ll be the ones going to see the movie without much persuasion), but as fans we also need to make some compromises with what we want and what we’re going to get.
For me personally there are several things I don’t like about the design. It feels as if Paramount forgot what Sonic looked like, were given an audio description and came up with what we have. But at the same time I have to say that Sonic’s design isn’t awful and I can learn to put up with something that isn’t so aesthetically good, if the story is brilliant (which I really hope it is). When I look at Sonic and compare it with the another CGI videogame based movie coming out also this year, Detective Pikachu, I have to wonder why it is so difficult for the studio to simply make a copy of the videogame character, fluff him up a bit (the new thing with CGI characters apparently) and then create the movie with that character in it. But as we’ve previously heard, Sonic’s videogame design doesn’t work well in 3D so some adjustments have to be made.
As mentioned before the best thing we can have is a compromise. For Paramount that will be going back to the animators and fixing things here and there in the design to maybe make Sonic’s teeth and mouth better, or give him larger eyes. I doubt that much of the body can be tweaked but close-ups in certain scenes could be. This is a compromise that the studio seem to be willing to make, and this is lucky as many times movie directors are happy to go with just their own ‘vision’ of something without listening to fans. But just as they are willing to compromise on their original design for Sonic, the fan base needs to compromise too, and be careful when giving negative criticism about the character’s look.
People need to realise the cost of constant adjustment to CGI design and realise that at some point as we get closer towards November, it just won’t be an option anymore. People need to be ready to accept a design that isn’t completely what they want, just like many accepted the modern Sonic design after complaining when it was changed from the retro/original one. Compromising, a little, over design will then let us concentrate on what is more important, the movie’s story which may just give an interesting story of how Dr. Robotnik/Eggman came to be.
Are you interested in seeing the Sonic movie when it’s released? What movies based on videogames (or books) have you enjoyed or disliked? Let me know what you think in the comments below 🙂


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Recently, the New Vocational Farmers Agriculture Training Course in 2018 sponsored by the Municipal Farmers’ Science and Technology Education Center was successfully completed. 100 farmers from the rural area of our city, after 7 days of “theory + practice + investigation” all-round training, bring new knowledge and new technology back home, and bring new vitality to the revitalization of the rural area and green industry development.
At present, the Municipal Farmers’ Science and Technology Education Center is carrying out the “one point and two lines, stages in the whole course” training, taking the industrial development as the foothold, taking the production skills and management level as two main lines, combining the centralized training at stages, practical training, visit and investigation and production practice, and striving to help the trainees go to the professionalization and become the leading force in building the modern agriculture and striving for the national green agricultural city.
“To give priority to the green agriculture and build a green agricultural city, the most difficult task is in agriculture and rural areas, and the greatest potential and strength are also in agriculture and rural areas, so rural talent is the key.” The responsible comrades of the Municipal Farmers' Science and Technology Education Center said, "cultivating the new type of professional farmers is of great significance for promoting the revitalization of rural talents. We will seize the historical opportunity to carry out the strategy of rural revitalization, in order to improve the comprehensive quality, professional skills and entrepreneurial development ability of farmers as the core, and establish a new vocational farmers’ cultivation system integrating education and training, management and policy support. We will focus on cultivating a new type of professional farmers with culture, technology, management and good practice.” (Han Bing)


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The Eurozone officially fell into deflation again in February, despite the best efforts of the European Central Bank (ECB). ECB president Mario Draghi is expected to announce further measures on Thursday to try to pull Europe out of its deflationary funk. But why are central banks and economists so afraid of low inflation and deflation? For several good reasons.
The first is the dangerous way that deflation interacts with debt. If you have a debt then you need to directly repay what you owe: EUR100 ($109) of debt requires EUR100 ($109) to pay back. That’s obvious, but consider what happens when prices are moving either up (inflation) or down (deflation).
In an inflationary environment, the price of what you want to buy is rising so the EUR100 ($109) in your pocket will buy less. However, the real value of a EUR100 ($109) debt decreases, which is great because it’s now easier to repay your debt.
But everything is flipped if you have deflation: the real value of your debt slowly increases over time. This isn’t great.
...everything is flipped if you have deflation: the real value of your debt slowly increases over time.
Debtors end up cutting back on spending elsewhere just to pay off their growing debt. That means they are not investing and more likely to default or go bankrupt. It also means that those wishing to borrow in the future – a person planning to buy a house or a company wanting to invest in new machinery, for example – will be less inclined to do so because they know their debt is going to grow. All of this hurts the economy.
This phenomenon is known as ‘debt deflation’ but, confusingly, Europe doesn’t even need to be experiencing deflation for it to suffer its negative effects. The ECB sets an inflation target of just below 2%.
Companies and individuals therefore have a reasonable expectation that inflation will be around 2% and they enter into agreements to borrow money based on this expectation.
But if this target is consistently missed, then the amount of the debt that is owed is larger than anyone had planned for. That gives borrowers the same problem they would have if there was deflation: the debt is bigger than they had planned for because they don’t have the 2% cushion.
That’s why people are so worried about ‘lowflation’: when inflation is lower than what the central bank targets.
The second major reason to worry about deflation is that it tends to lead to more unemployment. If the price that a company can sell a product or service for keeps falling, the company will be forced to cut costs.
Management’s natural response could be to cut wages to maintain a particular profit margin, but company bosses often eschew this option for understandable reasons (cutting employee wages can hit morale hard). They tend to reduce the number of people they employ by laying people off and not employing any more, thus increasing unemployment.
Given all of this, it’s not surprising that central banks aim to avoid deflation. But there’s a limit to their powers and this is the most pernicious threat of deflation.
Central banks adjust the interest rate they set as a way of bringing inflation into line with where they want it to be. But they can only cut rates so far (we used to think that was to zero but, turns out, they can go below zero).
If the central bank is unable to cut rates as quickly as inflation is falling then inflation-adjusted interest rates may actually increase – a tightening in monetary conditions. That means you can reach a point where inflation continues falling because the central bank has cut its interest rate as much as it can.
The economy can then slide into a self-fulfilling spiral where the price of goods falls, inflation-adjusted interest rates increase, the economy weakens, prices fall further, interest rates increase further, and so on.
This explains why the ECB is so desperate to boost inflation today, so the trap doesn’t set in tomorrow. Deflation is the wolf at Europe’s door and the ECB is right to do everything it can to fight it off.
Foreign securities are more volatile, harder to price and less liquid than U.S. securities. They are subject to different accounting and regulatory standards, and political and economic risks.
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