Nearly half of all home builders aren’t working on their business.
That may sound dramatic, but it’s a stat that’s backed by the Association of Professional Builders’ annual “State of Residential Construction Industry” report. Hundreds of builders worldwide were surveyed, and only 52.7% said they’re implementing processes to make improvements to their company.
Given the volatility in the marketplace, this finding becomes even more alarming. Planning ahead gives construction businesses a clear course to follow. It also allows them to avoid being at the mercy of prevailing issues – many of which are worsening across industries.
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So, what should home builders be worried about? And how can a group purchasing organization like CBUSA help you stay ahead? Let’s dive in.
The three biggest issues for home builders in 2022
One thing that seems to be everywhere affecting everyone. Yep, you guessed it … it’s inflation.
The residential construction industry isn’t immune to this issue. In fact, home builders might be some of the hardest hit. Material costs are rising right alongside operating costs. All this makes it exponentially more difficult to deliver accurate estimates and protect your annual net profit from getting gobbled up.
CBUSA has a whole host of tips to help custom home builders stay ahead of surging prices. Perhaps the most immediate and impactful solution is to join a network like ours. Our No. 1 priority is to leverage competitive prices for our members, especially during unpredictable times like this.
How do we make it happen? When you partner with a group purchasing organization, you can combine purchases with other local builders to group buy at reduced rates. Additionally, our team secures deals and rebates with national manufacturers.
Unfortunately, inflation probably isn’t going away anytime soon. You don’t have to face it alone.
2. Labor shortages
Amid an ongoing and increasing labor shortage, the residential construction industry needs more than 2 million workers over the next three years to keep up with booming demand, according to the Home Builder Institute.
This issue isn’t new to the industry – but it’s one that’s gotten worse since the beginning of the pandemic. Crew members were laid off, both during the 2008 financial crisis and COVID-19. Many moved on to new careers. Plus, the Baby Boomer workforce continues to age out while younger generations aren’t being taught the value of trades in school.
Time has always been a valuable commodity in construction, but even more so as teams get leaner and leaner. Group purchasing organizations like CBUSA help you make the most of every minute. Procurement is a lengthy process that involves finding the best suppliers, negotiating prices, comparing quality, etc.
CBUSA is here to help beat the shortage by handling much of that back and forth for you. Think of our team as an extension of yours. You can count on us to help get the job done.
3. Material delays
In an ideal world, construction projects flow from one stage of the building journey to the next without issues. Bottlenecks … delays … scheduling conflicts? What are those? Never heard of them!
Unfortunately, any home builder can more than tell you most jobs are far from ideal – especially lately. Still hampered by mill and factory shutdowns during peak COVID-19 and slowdowns with limited workers, builders are having a harder time quickly accessing supplies. Materials are limited and what’s out there takes longer to get from point A to point B.
Like inflation and the labor crunch, supply chain issues aren’t unique to residential construction. These challenges are felt across industries. But what home builders have that others don’t are the advantages of a network like CBUSA.
Through our organization, home builders lock in supply prices and volume weeks in advance. With that in mind, they can plan ahead better and avoid delaying jobs.
Combined, our members have the combined purchasing power of a top 10 national builder. No longer are they the little guys at the mercy of suppliers.
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As we have all seen, in the wake of George Floyd's and other tragic deaths, protests erupted across the country, and justifiably so. However, many of these protests quickly devolved from peaceful assemblies - as defined and protected by the Constitution - into quagmires of violence and crime. During all of this, the mayors of predominantly liberal cities - e.g. Seattle, Chicago, Portland, etc. - ordered their police departments to step back in order to allow protestors to "express their opinions." As a result, we had debacles like Seattle's CHAZ/CHOP - which made Seattle a laughingstock to the rest of the country. Nothing was gained by that event; it only made Seattle's already inept leaders look horribly worse. However, other major cities did not learn from Seattle's mistakes.
Of course, a common sense examination of what was happening around the country would immediately demonstrate that there were fewer and fewer "protestors" participating in the actual protests, with an ever-increasing set of opportunistic looters and violent anti-police thugs (e.g. Antifa) showing up and instigating wide-spread violence. When our ineffective combover-in-chief offered to send in troops to help these cities, his offers were refused, with people like House Speaker Pelosi likening federal troops as "Stormtroopers," and House Whip Clyburn calling them the "Gestapo."
That being said, it is a matter of speculation why these mayors allowed their cities to descend into chaos. The conspiracy theorists would have us believe that the Democratic Party thought that they could manipulate this situation into disparaging Trump ahead of the election, and I have to admit - I think that theory is entirely plausible. However, if so, they played their hand too soon, because now the violence has gone on for months, and people are tired of it. However, for the most part, people are not pinning the blame on Trump anymore, because people are smart enough to realize that he's too far removed from the communities that are being targeted by the rioting, and people are starting to wake up to the idea that it's their local leaders who are failing to restore peace in their cities. As a result, Democrats running for office (both local and federal) have begun to drop in the polls, so now these same leaders [sic] who ordered their police departments to step back and allow the rioting, looting, and other crimes to persist, are starting to take to the airwaves and denounce the very same rioting, looting, and other crimes that were previously happening unabated on their respective watches.
So here's my final analysis: there is no single public leader who may have actually said the words, "I support rioting." However, many public leaders' inactions allowed the riots to form and to continue, and all the while they did nothing about the violence and crime that were the logical outcomes of said riots. If we are to believe the voices of the "woke generation" that "Silence is Violence," then I think it is perfectly acceptable to say that any of these mayors who let their cities burn, and ordered their police departments to stand down, and refused federal assistance, were tacitly supporting the rioters, regardless of their useless rhetoric on the matter.
Legend tells us that Nero played the fiddle while Rome burned, and then pinned the blame on Christian martyrs. However, history would eventually reveal that the Christian martyrs were innocent, and Nero's actual intention had been to clear out neighborhoods to extend his palace. Now it seems as though a similar scenario is playing itself out on our modern stage; Democratic mayors fiddled away as their cities burned, and now that their communities have been reduced to ashes, the lost and disenfranchised are looking for whom to blame for their suffering. Like Nero before them, Democratic leaders are trying to blame the innocent, but if history repeats itself, the public will realize where the real guilt lies.

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Everything you need to know about Hurricane Jose headed to the Northeast U.S. and Hurricane Maria in the Caribbean.
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Just over a week after Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc on the Caribbean and parts of Florida, Hurricane Jose is bearing down on the Northeast U.S. as a major hurricane.
Jose is nowhere near as strong as Hurricane Irma was last week or Hurricane Harvey was in Texas in late August, but the storm remains a strong Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained wind speeds of 75 miles per hour with some stronger gusts.
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Is this a short stumble for Netflix, or is the competition heating up too fast for them to keep up?
Many investors are left scratching their heads on Thursday, as they watched Netflix tumble after reporting a subpar quarter on Wednesday night.
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"You will not have that opportunity." Ling Han smiled, appearing to be very confident.
"Tsk!" Li Weiwei scoffed. This guy had just ascended from a small world, so he could not have come into contact with the White Star Tower before, and thus absolutely would not know what the assessment inside the tower was like; where had he gotten such overwhelming confidence from?
"Big Sister Yun!" Her eyes were sharp, and she spotted a young woman that had just arrived in the square. She immediately raced over.
This woman was dressed in a long snow-white skirt, and aside from a hairpin, there was no other adornment on her. This gave her a kind of natural beauty, unearthly and elegant, like a fairy that was above the common populace.
Wearing any additional ornaments was unnecessary, and would only damage her quiet and exquisite presence.
She was Ji Yun'er, one of the three great beauties of the Imperial Capital, and was also one of the three great elites of the younger generation. She had enough admirers to line up around the colossal Imperial Capital three times. Although she did not have as strong a background as Li Weiwei's, her suitors definitely were not few.
Ji Yun'er nodded, and asked, "Weiwei, have you passed the assessment?"
"En!" Li Weiwei nodded. "Big Sister Yun, why are you so late? I thought you had changed your mind and planned to wait another five years to take the assessment for the Eastern Institution!"
Ji Yun'er's slender brows wrinkled unwittingly, but they immediately smoothened out, and she said, "I already agreed to take the assessment with you, so how could I possibly break my word? All right, let's not talk now. I'm going to take the assessment."
"Okay!" Li Weiwei suddenly waved her hand, and declared loudly, "Big Sister Yun, go on, you definitely have to beat that showoff of a blockhead!"
Ji Yun'er naturally did not know who this "blockhead" was. She walked elegantly and naturally towards the White Star Tower as if she was a cloud, unmarred by dirt, touching and graceful, causing many who saw her to turn heated gazes on her.
Ma Xing's eyes lit up as well, and he revealed an interested expression. The corners of his mouth lifted up slightly, with a slight demonic feel to it.
In the corner, Cheng Haofei was also walking towards the White Star Tower. It was about time. If he still did not move, then that was not showing off anymore; rather, he would miss the assessment this time entirely.
This was the last batch, and at the same time, also the highest quality batch. The third level lit up repeatedly, and even the fourth level would light up every now and then, abruptly increasing the number of those who had passed the assessment by another hundred and more.
However, the fifth level adamantly did not light up.
Ling Han walked into the tower, and everyone beside him immediately disappeared. He no longer heard any background noise, either.
He had entered into an independent space.
Ahead of him, a stone chamber suddenly appeared. There was only a simple stone table, and a jade plaque lay on the table.
"The first level, the first stage, a test of comprehension." A voice rang out, so cold that there was not a hint of emotion in it.
The Tool Spirit of the White Star Tower.
A God Tool was a God Tool, after all; aside from Small Tower, Ling Han had never heard another Tool Spirit speak.
"Che, the lowest grade God Tool, not even fit to pick up my shoes," Small Tower declared in a very tsundere manner.
Ling Han paid it no attention, and asked, "How will we be tested?"
"There is a section of a cultivation technique etched on that jade plaque. You have to decode it in thirty minutes' time to pass the test, and the shorter the time you take, the better your result," the Tool Spirit answered coldly. In this God Tool, it could split itself into millions, and it would be easy for it to communicate with over 10,000 people at the same time.
Ling Han could not help his curiosity, and questioned, "Is there a record to be broken? And will there be any reward for breaking the record?"
"There is a record to be broken, but there is no reward. Your name will only be etched here," the Tool Spirit replied. "There are ten names etched on the wall in front of you, and they are the ten people who have taken the shortest amount of time. If someone afterward surpasses their record, a name will be replaced."
Ling Han shook his head; then there was no point to break the record.
"You may begin," the Tool Spirit said calmly. If this had been an Immortal level elite, he would have long lost patience with Ling Han's incessant questions and want to beat someone up, but it merely followed a predefined pattern, and did not experience the slightest rise or fall of emotion.
Only now did Ling Han walk towards the stone table and sit on the ground. He picked up the jade plaque, and inserted his divine sense within. Instantly, multiple ancient letters popped out and churned around in his mind's eye.
This kind of inherited cultivation technique would enter directly into the mind, and could not be described in written word or spoken speech. Only when one really comprehended it would he be able to give a rough description of it.
Take note, it was only a rough description, and not the cultivation technique itself—a cultivation technique was a serious business, and there was no room for the slightest error.
Ling Han closed his eyes slightly, and placed the jade plaque down as he said, "This is a Claw Technique, but it is badly damaged. There are only two and a half moves left, and there isn't a complete set of route map for the movement of Origin Power, either. With regards to moves, it should be like this…"
He gestured a few times, showing off the two and a half moves of the Claw Technique. Because it did not involve any use of Origin Power, it was naturally without difficulty.
The Tool Spirit paused, then said, "Though this martial arts technique is very low grade, your comprehension level is very high. You may be ranked in the thirteenth place, but cannot leave your name."
At first, Ling Han was completely uninterested in breaking the record, but when he heard that his speed could only rank thirteenth, he could not help but feel a competitive spirit rising up in him.
He could use this place to compare himself with his predecessors. The Scarlet Heaven Academy had been established for millions of years; how many elite geniuses had once appeared here? Many of them were currently the pillars of support for the Empire.
"You may proceed to the second stage," the Tool Spirit said. The wall ahead suddenly vanished, revealing a corridor.
Ling Han walked over, and saw that at the end of the corridor, there was another stone chamber. Similarly, it only had a stone table, with a jade plaque laid on it.
Did he have to take the test again?
"You have a maximum of three chances to use your spiritual energy to shatter this jade plaque." The Tool Spirit's voice rang out again.
This time, it was a test of spiritual strength and tenacity.
If the spirit was not strong enough, it would be equivalent to the punches one delivered lacking weight, and without enough tenacity, it was as if one's fists were made out of tofu. No matter how much strength there was, one would still be shattered by his own blows.
From the Shattering Void Tier, cultivators would begin to cultivate their spirits. This was in preparation for advancing into the Immortal level. Li Weiwei and the others had been nurturing their spirits with various treasures since childhood, so their spirits were naturally incredibly strong and resilient.
This was also the reason why Li Weiwei was not optimistic about Ling Han; they had much too vast a gap between their starting lines. Perhaps Ling Han could pass through the first three levels, but it would be as difficult as touching the skies for him to be able to attain a good result.
What degree of power the wealth of the various great forces reached was something primarily exhibited in this area. For example, the reason why Li Weiwei failed on the fifth level was not because her spirit was not strong enough, nor was her talent inadequate, but rather the fact that she had much too little combat experience.
Ling Han smiled slightly. How could his spirit lose to these members of the younger generation of the Chaotic Stars Majestic Empire?

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“I wouldn’t say it has kept me awake at night, but it’s tough,” Eric Staal said. “If I could take it back I probably wouldn’t hit him knowing where we’ve gone and what has gone on since then. But it was one of those plays, bang-bang, happens so quickly, and I hit him hard.”
He sure did. Eric said that was the hardest he ever hit Marc – and that goes way back to their childhoods in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The most pertinent piece of information might be that Eric said that Marc isn’t close to a return, as the New York Rangers defenseman continues to deal with headaches when he pushes the pace of his workouts.
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When you sit or stand with poor posture, you put unnecessary strain on your back and spine. This can lead to back pain, muscle aches, and even headaches. The effects can be even worse if you maintain a poor posture for long periods, like when you're working behind a desk or driving for long distances.
To improve your posture, make sure to sit up straight and avoid slouching. Keep your weight evenly distributed on both feet when standing, and avoid leaning to one side. If you have to stand for long hours, take breaks often to move around and stretch.
In addition to improving your posture, you can also strengthen your back and core muscles with exercises like yoga or Pilates. These activities can help improve your posture and reduce your risk of back pain. Your doctor can also recommend specific exercises to help relieve the persistent back pain and improve your posture.
Wearing High Heels
Wearing high heels can also lead to back pain. When you wear high heels, the shoes change the alignment of your spine and pelvis and put extra strain on your back muscles. This can cause muscle aches and serious back pain as well.
If you must wear high heels, do so for short periods and avoid wearing them every day. When you're not wearing heels, make sure to stretch your back and legs often to relieve any tension. You can also talk to your doctor about wearing orthotics. These devices can be inserted inside your shoes to improve alignment and reduce back pain.
Bad Sleeping Position
If you sleep in a poor position, you unknowingly place great strain on your back and neck, resulting in intense pain. The best sleep position for back pain relief is on your side with a pillow between your knees. This position takes the pressure off your back and allows your spine to rest in a neutral position.
If you're a back sleeper, you can place a pillow under your knees to reduce the strain on your back. If you're a stomach sleeper, try placing a pillow under your hips to help reduce the strain on your back. Whichever position you sleep in, make sure to use a supportive mattress to keep your spine in alignment.

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ACUTE water shortages have resulted in some irrigation schemes in Masvingo province halting operations.
It is reported that a number of farmers have pulled out of the production chain particularly in wheat production this year leaving only a few with adequate water supply growing the crop.
Nyatare irrigation scheme in Zaka and Mushandike in Masvingo are examples of schemes, which saw a significant decrease in the production of winter crops as canals have dried up due to water shortages.
Speaking on the sidelines of a field day at Mutendi farm last week, acting Masvingo provincial Agritex officer, Mr Aaron Muchazivepi, said although they had targeted to put 500 hectares of land under winter wheat this year they only managed to plant 400 hectares owing to acute water challenges.
“We were confronted with irrigation water challenges in most projects due to the poor rains in the last farming season resulting in some farmers pulling out of the production chain,” he said.
“We also encountered challenges of load shedding and that affected our winter crops.
“In addition to the above, we also had problems regarding fertiliser acquisition,” he said.
Mutendi farm, located 47km along Masvingo- Mutare highway is among the few with flourishing projects, which have been put under winter and maize as part of the Command Agriculture programme.
The Minister of State for Masvingo province, Ezra Chadzamira who was the guest speaker, encouraged farmers to venture into small grains.
He said the idea of small grain production was far much better than maize in the current El-Nino situation.
Minister of State in Vice President Kembo Mohadi’s office who is also Masvingo North Member of Parliament, Davis Marapira, reiterated the need for more irrigation equipment to ensure food security in the country.
“Irrigation farming is the country’s breakthrough. Without irrigation, production in the country is heading nowhere.
“We need to increase irrigation infrastructure in order to revive our schemes across the country,” he said.
Masvingo province has the largest number of water bodies in the country, which if fully utilised may help address food shortages.
Among the big dams in Masvingo province are Mutirikwi, Tugwi-Mukosi, Muzhwi, Manyuchi, Bangala, Manjirenje and Siya.


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Over the next two years, Russia will hardly switch to a floating ruble exchange rate, Russian Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin announced at a round-table meeting of Russian and European industrialists today. He mentioned that the state policy on currency regulation could apply either a free-floating exchange rate or a controlled floating exchange rate. At present, it is a controlled floating exchange rate that is applied in Russia.
Kudrin stressed that the role of the Central Bank in regulating the ruble exchange rate was gradually decreasing. In 2003 the ruble rate will be higher than expected, indicating that when managing the exchange rate authorities react on objective factors, the minister noted. According to Kudrin, in the medium-term perspective the real ruble exchange rate is to strengthen by 3 to 5 percent.
The Russian Ministry of Defense showed a video of the destruction of US-made M777 towed howitzers in Ukraine. The US systems were destroyed by the Russian Kub (Cube) kamikaze drone


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Sick and Abused
According to a study by Swedish researchers, children who are chronically ill are much more likely than healthy children to be victims of physical abuse.
The Dangers of Leaving the Light On
Keeping the lights on before going to sleep may have a negative influence on your health, according to a study to be published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism .
Much research has been done that illustrates the dangers of second-hand smoke. Now, a new study shows that "third-hand smoke" is also harmful to your health.


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Hike the Powers Island Trail on the banks of the Chattahoochee River, exploring the historic Powers Island and the river’s rocky, boulder-filled banks.
The Powers Island Trail is one of the lesser-traveled trails of Atlanta’s Chattahoochee National Recreation Area. Serene and sometimes deserted, this quiet hiking and running trail loops through a beautiful riverside forest. The trail explores an island, an inlet, and the banks of the shoaling Chattahoochee River on a 2.5-mile trail loop near Vinings.
It’s the “other” trail at the Chattahoochee’s angular, whitewater-filled Cochran Shoals. And yes, it’s more than just overflow parking for its exceptionally popular trail neighbor, the Cochran Shoals Trail. In contrast to the broad trails at Cochran Shoals, the width of this trail is comparatively tight – so it’s perfect for small hiking groups or single-file trail runs. And it’s arguably more scenic than the trail across the river – though it’s slightly more challenging, with a mid-trail climb to a riverside ridge.
Powers Island Trail: the hike
The adventure begins at the signed trailhead southern perimeter of the parking area (view maps and driving directions). The route catches the best Chattahoochee River views early in the hike, crossing a metal bridge and setting foot on Powers Island, and hiking west toward the wide, shoaling Chattahoochee River. The island’s name shares roots with the nearby Powers Ferry Road: James Powers operated a ferry from the island during the early 1800s, providing access across the wide, whitewater-filled Chattahoochee River.
The trail meets the river’s banks at a kayak and canoe takeout and swings northwest, following the river’s banks and hiking through a densely vegetated forest. The trail reaches the northern tip of the island, looping southeast to trace a shallow, smooth flowing inlet back toward the bridge.
The trail’s island loop completes at .7 mile, reaching and crossing the bridge. The hike crosses the parking area, departing from the park’s northeast trailhead. The trail runs an old gravel roadbed, hiking through a forest studded with large rock outcrops and old stacked-stone walls.
The route follows a number of trails on the river’s shore. Two parallel trails follow the contours of the Chattahoochee River, offering wide-open river views after passing the island at 1 mile. Hike side trails, departing on the trail’s left, for the best views.
The trail crosses through a bamboo thicket before reaching the park’s northern boundary at 1.3 miles, turning to retrace the hike southbound. The route veers left on the return hike to follow a loop, grabbing elevation on a nearby ridge. The loop hikes through an ivy and vine-filled deciduous forest, where wildflowers and mushrooms stretch to reach sunlight in warm summertime months.
On the ridge crest, old stacked-stone retaining walls terrace the forest, now covered in thick tendrils of emerald ivy.
Departing the ridge at 2 miles, the hike levels and retraces the shores of the Chattahoochee River, crossing several bridges and catching views of the island across the inlet. The hike reaches the parking area trailhead at 2.5 miles, finishing the adventure.
Always leave no trace, pack out everything you pack in, and if you see trash, pick it up and pack it out.
Stay on the marked trail, tell someone where you're going, pack safety and wayfinding essentials, and don't rely on a mobile phone to find your way. Please always practice good trail etiquette. And before you go, always check the trailhead kiosk, official maps, and the park or ranger office for notices of changed routes, trail closures, safety information, and restrictions.
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This trail is maintained thanks to the hard work of countless volunteers and donations from supporters of the Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy. Please support them by making a donation or joining a volunteer day. Let's work together to keep these fantastic trails maintained and open for use!
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NASA has been developing an Ion Thruster for a future mission to Mars. Last week the prototype device broke several records – does that mean t the technology is finally on track to take humans to the Red Planet within the next 20 years?
Images the X3 ion thruster firing at 50 kilowatts
The X3 thruster was engineered at the University of Michigan in cooperation with NASA and the U.S. Air Force. The device is a ‘Hall thruster’. This type of thruster works by accelerating a stream of electrically charged atoms away from the craft.
Tests last week at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio saw the prototype break all the current records for the maximum power output, thrust and operating current.
We have shown that X3 can operate at over 100 kW of power… It operated at a huge range of power from 5 kW to 102 kW, with electrical current of up to 260 amperes. It generated 5.4 Newtons of thrust, which is the highest level of thrust achieved by any plasma thruster to date Alec Gallimore, project lead, in an interview with Space.com
The advantage of ion engines is that they are able to use electricity generated by solar panels to expel a gas-like cloud of charged particles (plamsa). This allows a spacecraft to travel at much faster speeds – at least in theory – than a traditional chemical rocket. In principle, the highest velocity a chemical rocket can achieve is 5 kilometres per second. A Hall thruster, by comparison, could accelerate to 40 kilometres per second
Unlike a chemical rocket, ion thrusters are ‘low thrust’ devices. They must be turned on for a very long period of time to accelerate the spacecraft to these types of high speeds.
The team now plan to run an even larger test next year. They want to prove that their thruster is able to operate at full power for 100 hours.


A 2024 Toyota Tacoma has been spotted undergoing testing.
The much expected Toyota Tacoma pickup vehicle is officially undergoing its long-awaited testing.
The 2017 Tacoma looks better than ever thanks to an updated appearance and completely renovated inside.
This pickup truck features a stronger chassis and a body made of reinforced steel, which helps to protect the occupants from accident impacts.
There is lots of cargo room, a touchscreen infotainment display in the centre,
and comfortable, adjustable seats throughout the interior. The combination of all-terrain tyres, high ground clearance,
and independent suspension provide the drivetrain better off-road capability as well as higher towing
The 2017 Tacoma's potential benefits for buyers looking for a dependable mid-size pickup truck are the talk of the industry.


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And Just Like That… star Sara Ramirez has opened up about a mental health crisis they faced during the early stages of the pandemic that resulted in the actor contemplating suicide.
Ramirez – who previously came out as non-binary, using they/them pronouns – spoke to Variety about the incident, as well as the polarizing reaction from fans about the character Che Diaz on the Sex and the City revival show.
‘I remember calling the National Suicide Hotline for the very first time,’ Ramirez, 46, told the publication in a cover interview that was published on Wednesday.
Revealing: And Just Like That’s Sara Ramirez reveals they contemplated suicide amid mental health crisis during the pandemic and addresses polarizing reaction to character Che Diaz
‘I called some folks, but their phones were off, and I thought, “Well, there’s this hotline…”
‘This person really talked me off a ledge, and got me back into my body. I could acknowledge my feelings without becoming them, and it was really helpful. I was particularly vulnerable at that time, and I sought out support,’ they added.
‘I got that support, but it was a really rough year where, for the most part, I had to release all attachments to permanence in every direction.’
It is not clear what triggered the incident.
Struggle: Ramirez – who previously came out as non-binary, using they/them pronouns – spoke to Variety about her mental health crisis
Glam shoot: The Tony Award-winning actor looked stunning in the shoot
The Mexican-American actor and singer received a strong reaction from fans when they joined And Just Like That… last year, with many fans taking issue over the character’s romance with Miranda Hobbes (played by Cynthia Nixon.)
But Ramirez said they deliberately swerved reading any of the negative or positive reactions. “Other people’s opinions of a character — that’s not something I can allow into my process,’ they told the publication.
The finale of the show saw Che leaving New York for Los Angeles to film a TV show, with Miranda poised to follow her there.
Teasing details about the second season, Ramirez said: ‘The first season was judging a book by its cover, and Season 2 is about reading the book.’
The heart of the matter: Ramirez sported red makeup with a heart silhouette across their face
Blocking it out: Ramirez said they deliberately swerved reading any of the negative or positive reactions to the character Che Diaz
Elsewhere in the cover interview, Cynthia Nixon – who came out as a lesbian herself in 2004 – also contributed some quotes about the fan reaction to Miranda leaving Steve for a queer relationship.
Director Michael Patrick King is said to have asked her ‘Do you want Miranda to be queer or not?’ to which Nixon replied: ‘Sure, why not!’
Nixon reasoned that Miranda, ‘had many queer and frankly, lesbianic qualities about her,’ and that the character was ‘a stand-in for the gay woman we didn’t have.
Referencing Kim Cattrall’s character Samantha – who had a lesbian relationship in season four of the original show – she said: ‘I think Samantha was a different kind of queer.’
Controversy: Sara Ramirez’s character caused a stir among die-hard fans of Sex and the City
King also spoke to Variety for the cover feature, revealing: ‘One of my burning passions about Season 2 is Che.’
He added: ‘I want to show the dimension of Che that people didn’t see, for whatever reason – because they were blinded, out of fear or terror. I want to show more of Che rather than less of Che. Like, really.’
He also shared an anecdote from his friend, filmmaker Gregg Araki, who apparently asked him: ‘How does it feel to have created the most polarizing character in all 5,000 shows that are on TV?’
King has previously marveled about the hot topic of Che and the show, particularly when there are so many shows flooding the streaming market.
Araki – director of Smiley Face starring Anna Faris – pointed out there are some shows that have ‘Vikings who are drinking children’s blood,’ but ‘what everybody’s concerned about is a nonbinary stand-up comic in the present day.’


Diners trapped in Paignton’s cafe as flood waters rise
Diners were trapped in a cafe in Paignton this afternoon as rising waters threaten to flood the business.
Our Katie’s tea and coffee shop in Torbay Road was forced to close this afternoon and about 15 customers were unable to leave due to rising sewage water due to heavy rains this afternoon.
Owner Julie Aunger told DevonLive she was forced to close the kitchen and was losing the custom due to flooding.
Read more: Heavy rain as Met Office yellow weather warning goes into place
The firefighters arrived in the company to pump the rising water away from the premises.
Julie said: “It happened last August and we lost our electricity. Luckily this time we were able to drop sandbags.”
She added: “I’m really starting to get emotional as we’ve just gone through lockdown and have been closed for most of a year… and now this.”
Julie was critical of Torbay’s advice.
“They don’t empty the drains on the road, so when there is heavy rain it always happens,” she said.
“The last time this happened my husband went to council and they said they would send someone to see, but nothing was done.”
Julie added that the store was in danger of being flooded three times today with 25 customers inside the cafe at its peak.
“The sidewalks are like rivers when this happens. It affects all businesses on Torbay Road, but our store is the one that gets flooded because it’s in a bowl at the bottom of the road.”
The incident sparked a lot of interest in the city with passers-by taking photos of firefighters dealing with the problem.
There are burst drains across Torquay with stranded cars and general traffic chaos.
A yellow weather warning was issued by the Met Office, which went into effect at 2 p.m. this afternoon.
The Exeter-based forecaster said people should expect spraying and flooding, which would lead to difficult driving conditions and possibly road closures.
Weather experts also say that where flooding occurs, there may be delays or cancellations of train and bus services, and there is a small chance that homes and businesses will be flooded, causing damage to some buildings.
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Provider type: Therapist
Serving: Adolescent, Adolescents and Adults, Adult, Families
I have been in the mental health field for over 25 years and a licensed professional counselor for 9 years. I believe a person has the answers to whatever it is that concerns them about themselves, but they may not have identified the question. Once the question or the why has been identified a person begins adapting to resolve it. I use tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness exercises to assist my clients in living an intentional life.
MA, Licensed Professional Counselor
Argosy University, May 2006 -August 2009
MSA, Health Services Administration
Central Michigan University, May 2005- September 2007
Bachelor of Arts in Social Work
Tuskegee University, August 1992- May 1997
We are not currently accepting new Medicaid patients.

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World War, 1914-1918 trench map and aerial photograph collection
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The collection consists of trench maps and aerial photographs created during the First World War. The majority of the maps were created by the British Ordnance Survey for the Allied forces, although a few German, French and other maps purchased privately by officers exist within the collection. As the collection is almost exclusively made up of British mapping, coverage is limited to the British sector of the Western Front extending from the English Channel in the north to the vicinity of Reims in the south.
The aerial photographs were produced by the [British] Royal Flying Corps (renamed Royal Air Force when it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service in 1918). However, a few French and German examples exist within the collection. Approximately 350 photographs in the collection have hand annotations ranging from simple circles indicating the location of important features on the recto to full, textual descriptions on the verso. Approximately 90 additional photographs are mounted in an Album acquired from the University of Alberta.
Directe bron van verwerving
Date of acquisition and provenance of the first accrual is not known, but presumably obtained after 1971. The second accrual was acquired from Peter Chasseaud in June 2009. The boxes that form part of the Chasseaud accrual are labelled as such.
The collection is divided into two series - Aerial photographs and Maps. The maps are arranged by type and scale.
Taal van het materiaal
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Beschikbaarheid in andere opslagformaten
Material from this collection is available through the World War I Military Map Collection website. It also includes information on finding and interpreting the maps, as well as additional information.
Restrictions on access
There are no access restrictions.
Termen voor gebruik, reproductie en publicatie.
Further accruals are expected.
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You yourself, as much as anybody else in the Universe, deserve your love and affection. –Buddha, Hindu Prince Gautama Siddhartha, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.
There are certain days when the light comes and goes. Clouds cover the sun, only to open up for a second and release a bright sliver of blinding sunshine… On days like this, it’s impossible not to appreciate the transient nature of everything material. The moving shadows of the clouds on the river’s surface, the grass is a deeper emerald, and the branches of the trees are more prominent.
And then you blink, and everything has changed again. It’s not better, it’s not worse, it’s just different and we accept it. Our lives sometimes experience the same blink of an eye changes. And it’s nothing that nature doesn’t experience every second of its existence. So why is it so hard for us to accept change as the constant, and permanence as the variable.

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A new study published by the University of California Berkeley has found that the San Francisco Bay Area was more racially segregated in 2010 than it was in 1970, at the peak of the civil rights era.
The study, published UC Berkeley’s Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society with an interactive web map, notes that racial segregation has actually declined in San Francisco and Alameda counties (though it remains high there), but has risen elsewhere.
In addition, the authors note:
Some measures of [nationwide] segregation show improvement while others indicate stagnation or worsening conditions. For example, the most widely used measure shows that racial segregation has declined substantially since 1970 while remaining at a high level nationwide. On the other hand, economic segregation has grown significantly [nationwide] in the last 50 years.
Some counties, such as San Francisco, have shown substantial reduction in segregation since 1980 but are still in the “High segregation” zone. Other counties, such as San Mateo, have gone from moderately segregated to nearly high levels of segregation during the same period.
Alameda and San Francisco can be classified as being highly segregated under this index since 1980, though both counties display substantial decline in segregation. Perhaps most concerning, all but two of the nine counties have had increases in segregation under this measure since 1980, though Contra Costa and Solano display moderate level of increase within the same time period. And, in fact, in many cases, the increases in levels of segregation have been relatively large (such as in Sonoma, Napa, Marin, and Santa Clara), even if the final value is at a relatively low or moderate level. Thus, Marin has had a twofold increase in the level of segregation, even if the initial level was fairly moderate.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes that black-white segregation is actually falling in the Bay Area, but the segregation of Asians and Latinos from whites is increasing, according to the study.
Many critics of development and zoning policies in the Bay Area and other liberal regions have argued that the adoption of “progressive” priorities has often resulted in high housing costs that have pushed minority groups away.
Economist Thomas Sowell wrote in 2012:
No city is more liberal in its rhetoric and policies than San Francisco. Yet there are less than half as many blacks living in San Francisco today as there were in 1970.
Nor is San Francisco unique. A number of other very liberal California counties saw their black populations drop by 10,000 people or more, just between the 1990 and 2000 censuses — even when the total population of these counties was growing.
One of the many reasons why rhetoric does not automatically translate into reality is that the ramifications of so many government policies produce results completely different from what was claimed, or even believed, when these policies were imposed.
Breitbart News noted in 2015 that certain black neighborhoods in the city of San Francisco are losing black residents as the tech sector, and its wealthy employees, move in and price long-term residents out of the housing market.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. He is also the co-author of How Trump Won: The Inside Story of a Revolution, which is available from Regnery. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.


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79 Series Landcruiser
The 2016 onwards 79 series Landcruiser has had numerous changes to accommodate improvements required to increase the ANCAP rating.
Among these changes, the new model has different radius arms and different mounting positions. We believe this is a change across all models.
If this is the case, our TRC1016 kits will not fit this model due the change in mounting points.
We are working on a solution for this model, but currently, TRC1016 kits will not work with this vehicle.


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I am Director of the University of Michigan Press. Previoiusly, I have been Associate Director of the University Press of New England; editorial director of Anchor Books and Dial Press at Doubleday; and publisher, editor-in-chief of Prentice Hall Press at Simon & Schuster. That followed a decade at the University of Pennsylvania where I had a joint appointment in the Departments of History and Sociology.
I have been writing on university presses and the digital transformation. Two articles appeared in the Journal of Electronic Publishing: 1. "Scholarly Publishing at the Digital Tipping Point" (Vol 11, no. 2); 2. "U.P. 2.0: Some Theses on Academic Publishing (Vol 13, no. 1). Recently, I edited a special issue of the JEP: "Reimagining the University Press" (Vol 13, no. 2)


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Looking for a cold lunch idea for your kid? Forget the sandwiches and enjoy our selection of salad lunch ideas popular on Teuko! Continue reading Kid-Friendly Salad Lunchbox Ideas
See the most popular fall foods in the kids’ lunch boxes. Continue reading Fall Foods To Boost Your Kids’ Appetite!
Some lunch boxes shared by the moms and dads of our Teuko community have very fun themes. One recurring theme that kids obviously love: video games!
Discover the best video games lunchbox ideas that our community of lunchbox packers shared on Teuko.com! Continue reading Best Video Games Lunchbox Ideas
Finding the best snacks for our kids can be tricky. We handpicked 5 snack ideas that are a great option not only for our kids, but also for our communities, and our planet. Continue reading B2S Guide | The 5 New Big Things for our Kids’ Snacks
Lauren share how she got started with lunch packing and how she keeps the motivation up week after week. Continue reading How to make lunch packing fun, by Lauren
In this guide we cover different kid-friendly options available to send hot meals to school. Continue reading Hot Lunch Containers For Kids
Teuko is expanding the tags and the search possibilities with a new feature that will unleash Teuko’s massive lunch creativity power. Welcome Themed Tag! Continue reading Tags 2.0 For Themed Lunch Ideas
See how Sophie twisted the recipe by Chefclub to make her own celestial quiche. Continue reading Celestial Quiche by Sophie
Few simple, actionable tips for packing a planet-friendly (and kid-approved!) plate on the go! Continue reading 5 Easy Ways for a More Sustainable Lunch
As you are worrying to find a way to feed your entire family 3 times a day, 7 days a week, we wanted to remind you 3 simple hacks that can save your time and your sanity! Continue reading 3 Easy Lunch Hacks For The Homebound
Here are basic food recommendations to support your children’s growing bodies. Continue reading Nutrients To Grow | Are Your Kids Getting Enough?
Looking back over 2 years of lunch packing for preschooler. Best practices by Mariska. Continue reading Variation For Happy and Healthy Lunches

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I want to share some of my team with you today. I am thrilled that they are doing a little Blog Hop with me today. Make sure to leave a comment and say hello….some, if not all will be offering Blog Candy! Whoo Hoo!
I used the Christmas Bauble Stamp Set again. This time I mounted it on ovals. The card is made with the largest of the ovals which is scalloped and the back one is scored along the left side and attached with glue dots. So it opens like a regular card. I painted in the leaves with my Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler Blendies and attached a sweet little bow… made with my Magic Bow Maker of course! (available at the top of my blog). Pretty simple little card with a few little details. Like the little dots in each scallop. I did that with my Cherry Cobbler Marker. I wanted the card to show the beauty of the silver Embossing with just a Pop of color. I hope you like it!
So, want to see my Blog Candy? It's one of my Magic Bow Maker's. (They are also available for purchase at the top of my blog).
Good Luck and remember to leave a comment. Winner will be selected on Tuesday!
Have a fun day and see ya next time!


Hooray! It’s release day! Well, double-release day in fact. My new album, To The Left of The Moon’s Reflection is available from today across all digital platforms while my second book, Illusions of Happiness, the sequel to 2018’s Incidents Crowded With Life, is published today by Fisher King Publishing. More about the book here.
With a career that spans nearly 50 years, “To The Left Of The Moon’s Reflection” represents the first US label release of John Howard’s beautiful music – and we’re honored to be that label! A great big thanks goes out to Edward Rogers for putting John in contact with Kool Kat! John made an obscure (but, over the years, critically heralded) British singer/songwriter album, 1975’s “Kid In A Big World” which, like several efforts from others during that period, showed the heavy influence of then-newly emergent superstar Elton John. John was lower-key and more inclined toward eccentric story-songs, and he too had a keyboard base to his arrangements, with melodic ideas combining Beatles/Beach Boys pop with 70’s singer/songwriter fare.
Never really going away, and always creating, over the years John has quietly, previously released 16 albums on labels like RPM, Bad Pressings, Cherry Red, Tapete, and You Are The Cosmos, as well as self-releasing some of his material. He’s still in fine voice here! “The songs, melancholic but never dour, look at the past to make sense of the present. Loss, longing, and the search of peace recur through songs constructed with Howard’s trademark stacked vocal harmonies and always-pleasing melodies.
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1 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1983 by vocalist Nick Cave, multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey and guitarist Blixa Bargeld. The band has featured international personnel throughout its career and presently consists of Cave, violinist and multi-instrumentalist ...read more.
"Let Love In" (1994, part of the Milestones list), "No More Shall We Part" (2001), "Dig, Lazarus, Dig! " (2008), "Push the Sky Away" (2013) and "Skeleton Tree" (2016) - Martin_Canine
2 Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd was an English progressive rock band formed in 1965 in London, England. They achieved international acclaim with their progressive and psychedelic music. The band consisted of 5 members - David Gilmour (Vocals and Guitar), Syd Barrett (Vocals and Guitar), Nick Mason (Drums), Roger Waters ...read more.
"Animals" (1977, remastered reissue) and "The Wall" (1979, part of the Milestones list) - Martin_Canine
Nirvana was an American grunge band that was formed in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987. Nirvana disbanded after Kurt Cobain committed suicide in 1994. The drummer of the band, David Grohl, went on to start the Foo-Fighters, an alternative rock band. ...read more.
"Nevermind" (1991, part of the Milestones list), "In Utero" (1993, re-issue), "Nirvana" (2001, best of) and "Live at Reading" (2009, live album). - Martin_Canine
4 Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in the mid-1980s in West Germany. They are often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in the power metal and speed metal subgenres. Heavily influenced by Queen, they use the technique of overdubbing. They also incorporate large ...read more.
"Nightfall in Middle Earth" (1998, part of rhe Milestones list), "A Night at the Opera" (2002), "Imaginations Through The Looking Glass" (2004, DVD), "A Twist in the Myth" (2006) and "A Traveler's Guide to Time and Space" (2013, box-set of several albums). - Martin_Canine
Felix Antoine Blume, better known by his stage name Kollegah, is a German rapper of Canadian descent born on August 3rd, 1984. He is widely credited to have established multisyllabic rhyming and doubletime rapping in German hip hop. ...read more.
"Alphagene" (2007) and "Zuhältertape Vol. 3" (2009)
You know, "Alphagene" has amazing rapping and Kollegah revolutionized lyrical complexitiy in German rap, and it was his first album that caught attention (his third release overall), so it's no wonder that laut.de were completely blown away... but looking at it retrospectively it has mostly cheap beats and production (except for two or three tracks) and underwhelming to bad choruses. "King" and "Zuhältertape Vol. 4", both having 4 stars, would have the deserved the 5 stars more. Alphagene would have deserved 4 stars. The 5 stars for "Zuhältertape Vol. 3" are absolutely justified. Everything about it is great. - Martin_Canine
6 Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin was an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of Robert Plant (Vocal), Jimmy Page (Guitar), John Paul Jones (Bass, Keyboard) and John Bonham (Drums). The band's heavy, guitar-driven sound, rooted in blues and psychedelia on their early albums, has earned them recognition ...read more.
"IV" (1971, part of the Milestones list), "Celebration Day" (2012, live album) and "The Complete BBC Sessions" (2016, other compilation) - Martin_Canine
7 Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath were a Heavy Metal band formed in Birmingham, England in 1968 by guitarist and songwriter Tony Iommi, singer John "Ozzy" Osbourne, bassist and main lyricist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward. ...read more.
Also "The Ten Year War" (2017, box set). Unfortunately I can't edit the original comments anymore. - Martin_Canine
"Paranoid" (1970, part of the Milestones list), "Reunion" (1999, live album) and "13" (2013) - Martin_Canine
8 Kanye West
Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, songwriter, and fashion designer. He was born on June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia. After West's parents divorced, him and his single mother moved to Chicago, Illinois. At the age of 10, West temporarily moved to Nanjing, China, because his mother was teaching ...read more.
"The College Dropout" (2004) and "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy " (2010). - Martin_Canine
Björk Guðmundsdóttir, known mononymously as Björk, is an Icelandic singer and songwriter. She is most famous for her eclectic music styles and experimentation on electronic pop music.
"Homogenic" (1997, part of the Milestones list) and "Family Tree" (2002, best of) - Martin_Canine
10 PJ Harvey
Polly Jean Harvey, known as PJ Harvey, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, writer, poet, and composer.
"Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea" (2000), "Uh Huh Her" (2004) and "Let England Shake" (2011) - Martin_Canine
11 Kool Savas
Savaş Yurderi, better known by his stage name Kool Savas, is a German rapper of Turkish descent born on February 10, 1975. ...read more.
"Der beste Tag meines Lebens" (2002), "Die besten Tage sind gezählt" (2004) and "Aura" (2011) - Martin_Canine
12 Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock band and, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio.
"The Downward Spiral" (1994, part of the Milestones list), "The Fragile" (1999) and "Not the Actual Events" (2016) - Martin_Canine
13 Aphex Twin
Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), known by his stage name Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born English electronic musician and composer. He is known for his influential and idiosyncratic work in electronic music styles such as IDM and acid techno in the 1990s, for which he won widespread critical acclaim. ...read more.
"Selected Ambient Works 85-92" (1992, part of their Milestones list), "Drukqs" (2001) and "Chosen Lords" (2006) - Martin_Canine
14 Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam is a Alternative/Grunge Rock Band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. The band had comprised of Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament. ...read more.
"Ten" (1991, part of the Milestones list) and "Lightning Bolt" (2013) - Martin_Canine
15 Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper and songwriter. Raised in Compton, California, Lamar embarked on his musical career as a teenager under the stage name K-Dot, releasing a mixtape that garnered local attention and led to his signing with indie record label Top Dawg ...read more.
"Section.80" (2011), "Good Kid M.A.A.D. City" (2012) and "To Pimp a Butterfly" (2015) - Martin_Canine
16 Robbie Williams
Robert Peter Williams is an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995 and again from 2009 to 2012. He has also had commercial success as a solo artist.
"I've Been Expecting You" (1998, part of the Milestones list) and "Swing When You're Winning" (2001, cover album) - Martin_Canine
"Purple Reign" (2016) and "HNDRXX" (2017) - Martin_Canine
18 Marteria / Marsimoto
"Grüner Samt" (2012) and "Ring der Nebelungen" (2015) - both as Marsimoto. - Martin_Canine
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, better known by his stage name Nas, is an American rapper and entrepreneur born on September 14, 1973 in New York City. His album, Illmatic, is considered to be one of the best rap albums of all time. He is also considered to be one of the best rappers of all time.
"Illmatic" (1994, both as part of the Milestone list and as 2004 10th anniversary deluxe edition, but 2014's "Illmatic XX" only received 3 stars) and "Street's Discipline" (2004). - Martin_Canine
Korn is an American Nu-Metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The band's current lineup includes founding members Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Brian "Head" Welch, and Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, with the addition of Ray Luzier, who replaced the band's original member, David ...read more.
"Korn" (1994, part of the Milestones list) and "Follow the Leader" (1998) - Martin_Canine
Seeed is a German HipHop Dancehall band from Berlin. Founded in 1998, they have become well known in Germany and its neighboring countries.
"New Dubby Conquerors" (2001) and "Next! " (2005) - Martin_Canine
22 Brand New
Brand New is an American rock band from Long Island, New York. Formed in 2000, the band consists of Jesse Lacey, Vincent Accardi, Garrett Tierney, and Brian Lane; they were joined by Benjamin Homola for their live performances.
"Daisy" (2009) and "Science Fiction" (2017) - Martin_Canine
23 Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World is an American rock band from Mesa, Arizona, that formed in 1993. The band is composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jim Adkins, guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch and drummer Zach Lind.
"Clarity" (1999) and "Bleed American" (2001) - Martin_Canine
Metallica is an American Thrash Metal band formed in 1981 . The original lineup was James Hetfield (Vocalist and Rhythm guitarist), Dave Mustaine (Lead Guitar), Lars Ulrich (Drums), Ron McGovney (Bassist). The group came into mainstream from their Self-Titled album and the hit single "Enter Sandman". ...read more.
"Master of Puppets" (1986, both as part of the Milestones list and as a 2017 deluxe edition reissue), "Garage Inc." (1998) and "S&M" (1999) - Martin_Canine
AC/DC are a Australian hard rock band, formed in November 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young, who continued as members until Malcolm's illness and departure in 2014 . They were fronted by Bon Scott until his untimely death due to alcohol poisoning in 1979, after which they hired Brian Johnson ...read more.
"Highway to Hell" (1979, part of the Milestones list), "Stiff Upper Lip" (2000), and "Plug Me In" (2005, DVD) - Martin_Canine
26 Denzel Curry
Denzel Rae Don Curry (born February 16, 1995) is an American rapper and songwriter from Carol City, Florida. He released his debut full-length album, titled Nostalgic 64 on September 3, 2013. His second full-length album, titled Imperial, was released on March 9, 2016.
"Imperial" (2016) and "TA13OO" (2018). - Martin_Canine
Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1992, currently consisting of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar), Patrick Wilson, Brian Bell, and Scott Shriner.
"Pinkerton" (1996, part of their Milestones list) and "Weezer (The Green Album)" (2001) - Martin_Canine
28 Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth was an American rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. Founding members Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon and Lee Ranaldo remained together for the entire history of the band, while Steve Shelley followed a series of short-term drummers in 1985, and rounded out the core line-up.
"Daydream Nation" (1988, part of the Milestones list), "Murray Street" (2002) and "The Eternal" (2009) - Martin_Canine
29 Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, author, and artist who has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades.
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" (1964, part of the Milestones list), "Live 1966" (1998, live album), "Love and Theft" (2001), "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan" (2005, DVD), "Telltale Signs: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8" (2008) and "The Best of the Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12" (2015) - Martin_Canine


During the past year, CIOs have cycled in and out of state IT departments faster than Lance Armstrong pedals downhill. Some of this turnover happened when newly elected governors took office and started appointing new cabinet members. Colorado Gov. Bill Owens named Leroy Williams (left) as the state\u2019s new CIO. Williams previously served as CIO of Colorado\u2019s Department of Personnel and Administration. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson tapped Moira Gerety to serve as the state\u2019s CIO. In Georgia last December, Larry Singer stepped down as CIO and executive director of the Georgia Technology Authority, a position he had held for two years. He is one of several of former Gov. Roy Barnes\u2019 appointees who resigned before newly elected Gov. Sonny Perdue took the reins. Conversely, some of this revolving-door effect has nothing to do with election results and everything to do with state CIOs getting into trouble over conflicts of interest, cronyism and even fraud. Former Utah CIO Phil Windley resigned last December after months of controversy over contracting deals. According to Associated Press reports, the Utah Auditor General Office found favoritism in Windley\u2019s administration. The salaries of five employees?with whom Windley had worked previously at now-defunct Internet company Excite@home?averaged about $12,000 more than the typical annual salary for those positions. Windley said he resigned because he had become "an impediment to implementing e-government." Last January, former Utah Lt. Gov. Val Oveson (left) replaced Windley as CIO.In Florida, Gov. Jeb Bush tapped Kim Bahrami (right) as state CIO last June. She had served as interim CIO since August 2001 when her predecessor, Roy Cales, resigned after an audit uncovered hundreds of thousands of dollars in questionable purchasing practices (see "Walk on the Wild Side," at www.cio.com\/printlinks) and after being charged with an unrelated fraud.As Bahrami was taking office as Florida\u2019s CIO, controversy was spilling over in the other sunshine state. A California state audit revealed that then CIO Elias Cortez was about to waste millions of taxpayer dollars on a $123 million, no-bid deal with Oracle to consolidate the state\u2019s purchases of thousands of database licenses that only five of 127 state agencies wanted, according to the San Jose Mercury News. Cortez resigned from his post last June. Three months later, California Gov. Gray Davis named Clark Kelso as the new CIO.In Arkansas, both the state CIO and chief information security officer, Randall Bradford and Mike Miller, respectively, resigned last June. Several days later, they were officially fired. Bradford and Miller had reported problems with the state\u2019s $52 million information system to the press. The two men claim that Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee\u2019s office ordered them to block legislators and committees responsible for overseeing the system, and that they were fired for blowing the whistle on the system\u2019s cost. A spokesperson for Gov. Huckabee told the Associated Press that Bradford was fired for not accepting direction from the governor or his aides. Two months later, Gov. Huckabee named Carolyn Osbourne as the new CIO.


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There is some emails that are disappearing once I delete them in my outlook. I am on a BES Sever 4.0 and I have it setup so that it only deletes on my handheld. I am not deleting these message they are simple disappearing after a period of time. I using a 7105t devices from T-Moible.
When you have it set to only delete the messages on your handheld, that is going to prevent messages you delete ON your handheld from being deleted IN our outlook.
There is no way (that I'm aware of) to prevent messages you delete in Outlook to not be deleted on your handheld. And even the settings of "Handheld wins" and "Mailbox wins" only refers to conflicts between specific items. I could be wrong, but those settings don't prevent outlook deleted items from disapearing from the handheld.
Someone else asked a similar question the other day. I posted somewhat of a work around where you set up a specific subfolder and move the messages into there in Outlook. But another thing that might work (which was a troublesome issue when we first deployed to the BES) was when messages got moved into a local folder tied directly to the PC (not the network). The handheld doesn't see items not directly inside your network profile. The messages could then be deleted. Might at least be worth a try.
I'm having the reverse problem, I want the emails to disappear from the handheld if I've deleted them from my Outlook inbox....I have my reconciliation setting "Delete On: Mailbox & Handheld". I also want the result that if I delete an email on my 7100g then it should disappear from my inbox. This isn't happening either.
I am using wireless sync, and it seems to be fine for the calendar, i.e. if I create a calendar in Outlook it shows up on my handheld.


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The Department of Water Ways and Public Works (Rijkswaterstaat) in the Netherlands has the legal obligation to periodically assess the strength of the Dutch flood defenses. The criteria for the assessment are continuously improving so that a new set of criteria applies in each round. Initially, the probability of water getting over the dikes was the main concern. These days, a much more refined approach is used to determine the risk of flooding. It includes all kinds of mechanisms that could make a flood defense fail and also looks at how serious the damage is.
As the criteria evolve, so does the software to compute the strength of the flood defenses. Rijkswaterstaat ordered Deltares and other companies, like HKV, to develop the Hydra-Ring software. It contains the latest and best methods to assess the strength of the flood defenses. But a practical issue was that the calculations would take too long to assess all the dikes in the Netherlands. Therefore, Rijkswaterstaat asked VORtech to speed up the most compute-intensive parts.
VORtechs HPC expert Koos Huijssen coordinated this work. Says Koos: “This is really complex software. We didn’t know the software so our first step was to assess where the performance bottlenecks were. We have developed a lot of tooling in all the years that we have been doing these kinds of analyses. Our tools are much more effective for this kind of software than normal profilers.”
This performance assessment revealed a lot of issues. Some were easy to solve. One of them was an inefficient choice for a central data structure. Koos Huijssen: “This is not too suprising. It’s hard enough as it is to get the algorithms right. Understanding the consequences for the performance is too difficult for most developers. That is just the kind of added value that we bring to the table.”
A couple of relatively easy changes already brought a significant speedup of the software. For some parts, the software speedup was more than a factor of 10. But Hydra-Ring consist of many separate parts that each take long to compute. Therefore, it’s not sufficient to speed up only one or a few parts. Thus, the important parts were each handled in turn.
That also involved more complex changes. In some cases, it was necessary to store intermediate results of computations to avoid recomputing them every time. But, according to Koos, in several cases the changes were on a different level alltogether. “Sometimes, you can save yourself a lot of computing by using a different algorithm. That doesn’t have to change the result; it’s only the way it is computed that is different.”


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Orvieto north of Rome Italy 13 October 2013
As mentioned in my previous blog, we decided to drive on towards Orvieto from Assisi on the same day as time was on our side. Orvieto is about 150kms due north of Rome. This is another town placed precariously on a cliff made of tufaceos stone which is a limestone rock. From the car park, we had to go up 3 very long escalators to get to the town.
There is the most amazing Gothic cathedral we wanted to see because our books describe it as “this remarkable edifice was originally planned in a Romanesque style, but as work proceeded and the architectural style changed, Gothic features were incorporated into the structure. The black and white marble banding of the main body of the church is over shadowed by the rich rainbow colour of the façade. The harmonious blend of mosaic and sculpture, plain stone and dazzling colour, it has been likened to a giant outdoor alter screen.” Have a look at the photos.
Building started in 1290. The frescos inside were pretty incredible. Apparently Michelangelo got inspiration for some of his paintings from these frescos.
We walked around
the streets for about an hour, learning that there were a number of hotels in the town and Italians used the town for slow, relaxing holidays, having long lunches and generally enjoying themselves.
We were on our way to Rome so left at about 4.00pm.
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[JURIST] The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) [official website] published a report [JURIST report] on Friday describing a plethora of human rights violations committed by the Turkish government between July 2015 and December 2016. Satellite imagery analysis has revealed [OHCHR report] that Turkey has systematically bombed over 30 southeastern towns, forcing civilians to either be killed or trapped for days in their own basements. Between 335,000 and 500,000 civilians have been displaced as a result of shelling, and the destruction has made it impossible to perform forensics tests to identify victims. The report further detailed incidences of torture, disappearances, cutoffs from basic necessities, violence against women, and expropriation. The Turkish government has thus far justified their actions by claiming that victims were part of terrorist organizations. More specifically, the government has taken aim against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), an identified terrorist group allegedly responsible for numerous crimes including kidnappings, roadblocks, and the prevention of access to medical services. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein [official profile] has acknowledged the government’s recent violations as a response to the nation’s attempted coup in July 2016. Hussein has expressed concern over recent allegations and called on Turkey to grant the UN access to investigate recently affected areas.
Since the failed coup in Turkey in July, where Turkish military forces tried to overthrow the government, the Turkish government has taken several controversial steps to strengthen its power. Earlier in March around 330 individuals were put on trial [JURIST report] for alleged involvement in the attempted coup. In January the Turkish Parliament approved a plan [JURIST report], which, if approved by a popular vote later this year, would increase presidential power within the country and would allow President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to stay in office until 2029. In November Turkey significantly restricted the activities of NGOs like human rights organizations and children’s groups and arrested opposition party leaders [JURIST report] alleging they were connected to terror organizations. In October Human Rights Watch warned [JURIST report] that the emergency decrees put in place after the failed coup, had resulted in serious human rights violations.


Oakland's own Kreayshawn just got a major cultural—and fashionable—co-sign in the form of a brand-spanking-new i-D Magazine cover. The "Gucci, Gucci" rapper who is just totally sick of being put into the "white-girl rapper" category (she's an artist, yo!), is just one of several folks who snagged a spot on front of the "pick-me up"-themed U.K. glossy this month. And she's in some pretty foxy company, thanks to the fact that Gisele, Riley Kough, Natasha Poly, Raquel Zimmerman, and Lindsey Wixson have their own wink-centric covers. But back to Kreay-Kreay! On the cover, shot by George Harvey, she's rocking some serious patterns in the form of an '80s-tastic warm-up jacket, two-tone leopard-pattern nails, half-brown/half-blonde hair, and some weird star stickers suck to her eyelashes. We're thinking she looks pretty snazzy. Let us know your thoughts below. And thanks for the tip, Angela Tafoya!


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Marveld Recreation Park, Groenlo
As you can see on this live feed streaming from the Marveld Recreation Park near Groenlo in the Netherlands, when the Dutch go camping they go camping in style.
Watch as the cam pans and you’ll soon notice that this campsite lacks for nothing. Five star bungalow accommodation, an on-site water park, a wellness center, a nightclub and even a petting zoo. It looks amazing, and definitely a step up from the British holiday camps run by Butlins. That said though, there’s one thing about the two that is exactly the same. It’s one feature that can’t be changed no matter how great the facilities are. Yes, you guessed it – the weather. Sadly, it rains just as much in Holland as it does in the UK.