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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be compared to the conflict of two different people, two groups of identity, each of which wants to claim the same territory as the national land and the political state. In a conflict like this, the identity alongside the existence of the ‘enemy’ are a thread I the identity and the existence of each of the groups. “The other’s identity and its associated narrative challenge the group’s claims of ownership – at least to exclusive ownership – of the land and its resources” (Kelman 2007, p. 287).
Hamas vs Fatah
As the world put an emphasis on the peace process to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict, the division between Hamas and Fatah still remains unnoticed. The worldwide community thinks that the political and the economic sanctions on Hamas will minimize the conflict (Brown 2010, p. 36). However, the solution to the conflict is not the destruction of the two rival groups. According to Lieut, Gen. Michael Flynn, a top Pentagon Official, “the destruction of Palestinian militant group Hamas will not solve, and might even intensify, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict” (cited in Fitsanakis 2014, para. 1). The solution to every conflict is always negotiations in which both the United States of America and the Arab League can aid.
How Can Arab League Help
The role of the Arab League in the conflict is engaging every side into a dialogue and offering a compromise without reviving any further crisis and conflict (Hitti 2013, para. 10). The challenge of Saudi Arabian King Abdullah to solve the Mideast conflict became a catalyst for further actions of the League. King Abdullah underlined the importance of a peaceful conflict resolution and noted, “In injured Palestine, the people are still resolute, while suffering occupation and repression, and are deprived of their rights to independence and a sovereign state” (cited in Hanley 2007, para. 9). He insisted on putting an end to the conflict as well as ending the sanctions put on Israel.
Reasons for U.S. to Stop Supporting Israel
There is a number of reasons why the U.S. government should stop supporting Israel in the conflict. These reasons include the harm of the U.S. military aid for the population of Israel that must spend their tax funds on strengthening the military establishment instead of improving the social situation. Secondly, the fact that Israel illegally occupies Palestine is another reason for not supporting Israel. Thirdly, Israel constantly violates human rights of the Palestinian Population in the occupied territories that contradicts the U.S. Constitution (Top Ten Reasons to Oppose U.S. Aid to Israel n.d., para. 6). The Arab League should put a strong pressure on the U.S. government to stop helping Israel. As the help stops, the conflict will start to minimize because of the lack of military resources, causing Israel and Palestine to begin negotiations.
Why Should Israel Leave Palestine
The above-listed reasons for the U.S. to stop helping Israel are also applicable to the question of why Israel must leave Palestine. For instance, the Israeli abuse of human rights of the occupied populations normalizes the violation of human rights. Moreover, the Israeli leaders took participation in training other abusive regimens, like, for instance, a Honduran military intelligence unit that terrorized the peaceful population. To further complicate the situation, Israel trained the South African hit squads that aimed at destroying ANC leaders (Top Ten Reasons to Oppose U.S. Aid to Israel n.d., para. 9).
Brown, N 2010, ‘The Hamas-Fatah Conflict: Shallow but Wide’, The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 35-49.
Fitsanakis, J 2014, Destroying Hamans Won’t Solve Conflict, Says Top US Pentagon Official, Web.
Hanley, D 2007, Saudi Arabian King Abdullah Challenges Arab League to Solve Mideast Conflicts, Web.
Hitti, N 2013, How the Arab League Can Help Israel, Palestine Negotiate, Web.
Kelman, H 2007, ‘The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process and Its Vicissitudes. Insights From Attitude Theory’, America Psychologist, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 287-303.
Top Ten Reasons to Oppose U.S. Aid to Israel n.d., Web.


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China Overseas cautious on sales goal
Mainland developer aims for slight rise in target to HK$140 billion amid concern over liquidity
China Overseas Land & Investment, the biggest mainland developer listed in Hong Kong by market value, yesterday announced a conservative sales target this year in anticipation of tight liquidity.
The firm is aiming for contract sales of HK$140 billion, compared with last year's HK$138.5 billion, out of HK$220 billion worth of saleable property.
"It's a goal we have to reach no matter what the state of the market. So this may come across as a conservative target," chairman Hao Jianmin said.
"Liquidity in the financial market will tend to be tight amid market reforms and deleveraging," the company said. "The group is prudently optimistic about the property market."
China Overseas Land is in a race against rivals such as China Vanke and Greenland Group for the title of the mainland's largest developer by sales this year, aided by a possible asset injection from parent China State Construction Engineering Corp. The asset transfer is expected within three years.
Unlike some of its rivals that seek bolt-on opportunities in banking and e-commerce, China Overseas Land plans to stick to its core business. "We won't do what we are not familiar with," Hao said.
The company's net profit rose 23 per cent to HK$23 billion last year, while turnover increased 27.7 per cent to HK$82.5 billion.
However, its gross profit margin fell to 35 per cent from 38.3 per cent in 2012, while net gearing climbed to 28.4 per cent from 20.5 per cent.
Hao shrugged of worries about the profitability of the company and the industry in general but agreed that challenging market conditions would speed up consolidation.
Hoi Wa-fong, the chief executive of mainland developer Powerlong Real Estate, yesterday said: "It'll be quite normal if 20 per cent of property firms die this year.
"Domestic banks are scaling back mortgage lending. But there is evidence all resources are flowing to big and listed companies."
Hoi also said the company was targeting contract sales of 12 billion yuan (HK$15.1 billion) this year, from 9.4 billion yuan last year.
Powerlong's gross profit margin shrank to 28 per cent last year from 40 per cent in 2012. Its core earnings rose 3.5 per cent to 1 billion yuan and revenue grew 23.6 per cent to 7.3 billion yuan.
Beijing North Star, another Hong Kong-listed mainland developer, reported a 4 per cent drop in revenue to 5.5 billion yuan last year. Profit attributable to shareholders plunged 17.6 per cent to 800 million yuan because of a "significant decrease in the gain on changes in fair value of investment properties".
Property shares underperformed the broad market yesterday, with the Hang Seng sub-index closing 1.26 per cent lower. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.67 per cent.

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Blouse: I recently tested the Crescent Blouse for Megan Nielsen Patterns and here is my variation. I used a semi sheer silk cotton, and chose the version with the curved hems and little collar (there’s a collarless tunic length one too). It was a really enjoyable sew, the instructions were great as can be expected of MN patterns and I especially love how it’s finished around the collar and button closures.
Leggings: These are my second pair of leggings ever and I decided to try out a new pattern to see if it was a better fit than the last. I used Burdastyle leggings pattern and can really recommend it. It’s got extra long legs so you get that little ankle ruching, which I like. And they’re extra high. I can almost pull it up to my bra! But being winter in oz right now, I don’t mind a bit of Harry High Pants. The fabric is a rayon lycra jersey, and it’s the most delicous knit fabric I’ve ever laid eyes on. A very random Etsy find.

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The NT Government has announced it will spend an extra $10 million on the Territory’s beef roads.
The funding will be spent over the next two years to pay for upgrades to roads which have
been prioritised with the assistance of the NTCA.
The biggest beneficiaries are the Plenty Highway ($2m), Point Stuart Road ($1.6m), Buntine
Highway ($1m), Barkly Stock Route ($800,000), Buchanan Highway ($800,000) and
Maryvale Road ($800,000).
The Central Arnhem Road, Ranken Road, Sandover Highway, Finke Road and Roper Highway
will each receive $500,000. A further $300,000 will be spent on the Ringwood Road and
$200,000 on the Larrimah West Creek Link Road.
The NTCA has welcomed the commitment which comes after intensive lobbying by the
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More often than not, towns fight urge to merge
WEST LAWN (AP) — Inside the quaint stone building that houses the government of this tiny Reading suburb, the only department likely to be open on any given morning is the library, in the basement.
The ground-floor borough office is locked, and the reception area behind the glass door is dark. Office hours are by appointment, and the only alternative is to dial the home numbers posted for the mayor, tax collector, building inspector, and other officials, depending on the question.
Mayor Richard Gould considers those arrangements inefficient. He believes the borough's 1,597 residents would be better served if West Lawn merged with neighboring Spring Township — even though it would mean giving up his elected office.
"My goal is that I'm going to be the last mayor of this borough," said Gould, a Reading firefighter elected in November with 13 write-in votes. "There's no need for us to have our own form of government. We conduct hardly any business at the council meetings other than paying the bills. We're only eight blocks long and four blocks deep."
But West Lawn's council thinks the borough is managing just fine with its one-man, full-time road maintenance crew and handful of part-time employees. And while it's not unusual for small towns to pool resources with neighbors for services like police and fire protection — as West Lawn does — history suggests Gould's fight will be a tough one.
Only nine mergers have been reported nationwide since 1991, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's annual survey of municipal boundary changes. In Pennsylvania, five municipal marriages have occurred since 1994, when the Legislature passed the Municipal Consolidation or Merger Act to establish a uniform system for consolidations, mergers and other boundary changes.
"One of the reasons that people live in small communities is that it's more of a grass-roots government, and they have more input into their governments," said Tom Halicki, executive director of the National Association of Towns and Townships.
The 128-acre borough of West Lawn flourished in the early 1920s, around the time it was incorporated, thanks to a building boom fueled by Reading residents seeking an escape from city life. But a population that exceeded 2,000 in 1950 has declined steadily with each new census.
Council members abandoned merger discussions last year, after a study found that any tax savings would be "minimal," and they consider the matter a dead issue, said Councilwoman Carol Gardecki.
"We thought that if we couldn't exist financially by ourselves, it was worth doing," said Gardecki, a resident since 1949. "We came to the conclusion that it wasn't that great of a benefit. Spring Township would've saved a dollar or two. West Lawn might've saved 30-something dollars for a family of four."
Pennsylvania law requires voters in all affected towns to approve any decisions to merge or consolidate. A merger occurs when one town is absorbed into a larger one, and a consolidation occurs when two or more localities agree to form a new municipality with a new government structure.
Pennsylvania is a prime example of a state where residents of small communities place a high premium on local identity and local control, said Fred Reddig, local government policy manager for the Governor's Center for Local Government Services. The state has more than 2,500 municipalities, second only to Illinois.
"The local autonomy that grass-roots governance represents is something that people hold very close," Reddig said.
It is more common for municipalities to look for ways to share the cost of government services without altering their form of government, he said. State law permits any towns to pool resources for a number of different purposes, from sharing road maintenance equipment to police services.
In some instances, small municipalities have joined forces to form regional police departments so they can provide law enforcement. Pennsylvania has about 30 regional police departments, according to Reddig.
For other services, such as purchasing, planning, and public transportation, clusters of communities have formed 70 different councils of government services that enable them to cooperate on a regional basis.
"It's less threatening, and a good way to start to develop trust and positive relationships among communities," Reddig said.
At the same time, concerns about whether small towns without room for new development — and the increased tax revenue that it would bring — can afford providing services like police and fire protection provide plenty of fodder for merger and consolidation debates, said Keith Hite, executive director of the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors.
"What usually happens is that one of the communities involved is facing tremendous challenges to its fiscal capacity to deliver the goods and products that we expect from that government," Hite said.
The former West Fairview Borough, population 1,500, faced plenty of challenges on an annual budget of more than $270,000 before it merged with East Pennsboro Township in 1998, according to longtime resident Leonard Portzline.
Portzline, 71, has lived in the area across the Susquehanna River from Harrisburg since 1945. He recalls that West Fairview was once a hotbed of civic activity, but that declined over the years as more renters with looser community ties moved in.
"We got to a point where we couldn't even get enough people to serve on the council anymore. And with the growing costs, we just couldn't take care of streets and things like that anymore," Portzline said.
As far as Portzline is concerned, the merger was a smooth transition that allowed the borough to gain new services it previously could not afford, from recycling to a paid professional fire department. And although some feared West Fairview would lose its identity and its traditions, that has not happened, he said.
"They have a town picnic every year; it started back around before 1910. There were people who were afraid that East Pennsboro was going to be so restrictive that they couldn't do that anymore," he said.
Other municipal marriages have yet to deliver on their promised benefits. Officials in Northern Cambria, formed two years ago by the consolidation of the boroughs of Barnesboro and Spangler, are still trying to attract new business to the new municipality north of Johnstown.
"We felt that if we could get a larger population, we could get better infrastructure into our municipality," council President Eva Wargo said. "As of right now, we haven't seen any of that. It was a chance, and we felt that you don't get anywhere if you don't take a chance."
Sam Rocco, a resident of the former Barnesboro and a merger opponent, feels the towns should have left well enough alone, since neither has any room for expansion.
"Towns in this area are losing companies. Why in the world would anyone want to relocate here? We have nothing, plus we have no highways," he said.
In West Lawn, Gould hopes he can convince residents that merging is the right thing to do.
"Smallville is no more in this day and age. As the years go by, government is going to get more and more expensive," he said.
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Lewis Hamilton's quest to conquer music just became even more bizarre.
The Formula 1 world champion surprised the world earlier this year when he revealed his plans to release an album that was inspired by 'Kanye, 2Pac and Biggie', even going as far as to build a recording studio in his home.
Speaking to The Mirror, Hamilton has now said he's been recording music with Drake:
"A collaboration with Drake is on the cards. We will release something at some point but I’m just recording for fun at the moment.”
Lewis Hamilton has previously modeled for OVO.
There have already been reports that Hamilton has struck up an unusal friendship with Drake, which led to the F1 star being asked to model some OVO clothes earlier this year.
Are they actually tight enough for Drake to ever seriously consider jumping on a track, though? Nah.
[via The Mirror]


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Senate Republicans are now signaling that they will spend the next two years investigating Obama officials as traitors to Dear Leader Trump in order to exact revenge for the Mueller probe.
Republicans are setting their sights on top Obama-era officials as they plan their own probe into the 2016 election.
Eager to move on from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference and the Trump campaign, GOP senators are gearing up to investigate the investigators. The idea is gaining traction with the Republican caucus, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell(Ky.).
Mueller’s report hasn’t been released yet, but Republicans have seized on a four-page letter from Attorney General William Barr that summarized key conclusions of the two-year probe, including that Mueller "did not establish" that President Trump or members of his campaign coordinated or colluded with Moscow in its election interference.
"Republicans believe that the FBI and [Department of Justice] — the top people — took the law in their own hands because they wanted [Hillary] Clinton to win and Trump to lose," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said during an interview with Fox News’s Neil Cavuto as part of a media blitz discussing his plans for an investigation.
He said that he will be looking at "abuse" of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant application process and the counterintelligence operation into Trump’s campaign, adding that "there will be a lot of inquiry as to how this all happened."
GOP senators are already naming former officials who would be at the top of their lists to question, including former FBI Director James Comey and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
"The Judiciary Committee has primary jurisdiction and doing oversight of the Department of Justice and the FBI, and so that ... is something we need to do. Trying to find out how this thing got off the rails and hopefully prevent it from happening again," said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a member of the Judiciary Committee.
Cornyn rattled off a list of Obama-era officials he would want to speak with, including Lynch, former CIA Director John Brennan, and former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, but he homed in on Comey.
"I think Director Comey is probably near the top. He’s the one who said that his intention of leaking memos of his conversation was designed to prompt the appointment of a special counsel. It just strikes me as some vindictiveness and animus toward the president motivating a lot of the action," Cornyn said.
Graham, who earlier this month teased that he wants to bring in Comey, added that the former official would be called to publicly testify and "will answer for your time as FBI director."
Expect the next 20 months or more to be endless Senate investigations in order to "prove" Democrats are traitors and enemies of the people who must be "dealt with". They won't stop until they can lock up Clinton, Obama, and everyone involved in them.
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I celebrated my Christmas by attending the symphony. This was held in a gorgeous concert hall that made me feel as if I should be wearing some type of gown of fineish material. Of course rather than wearing a fabulous gown I was nearly falling asleep because I was naughty and celebrated Christmas Eve by having a drink or ten. But for the record I actually like the symphony. I however do not like the Dutch custom of at least five ovations after each piece. That's not an exaggeration.
Here I've thrown in a classic Dutch photo for you. That's pretty much all I have to say. Well besides the fact that I didn't notice how gross the water looked in real life.
This is the Rijksmuseum and it's home to lots of famous shit like Rembrandt's "Night Watch." Of course it's actually closed for renovation so I paid €12 to see a small portion of artwork and wait in line for two hours.
In addition to seeing the masters, I attended the Cobra museum which celebrates a modern art movement. Cobra stands for Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam and was basically a clique for really cool artists.
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This is modern art. Or something that would be really weird if you were drunk.
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This is also modern art. It's a collection of people's heights marked on all four walls of a room. Somewhere in this mumbo gumbo is my name. Yup, just a face in the crowd.
This is my Dad's hometown, Utrecht. I'll now be obvious and point out that it was foggy.

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This is just left of the easiest start for Boy Scout
. Bouldery crux off the ground to get established above the cave in the left-facing corner. Move up to the Broadway ledge system. Traverse left, and finish for the Notch
if you want harder climbing, or, more typically, traverse farther left, and take the easier finish as for Boy Scout
Rated 5.8 in the old guide, which is fair if you ignore the 1st move.
Left-facing corner above the cave, just left of the standard start for Boy Scout
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The View From Here at Nautilus
At first, Timothy Huang's chamber musical is a comedy about a painfully naive aspiring author who has moved to New York City to find a home for his book. He's excited about his sixth-floor walkup, the bustle of the streets, and the musician who plays outside the door. He also gets quickly frustrated — and broke — when he finds that the agents and publishers aren't waiting with bated breath for his book. That's not what The View From Here is about, as the clues sprinkled throughout the first half of the one-act piece finally come to fruition near the end, when the Novelist's real story — and heartbreak — come to the fore. It's a turn that makes for a breathless final 20 minutes, as our character strips away the delicate lies he has told to himself and reveals the truth beneath. All of that puts a lot of pressure on the play's sole performer, Joel Liestman, as he has to run the gamut of emotions until the draining finale. Until this point, Liestman's performance has been like the play — light and naive, with a growing sense of despair and anger — until it explodes with the truth. During these moments, the raw emotion overruns the music, with the actor spitting and nearly screaming with the character's broken heart. Musicians Jerry Rubino (piano) and Jim Tenbensel (trumpet) add color to the character's struggle to find his soul.
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Cabaret at the Merc Celebrates a New Generation of Musical Theater
Since 2012, the Barn Stage Company’s Co-Producers J. Scott Lapp and Jordan Beck have been bringing Broadway-caliber musical theater to Temecula audiences with their popular monthly series Cabaret at the Merc. After highlighting such songwriting greats as Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber in many past performances, this month’s Cabaret at the Merc, Generation: Next, aims the spotlight on those songwriters and shows just recently emerging from the shadows.
“The Barn Stage Company and Cabaret at The Merc are devoted to the development and nurturing of new musical theater works,” Lapp said during a recent interview. “Generation: Next will celebrate some of the best up-and-coming songwriters of this generation; the people writing for Broadway that you just haven’t heard about yet.”
Presented at the 48-seat The Merc Theater in Old Town Temecula on Sunday, April 24th, Generation: Next will include selections from several songwriting teams and individuals including Pasek & Paul, Kinosian & Blair, Ryan Scott Oliver, Kerrigan & Lowdermilk, Zachary & Weiner and many more; each piece chosen by the performers themselves.
Although audiences may not be familiar with the music, Lapp insists the originality of the works only adds excitement to the experience.
“Generation: Next is wonderful because it exposes the audience to new music and the next wave of Broadway shows,” he said. “You might not know the songs and be able to sing along but, for me, I love hearing what else is out there. We have such a passion for working with writers to help in their development of new pieces so a night of new music with some pretty incredible voices seemed like the right thing to do.”
Since the inception of Cabaret at the Merc in 2012, Beck and Lapp have grown into the Barn Stage Company, complete with a new home at the Truax Building in Old Town. The Barn Stage Company’s 2015-2016 Summer Series included full performances of some of Broadway’s hottest new shows such as Spring Awakening, Urinetown: The Musical and The Last Five Years.
But despite the significantly larger scale of recent productions, the producing duo of Beck and Lapp will continue to delight audiences with their original local collaboration, Cabaret at the Merc, by presenting innovative new and exciting themes and musical selections.
“Our goal is to preserve, strengthen and advance musical theater as a vital social and cultural platform by creating experiences for our audiences of the highest professional standards,” Lapp said. “With our youthful spirit and eclectic, artist-driven approach, we aim to provide an environment for the growth and education of theater professionals, our audiences, and the Temecula Valley community at large.”
Hosted monthly by Jon Sangster and Jackary Scot Wolfe, Cabaret at the Merc has produced Broadway revues as well as theme nights dedicated to the works of popular artists like Elton John, Billy Joel and the upcoming tribute, The Music of Abba, later this month. For tickets and information on Cabaret at the Merc, visit the Old Town Temecula Community Theater’s website at www.temeculatheater.org.


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LANCE FRIZZELL blogs from Iraq about a "peace" march in America.
UPDATE: Lance also has pictures of what they're protesting.
ANOTHER UPDATE: The Detroit Free Press offers this unflattering portrayal: "Judging by their meager presence at a state Capitol rally Saturday, the antiwar movement in Michigan cannot currently be described as vibrant."


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ARTICLES ABOUT MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
A scheduling quirk means that for the first time in their history of sharing New York City, the Yankees and the Mets will both play at home at the same time on opening day.February 11, 2013, Monday
Baseball investigators are talking to associates of Anthony Bosch, whose anti-aging clinic is at the center of a major doping scandal. A few associates have doubts about his suspected involvement.February 8, 2013, Friday
Miami, already under investigation by the N.C.A.A., is drawing interest from Major League Baseball as it studies reports linking players to performance enhancers.February 7, 2013, Thursday
According to a report, Ryan Braun’s name is on three records from the Biogenesis of America LLC clinic that is under investigation for supplying banned substances to athletes.February 5, 2013, Tuesday
Baseball officials and law enforcement officers are investigating anti-aging clinics in Florida and the work of Anthony Bosch. The clinics might be linked to players and the possible use of banned substances.February 2, 2013, Saturday
Baseball lacks the leverage to persuade players to provide information about others’ doping, and the government has been reluctant to share information from its own investigations.January 31, 2013, Thursday
An $8 billion deal between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Time Warner Cable is likely to translate into higher bills for subscribers.January 29, 2013, Tuesday
For Alex Rodriguez a directive to use a different surgeon for his latest hip surgery is followed by unease over possible past links to a Miami-area man being investigated by Major League Baseball.January 27, 2013, Sunday
Major League Baseball is expected to adopt a rule that will allow a team to send an interpreter to the mound with the manager or the pitching coach to speak to a foreign-born pitcher.January 20, 2013, Sunday
Major League Baseball and its players union have agreed to in-season blood testing for human growth hormone and a new test for testosterone.January 11, 2013, Friday
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During a 60-year career as a sportscaster, Bob Wolff collected his interviews with some of the best-known athletes in the United States, including Babe Ruth.
During a 60-year career as a sportscaster, Bob Wolff collected his interviews with some of the best-known athletes in the United States, including Ty Cobb.
During a 60-year career as a sportscaster, Wolff collected his interviews with some of the best-known athletes in the United States, including Mickey Mantle.
During a 60-year career as a sportscaster, Bob Wolff collected his interviews with some of the best-known athletes in the United States, including Jackie Robinson.
- Some of My Best Friends Are Germs
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It is possible to refer to the easy step-by-step drawing instructions below.
How to draw A girl wearing a beautiful lehenga
The first step in your tank’s animated drawing we’ll create an extensive part within the tank.
You’ll likely need to have a ruler handy for the majority of this course because there will be a few lines and angles that will be used throughout.
There are two headlights that are round in side of the tank. the tire’s outline will be drawn using some circular shapes underneath their fenders.
Step 2: Next sketch some more specifics
The next step in our drawing animated tanks tutorial will concentrate on adding some detail and enhancements to the areas that you were working on in the initial step.
In the beginning, you’ll see an object that is round with details of a contour on it at the rear of an fender on the left.
For this final step, draw the left tread in the same way as it appears on our images of reference.
Step 3 – Now , draw the details onto the grooves.
Tank tracks work as conveyor belts and require a surface to create friction and push tanks forward.
This texture will be added on the surfaces of the grooves in this stage. To achieve this, we’ll draw some fairly simple horizontal lines to the spike’s surface.
The image referenced is intended to help you figure out the best way to position the lines to demonstrate the perspective.
Step 4 – Then make some further specifics on your grooves
Following the animated tank drawing we’ll add particulars about interior of tire. There are wheel-like structures in the grooves’ belt We will draw these now.
Each of these wheels has an oval shape with a tiny, rounded portion sticking out of it.
We’ll also add small details to other parts such as those on the sides of tanks. When you’ve got it as in our example, we can continue!
Step 5: Then draw the starting point of the top portion of the tank.
We’ll begin with an upper portion of the tank for this part of our tutorial. Then, we’ll add an extremely large rectangle on that front, and smaller ones below.
Then, we’ll then add the top rotation to the tank.
The section is comprised of various circular sections joined together, and the top is mostly flat. We’ll add additional sections to this section in the near future!
Step 6 – Now, draw the remainder of the top portion
In this section of your cartoon tank drawing We’ll draw the remainder of the top part that you sketched at the beginning of this step.
Then we’ll add a second circular section to the left. This will include a place in it where the cannon can be put in the next stage. There’s another flat section to put to the top, and finally the final details!
Step 7 – Then sketch out the important details
In this section of the guide on drawing cartoon tanks we will include all the details needed and components to prepare you for the last step.
Begin by drawing the cannon of the tank. It has two straight lines to form its main arms and then a larger circular section at the bottom of it.
Then we’ll put dots on the tank’s features to indicate the location where bolts and studs connect it.
When these strokes are completed, do you draw some additional details? Perhaps you can add an image as a background to show where the tank is at work!
Step 8 – Now , finish the work with some color
Now , you can complete this stunning animated tank and add some colour! Tanks come in a variety of hues based on the conditions within which they operate.
In our image of reference we decided to use a combination of yellow and gray to give this tank a stunning look.
The colors can be used to draw your own artwork If you are satisfied with how they appear, and you can draw using your preferred art mediums to bring these hues to life.


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“Yes, there were dismissals. I was pregnant at the time. Several of my friends were laid off, but now they are hiring. Let’s hope that everything gets better,” said María, a 30-year-old woman who asks not to be identified by her real name to avoid problems at the shrimp-packing plant where she works, in the north of Guayaquil. “We didn’t know when it was our turn”.
María’s story underscores the uncertainty that workers in Ecuador’s shrimp industry have experienced since March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began to affect the sector. Shrimps are highly sought after in China, the US and Europe and have been the focus of a trade boom in recent years. But the Ecuadorean industry is now also contending with rising numbers of shrimp thefts by pirates.
A year of ups and downs for Ecuador’s shrimp
2020 was a tough year for Ecuador’s shrimp industry. Internationally, prices and demand fell, and especially in China, which in recent years has become its main market, according to a statement the Ecuadorian National Chamber of Aquaculture (CNA) gave to Diálogo Chino.
In July 2019, Ecuador sent 123 million pounds of shrimp to the Asian country, worth $US324million. A year later, it sent 98 million pounds, valued at $233 million, some $90million less.
From July to November, however, sales rebounded: in the latter month, 154 million pounds were sold for $US367 million. Then, the sector closed 2020 with another drop: 10 million pounds less were sold in December compared with a year earlier, which meant another $56million drop in takings.
jobs were lost in the livestock, forestry and fishing sector between 16 March 2020 to 7 January this year
These ups and downs meant that between 16 March 2020, when a state of emergency was issued in Ecuador to contain the pandemic, and 7 January this year, 18,000 jobs were lost in the livestock, forestry and fishing sector. This includes shrimp farmers, according to figures from the Ministry of Labour.
In the midst of the economic crisis caused by the pandemic, the Ecuadorean shrimp industry also had to deal with other problems. The Chinese authorities suspended imports from Ecuadorean exporters for about a month because of a health warnings. It imposed sanctions last July after inert traces of Covid-19 were found on the wall of a container, in addition to traces of another disease – the white spot virus – that had been detected last January.
In 2019, Beijing also imposed sanctions on several Ecuadorean companies for outbreaks of white spot and yellow head, another viral disease that affects vital organs in animals.
This led the sector to make changes. The CNA implemented more rigorous biosecurity protocols, which, as it told Diálogo Chino, meant that companies had to disinfect product processing areas, storage warehouses, packaging, the inner walls of containers and personnel who have contact with the shrimp.
“We are working to strengthen the reputation of the product after the sanctions issued by the Chinese authority (…) We are convinced that with the hard work we are doing, trade between the two countries will continue to grow,” the CNA said in a statement.
In addition to this, workers undergo Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing for coronavirus every 60 days and submit the results to the health authorities.
If a case is detected in the shrimp processing area, the company must stop work while it is cleaned and disinfected to eliminate any traces of the virus, and that product will not be exported, the union explained.
Shrimp pirates in Ecuador
Aside from the pandemic, the shrimp industry is calling for better protection of its cargo following a recent wave of robberies at sea and along river routes.
One of the most recent cases occurred on 2 December. The crew of a vessel transporting shrimp to Guayaquil was intercepted by pirates in the area known as Chupadores Grande. An image released by the CNA shows one of the crew members with a bloody arm. Marines assisted the young man and his crew.
That was one of nearly 100 thefts reported by shrimp farmers last year. Seven deaths and 60 injuries resulted from pirate attacks, according to CNA records.
“We see that the National Police and the Ecuadorean Navy, either for lack of economic, logistical or any other kind of resources, cannot guarantee the security of the sector,” said José Antonio Camposano, president of the CNA.
According to the union, product losses due to theft have exceeded US$2.5 million. In addition to this figure, investment in security exceeds US$60 million per year.
Beyond the public safety problem, the thefts could impact public health. There is a risk that the stolen loads will be improperly handled and that the shrimp will not be kept at the right temperature, according to two trade union leaders, who also asked to remain anonymous to avoid reprisals.
The stolen shrimp route
Pirate gangs dock shrimp vessels near ports, close to the islands and branches of the estuaries of the Gulf of Guayaquil and the Jambelí Archipelago. The stolen cargo is then unloaded, say the leaders, both at regular docks in large cities and at irregular docks in places that are difficult to access. In the Huaylá estuary alone, police have identified 60 locations.
“I have an irregular beheading plant (where shrimp are topped prior to packing) and, as the packing plants are also supplied by different suppliers, they mix with shrimp that they buy in small places,” says one producer.
Another shrimp pool owner who has suffered theft describes another way that stolen shrimp enter into the system: “It is very easy to camouflage. There are cases of shrimp farms that have their papers in order. They are small shrimp farms of 10-15 hectares, but they produce as if they were a thousand hectares.”
It is unlikely that the stolen goods will end up in the cargo exported to China
He said that they present the invoice, or the waybill, so that the shrimp enters the export system. Some packers turn a blind eye because they want to fill their quotas.
However, Camposano says it is unlikely that the stolen goods will end up in the cargo exported to China, due to sanitary controls that are carried out on all batches.
“The shrimp that goes to China is accompanied by a series of analyses that are carried out at the time of harvesting and then at the time of packing. So a stolen shrimp is hardly going to have the analysis for white spot that the Chinese authorities require if it comes from an illegal act, because this analysis shows the farm and pool number,” he assured Diálogo Chino. He added that China does not buy headless shrimp.
“Today, in view of the demands that China has put on the table to be able to sell the product to their country, it is really very difficult for a large, medium or small company to risk acquiring a product over which it has no control in the chain of custody, does not know the temperature, does not know many things, to pack it today to the most demanding market,” he added.
Camposano also echoes producers’ calls for extra security to reinforce maritime and land patrols.
Operation Safe Shrimp
Protection at sea is the responsibility of the navy, which has a security plan for the shrimp sector.
safety operations were organised in 2020
“Based on what is described in the Comprehensive Security and Protection Plan for Aquatic Spaces, the Ecuadorean navy, through the coast guard command and port captaincy, executes the so-called ‘safe routes’. We also have the support of the Marine Corps and Naval Aviation, which allows us to provide the security required by the different maritime unions when required,” a Navy spokesperson told Diálogo Chino, detailing several safe routes.
According to navy records, 1,620 safety operations were organised in 2020. The navy recommends that shrimp farmers use these safe routes, which use river corridors between shrimp ponds or farms to ports and regular city docks, although they remain difficult to patrol.
However, the defence sector has not been immune to the economic crisis. In the middle of last year, defence minister Oswaldo Jarrín ordered the suspension of naval operations because they did not have insurance.
“When there is financial unsustainability or lack of liquidity to cover these quotas, it means that it does not depend on the ministry of defence, it depends on the ministry of finance. For this reason, as there were insufficient funds, a 60-day extension (of the insurance) was requested,” Jarrín told the National Assembly on 10 June 2020. The policy had expired four days earlier and the suspension of naval operations lasted about that long.
The navy is not the only institution overseeing the safe routes strategy for the shrimp industry. The chief of police in the city of Puerto Bolívar, Wilson Narváez, said extra guards and security measures are in place for the sector. These include patrols on the roads where trucks from the border town of Huaquillas, near Peru, travel to other parts of El Oro province.
“They inform us that from 3 to 5 in the morning all the trucks are going to pass. At that time they take the harvested shrimp to Guayaquil (…) We make a post. If they leave Huaquillas, the person in Santa Rosa has to report: ‘Six trucks passed without incident’,” he explained to Diálogo Chino.
He also said that many assaults are not reported, that employers do not bring the names of their workers to them for background checks and that they do not prohibit the use of telephones during shrimp harvests.
Traceability of the Ecuadorean shrimp
Police, union leaders and shrimp producers agree there is a lack of controls at these “irregular” docks and no complete traceability system for shrimp shipments.
A comprehensive traceability system, with face-to-face controls by the authorities of institutions such as the vice ministry of Aquaculture and Fisheries, would also make it possible to detect possible stolen cargo, according to the producers consulted.
One producer argued that it was possible to distinguish shrimp harvested from the sea, and those that are not, and so it would be possible to have more checks.
Trade union leader Camposano insisted the problem was that the lack of public servants doing on-site controls meant more informal seafood traders.
In spite of this, he was optimistic about the new rules, part of the recent Aquaculture Law, under which registration by marketers with the vice ministry of aquaculture is compulsory. After obtaining authorisation, they will be able to apply for a single taxpayer register (RUC) at the Internal Revenue Service (SRI). “Through this control, you can cross-check the sale of shrimp with the remittance guides issued and thus verify that no stolen shrimp is being laundered,” he says.
Ecuadorian shrimp is the first in the world to incorporate blockchain technology to guarantee the complete traceability of its production
Diálogo Chino requested an interview with the Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries, under whose wing the shrimp sector falls, but did not receive a reply.
On 24 November, the minister of production, Iván Ontaneda, said, at the AquaExpo in Guayaquil, that “Ecuadorian shrimp is the first in the world to incorporate blockchain technology to guarantee the complete traceability of its production“.
According to the minister, “by scanning the QR code that comes on each package, anyone in the world will be able to know who, how and where the shrimp they are going to consume was farmed”.
Thirteen Ecuadorean packers, which account for 36% of exports, currently have this technology, according to Camposano. The rest do not have traceability through the QR code on the box, but you can enter a web page or write to the company,” he said.


Flexible stored procedure support: return values and output parameters
Support Stored Procedure Return Values, output parameters of any type and procedures that don't return a result set, like an update statement.
Mojtaba Kaviani commented
this is very important for large scale project and stored procedure cache when many call count
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please also support complex type as return type, and input parameters.
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Information on Deposit Guarantee System in Latvia
In accordance with amendments to the Deposit Guarantee Law adopted by the Parliament of the Republic of Latvia (Saeima) as from October 16, compensation of EUR 50 000 (LVL 35 000) is guaranteed to the clients of the Latvian banks (both natural and legal persons) per depositor per each bank (all accounts added together, if several accounts at one bank in one name) . The government guaranteed compensation covers deposits, current account balance, salary accounts, savings accounts etc.
The above amendments to the Deposit Guarantee Law were passed in accordance with an agreement reached at the meeting of the Council of Economic and Finance Ministers (ECOFIN) on 7 October 2008 to increase minimum guaranteed deposits in the European Union (EU) member states to 50 000 euros.
The Financial and Capital Market Commission (FCMC) ensures accumulation and management of the funds in the Deposit Guarantee Fund (the Fund). According to the 2008 semi-annual data, LVL 77.7 million were accumulated in the Fund by the end of July.
Initially, in 1998 the Fund was made up of a single payment from the Government budget totalling 0.5 million lats and a single payment of the Bank of Latvia totalling 0.5 million lats . Currently, the funds have been accumulated from quarterly payments of deposit takers, i.e. banks and credit unions (in the amount as specified by the Deposit Guarantee Law), as well as income obtained as a result of managing the funds of the Fund.
For instance, additional income from managing the funds of Fund in 2007 amounted to 2.4 million lats that was ensured by FCMC by making investments in the Latvian treasury bonds. Moreover, the Fund has been supplemented by a single payment in the amount of 50 000 lats made by a new deposit taker when obtaining an operating licence and a single payment in the amount of 100 lats made by a credit union.
In accordance with the Deposit Guarantee Law, in the occurrence of a case of unavailability of deposits in the Fund for paying out the guaranteed compensations, such payments shall be made from the Government budget via FCMC. Since the establishment of the Fund, there has been no such case of unavailability of deposits in Latvia where compensations shall be paid from the Fund.
Regarding the deposits in the branches of foreign banks, the deposit guarantee system of the foreign country where the bank is registered applies to these deposits. The decision of the Council of Economic and Finance Ministers (ECOFIN) to increase minimum guaranteed deposits to 50 000 euros is binding also to other EU member states where that threshold is not yet reached .
At present, there are 26 banks in Latvia five of which are branches of foreign banks.
Information prepared by FCMC, if any further information required regarding the deposit guarantee system in Latvia please contact FCMC (phone: +371 67774800 or +371 67774807; e-mail: email@example.com)


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CDF Youth Gala
Mar 17 , 2019 • Patricia McBride and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux Center for Dance
Pricing:Adults - $15, Students - $10
The Charlotte Dance Festival Youth Gala brings together area dance studios, academic school dance programs and universities to share their artistry with each other in a performance.
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Live at The Greek Theatre
Los Angeles, California
May 1st, 2015
Review and Photos by Travis Baumann
Delain is a Dutch Symphonic Metal band that has returned to North America, this time opening up for fellow Symphonic Metal legends, Nightwish.
Delain centers around an enigmatic young woman named Charlotte Wessels who handles all the vocals for the band and acts as the charismatic focal point for their stage presence.
Joined on stage by keyboardist and founder of the band, Martijn Westerholt , Timo Somers on guitar, Ruben Israel on Drums, and Otto Schimmelpennicnk van der Oije on bass, these musicians round out the band that stands beside her.
Their music is a combination of soaring synthesizer leads and orchestrated atmospherics with a heavy does of metal guitar and bass and beautiful melodic vocals.
Tonight they were playing The Greek Theatre, an outdoor amphitheater in the hills of Griffith Park on the east end of Hollywood. The sun had not yet set as the band came out so the last light of day turning to dusk set the mood beyond the stage.
The set began with "Mother Machine" off of their 2012 release, "We Are The Others". Heavy bass riffage takes over where the cinematic introduction leaves off.
Charlotte's voice is beautiful and at times reminds of my of Siouxsie Sioux but fits right in with all the other great female singers out there in the Symphonic Metal genre.
Delain continued with another song off the previous album with "Get the Devil Out of Me", a crowd favorite that got the audience rowdy as they hurried into the venue to not miss anything with the concert's early start.
They moved to a song off the latest release, "The Human Contradiction" with the super catchy "Army of Dolls". It has a great synth opening that builds up to the chorus of Charlotte singing "Do you want me?". The answer from the audience was obvious as they ate up the uplifting, powerful music.
"Stardust" came from the latest album as well as it built up from an electronic orchestration accompanied by soft vocals until it punches in at full throttle. The stars were just starting to become visible as she sang "Bring me the starlight...".
"The Gathering" brought a surprise treat with Marco from Nightwish coming out to join the band and sing a duett with Charlotte.
Being the opening band and having two amazing bands with Sabaton and Nightwish coming after them, their set was a truncated affair and they sang "Not Enough" which could not have been truer as their time was nearly up.
They finsihed with the fan favorite "We Are the Others" from the album of the same name, which is a great way to finish up as it really has become their anthem.
It was a great performance, albeit too short but a great way to start the night out.
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The walkthrough guide for Top of the LIST Misc Mission in Starfield. Includes how to complete the quest, how to find habitable planet, rewards and more!
|How To Unlock||Speak with Phil Hill|
|Rewards||Exp: 200 XP|
Credit: 1125 (value of Data)
- Speak to Phil Hill
- Identify a Potential List Recruit by Eavesdropping
- Sign up Settler for the List
- Survey a habitable planet
- Sell a habitable planet survey data to List
Speak To Phil Hill
To activate the mission, speak to Phil Hill in Cydonia. He is located inside the Broken Spear at one of the tables.
Identify A Potential Recruit
First you will want to recruit a potential individual. There is a quest marker on one of the ladies in the back of Broken Spear. Head to her and activate a conversation to start a Persuasion process.
|+3||Don't sell yourself short. You can do this!|
|+4||Give yourself more credit. You got this.|
When you complete the Persuasion option, you will receive 1,300 Credits as an extra reward.
Survey A Habitable Planet
The main goal for this quest is to find a habitable planet. You will have to scan an entire planet to get the Survey Data. We completed this quest by surveying the planet Piazzi I.
Piazzi I Data
Sell Habitable Planet Survey Data
Once you have completed the entire scanning process, you will receive a Survey Data slate. You can sell this to Phil and he will reward you with XP points. The value of each slate might vary with the planet you survey.

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Attendance Zoning Process for New Middle Schools
Little Elm ISD will establish attendance zones to accommodate the District's two new middle schools, Strike Middle School and Walker Middle School, with the help of a zoning committee. The District's new middle schools are part of the 2017 Bond package voters approved in November. Both middle schools are scheduled to open in the fall of 2020.
Timeline of Zoning Activities
- Report plan of action to Little Elm ISD Board of Trustees
- Zoning website goes live after Board meeting
- Social media promotion of website, process, and timeline
- Zoning committee application goes live
- Determine members of middle school attendance zoning committee and establish meeting dates, times, and locations
- Committee meeting #1 - October 9, 2018 (Zellars Center for Learning & Leadership)
- Committee meeting #2 (if needed) - October 11, 2018 (Zellars Center for Learning & Leadership)
- Community meeting #1 - Tuesday, November 6, 2018 (Lakeside Middle School, 6:00 p.m.)
- Community meeting #2 - Thursday, November 8, 2018 (Prestwick STEM Academy, 6:00 p.m.)
- Present committee recommendations to Board of Trustees at the Board meeting on Monday, November 26. 6:30 p.m.


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|Title:||Suspected acute hemolytic transfusion reaction mediated by anti-Di(a)|
|Authors:||Bennett, A;Boyapati, RK;Hong, Frank S|
|Citation:||Immunohematology 2015; 31(4): 163-165|
|Abstract:||Anti-Di(a) can mediate hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn, but it is unclear if it can cause hemolytic transfusion reactions (HTRs). To date, there has only been one report of a possible immediate HTR attributed to anti-Di(a). Our case report details an immediate HTR due to anti-Di(a) in a patient with pre-existing liver failure. This reaction triggered multi-organ failure, and the patient subsequently died. This case also highlights the importance of considering HTRs even when routine antibody screening has been unremarkable, particularly when electronic crossmatch is used, because of the potential for an alloantibody against a low-prevalence antigen.|
|Subjects:||Rho(D) Immune Globulin|
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Spring has sprung in the Sacramento area, and that means business is good for vendors at farmers’ markets.
“It was so busy, we had to run to the farm in between to pick fresh stuff and run back here,” vendor Rachel Hubbard said.
Sacramento is the self-proclaimed Farm-to-Fork capital of the country, and it’s evident at the farmers’ market under Highway 50 along W Street.
“In the spring they want to cleanse, they want to start over fresh. And so it’s a good time to start eating fresh local produce,” vendor Billie Jean Salle said.
Shoppers were at the market Sunday looking for everything from cheese to oranges to bread.
For a complete list of Sacramento-area farmers’ markets, click here.


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Gallery: Advancing to round 2
Published 10:17 pm Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Lake Mills beats Belmond-Klemme for the 3rd time this year
LAKE MILLS — The Lake Mills softball team advanced past Belmond-Klemme Tuesday with a 7-3 win over the Broncos in the first round of the Region 2 tournament of Class 2A.
The first run of the game was driven in by Megan Johnson, and the Bulldogs held a 2-1 lead through the first two innings.
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The Lake Mills defense bent but did not break early in the game. Belmond-Klemme was limited to one run in the second, third and fourth innings.
“After we had a few errors, we regrouped,” Lake Mills head coach Rick Orban said. “They got one run, we got the outs, and we got out of the innings. We played pretty good defense from the second inning on.”
The Broncos took their first lead of the game in the fourth (3-2), but the Bulldogs responded with two runs in the fifth to take the lead right back.
Jurnee Peña made her way around the bases on a triple by Amelia Evenson, and Evenson scored on one of Sarah Orban’s two doubles.
“We loaded the bases twice previously, and we just couldn’t get a hit to get going,” coach Orban said. “I just told the girls that it will come, because we’ve hit the ball well all year.
“The girls said they could do it, and they never gave up at any point in the game.”
After a scoreless sixth inning for both teams, Lake Mills put itself in the driver’s seat in the top of the seventh. The Bulldogs had runners on second and third with no outs en route to adding three more runs.
Lake Mills pitcher Emily Orban held Belmond-Klemme at bay in the bottom of the seventh to secure the win.
Orban went the distance as the Bulldogs’ pitcher. She struck out five batters and allowed one walk.
“Emily pitched one heck of a game, and the girls continued to hit the ball well,” coach Orban said.
Sarah Orban led the Bulldogs at the plate with three hits and a pair of RBIs, and Johnson added three hits and an RBI.
“We have kids of all ages on the team, and we try to be leaders out there — the three seniors,” Johnson said.
The senior trio is Johnson, Peña and Randi Dilly.
“The seniors really stepped up,” Lake Mills head coach Rick Orban said. “I was proud of all three of them. They were very focussed.”
The Bulldogs swept the home and away series with the Broncos 12-3 and 10-4 during the regular season.
In the second round of the the tournament, Lake Mills will play North Union, the No. 1 ranked team in the state, at Swea City at 7 p.m. today. The Bulldogs will try to repeat last season’s postseason win over the Warriors. In 2012, Lake Mills was swept by North Union 6-0 and 8-0 in the regular season, but the Bulldogs upset the Warriors 9-7 in the regional tournament before losing to Emmetsburg 3-1.
“I’ve told the girls that we’ve got nothing to lose,” coach Orban said. “If we go in and play good defense and maybe get a run early maybe deja vu will come back.
“We’ve done it once, and we can do it again. The girls believe they can, and that’s the main thing.”
Lake Mills is 13-13 overall, and North Union has an overall record of 31-2.


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World Cup Football Quiz is a fun quiz game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Play modes include Single Player, Multi-player, Pass 'n Play (on one device) and Multi-player over Bluetooth.
- Single Player mode
- Multi-player mode
- Brain Race mode (Practice, Pass 'n Play and Bluetooth
- Ability to customize background image
- Pause game mode
- Unlimited lives and Unlimited Time modes
- High score table
One of the most advanced and fully featured trivia apps available.
Another great app by Tomsoft, creators of Voice Changer, Trivia Challenge, Brain Race, File Share and Alien Axis.


Ever wondered what our young Sun might have looked like in its infancy some five billion years ago?
The audacious JWST has captured an image of a very young star much like our young Sun, though the star itself is obscured. Instead, we see supersonic jets of gas. Young stars can blast out jets of material as they form, and the jets light up the surrounding gas. The luminous regions created by the jets as they slam into the gas are called Herbig-Haro Objects.
In March 2022, astronomers announced the discovery of the farthest known star via an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. They named it Earendel, after the old English name for “morning star”. Now, JWST’s Near-infrared Camera (NIRCam) and its NIRSpec spectrometer have taken a look at the same star and revealed more details about it.
We’ve been getting plenty of spectacular images from the James Webb Space Telescope since it began operations last year. Fraser even covered everything we learned from it in a video a few weeks ago. But the news keeps coming, and recently a science team known as the Prime Extra-Galactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science (PEARLS) team released a series of four papers describing Webb’s observations of a galaxy cluster known as El Gordo (“the fat one” in Spanish). But what’s more – they also released another absolutely stunning picture.
The more astronomers look at the early Universe, the more discoveries they make. Some of those finds change what they thought they knew about the infancy of the cosmos. For example, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently found evidence of carbon-based molecules and dust existing only a billion years after the Big Bang. It looks a bit different from the dust observed later in the Universe.
As astronomers push our views of the Universe further back in time, their telescopes keep uncovering surprises. That’s the case with a supermassive black hole in CEERS 1019, a distant very early galaxy.
We can gaze out into regions in our neighbourhood of the Milky Way and find orgies of star birth. The closest region is in the Orion nebula, where astronomers have identified more than 700 young stars. They range from only 100,000 years—mere infancy for a star—to over a million years.
But we’re more than 13 billion years after the Big Bang now. What was star formation like way back when, when conditions in the Universe were so different?
Just because there’s no Mini-Neptune in our Solar System doesn’t mean they’re not common. They appear to be widespread throughout the Milky Way, and according to NASA, are the most common exoplanet type. GJ 1214 b is one of them.
If we want to know what it’ll look like in about 4.5 billion years when our galaxy merges with Andromeda, we might take a look at ARP 220. ARP 220 is a pair of galaxies that are in the process of merging. The merging galaxies emit brilliant infrared light, and the James Webb Space Telescope captured that light in a vivid portrait.


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All videos and pictures in the movie were recreated featuring Christoph Waltz
, not the real Roy Black. The performance at the end of the movie (at the RTL Lion Award 1987) was the only footage featuring the real Roy Black. However, on the screen behind him was the video of Christoph Waltz. See more
While performing "Wahnsinn" in the studio of "Na Sowas Extra", the stage with the big flower in the background, Roy Black is collapsing on the stage. In reality the collapse happened after the performance off-stage. See more
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In the title card at the beginning of the movie, the words 'Roy Black' were written in the style, as the real Roy Black wrote them on an autograph card. See more
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The major U.K. credit card lenders announced last week plans to cut penalty charges by almost half their current rate. For issuers, this means finding new ways to generate yield that could translate into higher charges for the consumer.
The recent legal and regulatory challenges faced by the U.K. credit card industry will affect yield in the short term, but market sources believe that card issuers will find other avenues to replace that lost yield. The latest change comes via the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) investigation into penalty charges. The OFT said in March that credit card charges for late or missed payments were set at a significantly higher level than is economically fair and said that it would consider any penalty charge of more than GBP12 ($22) as being unfair.
Banks were given until May 31 to tell the OFT whether they would reduce their penalty charges, which typically average between GBP20 and GBP25. The major U.K. card lenders - Barclaycard, Lloyds TSB and HSBC - said that they plan to cut penalty charges to the suggested GBP12 limit. HBOS, Egg and the Royal Bank of Scotland have also announced that they intend to reduce penalty fees, though not by how much.
Deutsche Bank analysts estimate that late payment charges contribute between 2% to 3% to portfolio yield and estimated that a GBP15 cap on default charges could reduce the late payment fee yield contribution to around 1.5% to 2% of U.K. credit card trusts. In a report on the industry released last week, analysts at Moody's Investors Service said they expected that some credit card issuers are likely to supplement income by tapping other revenue streams, such as raising APRs or reintroducing annual fees, thereby limiting the potential impact on gross yield. Barclaycard has already indicated that it plans to recoup the lost revenue by increasing the credit card APRs for its 900,000 customers.
The fee reduction comes after a string of legal and regulatory changes that have faced credit card issuers over the past two years, beginning with the OFT looking into interchange fees charged by U.K. credit cards. That investigation found that the charges made by MasterCard restricted competition and, as a result, the OFT pressured U.K. companies to reduce these fees. While these charges are not considered for ratings purposes, any sudden reduction is also likely to impact U.K. credit card ABS trust yields and excess spread (ASR, 02/13/06).
The OFT is also in the early stages of an investigation into payment protection insurance, but market sources believe that the findings should have a limited impact on card issuers.
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Discrete Intervals - EDMX - Quantised Universe (Vinyl), Mario Escudero - Mario Escudero Y Su Guitarra Flamenca (Vinyl, LP, Album), Freedom Falling - Kärtsy* - aWay (CD, Album), So Long, Marianne - Leonard Cohen - So Long Marianne (CD), Alone Tonight - Genesis - Duke (Vinyl, LP, Album), Imaris Lullaby, Decoration Day Blues No. 2 - Sonny Boy Williamson - Decoration Day Blues No. 2 / Love Me, Baby (Shel, Thats Your Business - Joe Cocker - Joe Cocker! (Vinyl, LP, Album), Terracotta Caterpillar, I Cant Stand It - Eric Clapton - Another Ticket (Vinyl, LP, Album), Various - Blue Pacific Funk - Wailin On The West Coast (CD), Roots Mural Theme / Many Rains Ago (Oluwa) - Weapons Of Peace - Roots Mural Theme / Many Rains Ago (, Stop (To A Friend) - Santa Esmeralda Featuring Jimmy Goings - Dont Be Shy Tonight (Vinyl, LP, Album), Ne A Pénz... - Omen (19) - Jelek (CD, Album)
Featuring a solo lead vocal by Alfa Anderson, the song became a very successful follow-up to their iconic hit single " Le Freak ". In the United States, "I Want Your Love" reached number one on the Billboard Dance Club Songs in November and number five on .


Honda is teasing its loyal fans of the Civic.
In a recent announcement, Honda said that its Civic Type R Concept will be front and center at next month's Geneva Motor Show.
In advance of the big reveal, Honda released a teaser sketch of the stunning new car. The two-door hatchback sports a futuristic design that recalls something out of a Star Trek movie.
If the final result looks anything like the rendered image?


Alabama town mulls how to stop gator-feeding at city park
Gator Alley Boardwalk allows visitors a view of gators in the water below
A city park in south Alabama which features alligator viewing is open with new renovations, but there are concerns about safety after a gator dragged a toddler into a lake a Walt Disney resort in Florida.
Daphne's mayor says Gator Alley Boardwalk unique in that visitors can walk across a boardwalk to view the many gators in the water below.
There are signs warning visitors not to feed the gators, but he says police lack a way to enforce that.
City officials are now considering ordinances.


You can easily edit or delete your Routes.
To edit the Route:
- Select “Plan” > “Routes” to navigate to Routes page
- Click on the Route you want to edit and the Route will appear on the map
- Select "Edit Route" on the top right of the screen
To reorder stops in a Route:
- Scroll down to the Route itinerary
- Find the stop you want to reorder
- Click and drag the stop you wish to reorder and move it to where you want it in the Route
To delete stops in a Route:
- Select the box to the left of the stop number
- Once the stop has been selected, click "Delete Stop" in the bottom right of the screen
- If you are sure you want to delete, select "Yes, remove from Route now"
To rebuild a Route:
- Select "Edit Route" on the top right of your screen
- Click on an individual pin to remove it from the Route
- To add pins to the Route, you can either click on nearby pins and select "Add to Route" or search for a Record in the search menu
- When you are happy with your new Route, select "Save Route"
To rename a Route:
- Select “Plan” > “Routes” to navigate to the Routes page
- Select if you want "Company Routes" or "People Routes"
- Click on "List View"
- Click "Edit Name" to the right of the Route
- Enter your new Route name
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I can’t remember the last time I felt this way,
Let the good mood begin,
So happy again
That’s the way it’s supposed to be.
I can’t believe that just last week,
I was ready to end everything,
‘Cause things were getting out of hand,
But I guess that wasn’t my life plan,
Because still here I am.
It’s a dream I’ve been praying for,
Not knowing how to make it work,
But I think I’m starting to understand
I can only do what I can,
And I needed to become my own fan,
A girl with a plan.


With her win at Birmingham Sunday, 23-year-old Aussie Ashleigh Barty becomes the No. 1 player on the WTA Tour.
It’s an epic rise – not because of her talent, which has always been undeniable – but because it seemed to occur out of the blue.
Not many players go from winning at the French Open, head straight to the grass, and win again.
But Barty did it. She jumped into the top 10 after winning in Miami, and leaped to No. 2 after winning in Paris.
With the win in Birmingham, she took the final step to the top.
And in so doing, there’s no doubt she’s a big favorite for Wimbledon not only because of her current form, but because of her game.
Barty reached the third round at Wimbledon a year ago, losing to Daria Kasatkina (whose career, in 2019, has gone completely in the opposite direction after she hit the top 10 in 2018).
The Aussie has played on the final weekend at Wimbledon before. Back in 2013, she reached the doubles final (as well as the French and US Open doubles finals) with countrywoman Casey Dellacqua.
ON THE UPSWING
Ashleigh Barty (AUS): No. 2 =============> No. 1
Sofia Kenin (USA): No. 30 =============> No. 28 (This tough competitor wins in Mallorca, overcoming her last three opponents in three sets, and reaches a career high).
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT): No. 37=============> No. 35 (The Latvian won a couple of matches in Mallorca, but she has a long way to go).
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ): No. 43=============> No. 39 (Her second-round win over her in Birmingham helped knock Osaka out of the No. 1 spot).
Venus Williams (USA): No. 55 =============> No. 44 (She turned 39 during Birmingham, at which she received a wild card and lost to eventual champion Ashleigh Barty in the quarterfinals).
Maria Sharapova (RUS): No. 85 =============> No. 80 (The Russian finally returned last week in Mallorca, and won a match. She’ll play an exhibition match at Hurlingham before Wimbledon).
Kristyna Pliskova (CZE): No. 112 =============> No. 95 (A win over her twin in their first professional meeting helps the lefty get back into the top 100).
Monica Niculescu (ROU): No. 142 =============> No. 113 (Niculescu, who had been out a few months with injury, wins the Ilkley ITF and with it, a wild card for the Wimbledon main draw. Four of her five matches went three sets).
Barbora Krejcikova (CZE): No. 138 =============> No. 118 (Known mostly for her doubles success with Katerina Siniakova, the 23-year-old Czech has been winning at the ITF level in singles. She’s at a career high after winning a $60K event in Stare Splavy over Denisa Allertova in the final and stands at No. 6 in the doubles rankings).
Timea Babos (HUN): No. 139 =============> No. 124 (The French Open doubles champion with Kristina Mladenovic gets to the Ilkley final – with a Wimbledon main draw WC on the line – but falls in three to Niculescu. She had to get to London in a hurry to play the qualifying on Tuesday).
ON THE DOWNSWING
Naomi Osaka (JPN): No. 1 =============> No. 2 (After being No. 1 every single week since winning the Australian Open – despite a few close challenges from other top players that didn’t pan out – the Japanese star drops to No. 2 after Barty won Birmingham. Osaka lost in desultory fashion to Yulia Putintseva in the second round).
Camila Giorgi (ITA): No. 39 =============> No. 41 (She’s back for Eastbourne, but the Italian has played very little the last few months).
Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU): No. 42=============> No. 47
Alison Riske (USA): No. 49 =============> No. 54
Tatjana Maria (GER): No. 54=============> No. 65
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN): No. 78 =============> No. 79
Taylor Townsend (USA): No. 109 =============> No. 120
Samantha Stosur (AUS): No. 115 =============> No. 132 (The 35-year-old qualified at Eastbourne, and will be looking to improve that ranking significantly).
Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK): No. 84 =============> No. 141 (The graceful 30-year-old Slovak, a Wimbledon semifinalist two years ago, reached the final at Surbiton to start the grass season but has won just one match since. A year ago, she reached the Birmingham final, beating Karolina Pliskova, Kristina Mladenovic and Barbora Strycova but losing to Petra Kvitova in the final).
Dalila Jakupovic (SLO): No. 120 =============> No. 143
Johanna Larsson (SWE): No. 147 =============> No. 165 (On the plus side, she and Kirsten Flipkens won the doubles in Mallorca. On the minus side, the Swede has played the main draw at Wimbledon eight times in singles and has never won a match. In two previous tries in the qualifying, she won one match. So Larsson will be there, but probably doesn’t have huge expectations).


You’ve never seen Alberta quite like this before.
Exposure Photography Festival is an annual event that brings together the province’s most talented photographers for a full month of events, galleries, and workshops.
- New York Times features Calgary in recent travel piece
- Here are all the places participating in YYC Hot Chocolate Fest 2018
- Edmonton may have the most hilarious police Twitter account in Canada
Many of the events are free, allowing professionals, rookies, and viewers alike the chance to peruse the stunning work of photographers from all over Alberta.
The 2018 festival is the 14th annual event for Exposure, which, according to the event’s website, “seeks to expand awareness, to educate, inform, and delight.”
Over 25,000 attendees partake in the festival each year, and February’s calendar has a new gallery, workshop, or tour nearly every day of the month.
Budding photographers can have their portfolios examined by experts in the community for feedback and networking opportunities, though registration for this aspect of the festival requires registration and a fee of $63.
Other events include meet ups, walking tours, workshops, and, of course, more than a few gallery openings.
A highlight of the festival is THE FENCE, a travelling photography exhibit that will be located along the Peace Bridge and snake into West Eau Claire Park – yes, it’s that long.
THE FENCE has been previously featured in Brooklyn, Boston, Atlanta, Houston, Santa Fe, Durhan, and Denver, and is now coming to Calgary.
When: February 1 to 28, 2018
Time: Varies depending on event, check schedule for details
Where: Varies depending on event, check schedule for details
Tickets: Many events are free to attend, though some require registration and a fee. Check the event calendar for details


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Filaments.directory has teamed up with renowned 3D designer Augustin Flowalistik to create a 3D printable planter that will change the way you think about the potential of 3D printing. This functional device is equipped with an IoT module that will monitor the humidity of your plant’s soil, while also sprucing up the look of your home.
Our DIY planter will measure humidity every 15 minutes, sending the data directly to the Adafruit cloud. Using an IFTTT, you can connect to the Adafruit API and constantly keep up-to-date with the latest value. The IoT module even allows you add actions to automate the reception of this data through SMS messaging, Twitter, and others.
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Antique car show
East Haddam - posted Jun, 07 2013
EAST HADDAM- Belltown Antique Car Club will present its 47th Annual Vintage Motor Car Meet on Aug. 4 at the Haddam Neck Fairgrounds off Rte. 151 in East Hampton. All stock, unmodified cars and trucks built from the dawn of the motoring age through 1971 are welcome to be shown and eligible for judging. Trophies to be awarded for 24 classes at 3 p.m. A display-only area for 1972-82 collector vehicles (not judged), including hot rods, will be provided. Show also includes a flea market catering to the old car hobby and a car corral for collector cars for sale. Food and soft drinks available on premises. Show car entry fee is $5 and includes driver and passengers. Spectator admission $5 per person ($3 for Seniors 65+, children under 12 Free when accompanied by an adult). Show is held rain or shine, field conditions permitting, and always on the first Sunday in August. All antique car enthusiasts are welcome, and you are sure to enjoy a wide variety of cars and trucks, from brass-era models, recognized Classics of the 30's, post-war sports cars and fabulously finned 50's, to pick-ups and 60's muscle cars. Bring the family and enjoy the day. Better yet, bring your old car and let others enjoy it, too. Additional infdormation is available at www.belltownantiquecarclub.org.


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What does a failure to launch program do?
While we talk about a failure to launch program is we sometimes forget to describe what is a successful launch. It is best to look at successfully launching as transitioning into adulthood smoothly. Most recently, adulthood is defined as education, career, marriage, and family. A successful launch I would define as being on that path and working towards those goals.
Developmentally we could look at is some form of sensory motor, neuromotor, social and/or learning skills. Beginning the acquisition of these skills is the beginning of the path towards successfully launching to adulthood. This process starts during childhood beginning with parental attachment. As the child’s environment becomes more complex they begin dealing with different challenges in their lives.
Children have to face the big questions of: Who am I? What is my sexuality? What concerns me outside of self? While facing these questions as children grow up they begin to answer them and determine what is the next part of their evolution. Launching requires a belief in one’s ability to succeed which is learned during adolescence. Following this they prepare for adulthood.
Becoming an adult
Adulthood requires the motivation to be an adult. Acting upon that motivation and development of long term goals. Being clear about these goals and the ability to stay focused on these goals. The ability to be resilient when one meets challenges or failure in pursuit of one’s goals. In short, if a child comes out of adolescence motivated to be independent, trying to become independent, developing long term goals, staying focused on these goals and not being derailed, and resiliency in the face adversity we would say that an individual is successfully launching and is on their way towards completing the transition into adulthood.
At Penrith Farms the focus is on identifying where an individual has lost their way and training them to be ready to transition. Consequently this is done by teaching life skills, individual and group counseling, and participating in our young adult program.

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Chicago based freshmen Vic Mensa delivers the tag-less version of his Michael Uzowuru produced track “Major Payne”, Originally featured on XXL’s 2014 Freshmen mixtape, hosted by DJ Drama. lookout for Vic’s Street Lights EP, due out later this year.
I know when that hotline bling....
Following her latest EP Up in Smoke, singing sexiness Tiara Thomas returns with her newest release “Trust Me” produced by Ryan...
Jabee delivers another dope Gem
Raury and KRIT drop some Knowledge.
Off The Space Between, set to release November 11th.
Harlem's Tim Vocals Remixes The Weeknd on 'The Pills'
Dopeness from Philly songstress Andrea Valle