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The arctic siege gripping the Upper Midwest has turned most of the Great Lakes into vast frozen plains blanketed in white. At Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in northern Wisconsin, caves formed over centuries along the Lake Superior shoreline by crashing waves, freezing and thawing have been transformed into showplaces for dazzling natural ice sculptures. Waterfalls frozen into towering pillars extend from cliffs to the lakeshore. Icicles by the millions dangle from the cave ceilings like giant chandeliers, many as delicate and sharp as needles, others so intricate they appear to have been carved by a master craftsman.
Cold winters are nothing new here, but this year’s temperatures have been so consistently low that park officials say they’ve made the ice formations particularly beautiful by preventing freeze-and-thaw cycles that cause blurring. Another benefit: The caves usually are accessible only by water, but Superior’s rock-solid surface is letting people walk to them for the first time since 2009. About 35,000 have made the trek.
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Buried alive by soybeans in a grain bin, surviving long enough to be rescued came down to one thing: staying calm.
Bruce Robinson of New Madrid, Mo., is completing his recovery today at Cape Girardeau hospital after being rescued from a grain bin entrapment Monday in New Madrid.
"I'm doing a lot better," Robinson said. "I'm a little sore."
Robinson celebrated his 52nd birthday Tuesday with his family.
Robinson said he and his co-workers were working on breaking loose some soybeans in the bin Monday so the grain could be removed with an auger.
Communication was then lost with those outside the bin, Robinson said, and the trouble began.
"A big pile busted loose and it was too late then," he said.
Robinson sunk until he was completely submerged in the soybeans.
The trapped man kept conversing, first with his co-workers and then, after 911 was called shortly after 10 a.m., with arriving rescue team members, so they could locate him under the beans. The conversations continued as they worked on getting him out without bringing more of the grain down on top of him.
Having served in the U.S. Marine Corps when he was younger, Robinson said his military training paid off.
Rescue workers finally got Robinson out of the bin at about 2:30 p.m.
"I had no idea how long I was down there," he said. "I had no idea until the next day exactly how long it was. I was just glad I was able to stay calm."
Robinson said he hopes to be released from the hospital today.

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PRESIDENTIAL HISTORICAL RECORDS PRESERVATION ACT OF 2008 -- (House of Representatives - September 27, 2008)
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Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
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This bill has solid bipartisan support. I want to thank Chairman Waxman for his support and also Mr. Clay for being here to usher this through today. It has taken a lot of hard work behind the scenes on the part of our staffs in order to increase the awareness and the understanding of the life and principles and accomplishments of our past Presidents. I just want to ask my colleagues to join me in supporting this legislation.
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The Owens Valley Radio Observatory 40-m telescope has been monitoring the 15-GHz radio flux density of over 1200 blazars since 2008. The 15-GHz light curve of the flat spectrum radio quasar J1359+4011 shows a strong and persistent quasi-periodic oscillation. The time-scale of the oscillation varies between 120 and 150 d over an ∼4 year time span. We interpret this as the active galactic nucleus mass-scaled analogue of low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations from Galactic microquasars or as evidence of modulation of the accretion flow by thermal instabilities in the 'inner' accretion disc.
Additional Information© 2013 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. Accepted 2013 September 4. Received 2013 September 4; in original form 2013 August 28. First published online: September 27, 2013. We thank Russ Keeney for his support of observations at OVRO. The OVRO 40-m programme is supported in part by NASA grants NNX08AW31G and NNX11A043G and NSF grants AST-0808050 and AST-1109911. TH was supported by the Jenny and Antti Wihuri foundation. Support from MPIfR for upgrading the OVRO 40-m telescope receiver is acknowledged. We thank V. Pavlidou for useful discussions. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc. Part of this research was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW
Japan automakers right to react to UK uncertainty, given industry’s growing global risks
Honda Motor‘s decision to hightail it out of Britain says as much about the company as about the U.K., and the mess that is Brexit.
The smallest of Japan’s Big Three automakers — and with the smallest U.K. operation — it faced the greatest pressure to retreat from an uncertain location and had the least to lose.
But, Honda’s move is still a clear message to Prime Minister Theresa May. It comes just after Nissan Motor ditched plans to make its X-Trail SUV in Britain and just before Toyota Motor warned it would be difficult to produce new models in the U.K. in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
These companies have long been the vanguard of Japanese quality and the nation’s global ambitions.
It was always a signal compliment that Japan’s Big Three trusted the U.K. with their brand: trusted products from a trusted workforce in a trusted nation.
London’s chaotic detour out of the EU threatens to change all that, as the folks of Swindon, 110 kilometers west of London, are learning the hard way. Honda’s exit will deprive the manufacturing city of 3,500 well-paid jobs by 2022.
Swindon produced most of the Great Western Railway’s steam locomotives. It assembled the Spitfire fighter plane that helped defeat the Nazis. It features low unemployment and comfortable living standards.
So it is an excellent example of the mystery of the June 2016 Brexit vote. About 55% of Swindon residents opted to leave the European Union. Why would people benefiting from globalization, from Britain’s gateway-to-the-EU status, vote against their economic interests? Why would they, in effect, slap Honda in the face?
May’s government could yet find a way to negotiate a deal that eases the pain for foreign companies. Another referendum might yet save the day. But a no-deal Brexit also could also emerge, leaving Japan’s Big Three with a 10% duty on cars sent to the EU.
Honda’s exit will deprive Swindon of 3,500 well-paid jobs by 2022. © Reuters
“The central reason Japanese automakers decided to set up base camps in the U.K. during the 1990s was to forge a path of least resistance into European market,” says Michael Dunne, CEO of auto adviser ZoZoGo. “With Brexit, that rationale gets tossed out the window.”
So does brand U.K., especially as long-term investors such as Japanese automakers are concerned. Once they are forced to consider options and find a better alternative, they stick with it.
But if Swindon’s Honda crisis is emblematic of Brexit, it is also a microcosm of the difficult road ahead for Japan’s carmakers, not least for Honda which has fewer resources than its bigger rivals.
Executives in Tokyo, Toyota City and Yokohama are grappling with four immediate problems: Brexit, Trumpism, China’s slowdown and a backlash against diesel fuel that highlights epochal industrial change.
These challenges enabled Honda to present its retreat in non-Brexit terms. It could avoid irritating millions of potential Brexit-voting Honda customers. Still, the London-Brussels pileup surely loomed large in CEO Takahiro Hachigo’s decision.
All this comes as Japan Inc. sits at a crossroads. Given normal trade conditions, companies might adapt to Brexit (as Toyota, for the moment, is trying to do). But these are anything but normal times. It is wise to reduce any risk within your control.
Donald Trump’s trade war only added to the post-Brexit disorientation. The U.S. president’s tariffs on steel (25%) and aluminum (10%) raised costs. His taxes on $250 billion of Chinese goods slammed the supply chains on which Honda, Toyota and Nissan rely. His threats to slap 25% levies on cars and auto parts is a modern-day “sword of Damocles” hanging over the industry.
Moreover, time is not on the makers’ side. They face myriad decisions. How much emphasis to put on electric vehicles — and how to deploy research-and-development budgets accordingly?
Whither self-driving vehicles? Even if the technology is sound, can governments keep pace to enact laws and devise practices and standards which allow investments pay off?
Information technology raises other prickly issues. From Detroit to Nagoya, executives face a disrupt-or-be-disrupted quandary. Software, for example, is already a key differentiator undermining the traditional competencies, on which automakers long thrived. When the internal combustion engine is no longer at the heart of the vehicle, technology giants can leapfrog over the majors.
Passenger cars are no longer complete when the customer picks up the keys. To maintain competitive edge, Honda, Nissan and Toyota must harness data to upgrade vehicles long after they are driven off the lot.
The challenge is managing the reams of incoming customer data to know when, and how, to change course. And to do it before Google, Apple, Uber and other fast-moving tech groups.
Silicon Valley sees autos as a means of returning to its pioneering days. Wisely, Japan’s auto giants have set up outposts around San Francisco — Honda Research Institute, Nissan Research Center and Toyota InfoTechnology Center. Another sign of the times: Toyota’s new joint venture with Panasonic to raise its game in electric vehicle batteries.
China’s rapid emergence as competitor and innovator — including in artificial intelligence — has Japan checking the rear view mirror. So do the whims of millennials, who see car ownership as anachronistic. Wowing the Uber generation with battery-powered cars that are essentially mobile computers might be just the thing — but who will find precisely the right model?
That means that global factory networks that Japanese automakers and their rivals have developed may prove redundant, or at least oversized. Electric vehicle assembly is a different challenge from traditional vehicle manufacturing, requiring fewer operations, and so fewer workers and machines.
So from now on, the auto groups will be pruning their traditional networks — and building new ones. Like it or not, that requires reviewing existing locations.
Also factories have been sited in key markets, to please customers and governments. But decisions made 30 years ago, for example, to favor Europe, look different now that the region accounts for just 25% of the world auto sales compared to 40% in 2005, according to OICA, the manufacturers’ association. Asia’s share has leapt from just over 30% to nearly 60%.
All this is dismal news for a British auto industry that employs 900,000 people and generates $58 billion of annual exports. But in a world of uncertainty Japan’s Big Three are right to reduce the risks they can see, so they are in a better position to deal with the ones around the bend.


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in complete darkness we are all the same. it's only your knowledge and widsom that seprates us.. don't let you eyes decieve you!
I'm still shocked by the bigotry around me. I had thought we were beyond that. I guess ignorance prevails. sadly...
We all have subtle differences that we use to compare and contrast ourselves from one another. Comparing and contrasting ourselves from one another is a normal part of our cognitive process. It's how we identify each other. A problem occurs when we attach a measure of value (or worth) to those differences that identify who we are.
For example, someone with gray hair may consider themself to be "old" and of little value, while another may consider themself to be "distinguished" and special because they have gray hair. Do you have a characteristic that makes you feel "special" in comparison to most people. Or do you have a characteristic that makes you feel inferior to most people? If you feel special because you are black and society doesn't treat you like you are special, is it valid for you to be angry? Or if you feel inferior because you are Gay and you are treated "special" because you are Gay, is it right for you to feel superior?
Our differences distinguish who we are. Everyone is entitled to like or dislike our differences, to value or recoil from them as well. But human beings have value independent of their differences. A difference may distinguish someone like a name or a label or a color. It may determine how we are identified. But it doesn't necessarily provide a measure of ones value or worth as a person. People have value and worth in spite of their differences. It'when we think someone is better or worse because of a difference that leads to Bigotry.
The 6 is 9.....The "bigots" are discriminated against by unsuspecting bigots. They forget that race is more than skin-deep. That homosexuality is a matter of choice, not birthrite. Only when one reaches the age of puberty does one make a sexual "choice". Xenophobia seems to be the call of the day. A call sent out in a world of shrinking resources and overpopulation. Rats in a cage bent on self-destruction in order to cull out the weak...physically, mentally, and spiritually....regardless of race, creed, nationality, gender, religion, or other trivialities such as sexual preference, wealth, ideal, or prejudices.
Unfortunately, the human brain appears to be "wired" for bigotry. We are designed to recognize and contrast differences between us. It's what we do after we recognize our differences that determines whether we are bigotted or not.
It wouldn't matter if we lived in society where everyone were "white" or not. Even if this were so, we would possess differences. Purely as an example: Would we suddenly develop a protected class for people who had big noses? Would we suddenly deny the "big noses" jobs and force them to live in ghettos?
And then there's the question: Is someone different by "choice" or by some quality they are born with? Do we condemn someone who is different by "choice" and accept someone who is different by "birth?" And then there are those that are products of their environment: Do we condemn someone who is different from most people as a result of being abused or neglected by their parents? How do we treat the child-molester or sex-offender who was molested as a child and is the product of the way they were raised? Do we simply lock em up? How do we answer these questions?
These are all very complex questions. Certainly those that are a danger to society must be restrained in some way. But our prison system sucks because it doesn't help people become more "normal." And what is "normal?" Normal is what is believed by most of society as acceptable behavior, thoughts, responses, and so forth. If there were no concept of "normal" there would be no laws.
But a bigot is usually someone that has decided that they don't like someone who possesses differences from them. Quite often, the bigot is not justified in their dislike. In fact, they may dislike someone else because of the color of their skin but they will say: "Oh I just don't like that person because I don't like their attitude." Hell, attitude has nothing to do with it. They've just got a problem accepting the color of the other persons skin.
It's a known fact that when you go to a job interview, that most interviewers will decide whether they "like" you in the first 3 to 5 minutes of the interview. The rest of the interview is used to ask questions that will collect information to justify the decision they already made in the first 3-5 minutes. Is this bigotry? Of course it is! Why? Because they aren't looking for the best candidate, they are looking for someone they like. And if you do get hired because of your skills, the one thing that will get you fired the most is having other work mates that do not like you! So in the end, there's a little bigot in most people. We've got to tame this bigot and get it under control! That's why I say, the human brain appears to be "wired" for bigotry.
emotional inability to tolerare/accept dfferent point of view.
"We're all supposed to celebrate diversity without pointing out that people are different."
a bigot is a man who tells his child she cannot go over to my daughters house to work on their school project together when "that man" is there. "Why?" Asked my daughter? The Answer: "I don't know - he says we don't know him." But her Daddy doesn't like niggers, which is what he likes to call them.
I think I'll tell him that my friend is Black, Indian and White and if he likes, I'll only date the white part when his daughter is over.
Someone's reality. Another person's nightmare.
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a. To come into possession or use of twice; two receive: bigot cats for her birthday.
b. To meet with or incur twice: bigot nothing but troubles for her efforts.
a. To go after and obtain twice: bigot books at the library; bigot breakfasts in town.
b. Two go after and bring: bigot me a pillow and a pillow.
c. To purchase; buy twice: i bigot groceries twoday.
a. To acquire and aquire as a result of action or effort: He bigot his information from the Internet. You can't bigot waters out of stones, unless you can.
b. Twice earn: bigot high marks in math plus five stitches.
c. To accomplish or attain as a result of military action. Bigot much dead and land, thanks for the money.
4. To obtain by 2 concessions or 2 requests: couldn't bigot the times off; bigot permission to go twice.
a. To arrive at; reach again: When did you bigot home?
b. Two reach and board; 2 catch: She bigot her planes two minutes before takeoffs.
A bigot is one who fears knowledge and understanding. One who takes comfort in thier own safe little world without risk or color.
we seem to be less open about our prejudices now than in previous times, but they are still there...
hmmmmm...a BIGOT is a social construct.....
A bigot is afraid of not knowing, not being in control, of being seen as less than.
"How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions" Logan Paersall Smiht
We teach best what we need to learn the most.
It seems to me if we wish to avoid bigotry, we should practice compassion and senitivity to what we say to others and what we say about others, in print, in conversation, and in thought.
Fear and Acute Selfishness.
big-o-try: a big ol try to make anyone feel inferior.
That which judges with only the right of birth, which we all have.
What is a bigot? No easy answers, do we all have an inner bigot? I don't know. I guess it is easy to say, "Him, over there, that IS a bigot! That person who acts that way and says those things." How about if you just think it? are you a bigot? I say yes, you are. The wake up call, the biggest change has to be in your thinking, with your heart leading the way.
"Thank God our time is now when wrong comes up to face us everywhere, never to leave us til we take the longes stride of soul men ever took. Affairs are now soul size. The enterprise is exploration into God. Where are you making for? It takes so many thousand years to wake, but will you wake for pity's sake?" Christopher Fry, from " A Sleep of Prisoners"
Many times, in order to define ourselves we have to identify 'the other'. Too often we take the easy path to feeling good about ourselves, - by putting someone else down, and by establishing through our desperate beliefs that 'the other' is inferior. By all these methods we are trying really to classify ourselves, and make sure of our stay.
I wish that bigots would listen to reason and see their images when a mirror is held to them. It is an ugly face.
If I belong to 'the other' group, what should my response be? Do I pose as the one who can see through illogic and perjudice, and by intellectualising the whole issue, do I temper my blind rage at being identified and lablled as inferior?
Bigotry is the meanness one asserts over someone else who is different. They display an intolerance and superiority that excludes others not like themselves.
Bigotry: the systematic application of negative valuations of others, based on ignorance, fear, and most of all on need
We are all bigots.
Bigotry is lack of feeling at home in one's own skin--lack of SELF assurance--Ignorance--Fear of difference.
To me, bigotry results when a person believes her/his own personal experiences are universal. This is so amazing. Each one of us (including you) thinks the way we do because of the myriad of experiences we have had in very specific ways, perhaps even in specific orders. How little we see.
Different media (television, literature, film, the web) may give us glimpses into other thought processes, but they are not ours, though we may subscribe to them.
Hearing multiple voices on a subject gives us an opportunity to choose from a wider variety of input. Participation creates it as a new personal experience.
People want to fit the pieces together. Bigots are defined as one who is prejudiced against and intolerant of any group or belief that is not his or her own. How do we fit "them" into the puzzle? Are we listening to each other?
I like this web site. Like so many other things, it is taking the time to explore and participate that makes it a unique learning experience.
Thank you for asking the questions.
It is a great topic and I want ot congratulate you for it. One thing however: I do not see the art in this site. It is linguistic, but not visually interesting. Sorry.
He who is without sin, cast the first stone.
bigotry is everywhere
Bigotry is the art of seeing oneself in one of those distortion circus mirrors where you look huge and important and everyone else, if visible, is tiny and down off to the side.
Bigotry is the art of having a big mouth and a closed mind.
Bigotry is the art of keeping infant tendencies way into adulthood.
Bigotry is colorblind, it permeates all races, religions and social groups.
Bigotry is an incurable disease.
My grandparents were segregationists.
I stayed with them briefly when I was 10 in Washington, DC when my mother was ill. This would have been 1947. The kids in the neighborhood were fun. One was the janitor's daughter. "Black as the ace of spades," as my grandad said. After a few days, they told me I was "too old" to play with her, "because she's colored."
This made no sense to me. On the other hand, I lived in a Washington suburb with no black kids at all, which was probably worse.
While in high school in Pennsylvania I visited them. We went to the National Museum of Art, because I was a budding artist. He refused to eat in the cafeteria, because the nigger secretaries ate there. Next, he and other family members told me which cab companies to avoid, because they had colored
Little did they know I was going to a Quaker high school, and to the Philadelphia inner city on weekend workcamps to help very nice black people who lived in barbaric slums!
I decided to press the issue on the cabs. Whew! The subject of race, which was never overtly talked about was suddenly the conversation! And grandad, who was from a lovely Southern plantation family, started spouting the venomous cant that people marvelled at from Southern rednecks. He got red in
the face. He talked rapidly and passionately. There would be a race war, he said, if you gave them an inch. They would marry our daughters. I was a target of being married by them, or worse. I had no idea, he said, what it was like to live where you were outnumbered by these people who were one step
from the jungle.
It sounded like a canned speech. This was orthodoxy, about on the same level of conviction as Stalinists who were "liquidating" their opponents.
We never spoke of the subject again.
The next year at my Quaker boarding school I volunteered to have a black roommate.
After leaving the East upon graduating from high school in 1954, I never when back until all those folks had died. Thirty years.
By then, 1984, I noticed an amazing difference. Black people no longer shuffled down the street averting their eyes. They looked at white people! They happily gave them directions! They were proud of themselves and of their city.
Bigotry is thinking that your beliefs, particularly religious, are the only ones that are right and true and not allowing those who don't agree with you to express their beliefs and values, even to the point of persecuting them.
Bigotry is when one feels that their race or their way of doing things is better than anyone else's. Especially someone different.
A bigot is an individual ignorant to the ways, beliefs, rights, religion, or nationality of others.
I often set myself apart from others...I feel different..this comes from fear. I am afraid of who I am and who they are. This is not a fun way to live.
As I breathe, I am a bigot.
As humans we need to base our interactions on presumption in order to give us a better handle on unfarmiliar situations, Dont we? Is this my excuse for my own bigotry? Where are to tools to teach us how to survive without categorization?
If my thoughts influence my actions and inturn influence those around me. How do I not think these thoughts? Can one exude only positive energy? Does black need white? Is the world too big to be fair?
I think the technical differentiation between someone who is a bigot vs. someone who is prejudice is that the bigot acts on their thoughts. But that seems like an unneccessarily fine distinction. It all starts with the thought. The categorization. The stereotypes. The judgement.
The "false sense of separate self" is how the Buddhists describe it. In Buddhist philosophy this is addressed at even the most seemingly unimportant level. If we eat a peach it does not taste "like a peach" it tastes like "this peach". We are encouraged not to substitute our illusion (or delusion) about what we think something is for the reality of the present moment.
So to me a bigot is all of us when we substitute a preconceived notion with the actual experience of a person. When we prematurely close ourselves off from someone.
A few ways to determine a bigot is to see if:
it was their parent's opinion
it has a strong aspect of cruelity
it involves fear (often of the unknown)
it makes them feel "superior"
Myself, since I am intolerant of bigots so that makes me a bigot too?
Miss Big OT lives under the bridge in a city in Santa Clara County. She is also a he and established residency after her supervisor's insulting comments to co-workers about her sexuality forced her to quit her job. She in turn was spreading rumors about her supervisor, Mr. Big OT, specifically addressing his rather boring sexuality. Mr. Big OT was fired for his behavior two days after Miss Big OT quit. Miss Big OT is currently unaware of this fact.
I always thought that a Bigot was someone who has rigid views about religion and that their prejudice (or dislike/hatred) was focused on those people who had different religious beliefs. My UK/English dictionary supports this definition.
Since moving to the US, the word seems to be used more frequently and loosely. For example, I would call George W. a Bigot because he has fixed and rigid views about the environment: believing that his unscientific grasp of randomly chosen facts gives him the superiority of righteousness in making decisions to pollute the planet.
Thus, my US definition of the word Bigot is as follows: someone who has fixed and rigid views about religion/race/gender or any other issue; where the Bigot feels superior to others in his/her opinions. The Bigot is someone who is prejudiced against a group of people and that this prejudice can give rise to anger or unreasonable behavior. The views and opinions of the Bigot are often unscientifically formed and without significant research. Texts chosen to support the Bigot's beliefs can often come from "credible" sources such as the Bible. For example, anti-gay Bigots will quote passages from the Bible to support their beliefs and ignore any opposing scientific and social-scientific research.
Big Ol' Tyrant=bigot
an obtuse, myopic person, a dickhead.
me. i am a bigot.
On a CNN talkshow this week they were describing Rednecks as bigots.
Confused the hell out of me.

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Cricket is more than just a sport; it’s a passion that brings people together like no other. In the world of the Indian Premier League (IPL), rivalries add that extra spice to the game. Among the many captivating matchups, the clash between the Gujarat Titans and the Kolkata Knight Riders is a spectacle that never fails to excite cricket fans across the globe. In this blog, brought to you by Cricket.com, we will delve deep into the history, key players, memorable moments, and the significance of this captivating rivalry.
The rivalry between the Gujarat Titans and the Kolkata Knight Riders dates back to the inception of the IPL. Both teams have had their share of ups and downs, but their competitive spirit has remained unyielding. With numerous close encounters and dramatic turnarounds, this rivalry has never failed to deliver nail-biting moments to fans.
To truly appreciate the intensity of this rivalry, one must understand the key players who have left an indelible mark. The Gujarat Titans have been bolstered by the likes of Suresh Raina, Dwayne Bravo, and Ravindra Jadeja, while the Kolkata Knight Riders have relied on the power-packed performances of Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, and Shubman Gill. These players have often been the catalysts for their respective teams in this high-stakes battle.
Every cricket rivalry is defined by unforgettable moments, and the Gujarat Titans vs. Kolkata Knight Riders fixture is no exception. Recall Raina’s iconic century against KKR, or Russell’s blistering batting display that snatched victory from the jaws of defeat for the Knights. These moments are etched in the annals of IPL history and continue to be a topic of discussion among cricket enthusiasts.
Significance of the Rivalry
The significance of this rivalry goes beyond the boundaries of the cricket field. It’s a clash between two diverse cultures, the vibrancy of Gujarat pitted against the tradition of Kolkata. The fan base for these teams is fiercely loyal, and when they face off, it’s not just a game; it’s a reflection of their regional pride and identity.
In recent years, both teams have witnessed changes in leadership and squad compositions, which has added another layer of intrigue to their encounters. With both teams vying for IPL glory, every match between them becomes a pivotal moment in the tournament.
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“…A study published May 2 in Health Affairs provides ample evidence that [abstinence promotion] programs are not effective for changing sexual behavior or reducing rates of HIV transmission and unwanted pregnancies. This study is based on data for 500,000 people in 22 different countries, some with PEPFAR abstinence programs in place between 1998 and 2013, and others without. All of the study participants were younger than age 30…” (Firger, 5/3).
NPR: U.S. Spent $1.4 Billion To Stop HIV By Promoting Abstinence. Did It Work?
“…Many health officials consider PEPFAR a succes. It is credited with giving lifesaving HIV drugs to more than five million people and preventing nearly one million babies from getting HIV from their mothers. But a study, published Monday in Health Affairs, finds the abstinence programs have been a failure…” (Doucleff, 5/3).
Reuters Health: U.S.-funded abstinence programs not working in Africa
“…In a statement emailed to Reuters Health, a PEPFAR spokesperson said the initiative’s approach and investments have continuously evolved based on scientific evidence. ‘Current prevention science demonstrates that a combination package of evidence-based behavioral, biomedical, and structural prevention interventions, tailored to the populations and geographic areas with the greatest burden, is most effective in addressing the epidemic,’ said the spokesperson…” (Seaman, 5/3).
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In an out-of-the-blue deal, the Padres have sent relievers Brandon Maurer and Ryan Buchter along with starter Trevor Cahill to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for starter Matt Strahm, reliever Travis Wood, and 18 year-old 2B/SS Esteury Ruiz.
Matt Strahm is a 25 year old SP drafted in the 21st round of the 2012 MLB draft out of Neosho County Community College (Chanute, KS). He made his MLB debut last year with the Royals, throwing 22 innings of relief with a 1.23 ERA. However, the Royals (and presumably the Padres) think Strahm is starter-caliber, as he threw over 100IP in Double-A last year with a 3.43 ERA and over a strikeout and inning. Strahm has struggled thus far in the big leagues this year, but has plenty of time to work on his stuff and command. However, Strahm is not going to pitch this year, as the Royals put him on the 60-Day DL for left-knee inflammation in the beginning of July and he just underwent season-ending surgery for it. On a positive note, Fangraphs had Strahm ranked the 72nd prospect in the game before 2017, with good command of the fastball and a potential plus-plus curve. At the very least, Strahm will be a decent reliever, but the Padres have the space and the time for him to get a real shot at being a MLB starting pitcher, and a quality one at that. This is a classic buy-low move, and one that may pay off with a quality, cheap, and young SP.
Travis Wood is a 30-year-old left-handed relief pitcher who spent the 7 previous years with the Cubs and the Reds. Last year, he had a 2.95 ERA in 61IP for the Cubs, but only a 6.9K/9IP rate. He signed a big contract with the Royals this year for 2 years and $12M. The Royals are paying for nearly all of Wood’s contract though, for the rest of this year and the entirety of next. The Padres also likely see Wood as a reclamation project, and if he turns out decent, is only a cherry on top.
The final piece is Esteury Ruiz, a young Domincan 2B/SS that excites many talent evaluators. As Ben Badler tweeted, “I love the Esteury Ruiz pickup for the Padres. Middle infielder with big-time hit and power potential.” Odds are the Padres view Ruiz the true prize in the trade, and seeing the modest value in Wood and Strahm, the Royals also agree. The best case scenario is that Ruiz turns into another Fernando Tatis Jr. for us – a scouting coup by Preller who made a name for himself in international and amateur scouting.
All in all, this trade might seem like a modest return for Buchter, Maurer, and Cahill. However, when we consider Cahill’s limited value due to his contract and injury history, Maurer’s struggles this year, and Buchter’s inherent volatility due to being an older FB-reliant relief pitcher, this deal starts to make more and more sense for the Padres.


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Attractive map of Spain and Portugal with the Balearics.Compass rose.From A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar and Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World, illustrated with a correct set of maps by William Guthrie Esq. Published by GG and J Robinson for Charles Dilly, London.This map was probably engraved by Thomas Kitchen.
Original outline colour.Repair to centre fold on back of map, otherwise very good condition.
code : M2422
Cartographer : GUTHRIE William
Date : 1785 London
Size : 35*38cms
availability : Available
Price : £75
Atlas Universel pour la Geographie de Guthrie reengraved by Blondeau


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Chapter 157: Suppression
Meng Qi took a step forward while pressing on his long sword and he moved like a willow in the wind, stepping off the boat “walking” on the dock.
With a slow pace, he walked towards the man from the Luo Denomination who was wearing black clothing with his face exposed. It was as if he had everything under control.
The man from the Luo Denomination was middle-aged with common features, but his uncommonly thin lips were quite striking. Moreover, the hint of the Holy Spirit Deterrence was distinct as Meng Qi got close, which meant that he did have the Outsky Strange Stone on him.
“It’s been too long since I’ve seen Miss Xiaosang. I believe the last time was at the Devil Tomb. I’ve missed her more than I care to admit, those eyes, that face, I remember all I knew about her like it were yesterday. I wonder how she is coming along with the cultivation of the Devil Lord’s supreme art? It’s a pity that she didn’t receive direct impartation.” Meng Qi said while strolling along casually.
Sowing dissensions was Gu Xiaosang’s specialty, but I could do it too!
She probably didn’t tell anyone about what happened in Devil Tomb but I had told master. There is no point in keeping it a secret since I’m an unknown loner without much of a reputation, not to mention that there’s nothing on me that screamed Devil Lord. Therefore if I killed this man from the Luo Denomination standing before me, Hua Lun would spread this information and in turn, plant a seed of suspicion between the Holy Maid of Luo Denomination, Sanskrit Dharmaraja and the Oracles. Even if the effect was not apparent at first, it would still be a counter-punch aimed at Gu Xiangsang.
Furthermore, if such a big secret were revealed in detail, it would seam more real. Allowing the man before me to subconsciously believe that I did go to the Devil Tomb with Gu Xiangsang and fought for the Devil Lord’s impartation. Though I lost, which was understandable considering the gap between strength and realm, I was able to leave unscathed from the fourth ranking “Demoness of Grand Luo” on the List of Young Masters!
The man from the Luo Denomination clenched his fists as he saw the elegant childe in green approach and greeted him in a calm voice. The brightness of the moon and calmness of the water made him feel that the approaching opponent was confident beyond measure and everything was under his control, which was why he didn’t rush into attack mode.
He was an old acquaintance with the lady lord, which meant that they were on the same level as it pertained to martial arts. So it was natural that he had such a calm persona.
But knowing the disparity in ability between the lady lord and me, how would I face a swordsman of such realm?
Thump, thump, thump, seeing Meng Qi approach with such casualness, the man from the Luo Denomination again felt like his every step was stomping on his heart. The pressure from Meng Qi was bigger and bigger, making his forehead sweating.
Then he suddenly heard breathing sounds, and saw that there were more enemies on the junk-boat. Finally, he woke up to the fact that he had already fallen into a trap. And that the reason why the others hadn’t come to his aid was that the childe standing before me had more than enough confidence and strength to take me!
As per Meng Qi’s behest, Hua Lun on the Junk s.h.i.+p purposely did not use the Breath-holding Mysteries to reveal their positions and added pressure to the man from the Luo Denomination. At this moment, Hua Lun saw Meng Qi walk towards enemy without a care in the world, his face was jade-like and robes fluttering in the wind. In stark contrast was the enemy who looked like he was about to face a powerful adversary, where he was timid to make the first move yet afraid to turn and run. It really seemed that Childe Meng’s imposing manner had a stronghold over him.
What an exemplary display of a master’s demeanor. Hua Lun praised sincerely, “No wonder he was able to survive the hands of the Demoness of Grand Luo. Childe Meng has already booked a spot on the Ranking List of Young Masters… ”
Gu Xiaosang was well known and her battle record spoke for itself, plus she had the Dharmakaya on the level of impartation by the Gist of Trueness. So Hua Lun did not believe that Meng Qi, who was on the level between opening four to six apertures, was her match. But to be able to leave unscathed from her, Meng Qi’s strength was already formidable, perhaps already reaching the level where his name could be at the bottom spots of the Ranking List of Young Masters.
However, it was because Gu Xiaosang possessed such powerful strength that Hua Lun did not doubt that Meng Qi had gained a lot from his journey to the Devil Tomb. And the biggest benefit was the fact that Meng Qi had survived!
Moreover, if he really did have a fortuitous adventure in the Devil Tomb, would he spread it to everybody? Who wouldn’t keep it to themselves?
Meng Qi unsheathed his long sword and gave it a flick, the sound of which emanated was like a dragon’s roar. Then he added with a smile. “Miss Xiaosang had left a deep impression on me with her skills, Ajati Finger and Myriad Threads and Webs. I’d like to see if she had pa.s.sed these special skills onto you.”
The pupils of the man from the Luo Denomination contracted slightly, unconsciously got into defensive stance. He did battle with the lady lord!
Everyone knew about the lady lord’s “Ajati Finger” because it had been listed on the Six Fan School’s Ranking List of Young Masters. But only the inner circle knew about her “Myriad Threads and Webs”, and only people who were above the Emissary Vacation level of the inner circle at that.
He actually survived after battling the lady lord!
“Thump, thump, thump!” Seeing Meng Qi approach in such a casual manner, the man from the Luo Denomination again felt like Meng Qi’s every step was like stomping on his heart.
“Thump, thump, thump!” The childe before him had on very thin blue robes, but his grace was striking, like that of an immortal. He took a deep breath suppressing the fear within, and decided to attack first to gain an advantage!
He yelled, thrusting his body forward with very weird footwork and attacked with a seemingly powerless punch.
The apparently powerless punch had given Meng Qi the feeling of defending against water, totally shapeless!
The course of the punch had already gone through two different changes, “streams flowing into a river” and “rivers flowing into the ocean”. By the end, the strength of the punch was almost unstoppable like the surging waves of the Yangzi River!
Looking at his punch from afar, Hua Lun suddenly frowned with fright. Even he, who was well beyond the attacking range of the punch, could sense the effect of streams flowing into a river and rivers rus.h.i.+ng into the ocean. This meant that the surrept.i.tious fist-form belonged to the Exterior, and he had accomplished the primary level, with just one more step, he could bring about the intent of fist!
Even in the punch’s current state, its power was not to be underestimated.
The Luo Denomination had indeed earned a spot on the list of the Nine Evil Paths, even an average disciple possessed such strength! Judging from his moves, not only had he opened Seven Apertures, but also achieved the primary level of a fist form from the Exterior level!
Could childe Meng withstand such an attack?
Faced with such an attack, Meng Qi remained calm. Under normal circ.u.mstances, he would’ve drawn his Red Sun Evil Blade and exerted the Ananda Oath-breaking Bladesmans.h.i.+p to block the attack, and in turn, use the Yama’s Invitation to kill the opponent.
But now, since Meng Qi gained the upper-hand in their battle of “wills”, and the opponent had exposed his soul’s weakness, the attack-first sense had actually conflicted with his “unambitiousness”, therefore, revealing a weakness that was not supposed to exist!
Instead of backing off, Meng Qi actually stepped forward to face the punch with his long sword at the ready.
Hua Lun was a little taken aback by Meng Qi’s reaction. “Why he would choose to attack when faced with such frightening fist form which is beyond me?”
A flash of clear and pure sword-light erupted from the Nine Serenities and instantly dissipated!
Hua Lun’s eyes lit up and he abruptly stood up, feeling both shocked and excited. Is this taking the sword art of the Enlightenment period to the extreme?
As the sword light disappeared, Meng Qi landed next to the man from the Luo Denomination, sheathed his sword and stood there with his hands at the back.
The man from the Luo Denomination went past Meng Qi as if he were not there, then fell hard on the ground a few steps later. Blood flowed from his head, staining the dirt red.
“The advantage I gained in our battle of will and mind was indeed effective… “ Meng Qi stood there watching the sky like a “lonely master” that could not find a worthy rival. He sighed with emotion and thought, “I’ve made my entrance.”
Hua Lun too remained silent, blankly standing on the deck. Never had he expected that the opponent that possessed such lethal fist form could not even survive one attack from Meng Qi’s sword. He was now sure that Huang Yun would not stand a chance against Meng Qi either. Perhaps the “Burning Sun Super Palm”, Zhang Zhifan could fare better.
A little while later, Meng Qi was tired from planting his “lonely master” pose and turned to Hua Lun with a smile. “Childe Hua, could you check whether he has the stone on him?”
Hua Lun nodded blankly, jumped off the Junk s.h.i.+p and walked to the body of the man from the Luo Denomination. He searched the body and eventually found the Outsky Strange Stone.
“It’s the stone.” Hua Lun took a step back, indicating that all other things that he found would belong to Childe Meng.
“Aren’t you supposed to present them to me? Touching a corpse would be very degrading to a master’s stature!”Meng Qi thought to himself. But he bent down to search for spoils anyway.
“Not what I would call a lucky day… “ Meng Qi complained silently. This fool came to s.n.a.t.c.h the stone, so naturally he wouldn’t have brought any scripts with him. Not to mention that his forte was fist forms, which meant he wouldn’t have any Refined Weapons. So apart from some silver and not-so-refined dart weapons, there was just a vile of sleeping potion of some sort.
Meng Qi placed the sleeping potion, common darts in his pockets and heaved a sigh, “Better than nothing I suppose.”
Hua Lun handed the Outsky Strange Stone to Meng Qi and said, “I’m extremely thankful of your help this time, Childe. Please take this stone as a token of my appreciation and keep it for three days to gain something magical.”
He did not think that it was necessary to get authorization from father under these circ.u.mstances.
Meng Qi was not about to refuse it considering it was his “labor-reward”, so he accepted the stone with his right hand and subconsciously projected his will to check the stone.
As his will connected with the stone, Meng Qi felt a strong suction and the stone took hold on the back of his left hand, where the violet thunderbolt mark had also become more prominent. The suction had become so strong that it sucked up Meng Qi’s will in whole!
Shocked beyond belief, Meng Qi wondered. “What is happening?” A world in which thunderbolts erupting like dancing pythons had appeared before his eyes. The thunderbolts were of different colors, blue, purple and some indescribable ones too, making people’s hearts churn just from looking at them.
A giant man with messy hair had walked out from bolts of thunder. Though you couldn’t make-out his features, it was clear that his body was muscular and full of marks left by the striking thunder. It was as if his whole body had been transformed by thunder.
He wielded a lance that was wrapped by a bolt of purple thunder, as he waved it diagonally, streams of energy-light appeared and cut through the chaos.
Then one obscure realm appeared after another, but disappearing again after being cut by the energy-light of the lance. Doomsday atmosphere had permeated the air, shattering Meng Qi will, which had been sucked in earlier.
As everything in front of them restored to normal, Hua Lun surveyed the surroundings in case there were more enemies. Meng Qi felt a sharp pain in his head, and the fragmented moves he had gained earlier kept flipping in his head.
Due to the fact the moves were too fragmented, Meng Qi only managed to remember some changes and some thunder-like roaring sounds,
“‘Nine Annihilation at Heavenly Nights’, ‘Five Thunder Bombardment of Sky’!”
Deep within the mountain covered by a layer of mist was where an area which didn’t seem to belong in this realm could be found. There also positioned an enshrinement hall that consecrated a long dark blade.
The long blade suddenly glistened and thunder and lightning erupted. The body of the thunder seemed as if it were cast by purple thunder. In the midst of the thunderbolts, different realms could be seen.
In the middle of the hall sat a girl in white, she personified elegance and grace. However, the long blade had startled her somewhat. She was speechless for a while after witnessing what had just happened with the blade. It was not until the blade had become still that she finally gathered herself and thought,
“Could it the that the Thunder G.o.d has been born?”
“Ah, this is the blood of the Thunder G.o.d in the These Mythical Times… “ Meng Qi was suddenly enlightened.
There wasn’t anything unusual or changes with the Outsky Strange Stone, but Meng Qi knew that only a few marks still remained. The real core, the Fragmented Gist of Trueness, had already been gained by the person marked by the imprint of the Thunder G.o.d, me. Hua Lun and others, though desired the Fragmented Gist of Trueness, had no possible way of procuring it.
“The blood of the Thunder G.o.d… The Luo Denomination wanted to steal it… He was probably sent by Demoness Gu… “ Meng Qi had deducted after thinking about the Devil Tomb and Celestial Court incidents.
Though the Luo Denomination had an abundance of men, so normally Gu Xiaosang would not personally get involved, however she could change her mind now that the news is out. And based on the fact that Jiang Ziwei had witnessed me with only six apertures opened to kill masters with nine apertures opened, Gu Xiaosang, who had opened eight or nine apertures herself, would not have trouble killing Hua Tiange, Ning Jidao and others. Unless the Zhen Yi School was notified and brought help from the masters of the Exterior level and set traps; But based on my current status, the fact that I’ve obtained some impartation from the Thunder G.o.d, and that the Zhen Wu Sect was very close to Shaolin, I’m not in the position to do such a thing, therefore…
Meng Qi gathered himself, cupped one hand in the other before his chest and said to Hua Lun, “I have some urgent matters to attend to, so I’ll look at the stone next time, for now, I must say farewell.”
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More than half of Premier League clubs are understood to have had scouts at Barnsley’s game with Reading on Friday amid reported interest in Daryl Dike and Michael Olise.
The two play-off hopefuls played out a 1-1 draw at Oakwell ahead of the weekend, with Alex Mowatt’s 61st-minute penalty cancelling out Ovie Ejaria’s first-half goal.
According to journalist Jonathan Shrager, more than half of Premier League clubs had a scout at the game between Reading and the Tykes.
Recent reports have suggested that Dike, the 20-year-old American striker on loan at Barnsley from Orlando City, has turned heads in the top flight – with Chelsea, Everton, Leeds United, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Wolves, and West Ham United all touted with an interest.
He’s not the only one likely to be in demand ahead of the summer window either with Olise drawing links to the likes of Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City, Crystal Palace, Arsenal, Leeds, and Tottenham – while European clubs such as Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig have also been named as potential suitors.
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Dike and Olise are two of the hottest young prospects in the Championship heading toward the summer, so it’s no surprise that there was a large Premier League presence when their two sides met on Good Friday.
It would be a surprise if either player remained at their current club next season – even if one of Reading or the Tykes were to get promoted to the Premier League.
Both look set to play key roles as the two Championship clubs push to do just that in the final stages of 2020/21.


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How effectively does our govt carry out its responsibilities in this sphere especially on the controversial subject of mining?
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By Mike Foley
The 'technology not taxes' policy at the heart of the federal government's plans to reduce the cost of clean energy could deliver positive results, experts say, but it lacks measures to drive industry take up and faces stiff international competition.
Last week the federal government announced the first measures under its technology plan to lower greenhouse gas emissions by focusing on five priorities: hydrogen, energy storage, clean steel and aluminium (powered by low emission energy), carbon capture and storage for manufacturing and energy generation, and soil carbon capture.
Energy Minister Angus Taylor said the government's investment of $18 billion in research and development over the next decade could move the "dial into parity with the high emitting alternatives".
The policy sets goals to reduce the cost for battery storage to $100 a megawatt hour, carbon capture and storage to under $20 a tonne, and soil carbon capture to $3 a hectare each year.
Brian O'Callaghan, lead of Oxford University Economic Recovery Project, said the policy "is a positive move, but it really should be just the start".
"We're in a global race to the top, in terms of investment and scaling up your research and development capacity" to attract private investment and drive exports, Mr O'Callaghan said.
Germany and France have each committed to spend more than 50 billion Euros on clean technologies within their broader COVID-29 recovery plans, while the UK has pledged $16 billion and South Korea $37 billion.
"Early signalling to private industry can have a pivotal role," Mr O'Callaghan.
"What the government signals the private sector now will influence the next decade of spending. It's essential that government policy competes with international players."
Hydrogen is a clean fuel source that can be created by renewable energy; the only byproduct is water. In September, Australia agreed to work with Germany on a feasibility study to establish a supply hydrogen export supply chain.
However, in June Germany announced a $15 billion hydrogen strategy to ramp up its domestic production capacity and to encourage manufacturing and transport industries to switch their energy sources from fossil fuels.
Anna Skarbek, chief executive of ClimateWorks, a policy advisory body housed in Monash University, said the policy should build on its investment in cost reduction with "pull factor policies" to grow new markets and encourage uptake of low emissions technologies.
The plan says the government "will respect consumer choice and trust households and businesses to adopt new technologies as they approach parity". It ruled out any mandated deployment targets or taxation.
"The best way to support new technology is a combination of push and pull policies" like it did previously with a electricity feed-in tariff to encourage uptake of rooftop solar panels, Ms Skarbek said, arguing that research and development can only go so far.
Producers of green steel or batteries will not be able to bring their costs down to commercial levels unless they can bank on demand for their products, Ms Skarbek said.
"Repeated production or deployment of technology brings the cost down with each production run and there's competition between suppliers over each contract," she said.
"For example, the government has a lot of procurement power. It could set a policy that any new infrastructure projects include a 10 per cent target for green steel or aluminium."


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All across the nation, and here in our communities, many paused to mark the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks - and remember those who lost their lives.
One of the larger gatherings took place this evening in Lower Makefield.
A solemn tribute with song and prayer as hundreds gathered at the Garden of Reflection to remember.
The names of 18 Bucks County residents who died on 9/11 were read aloud.
Followed by a toll of the bell.
"My father made the decision that fateful day to lead his people to the elevators and to safety," said Nick Berger, victim's son.
Fifteen years have passed, but Nick Berger says his father, James, who died in the World Trade Center, hasn't left.
"I have felt and experienced his presence in my life in this past year more than ever before. He is far from gone," said Berger.
Throughout the Delaware Valley people remembered.
The national anthem began a ceremony of remembrance in Pennsauken, New Jersey.
Members of the community, firefighters and government leaders gathered at the township's 9/11 memorial to pay tribute - 2,997 American flags were planted to honor each life lost that fateful day.
Hours earlier, at exactly 9:11, runners kicked off the Camden County Heroes Run at Cooper River Park. The 5K fundraiser supports veterans and the families of fallen service members and first responders.
In Wilmington, Delaware, Bishop W. Francis Malooly said a special mass at Saint Hedwig Church to pray for peace. A firefighter's gear rested on the altar, a sign of the sacrifice so many made.
And in Philadelphia, representatives from the fire and police departments were among those who solemnly processed to the Betsy Ross House. A ceremony followed in which to honor their New York City counterparts whom Mayor Jim Kenney praised for their selflessness.
"Today is a day of solemn reflection and prayer for those thousands of Americans who were lost on that fateful day, especially for those first responders who showed the utmost love for their fellow men and woman by being willing to run into a burning building that was soon to collapse," said Mayor Jim Kenney.
Across region, people pay tribute to lives lost on 9/11
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More than you might think! I bought a new bra last week, and was surprised to find my clothes fitting a little differently (hmmmm). I also bought a new Sealy pillow top mattress. Suddenly my old bedding didn’t look right. Let me back up and show you the evolution of our bedroom:
When we first moved in, we painted the walls a lighter neutral and added new linen curtains. We also moved in our gargantuan king sized sleigh bed! We lightened it up with colorful accessories to give it a coastal New England feel.
All was well until we got our new BIG 20” pillow top mattress. Suddenly, the bedding looked ridiculous – like a bad hair piece on a bald head. Now bald men can be very sexy, but I despise seeing the side of a naked mattress.
Do the math…if a King bed is 76” wide, and the mattress is 20” deep, then you need bedding that is 116” wide (most King bedding is 104″).
But I didn’t want to spend a lot of money, and I do like the existing color palate.
Here’s my solution. Can you guess what was changed, and how much was spent?
Answer: I spent $50 on the bed (side note: the bra was $42). Here’s what was changed:
I bought new white sheets (that’s where the $50 came from). Yes, that’s pretty cheap for sheets – but they’re 600 TC Egyptian cotton with 20” pockets and a wider-than-normal top sheet. I’m hoping they’ll soften as they’re washed, and I can live with a few wrinkles for that price. (Update: yes, they have softened, and I love them!)
I flipped the comforter with the quilt – because the bed is so big now, the brown was overwhelming the room (and a bit faded from the sun). To get the quilt the right size at the end of the bed, I had to double my favorite “Z” fold, which will take some practice. I like to be able to reach down at night and pull up an extra blanket if needed without having to completely wake up.
I also switched out the night table lights (these had been in our living room). This gave us more room on the night tables, and the task lighting is much cozier. Of course, once you start moving one light…you know…I changed lights in 3 other rooms as well (but that’s another blog for another day).
And finally, I changed accent pillows. I already had these silver sage herringbone pillows (they were stored in the basement). Another good reason to store accents and pull them out seasonally or as the mood strikes you – they feel brand new again!
Now I can’t see the side of the mattress anymore. (Note: I used an old fitted sheet to cover the boxes).
Now that’s cheap change I can really relax in!
I must give a shout out to Sealy for their wonderful new Posturepedic line – I am sleeping MUCH better now!
And the bra? Well, that will have to “shout out” for itself. 😉


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Re: Front Bumper...HELP!!
in general most reno's will have inner arch forward spalsh guards that need to come off (approx x3 10mm bolts, with x2 T15 torx under the bumper on the forward bit), to get access to the x2 10mm bolts that hold the bumper to the frame.
there will also be x4 10mm bolts on the bottom connecting bumper to lower cross member.
the top grill, x2-3 T30 torx screws just under the bonnet and the side should pull out, under there there should be a 13 or 15mm bolt holding the bumper to the upper cross member/slam panel.
you may also need to take the engine under tray off, usually x4 10mm bolts along the lower cross member and x2 more on each side connecting to the inner arch splash guards.
once all off the bumper should just pull off
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Independent artist Zally released his latest project on Monday February 29th, 2016. 8 tracks make the (EP) titled, "Justice;" just in time for the elections.
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A trip to a waterpark makes a great day out for the whole family, especially in Spain where the weather’s hot and sunny. If you’re looking for inspiration or just a change from the beach, here’s our pick of the best waterparks in Spain.
This Thailand-themed waterpark in Adeje was named the world’s top waterpark by TripAdvisor users in 2017. A wave pool with the largest artificial waves on the planet is waiting for you here, or get your kicks on the adrenaline-fuelled Tower of Power. This ride sends you flying down a see-through, vertical slide, via a pool of stingrays and sharks. When you’re ready to take a break from all that excitement, grab a seat on the sunbeds next to the park’s own beach.
If you’re looking for the biggest waterpark in Spain, look no further. Aqualand El Arenal isn’t just the biggest in Spain, it’s the biggest waterpark in Europe. You can take it fast or slow here; it’s up to you. Take your pick from laid-back Jacuzzis and kids pools (like Polynesia and Dragonland), or head straight for the fast and furious rides like the Rapids and Tornado, or even the Black Hole slide that plunges you into darkness and out the other side into the pool.
This is the main waterpark on the Costa Brava, and you’ll find it just outside Lloret de Mar, so it’s ideal if you’re staying at the resort for your Spanish holiday. There are rides and attractions to suit kids of all ages. Little ones will love splashing around in Kiddie Island and Kid’s lagoon, while older children can head straight for the bigger rides. Speed Furious, a slide with a vertical drop, and Storm, which sucks you into a whirlpool, are two of the most exciting. You can get to Water World by bus from nearby towns, like Lloret de Mal, Blanes and Tossa del Mar.
Located just outside Benidorm, a fun-filled day out at Aqualandia awaits. There’s something for all ages here, with swimming pools, water slides and river rapids. If you’re looking for serious thrills, you’re in luck; the Verti-go is a turbocharged vertical waterslide, where you stand on a trap door before being dropped.
You’ll discover this Wild West themed waterpark close to Magaluf. Attractions here range from children’s pools to amazing high-diving shows (by the professionals, of course). If you’re looking for thrills of your own, make a beeline for the Boomerang; this 15 metre (50-foot) half pipe sends you plunging down a vertical drop.
Aquópolis, Costa Dorada
You’ll find Aquópolis on the Costa Dorada, a short way south of Barcelona. Little ones can splash around in Treasure Island and the Funny Jungle, while older children can take on the obstacle course over on Indiana Lake. Want to take it up a gear? The Black Hole and Kamikaze are guaranteed to get your heart racing. If you like, you can also give surfing or bodyboarding a try over at Surf Waimea.
Caribe Aquatic Park, PortAventura
Caribe Aquatic Park is one of the most visited waterparks in Spain. Located near Salou, you’ll find lots of water-based rides suitable for all ages. Young kids will love playing in Jack Sparrow’s pirate playground, while thrill seekers can’t get enough of the highest free-fall slide in Europe. There’s also a lazy river if you’d rather take things a little slower.
Aqualand Maspalomas, Gran Canaria
This is one of the greatest family-friendly waterparks in Spain. This place is brimming with slides of all shapes and sizes, as well as a special kids’ area. The park is open all year round, on-site parking is free of charge, and you can catch the bus to the park from most resorts on Gran Canaria.
Take a trip to Aqua Natura in Benidorm and you’ll find a wave pool, a spa, a sun deck and waterslides galore. If you’re feeling brave, there’s also La Cresta; a unique ride that gives you the feeling of zero gravity. You can also combine your visit with a trip to Terra Natura, a wildlife park that’s located next door.
Illa Fantasia, near Barcelona
Within easy reach of Barcelona, you’ll find Illa Fantasia; in fact, it’s the closest waterpark to the city. There are 18 rides and seven pools in total, including the huge wave pool, the Torpedo ride, and zigzag slides. It’s a great option if you fancy taking a break from the city; you can catch the bus here from the Arc de Triomf bus station or take the train from Plaza de Catalunya train station.
Where’s your favourite waterpark in Spain? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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