Ontario is reporting 1,631 new COVID-19 cases on the same day stay-at-home orders lift in three regions, including Toronto and Peel — which have consistently seen the province’s highest number of infections throughout the pandemic.
Monday’s cases mark the highest number of new infections in over a month, though Ontario’s Ministry of Health says today’s case count is higher than expected due to a “data catch-up process.”
Asked how much Monday’s figure was inflated by the data delay, Public Health Ontario said it couldn’t provide a specific number “due to the way the data are pulled for the reports.”
Dr. Barbara Yaffe, the province’s associate chief medical officer of health, said Monday’s case count is probably closer to 1,300.
Of the new cases, 568 were reported in Toronto, 322 were reported in Peel Region and 119 were reported in York Region.
Provincewide, the Ontario government is reporting that some 626 people are in hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 282 are in intensive care, and 184 require a ventilator to breathe.
But according to a report by Critical Care Services Ontario — which provides a more up-to-date look at critical care data — the actual number of patients with COVID-19 in intensive care now sits at 337.
Ontario is also reporting an additional 10 deaths, bringing the death toll to 7,077. None of the deaths reported on Monday were of long-term care home residents.
Toronto, Peel and North Bay were the last regions still under a stay-at-home order, and are transitioning back to the government’s colour-coded pandemic response framework.
North Bay is now in the “red” category, while Toronto and Peel are entering the “grey-lockdown,” something local public health officials asked for in both regions.
Despite the “lockdown” title, moving to the grey category will allow more retailers to open with restrictions. Gyms, personal care services and indoor restaurant dining, however, will stay closed.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says the government is taking a “safe and cautious approach” to ending the provincewide shutdown, which started in January.
This comes as Ontario’s lab network processed 38,063 test samples for the virus — the lowest number completed in a week. The test positivity rate was 3.4 per cent.
According to the ministry, health units across Ontario administered 21,882 doses of vaccines yesterday. A total of 273,676 people in Ontario have now been given both shots of a vaccine.
Ontario’s website for booking COVID-19 vaccination appointments began a “soft launch” in six public health units last week.
Ahead of the province’s centralized website for all public health units, Toronto hospitals have launched their own site where you can pre-register to get a vaccine if you’re 80-plus or a high-priority health-care worker. To learn more about how to get a COVID-19 vaccine in the Greater Toronto Area — and whether or not you qualify — click here.
The Ministry of Education also reported another 95 school-related cases: 84 students and 11 staff members. Thirty schools are currently closed due to the respiratory illness.
The seven-day average of daily cases now stands at 1,155 — the highest it’s been in three weeks.
The new daily case count brings the total number of cases since the pandemic began in Ontario to 309,927.
Labs also confirmed 51 more cases of a coronavirus variant first identified in the United Kingdom, B117, bringing the cumulative total of that variant to 879 (though the actual number is likely higher).
Yaffe, for her part, reported at a news conference later on Monday that the province now has 935 cases involving variants of concern.
In addition to the 879 cases of the B117 variant, there are 39 cases of the B135 variant, first identified in South Africa, and 17 of P1, first identified in Brazil.
Yaffe said the province is also now reporting the number of COVID-19 samples that have screened positive for the N501Y mutation, a mutation all shared by the variants of concern.
As of Friday, more than 26,000 samples have been screened for the N501Y mutation, with a test positivity rate of 16.8 per cent.
“We’re seeing quite a significant increase in the number of COVID-19 cases that are screening positive for a variant of concern,” she said.
Asked about new guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the U.S., which suggests that fully vaccinated people can visit with other fully vaccinated people indoors, Yaffe said it is too early to say whether that advice could apply to Ontario. She said the U.S. has a higher rate of vaccinations.
Provincial officials, however, will look at the guidance, she said.
“Certainly, we’re always interested in looking at the data that they’ve used and seeing how we can apply it here, once we get more vaccine into people,” she said.
Other public health units that saw double-digit increases in cases were:
- Thunder Bay: 91
- Durham Region: 68
- Ottawa: 57
- Halton Region: 51
- Waterloo Region: 51
- Simcoe Muskoka: 48
- Windsor-Essex: 46
- Niagara: 31
- Sudbury: 27
- Hamilton: 22
- Brant County: 20
- Lambton: 19
- Middlesex London: 18
- Eastern Ontario: 15
- Northwestern: 11
- Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph: 10
What you need to know about retail reopening in ‘grey lockdown’
Under the grey lockdown tier of the framework, non-essential stores can open at 25 per cent capacity while indoor dining, gyms and hair salons remain closed.
Grocery stores, convenience stores and pharmacies can operate at 50 per cent capacity.
Outdoor gatherings are limited to 10 people and must comply with physical distancing rules.
Though non-essential stores in Toronto and Peel Region are allowed to open for the first time in more than 100 days, it won’t be business as usual.
To prepare for visitors, major malls in these two hot spots have implemented new safety protocols, including:
- 25 per cent capacity limit.
- Live online meters to check mall capacity in real time.
- Mandatory screening (in-person or online) for all retailers, employees, and shoppers entering the malls.
WATCH | What you need to know about restrictions easing in Toronto and Peel
Masks remain mandatory in the shopping centres and must be properly worn at all times. Shoppers are also strongly encouraged to shop individually or with members of the same household.
At this time, food and beverage consumption is not allowed in malls. In-dining areas are not open to the public but all food court retails are open for takeout.
U.K. advises limiting AstraZeneca in under-30s amid clot worry
British authorities recommended Wednesday that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine not be given to adults under 30 where possible because of strengthening evidence that the shot may be linked to rare blood clots.
The recommendation came as regulators both in the United Kingdom and the European Union emphasized that the benefits of receiving the vaccine continue to outweigh the risks for most people — even though the European Medicines Agency said it had found a “possible link” between the shot and the rare clots. British authorities recommended that people under 30 be offered alternatives to AstraZeneca. But the EMA advised no such age restrictions, leaving it up to its member-countries to decide whether to limit its use.
Several countries have already imposed limits on who can receive the vaccine, and any restrictions are closely watched since the vaccine, which is cheaper and easier to store than many others, is critical to global immunization campaigns and is a pillar of the UN-backed program known as COVAX that aims to get vaccines to some of the world’s poorest countries.
“This is a course correction, there’s no question about that,” Jonathan Van-Tam, England’s deputy chief medical officer, said during a press briefing. “But it is, in a sense, in medicine quite normal for physicians to alter their preferences for how patients are treated over time.”
Van-Tam said the effect on Britain’s vaccination timetable — one of the speediest in the world — should be “zero or negligible,” assuming the National Health Service receives expected deliveries of other vaccines, including those produced by Pfizer and Moderna.
EU and U.K. regulators held simultaneous press conferences Wednesday afternoon to announce the results of investigations into reports of blood clots that sparked concern about the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
The EU agency described the clots as “very rare” side effects. Dr Sabine Straus, chair of EMA’s Safety Committee, said the best data is coming from Germany where there is one report of the rare clots for every 100,000 doses given, although she noted far fewer reports in the U.K. Still, that’s less than the clot risk that healthy women face from birth control pills, noted another expert, Dr. Peter Arlett.
The agency said most of the cases reported have occurred in women under 60 within two weeks of vaccination — but based on the currently available evidence, it was not able to identify specific risk factors. Experts reviewed several dozen cases that came mainly from Europe and the U.K., where around 25 million people have received the AstraZeneca vaccine.
“The reported cases of unusual blood clotting following vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccine should be listed as possible side effects of the vaccine,” said Emer Cooke, the agency’s executive director. “The risk of mortality from COVID is much greater than the risk of mortality from these side effects.”
Arlett said there is no information suggesting an increased risk from the other major COVID-19 vaccines.
The EMA’s investigation focused on unusual types of blood clots that are occurring along with low blood platelets. One rare clot type appears in multiple blood vessels and the other in veins that drain blood from the brain.
While the benefits of the vaccine still outweigh the risks, that assessment is “more finely balanced” among younger people who are less likely to become seriously ill with COVID-19, the U.K’s Van-Tam said.
“We are not advising a stop to any vaccination for any individual in any age group,” said Wei Shen Lim, who chairs Britain’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization. “We are advising a preference for one vaccine over another vaccine for a particular age group, really out of the utmost caution rather than because we have any serious safety concerns.”
In March, more than a dozen countries, mostly in Europe, suspended their use of AstraZeneca over the blood clot issue. Most restarted — some with age restrictions — after the EMA said countries should continue using the potentially life-saving vaccine.
Britain, which relies heavily on AstraZeneca, however, continued to use it.
The suspensions were seen as particularly damaging for AstraZeneca because they came after repeated missteps in how the company reported data on the vaccine’s effectiveness and concerns over how well its shot worked in older people. That has led to frequently changing advice in some countries on who can take the vaccine, raising worries that AstraZeneca’s credibility could be permanently damaged, spurring more vaccine hesitancy and prolonging the pandemic.
Dr. Peter English, who formerly chaired the British Medical Association’s Public Health Medicine Committee, said the back-and-forth over the AstraZeneca vaccine globally could have serious consequences.
“We can’t afford not to use this vaccine if we are going to end the pandemic,” he said.
In some countries, authorities have already noted hesitance toward the AstraZeneca shot.
“People come and they are reluctant to take the AstraZeneca vaccine, they ask us if we also use anything else,” said Florentina Nastase, a doctor and co-ordinator at a vaccination centre in Bucharest, Romania. “There were cases in which people (scheduled for the AstraZeneca) didn’t show up, there were cases when people came to the centre and saw that we use only AstraZeneca and refused (to be inoculated).”
Meanwhile, the governor of Italy’s northern Veneto region had said earlier Wednesday that any decision to change the guidance on AstraZeneca would cause major disruptions to immunizations — at a time when Europe is already struggling to ramp them up — and could create more confusion about the shot.
“If they do like Germany, and allow Astra Zeneca only to people over 65, that would be absurd. Before it was only for people under 55. Put yourself in the place of citizens, it is hard to understand anything,” Luca Zaia told reporters.
The latest suspension of AstraZeneca came in Spain’s Castilla y Leon region, where health chief Veronica Casado said Wednesday that “the principle of prudence” drove her to put a temporary hold on the vaccine that she still backed as being both effective and necessary.
French health authorities had said they, too, were awaiting EMA’s conclusions, as were some officials in Asia.
On Wednesday, South Korea said it would temporarily suspend the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine in people 60 and younger. In that age group, the country is only currently vaccinating health workers and people in long-term care settings.
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said it would also pause a vaccine rollout to school nurses and teachers that was to begin on Thursday, while awaiting the outcome of the EMA’s review.
But some experts urged perspective. Prof Anthony Harnden, the deputy chair of Britain’s vaccination committee, said that the program has saved at least 6,000 lives in the first three months and will help pave the way back to normal life.
“What is clear it that for the vast majority of people the benefits of the Oxford AZ vaccine far outweigh any extremely small risk,” he said. “And the Oxford AZ vaccine will continue to save many from suffering the devastating effects that can result from a COVID infection.”
Source: – CTV News
Facebook downplays ‘old’ breach exposing info on 533 million users
Facebook is downplaying the significance of a data breach that saw the personal information of 533 million of its users accessed online, saying the information is old and the vulnerability that was exploited was closed almost two years ago.
Over the weekend, Business Insider reported that personal information of Facebook users in 106 countries was found on a low-level hacking forum, free of charge. Cybercrime intelligence firm Hudson Rock calculated that almost 3.5 million Canadians were included.
Information included names, phone numbers, locations, birth dates, email addresses and other identifying details. No financial or payment information was accessed, Facebook said.
In a statement on its website Tuesday the social media giant said the information was gathered via a vulnerability the company fixed almost two years ago, and disputed that it was a hack.
Data scraped, not hacked: Facebook
“It is important to understand that malicious actors obtained this data not through hacking our systems but by scraping it from our platform prior to September 2019,” said product management director Mike Clark.
Scraping refers to the act of gathering information that is already out there but somewhat hidden on public databases.
The company said whoever collected and assembled the data did so by abusing the contact importing service, which allows users to find other people in their network on Facebook.
Facebook said whoever did it seems to have uploaded a large set of phone numbers to see which ones matched Facebook users.
David Masson, director of enterprise security at cybersecurity firm Darktrace, says the information has likely been out there and spread widely for a while, before being outed recently.
“It’s been on the Web for quite a while, probably for sale to people,” he said. “But now somebody’s just offered it up for free.”
Building a profile
Greg Wolfond, CEO of data security firm SecureKey, said that in a vacuum, much of the information taken can seem innocuous and harmless, but when taken together can be very dangerous.
“What the hackers do is they try and get little bits of data about you in this case something like your phone number,” he told CBC News in an interview. They can then combine that with other bits of information — an address, a full name — and start building a profile.
What’s most dangerous is once they have gathered enough to attempt to gain access to a cellphone account. With the right combination of information, a telecom company may allow someone walking in to port the account number to a new phone.
“They take over your phone, and within minutes of taking over your phone, they’re trying to get into your bank account, to get into your Facebook account, your Google account, whatever you use that phone as your recovery for,” he said.
Typically, consumers are urged to fight data theft by doing things like changing passwords frequently, and making the complex. But those things are of little use when companies claim the right to reams of data about their users, and promise to keep it safe.
“Empowering individuals to share their data and putting a responsibility on parties that have the data to keep it secure,
is super important,” he said.
Not Facebook’s first user-info incident
Although the company is downplayed in the incident, it is far from the company’s first misstep with user info.
In 2018, the social media giant disabled a feature that allowed users to search for one another via phone number following revelations that the political firm Cambridge Analytica had accessed information on up to 87 million Facebook users without their knowledge or consent.
In December 2019, a Ukrainian security researcher reported finding a database with the names, phone numbers and unique user IDs of more than 267 million Facebook users — nearly all U.S.-based — on the open internet.
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Facebook says it will “continue aggressively go after malicious actors who misuse our tools,” and touted its dedicated team focused on this work” but Masson says users shouldn’t make the mistake of assuming that the company’s size and scope somehow make them better equipped to keep user data safe.
“It doesn’t matter how big or sophisticated you are, they can be attacked,” he said.
Like many breaches, this one was only discovered long after the fact, and that’s because the technology company’s use isn’t keeping up with the ones the hackers are using.
“There are better technologies that actually work on what happens once the bad guys get inside your network rather than when they’re banging on the door outside. So people [have] got to realize this will happen again.
Source: – CBC.ca
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CHISHOLM, Minn. — An ATV license agreement, supporting the construction of 10 miles of ATV trail for the Chisholm trail system and
Northern Traxx ATV Club, was approved by the city council on Tuesday.
A similar agreement was approved by the council last November.
“I don’t think it changed a great deal,” said Mayor Mike Jugovich.
The agreement brought before the council Tuesday contained language changes, which according to City Administrator Mark Casey, were a result of concerns aired by Cliffs Natural Resources, majority owner of Hibbing Taconite.
The agreement states a portion of the trail will be constructed on properties owned and operated by the taconite company. It also identifies the company as the licensor.
“Taking into consideration their comments, it was rewritten and brought back before the council,” said Casey.
Members of the ATV Club was present at Tuesday’s meeting and agreed with Jugovich and Casey’s assessment of the situation.
In November, City Attorney Lou Cianni expressed concerns over indemnification provided to the mining company. Although it was not addressed at the meeting Tuesday, Cianni said Wednesday that those concerns remain.
The resolution was adopted unanimously.
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BURLINGTON, Mass., Dec. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources Group finds that the market for contrast agents and radiopharmaceuticals in the United States will grow slightly through 2023. Despite procedure volumes remaining relatively flat, revenues will increase, driven by market growth in the large radiopharmaceutical market.
Other key findings from Decision Resources Group's coverage of the U.S. contrast agent and radiopharmaceutical market:
- Restricted reimbursement: In 2011, the CMS changed its reimbursement criteria to assume higher utilization rates for diagnostic imaging systems. However, the same amount of coverage is being provided over the lifetime of the system, effectively reducing the amount reimbursed per scan. By contrast, private insurers are increasingly requiring preauthorization from radiology benefits managers in order to approve coverage for diagnostic imaging procedures.
- Health care reform: Health care reform will, however, positively influence procedure volumes by expanding the insured patient population. Greater demand for contrast-enhanced diagnostic procedures in general will also be triggered by the aging population in the United States.
- Lower doses per procedure: There is a push to lower the amount of contrast agent used per procedure due to safety concerns. Furthermore, newer, more advanced diagnostic imaging systems do not require as much contrast agent. As a result, the dosage of contrast agent used per procedure will decline going forward, thereby limiting revenues.
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- "The ultrasound contrast agent segment will see notable procedure volume growth through 2023. This market has been historically limited by concerns over side effects associated with these contrast agents, but these concerns will wane going forward with reduced boxed warnings by the Food and Drug Administration, and the release of new products, which will increase physician awareness of the benefits of contrast-enhanced ultrasound through added marketing efforts. For example, Bracco Group launched its Lumason contrast agent in 2014, which is anticipated to see strong adoption."
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As Alan Moore bids adieu to comic books, a look at his life, work, and towering legacy
Over a career in comics that has spanned a little over four decades, Alan Moore became one of the most renowned and celebrated writers of his time, credited with a number of critically acclaimed original works as well as reimaginings of existing characters that helped revive their flagging popularity.
Last week, veteran writer and creative trailblazer, Alan Moore announced that he was retiring from writing comics.
Over a career in comics that has spanned a little over four decades, Moore became one of the most renowned and celebrated writers of his time.
His portrayals of ‘working class’ heroes were far removed from the dashing billionaires, fearless super-soldiers, brilliant scientists and fantastical aliens that were dominating mainstream comic books at the time.
Last week, veteran writer and creative trailblazer, Alan Moore announced that he was retiring from writing comics. Moore’s announcement makes good on his declaration in 2016 that the long-overdue fourth volume of his creation, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, would be his last work in the industry.
Over a career in comics that has spanned a little over four decades, Moore became one of the most renowned and celebrated writers of his time, credited with a number of critically acclaimed original works as well as reimaginings of existing characters that helped revive their flagging popularity.
With that in mind, it feels like as good a time as any to take moment and look back on the life and work of a man that many consider one of, if not the, greatest comic book writer of all time.
A living legend from humble beginnings
Although Moore was not particularly academically accomplished (he was actually expelled from school as a teenager for attempting to sell LSD), he was a voracious reader and spent much of his free time with books from the local libraries of Northampton, where he spent his childhood growing up in relative poverty. Both of these influences would come to colour Moore’s work in comics, where he made frequent references to other literary work and history.
So too do Moore’s characters tend to be far more grounded, often just regular people, often of humble means, trying to live their lives and maybe dispense a little justice on the side, but only if they have the time. These portrayals of ‘working class’ heroes were far removed from the dashing billionaires, fearless super-soldiers, brilliant scientists and fantastical aliens that were dominating mainstream comic books at the time (and still do to this day, actually).
While Moore got his start in the late 70s with a few regular comic strips, it would not be until he began working as a freelance contributor for 2000 AD, at the time a notable sci-fi magazine in the United Kingdom, that he would start to really garner attention for his work (as well as finally start to make ends meet with the proceeds of his new career).
He would go on to work for Marvel UK where he worked on Captain Britain, and Warrior publications where he would come out with one of his first original hits, V for Vendetta. A thoroughly British graphic novel series, V for Vendetta featured the efforts of a well-spoken and frequently verbose anarchist in a Guy Fawkes mask as he struggles against a totalitarian regime that draws its inspiration equally from Orwell’s INGSOC, Thatcher-era conservatism (Moore was not a fan), and good old-fashioned Nazi-esque racial-supremacy-based fascism (although this time Nordic rather than Aryan).
By this point, Moore’s personal writing style had almost fully matured, with his storylines offering cutting social commentary on real-world anxieties while maintaining a strong sardonic, deadpan wit that could elicit a laugh from readers even while handling the most dire of subject matter. A trait that was far more common among British writers at the time than their American counterparts.
With his popularity growing, Moore’s work in the UK began to get noticed across the Atlantic, and soon DC comics brought him on board to work on revitalising the character of Swamp Thing, who at the time was struggling with diminishing popularity and sales. Moore’s efforts to turn things around for Swamp Thing saw the character embark on storylines that were darker and more serious in their themes than was common among mainstream comics at the time; and audiences, which had been steadily skewing older over the last decade or so, absolutely loved it.
This success not only propelled Moore further into the ‘Major Leagues’ of comic book writers, but also led to American comic publishers seeking out more British writers. It was their hope that they would be able to inject some fresh new ideas and creativity into their industry, and looking back, it was probably more successful than they realised at the time.
The stories that changed an industry
Eventually, Moore was even able to start working on DC’s top tier superhero properties, producing two storylines for Superman. The First being For the Man Who Has Everything (1985), a story where an alien parasite attaches itself to Superman, slowly killing/consuming him while feeding him a vision of a false reality where all of his heart’s deepest wishes are fulfilled.
If you watched the Justice League animated series, then you may already be familiar with this plot, which was one of the better episodes in what, according to me at least, was a really strong series overall.
The second story Moore wrote for Superman was Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? (1986), in which Superman, having been forced to kill in order to save the day, rids himself of his powers and enters self-imposed exile ending the comic’s run prior to the Crisis on Infinite Earths storyline.
He would also get the chance in 1987 to write a major plotline for Batman in the form of the Eisner award-winning The Killing Joke, the infamous story that sees the Dark Knight pushed right to his limits by his old nemesis, the Joker and possibly, depending on who you ask, finally killing him for everything he has done (The ending was left intentionally ambiguous).
While The Killing Joke is likely one of Moore’s most famous storylines, it is, however, one that the author himself considers some of his weaker work and has stated that in the end, it didn’t really come together the way he had hoped.
However, it was between these bouts of writing for DC’s top tier characters that Moore produced what many, myself included, consider to be his seminal work, Watchmen. While this limited series only had 12 issues and lasted about a year, it is perhaps one of the most influential comics to ever be written. Set against the backdrop of the Cold War with all the hysteria and suspicion that accompanied it (a theme all too familiar to its American readers when it first hit shelves back in 1986), Watchmen followed the lives of several costumed ‘heroes’ as they get mixed up in events that would ultimately change history.
Although nothing happens in a vacuum, and other authors such as Frank Miller are also credited for the massive tonal shift that comic books underwent in the mid-80s (Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns also started in June, 1986). Together, these two storylines changed the comic industry forever. The morally grey characters of Watchmen and their less-than-noble, often selfish, reasons for becoming vigilantes was a far cry from the perfect and noble heroes that were the norm at the time and would heavily influence and inspire many other writers for years to come.
Also, since I’m talking about it, Chapter 3, The Judge of All the Earth contains perhaps the best representation I’ve read of what the inner-monologue of a God-like being who can see through time would be like.
Over the years, Moore would go on to develop several other successful comics that drew heavily on his interest in history and literature such as From Hell and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as well as get a chance to flex his comedic credentials in more light-hearted work such as Top 10 and SMAX.
However, his enduring legacy will, for better or worse, likely remain his time with DC and Watchmen and how it inspired at least a generation of gritty, adult-oriented comic book heroes, anti-heroes and plotlines. Not only did Watchmen become the first graphic novel to win a Hugo award (and unless I’m mistaken is still the only one so far), it also won itself a place on a 2005 list in Time Magazine among the 100 best novels since 1923, which puts it in some truly stellar literary company.
A principled man in an unprincipled time
But despite his success in the medium, one thing that Moore has seemingly never been able to enjoy, at least not for very long, was a positive relationship with his publishers. Right from the start of his career, Alan's tenure as a comic book writer would be fraught with dissatisfaction, and he would frequently clash with publishers over a number of matters from royalties and revenue splits to the intellectual property rights of his creations.
As you can probably imagine, these discussions usually went poorly and Moore, more often than not, would cut ties with that publisher shortly thereafter. A pattern that would repeat throughout his career, with his firm stance on creator’s rights costing him friends and leading to a lot of burned bridges.
To hear him speak on the matter it’s actually surprising that Moore worked in the industry as long as he did, although it is likely his return to self-publishing and co-publishing in the late 2000s that kept him in the game. In 2005 he is said to have remarked, “I love the comics medium. I pretty much detest the comics industry. Give it another 15 months, I'll probably be pulling out of mainstream, commercial comics.”
Moore has also been openly critical of pretty much all of the films that have been adapted from his work although, to be fair, pretty much everyone has been critical of these movies since they are, with V for Vendetta being the only exception in my opinion, universally terrible. In fact, by the time Zack Snyder’s Watchmen adaptation was in production, Moore had requested that he not be listed in the credits and did not wish to be associated to the project in any way.
The bitterness, however, shouldn’t be that surprising since DC had gone back on their original agreement that the rights to Watchmen would revert to Alan and his co-creator Dave Gibbons after a certain number of years; a betrayal that Moore was clearly not willing to easily forgive.
In an environment where creators are easily tempted to just take the money and run, Moore’s determination to stand up for his principles even if it costs him several million dollars is certainly a rarity. That perhaps is the lesson we should take from Alan Moore, even if it’s not the one we usually do. The importance of, in his words, “To just know that as far as you are aware, you have not got a price; that there is not an amount of money large enough to make you compromise even a tiny bit of principle that, as it turned out, would make no practical difference anyway. I'd advise everyone to do it, otherwise, you're going to end up mastered by money and that's not a thing you want ruling your life."
Thanks for the memories, Alan.
But don’t get too upset all you Alan Moore Stans, as of now, he’s only announced his retirement from comics, not from writing altogether. From what he’s let on so far, it’s likely that you’ll still be able to look forward to more work from him in the near future, across a variety of other mediums including a film or two.

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No! Jeantel told the truth regarding her conversation with Trayvon Martin on the phone and what she heard when Martin was attacked. However, the prosecutor’s objective was to lose the case. He told jurors Jeantel could be lying about what she said despite having facts showing she told the truth about these two specific occurrences. He did not present those facts to the jurors to show she was telling the truth. Instead, he chose to have the jurors think she may be lying about what she said by pointing to issues not related to the night of the killing. The prosecutors are to blame for Zimmerman’s acquittal. Readily available evidence to show guilt of murder was withheld.
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SK Telecom has signed a MoU with Indonesia's largest telco, Telekom Indonesia, to cooperate in IoT, media and smart products and '˜Lifeware', SK Telecom's consumer-centric smart devices that add value and convenience to people's lives. Under the MoU the two companies will work together to develop new business opportunities in smart city and IoT services.
SK Telecom plans to introduce to Telkom its IoT platform, ThingPlug, and share its knowhow in deployment and operation of LoRa networks with the aim of jointly developing IoT technologies and services that are tailored to the Indonesian market and customers.
The two companies will also discuss forming a joint venture for their IoT business within the next two years, and say they will make joint efforts to expand their presence beyond the Indonesian market.
SK Telecom and Telkom also agreed to collaborate in the development of cloud-based TV services/solutions for Telkom customers by using SK Telecom's media solution, Cloud Streaming.
Cloud Steaming is provided by SK Telecom's wholly-owned subsidiary Entrix and, according to SK Telecom, is 'an innovative solution that enables media companies including cable, TV, IPTV service providers to realize a high-performance, high-quality service regardless of set-top box performance/specification [and that] significantly enhances content transmission speed by utilizing cloud servers to handle data, thereby improving user convenience and satisfaction.'
The two companies have also agreed to work together to introduce SK Telecom's laser pico projector '˜UO Smart Beam Laser' to the Indonesian market, through Telkom's distribution subsidiary, PINS.


Inflatable Island Philippines: Top Summer Destination in the Philippines
Inflatable Island, dubbed, “the biggest floating playground in Asia” thanks to its 3,400 square meters (36,597 square feet) area, is the size of eight basketball courts put together side by side, according to its website. The island’s inflatables range from kid-friendly to challenging, so adrenaline junkies can also be sure to get their rush.
A human launcher, trampoline, and giant Tarzan swing are all part of the fun, but the rising Instagram star is their irresistible new addition: Unicorn Island. The centerpiece is no less than a giant unicorn, surrounded by rainbows and fellow adorable creatures like a sea-unicorn and dinosaur.
The real star of this island, however, is Baba the unicorn.
Don’t worry about tiring yourself out on the water playground because an equally Instagram-worthy lounge waits ashore with a Bali-inspired lounge for when you’re on dry land, so you can sip cocktails and watch everyone else splash about.
The Bali Lounge, placed on the shore of the beach, is covered in pink umbrellas and beanbag chairs to rest on after a cool, adventure-filled afternoon.
The special kiddie area is perfect for your little ones and the attraction that truly catches the attention of many netizens — especially those who like to take photos of places for Instagram — is the “Unicorn Island.”
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The Green Fair organized by Palau Visitors Authority which is scheduled to be held on Friday this week received donations from Ace Hardware and IP&E.
Ace Hardware donated 4 pieces of patio furniture, 3 pieces of bistro set twin oaks, and 2 pieces of stand plant obelisks amounting to $372.38 in value while IP&E donated 16 gasoline gift certificates amounting to $400.
The PVA expressed their gratitude towards the donations received for Green Fair which will start at 9 in the morning and will go on till 4 PM. Registrations for the event are open till Wednesday. (PR)


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Speaking of kids, I made these card designs for a kids class I taught at the Mulberry Street Library, which is probably the closest thing to a Harry Potter library here in NYC. You'd never know there was a library there and it's built in a former chocolate factory. The kids called the bat "derpy" and got into stitching. I thought I'd share one of the templates here for you to do yourself or as a fun project with kids. It can be a card or enlarge it to stitch onto a tote bag for a most excellent trick or treat bag! Now, I must do this immediately.
Click here for the Gimme All The Candy template. I also included simple instructions for stitching a card.
Please, please share pics if you give it a go, and tag any projects on instagrams! #miniaturerhino
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Residence: Ralph lived near Randalia, IA when I, Don, knew him. I and my older brother, Kenneth W. were born on the Quass family farms. Ralph and his family moved to an 80 acre farm a few miles west of Randalia, Iowa, in 1939 when their youngest child was still in grade school. The move was a result of poor farming decisions by Ralph. The untimely death of his second son, Norma in 1938 took the desire to farm out of him. Their daughter, Bernice was married to Ralph Wegner in the family farmhouse west of Randalia. Ralph and Emma were lifelong members of the Methodist Church and were active in the Randalia Methodist Church. The couple's youngest daughter, Dorothy was married in the church in Randalia as well as their oldest daughter, Lucille. After the children left the family farm, the couple moved to another 80 acre farm about 3 miles due south of the farm. This farm had been used as a gravel mine, so the agrible acreage was decreased. Ralph rented out some of the acreage and raised a few dairy cattle for sale of milk. They lived there into their retirement years and the children talked them into moving into a home owned by their daughter Lucille who was married to Carl Clemens. The home was located in Shell Rock, Iowa backing up to the Shell Rock River. The couple lived there for several years. Ralph became ill and passed away in the hospital in nearby Waverly, Iowa. His funeral service was conducted in the Shell Rock Methodist Church. The service was led by a 'local pastor' (an unordained Methodist trained as a pastor) as the church was too small to afford a full time ordained pastor. Emma continued to live by herself for a few more years, ultmately moving in with her youngest son, Louis Wayne and his wife in Tripoli, Iowa. She resided there until she required skilled nursing care and was moved into a nursing home in Sumner, Iowa where she lived out her final days. Ralph was very intelligent and wanted to become a doctor and attended Upper Northern Iowa college for a semester, returning home to help run the family farm upon the death of his father, Edward Charles Quass, thereby halting his medical education. He really had no apptitude for farming, but his mother, Hannah Vaughn Quass purchased the registered bull and cows for him as reward for helping with the farm. Later his mother-in-law, loaned him several thousand dollars to help him out. He could not repay the loan and she never really forgave him for it.
Occupation: farmer and salesman. Ralph was primarily a small farmer renting and operating 80 acre farms. On the farm 2 miles south of Independence, he raised registered Guernsey dairy cattle for sale of milk. He supplemented the dairy herd by raising grains and hay to feed them and for sale. He later moved his family to a farm 2.5 miles south of Independence, the 'pony farm' as his son, Louis Wayne called it. He 'lost' the herd through a series of misfortunes during the depression and moved to an 80 acre farm west of Randalia. The family lived there about a year, then moved to another 80 acre farm a mile or so south of it and west of Randalia. There he continued to raise a few dairy cattle along with hogs and chickens. He sold the milk and cream separated in the family farmhouse basement. He raised oats and corn as well as hayed the remainder of the acreage, selling what he didn't use for the livestock. He also raised a small field of Sorghum from time to time which was processed into syrup for income near Sumner, Iowa, some 15 miles west of the farm. After the children left the family for lives of their own, the couple moved to another farm about 3 miles due south. Emma was an avid gardner and raised chickens, geese, Guinea hens, primarily for family consumption and from time to time turkeys for income. She sold eggs and chickens not consumed by the family to supplement family income as well.
While farming on the farm west of Randalia, Ralph took a part-time job selling Watkins products door to door mainly to farmwives in the area. He continued this occupation after moving to the farm 3 miles south of the farm. It was not a vocation he enjoyed and finally ceased doing so as he became older moving towards retirement. The family assumed it was 'hobby income' at best. When Ralph's youngest son, Louis Wayne left home, Ralph knew he could not do farming alone and could not afford to hire help. So downsizing became necessary, thus the move to the farm 3 miles south. While this farm was 80 acres, it had been mined for gravel, so the agriable acreage was reduced. Ralph leased out portions of the farmland and raised a few dairy cows for milk. Emma raised only enough chickens for family eggs and meat. Her garden was reduced in size to be more managable with just her labors. As their health and vigor deteriorated, the family talked them into moving to a house in Shell Rock. Emma continued to garden at the home in Shell Rock, Iowa.
Ralph had a flash temper that was unpredictable, but was a pleasant man whose company was enjoyed by others. He loved his family, and was very sentimental as he aged, often breaking down weeping at family gatherings when offering grace, reminicing or at patriotic events. It was a trait his eldest son developed later in his life as well. He served on the Randalia school board. He was a county assessor in Buchanan county to supplement income before moving to Fayette county. He was quite strict with his children's behavior. He demanded no idle conversation from them nor giggling or laughing at mealtimes. If a child giggled or laughed at meals, he had them stand outside in the entryway, rain, cold or shine, till they could/would compose themselves. His two oldest sons, Ken and Norman, were the instigators and would pinch and tickle their siblings till they giggled or laughed and were sent outside. Ralph went to bed early, so his wife Emma and the children would sit around the kitchen table and converse, laugh and tell stories after he retired for the night. Ralph was extremely difficult to work for according to his children. Things had to be done his way or his temper would flair up unpredictably. Once he hit his thumb with a hammer and in a fit of temper threw the hammer into a field. Later he had his children search and find it. His oldest son, Ken wanted to attend college, as he knew his father had, but Ralph told him no, as Ken was to help with the family farm. Like his father, Ken had no apptitude for farming, so he married and left home in March 1938. Ralph's second son, Norman was a natural at farming and Ralph then depended upon him to help him succeed. When Norman died in the fall of 1938, Ralph was devastated and really lost his will to farm afterwards. He and his wife, Emma saw to it that all the children learned to play a musical instrument and had the basics of playing the piano. The children were encouraged to participate in school sports, but farm chores came first. All played in band. They all attended church on a regular basis and Sunday was a traditional day of rest from farming chores, except the basics necessary for the livestock. They demanded the children do well at school. And each child had specific duties to perform on the farm. The family participated in social activities and had many lifelong friends in the Independence area and Randalia. Ralph enjoyed the family gatherings at the family farm, and looked forward to them as father and host. He was not particularly engaged with his grandchildren when they visited, leaving that task to his wife, Emma.
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Obama praised Bush for his more than 70 years of service to his country, saying his life is a testament to the belief that public service is a noble calling.
"His humility and his decency reflects the very best of the American spirit," Obama said.
The president said they all have made important contributions to the U.S.
"This year's Medal of Freedom recipients reveal the best of who we are and who we aspire to be," Obama said.
A local woman, Sylvia Mendez was among the recipients. Her family's civil rights efforts ended school segregation in California and ultimately in the United States.
Other winners include:
- Angela Merkel, German Chancellor
- John H. Adams, co-founder of Natural Resources Defense Council
- Jasper Johns, artist
- Gerda Weissmann Klein, Holocaust survivor and author
- Dr. Tom Little (posthumous), optometrist murdered on humanitarian mission in Afghanistan
- Stan Musial, Hall of Fame baseball player
- Bill Russell, professional basketball player and first African American to coach in the NBA
- Jean Kennedy Smith, founder of VSA, a non-profit organization that promotes the artistic talents of people with disabilities
- John J. Sweeney, President Emeritus of the AFL-CIO Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., civil rights activist
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As a new parent one of the most thrilling moments is hearing your baby’s heartbeat for the first time. Can You Use A Baby Doppler On A Dog. Fortunately, advancements in technology allow you to experience this from the at-home comforts of your at home with a fetal doppler. With so many options available, it can be challenging to choose the right option for the baby.
In this comprehensive review, I will guide you through all you must know about fetal dopplers, including their functions, the types available, and factors to consider when selecting the best one for your baby.
Introduction to Fetal Dopplers – Can You Use A Baby Doppler On A Dog
A fetal doppler is an instrument that is handheld and uses ultrasound technology to identify the baby’s heartbeat. It works by emitting high-frequency sound waves that bounce off the baby’s heart and come back into the gadget, creating an audible sound that allows you to hear the heartbeat. Fetal dopplers have been becoming more sought-after by parents of expecting children since they can provide a sense of security and aid in monitoring the baby’s health.
Benefits of Using Fetal Dopplers
One of the main advantages of using an fetal doppler is the ability to listen to the heartbeat of your baby at any time, giving you the peace of mind the baby’s in good health and doing well. Furthermore, it lets you to connect with your newborn before the birth and is an aid to you during stressful periods. Fetal dopplers can also be helpful in monitoring your baby’s heart rate in pregnancy with high risk or when the baby isn’t moving as much as usual.
How do Fetal Dopplers Work?
Fetal dopplers work by emitting high-frequency sound waves into the body, which bounce off organs and tissues and then return to the device. The device detects the sound waves and transforms them into a distinct sound that can be heard through the device’s speakers. Fetal dopplers can be safe to use and do not emit harmful radiation, making them a popular choice among expecting parents.
Types of Fetal Dopplers
There are two types of dopplers for fetal use that are console and handheld. Handheld dopplers are small, portable devices that are simple to use and transport. They are great for use at home, and permit you to monitor your baby’s heartbeat in real-time. Console dopplers, on other hand, are more substantial and more powerful devices that are mostly employed in medical settings. They offer more advanced features and detect more details regarding the health of your baby. Can You Use A Baby Doppler On A Dog
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When choosing the best fetal doppler for your baby There are a variety of things to think about. This includes:
Accuracy: The device must be able to provide accurate results, so that you’re able to monitor your baby’s health effectively.
Usability The device must be easy for users to use, particularly when you intend to make use of it at home.
The portability is important if you intend to use your device at home or while on the go the device should be light and mobile.
Life of the battery: Your device should have a long battery life to prevent frequent replacements.
Cost: Fetal dopplers range from affordable to expensive It’s crucial to select one that is within your budget.
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Sonoline B Fetal Doppler The handheld device is affordable, easy to operate, and offers accurate results. It displays a clear screen, as well as an inbuilt speaker for crystal crisp sound quality. Can You Use A Baby Doppler On A Dog.
Womb Music Heartbeat Baby Monitor The handheld doppler is a favorite for parents expecting a baby due to its affordable price and high-quality audio. It is portable and comes with earphones for private listening.
Philips Avalon FM50 Fetal Monitor The console doppler is a more advanced device that is typically employed in medical settings. It offers high-quality sound and features that allow for the monitoring of the health of babies.
Fetal Doppler Reviews – Pros and Cons
While fetal dopplers offer many benefits but there are some negatives that you should consider. Here are some advantages and disadvantages of using a fetal doppler
It provides a sense of security and allows you to monitor the health of your child.
Lets you bond with your baby before the baby’s birth.
Non-invasive and safe to use.
It can cause stress when you’re not able to locate the heartbeat.
Can be addictive and cause anxiety if used excessively.
It is not a substitute for regular prenatal check-ups and routine care.
Fetal Doppler Safety Precautions
While fetal dopplers are generally safe to use but it’s essential to observe certain safety guidelines to protect the safety of your baby’s health. This includes:
Make use of the device only sparingly and only when necessary.
Don’t rely on the doppler of your fetus for monitoring your baby’s health.
Don’t utilize the device prior to twelve weeks into pregnancy.
Do not use the device for longer than 10 minutes at a time.
Where to Buy Fetal Dopplers
Fetal dopplers can be purchased online or in-store through baby supplies stores, medical supply shops or. It’s important to research the device and read reviews before buying to make sure that you are getting an accurate and high-quality device.
Conclusion – Finding the Best Fetal Doppler for Your Baby
In conclusion, fetal dopplers are an excellent instrument for monitoring your baby’s health as well as providing assurance throughout pregnancy. When choosing the ideal fetal doppler for your baby, consider the quality, the ease of use and portability, battery life and price. Be sure to adhere to safety guidelines and use the device sparingly. With the correct fetal doppler, you can monitor your baby’s heartbeat and connect with your baby one before birth. Can You Use A Baby Doppler On A Dog.


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Kent has had pickled eggs since he was a little boy. I did not know anything about pickled eggs until I met him 30 years ago. His mom always made these at Easter time. He insisted I post this on my blog. He absolutely loves these and they are, of course, Simple and Delicious! 🙂
6 hard boiled eggs
2 cups beet juice
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
2 Tablespoons sugar
1. 6 eggs. Place eggs in pan with 1 inch of water above eggs. Have water come to boil. Turn off heat, place lid on pan and let sit for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes put eggs in bowl with ice and let sit for 5 minutes. Then eggs are ready to remove shell.
2. In the meantime; While eggs are boiling. Mix beet juice, apple cider and sugar.
3. When eggs are shelled add to beet juice, apple cider and sugar mixture.
4. Let set overnight and enjoy!
Now my husband will be happy that I shared the family recipe for Pickled Eggs! Let me know what you think of this Simple and Delicious recipe! 🙂

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Saltimbanco by Cirque du Soleil
This summer Cirque du Soleil comes to Great Britain and Ireland with the show Saltimbanco to impress the audience and sparkle some magic into ordinary lives.
The humble beginnings of Cirque du Soleil was when a group of street performers in Quebec, Canada decided to create a new venue for their passion. Guy Laliberté guided them to use its creativity and innovation to redefine the entertainment landscape and thrill audiences all around the world.
The group successfully managed to sustain a reputation for unrivalled creativity and eye popping shows and celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2009. The theme of the celebration was „the dream continues”.
Awards winning Cirque du Soleil is known globally for its innovative shows. Its performers come from nearly forty different countries and they work under the supervision of around twenty trainers to follow the performer-training programmes.
From the Italian Saltimbanco – „saltare in banco” literally means to jump on a bench. The show explores the urban experience in all its myriad forms: the people, the hustle and bustle of the street and the towering heights of skyscrapers. Saltimbanco takes spectators on an allegorical and acrobatic journey into the heart of the city.
Saltimbanco is a Cirque du Soleil signature show inspired by the urban fabric of the metropolis and its colourful inhabitants. Decidedly baroque in its visual expression, the show’s eclectic cast of characters draws spectators into a fanciful, dreamlike world, an imaginary city where diversity is purposeful. Saltimbanco has already been seen by over 11 million of people around the globe.
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A group show inspired by our favorite inversion of the ideal American family. “They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky. They’re all together ooky, the Addams Family!”
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The Philadelphia Eagles second 2014 NFL preseason game against the New England Patriots was sloppy at times but also featured some encouraging rebound performances from key players. The Eagles' starting defense struggled despite benefiting from a big play early while the Eagles' offense went from turning the ball over on their first play to finishing the first half with a solid touchdown drive.The Patriots' backups generally bested the Eagles' backups in the second half and the game ended with a final score of 42-35. The Eagles are now 0-2 in the preseason.
There's a lot to talk from the game about so let's get right to it.
First team offense
Very first play of the Eagles first offensive drive: quarterback Nick Foles completes a pass to wide receiver Ifeanyi Momah and the 6-8 pass catcher fumbles the ball. Not good. An 8 second possession.
Second offensive drive isn't much better. Right tackle Allen Barbre struggled to protect Foles. Philadephia gets 5 plays off for a gain of 9 yards before having to punt.
Third drive. The Eagles move the ball 51 yards on 8 plays, which is good, but the drive ends in a missed 47-yard field goal, which is not good.
Fourth drive. Foles throws to Celek and the Eagles tight end is CRUSHED by two Patriots defenders (VIDEO). Celek was too tough, though, and hung on to make the catch. A few players later Foles finds Zach Ertz in the endzone for a touchdown. That's much better. It was a low bar to rise above, but that was easily the best Eagles offensive drive of the preseason.
First team defense
The Eagles kicked off so the defense started on the field first. The Patriots converted for a few first downs before... Cary Williams picks off Tom Brady and returns the ball 77 yards for a touchdown?! Not exactly the most expected play, but it's probably a moment that Williams savored considering his comments about the Patriots (cheaters!) earlier this offseason. It looked like a bad throw from Brady on top of miscommunication between him and his target. Great block by Vinny Curry to make space for Williams on the return, by the way. Unfortunately for Williams, he injured himself on the play and did not return. Nickel cornerback Brandon Boykin took over for him on the outside.
Second defensive drive. Some interesting players rotating in with the first string: cornerback Curtis Marsh, defensive lineman Brandon Bair. Speaking of Marsh... rough drive for him. Holding penalty, pass interference penalty, beat for a touchdown on a back shoulder throw from Tom Brady. Yikes.
Third defensive drive. The Eagles have bad field position and the Patriots take advantage for a touchdown.
Kicker Alex Henery booted the opening kickoff through the back of the endzone for a touchback. Encouraging.
Henery misses a 47-yard field goal wide right. Not so encouraging.
Blocked punt by Arrelious Benn gives the Eagles two blocks in two weeks. Bair blocked a field goal against the Chicago Bears last week.
Nick Foles: 8/10 (80%), 81 yards, 8.1 average, 1 TD, 0 INT, 133.8 Rating
Mark Sanchez: 11/12 (91.2%), 117 yards, 9.8 average, 2 TD, 1 INT, 112.2 Rating
Matt Barkley: 9/12 (75%), 132 yards, 11.0 average, 1 TD, 1 INT, 103.5 Rating
G.J. Kinne: Did not play
Good news for the Eagles to see a strong performance from starting quarterback Nick Foles after a shaky outing last week. Foles looked confident out there and threw some really good passes despite missing two of his starting receivers in Jeremy Maclin and Riley Cooper.
Aside from the interception, Mark Sanchez was flawless. There's no doubt he's had a great summer and looks like very capable backup. I'm not sure that's something many people saw coming when he was first signed earlier in the offseason.
Matt Barkley had some bad luck on Friday night. His first pass of the game was fumbled by wide receiver Jeff Maeh. Another pass was intercepted after being tipped into the air by Damaris Johnson. Barkley rebounded from those misfortunes by finishing the game with a solid performance.
SO MANY PENALTIES. AGAIN. It's so ridiculous.
Final count: Eagles 10 penalties, 86 yards | Patriots 11 penalties, 83 yards. That's 21 combined penalties for 169 yards. That figure doesn't account for penalties that were declined or off-setting.
Second year tight end Zach Ertz is already a beast. He reportedly killed the Patriots during practice this week and he carried that over to the game. He's a mismatch nightmare.
Jordan Matthews looked MUCH better this week than he did against the Bears. 9 catches for 104 yards, 11.6 average, and a long of 25 yards on 9 targets. Most importantly: no drops.
That Arrelious Benn touchdown catch after Ifeanyi Momah initially dropped the pass was really something, huh? Watch it here if you missed it. Kind of sums up how the night went for each player, too. Momah struggled while Benn made the most of his opportunities. It's been a good camp for Momah and a quiet camp for Benn but tonight the two players flipped the script.
Allen Barbre's preseason performance hasn't exactly been encouraging.
Brandon Bair and Beau Allen stood out on the defensive line for the second straight week.
What a terrible showing for Curtis Marsh. He allowed three touchdowns, got called for penalties, and was just generally toasted in coverage way too often (PICTURE). It's a shame for Marsh because he's had a good training camp, but that play certainly didn't carry over into the game.
Undrafted free agent rookie running back Henry Josey sure did make the most out of his playing time with both Matthew Tucker and Chris Polk missing the game due to injury.
The following players left the game and did not return:
CB Cary Williams (hamstring)
WR Josh Huff (shoulder)
CB Brandon Boykin (cramps)
Another nine Eagles players did not play in Friday's game due to injury including starting wide receivers Jeremy Maclin and Riley Cooper.
The Philadelphia Eagles have off Saturday, August 16th, before returning to training camp practice on Sunday, August 17th. The Eagles play their next preseason game on Thursday, August 21st at home against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
We'll have more in-depth coverage of Friday night's Eagles-Patriots game on Bleeding Green Nation coming shortly. Stay tuned.


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A couple of decades can go by, and it’s never too late to salvage a relationship and reunite with people you made history with.
No one can know that better than Oprah Winfrey.
In her new book, ‘Oprah: A Biography,’ scandal-mongering biographer Kitty Kelley offered many unconfirmed stories about Winfrey’s alleged dust-ups with cast members and the movie’s director Steven Spielberg.
The tantalizing tidbits provided context to what many believe has been a long-running feud with her co-star, the movie’s lead actress Whoopi Goldberg.
Goldberg, who was nominated for an Academy Award for ‘Purple‘ – along with co-stars Winfrey and Margaret Avery, has never sat down on Winfrey’s couch since then, and was noticeably absent at her big 2006 Legends Ball weekend festivities, where Winfrey & Co. celebrated great black women who contributed to the history of arts and culture. Even though Goldberg — at the time — was only one of two living female black actresses who won Academy Awards (Halle Berry was the other), she didn’t get an invite.

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I really love the new leaves of the Oak (Quercus robur).
Starting with a red tinge they quickly change to a to lovely shiny light lime green. It may be one of the last trees to get its leaves, but it is well worth the wait.
The young Oak leaves start with a red ting, before turning a bright, light green
Young Oak leaves have a lovely shiny light green colour
Sunlight dappled through the lime green leaves
The largest Oak in the Woods, by the loop junction on the main track in Harridge Woods West.
Oak on the loop opposite the picnic area
Holly Bark – large tree at the top of Limekiln Wood
Oak Bark – A Medium sized tree near the stone bridge
Alder Bark – Taken near the Road bridge in Netttlebridge
Ask Bark – An old Ash Tree near stone bridge
Silver Birch Bark – near the Dew pond
Hazel Bark – Taken near Stone Bridge
Beech Bark – on the ridge of Ashwick Grove
Norway Spruce Bark – near Harridge West entrance
Western Red Cedar Bark – This tree is just above the main track
Wild Cherry Bark – This is one of two trees at the Entrance to Harridge West
Larch Bark – tree near the entrance of Harridge West
The bright winters sun has been ideal for photographing close ups of all the different types of tree bark.


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Behind the top of another sunken ship, a mermaid looked over in amazement at what she was seeing in the distance.
"Moka! Moka, wait for me!" A little voice called out to her. (Just imagine her as a mermaid, not a fish)
"Yukari, hurry up." Moka called back, to the little girl. She was a beautiful mermaid with long, pink hair, emarald eyes, and green fin, with a blue shell-like bikini top to cover her chest area.
"Moka, you know I can't swim that fast." Yukari said, as she finally swam up to her. Yukari was am adorable little mermaid, who was always there for her. Whenever no one was around, they would always go on secret adventures. She was Moka's best friend, and even though she only looked to be twelve years old.
"There it is." She said, pointing to a large, dull sunken ship. It looked old and beaten, that had some of the cracks half on the ship. "Isn't it fantastic?"
"Yeah, sure, i-i-it's great. Now let's get outta here." she said, trying to swim away. However, Moka grabbed her on the end of her fin, pulling her back.
"Your not getting cold fins now, are you?" She said, swimming toward the sunken ship.
"Who me? No way." she said, swimming to catch up to her. "It's just that uh...it looks damp in there. Yeah and I think I maybe coming down with something." she said, trying to make up excuses to escape, as they stopped near an opened window. "Yeah, I got this cough." He then started fake coughing, hoping Moka would buy it.
"Alright, I'm going inside. You can just stay here and watch out for sharks." Moka said, smirking.
"Okay." Yukari replied as Moka went through the window of the ship. "Yeah, you go. I'll stay here and...WHAT SHARKS! Moka!" Yukari panicked as she tried to get through the window, but ended up being stuck. "Moka...I can't...I mean .Moka, help!" Moka giggled to herself, swimming over to her.
"Oh, Yukari." Moka then started to try and pull Yukari through the window.
"Moka, do you really think there might be sharks around here?" Yukari whispered, extremely worried. Little did they know, that a huge, grey body passed by.
"Yukari, don't be such a guppy."
"I'm no guppy." Yukari pouted, as she finally slipped through the window. They started to swim around the first deck, looking at everything carefully. "This is great. I mean I really love this, excitement, adventure, danger lurking around every corne...AAAAHHHH! Moka!" She screamed, when she came face to face with a skeleton in the corner. Then swam towards Moka as fast as she could, knocking her down, due to the extreme force.
"Oh, are you ok?" Moka asked, worriedly as she saw her shaking literally.
"Yeah sure...I-I'm okay." Yukari said, still shaking until Moka shushed her, putting a finger to her lips before looking up. When the two of them got to the upper part of the ship, Moka began to look around for anything unusual, until something silver caught her attention.
"Oh my Gosh, oh my Gosh! Have you ever seen anything so wonderful in your entire life?" Moka said, as she swam to the object and picked it up to examine it.
"Wow! Cool! But uh...what is it?" Yukari asked, looking at the strange object in Moka's hand.
"I don't know, but I bet Kon will." She said, placing the object in her small, handbag.
"W-What was that?" Yukari asked, as she heard movement. Making her swim around near the window in panic. "D-Did you hear something?"
"Hmm..I wonder what this one is?" She said, picking up a pipe from the shelf, examining it, not even hearing Yukari.
"Moka." Yukari called, getting worried.
"Yukari, will you relax, nothing is going to happen." She said. Just then a big shadow cast behind Yukari, making him turn around to come face to face with a big grey shark. Opening his jaw to devour her, he closed his jaw to eat the little girl, causing the window that was near Yukari to break.
"SHARK, SHARK! LOOK AT THE SHARK!" Yukari screamed, finally catching Moka's attention, as she was swimming away form the shark. Moka and Yukari went above another deck and before they could go any further, the shark popped up from under, snapping it's jaws at them. Eating the floorboard along the way.
"AAAAAAAHHHHH!" Yukari screamed as her and Moka were getting away. Moka then noticed that her bag was missing in the floorboard and swam to get it before the shark got to it. They swam trying to lose the shark, until Yukari reached the same window that she couldn't get through at first.
"Oh no!" Yukari said, swimming to the window. But when she tried to get through, she got stuck once again, until Moka pushed her through with her following after. When the shark went after them, he broke throuhg the whole side of the ship. Moka and Yukari swam as fast as they could go, trying to shake off the shark. As they were swimming, Yukari wasn't paying attention to where she was going and hit her on the look out post from one of the ships and started to fall down. As Moka saw Yukari falling, she quickly went to catch her before the shark could come ten feet within. When she finally fell, she caught her threw a large anchor hole, and when the shark tried to go through the hole, he got stuck. Giggling, Moka picked up her handbag off the ground, beside the anchor where she dropped it and started to swim away from the shark.
"You big dumbass!" Yukari said, to the shark, sticking her tongue out at him. The shark snapped his jaws at Yukari, causing her to swim away form him and to Moka, frighten.
"Hahaha, Yukari you really are a guppy."
"I am not!" She whined, as they both swam to the surface.
Up on the surface, on a small piece of land, there was a seagull humming to himself, while playing with a telescope.
"Kon!" He looked through the big part of the telescope making it seem as though Moka was a thousand feet away from him.
"Whoa, mermaid up the port! Moka, how you doing kid?" Kon yelled, as he removed the telescope and saw that she was up to his face. "Whoa, what a swim."
"Kon, look what we found." Moka said, putting her bag on the surface.
"Yeah, there was this sunken ship, and it was really creepy." Yukari said.
"Human stuff, huh? Hey, let me see." Kon said, as he through down an anchor, but ended up falling with him to the ground. He went to Moka's bag and searched through her it, until he pulled out something fork, that looked like a fork. "Look at this! Wow, now this is special, this is very, very, unusual."
"What..what is it?" Moka asked, excitedly.
"It's a dingle hopper." Kon said, holding up the fork. "Humans use these little babies..." he said bending the fork, causing it to shoot up in the air. He quickly caught before it could fall into the ocean. "to straighten their hair up. See, just a little twirl here, and a yank there and..." He twirled the fork in his feathers on top of his head. He then yanked it and ended up with afro-like-hair, on his head. "And now you got a steadictly, pleasing, configuration of hair, that humans go nuts over." Kon explained, handing the fork to Moka.
"A dingle hopper." Moka repeated, staring at it in awe.
"What about that one?" Yukari asked, indicating to the pipe.
"Now this...this I haven't seen in years. This is wonderful." Kon said, picking up the pipe. "A bandit-bowler- snorfblat." Kon said, showing it to Moka and Yukari, as the two of them just gazed at it in amazement. "Now the snorblat digs back to prehistoric times when humans used to sit around and stare at each other all day." He said, getting in Moka's face. "That's very boring." He said, her face. "So, they invented the snortblat to make fine music, allow me." Kon put his mouth at the end of the pipe and blew in to it, causing some sand, bubbles, and seaweed to come out of it.
"Music?" Moka groaned, just realizing something.
"It's stuck!" Kon said, choking on some of the sand.
"Oh, the concert! Oh my gosh, my father's gonna kill me!" She said, grabbing her stuff and putting it into the bag.
"The concert was today?" Yukari asked, surprising that she forgot as well.
"Maybe you can make a plant holder out of it or something." Kon said, holding the pipe until Moka took it out of his feathers and put it in her bag.
"I'm sorry, but I gotta go! Thank you Adler!" Moka said, as her and Yukari started to swim under water.
"Anytime sweetie! Anytime!" Kon called, waving good-bye. As Moka and Yukari were rushing back to the castle, two eels were watching them as they were heading back. But through their eyes, someone else was watching them.
"Yes, hurry home, princess." The person said, looking at her little bubble ball, seeing Moka swimming back to the castle. "We wouldn't to miss old daddy's celebration, now would we? Ha! Celebration, indeed. Bah! In my days, we had fantastical feasts, when I lived in the palace. And now look at me..." Ririko's face appeared out of the shouleds. "Wasting away to practically nothing." she said, turning half of her body upside down in bordome. "Banished and exiled, and practically starving. While he and his fremzy fish folks celebrate." Ririko said, angrily as she finally got out of her shell-chair. "Well, I'll give him something to celebrate, soon enough." she then turned back to her two eels. "Flotsam, Jetsam!" She called, to her eels, who were watching the scene in the little bubble. "I want you keep an extra watch on this pretty, little daughter of his. She maybe the key to Yamamoto's undoing." Ririko said, evilly.
Don't flame me about doing a crossover between Bleach and RV, because it was my choice to. I had no one else from bleach and RV, so I put Kon and Yukari as Flounder and Scuttle.

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