After the documentary "A Bite of China" won critical praise, many Chinese restaurants saw their business boom. Diners have come from far distances, to try the food mentioned in the programme.
This street gathers the most typical foods and snacks in East China's Fuzhou City. Though it's not the weekend, many stores and restaurants are still packed with food lovers from all over China. Trying the local delicacies themselves is not enough, many want to share the good taste with their relatives and friends.
A tourist from Shanghai says, "I want to bring some typical Fuzhou snacks to my friends."
A saleswomen says, "The sales volume is 30 percent higher now."
This store sells pigs feet, which is quite popular in Fujian Province. These days, more customers are coming here thanks to "A Bite of China."
Zheng Zexian, an operation manager says, "Our store used to sell two or three hundred pigs feet each day, but now, the number has climbed to four or five hundred."
Some customers came to the store right after they watched the programme.
"I've seen pigs feet in the programme, and I heard other dishes are good as well, so I come here today."
"A Bite of China" has opened a window allowing TV audiences at home and abroad to learn about Chinese food and its culture. For China's countless delicious dishes, and its vast population of food-lovers.It proves that one bite is never enough.


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Kate has over six years' experience working in publicity and publishing and as Account Director works primarily across books, events and entertainment accounts with clients including Head of Zeus, Private Eye Annual, Cambridge University Press and Henley Festival as well as independent authors. Recent highlights include working on the relaunch of the Queen's Park Book Festival in Summer 2018 which boasted headline speakers including Zadie Smith and Eleanor Catton.
Prior to joining Midas, Kate worked at Authoright PR where she headed the UK publicity team working alongside traditional publishers (including Little Brown, Hachette, History Press and Watkins) and with independent authors managing book publicity campaigns for both debut and bestselling authors across a wide variety of genres.
A graduate in History and French from the University of Birmingham, Kate has a keen interest in both translated fiction and non-fiction as well as exploring new museums, galleries and historic cities. In her spare time she also writes opinion pieces on modern life for The Huffington Post.

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It is getting easier and easier to watch over your baby without sacrificing comfort and security.
The wireless video baby monitor was a significant advance over the wired version since it gave far greater physical mobility to parents and care givers.
2.4 GHz is the most commonly used frequency for video baby monitors today. Most cell phones use the 2.4 GHz band so it has become over crowded.
2.4 GHz phones do interfere with 2.4 GHz baby monitors. When the phone rings or is in use, the video image may suffer from added static.
Another source of interference is a home router (Wi-Fi computer network).
All this means is that you need to determine the frequencies used by devices in your home before buying a wireless baby monitor.
Don't forget devices like microwave ovens, wireless headphones, and wireless speaker systems.
A few years ago, the 900 MHz bandwidth was the most used frequency for multiple wireless devices.
This use declined with the emergence of the 2.4 GHz frequency.
If you have serious problems in your home with interference due to 2.4 GHz frequency devices, then look for a video baby monitor that uses the 900 MHz bandwidth.
Don't mistake channels with frequencies. Devices may have multiple channels, but these channels operate on the same frequency.
If you have a video baby monitor with multiple cameras, you would use different channels for each camera.
Your baby is the most precious being in your life. And since babies can't still tend for themselves, it is your responsibility to give the love, care and security that they need.
But we all know that even though they are your top most priority, there are still other things in the priority list that need your attention.
So how do you go on with your daily activities without sacrificing the quality of security, love, and care that you need to give your baby?
You can use video baby monitors.
The original type baby monitors made use of a simplex transmitter and receiver system.
In the baby's room, a transmitter device with microphone was installed while the parents had a receiver device with a speaker.
Any sound the baby made in the room was transmitted directly to the device held by the parents.
If something was wrong, the parents definitely knew about it.
But baby monitors have already come a long way.
Today, different video baby monitors have been developed which make use not only of sounds but of images as well.
Video baby monitors make use of cameras instead of just the usual transmitter with microphone device.
A camera or a number of cameras are installed in the baby's room and live video feed are transmitted to a TV or LCD receiver.
These video devices can either be wired or wireless devices.
The most basic application of a wired video baby monitor is to provide live video feed from the room of the baby to the room of the parents.
This is most useful during the sleeping hours of the parents.
With the video baby monitor installed, you can continually monitor your baby without having to stand up and going to your baby in the next room.
The wireless video baby monitor however has a larger scope of use.
Since it is wireless, you can go anywhere around the house while bringing an LCD monitor to keep track of the status of your baby.
Also, you want your monitor to have a belt clip so you can walk around with it.
You can be in the kitchen or in the garden and still be able to keep an eye over the baby since you are not limited with a wire.
You may want to have an extra camera (an additional charge) so you can monitor your baby in different rooms with complete convenience.
It is important to know though that these devices also have a limit to their range.
-1- Used with the Internet. With clicks on the computer the baby cam can be accessed anywhere and anytime.
This is most useful for those parents who have to go to the office and leave the baby with a babysitter or nanny. Even at work, you can keep on monitoring the well-being of your baby.
Although parents take so much trouble to choose a high quality baby car seat to carry their precious bundle of joy in the car, one of the saddest aspects of child safety on the roads is that in most cases they do not fit the seat correctly. According to a study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) almost 80% of child safety seats are badly fitted or misused.
The most common errors are harness straps that were loose and safety belt attachments that are incorrectly fastened. These mistakes are defined by the NHTSA as 'critical' because there is a possibility of serious injury in the event of an accident. So most baby safety seats are not nearly as safe as parents think, and many babies are at risk.
How then can you be sure that your baby will be safe in the car?
First, make sure that you are using the right type of seat for your baby's age and weight, and that it is facing the right way. Some multi-purpose seats can be fitted to face either forward or backward and the fitting will change as your child grows. Babies under one year old and under 20 lb in weight should have rear-facing seats. But note that all child safety seats, whether forward or backward facing, should be fitted on the back seat of the car.
It is also possible to buy infant seats for young babies. These are designed to be rear-facing only, so you will need a new seat when your child gets bigger. However, they will be a better fit for your newborn baby and they are easier to store and carry, being smaller. You can carry your sleeping baby around in his or her safety seat.
If you prefer, you can buy a convertible seat that can be adapted to fit babies and toddlers. Convertible seats are larger and heavier and you are more likely to leave them in the car all of the time. They must be fitted in the rear facing position for young babies and then when the child turns one or weighs over 20 lb, the seat can be turned around to face the front. A convertible seat will usually hold children up to 40 lb.
But whatever type of seat you select, the most important point is to fit it correctly. You must read both the instructions that come with the car seat and the owner's manual for your car. First, make sure that you have the seat firmly and correctly buckled into the car. Then make sure you know how to fit and secure the harness straps that hold your baby inside the seat.
Don't guess – have your baby's seat checked by a qualified technician if you are not 100% sure that you have it correct. US visitors can go to http://www.seatcheck.org to find a child safety seat inspection center near you.
If you are considering buying a used seat or accepting one as a gift, consider the age and condition of the seat. Seats that have been used by several children in a family, or seats that have been in an accident, may be worn or broken and not safe for a baby any more. The label should tell you the date of manufacture and you should not use a seat that is more than five years old. Make sure that you have the manufacturer's instructions and that all the parts are included. If the instructions have been lost, you may be able to find a copy online, but make sure you have the right manual for your exact safety seat. If not, do not use the seat, even if it was a gift. It is not worth taking the chance.
Above all remember that in an accident, your child's life depends on the baby car seat.
Baby eczema is becoming more and more common in western societies. If your baby has it, you are not the only parent to be wondering what to do. It can be very upsetting to see your baby so uncomfortable. If you are worried about your baby's eczema, you should mention it to your doctor or to the staff at any baby care clinic that you attend.
Ezcema is an irritating skin rash that your baby will want to scratch. It can start at any age, but most commonly first appears between the ages of 2 months and 24 months. It usually appears on the head (cheeks, forehead and scalp), although babies may have it on other parts of the body too.
Eczema is believed to be caused by the baby not being able to tolerate some elements in food or the environment. Infant eczema is on the increase and most people believe this is as result of more pollution and chemicals entering our bodies in our modern industrial societies. There also seems to be a hereditary element in the tendency to develop eczema.
It eases as children get older, and a large number outgrow it completely, but that is not much comfort to the parent who has a sore, red, crying baby right now!
What Can I Do For My Baby's Eczema?
There are many things that you can do to ease your baby's eczema. Firstly, make sure your baby's skin does not become too dry. You can find a very mild cream suitable for baby eczema to apply all over, immediately after bathing your baby. In the bath, do not have the water too warm and use a special mild soap. Ordinary soaps and lotions could irritate the skin.
Dress your baby in 100% cotton. Man-made fabrics can cause the skin to sweat, leading to more irritation. Avoid wool and anything that feels scratchy on the skin. Also, make sure that you always wash all the family's clothes, bed sheets, towels, etc in a very mild detergent suitable for people with sensitive skin. Any time you hold your baby, he or she comes in contact with your clothes and could be affected by the detergent you are using.
Keep the house as clean as possible. Dust mites are very common in most households and hard to avoid if you have many rugs and carpets, but regular vacuum cleaning can help. Babies may also react to pollen, so you could try keeping flowers out of the house for a while. Animals are another common cause of irritation. If you have a pet, try to keep the house as free as possible from their hairs.
Diet is often a factor and many parents switch their babies from cow's milk products to soy because of eczema. Other foods may be irritating your baby's system too. Ask your doctor if your baby can be tested for food intolerances. If you are breastfeeding, you will have to eliminate any foods your baby cannot tolerate from your own diet. But make sure that you and your baby are still getting all the nutrients that you need.
The final point is to stop the baby scratching, as that will only make him or her more uncomfortable. Keep your baby's fingernails short and smooth, and have your baby wear cotton mittens and socks at all times to lessen the damage that scratching will do.
Finally, if it persists, do speak to your doctor about your baby eczema problem.
If your little one is suffering from baby sleep problems, life can be very exhausting indeed. Sometimes it seems that baby just will not go to sleep, or not at any time when you can benefit from it. Try these tactics to help your baby to drop off to sleep quickly and peacefully.
Some babies will fall asleep to music. You could experiment with playing peaceful music quietly in the room. Many babies love being sung to, and a lullaby often works. You can also try reading repetitive stories or poems to the baby in a very calm voice, even if he or she is way too young to understand them.
Many babies feel secure when they are being rocked and you know how it can calm a baby to be walked around the room in your arms. Many babies will also fall asleep when they are walked in their stroller or driven in the car. It can be very frustrating to have baby sleep at these moments when you have no chance of sleeping yourself! But you could try putting baby in the stroller or the car and going for a very short trip.
You could also use a rocking crib for a newborn but look for one that can be fixed so it will not rock and only use the rocking facility when you need to. You do not want your baby to get used to it always moving when he or she moves. This would cause problems later when you want to transfer your growing child to a bed that does not rock.
Try not to transfer your anxiety about sleep to the baby. This can be hard to do when you are desperate for your child to doze off, but it is very important. The baby will feel your anxiety and associate it with sleep or nighttime, so that he or she becomes afraid to fall asleep or scared of the dark. This could cause sleep problems that continue long into childhood and even adulthood. Try to create the feeling that sleep is a pleasant and happy state to fall into and stay in, by keeping yourself as calm and happy as possible while you are trying to get your baby to sleep. Chill-out music may help you with your own emotional state.
If the current sleep routine that you are using is simply not working, consider making some changes either to the routine or to your lifestyle. You can try alternative times, have both parents put baby to bed together, change the baby's feeding routine, walks, daytime naps or the time that you get up in the morning. Do not try to force your baby into a routine that only suits you – you may have a baby with a very different temperament to your own.
Finally, if these tips do not help, seek professional advice. It is important to know what is normal and what is not, and to get some help for serious baby sleep problems so that they do not affect your ability to care for your baby.


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Hinterland Employment and Youth Service
Presidential Grants
GRIF Amerindian Development Fund (ADF) Project
Amerindian Land Titling (ALT) Project
Indigenous Heritage
The Amerindian Act 2006
Indigenous Villages
Indigenous Nations
Low Carbon Development Strategy
Access to Indigenous Villages
Hinterland Scholarships
Social Welfare and Health Department
Indigenous Residence
Principal Regional Development Office (PRDO)
Institutional Strengthening
Ministry of Amerindian Affairs
Project Budget: US$ 6 Million
Partner Entity:
Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Indigenous Peoples' Affairs
Project Background and Summary
There are in excess of 180 Indigenous communities located across Guyana but concentrated in a geographic space referred to as the rural interior/hinterland. The population of those communities range between 150 and 5,000 inhabitants. The poverty levels in the rural interior where most of the indigenous communities are located are high, combined 78.6 percent according to the household budget survey of 2006.
The Amerindian Development Fund (ADF) will be established to provide funding to support the socio-economic development of Amerindian communities and villages, through the implementation of their Community Development Plans (CDPs). CDPs were identified and developed by the Amerindian Villages themselves which proposed their priority projects to be financed under the GRIF ADF. The CDP must be approved by a village general meeting, via consensus or by majority vote. All residents are encouraged and entitled to participate in the entire process. The proposed projects vary in nature but can be categorized into the following broad sectors: Agriculture including processing, Village Infrastructure, Tourism, Manufacturing, Village Business Enterprise, and Transportation.
The ADF financing will be streamlined into a transparent and accountable mechanism to support community development projects. This would entail setting up a framework for the easy access to financial resources for indigenous communities, taking into consideration lessons learnt from existing mechanisms. Additionally, the existing planning, managing, and implementation capacities will be strengthened for the sustainable livelihood activities undertaken by indigenous communities.
Six regional inception seminars were held from November 25, 2014 to January 3, 2015. The regional inception seminars marked the beginning of the full implementation of the Community Development Plans (CDPs) under Phase 2 of the ADF-GRIF Project.
In February 2015, the first set of scoping missions commended in the North Rupununi and the North Pakaraimas, while the the scoping missions were conducted to determine the Villages interest in the initial CDPs that were developed in 2011.
To date 161 Villages that comprise of ADF phase 2 have been scoped, with 150 villages signing their Micro Capital Grant Agreements (MCGA)
ADF Phase 2 CDP comprises of 87 villages actively involved in Agriculture (Crops, Livestock and fisheries), 21 Village Shops were established, 17 acquired equipment for Transportation, 12 have embarked on Tourism and Hospitality initiatives, 12 have established Small Scale Manufacturing Services, while 1 has embarked on ICT.
Eleven communities are yet to finalize their CDP Projects.
The Micro Capital Grant is disbursed in two tranches, based on the initial activities of the CDP and the final activities as outlined in their respective budgets and work plans.
The second and final tranches are disbursed based on the completion of the first tranche activities and the submission of three reports, Financial Report, Cash Book and a Narrative reports.
At at December 2016, 131 Villages received their first tranche, while 42 Villages received full disbursements.
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Pittsburgh's State Correctional Institution — commonly known as Western Penitentiary or Western Pen — was originally built in 1826 a few blocks from the current site; it was relocated in 1882 to its present location on the Ohio River. The English writer Charles Dickens visited the original prison in 1842 and was appalled at the prisoners' conditions. The facility also housed Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. The prison held maximum-security inmates in its early years, and later inmates who required treatment for substance abuse. Western Pen closed in May 2017.
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Minister of Agriculture, Saboto Caesar will discuss plans for the establishment of a Medical Marijuana Industry here, at a luncheon to be hosted by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce today.
The Luncheon is taking place at the Beachcombers Hotel, and the topic being discussed is: The Medical Cannabis Industry – Prospects and Opportunities.
A series of community consultations have been held here to educate the public and solicit feedback on the legal framework for the establishment of the Medicinal Cannabis Industry here.
Three Bills which comprise the legal framework for the Industry received their first reading at the last meeting of Parliament.


SmartDraw 2019 Crack is a fantastic, trial version software available for Windows, that's a portion of this group Layout & photography program using subcategory Flow Chart Diagrams and has been made by SmartDraw.
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Sarah Wollaston's Successor Introducing Bill to Force Recall Petitions for Defecting MPs
New Tory MP Anthony Mangnall is to propose a Private Members Bill tomorrow that would make MPs that switch parties face recall petitions and potentially by-elections. The bill hopes to amend the Recall of MPs Act (2015) to add a fourth criterion that would enable a recall petition for MPs who voluntarily change their political party affiliation mid-parliament. A step in the right direction, although Guido would prefer a real right of recall, with no conditions needing to be met in order to petition…
The bill is personal to Mangnall, who represents Totnes – the former seat of Sarah Wollaston. Wollaston switched parties three times in her final year as an MP: from Tory to The Independent Group for Change in February; to an independent MP in June; and to the LibDems in August. Not once did she, or any other LibDem or Independent Group for Change MPs, seek the consent of their constituents…
Read the proposed bill in full here:
Recall of MPs (Change of Party Affiliation) Bill 2020
A Bill to enable the recall of members of the House of Commons who voluntarily change their political party affiliation; and for connected purposes.
1 Amendment to the Recall of MPs Act 2015
(1) The Recall of MPs Act 2020 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 1(1) for "or third" substitute "third or fourth".
(3) After section 1(9) insert—"(9A) The fourth recall condition is that the MP has chosen to leave the political party they represented upon their election to the House of Commons, defined as—
(a) voluntarily resigning the whip of the political party they represented upon their election to the House of Commons, or
(b) joining a political party different to the one they represented upon their election to the House of Commons, including joining such a party after having the whip of their original party withdrawn.(9B) The fourth recall condition is not satisfied if an MP chooses to leave the political party they represented upon their election to the House of Commons in order to either assume or relinquish the position of Speaker."
(4) In the heading of section 5, for "or third" substitute "third or fourth".
2 Extent, commencement and short title
(1) This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(2) This Act comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
(3) This Act may be cited as the Recall of MPs (Change of Party Affiliation) Act 2020.
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Richard Davet, an Ohio native, was able to stall the foreclosure process for 11 years without making a mortgage payment, according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal. How is this possible? Davet used various legal strategies to accomplish this feat, filling appeal after appeal and trying to expose loopholes in the system. His efforts made for quite the legal display, but he finally succumbed to the law and was removed from the house by the sheriff. Although he no longer lives in the house, he is still fighting to get his house back. You can read the article for more details on the efforts he was making.
After reading the article, the thought kept coming to my head was that, if this guy spent all that energy on something that could actually make him money, he could have afforded to pay his mortgage and none of this would have happened. He would still have his house, and a nice chunk of equity, making him better off. In addition, the bank would have saved a ton of money on legal fees, allowing them to loan that money to someone else, furthering the economy and so on.
I hope this story doesn't inspire other people facing foreclosure to follow suit. Not only could such an attempt ultimately be bad for them, it would further harm banks, making life harder for people trying to get home loans. That, in turn, could lead to further punishment of the real estate market and of the economy overall.
Right. Because what he did was the real reason why the real estate market plummated. All because of the selfishness of one man.
I applaud him for being able to stay in his house for 11 years. There could have been a litany of reasons as to why he made finding loopholes in the legal system his full time job; physical handicap, poverty, unemployment...the list goes on.
It is the fault of the banks and lending companies of being so greedy that they would give sub-prime loans to people who couldn't afford them in the first place. They knew that just from the interest alone from the loans could make billions for them, never thinking of what that kind of lending would do in the long run. If anything, we can learn from this man, especially now in our economic situation. People who are losing their houses should discover what legal loop-holes this guy found and use them to live in their own houses for free to punish the greedy banks and lending companies.
If that man can live in his house for 11 years during good economic times, than who's to say that someone whose house is in foreclosure now, can't live in their house for 20 years? It's definitely worth a try.
I applaud him as well. Our loan is with wells fargo, it is interest only and will adjust. Our home value has fallen by over 50%, and we are about $400k underwater on our home. When the loan adjusts, we will have no refinance options, and no sale options.
We contacted wells fargo before we were late (we had over 800 credit scores) and asked them to simply put our loan on a 30 or 40 year fixed amortized term. We did not ask for lower interest rate, nor did we require a principal reduction.
They refused to offer us a modification. They told us many things, we make too much money was one of them! Another is that we don't fit investor guidelines. Well, after 9 months of asking who the investor was, and being told various things, we wrote and asked. The investor was WFB..., basically wells fargo!
We chose to stop paying our mortgage, and are in foreclosure now. We would have been happy to continue paying on a fixed rate, but for a payment to jump by over $2,000 right when our kids were due to enter high school, we would have lost the house then.
We made a business decision to walk away now rather than later, as are many other folks. Almost 50% of homes in California are underwater, and the banks have the backing of the governement, so they know they will not ultimately fail.
If this was a small business owner instead of the large and great wells fargo, a sound business decision surely would have been made to protect the huge loss they are going to take. Instead, the hundreds of thousands of dollars they are going to lose on our home is just a drop in the bucket to them, so they don't care.
The nation is made up of taxpayers, when the next wave of foreclosures hits, we will be there to bail the banks out again.
It is for this reason that I will also work to stay in my home as long as possible. Wells fargo is a business that is too large to fail, yet they do not make common sense business decisions. Good luck to everyone else in this situation!
We should never walk out on our loan obligations to a bank. The bank of course has every right to walk out on any loan obligations they have and then collect a check from the government to cover themselves. We the consumers who were dumb enough to buy a house as the market topped and are now without work and burning up the last of our life savings are responsible for our economy not the banks who loaned money to people they knew could not afford to pay it back which then collapsed the housing market into which I can now not sell my home for anything near the amount of the mortgage. I know this article was written in 2009 but I am sick and tired of listening to the stories about banks and the money they make on foreclosed homes. My house is upside down by 50,000 dollars and Wells Fargo will not deal with to help me try and keep my home. The local real estate agents do not want to list my home for a short sale because I still have PMI on it and they know that Wells Fargo will not deal with them. I too applaud the guy, I think everybody in the United States that owns a home that has been affected by the drop in real estate prices should stop paying their mortgages and wipe the big banks out once and for all...oh wait O'bama will bail them....again.


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Class of 2020 cornerback Angelo Grose of Mansfield commits to Cincinnati Bearcats
Angelo Grose may look to run track at UC in addition to playing football.
Class of 2020 cornerback Angelo Grose of Mansfield commits to Cincinnati Bearcats Angelo Grose may look to run track at UC in addition to playing football. Check out this story on cincinnati.com: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/university-of-cincinnati/2019/05/24/cornerback-angelo-grose-mansfield-commits-uc-bearcats/1218601001/
Dave Clark, Cincinnati Enquirer Published 1:29 a.m. ET May 24, 2019 | Updated 1:29 a.m. ET May 24, 2019
Angelo Grose, a cornerback and track and field star from Mansfield High School, announced his commitment via Twitter on Thursday night to the Cincinnati Bearcats.
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Grose is rated as the No. 55 overall prospect in the state of Ohio for the class of 2020 by 247Sports.
Mansfield Senior's Angelo Grose races downfield during a game against Clear Fork. (Photo: Brian J. Smith/News Journal )
247sports.com's Bill Greene on Grose:
Grose, 5-foot-10, 170-pounds, is excellent in man coverage as he has the quickness and hip turn needed to succeed in that area. He is also a great specialist and is a threat to score from anywhere on the field.
"I would say there is a chance because I have also been in contact with their track coach," Grose admitted. "He said I could also run track for him at Cincinnati, which would be great for me."
"I did speak to (cornerbacks coach) Mike Mickens about running track as well, and he told me that once I got adjusted to school and football that he would definitely love for me to run track," he noted.
Grose tweeted last week that he was a district champion in several track and field events.
247sports.com's Shane Kinnee reported Thursday that Grose committed just after his unofficial UC visit on Thursday, according to a source.
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Peter Rabbit is the live action adaptation of Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit books. The movie was funny in parts, but seemed to try just a little too hard to get laughs.
My kids (13yo & 8yo) enjoyed the movie and laughed the whole time; however, I felt that it was trying to hard to get a laugh. The story was cute, but the movie was just okay. The CGI was great and live-action actor Rose Byrne (as neighbor Bea) was sweet and charming. This is one that's made for the kids! They will love it.
The movie gets the PG rating for rude humor and action. There is a death on screening and the some sadness when the rabbits' burrow is blown up.
There is no stinger at the end of the credits, but there are extra scenes/cartoons during the first part of the credits.
Peter Rabbit opens nationwide Friday (2/9).
There is a stinger during or after the credits….so don't leave!


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Logitech Finally Made a Useful, Sexy Phone Dash-Mount
Alex Davies
LogiTech's new phone mount and app make any vehicle with a dashboard a connected car.
Despite federal and state lawmakers' best efforts, Americans just won't stop messing with their phones while driving. This nasty habit kills about 3,000 people in the US every year and injures another 431,000. So, with no official fix in sight, at least in the near term, the answer has to come from drivers themselves. Logitech's got a clever new weapon for our arsenal.
Available today, LogiTech's "ZeroTouch" system uses a mount that weighs just one ounce and is the size of half a golf ball—if a golf ball could make duckface. Those "lips" clip onto the car's air vents, and a thin magnet you stick on the back of your phone holds it onto the back of the mount.
The vent mount costs $60 and works in concert with an app that makes ZeroTouch more than just another way to put your phone where you can see it.
If you're not into the vent mount, LogiTech also offers a dashboard setup for $80. Either way, you get the same app, which lets you make and pick up calls, send and receive texts, use Google Maps, Waze, Spotify, and location-sharing service Glympse, all with voice commands instead of finger pushing and swiping.
The system's marquee feature merits a high-five: To trigger the app, just hold your hand about two inches away from the phone for a moment. As long as the phone's on the mount, the app knows to watch for your signal. When you see the cartoonish purple microphone, speak your command, be it "text Steve," "play Hamilton! The Musical," "navigate to 123 Smith Street," or "call Mom." The app will always ask you to confirm it heard right before doing anything.
ZeroTouch is only for Android so far. LogiTech says that's partly because it plans to go after European drivers, and Google's system is quite popular on the continent. And it has some initial flaws. Depending on your infotainment system, the app can get tripped up if you're not using Bluetooth audio, so its replies to your commands don't reach the speakers. Then you're texting in the dark.
As long as you don't mind having a silver disk glued to the back of your phone, ZeroTouch offers most of the benefits Apple CarPlay and Android Auto deliver—minus the ability to use your phone's functions while your phone's safely out of reach—in any car new enough to have a dashboard or an air vent.
Alex Davies is a senior editor at Insider and the former editor of WIRED's transportation section, where he specialized in covering autonomous and electric vehicles. He is also the author of Driven, a book chronicling the origin of and race to create the self-driving car.
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In times of national emergency, people can get excited and say or write stupid things. The present crisis being no exception, Chatterbox will keep a running count of these gasp-inducing statements and reprint them under the heading, "Retract This, Please." Please note: lies are not what this feature is looking for. Outright falsehoods will continue to run not here, but under Chatterbox's "Whopper of the Week" rubric. Rather, Chatterbox is looking for statements that any sensible person would regret. Click hereand hereto read previous installments.
"We must be aware of the superiority of our civilization, a system that has guaranteed well-being, respect for human rights and–in contrast with Islamic countries–respect for religious and political rights. … [T]he West will continue to conquer peoples, like it conquered communism."
–Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at a Berlin news conference, as reported by the Associated Press.
Chatterbox doesn't speak Italian, but he's pretty sure this isn't a retraction.
[Update, Sept. 28: Agence France Press today reports that Berlusconi retracted his comments in a speech to the Italian Senate. From the news story, it sounds as though the apology was nearly as surly as the original remark. Berlusconi referred to the Italian reporters who initially tattled on him as "fools." To read the entire apology in Italian, click here.]
"There are reminders to all Americans that they need to watch what they say, watch what they do, and this is not a time for remarks like that; there never is."
–Presidential spokesman Ari Fleischer commenting Sept. 26 on Politially Incorrect host Bill Maher's ill-considered remark, "We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly." (Although Chatterbox does not condone or agree with this part of Maher's comment, Maher's subsequent observation–"Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly"–makes perfect sense, and in fact echoes an earlier Chatterbox item.) For Maher's own retraction, click here.
Although no one questioned Fleischer's right to disapprove publicly of Maher's remark, many observed that he phrased it in an unnecessarily thuggish fashion that smacked of censorship. A letter from Phillip Day to Jim Romenesko's Media News speculates that the White House "retracted" Fleischer's "watch what they say" comment by removing it from the transcript available on the White House Web site. Was Fleischer's pro-censorship remark itself censored? As this item goes to press, the transcriptis missing the phrase, "watch what they say." Chatterbox will continue to monitor further developments.
[Update, Sept. 28, 9 a.m.: In today's New York Times, Fleischer assistant Anne Womack tells Bill Carter and Felicity Barringer that the omission was "a transcription error." Apparently, though, it isn't the kind of transcription error that you correct because "watch what they say" is still missing from the Web site transcript!]
[Update, Sept. 28, 1 p.m.: In today's briefing, Fleischer issued the following de facto retraction: "I stand by what I said about what he said, was unfortunate and should not have been said. But I understand, of course, in all times, it's everybody's right to say things, no matter how wrong they can be." And yes, "watch what they say" is still missing from the Sept. 26 Web site transcript.]
"What happened there is–they all have to rearrange their brains now–is the greatest work of art ever. That characters can bring about in one act what we in music cannot dream of, that people practice madly for 10 years, completely, fanatically, for a concert and then die. That is the greatest work of art for the whole cosmos. I could not do that. Against that, we, composers, are nothing."
–German avant-garde composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, in a Hamburg interview quoted in the Sept. 19 New York Times.
That same day, Stockhausen issued a statement explaining that he considered the World Trade Center attack to be the work of Lucifer, whom he defined in Miltonian terms as "the cosmic spirit of rebellion, of anarchy. He uses his high degree of intelligence to destroy creation. He does not know love." Stockhausen concluded by saying he was "deeply sorry if my remarks were misconstrued to offend the grieving families of the brutal terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C."
"If I see someone (who) comes in that's got a diaper on his head and a fan belt wrapped around the diaper on his head, that guy needs to be pulled over."
– Rep. John Cooksey to a network of Louisiana radio stations on Sept. 17, reported Sept. 19 by Joan McKinney of The Advocate.
On Sept. 21, Rep. Cooksey apologized for his remarks on the House floor. He said, "I am sorry for any distress my statement caused, and I want [Sikhs and Muslims] to know that I do not approve of any harassment or violence against any American. All I intended to say was that if a person fits the established profile of a terrorist, that person should expect to be looked at closely by airport security, given the atrocity of September 11."
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Boys' basketball: Hall-Dale ousts Waynflete in Class C South semifinals
The Bulldogs take over in the third quarter and hold the Flyers off down the stretch for a 65-58 victory.
By MICHAEL HOFFERThe Forecaster
Tim Cookson of Hall-Dale attempts to keep the ball from Diraige Dahia of Waynflete during Hall-Dale's 65-58 victory in a Class C South semifinal Thursday night as the Augusta Civic Center. Staff photo by Andy Molloy
AUGUSTA — Alec Byron and his Hall-Dale teammates heard the talk.
That the third-ranked Bulldogs weren't going to beat second-seeded Waynflete in their Class C South semifinal Thursday night at the Augusta Civic Center.
But they overcame a slow start and surged in the second half before holding on for a 65-58 victory.
Byron scored 23 points, and Ashtyn Abbott had a big second half and had 17 as Hall-Dale (19-1) set up a regional final with top-ranked Winthrop (19-1) at 8:45 p.m. Saturday at Augusta.
"I'm pretty emotional right now," said Byron. "I heard so much chatter about how we wouldn't get by Waynflete, that we had the toughest bracket, that our season was going to be over. I told myself this morning, 'There's no way I'm ending my career today. I want to keep going.' We came out and played as a unit, and we pulled it out."
Waynflete tried to deliver an early knockout blow, getting a 3-pointer from Finn Scott and a pair of layups from Askar Houssein to go up 13-5, but Hall-Dale pulled within 18-15 on Abbott's 3 before the end of the period.
In the second quarter, Diraige Dahia gave the Flyers a five-point edge but the Bulldogs rallied to go ahead on a Bryon layup. There were three lead changes and three ties in the quarter before Patrick Rush foul shots and another from Tim Cookson gave Hall-Dale a 32-30 halftime lead.
Abbott took over in the third, helping the Bulldogs get separation. He scored on a layup, a putback, then another layup to stretch the lead to 43-35.
Late in the period, Scott banked in a 3 and Waynflete had a chance to make it a one-possession game, but missed two shots in close.Just before the horn, an off-balance, contested shot from Josh Nadeau dropped to put Hall-Dale up 51-44.
The Bulldogs still led by seven with just over two minutes left, but Houssein banked home a long 3 while being fouled and added the free throw.
The Flyers then had two looks at a game-tying 3 but couldn't convert, and Abbott, Byron and Austin Stebbins closed it at the foul line.
"We had Monmouth, a very strong six seed, then Waynflete of course, and those are two tough hurdles just to make it to the C South final," said Hall-Dale Coach Chris Ranslow.
Waynflete (15-3) got 13 points from Scott, 12 from Houssein and 10 from Soloman Levy.
"I wish we could have those (tying) 3s back," said Coach Rich Henry. "I wish we did a little more getting the ball inside first, but that's the mindset that occurs in these games.
"The guys gave their all. There's a level of frustration of getting to this point and not being able to get over the hump. Hopefully that frustration carries over to next year."
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MK Eitan Cabel (Labor) turned to the Tel Aviv District Court Monday asking to be allowed to run in elections for the head of the Histadrut Labor Federation. Cabel was disqualified because he was not a member of the union in recent years. According to Cabel's petition, the decision to remove him from the Histadrut's members' list was done illegally, Israel Radio reported.
Cabel blamed current Histadrut chairman Ofer Eini for what he described as an underhanded attempt to prevent fair elections and said the organization is being run like the mafia, according to the report.
The labor MK was requesting that the court cancel the Histadrut's election bylaws, which he described as deeply flawed, and to delay the date of elections for its leadership.


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CAMDEN, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - Sharp Electronics, for a second time, has defeated class action claims over its flat screen televisions brought before Judge William Martini of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
In October, Jason Popejoy sued Sharp for false marketing. He alleged that the advertised LED TVs were in fact made with a different technology. Martini first ruled that the suit lacked the necessary details for the case to continue, but he did leave the door open for Popejoy to amend his complaint, which he did.
Popejoy filed a second complaint, clarifying that he purchased a Sharp television because Sharp had stated on the internet and at the point of sale that the TV in question was LED. Martini again dismissed the case, but did so with prejudice again.
In his June 9 ruling, Martini stated Popejoy failed to meet the standards set up in Rule 9(b), which requires a plaintiff to provide the "who, what, when, where and how" of the alleged fraud. In his dismissal, Martini also found that there was not enough information to explain how any consumer was misled by Sharp's advertising.
"Similar to the TV cartoons already deemed by this court not to be deceptive, Sharp's website contained a clear disclosure in the 'tech specs' section of its web page for each 'LED TV' model that Sharp's LED TVs were, in fact, displayed on LCD panels," Martini wrote.
Darren McKinney, spokesman for the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA), told Legal Newsline his organization applauded the ruling.
"We're pleased with the decision. I wish it would have a broader impact, but I don't imagine that it will," he said.
A plaintiff may amend an initial complaint any number of times. McKinney said it is up to the judge's discretion on how far to go in any given case. Because of that, McKinney said this particular ruling likely will not have a far-reaching effect.
"A few defendants may point to this case as a reference ... from our bias, we'd love to see this case have some effect," he said.


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Super Cat came roaring out of Jamaica in the 1980s, blazing a new trail through the dancehall reggae scene with hits like "Ghetto Red Hot," "Nuff Man A Dead," "Boops," and "Dolly My Baby." One of the first Jamaican deejays to break through the U.S. market, Maragh helped pioneer the fusion of dancehall with Hip Hop and R&B, now known as reggae fusion, collaborating with then-rising stars like Puff Daddy, Heavy D, Mary J. Blige, Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man, Kris Kross and DJ Muggs from Cypress Hill. Outspoken in his attitude on politics, sex, drugs, and violence, Cat's talk is tough, his message is conscious and positive, a cry for justice that rings from the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, Port of Spain, Trinidad, New York City, South Central Los Angeles, inner city Toronto and around the world.
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Home Stimulus Updates Unemployment Update: FPUC, HEALS Act
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Unemployment Update: FPUC, HEALS Act
I'm going to take a deeper dive into what Republicans are calling their "improvements to the accuracy of the payments."
End of $600 Weekly Unemployment Benefit
OK, so big picture, CARES Act enacted in March said those on unemployment would get an extra $600 per week, federally-funded, on top of state unemployment benefits, that $600 is now done, it's the end of July, the $600 is done.
The reason why Republicans were OK with this quite generous extra $600 a week was because they knew that state unemployment technology and programming couldn't do anything more granular.
From the beginning, Republicans would have preferred to tie the amount of the weekly federally-funded benefit to the laid off individual's prior wage rather than a blanket $600 weekly to everybody.
However, it was clear at that time that states with their archaic technology and programming couldn't accomplish that, so Republicans were OK with signing off on just the $600 a week for everybody on unemployment in the CARES Act.
Now, Republicans appear to be more confident that by October, and October 5, specifically, which is the first Monday in October, states will have updated their technology and their programming to accommodate targeting the federally-funded enhanced unemployment benefits to the individual's prior wages.
Republican's Scheme for the Weekly Payment
So here's the Republican's scheme: after July the $600 weekly payment would be replaced by a $200 weekly payment that would persist for those on unemployment throughout July, August, and September and ending on October 4.
I have a feeling that this would probably be retroactive, because this bill not just gonna be passed tomorrow. There's going to be a week or two, hopefully not much more than that of back and forth between Democrats and Republicans.
I'm hoping that it will be retroactive. There's nothing in the bill that would say it can't be retroactive. So I'm thinking that that would be retroactive if this is this kind of thing that passes.
Beginning October 5 and lasting through December 31, the end of 2020, Republicans are proposing that this flat rate payment would be replaced by a payment that, when combined with the state unemployment payment, would replace 70% of the individual's prior wages, either via a formula specified in the bill or by a state proposing an alternative method and receive approval from the feds.
The maximum federally-funded unemployment piece would be $500 a week in October, OK, so here in California our maximum state unemployment, normal unemployment is $450 a week. So at around the $70,500 wages mark, that's when your benefit would max out, track with me as I do the math.
$70,500 divided by 52 is $1,355 weekly, that's your average weekly wage.
70% of $1,355 is $949, let's say $950.
$950 less the California maximum state-funded unemployment of $450, and you've maxed out for California if you're at this income level, so $950 plus $450 gets you to your $500.
Keep in mind that the example I just used is not meant to accurately describe how states calculate average weekly wages across the board, states have different formulas for doing that, some used high quarter wages or wages across some but not all quarters in a base period, but it's just a rough example there.
If as October gets closer, a state looks at its technology system and says, heck no, no way we could possibly pull this off, targeting the combined state unemployment payment with the federal unemployment payment to be combined equal to 70% of the individual's prior wage, the state could apply for a waiver from the Department of Labor to continue paying a fixed dollar amount for up to two months. The deadline for a state to do this is October 5, so some states would still pay a fixed dollar amount throughout October and November.
Republican Proposal
Also, Republicans are proposing that through September the enhanced weekly unemployment benefit would not count as income when determining eligibility for federal low-income programs in the same way that wages and regular state unemployment payments do now. However, beginning in October, Republicans are proposing that the weekly federal enhanced unemployment benefit would count as income when determining eligibility for these programs.
Now, I just want to remind you that is simply the Republican proposal, we know that many Republicans themselves are not happy with it, and not only that but also a bill will have to be approved by not only the Republican-held Senate but also the Democrat-controlled House before it goes to President Trump for signature, so Democrats will surely do their darndest to negotiate up the Republicans on this unemployment provision, remember, the Democrats in the HEROES Act that passed the House, they wanted the full $600 weekly to be extended through early 2021, now on that point, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer was on CNN this morning talking about the Republican proposal, he was critical of it, calling it inadequate, but nevertheless, he left some room for negotiation:
John Berman: I just want to make sure I'm hearing you correctly, it does seem like you might be willing to come off some from $600, not to $200. But you're not demanding $600 or bust.
Steny Hoyer: Look, it's not $600 or bust. … (House Speaker Nancy) Pelosi said the other day, which I thought was a great line: 'We don't have red lines, we have values.' We're going into these negotiations with values.
To say that $600 or nothing, no, that's not where we are. We're prepared to discuss this. But we're also not prepared, however, to let down the American people, to let down the states, the cities, the local governments who hire people, who are meeting this pandemic's crisis, including health personnel.
We're not willing to walk away from the American people, which we think is what this bill does. And in my opinion, this bill is a McConnell fig leaf. It is a pretense of response rather than a substantive response. They would have acted much more quickly if they really wanted to deal with this problem, but two and a half months went by, nothing happened.
So #2 Democrat in the House saying, nope, it's not $600 or bust, we don't like what the Republicans have put together, what was that phrase he used, a McConnell fig leaf, that's amazing, that's a great phrase.
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Merkel mulling Turkey trip to discuss migrant pact with Erdoğan
by Daily Sabah with Reuters
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Dec 26, 2019 8:20 pm GMT+3
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Turkey next month to discuss the EU-Turkey migration pact with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported.
The visit comes amid fears that a renewed conflict in Syria could unleash a new refugee wave.
Erdoğan warned Sunday that Turkey, which already hosts about 3.7 million Syrian refugees, would not be able to handle a new wave of migrants if attempts by the Syrian regime and Russia to retake moderate opposition-held Idlib sent more people fleeing.
A German government spokeswoman declined to confirm Sueddeutsche Zeitung's report Thursday, saying only that Merkel's travel plans were always announced on Friday of the preceding week.
The two leaders last met in December in London where they discussed the situation in Syria with French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Turkey has been a key transit point for irregular migrants aiming to cross into Europe to start new lives, especially those fleeing war and persecution. To reduce the number of illegal migrants on the dangerous Aegean Sea route and to find a solution to the influx of refugees heading to the union, Turkey and the EU signed an agreement in March 2016. The deal stipulates that Greece is to send illegal migrants held on its Aegean islands back to Turkey. In return, Turkey is to send Syrian migrants with documents to various EU countries.
According to the deal, Turkey was also promised a total of 6 billion euros ($6.6 billion) in financial aid, which was initially planned to be given to the country in two installments to be used by the Turkish government to finance projects for Syrian refugees. Visa freedom for Turkish citizens traveling to the EU was also promised under the agreement.
The deal also pledged an update of the customs union Turkey enjoys with the EU. In return, Turkey took the responsibility of discouraging irregular migration through the Aegean Sea by taking stricter measures against human traffickers and agreed to maintain suitable conditions for accommodating more than 3.5 million Syrians living in Turkey.
Despite significant developments in the control of migration traffic, the EU has not delivered on its commitments. Similarly, although the first installment of the funding pledged has been provided to Turkey, the EU has yet to fulfill other articles, including visa-free travel for Turkish citizens and an update of the customs union.
Turkey hosts the largest number of refugees and spends the most on humanitarian aid per capita in the world. According to Interior Ministry figures, the number of refugees was 4.2 million in 2017 and has now reached 4.9 million. While 3.7 million Syrians are living in Turkey, more than 415,000 Syrian children have been born in Turkey since the start of the civil war in 2011. Furthermore, Ankara has spent $40 billion for the refugees so far, according to official figures.
Few in the German government want to see a repeat of the migrant crisis of 2015, when Germany had to open its doors to over a million people, most seeking refuge from the Syrian conflict.
The migration wave, the largest Europe had seen since World War II, transformed Germany's and Europe's politics, spurring far-right, anti-immigration politicians into legislatures across the continent and fueling Britain's vote to leave the EU.
Migrant numbers have started to pick up again recently as Damascus and Moscow move to retake Idlib, the last significant opposition-held enclave in Syria, where up to 3 million people live. On Sunday, President Erdoğan said more than 80,000 were heading to Turkey.
"If the violence towards the people of Idlib does not stop, this number will increase even more. In that case, Turkey will not carry such a migrant burden on its own," Erdoğan said.
The president has previously warned to "open the gates" for migrants to Europe unless Turkey received more support in hosting the refugees.
Turkey has frequently warned the international community of the imminence of a humanitarian disaster and fresh wave of refugees unless actions are taken and the Syrian regime is restrained. Yet, no worthwhile actions have taken place, as airstrikes and artillery shelling continue to target thousands of civilians.
Ankara has also proposed the establishment of a safe zone in northern Syria cleared from all terrorist elements to allow for the resettlement of Syrians who have fled to Turkey from war-torn areas. Turkey's safe zone plan aims to host millions of Syrians in a safe and stable environment.
On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump urged the regime of Bashar Assad and its allies Russia and Iran to stop their assault on northwestern Syria's Idlib province.
"Russia, Syria, and Iran are killing, or on their way to killing, thousands of innocent civilians in Idlib province. Don't do it!" Trump tweeted on Thursday.
He also pointed out that "Turkey is working hard to stop this carnage."
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I live in a testosterone-filled home. Although I'm outnumbered, I enjoy my boys!
As you can probably tell by the gardening metaphor in the beginning, I do, in fact, love to garden. That once started as a way to deal with my husband's deployment, and now we do it together as a family every year.
Through the generations, I am the 7th Anna on my dad's side.
I knew something was different about my husband when I met him.
Nature is my happy place (whether in a woods, at the lake, or in my backyard).
Lemons are my favorite fruit. I know- that's weird.
I love photography. My lens perspective mixes with my perspectives on life.
I'm frugal because I am a Stay-at-Home Mom.
Two of my favorite pasttimes with my boys are reading to them and dancing with them.
I still hold true to my teenage dreams. I will travel around the world someday. Although the destinations have changed from big cities to small countrysides.
"Just be you." Growing up that was hard. I felt like I had to impress people for the longest time. Then, once I started being more true to myself, I started attracting the right people.
My Mom inspires me despite her memory of raising me and my siblings. She's always been loyal, caring, and patient. But more so; she's a great listener, loves to have fun, loves to treat us and the grandkids, is willing to help us with anything, and doesn't expect anything in return. She's shown me a great example of how to be a Mom and a caring person in general.
I de-stress by talking with my husband or someone I care about. Sometimes relaxing music or a hot shower help too.
I try to keep the clutter out of our bedroom so I sleep next to a framed picture of our boys, an alarm clock, and my cell phone.
An apple. They're healthy and aren't messy in the car.
I'm more of an introvert. I'm not shy. I actually enjoy chatting with people and don't mind giving speeches. I just like 1-on-1 time over a crowd. At the end of the day I like to unwind by being alone with my thoughts for a bit.
Beer tasting followed by the evening beach scene; walking the shore and watching the sun go down.
I would love to have dinner with Joanna Gaines sometime! We would connect well since we are both Christian wives and mommas. She seems like such a thoughtful, down-to-Earth person. And I'm also sure I'd learn a lot from her as well!
Although traveling has been one of my longest-lasting bucket list items, I just want to pay-it-forward. So many people have been good to me and my family! From doctors, nurses, friends, family, and even our church community. I just want to impact other people's lives in return for our blessings.
I love connecting with and impacting other Moms. This has got me out of some mom-funk because I can see my challenges as a positive turn-around for someone else.
Savannah Espositio (and team) from Millennial Mrs. and Mom, "Psychology, the secret weapon to living life." Millennial Mrs. and Mom cares deeply about relationships and the way they work. The blog explores topics like marriage, parenting, and families. One of my favorite posts is "The Small Moments that Make or Break Connection." Check out the blog for tons of other useful relationship advice!
Nicole from Coffee and Carpool, "Mom Hacks, School Success Tips, & Support for Parents On the Go." She is a "recovering elementary school teacher" and is also a Special Needs Mom and a Food Allergy Mom. I absolutely loved Nicole's recent post, "How to Raise a Kind Boy Amidst the Tough Guy Boy Culture." <<Check it out!
Natalie from Moms and Kids Creating Memories, "Making the most of the time we have with our kids." Natalie writes about kids crafts, and motherhood. One of my favorites posts from Moms and Kids Creating Memories is, "3 Mom Fails and Fixes." Natalie talks about ways to simplify motherhood and I love that she talks about wanting her children to grow up loving God and serving/loving others.
Amy from The Thoughtful Parent, "Research Based Child Development." Something that drew me into The Thoughtful Parent blog was "Gift Guide for Raising Kind Kids." I just love the idea raising our families in a more mindful process and caring for each other.


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The Essence of Buddha's Majestic Flower Garland
Writer Jogye Date12 Oct 2021 Read1,531 Comment0
- The Central Buddhist Museum showcases theSacred Treasures of Grand Flower Garland from Hwaeom-sa Temple in Mt. Jiri
Honored guests including Most Ven. Wonhaeng, the president of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, paying homage to the Avatamsaka Sutra inscribed on stone tablets.
The Central Buddhist Museum under the auspice of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (Director: Ven. Tantan) holds a special exhibition titled the Sacred Treasures of Grand Flower Garland from Hwaeom-sa Temple in Mt. Jirifrom September 14 to November 14, 2021. It is the 4th event of its kind where the Museum hosts the sacred treasures from the Jogye Order Headquarters Temples.
The Central Buddhist Museum unveiled the special exhibition on September 13 at the opening ceremony and presented to the public in Seoul the full majesty of the sacred cultural heritage of Hwaeum-sa Temple in Mt. Jiri, the 19th Jogye Order Headquarters Temple.
The special exhibition features 265 paintings and objets d'art, including two National Treasures, two Treasures, and two Tangible Cultural Assets. Some of the artworks are made available for public viewing for the first time, such as the treasure hidden inside the Wooden Vairocana Buddha Triad Statue (designated as a National Treasure), the scrolled paintings of the Vairocana Buddha Triad enshrined in the Main Dharma Hall (designated as a Treasure), the West Five-Story Stone Pagoda (designated asa Treasure),thereliquaryfound inside the East Five-Story Stone Pagoda, and the ceremonial robes worn by Masters Seosan and Beokam. The highlight of the exhibit, however, is the Avatamsaka Sutra carved on more than 14,000 stone tablets (designated as a Treasure).
The White Porcelain Jar Decorated with Pine and Bamboo Patterncirca 1489, designated as a National Treasure and considered one of the finest examples of its kind, was also part of the exhibit. This masterwork of an altarpiece at Haweom-sais side by side with the large bronze cymbals (a Treasure) used as aDharma instrument at Taean-sa Temple in Gokseong, bearing witness to the magnificence of Dharma rituals during the Joseon period. The Vairocana Triad thangka, consisting of three pieces of 4.4 m long scrolled drawings (a Treasure) will be on display in the lobby of the Korean Buddhist History and Culture Memorial Hall, one piece at a time.
Hwaeum-sa Temple, located in Guryeo, Jeollanam province, was founded about 1,500 years ago in 544 by an Indian monk named Yeongi. Most Ven. Wonhaeng said in the opening speech, "The philosophy of the Avatamsaka Sutra is relevant more than ever to the modern people as it expounds on the unity of all beings, how we must bring down the walls separating you from I. I hope this exhibition will serve as an opportunity for all of us to realize our true nature and find the same truth in all beings as well."
Tape cutting ceremony at the exhibition titledthe Sacred Treasures of Grand Flower Garland from Hwaeom-sa Temple in Mt. Jiri
Ven. Deokmun, the abbot of Hwaeom-sa Temple, presenting a calligraphy scroll as a gift to Most Ven. Wonhaeng, the president of the Jogye Order (left)
Written by Yeongseop Jang (fuel@ibulgyo.com)
Photos by Hyeongju Kim(cooljoo@ibulgyo.com)


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IUP Student Undergoes Year-Long Recovery
Allie Runser, Staff Writer|November 5, 2013
Last year, Brandon Bushmire sustained major injuries when he was hit by a car near the IUP school campus. Since then, his recovery has been a slow but steady process.
In the year since he was hit, Bushmire has been put in and out of recovery centers, hospitals, and in-patient rehab. However, during occupational therapy, he managed to send a short message to his friends this past summer through Facebook. Since then, he has been relatively inactive online.
According to his father Alan, Brandon hasn't been able to speak to anyone for any length of time. Even his online activities have temporarily ceased.
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Alan said, "I am not sure he is coherent enough to anything with more than a head nod or a thumbs up or down."
Because of the seriousness of his brain injuries, Bushmire's doctors have told Alan that after multiple seizures, a coma, and five surgeries, the South Allegheny High School graduate will never be the same.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that Alan wrote in a victim impact statement, "I hope the image of him lying in the street is burned in the defendant's brain forever because it is certainly burned into my brain and for that I shall never forgive anyone for what has happened to my son."
Anthony Royster, the man who hit Bushmire, received a DUI following the incident. During the hearing, Royster pleaded guilty to reckless driving, which earned him a probation sentence and a license suspension. Original charges of aggravated assault by vehicle and aggravated assault while under the influence have since been withdrawn. The incident occurred on September 8, 2012, when Royster was out driving around 11:30 pm.
While Alan Bushmire's initial view of Royster was harsh, his anger lessened when he learned that the 24-year-old IUP graduate had been following Brandon's health status online through Facebook.
Bushmire's Facebook account, "Brandon Bushmire Recovery Status," contains updates from Brandon's father.
This past July, Brandon's message, "Hi its Brandon practicing my typing in ot," earned over 580 likes on the "Brandon Bushmire Recovery Status" page.
While his son focuses on healing, Alan has spent over $13,000 renovating his house to accommodate a now wheelchair-bound Brandon. This money could have possibly paid for Alan's wedding to his fiancee or vacation they had planned with Brandon. Fortunately, Brandon is expected to come home anytime during October or November.


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The Central Trinidad cricket team played first-class cricket from 1971 to 1979, competing in the Beaumont Cup and its successor competition the Texaco Cup.

When the Beaumont Cup, which had been contested by South Trinidad and North Trinidad since 1925–26, was expanded in 1970–71, Central Trinidad and East Trinidad were added to make up a four-team first-class competition, which was renamed the Texaco Cup in 1971–72. In 1978–79 Tobago joined the competition. That was the final season in which it had first-class status.

Central Trinidad did not win a match until their third season, 1973–74, when they beat East Trinidad by an innings, Inshan Ali taking 10 for 67 (6 for 48 and 4 for 19), Central Trinidad's best match figures. They went on to beat North Trinidad in the final and take the title. In the first innings Harry Ramoutar took 7 for 43, Central Trinidad's best innings figures. They also won the title in 1978–79, when by defeating East Trinidad by 103 runs in their last first-class match they became the only side to defeat a team other than Tobago.

Central Trinidad played 19 first-class matches, winning six, losing four and drawing nine. Only one batsman scored a century: Theodore Cuffy, 118 against North Trinidad in 1975–76.

Central Trinidad played 12 home matches, all at Gilbert Park in California.

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First-class matches played by Central Trinidad

West Indian first-class cricket teams
Former senior cricket clubs of the West Indies
Cricket in Trinidad and Tobago

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In his seminal "Jue De Fountaine," French novelist Euxebe Auxtry's protagonist, Leander Highway, takes hits of Econoline Crush, a drug which allows him to conceive of hope amidst a blurry new wave wasteland. Although Vancouver's Econoline Crush is not a drug, it's music -- a hybrid of razorblade electronica and grinding machine pop is nothing short of addicting.
Singer Trevor Hurst, a Manitoba native who grew up trying to find a radio station that didn't play Gordon Lightfoot, made his musical way west in 1989 and set up shop in Seattle. Later, after answering an ad for a band deeply into electronic music he relocated to Vancouver and Econoline Crush was born. The Devil You Know, the band's second full length since 94's Purge EP, is an honest and incendiary collection of eleven songs that cover such subjects as friends that fail, the terrors of AIDS, and the demolition of personal relationships. As a matter of fact, it's one of the most personal discs you'll ever hear.
"I never write songs that aren't personal to me and there's a lot of personal angst on this record," Hurst says. "In a lot of ways it was very therapeutic for me to make this record, and by doing this I was able to get some closure." Hurst and his bandmates find that closure together by filling each of its compositions with propulsive blasts of intensity and heart-wrenching urgency. Although The Devil You Know is a more infectious offering then its last effort, the band still play an unholy mix of industrial thrash-pop and atomic rock. From the full tilt blast of "Burnt" to the catchy groove of "Home," it becomes clear that Econoline Crush is not a band who skimps on passion or heart.
Some critics have been know to accuse electronic music of lacking heart but Hurst disagrees. "It can," he says, "but you can't be a slave to the technology and use it just for the sake of it. I use it as an emotional enhancer because I think it can add tension and dynamic to a song that was unattainable with just the conventional guitar, bass, and drum setup. It goes beyond that because anything you hear in your mind you can create and I think that if you use it to enhance your music instead of making it what the music is about then it's an amazing tool."
Produced by Sylvia Massey who has turned the knobs for the likes of Tool, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Prince, The Devil You Know has already gone Gold in Canada and is comfortably on its way to Platinum. In addition, the band has toured Canada and Europe with such luminaries as KISS, The Young Gods, Die Krupps, and The Tea Party. On the eve of the U.S. release Hurst is optimistic and feeling better about Econoline Crush than he ever has. "I think on The Devil You Know we've grown as songwriters and found a chemistry that wasn't present before. We're excited to get back into the clubs and win a whole different audience over. We're excited to spread the word."
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RESIDENTS WARY OF ANNEXATION PLAN
THOMAS MONNAY Staff WriterSUN-SENTINEL
Concerned that they might be forced to join Hollywood, Carver Ranches residents turned out strong on Tuesday night to protest a proposal that calls for Hollywood to provide services and eventually annex four nearby neighborhoods. "We do not need them out here," said Henry Small Sr., a longtime resident. "I don't see what they have done to improve Washington Park." Washington Park is a black neighborhood in Hollywood.
Marvin Price, president of the Carver Ranches Homeowners Association, organized the meeting in the community's park to inform people about the bill.
The Broward Legislative Delegation will vote on the bill on Jan. 26 at the Omni Auditorium in Coconut Creek. If it gets the delegation's support, the bill will be submitted to the state Legislature for another vote.
The draft bill calls for Hollywood to provide municipal services such as water, sewer and fire-rescue to Carver Ranches, Utopia, Lake Forest and Miami Gardens. The bill would provide a timetable for annexation. Hollywood also is interested in annexing unincorporated neighborhoods near its northern borders.
Under the bill, voters in all areas would go to a referendum to choose cities they would want their neighborhoods to join.
Hollywood officials call it a "bill of choice."
But Price and some business owners in the four neighborhoods call it "taxation without representation."
Price said that allowing Hollywood to start providing services to the neighborhoods would take away control from residents over what city they choose.
"You only have one choice to be in control of your future and your destiny," Price told more than 200 participants. "That's to create a new city.
"If you don't stop that proposal now, get ready for the services. Hollywood is not going to have single-member districts, and you can't forget about that."
Price would favor creating a new city that would comprise Pembroke Park, Carver Ranches, Utopia, Lake Forest and Miami Gardens. Leaders from those communities are meeting this week to work out a proposal, which they would submit Monday to the legislative delegation in Coconut Creek.
At the Carver Ranches meeting, State Rep. Steve Geller circulated on behalf of Hollywood a revised bill that he said would give residents more choices.
Price tore a copy given to him because he did not think that the new version would make any difference.
And pressured by angry residents, Geller said he would ask the delegation to vote against the bill.


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SKID ROW's DAVE 'SNAKE' SABO Says PHILIP ANSELMO Is A 'Pleasure' To Manage
SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo, who works for the successful management company McGhee Entertainment (KISS, TED NUGENT) headed up by Doc McGhee, spoke to Talking Metal about his work with DOWN, the band featuring singer Philip Anselmo of SKID ROW's former tour mates PANTERA.
Regarding how he first came to manage DOWN, Sabo said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Rex Brown [former PANTERA and DOWN bassist] came into the office and said that Philip and him and Pepper [Keenan, DOWN guitarist] were putting DOWN back together. [He said,] 'And we wanna know if you're interested in managing it.' And I'm, like, 'No.' [Laughs] I go, 'You guys are my friends — and really good friends.' And I go, 'The only way that I would do it is if we ever saw a time where our friendship was being destroyed, we'd have to walk away from each other to somehow preserve that friendship.' And so we started working together. And we still do. [Laughs] Rex is no longer with the band — he's gone on to do his own stuff — but we still work together. And it's really been such a great life experience to work with friends."
He continued: "Philip has been my buddy since [PANTERA] toured with [SKID ROW] in 1992, and we've always maintained a really close relationship. We're the least likely of people to be really good friends, but yet we are. It's funny — he's so not a difficult person to work with or manage. [He's] very, very smart [and] very, very open to listening to alternative ideas and not completely set in his ways, like a lot of artists who have stamped their name on the music industry are. And he's been a pleasure. Same thing with Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein [DOWN guitarist] and Jimmy Bower [DOWN drummer] — they've been amazing. We've had so many great moments together. And hopefully they'll start working again soon. They've taken a three-year hiatus. And Philip's been doing PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS, and he did ARSON ANTHEM for a little while, and then SUPERJOINT for a little while. SCOUR, he's doing. So he's got a lot of stuff on his plate. And Kirk's got CROWBAR, and Pepper's got C.O.C., and Jimmy's got EYEHATEGOD and SUPERJOINT as well. So they've always had a lot of stuff going on, and DOWN has always been a band that would put out stuff and then walk away for a little while. And we always knew that, and that's just the way it's been. But I think that within the next year, they're gonna have some stuff coming up."
Last month, Windstein confirmed to "The Rock Savages" podcast that DOWN's next release will be an EP of cover songs. "'Cause we like fucking around with different stuff, and we're influenced by so many different styles," he said. "We've just gotta agree on six songs to do. We don't wanna do the obvious shit — we don't wanna do [BLACK] SABBATH and stuff like that — so we're trying to find some obscure stuff that fits our style."
Asked if some tracks have already been agreed upon, Kirk said: "Yes and no. The more we talk about it, the more it changes. So there's, like, 30 songs that have been mentioned. So, we'll see. But I'm looking forward to working on that. It should be a good time."
DOWN celebrated the 25th anniversary of its classic debut album, "NOLA", last August with a special livestreamed event, fittingly dubbed "The Quarter Century Throwdown".
Plans for select shows featuring Anselmo, Keenan, Windstein, Bower and bassist Pat Bruders performing the record in its entirety were sidelined due to the global pandemic. In its wake, the band took part in the livestream.
A founding member of DOWN, Windstein left the band in 2013 in order to focus on CROWBAR and his family life. He was replaced by Bobby Landgraf, DOWN's former guitar tech who was previously in GAHDZILLA MOTOR COMPANY, a 1990s outfit also featuring Jason McMaster (DANGEROUS TOYS, WATCHTOWER),and HONKY.
Windstein announced his return to DOWN in 2019, with the band confirming a number of festival appearances for 2020 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of "NOLA", all of which have since been canceled or postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic which is sweeping the globe.
Prior to "The Quarter Century Throwdown", DOWN's last live appearance took place in August 2016 at the Psycho Las Vegas festival in Las Vegas.
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PanGu surprised everyone by releasing the new iOS 9.3.3 jailbreak last week. The release made it possible for iOS 9.2 – iOS 9.3.3 users to finally jailbreak their devices and enjoy what Cydia has to offer. Soon after its release everyone realized that the jailbreak was not untethered and required users to launch an app to re-jailbreak their device after every reboot. While the 'semi-untethered' jailbreak was more convenient than tethered jailbreaks that required iOS devices to be plugged into the computer, it was still not ideal.
The team recently cleared up the question on whether or not 32-bit devices would ever be supported by the iOS 9.3.3 jailbreak, and now they appear to have confirmed that an untethered jailbreak for iOS 9.3.3 isn't going to happen.
Users were hoping that PanGu will update their jailbreak tool to bring true untethered jailbreak for iOS 9.3.3. However PanGu has confirmed that it has no plans of doing so, which means we are stuck with the semi-untethered jailbreak until some other jailbreak team comes out with a different solution. PanGu made the revelation on Reddit through its official Reddit account. Recently PanGu also made it clear that it has no plans adding support for 32-bit iOS devices to its iOS 9.3.3 jailbreak.
It might be possible that Pangu has discovered additional exploits that they are planning to save for iOS 10 jailbreak rather than use them for an untethered jailbreak for iOS 9.3.3. This is not surprising as Apple is no shy of patching exploits used in jailbreak tools, making it impossible to re-use them for future jailbreaks.
If your iOS device is on an older firmware and is untethered jailbroken then it's best to stay put as an untether jailbreak is more convenient than a semi-tethered one, unless you want to enjoy the new features & improvements of iOS 9.3.3. Additionally, the certificate for iOS 9.3.3 jailbreak app expires every 7 days and requires you to re-new it weekly, unless you manage to get an enterprise developer certificate from 25PP or enroll in Apple Developer Program to get a 1-year certificate.