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A look back at 2017 across Delmarva
Kyleigh Panetta,
Here's a look at the 2017 moments that defined Delmarva. The ones that took our breath away, stole our hearts and made us proud to call this peninsula our home.
"This has absolutely been the hardest day of my life," said Geoff Klopp, president of the Correctional Officers Association of Delaware.
February 2017, a difficult day. One that will go down in the history books for all the wrong reasons. It was here at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center that inmates staged a riot, a takeover, that led to a 19 hour standoff. A hostage situation, that ended tragically.
"And at 05:29 Sergeant Steven Floyd, who with the department for 16 years, was pronounced dead."
"That's why today I'm launching an independent review into the incident at the Vaughn Correctional Center," said Delaware Governor John Carney.
Eight months later, a $7.55 million settlement was reached. But that wasn't the only time this year a man in blue died in the line of duty. In March, another tragedy. A father and husband, Corporal Stephen Ballard was gunned down at a Wawa in Bear.
"Last Wednesday, April 26, 2017 Corporal Ballard gave the ultimate sacrifice he encountered someone who didn't respect the uniform," said George West, Mayor of Georgetown.
"He loved his family but that wasn't just me and Abigail and that was you that was the community," said Louise Cummings, Ballard's wife.
2017 also saw one of the worst cases of animal neglect uncovered in the First State's long history. Here in Seaford, 43 dogs were found dead and 31 others were pulled from the property clinging to life.
"You know as far as crates and kennels and feces and dogs laying in the feces and dead dogs laying there. I just told my kids to get back inside shut the door," said Michael Brack.
"The fact that they were so severely matted really makes us wonder how long they had been overlooked," said Walter Fenstermacher, SPCA Georgetown.
Another shocking discovery was in Ocean City. This one was buried in the sand.
"Earlier here on the 2nd street beach in Ocean City, a beach goer was walking along the beach at around 6:30am when they came across a body," said Brooke Butler, 47 ABC.
The woman was identified as a tourist from Texas. But to this day, how she ended up here in the sand, dead, is still unknown.
Delmarva also had its fair share of historical controversy, surrounding a confederate marker.
"It's just an inanimate object. It isn't going to hurt anybody, it isn't doing anything to anyone," said Julie Brewington, Salisbury resident.
"It's the location of the sign next to the courthouse, next to where this lynching, where the slave pens were that is what I have a problem with," said James Yamakowa, SURJ.
And a more than 30 year old tradition came to an end.
The pumpkins stayed on the ground, no flying in Sussex County, after a lawsuit was filed against Punkin Chunkin by a producer who was severely injured in 2016.
"It was not just exposing Bridgeville to a lot more people outside the area, but it also um, from the standpoint of hotels in the area, restaurants, that's a great loss of revenue," said Grafton Adams, past Punkin Chunkin participant.
But this year may be remembered for severe weather. Mother Nature leaving a number of footnotes in the history books. And it was capped by a series of tornados. An F-2 tornado in Stevensville.
"Approximately 9-thousand homes and business were affected, by power outages, any type of damage to the residences and businesses," said Scott Haas, Queen Anne's EMS Director.
And an F-1 in Salisbury.
"We were pretty surprised to see the windows still here , still didn't expect to see cars on top of my car in the parking lot," said Fallon Rice, storm eyewitness.
But those storms were nothing compared to the hurricanes that ravaged Texas and Puerto Rico this year. You, Delmarvans, understood that. And that's why you stepped up to help in any way you could.
"Nobody is doing anything for this particular hurricane for hurricane Maria so I felt it was my turn to step up and do something," said Hector Ortiz, fundraiser organizer.
And someone who did good, and inspired the community to be better, was lost this year. Twelve-year-old Brooke Mulford is no longer with us. Her long battle with cancer over, as her legacy lives on.
"This is months later now that I'm still hearing from people and stories on how she inspired them or their children or somebody in their life through their battles," said Amy Mulford, Brooke's mother.
Brooke showed the community that it's the little things in life that make you happy. Things as simple as a kindness rock.
"It's been a good journey like this rock here this is one of my favorites it doesn't say anything but look at it and it says a whole lot," said Charles Walters, rock recipient.
Meanwhile, some of the youngest members of our community continued to be the silver lining. The Sells children defied all the odds. And their renovated home is now the start of a new chapter.
"I just can't tell everybody 'thank you' enough for all they have done for us as a family. We couldn't have made it without everyone that helped us. We wouldn't have made it," said Valentina Downing, the Sells' grandmother.
And some pint sized local celebrities showed us what it means to march to the beat of our own drum.
"I never thought it would be this deep like I never thought I would be changing kids lives who really need it," said Ray Washington, band director.
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Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease caused by a microorganism called Neisseria gonorrhoeae otherwise known as gonococcus. Individuals become infected when their genitals come in contact with penile or vaginal discharge during intercourse or other sexual activities.The disease is the second most commonly reported bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the United States after Chlamydia, it affects about 0.6% of men and 0.8% of women globally. Annually, between 33 to 106 million new cases of gonorrhea occur out of the estimated 498 million new cases of curable sexually transmitted infections recorded worldwide. The organism grow and multiply easily in warm, moist areas of the reproductive tract, including cervix, fallopian tubes and uterus in women while in men, it grows in the urethra . As gonorrhea spreads into the uterus and the fallopian tubes, the disease can result in pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) If left untreated, the disease can lead to major health complications.
What Does Gonorrhea Look Like
Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser a German physician discovered the pathogen gonorrhea in 1879 during his two years working as an assistant of the dermatologist Oskar Simon. Neisseria gonorrhoeae are gram-negative cocci frequently found in "polymorphonuclear leukocytes" of the gonorrhea pustular exudates. They are usually seen in pairs with the adjacent sides flattened, it possesses fimbriae which play a major role in adherence by extending several micrometers from the cell surface. The size of N. gonorrhoeae is 0.6 to 1.0 µm in diameter. Gonorrhea discharge looks like a yellow-white, or green-white discharge from the opening of penis.
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A: I have added comments through your code to show you what is happening at each line and why you are getting the behaviour you see.
// define a variable textStyle as an object
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Nowhere in this code do we invoke the function assigned to color.
Now the second snippet, I have changed the order to make it a little clearer (this is what actually happens in JavaScript - function definitions are hoisted)
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Note that in this case we are invoking the function.

A: You then have to do textStyle.color()
color is a function not its result.
color:test() will be what test returns, not the actual function.
You seem to also have an extra '}' as well.

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When you think of Hampshire, you think of chalk streams and downland, military and naval enterprise, sailing and King Alfred, and Winchester Cathedral. But its literary heritage does not leap to mind. And yet Hampshire has played a surprisingly important role in nurturing the book. For the English novel reached its earliest flowering through the genius of Jane Austen, who was born and lived most of her life here. The world that she depicts in her exquisite novels, and her scintillating and detailed understanding of the human psyche, were born of the county and of her observation of her Hampshire neighbours and friends. But her Hampshire is only part of the story – the largely genteel part which disports itself in country towns and villages. For Hampshire is one of the most densely inhabited of English counties, divided, in fact, between a teeming population largely housed along the southern coast, and two sparsely populated national parks – the New Forest and the South Downs – which account for almost fifty per cent of the land mass. Many other writers have been drawn here by history, by geography and by necessity. The diarist Pepys earned his living as a naval administrator, travelling frequently to Portsmouth to work, while the poet Keats came to the Isle of Wight for his health, and took mighty inspiration from Winchester's ripe, autumnal water meadows. Charles Kingsley was vicar near Basingstoke, and who cannot believe that the underwater world he depicts in The Water Babies is not in some way born of hours gazing into the clear waters of the local chalk streams as a fisherman? Alexander Baron came, as so many have, as a soldier, on his way to the Second World War in Europe. And it was from Hampshire that the precious poet Edward Thomas left for the trenches of northern France, never to return.
But Hampshire's unique gift to literature is nature writing, which began here with Gilbert White in the sleepy village of Selborne. He was, said Flora Thompson, the 'very first of English nature writers, the most sober and modest, yet happiest of men.' A Hampshire man, through and through. From his and all the other contributions gathered here in this collection, a kaleidoscopic, complex, sometimes enchanting, sometimes wistful picture of the county through the ages gradually emerges.
Here is Alexander Baron, in his poignant novel From the City, from the Plough, imagining the atmosphere at Aldershot barracks amongst the Wessex Regiment before D Day in 1944. His hero, Private Oh-Three-Seven Smith, is from a farming community in Somerset.
They gave themselves up to summer, and passed their days in a stupor of content, drugged with sunshine, anaesthetised by the scent of blossoming flowers, lazy and languid and enchanted by the richness that was coming to life all round them. The dizzy hours and days reeled past them as they slept in the sun, lulled by the drone of bombers and of bumble-bees. Private Oh-Three-Seven Smith was a little anxious.
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Oh-Three-Seven Smith pulled his beret on to the back of his head. 'I'll be off down there,' he said.
Most of the platoon were sprawling on their beds, with their boots off, smoking.


George Harrison's estate has denounced Donald Trump for playing The Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun" at the Republican convention, joining a slew of artists angry at the candidate.
The classic ode to optimism and rebirth, written by Harrison for the Fab Four's 1969 album "Abbey Road," featured on the playlist at the Cleveland arena as the Republican Party nominated the populist tycoon as its presidential contender.
The use of the song at the convention "is offensive and against the wishes of the George Harrison estate," it wrote on Twitter late Thursday.
"If it had been 'Beware of Darkness,' then we MAY have approved it! #TrumpYourself," the estate tweeted.
It was referring to a 1970 solo track by Harrison who, influenced by Hindu spirituality, warned against material attachment and sang: "Beware of greedy leaders / They take you where you should not go."
Trump, who has rose to prominence with strident denunciations of immigrant groups, has faced repeated protests from artists who oppose his playing of their songs at his rallies, which have repeatedly been marred by violence.
The Rolling Stones, Adele, Neil Young, R.E.M., Aerosmith and Queen are among acts that have lodged objections.
Late Italian opera legend Luciano Pavarotti's family earlier Thursday also criticized Trump for playing the tenor's recording of Puccini's celebrated aria "Nessun Dorma."
Pavarotti's family said that the singer stood for "the values of brotherhood and solidarity" which are "entirely incompatible with the worldview expressed by the candidate Donald Trump."
Separately, the organizers behind Woodstock -- the iconic 1969 counter-cultural festival in upstate New York -- questioned the logo of the Republican National Convention.
They said that the logo, featuring the Republicans' elephant symbol scaling an electric guitar, was reminiscent of Woodstock's image of a dove on an acoustic guitar.
"For almost 50 years, the Woodstock dove-and-guitar logo has symbolized, and resonated with, those who believe in equality, community, activism and environmental protection," Joel Rosenman, the 1969 festival's co-producer, said in a statement.
"These are universal values that we encourage the RNC, and all Americans, to adopt in today's politically charged and chaotic times," he said.


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Syed Ali Shah Geelani, senior separatist leader, resigns from Hurriyat Conference
Geelani's resignation from the All Party Hurriyat Conference is major development in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir, whose special status was ended by the central government on August 5 last year.
Updated: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 01:15 PM IST
Senior Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Monday resigned from All Party Hurriyat Conference.
Srinagar | Jagran News Desk: Senior Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Monday resigned from the All Party Hurriyat Conference, saying that he has decided to "distance himself completely" from the separatist platform.
In his letter to the All Party Hurriyat Conference, the 90-year-old senior separatist leader said that from now on, he will not be answerable in "any manner about the future conduct of the constituent members of the platform".
"He has written a detailed letter to Hurriyat members in which he said, given the present situation within the Hurriyat Conference, he is completely dissociating himself from the platform," Geelani said in a statement, as reported by news agency IANS.
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Geelani's resignation from the All Party Hurriyat Conference is major development in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir, whose special status was ended by the central government on August 5 last year. Apart from abrogating Article 370, the Centre had also bifurcated the state into two union territories -- Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
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According to a report by news agency PTI, Geelani, who is one of the most noted separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir, has cited "rebellion against the leadership" by cadres as one of the biggest reason for his resignation.
Meanwhile, a NDTV report has claimed that Geelani had been facing criticism from groups in Pakistan "for his failure to respond to the government".
Geelani had been spearheading the separatist movement in the Kashmir Valley since the eruption of militancy in 1990. However, the 90-year-old separatist has been largely under house arrest since the summer agitation of 2010.
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Geelani is a three-time MLA and has won from the Sopore constituency in 1972, 1977 and 1987. He, however, renounced electoral politics following the eruption of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. He was previously a member of Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir but founded his own party Tehreek-e-Hurriyat later.
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package zone.dragon.dropwizard.task;

import io.dropwizard.client.JerseyClientBuilder;
import io.dropwizard.testing.ResourceHelpers;
import io.dropwizard.testing.junit.DropwizardAppRule;
import org.junit.ClassRule;
import org.junit.Test;
import zone.dragon.dropwizard.TestApplication;
import zone.dragon.dropwizard.TestConfig;

import javax.ws.rs.client.Client;
import javax.ws.rs.client.Entity;

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;

/**
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public class InjectableTaskFeatureTest {
    @ClassRule
    public static final DropwizardAppRule<TestConfig> RULE = new DropwizardAppRule<>(TestApplication.class,
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    );

    @Test
    public void testHealthCheckCreated() throws InterruptedException {
        Client client = new JerseyClientBuilder(RULE.getEnvironment()).build("test client");
        String response = client
            .target(String.format("http://localhost:%d/tasks/test-task", RULE.getAdminPort()))
            .request()
            .post(Entity.text(""), String.class);
        assertThat(response).isEqualTo("Executing task test-task, testProperty: testValue" + System.lineSeparator());
    }
}

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In my paintings walls are ever present; walls from our town, walls from other town, walls from no where, they bear war's imprint the are dwelling in our memory. The medium is the witness of a process of an image construction in which memories inquiries and emotions create every time a new aesthetic experiment. I retrieve in my paintings part of the memory of my youth lived in beirut. These paintings include a series of textures,extracts of writing,torn bits which are the metaphor of a belonging crisis and a quest in the territory of identity. In this exploration, a dialectical confrontation between memories, emotions and new events. This dialogue defines the actions which affect the medium and the connections that are established between colors, textures and hidden symbols thus painting becomes an action with its on history which develops through my pictorial practice.
The proceeding that supports the creation of my paintings trickles from an aesthetic of the trace. There are two phases to the work: one is controllable while the other trickles from a game of forced coincidence. It is all a game of haphazard which brings a surge to the texture with a basis signifying time. It is a way of hiding and discovering to bring signs carrying ambiguity between their status of blood bearer and their status of illegible signs.
We use two glued canvases, and by using a pulling method one stays and the other one is removed. That which remains carries traces and that which is gone becomes its accomplice. The pulling of material becomes the metaphor of the pulling of the place of culture of origin. The material becomes the traces of human conduct of an emotional historic charge, of a research of origins.
The material becomes a medium of expression because it is the infrastructure of the relationship between man and culture, a story lived by memory. The space of the canvas is a fixed surface that becomes a territory where interior and exterior imply a reference to architectural elements that frame daily activities. Walls doors and windows become metaphors of a painting in search of a fundamental unity.
The bar code has become the icon that is most present in our world today. We see it everywhere, on merchandise, objects, and on whatever we use in our daily lives. It is there to identify each unique element. Even we, as individuals are identified with a bar code, as in our passport. We are all branded which allows the system to control our history of activities.
Through diverse communication media, the government and business organizations around the world accelerate consumption, a conspiracy where we have become the pawns of the game. Especially with advancing technology, our global economic system creates an addiction to consumption. An individual's identity depends on the social and cultural environment, the family milieu, the surroundings, and the place where one is brought up. Furthermore, the identity evolves from personal experiences and social displacement. Civil identity (technical identification) is necessary in a civil order to manage our society as a group within the borders, in a geographical territory to limit and identify our space.
A civil identity such as a birth certificate or other, alone, cannot determine our social belonging. It is not our origins. Our identity stems from our memories through all their senses. We are our memories, but our native land is not what defines us. We are made out of all the lands we have inhabited, all those which have filled our senses. Each one of them is a fragment of our essence. They make each one of us unique. The fragmented mirror bar code is a self-reflection of our fragmented identity. The physical confrontation of the viewers facing a bar code reflects their image and standardizes a commercial imposed political identity. They can either assimilate or ask questions, reflect or do their own social investigation. It is our destiny as humans to be constantly confronted with mystery, the unknown, the necessity of reinventing ourselves.
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In 1956, Eleanor Roosevelt was invited to speak in Asheville. She would only agree to come if she could speak to an integrated audience. The YWCA was the only place in Asheville that would provide such a venue. We are proud to say she spoke to a standing room only crowd of 800 people that day.
Our Giving Society recognizes those individuals who give large gifts on a multi-year basis to YWCA Asheville. It seemed only fitting that we would honor this brave visionary woman as we honor modern-day brave, visionary people. Eleanor Roosevelt Giving Society members give $1,000 or more annually and pledge to do that every year for five years. These gifts and pledges mean that the YWCA can plan with confidence as we work to eliminate racism and empower women.
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Mance, Jr.
We invite you to join the Eleanor Roosevelt Giving Society!


Nourish skin and boost its natural defenses with nutrient rich Rose Hips Oil, Aloe, Squalane and Vitamin D. Use our natural SPF 8 to PROMOTE safe, even tanning. This lotion should be used on those parts of the body with better sun tolerance (thicker skin away from the bone), and those areas already having a good base tan.
Not recommended on fair, un-tanned skin.
Liberally dab the sun block over sun sensitive areas such as the nose and forehead (where the bone is nearest the surface of your skin) and lay the sun block over the rest of your skin. Wait 60 seconds before you slowly massage the lotion into your skin.


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Celebrate spring and this egg-citing event! Bring your baskets to collect all the eggs; each age group will have one golden egg hidden among the eggs. We will also have a special visit from Mr. Bunny. Don't forget to bring your cameras! Please call the weather hotline, 301-474-0646, the morning of the hunt for updated event status.


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Euthanasia legislation to be introduced in WA in 2019
The state government has appointed and expert panel to draft a bill.
The government of Western Australia plans to introduce euthanasia legislation next year, according to an announcement this week by State Health Minister Roger Cook.
Mr Cook said that the government plans to introduce a bill into parliament in the second half of 2019, and that it has appointed an expert panel to help draft the bill.
Mr Cook said the bill "will provide those individuals who are experiencing grievous and irremediable suffering associated with advanced and progressive terminal conditions with an additional choice."
In August a parliamentary committee investigating end of life care in the state published a report that recommended the legalisation of euthanasia for competent patients for whom "death is a reasonably foreseeable outcome". It is unclear whether the government will follow all of the panel's recommendations in its bill.
The bill is expected to receive broad support in both the lower and upper houses of parliament, though there are several parliamentarians who have said they will campaign against the bill.
Liberal MP Nick Goiran wrote a dissenting opinion for the joint select committee's final report, labelling euthanasia a "recipe for elder abuse".
Australian Medical Association WA president Omar Khorshid said proper consultation with the relevant sectors would be crucial in the process. "There's a lot of safety concerns," Dr Khorshid said.
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What's the problem with the new head of anti-extremism ? She's too anti-extremism..
January 26, 2018 January 26, 2018 Melanie
The British government has appointed a lead commissioner for the new Commission for Countering Extremism. She is Sara Khan, a British Muslim human rights activist and the chief executive of Inspire, an organisation she founded in 2008 to fight extremism and gender inequality.
The decision to set up this commission followed the Manchester bombing, one of five terror attacks in Britain in 2017. The commission's remit is to identify and challenge all forms of extremism, advise ministers on anti-extremist policies and promote "pluralistic British values".
Sara Khan has a track record of promoting social justice and harmony in the face of those who would destroy them. She encourages Muslim integration into British society. She says Muslims should obey the same laws as everyone else and has called for honesty among Muslims about hateful ideologies and intolerant practices amongst their number. Her opposition to the government's badly flawed counter-extremism bill, meanwhile, showed that she's no government patsy.
Sara Khan would therefore seem to be an excellent choice to advise the government on countering extremism. Her views couldn't possibly be considered controversial except by extremists and their apologists.
So what's the reaction of numerous supposedly moderate British Muslim organisations and individuals? Horror!
The problem seems to be that she has supported the government's Prevent programme. Prevent is designed to counter Islamic extremism. It would therefore seem somewhat appropriate for the newly designated anti-extremism commissioner to have expressed support for the government's anti-Islamic extremism programme, no?
No! A number of Muslim organisations are calling for her to be sacked and saying they won't work with her.
Harun Khan, the secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said: "The fight against terrorism requires equal partnership between all parties, including Muslim communities.This appointment risks sending a clear and alarming message that the government has no intention of doing so."
The former Conservative party chairman, Sayeeda Warsi, says Sara Khan is divisive and the appointment is "deeply disturbing". The occupant of such a role, says Baroness Warsi, needs to be "connected to and respected by a cross-section of British Muslims"; but "Sara is sadly seen by many as simply a creation of and mouthpiece for the Home Office."
Labour MP Naz Shah, vice-chaiman of the British Muslims all-party group, said: "Here we have somebody who does not accept the concerns in the community."
No mention by Naz Shah of concerns about some members of that community – concerns which led to the creation of the commission and Sara Khan's appointment in the first place. Presumably that's what "critics on social media" mean when they claim she has been appointed to run a "structurally Islamophobic authoritarian thought policing commission".
The problem with appointing Sara Khan as the anti-extremism commissioner would therefore seem to be that she is too… well, anti-extremism.
This of course tells us nothing about Sara Khan. It does, however, tell us rather a lot about these "moderate" complainants – and, if their own words are correct, about the broader Muslim community too. And none of that is good.
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Deep Space 3 was a Federation space station that was in service with Starfleet in the late 24th century. In 2370, the commanding officer of this station was Vice Admiral Marcus Holt.
In that year, the station hosted the annual palio, wherein the Ferengi were accused of trying to bribe the Breen pilot into throwing the race.
Nine days before Holt contacted Captain Jean-Luc Picard, the USS Hera, commanded by Captain Silva La Forge, departed Deep Space 3 on a routine courier mission. For five days, the station was in contact with the starship. After the ship vanished without a trace, Holt recruited the USS Nobel and the USS Excelsior for the task of finding the lost Hera. For seventy-two hours, the ships retraced the course of the Hera, without success. Holt planned on having the ships continue the search for another seventy-two hours; however, he did not think the additional time given to the ships would make a difference. (TNG: "Interface")
According to Star Trek: Star Charts ("United Federation of Planets I") and Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library ("Federation Historical Highlights, 2161-2385"), Deep Space 3 was located in the Alpha Quadrant.
Deep Space 3 was mentioned in Max Grodénchik's "Rom's Song", as the station that "Rom" thought Odo ought to transfer to. The station was also referenced to in the novel A Singular Destiny as well as in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Core Game Book.


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THREE King's School Sixth Formers have just returned from a trip to the deserted interior of a land that time has forgotten.
Mongolia, is more than half the size of continental Europe but has a population of only three million people, most of them living in the grey communist sprawl of capital city Ulaan Bataar.
Head Girl Hannah Roberts, Jay Watson and Louise Capper were three of just 20 teenagers nationwide to be accepted by the Fulcrum Challenge.
After submitting a full CV with accompanying letter and then undergoing a series of aptitude tests, the three King's students were accepted as part of the youth groups' leadership development programme.
They flew into Bejing, visiting Tianamen Square before flying out to Ulaan Bataar and then taking a 36 hour train journey into the Mongolian countryside.
Jay Watson said: "It's was a real eye opener - everything outside of the capital is considered countryside and even Ulaan Bataar was like a ghost town.
"It's just a completely different culture, with low, colourless, communist housing blocks everywhere you looked."
There they spent some days working in an orphanage, also living with their hosts.
Hannah said: "Everyone in the countryside was extremely friendly. We couldn't stop them stoking up the fires at night for us.
"But people in the city did seem to want to fleece you - which is not a surprise considering the terrible poverty."
Louise added: "It was a fascinating experience from walking along the Great Wall of China to basically camping out in sub zero temperatures in the heart of a land that only a handful of westerners had probably ever visited."
The students needed to raise £1,400 each for the trip and would like to thank the commercial and private sponsors who assisted with the project.
King's Headmaster Dr. Stephen Coyne said: "I cannot help but feel rather jealous of these mature and responsible young people.
"It has been a fantastic experience for them and they were very excited when they came to talk to me about it.
"Although it meant missing some school, it was a once in a life time experience and they obviously obtained great benefit."


Yarn: Because this hat is knit starting at the top and working your way down to the size you want it to be, things like gauge and yarn weight are fairly open for whatever works best for you. I used ~110 yards of my own (heavy worsted to bulky weight) Confetti handspun yarn, and this included plenty for a generous tassel.
Needles: I used US size 10 dpns, and eventually wished that I could find my circular in that size. You should use the needle size that will work best for the yarn you are using. I'll bet that you are more organized than I, and you can find both your circs and your dpns, you fancy pants. I thought about going down a needle size to make my fabric tighter and the top of my hat stand up straighter, but opted for a needle size that would create more drape in my fabric and a more flopsy kind of hat top.
My gauge (and yours can differ): 4 sts, 6 rows= 1 inch.
My finished measurements: 11 inches from point (not including the tassel) to brim, and about 17 inches around the brim, big enough for my head, and with a healthy amount of room to grow into for my six year old's. Remember, there is lots of room for interpretation here; your hat can be as big or as little as you want it to be.
To get started: CO 3 stitches and place place each stitch all alone on it's own dpn. Knit the 3 stitches, joining them in the round.
Round two: Increase the first stitch on each needle (I just knit into the front and the back of the stitch) so that you have 6 stitches total, with 2 on each needle.
Round four: Increase the first stitch on each needle again so that at the end of the round you have 9 stitches total with 3 on each needle.
Keep going, knitting and increasing on alternate rounds. Or, you may want to make every round an increase round if you are using a lighter weight yarn or if you want a shorter, less triangular top. You can play around with the shaping a lot here.
It took me 44 rounds before my hat looked big enough around for me to stop increasing. At this point I had 72 stitches on my needles and my hat measured 6 and 3/4 inches from top to bottom at that point. This is the part of the recipe where you will either need to eyeball (my usual M.O.) or measure your gauge and do the math to figure out what will fit your recipient's noggin.
Once I guessed that I had increased enough, I knit another 2 and 1/2 inches (15 rounds or so) and then began a knit 3, purl 2 ribbing (to do this I had to reduce 2 stitches.) After an inch and a half or so if ribbing, I bound off 23 stitches, put 12 on a stitch holder, bound off 23 more, and left the 12 stitches remaining on a dpn.
You could certainly bind off all your stitches at this point. You can always pick up stitches and add some flaps later on if your feelings change. If your gauge is rather different from mine, you will need to do a little bit of math to work out how big you want your earflaps to be (mine start out being 3 inches across and are about 3 inches long) and how you want them placed on the hat.
Knit 4 rows in garter stitch.
On your fifth row: K1, sl 1, psso, K to last 3 sts, K2tog, K.
Last row: K2tog, K1, 2 stitches remain for i-cord ties.
I-cord for 10 inches or to desired length, bind off, weave in ends, top with tassel or pom-pom if that's your thing, and go, keep someone's head toasty and warm!
****edited to add: you can now Rav my pattern here!
thanks for sharing your "recipe" aprill! it really is super cute. i know some babies who could use a hat like that.
Omigod! So adorable! Thanks for sharing the recipe - although I think the ingredients make that particular hat! I have some of your handspun still in my stash - may have to bust it out to knit one of my own!
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We really love this photograph. It was taken at the wedding of Geeta & Kamal Pandey. Their ceremony was conducted at the beautiful Mandir in Kusum Sarovar.
This place was historical and full of history. It is said that this is the place that Radha & Krishna used to meet each other. Krishna would place flowers in Radha's hair.
Our very own Kamal & Geeta are our modern day Radha & Krishna as you can see in this setting.
They were made for each other and witnessing this ceremony was more like watching a reunion, rather than a joining of two souls.


The 3rd ECSS Bengt Saltin Run took place in Essen, Germany on 7 July 2017. The run is organised in the memory of ECSS Founding member Prof. Bengt Saltin, who was the spiritual father of the European College of Sport Science.
At 7:00 am on Friday morning at the ECSS MetropolisRuhr 2017 congress 137 runners turned up to the starting line. Some of the runners took the run as a nice morning exercise whilst the others sprinted of in the start to head for the win.
The full list of results - here.
More pictures are available via Online Gallery here. Please use the password ECSS2017 to access the pictures.
Congratulations to the winners and see you all again next year at the 4th ECSS Bengt Saltin Run at ECSS Dublin 2018!


Aerial rendering of Parcel I looking southeast. Click to enlarge.
This spring, Forest City previewed the plans for a woonerf spine along 1 1/2 Street SE and an apartment building on Parcel I as part of the next phase of The Yards. Now, more details about Parcel I are coming to light.
Rendering of proposed Parcel I building, looking northeast from 1 1/2 Street. Click to enlarge.
The Yards master developer Forest City has applied to the Zoning Commission for a design review on Parcel I, located at N Street at the future 1 1/2 Street SE (map). The surface parking lot on the site would be replaced with an 11-story building, delivering 348 apartments above 13,608 square feet of street-level retail.
Rendering of proposed Parcel I building, looking northwest from Canal Street. Click to enlarge.
One of the more eye-catching aspects of the project is a double-height, single-story bridge that will create a fitness center and pool overlooking the woonerf on the 8th floor.
Twenty percent of the apartments will be set aside for households earning up to 50 percent of area median income, including 4 three-bedrooms. There will be 243 parking spaces and 118 long-term bicycle spaces across two below-grade levels; 209 of the vehicular spaces will be for residences.
Rendering of proposed Parcel I building, looking southeast from N Street. Click to enlarge.
As currently proposed and designed by Perkins Eastman, the Parcel I redevelopment will necessitate relief from penthouse setback requirements in order to create a fully-daylit stairwell. This and other components of The Yards will require review from additional offices, such as the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), State Historic Preservation Officer, Commission of Fine Arts (CFA), and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
Rendering of proposed Parcel I building, looking southwest from Tingey Square. Click to enlarge.
Forest City plans to begin reconfiguring the street network in the immediate area around the parcel within the next year, including the two blocks of Quander Street between 1st Street and New Jersey Avenue SE, reconstructing N Place SE, and creating the two blocks of 1 1/2 Street SE between Quander and N Place which will comprise the aforementioned woonerf.
The development team plans to present the proposal for this site to ANC 6D tonight, as well as to the CFA in mid-November and the NCPC in early December. A zoning hearing has not yet been scheduled.


Lt. Gov. Prettner Solon attends Great Lakes Commission meeting in Washington D.C.
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon is in Washington D.C. this week representing the state at a Great Lakes Commission meeting.
The commission, made up of eight states (with two Canadian provinces as associate members), promotes development and conservation of the water in the Great Lakes system, which includes Lake Superior (in case anyone's forgotten "HOMES," the word to remember the five: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior).
The commission continues to promote the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, a major effort to clean up and protect the lakes.
[U]pdate Great Lakes advocates on important progress being made in Minnesota to protect Lake Superior coastland and watersheds, improve water quality in Lake Superior and its tributaries, enhance wildlife habitat, and properly monitor beaches for preventable exposure to disease-carrying bacteria.
Another topic to be discussed: letting others know of progress in cleaning up the St. Louis River as it flows into Lake Superior. Twenty-six years ago, the St. Louis River was listed as one of "43 Great Lakes Areas of Concern due to significant pollution and habitat challenges," but great progress has been made in cleaning it up.
"If we continue our commitment to those efforts, the river can and will be delisted from the Area of Concern List within the next 10 to 15 years," Prettner Solon said in a statement.
The eight states making up the commission are Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Canadian provinces that are associate members are Ontario and Quebec.
Minnesota State has two big needs. It's probably only to get enough money from the Legislature to address one of them.


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Home Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection LAPL Central Library construction site
LAPL Central Library construction site
Title LAPL Central Library construction site
Location/Accession L.A.-Libraries-LAPL-Central Library-Construction
Historical Data The California State Normal School was a teaching college that was founded on May 2, 1862 in San Jose. In March 1881, after heavy lobbying by Los Angeles residents, the California State Legislature authorized the creation of a southern branch of the school to be built in downtown Los Angeles, which would train teachers for the growing population of Southern California. On August 29, 1882, the State Normal School at Los Angeles opened its doors, and in 1919 it became part of the "UC system" and was absorbed into UCLA, moving to a larger campus on Vermont Ave., in Hollywood (the present site of L.A. City College). The L.A. Public Library would take the old Normal School site, which was located on 5th Street between Grand and Flower streets. Designed by architects Bertram G. Goodhue and Carlton M. Winslow, it would eventually be constructed between 1922-1926.
Description This is the site of the former Los Angeles State Normal School, and future site of Central Library of the Los Angeles Public Library. The area has been dug out for the foundation and work will soon be under way. The dark building in the background is the Biltmore Hotel, the large white building on the right is the Pacific Mutual Building. The visible streets are 5th and Grand Avenue.
Subject Pacific Life Insurance Company.
Los Angeles Public Library.
Central Library (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Millennium Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Central business districts--California--Los Angeles.
Building sites--California--Los Angeles.
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles.
Hotels--California--Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.


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The Semantics of Qurʾanic Language: al-Āḫira
Series: Texts and Studies on the Qurʾān, Volume: 16
Author: Ghassan el Masri
In The Semantics of Qurʾanic Language: al-Āḫira, Ghassan el Masri offers a semantic study of the concept al-āḫira 'the End' in the Qurʾān. The study is prefaced with a detailed account of the late antique concept of etymologia (Semantic Etymology). In his work, he demonstrates the necessity of this concept for appreciating the Qurʾān's rhetorical strategies for claiming discursive authority in the Abrahamic theological tradition. The author applies the etymological tool to his investigation of the theological significance of al-āḫira, and concludes that the concept is polysemous, and tolerates a large variety of interpretations. The work is unique in that it draws extensively on Biblical material and presents a plethora of pre-Islamic poetry verses in the analysis of the concept.
Not Yet Published
EUR €116.00USD $140.00
Theology and Society in the Second and Third Centuries of the Hijra. Volume 5 Indices
A History of Religious Thought in Early Islam
Editor: Renee Otto
Author: Josef van Ess
Theology and Society is the most comprehensive study of Islamic intellectual and religious history, focusing on Muslim theology. With its emphasis on the eighth and ninth centuries CE, it remains the most detailed prosopographical study of the early phase of the formation of Islam. Originally published in German between 1991 and 1995, Theology and Society is a monument of scholarship and a unique scholarly enterprise which has stood the test of the time as an unparalleled reference work. The Indices consist of a General Index and a separate Index of Works.
Arabic and its Alternatives
Religious Minorities and their Languages in the Emerging Nation States of the Middle East (1920-1950)
Series: Christians and Jews in Muslim Societies, Volume: 5
Editors: Heleen Murre-van den Berg, Karène Sanchez Summerer and Tijmen Baarda
Arabic and its Alternatives discusses the complicated relationships between language, religion and communal identities in the Middle East in the period following the First World War. This volume takes its starting point in the non-Arabic and non-Muslim communities, tracing their linguistic and literary practices as part of a number of interlinked processes, including that of religious modernization, of new types of communal identity politics and of socio-political engagement with the emerging nation states and their accompanying nationalisms. These twentieth-century developments are firmly rooted in literary and linguistic practices of the Ottoman period, but take new turns under influence of colonization and decolonization, showing the versatility and resilience as much as the vulnerability of these linguistic and religious minorities in the region.
Contributors are Tijmen C. Baarda, Leyla Dakhli, Sasha R. Goldstein-Sabbah, Liora R. Halperin, Robert Isaf, Michiel Leezenberg, Merav Mack, Heleen Murre-van den Berg, Konstantinos Papastathis, Franck Salameh, Cyrus Schayegh, Emmanuel Szurek, Peter Wien.
EUR €99.00USD $120.00
Islam in South Asia
Revised, Enlarged and Updated Second Edition
Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 2 South Asia, Volume: 37
Author: Jamal Malik
Islam in South Asia: Revised, Enlarged and Updated Second Edition traces the roots and development of Muslim presence in South Asia. Trajectories of normative notions of state-building and the management of diversity are elaborated in four clusters, augmented by topical subjects in excursuses and annexes offering an array of Muslim voices. The enormous time span from 650 to 2019 provides for a comprehensive and plural canvas of the religious self-presentation of South Asian Muslims. Making use of the latest academic works and historical materials, including first-hand accounts ranging from official statements to poetry, Malik convincingly argues that these texts provide sufficient evidence to arrive at an interpretation of quite a different character. With major and substantial revisions, changes, abridgements and additions follow the academic literature produced during the last decades.
Ranks of the Divine Seekers
A Translation of Madārij al-Sālikīn: Bayna Manāzil Iyyāka Naʿbudu wa-Iyyāka Nastaʿīn by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 750/1351)
Series: Islamic Translation Series, Volume: 14.1
Author: Ovamir Anjum
This is an unabridged, annotated, translation of the great Damascene savant and saint Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's (d. 751/1350) Madārij al-Sālikīn. Conceived as a critical commentary on an earlier Sufi classic by the great Hanbalite scholar Abū Ismāʿīl of Herat, Madārij aims to rejuvenate Sufism's Qurʾanic foundations. The original work was a key text for the Sufi initiates, composed in terse, rhyming prose as a master's instruction to the aspiring seeker on the path to God, in a journey of a hundred stations whose ultimate purpose was to be lost to one's self ( fanāʾ) and subsist ( baqāʾ) in God. The translator, Ovamir (ʿUwaymir) Anjum, provides an extensive introduction and annotation to this English-Arabic face-to-face presentation of this masterpiece of Islamic psychology.
In Praise of the Few. Studies in Shiʿi Thought and History
Series: Shii Islam: Texts and Studies, Volume: 1
Editor: Amin Ehteshami
Author: Etan Kohlberg
In Praise of the Few: Studies in Shiʿi Thought and History is a selection of Etan Kohlberg's research on Shiʿi Islam over a period of fifty years. It includes previously published articles, revised dissertation chapters, and a full bibliography of the author's work. Divided into two parts, the collection begins with chapters from Kohlberg's Oxford doctoral dissertation (1971) and related articles that investigate Sunni and Shiʿi views on the Prophet's Companions and debates concerning the extent of their authority as sources of religious knowledge. Part Two traces the doctrinal and historical developments pertaining to various dimensions of Imāmī Shiʿi intellectual tradition such as theology, hadith, law, jurisprudence, and exegesis.
Jews and Muslims in Interwar Berlin
Series: Muslim Minorities, Volume: 34
Author: Gerdien Jonker
This study addresses encounters between Jews and Muslims in interwar Berlin. Living on the margins of German society, the two groups sometimes used that position to fuse visions and their personal lives. German politics set the switches for their meeting, while the urban setting of Western Berlin offered a unique contact zone. Although the meeting was largely accidental, Muslim Indian missions served as a crystallization point. Five case studies approach the protagonists and their network from a variety of perspectives. Stories surfaced testifying the multiple aid Muslims gave to Jews during Nazi persecution. Using archival materials that have not been accessed before, the study opens up a novel view on Muslims and Jews in the 20th century.
This title is available in its entirety in Open Access.
Ibn Taymiyya on Reason and Revelation
A Study of Darʾ taʿāruḍ al-ʿaql wa-l-naql
Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies, Volume: 111
Author: Carl Sharif El-Tobgui
In Ibn Taymiyya on Reason and Revelation, Carl Sharif El-Tobgui offers the first comprehensive study of Ibn Taymiyya's ten-volume magnum opus, Darʾ taʿāruḍ al-ʿaql wa-l-naql. In his colossal riposte to the Muslim philosophers and rationalist theologians, the towering Ḥanbalī polymath rejects the call to prioritize reason over revelation in cases of alleged conflict, interrogating instead the very conception of rationality that classical Muslims had inherited from the Greeks. In its place, he endeavors to articulate a reconstituted "pure reason" that is both truly universal and in full harmony with authentic revelation. Based on a line-by-line reading of the entire Darʾ taʿāruḍ, El-Tobgui's study carefully elucidates the "philosophy of Ibn Taymiyya" as it emerges from the multifaceted ontological, epistemological, and linguistic reforms that Ibn Taymiyya carries out in this pivotal work.
Patristic Literature in Arabic Translations
Series: Arabic Christianity, Volume: 2
Editors: Barbara Roggema and Alexander Treiger
Patristic Literature in Arabic Translations explores the Arabic translations of the Greek and Syriac Church Fathers, focusing on those produced in the Palestinian monasteries and at Sinai in the 8th–10th centuries and in Antioch during Byzantine rule (969–1084). These Arabic translations preserve patristic texts lost in the original languages. They offer crucial information about the diffusion and influence of patristic heritage among Middle Eastern Christians from the 8th century to the present. A systematic examination of Arabic patristic translations sheds light on the development of Muslim and Jewish theological thought.
Contributors are Aaron Michael Butts, Joe Glynias, Habib Ibrahim, Jonas Karlsson, Sergey Kim, Joshua Mugler, Tamara Pataridze, Alexandre Roberts, Barbara Roggema, Alexander Treiger.


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2018's Red River Showdown gets a sequel when No. 9 Texas locks horns with No. 5 Oklahoma for the Big 12 title. The Big 12 Championship odds favor the Sooners by 8-points. If you are betting on the underdog Longhorns straight-up, then Texas pays +260 on the moneyline. The game total is a colossal 78-points for over/under bets.
Texas is the one team that defeated Oklahoma this season. Thanks to a 40-yard field goal with nine seconds left, the Longhorns topped the Sooners 48-45 back in October. Without a doubt, it was Texas' biggest win of the season. Can they repeat that success, kill the Sooners' College Football Playoff hopes, and win the Big-12 title?
Quarterback Sam Ehlinger is a great playmaker and leader, but he's banged up. He was healthy when these teams first met in October, but now he is dealing with a shoulder sprain. Ehlinger has been effective against Oklahoma. He has thrown for an average of almost 300 yards passing and 90 yards rushing per game in his two games against the Sooners. Longhorn WRs Lil'Jordan Humphrey and Collin Johnson will have to exploit a depleted Oklahoma secondary that gave up a whopping 539 passing yards in their win over West Virginia last week.
Oklahoma will be looking for payback for their only loss this season when they face the Longhorns. Since that October loss, the Sooners have scored at least 48-points in all six games. They are averaging 50.3-points per outing.
Last week QB Kyler Murray and the Sooners put up 668 yards of total offense and 59 points against West Virginia. Murray is averaging 12.0 yards per pass attempt (first in FBS) and has thrown 37 touchdowns (second). He is also arguably the best running quarterback in all of college football.
This is going to be a high-scoring game with neither team is known for their defensive prowess. Both teams have big-armed QBs and a pair of elite receivers.
Bet the over and Oklahoma -8. The Sooners will want to make a statement by winning big in this game as proof to the College Football Playoff selection committee that they deserve to a shot at the National Championship.


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News from npower
England's power play to light up Rugby World Cup final
With the Rugby World Cup drawing to a dramatic close this Saturday, Britain's Brightest Energy Company, npower, has been working with experts at Sheffield Hallam University to establish the sheer volume of energy expended over the entire dramatic tournament.
Saturday's game in France will see England and South Africa putting all their energy into claiming the Cup and npower have estimated that the expected energy output being the equivalent required to:
· Keep 56 x 42" LCD televisions running for the duration of the final
· Cool down nearly 1,400 cans of beer to 4° C
· Light an energy saving bulb for fifty four and a half days
· Take 800 people around the London eye nearly 63 times
· Make nearly 482 mugs of tea
The power of the scrum alone in this battle of the Titans will leave a lot resting upon the shoulders of our front row, with scientists calculating that every metre our boys push the Springboks; they will be generating a force of nearly one tonne.
Given that an 80 minute game in The Rugby World Cup has on average 10 scrums, scientists calculate that energy from the scrums alone could power an energy saving light bulb for over four and half hours.
Throughout the whole six week Rugby World Cup tournament, the total energy generated throughout the 48 games, would be enough to:
· Make over 23,000 cups of tea
· Cool down 67,200 cans of beer to 4° C
· Keep 2,688 x 42" LCD televisions running for the duration of the final
With Energy Saving Week next week and our team's duties over, perhaps we should harness their energy potential to help power the UK.
The energy expended by an average rugby player was calculated using standing, jogging, cruising and sprinting times for the average back and forward during a rugby match. This data was taken from Deutsch and Kearney (2007). The energy required for each of these activities for a player of mass 98 kg was then calculated using values taken from McArdle et al. (2001).
The force values used in these calculations were calculated from values taken from Quarrie and Wilson (2000).
Deutsch, M. U. and Kearney, G. A. (2007) Time - Motion Analysis of Professional Rugby Union Players During Match-Play. In journal of Sports Sciences, 25, 461-472.
McArdle, W. D., Katch, F. I. and Katch, V. L. (2001) Exercise Physiology.
Quarrie, K. L. and Wilson, B. D. (2000) Force Production in the Rugby Union Scrum. In Journal of Sports Sciences, 18, 237-246.
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News From Bennetts
Gordon Brown – Hell's Angel?
Bennetts unveil the biking alter egos of British celebrities
More familiar with chauffer-driven government cars, Gordon Brown is the ideal candidate to ride a Harley Davidson according to research out today. Bennetts, the UK's number one for motorbike insurance*, has unveiled a new biking 'calculator', which enables anyone to find out which bike they should be riding, based on a series of personality traits. In addition to Brown, it found that David Cameron's ideal ride is a powerful sports bike, David Beckham should be revving a Japanese street bike and X-Factor judge Sharon Osbourne should be taking long trips on her touring bike.
Bennetts commissioned sports psychologist and biking enthusiast Dr Murray Griffin from the University of Essex to analyse the data of over 2,000 UK bikers. The research revealed that celebrities, together with people across the country, are harbouring a biking alter ego and these can be divided into five simple categories:
1) Bank Holiday Bikers - born to ride a touring bike into the sunset
2) Boardroom Bikers - escaping the pressures of work on a powerful Harley
3) Scooter Commuters - speeding around the city on a stylish scooter
4) Rossi Rev Heads – desperate to impress with speed and strength
5) Muscle Motor Heads – passionate about having fun with a streetfighter bike
The data, now combined to form the Bennetts Biker Tribe online calculator, can quickly and simply reveal the biking persona of anyone completing the test. Simply log on to www.bennetts.co.uk/tribes, answer a few easy questions and your personalised biking tribe will be revealed.
Dr Griffin's study found that Gordon Brown is a Boardroom Biker and should escape the pressure of running the country on a Harley. No longer leather-clad Hell's Angels, the majority of Harley riders are senior officials who don't necessarily have experience of riding a motorbike. For David Cameron, image is everything and he longs for speed and power as a Rossi Rev Head. Younger than Boardroom Bikers (77% of the tribe are under 44); the majority of this biking tribe are made up from professionals and managers who are enjoying a final fling before taking on further responsibilities in life.
Other surprising celebrity biking personas identified by the Bennetts Biker Tribe Calculator include:
• Lewis Hamilton – Scooter Commuter
• Simon Cowell – Rossi Rev Head
• Victoria Beckham – Muscle Motor Head
• Ozzy Osbourne - Bank Holiday Biker
• Louis Walsh – Boardroom Biker
Dr Griffin says, "The traditional stereotypes of bikers have changed rapidly over the years and it's no longer just bike fanatics riding motorbikes. Scooter Commuters, for example, are a rapidly expanding group with more and more people wanting to escape congestion on the roads."
* Based on independent research conducted in July 2006
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News from Impulse
Christmas Scentsation
Whether you're looking for a stocking filler, secret Santa gift or something different for someone special, Impulse City Collection makes present buying a breeze this Christmas with a range of new gift collections.
Based on the three fashion and style capitals of the world, Impulse City Collection captures the romance of Paris, glamour of New York and edgy style of London so there is a scent to suit the style of every city chick.
Each leave the wearer refreshed, confident and ready to act upon any impulsive moment's life throws their way.
The girl around town will love Impulse Minis (RRP £3.79) compact in a handy purse and perfect for impromptu winter dates. The New York Body fragrance wash bag (RRP £4.99) and the London Body fragrance tin (RRP £4.99) are the glamorous stocking fillers that will light up anyone's Christmas.
Impulse has combined effortless style with the best beauty buys in the form of the Shopping Spree gift bag (RRP £6.99). Crammed with Impulse scents the chic pink bag is perfect for setting the 'Sex and the City" mood this Christmas.
The trendy City Girl Pack (RRP £9.99) is also a must-have, oozing with Impulse delights and scents including limited edition Impulse City Shower Gel that will leave your skin glowing and irresistible.
Whether you treat yourself or indulge someone else this Christmas, everyone deserves to be spoilt with one of the fabulous, sophisticated Impulse City Collection gifts.
The Impulse Christmas gifts are available from all major high street chemists and supermarkets
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News From Fila ...
Fila Sign Up Danny Dyer and Tamer Hassan
Fila, the iconic Italian sports brand associated with 1970s style and fashion has signed up cult British actors Danny Dyer and Tamer Hassan to be the face of its latest advertising and marketing campaign. Capitalising on the actors' association with the brand following the successful 2005 film, The Business, the new Fila campaign will take the brands' theme modern day playboy to the next level.
Focusing on the Fila Vintage and Gold collections, the campaign continues to inject aspirational appeal into the sports lifestyle brand. The advertising is set to run across titles such as Arena, Esquire, GQ and Golf Punk from December, with new executions to feature in the spring issues; this campaign represents a six figure investment for the brand. The advertising will be supported by a dynamic PR campaign that will include online and experiential exploitation driven by Fila's PR agency Frank PR.
Marc Travis, Marketing Manager at Fila UK comments: "We are thrilled to be working with Danny and Tamer as the faces of Fila in the UK. Their cult status has great synergy with the Fila brand and we are excited by the opportunities this association presents. The new creative evolves from the current campaign and is injected with a directional and modern fashion aesthetic, that reflects the UK strategy and repositioning of the brand. "
· Fila Vintage revisits Fila's iconic White Line collection from the 1970s. Fila pay homage to the original line by capturing its spirit and ethos right down to the exact colours, fabrics and detail. This definitive collection encapsulates class and style with 70's retro nostalgia whilst quality and finish is in tune with Fila's Italian heritage. Fila Vintage prices range from £20 - £65
Fila Gold launched for the first time in the UK this Autumn Winter 2007. Previously only available in Italy, Fila Gold is the ultimate 70s Italian playboy inspired collection. An alternative to sportswear, this stylish collection is comprised of cashmere sweaters, sleek cut cardigans and tailored polo's. This directional range made up of smart casuals inspired by the 70s is imbued with the quality and sophistication of modern day. Fila Gold prices start at £40
· The creative team includes:
o Photographer – Peter Zownir
o Creative Director – Ben Owen, Owen Dwelly Design
o Stylist and Art Direction – Tom Stubbs
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News From Ladbrokes.com
Osbournes Slot Into New Game
Britain's favourite dysfunctional family have the online X Factor
X Factor star Sharon Osbourne has been immortalised in an all-new online game, along with husband Ozzy, children Jack and Kelly and her pampered Pomeranian pooch Minnie. The first ever family to appear in an illustrated slot game of this nature, The Osbournes will go live on Ladbrokescasino.com today, in a game as mad as the wild rocker's family.
Following the recent illness of Sharon's favourite pet Minnie and her transatlantic dash to see her, Sharon is thrilled with Minnie's inclusion in the game and the online personas of her family. Sharon says, "The game is fantastic. All the family have been brought to life and they even managed to immortalise my beloved dog, Minnie! I'll certainly have a little flutter when it's launched."
Made famous with their award winning fly-on-the-wall television series, the Osbournes have become one of the most recognisable families in the world. Despite their well-publicised troubles, the family remain close and supportive of each other. Since being launched into the media spotlight, the family as branched out into a range of successful careers. Sharon is currently filming her fourth series as an X Factor Judge, Kelly is appearing in the West End musical Chicago as Mama Morton, Jack hosts his own television show Adrenaline Junkie, whilst Black Sabbath rock star Ozzy oversees his family and remains the original Prince of Darkness.
The Osbournes is an online slot game packed with free spins, multiplier boosts and impressive cash prizes of up to £150,000. Sharon's dog Minnie becomes a star in her own right as the game also includes an additional feature where players can be rewarded with free spins. The game features four levels - one each for Ozzy, Sharon, Jack and Kelly - with the goal of reaching Ozzy for the full reward - although each level carries it's own cash incentive if completed. Log on to Ladbrokescasino.com to enter the wild world of The Osbournes.
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News from PopCap
UK MUMS MANAGE JUST 23 MINUTES OF 'ME TIME' A DAY - WHILE DADS RELAX WITH AN AVERAGE OF 4½ HOURS
- New study highlights concerns over quantity and quality of mum's 'Me time' -
A staggering 95% of UK mums are highly stressed and only manage a mere 23 minutes of 'Me time' during each day. This compares to dads who, conversely, enjoy a whopping 4½ hours during the average weekday, a new study by casual games website PopCap.com reveals. Even worse, research indicates that mums waste these 23 minutes with activities that could actually increase their stress levels.
The study[1] reveals a stark contrast between the ways in which mums and dads choose to wind down. Dads while away 4½ hours with activities such as going to the gym, enjoying a leisurely hour-long lunchbreak, reading the newspaper on the loo, watching TV and engaging in hobbies such as playing football, golf and fishing. However mums use their stolen 23 minutes to sit down with a cuppa (52%), smoke a cigarette (19%), eat a snack (18%) or gulp down a glass of wine (7%). According to the study these types of breaks are actually counter-productive as they don't allow mums' minds to rest from their worries - the most common, incidentally, being money troubles (66%).
PopCap worked with the Stress Management Society on the study, which revealed that nearly a third of mums are left wanting more time for themselves in a bid to take control, reduce their stress levels and lead a more balanced life (60%). However, it's not just the lack of down time that impacts stress levels - it's also what you do with the time you have. The study recommends that mums adopt one of these top stress-busting activities:
1. Get Physical: when we feel angry, pressured or worried, adrenaline is released into the body. Exercise helps to reduce this and produces 'good mood' substances in the brain.
2. Have a cyber-break: trial a 5 minute 'cyber-break' by logging onto your PC. Playing a casual game helps lower stress levels by reducing blood pressure, slowing breathing and heart rate. Tests[2] prove that just five minutes a day on www.popcap.com has considerable stress reducing benefits.
3. Stretch your body – and mind: yoga not only tones the body and boosts the immune system but also works to calm the mind by unlocking inner happiness, lifting your mood and leaving you feeling light and energised.
Cathy Orr, European PR Director at PopCap, said:
"The disparity in down time between mums and dads is staggering. Even if mums can't change their quantity of 'Me time', they can still positively affect the quality of the time they have available. A recent study in association with The Stress Management Society showed that playing casual games on sites like www.popcap.com for as little as 5 minutes a day has stress relieving benefits. If time-poor mums replace their cuppa with a quick PopCap session, it will help relax, recharge and refocus their minds to face the rest of the day."
Both mums and dads are invited to log onto www.popcapstresstest.com to assess their individual stress levels and receive bespoke tips and tricks on how to maximise their 'Me time' according to their individual lifestyle.
[1] Tickbox Survey, 5th – 11th September 2007, Survey size: 926 mothers of kids under 10 year's old.
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