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Your Personal Trademark
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Marcia Yudkin is the author of the classic guide to comprehensive PR, "6 Steps to Free Publicity," now for sale in an updated edition at Amazon.com and in bookstores everywhere. She also spills the secrets on advanced tactics for today's publicity seekers in "Powerful, Painless Online Publicity," available from www.yudkin.com/powerpr.htm.
For novelist Tom Wolfe, it's a dazzling white suit, regardless of the weather or season.
For comedian George Burns, it was a cigar.
For basketball bad-boy Dennis Rodman, it's crazy hair.
For software developer Jackie Grubb, it's the color purple.
"It": a personal trademark that anchors your identity in the minds of your market.
"One day after I started my business a client introduced me by name and 'She is our computer consultant and her color is purple,'" says Grubb. "Soon afterwards, at business meetings, people began to chide me if I wasn't wearing purple.
"Since people were already associating me with the color, I renamed my business Plum Suite Solutions and commissioned a logo with a plum shape and color. Items in my wardrobe that were other colors had a session with purple dye so that my personal appearance and all my paper materials tie together."
Becoming memorable cuts the number of times people need to meet you before you become ensconced in their mental filing cabinet, and it increases the vividness of their recall.
Your trademark needn't be visual. It can be a particular combination of words that functions as a slogan. Reporter Tim Russert has trained his NBC compatriots -- and undoubtedly his TV audience -- to complete the trademark sentence for his show, "Remember, if it's Sunday... it's 'Meet the Press.'"
Other auditory trademarks might involve a particular kind of word, a tone of voice or a manner of speaking. During the last World Cup soccer championship, I loved hearing the way the Spanish sportscasters announced a goal, even though my Spanish comprehension is pretty terrible.
A motivational speaker I once ran across called himself "Tom Terrific" and told audiences that if anyone asked how he was and he didn't say, "Terrific!" he'd hand over $100. For someone who spoke on having a positive attitude, this verbal trademark made perfect sense. (He claimed that he'd had to pay up only a few times in many years.)
A kinesthetic personal trademark would stamp your identity in memory through a behavior or a gesture. I'm told that business guru Tom Peters is known for never standing still while on a speaking platform. Conductor Leonard Bernstein worked his way into the American consciousness through the vigor of his conducting and having to keep tossing his mane of hair out of his eyes. I understand he also carried a sharpened baton with him that he used to spear food instead of using a fork when eating in restaurants.
Don't take this identity-building tool to such an extreme that it undermines your credibility or sets you off as bizarre. For instance, in the business world and in politics, people take handshaking seriously. Developing an idiosyncratic physical greeting or abstaining from handshakes, as real estate mogul turned Presidential candidate Donald Trump did for supposed hygienic reasons, can mark you as eccentric in a bad sense. Otherwise, creating a personal trademark is smart, cost-effective marketing!


We are happy to welcome you to the Energomashcomplect Company website.
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Since it was established, our top priority has been to be the best company on the market. Today, Energomashcomplect has rightfully achieved this leading position in the industry. We supply enterprises with the most modern equipment and use the latest production technologies. We are constantly extending the range of available products and developing new markets. We have worked extremely hard to become a trusted and reliable supplier to our customers and deliver all our orders promptly.
Here on our website we want to tell you about the company, its strategic aims and priorities and inform you about our most recent achievements. Being one of the major pipeline equipment market players, we look forward to making this website become a valuable resource that will keep you informed about all aspects of the valve industry and the major role that pipeline valves play in modern life.
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» Climate change, coral loss, and the curious case of the parrotfish paradigm: Why don't MPAs improve reef resilience?
Scientists have advocated for local interventions, such as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and fisheries restrictions, as tools to mitigate local stressors to limit the effects of climate change on reef-building corals and increase resilience. However, in a literature review, we find little empirical support for this notion of "managed resilience". We outline some reasons for why MPAs and herbivorous fish (especially parrotfish) protection have had little effect on coral resilience. One key explanation is that impacts of local stressors (e.g., pollution and fishing) are often swamped by the much greater effect of ocean warming on corals. Another is the sheer complexity (including numerous context dependencies) of the five cascading links assumed by the managed resilience hypothesis. If reefs cannot be saved by local actions, it is time to face reef degradation head-on, by directly addressing anthropogenic climate change: the root cause of global coral decline.
John Bruno is a marine ecologist and Professor in the Department of Biology at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. John grew up on the ocean in south Florida and came to UNC in 2001 after a post doc at Cornell University and a PhD at Brown University where he worked on the ecology of coastal plant communities. His research is focused on marine biodiversity, particularly the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems. He works primarily at regional or global scales.Beyond documenting doom-and-gloom, the Bruno lab works on understanding how human activities alter the structure and functioning of marine food web and what local conservation strategies are effective in mitigating these impacts. John works closely with NGOs and congressional staff on legislative issues related to ocean conservation. He is a dedicated science communicator: John blogs at TheSeaMonster.net, writes for major news outlets including the Washington Post, makes very amateur videos, and gives public talks about ocean critters and marine conservation. At UNC John teaches Marine Ecology and Seafood Forensics and leads the college's QEP-CURE (Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience) leadership team that is developing, implementing, and evaluating innovative and interdisciplinary research courses.


In 2014, Latinos made up 17% of the population and consumed and average of 177 hours of TV per month, according to Nielsen. While the Hispanic population – and their influence – is steadily growing, this is not reflected in today's primetime TV shows.
With African-American lead actors, like Terrance Howard on the breakout show "Empire", and Viola Davis in the hit drama "How to Get Away with Murder", the stage is set to start showcasing Latino actors and actresses. Currently however, Gina Rodriguez, who plays the lead role in the CW's "Jane the Virgin", is one of the only Latino leading network stars.
While the hope is for more prominent (and accurate) portrayals on mainstream TV, actresses like Gina Rodriguez are paving the way for other young Latinos, similar to Eva Longoria, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Pena and others, who blazed the trail before her. Her hit show continues to hold its own in its Monday night time slot, competing against veteran shows like "2 Broke Girls" on CBS, and newcomer "Scorpion" on ABC. Rodriguez's 2015 Golden Globe Award, for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, put her front and center as the poster child for Latinos on TV. The Puerto Rican star seized the moment during her acceptance speech, using the national platform to speak out on the lack of diversity on TV.
With Rodriguez on "Jane the Virgin", veteran actor Edward James Olmos in a recurring role on Marvel's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", and Romeo Santos as one of the newest additions to the Fast and the Furious franchise, are Latinos on the cusp of having their moment on the small and big screen? We'll just have to tune in and watch.
Annayelli Flores is an assistant account executive at FCG Latino.


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Ava's Poppy
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Ava is delighted when she discovers a brilliant red poppy in the middle of her yard.
She sits with the little flower in the sunny days of summer and shields it from the rain, until one day the petals start to drop and the tiny flower fades away. But when spring comes again . . . Ava is surprised anew.
This Marcus Pfister classic is now available in paperback!
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Marcus Pfister was born in Bern, Switzerland. After studying at the Art School of Bern, he apprenticed as a graphic designer and worked in an advertising agency before becoming self-employed in 1984. His debut picture book, The Sleepy Owl, was published by NorthSouth in 1986, but his big breakthrough came six years later with The Rainbow Fish. Today, Marcus has illustrated over 65 books, which have been translated into more than 60 languages and received countless international awards. He lives with his wife, Debora, and his children in Bern.
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NEWS: 3D Repo platform to power Canary Wharf extension
Cloud-based platform to provide collaborative co-ordination on Wood Wharf project, a new district at London's Canary Wharf
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Canary Wharf Group has signed up to use 3D Repo's cloud-based digital construction platform, during the design and construction of the Wood Wharf project, a new district at London's Canary Wharf.
Building on work to date, including use during the design of basement structures and construction of cooling towers, the project has already seen utilisation of the 3D Repo platform by project partners such as Allies Morrison, Thornton Tomasetti, Adamson Associates, AECOM, John Robertson Architects, Gardner and SWECO.
"Benefits of our platform include up to 20 per cent reduction in on site errors as per the Government's Construction 2025 targets and a reduction of up to 50 per cent in the time taken to resolve key issues," said Dr Jozef Dobos, CEO of 3D Repo. "Other major improvements include increased consultant and sub-contractor accountability, and easy traceability of design issues, as well as overall improvements in design coordination for all parties involved."
With an estimated completion in 2023, Wood Wharf has been designed to provide a new residential led, mixed use waterside community. The masterplan, designed by Allies and Morison Architects, will provide up to 3,300 new homes, nearly 2 million square feet of office space and a further 380,000 square feet of shops, restaurants and community uses including a primary school and GP's surgery.
Richard Bray, Project Executive, Canary Wharf Contractors, says, "With the aim of delivering a workable virtual design of the complex Wood Wharf project, communication is key, and by utilising the 3D Repo platform, we can account for coordination and issue-resolution to ensure the delivery of a workable virtual design."
Using 3D Repo's digital construction platform, users can, in a web browser, automatically federate the latest 3D models, track issues and assign tasks in real time, as well as analyse geometry and BIM data using tools such as the patent pending 3D Diff solution for model comparison and version control.
The 3D Repo platform is said to differ from traditional collaboration tools in that it utilises a component-based database making the 3D model the gateway to all information. It also offers a full set of APIs to help with integration and custom development – meaning that information can be made live, useful and accessible throughout the entire project lifecycle.


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The Sittingbourne Society has presented J D Wetherspoon's with their annual Rose Bowl award for their sympathetic remodelling of the old magistrates court into the "Golden Hope" pub, restaurant & hotel.
Society member Ian Parsons explained "The Rose Bowl award is made annually to a deserving cause that, in the society's opinion, has led to an improvement in the town. In this case the refurbishment and modification of the old Court House to bring it back into commercial use."
The award was accepted on Monday night by Amy Kortegas, manager of the Golden Hope who told us "It's nice to know that people think we've done a good job with the building and we are very excited to receive the award,"
The Sittingbourne Society founded in 1977 to keep a watchful eye on developments and campaign for various improvements in and around Sittingbourne.
A £50 cheque was also presented to Pam Griggs of the Carnival Association as part of The Sittingbourne Society's ongoing support for town institutions.
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Democracy and the Illusion of Freedom
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Theme: Right and Freedom: Catholic Considerations on MisusedConcepts
Title: — "Democracy and the Illusion of Freedom"
Historian Mr. Gary Potter began his talk with a kind of tossing of the gauntlet, stating that there is not now nor has there ever been a genuine political conservatism in America. How could there be, he surmised, when every conservative must sing the praises of the founding fathers who made war against their monarch and established a liberal government of "We the people"? Gary made use of Alexis de Tocqueville's 1835 two-volume opus, Democracy in America, which, he says, many reference but few read. In his tour of America, de Tocqueville saw the American experience as an obsession with individual liberty that would inevitably lead to a powerful centralized state and a new species of benevolent oppression, keeping its populace in a perpetual childhood. The first victory of the secular state was over the family, argued Potter, when it introduced civil marriage, a prelude to state judiciaries giving marriage licenses to homosexuals. Potter pointed ahead to the bigger challenges that are surely coming. We must ever be in spiritual training if we wish to persevere and be an example to others.
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from tests.util.mock import Mock

class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
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        self.tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
        # save the current working directory
        self.cwd = os.getcwd()
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        os.chdir(self.tempdir)

    def tearDown(self):
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    def test_can_create_model_service(self):
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    def test_can_create_connection_service(self):
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The Mk1 is our first custom-designed tandem helicopter prototype.
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I managed to kill all 6 of the Galileo crew because my shuttle decided that instead of flipping head over heals as happens with lift in front of mass, it decided to spin like a freaking frisbee. Needless to say they were unable to recover due to physics refusing to ever allow a shuttle of mine to reenter. Im moving to SpaceX style reusablity instead of NASA shuttle style.
how many kerbals did you kill today?
If BFR, then why FalconHeavy?
Something that has bugged me for a while, any information you pull up on the bfr states that if\when it enters service (likely somewhere in the 2020-2024 range) it will completely replace all current SpaceX rockets. This includes the brand new falcon heavy. From what I can tell, plans to make the ITS and now very serious work to build the BFR have been in the works before falcon heavy became viable. So if the BFR concept has always been planned to replace everything, why did they use all the time and money for Falcon Heavy instead of accelerating the BFR? I can see some logic in being sure you have a heavy/super heavy lifter, just in case BFR got seriously delayed, but the FH resources could have gone towards ensuring the BFR program had a stronger financial backbone and thus more likely to succeed.
Nuclear Thermal rockets/the holy grail that is never used?
Except you're forgetting that weight is less of an issue once you are in space. Yes normally a heavier craft needs more fuel to due space things. But NTRs simply get around that by giving you higher efficiency for the same fuel volume. Only downside besides Engineering hurtles(mostly these have been all solved) is a lower twr. Go farther, but not as quickly.
But with regards to money, we're dumping money into dumb projects that then get canceled every four years. All those billions could have been used on the already developed technologies and imagine where we would be? Nuclear shuttles between the moon and earth probably.
This has been really bugging me. In KSP for the most part, once I unlock the Thermal nuke rocket and the kspi thermal rockets (that gas core rocket is dope) I simply never use chemical rockets for space work. The efficiency of the nuke rockets is simply too good to pass up. The thing is that the efficiency of the KSP thermal rockets are the same as the real life ones. The timberwind had an isp of 850 at sea level and 1000 in vacuum. And this performance is normal for most thermal rockets, in fact we could probably increase this greatly given this was 1980's tech. But if these rockets are so good, why don't we use them? Is it stuck up politics? Some secret downside that isn't well known? Maybe an unintelligent populace that hears "nuclear" and begins knee jerk protesting? Admittedly there is a danger of pollution if you suffer a failure in atmosphere. But accidents happen when you don't know what you're doing, and we don't know how to overcome these issues because of the fear of nuclear science.
Have you ever suffered a collision? Everyone uses the *kesler syndrome intensifies* meme, but I've never actually hit anything except the spent stages of the same rocket (didn't clear the booster before adjusting retrograde, things happened).
The biggest reason I'm trying it is that after all my years playing, I've never done it, and the waste is bugging me. But if I can just mine xenon with the config Edit I don't need funds, which feels cheaty. However it's a skill I want to master for late game. My play style ends up as a very expensive space program. I like 7.5m-10m launchers. Some projects had a 5 core 5m Launcher. It's gets expensive but it works. If I could build a single core ultra heavy launcher, think 10m-15m, I could get it reusable due to the stupid amount of fuel and lifting power granting me a bigger margin for error. SpaceX style sea dragon. Would maintain profits but still be able to launch a 2001 style ship in one go.
Today's career save was started to address something that's been bugging me. Whenever we play the kerbal way, we end up wasting a lot of money incinerating nuclear rockets or smashing 5m asparagus boosters into the ground. Yes it may be the safest and most reliable way to go about things due to the simple nature of disposable parts and no pollution (please squad, uranium and reentry do not make rainbows and unicorns). However it's still expensive. So ive tried doing the SpaceX falcon/bfr approach and its angering me. Yes, I can do a two stage to anywhere, that's not the hard part. What's getting difficult is the expense and complexity of designing the a booster that can put a heavy final stage into orbit, and have leftover fuel to deorbit, and have the heat resistance to not burn, and have the aerodynamics to not tumble through the atmosphere, and have the glide capability to land it into the 98%+ funds recovery area. Ive done it. My latest launcher bullseyed the KSC with enough accuracy to make modern icbms jealous. The problem is that in the time it takes to build the reusable rocket, Ive outgrown it and need a new size for bigger missions. This cuts down on time actually exploring. Do other players even bother recovering the first stage? Seems like it's not all that worth it. One good thing that came of it was I accidentally developed a Shuttle/parachute style pod that I can pop a womprat with. It reenters nose first and flies like a missile using air breaks to adjust its speed and fins to steer. First test flight I landed in on the abandoned runway from orbit.
Will installing either realism overhaul or RSS cause bad things to happen with GPP/GPP secondary?
I'm assuming RO is realism overhaul. What is rss may I ask?
Something I've been needing to know, are the thrust ratings in KSP the same as the thrust ratings of their inspirational real life analog? I was looking at the stats on SpaceX's Raptor engine and saw that for a 1.3m (atmos configuration) and a 2.4m (vac config) this mf puts out 1700kn and 1900kn of thrust respectively. On top of that it clocks an isp of 330(SL) and 375(vac). I may be wrong but KSP brain is screaming "holy rockets Batman!" These ratings are light years ahead of any KSP 2.5 LF/O rocket. So I need to know. Are the thrust ratings the same or proportional in KSP to IRL? I feel like we've been cheated with the rocket ratings we have compared to the Raptor.
Is powerbuffer something I could do on my end? Unfortunately I only know enough scripting to break things. I thought they might have been removed or something, then aren't in the power tab and then don't show up in the tech tree. I do know what I'm doing when installing mods, but it's possible I have a borked copy. I can always try redownloading the mod.
@FreeThinker I was testing things yesterday and I realized something that we need in this. Your modpack uses a unique electric resource called mega joules. Other electric propulsion systems use electric charge, but simply a lot of it. For example Near future propulsion uses power requirements in the thousands of ec/s. However even with antimatter 400gw reactors, because most of the power is actually mega joules and not ec, we can't use nfp thrusters with interstellar reactors, even if the reactor would irl put out enough electricity to melt the biggest vasmir or mpd thruster. So here's the solution I thought of. On your generator module why not add a mode switch button. The generators have three modes: mega joules, mega joules and ec, or metric s**t ton of ec. Obviously the less charged particles or thermal power would produce fewer ec/s, but if you could change to ec mode you could use futuristic power supplies in sizes and quantities that make sense. Edit. Also where did the dusty reactor and the gas core reactor go? Those looked cool af.


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Q: Damaged 3 IP Cameras with replacement power supply I have damaged 3 Edimax PTZ cameras because of a replacement power supply.  I am trying to figure out why the replacement power supply with DC output of 12V 2A would kill my cameras which operated from 12V 1A DC.
I have measured the actual output voltage from the original and replacement at 13.56 VDC and 12.04 VDC respectivly.  I,ve never encountered a situation where such a small difference in power supply specs could cause this type of damage.  Both supplys are rated at 12V. The original at 1A and the replacement at 2A.
I'd like to eventually repair my cameras and hope understanding possible causes of the damage may lead me to the damaged circuit board component(s).  I've already replace 3 Schottky Diodes on the board but no joy.  I don't see any physical evidence of burn out on the boards.
Sorry to go so long on my question but I'm totally mystified by this issue.

A: There are a few possibilities:

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*Are you sure the polarity of the output plug is the same?

*Can you look at the output voltage ripple of both supplies on an oscilloscope?

*It could be that there are load transients that the replacement supply doesn't deal with well causing overshoot.

*Perhaps under load the replacement supply (even though it's rated at 2A) droops to the point where the input current rises enough to cause damage to something in the camera.

Most of those seem unlikely, and normally you would be fine making the substitution you did, but given that the damage did happen those are the possibilities that come to mind.

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Who Is Miley Cyrus Married to?
Home » Too Short » Who Is Miley Cyrus Married to?
Miley Cyrus was married to Liam Hemsworth, but they aren't together anymore. Everybody knows how passionate and intense their on-and-off relationship was. She has a boyfriend now, and she seems happy. However, Liam and Miley's divorce left us stunned and in shock.
We didn't see that coming. There were many allegations of drug abuse and cheating, but nobody managed to find out if those were true or not. In fact, Cyrus firmly denied all those presumptions.
Let's take a closer look at Miley's love life. It is a lot to cover, considering how many people she has dated, but we will focus mainly on the longest relationship that she had with Liam and her current boyfriend, Cody Simpson.
Miley was married for only eight months to Liam Hemsworth. Their divorce was finalized in January 2020. She is currently dating Cody Simpson. Cyrus and Hemsworth got married in December 2018, at her family's house, in her hometown. Their ceremony was a simple and low-key one, and it seems that nobody other than their close family members knew about their wedding plans.
The pair decided to tie the knot soon after their Malibu house burned down in the wildfires that happened in California that same year. Liam is an Australian actor known for his performance in the Hunger Games. His brother is the popular and charming Chris Hemsworth.
How Their Relationship Began
Miley, who is now 27 years old, met Liam, who's three years older than her, in 2009, as co-stars on the set of The Last Song movie. In 2012, they announced their engagement. At the time, Miley was still a teenager, being 19 years old. Soon after that, they broke up and were apart for about three years before reconciling and getting together again.
She started to display the engagement ring once again in 2016. Of course, both of them dated other people in those years that they were apart. On the 23rd of December 2018, during Christmas festivities, Miley and Liam got married in Tennessee.
The marriage didn't last long. Liam and Miley were husband and wife only eight months. She said that they have grown apart and that she is different now than she was before. But, it is hard to believe that a person can change that much in less than a year of marriage.
At their subtle wedding reception, which took place at Miley's family home in Nashville, Cyrus was filmed while she was dancing to the popular song "Uptown Funk." She wore a dress made by Vivienne Westwood that costs over $8,200. Their main wedding photo was intended to recreate Liam and Miley's romantic kiss when they were both on the set while shooting Nicholas Sparks based The Last Song movie.
Their honeymoon was a fairytale trip to a ski resort in Montana. But they didn't go alone. Instead, the newlyweds decided to take Hemsworth's entire family with them. Miley and Liam have kept the wedding a secret but, on the honeymoon, Hemsworth's brother, Chris, and his wife, Elsa, posted many photos with them and their three children.
Liam was the one that filed for divorce in the summer of 2019 after some compromising and confusing photos of Miley and Kaitlynn Carter appeared as a cover story in the press. She and Brody Jenner's ex-wife were getting intimate and very affectionate with each other. They even kissed publicly while on a trip to Lake Como, Italy, with some other mutual friends.
When filing for divorce, in August 2019, Liam mentioned irreconcilable differences as the reason for their separation. Only a couple of days before, the couple announced their split. On a Wednesday, Hemsworth went to the Los Angeles Superior Court together with his divorce lawyer, Laura Wasser. She has a bulletproof reputation as being the attorney of many Hollywood stars like Britney Spears and Jennifer Gardner.
Apparently, they both wanted to take a break, to stop for a moment and focus on their work and their careers as well as on their individual development. During their time together, Liam and Miley have adopted several pets, and after the divorce, they will share responsibility and be dedicated parents towards their animals.
Liam was also the one who took the issue on Instagram, making the split official. He confirmed the breakup and wished Miley health and happiness. He also mentioned that divorce is a private matter; hence, he will refuse to give details to any media outlets or journalists.
Because Cyrus and Hemsworth didn't have kids together, neither one sought spousal financial support.
Bottom line, they both seem to have moved on. Miley is dating Cody Simpson, and she focuses on her career. After the breakup, Liam dated Maddison Brown. They enjoyed a brief romance. Since then, the actor has already found a new lady: Gabriella Brooks.
Apparently, Liam and his new girlfriend, who's 21, were first spotted together, in January, on a casual date, in Malibu. According to RapTV, the couple spent plenty of time in Australia.
Allegations of Drug Abuse and Cheating
All the allegations made by the press seemed to bother Miley a lot. Tweets on her social media account for the first time afterward surely prove that those statements were powerful enough to strike a nerve with the singer. She said that she had lived a wild life, indeed, especially in her teen years. She even experimented with drugs.
Still, this time around smoking weed or sleeping with others weren't the problems that got in the way. According to her, the marriage ended because of a lot of things that she didn't actually bring up. Despite the breakup, Cyrus wrote that she will always hold a special place for Liam in her heart.
What Was the Reason for Their Divorce?
Sources have said that the reason behind the couple's divorce was the fact that Liam wanted kids while Miley wasn't ready yet for that kind of commitment. So, it seems that the two of them clashed over having children or not.
As we've all seen, Hemsworth is ready to become a dad, but his plans are not exactly what Cyrus has in mind. The sources also said that he suffered a lot because of this. Truth be said, he is older than Miley, so maybe his vision of the future is quite different than hers.
Who Is Miley Cyrus Dating Now?
Miley is dating Cody Simpson, who's younger than her. He said that the Wrecking Ball singer was his childhood crush. Isn't that sweet?! They became a couple in October 2019, even though they have been good friends for years.
Fans are delighted to see Miley so happy and in love. The couple isn't shy when it comes to sharing PDA-filled photos of them on their social media accounts. They even got matching tattoos, but lately, it appears that Cody and Miley have slowed things down a bit.
How Cody and Miley Started Dating
The two musicians were seen kissing on the 4th of October 2019. After that, they have both confirmed their relationship. Cody was so utterly smitten for Miley that he even wrote a poem dedicated to her. His debut poetry collection is called Prince Neptune.
Sometime between October and November 2019, Miley spent a day in the hospital for tonsillitis. She published a couple of posts on her Instagram account as Instastories that showed Cody by her side, holding a bouquet of roses and a guitar.
They seemed to get along great because they are both on the same page. They are highly creative and extremely passionate about their projects.
Things Got More Serious
In November 2019, Miley brought Cody to Tennessee, to her brother's wedding to meet her parents Tish and Billy Ray. So, things were very serious. At a certain point after that, people started to speculate that the two of them broke up. Cody refuted all those rumors by posting a photo of his phone's background image that featured Miley as a little girl.
On the 21st of January, 2020, Cody was asked if he and Miley are considering having kids. He replied by saying that he is cautious and careful, which makes us believe that he isn't ready to be a dad and start a family yet.
The couple is still going strong, and they are spending the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic lockdown together in LA. Even though they are in a committed relationship, Cody said that he doesn't intend to propose to Miley yet. So don't expect to see a wedding ring soon. He considers himself way too young for that.
Miley has been a public figure almost her entire life after appearing on Disney's Hannah Montana. At first, she was a teen idol, and then she grew up and became a pop star. Now, some people consider her a pariah. She was married, but then she divorced. Cyrus dated a lot of people, both men, and women.
We believe that the singer still tries to figure out what to do next and find sense in her lifestyle. She has collaborated with Ariana Grande and Lana Del Ray. Her fan club increases every day. She attracted 400,000 new followers in one single day, but it was a special day, the one when she announced her wedding.
Miley has dealt with many types of attention, and we can understand that, under the eye of the public, the pressure is high.


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Young & the Restless / Bold & the Beautiful – Crazy Is…
The Young and the Restless: Crazy Like a Fox
Crazy is as crazy does, or so they say. Here's what I see. Ian's days are, for sure, numbered. Will he end up dead? Who knows? If he lives, it is not clear to me that his days will be worth living. He is one part cocky and two parts crazy! Than never bodes well for a villainous soap character.
Nikki's unequivocal F-U to Ian and her glaring declaration that she is not afraid of him is the best thing that could have happened for viewers! Strength and courage, forget cowering and waiting for the big bad Newman men to save the day! Oh sure, it was a HUGE thrill to have Dylan and Nick show up at the door at the end – Ian's facial expression was priceless. It was more of a thrill to know that Nikki didn't need them.
Before their arrival, she charged into Ian's office like she owned it. She batted his lies like flies. Someone should have warned Ian that Nikki has been married to Victor Newman, off and on, for more than 30 years soap time. She has already survived one big bad controlling and scary man (a man who leaves me alternating between hating and loving to hate him). Sir. Ian is a rank amateur by comparison — no matter how beautifully seamless Ray Wise's Ian is as a villain. Someone should tell Ian to stick to mind-blanking young and vulnerable people who are "confused and searching" as he helps "put them on their paths".
Someone should also tell him to avoid messing with the Newman clan. These people have killed before and they will kill again I'm sure. There is always the option of leaving him imprisoned in a basement cell where no one will find him! (What I wouldn't give for Victor to build a cell for Ian!) I fully expected this storyline to continue on and on with Nikki being afraid for herself, or Dylan. Thank you writers, for letting Nikki be proactive in protecting Summer and the rest of her family.
Also, how good is it to see Paul, Lauren and Michael together? I won't lie. There is a part of me that so fondly remembers Paul and Lauren as a couple (as well as Paul and Nikki) that having them find their way back to each other would feel like old home week for me. There are times when I, for a moment, wish for a Lauren and Paul reunion. I never thought that I could grow to love Lauren after her treatment of Tracy Abbott, but Paul was the beginning of her redemption. Lauren learned to become human, with Paul. It helped that Lauren was fed back some of the crap she dealt out to Tracy, in the form of Mary Williams (the working woman version of BnB's Stephanie Forrester). Now when I see Lauren, I don't see the mean spirited young adult who was filled with anger and ill will. I see the woman who became a wife and mother, who apologized to Tracy for having victimized her for many years, and I love the growth that YnR characters have made Lauren in particular. I have tried to avoid being dragged back into daytime, but the BnB and the YnR are making it tough for me to stay away.
The Bold and The Beautiful: The Douglas Problem
I'm not sure if it is intentional, but whatever the case, it is certainly interesting that there is a strong connective history when looking at the Douglas bloodline. Stephanie Forrester's father was a cruel and nasty S.O.D. who abused and humiliated his eldest daughter for reasons that are still not clear (realistically so. Many survivors of abuse are left trying to make sense of their abusers' cruelty – forced to try to give meaning to something so illogical and so vile). John Douglas was clearly a man who refused to control his impulses – giving way to his anger at his daughter for daring to have her own opinions and ideas. It is a tragic behavior pattern that Stephanie followed in her own later life. The revelation of Ally's continued difficulties ties so neatly into the troubled Douglas history. Stephanie's mother was as troubled as John and as troubled as Stephanie and Pam became over time. Not only did Mother Ann refuse to protect Stephanie, she accepted a lonely Ann's devotion and watched as Ann gave up all dreams of a family and children to care for her mother.
At the time of the confrontation between mother and daughter, it seemed that Mother Douglas' only goal was to protect herself and the memory of a perfect marriage and perfect family life. I now have to wonder if the writers want us to rethink the entire Douglas lineage! That Ally's psychological issues are being addressed (and that Ally flips out in the presence of not just Wyatt, but the Stephanie Douglas Forrester jewelry collection was BRILLIANT!) It makes sense that a child who lost her mother at such a young age is so badly hurt by that loss and that the pain doesn't simply dissipate.
Are Ally's psychological problems the real reason she didn't continue on to Law school and came home to join the family business? Had she had a break just before coming home? This kid has had so much to deal with in such a short life. Ally's pain was compounded by the fact that the first woman she allowed to become her new mother was a woman who deceived her, only to try to replace the mother she was still grieving. Ally must have surely felt betrayed by the ease with which her father forgave the woman who left her mother dying on the highway.
Is that why Ally clings to Hope? An innocent Hope was the only person Ally could rely on and trust in, at that time. Everyone else behaved as if it was normal for your father to marry the woman who killed your mother. Hope told Ally the truth no one else would tell. Is Hope's perfect life one Ally has imagined having for herself instead of the crap storm Taylor's actions and her father's thoughtlessness left her? Is she living vicariously through Hope to the point of imagining a happy Hope and Liam living the life that would have made her happy, too? From Vicious John Douglas, to Mother Ann Douglas to the psychotically violent Stephanie, the murderous Pam, and now the unhinged Ally Forrester. WOW!
I'd jokingly said before that if Ally starts wearing pantsuits and a brooch, I'm going to cry, and then fear for Hope's safety. I now see that I will have to fear for Wyatt's safety. I'm not sure what Wyatt triggers in Ally ( his deceit = taylor's deceit?). Does watching Hope forgive Wyatt anger her because, as she lives vicariously through Hope, and it reminds her that she accepted Taylor's lie? Whatever is it, the writers will let us know soon enough, but I have to say that it is beginning to become deliciously uncomfortable.
I can say that prior to Ally's explosive rage, it was fun to watch a little innocent romance with #HOTT. They started strong and ended strong, today. I can't wait for the next episode to see where this is headed. Something tells me to not expect an apology from Ms. Ally. Who stands with Wyatt if (when) the -ish hits the fan and the Forresters rally around Ally to protect her? How? Most likely by firing Wyatt to help Ally heal, if the question of whether Wyatt should be fired, posed in the twitterverse to fans, is any indication. The only supporter he has ever had prior to meeting Hope? His mother. She's ride or die for her son so I'm sure she'll stand with him, should it happen. Would Hope stand with him or would her loyalties be divided? Will his donor father come to his aid? Given Bill's consistent trashing of Wyatt, I wouldn't count on it. If it happens, I'm sure surprising battle lines will be drawn.
Soap crazy Part 2? Bill Spencer. Seriously, after today, this guy goes on my FastForward filter. He is such an loser that it's hard to fathom where the writers feel this character fits in a genre that is about romance, a bit of cheesecake, and the occasional bit of insanity. How many times in one lifetime will a man get to say, "We're not family, you're just the mother of my child"? It's a grotesque thing for him to say to a woman with whom he has had no serious conflict and who saved. loved, and nurtured a child he claims to now love, as well. Even referring to her as a very distant relative would have been better. (and yes, ship docked in the nearby harbor would have still worked).
Bill Spencer is exhausting. He is a combination low-rent comedic version of J.R. Ewing (original Dallas) and womanizing Don Draper of Mad Men. He's anachronistic! Everyone else seems to be operating in the 21st century. Bill is almost 19th century in this thoughts and actions. I'm sick of his male equivalent "Forever 21″wardrobe, the ridiculously compulsive (and unnatural) grooming, and the tired juvenile dialogue – what grown ass man has to tell a woman that she'd better not show up in a couple of months pregnant with his child? (If you can't control it? CAP IT!) People, I just can't with this guy. I.can.NOT! (My comments are not about Don Diamont, who is a true hottie. His own look is so natural and gorgeous. Google him.) Bill Spencer is too much of a put on. It throws me every time I look at him.
Bill's comment that Quinn was not his family was almost as repulsive as his line that Quinn didn't give him a chance to be a father. As I recall, she did. He told her to abort their child. No matter how good looking he is with his shirt off, he is a little bit of a sidewinder, otherwise, and for a man who is such a misogynist to be treated as either a hero, or a man at all, runs counter to what a romantic lead is in daytime. Who the hell wants to spend their days battling the Bill Spencers of the world, only to watch them celebrated? Difficult men? Ok, outright misogynistic pigs? Keep 'em, you can have 'em. I have to paraphrase my new fave quote (THANKS @MrJeromeTrammel for articulating my thoughts better than I could have): "There Is No Shortage Of Good Men, It's Just That The Ignorance Of No-Good Men Is Promoted So Well."
Quinn's dialogue, returning fire for fire, was about the only useful thing to happen in the conversation between the two. I do believe she is right. Bill has never met a woman who is his match. Katie tried to humanize him, but was shut down. Brooke only gave in and gave him what he wanted – physical contact – no attempt to humanize him at all. Quinn is too good for Bill. I hope the guy either grows up or goes.
Sorry, folks, but as I said above, Bill has hit my FastForward Filter. He is too much of a bad thing. I can't be bothered to watch this guy any more.
If anyone wondered why Ashlyn Pearce was cast in the role of Alexandria Forrester, I'm guessing that's now officially answered! SO, in the event that you get out of line with comments or in email? Remember this face:
Don't make me send Ally after you!
Posted on February 28, 2014 February 28, 2014 by NorrthPosted in UncategorizedTagged Alexandria Forrester, Ashlyn Pearce, Bill Spencer, Christian LeBlanc, Darin Brooks, Don Diamont, Doug Davidson, Dylan McAvoy, Eric Braeden, Heather Tom, Hope Logan, Ian Ward, Katie Logan Spencer, Kimberly Matula, Lauren Fenmore, Liam Spencer, Melody Thomas Scott, Michael Baldwin, Nick Newman, Nikki Newman, Pam Douglas, Paul Williams, Quinn Fuller, Ray Wise, Rena Sofer, Scott Clifton, Stephanie Douglas Forrester, Steve Burton, Summer Newman, Taylor Hayes, The Bold and The Beautiful, Thorne Forrester, Victor Newman, Winsor Harmon, Wyatt Fuller, Young and the Restless. Leave a comment
BnB: "Bitch, Please" and "the Bearded one"!
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Sadly, a good Brooke and Ridge (BRidge) reunion has always piqued my interest enough that I'd tune in and follow what's going on. Not so much this go round, but I have kept up enough to know two things: 1 -The writers have tacitly confirmed that taylor "mail order psychiatry degree" hayes Jones is nothing more than a crackpot, and 2 – The writers view Ridge as nothing more than a cluesless lamb to the slaughter in the BRidge meltdowns. It's time for the writers to let Ridge grow a pair, and KEEP THEM! This BRidge break up was the most pathetic yet (Ridge planned to rebound with a marriage to his ex before his son even knew that he'd divorced his mother and left the family) The second point first. Ridge:
Colore me stunned to see Ronn Moss' (Ridge's) heavy growth of facial hair. WHAAAA'? Has it dawned on anyone else that the last time we saw such heavy growth, not just the occasional 5 o'clock shadow we've seen, it coincided with another 'big loss' storyline on screen? Shortly after Ridge lost Caroline, he grew a beard that would make a dense patch of forest sick with envy! The mail order psychiatrist, hoping that she'd broken through to Ridge in order to get him to take his attention off of his grief for his dead wife and turn his attention to her, tried to get him to shave it. His response? NO! Brooke – the other woman he loved as much as Caroline, told him, as he sat at her bedside attending to her every need while she was in labor with his father's child, that his beard was itchy. To taylor's shock and chagrin, Ridge ran to shave it to make Brooke more comfortable.
That the timing of this storyline is coincidental with RM's decision to grow facial hair shouldn't be considered immaterial. How nice it would have been for the writers to have thought about those earlier scenes and then use them for this show. Imagine Taylor remembering that time and finally putting together the facial hair and the look of being lead to the gallows emanating from Ridge's dead eyes whenever they're together. Imagine a horrified Taylor realizing on her own that Ridge was grieving for Brooke as he grieved for Caroline, and that she truly was back on the sidelines, hoping that for once she wasn't the rebound betty she'd been for Ridge from the day they met. She could have at least gone out with a little dignity. Maybe then she would have seemed slightly human had she crumbled under the weight of the realization that she'd emasculated her husband by laughing at her inability to remember his name in bed, calling out Ridge's instead. She could have broken down in utter disgust that she'd tossed Whip aside, treating him as if his absolute devotion to her made her skin crawl. Nah… that's too much like right for the broken down half-wit psychiatrist. The writers didn't have it in them to have her think about what she'd done. She was too busy falling back on her uusal refrain, "… but what about ME?" In her rush to proclaim herself the victim, taylor's statements about the tragedy of her non-wedding to Ridge made her seem callous, dumber than usual, and absolutely insane… all I can say is:
Bitch, PLEASE!
1. Taylor thought her son was "molested" by Brooke? (I can't even deal with the writers' trivialization of the word, right now). Suffice it to say: BTICH, PLEASE! This is the woman who called herself young Rick and Bridget's "new mommy", used a young Rick to keep the secret that she was dating his father behind good friend Stephanie's back ,and then turned around and slept with Rick when he became an adult. She loved throwing in it Brooke's face that she'd intended to marry her son. Yet she thought that Brooke "molested" her son when they were BOTH stoned on wild berries and neither had any real memory of what happened?
Given Thomas' historyof violence and aggression and his prior attempts to get romantically/sexually physical with his stepmother (for the sake of publicity), she would have made more sense worrying about Brooke than worrying about Thomas.
2 – She wondered if Stephanie and Thomas even knew who she was and what she was about when they played their hand? BITCH, PLEASE! Stephanie, the woman you ran to when you were afraid of losing Ridge? The woman you thanked for keeping Ridge with you because the two of you would never made it without her? The woman who watched you a) accept a wedding gown/ring/proposal meant for someone else? b) accept her arm twisting of Ridge to keep him away from a child he thought was his child with Brooke for your sake? c) accept her help in trying to give a child she thought was yours with Thorne to his brother to force Ridge to be with you to give his brother's child a father? d) sneak into Brooke office and cackle like a mad hen over listening to Steph call Brooke names? e) try to profit from doping Ridge up and giving him alcohol and taking him to bed after that? Honey, that's your SHORT list. How could any writer expect an audience to believe taylor's innocence given her own history?
3. She's tried to live her life with integrity? If the emphasis in on the word 'tried', she gets away with that statement, though I could argue that the writers didn't have her try very hard. If the emphasis is on the work "integrity"? BITCH, PLEASE! This is the woman who called Brooke a whore and who mocked her for marrying the Forrester men and yet has slept her way through TWO families (plus the men she didn't know while drinking and trolling the wharf around Chuck's bar). Taylor lied about killing her sister-in-law, allowed the family to think that Darla had been left to die like an animal in the road, and then encouraged Darla's child and husband grow close to her. She hid her infidelity with James Warrick, at her husband's family's beloved Big Bear cabin, for YEARS while making her husband think she was as pure as the driven snow. She's slept with almost every male patient she's ever had (onscreen), lied about her college relationship with Grant Chambers, committed bigamy, trashed her best friend's marriage behind her back, betrayed her now deceased daughter, used her psychologically frail – physically violent husband to try to make a young Ridge jealous by sleeping with the ex-husband (license and ethics be damned) … and again, the short list.
That taylor didn't have the decency to feel sorry for anyone other than herself means that if the writers didn't intend for the character to seem shallow, vain, and pathetic someone should be playing the lottery because they hit on all three traits without breaking a sweat.
Posted on July 14, 2011 July 14, 2011 by NorrthPosted in UncategorizedTagged Brooke Forrester, Darla Einstein Forrester, Hunter Tylo, Katherine Kelly Lang, Rick Hearst, Ridge Forrester, Ronn Moss, Stephanie Forrester, Susan Flannery, Taylor Hayes Jones, The Bold and The Beautiful, Thorne Forrester, Whilp Jones, Winsor Harmon. Leave a comment
You just can't make this stuff up!
Wait, I'm wrong… you CAN! First, Stephanie catches the woman who soiled her marital bed (Donna), fooling around with another man (Owen) – in their shared husband's (Eric's) house. Donna is cheating in the very bed that Donna and Eric soiled… Um, YEAH, now that's just all about the soapy goodness, right there!
So how do the writers top themselves? (Oh, I KNOW, you're probably thinking, 'you just can't top that'… HA! When the BnB is naughty, it's very VERY naughty! It's when it's bad that it sucks… right now? The show is oh so naughty!)
Click HERE! Eric wakes up out of his coma, and without anyone knowing wheels himself down the hall and it now HIS turn to catch Owen and Donna in a dirty clinch. Sometimes… I think the soapgods DO love soapfans. More, writers, I want MORE!
Only a cheat like Donna could think that telling Eric that it's not what it thinks, and that she cried over him, could make a difference. That chippie is even more obscene than I thought. I don't know whose misery makes me giggle more, Donna's or Eric's. Both are cheaters and both ended up getting a bit of a smackdown… Karma can be a bitch, it's not just a cliche… I thought soap moments like that were long dead. I guess not!
Equally delicious? The Forrester sibs bouncing Donna out on her ear, giving Owen the heave ho, along with her. I'm sorry, but what kind of fool is Owen, exactly? When a man catches you laying lips on his new bride, the last thing you want to do or say as a 'defense' is that his children have been trying to do her in from the moment he went under into his coma… Gee, that explains why you're in his house, trying to sex up his wife in every bedroom in his house. Shame on you Owen… NOW! End the Owen-Donna mess and bring on Owen and Bridget!
OH, and if the writers would only resolve the baby Jack issue and get that kid back to its biological mother… Taylor? Bridget? ANYONE but Brooke! Anything that binds Nick and Brooke is a BAD thing… it kills off the audience and kills off the show's ratings.
Posted on September 14, 2008 September 15, 2008 by NorrthPosted in UncategorizedTagged Bold and Beautiful, Brandon Beemer, Donna Logan, Eric Forrester, Felicia Forrester, Jennifer Gareis, John McCook, Lesli Kay, Owen Knight, Ridge Forrester, Ronn Moss, Stephanie Forrester, Susan Flannery, Thorne Forrester, Winsor Harmon. Leave a comment


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Check out now 7 things your dreams may be trying to tell you about your health.
Find Poems Langston Hughes. Examine Now.
The poem "Dreams" by Langston Hughes is about the importance of dreams and their ability to empower, strengthen and sustain an individual's life. In the poem, Hughes implores the reader to "hold fast to dreams" because life without dreams is like a "broken winged bird that cannot fly."
Langston Hughes' A Dream Deferred is about the African-American response to racial oppression in America. This oppression includes discriminatory practices that effectively denied Blacks access to the American dream. The references to decaying fruit refers to one's soul. The reference to explosions also references souls.
"Dreams" by Langston Hughes is a two-stanza poem with an ABCB rhyme scheme that highlights the value of "dreams" by presenting two situations that revolve around the loss of those "dreams."The first stanza reflects on the possible death of dreams in an "if" scenario, which indicates "dreams" do not have to "die" since they can be nurtured.
read poems by langston hughes. James Mercer Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. His parents divorced when he was a young child, and his father moved to Mexico.
Dreams Throughout the poem it is clear that the author Langston Hughes states to always follow your dreams and dont give up. "Hold fast to dreams For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly". (1-4) Dreams by Langston Hughes is a metaphorical and lyrical poem.
Harlem (Dream Deferred) by Langston Hughes. Home / Poetry / Harlem (Dream Deferred) / Summary / ... What happens to a dream deferred? If we were to answer this question right away, we'd probably say, "Nothing much, Mr. Speaker, it will probably just fade away."


Some years ago, the idea of the 'paperless office' was popularised as an ideal. We are all familiar with 'paperwork' — such as filling out seemingly useless or unnecessarily complicated forms.
Electronic alternatives seemed to offer the promise of getting a machine to do this busywork. By banishing the paper, we could avoid the hassle.
There is no question that electronic data management can be used to reduce administrative burdens. However, paper doesn't cause paperwork, organisations do. Because organisations can process electronic forms more easily than paper ones, it may be that so-called 'paperwork' will even increase in the future, with most of it done on-line. It was never fair to blame the paper, so while we reduce paper use, we should not go overboard and try to avoid paper in those cases where it is the best tool for the job.
Paper is far too useful and satisfying to want to get rid of it completely.
The 'paper efficiency' approach acknowledges the usefulness of paper, but recognises that we can still use considerably less than we do now. "Paper Efficiency" is like a balanced diet with good physical exercise.
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Senator Abdullahi Adamu, leader of the pro-Buhari group of senators opposed to the reordering of the 2019 election time-table, has given a hint about those behind the move.
The former governor of Nasarawa state declared that some All Progressives Congress (APC) Senators were promoting the re-order.
He said 59 out of the 109 members of the red chamber were against the change in dates, and that of the remaining 50, those on APC platform were against President Buhari and his re-election.
"If you took note of the report that was circulated, the chairman and the co-chairman did not sign it. We don't know why they didn't sign. The Senate Committee Chairman on Electoral Matters, Senator Nazif, did not sign; Hon Pawjok Gyang, who is the co-chairman didn't sign it; Senators Biodun Olujinmi, Ajayi Adeyinka and Peter Nwoboshi also did not sign.
"Normally, if we are going through due process, these people ought to have signed the report or do we have different reports submitted on the same bill by the same committee?
"These are some of the questions begging for answers. I am one of those in the Senate who believe that the bill needs better attention so that many of those who wanted to speak on the bill could be heard. Why the rush? Why do we want to make a law to address one particular problem at a particular time and targeted at one person?
"This is a very partisan report, it is very partisan because you can see from the body language, open utterances and gesturing of some people that it is a predetermined thing by a political party that is threatened by the APC government and wants to make sure that whatever incumbency gives anybody, we are denied it.
"I can tell you here today that we have 59 Senators who are opposed to the inclusion of this section 25 of the Electoral Act. 59 Senators, you can take that to the bank. If that division was allowed, 59 senators would have voted to delete that purported amendment in Section 25 of the Electoral Act.
"You don't make a law targeted at one person. The perception out there is that this Section 25 was included to target Mr President. I do not believe in that amendment and I cannot sit by and watch while a law is made and targeted at Mr. President. This is why some of us here are protesting and will continue to protest. I can assure you, it will not become law.


We are Virtually Connecting from one more Digital Pedagogy Lab Institute (the third this year!) which takes place August 8-12 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The event is jam-packed with people in the digital pedagogy field you will enjoy meeting, many of them appearing on Virtually Connecting for the first time! Also for the first time, Autumm Caines received a "Virtually Connecting" fellowship from the DigPedLab team.
Details of Virtually Connecting sessions below – tweet us or leave a comment if you're interested in joining.
Meet keynote speakers Cathy Davidson, Director of the Futures Initiative, The City University of New York, and Tressie McMillan-Cottom, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Virginia Commonwealth University (both keynotes will be livestreamed at this link, YouTube link for Tressie's here; YouTube link for Cathy's here). Sean Michael Morris will also join them. Autumm will be onsite buddy and Maha Bali virtual buddy.
This is a workshop entitled Praxis of Virtually Connecting taking place at DigPedLab UMW co-facilitated by Autumm Caines onsite (with help from Jesse Stommel and Sean Michael Morris) and Virtually Connecting members Maha Bali, Michael Berman, Kristen Eshleman and Apostolos Koutropoulos (AK) virtually.
Meet education technology writer and "Action" track facilitator, Audrey Watters and (maybe, if she can make it) meet keynote speaker Martha Burtis, Director, Digital Knowledge Center, University of Mary Washington (Martha's keynote is livestreamed at this link). Jesse Stommel, Director of Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies, University of Mary Washington & Director of DigPedLab will also join us. This hallways conversation will be shown live to participants in the workshop above. Autumm will be onsite buddy and Maha Bali virtual buddy.
This is a hallway conversation building on the above workshop, with onsite guests Annemarie Perez, Lecturer, California State University Dominguez Hills, and Chris Gilliard, Professor at Macomb Community College and virtual guest Sherri Spelic, Leadership coach and educator, currently located in Vienna, Austria. They will be reflecting on inclusive networked learning from a race perspective in the US.
I'm hoping to join you virtually for some of these fantastic-looking sessions!
wonderful twitter convo ~ nap is about to overtake me (sr narclepsy, better than being a sr narc), so I may not be awake for first live session. with so many, I'm bound to make at least one though.
I'd like to join the Thursday 4 pm globalized learning workshop!
I am sorry Suzanne I totally missed this comment. The hangout was full with a waiting list…so you wouldn't have probably been able to join. But I apologize for not noticing your comment earlier.
Super-interesting discussions that are enormously helpful in informing ideas on the digital. Lovely to watch, listen, learn. Thank-you!
Hi Maha, I would LOVE to be part of conversations in future and also would be happy to work as volunteer if you ever need extra pairs of virtual hands. In the meantime, so glad that I can listen in and participate asynchronously. Some amazing discussions that will really support my work in the next year available here. Thanks loads. S.


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Q: Low-level tcp/udp proxy Is it possible to set up a server which acts as a proxy that is able to delegate all incoming traffic (regardless of protocol) to the original destination?
What I am trying to do is to allow only a single outgoing address to the internet from a VM that is hosted in a network. The VM would run aptitude updates or download pip and npm packages and require requests beyond just HTTP or FTP which is why I ask for a low-level UDP/TCP proxy. The proxy server would most likely run Ubuntu. Is this something iptables can be set up to do, and if so, how would it know where to delegate the traffic from the VM to? Or is this something a VPN could be used for?
I'd appreciate any kind of ideas (incomplete or not) or pointers in a direction to investigate. The premise of having only allowing one (or at least "few") outgoing connection is not my idea, but a 3rd party requirement which I unfortunately don't have control over.


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#ifndef AC_GECSPL3D_H
#define AC_GECSPL3D_H

class AcGePointOnCurve3d;
class AcGeCurve3dIntersection;
class AcGeInterval;
class AcGePlane;

#include "gesent3d.h"
#include "gept3dar.h"
#include "gevc3dar.h"
#include "gevec3d.h"
#include "gekvec.h"
#pragma pack (push, 8)

class
GE_DLLEXPIMPORT
AcGeCubicSplineCurve3d : public AcGeSplineEnt3d
{
public:

    AcGeCubicSplineCurve3d();
    AcGeCubicSplineCurve3d(const AcGeCubicSplineCurve3d& spline);

    // Construct a periodic cubic spline curve
    // Contract: the first fit point must be equal to the last fit point
    //
    AcGeCubicSplineCurve3d(const AcGePoint3dArray& fitPnts,
			   const AcGeTol& tol = AcGeContext::gTol);

    // Construct a cubic spline curve with clamped end condition
    //
    AcGeCubicSplineCurve3d(const AcGePoint3dArray& fitPnts,
			   const AcGeVector3d& startDeriv,
			   const AcGeVector3d& endDeriv,
                           const AcGeTol& tol = AcGeContext::gTol);

    // Construct a cubic spline approximating the curve
    //
    AcGeCubicSplineCurve3d(const AcGeCurve3d& curve,
                           double epsilon = AcGeContext::gTol.equalPoint());

    // Construct a cubic spline curve with given fit points and 1st derivatives
    //
    AcGeCubicSplineCurve3d(const AcGeKnotVector& knots,
	                   const AcGePoint3dArray& fitPnts,
			   const AcGeVector3dArray& firstDerivs,
	                   Adesk::Boolean isPeriodic = Adesk::kFalse);

    // Definition of spline
    //
    int                     numFitPoints   ()        const;
    AcGePoint3d             fitPointAt     (int idx) const;
    AcGeCubicSplineCurve3d& setFitPointAt  (int idx, const AcGePoint3d& point);
    AcGeVector3d            firstDerivAt   (int idx) const;
    AcGeCubicSplineCurve3d& setFirstDerivAt(int idx, const AcGeVector3d& deriv);

    // Assignment operator.
    //
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Another great month and it is thanks to you. We have made significant enhancements on multiple fronts across the Lightning family of products as we continue to scale.
Our E-Commerce package went into Alpha testing the second week of April with a long time customer who has been providing excellent feedback. We expect to add a few stores in the coming weeks as we elevate to a full beta.
Below are a few items you will find insightful.
In the coming weeks we will be upgrading Lightning Emergency Mode, version 2.5.3 to version 3.0. This update will be automatically deployed on each register. When a roll out date is confirmed, we will notify our user base with a newsletter blast approximately a week prior, and a pop-up which will appear at login, the day before and on the day of.
Although no action is required for the installation of this update on your end, we recommend that each register, perform cash and credit card transaction after the update is installed.
In the last few weeks we have posted a few updates to the Apple Apps Store for our iPad & iPhone applications.
- Enhanced receipts that show if the credit card was a Chip, Swipe, Keyed or Contactless.
- The Sales Journal report now includes better options to analyze data by time.
- A slew of refinements and features to ensure these applications are in step with our browser based product, Lightning Online Point of Sale.
From the main menu, when you click 'Customers' or 'Inventory' the fields that initially appear can be customized.
You might want to add the 'Email' or 'Last Active' depending on what data is important to you. As a field is added, that means you can also sort/find the customer using that new field.
You may need to add the 'Department' or 'Last Cost' fields. Almost every field in the inventory record can be inserted onto the look-up screen.
To change these settings please see: Administration / Setup / Global Setup / Define Lookup tab.


Gold standard for Scottish education?
Nicola Sturgeon, we know, has chosen her experienced deputy John Swinney to spearhead improvements to the Scottish education system over the next five years. But, argues an independent school head, writing in a personal capacity, there's more to fix than the (narrowing) attainment gap.


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Generations actress Letoya Makhene & wife Lebo speak out on unpaid R2 000 restaurant bill
Generations: The Legacy actress Letoya Makhene-Pulumo and her wife, Lebo Pulumo, are furious that someone is spreading lies about them, claiming they are broke when in fact they are doing just fine.
The couple who tied the knot in December in a traditional affair, says it's a lie that they are broke and left a bill behind for R2,000 at a restaurant in Fourways.
"My wife and I wine and dine about three times a week. Now explain to me how we can be broke if we can afford to go out so much?" Lebo said.
"We can send you our bank balance and it is quite healthy."
A clearly agitated Lebo says it's true that three weeks ago, before they both started a 21-day fast and meditation, they went out for dinner to Fireroom Sushi Restaurant in the north of Johannesburg.
"Our bill came to R1,350 and we ended up paying R1,600 including a tip. Now for people to say that I left my wife behind is just lies – I am always with my wife and would never leave her behind."
They say they just feel this is an attack on them because people can see how happy they are.
"We are so perplexed by all of this. Even the owner of the restaurant is angry and has offered to release a statement clearing our names. He has even gone to the extent of offering us a night out on them," she says.
Lebo says she suspects they are being stalked. "It really is a concern that the restaurant was almost empty on the night we were there and for someone to claim they saw us having a problem with our bill when none of that happened.
Lebo says it is offensive that the fact they were robbed in Melville a few weeks ago isn't reported but something that didn't even happen is getting unnecessary attention.
She maintains that if they were really broke, they wouldn't be launching House of Kgwedi, a shop for muti-infused beauty products created by her wife who is a sangoma.
"I know there is Covid-19 and people are going through a hectic time financially but God has been good to my wife and I. Even without a full-time job I have been able to provide for my family and even buy a car in cash for my wife."
actress Letoya Makhene


Norwich City Council looks after a population of approximately 132,000 residents and is the fourth most densely populated local government district in the East of England.
Rapid change at the City Council placed great demands on the HR service and the need to improve employee communication in a timely and consistent manner was recognized.
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Prescience™ Human Resources Adviser, from Transversal, provided Norwich City Council with a way to effectively distribute a range of corporate information in a timely and consistent manner. By making council policy and procedure documents available online in a dynamic, bite-sized format, employees can search for information quickly and effectively.
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Before I left on my expedition to the South Pole I got a lot of advice from people. Biking to the South Pole is a seemingly impossible task. I assume these people were honestly concerned about my welfare. This is part three of nine posts looking at some of the advice I was given.
This is really a harsh statement. It implies that I cannot succeed; I am not even worthy to make the attempt. The thing is, nobody thought I could make it to the South Pole. Well, almost nobody. My wife says she never doubted I could make it, but that it was a really stupid idea.
Are you going to let others determine what you can and can't do? Are you going to let them keep you from even trying?
In order to do the seemingly impossible, you sometimes have to be willing to do what others may think is stupid. Like Phil said in Groundhog Day, "Sometimes I think you just have to take the big chances."


Welcome to issue sixty-four of Nightmare.
We have original fiction from Lori Selke ("A Head in a Box, or, Implications of Consciousness after Decapitation") and Vincent Michael Zito ("The Owner's Guide to Home Repair, Page 238: What to Do About Water Odor"), along with reprints by Halli Villegas ("The Family") and Lynda E. Rucker ("Different Angels").
We also have Gwendolyn Kiste bringing us the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word," plus author spotlights with our authors, and a feature interview with up-and-comer S.P. Miskowski.


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Іва́н Микола́йович Сколо́здра (5 квітня 1934, Розвадів Миколаївського району Львівської області — 27 серпня 2008) — український художник скла, 1998 — член Національної спілки художників України, член Національної Спілки майстрів народного мистецтва України, заслужений майстер народної творчості України — 1999, лауреат Всеукраїнської премії «Визнання» в галузі гуманітарних наук, культури та мистецтва 2001 року, вдостоєний більш як 40 дипломами.

Трохи з життєпису
Був п'ятою дитиною у батьків. У повоєнні роки після 7 класу в 1950 році пішов працювати на Розвадівський кахельний завод; там продовжував займатися ще дитячим захопленням — ліпив із глини іграшки. Служив в армії, з 1956 вчився в школі кіномеханіків у Львові, працював в палаці культури «Цементник» цементного заводу у Миколаєві.

У другій половині 1970-х років до його рук потрапили намальовані на склі старовинні ікони. Відтоді Сколоздра захопився картинами на склі, кожну картину бачив у своїй уяві. Малював фарбами, які розводив домашньою олією, пензлики виготовляв переважно сам.

Жив і творив у своїй хатині на березі Дністра. Останні роки довго боровся із хворобою, не вставав з ліжка.

Відгуки та вшанування
До 70-ліття Сколоздри вийшов каталог його робіт, на вшанування митця до Миколаєва прибуло чимало артистів та митців, серед них — Володимир Козар, член правління Міжнародної ліги захисту культури, голова Міжнародної громадської організації «Українське Реріхівське товариство», керамолог Ігор Пошивайло.

Його твори зберігаються в музеї Івана Гончара. У лютому-місяці 2009 року відкрилася постійно діюча виставка його творів в львівському музеї меблів й порцеляни — 2006-го подарував понад 400 картин на склі та скульптур. Видано два альбоми його робіт, створено три фільми.

Про твори Сколоздри Іван Гончар писав: «Що не картина, то шедевр, що не картина, то філософія, гімн життю». Видаються листівки і календарі з репродукціями картин Івана Сколоздри.

У липні в рамках проекту «Музейний експонат місяця» 2014 року, присвяченого 200-річчю від дня народження Т. Г. Шевченка експонатом місяця визначено панно на склі Івана Сколоздри «Садок вишневий коло хати» (1988 року), ним проілюстровано вірші Кобзаря циклу «В казематі».

Джерела
 Свято життя
 Миколаїв
 Іван Сколоздра: остання зустріч
 Виставка Івана Сколоздри
 «Садок вишневий коло хати»

Література
 Іван Сколоздра: малярство на склі, скульптура: [альбом] / Іван Сколоздра; [упоряд.: Степан Павлюк, Роман Чмелик, Галина Скоропадова ; відп. ред. Степан Павлюк]; НАН України, Ін-т народознав. — Л.: Ін-т народознав. НАН України, 2009. — 179 с. : іл. — ISBN 978-966-02-5490-9
 Сколоздра І. Сонячно-зоряне скло Івана Сколоздри / Розмову вів І.Павлюк // Слово Просвіти. — 2007. — 4-10 жовт. — С.14.

Посилання

Уродженці Розвадова
Члени Національної спілки художників України
Заслужені майстри народної творчості України
Члени Національної спілки майстрів народного мистецтва України

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Q: Recording sound of music app I am developing android musical piano application. in which i am using soundpool to play audios but how can i record sound so that user can sing and record his own voice along with recording music beats

A: Here are wo functions one for recording and other for playing
private void startRecord(){
      File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "test.pcm");

      try {
       file.createNewFile();
       recording=true;
       OutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(file);
       BufferedOutputStream bufferedOutputStream = new BufferedOutputStream(outputStream);
       DataOutputStream dataOutputStream = new DataOutputStream(bufferedOutputStream);

       int minBufferSize = AudioRecord.getMinBufferSize(SmpleRate,
         AudioFormat.CHANNEL_IN_MONO,
         AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT);

       short[] audioData = new short[minBufferSize];

       AudioRecord audioRecord = new AudioRecord(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC,
               SmpleRate,
         AudioFormat.CHANNEL_IN_MONO,
         AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT,
         minBufferSize);

       AudioManager audio=(AudioManager)this.getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE);
      audio.setMicrophoneMute(true);
       //int sessionId=audioRecord.getAudioSessionId();
     //  NoiseSuppressor.create(sessionId);
       audioRecord.startRecording();

       while(recording){
        int numberOfShort = audioRecord.read(audioData, 0, minBufferSize);
        for(int i = 0; i < numberOfShort; i++){
         dataOutputStream.writeShort(audioData[i]);
        }
       }

       audioRecord.stop();
       dataOutputStream.close();

      } catch (IOException e) {
       e.printStackTrace();
      }

     }

 void playRecord(){

  File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "test.pcm");

        int shortSizeInBytes = Short.SIZE/Byte.SIZE;

  int bufferSizeInBytes = (int)(file.length()/shortSizeInBytes);
  short[] audioData = new short[bufferSizeInBytes];

  try {
   InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(file);
   BufferedInputStream bufferedInputStream = new BufferedInputStream(inputStream);
   DataInputStream dataInputStream = new DataInputStream(bufferedInputStream);

   int i = 0;
   while(dataInputStream.available() > 0){
    audioData[i] = dataInputStream.readShort();
    i++;
   }

   dataInputStream.close();

   AudioTrack audioTrack = new AudioTrack(
     AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC,
     SmpleRate,
     AudioFormat.CHANNEL_OUT_MONO,
     AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT,
     bufferSizeInBytes,
     AudioTrack.MODE_STREAM);

   audioTrack.play();
   audioTrack.write(audioData, 0, bufferSizeInBytes);

  } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
   e.printStackTrace();
  } catch (IOException e) {
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
 }


Mining malware has had a very negative influence on the crypto and mining community. Earlier this year, official Indian government websites were found to be massively infected. That pales in comparison to the threat of the recently-discovered adaptive mining malware named KingMiner.
Unfortunately, this is not something out of a cheap sci-fi movie. Check Point Software Technologies is an Israel-based cybersecurity firm. The firm's researchers believe that KingMiner is adapting or evolving.
KingMiner is the first adaptive mining malware. It's mining monero and was firstly discovered back in June. The malware however, seems to be evolving and is changing its appearance with time in order to avoid detection. Kingminer is quickly adapting to possible threats and even manages to replace and update older versions of itself.
It's completely normal that researchers are puzzled by this new discovery. The adaptive mining malware is a potential gateway to digital disasters. There are no guarantees KingMiner will keep adapting only to potential new threats while only seeking to mine monero and avoid detection. If this malware is redesigned it could be used for far more than just mining and personal gain.
At this moment, Kingminer is mostly targeting Microsoft servers. It usually hijacks about 75% of the host CPU's mining capacity. Some observed cases however, have seen the adaptive mining software increase the hijacked capacity up to the maximum 100%. The adaptive mining malware is also using a private mining pool in order to entirely avoid detection.
According to the researches this seemingly endless ability to change will guarantee the malware success. With time such malware and attacks will become more and more common and it's only a matter of time before something that will reshape the entire digital landscape, sees the light of day, or screen.


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Q: Error The Web application could not be found.from the web service on the same server I am developing a web service on my dev SP server and deploying on the same server http://spdevintra:100, but I am not able to access URL from SP server side object by using following simple code:
using (SPSite siteTemp = new SPSite("http://spdevintra:300/contactus"))
                    {
                        using (SPWeb spWebTemp = siteTemp.OpenWeb())
                        {
                            SPUserToken objUserToken = spWebTemp.SiteUsers[@"i:0#.w|qr\" + objContactUs.ADUserName].UserToken;

Error message:
Message from web page
success…The Web application at http://spdevintra:300/contactus could not be found. Verify that you have typed the URL correctly. If the URL should be serving existing content, the system administrator may need to add a new request URL mapping to the intended application.

A: I set AppPool of my web service as we have AppPool of SharePoint application. This solution solved issue as mentioned in this post


Did you mean flights from Kagoshima to Amami O Shima?
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We have collected flight cost data from across the web for travel from Amami O Shima to Kagoshima, and have found the average flight price for this trip to be ¥23,616.
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The best way to find a great deal on airfare is to search multiple sites. When you run a search on FareCompare, we search multiple sites and fare sources all at once so you don't have to - which is why we think FareCompare is the best place to find cheap tickets. Airlines can adjust prices for tickets from Amami O Shima to Kagoshima based on the day and time that you decide to book your flight. We have collected data from all airlines, and have found that Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays are often the best days to book flights. If you'd like to learn more, read our article about the best time to buy airline tickets.
How far in advance should I book tickets from Amami O Shima to Kagoshima?
The chart below shows up-to-date information regarding how far in advance to book your flight from Amami O Shima to Kagoshima.
We've examined 57,595,778,181 itinerary searches that we've seen for departures in the next 90 days and found that the cheapest day to fly from Amami O Shima to Kagoshima is Sunday. See the chart below to compare prices for other days of the week.
Low priced flights are most commonly available by purchasing between one and three months in advance. International or holiday flights may need to be purchased even further in advance. The chart below shows the cheapest flight prices by month for Amami O Shima to Kagoshima flights.
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The average price for connecting flights from Amami O Shima to Kagoshima is ¥56,185.
The average price for direct flights from Amami O Shima to Kagoshima is ¥33,017.
The chart below shows up to date information regarding non-stop flights from Amami O Shima to Kagoshima.
We have found that there is often no price difference between buying a round trip flight versus a one way flight. Increased flexibility is the main benefit when it comes to buying a one way flight from Amami O Shima to Kagoshima. However, booking a round trip flight can be a simpler process. You can compare round trip and one way flights by using our flight comparison.
The average price for one way flights from Amami O Shima to Kagoshima is ¥15,893.
The average price for round trip flights from Amami O Shima to Kagoshima is ¥31,674.
Question: How long is the flight from Amami O Shima to Kagoshima?
Answer: The average Amami O Shima to Kagoshima flight time is 54 minutes.
Question: How far is Kagoshima from Amami O Shima?
Answer: The distance from Amami O Shima to Kagoshima is 386 kilometers (240 miles).
Question: How common are direct flights from Amami O Shima to Kagoshima?
Answer: There are 49 direct flights from Amami O Shima to Kagoshima.
Question: What are the most popular Amami O Shima airlines for direct flights from Amami O Shima to Kagoshima?
Answer: Japan Airlines provides 71% of the non-stop flights between Amami O Shima and Kagoshima.
Question: What are the most popular connecting cities when flying from Amami O Shima to Kagoshima?
Wondering which airlines fly out of Amami O Shima to Kagoshima? We've gathered the average price of Amami O Shima airlines with flights to Kagoshima. Different airlines offer different levels of comfort and service, so consider convenience when choosing your airline.
These are the major commercial airports we're currently monitoring in Amami O Shima and Kagoshima. If your route includes a city with multiple airports, you may be able to find substantial savings by choosing an alternate airport.


A dangerously cold arctic air mass settled across the Upper Mississippi River Valley for the end of January 2019, in the wake of a winter storm that brought several inches of snow a day earlier.
The record-breaking cold (coldest since 1996) moved in Monday afternoon (the 28th), with the temperatures dropping below zero by early evening. Temperatures would not climb above zero (0 deg F) until later Friday morning (Feb 1st) - one of the longest stretches of sub-zero temperatures on record.
What made this air more dangerous, to deadly, was the addition of strong, gusty winds. Northwest winds were on the increase by early morning on the 29th (Tuesday), blowing from 15 to 25 mph with gusts upwards of 40 through that day. Wind chills from -30 to -60 F resulted. Winds would diminish a bit Wednesday (30th), eventually becoming light that night.
Low temperatures bottomed out around 30 below for most Wednesday morning. Even colder readings were observed Thursday morning as clear skies and light winds allowed temperatures to fall to -40 or colder in some areas.
Most schools closed through the week, first for the snow storm on Monday, then for the dangerous cold Tuesday through Thursday. A state of emergency was declared for Wednesday, Jan.30th by the Wisconsin Governor resulting in many businesses being closed and suspension of postal services. Tragically, the cold also resulted in some loss of life.
Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.
Figure 1: 850 mb temperatures (Jan29-31). Dark purple to white are -30 C or colder.


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General News 7/21/2019 at 1:09 PM EDT
Ft Stewart soldier arrested by MPs after arguing with women over parking lot space then screaming 'F--k America'
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He is in military police custody after he was filmed throwing a tantrum in a Georgia mall parking lot before rough housing a woman with him. Shocking footage filmed at the Olgethrope Mall on Monday shows the soldier growing frustrated as he argues with a group of women over a parking space. The unidentified member of the 3rd Infantry Division - can be heard calling one woman a 'b***h' as she asserts that she doesn't have to do what he says. Women tell the soldier not to treat the woman like that but he doesn't care, telling them to 'shut the f**k up.' 'You have the nerve to serve our country,' one woman says while filming. He responds: 'F**k this country, f**k America.'
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Who's who in the Iowa House for 2021
Monday, Jan 11 2021
Laura Belin
The Iowa House opened its 2021 session on January 11 with 59 Republicans and 41 Democrats, a big improvement for the GOP from last year's 53-47 split.
The House members include 69 men and 31 women (21 Democrats and ten Republicans), down from a record 34 women in 2019 and 33 women last year.
Six African Americans (Democrats Ako Abdul-Samad, Ruth Ann Gaines, Ras Smith, Phyllis Thede, and Ross Wilburn, and Republican Eddie Andrews) will serve in the legislature's lower chamber. Republican Mark Cisneros is the first Latino elected to the Iowa legislature, and Republican Henry Stone is only the second Asian American to serve in the House. The other 92 state representatives are white.
Democrat Liz Bennett is the only out LGBTQ member of the Iowa House. To my knowledge, Abdul-Samad (who is Muslim) is the only lawmaker in either chamber to practice a religion other than Christianity.
I've posted details below on the Iowa House majority and minority leadership teams, along with all chairs, vice chairs, and members of standing House committees. Where relevant, I've noted changes since last year.
Iowa House Democrats advised to get COVID-19 tests after session
Friday, Jun 19 2020
Top Iowa House Democrats advised members of the caucus to get tested for novel coronavirus this week, House Minority Leader Todd Prichard confirmed on June 19.
"In addition to wearing masks, socially distancing, and going through the health screenings daily during session, we did recommend members get tested following session," Prichard said via email. He added that his team was "not aware of any members or staff" exposed to COVID-19 at the capitol as legislators wrapped up their work for the year.
Prichard had no comment on Bleeding Heartland's other questions, related to Republican State Representative Gary Worthan's absence from the Iowa House chamber beginning on June 5.
Solar bill transformed from MidAmerican power play to win-win
Wednesday, Mar 4 2020
A bill that sparked one of last year's most intense lobbying fights is on its way to Governor Kim Reynolds, having passed both chambers unanimously.
The Iowa House opened its 2020 session on January 13 with 53 Republicans and 47 Democrats, a change from last year's 54-46 split due to State Representative Andy McKean's party switch shortly before lawmakers adjourned last year.
The House members include 67 men and 33 women (23 Democrats and ten Republicans). Although 34 women were elected to the chamber in 2018 (a record number), State Representative Lisa Heddens stepped down last summer, and Ross Wilburn won the special election to serve out her term in House district 46.
Five African Americans (Democrats Ako Abdul-Samad, Ruth Ann Gaines, Ras Smith, Phyllis Thede, and Wilburn) will serve in the legislature's lower chamber; the other 95 lawmakers are white. No Latino has ever been elected to the Iowa House, and there has not been an Asian-American member since Swati Dandekar moved up to the state Senate following the 2008 election. Democratic State Representative Liz Bennett is the only out LGBTQ member of the lower chamber. To my knowledge, Abdul-Samad (who is Muslim) is the only lawmaker in either chamber to practice a religion other than Christianity.
After the jump I've posted details on the Iowa House majority and minority leadership teams, along with all chairs, vice chairs, and members of standing House committees. Where relevant, I've noted significant changes since last year.
Some non-political trivia: the Iowa House includes two Smiths (both Democrats), while the other 98 members have different surnames. As for popular first names, there are six Davids (four go by Dave), four Marys (one goes by Mary Ann), three Roberts (a Rob, a Bob, and a Bobby), three men named Thomas (two go by Tom), three Johns and two Jons, and three men each named Gary and Brian. There are also two Elizabeths (a Beth and a Liz) and two men each named Bruce, Chris, Jeff, Michael (one goes by Mike), Ross, and Charles (a Chuck and a Charlie).
Urbandale's longtime Republican mayor now a Democrat
Saturday, Sep 7 2019
Urbandale Mayor Bob Andeweg recently changed his party registration and will manage Democratic State Representative John Forbes' 2020 campaign in Iowa House district 40.
Speaking at a fundraiser for Forbes in Lions Park on September 7, Andeweg said he's "been a Republican my whole life." Because he believes in nonpartisan local government, he has rarely spoken publicly about his party affiliation as mayor since 2005 or on the city council prior to that. Regarding his party switch, Andeweg said, "I truly believe this is where I need to be at this point in time."
He and Forbes have been friendly since the early 1990s, and Forbes managed Andeweg's first campaign for city council in 1999. He fell short in that effort but was later appointed to fill a vacancy, then won his next city council race and subsequently four terms as mayor. The two men "worked well together" when Forbes served on the city council, and Andeweg praised Forbes' ability to get things done in a Republican-controlled chamber.
Remembering my dear friend, Jerry Tormey
Tuesday, Jul 30 2019
Tamyra Harrison
Many central Iowa Democrats are grieving for Jerry Tormey, a tireless activist who passed away on July 23. Tamyra Harrison now works for The Salvation Army but got to know Jerry well as executive director of the Polk County Democrats, a job she held from 2004 to 2017. -promoted by Laura Belin
There are a lot of different people we meet on the journey through our lives. Some people bring joy to a room just by being present. Some people are so kind of heart they bring out the very best in those around them. Some people radiate joy. Some people always think of others, putting their needs, or that of a greater cause, above themselves. Some people give more of their time to make the world a little better than seems possible, yet always makes time for doing a little more when asked. Some people perform little, seemingly insignificant, acts of kindness every single day without even trying, just by calling to say hi, checking on someone who had bad news, being an ear when needed, remembering a birthday and so much more.
It is rare to find all of this in one individual, but that was Jerry Tormey. We were so blessed to have had our lives touched by him in so many ways, and his influence and legacy will live on.
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Madeleine Peyroux's Half the Perfect World is the sound of carefree joy. Light, understated, and a touch bluesy, the album is the long-overdue continuation of the gentle jazz-vocal style perfected by Billie Holiday in the 30s. Peyroux's phrasing and timbre are different, but she's good enough to warrant the comparison. And on this, the singer stakes her claim as the best interpreter of pop standards to come around in decades.
Featuring a stellar band, Half the Perfect World showcases the Georgia-born vocalist's knack for covers by the likes of Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell (featuring a duet with fellow chanteuse k.d. lang), and Serge Gainsboug as well as four scintillating originals.
Half-speed mastered, Mobile Fidelity's 180-gram 2-LP set is the only way to experience this gorgeously textured classic.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST INTIMATELY DETAILED, STUNNINGLY REALISTIC VOCAL ALBUMS YOU WILL EVER HEAR.