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Guns, abortion and COVID in America: Life, death and differences too stark to bridge
Jill Lawrence, USA TODAY
It's been an intense life-and-death week in America: Four teenagers are killed in a school shooting, the Supreme Court debates abortion, a new COVID strain arrives – and none of the arguments over any of it make political or constitutional or public health sense.
If you're "pro-life," why not support reasonable gun restrictions? Why not support COVID vaccines to save lives, including your own? If you think the Constitution gives you the right to control your own body, why oppose vaccine mandates but require people to bear children? If you believe in the constitutional principle of religious freedom, why support repeal of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision establishing the right to abortion? Not all religions hold that life begins at conception, nor do all Americans. In fact, only 38% agree with that.
The most visceral of the three big developments is the Michigan shooting. Who could read about the four slain students without crying? This is a tragedy all parents can feel in their bones, a tragedy you can never get over.
Conceptual children vs. real ones
Losing a child in a school shooting is not the same as aborting a fetus at 8 or 12 or 16 or 20 weeks. It is not the same as taking medical advice to end a late-term non-viable pregnancy when carrying to term would risk your life or health.
Those are potential children, conceptual children. They do have their own power, their own hold on the imagination and heart; I know because I had a miscarriage and it was emotionally painful. But that is not the same as children with hopes, dreams, personalities and plans.
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Oxford High School students Madisyn Baldwin, 17, and Tate Myre, 16, at top, and Justin Shilling, 17, and Hana St. Juliana, 14, were killed in a school shooting on Nov. 30.
A study published last year tells the story. Contacted every six months for five years after an abortion, over 95% of women said it was the right decision – including those who found the initial decision difficult. The most prominent emotion throughout the five-year period was relief.
So much for the "abortion regrets" narrative. It's largely fiction, just like "guns don't kill people" and "thoughts and prayers" are stand-ins for better laws and better enforcement of those we already have. Maybe if religious figures preached gun control, the odds would improve.
COVID is the latest example of the Ghoulish Old Party's tragic indifference to the health and safety of others. Exhibit A is former President Donald Trump, who has put many at risk of COVID and may himself have spread it.
More from Jill Lawrence: On gun control, there's nothing and everything left to say
Twitter post by the late @THEHermanCain on June 20, 2020 at President Donald Trump's Tulsa rally.
The COVID carnage arising from his April rally in Tulsa included at least eight staffers, according to "Betrayed," by Jonathan Karl. One of them almost died. One of Trump's most prominent supporters, age 74 and maskless at the rally, actually did die. "We killed Herman Cain," a senior aide told ABC News reporter Will Steakin, according to Karl.
Trump tested positive for COVID. Did he endanger Biden when he showed up to debate him?
Trump was positive, negative and positive in a series of COVID tests from Sept. 26 (three days before his debate with Joe Biden) to Oct. 1. He not only attended the debate during that period, he made an unmasked appearance with Gold Star families and spoke to reporters on Air Force One, possibly infecting New York Times reporter Michael Shear. Shortly before the first test, he hosted a packed Rose Garden party – a superspreader event – for then-Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.
That's the same Amy Coney Barrett who suggested Wednesday that abortion is unnecessary because women can give up their babies for adoption. Except that, as lawyers defending Roe v. Wade pointed out, it is wrenching to give up a baby (more so than having an abortion, research has found) and there are health risks to pregnancy itself, especially in Mississippi and especially for minorities. Beyond that, limiting or outlawing abortions doesn't reduce them, it just makes them less safe.
The ideal world we can't have
Roe v. Wade doesn't force anyone to have or not have an abortion. In an ideal world, it would endure. In the real world, a high court majority is likely to hand abortion regulation power to the states – and women living in some of them won't be free to control their own bodies, look out for their own health, or act on their own religious and moral beliefs.
In an ideal world, the Michigan massacre never would have happened, and Congress would have long ago passed a major bill doing everything possible to prevent such tragedies. In the real world, the best we can hope for is accountability. The prosecutor there made a start by charging not just the 15-year-old suspect, who faces four counts of first-degree murder and 20 other charges, but also his parents, who were charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter apiece.
Columnist Connie Schultz: Gen Z only knows school shootings and the possibility of death at school
We can also hope Congress does what it should have done years ago. At the very least, send GOP Sen. Pat Toomey into his retirement next year with a victory – passage of the very modest gun background check expansion that he negotiated with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin and that failed to pass in 2013, a few months after a shooter mowed down six adults and 20 little children at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Finally, in an ideal world, the political theatrics, misinformation and lying about vaccines and public health precautions would stop, and Americans would do what President Joe Biden suggested Thursday: in the face of the omicron variant, finally unite to fight COVID. "Think of it in terms of literally a patriotic responsibility," he said.
That's a wish, not a reality. But in a season associated with generosity and caring, it's worth a try.
Jill Lawrence is a columnist for USA TODAY and author of "The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock." Follow her on Twitter: @JillDLawrence
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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: COVID, a school shooting, an abortion: The differences Americans face
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Restaurant keeps artisanal liqueur tradition alive
Bibiana Osteria Enoteca in Washington, D.C., serves sweet and aromatic tipples flavored with lemon, fennel and hibiscus
James Scarpa 1 | Jan 23, 2012
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This practice rises to the artisanal level at Bibiana Osteria Enoteca in Washington, D.C. There, general manager and beverage director Francesco Amodeo curates a repertoire of more than 20 housemade liqueurs. His family on the Amalfi Coast south of Naples has been infusing liqueurs since 1883.
At Bibiana, the most popular housemade liqueurs are limoncello, fennel, mandarin, hibiscus and concerto, the last a 250-year-old recipe of more than two dozen spices steeped with coffee and barley.
"You can find it in only two places in the world — at Bibiana and on the Amalfi Coast," Amodeo said.
For the limoncello, a particular favorite of his customers, Amodeo uses only the zest of the lemon, which contains the aromatic oils, peeled very thinly without any of the underlying white pith, which would make the liqueur bitter. The zest is infused in 190-proof neutral grain spirit in a ratio of 1.5 pounds of lemon to a liter of spirits.
It infuses at room temperature for about two weeks, or until such time when Amodeo judges that the liqueur has taken on a sufficient perfume of lemon. At that point, it is strained to remove the zest and mixed with simple syrup made from equal parts of cane sugar and water. That sweetens it and reduces the strength to 32 percent alcohol by volume. Prior to serving, it should be well chilled in the refrigerator or freezer.
"If you mess it up, it becomes undrinkable — too bitter or too high in alcohol," Amodeo warned. "There is a fine line with this. It may seem very easy to do, but it is a little more complicated than a lot of people think."
In addition to their role as after-dinner drinks, housemade liqueurs also star in Bibiana's cocktails. A popular example is the Italiano, a drink made with two ounces of lemon vodka, one ounce of limoncello, a half ounce of pinot grigio and a dash of fresh-squeezed lemon juice, shaken and served up or on the rocks.
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- Public Confession was a temporary new name for the band [[Moral Majority]]. The Southern California branch of Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority group heard about the band Moral Majority using the same name. They contacted the band and threatened legal action of they didn't stop using the name. So Dave "Burrito" Villalpando re-named the band as Public Confession, a name that stuck with the band for only a few months. Burrito decided to leave the band and went on to form [[The Warning]] and then [[8-Ball Cholos]]. + Public Confession was a temporary new name for the band [[Moral Majority]]. The Southern California branch of Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority group heard about the band Moral Majority using the same name. They contacted the band and threatened legal action of they didn't stop using the name. So Dave "Burrito" Villalpando re-named the band as Public Confession, a name that stuck with the band for only a few months. Burrito decided to leave the band and went on to form [[The Warning]] and then [[Eightball Cholos]].


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Matt Tyrnauer on Valentino Garavani with Giancarlo Giammetti: "We realize that these two people are speaking about their life together, which they never did publicly before."
Anne-Katrin Titze: It seems to me that in your films there is always one point where everything shifts suddenly in my head. In paintings, there is sometimes that one kernel that changes how we see the entire picture.
In the Scotty Bowers film it is when he is talking about his childhood near the end. How he sees what everybody else would consider child abuse. His smile at that moment, many things, make it so opaque. I cannot really make sense out of it and I think I'm not supposed to. In Studio 54, I felt it was when Ian Schrager says "My father wouldn't have liked it."
Matt Tyrnauer: I appreciate that observation greatly. I'm enormously pleased that you observed that.
AKT: I was asking myself what it was for Valentino. Something with the pugs?
MT: No, I think for me in that it would be when [Giancarlo] Giammetti refers to Valentino as his lover - as a friend, as a lover. And then Valentino soon after cries when he acknowledges Giammetti and we realise that these two people are speaking about their life together, which they never did publicly before.
AKT: And for Citizen Jane?
MT: It's a very different type of film. In Citizen Jane something happened that I found very moving. The last battle for Manhattan, basically, where they're trying to build the highway through SoHo. It's an archival clip of a demonstration of Italian Americans in Little Italy.
Matt Tyrnauer on Citizen Jane: Battle For The City: "The last battle for Manhattan, basically, where they're trying to build the highway through SoHo."
Soon after that you see an old Italian woman being interviewed, where she says that they're going to kick her out of her house, that she's an American citizen, but she speaks in a very thick Italian accent. She becomes hysterical and says "What are they going to do? Put me on the street? It is not right."
AKT: I remember that moment in the film.
MT: For me, I love that woman. I thought she was an amazing character. I realized that she is no different than any vulnerable minority of today. We don't think of Italian Americans as a vulnerable minority anymore, but they were in the 1950s and '60s still. But African Americans or anyone of any ethnicity that is challenged, Mexican Americans in the current … who are not legal - they're the vulnerable minority of our season now. That I found to be a shift where you see this is really something that's universal, you know.
MT: Schrager when he shows that vulnerability - and I think that he had not been forced to ever enunciate that. So you're learning something about him you couldn't possibly know, and that he probably hadn't dealt with in anything approaching a public way before, which is powerful when you see it happen on film.
AKT: Again, you include yourself in the dialogue when he says "I was hoping you wouldn't go there."
MT: He is someone that doesn't like to be challenged. He doesn't like to be questioned. He is a control freak and he has the success to validate that. By necessity the relationship between the filmmaker and the subject in documentary needs to be uncomfortable at times and challenging. If it's not it's not really a documentary. It's a public relations tool. This is a documentary.
I have final cut on my films. I'm not, you know, an attack dog, but I'm certainly going to ask the questions I want to ask. I thought it was appropriate to show a bit of dialogue between us and dis-ease on his part in the hot seat.
AKT: Norma Kamali is a great interview.
MT: She is fantastic. She looks extraordinary and she's articulate and so real and was very open and had great insights. She and Ian are introverts. They were together as a couple at the time. They were both very shy, introverted non-participants, really, in the circus. They were there at the ringside seat. He was the co-owner of it; she was a big part of his life. They didn't stay. They went home. She never went to the club.
AKT: The way we see images today, there is so much that is cleaned up, filtered out. You wouldn't see the bad skin on Michael Jackson. It is a relief to see the realness. It's nice to show people like this. It's a breath of fresh air.
MT: I'll get to Jackson in a second because I think that's important. There's a sequence in the film that I'm fond of, it's when we go visit Ron Galella at his archive. He was the inventor of American paparazzi photography. And he can barely walk anymore.
He's a bit arthritic perhaps, walking unsteadily, let's put it that way, through his archive. He grabbed a box and then he shows us his photos. I just think it's a wonderful sequence because you see him now, he's a senior citizen. He's showing you his work which is now years later recognised as art.
But when we showed the film initially to the network - it was an A&E film - one of the comments was "He's a little old, maybe it would be better to minimize him in the film." And I really resisted that. They didn't say "Change that!" I thought that was really the point. It's been 40 years and this is real. We have a fantasy of Studio that is what it is and everyone brings their own kind of fantasy to it.
AKT: Including Whit Stillman. What do you think of Last Days Of Disco?
MT: Actually, I don't remember it.
MT: Not at all, but that kind of rawness and un-pretty-ness was very much the point. Galella is an un-pretty kind of photographer. He made people look okay but it was vérité photography. And then the other point about Michael Jackson is - when I saw that archival footage of him, I resolved not to have celebrity interviews in the film. Because I thought we couldn't do better, really, than having the Michael Jackson in his late teens or early twenties in Studio 54, sitting next to Steve Rubell being interviewed.
A totally different person than the Michael Jackson we'd remember. Which says so much that I don't even need to comment on it now. What benefit would we get from a Liza Minnelli or a Diana Ross or a Sylvester Stallone, anyone who was there who's world-famous, reflecting on what Studio 54 was? I just thought that it wouldn't be that interesting and that it pulls you out of the movie. Because you sit there in the audience thinking: Did they have a facelift? Is it a good facelift? Is it a bad facelift?
AKT: Tom Hurwitz, your cinematographer, did he have to specially light it? Those questions would have been there. I want to talk about him a little bit, also. But I didn't even notice that you didn't have those celebrity interviews. It didn't even cross my mind until you said it. In other words, I didn't miss them one bit.
MT: Oh good! I'm glad to hear that.
AKT: Your cinematographer did the wonderful Joan Didion documentary and Cradle of Champions as well.
MT: Tom was the cinematographer for my first film on Valentino. I purposely chose a veteran of Cinéma vérité to work with on Valentino because I had never made a film before so I needed someone very strong. And his skills were enormously beneficial. I hadn't worked with him since but this was a New York film, he is a New York photographer, he was around in that era. He has a vérité skill but his way of lighting interviews is very naturalistic, even though it's actually quite complicated.
AKT: You never say - oh look, here is the light.
MT: I never want to notice anything's lit and he knows how to do that quite well. He shot the vérité sequences as well and I think they're wonderful. I'm very proud that we made Valentino without one tripod and without one light, actually. I wish I could do all my films like that. Scotty is, I think, the same. I don't think there's any lights or tripods in Scotty. Here we needed a lot of light for the interviews.
AKT: On a personal note, near the end you show some images of Ian Schrager's hotels and there's a shot of The Royalton with that blue carpet. And I suddenly remembered that this is why in my first apartment, I had a blue carpet just like it. I had a little flight of stairs and I wanted precisely this Royalton blue carpet.
MT: It was amazing. It's such a tragedy that interior was taken out. It was one of the greatest. It should have been landmarked.
AKT: Yes. Do you feel with Studio 54 that you have "been there" after making the film?
MT: Yeah, I do in a way. I never was there. I actually bizarrely was at a play [The Lifespan Of A Fact] at the theatre last night. It was a total coincidence. Someone took me to the theatre. It's with Daniel Radcliffe and Cherry Jones and Bobby Cannavale. So I was in the space [former Studio 54] last night. It was really weird for me to be in there.
AKT: What's coming up next for you?
MT: I'm cutting a movie about [Don't Mess with] Roy Cohn and it's basically Roy Cohn's America. The idea came out of my Studio 54 work because Roy Cohn was the lawyer for Schrager and Rubell and he is very much in the archival. I found him kind of dark and mesmerizing as a character.
AKT: Looking forward to it. Thank you.
MT: Thank you for your most intelligent questions.
Studio 54 is in cinemas in the US.


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Book log: On Agate Hill
Here's one of my crazy ideas about books. Some books grab you by the throat and say "Read me NOW!" But other books simply eye you and say, "I would be the perfect read for June." Or October. Or January.
January — that was Bleak House, although it wasn't wholly accurate. Lots of the book takes place in summer, on sunny country estates. But then, Arizona Januarys aren't known for being dark or frigid, and at any rate, Dickens can be counted on to plunge back into the London fog sooner or later.
On Agate Hill gave me a lazy glance and said "August." I can't really explain why, to be honest.
Regardless, it's August now, and the book is fantastic. If you like Civil War-era history, or historical fiction about strong women, or stories told in letters and diary entries, I recommend On Agate Hill.
The book follows the life of Molly Petree, an observant, stubborn, spitfire kind of woman. We meet her as an orphan living on a dying plantation in the middle of Reconstruction. In her young memory, as many of the estate's inhabitants have died or left Agate Hill as are still living there, and, feeling that she doesn't really belong anywhere in the picture, she thinks of herself as a sort of ghost, too.
One of the things that comes across in Molly's diary of this period is how severely the old social system of the South has gotten shaken up. It isn't something she talks about directly, it's there all the same. As one example, the marriage of convenience between a working class tenant woman and her Uncle Junius, who owns the plantation, is developed at length and illustrates the point nicely.
When she gets a little older, Molly becomes determined not to be a ghost during her own lifetime, an idea that she carries for the rest of the book. She remains vibrant, a force for life, despite the prevalence of death throughout the book.
Lee Smith is an author I hadn't been familiar with, but she's one I'll look for in future. Her writing is beautiful, and none of her handful of narrators could possibly be mistaken for any of the others. That always impresses me.
Her neatest trick, though, is to present the story as found history, and she's very deliberate about including only documents that can be accounted for through her frame story. It's very minimal, as frame stories go, only a handful of short letters, but they account for everything else.
Except, that is, for when they don't: Lee Smith deliberately leaves holes. What ever happened to Mary White? What darkness lurked in Mariah Snow's past? What did she write on the page she tore out of her journal? What happened to the Snow children, and who shot the first bullet? The reader learns enough to make guesses, but as with real historical records, some things can't be proved. Perhaps we don't have any more letters from Mary White because she died, but perhaps those letters just weren't saved, or burnt up in the fire, or perhaps, they're waiting: still hidden in someone's attic.
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About Rockville
Rockville is a bustling city in Maryland's Montgomery County and one of the largest incorporated cities in the state. The city's population is known as highly educated and very diverse, drawing a number of businesses and jobs to its core location in the Interstate 270 Technology Corridor. Rockville is also a major commercial hub within Montgomery County, home to several popular shopping centers and developments.
The History of Rockville
Historians have traced Rockville's history back several thousand years, with its fertile land and local creeks making it the perfect home for several nomadic Native American tribes. The tribes created a path through the area's high ground, the place where the city's downtown district now sits.
By the mid-1700s, land patents had been established, and several buildings had been constructed in the settlement. For years, it served as a small, fairly inconsequential rest stop on Rock Creek Main Road. By the early 1800s, Rockville was home to only about 400 citizens, and its roots in the agricultural trade kept it small for many years. The town was incorporated in 1860, with railroad and trolley service arriving shortly thereafter.
Most of Rockville's growth occurred in the mid-20th century, and it expanded its geographical boundaries by way of annexation. With the new addition of the Twinbrook community, annexed in 1949, Rockville increased its population by thousands. Commercial developments began springing up all over the city, followed by many young families that were attracted to Rockville's numerous amenities and affordable housing after World War II.
Living in Rockville
Rockville is popular for its small-town charm and quaint architecture, which is attributed to its status as a historical city. You'll have access to plenty of amenities, from supermarkets to restaurants, as well as excellent education options for your children. Low crime rates, high graduation rates and excellent job prospects also draw new residents to Rockville.
In 2014, Time magazine named Rockville the 24th best place to live in the United States, citing its proximity to Washington, D.C., as a primary appeal. The publication also pointed out that Rockville sits on the
I-270 Tech Corridor, which translates into plentiful jobs in computers and information technology. The city's largest employers include Montgomery County, Montgomery County Public Schools, Lockheed Martin and Westat.
Rockville Schools
Rockville's schools are part of the Montgomery County Public Schools system, which has a high graduation rate and a large number of National Blue Ribbon Schools. There are also several private schools in Rockville, including faith-based schools of many different denominations.
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Utilities: PEPCO is the main electricity provider in the Rockville area. The city manages its own water and sewer services.
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Transportation: As part of the greater Central Maryland metropolitan area, Rockville offers several public transit options including the Washington Metro, Baltimore Light Rail and MARC commuter rail.
Rockville Housing
Because of its high desirability, Rockville has a fairly expensive housing market. The median home price in Rockville is considerably higher than the national average, and has also surpassed the D.C. metro area average. However, a large selection of homes and rental properties will make it a bit easier to find something that fits your budget and needs.


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Providence and St. Joseph hospital chains are in talks to merge
St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica would be among the hospitals affected by a merger of Providence Health and St. Joseph Health.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
By Nick Shively, Chad Terhune
July 31, 2015 6:59 PM PT
Two major Catholic hospital systems with a big presence across the Southland — Providence Health & Services and St. Joseph Health — want to join forces amid an industrywide consolidation drive.
The two health systems said Friday that they had signed a letter of intent to merge into a single organization. But they cautioned that discussions are in the "very early stages" and details about a partnership might not be finalized for several months.
The combination would bring together hospitals in California, Oregon, Texas and several other states as well as some well-known institutions in Southern California.
Some of their hospitals include Providence St. Joseph Medical Center of Burbank, St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, St. Joseph Hospital in Orange and Hoag Hospital Newport Beach.
Healthcare analysts said the two systems would fit well together by creating a larger provider network spanning Los Angeles and Orange counties that includes hospitals, physician groups and outpatient facilities.
"Consolidation should help reduce some overhead, achieve some economies of scale and more importantly gives them a big network in Southern California," said Steve Valentine, president of Camden Group, a healthcare consulting firm in El Segundo.
"These are two strong well-regarded systems, and this gives them more resources to go after the market," he said.
The leaders of Providence and St. Joseph said their partnership would enable them to improve the quality of care, expand access and make care more affordable.
"We are two mission-focused organizations which truly have the potential of being better together," Deborah Proctor, president and chief executive of St. Joseph Health, said in a statement.
The reach of both organizations extends far beyond the Southland.
Providence, a nonprofit based near Seattle in Renton, Wash., runs six Southern California hospitals and 34 overall in California and four other states. It cared for 3.2 million patients last year and had revenue of $12 billion.
St. Joseph, based in Orange, operates 16 facilities in California, Texas and New Mexico, including seven in the Southland. It had $5.6 billion in annual revenue last year.
Both health systems emphasized that they include non-Catholic partners that share a similar mission.
Friday's announcement adds to a flurry of deal making that is dramatically reshaping the healthcare industry.
Health insurance mega-mergers have grabbed most of the attention recently.
Last week, insurance giant Anthem Inc. announced it had agreed to buy rival Cigna Corp. for $54.2 billion. That came on the heels of Aetna Inc. reaching a deal to acquire Humana Inc. for $37 billion.
Those mergers, if they get approval from federal antitrust officials, would put three major insurers — Anthem, UnitedHealthGroup Inc. and Aetna — atop the health insurance business.
Hospitals and physician groups have also been bulking up in recent years and merging together in a wide variety of partnerships and acquisitions.
The Affordable Care Act, which ushered in the biggest expansion of health coverage in nearly half a century, has triggered much of this merger activity.
Both hospitals and health insurers want to grow in size to better take advantage of rising revenues from the health law and growing enrollment of Medicare and Medicaid patients.
Hospitals often see consolidation as a way to spread certain fixed costs over a larger patient base and cope with reductions in federal reimbursements under Obamacare. Hospitals also want to maintain enough negotiating leverage with giant health insurers and avoid getting cut out of narrower health plan networks.
Both St. Joseph and Providence face some new competitive threats. Last year, Anthem brought together seven rival hospital systems, including Cedars-Sinai and MemorialCare, to form a new health plan called Vivity.
Neither St. Joseph nor Providence were included. "As the Vivity Health Plan came out, St. Joseph and Providence probably felt some pressure to do something," Valentine said.
A spokeswoman for St. Joseph said the introduction of Vivity wasn't a factor in pursuing the partnership.
Supporters often tout the creation of bigger health systems featuring hospitals and physician groups as a way to better coordinate care, eliminate unnecessary tests and treatments and ultimately reduce costs.
Provisions of the health law encourage providers to collaborate more and shift away from conventional fee-for-service medicine.
But some health-policy experts and employers say that care coordination can be achieved without consolidation, and that these tie-ups merely serve to reduce competition and push up prices.
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Chad Terhune previously covered the business of healthcare, including medical costs, patient safety and the rollout of the federal health law. Prior to joining in 2012, he was an award-winning reporter for the Wall Street Journal and Businessweek. Chad spent more than a decade at the Journal and his stories on health insurance won a National Press Club award. At Businessweek, his stories on health reform and subprime mortgages earned recognition from the New York Press Club and Investigative Reporters and Editors. He graduated from the University of Florida. Terhune left The Times in January 2016.


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RIP Danny Fiszman | Fabregas guarantee required | Thierry to return?
Morining Gooners.
Unfortunately today, I start the blog with the sad news of Danny Fiszman's passing. It is well documented he was heroically battling cancer for the past couple of years, out of the public eye. It was sadly a fight which he lost, with Arsenal Football Club announcing his death last night.
Mr Fiszman, 66, was a private man, preferring not to appear in the limelight and it was very rare that he would give interviews or speak with the media until the last few years. He was, as some have already put it, the power behind the Arsenal thrown. The man who had the foresight to take our football club to the next level.
It was his plan to move us from Highbury to the Grove which places Arsenal within the upper tier of world football today. His vision which saw us move a quarter of a mile from Avenell Road to the Ashburton Grove site on Drayton Park Road rather than Kings Cross or Wembley.
And on Sunday, when we take on Liverpool, all Gooners lucky enough to stand in our new home can remember that had it not been for Danny Fiszman, we might not have been watching football in the borough of Islington at all.
There are a few facts I wanted to share which not many people know about Mr Fiszman.
He was the South African-born son of a Belgian Jewish couple who fled the Nazis during the Second World War.
He started supporting Arsenal as a six year old.
In 1991 Fiszman buys his first tranche of shares, 10,000, from David Dein to acquire an eight per cent stake in Arsenal and a seat on the board.
Five years later in 1996 he buys 3,000 more shares from Dein and in 1999 buys a further 3,000 shares from Dein for £7 million to increase his stake in Arsenal to 33 per cent.
Fiszman was a former diamond trader worth just over £150 million, according to the 2006 Sunday Times rich list, selling his interests in the Star Diamond Group in 2004 to concentrate his efforts on Arsenal.
He is a fully trained commercial pilot with his own private jet, who once flew Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira, Sylvain Wiltord and Robert Pires back to London from Slovenia, where they had been playing for France.
At Arsenal he drove the new staduim plan past the board, Islington council, the government and gained the finance for the project from the banks alongside former managing director Keith Edelman.
He was the driving force behind the £400million move from Highbury to the new Emirates Stadium.
In March 2007, he sold one per cent of his holding in Arsenal - appearently unwittingly, to Stan Kroenke.
It was around the same time he moved to Swizerland to become a tax exile.
A fluent French speaker - Fiszman conducted the renegotiation of Arsene Wenger's contract in 2007 with him in the Frenchman's native tougne over dinner.
Here are a couple of quotes from Fizsman which show the type of man he was.
September 2007 - News of the World
"As I step back from my other businesses I look forward to being more involved with Arsenal.
"Share value doesn't mean anything to me. If you buy your dream house you don't put a value on it because you don't want to sell. I don't want to sell.
"This is a fantastic stadium, a fantastic team, manager Arsene Wenger is about to sign a new contract and I'm staying.
"My family love it, my kids love it — here I am."
August 2008 - The Times
"If Arsène said he needed £30 million for a striker, he would get it, no problem at all. It is not our decision who he spends money on and nor will it ever be. We totally back Arsène, but there is a dual problem for him. If we were to buy the sort of big names that people talk about, we would be looking at relatively mature players who then need to be integrated into the way we play.
"Secondly, it impacts on the youngsters, and in many cases Arsène thinks it is quicker for us to bring a player through our system. But that does not mean all we are interested in is the artistic achievement award. We are not settling for second-best. We want to win trophies and I think it is time we did, but Arsène also believes in creating teams with a certain style."
There is a tribute from our chairman Peter Hill Wood on the official site which I found moving. Already Cesc Fabregas, Robin van Persie and Jack Wilshere have paid their own respects via Twitter.
I'm sure the club will have something planned for Sunday, a fitting way for us all to remember a great Arsenal man.
It is now obvious why the events of the past week have taken the place. I'm sure Mr Kroenke won't forget what Mr Fiszman has done for our club.
In other matters Arsenal related, Alisher Usmanov has announced he won't be selling his stake in Arsenal to Stan Kroenke.
The Daily Mail are running some rubbish about Arsene Wenger seeking assurances from Stan Kroenke that Cesc Fabregas won't be sold this summer. I think the last thing Mr Kroenke would do if he wanted to be in the supporters good books would be to sell Cesc. Just scaremongering by the Mail in my opinion.
The Daily Telegraph report Mr Kroenke is also considering whether to impose a season ticket rise next season.
The Washington Post say Thierry Henry's New York Red Bulls have been invited to play in the Emirates Cup in August.
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Labels: Alisher Usmanov, Arsenal, Arsenal Board, Arsene Wenger, Cesc Fabregas, Danny Fiszman, New York Red Bulls, Stan Kroenke


The MOMS Club® of Hopewell Valley, NJ is a chapter of the International MOMS Club, a nonprofit organization formed specifically to provide daytime support for at-home mothers. With more than 50 members from across Hopewell Valley, MOMS Club participants include women who stay home full-time, work part-time and mothers who work full-time at area hospitals, law firms and businesses. Members have children at all four local elementary schools and are involved in numerous activities throughout the community.
Two key MOMS Club members, Betsy Gicquel and Wendy Deschapelles, led the effort to design and decorate our ox. Betsy is the Executive Art Director at Pretty in Paint Parties, a former elementary art teacher and mother of three who designed and oversaw the painting portion of the ox. Wendy, who spearheaded the mosaic portion of the design, is a mom of two boys and enjoys painting and drawing. Dozens of MOMS Club members and their children participated in the painting, hand printing and mosaic work, working together to help bring Wox to life!


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Q: Docker containers: drop cache without root - other options? I'm doing some query tests with Impala/HDFS inside docker containers (swarm). In order to compare the queries (different scale factors), I want to drop the cache. Normally this is easily done by
$ sync
$ echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

but I don't have admin rights on the host system. Is there another way to drop the cache from the inside of the containers? Is it an option to create another big table and execute queries on this table so that its data overwrite the cache?

A: You cannot do this from inside the conatiner. The root user in the container is in a different namespace than the actual root, and only the latter has access to /proc.

A: You could try volume mount in the host proc filesystem into the container. This seems to work for me:
$ docker run -ti --rm -v /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches:/drop_caches alpine
/ # free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       2046644     808236    1238408        688       2248     118244
-/+ buffers/cache:     687744    1358900
Swap:      1048572      31448    1017124
/ # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dummy count=500 bs=1M
500+0 records in
500+0 records out
/ # free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       2046644    1333892     712752        688       2268     630268
-/+ buffers/cache:     701356    1345288
Swap:      1048572      31448    1017124
/ # echo 3 > drop_caches
/ # free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       2046644     790136    1256508        688        764     101552
-/+ buffers/cache:     687820    1358824
Swap:      1048572      31448    1017124
/ #

... but that is assuming you control how the container is started, which would more or less mean you're admin.

A: Can be achieved by starting container in privileged mode using --privileged flag.

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Detrum GAVIN-6A 6CH Digital Transmitter (TX Only, No LCD) has been added successfully to your wishlist.
GAVIN-6A is a 2.4GHz 6-channel transmitter, applicable for airplane. Using low power devices leads to longer battery life. Support two stick modes to meet different operating habits and support one button to toggle between off, V-tail mixing and elevon mixing. Combined with optional SR86A receiver or ISTONE-A PRO flight controller for airplane, one-click rescue function can be easily used for a beginner. Using the DSSS&FHSS dual spread spectrum technology, will enhance the transmitter by increasing the anti-interference performance and transmission distance, even can be controlled normally in city center, do not worry about the strong interference from high voltage lines, signal towers, city WiFi, etc.
Adopting 2.4GHz direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) and multiple frequence-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) technology, the R/C system has high receiving sensitivity and strong anti-interference capability, can support a stable operating for more than 1km on the ground and more than 1.6km in the air.
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When it comes to making your home a cozy oasis, it doesn't need to cost a fortune to add a little comfort. With the right touches of colors, textures, furniture and more you can create a room that is cozy and inviting. Budget Blinds has put together a list of tips to help you achieve this.
Blankets are your best friend when creating a cozy room! You can never have too many throws to cuddle up with while watching a movie or taking an afternoon nap. With an assortment of textured throws in soft neutrals, you will create a cozy oasis in no time.
Whether your bedroom or living room is covered in carpet or hardwood floors, rugs are a great way to add color, texture and of course, comfort. Add some plush and soft rugs to any room for an instantly cozier feel to your home.
For your walls, try using a darker and warmer shade. Lighter colors are great for making a room seem bigger, but to achieve a cozier feel the darker hues will make you feel more relaxed with a calming energy. Add pops of color in the furniture, throw blankets and pillows to create a nice contrast.
Don't forget your windows. A cozy room is one that feels private, where you can unwind and settle for the night and keep out the light and whatever else is going on outside. With floor-to-ceiling draperies, you will instantly incorporate a cozy feel to your rooms. Go with neutral window treatments, like shades, to pair with your draperies that will go with any style. Check out Budget Blind's vast array of window treatments to create your perfect cozy oasis.
Pile on the pillows making your guests feel cozy the minute they sit on the couch. Mix and match and never be afraid to add too many. The more the merrier is our motto when it comes to creating a super comfy look!
When it comes to picking out furniture, think plush and soft textures that shout comfort. When guests enter the room, you want them to feel the need to sit down and relax on your cozy furniture pieces.
Add a little artwork to bare walls to complete a room and add warmth. The color will add a cozy factor that a bare wall couldn't and close in the space to really bring the room together. Have some fun with this one and let your personality shine through.
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A dad with a fascination for medieval weapons took his own life using a powerful crossbow, an inquest has found.
The inquest into the death of 37-year-old Martin Bond took place today at Plymouth Coroner's Court and was attended by his wife Kimberley, her mother and two close friends.
The court heard the postmortem report by a consultant pathologist at Derriford Hospital found Mr Bond, who was born in Gravesend, Kent, died as a result of a "penetrating traumatic brain injury".
Plymouth senior coroner Ian Arrow read through a statement provided by Kimberley Bond, which he said he would not read out in open court, but which gave a "nice picture of a happy man" who "liked medieval weapons, had a broadsword and enjoyed history".
He noted that the statement suggested things became "strained" in their relationship and his wife had become concerned when he did not turn up and effectively was missing.
Police investigators provided a statement which noted how on the evening of May 19 they were asked to force entry to a flat in May Terrace, Lipson, after unsuccessful efforts were made to contact office worker Mr Bond.
After forcing entry officer found a hand-written not on the floor stating "do not let [person's name omitted] into the living room" with an arrow pointing towards the room.
Officer found the television on in the living room with wedding pictures of Mr Bond and his wife and daughter and a song playing on repeat.
Their report noted Mr Bond had suffered a "catastrophic wound" to his head caused by a "large crossbow bolt".
In addition they found empty blister packs of paracetamol on the floor.
Det Sgt Andy Hodges said investigations into the circumstances of Mr Bond's death did not reveal any third party or suspicious activity.
Mr Arrow asked if a number of notes had been found at the property, to which the detective answered "yes".
Det Sgt Hodges agreed with the coroner's assertion that Mr Bond had anticipated the notes would be read after his death, adding that a number of photos had been found on the sofa.
Mr Arrow said it was "clear that this was a self inflicted injury".
Mr Arrow noted the circumstances under which Mr Bond was found, with specific music being played and the presence of pictures "of people he obviously liked".
Mr Arrow said he would record a verdict that Mr Bond "took his own life" before offering his sincere condolences to Mrs Bond, his mother and friends.
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Gary…just to let you know, I have your book with me in Chile and have used it from time to time to relay stories or utilize quotes as we prepared and won the FIFA U20 World Cup…Well done.
Gary, I enjoyed meeting you and your program is excellent. Plan on us seeing you again next year to continue our sessions!
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Angie Motshekga pays tribute to late NATU President
By SUNDAY WORLD
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has paid tribute to the late National Teachers' Union (NATU) President, Allen Thompson, who succumbed to COVID-19 related complications on Monday.
In a statement, Motshekga described Thompson as more than just a president of a teacher union.
Expressing shock and sadness, the Minister conveyed her condolences to Thompson's family, friends and colleagues. Thompson, Motshekga said, had impacted many people through the work he was doing.
"Mr Thompson was a fearless leader, who made a huge contribution to the sector.
"In October, I shared a stage with him in Newcastle at a NATU ceremony. That event will remain forever etched in my mind.
"Thompson gave of his time, talent and soul. I shared a lot of ideas with him on different matters, with the matric rewrite being the latest matter.
"In Thompson, we had a scholar and a patriot," said the Minister.
She said the sector will miss him dearly as a leader who truly put the interests of learners and teachers first when engaging on matters affecting basic education.
Basic Education Deputy Minister, Dr Reginah Mhaule, said Thompson's passing is a great loss, especially because he was young.
"I believe he had a long life ahead of him. He still had a lot to contribute."
Mhaule has, on behalf of the department and the sector, conveyed her sincere and heartfelt condolences to Thompson's family, friends, the leadership and colleagues of NATU, and other structures in which he served.
Mhaule has urged South Africans to continue to strictly adhere to the health and safety protocols in order to prevent and manage the spread of COVID-19, especially in social settings such as funerals, and to avoid mass gatherings.
She reminded everybody to always wear a mask, sanitise, wash hands and observe social distancing at all times.
"Compliance is the cheapest way to stay safe. So please play your part and save your life and those around you," she said.
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While America was in lockdown mode, Sacha Baron Cohen and his team concocted a searing sequel to the hit 2006 satire. As the election looms, Borat tries to give his daughter away to a high-ranking Republican.
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No one knows "fake news" better than Sacha Baron Cohen, who pioneered a form of bogus journalism as political satire with "Da Ali G Show" and 2006 spinoff feature "Borat." That film — which I considered revolutionary enough to merit a place on Sight & Sound's 2012 poll of the greatest films of all time — brilliantly blurred the lines between staged shtick and candid camera routines, bending the mock-doc format to reveal both the bigotry and generosity of everyday Americans as they interacted with what they perceived to be a clueless foreign reporter.
Now, Baron Cohen is back in character — just in time for the 2020 U.S. presidential election — with stealth sequel "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan." Here, shot and delivered amid an unprecedented global pandemic, is a staggering act of comedic revolt with built-in viral potential. Rowdy and relevant, the film is shaping up to be the kind of October surprise capable of sparking laughs, fueling public discourse and engaging voters as serious-minded messaging can't.
It seems almost fitting that such a critique should come in the guise of pseudo-socialist propaganda — another state-sanctioned Kazakh "documentary." With disruptive stunts directed at such high-profile Republican operatives as Mike Pence and Rudy Giuliani (the latter will have some serious explaining to do once the film launches Oct. 23), plus boundary-pushing bits involving abortion counseling, right-wing conspiracy theories and a Ku Klux Klan cameo at a CPAC event, "Borat 2" finds the fearless comedian taking indirect aim at America's "magnificent new premier," McDonald Trump.
Oblique is a smart way to play it, since Trump has proven virtually impervious to parody during his term. He's easy to tease but surprisingly tough to tarnish, as countless caricatures have demonstrated. Rather than attack the president outright, Baron Cohen and his team of co-writers (all seven of his collaborators are back on the case) chip away at Trump's reputation by presenting Borat as a long-distance admirer, impressed to see a world leader who speaks his language of misogyny and racism.
A decade and a half ago, it was enough for Baron Cohen to say something extreme in character and let people's reactions expose their biases (as when he convinced bystanders to sing along with anti-Semitic folk song "Throw the Jew Down the Well" in an episode of "Da Ali G Show"). Now Trump does that for him on a near daily basis.
But that's not the only challenge Baron Cohen faces going into the project: How do you dupe Americans when so many of them are in on the joke? To the extent that the comedian's strategy depends on punking people while in character, will that work now that Borat is a widely recognized comic star? Turns out, if you lose his trademark gray suit, you can get away with an awful lot — and more still if there are producers working behind the scenes to grease the wheels with donations (which is reportedly how they arranged for Baron Cohen, dressed in "Country Joe" disguise, to perform at a Three Percenters event protesting the government's pandemic response).
Even more than in his previous feature outing, "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" delivers a consistent, coherent feature-length narrative, punctuated with outrageous, unpredictable set-pieces. Director Jason Woliner (who's worked with post-Borat stunt comics Brett Gelman and Nathan Fielder) spins a story of evolving father-daughter dynamics along which the team orchestrates what will prove to be unforgettable real-world sketches — such as the crashing of a debutante ball in Mason, Ga., a relic of slaveholding times where rich white men present their daughters to high society.
The sequel catches up with Borat in a Kazakh prison as he's finishing out a hard-labor sentence for bringing shame to his s—hole country (keep in mind, "Borat" was never intended as a critique of the real Kazakhstan, which stands in for any nation your average American would have trouble locating on a map). Called in by the propaganda minister, he's given a new mission: Earn Trump's respect — and by extension, the world's — by delivering a ridiculous gift, a chimpanzee, into the corrupt politician's inner circle.
At first, Borat's goal is to present Johnny the Monkey to "No. 1 ladies' man" Mikhael Pence. Failing that, Borat decides to offer his 15-year-old daughter Tutar (Maria Bakalova) as a child bride, which vaguely explains what Baron Cohen was doing crashing the Conservative Political Action Conference in full-body Trump disguise earlier this year. For the most part, the filmmakers have done an amazing job of keeping the lid on the sequel's biggest surprises, and it would be a shame to spoil them here. Still, it's important to acknowledge that in an era of deep fakes, it's not always clear what Baron Cohen got away with and what was shaped in the editing room. (In any case, that really is him pretending to take a dump outside Trump International Hotel and Tower.)
Certainly, what's more effective about the "Borat" approach to satire than, say, Alec Baldwin's abrasive Trump caricature on "Saturday Night Live" is the way that Baron Cohen, like the president — and like fellow real estate scion Paris Hilton, if "This Is Paris" is to be believed — has essentially committed to staying in character for years. In a sense, it takes one phony to expose another, and Baron Cohen zeroes in on the hypocrisy of the president's selective xenophobia (ban immigrants but marry European models) by presenting Melania as a positive example to foreign girls, like Tutar, who watches a Disney-style cartoon about a Slovenian peasant who becomes an American princess.
"I will never live in a golden cage like Melania," Tutar moans after one of many setbacks in Borat's attempt to marry her off to "vice premier" Pence or backup-plan Giuliani. As for the cage, well, that's just one of many ways the movie imagines the kind of casual chauvinism practiced in "Kazakhstan." Both Borat and Tutar regularly consult a government-issue parenting binder for guidance on how to be good citizens, and while the instructions contained therein are too exaggerated to rankle anyone in the States, they serve as a valid critique of centuries of patriarchal control.
In some scenes, as with a Republican women's meeting, one wishes the filmmakers had come up with a more effective plan than simply trying to embarrass a room full of conservatives. But contrary to his more equal-offense Showtime series, "Who Is America?," Baron Cohen lets Democrats almost entirely off the hook, which is consistent with a larger strategy to put aside any questioning of the left in order to defeat Trump — with one major exception: "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" constitutes a wholesale assault on political correctness.
In that sense, it pushes Trump's own tactic of spewing hyperbole ("What is more dangerous, this virus or the Democrats?" Borat asks) and toxic stereotypes (as in Borat's Nazi-era notion of a "typical Jew") to such extremes, even free speech advocates may find themselves wanting him to rein it in. Then again, it's not hard to imagine another film in which Borat is elected leader of his home country upon his return — although Baron Cohen already made that movie, and "The Dictator" was a dud.
Frankly, nothing the comedic actor has done since "Borat" has had quite the same impact, so it's a relief that the "Subsequent Moviefilm" is no dashed-off affair, but a parody on par with the original. Granted, audiences have a better idea of what to expect now, and the shaky camerawork and extreme attempts to make even scripted bits look spontaneous distract more than they add in the year 2020. But Borat has lost none of his bite, treading that same fine line between sophomoric humor and pointed political satire.
At a time when our reality-TV president treats his rallies like stand-up comedy shows, cracking jokes to cheering crowds, this may be one of the few counterpunches to cut through the noise. The movie's big twist involving a key campaign adviser may be "fake news," but it's also a case of Baron Cohen trumping Trump at his own crooked game.
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,
Mike Pence,
Rudy Giuliani,
Reviewed online, Los Angeles, Oct. 20, 2020. MPAA Rating: R. Running time: 96 MIN.
Production: An Amazon Studios release and presentation of a Four by Two Films production. Producers: Monica Levinson, Anthony Hines. Executive producers: Buddy Enright, Nicolas Hatton, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer, Stuart Miller. Co-producers: Skye Wathen, Robert Michael Nilio, Jonathan Levene, Daniel McGilvray, Debra Neil-Fisher, Julia Pyzik, Alexis Sampietro, Todd Schulman, Ashley Underwood.
Crew: Director: Jason Woliner. Screenplay: Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern; story: Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad, based on a character by Sacha Baron Cohen. Camera: Luke Geissbühler. Editors: James Thomas, Craig Alpert, Mike Giambra. Music: Erran Baron Cohen.
With: Sacha Baron Cohen, Maria Bakalova, Dani Popescu.


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If you have not cleaned your glass bathroom lights in quite a while you may notice that they are a bit fuzzy. Read this article to see how we cleaned grimy glass shades and made them shine like new.
Older bathroom vanity sinks often have a mirror and three-light fixture above them. The light bulbs in those fixtures usually have some sort of glass globe or shade around them. These light fixture shades are a place where a lot of cob webs and dust settles.
To begin, turn off the light and wait for the light bulbs to cool down. Take an old cloth and remove any cob webs from the light fixture. Unscrew the light bulbs from the socket. To remove the globes/shades from the fixture look for the screws that holds them in place. There should be 3 screws for each light shade. Loosen the screws while holding the glass so it does not fall and break.
Fill your sink with hot water and add a gentle but effective soap such as Murphy's Oil Soap to the water. If you are cleaning kitchen globes and they have abnormal grease buildup the Murphy's should work. If the grime is too tough for Murphy's you may want to try a de-greaser like Dawn Dish soap that cuts grease. Place the glass globes in the sink being careful not to bump them into each other or against the sink. After they have soaked for a bit you can use a toothbrush to get any dust out of the crevices and a rag to get all the rest of the dirt off the globes. Next rinse the globes off with clean water and polish them with a soft dry cloth.
Make sure the globes are thoroughly dry before reinstalling them in the light fixture. You'll notice that not only do the globes shine, but they also let more light into the room making it look brighter.


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The Cameroon movie industry may not be popular among the African filmmaking fraternity but that did not stop some recognition at the just ended 2018 Golden Movie Awards.
Produced by Nkanya Nkwai, an actor and film producer of Cameroonian and British descent, 'A Good Time to Divorce' swept six awards ceremony to the astonishment of patrons and colleagues present at the award ceremony.
The movie topped the categories of Golden Art Director, Golden Story Drama, Golden Movie Writer, Golden Actor Drama, Golden Director, and Overall Golden Movie.
Golden Actor Drama, Alenne Menget, who could not hide his excitement said, "We came here to win and we have won. You should automatically put us on the map of movies in Africa because we are a force to reckon with. We have taken the time to brand and rebrand. We have won it to be integrated into, we have won for peace."
The Golden Movie Awards is an annual award that seeks to honour outstanding achievement in the African television, digital media, and film industry and it's administered by experts in Cinema and Television.
The star-studded event was attended by filmmakers from Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, and Ivory Coast.
Other wins include Golden Soundtrack (Original), OC Ukeje – Potato Potahto, veteran Nigerian actor, Richard Mofe Damijo was adjudged best Golden Supporting Actor (Comedy.
There was, however, a twist in the Golden Actor (Comedy) category where newly-wedded John Dumelo beat the likes of Kwadwo Nkansah a.k.a Lilwin, Kofi Adjorlolo, Ayo Makun, O.C Ukeje to win the award; Golden Indigenous Movie was awarded to producers of Baabani.
The rest were Golden Supporting Actress in Comedy, Joke Silva; Golden Editor (Video)Yaw Karkonn–Ampomah; Golden Actress in Comedy were shared by Nana Ama McBrown, Lydia Forson, and Sika Osei of the Side Chic Gang, Golden Makeup Artist went to Nodryn Evanci of Uganda, among many others.
Surprise elements of the night were dedicated to Peter Ritchie and Gloria Sarfo who were honoured with the Appreciation Award for their continuous support for Golden Movie Awards Africa. As part of the appreciation package, the two will spend a few days at the beautiful African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe.
Hosts for the night, Nigerian comic actor Ayo Makun popularly known as AY and Ghanaian diva Joselyn Dumas collaborated well to bring the event to life.
While AY did not fail to lighten up the semi-formal event with a couple of jokes on Ghanaian and Nigerian personalities, Dumas met up to his match by showing off her witty side.
The Awards scheme recognizes film excellence in a variety of categories with the goal of making African films attractive enough for an international appeal.
The qualifying year for the 2018 edition entails only films produced but not necessarily released commercially from January 1, 2017, to January 31, 2018.
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There are two species of pit vipers found in Maryland, the timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) and the eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix). Both of these species are dangerously venomous and should be treated with caution. Do not approach or handle these snakes as a bite could be fatal. As the name implies the pit vipers have a heat seeking pit between each eye and nostril. The pit vipers also differ noticeably from the colubrids by having vertical pupils, and undivided subcaudal scales (Conant and Collins 1998). For more information on Maryland's venomous snakes, please click here. For visuals of snake anatomy features, please click here.
Maryland colubrids differ from vipers by having round pupils in the eyes, no heat seeking pit between each eye and nostril, a complete set of divided sub-caudal scales, and a series of large plates (scales) on the dorsum of the head.
Click on the common name for more information on each snake species and subspecies.
A number of documents were used to compile the snake descriptions that follow. The document that provided the most information was The Reptiles of Virginia by Joseph C. Mitchell (1994). Amphibians and Reptiles of Pennsylvania by Arthur C. Hulse, C. J. McCoy, and Ellen Censky (2001) and Amphibians and Reptiles of Delmarva by James F. and Amy Wendt White (2002) were also extremely useful. These books are recommended to anyone seeking more comprehensive information on North American snake ecology and identification.


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