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Doing Your Own Invasive Plant Control: Definitions, Methods, SAFETY
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Stemler Cave Woods Nature Preserve
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White Mine Habitat Transformation
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Soil Microbial Ecology of Remnant Hill Prairies in the Great Rivers Confluence Area: Invasion and Edge Effects
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December 8, 2019 clifftop CliffNotes
'Tis the season for eating turkey. According to the National Turkey Federation, 88% of the Americans surveyed eat turkey on Thanksgiving. That translates to 46 million turkeys consumed on Thanksgiving while another 22 million provide the main course at Christmas. These birds are mostly commercially grown turkeys bred and raised for the sole purpose of becoming our holiday meal. However, let us focus on the wild turkey.
A tom turkey, or gobbler as they are sometimes called, displays his iridescent feathers, beard, wattles, caruncles and snood.
The wild turkey is native to northern Mexico and the eastern United States. It has been said that Benjamin Franklin would have preferred the wild turkey to be our national symbol rather than the Bald Eagle. While this may or may not be true, in a letter to his daughter he called the Bald Eagle "a Bird of bad moral Character," adding that he is "too lazy to fish for himself" and often steals food from hawks who have worked hard to catch their prey.
Founding Father Franklin further states, "the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America… He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage, and would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards who should presume to invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on."
In a precursor to mating, this hen has chosen a healthy tom as a superior mate. Photo courtesy Joann Fricke
Habitat loss and over hunting eliminated the wild turkey from Illinois by 1910. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources successfully reintroduced them between 1959 and 1967 by obtaining wild-trapped turkeys from Mississippi, Arkansas and West Virginia and releasing them in southern Illinois. The reintroduced wild turkeys successfully established breeding populations, producing enough offspring that a trap-and-transfer program could be established. Today, the wild turkey is a resident of every county in Illinois.
Wild turkeys are large birds. The average adult male, called a gobbler or tom, stands up to 3½ feet tall and weighs up to 24 pounds. A young male, usually a one-year-old bird, is called a jake. Females, called hens, are typically 2½ to 3 feet tall and weigh up to 12 pounds. Both sexes have dark, iridescent feathers that display shades of bronze, red, purple, blue and green. However, hens have an overall lighter appearance because their breast feathers are tipped with brown, while those of a tom are tipped with black.
A hen and her poults. Photo courtesy Joann Fricke
Besides being larger and darker, toms can generally be distinguished from hens by their leg spurs, beards, wattles (folds of skin below the beak), caruncles (wart-like growths on the neck) and snood (fleshy appendage above the beak). The wattles and caruncles of a tom can change color according to the turkey's physical and mental health—when a male turkey is trying to attract a mate, they turn bright red. If the turkey is scared, the appendages take on a blue tint. And if the turkey is ailing, they become very pale.
Turkey beards grow from the chest of gobblers and are not made of hair, rather modified feathers or tufts of filaments. According to the National Wild Turkey Federation, the function of the wild turkey beard is not well understood, but it is suspected to play a role in male selection by the female. A longer beard signifies an older, healthier male and thus a superior mate.
Hens build their nests on the ground in shallow depressions that they scratch out in grasses or leaves, often against the base of woody vegetation. Wild turkeys lay an average of 10 to 12 eggs, approximately one per day until the hen has a full clutch. Incubation is done by the hen only and lasts for about 28 days. Young turkeys are called poults and are cared for only by the hen. Poults are ready to leave the nest within 24 hours of hatching but are unable to fly until they are 10 to 12 days old.
A rafter of turkeys roosting in trees near Valmeyer, preparing to fly to the ground shortly after dawn. Photo courtesy Joann Fricke
Now, for a few turkey facts:
Wild turkeys can fly, reportedly up to 55 miles per hour.
Turkeys can swim, although not often, by tucking their wings in, spreading their tails and kicking.
Turkey poop can tell you a lot. If the droppings are shaped like a "J," they were left by a male. Females leave spiral shaped droppings.
Wild turkeys can see better than humans—having vision three times greater than 20/20.
Not all turkeys gobble. Males gobble to communicate with their lady friends up to a mile away. Females make a clicking sound instead.
A group of turkeys can be called a flock or a rafter.
Turkeys sleep in trees. As the sun goes down, the turkeys go up—into the trees. They start by flying onto a low branch, then clumsily hop their way upward, branch by branch, until they reach a safe height, away from predators.
CLIFFTOP, a local nonprofit organization, is focused on preserving and protecting area blufflands.
A version of this article appeared in the December 6, 2019 edition of the Monroe County Independent.
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iHeartCountry Festival To Be Rescheduled
March 12, 2020 /0 Comments/in Featured, Touring /by Jessica Nicholson
The seventh annual iHeartCountry Festival, which was slated to take place on Saturday, May 2 at Austin, Texas' Frank Erwin Center, is being rescheduled.
Blake Shelton, Dierks Bentley, Sam Hunt, Lady Antebellum, Kane Brown, Dustin Lynch, Kelsea Ballerini, Jon Pardi, Chase Rice and Hot Country Knights were scheduled to perform at the May 2 event, with media personality Bobby Bones serving as the official host for the festival's main stage.
"The Frank Erwin Center announced today it is postponing all events for the immediate future," iHeartCountry Festival organizers said via a statement. "The iHeartCountry Festival at the Frank Erwin Center will be rescheduled at a later date. Our primary goal is always the safety of our guests, employees, artists and partners and we will continue to actively monitor the situation and will provide more information and relevant updates as they become available. Tickets will be honored at the rescheduled date."
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1963. The year Beatlemania was born, the Profumo affair scandalised Britain and preceded the resignation of Harold Macmillan, Ronnie Biggs, Buster Edwards and co. snatched £2.6m cash from the London to Glasgow mail train, the 'Britain in Bloom' campaign began, the US trounced 'Great Britain' 23-9 in the Ryder Cup .... and Cliff Richard and the Shadows took off on a joyous jaunt across Europe in a Routemaster bus in the film 'Summer Holiday'.
The film is now a feel-good stage musical in Michael Gyngell and Mark Haddigan's adaptation, with Don and his fellow London Transport bus mechanics journeying through Paris, the Alps, Italy and then Greece, along the way picking up three young girls in a clapped-out Morris Minor and a young American pop star on the run from her domineering mother, and all to the strains of a hit-filled score featuring In the Country, Summer Holiday, I Could Easily Fall in Love with You, Bachelor Boy, Move It, Living Doll, The Young Ones and On the Beach. A real taste of Great British nostalgia and fun for the Christmas season!
Auditions are being held on Wednesday 3rd June and Monday 22nd June at the Dolphins Hall (7.30pm); as it's a musical, we'd appreciate it if you could learn one of the following songs :
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'Kidnaping' trial of ex-Italian interior minister Salvini, who barred cross-sea migrants from entering country, begins in Palermo
Former Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini is facing up to 15 years in prison in a controversial trial over his 2019 order to prevent migrants picked up by NGOs while crossing the Mediterranean Sea from entering Italy.
The trial, which started on Saturday in Palermo, is about one particular incident among dozens that happened during Salvini's tenure as interior minister. It concerns his refusal to allow 147 migrants to disembark in Lampedusa in August 2019. The stand-off lasted for about 19 days before a court overruled a ban on private rescue ships entering Italian waters.
Salvini is the leader of the right-wing, anti-immigration Lega Nord (North League) party. He held the offices of deputy prime minister and interior minister in an unorthodox coalition government with the left-wing Five Star Movement (M5S) at the time his alleged crimes occurred. He is accused of abusing his power and kidnapping the migrants and may face up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
The trial was initially scheduled for September 15, but was postponed for over a month so that a larger courtroom could be found to accommodate more people interested in the procedures, including journalists.
A defiant Salvini tweeted a photo from the scene, saying his prosecution was "required by the left and the fans of illegal immigration". Ahead of the hearing, he said illegal migrants were arriving in Italy by their hundreds under the current government and that he was simply doing his duty as interior minister when he attempted to stop the inflow.
Qui Aula di Giustizia del carcere di Palermo. Il processo voluto dalla sinistra e dai tifosi dell'immigrazione clandestina comincia: quanto costerà ai cittadini italiani? pic.twitter.com/LKUUjLSOFD
— Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) October 23, 2021
Salvini said the policy to block migrants was approved by the entire cabinet, including the then-prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, who is now the leader of M5S. Conte, Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese and Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio are scheduled to appear as witnesses during the trial.
Actor Richard Gere, who helped deliver food to people on board the stranded ship, which was operated by the Spanish NGO Open Arms, previously agreed to testify as well. It's unclear if he will take the stand in Palermo.
Outside the courtroom, Open Arms founder and director Oscar Camps defended his operation. "Saving people isn't a crime, but an obligation not only by captains but by the entire state," he told journalists.
Opponents of such rescue missions say people who sail towards European shores in boats and rafts are economic migrants rather than political refugees who need protection. Many suspect NGOs like Open Arms of facilitating the flow, if not directly colluding with human traffickers in countries like Libya, who organize the rides for profit.
Also on rt.com Defiant Salvini says opponents 'will be defeated by history' as Senate lifts his immunity in migrant 'kidnapping' case
Many of Salvini's supporters believe his trial to be politically motivated. The Italian parliament lifted his immunity from prosecution in February 2020, long after the Lega-M5S government collapsed. Lega Nord was in opposition to the second Conte government, which was in power at the time. Senators from Salvini's party boycotted the vote.
In May, a court in Sicily dismissed a similar "kidnapping" case against the former interior minister, which stemmed from a separate episode. The case involved a coast guard ship carrying migrants that was kept from docking in the port of Catania for six days in July 2019.
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The Mount Union Purple Raiders football program represents the University of Mount Union in college football at the NCAA Division III level as members of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC). Mount Union have played their home games at Mount Union Stadium in Alliance, Ohio since 1913, which makes it the oldest college football stadium in Ohio. The Purple Raiders have claimed 13 NCAA Division III Football Championship and 30 OAC titles and have 12 undefeated seasons.

Mount Union's first game was an 18–0 loss at home to Kenyon College, from Gambier, Ohio, on November 7, 1893. The first program victory came 11 days later in a 20–0 win over Salem University in Salem, West Virginia. The team competed as an independent from 1893 until 1913, and joined the OAC in 1914.

The Purple Raiders played in the OAC for 71 years before winning their first conference title, which came in 1985 under coach Ken Wable. Since then, the program has won 30 titles in 35 years, including a 24-year streak from 1992 to 2015. During this run, the Purple Raiders went 214–2 versus OAC opponents. The title-streak spanned two coaches, Larry Kehres and Vince Kehres. John Carroll University ended the streak by winning the OAC title in 2016 where they defeated Mount Union 31–28 on November 12, 2016.

History

Beginnings (1893–1913)
The first football game played by Mount Union was on the school's baseball field on November 7, 1893 against Kenyon College. In their first year they went 1–2, with their lone win coming against Salem University. The following season, the team had their first coach, Coach Davis, who led them to a 4–5 record. In 1895 and 1898 the team failed to field a team, but was able to have their first winning season, under Coach Battles in 1899, with a 5–1–1 record.

It wasn't until 1903 and 1904 that the program maintained a head coach for two consecutive years, which was Pearl Sommerville, who went 4–11–1 in his two seasons. The program built stability when Robert Dawson took over as coach in 1909 and oversaw the program as it joined the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) in 1914.

A growing program (1914–1961)
In addition to Dawson's eight-year tenure and a transition to the OAC, Mount Union Stadium was built which gave the program a permanent home and even more stability. Over the course of Dawson's career, he went 49–24–4 (10–7, OAC).

From 1920 to 1921, Mount Union was coached by Eddie Casey, who went on to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1968. Following his time at Mount Union, he coached Harvard, the National Football League's Washington Redskins, and the American Football League's Boston Bears.

John M. Thorpe coached the Purple Raiders from 1922 to 1931, compiling a 55–32–7 (42–22–4, OAC) record. During his tenure, he served as both head coach and athletic director for the school. He was followed by Harry Geltz (1932–1941), who was unable to match his long-term success and left the program in 1941, when he went 1–15–1 (0–11, OAC) in his final two years.

Pete Pederson was hired in 1942, but after one season the program was suspended due to World War II. The program remained suspended for three seasons and returned under Pederson in 1946. Pederson left after the 1949 season to take over as head coach at Marshall.

Ken Wable era (1962–1985)
Ken Wable was hired as the head coach for the Purple Raiders in 1962. He had previously served as an assistant coach at Wake Forest, Muskingum, and Cornell. Wable coached at Mount Union for 24 seasons, where he went 123–95–2. Beginning in 1979, Wable coached the team to a winning record of 7–2, and every season since, the program has maintained a winning record. Wable was named OAC Coach of the Year in 1982 and 1985. In 1985, he led the Purple Raiders to their first conference title and first berth in the NCAA Division III Football Playoffs.

Larry Kehres era (1986–2012)
Larry Kehres became the athletic director at Mount Union. In 1986, he took over as head football coach. His teams have won 11 NCAA Division III Football Championships (1993, 1996–1998, 2000–2002, 2005–2006, 2008, 2012).

Kehres' teams hold several NCAA records. In addition to owning the two longest winning streaks in NCAA history, 54 wins from 1996–1999 and 55 wins from 2000–2003, the Mount Union Purple Raiders won a conference title in 23 of his 27 seasons; at Kehres' retirement, Mount Union had an ongoing streak of 21 conference titles. During his tenure, Kehres only lost eight games and tied three times in conference play. From 1994 to 2005, his squads won 100 consecutive games against Ohio Athletic Conference opponents. The 1994 season was the last under his tenure in which the Purple Raiders lost more than one game. Finally, his record of 72–3 (.960) in his final five seasons is the best in college football history, surpassing Tom Osborne's 60–3 (.952) in his final five seasons at Nebraska.

Kehres is 3–1 against college football's all-time winningest coach, John Gagliardi, having beaten Gagliardi's St. John's squads twice in playoff match-ups and traded wins in the national title game in 2000 and 2003.

In 2009, Kehres was named first vice president of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). He was elected President of the AFCA in January 2010. In 2013, Kehres retired after 27 years as head coach to become the Athletic Director of Mount Union.

Vince Kehres era (2013–2019)
Vince Kehres, who had previously served as defensive coordinator, was hired as the next head coach of Mount Union on May 8, 2013, replacing his father. During his time as coach Vince went 95–6 winning six OAC titles and two national titles in his seven years. He was named OAC Coach of the year three times. On January 13, 2020, it was announced that Vince was leaving the program to take a position with the Toledo Rockets. All together, Vince spent 13 years with Mount Union, eight of which were as defensive coordinator. He would leave the university with the highest winning percentage in program history.

Head coaching history

Championships
Through the 2022 season, the Purple Raiders have won 33 Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) titles. They won their first OAC title in 1985 and repeated in 1986, followed by a third title in 1990. Beginning with their 1992 OAC championship, the team won 24 consecutive OAC titles, with their 2015 championship being the final in the streak.

Through the 2022 season, Mount Union has won 13 Division III National Championships and has 22 total appearances in the Stagg Bowl, including 11 consecutively, along with 33 playoff appearances.

Individual awards and achievements

NCAA Division III Player of the Year
 1993: Jim Ballard
 1996: Bill Borchert
 1997: Bill Borchert
 2001: Chuck Moore
 2002: Dan Pugh
 2008: Nate Kmic & Greg Micheli
 2013: Kevin Burke
 2014: Kevin Burke

Mike Gregory/Bob Packard Award
Awarded to the OAC's Most Valuable offensive back and offensive lineman. The award was renamed in 2008.

 1975: Gary Frost
 1982: Dave McLaughlin
 1983: Steve Harter & Tony Colao
 1985: Scott Woolf
 1986: Mike Groff & Scott Gindlesberger
 1987: Russ King
 1989: Mike Garn
 1990: Brad Petro & John Bouloubasis
 1992: Jim Ballard & Mike Elder
 1993: Jim Ballard
 1994: Matt Johnson
 1996: Bill Borchert
 1997: Bill Borchert
 1998: J. W. Wearley
 1999: Tom Bauer
 2000: Gary Smeck & Jason Gerber
 2001: Ed Malone & Chuck Moore
 2002: Dan Pugh
 2003: Larry Kinnard
 2004: Zac Bruney
 2005: Jason Lewis
 2006: Jason Lewis
 2007: Greg Micheli
 2007: Derek Blanchard
 2008: Nate Kmic
 2012: Kevin Burke
 2014: Kevin Burke
 2017: D'Angelo Fulford
 2018: D'Angelo Fulford
 2019: D'Angelo Fulford
 2021: Braxton Plunk

OAC Defensive Player of the Year
 1984: Troy Starr

Paul Hoernemann Award
Awarded to the OAC's most valuable defensive lineman

 1985: John Heather
 1992: Mike Hallett
 1993: Mike Hallett
 1997: Jim Eismon
 1998: Jeremy Yoder
 2001: Matt Campbell
 2002: Matt Campbell
 2007: Pat McCullough
 2008: James Herbert
 2011: Charles Dieuseul
 2012: Matt Fechko
 2014: Tom Lally
 2015: Tom Lally

Ed Sherman Award
Awarded to the OAC's Most Valuable Receiver

 1988: Ed Hogya
 1992: Rob Atwood
 1993: Ed Bubonics
 1996: Kevin Knestrick
 1997: Kevin Knestrick
 1999: Adam Marino
 2000: Adam Marino
 2003: Randell Knapp
 2005: Scott Casto
 2006: Pierre Garçon
 2007: Pierre Garcon
 2008: Cecil Shorts
 2009: Cecil Shorts
 2017: Justin Hill
 2018: Justin Hill
 2019: Justin Hill
 2021: Wayne Ruby Jr.

Bill Edwards/Gene Slaughter Award
Awarded to the OAC's most valuable or top linebacker. The award was renamed.

 1990: Dave Lasecki
 1993: Rob Rodgers
 1994: Rob Rodgers
 1995: Mike Wenderfer
 1998: Jason Hall
 2000: Jesse Pearson
 2001: Jason Perkins
 2004: Shaun Spisak
 2005: Mike Gibbons
 2009: Sam Kershaw
 2012: Charles Dieuseul
 2015: Hank Spencer
 2018: Danny Robinson
 2021: Mason McMillen

Lee J. Tressel Award
Awarded to the OAC's most valuable defensive back.

 1996: Sean Moore
 1997: Mark Black
 1998: Kris Bugara
 2001: Chris Kern
 2002: Chris Kern
 2004: Jesse Clum
 2008: Daryl Ely
 2009: Drew McClain
 2011: Nick Driskill
 2012: Nick Driskill
 2014: Alex Kocheff
 2015: Tre Jones
 2018: Louis Berry IV
 2019: Kordell Ford
 2021: Malik Britt

Ken Wable Award
Awarded to the OAC's top offensive lineman.

 2011: Antonio Tate
 2012: Antonio Tate
 2016: Brooks Jenkins
 2017: Cole Parish
 2019: Sean Sherman
 2021: John Valentine

Clyde A. Lamb Award
The Clyde A. Lamb Award is presented annually to the top male and female senior scholar-athlete at each Ohio Athletic Conference institution.

 1985: Rick Marabito
 1986: Scott Woolf
 1987: Scott Gindlesberger
 1988: Joe Knoll
 1989: Paul Hrics
 1992: Jeff Bartolet
 1993: Eric Mysona
 1995: Richard Dine
 1998: Michael Altier
 1999: Darin Kershner
 2000: Tom Bauer
 2001: Matt LaVerde
 2002: Chuck Moore
 2003: Josh Liddell
 2004: Zac Bruney
 2006: Scott Casto
 2007: Eric Safran
 2008: Greg Micheli
 2009: Judd Lutz
 2011: Alex Ferrara
 2012: Nick Driskill
 2015: Hank Spencer
 2019: Louis Berry IV

First Team All-Americans
 1959: Bill Davis (QB/DB)
 1979: Paul Gulling (WR), Jeff Teece (DT)
 1985: Scott Woolf (QB), John Heather (DT)
 1986: Russ Kring (FB), Scott Gindlesberger (QB)
 1987: Russ Kring (FB)
 1990: Dave Lasecki (LB), Ken Edelman (K)
 1992: Jim Ballard (WB), Mike Elder (OT), Rob Atwood (TE), Chris Dattilio (LB)
 1993: Ed Bobonics (WR), Mike Hallett (DT), Rob Rodgers (LB),
 1994: Matt Johnson (OT)
 1995: Matt Liggett (DT), Mike Wenderfer (OG)
 1996: Bill Borchert (QB), Josh Weber (OT), Brian Wervey (LB), Josh Weimer (OT)
 1997: Bill Borchert (QB), Josh Weimer (OT), Vic Ricketts (OG)
 1998: Jason Hall (LB), Kris Bugara (DB), J.W. Wearley (OT)
 1999: Tom Bauer (C), Jason Gerber (OT), Adam Marino (WR)
 2000: Jason Gerber (OT), Gary Smeck (QB), Adam Marino (WR), Bill Rychel (OL)
 2001: Adam Indorf (OL), Todd Braden (DE), Matt Campbell (DE), Chris Kern (CB), Ed Malone (OL)
 2002: Matt Campbell (DE), Chris Kern (CB), Larry Kinnard (OL), Dan Pugh (RB)
 2003: Larry Kinnard (OL), Bob Bradley (OL), Shaun Spisak (LB)
 2004: Shaun Spisak (LB), Johnny Josef (DE)
 2005: Ross Watson (CB), Mike Gibbons (LB), Jason Lewis (OT)
 2006: Jason Lewis (OT), Justen Stickley (DE), Pierre Garçon (WR), Derek Blanchard (OL), Nate Kmic (RB)
 2007: Pierre Garcon (WR), Derek Blanchard (OL), Eric Safran (OL), Matt Kostelnik (DB), Nate Kmic (RB), Greg Micheli (QB), Patt McCullough (DT)
 2008: Nate Kmic (RB), Greg Micheli (QB), James Herbert (DL), Luke Summers (DL)
 2009: Cecil Shorts (WR), Sam Kershaw (LB)
 2010: Cecil Shorts (WR)
 2011: Brett Ekkens (OL), Charles Dieuseul (DL), Nick Driskill (DB)
 2012: Nick Driskill (DB), Antonio Tate (OL), Jasper Collins, Chris Denton (RET), Matt Mattox (OL)
 2013: Kevin Burke (QB), Matt Fechko (DL)
 2014: Kevin Burke (QB), Alex Kocheff, Tom Lally
 2015: Alex Kocheff, Tom Lally, Mike Furda
 2016: Mitch Doraty, Brooks Jenkins, BJ Mitchell, Mike Vidal
 2017: Mike Vidal, Elijah Berry, Cole Parrish, Gabe Brown, Alex Louthan
 2018: Louis Berry IV, Danny Robinson, Andrew Roesch, D'Angelo Fulford

Notable alumni
  Kevin Burke, former Austrian Football League and Nationalliga A (American football) player. Two time NCAA Division III Player of the Year.
 Jim Ballard, former NFL Europe, XFL and CFL player. Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
 Matt Campbell, current Iowa State Cyclones head coach
 Jason Candle, current Toledo Rockets head coach
 Dom Capers, former NFL head coach of the Carolina Panthers (1995–1998) and Houston Texans (2002–2005)
 Jasper Collins, current CFL player
 Wilmer Fleming, former NFL player
 Pierre Garcon, former NFL player, 2013 NFL receptions leader
 Alex Grinch, current USC Trojans defensive coordinator
 Larry Kehres, former Mount Union head coach
 Nate Kmic, former IFAF World Champion, IFAF World Championship MVP,  Vaahteraliiga pro player. All time leading rusher in college football history.
 Harry March, co-founder of the New York Giants and president of the American Football League (1936)
 Kyle Miller, former NFL player
 Kurt Rocco, former Arena Football League player
 Cecil Shorts, former NFL player, 2011 NFL Draft fourth-round pick
 Jeff Shreve, current public address announcer for the Cleveland Browns, Akron Zips football and Mid-American Conference
 Scott Woolf, former NFL player
 Nick Sirianni, current NFL head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles

References

External links

American football teams established in 1893
1893 establishments in Ohio

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recommended for: Fans of dry British comedies like Black Books, Spaced, or Doctor Who. Those looking for a younger (geekier) Jack Kerouac adventure. Readers of good writing. Nerds, losers, and the brokenhearted.
John Green strikes again. I fell in love with him after A Fault in Our Stars and he doesn't fail to impress. Katherines has all the snark and wit of Fault without the heavy subject matter, making this one a lighter, wackier read. Yes, I said wacky. It's over-the-top but believable, ramping up the humor without making it a complete eye-rolling exaggeration. Colin is delightfully clueless; Hasan, delightfully snarky; Lindsey, somewhere in between. Green takes their brokenness to hilarious heights without cheapening their struggles. The plot is somewhat winding. The main conflict is Colin's inner struggle with the Theorem to describe all Katherines, the discovery that will take him from washed-up prodigy to genius. As he and Hasan bumble along one weird incident after another, we watch Colin grow and learn that life is more about Katherines, and genius. The footnotes add to the dry tone, the perfect humor for any geek or fan of good writing.
There isn't much of a plot, per se. Colin gets broken up with and has a meltdown. Hassan takes him on a road trip. In the midst of looking for the grave of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in a tiny Tennesee town, they're taken in by small-town-smartie Lindsey and her pink-obsessed mom. Who got rich owning a factory that makes tampon strings. Cue hilarity. It's kind of episodic, with the boys pulled along through each weird adventure: grave-seeking, hog hunting, interviewing oldies about the town's quaint history. What ties it together are the relationships of the three main characters and their interplay with the people in their lives. And of course, the flashbacks to each failed Katherine. It's part memoir, part math book, and it reads smooth and easy like a summer tale, rather than a thriller.
Did I mention that I love John Green? He has the power to exaggerate something to the point of hysterics while still making it so authentically emotionally real. A boy broken up with by nineteen Katherines is not your average teen contemporary. Now make that boy a whiny prodigy obsessed with anagramming. Who's got himself a summer job interviewing tampon factory workers for a woman in a pink mansion. Who's trying to create a mathematical equation to predict the dumper and dumpee in any relationship. It's ridiculous--which makes it the perfect background for some very deep issues of life and love, that could easily be cliched, but aren't.
Just as crazy as the concept, and fascinating, and real. Colin is a whiny overly-smart overly-clueless underly-confident child prodigy who's afraid he hit his prime in high school. An eighteen-year-old going through a midlife crisis? Already endearing. You just want to hug him or slap him, which is the best kind of character, really. It means you care. Hassan is a delightful contradiction--a swearing, irreverently reverent Muslim jokester who covers his insecurities in angry humor and sees more in the world than a prodigy like Colin could ever fathom. Then bring in Lindsey, a smart, lost small-town girl who's afraid to matter. Together, they play off of each other's issues and bring to light a lot of interesting things about the way we interact and what we want out of life. And of course, the Katherines. We get a little vignette on each one but really, they exist to show us Colin's inner world.
Green is a fantastic writer. He focuses as much on style as on story, creating works of art that few popular authors can claim. In keeping with Colin's analytical (and brokenhearted) mind, his writing in this story is precise, a little maudlin, and a lot cluttered up with footnotes, wry humor, and math. It's so dry you could burn your tongue on it and I loved every inch. Except maybe the appendix full of math. Because math makes me cry.
The footnotes are perfect. Unlike the laborious ones in David Foster Wallace, these are a cute way to show the crazy workings of Colin's head. The other thing, which at first I thought I'd be railing about, was the use of "fugging" instead of the obvious alternative. It drove me crazy at first until they actually addressed it in the story, and then it became a funny and cute characterization of Colin and Hassan.


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Q: Google Chrome background jittering when moving pictures I was working on an image gallery and it involved some heavy image moving\resizing using javascript. Everything worked like a charm on all the broswers except for IE6\7 (no wonder) and ... Google Chrome.
Basically under certain zooming each movement made Chrome redraw the background, making it jitter, change its position and then move back. I can't post link to the actual script at the moment, but I used a jquery plugin to immitate the problem:
http://danilsk.narod.ru/wtf.html (try zooming in and out and clicking images)
Does anyone know how to fight this?

A: I am using google chrome and I see no issue here.
Everything is running very smoothly. Try updating your browser.
FYI:
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - the Lucid Lynx
Google Chrome 8.0.552.215

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Mukkatira Usha Medappa learnt the art of cooking from her mother Manavattira Sharada Mandana. Pumpkin curry goes well with otti (rice roti). Ideally, Usha says the combination is good for breakfast, though not mandatory!
Important to have tender pumpkin or if the skin is tough remove the skin.
Place oil in Kadai and heat.
Add the mustard seeds let it crackle and add the garlic, curry leaves and red chilies.
The sliced onions are added and fried till transparent.
To this add the ground coconut and the masala powder (coriander and cumin powders) and fry.
Add 2-3 cups water and let it simmer. Now add the pumpkin cubes and allow the pumpkin to cook in the gravy.
Serve the curry with a dollop of ghee.
To enjoy this Kumbala Curry with Otti ensure the consistency of the gravy is thick.


Pushing for a link between student test scores and teacher pay, President Barack Obama on Wednesday dangled $5 billion in federal grants to states willing to undertake a top-to-bottom overhaul of their schools in support of the White House's priorities.
MADISON, Wisc. – Faced with fresh Democratic setbacks on the one-year anniversary of his historical election, President Barack Obama tried to change the topic.
In a new book, the half brother of President Obama claims the father they shared was often drunk and physically abusive.
President Barack Obama late Tuesday noted the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, while insisting he wants the U.S. and Iran to move beyond the "path of sustained suspicion, mistrust and confrontation" that followed the subsequent hostage crisis.
President Barack Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel — the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about in his own memoir.
Republican Bob McDonnell tapped Virginia's independent voters Tuesday to win a landslide election for governor just a year after the state bucked tradition and voted for Barack Obama.


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5 common reasons people stop surfing
Surfing is for life, right? Well, in theory, it should be. But in reality, sometimes destiny has other plans for our existence.
We all remember the first wave we proudly rode toward the beach. It is something that we will never forget because it was the moment we became surfers.
From the day we stood up on the surfboard for the first time until now, a lot has changed. And that is especially true for people who started surfing in their teens and are now hitting their 30s and 40s.
For the majority of us, our relationship with surfing is able to stand the test of time. With more or less time available, we manage to get our share of waves in more or less crowded line-ups.
Why? Because we need it. It's become part of our lives, like a healthy addiction that makes us better individuals.
Surfing has that appealing factor, and it rarely lets us down, even on a cloudy, onshore day when we're the only ones out there.
However, sporadically, and for some, surfing becomes a vague memory of a good time that we want to keep inside that old chest left in the attic of our dreams. It's sad, but it sometimes strikes a few of us.
So, why do some people quit surfing? Is there a valid and legit reason for stopping doing something we once loved to do?
Here are five things that may stop you from surfing:
When we're young, we are willing to do one thousand things simultaneously, and our passion and dedication for the things we love doing most are nearly infinite.
We surf twice or even thrice a day, and we repeat it the next day. Aging changes our perspective and opens up new interests in life. Surfing may no longer be the most important facet of our life.
At the same time, we tend to be more selective with the quality of the surf, and we're less inclined to put on a wetsuit on a cold Saturday winter morning.
Our confidence is no longer the same when we hit 40, and we start believing that wave riding is for the young.
Work, Job, and Career
When we start working, our life changes forever. Having a nine-to-six job absorbs a significant portion of the day, and when we finally leave the office, it's already too dark to hit the waves.
Work-life is tough, and weekends become a bag of oxygen. For some, careers are an essential aspect of one's life, so surfing is nothing but an old pastime that they used to practice during summer.
Raising a family with children can be an exhausting challenge. There's just too much thing to do to keep the ball running, and free time becomes a synonym for sleeping.
Of course, you could always get your partner into surfing and then invite the kids, but you will rapidly understand how impractical and dreamy that is.
Because they need your help, there's not much time to grab the board and go surfing.
Severe Injuries and Diseases
Life is constantly throwing unexpected surprises at us, and when health-related events change our lives, our priorities get reshuffled.
Cancer, strokes, respiratory infections, chronic diseases, and road traffic crashes are some of the examples of obstacles that may get in our way through life.
Psychological Trauma
There are some things we can't control. And our mind is a very special place. Extraordinarily stressful events change people forever, and if surfing is, in any way, related to them, then it will be immediately sacrificed.
Emotional disorders can trigger flashbacks, and the whole conception of a structured life - with a past, present, and hopes for the future - can simply turn the act of surfing a wave into a haunting nightmare.
And you don't need to go too far - sometimes, a wipeout is all it takes to put an end to your love of surfing.
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What you should never say to someone who's been through a miscarriage
A new poll has revealed women who've suffered a miscarriage are left devastated by what friends say to comfort them [Photo: Getty]
Almost any woman who has suffered a miscarriage will testify that they're devastating. But sadly, according to recent statistics from Tommys, around one in six pregnancies will end this way.
While friends and family will most likely try to offer some words of comfort, a new survey of mums who have been through the experience has revealed that some of the reactions can actually be insensitive thanks to the stigma and lack of understanding surrounding the topic.
The survey, carried by ChannelMum to mark Baby Loss Awareness week, found that three quarters of women who have suffered a miscarriage have been left devastated by insensitive comments from their friends.
Two thirds of the 1,821 women polled said the most distressing aspect was that their baby wasn't treated 'like a real child' when they broke the news.
Three quarters were also repeatedly told 'it's nature's way' while seven in 10 admitted friends also said 'don't worry, you can try again soon'.
Additionally, the poll found that 29 per cent of women have been told that it's not so bad – because they already have another child.
Others were asked what they did to cause the miscarriage while one in five had friends tell them that at least it meant they knew they could fall pregnant.
Worryingly, almost half of the women polled wanted to talk to others about their miscarriage but didn't feel able to, with 39 per cent feeling that baby loss is the final taboo in society.
Instead, 59 per cent of women attempted to struggle through the heartbreaking experience without any form of support while just 13 per cent had formal counselling.
As a result, 37 per cent went on to suffer mental health issues or depression following their baby loss, while a shocking one in ten even had suicidal thoughts.
Three in ten avoided visiting friends with new babies while almost two thirds found themselves upset at seeing pregnant strangers.
The study also revealed that the most common way to get over losing an unborn baby is to try for another child immediately.
Three in 10 couples did this, even though it goes against medical advice to wait three months.
A further 27 per cent waited the recommended three months before trying to fall pregnant again.
A fifth went on to name their lost child and 10 per cent held a celebration of their child such as releasing balloons.
Is miscarriage the last taboo? [Photo: Negative Space via Pexels]
Siobhan Freegard, founder of ChannelMum.com, said: "The majority of women suffer at least one miscarriage and many have several, so why is it still so hard to talk about openly?
"We talk about 'losing a child' but the parents will always keep the pain of that loss with them – and many need to talk about it to help heal.
"It's worth remembering words are powerful so choose yours carefully. The wrong phrase, particularly one which belittles the loss or apportions blame – can be devastating.
"But a few well-chosen and thoughtful words can set a mum on the road to recovery."
There's no doubt that when somebody close to you experiences baby loss, it can be difficult to know what to say and often words chosen to attempt to comfort can have the opposite effect.
With that in mind ChannelMum have crowdsourced some of the things you should never say to someone who is grieving after a miscarriage and what to say instead.
What you should never say to someone who's experienced a miscarriage
It's nature's way
Don't worry. You can try again soon
It means there was something wrong with your baby
It wasn't a "proper baby"
It wasn't your time
It's the best thing given the situation
You'll be fine!
In my day we just treated it like a heavy period and got on with it
At least you know you can get pregnant
What did you do to make it happen?
What you can say to a someone who's experienced a miscarriage
Your baby will always be with you in your heart.
Even though it was early it was still your baby
It wasn't your fault
It's s**t. It will be s**t for a long time but at some point, it won't be quite as s***.
I'm here if you want to talk about it
It WAS a baby and it was loved
It's OK to cry
It's OK to be angry
It's OK to be sad
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Assistant Professor Magdalena Krol, from the Lassonde School of Engineering's Civil Department, has received funding from the Ontario Research Fund to study the long-term stability of used nuclear fuel containers for deep underground repositories.
The $4-million grant has been awarded to four universities, including Western University (leading organization), York University, University of Waterloo and the University of Toronto and builds upon funding that is in place from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
The project is a multidisciplinary initiative involving researchers from various departments across these four Ontario universities and aims to enhance the understanding of the physical and chemical interactions of used fuel containers with the deep underground.
This project will provide important information for Canada's plan to store used nuclear fuel in deep repositories and enhance our confidence in the safety and design of the canisters. The objective of the 5-year project is to examine the interactions of the containers with groundwater, the subsurface, corrosion species and micro-organisms.
Known for her work in contaminant hydrogeology, Dr. Krol is one of the Principal Investigators who will study the transport of corrosive agents through the subsurface under various repository conditions. This work will be done using laboratory experiments, housed in Lassonde's Bergeron Building for Engineering Excellence, and computer simulations. In addition to Dr. Krol, there are nine academic researchers involved with the project bringing a diverse range of expertise in fields like metallurgy, electrochemistry, corrosion science, thermodynamics, hydrogeology, mineralogy, microbiology, synthetic chemistry and computer modelling.
"The interdisciplinary nature of the project will enable a deeper understanding of the complex interactions taking place in the repository over hundreds of thousands of years. Beyond that, this project will provide invaluable training for undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students," says Dr. Krol.


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Nicholas Berardelli '16 Connects East and West
Nicholas Berardelli '16
Aimed at the cultivation of the mind, Asian practices such as yoga and zen were introduced in the West in the 19th century. With their increasing popularity in the last 50 years, these practices played an extremely important role in the development of the spiritual, artistic and even scientific life in the West, according to Associate Professor of Religion Tao Jin.
More than 1,000 English-language studies of meditation have been reported since the 1970s. Yet the exact mechanism at work in meditation is still unclear, and the extent and nature of the Western reception of Asian meditative practices remains largely unexplored.
Nick Berardelli's Mellon project proposes to help fill that void.
In his Mellon proposal, philosophy and religion double major, Berardelli (Orland Park, Illinois) said researchers are confirming that regular practice of mindfulness meditation can cause profound changes in the structure of the brain and in subjective experience.
"These results have come as no surprise to longtime meditators in the Buddhist community," said Berardelli. "In fact, Buddhist philosophical systems have ancient psychological 'maps' that detail the changes in the structure of consciousness that a practitioner experiences on their meditative journey. The recent scientific research in the West has, in many ways, been confirming the reports of ancient and modern Buddhist meditators."
Comparing analysis of mental states from both Western and Asian traditions, Berardelli's project promises to offer a unique and effective approach to examining and assessing the Western reception of meditation, said Jin, who is serving as Berardelli's faculty mentor.
Jin observed that Berardelli's Mellon project was a logical next step in his long-held interest in Asian philosophy. "I came to know Nick when he took my course 'Asian Religious Literature' as a freshman," Jin recalled. "I was deeply impressed on the first day when, during the self-introduction session, he discussed his interest in the Buddhist philosophy of mind. Such an unequivocal statement about a very specific topic is remarkable for someone who had just embarked on an academic career."


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Q: Can pagination work within a cog extension for a discord bot? SOLVED I'm working on a discord bot that interacts with an API. I had a large command file and wanted to break it up so I started implementing cogs into the code. After the transition, I started testing commands and came across an issue.
This command below is a pagination command and creates an embed list to do the pagination.
This WAS working before I moved it to a different file.
Does anyone know if there is a problem with pagination from DiscordUtils and out-of-the-box Cogs?
NOT ON REWRITE BRANCH
@commands.command(name="getLeaderboard")
    async def getErbsLeaderboard(self, ctx, gameMode: str):
        mode = gameModeSwitch(gameMode)
        if not mode:
          embedVar.add_field(name='getErbsLeaderboard', value=f'Game mode was incorrect. Please input any ONE of these:| Solo(s) | Duo(s) | Squad(s) |')
          await ctx.send(embed=embedVar)
          return
        leaders = await getLeaderboard(baseUrl=BASE_URL, seasonId='1', teamMode=mode, apiKey=API_KEY)
        if leaders:
          embeds:list = []
          i = 1
          for page in leaders:
            embeds.append(discord.Embed(color=ctx.author.color).add_field(name=f"Rank {i}-{i+24}", value=f"{''.join(page)}"))
            i+=25
            paginator = Pagination.AutoEmbedPaginator(ctx)
            await paginator.run(embeds)
        else:
          embedVar.add_field(name="getErbsSquadLeaderboard", value=f"No Leaderboard was found.", inline=False)
          await ctx.send(embed=embeds)

A: I'm an idiot. Paginator and the run shouldn't be in the for loop. They need to be outside of for loop. Leaving this here if anyone has any brain fart like me.


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LA native Molly Burch recorded her debut album Please Be Mine in Austin, TX at the studio of Dan Duszynski, producer and ... More
Please Be Mine
Album by Molly Burch
LA native Molly Burch recorded her debut album Please Be Mine in Austin, TX at the studio of Dan Duszynski, producer and member of indie duo Cross Record. Drawing inspiration from the Everly Brothers and Sam Cooke, Please Be Mine captures the familiarity of longing and the ache of unrequited love and explores the beauty and complexity of reconnections. (Captured Tracks)
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Fresh off her duets album Love Letter for Fire, recorded with Iron & Wine's Sam Beam, Jesca Hoop has released Memories For ... More
Memories are now
Album by Jesca Hoop
Fresh off her duets album Love Letter for Fire, recorded with Iron & Wine's Sam Beam, Jesca Hoop has released Memories For Now. Grammy nominated musician and producer Blake Mills produced Hoop's album, having played guitar for Hoop's recordings in the past and performing live with her from time to time. Memories For Now reminisces tales from Hoop's own life with an energetic, folk-centered delivery. Having been raised Mormon, Hoop explores the different sides of religion in "Songs of Old," and she discusses abandonment in "The Lost Sky," inspired by a close friend who woke from a coma to find himself divorced. As an artist with a truly remarkable past—she was Tom Waits nanny when she began her musical career—and whose accelerating career has spanned the last decade, it's safe to say Jesca Hoop will be delivering her sweet, sagacious for a while. (Sub Pop Records)
Dominic Angelella has an impressive musical resume, with contributions to records by Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, Tinashe and Juicy J to name ... More
Goodnight Doggies
Album by Dominic
Dominic Angelella has an impressive musical resume, with contributions to records by Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, Tinashe and Juicy J to name a few, as well as being co-songwriter for band Lithuania. And finally, the Philadelphia indie rock artist has treated us to his first debut album, Goodnight, Doggies. Angelella remains as colorful and upbeat as his influences—Prince, Harry Nilsson and Andre 3000—while sincerely exploring failure, loss and struggle. (Lame-O Records)
I Am Not Your Negro brings to life James Baldwin's unfinished manuscript Remember This House. A renowned, mid-century American author, poet, playwright ... More
Film by Raoul Peck
I Am Not Your Negro brings to life James Baldwin's unfinished manuscript Remember This House. A renowned, mid-century American author, poet, playwright and social critic, Baldwin published several classics in his lifetime such as Go tell It on the Mountain (1953), Giovanni's Room (1956) and Another Country (1962). Armed with his unique insight as a gay, black man, Baldwin's fiction addressed personal obstacles, psychological pressures and social norms surrounding black, gay and bisexual persons in America and their internal and external struggles for acceptance. Baldwin died, however, before completing Remember This House, an in-depth reflection on the history of race relations in America and civil rights leaders such as Medgar Evers, Malcom X and Martin Luther King Jr. His manuscript lives on in Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck's documentary I Am Not Your Negro, featuring Samuel L Jackson as narrator and video clips of Baldwin himself speaking. The film won the People's Choice Award at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and has been named the second highest-ranking movie of 2016 by Metacritic. (Magnolia Pictures)
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Winner of the 2016 SXSW Audience Award, From Nowhere tells the story of three undocumented teenagers just about to graduate high school ... More
From Nowhere
Film by Matthew Newton
Director: Matthew Newton (Three Blind Mice)
Cast: Julianne Nicholson (Law & Order: Criminal Intent, August: Osage County), Denis O'Hare (American Horror Story, Dallas Buyers Club), J. Mallory McCree, Octavia Chavez-Richmond, Raquel Castro (Jersey Girl)
Three undocumented teenagers -- a Dominican girl, an African boy and a Peruvian girl -- are just about to graduate high school in the Bronx. Like most teenagers, all they want to do is hang with their friends, fall in love, and figure out where to go to college, but unlike their American classmates, these three live with the threat of being discovered by the authorities. When one of their teachers connects them with a lawyer to help them get their papers, the teens start to dig into their family history to assist their immigration cases. As they continue to deal with the everyday problems of adolescence, the teenagers are forced to confront their past and, at the same time, fight for their future.
Winner of the 2016 SXSW Audience Award, From Nowhere tells the story of three undocumented teenagers just about to graduate high school in the Bronx. With the help of one of their teachers (Julianne Nicholson) and an immigration lawyer (Denis O'Hare), the students avoid being discovered by authorities, all while navigating the everyday problems of adolescence. Nicholson and O'Hare deliver exceptional supporting performances, as do newcomers Octavia-Chavez Richmond, Raquel Castro, and J. Mallory McCree. Directed by Matthew Newton (Three Blind Mice), From Nowhere illustrates the complexities of being an immigrant in America, where there is no downright resolution, and sheds light on spontaneous acts of humanity. (FilmRise)
Singer-songwriter Julie Byrne was born and raised in Buffalo, New York but has called Pittsburgh, Chicago, Seattle, New Orleans, Northampton and New ... More
Not Even Happiness
Album by Julie Byrne
Singer-songwriter Julie Byrne was born and raised in Buffalo, New York but has called Pittsburgh, Chicago, Seattle, New Orleans, Northampton and New York City "home" in recent years. Her constant wandering is evidenced in her newest album, Not Even Happiness. In "Melting Grid", we travel the magic of the Pacific Northwest, and we see the morning sky in Boulder in "Natural Blue." Close your eyes and you are sitting in a cabin or stopping to stretch your legs on a long road trip. The joy of nature and travel inspired her album title: "I walked alongside the Atlantic as the Earth came alive from the sun. There was a palpable sense of emergence to everything. I felt it in myself too… I would trade that feeling for nothing… not even happiness." (Bada Bing Records)
Portuguese singer Lula Pena's first album, Phados, was released in 1998 earning the world singer a global and devoted fan base. Since ... More
Archivo Pittorseco
Album by Lula Pena
Portuguese singer Lula Pena's first album, Phados, was released in 1998 earning the world singer a global and devoted fan base. Since then, and despite the gap in album releases and rare appearances, she has met with great success from the release of her second album Troubadour in 2010. To the delight of her longsuffering fans, Pena's third album, Archivo Pittoresco, is finally here. Pena's voice is hauntingly deep with a mellow vibrato, and she easily flows between six languages: Portuguese, French, Spanish, Greek, Italian and English. While the undertone of phados (her own spelling of the Portuguese music genre) is present throughout Archivo Pittoresco, the music weaves a variety of world styles, including flamenco, folk blues and Bossa nova. Pena pays homage to her favorite poets and composers, such as Manos Hadjidakis and Violeta Parra, weaving their lyrics and poems into her own music. (Crammed Discs)
Cannes Film Festival winner for Best Screenplay and Best Actor, and 2017 Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, The Salesman, ... More
The Salesman
Film by Asghar Farhadi
Cannes Film Festival winner for Best Screenplay and Best Actor, and 2017 Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, The Salesman, by Iranian writer/director Asghar Farhadi, is a thriller that follows a young couple while performing in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. After their old flat becomes damaged, Emad (Shahab Hosseini) and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti), are forced to move into a new apartment. Eventually, an incident linked to the previous tenant of their new home dramatically changes the couple's life. Farhadi has previously received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for his movie A Separation (2011). (Cohen Media Group / Amazon Studios)
In a time of heated social discussion following a historical inauguration – Washington D.C. punk band Priests is releasing their debut album ... More
Nothing Feels Natural
Album by Priests
In a time of heated social discussion following a historical inauguration – Washington D.C. punk band Priests is releasing their debut album Nothing Feels Natural. Appropriately named, the album acknowledges the uncertainty in our society, exploring it as a state of mind. Whether Priests starts a dialogue about being stuck as a band, as individuals or as a society–they are here to engage. (Sister Polygon)


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A construction worker uses a bench saw to cut a building block on a residential site in the Tower Hamlets district of London, U.K. (Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg)
U.K. Home Building Set to Dive 35% on Social Distance Impact
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(Bloomberg) -- The U.K. is set to build 35% fewer houses than forecast this year, even as some of the country's biggest homebuilders plan to return to construction sites, according to an analysis by broker Knight Frank LLP.
With social distancing hitting both construction and demand, the number of private homes built in 2020 is expected to be 56,000 less than the U.K.'s Office for Budget Responsibility predicted last month, according to the analysis.
The knock-on effects of the government's lockdown measures "cast a dark cloud over the capacity for housebuilders to deliver at scale and speed," Justin Gaze, head of residential development at Knight Frank, said in the report. "Developers are under increasing pressure to adhere to tight social-distancing controls, while also coping with an ever dwindling availability of skilled workers."
Persimmon Plc, Vistry Group Plc, Redrow Plc and Taylor Wimpey Plc have said they plan to go back to building sites in some form in the coming weeks. Despite that, housing output is likely to fall even lower than in the years following the global financial crisis, according to the report.
"This is not simply a case of flicking a switch back on," Knight Frank said. "There are a myriad of issues related to the supply chain, for example, with question marks over the availability of building materials, as well as delivery, distribution and labor."
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In his latest suspected airplane heist, teen fugitive Colton Harris-Moore nearly entered restricted airspace surrounding the city of Vancouver, which is under tight security ahead of the Winter Olympics, according to CNN.
Police believe this is the fourth plane the "Barefoot Burglar," as Harris-Moore has come to be known, has stolen. Somehow, despite no formal flight training, he managed to land this one, a Cirrus SR22, without much damage. The plane was stolen from a locked hangar in Port Angeles, Washington, flew erratically near the no-fly zone, and then landed on the runway at Orcas Island's Eastsound Airport before running off into the grass. Shortly afterward, a nearby grocery store was broken into.
Our good friend Bob Friel, who profiled Colt in our January/February issue, has some good info on his blog about the latest incident, including a photo of the chalk footprints and the words "C Ya!" left at the store that was broken into.
It appears Colton has taken the phrase "Fly, Colt, Fly!," which appeared on T-shirts along with an illustrated photo of him, to heart.


Air Force Col. Rob Kiebler was in Afghanistan for over 14 months, but couldn't wait to get home and talk about another Force.
Kiebler's son, Danny, "freaked out" when he was told that he wasn't allowed to watch the Star Wars movies until he was six years old – so the Colonel and his wife let Danny watch them early. Now in love with Star Wars, Kiebler saw it fit to surprise his son dressed as a Jedi on his birthday.


Here's your last chance to meet all three candidates for Grapevine City Council Place 6 in one place. All three are expected to attend the candidate forum on April 26th at Stacy Furniture. Roy Stewart, Kathleen Thompson, and Deverick Jordan are all vying for a spot on the Grapevine City Council.
This event is hosted by the Mid-Cities Democrats' Colleyville, Grapevine, Southlake Democrats chapter and moderated by the League of Women Voters.
If you haven't met the candidates in person, this is a great opportunity to do so. The forum will last from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Stacy Furniture is located at 1900 South Main Street in Grapevine, Texas. The forum will be on the 3rd floor in the Community Room.
I really enjoyed it. Hearing from all candidates at once is extremely beneficial to voters.
Ultimately, the issue of pay and benefits is up to the voters of Grapevine, not the City Council. The city charter clearly states the council shall receive pay for attendance at meetings. Period. The lavish pay and health benefits the City Council has written for itself is outside of the letter and spirit of our founding document. Any amendments must be put to Grapevine voters.
Many years ago, the vast majority of city councils were comprised exclusively of independently wealthy people (usually business owners and usually white males) who were unconcerned with health insurance benefits or reimbursements or stipends because they were wealthy and could afford to purchase expensive private health insurance and eat the out-of-pocket costs associated with serving on the city council. However, in recent years many cities have moved toward providing "benefits" to city council members to encourage participation by ALL citizens (as opposed to only an elite few who could afford to participate). Granted, the reimbursement amounts in Grapevine don't cover anywhere close to all the out-of-pocket expenses incurred by a city council member in connection with his or her service as a city council member, but it does defray some of that expense. But more importantly, the Grapevine city council's policy regarding reimbursements and health benefits is efficient from an accounting perspective, it saves tax payer money in the long run, and it encourages all income brackets to be involved in local politics. If these "lavish" benefits (as some have described them) are eliminated, the effect will be that many lower income and moderate income people will not be able to afford to serve their government. Creating a roadblock that only adversely affects lower and middle class people (but has no effect on the wealthy) is against public policy and bad for Grapevine. Grapevine is an inclusive city and I would like to see it stay that way.
I think we had some interesting and thought provoking discussion in the comments of the next other article about the city council elections. I've found this web site to be a valuable resource for Grapevine residents, and a great place for them to discuss issues and their opinion.
Since the operator has decided not to allow continued discussion, I believe this has left a gap in our ability to openly and freely discuss the upcoming election. I don't criticize the operator of this site for that decision, I don't think the intended purpose of this site was a political debate forum.
I do, however, think such a form should exist, therefore I created the Grapevine Texas Open Forum located at http://gvtexas.com . I hope that this forum can be a great resource for Grapevine residents to openly discuss and debate issues that affect us all.
I'd like to thank the owner and operator of this web site for providing such a great resource to the residents here, hopefully we can take the forum/debate/discussion to a different location and allow this site to continue to fulfill its intended purpose.


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