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Theatrical Review: Jack the Giant Slayer
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Long ago, in the kingdom known as Cloister, a young peasant boy named Jack and the young princess Isabelle are simultaneously being told the story of a land of fierce and deformed giants that's suspended in the sky, the giant beanstalk that connects the two and the ferocious appetite that the giants have for the taste of human flesh. To the children, it's just a simple bedtime story but as they grow older, they soon discover that there's truth to this tale.
Jack, now in his late teens, lives with his uncle, after his father has passed away. Times are tough for the two and the uncle charges Jack with the task of selling their horse and cart for enough money to repair their home. Isabelle has grown to want to have big adventures before she has to live a life of responsibility and eventual marriage to the suspicious Roderick who has his own devious plans for the kingdom. Soon the paths of both Jack and Isabelle cross, and that's when they discover that the bedtime story of their childhood was indeed very true.
That's a simplified premise to Jack the Giant Slayer the latest movie from director Bryan Singer, who's best known for films like The Usual Suspects, the first two X-Men movies, Superman Returns and Valkyrie. I'm certainly a fan of Singer's and was pretty keen to see what he'd do with this. We've seen a few classic fairy tales get a big-screen update, two of those, Red Riding Hood and Snow White and the Huntsman I can't say I was very interested in seeing. The third, Hansel & Gretel; Witch Hunters was different for me and I enjoyed the movie very much. The biggest selling point for Jack the Giant Slayer was indeed the fact that Bryan Singer was directing it, and I gotta say, I had a lot of fun with this.
Now to be honest, there really isn't a lot of huge depth to this story or to it's characters. In fact, the characters are very two-dimensional, but in the context of the style of the film, I really don't mind that. And the style of the film is pure broad spectacle and absurd action with the characters being the simplest strokes of good and evil. That in itself will probably be a huge turn-off for some, but for myself I was glad to see this "tall tale" approach taken to the classic story. Now of course, by what I described with the premise above, there's liberties being taken here, but thanks to a clever little bit of business at the end of the film, that's all put in some nice context to the nature of tall tales and how they change over the course of generations.
The movie is absolutely gorgeous and I'd even go so far as to say that I think it's Singer's best-looking film to date. The visual effects are spectacular and I really like the look of the giants. The look of the giants here, at least to me, share a commonality with the look of the trolls in the movie Troll Hunter in that they all look like they're more designed to resemble the look of classic storybook illustrations instead of being overdone in a more realistic way. I chose to see the movie in 3D and I'm glad I did, Singer's got a good understanding of what he wants to accomplish with it and he gets a world that's very immersive as a result. Sure, it also has a smattering of "in-your-face" 3D effects, but immersion is the bigger result.
I was very impressed with the sheer absurdity of various situations and action in the film. There's a bit midway through where one of the giants is preparing to eat a defender of the princess (Elmont played by Ewan McGregor) and he literally wraps him up in dough and puts him next to two pigs treated the same way, "pigs in a blanket" indeed. It was shown in the trailers, and I thought it was clever there, but seeing it in context was of course even more fun. Late in the movie, the giants of course start to attack Cloister and in the course of their attack they start to fling flaming trees into the village. This sort of action strikes me as the type of thing that you might see in a Monty Python film or more specifically a Terry Gilliam film, and while it makes sense that the giants do this, there's also something that's just very broad about it that I find totally appealing.
As I said, the characters are very two-dimensional, but here I don't take that as a slight in the least. I think it serves Singer's purpose and further, I think he's cast it quite well. Nicholas Hoult and Eleanor Tomlinson play Jack and Isabelle respectively. I'm not really that familiar with Tomlinson, but Hoult gave a memorable performance as Hank McCoy, the X-Man known as The Beast, in X-Men: First Class. I think the two are extremely likable and have nice chemistry with each other. There's a few aspects to Hoult's Jack that make me think of Nigel Terry's young King Arthur from the movie Excalibur and I think this kid will be one of those to watch out for in the future, to be sure. As mentioned above, Ewan McGregor plays Elmont, one of the kingdom's elite warriors, and I think McGregor's having a ball here, sort of giving us a combination of what you might get if Eddie Izzard played Obi-Wan Kenobi. Stanley Tucci plays Roderick and he's very appropriately cast for the part, Roderick is full of smarm and that's certainly been a big part of a lot of the character roles that Tucci's played in the past. Ian McShane plays the King of Cloister and while the actor doesn't get to be as showy as he's been in past roles, his presence certainly adds gravity to being the king.
Not exactly for sure how the giants were created here- oh sure CGI is obvious but just not for sure if motion capture was involved using the real actors. The great Bill Nighy is credited with the part of General Fallon the two-headed leader of the giants with John Kassir being credited as playing his small head. I found it amusing to watch the two heads interact even though those interactions are fairly simplistic, but still you'd hear one grunt at the other in a knowing way and I'd certainly like to think there was some play between the actors on that, but I don't know for sure. But still it's a nifty character as are Fallon's lead warriors, Fee, Fye, Foe and Fumm.
I know some will probably just find Jack the Giant Slayer totally boring just because there isn't great depth to the story or the characters, but I just don't think that was the point. I think Bryan Singer set out to make a basic good versus evil story and just wants to entertain you with the sheer spectacle of the idea. Will that be enough? Well, it certainly worked for me and I was surprised at just how much I had a smile on my face during the film and gently laughed over the absurdity of some of the situations. For that, of course, I can't help but recommend it… this is fun stuff.
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Dan O.says:
Seeing humans go against giants is something that's almost always fun in movies and this movie isn't an exception. Solid review Darren.


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Officer and gunman shot south of Portland, hostage OK
GLADSTONE, Ore. (AP) — Members of a SWAT team shot a man at a Subway restaurant in a southern Portland suburb Monday evening after the man shot a police officer and took a woman hostage, authorities said.
An officer stopped a man for a bicycle violation, which started the chain of events, Clackamas County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Brian Jensen said at a news conference Monday night.
The suspect fled but was later found by Gladstone police Sgt. Lee Jundt. Officials said the man pulled a gun and shot Jundt in his police vest.
The man then entered Subway, taking a woman hostage. Other people were either allowed to leave or otherwise escaped, Jensen said.
A multi-agency SWAT team responded and tried to negotiate with the man, whom Jensen said made several demands and was not giving up. He said the woman feared for her life at that point.
Officers fired at the man, hitting him, and once he was down, officers entered and got the woman out safely, Jensen said.
The suspect was taken to a local hospital by ambulance. His condition wasn't released.
Authorities said Monday night they were still working to identify the man. The woman was not identified.
Jundt has been with the department for 20 years, Gladstone Police Chief Jeff Jolley said.
"We're very pleased that the hostage is OK and the officer," he said.
Jensen said a major crime team is investigating and that the woman will be offered counseling.

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In this third entry in Eva Gates' Lighthouse Library mystery series, the main character, Lucy Richardson, investigates the murder of a wealthy man who has recently returned to North Carolina's Outer Banks. Although I have not read the first two books in the series, By Book or By Crook and Booked for Trouble, I didn't have too much trouble keeping up with the cast of characters, many of whom I'm guessing are introduced in the first two books. That being said, Reading Up A Storm opens with a party scene so there's a large group of characters to keep track of. If you've read either of the first two books, then I would imagine this first chapter would flow more smoothly since you wouldn't be concerned about remembering who is who.
The story is bogged down by quite a bit of set-up, exposition, and unnecessary dialogue.
After the first chapter even more characters are introduced, but Gates does a pretty good job of giving enough detail to keep them straight.
The murder isn't discovered under Chapter Five, which comes more than twenty percent through the book. I was surprised that it didn't occur earlier and I grew a little impatient in the early chapters as I waited for it.
The author does a fantastic job of describing the setting.
The story is bogged down by quite a bit of set-up, exposition, and unnecessary dialogue. For example, I found the subplot about the politics of the mayoral campaign a tiny bit boring. I understand the need to plant some clues and red herrings throughout the story, but I prefer this to be done in a way that doesn't slow the pace so much.
There are a few instances where the dialogue seems unrealistic. At times I found myself cringing and wondering who really speaks that way.
Even with these detractions, the story is enjoyable overall. As is typical with a cozy, the atmosphere is warm and this is an easy read. A native North Carolinian, I've visited the area of the Outer Banks where Reading Up a Storm takes place, and the author does a fantastic job of describing the setting. And it's such a fun idea to imagine a library in the Bodie Island lighthouse—a very creative backdrop for this series.
The conclusion of the mystery, while far from a surprise, is nicely executed with Lucy in just enough danger to fuel the suspense.
The main character, Lucy, is a likable librarian and amateur sleuth with a cat, Charles, who plays a fun (and cute) supporting role. Lucy's various handsome suitors add an extra layer of interest and her co-workers at the library and other friends in town round out the diverse and interesting cast of characters. I particularly enjoyed following Lucy's friend, Stephanie, who is going through a lot in her life.


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Top U.S. meat processor, Tyson Foods Inc., reported a 28.6% jump in profits for the first quarter of its 2017 fiscal year, citing increased export sales of both pork and beef and lower livestock costs for the strong results.
The company's net income for the quarter ended Dec. 31 rose to $593 million, or $1.59 per share from $4.61 million or $1.15 per share a year earlier. Tyson President and CEO Tom Hayes noted on a conference call with analysts that the first quarter was the best in the company's history, with record earnings, operating income and cash flows.
Tyson reported record first quarter operating income of $299 million for its beef segment on a record operating margin of 8.5%. Operating income for the company's pork segment was also a record high at $247 million on a record 19.7% operating margin. "Demand was strong and especially in the export markets," Hayes said.
The company forecast fiscal 2017 earnings per share at $4.90-$5.05, representing growth of 12-15% over fiscal year 2016 adjusted earnings per share.
Despite the strong results, stock in Tyson Foods was down $2.77 per share or more than 4.2% in Monday afternoon trading after revealing that it had received a subpoena from the SEC that was "likely" related to alleged price fixing.
Analysts were also not impressed that the company projected 2017 sales revenue would be "approximately flat with 2016" as it grows volume across each segment, offset by lower beef prices. Tyson's first quarter sales revenue rose only marginally year-over-year to $9.18 billion from $9.15 billion.


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Experience Eden's Last Sunrise's Demo and Kickstarter
Now on Itch.io and on Kickstarter
SuperIndieIO Staff | @SuperIndieIO Jan 9, 2018
Calling upon the heritage of classic tactical RPGs like Final Fantasy Tactics and Disgaea franchises comes Eden's Last Sunrise. The team at Sungazer Software has launched the Kickstarter campaign with a meager goal of $25K. In conjunction with the campaign's launch, they have released the complementary demo of the upcoming title.
Eden's Last Sunrise promises to deliver from two sides during its campaign in its future-fantasy setting. You can choose between the "magic-wielding Dwellers or the technologically-advanced Spacefarers." In addition to branching campaign paths, the game features numerous classes and a social system for your player characters.
The Kickstarter campaign looks to be a short and simple. Beyond the initial goal of $25K, Sungazer's stretch goals only reach to a $65K goal, currently not revealed. Elliot Mahan, the producer and developer on the project, has placed a short time limit on the campaign. You have until February 8th to contribute to the project, and if estimates for the final ship date are to fall into place, the game will launch in December of 2019.
The game is scheduled to release on PC platforms and PS4. Check out some gameplay for the demo below.
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Young voices address dating violence, social media, gender roles
Sarah's Inn Youth Voice Award competition spotlights high schoolers' depth of thought
by Maria Maxham June 1, 2021 June 1, 2021
Alani Espinosa, winner of this year's Youth Voice Award contest held by Sarah's Inn. | Photo provided
Alani Espinosa from Oak Park and River Forest High School and Daja Reeves from Whitney Young are the two winners of Sarah's Inn's inaugural Youth Voice Award (YVA) competition this year. Their spoken word videos showed an incredible maturity and authenticity of voice, said Carol Gall, executive director of Sarah's Inn, a non-profit working to improve lives of those affected by domestic violence. The organization is headquartered in Forest Park and serves people in the Chicagoland area.
"This year's winners clearly painted a picture with words," Gall said. "They were engaging to listen to and hear their perspective."
But Gall said that she and the competition judges were blown away by all the pieces that were submitted. "It was amazing to hear youth speak so articulately about their thoughts on these topics," said Gall. "It was tough to decide."
The contest was open to high school students aged 14 to 18 and focused on themes of gender roles affecting dating violence, the effects of domestic violence on the community and the role social media plays in perpetuation of dating violence. Creativity and freedom of expression were encouraged, and 43 youth sent in submissions that included written work (such as essays, short stories and poetry), video (including dance song and spoken word) and physical art (painting, mixed media, photography).
Winners received an award and $2,000. Seventeen-year-old Espinosa from Oak Park said the experience was rewarding aside from the money and recognition.
"It's a really great honor to win, especially because it was the first time Sarah's Inn held the competition," Espinosa said. "It was definitely a fun experience and I'm proud of how I pushed myself."
Espinosa's spoken word piece is entitled "See here, a feminist guide," and Espinosa said she was particularly inspired by the competition prompts, which, she said, allowed freedom to express her ideas on the topic of feminism, which included challenging the way the feminism movement is seen and taught.
"As a Latina, it was very difficult for me to see myself in the traditional feminist movement, when I would learn about it in history class," Espinosa said. That was the topic addressed in her spoken word winning entry for the competition. The idea of womanism and its importance in the original feminist movement, said Espinosa, are important to her.
"The fact that the contest wasn't just closed to relationship violence gave me the opportunity to reflect on gender norms and social media and how that impacts relationships in general," Espinosa said.
Timing-wise, said Espinosa, the competition entry period coincided with the Sarah Everard movement, which inspired the hashtag #TextMeWhenYouGetHome and the global discussion of harassment and fear. Espinosa said she saw support for women across social media, but she also saw people choosing not to say anything or to use the opportunity to shame women.
The theme of social media and its impact on gender stereotypes was one that Gall said was reflected in many of the 43 entries to the competition.
"It was really clear to all of us that the youth have so much to say about the impact of social media and how it perpetuates certain gender stereotypes and perpetuates negativity around self-image," Gall said. "We saw the theme that there is almost a burden that social media has on youth in this day and age, which we found to be really interesting."
Hearing and listening to the voices of young people is an important part of Sarah's Inn's work in prevention, as part of the organization's mission is to break the cycle of domestic violence for future generations, said Gall.
"The premise and foundation of our prevention work is to really be out in the community and engaging young people around relationships, and what healthy relationships or unhealthy relationships look like, and making sure that they have the skills and the tools and the mechanisms to know that they have control over how they develop every relationship in their life, and how they can help manage those relationships from a very young age," Gall said.
Gall said Sarah's Inn has been actively doing prevention work for 20 years, but the competition was a chance to really shine a light on the important conversations that young people are having, but not necessarily having with adults.
"They're seeing these things, and they're experiencing these things, and they're seeing friends and peers experiencing these things," Gall said. "And they have something to say about it, and what they have to say is really important."
Listening to and actively involving young people as part of domestic violence prevention isn't a new concept to Sarah's Inn. For 15 years, the organization has run a youth committee, open to high school age young adults. During COVID-19, said Gall, the twice-monthly meetings were held over Zoom, allowing youth who might not have participated in person due to scheduling or distance to become involved.
Typically, the Sarah's Inn team bounce ideas off the youth committee members and engages them in helping with the organization's mission. For example, during February, which is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, the youth committee members are asked to take over Sarah's Inn social media, creating and sharing content, another way that Sarah's Inn elevates youth voice and perspective.
"But I think we found, especially during COVID, the youth have really leaned in to Youth Committee, and have seen it as a source of additional support and resource to them," said Gall. So much so, in fact, that although the regular meetings of the group are paused like usual for the summer, the committee members expressed the desire to stay together and will hold a monthly book club.
Sarah's Inn Youth Committee is open to all high school students. Learn more at www.sarahsinn.org/youth-committee.
To see the winning entries from the Youth Voice Award Competition, visit www.sarahsinntv.org.


Come to our meetings and learn about all of the excellent opportunities we will be offering. We will have many guest speakers from wildlife professions come in and talk about there research and work. We also organize many special trips/events where we travel the state to explore wildlife areas and learn about the environment. Some of our bigger events from year to year include: Devil's Lake Trip, Northern Saw-whet Owl Banding, Prairie Chicken Census, International Crane Foundation Trip, Science Nights, Prairie Restorations, and our Highway clean-up.
If you can't make meetings but are interested in signing up for any event listed below, contact our email (wildlifesociety.uw@gmail.com) and we will get you signed up. By emailing us, we can also get you on our e-mail list so that you can keep up to date on the future wildlife meetings and events.
In order to go on TWS events, you will need to pay semester dues of $10 to an officer.
All events depart from behind Russel Labs next to the parking ramp unless told otherwise.


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Baldwin's Gate Plasterers: Whether you are wanting to have your entire property in Baldwin's Gate plastered, just one room re-skimmed, or only one small section of plaster repaired, you will be on the lookout for an experienced and professional plasterer to carry out the work effectively. It is not advisable to attempt plastering yourself, since it is a craft that takes many years to master.
There aren't that many home improvement assignments which do not involve at least a little plastering work. It might be fitting coving or decorative mouldings before decorating, plastering over artex, plaster skimming dry lining or latex screeding. Do not however imagine that the above are the only plastering, rendering and screeding tasks which might be necessary, because there are many more possibilities.
Ask to see a few photos of earlier completed work when evaluating potential Baldwin's Gate plasterers, anybody that genuinely knows their trade will be happy to do this, and have nothing to hide. For this type of work, you want to avoid employing "cowboys", no matter what. Shoddy plastering can result in huge complications later on, and it may not even be evident until you start decorating.
You'll soon become aware of any imperfections once a coat of paint has gone on the newly plastered wall. Uneven surfaces become even more accentuated in bright sunshine. It should always be possible to find experienced plasterers in Baldwin's Gate, so why pick an inferior one?
Plaster must be smooth and level, as it is just a base upon which other materials are applied. Small cracking and imperfections can be easily repaired with filler later on with very few issues, but uneven plaster is tricky to disguise. Issues with the accurate fitting or skirting boards, the wallpapering and painting of the surfaces, kitchen or bathroom tiling and the installation of kitchen units, can be caused by a shoddily plastered area.
You can always tell the finest Baldwin's Gate plasterers because they consistently get a perfect finish, directly from the trowel. Any skilled plasterer will tell you that a correctly plastered wall or ceiling should never need sanding down to get a nice finish. If the plastering hasn't been done competently, forceful sanding may be needed, and this calls the plasterers ability into question. You should check the standard of the plastering meticulously, if you see orbital sanders being employed.
Nowadays, a common reason to call in a plasterer is to cover an old artex ceiling. At the height of fashion in the nineteen seventies and eighties, artex is less desirable in Baldwin's Gate properties today. Most plasterers in Baldwin's Gate will jump at the chance to plaster over that old artexed ceiling, making it look more sleek and contemporary. On the flip side, most plasterers will also apply artex to your ceiling if you would like to bring back that old style.
DIY Plastering Baldwin's Gate: When you've got a plastering project which has to be undertaken in Baldwin's Gate, you really have two choices. You can either employ a reputable plasterer to complete the task, or have a crack yourself. Unless you're reasonably good at DIY and have the self-confidence to handle the task, perhaps it's best left to the professionals. Doing a test run on an out-of-sight area or a spare bedroom is certainly a wise idea when you're beginning your initial plastering adventure. When possible try to choose an area that's already got an inaccurately plastered finish, so your efforts can hardly make it any worse. This will be much less stressful for you, and enable you to spend a little while trying out your newly acquired skills. You'll very likely make rather a mess of it on the first attempt, but don't worry because it is possible to skim a wall surface as many times as you want.
If you're on the lookout for a few tips to to set you on your way, you might consider watching a few You Tube video tutorials. Or, if you're itching to learn plastering you could even look at signing up for a course at a nearby college or school. Like the majority of "hands on" activities, the more you practice the better you get at plastering. Through trial and error you could even come up with you own techniques for getting that perfect finish. But if you're unsure, keep to the tried and true procedures. Because plastering is all about self-confidence, the more frequently you do it, the more confident you will become. You can take on some more challenging plastering work once you've mastered the skill to a decent level. If the whole thing goes awry and you bodge the plastering, it will still be possible call in an experienced plasterer to smooth out your mistakes. Although he may not be best pleased that you didn't call him from the outset.
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Bona fide plasterers use a lot of tools that don't appear in the tool boxes of other tradespeople or DIYers, which is the main reason why the majority of plastering work in Baldwin's Gate is usually conducted by professional plasterers. Here are just a few of the tools that a plasterer will make use of:
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Finishing Trowel
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Jointing Knife
Edging Trowel
Plastering Rule
Dry Lining Rasp
Plasterer's Trowel
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Decorative Plastering Baldwin's Gate: Ever since the days of the ancient Egyptians, types of plaster have been used for both decorative and functional purposes. The materials used would naturally have been different in those long gone days, when mixtures of clay and mud would have been applied. In thirteenth Century London, a form of plaster was spread on the interior walls of buildings to limit the spread of fires. Buildings of the Georgian and Victorian eras were extensively adorned with features and mouldings made of gypsum. Beautiful decorative plaster effects by the use of modern materials and age-old techniques can be produced by professional plasterers today. Such decorative features can take a variety of forms and can involve using ceiling roses, niches, cornice finishes, corbels, coving, brackets and dentils. (Tags: Plastering Finishes Baldwin's Gate, Plastering Effects Baldwin's Gate, Decorative Plastering Baldwin's Gate, Plaster Mouldings Baldwin's Gate)
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Rendering Baldwin's Gate: The procedure of applying a mixture of lime, cement, sand and water to either interior or exterior walls in order to achieve a textured or smooth surface, is called rendering, and it is a very similar technique to plastering. Rendering is really prevalent in the Mediterranean countries, but is also a popular method across Europe. A rendered finish has some fire resisting properties and is water resistant, although it's largely employed for cosmetic purposes. While it is quite possible to paint a rendered surface, a better solution is to mix colour into the render itself, giving a more durable, long lasting finish. (Tags: Rendering Baldwin's Gate, Renderers Baldwin's Gate)
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Plaster Patching Baldwin's Gate: If you have just recently had some construction work done on your house in Baldwin's Gate, or if you own an older Baldwin's Gate property, you could have cracked or damaged plaster which needs patching up. Plaster is crucial for reasons of both aesthetics and strength, consequently keeping it in great condition is a necessity. There is nothing worse than seeing cracked plaster walls, or areas that are messy or sloppily filled with Polyfilla. This sort of work is fairly simple for any self-respecting Baldwin's Gate plasterer, and your walls should soon be looking in pristine condition and ready for painting and decorating. Factors like shrinking, vibration, accidental damage, damp and settlement may cause issues with plastered walls. There is not much point patching these areas before resolving any underlying problems, otherwise there'll most likely be a reccurence of the issue. (Tags: Plastering Repair Baldwin's Gate, Plaster Repairs Baldwin's Gate, Patching Plaster, Plaster Patching Baldwin's Gate)
A frequently used building material that is employed for protecting and decorating wall and ceiling surfaces, plaster has been with us for many centuries. What we call "plaster" in Baldwin's Gate is usually understood to be the material which is used for covering the inner rooms of buildings and houses, whilst that which is used externally is known as "render" or "rendering". Plaster mixes generally contain either lime, gypsum, or cement, all of which work in fairly similar ways. Plaster is a dry powder when manufactured and when needed, is blended with water to form a stiff but easy to work paste just prior to application. The blending of the plaster powder and water causes a chemical reaction, and heat is generated by way of crystallization, making the paste harden. For buying plaster or plastering products you can go to B&Q, Screwfix, Travis and Perkins, Wickes or British Gypsum. (Tags: Plastering Baldwin's Gate, Render Baldwin's Gate, Plaster Baldwin's Gate)
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Dry Lining Baldwin's Gate: Dry lining (plasterboarding) is frequently required in home refurbishment projects, and there are lots of plasterers in Baldwin's Gate who are willing to offer you this service. By mounting plasterboard onto a wooden studding or joist, a brickwork surface or a metal framework, a surface is produced which doesn't need to be plastered. While you can paint or decorate the plasterboard finish itself, usually most folks choose to have the plasterboard skimmed with a thin plaster coat afterwards to give it an extra smooth finish. In terms of fittings, when fixing to a brickwork or masonry wall the "dot and dab" method is used, when fixing plasterboard to timber joists or studding, drywall screws or nails are used and when attaching to a metal framework Jack-Point self drilling, self tapping screws are used.
When you've got new plasterboard, damaged plaster surfaces or artex that needs covering, you'll need a plasterer to re-skim or skim with plaster. Out of all the jobs which plasterers are asked to do, this is one of the most common. A lot of home refurbishment projects involve new dry lined walls or cause damage to existing plasterwork surfaces. Those flawed surfaces can easily be transformed into glass-like and smooth finishes by a professional who is trained in this craft. Before you can decorate over it, you must leave it to dry for a few days. You should end up with a perfectly flat and fault-free surface which will last for years to come.
A plasterer in Baldwin's Gate is a tradesman who works solely with plaster, carefully applying a smooth, even layer of this prepared material over an otherwise rough and unglazed surface. As an occupation, plastering has been in existence for many hundreds of years, and as a construction technique for even longer. In today's world, mainly applied to the internal walls of commercial and residential premises, plaster is used to produce a smooth and even surface that is ready to receive the final finishing material. Plaster is on occasion used to make decorative and ornate mouldings and cornices that can be employed for enhancing and embellishing the internal ceilings and walls of rooms. Playing a crucial role in many home remodelling projects in Baldwin's Gate, the plastering process is also used in the the finishing of garages, attic conversions, extensions and porches. (Tags: Plasterers Baldwin's Gate, Plasterer Baldwin's Gate, Plastering Baldwin's Gate).
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The downward slope of a declining credit score is a slippery one and many people feel helpless when they find themselves in this situation.
When faced with a stack of mounting bills and a diminishing pile of money, some people throw up their hands and hope the situation will magically get better. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Instead they find their credit score has gone down the drain.
By monitoring your credit report on a consistent basis, you will be able to detect any problems early on and take steps to correct the problems. There will be occasions where the blemishes on your credit report are due to your financial mistakes, although there are also instances where the credit report contains inaccurate information.
This is where a credit repair service, such as Ovation Credit Report Repair, step in to help people clean up their credit reports.
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Q: How to select Table and Column Names from passed parameters in SQL Server? I have two very similar tables in our database, and I need to write a stored procedure for my Visual Studio 2010 Web Application to read the data from one of these tables given a table number.
Currently, we only have two tables to select from, but I can see this growing to more as this project grows.
This is sort of what I am trying to do, but this code is not correct:
PROCEDURE [dbo].[spGetData]
  @tableID int
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
    declare @col1 nvarchar(50), @table nvarchar(50)
    set @col1=case when @tableID=1 then 'SMRequestID' else 'WHRequestID' end
    set @table=case when @tableID=1 then 'SMRequest' else 'WHRequest' end

    select @col1 as 'Request', WorkOrder, PartNumber, Qty, EmployeeID
    from @table
END

Basically, the ColumnName and TableName depend on the @tableID parameter that will be passed in.
How would I go about doing that?
Note: My searches are not turning up anything related, but I am a C# developer and not a database developer. I imagine this has been asked before, it is just I am not using the right keywords.

A: Although I think Mark is quite correct given the small number of tables and simplicity of your queries, here is a dynamic sql example that passes both the table and column names:
CREATE PROCEDURE spGetData
(
@TableName nvarchar(128),
@ColumnName nvarchar(128)
)
AS
  BEGIN
    SET NOCOUNT ON;
    DECLARE @SQL nvarchar(4000)
    SET @SQL = 'SELECT ' + @ColumnName + ', as Request, WorkOrder, PartNumber, Qty, EmployeeID FROM ' + @TableName
    EXEC sp_executesql @SQL
  END

You can call it as follows:
exec spGetData 'SMRequest', 'SMRequestID'
exec spGetData 'WHRequest', 'WHRequestID'

A: One option would be to use a conditional based upon the ID and put the code for a specific table in each section for the table.
I prefer this method to get away from the dynamic sql and allow the database server to get a fighting chance to optimize the thing for speed reasons by precompiling.
NOTE: database servers are pretty bad at string manipulation (create dynamic sql) in general.
EDIT1: EXAMPLE
FOR INSTANCE: THIS SQL
declare @mytest varchar(5)
set @mytest = 'PROCS'

IF @mytest = 'PROCS'
BEGIN /* STORED PROCS */
  SELECT DISTINCT
    o.name AS ObjectName_StoredProcedure
  FROM sysobjects as o
  WHERE o.xtype = 'P'
END
ELSE
IF @mytest = 'DEFAULT'
BEGIN
   SELECT DISTINCT
    o.name AS ObjectName_StoredProcedure
  FROM sysobjects as o
  WHERE o.xtype = 'D'
END

gives you the store procedure names or the default constraints depending on what you pass to the parameter.
EDIT2: Based on OP code:
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[spGetData]
  (@tableID int  )
   AS
  BEGIN
     SET NOCOUNT ON;
     IF @tableID = 1
     BEGIN
       SELECT SMSRequestId AS 'Request',
          WorkOrder, PartNumber, Qty, EmployeeID
       FROM SMRequest
     END
     IF @tableID = 2
     BEGIN
       SELECT WHRequestID AS 'Request',
          WorkOrder, PartNumber, Qty, EmployeeID
       FROM WHRequest
    END
 END

A: Do it with dynamic SQL:
PROCEDURE [dbo].[spGetData]
  @tableID int
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
    declare @col1 nvarchar(50), @table nvarchar(50),  @cmd nvarchar(400)
    set @col1=case when @tableID=1 then 'SMRequestID' else 'WHRequestID' end
    set @table=case when @tableID=1 then 'SMRequest' else 'WHRequest' end

    @cmd = "select " + @col1 + " as 'Request', WorkOrder, PartNumber, Qty, EmployeeID from " + @table

   EXEC(@cmd)

END

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Islam is a minority religion in Punjab, India followed by 535,489 people constituting about 1.93 percent of the state population out of 27.7 million population as of 2011 census report.

Islam has a strong historical presence in Punjab with many mosques, mausoleums and shrines. According to the 1941 census, Punjabi Muslims constituted approximately 37.6 percent of the population in the region that comprises the contemporary state of Punjab, India.  With violence and religious cleansing accompanying the partition of India in 1947, the vast majority numbering around 3.71 million departed the region en masse, migrating westward to the region of Punjab that would fall on the western side of the Radcliffe Line, in the contemporary state of Punjab, Pakistan.

In the current era, much of the Muslim population of Punjab consists of migrants from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Bihar. The native Punjabi Muslims predominantly resides in Malerkotla district and Qadian town.

History

Islam first arrived in the Punjab region following the conquest of Sindh by Muhammad bin Qasim in 712. The first permanent Muslim conquest of the Punjab was carried out by Mahmud Ghaznavi who made the whole of the Punjab a province of his empire with the headquarters at Lahore.

When the Ghaznavid Empire began to decline, the region was conquered by Muhammad Ghori. The conquest by Muhammad Ghori inaugurated a period of Muslim rule which lasted until the 18th century. The Mughals made most of East Punjab a part of the governorate of Sirhind.

The founder of the Ahmadiyya movement, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, was born in Qadian, East Punjab in 1835.

According to the 1941 census, Muslims constituted approximately 37.5 percent of the population in the region that comprises the contemporary state of Punjab, India, numbering around 3.8 million persons. Following the Partition of Punjab, the population declined to 90,000 or 0.5% due to ethnic cleansing and large-scale mass migration to West Punjab, Pakistan in the violent events of partition of India.

Today, Muslims are scattered across East Punjab with small concentrations in the cities of Chandigarh, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana, Malerkotla and Qadian. Malerkotla is the only municipality in Indian Punjab that has a Muslim majority. The migrant Uttar Pradeshi Muslims and Bihari Muslims labourers living in industrial city of Ludhiana, Patiala and Jalandhar forms a large proportion of the Muslim population in the state.

Out of 5.35 lakh Muslim population in the state as of 2011 census, only 2.21 lakh Muslims are native and speaks Punjabi as their mother tongue and rest 3.13 lakh speaks Hindustani language mainly Urdu.

Demography

1941 census

2011 census

Trends
Decadal percentage of Muslims in Punjab, India

See also
 Demographics of Punjab, India
 Religion in the Punjab

Notes

References

Punjab, India

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As the equivalent field of view of a 30mm, this well-made metal-barreled lens is ideally suited for available light, day-to-day applications such as street photography, reportage and landscapes. It has 9 nine elements arranged in 7 groups and adopts three aspherical-shaped lenses to reduce distortion and spherical aberration, while Nano coating is employed for reduced ghosting and flare.
Like the previous Leica-branded 42.5mm (85mm equiv.) f1.2 this new lens features an aperture collar and an internal focus mechanism (so there's no extending barrels) with a newly developed stepper-type AF motor suited to stills and video capture.
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The new Panasonic Leica 15mm f1.7 achieves a DxOMark lens score of 21 points, a good score overall with very good transmission (2TStops) and high peak sharpness.
Wide-open the lens is sharp in the center but even on the E-M1, a 16-MP model sans AA filter, images are somewhat softer in outer field till f2.8. Optimum performance is achieved at f4 but this lens has high-levels of barrel distortion and fairly high lateral chromatic aberration in the outer 2/3rds of the field.
Keep in mind distortion and chromatic aberration are corrected when outputting JPEGs in Panasonic cameras, while the data is included in Raw files (and relies on support within the software utility for correction). Olympus cameras differ slightly however. Olympus Micro Four Thirds cameras correct distortion in-camera like the Panasonics but have only added the capability to remove chromatic aberration in recent models.
The Leica 15mm Summilux is one of the sharpest lenses in the Micro Four Thirds line up.
Although a little wider than the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm f1.8, this model is the most likely to be considered as a rival option to the Leica. On the E-M1 the 17mm can't match the Leica's peak sharpness (at f4) but it does perform similarly at wider apertures – neither have particularly good uniformity until they're closed down a stop and half (or two stops in the case of the 17mm M.Zuiko). Although their control of distortion and vignetting are similar, the M.Zuiko has lower distortion but quite high levels of chromatic aberration.
The Leica's performance is also similar to the wider 12mm (24mm equivalent) M.Zuiko. However, the 12mm has slightly better performance wide-open at f2 than the Leica at f2, although it doesn't have that model's uniformity from f2.8 onwards with slightly softer corners at all apertures. The Olympus has similar vignetting, chromatic aberration and distortion despite the wider field of view.
It's good to see Panasonic add premium quality primes although this particularly model appears to be an odd choice of focal length falling between the conventional 24/28mm and 35mm equivalents.
At $599 and bundled with a metal hood and pouch, it compares favorably in both price and performance with the 17mm f1.8 from Olympus (although $500, that model ships without any accessories). Both compromise some aspects of performance for the sake of certain practicalities but the higher peak sharpness and improved uniformity of the Leica lens is difficult to ignore.


A few weeks ago on the FridayFix, Scott and I talked about one song (each) that transported us to another time in our lives. On that 'cast, we decided we'd sit down and talk about the Top-5 most listened to songs in each of our iTunes. In this 'cast, we have that conversation.
I won't lie: This might be the most fun we've had recording in a loooong while.
Without total spoilers for this 'cast, here are some artists Empty Set recommends listening to: Nina Simone, Man o' War, the Neville Brothers, Bruce Springsteen, the Donnas, Jay-Z, Kenny Wayne Shepard, the Offspring, All That Remains, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Tim Minchin, AC/DC, the Dropkick Murphys, Natasha Bedingfield … and even more.
No other show notes today, but we're at SiglerFest 2k15 in Las Vegas and we wish you were too!
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If you just want to search for me on Spotify (drbaka) and look for my public playlist called, "Dark Overlord Media Top 10", that will work, too.
Now, my iTunes has been messed up more than once, and, if you know me, you know I mostly listen to podcasts anyway, but here's my top 5. This may be apartment cleaning music.
Not one 80s new wave song in sight! Inconceivable!
Jason, see my comment below for the playlist.
Gruene Hall is heaven on earth.


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IT'LL BE ANOTHER WHITE ON THE NIGHT!
NME May 14, 2001 12:34 pm BST
A muscle problem in his hands means Alan White's sibling Steve will play a number of shows on the 'Tour Of Brotherly Love'...
A UK spokesperson for OASIS has confirmed that drummer ALAN WHITE's brother STEVE will play a number of shows on the 'TOUR OF BROTHERLY LOVE'.
Alan White was unable to perform on the first two shows of the band's current jaunt with the Black Crowes due to an ongoing muscle problem in his hands.
Now, a spokesperson for Oasis has revealed that Alan's brother Steve, who is a regular drummer with Paul Weller, has gone out to America with Oasis, and will perform when Alan is not able. The decisions are expected to be made on a daily basis.
According to the unofficial Oasis website www.oa515.com, from the stage at the Santa Barbara Bowl (May 12), Noel Gallagher joked that White couldn't perform because he had a sore thumb from "sticking it up his ass too much".
The 'Tour Of Brotherly Love' continues across the US throughout May and June.


"The Computer Is Your Friend. The Computer wants you to be happy. Happiness is mandatory. Failure to be happy is treason. Treason is punishable by summary execution."
An oppressive regime requires its citizens to "be happy". Of course, this doesn't actually make them happy; it only gives them one more thing to fear, since beating your subjects for an emotional state is more likely to reinforce their negative emotions.
The regime may be small scale. For example, it might be a parent or boss. When the regime actually controls the world, it's a Crapsack World. Often without added saccharine, since "be happy, or else" doesn't actually make the world look like a happy place; in fact, it's more likely to simply highlight the depressing atmosphere even more.
Why does the regime do this? Well, maybe it is simply insane or enjoys toying with its underlings For the Evulz, or they may be trying to paper over the fact that Dystopia Is Hard. The regime is perhaps trying to subject its populace to Stockholm Syndrome. Or through Insane Troll Logic, because beating is so effective to control the population, it can be applied as well to emotional states. Either way, the demands for happiness tend to underscore the regime's 0% Approval Rating.
If this trope was inverted, it would be much easier for the citizens to follow - since the law itself would already give them something to be unhappy about.
See also Getting Smilies Painted on Your Soul, where people actually do become happy whether they like it or not, such as by Government Drug Enforcement.
In the Fables spinoff comic "Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love" Cinderella's fairy godmother decides she'd conquer a world, and force people to act happy until they became happy.
Played with in a The Wizard of Id strip. The King is showing a visiting noble around, and the noble asks a peasant how things are for him, and gets the reply, "I can't complain." The noble says that's nice and asks why, and is told, "It's forbidden."
In one Mickey Mouse story, Mickey and Goofy meet a deranged monarch who has taken this Up to Eleven. He explains that he has no unhappy subjects, because if they are unhappy they are imprisoned. Then, to demonstrate, he asks a random peasant whether he is happy. The peasant grins maniacally and seemingly sincerely and says that he is happy... and the king promptly orders him thrown into jail.
Mickey: But he was happy!
King: Yes, but he is sad now - and I aim to prevent crime before it happens!
In Flash Gordon during Ming's wedding scene, a ship flies over head with a banner reading "ALL CITIZENS SHALL MAKE MERRY," followed by another one with "...ON PAIN OF DEATH."
Distributing affordable drugs in large quantities makes it a borderline case with Government Drug Enforcement.
In Witches Abroad, Lily Weatherwax is an evil fairy godmother that turns Genua into an Expy of Disney Land, where everyone is happy and laughing... because the ones that aren't, disappear.
In 1984, people are required to love Big Brother and be happy about it.
In Slave World, this is used as an addition to Getting Smilies Painted on Your Soul: The slaves are biochemically altered for certain kinds of happiness, and they get punished if they try to resist the effect.
Inverted in Mr. Men/Little Miss story Little Miss Sunshine (not the movie about the infant beauty contest), the titular character visits Miseryland, where the inhabitants are kept miserable simply because of a sign stating the laws: "No smiling, no laughing, no chuckling. Giggling forbidden by order of the king." Naturally, Miss Sunshine is able to turn the kingdom around by simply changing the wording of the sign.
In the Hard To Be A God at some moment freshly established theocracy punishes people for "non-exstatic way of thinking".
In The Giver, it's more like "Quiet Contentment is Mandatory", since excess emotion is discouraged in the dystopian society.
In Doctor Who, this is the the entire point of the Happiness Patrol.
The fairy-tale kingdom of Happy Valley from Monty Python's Flying Circus. The subjects were always happy all the time because, by royal decree, anyone who wasn't happy would be put to death. One subject whose wife had just died is seen being arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced to hang by the neck until he cheers up.
The Twilight Zone TOS episode "It's a Good Life", based on the Jerome Bixby short story. A mutant 6-year-old child with incredible powers requires that everyone be happy around him. Anyone who isn't gets "sent to the cornfield".
Mystery Science Theater 3000 has "Lawgiver Day", wherein, as described by poor Professor Bobo, "all are ordered to make merry and be light of heart, under pain of horrible lingering death."
REM's song "Shiny Happy People" was a parody and a deconstruction of Chinese government propaganda following the Tiananmen Square crackdowns, which essentially ordered everyone to be happy (and be compelled to disregard what had just happened). The song's lyrics become darker once this all sinks in.
Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony. He tacked on a happy ending to his symphony so that the Stalin (who was seriously considering imprisoning or executing Shostakovich) would think he is writing music to glorify the regime. In fact, many of his works essentially embody this trope.
"The Straight Razor Cabaret" by Voltaire is about a macabre vaudeville show whose master of ceremonies mutilates the faces of anyone he thinks isn't enjoying his show enough.
"Weird Al" Yankovic's 2014 CD Mandatory Fun mocks this concept with Soviet-style imagery and a stern-faced Al in military garb.
Paranoia has this as a major part of its base premise. See the page quote. This game is also the Trope Namer.
Inverted in Alpha State, where morbid depression is mandatory.
One of the many facets of the 2056 juncture from Feng Shui.
One of Ravenloft's lesser domains was home to a king who had no sense of humor, who'd clumsily tried to simulate one by requiring all citizens to laugh with every sentence they spoke. As he couldn't tell a real laugh from a forced one, this resulted in people who weren't particularly happy or amused saying "ha ha ha" after each statement.
In the video game Floyd (also known as The Feeble Files), the Omnibrain demands happiness. Solving one of the early puzzles in the game gets an innocent civilian executed on the spot for being unhappy.
Skyrim: Grelod the Kind has quite a way with children.
Grelod: Hroar's crying is keeping me up at night. I'll give you one chance to talk the tears out of him, or he's getting the belt.
World of Warcraft contains a Shout-Out to the Trope Namer, Paranoia. The Arcane Constructs patrolling Silvermoon will occasionally say "Happiness is mandatory, citizen", as part of the theme being built around the Blood Elves (mostly during Burning Crusade) that, while everything is beautiful and perfect on the surface, if you look a little deeper things aren't so nice.
Ultima V has this as a major plot point. Where in Ultima IV your aim was to demonstrate the eight Virtues (e.g. honesty, humility, and compassion), the dictator that has sprung up in part five enforces all of them on pain of torture. "Thou shalt help those in need... or thou shalt suffer the same need!"
Inverted in Normality. Nobody in Neutropolis is allowed to show any signs of happiness, lest to be taken away to be "normalized".
Kingdom Hearts has Donald stating that the Gummi Ship only functions when the pilots are "Smiling". This could've been a Blatant Lie to snap Sora out of an incoming Heroic BSOD, and we rarely see the pilots inside the ship, so who knows? The manga leaves no room for doubt, though: You HAVE to be smiling when aboard the damn thing.
In the Sluggy Freelance arc "758449", Riff finds himself in an alternate dimension city-state which enforces perpetual happiness with knockout drug injections at the slightest hint of discontent.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal has its fun with this.
This is an official policy on TV Tropes.
After making an unpopular Let's Play video, the Nostalgia Critic has to act positive during his review of James and the Giant Peach, partly because of this trope and partly because I Just Want to Be Loved. If he complains about something in the movie, the fans start pointing their guns at him until he goes back to praising it.
Similarly, in The Angry Video Game Nerd's review of the Friday The Thirteenth NES game, Jason is hiding behind the couch ready to kill him if he says anything bad about the game. This being the Angry Video Game Nerd, he ends up fighting back and killing him by the end, then proceeding to call out everything bad about the game.
In a Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror" story, Homer's time traveling creates a dystopian present in which Ned Flanders rules the world and requires everyone to be happy all the time. Those who don't comply are given a "re-Neducation" culminating in a lobotomy.
Another example from The Simpsons is the episode where they all have nightmares. Bart's dream is all about having psychic powers and everybody in Springfield walks around thinking "happy thoughts" so as not to displease him and be turned into something weird in a spoof of It's A Good Life.
In Fairly Oddparents, Timmy's time traveling caused his father to turn into a power hungry dictator whose main rule is 'Be Happy Or Else'.
In Coraline, the Other Mother becomes dissatisfied with the Other Wybie's tendancy to not smile, so she sews his smile in place.
A common saying among the lower ranks of enlisted men in the U.S. military is, "The beatings will continue until morale improves!"
A specifically naval variation is "There will be no liberty until morale improves."
Events hosted to boost morale and which have required attendance (particularly on what would otherwise be a day off) are called "Mandatory Fun" events.
This saying can also be found tacked to many a cubicle wall in Corporate America.
"You can't not have fun at Disney World. It's not Allowed."
He claimed that if you're seen not having fun, you get abducted by the staff "and then it's into the Goofy suit."
This is not an uncommon vicious cycle in psychologically abusive situations, where the abuser uses the pain they inflict as an excuse to lash out again. The abuser may perceive their victim's misery as ingratitude, or they may simply be enraged by the evidence of their own actions.
The early days of the service industry saw a lot of companies making this trope a major policy. Happy staff tend to make customers feel more at ease even if the system is inefficient, so directors would mandate that employees smile and show as much courtesy as possible regardless of personal problems or mental state. Experts eventually realized that genuinely happy staff made customers happier but there are still some older firms that haven't received the memo.


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Mix all ingredients and pour onto a greased pan ( I greased with coconut oil) and bake 25-30 min. Or until edges are brown. Once finishes add in your toppings. We used kale, mushrooms, onions, green peppers, broccoli, and soy cheese. Bake for another 8-10 minutes and VOILA!


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Southwest Airlines Expands Flights In Upstate NY, Offering Flights To/From Syracuse
Jim Rondenelli Published: June 10, 2021
Photo Credit - Rob Carr / Getty Images
A week after he called on Southwest Airlines to launch service in Syracuse, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is announcing the airline will begin flying out of Hancock International Airport in November.
Schumer says Southwest has agreed to enhance and expand its presence in Upstate New York by establishing service out of Syracuse for the first time.
With the addition of new routes to Syracuse, Southwest will now service every major airport in Upstate New York.
Southwest also offer flights out of Albany, Rochester and Buffalo.
According to its website, Southwest Airlines will begin offering flights out of Hancock Airport on November 14.
Southwest will initially offer three daily flights each way between Syracuse and Baltimore/Washington with fares as low as $49.
That will allow travelers to reach more than 50 destinations across the Southwest network on the same plane or connecting service.
The Senator says the new routes to Syracuse would boost competition, availability of low-cost flights, and connectivity for travelers and businesses in Central New York.
"Today's news, landing Southwest in Syracuse, is no small peanuts, said Senator Schumer. "And let's not forget, the decision by Southwest to finally land in Syracuse solidifies years of hard work by all of us to get the airport in tip-top shape—inside and out. The federal funds we've used to make the Syracuse airport the crown of regional and affordable travel ensures jewels of service like Southwest are here to stay, with more to come."
Schumer secured nearly $934 million for New York airports during the COVID-19 pandemic, including more than $29 million for Hancock airport.
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The stereo in my Kia Optima will just randomly shut off and then come back on at a much lower volume. It does this repeatedly at random times. Sometimes it will not come back on at all, but it usually does. It just started doing this a few days ago. I thought it was triggered when I hit a bump or turned a corner, but now it is doing it when I am sitting completely still at a stop sign too.


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Navigator Updates
Affordable Care Act Call-in: Monday, Jan. 9, from 4 to 7 pm
The NC Navigator Consortium will host the FREE Affordable Care Act Call-in Event to answer your questions about HealthCare.gov. Call toll free at 1-855-733-3711, to ask our health insurance navigators just about anything, or make an appointment for more help.
"Family glitch" fixed for families needing affordable health insurance.
Effective Dec. 12, 2022, the federal government will allow families to enroll for policies on the HealthCare.gov Marketplace even if a member of that family has coverage through their employer.
Nine out of ten North Carolinians who are enrolled can get help with premiums and deductibles.
Bright HealthCare discontinues policies.
According to a statement on Bright HealthCare's website, "Written notifications have been or will be sent to all impacted Individual and Family Plan members in the near future…"
If this impacts you, you will need to enroll in a new policy by Dec. 15, 2022, in order to ensure you are covered for Jan. 1, 2023.
How "affordable" is affordable health coverage?
Many of the subsidies that were made possible by the American Rescue Plan of 2021 were continued in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. This means that four out of five enrollees could pay $10 or less per month for coverage.


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Home / Food & Drink / Wine & Spirits / Talisker Reveals Oldest Ever Release, Xpedition Oak
By Alex Martin | May 3 2021
Talisker has revealed the oldest Scotch whisky in its 191-year history. The Talisker 43 Year Old Xpedition Oak: The Atlantic Challenge is a rare liquid that pays homage to the distillery's special relationship with the wild seas that surround its Isle of Skye home.
The distillery's signature sea salt and smoky sweetness flavor profile has always been heavily influenced by the warm sea air that arrives across the Atlantic. Talisker has put those influences into overdrive with the Xpedition Oak by using staves (sections of casks) that had sailed across the great ocean.
Renowned adventurer James Aiken was charged with the task of guiding the staves 3,264 miles from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antigua. The 24-day journey exposed the staves to intense conditions and supercharged their potential to influence the whisky. The staves were returned to Skye, turned into 10 casks and filled with an already four-decade-old liquid to give it an intense final maturation.
[See more: The Most Expensive Whisky Ever Sold at Auction]
As you would expect, sea salt dominates on the nose and palate, but there is a complex layer of sweetness lying underneath. At a natural strength of 49.7 ABV, the Talisker Xpedition Oak is perfect for drinking neat. Those who prefer to add water only require a few drops to open up deeper layers of freshness and lengthen an already long finish.
Ewan Gunn, senior global brand ambassador, said: "This whisky is a sublime single malt that captures the pinnacle of the key aromas of Talisker – spice, sweetness, waxy and creamy, with a sense of the sea salt spray the morning after a storm. The four decades of maturation have given a full flavor, yet a softness to this bold dram resulting in a rounded and elegant experience."
[See also: The Best Scotch Whisky Brands in the World]
Parley for the Oceans
Aiken single-handedly navigated untamed seas, undertaking the same route of the annual Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. His journey was not just to take the staves across, but to raise awareness of ocean conservation efforts. To help the cause, bottle number one of the Talisker Xpedition Oak will be auctioned to raise funds for Parley for the Oceans, potentially raising thousands for the cause. The distillery is working with Parley in its mission to protect and preserve 100 million square meters of marine ecosystems by 2023.
Aiken said: "Most of my life is focused on the ocean, and the variety of ways that we can interact and learn from it. This expedition taught me even more and allowed me to connect with nature's elements in an entirely new way. Over 24 days, sailing from La Gomera, Spain, to the island of Antigua, I crossed the Atlantic solo aboard my boat Oaken Yarn. I cared for the wooden staves aboard ensuring their safe passage. The crossing was an almost meditative experience in nature: both challenging and a joy."
In honor of the release, Talisker has also invited the adventurous to apply to join Aiken on a rewilding adventure on the Isle of Skye. One entrant will be selected to explore the rugged terrain and wild seas with the seasoned explorer.
The release is limited to just 1,830 bottles in honor of Talisker's founding year and will be released globally in May for £3,500 (approx. $4,900). malts.com/talisker