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LISTS Explore the Intimate Discography of Ambient Producer KMRU By Daniel Dylan Wray · March 10, 2021
Illustration by Ohni Lisle
Ambient and drone music, by its nature, takes its time. Rather than charge in with propulsive gusto, it unfurls slowly—emphasizing texture, prolonging tone, and amplifying silence. So it's slightly ironic that Joseph Kamaru, who records as KMRU, is releasing this meditative music at a blinding rate—he's logged nearly 20 Bandcamp releases over the last four years. He's also making it quickly, and via experiments with spontaneity and improvisation. (His 2020 double album Peel was constructed in just 48 hours.)
Originally from Nairobi, Kenya and now living in Berlin, Kamaru comes from a long line of prolific musicians. His grandfather, also named Joseph Kamaru, recorded a staggering number of albums over the course of his lifetime, and after his death in 2018, KMRU worked to introduce a new audience to the elder Kamaru's music and political activism.
KMRU's work often feels rooted in a distinct sense of place: In his songs, field recordings from his native Kenya, and the surrounding East African countries are interspersed with billowing drones, deep ambience, and deft electronics. The result is something that is both distinctive and deeply personal, and has established KMRU as one of the most prolific and innovative artists in his field. Here, we present an introductory guide to his work.
Jar KMRU .
"Jar is a journey through the dust of time. Merging found sounds, analog warmth, and granular dreams along the way," read the liner notes to this album from 2020. It's a succinct, yet accurate description. But for all of its enveloping coziness, the album's masterstroke is the way it balances stillness and movement in its combination of field recordings and deeply serene drones. The songs have a dreamlike quality, resulting in a record that is both tactile and tranquil.
Erased EP KMRU .
Piano features heavily on this release from 2019: The album begins with delicate, Eno-esque keystroke, alongside the sound of tweeting birds and the gentle hum of nature. Halfway through, electronic effects begin burbling up; the piano continues, but recedes to the background as the electronics steadily intensify. Erased is an EP about growth, and each track evolves according to a specific "life cycle." Field recordings bring "Solus" to life, quickly followed by plaintive piano—but soon enough, the gentle crunch of the field recordings gives way to a synthesized drum track that carries the song off toward the dance floor. Closer "Unkind" finds a middle ground, and nicely plateaus into an ambient techno groove worthy of Four Tet.
Falling Dreams
falling dreams KMRU .
This 18-minute track from February 2021 has a slightly unnerving quality—swelling and sinking like a wave. The tones that provide the song's melody are distorted so severely that it's difficult to tell whether they're coming from a guitar, or are heavily processed found sounds. Despite the song's quiet malevolence, it never succumbs to an easy payoff or roars into a rumbling crescendo. Instead, it simply pulses along endlessly—thoroughly unpredictable, and utterly absorbing.
Peel KMRU .
Compact Disc (CD), 2 x Vinyl LP
This double LP—made in just 48 hours—is KMRU's first for the legendary ambient label Editions Mego. The gentle pulse of the work at times recalls William Basinski and Fennesz, with KMRU skillfully balancing between subtle restraint and rich detail. The animated electronics and sputtering beats he was experimenting with just a year earlier are refined to almost dust here. There's a constant overlap between the electronic and the organic, resulting in textures that alternate between gritty and and pristine.
Opaquer
Dagoretti Records
opaquer Dagoretti Records .
Another of the several full-length albums KMRU released in 2020, Opaquer was released within weeks of Peel. Less drone-focused and less dense than that record, Opaquer is instead loose and sparse. The field recordings are more up-front here, resulting in tracks that are less overtly musical and more like experimental sound design.
Saal KMRU .
KMRU's contribution to the annual Drone Day celebration in 2020, these two 15-minute pieces are, well, drone focused. Rumbling bass opens "Saal," gradually giving way to a sharper, more piercing sound. The bass moves to the background as the ringing tone oscillates on top of it. It's an intense, unsettling piece. By contrast, "Haal" is softer and moves at a glacial pace—a comforting comedown after the nerve-rattling "Saal."
while we wait KMRU .
A single 40-minute piece that hums at a constant low frequency, "While We Wait" occupies the middle ground between warmth and dread—part low-level air conditioner rattle, part "something sinister lurking in the walls." And like much of KMRU's work, it's richly detailed. Here, the field recordings are so deeply submerged inside the electronic soundscapes it's like listening to a conversation coming from the apartment next door.
ftpim
ftpim KMRU .
Like Saal, ftpim consists of two 15-minute drone pieces. Once again, field recordings take center stage; but they're so heavily treated, it's often difficult to place their source: Is that the crackle of a fire? The sound of rain? Footsteps? Electronic tones mingle with the contracting and expanding drones, resulting in two pieces that have both a visceral physicality and a mysterious spirituality.
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One of Mill End's great advantages is that we are already on a walk – the Two Moors Way – which runs from Exmoor in the north all the way down to the South Devon coast. From this ancient artery, you can explore fabulous routes in all directions, stepping back in time to a land of legend and mystery. We have plenty of maps and guide books available from the hotel reception, or there are plenty of local walks available on the Walking in Devon web site.
Our boot room is perfect for drying off muddy and wet weather gear and you will even find a treat or two after a long walk.
Take a look at our walking brochure for further information. We have a wonderful location where the footpaths are direct from the front door and follow the River Teign either to the stannary town of Chagford or a longer walk to Fingle Bridge. Castle Drogo is also a short hike away and offers superb views accross the valley. Some unusual and less known places to explore nearby include Spinsters Rock and burial chamber, Stone Lane Gardens, Prestonbury Castle, the many Bronze Age Hut Circles and Blowing Houses that still stand and Fernworthy Resevoir for a flat and scenic walk. A bit further afield the quarry and rocks of Haytor are a must see along with Becky Falls and Lydford Gorge.


A gorgeous card, I love the design of all the textures.
Cute kitty photo, Janis, and beautiful Easter Card!
How cute your kitties are!!!
Your card is full of texture with beautiful embossing!
Love this--I pinned it to my church card making board. I also like the cats in bunk beds.
Wonderful embossing there Janis, a really beautiful Easter card. It must be worrying with fires so close - stay safe!
Very pretty. I love the embossing.
Hi Janis! Your card is beautiful - love the background and the pretty embossing. It's a wonderful card for Easter.
How awesome are you? Teaching your wonderful crafty tricks and sharing what you know is sooooo generous and rewarding! This card is just absolutely stunning! I giggled when I saw the title of the post in my inbox. Easter was months ago, but I love how you mix it up and keep your blog always interesting! Again, amazing work!
I somehow missed seeing this gorgeous card and that would have been a shame because it's so beautiful! The embossed cross, matted on blue and inked, is a spectacular centerpiece. Those patterned paper floral die cuts, that are then embossed with an embossing folder, add wonderful texture to the background without overwhelming your central element. Anyone who received this card would treasure it for a long time, wow!


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Two Teenagers Hurt in Shooting Near I-65 at Southport Road
INDIANAPOLIS-- Two teenagers were injured in a shooting on Indy's south side just after midnight Friday. State police believe it happened on the ramp from I-65 southbound to Southport Road and that the shots were fired from either a black or dark colored car. They think it may...
Shelly Fitzgerald To Sue Roncalli For Discrimination, Accuses School of Singling Her Out
INDIANAPOLIS -- Shelly Fitzgerald, the Roncalli guidance counselor who was suspended by the Catholic high school in Indianapolis over her same-sex marriage, says she's had enough of waiting for the school to make a decision on her employment with the school. She is filing a...
Tyler Trent Gets His Own Bobblehead; Portion of Sales Go to Charity
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Tyler Trent, the Purdue University student who has captivated the nation with his courage, now has his very own bobblehead. Tyler has a rare form of terminal bone cancer, but he doesn't let that stop him from cheering on his beloved Boilermakers football...
Backers of Hate Crimes Law Get Ready for Another Try
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Supporters of an Indiana hate crime law are gearing up for another try at passing it. Indiana is one of just five states without an explicit hate crime law. Governor Holcomb has said he'll make it one of his legislative priorities. The Indiana Chamber added its...
Scammers Phish for Your Funds More During the Holidays
STATE WIDE- -Hackers and scammers are trying harder than ever to get your personal data, and your money. But, they try even harder during the holiday months. People trying to get your money try at least one and a half times as hard during October, November and December, says new...
UIndy Professor: Vaping Should Be Included In New Cigarette Tax Hike Effort
INDIANAPOLIS -- E-cigarette use among the nation's youth is up 80-percent. Those are the latest numbers from the US Food and Drug Administration, which today proposed changes to federal law in order to crack down on the problem. Put simply, the new regulations would ban the sale...
Indy Ranks 6th In The U.S. For Volunteering
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis is 6th in the U.S. for volunteering. Barbara Stewart, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, said what this means is, "the number and percentage of individuals who are willing to volunteer to help their communities, to strengthen...
Anti-Smoking Coalition Calls for Tripling Indiana Cigarette Tax
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High School Football Semi State Matchups Include Warren Central, Center Grove And Carmel
INDIANAPOLIS -- Only 24 high school football teams remain in the 2018 IHSAA playoffs with the semi-state round this weekend. The Carmel Greyhounds travel to Valparaiso to face the Vikings Friday night. Bob Lovell, the host of Network Indiana's "Indiana Sports Talk", says the...
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Q: Building a C program in parallel I have a medium-size project which consists of many *.c unit files.
In a "normal" compilation exercise, the program is built from its *.o object files, which are passed as pre-requisite of the main program in the Makefile recipe. This works well for parallel builds : with make -j, all these object files are compiled in parallel, then linked together at the end. It makes the whole build experience a lot faster.
However, in other cases, the list of prerequisites is passed as a list of *.c unit files, not *.o object files. The original intention is to not build these object files, as they could pollute the cache.
Now, this could probably be done differently, but for this specific project, the Makefile is an immutable object, so it can't be updated, and we have to live with it.
In this case, using make -j is not effective, as gcc will effectively receive the full list of units directly on a single command line. Which means, make is no longer able to organize parallelism.
The only opportunity I've got left is to pass flags and parameters to make. I was trying to find one which would make gcc compile a list of units in parallel, internally. I couldn't find any. Searching around on Internet, I found conjectures stating that "since make can do parallel build, gcc doesn't need to replicate this functionality". But no solution.
So the question is : how to deal with it ?
Assuming a compilation line like gcc *.c -o final_exe, which can be altered through standard flags (CC, CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, LDFLAGS), is there any option available to make it build these units in parallel ?

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You've been filled with so many momentous occasions that I don't quite know where to begin. 2018 has been eventful to say the least. It's been one of the most challenging yet rewarding years of my life to date.


Surveyors in the 1800s did not have the ease of transport and advanced technology enjoyed by surveyors today. Not only did they have limited resources to work with, they were also mapping uncharted territory and had to fight to survive as they crossed the harsh Australian terrain.
While their work is impressive for its time, one result of these difficult conditions is the inaccurate marking of South Australia's borders.
For example, the south-eastern border is out by 3.6 kilometres. It was meant to run along the 141st meridian line of longitude which was measured by Greenwich Mean Time. However, Australia's reference point at Fort Macquarie was out by two minutes, causing the error.
There were also discrepancies in the north-eastern border after a bushfire destroyed a number of survey markers along the SA/NSW border. As a result, fences were laid 200 – 600 metres inside the NSW side. The border has moved back a bit today, however this area is still unresolved.
The corner where the Northern Territory, Queensland and South Australia meet, named after surveyor, Augustus Poeppel was placed 316 metres too far to the west due to the surveying team's measuring chain being too long. Poeppel returned later to move the marker to the correct point.
The northern edge and north-western corner of the state border also remain slightly out to this day.
South Australia's Surveyor General Michael Burdett says despite the errors, the work the early surveyors did was remarkable for their time.
"Back in the mid-1800s, the technology was a long way from where we are today," he said.
Source: 'Why South Australia's borders are anything but straight', ABC Radio Adelaide, 1 November 2017.


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Thrill of the 'Chace: Steeplechase in Art
Sep 9, 2020 - Mar 21, 2021
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First run from church steeple to church steeple in Ireland in the 1750s, steeplechasing, its early alternate spelling "steeplechacing," has developed a rich history around the globe. Jumping fences, leaping ditches, and streaking across the countryside in brightly colored silks, skilled jockeys and their mounts have won the hearts and minds of spectators and artists across centuries. Now run on courses ranging from Aintree, England to Middleburg, Virginia, the excitement and passion of this sport has been immortalized in countless pieces of art. Thrill of the 'Chace showcases paintings, sculptures, and works on paper from the National Sporting Library & Museum's permanent collection and venues from across the country.
The utmost appreciation is extended to Premier Sponsors Zohar and Lisa Ben-Dov and Mrs. Frances Massey Dulaney and Title Sponsors Marlou and John C. Gregory, Jr.; Naylor Family Foundation; Sam Slater and Lornie Forbes; Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Fenwick, Jr.; Middleburg Spring Races; Montpelier Hunt Races; and Virginia Fall Races.
"THRILL OF THE 'CHACE: STEEPLECHASE IN ART" from Washington Winter Show on Vimeo.
Franklin Brooke Voss (American, 1880-1953)
Alligator, 1929
oil on canvas, 28 x 36 inches
National Sporting Library & Museum, Gift of the children of Peter Winants, Sr. (July 31, 2009)
Open Sep 9, 2020 - Mar 21, 2021
Thrill of the 'Chace: Steeplechase in Art, catalog


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Oshkosh Corp. and the U.S. government filed court papers last week requesting a federal judge to not grant Lockheed Martin a motion that would stop work on the multibillion-dollar Joint Light Tactical Vehicle contract.
Lockheed Martin believes its proposal for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program was unfairly evaluated by the Army in the category of reliability, according to redacted court documents.
The Army and General Motors are debuting a modified Chevrolet Colorado truck featuring hydrogen fuel cells as its propulsion system, the company announced last week.
Michigan state lawmakers are asking Congress and the Army to speed up funding for upgrades to the humvee fleet, citing safety concerns stemming from rollover accidents, according to a recent petition.
Government auditors have determined the Army and Marine Corps "appropriately" addressed affordability of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, but are urging the services to take additional steps as the program progresses.
The two-year budget deal enacted last week will require the Pentagon to execute a spending plan in fiscal year 2017 that is $14.9 billion short of the amount originally sought, a decrement that will curtail desired investments to develop new "third-offset" capabilities, but not likely to disrupt acquisition plans for the portfolio of legacy big ticket weapons programs.
The Army will hold off on making any decisions about a potential humvee-upgrade program until a study of the future fleet of light tactical vehicles is completed, according to a key service official.
The proposed two-year budget would raise the statutory caps on the Pentagon's base budget by $38.2 billion in fiscal years 2016 and 2017, handing the Defense Department a short-term victory for plans to propel modernization spending toward pre-sequester levels, boosting prospects for numerous big-ticket weapons programs in fiscal year 2016.
The Marine Corps recently confirmed it would only be able to purchase seven out of the planned 109 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles under a yearlong continuing resolution, a shortfall Inside Defense first covered in a special report.
Military vehicle manufacturers are expected to showcase their offerings for an increasingly tight Army market in Washington this week, with some companies basing their demonstrators on guesstimates of what the service may want.
Congress has granted the Defense Department a modicum of budget relief, granting permission to shift $3.9 billion between accounts as part of a reallocation of previously appropriated funds, injecting more than $350 million in additional spending into weapons modernization accounts and giving the Pentagon a green light to launch three new-start projects.
Textron Systems last week announced another batch of its "Commando" vehicles is headed for the Afghan National Army, as the company keeps an eye on whatever the Army may decide to do with those humvees not being replaced by the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.
An upgrade program for the Marine Corps' fleet of humvees will compete again for funding in the service's fiscal year 2018 budget cycle, according to a program official.
Oshkosh Defense is "leaning forward" into data deliverables that are due to the government once the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle stop-work order is lifted, according to a company executive.
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Despite the loss of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle contract, AM General says it has plenty of business ahead, from upgrading U.S. military humvees to foreign and commercial sales.
Shortly after awarding a much-anticipated contract to build the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, the Army has directed winner Oshkosh to pause all work under the deal.
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With the loss of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program, the future prospects for AM General, which has been making trucks for the military for decades, appear dim, analysts say.
Oshkosh Defense and Lockheed Martin both requested Joint Light Tactical Vehicle post-award conference briefings from the Army, while AM General is reviewing the contract award and evaluating its options, according to statements provided to InsideDefense.com.


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If you are visiting South Carolina, consider signing up for a haunted tour in Charleston. Sandlapper Water Tours says Charleston is among the haunted, historical cities of America.
On a ghost tour, you are not going to meet actual ghosts (although some claim otherwise). Instead, you encounter an array of chilling stories. During the tour, the guide reveals the horror tales of the place. You learn about the superstitious beliefs of the locals and the supernatural events that may have happened there. You might also take a tour of historical places that are usually the homes of famous, long-gone people.
Hankering for an adrenaline rush? A ghost tour can satisfy your craving. This activity might send chills down your spine because the stories told by the guide are backed by historical evidence.
Ghost tours can also be interactive, as some offer ghost-hunting activities. On these interactive tours, guides will distribute special gadgets so that you can detect any paranormal activity for yourself. Exciting, isn't it?
Ghost tours are usually organized by locals because they are the best resources for recounting their town's history. When you go on a ghost tour, the frightening stories will give you a unique and interesting perspective of the place. The tour gives you a look back at the past and a glimpse of the present local culture of the place. And, perhaps, this will make you want to explore the locality, in depth. Destinations that offer a cultural experience attract more visitors, so many locales (and locals) go the extra mile to provide a truly memorable taste of local culture.
Your travel itinerary does not have to be limited to visiting postcard-perfect spots with stories the internet can provide. Trips don't happen every day, so when you are on vacation, make it unique, memorable, and educational. You may doubt it, initially, but a ghost tour can be the highlight of your adventure.


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'We are even better together'
Chancellor highlights progress in University Address
Grace Koller
Chancellor Beverly Kopper congratulates UW-W employee for 50 years of service in the Anderson Library.
Killian Jauch, News Editor
One of Chancellor Beverly Kopper's main talking points in this year's State of the University address was the restructuring of the University of Wisconsin-Rock County into a satellite campus for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Kopper said there is still work to be done, but everyone involved is excited about this opportunity.
"I remain thrilled and very excited about this restructuring," Kopper said. "We are even better together. There is no doubt in my mind that is true."
Kopper delivered the annual address Aug. 27, speaking on campus news and issues that will affect students and staff during this academic year.
In her address, the chancellor also thanked and honored individuals and donors, recognizing their contributions to UW-W.
She publicly thanked everyone in the audience who worked on the reconstruction last school year, and then recognized attendees from UW-RC and welcomed them into the Warhawk family.
Kopper touched on the Purple and White Gala event that was held April 21.
She honored all who were involved with the Gala and spoke glowingly about the keynote speaker, Jeff Glasbrenner, a UW-W alumnus. He is a multiple-time Paralympic medalist and the first American amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest, and his story has been featured on HBO and Sports Illustrated Magazine.
"He is truly an amazing individual and an amazing Warhawk," Kopper said.
UW-W is currently involved in multiple funding contracts. Kopper said the university broke fundraising records during the last academic year. It is already more than halfway to meeting its $15 million goal. She noted one donor who recently made a $1 million donation to the Warhawk Emergency Fund, which helps students in need of immediate financial assistance.
"Everytime I'm with donors and alums, they talk about the people and the relationships they've made," Kopper said. "Those that have supported them in and out of the classroom, those that have made a difference in their lives."
She shed light on a multitude of activities in accordance with the Sesquicentennial celebration, such as a trip abroad to Hong Kong to meet with alumni and an outing to Miller Park in Milwaukee for UW-Whitewater Day and Willie's Roadshow—which included a trip to Lambeau Field and a visit to former Warhawk Jake Kumerow.
This year's address also debuted the new alma mater. A contest was held to decide the new lyrics which was won by Class of 2014 alumnus Alex Baldwin. Vice Chancellor Grace Crickette led Gala attendees in singing the new alma mater.
Crickette spoke on administrative affairs, describing 50 "bold steps" they are taking, including a renewed focus on the university's biennial budget, transportation and logistics and a strong connection between both campuses in Whitewater and Janesville.
"We are re-examining the day to day, we are strengthening our resources, we are action oriented," Crickette said. "We are getting stuff done."
Although student enrollment numbers are slightly down this year, Kopper said UW-W had a record-breaking retention rate in the 2017-18 academic year. The university also had a record-breaking number of graduates.
Provost Dr. Susan Elrod noted all the work that has gone into Strategic Enrollment planning and recognized all that have been involved in the process.
Kopper discussed the university's partnership with Cisco and how it is helping UW-W better serve students with disabilities.
"I want to become a national hub and help other universities serve their students with disabilities," Kopper said. "I believe we have the knowledge and the expertise to share with others, and help others support individuals with disabilities."
After recognizing and honoring all of the people who make the UW-W campus "great," Kopper said, "It is an honor and privilege to serve as your chancellor. I thank you all for your amazing, noble work. So, let's go celebrate together and have a wonderful year."
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model_1: 98% accuracy on training set, 54% accuracy on test set.
model_2: 48% accuracy on training set, 47% accuracy on test set.
From the statistics above we can say that model_1 overfits training set.
Q1: Can we say that model_2 underfits?
Q2: Why model_1 is bad choice if it performs better than model_2 on test set?
Whether a model is over-fitting the data cannot be determined solely from false positive and false negative data on training and test runs. If the sets are too small, very little can be determined. If the sample selection method is choosing inequitably with respect to the training model, accuracy information may be misleading.
If the first run was just a matter of luck in selection, that could be determined by making multiple training runs with the first model.
Even if over-fitting is the cause of the drop in testing accuracy for the first model, that does not mean that the over-fitting model isn't none-the-less more fit that the second model. It doesn't appear to be over-fit from that one training and test run, but may be deficient in other ways. The second model may under-fit, for instance.
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Mar. 1, 2019 -- Authorities have introduced a slew of measures to clean up the world's highest peak Qomolangma, Ministry of Ecology and Environment spokesperson Liu Youbin said on Thursday.
The measures included strengthening daily inspection of the Qomolangma nature reserve, regulating the environment at tourist attractions in areas below the elevation of 5,200 meters and also a task force to regularly clean up trash left by visitors.
Other measures include offering new garbage bins, building environmentally friendly toilets and providing portable toilets for each mountaineering team, said Liu.
Liu also said the Tibet Autonomous Region's decision to ban tourism in the core area of Mount Qomolangma is in accordance with the law and an effective measure to preserve the environment.
Covering an area of around 33,800 square km including a 10,312-square km core zone, the reserve is home to one of the world's most vulnerable ecosystems.


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Health promotion interventions
Background Public sector austerity measures in many high-income countries mean that public health budgets are reducing year on year. To help inform the potential impact of these proposed disinvestments in public health, we set out to determine the return on investment (ROI) from a range of existing public health interventions.
Methods We conducted systematic searches on all relevant databases (including MEDLINE; EMBASE; CINAHL; AMED; PubMed, Cochrane and Scopus) to identify studies that calculated a ROI or cost-benefit ratio (CBR) for public health interventions in high-income countries.
Results We identified 2957 titles, and included 52 studies. The median ROI for public health interventions was 14.3 to 1, and median CBR was 8.3. The median ROI for all 29 local public health interventions was 4.1 to 1, and median CBR was 10.3. Even larger benefits were reported in 28 studies analysing nationwide public health interventions; the median ROI was 27.2, and median CBR was 17.5.
Conclusions This systematic review suggests that local and national public health interventions are highly cost-saving. Cuts to public health budgets in high income countries therefore represent a false economy, and are likely to generate billions of pounds of additional costs to health services and the wider economy.
Interventions aimed at reducing rates of falls are able to show one of the swiftest returns on investment of any of the public health interventions identified within this study, with a CBR of 20.6 returned within 18 months. Falls prevention interventions by their nature are relatively low cost, and yet their potential impact on demand management for hospital services is clearly demonstrated. Shifting investment from secondary care for the treatment of falls to primary prevention would show significant and swift returns on investment.
..... Furthermore, some are very rapid: falls prevention interventions reported substantial returns within 6–12 months. Beard J, Rowell D, Scott D, et al. Economic analysis of a community-based falls prevention program. J R Inst Public Health 2006;120:742–51.
http://jech.bmj.com/content/early/2017/03/07/jech-2016-208141


Roaring criticisms of higher education accompanied March's frigid winds that opened the month. First was an indictment of the value of a college education; next was a tawdry college admissions cheating scandal.
The latter of these criticisms is as likely to be relevant in the Sauk Valley as it would be to find a Hollywood starlet slopping hogs and birthing calves while strolling the red carpet at the Oscars.
Of course, I have received no such requests, but the point is that even the most famous of the famous receive no attention more special than we give every student at Sauk. Integrity and fairness are core values at SVCC.
This month's other criticism of higher education, unfortunately, bears more weight, even in the Sauk Valley.
Yes, student college debt is a real issue, and Sauk Valley Community College takes seriously its responsibility to offer an affordable high-quality college education. Sauk's $139 per-credit-hour tuition is less than half the tuition at most Illinois state universities, and Sauk graduates average $3,500 in debt compared to 5 times that amount for Illinois state university graduates.
Many Sauk graduates have no debt at all thanks to the college's Foundation, which provides more than $180,000 annually in scholarships, as well as state and federal grants, local scholarships, and work study.
According to research conducted by the Center for Governmental Studies at Northern Illinois University, Sauk is a great investment. A Sauk graduate can expect to earn $600,000 more over a 40-year career than a person without a college degree, providing a remarkable 20 percent annual return on the cost to earn the degree, including lost wages.
As compelling as these economic statistics are, even more compelling is the professional leverage a Sauk degree gives its graduates. During my recent visit with Laura Carbaugh's senior English classes at Sterling High School, I emphasized to the students that a college degree puts them in control of their futures. While job openings are plentiful now, good-paying jobs with exciting career paths invariably require a college degree like Sauk's 2-year technical degrees or 2-year transfer degrees.
More important, Sauk graduates are our neighbors and friends who provide an economic bedrock to our communities, who elevate our towns by embracing Sauk's values of respecting the worth and dignity of all people, and who promote education by sharing Sauk's vision of expanding access to higher education across the Sauk Valley region.
Even though March's frigid winds have abated, criticism of higher education will remain ever-present and Sauk's faculty and staff will retain their commitment to our mission of being dedicated to teaching and scholarship while engaging the community in lifelong learning, public service, and economic development.


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contactListApp.config(['$routeProvider', function($routeProvider) {
		$routeProvider.
			when('/contacts', {
				templateUrl: 'partials/contact-list.html',
				controller: 'ContactListCtrl'
			}).
			when('/contacts/:contactId', {
				templateUrl: 'partials/contact-detail.html',
				controller: 'ContactDetailCtrl'
			}).
			otherwise({
				redirectTo: '/contacts'
			});
	}]);


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DML 1/72 Su-85M Tank Destroyer Kit First Look
By Cookie Sewell
Date of Review
Su-85M Tank Destroyer
Kit Number
156 parts (138 in grey styrene, 14 etched brass, 2 DS plastic track runs, 2 twisted steel wires)
First new kit of this subject in this scale, very nicely rendered components
Relatively obscure interim vehicle
MSRP (USD)
The SU-85M is a relatively obscure vehicle, as it was fielded as an interim version between the successful SU-85 and the more powerful SU-100. In December 1943 the GKO decided to move to the more powerful 100mm D-10 gun and ordered that the new weapon be installed in a vehicle to replace the successful D-5 armed SU-85. Prototypes were built and testing was successful. But due to problems with getting the new D-10 into production, instead they converted over to producing the chassis for the new SU-100 but hastily refitted with a new mount for the older 85mm D-5. This vehicle, dubbed SU-85M, went into production from July to September 1944 when supplies of the D-10 began to reach the factory.
The SU-85M used the nearly complete hull of the SU-100 with its commander's station and cupola moved to the right to clear the bigger gun, but with a smaller "ball" mount for the smaller 85mm gun. A total of 315 were built, and they were fielded in tank destroyer units.
The DML kit is essentially that of the SU-100 kit but with a total of four new parts supplied for the 85mm D-5 gun, its mounts, and the rear of the casemate which was not quite the same as the SU-100. This includes the "slide molded" barrel with hollow muzzle.
The basic kit again provides only two sprues – one from the 1/72 scale T-34-85 kit family and a dedicated SU-100 upper hull. The lower hull is a late T-34 hull with separate "beak" edge for the bow and with the now-familiar DML "Slide Molded" wheel sets for their 1/72 scale '34s.
About half of the T-34-85 parts are not used, but the rest are the detail bits to complete the model. It comes with a choice of plastic or etched brass grilles for the rear, four new 95 liter spare fuel tanks, and twin tow cables made from twisted steel wire.
Assembly is simpler than the 1/35 scale version as the upper hull and casemate are in one piece, with only a "pulpit" to be added to the right side of the hull and the hull rear and front plates. Both are, like all DML '34 series vehicles, basically appliques over a frame molded onto the hull part.
All hatches except the engine access hatch are separate parts and may be posed either open or closed. The gun barrel is styrene but is "slide molded" with a hollow bore.
Etched brass parts consist of the aforementioned grilles, the internal air louvers for the radiator exhaust grille, and some smaller fittings.
The kit offers three finishing options: Unidentified unit, Eastern Front 1945 (white 119 with "gunsight" insignia on 4BO green); Unidentified unit, Poland 1945 (black 281 on whitewash); and Unidentified unit, Bohemia 1945 (white F2 on 4BO green). The decals are from Cartograf and it is a "targeted" sheet with just those markings on it.
Overall it is a good effort and fills in the "blanks" in the lineup nicely. DML now only needs the early war SU-122 and the original SU-85 to complete the series.
Thanks to DML for the review sample.
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Iniziò la sua carriera a Ferrara, dove arrivò nel 1430. Figlio di Uberto Decembrio, primo traduttore della Repubblica di Platone, e trascurato dai suoi contemporanei per via del fratello Pier Candido, Angelo è noto soprattutto per i sette libri del dialogo De politiæ litterariæ (1540), che offre un vivido scorcio della vita letteraria presso la corte di Leonello d'Este di Ferrara. Focalizzato sull'illustrazione del comportamento di un letterato presso la corte regia, prende come personae il suo patrono Leonello d'Este, che funge da interrogatore; il grande maestro Guarino veronese, ex tutore di Leonello; l'architetto, teorico e umanista Leon Battista Alberti; il poeta Tito Vespasiano Strozzi. Essi comparano la poesia antica con quella moderna, le opere d'arte, esaminano l'obelisco egiziano presente nella Città del Vaticano in piazza San Pietro, e descrivono la struttura di un'ideale libreria rinascimentale.

Diede anche giudizi netti, su letterati alla Corte di Leonello d'Este, in particolare fu caustico con Ugolino Pisani - autore di uno scherzo carnevalesco erudito, in latino, dal titolo De coquinaria confabulatione, ovvero Repetitio egregii Zanini coqui - asserendo che Ugolino era stultus ed insanusː gli diede il soprannome di Ceropithecus litteratus (una scimmia letterata).

Due esemplari manoscritti della Politia litteraria erano conservati nella Biblioteca vaticana; dal momento che uno fu rubato e andò perduto, venne stampata l'edizione del 1540; l'altro è rimasto in Vaticano.

Dopo la morte improvvisa di Leonello (1450), Angelo cercò patrocinio altrove, spostandosi prima a Barcellona, poi alla corte napoletana di Alfonso V d'Aragona, dove c'era anche suo fratello, e infine ritornò a Barcellona dopo la morte di Alfonso nel 1458, su richiesta di Carlo di Viana. Durante il viaggio di ritorno a Ferrara, fu derubato da uomini che lavoravano per Jacques d'Armagnac, denunciando la sua perdita a Borso d'Este, fratello di Leonello e patrono della cultura umanistica

Nel 1467, gli fu offerta la cattedra di Greco all'Università di Perugia, ma non si sa se l'avesse accettata, dopodiché non ci furono più sue notizie.

Note

Bibliografia

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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Crenicichla tuca es una especie de pez cíclido de agua dulce que integra el género Crenicichla. Habita en el centro-este de América del Sur.

Taxonomía

Crenicichla tuca fue descrita para la ciencia en el año 2015, por los ictiólogos Lubomír Piálek, Klára Dragová, Jorge Casciotta, Adriana Almirón y Oldřich Říčan.

 Localidad tipo

La localidad tipo referida es: "arroyo Deseado, cuenca baja del río Iguazú (aguas arriba de las cataratas homónimas), en las coordenadas: , provincia de Misiones, Argentina".

 Holotipo

El ejemplar holotipo designado es el catalogado como: MLP 10818 (ex MACNict 9522), DNA165. Es un macho adulto el cual midió 150,3 mm de longitud. Fue colectado en mayo de 2010 por Piálek y otros.

 Etimología

Etimológicamente el epíteto específico tuca es un término del idioma guaraní el cual es empleado para identificar al tucán (Ramphastos) haciendo así referencia a la forma sobredimensionada de los labios de este pez, la cual se asemeja al pico de aquella ave.

Características

C. tuca es una especie solitaria, de boca grande, provista de gruesos labios hipertrofiados, con hábito trófico especializado del tipo explorador/ excavador de cavidades.

Distribución geográfica

Esta especie es un endemismo de la cuenca baja del río Iguazú superior (aguas arriba de las cataratas del Iguazú), curso fluvial el cual es un afluente del río Paraná, principal colector de la cuenca del Plata. Vive fundamentalmente en el canal principal del río, así como también en sus grandes afluentes (el río Deseado y el río San Antonio) pero está ausente de los pequeños afluentes del Iguazú, especialmente de aquellos que no poseen fondos rocosos.

Se distribuye en el extremo noreste de la Argentina, específicamente en los departamentos de Iguazú y General Belgrano del norte de la provincia de Misiones. También habita aguas arriba, ya en territorio correspondiente al sector sudoeste del estado de Paraná, en el sudeste de Brasil.

 Adscripción ecorregional

Es exclusiva de la ecorregión de agua dulce Iguazú, la cual posee una notable singularidad íctica, con alrededor del 70 % de endemismos entre el total de los componentes que integran la cuenca (unas 107 especies de peces).

 Especies simpátricas

En el tramo inferior del río Iguazú superior Crenicichla tuca es simpátrica con otras especies del género Crenicichla las que son C. lepidota y las endémicas: C. iguassuensis, C. tesay y C. tapii. Todas ellas representan distintos ecomorfos y difieren notablemente en la morfología de la cabeza, de los dientes y en la forma en que explotan los nichos ecológicos.

Referencias

Animales descritos en 2015
tuca
Peces de la cuenca del río Iguazú


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module Pione
  module Location
    class DataLocation < BasicLocation
      location_type :data

      KNOWN_ATTRS = [:need_caching, :real_appendable, :writable]

      class << self
        # @return [String]
        #   location's scheme name
        attr_reader :scheme

        # Declare the name as location scheme.
        #
        # @param name [String]
        #   scheme name
        def set_scheme(name)
          @scheme = name
          SCHEMES[name] = self
        end

        # Define a location's attribute.
        #
        # - need_caching : whether the location needs to be cached or not
        # - real_appendable : whether the location can appendable or not
        # - writable : whether the location is writable or not
        def define(name, val)
          if DataLocation::KNOWN_ATTRS.include?(name)
            (@attr ||= Hash.new)[name] = val
          else
            raise ArgumentError.new(name)
          end
        end

        # Return true if the location needs caching.
        def need_caching?
          @attr[:need_caching]
        end

        def real_appendable?
          @attr[:real_appendable]
        end

        def writable?
          @writable
        end
      end

      forward! :class, :scheme, :real_appendable?, :writable?, :need_caching?
      forward :@uri, :host

      # @return [URI]
      #   URI of the location
      attr_reader :uri

      # @return [Pathname]
      #   path of the location
      attr_reader :path

      # Create a location with the URI.
      #
      # @param uri [URI]
      #   location URI
      def initialize(uri)
        @address = uri.to_s
        @uri = uri.kind_of?(URI::Generic) ? uri : URI.parse(uri)
        @path = Pathname.new(uri.path)
        raise ArgumentError.new(uri) unless @uri.scheme = scheme
      end

      # Copy the content to temporary local location and return the location. If
      # the scheme is local, return itself.
      def local
        if scheme == "local"
          self
        else
          Location[Temppath.create].tap {|tmp| copy(tmp) if exist?}
        end
      end

      # Return true if scheme of the location is local.
      def local?
        scheme == "local"
      end

      # Create new location appended the name.
      #
      # @param name [String]
      #   filename or directory name
      # @return [BasicLocation]
      #   new location
      def +(name)
        self.class.new(@uri.as_directory + name.to_s)
      end

      # Create new location that has URI as a directory.
      #
      # @return [BasicLocation]
      #   new location
      def as_directory
        self.class.new(@uri.as_directory)
      end

      # Return the basename of the location.
      #
      # @param suffix [String]
      #   suffix name
      # @return [String]
      #   basename
      def basename(suffix="")
        File.basename(@path, suffix)
      end

      # Return the extension name of location.
      #
      # @return
      #    the extension name of location
      def extname
        File.extname(basename)
      end

      # Return the dirname of location. This method returns it as a location.
      def dirname
        rebuild(@path.dirname).as_directory
      end

      # Rebuild location with the path.
      #
      # @param path [Pathname]
      #   new path
      # @return [Location]
      #   location with new path
      def rebuild(path)
        scheme = @uri.scheme
        auth = @uri.user and @uri.password ? "%s:%s@" % [@uri.user, @uri.password] : ""
        host = @uri.host
        port = @uri.port ? ":%i" % @uri.port : ""
        path = path.expand_path("/").to_s
        Location["%s://%s%s%s%s" % [scheme, auth, host, port, path]]
      end

      # Return true if the location is cached.
      #
      # @return [Boolean]
      #   true if the location is cached
      def cached?
        System::FileCache.cached?(self)
      end

      # Write a data into the location.
      #
      # @param data [String]
      #   data content
      # @return [void]
      def write(data)
        if exist?
          update(data)
        else
          create(data)
        end
      end

      # Creates a file at the location. If a file exists at the location aleady,
      # it raises an exception.
      #
      # @param data [String]
      #   data content
      # @return [void]
      def create(data)
        raise NotImplementedError
      end

      # Append data to the location data.
      #
      # @param data [String]
      #   data content
      # @return [void]
      def append(data)
        if real_appendable?
          raise NotImplmentedError
        else
          _local = local
          _local.append(data)
          _local.copy(self)
        end
      end

      # Read location data.
      #
      # @return [String]
      #   data content
      def read
        raise NotImplementedError
      end

      # Update with the data.
      #
      # @param data [String]
      #   new data content
      # @return [void]
      def update(data)
        raise NotImplementedError
      end

      # Delete data of the location.
      #
      # @return [void]
      def delete
        raise NotImplementedError
      end

      # Return ctime of the location.
      #
      # @return [Time]
      #   ctime
      def ctime
        raise NotImplementedError
      end

      # Return mtime of the location.
      #
      # @return [Time]
      #   mtime
      def mtime
        raise NotImplementedError
      end

      # Set mtime of the location.
      #
      # @return [void]
      def mtime=(time)
        raise NotImplementedError
      end

      # Return byte size of data in the location.
      #
      # @return [Integer]
      #   byte size of data
      def size
        raise NotImplementedError
      end

      # Return entries of the location.
      #
      # @return [Array<Location>]
      #   entries of the location
      def entries(&b)
        raise NotImplementedError
      end

      # Return relative entries of the location.
      #
      # @return [Array<String>]
      #   entries of the location
      def rel_entries(option)
        raise NotImplementedError
      end

      # Return file entries of the location.
      #
      # @return [Array<Location>]
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These days, more and more people are expressing interest in the cultivation of a healthy, long-lasting relationship with their significant other. Oftentimes, developing the ability to communicate effectively is presented as one of the most effective ways to deepen one's relationship with a spouse or significant other. Yet there are a wide range of communication tricks an individual might have to master in order to become a more effective, supportive lover.
Indeed, becoming more effective in your communication abilities can involve a wide range of things, some of which include listening carefully, demonstrating more empathy, avoiding the tendency to be critical, and learning how to remain present and actively involved in conversations that may make you uncomfortable. Which aspect of communication is most important?
If you're serious about cultivating a progressive, positive relationship with your significant other, you should know that many psychologists view communication as the central factor that will put the process in motion. Moreover, it's important that you recognize that how you respond to your partner's good news can be the deciding factor that contributes to the strengthening of your romantic relationship.


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Scammers Plead Guilty To Taking Amazon for $1 Million
They scammed their way into over $1 million worth of electronics from the site. Now they're going to jail.
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A married couple's million-dollar Amazon scam has officially come to a close with their pleading guilty to federal mail fraud and money laundering charges.
Erin and Leah Finan, both 38, ran a variety of scams in the Muncie-Anderson area of Indiana where they lived. These ran the gamut from bounced checks to stealing high-end rental softball equipment and selling it on Facebook groups for parents of children. But the most successful of these appears to have been one taking advantage of Amazon's return policies on electronics.
Between 2014 and 2016, the Finans bought thousands of high-end electronics on the site, which has recorded stunning profits over its last 11 quarters. These items included GoPro digital cameras, Microsoft Xboxes, Samsung smartwatches, Microsoft Surface tablets, and Apple Macbooks.
Once the products came, the Finans would complain. They'd falsely claim that the electronics they ordered were damaged or not working. Taking advantage of lenient returns policy that did not always require a returned item be sent back before a replacement is issued, they would then request and receive replacements from Amazon at no charge.
The pair then sold off the items through a fence, a third party named Danijel Glumac who would sell the items below market price. It was a clever exploitation of a weakness in Amazon's established rules, though one with the requirement of a little bit of actual fraud.
In a press release, the U.S Attorney's Office says that the couple's "Amazon scheme was their 'job.' It involved placing thousands of Amazon orders, creating hundreds of false identities, retrieving their stolen goods from retail shipping stores all over Indiana, and selling them to their fence, Glumac, on a near-daily basis."
The pair stole over 2,000 items from Amazon. They made roughly $750,000 through the process.
But when Erin and Leah were given 71- and 68-month sentences, respectively, it was clear that the run was over. Glumac also pleaded guilty to making almost $500,000 from fencing and is facing 24 months of jail time.
"Consumer fraud not only unjustly enriches the perpetrator, it causes all of us to pay higher retail prices," says United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler in the press release. "To those who seek to exploit the convenience of online shopping through fraud, remember this case. You will be caught. You will be prosecuted. And you will go to federal prison for a long time."
Source: The Verge
David Grossman David Grossman is a staff writer for PopularMechanics.com.
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Sunset Camp
I recently had the opportunity to chat with Bill Muzeroll, cottage #60B. Bill has lived in Claremont all his life but spent a great deal of his almost ninety years here at Crescent Lake. You see, Bill has been spending summers at the lake since the late 1920's! That's when his father bought cottage #60 which is currently owned by Tom and Lani Sebastian. The former owner of the cottage called it "The When", but Bill's Mother suggested the more appropriate name "Sunset Camp" which is what it became.
In those days Crescent Lake was still called Cold Pond. It would take a lot longer to make the trip from Claremont to Sunset Camp than it does today. You could drive from Claremont on the Second New Hampshire Turnpike as far as Unity center. The turnpike wasn't completed beyond that point and you were forced to take back roads that would approach the lake from the west. You would then drive down a dirt road along the south shore of the lake to reach the tiny cottage near the dam.
Spending the summer on Crescent Lake back then was a simple existence. The cottages had no indoor plumbing and there was no electricity or phone service. Oil lamps were used for lighting in the evening. Limited groceries and gasoline could be bought at the store at Silver Beach. You could also buy ice for your ice box at the Silver Beach ice house.
Bill did a lot of fishing on Crescent Lake when he was young.. He and his friends would take their boat up to the west end of the lake into what Bill called "the cove" because the fishing was better up there. They'd fish with long bamboo poles and use perch bellies as bait to catch pickerel.
The north shore of the lake was pretty much undeveloped back then except for a few cottages in the cove. Bill remembers a couple of places out at the end of East Shore Road. At the very end of the road there was a place called Recreation Camp that had a large boat house with a yellow perch painted on the side.
Eventually Bill's Father sold Sunset Camp to the Ginter family. Then in the early 50's Bill and his wife Jeanette wanted to find a summer lakeside getaway. They spotted an ad in the Claremont paper for a piece of property on Crescent Lake. When they inquired, they found the property was a one acre lot next to the dam and was being offered by the Ginter family. Bill bought the property and built a cottage (60B) on the site. So once again Bill and his family were able to spend summers on the lake he knew and loved as a boy.
Larry McCluskey
Do you have photos or stories of Crescent Lake in years gone by? Please share them with us.
Email: history@crescentlakeassn.org
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John Carroll's Winkel Dubbed "Fresh Innovator" in Greater Cleveland Area
Doan Winkel, Ph.D., director of the Edward Muldoon Center for Entrepreneurship at John Carroll University, is being honored by the Cleveland Leadership Center and FreshWater Cleveland as one of six Fresh Innovators "using their grit to make Cleveland great."
Winkel's creativity, as well as his continued commitment to service, were points of emphasis that attracted FreshWater to his work. He will be honored virtually during Spark 2020: Grit to Great, the CLC's annual leadership symposium, on Thursday, Sept. 3, from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
"Winkel paired his entrepreneurial knowledge with JCU's dedication to service to head the school's Cleveland Neighborhoods Project—leveraging the resources of the JCU community to address poverty, inequality, and civic disengagement in specific Cleveland neighborhoods," said Karin Connelly Rice of FreshWater. "The initiatives engage youth to collaboratively develop solutions so they can experience ownership of the results."
In an interview with FreshWater, Winkel expanded on his leadership role in serving the community through his work at John Carroll.
"Students at John Carroll do a ton of service work," said Winkel. "They have 140,000 hours of service work throughout the community each year."
He went on to explain, "It's an opportunity to say, 'Okay, you're learning these things in the classroom. Now we have a lot of boots on the ground, let's get these ideas into action. We want to bring in more community partners and put the process together [to develop] a playbook on 'Here's how to do XYZ.'"
For more information on the Entrepreneurship Minor at John Carroll, visit the Edward M. Muldoon Center for Entrepreneurship webpage.


Baking is something I do often in the fall… AND my friends are definitely okay with that! I love to make various types of breads, pies, cookies, and cakes! As I was scrolling through Facebook the other night before bed I saw a recipe for Pumpkin Spice chocolate chip cookies and had to click it. I'm so glad I did. I've never been one for following recipes., mainly because I like making things my own so usually find a base recipe and add different ingredients or change the amounts of certain things and that's exactly what I did for these.
Y'all… these cookies are AMAZING if you like pumpkin at all. They are a different texture than regular chocolate chip cookies. They are more cakey, which I'm totally okay with. By cakey, I mean they don't really crumble or crunch. I'm sure you can modify the recipe to make them a little less cake though, if that's what you prefer. The smell is what got me. OH MY! It was heavenly.
Below is the recipe for this delightful pumpkin treat!
Preheat that oven to 375 degrees!
Grab a baking sheet and spray that baby down or don't because you have a nonstick pan and you're awesome!
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, pumpkin spice, and kosher salt.
In a large mixing bowl use a hand mixer (or if you have a kitchenaid mixer, use that!) cream together the butter and sugars (brown and granulated) until light and fluffy. Beat in pumpkin puree, egg, and vanilla extract until combined, then slowly add in flour mixture. Beat on low until no raw flour appears, then fold in chocolate chips. (I usually beat in the chocolate chips on low, I think it mixes them in better) Refrigerate dough for 15 minutes.
Scoop 1" balls onto your prepared baking sheets, about 2" apart if possible. Bake for 12 minutes until puffed up and golden around the edges.
Pour yourself some milk and indulge. You deserve it!
Let me know what you think about them and send pictures!


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On behalf of Aldrich Law Firm, Ltd. | Nov 21, 2017 | Civil Appeals
A person who is unhappy with the decision of a trial court in Nevada may decide to appeal. However, that does not necessarily mean that the case will end up before the appellate court or Supreme Court. According to the Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure,...
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People in Nevada who have paid for a lawyer for work on a civil case may think they can ask the losing party to pay for their legal fees. However, those who expect compensation will most likely be disappointed, as there are only certain circumstances in which the...
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If your legal goals were not met when you went before a Nevada district court, you may be curious about whether or not your case would be heard by the appellate or Supreme Court if you appeal. We at the Aldrich Law Firm, Ltd., are familiar with the state's...
Can a stay pending appeal help you?
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If you have been involved in a Nevada court case that resulted in a judgment against you, appealing the decision right away may not be enough to prevent you from the financial cost the outcome requires. According to the Nevada statutes, you may be able to file a...
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When another person takes you to court claiming that your negligence led to his or her injury, the plaintiff has the burden of proof in a Nevada district court. However, as the defendant, you must also have convincing evidence on your side. If the judge...
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Each state has its own court system that operates according to state laws as well as federal, and within certain limits, these may be unique. Nevada is no different in imposing its own rules and regulations, particularly when it comes to appeals. In fact, according to...
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REPORTS: The Bernard Shakey Film Retrospective: Neil Young on Screen
Neil Young at The Bernard Shakey Film Retrospective, IFC Center, New York City
Photo by Harold Lepidus
Last week, the IFC Center in New York City hosted the The Bernard Shakey Film Retrospective: Neil Young on Screen .
From Examiner by Harold Lepidus:
Last night, Neil Young made a few appearances at the IFC Center in Greenwich Village. The theater has been hosting a week long Bernard Shakey movie retrospective, ending tonight. Shakey is, of course, Young's nom de cinema.
A late addition Wednesday night was a screening of the work-in-progress film, "The Monsanto Years," which is also rumored to be the title of his new album. After tickets for a 11:20 p.m. screening, introduced by Young, sold quickly, another 11:45 showing on a neighboring screen, also with Young, was added. This was after a Q & A session with Young at the end of the 9:30 screening of his film "Muddy Track."
"The Monsanto Years" is a one hour film, based around all new songs, with little bits inserted in between. I jotted down the song titles in the dark during the screening, so a few- listed below - might not be accurate. The titles were changed and added on the marquee outside of a movie theater before each song, by two people dressed in yellow Devo-esque hazmat suits. The theater itself was the "Teatro," the name of a Willie Nelson album produced by Daniel Lanois, both closely associated with Young. The band that played on the album with Young, Promise of the Real, features two of Nelson's sons.
Here's the track list for "The Monsanto Years," as far as I can tell:
A ROCK STAR BUCKS COFFEE SHOP (?)
RULES OF CHANGE
MONSANTO YEARS
A NEW DAY FOR LOVE
PEOPLE WANT 2 HEAR ABOUT LOVE
IF I DON'T KNOW
The movie/album is similar in tone to "Living With War" and "Fork in the Road": Immediate, angry, politically charged songs, mostly drenched in trademarked, equine garage grunge. I'll try to expand on what I saw in a future article, but here are a few highlights:
Young sings about Monsanto, critically and repeatedly, on a few songs. Safeway and Starbucks also receive tongue lashings.
The song "Monsanto Years" is over seven minutes long.
Young plays electric guitar on all songs except "Wolf Moon," which features Neil on acoustic guitar and harmonica.
After members of the band quoted some avant garde Beatles moments from "Revolution 9" and the inner groove of "Sgt. Pepper," following "People Want 2 Hear About Love," the next song "If I Don't Know" has a feel similar to "Dear Prudence."
More on "Detailed notes on Neil Young's work-in-progress, 'Monsanto Years' (Part one)" and "Detailed notes on Neil Young's work-in-progress, 'Monsanto Years' (Part two)"
Neil Young & Jim Jarmusch: Muddy Track Q&A
Here is a clip of Neil Young introducing the rough cut of his latest film The Monsanto Years on April 22, 2015.
From official Neil Young | Facebook:
The Monsanto Years are here and we are living them. Monsanto is the poster-child for what is wrong with corporate controlled government in our world. Our upcoming record, "The Monsanto Years", encompasses several associated subjects that millions of people world - wide are concerned about and active in.
No One Owns the Sacred Seed
GMOs & Toxic Farming*: dangers of GMO pesticides killing bees and other critical life forms by being bred into seeds, making food poisonous, how the main function of Monsanto and some other GMO products is to create plants that can endure more pesticides, the dangers of pesticides, how GMO & industrial agriculture squanders water, how unsustainable farming intensifies climate change, how GMO & pesticides are linked to Autism, Cancer & many more health problems, the crime of patenting genes & controlling the global seed supply, butterflies, birds, soil life, and more.
The Worldwide Solution to Climate Change
Sustainable Agriculture*: How organic farming practices conserve water, especially compared to Corporate Agriculture, rebuilding topsoil, protecting heirloom seeds, farmers markets, 'Carbon Farming' for sequestering co2, 'Green transportation', solar & wind power, stopping Tar-Sands, Fracking & Mountain Top Removal, Ending the Age of Fossil Fuel.
Separation of Corporation and State
Corporate Justice*: The Trans Pacific Partnership, Citizens United, corporate accountability, Government
subsidizing of Big Ag, Big oil & Big chemical companies, civil rights laws &
living wages.
The Age of Extinction
Protect Life on Earth*: extreme extinction rates, protecting forest &
ocean biodiversity, protecting national wilderness areas & indigenous sacred lands.
Corporate Media and the Disinformation Trends
News You Can Trust*: displaying magazines, journals & websites that
provide reliable news about these issues, which FOX News and many national newspapers ignore or deny.
World-Wide Water shortages.
Water & Drought*: How Chemical and GMO based Agriculture used by multi national corporations is wasting and poisoning billions of gallons of Earth's precious water, the crime of privatizing water, the western US drought crisis, bottled water scams, using better water conservation techniques.
Going Local*: Urban farming, supporting regional family farms,
supporting local businesses, protecting regional wilderness.
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At 4/26/2015 08:48:00 PM, Unknown said...
I was wrong. At the start of the year I predicted this would be a great year in NY music. Incredibly this will be another Groundhog Day year. Same year after year of a legend railing against something.
Better luck next year Timothy.
Sounds like Neil's singing songs just for you this year...
"People want to hear songs of love
People want to hear about love
Don't talk about the Chevron millions going to the pipeline politicians
Don't talk about the beautiful fish in the deep blue sea, dyin'
People want to hear about love now
If it will make them feel all right…
People want to hear
Don't talk about the corporations hijacking all your rights
Don't mention world poverty talk about global love
Don't say to Citizens United (unintelligible) democracy
Don't say pesticides are causing autistic children
Don't say people don't vote because they
Don't trust the candidates
People want to hear about love"
See on the rail this summer.
At 4/27/2015 07:57:00 AM, Dan1 said...
Chipotle to Stop Serving Genetically Altered Food
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At 4/27/2015 09:11:00 AM, Harold Lepidus said...
Attn "Unknown" (if that is your real name) ... Everyone can have an opinion ... If you want to just chill while listening to Neil, that's your prerogative ... For me, I enjoy the journey. Neil's putting out albums one after another, both new and old. I'm glad he's still around, feeling inspired to release music, books, and movies he cares about. Time's running out on all of us. One day he will be gone, and he'll be missed. I'm just enjoyng the ride. No need for negative comments. Just put on some old Neil and chill out, if you want. I love that he's passionate, something sadly lacking in most music these Simon Cowell influenced days.
PS Just the announcement that Neil has an anti-Monsanto album has generated lots of publicity. Maybe that will open the eyes of people unaware of Monsanto's policies. That's something to admire.
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Iranian Christian jailed for her faith is charged once again
Roksari Kanbari, an Iranian Christian convert from Islam, who has already served time in prison for "propaganda against the regime", has been summoned to answer the same charge again.
The 64-year-old has been ordered to appear before a prosecutor in her home town of Karaj by 19 January for what Roksari previously described as "the crime of believing in Jesus Christ".
A family friend said Roksari is still recovering from the trauma of her imprisonment in October 2019 and intensive interrogations by Iranian intelligence officers. She served four months of a one-year sentence before being released in March 2020 as part of measures by the prison system to halt the spread of Covid.
Roksari is especially concerned at the prospect of a further jail sentence because she is the primary carer for her 71-year-old husband Fathalli, who is in poor health. During her previous imprisonment he was once found unconscious having not eaten for two days.
Following her release from jail, Roksari was forced to attend "re-education" classes with an Islamic cleric for several weeks, and ordered to read Islamic books on which she was later tested.
Authorities also banned her from having further contact with any Christians. Meanwhile her Christian friends from Iran's Assyrian community, who are permitted by the authorities to worship in their own language, were banned from spending time with her.
Roksari's case came to international attention in August 2019 when the former US Vice President Mike Pence tweeted that he was "appalled" to learn she was to be jailed "for exercising her freedom to worship".
The Iranian government appears to have a strategy of harassing converts (and other non-recognised religious groups) in order to get them to emigrate or return to Islam. It is a common tactic of the authorities to release and arrest converts continually, in order to exhaust them psychologically, frighten them and push them to make one of two decisions: to confess and return to Islam or to flee the country.
In November 2021 a judge in the Iranian city of Dezful issued a significant decision when he acquitted eight Christian converts of "propaganda activities in favour of anti-regime groups", ruling that "religious conversion" is not criminalised in Iran's Islamic Penal Code.
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InfraReDx of Burlington, Mass received European CE Mark approval for its LipiScan IVUS Coronary Imaging System. Utilizing a catheter that does both ultrasound and near-infrared spectroscopy, LipiScan can be used to image the vessel lumen for plaques during angioplasty and post stenting to check how the implant is performing.
In a single catheter pullback, the LipiScan IVUS provides physicians with a traditional IVUS image that clearly displays key structural parameters of the lesion, including its location, length, and degree of stenosis, in addition to confirming proper stent placement. At the same time, the system performs spectroscopic analysis of optical data to produce a Chemogram™ map that indicates the location of lipid core plaques and quantifies their lipid core burden. Integrating and co-registering the Chemogram with IVUS provides critical information to interventional cardiologists during the cardiac catheterization procedure.


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Give Datuk Rizalman a chance to defend himself, says Minister of Defence
By ZIININE A.S on April 5, 2018
Minister of Defence, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein – [Pic Mindef]
Kuala Lumpur: On a question regarding Bandar Tun Razak Umno Division Chief Rizalman Mokhtar who was detained for drug positive in his urine test recently, Minister of Defence, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said he hopes that no party will make any allegation against him until he has been investigated and judged by the court.
"We do not want the media or members of the public to punish him with negative perceptions but instead give him a chance to defend himself.
"I hope no party will take opportunity on this case," he said when asked about Rizalman's case yesterday during the presentation of Best Service Awards (APC) and Medals for Services and Best Character (PPT) to MAF and Mindef staff at the Auditorium, Wisma Pertahanan.
As Vice President of Umno, he said, according to Umno rules, "any member found guilty of an offence will face the judgement according to the law."
Rizalman Mokhtar admitted he was arrested during a police raid at a karaoke centre in Kuala Lumpur, after allegedly testing positive for drugs.
However, he denied he used drugs. He said he was only having coffee at the nightclub.
He also claims that the operation was only a ploy to attack his reputation.
"If the reports saying that I am positive are right, I am sure it is a set-up to tarnish my good name," he said during a press conference on Wednesday (April 4).
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