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Manotick Messenger editorial: Ontario wind power program a "black hole"
Posted in Industrial wind turbines, Marlborough wind project, noise wind turbines, North Gower Wind Action Group, Wind mills North Gower, wind mills Richmond, tagged Arnow wind project, cost-benefit wind power, Dalton McGuinty, Don Drummond, Industrial wind turbines, Jeff Morris, Kincardine wind power, Manotick Messenger, Ontario Auditor-General, Ontario Conservative party, wind mills Ottawa, wind power Ontario, wind turbines Ottawa, Wolfe Island wind power on April 6, 2012| 1 Comment »
Word is getting around: the very successful branding of wind power by the global wind power development industry as "clean" and "green" and "good" is finally giving over to some common sense.
Industrial-scale wind power is not good for the environment, it doesn't save lives (if Ontario wanted to turn off its remaining coal plants because they are killing people, it could. Right now. Today.) and it is a job killer, not a job creator.
This week's Manotick Messenger editorial by Jeff Morris puts Ontario's push for wind power in the context of Ontario's financial picture. "Aside from basic mismanagement," Morris writes, "one of the black holes of tax money is the government's wind energy program.
"As one Conservative politician told us this week, the wind energy situation is 'like the government paying $100 for a loaf of bread, and buying unlimited loaves of bread, then turning around and boasting about how many bakery jobs they have created.'
"Simply put," Morris concludes, "wind energy was a good idea, but it doesn't work. It's impractical. It's too expensive. People don't want it. Nobody can afford it."
In our view, wind power (the wind itself is the energy which can be converted into power) at this scale was never a good idea: smaller scale applications work fine, but the colossal wind turbines at 400+ feet (what's proposed for Ottawa is 600+ feet) are overkill, and do not belong in populated areas.
Mr Morris bemoans the state of Ontario's finances but then says he doesn't want an election. How are we going to get out of this mess if the McGuinty Liberals aren't taught the only lesson they will ever understand? Total defeat at the polls.
Because the chances of them looking realistically at what they've done, and heeding the advice of Ontario's own Auditor General and consultant Don Drummond, and deciding, Hey, we made a mistake, folks, sorry! are very very slim.
It is time for an election. Ontario simply cannot continue its downward slide under this government.
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P.S. We are often asked if the wind power generation project planned for the North Gower/Richmond area of Ottawa will affect Manotick. Yes. At 626 feet or 190 meters with flashing red lights, the wind power factory will certainly be visible from a great distance. Health effects are being observed due to the environmental noise the machines produce at distances as great as 5 km. And bear in mind, the 8-10 turbines proposed would be just the start. Wolfe Island was supposed to be 20, it's now 86; Kincardine's Arnow projects was 40, it's now 90; Shelburne was supposed to be a few dozen, they now have over 100 with dozens more proposed.
Wolfe Island: one of most dangerous in North America for birds
Posted in health effects wind turbines, Industrial wind turbines, moratorium wind turbines, noise wind turbines, North Gower Wind Action Group, Wind mills North Gower, wind mills Richmond, tagged cost-benefit wind power, Green Energy Act, health effects wind turbines, Ontario government, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Transalta, wind mills and bats, wind mills and birds, Wolfe Island, Wolfe Island and bird kills, Wolfe Island IBA, Wolfe Island important bird area, Wolfe Island wind power on July 28, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Here is a posting from Nature Canada's blog on the recently reported bird and bat kills at Wolfe Island, as a result of the 86-turbine industrial wind project.
How Ontario can claim this is all for the environment and that they're doing everything possible to protect people and wildlife is incredible.
http://naturecanadablog.blogspot.com/2011/07/wolfe-island-wind-farm-still-one-of.html
Wolfe Island Wind Farm Still one of most Dangerous for Birds, Bats
Tree Swallow via Marshall Segal on Flickr
TransAlta has just released its fourth Report on bird and bat monitoring from its Wolfe Island wind plant located on the west side of Wolfe Island, near Kingston Ontario.
The report affirms that TransAlta's Wolfe Island Wind Energy plant is one of the most destructive for birds and bats in North America.
Easily visible from the Kingston waterfront, the 86 turbines continue to kill large numbers of birds and bats. Most of the casualties described in the report are the same species reported in the three previous TransAlta studies of bird and bat deaths at their Wolfe Island plant, with Tree Swallow and Purple Martin at the top of the list, and including Bobolink and Barn Swallow, both listed as Threatened by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).
All of the Ontario swallow species listed in the report are suffering long-term population declines, which makes the unforeseen impacts of the wind energy plant on wildlife all the more troubling. Only two raptors casualties were reported, which may be more a reflection of reduced search efforts in this period, although winter raptor surveys on the island revealed higher numbers of several species compared with the previous year, in particular, Rough-legged Hawk and Short-eared Owl. However, raptors do not appear to be using the habitat on which the wind plant in the north-west corner of the island is situated, and where the turbine density is highest. Three migratory species of bats, including Hoary, Eastern Red, and Silver-haired, comprised the balance of the bat casualties. Unlike birds, which are struck by the fast spinning tips of the turbine blades, bats are killed due to "barotrauma," a condition caused by the sudden change of pressure around the blades that result in damage to their lungs.
The report presents the findings of monitoring programs that began in June 2009, which will produce reports approximately every 6 months over the first three years of the wind plant's operations. The current report represents the third six-month period of monitoring. (The first Report was for a two-month period). Several aspects of the plant's impact on birds and bats are monitored, including casualty rates of birds and bats, displacement of waterfowl and distribution and behaviour of raptors.
The results of the report reinforce the significance for birds and bats of the open scrubland habitat on the offshore islands at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, and onshore alvar habitats such as those found on Ostrander Point in Prince Edward County or Amherst Island. Wind energy plants, transmission towers, and other types of developments that put birds and bats at high risk should be excluded from these significant areas. All of Wolfe Island and a portion of its surrounding waters were recognized as a globally significant Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International's Canadian partners, Nature Canada and Bird Studies Canada.
Taken together, the reports show that TransAlta's Wolfe Island Wind Energy plant has one of the highest annual rates of casualties, reporting 16.5 birds per turbine and 43.7 bats per turbine, based on the 6 month study period from July 1 to December 31, 2010. Over a year, this would amount to approximately 1,500 birds and about 3,800 bats. Only one wind plant of the 45 reported on in a landmark 2010 study cited in the TransAlta Report by the US National Wind Coordinating Committee killed more birds per turbine. That plant, the Buffalo Mountain Wind Farm in Tennessee, which is consisted of only three .66 MW turbines at the time of the study, and so makes for a poor comparison. Most wind energy projects have much lower casualty rates for birds and bats.
It is also becoming clear that the July to September period (when the Swallows congregate and the bats migrate) is the most devastating for birds and bats. In my view, it is time that TransAlta implement serious mitigation, and turn off the turbines during this high risk period. This would save the lives of hundreds, if not thousands of birds and bats.
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Objects of Dissection
Michael Mills December 27, 2001 4:00AM
Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it.
Jasper Johns uttered that famously to-the-point statement of aesthetics, but it could just as easily apply to the work of French-born artist Arman, who's the subject of the sweeping retrospective "Arman: The Passage of Objects," now at the Boca Raton Museum of Art.
Arman's objects of choice are varied: musical instruments, coffee pots, chairs, spoons, paint tubes, bicycles. And his techniques for dealing with these objects are equally diverse. In some cases, he simply accumulates large quantities of particular items. Sometimes, he slices the objects into pieces. Other times, he smashes or burns them or fires paint at them. And for some pieces, he makes use of various combinations of these techniques.
Near the beginning of the show, which includes more than a hundred works, we see the sometimes astonishing processes to which the artist subjects musical instruments. Concert for Four Pianos (1998), for example, consists of a series of four baby-grand pianos. The first is whole, the second has been cut in half, the third is in quarters, and the fourth is reduced to eight segments.
For Violoncello Brûlé (1969), Arman has burned and smashed a cello almost beyond recognition, then embedded the fragments in a large, freestanding slab of plexiglass. The Big Sax (1976) consists of more than a dozen saxophones that have been soldered together in one big cluster. And for The Three Crosses (1983), fragmented, burnt cello parts have been affixed to a large wooden panel; you can actually catch a faint whiff of the charred wood from across the gallery.
It's vaguely disturbing to see such normally revered objects -- symbols of Western culture -- treated with such violence, which is part of the point. Arman is disrupting our usual relationship with the instruments and making us see them in other ways, especially as pure form. In the show's catalog, he refers to some of these pieces as the colère, or tantrum, series, although he also insists: "I was never really angry when smashing an object. It was more like a judo move than an enraged outburst."
Gallery after gallery showcases the seemingly endless inventiveness Arman applies to his objects. Things are taken apart and immersed in cement or embedded in blocks of industrial plastic. Metal items are soldered together into imposing chunks. A bronze sculpture of a man is dissected, then merged with a variety of faucets and shower heads and hoses. An ordinary metal garbage can is sealed, its contents intact, with a layer of transparent plastic. Eighty identical coffee pots are displayed in a metal case. A double bass is taken apart and reconfigured as an armchair.
For his Atlantis series, Arman piles bronze objects together and corrodes their surfaces to make them look as if they've survived thousands of years submerged in the ocean. Octopus (1990) is a pile of such artificially aged telephones. Total Abandon (1991) is a pair of intertwined bronze armchairs that look like something retrieved from the Titanic.
One of Arman's most unusual techniques is to arrange objects in what he calls cascades. A 1995 piece called Slow Motion creates a sense of movement by taking 11 identical bicycles and bolting them together, so that they seem to spill from the wall and onto the floor. More Cinderellas (1997) applies the same technique to silvery, open-toed women's shoes, which form a gaudy fake waterfall from wall to floor.
After a while, I began to weary of some of Arman's accumulations. Some, such as Bouquet Travailleur (Worker's Memorial) (1966), which is a block of synthetic marble filled with pliers, are just plain ugly. Others force the punch lines of their jokes, such as the cross-sectioned refrigerator stuffed with shopping carts that makes up Du Producteur au Consommateur (From the Supermarket) (1997).
Interspersed throughout the exhibition, however, are a handful of pieces that are startling reminders of Arman's originality. They're from the artist's nec mergitur, or "don't sink," series. These wall-mounted panels are painted in drab, muddy colors, and the objects attached to them -- a bicycle, a piece of luggage, an upright vacuum cleaner, a chair, and, in the most dramatic case, an upright piano -- are covered in the same pigment.
What makes these works so striking, however, is the illusion that the objects are half in and half out of the panels they occupy: They appear to be simultaneously emerging from and receding into the background. It's almost as if they've been frozen in transit through some sort of time/space warp, left trapped between dimensions.
Like Marcel Duchamp and Kurt Schwitters before him, Arman asks us to reconsider the ordinary objects that surround us in our everyday lives. He wants us to look at how our relationships with such objects change when the objects are removed from their usual contexts and repositioned as art -- when the artist, as Schwitters put it, creates "art from nonart."
"Arman: The Passage of Objects" is such an extensive show that you may well feel exhausted by the time you've made your way through it. But don't let that stop you from checking out the Boca Museum's other current show, "Naïve Painting: From the Musée International d'Art Naïf Anatole Jakovsky."
The exhibition includes more than 70 pieces by artists from 16 countries. As the museum's executive director, George S. Bolge, points out in the catalog's introduction: "Among naïve artists, frequently, it is not a case of not knowing what is going on among artists of the mainstream, but a matter of not caring. The strength of these artists is such that the nature of their work has been determined far more by their experience of life than by the formal experiments of their sophisticated peers in other countries."
In other words, these are artists "doing their own thing," regardless of the trends and currents in the art world. Much of this work has a childlike simplicity and a strong sense of immediacy. (A lot of it reminds me of Haitian art.) A few pieces have the sophistication of more highbrow art.
The Wharf at Morlaix, by Frenchman Jules Lefranc, is an undated oil on canvas. It portrays a deserted wharf, a single large sailboat in the water, and a cluster of surrounding buildings, and the whole scene is bathed in the sort of eerie half-light we associate with the work of Giorgio de Chirico. And the 1978 oil Tropical Vegetation, by Swiss painter Giuseppe De Checchi, recalls the lush jungles of perhaps the best-known naïve painter, Henri Rousseau.
But my favorite of these naïve paintings is a piece called The Snowman (1969) by a Croatian named Josip Generalic. It's a rustic scene of a family going about its daily routine amid a wintry landscape, accented by bare trees, distant hills, and pale, puffy clouds. The subject matter suggests an updated version of one of Pieter Brueghel the Elder's similar scenes, but the broad, blocky faces of the people, including the children, are more reminiscent of some of Picasso's figures. A strange, wonderful combination indeed -- one you probably wouldn't find outside the realm of naïve art.
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Fujio Akatsuka was born in Manchuria (North East China) on 14th September, 1935.
Inspired by Osamu Tezuka's 'Lost World' while at junior high school, he decided to become a cartoonist.
1956 His first cartoon, 'Arashi wo Koete', was published in a comic for girls, He also moved into the famous 'Tokiwaso' apartment along with a number of young cartoonists who went on to greater success.
1958 The first serialization of 'Namachan' in Mangao.
1962 Serialization of 'Osomatsu-kun' in Weekly Shonen Sunday and 'Himitsu no Akko-chan' in Ribbon.
1967 Serialization of 'The Genius Bakabon' in Weekly Shonen Magagine and 'Moretsu Ataro' in Weekly Shonen Sunday
Several of these comics were later animated.
Since his debut in 1956, many other comics have gone on to great success, including the hugely popular 'Let's-la Gon' and 'Gag Guerrilla'.
1965 The 10th Shogakukan Manga Award for 'Osomatsu-kun'
1972 The 18th Bungeishunju Award for 'The Genius Bakabon'
1997 The 26th Japan Cartoonists Association Minister of Education Award
1998 Medal with Purple Ribbon
2008 August 2nd Died from pneumonia, aged 72.
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RICHARD N. HAASS is President of the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order.
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Every new U.S. administration takes several months to staff itself properly, master new and often unfamiliar responsibilities, and develop a comprehensive strategy for American foreign policy. The Trump administration's start has been especially rocky. But the administration has already executed a noticeable course shift on foreign policy and international affairs, exchanging some of its early outsider rhetoric and personnel for more conventional choices. If it can continue to elaborate and professionalize its new approach, it could achieve a number of successes. But for that to happen, the administration will have to act with considerably greater discipline and work to frame its policies toward regional and global issues as part of a coherent, strategic approach to international relations that benefits the United States, its allies and partners, and the world at large.
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President Donald Trump has properly concluded that the greatest threat to U.S. national security is North Korea's accelerating nuclear and missile programs, which may give Pyongyang the ability to launch nuclear-tipped missiles at the continental United States in a matter of months or at most years. The president also seems to have concluded, correctly, that several decades of U.S. policy, mostly consisting of sanctions and on-again, off-again negotiations aimed at ridding North Korea of nuclear weapons, have failed. The challenge now is to choose among the three plausible alternative options for moving forward: acceptance, military intervention, or more creative diplomacy. A fourth possibility, that of regime change, does not qualify as a serious option, since it is impossible to assess its chances or consequences.
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How to Promote Mobile Apps on Twitter Organically
How to Promote Mobile Apps…
Twitter Marketing Strategies
Create a Twitter page for your app
Improve your Twitter bio
Use relevant and branded hashtags
Add download links
Create a high-quality content
Use Twitter cards
Tweet images and videos
Follow your target users
Ask for reviews and ratings
Tap into your Audience Insights
Listen to your Twitter followers
Know the Twitter etiquette
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There is no doubt that mobile apps are booming these days and have generated billions in revenue.
Now, almost everyone wants to delve into mobile application development and release their app.
But the question is, how will you manage to make your app stand out from the rest of the pack?
There are 255 million users who come to a platform like Twitter to search for hot and trending.
That's why, in this post, we will talk about how you can promote your mobile app on Twitter:
Before you start, you need to create a Twitter page for your app. This includes picking a handle or username that best represents your app.
Once done, you will need to upload your profile picture. Depending on how you want your Twitter page to work for your app, you can opt for any of the following:
Your company's logo
Your mobile app's logo
You also need to upload a header photo that people will view once they visit your profile.
It is the big, banner-like photo on top of your profile where you can provide more information on your app.
After setting up your page, it's time to start building a strong following. This is the part where you need to roll up your sleeves and start putting in the effort.
It would be ideal if your Twitter page can embody your mobile app.
After uploading your header and profile photos, you need to spruce up your Twitter bio. It's that small space beneath your image and handles, wherein you can explain what your app is all about.
Here's the thing: Your Twitter bio is one of the first places that your Twitter followers will see. So it would be best to use this as an opportunity to mention what your mobile app can do.
The key here is to talk about the benefits that your app can bring. Does your app help people be extra productive? Or is it a mobile payment app connected to over 1,000 merchants in the country?
Once you're done, do not forget to add your app's download link.
Here are other ways how you can create a compelling Twitter bio:
Brief description: Use this space to tell your followers what you do. You may choose to add a short description here about your app, or products and services. You can also place here what people ought to expect when they follow your brand.
Add social proof: Place any significant award or recognition that you've received in your Twitter bio.
Include relevant keywords: Since your Twitter bio is searchable, it can be indexed by search engines like Google and Bing. Therefore, they need to be SEO optimized using relevant keywords.
Show accomplishments: If there are any relevant accomplishments that you've made, then you should also include this in your bio.
Picture perfect: Your profile picture carries the most weight when making an impression with your followers. You may have the best bio out there, but having a bad profile picture can cancel it out.
Use relevant and branded hashtags. It's because Twitter users who are actively searching for content for specific topics can come across your tweets and follow you.
If you fail to use hashtags, then your Twitter marketing may not be as effective. Ideally, look for popular keywords found in your location or niche.
The next thing that you need to do is to add downloadable links. After you've finalized the tweet that you want to publish, place the URL that includes the download links to Android and iOS.
If your site URL is too long, you need to shorten it to save space. You can use Google's free link URL shortener.
If you have a download page on your site, all you need to do is insert the website link directly to the App Store and on Google Play.
While you must create a Twitter app as some soundboard to promote your new app, chances are, you won't have success this way.
You need to come up with content that people will share and get your target users engaged.
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In fact, according to data by Nielsen, 90% listen to the recommendations of their peers, while 30% only listen to ads.
Similarly, you can also do video blog entries as they work particularly well on Twitter since people can now play a video on the platform.
With a viral video, you can quickly expand your presence on a vast social media platform like Twitter. And if you're lucky, receive thousands of downloads.
Coming up with an engaging, informative, and high-quality content will take your game to a whole new level.
Twitter cards help expand your average tweet by putting in rich content such as photos and videos on it.
These cards can also add any additional information like the description and headline in which the page is linked.
There are four types of Twitter cards:
Summary card: A card with a square thumbnail on the left side, and a description and title on the right.
Summary card with a big image: A card that has a full-width image, just right under the title and description.
App card: A card that helps drive in mobile downloads.
Player card: Showcases audios, videos, and other media right along with the title and description.
The advantage of Twitter cards is that it gives an essential preview of the content you are sharing. The best part? It doesn't take away from 280 characters that can use for your tweet.
Apart from the link to the content, it won't be usually shown on the tweet, unless you place it until the end.
Meaning, with Twitter cards, you can ensure that you're attracting the right kind of people, your target users.
Tweets that have visuals like photos and videos tend to garner retweets and engagement than those without.
That's why, if you're planning to promote your app in your tweets, then using images and videos is one of the best ways to get more eyeballs on your content.
It also helps that you come up with engaging visuals that grab the emotions of your viewers.
Coming up with photos and videos for your target users on Twitter doesn't require you to go through a complicated process or hire a team of designers.
Here are some helpful tools that you can use to create stunning visuals:
Native editing apps: You can use built-in apps that play videos on your device to trim or make necessary changes on these videos.
Twitter smartphone app: You can record videos right in the Twitter app by clicking the video icon when opening your screen and crafting a tweet. Then, hold the recording icon, and record as many clips and videos as you want, up until you hit the time limit of 140 seconds.
Canva: This is a web-based image editing tool. It comes with various templates, formats, fonts, and other useful design elements that let you create stunning images.
GIPHY: This is already built on Twitter's platform, so all you need to do is place these GIFs on your tweets. Similarly, to create a GIF out of your video, use a GIF maker.
Organic promotion on social media comes with a social media presence, including a huge social media platform like Twitter.
Once you're done creating a profile, the next thing you need to do is start following people in your industry or your target users.
The most important thing you need to remember is not to spam people by being too over promotional.
Instead, it would help if you connected with your target users in a meaningful way. You can do this by posting content or tweets that they care about and join in the conversation.
Promoting the reviews on your apps on social media encourages more downloads.
Sixty percent think that ratings and reviews are the most important things you need to consider when downloading an app.
Asking for reviews and settings allows you to feature valuable social proof that's can otherwise go unnoticed.
If you get positive feedback from a beta tester or gain an accomplishment on the app store, then take it to Twitter. Doing so is one way to drive online visibility about your mobile app.
Like with any marketing area, you can learn more by tapping into different methods and then monitoring your results. That way, you can check which ones bring you the best results.
Also, the longer and more active you are on the platform, the better you can leverage these audience analysis tools.
Such tools let you know the critical times in which your target users are most active on Twitter.
It also helps you figure out their interests, the actions they need to take, their demographics, and a lot more.
You can use these insights to help you plan out and then optimize your content on Twitter.
Tools like Twitter Analytics, Audiense, or SparkScore are useful in understanding your target users better.
Now, after collecting the data from these tools, you can do the following to build on the insights in your current Twitter marketing strategy:
Come up with a list of specific topics that you can tweet about and educate your target users.
Use tools like Hootsuite and Buffer to schedule these tweets on-peak hours of the day where your target users are mostly online.
List at least 15 accounts on Twitter that you want to connect or build a connection with.
Share relevant content from your followers or send them a direct message.
If someone has a strong opinion about your brand, then chances are, they'll share it on Twitter. This is quite true whether their opinion about you is positive or negative.
Now, a problem here could arise, especially if you don't have a system in place that will allow you to keep track of everything that's being shared.
Without proactive social listening, tweets and conversations can easily slip through the cracks. This can hurt your mobile app's reputation in the long run.
But if you know when to react and do it promptly, it will be easier to build long-term connections.
Twitter, as you know, as it's a unique way of communicating with a set of rules or etiquette.
So, if you have a new set of followers, make sure that you welcome them with a stream of engaging tweets and content.
If they love what they see, they'll indeed download your app, even retweet what you have to say.
That's why it's essential to keep the conversation flowing and use the right Twitter etiquette to answer users who ask you questions.
You can also use the platform to promote your friends, followers, and apps, which you may find interesting. Chances are, they'll appreciate it, and some will even promote you back.
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For infrastructure development, the Indian Railways on wednesday signed MoUs with Andhra Pradesh and Kerala governments for formation of joint venture companies to ensure faster implementation of rail projects in the respective states. The JV companies will have 51% stake of the respective state governments and 49% stake of the railways. It is always necessary to have partnership with state governments and we have declared it in our Rail Budget, said Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu at the MoU signing ceremony here. In view of the growing demands for railway lines in various states and huge requirement of funds to execute them, JV companies will be now responsible for identifying projects, land acquisition and possible financing in addition to government funding and also monitoring.


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Ding, dong, Ocasio-Cortez's legislative days may soon be dead
In this May 13, 2019, file photo Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks at the final event for the Road to the Green New Deal Tour at Howard University in Washington. Ocasio-Cortez says any plan to adequately address climate change would ... more >
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times - Wednesday, June 19, 2019
If polls mean anything — and generally, they don't, except as glimpses in time, but this one's too happy to ignore — then ding, dong, socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's legislative days may soon be dead.
Ice cream cones for everybody. Make that, water bottles.
How valid are the findings though?
Well: The poll was conducted by the Stop the AOC PAC. So there is that.
But then again: "51% hold an unfavorable opinion of her, while just 21% hold a favorable opinion," Newsmax reported.
So there is that, too.
Moreover, the polling field wasn't random voters, chosen from around the country — or worse, the even less telling, less accurate landline surveys that ignore large populations and demographics.
No, this survey focused on 2,200 voters in New York District 14 — the very ones she represents. And among its other findings: 33% said Ocasio-Cortez wasn't looking out for the interests of her constituents by opposing Amazon's location in the district and 33% said they were going to vote against her in 2020.
Of course, the findings are still too loosey-goosey to draw conclusions of a one-term Ocasio-Cortez.
But we can hope. We can definitely, definitely hope. Hope and remind as many as will listen: Socialists have no place in America's government. Socialists have no place in American politics. Socialists have no right to represent this democratic-republic called America.
So voting Ocasio-Cortez out is simply doing an American civic duty.
• Cheryl Chumley can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter, @ckchumley.


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On Saturday 22 September we joined with our wider wildlife community in Hyde Park to hear more about Chris Packham's new 'A People's Manifesto for Wildlife', and march to Downing Street to deliver it to the seat of Government.
Chris has mobilised the biggest peaceful wildlife protest in London in my lifetime, to highlight the terrible impact we are having on our environment, and most horrifyingly the fact that we have come to accept the new 'silent spring', as a reality. It was an incredibly moving experience to join the gentle but insistent tide of 10,000 other wildlife lovers, as we walked along the roads of central London accompanied only by the sound of nightingale, song thrush, robin and skylark, which for once took precedence over the bustle of humanity, as the traffic was stilled as we passed.
Whilst much of what was said was incredibly shocking and sad, there were some uplifting moments, and we can only hope that if we all do our bit and pull together for wildlife conservation, then the silent spring will indeed be followed by a 'raucous summer'.
It's horrifying. Depressing. Disastrous. And yet somehow we have grown to accept this as part of our lives – we've normalised the drastic destruction of our wildlife.
To our shame, we are careless with our language. We say that 'we've lost 97% of our flower rich meadows since the 1930s' or that 'we've lost 86% of the Corn Bunting population'. We speak of 'a loss of 97% of our Hedgehogs'. Loss , lost . . . as if this habitat and these species have mysteriously disappeared into the ether, as if they've accidentally vanished. But they haven't – they've been destroyed.
Our lazy, self-excusing terminology is representative of our chronic acceptance of such appalling catastrophes. We share these shocking statistics amongst ourselves like a vicious game of top trumps – to the extent that they have lost their meaning. We've forgotten that they are a death toll, that they are the dwindling voices of vanished millions, a tragic echo of a recent time of plentiful life.
It's time to wake up. We must rouse ourselves from this complacent stupor, because we are presiding over an ecological apocalypse and precipitating a mass extinction in our own backyard. But – vitally – it is not too late. here is hope we can hold to, and there is action we can take.


Society dictates many of the goals we tentatively set for our lives: go to school, get a job, start a family. But in reality, there is so much more to life than the socially mandated norms – not to mention ignoring some or all of them entirely. What about hobbies? What about travel? What about the dreams we have beyond what gets us paid and offers us a stable lifestyle? For that matter, what about the details that go into all of those goals? Many of us have goals and dreams that happen in between what is written down in history as the benchmarks for our lives.
I got the idea to create my Impossible List from College Info Geek, Thomas Frank. His Impossible List is a version of Joel Runyon's original Impossible List, which sets up an ever-growing list of goals to serve as a continuing challenge to make the most of life.
Here is my Impossible List. I've made it to keep track of the wonderful achievements in my life and to challenge myself to keep moving forward.
Go into remission from my RA.
Keep up the Ashtanga yoga practice for one month – six days per week except on ladies' holiday, new moons, and full moons.
Learn the full primary series of the Ashtanga yoga tradition.
Apply for the NSF Dissertation Research Improvement Grant for my dissertation experiment.
Get any grant for my dissertation work.
Find funding for the 2018-2019 academic year.
Present at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference.
Design a content analysis rubric for my dissertation.
Complete the survey for my dissertation.
Complete the longitudinal quasi-field experiment for my dissertation.
Attend the ATX Television Festival.
Conduct personal interviews with supply-side agents for my dissertation.
Write the manuscript for my dissertation.
Earn my Ph.D. in Political Science.
Complete a book based on my dissertation work.
Become an expert in attitude change and media effects.
Finish writing my political sci-fi novel.
Finish a novel for NaNoWriMo.
Finish writing the pilot for a new series on chronic illness.
Finish writing the pilot for a new series on graduate students.
Finish writing The American Refugee novel.
Finish editing The American Refugee.
Start shopping The American Refugee.
Write at least 1 post here every month for 3 months.
Write at least 1 post on MySuddenSight.com (my health advocacy blog) every month for 3 months.
Complete the Ashtanga half primary series every morning for 1 week (6 days).
Get out of bed (and stay out of bed) when my alarm goes off every day for 1 week.
Record my water intake for 1 week.
Block off time in my schedule for personal work time, and do NOT let it be interrupted, for 1 week.
Get in bed by 10:00 pm every night for 1 week (7 days).
Do 10 minutes of DuoLingo every day for 10 days.
Avoid gluten for 3 months.
Avoid processed sugar for 3 months.
Extend this proficiency to other WordPress sites.
Learn to ride a bicycle (again).
Road trip from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Sing the National Anthem at a major event.
Be recognized as an expert in my field.
See one of my scripts brought to life.
Build and maintain a loving and fulfilling relationship with my future partner.
Retire as (or to become) a writer, continuing to be creative and put out work until my death.


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For Children with Cancer, Levine Children's Provides Them Their Own Pit Crew
Helping children overcome cancer means treating their minds and spirits as well as their bodies. See how a transformational gift from NASCAR champ Martin Truex Jr. and his longtime partner, Sherry Pollex, is giving kids with cancer at Levine Children's the comprehensive support they need.
If you think of childhood cancer as a long, twist-filled race, then the kids battling this disease at Levine Children's just got a huge boost from a champion NASCAR driver.
Thanks to a transformational gift from Martin Truex Jr. and Sherry Pollex, businesswoman, cancer advocate and Martin's longtime partner, Levine Children's will now be able to significantly expand its supportive oncology program. Supportive oncology is designed to treat the whole child, taking care of their emotional and psychological – as well as their physical – needs.
At Levine Children's, this means providing dietitians who make sure kids are eating foods that will help them heal. Psychologists are available to help them overcome anxiety, and art therapists help them focus on creativity rather than their illness. Levine Children's also offers Reiki, a spiritual healing therapy that can reduce stress and soothe young bodies.
While supportive services have been offered for several years, Levine Children's created a formal, more comprehensive program in February – the only one of its kind for pediatric patients in Charlotte.
"Treating cancer is so much more than just giving a patient chemotherapy and controlling their nausea," says Jennifer Pope, MD, director of supportive medicine at Levine Children's. "Kids are supposed to be playing. They're supposed to be in school. We need to honor all of those parts that make up a child."
The program currently serves hundreds of patients with cancer, sickle cell disease or bone marrow transplants – all the way from infants to young adults as old as 30.
Now with this generous gift, Dr. Pope plans to use the extra funding in the short term to hire a massage therapist and grow the music therapy offerings. She is also looking to make some changes to the clinic's physical space, adding bright colors and splashes of nature to make the environment more relaxing. Starting next year, in her role as director of the program, Dr. Pope will be working full-time on developing these services and offering integrative medicine consults.
Fostering calm and conversation
The current supportive oncology offerings plus the new services contribute to helping children in the hospital maintain a sense of calm. "Even though a child may not look anxious on the outside, they're probably pretty worried about all of the changes that are happening to them, both physically and to their routine," says Dr. Pope.
While patients' families have requested these services, the main reason Levine Children's offers supportive care is because research has shown time and again that it helps patients do better. "Patients stay out of the hospital more. They spend more nights at home in their bed, where they're supposed to be. They have less side effects. They need less medicine," says Dr. Pope.
Currently, the supportive care program is spearheading three initiatives at Levine Children's Hospital: helping improve patients' sleep by imposing a "quiet" period from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., promoting physical activity from diagnosis all the way through survivorship and opening up conversations between patients and providers.
This third initiative is so important, according to Dr. Pope, because most patients expect to talk only about their chemotherapy and imaging when they see their oncologist. "We want to make sure that patients understand that we want to talk about the whole child. How are they feeling? How are they sleeping? How are they eating?" says Dr. Pope. "We remind patients every time they're here that no matter what they want to talk about, we're ready to support them."
A gift that drives our communities forward
Since 2011, Martin and Sherry have been the ones ready to support Levine Children's and its cancer patients and families when they established the Martin Truex Jr. Foundation Pediatric Special Needs Fund. In the years since, Martin and Sherry have contributed more than $1.3 million to several cancer programs throughout Atrium Health.
"We are fortunate to be in the position to give back," says Martin. "And we are humbled by the support we receive from this community and fans from across the country. Together, we're ensuring that valuable scientific research and proven treatments stay on track."
Dr. Pope is equally humbled, grateful for what these gifts can do for the families she serves.
"I am so grateful for their partnership," says Dr. Pope. "When people in the community want to help children they don't even know, it is profoundly moving."
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For a film that features a plotline involving the perfect family recipe for pie, Almost Christmas seems like a film that was taken out of the oven too early, leaving an underdone product on the table.
Christmas movies are pretty much a genre of their own, as every year a film or two comes along to focus on that most wonderful time of the year. Sometimes we get a slice of irreverence that breaks the mold, and sometimes it's just reheated leftovers of the usual holiday banquet that we're served over and over again. While I was hoping Almost Christmas would be the former, it was unequivocally the latter, as an all-star cast and some genuinely enjoyable moments couldn't make up for the extremely formulaic film that it ultimately ends up being.
After the passing of his wife, Walter (Danny Glover) is having thoughts about what to do with his life. With his sons and daughters coming to celebrate the joyous holiday at their familial home, there's a lot of anxious energy in the air. One child is running for Senate (Romany Malco), while another is putting her life back together after a horrible divorce (Gabrielle Union). The youngest of the family (Jessie T. Usher) is a football star in the making, while the eldest (Kimberly Elise) has to deal with a wild card husband (J.B. Smoove). Throw in an aunt with an attitude (Mo'Nique) and you've got a recipe for Christmas disaster. Or do you?
The greatest fault I can attribute to Almost Christmas is that the story is almost non-existent. Surely, there are incidents that happen, and the memory of the dearly departed matriarch of the Meyers family is the connective tissue that really holds everything together. But other than that, there isn't enough cohesion to develop any one story to a desirable length, much less tie them all together into one logical whole. If anything, this feels like a loose remake of The Family Stone, except with less of a presence than that similarly messy film had.
On top of that, the film does hit too many of the safely worn clichés such holiday comedies love to take. With the sons acting as out of control workaholics, and the daughters painted as emotionally scarred by the men that did them wrong, there's a lot of boxes ticked off of the typical checklist for holiday drama. The comedy falls into similarly measured beats, as everything from an emoji laden conversation through the family's grandchildren, an awkward outsider celebrating with the family, and a dance off spanning the generations are all trotted out to make spirits bright.
However, Almost Christmas isn't a complete write off, as the various performances of the cast do elevate the material they're given. Danny Glover is a natural as the father of the family, and there are a couple of moments delivered by the ensemble that land some particularly good laughs -- thanks to comedy MVPs Mo'Nique and JB Smoove's efforts. While it's nothing special when it comes to holiday films, Almost Christmas does have an abundance of heart and family values, and it wears it beautifully on its sleeve. It is a little on the nose, but it works.
It's those factors that make Almost Christmas worth watching, as this level of compassion and moral fiber are what audiences are more than likely looking for with a film like this, and they'll get it in high quantities. It's a fuzzy Christmas sweater that you can wear for a viewing, maybe two, only to put in the closet next to The Family Stone. But for a film that features a plotline involving the perfect family recipe for pie, Almost Christmas seems like a film that was taken out of the oven too early, leaving an underdone product on the table.


For my BIG December Christmas giveaway – scroll down to next blog post – one of the options to add points for winning a prize is the question: "What is your favorite Christmas tradition?" I have enjoyed reading the responses from those of you who shared, and want to post them for others to enjoy. Here they are, in no particular order and with occasional commentary in italics from me!
"For Christmas we like to give Jesus a gift on His birthday. The Word says He wants us to cast our cares upon Him. So we write down the things we want to release to Him. Then we throw the paper in the fire. It is sort of a spiritual cleanse. Through faith a weight is lifted." ~ I really love this! It is a lovely tradition and symbolic gesture that, as a believer, I adore. Thanks!
"Cook a turkey." ~ We have always cooked ham for Christmas, but have, on some years cooked both. One can never get enough turkey!
"I love it when, after the big lunch, we all go for a walk, the whole family, and breathe the cold and refreshing air. We all play on the sand (because I live near the sea, in the south of France) and then we go to the Christmas market where we buy a hot chocolate =) I'm looking forward to that moment!" ~ I sure wish I could stroll along the sea in the south of France! At any time of the year, for that matter.
"Put up the Christmas tree." ~ Just got my tree and house all decorated this weekend. It looks fabulous!
"Christmas Eve service at church with candles at the end." ~ We also have a wonderful service with carols and candle lighting. Love it!
"Elf on the Shelf" ~ Okay Nicole, I have to know what this is!
"Christmas is a traveling day for my family. My two sisters and I get up early to drive an hour to see my father's side of the family. Then, back in the car in the early afternoon to head an hour and a half in the other direction to see my mother's side of the family. Finally, with only a few hours left in the day, it's forty-five minutes back "home" to my mother's place. It's not about having three (or sometimes more) Christmases all in one day. When I think of Christmas, I think of my sisters and I driving in the car, sharing time that is becoming harder and harder to come by as years pass. If one tradition for our family stays alive, I would always want it to be that one. And, I will always see the three of us packed in a car, singing along to the soundtrack to Wicked, driving down a snow-covered highway, first thing whenever I think on Christmas." ~ This is beautifully heartwarming! Wonderful sentiment, Alicia. Thanks for sharing, and may you have many, many more traveling Christmases in the future.
"Write Christmas cards and wrap presents for family and friends!" ~ I haven't finished my annual Christmas letter yet, but I will!
"Bake cookies." ~ Dieting this year, and with my daughter far away, I may skip this one. Bake an extra dozen for me!
"Christmas Eve dinner with my daughter at a favorite restaurant." ~ Enjoy, Cheryl!
"Going to a tree farm an hunting down the best Christmas tree with my brothers." ~ We did this once, years ago, and brought home a big spider that ended up living inside my tree topping angel, leaving an interesting silhouette on the ceiling. Gross! Last year we did that. LOL!
"My favorite Christmas tradition is making the annual Christmas Yule log. It has been in my husband's family for years, and my husband's aunt has passed the recipe and the torch to me to continue on the tradition. I love it. I look forward to making it every year." ~ Fantastic, Jennifer Z! I would love to hear the "recipe" if it isn't a well-kept secret.
"Wrapping presents… almost all of them myself!" ~ Yep, me too!
"Opening one gift on Christmas Eve." ~ Us too, when the kids were young.
"Lighting candles at my dad's and grandparent's graves." ~ Sad, but also touching.
Keep sharing your traditions, everyone, either here in the comments or on the giveaway entry form (next blog post down the page). The deadline to win a fabulous Christmas gift from me is the end of the month, so lots of time!
Line a jelly roll pan (11×16) with parchment paper and grease generously with shortening.
Beat eggs in small bowl on high speed until very thick and lemon colored (about 5 minutes). Pour eggs into a large mixing bowl. Beat in granulated sugar gradually. Beat in water and vanilla on a low speed. Add flour, baking powder, and salt and mix until batter is smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until wooden pick in center comes out clean (about 10 to 12 minute – watch carefully!) Immediately loosen cake from edges of pan and invert onto towel genereously sprinkled with powdered sugar. Carefully remove paper from cake. Trim off any stiff edges if necessary. While cake is hot, carefully roll cake and towel from narrow end and place on cooling rack for at least 30 minutes.
Whip filling ingredients together until light and frothy (about 5 to 7 minutes).
Unroll cake from towel and spread filling onto cake. Loosely re-roll cake starting at narrow end.
Frost with Dark Chocolate Ready to Frost Frosting in a can (Dark Fudge works best). Once frosted drag fork through the frosing to make it look like bark. Sprinkle lightly with powered sugar. Decorate with Silk\Plastic Holly.
Enjoy and Happy Holidays to all.
Wow! This sounds great!! Now I just need to remember how to cook. LOL! Thanks SO much for this, Jennifer. I hope you don't mind, but I am going to put this onto a blog post in a couple days, just to make sure everyone sees it!
That is fine. I wanted to share it with everyone, but was not sure where to post it 🙂 I know that you had requested the recipe and it is not a family secert, so I wanted to share. Have a GREAT day!
My favorite tradition is church on Christmas Eve and then being allowed to open one gift before Christmas Day after begging my Grandpa for permission. He still gets a kick out of it. My husband's is a big brunch, after opening the presents, that his mother used to make on Christmas Day for the whole family instead of lunch. I'm doing it this year…bacon and eggs and cinnamon rolls, French style!
I am the entrant with the tradition of lighting candle on my fathers and grandparent´s graves. I just wanted to add, that it´s not a really sad tradition for me. My dad died when I was a child, like one of my grandmas too, but visiting the graves has always been a positiv thing in my family. My mother took us with her visiting the graves and that´s why I can´t imagine a christmas without prior having been lighting a candle there.
And I love visiting the cemetary on an occation like christmas, because you can truely see that many people have been there too, remembering and lighting candles too.
There are several things that have always been special to me at Christmas and are traditions, of sorts. Putting up the tree, of course, is the start of it all. Baking the special things that I bake only at Christmas is a big part of my traditions. The smell of the goodies baking in the kitchen, fixing some up to give away and tasting the finished breads are all such good times. I guess, as I have gotten older, some things have changed in their importance. I still love to wrap packages but it is not as much fun as it used to be and I'm not nearly so creative. Now I am just glad when they are all wrapped and under the tree. There is one thing that hasn't changed for me . When the tree is up and the house is all decorated and festive, I love to turn all the lights out, light the lovely scented candles throughout the house, fix a nice cup of hot tea, spiced or regular, or maybe a cup of hot mulled cider, then sit in front of the tree with its myriad of lights and have Christmas music playing softly in the background. I can sit and look at the beautiful tree and feel the peace of the season. It is such a lovely time of reflection and remembrance. When my son was a little boy, he would always sleep on the floor by the tree for the first few nights after we put it up. Now he is grown with his own little children that like to sleep by the tree. I guess we all enjoy the ambiance of the lights glowing in the dark, the soft music in the background and the warmth that feels our hearts…all five senses being equally touched.
For years, my Gram and I spent hours and hours making goodies, putting them in tins and tubs and giving them to everyone we know. She's been gone several years now but it's just not Christmas to me if I can't continue that tradition. As I'm creating I just know she's looking on from above and cheering me on.
We attend church on Christmas Eve. On Christmas morning, I make a dutch pancake that bakes while we're opening presents. The rest of the day we spend together.
I just like the fact that this year I get some time off work for the first time in 16 years and can spend it with my nearest and dearest. I hope that becomes a tradition! And I also will have some time to eat some nice food, drink some good wine and read a bit. I am such a simple creature!
Eating food is always a wonderful tradition – any time of year, for that matter! Have a wonderful time with your nearest and dearest, David. Thanks for stopping by and for sharing!
We always hang two ornaments on our tree Christmas eve. A Christmas Pickle and a Christmas Spider. You can google their meanings, as they are too long to post here. Mainly a German tradition.
I have actually heard of the pickle, Sara, but never the spider. Yuck! I hate all spiders and bugs. I'm afraid that is one tradition I would have to forego. LOL!
I LOVE the stealing game! We play that at parties, and it is terrific fun. Adding the letter twist is nice too. Great idea! Thanks, CJ.
Having an empty manger that our children fill with hay everyday from the good deeds that they performed. On Christmas morning the awake to find the Baby Jesus in the manger filled with nice soft hay from their good deeds.
Ooh! That is a nice tradition too! I especially like the ones that keep the focus on what Christmas is really about. Thanks for sharing, Stephanie.


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Die Walzenprägung ist eine Herstellungsart für Münzen.

Dieses im Vergleich zur Hammerprägung neue Prägeverfahren erfand man um das Jahr 1550. Zu dieser Zeit stellte man erstmals in der Münze Hall in Tirol ein Walzenprägewerk auf, das anfänglich von Pferden angetrieben wurde. In der Münze fanden sich zwei Neuerungen:

 Die Bleche, aus denen die Münzen hergestellt werden (Zaine) wurden durch zwei schwere eiserne Walzen genau auf die Dicke der gewünschten Münze ausgewalzt.
 Die Zaine wurden dann durch eine weitere Walzenpresse eingeführt. In dessen obere und untere Walzen waren mehrere gehärtete Prägestempel eingearbeitet. Bei diesem Durchlauf wurde das Münzbild auf die Bleche geprägt.

Der zweite Schritt macht eine Münzprägung zu einer Walzenprägung. Dabei waren die Vorder- und Rückseitenstempel des Münznominals getrennt auf gegenläufigen Walzen angebracht. Die fertig geprägten Münzen wurden dann aus den Blechen herausgeschnitten ("ausgestückelt").

Die Prägung mit kreisrunden Prägestempeln ergibt leicht querovale Münzen mit leichter Wölbung. Daher wurden die Prägestempel in Bezug zur Durchlaufrichtung durch die Walzen längsoval gearbeitet. So konnten auch kreisrund geprägte Münzen hergestellt werden.

Eine Weiterentwicklung des Walzenprägewerks stellt das Taschenwerk dar.

Literatur
 Heinrich Halke: Handwörterbuch der Münzkunde und ihrer Hilfswissenschaften. Druck und Verlag von Georg Reimer, Berlin 1909.
 N. Bauer: Wörterbuch der Münzkunde. 2. Auflage. Walter de Gruyter & Co, Berlin 1970.

Weblinks
 Glossar (abgerufen am 12. Mai 2016)
 Die Walzenprägung der Münze Hall in Tirol (abgerufen am 12. Mai 2016)
 Das Kunstwerk des Monats (abgerufen am 12. Mai 2016)

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Münzprägung
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An Indianapolis firefighter has died after complaining of chest pains while on duty a day earlier, according to the Indianapolis Fire Department.Matthew Bennett, 49, was taken to the hospital from the scene of a possible structural collapse after having chest pains on Friday. The engineer had gone to the scene to help assess damaged caused by a car driving into a home. Bennett was taken into surgery and died on Saturday. No further information on his cause of death was released. Battalion Chief Rita Reith says information about the funeral will be provided "pending the family's wishes.""Please keep Matt, his family and his IFD family in your thoughts as we all grieve his unexpected loss," Reith said in a news release.Bennett had been in public service for 38 years, including years as a reserve firefighter, a dispatcher and an engineer. He is survived by his wife, daughter, step-daughter and step-son.
An Indianapolis firefighter has died after complaining of chest pains while on duty a day earlier, according to the Indianapolis Fire Department.
Matthew Bennett, 49, was taken to the hospital from the scene of a possible structural collapse after having chest pains on Friday.
The engineer had gone to the scene to help assess damaged caused by a car driving into a home. Bennett was taken into surgery and died on Saturday.
No further information on his cause of death was released.
Battalion Chief Rita Reith says information about the funeral will be provided "pending the family's wishes."
"Please keep Matt, his family and his IFD family in your thoughts as we all grieve his unexpected loss," Reith said in a news release.
Bennett had been in public service for 38 years, including years as a reserve firefighter, a dispatcher and an engineer. He is survived by his wife, daughter, step-daughter and step-son.


Welcome to Civil War Tails!
What do Gettysburg, Fort Sumter, ironclads, and cats have in common?? The Civil War Tails at the Homestead Diorama Museum! Check it out!
Our museum is full of dioramas we made by hand so you can see a 3-D snap-shot from the Civil War. Get a bird's-eye view of a battle or get down to eye-level and see what a soldier would have seen. See the soldiers, the horses, the cannons, and the places. They're all made with a one-to-one ratio, so each soldier on one of our dioramas represents one soldier during the real battle, not ten or twenty. And since they're made to scale, if the hill looks really big to climb under rifle fire, that's because it was!
And I'll bet you're wondering why our name is Civil War Tails. It's not a typo. We started making soldiers when we were 11 years old and we have always loved cats, so the first soldiers were cats. In uniform. With beards. Now, years later, we still think that's quirky and fun, and we hope you'll agree.
But you don't have to notice the tails to learn the history! Come see the smoky desperation in Fort Sumter during the bombardment that started the war. See how tattered Pickett's Charge was by the time the Confederates struggled across the stone wall at the Angle at Gettysburg. Appreciate just how big and rocky Little Round Top was as the Confederates climbed it. Glimpse the suffering of Union POWs at Andersonville Prison (our great-great-grandfather's step-brother, Pvt. Luke Brown of the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, is portrayed on that diorama!).
Sure, the cat angle is fun, but we want you to learn about the men and women behind the cats. As you look at our 3-D rendition of what they experienced, think about how they fought for what they believed in, and how their sacrifice ensured that we would have the rights and the great nation we enjoy now. This museum is meant to honor their memory by keeping it alive.
So come learn with us—and then find your own way to keep history alive!
We hope you enjoy your visit at Civil War Tails!


Would you recommend Younity to a friend?
Hey Erik and team! Congrats on the launch. There's a lot new here... can you help break it down? What can people expect on the roadmap?
How does younity fit in to daily life as people store more and more of their stuff on the cloud with no local repository?
Congratulations Erik! I definitely want to view all my photos, which are everywhere: computers, backup HDs, cloud(s), etc. Can I also use it to make a single consolidated backup of all of them? I have a ton of backups, and a ton of dupes, but no canonical catalogue of them to preserve.
Hi @dwaxd, Thanks! At the moment, we don't currently manage "backups". That's a big deal and not to be taken lightly, so while this release consolidates "access" to things in all those places, it does not yet manage backups. Online storage and NAS are on our roadmap, though. So you can expect that next year. When we do it, it will be very different than current products in market, not only for helping with dupes, but also integrating our user experience with the value of mass storage solutions. Sorry if that is cryptic, but for the time being suffice it to say our storage integration hopes to make backup/storage far more usable than it is today. Thanks again.


Shelter pets are a little bit of a lot of things, but they're all pure love.
The Shelter Pet Project's new #AdoptPureLove campaign celebrates the special qualities of shelter pets and the incredible bond between every shelter pet and parent. Through the stories of actresses Olivia Munn and Rachel Bloom, Tennessee Titans cornerback Logan Ryan and everyday people like Brian, Ahnya and Renee, #AdoptPureLove encourages audiences to adopt from shelters and rescue groups nationwide.
Share your own story by using #AdoptPureLove, and tag us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
Actress Olivia Munn opens up about how adopting her two dogs, Chance and Frankie, sparked her passion for shelter pet adoption.
Check out Olivia's interview about her shelter pet adoption journey.
Tennessee Titans cornerback Logan Ryan is his shelter dogs' biggest fan. Learn about Logan's adopted dogs, Leo and Julius.
Logan sits down for a one-on-one chat about life with Leo and Julius.
Actress and comedian Rachel Bloom tells a lot of jokes, but she's serious about shelter pet adoption. Hear her adoption story and why her dog Wiley is her closest confidante.
The love between shelter pets and shelter pet parents runs deep. Hear from Brian, Ahnya and Renee about why their pets, whether they're playing fetch in the backyard or cuddling on the couch, are all pure love.
Veteran Brian felt a void in his life after he retired from the Navy. That all changed when he adopted Tommy. Brian and Tommy's story is a standing salute to the love of shelter pets everywhere.
When Ahnya, a young girl with Asperger's syndrome, and her mom Giselle adopted their cat Lucky, they weren't prepared for all the joy she'd bring into their lives.
It was love at first sight. To combat her homesickness, Renee went to a local shelter and immediately fell for a dog named Turtle. Now, the two are best friends and Renee is anything but lonely.


Motivation is the key factor in finally being able to toss cigarettes from your life. There are many notable benefits that come with smoking cessation. Choosing a couple of these benefits as motivating factors should be enough to keep you going when things get tough. You can benefit yourself and your family with the extra years you gain and the extra money that you save when you quit. These benefits come in the form of better health, feeling better, and saving money. Continue reading to find the best ways to help you stop smoking for good.
When you've made the decision that smoking is no longer for you, seek out a support group for help. Support groups can help you learn how to cope with the physical and emotional challenges you may experience while quitting. Other ex-smokers can support you in your attempt to stop smoking, and can suggest techniques to try that worked for them. To find a support group near you, check your local community center or community college, or at your church.
TIP! Just take each day as it comes. To stop smoking is a process.
If you can't do away with a craving altogether, try to at least hold out against it for as long as possible. Take a brief walk before you give yourself permission to smoke, or finish a glass of water. This break between the craving and its fulfillment may enable to not smoke that cigarette after all. You may decide not to smoke it at all.
If decide to give up smoking, try hypnosis. Hypnosis has helped many people to successfully quit for good. One the therapist places you in a hypnotic trance, and they speak to you in positive affirmations that embed themselves in your subconscious mind. When you finally wake up, cigarettes may not have the same allure that they do now, which will allow you a greater chance of succeeding.
Write down the different ways that you want to try to stop smoking. Take time to customize your list as a way to stop smoking more effectively. Everyone does things their own way. It is important that you find a formula that is manageable and comfortable. This is accomplished when you create your own list.
If you're trying to stop smoking, be sure to get plenty of rest. The longer you stay up, the more cravings you'll face. Late nights tend to be a time when no one is around, and it makes it easier to be tempted to smoke. Optimize your health and reduce your cravings by sleeping for at least eight hours per night.
Use one of the many nicotine replacement solutions on the market today. Nicotine withdrawal is very trying and can exacerbate feelings of stress, depression and anxiety. Cravings can be extremely tough to resist. Using nicotine replacement therapy will help to relieve these symptoms of withdrawal. Incorporating nicotine gums and patches into a regimen can double the chances for success. Do not use the nicotine-replacement products if you are still smoking cigarettes.
TIP! Take things day by day. Rather than focusing on never having a cigarette ever again, just concentrate on not lighting up today.
Quitting a smoking habit is hard enough, but dealing with your smoking triggers will help you out immensely. Change your behavior, so you aren't tempted, for example, go to new restaurants that do not allow smoking. Choose another activity instead of smoking while engaging in these activities. This will distract you from cigarette cravings.
You have to keep at it to quit the habit. Keep in mind the things that motivate you the most, and you will have your best chance of not giving up. By putting some of these tips to good use, you will have a good chance of kicking the habit forever.


IFAC recognizes the importance of understanding country context and tailoring PAO capacity building efforts to address the unique needs of each national environment. A consistent approach, however, is also key.
IFAC has identified the nine components that cover the full spectrum of a PAO's responsibilities and, when properly addressed, contribute to a successful PAO that serves both the public and private sectors.
Relevance: connectivity between a PAO and its membership base and broader society in order to understand and respond to the needs of both groups across the private and public sectors.
IFAC uses a diagnostic validation and confirmation process, including on-the-ground stakeholder engagement, to identify a PAO's position in relation to these components and provides clarity regarding the wider environment the PAO operates in. Together, these aspects provide an indication of the specific circumstances in the country and the level of accountancy profession and PAO development, enabling the design of projects that are fit for purpose.


Camu Camu Fruit Powder (Myrciaria dubia) - The demand for another South American botanical—camu camu—in cosmetic products is also skyrocketing. It is the highest source of natural vitamin C currently known and it is very stable and effective when used topically. This Peruvian rainforest shrub grows along the Amazon River and contains approximately 30 times more vitamin C than is found in an orange.
Camu camu comes in a powdered form, so it does not easily oxidize.
We worked this into a formula for a "Giveaway" and everyone loved it!
The difference in redness on the test subjects is incredible.
I use this as an extra source of good health in smoothies.


Choose your delivery day when you checkout. Free delivery will take place between 9am and 6pm Monday to Friday on your selected date, unless you select a time slot.
Your order will be delivered from a lorry (as pictured below). If you have an extremely narrow road or difficult access, we recommend flagging this on the order form. Upon receiving the order we will check to see if there is likely to be a problem and if so contact you right away.
We will deliver on the day you select when you checkout. Your order will arrive between 9am – 6pm on your selected delivery day, unless you specify a time slot. We are not able to provide an exact arrival time, however drivers will try to call in advance to say they are en-route.
Do I need to be at home/sign for my order?
No, you do not have to be at home or sign for the delivery (provided can be left on private property). The delivery driver will attempt to leave your order in a safe place as per any specific placement instruction provided when you ordered.
What happens if access isn't possible?
If access isn't possible, a refund will be provided, minus our costs incurred in delivering and collecting the order.
What days do you deliver on?
Please note we only deliver Monday to Saturday.
Weekday delivery is free for orders over £130 and Saturday is an additional £30 charge.
Should you have any problem or are unsatisfied in any way, contact us and we will make it our priority to put things right.
During the checkout process you are able to book your delivery day.
There is no need to be at your address to accept delivery (provided the load can be left in a safe place on private property). Your premium logs will be delivered between 9am and 6pm on your desired day, unless you select a time slot. Unfortunately we are not able to provide an exact arrival time, however drivers will try to call in advance to say they are en route.
How are your logs delivered?
Your order will be delivered on a lorry with a tail lift. On arrival, your logs will be lowered from the lorry, then moved using a pallet truck. If you have an extremely narrow road or difficult access, we recommend including this on your order form. We'll then check your order form and contact you if we have any queries.
The delivery driver will attempt to leave your order in a safe place as per any specific placement instruction provided when you ordered.


The Shetland Sheepdog is a small, active, and agile herding dog standing between 13 and 16 inches at the shoulder. The long coat is harsh and straight, with a dense undercoat, and comes in black, blue merle, and sable, with white markings. The coat, along with a long, wedge-shaped head; small, three-quarter erect ears; and deep-chested, level-backed torso, give Shelties the look of a rough-coated Collie in miniature. Bright and eager Shelties are easy trainers and world-class competitors in obedience, agility, and herding trials. They are sensitive and affectionate family dogs, highly in tune with the mood of the household. They like to bark and tend to be reserved toward strangers—two qualifications of an excellent watchdog.
The head should be refined and its shape, when viewed from top or side, should be a long, blunt wedge tapering slightly from ears to nose. Expression-- Contours and chiseling of the head, the shape, set and use of ears, the placement, shape and color of the eyes combine to produce expression. Normally the expression should be alert, gentle, intelligent and questioning. Toward strangers the eyes should show watchfulness and reserve, but no fear. Eyes medium size with dark, almond-shaped rims, set somewhat obliquely in skull. Color must be dark, with blue or merle eyes permissible in blue merles only. Faults-- Light, round, large or too small. Prominent haws. Ears small and flexible, placed high, carried three-fourths erect, with tips breaking forward. When in repose the ears fold lengthwise and are thrown back into the frill. Faults-- Set too low. Hound, prick, bat, twisted ears. Leather too thick or too thin. Skull and Muzzle Top of skull should be flat, showing no prominence at nuchal crest (the top of the occiput). Cheeks should be flat and should merge smoothly into a well-rounded muzzle. Skull and muzzle should be of equal length, balance point being inner corner of eye. In profile the top line of skull should parallel the top line of muzzle, but on a higher plane due to the presence of a slight but definite stop. Jaws clean and powerful. The deep, well-developed underjaw, rounded at chin, should extend to base of nostril. Nose must be black. Lips tight. Upper and lower lips must meet and fit smoothly together all the way around. Teeth level and evenly spaced. Scissors bite. Faults-- Two-angled head. Too prominent stop, or no stop. Overfill below, between, or above eyes. Prominent nuchal crest. Domed skull. Prominent cheekbones. Snipy muzzle. Short, receding, or shallow underjaw, lacking breadth and depth. Overshot or undershot, missing or crooked teeth. Teeth visible when mouth is closed.
Neck should be muscular, arched, and of sufficient length to carry the head proudly. Faults-- Too short and thick. Back should be level and strongly muscled. Chest should be deep, the brisket reaching to point of elbow. The ribs should be well sprung, but flattened at their lower half to allow free play of the foreleg and shoulder. Abdomen moderately tucked up. Faults-- Back too long, too short, swayed or roached. Barrel ribs. Slab-side. Chest narrow and/or too shallow. There should be a slight arch at the loins, and the croup should slope gradually to the rear. The hipbone (pelvis) should be set at a 30-degree angle to the spine. Faults-- Croup higher than withers. Croup too straight or too steep. The tail should be sufficiently long so that when it is laid along the back edge of the hind legs the last vertebra will reach the hock joint. Carriage of tail at rest is straight down or in a slight upward curve. When the dog is alert the tail is normally lifted, but it should not be curved forward over the back. Faults-- Too short. Twisted at end.


If you like remote living, consider Norway.
One of our last stops before descending out of the mountains.
We left Oslo about ten minutes late but arrived in Bergen early which was nice! It was a short walk to my hotel but up a giant hill…kind of reminded me of San Francisco. It doesn't look very steep in the picture but it was! The hill opposite from where I was has a funicular railway up to the top which is one of the most popular attractions in Bergen.
After I got to my hotel, the rain started. Unfortunately it didn't really let up until I was leaving the next day. But alas I was there and I was determined to at least do some things! I decided to go to the Edvard Grieg Museum the next morning. This involved taking the light rail about 20 minutes south of Bergen and then walking about a half hour in the rain – but I did it with minimal complaining!
It was pretty quiet on a Sunday morning so I got to walk all around nearly by myself. Grieg had a hut down by the water where he could get some quiet to compose, literally called the Komponisthytten.
I made it back to Bergen and being thoroughly damp I decided to call it a day. I'd like to go back in the summer so I could see more but I did enjoy what I got to see! And, to top off the trip I flew back to Copenhagen on a relatively new plane with a new interior inspired by the 787 which they build in Charleston. I may have been the only person on the plane who noticed?
Back in Sweden, my hand continues to heal well! I won't post a picture because I know medical stuff creeps some people out (myself included). I hope it will be mostly healed by the time I come home, which is in less than two weeks now!


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RaceRoom Flag Rules Feature Coming Next Week.
Sector3 Studios has confirmed that the upcoming RaceRoom Racing Experience patch due next week, will include the long requested active flag rules feature.
This new feature will further enhance the simulation value of the RaceRoom Racing simulator. The flag rules will be applied in both single and multiplayer modes. In single player mode, the AI will yield when they get a blue flag. They will also be penalized for overtaking under yellow, just as the real player does.
To start off, RaceRoom will feature 7 different racing flags.


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Small earthquake hits south of London
The epicenter (Credit: Google)
A small earthquake measuring 3.6 has struck south of London, waking up many people in Surrey and West Sussex, seismologists and residents say. There were no immediate reports of damage.
The earthquake, which struck at 3:42 a.m. on Wednesday, was centered to the west of Gatwick Airport, about 5 miles (8 kilometers) northwest of Crawley, or 24 miles (39 kilometers) southwest of central London.
There was no immediate word from the British Geological Survey, but seismologists in France put the preliminary magnitude at 3.6 or 3.7. They said the earthquake struck at a very shallow depth.
Shaking was felt in parts of Surrey and West Sussex, including Crawley, Horsham, Leatherhead, Dorking, Betchworth, Charlwood, and Horley. Many people said it was strong enough to wake them.
"Unbelievable! Earthquake just shook me awake in my hotel bed in Gatwick!," Rhian Lewis wrote. "That actually felt bigger than the Swansea one two years ago, which I doubt would have woken me up. Felt like someone had grabbed the bed and was shaking it."
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South Boston, MA
15-Acres
Adaptive Re-Use Mixed-Use Development
Redgate and Hilco Redevelopment Partners formed a joint venture to acquire the former Edison Power Plant located at 776 Summer Street in South Boston, MA and comprised of 15 acres. The newly formed joint venture, led by Redgate, is master planning and permitting the project, named "L Street Station Redevelopment," to create a new mixed-use community-based environment with a broad mix of adaptive re-use and new development totaling approximately 2.1 million SF with initial ground breaking planned for 2019.
Our vision for the future of L Street Station is to transform a piece of the city that is currently walled off and inaccessible to the public into a vibrant and connected extension of the South Boston neighborhood. Among the array of activities and amenities we envision, it would offer the community direct access to the waterfront as well as open spaces and gathering areas to connect with friends and neighbors. The site covers 15 acres and we propose to create activity and engagement with housing, retail, a 344-key hotel, two commercial buildings and space for the arts; all of which will be anchored by the preservation of the former power station's century-old turbine halls, which are rich with cultural history.
Entitlements Phase
For more information on L Street Station Redevelopment:
http://www.lstreetstationboston.com/
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Where would Voiceovers be without a script? How effective could a Voice Talent be if the copy they were reading was poorly written? More importantly, how effective would the message be?
Effective copywriting is as much an art as a good voiceover. I have seen (and read) many scripts for commercials, narrations, IVRs, etc that showed little promise for grabbing someone's attention and getting them to react to the message. Unfortunately, most voiceover artists have little say in the script they're given. They might question the structure of a sentence or pronunciation of a word, but beyond that they are left to interpret the script as best they can, read it, and move on. Oftentimes the voice talent and/or producer may bare the brunt of the blame when the message or commercial gets little or no response. When in reality, it may have been the Copywriter who did a poor job to begin with. Maybe that writer was the client, who thought they knew what they wanted to say but didn't have the skills to tell their story effectively. Does this sound familiar to you?
"The truth isn't the truth until people believe you, and they can't believe you if they don't know what you're saying, and they can't know what you've said if they don't listen to you, and they won't listen to you if you're not interesting, and you won't be interesting until you say things imaginatively, originally, freshly."
"If your advertising goes unnoticed, everything else is academic!"
More often than not, the heart of a good ad or marketing campaign is a fresh idea and great copywriting.
Yes, copywriting is indeed an art and skill. And one could argue that the quality of the copy might even be more important than the talent of the voice artist. We've all seen movies that were filled with A list actors, but flopped miserably at the box office. Why? Bad Story? More likely - bad script or screenplay.
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Queyssac (okzitanisch: Caissac) ist eine Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern (Stand: ) im Département Dordogne im Südwesten Frankreichs in der Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (bis 2015 Aquitanien). Sie gehört zum Arrondissement Bergerac und zum 2016 gegründeten Gemeindeverband Agglomération Bergeracoise. Die Einwohner nennen sich Queyssacois.

Geografie
Queyssac liegt am Südrand des Périgord Blanc an der Seyze, einem Nebenfluss der Caudeau, etwa zehn Kilometer nordöstlich von Bergerac und etwa 100 Kilometer östlich von Bordeaux. Im sehr waldreichen Gemeindeareal verteilen sich mehrere Weiler auf Rodungsinseln, so unter anderem Le Mortier, Floyrac, Les Archets, Le Reclaussou, Parouty, Le Grand Bos, La Mouthe und Pinceguerre (teilweise). Nahe Pinceguerre liegt mit 173 m über dem Meer der höchste Punkt im Gemeindegebiet. Umgeben wird Queyssac von den Nachbargemeinden Saint-Julien-de-Crempse im Norden, Campsegret im Nordosten, Lamonzie-Montastruc im Osten, Lembras im Süden sowie Maurens im Westen.

Geschichte
Eine frühe Besiedlung des heutigen Gemeindegebietes kann durch prähistorische Funde aus der Altsteinzeit und der Jungsteinzeit belegt werden.
Der Ursprung des Ortsnamens Queyssac leitet sich von einer Domäne eines gallo-römischen Besitzers namens Cassius oder Cursus ab.
Aus dem Mittelalter sind mehrere Höhlenwohnungen (cluzeaux) überliefert.
Die Kirche Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens wurde im 11. und 12. Jahrhundert errichtet, die ersten Hinweise auf den Ort erscheinen aber erst im 13. Jahrhundert als Corssac und dann am Ende des 14. Jahrhunderts als Quayssacum.
Auf der Carte de Cassini, die zwischen 1756 und 1789 entstand, wurde das Dorf Queyssec genannt.

Bevölkerungsentwicklung

Im Jahr 1881 wurde mit 501 Bewohnern die bisher höchste Einwohnerzahl ermittelt. Die Zahlen basieren auf den Daten von annuaire-mairie und INSEE.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Kirche Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens
 ehemaliger Taubenturm aus dem 16. Jahrhundert, heute Getreidesilo
 Gefallenendenkmal
 mehrere Flurkreuze und Brunnen

Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur
In der Gemeinde Queyssac sind acht Landwirtschaftsbetriebe (Getreide- und Futtermittelanbau, Milchviehhaltung, Rinder-, Ziegen- und Schafzucht) und ein Winzerbetrieb ansässig. Die Reben in der Gemeinde sind Teil des Weinbaugebietes Sod-Ouest.

Im Südosten der Gemeinde wird Queyssac von der Route nationale 21 tangiert, die von Bergerac nach Périgueux führt. Der zehn Kilometer entfernte Bahnhof von Bergerac liegt an der Bahnstrecke von Libourne nach Le Buisson-de-Cadouin.

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 Gemeindepräsentation (französisch)
 Queyssac auf der Präsentation des Gemeindeverbandes (französisch)

Ort in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Weinbauort in Frankreich


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This course includes hands-on activities using the Aviat training lab equipment.
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maintaining Aviat 8611 router radio platforms.


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