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Guard Maritime Security Response Team West members prepare to fast-rope from a 210th Rescue Squadron Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search and rescue helicopter onto the Coast Guard Cutter Cypress at Kodiak, Alaska, Jan. 11, 2023, during a joint service training exercise. MSRT West members maintain a ready alert force to support Coast Guard operational commanders and Department of Defense combatant commanders.
Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team West members fast-rope from a 210th Rescue Squadron Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search and rescue helicopter onto the Coast Guard Cutter Cypress in Kodiak, Alaska, Jan. 11, 2023, during a joint service training exercise. The MSRT West members maintain a ready alert force to support Coast Guard operational commanders and Department of Defense combatant commanders.
Alaska Air National Guard Trains with Coast Guard
By David Bedard,
176th Wing Public Affairs
KODIAK, Alaska - Undulating waves pitched the 2,000-ton U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Cypress like a bath toy, which was nothing unusual for the vessel while operating in Pacific waters off Alaska.
What was out of place was the 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search and rescue helicopter hovering overhead. Fast ropes dropped from the Pave Hawk's open doors, and U.S. Coast Guardsmen of Maritime Security Response Team West rapidly streamed down to the deck like firefighters descending a fire pole.
Keeping watch over the ballet of tactical infiltration was Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Richard Stout, 210th RQS HH-60 special missions aviator. He had to keep an eye on the helicopter's relative position to the cutter, assist the MSRT operators to safely exit, and ensure the ship's movements were within safety limits.
All in a day's work for 210th RQS and the elite MSRT members who teamed up for the Jan. 8-13 training.
The 210th RQS flies the Pave Hawk, the only rotary wing platform in the Department of Defense solely dedicated to combat search and rescue of downed pilots and other isolated U.S. and allied personnel.
Alaska Air National Guard Maj. Tyler Seibold, 210th RQS Pave Hawk pilot, said the HH-60 is well suited to supporting fast rope operations, a core task for 212th Rescue Squadron pararescuemen and combat rescue officers.
Seibold said the Pave Hawk has wide doors on both sides of the aircraft, whereas the Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk only has one door on the starboard side due to large port fuel tanks that give the Jayhawk superior unrefueled range. The Pave Hawk's Fast-Rope Insertion Extraction System is a heavy-duty, machined bar bolted into the helicopter's roof that extends from the doors as an anchor for the ropes.
The Pave Hawk and Jayhawk employ rescue hoists suited for the deliberate insertion of rescue personnel and the safe extraction of those rescued. The fast rope allows pararescue to rapidly infiltrate a contested area and quickly carry out a rescue while the helicopter provides overwatch and support with its GAU-18 .50-caliber machine gun or the 4,000 rounds-per-minute GAU-2 7.62 mm minigun.
Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Daniel Davis, USCGC Cypress commanding officer, said the ship is a Juniper Class ocean-going buoy tender responsible for servicing maritime aids to navigation around Kodiak Island and Alaska's Aleutian Islands. The Cypress conducts search and rescue, law enforcement, marine environmental protection and defense readiness operations.
MSRT West's enhanced boarding teams can conduct the full spectrum of maritime boarding operations, including opposed boarding in a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear environment. MSRT West provides adaptable force packages of maritime law enforcement that specialize in maritime interdiction operations to support Coast Guard or joint operational objectives. MSRT West operators are trained to quickly board suspect vessels, verify and secure any threats, and conduct handovers and dispositions to other government agencies.
An MSRT West deployable team leader said the unit operates throughout the Pacific theater, ready to operate in every climate in the vast region, including the Arctic. He said the team carried out "hook-and-climb" from rigid inflatable boats onto Cypress in addition to fast roping with the 210th RQS.
"Our training objectives coming here were to conduct maritime interdiction operations, both underway hook-and-climb and fast rope evolutions, with the 210th Rescue Squadron, who we have a relationship with for tactical air support for the Alaska area of operations," the team leader said.
Alaska Air National Guard Maj. Paul Rauenhorst, HH-60 pilot and 176th Operations Group chief of standards and evaluations, underscored the value of working with mission partners they may see again during domestic operations and overseas contingencies.
"These are some of the operators we might meet downrange, so it's good to work with them in case we see them on future deployments," Rauenhorst said. "It's also good, flying wise, to experience different mission sets that are outside of search and rescue. It's a different but challenging aspect working with the ships down here at Kodiak."
Rauenhorst said a tumultuous sea state throughout the week made for especially difficult training.
"The rolling seas definitely made it challenging to get the operators off and on the ship in such a confined space," he said.
Flying with the pilots were 210th RQS special missions aviators responsible for working closely with the operators to ensure a safe fast rope while providing a critical extra set of eyes.
"I'm new to the job, so this is my first time working with moving vessels," Stout said. "It's very challenging because everything is moving, and the situation is very dynamic. Normally, we're in a stationary hover, but we're flying at the same speed and heading as the boat, holding position and delivering the operators safely."
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Osvaldo Salas, widely recognized as one of the world's great press photographers, was born in Havana, Cuba in 1914. At the age of fourteen, he left Havana with his parents and immigrated to New York. After several odd jobs at Madison Square Garden, Salas began taking pictures for an international boxing association that had the major champions of the time under contract. By the end of the war, Salas had fallen in love with photography and he won his first award in 1947. As a publicity photographer, his work was published in Life magazine as well as The New York Times. When Fidel Castro visited the United States in 1955 to raise funds for the revolution, Salas was assigned to photograph him in New York City. After several visits to Salas' studio, Castro invited him and his son Roberto to Havana. Salas and his son became Fidel's semi-official photographers and worked for the government newspaper Revolución. For several years, Salas traveled between his studio in New York and the harsh reality of the Cuban revolutionaries in the mountains of the Sierra Maestra. A strong supporter of the Revolution, Osvaldo finally returned to Cuba two days after the victory in 1959, and lived there for the remainder of his life.
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Miss America Organization strikes back at rebellious states, including Pennsylvania
By WAYNE PARRY
The Miss America organization is undertaking a purge of rebellious state officials, terminating the licenses of four states, including Pennsylvania's. (Noah K. Murray / AP)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — — The other heel has dropped at the Miss America Organization, which had endured a revolt by dozens of states this summer against the national leadership of the pageant headed by former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson.
The crowning of the latest Miss America took place last month with the pageant's national leadership largely silent on the calls for their resignation from many states.
But now the national organization is undertaking a purge of rebellious state officials, terminating the licenses of four states, threatening about 15 with probation — and thanking others whose officials stood by the national leadership in the first Miss America pageant without a swimsuit competition.
Pennsylvania is among the states that got a termination notice.
States whose licenses are terminated must replace current leaders. They can request an appeal hearing from Miss America's executive committee.
The Miss America Organization would not say how it decided which states to terminate and which to threaten with probation, issuing a statement to The Associated Press that read, in its entirety, "The process regarding Miss America state licensees is confidential."
State officials say their dissatisfaction stemmed not from the elimination of swimsuits, but by the way Carlson and CEO Regina Hopper ran the organization since taking over in January.
Georgia and West Virginia are among states that were notified in recent days that their state licenses are being terminated, Paul Perkins, a lawyer representing both states, told The Associated Press. And a Pennsylvania state pageant official, Chet Welch, confirmed his state has gotten a termination notice as well.
One other state also has been terminated, according to state officials and a former national board member, but its officials did not respond to messages seeking comment Monday.
Other states have been asked to explain — in writing — why they acted as they did in the run-up to the pageant.
"They are upset, but now they are scared, too," said Jennifer Vaden Barth, a former national board member and a former Miss North Carolina. "This just validates why people are upset and why they felt the need to speak out in the first place."
A state organization that has its license terminated can no longer claim to be affiliated with the Miss America Organization and must, among other things, turn over bank accounts with scholarship money to the national organization.
Vaden Barth formed a GoFundMe account called the Miss America Organization Leadership Change Fund that has raised over $22,000 to help states defend themselves and advocate for new leadership at the top.
When this year's pageant was held last month, 46 of the 51 state pageant organizations (the District of Columbia is included) had called on the two to resign, along with 23 former Miss Americas.
It followed the release of a remarkable letter from the outgoing Miss America, Cara Mund, in which she said she had been marginalized and bullied by top pageant leaders. An investigation commissioned by the Miss America Organization found no evidence to back up that claim, but investigators did not interview Mund for the report, which was issued the day after the most recent pageant was held.
Carlson, who was Miss America 1989, and Hopper depict the opposition as a "noisy minority" resistant to change, particularly one as large as the elimination of the pageant's swimsuit competition.
But many state officials say their opposition is rooted in a lack of transparency and communication from national leaders, and does not involve the swimsuit decision.


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5 Important Facts To Understand Ocean Heat Blobs That Threaten Marine Life
Ocean heatwave "blobs" are threatening marine life by emerging into the oceans worldwide.
According to The Washington Post, recently the heat waves have been reported near both California and Uruguay. The marine heatwaves have also been observed near Australia.
This new hot zone near California called a blob or return of the blob in reports. In 2014 and 2015, a major heatwave that had affected waters near the West Coast was nicknamed "the Blob" after the horror film.
Some significant facts are here to know more about these temperature anomalies:
The changes in the atmosphere may be the reason behind blobs as per the scientists
The frequency and intensity are likely to be increasing
The effect on marine life is devastating
Long term issues may occur from repeated events
It also affected economies
A research oceanographer, Andrew Leising, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Southwest Fisheries Science Center told The Hill that the changes in atmospheric patterns have likely caused the oceanic heatwaves.
"If the atmosphere patterns change so we don't get a lot of wind and storms down at the surface of the ocean, then it doesn't mix the water at the surface of the ocean and when you don't mix the water around at the surface into the deeper waters, it just sits there and warms up," he said.
"We get these big changes in atmospheric patterns that lead to a longer, larger period of calm winds and you don't get the mixing and bam stuff starts heating up," he added.
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According to Rick Thoman, an Alaska climate specialist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, as told to The Hill that high atmospheric pressure that resulted in less wind and increased sunshine might have caused the heat waves.
A supervisory research physical scientist with Southwest Fisheries Science Center of NOAA, Nate Mantua told The Hill that in recent years, there is recorded evidence of ocean heatwaves with an increased frequency and intensity.
It is because of global warming according to him, and for that ocean is absorbing more heat.
"That just raises the baseline temperature everywhere so the warm periods today are added onto much warmer oceans," he said.
Mantua attributed these increases to the changing weather patterns that changed the way heat is moved in different regions in the ocean.
A 2018 study found that the frequency of average marine heatwave increased by 34 per cent and the average marine heatwave duration increased by 17 per cent from 1925 to 2016. It has resulted in a 54 per cent increase in marine heatwave days annually around the world.
"These trends can largely be explained by increases in mean ocean temperatures, suggesting that we can expect further increases in marine heatwave days under continued global warming," the study's abstract said.
In the starting of 2014, the blob that impacted California caused significant changes to the area's marine life. As per NOAA, the hot spot produced the most massive harmful algal bloom ever recorded on the West Coast halting crabbing and clamming for months.
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Thousands of California sea lion pups were also found stranded on beaches. The mothers had to forage for food further away due to changes in the marine food web, leaving the young sea lions behind.
The multiple fishery disasters were also declared and as per the 2017 data, reported in the Science magazine, 100 million pacific cod most possibly vanished from southern Alaska waters and nearby due to the blob. The population of fish had decreased by 70% in two years.
The South Atlantic blob which was first identified in 2012, also caused algae to bloom, clams to die and changes in fishing, the Post reported.
Although the effects can be restricted to the short term in case of isolated incidents, however, repeated events can wreak havoc on particular species, Leising told The Hill.
"When they just happen like for a year…it's not too bad. A lot of the animals and populations can rebound," he said. "If you string a bunch of these events together, that's the kind of thing that some of these populations may have trouble recovering from."
He said it depends on the lifespan of the species whether it can weather repeated events. He observed that longer-living creatures and microscopic creatures could outlast heatwaves and quickly bounce back, but those whose life cycles fall in between are hard hit.
"If they have a bunch of years of bad reproduction, it starts stacking up on them," he said regarding the species such as salmon with medium-length life cycles.
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The animals like squid that can move can also evade issues; however, those that don't, such as rockfish, are likely to be impacted, he noted.
The changes in ocean ecosystems are hurting marine life-based industries such as fishing. In 2014 and 2015, after the West Coast heat "blob", NOAA declared multiple fishery disasters and disaster relief distributed to those determined to be impacted.
In a request for one such declaration, regarding a California Sea Urchin Fishery, it was stated that "persistent warm ocean conditions" caused the less kelp production leading to the starvation of urchin. It said that there were significant drops in revenue ports in various parts of the state, including 93 per cent fall than a 5-year average in Orange County.
"The Pacific sardine disaster, the salmon disaster and the crab disaster…those are really kind of three of our most important fisheries. They all basically had disasters as a result of this," Geoff Shester, the California campaign director and senior scientist of conservation group Oceana, said referring to the effects of the heatwave in 2014 and 2015.
"The federal government essentially used taxpayer money to pay a bunch of folks back," he added.
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Well that should be cool! Did Saliva's greatest hits already come out? I think it did.
And I can't believe they're re-releasing that Staind album lol.
Yes, Saliva's GH did come out.
and I wonder if Papa Roach will have some new songs on this CD?
and I think Staind is being re-released because a lot of people never were able to properly buy the CD. Not counting bootlegs and concerts.
Not sure about Papa Roach...wikipedia only lists a live album coming out in August.
And I agree about Staind's album. I'd like to get it myself...do you think they'll tone down the album cover for stores?
I don't know if they are releasing it anymore now actually. The release date on Amazon says (Audio CD - Dec. 31, 2010) which means there is no set release date. Amazon always puts Dec. 31 2010 for CDs with no dates...so I guess it is on hold for now.
That's too bad, I'd like to get my hands on it.
The reason I thought they'd change the album cover is because as you know it has a Barbie doll on a crucifix, a knife penetrating a bible and blood everywhere. It nearly prevented them from getting a record label, I believe because it offended Fred "No Balls" Durst.
What else should I be listing? If it was on Amazon, I listed it.
Is the first single for Montgomery Gentry out yet?
Well their first single "Oughta Be More Songs About That" completely flopped, and the second single "While You're Still Young" is out now and its really good. its moving kinda slowly on country though. it has a decent bullet right now though.
Whoever edited my list, can you please do not do that. I do not like to include "TBA" albums in my list because it looks tacky. Most of the time, TBA albums have no set date or title, and if we are going to list some, we would have to list them all.
"Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place"
I didn't see dates for a lot of those on Amazon, so I didn't include them. I'll update it again in a week though.
I am only looking forward to Maroon 5 and Kelly Clarkson's album !
omg yes! i didnt know when the Hannah Montana Forever Soundtrack was coming out! I can't wait! i also can't wait for David Archuleta's album!
I must laugh at the poster on this board who said the holiday season was "clogged" with big named artists. Where?
Taylor Swift? Kanye West? Tons of others.
Taylor Swift is releasing in OCTOBER how is that the holiday season? And please don't mention Halloween being a holiday, since everyone knows holiday sales don't kick off until around Thanksgiving. The only big aritsts that seem to be releasing this season are maybe two country artists, Kanye, T.I. and maybe Norah Jones. Far from a stacked list I am afraid.


In the evening of 16 Oct 2014, a local thunderstorm occurred in Exeter and the torrent downpours led to flash flooding in many parts of the city.
The Met Office reported that 19mm of rainfall was recorded in Exeter between 7pm and 8pm. The fire crews received more than 70 weather related calls and attended 55 incidents due to internal or external flooding. Some roads were impassable due to the 2 feet depth deep water and several basement flats were inundated. Elderly and disabled people were rescued and evacuated from their flooded ground floor properties. An infant school was also flooded and had to be closed for clean-up the day after.
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Ami Sueki and the Creation of a Design Language
March 12, 2020 Max Cohen
Get Lost. Explore. Discover.
Make this your mission when you choose to visit the website of the Atlanta-based creative studio, Zoo. You will be greeted by the absurd. Your senses will be overwhelmed. And despite all reason, you will want to dive deeper.
Standing in front of a crowd of students in Burns Auditorium, Sueki pulls up one of the latest projects directed and produced by the team at Zoo – the music video for "Virgil Discount" by 2 Chainz & Skooly.
"This is what we represent," says Sueki. "We like the dark. We like the fun. We like the colorful."
Finding a Voice to Call Your Own
Like many creatives, Ami's journey began with uncertainty. After graduating from the College of Design in 2014 with a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Ami went to work for Coca-Cola in Atlanta. At first, working in the corporate world seemed like the furthest thing from where she imagined herself.
However, it was at Coca-Cola where she learned about what makes a creative successful.
"I now know how to talk to clients, how to talk to vendors, how to write a brief, how to write a scope of work, how to manage finances, how to talk to people in marketing, just how to talk to people in general. There are different languages for everyone. You have to alter how you talk and how you present depending on who you're talking to. It's so important, because at the end of the day, it is designing but it's also working with people. If you can't sell your idea, you're not going to make it."
Three years later, Sueki and her team have created a brand that speaks its own language. By mixing corporate marketing strategies with striking photography, wild ideation and a philosophy of unflappable creative individualism, Zoo is not meant to make sense to everyone.
Those who speak Zoo's language have become the firm's biggest evangelists. With clients in hospitality, fashion, music and consumer goods – Sueki has found that being uncompromisingly unique can be a strength for industries plagued by redundant brand voices.
It also opens up opportunities to venture outside of agency life.
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Proyecto ferroviario Jakarta-Surabaya
Indonesia y Japón firman un acuerdo de inversión de 4.300 millones de dólares para el proyecto ferroviario Jakarta-Surabaya
The project, which will incorporate some existing tracks, is expected double the present speed of the existing train to 160kph. It is estimated that the project will cost IDR60tn ($4.3bn), which will be funded by Japanese loans. The initial phase of the project is expected to be completed by 2024, the minister noted.
Indonesia has signed a project agreement with Japan for the medium-speed train project to link its two largest cities, Jakarta and Surabaya. The deal for the construction of the 715km railway project was signed by the Government of Indonesia and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which commenced a conducting preparatory survey in June. The project, which will incorporate some existing tracks, is expected double the present speed of the existing train to 160kph. It will slash travel time between the two cities from nine hours to five and a half hours.
It is estimated that the project will cost IDR60tn ($4.3bn), which will be funded by Japanese loans. Indonesia Transport Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said: "By May 2020, JICA is scheduled to hand in the survey results, so we can make a decision on the project. Hopefully, the survey results will arrive earlier, so we can start working on land clearance sooner." The project will be carried out in two phases. The first phase will link Jakarta and the Central Java provincial capital of Semarang. The second phase of the project will link Semarang and Surabaya, the capital of East Java province.
The initial phase of the project is expected to be completed by 2024, the minister noted. It will feature a one-way track and will use a narrow gauge railway track, which is better suited to the characteristics of the land in Java. Sumadi said: "We will build a new track to Semarang [in Central Java], and then upgrade the existing tracks between Semarang and Surabaya. The whole project is targeted for completion by 2025." In January, Indonesia introduced a new rail service from Jakarta city centre to its international airport.
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Lehman CEO Richard Fuld tried to cash in on sympathy today in his appearance before Henry Waxman's House committee.
Throughout, you can hear a strong whine that Lehman could have been bailed out but unfairly wasn't.
"At Lehman Brothers' annual shareholder meeting, I . . . said what I absolutely believed to be true at the time — that the worst of the impact to the financial markets was behind us.
And though his statement doesn't really get fully into the behind-the-scenes maneuvering in Lehman's panicked HQ (the Wall Street Journal gave out some fly-on-the-wall details earlier today), Fuld was wrong about what kind of help Lehman was going to get from Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson.
Oh, yeah, Treasury was really in Lehman's corner.
In the end, despite all our efforts, we were overwhelmed, others were overwhelmed, and still other institutions would have been overwhelmed had the government not stepped in to save them.
happened to any firm on Wall Street, and almost did happen to others.
A litany of destabilizing factors: rumors, widening credit default swap spreads, naked short attacks, credit agency downgrades, a loss of confidence by clients and counterparties, and strategic buyers sitting on the sidelines waiting for an assisted deal were not only part of Lehman's story, but an all too familiar tale for many financial institutions.
The fallout from these repeated onslaughts is what has caused the government to intervene to dramatically change the rules and provide substantial support to other institutions.
"WHY DID WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE SO EXPOSED?
Fuld's statement today to the Waxman panel was expectedly short on such frankness but long on whining about how other Wall Street firms, but not his, were placed on the welfare rolls.
"We saw the undeniable spirit of Lehman Brothers after the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Lehman employees watched the towers fall around them that morning as they fled for safety.
"We lost a co-worker that day, and we lost our homes at One World Trade Center and Three World Financial Center. In the hours and days that followed, we were dispersed to makeshift offices in and around New York City. We worked around the clock under incredible stress, with the goal of serving our clients and shareholders in a suddenly uncertain world and returning stability to rattled markets.
"Over that weekend, we built two complete trading floors in our temporary office in Jersey City. When the markets reopened the morning of September 17, to the surprise of many, Lehman Brothers was there.
Yeah, Lehman did a solid for the nation by "returning stability" to rattled markets." Did itself a solid back then, too. What else could it have done?
It's a little silly to have to point out that tsunamis are natural disasters and that turbaned terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center while the Armani-clad Fuld and his crew destroyed their own firm.
And there was a lot else Lehman and its execs could have done to stay solvent.


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Video shows UNC heavyweights Jean-Bertrand Ewanga and Vital Kamerhe united after Genval
UNC heavyweights Ewanga and Claudel Lubaya criticised for appearing at Congolese talks without UNC approval.
By Elsa Buchanan
Updated July 5, 2016 14:05 BST
In the Democratic Republic of Congo's fast-evolving political, the Union for the Congolese Nation (Union pour la nation congolaise, UNC) has claimed it overcame an internal divisions' crisis with the participation of two of its heavyweight leaders in a historic meeting in Brussels last month.
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Opposition leaders gathered in Genval on the outskirts of Brussels on 9 June in an unprecedented attempt to agree on a strategy to oust President Joseph Kabila. As the political crisis in the country continues to deepen, the so-called 'Conclave' was launched by Etienne Tshisekedi, leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS).
While the UNC and its leader Vital Kamerhe boycotted the Conclave, two party heavyweights, Jean-Bertrand Ewanga and Claudel Lubaya, participated in the talks which resulted in a new platform known as 'Rassemblement', or 'Rally'. Ewanga and Lubaya said they had been invited in a personal capacity.
Following Genval, an UNC executive said that the party was considering imposing sanctions as the party leadership crisis deepened, but on Tuesday (5 July), its officials published a video in which the three leaders appear together after leaving a meeting.
Published on Youtube, the video shows deputies Ewanga and Lubaya speaking to the camera while Kamerhe remains silent. Ewanga, a General Secretary, appears keen to assert the unity of the UNC, describing it as a "strong party that still has ambitions to manage this country. We have our joker, Kamerhe."
"We talked for two hours with the president, (these were) very pleasant moments of exchange," Ewanga tells the camera. "The UNC, our president, we support all the resulutions (taken) in Genval. It is true that within the political dynamic, the UNC expressed reservations, but reasoning continues."
Kamerhe, who finished third in the DRC's flawed presidential elections in 2011, is rumoured as the planned broker for any alliances which will seek to make impact.
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Spread the Word: Phoenix is Hot (But You Already Knew That)
I'm pointing out interesting factoids to you in bold.
Phoenix arts economy is flourishing
Kyle Lawson
People may not realize it, but Phoenix maintains a thriving growth industry: the arts.
A national survey released today states that the city's non-profit cultural institutions and their audiences contributed $361 million to the Valley's economy during 2005.
That represents an increase of 38 percent in local arts spending since 2000, when the last survey was conducted. That survey was released in 2002. In terms of generated revenues and attendance, the total places Phoenix well ahead of most cities and regions with populations of 1 million or more. And it is more than the $311 million in economic impact generated by the 2007 Cactus League.
Indeed, one of the most surprising revelations in the study: Arts events attracted 6.1 million people in 2005, more than attended the 2007 FBR Open and Arizona Diamondbacks, Phoenix Suns and Arizona Cardinals games combined.
The survey also estimates that local arts groups directly or indirectly support 11,164 jobs, more than 10 times the national median for that category.
The figures are contained in "Arts & Economic Prosperity III," compiled by Americans for the Arts, a cultural advocacy group based in New York and Washington, D.C. Across the nation, 156 communities participated in the project, the most extensive of its kind ever conducted, said Phil Jones, executive director of the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture.
Data was collected from 67 city arts institutions, including Ballet Arizona, Arizona Opera, Heard Museum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix Symphony, Arizona Theatre Company and smaller troupes.
Although the first survey involved seven Valley communities, the 2005 report concentrated on Phoenix, with three East Valley communities compiling their own statistics.
"The first survey showed that, Valley-wide, arts institutions and patrons spent $344 million," Jones said. In 2005, "that figure was $361 million for Phoenix alone. I think that is pretty significant in terms of just how fast the arts are growing here and their strong economic impact."
The report also indicates that institutions and patrons of Chandler, Mesa and Tempe spent $82 million in 2005.
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon said he wasn't surprised to learn that the arts were an economic power in the city.
"Years ago, Jim Ballinger of the Phoenix Art Museum taught me that, if the art museum itself were a business, it would be one of the largest businesses in Arizona," Gordon said.
"What is surprising is the magnitude of the growth. I've always felt that you can't have a great city without the arts. This is proof that we're getting there. Phoenix is becoming one of the great cities of the 21st century."
Kevin Myers, executive director of Ballet Arizona, appreciates the encouragement.
"We've known for some time that the ballet is doing well; we've seen a 20 to 40 percent growth in revenues every year for the past four years," he said. "What pleasantly surprises me is to learn that the ballet is not alone in its success. The public appreciates that this is a city that enhances the lives of its residents."
It's about time the arts received some recognition, Cheryl Weiner of Scottsdale said. Weiner regularly attends symphony concerts, theater productions and events at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts.
"People don't appreciate the arts and the quality of our artists," she said. "I find that depressing. I'm a native of Boston and, when I came here, I was apprehensive about what I was going to find. Instead, I was impressed by the work. I hope this survey convinces more people to attend local events. If we don't engage in what is here, it's going to go away."
The survey breaks the Phoenix figures down into $133 million spent by arts groups and $228 million by patrons. The latter figure does not include the price of admission but does include money spent on dining, transportation, souvenirs and other items connected with the arts experience.
Not everyone spending money on the arts is strictly local, not by a long shot.
"During the gathering of the data, we discovered that 60 percent of those attending city events came from outside Maricopa County," Jones said. "They each spent an average of $45 beyond what they paid for tickets."
Although the numbers are impressive, Jones noted that they're also useful. The survey's greatest benefit will be as "an invaluable advocacy tool," he said.
"We now have something to take to the City Council and the state Legislature that shows in a quantifiable manner just how strong an impact the arts have on this community."
Jones' office receives in the neighborhood of $1 million in annual tax dollars to distribute among non-profit groups and artists.
"Thanks to this survey, we can show that the $1 million leverages $17 million in local tax revenues and $22.5 million in state tax revenues," he said.
"That's a pretty good return on an investment."
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SimpliField is taking retail data to the next level. At the forefront of this evolution is FACC member Jeremy Katz. A dual French-American citizen, Jeremy graduated from top European business schools HEC Paris and ESADE in Spain. His focus is on digital strategy and innovation in life sciences and consumer products. Read on to learn more about his work and and goals for his 2019 FACC membership.
FACC: Simplifield is a mobile smart companion for retail teams that aligns headquarters with in-store and field staff, communicating data across teams in easy to read dashboards. Was the idea behind Simplifield born from a logistics viewpoint, boutique management viewpoint or ultimately from a client viewpoint- in an effort to respond to increasing pressure for on-demand products and services?
JK: We are focused on bringing efficiency and visibility into store operations, both in retail and wholesale environments. Forty percent of operations do not get properly implemented in the field, which leads to an enormous loss in sales. We help fix that, quickly and with minimal effort. Our customers use the SimpliField platform for a variety of use cases, including store visit reports, store implementations (promotions, visual merchandising), training, communication (internal chat).
FACC: Some of SimpliField's clients include L'Occitane, Sony, Nokia and L'Oreal. Is the solution appropriate for teams of all sizes? When working with global retailers, how do you consolidate high-volume data coming from a vast amount of sources?
JK: Teams of all sizes can get quick and significant benefits from our solution (time savings, increased visibility into field operations, improved conversion rates). Our platform is set up in a way that allows it to really flex and adapt to clients, based on their size and their key business objectives / use cases. Our web interface includes many data visualization and analysis features that allow HQ teams to take insight-driven action into field execution.
FACC: Can you elaborate upon your goals for the U.S. market?
JK: We see tremendous potential in the US market. Our commercial office in NYC opened a couple of months ago, and we are already closing some contracts with important US players, in addition to supporting our existing base of French and European clients on the US market.
FACC: What do you hope to gain from being a member of the FACC community?
JK: The FACC is a great way for us to connect with the French-American community at large, including tech companies in high growth like ourselves and with brands eager to find ways to improve their field operations.
Interested in connecting with Jeremie Katz and Simplifield? Login to the FACC Member Directory.


Virtual Gastric Band hypnosis is a non-surgical technique developed by Sheila Granger in the UK that works by conditioning the client to believe, on a subconscious level, that a gastric band has been placed around the stomach, creating a small size stomach.
After this is done, it doesn't take long to feel comfortably satisfied on a smaller amount of food. As the client becomes used to not being hungry, they have new freedom to make choices that lead to the weight loss they desire.
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Skydiving has been at the top of my bucket list for the longest time – Jess on the other hand, not so much. Heights have never been her thing – but as the years have gone by I slowly persuaded her to parasail and paraglide, so why not take it to the next level and skydive?
We will admit that we were nervous when considering doing this but ultimately booked the ticket so that in the future if we were ever feeling nervous we could say to ourselves…"this is nothing – you jumped out of a plane". Luckily Jess said yes because it was by far the best experience of our lives – and we wouldn't have done it anywhere other then SkyDive Dubai.
Ok, let's just get something off our chests, the main reason we wanted to skydive here was not from a top skydiving list or friend recommendation… it was simply because whilst I was working and selling mobile phones to fund our travels I saw a Flo Rida video clip where he skydived in Dubai. I instantly knew that's where I wanted to jump out of a plane for the first time… who says sponsored content doesn't work?
We had booked the tour as the very last thing that we were going to do in Dubai – which in hindsight probably wasn't the best idea as the possibility of cancellation due to weather could easily of destroyed our experience. The day before was even cancelled from high winds but luckily it cleared up for us the next day.
We woke up in the morning full of nerves and could only down our coffee and half a muffin as we told ourselves we needed to eat something. Even though it was a 20 minute walk to the location we decided to catch a taxi instead so we didn't have to think too much about it on the walk over.
However, all our nerves disappeared once we walked into the office and saw travellers from all areas of the world either suiting up, leaving to go jump or laughing at their skydive video playing on a giant 100inch screen for all to see – all nerves were instantly left at the door due to the fun atmosphere this place let off.
After sitting around for about half an hour our names were called. Our instructors were introduced and before we knew it we were sitting in a small plane slowly climbing up in the air… the moment was finally here. Once we reached 14,000 feet the door opened and I watched everyone quickly shuffle out the plane, it was my turn next.
This was it, I took one last breath and then there was nothing as I quickly fell through the sky. My feet tingled as I felt the force of the fall pushing up against my face as I watched the Palm islands quickly draw closer. Before I knew it my instructor pulled some ropes and the parachute was out… I had done it.
The view from way up high was awe-inspiring as I saw The Atlantis, Burj Al Arab, The Palm islands and other landmarks as we slowly glided down. I only wished I could take my camera with me as the view was one of the best I had ever seen as we made our way down.
If you enjoy adrenaline filled adventures then this should most definitely be on your bucket list. For those who have not been I still recommend at least considering it and working your way up to undertaking this. The worst feeling of skydiving is from your nerves, but that is easily removed once you arrive. The feeling of being on top of the world once you have done this is indescribable and we were on a high for days after.
Would we recommend SkyDive Dubai?
100% yes…this has been one of the top adventures we have undertaken and are so happy to say we did it here. If this is your first, second or hundredth skydive we cannot recommend enough for you to experience falling over the Palm in Dubai.
Price: $AUD660 Tandem Skydive at 14,000 feet including video and stills.
Have you been skydiving? If so, where?


Police in Southampton have arrested a 29-year-old man over a robbery a restaurant in Ocean Village.
The robbery happened at Banana Wharf restaurant at around 11.20pm on Monday, April 9th.
Four men in balaclavas forced their way into the restaurant and confronted the two members of staff who were still there.
They managed to make off with around £20,000 from the safe and escaped through a rear fire exit. It's thought they drove off in a vehicle.
Officers are now questioning the man they have arrested and are continuing to appeal for information.
Anyone who knows anything about the crime is asked to call the Operation Lantern team at Shirley CID on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


Why would you want to hire an older, experienced employee? Why not!
In my last post I shared some insight from many job seekers in the Nashville area regarding their largest hurdles in the job search process. I will take some time this morning to "drill down" on the age issue, the most commonly listed problem in the process.
Avoiding older employees makes some sense on the surface. There is no doubt that some older workers slow down as they age, but I also see many who work harder by knowing how to break work down and also how to pace themselves. Older workers also may understand the importance of things being done on time. Certainly, health issues can arise with older workers, but most of the health issues I am aware of only become chronic when not managed properly. Workers with proper medical care (at any age) are less prone to have challenges than those going untreated. Alas, the final comment assumes that an overqualified older candidate may "move on" when a better role arises. I suspect this is to the contrary of the truth. Most of the mature workers I know are not in the "rat race' for the next run on the ladder. They are looking for a place to plug in and be productive. The younger worker is much more prone to move on for a raise or improvement in stature.
Let's look at some of the positives. There is no doubt that older, more experienced employees, can ramp up and be effective more quickly. Many of these employees understand what it takes to be successful and they rise to the challenge. Older employees are also less prone to have family issues, especially children, to hamper their ability to attend work. I am not saying to avoid younger employees with children, but we all know that family takes the top priority, it did for my wife and me, so be aware of this. Older employees may not be the speediest, but they know how to "pace" themselves and they can get jobs done simply because of their understanding of "chunking work" into pieces that make things more manageable.
The last reason to hire older candidates is their life experience. Most of these workers have had ups and downs that help them see how their current situation fits into the big picture. This is impossible to teach to someone younger.
Age and experience; they can be a great ally to the workplace if you use them correctly.
I am enclosing some links to other blogs below from others writing on this topic.


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California is getting its first real autonomous delivery service thanks to Nuro and 7-Eleven
Nuro, a leader in autonomous delivery vehicles, is kicking off a new service in California in partnership with 7-Eleven. The company will deliver convenience store products to customers in its ...
Waymo's autonomous vehicles keep getting stuck in a dead-end street in San Francisco
Traffic is hell, but what if the cars clogging up the roadways are all robots? That's what some residents on one quiet street in San Francisco have discovered, with a ...
Tesla has delayed the rollout of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta 10.2 software rollout because of last-minute concerns, CEO Elon Musk tweeted early Saturday. He apologized for the delay, saying ...
California will require all autonomous vehicles to be zero-emission starting in 2030
California will require all light-duty autonomous vehicles (AV) to emit zero emissions starting in 2030. On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill sponsored by environmental groups that ...
Hyundai and Motional expand their footprint in Las Vegas ahead of robotaxi launch
Motional, the autonomous vehicle company that is a joint venture between Hyundai and Aptiv, is growing its presence in Las Vegas as it gears up to launch a commercial robotaxi ...
Nuro is building a factory and test track in Nevada for its autonomous delivery robots
Nuro, the autonomous delivery startup founded by two ex-Google engineers, announced a dramatic expansion of its physical footprint. The company said it will spend $40 million on the construction of ...
Waymo is building a hub for its autonomous trucks in Texas
Waymo announced plans to build a hub for its autonomous semi-trailer trucks on a nine-acre site near Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. The Alphabet-owned company also said it is partnering with rental ...
Austin Russell, the 26-year-old CEO of lidar maker Luminar, folds his lanky six-foot, four-inch frame into the back of a Toyota RAV4 and declares with giddy enthusiasm: "This is our ...
Chinese startup Pony.ai gets approval to test driverless vehicles in California
Chinese autonomous vehicle startup Pony.ai has received a permit from California's Department of Motor Vehicles to test its driverless cars without human safety drivers behind the wheel on specified streets ...
Pony.ai unveils its next-gen robotaxi with LIDAR from Luminar
Pony.ai's next-generation robotaxi is distinctive because it appears to be missing the cone-shaped LIDAR sensor perched on the roof that's typical of most autonomous vehicles. That's because the startup, which ...


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Nikolo-Perervinsky Monastery (Николо-Перервинский монастырь in Russian) is the southernmost historical monastery of Moscow. It is dedicated to Saint Nicholas the Miracle-Worker. It is situated at south of the district of Pechatniki between the Moscow river and the Lublino railroad classification yard.

The abbey was first mentioned in the city records in 1623, although it is believed that it had existed for more than a century prior to that. Its name (from the Russian verb "to interrupt") is explained by the fact that the Moskva River has repeatedly changed its flow at this place. The abbey began to expand in the mid-17th century and grew especially large at the turn of the century, when Patriarch Adrian made the cloister his summer residence and built the so-called Old Katholikon (1696–1700). In 1775, they opened a theological seminary on the premises of the monastery. Its main sources of income were Sukharev Tower, Iverskaya Chapel and other sketes, attached to it by the ecclesiastic authorities.

In 1908, the vast New Katholikon was consecrated to the Holy Icon Our Lady of Iberia. The abbey was closed down in 1928. The Russian Orthodox Church resumed divine service in the Old Katholikon in 1991.

External links
Nikolo-Perervinsky Monastery Official site, in Russian

Monasteries in Moscow
Russian Orthodox monasteries in Russia
Russian Revival architecture
Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Moscow

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Android TV Has Tens of Millions of Users
Tim December 26, 2018
We're not quite sure if we've ever heard specific user numbers from Google with regard to Android TV, but thanks to the platform's senior director of product management, we now know that Android TV has "tens of millions" of users, primarily in Asia and Europe....
DIRECTV NOW's Cloud DVR Now Available to Android Users
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Last week, iOS and Apple TV users were treated to a massive update for DIRECTV NOW. Well, it's now Android's turn, with the update available via Google Play. The big change is the addition of DIRECTV NOW's Cloud DVR feature. With it, users can get up to 20...
DIRECTV NOW Intros 72-Hour Rewind Feature
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If you haven't canceled your subscription already and are still enjoying DIRECTV NOW, you will be happy to learn that a new feature has been implemented into the service this morning. From what DIRECTV details, users can now use the ability to rewind TV up to...
DIRECTV NOW is Live With a 7-Day Free Trial
Kellen November 30, 2016 73
AT&T's new live streaming TV service, DIRECTV NOW, is now available if you are interested in cutting the traditional TV cord. This new service is a competitor to Playstation Vue and Sling TV, though the DIRECTV name being attached to it certainly helps...
AT&T Launches DIRECTV NOW Streaming TV Service With Plans as Low as $35, Up to 120+ Channels (Updated)
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AT&T announced a brand new streaming TV solution today called DIRECTV NOW. As the name suggests, this is an initiative launched through their DIRECTV arm, but will be available to everyone starting November 30 for as little as $35 per month. DIRECT TV now...
AT&T Introduces Comcast-Like Triple Play for TV, Internet, Wireless
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I'm sure you saw this coming, but AT&T, now that it has merged with DIRECTV and really, really, really, really wants you to subscribe to all the things (just boot up a G5 for the first time on AT&T), is offering up a "triple play" for its services,...
AT&T Will Give You a "Free" 48-Inch Samsung TV if You Buy a Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge and Their TV Service
Kellen March 31, 2016 29
AT&T is hosting another deal this week that sounds great in a headline ("FREE TV!"), but isn't really going to be an option for most. Take a look at this "deal." Here is the headline from AT&T's press release: Well, you don't say, AT&T. That...
AT&T Now Offers a TV/Mobile Bundle, $200 a Month for 10GB of Shareable Data Among 4 Devices
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AT&T announced the first offering of its kind this morning, coupling mobile and TV bills into one single plan. The plan attempts to make paying your bills more simple (and cheap), but for the GB hungry wireless consumers, it may not be very beneficial. For...


Scientists have found evidence that one of the world's rarest sharks is alive and well, living off the Welsh coast.
The shark's only established stronghold is the Canary Islands, where the animals have been filmed on the seabed.
Media caption"If we lose the angel shark we lose a really important lineage of evolutionary history"
"If we lose the angel shark, we lose a really important lineage of evolutionary history that we can't get from any other shark species," Joanna Barker, of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), told BBC News.
Ms Barker, who is a marine biologist, studied the shark off the Canary Islands.
On her return, she stumbled upon a book in the ZSL library, describing the presence of the angel shark in Wales 100 years ago.
She was determined to find out more about the shark and started a project with colleagues at Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru – Natural Resources Wales.
After appealing for information from fishers and the local community, intriguing photographs came to light.
The shark was clearly a prize catch in the 1970s and 1980s, before it became a protected species.
Sightings were made recently off Cardigan Bay, in the Bristol Channel and to the north of Holyhead, she said.
"What we really want to try and understand is what sort of numbers are we talking about and where are their important habitats, because there could be some really critical areas for angel sharks in Wales," she added.
A big question is whether the angel sharks are moving back and forth between Wales, the Canary Islands, or elsewhere, and whether they are distinct populations.
Genetic research using swabs taken from a shark's skin could give the answer, say scientists.
Dives are planned for later in the year, to look for direct evidence of angel sharks. Meanwhile, roadshows have been set up to gather more pictures and memories.
Image caption Pwllheli beach, Wales: Possible haven to the angel shark?
The angel shark was recently assessed along with other sharks, rays and chimaeras (fish with cartilage in place of bones) for the Edge of Existence – Evolutionarily Distinct & Globally Endangered programme.
Regarded as a particularly precious shark species, it is at the end of a distinct branch of the tree of life.
The roadshow will be travelling across Wales, starting in Nefyn on 25 January. All events will be running from 10:00 to 17:00 GMT.
Monday 4 – Tuesday 5 March – Holyhead Sea Cadets, Holyhead.


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A great lady and beautiful poet. Our loss.
RIP Mary Oliver. I believe it was you who introduced me to her. A lovely tribute. Thanks.
Thanks, Darlene. Another voice and mind now closed.
Thank you – I've been over to the site and can only say I wish I had known Mary Oliver other than through her writing.
And thank you for exposing many of us to her work. May she RIP.
Thanks JoNell. I don't know how many years I have been reading her poems. They just always said the right things to me.


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Xecunet, a regional provider of powerful, network-rich data centers, today announced the company has completed Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) 16 SOC 2 Type II examinations covering its Frederick, MD data centers. SSAE 16 provides Xecunet data center customers with the assurance of corporate controls, including security and environmental compliance, and validation of Xecunet's commitment to the most stringent standards of operational excellence. Skoda Minotti, a licensed CPA and risk advisory firm based in Florida, conducted the Xecunet SSAE 16 examinations over the twelve-month period that ended February 29th, 2016. This marks the 6th consecutive year that Xecunet has successfully completed an SSAE 16 SOC 2 Type II audit.
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SSAE 16 is a standard issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) that reports on Xecunet. Xecunet management developed internal control objectives to support first-class data center management services that were used to complete the examination. Companies that are compliance-sensitive and may require an SSAE 16 include publicly-traded enterprises, financial firms, and healthcare organizations. The SSAE 16 examination report includes management's description of Xecunet's systems and the suitability of the design and operating effectiveness of the controls. Further, the report contains a written assertion from management regarding the systems and a service auditor's opinion letter.
"Xecunet is proud to serve as the northern anchor of the I-270 Technology Corridor," said Dallas Kincaid, Operations Manager, Xecunet. "Today's announcement illustrates Xecunet's ongoing commitment to providing our customers with data center best practices."
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Many actors and actresses are highly regarded in the entertainment industry and Danielle Fishel – an actress, a popular television personality, a writer and a director is one of such celebrities. Her name has remained indelible in the hearts of her fans especially viewers who were opportune to watch the TV series Boy Meets World.
Danielle has made several appearances in several movies and television series which include Girl Meets World – a spinoff of Boy Meet World, National Lampoon's Dorm Daze and its sequel – Dorm Daze 2, as well as Gamebox 1.0.
As a television personality, Danielle Fishelle has hosted several shows including The Dish on Style Network, Say What? Karaoke, The Fuse 20 and Last Night on TV, among others.
Danielle Christine Fishel was born in Mesa, Arizona, on the 5th of May 1981 to Rick Fishel, the ex-president of Masimo Corporation, and Jennifer Fishel who is Danielle's manager. She also has a younger brother known, Christopher Fishel.
The emerging actress has always shown interest in acting and entertainment and had always taken part in programs relating to entertainment and eventually, she began her career in the entertainment industry at the age of 10 by appearing in commercials.
Danielle attended Calabasas high school where she graduated from in 1999. After her high school graduation, she joined the California State University where she bagged a BA in Psychology in 2013.
Danielle Fishel has amassed a handsome amount as her net worth. The entertainer's current wealth is pegged at $8 million which is mainly from her salaries in the entertainment industry. Considering she has been active in the industry since 1992, this is an amount well deserved.
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1. Career
Her career in the entertainment industry took-off at the tender age of 10 with several television commercials and some guest appearances on TV shows. She was first cast as Jennifer in Full House in 1992, but she came to the limelight in the popular ABC show Boy Meets World where she portrayed the character of Topanga Lawrence. She has appeared in some movies and television shows throughout her career, building up a notable level of fame and recognition.
She reprised her role as Topanga Lawrence in Girl Meets World in 2014. The show lasted several seasons but ultimately ended in 2017. While on the show, Danielle Fishel directed several episodes and even wrote one of the episodes, showing that her talent goes beyond acting.
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Like many celebrities before her, Danielle Fishel was detained for drunken driving. She was arrested on the 20th of December 2007 though she was released shortly afterward. Since then, there have no other reports of Danielle on the wrong side of the law.
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Danielle Fishel is very much active on the social media, her following on both Instagram and Twitter keep increasing daily. Presently, she can boast of over 614k following on her Instagram account while her Twitter handle enjoys a following of 350k.
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Danielle was married to her fellow student from California State University – Tim Belusko. The two got married on the 19th of October 2013 and but sadly, their union ended in a divorce in March 2016.
Before getting married, Danielle Fishel was romantically involved with Lance Bass who was a former member of the band – NSYNC, the two started dating in 1999 but called it quits the next year 2000 after which Lance Bass was publicly confirmed to be gay.
Between 2000 and 2001, she was briefly involved with Devon Sawa, a popular Canadian actor who is known for his roles in Final Destination and Nikita. On the 4th of July 2017, Jenson Karp, an American podcaster and writer, announced that he was in a relationship with Danielle. The duo became officially engaged on the 22nd of March 2018.
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She wears a 36D bra size, a shoe size of 7 US and a size 8 US dress size. Danielle became a spokesperson for Nutrisystem following her revelation of successfully losing 27 pounds on the Nutrisystem diet.
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Wendy's Wellness - Make Them All Fit and Happy!
Sugar Games offer you a new addictive time-management game that will surely find its fans. Wendy's Wellness stays in the same line with Sally's and Jane's series - and guarantees the same fun for all time-management addicts.
Just another business-running time-management? Yes, and much more!
Wendy is a fitness maniac, as well as her uncle, and so she decides to open her own wellness centre with all the possible services when the last one in her town closed up (using the uncle's money, of course). Nothing much of a story, really, but I wouldn't say the game needs it, actually. You'll run 10 different centers, from a stadium to a wedding palace, 5 levels each, and meet a number of different customers, each with his/her individual features.
So, the basic game play, as I already mentioned, is time-management. Customers come to your centre wishing to use some of your services. Most of them will first need a warm-up. For this you drag them to the warm-up station and click on them for Wendy to come and give them the training. After this they will want to use some other stations, like treadmill or spa, or, in the later levels, yoga and tanning salon. Some of them need a mere click and Wendy's presence. You'll be able to hire assistants for all such stations in order to relieve yourself of some work. But some, like treadmill and spa, require additional effort interacting with splash screen appearing when Wendy comes to complete the task. For example, to give your customers a proper spa treatment you'll have to choose the program of three parameters (watch the sun hints). After all the customer's needs have been satisfied, you can drag him/her to the checkout and get your money. As usual, the amount depends on the level of customer's patients (defined as hearts over their heads). So try to keep them fully satisfied if you want to get all the possible cash.
The hearts are also important for building up your experience - and getting promotion in rank together with some helpful character upgrades, like Wendy's speed and charisma, as well as features helping you deal with the splash screens quicker.
Of course, the money is also used to buy upgrades - not for Wendy, but for the centre. Additional and improved machines, assistants and a mini-bar with pacifiers for customers are at your disposable - quite affordable but still requiring considerable effort to acquire.
Not all of your customers are the same. Some of them are VIP (look for the respective icon) and require personal training at the end of the game. This is done in the form of 12 exciting mini-games (one for each customer type) like memory, a simple platformer, bingo and others. The mini-games are also accessible from the menu.
As to the visuals, they are quite nice though could be better. It's rather strange seeing a bride exercising with barbells in her wedding dress or a football player taking a bath in his uniform. Still, they are quite OK.
On the whole the game is of rather high quality and definitely deserves your attention. Welcome to Wendy's Wellness!
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Not to be confused with east London's Broadway Market, this one has been firmly rooted in Tooting since 1936. There are more than 100 stalls touting food, drink, fresh produce, fashion, technology, homeware and more. You can also get your bike fixed at Pedal Back Cafe, have something altered or tailored at Sew Much More or get your nails done at Nail Art.
When did this happen and how did I not know about it earlier?! If you haven't been to the Tooting Broadway Markets, you are totally missing out. A younger, more humble cousin of the Brixton Market, Tooting Broadway market has a great selection of bars and restaurants to choose from. Plus, given it's still relatively unknown, you can always find a cosy spot to enjoy a beverage and a bite.
We love Broadway market versatille offering, you must check the new addition : Rind (cheese bar) ... An amazing cheeses selection and also offer hot dishes such : mac & cheese, raclette, toasty and more... Check it out !!!
Love Tooting Broadway Market, almost as much as I love Tooting Market. The real showcase for me is Pilango (@pilangocider). They're a craft cider outfit which add hops to some of their ciders as well as having a "Liberated" cider which is made from donated London apples. It's a great brand and worth a visit!
I'm a long time Tooting resident and self confessed cheerleader. The way this market is developing is so brilliant. The food places that are opening up are all pretty excellent and authentic. Owned by 'normal' people making a living rather than chains. My faves at the moment are Hi Ki, Ulam and Bordelaise but that is only because I haven't yet tried everywhere.
Changing all the time - some really good places to hang out and try, although doesn't have the seating hub of its neighbour Tooting Market and is much more of a traditional market with tack, tailors & a pet shop - Pedal-back cafe is good for a shopping break.
This market is a perfect storm of everything great about London. Stunning food & drink outlets, jostling for space amongst an eclectic mix of nail bars, pet shops, tailors and produce. Tooting is on the rise and this market is growing day by day with new and exciting openings. Come for food, drinks, and to get your bike mended. So brilliant.


Stuff and nonsense! You will never be given a job that is too hard for you; anything requiring a skill you don't already have will be taught to you.
I have to be part of the "inner circle".
No way! Katsucon is always looking for new talent. Many of the people in higher-up positions have been with the convention less than three years. There is no 'inner circle'; it's all anime fandom.
I will be stuck with a job I hate or can't handle.
While there's always a need for someone to fill the thankless and tiring jobs of badge checking and room guarding, coat check. Katsucon will never force you to do something you absolutely don't want to do. We are however not above begging.
I have no detectable molecule of skill or knowledge that could help anyone.
If you can walk and talk at the same time, Katsucon has a position for you. You'd be surprised at what you know.
I won't meet anyone or see anything at the convention.
Just because you volunteer doesn't mean that you have to miss the convention. Even two hours of work can make a huge difference! Also, you can choose when you wish to work.
You're really not an anime fan or you are just starting out in the genre.
Perfect! This is how you can find out from the inside where to start. Some of the previous volunteers have been parents, siblings, roommates, significant others, and even driving buddies of attendees. Being dragged along for the weekend? The staff can help you fill your time and even explain what the big deal is.
I will be treated rudely and ignored by staff.
Katsucon tries its best to give sincere thanks where thanks are due, even to someone who can only do a few hours during the con. If you feel you have been ignored, speak up! Sometimes things get hectic and you might be passed over, but this is unintentional.
I will be an anime god and have actual powers over others.
They will bow before your mightiness and worship your shadow like the groveling slaves they are. Um… no. Anyone who thinks that should stay home or change the dosage on their psychotropic drugs. We don't think abusing our attendees is a good idea. Those volunteers who show signs of delusions of grandeur will be escorted away and assigned to guard a blank wall in another hotel.
I have to be a guy.
That is an outright lie. Everyone can do the less than thankless jobs at the Con.
Volunteers is not affiliated with Maid Café in any way other than both being at Katsucon. If you are interest in Maid Café please visit their section of the website.


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