Urbano Network's London networking lunches are held in restaurants, hotels and other interesting venues across central London, where our hosts provide a delicious lunch and Urbano serves up the most diverse and effective networking in London.
This networking lunch, held under our Media & Tech Community banners, is aimed primarily but not exclusively at bringing together those in the creative sectors, such as advertising, branding, marketing, film, TV, visual and graphic, web and design industries, and Tech sectors, such as fintech, software and app developers, CMS and support system suppliers.
Like all Urbano events, this event is open to any Urbano member regardless of sector. They are never dry and never dull. Urbano networking lunches are very relaxed and informal. We help you make introductions most relevant to you and your business, but the conversations are friendly, with the emphasis on genuine conversations rather than a series of sales pitches. We usually only sit down to eat (if at all) and our events are lively but not rushed.
Our hosts for this networking lunch is Rich Mix - the cultural and arts venue in the heart of Shoreditch. With 3 boutique cinema screens, 3 flexible theatre and event spaces, an outdoor yard area, mezzanine gallery and a range of meeting rooms, Rich Mix can accomodate a wide range of events attracting clients including Coca-Cola, Facebook, Google, QMUL, Sound Minds, BBC, UAL, PPL and Ben & Jerrys.
Urbano attendees at this event will enjoy a diverse buffet selection from their onsite caterers along with a complimentary glass of wine or soft drink.


Before Mikkel Kessler battles Carl Froch in the 2nd round of Showtime's "Super Six" Tournament, some important questions must be taken into consideration. Can Kessler recover psychologically following the beating he absorbed from Andre Ward in his last bout? Mikkel Kessler is a first-rate fighter, but after suffering losses to Joe Calzaghe and Andre Ward, we now know Kessler has plenty of trouble with boxers. However, there is good news for Kessler. Carl Froch does not possess the footwork of Calzaghe, Ward or even Kessler himself. Froch presents a different type of challenge; He's undefeated, confident and mentally tough. Overcoming a close defeat is no easy task for a fighter. It is even a more daunting mission to rise above a one-sided beating or knockout loss. How much does Kessler have left?
Kessler will be able to showcase his boxing ability more against Froch than he displayed against Ward and Calzaghe. In both of his defeats, Kessler was the aggressor. Ward possessed too much overall speed for him. Against Calzaghe, he had to deal with the slickness and feints of a great southpaw. Styles make fights. The match-up against Froch may best suit Kessler's style to surmount his recent shortcomings.
Kessler must establish his jab early in the fight. Froch is slower than him, and Kessler could dictate the pace of the bout by using his edge in hand speed by firing combinations off the jab. At times, Froch can be flat footed. If Kessler is moving around the ring, Froch will have an extremely difficult time landing successfully. In his last bout, Froch had an abundance of trouble getting his punches off because of Andre Dirrell's adept hand speed and proficient movement. Kessler does not have the hand speed of Dirrell, but his hand speed is vastly underrated. Kessler's hand speed was not a factor in his fights with Ward or Calzaghe, because they never let him get set to punch. Froch will not use the ring to his advantage like Ward or Calzaghe.
Froch owns a concrete right hand and can take a pretty solid punch. Since Kessler lost badly to Ward, Froch may want to attack him swiftly at the very beginning of the fight. Then, Froch might gain a competitive edge if Kessler starts to doubt his overall abilities. Froch owns a decent left jab and might use it to set up his body attack. Against Dirrell, Froch got beat to the punch repeatedly, and may have gotten hit even more had Dirrell taken more of an initiative. Unlike Dirrell, Kessler will stand in front of Froch at certain moments in the fight, which could give Froch a significant advantage. Froch does not unleash lots of punches, but he does land a high percentage of his punch output.
Prediction: If Kessler is emotionally recharged after suffering the devastating loss to Ward, I believe Kessler can win a convincing 12 round unanimous decision. I think Kessler occupies and exhibits the superior overall skills, however, I expect Froch to land some crisp and powerful punches in the fight. On the other hand, Kessler should be able to effectively control the pace with an accurate left jab, superior hand speed and quick lateral movement. I do not think it will turn into a slugfest because I see Kessler fighting an intelligent fight.


One of the cheapest, easiest and yummiest dishes on the Poly planet has to be the Samoan Koko Alaisa.
A staple food for breakfast or during the day, this creamy chocolaty food is what many Samoans across the world have been raised on. Its full of awesum natural goodness from coconut cream and the raw cacao of Koko Samoa, as well as some zing from a lime leaf for flavor. In this step by step guide, the pre-school children from the Aoga Fa'asamoa in Auckland learn and make this Island deliciousness from scratch.


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Laurentius (deutsch auch Lorenz II.; gest. 1232 oder 1233, ) war Bischof von Lebus von 1209 bis 1232.

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Laurentius wurde 1209 erstmals erwähnt, als er bei der Taufe eines Sohnes des schlesischen Herzogs Heinrich des Bärtigen anwesend war. In den folgenden Jahren war er mehrfach in dessen Urkunden als Zeuge genannt. Um das Jahr 1219 zog er mit diesem und Herzog Konrad von Masowien zum Kreuzzug gegen die Prußen.

Bischof Laurentius urkundete mehrmals für die schlesischen Zisterzienserklöster Leubus und Trebnitz, das Augustiner-Chorherrenstift in Naumburg am Bober sowie für den Templerorden, in dem er diesen die Zehnten in deren Besitzungen im Bistum Lebus erließ.

Bischof Laurentius wurde letztmals am 31. Oktober 1232 in einer Urkunde genannt. Da sein Nachfolger Heinrich I. 1233 in das Amt kam, muss Laurentius zuvor gestorben sein.

Das angebliche Todesdatum 9. März 1233 in der älteren Literatur beruht auf einer Vermischung von Daten mit denen eines vorherigen Bischofs Laurentius (I.), dessen zum 9. März im Zisterzienserkloster Leubus gedacht wurde.

Literatur
 Siegmund Wilhelm Wohlbrück: Geschichte des ehemaligen Bisthums Lebus und des Landes dieses Nahmens. Band 1. Berlin 1829 S. 56–65 mit ausführlichen Urkundenauszügen

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Bischof von Lebus
Geboren im 12. oder 13. Jahrhundert
Gestorben im 13. Jahrhundert
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AM radio is the oldest form of radio. Despite repeated attempts to modernize it, including wideband transmission, various AM Stereo schemes, AMAX and others, we are left with a less than stellar AM listening experience overall. After listening to the harmful effect Portland Oregon's first AM HD IBOC digital broadcast has on existing AM radios, I wonder just how many more AM listeners we are going to lose before we figure out what it takes to get the most out of AM radio.
I think the core problem is the unaddressed need for leadership. The FCC badly mangled AM Stereo and looks to be making a bigger mess of things by allowing AM IBOC onto the air, but only during the daytime hours. (IBOC sideband noise is too high at night.) Ibiquity is in a position to help the AM band see more of it's potential through it's licensing of HD technology to radio receiver manufacturers.
We have understood how to make good quality AM radio broadcasts for many years, yet here we are in the 21st century still listening to poor quality narrow bandwidth audio being broadcast by an increasing number of stations. Despite what AM fans say, AM is not ever going to deliver the quality of service that newer technologies, such as FM and Satellite radio do, yet we are not seeing all that AM radio is capable of. Why is this?
I have come to believe it is because we are not taking the fickle nature of AM radio into account as we try to improve it and that's largely a leadership problem, not a technology problem. You see, AM radio is about tradeoffs. Everything is a give and take that demands a careful balance be maintained; otherwise we all fail to realize the full potential AM has to offer.
I'm not a fan of AM IBOC technology, largely because the quality of the digital audio is not good enough to warrant the harsh tradeoffs required for it's broadcast. AM IBOC stations must be narrowband analog to make room for the digital signals. That means harsh 5Khz, or less, brick wall analog filters that introduce ringing and distortion audible on even marginal AM radios. The digital signal itself adds noise to an already noisy medium, for those listening on ordinary AM radios. Given the just huge number of existing radios, it does not seem right to just slowly render them useless in favor of a marginal digital solution.
We need to coordinate the use of the AM band, keeping the interested listener in mind. It is these listeners, and more importantly potential new ones, that keep radio viable.
Interesingly, Ibiquity licenses it's digital HD radio technology. It is not possible to make an HD radio without first licensing the Ibiquity core technology and that licensing comes with terms. Normally, I am against this kind of thing, but perhaps it makes some sense where AM radio is concerned and that's the core reason for this post really. Maybe we can use Ibiquitys unique position to force the right kinds of AM improvements.
Look at the difference between the HAM radio spectrum and how it's used and the CB spectrum. The HAM radio operators work hard to get the most of their spectrum. They work together to innovate while not diminishing gains already made. The CB spectrum, on the other hand, is simply a mess with nobody doing much of anything besides shouting as loudly as they can in the hopes of being heard over the noise. The resulting experience is striking in that CB radio, though capable of long distance communication with clear and pleasant audio, is reduced to the worst of both. Narrow, distorted audio and local communications are the norm. Everybody lost with CB.
I do realize the issues surrounding CB radio are more complex. Just think about the leadership issue and it's potential advantages and let the rest go for the purposes of this post.
It's a given that no one AM modulation technology solves all the problems. This means that we really should not dismiss any one technology, out of hand, in favor of the others because we would not be gaining anything. The ideal approach is a well applied mix of existing technology that allows broadcasters to tune their programming and signal in a way that best serves their listeners.
The problem with this is that receiver manufacturers don't see a clear standard to build to so they end up building to the lowest common denominator. We learned this from the AM Stereo struggle where we did not endorse one technology, but let them compete to our mutual demise. AM Stereo is in wide use in many parts of the world that chose to learn from our mistake and support one technology solution.
Ordinary analog radios, just as we have them today. These would continue to be a mixed bag with the receiver manufacturer free to do what they will.
Digital HD radios would support both AM and FM HD IBOC broadcasts and also support the analog AM options that make sense as well, namely: AM Stereo, AM mono and a narrow / wide option that could easily be incorporated into the treble control so users don't have to deal with another control. Impluse noise blanking would be a nice addition here as well.
All of that could fit onto one chip. I'll bet such a chip already exists and could be put to the task right away, making this a whole lot easier.
The core idea behind this to be a solid platform for AM radio that is a known and stable quantity. This stability would then promote better quality AM broadcasts. Ibiquity could make this happen largely on their own to all our mutual benefit.
It would be nice to also begin work on a more realistic AM band plan. Over time, as stations upgrade their facilities, channel allocations and broadcast types (AM Stereo, AM narrowband, AM IBOC Hybrid, AM IBOC only) could be mixed and matched to the mutual benefit of everyone.
This alone would make the purchase of new HD radios justified, regardless of your position on AM IBOC because AM analog would improve as well. Since IBOC is not a cure all, an improved analog scene just makes AM that much better to listen to as a whole.
AM Stations could then choose to broadcast full time analog AM Stereo broadcasts and be assured of new listeners. AM HD stations could use AM Stereo to cover their night time broadcasts, or simply choose to broadcast wideband AM or whatever else they think might best serve their listeners.
That's it really. I'm not a fan of HD IBOC on AM because it ignores all the progress and quality gear we have today. However, I'm also totally aware of the analog issues too. There is no one stop solution that will fix AM radio. What we all really want is better AM radio, why not apply the full range of avaliable solutions to the problem and just make AM better?


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Vivid Seats Announces Completion of Exchange Offer
CHICAGO, July 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vivid Seats Inc. (NASDAQ: SEAT) ("Vivid Seats" or the "Company"), a leading marketplace that utilizes its technology platform to connect millions of buyers with thousands of ticket sellers across hundreds of thousands of events each year, today announced the completion of its previously announced exchange offer (the "Offer") relating to its outstanding public warrants to purchase shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Class A Common Stock").
Evercore Group L.L.C. served as the Dealer Manager for the Offer.
This announcement is for informational purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell the warrants or an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any shares of Class A Common Stock. The Offer was made only through, and pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in, the Company's Schedule TO, Prospectus/Offer to Exchange and related letter of transmittal.
Founded in 2001, Vivid Seats is a leading online ticket marketplace committed to becoming the ultimate partner for connecting fans to the live events, artists, and teams they love. Based on the belief that everyone should "Experience It Live," the Chicago-based company provides exceptional value by providing one of the widest selections of events and tickets in North America and an industry leading Vivid Seats Rewards program where all fans earn on every purchase. Vivid Seats has been chosen as the official ticketing partner by some of the biggest brands in the entertainment industry including ESPN, Rolling Stone, and the Los Angeles Clippers. Through its proprietary software and unique technology, Vivid Seats drives the consumer and business ecosystem for live event ticketing and enables the power of shared experiences to unite people. Vivid Seats is recognized by Newsweek as one of America's Best Companies for Customer Service in ticketing. Fans who want to have the best live experiences can start by downloading the Vivid Seats mobile app, going to vividseats.com, or calling 866-848-8499.
Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements made in this document are "forward-looking statements" with respect to the Offer, the services offered by Vivid Seats and the markets in which it operates, and Vivid Seats' projected future results. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words "estimates," "projected," "expects," "anticipates," "forecasts," "plans," "intends," "believes," "seeks," "targets," "may," "will," "should," "would," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," "future," "propose," "strategy," "opportunity" and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) that predict or indicate future events or trends or are not statements of historical matters are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by any investor as, guarantees, assurances, predictions or definitive statements of fact or probability regarding future performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside Vivid Seats' control, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include the COVID-19 pandemic, its duration, its impact on Vivid Seats' business, results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, use of borrowings, business practices, operations, suppliers, third-party service providers, customers, employees, industry, ability to meet future performance obligations and ability to efficiently implement advisable safety precautions; Vivid Seats' ability to raise financing in the future; Vivid Seats' future financial performance; Vivid Seats' success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, officers, key employees or directors; Vivid Seats' ability to pay dividends on its Class A Common Stock on the terms currently contemplated or at all; and other factors relating to Vivid Seats' business, operations and financial performance, including, but not limited to Vivid Seats' ability to compete in the ticketing industry; Vivid Seats' ability to maintain relationships with buyers, sellers and distribution partners; Vivid Seats' ability to continue to improve the Vivid Seats platform and maintain and enhance its brand; the impact of extraordinary events or adverse economic conditions on discretionary consumer and corporate spending or on the supply and demand of live events; Vivid Seats' ability to comply with domestic regulatory regimes; Vivid Seats' ability to successfully defend against litigation; Vivid Seats' ability to maintain the integrity of its information systems and infrastructure, and to mitigate possible cyber security risks; Vivid Seats' ability to generate sufficient cash flows or raise additional capital necessary to fund its operations; and other factors detailed in the section of the Prospectus/Offer to Exchange entitled "Risk Factors" and in the Company's filings with the SEC. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Vivid Seats assumes no obligation and do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Vivid Seats does not give any assurance that it will achieve its expectations.
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Trail of Time: Grand Canyon geology exhibit evolves
Nearly 100 of 2,500 markers on Trail of Time reinstalled on Grand Canyon's South Rim
University of New Mexico students and staff and Grand Canyon National Park's trail crew work to repair the Trail of Time, Aug. 8-12. (NPS Photo)
Originally Published: August 23, 2022 10:05 a.m.
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. — Last week, the Trail of Time geology exhibit along the Canyon Rim Trail, received some needed maintenance.
The Trail of Time, which opened in 2010, is a relatively flat, paved walk along the Canyon Rim Trail. The Main portion of the exhibit is between Yavapai Geology Museum and Verkamp's Visitor Center, at the edge of Grand Canyon Village — a little over 1.3 miles.
After 12 years, the asphalt and markers were in need of repair/replacement.
Professors Karl Karlstrom and Laura Crossey, from the University of New Mexico, and three UNM geology graduate students, joined members of Grand Canyon National Park's Trail Crew in making repairs to the asphalt and reinstalling almost 100 of the 2,500 markers.
To accomplish this, crews used a circular rock saw and had to, in some places, cut entirely through and remove sections to enable fresh asphalt strips. In other cases only a patch was replaced. Where needed, new medallions were fabricated.
Grand Canyon Conservancy provided funds to complete this project. Grand Canyon National Park provided Trail Crew assistance and tools. The park's Division of Interpretation and Resource Education arranged for team member housing, and the University of New Mexico team was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
About the Trail of Time
The Trail of Time is a geologic timeline. Each meter walked on the timeline trail signifies one million years of Grand Canyon's geologic history. Walking the trail gives visitors a visceral appreciation for the magnitude of geologic time, according to GCNP.
Inset bronze medallions mark visitor's locations in time along the trail; every tenth marker (one-meter spacing) is labeled in millions of years.
Along the timeline trail are a series of polished rocks representing each of Grand Canyon's colorful layers, as well as waysides that explain how Grand Canyon and the rock layers formed.
The exhibit was installed with funds from the National Science Foundation, the expertise of Grand Canyon geoscience academic researchers from the University of New Mexico and Arizona State University, and a partnership with Grand Canyon National Park.
More about the Trail of Time is available at www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/the-trail-of-time.htm.


"What's the number one reason you continue to suffer from low self-esteem?"
*Waking up in the morning dreading the day and feeling like you should just stay in bed?
*Feeling like nobody appreciates you and most people don't even seem to think you can do anything right?
*Feeling unloved and that no-one wants you around?
*Feeling that you're not good enough for others to accept you as you are?
*Struggling to make friends? You find social situations make you feel so nervous you can't even speak?
*Knowing you could achieve much more, but you don't have the confidence to face new challenges?


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HTC M8 might skip QHD resolution, to arrive with a 1080p screen instead
HTC Android
Updated: Jan 21, 2014, 1:40 AM
Victor H.
HTC has published the UA Prof file for what seems like the HTC M8 (aka the successor to the HTC One), allegedly confirming its existence and the fact that the device will feature a 1080 x 1920-pixel display. User Agent Profile (UA Prof) files are specification files that describe the model, screen size and other features of the device before it gets officialized. Making such a file is not obligatory, but usually when published, this is done by the phone maker itself (in this case from HTC), and is a near-official confirmation of a device.
While the resolution of the HTC M8 is not expected to change from that of last year's HTC One, the size of the display is actually expected to go up slightly. The HTC M8 is rumored to have a screen of at least 5 inches in diagonal, but not larger than 5.9 inches. What does this mean? First and foremost, pixel peepers might be disappointed to learn that the newest HTC flagship won't match the oft rumored 2014 trend of QHD (1440 x 2560-pixel) displays.
To most people and even sharp-eyed consumers, though, we expect the difference between QHD and 1080p displays to be barely visible, so we would not necessarily count this as a flaw. Moreover, a device with a 1080p display would actually perform better as it has to process much less pixels than a QHD phone, and this might be a compromise some are willing to make.
Even without a QHD display, there is something else about the HTC M8 that makes it extremely interesting, and that's the rumored twin-sensor rear camera. The twin sensors are said to improve the focusing ability, the depth of field and image quality of the M8's camera, and we're looking forward to seeing the possibilities that may come with it.
The handset is also said to retain a similar design and visual aesthetics to those of the original HTC One, but get beefier under the hood with a newer version of the Qualcomm Snapdragon system chip (we'd bet on either a newer version of Snapdragon 800, or the Snapdragon 805). Luckily, it's also said to get released in just a couple of months, by the end of March, when all these rumors will be put to rest - brace yourselves, the wait won't be too long.
source: HTC via @evleaks
Galaxy S23 Ultra: One for the Astrophotography people! Everyone else, take another look at S22 Ultra


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Michael Fairman TV
B&B's Jacqueline MacInnes Wood Delivers The 'Power Performance of the Week'
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This entire week, Daytime Emmy winner, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (Steffy) has been acting her heart out as viewers of The Bold and the Beautiful watched Steffy's quick descent into drug addiction take complete hold of her, thanks in part to a "gift" from Vinny!
What the story has allowed the writers, Wood, and the daytime drama to do is play the beats of what may have felt swept under the rug – the devastation of Steffy having "Phoebe" (who was actually baby Beth) taken from her and returned to her biological mother, Hope (Annika Noelle)- and it was then Hope who also got the man Steffy loved, Liam (Scott Clifton), back in her life – leaving Steffy feeling alone, abandoned, and vulnerable.
Throughout this week's airshows, Steffy tried to hide and deny her pill-popping from Liam who found her passed out on the couch, unresponsive, and their daughter, Kelly, unattended to, which began the series of scenes pitting them against each other. But where Jacqui hit the home run, and is certainly now a front-runner for the Lead Actress trophy come next year's 48th annual Daytime Emmys competition, was on Friday's heartbreaking episode.
In story, after Kelly was taken by Liam, Steffy has come to get her child back and take her home, while strung out. Liam, Hope and Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) try to reason with Steffy to let Kelly stay with them while she takes care of herself and then she can have Kelly back. However, Steffy gets further agitated that she doesn't need help or therapy; she just needs her daughter!
Steffy demands Hope get out of her way as she is going to get Kelly… but just then Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) enters. Steffy pleads with her father to help her through her tears saying that Liam and Hope stole Kelly, and are keeping her in the cabin with Donna. Ridge is annoyed at first and wants an explanation. Brooke tells him there's a lot going on he doesn't realize.
Liam pipes up and tells Ridge that Steffy's been abusing pain pills and he hopes he will listen to him and help Steffy now. Ridge doesn't think Steffy would lie about taking pills but Liam explains how he found the bottle of pills. Now cornered, Steffy breaks down and admits she took a few pills, because she has been in so much pain and going through such a difficult time since the accident, and even before that! She also tells her father how the Logans are once again destroying the Forresters, and how he chose Brooke over Taylor, and how Liam left her for Hope. Ridge says they will get her help, but Steffy is not interested, and won't have it, and pulls a switchblade on the group demanding Kelly be returned to her.
It is then Ridge asks her now that she has the blade out; what is her plan? What is her next step? Realizing what she is doing, Steffy cries and drops the knife. But not before saying that she'll never forgive Ridge or any of them for what they are doing to her. She runs out, while Ridge goes after her, leaving Liam devastated.
This performance by Wood was so gut-wrenching that Michael Fairman TV names Jacqueline's work the Power Performance of the Week.
Watch the final seven minutes of Friday's episode of Wood's tour de force performance. Then let us know what you thought of Jacqueline in this week's episodes on B&B via the comment section.
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Excellent performance. Totally heartbreaking. Bravo Ms. Wood. Love Steffy.. Can't wait for her to emerge stronger than ever!
Kevin C
WOW, SUPERB performance, gut wrenching performance…IMO JMW gave her best performance to date…
Wood's performance is superb (as always). But the addiction story line feels rushed and therefore not very believable.
Echo…Many times I feel they stretch a story out too long on B&B for my liking. Maybe Covid had something to do with their regular scheduling that has kept this storyline shorter? And I agree, while not always a Steffy fan, Jacqueline's performance has been excellent.
Her performace is great, like TK and SC's ones. The writing, like always, is rushed and bit lazy. Writers must wake up
Steffy, did amazing job I cried right along with her. I watch the episode 3 times and I cried every time. She deserves a Emmy for a fantastic job. I love the Bold and Beautiful I'll been a fan since day one and I am still a fan. Job well done!!! To all the writers am so proud of all of you. You nailed this one!! Keep up the good work.
Lindsey Leighton
I used to watch bold and the beautiful with my mom since I was two and a half years old even on vacations my mom passed away in 2017 it's the only thing I still watch that I used to watch with my mom. Jacklien McLean woods is a phenomenal actress I've always been impressed with her acting ability all of them are really good actresses and actors I think that this episode is inspiring because it goes to show that people go through struggles every day and that these things happen with prescription medication in the show using this… Read more »
Violet Lemm
Good performances by everyone. I just have never cared for this "sister wife" situation or as they call it one big happy family. Two women loving one man, etc. I could never see this working out without jealousy and animosity. Steffi felt the unhappiness of sharing her dad with Brooke and her kids and later R. J. The same thing will happen with Kelly and Beth sharing Liam. Now Steffi's mom will come back and add to the mix, and can not see her helping Steffi. She always bad mouthed Ridge to her kids for being with Brooke, never helping… Read more »
Another powerful performance by Jacqui. I'm not too sure about whipping out the knife. That was a bit odd, but I guess it was to show how far gone she was. Maybe it's just a reaction to the pills she took.
James R. Poissant
This is definitely top notch drama with beyond excellent performances by the cast in this story yet again!! HOWEVER…where is Steffy's mother Taylor in all of this? This is a time where Steffy needs her mother the most and not seeing Taylor there with her is a glaring hole in this story.
Their is obviously a issue with Hunter because this is glaring my sis still watches it pretty faithfully I had hoped they were going to move the character of Steffy in with a new romance hopefully they will I just had to give up because I could not stand watching a woman like Steffy with this obsession over a waffler like Liam I hear that disgusting photo is still on her wall. So I went to see this episode I did almost faint when she pulled the knife and I thought ok first Taylor shoots somebody with a gun and… Read more »
What an amazing performance. I watched the entire episode twice, and each time my heart broke for the character. JMW is Definitely Emmy worthy.
Say what you will about Ridge, but he's always tried to step up and help his kids.
I haven't like any of her performances since the show came back after the covid hiatus. Her acting during her "addiction" phase was way over-the-top in my opinion…and on the other side of the coin her Stepford Wife, goo-goo eyed, plastered smile since she met Finn is cringe-worthy. The only scenes I like are when she's talking to Liam; at least with him she seems like the character I've come to know. As for Finn? The actor is adorable in the Liberty Biberty commercial but he isn't ready for an an actual TV role. He mumbles; and they have zero… Read more »
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THE BACHELOR Season Premiere: Is Matt James Destined to be the Best in Franchise History? The First Impression Rose Is Given Out
On Monday's premiere episode of the highly-anticipated seasons of The Bachelor, viewers finally saw groundbreaking lead 'Bachelor' Matt James in action.
James, became the first black 'Bachelor' in the reality-dating competition 25-year history.
It kicks-off for viewers getting an introduction into Matt's upbringing: He's biracial and was raised by a single mother in North Carolina. He played college football at Wake Forest University, lives in New York City and works in real estate, and volunteers a lot of his time with under-privileged children.
As pressure began to mount (right before the ladies drove up in their limos to meet Matt), he asked to talk to host, Chris Harrison, because some things were weighing heavily on him including: not wanting to let people down, knowing this was a moment in TV history. Matt expressed to Chris: "I don't want to piss off black people, I don't want to piss off white people," trying to figure how to navigate the season.
Throughout the episode, Matt's nerves, honesty, and a request of himself and to the women, to be open through this journey, seem to serve him well, which left viewers with a solid first impression of him during the premiere. He also led the women in a prayer before the first cocktail party kicked-off!
Speaking of the women, there are 32 this season that are vying for the final rose – the largest contingent ever. Everyone was said to have quarantined for weeks and took four COVID-19 tests with hopes of getting to get up close and personal with Matt. The entire season moved to a an expansive mansion and set-up in Pennsylvania, not Hollywood.
While there were so many cringe-worthy moments of the women trying to impress Matt when they first meet him … let's not forget Katie with the vibrator dubbed "MJ", or Victoria who walks around calling herself "The Queen" and being the most annoying… we could already sense some possible connections with the others.
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Making 'Bachelor' history also was contestant, Abigail Heringer. She is the first deaf contestant to ever appear on the franchise. Matt was very taken with Abigail in the season premiere with her beauty and her honesty. Right off the bat, she admitted to him that she was deaf. Later, during the cocktail party and some one-on-one time, she also revealed that her older sister is deaf as well. Both were born with congenital hearing loss, and both underwent cochlear implantation surgery
Matt then shares his first real on-screen kiss with Abigail, and next went searching for the first impression rose, while all the other gals got jealous. He gave the rose to Abigail. Next, it was time for the first rose ceremony and we can't understand (well, we can .. they need someone to stir the pot) why "The Queen" Victoria received a rose and is still in the running, but that's another story. Some potential picks such as Bri, Mari, Chelsea and Kristin could be in it for the long-haul, but we shall see.
The episode concluded with another promo of all the tears and drama from the gals and Matt as this season continues next Monday night.
So, what was your first impression of Matt as The Bachelor? Abigail as the women who received the first impression rose? Who do you think will win Matt's heart in the end? Any early predictions? Comment below.
THE BACHELORETTE Season Finale: Zac Puts A Ring On It As Tayshia Gets Her Man
The pandemic version of the hit reality-dating series franchise, The Bachelorette, had a few major twists. First, that in the middle of the season the lead 'Bachelorette' had to be switched out, when Clare Crawley found love early with Dale Moss and exited the show.
Enter Tayshia Adams, who then started her own journey with the men who were still part of Clare's season and a few others brought in to add to the mix.
The entire production had to be quarantined and shot in one location in Palm Springs, California. Even the hometown dates were in Palm Springs as family members from the men still in the competition were brought there. So with limited locales, the season was not always big and splashy, but in the end, and on the second night of the two-night season finale, you could not have asked for a sweeter ending and proposal between Zac Clark and Tayshia.
So how did Tayshia and Zac end up together? Here's a brief rundown from last night's two-hour season finale:
With Ben back in the mix and asking for a second chance, (after he could not tell Tayshia the last time that he loved her, he did so now), she invites him to the rose ceremony, where Ivan and Zac, who were the two last men standing, were in for a shock.
At the ceremony, Tayshia asks to talk to Ivan privately. She takes him aside and tells him she has concerns over religion from their overnight date, so much so that she does not think they can go any further and she sends him home. That means, Tayshia gives her two roses to her finalists: Zac and Ben,
On her last date with Zac prior to the final rose ceremony, Tayshia is not herself when the couple go to a dance class together. Her anxiety is getting the best of her and it was hard to tell if she was just not feeling Zac anymore, as she is now for Ben, or if she is just getting jitters over the whole process. Later, away from the dancing, Zac and Tayshia have a heart-to-heart, where she is worried what happens if something changes between them, (since she was previously divorced, as was he) and that he does not want her anymore? Zac said calmly, "No matter what, I'm not going anywhere." That helped put Tayshia's mind at ease, somewhat!
Next, she has made a decision to tell Ben, it's over between them. She sits him down and tells him she has stronger feelings for Zac. Ben shares, "I was excited to be back, I was really hopeful that we would be together. When you love somebody, you want them to be happy." So with that, he realizes it's time to pack it up, sharing with the cameras that he believed their lives would have been so good together.
Zac is choosing an emerald diamond to give Tayshia from Neil Lane (of course, at this juncture, he has no idea that Ben has been sent home). Then, we see both Zac and Tayshia getting ready for the big proposal day. Will she accept Zac's proposal … doubts swirling through her head and all?
As the final rose ceremony began, Zac delivered a heart-tugging speech which included: "The first conversation we ever had by our fountain, we talked about how everything happens for a reason. I came here because I was supposed to meet you, I came here because I was supposed to fall in love with you. Nothing has ever felt so right in my entire life. I love you, Tayshia. We spoke of the importance of loyalty, and I will always be loyal to you."
Tayshia finally and fully let her guard down and shared to Zac; "I know that I told you that I love you, but it's more than that. It's this wild, wild love that I've tried to come up with so many reasons to not believe, and you have truly made me believe that there doesn't have to be flaws, and that I deserve love with a man who won't run away. I love you, Zac Clark."
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As Tayshia is sobbing as Zac gets down on one knee, she says "Yes" to his proposal, and to make it official she gives Zac the final rose which he accepts. Next, they ride off into the sunset in a symbolic cardboard taxi to New York City where Zac lives.
On Wednesday, Tayshia and Zac made their first TV appearance together since their engagement four months ago. They told Good Morning America that they were looking forward to dating and taking it one step at a time, and that Tayshia will be bi-coastal for now, but spending time on the east coast with Zac over the holidays.
So, happy that Tayshia chose Zac? Share you thoughts on this unpredictable season and last night's episode via the comment section below.
Y&R's Jason Thompson Delivers the 'Power Performance of the Week"
Last week, daytime drama offered up some stellar performances. We had General Hospital's Sydney Miykala (Trina) and Jeff Kober (Cyrus) being given some very emotional material and playing the heck out of it, and we had The Young and the Restless, Jason Thompson in what was to be his third standalone episode during his run as Billy Abbott. Scenes from his last standalone episode helped win Jason the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Award at the Daytime Emmys this past June.
While there has been a very mixed-bag of reviews from fans of the writing of this standalone episode, one thing remains true – that if given the ball, Thompson will bring the complexities needed to it, make it work, and in-turn make the audience feel the deep emotional pain within Billy. And that was on full display in one key scene that locked up his Power Performance of the Week honors.
In the set-up, this time Billy is in the slammer contemplating his life while trying to rest and is hit with a series of dream/nightmare sequences in which he is emotionally tortured by many family members, enemies, and friends for his consistently being a screw-up, or so they like to say. The one person in the episode who stands by Billy's side is Lily (Christel Khalil).
During the episode, as Billy jumped from different locations within Genoa City, he grew more hopeless given his situation. However, then he is visited by his late daughter Delia (Sophie Pollano) in the grown-up teenage version. This is where Thompson broke hearts, playing guilt, loss, and despair. He tells Delia if he could take one day back to do over again, it would be the night he left her alone for a few minutes to get ice-cream in the convenient store, and she wandered out in the street after her dog, only to be fatally hit by a car driven by Adam. In this scene, it was Jason at his best, and surely a scene that should be used for his Emmy reel in 2021. What made it all the more notable is that Jason was not even playing the character of Billy back then, but you believed every heartbreaking second of his talk with his daughter about what Billy experienced the the night of her death and for years after.
Two other moments were also stand-outs in the episode. When Victor (Eric Braeden) comes to see Billy behind bars and taunts him every which way to Sunday. It was hard to know if that was real or imagined, but both Eric Braeden and Thompson chewed the scenery with that showdown.
Later in the episode, Billy is shocked to be transported to the police station to where his now teenage son, Johnny is in trouble with the law, and Rey (Jordi Vilasuso) is detaining and questioning him. Billy realizes he has to fight for his freedom as he can't leave his family in disarray, or let himself or Lily down again.
Billy Abbott continues to be an oh-so-flawed character, which gives Thompson opportunities to shine and play all the beats to perfection.
Share your thoughts on Jason's performance and our choice for the Power Performance of the Week via the comment section below.
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Sophia Marcil awakens from a snorkeling accident in the Lerins Islands to find herself in the chambers-and the body-of a nineteenth-century princess. In a confused state and with no idea of her whereabouts, Sophia embarks on a desperate quest for answers, hoping she can find her way back to her fiance, Nick, and her true identity.
After she finds a diary in an antique desk, Sophia follows a clue that leads her to a questionable alchemist, who relays the history and magic of the mysterious amethyst she inherited from her great-grandmother-the only possession that made the leap through time with her and perhaps the only thing that can prevent her from becoming a pawn in a murderous plot for the throne.
The Temple of Indra's Jewel is the first book in the Time Traveling Bibliophile series.
A potion meant to help Princess Sapphira communicate with the future somehow pulls Sophia back through time. As Sophia struggles to understand what has happened to her, she realizes that Sapphira had been in danger. Since everyone believes her to be Princess Sapphira, she is now in danger herself. She also finds that Sapphira left behind several suitors, not all of whom have honorable intentions. This was a fun read, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.
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This Librarian is Just Killing Time…Travel. Sophia Marcil loves her grandmother's twisted tales almost as much as the sapphire ring passed down to her. Wearing it, however, could be her downfall. After slipping the jewel onto her finger she is pushed from a cliff—landing splat in the middle of 19th Century Monaco, where a killer plot to seize the throne could consume her entire future—past and present. Sophia believes she's being forced into an eccentric millionaire's dinner theatre but a hidden diary, a secret passage and a whispered conversation reveal to her that the role of a princess is not all fun and games. With the help of a man from outside the palace walls, Sophia undertakes a spellbinding journey straight out of a Grimm tale. Learning the gem's secrets and the powerful curse behind it are only the beginning. With time and the constant threat of death hanging over her, she must take a page out of her own history to hunt down someone who isn't killing by the book. Can she do it before she's checked out for good?
Family Secrets Can Be a Real Curse. Former Librarian turned Time Traveler, Sophia Marcil is looking forward to a shiny new beginning, and that's just what she gets when the man of her dreams proposes. Unfortunately, the ring Cullen O'Kelley slips on her finger holds a piece of the very sapphire that's cursed her. Wrenched back to a stately home in 1920, she discovers a hidden chapter in her own family story. In an effort to re-write the past, things get foggy in a London bookshop; long-lost relative's re-surface, and as a family gathering rapidly goes awry, Sophia ricochets back to the present. Someone close to her is a killer, and this time she's determined to read between the lines. Her ex-boyfriend seems to be the likely character, but evidence to the contrary soon has her questioning whether she wrote the wrong guy off. With her wedding day fast approaching Sophia needs to figure out if Cullen's love, spells death? Jewels are a girl's best friend, unless they're cursed, then they're just worth killing for.
The Past Is Never Far Behind…It Also Won't Stay Buried. The page has turned at last. Sophia Marcil's nemesis is six feet under and she's off to return the cursed sapphire to India, so she can settle into the next chapter of her life—a new bookshop and wedded bliss. One problem, her wedding day has come early and the wrong man stands at the altar. The mysterious temple has sent Sophia back into the past, more specifically, into the body of the soon to be murdered bride of Dunlace Castle—a place she was hired to research. Thankfully her detour into the past is brief and she returns to safety in her own time. But how safe is she? Three dead bodies and her missing groom have Sophia wondering if her time travel has changed more than the castle's structure. To make matters worse an empty grave leads her to believe that her nemesis is alive and forcing her fiancé to time travel. Sophia is determined to dig up the truth but will it mean returning to a place she swore she'd written off? Everyone has their cross to bear and Sophia's might just live to haunt her.
Closing the Book on the Past…Doesn't Mean It Can't Be Opened. Between The Mysterious Ink Spot, Sophia O'Kelly's cozy Dublin bookshop, and her role as mother and wife, she is more apt to exchange books and banter these days than blows with a bad guy. But living in the present has its pains; and Sophia can't help but wonder if her migraines are connected to her fate. Sixteen years ago it was foretold to her that her daughter would become a dark and powerful witch, and stealing Sophia's ancient spell book might just be the first step in proving the grim prediction true. Looking for answers and relief from the pain, Sophia agrees to a hypnotic regression. Unfortunately for Sophia, time's up and she finds herself manipulated, betrayed and imprisoned for witchcraft. Meanwhile, back in Ireland, Sophia's husband and best friend uncover a painting, offer hope that Sophia could be alive. The answers lie in a fifteenth-century castle—all they have to do is navigate time to get there. Of course, they're not the only ones searching; Sophia's daughter is determined to tag along, and she's leading the traitor right to them. It's been sixteen years since Sophia O'Kelly closed the book on her past but someone wants revenge and they're eager to open that particular volume of secrets.
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Ingtriguing series of books. Thanks for the review.


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Sharing it with his son made Sandy Alomar's game-winning home run in 1997 All-Star Game even more special
Ryan Lewis Beacon Journal/Ohio.com @ByRyanLewis
CLEVELAND — Sandy Alomar Jr.'s fondest memories of the 1997 All-Star Game in Cleveland aren't what you probably think.
They aren't his memories of the steps he took rounding the bases after his go-ahead home run in the seventh inning sent the Jacobs Field crowd into bedlam in a storybook moment for the hometown hero.
Those are not the steps Alomar remembers most fondly.
What Alomar cherishes most are the steps his young son, Marcus, took as he ran out onto the field after the game as the Indians catcher was being presented the All-Star Game MVP trophy by then-MLB commissioner Bud Selig.
Today, Marcus has a shrine of his dad's playing days at his house full of memorabilia. Those steps in 1997, shortly after his dad's home run lifted the American League to a 3-1 victory, marked the beginning of his collection.
"When they named me MVP, he jumped onto the field and took matters into his own hands and was like, 'This is mine,' " said Alomar, who added he doesn't have a single artifact from his playing career in his own house because Marcus has everything. "It was a great experience to have him on the field. He was pumped up, a little kid, and he was excited for his father and understood what it was all about."
Marcus, now 29, ended up with a king's ransom. He has the MVP trophy. He has the chest protector Alomar still had on as he accepted the award. He has the catcher's mask. He has the shoes. He has the special batting gloves.
That All-Star week, which came as Alomar led the league in hitting and was in the midst of a 30-game hitting streak, was as much about getting to enjoy the events with his son as it was about celebrating the season he was enjoying on the field.
"I came in and had the opportunity to hang around all the festivities with my son," Alomar said. "I took him to every [baseball] activity that we had. And we had no pressure, just having fun, brought him to the Home Run Derby. We did everything in the ballpark together. The experience I had with my family, that my son was able to walk onto the field with me, that was great."
Few moments in Cleveland baseball history stand out above Alomar's home run in that "Midsummer Classic" at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario, where a stadium full of fans was brimming with anticipation and ready to explode.
And the entire moment almost never came to pass because Alomar couldn't control himself.
For much of the night, he had no idea how much he'd play with Texas Rangers star (and current Hall of Famer) Ivan Rodriguez starting for the American League. Alomar eventually stepped to the plate with two outs in the seventh with the score tied 1-1. The New York Yankees' Bernie Williams was on first. San Francisco Giants left-hander Shawn Estes and his big curveball was on the mound.
Alomar, essentially trying to hit the scoreboard with the entire crowd behind him and a significant rush of adrenaline racing through his body, badly whiffed at two breaking balls.
"I didn't want to fail. I was so pumped up, the first two swings I took were a little bit out of control," Alomar said. "I had to step back and gather myself, take a deep breath and say, 'Come on, man, you've done this many times. You just need to put the ball in play.' "
Estes threw a wild pitch that allowed Williams to advance to second base. The count was 2-2. Alomar didn't look great on the first two breaking balls, but he had a chance to calm himself.
And then, some Jacobs Field magic. Alomar loaded his swing, timed up Estes perfectly and drilled the next pitch over the wall in left-center. The hometown hero script was completed. And, in this one, even the protagonist couldn't believe it.
"When I hit it, I hit it hard and on a line and the ball was on a line and gaining altitude," Alomar said. "When I was around first base, I knew it was gonna go. It was a surreal moment running the bases. The fact of all the flashes, everybody standing. I couldn't believe it was happening.
"By the time I got to third base, half the dugout was out to greet me because I play here and I was having a good year, even the players and coaches and the staff were pulling for me."
Alomar began that day not knowing how much he'd play in the game or what might happen. He ended it with one of the more memorable hometown moments in All-Star Game history. And he got to share it all with Marcus, who acquired the first few — and many of the best — pieces of memorabilia from his dad's career.
Alomar doesn't need the memorabilia from that moment.
He has the memories.
Ryan Lewis can be reached at rlewis@thebeaconjournal.com. Read the Indians blog at www.ohio.com/indians. Follow him on Twitter at @ByRyanLewis.


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Ural Ufa (ros. ВК «Урал» Уфа) – męski klub siatkarski z Rosji powstały w 2007 roku z siedzibą w Ufie.

Obecnie zespół występuje w rozgrywkach Superligi.

Sukcesy
 Mistrzostwa Rosji:
   2. miejsce (1x): 2013
 Puchar Rosji:
  2. miejsce (1x): 1999
 Puchar Challenge siatkarzy:
   2. miejsce (1x): 2013

Historia

Chronologia nazw
Energetyk
 1961: Spartak (ros. «Спартак»)
 1973: Ufimkabel (ros. «Уфимкабель»)
 1990: Energetyk (ros. «Энергетик»)
 1999: Energetyk-Dinamo (ros. «Энергетик-Динамо»)
 2000: Energetyk (ros. «Энергетик»)
 2006: Energetyk staje się klubem satelickim Nieftianiku.

Nieftianik
 1996: Nieftianik Baszkirii (ros. «Нефтяник Башкирии»)
 2001: Nieftianik Baszkortostana (ros. «Нефтяник Башкортостана»)
 2007: Ural Ufa (ros. «Урал» Уфа) (Nieftianik łączy się z Energetykiem)

Klub Ural powstał w lecie 2007 roku z połączenia zespołu Nieftianik Baszkortostana (ros. Нефтяник Башкортостана) i Energetyk (ros. Энергетик).

Nieftianik Baszkortostana jest pierwszym profesjonalnym klubem siatkarskim okręgu Baszkortostana. Swoje pierwsze rozgrywki o mistrzostwo Rosji rozpoczął wraz z pierwszym sezonem istnienia Superligi. Zdecydowanie najlepszym sezonem w wykonaniu zespołu z Ufy, był sezon 2005/2006, kiedy to Nieftianik uplasował się na piątej pozycji w klasyfikacji końcowej, co zagwarantowało mu udział w europejskich pucharach w sezonie 2006/2007.
Choć w sezonie 2006/2007 w zespole grali tacy zawodnicy jak Aleksiej Kazakow, czy dwaj brązowi medaliści Mistrzostw świata 2006 roku z Japonii - Andrej Żekow i Todor Aleksiew, drużyna z Ufy musiała walczyć o utrzymanie w Superlidze, ostatecznie po serii niepowodzeń Nieftianik zajął 9 miejsce w klasyfikacji końcowej.

Bilans sezon po sezonie

Poziom rozgrywek:

Kadra

Sezon 2020/2021
 1.  Jarosław Ostrachowski
 2.  John Perrin
 3.  Jewgienij Ribakow
 4.  Dmitrij Kolienkowski
 5.  Michaił Morow
 7.  Leonid Kuzniecow
 9.  Nikita Iwankow
 10.  Roman Bragin
 11.  Roman Poroszyn
 13.  Siergiej Bondariew
 14.  Anton Podkopajew
 15.  Oleg Tierientjew
 17.  Jegor Fieoktistow
 18.  Siergiej Nikitin
 21.  Wiktor Piwowarow
 22.  Maciej Muzaj (do 04.02.2021)
 23.  Maksim Kulikow

Sezon 2019/2020
 2.  Władisław Żłoba (od 14.02.2020)
 3.  Jewgienij Ribakow
 5.  Aleksandr Rodionow
 7.  Leonid Kuzniecow
 8.  Dienis Biriukow
 9.  Nikola Jovović
 10.  Roman Bragin
 11.  Swetosław Gocew
 15.  Aleksiej Spiridonow
 17.  Jegor Fieoktistow
 18.  Dmitrij Kiriczenko
 21.  Wiktor Piwowarow
 22.  Dmitrij Iljinych (od 10.02.2020)
 23.  Nikita Aleksiejew
 25.  Aleksandr Abrosimow

Sezon 2018/2019
 1.  Andriej Zubkow
 2.  Jewgienij Ribakow
 3.  Dmitrij Kowalow
 5.  Dienis Czeriejski
 6.  Artiom Iwanow
 7.  Jan Jereszczenko
 8.  Aleksandr Moczałow
 9.  Aleksandr Rodionow
 10.  Roman Bragin
 11.  Igor Filippow
 13.  Andriej Titicz
 15.  Aleksandr Abrosimow
 17.  Jegor Fieoktistow
 18.  Dmitrij Kiriczenko
 19.  Radziwon Miskiewicz

Sezon 2017/2018
 1.  Andriej Zubkow
 2.  Jewgienij Ribakow
 3.  Dmitrij Kowalow
 5.  Andriej Koleśnikow
 6.  Dienis Getman
 7.  Ryley Barnes
 8.  Jegor Fieoktistow
 11.  Igor Filippow
 13.  Andriej Titicz
 14.  Aleksiej Kabieszow
 15.  Aleksandr Abrosimow
 18.  Dmitrij Kiriczenko
 19.  Radziwon Miskiewicz

Sezon 2016/2017
 1.  Rusłan Chanipow
 2.  Jewgienij Ribakow
 3.  Dmitrij Kowalow
 5.  Andriej Koleśnikow
 6.  Dienis Getman
 7.  Dienis Szypot´ko
 8.  Pawieł Moroz
 9.  Aleksandr Kritskij
 10.  Maksim Szulgin
 11.  Andrij Kutsmus
 13.  Michał Łasko
 14.  Aleksiej Kabieszow
 15.  Aleksandr Abrosimow
 17.  Jegor Fieoktistow
 18.  Dmitrij Kiriczenko

Sezon 2015/2016
 1.  Siergiej Czerwiakow
 2.  Oleg Samsonyczew
 3.  Dmitrij Kowalow
 4.  Dienis Kalinin
 5.  Andriej Maksimow
 7.  Leonid Kuzniecow
 8.  Andrij Kutsmus
 9.  Serhij Tiutlin
 10.  Walerij Komarow
 15.  Aleksandr Wołkow
 16.  Aleksandr Kimerow
 17.  Jegor Fieoktistow
 18.  Dmitrij Kiriczenko
 19.  Siergiej Burcew

Sezon 2014/2015
 1.  Władisław Żłoba
 3.  Grigorij Afinogienow
 5.  Andriej Maksimow
 7.  Leonid Kuzniecow
 8.  Władimir Mielnik
 9.  Siergiej Andriewski
 10.  Roman Jakowlew
 11.  Arkadi Kozłow
 12.  Andriej Dranisznikow
 13.  Roman Daniłow
 14.  Aleksandr Rodionow
 15.  Andrij Kutsmus
 17.  Jegor Fieoktistow
 18.  Dmitrij Kiriczenko
 20.  Rusłan Gałimow

Sezon 2013/2014
 1.  Władisław Żłoba
 2.  Pawieł Zajcew
 3.  Grigorij Afinogienow
 4.  Andriej Ananiew
 5.  Andriej Maksimow
 6.  Björn Andrae
 7.  Leonid Kuzniecow
 8.  Maksim Botin
 9.  Roman Stiepanow
 10.  Roman Daniłow
 11.  Nikola Kovačević
 12.  Nikita Aleksiejew
 13.  Aleksiej Samojlenko
 16.  Dmitrij Kiriczenko
 18.  Jegor Fieoktistow

Sezon 2012/2013
 1.  Władisław Żłoba
 3.  Aleksiej Kazakow
 4.  Pawieł Abramow
 5.  Andriej Maksimow
 7.  Maksim Botin
 8.  Leandro Vissotto Neves
 9.  Roman Stiepanow
 10. Miguel Ángel Falasca
 11. Andriej Aszczew
 12. Nikita Aleksiejew
 13. Aleksiej Samojlenko
 14. Rusłan Askierow
 15. Aleksiej Spiridonow
 16. Aleksiej Wierbow
 19. Maksim Pantielejmonienko
 20. Maksim Korczunow

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 1.  Lloy Ball
 3.  Aleksiej Kazakow
 4.  Aleksandr Korniejew
 5.  Andriej Maksimow
 7.  Maksim Botin
 8.  Dienis Garkuszenko
 9.  Aleksiej Samojlenko
 10.  Walerij Komarow
 11.  Anton Kulikowski
 13.  Clayton Stanley
 16.  Roman Stiepanow
 19.  Grigorij Afinogienow
 20.  Pawieł Afonin
 23.  Alain Roca

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 2.  Oleg Samsonyczew
 3.  Clayton Stanley
 4.  Dienis Garkuszenko
 5.  Andriej Maksimow
 6.  Władimir Siemszczikow
 7.  Maksim Botin
 8.  Aleksiej Bowduj
 9.  Artiom Jermakow
 10.  Roman Daniłow
 12.  Artiom Wolwicz
 13.  Grigorij Afinogienow
 15.  Robert Kromm
 16.  Roman Stiepanow

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 2.  Oleg Samsonyczew
 3.  Witalij Jewdoszenko
 4.  Siergiej Burcew
 7.  Leonid Kuzniecow
 8.  Aleksiej Bowduj
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 10.  Arkadi Kozłow
 11.  Konstantin Uszakow
 12.  Artiom Wolwicz
 13.  Péter Veres
 15.  Saša Starović
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PEJ Statement on Deadline for Defendants to Answer Plaintiffs' Complaint
New York, NY – Partnership for Educational Justice issued the following statement on yesterday's ruling in the Wright v. New York case. The trial court ordered the defendants to answer the plaintiffs' complaint by July 18, 2018.
"We are pleased that the trial court has ordered the defendants to finally answer the plaintiffs' complaint. By setting a firm deadline, the court rejected efforts to completely stall the Wright v. NY litigation from moving forward. Now, the defendants will have to submit responses to each allegation in the plaintiffs' complaint, which will move the case another step forward. The Wright parents will not be deterred by the defendants' further delay tactics and desperate attempts to avoid litigating the issues on the merits, and we won't stop fighting until there is educational justice for every child in New York," said Alissa Bernstein, Executive Director of Partnership for Educational Justice.
The Wright v. New York case was first filed in 2014, when nine families from across the state brought suit against the State of New York and others, claiming that teacher tenure, dismissal, and quality-blind layoff laws deprive New York children of their right to a sound basic education as guaranteed under the New York State Constitution.
About Partnership for Educational Justice (PEJ)
PEJ pursues educational equity through legal action to improve the quality of public schools. PEJ utilizes a variety of legal actions to achieve its mission, including pursuing impact litigation, amicus brief filings, Freedom of Information Act requests, and other law-related avenues that seek to achieve meaningful reforms of education laws or policies that fail to prioritize students' rights. PEJ is an affiliate of the national education nonprofit 50CAN: 50-State Campaign for Achievement Now, which advocates at the local level for a high-quality education for all kids, regardless of their address.
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The son of a hotelier, Dan Dailey began taking dancing lessons at the age of 14. He worked in minstrel shows, vaudeville and burlesque, taking many "joe jobs" during fallow periods. Graduating to Broadway, Dailey was featured in Babes in Arms, Stars in Your Eyes and I Married an Angel. He came to Hollywood in 1940 when he was signed as an MGM contract player. After serving as an officer in World War II, Dailey rose to film stardom in such 20th Century-Fox productions as Mother Wore Tights (1947), A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950) and When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948), for which he won an Oscar nomination. Other top-rank Dan Dailey musical performances can be seen in Universal's Meet Me at the Fair (1952) and MGM's It's Always Fair Weather (1953). The actor's athletic physique and remarkable dexterity won him leading roles in two baseball films, Pride of St Louis (1953) (in which he played Dizzy Dean) and The Kid From Left Field (1953). On television, Dailey starred in three series: Four Just Men (1959), The Governor and JJ (1970), and Farraday and Company (1974). In 1977, Dan Dailey broke his hip while appearing in a touring production of The Odd Couple; he died of acute anemia one year later.


FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Feb. 22, 2012) -- Budget cuts for the Department of Defense and the Army will likely play a prominent role in discussions, panels and presentations at this year's Association of the United States Army's winter event here, leaders indicated.
The opening speaker for the event was Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody, commander of Army Materiel Command. "This year is even more important, because this is such a critical time for our Army," she said.
During the opening presentation at the 2012 Association of the United States Army's Institute of Land Warfare Winter Symposium and Exposition in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody, commander, Army Material Command, discussed the "inconvenient truth," that is the budget reductions that come following a conflict.
In 37 years of service, she said she's never seen a time when as much change has come as quickly, including the drawdowns and the change in military budgets. When 2011 came to a close, she said, there was uncertainty about the budget and the way ahead for both Army and the Department of Defense.
An "inconvenient truth," she said, is the budget reduction that comes following a conflict.
"We all knew we were going to face the same historic budget reductions we've seen at the end of every conflict," Dunwoody said.
"We've all seen the second and third-order effects of not getting it right," she said. "Task Force Smith before Korea and the hollow Army after Vietnam, we can't let that happen again."
Citing Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, she said dealing with budget issues facing both the DOD and the Army will mean "getting after the ends, ways and means."
"We all know and expected our means would go down. But our ends really haven't changed," she said. "We will still be counted on to respond to full-spectrum operations and win. A dip in the budget is not going to give anyone a pass on what our nation expects us to do. So when the means don't meet your ends, you have one choice left, and that's to get after the ways."
She said the Army must fundamentally change the way it does business: "we must find ways to adapt. And institutional adaptation is not just a budget drill."
In the past two and a half months, Dunwoody said, there have been answers to questions about both budget and the way ahead for the Department of Defense and the Army.
Included in that is a new DOD strategy, followed three weeks later by the secretary of Defense's budget priorities. Dunwoody said it was notable the two documents came in that order.
"How many times have we seen the budget released before the strategy," she asked.
Later, she said, Dempsey released the strategic direction to the joint force. "It talks about the need to balance ends, ways and means," Dunwoody said. "It speaks to the logic behind the tough choices we're making."
Last Friday, the new Army posture statement for 2012 was released. "One of the things it highlights is the absolute requirement for institutional adaptation, including logistics and acquisition," Dunwoody said. And Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno recently released his "marching orders" to the Army.
All those important documents, Dunwoody said, share some reoccurring themes, including "the need to be bold, adaptive and innovative."
At the AUSA winter symposium and exposition, Army leaders will discuss how the service will demonstrate boldness, adaptiveness and innovation.
Heidi Shyu, the principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, will discuss how the Army will provide Soldiers with the decisive advantage that comes from versatile and affordable equipment.
Lt. Gen. Dennis Via, the deputy commanding general of AMC, will discuss retrograde and reset. Lt. Gen. Keith Walker, deputy commanding general for Army futures, and the director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, will chair a panel on Army investment strategies. And Lt. Gen. Raymond Mason, deputy chief of staff, G-4, will chair a panel on operational energy.
The Association of the United States Army's Institute of Land Warfare winter symposium and exposition runs Feb. 22-24 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.


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Q: Displaying band names in netcdf file in ArcGIS 10 I have several netcdf files that contain multiple bands with useful names. When I import into R, the names are intact. However, when I import the netcdf files into ArcGIS 10.2 using the makeNETCDF raster layer tool, the names do not appear and I am left with "band1, band2" etc.
Does anyone know how to assign or import band names for netcdf files?

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Q: Why the condition doesn't occur? The simple C++ code:
#include "../../std_lib_facilities.h"
#include <float.h>

double ctok(double c){
    const double koef_c_2_k = 274.15;
    double k = c + koef_c_2_k;
    if(k < -koef_c_2_k) error("Output abroad range of admissible values.");
    return k;
}

int main(){
    cout << "Max double value: " << DBL_MAX << endl;
    double c = 0;
    cout << "Celsius: ";
    cin >> c;
    double k = ctok(c);
    cout << "Kelvin: " << k << endl;
    return 0;
}

Output:

bush@host-nix:~/cpp/bs/5/5.2$ ./a.out
  Max double value: 1.79769e+308
  Celsius: 0
  Kelvin: 274.15
  bush@host-nix:~/cpp/bs/5/5.2$ ./a.out
  Max double value: 1.79769e+308
  Celsius: 100
  Kelvin: 374.15
  bush@host-nix:~/cpp/bs/5/5.2$ ./a.out
  Max double value: 1.79769e+308
  Celsius: -100
  Kelvin: 174.15
  bush@host-nix:~/cpp/bs/5/5.2$ ./a.out
  Max double value: 1.79769e+308
  Celsius: 1.79769e+308
  Kelvin: 1.79769e+308
  bush@host-nix:~/cpp/bs/5/5.2$

At the last case I set the max value for the Celsius, and I have waited the error message, but I got the wrong Kelvin's value. Why it happened?
Thank you.

A: What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic
1.79769e+308 + 274.15 seems like you're adding a cup of water to the ocean.
The precision of the real numbers is limited, and your comparison is not sensible in the computer world.
You can not use a single double variable for very small and very large numbers simultaneously. Define the range, your solution should be microscopic or macroscopic.


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Cops and Barbers connects inner-city youth with police officers, offers haircuts and back-to-school supplies
Robert Cayson knows what it's like to get mixed up in the wrong crowd. Because of that and his involvement with drugs and guns, he spent six years in prison.
Published: 11:02 PM EDT September 19, 2020
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Robert Cayson knows what it's like to get mixed up in the wrong crowd. Because of that and his involvement with drugs and guns, he spent six years in prison.
After that, he started a new path.
Now a successful barber in Columbus, Cayson is dedicated to give back. And, in doing so, he made a seemingly unlikely ally.
"Yeah, I think it's making a difference," Columbus Police Officer Pete Casuccio said.
Casuccio teamed up with Cayson in 2019 for Cops and Barbers, an event spearheaded by the Starfish Assignment that connects inner city youth with police officers and offers free haircuts and back-to-school supplies. Last year at different locations in the city, the program helped 500 children. This year, due to COVID, that number has been dropped to 50. The message, though, is still the same.
In fact, it means more.
"Finding ways to engage them, that's key," Mario Dovell said.
Dovell is the center manager for Columbus Recreational Parks. He knows with COVID and with the growing number of homicides in Columbus, now is the time for police and communities to unite.
"Not only do we find a way to break bread with them and an icebreaker through a haircut, a bookbag, school supplies and activities with officers…but honestly what's important is that social interaction," Dovell said.
They all recognize the struggle the city and its people has seen in the last four months. That's why it's important to them to prove that the thickest of darkness can be broken with a single flicker of humanity.
"But we're still neighbors," Casuccio said. "We're still community members. I live in the city of Columbus, so does Mario and so does Rob. We're neighbors. We're family. We're friends. And this needs to be driving home."
Casuccio believes the overwhelming majority of people believe in and support police. Cayson does, too. He says he encourages young people to not be angry, but to join the force to help make a lasting difference and to set their own way.
"Be who they are and not follow who they run with," Cayson said. "That way they can be their own individual and make their own decisions."
This year's Cops and Barbers event will take place Sunday, Sept. 20 at the Beatty Community Center at 247 N Ohio Avenue in Columbus. It will be from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The event has been sponsored by AEP Ohio.


The Vatnsfell Station began operations in 2001, with construction work beginning in 1999. The station's capacity is 90 MW, and it is the northernmost power station in the Thjórsá and Tungnaá River area. Vatnsfell Station utilises the head in the diversion canal between the Thórislón Reservoir and Sigalda Station's reservoir Krókslón. Unlike the other stations, it only produces electricity during winter.
Hæsta vatnsborð: 563 m y.s.
Lægsta vatnsborð: 556 m y.s.
Krónuhæð aðalstíflu: 565,5 m y.s.
Venjulegt vatnsborð við stöðvarhús: 497,7 m y.s.
Venjulegt vatnsborð við Krókslón: 496,5 m y.s.
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Conference Report Summary for the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act
(Source: House Armed Services Committee; issued Dec. 02, 2020)
In its Conference Report Summary for the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act issued on Thursday, the House Armed Services Committee listed a number of documentation and clarification it is requesting before it approves the Block 4 upgrade of the F-35 aircraft.
Below is the relevant excerpt of the Report Summary here. --Ed.
SEC. 159. Documentation Relating to the F-35 Aircraft Program
The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees, not later than 15 days following Milestone C approval for the F-35 aircraft program pursuant to section 2366c of title 10, United States Code, or entering into a contract for the full-rate production [FRP] of F-35 aircraft, the documentation with respect to the F-35 aircraft program as follows:
(1) A certification by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment that:
(A) all alternative supply contractors for parts, required for the airframe and propulsion prime contractors of the F–35 aircraft program as a result of the removal of the Republic of Turkey from the program, have been identified, and all related undefinitized contract actions have been definitized (as described in section 3 7401 of part 217 of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement);
(B) the parts produced by each such contractor have been qualified and certified as meeting applicable technical design and use specifications; and
(C) each such contractor has reached the required rate of production to meet supply requirements for parts under the program.
(2) A cost analysis, prepared by the joint program office for the F-35 aircraft program, that assesses and defines:
(A) the manner in which the full integration of Block 4 and Technical Refresh 3 [TR3] capabilities for each lot of Block 4 production aircraft beginning after lot 14 will affect the average procurement unit cost of United States variants of the F-35A, F-35B, and F-35C aircraft; and
(B) the manner in which the establishment of alternate sources of production and sustainment of supply and repair parts due to the removal of the Republic of Turkey from the program will affect such unit cost.
(3) All reports required by section 167 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1250).
(4) An independent cost estimate, prepared by Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, that defines, for each phase of the F-35 aircraft program, the cost to develop, procure, integrate, and retrofit F-35 aircraft with all Block 4 capability requirements that are specified in the most recent Block 4 capabilities development document.
(5) A plan to correct or mitigate any deficiency in the F-35 aircraft, identified as of the date of enactment of this Act that:
(A) may cause death, severe injury or occupational illness, or major loss or damage to equipment or a system, and for which there is no identified workaround (commonly known as a ''category 1A deficiency''); or
(B) critically restricts combat readiness capabilities or results in the inability to attain adequate performance to accomplish mission requirements (commonly known as a ''category 1B deficiency'').
(6) A software and hardware capability, upgrade, and aircraft modification plan for the F-35 aircraft that defines the cost and schedule for retrofitting F-35 aircraft that currently have Technical Refresh 2 capabilities installed to ensure compatibility with Block 4 and Technical Refresh 3 capabilities.
(7) The following reports for the F-35 aircraft program, as prepared by the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation:
(A) A report on the results of the realistic survivability testing of the F-35 aircraft, as described in section 2366(d) of title 10, United 13 States Code.
(B) A report on the results of the initial operational test and evaluation conducted for program, as described in section 2399(b)(2) of such title.
(8) A mitigation strategy and implementation plan to address each critical deficiency in the F-35 aircraft autonomic logistics information system that has been identified as of the date of enactment of this Act.
(9) A certification that the F-35A aircraft meets required mission reliability performance using an average sortie duration of 2 hours and 30 minutes.
(10) A certification that the Secretary has developed and validated a fully integrated and realistic schedule for the development, production and integration of Block 4 Technical Refresh 3 capabilities for the F-35 aircraft, that includes a strategy for resolving all software technical debt that has accumulated within the F-35 operational flight program source code during development, production, and integration of Technical Refresh 1 and Technical Refresh 2 capabilities.
(11) The following:
(A) A complete list of hardware modifications that will be required to integrate Block 4 capabilities into lot 16 and lot 17 production F-35 aircraft.
(B) An estimate of the costs of any engineering changes required as a result of such modifications.
(C) A comparison of those engineering changes and costs with the engineering changes and costs for lot 15 production F-35 aircraft.
SEC. 162. BRIEFINGS ON SOFTWARE REGRESSION TESTING FOR F-35 AIRCRAFT
During the quarterly briefing required by section 155 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 241672) covering a quarter in which mission systems production software for the F–35 aircraft was released to units operating such aircraft under the F-35 aircraft continuous capability development and delivery program, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall, in consultation with the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, brief the congressional defense committees with the following with respect to the missions systems production software for the F-35 aircraft:
(1) An explanation of the types and methods of regression testing that were completed for the production release of the software concerned to ensure compatibility and proper functionality with:
(A) the fire control radar system of each variant of the F-35 aircraft; and
(B) all weapons certified for carriage and employment on each variant of the F-35 aircraft.
(2) An identification of any entities that conducted regression testing of such software, including any development facilities of the Federal Government or contractors that conducted such testing.
(3) A list of deficiencies identified during regression testing of such software, or by operational units, after fielding of such software, and an explanation of:
(A) any software modifications, including quick-reaction capability, that were completed to resolve or mitigate such deficiencies;
(B) with respect to any deficiencies that were not resolved or mitigated, whether the deficiencies will be corrected in later releases of the software; and
(C) any effects resulting from such deficiencies, including:
(i) any effects on the cost and schedule for delivery of the software; and
(ii) in cases in which the deficiencies resulted in additional, unplanned, software releases, any effects on the ongoing testing of software capability releases.


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It binds to the benzodiazepine GABA site, magnifying the signal of GABAergic transmission. GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter, involved in relaxation.
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A typical dose is 1mg; .5mg is a small dose; and 4mg is a large dose. Experiments should not be done with more than 4mg.
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Creating a Monster
Posted in Current Events, History, Perception, Tyranny, tagged Backpage, censorship, Craigslist, Creating a Monster, law, rescue industry on January 16, 2017| 12 Comments »
With Backpage in the news so much, and various government actors vomiting out so many egregious lies about it, I thought it might be a good idea to recap how this whole shitshow developed from its roots in the previous "sex trafficking" moral panic to the present political circus. See, while the politicians want you to believe that Backpage is some sort of magical pimp machine the likes of which has never been seen before, the truth is that Backpage ads are the end result of a slow and steady progression of advertising starting roughly a century ago, just after prostitution was criminalized in the US at the height of the last go-round of hysteria over "sex trafficking" (or as it was called then, "white slavery"). Once brothels could no longer operate openly, escort services appeared, while some women chose to frequent hotels and such and others preferred to take out personal ads in newspapers. Once the alternative weeklies appeared in the 1960s, the latter approach became far more popular; escorts were able to be more blunt than they could in major newspapers, though not remotely as blatant as they later became once those weeklies went online. Even the name "Backpage" is a tribute to the site's origin as an online version of the back pages of alt-weeklies, where the classified ads (including escort ads) were located. In fact, the only important differences between the online version and its print ancestors are those directly related to the differences between the online medium and the print medium, such as ease of access and speed of both posting and reply (ask a whore who worked prior to the late '90s about going to one's PO Box to pick up actual paper letters from clients answering one's ad, requesting appointments days or weeks in the future).
So when Craigslist first appeared in 1996 as an online classified ad site, it was a foregone conclusion that whores would post ads in its classified and massage sections, just as they had in newspaper sections. It wasn't any kind of "revolution"; it just sped things up and made them more efficient. But whenever a new technology is involved, you can be absolutely sure the Puritans and Luddites will insist that it's the source of all manner of new evils, and that it will surely bring about the end of civilization (usually by corrupting women and harming children, naturally). It took them over ten years, however; though Craigslist had a dedicated "erotic services" section by 2002 (I'm not sure of the exact date it was added), the "sex trafficking" fetishists, at that time far less numerous and vociferous than they are now, did not really begin to take note of it until sometime after 2005. That was the year bureaucrats from the San Francisco Department of Public Health embarked on a campaign to blame the site's personals section for a rise in syphilis among gay men, using the typical government argument that adults are so stupid and passive that they need to be "encouraged" or "facilitated" by some corporation or communications medium to do things like have sex. The blame-game seemed to attract the attention of the "sex trafficking" fetishists, and by the following year they were starting to put pressure in the site to "do something" about their favorite imaginary problem. A group of 40 state attorneys general demanded that Craigslist facilitate pigs' attempts to arrest sex workers (under guise of "stopping "trafficking", naturally) and the site responded by requiring a working phone number and charging a fee to post in the erotic services section (to keep underage people out). Of course, that wasn't enough; the following year Craigslist renamed the section to "adult services" while prohibitionists blathered about how much money the company was making from the fee they had forced it to charge. Finally, in 2010 the site shuttered the section, putting up a "censored" bar over the link to it, and advertisers either migrated to Backpage (founded in 2004 specifically as a competitor to Craigslist) or went back to advertising in the personals & massage sections as they did before the "erotic services" category was established.
Drunk with their victory, the prohibitionists immediately turned to Backpage; within weeks of Craigslist's defeat they sent a similar letter to the one they had sent Craigslist, no doubt expecting a similar reaction. Instead, they got a fight which has gone on for over six years, with Backpage winning at every turn for the simple reason that the government's demands are blatantly unconstitutional. But the evil don't stop being evil merely because they're wrong; faced with repeated defeats in their attempts to take legal action against the company, government prohibitionists decided to simply take illegal actions instead, ranging from Tom Dart's threats against credit card companies to Senate "hearings" of the same sort previously held to intimidate moviemakers, comic book publishers and the music industry. Then in October, California attorney general Kamala Harris upped the ante by committing the blatantly criminal act of arresting the CEO and both owners of Backpage and filing charges against them that she absolutely knew were illegal for her to file. Naturally, a judge slapped her down, and she replied by filing even more ridiculous charges, shitting all over the dying protection against double jeopardy in her quest to be a hero to fanatics. Exhausted and facing the prospect of an infinite succession of similar nuisance charges from criminal tyrants the courts seem unwilling to charge or even rein in, Backpage finally followed in Craigslist's footsteps and censored its adult ads one week ago today.
But while the mainstream reaction to Craigslist's defeat was largely a collective yawn, the same is not true this time around. While Craigslist's resistance and eventual surrender was generally conducted rather quietly, the war on Backpage has been extremely noisy and impossible to ignore; as a result there have been many articles about it already. The best of these, as usual, is by Elizabeth Nolan Brown; David Meyer Lindenberg of Fault Lines and Mike Ludwig of Truthout, both strong and dependable allies, also wrote on the topic, and Alison Bass ridiculed Nicholas Kristof's predictably-ridiculous take on the subject. Sex workers are coming together to help each other find alternative advertising resources, and other groups such as free-speech advocates and anarchists are chiming in as well. Backpage has vowed to continue the fight, and I certainly hope they do, because as soon as they stop struggling the prohibitionists will need to find another advertising site to turn into a monster. Their campaign of eternal outrage needs a target for its hate, or else it means the end of all the accumulation of money and power which is the true aim of this ugly anti-sex crusade.


Today, older adults are more health conscious and focused on overall well-being than ever before. The Y offers seniors the opportunity to maintain a healthy lifestyle, healthy relationships and a positive outlook on life.
Active older adults live longer and have better functional conditioning. That is why the YMCA offers water exercise, yoga, volunteer opportunities, social events and more!
Our Active Older Adult (AOA) programs are designed for men and women in their 50s and older. We encourage everyone to grow in the areas of physical, emotional, social and spiritual well-being. Our active adult classes and events promote learning, fitness and well-being while fostering friendships and camaraderie. Our volunteer opportunities and social events help build lasting relationships and community ties that last a lifetime. Learn more about our programs below!
Each Y offers different programming, so check the schedule below or check with your local Y for more information! Programs are open to members and nonmembers.
This art class is for the novice and beginner artist wanting to learn techniques focused on watercolor! You must register and pay to participate in this class as well as purchase additional supplies.
*This class will occasionally not occur on identified Wednesdays. See the schedule at the front desk for more information!
Meet others to learn and expand your knowledge of the bible and enjoy some treats and coffee in a safe, non-denominational space! This group does not meet in the summer.
Join a fun group who read a new book twice a month then get together to reflect and discuss each book chosen for this engaging and enjoyable book club!
2nd and 4th Fridays of the month at 2 p.m.
Do you enjoy playing bridge? Join us for a game or more of bridge all while making friends!
Thursdays from 1 - 4 p.m.
Come play a fun dice game and meet new friends! We also offer a potluck beginning at 6 p.m.!
2nd Friday of each month from 6 - 8 p.m.
This art class is for the intermediate artist wanting to advance their watercolor techniques! You must register and pay to participate in this class as well as purchase additional supplies.
*This class will occasionally not occur on identified Fridays. See the schedule at the front desk for more information!
Bring your yarn and needles with you and exchange ideas, patterns and conversation with others while you work on your project!
Tuesdays from 1 - 3 p.m.
This aerobic workout is based on popular line dances set to a fun blend of music including country and pop! This is ideal for adults of all ages and abilities.
Tuesdays from 1 - 2:30 p.m.
This group meets for weekly discussions on current events happening around the world and in our community! This group does not meet during the summer.
Come meet the Wangs and play and challenge others in a fun game of ping pong. Beginners welcome!
Meet others who love to play Pinochle and practice new game strategies!
Mondays & Wednesdays from 1 - 4 p.m.
Sign up for our monthly potlucks at the front desk and identify what side dish you plan to bring! The main entree will always be provided. Please consider a small donation to help the Briargate family with needed supplies!
Last Thursday of each month at 12:30 p.m.
February 28 from 7:30 - 11 a.m.


The Palio 1 Star Student table tennis paddle is a big step up from beginner bats and will give you improved power, spin and control of the ball. Featuring a good quality blade and rubbers, this genuine Palio ready-made bat is recommended for beginners wanting to improve their table tennis play.
Now supplied with TWO FREE plastic rubber protectors!
The paddle handle is shaped to provide comfortable control.
Now includes a pair of single sided non adhesive plastic table tennis bat rubber protectors to cover and help protect your rubbers!
The Palio 1 Star blade is a good quality class 2 wooden blade with a 5 layer construction. The profile of the handle fits comfortably in the hand and it is nicely balanced. Like most table tennis rackets sold in the UK, this has a long handle designed for shake hands grip (which is the most commonly used grip).
The rubbers used in the Palio 1 star bat are the very popular Palio CJ8000. This are ITTF approved, pimples (pips) in, two sides loop on a 2.0-2.2mm (approximate thickness) sponge. The CJ8000 rubbers are great for beginners and intermediate players. The rubber top sheet is tacky which makes them good for loops and spin. The thick sponge helps with an attacking/offensive style of play. The rubbers are the same on both sides, only the colour is different. Please note that the rubber sponge colour may vary.
This one star Palio bat is slightly lighter than our 3 star Palio bat, making the one star model generally better suited to less experienced players. At this price point the Palio one star bat represents exceptional value for money and is ideal for progressing student table tennis players. The bats that come free with many new table tennis tables are usually poor quality; this one star bat is perfect for anyone who wants to upgrade from their cheap bat - you will notice quite a difference!


Commercial building on nearly 1.6 acres across from Fire Dept, within mile of fracking sand quarry on fairly high traffic road & close to residential w/ no other restaurant facilities within 6+ miles. Building was formerly popular Corner Bar for 30+ yrs. Best use: community restaurant,"bar & grill", small church or retail. Corner lot, plenty of parking. Additional acre lot could be used for mechanic shop, residential, or even RV park. DOT shows great traffic count 1,781 vehicles per day and 16% growth.