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Golden Arborvitae & Insect Nests
By Tarah Damask
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Organic Treatment for Bagworms
The "Golden Globe" arborvitae shrub (Thuja occidentalis "Golden Globe") provides brilliant evergreen foliage in a golden-yellow hue, as its name suggests. In addition, its round, globe-like habit and dense foliage lends an even stronger visual impact. While these shrubs don't typically have problems with pests, they occasional suffer from infestations of nest-forming bugs. Monitor shrubs regularly and take action when you see nests to protect your shrubs from damage.
Providing best care gives plants an increased ability to avoid and overcome problems, such as pest infestations. "Golden Globe" arborvitae shrubs thrive in areas with full sun exposure, though they will grow successfully in partial shade. These shrubs prefer sandy, well-drained soil with an acidic pH. Avoid planting them in waterlogged conditions, which may result in stressed plants with a greater susceptibility to pests. "Golden Globe" arborvitaes perform best in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 to 8.
Nests that form in "Golden Globe" arborvitae shrubs are most likely a result of bagworms. Bagworms (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis), in their adult form, are gray-hued moths with dark heads. The worms are the larval state and have grublike bodies with black upper surfaces and amber-hued undersides. These pests hatch inside of cone-shaped, silken bags that the female creates before laying her eggs. Bags measure up to 2 1/2 inches long and hang from the shrub's twigs.
When larvae hatch, they exit the bag nest and feed on the arborvitae's foliage. Larvae typically become active in spring and continue feeding through summer. Feeding leads to brown spots on foliage or the bagworms may eat entire leaves. This infestations may result in all the leaves dropping and "studies have shown that as few as four bagworm larvae feeding on the foliage of a 4-foot arborvitae in the summer" can result in damage considerable enough that the tree becomes unsaleable, explains the University of Tennessee Extension.
First attempt natural control by removing and destroying bags, preferably before the eggs have hatched. Releasing natural enemies, such as ichneumon parasitic wasps, helps control the population but will likely not control it on its own. Applications of insecticides are most effective when larvae have hatched but before they have matured, such as two weeks after hatching. The biological insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt, is an effective, microbial approach that must be applied to the entire shrub. For more aggressive chemical control, spray plants with an insecticide containing an active ingredient such as carbaryl or acephate.
Washington State University Clark County Extension: Golden Globe Arborvitae
Oregon State University Extension: Thuja Occidentalis "Golden Globe"
North Dakota State University Agriculture: American Arborvitae
Penn State Woody Ornamental Integrated Pest Management: Bagworm Fact Sheet
University of Tennessee Extension: The Bagworm and Its Control
Tarah Damask's writing career began in 2003 and includes experience as a fashion writer/editor for Neiman Marcus, short fiction publications in "North Texas Review," a self-published novel, band biographies, charter school curriculum and articles for various websites. Damask holds a Master of Arts in English and creative writing from the University of North Texas.
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2 Breynia Caterpillars
3 Insects on Quaking Aspens
4 White Spots on the Underside of Holly Leaves


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Andrew Kerr Investigative Reporter
The Clinton Foundation's revenue dropped to a 16-year low in 2018 and reported a third-straight year of losses, a trend that began in 2016 when Hillary Clinton was defeated by President Donald Trump.
The foundation's 2018 revenue was just 12% of the $249 million it raised in 2009, the first year of Clinton's tenure as secretary of state under former President Barack Obama.
The Clinton Foundation also posted its third straight year of losses of $16 million or more in 2018, bringing its total losses since 2016 to $49.6 million. (RELATED: Lawyers For Jeffrey Epstein Once Said He Helped Conceive The Clinton Global Initiative)
Clinton Foundation revenues from 1998 through 2018. Source: Clinton Foundation Form 990s. (Andrew Kerr/Daily Caller News Foundation)
Speaking fees received by the Clinton Foundation have also dropped precipitously. The charity reported receiving $370,000 in speaking fees in 2018, just over 10% of the $3.6 million it received in 2014, Open Secrets reported.
Former Clinton Foundation President Donna Shalala told The New York Times in 2017 that the pay-to-play accusations surrounding the charity that dogged Clinton during her 2016 presidential campaign played a significant factor in the charity's dwindling revenue stream.
"Last year was a tough year," said Shalala, who currently represents Florida's 27th congressional district as a Democrat, "because people were beating on us with nonsense."
In January 2018, reports surfaced of an FBI investigation into the Clinton Foundation to determine whether or not it engaged in illegal activities while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state surfaced.
The Clinton Foundation did not return a request for comment.
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Afghan Presidential Contender Accused of Mistreating Journalists
Mustafa Sarwar
Zhakfar Ahmadi
Daud Sultanzoi.
Afghan authorities are investigating a presidential candidate over allegations that he used force and threats against journalists when an interview about his presidential ambitions turned personal.
Daud Sultanzoi for mistreating a reporter and a cameraman with Kabul News TV during an interview about his presidential ambitions earlier this month.
Abdul Sattar Saadat, head of the Afghan Electoral Complaints Commission, told Radio Free Afghanistan that a video posted on Facebook appears to show Daud Sultanzoi forcing Kabul News TV anchor Malik Aasem and cameraman Harun Sikandary to hand him the tape of an interview they had recorded at his Kabul home on February 6.
In the video, Sultanzoi tries to wrest the tape from the journalists, accusing them of invading his privacy. He ignores the journalists' insistence that the interview was conducted at Sultanzoi's request and that there is "law" in Afghanistan. Sultanzoi says he consented to the interview on the condition that no questions would be asked about his private life and adds, "The government's law is not implemented inside my house."
Kabul News TV filed a complaint about the incident, claiming that Sultanzoi confiscated the tape and returned it only after deleting the interview. The network also claims that he detained the journalists in his house for three hours.
On February 15 the Complaints Commission recommended that the Afghan Attorney General's office investigate the incident.
Describing the incident to Radio Free Afghanistan, Aasem recalled, "Towards the end of the interview I asked a question, 'keeping in view the grand promises you have made and your resolve to serve the people of Afghanistan after being elected, why is your own family still not living inside Afghanistan?' Sultanzoi was upset by this question and told me that I was not allowed to probe his private life," Aasem said, adding that Sultanzoi then walked out of the interview in a rage and confiscated the recording.
Speaking to Radio Free Afghanistan Sultanzoi said that he stopped the interview because the journalist asked him where his family and wife lived. "I told him that the freedom of speech also has responsibilities and I do not want to continue this interview," he said.
"After that they promised me that they will delete it from their recording tape," he added. "While they were deleting the interview, they secretly recorded our conversations and posted it onto the Facebook without my permission."
Abdul Mujeeb Khalwatgar, the executive director of Nai, a media advocacy group in Afghanistan that issued a press release on the incident last week (http://nai.org.af/dr/), told Radio Free Afghanistan that Sultanzoi resorted to threats and insults, and that his actions defied "all rules and regulations of journalism."
"Nai believes that freedom of expression becomes meaningful when words are said after lots of contemplation and thinking," Khalwatgar said. "A speaker or interviewee does not have the right to change or delete an interview to prevent it from being disseminated. This is considered censorship and according to the Afghan media law, censorship by an individual is considered a violation."
The Afghanistan Journalists Center also condemned the incident and urged the Afghan Election Complaint Commission to "address the issue seriously."
The Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association commented that the incident is a sign of growing violence against journalists in the country.
Sultanzoi, 63, previously worked as a commercial airline pilot in the United States. He became an Afghan lawmaker after winning a seat in the Wolesi Jira, Parliament's lower house, in 2005. He also hosted a popular Afghan TV show.
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Local time: 21:05 NOKIA ARENA
Maccabi Electra roars past Siena by 31
Maccabi Electra rejuvenated its playoffs hopes with a 92-61 pasting off Montepaschi Siena on Thursday night at Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv. Devin Smith and Yogev Ohayon each scored 19 to pace the Israeli champs, who improved to 3-5 in Top 16 Group F. The result knocked Siena to 6-2 as it dropped from a share of first place in the standings. After an even opening quarter, Smith and David Logan led a 14-3 second-quarter run that put the Israeli champs up by 10 at halftime. The lead reached 20 in the third quarter. After Siena center Benjamin Eze helped narrow the gap to 12 early in the fourth quarter, Maccabi took off behind Smith and Guy Pnini, reeling off 21 unanswered points to secure the win. Smith was 5 for 6 from downtown as Maccabi made 60% of its three-pointers. Pnini finished with 15 points for the winners, Logan scored 14 and Shawn James compiled 14 points and 4 blocked shots. Bobby Brown and Kristjan Kangur each scored 13 for Siena.
First quarter: Hot shooting leads is the early theme
Smith put the hosts up with a triple for the game's first basket. James scored on the break before Brown and Kangur got Siena on the scoreboard. Eze tied it at 6-6, but Maccabi never fell behind. After a pretty Ohayon layup, Logan drilled a three to make it 13-8. Kangur brought the Italian champs back with a pair of three-pointers – one from each corner – to even the score at 14-14. Ohayon put the hosts right back on top with a three, but Kangur's 10th point of the quarter gave Siena its first lead, 17-18. The lead changed hands on each of the next three possessions before Brown's second-chance bucket tied it at 22-22 through one quarter.
Second quarter: Smith, Logan lead 14-3 Maccabi run
The defenses toughened up at both ends after a free-flowing finish to the first quarter. Brown and Ohayon scored to keep it tied. Turnovers by each team's center, Eze and Darko Planinic, kept the score stagnant. Pnini's layup made it 27-26 midway through the quarter. Ricky Hickman got a shooter's roll on a triple. Viktor Sanikidze brought the visitors within 2, but Maccabi grabbed the momentum. James scored inside, Hickman penetrated for a layup and Pnini nailed a triple to make it 37-28. Daniel Hackett countered with a three, however Logan and Smith soon boosted the Tel Aviv advantage to double figures. Logan found Smith for a triple from the corner as the Nokia Arena crowd roared in appreciation. David Moss countered with a three-pointer, but Smith sank a pair of free throws with 1.1 seconds left in the half to make it 46-34 at the break.
Third quarter: Maccabi's superb shooting continues as lead reaches 20
Ohayon further extended the lead with a layup to open the second half and then added a three-pointer. James wowed the crowd with a basket-plus-foul on back-to-back trips down the court, though he missed the free throws each time. Nevertheless, after a 9-1 start to the half, the Maccabi lead stood at 20. Moss countered with a triple. Then Pnini and Kangur traded threes. Ohayon went coast to coast for a layup and a 60-41 lead midway through the quarter. Sanikidze converted a three-point play, but it didn't take long for Sylven Landesberg, with his first points, to set a new game-high lead at 66-45. Eze, with a three-point play, and Matt Janning from downtown at the buzzer narrowed the gap to 69-53 through three quarters.
Fourth quarter: Smith, Pnini pave the way to big win
Eze threw down a monster jam and added another bucket in the paint as Siena refused to quit. It took nearly three minutes for Maccabi to open its fourth-quarter account, but it did so in style with a basket-plus-foul from Pnini. Ohayon buried a jumper to keep the local fans singing. James tacked on another block before Smith buried a triple to restore a 20-point Maccabi lead. Pnini extended the lead to 79-57 from the line. James went to the bench to a standing ovation from the crowd. Smith connected from downtown for the fifth time and Pnini added more free throws to make it a 27-point game. Logan and Landesberg completed a 21-0 run before Janning ended an eight-minute Siena drought. By then the outcome was a forgone conclusion as Maccabi celebrated an important win.
Referees: BELOSEVIC, ILIJA; LOPES, LUIS; JAVOR, DAMIR
Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 22 24 23 23
Montepaschi Siena 22 12 19 8
Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv
4 LOGAN, DAVID 28:19 14 4/5 2/5 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 17
5 JAMES, SHAWN 31:15 14 7/7 0/1 0/2 2 4 6 2 2 2 4 2 6 27
6 SMITH, DEVIN 30:17 19 0/2 5/6 4/4 1 7 8 4 1 4 1 3 5 28
7 HICKMAN, RICKY 21:37 6 1/7 1/1 1/2 1 3 4 2 2 1 1 3 1 1
8 ELIYAHU, LIOR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 ROTH, MORAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 PNINI, GUY 23:38 15 2/4 2/3 5/5 1 2 3 1 2 1 4 5 14
11 CANER-MEDLEY, NIK 17:49 1 0/1 0/1 1/2 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 4
12 OHAYON, YOGEV 32:10 19 5/7 2/2 3/5 1 2 3 3 2 1 3 3 24
13 PLANINIC, DARKO 2:54 2 1 -3
15 SEGEV, ITAY DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 LANDESBERG, SYLVEN 12:01 4 2/2 0/1 2 2 2 3
Totals 200:00 92 21/35 12/20 14/20 9 25 34 15 8 14 8 2 20 23 116
6 BROWN, BOBBY 35:00 13 6/10 0/7 1/2 2 2 3 1 5 1 1 1 3 4
8 EZE, BENJAMIN 19:14 9 4/7 1/1 2 3 5 1 4 1 1 4 3 7
9 CARRARETTO, MARCO 7:07 0/1 1 1 2 -2
10 RASIC, ALEKSANDAR DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 KANGUR, KRISTJAN 37:13 13 2/2 3/5 4 4 2 1 4 3 15
13 SANIKIDZE, VIKTOR 16:17 6 2/4 0/2 2/5 1 1 3 1 2 4 -2
14 RESS, TOMAS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
16 ORTNER, BENJAMIN 6:10 1 1 2 1 2 1 2
18 LECHTHALER, LUCA DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
22 JANNING, MATT 27:10 7 2/5 1/3 2 3 5 4 1 2 1 1 10
23 HACKETT, DANIEL 20:58 7 2/6 1/1 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 3
34 MOSS, DAVID 30:51 6 0/4 2/4 1 1 2 1 1 4 3
Head coach: BANCHI, LUCA
BLATT, DAVID
"We've been through a lot lately. We couldn't connect four good quarters until tonight. Today we played much better and that's against the second ranked team in our group. Already before the game I knew we could play this well. I'm happy we managed to do that tonight and hope we'll know to do that again in the next games. We have to keep this momentum going."
BANCHI, LUCA
"Congratulations to Maccabi for a great win. We predicted it was going to be a very difficult game for us. To match up with their energy and enthusiasm was very difficult. I was sure the game would be like this because Maccabi saw us as a team in the top of the standings that they have to beat. If they play like this in the next games, they will get many more wins. They dominated the game in all parts of the court. They made very good choices, and played with a lot of energy. We struggled a lot against their pressure. At the beginning of the last quarter we had a small chance to come back, but then Maccabi recovered and we lost. Our trip until the end of the Top 16 will be very tough. Our reputation is different now and we are a target for all teams. We need to take this game as a good lesson for the future."
PNINI, GUY
"It was a great game. Everybody played well tonight and that's the way to get wins in the Euroleague. We owed our fans such a performance and I'm happy we showed them we can also win big win as we did tonight. Montepaschi is one of the top teams in the group and it's a good sign we managed to beat them, and also in such style. We will try to take this win and carry this shape for the upcoming games."
BROWN, BOBBY
"Maccabi played much better than us today. They were very aggressive right from the start and we didn't respond the way we should. We need to learn from this loss and get back on the winning track starting next week."


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Many travellers are searching for Best Things To Do In Koh Chang Two Days, Are you planning a trip to Koh Chang? If so, you have a lot to be excited about. As one of the most beautiful and picturesque locations in all of Thailand, you can rest assured that your trip will not be a disappointment regardless of when you choose to visit. You can find Best Things To Do In Koh Chang Two Days travel information.
Best Things To Do In Koh Chang Two Days, In this particular guide, were gonna take a closer inspection at some of the best activities and sights you will see on your visit, so bearing this in mind, lets get directly to it.
When you are visiting Koh Chang as an element of a sightseeing tour, then each of your top priorities will have to be visiting the national park viewpoint.
The truth is, its easy to see many of the most stunning and breathtaking sunsets in your life out of this location, and theres even the wonderful lonely beach thats an incredible destination to take some time with your family.
The region is specially popular with couples, but its also warm and friendly also, making it an absolute must see in your visit.
One more breathtaking site in this field should be the Khlong Prao beach, that is a relatively quiet, yet beautiful location that contains some wonderful resorts and places to enjoy and drink.
A lot of people enjoy swimming in the warm sea here, and it can also be somewhat of the party hotspot during specific times of year. Regardless of whether youre looking for a peaceful evening or perhaps an enjoyable swim, this beach will be one of several highlights of anybodys escape to Koh Chang.
For individuals that love to experience some of the awe-inspiring aspects of nature, going to the Klong Plu waterfall is yet another thing that should be on top of your to-do list on your visit.
Its easy to get not far from the waterfall, and also dip your toes in water for the authentic experience. Needless to say, you shouldnt forget to have the picture taken ahead of the waterfall too, as it will be an incredible shot that will be the pride of your own photo collection for a long time into the future.
You should be careful round the rocks, as it can certainly become quite slippery, but even when you dont want to get too close to the waterfall, experiencing its beautiful majesty from your distance remains gonna be a fantastic experience which you wont forget anytime soon.
Theres no denying the wide range of picturesque beaches in Thailand, however the white sand beach in Koh Chang should be among the best offered.
The beach carries a relatively long stretch of sand, and along the way, you can find a variety of resorts and outlets, since the place is usually buzzing with activity in virtually any season.
Many individuals are convinced that the experience is actually breathtaking, and dipping your toes inside the calm, warm waters while experiencing and enjoying the stunning vistas will make the location feel truly magical throughout your visit.
Another incredible beach that can not be missed is the Kai Bae beach, which has its own waterfall and several incredible viewpoints to experience.
It might become busy at certain times of the year, but theres a lot of restaurants to enjoy, there is likewise parties virtually any night if youre thinking about that type of thing.
The liquid is additionally shallow enough to permit your kids to swim should they be looking to get their feet wet, along with the picturesque beach is amongst the many incredible sights you can observe in the area.
Once youve had enough of all of the beauty this island is offering, you may be seeking something thats a bit more interactive and exciting.
Each of your first visits should be towards the Treetop Adventure Park, that has a range of activities open to suit all skill levels. Its also a great spot to take the whole family, as there are many zip lines that kids should be able to enjoy at the same time.
So no matter whether youre looking for a challenging climb or something that is rather less taxing, youll have a good time zipping round the lines and climbing the trees inside of the Treetop Adventure Park.
Now, while it might seem that Koh Chang has countless beaches on offer, every one has their own unique charm and individual characteristics that will make them each deserving of a visit.
The Bang Bao Beach is undoubtedly no different in connection with this, and its a wonderful destination to enjoy the beautiful sunset at any season. Theres also some excellent places to look down the beach, so its an excellent place to grab a couple of handmade souvenirs at the same time.
Overall, its safe to say that visiting Koh Chang will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience that you just wont forget anytime soon.
Whether you want to take pleasure in the unique, picturesque beaches or even take part in something more challenging such as the Treetop Adventure Park, youll easily manage to find numerous types of activities to experience throughout your stay and you will probably certainly never be bored at any moment of your respective trip.


Almost sixteen-year after Sameer Khan was shot dead by Gujarat police, a report submitted by a former Supreme Court judge, Harjit Singh Bedi has concluded that the branded terrorist was killed in a fake encounter.
Khan, who was in his 20s when he was killed by the police, was identified as a rickshaw puller by his father. But as per police version, Khan was a terrorist—who had come to Gujarat to assassinate the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court had directed that a copy of the report on the cases of fake shootouts in Gujarat be furnished to the petitioner, noted lyricist Javed Akhtar. The 229-page report was submitted in the Supreme Court in late February 2018 and the Gujarat government had opposed its sharing with the petitioners.
Of the 17 cases that he was monitoring, Justice Bedi found that three persons, Sameer Khan, Haji Ismail and Kasim Jafer, were killed in prime facie fake encounters. Recommending action against nine police officers, he has also sought a compensation of ₹10 lakh to ₹14 lakh to the families of the victims.
The encounter of Sameer Khan in October 2002, was the first after the post-Godhra riots. The police had claimed that Khan had plotted to kill the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi to avenge killing of Muslims in the riots.
Rejecting the police account, Justice Bedi in his report found it hard to believe that a "dreaded terrorist", who was on an alleged mission to assassinate the CM, was handcuffed so loosely. He also noted that all courts, including the Supreme Court, had rejected the theory of assassination plot against CM, and had discharged the other 15 men who were accused of being part of the conspiracy.
The bullet wounds in the dead body were also found to have blackened, suggesting that firing took place from a close range. He was shot at his chest and head.
From a reconstruction of the crime scene, it appeared that the deceased and police officers were standing face to face. The bullet trajectory in the head injury suggested that firing was done in a top to bottom angle.
The police officers were close and towering over the deceased and he was probably sitting on the ground and perhaps cringing for his life.
It recommended that Inspector KM Vaghela and Inspector TA Barot should be prosecuted for murder and other relevant offences. Pertinently, Vaghela was questioned by CBI in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh case, though not charge-sheeted. Barot is an accused in the alleged fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan.
The five bullet wounds on his body were blackened, showing that he was shot at from a distance of two feet or so.
There was no sign of nitrite in the hand wash sample of the deceased. This led to the inference that the deceased had not used any fire arm.
There was nothing on record to show that the deceased was notorious.
"The fact that as many as 20 rounds had been fired at the deceased from almost point blank range are indicative of a cold blooded murder", the report said and recommended that the officers involved in the case, Inspector KG Erda, PSI LB Monpara, PSI JM Yadav, PSI SK Shah and PSI Prag P Vyas, should be brought to trial for murder and other offences.
Erda was accused in the Gulberg Society massacre case of 2002 and was later acquitted.
Kasam Jafer was taken into custody by Ahmadabad police on April 13, 2006 along with seventeen others, on suspicion of being part of the crime snydicate "Irani Gang". Next day, his dead body was found near an underbridge. As per police version, Kasam Jafer "disappeared" from the police head quarters building on April 13 night. The police stated that he was hit by a motor vehicle while he was on the run.
Suspecting the police version, deceased's wife Mariam Jafer filed an application in the High Court. Though the death was supposed to be investigated, but nothing happened. The case became part of the writ petition filed by Javed Akhtar in the Supreme Court after his wife approached Teesta Setalvad.
The police head quarters was a fortress, and it was not possible for a person to escape from the building easily. If the arrested persons belonged to the notorious "Irani Gang", the police would not have been careless in security.
No departmental action was taken against constable Ganeshbhai. According to police version, it was the negligence of Ganeshbhai which led to the escape of Jafer.
Other seventeen persons, who were taken into custody along with Jafer, were not informed about his escape and subsequent death. Rather, police had let them go on April 14 early morning, with a warning that they should not set foot in Gujarat again.
The post mortem report suggested that Jafer died due to "external and internal injuries shock and hemorrhage", caused by a "hard and blunt substance".
Police were reluctant to inform the relatives and family members of the deceased that he had met with an accidental death.
There was no evidence to indicate that Jafer and his companions were part of any criminal gang.


Delicious Lemon Jalapeno Butter to pimp your meals!
Not a long post this time! Yet a very interesting one if you ask me! The following recipe is super easy to make but will boost your meals to a higher level. I'm talking about the "Grilled Lemon Jalapeno Butter". I strongly advice to make some extra! You won't regret to have some leftovers by hand in the freezer. Btw those paying a little attention will see what's coming online soon!
Why? Simply because the lemon jalapeno butter is adding depth to your meals in no time. It pimps your grilled vegetables in no time to a culinary sidedish and brings balance to meals like the smoked chili I'll post later on. It brings a delicious balanced creamy taste with a slightly acidic yet powerful touch. Think about grilling some mushrooms or corn cobs and finish them with the lemon jalapeno butter.
You could add some more depth by smoking the butter in advance. This way you can add a smoky taste when cooking indoors. If you'd like a subtle smoke taste you can cold smoke the butter for about 2-3 hours with apple wood. I've done it before in my barbecook smoker (a cheaper version of the smoky mountain) with good succes. Unfortunately the low price lead to rust soon and it's falling apart now. At the moment I'm trying to smoke in my kamado with a cold smoke generator like this one but it doesn't seem to work… Any advice is welcome.
1. Cut the lemon in two parts and put them with the meat side down on the grill. Grill them until the outside is black.
2. Thinly chop the peppers and puree the garlic.
3. Add all ingredients to the butter at room temperature mix through with a fork. Finish the butter with lemon juice from lemon you just grilled (to taste but I added the whole lemon). Add salt at taste.
4. Serve with smoked chili, mushrooms or some grilled corn cobs to balance or upgrade their taste!
Have a nice meal! Any leftovers? No problem: You can easily freeze the butter.


At a special meeting last night, March 6, the Mesa Public Schools Governing Board unanimously voted to enter into contract negotiations with Dr. Ember Conley as the next superintendent of schools.
Conley is currently superintendent at Park City School District in Utah. Previously, she served as the deputy superintendent, director of assessment and an elementary school principal at Maricopa Unified School District in Arizona. She began her education career as a classroom teacher in Colorado. Conley received her bachelor's degree from Arizona State University, her elementary teaching certificate from Fort Lewis College, her Master of Arts in K-12 Administration and Policy from University of Colorado Denver, and her education doctorate in curriculum and leadership from Argosy University, Phoenix.
Pending contract negotiations, Conley will assume her duties as superintendent on July 1.


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Freienwil é uma comuna da Suíça, no Cantão Argóvia, com cerca de 831 habitantes. Estende-se por uma área de 3,99 km², de densidade populacional de 208 hab/km². Confina com as seguintes comunas: Ennetbaden, Lengnau, Oberehrendingen, Obersiggenthal, Unterehrendingen.

A língua oficial nesta comuna é o Alemão.

Comunas de Argóvia

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Tea Party conservatism has arrived in the Supreme Court, favouring individual 'freedom' from all social obligations.
San Pedro, CA - The United States' constitution was framed with several ends in mind. Chief among them, arguably, was preventing the US from repeating the history of Rome's decline from republic to empire. In that respect, it has obviously failed, as the WMD-less people of Iraq and the al-Qaeda-less people of Afghanistan understand perfectly well. The US' own imperial elites, however, take quite a bit longer to wise up.
Which is why it was simultaneously so touching and so absurdly humourous to see US Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a former attorney general of Connecticut, warn in a press conference with other Democratic Senators that the Supreme Court risked "grave damage to this court, in its credibility and power", if it were to strike down the Obamacare reform law as unconstitutional. Credibility? The court that gave us Bush v. Gore and Citizens United worried about credibility?
Citizens United was a poster child for unbridled and unpopular judicial activism. The Court's conservative majority, which pretends to abhor such activism, first ordered the parties to remake the case to enable a more sweeping ruling - a virtually unheard of move - and then overturned 100 years of precedent. Bush v. Gore was more lawless still - even the justices admitted it, when they wrote that the decision should not be used as precedent for any other case. At its heart, the decision held that the 14th Amendment's "equal protection" clause required the protection of an unknown number of yet-uncounted ballots by throwing them out - along with all other uncounted ballots (hence the "equal" part of the most dubious "protection").
That was hardly the only arbitrary and absurd aspect of the Bush v. Gore decision. Indeed, almost all legal observers despaired of making any sense of the ruling - even those who defended the results found the reasoning itself impossible to defend. One person who did attempt a thoroughgoing analysis was famed retired LA prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, who argued (article, book, book review) that the complex maze of contradictory rationales all made perfect sense from one perspective: as a criminal enterprise to steal the election.
Prior to the Supreme Court hearings last week, there was good reason to think the case was neither close nor hard - if one looked only at the law. As Reagan Solicitor General Charles Fried put it in the quote above, the law stood squarely in the middle of the Congress' Commerce Clause power. And other conservatives agreed, including ones like Jeffrey Sutton and Lawrence Silberman - two appellate court judges who had already found Obamacare to be constitutional. But that assessment foolishly disregarded politics, as Fried himself regretfully noted in an interview with Ezra Klein, from which the quote above also comes.
When activist judges want to radically rewrite the law, a general strategy often comes into play revolving around re-framing the context in which arguments are made. First, the framework of existing precedent is set aside. Second, the question at hand is framed provisionally in terms of other issues that existing precedent has routinely dispensed with. And third, a new framework is developed to make sense of the problems created by getting rid of the old framework. This process usually takes several years and a series of cases to unfold, but this past week, the process appeared in highly compressed form, seemingly in the course of a single session of oral arguments on Tuesday, only to be further confirmed the following day.
First of all, the limiting principle point kind of begs the question. It assumes there's got to be some kind of articulable limiting principle and that's in the Constitution somewhere. What Chief Justice John Marshall said in 1824 is that if something is within the power of Congress, Congress may exercise that power to its fullest extent. So the question is really whether this is in the power of Congress.
Now, is it within the power of Congress? Well, the power of Congress is to regulate interstate commerce. Is healthcare commerce among the states? Nobody except maybe Clarence Thomas doubts that. So healthcare is interstate commerce. Is this a regulation of it? Yes. End of story.
Here's another thing Marshall said. To regulate is "to make the rule for." Does this make a rule for commerce? Yes!
While Fried was making the point that there is not and ought not to be a "limiting principle" within the purview of the Commerce Clause, Yale Law School constitutional scholar Akhil Reed Amar took a broader view in fighting back against the conservative judicial activists. Amar detailed a number of limiting principles when Klein interviewed him. First, he said, "The limit is the Constitution. What Congress does, has to be in the enumerated powers." He then went on to discuss two of these specifically, the Interstate Commerce Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause.
But above all, Amar argued, "The most important limit, the one we fought the Revolutionary War for, is that the people doing this to you are the people you elect. That's the main check." Theoretically, Amar noted, Congress could raise taxes to 100 per cent - and some tried to use this argument against the income tax when it was first introduced. But the entire democratic nature of our government is a practical check against that purely theoretical possibility.
After oral arguments Tuesday - over the constitutionality of the mandate - and Wednesday morning - over how much of the law should stand if the mandate falls - conservative-leaning justices revealed a persistent lack of knowledge about the healthcare and health insurance markets, the structure of the law and its myriad provisions that have nothing to do with the mandate.
At a number of junctures Tuesday, justices seemed confused - or willfully obtuse - about the nature of risk pooling, and the health insurance market.
The justices then used their confusion and misunderstanding as the basis for questioning Obamacare. Whatever the reason for it, conservative justices were observably in over their heads. The infusion of Tea Party rhetoric into the proceedings signalled a dramatic drop in intellectual rigour, even basic competence, whatever the causal relationship might be.
Things only went from bad to worse after that. First, states also objected to the Medicaid expansion included in Obamacare, based on the notion that it constituted "coercion" - thus echoing the general Tea Party cry of federal government "tyranny" opposed to individual liberty. The central problem with this objection is that it's utter nonsense. The supposedly novel and unprecedented "coercion" involved is that the federal government simply wants states to spend money it gives them for the intended purposes - a perfectly normal, routine requirement, that's been going on longer than Scalia has been on the bench.
Second, was the argument over "severability" - what happens to Obamacare if the individual mandate part is struck down. Common sense would say that most of the rest should remain - particularly those parts already in place. As Samuel Sessions and Allan Detsky pointed out in The New England Journal of Medicine last week, "Many ACA provisions are already in effect and thus clearly can function without the mandate, which becomes effective in 2014."
According to how normal people think, the principle of judicial restraint would mean striking down as little of the rest of the law as possible. But Justice Kennedy proposed the exact opposite. He was worried if "one provision [the individual mandate] was stricken and the others remained to impose a risk on insurance companies that Congress never intended... That, it seems to me can be argued at least to be a more extreme exercise of judicial power than... striking the whole." It seems one needs to think novel thoughts, in order to be a "true conservative". Or a least a judicially active "restrained" one.
Inside Story US 2012 - What is at stake in the US healthcare debate?
If the court were to strike down the healthcare law, "It would be more problematic than Bush v. Gore," Fried told the LA Times, "It would be plainly at odds with precedent, and plainly in conflict with what several of the justices have said before."
[Renahan] is born with a wonderful, free, light consciousness - [resulting from] the absolute lack of social instinct or herd feeling. He does not understand, because he has no organ for understanding, the necessity, meaning, or importance of other people... Other people do not exist for him and he does not understand why they should.
The "organ for understanding, the necessity, meaning, or importance of other people" is what people aside from Ayn Rand know as conscience. Those who lack it are known as psychopaths, though not all psychopaths are killers. Some are the most beguiling of conmen, for example. In adopting a Tea Party/Randian notion of "freedom", this is where conservatives on the US' highest court now seem to be headed.
The second point is that - as with Bush v. Gore - the main purpose here may well be much more limited and immediate: conservatives on the Court may simply want to do everything they can to defeat Barack Obama, while making it seem like something else - even a matter of high principle. What better way to bolster the flagging Tea Party narrative in the era of Occupy Wall Street, than to stamp it with the authority of the highest court in the land? The rule here is the same as with any common criminal... or psychopath: Watch what they do, not what they say.


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Costs mount from Bulgaria's June floods, Sofia July hailstorm
Written by The Sofia Globe staff on July 15, 2014 in Bulgaria - Comments Off on Costs mount from Bulgaria's June floods, Sofia July hailstorm
Sofia municipality has put in a claim for a million leva (about 500 000 euro) for cleaning critical infrastructure after the July 8 severe hailstorm that struck the Bulgarian capital city – but this sum pales in comparison with the mounting bills for damage caused at the Black Sea coast in the June 19 floods.
Sofia municipality's claim, filed to the state interdepartmental commission, is separate to private sector costs of damage to buildings and cars. Insurance companies have said that about 10 000 cars were damaged by hailstones that came down in barrages on parts of the city.
The capital city has been cleaning about 22km watercourses of debris, tree branches and leaves but there are still 10km to go.
Separately, it has emerged that damage to the Dobrich region from the deadly floods on June 19 adds up to an estimate 45.17 million leva.
Most of the damage was reported to be in the regional centre, the Dobrich district, where the estimate is 26.63 million leva.
Elsewhere on the Black Sea coast, the mayor of Balchik, Nikolai Angelov, said that the municipality so far had invested about 50 000 leva in repairs to sewerage and clearing the bed of the river Kranevska, while repairs to water mains in the town were beginning.
The June 19 floods cost 16 lives in the areas of Varna's Asparouhovo, Dobrich, Veliko Turnovo and Shoumen.
Towards the end of June, officials said that the estimated damage in the Veliko Turnovo area was more than 10 million leva. Varna province officials that damage to infrastructure was estimated at 30 million leva.
Damage from the June 19 torrential rain and flooding was said to be about 15 million, counting in about 1.5 million leva to be able to reopen the Pass of the Republic to traffic.
On July 14, a report on an investigation by the National Construction Supervision Directorate said that it had been established that the deadly wave that swept through Asparouhovo had been caused by the torrential rain being channelled by illegal buildings and built-up refuse that caused blockages. The report found that illegal logging and the state of water reservoirs were not contributory factors.
The directorate's investigation found that there were 17 illegal properties in the most affected part of Varna district.
World Bank Group opens new office for shared services in Bulgaria's capital Sofia
Court orders Sofia city hall to wash streets to reduce air pollution
US Army Europe Band to hold free concert in Sofia to celebrate Independence Day
Bulgarian prosecutors file lawsuit against former Sofia deputy mayor
Costs mount from Bulgaria's June floods, Sofia July hailstorm


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Home » Single-Seaters » F1 » Liberty launches F1 TV
Liberty launches F1 TV
February 27th 2018 - Last updated: September 19th 2019
Jack Phillips
Formula 1 has confirmed it is to launch F1 TV in 2018, a subscription service of live streams, onboards and support series available across Europe and Latin America.
F1 TV Pro, the full package, will not be available in the UK due to the terms of the existing agreement with Sky Sports, but fans in Germany, France, USA, Mexico, Belgium, Austria, Hungary and Latin America will be able to subscribe. A lesser priced F1 Access TV will be available worldwide, offering live timing, radio commentary, race highlights and archive footage on a non-subscription basis.
The cost of F1 TV Pro is set to be between $8-$12, depending on the market, and will be available online, with iOS, Android and Amazon apps expected during the year.
Liberty had trialled some live streaming, including 360-degree cameras, during the 2017 season.
Frank Arthofer, F1's director of digital and new business, said: "With the launch of F1 TV, we are beginning on the journey to build a cornerstone of our digital transformation. F1 TV subscription products are clearly and centrally aimed at our hardest core fans, and we are firm believers that while we are bringing a new audience to the sport, we must always remain focused on delivering products and experiences that serve the most avid F1 fans.
"Our objective with F1 TV is simple: provide these fans with the best available service to watch live Grands Prix and provide them with the best sports OTT [over the top] customer experience in the world. Our team and our partners are singularly focused on delivering on that vision: not just for launch but over the long-term. Live streaming video is an exciting space changing almost daily."
Mehul Kapadia, managing director of Tata Communications' F1 Business, said: "F1 is the first global sport to adopt such an ambitious mobile strategy – and we're excited to be part of it. A single global OTT video platform, with multiple live feeds and hundreds of hours of past highlights, gives fans the power to create their own unique, immersive motor sport experiences. It's a way to keep existing audiences hooked and attract new fans to the world of F1 too."


Dr. Bauer received his Bachelor of Science in Physiology from the University of California, Davis. He then attended the University of Pacific, School of Dentistry in San Francisco where he obtained his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in 1986. After dental school, Dr. Bauer and his wife moved back to Santa Rosa where they started a family and now have four sons.
Dr. Bauer is a member of the American Dental Association, California Dental Association and the Redwood Empire Dental Society.
Dr. Bauer stays busy between his practice and family life. He enjoys playing tennis, hiking, fishing, playing the piano, traveling, and spending time with his family.


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Portobello Road is the place for antiques and 'junque'
By Mary Medland Special to The Christian Science Monitor
Almost everyone visiting London - from Paloma Picasso and Madonna to curators from American museums and the idly curious - goes to Portobello Road.
Although the street has been well known as an open-air fruit and flower market for the past 130 or so years, it has only been over the course of the past five decades that the area has garnered a reputation as an antique lovers' heaven. Probably more serious antique business is conducted here than anywhere else in London.
Nevertheless, even today, the fruit and vegetable and flower vendors remain, although they set up shop farther downhill from the antique dealers, and beyond the greengrocers comes the last part of Portobello's offerings - its junk market, where one can literally pick up someone's old kitchen sink for a song.
Still, it is the antiques that draw the crowds, and frequently, the new trends in what is deemed desirable to collect often originate here.
Still going strong is the Red Lion Antiques Arcade, which got up and running in 1951. The area took on additional cachet in the swinging 1960s, becoming almost as well known to the hip as Carnaby Street. At the same time, it became the place to head for those seeking vintage military-style clothing, a la the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper.
As one heads down the street, the shops beckon from the left, while the right-hand side of the road hosts the temporary stalls. It's estimated that on the weekend, the number of dealers tops 1,500. While the shops stay open throughout the week, the stalls spring alive only on Saturday.
The list of what one can purchase is close to endless: from jewelry (with a seeming abundance of cameos), engravings, advertising memorabilia, sealing stamps, thimbles, bottles, textiles, antique clothing, and deeds, to dolls, maps, wooden golf clubs, prints from the London Illustrated News, paintings, stamps, buttons, film memorabilia, coins, Wedgwood, and woolens.
For the most part, dealers have their particular areas of expertise. Sheila Cook is known for antique textiles and costumes, while Rudolf's specializes in vintage, autographed photos of movie stars. Antique chess sets are the province of Garrick Coleman, and Battersea Pen Home's focus is vintage fountain pens, as well as their repair.
Buyers would do best to take to heart the motto, caveat emptor. There are plenty of reproductions and junk here, although certain dealers have taken steps to maintain the integrity of their wares.
Indeed, many of the dealers fiercely defend the quality and authenticity of their wares.
Of course, there are certain items that are devilishly hard to fake, says Tim Collins, of Stall 28. His business consists of selling documents, primarily mortgages and indentures from the early 18th century.
The key, he says, is that such documents were written out by hand on vellum, adding that they are particular popular with attorneys, who frame them for their office walls.
"Today, you simply can't get enough vellum to fake these," he says. Of course, one has to have a pretty good eye for vellum.
It's not just collectors seeking such documents, but often historians.
"With so many buildings destroyed during [World War II], these deeds to houses often allow historians to reconstruct what previously existed on, say, that parking lot there," says Collins.
For more information, log on to the Portobello Road Antique Dealers Association website, www.portobelloroad.co.uk.
(c) Copyright 2001. The Christian Science Monitor
Meatless Monday: Brie and walnut topped portobello mushrooms
Meatless Monday: Portobello and cumin spiced eggplant burgers
Meatless Monday: Grilled portobello burgers


When it comes to tax planning, the first important measure is to file separate independent income-tax for every member in the family.
When it comes to tax planning, the first important measure is to file separate independent income-tax for every member in the family. It is one of the wisest measures in tax planning that helps to minimize your income-tax payments.
If you are a Hindu, make sure you have a separate independent income-tax account of your Hindu Undivided family. The HUF account gets basic income-tax exemption of Rs2, 00,000. They also get a tax deduction available under section 80C. They are provided deduction on interest on housing loan.
Deposits in savings bank accounts are the safest form of investments. They are also exempted up to Rs.10, 000 under section 80 TTA. The deductions are not available on the 'time deposits' interest income.
Plan to open a separate independent account in the name the minor child that should not be clubbed with the income of the parents. There are several options to have separate income in the name of a minor child. Some of them are PPF accounts, Life insurance policies and "Specific Beneficiary Trust" account.
The individuals who are not interested in regular income can invest in Zero Coupon bonds. The maturity period of bonds is ten years. The tax will be almost nil on income received at the time of maturity, and the credit for it goes to benefits accrued from Cost Inflation index. The bonds can also be gifted to minor children who are eight years and above.
The investment tool is for the individuals who fall in the highest income bracket of income exceeding Rs 10 lakhs per year. It is a better investment option compared to Bank fixed deposits.


Bendix: Blog - Who is Responsible for Ensuring Safety in the Automated Age?
This section is really "the meat" of the guidelines, as it outlines best practices for the safe pre-deployment design, development, and testing of highly automated vehicles (HAVs) prior to commercial sale or operation on public roads. The key element here is the 15-point safety assessment, which NHTSA considered moving forward with rulemaking to make mandatory.
Everyone wants to have some say, or no say, over automated vehicle testing – from the states to the feds. What this means is increased difficulty ensuring that there is a consistent national framework – state to state – to make it easier for consumers and manufacturers to design, develop, test, and build vehicles. We already have one state – California – that can develop and implement its own environmental policies. Needless to say, we don't need 50 states with their own regs on vehicle development. Imagine how difficult it would be to run cross-country if the technology on your vehicle isn't allowed in all the states along your route.
NHTSA will exercise its ability to use existing tools: interpretations, exemptions, rulemaking, defects, and enforcement authority. Bottom line: If the technology creates a hazard on the road, the Agency can force recall.
To do its job effectively, the Agency needs new tools and resources, which Congress had to grant. Driving the request is the premise that the current regulatory approach of the last 50 years will be insufficient for next 50. Technology changes faster than the Agency can effectively regulate and, probably just as important, NHTSA doesn't have the budget or the talent to really understand the new technologies.
New year, new administration, and now it's time for a new approach to the FAVP. Well, it's not totally a new approach: The new "Automated Driving Systems (ADS): A Vision for Safety 2.0" policy borrows heavily from 2016's FAVP, while also leaving a few things behind – like boosting NHTSA's resources and capabilities.
This is probably not too surprising given that the current administration has adopted what appears to be a hands-off approach with regulations of any kind – safety or otherwise. And while no doubt there are regulations on the books that need to be dropped, leaving safety to the developers may not always be the best idea.
What do we get with the new policy?
Well, to start, a lot fewer pages to read. The original policy came in at a hefty 112 pages, vs. 33 pages in the new version. Not too surprisingly, then, there are fewer sections (two vs. four).
NHTSA doesn't want to force anything that may stand in the way of getting this technology into the market as quickly as possible. That, in and of itself, is a good thing. It does, however, beg the question of who is going to be responsible for ensuring safety in the new automated age? The manufacturers? Hmmm … we've already seen more than one example of what happens when technology gets pushed out to an unsuspecting public before it's ready or understood by the users.
In reality, there are plenty of good reasons not to overregulate, and the Agency should be applauded for not wanting to stand in the way of getting what may be truly amazing and potentially crash-eliminating technologies out to the market as quickly as possible.
But there are also just as many good reasons to have some regulations. After all, would you want to trust your loved ones in a driverless vehicle if the technology incorporated didn't have to pass at least some type of performance standard to ensure it works – and has the fail-safes necessary if it doesn't?
Overregulation is bad, but underregulation may be deadly. A proper balance is the answer. At a minimum, that balance should prove the technology works as promoted and that the appropriate fail-safes exist to ensure that if the technology fails, no one gets hurt. NHTSA should look back at the original policy and rethink what "voluntary" really means.
In the end, if NHTSA isn't going to care about safety, who is?


Experiments on a thin layer of cohesive wet granular matter under vertical vibrations reveal kink-separated domains that collide with the container at different phases. Due to the strong cohesion arising from the formation of liquid bridges between adjacent particles, the domains move collectively upon vibrations. Depending on the periodicity of this collective motion, the kink fronts may propagate, couple with each other, and form rotating spiral patterns in the case of period tripling or stay as standing wave patterns in the case of period doubling. Moreover, both patterns may coexist with granular "gas bubbles"—phase separation into a liquidlike and a gaslike state. Stability diagrams for the instabilities measured with various granular layer mass m and container height H are presented. The onsets for both types of patterns and their dependency on m and H can be quantitatively captured with a model considering the granular layer as a single particle colliding completely inelastically with the container.


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A Capela de São Sebastião é localizada na freguesia de Cuba, no concelho de Cuba no distrito de Beja.

Ligações externas

Capelas no distrito de Beja
Património edificado em Cuba


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More in Store - Severe Weather for the Plains Today
Image: The infamous Hesston, Kansas tornado taken in the 1990s (not mine)
High pressure remains planted off the U.S. Atlantic coast. Meanwhile, a low pressure system has moved through the Intermountain Region and will we moving into the Central Plains later this afternoon into the evening hours.
A dry line will extend from a developing surface low (and it's accompanying cold front) from S. Central Kansas south into Texas this evening. Dynamics will again be favorable for violent thunderstorms across portions of north central Texas, Central Oklahoma, East and Central Kansas, and into Western Missouri by this evening. The greatest threat of supercells and tornadoes appears to be in a similar area as it was on Monday...Round 2. The region extending from Central Oklahoma north and east to South Central Kansas and points east and north east of there will be the most likely area for intense storms and tornadoes today.
TODAY-MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK: More in store. The same as it's been and seemingly always will be. Little change in temperatures, winds, and sky conditions.
NEXT TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY: A cold front will be making its way into the Southeast U.S. Winds will eventually become southwesterly by Tuesday harboring warmer temperatures and an introduction of rain chances in the form of afternoon thunderstorms into the forecast.
BEYOND: The front will not pass through but rather wane to nonexistence near across N. Florida or Central Florida. Although it appears at this time that any rain chances will again go to near zero this will have to be monitored. Decaying fronts have a way of lingering longer than welcomed...and thus continuing rain chances over and above that which is forecast by the models when one gets this far out in the forecast time frame.
More in Store - Severe Weather for the Plains Toda...


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Chicagoans Speak Out on Department of Justice Report – We Don't Need the Feds!
What's Next in the Fight for Community Control of the Chicago Police?
The CPAC Ordinance is sitting in that City Council because there is no power like the power of the people. We have got work to do. To rush into negotiations with City Council members before we do that work would, in my opinion, be tactically and strategically a mistake.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel Announce Your Resignation!


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Justino Mora
Immigrant Rights Activist, Entrepreneur & Self-Taught Programmer
Activists, Current Events, Entrepreneurism, Government
Justino Mora Biography
Justino Mora is an immigrant rights activist, entrepreneur, and self-taught programmer. He recently graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Political Science, co-founded Polibeats (a civic-tech startup), and works as an online consultant. In the summer of 2000, Justino and his family immigrated to the United States to find refuge from extreme poverty and domestic violence. He defied the odds by becoming the first member in his family to graduate from high school with high honors and attend college. It was in community college where Justino decided to become involved in student organizations and the immigrant rights movement.
Justino began organizing with IDEAS at Mt. San Antonio College, an undocumented student support group, and eventually with the CA Dream Network (CDN) and CHIRLA. Justino served in the Steering Committee of the CDN and helped lead and organize the statewide campaign to pass the CA Dream Act in 2011. Through his involvement in the CA Dream Network, Justino worked with other national leaders and organizations to push for the passage of the Federal DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform. In 2012, Justino played an important role in the "Right to Dream" campaign that proved pivotal in pressuring the Obama Administration to grant deferred action to undocumented youth. Justino worked as CHIRLA's Online Coordinator for about a year and helped plan and develop CHIRLA's Dream Center – an in-house center that assists DACA-eligible youth apply for deferred action.
In May 2013, Justino was one of seven immigrant rights activists who were invited to share their story and discuss immigration reform with President Obama and Vice President Biden in the Oval Office. Justino also participated in the FWD.us DREAMer Hackathon and DEBUG DC Growathathon in November 2013 and June 2014, respectively. At these two hackathons Justino shared his story and ideas on how to use technology to push for immigration reform with several Silicon Valley leaders including Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman, and Drew Houston. He co-founded Push4Reform and Text4Reform, two web and text-messaging platforms that allow people to contact their representatives and engage in online advocacy to push for immigration reform. Having collaborated with Ivan on projects in recent years, Justino joined Ivan Ceja to create UndocuMedia.
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Muirlands Middle » News » Archived News 2020-2021 » School Reopening Timeline
Dear Muirlands Community,
Here are some news regarding the future reopening of our school and all schools within San Diego Unified. District planners have outlined the next phases for that reopening and announced plans to release a timeline for the next phase following the next County Health Department update on Tuesday, October 27.
Behind every student and teacher eager to be back on campus, I know there is a family concerned about the health and safety of their loved ones. For that reason, I want to be clear that all of these plans were created in collaboration with some of the best scientific experts in our community. This process will not be rushed, and students will not be forced to return before they feel comfortable doing so. We will also continue working with our bargaining units to protect the safety of all staff members.
As you know, last week we launched Phase 1 of our plan, which has allowed for the return of small numbers of students to our elementary school campuses. The upcoming phases are the following:
Expansion of Phase 1
Expansion of Phase 1 appointment-based program for secondary students grades 6-12 and educators.
Expansion of Phase 1 appointment-based program for infant/toddler and early learning programs and educators.
Elementary (PreK-5th Grade) students would return to campus 4 days a week. Students would be split into two cohorts for either an am session or pm session in order to safely rotate students into classrooms. Elementary students would receive instruction onsite Mondays through Thursdays. Fridays would be set aside for "live" online check-ins and independent asynchronous learning.
Secondary (6th-12th grade) students would return to campus 2 days a week. Students would be split into two cohorts with Cohort 1 attending on Mondays and Tuesdays and Cohort 2 attending on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Fridays would be dedicated to online learning for all students. Secondary students would follow a similar bell schedule with morning minutes dedicated to class period instruction and afternoon minutes would be dedicated to Flex Time for asynchronous learning or appointment-based services.
Elementary (Prek-5th Grade) students would attend in-person instruction four days a week Monday through Thursday. Fridays would be set aside for "live" online check-ins and independent asynchronous learning.
Secondary (6th-12th Grade) students would attend in-classes onsite four days a week, Monday through Thursday. Fridays would be set aside for online learning. Morning minutes would still be dedicated to class period instruction and afternoon minutes would be dedicated to Flex Time.
Elementary (Prek-5th Grade) students would attend 5 days a week with 1 modified day.
Secondary (6th-12th Grade) students would attend 5 days a week. Morning minutes would still be dedicated to class period instruction and afternoon minutes would be dedicated to Flex Time.
Next Tuesday, following the next update from the County Department of Health, district leaders will announce which date the next phase will begin. Once again, these decisions will be based on science to ensure the safest reopening possible for all involved.
As soon as I have additional information, I will share that with our school community. On behalf of our entire team, I would like to say thank you for the tremendous support we have all received from our families. Together, I know we will come out of this experience a stronger and more resilient school community.


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Q: ASP.net MVC unable to call POST Logout method I've been trying to perform Logout operation (Form Authentication with cookies) but unable to call the POST Logout action method.
Here's my Partial View:

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I'm calling this partial View in below Home page as header:

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Thus, on clicking the Logout button from the home page, it should Go to the "Logoff" action method and clear the cookies and then redirect to Login Page.
But it doesn't work.
Instead, it goes to the Login page directly without visiting the Logoff action method. I got this URL:
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A: I know you already far in the process but you could use the WebSecurity method instead of your action method in your action controller... (OathWebsecurity, WebSecurity.Logout();... etc)

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The Clown is a series published in the comic anthology 2000 AD between 1992 and 1994. It was created by Igor Goldkind and Robert Bliss. The story is about a clown who goes on a violent rampage to avenge the decapitation of his pony Toby.

Creation and concept
Igor Goldkind was originally hired to launch Crisis and later worked in PR for 2000 AD before eventually contributing one-off stories to both Crisis and Tharg's Future Shocks. He developed The Clown as a series for 2000 AD and intended it to be a fond parody of Neil Gaiman's divisive literary writing style, describing it as "The Sandman on laughing gas".

Goldkind portrays the Clown as an "existential Mr. Magoo [...] more fixated on his ideas about reality than reality itself" and credits The Sorrows of Young Werther as an inspiration for the series's satirical, solipsistic "metaphysical slapstick".

Publication History
 "The Clown Book 1" (in 2000 AD #774-779, 1992)
 "The Clown Book 2: Prologue" (in 2000 AD #841, 1993)
 "Vale of Tears" (with Greg Staples, in 2000 AD Yearbook 1994, 1993)
 "The Clown Book 2" (with Robert Bliss/Greg Staples/Nick Percival, in 2000 AD #881-888, 1994)
The first book was reprinted in Classic 2000 AD #10-11, 1996

References

External links
The 2000 AD A.B.C. #26: The Clown at YouTube

1992 comics debuts
1993 comics endings
Parody comics
Parodies of comics
2000 AD comic strips
2000 AD characters
Comics characters introduced in 1992
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Random House Publishing Group Digital 23 June 2015
New York Times bestselling author Jude Deverauxs eagerly awaited third novel in her blockbuster Nantucket Brides trilogy continues the spellbinding saga of the Montgomery-Taggerts, set on an island steeped in beauty and unforgettable romance.
Life is anything but perfect for Hallie Hartley, a young physical therapist who has given up nearly everything--even her love life--for her beautiful blonde stepsister, Shelly. Though Shellys acting career has never taken off, she has certainly perfected the crocodile tears to get what she wants--which all too often means Hallies boyfriends. When Hallie arrives home early from work one fateful day, she makes two startling discoveries that will turn her life upside down: Not only has a mysterious relative left Hallie a house on Nantucket, but Shelly has been trying to steal it. Desperate to put her troubles behind her, Hallie impulsively flies to Nantucket.
New trouble, however, has already settled into Hallies guest room in the form of her newest client. Hallie is told that wealthy, young James Taggert has injured his leg in a skiing accident. Assuming that the devastatingly handsome man has led a charmed life, Hallie is surprised by Jamie at every turn throughout his recovery. His attentions draw her out of her shell--but he has a dark secret, and is tormented by nightmares that only her presence can keep at bay. She suspects theres more to his injury than hes letting on.
On this gorgeous island rich in history, magic is everywhere, even in Hallies own backyard. As Jamies relatives arrive for a wedding gala, something wonderfully unusual is in the air. Theres an aura of romance--enhanced by a pair of matchmaking ghosts and a colorful island legend. In their own little corner of the world, Jamie and Hallie unravel the timeless secrets of their own hearts, and a very special story of True Love destined to last forever after.
Praise for Jude Deveraux A new Jude Deveraux novel means a very late night turning the pages straight through to the delicious end.--Susan Elizabeth Phillips True Love True Love, with its star-crossed lovers and twisty plot, evokes everything that makes Nantucket so special--the history, the atmosphere, the secrets, and the magic.--Susan Wiggs Destined to be an instant romance classic . . . will haunt you long after you read it.--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette For All Time Jude Deveraux takes us to a place where dreams are made. . . . For All Time is a page-turning time-travel romance that captures your imagination from the start and keeps hold till the very last page.--Fresh Fiction A beautifully written story with a refreshing old-romance feel . . . Fans of Deveraux will be delighted, while new readers will fall in love with her signature writing style.--RT Book Reviews From the Hardcover edition.


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A food retailers' group says menthol cigarettes account for 35 percent to 40 percent of their total sales.
TRENTON, New Jersey -- New Jersey could soon become the first state to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes.
Democratic Assemblyman Herb Conaway, who is also a physician, recently introduced the legislation. It was approved Monday by the state Assembly's Health and Senior Services Committee and now heads to the Appropriations Committee for further consideration.
He said, the cooling effect of menthol allows smokers to draw more toxic substances into their lungs and hold them there.
Opponents say the ban would cost small retailers millions of dollars in lost sales and hurt state coffers.
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This blog lets me live out my fantasy of being a writer. The real kind, you know, where I just get paid to sit at home and write.
That's why I started this blog, and that's what it should all boil down to. So I'm trying to get back to that this year. Oh yeah, we also had a baby here at Team Ev, so new posts may include updates on The Rookie. Rather than maintaining a separate blog for him as I did throughout the pregnancy, I have linked to that blog in "The Rookie" section in case you ever feel like wasting a little time some day. I will try my best to keep all the mushy new Momma posts limited, but I'm not making any promises. You'll just have to deal with it, it is my blog after all.
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I would like to write some custom query to get rid of the object column, as well as other columns that I don't really need.
Can anyone tell me what query language it is for Data factory? I've tried to play around with it but it always failed. I wonder if I'm using correct syntax.


Fundamental Steps before purchasing your new swimming pool in Montgomery County.
It's an exciting time for the family, and everyone is excited to get wet and make a splash, the kids are dreaming of what games they will play, and you're thinking about what cool parties you can host with your friends all around the new family pool right in your own backyard. So before we go running to the pool to jump right in, let's relax just a bit and make sure we are counting our steps to swimming pool construction success.
Custom inground gunite pools around Montgomery County TX can be created to compliment just about any shape of backyard, so long as the easement and set back lines are not extremely close, and in certain cases it is found that a pool just may not work, but these are very rare. To build a pool in Texas, you must be the owner of the property and home. Consider any elevation changes in your backyard, specific to water drainage purposes, as these will have to be mitigated throughout the pool construction process. Make sure that your new pool is not prone to flooding! In many cases our clients will have outside pets, usually dogs. When considering to install a new pool you will want to make sure that your outside pets still have enough room to run and play, and use the bathroom without causing it to be overly complicated. You will also need to think about the access to your property, how will the heavy machinery enter the backyard? Usually one side or the other of your fenced property will suit the 90″ requirement of most excavation equipment. In some rare cases we have been required to enter onto the neighbors property line to enter the client backyard. Talk to your neighbors and let them know of your intentions to build a new pool, they will appreciate your advance notice and may even allow you to use a portion of their property, so long as we clean it all up!
The next stage to gathering accurate information about building a pool in the neighborhood that you live in will be at your HOA office, to those that it applies. In today's world of tract homes and subdivided neighborhoods that are master planned, you will need to check first with the neighborhood architectural committee to see if there are any special requirements or procedures for installing a new swimming pool. Most HOA rules and deed restrictions are going to be fairly simple and similar, however, we have found only a handful that require more than the typical HOA, and we can help you. Make sure to get all of the details that you can including MUD deposits and/or water rate changes that might affect your ongoing budget after the pool is completed. Most HOAs will provide a package of information that you can review with us. On the other hand if you own private property with land, you can go as mild or as wild as you want without any direct oversight of your neighborhood! We will build your pool to the same specifications as if it were inside of the city limits, so that you can count on top level quality custom pool construction no matter where you live!
In many cases, the HOA will not approve a request to build a new pool unless it has been reviewed and approved by the local city municipal permitting or zoning board. So if you live inside the city limits, this will most likely be your very next stop. Make a phone call to the permitting office to get some general information, most of which you will probably be able to find online at their website. We take a personalized approach to getting your pool project off the ground, which includes taking care of the headaches such as City Permitting for you. It's all part of our job to make it easy for you to get that pool!
Now that you have been through the bureaucratic governmental hula-hoop just to get the approval to build a new pool, it is time to sit down and consider the very start of the project, the BUDGET and DESIGN. Since our dreams can run wild and they don't always match our budgets, this is when it's time to call us in for a free in-home consultation. We are here to help you discover the possibilities and customization features that you can include with your pool based on the budget you have to work with. Many of our clients need to make the decision to either finance the pool or pay cash. No matter what your budget is, with pools starting at around $30,000.00 we can get you swimming!
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One World Now: The Ethics of Globalization
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One World Now seamlessly integrates major developments of the past decade into Peter Singer's classic text on the ethics of globalization, One World. Singer, often described as the world's most influential philosopher, here addresses such essential concerns as climate change, economic globalization, foreign aid, human rights, immigration, and the responsibility to protect people from genocide and crimes against humanity, whatever country they may be in. Every issue is considered from an ethical perspective. This thoughtful and important study poses bold challenges to narrow nationalistic views and offers valuable alternatives to the state-centric approach that continues to dominate ethics and international theory. Singer argues powerfully that we cannot solve the world's problems at a national level, and shows how we should build on developments that are already transcending national differences. This is an instructive and necessary work that confronts head-on both the perils and the potentials inherent in globalization.
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I heard on DC 101 that the Washington CAPS were hosting an event called So Kids Can KaBOOM! Playground Build. I HAD to be part of it — it involved my two favorite things, hockey and volunteer work! I immediately signed up online. The build took place in DC on the grounds of the Associates for Renewals in Education (ARE). I was on the heart team (see photo above). I'm standing next to our team leader Mike in the green plastic hat. All the team leaders wore kooky hats so you could easily identify them. Our first task was to dig ditches around the entire playground perimeter, breaking up asphalt and clay and inserting Leggo-like beams that created the playground border. Our final task was mixing cement and poring it into holes to secure all the new playground equipment. Two hundred volunteers helped to make the event a success, 7 tons of mulch were hauled in wheelbarrows and spread around to create the playground floor, and 145 cubic yards of cement were mixed and poured. In addition to the central playground area — 3 adult picnic tables were built; 1 shade structure, 3 trellis planter benches, 4 mendocino benches, 3 tabletop games, and 1 GIANT mural. A fun and fulfilling day.