Anti-Independent: Partisan conflict is baked into our system. These vain spoilers should stay out of the way, pick a side, and/or accept reality. They throw elections to Trump and his Republican enablers. They have no platform. They ignore the real struggles of politics. And they are making things worse!
One line of thinking in political science and politics suggests that the parties are working well. They offer a stark contrast across most issue domains, they efficiently save voters time by identifying candidates that likely share similar goals/values, and they facilitate mass-level participation in the democratic process. In 1950, the American Political Science Association (APSA) called for "responsible" parties that would do all these things, rather than merely serve as vehicles to election for those who want political power. Some argue that our present situation broadly reflects the goals outlined by the APSA report.
But does reality reflect that rosy view?
In an era in which the Democrats double down on identity politics and abortion extremism, the Republicans surrender to white nationalism, and the parties hate each other, it is difficult to believe (or even argue) that the system is working well.
I found this little-noticed speech by a Catholic bishop to be very insightful in assessing both the promise and the perils of our two parties today. But even in the 4 years since this speech, the Republican party has egregiously abandoned norms, principles, and decency.
More and more Americans say they feel "politically homeless," yet every two years our choices are ever less representative and ever more extreme.
Groups like No Labels, the Centrist Project, the House Problem Solvers' Caucus, and others have sought to break into the gridlock and offer a better way. But moderation is passe (and an electoral loser), even as we need it now more than ever.
Please read and share A.B. Stoddard's outstanding column from early October about the need for Independents in the U.S. Senate (link here).
Below is a six-minute video of Unite America executive director Nick Troiano laying out a rationale for the Independent movement.
The short answer is no. The system is insurmountably rigged against them.
But with electoral system reforms including ranked choice voting, open primaries, and multi-member legislative districts, Independent and third party candidates have a chance to be relevant. As a basic moral principle, we need to end vote suppression and expand ballot access. Every American should support electoral reform groups like FairVote.
The Independent congressional candidate with the best chance of winning in 2018 is a Maine state legislator named Marty Grohman, who ran for Congress in Maine's heavily Democratic 1st congressional district (campaign intro video here).
Maine adopted ranked choice voting for use in its federal elections beginning in 2018, so the Grohman campaign is a real-time experiment in how electoral reform can open the door for Independents (and, theoretically, third parties).
Here are two videos that explain RCV.
And this, from the Maine Secretary of State's office.
Grohman's path to victory depends on two things happening. First, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree must not receive more than 50% the vote. If she does, RCV will not go into effect and the race is over. Second, Grohman has to finish ahead of Republican candidate Mark Holbrook. If those two things happen, then things get interesting. This chart shows a hypothetical path to victory for Grohman.
Holbrook is a particularly odious Republican who, though he ran in 2016 and has some name ID, voters will balk at him in this liberal district.
Pingree is well-liked and has good committee assignments, but she is a Pelosi clone who is not active around the district and outsources constituent service to Senators Collins (R) and King (I). Some voters who would normally choose her in a two-person race will support a pro-choice, socially tolerant Independent candidate like Grohman.
When Holbrook is eliminated, many more of his voters will have ranked Grohman as their 2nd choice than Pingree. Thus, when the second choice votes are reapportioned in the second round, Grohman will prevail.
Grohman has received strong support from disaffected Republicans, including many business groups such as the U.S. Chamber. Of course, he will receive nearly all support from Never Trump Republicans.
But is a candidate like Grohman someone that national Never Trump Republican leaders should support, fund, and emulate/recreate nationwide? That is for them to consider and decide. I believe they should, as he would be an outstanding citizen-legislator, an influential player in the House, and an inspiration to hundreds of current and aspiring Independent politicians at the state and federal levels.
DISCLAIMER: I am an Independent. I value the movement for the disruptive role it can play in what I believe is a dangerously and pathetically unrepresentative, corrupt, and broken political system. But I am an equal-opportunity disruptor. I want to make both parties better and more representative. That's why I am passionate about pro-life Democrats and Never Trump Republicans. I am also committed to breaking the two-party stranglehold on our politics. There are massive systemic challenges, of course. Even so, I find it a calling worthy of a citizen and a patriot. I am happy to work with principled disruptors of many stripes.


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Medina Armory
Now home to the Orleans County YMCA, this imposing building was once the Medina Armory. It was built in 1901 to house the 29th Separate Company of the U.S. National Guard. State architect George Heins designed the building in the Late Victorian style and incorporate castle-like features such as crenelated parapets (the gaps on the top of the towers above the entrance). Its exterior facade is made with Medina sandstone, which gives it an even more unique appearance. Armories built in New York and the rest of the country in this period throughout were often designed to resemble castles to show the strength and reach of the federal government, especially in its ability to squelch labor strikes. The armory was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
Medina Armory was built in 1901 and is now the Orleans County YMCA.
National Guard units occupied the armory until 1977. The 29th Separate Company officially mustered for the first time in 1891 and used a building located on Main Street. It took ten years for armory to be built even though calls for its construction began soon after the Company formed. The 29th served in the Spanish-American War (1898) and was deployed to assist in tamping down the Buffalo Street Car Strike of April 9-12, 1913. By this time its designation changed to Company F, Third Regiment. It then served in World War as part of the 27th Division. In February 1919, it became Company F. 108th Infantry and later served in World War II as Company L, 65th Regiment. In its last years, the unit was Company C. of the 174th Infantry. The YMCA has used the building since 1985.
Todd, Nancy L. "Medina Amory." National Park Service - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. April 13, 1995. https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/95000399.pdf.
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Hollywood Roasts Bill O'Reilly, Praises Gretchen Carlson for Speaking Out About Sexual Harassment
'This Is Our Collective Power'
At Variety's Power of Women luncheon, Jessica Chastain, Lena Dunham, and more stars celebrated Bill O'Reilly's demise—and praised Fox News host Greta Carlson for "inspiring" change.
Amy Zimmerman
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Updated May. 05, 2017 2:30PM ET / Published Apr. 21, 2017 7:37PM ET
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On a gloomy Friday morning, some of Hollywood's most beloved female philanthropists took turns honoring one another and roasting Bill O'Reilly over a light lunch. Variety's Power of Women luncheon feted a handful of luminaries and their crucial causes—honorees included Jessica Chastain, Chelsea Clinton, Audra McDonald and Tina Knowles Lawson. Presenters like Lena Dunham and Salma Hayek upped the star power, alongside card-carrying male allies like Cory Booker and…well, mostly just Cory Booker.
Arguably the biggest star of the day was Chelsea Clinton, inspiring a standing ovation and a whole lot of gushing from the A-List crowd. Blake Lively, who gave a passionate speech about the Child Rescue Coalition, told The Daily Beast that, "When Chelsea Clinton walked in I just melted on that red carpet!" While grateful for the opportunity to share her cause and be among such powerful women, Lively added, "The fact that we have an event called empowered women is still a shame. I'm so grateful for it, but the road is too long." The actress also chastised a reporter at the event who asked her about fashion, responding, "Are we really doing this? Would you ask a man that?"
Private Practice's Kate Walsh reminded The Daily Beast of the importance of self-care in the Trump era: "I think there's a little bit of contraction that happened after that election, a little freaking out and going 'Ahh, what do I do?' But that has made us stronger than ever, and it's a great conduit for change." Walsh admitted that her "heart was definitely broken" by Trump's victory, adding, "I feel like action is important, and that's happening, and women are galvanized and so many people have come together around this, but I also think it's important to understand after that election, for me anyways, to take the time to refocus, regroup, take good care of yourself and your friends and the people around you, and then to be of service where you can."
Coming on the heels of Bill O'Reilly's career implosion, this group of powerful women couldn't resist a few jabs at the now-fallen Fox host. Jessica Chastain, who was being honored for her work on behalf of Planned Parenthood, took her cues from Michelle Obama and declined to mention O'Reilly by name. "Most recently women said 'No' to a certain Fox News anchor," she began. "After years of sexual assault accusations and settlements were unearthed, women's rights groups called for the advertisers to pull their support from the show and companies listened. And so did Fox. As a result, the 8 o'clock news hour will be known as simply 'The Factor.' This is our collective power in action."
Oprah/Everyone's BFF Gayle King took a moment while accepting her award to share a brief O'Reilly anecdote. She told the audience that O'Reilly had recently been a guest on her show CBS This Morning, promoting a book about—wait for it— "manners." After pausing for laughs, King continued, recalling that when her co-host asked O'Reilly about the topic of sexual harassment, "He said, 'Well, I don't want to discuss anything that brings negative attention to my network.' Which seems very rich under the circumstance."
But the harshest words came from Lena Dunham—probably because, as she noted at the beginning of her remarks, "I'm in the very privileged position to be able to say whatever the fuck I want most of the time." Dunham joked, "We also should have known there was something wrong with Bill O'Reilly when a few years ago he confused a loofah and a falafel. Does anyone remember that? So like, this isn't fresh info." On a more serious note, Dunham praised former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson for speaking out against sexual harassment. She explained, "When you work in a corporate infrastructure the challenge of coming out about sexual harassment is so massive, and to see a woman who surmounted that, and bravely made space for other women to do the same, is just deeply inspiring."
Speaking to The Daily Beast, Carlson addressed all of those other working women—the ones she hopes her story will inspire and embolden. "I wish they could call me! I've heard from thousands of women all across the country, they've shared their stories with me and I've responded to every single one of them. So I really believe that if I've helped even one person, it's worth it. But we plan to help so many more. Because I was the voice for the voiceless, but now we're speaking up and we're standing up, and there's a sea change here."
Carlson also emphasized that educating men and holding them accountable is crucial, describing a true male ally as "somebody that understands the value and the benefit of treating a woman like an equal"—while acknowledging how crazy it is that we're still struggling to clear such a low bar. "What's crucial to me is the way in which parents are raising children, because that's where it all starts," she added. "This is a pledge for parents to really make sure that they're treating their kids with equal respect, and that they're learning to treat each other with human dignity."


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What is Left Behind When the Color Fades Away?
by ThePerennialGen | Dec 17, 2021 | Aging | 2 comments
by Rachel Coleman
In school I was never much of a science girl, always preferring the world of the humanities. In high school, courses like biology, chemistry, and physics were necessary evils on the way to graduation; in college, they were sigh-inducing requirements to be gotten out of the way as soon as possible, so I could get on to the really important matters of language and literature. Labs, formulas, and periodic tables held no fascination for me; my wonder and attention were caught by metaphor, color, drama, and the miracle of language that could evoke the breadth and depth of the human condition and offer glimpses, no matter how fleeting or liminal, of the transcendent realities of eternity.
I wonder, however, how my experience of the sciences might have been different if my teachers had been attentive to the powerful poetry and drama, the astonishing order and beauty, the incredible glimpses of transcendent truth that are visible in science itself. Take autumn leaves, for instance. After years in the tropics, where lush green is the year-round dominant color, I have a special appreciation for the brilliant color displays every autumn in the northern hemisphere.
But despite the poetry-inducing, glorious beauty of the season, I've never really thought about the science behind it until this year. It was fascinating to discover that the yellow and orange pigments that blaze out in October are already present in the leaves during the months when green reigns supreme, transitioning from the gentle, hopeful tint of spring to the robust jade of a well-watered early summer. Green is the color of chlorophyll, the extraordinary chemical that transforms the energy of sunlight into the food that nourishes the tree. The green pigment of chlorophyll coexists in the leaves all year round with other pigments that produce yellow and orange coloring, but for most of the year the overwhelming presence of super-productive green masks the other hues. In the fall, however, when days get shorter and cooler, the food-production process stops, chlorophyll breaks down, and the other colors—which had always been there—become visible.
And what a show they put on! As the yellows and light oranges are taking center stage, other chemical changes are occurring simultaneously, allowing deep oranges and reds to join the party in some trees.
The glorious color party is all too short-lived, as "leaf tourists" can attest. During the brief blaze of brilliance, other changes are also occurring. "At the point where the stem of the leaf is attached to the tree, a special layer of cells develops and gradually severs the
tissues that support the leaf. At the same time, the tree seals the cut, so that when the leaf is finally blown off by the wind or falls from its own weight, it leaves behind a leaf scar." Soon the tree's branches, no longer cloaked in their leafy ornaments, stand starkly bare against the pale wintry sky.
As I soaked in the autumn beauty this year with a mind and spirit attentive for the first time to both the biology and the poetry of the season, it struck me that there is a powerful little sermon for mid-life and beyond, built right into the visible and invisible processes that produce the changes that so rivet our marveling gaze. Just as the diminishing supply of chlorophyll and the end of photosynthesis results in other, already-present pigments having a season to shine, so the fading of the energies and beauties of youth reveals what is already present in us. The question is, are the right "pigments" and processes being put in place during my younger and mid-life years, so that when "autumn" comes, there will be latent beauty of another sort, just waiting its season to shine? That season will likely be relatively short, compared to youthful "green time," but it holds the potential for radiant and glorious beauty!
And as autumn is passing away into winter's long, gray slowness, I've been particularly attentive to the trees on my morning walks, deeply impressed with their unexpected and unusual beauty. From a distance, the "leaf scars" aren't visible, but I know they're there.
What is visible is the starkly black outline of twisted, knotted limbs against the pink sunrise or silver cloud bank. Absolute poetry! Some trees show whimsical whirls, almost as if their branches are filled with secret laughter; others, a delicate, lacy pattern that seems to hint at quiet, unexpected strength. All of them reach toward the sky, lifting their exposed lives back into the hands of the Creator, unashamedly standing with their true selves and the marks of their age revealed. And all of them, in this wintry season, denuded of leafy coverings, let so much more light shine through! I pray that may that be true of my aging—that as the trappings of youth inevitably fall away, as wrinkles and swollen joints and changing pigments become the visible marks of life's journey, may more light shine through to bless others. And may we all—whether still in the green season or moving into autumn—be gladly attentive to the beauty of
those who are already in winter's season, ready to learn from their scars and to rejoice
in the light that shines through their unadorned branches.
Cover photo by Natalia Rüdisüli on Unsplash
Rachel Coleman lives with "the other Rev Doc" (husband Randy) in Elida, OH. She is an adjunct Bible professor for various institutions, and travels the Spanish-speaking world as regional theological education consultant for One Mission Society. She blogs at writepraylove660813036.wordpress.com
Rachel Campbell	on December 21, 2021 at 1:41 pm
Rachel, thank you for this evocative piece.
My husband is from New Zealand where the native trees are evergreen, and he just loves the silhouette of our British Winter trees. Like you, I too like to mark the year by the changes to the colours of the leaves, and I loved how you drew this to a metaphor of middle age and beyond.
Rachel Coleman	on December 29, 2021 at 3:10 am
Thanks, Rachel!


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Moby-Dick begins previews tonight, Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA. It opens Wednesday, December 11, and plays through Sunday, January 12, 2020. Tickets on sale now: online at AmericanRepertoryTheater.org, by phone at 617.547.8300, and in person at the Loeb Drama Center Ticket Services Offices (64 Brattle Street, Cambridge). (more...)
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Some good Moja: Local residents love helping camp for special needs people
Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net @GenetEJC
Mike Ditamore and Jaclyn Standley have similar stories to how they first started volunteering at Camp Moja – one probably shared by many members of the camp staff.
As a young teenager or adult, it seemed like a good service opportunity, if not a bit intriguing.
Years later, they're still hooked and return to help at the annual weeklong camp for special needs adolescents and adults, founded in 1977 by Community of Christ and held at the Lake Doniphan Conference Center, tucked next to a couple lakes among the hill just outside of Excelsior Springs.
As a student at William Chrisman High School, Standley needed service hours as part of the ACE Club (Association for Chrisman Excellence), heard about Camp Moja and thought it might be interesting. "Moja" comes from the Swahili dialect and means number one.
"I just loved it and stuck with it," said Standley, now in her 14th year at Camp Moja, which started Monday and runs through Friday. "Started out as a counselor, worked my way up and became the budget director and now also office manager. They're always so special people. It's just life-changing, and I've been coming back ever since.
"I didn't know when I did that first year that Mr. Moja worked for the Independence Fire Department."
Standley's father, Bob Frazier, is a fire inspector who has been with IFD for 31 years, while "Mr. Moja," the zany, goofy-dressed camp emcee, is known at work as Battalion Chief Mike Ditamore. He's been helping at the camp for 32 years now – the last 23 as Mr. Moja.
Ditamore, 1991 graduate from Fort Osage High School and natural jester, remembers starting out as a somewhat immature counselor, but he soon gained an appreciation for what the camp helps special needs individuals.
"A friend asked me 'What are you doing this summer?' and he told me about this," he said. "You choose to do it the first time, and then it's a bit like a drug, after that first his you think later, 'I've gotta do that again.'"
Due in part that he usually worked different shifts or at different station as Ditamore, Frazier said he didn't know about the Mr. Moja gig until about 10 years working with him.
"I first came to the talent show five years ago, I was so impressed with these people and their positivity," Frazier said. "Never a dull moment with Mike; I don't know where he gets it. He does juggling, plays the ukulele."
For years, Frazier and his family have put together Halloween and Christmas light displays – Lights on Apache Drive – and he and family members dress as Santa and friends and dance and interact with children that visit the light displays. Any donations he receives go to charity.
This year, some money went to Blair's Foster Socks, and for the first time he gave $500 to Camp Moja.
"I believe in their mission," he said. "I had a lot of campers come to the light show, and the light show is a way to give back to the community."
Ditamore said the camp not only fills an emotional and recreational need for many campers, but it can be refreshing for the volunteers – a chance to hit the reset button. Over the years, he said, some younger volunteers have even quit a part-time job to make sure they had the time to volunteer.
Ditamore is one of several camp staff members who have been volunteering for 20 years or more.
"It speaks to what Moja does," he said. "Whatever problems you had coming here, when you leave they're not as big.
"Now we're bringing the next generation (of volunteers) up here," Ditamore said, referring in part to his 12-year-old daughter Addison helping out. "Maybe in a few years she'll be Ms. Moja."


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As part of its strong sustainability commitments to minimise the impact of its operations on the environment, Deanestor now heats its entire factory in Mansfield 365 days a year using a biomass boiler fuelled by wood waste from its furniture manufacturing processes.
This system has replaced an oil-fired heating system and avoids the need for fossil fuels to heat the factory. It generates significant savings in carbon emissions and there is zero waste to landfill.
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It's a question we'd never considered before coming to Ghana, but why is it that we all choose to be buried in boring, expensive wooden boxes? This is your death! If there's any time to go overboard, it's now. In Ghana, it's common to be buried in a colorful coffin that celebrates your life. After all, if you've spent your life farming bananas, would you rather be laid to rest in an ugly brown box... or in a bright yellow banana?
If we were to concentrate on just the history of the Republic of Ghana, this post would be concise indeed, because it's only existed as an independent country since 1957. But the region and the people obviously have a history which stretches much further back. Ready for a crash course? Good! Let's cover in five minutes what would properly require an entire college semester.
Upon arriving in Accra on a Friday afternoon, we'd had to turn over our drone to customs, who wouldn't allow us to pick it up until Monday. We weren't thrilled about the idea of diving back into the convoluted world of Ghana's bureaucracy, but we're all about bringing you aerial footage of the country's landscapes. Besides, returning to the airport would give us the chance to visit a bizarre restaurant we'd spotted upon arrival.
Considering how often we've heard it mentioned as the most entertaining street in central Accra, where many of its best bars and restaurants are congregated, we had high hopes for Oxford Street. But expectations are duplicitous beasts. Set them low, you'll usually be pleasantly surprised. Set them high, and well... Anyway, let's take a tour of Oxford Street.
La Beach is Accra's main spot for fun in the sun. We visited on a Sunday afternoon, when the beach is at its busiest, and discovered a scene of such surreal energy, that we couldn't help but have a blast. Come and tour La Beach with us! It's gonna be a party.
Normally, it's good to stick to your principles. But there are times when the correct course of action is to take stock of a situation, and bend accordingly. This happens more often than usual when you're in a foreign country. And when you're traveling in Africa, it's practically the only way to get along. Today, we violated our sacred practice of ignoring bothersome local "guides" ... and it was the best decision we could have made.
Ghana's capital city, Accra, is a sprawling, chaotic metropolis of 2.27 million souls. Actually, let's make that 2.27 million and two, because for the next month, Jürgen and I will be calling it home, as well. We arrived on a sweltering afternoon in late January, tired from a long journey, but eager to get out there and start making some first impressions.
Heralded as one of Africa's friendliest and most stable countries, Ghana is going to be our home for the next three months. This will be our first time in Africa, and we couldn't be more excited. We plan on diving right in, and immersing ourselves in the country's culture, cuisine, and history. We'll hopefully get to meet some of the locals ... and we'll definitely be eating loads of fufu. The next 91 days are going to be a wild ride.


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One thing that I love about Motörhead is that you always know what you're getting. Pretty much. You can always rest assured that they will give you a good dose of hard rock 'n' roll and it's not bloody likely that they will record a Whoa-whoa-livin-on-a-prayer thing or go disco or hip hop or some garbage like that that. It's the same thing with AC/DC – and that is partly why we love those bands so much – at least I do. But there is one big difference between Motörhead and AC/DC apart from the fact that they play different kinds of music to each other and that is that when AC/DC gives you exactly what you'd expected, Motörheaad might give you the odd surprise or two. Remember on 1916 (1991 – my all time favourite Motörhead album), they had a ballad in "Love Me Forever", recorded a Ramones tribute ("R.A.M.O.N.E.S."), used a horn section ("Angel City") and the title track was only Lemmy singing over strings. And on Overnight Sensation (1996) they used acoustic guitars pretty frequently and some songs had an almost poppy feel and on Inferno (2004) they had a bluesy acoustic track called "Whorehouse Blues". So Lemmy and his entourage of Phil Campbell (guitar) and Mikkey Dee (drums) takes the musical paths that feels right for them at the time. But whatever they do, it always sounds like Motörhead in the end. And they play rock and roll.
I also love the fact that Motörhead refuses to become a nostalgia act. They are old school so the make records and then they tour them. Just like it's supposed to be. Now, as fans, we all agree on that classics like Ace Of Spades (1980), Overkill and Bomber (both 1980) and of course their live masterpiece from 1981 No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith are all Motörhead killers, but it's really interesting to see how different people look at their later albums, especially the albums released from 1991 and forward. But also stuff like Another Perfect Day (1983), that featured ex-Thin Lizzy man Brian Robertson on guitar or Fast Eddie Clarke's last stand Iron Fist (1982) are under debate from time to time. Me, I like them both. To me, the trilogy of 1916, March Ör Die (1992) and Bastards (1993) are my favourites. I also like Overnight Sensation, Inferno and last year's awesome The World Is Yours. I don't like Sacrifice (1995) and I think that both Snake Bite Love (1998) and Kiss Of Death (2006) are pretty uneven gives. But I'm sure many a Motörhead fan would beg to differ – and I like that because it proves that Motörhead still turns heads and affects people and for us fans, it makes every Motörhead release interesting because even though you know what you're getting, you just don't know what you're getting and that makes it exciting. And after last year's knock out, I was looking forward to yet another Motörhead release.
This 14 track jawbreaker opens with "Heartbreaker", a typical Motörhead song – no more, no less – a good song but it doesn't run me over. And I want Motörhead songs to do just that. It's good, but it doesn't stick. Hopefully it will grow on me. Third song "Lost Woman Blues" turns things around a bit. The song is a real blues rocker, kind of like ZZ Top on an amphetamine binge and it's really smoking, "Do You Believe" is all classic Motörhead like we love them and "Death Machine" is pure groove – a great hard rocker. Speaking of surprises, "Dust And Glass" is so laid back that I can't call it anything but a ballad, but with a kind of 60's psychedelic feel – very cool. On 1916 they went to Brazil ("Going To Brazil") and on this album, the vacation continues, this time destination Mexico – "Going To Mexico" is in the same vein as its Brazil dito – classic Motörhead rock 'n' roll all the way. "Silence When You Speak To Me" (gotta love that title) has some really catchy riffing and its melody really sticks, "Crying Shame" is rocking hard, but with a big pop feel and a piano, the song is catchy as hell and one of my favourites here, "Keep Your Powder Dry" is just great, a melodic Motörhead rocker with Lemmy's own sense of humor as a lyricist and the high-octane, balls out, mudkicking rocker "Paralyzed" finishes the album in a great way. Once again Motörhead has provided a tasty meal full of rough and tough hard rock n roll. I must say that I'm impressed by the way that these guys who has been playing forever (Motörhead is almost 40 years old and Lemmy turns 68 on Christmas) still can come up with the goods without putting everything on repeat. It's no secret that Lemmy is a big fan of Beatles, Little Richard and Chuck Berry and that shines through on many places on this album. So if you're a Motörhead fan, this album is a no-brainer. You know what you're getting and at the same time you don't. But you can be sure of one thing – they rock. After all, they are Motörhead and they play rock 'n' roll. Nuff said!
01. Heartbreaker
02. Coup De Grace
03. Lost Woman Blues
04. End Of Time
05. Do You Believe
06. Death Machine
07. Dust And Glass
08. Going To Mexico
09. Silence When You Speak To Me
10. Crying Shame
11. Queen Of The Damned
12. Knife
13. Keep Your Powder Dry
14. Paralyzed
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Jon, 1916 is also my favourite Motorhead album! (Tied with the one with Robbo Robertson on it, Another Perfect Day.) To see an 8/10 review and to hear a single as strong as Heartbreaker is encouraging. I'm currently cut off from buying new music until Christmas, so this one's for the wishlist.
Everyone knows Mikkey Dee is a freaking amazing drummer (he was a highlight of the '96 gig I saw) but also worth praise is Campbell. I don't think he's given enough credit as a guitarist. Look at the guy — he's been the only guitar player in Motorhead since 96 or 95 and they have lost nothing that they had with Wurzel! The guy nails the classic Fast Eddie vibes, but also has so much feel.
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I agree on everything you wrote here, Mike. Campbell doesn't get enough praise as far as I'm concerned.


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Layla and Majnun is a story of undying love that is claimed by cultures and traditions across the Islamic world from Persia, to Turkey to Malaysia and beyond.
First penned by the Persian poet, Nizami in the 7th century, the story has been passed through generations in anecdotal form. Now, for the first time, these fragments have been consolidated and translated into a single English narrative by US based Farsi scholar and storyteller, Feraidoon Mojadedi.
Created by diverse artists from Western Australia, and directed by James Berlyn, the show is an interdisciplinary one-man performance featuring Feraidoon Mojadedi. The show integrates traditional Persian storytelling with contemporary visual projections and original music, bringing this tale into the 21st century.
A timely reminder of the universality of love across cultures around the world, this show will premiere in Perth from October 3-6th 2019 and will seek presentation opportunities for 2020 and beyond.
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Produced by Performing Lines WA, the project has been supported by the WA Government through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, a residency at St Georges Dance and The Blueroom Theatre's LOFT program.


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A previously unreleased track from Odd Future's Earl Sweatshirt has hit the web, and it's reportedly his first-ever recording. Titled "WattStak", the track was included in the latest installment of Unreleased, a mixtape series put together by Odd Future fansite Odd Future Talk. According to Odd Future Talk, the recording comes from the vaults of Loofy, who recorded the track with the then-15-year-old Earl in 2009, when he was still known as Sly Tendencies.
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"Sly's FIRST SONG….this is the first song he ever recorded, and i remember it was me him and producer Ashton McCreight, our moms were sitting in my front room chatting it up and watching WattStax (old concert featuring a bunch of old black bands and musicians and all that) and as he recorded he tried to keep his voice low..anyway..>>>all the EXTRA LOUD adlibs were by me lol<<<…*disclaimer*: this is all out of love for Thebe…lmao idk how he feels about this song but I love it, like the lyrics are on point like a mutha fucka.. quality is whatever, but thats just because of my dumb ass adlibs….so yeah, this is Sly at his best…the original, WattStax, The Backpackerz, 09, World Playground…"
"WattStak" can be downloaded along with the rest of the mixtape here. The rest of the tracklist comprises more unreleased material from Odd Future's Tyler, The Creator, Hodgy Beats, Left Brain, Domo Genesis, and others. For more on the mixtape itself, you can read of its origin and find liner notes for each track at Odd Future Talk.
As for an update on Earl Sweatshirt's current whereabouts, there is none.
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Discussion in 'New to the Underground' started by Aaronross99, Jan 15, 2017.
Hey guys I just stumbled onto this forum and thought Id share my Xrunner.
2006 Xrunner Speedway Blue. Had 61,000 original miles when I bought it.
Its bone stock other than some HIDs I put in around Christmas.
Im sure Ill be on here the more I get into doing some stuff to this truck.
Welcome to the Underground! Where are you from?
They are nice stock, because you know no hack has been working on it, putting stupid stuff on it. It usually means it was well cared for too. Nice looking truck. Welcome to the Underground!
Congrats on the X and welcome to the Underground!
I had a '04 double cab pre-runner that I was tired of. So when I started looking around for a newer truck I stumbled on this Xrunner. Always loved them kinda a bucket list vehicle for me. I knew I had to buy it when saw it only had 61xxx miles. Love driving it even though I only drive it about once every two to three weeks. There are a few things I want to do. Different grill, factory LED tail lights, short throw shifter and TRD shift knob.
Welcome to XRU and nice find on the truck!


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Just try to resist eating the dough.
While you were busy going about your life in 2018, Pillsbury dropped ready-to-bake Reese's Peanut Butter Cookies. There's no wrong way to eat Reese's, but the warm-cookie way might become a new favorite.
The cookie dough is made with real Reese's peanut butter and makes 24 cookies. Heat your oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit and bear the 10 to 14 minutes it takes for them to cook. It'll be worth the wait, because warm, peanut butter-filled cookies will be on the other side.
That's not your only Reese's cookie option from Pillsbury. The Reese's Mini Pieces ready-to-bake cookies are twice the size of the normal pack, so you'll end up with 12 huge cookies. The tiny Reese's Pieces will give you peanut butter and chocolate flavor, unlike the other kind.
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A former technical writer who discovered journalism in his mid-20s, Paul von Zielbauer knew he'd have to take unconventional steps to get himself hired at The New York Times. His career route included a grueling cycling trip from Hanoi to Saigon (now known as Ho Chi Minh City) in 1993, giving him the reporting experience crucial to arriving at his ultimate goal. When he got to The Times in 1999, he felt he'd reached "the promised land." He learned at great deal about journalism and the world at the paper, appreciated the experiences it offered him, and continues to value the friendships he formed there. But his ten-year career at the Gray Lady also was filled with frustrations with a culture he found editor-driven and often inflexible. He left The Times and journalism in 2009 to pursue another unconventional goal, starting a travel-adventure-philanthropy company, Roadmonkey.


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Dave Brailsford's pursuit of Utopia for Team Sky
By Daniel Benson published 19 October 12
Team manager looks for a new cast
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Shane Sutton and David Brailsford consider the proceedings carefully. (Image credit: Gerry McManus/www.splitsecondimages.co.uk)
Dave Brailsford looks confident as Sky team car heads out behind bunch (Image credit: Robert Lampard)
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It's January 2010 and at London's Millbank Tower the inaugural ensemble from Team Sky limbers onto the stage for their team's presentation. The show is slick, it's professional, and as the script is followed effortlessly it's even exciting. During the event the team talks about their zero tolerance policy towards doping and if team presentations were motion pictures this could win an award or two.
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However if this were a movie there would be a problem. Certain members of the cast have been miss-cast.
Fast forward to Wednesday evening and Team Sky have coincidently picked the Covent Garden Hotel to talk to the media again about their zero tolerance to doping. The venue is regularly used for movie screenings and as Dave Brailsford passes through the lobby, Ben Afleck, John Goodman and Ralph Fiennes swan through too.
It's a perfect venue to re-visit Team Sky's script and announce a potential new cast.
Brailsford has invited the press to hear his proposed script. In essence it's the same one as before – zero tolerance to doping - but this time he's potentially planning on changing the characters, ushering out those that have let him down and bringing in new people he can trust.
The selected journalists gather around a boardroom table and listen to Brailsford's introduction as he sets the scene.
Scene one
The team has already begun a process of screening, asking all riders and staff to sit down for individual interviews with Brailsford and psychologist Steve Peters. These aren't interrogations; instead each rider will be invited to discuss their careers and any suspect roles they may have played in the past.
"The shadows of the past are impacting upon us, maybe more than we were expecting," Brailsford says. "We tried to have a [zero-tolerance] policy and we are not going to change that. It has proved very challenging to implement. It's back to basics; we are looking at it all again."
Brailsford isn't as naïve as he sometimes presents himself. He played a key part in David Millar's rehabilitation and during the process he asked the then Cofidis rider to confess everything to him. He may not have the experience of running a team for a decade – perhaps a blessing in itself – but he is no fool.
Both he and Peters are bound to question certain people more than others as they try to find the skeletons in Team Sky's closet. Michael Rogers has admitted to working with Dr. Michele Ferrari, while Dario Cioni their current press office, Bobby Julich, Sean Yates, Steven De Jongh, Servais Knaven and Shane Sutton could all face difficult questions and even more difficult choices. Brailsford is keen to stress that there is no set timescale, interviews will be ongoing.
The catalyst for all of this has been the public demise of Lance Armstrong's legacy. If the American's greed hadn't persuaded him to return to the sport, Team Sky's original script that included Michael Barry, might have remained intact.
"We've got a big issue in the sport at the moment and that goes without saying and certainly for me it's Lance Armstrong problem's as such. There's the past, the present and the future and this certainly is more of a problem that has its roots in the present," Brailsford says.
"This is a difficult time and a challenging time but I still very much believe in what we can do and what we have done but one of the things that's come up is our stance and where we are."
No question marks
Brailsford is attempting to build a team with no doubts, no recriminating history and no question marks.
It's been put to Brailsford that his search for an untainted cast has put his staff in a lose-lose situation: tell the truth and you could be fired; lie and if you're found out at a later date you'll be fired too. Does Team Sky's search for unadulterated past go full circle to the point where it some hoe perpetuates omerta?
And is a team with no connections to cycling's past even possible?
Brailsford rightly points to the fact that he was laughed at when he declared Team Sky would win a Tour within five years. He is sticking to his zero-tolerance principal.
Yet Garmin-Sharp has taken a different approach to ex-dopers. Jonathan Vaughters' riders were incriminated to a far greater degree in USADA's pile of evidence but they appear to be doing the right thing because they've co-operated with authorities and are working to build a cleaner future. With Vaughters' own doping past it was perhaps in the team's DNA to be so pragmatic. Brailsford has taken a different and far greater challenge on board.
"When I created this team, one of the first things I had to decide was if David Millar come to the team," Brailsford says.
"He's a good friend of mine, and I really agonised over that at the time. With this clean sheet of paper I had to make a really tough decision and say 'Actually Dave, we're going to try and have a clean policy'. Now, I'm not going to change that policy. My belief going forward is to have clean team with the same policy, albeit it has proved to be very challenging to implement."
"I'm not saying people can't be rehabilitated, but this was our stance when we started and I want to see it through. I'd like to have a team of people like that. It is a challenge. If our performances go backwards, if they go back to square one, I can accept that."
"Where does that leave us in a whistle blowing environment? I get that and I'm trying to promote that in the team and in cycling. But when you do it you just don't walk away with no consequences."
How did Sky arrive at this point?
Some of the decision he made to hire riders and staff with dubious links to the past must be causing Brailsford sleepless nights. Add into that the Geert Leinders fiasco and Team Sky's ideals for zero-tolerance become all the more questionable.
Did Leinders pass every test to get the job or did Team Sky relax their approach to give him the job? Did anyone ever stop and reflect on Sean Yates' close relationship with Lance Armstrong? Did nobody remind Brailsford of the teams Michael Barry rode for?
"I'm not going to lie. I think there certain elements that we could have done better," Brailsford says regarding the team's hiring process.
"Am I worried about the fact people have lied to me? I'm a trusting person but equally in light of what we know now, that's why I want to sit down and have those discussions again."
No more lies
Yet what we know now is no different to what we knew at the 2010 team presentation. For example Steven De Jongh was part of the TVM team arrested and detained during the 1998 Tour.
In Brailsford's favour is the realism that professional cycling is changing. USADA has opened a floodgate and hopefully the sport can now cope with a flood of truth.
"If people want to lie they'll lie. I want to encourage people that now is probably the time to come forward. Someone who is sitting there and keeps on lying they have to realise that the likelihood of that coming out is way greater than it's ever been. I think the truth will come out, across the board," Brailsford says.
"They'd have to leave the team but I'd make sure we looked after them. Be that financially… I'm not going to kick them out the door. They'll have to realise that for team Sky this relationship is over."
"I'll see the process through for as long as it takes. Everyone knows when they come to work with us what our stance is it's abundantly clear."
Team Sky has already made strives forward towards the future. The signings of Joe Dombrowski and Ian Boswell bode for a team with long term ambitions.
"I feel such a responsibility for Mrs Dombrowski who just sent Joe from America to come over here and I wouldn't blame her at all if my phone rings and she says I want some reassurances for my son, tell me who you can guarantee me about my son's future and that's a big responsibility to have," Brailsford says.
When talking about racing and young riders it's evident that the British team manager is passionate about cycling He seems like a old school American football coach: The sport, the people the numbers, he immerses himself in passion for winning. It's a constant juggling act that he loves.
In the coming days and weeks the cycling world will watch as Brailsford and Peter re-asses the Team Sky cast and ask each member to sign an anti-doping declaration. The signing also represents somewhat of a public relations strategy but if Brailsford can show everyone how he's arrived at his new cast then perhaps his utopia can become reality.
Daniel Benson
Daniel Benson is the Editor in Chief at both Cyclingnews.com and BikePerfect.com. Based in the UK, he has worked within cycling for almost 15 years, and he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he has reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he runs the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.


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The Top 10 Xbox 360 Exclusive Games
by Marcos Thadani ● Last updated on May 6, 2019
Now that the Xbox 360 has seen its 10th anniversary, it is certainly time to look back at the extensive catalogue of games that came out on Microsoft's classic console. Because the Xbox 360 was not only a great successor to the old Xbox console, it was also a very successful system in its own right, and had some of the best exclusive games on any console to date. Here follows a list of the top 5 exclusive games which came out on the Xbox 360 console.
1. Halo: Reach (2010)
The Halo series has always been big on the Xbox, and Halo: Reach has been lauded by many as the best Halo game ever made. And this prequel to the original 2002 game stars a Spartan known as Noble Six (as the Master Chief had yet to enter the fray) and features those trademark big battles that not only required tactical thinking but also a clever use of your arsenal, and quiet sections that favoured stealth.
The game featured an emotional story in which the player's Spartan comrades sometimes sacrificed themselves for the mission, and also clever gameplay sequences such as one in which players had to pilot a Falcon air transport close to skyscraper rooftops. And if we also take into account the game's multiplayer, which had an intense 4 player co-op mode which focused on surviving waves of Covenant attacks, it is clear that Halo: Reach is not only one of the best Halo games made to date, but also one of the top exclusives to grace the old Xbox 360 console.
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Timeform UK SmartPlays: Thursday 27 June
There is all-weather racing from Newcastle on Thursday
Timeform pick out their best back, lay and smart stat bets on Thursday...
"...he chased home none other than King of Comedy on his debut, and that rival is now rated 116 after finishing second in last week's St James's Palace Stakes..."
Timeform on Land of Legends
Bowerman - 16:05 Newcastle
Bowerman showed much improved form to make a mockery of his mark when last seen over C&D in April, hitting the front two furlongs out and quickly forging clear, around six lengths to the good when being heavily eased close home. Still relatively lightly raced for a five-year-old, that form is good enough for him to be competitive in listed/minor pattern company, but this is a valuable prize in its own right, and a 9 lb higher mark is unlikely to stop him winning again on his way to bigger and better things - indeed, he still sets the standard on weight-adjusted ratings and may yet have more to offer for the Roger Varian yard that continues in top form (eight winners from last 21 runners).
One Hart - 18:35 Hamilton
One Hart sets the standard on form, having offered plenty to work on when second on debut over C&D last week, but the Timeform report after that race suggested that it probably wasn't the strongest maiden, and he looks short enough in the betting here, with the suspicion being that he will need to improve to go one better this time round. That feeling is reinforced by the fact that there are several interesting newcomers in opposition, including Feel Good Factor and Magic Timing, who represent yards that know what it takes to land this race, with one win apiece in the last two years. Perhaps the biggest stumbling block to One Hart, though, could be Kevin Ryan's Alwaatn Sound. His dam and two siblings (to race) all made a winning start, including the smart Queen Kindly, and it would be no surprise if he has enough ability and know-how to follow suit.
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Land of Legends - 16:25 Newmarket
20% - Saeed bin Suroor's strike rate with handicap debutants
Land of Legends made the most of a good opportunity to get off the mark at Kempton last time, not having to run near the level of his debut to score with plenty in hand. Admittedly, this represents comfortably the stiffest task of his career to date, stepping into handicaps against a whole host of battle-hardened campaigners, but he remains open to more improvement for after only three starts for Saeed bin Suroor, and it would be a surprise if a BHA mark of 91 proved his limit in this sphere - indeed, he chased home none other than King of Comedy on his debut, and that rival is now rated 116 after finishing second in last week's St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.
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One Hart (Lay) - 18:35 Hamilton
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Struggling homebuyers have recently been urged by the Andrews government to consider moving to the country amid the housing affordability crisis. Now this article in Domain claims that rising property prices are changing ideas around home ownership.
"The great Australian dream of a family home behind a white picket fence on a large block is becoming harder to reach" says Christina Zhou and Alistair Walsh of Domain.
LandGipps can confirm that the opportunity of home ownership is still very real in Gippsland with land available from $100,000 close to the M1, shopping and employment centres. With our build partners this allows a new house land package for less than $300,000.
Larger allotments are also more prevalent with allotments ranging from 350m2 to 4000m2 and in a range of locations allowing the buyer to tailor life's requirements to their incomes.
Contact us at LandGipps today to understand how the Great Australian Dream is still very much alive in beautiful Gippsland.


The base spirit for Broker's Gin is quadruple-distilled pure grain spirit made from English wheat. The flavour is provided by ten natural botanicals, the primary one of which is juniper berries – as in all gins. The botanicals are steeped – soaked – in the base spirit in the still for 24 hours. This is the first part of the flavour-infusion process. The still is then fired up for the final, fifth distillation, which completes the process.
The distillery where Broker's Gin is made is located near Birmingham, England and is over 200 years old. There had previously been a brewery on the site, but this was converted to a distillery at a time when gin-making became more profitable than beer-making.


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Stories of Our Century: "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Published 1st January 1999
This programme is part of the series Stories of Our Century
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In 1999, Radio Netherlands broadcast a series of 12 programmes telling the story of the 20th century through famous books. In each programme, a guest speaker gives us the historical background behind the story in the book and tells us about the actual events that inspired it.
"All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque is one of the best known and most memorable books set in the First World War. Remarque himself served on the Western Front, a double line of trenches which stretched from the North Sea to Switzerland, and where the two warring sides were deadlocked in a murderous standstill for four years. The horrific modern warfare these men experienced left an entire generation of young European men dead, injured or scarred. Remarque's novel, published in Germany in 1928 , centres on the fictitious life of Paul Bäumer. Our guest speaker, professor John Röhl, professor of European Studies at the University of Sussex, places the novel within its factual historic context.
Producer: Marijke van der Meer
Broadcast: January, 1999
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We small middle eastern country that rose to fame
We live in a world of limited resources. Let that be water, oil or coal.
With a large number of population of the developing counties still relying on non- renewable, pollution generating energy source, we are at the verge of exhausting them along with poisoning the world. Qatar, the small middle eastern country that rose to fame instantly with the discovery of natural gas remains on the list of United Nations developing counties despite a whopping Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita of $129,726 since the high-speed development and economic growth made Qatar also top the world on carbon emission per capita among others. Vernacular architecture of Qatar was developed over years based on location, topography, climate and social factors such as religion, tradition and privacy. From the tightly packed group of houses with courtyards and shaded verandah, globalization of the 20th century bought western architectural principles, materials and technology changing the basic urban fabric of its capital. High-rise or skyscraper that were first conceived in the United States, soon became an icon of globalism and contemporary cities around the world.
Qatar, as any other emerging country embraced this development without much thought into traditional or vernacular settlements. Hence densely packed, thick wall, naturally ventilated, pedestrian oriented community transformed to imposing futuristic green houses. According to world data, energy consumption of Qatar is 36.53 billion kilowatt-hours, 99.
5% of which is generated from fossil fuels. Between 2000 and 2010, Qatar's electricity consumption grew from approximately 8.0 billion kilowatt-hours to 20.5 billion kilowatt-hours (U.S Energy Information Administration, 2014.
Indeed, buildings accounting for 58% of the total electricity consumption of Qatar (Kahramaa, 2014). Also about 65% of Qatar's electricity is consumed by cooling systems in all types of buildings. What is the indoor acceptable comfort levels and has it changed over time? While the world is getting warmer satisfactory standards have risen. This is an important question when studying and implementing vernacular design in today's world. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) suggest a range of 45-55% humidity and temperature range of 67 – 82°F to manage health effects and illness.
Research Question and Objectives In a small country that covers an area of 11,586 km² (4,473 sq mi) with a subtropical dry climate accompanied by hot and humid summer, generations lived with passive design strategies before technology hit. With the annual energy consumption at its peak, of which the major share are due to the huge cooling and ventilation burden. This research project identifies major key elements of vernacular architecture of the region that can be incorporated into modern high rise development. Using building energy modeling energy efficiency measures of various elements and techniques can be analyzed and compared.
With this information it is determined that with simple integration of vernacular with modern contemporary design can reduce the dependency on active systems which in turn reducing energy consumption keeping in mind the comfort and practicality issues with regard to the region. In the following chapter, a detailed review of literature including current scenario with respect to region, climate, comfort levels and various vernacular elements, methods and techniques are explained in depth. Literature review also includes modeling techniques and software used for the study and analysis. This is followed by methodology of study, case studies and energy modeling finding and discussion in detail.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman's death surprised many, but hit hard with me. Although his (or any celebrity's) life is not worth more than any other one, Hoffman's craft brought joy and entertainment to millions of people over the course of his short time on earth. What is most devastating to me, though, is how he died. According to the New York Times, he was found dead from an apparent drug overdose, needle still stuck in his arm, with a bag of alleged heroin close by. How could one of the nation's most talented men, well-respected in his industry, succumb to such a drug?
According to the CDC, "Drug overdose was the leading cause of injury death in 2010. Among people 25 to 64 years old, drug overdose caused more deaths than motor vehicle traffic crashes." While my immediate reaction to that fact is astonishment, I am reminded of the problems within my own circle — problems that always lead back to drugs. Where does the initial need or want of drugs come from? Why do some people look to drugs for comfort while others don't? How can people come from similar backgrounds but have such different choices when it comes to substance abuse?
I remember hearing about family and family friends who went to jail, lost their children, overdosed — you name it — because of their drug use. These stories frightened me; I didn't need D.A.R.E., these real-life, close-to-home stories were enough to send me running. Yet, I know so many people who grew up with the same stories, the same "bad influences," and went the opposite way. I teach students who I see making similar decisions and I try my best to do what I can, offer any intervention through news articles, stories, poems, anything that will grab their attention, but sometimes my efforts seem meaningless — why?
On a slightly-related note: I have been reading about the school-to-prison pipeline. One of the coolest things I've encountered regarding it is The Real Cost of Prisons Comix, which outlines the "-isms" involved in "the drug war." Although it doesn't matter what race, gender, class or sexuality you are for drugs to become an issue, there seems to be a disjointed relationship between marginalized youths and drug use. All of this to say: I don't know about "THE drug war," but there is a war going on — it's affecting prominent peoples, like Hoffman, and most importantly, it's affecting our youth. The only thing I know to do is write, read, and think about it — this is step one.


Decked up in vibrant colours, the decor of this interior design project complies with the age group that it caters to. The height and design of the chairs and tables along with the innovative false ceiling accomplish the required agenda and thus render the space with an ambiance of playful learning. Tinted glass used for the windows and doors complement to the complete design approach and present a flawless design approach.


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The Korbel School's Haider Khan is thinking about how to make the world a better place
By Tamara Chapman
Posted January 26, 2015 at 6:57 am
Haider Khan was recognized as the 2014–15 John Evans Professor at Convocation on Oct. 2. Photo: Wayne Armstrong
Although he has made his name and reputation in what wags call the "dismal science," Professor Haider Khan, of the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies, is downright exuberant about human potential.
"I am, on the whole, a very optimistic person. Realistic, but also optimistic," he explains. That optimism translates into a belief that human problems can be, if not solved, at least ameliorated.
As a scholar, Khan has spent much of his career in pursuit of ways to address persistent poverty and income inequality. His work as an economist — assembled in countless journals, monographs and books — is hailed for its qualitative and quantitative analysis, as well as for its bold policy suggestions. He has studied everything from the effects of economic sanctions against apartheid South Africa to the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s. Most recently, he has examined development and women's rights as human rights, using what he calls "a theory of deepening the democratic framework." He also is the world's leading expert on the social accounting matrix —SAM, for short — a tool that represents flows within an economy.
In his spare time, he is equally productive — a student and connoisseur of, well, everything. Of poetry, of languages, of postcolonial literature in Africa and Asia. Of human societies and culture, of music and art. He has produced prize-winning translations into Bengali of Mexican poet Octavio Paz and has penned thought-provoking essays, also in Bengali, on everything from Picasso's "Guernica" to the correspondence of poets Yone Noguchi of Japan and Rabindranath Tagore of India.
For these and many other scholarly achievements, and for his service with such international organizations as the
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the Asian Development Bank, Khan was recognized as the 2014–15 John Evans Professor at the Convocation ceremony in October. The Evans Professorship is the highest honor the University bestows on a faculty member. It is awarded to scholars who have attained international distinction for their research and whose achievements have significantly affected their field.
A native of what is now Bangladesh, Khan came to the United States at age 16 to live with a host family and to participate in the Herald Tribune World Youth Forum, established after World War II to promote world peace by bringing youth from all over the globe to New York to build bridges and understanding.
Khan so took to his host family — and to the philosophy embodied by the World Youth Forum — that he stayed in the United States to study, eventually enrolling at Eisenhower College in Seneca Falls, N.Y., where he dove into the liberal arts curriculum. At the urging of his host family, he then pursued master's and doctoral degrees in economics at Cornell University.
"Early on [as an undergraduate], I studied philosophy and literature and physics and mathematics," Khan recalls, but as a graduate student, "I decided to focus on economics because I decided economic problems really are fundamental. … Why are there so many economic problems? Why is there so much poverty in a world that is more wealthy than ever before? Why is there so much inequality? … My concern with human well-being is what propelled me in that direction."
And it is what propels him still. He plans to spend the next year joining the emerging on-campus discussion of income inequality and exploring the ways that education can address the problem. He'll also continue his research, public speaking and consulting on ways to fix the world's financial and monetary system.
"We should not shy away from thinking big," Khan says of academic professionals. "But we should also realize that human beings need help right here and now."
He brings this preoccupation with the big picture and with the here and now to the classroom. In his course on global poverty and human rights, Khan aims to help students think of poverty as a problem with solutions. "If we don't misallocate our resources too badly," he says, "we can tackle all these problems." Just as important, he hopes that students come to see the poor not as "objects of pity," but as embodiments of potential, "as persons who deserve better."
"As humans we share things in common," he tells students. "But we are also individuals with particular ways of being and looking at the world — including all kinds of idiosyncrasies, which I think is so gratifying, which gives color and meaning and verve to our world."


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— With new SSA rule on horizon, uncertainty for disabled workers looms
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For injured workers dependent on disability benefits, the future is becoming more uncertain.
The SSA is in the process of finalizing two new rules intended to make the SSDI application process more challenging, and the prospects of keeping benefits more suspect.
The rules are part of the Trump White House's efforts to reform parts of the SSA.
The first rule pertains to Administrative Law Judges (ALJs), who usually adjudicate disability appeal cases. Under the new rule, ALJs would be replaced with SSA lawyers who, according to many experts, are more likely to make decisions based on political ideology.
The second rule would make it more difficult for those already on benefits to continue receiving them. Recipients would be required to clear an additional level of scrutiny in the form of "Continuing Disability Reviews". The CDRs would aim to identify current recipients whose eligibility may have become suspect since the approval of their initial application.
A setback for an already struggling demographic
For many, including those on capitol hill, the new hurdles are an assault upon the wellbeing of already struggling individuals.
"For eligible individuals, Social Security and SSI benefits are typically their only or primary source of income, and wrongful denial of benefits due would inflict devastating harm," a group of prominent Democratic lawmakers stated in a letter to the SSA earlier this year.
Many disabled people depend on disability benefits to meet their basic needs, like keeping a roof over their heads and food on the table. A denial of benefits can mean a devastating blow to the applicant's standard of living.
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Sask. reports 175 new COVID-19 cases, 2,927 active
Published Tuesday, November 24, 2020 8:04AM CST Last Updated Tuesday, November 24, 2020 7:24PM CST
REGINA -- The Government of Saskatchewan reported 175 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the provincial active case count to 2,927.
Saskatchewan's seven-day average of daily cases is 209, which equals 17.3 new cases per 100,000 population.
Tuesday afternoon's COVID-19 update has been postponed. Premier Scott Moe and Dr. Saqib Shahab will provide a live COVID-19 update at 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. This event will be streamed live on CTVNewsRegina.ca and CTVNewsSaskatoon.ca.
In a release, the province said five new cases are in the far northwest zone, five are in the far north central zone, 13 are in the far northeast zone, 14 are in the northwest zone, five in the north central zone, four in the north east zone, 28 in Saskatoon, nine in the central west zone, two in the central east zone, 70 in Regina, three in the southwest zone, nine in the south central and four in the southeast zone.
Four new cases are pending location information. Five cases with pending location information were assigned, including one in the far northeast zone, three in the north central zone, and one in the northwest zone.
A total of 112 recovered cases were reported on Tuesday.
There are 105 people in hospital in Saskatchewan related to COVID-19, including 85 people in inpatient care and 20 in intensive care.
REGIONALLY
291 active cases are from the far north area (109 far northwest, 68 far north central, 114 far northeast)
662 active cases are from the north area (247 northwest, 319 north central, 96 northeast)
826 active cases are from the Saskatoon area
624 active cases are from the Regina area
128 active cases are from the central area (54 central west, 74 central east)
368 active cases are from the south area (83 southwest, 123 south central, 162 southeast)
COVID-19 Case Locations
On Monday, 3,174 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.
OUTBREAKS DECLARED IN LONG-TERM CARE HOMES IN REGINA, SASKATOON
The Saskatchewan government has declared new outbreaks in long-term care homes in Regina and Saskatoon.
These follow a number of outbreaks at several long-term care facilities earlier last week, including Regina's Wascana Rehabilitation Centre. Other businesses and schools have also had outbreaks declared.
According to the province, an outbreak is declared when two people or more test positive for COVID-19 in a non-household setting.
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the virus that causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. THE CANADIAN PRESS/NIAID-RML via AP
Sask. to announce new COVID-19 restrictions Wednesday
COVID-19 cases reported at four Regina schools Monday
With COVID-19 cases rising, STF calling for more measures in schools
COVID-19 outbreaks declared in long-term care homes in Regina, Saskatoon


A Nagareyama Public Librery card allows you to borrow materials (books,magazines,casette tapes,CDs ) from the Nagareyama Pulic Library.
You do not need a library card for onsite use of any Nagareyama libraries.
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Taking you with ID Card, Alien Registration Card, a driver's license, or a letter, etc. Which shows your current address, please fill in an application form and submit it to the counter. Then, your library card will be issued immediately.
A library card is free to anyone who lives, works, or attend school in Nagareyama City.
Please bring materials with your library card to the counter.
Some materials are not available for borrowing, including the newest magazines and certain reference books.
Please bring the materials to the counter before the borrowing period expires.
When the Library is closed, you may return books and magazines in a Book-return-box at the entrance.
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When the materials you want is out on loan to someone else, you may reserve it.
Please fill in reservation form at any location, and submit it to the counter.
The Library will hold the item and notify you when it's returned.
The Library also accepts your reservation by telephone.
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