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Portuguese artist turns trash into animal sculptures
Bearded 31-year-old Bordalo II has decorated the Portuguese capital and other cities around the world with his colourful foxes, owls, monkeys and chameleons. Image: AFP/Patricia de Melo Moreira
Agence France-Presse / 08:20 PM May 24, 2018
Broken crates and worn pipes pile up in the studio of Portuguese artist Bordalo II, who uses rubbish to create surprising animal sculptures to warn about the dangers of pollution.
The bearded 31-year-old has decorated the Portuguese capital and other cities around the world with his colorful foxes, owls, monkeys and chameleons.
In Lisbon, one of his best-known works is a four-meter (13-foot) high raccoon assembled from old tires, car bumpers and electronic components that gazes down on pedestrians in the riverside Belem district.
"Animals are the characters which the public can identify most easily with when I want to show the ravages of our society on nature," said Artur Bordalo, who prefers the artistic name Bordalo II, a tribute to his late grandfather, painter Artur Real Bordalo.
He uses materials in his work that are harmful to animals to raise awareness, he said, in an interview with AFP at his Lisbon studio, as he hand drilled a paw out of plastic cut from a rubbish bin lid for a rodent sculpture.
Bordalo II, who wore a grey hoodie and jogging pants that revealed his tattooed calves, collects the trash he uses to make his sculptures from Lisbon's rubbish dumps and curbsides.
When he is not travelling abroad, he works on his sculptures in his tiny studio on the ground floor of a building in a working class northern Lisbon neighbourhood while listening to electronic music.
"I have a busy schedule for the next few years. The problem is going to be finding time!" the artist said, smiling.
Lisbon to Las Vegas
Born in Lisbon in 1987, he took his first steps as an artist in the studio of his grandfather, a painter known for his watercolours of Lisbon who died last year.
Bordalo II went on to study art at the University of Lisbon but he decided to focus on his passion: graffiti.
He said he got the idea to make sculptures from trash while doing graffiti.
"One day I started to assemble objects I had put aside to create a stand to paint on and then I realised I could use these objects to create something aesthetically interesting, while giving them meaning," he said.
"My productions depend a lot on wherever in the world I find myself," said Bordalo II, whose works have decorated streets in Berlin, Paris, Las Vegas and Baku in Azerbaijan.
The message he wishes to convey though is always the same.
"We must be interested above all in the state of the world and nature," he said.
Art in public spaces is an ideal way to change mentalities because "it has the power to mark spirits," he added.
'Plus for city'
In a sign of Bordalo II's mainstream success as an artist, Lisbon's' prestigious Gulbenkian Foundation, one of Europe's richest collections, is displaying one of his works in its garden until the end of the month.
The statue of a bear and her cub "draws attention to the ecological damage we are leaving to future generations," said the museum's spokeswoman, Ines Rapazote.
Bordalo II is part of a growing group of artists such as Vhils and Pantonio who have used Lisbon's streets to display their works, thanks to municipal policies that favor street art.
"Lisbon is one of the first world capitals to have created a legal framework that allows artists to paint on walls," said Pedro Farinha, of Estrela d'Alva Tours, which has since 2014 staged tours of the city's street art.
Bordalo II said Lisbon "understands that urban art is a plus for the city."
"Gray walls have nothing to tell," he added. JB
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The addition of an in-state, four-star defensive back is usually huge news for your Washington State Cougars. The fact that said in-state, four-star defensive back is a walk-on makes the news much more interesting.
CougFan, citing unnamed sources, was first to report yesterday that Nick Rolovich and WSU added Ayden Hector to the team as a walk-on. The Spokesman-Review's Theo Lawson later confirmed the report through his sources. So, what's the deal here?
Hector had originally signed with the Stanford Cardinal last season out of Eastside Catholic High School, but the Cardinal revoked his admission after a highly publicized—at least in the Seattle area—police investigation of an alleged sexual assault committed by Hector's Eastside Catholic teammates. Charges were never filed in the case due to insufficient evidence, and Hector was never considered a suspect, only a witness — a fact he made public via Twitter.
Stanford pulled its scholarship after seeking more information on the alleged incident via a public records request. When the families of the accused and witnesses — including Hector's family — sued to prevent the release of those records, Stanford decided it was best to part ways rather than essentially be sued by its own player.
There's a lot to the story; make sure you read Theo's summation of the situation, and The Seattle Times has much more information from previous reporting.
So, WSU has now decided Hector is a player worth taking a chance on; presumably, the admissions office had to sign off on it, although it's unclear how high up the chain Hector's enrollment went. What we can infer is that Hector's enrollment was, at least, considered problematic by other schools, otherwise he'd be on scholarship somewhere.
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There are other questions about Hector: Why isn't he on the roster yet? Has he not been enrolled? Has he been enrolled and not working out with the team? Is this only a recent development? None of it was cleared up by Rolovich after practice on Friday: "We vetted both their backgrounds and felt like we could move forward with them joining the team."
In addition to Stanford, Hector held scholarship offers from the Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Wisconsin Badgers and all of the Pac-12. You can see why:
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The Alumni Association for Chester High School/Green Mountain Union High School is looking for players and teams for its annual fund-raising Golf Tournament to be held at the Tater Hill Golf Club, at 6802 Popple Dungeon Road in Windham, on Sunday, Sept. 9.
The tourney kicks off at 12:30 p.m. Cost for joining is $125 per player or $400 for a foursome. And barbeque lunch is included. This event benefits the Alumni Association.


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Easy Gym Log: this app lets you track your weights and cardio workouts. The companion Apple Watch app makes logging your workouts easy.
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Johnston County has truly discovered the artful advantage of converting historic school buildings into auditorium space for the performing arts. Both in Clayton and Benson, historic renovated school auditoriums offer theatre productions, live music, plays, and much more in very intimate surroundings. Listings of area performances can be found on our calendar of events.
More visual and public art can be found around the county in the Town of Clayton and the Frank Creech Art Gallery at Johnston Community College. Visitors may also find sculptures in Downtown Clayton and art along the greenways while out enjoying a walk. Local artists and potters are often found at farmer's markets and their creations adorn the walls of area businesses like Double Barley Brewery or Grapes and Grounds coffee shop.
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"the protection of records is essential" on mixtape008 from media monarchy: 'on a wave of mutilation'. originally meant for the supermoon/equinox, this episode has stormy weather as we reach for the sun and ride the waves of solar storms & earth changes. it's kinda surfy, kinda spacey and features music by bill haley & the comets, polyphonic spree, u.n.k.l.e., the pixies, air, inxs, supergrass & more... and it's all mixed for your pleasure - because it can't be news & politics all the time!
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from the intel hub: 25 letters that claim nuclear bombs are hidden throughout the United States have been sent to multiple investigators and citizens in the Chicago area. The letter inside said, "The Al-Qaeda organization has planted 160 nuclear bombs throughout the U.S. in schools, stadiums, churches, stores, financial institutions and government buildings." It also said, "This is a suicide mission for us," reported CBS Chicago.
The fact that the Pentagon and the CIA run Al Qaeda, have dined with top "terrorist" Anwar al-Awlaki, and openly fund Al Qaeda seems to be unimportant to the corporate controlled media. This isn't a realistic option yet reports like this are used to trick ignorant Americans into hating Muslims even more. This also gives elements of our government the ability to say, "told you so" if or when a nuke detonates in an American city.
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from activist post: As Americans focus on March Madness and Dancing With the Stars instead of the radioactive plume spreading all across the country, the US EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) is attempting to make the mainstream media cover up of the Fukushima cloud a bit easier.
As of the time of this writing, a toxic cloud of radiation has not only reached the US West Coast, but has spread all the way across the country to states like South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, and Massachussetts. Both the US government and the mainstream media have largely denied any risk associated with the radiation and have actively engaged in covering up the extent to which it has spread across the country.
from clyde lewis: Is it all signs that this is the end of the world? Perhaps – but no one really knows. But it also can be a reminder that the earth is not dying – it is very much alive! Our ideas of an end can be a self fulfilling prophecy. So instead of thinking it's the end of the world why not just accept that this is our world.
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from corbett report: Japan is just tallying up the damage from the devastating earthquake that struck off the northeast coast on March 11th, but it is clear that this was one of the most powerful earthquakes in modern Japanese history. Now, some are asking whether this was a natural earthquake or if it was precipitated by human activities. Join us this week as we go in search of a man-made fingerprint on the 3/11 earthquake.
from reuters: The United States is on a fiscal path towards insolvency and policymakers are at a "tipping point," a Federal Reserve official said on Tuesday. "If we continue down on the path on which the fiscal authorities put us, we will become insolvent, the question is when," Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher said in a question and answer session after delivering a speech at the University of Frankfurt. "The short-term negotiations are very important, I look at this as a tipping point." But he added he was confident in the Americans' ability to take the right decisions and said the country would avoid insolvency. "I think we are at the beginning of the process and it's going to be very painful," he added. Fisher earlier said the US economic recovery is gathering momentum, adding that he personally was extremely vigilant on inflation pressures. Fisher added that the U.S. Federal Reserve had ways to tighten its monetary policy other than interest rates, including by selling treasuries, changing reserves levels and using time deposits.
from ae911truth.org: Atlantic Records rap star Lupe Fiasco calls the collapse of World Trade Center building 7 into question on his new album 'Lasers,' released March 8, 2011. In "Words I Never Said," the new radio single off of 'Lasers,' he asks "9/11, building 7: did they really pull it?" (at 0:46) It is one of three songs selected as "singles" by Atlantic to promote the album. Lupe's third official release—and first in which he specifically questions the government's version of events on 9/11/01 with reference to ignored evidence - is the Grammy Award winner's first #1 album in the United States (all genres), with over 200,000 units sold in its opening week... "Words I Never Said" is track #2 on the album... The video will "most likely be the biggest Lupe video to date" and be released before the end of February (in Lupe's words at 6:04).
from reuters: A coalition of the United States and four other nations launched military action against Libya on Saturday, officials said, as the West tries to force Muammar Gaddafi from power. A U.S. official told reporters on condition of anonymity that a coalition including the United States, France, Britain, Canada and Italy had begun launching strikes on Libya designed to cripple Muammar Gaddafi's air defenses. At least some Arab nations are expected to join the coalition later, the official said. A second U.S. official, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said missiles were launched from a warship against Libyan targets. U.S. forces and planes will take part in the operation, called "Odyssey Dawn," that will mainly target air defenses around the Libyan cities of Tripoli and Misrata. Some 25 coalition ships, including three U.S. submarines armed with Tomahawk missiles, are stationed in the Mediterranean, a military slide showed. Five U.S. surveillance planes are also in the area, it showed.
from daily mail: It is an eclectic – and sometimes eccentric – record collection, spanning Caribbean steel bands, Rodgers & Hammerstein showtunes, Canadian yodelling and Paul Simon's pop hit You Can Call Me Al. But they were all favourites of the Queen Mother, revealed today as the contents of her private music library is made public for the first time. There are fewer than 100 albums in the collection she kept at her Highland holiday home, the Castle of Mey, but they betray broad, and sometimes surprising, tastes. Alongside the expected classical works, and timeless folk music, the collection also includes the wartime speeches of Winston Churchill, an album of lute music and comedy LPs by Tony Hancock and The Goons.
And although former aides say the Queen Mother was no particular fan of pop music, she was an avid listener of Terry Wogan's Radio 2 breakfast show... But despite her aversion to modern music, Paul Simon's acclaimed 1986 album Graceland, which featured a range of African musicians and contained the hit You Can Call Me Al, was apparently a particular favourite. The list of much-loved albums at Mey includes a number of performances by Noel Coward, comedy sketches by Peter Sellers, episodes of BBC radio comedy Hancock's Half Hour and the soundtracks to both Oklahoma! and, appropriately enough for the wife of a Monarch, The King And I.
from abc: Roman dictator Julius Ceasar may have been warned that deadly harm would befall him no later than March 15. But the soothsayer who supposedly delivered the prophetic message couldn't possibly have foretold what he would inspire, including a "Simpsons" episode called "Homer the Great, an episode of "Xena: Warrior Princess," and a U.S. rock band from Berwyn, Ill., named the Ides of March. Even Oscar-winner George Clooney is in on the act, reportedly finishing up filming of his "Ides of March," a movie about a presidential campaign in which he acts and directs. Indeed, the supposed encounter that William Shakespeare so tragically depicted in his "Julius Caesar" ("Beware the ides of March") has become the stuff of popular culture. Samantha Thompson, a librarian who manages the New York Public Library's 24-7 reference service, says about a dozen people regularly ask about the Ides of March at any given branch on March 15. "It's an example of a famous, ominous prophesy when the world changed."
from clyde lewis: While earth's "pulse" rate is rising, her magnetic field strength, is declining. According to a study from the University of New Mexico, the field has lost up to half its intensity in the last 4,000 years. This decline can cause all kinds of changes in the natural order of things. Plants and animals will show the effects first and then man will begin to become unstable. The effects from such a magnetic shifts have been recorded thousands of years ago. Reports of earthquakes, floods, volcanic activity and plasma from space have been recorded.
from land destroyer: Portland, Oregon based Media Monarchy recently tweeted a video of We Are Change activists taking to their local city hall demanding that their city remain out of the FBI's Joint Terrorist Task Force (JTTF). In 2005, Portland became the first city in the United States to opt-out of the FBI's JTTF over concerns it would threaten civil liberties.
The renewed push to reconsider this decision comes on the back of December 2010's FBI fake-terror stunt involving a "Muslim" teen who was approached, trained, and equipped to carry out a terrorist attack aimed at Portland's annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. The bomb supplied to Mohamed Osman Mohamud was inactive and he was arrested shortly after attempting to remote detonate it.
from the oregonian: Nuclear experts from Oregon and the U.S. responded Saturday to an explosion at a Japanese nuclear plant, saying there's no reason to believe large waves of radiation will cross the Pacific Ocean. Air quality remained normal in Oregon, the Oregon Health Authority said Saturday afternoon. In a written statement, department officials said the blast posed no risk to the state. The U.S. Energy Department also said Saturday there were no immediate impacts in the United States. "There is no indication whatsoever that materials from the incidents in Japan have potential to have any meaningful effect on the U.S. homeland," Stephanie Mueller, the U.S. energy department's press secretary, wrote in an e-mail to The Oregonian.
Mueller said U.S. officials continue to work with the Japanese government to review the situation and "will provide whatever assistance they request to help them bring the reactors under control."
Yet, many people wrote in blogs and online forums, questioning whether a jet stream might carry the radiation over to the U.S. Asked one Oregon Live commenter, co2: "Should I tell my grandson that he possibly is being exposed to extra radiation here in Oregon from this event? Or that the wind will bring it over in a week or so?"
Saturday's hydrogen explosion ripped through a concrete shell around the reactor, but didn't tear the primary steel container that housed the nuclear reactor. That means the plant's radioactive materials remain largely contained, said Brian Woods, an Oregon State nuclear engineering professor who studies reactor safety.
"Although it sounds really, really bad, the reality is that this primary containment is in contact," Woods said. "And as long as it's intact, no large amounts or radioactive material will make it out."
For that reason, Woods characterized Saturday's explosion as entirely different than the Chernobyl disaster. The reactor lacked the critical primary container, Woods said, and the reactor burned in the open-air.
Although Saturday's explosion likely released some radioactive material into the air, Woods called the amount relatively small. Areas closest to the reactor would be the most affected, he said.
"We're 3,000 miles away," Woods said. "I would really anticipate a very, very negligible amount of radioactive material making it as far as the U.S."
from aclu.org: President Obama today issued an executive order that permits ongoing indefinite detention of Guantánamo detainees while establishing a periodic administrative review process for them. The administration also announced it will lift the ban on bringing new military commissions charges against detainees that don't already have ongoing cases in the substandard system. The American Civil Liberties Union has long called for Guantánamo to be shut down and opposes the indefinite detention of prisoners there, some of whom have been imprisoned by the U.S. without charge or trial for nine years. The ACLU has also long called for an end to the illegitimate military commissions and for the government to prosecute terrorism suspects in the federal criminal courts.
from sfgate: Millions of fish have died in a Southern California marina and a spokeswoman says they apparently suffocated. Staci Gabrielli, marine coordinator for King Harbor Marina in Redondo Beach, says boaters awakened Tuesday to find the anchovy-size silvery fish surrounding their vessels. Gabrielli says it's believed the fish moved into the harbor late Monday or early Tuesday to escape a red tide, a naturally occurring bloom of toxic algae that can poison fish or starve them of oxygen. Gabrielli says high winds apparently kept the fish from leaving the harbor and they all crushed up against the harbor wall, where they used up the oxygen and suffocated. Gabrielli says there are millions of fish and they're so thick in some places that boats can't get out of the harbor.
Confirmed: Corbett Report is fine "My area of Japan was not affected at all."


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Sun forecast for South Bay after rare summer shower overnight
By Mark Gomez | Bay Area News Group
July 11, 2007 at 2:31 a.m.
The sun is expected to shine brightly today in the South Bay.
After experiencing mostly cloudy skies Tuesday, and early morning rain today, San Jose is expected to enjoy mostly sunny skies with a high temperature of around 79 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Forecasters expect mostly cloudy skies through mid-morning.
The clouds are expected to return tonight, with a low around 59. Thursday's forecast is similar, with clouds hovering through the morning, then gradually clearing with a high of 80.
Contact Mark Gomez at mgomez@mercurynews.com or (408) 920-5869.
Mark Gomez | Breaking news reporter
Mark Gomez has worked for the Mercury News since 1992, including the past ten years as a reporter on the breaking news/public safety team. He is a South Bay native and graduate of San Jose State University.
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Every year, in true community spirit, neighbors board the trolley and spread singing joy throughout the island. This year's sponsor and meeting location is Marlin Monroe's @ 404 Butler Avenue. Gathering begins at 5pm and the Caroling Trolley will depart at 6pm – rain or shine. Flashlights are recommended. One trolley will be transporting this year, so be sure to buy tickets early! For ticket availability call 912-786-4745.


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Looking Libertarian?
Gary Johnson secures the LP nomination. Who is he?
Lewis Morris · Jun. 1, 2016
Johnson and Weld
The Libertarian Party decided on its 2016 presidential campaign ticket over Memorial Day weekend, choosing former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson with former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld as his running mate. In any other election year, this might be considered small news, but in 2016, with Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton earning historically high disapproval ratings, the Libertarian ticket is a possible alternative for disgusted voters.
Johnson got less than 1% of the vote in his 2012 presidential campaign as a Libertarian, but he is already enjoying much better name recognition this time around. In May, he drew 10% in a Fox News poll that asked voters to name their presidential preference. This was against Trump's 42% and Clinton's 39%.
So who is Gary Johnson?
He has considered himself a Libertarian for most of his political life, outside of a brief stint as anti-war Democrat in 1972. He turned a small handyman business into a multi-million-dollar enterprise, and as he rose up the political ranks in New Mexico, he considered running for the governorship as a Libertarian, but switched to Republican in 1994.
"It took about 45 seconds for me to come to grips that I would never get elected as a Libertarian," Johnson said of his visit to a Libertarian Party meeting in 1994. "It wasn't an organization and it wasn't my crowd."
Johnson's governing style and stance on the issues can best be described as fiscally conservative and socially tolerant. He seeks to balance the federal budget with spending discipline and pro-growth policies. He proposes saving Social Security by raising the retirement age, introducing means testing, and allowing personal investments. National Review's John J. Miller explains, "Johnson supports gay marriage and calls himself pro-choice on abortion, but he also believes Roe [v. Wade] was wrongly decided and says that abortion should be legal only 'up to the point of the viability of the fetus, when it can be sustained outside the womb even if by artificial means.'" Johnson embraces an immigration policy that would rely on work visas and not big walls.
Johnson is also pro-marijuana legalization, and during his second term became the highest-ranking public official in the country to back legalization. Not only that, but he is an admitted pot smoker and was CEO of Cannabis Sativa, a Nevada company that markets legal marijuana products. But he promises not to inhale if elected president.
Johnson believes that he and Weld are offering a viable alternative to voters turned off by what the Republicans and Democrats are offering in 2016. Yet they're well aware of the steep uphill climb they have to reach those voters. No Libertarian candidate has been on the ballot in all 50 states since 1980, and no third-party challenger has reached the required 15% national polling threshold to join the debates since 1992.
"There's no way a third party wins the presidency without being in the debates," Johnson says. "You've got to have a microphone in your mouth, broadcasting to tens of millions of people instead of nobody."
So the big focus for Johnson-Weld now is to raise their notoriety with the electorate.
There are some net positives for the pair. They are both multi-term governors, which means they have more governing experience between them than Clinton and Trump combined. (Then again, some folks consider that a negative.) They also embrace a largely center-right stance on the issues that matches the general mood of the electorate.
However, the Libertarian Party has never been taken seriously on the national stage. It may be in part due to shenanigans like seeing a candidate for party chairman strip on the national convention stage. Libertarians have enough trouble being taken seriously without such headline-grabbing incidents. But, in a year when pretty much anything goes in the presidential race, the Libertarians might just fit right in.
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This is a case where quantity won out over quality. The Patriots racked up a whopping 48 rushing attempts but managed just 176 yards for an average of only 3.7 yards per carry. None of the three backs who received carries averaged 4 yards a run. But it was the relentless nature of the Patriots offensive line that allowed New England to continue to pound away, and four of the five Patriots touchdowns came on the ground. Sony Michel once again topped the 100-yard mark, finishing with 113 yards on 29 carries and a pair of touchdowns. Rex Burkhead added 41 yards on 12 attempts and two touchdowns of his own, the second representing the game-winner in overtime. James White did a lot of damage early with six carries for 23 yards, the first three of which came on third downs that moved the chains. Again, the production wasn't great but it was relentless and kept the Chiefs defense off balance throughout the night.
This is another matchup that could easily have gone in a different direction of not for a couple of fortuitous events. Tom Brady was absolutely lights out perfect down the stretch when he had to be. He led touchdown drives on the final three possessions, the final one the winner in OT. He was particularly outstanding in overtime when he converted three straight third-and-10s with bullets to Julian Edelman (seven catches, 96 yards) for gains of 20 and 15 yards followed but a 15-yarder to Rob Gronkowski (six catches, 79 yards). But on his way to completing 30 of 46 passes for 348 yards and a touchdown there were some hairy moments. His end zone interception in the first quarter was awful. On third-and-goal from the 1 he failed to see linebacker Reggie Ragland and threw it right to him to thwart a drive. He was often high during the course of the game, which hurt him on a pass that deflected off Edelman's hands to Greg Sorensen for a second pick. He also misfired on a key third-down pass to Chris Hogan late in the fourth quarter but the wideout bailed him out with a sensational one-handed grab. New England's final drive of regulation almost ended when his pass to Gronkowski was a bit high and bounced off the tight end's hands for a third pick. But Brady got a reprieve when Dee Ford lined up in the neutral zone, and eventually Burkhead's touchdown gave the Patriots the lead. It was vintage Brady late, but a bit bumpy along the way.
The Chiefs never really tried to run the ball and in truth when they did near the goal line late in the game they were successful. But Damien Williams wasn't really able to be a factor on the ground as he was limited to 30 yards on 10 carries while the Chiefs were forced to play catch-up all night. A pair of Patrick Mahomes scrambles accounted for Kansas City's final total of 41 yards rushing on 12 attempts, which translates to just 3.4 yards per carry. The Patriots once again did the job up front with Malcom Brown coming up with a big stop early to stop Williams on a third-and-one attempt in the first quarter. Even though the Chiefs didn't show much interest in running the ball, the Patriots made sure it wasn't a factor at any point in the game.
Early on it appeared as if the rejuvenated Patriots pass rush was going to dominate the game. In the first half the guys up front – led by Trey Flowers, Kyle Van Noy, Adrian Clayborn and at times Patrick Chung as a blitzer – harassed Mahomes almost immediately on virtually every dropback. The results were a first-half shutout that had Mahomes looking bewildered at times. Then things changed dramatically in the second half. Mahomes found more time after the break and started finding receivers regularly. He needed only 23 second-half passes to put 31 points on the board, 21 of which came on his touchdown passes. He finished 16 of 31 for 295 yards with three TDs and no picks for an impressive rating of 117.0. Sammy Watkins was covered by Stephon Gilmore most of the day but came up big with four catches for 114 yards, including gains of 54 and 38 yards. He also drew a pair of penalties that provided valuable yardage. J.C. Jackson got the assignment of covering Travis Kelce, and while the tight end finished with just three catches for 23 yards that doesn't tell the whole story. Jackson allowed a touchdown, interfered with Kelce in the end zone to prevent another and was also called for two other penalties as the rookie struggled. Tyreek Hill was bracketed by Jonathan Jones and a host of safeties and was effectively taken away, finishing with just one catch for 42 yards.
This was pretty much a deadlock but the Patriots get the slight edge based on a couple of under-the-radar moments. Hill's decision to retreat on an early punt return allowed the Patriots to drop him for 7-yard loss and a penalty pushed the ball back to KC's 4. With two minutes remaining and the Patriots trailing by 4, Cordarrelle Patterson returned the kickoff 38 yards to the 35 and give the offense a jumpstart. Tremon Smith was effective returning kicks for the Chiefs, taking three of his four attempts across the 25 and two of them outside the 30. Demetrius Harris also alertly fielded a Stephen Gostkowski squib and returned it 17 yards out to the 42 late in the first half. Edelman did a nice job returning punts, averaging 12.7 yards on three attempts, and both kickers made their only field goal attempts, Gostkowski's from 47 yards and Harrison Butker's clutch 39-yarder that sent the game to overtime.


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Testing & Diagnosis
Enchondromas are non-cancerous cartilage tumors that can occur in the arms and legs.
• Enchondromas are the most common type of bone tumor in the hand.
• Boys and girls of any racial background can be affected.
• In general, enchondromas appear in adolescence or early adulthood.
• Most researchers believe that enchondromas occur as a result of abnormal
growth of the cartilage from the growth plate at the ends of the bones.
• Others believe that enchondromas grow from pockets of embryonic
cartilage.
We understand that you may have a lot of questions when your child is diagnosed with an enchondroma. Is it cancer? Will it spread? What do we do next? We've tried to provide some answers to those questions in the following pages. Also, specialists at Children's Hospital Boston often put patients and their families in touch with other families with children who have experienced this condition.
The Hand and Orthopedic Upper Extremity Program
You can have peace of mind knowing that the skilled experts in our Orthopedic Center's Hand and Orthopedic Upper Extremity Program have treated thousands of babies and children with many arm conditions. We provide expert diagnosis, treatment and care, and we benefit from our advanced clinical and scientific research.
The Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery Program
The specialists in the Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery Program at Children's are experts in the management of congenital and acquired hand deformities. We recognize the social elements involved in pediatric hand surgery, so an essential part of these operations has been making the child's hand as symmetrical as possible with his unaffected hand.
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For those who work in the academic and research world, a doctorate is the highest formal goal in academic education. Doctoral degrees are not only seen as external attributes, but more on the demands in the teaching profession itself. Therefore, Irsyad Martias, S.S., M.A., one of the lecturers of the Anthropology Study Program at the Faculty of Cultural Studies Universitas Brawijaya, continues his studies at National Chengchi University (NCCU), Department of Asian Pacific Studies.
At present, Taiwan has a New Southbound Policy as its Foreign Policy. The policy is one of Taiwan's cooperation strategies with 18 countries in ASEAN, South Asia, New Zealand and Australia. Therefore, many education funds are distributed to Indonesia, as one of the effects of this policy.
On September 7, 2018, Irsyad set his feet on NCCU, which is a national research university in China. NCCU is also one of the leading and prestigious universities in Taiwan. Through a series of hard work in obtaining grant starting in February 2018, finally, Irsyad got the education funding by the Taiwan government in April 2018.
There was a positive impression when Irsyad firstly arrived at the NCCU campus, especially in terms of learning comfort. The campus, which is located near the mountains and forest, is very beautiful. NCCU has library, sports and student activity centers. Another interesting thing is the student card is integrated with public transportation services. Students can use it to travel in Taiwan at special prices. The card also applies as a debit card in a shopping center.
One of the obstacles faced by Irsyad is that even though lectures are delivered in English, the off-campus conversations use Mandarin. Therefore, he advised the prospective NCCU students from Indonesia to prepare themselves with Chinese.
Irsyad will study for four years with a maximum extension of one year. Irsyad is interested in studying at NCCU because the university has a curriculum that is in accordance with his research plan, namely the Asia Pacific study with policy and cultural concentration.


TAMPA -- According to his Instagram, the Yankees have signed former Minnesota Twins and Baltimore Orioles OF/INF Chris Parmelee. The club did not immediately respond to confirm the report.
The left-handed swinging Parmelee spent the first four years of his career with the Twins and last year played 32 games in Baltimore.
He's a career .245 hitter with 28 home runs. The most games he's ever played in one season is 101 (2013) when he played most of the time in right field while backing up first base.
Here's what to do. And here's what not to do.
Parmelee, 27, is a southern California native who was the 20th overall pick in the 2006 draft by Minnesota. He will be a free agent in 2020.


Hi, I'm interested in joining the Metafit class, but have never done it before. Would this class be suitable (I am not a member).
Hi Sandeep, you are very welcome to join in the class, it costs £5 payable to Adam, the instructor. If you decide to join us then all fitness classes are free as part of your membership. Maybe pop in to reception when you're here and they can explain further.


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Q: Toggle Bash redirection with a variable MUTE='&> /dev/null'
echo "text" $MUTE

Is there a way to make that work keeping the redirection inside the variable?

A: IMHO it would be more elegant to use the presence / value of the variable to conditionally close the file descriptors e.g.
$ cat myscript.sh
#!/bin/bash

if [ -n "$MUTE" ]; then
    exec &>-
fi

echo somestuff
echo someerr >&2

then
$ ./myscript.sh
somestuff
someerr

but
$ MUTE=yes ./myscript.sh
$

If you really want to toggle the redirection, you could consider creating a shell function that duplicates the file descriptor(s) before closing them, and then restores the duplicates to re-enable the original streams e.g.
#!/bin/bash

function mute {
  case "$1" in
    "on")
      exec 3>&1-
      exec 4>&2-
    ;;
    "off")
      exec 1>&3-
      exec 2>&4-
    ;;
    *)
  esac
}

# Demonstration:

echo "with mute on: "
mute on
ls somefile
ls nofile

mute off
echo "with mute off: "
ls somefile
ls nofile

Result:
$ ./mute.sh
with mute on:
with mute off:
somefile
ls: cannot access nofile: No such file or directory

A: From Bash Reference Manual: Simple Command Expansion:

*

*The words that the parser has marked as variable assignments (those preceding the command name) and redirections are saved for later processing.

*The words that are not variable assignments or redirections are expanded (see Shell Expansions). If any words remain after expansion, the first word is taken to be the name of the command and the remaining words are the arguments.

*Redirections are performed as described above (see Redirections).

This means that the command parser first identifies all the redirections, then performs the various expansions and finally resolves the redirections it previously identified: those don't include possible redirections resulting from the expansions.
However from help eval:
Execute arguments as a shell command.

    Combine ARGs into a single string, use the result as input to the shell,
    and execute the resulting commands.

So using eval you could create a sort of level of indirection which will allow the command to be processed twice:
MUTE='&> /dev/null'
eval echo "text" $MUTE

$ MUTE='&> file'
$ eval echo "text" $MUTE
$ cat file
text

A: One could use a function that writes its stdin to wherever you want it.
$> MUTE(){  cat /dev/stdin > testFile.txt  ; }
$> df | MUTE
$> cat testFile.txt
Filesystem     1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev             1954208        4   1954204   1% /dev
tmpfs             393160     3548    389612   1% /run
/dev/sda1      115247656 95511252  13859056  88% /
none                   4        0         4   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
none                5120        0      5120   0% /run/lock
none             1965792      872   1964920   1% /run/shm
none              102400      128    102272   1% /run/user
cgmfs                100        0       100   0% /run/cgmanager/fs

Or we could tell the function to execute whatever we want with redirection
$> MUTE(){  "$@" > testFile.txt  ; }
$> MUTE lsblk
$> cat testFile.txt
NAME                             MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda                                8:0    0 111.8G  0 disk
└─sda1                             8:1    0 111.8G  0 part /

Non-standard way, hackery , but it kind of works :)

A: It works this way, I don't know if it is usable for your approach:
MUTE='&> /dev/null'
bash -c "echo \"text\" $MUTE"

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Well, obviously, my wife and Malin are not the same woman, but genes aside, might it be possible for someone – anyone – to regain a HEALTHY weight after pregnancy. I have known a few woman than have accomplished this; but mostly, the women I know (whether they have experienced a pregnancy, or not, gain weight (which I equate with losing health) – and I do mean considerable poundage – with age. And yes, men do, too. I know I have (without the excuse of ever having been pregnant).
But, what struck me was not that Malin did a superb job of regaining her pre-pregnancy physique, or that it took two years, but that she did it at all. I've never met Malin, but my own struggle with trying to maintain some semblance of health (which, to a great extent, can be measured on typical bathroom scales) leads me to believe that, while it is difficult to "battle the bulge," it is not impossible.
My good friend Scooby1961 is probably in the same camp. (Full Disclosure: Scooby and I have never met or conversed, but I have been an avid YouTube follower of his – and sometime exercise follower – for years. What he says just makes sense to me; I'd like to think that if we did meet, we could be friends.) In one of his videos he says that if you eat donuts, you'll look like a donut; and, if you eat like the average American, you'll look like the average American. Right on both counts. He says food is fuel – something I could never say around my brother (a devout foodie).
Now, I'm a lot older than either Malin or Scooby, and it's been years since I could say I was "physically active," and there's no way I could ever get to their level of body building (nor, honestly, do I want to). But, neither do they look like the average American (Malin is a Swede, Scooby is apparently a Southern Californian – one of the few with his head screwed on straight) – and that is what I am after. And, I just gotta believe that being physically active (and I don't mean a couple of rounds of golf in the summer) and eating right (the right stuff, the right amounts) are just the right things to do. A sound mind in a sound body, eh?
However, the Twins are approaching five months old and nearly 18 pounds apiece. If I am to be able to play with them (i.e., interact), I am going to have to get serious about getting in shape for them. I find them to be a lot of fun, and I hope I can be a lot of fun for them (which will increase the bond). I also hope that I will be around for awhile – a long while, for their sakes.
So, if this is not too early for New Year's Resolutions (how about "long term life goals"?), I do hereby resolve (sounds better using words normal folks would never use, doesn't it) to lose five kilos (which would bring me down to 80kg, or about 175lbs) next year, thru diet and exercise. Sadly, I anticipate being stuck in a job that requires 12-hour shifts with an hour to an hour and a half on each end commuting – this is a "seven days on / seven days off" thing. Which means for seven days I don't have time to exercise, and the other seven days I don't have the energy to exercise.
It also means I have to give up wine. While many people say that "a calorie is a calorie," I subscribe to Dr Robert Lustig's view that the liver treats alcohol differently than other stuff. Scooby says to not drink your calories, and there is nothing that a glass of red wine will do for your heart that other foods and more exercise won't also do (after years of developing a taste for wine – face it: alcohol is not good for the body – it will take a pretty firm effort to stay away from it). In the final analysis, what do I want for my Twins?


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Laine Selwyn (born May 16, 1981) is an American professional women's basketball player with Maccabi Ashdod (women's basketball). A guard, who has played previously in the WNBA and professionally on multiple teams throughout Europe and Israel, she was a former standout for the University of Pittsburgh's women's basketball team from 1999 to 2003.

Early years
Selwyn, the daughter of Bill and Faye Selwyn, averaged 21.5 points per game, 7.8 rebounds per game, 6.3 assists per game, and 4.1 steals per game at Coral Springs High School in Florida. Selwyn was named the Miami Herald and Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel Girls Basketball Player of the Year as a senior in 1998–99. She also was a USA Today All-U.S.A. Basketball honorable mention in 1997–98 and 1998–99. Selwyn earned 6A first team all-state honors in 1998–99 and second-team honors in 1997–98. As a senior, she was the runner-up for 6A Player of the Year honors. Selwyn was a four-time letter winner in basketball but also earned one letter each in volleyball and softball.

University of Pittsburgh
Only player in Pittsburgh history to collect over 1,000 pts, 400 rebs and 400 assists
Only player to record a triple double in Pittsburgh, she did it twice

2002–03: Honored by the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame as their recipient of the Marty Glickman Outstanding Jewish Scholastic Athlete of the Year, she led the Panthers in scoring (16.5), rebounding (6.2), assists (5.9) and steals (3.0) for the second year in a row as a senior...a Third Team All-Big East Conference honoree, she was named the Big East Player of the Week three times in her career and recorded the only two triple-doubles in the program's history…she left Pittsburgh in possession of three school records and ranked among the top 10 on three different career lists…she scored in double figures in all but two games during the season…she scored a season-high 27 points at Syracuse, 3/1, and scored 20 or more points nine times…she notched her second triple-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds and a season-high 14 assists vs. Norfolk State, 12/29…her 5.9 apg ranked third-best in the Big East and 27th nationally…she was second in the conference in steals per game and she tied for 28th in the country in that department…she finished third on the school's all-time chart with 232 steals, and fourth in assists with 530…she also ranked eighth on Pittsburgh's all-time scoring list with 1,344 points and became the only player in Panthers' history to record 1,000 points, 400 assists and 400 rebounds in her career. 2001–02: The first player in Pittsburgh history to record a triple-double, she had 12 points, a season-high 11 rebounds and 10 assists against St. John's 2/9…for the season, she led the Panthers in scoring (14.6 ppg), assists (5.9 apg) and steals (2.48 spg)…her career-high 16 assists vs. St. Francis, 12/30, tied a school record…in the season finale at Providence, 2/26, she scored a career-high 32 points…she had a team-high 67 steals and ranked among the Big East's best with an average of 2.48 spg. 2000–01: She took over as the Panthers' starting point guard as a sophomore, starting all but two games...second on the team with 11.4 points per game, she ranked among the Big East leaders in assists, steals, free throw percentage and assist-turnover ratio...she had single-game career highs in every category...she set a school record for field goal percentage against a Big East opponent, shooting 81.8 percent (9-of-11) at Syracuse (Jan. 6). 1999-00: She gained valuable experience during her freshman campaign, sharing the duties at point guard...she played in every game and earned 11 consecutive starts from Dec. 4 through Feb. 12...for the season, she averaged 6.3 points and was second on the team with 2.9 assists per game...she was selected to play on the Big East All-Star Tour of Canada during the summer between her freshman and sophomore seasons…she was Pittsburgh's top free-throw shooter in Big East games, connecting on 31–35 shots (.886)...she netted her first 20-point game with 21 points against Georgetown. In 2003, she joined the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.

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Professional career
Israeli league assist leader in 04/05 with 4.9 APG
Israeli Cup winner in 04/05 with Anda Ramat Hasharon
Won championship & cup with Ramla in 06/07
Led all Israelis in assists in 07/08 with 4.4 APG (3rd overall)
Won Israeli Championship & Cup with Elizur Ramla in 07/08
Won the Cup & Championship with Ramat Hasharon in 09/10
2010–2011: Won the Israeli Cup and Championship...also won the gold in the EURO-CUP. 2009–2010:Won the Israeli Cup and Championship
2008–2009: Won the championship with Ramat Hasharon after leaving the Russian club Dynamo Moscow.
2007–08: Playing in 20 of her team's 21 games in the Israeli Basketball League, she led Elizur Ramla with 4.5 apg and 2.0 spg…she ranked third in the league in assists and 13th in steals…she also averaged 10.8 ppg and tied for the team lead with 22 3-pt field goals made…in 14 EuroCup games, she averaged 10.0 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 3.9 apg and 2.2 spg. 2006–07: In 23 Israeli League games, Selwyn averaged 9.2 ppg, 3.8 rpg and was third in the league with a team-high 4.7 apg…in three games for the Israeli National Team during the European Championships in Italy, she averaged 6.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg and 3.3 apg. *2005–06: Playing for Besiktas Istanbul in Turkey, she helped lead her team to a second-place finish in the regular season and to a place in the league finals by averaging 6.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.1 apg and 1.4 spg…she shot 38 percent from behind the 3-pt line. 2004–05: In her first professional season, she played 22 games for Anda Ramat Hasharon, where she led the Israeli League in assists with an average of 4.9 apg…she also averaged 10.2 ppg, 4.9 rpg and 1.6…in 11 EuroCup games, she averaged 5.0 rpg, while scoring 7.8 ppg and handing out 3.7 apg…in those games, she shot 52 percent from 2-pt range and nearly 54 percent (.538) from behind the 3-pt arc.
2013–14: played for Ramat HaSharon in the Israel D-1 league alongside Jacqui Kalin and Megan Frazee.

References

1981 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Israel
American women's basketball players
Coral Springs High School alumni
Israeli women's basketball players
Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball players
Point guards
Sportspeople from Coral Springs, Florida
American people of Jewish descent
Israeli people of American-Jewish descent
21st-century American Jews

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When I was a little girl I loved to go fishing with my older brother and my dad. Mom would pack a cooler of snacks, and send us on our way. Once at the lake, my Dad would make sure we had our life jackets strapped on tight and we would set off through the water, on the hunt for the perfect spot to catch loads of fish.


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Shah Rukh Khan And Ajay Devgn's Mutual Appreciation Tweets On The "Bond" They Share
File photos of Shah Rukh Khan and Ajay Devgn (Images: AFP)
Actors Shah Rukh Khan and Ajay Devgn have spent today exchanging compliments. In an 'Ask SRK' session on Twitter, the superstar was asked to comment on what Ajay said about the sky-high advance bookings for SRK's film Pathaan, opening tomorrow. He did and received a similarly warm response from Ajay Devgn. Here's how it went down. A fan appended a clip of Ajay saying he was "dil se khush (happy from the bottom of his heart) because of the "fantastic" advance booking numbers reported for Pathaan. In his tweet, the fan asked: "Sir Ajay Devgn is very happy with the advance booking of Pathaan. Any words about him?"
Nothing if not gracious, Shah Rukh Khan had several words to say. "Ajay has been a pillar of support and love to me and my family for years. He is a wonderful actor and beautiful human being. Strong and silent."
Soon after, Ajay Devgn replied to Shah Rukh Khan, saying this: "Dear SRK, thank you for your love and presence. I value the bond we share as much as you do. Pathaan collections look poised to go through the roof. I am happy that as an industry things are looking up for us."
See the complete Twitter exchange here:
Dear @iamsrk, thank you for your love and presence. I value the bond we share as much as you do. Pathaan collections look poised to go through the roof. I'm happy that as an industry things are looking up for us. https://t.co/rpHVXoVvlr
— Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) January 24, 2023
Ajay has been a pillar of support and love to me and my family for years. He is a wonderful actor and beautiful human being. Strong and silent. https://t.co/gbDD1Zc2rm
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) January 24, 2023
Ajay Devgn said what he did about Pathaan at the launch of the second teaser of his film Bholaa today. Translated from Hindi, he said, "I want every film to be super duper hit. Now Pathaan is releasing and whatever reports we are reading about the advance booking it seems fantastic and I am very happy about it from the bottom of my heart."
Pathaan, directed by Siddharth Anand and co-starring Deepika Padukone and John Abraham, releases tomorrow.
Pathaan Makes Rs 300 Crore In Advance Bookings
Shah Rukh Khan's Typically-SRK Reply To Twitter Question On His Pathaan Abs
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I remember sitting down to read this book with a sceptical mindset. I had previously been informed by a teacher of mine that the protagonist was blind and as a visually impaired person, I was intrigued. In hindsight I wrongfully doubted the ability of Marcus Sedgwick to write about the obstacles that people with sight-loss hurdle over every day. I read this book about two years ago and can still recall the sense of relief I felt as I ploughed through each chapter and realised that Sedgwick was not aiming to thrust pity upon Laureth which was a trap I feared he would get caught up in.
I was repeatedly taken aback by Sedgwick's presentation of Laureth who despite being blind, threw herself into a gripping adventure with the assistance of her younger brother who seems to be just as courageous as her. Despite the fact that her lack of vision is a poignant cornerstone of her character, she is revealed to be as compassionate, quick witted and resourceful as she is blind. Between herself and her supportive younger brother Benjamin, there is an essence of fearlessness which is exhilarating to read as two unlikely young people become heroes.
The independent streak that he gifted Laureth with was seemingly inspired by his research. He spent much time liaising with the R.N.I.B and the students of a college for the blind and visually impaired called New College Worcester which allowed him to capture the essence of life as a blind young person despite being fully sighted himself. When talking to the students he learned that very few books are ever published into a braille format and so, Sedgwick insisted that the book would be released in multiple formats, including braille, large print and audio which allowed everyone to access the beautifully written novel.
It is not necessarily a book that circles around the idea of being blind. The disability is merely an accessory to the spine-tingling story. She Is Not Invisible is a contemporary thriller about coincidence which drags you through anticipation, fear, and worry as Laureth tries to find her father somewhere in the bustling heart of modern day New York.
I found this setting to be unexpected. Having dabbled in and out of a couple of Sedgwick's books before, I began to notice that many of his settings were usually of a gothic nature which added to the tension to his plot lines. However, he retained the reader's attention throughout the descriptions of the iconic hustle and bustle of 'The Big Apple'.
She Is Not Invisible is a riveting read which I would not hesitate to recommend. It sends your mind on a treasure hunt of questions and queries as it explores many thought provoking topics such as disabilities, trust, family and above all, coincidence.
Ellie Wait and Danielle Brewster, both students at the Royal National College for the Blind, are guest hosting A BOOK A DAY IN HAY this week. Tomorrow, Danielle introduces Funerals are Fatal by Agatha Christie.
excellent review because it (effortlessly) 'introduces' the reader, the writer, the story, and their interaction (without trying to oversell them). I'm not sure I'm sufficiently intrigued to give the book a go (thrillers are not my (un)usual fare) but I'm impressed enough to keep a lookout for more recommendations from this reviewer.


The word "kundalini" refers to the hidden dimension of the unconscious brain which remains dormant and is yet to be realized . There is a tremendous amount of energy within each of us awaiting to be awakened to it's natural state. It awaits in each of us to be realized in the same process of evolution as we progress mentally and physically in life. We still have to explore our complete potential , that is what " kundalini" depicts or represents , this tremendous source of power is the doorway for each of us to recognize and attain that ultimate state of knowledge and being which we call as being a complete human or in Sanskrit " PURUSH".
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