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AT THE BACK of my mind, I knew this day would come. After fifteen years of being MIA, Cher is coming back to us. Ireland.
This morning, Cher announced a world tour and of course, the 3Arena is on her radar.
Look, I'm not a huge Cher fan. I appreciated her rendition of Fernando in Mamma Mia 2, and am thankful for Believe and what it did for the autotune industry. Cher walked so T-Pain could run.
Yes, she can act, and Mermaids is one of my favourite film.
But I'm not Cher's fan for any of these reasons. No, the reason I love her so much is because of her stunning Twitter account.
Imagine your mam got Twitter, developed strong political opinions, and you locked her in a room with nothing but a browser, an internet connection, and a lot of wine.
That's basically Cher's Twitter presence.
In fact, this is probably my favourite tweet of all time, in general.
I was looking at tweets & saw that i really hurt someones feelings ! Im sorry.
A chef's kiss of a tweet, if I ever saw one.
We get it Cher, bye.
Her Twitter feed has all the comfort of seeing your auntie sharing another Minions meme on Facebook and knowing she's out there, comfy and enjoying herself.
I blocked someone's DAD !?!
I got a colonic.RT @lolyabitch @cher how did you celebrate Madonna's birthday?
All in all, follow Cher and find yourself saying 'same' on a daily basis.
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Please excuse and forgive my rant about the phone company about Rogers (the phone company in Canada). Prior to my rant, I was going out regularly and enjoying the mild weather (uncommon for this time of year I was told). I spent some time with the other halfie which has since stopped. I am not trying to be mean or hurtful, but after an evening out where I felt like I was constantly being attacked I stopped communicating with her altogether. *Sigh* I suppose that as an expat this is bound to happen, but it's still unpleasant.
I've been trying to put myself out there more-psychologically and physically. Neither is easy in this country, as I have discovered. The other halfie and I were out a few weeks ago and she was discussing Reiki with me. I had heard of it before, but only in passing. As she discussed Reiki, the conversation turned into something that I became extremely uncomfortable with.
While I appreciated the information session (no sarcasm intended), it became an overwhelmingly awkward conversation where my faith was slandered and my high standards and expectations were called into question. Although I have high standards and expectations, I have never imposed them on others (at least I hope I haven't). It's the same with my faith. I don't preach, try to convert or even defend my faith; it's not my style. My feeling is that I respect that you have your opinion, so please respect that I have mine.
Prior to this awkward conversation I had to endure a conversation [with her] where I was being told I have to just let go and find the positive from all of the loss I've endured as a way to completely move past those experiences. I agree to a certain point, but this kind of advice is patronizing and disrespectful, especially when the person touting hasn't gone through the same experience(s). As my family and friends know, I'm already a stubborn person by nature, so it's no surprise that I do not appreciate people trying to tell me who I am/will become, how I will think, what I will do in the future, blah, blah, blah.
I have loved spending time with the other halfie because I believe she has good intentions at heart, but I needed to walk away from our short-lived friendship. I should have seen the warning signs, but my desire to see the best in others always clouds my vision. So, one friend less have I. Thankfully, I'm still blessed to have some awesome people in my life!
Up next: adventures hunting for bookstores in Kuwait! <It sounds like a horribly boring disclaimer trying to be interesting, hahaha!
Hey! Its been a while since I've stopped by to read so just wanted to pop in and say hi! I'm sorry you lost a friend. But, I guess when things become too awkward or uncomfortable, it is time to move on. Especially when your faith comes into the picture.
Hi Layla! Thank you so much for your comment! I haven't been blogging as much because work has been so busy.
The bookstore hunt is ongoing! That post will be up soon!
Take care and have a WONDERFUL weekend, Layla!


The Indian Union government has named three persons who are black money account holders in an affidavit to the Supreme Court.
The three persons named are Pradip Burman, director of the Burman group and one of promoters of Dabur group, Pankaj Chimanlal Lodhya, a Rajkot-based bullion trader and Radha S Timblo, a Goa-based miner and owner of Timblo Pvt Ltd.
The Centre told the court that it had no intention to withhold names of persons who have stashed black money abroad and stated that information received from foreign countries will be disclosed in all cases where tax evasion is established.
Every foreign account held by an Indian may not be illegal, the Centre said, adding that names cannot be disclosed unless there is prima facie evidence of wrongdoing.
It also told the court that Switzerland has indicated willingness to provide information on black money in cases where probe has been done by IT department.
Television reports also indicated that four members of the Congress party, including a former minister of the previous UPA regime, are under investigation, and added that their names may be revealed after the probe is completed. Among the four Congress party members are two belonging to powerful political families in the state of Maharashtra, the television reports further stated.
Last week, it was revealed that the Centre was likely to tell the apex court the names of the people against whom strong evidence exists of stashing away black money in Swiss banks in a major step in its crackdown on India's parallel economy.
On Monday, attorney general Mukul Rohatgi is reported to have submitted a supplementary affidavit in the apex court detailing plans to submit the list of names in a sealed envelope.
The court is due to continue hearings on a petition on black money the following day.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is moving fast to repatriate hundreds of billions of dollars in slush funds or black money stashed abroad, as part of a wider clampdown on corruption that he promised during his election campaign.
The government is building pressure particularly on Switzerland, seeking details of Indians who have parked unaccounted for money in Switzerland's highly secretive banks. It has quickly implemented a Supreme Court directive to set up a high-powered special investigation team, headed by retired judge M B Shah, to look into the issue.
While there are no official estimates, Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a Washington-based think-tank, has estimated that Indians had parked USD 462 billion in overseas tax havens between 1948 and 2008.
Black money arises mainly from incomes not disclosed to the government usually to avoid taxation, and, sometimes, because of its criminal links. About a third of India's black money transactions are believed to be in real estate, followed by manufacturing and shopping for gold and consumer goods.
Earlier, the BJP government had told the apex court that it could not disclose the names of those who have deposited money in banks abroad as it this would jeopardize tax agreements with nations providing those names to India.
There were murmurs of protest within the ruling BJP that not disclosing names would hurt the party's image after it had made bringing back black money, a key issue in a general election that it won by a landslide. The Centre's stand also drew a strong response from the Congress, which accused it of hypocrisy.
Turning the tables on the Congress, finance minister Arun Jaitley had recently said the disclosing of names of people holding black money accounts will embarrass the opposition party.
The Congress had hit back, daring the government to come out with complete information without indulging in "selective leaks" and pointing out that "the Congress is not going to be blackmailed under any such threat".


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Fierce fire in Okaya factory, Amit trying to drive out three people
One of the fire brigade personnel who rescued people in a fierce fire at Battery Factory Okaya in the industrial area of Piragadhi in the national capital, Delhi, left the world scorching in that fire. On receiving the news of the fire in the factory in the early hours of Wednesday, fire brigade personnel reached the spot and saved 17 lives. Cooling work was going on after the fire was overcome, but in the meantime a large part of the building collapsed with a blast, in which fire worker Amit Balian was badly injured. He died while undergoing treatment in the hospital. Balian had learned the tricks related to search and rescue in the Delhi Fire Service in the last one year, he was also full of humanity. How Amit, who was very enthusiastic in his duty, can be gauged from the fact that even when a large part of the building was collapsing, he did not back down and was busy in saving the caretaker and two workers of the building. Perhaps the destiny was that he saved the lives of three people, but could not save himself.
On receiving the news of the fire in the factory in the early hours of Wednesday
Fierce fire in Okaya factory, Amit trying to drive out three people, died due to suffocation
Amit, who joined the Delhi Fire Service a year ago, was married only a few months ago. There were also explosions in batteries one after the other from the explosion of the compressor. Due to this, Amit Balyan was badly injured. According to the information so far, Amit died due to excessive bleeding and suffocation. Amit Balian's father Babu Ram is an assistant sub-inspector in Delhi Police, while wife Shivani is posted as constable in Ghaziabad in UP Police. Amit and Shivani got married in February last year after a long love affair. Fireman Amit Balyan's father, who lost his life in the fire in Piragadhi, has moist eyes. But he is also proud of his son who lost his life for duty.He is himself an ASI in Delhi Police. Late in the evening when Amit's mother and wife were informed of his death, there was mourning in the house. Mother Vimlesh Devi fainted crying. Amit started his training in the fire brigade in December 2018. He became a fire operator after completing training in June 2019. He was currently posted at Kirti Nagar. On Amit's death, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted that he has to tell with great grief that one of our brave martyrs was saved while saving people from fire. May his soul rest in peace.He further wrote that our firefighters save their lives by putting their lives under risky conditions. He also announced to give one crore rupees to his family.
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Sounds of praise echoed from Yale University's Battell Chapel on a sunny Sunday spring afternoon, as friends of OMSC and students enjoyed a concert featuring the joyful singing of the Yale Gospel Choir, an undergraduate choir, and Shades of Yale, which delivered African Diaspora music with a diverse repertoire. The April 24 "Love AFRICA" concert, which OMSC art curator and former board member Diane Komp organized, will help OMSC develop a fund to invite future artists from Africa. Previous resident artists have been from Asia.


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RF Video Shoot Interview with Steve Blackman
October 13, 2016 October 13, 2016 by Brian Bayless
This was filmed in 2007
The interview was conducted by Eric Gargiulo
It runs at two hours and three minutes long
First question asked is how he got into wrestling. Blackman said he was sick of working in the bar scene in Florida and wanted a career change. A friend of his said there was a wrestling school near his parents house in Connecticut, which was run by Tony Altimore. Blackman said Altimore would train them and put the guys on his own shows. Blackman said he drew good crowds and in 1986 had 3,000 attend a show headlined by Tony Atlas. Blackman put over Johnny Rodz and Tony Garea for helping him out at the beginning.
Blackman said he expected the training to be hard and bought a cheap car to train and drive to the gym. He talks about taking karate between baseball and football in high school then started to train in jiu jitsu. Blackman said he was obsessed with weight lifting growing up as well.
He is asked about steroids and said he tried them a little bit during the 1980's and went to his doctor as he was leery of what it was doing to him and ended up getting an allergic reaction to a cortizone shot then said after that he stopped putting anything bad into his body.
On the toughest part about wrestling, Blackman said for him it was doing promos because he is not a talker and if someone was making him mad, he'd just go over and hit them instead of talking back.
He talks about meeting Owen Hart in Japan as Owen told him to wrestle for his dad in Stampede. Blackman liked Stu because he told it like it is and did not dick around. He said his kids really ran everything while he oversaw it all. Blackman said he's been in the dungeon but not as much as Chris Benoit and Brian Pillman. He tells a story of how one guy was snitching to Stu on the road so Benoit, who Blackman said did a great Stu Hart impression, would call the hotel rooms and ended up finding out who it was as they all fucked with the guy. Blackman said that it got back to Stu and he was pissed.
Still on Stampede, Blackman talks about one of the moron promoters would keep booking them further and further out of Calgary during the week when they had to be at TV noon on Friday. He said they'd finish the show on Thursday at 10pm then drive about 10-12 hours home only to go to TV at noon. Blackman said the promoter did not care so the guys would slash his tires and smash his headlights until word got back to Stu. Blackman also said they got kicked out of about 30 hotels all through Canada for reckless behavior. He talks about guys punching holes in the wall, shitting in the pool, etc.
When asked about the ribs Owen pulled, Blackman said there was no one like him. He tells a story in Japan (during the 80's). Owen tried to mess with Blackman by spraying the fire extinguisher underneath his hotel room door but the handle ended up getting stuck and would not shut off and everything emptied out. Blackman said it ended up sucking all of the oxygen out and he couldnt breath so he stuck his head out of his window and saw everyone else in the floor did the same things. After a bit, Blackman opened the door and saw the footprints lead to Owen's room and told him about that as Owen then covered his mouth and ran out with a towel to wipe them away. As soon as he did that and went back to his room, hotel security came up on the elevator and started blaming Blackman at first then someone else but never did it to Owen, who they all knew as he had been going there for a few years.
He talks about when he got sick in South Africa. Blackman said he went to the hospital constantly for IV fluids and no matter what he did could not stay hydrated and lost 25 lbs in just one week. He came back to the U.S. after Gary Albright helped him get a ride to Johannesberg and had his parents get him a plane ticket home. Blackman kept drinking fluids and he had a 12 hour layover in Amsterdam where they barely let him back on the plane because of how sick he was. He said they called a doctor on the plane who revived him as he kept blacking out. He landed in New York and has able to actually keep food down then said he was delirious as he could not even remember his girlfriend's name for a few days. He then kept on getting sick for the next few years as the doctor told him it was due to an intestinal tract infection and they put him on medications for a long time. Blackman said he spent about 18-20 hours a day in bed for a few years.
Before he went to South Africa, Blackman had a tryout with the WWF. They were going to sign him and Blackman said he already arraigned to go to South Africa, where he was the headline act. Pat Patterson told him to come back when he finished up. Blackman came back and had a tryout with Iron Mike Sharpe but was still sick. Blackman said that six years later, he approached him at a house show saying he was ready to give it a shot and Vince was reluctant to give him a deal because he'd been out of the ring for a while.
When he came back to the WWF, Blackman said they hated the fact he wore his karate pants as he had muscular legs and Vince said something to him a few times about it as Blackman said having him do a karate gimmick in regular tights looked weird.
Blackman then tells a story of how when he first came to a WWF show in 1996 at a show in Hershey, PA, he went backstage and said he wanted to kick the shit out of Vader, who along with Buzz Sawyer made his life hell in Japan. Blackman said that he saw the British Bulldog, Owen Hart, and Brian Pillman who were his friends. Vader entered as Blackman told him why he was there then Vader apologized to him twice as Blackman said he'd look like an idiot hitting someone who just apologized and adds that he has changed a lot since they were in Japan.
On the road, Blackman said he first drove around with the Legion of Doom and that lasted about six months then he drove with Ken Shamrock for over two years before he drove with Bob Holly as Blackman said those guys had the same gym schedule and did not like to party. He then puts over the crazy lifestyle on the road with the WWE and you have to find time to sleep whether its on the plane or in the locker room or else you will not be able to live that lifestyle. Blackman then said he does not fault guys who take stuff like steroids as the road wears you down and if he did have bad reactions to steroids and cortisone he might have taken a little on the road to get through as it helps you rebound faster.
Blackman talks about guys today and how they need to let the wrestlers do their own promos because when you wing it and it flows, you can develop a niche or catchphrases that the crowd can get into.
He started getting headaches then needed neck surgery where Jim Ross told him to sit out his contract at home.
On "Brawl for All" and how that started, Blackman said they called guys at home on their day off. He asked the rules and told he could kick, punch, and take people down as Blackman but when he got there kicks were not allowed to do that. Blackman said deep down he thought they were working him but it was real. Blackman also said the gloves were all brand new and you had to break them in so it was tough to punch at first. When asked if this was designed to get Steve Williams over, Blackman said it could have been. He then talks about how he trained with a friend after facing Marc Mero but his friend fell on him as Blackman tore cartilage in his leg and was out of the tournament.
Blackman thought is parking lot match against Shamrock wasn't that good because the ceiling in the garage was too low and you could not do much of anything.
He thought Triple H was alright but that a lot of guys said he was a kiss-ass. Blackman said you cannot take away the fact he has the skills on the mic and in the ring. He said it could have went on and others did stuff like that too to keep their spots.
Blackman does not remember who came up with the idea to wear a cheese hat but he said it looked funny and the fans would pop right away when he walked out. He said his team with Snow was not that good in the ring though.
On his matches against Shane McMahon, Blackman said he liked it and that Shane was a crazy bastard for taking a backwards fall off of the Titantron in their match at SummerSlam 2000.
Regarding Vince Russo, Blackman thought for a guy who was never a wrestler had a decent mind for the business.
Blackman said at the end of his career he was constantly getting migraines and developed a nerve problem in his neck that prevented him from working out daily and wrestling was making it a lot worse.
He spent time in HWA and did not like it as he was away from home and wrestled in front of a couple hundred people as he said there was a ring at his house he could train at instead. Blackman did say that Les Thatcher was a nice guy.
Now, Blackman is training MMA fighters in Harrisburg, PA. He talks about liking wrestling in the ring but does not want to go back on the road and be away from home.
He would write a book but does not want to do it to trash or snitch on people.
Blackman closes by thanking the fans for their support.
Final Thoughts: I came away from this interview liking Blackman as a person. He's articulate, interesting, and a great storyteller. He also had a lot of interesting things to discuss in this interview. However, the interviewer was unable to get the most out of it and it made for a subpar listen.
I do not have a problem with Gargiulo as the interviewer other than the fact he jumps all over the place but here he did a bad job. For example, he asks Blackman how he bullshitted his way onto his first tour of Japan and Blackman said he would answer that after explaining his last story but Gargiulo jumped to another question. Why would you do that with such an interesting story? And Gargiulo never bothered to ask Blackman for dates when he was battling his illness or anything else.
Overall, I like Blackman but I'd pass on this interview. The best parts are about his time in Calgary and they did not do a good job in covering his WWF run. There are a few funny stories but this could have been more entertaining and informative than what we go to see.
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Career opportunities in occupational therapy are growing quickly, particularly with newly expanded access to health care and the aging population of baby boomers. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that jobs for occupational therapists will expand 29 percent in the next 10 years, and positions for occupational therapy assistants will increase by 41 percent. Students interested in joining Sacramento's 440 occupational therapists and 120 occupational therapy assistants must first enroll in an occupational therapy program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education. A list of approved occupational therapy colleges with master's degree and doctoral degree programs is available through the American Occupational Therapy Association.
To qualify for occupational therapy licenses in California, students need to take occupational therapy classes at an approved program, complete the relevant occupational therapy degree provisions, perform required occupational therapy training in the field and earn a passing score on the national occupational therapy test. The exam is administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, or NBCOT. Once all of the educational and testing provisions are met, students can apply for a license through the State of California's Board of Occupational Therapy.
From hospitals and physician offices to nursing homes and home health services, occupational therapists and assistants work in a variety of local settings. As of May 2013, Sacramento-area occupational therapists earned a mean wage of $74,540, with the top 10 percent earning $115, 260. The state mean salary is $89,620, and the national mean salary is $77,890. Occupational therapy assistants in the region earn a salary of $61,660, while the mean state salary is $66,020 and the national salary is $55,250.
Private master's degree occupational therapy schools include Samuel Merritt University, Dominican University, University of Southern California, Loma Linda University and University of St. Augusting for Health Sciences, California Campus. The only public occupational therapy university offering a master's degree program is California State University, Dominguez Hills. For assistant-level education, students have the local occupational therapy college option of Sacramento City College. Elsewhere in the state, Grossmont and Santa Ana colleges are two community college options. Stanbridge College is the only private institution to offer occupational therapy courses for assistants.


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Today's Pyrenean Mountain stage was also the Tour's longest, so we started at 7am to give ourselves a fighting chance of finishing it before nightfall. Just as well we did as the conditions did not help us – a gale force wind in our faces and plenty of rain. We also got lost along the way which cost us an extra hour. How could the yellow arrows have let us down? As an additional test to our stamina we were without any back-up support for 5 hours while waiting for Mark to arrive and catch us up in the van. He met me about 5km from the final climb, (the Port de Bales), which just got steeper and steeper. Mark turned up just in time to provide some much-needed encouragement for the final push to the top – being able to tell me exactly how far I had to go helped me to pace myself and keep going and I felt surprisingly strong at the end. Mountain legs at last???
Total mayhem on the way up the climb with campervans nose to tail all the way and lots of very drunk and happy partying Tour supporters. Lots of shouts of 'Allez, allez', (or perhaps they were saying 'move your legs a bit quicker', a la Bob Imlac…).
Ali said she saw a montage of Tour clips on ITV4's Tour highlights programme yesterday, (the official Rest Day), with a very appropriate song accompaniment – First Aid Kit's 'My Silver Lining' with the lyrics 'I won't take the easy road – I try to keep on keeping on – I just keep on keeping on'..That about sums it up. My 'silver lining' is the thought of riding down the Champs Elysees on Saturday with Ali cheering me on.
Another really late finish and we ended up abandoning the hotel we had booked and crashing on the floor of Mark and Georgie's room instead. In the morning we saw what a great spot it was – a beautiful farmhouse in the Pyrenees. The owner was very chilled about us staying overnight in someone else's room and we had breakfast with a view.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on 22/07/2014 by vickymorland.
The professionals had a much harder time of it today on the stage we did yesterday, finishing in torrential rainstorms and with the wind in their faces rather than at their backs. We were very happy to have a lie-in and a rest day while the thunderstorms moved in.
A westerly wind is not really what we want for tomorrow's long stage but it looks as if it won't be as strong. We plan to start early, (7 am), to give us as much time as possible to complete it.
Good to have an uneventful day. Matt fixed my bike, we got our clothes washed, dropped Matt and Alistair off at the airport in Nimes and drove to Carcassonne where we met up with Andy and Rachel again. They are kindly stepping back into the support team for part of tomorrow before Mark and Georgie arrive. Hope all goes smoothly tomorrow as we might be short of support depending on how soon Mark can join us.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on 20/07/2014 by vickymorland.
Not much sleep for any of us last night – we didn't get to the hotel until 12.45 and had to get the owner out of bed to let us in, (Alistair pushed me forward and said 'You speak French….'). Didn't need to understand the vocabulary, the tone of voice was pretty clear!! When we booked the accommodation we were a bit optimistic about distances between places in mountain regions.
We were incredibly slow to start – both pretty shot from yesterday's stage – and seeing how little distance we had covered in the first 2 hours and the distance still to cover I told the back-up team to expect to have to rescue us later in the day.
It was a route of three sections today in terms of the landscape. First we went through an area of orchards, followed by miles and miles of dry scrubland and then suddenly we were in Southern European landscape with olive trees and red-tiled houses. The middle section was like riding through the set of a Spaghetti Western – 3 hours of unchanging landscape with the sun beating down on us.
Our saving grace today was the wind – probably the famous Mistral – which provided us with a massive tailwind for the last 3 hours of the stage. We started the day grovelling along at less than 10 mph and finished whizzing along at 20 mph.
Finding places to meet up with the back-up can be tricky as the size of different towns is not very clear on our map. Sometimes we've chosen a deserted place without a bar or a shop and sometimes a place that's so big we struggle to find each other. Rendez-vous-ed at a small cafe today where the water supply came from a local spring and was wonderfully, almost freezingly cold – made the most of it and filled up all the containers in the van.
We had an hour and a half's drive to the start of the stage today so plenty of time for Alistair to practice driving on the right before he got launched as official back-up. He's threatening to start his own blog – the view of events from the van – which should be very entertaining, (if full of expletives…). Watch this space.
We had a good day on the bikes – weather warm and sunny and the route went through glorious scenery. Think we're in the Jura region, with spectacular limestone outcrops and river gorges. The route was flat to start, and with a tailwind – a good way to ease our bodies back into the saddle after our day off.
You see thousands of campervans but surprisingly few people – we cycled through quiet towns and villages with just a few people sitting at cafe tables. On the wildlife front we saw a huge stork sitting by the side of the road and at another point two snakes crossed the road just in front of us. No idea what sort they were!
The stage finished with a series of tough climbs, and we counted 3 extra climbs which we weren't expecting. Near to the end Martin rang me to say he thought he was lost as he hadn't seen any yellow arrows for ages. I was having the exact same thought, but I told him to stay put and caught up with him a few minutes later. On mountainous stages the arrow putter-uperers seem to just put an arrow pointing up the hill and then leave you to it. Have a horrible fear of descending down the wrong side of a mountain….. Matt and Alistair went round in circles in Oyannax, and were just wondering what to do next when they drew up at a junction at the exact same time as us.
Today's stage went better than I'd expected. I might actually be acquiring my 'mountain legs' at last. I find any gradient of 6.5% and above a real challenge though. Tomorrow's stage looks OK but I am bracing myself for Stage 13 which has the first serious mountain-top finish (at 1,730m). The final climb (Col de Palaquit), is incredibly steep, with five of it's 10 km at over 10%….
Ali tells me that she had problems finding the Radio Solent broadcast. It was on the Dorset version of their breakfast show, hosted by Steve Harris which I'm not sure is available on the internet – Sue and Mark found it somehow – please tell me how!
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'X Factor': Paige Thomas' 3-Year-Old Daughter Scouted by L.A. Modeling Agency
Nov 8, 2012 | By Hollywood Reporter | 0
Jade was spotted by an agent during her most recent visit to Hollywood, where she attended a taping of the Fox reality series to watch her mother perform. //feedproxy.google.com/~r/thr/television/~3/ZVTMVYvxLjI/story01.htm
'X Factor' feud: Simon Cowell rips Demi Lovato's choices for Jennel Garcia, Paige Thomas and CeCe Frey
Nov 8, 2012 | By Zap2It | 0
Last week, Simon Cowell (correctly) tore into L.A. Reid's song choices on "The X Factor's" first live performance show, but this week Cowell's target was Demi Lovato. And the feisty young pop star fought right back.After the show, Lovato's top three contestants -- Jennel Garcia, Paige Thomas and CeCe Frey -- were united in support of their mentor."It's a competition for everybody, the contestants and the judges," Thomas tells Zap2it. "All of us put hard work and effort into what we do, this is something we believe in. People like to say Demi attacked back, but I don't think she attacked back, she just believes in what she's doing, she's passionate about it and she's standing firm in it."Cowell's remarks became increasingly more cutting throughout the night. He started relatively soft after Thomas' performance of Berlin's "Take My Breath Away," noting: "I think Madame Lovato could've used a little more imagination in the production of... //blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/11/x-factor-feud-simon-cowell-rips-demi-lovatos-choices-for-jennel-garcia-paige-thomas-and-cece-frey.html
'The X Factor': Diamond White talks surprise return post-elimination
Just last week it looked like the end of the road for 13-year-old Diamond White on "The X Factor." She was eliminated from the competition when Britney Spears pitted White against Arin Ray in a singoff and ultimately opted to keep Ray.At the time, Simon Cowell said that he thought losing White was a mistake. And tonight he proved he meant it by announcing that the judges made a unanimous decision to invite White back and expand the Top 12 to a Top 13.After the performance show, White told us she only discovered the good news two days ago. She was filming what she thought was a "wrap interview" with "X Factor" crew and received a cell phone call from Spears. White said she never expected it: "Everyone on the crew did a really good job hiding it, they were all so serious!"There wasn't much time to pick a song, so they went with Whitney... //blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/11/x-factor-diamond-white-talks-surprise-return-post-elimination.html
The X Factor: Simon and Demi Get Snippy
Nov 8, 2012 | By Tv Guide Breaking News | 0
America is finally getting the chance to vote — again! The X Factor is turning the competition over to viewer votes to determine who will stay and who will go, beginning Wednesday with live performances by the Top 12 on the theme "Songs from the Movies." But wait, not so fast. The Top 12 turned into 13, as hosts Khloe Kardashian and Mario Lopez revealed a twist at the start of the show — that one of the contestants who was cut from the Top 16 last week would be returning. "The final 12 we're very happy with, but we believe we made a mistake," Simon Cowell explained. Which singer was stellar enough to return? //www.tvguide.com/News/XFactor-Simon-Demi-Snippy-1055684.aspx?rss=breakingnews
'X Factor's' Simon Cowell Introduces Surprise Twist: 'We Made a Mistake'
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The X Factor's Emblem3 on Paying Rent, Priorities, and Fighting Over Girls — Exclusive
Nov 6, 2012 | By Wetpaint | 0
We don't like to play favorites, but when it comes to The X Factor's Emblem3, it's hard not to fangirl a little bit. The three boys from Huntington Beach, California stole our hearts with their original song "Sunset Boulevard" in their first audition, and have been on the up and up since. After their amazing genre-bending performance of Matisyahu's "One Day" on the first Live Shows episode, we don't see the handsome trio leaving the... //feeds.wetpaint.com/~r/wetpaint/latest/excerpt/~3/A67mYuwuLGk/the-x-factors-emblem3-on-paying-rent-priorities-and-fighting-over-girls-exclusive


Rahul Shankhwalker is the founding partner of Studio HBA.
For Rahul Shankhwalker, founding partner, Studio HBA, travel is all about enriching experiences and learning about local culture. His favourite destinations include New Orleans, Hungary and Douro Valley, Portugal.
Shankhwalker is well-travelled but there are still a few things pending on his travel bucket list.
He says, "A trip to Antarctica on a cargo ship departing from South of Argentina is on my luxury bucket list. It sounds very exciting and adventurous. Another place I want to visit is South America. I have extensively read about it. It is a rich ecosystem of culture, cuisine and nature.".


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ABC Names Clayton Echard as Next Bachelor
By Abby Monteil	 Dec 1, 2021 at 9:26am
In totally shocking news (kidding!), ABC has officially announced Clayton Echard as the next star of The Bachelor. The former NFL player will headline Season 26 of the reality dating franchise's flagship series, which premieres on January 3 and is hosted by Jesse Palmer.
The reveal came at the end of Tuesday's Bachelorette episode, in which lead Michelle Young went on hometown dates with her final four suitors.
"I'm just a Midwest guy from Missouri that just wants to find love," Echard says in the first teaser for his season. "And I believe more than anything that my future wife is here."
It's official! 🍾 Clayton is ready to find the one when #TheBachelor premieres Monday, Jan 3! 🥰 pic.twitter.com/2BzOn00991
— The Bachelor (@BachelorABC) December 1, 2021
Echard was eliminated from Young's season of The Bachelorette last week, shortly after she realized she wasn't ready to meet his family. "I just want to find love so badly and have a family, and start that chapter of my life," he said tearfully during his limo exit. "I want it more than anything else and I'll do whatever it takes to get that."
Before Young's season debuted, rumors about Echard's casting began swirling in September when photos of him with a film crew were shared with E! News. Palmer previously shared a behind-the-scenes photo of himself with the newest Bachelor on Instagram during filming earlier this fall.
Palmer, who is also a former NFL player and Bachelor veteran, referred to Echard as his "bigger, better looking brother from another mother." But will he find love on his Bachelor journey? You'll have to wait and see!
The Bachelor Season 26 premieres Monday, January 3 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
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Cyrus soundKey review
What Hi-Fi? Awards 2020 winner. It makes a handsome difference to your on-the-go sound Tested at £100
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What Hi-Fi? Verdict
The soundKey can turn your mobile listening into an authentically high-fidelity experience
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Clean, open sound
Loaded with detail
Compact and unobtrusive
Attaching to an iOS device is a faff
Not as out-and-out dynamic as some rivals
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If one were to draw up a list of possible contenders for hi-fi ubiquity a year or two ago, safe to say that, only the prescient few would have put 'portable DAC' anywhere near the top.
And yet here we are. The prevalence of digital music, and the enormous storage capacity of some portable music players and smartphones (not to mention desktop computers), means we can access all our favourite music no matter where we are.
But what's the point if it sounds unsatisfactory?
The majority of DACs and headphone amplifiers fitted to smartphones or laptops are the cheapest and most plentiful the manufacturer could find. And we all know what the results of that kind of policy are – just listen to the way your laptop neuters your favourite tunes when you plug your headphones into its socket.
The idea of the dedicated portable DAC/headphone amp isn't all that new – we've been giving What Hi-Fi? Awards to products of this type since the start of the decade. So in some ways Cyrus is a little late to the party. But its new soundKey has been worth the wait.
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When a product needs to be as compact and unobtrusive as possible, there's little scope for building in perceived value. And it's true that, despite the smoothly seamless build of the soundKey, it doesn't necessarily look like £100-worth of hi-fi kit.
It weighs in at 18g and is just 8mm deep – excellent from the portability point of view. The aluminium casing feels good, and is nicely chamfered. The logos ('Cyrus' on one side, 'soundKey' on the other) are raised just slightly to give both tactility and grip.
There's a choice of four finishes (red, purple, black or turquoise) and, in fairness, it's difficult to know what else Cyrus could have done with a product designed to be as discreet as possible to make it seem any more upmarket than it does.
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At one end of the soundKey there's a 3.5mm socket for plugging in headphones (or connecting to a system). At the other there's a micro-USB socket. There's no need (nor any room) for anything else.
In the box Cyrus provides a cable terminated with a micro-USB at both ends (for use with appropriate Android devices) and a micro-USB/full-size USB cable (for use with laptop or desktop computers).
Those wishing to use an Apple phone or tablet will need the Apple camera kit – so the chain from phone to headphones becomes a three-cables-plus-soundKey affair, which is far from elegant.
Using a dongle to attach an external DAC to a smartphone is far from uncommon, but it does rather spoil the 'much-improved sound with very little fuss' aesthetic.
The soundKey is ready to handle a wide range of digital audio file types, most pertinently MP3, AAC and FLAC – and can handle files up to 24-bit/96kHz resolution. It requires Windows 10, Android 5 (or above) and iOS 9 (or above) of its source machine.
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The first thing that strikes us about the soundKey is the remarkable amount of space it gives to the presentation of a song.
This is especially pronounced when listening to quieter, sparser material - a 320kbps Spotify-derived file of Lotte Kestner's Secret Longitude is a particularly good showcase of the Cyrus' powers of separation.
It opens the recording wide, allowing the tiny details space to reveal themselves and giving the tune a widescreen aspect some lesser portable DACs are simply not capable of.
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This winning quality is even more obvious when we up the ante to a 24-bit/96kHz file of Aretha Franklin's I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You) (opens in new tab).
It's a slow-burner of a tune, intense but not all that demonstrative where dynamics are concerned – and the Cyrus establishes a big, well described stage for the players to inhabit.
At the same time, it reveals all the character and technique of Aretha's inimitable vocal in the most natural way.
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Shifting gears more than somewhat with a 16-bit/44.1kHz stream of Melt-Banana's Candy Gun via Tidal reveals the soundKey to be reasonably, thought not decisively, dynamic – it has all the fevered abandon the tune requires, but doesn't quite describe the peaks and troughs as explicitly as some rivals.
Comparison with our current favourite at around this price, AudioQuest's DragonFly Black, highlights the soundKey's relative shortage of out-and-out dynamic heft - but at the same time, the Cyrus achieves the remarkable feat of making the Black sound like something of a blunt instrument. It's significantly more revealing, more open and more detailed than the AudioQuest.
If we're asked to make a trade-off between transparency and ultimate dynamism, we'll come down on the side of the Cyrus every time.
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There's very little downside to soundKey ownership.
It's affordable, compact and high-performance – only iOS-fanciers, with their convoluted method of attachment, will be less than all-around thrilled by the difference it can make to mobile listening pleasure.
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Editorial: L.A. has a chance to lease all the hotel rooms it can find for homeless people. Go for it
Genia Hope, 52, moves into her new room at a hotel in Whittier that is being used for Project Roomkey on July 7, 2020. Hope had been living homeless in an encampment near the 710 and 105 freeways for two years.
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By The Times Editorial Board
Feb. 5, 2021 3 AM PT
The goal of Project Roomkey, a federally subsidized effort to shelter homeless people in hotels and motels largely emptied by the pandemic, was to find rooms for 15,000 people in Los Angeles. Instead, at its peak, the program housed about 4,300 people. Still, that was 4,300 people off the streets for weeks if not months while COVID-19 was raging — and in rooms of their own. The program started to ramp down late last year as leases gradually ended and the Federal Emergency Management Agency was expected to stop its reimbursements, which covered 75% of the costs.
But on Jan. 21, President Biden signed an executive order calling on FEMA to raise that reimbursement rate to 100% through September (and this week, he made the full reimbursement rate retroactive to the start of the pandemic). That would offer a tremendous boost to, arguably, the best shelter program Los Angeles city and county have ever run. Short of permanent housing, which continues to be the goal, this is the kind of individual housing — a private bedroom with a bathroom — that homeless people need during a pandemic and beyond.
Still, even this profusion of unexpected extra dollars — "manna from heaven," L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin called it — doesn't guarantee a continuation of Project Roomkey. Here's the biggest problem: The city and county have to shell out the money upfront for leases. FEMA tends to reimburse governments around the 12th of Never.
OK, it's not quite that bad — in reality, county and city officials expect about an 18-month wait for reimbursement from FEMA. But that's unworkable. County officials estimate they've spent a total of $108 million for which they can seek reimbursement from FEMA. At this point, the county has received $12.5 million in reimbursements.
It's good that the 100% reimbursement formula for newly leased rooms will be retroactive to all the rooms leased since Project Roomkey started last year. But it's not feasible for the county and city to continue to spend tens of millions of dollars upfront while they wait a year or more for reimbursement.
The best plan would be for the state to lend the city and county the money they need to go ahead with Project Roomkey. Those funds could later be paid back with the reimbursement from FEMA. City and county officials are already discussing the possibility of a funding arrangement with the state.
Meanwhile, the city and county should waste no time going back to the hotels and motels that ramped down their Project Roomkey efforts and ask them to reenlist. It was a challenge getting some of the larger hotels on board last year. Owners were sometimes reluctant to have homeless people living in their hotels, and even when the owners were willing, some hotels' insurance companies or investors balked. Not only is that shameful, it's bad business. The pandemic is still raging, hotel rooms are still going begging, and the county and city are offering long-term leases on rooms along with guarantees to fix any damages.
With reimbursement a sure thing through September, officials should try to lease as many rooms as they can. There were 66,000 homeless people in the county at the last count — the majority of whom were living on the streets, not in shelters. But there are complications. Every hotel and motel in Project Roomkey is supposed to have a service provider on-site to help people obtain services and get into permanent housing. But the ranks of service providers are stretched thin.
Then there is this troubling scenario: What if Los Angeles succeeds at leasing tens of thousands of rooms and filling them with homeless people, but then there's not enough housing or shelter for them in September when the FEMA reimbursements expire and the leases end? What if thousands of people are turned back onto the streets?
That's a grim possibility that the city and county understandably do not want to face. But it shouldn't stop them from aggressively pursuing all the hotel rooms they can secure now. Yes, they need an exit strategy. But with winter weather and a pandemic now gripping the region, homelessness is too much of an emergency to not find as many rooms at as many inns as they can.
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With the changes to the 2019 MXGP calendar, the schedule for next year's Maxxis ACU British Motocross Championship supported by Pro Clean has been revised.
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Pass It Down
Ep. 59: Michael Silver, Independent
The end of Pass It Down's unannounced hiatus starts off with a bang, as Natalie details Mike's untimely head-bang and its chilling effect on his co-host. After commemorating this year's relatively tame Blocktober, Mike talks about his eight-year NFL Network journey and why that unlikely partnership ended last summer. We discuss his first story for Bally Sports, which broke the news of Houston Texans chair Cal McNair's racially insensitive comments at a charity golf tournament, and some of the other toxic forces at the highest levels of a league striving to drape itself in anti-racist symbolism. From the Dan Snyder investigation to the Jon Gruden emails to the Woody Johnson allegations, we get into all of it. Mike also talks about the importance of being part of a team and gets nostalgic about some of his sweeter moments at NFL Network and Yahoo! Sports. And for you Ted Lasso fans, Mike and Natalie have a few things to say about Trent Crimm of The Independent and why he is a blight on humanity.
Ep. 58: Author Steve Kettmann Remembers Pedro Gomez
Kettman retraces the emotional whirlwind that began in February, when he learned of his close friend's sudden passing, and continued as he spearheaded and edited the book that would hit the shelves in July. We hear about Pedro's cynical conscription of the "Berkeley Guy" into the baseball beat writers' fraternity, their perspective-altering trip to Cuba that compelled Gomez to pen an open letter to President Clinton and the bold story he wrote about Curt Schilling that rocked the baseball world on the morning of Game 7 of the 2001 World Series. We also hear hilarious and touching stories about Gomez as a sports dad and an infamous college tale involving Steve and fellow Daily Cal alum Mike Fleiss.
Ep. 57: Ron and Stephanie Rivera Welcome Mike to Washington
After explaining his motivation for bringing Mike on as a Washington Football Team content contributor, Ron heartily endorses the 'Clean Slate' plan that will unblock fans of the team on Twitter (at least for now). That leads to a healthy discussion about Ted Lasso, binge-watching and which WFT player has Jamie Tartt tendencies. We learn about the role frozen yogurt played in Ron and Stephanie's courtship during their UC Berkeley days and how 'The Play' wasn't the only amazing ending Ron experienced as a Golden Bear great. Ron and Steph share the details of their secret trip to the Bahamas that jump-started his move to Washington, and he tells us why he signed Ryan Fitzpatrick to be his quarterback in 2021. Finally, we learn about the importance of family and friends as Ron battled cancer during his first season with the team, and why one 'leak' in the organization turned out to be a good one.
Ep. 56: Dr. Harry Edwards: The Devil Is In The Delivery (Part 2)
We pick up with Dr. Edwards' recounting of the long history of athlete activism in the U.S., from baseball-playing Civil War soldiers to Colin Kaepernick's kneeling during the anthem and beyond. He expounds upon the power--and inherent danger--of social media, and why it is an important protest tool. Dr. Edwards recalls his reaction to witnessing the black-glove salute at the 1968 Olympics that he inspired, and why he worried for the future of Australian sprinter Peter Norman. He weighs in on the recent Supreme Court decision striking down the NCAA's ability to prevent athletes from cashing in on their name, image and likeness and on Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib coming out as the NFL's first openly gay active player. Finally, Dr. Edwards tells Natalie why he's optimistic about her generation's ability to effect meaningful change during a tumultuous time.
After years of concealing evidence about the dangers of head trauma, the NFL settled a class-action lawsuit with former players… and employed "race norming" as a criteria, a practice racist in both its premise and systemic impact. Dr. Edwards, who regards race norming as part of the "medical apartheid" with which Black Americans have long been confronted, explains why its revelation could spark locker-room revolts and why the devil is not in the details, but in the delivery, as the league attempts to rectify it. In tracing his own journey, from an impoverished upbringing in East St. Louis to pronounced academic achievement and high-profile Civil Rights activism, the esteemed sociologist addresses the personal danger he has faced as a high-profile target--and a recent brush with a would-be assassin's spray of bullets. Edwards also tells us why Donald Trump was a symptom, rather than a root cause, of the racism that fueled his presidency, and how women are imperative in the fight to conquer climate change, gun violence and other societal ills.
Ep. 54: George Kittle, Stealer of Souls
The San Francisco 49ers' star tight end weighs in on his team's wild offseason, which he likens to "a tornado after a hurricane after a thunderstorm," explaining which teammate "sweats olive oil" and assessing the pre-draft trade that landed quarterback Trey Lance. After addressing his Panda Express obsession in very specific fashion, Kittle talks about his prodigious partying days at the University of Iowa and the dramatic behavioral change that saved his football career and catapulted him to the NFL. From that point on the episode turns fast and furious, with topics such as Kittle's physical dominance of opponents, his love for tight ends (including new Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell), why he can't wait for fans to flip him off in 2021 and his kinship with Kyle Shanahan's dog among the auditory offerings.
Ep. 53: ESPN's Dianna Russini
While discussing disgruntled Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers during a recent appearance on ESPN's morning show, Russini managed to cast her husband in a glaringly mediocre light, leading his friends to tell him, "Yo--your wife just trucked you on TV." After amusingly recounting that episode, Russini tells us about her childhood, from her early journalistic aspirations (and her father's fatefully situated job as a plumber) to her prolific and ultra-aggressive feats on the athletic field. As she and Natalie swap stories of on-the-field transgressions, Dianna relates her journey from overmatched Division 1 soccer player to starter and co-captain--including the red card she received on Parents' Day--and tells why she preferred the throat to the crotch when it came to handing out punishment. We also learn about her father's harrowing escape from the World Trade Center during 9/11, what provoked her tirade on the Jets' practice field and why she questioned an NFL head coach who told her not to stay out late at the Combine.
Ep. 52: Christopher (Kid) Reid, Part 2
Kid talks about growing up in The Bronx and Queens worshipping seminal rappers like Melle Mel--and later getting to hang with his idols. After landing the lead role in House Party originally intended for Will Smith (who, thanks to Kid's regrettable business decision, ended up with a hit sitcom on NBC that vaulted him to superstardom), Kid tormented Martin Lawrence on set and put his writing touches on the 1990 film that became a surprise sensation. We hear about Kid's friendship with Bill Maher, who he defended (and privately chastized) after the comedian dropped an N-bomb on "Real Time," and his latest musical effort, a pandemic-inspired collaboration with rapper Bizkit called "Horizon." Kid also shares his thoughts on the chasm between Aaron Rodgers and the Packers and tells Mike and Natalie about his epic feud with their friend (and Pass It Down intro impresario) Luke Campbell of 2 Live Crew in '90s.
Ep. 51: Christopher Reid, aka Kid (Part 1)
Kid describes his early experiences as a celebrity, including the time he was asked to autograph an item that offended him on a deep level. He recalls touring with Digital Underground and then-roadie/all-purpose regulator Tupac Shakur, a future superstar who was shot on the night Kid and Mike met at Derrick Thomas' house (and died six days later). And there's a whole lot of reminiscing about what made Thomas special, from the Hall of Fame pass rusher's legendary social stamina, to his impactful foundation, to his championing of a JFK conspiracy theory that traced back to his boss's family.
Ep. 50: Don't Play on the Freeway
Why did Natalie get cut out of the family group chat on draft night? Did Kyle Shanahan do Matt LaFleur dirty? Can the disconnect between Aaron Rodgers and the Packers be bridged? What did Mike and John Elway do on a hotel balcony a few hours after the legendary quarterback's last NFL game? Did Kyle change his mind about drafting Matt Jones because he caved to public perception? Will Jeff Darlington's dad kick Mike's ass? What small request do your humble podcast hosts have for their listeners? You have questions. We have answers.
Ep. 49: Talking Bills and Tennis with Kim and Jessica Pegula
Fresh off a recent run to the Australian Open quarterfinals, Jessie Pegula details her unlikely rise to the upper echelon of the WTA Tour… and, equally impressive, her history of unwavering support for Bills quarterback Josh Allen, even as her mother grew skeptical during his first two seasons. Jessie also outs Kim as the most competitive person in the family and as a grunter on the hardcourt before getting into meatier matters, such as facing the great Serena Williams in a tournament final… and whether she and her competitors should stage WWE-like feuds to increase interest. Kim, meanwhile, explains why her quarterback will soon receive a lucrative contract extension and lays out her plan to help improve the NFL hiring cycle. Oh, and we hear about the time Kim bravely brought Mike to a meeting with the family members of a Trump Cabinet official.
Ep. 48: Thomas Dimitroff (Part 2)
A few nights before Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta, Dimitroff hosted Silver and some of his NFL Network colleagues at his Buckhead home, treated them to some exquisitely selected bottles of expensive red wine and took them outside to try out the zip line he installed in his backyard. Drama ensued, all of which is recounted here. Dimitroff then welcomes a special guest who livened up a previous Pass It Down episode (with Packers coach Matt LaFleur) and solitics her thoughts on zip-line safety that trace back to a high-altitude adventure in a Costa Rican rainforest. Dimitroff ponders which quarterback his former offensive coordinator, current 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan, will select with the third overall pick and weighs in on what the Falcons should do with the fourth overall selection. He leaves us with two stories about employees who smashed their cars into brick structures on his property--one of whom put the incident in his rear-view mirror and became the Jacksonville Jaguars' general manager.
Dimitroff shares vagabond stories from his scouting days, recalling how his VW van came in handy in the wake of 9/11--and how his dying father's advice convinced him not to get caught up in being overly conventional. He explains the aggressive mindset that fueled his 2011 draft-night trade for wide receiver Julio Jones, and he revisits quarterback Matt Ryan's choppy first year with offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan and the relationship-repair efforts that fueled the Falcons' Super Bowl LI run. Dimitroff then relives the horror of that evening in Houston during which his team blew a 28-3 lead, botched a chance to kick a game-securing field goal and watched Tom Brady lead the New England Patriots to an incredible comeback that still haunts the franchise.
Ep. 46: The Athletic's Vic Tafur Talks Raiders & Other Mayhem
After explaining why he was drawn to Michigan defensive end Kwity Paye as the subject of a pre-draft profile, Tafur breaks down the logic (or lack thereof) behind the Raiders' offseason moves and assesses the state of the relationship between head coach Jon Gruden and quarterback Derek Carr. Vic then recalls the fateful Daily Cal sports recruitment meeting where he got his first journalism assignment--and the first of many acerbic comments from his exceptionally loud sports editor. We learn about Mike's introduction to rap music (and the over-the-top article it provoked), how neither he nor Vic have it in them to enjoy the Pac-12's recent run of hoops success and why Natalie's youth soccer experiences make her a kindred spirit. Vic shares the backstory behind his exclusive story on then-Raiders receiver Nelson Agholor's "You suck" speech to his teammates last December, and the charged phone conversation with Agholor that followed. And if you're still with us toward the end of the episode, you'll be treated to Vic's recounting of his infamous Twitter feud with a veteran NFL writer, complete with the obligatory reference to a popular adult-video internet site.
Ep. 45: Hue Jackson: The Sangria Chronicles
Beginning with the backstory behind the infamous sangria photo--in the immediate aftermath of his firing by the Browns--Jackson shares a barrage of previously unreported details about his ill-fated stint with the franchise. Following a one-and-done, 8-8 season as the Oakland Raiders' head coach in 2011, Jackson had worked his way back to prominence as a highly regarded offensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals, only to accept the Browns' job under false pretenses. He explains how he tried to fight back against management's aggressive-tanking plan, took extreme measures to ensure the franchise selected Myles Garrett with the first overall pick of the 2017 draft and received a secret contract extension as an acknowledgment of his raw deal. We also talk agave rashes, Andy Dalton in Chicago, how he almost got the Cal job in 2012 and why he suspects that Baker Mayfield hates him, among other scintillating subjects.
Ep. 44: Legendary photographer Michael Zagaris (Part 2)
Eager to photograph the Rolling Stones in the early '70s, Zagaris talks his way onto a tour by impersonating an editor of English Vogue and never looks back. He also recalls getting caught in the crossfire of a violent clash between Led Zeppelin and iconic rock impresario Bill Graham and tells the story of a wild acid trip on San Francisco's Ocean Beach with T-Rex frontman Marc Bolan, during which they "hear the universe" but tragically miss the band's scheduled gig. Zagaris also talks about how San Francisco has gotten less weird and the toxicity of the Trump presidency and the extremism it fostered. He closes with a classic story about the origin of "The Object" on the cover of Zeppelin's album Presence.
Ep. 43: Gaucho Fever (Featuring Josh Elliott): UC Santa Barbara March Madness Special
Featured guest Josh Elliott tells Mike, Natalie and her younger brothers--UCSB students Greg and Robbie--how he ended up playing water polo at the school in the '90s and why the former Good Morning America personality still feels so connected to his alma mater. With the Gauchos set to take on Creighton in a first-round game on Saturday, Josh recalls the talented UCSB team from his freshman year that defeated future national champion UNLV in the regular season and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Greg describes calling the JaQuori McLaughlin buzzer beater in a packed Thunderdome in March of 2020 just before the shelter-in-place order was instituted, and how the pandemic has impacted college life in the year that followed. Josh weighs in on Creighton head coach Doug McDermott's "plantation speech" and paints a hopeful picture of the Gauchos' prospects for the first round and beyond. Eyebrow-raising stories featuring UCSB alums and accomplished actors Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow, and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, should have Isla Vista popping before tipoff.
For a few blissful moments shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, young campaign staffer Michael Zagaris believed Bobby Kennedy would become President. The Senator had just won the California primary, but moments after his victory speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, he was assassinated--as Zagaris and others looked on in horror. In Part 1 of our wide-ranging look at his legendary career, Zagaris recounts RFK's shooting and the impact it had on his psyche and aspirations. Ultimately, advice from guitar god Eric Clapton--after the two had shared several bowls of hashish in a Sausalito hotel room--would compel Zagaris to become a photographer, one who would make a massive impact in the rock n' roll and sports worlds. We learn about his Baptism By Vomit (courtesy of drunken Doors frontman Jim Morrison) and much, much more.
Ep. 41: Sage Rosenfels (Part 2)
Beginning with his hilarious recap of the notorious "Rosencopter" defeat to Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts, and continuing with his evocative portrayal of the tension between future Hall of Famer Brett Favre and head coach Brad Childress during the Minnesota Vikings' 2009 season, Sage entertains us with behind-the-scenes anecdotes and insights, at one point describing "the best throw I've ever seen in the sport of football." He then pivots into a political discussion that excoriates Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and other right-wing zealots--likening the ex-President's role in the Jan. 6 insurrection to that of a coach giving a fiery pregame speech--and explores the possibility of him holding higher office. We also hear the story of Natalie's arresting question to her father while she was in the middle of a charged protest on UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza and he was charging toward the Super Bowl party he was co-hosting in Houston.
Following a brief comparison of Mike's and Sage's inductions into respective Jewish Sports Hall of Fames, the longtime NFL quarterback talks about his unconventional upbringing in rural Iowa, his emergence as an NFL prospect and the PhD course in offense he received from future 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan that changed the course of his career. We also hear about Texans owner Cal McNair's unlikely hobby, the organization's current train-wreck status and why Sage believes star quarterback Deshaun Watson has every right to try to bolt. We also hear about the shrewd career advice Sage got from future Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett and the meathead culture that still permeates NFL coaching circles.


Formerly known as MarseilleMarignane Airport, it has been managed since 1934 by the Marseille-Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI).
In the 1920s and 1930s, Marignane was one of France's main points of operation for flying boats. It even briefly served as a terminal for Pan American World Airways Clipper flying boats. Other flying boat operators were Aéropostale and Air Union, the latter moving over from Antibes in 1931. Marignane was also a production site for hydroplanes by Lioré et Olivier.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery describes turning back to Marignane airport with a fuel leak in chapter 8 of Wind, Sand and Stars, before setting out again for Tunis, and the fateful event that informed his later description of the crash-landing in his best-known book, The Little Prince.
In September 2006, the airport opened its new terminal MP2 for budget airlines. In 2013 the airport expanded its shopping and dining options, with 30 new shops and restaurants, among which is the first Burger King restaurant in France since 1997.
The airport is served by the Vitrolles Marseille Provence Airport rail station on the TER network. A free shuttle bus runs between the airport and the station.
The airport is the main fixed wing base of Sécurité Civile, the aerial firefighting division of the French Ministry of the Interior.** This Sécurité Civile base has now moved to nearby Nîmes-Garons.
The head office of Airbus Helicopters is located on the airport property.
On 4 February 1948, SNCASE Languedoc P/7 F-BATK of Air France was damaged beyond economical repair.
On 30 July 1950, SNCASE Languedoc P/7 F-BCUI of Air France was damaged beyond economic repair when its undercarriage collapsed on landing.
On 6 February 1989 Inter Cargo Service Flight 3132, operated by Vickers Vanguard F-GEJE crashed on takeoff. Three crew died, no passengers were being carried.
On 26 December 1994 Air France Flight 8969 with 236 people aboard arrived in Marseille after being hijacked by four young men of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) at Houari Boumediene Airport in Algiers, Algeria two days prior. After 15 hours on the ground and a breakdown in negotiations, the French special forces GIGN stormed the aircraft. In the ensuing firefight, all four hijackers were killed while 3 crew, 13 passengers, and 9 GIGN Operators were injured. The Airbus A300B2-1C F-GBEC was written off.
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^ LFML Marseille Provence. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 28 March 2019.
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Key destinations from the UK are the charming capital Oslo and the Western Fjords airport of Haugesund. Recent years have seen Ryanair flying to Haugesund and small regional airports outside Oslo. Ryanair is usually the cheapest option to Norway. The enduring popularity of Oslo as a short break destination means year-round flights from the UK. You should also find reasonably priced flights with Norwegian. Airlines with reasonably priced indirect flights include KLM, Air France, Lufthansa and British Airways.
The nearest airport to Oslo. Direct flights are available with British Airways, Norwegian and SAS from Gatwick, Heathrow, Edinburgh and Manchester. SAS fly from Manchester and Heathrow.
Well placed for the southern fjords of Norway. 60km from Oslo. Economical direct flights with low-cost airline Ryanair. Passengers on Ryanair flights are met by buses to Oslo. The journey takes about an hour. Also hourly trains. Year-round flights from Manchester, Liverpool and London Stansted. Often the cheapest route to Norway from the UK.
Well placed for the Telemark region and the southern fjords of Norway. 118km from Oslo. Economical direct flights with low-cost airline Ryanair. Passengers on Ryanair flights are met by buses to Oslo. The journey takes about an hour and 40 minutes. Also hourly trains. Flights from Edinburgh, Liverpool and London Stansted. Also find reasonably priced flights with Norwegian from London Gatwick.
Perfectly placed for tours of the spectacular fjords of Western Norway. Bus connections to Bergen and Stavanger. Winter flights allow access to terrific cross-country skiing and top Norwegian ski resorts. Economical direct flights with low-cost airline Ryanair from London Stansted. Also flights with Norwegian from London Gatwick.
British Airways, Norwegian and SAS operate routes from the UK to Aalesund Vigra, Bergen, Stavanger, Trondheim and Tromso.


How can supposedly scientific studies contradict each other?
How can we determine the truth?
Modern double-blind studies are the gold standard of medical science today. As a result most Americans place unqualified faith in them, including medical professionals, government and court officials, and the members of the press. Is this faith well founded? Are double-blind studies truly reliable? This article will answer those questions and more – you will learn for yourself how to determine what is best for your own health.
Living organisms are exceedingly complex. As a result, it is difficult to devise a study to reliably show the health or harm of any given substance. It is even more difficult to remove human bias from the interpretation of the study. The fact that unqualified trust has been placed in modern double-blind medical studies has resulted in the suppression of many natural substances that do indeed provide valuable health benefits, while at the same time the promotion of harmful pharmaceuticals which not only provide little or no benefit but cause actual harm. These mistakes are supported by this reliance in medical studies. The problems with such studies are myriad. Removing them is difficult. In this paper, I will explore some of the problems with designing, conducting and interpreting medical studies, and offer recommendations on overcoming these problems for yourself.
Double-blind studies were designed to overcome the inherent problems with first hand experiences when used to determine the safety and benefits of a substance on a given health condition. When we rely on personal experience or the testimony of others, conclusions may be drawn which may be far from the truth. This problem is due to the high subjectivity and possible untrustworthiness of people in general. For example, when someone declares that "drinking mangosteen juice cured me of cancer", can we trust that testimony? What if he is lying in order to sell a product? What if he had chemotherapy at the same time and that treatment, not the juice, was responsible for his cure?
Personal bias and beliefs can also strongly influence a persons testimony or even the results of a study a researcher may have performed. Most of us are familiar with the placebo effect. This effect is when the study subject reports benefits to the substance being taken because he wants t o believe it will help him. It goes beyond just a colored judgment. In some cases actual healing can result from this belief. When this effect was discovered, single blind studies were designed to conceal from the subjects the knowledge of whether or not they were given the active substance.
Later, it was discovered that single blind studies eliminated the bias in the subjects, it did not eliminate the bias of the researchers. It became apparent that the researchers own beliefs would skew the actual data of the study in their favor. To solve this problem, the double-blind study was devised, wherein neither the researcher nor the subjects knew which received the placebo or the active agent. Problem solved – right? Unfortunately, it was not. Even more tragically, most believe it was.
Most studies attempt to determine the effect of a substance on an animal or person by giving one group a certain amount of the substance and another group nothing. Sometimes the study may attempt to measure multiple parameters, but in most cases, only a single parameter is measured – one substance and one quantity. It is because of the high cost of a study that only one such experiment is conducted. The problem should be obvious to all, but it is not. What if the amount being given is too little to have an effect? What if it is too much and is therefore toxic? What if certain co-factors are needed for the substance to work, but are missing in the study? What if… I could go on and on. To put it simply, there are so many variables, there is no way to simplify the problem into just a single experiment with one variable.
The medical authorities and certainly the pharmaceutical companies are in a pickle with magnesium chloride. They have a powerful medicine that is non-toxic, inexpensive, and effective in a wide variety of medical situations. So what do they do? The have a study designed to show the opposite, thus sabotaging medical clarity on the used of a valuable and safe medicine. Specifically, a single negative study showing that magnesium had a worsening effect on survival employed a far higher dose of magnesium (80 mmol) than the studies mentioned above, and another study, showing no benefit with magnesium, employed the low dose of 10 mmol in the first 24 hours.
Just imagine the possibilities to manipulate a study – too much of a good thing and it becomes harmful; too little and it has no effect. Either study can be performed and the results trumpeted by the press who carries the advertising paid for by the drug companies. The verdict is announced and both doctors and the public forevermore dismiss any use of the given substance as quackery.
Even honest studies can make the same mistake. Not only is it difficult to study the right amount of a given substance, the problem is multiplied several-fold if we consider the many co-factors that should be included. For example, many studies show vitamin E to be ineffective in preventing cancer, yet those studies failed to include the necessary co-factors such as other vitamins, minerals and such. Studies which include these co-factors often show wonderful benefits that the former studies do not.
So, given the insurmountable problems with medical studies, what do we do? Despite the difficulties in getting at the truth, I believe a thinking individual can overcome many of these problems. The first step is to recognize the problems. The common man tends to believe personal testimony. His faith is often misplaced. The doctor scoffs at personal testimony and places his faith in medical studies. His faith is also misplaced. I don't believe either source of information should be discarded, but neither should anything be believed without further scrutiny. Instead of throwing out the baby with the bath water, we should instead chew the meat and spit out the bones.
In the case of personal testimony, we should first examine the source to see if it is credible. If the source is someone who stands to gain by the testimony being believed, we should tend to discard his testimony. If the source has nothing to gain, we may want to inspect further. What basis is there for the claimed benefit? Does it fit with our current knowledge? Is there physical evidence to support it? It is reasonable and plausible? Someone can claim drinking Pepsi-Cola cured their headaches. Does this mean Pepsi-Cola can cure headaches? If it can, then there must be a mechanism by which it does so. You can do your own research – both by examining studies and other testimonies, as well as experimenting on yourself. Don't believe anything you hear without substantiation, but don't write something off either just because it is someone's testimony.
In the case of medical studies, we can derive benefit from most of them. Think of medical studies as a person trying to hit the bullseye of a large target. The bullseye is perfect health. Those studies which show a strong benefit to a particular substance, have struck close to the bullseye. We can confidently try taking the same substances ourselves (along with the co-factors used in the study) and see if it benefits ourselves as well. Some benefits may not be immediate however, so for those, we will just have to trust the studies. At worse case, no harm has been done.
Those studies that show no benefit or harm to the same substance have missed their mark. While this failure would seem to disqualify the study, it can still provide some benefit. For those showing little benefit, we should compare the dosage and co-factors that may not be present with the studies that were more successful. That information can provide a more accurate guide to the dosage and co-factors we need and it can boost our confidence in the other studies. For those showing harm, we should ask some questions. Are there co-factors missing? Is the substance tested the same form as the one used in the successful studies? Very few studies of natural substances indicate any harm, so in most cases we don't have to worry about them. For the few that do, asking these questions will often provide the answer.
We have examined some of the difficulties in studying health issues in people. I have demonstrated that the gold standard in medical studies is no more reliable than personal testimony. While these studies can provide valuable information, they are often used by the medical industry to discredit natural substances which are safer and more effective than highly profitable drugs. Rather than discarding such studies, I have shown how they can be used to further the truth when used wisely.
In general, personal testimonies at best can provide a direction to look, but are otherwise unreliable. On the other hand, medical studies are reliable only when they show positive benefits. Please be aware, that this generalization applies only to vitamins and other natural substances and nutraceuticals because they are almost always inherently safe. Pharmaceutical drugs on the other hand are inherently dangerous, so only a plethora of studies indicating their safety are to be believed.
The only true test is your own body. Testimonies and studies can, at best, provide a direction to travel. Your personal health is all that matters in the end.
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A reading of this Article of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, is clear; yet if not properly elaborated either through legislative amendment or the interpretation of a competent court, it will create avenues for wide interpretations which leaves us with only one outcome; Confusion! As we grapple and ponder on this issue, we are alive to the pronunciation of the Supreme Court of Kenya of 1st September 2017 in which the Court, based on arguments and evidence presented before it, annulled the outcome of the presidential results of 8/8/2017.
What is without doubt, is that we are headed for a fresh presidential Election.
On the onset, Article 134 (1)(a) gives a timeline of incumbency presidency. This starts on the date of the first vote in a presidential election and ends when the newly elected president assumes office. As we all know, the first presidential election was held on 8/8/2017, thus as per this Article, marked the first date of temporary incumbency. However, what is interesting is the impact the decision of the Supreme Court Of Kenya (SCOK) had on the provisos of this Article?
The Court nullified the outcome of the 8th August 2017 exercise, therein ordering a new presidential election within 60 days from 1st September 2017 as enunciated by Article 140 (3) of the Constitution. We are alive to the fact that such an order by the court is interpreted to mean restoration of status quo, at least until the fresh presidential election is conducted. What then this does begs the questions; Does the incumbent president maintain all the powers and privileges accorded to any sitting president?; or does he fill the position of temporary incumbency as contemplated by Article 134 of the Constitution?
A simple reading and definition of status quo is that all things remain as they were, with the enjoyment of all the rights and privileges accruing therein. As such, President Kenyatta's status quo, as per the nullification by the SCOK of the exercise of 8/8/2017 in so far as presidential election is concerned, is maintained. This equates to an arguable fact that no presidential election ever took place on 8/8/2017. The whole exercise in the eyes of the Apex Court, was null and void, which could suffer but only one fate, annulment.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) as we all know, have scheduled and gazetted the 26th October 2017 as the date for the fresh presidential elections. Alive to the foregoing discussion on the impact of the Court's decision on the 8/8/2017 exercise, it could easily be interpreted that, as it stands, the status quo of the President was maintained, that Mr. Kenyatta is not enjoying temporary incumbency, in fact, if anything, provisos of Article 134 are yet to take effect. In support of this, One, we did not undertake any "first" presidential election on the 8/8/2017 in so far as the Court's decision is concerned, thus leading to; Two, we don't have in our hands any president elect awaiting assumption of office.
If anything, the first presidential election is scheduled for 26th October 2017 as ordered by the Court in its pronouncement. It is then that we would invoke into life the wordings of Article 134 (1) (a).


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