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Twisted, agenda-driven trans trolls are hell-bent on shutting down debate – even if it means attacking fellow minorities
Chris Sweeney
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The long-running gay magazine Boyz has endured a blistering attack and a loss of supporters, after some innocuous activity on social media gravely upset a few members of the militant trans lobby.
We seem to have blinked and opened our eyes to a different world. That's Planet Trans, where gender identity is forcibly injected into any situation. As a byproduct, a nasty army of activists are lying in wait to bite any person or platform who refuses to submit to their self-serving ideology.
Distilled down, it's that trans-sexuals are the most important part and pinnacle of the movement to end discrimination. These zealots really are fanatical, as seen by their attack on Boyz, a monthly gay magazine which has existed since 1991.
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As a non-reader of Boyz, it would be foolish of me to claim an in-depth knowledge of their content, but a perusal online shows they delve into HIV, Gender Dysphoria, BLM, gay holiday destinations, along with theatre and book reviews. They also have the usual social media channels and it's there that the magazine committed a grave misstep, according to The Trans Army.
The crime?
The retweeting of posts by LGB Alliance, one of which was "Welcome to #lgballiance, the home of people who know that lesbians are women who love other women, and gay men are men who love other men. On the basis of #SexNotGender. We are here to defend the rights of LGB people. This is a personal struggle for us."
Welcome to #lgballiance, the home of people who know that lesbians are women who love other women, and gay men are men who love other men. On the basis of #SexNotGender. We are here to defend the rights of LGB people. This is a personal struggle for us.
— LGB Alliance (@ALLIANCELGB) November 23, 2020
Boyz also retweeted a post about a webinar, discussing if gay men are getting lost in the gender identity debate and featuring a panel of speakers.
Guys, we have something just for you! The second Gay Spot webinar for gay and bisexual men: Thu 26 Nov - 1900. @DreyfusJames will be hosting and joined by @TwisterFilm@SimonFanshawe & @Lachlan_EdiIt's free and you can register at the link below:👍https://t.co/jh1AwmFTKc
The tsunami in response was shocking, to say the least.
One reply was "F*ck Boyz magazine. F*ck that hate group" and another "This is a fantastic example of how to completely destroy your brand in less than 24 hours and ensure that no right thinking LGBTQ organisations will ever work with you again." Famous London LGBTQ venue, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, announced it would no longer stock Boyz or have any connection to it. That stance was also adopted by Pride in London.
To be absolutely clear, The RVT will now not stock Boyz.
— Vauxhall Tavern (@thervt) November 26, 2020
We're shocked & disappointed to see Boyz magazine, formerly a champion of the LGBT+ scene, publicising & defending a transphobic hate group. We will no longer be working with them. There is zero place for transphobia in our society and we must call it out wherever we see it.
— Pride in London (@PrideInLondon) November 26, 2020
The row was so fervent that it had Boyz, a niche publication, trending on Twitter.
For those not steeped in agenda politics, you may be wondering why seemingly mundane posts on social media have precipitated such a backlash. It's because there's no T in LGB Alliance. It's a group of gay men, women and bisexuals who believe biological sex is observed in the womb and/or at birth, and not assigned. They feel that the interests of gay and bisexual people is under threat from efforts to confuse sex and gender. One of their arms is "to promote respectful freedom of speech and informed dialogue."
Sadly, not everyone subscribes to that principle.
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All of us are never going to agree on issues around sexuality, gender and identity – that's obvious. But what is alarmingly insidious is how certain groups are attempting to turn transphobia into the primary concern of the LGBTQ community. Frankly, their stance is childish and amounts to the old 'my dad is bigger than your dad' trope. They have adopted the attitude that they are the 'chosen ones' and have been wronged to a greater extent than 'normal' gay people, so are allowed to shout louder and more bitterly.
They are also placing a heinous expectation on their peers, by demanding they mirror their ideology.
In the same vein, celebrities Kanye West and Ice Cube were criticised for being black and showing support for Donald Trump. The assumption was – you are black, so you're a Democrat, which is racial profiling. And that is something that no progressive or just society should be indulging in.
That's what The Trans Army are doing to anyone who doesn't assume their cause. How can you say with any integrity to a gay person who endured the rampant discrimination of the 60s and 70s that they are espousing hatred by not agreeing with you? Why is the left-wing bible The Guardian losing award-winning journalists because they assume a trans point of view that goes against what some people think?
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There's no strong voice emanating from the trans community to shut this down and some platforms are intimidated to speak out, for fear they will become the next point of attack.
My view is, bring on the insults and all the obscenities you want to broadcast. It's time you were revealed for what you are; a shadowy group who aren't interested in diversity, who simply want to light fires and let things burn. Instead of stonewalling anyone who doesn't subscribe to your edicts, why not join these types of webinars and offer your opinions?
The public probably aren't as well-informed about trans issues as they could be, but that's no justification for cavorting about like a bunch of jackals. In my own professional experience right-wing groups are far more likely to engage in debate and discussion. I don't know why that is, but The Trans Army is only confirming that opinion. They should cease demanding that others comprehensively adhere to their beliefs. Respect goes both ways and without that, we will never get anywhere.
Everyone should be entitled to a life free from persecution or judgement – and that applies to anyone, inside or outside of the LGBTQ sphere.
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Read in the Handbook of Nature Study pages 335-337 (Lesson 39). Galls occur on a wide variety of plants, but the Handbook of Nature Study tells the story of galls on oaks, goldenrod, and the willow. The lesson also includes illustrations or images of actual galls and for this lesson it will be helpful for your children to know what to look for during their outdoor time. You can use this excellent visual resource to learn more what a variety of galls look like: Plant Galls. Interesting video of one kind of gall we have in California: Jumping Oak Galls.
Other trees and plants to observe for galls: rose bush, hickory, hackberry, maple, spruce, or poplar trees.
Refer to previous insect challenges: More Nature Study #2 Leaf-Miners or Winter Wednesday #7 Winter Insects.
Supplemental Information: Discover Nature: Close to Home has a chapter on galls that is excellent for children.
Spend fifteen minutes outdoors with your children, looking for signs of gall insects. Look at this challenge as a sort of "gall hunt" and encourage your children to use their observations skills.
Examine any galls you find. Use as many words as you can to describe the gall. (Ebook users: Some suggested words are found on the Gall Study notebook page.) Make sure to look for "exit holes".
Galls provide a way for certain insects to survive the winter. Use your follow-up time to have your children explain the life-cycle of the gall dweller or allow time for a nature journal to record their findings. Use the illustrations in the Handbook of Nature Study to help them draw a gall if possible.
Advanced Study: The formal name for the study of galls is "cecidology". Read this link: Gall-Making Insects. Summarize the information with words or drawings.
Advanced Study: Record in your nature journal or on the ebook notebook page four different galls either from your outdoor experiences or from your research. Also, explain in your own words the life cycle of one of the gall insects featured on your notebook page (egg, gall forms, larva develops, adults, egg).
Advanced Study: Sketch a gall dwelling insect from your area. Write an account of its specific life cycle on the journal page in the ebook or in your nature journal.
Gall Dwelling Insects – Winter Study.
I love this post. We found a gall when walking in the woods late last year and didn't know what it was.
We'll be looking for them when we go out.


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Michael Zévaco's The Pardaillan
Volume IV: Quietus
by Ed Berdugo, Editor and Translator
Eduardo Berdugo
Eduardo Berdugo, Editor and Translator
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Find out the exciting completion and sometimes nefarious ending of the fourth book of MICHAEL ZÈVACO'S THE PARDAILLAN and what is going to be the impossible to imagine climax of the series, in this new edition of Volume IV: Quietus Leonor was a typical French provincial woman, very beautiful, in her early twenties with golden hair, ice-blue eyes and lovely pale skin, as white as snow. Her svelte body would soon swing by the neck in the scaffold guaranteed to be a site for the eye of the beholder. Her principal crime was being the daughter of a Protestant and having a Catholic lover who left her. Aside from her intoxicating physical attributes, she loved to travel especially to the big cities and more specifically Paris. Where the splendor of spring was fitted for enamors during that time of the year. Even so, the stench of death and the bloody stains still perfumed the air and permeated the streets by the tens of thousands of cadavers that were further being cleared. This massacre of historical proportions had been the product of the great Huguenot slaughter during Saint Bartholomew's holidays. King Charles IX and his more culpable mother Catherine of Medici had thus cannily planned and conceived it. On occasions, new butchered Protestant bodies were found strewn on the side streets. Like on one morning, as she was strolling near Our Lady Cathedral, one of the sites of the massacre, she spotted a bishop wearing his full official garments going inside the church with the faithful where he was going to officiate mass in Latin; it was Sunday mid morning in May. He was a tall, virile man, of handsome features, with raven-black hair, but his peculiar eyes appeared familiar to Leonor, and not only the eyes, but his masculinity, his gait, in essence, the entire package. That something about him woke up her curiosity, and even though being a Protestant she had never gone to Our Lady or any church, for that matter, she chose to follow him inside. To her dismay, she discovered that the bishop at the altar officiating mass indeed was John, the lover who had abandoned her. The ringing of the small bells signaling the elevation ritual when John the bishop raised the consecrated elements of bread and wine during the celebration of the Eucharist, allowed her to see the features of his full face. Immediately, she launched in anger toward him, without realizing the importance of the sacredness of the moment, and went up the steps of the altar to expose the bishop's adulterous behavior in front of the community of Catholics. The faithful people shocked and angry rushed to seize her and hauled her off to the bottom of a wet and dark jail cell at a nearby prison. The tribunal took six months to find her guilt of heresy, blasphemy, and spreading publicly slanderous calumnies against the reverend bishop, and sentenced her to death by hanging. In the scaffold, the executioner placed the noose around her neck, and the trap door opened. As she fell to the void of her death, she began to spookily shout while swinging in the hangman's rope. However, those shouts were not of dying but were from labor pains. An innocent and scared creature had dropped, still connected to the umbilical cord of the mother's placenta, fallen on the scaffold's hardwood, begun crying and extended the arms as begging for the mercy of innocence while seeking the comfort, warmth and love that only a mother could give… Edited and Translated by Eduardo Berdugo
I was born in San Salvador, El Salvador in the fall of 1952; graduated from high school in 1969, and attended the Catholic University (UCA) where I studied the first two years in an economic degree. At that time, the Salvadorian civil war was beginning to fuel up, and my family thought it would be safer to [legally] immigrate to America were we arrived in November of 1972. My first job was as the doorman of the building where I used to live in Hollywood, California; I worked the evening shift while attending an English school at Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles. At that time America was ending the war in Vietnam, but the "cold war" was at full-fledged. When I enlisted in the US Army in September of 1973, and did my basic training at Fort Ord,outside Monterey Bay, California. After that, I went to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama for my military occupational service and trained as a Radar Repairman in the Vulcan and Chaparral missile systems. My permanent duty station was at Bitburg Air Force in the Federal Republic of Germany; I had a short temporary change of duty station to Crete, a Greek island in the Mediterranean for NATO maneuvers. On my second year in the Army, I became a United States Citizen. My honorable discharge came about in September of 1977. It was this type of training and experience that I used to seek employment during the return to my civilian life. In Los Angeles, California where the mother lode of the aerospace industry was flourishing, I worked for the next thirty-years in various companies at the beginning as an electronic technician and later, as I was promoted through the ranks, as a Quality Engineer. It was during this time that I married with two children, my son Gabriel, who just completed two tours of duty in Iraq and my daughter Christina, who is now rearing her first son. As my employment duties increased, I felt the necessity for more formal training. Thus, I attended first Moorpark College where I obtained my AA degree in General Liberal Arts and Science and later my BA in Geography from the California State University at Northridge. Presently, I am working on my MS in Engineering Management. It was during these years that I discovered my fondness for writing and found the Gutenberg Project in the Internet where I discovered in the public domain the Michael Zévaco's novels of The Pardaillan, which were never translated to English. The compelling story of Pardaillan, which takes place in the middle of the fifteenth century is about the religious wars in France between the Huguenots (French Protestants) and the Catholics, and could easily relate to what happened in the world since then, until now. I am not too sure if the massacre of Saint Bartholomew reached the peak of grotesqueness where millions of people died fighting to officiate the Catholic mass in French rather than Latin. Or, when the Hitler killed millions of Jews because of how they choose to worship God in the ancient way. Let's not forget the disputes in the six counties in Ulster, or can you tell the difference between the Hutus and Tutsis in the Rwandan Genocide? And I could go on and on, including citing those terrible slaughters among men, which easily will occur in our near future. For now, however, I hope you will enjoy reading The Pardaillan as much as I do in translating and editing it.

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The American Insurance Association (AIA) has commended Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell for signing legislation (SB 8) that reportedly makes significant changes to the commonwealth's drunk driving laws, including lowering the legal blood-alcohol level for driving under the influence of alcohol from .10 percent to .08 percent.
The bill creates a first-in-the-nation drunk driving law that imposes increasingly harsher penalties on drunk drivers based on their blood-alcohol content (BAC).
The three-tiered penalty system both expands treatment programs and stiffens fines and jail sentences for so-called "hard-core" drunk drivers. The tiers are .08 to less than .10; .10 to less than .16; and .16 and above. Criminal and civil penalties increase with the increasing BAC level.
Under the new law, a motorist with a blood-alcohol level of .16 or higher would receive a mandatory one-year prison sentence upon a third offense, while all drunk drivers would receive 90 days for a third offense, regardless of the blood-alcohol content. The bill's treatment component would require mandatory alcohol treatment even for first-time offenders in some cases.
This measure is designed to penalize chronic offenders and drivers with high blood-alcohol levels by imposing stiffer penalties. At the same time, the bill seeks to be reasonable by providing for limited drivers' licenses for first-time offenders to travel to work or treatment programs. The current law has no provision for limited licenses.


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This coat with hearts is now € 25,29 during the pre sale. With this coat, you're ready for Valentine or any other romantic date. This coat can of course be used for every day as well. You can buy it here.


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Sleeping Bear Dunes visitation down for July and August
By Capital News Service | September 24, 2021
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By MAX COPELAND
LANSING – 2020 was a record year for visitors at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
Over a million people went to the park in July and August alone.
But this year hasn't kept up. Park visits fell from about 1,082,000 in 2020 to 890,000 during the same two months in 2021.
That's the fewest visitors the park on West Michigan's Lake Michigan coast has seen during those months since 2015.
Deputy Superintendent Tom Ulrich says visitation numbers this year are pretty consistent with pre-COVID 19 pandemic numbers.
"I think it was not so much that attendance is down this year as it was attendance was through the roof in 2020," Ulrich said.
Even though visitation numbers are down compared to last year, they're up overall compared to past years. Ulrich says the park is on pace for its second-busiest year yet.
"I think it's a continuation of last year," Ulrich said. "People still might be hesitant to do some things like movie theaters and amusement parks and things of that nature, but you can always go for a hike and go to the beach or float a river."
A scenic wetland view along Peterson Road.
Despite fewer visitors this year, Sleeping Bear Dunes' revenue is expected to be about $1 million higher than last year. That's because the National Park Service waived entrance fees across the country during the beginning of the pandemic.
Max Copeland reports for Interlochen Public Radio in partnership with the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism
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This Mix by Megatronic Feels Like a Car Journey with a LoverThis Mix by Megatronic Feels Like a Car Journey with a LoverThis Mix by Megatronic Feels Like a Car Journey with a Lover
This Mix by Megatronic Feels Like a Car Journey with a Lover
Miki Mak's Trippin Mix Can Set Any Dance Floor On Fire
You Need to Listen to This All Vinyl Mix by La Lovemaker
Meet musician, DJ and activist Megatronic. Born and raised in London, now based in Dubai, she aims to celebrate the diversity of females within the Middle East with her organisation Female First Sessions by creating bridges between womxn to help develop strong role models from other people's experiences. As an avid traveller herself, Megatronic describes her mix for us as belonging to a car journey with a lover, on a new adventure across incredible landscapes.
Read on to learn more about Megatronic and the mix.
What was your inspiration behind this mix, where do you imagine it being played?
In the last couple of years, I have done most of my travelling via DJ bookings, but the explorer in me always extended the trip. Allowing myself a bit more time with each gig to stay longer in certain places and develop a sense of the culture.
Over the last 3 years, I've spent most of my time in the MENA region (Middle East North Africa) developing a strong taste for more traditional sounding musical influences that we can hear in modern music.
I think this playlist is a perfect reflection of the strong relationship between Africa and the Middle East with some hints of latin. This mix belongs to a car journey with a lover, on a new adventure across incredible landscapes. A beautiful summer's day party or deserted beach location with friends or family. Most definitely something that is complementary to a sun-drenched setting, full of love and blue skies.
Share a music related favourite music related travel memory.
One of my recent music related travel memories was last year travelling to Delhi, India for a show and choosing to extend my trip for extra few days. I was lucky enough to be shown around town by some of the local artists who are now good friends. On the 4th night of my trip, I was introduced to Delhi Dancehall. Pleasurably surprised by the selection of music, the vibes and even the dance moves, I mean the MC's mock jamican accent was questionable (haha), but I found that there was most definitely a high level of appreciation over appropriation.
Where are you most looking forward to travelling to and why?
Super excited about exploring South America - places like Brazil, Argentina and Peru - as I've never really been to this part of the world except for Mexico. Recently a friend of mine, Naffi was talking about doing a record shopping tour across South America. After this conversation I've been looking more deeply into the music scene and noticing the cross-pollination of music e.g. Latin sounds and influences in certain genres of African music, as a result of colonisation in Africa. " Salsa started in Africa" As a music enthusiast, I generally get obsessed with a style/genre of music and go deep in terms of how I want to experience it. Tastes, smells, culture, location and people…. I immediately want to learn more which generally leads to me travelling - curiosity always gets the better of me. I will hit up promoters and try to get some gigs booked and make it happen. Have you seen the carnival in Rio de Janeiro? It's so vibrant, colourful and fun. I can only imagine the people...might have to learn a bit of Salsa before (wink).
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You've founded two initiatives, Femxle First Sessions and Global Music Movement, can you share your inspiration behind them and your vision for them?
My inspiration around creating FFS was to create bridges between womxn and to help develop some strong role models from other people's experiences. As I've grown older within the music industry, I've felt a lack of unity from womxn in other sectors and fields, even within the creative world. So FFS was a platform to start conversation, to learn from one another and to provide examples for others coming up.
The platform grew momentum very quickly and in the 2/3 years, it has celebrated well over 300 womxn & men with more diverse lineups in the music & arts fields. Femxle First Sessions has created many different ways to access the not-so-celebrated and unseen talent from this region.
The intention is to highlight the forward-thinkers, the hidden gems, the alternative creators within the MENA region. The people who are working towards making a strong imprint to create a better world of equality.
Global Music Movement was a concept that I started during the early stages of quarantine, while I was stuck in Dubai. I really wanted to stay connected with the world, especially musically. It started as a simple concept to stream a live show with other DJs from different parts of the globe, stretching over all genres. So far I've featured DJs from Madrid, Sydney, Jeddah, London Copenhagen and New York. I believe music is something that holds the world together as we are unable to travel in a physical sense like we used to. We move from city to city, with live sets in different locations around the world.
As the concept has started to take shape, I've recently been working on a new direction for the show which will be launching in October. I'm going to move away from making video recordings of the live sets and I'll be introducing an interview/discussion element to the show, with the first 6 shows focusing on music from the MENA region.
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The Tracklist:
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Guy one feat. Florence Adooni - Estre
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Kutiman - Saluf
Amara Toura - El Carretero
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Kokoko! - Tongos'a
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"Special Talent"
All images © Monster By Mistake Series Inc. 1999
Synopsis: Billy's upset he's not getting more attention at the talent show rehearsal, so he comes up with an idea to get the Monster in trouble.
Behind the scenes: This is the sixth episode produced for the series.
PRODUCERS Hasmi Giakoumis, Julie Stall
EXECUTIVE STORY EDITOR Lawrence S. Mirkin
STORY EDITOR Deborah Jarvis
WRITTEN BY Lawrence S. Mirkin
DIRECTED BY Harry Rasmussen
Bill Colgate...................Johnny
Sally Cahill....................Mom
Tony Rosato...................Dad
Daniel De Santo.............Billy
Jayne Eastwood.............Aunt Dolores
Barbara Franklin............Ms. Gish
Susan Roman..................Freddy
Susan Roman..................Connor
Loretta Jafelice................Susan
ORIGINAL DESIGNS James R. Caswell, R. Scott Caple, Robert D.M. Smith, Mark Mayerson
DESIGNS & ART DIRECTION Andrew Woodhouse, Ron Job
STORYBOARD ARTIST Dan Nosella
LEAD MODELLER Tony Ascroft
Kelly Brennan, Pierre D'Aloisio, Greg Jowle, Derrik Kostancar, Thomas Sacchi, Ruben Salazar, Andrew Szerszen, Michael Towse
Trevor Davies, Brian Harris, Adam Hunter, Samad Khan, Steve McCart, Sara Newman, Dave Simmons
LIGHTING & RENDERING Ron Job, Ryan Madill, Suzanne Shortt, Farah Yusuf
TECHNICAL CONSULTANT Rick Hopkins
POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR and EDITOR Jay Houpt
SOUND BREAKDOWNS B. J. Marshall
PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR Kathleen Fillingham
POST PRODUCTION FACILITIES
OPTIX Digital Post & FX
JALEO EDITORS Gyorgy Levai, David Hedley
SOUND RECORDING Justin Drury
SOUND EFFECTS Justin Drury, Ferenc Szabo
MUSIC Bruce Fowler, Modular Music
CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Annette Frymer, John Hamilton
BUSINESS AFFAIRS Emily Larimer
MARKETING & DISTRIBUTION Rita Carbone Fleury
Financial Services Provided By Royal Bank of Canada
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You will find that my thoughts and organizing ideas that we will share, apply to every job or activity. There are always People, Paper (hard-copy & especially electronic), and Things that interfere with what we have to get done. There is definitely a connection between STRESS and the Mess (physical & spiritual)!!!
Time to just walk away!


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GMS understands tall buildings. Our engineers and architects are experts in not just the skyscraper's "bones" (the structure), but its "skin" (the envelope) as well.
On October 22nd, Achim Hermes will travel to the annual Middle East Conference of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) in Dubai to participate in a panel discussion about "skinning tomorrow's skyscrapers." The era of the "all-glass" skyscraper has been declared to be coming to an end for some time. If this is true, when will we see a change, and what will that change look like? How can the skyscrapers we build today be cost-effectively and optimally clad for an uncertain tomorrow? Four experts debate their visions of how we'll skin tomorrow's skyscrapers. These questions and others will be addressed at the CTBUH session.
Gary Steficek will also be in attendance at the Dubai conference, serving as a judge for CTBUH's annual awards in the category of Tall Building Renovation. This award recognizes projects that have made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of tall building renovation, and that take the technical solutions and possibilities for such renovations to the next level, innovatively extending the life cycle of the building.
At the end of November, GMS will present at the Chicago Architecture Center about renovating historic skyscrapers. Many of the most recognizable tall buildings dotting our skylines are more than 50 years old. How do we ensure these icons remain operable, profitable and vital to our cities for years to come? When does it make sense to tear down and build anew? The panel members will attempt to answer these questions using rapid-fire presentations followed by a moderated group discussion. "Too Tall to Fail: Revitalizing Our Iconic Skyscrapers" is co-hosted by CTBUH. Stay tuned for more information about this event.
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Including work gloves, dress gloves, and everything in between.
Whether you're rebuilding a fence post or winding down Park Avenue, carrying a briefcase or a toolbox, there's a pair of leather gloves for you. We've yet to find another material that can match the warmth, durability, and dressed-up and dressed-down style potential of leather. And despite its pricey reputation, there are plenty of affordable options around. But with so many choices, it can be hard to find the pair that everything you want in terms of price, functionality, and style. As such, we scoured the market to find a variety of leather gloves that are not only well-reviewed but run the gamut from pricey to inexpensive. Some are everyday touchscreen-able gloves; others are durable buckskin mittens. All keep your hands nice and toasty no matter how low the temperatures drop.
Jackson Hole-based Give'r has created an inexpensive icon with its gloves, which come in three different variations. You can pick up an unlined lightweight pair for $29 or the more heavy-duty 4-Season gloves for $114, but we think that, for $45, the mid-priced Classic Give'r Gloves are the best choice for most guys. The fleece-lined mitts are known as the glove of 100 uses for good reasons: their handsome yellow color, warm insulation, and hand-branded leather. These gloves are durable enough for the most rugged jobs. And even though it's not exactly necessary, we love the fact that you can get your initials burned into your new pair free of charge.
These gloves are made of 3.25-ounce deerskin leather that's tanned in a similar manner to Red Wing's famous shoes. You can pick them up in three different colors: black, brown, or nutmeg). You can also choose from sizes small to extra large, and you should make sure you err on the side of a smaller size. Natural leather has a tendency to stretch, so you can break in these gloves the same way you might break in a quality pair of Red Wing boots. The gloves are lined with a 40-gram Thinsulate lining that adds a lot of warmth without too much bulk.
Ski gloves bring to mind synthetic materials with tough-sounding features with technical-sounding features like Omni-Heat and Polartec. But you can still get a great pair of ski gloves made with leather, a pair like these Kinco gloves. The company claims that their pigskin leather will outlast both cowhide and fabric ski gloves. There are leather patches on the palm and fingers, areas that get a lot of wear and tear from skiiers. The glove are filled with a thermal lining that'll keep your fingers cold no matter how fast you shoot down the mountain. Even the wettest snow is no match for the waterproofing wax that coats the leather.
Hestra cuts their Granvik gloves from supple elk leather and then lines them with a moisture-wicking, insulating wool terry that feels as good as it sounds. They're available in four different colors, standard black and brown varieties along with olive green-brown and red-yellow combinations that are a little more out there than the other gloves on this list. Beyond their style, the quick-draw pull cord that seals draughts off at the wrist and is held in place by an elastic-backed inner section is probably our favorite feature of these toasty gloves.
The unlined Danner Elkskin Unlined Glove's shining mark comes from its low profile. They're fantastic for cold but not brutally cold weather, those in-between temps when you don't want to leave the house ungloved but too much padding will leave your hands sweaty and gross when you arrive at your destination. The unlined quality of these gloves also means that you can feel more through the fingers, and the elk leather is nice and grippy so you don't have to worry about things slipping out of your hands.
While not as iconic (or pervasive) as their winter coats, Canada Goose gloves are nevertheless a solid choice if you're looking for a slightly dressier glove. Under the ribbed leather stitching, tight insulation runs throughout, creating the warmest glove on this list. While dexterity is such that you can easily text with the index-finger touchscreen pad, it's plenty rugged. The designers had the good sense to reinforce the leather in high-wear spots.
When it comes to the wet, cold winters of the Pacific Northwest, local outerwear company Filson knows what your frozen fingers need most: each other. Its Northern Pacific Leather Mittens enclose fingers together, swaddling them in a wet-or-dry wool lining encased within wild deer buckskin. These mittens run a little large so you can put on a pair of liner gloves before throwing these on. On days when it's truly frigid, you'll appreciate the ability to wear what's essentially a base layer for your hands.
Combining neoprene and leather in just the rights spots, the Timberland Mixed-Media Panel Gloves uses both materials to its advantage. On the index-finger tips and across the high-wear area of the back, a gloss-black goat leather is implemented. On the palms and cuffs lies a waterproof neoprene, which grips wet or dry. Their combination is both touchscreen-friendly and incredibly practical.
Looking for a bargain? Look no further than these Uline Cowhide Gloves. They cost a fraction of the price of the other products on this list but you still get a leather glove with an elastic wrist band that keeps cold away from your hands. Uline's offering is not fancy—in fact, the company claims they're the favorite of forklift operators and long-haul truckers—but they'll more than do the job for the season. You can unlined pairs for $11 each, but we think it's worth the extra buck to get lined pairs for $12 each. These gloves are so inexpensive that they're sold in three-packs, so even if one pair does wear out you'll have a couple of extra ready to go.


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St. Tammany Sheriff on Jack Strain verdict: 'No one is above the law'
Sheriff Randy Smith added that he is sympathizing with the victims and their families as well as the employees of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office.
Author: WWL Staff
Published: 9:11 AM CST November 9, 2021
Updated: 9:11 AM CST November 9, 2021
ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. — Current St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Randy Smith said he is pleased that there is justice for the victims after a jury found former, long-time sheriff Jack Strain guilty of sex crime charges on Monday.
In a statement released Tuesday morning, Smith said that the verdict against Strain "proved that no one is above the law."
"From day one as Sheriff, I have worked with Federal and State partners, who were already investigating criminal acts of the prior Sheriff," Smith said. "That is why I committed myself and my administration to change so many things with your St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office – from uniforms and vehicles to the ethical and moral values represented throughout the agency."
Smith added that he is sympathizing with the victims and their families as well as the employees of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office.
"All of you are victims too of the former Sheriff's wrongful and criminal acts. As Sheriff, I will continue to commit myself and my administration to work together so that we, as a community, can move past this," Smith said.
A St. Tammany Parish jury convicted their former sheriff on rape charges after weighing evidence that Strain raped and molested multiple people over the course of decades.
Over the two-week trial, state prosecutors portrayed Strain as a master manipulator and sexual predator, preying on young boys left in his care since he was a teenager.
Strain and his family remained stoic as he learned his fate: Guilty of four counts of aggravated rape, two counts of aggravated incest, and one count each of sexual battery and indecent behavior with a juvenile. A mandatory life sentence awaits him at his Jan. 18 sentencing.
"I don't have a message for Jack Strain," said St. Tammany DA Warren Montgomery. "He faced his accusers. I think they had a message for him."
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Comprehensive Services for all victims of Trafficking
The Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking
The purpose of this award, one of several projects funded under the Services for Victims of Human Trafficking Grant Program, is to allow the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking to provide or dispatch legal services for victims of human trafficking as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, as amended. The Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking will ensure the provision of direct legal services for foreign national and U.S. citizen victims of trafficking identified or living in the urban area of Los Angeles, and its contiguous communities and will provide training and technical support to build capacity for legal service providers in the targeted region over a two year project period. ca/ncf
OVC FY 2022 Measuring the Impact of Victim Services: Implementation, Management, and Sustainment of the Measures for Providers Responding to Victimization Experiences (iMPRoVE) Project
Direct Services to Support Victims of Crime in Seattle


When casting your Christmas show or nativity, let the children choose which parts to play. Don't presume you know who will be the best candidate to play each part! Allow time for your children (of any age) to listen to a synopsis of the story and act out the play informally in a large space, all children playing all parts they wish to try. (Don't worry if it's a bit of a mess at this stage!) Give out a few copies of the script to older children. Good candidates to play certain parts will always miraculously come to the fore. If more than two good candidates arise for a main part, let the other children vote on who plays the part. This method never fails to find your best 'solo singers, actors and actresses', in my experience - with sometimes very unexpected results! It also gives all children a chance to be heard and seen, including those who are generally quieter and might not normally be considered for main acting parts or solo singing parts.


State Board of Education Fires University of Idaho Athletic Director Rob Spear.
Progress Report on East 3rd Street Traffic Calming.
Washington Abortion Law May Prevent Trump Supreme Court from Having Much Impact in the State.
Protesters Call for End to Border Patrol Action at Spokane Bus Depot.
Report Says UI Athletic Director Rob Spear Insensitive in Fielding Sexual Assault Complaint against Football Player in 2013.
Spokane County Republican Party Chair Praises James Allsup.
Fire Crews From Australia & New Zealand Coming to Idaho to Help with Wildfires.


The Douglas DC-3 Dakota has probably been the most reliable aircraft ever designed and built. There were more than 10,000 DC-3 planes manufactured, and still hundreds remain in use. These are propeller driven aircraft and you will see a lot of these aircraft in Florida and also in the whole of the Caribbean and Bahamas. Their job is mainly island hopping.
At 7:40 p.m. on December 27th, 1948, a DC-3 landed at San Juan airport in Puerto Rico. It came from Miami and was scheduled to return after a short halt at San Juan. At 10:03 p.m. when all seemed to be okay, the flight was allowed to take off. The captain was advised to stay close to San Juan until the two-way communication was fully established from the air. At 11:23 p.m., the captain sent his routine radio transmission to indicate the flight position - it was at 8,300 feet altitude and reported ETA of 4:03 a.m. in Miami. Strangely, the message was received at the Miami control tower, which is some 700 miles away and there was no transmission received at San Juan, which is much closer. The captain next reported the flight position when the aircraft was 50 miles south of Florida and only 20 minutes to landing. Strangely again, the message was received in New Orleans, which is about 600 miles away, and not in Miami. The New Orleans radio tower forwarded the message to the Miami station and that was the last message ever received from the DC-3. The weather was normal and repeated radio signals from the control towers did not get any response. The DC-3 had suddenly disappeared and no trace of the plane or its passengers has ever been found.


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HUNGER HOPE ADVOCACY AWARD
The Hunger Hope Advocacy Award is given to an advocate, public employee/agency, non-profit organization, business, or other individual or group as recognition for significant accomplishments towards ending hunger through education, outreach, and advocacy. This work may include educating the public and policymakers on the status of hunger in Montana, collaboration with community and governmental organizations to implement solutions to reducing hunger, and pursuing long term solutions at the local, state, or federal policy levels.
The nomination should demonstrate that the nominee has gone above their normal job duties to make a noteworthy contribution to their local community or the state as a whole.
In the nomination, please clearly identify how the nominee meets the following:
worked to create consistent and sustainable access to nutritious food,
worked to address a root cause of hunger,
removed a barrier to accessing programs or services, or
employed a creative/innovative method to overcome a problem.
Letters of nomination should include specific activities that warrant the award. The deadline for nominations to be received is 5 pm, Friday, December 11, 2020
Thank you for taking the time to recognize deserving individuals in your community. Please return the attached nomination form to Gayle Carlson at the address below by mail, email, or fax no later than 5 pm on Friday, December 11, 2020. Please remember to include the address and telephone number of the nominee as well as the nominator on the form. Feel free to contact Chief Executive Officer, Gayle Carlson.
The Food Security Council (FSC) purpose is to improve access to nutritious food for all Montanans through long-term, policy advocacy solutions. The council serves to identify barriers to food security, gaps in services, and the need for program development throughout the state. The council has representation from statewide advocacy groups, state offices (such as SNAP and Child Nutrition programs), congressional delegations and members of MFBN board and staff. Find the full list of members below.
I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things
– Mother Teresa
MFBN's Public Policy Department works to carry out much of the work identified by the Food Security Council.
Food Security Council Actions and Priorities
Build Collaboration between Programs:
The Council strengthens communication and collaboration between public and private groups working to increase food security in the state.
Impact Policy at the State and Federal Levels:
The Council responds to current policy proposals and advocacy opportunities at the state and federal levels.
Support Communication with Congressional Offices:
Representatives from Montana's Congressional offices share information on current legislation. In turn, other Council members provide updates on the public food programs and the status of hunger in the state.
Honor Montanans through the Food Security Council Awards:
The Council recognizes people in Montana that have performed extraordinary efforts to reduce hunger and increase access to healthy foods for people in need.
Focus on Current and Critical Issues:
Current priorities include addressing senior hunger in Montana and supporting healthy environments at Montana's food pantries
For more information about the Food Security Council contact Lorianne Burhop, Chief Policy Officer


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Chapel Street, close to the city & to St Kilda (beach) our address is 36 greville street, Prahran. not 34.
We take a refundable key deposit on arrival. Check in time between 3pm - 10pm everyday Checkout is 11am sharp, If you require an earlier check out time, please speak to reception. Please note that we accept international guests only. $50 key deposit is taken for each guest and returned upon check out.


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Q: Function calculate the mean I'm trying to calculate the mean of numbers using a function with an int number of the total double numbers in my array, but i just feel my function is awful, any advice on how i can improve my function?
#include <stdio.h>

double meanOfPositive(double *arr, int length);

int main()
{
    int numValue = 6;
    double numbers[] = { 1.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.4, 5.5, 6.6 };
    double mean2;

    mean2 = meanOfPositive(numValue, numbers);

    printf("Mean of all numbers is %.2f", mean2);
    getchar();
    return 0;
}

double meanOfPositive(double *arr, int length)
{
    int numValue = 6;
    double tot = 0;
    double mean = 0;
    double numbers[] = { 1.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.4, 5.5, 6.6};

    for (int i = 0; i < numValue; i++)
    {
        tot = tot + numbers[i];
    }
    mean = tot / numValue;
    return mean;
}

A: what I would do is the following:
double mean(double arr[], int len)
{
    double total = 0;
    for(int i = 0; i < len; i++)
        total += arr[i];
    return total / len;
}

and then you call it from main like this:
double mean2 = mean(numbers, numValue);

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An acclaimed audio-based art installation exploring an artist's experience of falling critically ill with a rare brain infection, followed by her journey of rehabilitation with an acquired brain injury, will premiere in the North West later this month at Liverpool's 17 Love Lane arts venue.
In 2008, playwright Shannon Yee fell ill with a life-threatening brain infection requiring intensive surgery and a lengthy recovery process.
Reassembled, Slightly Askew allows audience members to experience the different stages Shannon went through; from descending into a coma, the surgery and during her recovery back into society with a hidden disability.
By using special audio (binaural) technology listeners feel they are inside Shannon's head.
Michael Broadway, a committee member at local brain injury Headway Liverpool, praised the play for raising awareness of brain injury and has since been working with Shannon and the director to bring the play to the North West.
The installation, which gained highly acclaimed reviews during its time in Belfast and then London (as part of A Nation's Theatre festival at London's BAC), and most recently Dublin (as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival,) opens in Liverpool 24th January until 28th January at 17 Love Lane, Liverpool.
There are three performances each day limited to four people, 11am, 2pm and 5.30pm.


In 2000 I received a Ph.D. in Plant Ecology from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (University of London), supervised by Jeff W. Bates. I am currently working in the Island Biodiversity, Biogeography and Conservation Research Group (IBBC) of cE3c. I am a professor of Biology at the University of Azores. My research focuses mainly on two areas: Bryophyte's ecology, biogeography and physiology and Environmental Education. I have been involved in island research, using the Azorean archipelago and the Macaronesia islands as a model system.


Having a central location is ideal when you want to have access to it all. Live at Northlake Village apartments, in a quiet neighborhood with green, outdoor spaces and instant access to everything you need. Northlake Village is located in the most premier location in Noblesville, close to US 69 and 465 and less than 30-miles from Indianapolis.
Northlake Village is located across the street from Noblesville High School, within minutes of the Hamilton East Public Library, and conveniently located just behind State Road 37. Our proximity to Conner Prairie, Clay Terrace,Hamilton Town Center, and Klipsch Music Center makes us one of the most desired locations in all of Noblesville.
Noblesville has a diverse business community that draws in highly skilled workers. Some of the major employers in the area include SMC Corporation of America, Ambu, Inc., Helmer Scientific, Riverview Health, Hamilton County, and Noblesville Schools. Ask about our preferred employer program today.
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I bought this Pinky:St figurine several years ago, and still like it. I want to get another one from Ebay soon and there are are a few that I like, but Suu is still the coolest one. The only problem is that she is not balanced well, and will fall backwards. I tried heating it up with a hair dryer, and it works ok for a few hours, but then the plastic reverts to its original shape. I guess I need to do a little more research. Or perhaps more heat is needed.
The photo I took was taken using a new adapter I bought on Ebay to fit my old Minolta manual focus lenses to my Sony a77. While they fit ok, the focusing distance is severely limited: the max focus distance is probably around six feet, but the minimus focusing distance is super tight now. Maybe a couple inches!


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Temperature Drops In J&K, More Rains To Lash In 24 Hours
Srinagar: Minimum temperature recorded a drop at most places on Saturday due to overnight rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir but the night-time temperature continues to record above normal across the Himalayan region.
The Weatherman has forecast light to moderate rains in Jammu and Kashmir in next 24 hours.
A meteorological department official said that Kashmir capital, Srinagar received 2.1mm of rain in the last 24 hours, Qazigund 1.8mm, Pahalgam 0.9mm, Kupwara 0.8mm, Jammu 2.6mm, Batote 2.6mm, Bhaderwah 0.4mm and Katra 3.4mm.
He said that Srinagar recorded a low of 20.0°C against 22.5°C on the previous night. However, he said, the temperature was 2.3°C above normal during this time of the year for the summer capital.
In South Kashmir, Qazigund 20.6°C against 19.7°C on the previous night was recorded but the temperature was still 4.5°C above normal for the gateway town of Kashmir and top tourist destination Pahalgam recorded 16.1°C against 17.1°C on previous night and it was 4.2°C above normal. While, Kokernag recorded a low of 19.3°C against 18.8°C last night and it was 3.6°C above normal for the place.
In north Kashmir, Gulmarg recorded 13.8°C against 12.6°C last night and it was 2.0°C above normal for the place. Whereas Kupwara saw a low of 18.6°C against 19.2°C on previous night and it was 2.5°C above usual for this time of the season, the official said.
In Jammu region, a low of 27.2°C was recorded with 1.5°C above normal.
In Chenab valley, Banihal recorded a low of 20.8°C, Batote 19.3°C, Katra 23.4°C while Bhadarwah had a minimum of 21.9°C, the official said.
(GNS)


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About The Quilters Hall of Fame
TQHF Team and Mission
Marie Webster Quilt Guild
Marie Webster House
PCC & St Louis Train Depot
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Honoree list
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Thank you to all our friends and supporters who shared photos of their quilts to be displayed here. Enjoy!
Christmas Exchange by Vicki Schmidt – This was my first Christmas Block Exchange in 2018. The trees were mine and the other blocks were from the exchange. I quilted it myself.
This was an Amanday Murphy design that I completed this year, 2020. I did the piecing and quilting. Vicki Schmidt.
Oh Deer by Vicki Schmidt. Oh Deer is a Laura Heine design with a Christmas take. It was my 2nd collage piece. I did the collage work and the quilting.
Vicki Schmidt
Snowmen and Snowflakes by Vicki Schmidt. This was completed in 2020. I purchased the snowmen on eBay. My husband did the snowflakes and then I pieced and quilted.
Baltimore Babe by Mimi Dietrich. About 44" square, she made it this year, 2020.
It's adapted from a Baltimore crib quilt made in 1843.
This quilt was made by long time TQHF supporter, Jean Strawser. The quilt was featured at the Indiana State Fair in 1995. The photos were submitted by Phebe Smith.
"Christmas in the Country" by Susan Price Miller. This quilt is adapted from "Is This Heaven…?" by Country Threads in Garner Iowa.
Arlene Stevens purchased this quilt in 2019, in Jurupa Valley, California.
May your holidays sparkle with joy and laughter! And wishes for all the best in 2021 from all of us at The Quilters Hall of Fame.
The Quilters Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization whose mission is to celebrate the art of quilting and the people who have made major contributions to the quilting world.
We are located at 926 S Washington Street, Marion, IN 46952. We will be closed for the winter December 13, 2020 – February 22, 2021.
TQHF is located in the former home of Marie Webster, an influential quilt designer in the early 1900s. (Read more about Marie here)
Funding has been provided to The Quilters Hall of Fame from Indiana Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act economic stabilization plan of 2020.
Activities are made possible in part by the Community Foundation of Randolph County and the Indiana Arts Commission, which receives support from the State of Indiana and the National Endowment for the Arts.


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Marshall Sutcliffe plays a lot of poker and Magic. He has been playing poker seriously since around 2005, and returned to Magic around the release of Eventide. He was exposed to something called "drafting" around this time, and has never looked back. An avid MTGO as well as live player, he is always looking for ways to improve his game and get to the next level. Marshall writes the Limited Information column on dailymtg.com, and does live video commentary for Wizards of the Coast at Grand Prix and Pro Tours. Marshall lives in Seattle, Washington and enjoys basketball, motorcycles, vintage watches, and hiking.
Marshall also enjoys painting Magic card alters in his spare time. You can see them on his alters blog.
Luis Scott-Vargas is a Pro Tour Hall of Famer and Pro Tour Champion. He won Pro Tour Berlin in 2008 and is considered one of the best players ever to play the game. His community work is also one of the best out there. He helped pioneer draft videos, writes articles, and does Pro Tour and Grand Prix video coverage. He loves drafting, and tries to go deep whenever possible. He's trying to cut down on the number of seven-drops he plays, but he insists they are better than they look.
Luis lives in Denver, Colorado and enjoys cooking and basketball in his spare time.
Past Co-Hosts
Ryan Spain started Limited Resources with Marshall in 2009. Ryan was teaching Marshall about Limited and they decided to take the conversations to the airways, partly with the hope that Wizards of the Coast would notice and hire him as a game designer. In 2011, Wizards of the Coast hired him as a game designer in R&D. Ryan is the driving force for much of the core concepts of Limited Resources like ROTTY, Never Concede, BCSM, DNR, and the Vanilla Test. Ryan works at Wizards on the digital side, as well as on card sets. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
Jon Loucks joined LR after Ryan and was an instant hit. Jon is an avid Limited player and Constructed brewer, first making his mark by winning a PTQ with a combo deck of his own design. Jon brought many innovations to LR, including the Sign-off and the Sunset Show. Jon left the show to work at Wizards, and still works in the game industry as a game designer in San Francisco, California.
Brian Wong joined LR after Jon left to work at Wizards. Brian brought an extensive knowledge of Limited to the table. Brian mainly plays on Magic Online, but his record at high-level tournaments is outstanding as well. Brian's passion for teaching and improvement at Limited helped take the show to a new level. He contributed such concepts as Quadrant Theory, Defensive Speed, and Shelly the Crab. Brian lives in Seattle, WA.
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New Academic Visitor from Nigeria
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
Associate Professor of Radiology, Godwin Ogbole has arrived on a six-month visit to the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, as part of the Africa Oxford Initiative.
Associate Professor Godwin Ogbole (centre) and radiology residents at University College Hospital Ibadan, Nigeria
Godwin Ogbole teaches at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. As well as teaching diagnostic neuroradiology to medical students, he works as a Consultant Neuroradiologist at the affiliated University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan. In terms of research, his major interests are stroke, dementia and paediatric epilepsy. He is also keen on improving the quality of brain imaging research in Africa and more recently has become fascinated by applying machine learning tools to his work.
One of his academic colleagues, who had benefited from the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx), first told him about it. AfOx strives to encourage equitable research collaborations between Africa-based researchers and researchers at the University of Oxford. Their Visiting Fellowship Programme, which assists African academics in spending time at Oxford, was established to improve academic mobility and network building.
When Godwin first heard about AfOx, he was keen to discover whether there was any work going on in Oxford in his areas of interest, which would make a Visiting Fellowship worthwhile. He contacted Michael Chappell, now at the University of Nottingham but previously at Oxford, having heard from a colleague that he was a pioneer of a particular technique known as Arterial Spin Labelling (ASL). Professor Chappell suggested that Godwin would be interested in the work of Peter Jezzard and our Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging. So this is how Godwin came to cite Peter as a potential host on his application form.
It was heart-warming to hear Godwin say 'In my more than twenty-year career and having visited a number of other countries in Europe and the Americas, I have never met a more wonderful host than Peter', who has taken such care to welcome him to Oxford. As well as expressing concern over his experience of the food and the weather, Peter has already introduced Godwin to a 'mountain of people' and is prepared to assist him in navigating the 'Oxford academic climate' while he is here.
Godwin has high hopes for his visit. His overarching ambition is to bridge the gap between African scholars' ideas for advanced MRI research, and the current lack of local facilities to enable them to be carried out. He is keen to establish a long-term research collaboration with Oxford researchers. Such a partnership could eventually help to leverage funding for an MRI research hub in Africa. Godwin's vision is for a centre with up to date equipment which researchers from around Africa could use, with the help of seasoned global research mentors and innovators. This would mean that locally relevant research questions could be addressed, thereby improving healthcare systems in Africa.
The practical steps towards achieving this vision are already under way. Godwin and his Canadian collaborator, Udunna Anazodo, recently obtained funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) 'Strengthening MRI Education & Research in African Countries' to start a 'Consortium for the Advancement of MRI Education and Research in Africa' (CAMERA). Godwin will use his visit to Oxford to build this network.
Godwin is attached to University College while he is here, and was amazed to find that he is staying just a stone's throw from where Thomas Willis made his seminal discoveries about the brain over four hundred years ago. Godwin describes his experience of being in Oxford as an overwhelming feeling of 'walking inside history'. He's looking forward to visiting Christ Church to see the location of the Harry Potter movies, and sending some pictures to his children, who will be very impressed.
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Which type of foundation is best for black cotton soil?
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2020-07-29T18:14:16-07:00Added an answer on July 29, 2020 at 6:14 pm
Black cotton soil is a very dangerous soil for the building on account of its volumetric changes with the change in atmospheric conditions. It swells and shrinks according to temperature change.
When we decide on a construction in it, we have to take many precautions. Engineers prefer Pad foundation, Pier foundation, and Under-reamed pile foundation.
The under-reamed pile foundation is the best for black cotton soil. It has bulbs at its lower end.
If this bulb is given below the critical depth of moisture movement in black cotton soil, the foundation will be secured to the ground, and it would not move with movement (shrinkage and swelling) of soil.
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2020-10-01T19:04:42-07:00Added an answer on October 1, 2020 at 7:04 pm
Generally, for black cotton soil is also famous as expansive soil whose bearing capacity is less for suitability of spread footings and wall footings. So for black cotton soil mat foundation is most suitable. Mat foundation is recommended and also economical when the area of footings becomes greater than 50% area of building.
Vivek Patel
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First of all if possible that we need to remove black cotton soil and make raft foundation with piles
Black cotton soil has very bad property of swelling and shrinkage due to that phenomena, different use settlement of foundation occur and lead to failure of the structure.
We can use soil treatment for foundations black cotton soil
CNS material treatment
Chemical treatment like lime
Under reams piles
Pile foundation
Raft foundation with tie beam
In black cotton soil mostly used CNS material treatment and under ream foundation.
Dhanya Beginner
Black cotton soil swells during the rainy season and crack during the summer season due to shrinkage. If the depth of black cotton soil is more, then the following foundations may be provided.
Strip foundation
Pier foundation
Under reamed pile foundation
1. Strip foundation:
These foundations are usually constructed during the dry season. A suitable plinth protection should be made around the external wall, so that moisture does not penetrate the foundation during the rainy season.
2. Pier foundation
Pier is a vertical column of a large cross-sectional area. These are taken up to good bearing strata then the piers are connected with concrete or masonry arch.
3. Under reamed pile foundation
These piles are bored and then concreted at the site. They are provided with reams and reinforcement. The top of the pile is provided with a capping beam over which walls are constructed.
The under reamed pile foundation is most commonly used in black cotton soil.
2020-12-15T19:24:19-08:00Added an answer on December 15, 2020 at 7:24 pm
Depending on the structural needs one can choose shallow, deep as well as mat foundation. The thing that matters is which type of structure is going to be built.
Structural Engineer Beginner
most suitable type foundation for black cotton soil is Under reamed pile
CB Sowmya
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Under reamed piles are best suited for black cotton soil.
Ajinkya Morey
Ajinkya Morey Beginner
Under reamed pile is the best type of foundation for black cotton soil as it's
The reamed pipe is placed with the moistured surface, and the ball present in it will allow the equal distribution of the load of the structure
Komal Bhandakkar
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2020-11-21T17:52:19-08:00Added an answer on November 21, 2020 at 5:52 pm
This answer was edited.
Foundation for Black Cotton Soil:
Actually the under-reamed pile foundation is one of the best foundation for black cotton soil.
Under-reamed pile has bulbs at its lower end.
Strip foundation & Pier foundation also used for black cotton soil.
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Steinberg Hart announced today that Frederick Braggs, Assoc. AIA, has joined the firm as Principal & Chief Financial Officer. As part of the firmwide executive leadership team, Braggs will lead the business and financial operations for the award-winning, full-service architecture firm.
"It's with great pleasure that I welcome Frederick to Steinberg Hart as Principal & CFO. The addition builds upon our strong growth momentum and reinforces the depth of our executive team," said President & CEO David Hart, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP. "I am particularly impressed with Frederick's ability to deftly balance financial management objectives—and the bottom line—with conscientious support of the delivery of first-in-class design across diverse sectors and regions. He knows the business of architecture inside-and-out and how to inspire all levels of a design team to understand how a project pencils while also having a deep understanding of the client side of the financial equation."
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 Wang (titul) () – čínský titul, podle kontextu překládaný jako král, kníže nebo princ, používán byl též v Koreji a Mongolsku;
 Wang (příjmení) – čínská příjmení  a ; korejské příjmení 왕.

 osobní jméno ()
 Liou Wang (* 1969) – čínský kosmonaut;

 místopisná jména
 Wang (řeka) – řeka v Thajsku;
 Wang (Bavorsko) – obec v Bavorsku;
 Wang (Norsko) – obec v Norsku;
 Wang (Rakousko) – obec v Dolních Rakousích;
 Kostel Wang – původem norský kostel v Polsku.

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 wang – iniciační obřad v tibetském buddhismu (viz iniciace v buddhismu);
 Wang Film Productions – filmové studium na Tchaj-wanu;
 Wang Laboratories – počítačová společnost v USA.

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New business to open in former Sears building in downtown West Bend
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June 1, 2017- West Bend, WI – The old Sears building in downtown West Bend, 102 S. Main St., is going to be revamped and a new Vietnamese, sushi and Chinese restaurant will be opening. "This will be a bar and restaurant," said Bababebay Luu, the new owner.
Luu, who goes by the American name Sandy, closed this morning on the purchase of the 2-story building, 102 S. Main Street.
Born in Vietnam, Luu left her country in 1983. "I left my mom when I was 14 years old," she said. "I lived in the Philippines for three years and that's where I learned English."
Luu then moved to Canada where she got married and had two boys. She has been in the U.S. since 1990.
"When I got here I worked," she said. Luu is also the current owner of Modern Nails on S. Main Street in the Paradise Pavilion. "We are very busy," she said.
Standing about 5-foot-3, the diminutive Luu walks through the huge building with confidence. "We'll knock out this wall and right here will be the kitchen," she said.
There is an altar still in place on the first floor; a remnant of when the building was home to Generations Christian Fellowship. The walls of the back hall are lined with decorative tin ceiling tiles; hundreds of them.
Luu scrolls through photos of luxurious Asian restaurants and interior decor on her cell phone. The high ceilings and 6,000-square-feet of space on the first floor will be perfect for her layout.
The remodel, according to Luu, will be completed by her boyfriend. She optimistically said she would like to be open in six months.
"I have a cousin who has a really big restaurant in another country and I have my friend in Vancouver with a restaurant and they will help me to start.
Walking upstairs there is a maze of rooms. Luu plans to live on the premises. She already has dibs on her bedroom overlooking Main Street.
The former Sears building was listed by Paula Becker with RE/MAX United. The asking price for the location was $269,900. Real estate agent John Newkirk with Hanson & Co. Real Estate said the buyer closed at $250,000.
According to the city assessor's office, BMO Harris Bank took over the property Feb. 23, 2017. They purchased it $161,800.
Prior to that it wasn't fully taxed because it was a tax-exempt organization; the taxes at that time were $157,600. When the bank took over the parcel the full assessment on the parcel was for $258,600.
The property had been vacant as of Jan. 1, 2017.
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i hope they are open for lunch and have banh mi on their carry out menu!
Posted by Thomas Lohse June 7, 2017
I hope the chinese part of this is good.


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When first installed it was at 4.11.1 if i remember correctly. Yes, I have the original install and another folder for patching. Patched to 4.12.2.
Gpu performance is the same on both original and patched when in opengl.
System is about 8 years old?
I think that this system is probably below what is need, but when the Direct X ran smoothly, I thought there has to be a way to get opengl going.
Should I be selecting one of the gpu's listed in the game? Could that cause damage?
Perhaps it is time to start saving for a cheap used gpu that has not been used for coin mining.
My board has a 75w pcie slot and a 6 pin connector.
Time to put some toonies away.
Core 2 Duo E6550 was begun to sell in July-2007.
So (besides when you bought the PC) its architecture was 2007 standard one ..... 11.5 years ago.
I'm not sure such old system can handle current video card.
Perhaps GT440 generation is available.
Isn't DirectX mode OK without any hardware retouch ?
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The Cost of Conviction
There has always been a heavy cost borne by those who insist on speaking truths. People who defied conventional wisdom and stood up to the orthodoxy of the establishment have been labeled heretics, marginalized and brutally repressed throughout human history. However, in the age of information where the ruling elites fear bad press, draconian tactics that were used in the past to silence dissenters have evolved and taken on more subtle forms of intimidation.
Nowhere is this more evident than in the industry of news where the ongoing consolidation of media has made it possible for a corporations to enforce a code of conduct that rewards those who toe "accepted narratives" and punishes those who defy them. The pillars of journalism used to be rooting out corruption and speaking truth to power, these principles have been eviscerated by "news" executives who slavishly chase profits—the fourth estate is now the manor of the oligarchy.
In a paradigm where a few plutocrats have an iron-clad grip on the way news is produced and disseminated, censorship by way of denial of access is a threat that keeps most media professionals on the straight and narrow. Those who stray from their lanes are immediately dealt with, no one is safe from banishment. Chris Hedges, Seymour Hersh, Cornel West and a handful of award winning journalists and thinkers with massive following can attest to the closed doors that greeted them once they dared to question authority.
If those with name recognition can be shut out from mainstream media, what hope do lesser known voices have of speaking truth and remaining relevant? There is a cost to conviction, reporting that the emperor has no clothes leads to marginalization by the king and repudiation by his courtiers. Given this paradigm, most have chosen to keep their access and maintain their status rather than deviated from norms and risk losing it all. Paychecks and platforms are the carrots by which media conglomerations keep news professionals in line.
The idea that we have a viable free press in America is laughable, corporate media declared a war on the first amendment and won by weaponizing their wealth.
I mentioned Seymour Hersh earlier, he is a case example of what happens when one disturbs propaganda with facts. In 2015, Hersh tried to get the New Yorker, a magazine where he was a regular contributor since 1993, to publish a story debunking the killing of Osama bin Laden. Hersh spent more than a year interviewing people in Pakistan, within the American military and personnel who had intimate knowledge of the raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad. What he produced was a dossier that exposed a coordinated lie meant to burnish Obama's credentials while burying the truth in a mountain of propaganda.
"Within days, some of the early exaggerations and distortions had become obvious and the Pentagon issued a series of clarifying statements. No, bin Laden was not armed when he was shot and killed. And no, bin Laden did not use one of his wives as a shield. The press by and large accepted the explanation that the errors were the inevitable by-product of the White House's desire to accommodate reporters frantic for details of the mission."
The full report gave a stunning insight into the inner machinations of the ways narratives are spun by authorities and meekly parroted by the press. Predictably, the New Yorker quashed the story and refused to issue Hersh's work. The only way he was able to get the story out was by making it available at the London Review of Books, a website that has an almost non-existent footprint compared to the reach of the New Yorker. Shortly after Hersh published "The Killing of Osama bin Laden", he was viciously maligned by pundits and subsequently ostracized by the establishment. To this day, Hersh—who has earned numerous awards and accolades going back to his reporting on the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam—is rarely to be seen or heard anywhere near corporate media.
The same fate met Chris Hedges for his stance on the rush to judgment during the lead up to the Iraq War. While almost every mainstream media journalist and pundit was waving pompoms and passing on talking points from the Department of Defense, CIA and the White House, Hedges started to question the Bush administration and spoke out against a war that would go on to kill hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and thousands of American soldiers and marines. Just like Hersh, Hedges was unceremoniously fired from the New York Times for having the temerity to do the job of a journalist.
The last line of defense between freedom and tyranny has always been a free press. Sadly, this line has been erased to a point of an imperceptible trace by the affluence and influence of the neo-aristocracy. Noam Chomsky once said, "any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media". When government and media are both influenced by the capital of corporations and their owners, the end result is compliance or exile. Click To Tweet
Whereas autocrats unleash bullets and terror to silence journalists in developing nations, media personnel are muzzled in America by way of coercion and exclusion from the airwaves. The latter is more clandestine than the former, it is evident when a reporter is shot but a lot less noticed when a reporter is censored by being effectively blackballed from their profession. Too often, journalists have to negotiate between a paycheck and speaking their conscience, too often they choose comfort over courage.
People are not following mainstream media to get news, they are tuning in to get their fix::
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Donald Trump is partly right when he accuses mainstream media of being fake news, except his version of real news are rabid, right wing charlatans who alternate between being his poodles and his attack attack dogs. What Fox News does for the right is being emulated by the "liberal" establishment on the left, news is filtered through the prism of ideology as reporters shape narratives by paying homage to their demographic's preconceived notions. The journalists who refuse to let politics influence their output find themselves on the outside looking in.
What is left is a cookie cutter media where journalists and reporters are forced to amplify agenda driven narratives. Mainstream media is a business where market segmentation, ratings and revenue growth dictate the stories that are pursued. This is why empty suits like Sean Hannity and vacuous blowhards like Maddow get paid millions of dollars, they maximize eyeballs by trafficking in click bait journalism. The ones who dare to be different and actually hold people in power accountable are relegated to an afterthought—there is a price to be paid for conviction.
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