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The Vatican has denied that Pope Francis told a well-known Italian journalist that "there is no hell".
The quote came in an article in Italy's La Repubblica daily. But the Vatican said "no quotations" in the article "should be considered as a faithful transcription" of the Pope's words. The Vatican said the article was based on a private meeting the Pope had with the daily's founder, Eugenio Scalfari. Catholic Church doctrine affirms the existence of hell and its eternity. The souls of sinners descend into hell, where they suffer "eternal fire", the Catholic catechism states. However, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the most senior Catholic in England and Wales, said "there's nowhere in Catholic teaching that actually says any one person is in hell". He told the BBC that the Pope was apparently exploring "the imagery of hell – fire and brimstone and all of that". "That's never been part of Catholic teaching, it's been part of Catholic iconography, part of Christian iconography," he said.
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According to Scalfari's article on Thursday, he asked the Pope where "bad souls" go and where they are punished. The journalist is an avowed atheist. "Souls are not punished," the Pope was quoted as saying in the Repubblica piece. "Those who repent obtain God's forgiveness and go among the ranks of those who contemplate him, but those who do not repent and cannot be forgiven disappear. There is no hell – there is the disappearance of sinful souls." The Vatican said it had not been an interview, but a private meeting on the occasion of Easter, and Scalfari's article "is the fruit of his reconstruction".
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DISNEY IN CONCERT: A DREAM IS A WISH | Hong Kong, KITEC Star Hall
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The Hong Kong Symphonic Winds (HKSW) Symphony Orchestra once again grace the enormous Star Hall venue in KITEC, joined by a heavy rhythm section and a cast of four talented singers, for a phenomenal two hours showcasing the music of classic Disney movies.
Young fans delight in the lengthy medley from Frozen (2013), complete with falling snow over the audience. Mischa Ip gives a sterling vocal performance of the smash hit "Let It Go", while the blazing "Into The Unknown" from Frozen II (2019) is one of the highlights of the whole concert.
Conducted by Fung Ka Hing, the HKSW Symphonic Orchestra is remarkably versatile: as well as the rocking pop beats of Disney's modern movies, it is equally sensational to hear them handle the soft and schmaltzy strings in a medley from Cinderella (1950), and even classical repertoire, with Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker forming part of the spell-binding overture, and Tchaikovsky's adapated score to Sleeping Beauty (1959).
A significant chunk of the concert is given over to movies from the Disney "Renaissance" movies, including The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and even Hercules (1997), with an absolutely epic medley from The Lion King (1994) to close the first half. The sound is loud and bombastic throughout, to fill the massive arena space, but the audiovisual tech is flawless: truly, the dream that Disney fans wish does come true.
Playing 1 – 2 January 2022 at the Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre (KITEC).
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Cool Mom Tech is the ultimate resource for the well-connected parent. The site recently completed a review of three different wearable baby monitors: Mimo Wearable Baby Tracker, Sproutling Wearable Baby Monitor and MonBaby Breathing and Rollover Monitor.
First, the editors began by taking a look at Mimo, noting that it tracks your baby's sleep duration, position and skin temperature, with the stats sent to your iOS or Android device. The wearable monitor connects to a stationary base that then transmits the data. Cool Mom Tech pointed out that as your baby grows, you'll need to continue to purchase larger customized onesies to accomodate your growing child.
Finally, the editors tried out the Spoutling, the ankle strap monitor that learns your baby's sleep habits to predict patterns over time. The Sproutling offers alerts if the noise level in your home is getting too loud and may wake your baby up, or if your baby's temperature begins to rise.
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Best answer: How long did it take to knit the longest scarf?
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The 41-year-old finished the Kansas City marathon in five hours, 48 minutes and 27 seconds, at the same time constructing a scarf measuring 12ft 1¾" long. Babcock, a graphic design professor at the University of Central Missouri, eclipsed the previous Guinness world record, held by Britain's Susie Hewer.
The longest knitted scarf measures 4,565.46 m (14,978 ft 6.16 in) long and was achieved by Helge Johansen (Norway), in Oslo, Norway, on 12 November 2013.
Share. The longest crocheted scarf measures 29.17 km (95, 725 ft) and was achieved by 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day (South Africa) at Mandela Capture Site, Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on 29 July 2018. This record was attempted to pay tribute to the late Nelson Mandela.
The longest finger knitting is 19,369.5 m (63,548 ft 2.7 in) long, achieved by Ida Sofie Myking Veseth (Norway) as measured in Lonevåg, Norway, on 4 March 2016.
British runner Susie Hewer currently holds the record for the longest scarf knitted while running a marathon. She knitted a 6-foot, seven-inch-long orange, yellow and blue scarf this year at the London Marathon, while managing to finish the race in 5:58.
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The longest french knitting measures 31.42 km (19 mi 929 yd) and was created by Edward Hannaford (UK) in Sittingbourne, UK, as verified on 12 April 2016.
The longest crochet chain measures 130 km (80.78 miles) and was created by Anne Vanier-Drüssel (France). It was presented and measured in Aniane, France, on 14 October 2009.


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Situated in La Forêt-sur-Sèvre, gites85 features an outdoor pool, barbecue and terrace. The property is located 37 km from the Puy du Fou theme park. Niort is 55 km away. All units include a seating area and a dining area. There is a kitchen fitted with an oven, fridge and stove. A coffee machine is also provided. Each unit features a private bathroom with a bath or shower. A washing machine is available. Gites85 also includes a boules pitch. Cholet is 55 km from gites85. The nearest airport is La Rochelle - Ile de Re Airport, 88 km from the property.
Located 2 km from the village of Breuil-Barret in the Pays de la Loire Region, this one bedroom annex attached to a rural farmhouse is 38 km from Niort. Guests benefit from free WiFi, a private entrance and on-site private parking. The suite features a bathroom with a shower and a hairdryer. Towels and bed linen are included. An equipped outdoor kitchen next to the annex is at guests' disposal. Popular activities in the area include cycling and walking. Puy de Fou is a 45-minute drive from Les Puvinieres, while the medieval village of Vouvant is a 15-minute drive away. The nearest airport is La Rochelle - Ile de Re Airport, 65 km from the property.
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In Admiralty Practice, In Rem Actions and Arrest on April 5, 2002 (Updated June 28, 2012 )
This was an application for default judgment in personam and in rem. The Prothonotary granted the judgment in personam but refused the judgement in rem as the Statement of Claim had not been served on the vessel but instead had merely been given to the person in charge of the vessel. The Prothonotary noted that such service would only be effective if the affidavit material disclosed that access to the ship was not possible. The Plaintiff requested interest on the judgment at 12.5% per annum compounded semi-annually. The Prothonotary noted that interest is governed by the principle of restitution and that interest is normally awarded at prevailing commercial rates. In the absence of any evidence as to prevailing rates, the Prothonotary awarded interest at the rate paid on monies paid into the Federal Court ie. 3.6%. With respect to compound interest, the Prothonotary again noted that this is discretionary and allowed compound interest as the Plaintiff would have received compound interest if it had been paid and the monies were deposited in a bank account. Finally, the Plaintiff, who was self-represented, requested costs of $500.00. The Prothonotary held that a lay litigant may receive out of pocket expenses for time spent pursuing his legitimate interests and awarded the Plaintiff $300.00.


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In late October, Google announced that Lollipop, its newest version of Android, would have "encryption by default." Monday, it was a curious reporter, not Google, reporting that would no longer be the case.
Instead of requiring every file on an Android system to be encrypted by default, the choice will be left up to manufacturers such as Samsung, LG, and Motorola as to whether to turn that feature on out of the box, Ars Technica discovered.
"Google has made statements that are no longer true, and it's Google's obligation to publicly correct that statement," Amie Stepanovich, US policy manager for the digital rights group Access, told me.
Google won't say why it's backtracking, but it's pretty evident the reason is device performance – encryption slows them down. User security takes second place to performance – the story that has killed BlackBerry down the years.
Cybercriminals have recently created multiple phishing sites in order to trick iOS device owners into providing login credentials for their iCloud accounts. The attackers appear to be focusing on users whose iPads and iPhones have been lost or stolen. It's possible that the attackers are running this phishing operation as part of a service for iOS device thieves on underground forums.
In one particular case, a victim of iPad theft received an unsolicited message, informing him that his tablet had been found. The message then instructed him to click on a link to discover the location of his iPad.
Surprise! It's a phishing site to get the iCloud credentials and unlock the stolen phone for resale.
About two years ago, Rojas's house froze up, and stopped responding to his commands. "Nothing worked. I couldn't turn the lights on or off. It got stuck," he says. It was like when the beach ball of death begins spinning on your computer—except it was his entire home.
…when he investigated, it turned out that the culprit was a single, connected light bulb.
Take a look at his home hub. That's not some little router.
BlackBerry may take another run at the tablet market.
That's if CEO John Chen thinks the opportunity is right. "It's not in the works, but it's on my mind," Chen said in an interview at the Mobile World Congress conference here.
A BlackBerry tablet could satisfy the needs of a small but fiercely loyal group of productivity-focused customers who have stuck with the struggling smartphone maker and its operating system, potentially giving it a new revenue stream. But there aren't enough BlackBerry faithful to sustain such a business, especially given the tablet category saw its first year-over-year decline in shipments in the fourth quarter.
"History repeats itself, the first time as tragedy, the second as farce," to quote Marx (not Groucho).
One of the things we always notice when trudging trade show floors is that companies feel the need to explain what they do, or what they are showing in a three or four word slogan. However, most of them are claptrap of the highest order.
Google is reportedly preparing to release an Android Wear app on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, according to French technology website 01net [Google Translate] (via iPhon.fr).
The report claims Android Wear with extended iOS support could be announced at Google's I/O developer conference in late May, although Google may push the agenda depending on sales of the Apple Watch.
Google may be interested in capitalizing on iPhone and iPad users that are not planning to purchase an Apple Watch when the wrist-worn device is released in April, the report adds.
Essentially unsourced, but it would make sense: Google wants its services used as widely as possible, and not having Android Wear on iOS leaves tens of millions of potential customers unserved.
However, are there many iPhone users who would opt for Android Wear over an Apple Watch, except over the question of price? At the bottom end, the price delta is pretty low – and if that really matters, you'd get a Pebble, since it has been iOS-compatible from day one. So I believe this report, but don't think Android Wear will benefit from it as much as Google (and AW makers) might want.
On the global platform, we see Xiaomi becoming the No. 3 OEM. Micromax is now No. 10. These guys are basically creating really cheap handsets that have really awesome performance. This is made possible because of Qualcomm's turnkey solution as well as Mediatek's.
One of the things Cyanogen does really well is optimizations at the low level, at the kernel level. Which means we can get performance out of these chipsets coming out of turnkey that make the device for all intents and purposes feel like a $600 iPhone.
The tier one OEMs like Samsung are going to be the next generation Nokias in the next five years. They're going to be slaughtered. We think long term Apple itself will have problems because they're just not good at competing at the low end.
Q: So you think Samsung will be toast in five years?
It could get pretty bad pretty damn quick. This is often the case.
Is it possible to make road-safety fun? Yes, it turns out. Kevin's Richardson's idea is both smart and simple. As well as ticketing you when you run through a speed-radar too fast, Kevin's "Speed Camera Lottery" also notices you when you come in at or under the speed-limit. It then automatically enters you in a lottery. And here's the really smart part: the prizes come from the fines paid by speeders.
This would probably never work in the U.S, where speeding fines and red-light cameras exist as revenue streams for the police rather than as deterrents to bad driving, but the Swedish National Society for Road Safety, which worked with Kevin, has found it to be a success.
Neat idea (there's the video) but of course it relies on tying your speed to your licence plate, ad so your address, and so you. Sweden is open enough that that is accessible. But other countries?
Even so, the idea of changing behaviour through "fun" is a subtle – yet powerful – one.
• "3D printing with living organisms" is also known as "growing, preparing and cooking stuff". No 3D printer required.
It's regular carriers and regular technology that will bring Internet access to the billions of people who lack it today, not sci-fi ideas like Google's Project Loon balloons or Project Titan drones, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg thinks.
Well that's putting a pin in the balloon so laboriously pumped up by various blogs of how Loon is going to totally, utterly, y'know, transform how everyone stays connected.
this morning at Mobile World Congress, Microsoft announced a new version of Office 365. I gotta be honest. It looked like it was trying to take full-blown Office and squeeze it into a 5 or 6 inch screen. Sure, they tuned it a bit to make it mobile friendly, but it was still Office in all its glory in a smaller footprint.
So what did Microsoft do? You got it. It developed a keyboard.
It's a small bluetooth variety engineered by the Microsoft hardware group. It folds up into a fairly small footprint to fit neatly in brief case or purse, but it's another part of their total keyboard obsession. Instead of making Office fit the phone touch screen, it invented a keyboard to make it work better on a phone.
Next it will probably build a small wireless mouse to complete its whole vision of mobile device as a PC in a small package.
This is such an elegantly short yet well-observed piece. And captures it all. The commenters are furious because obviously he typed it. I wonder how much real typing they do. Perhaps too much. Journalists typically type at least a thousand words a day; I wonder how much the average Office user types. Any data out there?
We know that tablet sales are stagnant and that 79% of American panelists without a tablet have said that the reason they are not planning to buy a tablet in the next 12 month is because their PC is "good enough" for them. When we asked consumers who own a PC if they are planning to replace that PC in 2015, 85% of the panelists interviewed said they are not. 11.3% said they indeed are planning to replace their current PC with another, and1.7% said they will replace that PC with a tablet. Finally, 1.9% plan to replace their PC with a convertible.
Also asked about virtual reality, to sniffy answers. But you could have asked people if they wanted to surf the web and get email on the move in 2006 and got similar uninterested answers. Asking consumers about future technologies isn't always meaningful without clear use cases.
Samsung Electronics will begin to market its newly released flagship smartphone the Galaxy S6 starting April 10 and expects sales to outperform the Galaxy S4, the vendor's best-selling model so far, according to Andy Tu, general manager of Samsung's mobile communication business in Taiwan.
Samsung has responded to criticism of the Galaxy S5 with great changes in terms of design and materials, expecting the new design to bring in significant replacement demand for the Galaxy family products, Tu said on the sidelines of a pre-MWC 2015 event.
Samsung will focus on promoting two flagship models, the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Note 4, plus mid-range A- and E-series Galaxy models from the second quarter of 2015, Tu revealed.
In all the oceans of electrons splurged over the Samsung S6+Edge, I didn't see a single one where a Samsung executive was asked whether it expected these to sell more, the same or fewer.
If Digitimes is doing better journalism than the people at MWC..
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United Way of Central Carolinas today announced the launch of United Neighborhoods, a new community-led and community-based effort that works to create an environment of opportunity for everyone by improving economic mobility. The initiative begins with a $2.4 million investment over three years into the Grier Heights and Renaissance neighborhoods.
United Neighborhoods will accelerate each neighborhood's own vision for revitalization. The initiative focuses on partnerships with residents, community leaders, businesses and nonprofit partners, backed by multi-year funding and staff resources from United Way.
A recent Harvard/UC Berkeley study revealed that Charlotte-Mecklenburg was ranked 50th out of 50 among the largest U.S. cities in economic mobility. The study demonstrated that a child born in poverty in our area has very little chance of climbing out of it during their lifetime. All too often, access to economic mobility in the Charlotte region is aligned with the zip code where one lives.
United Way is addressing this issue by focusing resources at the neighborhood level and working with the residents to change those odds. United Neighborhoods is the second impact initiative United Way has launched this year to inject new funding into under-served zip codes. In March, the organization announced $480,000 in Unite Charlotte grants into 20 grassroots nonprofits and neighborhood organizations.
More than 200 community conversations over two years and insights from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Opportunity Task Force informed United Way's new impact strategy, announced in June. Focused on building stronger neighborhoods, improving systems that serve children and families, and providing basic needs support across our region, United Way's strategic approach allows the organization to be more nimble and responsive to the community's evolving needs.
United Neighborhoods is a comprehensive effort built on creating better education outcomes, healthier lives and improved family financial stability.
Grier Heights and Renaissance, located at the site of the former Boulevard Homes on West Boulevard, were selected as the first two United Neighborhoods based on data demonstrating the need for support, the presence of a Community Quarterback with the infrastructure necessary to support the work, and a commitment to resident engagement.
Community Quarterback organizations will lead revitalization efforts within the neighborhoods by assessing community needs, collaborating with residents, and coordinating services and programs. CrossRoads Corporation in Grier Heights and Renaissance West Community Initiative will be the Community Quarterback partners.
In partnership with the two Community Quarterbacks, United Way has already begun addressing identified priorities and creating volunteerism opportunities to engage the broader community in the United Neighborhoods work. Those interested in hands-on volunteering can register now at uwcentralcarolinas.org.
The funding process will also be driven by volunteers, including United Way's Community Grants Panel and Community Quarterback representatives. Grants will focus on improving education, health and financial stability. Funding requests through an RFP process will be due in January, with grants to be announced in June.
CrossRoads Corporation for Affordable Housing and Community Development (crossroadscorporation.org) is a nonprofit organization in partnership with the residents of Grier Heights and numerous other stakeholders of Grier Heights in the revitalization of the neighborhood. CrossRoads' vision is that the quality of life of the residents of Grier Heights will be dramatically improved with a constant focus on justice to those residents throughout the process.
Renaissance West Community Initiative (RWCI) is a nonprofit organization leading the revitalization of the former Boulevard Homes public housing site into a vibrant village called The Renaissance. The initiative uses a holistic community redevelopment approach and works with a coalition of community partners focusing on multiple critical factors including mixed-income housing, educational opportunities, youth and adult development programs, health and wellness services and commercial investment. RWCI is responsible for developing, coordinating, and evaluating a comprehensive array of services and supports, such as health care, out-of-school-time programs, and workplace skills development to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. Renaissance West Community Initiative was formed in the fall of 2012 through a collaboration of community leaders, the Charlotte Housing Authority and other public and private partners. It is governed by a 15-member Board of Directors. For more information, please visit rwci.org.


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This week, as we spend time with friends, family and loved ones, it's an opportunity turn our attention to what we are thankful for in life.
I just wanted to say I'm thankful for you and the work you do fighting to make Kentucky better for all of us. We're working to create lasting, meaningful change in our commonwealth, and we couldn't do it without you.
Thank you for your hard work and for your dedication. I hope you have a happy and joyful Thanksgiving holiday.


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BOSTON – Gerald Green was asked about guarding against "trying to do much" as he replaced Amir Johnson in the starting lineup for Friday night's Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
He responded in typical Green fashion – indicating that all he knows how to do is to try to do it all.
"My famous quote," he said before the game, "is that it's better to (try to) do too much than not do enough."
Celtics coach Brad Stevens was once again hoping to catch that lightning in a bottle Friday after his team fell behind early on its way to a 117-104 wipeout in Game 1. It worked in the first-round series against the Chicago Bulls when the surprise insertion of Green into the starting lineup down 2-0 in Game 3 helped spark the Celtics to four straight victories.
While Green's starts were not as productive in the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Washington Wizards, the hope was adding some shooting, and a player who will draw the Cleveland frontcourt away from the basket on defense, would help Boston get its offense going earlier.
"We are trying to put as many shooters on the floor as possible and hopefully knock a few of those down," Stevens reasoned. "There are things when you go small that are not advantages. You've got to be able to soar with what are strengths."
Green was a highlight, albeit after the game was largely decided, in Game 1 as he delivered 11 points, including three 3-pointers, on 4-of-6 shooting in 14 minutes.
"I am just worrying about going out there and being productive on both ends of the floor," Green said. "I'm trying to be the most athletic player on the floor. Obviously, knock down open shots, try to rebound, try to bring energy on both ends on the floor."
The move adds to a strange season for the 12-year veteran in his return to Boston a decade after he nearly flamed out of the league for good.
"Gerald, specifically, has been ready when called upon all year," Stevens said. "It's been a unique year for him. He got hurt in training camp. He didn't hardly play at all until Christmas. Played in the Christmas Day game. He played a lot when Avery (Bradley) was out. Then he didn't play a lot in March.
"But he's always been ready. He always stays ready."
Cavaliers coach Ty Lue said it was a smart move even if he said it would not alter his game plan.
"It gives them some more shooting on the floor to try to spread the floor," Lue said. "Same thing about the Chicago series, which helped them out.
"We're just trying to get the ball out of Isaiah (Thomas') hands."
Stevens not worried about fear
Stevens said he does not expect there will be any intimidation factor in his team no matter what happens early in this series.
"We've been built on a way of having a chip on our shoulder," the coach said, "competing and being excited about the challenge. I think you should look at this, if you're a competitor, you're going out there to do everything you can to win that next possession. Hopefully those add up to winning the game.
"If you're a basketball player, then playing against the best should be as good as it gets. That's the way I look at it, at least." …
Stevens said he is hardly surprised that the Cavaliers recovered from their late-regular season struggles to win their first nine games of the playoffs.
"Everybody in the world knows they're good," Stevens said. "We kind of go through this typical progression of how good they are, and then in March and April we've got to answer all the questions about 'What's wrong with Cleveland?'
"It's like: 'They're going to be fine, trust us.' And then now they're right who they are."
Celtics to play in Las Vegas Summer League
The Celtics, who were awarded the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft in Tuesday night's draft lottery, announced they will be attending the Las Vegas Summer League July 7 -17.
Boston is also expected to play in the Utah Summer League in Salt Lake City the week prior.
Scott Souza can be reached at ssouza@wickedlocal.com. Follow him on Twitter @Scott_Souza.


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Stocks: Tug of war on Wall Street
by Ben Rooney @ben_rooney April 25, 2014: 8:40 AM ET
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The bulls and bears had a tug of war Thursday as they debate corporate earnings, renewed geopolitical tensions and a recent spate of merger news.
The Dow Jones industrial average ended flat. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq both posted small gains. All three indexes drifted between small gains and losses throughout the day. Only the S&P 500 is up for the year so far.
Late breaking news
After the market closed, Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings that topped analysts' expectations, another victory in the tech sector that sent the stock up over 2% after hours. Amazon's (AMZN) earnings were in line with what analysts had predicted, though revenue was slightly better than expected. It popped up over 5% after the news. Starbucks (SBUX) reported results that met expectations, although its revenue outlook for the rest of the year is lower than anticipated. The popular coffee maker's stock rose in after hours trading.
Apple (AAPL) was one of the big winners Thursday after the iPhone maker announced late Wednesday that it was expanding its stock buyback program and increasing its dividend, while reporting quarterly results that beat expectations.
The company also revealed a seven-to-one stock split, which will make it easier for individual investors to buy a slice of the tech giant. A single share in Apple currently costs over $500. The stock ended the day up 8.2% Thursday.
Apple was the top trending ticker on StockTwits, where investors were buzzing about the buyback and stock split. It was as if Apple's earnings were an afterthought. "pssst. did u hear? $AAPL reported earnings :-)," read a post by racernic.
Related: Apple shares soar on stock buyback news
Facebook also beat expectations, helped by strong mobile advertising numbers. Investors seemed to want even more though. The stock ended the day down slightly.
Not all the news in the tech sector was good. Shares of Xilinx (XLNX) sank after the maker of devices and software used in a variety of industries reported quarterly results that missed analysts' expectations.
Netflix (NFLX) shares also fell as investors continue to digest the company's plan to raise prices for its online streaming service.
Related: CNNMoney's Tech 30
The Ukraine factor
Stocks came under pressure earlier in the day amid new worries about Ukraine, where government forces clashed with pro-Russian fighters in the southeastern city of Slavyansk.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said any military action would "have consequences" for the government in Kiev. Russian forces are reportedly planning to conduct military drills in response to the action in Ukraine.
"$SPY the 'hot' shooting war in the eastern Ukraine has started. Putin getting ready to roll. Next up, sanctions! Ignore at your peril," read a post on StockTwits by BDF_NYC.
Gold prices jumped after the news broke, though the rally has since lost momentum.
Looking beyond tech
Thursday is a busy day for earnings reports as well. General Motors (GM) reported a $1.3 billion charge relating to a massive recall involving faulty ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths. But excluding that charge and other one-time items, GM's earnings easily topped forecasts.
Related: GM's $1.3 billion recall costs wipes profits
UPS (UPS) blamed the snowy weather for weak first quarter results even though people have been sending more packages, especially e-commerce sites.
Caterpillar (CAT)reported earnings that topped analysts' expectations and issued an upbeat outlook. The construction equipment maker, considered a bellwether for the global economy, reported solid growth in China.
"$CAT nice!!! after many many months red, Im going green again here in my long-term portfolio..." read a post by gabbs.
Related: Fear & Greed Index still shows fear
No grumpy Caterpillar investors
Merger Thursday
Zimmer Holdings (ZMH) announced plans to buy Biomet in a cash and stock deal valued at more than $13 billion. The combined company will be one of the largest makers of orthopedic devices. Zimmer shares surged 13%.
Shares of AstraZenec (AZN)gained after the firm reported better-than-expected earnings. AstraZeneca was in the spotlight earlier this week after it was reported that Pfizer (PFE) had considered buying the company for £60 billion ($100 billion). Some think an offer may yet come.
Meanwhile, Alstom (ALSMY) shares surged by roughly 12% Thursday following a Bloomberg report that General Electric (GE) may make a multi-billion dollar bid for the company. The French maker of turbines and trains said it was "not informed" of a takeover offer.
On the economic front, initial claims for unemployment benefits rose in the past week. But a report on new orders for long-lasting goods in March came in better than expected.
European and Asian markets ended with mixed results.
CNNMoney (New York) First published April 24, 2014: 9:56 AM ET


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Advent into politics
About the man
Tall in stature, like a father's secret ambition his son; dignified, but not stilled in bearing-like a sons that has aroused a nation simple and yet vigorous in manner-like the prose style of some modern master; brave, vibrant eyes which remind one vaguely of momentous moments; a sad, untired smile; a face quivering with impatience; like a prophecy awaiting fulfilment and a scientillating personality every core alive with character.
Such was "The Favorite Jewel (Jawahar lal) of the canal (Nehru)". He was great. He achieved greatness and he has borne more greatness than most shoulders can bear. The name stood for an illustration clan of Kashmiris who had descended from the country of canals and dominated the Mughal Court at Delhi by their scholarship in Sanskrit and Persian and their cultured story of old-world Urdu-culture.
After leaving Cambribge when he came home as a Barrister and joined Mr. Annie Besant's Home Rule League, the magnificent Moderate's only son, showed the first inklings of extremism.
Jawaharlal, on his return from England, went on a tour for discovery of India and of himself. He wandered in the remote ham lets of Oudh, in scorching such of the Northern Indian summers until he developed a rich plan to the intense chagrin of the Government spies who had been assigned to dog his steps. He talked to the peasants as man to man, what he had in mind, in a chatty, personal way. He found to his amazement that the downtrodden kisan began to walk straight with his head held high. This was a revelation, not only of the kisan of but himself.
As the Mayor of Allahabad, Secretary of the Home Rule League and Secretary of the Provincial Congress Committe Jawaharlal proved to his friends that he was no more visionary, talking in the air, but a man with a gift to handle routine jobs with an efficiency unknown to political figures and that sitting leadership was served with a hot pepper by this ruthless idealist, hot from a visit to Red Russia. The magical word, "In dependence', sounded like exotic music that facinated the nation, which, awakened from its sleep, raised its hood and began to dance to the tune of the new charmer! Jawaharlal Nehru became a name !
Nehru had none of those qualities that go to make a good politician. On the contrary, he was impatient, hated compromises and brutally frank, had more sincerity than tact, more earnestness than diplomacy. A correspondence course would have not taught any man more of statesmanship than he knew.
But for India, he was not merely a person; he was an ideal. He was the personified ideal in which Indian had begun to believe. He was the French Song, "La-Marseillaise" in flesh and blood on Indian soil.
Above all, he was the man of action. He was of the swift, the strong, the undaunted stuff that should yet make a worn out nation glad. His sincerity and honesty stageed in one, a world where mean man pinched, higgled and cheated.
Jawaharlal Nehru became the political-Sheikh of India by suddenly capturing the hearts of young Indians. The child-like faith and confidence was showered on the young Nehru and the whole nation staggered one. It was not politics but unadulterated idolatory. Greatness could not be thrust upon a man, with a greater vengeance.
He was the man who could not be suppressed. Every time he was imprisoned, yet another of those tremendous looks, came out of the prison. He earns his living in jail and spends it all on the country, when set free. When the Viceroy looks him up, he collects his thoughts, weights and considers and writes down in delightful, unadorned but vivid prose, what passes in the mind of the best citizen of the world we have with us.
He liked poetery, friends, writing letters, climbing mountains, gazing at good pictures, seeing Indian dance, reading books by hundreds, light hearted jester, laughing at himself and looking at himself as others see him.
Swimming and standing were on his head.
He likes to watch birds and insects. He once had a little tiff with wasps which had invaded his cell of Dehra Dun Central Jail. He wanted to examine the lot. But they put up such a teriffic fight that he decided to leave them in peace. Perhaps it was the only battle in which he turned jail.
He hates meanness of any sort, lack of the sense of humour, and bats !
He makes a fine picture as he stands in his nobility. He is no longer the hope of the nation. He was the one man in 400 millfons who fulfilled the promise of youth. He was the modern version of the sepic; Indian hero-an Arjuna. educated at Harrow, or a Rama, graduated at Cambridge.
PANDIT MADAN MOHAN MALAVIYA
SHOULD STUDENTS TAKE PART IN POLITICS?
EAST IS EAST, WEST IS WEST AND NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET
CO-OPERATIVE FARMING
INDIA'S FOREIGN POLICY
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Terry Clements Officially Joins The County Board of Legislators
Terry Clements Is Sworn In to the 11th County Legislator Seat
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Terry Clements, winner of the April 24 special election for the 11th legislative district, officially joined the County Board of Legislators today.
The Board held a swearing-in ceremony for Clements before its regular meeting on the 8th floor, 148 Martine Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601, Monday.
"Tonight is a historic night in the history of Westchester County," Westchester County Executive George Latimer tells Black Westchester. "For the voters to elect a Board of Legislators comprised of a majority of female legislators – and a new high of 6 people of color – shows that this is a new era in Westchester. And, this is an era my colleagues in government and I welcome with great excitement. Terry Clements is a talented and committed community leader, who will work hard for New Rochelle and Pelham. Her energy will benefit all of us.
Clements' election gives Democrats a 13-4 majority on the Board. It's also an historic election for the Board, which will have a majority of women for the first time ever – nine out of 17 — and will become the only county legislature in New York State in which women currently comprise a majority.
The board also will have the largest number of African American legislators — five — in its history, and largest number of people of color, six.
"I'm grateful to the people of New Rochelle, Pelham and Pelham Manor for choosing me to represent them at the Board of Legislators. It's a responsibility that I don't take lightly," said Legislator-Elect Clements.
"As I said during the campaign, I intend to focus on important fiscal and environmental issues, and to make sure we're doing all we can to have safer schools and sensible gun reform laws," Clements added. "I'm also thrilled to be playing a role in such an historic moment in the history of the county, joining the first-ever female-majority on the Board of Legislators, and the most racially-diverse Board in county history."
Board Chairman Ben Boykin (D-White Plains, Scarsdale, West Harrison) said, "I'm excited that Terry Clements will be joining the Board of Legislators for this historic session. Westchester voters have written another chapter in the history of the Women's Rights Movement, electing a legislature with a majority of women for the first time in the county's history. It's also a proud moment to see a Board with the largest number of African-American legislators and legislators of color in its history. With Terry, the residents of the 11th district will have an outstanding representative and the Board can continue the work we've started to enhance the quality of life for all the people of Westchester."
Majority Leader Catherine Parker (D- Harrison, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, Rye) said, "I'm thrilled that Terry will be joining the Board, and thankful to be part of this historic moment in the history of Westchester, the state and the nation. Westchester residents put their principles of equity and fairness into action at the polls, and now it's our job as their representatives to follow through with legislation that embodies those principles. With the Board's five freshmen members, the largest number of people of color in the Board's history, and the groundbreaking majority of women, it's truly a new era for the Board and for Westchester."
Clements, a Democrat, defeated Republican candidate Jim Freeman by a margin of 54-46 percent in a special election to fill the seat vacated when former Legislator Jim Maisano, left to become director of the county's Department of Consumer Protection.
Clements is a teacher at Columbus Elementary School in New Rochelle and is a former Adjunct Professor at Fordham University. Over the course of her public life, she has served as Vice Chair of the Westchester County Democratic Committee, Chair of the Black Democrats of Westchester, member of the Westchester Black Women's Political Caucus (Mt. Vernon Chapter) and State Committee Woman representing the 88th AD.
"The voters of Westchester have made clear that they want a legislator who will do the best job for the people who they were elected to represent regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or any other trait. I look forward to working with Legislator Terry Clements, and the rest of the Board both Democrat and Republican, to move our County forward," Latimer concluded.
The 11th legislative district includes Pelham, Pelham Manor and part of New Rochelle.


2015 "Neither Compatriots nor Refugees: Status Discrimination of Exiled Tibetans and the Contradictory Faces of the Republic of China (Taiwan)," International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies 11(2): 41-59.
2014 "The Changing Character and Survival Strategies of the Chinese community in India," China Report 50(3): 233-242.
1994 Gary Gereffi and Mei-Lin Pan. 1994. "The Globalization of Taiwan's Garment Industry", in Enda Bonacich et al. Global Production: The Apparel Industry in the Pacific Rim. Pp. 126-146. Philadelphia: Temple University.
2010 "Women, ethnic economy and exile: Tibetan's sweater-selling business in India," Paper prepared at the Society for Applied Anthropology 70th Annual Meeting, March 24-27, Mérida, México.
2007 "The Survival Strategy of Exiled Tibetan in India" Paper presented at Frontiers of Asian Studies in the Twenty-First Century 2nd Annual Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Hong Kong (ASAHK), held by the ASAHK and Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, January 26-27, 2007.
2001 "Flexible Production and Production Networks in Taiwan," paper presented at the 2001 North America Taiwan Studies Association Annual Meeting, University of Washington, Seattle, June 23-25, 2001.
1998b "Explaining Economic Organizations in Global Capitalism: The Case of Taiwan-based Production Networks in the Apparel and Computer Industries," paper presented at The First Annual Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Globalization Workshop for Junior Scholars, Duke University, April 24-25, 1998.
1996a "Technology, Institutions, and Governance Structures: Sectoral Differences in Taiwan's Manufacturing Production Networks" paper presented at the International Conference on Economic Governance and Flexible Production in East Asia, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan, October 3-6, 1996.
1996b "Rethinking the Developmental State in Taiwan -- Evidence from the Apparel and Computer Industries", paper presented at the Second Annual North American Taiwan Studies Conference, Michigan State University, Lansing, May 24-6, 1996.
1995 "The Transformation of Taiwan's Export Industries," paper presented at the First Annual Taiwan Studies Conference in North America, Yale University, New Haven, June 2-4, 1995.
1994 "The Relocation of International Production and Women in the Informal Sector: The Case of Latin America," paper presented at the Fifth Annual Women's Studies Graduate Research Conference, Women's Works, Women's Words, Duke University, November, 1994.


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The Bogota Basketball team play against Midland Park on Thursday-18-February. The Men's team traveled to Midland Park and had a 58- 39 victory. Bogota had the lead after the first quarter and built it to a 29-19 advantage by Halftime. The Panthers could not stay within 10 Points of the Bucs who pulled away in the final eight minutes for the win. Andrew Raid had team highs in Points with 16 and Three Point Baskets with 4. Mr. Raid also pulled in 7 Rebounds for Bogota. The Bucs record is now 16-5. Their next league game will be on Tuesday 23-February against Park Ridge. This will be played at home in Speary Gym and will have a 7:00p tipoff. This will also be the Senior game for the 2016 season.
The Bogota Lady Bucs Basketball played the Lady Panthers at home in Speary Gym. Midland Park jumped out to a 7 Point lead to start game and kept the pressure on Bogota for the first half. The Lady Bucs trailed at the half 23-37, the the way to a 39-74 loss. Lesly Peralta led Bogota in scoring with 11 Points including 3 Three point Baskets. Bogota's record is now 4-14, they next play at Caldwell on Saturday 20- February with a tipoff schedule for 2:00p. They will play their Senior Game on Monday 22-February starting at 7:00p against Belleville in Speary Gym.


Since the glare effect will cause decreased vision, fatigue, and dizziness for the driver, traffic accidents are frequently resulted from under a long term glare condition. Dr. Jung-Chieh Su, an associate professor of the Department of Electronic Engineering at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, proposed an innovative packaging structure for white light-emitting diodes (LEDs) pumped by blue light LEDs, which combines traditional unpolarized white LEDs with commercially available polymeric reflective polarizers. This technique of producing polarized white light is used to reduce the glare caused by traditional unpolarized white light sources, and induce comfortable vision for human eye as if wearing anti-glare lenses or polarized sunglasses.
Because the nanowire grid polarizer is placed face down above the yellow phosphor resin layer layer, the nanowire grid polarizing layer is protected from damage to increase the environmental durability. Hence, "Low glare polarized white LED packaging technology " can enhance not only the luminous efficiency and the polarization ratio, but also the feasibility of mass production.
Associate Professor Su Jung-Chieh pointed out that glares can be divided into three categories: veiling, reflective and direct glares, caused by excess brightness or strong contrast. Therefore, the lighting products on the market are always implemented with optical elements such as diffuser, lens or lampshade to reduce glare. However, these anti-glare methods reduce the glares with decreased brightness and electrical energy is wasted.
Comparing to the conventional white LED, which is with non-uniform luminous pattern, excess color temperature, strong glare resulted in blurred image and visual recognition difficulty, the merits of polarized white LED light source are with low glare, stable emission color, uniform luminous distribution, high polarization ratio, high transmittance, lower color temperature, high contrast, simple manufacturing process and low production cost.
Associate Professor Su Jung-Chieh said that ideal illumination source requires sufficient brightness, tunable color and visual comfort, while comfort means that the light source is with glare-free. By implementing with polarized white LEDs, indoor and outdoor lighting, such as desk lamps, traffic lights, street lights, stadiums and medical lighting, can improve visual recognition and comfort for human eye. The polarized light source can increase the contrast and resolution of the image of the object. For example, when a polarized light source is used for a flash light, a microscope, and an automated optical inspection, the diffusive scattering of light can be reduced to increase the sharpness of the image of the object. In addition, the polarized LED light source can also be used as a backlight source for liquid crystal display without back polarizers.
"This technology does not need to change the traditional white LED manufacturing process, the increased cost in mass production is small, and the need for additional lampshades or lenses will be omitted, which will pave the way for the new industrial application of white LEDs. Therefore, Taiwan, the United States, and China patents have been granted." Associate Professor Su Jung-Chieh said that for the application in the automobile lighting, the polarized headlights will increase the comfort of driver's vision to the incoming vehicle and increase the visual recognition of the road conditions during night driving. In the future, the reliability of image recognition for autopilot can be enhanced.


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Cottenham in Chaos - Life at the time of the Enclosures, by Olwyn Peacock
Published by the Cottenham Village Society, 44 pages. A5 size booklet (N7659)
This booklet provides an account of the enclosure of land in the Cambridgeshire village of Cottenham, and how this completely changed the life (and landscape) of the village and its people. It begins with a fascinating account of land ownership before the enclosures began, and this is followed by an account of the land enclosures and its impact on every aspect of life.
From the introduction: Jacob Sanderson was 13 years old when Cottenham's 7.000 acres were enclosed. The complete change of landscape made a vivid impression on his memory. The open fields divided into thousands of strips with twice the area of common land. were swept away and replaced by geometrically shaped fields bounded by hedges and ditches. Cereal production increased greatly.
There must have been immense confusion when over two hundred people laid claims for their allotment of land and discovered where the two Commissioners had allocated them. The old democratic system with Ordermakers disappeared. Instead of farming on a communal basis there started to be individual farms. Parishioners lost their rights to pasture their animals on the commons. and. with the loss of cows came the end of the famous Cottenham cheese. With the ploughing up of the fens came the closing of minor tracks and paths. which were replaced by completely straight roads made from furrows ploughed across the fens with right angled bends.
Other changes which came about with the Enclosure included the opportunity for landowners to charge higher rents. the Tithe Commutation Act. the Corn Laws and their repeal. the 'Poor Law Reform Act' and income tax. Cottenham's population increased dramatically from 1.088 people living in 196 houses in 1801 to the post-closure number of 2.314 in 490 homes in 1851. The number of religious dissenters grew and they built their own cemetery in 1845. In the same year the London to Cambridge railway line opened. thus speeding up travel. Incendiarism changed the village scene. Thrashing machines caused winter unemployment and discontent. Some people emigrated, garden allotments were formed, whilst others took to drinking ale instead of the polluted water.
From the early section of the book on the Ordermakers: Cottenham's five open fields were called Church Field, Two Mill Field, Dunstal Field, Farm Field and Further Field. Each field was divided into furlongs, an indefinite area of land not an eighth of a mile, running in a northeast to south-west direction. These furlongs were again divided into roughly parallel half acre selions or strips which took advantage of the best drainage. Map B shows Farm Field, which went south from the Green between Histon Road and Oakington Road showing its furlongs and strips.
People tried to have strips in all five fields in order to get a consistent crop as the crops were moved or rotated each year in order to make the best use of the land. The rotation used was the first year fallow with sheep folding, the second year wheat with the stubble winter fallowed and highly manured ready for barley in the third year, peas and beans in the fourth, then barley again in the fifth with roots, turnips and potatoes. Every man's land laid cheek by jowl with every other man's so the entire field had to be under the same crop
Orders were made, and agreed upon, for the greatest benefit to everyone and to obtain the most convenient use of all the common ground in Cottenham. These included the rule that swine had to wear a ring through their noses 'so that they roote not', and where, on the common, the pigs had to go. Cattle had to be branded and a copy of the brand given to the Ordermakers to be kept in a book. There were rules about where and when cattle and sheep could go on the common such as, 'No person to drive cattle through Smithey Fen from March 25th until the first of August'. The Lotts, so called because the inhabitants drew lots for the hay land, had to be laid out on 25th June. Other regulations covered the digging of clay, gravel. turfs and the breaking down of osiers, willows or any other sort of woods or hedges. In all there were over fifty orders....
Condition of the booklet is generally very good. The covers have one or two minor scuffs but are clean and bright, the staple spine is intact, and all pages are clean, intact, unblemished and tightly bound.


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Thursday's Cape Breton Community Calendar
SaltWire Network | Posted: Sept. 13, 2018, 9:27 a.m. | Updated: Sept. 13, 2018, 9:27 a.m. | 5 Min Read
GLACE BAY
9:30-11 a.m. and 1:30-3 p.m., The clothing depot at Town House, 115 Commercial St., is open. Information, 902-849-2449.
2-4 p.m., Fall hours for the Glace Bay Heritage Museum in the Old Town Hall. Museum, Isabelle Harris Gift Shop and Second Hand Book Store will be open, 14 McKeen St., phone 902-842-5345.
7 p.m., Passchendaele Al-Anon Group, Unity Club (AA room) Rear McKeen Street.
8 p.m., Island Martial Arts Centre in the lower level of the People's Mall is offering a women's only taekwondo program. Build muscle, lose weight and empower yourself.
8 p.m. Row Street Club will be hosting Loonie bullseye darts.
8 p.m., Gift card darts every Thursday at Glace Bay Seniors and Pensioners Club.
LOUISBOURG
8 p.m., Donnie Campbell and Jinks O'Neill perform at the Louisbourg Playhouse.
MAIN-A-DIEU
10-11 a.m. Tai Chi, Main-a-Dieu Coastal Discovery Centre.
NEW WATERFORD
10-5 p.m., New Waterford Credit Union Art Gallery presents "Unchained and Unconventional" by artist Wendy Johnston during regular business
hours.
PORT MORIEN
6-8 p.m., Veterans' Memorial computer site is open.
RESERVE MINES
8 p.m., 45s card game, Reserve Mines Seniors and Pensioners' Hall. Everyone welcome.
8 p.m., (CD) AA Reserve Midway Group meeting, St. Joseph's Church Hall, Main Street.
7 p.m., 45s card game, Framboise Community Hall.
GLENCOE MILLS
10 p.m.-1 a.m., Glencoe Mills family square dance, Glencoe Mills Hall.
GRAND MIRA
7:30 p.m., Tarabish at St. Margaret Community Hall.
MEMBERTOU
8:30 p.m., AA Membertou Group meeting, 3 Kateri St.
POINT EDWARD
6 p.m., Registration and rehearsal for Second Wind Community Concert Band at the Point Edward Seniors Hall, Point Edward Highway.
6:15-9 p.m., 129 Caribou Sea Cadets looking for new recruits ages 12-18. Meet at the Alert entrance, Canadian Coast Guard College. For more information, P.J. at 902-371-6761 PJ or Pat at 902-371-2527.
SOUTH BAR
2-4 p.m., Cape Breton Chapter of the Ostomy Canada Society will meet at the South Bar Fire Hall, South Bar. This is a support group for ostomates and their support/caregivers. New ostomates are welcome. A light lunch will be served. For more information, call Stasia Digou at 902-562-1367.
9-10 a.m. Seniors swimming at Kiwanis Pool, Prince Street. Phone the Kiwanis Pool for more information.
9:30 a.m., Time out, Club 55.
10-11:30 a.m., Breastfeeding information with other breastfeeding mothers, Family Place Resource Centre, 714 Alexandra St. Dads, support persons and babies welcome. No registration.
11 a.m. (CD), AA Friends of Bill group meeting at St. Theresa's Church, 381 Whitney Avenue (rear entrance).
12 p.m., Centre for Cape Breton Studies presents the Culture Circle workshop in the Rotary Performance Music Room, Great Hall, CBU.
1:30 p.m., Tarabish - force the dealer, Steelworkers and Sydney Pensioners' Club, 30 Inglis St. Everyone welcome.
2-3:30 p.m., Open house, Parkland Cape Breton.
6:15-9 p.m., Royal Canadian Air Cadets 29 Sydney Kiwanis Squadron will meet at Sydney Academy, use the Townsend Street entrance.
7 p.m., Steel Centre Toastmasters meet at Atlantic SuperStore Community Room, Kings Road.
7 p.m., Al-Anon, Courage to Change, St. Theresa's Hall, St. Peter's Road, side door, downstairs. Non-smoking meeting.
7 p.m., (CD) AA Thursday Night Women's Group, Every Woman's Centre, 21 Trinity Ave.
7-9 p.m., One in Spirit Community Gospel Choir will rehearse at the Williston Guest Home.
7-9 p.m., The Cape Breton anxiety and depression support group meeting at the Bethel Presbyterian Church Hall on Brookland Street. All are welcome to attend and bring a friend. Meetings are confidential.
7:30 p.m., Branch 12 ladies auxiliary will meet at the legion on the corner of Dorchester and George.
7:30 p.m., Mixed darts, Ashby Legion, Branch 138. New players welcome.
7:30 p.m., Tarabish at Steelworkers and Sydney Pensioners Club, 30 Inglis St.
SYDNEY RIVER
9:45-10:45 a.m., Seniors exercise class at Our Lady of Fatima Hall, 1452 Kings Road. Sponsored by the CWL. Everyone welcome. For information, 562-3036 or 539-0416.
WHITNEY PIER
1:30 p.m., Tai Chi at the Pier Legion for cancer support. Open to anyone who has experienced cancer and their support person. Contact 902-567-8074 for more information.
7 p.m., Whitney Pier Historical Society meet at the museum, 88 Mt. Pleasant St. New members welcome.
BIG BRAS D'OR
11 a.m.-4 p.m., Friends Quilting Group, Big Bras d'Or Firehall. Please contact Maggie 902-736-9887 or Ruth 902-674-2208.
BOULARDERIE
3 p.m., Munroe Crafters Guild will meet at Boularderie School.
7:30 p.m., 45s card game at Southside Boularderie fire hall. Lunch served.
BRAS D'OR
1:30 p.m., Northside bridge club, St. Joseph's Hall, Villa Drive.
7:30 p.m., Bras d'Or Seniors and Pensioners Club host 45s card game in the hall. Seven ways to win.
5-9:30 p.m., Kitchen is open with weekly special at the North Sydney Firefighters' Club. Live entertainment goes from 6-9:30 p.m. Free admission.
7 p.m., Cribbage game, Armstrong Memorial Branch No. 19, Royal Canadian Legion.
SYDNEY MINES
6:30 p.m., Sydney Mines walking group the Walkie-Talkies will gather at the Martha Hollett Library. All ages welcome.
8 p.m., Al-Anon Harmony AFG meets at 55 King St.
8 p.m., (CS) AA Sydney Mines Group meeting, 55 King St., behind post office.
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Nike Created A Next-Gen Infinalon Fabric For Its Innovative Yoga Collection
Chris West
For many yoga enthusiasts, it might not seem like the preferred medium to debut one of the clothing industry's newest innovative fabrics. But for Nike, there's never been a better time — and seemingly, a better avenue — to introduce a cutting edge material known as Infinalon.
Over the past two years, the gifted minds at the leading athletic brand have been hard at work to create something new, and with the advent of the Infinalon line, their long hours have come to fruition. The durable, opaque fabric makes its debut in a line of tailored yoga gear, including leggings, pants, shorts, and bodysuits that have been designed with unparalleled smoothing, softness, size, and stretch in mind. When compared to the industry's current textiles, Infinalon recovers from stretching at twice the rate, retains a consistent fit throughout your session, and is thinner — but stronger — than its counterparts. The brand intends to bring this functional technology to a large portion of its athletically-inclined garments in the future, but for now, you can look for Nike's Infinalon yoga products to hit its online store on January 1st.
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The Bird and the Bee Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates
The first in an undetermined number of volumes finds the Bird and the Bee taking on the catalogue of "blue-eyed soul" yacht rockers Daryl Hall and John Oates. Known for their breezy, jazz-inflected pop, Inara George and Greg Kurstin have re-imagined the most successful duo of all-time's songs as astute, tightly packaged synth pop paeans. A full-length album seems like a lesson in irony, but the Bird and the Bee have done an admirable job in celebrating a rich catalogue of songs, as well as putting their own stamp on them. George's voice is smooth and velvety, melting love songs like "Sara Smile" or "One On One," but she doesn't fail to reflect the campy kick of retro faves like "Private Eyes" and "Maneater," both of which are treated to some quirky electronic textures. The concept may smack of novelty, but the Bird and the Bee are convincing in their tribute, recognizing that the work of Hall and Oates isn't just timeless, but open to all sorts of interpretations. (Blue Note/EMI)
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Hot Movie Takes – 'Taxi Driver'
April 12, 2017 leoadambiga Leave a comment
Hot Movie Takes – "Taxi Driver"
©By Leo Adam Biga, Author of "Alexander Payne: His Journey in Film"
It's hard to imagine general American moviegoing audiences being prepared for "Taxi Driver" when it hit theaters in 1976. I mean, here was ostensibly a film noir that eschewed standard conventions for a dark fever dream of one man's mounting paranoia and revulsion in the urban wasteland of New York City.
The character of Travis Bickle didn't have any direct cinema antecedents but he did emerge from a long line of disturbed screen figures going back to Peter Lorre in "M," James Cagney as Cody Jarrett in "White Heat," Richard Basehart as Roy Martin in "He Walked By Nigh," Robert Walker as Bruno Antony in "Strangers on a Train" and Robert Mitchum as Harry Powell in "Night of the Hunter."
There are even some hints of Robert Ryan as Montgomery in "Crossfire" and as Earle Slater in "Odds Against Tomorrow" and of Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in "Psycho" and as Dennis Pitt in "Pretty Poison."
Bickle also anticiated many screen misfits to follow, including some of the whack jobs in Coen Brothers and Quentin Tarantino films.
As a disenfranchised loner who sees the world around him as a venal place, Bickle obsessively reinvents himself into a self-made avenging angel ridding the streets of scum. His response to the violent, lurid subculture of sex for sale is an explosive bloodletting that is, in his mind, a purification. In the end, after carrying out his self-appointed cleansing mission, are we to believe he is mad or merely misguided? Is he a product or symptom of urban isolation and decay?
Paul Schrader's brilliant script, Martin Scorsese's inspired direction and Robert De Niro's indelible performance took what appeared to be Grade B grindhouse thematic material and elevated it into the realm of art-house mastery. They did this by making the story and character an intense psycho-social study of disturbance. Bickle is not some nut case aberration. Rather he is one of us, which is to say he is an Everyman cut off from any real connections around him. The way he's wired and the way he views the world make him a ticking time bomb. It's only a matter of time before he's set off and goes from talking and fantasizing about doing extreme things to actually enacting them. He lives in his head and his head is filled with disgusting images and thoughts that occupy him as he drives his cab through the streets of what he considers to be a modern-day Gomorrah. He fixates on certain things and persons and he won't be moved from his convictions, which may or may not be the result of psychosis or sociopathic tendencies.
Schrader's script and Scorsese's direction, greatly aided by Michael Chapman's photography and Bernard Herrmann's musical score, find wildly expressive ways to indicate Bickle's conflicted state of mind. Atmospheric lighting captures a surreal landscape of garish neon signs, steam rising from the streets and back street porno theaters, strip clubs and whorehouses. He grows to hate the pimps and pushers, the johns and addicts littering the city. When he tries to intersect with normality, it's a complete disaster. Languid, dream-like music underscores the moral turpitude bringing Bickle down. Emotionally-charged, driving music accompanies Bickle's trance-like rituals and final hypnotic outburst that is simultaneously savage and serene.
Travis Bickle is a troubling symbol who straddles the legal, moral and psychological line of impulse and premeditation. Does he know what he's doing? Is he responsible for his actions? Or is he insane?
De Niro's transformation from mild-mannered cabbie to scary vigil ante, complete with the famous "Are you talking to me?" break with reality, is where the real power of the film resides. He somehow makes his character believably frightening, revolting, pathetic and sympathetic all at the same time. To me, it will always stand as one of his two or three greatest performances because he completely inhabits this disturbed character without ever going over the top or resorting to cliches. He creates a true original in the annals of cinema that belongs to him and him alone.
There are some fine supporting performances in the film by Peter Boyle, Cybill Shepherd. Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel and, of course, Jodi Foster as the adolescent prostitute Bickle anoints himself as protector and rescuer of. They and De Niro share some strong moments together. But it's when De Niro's character is alone and brooding, stalking and staring, that he most comes alive as a terrible reflection of our dark side run amok.
You can read "Taxi Driver" anyway you want: as exploration or examination, as cautionary tale, as prescient forecast, as potboiler crime pic. But however you read it, it is a vital, compelling and singular work of its time that endures because no matter how bizarre the story and stylized the effects, it's always grounded in the truth of its single-minded protagonist. The film never stops giving us his point of view, even at the height of his mania.
Like a lot of the best '70s American movies, this one doesn't leave you feeling good but you know you've had an experience that's challenged your mind and emotions and perhaps even moved you to some new understanding about the human condition. That's what the best movies are capable of doing and this one certainly hits the mark.
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Children receive books and festival tickets thanks to Curo and Travis Perkins
Friday 10th December 2021 Bath Echo News Team Business, Community, Education
Pupils at St. Michaels Junior Church School in Twerton have received a donation of best-selling books thanks to housing association Curo and Travis Perkins Managed Services.
St. Michaels Junior Church School Year 4 pupils with their new books | Photo © Curo
The school is one of several in the local area to receive the books, along with free tickets for the recent Bath Children's Literature Festival.
The donation was provided through a joint Curo and Travis Perkins funding pot, which is available for local community projects and ideas.
Samantha Thomas, Business Support Lead at Curo said: "We're more than happy to help schools in Bath to attend this fantastic festival.
"As an added gift we purchased new books for their libraries, and we hope this experience may even inspire them to become writers themselves one day."
Martyn Piper, Account Manager at Travis Perkins Managed Services added: "We are very pleased to be able to support the Bath Children's Literature Festival. I'm sure this event has inspired children to enjoy reading more in the future."
More than £1,700 was used to allow pupils in Bath to access the festival, as well as providing brand new books for their libraries.
Some schools could not go to the festival due to the pandemic, so plans are being made for authors to visit them in person.
The donated books, including 'How to Train Your Dragon' by Cressida Cowell, are all by authors who took part in the festival.
Hazel Plowman, Head of Creative Learning for Bath Festivals said: "We were delighted to receive a grant from the Curo/Travis Perkins Community Fund which enabled us to inspire even more children to read for pleasure as part of the Bath Children's Literature Festival.
"Bringing schools to see Waterstones Children's Laureate Cressida Cowell live on stage for free, and providing selections of new books for school libraries means giving more children the opportunity to share in the magic of seeing an author, and to continue it afterwards in school.
"Inspiring children and young people is a vital part of what we do at Bath Festivals and we are grateful to the community fund for supporting us to make it happen."
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• Mallett completed 21-of-33 passes for 380 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions in Arkansas' 31-24 win at Georgia.
• He engineered a three-play touchdown drive with just 47 seconds left to play, which was capped by his 40-yard TD pass to Greg Childs with 15 seconds remaining.
• Mallett's TD passes were from 57, 22 and 40 yards. His 57-yard scoring pass to Chris Gragg in the first quarter was Mallett's eighth scoring throw of 50-or-more yards in 16 games at Arkansas.
• The 380-yard passing total was the second highest total ever for an Arkansas quarterback in a road game and the most for a Razorback in an SEC road opener.
• In the third quarter, had a 43-yard punt for his first collegiate punt.
6-2 • 235 • Sr. • Lauderdale Lakes, Fla.
• Bynes registered a game-high 11 total tackles, including two for losses (-6 yards) and a pass deflection in Auburn's 27-24 overtime win against Clemson.
• His 11 tackles against Clemson are the most by an Auburn player this season.
• He was part of an Auburn defense that held Clemson 24 points below its season average and just 147 yards and seven points in second half.
• Bynes leads Auburn in tackles (23) and is tied for ninth in SEC.
5-11 • 171 • Sr. • Memphis, Tenn.
• Jasper set an LSU record, one shy of tying the SEC mark, with five field goals in the 29-7 win over Mississippi State.
• He kicked four field goals in the first half and then followed with one in the second half .
• Jasper's field goals were from 44, 32, 51, and 37 in the first half and 21-yards in the second half.
• He finished the game with 17 total points, tying the school-record for points in a game by a kicker.
• He ran his streak of consecutive made field goals to seven straight.
• Jasper also punted once for 39-yards, which was downed on the Mississippi State 5-yard line and also had a touchback on a kickoff. The Bulldogs' average starting field position was its own 18 yard line.
6-5 • 280 • Fr. • Nashville, Tenn.
• The first-year starting left tackle contributed six knockdown blocks and played every offensive snap, helping Vanderbilt to a 28-14 road win over Ole Miss.
• Johnson provided key blocks on two long Commodore touchdown rushes - an 80-yarder by Warren Norman and 35-yarder by Zac Stacy. Norman's score tied the team's second longest rush ever.
• The Vanderbilt offense amassed 217 rushing yards, its highest total against an SEC opponent since gaining 239 against Kentucky on Nov. 10, 2007.
• The victory ended a 10-game conference losing streak for the Commodores. It also marked Robbie Caldwell's first win as a head coach.
6-2 • 285 • Sr. • Marrero, La.
• Nevis is the SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week for the second straight week. He set a career-high with 9 tackles, including 1.5 tackles for losses, in LSU's 29-7 win over Mississippi State.
• He intercepted the first pass of his career in the third quarter deep in MSU territory, which led to an LSU touchdown and a 26-7 lead three plays later.
• He anchored a defense that limited Mississippi State to just 268 total yards and one that forced five turnovers.
• LSU held its second straight SEC opponent scoreless in the first half and the Tigers have allowed just 10 points in its first two conference games, the fewest points in the first two league games by LSU since the 2004 season.
6-1 • 223 • Olney, Md.
• Jenkins matched his career-high with six tackles (two solos) in Florida's 31-17 win at Tennessee.
• He recorded his first career sack at Tennessee, which came on a 2nd-and-15 at the UT 11 in the fourth quarter and put the Vols at its own 1-yard line.
• Jenkins also had six total tackles in Week 2 against South Florida.
• For the season, Jenkins has 15 total tackles, which is third among all SEC freshmen.


Rotherham Council looks set to be asked to pay £226,000 to the Sheffield City Region (SCR) Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Combined Authority (CA) in the next financial year to help cover a deficit of £1m.
LEPs are the government's model to promote economic development and are led by the private sector. As a proposed devolution deal progresses, a mayoral combined authority is set to be created, building on the 2013 agreement which saw the nine local authorities that comprise the city region create a new legal body with responsibility for transport, economic development and regeneration.
In 2015/16 the CA/LEP operated to a £9m revenue budget, which was split between distinctly funded planned programme activity of £6.9m (which includes programmes delivering business support and projects boosting skill levels), and core costs associated with the running of the SCR Executive of £2.1m. This includes staffing, marketing and overheads.
Next year is set to see a proposed growth in core activity of £3m. Budgets for programme activity is set to fall by £1.7m, largely reflecting that Skills Bank activity will be run by an external agency, but partially being offset by an increase in Business Growth activity.
The budget is met by various sources including external grants, retained business rates from the city region's Enterprise Zones, investment income and partner contributions.
Councils approved loans to the LEP to "pump-prime" activity in 2012/13 of £1.126m, of which Rotherham Council advanced £188,000. It was similar story in balancing the LEP budget last year when subscriptions were frozen in 2015/16 at the 2014/15 level of £204,000.
A report to the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority states that, despite an increase in income, largely due to retained business rates payable from Sheffield and Chesterfield, "Income generated is not sufficient to cover the growth in expenditure. Increases in subscriptions are required to meet this cost pressure.
"This deficit is largely due to the £1m cost of the Transport Hub. This cost was previously borne by the South Yorkshire transport levy which funds SYPTE."
A move last year saw the SYPTE hand over responsibility for the co-ordination, development and delivery of transport strategy and policy functions to a newly-established strategic hub.
Proposals are being put forward for the South Yorkshire authorities to continue to meet the net cost of the Hub absorbed from SYPTE. These councils currently pay millions in levies to fund the work of the SYPTE but a 10% reduction on the levy was secured earlier this year.
Subject to the charging mechanism being approved, councils will pay in various amounts totalling £1.2m for 2016/17. Rotherham Council is set to be asked to pay in some £226,000.
It comes after Rotherham Council set a budget which includes proposed savings of £21m for this year. It includes £160,000 a year for the next three years which "represents replacement of lost grant funding with revenue budget to support the Rotherham Investment Development Office (RIDO) – a service critical for attracting inward investment into the borough if it is to grow and thrive."
The Sheffield City Region budget for 2016/2017 comes in at £11.2m. £3.2m has been set aside to cover the costs of its 62 staff. Staffing costs have grown by 110% from the previous year.
The proposed Sheffield city region (SCR) devolution deal with the Government is set to bring with it some £900m of additional cash over the next thirty years to deliver major regeneration, infrastructure and business growth schemes.
If the deal is ratified by constituent councils, the SCR will receive its first £30m "gain-share" payment in April 2016.
With an average salary across all staff levels of £51,612 I think we should all be applying for jobs there! It never ceases to amaze me just how much people pay themselves when they are spending someone elses money!!