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Asbestos Legislation
Asbestos was once one of the most popular and common construction materials in America. It seemed that asbestos had every positive attribute and nothing negative. Nearly a million tons of asbestos ore was mined in the United States and turned into over three thousand different products. This massive production went on from the early 1900s until the 1980s, when authorities finally accepted how dangerous this toxic substance really was. Then, they slowly reacted by bringing in asbestos legislation.
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Asbestos legislation is complicated and overlapping. Federal, state and local authorities spent the past half-century attempting to control asbestos use and exposure. There are two legal avenues used to legislate products with asbestos-containing materials (ACM). One approach is by acts passed by Congress and state legislatures, the other is rules and regulations by agencies governing asbestos handling. These are developed by federal and state enforcement authorities like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA).
Many asbestos laws and regulations were repealed, amended or remanded. Contrary to what most people think, the vast majority of asbestos products are not banned in the United States. The EPA made a gallant effort in the late 1980s to put a blanket phase-out and ban on all ACM, but this was struck down by a circuit court appeal. All legislation and regulatory efforts since have been directed at controlling asbestos already placed in society. They've also aimed at tightening civil court substantive and procedural law on how asbestos lawsuits are litigated.
Asbestos Legislation History
Asbestos use is recorded far back in history. The Romans, Egyptians, and Greeks realized asbestos was fireproof and easy to weave into products. They knew asbestos helped insulate, strengthen and lighten materials as well as prevent corrosion. These ancients also understood that asbestos was hazardous to human health. Forced workers in asbestos mines had a high rate of respiratory problems, and it was called the disease of slaves.
Once the Industrial Revolution occurred, asbestos became high in demand. Steam power changed how America operated, and the high heat of engines, boilers, and furnaces needed protection found in asbestos. Asbestos was the perfect insulation and fire protection material. It was also non-corrosive and chemically stable to work with. Soon, asbestos made its way into building products used in every American industrial, commercial and residential structure.
Not everyone believed asbestos was safe. As early as the 1930s, health authorities were warning Americans that asbestos was a carcinogen and exposure would cause diseases such as mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis. That message wasn't widely heard. Most regulators and asbestos manufacturers ignored the warnings, downplayed them and hid the information from the public, some even conspired to put profits above safety.
The first American legislation identifying asbestos fibers as being toxic happened in the 1950s. Air pollution was becoming a big problem in crowded U.S. cities, and federal legislators realized something had to be done. The federal government passed the Air Pollution Control Act in 1955, which identified asbestos, among many other things, as being a toxic airborne substance.
By the late 1970s, it was clear how dangerous asbestos was. Doctors diagnosed thousands of mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer cases. Asbestos was the common denominator and lawsuits against negligent asbestos companies flooded the courts. Asbestos claims were different from other personal injury torts. The long latency period of 10 to 50 years from exposure to disease symptoms required special attention.
For the next four decades, American legislators struggled with how to control asbestos products from killing people. They attempted to ban asbestos from every workplace and to streamline asbestos-related lawsuits in the civil courts. There has been some degree of success. However, the asbestos health problem was enormous and is still here today.
Asbestos Legislation Acts
Most of the important laws controlling asbestos are federal legislation passed by Congress. Some are general bills making reference to asbestos as a toxic material, others are specific acts directly addressing asbestos dangers. These are the significant laws pertaining to how asbestos is controlled in America.
Clean Air Act: One of the Environmental Protection Agency's primary mandates was dealing with air pollution. In 1970, the EPA had Congress amend the original Air Pollution Control Act to modernize it with enforcement tools. Amendments in 1977 and 1990 identified maximum exposure limits for airborne asbestos in workplaces. The Clean Air Act is still the main federal legislation dealing with asbestos exposure. However, it doesn't mention any specific asbestos products.
Safe Drinking Water Act: This was another EPA initiative and passed by Congress in 1976. The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) identifies asbestos as a toxic substance and specifies intolerable asbestos in the nation's potable water supply.
Toxic Substances Control Act: The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was another EPA initiative passed in 1976. This became a leading move to designate asbestos as a toxic substance and specify how it should be contained, stored and disposed of. The TSCA doesn't give the EPA any enforcement powers which are major criticisms.
Federal Hazardous Substances Act: This legislation appeared in 1960 but has been amended in 1986 to include asbestos as a known hazard. The FHSA attempted to prohibit asbestos importation and manufacturing but has only affected a small number of asbestos products in America.
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act: Again sponsored by the EPA, Congress passed the CERCLA in 1980 as a Superfund to help clean large contaminated sites. Some of these sites were polluted with asbestos.
Asbestos Information Act: In 1988, Congress enacted the AIA which was designed to provide public information and education on asbestos dangers. This put responsibility on asbestos manufacturers to label asbestos products and warn consumers of asbestos exposure dangers.
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act: By 1990, there was a growing public fear over asbestos exposure. The EPA had Congress declare a national emergency to deal with asbestos control. This act primarily addressed asbestos in schools and accredited asbestos inspectors.
By the late twentieth-century, asbestos litigation became the largest tort in the United States civil courts. Today, it's the longest-running mass tort in American legal history. As such, certain civil acts were passed to deal with asbestos litigation.
The most important legislations are:
Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994: Asbestos lawsuits quickly amassed into a multi-billion dollar industry. Huge settlements forced many asbestos companies to seek Chapter 11 protection of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The act was reformed in 1994 to allow companies seeking bankruptcy protection to establish independently administered trust funds to pay claimants.
Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act: The FAIR Act of 2006 attempted to help streamline the thousands of asbestos lawsuits in American civil courts. Critics complain this act is unfair to both plaintiffs and defendants.
Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act: The FACT Act of 2015 tried to sort out the FAIR Act, but hasn't been passed by Congress. It's been handed back for more committee discussion.
Asbestos Rules and Regulations
There are a wide variety of asbestos rules and regulations set out by government agencies at federal, state and local city levels. Although not technically legislative laws, some of these policies and procedures have significant clout and serious consequences for violators. Agencies include the EPA, OSHA, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
Their main asbestos rules and regulations are:
CPSC Asbestos-Containing Product List
EPA Asbestos Worker Protection Rule
EPA Asbestos National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
MSHA Surface and Underground Mine Regulations
OSHA Asbestos General Standards
OSHA Asbestos Construction Material Standards
United States Environmental Protection Agency, "Asbestos Laws and Regulations", Retrieved from https://www.epa.gov/asbestos/asbestos-laws-and-regulations Accessed on 24 January 2018
United States Department of Labor – Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), "Asbestos", Retrieved from https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/asbestos/ Accessed on 24 January 2018
Mesothelioma and Asbestos Awareness Center, "Asbestos Legislation", Retrieved from https://www.maacenter.org/asbestos/legislation/ Accessed on 24 January 2018
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), "Federal OSHA and EPA Asbestos Laws", Retrieved from https://www.afscme.org/news/publications/workplace-health-and-safety/fact-sheets/federal-osha-and-epa-asbestos-laws Accessed on 24 January 2018
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Among the 56+ mangosteen xanthones found in the whole mangosteen fruit, alpha-mangostin and gamma-mangostin have been the main subject of many academic, medical and scientific studies by mangosteen researchers from around the world.(1*) These two mangosteen xanthones have been shown to be very useful as anti-inflammatory agents.
Gamma-mangosteen has been proven to be a very effective anti-inflammatory agent. Scientists have shown that it significantly slowed down the body's production of the cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) enzyme, a key player in inflammatory conditions.(12*) Controlling COX-2 production has been found to be an important factor in reducing inflammation and pain.
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Items used to make a baby sit up or walk are a hazard; this includes the hands of a well-intended adult assisting the child. Imagine this: when an infant learns to walk with the assistance of an adult who holds his hands above him, weight shifts higher than the natural center of gravity. Used to being supported from above, an infant becomes unstable and wobbly when attempting to walk unassisted. When he falls, he hasn't refined the protective response of throwing out of his hands in front of him from the "normal" center of gravity. This makes that fall more dangerous.
The "perfect plan" refers to the small failures and frustrations that ultimately lead to an accomplishment, like standing up. When a child has learned to walk unassisted, he's begun to control movement in his major muscles, developed sensorimotor awareness, and understood spatial relations, among other skills.Emotionally, he's shown the motivation to learn, fail, and try again. This is the definition of tenacity. Intermediary steps are where learning happens: Everything he is doing is the perfect exercise, preparing him for the next milestone. Bouncers, rockers, swings and walkers -- and propping up children to sit or stand -- rob them of these fundamental learning opportunities.
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Apple has dealt another blow to the already crippled Adobe Flash Player, turning off the old media plugin by default for its new Safari 10 browser.
With the launch of Apple's Mac OS Sierra, the tech giant confirmed that Flash, and other legacy plugins, such as Java and Silverlight, will no longer be available. Safari 10 will not recognise Flash and will instruct any website to default back to HTML5 – the new open standard which now supports video and animated content previously managed by Flash.
If a website does not support HTML5, users will be faced with a familiar 'Get Flash link', at which point Safari 10 will step in to ask the user whether they would prefer to run Flash this 'once', or 'every time'.
According to Apple, using HTML5 and other new standards over dated plugins will promote better battery life and increase overall performance. It also added that the move will provide a greater level of security, avoiding the vulnerabilities related to Java and Flash.
With such a low user base, Safari's move to cut off Flash will hardly have a heavy impact on the market, but proposals from Google Chrome to switch off the defunct add-on by the end of 2016 could hammer the final nails into its coffin.
Meanwhile, Firefox began disabling Flash by default last summer. In a similar manner to the Safari 10 plans, Firefox only enables the plugin if the user opts in from a pop-up. Mozilla argued that Flash need not be blocked completely, but that it should never run without the user's knowledge.


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Carlos Dunlap Sends Strong Message After Seahawks Trade
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Updated Oct 29, 2020 at 9:35am
Getty	Carlos Dunlap is excited to join the Seattle Seahawks.
The newest member of the Seattle Seahawks appears to be thrilled he is headed to the Pacific Northwest as Carlos Dunlap took to social media to react to the recent trade. Dunlap described himself as "hungry" after retweeting a message from former NFL defensive lineman Leger Douzable.
"Hawks you got a player that is hungry and ready to get after QB," Douzable noted on Twitter.
Dunlap co-signed Douzable's tweet by adding a bit of emphasis on being hungry.
"Carlos Emphasizes 'Hungry' #GoHawks," Dunlap noted.
The newest Seahawks defensive end wasted no time getting to Seattle as Dunlap posted a photo of himself flying to join his new team just hours after the trade was finalized. Dunlap has to go through the NFL's COVID-19 protocol but will be eligible to play against the Bills in Week 9 as long as all the testing goes smoothly.
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Dunlap on Being Traded to the Seahawks: 'It's All Up From Here'
Carlos Dunlap on being traded to the Seahawks: "I'm nervous as hell, but I'm excited as f**k too!" (Via employee96/IG) pic.twitter.com/JudjDJ7b46
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Dunlap also shared a few thoughts on the trade through a video he posted to his Instagram Story. The pass rusher expressed excitement but admitted to being "nervous as hell."
"I'm not going to lie, I'm nervous as hell but I'm excited as f—, too," Dunlap said, via ESPN's Brady Henderson. "… It's all up from here. Let's go. I get to play. Above all, I get to play. Thank you, Lord. I go with you."
Dunlap saw his playing time with the Bengals reduced throughout the season going from 70 percent of the snaps in Week 1 down to just 23 percent in Week 7. After losing playing time, Dunlap's relationship with the Bengals deteriorated to the point where Cincinnati asked the defensive end to stay home from team activities until they found a trade partner.
Carroll on Dunlap: 'Carlos Has Been a Very, Very Consistent Player for a Long Time'
Our newest addition to the pass rush, ready to make an impact on defense. 😤#GoHawks x @Carlos_Dunlap pic.twitter.com/AGJ2COU2Qu
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) October 29, 2020
Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll has been vocal about his desire for the defense to generate more pressure on the quarterback. Dunlap is a traditional edge rusher who Carroll believes will allow the team to have a better rotation on the defensive line.
"We have a chance to bring in Carlos Dunlap to our team and give him a chance to help us in an area we've been talking about for some time," Carroll noted, per Seahawks.com. "Carlos has been a very, very consistent player for a long time. He's always been fast, always been athletic, he still moves his feet well and gets off the rock and knows exactly how to play the spot that we want to play him in. Really it was exciting to share that with him, he was concerned to know how we would play him at all, so that that was a that was good for him to hear."
Dunlap notched nine sacks in 2019 and has had at least 7.5 sacks in seven straight seasons. The Seahawks are hoping that given additional playing time Dunlap can show that same consistency in getting to the quarterback during Seattle's stretch run.
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Set on just over 0.5 acres there is plenty on offer here at Doneen. You have an outside concrete shed, a patio area for the evening sun, playing area for kids as well as a large driveway for ample parking. Inside the home is decorated well and quality materials were used throughout. The original bungalow, built in 1991, hosts 3 bedrooms and a bathroom however as the pictures show there is a large extension which now turns this property into a spacious 6 bedroom home. There are 2 living spaces, both with fitted stoves, along with a large kitchen and separate utility. There is a warm family feel to this home and the vendors have put a lot of thought into the layout which caters for all sizes of families.
hallway 5.3m x 1.0m Porcelain tiled floor. 1 x double socket. Hatch to attic.
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An indictment against American man Gabe Watson over the 2003 honeymoon murder of his wife Tina will be presented by prosecutors to the Townsville Supreme Court on Friday.
Watson, an Alabama-based bubble-pack manufacturer was charged with murder earlier this year following a coronial inquest into Tina Watson's death during a diving expedition on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Townsville.
The couple were 11 days into their honeymoon when Tina drowned during the dive trip on the Yongalla wreck on October 22, 2003.
Queensland Director Of Public Prosecutions Tony Moynihan on Thursday said an indictment for murder would be presented to the court on Friday.
Watson's Australian legal representatives are required to be at court for the matter.
The presentation of the indictment is required for extradition proceedings against Watson to begin.
It comes five months after coroner David Glasgow found that it was likely Watson killed his 26-year-old wife by holding her underwater and turning off her air supply.
Mr Glasgow said one possible motive was that Watson killed his wife for a modest insurance payout.
Watson's US lawyer Bob Austin this week said his client was likely to resist attempts to extradite him, labelling the case against him "as weak as well water".
"We don't think they have a case against him," Mr Austin told the Birmingham News.
"But if they (Australian prosecutors) decide they do, it could be to our benefit to resist and see if the American legal authorities side with us."
He said Watson had no motive to kill his new wife.
"When you look at the facts and for a motive, there is none," Mr Austin said.
"Gabe got no benefit from Tina's demise and to think he'd be so stupid to go halfway around the world and do this in front of 25 other people is ludicrous."
The bizarre circumstances surrounding Ms Watson's death and the many twists and turns the matter has taken in the years since has attracted significant international media interest.


The obvious alternative to a bailout is letting troubled financial institutions declare bankruptcy. Bankruptcy means that shareholders typically get wiped out and the creditors own the company.
In contrast, a bailout transfers enormous wealth from taxpayers to those who knowingly engaged in risky subprime lending. Thus, the bailout encourages companies to take large, imprudent risks and count on getting bailed out by government. This "moral hazard" generates enormous distortions in an economy's allocation of its financial resources.
Thoughtful advocates of the bailout might concede this perspective, but they argue that a bailout is necessary to prevent economic collapse. According to this view, lenders are not making loans, even for worthy projects, because they cannot get capital. This view has a grain of truth; if the bailout does not occur, more bankruptcies are possible and credit conditions may worsen for a time.
Talk of Armageddon, however, is ridiculous scare-mongering. If financial institutions cannot make productive loans, a profit opportunity exists for someone else. This might not happen instantly, but it will happen.
Further, the current credit freeze is likely due to Wall Street's hope of a bailout; bankers will not sell their lousy assets for 20 cents on the dollar if the government might pay 30, 50, or 80 cents.
My policy is Victory! I'm long and strong mining and building materials from this morning (or possibly long and wrong, if an even fouler crap sandwich gets enacted in which case I'll bail). Best is complete failure of the Bill To Socialize American Housing and Finance, then getting out of the way so that private American ingenuity and guts can let rip, helped by radical tax cuts and radical spending cuts. Let the government promote a national security driven program, a Homeland Surge, to drill for oil, build clean coal and nuclear power stations and renew infrastructure - pronto, pronto - all with private money like an Anti-Keynes. (I said I was long building materials). That would galvanize the markets and galvanize America with a sense of national purpose for your benefit and our children's instead of a nation which buys pills now to be paid for by our children. The moral disgrace of modern public finance saps morale and purpose.
John McCain, can you hear me? You can lead by adopting a coherent, simple message, my message, the House Republican message, your party's message. Oh and no more compassionate conservatism, it's too cruel.
¡Ay, caramba! or, possibly, Banzai!
I have often felt a hot flare of shame inside me when I listen to my fellow Britons casually jeering at the perceived depth of American ignorance, American crassness, American isolationism, American materialism, American lack of irony and American vulgarity. Aside from the sheer rudeness of such open and unapologetic mockery, it seems to me to reveal very little about America and a great deal about the rather feeble need of some Britons to feel superior.
I want to commend Peter Robinson's video interview with Archbishop Charles Caput of Denver, starting here.
His previous interview with another Christian, the thriller writer Andrew Klavan, was equally exhilarating. I am somewhat irreligious, but I am invigorated by the intelligence and clarity of these men.
Why do you defend Palin, so wholly unqualified for high office?
What do you think of the ABC News poll that has Obama 9 points ahead?
1. It is beyond dispute that Palin (business, Mayor, AOGCC, Governor) has more executive experience than Obama and Biden, who have none.
2. It is beyond dispute that Biden is a joke.
3. It is beyond dispute that Obama has the most left-wing voting record in the Senate.
4. It is beyond dispute that Obama killed the Born Alive Infants Protection Act in Illinois.
5. It is beyond dispute that Obama has never crossed his party as a reformer. Palin rose thru that.
6. It is beyond dispute that Palin is more experienced in competitive elections.
7. It is beyond dispute that Alaskans (80-86%) regard her as a great success in executive office.
There's much more that is beyond dispute before you get to talking about policy where she is far superior, but that's opinion.
Sam Harris partially quotes and distorts her positions and record and family because, like you, he is deranged on religion and Iraq.
Before you question Palin, who is beyond dispute a successful politician and administrator, you need to obtain credibility by answering points 1-7. Unfortunately for your position those points are unanswerable in good faith and I'm not interested in bad faith moonbatism.
It may be wrong due to grotesque oversampling of Democrats, bearing in mind that it's ABC.
It may be wrong due to an inverse Bradley effect in polls - that is the tendency towards affirmative action answers.
It may be wrong because modern polls have almost always overstated the Dem Presidential candidate relative to the outcome. This is a structural problem.
Again, it may be right. It may be that the overwhelming dominance of the left-wing and culturally depraved in the mainstream media, academia, the legal profession, unions and government employees has so poisoned America that a blatant fraud like Obama can become President. Good luck.
George Michael's real life is notably sordid. This weekend he was successful in getting the police to let him off without charge when he was found carrying drugs for the umpteenth time, including crack cocaine which carries a jail sentence, not to mention all the other gross shenanigans he was getting up to. He wept and pled with the police that a criminal charge would get him banned from performing in America. That worked because he's a celebrity and the UK police are crippled up the wazoo by political correctness so 'cottaging' is mitigation rather than aggravation.
You risk jail for carrying Class A drugs.But if you are a millionaire rock star called George Michael you can and it's okay with the cops.It doesn't matter how many times you have been found comatose behind the wheel of your 4x4 in the middle of the road.Michael, like sleazy Kate Moss, has learned there is no limit to police tolerance of celebrity druggies.
But what does this say to youngsters tempted to try a snort?
I hope the US bans him anyway. It's probably in his own interests, but that doesn't matter. It's certainly in the interests of discouraging others from drugs.
"I'm skinny but I'm tough," he says.
[on son leaving for Iraq]: He's been trained for this mission and so we've seen that confidence in that young man. We're, of course, nervous.
Come to think of it, I'd be happy with Todd Palin as President. Politics is not a better preparation for the job than character, self-reliance and a quiet articulacy.
Hank Paulson wasn't head of Goldman Sachs for nothing, I trust. World stock markets are surging this morning, maybe 'exploding' is the right word, because of Hank's plan to form a 'bad' bank that will accept the supposedly toxic paper which is thought to poison the banking system. Can I buy shares in the Big Bad Bank? The US should take this toxic waste at distressed prices, tighten a little the screw on those who took out these mortgages to improve their incentives to perform, then simply reel in the scheduled payments which will way exceed the fraction of bad debts implied in the fire sale price. After a period of superior income returns, the Big Bad Bank can re-package and sell-off the newly nutritious CMO's, then distribute its well-gotten gains to their rightful owners, the American taxpayers. Now that's what I call creative destruction.
These quasi-public corporations led our housing system down a path where quick profit was placed before sound finance. They institutionalized a system that rewarded forcing mortgages on people who couldn't afford them, while turning around and selling those bad mortgages to the banks that are now going bankrupt. Using money and influence, they prevented reforms that would have curbed their power and limited their ability to damage our economy. And now, as ever, the American taxpayers are left to pay the price for Washington's failure.
Two years ago, I called for reform of this corruption at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Congress did nothing. The Administration did nothing. Senator Obama did nothing, and actually profited from this system of abuse and scandal. While Fannie and Freddie were working to keep Congress away from their house of cards, Senator Obama was taking their money. He got more, in fact, than any other member of Congress, except for the Democratic chairman of the committee that oversees them. And while Fannie Mae was betraying the public trust, somehow its former CEO had managed to gain my opponent's trust to the point that Senator Obama actually put him in charge of his vice presidential search.
2. Absurdly zealous accounting rules post-Enron leading to valuation at firesale prices of temporarily impaired assets which have much higher real dcf values.
3. A disconnect between ownership of firms and the size and type of risks undertaken by firms, often due to perverse incentives. Contrast the ownership mentality of a Warren Buffet towards Berkshire Hathaway which is now snapping up cheap assets, with the annual bonus mentality of bank CEO's despite their stock options or perhaps because their option allotment depended on annual results which depend on high-volumes of trendy risk (pun intended). Repeat after me: the herd is always wrong eventually, whether it's tulips, emerging market credit spreads, house prices, sub-prime mortgages or prime mortgages. The only exception may be "don't sell America short." That depends on seeing America as an organism with a superior immune system based on free speech and a free market in ideas.
Mr. McCain added the wholly unsupported assertion that "speculators pounded the shares of even good companies into the ground." It wasn't very long ago that he blamed speculators on the long side for sky-high oil prices. Then oil prices fell. Now Mr. McCain wants voters to believe speculators are responsible for driving mismanaged financial companies to ruin. The irony is that this critique puts Mr. McCain in the same camp as some of the Wall Street CEOs who have led their firms so poorly. They also want someone (else) to blame.
David Einhorn, who shorted Lehman since July 2007, is a hero.
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Me - I do like and admire Sarah Palin, so far. As for hunting, that's bad, but buying a hamburger is worse. You will probably be surprised to find out that her acclaimed speech was written by Matthew Scully who wrote "Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy". Yes, I'm an imperfect vegetarian, who occasionally eats fish in social settings.
She - The idea of teaching creationism alongside evolution in schools is bizarre - should we teach every theory for which there is zero evidence? There are not enough hours in the school day.
Me - Intelligent Design isn't applied science it's philosophy and as arguable as the opposite. Evolution, which is certainly correct, doesn't say anything about Intelligent Design. It would bother me more if secularist commissars succeed in banishing ID or its opposite from schools. Creationism is simply a special case of ID. In it's biblical form it's a myth. So what? It would be wrong to teach it as science and if Governor Palin proposed that (she hasn't), she'd be wrong. But the issue doesn't have the intrinsic importance you give it. Its importance derives from its status as a badge for bien pensants who want to shut down non-conformist speech. Voltaire would recognize the syndrome.
She - 'Intelligent design' *has* of course been comprehensively debunked, first by Hume and most recently and eloquently by Dawkins. Anyone with a grasp of probability and natural selection applies Ockham's Razor and says, there is a far simpler and more plausible explanation for this phenomenon than to postulate the existence of a god. Natural selection explains the phenomenon that you perceive as design without postulating the existence of imagined beings to explain it - that is its beauty. You might as well postulate the existence of a Flying Spaghetti Monster if you refuse to accept that the simplest explanation is the one most likely to be true.
Me - No. ID and Natural Selection don't conflict at all as ideas. Natural Selection explains a tiny subset of the organized universe. Occam's Razor cuts both ways. If I find an apparent artefact, the simplest explanation is that somebody made it.
Me - I'm not in any closet, WYSIWYG. What I do see is that free thought and free expression is far more threatened by the modern secularists than by Christians. Dawkins by the way is ultimately agnostic about ID, like me.
It's probably hilarious to a 'Seinfeld' afficionado, and I can tell there's something there, but it's over my head. You have to feel sorry for Bill Gates. It shows a disfunctional business bringing out an ad about, well, nothing, to go with an operating system about, well, nothing.
One day later, after McCain's fatherly speech, Sarah Palin seems even more significant. She is the future. I suppose that's what others see in Obama. Thatcherites like me are projecting their hopes onto her as liberals project onto Obama. Suddenly, if McCain loses, Palin is front-runner for 2012 nominee. In a way we want to hurry up and get there, skipping over the honourable old man, but the chemistry between McCain and Palin may be special enough that this VP has real power. She'd be an operator with a mandate and a hinterland. This piece by the admirable Barbara Amiel, who is going through her own Purgatory as is Thatcher, makes interesting play with the Thatcher/Palin idea. It reminds me of François Mitterand's aperçu about Thatcher: she has the eyes of Caligula and the lips of Marilyn Monroe.
I gave up after 24 minutes. He's not wrong, just boring, which may be effective in the context. My mind kept drifting to McCain's betrayals of conservatism like the Gang of 14 and shamnesty and Global Warming and offshore drilling (against, now for) and ANWR (still against) and populist slurs on speculation and Big Oil. I trust his sincerity, but not his understanding of the abstractions which underpin good, stickable, co-ordinated policy. That appreciation took Thatcher through fire. Let's face it, President McCain will need perpetually to be corraled by conservatives, but I don't know what leverage they'll have. Maybe McCain's finally internalised that the msm is a pit of snakes rather than a political base, so that he'll get his kicks from sticking it up them instead of sticking it up conservatives.


So what exactly is it about chimneys that make them so attractive to birds?
If they are not nesting in them, they are flying down them and getting stuck behind the fire.
Birds are protected and both these scenarios need to be dealt with using care and expertise.
It is not only 'pest' species that make themselves at home in the chimney, but the sort of birds a lot of people encourage into their garden with bird tables full of food.
Warm, compact and sheltered from the elements, chimneys make a great spot to build a bird's nest. Particularly popular among jackdaws, birds single out their chimney of choice then begin the work of building a nest by dropping twigs into it.
If you suspect a bird might be making its home in your chimney – repeated journeys, bits of debris – now is the time to act, because once that nest is in use it is too late.
Nesting birds are protected by law and it is an offence to try to remove a nest that is in use. Instead you will have to wait until the end of summer to clear out the chimney, with the nesting season running from March to August.
It goes without saying that it would be unwise to try to light an open fire once a nest has been detected. Apart from beaching the law on disturbing nesting birds, smoke would quite probably be pushed back into the house, and in the worst event the chimney could set on fire.
The only option once the nest is established is to wait it out then, when the nest is clear, invest in a specialist cowl, which will cover the top of the chimney and shield it from visiting birds in future. The nest will also need to be removed by a specialist, making sure every part is removed for safety reasons.
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NFL Picks: Super Wild Card Weekend
Nick Dant
It's Wild Card Weekend! We somehow made it through the regular season and are looking squarely at an expanded playoff with three games on both Saturday and Sunday. It's going to be a glorious weekend. I'm stocking the beer fridge and locking myself in the man cave. Don't bother me until Monday!
Now, on to the important stuff. Like breaking down these games and picking some winners.
Here are my NFL picks for Wildcard Weekend. Let's do this!
Saturday's NFL Picks:
Indianapolis Colts @ Buffalo Bills
Line: Bills -7
I have a hard time getting behind Phillip Rivers in a road playoff game in Buffalo. He's almost 40 years of age and is used to playing in beautiful San Diego or inside the dome in Indy. We're looking at a high of 30 degrees in Buffalo this Saturday. Sure, Indy has a solid D and a better rushing attack than the Bills, but do you trust Old Man Rivers?
On the other hand, Buffalo has won six in a row and nine of their last ten. Over the last few weeks, opponents haven't even come close. They beat the Broncos and Patriots by 29 a piece and the Dolphins by 30. Plus, they are 7-1 at home this year and 8-0 ATS in their last eight games.
How can you pick against this Josh Allen and Stefon Diggs led offense right now? Buffalo will win by double digits. I lean towards the Over as well, as the Bills should be north of 30 points themselves. A couple INT's thrown by Rivers will provide favorable field position to help beef up Buffalo's point production.
Picks: Buffalo -7 and the Over
Los Angeles Rams @ Seattle Seahawks
Line: Seahawks -4.5
Our second game on Saturday pits two NFC West rivals who will battle for the third time this year. The series is split with the Rams winning 23-16 in LA and the Seahawks 20-9 in Seattle. Before this most recent Seahawk win, Seattle had lost five of six to the Rams.
Usually a road trip to the upper northwest in January would be a daunting task but the weather should be clear and near 50 degrees. Additionally, of course, there won't be any crowd noise to deal with.
One looming question heading into the game is if Jared Goff will play. At this point, it sounds unlikely. In his absence, John Wolford at least looked serviceable, throwing for 231 yards and rushing for 56 yards last week. However, an inexperienced, back-up QB playing in a road playoff game isn't usually a recipe for success.
Regardless of the QB, the question remains if the Rams are any good. For that matter, even with a 12-4 record, how good are the Seahawks? They come into this game winners of four straight but the level of competition has been subpar and they haven't looked overly impressive in doing so. What if I told you Seattle's only win over a playoff team was the week 16 victory over these Rams?
I'm not high on either team. Seattle and Russell Wilson will find a way to win but it won't be pretty. Give me the Rams to cover and the Under. In the two previous matchups this year, the total hasn't come close to 43.
Picks: Rams + 4.5 and the Under
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Washington Football Team
Line: Buccaneers -9
To be honest, I am a born and raised Washington fan. As a kid in the '80s and '90s, I have very fond memories of great Redskins teams and classic playoff victories. Then came Daniel Snyder. It's been extremely challenging to be a Washington fan and I'd be lying if I said my level of commitment hasn't waned.
Ok, off my soap box. WFT is extremely fortunate to even be in the playoffs let alone actually hosting a game (we don't need to get into all that). Their saving grace is an excellent defensive line that should generate a pass rush and make things uneasy for Tom Brady. That's it. That's the strength of the WFT. Let's not even talk about the offense. Putrid is a word that comes to mind and now Rivera is apparently contemplating rotating QB's, which is not a good sign in a playoff game to say the least.
Meanwhile, the Bucs are 11-5 and winners of their last four games. Much like the Seahawks, Tampa has only beaten one playoff team this year (the Packers back in October). Like most of the East Coast this weekend, the weather could be chilly especially with this being a primetime game. Expect temps to be in the low to mid 30's. Not ideal for a 40+ year old QB.
The Bucs are clearly the better team and Washington really has no business still playing football. However, if you think I'm going to go against the feel good stories of Ron Rivera and Alex Smith, you're crazy. Plus, did I mention they are my team? The WFT D does enough to cover. Gimme Washington and the Under.
Picks: WFT + 9 and the Under
Sunday NFL Picks:
Baltimore Ravens @ Tennessee Titans
Line: Ravens -3.5
I guess everyone is back on the Ravens bandwagon. Lamar Jackson looks like his 2019 self and Baltimore has won five in a row. Well, allow me to throw some shade on that. Other than the Bowel Movement Bowl win over Cleveland, the Ravens beat the Cowboys, Jags, Giants, and Bengals during this win streak. Not exactly murderers' row.
This is a rematch on the November 22nd game where the Titans won an overtime game in Baltimore. And now the Ravens are 3.5 favorites in Nashville? For the life of me, I can't figure out why. If you recall, these teams also played in the playoffs last year and the Titans also won 28-12 in Baltimore.
Tennessee obviously has issues on the defensive side of the ball, but Derrick Henry is an animal and Ryan Tannehill is playing the best football of his career. With A.J. Brown, Corey Davis, and a couple TE threats, there's a lot to like about this offense.
There's a reason why this is the closest spread of the weekend. It should be a high scoring game with multiple lead changes. I'll take the 3.5 points and the Over. Sprinkle some on the money line too.
Picks: Titans ML and the Over
Chicago Bears @ New Orleans Saints
Line: Saints – 10
Back to the NFC for the Sunday afternoon game. This is a rematch of the November 1st showdown that saw New Orleans pull out the W in overtime. Since then, Mitch Trubisky was handed back the reins of the offense and the Bears won three out of their last four to stake claim to the last NFC playoff spot.
With that said, I just can't trust Trubisky in a road playoff game. These Bears are the same team that lost six straight games in the middle of the year. They aren't very good. Meanwhile, the 12-4 Saints have their sights on a Super Bowl berth. A heavy dose of Alvin Kamara and a strong defensive effort should make quick work of Chicago.
Although the Saints wild card loss to the Vikings last year is still fresh in my memory, I think they come into this matchup focused and hungry. We know who the better team is – now just come out and perform. Give me the Saints and give me the Under. I'm thinking somewhere along the lines of a 31-10 win.
Picks: Saints -10 and the Under
Cleveland Browns @ Pittsburgh Steelers
Line: Steelers -6
Let's throw out the Week 17 game between these two. Back in Week 6, the Steelers wiped the floor with the Browns, winning 38-7 at home. It was during that stretch of games where the Steelers looked invincible. However, dealing with injuries and COVID issues, Pittsburgh limped to the regular season finish line, only winning one of their last five games. Can they turn it back on and play like they did in October?
On the other hand, the Browns are a bit of an enigma. First, ODB gets hurt, which may have proven to be addition by subtraction. Then, throughout the season, Baker Mayfield's level of play raised a lot of question marks. Finally, Head Coach Kevin Stefanski comes down with COVID and will be forced to miss the Wild Card game.
If Cleveland has a chance of covering, they'll need to run the ball and keep Big Ben and the Steelers potent passing attack on the sidelines. Of course, a nasty Pittsburgh D will won't make it easy.
Are you willing to roll the dice on Baker Mayfield with no head coach? Not me. After all, we're talking about the Browns here. Expect the "Mistake by the Lake" to screw something up again. I'll lay the points and go with an Under again.
Picks: Steelers -6 and the Under
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Senate Dems Kill Rider-Strewn Zika Funds Bill
September 6, 2016 BRITAIN EAKIN
WASHINGTON (CN) — For the third time, Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday blocked a $1.1 billion bill to fight the Zika virus, accusing Republicans of sabotaging the bill with politically charged riders.
Democrats said they took issue with provisions of the Republican measure that would have limited funding for birth control providers and prohibit Planned Parenthood from getting grant funds to fight the virus in Puerto Rico.
Sen. Bill Nelson, a Democrat from Florida — the state hit hardest so far by the mosquito-borne virus — told reporters after the vote that he believes his constituents will understand why Democrats blocked the package "because I have said it over and over, the political riders: the Confederate flag, defunding Planned Parenthood, cutting Medicaid to Puerto Rico."
The Confederate flag rider would have allowed the controversial flag to be flown at military veteran cemeteries.
Nelson said he wants Zika funding and will consider anything, including offsets in a compromise bill, but not the Republican political riders.
Democrats blocked the measure in June and blocked it again 52-46 late Tuesday afternoon in a procedural vote, falling short of the 60 votes needed to surmount a filibuster.
The vote came as Congress returned from a seven-week vacation. During that time, 35 Americans contracted the Zika virus from mosquito bites in Florida according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There have been 2,687 total travel-associated cases nationwide.
Nelson noted that the virus will spread if those infected get bitten by mosquitoes.
"If they get bitten by a mosquito where they are in another state, now that mosquito is infected," he said of the 2,722 infected Americans. "That mosquito then goes and feeds on an average of four people for one dinner. And there are more cases than we know about."
The Zika funding measure was attached to next year's military construction and veterans affairs spending bill, a normally uncontroversial spending package. Tuesday's vote highlighted the political impasse in an unusual election season.
Senate Republicans, including Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, accused Democrats of trying to score political points by blocking the bill. In a quiet moment after the vote, Rubio took the Senate floor to scold them for doing "nothing, and called it a "moment of truth" for Congress.
"We simply cannot afford to wait any longer," he said to mostly empty chambers. "My message to both parties and both chambers is this: Zika is not a game. If you think it is you should take your game somewhere else."
Nelson said the path forward is perhaps another vote, though he offered no timeline.
"At some point the American people are going to say look, are you kidding me? Especially when the women start having fetuses that are either brought to full term or not, that have microcephaly. I think that's going to send a message," he said, referring to the Zika-linked birth defect that causes infants to be born with abnormally small heads and can cause developmental delays and death
Nelson pointed the finger at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky.
"The person who hasn't delivered the Zika funding bill is Mitch McConnell. We already passed it in the Senate — clean — without the political riders," he told reporters when asked about Zika as a wedge issue in the upcoming election.
"If McConnell would insist that the House not put the political riders on it, we'd have it done," he added.
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De Gulfstream G150 is een door Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation gebouwde tweemotorige zakenjet. De G150 is een verbeterde Gulfstream G100 met een bredere en langere cabine en uitgerust met 19,7 kN stuwkracht Honeywell turbofans. FAA certificering vond plaats eind 2005. Van de Gulfstream G150 zijn tot 2017 120 exemplaren geproduceerd.

De G150 werd in opdracht van Gulfstream gebouwd door de firma IAI in Israel. De complete airframes werden vervolgens overgevlogen naar de Verenigde Staten voor de inbouw van het interieur.

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Q: Gitlab 'include local' from same project but different directory So lets say I have a project structure like:
project-fancy-name
    -> jobs
        -> build
            - build-maven.yml
        -> defaults
            - maven-defaults.yml

And in the build-maven.yml I want to include the defaults-maven.yml file.
I have tried the below combinations but all seem to give me this error or similar:Local file defaults/maven-defaults.yml does not exist!
include:
  - local: defaults/maven-defaults.yml

include:
  - local: /defaults/maven-defaults.yml

include:
  - local: ./defaults/maven-defaults.yml

include:
  - local: ../defaults/maven-defaults.yml

I was under the impression that using ../ may have gone back a directory but doesn't seem to be the case.
So what would the correct syntax be for including the local file maven-defaults.yml in the build-maven.yml file?
I have read the Gitlab Include reference material but it doesn't seem to give any examples that would work here.

A: include: paths are relative to the project root, not relative to the file location. So just include the full path, relative to the project root:
include:
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Top 10 Best GameFi Projects to Play and Earn
Charlie Butler
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GameFi is a viable way to earn money in a crypto bear market
Playing and earning has never been more accessible than it is now. With hundreds of games vying for their share of the market, there are plenty of opportunities to discover. Below, we have the Top 10 best GameFi platforms that you can play and earn money on today.
One of the hottest properties in blockchain gaming at the moment, StepN is a Move-to-Earn platform that gives people money to exercise. You'll need a pair of Sneakers (an NFT) to start earning, with the floor price currently sitting at 13.95 SOL ($689, at the time of writing). So it's quite a high financial barrier to entry, especially considering that to earn serious money, a user needs to own a few pairs of Sneakers to unlock higher earning potential. StepN will introduce a leasing function to the platform soon, where players can rent Sneakers from other users and share the profits with them.
Blockchain: Solana
DeFi Kingdoms
DeFi Kingdoms is a combination of a game and a decentralized exchange. It doesn't have traditional gameplay elements such as battles, missions and freeplay. The GameFi element is based on players collecting yield from the huge DeFi Kingdom liquidity pools. By staking in-game token JEWEL into liquidity pools, users earn an annual percentage yield, that sometimes runs to over 1000%. This game is basically DeFi with jazzy colors, hence the name, but it doesn't mean it can't be a fun way to earn some money.
Blockchain: Harmony
These little critters are based on tamagotchis, which will be recognizable to anyone who was a child in the 1990s. They were little digital pets that hatched from an egg, and needed care and attention to thrive. Aavegotchi are ghosts that roam the blockchain. The barrier to entry is fairly high, with the Aavegotchi floor price currently sitting at 2,090 GHST, the game's native token ($3,240). Fortunately, users can rent an Aavegotchi and collect all the goodies on offer in the Gotchiverse. The game also has staking options where users can stake GHST to earn yield. Committed gamers are rewarded in Aavegotchi, so be prepared to spend time and effort if you want to make some money.
Blockchain: Polygon
This is the game for everyone who loves collecting and trading cards. The Hive blockchain was built specifically for Splinterlands, so it's no surprise that the game is by far the biggest dapp on there. Over the past 30 days, over 527,320 unique active wallets connected to it. The best way to play Splinterlands is to go in with a plan. Before you begin, decide if you want to make money, play for fun or gather resources. There are also in-game tournaments to take part in regularly. Splinterlands' governance token is called Splintershards (SPS) and the best part of the game is that it's free to start playing, at the basic level. It's advised that players spend the $10 required to make the entire game available.
Blockchain: Hive
Genopets
Genopets is another Move-to-Earn platform, but this one has an inventive twist. Instead of just exercising and earning tokens for doing it, users level up their in-game Genopet NFT avatar by moving around in the real world. The game recently launched Genopets Habitat, the virtual worlds with which holders can earn rewards which they can swap for real money. Genopet avatars are currently available on secondary marketplaces with a floor price of 51.5 SOL ($2,588). Genopets Habitat NFTs are available with a floor price of 59.8 SOL ($3,000).
Axie Infinity's fortunes have been mixed in 2022. The platform's exclusive blockchain Ronin was hacked back in March and the price of the in-game token AXS has dropped since its November 2021 high. The in-game NFTs and items have also fallen in price since the beginning of the year and the game developers have been working hard to ensure its economy remains sustainable for the long term. But it's not all bad news. The cheapest Axie NFTs are now available for $6 which means that, for less than $20, anyone can start playing the game tomorrow. Sky Mavis, the developers behind Axie Infinity, has also launched a new Origin series which promises to bring more rewards for success.
Blockchain: Ronin
Benji Bananas
Benji Bananas began life as a free-to-play mobile game without blockchain functionality. But web3 venture capital firm Animoca Brands, who owns Benji Bananas, has injected the game with play-to-earn functionality. The game is simple: players swing from vine to vine, past obstacles, and try to remain off the ground as long as possible. The longer you swing, the more you win. Rewards are paid out in PRIMATE which users can swap for ApeCoin (APE), Yuga Lab's new digital token which people can spend in the Otherside virtual world. The game has recently introduced the Benji Bananas Membership Pass that will enable holders to earn special rewards when playing the game.
Illuvium is a free-to-play fantasy role-playing game developed on the Ethereum blockchain that launched its open beta in Q1 2022. Players explore a 3D world and capture Illuvials, the mythical creatures that populate the virtual world. Although the game is free to play, it gets much better if you spend a bit of money and get yourself some decent Illuvial avatars. The in-game token is ILV which, like all cryptocurrencies and tokens, has been hit by the bear market and has dropped in value in recent weeks. Players can earn rewards by winning battles against opponents or betting on the outcome of other users' duels. Hunting, capturing and selling Illuvials is another viable method for making money in this game.
Mirandus is a play-to-earn MMORPG and is one of Gala Games' most exciting upcoming titles. The game launched its playable avatars, the Exemplar, in December 2021, when they became available for purchase on Gala Games. Now, users can pick up the cheapest ones for 0.0688 ETH ($134) and start playing Mirandus when it launches later this year. It's an open-world with absolute freedom; Gala Games has said there are no maps and quests. Players own the story and they also own the economy with the Materium (MTRM) token, which has been on a roller-coaster ride since its launch. Think of Mirandus like The Sandbox or Decentraland, except the world is a fantasy one and the avatars are Humans, Elves and Orcs.
Step App
Step App is another Move-to-Earn platform that is still in its very early stages. It's similar to StepN in that users are rewarded for exercising once they have equipped the appropriate NFT. In this case, users need to put on their SNEAKS before they can Move-to-Earn. The team behind the game came together in late-2021 and the platform is yet to launch its main app – this will drop in beta in the next few weeks. There is currently an ongoing staking process in which users can stake their in-game token FITFI to earn Drop Tickets. With these, they enter into a raffle with the chance to win Lootboxes, which each have a 35% of winning a pair of the sought-after SNEAKS.
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How to Download Divinity: Original Sin II for PC? (Windows Guide)
In this post, we will show you three of the most popular steps to get Divinity: Original Sin II for PC (Windows 10, 10.1, 7, 8)
Before you download Divinity: Original Sin II for Windows, here are some specifications to check.
Larian Studios developed Divinity: Original Sin II and it is the second installment of Divinity: Original Sin. Do not confuse it for Divinity II because both are totally different games.
The player can play solo or at a party of three. There are many characters available in the game which have pre-made backstories. The player can also create an entirely new character from the beginning of the game.
This game also competitive online multiplayer mods where players can battle other players in real time. The player gets to create new skills in the skill crafting system.
Your PC should have the following specs or higher to be compatible:
Minimum RAM-2 GB
Minimum Hard Drive Space-2 GB
Windows – 7/8/10
Intel core processor- Core i3, but i5 or above recommended
Storage Space: 50MB free space
Graphics: Any Basic Monitor
Network: Active Internet connection with 512 kbps minimum speed
Software File Specifications:
Size- 19.3 MB
Developer-Larian Studios
Compatibility- Windows 7/8/10 64-bit
Author- Certified
Virus-Checked: 100% tested, secure
Also Read – How to Download Logic for PC? (Windows Guide)
Let's get to the method and steps-
You can download and install Divinity: Original Sin II with any of the below three methods:
#1. Download Divinity: Original Sin II for PC Using Android Emulator- Bluestacks
It is one of the popular ways you can download the app for computer/desktop (this method is free & easy).
All you need is to follow the steps outlined below.
Step 1: Download the Android Emulator, Bluestacks, of course, from the official website.
Step 2: Install the Bluestacks app on your PC. Open to launch it.
Step 3: Once you are done with the installation process, you will be required to log in from your Google ID (you must have a Google Account). This is especially true if you are using the software for the very first time.
Step 4: Open Bluestacks emulator. In the search bar, simply type Divinity: Original Sin II. The app will be displayed.
Step 5: Click on it, install it on your windows, and start enjoying it.
As mentioned, ensure that you're using Windows 10, 7, or Windows 8.
#2. Download Divinity: Original Sin II for Windows Using iPadian
Save your energy and time by simply using iPadian; iPadian is an iOS emulator.
It is free to download, safe, and reliable.
Step 1: Download the iPadian emulator on your PC. Make sure it is from the official website.
Step 2: After downloading, launch the software on your PC and proceed to the installation process.
Step 3: Click on the finish button to complete the installation process.
Step 4: Open the iPadian software and click "App Store".
Step 5: Type Divinity: Original Sin II in the search bar and click to download it.
Step 6: Install the app and start enjoying it.
#3. Using Andy
Andy is also one of the best-known Android emulators available online for free. Installing this software on your PC makes it possible for you to download Divinity: Original Sin II to the computer.
Here is how to do it.
Step 1: Download the Andy emulator from their official website. Click this link to download it.
Step 2: Run the software on your PC and proceed to the installation process.
Step 3: Once installed, open the app. In the search bay, type Divinity: Original Sin II and download it.
Step 4: Install the app in Andy.
Step 5: Select the app's icon appearing on Andy's home page to start your adventures.
Also Read – How to Download Shazam for PC? (Windows Guide)
Some quick overview points for you-
Among all alternatives, Divinity: Original Sin II is actually the best.
You can also create a MacVirtual Machine if your app malfunctions.
Most PCs use AMD or INTEL Processors. The latest versions like RYZEN-9 3950 can perform better, though.
Jake Williams
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Footnote (2011)
by Yoav di-Capua
Is family solidarity more important than academic fame? Is empiricism a better guide to historical truth than theory? Is intellectual self-esteem generated internally, or externally, by communal acknowledgment? Taking as its subject the arcane field of Talmudic Studies and the Jerusalem School that persistently practices it, Yosef Sider's latest film, Footnote, manages to transcend the cultural specificity of his subject matter to embrace a much broader theme. Far from being a film about narrow Jewish, Israeli, or obscure academic subjects, its universal concern is that of fame and recognition, the eternal quest for historical truth, the pursuit of power, and the dynamics of intellectual rivalry.
Eliezer and Uriel are competing professors of Talmudic Studies. Eliezer is a stubborn purist, a philologist who dedicated his life to the painstaking reconstruction of barely-legible manuscripts. Hard-working as he is in the eyes of some colleagues, after decades of work, all he has to show for himself is a footnote in the grand opus of his mentor, the founder of the Jerusalem School of Talmudic studies. Never recognized for his work, Eliezer hopes to win the prestigious Israel Prize for academic achievement. His rival, Uriel, is an up-and-coming star in the same field. He produces a string of enticing, cutting-edge and theoretically inspired books, which energize the next generation of Talmudic scholars. Deserting the purist tradition of textual reconstruction for the benefit of theoretical insight, Uriel differs markedly from the elderly Eliezer. Uriel is loved, respected and celebrated. Eliezer is marginalized and quite unliked. The duo symbolizes two different ways of thinking and represents two different generations. Yet, metaphysically, they share the same fate: for the philologist, Professor Eliezer Shkolnik, is in fact the father of the trendy son, Professor Uriel Shkolnik. The father, reduced to a mere footnote, looks with disdain on his son's intellectual pursuits and constant need for the limelight, which he reads as sheer populism. And thus, academic rivalry intersects with the age-old theme of fathers and sons.
At the heart of this drama, which at times takes comic turns, is a peevish community of bickering scholars. A community infested with age-old rivalries, small jealousies and an endless cycle of bad blood. When the members of this community need to decide who is going to win the prestigious Israel Prize for Talmudic Studies their choice is between father and son. With both bearing the same family name, a fatal mistake occurs in the notification process, and the thus far restrained rivalry gets out of control.
Footnote, Israel's official entry for the Oscar in the category of best foreign film, is a smart, sensible and nuanced film whose original cinematography and beautiful score realistically capture a subject greater than the sum of its individual parts.
Yoav di-Capua's FEATURE piece on his recent book, "Gatekeepers of the Arab Past."
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Bareburger Restaurant
We decided to go out to eat at Bareburger Restaurant before our food shopping trip to Trader Joe's. It's been a long time since I've been out to eat at Bareburger. We were surprised that they changed the food menu and they had more drinks on the menu since the last time we ate there. My daughter had a margarita and my husband and I had a glass of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer as we don't like drinking craft beer.
I had a burger called Sweet Dreams that consisted of sweet potato, kale, wild rice, alfalfa, avocado, spinach, cucumber, red onion, and green goddess dressing, on a bun. My burger was delicious tasting and I loved my burger. My husband had a chicken burger wrapped in lettuce and my daughter had an impossible cheeseburger. I'm sorry I forgot to take photos of their burgers, I guess I was too hungry. LOL!
My Sweet Dreams Burger
We all shared french fries. I like the presentation of the fries in that little pot.
We all shared a delicious order of fried pickle chips and dip.
I love this bear and the unique wall decor.
If you go to Bareburger during the week Monday through Thursday they have Happy Hour from 12 - 7 pm.
Have you ever eaten at Bareburger?
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Trader Joe's Haul - August
It's been a while since I've been to Trader Joe's. I'd love to share with you some of the items we bought on our recent shopping trip.
I was happy when I saw these small artichokes. I've made instant pot stuffed artichokes we like and I made them again. I love stuffed artichokes but it's a lot of work to make them but it's so worth it!
This watermelon facial mist is a new product that I'm loving this summer. It cools your skin and I apply it before I put on my face cream.
This type of pasta was a first for us that we liked with freshly made tomato sauce.
I like this type of pasta with tomato sauce.
We like this whole wheat spaghetti with tomato sauce.
This vegan Tikka Masala dish is a favorite that my daughter likes to eat.
We like this salsa with chips.
This dip goes great with chips and vegetables.
We enjoy eating this vegan onion dip with chips.
Some of our favorite chips.
I like these peanut butter pretzels.
My daughter likes this tofu.
This buttermilk protein pancake mix is new to me. I look forward to making pancakes with this mix, you just add water.
I love this sparkling lemonade and this pretty bottle it comes in.
We usually like TJ's salads but this time the salads did not have that much lettuce in them. I had to add extra lettuce to these salads. I don't think I will be buying these Trader Joe's salad kits anymore.
You can click here to see Heather's latest shopping trip to Trader Joe's.
Have you been to Trader Joe's lately and what did you buy?
Reading Lately - July
Happy Tuesday everyone. I've read some good books lately that I'd love to share with you.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?
Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.
Summoned to Evelyn's luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the '80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn's story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique's own in tragic and irreversible ways.
My Thoughts on the Book:
I like reading books by this author and I've read Daisy Jones & The Six and Malibu Rising. I couldn't wait to read her next book The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. I loved this book about Hollywood star Evelyn Hugo and all of her seven husbands and her rise to fame. It's a good summer read which I'm sure you'll enjoy. Taylor Jenkins Reid has a new book coming out soon which I can't wait to read called Carrie Soto is Back.
The Newcomer by Mary Kay Andrews
In trouble and on the run...
After she discovers her sister Tanya dead on the floor of her fashionable New York City townhouse, Letty Carnahan is certain she knows who did it: Tanya's ex; sleazy real estate entrepreneur Evan Wingfield. Even in the grip of grief and panic Letty heeds her late sister's warnings: "If anything bad happens to me—it's Evan. Promise me you'll take Maya and run. Promise me."
With a trunkful of emotional baggage...
So Letty grabs her sister's Mercedes and hits the road with her wailing four-year-old niece Maya. Letty is determined to out-run Evan and the law, but run to where? Tanya, a woman with a past shrouded in secrets, left behind a "go-bag" of cash and a big honking diamond ring—but only one clue: a faded magazine story about a sleepy mom-and-pop motel in a Florida beach town with the improbable name of Treasure Island. She sheds her old life and checks into an uncertain future at The Murmuring Surf Motel.
The No Vacancy sign is flashing & the sharks are circling...
And that's the good news. Because The Surf, as the regulars call it, is the winter home of a close-knit flock of retirees and snowbirds who regard this odd-duck newcomer with suspicion and down-right hostility. As Letty settles into the motel's former storage room, she tries to heal Maya's heartache and unravel the key to her sister's shady past, all while dodging the attention of the owner's dangerously attractive son Joe, who just happens to be a local police detective. Can Letty find romance as well as a room at the inn—or will Joe betray her secrets and put her behind bars? With danger closing in, it's a race to find the truth and right the wrongs of the past.
This is the first book I've read by this author. The book is a mixture of humor, romance, and mystery. I found myself laughing at times and I enjoyed reading this book.
Summer Island by Kristin Hannah
Years ago, Nora Bridge walked out on her marriage and left her daughters behind. She has since become a famous radio talk-show host and newspaper columnist beloved for her moral advice. Her youngest daughter, Ruby, is a struggling comedienne who uses her famous mother as fuel for her bitter, cynical humor. When the tabloids unearth a scandalous secret from Nora's past, their estrangement suddenly becomes dramatic: Nora is injured in an accident and a glossy magazine offers Ruby a fortune to write a tell-all about her mother. Under false pretenses, Ruby returns home to take care of the woman she hasn't spoken to for almost a decade.
Nora insists they retreat to Summer Island in the San Juans, to the lovely old house on the water where Ruby grew up, a place filled with childhood memories of love and joy and belonging. There Ruby is also reunited with her first love and his brother. Once, the three of them had been best friends, inseparable. Until the summer that Nora had left and everyone's hearts had been broken. . . .
What began as an expose evolves, as Ruby writes, into an exploration of her family's past. Nora is not the woman Ruby has hated all these years. Witty, wise, and vulnerable, she is desperate to reconcile with her daughter. As the magazine deadline draws near and Ruby finishes what has begun to seem to her an act of brutal betrayal, she is forced to grow up and at last to look at her mother--and herself--through the eyes of a woman. And she must, finally, allow herself to love.
I love reading books by the author Kristen Hannah. I enjoyed reading The Nightingale and The Four Winds by this author. I found this book to be just ok and it's about family, love, and forgiveness.
What book are you reading now? Do you have any book recommendations?
Binge Watching TV Shows
Hi Friends! I'm joining Joanne from My Slices of Life for their monthly link up. The theme this month is Binge Watching TV Shows.
Stranger Things-Season 4. I've enjoyed watching Stranger Things each season since it first started. This show seems to get better and better each time I watch each season. It takes place during the 1980s in Indiana where a group of kids witness mysteries, the supernatural, and secret government experiments. There is a lot of action and some violence throughout the show. I felt scared and on edge but I couldn't wait to see what would happen to each character in the show. We had to watch this season in two volumes. If you like sci-fi horror shows than you will love this one.
Ted Lasso - Season 1 and 2
This is about an American football coach who is hired to manage a British soccer team. Ted lacks knowledge in soccer but he makes up for it in his determination and optimism. I really enjoyed this show and I'm looking forward to watching the next season.
Only Murders in the Building - Season 1 and 2
It's about three upper west side neighbors starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selina Gomez who all share an obsession of true crime. When a neighbor dies in the building they are all determined to solve the mystery. I love this show and I look forward to watching it each week.
Loot - Season 1
We've seen a few episodes of this series on Apple TV and we like it so far. Maya Rudolph plays Molly who is a divorced billionaire who must figure out what to do with her $87 billion settlement. Maya Rudolph's character is great and you get a glimpse into how the rich live.
Better Call Saul - Season 6
This is the prequel to Breaking Bad which follows a small time attorney Jimmy McGill as he transforms into morally challenged Saul Goodman. I like this show but it's violent and I usually feel on edge when I'm watching this show. We have only a few more episodes left of this show before it ends.
I'm still in the middle of watching The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 4. I love watching this show and it is filmed in New York City.
What shows are you watching and do you have any recommendations?
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Keto Zucchini Muffins
Happy August friends!
We like eating zucchini during the summer months and I found this recipe to make Keto Zucchini Bread & Muffins. These muffins are low carb and I hope you enjoy these muffins as much as we did.
In a large bowl, I mixed all of the ingredients.
I added the batter into a muffin tin with cooking spray.
Recipe can be found at Low Carb with Jennifer
1/2 cup granular sweetener - I used Swerve
1 1/2 cups grated zucchini with peel
9 x 5 inch loaf pan or 12 cup muffin tin
Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease a 9 x 5 loaf pan with butter or cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine the almond flour, salt, cinnamon, swerve, and baking soda. Wrap the grated zucchini in a kitchen towel and squeeze out as much liquid as you can. Discard the liquid and add zucchini to the dry ingredients followed by the eggs and melted butter. Stir batter until combined. (Refer to Jennifer's Tips) Pour batter into greased loaf pan and bake in the 350F oven for 60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool before serving. Slice into 12 slices. See notes for freezing, making muffins, and for a savory bread.
Divide batter evenly into a 12-cup muffin tin. Bake in the 350F oven for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Keto Zucchini Bread & Muffins Recipe


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Valstrona é uma comuna italiana da região do Piemonte, província do Verbano Cusio Ossola, com cerca de 1.269 habitantes. Estende-se por uma área de 48 km², tendo uma densidade populacional de 26 hab/km². Faz fronteira com Anzola d'Ossola, Calasca-Castiglione, Cravagliana (VC), Loreglia, Massiola, Ornavasso, Pieve Vergonte, Quarna Sopra, Quarna Sotto, Rimella (VC), Sabbia (VC), Varallo Sesia (VC).

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Comunas do Verbano Cusio Ossola


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A wholesome hygienic meal for thousands of devotees.
who throng this beautiful pilgrim centre every day, are just few of the umpteen facilities provided. With the Flow of Pilgrims rising exponentially over the years, the old Dharmasthalas Ganga, Kaveri and Narmada have been augmented by nine modern guest houses -Sannidhi , Netravathi, Gayathri, Vaishali,, Saketha, Gangotri, Sharavathi, Rajathadri and Sahyadri which have increased the accommodation capacity manifolds. Shri D.Harshendra Kumar has been managing the affairs of the various departments of Dharmasthala by rendering superior pilgrim-oriented services.
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