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BLCK VC is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) pending nonprofit-organization focused on empowering and supporting Black investors, while increasing their representation in Venture Capital. Put more precisely, we want to increase representation of Black investors from 2% of the industry to 4% by 2024. To do this, we coordinate initiatives such as Breaking into Venture, Black Venture Institute, host educational and community events, and work with venture firms to diversify their investors and pipelines. BLCK VC is currently active in the following regions/markets: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Washington D.C. BLCK VC is seeking a self-driven, passionate, and highly competent full-time Executive Director to help develop and lead the vision and strategy of BLCK VC, and while managing the day to day operations. The Executive Director will work closely alongside the full time Chief of Staff, Board of Directors, and the founders of BLCK VC. The Executive Director will also work alongside leaders within the venture community, partner with other nonprofits in the tech industry, and engage with stakeholders across the ecosystem to build and execute on BLCK VC's mission and goals. The Executive Director of BLCK VC will lead this organization into its next stage of growth as we transform Venture Capital, and the tech industry more broadly, to build generational wealth for Black Americans. The ideal candidate must possess a strong entrepreneurial drive, outstanding communication skills, strong leadership qualities, and good planning and organizational skills. An exceptional Executive Director will also be passionate about diversity and inclusion, especially as it intersects venture investing and entrepreneurship. We expect the Executive Director to streamline our organizational operations, effectively and efficiently direct operational budgets, improve revenue, direct our business strategy, and enhance relations with the media, internal stakeholders, staff, and surrounding communities. Responsibilities: Leadership & Management: - Ensure ongoing local programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, consistent quality of finance and administration, long term fundraising, communications, and systems; build strategies, timelines and resources needed to achieve the strategic goals. Actively engage and energize BLCK VC volunteers, board members, committees, regions, partnering organizations, and funders. - Collaborate with and support a strong Board of Directors; serve as ex-officio of each committee; seek and build board involvement with strategic direction for both ongoing local operations as well as for the national rollout. - Ensure effective systems to track scaling progress, and regularly evaluate program components, so as to measure successes that can be effectively communicated to the board, funders, and other constituents. Fundraising & Communications: - Expand revenue generating and fundraising activities to support existing and new program operations and regional expansion. - Deepen and refine all aspects of communications—from web presence to external relations with the goal of creating a stronger brand. Planning & New Business: - Design the regional expansion and business development strategy; establish efficient planning processes for program expansion into new markets. - Build partnerships in new and existing markets, establishing relationships with key stakeholders, funders, and community leaders. - Be a thought-leader and expand BLCK VC's presence nationally through publishing and communicating organizational impact, emphasizing reliable and relevant data that reinforces the importance of diversity in the venture industry. Qualifications: The Executive Director will be thoroughly committed to BLCK VC's mission. All candidates should have proven leadership, coaching and relationship management experience. - Undergraduate degree, a Masters or MBA is a plus, with at least 10 years of work experience, at least 5 years of management experience and a track record of effectively leading and scaling programs and/or organizations. - Prior experience developing and operationalizing growth strategies for an organization. Either Nonprofit or tech experience, both are a plus. - A working knowledge of the tech industry and venture capital industry, along with an understanding of the problems BLCK VC is addressing. - Past experience working with a Board of Directors or senior leadership team. Strong marketing, public relations, and fundraising experience with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders. - In-depth knowledge of financial practices and management, previous nonprofit financial management experience a plus. - Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project management skills. How to Apply: We will be accepting applications for the role through February 12th. We will be running a multi-stage process and doing first round interviews on a rolling basis. Our goal is to have the Executive Director start in March or April. Recommendations and referrals are appreciated, please send to admin@blckvc.com. Submit your resume and cover letter through the link below.
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Sewage Diversion Tunnel at Schoenheide in the Erzgebirge
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Sewage diversion Tunnel at Schonheide in the Erzebirge
A joint venture, under the leadership of Philipp Holzmann AG was responsible for the conceptual design and construction of a sewage diversion tunnel at Schoenheide in the Erzgebirge, a range of hills along the German-Czech border.
From 1974 to 1983, the Eibenstock drinking-water dam was erected in this area. To avoid contamination of the drinking water reservoir by sewage the natural drain for the villages of Schoenheide and Stutzengrun could no longer be used. The sewage was diverted to flow down-stream of the dam into the Mulde River through a pipe system consisting of a pumping station, a pressure pipeline up to the summit and a gravity flow pipeline.
The Windischwiesen and Gerstenbergweg sewage systems of the city of Eibenstock were connected via branch lines to this system. The construction of a new trans-mountain water diversion system was put out to tender in 1996. It was hoped the system would protect the Eibenstock drinking-water dam, and adapt it to the increased quantities of sewage. It was proposed that a 5km-long trans-mountain water diversion gallery be driven using blasting methods. The Windischwiesen and the Gerstenbergweg line networks had to be integrated into this solution by means of vortex downholes.
In April 1997, the firms Philipp Holzmann AG (Tunnelling Branch) and Ed.Ast & Co. of Graz were awarded the contract of driving the tunnel with a tunnel boring machine (TBM) for a fixed price. Due to the risk consideration with respect to the prescribed route of the tunnel and the studies of alternate routes with possible detours around the former mining areas, the commencement of construction was delayed until October 1997.
While the site mobilsation was set up at the Wolfsgruen Portal and the necessary access was created from Niedshardsthaler Strasse to the tunnel portal, one sewage and one mountain-water diversion pipeline were made from the tunnel portal to the Wolfsgruen Sewage Treatment Plant and the Zwickauer Mulde respectively. To prepare the advancing of the tunnel with the TBM, which can only be used in hard rock, a preliminary cut was made in the weathered zones of the hillside the slope was secured. The whole tunnel was driven from the Wolfsgruen Portal and rose to the recovery pit.
The tunnel is 4,965m long and has a diameter of 3.5m. Muehlhauser rotary tippers with a volume of 3.5m3, diesel locomotives with 133KW of driving output and platform and silo wagons were used to carry away much debris and for supply transports.
The wagons were alternated by means of a slide and a California switch in the area at the end of the trailer. The rotary tippers were emptied by means of a rotary tipping system at the portal to the tunnel. The tunnel was ventilated by fresh air blown into the tunnel with a ventilation pipe diameter of 800mm. In the mining-endangered zones a preliminary exploration was undertaken. Both 35m-long holes with diameters of 64.5mm and also 10m-long lateral holes were drilled in the elms using column hammer drills. This was done in order to detect cavities and water-filled cavities as early as possible and to avoid sudden inflows of water by relieving the stress of water ahead of time.
Prior to driving the tunnel under the Rahmersbach upstream dam, the water level in the reservoir was lowered in order to reduce the water pressure and to provide more safety. To connect the catchment areas of Windischwiesen and Gerstenbergweg, two drilled shafts with a diameter of 700mm each were made. The shafts were drilled by means of a wire rope core drilling procedure to make a preliminary boring, with a diameter of 150mm, from top to bottom. The hole was then expanded from the bottom to the top using a step-drilling crown. The installation consisted of a vortex drop pipeline, a pressure surge relief pipeline and electric cables.
The crossing of the Zwickauer Mulde from the recovery shaft on the east side of the Mulde over to Schoenheiderhammer on the other side was in the cut-and-cover method. The tunnel was finished with bottom lining segments, which were used as track supports for the rail conveyors while the tunnel was advanced. Through a drainage gutter, mountain water was discharged. The sewage passes through the tunnel in a pipeline. In places with healthy rock, the arch of the tunnel did not receive a lining. In some areas with crumbling rock, the walls were secured with shotcrete, rock anchors and steel arches. No difficulties were experienced while working through the mining areas. Forepoling using stakes and sheet metal were required in one fault zone.
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Does anyone know if first flight covers are available for the Statolaunch, or the other Scaled Composite aircraft like Voyager?
Not sure about the first one, but yes there are first flight covers that were flown on Voyager. Here is an example of one.


Feld Entertainment, the worldwide leader in live family entertainment, announced today that tickets for Monster Jam® are on sale now for Atlanta. This marks the first time that Monster Jam will perform at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta's brand new, world-class sport and entertainment facility, and will transform the jaw-dropping venue into a dirt-filled destination. Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-745-3000.
Unexpected, unscripted and unforgettable, Monster Jam takes center stage in the world's most iconic and impressive venues like Mercedes-Benz Stadium, sporting meticulously manicured dirt tracks created with the sole purpose of pushing these perfectly engineered, larger-than-life trucks to the limit. The new season will bring motorsport fans to the edge of their seats with adrenaline-charged, high-flying, four-wheel excitement that is fun for the entire family.
Saturday, February 24, at 7 p.m.
Sunday, February 25, at 3 p.m.
⭐Also, new in 2018, the Pit Party Early Access pass is available to fans who purchase a ticket to the event and provides early entry into Saturday's Pit Party from 1:30pm-2:30pm. The pass also serves as the regular Pit Party pass from 2:30pm-5:30pm. The Monster Jam drivers will depart from the Pit Party at 5pm. The Pit Party Early Access Pass must be accompanied by an event ticket, quantities are limited, and is available only for Saturday's Pit Party.
How fun! I've always wanted to go to a Monster Jam rally, and I've heard great things about it. I think I actually got to see a vehicle from monster jam, just not in action.
This sounds like a fun family event, especially for boys, and that can be hard to find! Thanks for sharing about this! We are always looking for things we can do as a family!
My husband wants to take my boys to this, they would love this! I don't think I would like it because of the exhaust smell!
Well I sure learned a lot. I have never been to an event like this but it sure looks like fun.
My dad and step-father-in-law enjoy monster trucks. I've been to a few events with my dad when I was little. My kids saw one but didn't like the noise even with ear plugs!
My husband has attended one! I must say I've never been super interested! But I know two little boys would love doing this when they get older!
My husband and sons have always wanted to go to a Monster Jam. Every time they see it advertised, their eyes light up.
One of the guys from our church took our boys to Monster Jam a few years back. They loved it. Totally not my cup of tea… but thankful for the body of Christ.
We saw a Monster Truck on the highway the other day. The kids were all excited. I guess they were in town this past weekend.


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Expedition 30 Lifts Off
"The Soyuz TMA-03M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, carrying Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and European Space Agency astronaut and Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers to the International Space Station."
Launches of 2011
It's been a big year for both manned and unmanned rocket launches.
NASA marked the end of the space shuttle program while launching several probes to study Jupiter, the moon and Mars.
There was the possibility that the International Space Station would have to be left unmanned after the Russian space agency lost a cargo craft, but that fear was unrealized as the agency, Roscosmos, launched not one, but two manned Soyuz rockets to the International Space Station.
Check out our gallery of some of the most memorable launches of 2011.
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On this day: December 21, 1968
On December 21, 1968, Apollo 8 launched for the Moon. Apollo 8 was crewed by commander Frank Borman, command module pilot James Lovell (who would also fly aboard Apollo 13), and lunar module pilot William Anders. They were the first humans to leave low-Earth orbit and see the dark side of the Moon.
The crew of Apollo 8 were also the first humans to look upon Earth as a whole planet. The crew took the famous Earthrise photo, seen above, on December 24.
The successful completion of Apollo 8 was an important milestone in the journey to land on the Moon.
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NEW JERSEY, United States, Friday January 31, 2014 – When Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas sets sail this afternoon, it will do so with the dubious distinction of just having emerged from one of the largest outbreaks of illness on a cruise ship in the last two decades.
Hundreds of passengers and crew members fell ill this week, cutting the affected cruise short and forcing the ship to return to port in Bayonne, New Jersey on Wednesday.
According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), its Wednesday count put the number of those sickened at 630 passengers and 54 crew members. The ship, which was on a 10-day cruise prior to the outbreak, was carrying 3,050 passengers.
Health investigators suspicions fell heavily on norovirus pending laboratory confirmation. If indeed norovirus is to blame, it would be one of the largest norovirus outbreaks in the last 20 years, the CDC said. A 2006 norovirus outbreak on a Carnival Cruise Lines ship also sickened close to 700.
Norovirus is highly contagious and spreads rapidly in closed environments such as ships, hotels and hospitals. It can be picked up from an infected person, contaminated food or water or by touching contaminated surfaces.
Sometimes mistaken for the stomach flu, the virus causes bouts of vomiting and diarrhoea for a few days.
On Sunday, CDC investigators boarded the ship during its US Virgin Islands port call. The experts said no single food or water source or other origin had been identified.
The CDC said it recommended to Royal Caribbean that people who are still experiencing symptoms be housed in nearby hotels or seen at medical facilities before travelling home.
By way of compensation, Royal Caribbean is providing all guests a 50 percent refund of their cruise fares and an additional 50 percent future cruise credit. It's also reimbursing airline change fees and accommodations for guests who had to change plans for travelling home.
Additionally, stricken guests who were confined to their staterooms with the illness are being provided a credit of one future cruise day for each day of confinement.


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Associated Press Top 25 basketball poll: Jerry Carino's ballot
Who's No. 1? Is Seton Hall back in? Is Rutgers breaking down the door?
Associated Press Top 25 basketball poll: Jerry Carino's ballot Who's No. 1? Is Seton Hall back in? Is Rutgers breaking down the door? Check out this story on mycentraljersey.com: https://www.app.com/story/sports/college/2020/01/13/ap-top-25-basketball-poll/4452069002/
Jerry Carino, Asbury Park Press Published 5:00 a.m. ET Jan. 13, 2020 | Updated 7:59 a.m. ET Jan. 13, 2020
1. Gonzaga (18-1)
2. Duke (15-1)
3. Baylor (13-1)
4. Auburn (15-0)
5. Butler (15-1)
6. San Diego State (17-0)
7. Kansas (12-3)
8. Oregon (14-3)
9. Florida State (14-2)
10. Louisville (13-3)
11. Michigan State (13-4)
12. Kentucky (12-3)
13. Dayton (14-2)
14. Villanova (14-3)
15. West Virginia (13-2)
16. Wichita State (15-1)
17. Seton Hall (12-4)
RELATED:Reynolds sparks Seton Hall past Marquette
Seton Hall Pirates guard Quincy McKnight (0) reacts after scoring a basket against the Georgetown Hoyas during the second half at Prudential Center. (Photo: Vincent Carchietta, Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports)
18. Maryland (13-3)
19. Colorado (13-3)
20. Michigan (11-5)
21. Memphis (13-3)
22. Texas Tech (10-5)
23. Arkansas (13-2)
24. Creighton (13-4)
25. Illinois (11-5)
Also considered: Iowa (11-5), Rutgers (12-4), Indiana (13-3), LSU (11-4), Stanford (14-2), Wisconsin (10-6), BYU (13-5), Liberty (18-1).
Dropped out: No. 11 Ohio State (11-5) after four straight losses; No. 18 Virginia (11-4) after losses to Boston College and Syracuse; No. 20 Penn State (12-4) after losses to Rutgers and Wisconsin; No. 24 Arizona (11-5) after losing to Oregon and Oregon State.
Entered: Seton Hall at No. 17 after a six-game winning streak; Arkansas (Kenpom 24, NET 25) at 23; Creighton (NET 27, 5-4 vs. Quadrant 1-2) at 24 after winning at Xavier; Illinois (Kenpom 29, 4-4 vs. Quadrant 1-2) at 25 after beating Wisconsin and Rutgers.
Analysis: You could make a case for any of the top three at No. 1 – Gonzaga based on being there already, Duke based on the best Kenpom/NET combo or Baylor based on quality wins, but as I've always said I try to honor the consensus and Gonzaga certainly has done nothing to warrant getting leapfrogged . . . Wichita State is the big riser, climbing seven spots after beating No. 21 Memphis and UConn . . . It's rare for a team to fall from No. 11 to out but Ohio State is in free fall and just 1-4 in the Big Ten . . . Maryland takes a six-spot hit after getting romped by Iowa as rampant Big Ten cannibalization continues . . . There was a ton of losing in the bottom half of the poll last week but one of my guiding principles is not to punish ranked teams for losing to other ranked teams. That's why Texas Tech and Memphis stick around.
Regarding Seton Hall: With a Kenpom of 13 and a NET of 19, and a 7-4 record vs. Quadrant 1 and 2 teams (only Butler and West Virginia have more wins in this most important of metrics), the Pirates should break back into the rankings in the teens.
Regarding Rutgers: With a Kenpom of 32, a NET of 30 and a 3-3 record vs. Quadrant 1 and 2 teams, the Scarlet Knights are close. They'll get votes, and a home sweep of Indiana and Minnesota would make it a slam dunk next week (provided that there are openings).
By conference: Big Ten (4), Big East (4), Big 12 (4), ACC (3), SEC (3), American (2), Pac-12 (2), West Coast (1), Mountain West (1), Atlantic 10 (1).
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Satan in his Original Glory, Thou wast Perfect till Iniquity was Found in Thee
This memorable figurative portrait by William Blake features Satan as angelic and pure, long before he would sadly lose his way and become the more famous version of himself that most think of today. The artwork was produced using ink and watercolour, a highly favoured combination in this artist's career.
One can see plenty of detail hand drawn by the artist here, particularly in the bottom half of the work. Two symbolic additions are Satan's orb and sceptre which he holds in his two hands. Experts have explained how these objects connect directly to the role of Satan as the overseer of our world. The original work was bright and much more intense, but sadly the impact of light over the past two centuries have not been kind, and most of the original colours have either faded considerably or even disappeared completely. Satan's wings stand proudly and boldly, as William Blake gives a large focus on them as they stretch right to the top of the painting. The actual piece is around 43cm in height, and 34cm in width, which is fairly standard for this artist's watercolours as most were fairly small in comparison to other artists of the time. Hogarth's paintings, for example, would be at least twice the size of that, often even more. Blake himself would use pen initially to mark out the approximate parts of the composition, before then adding detail and colour with his watercolours.
We believe that the inspiration for this piece was Ezekiel, though here the artist is providing a generic portrayal of Satan prior to his negative turn for the worst. He is displayed with all manner of precious stones and musical instruments which would have come directly from the Garden of Eden. Blake includes these around the bottom half of the artwork, littering the scene with all manner of delightful items. The sort of literature which inspired Blake would often tell of dramatic resurrections and forgiveness for those who mends their ways, but in this case the narrative is towards a more negative direction. Those knowledgeable on this scripture will typically be able to understand more about this artist's career but there was also a large amount of self expression and innovation within his art that did not perfectly match the original texts. This freedom would be a major plus-point in the opinion of artists who followed his career at the time.
Satan in his Original Glory, Thou wast Perfect till Iniquity was Found in Thee is one of many watercolour paintings by William Blake to be found in the collection of Tate which is based in the UK and spreads its collection around a number of high profile galleries including Tate Britain and Tate Modern. In all, they have one of the finest collections of art anywhere in the western world and regularly put on exciting exhibitions that include loans from elsewhere too. William Blake's Newton can be found here as well as Dante Gabriel Rossetti's The Beloved, John William Waterhouse's The Lady of Shalott and also a Frederic Leighton sculpture. The overall list is far too long to mention here and perfectly captures the essence of British art whilst also featuring many famous American and European artists as well, stretching back several centuries.


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Is TopBuild Corp (BLD) Going to Burn These Hedge Funds?
Published on November 30, 2015 at 2:38 pm by Insider Monkey Staff in Hedge Funds, News
Hedge fund managers like David Einhorn, Dan Loeb, or Carl Icahn became billionaires through reaping large profits for their investors, which is why piggybacking their stock picks may provide us with significant returns as well. Many hedge funds, like Paul Singer's Elliott Management, are pretty secretive, but we can still get some insights by analyzing their quarterly 13F filings. One of the most fertile grounds for large abnormal returns is hedge funds' most popular small-cap picks, which are not so widely followed and often trade at a discount to their intrinsic value. In this article we will check out hedge fund activity in another small-cap stock: TopBuild Corp (NYSE:BLD).
TopBuild Corp (NYSE:BLD) investors should pay attention to an increase in enthusiasm from smart money lately. BLD was in 23 hedge funds' portfolios at the end of the third quarter of 2015. There were 3 hedge funds in our database with BLD holdings at the end of the previous quarter (when the stock started trading). The level and the change in hedge fund popularity aren't the only variables you need to analyze to decipher hedge funds' perspectives. A stock may witness a boost in popularity, but it may still be less popular than similarly priced stocks. That's why at the end of this article we will examine companies such as Talmer Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:TLMR), First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC), and ZIOPHARM Oncology Inc. (NASDAQ:ZIOP) to gather more data points.
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To most investors, hedge funds are seen as slow, outdated investment tools of yesteryear. While there are over 8000 funds trading at the moment, We look at the bigwigs of this club, approximately 700 funds. These investment experts orchestrate the majority of the hedge fund industry's total asset base, and by paying attention to their highest performing investments, Insider Monkey has determined a few investment strategies that have historically outstripped the broader indices. Insider Monkey's small-cap hedge fund strategy beat the S&P 500 index by 12 percentage points a year for a decade in their back tests.
Keeping this in mind, we're going to analyze the recent action encompassing TopBuild Corp (NYSE:BLD).
What does the smart money think about TopBuild Corp (NYSE:BLD)?
At the end of the third quarter, a total of 23 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were bullish on this stock, a change of 667% from the second quarter. With hedge funds' sentiment swirling, there exists an "upper tier" of noteworthy hedge fund managers who were upping their stakes considerably (or already accumulated large positions).
According to Insider Monkey's hedge fund database, Silver Point Capital, managed by Edward A. Mule, holds the most valuable position in TopBuild Corp (NYSE:BLD). Silver Point Capital has a $67.2 million position in the stock, comprising 8.6% of its 13F portfolio. The second largest stake is held by Phill Gross and Robert Atchinson's Adage Capital Management, with a $32.4 million position; the fund has 0.1% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. Remaining hedge funds and institutional investors that are bullish include Ken Griffin's Citadel Investment Group, D. E. Shaw's D E Shaw and Gunnar Overstrom's Three Corner Global Investors.
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Hard hitting metal song about a killers last minutes on death row.
We like the vocals... Nice!!! Coming to a town near YOU!!! your friends, The Tyrantz "Wrecking Crew"!!!
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Kiira Korpi models footwear and bags in Pertti Palmroth fall/winter collection catalogue. Hopefully more about this later.
Update: Some photos also on MTV3 Entertainment News.
The official magazine for Finnish Figure Skating association. Pictures and stories of members in national team, Kiira on the cover.
Members of Finnish national team skated with some kids for a segment in tv-show "Pikku kakkonen". It airs later in the fall.
Notice: Kiira withdrew because she needed time to recover from a health issue.


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Michelle Keegan makes Our Girl announcement
The actress has played the lead role in the popular series since 2016.
Michelle Keegan makes Our Girl announcement (Scott Garfitt/PA)
By Lucy Mapstone, PA Deputy Entertainment Editor
Michelle Keegan has said she is stepping down from BBC drama Our Girl after four years.
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/michelle-keegan-makes-our-girl-announcement-38856389.html
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/e24a0/38856386.ece/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_c4fa0db6-8571-4904-bd1f-deb6018b74ab_1
The former Coronation Street star has played Army officer Georgie Lane in the military series since 2016 and will bow out with her fourth and final series this year.
She said she wants to pursue other acting roles but that it was "a very hard decision" to make.
Michelle Keegan in Our Girl (Coco Van Oppens/BBC)
Keegan, 32, told The Sun: "I've had the most incredible four years on the show and I want to thank the BBC for giving me such an amazing opportunity.
"Playing Georgie has been a life-changing role for me. I've loved every second of the adventure so it was a very hard decision to make not to return.
"I feel it is the right time to explore other exciting opportunities but I'm so happy to be part of the new series coming soon so it's not the end just yet."
Keegan joined Our Girl when former EastEnders actress Lacey Turner departed after two series in the lead role as Army officer Molly Dawes.
Michelle Keegan has appeared in four series of the BBC drama (Ian West/PA)
The new series, set to air later this year, will see Georgie promoted to Sergeant and returning to Afghanistan "to face her own fears".
Keegan's work in Our Girl has seen her spend months overseas filming in locations including South Africa and Malaysia.
The actress rose to fame in ITV's Corrie as Tina McIntyre, a role she had from 2008 until 2014.
She has also appeared in BBC drama series Ordinary Lies, Sky One comedy Brassic and ITV series Tina and Bobby, a series based on the relationship of the late footballer Bobby Moore and his wife Tina.
Helen Glover and Steve Backshall welcome baby twins
By Lucy Mapstone, PA Deputy Entertainment Editor Olympic gold medallist Helen Glover and TV presenter Steve Backshall have become parents to twins.
By Tom Horton, PA Mad Max: Fury Road has been voted as the best film of the century by Empire magazine critics and readers.
Martin and Gary Kemp to star in mockumentary about lives and careers
By Tom Horton, PA Spandau Ballet's Gary and Martin Kemp are set to feature in a spoof documentary about them recording a new album.
The Watch: First-look images of TV series based on Discworld novels
By Sherna Noah, PA Senior Entertainment Correspondent Game Of Thrones star Richard Dormer appears in a new TV series inspired by Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels – in a first look at the series.


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The California State Railroad Museum is one of Sacramento's largest and most popular visitor destinations. Opening in 1976, the museum complex has grown steadily over the decades and now consists of six original, reconstructed, and new buildings completed at a cost of $30 million and located at the heart of Old Sacramento. The museum's exhibits, knowledgeable guides, and restored railroad cars and locomotives illustrate railroad history in California and the West--and include training programs for steam locomotive engineers and rides for museum patrons along the Sacramento Southern Railroad.
The Museum is large enough to house a number of restored locomotives, as well as freight and passenger cars. Many include exhibits inside them, which can be entered and viewed.
The restored "Governor Stanford" locomotive from 1862 is exhibited in the museum, and is one of the oldest in its collection.
A 1977 postcard for the Museum, which had only opened the year before, features one of its historic locomotives. (Sacramento Public Library Digital Room)
A stereograph from the Railroad Museum's archival collection shows the Central Pacific's passenger station, which is now restored and operated by the Museum. Front Street is at right--the old freight depot at far left.
An early photo of the "Governor Stanford" locomotive--Central Pacific's very first. Put into operation while Central Pacific founder Leland Stanford was governor of California, it is now in the Museum's collection.
Southern Pacific RR's "C.P. Huntington" locomotive elevated for maintenance in 1907. Huntington was a founder of the Central Pacific and later president of the Southern Pacific. This locomotive is now on display at the Railroad Museum.
A panorama of a 1900 fire at the Central Pacific railyards near the museum's present site. The Central Pacific's passenger station can be clearly seen in the center (CA Preservation Service).
Citizens passionate about preserving California's unique railroad history had been actively agitating for a public facility since 1937, when the Pacific Coast Chapter of the nationwide Railway and Locomotive Historical Society was founded with "ultimate goal of a museum celebrating railroading in the West." They began acquiring historical locomotives that year, and in 1969 donated over 40 locomotives and cars to the State of California's Parks and Recreation division.
This rare collection formed the core of a new museum unveiled to the public during the United States centennial celebrations of 1976. The facility is more than a museum, however: a number of the most historic railyard buildings in California are restored and preserved as a part of the the complex, including the nearby Central Pacific Railroad Passenger Station (in fact, the Central Pacific, which eventually built the western half of the Transcontinental Railroad, was born mere steps away from the Railroad Museum itself, in the Big Four House).
The Railroad History Museum building was completed in 1981 and houses the majority of the complex's artifacts and curated exhibits--with highlights such as a number of the American West's most historic locomotives. Included in the collection is the Central Pacific's very first locomotive, the Governor Stanford, built in Boston and shipped around South America's Cape Horn to California in 1862.
Offering a wide variety of activities to help museum-goers experience the magic of railroading, the California State Railroad Museum brings to life the history of railroading with its authentic train rides, special events, and regularly rotating exhibits. Additionally, since 1982 excursion trains have been a popular offering along the Sacramento River waterfront. The route, once operated by a subsidiary of Southern Pacific Railroad known as the Sacramento Southern, was purchased by the State Parks in the 1980s when it no longer proved economically feasible for the company. The Railroad Museum not only provides these scenic, educational rides to over 60,000 passengers annually, new generations of preservationists are trained in the construction, refurbishment, operation and maintenance of trains and railways.
Rotating museum collections and special events encourage visitors to return time and again. Additionally, the California State Railroad Museum operates the Railtown 1897 State Historic Park two hours away in Jamestown, which features historic locomotives and railcars that have been featured in hundreds of films through the decades. For researchers, the Railroad Museum maintains an extensive archive.
History of the Sacramento Southern Railroad. California State Railroad Museum. Accessed March 25, 2018. https://www.californiarailroad.museum/history-of-the-sacramento-southern-railroad.
CA State Railroad Museum. CA State Parks. Accessed March 25, 2018. http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=668.
About the Pacific Coast Chapter. Pacific Coast Chapter: Railway & Locomotive Historical Society. Accessed March 25, 2018. http://pacificcoastchapterrlhs.org/about.html.
Stereographic photo of CPRR Passenger Depot. Archive.org. Accessed March 25, 2018. https://archive.org/details/cscrm_000130. Property of CA State RR Museum (CSRM).
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This very short walking tour includes a handful of highlights of the Old Sacramento Historic District, including several museums and historic buildings that tell the story of California in the mid-19th century.


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What is drilling and what drilling tools are there?
Drilling machine is a machine tool for machining internal holes. It is used to machine holes in solid materials. It is mainly used for machining workpieces with complex shapes and without symmetrical rotation axes, such as single holes on parts such as levers, covers, boxes and frames. Hole system. The drilling is rough machining.
• Process characteristics of drilling
(1) When the drill bit is cut in a semi-closed state, the amount of cutting is large,and chip removal is difficult.
(2) The friction is severe, generating more heat and making h
eat dissipation difficult.
(3) The high speed and high cutting temperature cause the bit to wear seriously.
(4) Squeeze is severe, the cutting force required is large, and it is easy to produce cold work hardening of the hole wall.
(5) The drill bit is thin and overhanging, and it is easy to bend and vibrate during processing.
(6) The drilling accuracy is low, the dimensional accuracy is IT13 to IT10, and the surface roughness Ra is 12.5 to 6.3 μm.·
Cutting process range
twist drill
Structure of twist drill
Geometric parameters of twist drill
the coordinate plane
the geometric angle of the drill bit
Carbide twist drill
the gun drill
The spray drill
The drilling process has a wide range of processes. Different tools can be used on the drilling machine to complete the drilling center hole, drilling, reaming, reaming, tapping, boring and boring end faces, as shown in the figure. The drilling accuracy on the drilling machine is low, but the hole with high precision (IT6~IT8, surface roughness is 1.6-0.4μm) can also be machined by drilling—-reaming—-reaming hole. The fixture can be used to machine the hole system with position requirements.
When machining on the drill press, the workpiece is fixed and the tool moves in the axial direction (feed motion) while rotating (main motion).
The main types of drilling machines are: bench drilling machines, vertical drilling machines, radial drilling machines, milling and drilling machines, and center hole drilling machines. The main parameter of the drill press is generally the maximum bore diameter.
The vertical drilling machine is a widely used one in the drilling machine. It is characterized in that the spindle axis is vertically arranged and the position is fixed. The position of the workpiece needs to be adjusted so that the center line of the machined hole is aligned with the rotation center line of the tool. The main motion is achieved by the rotation of the tool while moving in the axial direction for the feed motion. Therefore, the vertical drilling machine is inconvenient to operate and the productivity is not high. Suitable for processing small and medium-sized parts in single-piece small batch production.
• Transmission principle of vertical drilling machine.
Main motion: single-speed motor is driven by gear stepping speed change mechanism; the rotation direction of the main shaft is changed by the motor's forward and reverse rotation.
Feed movement: The spindle moves linearly with the spindle sleeve in the spindle housing. The amount of axial movement of the spindle is expressed by the amount of axial movement of the spindle per revolution of the spindle. Second, the bench drill. The bench drilling machine is referred to as a bench drill. It is essentially a vertical drilling machine for machining small holes. The structure is simple and compact, flexible and convenient, and suitable for processing small holes on small parts. The diameter of the borehole is generally less than 15mm.
Third, radial drilling machine
For workpieces with large volume and mass, it is very inconvenient to process on the vertical drilling machine. At this time, the radial drilling machine can be used for processing.
The headstock can be adjusted laterally along the guide rails on the rocker arm. The rocker arm can be adjusted along the cylindrical surface of the column and can be rotated around the column. During machining, the workpiece is fixed, and the position of the spindle is adjusted so that the center is aligned with the center of the hole to be machined and clamped quickly to maintain an accurate position. Radial drilling machines are widely used in single and medium and small batch production to process large and medium-sized parts.
If you want to machine holes and holes in any direction and at any position, you can use a universal radial drilling machine. The machine spindle can be rotated around a specific axis in space. There is also a lifting ring at the top of the machine that can be hung in any position. Therefore, it is suitable for processing large and medium-sized workpieces in single and small batch production.
The twist drill consists of three parts: the working part, the neck and the handle.
(1) Working part: The working part of the twist drill has two spiral grooves, and its shape is very similar to the shape of twist. It is the main part of the drill bit and consists of a cutting part and a guiding part.
The handle is the clamping part of the drill bit, which is used to connect with the machine tool and transmit torque and axial force during drilling. The handle of the twist drill has two kinds of taper shank and straight shank. Straight shanks are mainly used for small twist drills with a diameter of less than 12 mm. The taper shank is used for twist drills with a large diameter and can be inserted directly into the spindle taper hole or inserted into the spindle taper hole through the taper sleeve. The flat tail of the taper shank is used to transmit torque and is used to easily remove the drill bit.
The neck groove of the twist drill is the overrunning groove of the grinding wheel when grinding the handle of the drill bit. The bottom of the groove is usually engraved with the specifications and the factory mark of the drill bit. Straight shank drills have no neck.
The composition of the cutting part
The cutting part is responsible for the cutting work and consists of two front faces, a main rear face, a rear back, a main cutting edge, a minor cutting edge and a chisel edge. The chisel edge is the edge formed by the intersection of the two mains, and the back is the two belts of the drill bit, which are opposite to the workpiece hole wall (ie the machined surface) when working, as shown.
The guiding portion is a guiding action when the cutting portion is cut into the workpiece, and is also a grinding portion of the cutting portion. In order to reduce the friction between the guiding portion and the wall of the hole, the outer diameter (i.e., on the two land) is ground with an inverted cone of (0.03 – 0.12) / 100. (0.03 to 0.12 reverse taper per 100mm length)
In addition, in order to improve the rigidity of the drill bit, the diameter of the core between the two blades of the working portion is made to be a positive taper of (1.4 to 1.8)/100 in the axial direction.
(1) rake face: the rake face is the surface of the spiral groove, which is the flow of chips through the surface, which acts as a chip and chip. It needs to be polished to make the chip removal smooth.
(2) Main flank: The main flank face is opposite to the machined surface and is located at the front end of the drill. The shape is determined by the sharpening method. It can be a spiral surface, a conical surface and a flat surface, and any surface that is manually sharpened.
(3) Sub flank: The minor flank is a narrow facet on the outer cylindrical surface of the drill opposite the machined surface.
(4) Main cutting edge: The main cutting edge is the intersection of the rake face (spiral groove surface) and the main flank face. The main twisting edge of the standard twist drill is straight (or nearly straight)
(5) Sub-cutting edge: The minor cutting edge is the intersection of the rake face (the surface of the spiral groove) and the minor flank face (narrow facet), that is, the edge.
(6) Transverse blade: The chisel edge is the intersection of the two main flank faces, which is located at the foremost end of the drill bit, also known as the drill tip.
(1) Cutting plane Ps: is a plane including the cutting speed direction at this point and which is tangent to the surface cut by the cutting edge at this point.
(2) Base surface Pr: The base surface Pr of the selected point on the main cutting edge of the drill bit is a plane passing through this point and perpendicular to the cutting speed at that point. The base surface always passes through the bit axis and is perpendicular to the plane of the cutting speed direction.
(1) Helix angle: the intersection line between the surface of the spiral groove of the drill bit and the surface of the outer cylinder is a spiral line, and the angle between the spiral line and the axis of the drill bit is called the helix angle of the drill bit, and is recorded as β. (Refer to the textbook)
(2) edge angle and end face inclination
Since the main cutting edge does not pass through the axial line, the blade inclination angle is formed. For each point on the cutting edge, the blade inclination angle is also different, mainly because the base surface of each point is different from the cutting plane. In order to facilitate the description of the concept, we introduce the concept of the face blade inclination.
• Face rake angle: The angle of the end face of the selected point on the main cutting edge is the angle between the base surface of the point measured in the end projection view and the main cutting edge. For different selected points, the inclination angle of the end face is also different, and the maximum at the outer edge (the absolute value is the smallest) is small near the core (the absolute value is large).
(3) Top (front) angle and lead angle:
The apex angle of the drill bit is the angle between the projections of the two major cutting edges in the plane measured in a plane parallel to the two major cutting edges. Recorded as 2φ, standard twist drill 2φ=118°
The lead angle is the angle between the projection of the main cutting edge and the feed direction measured in the base surface, denoted as κrx. Since the base faces of the points on the main cutting edge are different, the principal off angles at the respective points are also different.
(4) Front angle: The rake angle of the selected point on the main cutting edge is measured in the orthogonal plane of the point.
(5) Back angle: The selected relief angle on the main cutting edge is measured in a tangent plane with the bit axis as the axis and passing through the cylindrical surface at that point, denoted as αf.
Third, other drill bits
When machining hard and brittle materials, the use of carbide drills can significantly improve cutting efficiency.
The following hard alloy twist drills are made into a monolithic structure, which can be made into a straight shank carbide hard twist drill, which can be used as a taper shank carbide hard twist drill.
Compared with the high-speed steel twist drill, the core has a larger diameter, a smaller helix angle, and a shorter working portion. The cutter body is made of 9SiCr alloy steel and hardened to 50-52HRC. These measures are designed to improve the rigidity and strength of the drill bit to reduce the chipping caused by vibration during drilling.
(2) Deep hole drilling
Deep pores generally refer to pores having a pore length to diameter ratio greater than 5 times. When drilling deep holes, it is necessary to solve the problems of chip breaking and chip removal, cooling and lubrication, and guiding.
The gun drill was originally used for the bore of the barrel, so it was called the gun hole drill. It is often used to machine small diameter deep hole machining.
1, structure and working principle
The gun drill consists of a cutting part and a drill pipe. The cutting part is made of high-speed steel or hard alloy, and makes the chip flute; the drill pipe is made of seamless steel pipe, and the chip flute is rolled close to the drill bit, and the diameter of the drill pipe is 0.5~1 mm smaller than the diameter of the drill bit. They are joined together by welding and the chip flutes are aligned during welding.
Working principle: the workpiece rotates while drilling, and the drill bit feeds. The cutting fluid is injected into the cutting zone from the inner hole of the drill pipe and the oil inlet hole of the cutting portion by high pressure to cool and lubricate and the chips are flushed out from the chip flute. Since the chips are discharged from the outside of the drill bit, they are called external chips.
2, characteristics
(1) Since the cutting fluid enters and exits separately, the cutting fluid is undisturbed under high pressure and easily reaches the cutting zone, which better solves the problem of cooling and lubrication when drilling deep holes;
(2) Since the cutting edge is divided into inner and outer cutting edges, and the cutting edge has an eccentricity e, the chipping action can be performed during cutting, the chips are narrowed, and the cutting fluid is convenient for punching out the chips, so that the chip discharging is easy;
(3) Since the core column with a diameter of 2h is left after drilling, this can ensure that the support surface of the drill bit is always in close contact with the wall of the hole, so that the drill bit has a reliable guide and solves the problem of guiding the deep hole drill.
Second, the internal chip removal deep hole drilling
The drill bit consists of a drill body, three cutting edges distributed over different circumferences and two guide blocks.
During operation, the high-pressure cutting fluid is sent to the cutting zone from the gap between the drill pipe and the hole wall to provide cooling and lubrication. At the same time, the chips are flushed out from the inner chip hole of the drill bit and the inner hole of the drill pipe.
This deep hole drill, because the three teeth are arranged on different circumferences, acts as a chip to facilitate chip evacuation. Moreover, when the chips are discharged, they do not rub against the machined surface, so the production efficiency and the processing quality are higher than those of the outer chip. This structure has no chisel edge, which reduces the axial force. The unbalanced circumferential force and radial force are received by the guide block on the circumference, and the deep hole drill has better guiding property.
The suction drill consists of three parts: a drill bit, an inner tube and an outer tube.
During operation, 2/3 of the cutting fluid is fed into the cutting zone through the gap between the inner and outer tubes for cooling and lubrication. The remaining 1/3 of the cutting fluid is sprayed into the tube through the narrow slit of the crescent groove on the inner tube wall, so that the pressure difference between the front end and the rear end of the inner tube creates a "suction force" to accelerate the discharge of cutting fluid and chips.
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7th Dragon III Code:VFD
Japanese Name 桐野礼文
Rōmaji Kirino Ayafumi
Race Human
Hair Color Green
Personal Status
Game 7th Dragon 2020
Japanese Akira Ishida
'Ayafumi Kirino' (桐野礼文, Kirino Ayafumi) is a Murakumo scientist who assists Natsume in reasearching the dragon invaders.
Spoiler Warning: Plot and/or ending details follow
2 2020-II
3 7th Dragon III Code:VFD
6 Additional Information
2020[]
Kirino is Murakumo Director Natsume's aide and comes off as a eccentric scientist to other people, while his inventions are useful, he has a rather unreliable personality which makes him more sensitive and timid in times of danger. He helps research information about the Dragons and primarily explains Unit 13's mission details, acting as their mission provider.
When Director Natsume disappears, Kirino starts to falter and starts to feel uneasy, but continues to be Unit 13's mission provider.
When Natsume, now as the transformed Dragon human hybrid, Mizuchi, reappears at the base of Tokyo Tower and kills all the evacuated citizens there as well as Aoi and other soldiers Kirino, who was being protected by Aoi, has a mental breakdown from the confusion of his former superior's betrayal and the horrible deaths he witnessed. Mizuchi then seemingly leaves a shivering Kirino alive on a whim and flies away while the recovery team arrives to save him.
After Chapter 5, Kirino later takes up a stronger role in the game after regaining composure from shock of Natsume's betrayal and assists Unit 13 in their missions and continues acting as their mission provider.
In the final chapter, after Unit 13 faints from exhaustion from defeating Mizuchi and the True Dragon Nyala at the top of Tokyo Tower, the unconscious Unit 13 is brought back to base by SKY and remain unconscious in the infirmary. During this time, Kirino is one of the many people who come by the infirmary to visit the sleeping Unit 13.
After Unit 13 finally wakes up from their Navigator's urging, they visit everyone around the building and then meet Kirino in the meeting room floor, where even above all his research, he is truly glad to see them alive and back. He tells Unit 13 that after Mizuchi and Nyala were defeated, the Dragons around the world instantly vanished, and deduces that there was a direct link between these existences that kept the inferior Dragons existing.
He then proceeds to tell them about Murakumo's future on which they will continue to help the world rebuild, and starts to tell them their next mission details before covertly asking them out of curiosity as a researcher on how exactly Unit 13 made the Dragons disappear, but is instead teased by them, being told that it's a secret making him chase after Unit 13, still wanting to know how they did it.
-END of 2020 Main Story-
2020-II[]
In the game's starting chapters, he loses his right arm and experiences physical disabilities to the point of using a crutch for balance due to having been exposed to the new black Flowaro in attempt to save someone.
Kirino's new disabilities depress him significantly and he loses much motivation to support his allies, and remains in the Infirmary until an incident of acidic rain occurs, where he finally recovers to create acidic rain-resistant suits for Unit 13.
7th Dragon III Code:VFD[]
In Tokyo UE77 era, year 2100, 80 years after two dragon invasions, he is one of the last former Murakumo members to be alive at the age of However, he no longer calls himself Kirino, but rather under the codename of a mysterious hero "Blaster Raven", whom is publicly a vintage hero, which Kirino himself promotes, calling his fans Blaster Kids, and the goods he gives out Blaster Goods.
Even though his past comrades are long gone by now, he has extended his life with a prosthetic bodysuit which also doubles as his Blaster Raven costume. so that he could fight the dragons on the front lines, as he felt like he never did much in helping his allies fight the Dragons. He helps the player fight against the third wave of dragons in Tokyo UE.
In 2020, he has a youthful look and initially comes off as a 'mad scientist'. He places deep trust in his boss Natsume, and despite not showing it openly, she does seem to trust him more than others. When faced with a deadly Dragon threat from Mizuchi, he is shown to panic and become scared easily. After regaining composure later, he is able to reliably help his allies with his scientific information again.
In 2021, his parts his hair sideways as he has started to lose some hair over the past year, but is otherwise the same as he was before the 2nd Dragon Invasion in Tokyo. After being exposed to the new Black Flowaro species that arrived with the new wave of Dragons from a portal at the top of the Tokyo Sky Tree tower, Kirino is left physically disabled, losing his right arm and is forced to walk with a crutch to maintain his balance; this incident depresses him greatly and he loses motivation and feels unable to help Unit 13 in their new fight against the Dragons. However later, he recovers some of his composure when a shower of acidic rain starts raining down at a mission area Unit 13 is to enter, making it impossible to for them to conduct the mission, so Kirino is able to develop acidic waterproof suits for Unit 13 to wear and use in their mission.
In UE77, as the mysterious hero Blaster Raven, his human body is hardly visible anymore, mostly being covered by his prosthetic suit with only part of his green hair sticking out at the back of his helmet. His mouth also can still be seen. His memory of the past 80 years seems to be intact, as he stills remembers his precious allies from Murakumo.
Kirino became Blaster Raven because he felt as if he was always running away, leaving all the fighting to his allies, so he wanted to be able to fight rather than run.
While he behaves like a typical superhero most of the time as part of his hero role, Kirino still retains some of his unreliable personality and can sometimes revert back to his true nature when taken off-guard (as shown in a quest to get his Blaster Raven autograph for a Nodens scientist's son and the player mentions their own team name Unit 13 (of Nodens Corp), to which Kirino is startled slightly at the familiar name, before changing the subject quickly.
Additional Information[]
In one of the paid post-game DLC in 7th Dragon III Code: VFD, Blaster Raven's character model can be unlocked in the character maker after completing the DLC quest.


superficially resemble tiger beetles, but smaller and usually less brightly colored and with foveate (pitted) elytra; species identification difficult.
Henri Goulet. 1983. Quaestiones Entomologicae, 19: 219-481.


The Galaxy J7 Prime had a update today and it was a patch I would like to know if there is a estimated time for the LG G5, LG V20, and the Galaxy J7 Prime android 8.0 update release date.
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    {
        IEnumerable<IEndPointMethodHandler> InspectEndPoints(
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Exactly 10 years ago today, the first ever blankTON.radio-show had been broadcast.
A lot of things have changed since then, of course, regarding style and improving homogeneity of the sets and of course we stopped talking so much, but if you like to indulge yourself in 2 hours of eclectic hullabaloo we cordially invite you to tune in and listen.
This very first issue features Mikka Blank and the artist then known as Supersultan as the hosts, constantly babbling in german, plus the wonderful Violetta Parisini back in her DJing years as a guest.
Expect music from Parov Stelar, Cay Taylan, Quantic, Seelenluft, Walkner.Hintenaus, Teddybears, Dublex Inc, Rodney Hunter, Kung Fu Divas and many more.


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Our conference & meeting rooms are unique and offer a peaceful and relaxing space in the bustling heart of Manchester city centre. As well as central Manchester, we also have a range of venues in Eccles, Sale, South Manchester (Northenden) and Warrington.
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 Benham Trail begins at the base of Bill Williams Mountain.
Originally Published: August 4, 2008 2:18 p.m.
The Flagstaff Biking Organization in conjunction with the Kaibab National Forest will be conducting a trail maintenance event on the Benham Trail south of Williams on Saturday. Work will include the improvement of the trail bed and repair of damaged drainage structures to help control erosion.
The trail work starts at 8:30 a.m. and will conclude with lunch at 1 p.m. (coffee and lunch will be provided.) The event will be followed by a trail ride or hike, weather and energy levels permitting.
No experience is necessary and all are welcome, however, all participants should come prepared with sturdy closed-toe shoes, long pants, sunscreen, water and a hat or head protection. Hardhats, gloves, tools and trail work instructions will be provided. If you have a bicycle helmet, please bring it along. Children under 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.
A camp and cookout begins at 6:30 p.m. near the trailhead on Friday night and plans to provide breakfast in the morning for those camping. Contact John Tingerthal at jtingerthal@gmail.com or call (928) 699-0196 if you are interested in camping.
For updated information, visit the Flagstaff Biking Web site at flagstaffbiking.org/trail-days or contact Anthony Quintile at (928) 779-5969.
To get there from Williams, turn south on Fourth Street (County Road 73) and travel approximately 3.5 miles to Forest Road 140 and turn right (west); proceed about 0.3 mile to the trailhead.
Organizers than the sponsors for this event , including Absolute Bikes, Aspen Sports, Biff's Bagels, Late for the Train Coffee, Fratelli Pizza, Kahtoola, Mountain Sports, NATRA, Williams Clean and Beautiful, Flagstaff Biking Organization and the Kaibab National Forest.


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Apr 5, 2019 04/19
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california. gypsy, traveller and roma people have been comprehensively failed by the government and public services for far too long, according to a group of mps. after a two year inquiry, the women and equalities select committee said the plight of traveller communities had been filed under the "too difficult" category for too long. roma people came originally from india, before migrating to central europe hundreds of years ago. 0ur correspondent frankie mccamley reports from derby. hello, derbyshire police? hello, it's lindsay rourke from women's work. lindsay and dion are out on the streets of derby every week helping sex workers. so, we look for signs, you know, if they are looking into car windows. they spot a young roma girl who they often help. hello! have you done something to your hand? do you have condom? yes, we've got condoms. how many condoms would you like? er... 20. 20? have you had a fight or broke something? no, no. so, have you got somewhere to live? yes. yes? are you 0k? safe in your house? i think she has either got learning difficulties or she's just had no education b
california. gypsy, traveller and roma people have been comprehensively failed by the government and public services for far too long, according to a group of mps. after a two year inquiry, the women and equalities select committee said the plight of traveller communities had been filed under the "too difficult" category for too long. roma people came originally from india, before migrating to central europe hundreds of years ago. 0ur correspondent frankie mccamley reports from derby....


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Research Article - Journal of Child and Adolescent Health (2020) Volume 4, Issue 3
A follow-up study on the psychological health, social support, and rearing behavior of left-behind children
The purpose of this study is to examine the change of psychological health, social support and rearing behaviour between left-behind children (LBC) and non-left-behind children (NLBC), and to analyze their correlations in the city of Shaoxing, China. By stratified and cluster sampling, 83 LBC and 119 NLBC had completed three consecutive years of follow-up investigation. Repeated measures of analysis of variance were performed to assess and compare the change of psychological health, social support, and rearing behavior between LBC and NLBC. The results showed that there was significant difference in change of psychosocial health between the two groups (decreasing in LBC, increasing in NLBC). There were no significant differences in social support and rearing behaviour among different time between LBC and NLBC, however, general support, subject support, support utilization and emotional warmth gradually increased in NLBC with no significant change in LBC. Psychological health positively correlated with social support (except for objective support) and emotional warmth and correlated negatively with rejection or overprotection in LBC. LBC suffer significant impairment in psychological health. Compared with the rising trend of NLBC, psychological health of LBC saw a decreasing trend over time. Psychological health may be affected by social support and rearing behaviour.
Author(s): Haiyan Xing, Wei Yu
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The bakery did well for a few years, but O.D. McKee Foods' threat to these and other food giants is the niche of snack cakes, the driving force behind the company's 400 percent growth in sales since 1982. INDUSTRY. According to the company publication The Story behind Little Debbie Snack Cakes, the two "were ideal business partners because her cautious, conservative nature was the perfect complement to his risk-taking, adventuresome spirit.". Consumer comments and questions (800) 522-4499 Service for retail stores: (800) 315-6208 . They started a big trend . Box 750 Collegedale, Tennessee 37315-0750 U.S.A. (615) 238-7111 Fax: (615) 238-7127. Encyclopedia.com. McKee Foods owns the high-profile Little Debbie brand in the US and has annual sales of about $1.5bn (€1.27bn). A young North Carolina couple, O.D. The Drake's brand distributes snack cakes such as Ring Dings, Yodels, Devil Dogs, Yankee Doodles, Sunny Doodles, Funny Bones, and coffee cake. Career Opportunities Available. During this period he also invented a soft oatmeal creme pie, "the company's oldest continuous product," according to Milling and Baking News. The McKee Foods story began during the height of the Great Depression when founder O.D. In 1960 the company made history in two ways. In 2016, McKee Foods recorded over $800 million in sales — nearly $150 million dollars more than Hostess, its closest competitor. Nutty Bars, Figaroos, Oatmeal Creme Pies, Caravellas, Golden Cremes, Devil Cremes, Swiss Rolls—some 38 varieties in all grace the regular Little Debbie snack cake line. Oakland, California 94612 "What's to stop McKee's giant competitors from matching its low prices?" queries Stern. At McKee Foods Corp. in Collegedale, company spokesman Mike Gloeklerr said the snack cake bakery is trying to keep the flow of food to store shelves. McKee Foods offers Little Debbie® snacks and Sunbelt® Bakery products that are sold in all 50 states, Canada, Puerto Rico and Mexico. Packaging supplier Bob Mosher suggested using a family member's name. McKee Foods owns and manufactures the brands: Little Debbie, Drakes, Sunbelt Bakery and Fieldstone. McKee Foods Corporation. Sales rose from $525 million in 1991 to approximately $825 million in 1997. P.O. Introducing Little Debbie Pecan Spinwheels, from McKee Foods (September 21,2020) A Ready-Made Celebration! The private beliefs of the owners have no place being included in an informative article. Drake Baking Company, but it is now owned by McKee Foods.The company makes snack cake products such as Devil Dogs, Funny Bones, Coffee Cakes, Ring Dings, and Yodels.Drake's has traditionally been marketed primarily in the Northeastern U.S., but it expanded to … New products, including Little Debbie Fancy Cakes and the Little Debbie Snack Favorite line, also serve as powerful inducements to buyers, at least half of which are age 15 and under. Who owns little debbie? McKee Foods also owns the Collegedale-based subsidiaries Blue Planet Foods, manufacturer of high-quality granola products including Heartland cereals … The average price for real estate on Mckee St is $28,602. And, even with lower prices, it would take them years to get the economies of scale McKee gets from its overwhelming market share." McKee maintains its low overhead by employing an independent distribution system and by expanding production only to keep pace with demand. Located in Charlotte and named Jack's Cookie Company like its predecessor, the business was highly successful. 16 Oct. 2020 . Contest Rules:-WSVA is giving away a monthly snack pack from McKee Foods. Hello LinkedIn community. McKee Foods also marketed granola bars, granola cereals, and other bakery products under the Sunbelt label, The company was born during the heart of the 1930s depression. More surprisingly, the company's net margins after such heavy undercutting are approximately six percent, while the average for the industry is 5.5 percent. Since 1980 McKee has enhanced its market share by selling to convenience stores as well as supermarkets and by periodically rolling out national television campaigns, the most memorable of which was launched in 1985 featuring impersonator Rich Little. His father-in-law, however, did not share his ideas. McKee Foods' Little Debbie is one of the nation's best-known brands of snack cakes, named for and featuring the smiling face of the 4-year-old granddaughter of the company's late founders. The secret to McKee's success is its Little Debbie snack cake line which, in 1992, accounted for 52 percent of all snack cakes sold in the United States. Best Choice Food Group specializes in providing Center of the Plate proteins, fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables, paper goods, cleaning products and more. Artist Pearl Mann of Atlanta created the original color artwork. INDUSTRY. In 1960, McKee Foods founder O.D. Quaker Tower McKee Foods, the US snacks group which owns the Little Debbie cake brand, has snapped up a local peer for an undisclosed sum. Description . Mckee Foods Transportation LLC is a licensed and bonded freight shipping and trucking company running freight hauling business from Collegedale, Tennessee. [11][12] The brand switched to the No. Southern owns and operates FM radio station WSMC which is almost completely staffed by students and the only classical music station in the Chattanooga area. Encyclopedia.com. decided to sell his business and start over. Although investment houses and bakery competitors, especially Continental, have hoped for the family to sell, Ellsworth has responded: "There's no way we can be forced to." With its present highly profitable status as the largest independently owned company of its kind in the country, and with consumer demand and snack cake share still rising, there would be little sense in doing so. Career Opportunities Available. International Directory of Company Histories. Little Debbie is America s leading snack cake brand. Home Science Math History Literature Technology Health Law Business All Topics Random. By 1987 the company was able to boast annual sales growth of ten to 15 percent since the advent of Little Debbie, a product line that had now expanded to 32 varieties available in 41 states. Both Little Debbie and the family pack remain the company's most significant generators of sales. New products, including Little Debbie Fancy Cakes and the Little Debbie Snack Favorite line, also served as powerful inducements to buyers, at least half of which were age 15 and under. Retrieved October 16, 2020 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/mckee-foods-corporation. They come in dozens of varieties, including the top-selling Swiss Cake Rolls, Nutty Bars, Fudge Rounds, Twinkies, Cosmic Brownies, Zebra Cakes, and Oatmeal Creme Pies. . The McKee Foods story began during the height of the Great Depression when founder O.D. Consumer Staple Products. As he had previously, O.D. Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. In 1957, when they outgrew the Chattanooga bakery, the operation moved to nearby Collegedale. Read more. Hearthside Food Solutions serves customers in the United States and Europe. After some time, they sold the Charlotte plant. Little Debbie® is America's leading snack cake brand because we provide consumers with quality products of excellent value. Recently, Little Debbie McKee-Fowler was honored at the 30th Annual Chattanooga Women of Distinction Awards luncheon. In 1935 O. D. moved the business to a new location and began making soft cookies and cakes. Uncategorized. Insurance carriers from insurance history of Mckee Foods … had transferred management to his sons, Ellsworth and Jack, while retaining his chairmanship. The company was founded by Newman E. Drake in 1896 in Harlem, New York as The N.E. Mckee Foods Transportation LLC is a licensed and bonded freight shipping and trucking company running freight hauling business from Collegedale, Tennessee. Search Little Debbie Ambassadors. They just need more parking. Filter by ambassador The company's Sunbelt brand benefited from the tremendous growth in the granola bar market in the 1990s. U.S.A. . Search Little Debbie Ambassadors. McKee Foods Corporation is a privately held and family owned American snack food and granola manufacturer headquartered in Collegedale, Tennessee. If the beliefs of the owners are to be considered, they should be in a seperate article specifically about the owners. The average price for real estate on Mckee St is $28,602. They started a big trend . Enter to win a Snack Attack with Mckee Foods and WSVA! Fax: (412) 237-3584 Fax: (816) 502-4155 Enter to win a Snack Attack with Mckee Foods and WSVA! McKee owns real property located at 272 Patton Farm Road, in Augusta County (the "Property"). (October 16, 2020). By 1934 O. D. had purchased his own delivery truck. "Common sense. Brimhall Foods began as a one truck DSD Distributor in 1979. Founded in 1934 by O.D. 180521 COUNTY OF AUGUSTA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF AUGUSTA COUNTY James V. Lane, Judge In this appeal, we consider whether the Circuit Court of August County ("circuit court") erred when it upheld the County's tax assessments against McKee Foods Corporation ("McKee") for the years 2011 through 2014. A family-run company. McKee Foods Corporation was founded in 1934 when young couple, O.D. "The Bakery Top 40," Bakery Production, June 1983; Milling and Baking News, February 10, 1987; "McKee Plans 'Little Debbie' Plant in Virginia," Bakery Production, May 1987; "Family Clout Backs Philosophy of Independence in Era of Mergers," Milling & Baking News, November 11, 1988; "McKee Baking Sets July Start for Production at New Virginia Plant," Milling & Baking News, May 8, 1990; "McKee's New Snack Plant Begins Production," Bakery Production, August 1990; Stern, William, "Mom and Dad Knew Every Name," Forbes, December 7, 1992; The Story behind Little Debbie Snack Cakes, McKee Foods Corporation. U.S.A. International Directory of Company Histories. "Zebra Cakes" redirects here. First, after leading the industry in mass production of small snack cakes, it conceived the "family" pack of 12 individually wrapped cakes sold as one multipack unit. Uncategorized. Selling sweets was how he supported his wife and three small children during the Depression, and he was … McKee began selling 5-cent snack cakes from the back of his car. Under chief executive officer Ellsworth McKee, the Tennessee bakery has preserved its highly private identity and strong family management (many third generation McKees hold high positions within the company). Although sales were up only a modest 0.7 percent in 1998, to … Second, it began affixing the Little Debbie brand, named after Ellsworth's daughter Debra, to its products. McKee Foods, a family bakery with annual sales of about $1.4 billion, is a privately-held company based in Collegedale, Tenn. Incorporated:…, One Campbell Place Telephone: (412) 237-5700 Wanting to expand, he bought a small bakery, Jack's Cookie Company. … Thinking of what could be a good fit for the brand, O.D. Originally an independent company, Hostess owned Drake's from 1998 to 2012; McKee Foods acquired the Drake's line when Hostess liquidated in bankruptcy in 2012. Refer to each style's convention regarding the best way to format page numbers and retrieval dates. Private Company Incorporated: 1957 as McKee Baking Company Employees: 4,250 Sales: $525 million SICs: 2051 Bread, Cake & Related Products; 2052 Cookies & Crackers; 2043 Cereal Breakfast Foods Family-owned and operated, McKee Foods Corporation is the David to such Goliaths … As demand increased, a Pork Rind manufacturing operation was opened in June of 1982. Web site: http://www.oreida.com It has been in operation since 1961 and is located on campus. Web site: http://www.clorox.com (615) 238-7111Fax: (615) 238-7127, Private Company Incorporated: 1957 as McKee Baking CompanyEmployees: 4,250Sales: $525 millionSICs: 2051 Bread, Cake & Related Products; 2052 Cookies & Crackers; 2043 Cereal Breakfast Foods. McKee was used to battling the big-name brands, and the company moved to capture a greater piece of the granola bar category in the late 1990s. Encyclopedia.com. With a retail price about half the cost of its competitors, Little Debbie owns approximately one-third of all snack cake sales. The original Collegedale plant was expanded more than a dozen times before a sister plant was added. In 1960, company founders O.D. Mckee Foods Transportation LLC is trucking company providing freight transportation services and hauling cargo. cashed in his truck and he and Ruth became owners and operators of their first business. spent the previous year selling 5-cent Virginia Dare cakes from the back seat of his 1928 Whippet car. About McKee Foods. Telephone: (856) 342-4800 McKee Foods is best known for our line of Little Debbie brand snack cakes. As demand increased, a Pork Rind manufacturing operation was opened in June of 1982. They are giant corporations with giant overhead, while McKee is a family business. (312) 222–7111 Currently we operate in a 77,000 square foot manufacturing facility on 5 acres in the Bartlett Industrial Park with access to Interstate 40 less than 1-1/2 miles away.
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Kristine Shomaker Exploring the Beauty Myth Through Contemporary Art
May 10, 2017 ArtQuench Featured Artists, News, Out and About Leave a comment
Brainworks Gallery Presents "Her Intuition"
A Group Show Curated by Erin Adams Featuring Kristine Shomaker
Dates: May 6th –27th, 2017
Brainworks Gallery
5364 West Pico Boulevard.
Kristine Shomaker
I am honored to show a new video installation, "Losing Weight" in the group show "Her Intuition." Curated by Erin Adams of Brainworks Gallery.
"Her Intuition" is an exhibition opening at Brainworks Gallery on May 6, 2017 from 5-8 pm, curated by Erin Adams featuring works by five local female artists. Edi Dai, Yasmine Diaz, Margaret Nielsen, Andrea Patrie and Kristine Schomaker will present new works that illustrates the myriad aspects of intuition. Intuition is defined by researchers as the brain's ability to draw on internal and external cues in making rapid, in-the-moment decisions and the women in this exhibition take that idea—consciously and unconsciously as a point of departure. The works on view range from non-traditional large-scale oil paintings to collage to video installation as each artist's choice of medium is also dictated by an innate sense of intuition. The exhibition explores intuition as a methodology and as content and celebrates the fact that these artists work from the gut, and do what they do with knowing confidence.
A dedicated conceptualist and surrealist autobiographer, my current work is part of a new cross-platform project called "An Ode to a Lost Love" whose leitmotif addresses the de(con)struction of self in relation to society's perception/projection/reflection of beauty. This work focuses on the complexities of gender identity, body image, and the societal privileging of women's physical beauty over character and intellect. The series already includes painting on canvas and mannequins, sculptural installation, digital animation made in Second Life, and narrative photography and video.
From video skins to tangible objects, in Second Life and In Real Life, I focus my attention on a cheeky exploration of the commonplace trappings of childhood, and the role of gender-branded toys in instilling skewed societal values from an early age. Vanities, kitchenettes, toy cars, beauty products, pink shag carpet — all of these and more seemingly innocuous set pieces of our romper room days reinforce the toxic messaging about women's work and self-worth as a function of body image. Messaging that follows adult women into the boardroom and the bedroom.
My visual style is one of density and delicacy, control and chaos, intuition and deliberation. My marriage of concept and technique emphasizes the artifice of the manufactured beauty standards that can obscure our true selves from the world. As the gravitational layers of paint coalesce into "metaphorical skins" and are applied to pared-down emblems of domestic interiors, especially the rich metaphor of the obscured vanity mirror and as I de(con)struct objects, photographs, art that previously held a deeper significance of an ideal image of myself, I illuminate a moment at which we have a chance to truly see ourselves.
"An Uncomfortable Skin" and "The Beauty Myth"
from the Spring 2017 Brewery Artwalk
Kristine Schomaker is a multidisciplinary artist and art historian living and working at the Brewery artist complex in Los Angeles, California. She earned her BA in Art History and MA in Studio Art from California State University at Northridge where she studied under Betty Ann Brown and Samantha Fields. In 2014 Kristine founded Shoebox PR aimed at helping artists gain a presence in the art world. It has grown to a company with 3 team members and now represents galleries and art events while still representing individual artists. Kristine is also the editor of Art and Cake a contemporary L.A. Art blog reviewing shows, interviewing art influencers and covering art world events that will impact how the Los Angeles art scene will be remembered. She also recently opened an experimental art space, Shoebox Projects where artists create work during a month long residency. Kristine has taught art history at Antelope Valley College and Pasadena City College, formed an artist collective in Los Angeles and has organized and curated numerous art exhibitions throughout Southern California.
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In another extremely active week for domain sales both country codes and .com saw lots of activity in the 7 day period from March 27 – April 2, 2019.
Note that the .ai registry have begun to report the sales from their monthly auctions to NameBio, and those appear in the April 1 results. With over one hundred sales, this had a strong impact on that day (they had the first and third highest sale and many others in the top 25) and the week overall.
During the past week the number of sales per day ranged from 277 to 449. The latter figure was heavily influenced by the .ai monthly auction results. This is the highest rate of domain sales since I began this series about 8 months ago. In general the first quarter of 2019 has been very strong in number of domain sales.
The highest average daily price was $597. The lowest average daily sale price was $405. Therefore while the week has active in terms of number of domains sold, it was not a week with high average sales prices.
The median daily sale price, a better measure of prices an individual investor is likely to encounter, stayed within a very narrow range from $205 to $232. The median price varies only slightly from week to week.
The number of daily sales above $1000 ranged from 15 to 48 (the latter heavily influenced by the .ai auction results). There were 20 or more sales above the $1000 level on 6 of the 7 days in the reporting period.
The daily sales volume ranged from a low of about $122k to a high of about $216k. Except for the Apr 1 results that included the monthly .ai auction this was a pretty ordinary week sales volume wise.
My personal favourite names from this week include AccionEast (org), AnalyticDesign (com), automatic (ai), BigMug (com), DairyBar (com), DPstreaming (tv), factory (ai), flattery (com), fog (ai), games (gg), GermanDream (de), hemmy (net), hydrogen (ai), IOT (digital), kindergarten (org), lav (co), medi (ai), OddShot (tv), rappa (com), ReadyPod (com), RogueFestival (com), SchoolPsychology (net), SIS (org), SockStore (com), sonic (ai), sprint (ai), strawberries (org), watchdog (ai), willow (io) and XO (io).
280 sales, $514 average, $213 median, 27 >$1k, 144k$. Noted: lav (co); OddShot (tv); shopify (id); rezy, defences, rappa, DetoxTea, SockStore, InsightProfessionals, TheHempBox, TestMarketing, FreeRecord (com).
285 sales, $590 average, $232 median, 32 >$1k, 168k$ Noted: CarFin, treato, eFactor, conversationalist, SpecialCamps, TexMax, TasteOfLife, ReadyPod, SnapAir, RogueFestival (com); NewDelhi, science-groove, EarthPortal (org); IOT (digital).
277 sales, $597 average, $231 median, 27 >$1k, 166k$. Noted: AccionEast (org); torrents (io); WoolWarehouse, DeepHealth, CondoLoans, flattery, OnRoute, CBDtruffle, MillionDollarHouses, AnalyticDesign, CelestialDiamonds (com). Spelled wrong satelites sells high!
315 sales, $553 average, $211 median, 24 >$1k, 174k$. Noted: XO (io); games (gg); WalkJogRun(net); Chig (org); mchain, MedClick, eturbo, RapidFunnels, ConsumerResponse, TechBuilders, LifeFashion, TradeAdvisors, DairyBar (com).
289 sales, $512 average, $209 median, 15 sales >$1k, 148k$ Noted: kindergarten (org); FamilyMart, ByOwners, AutoGurus, BedDr, BTC1, GirlCooksWorld, BigMug, BioLifeScience, IdealCBD, BagPatch (com); hemmy (net). HardCaps (com) takes hard fast $ fall!
449 sales, $482 average, $225 median, 48 >$1k, 216k$. Noted: factory, medi, watchdog, hydrogen, sprint, battery, automatic, fog, digit, sonic (ai); strawberries, comments, MDMA (org); InsuranceAgency, SchoolPsychology (net); forent, CatchDrop (com).
302 sales, $405 average, $205 median, 24 >$1k, 122k$. Noted: GermanDream (de); willow (io); SIS (org); DPstreaming (tv); SitDown, CashAccoouonting, PlantCity, doggle, spatty, pixology plus lost of 5N (com).
The trend of early 2019 for a healthy number of sales not only continued but sharply picked up pace this week. That was driven partly by the release of the monthly auction sales by the .ai registry, who are now reporting to NameBio and will be doing so every month going forward. The report for Apr 1 had over 100 sales in the .ai extension, including the first and third place sales for the day.
While the .com TLD certainly continued to dominate in terms of overall sales, this was an outstanding week for country codes, especially .ai. The lead sale over the 7 days was .com on 4 of the days and a country code domain on the other three (.de, .ai and .io). The legacy .org also had a strong week, although it did not lead on any day.


UTICA — Want to get Black History Month started? Step on it, say organizers of an upcoming event.
Want to get Black History Month started?
Step on it, say organizers of an upcoming event.
That's because, come Saturday, area residents can take in a choreographed performance by the UNKNOWN STEPPERS during a 7 p.m. step-dance show at Stanley Center for the Arts.
The performance originally was part of the popular 2007 movie "Stomp the Yard," according to a Stanley news release, and will be staged in honor of Black History Month.
The show also will feature area dance teams, who will be participating in a tradition with roots that, traced back, lead to African folk dances more than 100 years old, according to the release.
Those teams will be undulating to rhythms accompanied by fancy footwork and props such as canes, sticks and swords.
Faust said the show not only was important for its entertainment value, but also because of its diverse appeal.
The roughly 2½-show, sponsored by Price Chopper, also will feature the award of scholarships and grants, including an award in honor of Civil Rights pioneer Rosa Parks.
Tickets to the event are $19.50 and can be purchased by calling 724-4000 or online at www.StanleyCenterforTheArts.com.
The stepping show is just one of several events planned in honor of Black History Month. Check out a few upcoming events in the list below, or submit your own to infocenter@uticaod.com.
Faculty and staff at SUNYIT in Marcy are planning on conducting a 20th annual African-American read-in at noon Monday in the Cayan Library's Mele Room. The event is free and open to the public.
The Utica Public Library will show the 1985 film "The Color Purple" at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday as part of observances. The film, which chronicles the personal growth of a young black woman from abused youth to confident woman, will be shown in the library gallery, 303 Genesee St. The event is free. 735-2279.
A Black History Month lobby display, featuring a tribute to actor Sidney Poitier and a reading list of classic books by black authors, will also remain up through February. After February, the library will conduct two more screenings of classic films dealing with racism, including the film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." Call for more information.
Author Robert Whitaker will discuss and sign copies of his new book, "On the Laps of Gods: The Red Summer of 1919 and the Struggle for Justice That Remade a Nation" at 7 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Colgate Bookstore, 3 Utica St., Hamilton. The book is about the race-based Elaine Race Massacres of 1919 in Arkansas. The book is Whitaker's third.
The Utica Public Library is conducting drawings for a free books and a free DVD. The groundbreaking and controversial books are "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin and "Soul on Ice" by Eldridge Cleaver. The DVD is the 1970 film "They Call Me MISTER Tibbs." Call the library for more information. 735-2279.