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About Riverside Community Church
We are a family oriented church made up of people from different backgrounds and from all walks of life. At Riverside we want to help people discover faith in Christ and connect with a vibrant caring community. On Sundays we come together for worship and teaching from the Bible. We present God's Word in an applicable way through music and teaching that connects with people's lives. what brings us and binds us together is our desire to be a community of people shaped by the Gospel, who love Jesus, each other, and our community.
Swastika is a Northern Ontario community about ten minutes west of Kirkland Lake. (Three hours north of North Bay). The town was formed in 1908 by miners who came to develop the "Lucky Cross" (Swastika) gold mine. Unfortunately the gold mine at that site didn't work out, but the town held on and many lived there and worked at the Kirkland Lake gold mine (before Kirkland Lake existed as a town). During World War II there was pressure from the Government to change the town's name to "Winston" after Winston Churchill, but the town stood firm on the name which they believed was a Native name meaning "setting of the sun".
In 1911 a Methodist church was started in the local store and eventually a building built. The Methodists and the Presbyterians shared the building for a time as well. In 1945 the current building was built and became Swastika Community Church (United Church of Canada).
The Church held it's 100th Anniversary on June 26, 2011, in conjunction with its closing. At that ceremony Swastika Community Church ceased to exist as a congregation of the United Church of Canada and the keys to the building and property deed were given to the Wesleyan Church of Canada. Our first Sunday was November 13, 2011.
A huge thank you to the Swastika United Church for their hard work over the years and generous gift of this building and property to the Wesleyan Church of Canada. The Wesleyan Church of Canada took up the call and Riverside Community Church was born! We are excited to be able to be part of this vibrant community!
In May 2014 Riverside took posession of the former Swastika Public School Buildling only a block away from it's original buildling. After spending months renovating, painting and cleaning (thanks to A LOT of help from individuals and groups from across the Province) we moved into our new facility October 5th, holding our Grand Opening November 15 & 16th, 2014. We are excited to have a space that will help us to continue to meet the needs of our community.
Riverside Community Church is located off of Hwy 66 in Swastika, near the site where the Blanche River intersects the highway. The river flows through the entire community and Swastika's beautiful riverside park is a well-loved destination for family outings, picnics and outdoor weddings. As such, we felt the name was fitting.
Riverside will serve the West-Kirkland Lake areas – Swastika, Kenogami, Sesekinika and communities along Hwy 112. Our hope is that the church building can be used in a variety of capacities to serve the community.
November 2016 we celebrated our 5th Anniversary…check out these videos for a snapshot of what Riverside is all about.
A HUGE thanks to those that were with us, prayed for us and still continue to support and encourage us! We appreciate you!
Pastor Pete and Jenita Naylor
Pastor Pete and his family have a desire to care for their community, support families and share God's love in practical ways in Northern Ontario. Pastor Pete grew up as the son of a church planter and lived in many communities across Ontario. He met his wife, Jenita, while she was attending Laurentian University and he, Nipissing University many years ago. They married in 2005
Teaching is something Pastor Pete loves to do, having now moved out of the classroom he is passionate about helping everyone to grow and learn how to live their Faith in their home (Faith at Home). Using skills learned while teaching in the school system and at Canadore College (North Bay) Jenita now coordinates the Hope Box Canada program for pregnancy and infant loss and leads the Children's Ministry Team at Riverside. They have two homeschooled daughters and five babies waiting for them in Heaven. You'll often find Pastor Pete out in one of the many lakes fishing, walking a trail looking for grouse or building in the workshop – often with his girls tagging along.
Riverside Community Church is part of a Potestant Evangelical denomination called The Wesleyan Church, and located within the Central Canada District.
Wesleyans believe in one God, who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and the Savior of all who put their faith in Him alone for eternal life. We believe that those who are made new in Christ are called to be holy in character and conduct, and can only live this way by being filled with the Lord's Spirit. We believe in the Bible and its sufficiency to establish our faith and conduct. We believe God wills for people everywhere to know Him and be made new in Christ. We believe that the purpose of the Church is to worship God in spirit and in truth, and to reach a lost and fallen world with the gospel of Jesus Christ through its worship, witness, and loving deeds.
The following are terms descriptive of who Wesleyans are and why they do what they do. They describe the "soul of the Church":
BIBLICAL AUTHORITY:
The Bible is God's holy Word. It uniquely and infallibly reveals God's plan for His people and how to live out that plan, individually and corporately. Beliefs, practices, priorities, and our mission are to be anchored in clear biblical teachings.
CHRISTLIKENESS:
Jesus Christ is the defining feature of God's will and relationship with all humankind. In Christ is found both newness of life and the highest and clearest example for godliness. People made new in Christ find Him to be the source of faith, hope, and love in both the inner life and in our outward actions engaging a world desperate for hope and life.
DISCIPLE-MAKING:
Making disciples is a clear mandate from Christ. This requires a strong missional focus on evangelism and training in spiritual growth and holy living. Done effectively, this will produce and promote growth and health in and among the churches.
LOCAL CHURCH CENTERED:
The denomination exists to help local congregations grow and multiply, be more healthy, and more authentically reflect God's plan. Local churches are the most fundamental and strategic points of evangelism and discipleship. The challenge of the denomination is to keep finding the best ways to serve, strengthen, and multiply congregations.
SERVANT LEADERSHIP:
Wesleyans respect leadership that is placed over them, while realizing that the authority and effectiveness of spiritual leadership is not primarily bestowed, but earned, and is characterized by a loving and willing heart of obedience that serves God and mankind gladly. Wesleyans desire to be leaders in serving.
UNITY IN DIVERSITY:
There is intrinsic value in every person. Biblical unity becomes all the more important and beautiful in the light of the wide-ranging differences in personalities, cultures, races, languages, talents, and perspectives. Finding unity and mutual love in Christ eliminates devaluation and deprivation of life to one another.
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Jenni Lake, 18, gave birth to a boy one month before she turned 18 but she knew that she would not be destined to be just any old teenage mother. In the process of admission to the hospital, she whispered to her nurse something she wanted to tell her family, as their worst fears were realized the day after the baby was born.
"She told the nurse, 'I'm done, I did what I was supposed to. My baby is going to get here safe,'" said Diana Phillips, Jenni's mother.
Jenni gave birth on November 9, 2011. One day alter, Phillips learned that her daughter decided to forgo treatment for brain and spine tumors in order to carry the baby without fatal consequences. Nothing could be done now that the baby was born. Twelve days after the birth of the baby, Jenni passed away.
Jenni was 16 when she began having migraines as a sophomore at Pocatello High School. The family doctor performed an MRI that found a small mass that measured two centimeters wide on the right side of the brain. 240 kilometers south of Pocatello, in Salt Lake City, she was admitted to a hospital. Another scan there showed that the mass was larger than originally thought.
On October 15, 2010, Jenni underwent a biopsy and then five days later was diagnosed with stage three astrocytoma, a brain tumor. Jenni had three tumors on her brain and three tumors on her spine. She was told her cancer was rare because it spread from the brain to another part of the body with zero symptoms.
"Jenni just flat out asked them if she was going to die," said her father, Mike Lake, 43, a truck driver who lives in Rexburg, north of Pocatello.
The doctors told Jenni and her family that she had a 30 percent chance to survive with treatment, making it two years.
"She didn't break down and cry or anything," he said.
Jenni's mother did recall Jenni having a weak moment later that day.
"When they told her that she might not be able to have kids, she got upset," said Phillips, 39.
A couple of weeks prior to being diagnosed, Jenni began dating Nathan Wittman.
"The rumors started flying around, like Nathan was only with her because she had cancer," said Jenni's older sister, Ashlee Lake, 20.
Not too long after her diagnosis, Jenni began throwing up and having sharp stomach pains. She went to the emergency room with her boyfriend. When she returned home she began crying, waking up her family. While at the hospital, she learned that she was pregnant and that her journey would not be along anymore.
"We were told that she couldn't get pregnant, so we didn't worry about it," said Nathan, 19.
The baby was named Chad Michael by Jenni and Nathan, after each of their fathers. Legal custody of the child is with Nathan, but the child receives primary care from Nathan's mother Alexia Wittman.


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In Conversation With Curators Francis McWhannell & Gabriela Salgado
Dilmah Tea: In Conversation
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To celebrate the art of good conversation, Dilmah Tea joins Francis McWhannell and Gabriela Salgado, co-curators of the Auckland Art Fair's Project 18 as they share a cup of tea and demonstrate their professional relationship based on respect — and the ability to keep up with each other's artistic intellect and passion
On how they came to collaborate
Gabriela: Francis and I were introduced during my first visit to Auckland (originally from Argentina, Gabriela has most recently been based in London until taking the role of Artistic Director at Te Tuhi 7 months ago). We spent some time looking at art together and seemed to be very much in sync from the start with regard to the kind of contemporary art we appreciate.
Francis: When we met, the idea of working together on the Projects had already been floated. The meeting was a bit like a curatorial first date. I showed Gabriela round some favourite galleries. She exuded charisma, intelligence, and a genuine and deep interest in the art of Aotearoa and the Pacific. I felt immediately that we would work well together. Gabriela probably doesn't know this, but the Fair actually asked me who I wanted to work with. Co-director Stephanie Post suggested a few names and Gabriela was the one whose work most interested me!
On why they make such a great partnership
Francis: The three things I most appreciate about Gabriela are her sympathetic nature, her frankness, and her extraordinary knowledge. She is a true ally of artists. We can talk directly about what we think about art and other matters. And her experience working all over the world, especially in areas of the "Global South" that remain under-known in New Zealand (like Africa and South America), is invaluable.
Gabriela: Francis is great with words, so it's a pleasure to discuss our views on artists' production, ideas, exhibitions, and history. He's an accomplished writer and has an eclectic approach to art-making, possibly the result of having been brought up in an artistic home with a painter for a father and an actor for a mother.
On what they've learnt from the other
Francis: Looking at Gabriela's example, I've developed a stronger sense of the responsibility of the curator with respect to the artist. The word "curator" relates to the notion of caretaking. It is not only artworks that need to be looked after, but also the needs of artists. Artists tend to work very hard with little support. As curators, it's essential we help provide that support.
Gabriela: Francis has a great attitude, which has helped me to maintain one too!
On if they ever clash
Gabriela: Not really, but I would like to think that when there is disagreement we can get to the bottom of the matter with style.
Francis: When we selected the Projects, we each made a shortlist independently, then compared our choices. They matched almost perfectly. I think we each had one artist we talked the other into, but this ended up feeling like a positive. You want at least a little debate in a collaboration.
What they're Most looking foward to at projects 2018
Francis: On a personal level, I'm really looking forward to seeing artists like Kay Abude, with whom I've been communicating via email and phone for some months but have never met face to face. Abude's Project, LOVE THY LABOUR, is a performance piece that explores the difficulties and joys of work. It ties in very well with some of the other Projects, such as Emil McAvoy's $1/Word: A Living Wage for New Zealand Art Writers, while also helping to fulfil a key ambition of Projects 2018: to introduce Fair-goers to an exciting range of work by artists of different backgrounds and from different places.
Gabriela: Appreciating the selected works in the space after months of preparation and decision-making will be fantastic. As with any exhibition, I am also interested in seeing how the visitors react to the ensemble, as there seem to be some recurrent themes emerging from the works. This is particularly positive, as we didn't set out to dictate any specific curatorial vision and to me it indicates a sort of spirit of the current times, a range of topics and human concerns that the artists wish to communicate. Art's fundamental function in society is to place a mirror in front of us, reflecting the world around and challenging us to engage with aspects of reality that might not be articulated otherwise.
The Projects artists are all fantastic and I can't wait to see their pieces shining in The Cloud.
Projects 2018 features the work of 18 emerging and established artists based in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia, and comprises adornment, installation, sound, video, photography, print and sculpture among much more. See artfair.co.nz/projects for details Auckland Art Fair runs May 23-27 at The Cloud.
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New Delhi: The Indian Army has launched a massive summer exercise in the Rajasthan desert involving over 50,000 troops and several hundred artillery guns and infantry combat vehicles as part of its efforts to shore up its battle worthiness on the western front with Pakistan.
The exercise, code-named "Shoorveer", is being conducted by the Jaipur-based South Western Command and will end in the first week of May, an officer at the army headquarters here said.
"Troops of South Western 'Sapta Shakti' Command have now built up in the deserts of Rajasthan to carry out an annual summer exercise," the army headquarters said here.
"Presently, the formations are practising their battle drills in the designated training areas," it said.
The collective training started with honing up of basic battle procedures and tactical drills at tactical level.
"A number of field firings are being carried out to check the accuracy and lethality of the weapon systems. A large number of innovations and modifications carried out by units and formations to enhance combat power are being tested in the field," the officer said.
The troops will build the momentum of training gradually, with increased combat tempo to set the stage for a major joint army-air force exercise in the later part of the exercise.
"The exercise Shoorveer is scheduled to culminate when Sapta Shakti Command along with Indian Air Force will carry out swift battle manoeuvres and joint operations," the officer said.
Defence Minister A.K. Antony and Indian Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh are expected to witness the exercise in the first week of May.


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'Ghosts' Hover Around Massive Telescope in New Images
By Tia Ghose
An image captured in darkness of the James Webb Telescope in a clean room makes the people bustling around it look like ghostly apparitions (Image credit: Chris Gunn/NASA)
When the lights go out, the ghosts come out to play.
That's what it seems like in an eerie photograph taken of the James Webb Telescope in a specialized clean room, with the lights out. Because of the long exposure needed to take a picture in the dark, the clean-room scientists bustling around the telescope resemble wraiths in the photograph, Chris Gunn, the NASA photographer who took the image, said in a statement.
A long exposure means the camera's shutter is left open for a long period, giving ample time for the few light particles, or photons, in the dark to hit the sensor or photographic paper and create an image of the object. As a result, moving objects appear blurry, because the light particles reflecting from them come from different locations while the shutter is open, while stationary objects remain crisp, as in this picture.
The darkened photo was taken in the clean room after the telescope underwent acoustic and vibrational testing, according to the statement. It is easier to see contamination that occurs after testing in the darkness, so technicians look for it using ultraviolet light and bright flashlights during their inspection. The testing took place at Spacecraft Systems Development and Integration Facility (SSDIF) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland
The James Webb Telescope, designed to be the successor to the prolific Hubble Space Telescope, is the largest and most powerful telescope ever built. It is set to launch from French Guiana in 2018, according to NASA. Unlike Hubble, which orbits Earth, the James Webb will circle the sun, around 1 million miles (1.5 million kilometers) away from Earth at the so-called second Lagrange point (L2). At this spot, the observatory can stay in line with Earth as it orbits the sun. A large sunshield will protect the telescope from solar light and heat.
Tia Ghose
Tia is the managing editor and was previously a senior writer for Live Science. Her work has appeared in Scientific American, Wired.com and other outlets. She holds a master's degree in bioengineering from the University of Washington, a graduate certificate in science writing from UC Santa Cruz and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Tia was part of a team at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that published the Empty Cradles series on preterm births, which won multiple awards, including the 2012 Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism.


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I just want to say that I wholeheartedly agree with your last sentence. In fact it is something I think about quite often.
MJ told others that visionary people are often misunderstood in their own lifetime, so I think he knew his art and character would be examined on a different level after his death and people would feel remorse for how he was treated.
While I had always known him to be a gentle person, with a huge target on his back ….I didnt find out 1/10th of what he had been subjected to, until immediately after he passed away..It didnt take me long to see the whole truth….It was always right there, just under the surface of mud that had been thrown at him .That is very painful to me , but we cant change the past , we can only expose the great wrongs that were done to this innocent man…and show those profiteers for what THEY really were..I think the truth is now coming to light..
What we all lost due to greed , envy , racism and revenge by others ..It is something that I think about often, because all he wanted to do was help people and how many more could he have helped if not for the constant struggles he was subjected to..
For a documentary regarding Michael Jackson's genius to be played on ABC, the same network that gave Martin Bashir a platform for his assassination piece,is almost poetic justice, because it shows how much progress has been made regarding Michael s image …this time around it is profitable to herald the man instead of vilify him,.., , but we will take these victories for MJ anyway, as they come ,,Eventually ABC own motives for putting out that trash , in the first place ,will be brought to light also….
Right on nannorris and Iris… I could not agree more. Seven, I am also ever so happy about the University course and Joe Vogel's work and Silvia J. Martin´s work. I love your work too, your constant tributes to Michael… to the awesome human being and artist he was AND HE IS… because these tributes and studies make him eternal. Over the longer run, the trash will be forgotten and this will be remembered and kept and living. Michael said "The truth runs Marathons". Can he see us? Can he hear it? I don´t know. But the energy that was the person is now cosmic and it (He) will endure. I saw the full moon last night and I thought of his words "Moon, I'm here". "Good, she said. Now give us a little dance." (Dancing the Dream). I know he did.
Seven a heartwarming article..thankyou.. and my own thoughts are reflected in your last two paragraphs and the comments so far.
I try to watch "This is it" from time to time.. but I find the more time passes the more difficult it becomes.. As more of the truth is revealed about Michael and those, good and bad, who were actively involved with him during any part of his life, seeing him in TII just emphasises what a fantastic human being we lost.
So it is good to see all the positive stuff that is being reported more and more, and I hope that eventually doubters will want to learn who he really was. God bless you Michael, wherever you are.
And thank you Seven for always commenting so eloquently on the activities concerning Michael. It is nice to see and warms my own heart to see the excitement a buzz with the anniversary. A long time ago, perhaps on my own blog, or on twitter post or on tumblr (I obviously can't remember) but I remember saying, there was a time when everyone loved Michael. We were born hard-coded to love him, it was simply in our DNA. How awful it must have been to fall from such lofty heights… and yet the gentle kind man remained. Let the accolades come… they are more than deserved.
At last! At last! Wasn't there another such course started at a college in Chicage last year? Recently I have been worrying that Michael's 'presence' was fading, but obviously it is not, I am happy to see. Sometimes things happen connected to him and are not always published by the main stream media, as if they are still afraid of his power maybe, and trying to play it down? During the Olympic Games two syncronised female swimmers wore MJ swim suits, but the event never went out in the BBC sports news menu, I don't think. Prince Harry was wearing a 'Smooth Criminal' hat, not much else I admit! at the Las Vegas party – and Sky News reported he wore nothing, ignoring the hat. I wonder why? Perhaps this is trivial and irrelevant, and I shouldn't worry that much?
Maybe Prince Harry was going to try the Moonwalk! Seriously, thanks for all everyone is doing to shine a light on Michael Jackson, the artist and phenomenal person he was, and I do hope he somehow knows how much he is loved, now and for always!!!
Spikes Lee's love letter to Michael got me in tears. I love that he didnt make it just a cold documentary but more like a personal tribute.
Thanks to all who since Michael passed reviewed , lectured, reported ,wrote, recorded and spoke about him with integrity which was lacking for so many years.
Who could have thought this 3 years ago when even in death there were many who had no respect for him or his grieving family.
But my special thanks goes to bloggers like you Seven who created the platform for Joe Vogel, Spike Lee and all the others . You work selflessly for years now to inform and educate about Michael. Sometimes angry and frustrated , but never with drama or sensationalism, always with dignity, with facts and always in Michaels best interest.
I wish he was here today to see how the tables have turned. But I firmly believe that the soul is aware of the vibes and that these well deserved accolades will give peace to Michaels soul.
Like Sina said : special thanks to you Seven, and all the people that are working hard for Michael an all of us. I wish that every school had to give a course (obliged) about Michael Jackson. That would only be fair ! . But, who knows what the future brings. If we all do what we can, we can change the world – in due time – it will take a long time but still we have to try.
Living by example is surely one of the best things to do.
Interesting to me that so many of us felt a "pull" to your last paragraph Seven. It just proves our energies all, at the core, want the same for Michael. I can hardly remember a night over the last three years when I have not uttered those same wishes that somehow Michael's sweet soul is aware of this true admiration and love emanating from us. He has united so many people this way.
Where did you learn to write Seven? I'm studying to become a journalist and find I still have quite a distance….
I guess "self-taught" because I have no formal training.
Thank you, thank you. FINALLY, people working on changing Michael Jackson's legacy as it should be. Please do not ever stop. EVER. Michael deserves to be recognized for the humanitarian he was, not just the as an "entertainer". and the genius of his work must also be establised as his lasting legacy. There are still those critics who don't recognize MJ's absolute genius in his short films, the messages, the mystery of his work. My God, what a loss. Today's music cannot compare nor will it ever.
I didn´t know that Spike Lee was so involved with Michael. That was a positive surprise as I like his movies.And thank you again for your positive articles. Unfortunately there are still those who persist with their negative view( to put it mildly).I just think it is a bunch of people, some who have built their careers on Michael, who just refuse to look at facts and never mind the truth.Now that 2 serious pedofiles, Saville and Sandusky have come to public knowledge, just compare the emotions of their victims with those alleged "victims" of Michael.It is like night and day.


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Matt Riley | Artist • Producer • Topliner
Perth born Matt Riley, has earned his stripes in the EDM world under the name "Wasteland". Gaining attention from the likes of Avicii to Martin Garrix and David Guetta, his music has been played heard across mainstages worldwide by the most prolific dance music events including Tomorrowland and Coachella.
Soon after, Matt decided to triple his musical output, where he changed direction with his project artist "Wasteland", signing to Central Station Records in Australia. Here he made way for more pop orientated releases, launching a new secret underground project called Blvck Karibou. Producing club records from his own label The Herd, he then birthed his new pop writing outfit Cressbrook with multi instrumentalist Justin Martins.
Recently, both his pop releases have amassed half a million views on multiple platforms, and his notable self-directed video clips achieving viral notoriety.
2019 found him venturing into a new world of writing and producing for other artists. Together with his writing partner Justin, they have solidified 15 tracks awaiting release for larger artists in the pop/edm world, and that's just in the first three months of 2019 alone!
The value in Matt's music skills give him the ability to produce and songwrite simultaneously, which have proved to be a monumental asset in both his own artist projects and also studio sessions and writing camps he's been involved with.


I can't imagine that guy drinking anything...place is too sano!
oh I see a water bottle...see I told you so!
Three years ago I was east of Minneapolis working for a local phone company. I saw no less than 50 such houses sitting on a lake. Traffic signs, school busses picking up and dropping off kids on the lake. I thought, what a way to spend the weekend. No wives or girlfriend to be seen. Dads and kids only.
I think you need to put a couple binnacles on those fighting chairs?? (C attached, opsec/persec filtered) Are they fighting over the fish or the pole?
Are they fighting over the fish or the pole?


Srinagar, January 15 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops during their fresh act of state terrorism, martyred six more youth in Baramulla district, today.
The youth were killed during a joint operation of Indian army and the Central Armed Police Force at Dulanja in Uri area of the district. It is a common practice of Indian army personnel that they randomly kill Kashmiri youth in fake encounters.
The Chairman of Hurriyat forum, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in a statement issued in Srinagar, today, condemned Indian army's operation in Srinagar, south and north Kashmir areas terming it as arrogance and belligerence of the Indian authorities.
The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Mohammad Yasin Malik along with the family of a Kashmiri businessman, Bilal Ahamd Kawa, staged a protest at Press Colony in Srinagar. Yasin Malik while speaking on the occasion termed Bilal Kawa's arrest as a ploy of Delhi police to get awards and promotions. Bilal Ahamd Kawa was arrested by Delhi police on January 10 for unknown reasons.
Dukhtaran-e-Millat Chairperson, Aasiya Andrabi, Muhammad Farooq Rehmani and Democratic Freedom Party in their separate statements denounced the recent statement of Indian Army Chief, General Bipin Rawat where he had said that the government was looking at ways to bring madrasas in Kashmir under control. They said that Rawat's remarks had proved that Jammu and Kashmir was directly run by Rasthriya Swayam Sevak Sangh with the help of Indian Army.
Meanwhile, complete shutdown was observed in Badgam on the 3rd martyrdom anniversary of a mujahid commander, Master Shakeel Ahmed. All the shops and business establishments remained closed while traffic was off the road. Shakeel and four other youth were martyred by troops in Kellar area of Shopian district on this day in 2015.
Thousands of people marched in the Kargil town of Jammu and Kashmir to protest against the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to India. The protest was organised by Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust. The protesters raised slogans against Israeli prime minister and expressed solidarity with the people of Palestine. They burnt the effigy of Netanyahu and the Israeli flags.
The Indian forces launched a cordon-and-search-operation in Islamabad and Pulowama area, today. Several people were injured in firing by Indian troops in Pulwama.


The gray skies and rain falling against the windowpane feel appropriate as I write this, as George Pérez has recently announced his retirement due to health issues. More details courtesy of The Beat here.
The good news is that none of these ailments appear life threatening (thank God), at least not in the short term. Still, we won't be seeing any new comic book stories drawn by one of the greatest comic artists of all time, and that's quite a loss.
How great is George Pérez? Well, as stated, he's one of the greatest of all time and absolutely (in my own opinion) the greatest illustrator of superhero comics to come out of the Bronze Age. We're talking about an era that saw the debuts of such talents as Frank Brunner, Mike Kaluta, Bernie Wrightson, Mike Ploog, Rich Buckler, Paul Gulacy, Walt Simonson, Marshall Rogers, Mike Grell, Keith Pollard, P. Craig Russell, José Luis García-López, Michael Golden, Trevor Von Eeden, Steve Rude, Paul Smith, and Dave Stevens just to name a handful. (Jim Starlin and Frank Miller would be part of the conversation as well, but for the purposes of this debate I'd categorize them as all-around creators more than strictly illustrators.) And out of this whole generation, Pérez drew superheroes better than anyone else.
Pérez relished assignments that other artists dreaded—in fact team books quickly became his specialty. Other artists would quake in fear at the prospect of drawing so many different characters in one assignment, but not Pérez. Right out of the gate, at the dawn of his career, he was drawing Avengers and Fantastic Four simultaneously for Marvel. Then he went on to do both Teen Titans and Justice League of America at the same time over at DC. Most famously, he then did Crisis on Infinite Earths, featuring virtually every character DC ever published. He followed this up a few years later illustrating Jim Starlin's Infinity Gauntlet, which featured nearly every Marvel character. In between, he did a superb job both writing and illustrating Wonder Woman in her post-Crisis relaunch.
On a more personal note, I had the chance to meet Mr. Pérez at that Stan Lee party from 2012 that I mentioned a little over two months back. He signed my copy of the Teen Titans hardcover Games.
Though our interaction was brief, he was a very humble and accommodating gentleman. I'd like to formally thank him here for adding so much joy to my comics-reading childhood and wish him the very best in his retirement.


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Super Sunday promises day of drama to kick off "best-ever" Canary Wharf Classic
By Alan Thatcher
James Willstrop and Richie Fallows are first on court at Canary Wharf on Sunday
Willstrop and Fallows launch Canary Wharf with Makin v Selby to follow
By ALAN THATCHER – Squash Mad Editor
The opening day of the St. James's Place Canary Wharf Classic boasts eight blockbuster battles in Sunday's first round at the East Wintergarden.
Former world number one James Willstrop, who recently won a fourth British National title, to add to his four Canary Wharf titles, opens proceedings against wild card Richie Fallows, the local hero from Stratford, East London.
Joel Makin, the Welshman who lost to Willstrop in the Nottingham final, then takes to the court against England captain Daryl Selby in a feisty Battle of Britain clash.
Makin, who has climbed into the world top 10 in the latest rankings, always seems to play well at Canary Wharf.
Selby, at 37 the oldest player in the competition, will be wearing protective glasses after being hit in the eye in the Nationals. He said: "Fortunately I only suffered bruising but it could have been so much worse. It really made me think about my safety and so from now on I will wear eye protection every time I go on court."
Selby wore his eyewear during the two recent tournaments, the Canada Gold Cup and Windy City Open, where he recorded a 97-minute victory over France's national champion Lucas Serme before losing to Mohamed ElShorbagy.
Daryl Selby sporting eyewear in action against Mohamed ElShorbagy in Chicago a few days ago
Next up is an all-French contest between the athletic world No.14 Gregoire Marche, famed for diving across the court, and former champion Mathieu Castagnet, who won the Canary Wharf title in 2016.
There is a strong English presence in the competition and Londoner Tom Richards, who is based at the renowned St. George's Hill club in Weybridge, tackles Indian national champion Saurav Ghosal, the world No.13.
Egypt, currently dominating the men's and women's world rankings and providing the top four seeds at Canary Wharf, will have three phenomenal players competing in the first round.
The 6ft 4in Omar Mosaad, known as The Hammer of Thor and runner-up to Castagnet four years ago, meets Malaysia's former world junior champion Eain Yow Ng in a mouthwatering meeting of youth versus experience.
The flamboyant Mazen Hesham then takes to the court to tackle Scottish number one Greg Lobban, who recently beat 2019 Canary Wharf champion Paul Coll and veteran Selby to reach the final of the Edinburgh Open.
Fares Dessouky, like Hesham, is working his way back up the rankings after injury and meets Germany's national champion Raphael Kandra, who impressed on his first appearance at Canary Wharf last year while on his way to reaching a career high ranking of 13 in the world.
Declan James meets England team-mate Adrian Waller on day one
The day one programme concludes with a phenomenal finale between England team-mates Adrian Waller and Declan James.
Waller will be aiming to improve on a shock first round defeat to Kandra last year. The 30-year-old left-hander from Enfield put that defeat behind him to climb to a career-best position of 17 in the world in November.
James, meanwhile, will be seeking to return to the form that took him to an all-time high of 15 in the world last May. Last year at Canary Wharf, James beat Scotland's Greg Lobban on the opening day, followed that up with a spectacular win over Marwan ElShorbagy that really brought the house down, but then lost in the quarter-finals top seed Mohamed ElShorbagy.
Their current rankings are 20 (Waller) and 24, which shows what a close and intriguing battle is in store for spectators, finishing off the day's action in compelling style.
Now in it's 17th year, the PSA World Tour Gold status tournament attracts the world's leading players and continues to sell out every season. Tickets for this year's event went on sale in October and were snapped up within six days. Once again the early rounds will feature a best-of-three games format, reverting to best of five for the semi-finals and finals.
PSA World Tour Gold $109,500 Men's St. James's Place Canary Wharf Classic 2020, East Wintergarden, London, England.
[1] Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY) bye
[9/16] Gregoire Marche (FRA) v Mathieu Castagnet (FRA)
[9/16] Saurav Ghosal (IND) v Tom Richards (ENG)
[5] Simon Rösner (GER) bye
[6] Diego Elias (PER) bye
[9/16] James Willstrop (ENG) v [WC] Richie Fallows (ENG)
[9/16] Joel Makin (WAL) v Daryl Selby (ENG)
[3] Tarek Momen (EGY) bye
[4] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) bye
[9/16] Mazen Hesham (EGY) v Greg Lobban (SCO)
[9/16] Omar Mosaad (EGY) v Eain Yow Ng (MAS)
[7] Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY) bye
[8] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) bye
[9/16] Fares Dessouky (EGY) v Raphael Kandra (GER)
[9/16] Adrian Waller (ENG) v Declan James (ENG)
[2] Ali Farag (EGY) bye
Pictures courtesy of England Squash and PSA
Spectacular new Ringe Center hosts US College Individual Finals
Pie's the limit as Fallows aims to serve up a Canary Wharf treat
"There was a loud crack – I immediately knew it was bad…."
ToC squash 2023: Diego Elias and Nour El Sherbini claim New York titles
Ben Ford: 'Gina Kennedy's best squash still to come in 2023'
ToC Squash 2023: Diego Elias and trio of Egyptians seal places in the finals
Mike Harris: 'My quest to save squash left me scarred and miserable'
ToC Squash 2023: Paul Coll leads seeds through in New York
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The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition champions ethical wildlife photography, the faithful representation of the natural world, free from excessive digital adjustment, with honesty in all captioning, and with total regard for the welfare of the animals and their environment. Do not enter images of family pets or farm animals or cultivated plants.
If you're 17 years old or under, you may enter free of charge in the Young categories.
Each category winner shares part of a £30,000 prize fund, with £10,000 for the overall grand title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year, £1000 for all category winners, and £1500 for winners of special award categories.
a trip to London to attend the exclusive awards night at the Natural History Museum.
Awarded entrants will be notified Mid-May 2013.
Online submission of digital photographs via the website. For printing in all media and for inclusion in the exhibition, a high resolution image (preferably TIFF) will be requested if your image reaches the Final Round of judging. Entrants aged 17 and under may enter up to 10 images FREE. Adult entrants may submit a total of 20 images. Up to 5 images can be entered into each category apart from the following special awards: entrants to the Wildlife Photojournalist Award must submit a photo story of 6 images; entrants to the Eric Hosking Portfolio Award must submit a portfolio of 6 to 10 images.


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The New and Improved SAT
By Nathan Burstein
"One big change is in the vocabulary questions, which will no longer include obscure words. Instead, the focus will be on what the College Board calls 'high utility' words that appear in many contexts, in many disciplines—often with shifting meanings—and they will be tested in context."
—The Times, April 16, 2014
Directions: Match the italicized slanty word or phrase with its meaning.
Mike, like, likes Emily, but not like that. The best meaning of "like" is:
(a) you know
(b) um
(c) similar to
(d) derives pleasure from
(e) lolz 2. Mrs. Fisher explained that the Latin weird expression carpe diem means "seize the day." "Seize the day" means:
(a) F.T.W.
(b) it is what it is
(c) twerking
(d) YOLO
John threw a party when his parents went away, and it was a catastrophe. "Catastrophe" means:
(a) epic fail
(b) #latergram
(c) T.T.Y.L.
(d) sup
Kelsey was having an identity crisis issue ish. "Identity" means:
(a) Self-conception based on social, political, religious, physical, and other distinctive personal characteristics
(b) Twitter handle
(c) Tumblr account
(d) personal brand 5. Doug's grandpa is a big Internet troll. "Troll" means:
(a) a magical dwarf who lives in nature
(b) a provocateur person who goes online and writes offensive things just to rile people up
(c) a kind of doll that I played with in kindergarten
(d) Donald Trump
Select Pick the word or phrase that DOESN'T fit.
____ always using Snapchat.
(a) Your
(b) You're
(c) Ur
d) Yore 7. The 2004 movie "Mean Girls" is ____.
(a) classic
(b) old-school
(c) a satire of high-school behavior adapted from a best-selling work of nonfiction, written by Tina Fey and starring Lindsay Lohan
(d) old 8. Dave knew he'd be there, so he told his teacher, "See ya then, ____."
(a) bro
(b) brah
(c) Mr. Edwards
(d) dude 9. When he got to college, Jason discovered that his research skills were severely deficient very bad. "Research" means:
(a) Google stuff
(b) Wikipedia stuff
(c) search for information, both online and at the library
(d) Facebook-stalk 10. The rafting trip was really ____.
(a) cool
(b) kewl
(c) exhilarating
(d) awesome
Essay: Please compose write an essay of at least four tweets in length about a subject topic thing of your choosing. Don't forget to use punctuation and stuff.
Photograph by Thomas Barwick.
Nathan Burstein is a senior Web producer at newyorker.com.
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Bluestacks is the best Android Emulator recommended by many users and bloggers. With the Bluestacks you can simply download and install your favorite android apps or games on your Windows computers. Installing Bluestacks in your computer is very simple if your computer has updated graphic card drivers. You will get Graphic Card Error 25000 when installing Bluestakcs because of having outdated graphic card drivers in your computers.
In this tutorial, i will give you complete instructions to fix this error. You just have to follow my instructions to resolve this graphic card error 25000 in your windows 7/8/8.1 32/64 bit computers.
You can download the free Bluestacks App player from the official website given below.
To install Bluestacks on your computer without getting any errors, your PC should have 1.6 GHz or more processor, minimum 2GB RAM and updated graphic card drivers. If your PC has all these features you can freely download the Bluestacks file from the above-given link and install on your computer.
If in case you get the error message like shown below that means you computer graphic card drivers are outdated.
Error 25000 Bluestacks currently doesn't recognize your graphic card. It is possible your graphic drivers may need to be updated. Please update them and try to install again.
To resolve these error in your computer follow the below steps carefully.
First, you have to find the graphic card specifications of your computer.
To find the graphic card specification, open command prompt and type "msinfo32" or just type "system information" in windows start menu.
After hitting enter you will get a window having all the information of your computer then navigate to Components –> Display.
Just note down the name of your graphic card name and Google it to download the latest versions of the graphic cards.
If your using Intel, NVIDIA or AMD graphic card drivers, I provided the direct links to download the updated graphic card drivers. Click on the below links to download and update your computer graphic card, drivers.
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After you have downloaded the suitable updated graphic cards, install them on your computer. Now you can install the Bluestacks without getting Graphic Card Error 25000 on your computer. Enjoy the best Android Emulator Software in your computer to download and install any android app or game.
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A black mask operating out of Astro City, the Assemblyman was a robotics genius and built large, intimidating robots to cause destruction and ruin the lives of the citizens of Astro City.
A twisted robotic genius with frequent trips to jail, Assemblyman was a super villain operating in Astro City. He was once hired by El Hombre to build a robot that only El Hombre could stop. However, Assemblyman duped El Hombre and let the robot rampage without El Hombre being able to stop it. After causing a considerable amount of destruction, Assemblyman's robot was destroyed by the Honor Guard who arrested the villain and the hero as well.


On behalf of Southern California Edison please accept our invitation to participate in the SCE ENLACES Latino Community Forum and Capacity-Building Workshop "Helping Our Communities Succeed and Strengthening the Nonprofit Sector" we will be holding on Friday, May 13, at the Doral Desert Princess Resort Hotel in Cathedral City. Attached is the program agenda.
We are holding the forum and workshop in the Coachella Valley to give increased attention to the needs and aspirations of the Latino community in the region as well as the Inland Empire. We are inviting staff, directors, and volunteers from Latino-serving nonprofits, faith-based groups, and business associations to confirm and to register online by clicking the link below.
Key SCE directors and managers will be discussing SCE programs and services for income-qualified families (discounts, payment assistance, medical baseline) as well as for small business customers. Our corporate contributions group and our director of corporate philanthropy for Edison, Tammy Tumbling, are confirmed to attend the morning program and lunch. There will be opportunities to talk with them and personalize applications for support from Edison. Our new Latina account executive for Latino business, Irma Horvath, will participate and so will the manager of our Supplier Diversity program, Joe Alderete, who will discuss contracting opportunities with Edison and other utilities.
With the help of the Regional Access Project Foundation based in Palm Desert we are offering a Capacity-Building Workshop for all nonprofits in the Coachella Valley and the Inland Empire as part of the forum. The workshop will provide valuable training on websites (the new business card) and social media from Trinidad Arredondo who works with Healthy Families Coachella Valley as well as on measurement strategies for impact in seeking funding..
There will be a step by step training session on how to apply online for an SCE grant and sponsorship as well as for an SCE computer donation (5 laptops or desktops). Every SCE service territory nonprofit (adjacent area nonprofits also may qualify) that attends and applies online for a computer donation will receive positive consideration. We hope this special opportunity and the workshop will help us attain the participation we seek and make a positive contribution to the Latino-serving nonprofit sector.
TO CONFIRM YOUR PARTICIPATION PLEASE CLICK HERE AND PROVIDE THE REQUESTED INFORMATION.
Provide information about Southern California Edison's (SCE's) programs and services available to community organizations, faith-based groups, small businesses, and residential customers.
Create, renew, and strengthen strategic relationships between Latino communities and SCE through networking and ongoing partnerships.
Explore ways SCE can leverage opportunities to assist and better serve Latino communities and customers.


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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
Pauli Exclusion Principle: Why You Don't Implode
Why doesn't matter just bunch up? The same principle that keeps neutron stars and white dwarf stars from imploding also keeps people from imploding and makes normal matter mostly empty space. The observed reason is known as the Pauli Exclusion Principle.
Dawn s Endeavour
On February 21st, the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station (ISS) flew through the sky near dawn over Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Along with star trails, both were captured in this single time exposure. Glinting in sunlight 350 kilometers above the Earth, Endeavour slightly preceeded the ISS arcing over the horizon.
Chasing Carina
A jewel of the southern sky, the Great Carina Nebula, aka NGC 3372, spans over 300 light-years. Near the upper right of this expansive skycape, it is much larger than the more northerly Orion Nebula.
Edge on Spiral Galaxy NGC 891
This beautiful cosmic portrait features NGC 891. The spiral galaxy spans about 100 thousand light-years and is seen almost exactly edge-on from our perspective. In fact, about 30 million light-years distant in the constellation Andromeda, NGC 891 looks a lot like our Milky Way.
Astronaut Installs Panoramic Space Window
This space job was almost complete. Floating just below the International Space Station, astronaut Nicholas Patrick put some finishing touches on the newly installed cupola space windows last week. Patrick was a mission specialist onboard the recently completed space shuttle Endeavor's STS-130 mission to the ISS.
Exceptional Rocket Waves Destroy Sun Dog
What created those rocket waves, and why did they destroy that sun dog? Close inspection of the above image shows not only a rocket rising near the center, but unusual air ripples around it and a colorful sundog to the far right.
Galaxy Group Hickson 31
Will the result of these galactic collisions be one big elliptical galaxy? Quite possibly, but not for another billion years. Pictured above, several of the dwarf galaxies of in the Hickson Compact Group 31 are seen slowly merging.
NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf
Like a butterfly, a white dwarf star begins its life by casting off a cocoon that enclosed its former self. In this analogy, however, the Sun would be a caterpillar and the ejected shell of gas would become the prettiest of all!
Geostationary Highway
Put a satellite in a circular orbit about 42,000 kilometers from the center of the Earth (36,000 kilometers or so above the surface) and it will orbit once in 24 hours. Because that matches Earth's rotation period, it is known as a geosynchronous orbit.
WISE Infrared Andromeda
This sharp, wide-field view features infrared light from the spiral Andromeda Galaxy (M31). Dust heated by Andromeda's young stars is shown in yellow and red, while its older population of stars appears as a bluish haze. The false-color skyscape is a mosaic of images from NASA's new Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite.
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Prisons could see first inmate decline since 1972
Dec. 19, 2009, 10:39 PM UTC / Source: The Associated Press
The United States may soon see its prison population drop for the first time in almost four decades, a milestone in a nation that locks up more people than any other.
The inmate population has risen steadily since the early 1970s as states adopted get-tough policies that sent more people to prison and kept them there longer. But tight budgets now have states rethinking these policies and the costs that come with them.
"It's a reversal of a trend that's been going on for more than a generation," said David Greenberg, a sociology professor at New York University. "In some ways, it's overdue."
The U.S. prison population dropped steadily during most of the 1960s, and there were a few small dips in 1970 and 1972. But it has risen every year since, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
About 739,000 prisoners were admitted to state and federal facilities last year, about 3,500 more than were released, according to new figures from the bureau. The 0.8 percent growth in the prison population is the smallest annual increase this decade and significantly less than the 6.5 percent average annual growth of the 1990s.
Overall, there were 1.6 million prisoners in state and federal prisons at the end of 2008.
In the past, prison populations have been lower when drafts were enacted, including during World War II and the wars in Korea and Vietnam.
"People who go to war are young men, and young men are the most likely to get arrested or prosecuted," said James Austin, president of the JFA Institute, a research organization that advises states on prison issues.
The ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan haven't involved in a draft.
Parole rates rise
Instead, the economic crisis forced states to reconsider who they put behind bars and how long they kept them there, said Kim English, research director for the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice.
In Texas, parole rates were once among the lowest in the nation, with as few as 15 percent of inmates being granted release as recently as five years ago. Now, the parole rate is more than 30 percent after Texas began identifying low-risk candidates for parole.
In Mississippi, a truth-in-sentencing law required drug offenders to serve 85 percent of their sentences. That's been reduced to less than 25 percent.
California's budget problems are expected to result in the release of 37,000 inmates in the next two years. The state also is under a federal court order to shed 40,000 inmates because its prisons are so overcrowded that they are no longer constitutional, Austin said.
States also are looking at ways to keep people from ever entering prison. A nationwide system of drug courts takes first-time felony offenders caught with less than a gram of illegal drugs and sets up a monitoring team to help with case management and therapy.
Studies have touted significant savings with drug courts, saying they cost 10 percent to 30 percent less than it costs to send someone to prison.
"I don't think they work. I know so," said Judge John Creuzot, a state district judge in Dallas.
The reforms in many state prisons and courts come even as crime rates continue to drop nationwide.
"It's economically driven, but the science is there to support it," Austin said. "They are saving money, but not doing it in a way that jeopardizes public safety."
One exception to the trend is Florida, which has enacted a law requiring all convicts to serve a high percentage of their sentences. The law is straining the state's prison resources.
"They know that they are stuck in a time bomb they can't get out of," Austin said.


When you are working with non-actors there tends to be an uneasiness with the process, a self consciousness with the content and a reluctance to reveal much. This holds true for everything from documentaries to corporate videos. People aren't used to being on camera, but it is our job to make them feel comfortable and hopefully that they forget that they're doing anything other than just having a chat.
The key to a good interview video is to establish a rapport and be conversational. No one wants to feel like they are up on the witness stand about to get badgered into testifying about something. Most people however do like "talking shop" with their friends or revealing their feelings to someone they trust. Getting that trust and keeping that conversational environment is key.
The best question you can ask is with your eyes while listening. Most people like to talk about what they know about and will do so freely if they think they're talking to someone who cares about what they're saying – and you should, after all it's your job to care and in most cases the specific knowledge that the interviewee has is probably new to you anyway.


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A Perfect Husband
The Lavender House
Meet Me On The Beach
A Most Desirable Marriage
When You Walked Back into My Life
Tangled Lives
Thursdays In The Park
When pillar-of-the-community Harry Stewart dies of a sudden heart attack, the whole village is devastated – except for his wife Karen, the only one who really knew the abusive alcoholic Harry had become.
Suddenly freed from this oppressive marriage, Karen is nonetheless wracked with guilt about the circumstances of her husband's death. She sees the presence of her spoiled stepdaughter, Sophie, as a suitable purgatory. Her only comfort in her grief and isolation is William, the sympathetic local vicar.
"Karen never deliberately put herself in these compromising situations… But she gets sucked in, time and again to conflict. It can happen to anyone. It's how you deal with it that counts"
As Karen shares her secret, William's listening ear soon becomes a shoulder to cry on, and before long Karen realizes she is falling in love. But William has a wife and teenaged daughter, not to mention a parish to watch over – and be watched by.
As the pressure becomes too much to bear, Karen flees to the seaside and to Mike Best's beach café. But when William suddenly turns up again in her life, can they persuade each other to take one final leap of faith together?
Karen is the victim of four tricky relationship choices:
She marries her much older boss – which makes for a potentially unequal relationship from the start.
She keeps quiet when her much-esteemed husband takes to the bottle and becomes abusive – so, she doesn't get the support she badly needs.
She has inherited a hostile, yet vulnerable stepdaughter, with whom she has to negotiate a fragile peace.
She falls in love with a married vicar – the ultimate taboo.
'Karen never deliberately put herself in these compromising situations,' Hilary says. 'She's a quiet, decent person, who wants to do the right thing. But she gets sucked in, time and again to conflict. It can happen to anyone. It's how you deal with it that counts, and Karen finally steps up to the plate and takes a long, hard look at herself and her life… and finds a sort of peace.'
"Thoroughly enjoyable read. Could totally empathise with the main character and could feel all of the emotions that she went through. I have read a couple of other Hilary Boyd novels and this one was very good – a real page turner!"
Hilary Boyd is a bestselling author of romance novels. Aged 62, she opened her computer one day to find her love story, Thursdays in the Park, catapulted to the top of the Amazon bestseller charts – where it stayed for 6 weeks
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© 2020 Hilary Boyd All Rights Reserved.


The outgoing champions will visit relegated Platinum Stars at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium on Saturday as they still look to battle their way into the top half of the Absa Premiership table.
Their task will be aided by captain Thulani Hlatshwayo being ready to return to duty after missing the last five matches through a concussion suffered in their CAF Confederation Cup first leg clash against Enyimba over a month ago.
January signing Denis Weidlich is also set to return from his broken ankle picked up in only his second appearance for the Clever Boys against Kaizer Chiefs on February 3.
Up front, Gabadinho Mhango is expected to make his first appearance since the end of February, when he suffered an ankle injury in Wits' league clash against Cape Town City.
The trio have all been given the medical greenlight and participated in full training in the build-up to this weekend's match.
On the other hand, Hunt will be without his other influential centre-back Buhle Mkhwanazi, whose shoulder injury has flared up again, whilst midfield playmaker Daylon Claasen has sustained another thigh strain and will not be pushed into their final outing for the season.
Wits are currently placed 10th, with 36 points from 29 games, and could still finish as high as seventh should results elsewhere in the country go their way.


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Tipping Comp - Round 6.
Discussion in 'New Zealand Warriors and NZRL' started by Rich102, Apr 15, 2019 at 5:56 AM.
Promises to be an interesting round.
Well Ivan has seen that his dummy half is crap, my Sharks be newbies.
My guys at home, Shaun better earn his 30k weekly cheque.
Cause it will so piss of Dragons fans.
Ricky, just Ricky and you know it.
Sadly for the Eels, Robbie will win.
Just want to beat Wally Lewis.
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TV Diary 2018 – Reuben.
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The rise of Asian smart cities
Jonathan Woetzel, McKinsey global institute director, senior partner based in our Shanghai office and co-author of the Future of Asia, discusses the increasing importance of Asian cities on the world stage and how they drive Asia's participation in global flows.
What are the top trends influencing Asia's rising share of global flows and networks?
Asia is becoming much more important globally as Asia cities become more important globally. Because cities are where we invest, it's where we innovate, it's where we trade.
So, it's really a function of how fast that happens, where it happens, and how it happens.
So, whether we're talking about a Hai Phong as an industrializing city, or Kunshan as a technology city, or Dhaka as a manufacturing and labor-intensive economy—those cities, in turn, drive whether and how Asia participates in its global flows. And so I see this as a great experimentation. As cities find themselves and Asia discovers who it is, it's cities evolve, and that in turn creates a new perception and a reality of Asia in the world.
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How should companies and governments prepare for this next phase of globalization?
Well, it's going to be a lot more complex as we go forward. I think Asia as a context is becoming more dynamic, but it's also becoming more granular. So, companies need to—if you will—get their fingers dirty. They have to get into the muck of Asia to understand each and every little cluster, how it's growing, and what it will take to win.
That implies changing your sales force, changing your distribution approach, and investing in local talent, but also in local technologies. So, Asia is a patchwork: it's united by the fabric of the region, but it's still important to become local. And so being local, being relevant, rethinking the operating model is the number one priority for companies in Asia.
Dr. Jonathan Woetzel is Director of the McKinsey Global Institute and a senior partner in McKinsey's Shanghai office.
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Learn about dining services' general manager
The long lines and over-crowded tables in the post-Convocation rush at the Reber-Thomas Dining Hall — also known as the "Rot" — is where Duane "Duke" Davis said he feels most at home.
Davis, 48, is the general manager of Liberty University Dining Services, but most know him by his student-given nickname.
"A few of the students came up to me one time and told me, 'You have a new nickname. We don't know if you know what it is,' and they told me some students have been calling me Mr. Rot," Davis said. "I've lived with that name for the last year and a half, and I'm still embracing it."
Before Davis began his career at the "Rot" in February 2014, he started his career in food service at a fine dining restaurant right after college — where Davis majored in business management.
He later became a training manager at T.G.I. Friday's and started his own restaurant before getting his current job at Sodexo.
To Davis, his current job stands out from those before. After six years of working at Sodexo and being posted at six different college campuses, Davis said he loves working at Liberty because of the students and the school's dynamic environment.
"It's really just about the students for me, who are awesome, and the facilities are great to the vision of the campus (which) is so progressive," Davis said. "I love being a part of making Liberty what it is now."
As general manager, Davis is in charge of all dining services on Liberty's campus. He oversees the staff at the Reber-Thomas Dining Hall along with all other retail locations, and he manages event catering and concessions carried out by Sodexo.
Davis said his number one priority as general manager is servicing the needs of the students. In the past, he has talked with student government representatives and students while they are eating lunch to find out where they think dining services can improve.
Specifically, Davis focuses on enforcing and maintaining high standards at all of the dining locations on campus.
"I want to improve service and quality and be able to serve students in a timely manner so they're not waiting in long lines to get fed, especially with the overall engagement and bringing new innovation and fun to the campus," Davis said.
To work at Liberty, Davis lives away from his family during the week. Though he owns a house in the Raleigh area, he lives in an apartment he rents locally in Lynchburg during the week and commutes back to see his family during the weekend. Despite the constant commute, Davis said his job at Sodexo let him stay more connected with his children while they were in high school.
"You're not doing that day-to-day grind with long weekends," Davis said. "My kids are in college now, so it was great being able to see them progress through their high school careers with their sports. I wouldn't have been able to do (that) in the restaurant world."
In the future, Davis said he hopes to further advance his career with Sodexo by securing the job of district manager, which would allow him to further be involved with Liberty's on-campus growth.
"I've worked at colleges where there is no growth, no renovations and no changes or improvements being made," Davis said. "Being at Liberty, it's different. They have such big plans, and I want to be a part of that. I want (to) help grow Liberty and be the face of dining services."
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Hi Mr. Rot, I was a little concerned about a photo posted on social media of bugs in Brocolli. It was pretty gross. There seems to be some concerns about healthy food options, which is mostly just salad. And I am told it's frequently not fresh. I hope food gets better.
Thank you for looking into this matter.
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I took my last drink 30 years ago. Hard to believe, but I've just reached the milestone of three decades' worth of continuous sobriety.
Now, if you'd asked me the day before I stopped drinking whether I had an alcohol problem, I would have said No. Mainly because I didn't think I did. What I had was an alcohol solution. When I took a drink, I was no longer the bespectacled nerdy kid who scored in the 99th percentile on a bunch of national tests. Instead, I became the cool guy with the long hair and the rebel attitude.
Alcohol solved so many adolescent problems for me: I could ask girls out, dance, make people laugh, and even become something of a Casanova. No way did I ever see it as a problem, and almost no one called me out on my habit.
And with that, I took another one.
I had writer heroes: Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Hemingway.
There were musical heroes, too: Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin. Yeah, I was that guy.
Once I sobered up that icy Connecticut day in February, 1989, I still had no idea there was a problem. As soon as I stopped, though, I sure found out. Detoxing at home without medication was no fun. Afterwards, I felt like I couldn't function at all.
I'd just finished grad school, yet couldn't read a full paragraph without losing my sense of what the words meant.
Everywhere I went, I felt like someone had stripped off all of my skin and a chill wind was blowing on my exposed nerve ends.
Learning to live without my "solution" was like learning to live without your dominant hand…like the main character I ultimately created in Brothers' Hand, my first novel.
So what does all this have to do with my work-in-progress, Whizzers?
A few people have asked me some personal questions relating to my own work, and I'm afraid my answers have often been vague at best. "There are autobiographical elements to certain characters here and there, but it's really fiction." That kind of thing.
It's always hard for any of us to see ourselves objectively, but there's a connection, for sure. If Brothers' Hand was metaphorical, Whizzers is much closer to autobiographical.
Of course, I'm not someone who's reached the level of fame where I think I have an audience for an actual memoir or autobiography. But my life in recovery has drawn me closer and closer to the realization that my primary purpose here is to help others, one way or another. And in some ways, that's what Whizzers is all about.
I'm still working on the book, and have yet to finish the story. Today I celebrate 30 years of sobriety, but my own story is far from over: I've got a lot of work left to do and more stories to tell. The fictional version of me in Whizzers gets to go back into the past to bring comfort to others, mainly other alcoholics and addicts.
It's still fiction, though. In reality, I can only hope it helps someone – even if only as entertainment, a respite from their own reality.
Finally, I still have an open call to join the book launch team, though the list of folks who will be part of this special book is now up to twenty. Email info@msahno.com for more info, and you can get a free signed copy of the paperback version when it comes out!


NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Government watchdog Al Morella is committed to what he does. He rarely misses a council meeting in Jefferson Parish.
In fact, he said the only meetings he has missed in 10 years are the ones in Grand Isle, which are held once every year.
"I try to make it my business to stay on top of what's going on," Morella said.
That includes knowing the way the Jefferson Parish government is different than most. Many of its contracts are controlled by the council members, not the parish president. If a project is slated for a council district, the selection of the contractor is done by that district council member. FOX 8 reviewed every engineering contract handed out by the parish in the past six years - hundreds of contacts worth millions of dollars.
On some projects, the parish forces engineers to hire a resident inspector to represent the parish's interests on job sites, such as monitoring and documenting who is there and who is working.
Technically, they are paid by the engineer but hired by the parish. The review of every contract found a resident inspector is frequently hired in District 3, the district of councilman Mark Spears.
Morella said that is not a coincidence.
Since Spears took office in 2012, a company called Exceptional Inspections has been hired 43 times in Jefferson Parish. The work was done in the third district 41 times.
Here is the connection: You need to know three people - Councilman Mark Spears, his predecessor and mentor Byron Lee and Lester Dunn, the owner of Exceptional Inspections.
Dunn used to serve as Lee's campaign manager and sources said he raised money for Spears' campaign. In April, Spears helped secure a suite at the Zurich Classic golf tournament.
The suite was labeled Jefferson Parish Council, but five council members did not even know about it. A FOX 8 undercover camera caught Spears and Lee in that suite.
"I think it is an arrangement to where this one company is going to consistently get that contract for District 3 all because of who they are connected to and who owns them," Morella said.
Since 2012, Digital Engineering had 44 contracts in Jefferson Parish. They hired Exceptional Inspections three times. All three times were in Council District 3, which is Mark Spears' district.
Meyer Engineers had 38 contracts. The firm hired Exceptional Inspections seven times, and all seven times were in Spears' district.
Shread-Kuyrkendall had 11 contracts, four which were in Council District 3. This firm never hired Exceptional Inspections for any of the work outside of Council District 3, but for all four contracts in Spears' district, Exceptional Inspections was hired.
One engineer who spoke to FOX 8 anonymously said their firm did not pick Exceptional Inspections, instead it was "assigned to us by the council," which appears to be true.
Dunn told FOX 8 in an email that the district councilman has the authority to choose the inspection firm and he is thankful for the work awarded to him.
Spears never selected a different resident inspector in District 3.
Spears declined a request for an on-camera interview, but told FOX 8 by email, "It is not remarkable for my colleagues or myself to use firms we are comfortable with."
Spears said he recalled two projects that he did not select Exceptional Inspections as a resident inspector. FOX 8 asked him to provide the contract numbers, but he never did.
Dunn has a checkered past in Jefferson Parish. We aired a report in 2010, detailing a scathing legislative audit on Dunn's non-profit, the Jefferson Sports and Scholastic Foundation. Dunn formed the foundation to give uniforms to needy kids and hold free summer camps and after school tutorials, but the auditor found the foundation possibly violated state law.
Among the findings was $96,000 in questionable spending, including a board retreat to a golf course in Florida that cost nearly $8,700. The non-profit also paid $2,000 for Dunn's membership to the TPC golf course. Lee directed $170,000 of parish money to the foundation. The auditor said Lee may have violated state law because his relatives worked for the foundation. After that audit, Morella said he does not understand how the parish can still give Dunn's company contracts.
"Yes, it does infuriate me," Morella said.
Exceptional Inspections can make big money. FOX 8 found documents that show Exceptional Inspections made $47,000 on one project and $264,000 on another.The arrangement has Morella concerned for taxpayers. If one company gets repeatedly selected in one council district, Morella questions if Spears is looking out for the taxpayers he serves, or the businessman in his inner circle.