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Addicted To The Bad Boy
Ella Gob
As a good student and good girl since childhood, I, Aria. Green, never thought my hero would be a bad boy. He possesses good-looking and has a lot of female fans. I only have one new friend and… virginity. He skips and fails the class. I have excellent grades. He drinks alcohol. I drink orange juice. We are totally in two worlds. I don't think I will have any connections with the bad boy until my new friend comes up with a creative idea. Now, I have changed from a good and honest student to a liar. That feels so terrible, and a bit excited. Chase Handler. He never dates anyone until someone falls into his pool, his heart. He does what a bad student usually does. He can't graduate? His dream? Who cares? That's ridiculous. Chase believes he finds the light in his life after he gets to know Aria. However, she lies to him. Addicted To The Bad Boy is created by Ella. Gob, an eGlobal Creative Publishing author.
Hayle Coven Novels
Her mom's a witch. Her dad's a demon. And she just wants to be ordinary. I batted at the curl of smoke drifting off the tip of my candle and tried not to sneeze. My heavy velvet cloak fell in oppressive, suffocating folds in the closed space of the ceremony chamber, the cowl trapping the annoying bits of puff I missed. I hated the way my eyes burned and teared, an almost constant distraction. Not that I didn't welcome the distraction, to be honest. Anything to take my mind from what went on around me. Being part of a demon raising is way less exciting than it sounds. Sydlynn Hayle's teen life couldn't be more complicated. Trying to please her coven is all a fantasy while the adventure of starting over in a new town and fending off a bully cheerleader who hates her are just the beginning of her troubles. What to do when delicious football hero Brad Peters--boyfriend of her cheer nemesis--shows interest? If only the darkly yummy witch, Quaid Moromond, didn't make it so difficult for her to focus on fitting in with the normal kids despite her paranormal, witchcraft laced home life. Add to that her crazy grandmother's constant escapes driving her family to the brink and Syd's between a rock and a coven site. Forced to take on power she doesn't want to protect a coven who blames her for everything, only she can save her family's magic. If her family's distrust doesn't destroy her first. Hayle Coven Novels is created by Patti Larsen, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.
Fiona Fleming Cozy Mysteries
A Poo Poo Kind of Morning I tried not to look down the mouth of hell staring back at me from inside the glaringly pristine outer ceramic shell of the white throne, my throat catching, stomach doing half flips and a rather impressive rollover routine that would have gotten at least a 9.5 even from the Russian judges. Instead, I forced myself to smile and swallow and remind myself the elbow length yellow rubber gloves grasping the handle of the standard issue plunger were all that stood between me and Pooageddon. Suck it up, Fee. Big girl panties and adulting and all that. "At what point," I waved the dripping plunger, wincing as droplets of yuck flew, "did I think owning a bed and breakfast was going to be glamorous and romantic?" Fiona Fleming is in so much trouble. Her recently inherited bed and breakfast might not actually be hers thanks to the underhanded misdealings of the local real estate bully. Despite her grandmother's last will and testament, Fee might me out of luck and on the street before she even gets settled. But when her new enemy floats belly up in her koi pond, she's the prime suspect in his murder! Can she uncover who the real killer is before the smoking hot new sheriff puts her behind bars instead of asking her out on a date? Dive into book one of the Fiona Fleming Cozy Mysteries, and don't miss the exciting sequels! Fiona Fleming Cozy Mysteries is created by Patti Larsen, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.
The Chronicles of Cassidy
The world isn't the place you think it is. It's dark, it's secretive, and it's dangerous. When my sister returned from a party one night, I knew something was different--something was wrong. I was determined to find out what was wrong, before it was too late. My life as a small town high school student would soon be transformed as I discovered an entirely different world, one where Vampires, Guardians, and Hunters war over humanity. My name is Cassidy Findley, and I'm pretty sure my sister is a vampire, despite her "co-worker" making every effort to brainwash me into believing otherwise. I can only hope that I'm not too late and that I can trust my own memories. Because I'm pretty sure my sister's friends are coming for me next. The Chronicles of Cassidy is a retelling of The Clandestine Saga specifically for young adult/teen readers told from the perspective of high schooler Cassidy Findley. The Chronicles of Cassidy is created by ID Johnson, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.
Hayle Coven Destinies
Enters the Phoenix A burst of fire blazed in the corner of my eye, jerking me around toward the back door. I barely remembered moving, feet flying over the hardwood, hands slamming against the glass and throwing it open, hurtling out into the dew-wet grass. Fire climbed from a curled up ball of humanity, near the edge of the hedge row leading to the park on the other side of our property. I staggered to a halt, power reflexively tightening around me, ready to attack, when the figure unbent, half sitting, half lying on the ground, her face turned up toward me. "RUN!" Her scream pierced me to my soul, froze my magic in place before it could harm her. Flames burned her, devoured her, dark hair and eyes on fire, but she managed to stagger to her feet, eyes pure gold as she gestured toward me. "Sydlynn Hayle, if you love your family, run and don't look back!" Things have never been better for Sydlynn Hayle and her family, living out their lives in Wilding Springs, Pennsylvania. Her battles and struggles have come to a halt, her two young children happy and well-adjusted, marriage to her beloved Quaid all she could ever ask for. But when a woman of flame appears to her and warns her of impending danger, Syd understands at last the quiet she's enjoyed has all been a smoke screen, hiding the truth. Her old enemies have returned to destroy her and everything her family has fought for, with repercussions that could threaten the very Universe. So much for happily ever after. Hayle Coven Destinies is created by Patti Larsen, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.
The Toki-Girl and the Sparrow-Boy
Claire Youmans
Exciting adventures continue to unfold in this delightful fantastical yet historical world as social and political changes expand, technology explodes, and two very unusual children grow up. Claire Youmans first went to Japan in 1992 and was immediately captivated. After years of travel and study, she continues to be charmed and amazed by a fascinating history and a culture that's both endearingly quirky and entirely unique. She is a retired lawyer who now lives in Tokyo. Her family, including her daughter and two grandsons, live in Seattle, USA. In 2014, she started Tales of the Meiji Era with The Toki-Girl and the Sparrow-Boy's unparalleled blend of historical fantasy in the first book of the series, Coming Home. She continues exploring the combination of history and folklore to share her love and fascination with a very different country and culture. The Toki-Girl and the Sparrow-Boy is created by Claire Youmans, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.
Unexpected Promises
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"Ok ma'am, maybe you are right. But what do you want from me? Why have you even kidnapped me?" I asked her annoyed while glaring at her. I couldn't believe I was agreeing with her right now. "Oh nothing much baby boy, I just want you to get married to my daughter. And if you agree, I will leave you. As simple as that." She smirked, making me shocked. As I looked at her once again, I realised that she wasn't too old, maybe in her late thirties. And she wanted me to marry her daughter? How old was her daughter again? Was this some kind of child marriage? And what about her daughter's studies and dreams? Didn't she had any? Ya Allah! What was even happening? Where was I stuck? ._._._. • He was just trying to save his sister and get them back home safely. • She was just trying to live her life without any drama. • Just one incident and their whole life is changed for forever. What will happen when he gets kidnapped and forced to get married to a total stranger? Actually, why would a mother kidnap a stranger to get him married to her daughter in the first place? What will happen when his parents get to know? Will his parents agree? Will they ever fall in love and live together? Or will it just be a failed marriage? Are there more secrets to unfold as they set on their journey? But most of all, what will happen when promises are made unexpectedly. Will it bring them closer or drift them apart? To find out, hop in to read what happens and how their life unfolds. How their fates seal together and how the secrets, if there are any, unfolds.
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Natalie had always been a fairly happy girl with a life that she was content with. At least until six months ago when her lifelong best friend, with who she had shared everything with up until that point, suddenly decided that they needed to end their friendship with no warning. The life that she had known and loved shattered around her, taking her with it. Now, she's closed herself off from everyone around her and made a vow to herself to never let anyone in again in an effort to never have to go through that pain again. For six months, her plan had gone smoothly and seemed fail-proof. That is until Riley, who happens to be way too handsome and charming for his own good, abruptly finds his way into her life and flips her world upside down. No matter how much she pushes him away and tries to keep her vow, she keeps finding herself in situations that could ruin everything she's worked so hard for. The more she's around him and is struck by the light he brings into the world, the harder it becomes to keep her vow, and herself, safe. Her life starts to spin out of her control as she tries to figure out what Riley really wants, who he really is, and why her gut keeps telling her that there is more to him than she could ever imagine. As if her plate wasn't already full enough, she's also troubled with trying to figure out why Colton has been acting the way he has and why he really left her. Natalie's life has become anything but simple. But it can only go up from here, right? Wrong. The catastrophic rollercoaster that has become her life has only just begun. Will Natalie ever be able to let down the walls guarding her heart or will she miss out on any
The Belandria Tarot
Alex McGilvery
Not all devils come from Hell. Marriette wants to escape her father, accepting an arranged marriage to a cripple, never expecting to find someone she could love. Zeb is trapped in a weak human body forced to do the will of the mage who summoned him. The cost of his defiance is pain and destruction to all around him. She sets out to change the Kingdom. If the mage gets his way, Zeb will destroy it. The Belandria Tarot is created by Alex McGilvery, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.
Regrets of Yesterday
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Samantha Villamayor is a certified NBSB.. but when she's in her last year in High school, she fell in love with Allen, her schoolmate. And just like others, she only gets hurt. As a quote said "Everything that falls gets broken" But she needs to go on. When she's in college, she meets this guy who falls in love with her for the very first time they met. The guy even pursue her and became her boyfriend. She thought that she already move on and forgotten Allen. But when she saw him again.. she thought wrong because Samantha knows that it's still him. But what would she do now? Will she let Allen in on her life again or will she just stay on Justin's side and let Allen be her REGRETS OF YESTERDAY?


As climates become more temperature and we began to shed all the layers of swaddling clothes that protect us from winter's chill, we begin to take more notice of our bodies and our skin. Many of us will spend more time in the gym to get rid of the extra winter pounds, and some others will look to make visage more vibrant, and even more youthful. Most of us don't consider or inner spiritual journey as we consider how to present ourselves to the world, particularly as the weather warms. George Lewis is deeply aware of how our spiritual awareness can transport us to a place of peaceful maturity, or the lack thereof places us out of balance.George Lewis has found the balance and with great joy and sensitivity he uses his creative and spiritual gifts to bring out the best in his clients and artistic subjects. And those artistic subjects have included Valentino, Tea Leoni, the Queen Mother of Bhutan, and a long list of dignitaries and celebrities.
George Lewis lovingly spoke with Fashion Reverie about his art, his healing practice and how he integrates the two.
Fashion Reverie: Have you always painted?
George Lewis: I have always painted; however, I like to look at that question through the lens of one who understands many past lives and has been creative in many past lives. I started painting very early on by the age of seven or eight, and I was very good at painting.
FR: Did you study art?
George Lewis: I started painting at the different boarding schools I attended. They always had art classes available as a part of the curriculum. That said; I never formally studied art. My focus of study was politics and philosophy. I always did art and I was always very good at it. I would win exhibitions. But I never studied it formally; isn't that bazaar?
FR: But it's good you had some training at boarding school.
George Lewis: I wouldn't call it training, per se. I just took art classes as a part of the school's curriculum. I was very good at drawing and copying things and I am a very good observer. I would even attempt to copy the great masters. When you copy the masters, you begin to understand light and form. Additionally, I had very good mentors in school.
FR: There are a lot of portraitures in your work. How do you pick your subjects?
George Lewis: Sometimes I seek my subjects out and sometimes they seek me out. I remember one time when I painted the former president of Nigeria. I had previously met him at the United Nations. We immediately hit it off and honestly, I didn't know who he was at first. Up to that point, I wasn't painting a lot of portraits. When I first met him had on this beautiful bold-colored outfit and was enamored of what he was wearing and went up to him and struck up a conversation. I told him I was a painter, and he invited me to paint him. I didn't know who he was until much later.
I went to his hotel room and there he was with an entourage of about thirty people. He asked them to leave and I started exploring his archetypal astrology, something I do with all my subjects before I paint them. Anyway, I painted his portrait and he loved it so much, he asked me to present to him at the opening of his foundation in London in front an audience of 2000 people.
Many political leaders seek me out because they love my work. However, I usually seek out spiritual leaders to paint because I am inspired by their spiritual vision.
FR: Why merge your spiritual predilections with your art?
George Lewis: I feel there is no separation between art and spirituality. In the 20th Century we have tried to intellectually separate the two. The Cartesian view is the separation of mind and body. I don't agree with that. I believe we are integrated human beings of mind, body, and spirit with the spirit being at the core of who we are. We are traveling souls having a human experience.
We have many incarnations before this moment, and we will have many after this present time. The artist is the archetype of the mystic. The artist is here to shine light on the truth of the human condition. The rebellion of the 20th Century was about the separation of the body, mind, and soul and ignoring the sacred. I don't mean the sacredness of organized religion, but the sacredness of your soul.
FR: When you choose a subject for your art, what are you trying to capture?
George Lewis: I like to capture light which can emanate from outside of my subject or come from within. So, when I am painting, I am reveling in the beauty of the world and all of God's creation. Light is about the beauty of the planet, especially when it hasn't been abused my humankind. When I study light, I can get closer to beauty and the divine in all of humankind.
I believe that art is healing and can help with transformation. If we can heal what is within than we certainly heal what is on the outside.
FR: Where are your paintings currently showing and do you have any exhibitions coming up?
George Lewis: I have an exhibition in Tannersville, NY in about a month. There is a gallery there, Say What Gallery, that likes to exhibit my work. I also have an upstate studio and healing space up there in The Catskills. My water paintings can be seen at the Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor, NY. I will be showing in London in the fall of 2019.
FR: You are also a healer. Which healing modalities do you use?
George Lewis: I am an astrologer and I do natal charts and I tie that in with what is going on in global events and how that can affect someone based on their natal astrology. I also practice synergistic astrology which helps people working out some challenges, identifying where the pitfalls could be and what they should focus on.
Spirituality is at the epicenter of what I do as an artist. I am currently working on a new project where I am painting a work that expresses the 12 archetypes of the zodiac. I am putting the spiritual language properly into the art. I am trying to integrate the spiritual language while I am creating the work, not inserting it in later, as I normally do. This will be a real challenge for me.
FR: Could you talk about your healing work with Tibetan bowls?
George Lewis: I have been to Bhutan five or six times. Bhutan is in the southern part of Tibet, but it is a separate country. It is high up in the Himalayas. I learned from some of the Tibetan monks in Bhutan how to use Tibetan bowls as a healing art. I am qualified as a Tibetan bowl healer through a course I took in the US.
I have integrated this healing modality into my astrology readings. This whole process is about an hour and a half. I use the bowls to help stimulate the charkras. It is a great healing tool to bring equilibrium to the mind, body, and soul. You can work on any part of the body with this healing modality. The sounds from the bowls create very sacred vibrations which integrate and heal.
Working within the collective can help the individual self-sovereign. The individual within the vibration of the collective generates well-being and joy.
FR: Where does this interest in the healing arts come from?
George Lewis: This is my reincarnation in this time period. I have been the healing arts in many, many past lives. It is my natural soul imprint and journey. This is my soul contract.
FR: You have an office on the Upper Westside where you integrate your healing arts with conventional medicine. Could you talk about that?
George Lewis: I collaborate with several doctors who are specialist in their field. I here to remind people that if you are going to get better who must do the spiritual work as well. You cannot just use medical technology to heal. At the end of the day, medical technology is only going to work best when you have a spiritual journey.
I am not doing what the doctors are doing. They are medical practitioners who have studied at medical schools. I am very respectful of Western medicine and it can treat disease states very well. However, Western medicine is driven by market forces. That said; when you are doing with healing, market forces should not be in control.
Doctors that are work with have the medical technology and they send patients to me before they apply the technology so that spiritual side is awakened, and the medical technology works better.
FR: What is next for you?
George Lewis: I really don't know and that is fine with me because I am guided by the spirit.


Priyanka Chopra Jonas does something different every time. And to celebrate the Grammy awards she did something that no one can imagine.
Newly-wed couple Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas attended the Grammy awards night. Though the couple wasn't part of the Grammy's this year, they still chose to cheer their friends and be there for them. Earlier, they had attended Sir Lucian Grainge's 2019 artist showcase in Los Angeles, and Priyanka looked mesmerizing in a white dress, the style and design of which seems to be her current favourite. Later, for the Grammy's night, she was seen wearing a green skirt and top, with a jacket to complete the look. Nick wore a grey suit that made him look rather dapper.
For the vibrant, vivacious Desi Diva, the Hollywood style celebrations were possibly a tad sedate, so she decided to up the fun quotient, and partied Bollywood style after the awards show. She enjoyed the celebrations by dancing, accompanied by her ever-constant hubby and a bunch of their friends (from the music industry in Hollywood). Pictures on Priyanka's gram will show you how much fun they had her friends matching Bollywood steps along with her. It was refreshing to see Nick equally enjoying the Indian style of celebrations along with his beloved Desi girl wife! At the cake-cutting, Nick held the knife and Priyanka posed with him.
What a great night celebrating our friends who are nominated for the grammys.. good luck to everyone tonight!! ❤??
On the work front, Priyanka's upcoming Hollywood film Isn't it Romantic will release on Valentine's Day. Apart from that, she will also be starring alongside Farhan Akhtar and Zaira Wasim in the Hindi drama film The Sky is Pink. The newly-weds Valentine's plans include Priyanka's accompanying Nick to London, as he will be working there. And it wouldn't do to for the love birds to be apart on the day of love, would it?


More than 110,000 adults as well as their accompanying children were provided with emergency accommodation and related support services in 1997-98, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
According to the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) National Data Collection Annual Report 1997-98 more than $223 million in 1997-98 was provided by Commonwealth and State and Territory Governments to support people who were homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Head of the AIHW's Welfare Division, Dr Ching Choi, said a network of 1200 non-government agencies as well as local governments provided important services to those Australians who were most disadvantaged. 'About 93% of clients' support needs were met during the 12 months to July last year-this figure is slightly up from the previous year,' he said.
According to the report, 156,000 occasions of support were provided in the year. Of these 26% were provided to single men, 24% to young people, and 22% to women and children escaping domestic violence.
Among women seeking assistance, 39% were escaping domestic violence, and 11% relationship breakdowns or a family crisis. In contrast, 22% of men seeking assistance reported financial difficulties, and 12% family relationship breakdowns and substance abuse.
In addition to accommodation and related support services, SAAP also provided one-off assistance to casual clients. In 1997-98, more than 1 million occasions of one-off assistance were provided by SAAP agencies to families and individuals.
Support and assistance provided included: accommodation (69%), advice and information (58%), meals (54%), access to laundry and shower facilities (54%), transport (33%), advocacy (29%), financial assistance (26%), and recreation (25%).
In almost two-thirds of cases, the duration of support lasted two weeks or less with a significant proportion (18%) lasting less than one day, and 28% lasting 1-3 days.
A higher proportion of clients (75%) lived in independent housing after they received support from SAAP agencies than before (61%).
'These findings will assist governments and service providers to improve the support and assistance given to homeless Australians,' Dr Choi said.
Further information: Dr Ching Choi, AIHW, ph. 02 6244 1197, Mr Justin Griffin, AIHW, ph. 02 6244 1206, or Mr Doug Limbrick, Department of Family and Community Services, ph. 02 9289 3730.
For media copies of the report: Mrs Lena Searle, AIHW, ph. 02 6244 1032.
Availability: Check the AIHW Publications Catalogue for details.


South Sudan (MNN) — South Sudan's slow-moving peace talks have been suspended again. When the talks reconvene in a few weeks, both the opposition and the government will sign an agreement outlining the ground rules before they talk peace.
They did sign a cessation of hostilities agreement in late January, before the first round of talks ended. What was supposed to be an immediate ceasefire failed before it ever got started. The second round of talks never really got off the ground again, even as fighting continued in South Sudan.
Palmer goes on to say that many of these temporary encampments have a lot of Christians. "Our hope is to rally those believers that are there, even though many of them are in refugee camps, and then to get them involved in helping to solve their own problems." Then they can share their stories with others; it becomes a way to share the hope of Christ, through the Christians.


OCASI is facilitating a series of general information sessions across Ontario by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), on the settlement and resettlement program funding. Sessions will be held in communities across Ontario, identified by OCASI regions. The sessions are open to all organizations interested in applying for IRCC Settlement and Resettlement funding. They are targeted to organizations with little to no funding experience with IRCC. This need was identified through the CFP 2019 consultations IRCC Ontario Region conducted over 5 weeks from late September to the end of October 2018.
The IRCC presentation will focus on a review of the intake processes, funding mechanisms available, and the process of managing funding. Sessions will also include an introduction to OCASI and its role as the provincial umbrella organization for immigrant and refugee-serving agencies in Ontario. Participants will have the opportunity to ask clarification and have their questions answered.


What the customer wantedGet a jewelry store on the platform webasyst, one of the requirements of the customer - need to sort by name and by producers.
What has been doneThe customer asked for responsive design.
Also in this work is actively used a three-dimensional positioning of objects. I use z-index - just look at the objects that above the main menu and above the slider despite the change in the size of the window.
Also z-index use for image previews of goods - that is, the picture itself is physically located under the frame with rounded corners. Thus it turns out that every picture looks loaded with rounded corners.


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Yesterday, six Members of the European Parliament asked the Commission in a written question how it will keep pressure on Russia to respect the rights of LGBT persons and other minorities.
The question comes shortly after a court in St. Petersburg ruled Russian LGBT rights group Coming Out to be a "foreign agent," which subjects the organisation to extra government control, and certain measures that limit its capability to work.
Written parliamentary question to the European Commission by:
Sophie in 't Veld MEP (Netherlands, ALDE)
Ulrike Lunacek MEP (Austria, Greens/EFA)
Daniele Viotti MEP (Italy, S&D)
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While we are well aware of the increased political and security tensions between Russia and the EU, respect for human rights should not be overlooked.
We are deeply concerned by the fact that Russian authorities have recently further restricted freedom of expression, assembly and association through the sharpening of the Federal Law on NGOs and the 'Foreign Agents' law, respectively in February and June 2014.
Meanwhile, the 'anti-propaganda' law remains in full force and a bill seeking to terminate parental rights of same-sex couples raising children was withdrawn for revision in October 2013, but may be re-tabled any moment.
In what terms were the rights of LGBT persons discussed at the EU-Russia summit in January 2014?
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Club concludes food drive with Lenten Mass
Club concludes food drive with Lenten Mass Club concludes food drive with Lenten Mass Check out this story on poughkeepsiejournal.com: http://pojonews.co/1ao6Fhc
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Left to right, Dr. Bob Griswold, president of the Notre Dame Club of Staten Island; Linda Legault Quinn, president of the Notre Dame Club of the Mid-Hudson Valley; and Joe Delaney, founder of the Bread of Life Food Drive and past president of the Notre Dame Club of Staten Island, are shown at St. Mary's Church.(Photo: Courtesy photo)
On March 27-28, just prior to Palm Sunday, the Notre Dame Club of the Mid-Hudson Valley, in partnership with Catholic Charities Community Services of Dutchess County and Catholic Charities of Ulster County, collected more than 3,000 items of non-perishable food from 11 area schools for its Bread of Life Food Drive.
A Lenten Mass was held following the drive at St. Mary's Church.
These schools included John A. Coleman Catholic High School, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic High School, John Jay High School, Kingston Catholic School, St. Joseph Catholic School, St Denis-Columba School, Holy Trinity School, St. Martin de Porres Catholic School, St. Mary Catholic School (Fishkill), St. Mary Catholic School (Wappingers Falls), and St. Peter's School.
Two hundred cardboard boxes were donated by Viking Industries Inc. of New Paltz.
The food was sorted and distributed to Peoples Place in Kingston, Catholic Charities in Kingston, Dutchess Catholic Charities dietary needs pantry in Poughkeepsie, Immaculate Conception Pantry in Amenia and St. Christopher's Pantry in Red Hook.
Erin Rider, of Hyde Park, was the food drive chairperson for the Notre Dame Club of the Mid-Hudson Valley.
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Yoshito Watabe (Hakuba, 4 oktober 1991) is een Japanse noordse combinatieskiër. Hij vertegenwoordigde zijn vaderland op de Olympische Winterspelen 2014 in Sotsji en op de Olympische Winterspelen 2018 in Pyeongchang. Watabe heeft een broer, Akito, die eveneens actief is als noordse combinatieskiër.

Carrière
Watabe maakte zijn wereldbekerdebuut in januari 2009 in Val di Fiemme. In december 2010 scoorde de Japanner in Lillehammer zijn eerste wereldbekerpunt. In december 2011 behaalde hij in Ramsau zijn eerste toptienklassering in een wereldbekerwedstrijd. Op de wereldkampioenschappen noordse combinatie 2013 in Val di Fiemme eindigde Watabe als twaalfde op de gundersen grote schans en als zestiende op de gundersen normale schans. In de landenwedstrijd eindigde hij samen met Taihei Kato, Akito Watabe en Yusuke Minato op de vierde plaats. In maart 2013 stond de Japanner in Oslo voor de eerste maal in zijn carrière op het podium van een wereldbekerwedstrijd. Tijdens de Olympische Winterspelen van 2014 in Sotsji eindigde hij als vijftiende op de gundersen grote schans en als 35e op de gundersen normale schans. Samen met Hideaki Nagai, Yusuke Minato en Akito Watabe eindigde hij als vijfde in de landenwedstrijd.

In Falun nam Watabe deel aan de wereldkampioenschappen noordse combinatie 2015. Op dit toernooi eindigde hij als zevende op de gundersen normale schans en als achttiende op de gundersen grote schans. In de landenwedstrijd eindigde hij samen met Taihei Kato, Hideaki Nagai en Akito Watabe op de zesde plaats, samen met Akito Watabe eindigde hij als zesde op het onderdeel teamsprint. Op de wereldkampioenschappen noordse combinatie 2017 in Lahti eindigde de Japanner als vijftiende op de gundersen grote schans en als 44e op de gundersen normale schans. Op het onderdeel teamsprint veroverde hij samen met Akito Watabe de bronzen medaille, samen met Hideaki Nagai, Takehiro Watanabe en Akito Watabe eindigde hij als vierde in de landenwedstrijd. Tijdens de Olympische Winterspelen van 2018 in Pyeongchang eindigde hij als twaalfde op de gundersen normale schans en als twintigste op de gundersen grote schans. In de landenwedstrijd eindigde hij samen met Hideaki Nagai, Go Yamamoto en Akito Watabe op de vierde plaats.

In Seefeld nam Watabe deel aan de wereldkampioenschappen noordse combinatie 2019. Op dit toernooi eindigde hij als zestiende op de gundersen grote schans en als negentiende op de gundersen normale schans. Samen met Akito Watabe eindigde hij als vierde op de teamsprint, in de landenwedstrijd eindigde hij samen met Go Yamamoto, Hideaki Nagai en Akito Watabe op de vierde plaats.

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Benjamin Lauder "Ben" Nicholson OM (* 10. April 1894 in Denham in der Grafschaft Buckinghamshire; † 6. Februar 1982 in London) war ein britischer Maler und Objektkünstler. Nicholson war der Sohn der Künstlerin Mabel Pryde und des Malers William Nicholson und der Bruder der Malerin Nancy Nicholson. Von 1938 bis 1951 war er mit der Bildhauerin Barbara Hepworth verheiratet.

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Nicholson besuchte die Gresham's School in Norfolk und 1911 für ein Semester die Slade School of Art in London. Zwischen 1911 und 1918 hielt er sich in Tours, Mailand, auf Madeira, in London, Nord-Wales und in Pasadena auf.

1920 heiratete Nicholson die Malerin Winifred Roberts, mit der er drei Kinder hatte. 1925 schloss er sich der Gruppe "Seven and Five" in London an, die er jedoch 1936 wieder verließ. Mitglied der Gruppe "Unit One" wurde er 1933. Im Jahr 1938 heiratete er in zweiter Ehe Barbara Hepworth, mit der er ebenfalls drei Kinder hatte, es waren Drillinge, geboren 1934. Von 1932 bis 1939 lebte er in London und hatte Kontakte mit Piet Mondrian und Naum Gabo. 1939 bezog das Paar seinen Wohnsitz in St Ives in Cornwall, wo er bis 1955 lebte und wo sich um ihn und Barbara Hepworth ein Zentrum abstrakter Kunst, die sogenannte "Penwith Society of Artists", bildete. Die Scheidung von Barbara Hepworth erfolgte 1951.

Eine Retrospektive seiner Arbeiten wurde 1955 in der Tate Gallery in London ausgestellt. Im Jahr 1958 ließ er sich mit seiner dritten Frau, die er 1957 geheiratet hatte, der Schweizer Fotografin Felicitas Vogler in Castagnola am Lago Maggiore nieder. 1971 trennte er sich von ihr und zog allein nach Cambridge. Die Scheidung erfolgte im Jahr 1977. Sein letzter Wohnort ab 1972 war Hampstead in London, wo er bis zu seinem Tod im Atelier arbeitete. Eine Blue Plaque an seinem Wohnhaus erinnert dort an ihn.

In seinem Schaffen wurde er von Pablo Picasso und dem Niederländer Piet Mondrian beeinflusst. Von letzterem stammt der stilistische Begriff Neoplastizismus, der auch für Nicholsons Werke bestimmend wurde, nämlich die Betonung der Senkrechten und Waagrechten sowie von Gelb, Rot und Blau als Primärfarben und der farblosen Stufen Weiß, Grau und Schwarz. Bis 1937 war er Mitglied der Gruppe "Abstraction-Création".

Einige seiner Werke sind in der Tate Gallery, St Ives und Kettle's Yard Art Gallery in Cambridge ausgestellt.

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Nicholson schuf Landschaften und Stillleben sowie Reliefs.
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Ausstellungen (Auswahl)
 1922: Adelphi Gallery, London
 1934: 19. Biennale di Venezia, Venedig
 1954: 27. Biennale Venedig, Venedig
 1955: documenta 1, Kassel
 1959: documenta II, Kassel
 1964: documenta III, Kassel

Ehrungen (Auswahl)
 1957: Großer Internationaler Preis für Malerei bei Biennale von São Paulo
 1968: Order of Merit; Verleihung durch Königin Elisabeth II.

Literatur
 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (Hrsg.): Einblicke. Das 20. Jahrhundert in der Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit 2000; ISBN 3-7757-0853-7
 Die 100 des Jahrhunderts – Maler. Hrsg. Jordan/Lenz. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 1995, ISBN 3-499-16456-6

 Lee Beard u. a.: Ben Nicholson. From the studio. Yale University Press, New Haven Connecticut 2022, ISBN                    978-1-869827-77-9.

Weblinks

 Biografie über Nicolson Tate Gallery

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Maler (Vereinigtes Königreich)
Künstler (documenta)
Teilnehmer einer Biennale di Venezia
Teilnehmer einer Biennale von São Paulo
Mitglied des Order of Merit
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When I was growing up, my family made journeys to Michigan. Five of us crammed together in one vehicle. Purpose was to visit my mother's relatives. The first day was the LONG day. The goal was to get beyond St. Louis. On barn roofs were advertised caves and caverns in Missouri. Impossible to miss as barn after barn pointed the way to famous holes in the ground.
The first, Fantastic Caverns, was near Springfield Missouri. This commercial show cave was an underground riverbed with limestone formations. People were carted through the underground seated in a tram. In 1867, some of the earliest explorers happened to be twelve adventurous ladies of the Springfield Woman's Athletic Club. To commemorate the event, they carved their names into the rocks. Now a big no-no.
In east-central Missouri was Onondaga Cave. At one point the flowstones, stalactites, and stalagmites of calcite (dissolved limestone) were mined as "cave onyx." Land disputes whirled around the giant cave over 50 years. Boats on the Meramec River provided cave access. A new entrance was dug in 1938 allowing the public to walk through the huge room of formations reflected in water.
Closer to St. Louis were Meramec Caverns, the largest commercial cavern system in Missouri. Saltpeter, component of gunpowder, was mined for years. Jesse and Frank James were reputed to have used Meramec as one of their hideouts. Parts of the movie "Tom Sawyer" and one episode of "Lassie" were filmed in one of the rooms. Guided tours take people past brightly lit curtains and spikes.
I actually did not have to leave Oklahoma to see a cave. Robber's Cave near Wilburton was a hop, skip and jump from our house. Embedded in sandstone held together by calcite, the end of the cool cave was dynamited to seal it off, preventing curious spelunkers from getting lost or trapped. As the name implied, this cave served both the James Brothers and Belle Starr, outlaw queen. Belle was fascinating. She was classically educated with training in piano. The lady fell in with a rough crowd and became quite adept with pistols. The mother of two kept company with several different men over time. Judge Parker was more than familiar with her and her family.
Nescatunga Cave in northern Oklahoma was fifty-four miles northeast of Okeene. It was a wild cave in the Blaine Gypsum Formation. My teaching colleague heard about this cave and checked it out. We decided it would be a great field trip adventure for interested high school students led by us two science teachers. Our little group of spelunkers dropped through a hole in the ground wearing jeans, long-sleeved shirts, knee pads, helmets, candles, matches in plastic and flashlights.
The cool cave had open areas, rocky strewn paths with tight passages and tunnels with water deceivingly deep. You had to wedge your back against one rock ledge while shuffling feet along the opposite rock wall. The cave system extended about 1 ½ miles underground. When we arrived at the largest room, all flashlights were extinguished. Total blackness was accompanied by the dripping sound of water. Wow. Too much wow. It was then we saw our most passionate student begin to shake. His body stiffened into a horizontal board. Not one word had been said about his epilepsy. We had no choice but to make sure he could breathe and hoped the seizure soon ended. After 30 minutes he began to talk. We retraced our path as fast as possible, keeping a steady eye on our patient. The group was thrilled to emerge above ground in beautiful daylight surrounded by greenery. We were happy that student was safely extricated from the bowels of the earth and off to see the doctor.
In 2016 on another road trip, Mammoth Cave advertisements began appearing along the Bluegrass Parkway. Castle Hill Winery, stables and horse farms flew past, but we knew we were close as we drove by Diamond Caverns and Cave City. Tourist traps.
The undulating landscape was pock-marked by sinkholes (depressions caused by collapse of surface layers). At 4:30 pm several of us caught the last tour of the day: "The Mammoth Passage Tour." Eight different underground tours were offered. Over 405 miles have been surveyed, making Mammoth cave system the longest in the world. Our tour was an intro to Mammoth Caves. Ho hum.
Mammoth caves are Karst formations of calcium carbonate combined with ocean floor sandstones that eroded 10 million years ago. We walked into the Rotunda, one of the largest rooms and strolled past old trolleys and wooden crates leftover from the DuPont saltpeter mining in operation from 1812 to 1815. The Paleo Indians roamed the caves 4,000 years ago wearing their woven rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccafolium) moccasins. No formations. We basically walked through a hole in the ground into a large area carved out by water with a side pit 200 feet deep caused by partial collapse of the sandstone roof. Best part: everyone had to turn off their phones and stop moving. The lights were turned off. Total darkness.
The most recent 2018 road trip took us into Lewisburg, West Virginia for the night. Next morning I saw a sign "Lost World Caverns". Yes!
Lost World caves were also formed in the Karst system of limestone dissolved by below surface moving water. Dye trails indicate an extensive network of underground streams flowing through the area. Lewisburg itself sits in a compound sinkhole.
Sinkholes can be seen in the Karst topography of Pontotoc Ridge Preserve south of Ada OK. Hiding below the exposed rocky outcroppings of limestone/sandstone are four small caves.
Conquer your claustrophobia. Visit a cave. You will be amazed at how many interesting things have happened below your feet!


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NCAA Basketball: The Race to March Madness starts March 17 at Selection Sunday
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Selection Sunday will determine who will make it to the NCAA Tournament.
by Melvin Magadia (article) and Milos Kitanovic (video)
March 16, 2019 at 9:39 AM March 16, 2019 at 9:39 AM
It's the time of the year again when the nation's top basketball schools vie to become the best in the land. The road to the NCAA Championships starts March 17 at Selection Sunday.
The last four seasons of the NCAA tournaments have seen the top teams being crowned as champions. Three of the last four championships have been won by the No. 1 seeds (Duke in 2015, North Carolina in 2017, and Villanova last year. The Villanova Wildcats also won it in 2016 as the No. 2 seed.
Searching for the best
After Sunday, March Madness officially starts with the 68 remaining schools. Matches start on Tuesday with the First Four featuring the last four teams that qualified for the tournament to cut the field down to just 64 teams.
From there the field will be broken down into four regions of 16 teams each. The 64 teams will then play two rounds until the field is down to 32. By the end of that week, the competition marches on to the Sweet 16 beginning March 28th. The Final Four is slated on the weekend of that week.
According to a report by Cnet, Zion Williamson and the Duke Blue Devils are the prohibitive favorites. Can the Blue Devils repeat their victory four years ago? The top teams of each division will be out to deny them another title. Duke's rivals in the ACC namely Virginia and North Carolina will try to deny them a championship.
Top teams in the other division such as LSU, Kentucky, and Tennessee in the SEC and Gonzaga in the West Coast Conference will also give Duke a run for their money.
It will also be interesting to watch the bubble teams such as Florida, NC State, Texas, to name just a few.
Upsets in NCAA history
March Madness has also seen top teams being upset by much lower teams. Over the years, there have been several upsets in the tournament. Just last year, one of the strongest teams in the NCAA Virginia was upset by 16th seed UMBC in the first round.
MSN revealed that this was the first time in NCAA Tournament history that a No. 1 seed lost in the opening round. Another upset in the history of the tournament is when No 1 UConn was beaten by George Mason University in the Elite Eight. The Huskies were the top favorites to win the national championship. UConn had future NBA star Rudy Gay and Marcus Williams.
Here is the full schedule of the NCAA Tournament
March 19 First Four
March 21 Round 1
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March 31: Elite 8
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A glut of venues are available between The American Club and its golf courses for a posh, successful business meeting, conference, or event. Take a looksee and see which works best.
A luxurious, versatile meeting space with 10-foot ceiling and crystal chandeliers, this room can be divided into more intimate salons: Ellison Bay, Sister Bay, Sturgeon Bay.
Easily organize large meetings with breakouts in this space that can be divided into five individual salons and accommodate 750 guests, theater-style.
Ideal for board meetings or executive sessions, this richly appointed room includes a sitting room with a fireplace and a private boardroom. Throw in a private courtyard terrace located directly off French doors, and this room has plenty of places for corporate secrets, handshakes, and business deals.
Classroom-style seating ideal for training and sales meetings. State-of-the-art facilities with rear screen projection and computer enhancement capabilities with a screen that can be seen from anywhere in the room.
An ideal meeting or party space with floor-to-ceiling windows and nearby task force rooms for breakout sessions.
Featuring a billiards table, this room is perfect for more informal gatherings or after-meeting get-togethers. Food and beverage service can be arranged or guests can order room service.
Full of character, these lodges are built in a Canadian lodgepole structure with Native American artifacts. These meeting areas are built to resemble the charm of log cabins, beak skin rugs and a general rustic décor.
Air walls split two rooms when desired.
Take in the sights of the Sheboygan River and the golf course from the lower level of the Blackwolf Run Clubhouse.
This venue is built to resemble a barn in the Irish countryside. It overlooks the golf course and Lake Michigan. This is a unique location for meetings and golf banquets as it offers a feeling of rustic elegance. One wall is completely open to the outside, though canvas can be pulled down over it and stand heaters can be turned on if necessary.
Adorned with rich, detailed wood and a firplace, this cozy room is located in the upstairs of the Whistling Straits Clubhouse.


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Private, County and State Entites Collaborate to Track Surveys and Treatments in Coconino County, Arizona
Article written by Jami Clark, Arizona iMapInvasives Data Administator
In 2005, the Arizona Invasive Species Advisory Council (AISAC) was established by Executive Order 2005-09 and was charged with developing a coordinated, multi-stakeholder approach to dealing with invasive species issues. Under the joint leadership of the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD) and the Arizona Department of Agriculture (ADOA), by January 2007 the AISAC was instituted as a permanent body. As a result, the AISAC determined that Arizona would establish a statewide, collaborative, information management system, which would be written into the invasive species management plan as the state's main database for invasive species location information. By their connection to NatureServe through the AGFD-housed State Natural Heritage Program, the Heritage Data Management System (HDMS), they were introduced to the iMapInvasives project.
AGFD staff – specifically the Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Program and the HDMS – had to weigh the options for launching a statewide collaborative database (i.e. building their own tool, or adopting one that already exists), and in the end, determined that adopting iMapInvasives was the right choice for Arizona. Part of this decision was based on their recognition that iMapInvasives offers the ability to track not only simple point observation records but advanced polygon records such as assessment, surveys, and treatments, and therefore, it has a wide range of applicability for land managers across the state.
Since the 2011 launch of Arizona's iMapInvasives, the capability to bulk upload point observation data has played a significant role in allowing the State to aggregate existing datasets. In terms of the advanced polygon records, however, often partners are encouraged to enter these records manually using the online iMapInvasives interface instead of by bulk upload. Some partners have voiced that because they already collect polygon data in their own database structure, they do not want to duplicate efforts by manually re-entering their records into iMapInvasives. This year, fortunately, the AGFD worked with a company to pave the way for easier bulk upload of partner polygon data to reduce (and possibly eliminate) the need for manual data entry.
Employees from Natural Channel Design, Inc. digging Diffuse Knapweed (Centaurea diffusa) during their 2016 removal efforts along right-of-ways in Coconino County.
An engineering firm called Natural Channel Designs, Inc., which specializes in river and stream assessments and restoration, recognized the benefit of integrating their polygon data into iMapInvasives. Each survey season, a county in Northern Arizona, Coconino County, hires a contractor to perform road surveys and weed treatments. This year, they hired Natural Channel Design, Inc. to perform some work as well as write a weed treatment plan for use by future contractors. To help prepare their efforts, Natural Channel Design, Inc. searched for existing datasets throughout the state to see where there had been surveys in the past—but when looking at iMapInvasives, they began to visualize the potential for the future. They realized that it would have been helpful to them if previous contractors had entered all of their data into iMapInvasives. By doing so, it would have allowed the county to retrieve the data from a central location at the end of the season, and for the contractors to keep track of the work that had been done in past years. In order to uphold this vision, Natural Channel Design, Inc. and AGFD collaborated to smooth out the process of bulk uploading polygons.
The first step in this collaboration was to build a mutual understanding of the capabilities in iMapInvasives, including the possibilities for entering various data types, the numerous fields to include in the data, and how to extract the data once it is in the system. After that foundation was built, AGFD needed to see what type of polygons Natural Channel Design, Inc. had already drawn and what tabular information they captured within them. From there, the two entities decided which fields would be included in the upload to iMapInvasives, a process that required flexibility on both ends and some extra time processing data. Natural Channel Design, Inc., for example, was asked to add fields to their data in order to adhere to some of the iMapInvasives requirements. AGFD, on the other hand, had to sort through and re-format the taxonomic information provided in the dataset. The process was not seamless, but required communication and effort by both parties in order to make it a successful exchange.
The outcome of this collaboration was that AGFD documented the process of submitting data, which will be given to future contractors, and developed a spreadsheet and geodatabase template that will be easy for contractors
Natural Channel Design, Inc. helped AGFD staff (iMapInvasives administrator) design and implement a bulk upload process to easily incorporate treatment and survey data collected by partners into the statewide iMapInvasives dataset. This will allow future contractors to view past surveys and treatments and aid them in planning and prioritizing future work.
to use when uploading their existing data. In addition, because the two entities took the time to work together, and had the vision to think into the future, Coconino County will have a long-term data management plan, future contractors will easily be able to plan their efforts by using the data in iMapInvasives, and the AGFD will continue to build a comprehensive database of invasive species information across the state.


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2, the conduit is to wear a wire and thin-walled tube. At that time only the standard, no one production. In fact, the eighties and nineties of gas pipes with water.
3, galvanized iron pipe is galvanized welded steel pipe. Galvanized inside and outside, water can be transported. Let Electric used when threading. General are relatively thin wall. Now on the market is poor. Elbow bend angle to blast hole.
Steel pipe: steel pipe is open at both ends and having a hollow cross-section and their relatively large length, and the vicinity of the steel can be divided, according to the production method of seamless and welded steel pipe, pipe specifications Dimensions (such as diameter or side length) and wall thickness, a very wide range of sizes, from a small diameter capillary tube until the large-diameter up to several meters in diameter. The steel pipe can be used for pipes, thermal equipment, industrial machinery, petroleum exploration, container, chemical industry and for special purposes.
Seamless steel pipe: seamless steel pipe is made from a single piece of metal on the surface of steel pipe joints. Production methods can be divided into hot-rolled pipes, cold rolled tubes, cold drawn tubes, extruded tube. Can be divided into two kinds of round and shaped cross-sectional shape. The seamless pipe of the maximum diameter of 650 mm (enlarged diameter tubes), a minimum diameter of 0.3 mm (capillary). According to different thickness can be divided into thick-walled pipes and thin-walled tube. Seamless pipe is mainly used for the petroleum exploration tube, petrochemical cracking tubes, boiler tubes, the bearing tube as well as the automotive, aerospace steel and other high-precision structure.
Welded steel pipe: welded steel pipe refers to the bending deformation of the steel strip or steel sheet as round, square and other shapes and then welded into the steel pipe, the surface of the seam. According to the different welding methods can be divided into the arc welded pipe, high or low frequency electric resistance welded pipe, gas pipe, stove pipe, Bundy tube. Weld shape can be divided into Longitudinal and spiral welded pipe.
Welded steel pipe used for oil drilling and machinery manufacturing. The furnace can be used as a water pipe and gas pipe, large diameter welded pipe used for high-pressure oil and gas transmission; spiral welded pipe for oil and gas transmission pipe piles, piers. The welded steel pipe is lower than the cost of seamless steel, high production efficiency.


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Yes Man - Episode 4
The day of Yuval and Noa's event has arrived, and the pressure is rising. Albert embarks on a journey to Barcelona and decides to open the family's Pandora's box.
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Starring: Noa Yaron, Yuval Dayan, Kuti Sabag, Albert Escola, Mor Chen, Hanoch Daum
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Kuti's life starts to get on track and he decides to start a new business. Hanoch tries to persuade him to go for it to the end. Mor Chen finds a new apartment, but moving in turns out to be a complicated task.
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Albert goes on to discover surprising details from the family's past, and decides to meet the woman who changed everything. Hanoch offers Yuval to appease those who are most important to him, as a first step in recovery from the great crisis of his life.
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Hanoch visits Noa's house and offers her to go for the only thing she's afraid of. Meeting a partner from the past brings back memories of hers and Yuval's lives, and opens up new options. Mor Chen tries to overcome failure, and faces a new proposal from Hanoch.
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Staten Island Singles Classic finals set for Saturday at Country Lanes
May 2, 2018 by Rab's Country Lanes Leave a Comment
By Joe D'Amodio, damodio@siadvance.com
Staten Island Advance | www.silive.com
Mickey Endress is the top seed heading into Saturday's Top 24 finals of the 41st annual Staten Island Singles Classic at Rab's Country Lanes.
The finals are set to start at 2:30 p.m.
Endress led the qualifying field with a 725 gross series, which included five pins handicap on tough lane conditions.
Endress was the only qualifier to break 700 (scratch or gross).
Jeff Scire (696) was the runner-up in qualifying.
The top eight bowlers will receive first-round byes in the Donny Walters-run event, which is sponsored by the Staten Island Bowling Hall of Fame.
Once again brothers Tim Jr. and Sean McAuliffe are in the finals. Sean is a previous winner, while Tim has never won, the only Island crown that eludes him.
The winner is guaranteed $2,000.
Click here to see the finalists after the qualifying round.
http://www.silive.com/recsports/index.ssf/2018/05/staten_island_singles_classic_5.html
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Classic film Jurassic Park is to tour across the UK with a live orchestra to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Tickets for the tour go on sale at 10am on Fri 16 Feb.
The classic adventure film, the first – and widely considered to the best – in a successful franchise, was first released in 1993.
Starring Richard Attenborough as eccentric billionaire John Hammond and Sam Neill and Laura Dern as palaeontologists Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler, it invited viewers to roam in an island theme park, populated by cloned dinosaurs.
The film features music composed by John Williams, and for the tour the score will be recreated by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra.
It all kicks off at Brighton Dome on Sat 8 Sep, finishing up at Portsmouth Guildhall on Wed 5 Dec. The tour also includes performances at Glasgow's SEC Armadillo, Edinburgh's Usher Hall and London's Royal Albert Hall.
Tickets for Jurassic Park with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra go on sale at 10am on Fri 16 Feb.


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Southern congressman beats Northern senator with a cane in the halls of Congress
Southern Congressman Preston Brooks savagely beats Northern Senator Charles Sumner in the halls of Congress as tensions rise over the expansion of slavery.
When the controversial Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was passed, popular sovereignty was applied within the two new territories and people were given the right to decide the slavery issue by vote. Because the act nullified the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the debate over slavery intensified. Northerners were incensed that slavery could again resurface in an area where it had been banned for over 30 years. When violence broke out in Kansas Territory, the issue became central in Congress. On May 19, Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner, an ardent abolitionist, began a two-day speech on the Senate floor in which he decried the "crime against Kansas" and blasted three of his colleagues by name, one of whom—South Carolina Senator Andrew P. Butler—was elderly, sick and absent from the proceedings.
Butler's cousin, Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina, who had a history of violence, took it upon himself to defend the honor of his kin. Wielding the cane he used for injuries he incurred in a duel over a political debate in 1840, Brooks entered the Senate chamber and attacked Sumner at his desk, which was bolted to the floor. Sumner's legs were pinned by the desk so he could not escape the savage beating. It was not until other congressmen subdued Brooks that Sumner finally escaped.
Brooks became an instant hero in the South, and supporters sent him many replacement canes. He was vilified in the North and became a symbol of the stereotypically inflexible, uncompromising representative of the slave power. The incident exemplified the growing hostility between the two camps in the prewar years.
Sumner did not return to the Senate for three years while he recovered.
READ MORE: Violence in Congress Before the Civil War: From Canings and Stabbings to Murder
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/southern-congressman-attacks-northern-senator
Manchester Arena bombed during Ariana Grande concert
Just moments after Ariana Grande finished the final song of her May 22, 2017 concert at Manchester Arena, a suicide bomber detonated an explosion on the premises, killing 22 concertgoers and injuring 116 more. ISIS claimed responsibility for what was the deadliest act of ...read more
The War of the Roses begins
In the opening battle of England's War of the Roses, the Yorkists defeat King Henry VI's Lancastrian forces at St. Albans, 20 miles northwest of London. Many Lancastrian nobles perished, including Edmund Beaufort, the duke of Somerset, and the king was forced to submit to the ...read more
South Yemen and North Yemen are unified as the Republic of Yemen
After 150 years apart, Marxist South Yemen and conservative North Yemen are unified as the Republic of Yemen. Ali Abdullah, president of North Yemen, became the new country's president, and Ali Salem Al-Baidh, leader of the South Yemeni Socialist Party, vice president. The first ...read more
President Nixon arrives in Moscow for historic summit
On May 22, 1972, President Richard Nixon arrives in Moscow for a summit with Soviet leaders. Although it was Nixon's first visit to the Soviet Union as president, he had visited Moscow once before–as U.S. vice president. As Eisenhower's vice president, Nixon made frequent ...read more
The Pact of Steel is signed; the Axis is formed
On May 22, 1939, Italy and Germany agree to a military and political alliance, giving birth formally to the Axis powers, which will ultimately include Japan. Mussolini coined the nickname "Pact of Steel" (he had also come up with the metaphor of an "axis" binding Rome and Berlin) ...read more
Crisis mounts in Austria-Hungary amid hunger and discontent
With hunger and discontent spreading among the civilian and military populations of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a crisis mounts within its government, as Hungarian Prime Minister Istvan Tisza resigns at the request of the Austrian emperor, Karl I, on May 22, 1917. A great power ...read more
First Lady Martha Washington dies
President George Washington's devoted widow and the nation's first first lady, Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, dies at her Mt. Vernon home on May 22, 1802. She was 70 years old. Like her husband, Martha Washington was born in the American colonies as a British subject ...read more
A thousand pioneers head West as part of the Great Emigration
The first major wagon train to the northwest departs from Elm Grove. Missouri, on the Oregon Trail. Although U.S. sovereignty over the Oregon Territory was not clearly established until 1846, American fur trappers and missionary groups had been living in the region for decades, ...read more
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, is born
It's the birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of master sleuth Sherlock Holmes. Doyle was born in Scotland and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, where he met Dr. Joseph Bell, a teacher with extraordinary deductive reasoning power. Bell partly inspired ...read more
Jerry Lee Lewis drops a bombshell in London
The arrival in the United Kingdom of one of the biggest figures in rock and roll was looked forward to with great anticipation in May of 1958. Nowhere in the world were the teenage fans of the raucous music coming out of America more enthusiastic than they were in England, and ...read more
Controversial documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" wins Palme d'Or prize
On May 22, 2004, Michael Moore's documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11 beats out 18 other films to win the coveted Palme d'Or, the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. It became the first documentary to triumph at Cannes since The Silent World, co-directed by Jacques Cousteau and ...read more
Chandra Levy's remains found
The remains of former Federal Bureau of Prisons intern Chandra Levy are found on May 22, 2002, over a year after the 24-year-old was last seen at a health club. The bone remains, discovered by a man walking through Washington, D.C.'s Rock Creek Park, were identified through ...read more
Atlanta child murderer is traced using rare nylon fiber
Police staking out a bridge over the Chattahoochee River near Atlanta, Georgia, hear a loud splash, and begin chasing Wayne Williams as he attempts to drive away in a station wagon. After questioning him about his involvement in the unprecedented string of child murders in ...read more
Patriot siege of Ninety Six, South Carolina begins
On May 22, 1781, Major General Nathanael Greene and 1,000 Patriots attempt an attack on the critical village of Ninety Six in the South Carolina backcountry. After failing to seize the fortified settlement, they began a siege of it, which lasted until their retreat on June 18, ...read more


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Chavez Jr. Wins Unanimous Decision
February 04, 2012 / Inside HBO Boxing
By Kieran Mulvaney
Photo Credit: Will hartSometimes it's important simply to win, to take the victory by whatever means necessary, go home and tend to the bruises, and look for a spectacular win another day. Sometimes a fighter has to suck up the adversity and the obstacles and gut it out.
On Saturday night in San Antonio, both Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Nonito Donaire emerged victorious after battles that were perhaps more grueling than either might have wished or expected, but which were nonetheless clear enough that the trajectories of their professional careers will continue upward.
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February 04, 2012 / Inside HBO Boxing/ Comment
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Marco Antonio Rubio
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Marco Antonio Rubio, Nonito Donaire, Wilfredo Vasquez Jr
CompuBox Analysis: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs Marco Antonio Rubio
By CompuBox
With every passing fight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. carries an unenviable burden of proof every time he steps between the ropes: Can he live up to the legend whose name he carries?
So far he's passed virtually every test -- a six-round draw to Carlos Molina in December 2006 is his only blemish -- but many believe mandatory challenger Marco Antonio Rubio presents a new level of danger. The oddsmaker don't think so, as they made Chavez nearly a 4-1 favorite. Rubio carries a formidable 53-5 (46 KO) record, the experience of a 12-year veteran and plenty of give-and-take battles against well-regarded names.
Will the "Son of the Legend" clear this vital hurdle or will Rubio prove to be his stumbling block? Their CompuBox histories offer these clues:
> Read more CompuBox analysis of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs Marco Antonio Rubio on HBO.com
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The Pros and Cons of Being Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
January 26, 2012 / Inside HBO Boxing
By Eric Raskin
Photo Credit: Ed MulhollandJulio Cesar Chavez Jr. is, by the most literal of definitions, another Julio Cesar Chavez.
But in the more figurative sense, he ain't no Julio Cesar Chavez.
And nobody ever really expected him to be.
Junior turned pro at age 17 as a big-name novelty, selling tickets and headlining minor pay-per-views on the strength of that name that his Hall of Fame father established. Now, nearing his 26th birthday, Junior is still a big-name novelty. It's just that the balance between those two defining terms has shifted. There's only the slightest hint of novelty remaining, and he's become one of the biggest names in boxing partially on the strength of what he – not his father – has done.
January 26, 2012 / Inside HBO Boxing/ Comment
Marco Antonio Rubio, undefined
On a Career-Saving Upswing, Marco Antonio Rubio poses a real threat to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Photo Credit: Chris PolkSeven years ago, Kofi Jantuah and Marco Antonio Rubio were both once-beaten junior middleweights looking to earn a shot at a world title. But when they met in an eliminator at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in September 2004, only one of them looked on track to become a world-beater. And it wasn't Rubio.
Within 30 seconds of the opening round, Jantuah flattened his Mexican opponent with a left hook that sent him crashing to the canvas. Rubio managed to roll on to his hands and knees, but in attempting to reach verticality, he toppled over again. Just like that, the fight was over.
The next time Rubio laced up for a major television audience was five years later, when he was offered as a sacrificial lamb to then-middleweight-champion Kelly Pavlik. After a dispiriting defeat to light heavyweight kingpin Bernard Hopkins in October 2008, Pavlik needed a confidence-rebuilding win. And in front of Pavlik's hometown Youngstown crowd, everything unfolded according to script: Rubio offered minimal resistance, and Pavlik battered him for nine rounds en route to a TKO victory.
With that, Rubio might have been consigned forever to a role as a professional opponent, but the Pavlik defeat marked a turning point in his career, the point at which he determined to rededicate himself and improve his craft. "A lot of things came together for me after that fight," he said.
Those things include a 10-bout unbeaten run, highlighted by a career-reinvigorating performance against then-undefeated David Lemieux last April. Lemieux was considered a fast-rising star in the making, and for the first several rounds against Rubio, he looked like one, dominating the early going and landing one hellacious combination after another. But Rubio had been there before, and as a result, he kept his poise and began reeling the tiring youngster in. In round 5, the fight began to turn; by the sixth, Rubio was completely on the rise. In the seventh, it was all over, and Rubio had secured the most famous victory of his career.
HIs reward is another shot at the middleweight title belt he failed to lift from Pavlik, which now sits around the waist of Rubio's compatriot, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. It is a testament to Rubio's career renaissance that the vastly more confident-looking fighter is widely expected to provide the stiffest challenge yet to his charismatic young countryman.
And as for Jantuah, the man who poleaxed Rubio in 30 seconds on the Las Vegas Strip seven years ago? He lost the title shot he earned with that win, lost twice more thereafter and hasn't fought in the last two years.
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Rutgers vice chancellor addresses need for safe drinking habits at RUSA meeting
10/14/16 3:59am Bushra Hasan
Photo by Bushra Hasan |
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Felicia McGinty spoke to the Rutgers University Student Assembly about several intitiatives her department is launching this year, as well as the progress Rutgers has made in responsible drinking programs.
Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Felicia McGinty spoke to the Rutgers University Student Assembly about new initiatives her department will launch in the near future, as well as existing efforts to reduce alcohol and drug-related incidents at the University.
A new section of the Student Affairs website provides students information about alcohol and drugs, which will educate them about the risks involved in unhealthy drinking habits.
Developing safer drinking habits will be one of the requisites for reopening "The Alley," which was initially shut down due to "safety concerns" after only the second home game against New Mexico.
McGinty said implementing protocols to control who can participate in a new student tailgate is crucial to reopening it.
"It was a great idea and I think it was off to a good start, but Athletics didn't have the protocols in place for it to be a safe space in terms of students," she said. "I think the takeaway is students want to come out and tailgate before the games ... (but) we're not going to let students drive a truck full of alcohol into the space."
Student Affairs offered its own version of a student tailgate in previous years, but McGinty said the idea was not popular enough at the time to continue the event.
"When Athletics opened The Alley, they were on their own," McGinty said. "They made videos and publicized it, so that was all positive, but I think that where they were challenged is all the things we would know and do with risk management, they didn't have those protocols in place."
The Student Affairs website seeks to educate students about issues they may encounter on campus through several training modules.
More than 880 members of greek life have been trained in how to handle crisis situations at parties in the event students drink too much, she said. On-campus residents have also completed the modules— 90 percent of all residents have finished the academic integrity, AlcoholEDU and financial training modules.
Every on-campus resident completed the Not Anymore module, which is designed to raise awareness of sexual assault.
In the near future, Student Affairs will invite guest speakers to the University as parts of its Diversity and Inclusion campaign.
"(It's goal is to) not just to celebrate diversity, but to also create an inclusive environment," McGinty said. "We want every student at Rutgers to feel welcome. There's something for everyone here."
The initiative's goal is to be inclusive to everyone in the community, she said.
"We have work to do. We have learning to do," McGinty said. "We're not gonna shy away from difficult conversations. We're going to challenge each other in a respectful manner so that we can learn."
The department has also published a 2016-2020 strategic plan and a "Physical Master Plan: Rutgers 2030" through institutional planning and operations that the school hopes to accomplish in the near future.
The new slogan for the department of student affairs is "There's a U in Rutgers," emphasizing the individual impact of students, professors and administrators on the University.
McGinty said part of what convinced President Barack Obama to speak at Rutgers in May for the school's 250th Anniversary Commencement was the student effort.
"You have the power to influence this University and improve this University," McGinty said.
Last week, RUSA passed two bills after a presentation by Kerri Willson, the director of Off-Campus Living and Community Partnerships. The department focuses on helping students move off-campus, find housing and look for housing. The department also informs tenants of their rights and responsibilities.
Willson noted that her department provides local community services opportunities, including working with the city of New Brunswick's "clean city park" program, Rutgers Against Hunger and other service groups.
The program also works with off-campus students to foster a thriving community through the "good neighbor" program, similar to Residence Life on-campus.
After the presentation, the first document presented was "Bill to Host Zero-Waste Events," authored by Genevieve Tarino, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior. The goal of this bill is to encourage the University to produce environmentally-friendly alternatives to garbage disposal.
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore Dorothy Lee is working on prototype for a compost bin that has no odor and involves no worms.
The second document presented was "Resolution to Endorse of Rutgers NO MORE and Co-Sponsor Cover the Campus" authored by Vladimir Carrasco and Natalie Settimo, respectively the public relations chair and sexual assault prevention committee chair.
The bill was written to endorse the Rutgers NO MORE campaign, an international effort to raise awareness about sexual assault and domestic abuse.
According to the iSpeak survey conducted by Rutgers last year, sexual violence affects 1 in 5 women and 1 in 16 men at the University.
"To put action behind our words, we will help (the campaign) organize their 'Cover The Campus' event by contributing 500 NO MORE t-shirts which will be distributed to major student organizations," Carrasco said. "This will express solidarity across student orgs for such an important issue."
Bushra Hasan is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in cell biology and neuroscience. She is a correspondent for The Daily Targum. Follow her on Twitter @bushrafhasan for more.
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Rainbow Cultural Garden Is for Nxivm Devotees and With Parental Consent Is Legal
By Bangkok [Aka The Retard Aka Jesus Christ]
This is in response to Joe O'Hara's Rainbow Cultural Garden – Alive and Well and Living in France (and Other Places).
Joe is wasting his time writing about Rainbow Cultural Garden [RCG].
It's a case of much ado about nothing.
Hey Joe.
RCG was basically an overpriced daycare center for kids of NXIVM DEVOTEES who had extra money to burn. This was not a school for normal kids in the community.
The parents were NXIVM WACKADOODLES who gave parental consent to have their kids attend RCG with all of it's weird language teachings, cult classes, etc.
It doesn't matter that it's not a normal school.
Guess what, Joe?
Amish parents send their kids to medieval schools which indoctrinate them into the Amish cult (religion) which teaches them that anything modern is evil. They also end schooling after an 8th grade education and begin working. Is that fair to the kids? Is that a normal curriculum?
Nope. But with parental consent it's legal.
I seriously doubt that any of those kids were physically harmed at RCG.
They may have been indoctrinated into cult mentality, and perhaps Keith intended to harm them when they got older, but speculation like that is worthless and not something to create an indictment.
You're largely blowing smoke up our asses, Joe.
You, Frank and Heidi Hutchinson are always harping about RCG and how evil it is. But in reality, it's just an overpriced NXIVM bootcamp for toddlers paid for by NXIVM devotees with more money than brain cells.
These are not schools that appeal to regular kids or non NXIVM families.
They are not infiltrating our communities.
This was a waste of an article, Joe. Frankly it's a turd of an article.
Frank is so desperate to link RCG to nefarious activity that he'll support any wackadoodle article that portrays RCG in a negative light. Frank is not being a journalist here.
Gimme facts, Frank.
Frank, Joe and Heidi can all kiss my butt on this topic.
The Rainbow Cultural Garden in the UK. Bangkok believes that children of Nxivm devotees belong in Rainbow and that Frank Report's longstanding criticism of the so-called school is a waste of time.
Though Sara Bronfman has changed the name of her Rainbow 'school', it still operates on Raniere principles.
Scott Johnson says:
Being legal and being good can be two very different things, although not being licensed is apparently how the Florida school was shut down. Other actions such as media expsosure, protesting at the school, etc., is allowed, at least in the U.S. But in order to protest, the address must be known. Does anybody know the address for the schools in Los Angeles, Albany, and NYC?
Rainbow Cultural Garden Is for Nxivm Devotees and With Parental Consent Is Legal – Artvoice says:
[…] Rainbow Cultural Garden Is for Nxivm Devotees and With Parental Consent Is Legal […]
Johno says:
So when the National Socialists in Germany had Hitler Youth Camps it was ok because parents consented? Funny thing National Socialists tended to have a fascination with the occult. I'm sure the Communists as well have youth camps. They tend to lean towards atheism and against occult or religion.
Somebody says:
Have you seen the enrollment papers? How do you know only NXIVM freaks are enrolling their kids? I am sure there are other parents that know little about NXIVM who are enrolling their kids. And, since we know how fucked NXIVM is, I believe it warrants thorough investigations and reporting. RCG cannot be good. It is an appendage to an evil organization. If the roots are bad, guaranteed the leaves and fruit are bad too.
Shivani33 says:
There is, as Joe O'Hara mentions, more to the RCG's influence over children than the disorganized delivery of a cluster of languages. That in itself is impractical. If you're multilingual, you still have a native tongue, a language which serves as one's basis for cogent thought and expression. Not to have this is a handicap. You need to have more than a cute little mishmash of languages, not only to communicate, but to be able to think to (and for) yourself "on the inside."
The entire "cultural" store is being run by proponents of Raniere. It's how the culties can keep going, be culty, keep busy and pretend that the store is a real place to get an education. The name of the crock of cult-thought might change, but that is just to try to maintain some kind of reputable façade, ahead of the law and away from the now infamous outer crust of Raniere's Brainwashing 101. The entire ship is still organized and run by fools. These are diehard creepy fools, who worship a pervert who has been known to sexually abuse underage kids and to spout ideas which not only justify it but celebrate it.
Would you want your child in a joint like that?
Nexivm at a very young age says:
Not having a "go to" main language so you can "think for your self".
Communication problems with parents ?
Gee, I can't imagine what they are being prepared for.
Joe O'Hara says:
Bang,
I think you're missing several essential points (You're usually much better than this).
First, these RCG operations are not licensed as schools or as day care centers. That's because they don't meet the applicable requirements for either designation. So, they are illegal operations – and "parental consent" is not going to fix that problem (The Amish schools are licensed in whatever states they operate in).
Second, these RCG operations are baseless scientific experiments. No one knows what the effects are of trying to teach young children to speak multiple languages at the same time – but based on the anecdotal reports we've received to date, most of these kids end up as babblers: i.e., their language skills are significantly behind their peers.
Third, these RCG operations are indoctrination centers that are intended to push apart parents and their children. Even when they operate in the child's home – which is how they get around the law in England – they are designed to interfere with the normal bonding process that occurs between parents and their children.
These RCG operations are much more dangerous than you think they are. If left unchecked, they will produce more people like Keith Raniere.
Heidi Hutchinson says:
You said it, Joe!
I know the Kook is constantly baiting me and one thing I do find especially irksome is his constant insistence that bc he claims something is "not illegal" it should not be spoken of on FR.
But as a true legal expert like Joe points out, there are aspects of Rainbow Culture Gardens that are, indeed, ILLEGAL if not merely dispicable and…
GUESS WHAT?!
It's not illegal to write about truthfully about something that's "not illegal," either.
Rainbow Cultural Gardens is for people with more money than brains.
niceguy says:
Bangkok,
Do the world a favor and beg your father for a vasectomy!
Bangkok you only think Rainbow Cultural Gardens™ is normal because you were homeschooled and breastfeed until you turned 14.
😂🤣😂 Nice Guy, you're killin me lately.
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