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12 | The branches staring.
Inspired by this drool-inducing video kindly (or perhaps insidiously) shared by some precious friends, I have set off on a pilgrimage of sandwiches. Midweek, I have munched on three sandwiches that had some sort of cheese in them. It started with one of Ham and Brie at The Provision Shop, because I was at Everton Park for a bag of beans from Gitesi, Rwanda, after giving away the last of my Kochore beans. There was berry compote in it, which wasn't a bad idea because its sweetness aptly lifted a potentially heavy meal. What wasn't welcomed was the half-hearted service. That let the food down, but anyone could tell the front-of-house was crestfallen. Could be a broken heart, or a tough day at work – I'm sure we all have days like that.
I had my second sandwich from Breadyard – a frequent haunt, in part due to proximity, in another, acquaintanceship with the owner. I had the Ham and Cheese sandwich, an alternative from my usual Duck and Orange because of this pilgrimage. Ivan, the owner, was there himself on Tuesday to put apple slices in the sandwich. Another splendid idea which does justice to his dedication to baking wholesome bread.
Tomato and Mozzarella sandwich from Necessary Provisions
The third was Tomato and Mozzarella, at Necessary Provisions where I have opted to get some revision done, but ended up writing this post. Fresh tomatoes espoused to the supple cheese, with a side of well-dressed greens, could hardly go wrong. Then there were the cinnamon rolls which I couldn't resist.
These sandwiches made satisfying meals, but they aren't 'grilled cheese sandwiches' per se. It is hard to find something so simple in the fancy cafés these days; I'll have to make do. Eons ago I had an actual one from Simply Bread, which was decent, but lacked the oomph. Perhaps it's time to head to the fromagerie and spend some time in the kitchen.
Author RoodeliaPosted on September 25, 2014 November 7, 2021 Categories CoffeehopsTags Bread, Cafe, Cheese, Food, Sandwich, Singapore2 Comments on 12 | The branches staring.
11 | Till death do us part.
If I had some sort of talent in putting paint on canvas or gyrating my lanky figure to music, I would have gone to the School Of The Arts, SOTA in short. Because it has such a beautiful campus. Fortunately, I had no such gifts, nor was SOTA opened when I left Primary school. Back in the days, choosing which school to go to was a much simpler feat. I had gotten very interested in some kind of chess called Go (or Weiqi), from reading this Japanese manga – Hikaru no Go. So I'd set my mind on this particular school which was famous for their Go club. My exam score barely gave me a place in this school, just as I made it into the club by pure chance. Funny how things have worked out.
Nevertheless, the establishment of SOTA was a commendable feat to encourage our people to be more accepting of 'alternative pathways'. It is not the most ideal; students have to take the International Baccalaureate at the end, so they have to split themselves between passion and obligation. Yet it is a compromise, given the state of our culture – in which qualifications mean a great deal. I would love to witness the day when we can tell our children to be who they want to be and be honestly proud of it, although that is quite unlikely by current projections.
I had a discussion some weeks ago with a botanist mentor/friend over dinner, about how in cities we cannot expect the obsession with money and mentality of hoarding to simply go away. Not even with any form of government intervention (in a free/sort-of-free society that is). Imagine how different the conditions are in a smaller town. It isn't difficult to find one's purpose in being a painter, a farmer, a postman, or a baker. For instance, through his humble hands, the baker kneads bread out of flour, water and yeast for his neighbours who lie in their soft beds while he works the dough. In a city, all notions of such romance are dispelled as bakers scramble over meagre profit margins, which probably wouldn't suffice to raise their families. Material wealth takes centre-stage; aspirations limit themselves to enterprises and financial institutions. It's all about capital, resources, and efficiency. In the most efficient economy, the only conceivable bakeries are the factories.
Ironically, our consolation lies in our inefficiency. We can't work like robots (at least, not yet). We fall in love, and we fall out of love; we are seduced by utterly inefficient notions such as spending an afternoon with ume-scented green tea and lovely cakes in the company of friends. (You saw that coming, didn't you?) We need only to head over to nowhere but SOTA to be seduced by my favourite patisserie in this condemning city – Kki Sweets.
Kki Sweets started out on Ann Siang Hill, and after an 8-month-long hiatus, it re-opened in SOTA. So much has changed, so much hasn't. At its new home, full-length glass windows and simple, wooden furnishing exudes a comfortable openness. The owner only made the welcome warmer, as before, treating everyone like neighbours. And the influence of Japanese patisseries extends beyond its hospitality; the cakes are concise and light, focussing on getting the simple things right. Some of my favourite cakes are still there, notably the onigiri, although it wasn't available on this visit. But luck has it that I could have my fork on the N.A.O, a dainty strawberry and pistachio mousse cake, and Café Dumo, a balanced coffee entremet, for I have missed out on these two back then.
There are new offerings, but I couldn't really be sure. The incumbents are great, but like all food places, innovation and improvement are necessary. Prices are steep, relatively, but not unjustified, for both the chefs' dedication to their craft and the impossible rent prices. Its tea selection is limited, but sufficient and apt for its sweets. Better coffee would retain more customers, because their palates are getting pickier with the saturation of cafés. Understandably, a standard espresso machine is a heavy investment, for cost is always an issue in a bustling city like Singapore.
On our part as consumers, we can be more discerning. If we want places like this to stay, because it is not just a business, then we have to acknowledge that our support makes a difference. Everyone will have their own favourites, and it's always sad to see them go. Yet I hope that Kki Sweets is here to stay, for its simplicity, its charm, and its warmth is the kind of love we would want to fall into.
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Author RoodeliaPosted on September 15, 2014 November 7, 2021 Categories CoffeehopsTags Cafe, Cake, Coffee, Culture, Design, Dreams, Entremets, Opinion, Patisserie, Singapore4 Comments on 11 | Till death do us part.
A cake is a cake is a cake.
Sous-Bois: mousse au cassis, bavarois au Kirsch, biscuit jaconde, confiture de cassis
In one of Will Smith's celebrated films, The Pursuit of Happyness, there was this line that I could recall:
"I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can never have it. No matter what. How did he know that?"
Amidst an ongoing debate on the pervasive 'paper chase' in my country, I thought it was apt to revisit this quote. The socio-cultural sentiment, that qualifications are sieves which separate the successful from the rest, has affected me personally. I am stuck in business school, when I'd rather be in the kitchen. While I am encouraged that there is such debate, it is equally difficult to conceive any imminent change in perspectives. One step at a time, but we must also consider how we relate success to happiness. This is an age-old concern, yet we are still so blind.
Rat race or paper chase, is happiness its attainable goal? Or are we doomed to Sisyphus' fate in an absurd pursuit, in which we must imagine ourselves happy? Who is Sisyphus anyway? Why does he have such a difficult name to pronounce?
In seeking these answers, let's not neglect the obvious fact that Sisyphus didn't have any cake while we do. Because if we can't have happiness, we can have cake. Let us eat cake.
Last summer, my pursuit has brought me to Tokyo. I didn't know much about Japanese pâtissiers; I only had chez Hidemi Sugino on my 'must-visit' list, thanks to his fame in the blogosphere. By little coincidence, I stayed two blocks away from his unassuming shop. On my third day in Tokyo, I decided to join the queue only 15 minutes before opening. This indifference was duly punished as the signature cake – 'ambroisie', was snapped up by those who came even earlier. Disheartened, but unbeaten, I chose four other petits gâteaux to share between my Dad and I. Three days later, I made another visit, only to miss the signature again, but two other cakes made up for that.
All in all, I tasted six cakes out of the 20 over that were charmingly displayed on the cake counter. (You see, I always had a thing for cake counters.) Each of the six has its own merits, but I was particularly inspired by the Framboisier. No photos were allowed, so words will have to suffice. Simply put, this layered cake accentuates our love for raspberries. Alternating layers of buttercream and jaconde offer soft and creamy textures on the palate, while the centre slice of jelly and garnishing raspberries present the refreshing and tangy aspect of this red midsummer gem. A layer of craquelin which sits atop the cake provides a crunchy distinction. With its shades and hues of red, and perfect layering, this cake grabs glances and robs hearts. As a whole, there is contrast, balance, and elegance, notwithstanding the fact that all elements comprise raspberries. Such is a dessert in which the ingredient humbles the chef, and the chef does justice to the ingredient.
The rest of the cakes were delights too. Amber Noix was a classic combination of chocolate, caramel and walnuts. Sous-Bois made another berry heaven. Tartelette au caramel passion, a bountiful tart of nuts and dried fruits wallowing in a smooth and rich passionfruit caramel, complemented by a quenelle of vaporous crème Chantilly. Charme was griottes, enough said, and Geometrin had an interesting, enlightening pairing of grapefruit and mint. Perhaps they weren't all mind-blowing, but in chez Sugino I realized how simplicity doesn't preclude ingenuity. After all, it takes most skill to execute the basics well beyond perfection.
On my first visit, Chef Sugino walked into the salon de thé from the kitchen. The gray hues of his hair suggested a certain frailty, at the same time an evidence of his dedication in decades. In his chef jacket, apron and clogs too, he glanced across the room in all modesty. He approached two boys accompanied by their mother for an afternoon treat, and they traded some words. I was too far away to hear anything, nor could I understand. Yet from the humble grin Chef Sugino revealed as he returned to the kitchen, I could imagine that to be his happiness, if not, close enough.
Author RoodeliaPosted on August 30, 2014 September 10, 2021 Categories Always HungryTags Chefs, Chocolate, Dreams, Food, Hidemi Sugino, Japan, Pastry, Patisserie, Raspberries, Tokyo, TravelLeave a comment on A cake is a cake is a cake.
You can fly! You can fly! You can fly!
Beware of pixie dust.
For the uninitiated, tsukemen is a different way of serving ramen. The noodles are separated from the broth, which, as a dip, is usually thicker than the typical ramen soup. This entails a more concentrated flavor, designed to captivate palates and minds of the young and the old. At the end of the meal, one can request for hot soup to be added to the remaining dip, which transforms it into a comfortable and refreshing finish.
At the heart of Tokyo, a particular tsukemen restaurant took the liberty of substituting the broth with pixie dust. This simple, yet ingenious, gesture makes its humble bowl of ramen magical. In Rokurinsha, there are no chefs; magicians take the stage to conjure bowls of tsukemen for their audience.
Are these the best noodles ever brought into existence? I've been told to avoid superlatives, but I can't help it that Rokurinsha is magical. Highly recommended by a deluge of TV hosts and celebrity chefs, the initial anticipation weighed me down (never trust the media). Yet with each slurp, the skepticism dissipated and my feet lightened. In the last sips from the bowl, I could hardly hang on to my seat. In the following hour, I felt like Peter Pan – floating in the air.
In Japan, ramen makes a casual meal, but serving it is a serious affair. It isn't difficult to stumble upon a random place and have your 'life-changing' bowl of noodles. I remember how, on my first trip to Tokyo, I had the 'best ramen ever' in a nameless restaurant. I swore then that I would not have any more ramen back home, but those were the days when dreams were as distant as the stars. A decade later, I realized with great (but readily available) miso, shoyu, or tonkotsu, you can't really get a 'bad' ramen. But some of these can turn out to be really heavy – the fat, the salt, and perhaps a reckless belief in umami. There's a reason why a spoonful of glutamate paralyzes your taste buds.
Rokurinsha's broth came across as a bowl of depth. Long hours of simmering with pork and chicken bones, and fish flakes made it incredibly rich. It was a rare experience to have a delicate balance of meat and fish flavors, and not forgetting the restrained application of umami. Apparently, there is some sort of 'dried fish powder' in the broth for that. I'm skeptical about 'using' umami, but neglecting this aspect of taste can be dangerous. Besides that, the noodles were succulent and chewy, perfect for the intense broth. The accompaniments were indispensable too – chashu, shredded pork, bamboo shoots, and a beautiful egg. The magic is in the 'unreal' sense of bliss at the end of the meal, unobstructed by any food lethargy. Pixie dust, I swear.
It is possible that I am still under the psychoactive effects of the meal, so I apologize for any hint of derangement. I visited the flagship branch in Tokyo Ramen Street, and queued for 40 minutes. There's a new branch at Tokyo Solamachi, a shopping mall adjunct the Tokyo Sky Tree. No regrets for this simple bowl of tsukemen; it's something to remember for a long time. Bon appétit !
Author RoodeliaPosted on August 23, 2014 September 10, 2021 Categories Always HungryTags broth, Food, Japan, Ramen, Tokyo, Travel, Umami1 Comment on You can fly! You can fly! You can fly!


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On its Regular Congress held in Tel Aviv, Israel on 19 September 2016, Balkan Athletics decided its calendar of events for the year 2017. A new event was introduced – the Balkan Junior Indoor Chamionships. Its first edition will take place on 11 February 2017 in Istanbul. The full 2017 Calendar can be found here.
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Broomfield City Council voted unanimously Tuesday — and amid applause — to amend sections of the municipal code regarding oil and gas regulations.
In general, the regulations ensure that oil and gas facilities are designed, modified, commissioned, constructed, equipped, operated, maintained, suspended, and abandoned in a manner that prioritizes the protection of human health, safety, and welfare.
They also contain provisions related to the location of proposed oil and gas well sites, including a requirement that operators conduct an alternative site analysis.
Environmental attorney Elizabeth Paranhos walked council members through the two pathways operators can choose from if they want to drill in Broomfield — a use by special review permit or an operator agreement.
The only difference between the two pathways is that for an operator agreement, an application does not need to go before Planning and Zoning, she said.
A use-by-special review would include three review steps — first going to staff for recommendations to vet whether it should be accepted, denied or accepted with revisions, then to Planning and Zoning, and finally to council.
There are 33 information requirements that the operator needs to provide for either path, Paranhos said, many of which include detailed plans such as air monitoring.
"They need to demonstrate the proposed facility meets the 301 committee recommendations which is now part of your charter," she said. "
Operators would be asked to submit a list of prior violations as part of their application, all non-compliance issues, near-misses and incidents within the past 10 years and, corrective actions they implemented. Companies must report any leaks they find or ones reported to the operator by a member of the public and repair all leaks immediately, Paranhos said. If the city determines it poses an immediate threat, the operator may not operate the affected component, equipment or pipeline segment until the operator has corrected the problem.
Air quality requirements would include electric power for drilling equipment, tankless production, a requirement that pipelines be in place prior to production, as wells as berms and secondary containment devices, and no permanent storage of chemicals.
"This is just the first step," Mayor Randy Ahrens said. "As things come up we can amend the ordinance. We can do it every two weeks if we need to."
The vote came after several hours of discussion where council members heard from representatives from the oil and gas industry and residents who have followed the oil and gas conversation for years.
Susan Speece, a Broomfield resident who served on the Oil and Gas Comprehensive Plan Update Committee, thanked council for approving the work done by the task force, noting committee members spent months designing that portion of the Comprehensive Plan.
Guidelines and regulations crafted by the task force are "clearly reflected" in the regulations council had before them, she said.
Speece noted that the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission set a precedent in October when the state organization came to Broomfield and listened to concerns of residents.
"They are ready for a change," Speece said. "Be courageous and pass these regulations, please."
Council members Stan Jezierski, Elizabeth Law-Evans, Mike Shelton, Deven Shaff, Kevin Kreeger, Kimberly Groom, Guyleen Castriotta and David Beacom all supported the ordinance with the understanding that additional amendments suggested during the meeting be listed for first reading at council's Aug. 7 meeting agenda.
Mayor Pro Tem Bette Erickson and Ward 2 Councilwoman Sharon Tessier were not at the meeting.
• Directing city staff to draft a citizen grievance reporting process and looking at setbacks. Castriotta brought up the issue, saying it doesn't make sense to have oil and gas operators follow setback requirements, but then allow developers to come into that same area and use lesser setbacks without adequate notice.
Law-Evans initially planned to file a substitute motion that would add task-force setbacks and ban a list of toxic chemicals, but decided not to after it was clear it would not pass.
Dan Haley, president and CEO of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, said he appreciated the time Broomfield staff, council and task force volunteers have invested in developing the proposed rules and hearing their comments, but that COGA has "several deep concerns" with the drafted regulations.
He said COGA is willing to work with Broomfield and find a common ground moving forward.
"Mr. Haley, you said COGA is willing to work with us in our needs to change state law, or within state law I think is what you said, and I think that is disingenuous," Shelton said during council comments, "because we all know there is such a narrow gap for cities to regulate. What does that mean? You'll work with us to regulate that little piece that we can regulate. It doesn't give us the assurance we need."
Instead of going to cities to make the argument that they can't preempt sate law, Shelton suggested Haley work with the COGCC and colleagues within the COGA to change state law.
Shelton suggested the state give local governments more local authority similar to other land-use authorities and give them the authority to protect individual rights, including forced pooling.
Mark Matthews, COGA's outside attorney, said the association has reservations about the "broad regulatory authority" that would be given to council if the measures were adopted.
Some regulations conflict with state conditions of approval and state law, he said, and the Colorado Supreme Court has set a precedent that local government does not have plenary authority over oil and gas.
He pointed to a state judge rejecting Thornton's rules requiring 750-foot buffers and pipeline safety to protect residents from intensifying oil and gas activity inside its boundaries. The court declared the rules illegal because they conflict with more permissive state law.
Several council members suggested amendments be added before the ordinance was passed — with Law-Evans agreeing to vote in favor of passing the ordinance even after it was clear her substitute motion would be voted down.
Initially, Kreeger said he would not vote to pass the ordinance unless his amendments were added, but during the meeting changed his mind.
Beacom was in favor of passing the ordinance and continuing the conversation.
"That way we don't delay this ordinance," he said. "I think we're taking a risk if we delay much longer."


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A new report, independently commissioned by the UK's Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, provides cutting-edge recommendations with the aim of achieving a 'Smokefree 2030'. This reflects the UK Government's ambition to reduce the smoking rate from 13.5% to 5% by the end of this decade. Written by Javed Khan OBE, MD, and published by the UK government on June 9, 2022, the report, "The Khan Review: Making Smoking Obsolete", assesses the impact of public health policies currently in place and finds that, "without other measures, England will miss the 2030 smoke-free target by at least 7 years, and the poorest areas of society will not reach it until 2044."
"To have a chance of reaching the 2030 smoke-free goal," he concludes, "we need to accelerate the rate of smokers' decline by 40 percent." This is the final message: "Smoking kills and ruins lives. But it doesn't have to be like that."
The Khan Review is relevant not only to the UK but also to the US, as we will explain.
The report offers a series of evidence-based recommendations – including four "critiques" – to accelerate progress and save more lives faster. They serve both as benchmarks for our friends across the Atlantic and as a model for what the United States could do the same more effectively to end the tobacco epidemic here.
In both countries, despite historic progress, smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death. There are also glaring inequalities. The poorest and most vulnerable populations are those most likely to continue smoking, making tobacco one of the main contributors to a significant increase in health problems and a reduction in life expectancy. for the most disadvantaged people.
The "must-haves" of the report include:
Increase investment. A global financial investment is necessary for smoking cessation treatment. The report advises that if the government is unable or unwilling to provide such funding directly, it should "make the polluter pay" by imposing additional taxes on cigarette manufacturers to cover the costs.
Increase sale age. The government should raise the age of sale from 18, by one year, every year until no one can legally buy cigarettes. (The federal minimum age in the United States is 21, with no annual increase.)
Promoting vaping as a harm reduction approach. The government should also increase its promotion of the use of e-cigarettes to help people quit smoking. The report states: "We know that vapes are not a magic bullet or completely risk-free, but the alternative [of combustible tobacco use, or smoking] is much worse."
Improving prevention in the National Health Service (NHS). Prevention must become a central part of NHS tobacco control efforts. It must offer smokers quit smoking advice and support in "every interaction they have with health services", including with GPs, hospitals, mental health care providers, midwives. women, pharmacists, dentists and optometrists.
The report also proposes other evidence-based policies, such as requiring tobacco licenses for retailers, changing the appearance of cigarettes and their packaging to reduce their appeal, expanding public places without smoke, investing in media campaigns, increasing cigarette taxes and ending duty-free privileges for tobacco products.
Finally, Khan urges the government to accelerate its plan for health practitioners to prescribe e-cigarettes (in addition to their continued sale as non-medicinal consumer products), especially in disadvantaged communities. This will help make harm reduction approaches acceptable to those who need reassurance from a physician and accessible to those who cannot easily afford e-cigarettes at retail.
These recommendations resemble New Zealand's ambitious Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 plan, which aims to end smoking and promotes e-cigarettes as having "the potential to contribute to the Smokefree 2025 target and…disrupt significant inequalities that are presented".
Contrary to the consensus of governments and public health organizations in these countries, the United States is mired in a polarized debate pitting concerns about the risks of e-cigarettes for young people against their potential to help addicted adult smokers quit. . The focus on youth protection has, to its credit, succeeded in reducing youth e-cigarette use by over 60%, to 7.6%, over the past 2 years, at the same time. that youth smoking rates have dropped to an all-time low of just 1.5% (alleviating concerns that youth vaping is encouraging smoking).
Youth vaping is no longer an "epidemic". But these efforts, which too often inaccurately portray the risks of e-cigarettes, have led to significant public misunderstanding about the significantly lower health risks of e-cigarettes compared to combustible tobacco products. This, in turn, has hindered the promotion of tobacco harm reduction to the more than 30 million adults who still smoke.
Recently, the FDA announced that it would ban Juul e-cigarettes due to what it described as a few unresolved issues related to potential toxicity, although it said it was not aware of any there are no immediate hazards associated with the use of the product. Advocacy groups were quick to tout the decision as rewards for a product that became popular with children starting in 2018. Yet while more than 2 million adults have switched from cigarettes to Juul, potentially avoiding more than a million of smoking-related deaths in the coming years, Juul is not more favored by young people, with only 0.6% of young people reporting having used a Juul product in the last 30 days.
Some experts have noted the irony that an e-cigarette popular with adult smokers trying to quit might be banned while billions of aggressively marketed and far more dangerous combustible cigarettes will continue to be sold with impunity. .
More positively for public health, the FDA continues to promote policies to significantly reduce the appeal of conventional cigarettes, such as reducing nicotine to non-addictive levels and eliminating menthol as a signature flavor. It has also in recent months authorized the sale of 23 brands of electronic cigarettes based on the agency's assessment that they are "appropriate for the protection of public health", the standard set out in its governing law. . Adhering more consistently to this "risk continuum" approach for different tobacco and nicotine products would align with the progressive approaches currently being followed in the UK and New Zealand, and perhaps greater confidence that the United States can simultaneously support adult smokers while protecting youth.
Let us not forget that the overriding public health objective must be to protect the public from harm, especially serious harm. The greatest harm to health is overwhelmingly caused by the inhalation of combustible tobacco smoke, which is responsible for virtually all "tobacco-related" deaths. Millions of adult smokers face imminent harm and even death from their use of combustible cigarettes.
Nicotine is addictive, but it is not the cause of many diseases resulting from the inhalation of burnt tobacco, a fact unknown to the majority of doctors. It is our clinical duty to help smokers quit where possible, supported by cessation medication and advice. And for smokers who cannot or do not want to use withdrawal drugs, we should encourage them to switch to significantly less harmful sources of nicotine, such as e-cigarettes.
Every day, more than 1,300 Americans die from smoking. At the same time, to our knowledge, there have been no credibly reported deaths caused by exposure to the aerosol of nicotine-based e-cigarettes. The UK and New Zealand are now leading the way in the battle to end the epidemic of tobacco-related illness and death. The United States can learn from them.
The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization with which they are affiliated.
Clifford E. Douglas, JD, is Director of the University of Michigan Tobacco Research Network and Adjunct Professor in the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Caitlin Notley, PhD, is Professor of Addiction Science and Head of the Addiction Research Group at Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia. She is director of the "Citizens Academy", involving patients and the public in research.
Douglas is co-principal investigator for research conducted by the Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulations, which is funded by the NIH/FDA. He is also an advisor to the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center at the University of California, San Francisco on behavioral health and smoking. Notley runs a program of work on smoking cessation and relapse prevention, including trials funded by the National Institute for Health Research in the UK
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The province of Carolina and especially the Colony of South Carolina had English settlers from Barbados in the 1660s and French Huguenots. There were concerns of the French and Spanish at different times in Florida pushing the Roman Catholic faith up the east coast.
In studying South Carolina genealogy, it is noted that to help attract new settlers to the new colony, the English encouraged religious freedom especially to Quakers, Baptists and Presbyterians. Even Jewish immigration was specifically encouraged as they were seen as reliable citizens, good traders and businessmen. By 1800, Charleston had the largest Jewish population in the United States. Also, coming in the South Carolina colony were Africans, some as indentured servants at first, but later mostly as slaves.
Between 1670 and 1717, the British traders of South Carolina conducted an immense trade in Native Indian slaves, many coming from further west by the Mississippi River and Tennessee areas. Some 24,000 to 51,000 Indian slaves were exported during this period to Boston and into the Caribbean. By 1719 South Carolina becomes a royal colony of England. From then on South Carolina colonists turned to using exclusively African slaves for labor for their new commodity crops of rice and indigo.
The low country, along the coast, was dominated by wealthy English men who became owners of large amounts of land on which they created plantations. The lands were rich and the climate good, making South Carolina one of the wealthiest colonies.
Examining South Carolina genealogy it is noted that in the 1700s more migrates from Pennsylvania and Virginia were of English and Scots-Irish descent. The relocated in the Upcountry or Backcountry section of South Carolina. Also, immigrants from Ulster, the Scottish lowlands and the northern end of England (the border counties) comprised the largest group from the British Isles before the American Revolution settled in South Carolina. These people relied on subsistence farming and rarely owned slaves. Given the differences in their backgrounds, class, slave-holding, economics and culture, there was longstanding competition between the wealthy of the Low Country and original folks in the Upcountry.
South Carolina declared independence from Great Britain and set up its state government on March 15, 1776. Because of the colony's longstanding trade with Great Britain, the Low Country cities had numerous Loyalists, those in support of England. While the colonists were fighting for independence, about 25,000 slaves escaped, migrated or died during the disruption of the war, which represented about 30 percent of the state's slave population. About 13,000 joined the British side, who had promised them freedom if they fought with them. From 1770 to 1790, the proportion of the state's population made up of African-Americans slaves dropped from 60 percent to 44 percent.
The Scots-Irish in the Backcountry were the strongest patriots in the War for Independence. Opposite of the support were a large group of immigrants from Northern Ireland who did remain loyal to the English. The whole area came together after the war as their ratify the new U. S. Constitution.
Going into the 19th century, many of South Carolina's plantation owners played the role of English aristocrats more than the planters of other states. The minority population for the whole state was white Europeans and they control the government and economic power. The majority of the population in South Carolina was black. In 1860 the population of the state was 703,620 with 402,000 labeled as African-American slaves. There were only about 10,000 free blacks.
During the 1830s and 1840 many of the white residents were against the abolitionist movement. Conditions and attitudes did not improve over the years. South Carolina was the first state to vote to secede from the Union in 1861 and became the founding state of the Confederacy. The Civil War proved to be a disaster for South Carolina. Poverty marked the state for generations to come. With major changes in the labor market, agriculture suffered. Racial and economic tensions continued for decades. Also, proportionally South Carolina lost more of its young white men of fighting age than did any other Southern state.
In the beginning of the 20th century, South Carolina developed a thriving textile industry. The state also converted its agricultural base from cotton to more profitable crops, attracted large military bases, and created tourism industries.
By 1900 the state's population climbed to 1.3 million. In 1950 the state had 2.1 million and in 2009 the state has 4.5 million residents. Approximately 69 percent of the population are of European backgrounds and 29 percent are African-Americans. Those of European descents are mostly English and Scots-Irish at 20 percent, German descent at 8 percent and Irish at 8 percent. A growing number of Hispanic descent are now living in South Carolina and represent 3 percent. Those following various Protestant religions make up 84 percent. The once large Jewish population has declined over the centuries, now only presenting about 1 percent of the South Carolina's population.


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Q: I am getting weird error in my django app I am trying to use Django dynamic scraper in my app and when I try to run the server I get this error message
RuntimeError: Model class dynamic_scraper.models.ScrapedObjClass doesn't declare an explicit app_label and isn't in an application in INSTALLED_APPS.

but I have this in my installed apps
dynamic_scraper

What seems to be the issue?
EDIT
    INSTALLED_APPS = (
      'django.contrib.admin',
      'django.contrib.auth',
      'django.contrib.contenttypes',
      'django.contrib.sessions',
      'django.contrib.messages',
      'django.contrib.staticfiles',

      # local
      'blog',

      # Third party
      'crispy_forms',
      'taggit',
      'haystack',
      'whoosh',
      'pagedown',
      'markdown_deux',
      'dynamic_scraper'
  )

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Tungabhadra River is a major river of India which flows into south Indian peninsula. The states through which the River flows are Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Actually, Tungabhadra is a combination of two rivers i.e. Tunga and Bhadra.
Tungabhadra River is known as the lifeline of the people of these three states for irrigation and transportation purpose.
In the religious texts and Ramayana, the name of the river Tungabhadra was mentioned as 'pampa' who was the daughter of Brahma according to the Hindu mythology.
The modern town of Hampi and the powerful Vijayanagar kingdom founded by Raja Krishna Deva Rai was situated on the banks of Tungabhadra River.
We have provided ten lines on Tungabhadra River in English for class 3, class 4, class 5 and class 6. After reading these lines you will know that what is Tungabhadra River, where Tungabhadra River flows, by which two rivers Tungabhadra River is formed, from where Tungabhadra River originates, what is the length and coverage area of Tungabhadra River, what is the average rate of flow of water in Tungabhadra River, which district is situated on Tungabhadra River bank etc.
You can add these lines in your essays and paragraph writing in your exam as well as in the school competition. It will support your essays on Tungabhadra River as well as related topics like Tungabhadra River origin, Tungabhadra tributaries, Tungabhadra dam, Tungabhadra facts or few lines on Tungabhadra etc.
1) Tungabhadra is a holy as well as sacred river which flows in south Indian peninsula.
2) Tungabhadra River flows through the states of Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
3) It is formed by the combination of two rivers 'Tunga' and 'Bhadra'.
4) The two rivers Tunga and Bhadra originates from Chikmagalur district of Karnataka.
5) Both Tunga and Bhadra rivers rise in 'Varaha Parvat' located in the Western Ghats.
6) Tungabhadra River flows in east, joins Krishna River and then drains into Bay of Bengal.
7) The length of Tungabhadra is 710 km and the coverage area is 72,200 square km.
8) Greater part of Tungabhadra River course is located in southern part of Deccan Plateau.
9) The average rate of water flow in Tungabhadra River is approximately 650 cubic m/sec.
10) Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh is situated on the banks of Tungabhadra River.
We have provided another set of ten points on Tungabhadra River for class 9, class 10, class 11 and class 12. After going through these points, you will find that in which states Tungabhadra River flows, what was the ancient name of Tungabhadra River, which modern city and the kingdom was established on the banks of Tungabhadra River, which dam is constructed on Tungabhadra River, which barrage is constructed on Tungabhadra River etc.
You can use these lines in your speeches and extempore in the school competitions. These lines will also increase your knowledge on Tungabhadra River and it will also be very useful in your seminars as well as in your GK quiz competitions.
1) Tungabhadra is a major and a sacred river which flows in southern peninsular part of India in the states of Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
2) The flowing of two rivers called 'Tunga' and 'Bhadra' at Koodli in Shimoga district of Karnataka ultimately produces a new river called Tungabhadra.
3) After the combination both Tunga and Bhadra, the river flows downwards to the eastern slopes of Western Ghats which are located in Karnataka.
4) Both Tunga and Bhadra rivers originate in Mudigere Taluka in Chikmagalur district of Karnataka and then takes north-east direction.
5) While taking the north-east direction Tungabhadra River flows through the uneven surfaces which is formed by big rocks called as the Deccan Plateau.
6) Tungabhadra River crosses through the plains covering a distance of 531 km and mergers with Krishna River at Gondimalla near Alampur in Andhra Pradesh.
7) In the epic Ramayana, the ancient name of Tungabhadra River was 'Pampa' and on the banks of it there are several ancient and holy sites.
8) The modern town of Hampi and the remains of Vijayanagar all are situated on the banks of Tungabhadra River.
9) Tungabhadra Dam constructed on the river near Hospet in Karnataka is considered as a multipurpose dam with storage capacity of 135 tmcft.
10) Rajolibanda Barrage, located at few miles from Mantralayam town is an inter-state barrage serving the irrigation needs of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
Tungabhadra River has religious as well as historical importance also. In modern times, the river is helpful to the people for irrigation and transportation purposes. Many dams and barrages are constructed on the river like the Tungabhadra Dam which is used for hydroelectricity and the Rajolibabanda barrages constructed for suitable irrigation and agriculture work in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh states. Many pilgrimages and holy sites situated on the river banks are a major source of attraction.


Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder problem which is characterized by losing weight. A systematic process should be followed for the treatment of this new generation disease. Legitimate mental health professionals, dieticians and doctors who have expertise in eating disorders should be approached for the treatment. Nutritional education and therapy are important for continued recovery. In case the patient's life is a threatening position then he might need treatment in a hospital because of medical complications and frequent refusal to eat. Proper medical care should be taken during the process. The main aim of Anorexia is going back to the healthy weight. Patient's primary care Doctor will help to keep the weight gain under control. Patient can return to healthy weight with the support of family members as they play a vital role in maintaining eating habits. Changing eating habits will have a huge effect rather than medicines in getting cured.
Bulimia is also known as bulimia nervosa this eating disorder is outlined by Binge eating disorder is falter by purging which means getting relieved by the food the patient has consumed. The time factor to cure from bulimia varies from person to person. Some patient's readiness and motivation to change is so high that they can instantly quit everything and on the other hand some people can take weeks or months to be cured. The patient should look at it as a process that starts by stopping the incorrect behaviors, also the patient's strengths play a vital role in the process of recovery from Bulimia. One must acquire help from friends or family so that the process of recovery becomes much easier. The process of getting cured from this disorder doesn't happens immediately it gets better with time.
"Consuming larger amount of food in shorter duration of time" is known as Binge eating disorder. This should be treated immediately without any delay from the genuine clinic otherwise it can lead to the risk of permanent injury or death. With proper treatment these risks can be eventually decreased. To choose the right treatment facility following factors should be considered, firstly approach only the genuine psychologists who have license and expertise in binge eating disorder, secondly the clinical staff should be both qualified and experienced and the team should have a legitimate nutritionist and a dietician. If the above conditions are satisfied there are a few things which should be clarified to confirm the taken decision. The clinic should have the expertise in treating the kind of binge eating disorder. The program in the clinic should be best for the patient and gender specific. Detoxification services should also be available in the clinic.
"Acceptance" the most crucial as well as an important factor to recover from eating disorder problems. Any patient who develops eating disorder problems can recover from it by first accepting it, this seems to be a challenging part but it will lead to success. The next thing you should follow is give up unhealthy eating behavior and beyond that you should be able to cope up with the emotional pain you go through and most importantly love yourselves during this phase. If the problem looks serious which sometimes can be, then a systematic as well as an organized approach should be managed. A patient should talk about the problem with someone they feel comfortable with. Patient can also get a treatment/therapy such as nutritional counseling, individual therapy and medical monitoring. Eating disorder can get over if a patient keeps a positive relationship with food during and after the treatment.
Eating disorders can also affect the patients' relationships according to this post. An eating disorder leads to complicated mental health issues which can eventually wreak havoc to the relationships as well. It can get really challenging in case you or your partner or both of you are suffering from this disorder. Women tend to get isolated from their partners and also may seem overly concerned about her appearance and weight and body. In this scenario these women have an eating disorder where they do not eat anything or very lesser than what is actually required. Men suffering from this disorder may over-eating order to avoid the stress. It is better, that you and your partner must seek therapy and get over this eating disorder. Once you recover, your relationships automatically get healed.
Postponing the treatment does more harm than good. People suffering from eating disorders such as Bulimia, anorexia or even binge-eating disorder need to get themselves treated. These are emotional and mental illnesses which people try to overcome by eating a lot of food. Food that sends them in a euphoria and having too much or too less of it can lead to eating disorder. It requires to be treated as early as possible. People usually postpone these treatments due to many reasons such as lack of resources, the uncertainty of where to ask for help, afraid of a child leaving the house for treatment and so on. Eventually this delay in treatment leads to PTSD, OCD and substance abuse and addiction. It is important that the gap between the patients and their disorders need to be plugged and this can only be done once they are put in facilities which treat their disorders.


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Here are the Oscar nominations in full - including nods for 'Banshees, 'An Cailin Ciuin' and Paul Mescal
Irish nominations flood in for the biggest night in movies
The Big Daddy of award ceremonies has revealed its nominations, and just like the BAFTAs, it's a good year for the Irish at the Academy Awards.
As expected, Martin McDonagh's 'The Banshees of Inisherin' has been nominated for multiple awards, including Best Original Screenplay as well as in multiple technical categories, including Best Editing.
Martin McDonagh is also nominated for Best Director, while 'Banshees' will go up against 'The Fabelmans', 'All Quiet on the Western Front', 'Avatar: The Way of Water', 'Elvis', 'Tar', 'Top Gun: Maverick', 'Triangle of Sadness', 'Women Talking' and 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' for Best Picture.
Colin Farrell is nominated for Best Actor, while his co-stars Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan have also been nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Kerry Condon also gets a nomination for Best Supporting Actress, while Paul Mescal has been nominated for Best Actor for his leading role in 'Aftersun'.
Happily, Irish language feature 'An Cailin Ciuin/The Quiet Girl' has also been nominated Best International Feature, while Northern Irish short 'An Irish Goodbye' is also nominated for Best Short Film.
All the way to Oscar @quietgirlfilm @RTE_Culture @RTE_Ents @rtenews pic.twitter.com/CS56roCjGf
— Sinéad Crowley (@SineadCrowley) January 24, 2023
Elsewhere, 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' picked up multiple awards, as did 'All Quiet on the Western Front', 'Avatar: The Way of Water' and 'Elvis'.
The Academy Awards take place on March 13th at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, and will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
Here are the nominations in full:
"Tár"
Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Steven Spielberg, "The Fabelmans"
Todd Field, "Tár"
Cate Blanchett, "Tár"
Austin Butler, "Elvis"
Angela Bassett, "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"
Barry Keoghan, "The Banshees of Inisherin"
"Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths"
International Feature
"All Quiet on the Western Front," Germany
"Argentina, 1985," Argentina
"Close," Belgium
"EO," Poland
"The Quiet Girl," Ireland
"Puss in Boots: The Last Wish"
"All the Beauty and the Bloodshed"
"A House Made of Splinters"
"Applause" ("Tell It like a Woman")
"Hold My Hand" ("Top Gun: Maverick")
"Lift Me Up" ("Black Panther: Wakanda Forever")
"Naatu Naatu" ("RRR")
"Time" ("Amsterdam")
"This Is a Life ("Everything Everywhere All at Once")
Makeup and Hairstyling
"My Year of Dicks"
Live-Action Short
The Razzies were forced to apologise after nominating a 12-year-old girl for 'Worst Actress'
Movie News 6 days ago
Actor Laurence Kinlan shares emotional footage of his son Orén at the Sundance Film Festival
Movie News 1 week ago
Alec Baldwin won't be charged with shooting 'Rust' director Joel Souza
The Irish have done very well with this year's BAFTA nominations - here's the full list


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Mobile devices are rapidly becoming the go-to choice for internet access for consumers. Reading takes place on a wide range of devices, from a small smartphone to a large computer monitor. A design that works well on one screen size may not be readable on another. The user's experience with your mobile app is paramount, and should be the outcome of significant thought, design, investment, testing, and refinement. It's easy to discuss the need for an interface to be simple, usable, and concise. It's surprisingly difficult to create an interface that fulfills those needs.
As designers, developers, and UX practitioners who strive to achieve business success through designing mobile experiences, we face many design challenges.
What is the right interface solution for my project (responsive design, adaptive design, native app, etc.)?
How do I choose the right navigation?
What is the right layout approach for maximizing the use of the screen real estate?
When and how should I use the various patterns/ screen elements available across mobile operating systems?
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Reports are surfacing in Mexico that WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (39-11-2, 27 KOs) has withdrawn from planned defense with undefeated Mikey Garcia (29-0, 25KOs). The fight was scheduled for November 10th at The Wynn in Las Vegas. Salido reportedly suffered some form of hand injury, possibly from a door slamming on his hand but that has not been confirmed. HBO was going to televise the fight.
UPDATE: According to a member of Salido's camp, the boxer suffered a broken index finger and will be out four to six weeks. The champion wants to reschedule the fight for January 2013.
Lol Mikey's beatdown gets pushed back a while don't sweat it.
I'm literally devastated at this news.


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Android Software updates Apps Google
Android 8.1 revealed to be coming next as the newest Google Search app gets scrutinized
By Peter Kostadinov
According to a teardown of the latest version of the Google app for Android, the Mountain View software giant is already working on the next version of Android that will likely arrive in the following 2-3 months for all eligible devices, likely alongside the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2.
That'd be Android 8.1 and it will likely introduce a neat amount of changes due to the simple fact that it will be joined by a siginificant bump in the Android SDK, which is set to hit number 27. In case you didn't know, the SDK is essentially a collection of APIs that allows third-party developers to make use of the features of the operating system. As a refresher, Android 8.0 Oreo introduced SDK 26 to the world, and since minor Android updates don't usually come along with an update of the SDK, we should probably expect some neat new features coming our way.
Back on the Google app teardown, it seems that the icon for the unreleased Google Lens app has been changed. Here's what it used to look like versus what it looks currently inside the Google app:
Google Lens icon evolution
Additionally, the code drops a hint or two about Bisto, Google's rumored smart headphones that will likely challenge Apple's AirPods.
There's also a heavy hint that a built-in screenshot editor might be making it to Android, with Android 8.1 being a prime candidate for such an incremental yet useful functionality. We suppose that the feature will allow you to crop and write down notes on screenshots you take, similar to what many manufacturers have implemented in their custom Android skins.
As far as the next major Android version is concerned, we already reported that Google has started work on Android P (Popsicle? Poptart? Pez?) which should arrive as a developer beta in early 2018 and be ready for prime release in August 2018 should Google stick to its established software-related schedules.
source: 9To5Google


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package com.pholser.lambspec.adapters.hamcrest;

import org.hamcrest.StringDescription;
import org.junit.Test;

import static com.pholser.lambspec.Subject.expect;
import static com.pholser.lambspec.adapters.hamcrest.MatcherPredicate.match;
import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.startsWith;
import static org.junit.Assert.*;

public class MatcherPredicateTest {
    @Test public void metExpectationUsingHamcrestMatcherAsPredicate() {
        expect("foo").to(match(startsWith("f")));
    }

    @Test public void unmetExpectationUsingHamcrestMatcherAsPredicate() {
        try {
            expect("foo").to(match(startsWith("d")));
        } catch (AssertionError expected) {
            assertEquals(
                "[foo] did not satisfy ["
                    + StringDescription.toString(startsWith("d"))
                    + ']',
                expected.getMessage());
            return;
        }

        fail();
    }
}

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Some weeks you just have to improvise. Too many balls in the air. Mostly fun, but a sad one as well. We've lost a beloved friend from church who hosted our weekly Bible study at her home. Valerie never met a stranger; she was so graciously welcoming when I first met her at a retreat last October. On hospice care for the last few weeks, the weekly study has migrated to our home and the group is improvising how to do life without this inspiring friend.
And at the same time, life goes on. We remain engaged with all the activities and responsibilities that crowd our calendars. Yet one of my projects, our granddaughter's wedding quilt came to a screeching halt a couple of weeks ago. A complicated pattern that requires intense attention to a tome of written instructions, I reached a point where I wasn't sure I was doing it "right." I didn't want to continue sewing units together with the very real possibility that they might all have to be taken apart…all 72 of them! The clerk at the quilt shop who specialized in these kinds of patterns had been ill, was still ill, and wasn't going to be available for consultation for another week. Have I mentioned making this quilt is all about delayed gratification? Now things were delayed more than usual.
So in the interim, an idea from Pinterest inspired some improv digging through my stash. Enough of everything was available except a pattern…which I had to improvise…more or less successfully. The pattern reminded me of DNA strands which invited me to reflect on the pleasure of creativity being in my DNA. But during the process of piecing the quilt front, I made every rookie mistake there is to make in quilting. Let's just say my seam ripper and I were on a first name basis. Which got me to improvisationally reflect on Roman 7's "oh wretched (wo)man that I am, I don't do what I want to do, and do what I don't want to do…" Yup, that's in my DNA too.
But it was the back art for the quilt that brought me the most pleasure…and immediate gratification. I began a quilt backing that would hopefully use up as much of the remaining fabric as possible in a way that used bold colors, large negative spaces, in a graphic composition that was both balanced and irregular ….improvisational… qualities frequently found in contemporary modern quilts. My studio design wall didn't lend itself to laying out this composition, so our large, round oak dining table became an improv design space. Only small bits of yardage remain of the substantial original pile. While this scrappy quilt was a great stash buster, the immediate gratification of this two-day project was immensely pleasurable. And taught me that the pleasure of improv is also in my DNA. The things we learn about ourselves when we're, seemingly, looking the other way!
In the midst of delayed gratification, what have you turned to creatively for a wee bit of immediate gratification? What have you learned about yourself in the process? What were the improv pieces that were a part of that learning? How might what you learned about yourself influence your future?
Great word Lynne. Yes, in the midst of delayed gratification I've often tried to find moments of immediate gratification. How? Definitely prayer. I find time with God brings immediate grace which is really nice when I'm waiting on big picture stuff (friends who have cancer as an example).
Also, if I can't find time to surf (which is a huge way I find rest), I try to exercise for 30 minutes. Doesn't reach deep into my soul but definitely helps in the moment.
And finally, if time is really full at work, family, home….moments of gratification come when Ginny and I sit at the end of the day (around 10pm) and have a glass of wine and watch Netflix.
my most recent improv is increased surface design. after finally recovering from plantar fascitis in my right foot, i have it in my left foot. so i need to stay off my feet as much as possible. i love to dye fabric, but that, too, requires a good amount of standing. so, i'm painting fabric. i can stay seated for this & i'm having a blast. so far, i'm mostly stenciling or stamping the fabric. i have all the supplies i need & i can use a large banquet table in the activity room where i live. improvising has been a frequent activity in my life. first, due to my stroke & having to relearn so many things. now, it's a result of a tired body that has served me well, but is over-used. it's okay& i'm okay.
Hi Lynn, Enjoyed your words again. I'm always amazed at your talent and creativity in word and deed. Bless you and your family this special season of life and hope.
Lynn, Love your thoughts. Truth comes in this type of wisdom no matter if it is quilting or just plain living life in God's Lights. Would so enjoy receiving more.


HAMPTON BEACH — As proud parents and curious beachgoers looked on, Sydney Cooke kept telling herself to assume the worst.
Clad in an orange gown and nervous, she figured that pessimism was the best strategy for cushioning the blow of disappointment. Instead, Cooke was named Junior Miss Hampton Beach at the Sea Shell Stage and took home the crown.
"I've never won the pageant before," said Cooke, who in past years competed in the Little Miss competition on the same stage, once finishing as runner-up.
Cooke had two reasons to feel special on Saturday. Not only did she win the pageant, but she celebrated her 11th birthday in style. Stephanie Cooke, Sydney's mother, said that her daughter wasn't sure how she would fare against older girls. In the end, both mother and daughter could not have been more happy with how it turned out.
Cooke and her daughter traveled from North Andover, Mass., for the pageant, which is not limited to state residents. Cook said her daughter performs in about three pageants every year.
Sydney was indeed surprised that her name was called last. She said that it was a great way to cap an already exciting day, noting that there was nothing better than winning on her birthday.
"When I get home, ice cream sundaes for everyone," Cooke said, bouquet in hand.
Onlookers ate their lunches and crammed the benches as the pageant winners were announced. Some spectators had just come out of the water, while others were taking refuge in the shade. Each participant received a small trophy and a generous applause before the champions were crowned.
Josie Koutalidis and her husband Chris cheered loudly when their daughter Caitlyn, 7, was named Little Miss Hampton Beach. Koutalidis said that Caitlyn and her twin sister compete in pageants but never against each other.
Michelle Dunbar was there to cheer on her daughter Hannah, 6. Dunbar, of Portsmouth, said that this was Hannah's second year participating in the Little Miss Pageant, and that it is becoming something of a summer tradition for mother and daughter. Contestants each participate in an interview with a panel of judges, a choreographed dance, and introduce themselves and have an interview onstage. Dunbar said that she gets to help her daughter with her makeup and hairstyling.
Contestants each participate in an interview with a panel of judges, a choreographed dance, and introduce themselves and have an interview onstage.
After a long day of competition and pageantry, however, Dunbar said that her daughter would be looking forward to a sweet snack.
"She wants fried dough," Dunbar said.


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Ashbrook Riding Club claimed two of three qualification places on offer for the Connolly's Red Mills Team Dressage Championship last Sunday.
The Ashbrook team of Ashbrook John Gavin (Good News Charlie), Margaret Aughney (FCD Something Special), Helena Fitzgerald (Gentleman James) and Niamh Campbell (Boots) held a narrow advantage over second placed, Border Counties who had a total of 401.13%.
Ashbrook also claimed third place on 398.97.
An updated list of qualified teams and individuals is available here.


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KXM – Circle Of Dolls
Over the years, dUg Pinnick has put his name to some fantastic albums. His long career with King's X has afforded him a legendary status. Likewise, guitarist George Lynch has performed on some great material. Even at times when Dokken's material didn't hit the mark back in the 80s, Lynch's lead guitar work was almost always terrific. In theory, a union between the two should have created hard rock gold, but unfortunately, the first two albums released by KXM – their supergroup with KoЯn's Ray Luzier – were patchy affairs. 2017's 'Scatterbrain' was an improvement on the 2014 debut, but still fell a little short in direct comparison to anything by King's X at their very best. The bulk of this third album – their first for Frontiers Records – follows suit with another hit and miss collection of heavyweight rockers.
In the King's X framework, Pinnick's huge bass sound and vocal wail sound even better thanks to the all important contrast from guitarist Ty Tabor's psychedelic and poppier textures. As frontman of this sometimes very different trio, Pinnick finds himself without such a sympathetic foil, and so, the bulk of the record finds dUg and George with amps cranked riffing like hell. If you love heaviness to come at the expense of almost everything else, chances are you'll love all of it exactly for what it is, but for anyone approaching this expecting a hugely retro feel and some interesting variations on the players' day jobs, it's a record that will often be in danger of coming up short.
Not wanting to break listeners in gently, 'War of Words' open with a barrage of guitar sounds heavy on the effects, as if heard from the end of a telephone. This, obviously, leads the listener to thinking everything will go boom in a big way, which it inevitably does. The main riff is superb, like a heavier take on an old Dokken tune which, backed by a fantastic drum part, kicks the album off with a real intent. By the time Lynch drops into a frantic solo and Luzier reaches for the bass drum pedals, it's almost like hearing a heavy Lynch Mob track reworked by Stone Sour. With a great sound boosted by Pinnick's bass, this is KXM at their most aggressive – and even a full on wail from dUg himself can't kill the vibe they've created.
From then on, very few of the heavier tracks reach such a high standard. 'Mind Swamp' retains the heaviness, but has a far less interesting, almost grungy riff. It's fine if you like that sort of thing…but if that's your bag, you'll find a lot of better examples out there. The riff might have worked better if there were anything resembling a song built around it, but beyond a quieter verse where dUg's bass pushes through with a great sound, there's little here to get excited about. The chorus absolutely kills everything with pointless repetition and a genuinely horrible vocal…all of which is made worse by a nasty brickwalled production sound. Likewise 'Big As The Sun' starts with an interesting funk oriented groove – something very much driven by Luzier – but upon reaching the chorus, everything sounds like a near impenetrable wall of guitars, made worse by the really hard edged, distorted sound. That said, Pinnick is in great shape vocally and a few harmonies tip the hat to King's X at their best but, unfortunately, the good moments are fleeting.
Thankfully, there are a couple of softer numbers to break things up and it's these slightly more reflective tunes that stop this album being a general duffer. 'Wide Awake' begins with a huge bass that's instantly recognisable as Pinnick's and, indeed, the verse of this particular track could easily slot alongside a couple of bits from King's X's 'Manic Moonlight' album from the late 90s. Realising the potential in this layered, slightly trippy sound, dUg finds a little of his older, soulful voice…and it's great. The inclusion of a fantastically bluesy solo from Lynch over a backdrop that sounds like an updating of Rainbow's 'Stargazer' also suggests that KXM can really hit the mark when they want to, so it's all the more frustrating that this album doesn't settle for this kind of atmospheric mood more often. 'Time Flies' brings some solid, driving rock music which often sounds like the best King's X song you've never heard, full of harmonies lurking beneath a huge bass and featuring a simple but effective chorus. Luzier's drum work is always sympathetic to Pinnick's sense of groove and Lynch, bizarrely sounds as if he's channelling Alex Lifeson on the verse, before ushering in some heavier sounds for the chorus. His choice of solo is unexpected, too, mixing some tasteful rock chops with the occasional jazz fusion flourish. It very much shows how working with different musicians can bring out some different ideas. This is a seriously great track; it's one that ultimately doesn't as much show the potential greatness within KXM, but rather more highlight the shortcomings of most of the rest of the LP. Between a hazy 60s vibe in places, another classic King's X styled verse and a cheeky nod to AC/DC's 'For Those About To Rock' during the intro, 'Twice' is a genuine melting pot of musical ideas. With everything held together by dUg's voice and bass, it's another number aimed squarely at the King's X fan rather than the Dokken devotee, but it moves nicely and thankfully it's delivered with a rather more pleasing end mix too – for once, there's just there's enough space between the instruments to let the song breathe. For the King's X fan, this trilogy of great tracks is pretty much all you'll need.
Elsewhere, things aren't quite as appealing, unfortunately. 'Cold Sweats' shifts gears into a full on funk that – at least individually – shows off Luzier and Lynch in good form. However, once the off-kilter groove is applied to various vocals that sound like they're intended for a different song and a heavy chorus that never rises beyond sounding like "King's X Castoff #14", there's nothing to get excited about in the long term. The title track brings more of a melodic edge and shows more potential in this musical union as the trio hit upon another slightly funk oriented metal groove that actually sounds like Lynch Mob joined by Pinnick's hard, driving bass sound. Fans of Kings X's dirtier 'Dogman' album will almost certainly find something to like within the music. At the point you start to think there'll be something else to add to the few stand out tracks, though, it becomes depressingly obvious that the band forgot to write anything like a half-memorable hook to go with the tune. Where you'd hope for something along the lines of classic Pinnick, the melody drops into a muddy psychedelic noise with the vocals buried somewhere under Lynch's heavy guitar sound. It's very much the kind of track you'd spin twice and then forget about…forever.
Somewhere between the great and merely okay, 'A Day Without Me' also scales back some of the heaviness in and uncovers a world of swampy blues that has Pinnick's distinctive talents in the driving seat. His fat bass tones come straight from a couple of King's X classics, which combined with a soulful vocal and some bluesy dobro-ish sounds from Lynch really sets the mood nicely. Further into the track, there's a superb heavy groove over which drops in a tasteful but meaty solo. Unfortunately, like far too much of KXM's work, these enjoyable elements are joined by a heavy as hell chorus that completely derails everything. The heaviness isn't the real problem on this particular track; the main issue stems from the awful production values where everything just seems to be pushed in red giving a distorted end sound. Combine that with Pinnick wailing endlessly and something with potential just becomes another unnecessarily tough listen.
Despite the obvious talent within the band, the bulk of this album just seems to a little too heavy for the sake of it, to the point of becoming a bit tiring in places. Undoubtedly, the Frontiers Records apologists will blame the member of KoЯn for any – or all – of KMX's and this album's shortcomings…and wrongly, too, since Luzier's drumming is actually pretty much perfect for the unsubtle job in hand. Fact is, despite having so much potential, so much of 'Circle of Dolls' just sounds like three guys trying to outplay each other constantly, which combined with excessive distortion just doesn't lend itself to anything with any real longevity. An album to approach with caution.
This entry was posted in Album & EP Reviews and tagged doug pinnick, dUg pinnick, frontiers records, george lynch, hard rock, king's x, korn, kxm, ray luzier by Real Gone. Bookmark the permalink.


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Wayno Explains 'Jeen-Yuhs' Roc-A-Fella Office Scenes: It Was Kind Of Annoying!!
February 18, 2022 admin Celebrity Gossip 0
Former Roc Nation Roc-A-Fella A&R hopped on Twitter to explain the scene of Kanye West and a camera crew storming the office to play his song, "All Falls Down."
In the scene, Ye is trying to get signed and plays the song in the office. Nobody seems to be paying him much attention.
"Lmao the context behind this is he played this song in the office and did this with a camera crew like 10x. how many times can you have a crazy reaction to something you've heard 10x it was kind of annoying at that point," Wayno wrote.
"Y'all also gotta realize this is at a time when phones ain't even have cameras on em, he came with a camera crew all the time recording everything. People weren't used to that, Chaka hair ain't even done you think she was happy to be on camera?"
He added, "Ima stop talking but it's amazing that people will tell me what happened in a video clip when I was actually there worked there and I'm in the damn clip."
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Q: hide a form attribute without "hiding" the boostrap row col-4 using jquery I need to be able to hide the form1 but NOT the col-4-md bootstrap space that it takes up. When I hide form1, form2 which is in the same row gets pushed over the 4-col spacing. The short one minute video might the be the easiest way to see what I am trying to do.
HTML Code:

<input type="submit" class="col-4 btn btn-success" id="delivery_btn" value="Enter Delivery Address"></input>

 OR

  <input type="submit" class="col-4 btn btn-success" id="pickup_btn" value="Find Pickup Location"></input>

    <form class="col-4" id='form1'>

      Enter Address
    <input type="text" placeholder="Example: 123 Main St."></input>

  Enter Zip Code
    <input type="text" placeholder="Enter Zip Code"></input>

    <input type="submit"></input>
</form>

   <form class="col-4" id='form2'>
<input type="text" value="Zip"></input >

    <input type="submit" value="search"></input>
</form>

Jquery Code
$('#delivery_btn').on('click', function(){
  $('#form1').toggle();

});

$('#pickup_btn').on('click', function(){
  $('#form2').toggle();
});

Using prop like Changing .prop using jQuery does not trigger .change event was one idea I had, but prop is NOT supported on IE. Plus I am not even sure if it would work as it would probably still hide the col-4 as well.
I am sure there could be a easy way to solve what I am trying to do. Thank you in advance.

A: There is a little mistake in html and jquery code

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.2.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-GJzZqFGwb1QTTN6wy59ffF1BuGJpLSa9DkKMp0DgiMDm4iYMj70gZWKYbI706tWS" crossorigin="anonymous">

 <input type="submit" class="col-4 btn btn-success" id="delivery_btn" value="Enter Delivery Address">
</input>

 OR

<input type="submit" class="col-4 btn btn-success" id="pickup_btn" value="Find Pickup Location"></input>

  <form id='form1'>
   Enter Address
   <input type="text" placeholder="Example: 123 Main St."></input>

   Enter Zip Code
   <input type="text" placeholder="Enter Zip Code"></input>

   <input type="submit"></input>
  </form>

  <form id='form2'>
   <input type="text" value="Zip"></input >

   <input type="submit" value="search"></input>
  </form>

A: You can achieve that by setting the form's visibility style to hidden or opacity to 0.
$('#delivery_btn').toggle(function(){
    $('#form1').css({'visibility': 'hidden'});
}, function() {
    $('#form1').css({'visibility': 'visible'});
});

A: One approach is using toggle() over the form's childrens, basically like this:
$('#delivery_btn').on('click', function()
{
    $('#form1').children().toggle();
});

$('#pickup_btn').on('click', function()
{
    $('#form2').children().toggle();
});

However, I will use an edited version of the skeleton you have to get a better Bootstrap template, check the example:

$(document).ready(function()
{
    $("#form2").hide();
});

$('#delivery_btn, #pickup_btn').on('click', function()
{
    $('#form1, #form2').slideToggle();
});

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.2.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-GJzZqFGwb1QTTN6wy59ffF1BuGJpLSa9DkKMp0DgiMDm4iYMj70gZWKYbI706tWS" crossorigin="anonymous">

    <button class="btn btn-success btn-block" id="delivery_btn">
      Enter Delivery Address
    </button>

OR

    <button class="btn btn-success btn-block" id="pickup_btn">
      Find Pickup Location
    </button>

    <form id='form1'>

        Enter Address
        <input class="form-control" type="text" placeholder="Example: 123 Main St." id="address">

        Enter Zip Code
        <input class="form-control" type="text" placeholder="Enter Zip Code" id="zip">

      <button type="submit" class="btn btn-info btn-block">
        Submit
      </button>
    </form>

    <form id='form2'>

        <input class="form-control" type="text" value="Zip">

      <button class="btn btn-warning btn-block" type="submit">
        Search
      </button>
    </form>

A:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.2.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" >

    <button class="btn btn-success btn-block" id="delivery_btn">
      Enter Delivery Address
    </button>

==OR==

    <button class="btn btn-success btn-block" id="pickup_btn">
      Find Pickup Location
    </button>

    <form id='form1'>

        Enter Address
        <input class="form-control" type="text" placeholder="Example: 123 Main St." id="address">

        Enter Zip Code
        <input class="form-control" type="text" placeholder="Enter Zip Code" id="zip">

      <button type="submit" class="btn btn-info btn-block">
        Submit
      </button>
    </form>

    <form id='form2'>

        <input class="form-control" type="text" value="Zip">

      <button class="btn btn-warning btn-block" type="submit">
        Search
      </button>
    </form>

Radio buttons

    First radio
      <input type="radio" name="radio" checked="checked"/>

    Second radio
      <input type="radio" name="radio"/>

Javascript:
$(document).ready(function()
{
    $("#form2").hide();
});

$('#delivery_btn, #pickup_btn').on('click', function()
{
    $('#form1, #form2').slideToggle();
});

CSS:
.control-group{
  display inline-block
  vertical-align top
  background $color--white
  text-align left
  box-shadow 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)
  padding 30px
  width 200px
  height 210px
  margin 10px
}

.control {
  display block
  position relative
  padding-left 30px
  margin-bottom 15px
  cursor pointer
  font-size 18px
}