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Over the weekend I surpassed the "2,000 items in my physical collection" mark. Can you believe it, 2,000 already! But it did took me 10 years to build it up and I have more to collect. I usually purchase stuff that I can't find on iTunes or other media sites. I also like stuff that weren't very popular or just one-hit wonders. And, of course, I like extended 12″ singles, which the local second-hand usually has a lot of.
A 12″ single I recently picked up was "Play Another Slow Jam" by a short-lived R&B girl group named Gyrl. This group was orginally made up of three members: Jamila (who was a dancer in Prince's "Diamonds and Pearls" video), her sister Miyoko, and Paulette. They started off as backup dancers, under the name Innosence, for the R&B group Immature. It wasn't until 1995 when the group made their debut with the single "Play Another Slow Jam". The single reached #74 on the Billboard Top 100 R&B singles.
The group experienced a loss soon after the single's release as Paulette quit the group. Jamila and Miyoko kept dancing while looking for a replacement. The girls got their wishes answered a while after after when Jeanae' Briley and Tai-Amber Hoo joined. The now quartet released their second single, "Get Your Groove On", in 1997. The single, which was featured in the Halle Berry movie "B*A*P*S", was a success as it reached #30 on the R&B charts. But, the group broke up soon after.
The members went onto focus on different careers. Jenae' Briley did some songwriting and became a cosmetologist. Tai-Amber Hoo joined Nobody's Angel in 2001 for a brief time. Miyoko became a stylist. Paulette Maxwell appeared as a dancer on a late 90s' UPN show "One on One" and composed for another UPN/CW show called "All of Us". She also became the CEO of her own company, Creation Soul Productions.
However, the most successful member was Jamila, who now goes by the name Mila J. She has appeared on various songs done by Omarion, Treyz Songz, and other artists. The latest song she appeared on was Timberland's "Don't Get No Betta", which its music video was released earlier this year. She made her debut in 2014 by releasing the EP "M.I.L.A". She is expected to release a full LP by this summer. She recently released a song, entitled "#TBH", from upcoming LP on Soundcloud.
"Play Another Slow Jam" is a mid-tempo jam that isn't hard to follow alon. It doesn't feature a lot of synthesized instruments, opting to a bare instrumentation in favor to feature more of the vocals. Speaking of the vocals, they are a hit or miss depending on which part you listen to. When the girls sing together, the vocals can be very strong and pleasing to listen to. The chorus features the typical 90s' R&B girl group sound but it's not overly annoying, it actually sounds pretty nice. However, whenever Paulette or Jamila sing their solo parts, their vocals come off as airy and weak with little or no breath support. Jamila does hav a voice that suits the song well and can control her breathing better than Paulette. Nevertheless, I am going to chalk up the weak vocals to the reason that these girls were pretty young when "Play Another Slow Jam" was released and it was their first song. The second single and the girls' newer releases prove this as the girls learned from this song and improved their skills.
This Gyrl song isn't anything too special; it has a basic melody, basic instrumentation, typical R&B sound, and sub-par to weak vocals. But, it's pretty decent to listen to if you want to remember the 90's or just want something to chill with.
Besides, doesn't this song sound like Aaliyah's "Old School"?
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Katrina Kaif Opens Up On Why Bharat is a Very Special Film For Her
Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif have a long past when it comes to sharing screen space. This jodi has given many blockbuster films till date and are also considered one of the most loved jodis of the Bollywood. Now repeating the history, the couple will be once again seen romancing each other in Ali Abbas Zafar's Bharat. In a recent F2F, Ali had confessed that it was a tough job for him to write love scenes for the on-screen couple as they have romanced each other a lot of times in the past. And creating something new and different than what has already been seen in the past was an arduous task.
In a live Twitter Q & A session conducted by Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and Ali Abbas Zafar, the female cast member revealed why Bharat is a special film for her, her working experience with Sunil Grover, the most challenging portion from the film and much more. She said,
"What's special about the film is the way Ali has written Bharat and Kumud's character. After the kind of films that me and Salman have already done together, I still felt when I saw the film that there was a completely different dynamics which he was able to bring in the film between the characters. I think that's not easy to do because we have done quite a few films together. The way the characters are so unique, the way it comes together and the scale of the film, the emotion, heart, and soul of the film, the soul. These are few reasons why it's very special."
About the most challenging portion from the film, Kat said, playing the role of an older woman.
"As a person, my mind and body language is very fast. We talk fast in today's day and age. We think fast. It was really important to just kind of slow down and be very still in your mind. You are also not that worried at that age because most of the tension about the future is gone away by that time. So, you are lot more peaceful in your mind."
And finally, about her working experience with Sunil Grover, she added,
"There were a few days where on the set on the mornings, the call times would perhaps be 8 am and Sunilji and me would be on the set. We would be waiting just for a very short time for sometimes when Salman would come. So in those hours when we were waiting, we actually got a chance to have some incredible conversation. That's when I first got to know Sunilji and I realized that he's incredibly a knowledgeable person. Of course, he's funny. But he's actually got such incredible knowledge about culture, books, and so many things. You can just talk to him on any topic. He was really wonderful person to spend time with."
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Best Buy will be hosting a midnight release for 350 of it's U.S. locations for the release of the PlayStation VR headset. October 13th 12:01 A.M., consumers on the East coast will go to an approved Best Buy for the midnight release, and West coast will be able to receive theirs October 12th at 9:00 P.M.
To find out if your Best Buy (or one near you) is participating in the event, check out the listing here. The list seems a bit random as far as locations as I don't have any in my city of Indianapolis (which is the state capital and largest city in Indiana) yet, some small surrounding towns will have them.


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War of the Ring Second Edition in Polish!
A new international partnership has been announced for War of the Ring Second Edition: the game will be published in Polish by Galakta, the leading game publisher of fantasy and sci-fi board and card games in Poland. The Polish edition will be released in spring 2012 together with the German, Italian and Spanish editions.
"We are glad to take part in such a great project as War of the Ring. There are many fans of Tolkien's trilogy in our country and we believe that they will find many great experiences during their play sessions with this game", said Dariusz Waszkiewicz, CEO of Galakta.
"We are working with skilled international game publishers to publish the new edition of War of the Ring in different languages, to give to non-English speaking players the chance of playing the game fully and of enjoying the setting in the best way. Galakta is a great company and will surely match the Polish players' expectations", declared Christoph Cianci, CEO of Ares Games.
Ares Games had already announced the partnerships with Devir (Spain), Heidelberger (Germany), and Red Glove (Italy).


Branding takes finesse. It takes a fine eye, an understanding of the market and a savvy account of what consumers really want. You would think well-established companies had these bases covered…but the sad truth is that everyone has a blind spot.
If there's one thing you need to learn from other businesses, it's what NOT to do. You'll find you learn a lot more from someone's branding disasters than their branding successes.
One thing that's important to keep in mind is that iconic logos probably shouldn't be altered or tampered with. In the case of fledgling businesses, pick a logo that works and stick with it.
Gap did exactly the opposite of that in 2010. Despite being a company with a logo that's iconic to the brand, Gap decided that some change was necessary moving into the new decade. They swapped their white-text-on-blue-square logo for black text on a white background with a small blue box. The new look was dated and out of sync with their image. In the end, the disaster cost them big bucks.
Another company with an iconic logo, Best Buy, tried to change their image up in 2008. You may not remember the new look simply because it lasted for only a few weeks. Switching from their black text/yellow price tag look to a more minimalist design didn't actually fare well for the company. The new design was clunky and didn't utilize space well.
The lesson to learn here is always be aware of your design skills. If you aren't capable of designing a winning logo, look elsewhere and don't be ashamed. If even companies like Best Buy can have graphic design misses, you're allowed to have a few too.
Intrigued by that subheading? You might be even more intrigued by the actual logo itself. Without reading the text, what kind of company do you think would inspire this kind of squid-like disaster?
The reality is that Cottbus is a German city. The city, looking to rebrand themselves, created a contest that awarded 800 euros to the winner. This was the design that was selected, though the city soon realized their mistake. They've since rebranded after Internet users turned their new logo into the newest meme. What can you learn from this? It's simple: don't make obviously bad decisions.
…don't fix it. However, Coca Cola has attempted to do this multiple times. While their can design changes have been welcomed more often than not in recent years, the iconic beverage company has tried over and over again to sell a new formula of their drink.
If there's one thing Coca Cola doesn't need to adjust when it comes to branding, it's their product. They have a winning recipe, but of course any brand as old as theirs will want to switch things up now and again. Your takeaway is this: know what should change and what should stay the same.
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009 Governments Don't Always Pay Hackers, But What If They Did?
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A new generation of state technology leaders is rethinking the conventional wisdom (and FBI's advice) about cybersecurity.
When a government agencies' computers and files are locked by hackers, the FBI advises against giving in to their monetary demands. That's fine as long as back-up files are still available, but ransomware attacks are evolving to go after those, too.
At the same time, many state CIOs are taking a wait-and-see approach to widescale adoption of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence.
On this episode of "Go Public," Government Technology's Noelle Knell and Lauren Harrison discuss these new challenges and opportunities with the backdrop of midterm elections that have already prompted the departure of some state CIOs.
Go Public tells the Stories of Government Getting It Done. Cities and states across the country face new challenges, growing complexity and old, tired bureaucracies. Go Public is about those places that are changing the status quo. It's about the people and ideas in government that are helping solve problems and make communities better places to live. In this new podcast from the editors and reporters of Governing and Government Technology, we'll take a look at some of the successes – and the failures – that are remaking the way government works, and re-imagining the way the public sector delivers services to citizens.
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The title says it all. Some programs (I have not established any pattern) that have been watched and deleted persist on the DVR Recordings tab. Many times programs that have been combined to a single icon with multiple programs as indicated by the "(n)" to the right of the icon, contain programs that have been watched and deleted when a single instance is correct. These do not show up on the main Hopper.
P.S. This has been happening for a long time and not just with the recent update that has caused the remote control numeric keypad to stop working with subchannels.
Additionally, the app has lost all icons for recorded programming.


For our most popular Ghost Tour operating 7 nights a week, step inside and spend an hour exploring the rooms and hallways of one of the most active paranormal locations anywhere in the south. Be exposed to potential experiences while hearing the stories of those that have stayed within the walls of this fine antebellum home. Your Paranormal Guide will share photos of ghostly activity captured by previous guests in addition to the undisputed evidence recorded by the TAPS team from the Syfy Channel's "GHOST HUNTERS".
After your visit through the Mansion and Carriage House continue your tour on a stroll through the city's haunted streets and squares. You'll visit a few of Savannah's other favorite paranormal hotspots to hear the dark history and ghost stories of those locations.


Environmental News Network - Will automated indoor farming provide a solution to food insecurity in 2050?
Last year, Jay Cross and the team in the College of Discovery, Creativity and Innovation (CDCI) introduced our cohort to the global challenge of feeding nine billion people by 2050. The university has created something novel with the Global Challenges I course, and when Global Challenges II came around, I was thrilled for another opportunity to innovate.
But what makes Global Challenges so unique? Well, let's talk about the inquiry-based model of learning.
In late September, some friends and I joined the Student Organization for Aerospace Research (SOAR), a student-led club on campus that specializes in designing and launching rockets and balloons. Now, what's interesting is how similar the process of designing a rocket is compared to designing an innovation for Global Challenges.


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Hottest WWE Female Wrestlers Names With Pictures Quiz
WWE has a history of more than 40 years. WWE is the best wrestling organization globally because it is still one of the most popular sports events on TV. Throughout history, both men and women have fought for WWE. Over the years, there have been many outstanding female wrestlers in WWE. WWE female players have been welcomed by mainstream audiences in recent years and have played a huge role in promoting WWE worldwide. With excellent wrestlers, exciting fighting scenes, wonderful plot arrangements, and competition programs in which WWE female wrestlers participate, it is easy to get high ratings and increase WWE's domestic exposure.
WWE is famous for male wrestlers, but fans are also crazy about the WWE world's beautiful goddess. These actresses have amazing skills, perfect bodies, excellent entertainment and fighting talents. In WWE development for many years, female players are also an indispensable and important part, although female players are not like male players. It attracts attention, but many female players are top-rated, which is inseparable from their appearance. I want to ask who the most beautiful female player in WWE history is?
Nikki Bella is another "wrestling maniac" among the Bella twins. She was the sexiest WWE diva in 2016. She was born in California, USA when she was 32 years old. She is about 5 feet 6 inches tall and made her debut on September 15, 2007. She won the WWE Diva championship twice and maintained the championship for 207 days, which is the longest period in the championship history.
Eva Marie is one of the hottest wrestling queens, also known as the "WWE Red Queen". She was born in Los Angeles, 31 years old. She weighs about 57 kg and is 5 feet 8 inches tall. On July 1, 2013, she made her debut in a wrestling match. She is still a novice in this field, but she has great potential.
Emma is an Australian professional wrestler currently employed by WWE. The reason for her popularity is that she has won several championships in WWE. Because of her sexy, Emma has been on the covers of several famous magazines.
Summer Ray is an American professional wrestler, actress, model and former American football player. She even appeared in popular movies like "Marine Corps 4", and she also appeared on the covers of various magazines.
The above lists a few of the more popular WWE female wrestlers. Our test group has more popular WWE female wrestler photos. Let's guess who these popular WWE female wrestlers are?
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.The time has come to find out what are the European destinations for Christmas that we have discovered! Everyone will enjoy carefree moments and the most unforgettable Christmas ever.
Germany has some of the most famous and complete Christmas markets all over the world.Benches are set up from one end of the market to the other and offer a wide variety of Christmas toys, gift items and more.There you will find local delicacies and abundant warm beer (grzaniec)! Of course, everywhere there are these candles that shine with our space and hearts.The most famous market is called Christkindlesmarket and is one of the oldest Christmas markets in Germany.The Wagons of the World, the Santa Claus house, the fairy-tales of the Elves and many others make up the most joyous and festive setting.Europe is an ideal destination for Christmas, since it has cities that can turn into a fairy-tale scenery for both young and old.Most of 180 stalls offer sweet and savory dishes, Christmas toys and small items.Maybe you can read about Market Square, which is the central Christmas market and has everything.
How could Greece and the famous Trikala be missing this list! The Greatest Christmas Market in Greece has been set up in the old "Matsopolos Mill" and it is really a place of joy and creation with lots of food and sweets.Wooden benches, local dishes that will break your nose, hot drinks (usually hot red wine) and thousands of little things you can buy.Are you ready?
There are not one, or two, or three, but fourteen Christmas markets throughout the Austrian city during the winter months.The market is located at the foot of the Hohensalzburg Castle in front of the Salzburg Cathedral.The big Christmas tree, the Santa Claus house, the ice rink and the small structures that host lab workshops for our young and old friends shape the right Christmas setting.


+ Only three more weeks left to this semester. Y'all know I love school, but my god this year has been a doozy. I am so looking forward to doing nothing this summer but selling wine, writing my book, and going to the beach. So. Close.
+ Because we're nearing the end of the semester, all sorts of fun events and celebrations are happening. The last few Thursday evenings have featured thesis readings, which are completely mind blowing and inspiring and make me so proud to be a part of this program. Tonight is the Absurdist Reading, which is guaranteed to be a silly and fun time. Incoming students have been visiting campus, giving us a sneak peek of next year's crop of first years. There will soon be graduation parties and going away parties and publication parties and end of the year picnics. It's a lot to cram into a month, but I know we can do it.
+ I ran six miles on Wednesday, and did an interval workout this morning. My favorite yoga instructor is finally back from a seven week stint in India, and I'm looking forward to going to his class in an hour. I'm feeling pretty good, health wise, and if I could just get my popcorn addiction under control, I'd be golden. Oh, well. We all have our weaknesses.
+ Nathan and I are planning a three day camping trip in early May, before his summer classes kick in. We haven't been camping in forever, despite promising to go monthly in our wedding vows, so I'm excited.
+ Next week is supposed to be sunny and in the high 70s. I can't wait!


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The spine is composed of 24 bones, 23 discs, 48 joints, and 79 ligaments. With so many structures, and we haven't even mentioned nerves and muscles ,it's no surprise that everyone will experience back pain or neck pain at some point during their life. Pain arising from the spine is a very common complaint, but can be a debilitating problem for many people.
Whether you have back pain from an acute injury, such as performing heavy lifting incorrectly, a sports injury or motor vehicle accident, or experience postural pain from sedentary activities such as working in front of a computer, our physiotherapists are ready to help. With manual therapies, and the best advice regarding your diagnosis, managing your problem, and exercises to improve your health, we will help you to achieve your best.
A large proportion of headaches are caused by muscles and joints in the upper cervical spine. At the base of the skull there are a number of small, incredibly sensitive muscles called the sub-occipital muscles. When the upper cervical joints become stiff – a common complaint in office workers, people with rounded posture, or a sedentary lifestyle, the sub-occipital muscles may spasm. This can cause pain to refer around the head and face causing what we refer to as a cervicogenic headache. Symptoms of nausea and dizziness are not uncommon.
Neck pain does not only cause headaches however. Symptoms of neck pain, neck stiffness and pulling of the neck muscles are all common presentations. These can often respond well to mobilisation techniques, manipulation, dry needling, soft tissue massage, taping and exercises.
Physio+Pilates aims to improve your strength, flexibility, posture, and coordination, in a safe and controlled manner that is suitable for all patients. This makes it a suitable rehabilitation tool for patients recovering from surgery, managing chronic pain problems, and exercising with acute or chronic musculoskeletal injuries.
The program is based upon first using your core muscles, composed of deep abdominal muscles, the pelvic floor, and spinal stabilisers, that support your lower back whilst you exercise. Building up from a stable core, exercises are then tailored to create a whole-body program as per your goals. In challenging the core muscles, we can address not only lower back pain and injury, but also problems arising from the neck, shoulders, pelvis, hips, knees, and ankles. As you become stronger, exercises are progressed to continually challenge you and benefit your health and wellbeing.
Pilates is also one of the primary conditioning tools in many elite sports including cricket, rugby, athletics and football, where it is used as a muscle conditioning program to prevent sports related injuries.
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Our Physiotherapists are highly trained in the diagnosis and management of sporting injuries. Injuries can occur from impact, overload / overuse, increase in training or through faulty biomechanics. Through our treatment and rehabilitation programmes we can get you back to full fitness, or even fitter than you were before. At times when further medical review is needed we also have close associations with some of WA's top Sports Physicians and Orthopaedic Surgeons. Our Physios can also help you prepare for that big event, helping you to be stronger and fitter, and helping you to achieve your best.
Women's Health Physiotherapy is a specialised area of physiotherapy, which addresses problems specific to women such as issues that arise during pregnancy, after birth and due to menopause. All treatments are provided in a private and supportive environment by a specialised physiotherapist who will understand your problem.
At Beechboro Physiotherapy we offer individual treatments for incontinence, pelvic pain, mastitis, pre and post natal back and neck pain. We also offer treatment following Men's Health surgery such as Prostatectomy.
Massage therapy involves the manipulation of the muscles to loosen the soft tissues, improve circulation to an area, and improve flexibility. Our Massage Therapists are highly trained in soft tissue techniques. They can adjust the nature of the treatment depending on your requirements and the nature of your symptoms. This may be a more superficial massage or they can effectively focus on the deeper layers of the muscle targeting areas of muscle spasm and trigger points.
The benefits of massage are far reaching, and virtually all of the musculoskeletal complaints we see will benefit from massage. Our Physiotherapists also work closely with our Massage Therapists and indeed many of our patients find a combination of Physiotherapy and Massage Therapy works effectively for them.
Real time ultrasound is an imaging technique that allows patients, and their Physiotherapist, to view the deep core muscles as they contract and relax. This is a very useful tool as it can often be difficult for a patient to isolate and contract these muscles. Using this visual input gives tremendous feedback for the patient trying to retrain or recruit their core muscles.
In acute and chronic back pain, these muscles have been shown to weaken, have poor endurance and strength, and can actually contribute to the length of time a back problem takes to resolve.
An ultrasound provides us with information as to how well the core muscles are stabilising and supporting the lumbar spine, and how efficiently the pelvic floor muscles are working. The pelvic floor muscles assist in supporting the pelvis as well as their function in toileting. There is therefore a strong link between incontinence due to pelvic floor weakness and back pain.
Real time ultrasound is also used by our Physiotherapists to assess how patients are progressing in their strengthening or Pilates programmes.
Dry Needling is a term used to differentiate what we as Physiotherapists do, compared with Chinese acupuncture, and the needles used to give injections.
Dry needling is the use of very thin pins to release trigger points in muscles. A trigger point is a palpable part of the muscle, which is tight due to the muscle fibres no longer contracting or relaxing. Instead they form tight, painful knots under the skin. When the needle penetrates the trigger point, it stimulates the muscle, increasing blood flow and releasing pain relieving endorphins. The needles are very fine, and do not cause any damage to the muscle.
Dry needling is an effective adjunct to treatment as often trigger points are in the deeper layers of muscle tissue, which we cannot loosen with massage or heat. We are able to specifically target key trigger points within the target muscle that are causing the pain, which usually has a lasting effect.
Beechboro Physiotherapy provides holistic treatment and exercise rehabilitation programs for patients under Workers Compensation, and Motor Vehicle Insurance claims. Our physio's are trained to provide patients with specific treatments and rehabilitation, education incorporating current evidence based research to provide accurate diagnoses and advice and timely communication between all involved parties.
Our Physiotherapists are also very aware of the importance of getting you back to work as soon as possible. Progression from hands on treatment to rehabilitative return-to-work gym, exercise, and Pilates programmes.
Post-surgical rehabilitation is as important as surgery itself, and it's imperative that you know the correct way to manage an injury. Physiotherapy maximises your recovery by providing you with information about precautions, and time frames regarding your recovery. Immediately after surgery, this phase includes pain management, and treatment to increase normal ranges of motion and restore normal function (where applicable). As the site heals, we progress you along the rehabilitation continuum, with exercises to strengthen weakened muscles, condition healing joints, and reduce scar tissue. Once you are cleared for return to work or sport by your surgeon, we will ensure that you continue with a specific exercise programme to maintain your gains, and prevent re-injury.


'The Long Paddock' is a popular restaurant situated in the heart of the East Gippsland's food bowl. The local region is not only home to some of the most beautiful produce in Australia, it is also renowned for regional wine & beer, often accessible from suppliers. In addition, there are excellent grass-fed beef and fresh fish accessible from the fishing port nearby at Lakes Entrance.
In such a fabulous food and wine district, 'The Long Paddock Restaurant/café makes full use of the local produce and wines. It has built up a reputation second to none and prides itself on its quality food and service.
The location is also a surging food tourism industry, backed by government support with a strong general population growth.
The Restaurant operates from the old historic bakery with functioning wood fired Scotch Bakers oven. A real tourist attraction. The premises are set on a quarter acre block with two bedroom residence at the rear (which could be used as a managers residence or expansion room for the business). The garden has fruit trees, chickens and plenty of room for extensive kitchen garden. Also installed is a 21kw solar system.
The business is located on the main street in Lindenow with lovely unique views of Mitchell Valley. It has provided excellent and consistent growth over the period of operation, has had recent reviews in international publications ( (New York times, Truth Love & Clean Cutlery, Age Epicure, mentioned in AGFG) and has a strong social medial presence: 2K Instagram followers, 2.5k facebook followers.
Over the past two years a 3 x 3m coolroom has been installed with full extraction, along with a new glass washer, dishwasher and new combination oven. Everything needed to continue.
The business is being sold with all inclusions and the premises available for low rent ($30k) per annum plus outgoings. Freehold is available but would need to be negotiated.


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On May 22, 2018, Ella Olson, a student at Jack Harvey Elementary school, was awarded one of the grand prizes from the Meemic Masterpieces art contest by the John Burke agency.
John Burke delivered the prize personally, a Chromebook laptop. He also awarded a $300 classroom grant to the art teacher, Mr. Matthias Krenzer.
The contest encouraged students create artwork that addressed a theme in one of three categories: cultural diversity, anti-bullying, and kindness to others.
"She should be very proud of herself. There were a lot of entries in this contest, and hers was among the best," said Mr. Burke.


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Hope's Cafe: Coffee Beanery Review and Giveaway!!
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My Dad (who loves coconut) really likes the Hawaiian Coconut flavor. He usually has a cup of coffee every morning, and I've made this one for him several times.
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Installation Mass Launches Pope Francis' Papacy
By Steve Inskeep,
Sylvia Poggioli
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:
This is MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.
And I'm Steve Inskeep.
(SOUNDBITE OF BELLS RINGING)
INSKEEP: That's the sound of bells in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, as Pope Francis celebrated his inaugural Mass today. The ceremony was infused with meaning, both in the substance of what the new pope said and the symbolism of how he was presented.
NPR's Sylvia Poggioli joins us on the line from Rome.
Hi, Sylvia.
SYLVIA POGGIOLI, BYLINE: Hi, there, Steve.
INSKEEP: So the pope gives a homily, which I guess is being taken somewhat like an inaugural address. What did he say?
POGGIOLI: Well, he zeroed in on the concepts of tenderness, hope and protection. He spoke about St. Joseph - who is celebrated today, on March 19th - as the protector of Jesus and Mary, and also the Catholic Church. And Francis, speaking in Italian, made a very strong appeal.
(SOUNDBITE OF SPEECH)
POGGIOLI: He urged all people with economic, political and social authority to follow the example of St. Joseph and protect the environment, the weakest and the poorest. And he assured that a little bit of tenderness can open a horizon of hope. And in a nod to widespread criticism of the Vatican administration - which has been mired in scandals and mismanagement - Francis stressed that church leaders must be servants of the faithful, not their masters. That could be a sign of a very new climate here at the heart of the Catholic Church.
INSKEEP: When you mention the pope talking about the environment, it's a reminder that the church has positions on a huge menu of issues. And they can send such signals, not by changing positions, but by choosing the issues they want to address. And I suppose the symbolism of how they speak and how they show themselves can also have a lot of power.
POGGIOLI: Absolutely. The Mass itself was really a break with recent Masses. The themes were simplicity and ecumenism. We saw simplicity in a shorter ceremony than Francis' predecessors, Benedict, eight years ago, in the unadorned vestments he used, and in Francis' choice of a gold-plated silver fisherman's ring, rather than the usual solid gold.
And we saw ecumenism at the Tomb of St. Peter, inside the basilica, where Francis prayed with representatives of Eastern Rite churches. And there were many delegations at the Mass of other major religions, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhs and Jains communities. And there were readings not just in English, French and Spanish, but also in Russian, Chinese, Swahili and Arabic. The message was very much of inclusiveness.
INSKEEP: How did some of the people included in that crowd respond to the pope?
POGGIOLI: Well, I've been very struck by the enthusiasm of some skeptical Catholics and some of the harshest critics of the previous two papacies they say has steered the church in a conservative direction.
Jane Oravec is an Australian who lives in Connecticut. She's happy the pope is a Jesuit, because she says Jesuits question traditional ways of thinking.
JANE ORAVEC: Whether he'll allow everyone to question too much, I'm not sure, but at least he'll be open to the thought process.
POGGIOLI: And another person I talked to, Paul Collins, he's a writer and a historian of the papacy. He's closely listening to the new pope, and he says there's an electric atmosphere in Catholicism. Although he's certain Francis will not immediately say yes to contraceptives, make priestly celibacy optional or ordain women priests...
PAUL COLLINS: But what he is going to do is change the emphasis within Catholicism, shift the emphasis away from a focus on power, influence, politics, money, to the people, the poor, the marginalized and the fact that the church essentially exists to proclaim the message of Jesus, who was a man who had nowhere to lay his head, as the Gospels describe it.
POGGIOLI: And, you know, there's another aspect of this first pope from the global south that is endearing him, even to the secular world, particularly here in Southern Europe, which is being buffeted by the eurozone crisis. In past interviews, Jorge Mario Bergoglio - as he was called before becoming pope - sharply criticized globalism's effects on workers and what he called economic and financial terrorism, and, quote, "the tyranny of the market," unquote.
INSKEEP: OK. Well, thank you very much, Sylvia.
POGGIOLI: Thank you, Steve.
INSKEEP: That's NPR's Sylvia Poggioli. She is in Rome, where Pope Francis has celebrated his inaugural Mass today, a ceremony filled with both symbolism and substance. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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 * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, ETH Zurich.
 * All rights reserved.
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 * This file is distributed under the terms in the attached LICENSE file.
 * If you do not find this file, copies can be found by writing to:
 * ETH Zurich D-INFK, Universitaetstrasse 6, CH-8092 Zurich. Attn: Systems Group.
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#ifndef __BFDMUX_H__
#define __BFDMUX_H__

#ifndef DOXYGEN
// exclude system headers from documentation

#include <stdio.h>
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#include <stdbool.h>
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#define PROC_QUEUE_LEN 5                                /**< \brief Number of NIC buffers to queue for processing */

// Socket
#define BFDMUX_SOCK_PATH	"/tmp/.bfdmux.sock"     /**< \brief Location of the UNIX socket file */

#define FLUSH_AND_SYNC 1                /**< \brief Always call fflush and sync on file descriptor and communication channels. */

// Error constants
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#define ERR_NONFATAL -1                 /**< \brief Error, but nonfatal */
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typedef uint16_t port_t;        /**< \brief Port type */

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typedef int32_t sock_t;         /**< \brief Socket type */
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typedef uint8_t cmd_t;          /**< \brief Command type */
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"A 10 isn't enough for this floor routine by Katelyn Ohashi", the tweet correctly expressed. "Every single thing about it including the backwards split that she does after her leap pass - it's insane", the Daily Bruin quoted Ohashi's coach as saying.
"I feel like maybe (Kondos Field) was the only one that doubted us", Ohashi said.
After tearing her Achilles and missing the entire 2018 season, McKenna Kelley is back and, if her first meet is any indication, better than ever.
She later described college gymnastics as the "reward we receive after years of abuse", adding: 'It is the time of discovery, healing, learning, growing, and having the time of our lives'.
Love Katelyn Ohashi's new floor routine? "P.s. how the heck does she do that??" another said.
This is also not the first time that she has earned viral fame with her sensational skills on floor; a year ago, Katelyn earned the same global recognition with a Michael Jackson-inspired performance that helped her to rack up multiple flawless 10s throughout the previous season. But in her Players' Tribune video, titled "I Was Broken", Ohashi details her emotional journey away from that elite gymnastics scene.
But it hasn't been all sunshine and rainbows for the former Olympic hopeful. Ohashi chose to retire from elite competition four years ago, but still practices gymnastics while at the University of California (UCLA). "I was unbeatable, until I wasn't". Ohashi made gymnastics look easy from her effortless summersaults to her most gentle landings. It's not me standing on the podium with medals.


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Q: decoding a base64 string and reencoding the returned bytes doesn't return same string I am doing a simple decoding of a base64 string. When I re-encode I don't get the same string back. What am I missing ?
String base64 = "R3df789GSfsb2edfSFSDFuikuikk2349GSfsb2edfSvFSDFR3df789GSfsb2edf";
byte[] decoded = Base64.getDecoder().decode(base64.getBytes());
String encoded = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(decoded);

You can see that the string encoded is not the same as the input string base64:
R3df789GSfsb2edfSFSDFuikuikk2349GSfsb2edfSvFSDFR3df789GSfsb2edc=

A: Base64 encodes 3 bytes (3 * 8 = 24 bits) into 4 characters, by choosing from 64 (6 bits) displayable characters (4 * 6 = 24 bits). See Wikipedia for detailed description of how it works.
So, for every 4 encoded characters, you'll get 3 bytes. Your input is:
R3df 789G Sfsb 2edf SFSD Fuik uikk 2349 GSfs b2ed fSvF SDFR 3df7 89GS fsb2 edf
As you can see, that is 15 blocks of 4 characters, and a final block of only 3 characters. 3 characters (3 * 6 = 18 bits) can store 2 bytes (2 * 8 = 16 bits), leaving 2 unused bits. These 2 bits can have any value, since they are unused, but the standard is for such extra bits to be set to 0.
Your input is from a Base64 encoded that chose to set the extra bits to 1, so last character is f, not the standard c.
It is also quite common, though not always required, to pad the encoded text to full blocks by adding 1 or 2 = signs at the end. So, standard of using 0 for extra bits, and adding padding, the final block becomes edc=, but it decodes to the same bytes as the non-standard final block of edf.

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The History of China, Volum 1
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ERRORS OF GOVERNMENT. 467
overpowering sense of wrong. The inhabitants of that province, who have long been remarkable for their courage and love of liberty, qualities which they may have derived from their native soil, famed alike for the beauty of its scenery and for its productive character, collected in considerable force in the northern valleys, and bade defiance to the loca 1 authorities. Fresh troops had to be brought from the neighbouring provinces, and a large army was placed in the field before there seemed to be any good ground for believing that the insurgents would be dispersed. Even when assailed by an overwhelming force, they withdrew into the neighbouring province of Kweichow sooner than make their formal surrender to the officers of an unjust prince. In Kweichow they were joined by the Miaotze and others, but as soon as it was seen that depredation represented their principal object they were doomed. Never again did they become formidable, and the embers of this once popular rebellion were gradually and effectually stamped out .
The errors of the Government entailed a punishment still nearer home. In the metropolitan provinces of Pechihli and Shantung bands of mounted robbers collected, and they became, under the designation of Hiangma, the terror of a large tract of country, covering hundreds of square miles. Pckin itself was not safe from insult and attack. In 1512, Liutsi, their principal leader, pillaged its suburbs, and for a moment it looked as if he were about to secure the person of the Emperor and to become the arbiter of the state. A large army arrived opportunely from Leaoutung, and Liutsi was compelled to retire. Having thus held complete success almost within their grasp, the Hiangmas lost ground as rapidly as they had gained it . Reverse followed reverse, and the same year which beheld Pekin imperilled also saw the final overthrow of Liutsi and the complete dispersion of his band.
Although these numerous troubles might well have suggested caution in his actions to Woutsong, his last years were marked by much of the recklessness of the earlier ones. In defiance of the strict etiquette of the Chinese Court, he passed his later days in expeditions beyond the northern frontier, which partook of the double character of hunting tours and of forays against the Tartars. Memorial was presented after memorial in the hope of inducing the monarch to see the error of his ways, but he regarded the matter from his own point of view, and was not to be turned from his path. A fresh revolt on the part of the Prince of Ning failed to disturb his serenity, but the energy with which he devoted his attention to its repression showed that he was at least resolved not to omit any measure of precaution in grappling with his enemies. A short time after this incident Woutsong was seized with a malady which proved mortal. His death, in the fourteenth year of his reign,* was the signal for much confusion, as he neither left children nor had he selected an heir. The consequences of the misfortunes which distracted the realm, but which left his position and equanimity undisturbed, were to be. reaped by his successors.
* The most important event by far of Woutsong's reign was the arrival at Canton of the first European who landed on the shores of China. Raphael Perestralo sailed from Malacca to China about the year 1511 ; and in 1517 Don Fernand Perez D'Andrade, a Portuguese officer, arrived off the coast with a squadron, and was favourably received by the Canton mandarins. He visited Pekin, where he resided for some time as ambassador. The commencement of intercourse was thus effected in a most auspicious manner, and it might have endured, but that a second Portuguese fleet appeared in Chinese waters and committed there numerous outrages and acts of piracy. Upon this D'Andrade was arrested by order of Woutsong, and after undergoing six years' imprisonment was executed by command of the Emperor Chitsong in A.d. 1523. The termination of the first act in the history of intercourse by sea between China and Europe was therefore less favourable than its commencement had promised.
CHAPTER XXXI.
THE MING DYNASTY—continued.
Chitsong and Moutsong.
THE throne being thus left vacant and no heir existing whose claims could be held to be indisputable, there was every prospect of a period of trouble ensuing upon the death of Woutsong, and only the promptitude and resolution of the Empress Changchi averted such a catastrophe. She at once summoned all the principal officials to a secret council, and dwelling upon the critical nature of the situation, insisted on the absolute necessity of choosing some scion of the reigning House and proclaiming him Emperor. Their choice fell upon the grandson of the Emperor Hientsong, a youth of some fourteen summers, who ascended the throne under the style of Chitsong. A glimpse is obtained of this young prince before he had accepted the responsibility of power in his parting interview with his mother. Although fortune was about to raise him to so brilliant a station, we are told that he parted from her with reluctance. "My son," she said, "you are about to accept a heavy burden; never forget the few words your mother has addressed to you, and always respect them."
His first act was to proclaim a general pardon, from which Kiangping, an ambitious official who had risen by the personal favour of Woutsong, and who even aspired to the purple, was alone excepted. Neither the Empress Dowager nor her ministers would allow this measure of oblivion to apply to so formidable an opponent, and Kiangping was accordingly executed after his estates had been made forfeit to the Crown. In a very few months, therefore, the dangers of a disputed succession were happily averted, and the most formidable enemy of the public peace had been removed without difficulty or strife. Chitsong's long reign could not well have opened under fairer auspices.
The incursions of the Tartar chief Yenta had formed a principal element of disturbance throughout the lifetime of Woutsong; they became still more frequent after his successor occupied the throne. Indeed, hardly a year elapsed without witnessing some of his depredations either in Shansi or Pechihli, and his raid formed the annual event along the northern frontier. Nor was Yenta the only chief who troubled the borders, or whose acts weighed down weak-kneed ministers at the capital with the cares of government. Mansour, of Turfan, had succeeded to the authority and power of Hahema, and he had again established at Hami a delegate of his own. In 1522 he advanced across the desert and laid siege to Souchow, but in this he had miscalculated his strength. The town was stoutly defended, and Mansour was in turn attacked by a relieving force. From the battle which ensued, he was glad to escape with his life and the relics of his army. After this reverse, Mansour gave little more trouble, and in 1528 he thought it better, on account of the defection of several of his allies, to send in his surrender and to admit the supremacy of the Emperor.
Nor were these the sole quarters whence danger emanated. The district included in the loop of the Hoangho, and bounded on the south by the Great Wall, was inhabited by the assemblage of tribes known then and now under the name of Ordus or Ortus.* These, although settled within what may be called the geographical frontier of China, were really as independent of her authority as if they had been a tribe in a
* A full but uninteresting description of these tribes is given in " Mailla," vol. x. pp. 300-3. They still constitute one of those semi-subdued people —an imperium in impel io—whose existence mars the symmetry and completeness of the Chinese Empire according to the notions of Europe. Reference may also be made, for information about these tribes, to Timkowski's interesting "Travels," vol. ii. pp. 266-8; and to Hue's "Travels," vol. i.
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remote portion of Central Asia. They had owed this happy immunity from interference on the part of the Chinese taxcollectors and officials as much to the excellence of their conduct as to the natural difficulties and barren character of the region they inhabited. During the reigns of some of Chitsong's predecessors disturbances had arisen on this border, and the second year after his accession was marked by a raid on a more than usually large scale. The Ordus were doubtless encouraged in their depredations by the example of their eastern as well as by that of their western neighbours, although in comparison with either they were a source of small anxiety to the l'ckin authorities.
Chitsong felt little disposition to devote himself to the cares of government, and preferred to relieve his superstition in religious ceremonies and to indulge his inclination by cultivating a taste for poetry. His advisers deplored the attitude of their prince, and remonstrated with him on the consequences that his indifference to the duties of his high office must entail. But their counsels were poured into ears that did not heed, and Chitsong continued the even tenor of his way. A mutiny among his troops at the northern post of Taitong did not avail to rouse him from his torpor, but when, after the birth of an heir, he expressed a desire to retire from the throne into private life, and made some preparations towards carrying his intention into execution, his courtiers all joined to urge upon him the necessity of abandoning it in order to save the realm from the numerous calamities of a long minority or disputed succession.
Three principal subjects alone were of absorbing interest in the reign of this Emperor, and it is the common fortune of great empires that they should relate exclusively to foreign affairs. But it must not be supposed that they exercised little or no effect on the material condition of the country, or on the development of the national resources. These three questions were the wars with Yenta the Tartar, and with the Japanese, and the progress of events in Cochin China. Each of these topics occupied a most important place in the annals of the time, and they contributed to swell the tide of difficulty that was already accumulating round the Ming dynasty. It
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We have been showing you pictures of our environments AKA biomes and they are basically what kickstarted all the mad interest in Planet Nomads, before we even had much of a game. It was back in April, some 8 months ago. Time flies, eh?
If you ever wondered how the biomes are made, let me introduce you to Jacob, a Craneballs co-founder and Art Director for Planet Nomads. Jacob has agreed to uncover a bit of his creative process today.
Before we get to details, can you describe your personal relationship to Planet Nomads?
Long before Planet Nomads, I carried this idea in my head about an astronaut stranded on a hostile planet, trying to uncover its mysteries, a survival adventure game with strong narration elements. Planet Nomads is different, a sci-fi sandbox game with building and crafting, yet it can create a similarly powerful atmosphere with its visuals and progression through technology. It gets even better with the use of procedural terrain generation, as I'm no longer limited to a single planet.
So, what's your main role in Planet Nomads development?
I create the environments for Planet Nomads from the graphical standpoint. I come up with their visual appearance and then create the art - model the trees, bushes, rocks and other objects, decide their shapes and colors, create textures for them.
You say "come up"... how does one come up with a whole environment?
OK. Trees and shrubs are surely important, but that's not what makes the general look of a biome.
Actually they do set the appearance of the whole biome. If you look closely at the pictures of biomes you will clearly see that. Check the list of vegetation for the island biome, deep forest or green forest. Now compare them with the pictures of finalized biomes, you see what I mean?
I see that now. So how do you come up with different types of biomes then?
Well I do have a general idea of what I'm trying to accomplish. I will begin with imagining the climate zone for the biome. For instance a jungle biome means there's a lot of sun, humidity and fertile land, an ideal environment for plants. But paradoxically that also brings about fierce competition with every plant fighting for its place. I am not a botanist, but I try to imagine the biomes as living organisms rather than rigid structures, which leads my decisions further down the road.
Climate zone is not only about temperatures; tropical zone on Earth is different in Africa and Indonesia, generally there are deserts in one and rain forests in the other. Not every biome goes to these extremes of course, so we are aiming at natural transitions between biome types.
Let's talk about your use of color in biomes.
Obviously, rules are meant to be broken, so with a careful selection of small details here and there, I can digress from the basic color palette and it will still work fine. Just like in nature.
OK, so evolution, color palette and all, that's nice, but there has to be some... artistic inspiration, influences?
Besides nature itself and art in general, there is one thing I remember clearly. When I was thirteen, I got my hands on the art collection book of Tim White called Chiaroscuro. Tim White has designed book covers for sci-fi authors that include Arthur C. Clarke or Frank Herbert. He used physical airbrush technique (Photoshop was a not a thing back then, it was the 70s-80s). I got the book in the 90s and without much exaggeration I can say the pictures I saw inside the book changed my life. I had never seen anything like that before. For me those pictures meant imagination could be brought to life and started me on my way to become a professional graphic designer.
Looking at the latest biomes, despite their unusual color-palette, they still feel familiar. Are you planning to have something more alien for us? Like the stuff from Avatar?
Avatar still feels very Earth-like, although Pandora's nightlife was a fascinating spectacle. What I have in mind for truly alien-looking planets will be radically different. But I wanted to start with familiar looking biomes first, in the hopes of not scaring people off, so to speak. But if they are into curious looking worlds, I can assure them good stuff is coming.
Thanks for sharing your process and teasing future biomes!
Below are the latest biomes by Jacob. The last one is already implemented in our Sandy Engine, the other two are on their way there as well.


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Rethinking the Idea of Waste in Detroit
By Andrew Mangan
Andrew Mangan is co-founder and executive director of the United States Business Council for Sustainable Development (US BCSD), a non-profit association of businesses launched in 2002 whose purpose is to create and deliver value driven sustainable development projects in the United States. Projects are member-led and designed to create value through economic returns and environmental and social benefits. Mr. Mangan holds a masters degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he attended the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs as an International Fellow. He currently serves on the board of the Foundation for Sustainable Development, is a member of the Education Committee for the International Society of Industrial Ecology, and a member of the Advisory Committee for the Environmental Science Institute at the University of Texas at Austin.
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U.S. businesses, entrepreneurs and municipalities are rethinking the concept of "waste" to create competitive advantage beyond the market and pave the way toward a circular economy and a landfill-free future. While this is a national trend, you can find these activities happening right here in Detroit.
Introducing the Reuse Opportunity Collaboratory (ROC) Detroit
ROC Detroit is a groundbreaking new effort led by General Motors, Fairmount Minerals, CXCatalysts, Pure Michigan Business Connect, The Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, and the U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development (US BCSD) to bring together Detroit industries, small and medium sized businesses, and entrepreneurs to create closed-loop systems in which one company's waste becomes another company's raw material.
The program leverages the US BCSD's collaborative By-Product Synergy methodology – which has been deployed around the world to help businesses reuse materials to their fullest potential – and match it with Detroit's creative, entrepreneurial spirit to bring positive economic growth and social impact to the city.
Core to the project is an ongoing facilitated process that helps companies understand each other's material flows and see opportunities, stimulating collaborative, innovative and business-friendly solutions. To foster strong communication and efficient implementation of material reuse opportunities, an online marketplace will be made available to all participants. Materials wanted and available can be posted, trade barriers addressed and transactions facilitated. The marketplace is confidential and secure and provides a neutral ground to stimulate the creation of innovative waste diversion solutions.
The US BCSD will support match identification by leveraging best practices from our extensive case study library, national network of material reuse projects, technical partners, the Yale Center for Industrial Ecology, the Ohio State University's Center for Resilience and engineering expertise from the participating companies.
Detroit is synonymous with creativity and innovation
Social entrepreneurs and do-gooders are reshaping the Detroit landscape, and we want to connect them to as many undervalued resources as possible. Let's look at Veronika Scott as an example. Veronika is the founder and CEO of The Empowerment Plan, a Detroit-based nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the homeless community. As part of its mission, the team hires homeless women from local shelters and train them to become full-time seamstresses. These women then manufacture a coat that transforms into a sleeping bag, which is then given out to homeless individuals living on the streets at no cost.
Insulation is one of the largest expense in the coats' production, but there was a practical, durable and sustainable solution just around the corner. With the help and recommendations from General Motors, Veronika has been able to use a repurposed scrap sound absorbing material leftover from production of Chevrolet Malibu and Buick Verano sedans as an insulation. This collaborative reuse opportunity created a win-win-win for everyone involved.
Veronika is a fascinating example of the impacts that can be created though rethinking underutilized materials. Imagine hundreds of groups and individuals thinking the same way and you'll begin to see the full picture of what we're building with this project.
Good for the community, good for the environment, but also good for business
General Motors thinks of waste as a resource out of place. This underlying philosophy has led to:
111 landfill-free facilities worldwide — more than any other automaker.
Recycling or reusing 84% of its worldwide manufacturing waste.
Recycling 2.2 million tons of waste in 2013.
Vehicles that are, on average, 85% recyclable by weight at the end of their useful life.
When waste can't be fully designed out of a process, businesses can think of waste streams as revenue streams. In the last few years, GM has generated about $1 billion annually through various by-product reuse and recycling activities. When GM started its landfill-free program in the United States, it invested about $10 for every ton of waste reduced. Over time, it has reduced program costs 92 percent and total waste by 62 percent. Leveraging GM's leadership in the project, we're hoping to bring similar results to other businesses operating in the Detroit region.
The success of ROC-Detroit depends on a diverse and tight-knit network of companies large and small, linking with academia, nonprofit institutions and government agencies who together will create beneficial economic, societal and economic opportunities from Detroit's underutilized materials. We want you involved. For more information, contact Tess Mateo, at [email protected].
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What is AT Day at the Capitol?
In addition to the Lunch on the Lawn from 11-2pm, the Arizona Board of Athletic Training will hold their monthly in-person meeting on Thursday, March 7th at 9:30am to coincide with AT Day at the Capitol. AzATA Members attending AT Day are encouraged to attend the ABAT meeting if available.
Click on the Column header "district" to list by district and note the Senator and Representatives for your legislative district.
Take the time to click on the names of your legislators in the member roster. In most cases, their websites will include a picture and a brief bio that contains information about them. Read the bios of each legislator for bits of information that might become useful in conversation. You never know what connection you might have to one of your legislators!
Now that you know your legislators, send them an email to personally invite them to join us for Lunch on the Lawn - you can use the template below to reach out. Even if you cannot attend the event yourself, please consider inviting your legislators - the more ATs and Legislators we can get to attend the event, the better!
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Go through intersection of Jefferson & 17th Ave, then make left into parking at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza.
Free Parking is available in Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza which is east of the Capitol.
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We teamed up with didjeridu visionary Stephen Kent on this collection of works by the pater familias of Australian music, Peter Sculthorpe (1929–2014). Sensual and contemplative, spiky and wild, the works—like Sculthorpe's entire oeuvre—channel the spirit of the vast Australian landscape and the myriad stories it has witnessed. The release includes a bonus Blu-Ray in surround sound to enhance the sonic voyage.


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Social Groups: Clubs & Societies
In the Club: Associational Life in Colonial South Asia (Studies in Imperialism)
Benjamin Cohen (Author)
In the club presents a comprehensive examination of social clubs across South Asia, arguing for clubs as key contributors to South Asia's colonial associational life and civil society. Using government records, personal memoirs, private club records, and club histories themselves, In the club explores colonial club life with chapters arranged thematically: the legal underpinnings of clubs; their physical locations and compositions; their financial health; the role of servants and staff as employees of clubs; issues of race and class in clubs; women's clubs; and finally clubs in their postcolonial milieus. This book will be critical reading for scholars of South Asia, graduate students, and intellectually engaged club members alike. -- . Illustrations, black & white|Line drawings, black & white
Benjamin B. Cohen is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of UtahBenjamin B. Cohen is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Utah -- .
Contributor: Benjamin Cohen
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Series: Studies in Imperialism
Biography: Benjamin B. Cohen is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of UtahBenjamin B. Cohen is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Utah -- .


African American Literature – African Book Addict!
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What books are you excited to read this year? Below are 80 new African, African-American and Caribbean books that look very promising. This is just a snippet of the books 2019 has to offer!
Fiercely told, this is a timely coming-of-age story, told in verse about the journey to self-acceptance. Perfect for fans of Sarah Crossan, Poet X and Orangeboy.
A boy comes to terms with his identity as a mixed-race gay teen – then at university he finds his wings as a drag artist, The Black Flamingo. A bold story about the power of embracing your uniqueness. Sometimes, we need to take charge, to stand up wearing pink feathers – to show ourselves to the world in bold colour.
The story of an estranged mother and daughter separated by a thousand miles, the mother's shadowy past as an itinerant blues singer, and her daughter's mental illness and recruitment into a radical political group.
Check out my book review of Mathis's debut novel – The Twelve Tribes of Hattie. I'm really looking forward to this new novel!!
Nudibranch is Irenosen Okojie's second collection of short stories, a follow up to Speak Gigantular which was shortlisted for the 2016 Jhalak Prize and 2017 Edge Hill Short Story Prize.
The collection focuses on offbeat characters caught up in extraordinary situations – a mysterious woman of the sea in search of love arrives on an island inhabited by eunuchs; dimensional-hopping monks navigating a season of silence face a bloody reckoning in the ruins of an abbey; an aspiring journalist returning from a failed excursion in Sydney becomes what she eats and a darker, Orwellian future is imagined where oddly detached children arrive in cycles and prove to be dangerous in unfamiliar surroundings.
The Fraud is inspired by the real events on North West London (Smith's childhood home that she has chronicled in most of her novels, most notably NW) from the 1830s to the 1870s.
Check out the new book releases I highlighted in 2018, 2017, 2016 & 2015.
I've already ordered by copy of Glory Edim's Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves, so this is definitely a Christmas treat to myself. We all love and relate to stories that specifically speak to us – us, black women; and this anthology prides itself on discussing the importance of recognizing ourselves in literature. I'm ready to be inspired by the contributors of this anthology and especially look forward to the pieces by Zinzi Clemmons, Gabourey Sidibe and Glory Edim! If you've already indulged in this anthology, how did you like it?
This anthology is fairly new – it was published November of this year. I hope to indulge in it soon and I especially look forward to the poems by the poets of Ghanaian descent: Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Nana-Essi Casely-Hayford, Louisa Adjoa Parker, as well as the other contributors! The collection is edited by Ghanaian-Brit writer/poet Nii Ayikwei Parkes (with a preface by Professor Dorothy Wang), so I know this anthology will be worth the read.
I'm a huge Jamaica Kincaid fan. I've read a good number of her work and still have a couple of books to finish before I can confidently declare that I'm an OG fan. Talk Stories (how chic is the book cover?!) is a book I'd love to add to my collection. It's a collection of her original writing for the New Yorker's 'Talk of the Town' column, where the young Kincaid (fresh from Antigua) wrote on her experiences in New York back in the late 1970's – early 1980's. I expect these stories to be humorous, thoughtful, slightly miserable and sensitive – in good ol' Kincaid style!
Another thing that attracts me to this collection is that fact that Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah is of Ghanaian descent. If you follow me on social media (Bookstagram & Twitter), you'd know I'm all for supporting Ghanaian literature/Ghanaian writers, hence I created the #ReadGhanaian hashtag where readers can explore the plethora of books by Ghanaian writers out there. Friday Black is at the top of my TBR!
I've read very few books by writers from Northern Africa. A couple of my friends claim The Moor's Account is one of the best books they've ever read! I recently read an article where Gary Younge also praised Laila Lalami's work, after reading a bunch of books by African women writers this year. It's time for me to experience this brilliant novel as well! Lalami has a new novel coming out next year and I'd love to read The Moor's Account first, as a great introduction to her work.
These are the types of poems that speak to me directly. Poems like this are comforting and unforgettable. It's written so eloquently, but echoes loudly. I'd be privileged to own any of Lucille Clifton's work and the generations after me would benefit from The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 as part of my collection of books as well.
What books are on your Christmas wish list? Please share some titles!
Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas, everyone!
Once again, the month of March is here! Ghana gained independence in March, so I like to dedicate this month to celebrating Ghanaian writers and their work. In the African literature scene, Ghanaian writers and their books are seriously underrated. As a reader of Ghanaian heritage, I enjoy discovering new Ghanaian writers and learning about our pioneer writers. If we don't celebrate our own, who will?
Last year on African Book Addict! we celebrated 75 Ghanaian writers and their books in a 3-part series. This month, (more like this month), I'll be in conversation with some of the writers highlighted in last year's series! This week is the last installment of the conversations I have with writers of Ghanaian descent.
This week, I chat with Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond – author of Powder Necklace, which was published in 2010. I enjoyed Powder Necklace back in 2013, before the creation of this book blog (hence no book review on the site). Since my 2018 reading intentions are to re-read some novels and indulge in more work by Ghanaian writers, I shall be re-reading and reviewing Nana Ekua's coming-of-age debut this year. Enjoy this fun book chat where Nana Ekua talks about what she learned about herself while writing her debut, how she feels about the future of Ghanaian literature, the Black writers who influence her work, new projects that will be published soon & more!
To protect her daughter from the fast life and bad influences of London, her mother sent her to school in rural Ghana. The move was for the girl's own good, in her mother's mind, but for the daughter, the reality of being the new girl, the foreigner-among-your-own-people, was even worse than the idea.
After six years in Ghana, her mother summons her home to London to meet the new man in her mother's life—and his daughter. The reunion is bittersweet and short-lived as her parents decide it's time that she get to know her father. So once again, she's sent off, this time to live with her father, his new wife, and their young children in New York—but not before a family trip to Disney World.
I remember reading your debut novel, Powder Necklace back in 2013 and resonating with it on so many levels. At the time, I hadn't read a book that accurately articulated the many issues I had with myself and others (mostly Ghanaians) after I moved to Ghana at the age of 10, so I thank you! Why was it important for you to write the story?
NEBH: Thank you! I'm so glad to know Powder Necklace resonated with you. It was important to me to write Powder Necklace because I had so many misconceptions about Ghana before I went to live and school there at 12.
With Powder Necklace, I wanted to share the slice of Africa I experienced in Ghana. Yes, there was poverty, but there was also wealth and both stations were far more complicated than depicted in American media or even by family. Everything and everyone I encountered was far more nuanced.
I also felt like there weren't many contemporary books for Black kids who weren't African-American—at least I hadn't come across many growing up. In the '90s, when Black literature was experiencing a wave with books by Terry McMillan, E. Lynn Harris, Bebe Moore Campbell, J. California Cooper, April Sinclair, et al, most centered on the African-American experience. I wanted Powder Necklace to speak to the experience of being Black and African in the diaspora.
Did you learn anything about yourself while writing Powder Necklace?
NEBH: I did. Powder Necklace was inspired by my experience getting sent to school in Ghana at 12. It fundamentally changed my personality and intensified my faith in God, but I had not fully dealt with the resentment and anger I felt from being tricked into staying in Ghana. As I began to write the book, I realized how much I had suppressed about the experience. I was surprised by how painful it was to revisit the isolation and fear I felt as a kid when it sunk in that I would be in Ghana without my parents for years, at a boarding school two hours' drive from my home in Accra.
I had also been hazed by many of my schoolmates during my time at school. In my mind they were all villains, but as I wrote, and had the distance to see myself as a character in a bigger story, I could see the cultural chauvinism I brought to my interactions with my fellow students and still held in some ways.
Three years ago, I read a compelling essay of yours in Mosaic Literary Magazine – 'The African Renaissance', where you discussed the trajectory of African literature over the years and the interrogation of 'authentic' African identity tagged to stories and writers. Some writers dislike being 'pigeon-holed' and labeled as 'African writer' or 'Black writer.' How do you prefer to be identified as a writer?
NEBH: I appreciate being identified as an "African writer" or "Black writer" because I am proud of my Africanness and my Blackness. It took me a long time to get here. I had to get over years of cultural indoctrination designed to make me feel ashamed of my dark skin, and my Ghanaian name and origin—and now that I have, I refuse to have my identity erased or downgraded by anyone, including myself.
The only reason being labeled an "African" or a "Black" writer can pigeonhole is because mainstream culture is infected with racist notions about what it means to be African and Black, and the powers that be have a track record of allowing only certain types of narratives by Black people to see the light of day. By standing proudly in my identity and working to tell authentic stories, I am defying the idea that we should be ashamed of who we are and forcing people to see that no race or ethnicity can be narrowed down to one story or experience.
NEBH: The first book I read by a Ghanaian writer was a play—Ama Ata Aidoo's The Dilemma of a Ghost. I immediately connected with her story of a Ghanaian man bringing his African-American wife home to Ghana and the clash they were dealing with because I was going through a similar experience as I read it at school in Ghana.
I think the future of Ghanaian literature is limitless. Writers like Kofi Akpabli, Nana-Ama Danquah, Nana Awere Damoah, Esi Edugyan, Martin Egblewogbe, Boakyewaa Glover, Yaa Gyasi, Ayesha Harruna Attah, Lesley Lokko, Cheryl Ntumy, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Kwei Quartey, Taiye Selasi, and yourself are not only writing a diversity of stories, but many are creating opportunities and support systems for other writers.
Nana Awere Damoah has started the Ghana-based online bookstore BookNook, which should make it easier for readers in Ghana to get their hands on books by Ghanaian authors. Together with Kofi Akpabli, Nana Awere Damoah also goes around Ghana producing open mic nights. Martin Egblewogbe co-founded Writers Project Ghana and co-hosts a radio show on Ghana's Citi FM that features Ghanaian writers as well as writers from all over the continent.
You have your blog, which promotes African authors, and there are other sites focused on African literature too like Nana-Ama Kyerematen's AfriDiaspora and Ainehi Edoro's Brittle Paper. Plus, there are writing contests geared toward young Ghanaians like the #360WritersChallenge, which is aimed at university students and the Blooming Minds Young Writers Award for children, not to mention the proliferation of prizes that have cropped up in the last five years geared toward African writers including the Miles Morland Writing Scholarship.
Right now, Ghanaian writers of any age and stage can find encouragement, support, and inspiration among peers and promoters. If this continues—and I believe it will if we as writers and lovers of literature remain vigilant about creating and supporting individuals, initiatives, and institutions that support us—there's no reason Ghana can't be home to a proliferation of powerful literary voices generation after generation.
NEBH: I recently devoured Baruch Sterman's The Rarest Blue. I know I'm so so late on The Life of Pi, but I finally read it and absolutely loved it. Currently, I'm in the middle of Chigozie Obioma's The Fishermen.
My favorite Black writer is Buchi Emecheta. Reading her work, it's clear how much empathy she had for her characters, and she had a gift for pacing. In addition to Ms. Emecheta, there are so many Black writers I aspire to be as honest and fearless as in my writing, including Zadie Smith and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Both women are such astute and commanding storytellers.
I love the care Ayesha Harruna Attah gives to the tiniest details. NoViolet Buluwayo has a fierce way with words that I deeply admire. I so appreciate the poetry of Taiye Selasi's style. And Ama Ata Aidoo is a legend. Her commitment to telling nuanced stories of Ghanaian lives, particularly Ghanaian women's lives, has set the benchmark for contemporary Ghanaian writers.
I enjoyed your short story – Mama Africa, which was published in the Africa39 Anthology (2014) and I'm excited to see that you'll be featured in Everyday People: The Color of Life – a Short Story Anthology this summer (August 2018). Do you have a new novel or collection of stories currently in the works to be published soon?
NEBH: Thank you for reading and following my work! I have finished a second novel that I'm really eager to get out into the world. I don't have a publication date yet, or a publisher, but I'm confident I will soon. In the meantime, I'm working on another novel, a children's book series, and a literary project for Ghanaian writers. I also have a short story in the forthcoming anthology Accra Noir.
Thanks so much for taking the time to participate in this book chat!
NEBH: Thank YOU for all of your support.
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Ayesha Harruna Attah, Michael Donkor and Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond for participating in this fun miniseries of book chats! Also, thank you to all the readers of the book blog who have enjoyed these book chats with writers of Ghanaian descent. #ReadGhanaian!