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Iran 'thanks' Trump, rebuffs US warning on missiles
By Reuters - Feb 07,2017 - Last updated at Feb 07,2017
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves as he delivers a speech in a meeting with military commanders in Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday (Reuters photo)
DUBAI — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday dismissed the US decision to put Iran "on notice" over its missile tests and called President Donald Trump the "real face" of American corruption.
In his first speech since Trump's inauguration, Iran's supreme leader called Iranians to take part in demonstrations on Friday, the anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, to show they were not frightened of American "threats".
"We are thankful to [Trump] for making our life easy as he showed the real face of America," Khamenei told a meeting of military commanders in Tehran, according to his website.
Trump responded to a January 29 Iranian missile test by saying "Iran is playing with fire" and imposed fresh sanctions on individuals and entities, some of them linked to Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards.
The White House said the missile test was not a direct breach of Iran's 2015 nuclear pact with six world powers, but that it "violates the spirit of that".
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tehran would not renegotiate the nuclear deal that Trump consistently criticised as being a gift to the Islamic Republic.
"I believe Trump will push for renegotiation. But Iran and European countries will not accept that," Zarif told Tuesday's edition of Ettelaat daily. "We will have difficult days ahead."
On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly promised to tear up the nuclear deal. While Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has not called for that, he has suggested a "full review" of it.
Khamenei, Iran's top authority, said Trump had confirmed "what we have been saying for more than 30 years about the political, economic, moral and social corruption in the US ruling system".
Iran analysts said his comments were relatively restrained as they included no threat to respond militarily.
"[Trump] says 'you should be afraid of me'. No! The Iranian people will respond to his words on February 10 and will show their stance against such threats," Khamenei said.
President Hassan Rouhani backed Khamenei's call for Iranians to rally across the country on Friday to "show their unbreakable ties with the supreme leader and the Islamic Republic".
A UN Security Council resolution underpinning the nuclear deal urges Iran to refrain from testing missiles designed to be able to carry nuclear warheads, but imposes no obligation.
Iran agreed to curb its nuclear programme in exchange for relief from some US, European and UN economic sanctions. Critics of Iran said the deal emboldened it to increase its involvement in wars in Arab countries, something Tehran denies.
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BEIRUT — Iran's president said on Thursday its nuclear accord with world powers cannot be renegotiated, after the Trump administration warne
Iran's Rouhani says military power 'purely defensive'
TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday Iran's military power was "purely defensive", after tensions with the United States over its
Iran hardliners, pragmatists show unity in response to Trump
LONDON — A tough line from President Donald Trump has been met by a show of unity from both sides of Iran's political divide, uniting hardli


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Police are trying to track down the victim and any witnesses.
Warwickshire Police are investigating into alleged non-recent child sexual abuse in football.
The police have announced their investigation following national coverage in the press.
This afternoon the BBC reported that around 350 victims have reported child sexual abuse within UK football clubs.
The report also said that 15 police forces in the UK have confirmed that they are investigating the allegations.
Warwickshire Police Superintendent Alison Davies said: "We are in contact with Operation Hydrant to ensure any response to allegations is coordinated and any contact made with us is being referred to them.
"A full, thorough and impartial investigation is now underway and the welfare of those who come forward to report offences is our utmost priority, we will do all we can to ensure they are fully supported.
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Kings Dominion broke records once again this year by creating the new Bigger, Better Planet Snoopy. The Peanuts themed kids area has been at the park since 2010, but only included a few rides and very little theming, that is until now. In 2013, Planet Snoopy took over the parks seconds kids area, KidZville, to create a single coherent area for children and their families to play. With the expansion of Planet Snoopy, we saw the addition of 8 brand new rides, as well as 6 re-themed rides. The area also includes one of the first Sweet Frogs to open in a theme park. Now let's get down to it and compare the new and the old!
As you entered KidZville from the Grove/Congo entrance, you were greeted by a clock tower pointing you in the direction of some of the featured attractions. Now you will be greeted by a stunning Snoopy topiary surrounded by smaller Woodstock topiaries.
Up next is the lost parents building. The old building had a sole purpose: reuniting kids with their families after taking a wrong turn. The newly expanded building still servers this purpose, however you can now sit and relax in 1,100 feet of air-conditioning. The building has room for children to take a nap during a tiring day in the park, as well as an area for mothers to feed and change their infants. The renovated building puts the comfort of guests in the fore front.
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Although we did lose a swing ride, we gained a much more efficient one! Jeep Tours made its final spin last season to make room for Charlie Brown's Wind Up. This new ride is a larger swing attraction, that unlike The Swing-A-Round can accommodate larger guests. Charlie Brown's Wind Up is sure to thrill the pint sized thrill seekers, and give their parents a chance to experience it with them.
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John F. Ciempa, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Andrew E. Conforti, and Dorothy Drewniak, Defendants-appellees, 507 F.2d 3 (1st Cir. 1974)
US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit - 507 F.2d 3 (1st Cir. 1974)
Argued Dec. 2, 1974. Decided Dec. 9, 1974
W. Wright Danenbarger, Manchester, N.H., with whom Wiggin, Nourie, Sundeen, Pingree & Bigg, Manchester, N.H., for plaintiff-appellant.
Clifford J. Ross, Manchester City Sol., for defendants-appellees.
Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, ALDRICH and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
This is an action brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1343 and 42 U.S.C. 1983 by a prospective, and eventually unsuccessful, candidate for the New Hampshire legislature, alleging that the practices adopted in the ward in which he was running deprived him of due process. The complaint sought an injunction. The court held an evidentiary hearing, and then dismissed the complaint, both for failure to state a cause of action, and on the basis of the facts found. In light of the broad allegations of the complaint we might have some question as to the propriety of the first of these rulings, but we sustain the second.
It appeared that the plaintiff was running against a candidate who, at the time, was the Ward Clerk. The Moderator in charge of the election had a standing rule that candidates must stay beyond the door of the polling place, except when voting, but there was a further exception, and the cause of this dispute: the Ward Clerk is expected to work inside the polling place, even if a candidate. The court found,
'As Ward Clerk, Mrs. Drewniak spends all of Election Day in the polling place working under the direction of the Moderator. Her main tasks are to check off absentee ballots and to determine, by telephoning the City Clerk's office, whether or not people who are not on the checklist should have been placed on the checklist for Ward 6. She has nothing to do with voting and has nothing to do with the checklist. She is not seated so that she has access to any voters prior to the time that they actually vote. She can, however, be seen by voters as they proceed by the checklist to the voting machines. She does not and, of course, could not do any electioneering in the polling place, but she does say hello to friends and neighbors or wave to them.'
Strictly, under these circumstances, greeting by speaking, waving, and presumably smiling, may be thought a mild form of electioneering. At the same time one could hardly expect a candidate who is spoken to, or waved to, not to respond. To ignore the greeter would be electioneering in reverse.
We must feel that perfection would dictate that the candidate not be in the polling place at all, or, at least, not be stationed where voters could see her before they had voted. We do not conceive our duty, however, to require us to supervise state elections to that degree. There are no racial overtones in this case, no deliberate discrimination, and no electioneering beyond the minimum involved in the carrying out of the candidate's regular activities implicit in her current office. There are various ways in which individuals already in office have, or may be thought to have, certain minor advantages. That does not automatically make a federal case.
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\section{\label{sec:1}Introduction}

At high temperature and/or density, it is conjectured that the confined
hadronic matter likely dissolves into quark-gluon plasma
(QGP)~\cite{Satz:1994uf}. Reducing the temperature, the QGP will
hadronize. At some temperature $T_{ch}$, the produced hadrons entirely
freeze out. $T_{ch}$ is the temperature at the chemical freezeout. The
freezeout parameters, $\mu_B$ and $T_{ch}$ can be determined in the thermal
models by combining various ratios of integrated particle
yields~\cite{Sollfrank:1999cy,Cleymans:1998yf}. Such a way, we obtain a
window in the $T_{ch}-\mu_B$ phase-diagram compatible to the
experimental values. Both $\mu_B$ and $T$ are free parameters in these
thermal fits. The search for common properties of the freezeout
parameters in heavy-ion collisions has a long
tradition~\cite{Cleymans:1999st,Braun-Munzinger:1996mq}. Different models
have been suggested, for example the average energy per average particle number
$<E>/<n>=1~$GeV~\cite{Cleymans:1999st}, total baryon number density
$n_b+n_{\bar{b}}=0.12~$fm$^{-3}$~\cite{Braun-Munzinger:1996mq} and the
interconnection amongst the constituents of the hadronic
matter~\cite{Magas:2003wi}. In this article, we assume that one best
achieves this objective by assigning the
entropy density $s$ normalized to $T^3$ to a constant
value~\cite{Tawfik:2004ss}. The results can be summarized in the following
way: the hadronic matter in rest frame of produced system can be
determined by constant degrees of freedom\footnote[1]{$\pi^2/4$-scaling of
  $s/T^3$ gives the effective degrees of freedom of free
  gas~\cite{Cleymans:2005km}}.
For vanishing free energy, i.e. at the chemical freezeout, the {\it
  equilibrium} entropy gives the amount of energy which can't be used to
  produce additional work. We can in this context define the
entropy as the degree of sharing and spreading the energy inside the
equilibrium system. Furthermore, we find
that the strangeness degrees of freedom are essential at low collision
energies, where the strangeness chemical potential $\mu_S$ is as large as
$\mu_B$. According to the strangeness conservation in the heavy-ion
  collisions, we find that the higher is the collision energy, the smaller is
$\mu_S$~\cite{Tawfik:2004sw}.

\section{\label{sec:2}The model}

In order to describe the freezeout phase-diagram, we basically have to be
able to determine two characteristic regions. The first one is at
\hbox{$\mu_B=0$} and finite $T_{ch}$. The second one is characterized by
$T_{ch}=0$ and finite $\mu_B$. Localizing the first region has been the
subject of different experimental studies~\cite{Becattini:2002nv}. It has
been found that \hbox{$T_{ch}(\mu_B=0)\approx
  174\;$MeV}~\cite{Braun-Munzinger:2003zz}. The
lattice estimation for the deconfinement temperature gives
\hbox{$T_{c}(\mu_B=0)=173\pm8\;$MeV}~\cite{Karsch:2001cy}. This
implies that the deconfinement and freezeout seem to be coincident at
small $\mu_B$. For the second region, we are left with effective
models. As $T$ is close to zero, one expects that the nucleons will
dominate the resonance gas. We find that at $T=0$ the
baryo-chemical potential is corresponding to the normal nuclear density,
\hbox{$n_0\approx0.17\;$fm$^{-3}$}, i.e.
\hbox{$\mu_{B}\approx0.979\;$GeV}. We have to mention here that this value
can slightly be different according to the initial
conditions~\cite{Fraga:2003uh}. As we shall see later, extrapolating our
freezeout curve to the abscissa might result in a $\mu_B$-value very close
to this estimation. But it is important to notice that the
condition of constant $s/T^3$ breaks up at $T=0$.

The partition function in the hadronic matter at finite $T$, $\mu_B$ and
$\mu_S$ is given by the contributions of all hadron resonances up to
$2~$GeV treated as a free quantum
gas~\cite{Karsch:2003vd,Karsch:2003zq,Redlich:2004gp,Tawfik:2004sw,Tawfik:2005qh}
\begin{eqnarray}
\ln {Z}(T,\mu_B,\mu_S) &=& V\,\frac{g}{2\pi^2} \int_{0}^{\infty}
           k^2 dk  \ln\left[1 \pm\, \gamma\,
           \exp{\frac{\mu_B+\mu_S-\varepsilon}{T}}\right],
           \label{eq:lnz}
\end{eqnarray}
where $\varepsilon=(k^2+m^2)^{1/2}$ is the single-particle energy and
$\pm$ stand for bosons and fermions, respectively. $g$ is the spin-isospin
degeneracy factor. $\mu_S$, the strangeness chemical potential, has been
calculated as a function of $T$ and $\mu_B$ under the condition that the
average strange particle number $<n_s>$ equals to the average anti-strange
particle number $<n_{\bar{s}}>$, the so-called strangeness
conservation. $\gamma\equiv\gamma_q^n\gamma_s^m$ is the quark phase space
occupancy parameter, with $n$ and $m$ being the number of light and strange
quarks, respectively. In carrying out our calculations, we used
$\gamma_q=\gamma_s=1$, i.e. we assumed that the phase-space occupancy
parameters of both light and strange quarks are in
equilibrium~\cite{Rafelski:1991rh,Tawfik:2005gk} and the particle
production is due to a chemically equilibrium process.

At $T=0$, the hadron resonance gas model (HRGM) is no longer
applicable. The laws of thermodynamics can't hold in this
limit. Corrections due to van~der~Waals repulsive interactions have not
been taken into account in our calculations~\cite{Tawfik:2004sw}.

\section{Results}

\begin{figure}[thb]
\centerline{\includegraphics[width=12.cm]{Lattice_Entropy_allNf_1.eps}}
\caption{\label{Fig:3}\footnotesize Lattice QCD results on the entropy
  density normalized to $T^3$ for $n_f=2$ (full circles) and $n_f=2+1$
  (full squares) quark flavors at
$\mu_B=0$~\cite{Karsch:2000kv,Karsch:2003zq} on the top of the
results from the hadron resonance gas model (curves). The thick curves
represent the results from hadron resonance gas model (HRGM) with rescaled
masses. We find a well agreement with the lattice QCD simulations. The HRGM
calculations with the physical resonance masses are given by the thin
curves. The horizontal lines indicate to $s/T^3$-values for the physical
resonance masses at the different quark flavors and critical temperature
$T_c$.
}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[thb]
\centerline{\includegraphics[width=12.cm]{TMuDiag_pi140_TSFreezeOutAT1.eps}}
\caption{\label{Fig:4}\footnotesize
  The freezeout parameters according to constant $s/T^3$ on the top of the
  experimentally estimated (or thermally fitted) freezeout parameters
  (small full circles with errors). For non-strange
  hadron resonances, we use $s/T^3=5$ and for all hadron resonances we
  assign $s/T^3$ to $7$. Both values have been taken from lattice QCD
  simulations at zero baryo-chemical potential (Fig.~\ref{Fig:3}). We find
  that strangeness degrees of freedom are essential for reproducing the
  freezeout parameters at low incident energies. The condition of constant
  $s/T^3$ have been applied for $T>5\,$MeV. At smaller temperatures, the
  HRGM is no longer applicable.}
\end{figure}

We plot in Fig.~\ref{Fig:3} the lattice results on $s/T^3$ vs. $T/T_c$ at
$\mu_B=0$ for different quark flavors
$n_f$~\cite{Karsch:2000kv,Karsch:2003zq}. The quark masses used in the lattice
calculations are heavier than their physical masses in vacuum. For a
reliable comparison with the lattice QCD, the hadron resonance
masses included in HRGM have to be re-scaled to values heavier than the
physical ones~\cite{Karsch:2003vd,Karsch:2003zq}. As shown in
Fig.~\ref{Fig:3}, HRGM
 can very well reproduce the lattice results for the different quark
 flavors under this re-scaling condition. In the same figure, we draw the
 results for physical resonance masses as thin curves, i.e. the case if
 lattice QCD simulations were done for physical quark masses. The two
 horizontal lines point at the values of $s/T^3$ at the critical temperature
 $T_c$. As mentioned above, the
 critical $T_c$ and the freezeout temperature $T_{ch}$ are
 assumed to be the same at small $\mu_B$. We find that
 $s/T^3=5$ for $n_f=2$ and $s/T^3=7$ for $n_f=2+1$. These
 two values will be used in order to describe the freezeout parameters for
 different quark flavors. The normalization with
 respect to $T^3$ should not be connected
with massless particles. Either the resonances in HRGM or the quarks on
lattice are massive. We divide $s$ by $T^3$ in order to remove the
$T$-dependence.

In HRGM, we calculate the temperature $T_{ch}$ at different $\mu_B$
according to constant $s/T^3$. $\mu_B$ is corresponding to the collision
energy. On the other hand, $\mu_S$, the strangeness chemical potential, has
been calculated in dependence on $\mu_B$ and $T$. The resulting $T$ and $\mu_B$
are plotted in Fig.~\ref{Fig:4} on the top of the freezeout parameters
($T_{ch}$ and $\mu_B$) which, as mentioned above, have been estimated by
thermal fits of various ratios of the particle yields produced in different
heavy-ion collisions. The dotted curve represents our results for
$n_f=2$. In this case, only the non-strange hadron resonances are included in
the partition function, Eq.~(\ref{eq:lnz}). The entropy is given by
$\partial T\ln{Z}(T,\mu_B,\mu_S)/\partial T$. The condition applied
in this case is $s/T^3=5$. The solid curve gives $2+1~$results (two light
quarks plus one heavy strange quark). Here all resonances are included in
the partition function and the condition reads $s/T^3=7$. We find that both
conditions can satisfactory describe the freezeout parameters at high
collision energy. We notice that the $n_f=2$ curve doesn't go through
the SIS data points. Therefore, we can conclude that the non-strange
degrees of freedom alone might be non-sufficient at the SIS energy.

We have to mention here that both the entropy density $s$ and the corresponding
temperature $T_{ch}$ decrease with increasing $\mu_B$. The entropy density
is much faster than $T$, so that the ratio $s/T^3$ becomes greater than $7$
at very large $\mu_B$. In this limit, {\it thermal} entropy density $s$ is
expected to vanish\footnote[2]{At $T=0$ the thermal entropy equals to zero
  as the system gets degenerate.}, since it becomes proportional to $T$
(third law of thermodynamics). The {\it quantum}
entropy~\cite{Miller:2003ha,Miller:2003hh,Miller:2003ch,Miller:2004uc,Hamieh:2004ni,Miller:2004em} is entirely disregarded in these calculations.

\section{\label{sec:4}Conclusion and outlook}

We used HRGM in order to map out the freezeout curve according to constant
$s/T^3$. Taking its value from the lattice QCD simulations at $\mu_B=0$ and
assuming that it remains constant in the entire $\mu_B$-axis, we obtained
the results shown in Fig.~\ref{Fig:4}. We find that the freezeout
parameters $T_{ch}$ and $\mu_B$ are very well described under this
condition. We also find that the strangeness
degrees of freedom seem to be essential at low collision energies, where the
strangeness chemical potential $\mu_S$ is as large as
$\mu_B$. At high collision energies, $\mu_B$ decreases and correspondingly
$\mu_S$. We conclude that the given
ratio $s/T^3$ characterizes very well the final states observed in all
heavy-ion collisions. The hadronic abundances observed in the final state of
heavy-ion collisions are settled when $s/T^3$ drops to $7$, i.e.
the degrees of freedom drop to $7\,\pi^2/4$. Meanwhile the changing in the
particle number with the changing in the collision energy is given by the
baryo-chemical potential
$\mu_B$, the energy that produces no additional work, i.e. the stage of
vanishing free energy, gives the entropy at the chemical
equilibrium. At the chemical freezeout, the equilibrium entropy
represents the amount of energy that can't be used to produce additional
work. In this context, the entropy is defined as the degree of sharing and
spreading the energy inside the system that is in chemical equilibrium.

Regarding to the sharp peak of the $K^+/\pi^+$ ratio at SPS
energy~\cite{Gazdzicki:1998vd}, we still face
the problem that the thermal models (HRGM), on the one hand side, describe
very well the freezeout parameters at each collision energy individually,
i.e. they are assumed to be able to reproduce all particle ratios. On the
other hand, we find that such a sharp peak can't be reproduced by the
thermal models~\cite{Cleymans:2004hj}. Indeed, we find that the $K^+/\pi^+$
ratio at the SIS, AGS and low SPS energies can be reproduced by the thermal
models. But a large overestimation is to be observe at top SPS and all
RHIC energies. If we assume that the uncertainty in the experimentally
estimated (or fitted by the thermal models) $K^+/\pi^+$ ratio is small,
then one might think that this experimental observation might indicate to
some critical phenomena, which we don't include in the thermal models.

One way to avoid this dilemma might be assuming two separate conditions for the
freezeout parameters. One of them is to be applied at small $\mu_B$, where
we can't distinguish between the freezeout and the deconfinement. The
other
one should be able to describe the freezeout parameters at large $\mu_B$. Both
conditions should be able to reproduce the particle ratios at all collision
energies. The region, i.e. $\mu_B$-values, where the two conditions
intersect hopefully will be corresponding to the collision
energy, at which the sharp peak of the $K^+/\pi^+$ ratio has been
observed.

In~\cite{Tawfik:2005gk}, we have worked out an additional model. We have
allowed the phase space occupancy parameters $\gamma_q$ and $\gamma_s$ to take
values other than that of equilibrium.

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Tamiami Trail: Scenic drive exploring Everglades
There are two ways to cross the bottom of the Florida peninsula — the fast four-lane Alligator Alley (I-75), or the more scenic, older two-lane Tamiami Trail (U.S. 41).
Both roads will take you through miles of Everglades scenery with glimpses of alligators sunning along the waterways and Everglades birds in the trees.
Great blue heron and a great white egret at Shark Valley entrance to Everglades National Park. (Photo: Bonnie Gross)
But the Tamiami Trail gets you closer to the scenery, and it offers several outstanding stops along the way. (You'll also drive across a historic 1-mile-long bridge designed to return natural water flow to Everglades National Park. The $81 million bridge opened in 2012 and is part of the largest construction project in the history of the National Park Service.)
Here's how to make the most of driving the scenic Tamiami Trail:
The Tamiami Trail (U.S. 41) begins in downtown Miami at Brickell Avenue and for many miles it is Calle Ocho, running through the heart of Miami's historic Cuban community.
About 20 miles west of downtown, at Krome Avenue, the city is behind you and the road heads into the Glades. (The corner of U.S. 41 and Krome is home to the casino operated by the Miccosukee Indians.)
Beyond the casino, the road passes several opportunities for air boat tours. The National Park Service authorizes three airboat tour companies inside Everglades National Park:Coopertown, 22700 SW 8th St., Miami, (305) 226-6048;Everglades Safari Park, 26700 SW 8th St., Miami, (305)226-6923; andGator Park , 24050 SW 8th St., Miami, (305) 559-2255. Coming from Miami, these are all before you come to the Everglades National Park entrance.
Baby alligators were visible from the paved walkway at Shark Valley area of Everglades National Park. (Photo: Bonnie Gross)
Gators like this along the Shark Valley path are common sights in winter.
Travel west about 20 miles and you come to the one of the real "must do" stops on the Tamiami Trail,Shark Valley, one of several entrances to Everglades National park. It is a reliably wonderful outing, where you can can walk, bike or take a tram on a 15-mile paved trail and see many alligators and wading birds. We think it's the best biking trail in South Florida.
The parking lot at Shark Valley cannot accommodate all the visitors on winter weekends, but cars can park on the shoulder of the Tamiami Trail and visitors can walk in. Note: Admission to Everglades National Park is now $30 per car, but is good for seven days.
Just west of Shark Valley are two Miccosukee Indian attractions. The restaurant on the north side of the road offers a varied menu, including some native American favorites, such as fry bread.
The Miccosukee Indian Village and Gift Shop, also just west of Shark Valley on the south side of the road, is a commercial attraction. See what folks say here.
Your next opportunity for a side trip is Loop Road, a 26-mile road through the Big Cypress National Preserve that will take at an hour or two hours to explore. It's an old gravel road with a colorful history; it has always attracted folks averse to civilization and its rules. For many years it was Florida's version of the wild west. Today, people travel Loop Road for a different kind of wild life — it's a great place to spot alligators, birds, deer and even otter in a wild off-the-beaten-track setting. Here's more from Florida Rambler on Loop Road.
Clyde Butcher's Gallery in Big Cypress. (Photo: David Blasco)
A few miles west of the entrance to Loop Road is Clyde Butcher's Big Cypress Gallery, 52388 Tamiami Trail. Butcher is a renown photographer whose large-scale black-and-white photos are designed to make the viewer feel like he is at the center of the photo, surrounded by the amazing beauty of the Everglades. Butcher's studio overlooks a scenic pond, where alligators and wading birds frequently appear, seeming to pose for pictures.
A stop at the studio is a great opportunity to view Butcher's work in the setting that inspired it. While his original photographs are expensive, his gallery offers affordable calendars and posters. You can also take a five-minute walk through a pretty cypress forest behind the studio.
This stretch of Tamiami Trail that runs through the Big Cypress National Preserve is designated as a scenic highway. The thick cypress swamp hugs the highway's edges and, if you don't have somebody driving on your bumper, it's worthwhile to slow down and take it in. We've seen an otter cross the road here, humping across the highway with its weird gait.
Alligator viewed from boardwalk at the Big Cypress Visitor Center along the Tamiami Trail. (Photo: David Blasco)
A few miles west,Big Cypress National Preserve Visitor Center offers exhibits, an introductory film and national park staff available to answer questions. The boardwalk out front overlooks a pond that attracts gators in winter and rangers periodically give informative talks here.
If you want to take a hike at this point, watch for the turn south where Loop Road rejoins the Tamiami Trail. Two miles up this dirt road is Gator Hook picnic area and trail. There's an easy-to-hike 1.5 mile trail through dwarf cypress trees on an old logging road. Gator Hook has restrooms and shaded picnic sites.
(This corner had been the site of Monroe Station, a historic building that burned down in 2016. Back when driving the Tamiami Trail was one of the most remote stretches of road in Florida, this was a service station and general store serving passing tourists. Here's a picture of it then.)
Birds at Shark Valley, Everglades National Park (Photo: National Park Service)
Back on Tamiami Trail, continuing west, you'll pass Monument Lake campground on your right and then, on your left, the Kirby Storter boardwalk and picnic area, another good stop along the trail. The half-mile boardwalk is accessible to wheelchairs and strollers and takes you into the cypress swamp. There are picnic tables and restrooms.
A few more miles and on your right you'll come to H.P. Williams Picnic Area, with tables and a viewing area where alligators and wading birds are often seen. The park is located at the intersection where Turner River Roadheads north.
This dirt road takes you through open prairie along canals full of birds and alligators. There is also a restroom here. If you want to add a back-country drive, consider driving this 17 mile loop: Turner River Road to Upper Wagonwheel Road to Birdon Road. The National Park Service created this informative guideto the route. It's a PDF you can print out and bring along.
Back on Tamiami, a half mile west of Turner River Road, you come to the Turner River Canoe Access site, which provides parking and a boat launch for this popular canoeing and kayaking river. Kayaks and canoes can paddle upstream or downstream and back or use a livery service to make the all-day trip downstream to Chokoloskee and Everglades City. This may be the most popular paddling trail in the region and for good reason: The scenery is spectacular and the wildlife abundant. Several outfitters run tours here and individuals bring kayaks from around Florida to put in here. Here's our story about paddling the Turner River.(You can also stop at this site to use the picnic tables and restrooms.)
A few miles west of here at the Big Cypress Welcome Center, 33000 Tamiami Trail East, there's a trailhead for another popular kayak trail, Halfway Creek. Here are details about it.
The smallest post office in the US.
Continuing west, while you'll see a few mailboxes along the road, you will rightly conclude that not many people live in these parts. So you may be surprised when the next landmark you see is the post office in downtown Ochopee. Of course, the post office IS the sole building in downtown Ochopee, and it's the tiniest post office in the country — and, I'd maintain, the cutest. Go ahead: Stop and take a photo. Here's more on the post office.
A bit west of the post office is an opportunity to stop for lunch: the historic and funky eatery, Joanie's Blue Crab Cafe, 39395 Tamiami Trail, Ochopee. Joanie's specializes in local foods, including frog legs, catfish, alligator, blue crab and grouper.
Tamiami Trail Joanie's Blue Crab Cafe
The atmospheric building, crammed with all sorts of memorabilia and oddities, dates to 1928, the year the Tamiami Trail was completed, and the spot attracts all sorts of folks, from bikers to European tourists. Here's what TripAdvisor visitors says about it.
Joanie's is 36 miles west of Shark Valley and you're only a few miles from the Gulf Coast now, but there are a few stops you can still make.
Just west of the Big Cypress headquarters you come to U.S. 29, which is the road to Everglades City, a mile further west. It's an interesting stop well worth exploring. There are informal waterside restaurants that specialize in fresh seafood and stone crabsand the historic town is full of charm.
If you head about three miles north on U.S. 29, you come to the main entrance to the biggest state park in Florida, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park. Home to panthers, black bears, eagles and alligators, this wild place is a good place for hike. There is also a good kayaking river within park boundaries. Here are details in a Florida Rambler story on Fakahatchee Strand Preserve.
Fakahatchee is the orchid and bromeliad capital of the continent with 44 native orchids and 14 native bromeliad species.
If you continue west on the Tamiami Trail, in five miles you come to an unmarked dirt road that leads to the East River kayak launch, a good place for paddlers. There's a picnic table and portapotty, and it's a nice stop even if you aren't kayaking. (Details are included inthe Fakahatchee Strand story linked above.) Just beyond the turnoff on the Tamiami Trail are some picnic tables.
Strangler fig along Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk along the Tamiami Trail. (Photo: David Blasco)
Two miles west of the turnoff for the East River, there's a very special stop –the Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk in the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park. (It's seven miles west of U.S. 29 on the Tamiami Trail.) It's a 2,000-foot-long boardwalk through old growth cypress swampland and it is a truly stunning place. It's worth taking the time to take a stroll here — it's one the prettiest boardwalks in the Everglades. If you can make only one or two stops along the Tamiami Trail, I'd recommend this be among them. (And it's free.)
Before the Tamiami Trail reaches Marco Island and then Naples, you pass Collier Seminole State Park, which draws people for camping, hiking and paddling. It's also home to the 1924 Bay City Walking Dredge, and how often do you get to visit a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark?
At this point, the Tamiami Trail leaves the Everglades and becomes the major link between cities on the Gulf Coast, and the most scenic section has been completed.
Links to help you plan your Tamiami Trail roadtrip:
Casino operated by the Miccosukee Indians
Loop Road
Clyde Butcher's Big Cypress Gallery
Ochopee Post Office
Joanie's Blue Crab Cafe
Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Visiting nearby Everglades City and Chokoloskee:
Historic Smallwood Storein Chokoloskee
Everglades National Park Gulf Coast Visitor Center: A good place to take boat tours into the Ten Thousand Island NWR and get information about kayaking and hiking in the area.
Camping and kayaking in the Ten Thousand Islands
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Interesting Everglades City places to stay and eat:
Ivey House Bed and Breakfast, a bed and breakfast and eco-tour business.
Joanie™s Blue Crab Cafe
Camellia Street Grill (on Yelp)
Triad Seafood
City Seafood
Article updated January 2019
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By Bonnie Gross
In Everglades, Scenic drives in Florida, Southeast Florida
Have you driven Jane's Scenic Drive? Wondering if it is similar to Loop Road or a bit rougher of a drive.
Thanks for all the great information!
Terry Reinhardt
Thank you for this wonderful article. We plan do camp the east coast next year then head to the west coast. What a great way to go across fla. I can't wait. Thank you again
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Review: Homefront
Former D.E.A. Agent Phil Broker heads to live in rural Louisiana to raise his precocious young daughter. He struggles to fit in, however, and an altercation with another parent spirals out of control when a local drug kingpin sets his sights on Broker and his daughter.
Jason Statham is Broker (apparently the actor always needs to play me with two syllable last names ending in –er, see IMDB), while James Franco is a fabulously crazy meth dealer, evoking his performance in Spring Breakers. Kate Bosworth is great as a local yokel, while Winona Ryder eventually shows up, and it's, well, sad.
This is pretty standard and unremarkable fare, satisfying to a point, while ticking the boxes for Statham-style action films. Written by Sylvester Stallone, Statham is in his typical gruff, charming form, this time taking up a dedicated father and widow looking to raise his savvy daughter in peace.
We open with a shaggy-haired Statham as an undercover DEA agent, infiltrating a meth lab and causing chaos: there are shootings, a car chase, and some revenge vows uttered. Flash some years later and Broker has shaved his head, and taken up home in a sort of stereotypical southern town, one where the sheriff is bought, the locals don't like outsiders, and most of the people we meet are on meth or in gangs.
So, Broker is pushed, slowly but surely, to the point where it's okay that he fights back when his daughter, and later he himself, are bullied. Apparently this town is so small though, that some very inconvenient connections are had, to the dismay of Broker (well, he doesn't quite know), and to the confusion of the audience.
See, after his daughter is bullied at school, and fights back in deliciously devious fashion, the bully's parents accost papa Broker. He too fights back – he's provoked, and we all want it, so it's justified, but that sets forth an unfortunate and unlikely spiral of events. A wife talks to her brother, a local meth lord, and he gets some goons to go after Broker. He soon, though, learns of Broker's past, and suddenly and inexplicably things become personal.
It's all ludicrous and silly, but that doesn't mean it's not some fun along the way. Broker has two token allies, one in the very attractive school psychologist (what middle school in the south has a psychologist?) who just might be single and looking, and the other a folksy black construction worker.
Statham continues to be a likeable screen presence, even if though it's becoming clear he can do more if he had better, while Franco has some satisfying moments with his absurdist character. For what it's worth, and it's not much, Stallone prefers to write a noble script, one intended with meaning, but it's far too trivial and melodramatic to hold any weight.
After the dramatic gunfight that concludes the film – it's to be expected, from the title to the trailer to the looks that Broker gets early and often – all that you are left with are a couple fun actors, a bunch of laugh-out-loud lines, and one incredibly random sex scene.
Should You See It?
This one can wait – it should at some point be in a box set with Parker and Safe.
[star v=25]
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A pop-culture consumer, Anthony seeks out what is important in entertainment and mocks what is not. Inspired by history, Anthony writes with the hope that someone, somewhere, might be affected.
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June 6, 2022 newspaper2020
Six Screenwriters Selected For Inaugural Bisha K. Ali Talent Programme By Netflix and Sky
Bisha K. Ali, Netflix and Sky have revealed the cohort of six outstanding screenwriters chosen to be part of their first screenwriting talent programme.
The fellowship aims to give the UK's brightest new voices the opportunity to join a Netflix or Sky writers' room and receive their first television credit.
Bisha K. Ali said: "I'm so proud to see the creative growth of the talented and driven writers selected for our Screenwriters' Fellowship.
"The world of screenwriting is a historically difficult one to break into, made even more challenging by the systemic issues within our industry.
"Our Fellowship doesn't purport to have all the answers, but we aspire to be a part of the movement towards a more inclusive industry.
"I know that our spectacular inaugural Fellows have long creative careers ahead of them, and will go on to be vital storytellers across multiple genres and mediums. Remember their names – I'm sure you'll be seeing them again in the credits of your favourite new shows."
The year-long fellowship which is now at its halfway point, is spearheaded by screenwriter Bisha K. Ali, part of the writing team for the first series of Sex Education, the Head Writer of Marvel Studios' Ms. Marvel and Consulting Producer for Sky Original The Baby.
VP Netflix Original Series, Anne Mensah said: "At Netflix, we want to make shows that reflect the world in which we live and develop a more inclusive pipeline of creatives across the UK.
"True diversity is about whose voices are heard, and whose stories and perspectives are told.
"Netflix is proud to play a part in helping develop these outstanding up and coming writers and designing a programme that not only tries to remove some of the barriers to entering our industry, but provides the space, time and financial security to help writers develop their craft."
CEO Sky Studios Cécile Frot-Coutaz, said: "The stories we tell shape our collective understanding of the world so it's critical we open up the closed sphere of screenwriting to as many voices as possible, enabling us to tell untold stories to global audiences.
Inspired by Bisha's vision, we are proud to help break down the barriers and back these six new writers at this early stage of their career."
Applicants had to be dedicated writers with an authentic and original voice and submit a full script to be considered for the Screenwriters Fellowship, which received almost 2,000 entries.
The successful fellows include Asad Ullah a queer screenwriter and theatre performer, from Manchester, Daniel T. David an award-winning advertising copywriter, Kayla Hendy a 23-year-old writer from Slough, Kim Taylor a former teacher and freelance writer for the stage and screen, Lewis Wren a 29-year-old playwright and screenwriter based in the North West of England, and Robyn Ahern a writer who has also worked in film development and academia.
Fellows have been assigned industry mentors and have participated in workshops and fireside chats with industry luminaries such as Charlie Brooker, Charlie Covell, Kate Herron, Chandni Lakhani and Laurie Nunn.
The Screenwriters Fellowship is part of Netflix and Sky's broader commitment to improving representation and spreading opportunity right across the UK.
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Pseudogaltonia (Kuntze) Engl. – rodzaj roślin z rodziny szparagowatych. Obejmuje dwa gatunki występujące w Południowej Afryce, Botswanie i Namibii.

Morfologia i biologia
 Pokrój Duże, wieloletnie rośliny zielne.

 Pęd Podziemna, duża cebula z chrząstkowatą i włóknistą okrywą.

 Liście Szerokolancetowate, płaskie, długie, zaostrzone, nagie.

 Kwiaty Zebrane w luźne, stożkowate grono, zwisłe. Podsadki równowąskie, stopniowo zaostrzone. Podkwiatki obecne. Listki okwiatu białe z zielonkawymi lub szarawymi, podłużnymi paskami, zrośnięte na ⅔ długości (ok. 3 cm) w rurkę, u nasady nieco zgrubiałe. Nitki pręcików wyrastające ponad okwiat, płaskie, osadzone u gardzieli rurki okwiatu. Szyjka słupka nitkowata i długa.

 Owoce Kwadratowe, ucięte i głęboko trójklapowane torebki, zawierające spłaszczone, dyskowate nasiona.

 Genetyka Liczba chromosomów 2n = 18.

 Cechy fitochemiczne Rośliny z gatunku P. clavata są silnie toksyczne dla owiec.

Systematyka
 Pozycja systematyczna Rodzaj z plemienia Ornithogaleae, podrodziny Scilloideae z rodziny szparagowatych Asparagaceae. Stanowi klad siostrzany dla rodzaju Dipcadi. W niektórych ujęciach włączany do rodzaju śniedek (Ornithogalum L.).

 Wykaz gatunków
 Pseudogaltonia clavata (Baker ex Mast.) E.Phillips
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Przypisy

Szparagowate

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Chic ladies' watch with fine mesh bracelet in "businesswoman" style. Waterproof watch up to 3 Pressure bar it accompanies you on the beach without problems. This watch is made of stainless steel and has a Japanese quartz movement.


A survey carried out by SurveyMonkey, asked participants to choose which one they preferred – Bing results labeled as Google and Google results labeled as Bing results. The majority of people preferred the results labeled Google. The course of the study and its outcome has been described below.
A group of participants were gathered and were shown a few search results for a particular keyword.
Now these participant were shown Bing and Google results for the same keyword.
However the game was not played fair. Half of the participants were shown Google results, labeled as Google and Bing results, labeled as Bing.
The other half was shown Google results labeled as Bing and Bing results labeled as Google, in order to find out whether the quality of results were more important to them or its brand name.
The first group of participants, who were shown results where Google was labeled Google and Bing was labeled Bing chose results labeled Google over results labeled Bing.
The second group of participants, who were shown results where Google results were labeled Bing and Bing results were labeled Google also chose results labeled Google over results labeled Bing.
Anyhow, there was an irony in the results – Bing results labeled Google, were searched more than Google results labeled Google in the first case.
Thus, the outcome of the whole situation is the Google has a better brand name and is preferred more by people, but Bing results seem to be more useful since they were searched more after changing their label.
Bing.com describes it 'Conformation Bias'. According to a news published by them on their official website, they say that they are better than Google but since Google has a better brand reputation, it is preferred more.
This is one claim I am inclined to agree with Bing. Brand names do matter when consumers decide on the quality. What do you think?
That makes sense. Good branding can often hide differences quite well. Hopefully Bing does well!


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set -e
logfile="ddagent-install.log"
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gist_response=/tmp/agent-gist-response.tmp

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It looks like you hit an issue when trying to install the Agent.

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trap on_error ERR

if [ -n "$DD_HOSTNAME" ]; then
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fi

if [ -n "$DD_INSTALL_ONLY" ]; then
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# Try lsb_release, fallback with /etc/issue then uname command
KNOWN_DISTRIBUTION="(Debian|Ubuntu|RedHat|CentOS|openSUSE|Amazon|Arista)"
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Failed to update the sources after adding the Datadog repository.
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# Set the configuration
if [ -e /etc/dd-agent/datadog.conf ]; then
    printf "\033[34m\n* Keeping old datadog.conf configuration file\n\033[0m\n"
else
    printf "\033[34m\n* Adding your API key to the Agent configuration: /etc/dd-agent/datadog.conf\n\033[0m\n"
    $sudo_cmd sh -c "sed 's/api_key:.*/api_key: $apikey/' /etc/dd-agent/datadog.conf.example > /etc/dd-agent/datadog.conf"
    if [ $dd_hostname ]; then
        printf "\033[34m\n* Adding your HOSTNAME to the Agent configuration: /etc/dd-agent/datadog.conf\n\033[0m\n"
        $sudo_cmd sh -c "sed -i 's/#hostname:.*/hostname: $dd_hostname/' /etc/dd-agent/datadog.conf"
    fi
    $sudo_cmd chown dd-agent:root /etc/dd-agent/datadog.conf
    $sudo_cmd chmod 640 /etc/dd-agent/datadog.conf
fi

restart_cmd="$sudo_cmd /etc/init.d/datadog-agent restart"
if command -v invoke-rc.d >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    restart_cmd="$sudo_cmd invoke-rc.d datadog-agent restart"
fi

if $no_start; then
    printf "\033[34m
* DD_INSTALL_ONLY environment variable set: the newly installed version of the agent
will not start by itself. You will have to do it manually using the following
command:

    $restart_cmd

\033[0m\n"
    exit
fi

printf "\033[34m* Starting the Agent...\n\033[0m\n"
eval $restart_cmd

# Wait for metrics to be submitted by the forwarder
printf "\033[32m
Your Agent has started up for the first time. We're currently verifying that
data is being submitted. You should see your Agent show up in Datadog shortly
at:

    https://app.datadoghq.com/infrastructure\033[0m

Waiting for metrics..."

c=0
while [ "$c" -lt "30" ]; do
    sleep 1
    echo -n "."
    c=$(($c+1))
done

# Reuse the same counter
c=0

# The command to check the status of the forwarder might fail at first, this is expected
# so we remove the trap and we set +e
set +e
trap - ERR

$dl_cmd http://127.0.0.1:17123/status?threshold=0 > /dev/null 2>&1
success=$?
while [ "$success" -gt "0" ]; do
    sleep 1
    echo -n "."
    $dl_cmd http://127.0.0.1:17123/status?threshold=0 > /dev/null 2>&1
    success=$?
    c=$(($c+1))

    if [ "$c" -gt "15" -o "$success" -eq "0" ]; then
        # After 15 tries, we give up, we restore the trap and set -e
        # Also restore the trap on success
        set -e
        trap on_error ERR
    fi
done

# Metrics are submitted, echo some instructions and exit
printf "\033[32m

Your Agent is running and functioning properly. It will continue to run in the
background and submit metrics to Datadog.

If you ever want to stop the Agent, run:

    sudo /etc/init.d/datadog-agent stop

And to run it again run:

    sudo /etc/init.d/datadog-agent start

\033[0m"

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Q: Design noise filter and controller for a system based on reference model I have a practical system which can be described in the form \$ \frac{k}{s(Ts+1)} = \frac{5}{s(0.03s+1)}\$ (1).
My objective is to design a controller for the system to guarantee that the closed-loop looks like \$ G = \frac{1}{T_ps+1} = \frac{1}{0.035s+1}\$ (2) the most. I see that the bandwidth of (2) is about 30Hz. The bandwidth of reference signal is 20Hz.
Therefore, I have implemented a PD controller for this and it partially meets the requirements. However, the sensor results in a lot of random noise, which makes the output slightly oscillatory. So, how to design an reasonable filter to guarantee both noise rejection and bandwidth for (2)? How can I improve the controller?


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Interviews Phantom CommuniquÈ
Phantom CommuniquÈ's Brandon Talks of the Wolf and the Sheep
Bleed The Dream frontman Brandon Thomas had started another project a few years back he liked to call Phantom CommuniquÈ which released their debut release "The Wolf and the Sheep" went on to play shows and tour of course but all came to an end in the longrun.
How Phantom CommuniquÈ formed was during a personal breaking point for vocalist Brandon Thomas. Having just parted ways with the successful but tumultuous band Bleed The Dream, with whom he had toured the world and released two full-length CDs, Thomas was determined to flex his artistic muscles again, and quickly assembled the kind of ragtag misfits that would help bring his musical visions to fruition under the Phantom CommuniquÈ banner.
Teaming up with longtime friend, and former guitarist in Opiate For The Masses, Jim Kaufman, the new band was quickly welcomed into the fold of Kaufman's new label, American Voodoo Records. Gritty, emotionally stirring and vibrant with vitriol, Phantom CommuniquÈ possess a dynamic and undeniable spirit. With a respect for the rock of old and a knack for heavy hooks, the Los Angeles foursome perfectly captures that spirit in the studio.
1. How did the band pick the name Phantom CommuniquÈ?
Brandon: I love WW2 history and I'm a bit obsessed with that time period in general. A "Phantom Communique" was a term used for transmissions sent, heard, but not recorded or proven to exist. I liked how it sounded, ran with it. Its a bit of a hassle for people to say but I like things difficult.
2. How difficult was it to get inked to a record deal and how long did it take?
Brandon: This isn't my first deal so this time around I knew what to do and what not to do. But yes its still a very soul sucking and heart wrenching process.
3. Did you ever get to the point where you said it's never going to happen?
Brandon: Never.
4. Where are you guys from?
Brandon: My guitarist Lupo and I are from Baltimore. The rest of us are from So Cali but we are all Angelinos for sure.
5. What genre would you classify your music as?
Brandon: I would say our sound is "rock metal" pretty vague I know, but I understand that people need to put us somewhere. What sets us apart is the energy and mood we put in to what we do. We aren't re-inventing oxygen or anything, but we put drive, heart, fists, piss and vinegar in to everything we do. Even when I'm singing a melody that's easy on the ears, I'm still poking you in the chest with that sarcastic proverbial finger.
6. Who are some of your influences?
Brandon: My first concert was Faith No More opening for Guns&Roses and Metalica. I was 11 or 12 and it hit me in the soul like a sack of nickels to the face. Mike Patton, Axel Rose and James Hetfield became my forefathers. That day set in to motion a chain of events that put me rite in the path of this thing called rock n' roll. As my tastes varied and I got in to more punk, pop, experimental and far out shit I always stayed loyal to the rock and metal gods.
7. The band has a new album out called "The Wolf And The Sheep" What are you thoughts on the album?
Brandon: Heart, soul, slick production and crushing depth. That's what it says to me anyway.
8. What inspired your lyrics for this CD?
Brandon: They come from life, just like everyone else. I write what I know, I've had an interesting life thus far and its allowed me to write some cool stuff, but I feel my best is yet to come, life gets more interesting as it goes along. So will the music.
9. Do you have any personal favorites off the album?
Brandon: Yes,"The Secret", "The Wolf and the Sheep", and "Pulling Guard".
10. Do you have any plans for a video?
Brandon: We plan on doing one.
11. What about the band logo how did you come up with that design?
Brandon: I came up with the idea but an artist friend of our Travis Smith helped us with it.
12. What was the best thing about 2009 for the band and what can we expect from Phantom CommuniquÈ in 2010.
Brandon: 2009 was a hard one, alot of prep work and just fine tuning with member changes and such. 2010 should be a huge year for us, we plan on working our asses off.
13. What has been your best fan experience and why?
Brandon: I wouldn't say there is just one. I love meeting new people every day and new fans of what we do. If I had to choose I would say its the soldiers. They write and tell us how they are fighting this war to a soundtrack and we are on in there ears all the time, out there in the desert, nothing to hang on to from home but a few pictures and a few mp3s. That's my fave.
14. Finally, what would you like to say to all of your fans?
Brandon: Stay tuned lots of world domination and the destruction of cute little teddy bears to come.
12:00 PM Natalie
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The latest donation made by a Sidcup charity to the Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice has brought its total donations over the past 39 years to £50,000.
The Joan Seeley Pain Relief Memorial Trust was set up by former Grand Prix sidecar racer and motorbike designer Colin Seeley after the death of his first wife Joan from bone cancer in 1979.
As a tribute to her courage, he set up the charity to provide equipment for the relief of chronic pain, and he runs it with his second wife Eva.
The hospice was the first organisation to receive one of the trust's grants.
Colin said: "Every pound we collect is £1 spent, as we have no admin or trustees costs.
Colin raced in British and world championship sidecar competitions between 1961 and 1966, winning the 1964 Dutch TT.
When he retired from competition he successfully manufactured and designed his own frames for racing bikes, many of which have become classics.
At the age of 82 he still works with Bonhams giving advice on vintage motorbikes.
Bostall Woods, home of the hospice, is close to Colin's heart, as it is where he used to play as a boy, five miles away from the AJS and Matchless motorbike factory where he met Joan.
"Colin and Eva's support of the hospice has been an immense help to people with terminal illness over a near 40 year period," said Kate Heaps, the hospice's chief executive.


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City Connects Goes to High School
March 16, 2017 March 16, 2017 Alyssa Haywoode
Chaminade Julienne's Principal John Marshall; Marcus Colvin, a teacher; and Assistant Principal Greg Mueller at the National Youth-At-Risk Conference
City Connects began in 2001 as an intervention in elementary schools. The program brought the right services to the right child at the right time in K-5 or K-8 schools.
Since then, City Connects has grown to serve students from preschool to community college.
The very first adaptation of City Connects put the program in a high school, the Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School, in Dayton, Ohio, in the 2010-11 school year.
"We wanted to keep the frameworks of City Connects, the core components," Patrice DiNatale explains. She's the director of new practice for City Connects. "How do we do that in a high school where they see six, seven teachers?"
City Connects' core practice remained the same: assess the strengths and needs of every student at the high school and connect to them to services and enrichment opportunities. Site coordinators connect to students and talk to them — and they talk formally and informally with teachers. It's a matter of getting a feel for a school, of knowing who might need a kind word and who needs a long talk or something to eat.
But behind the scenes, the process changed to accommodate older kids. Instead of a whole class review with a single classroom teacher, the high school process pulls in much more information through coordinators' ongoing conversations with teachers, staff, and students. We also collect data. The reviews take a comprehensive look at what students need to be ready to learn. We consider their attendance, math and literacy skills, any behavioral incidents, and their grades, and grade point averages.
We also give each student an opportunity to tell us what they think by asking them to fill out surveys. The surveys provide insights about school climate as well as students' desires for drama or other programs that a school doesn't have. Surveys also make it easy to hear from students who are quieter.
Teachers also fill out surveys about their students. And these responses reveal patterns and challenges. Often, teachers agree on a student's performance. But when, say, an English teacher sees a student doing well, while a science teacher sees that same student struggling, these contradictory perspectives create the opportunity for an intervention. The two teachers can come together, consult with each other, and share strategies for how best to reach the student.
"It gets people talking about kids more holistically," DiNatale says.
According to Chaminade Julienne's website, "The school attributes the program as a key factor in the school's improved retention rate, and CJ leadership now plays a lead role in helping other schools adapt the model."
In 2015, members of the Chaminade Julienne community testified about City Connects before the Ohio Senate. Principal John C. Marshall said, "The City Connects program has encouraged faculty and staff to get to know more about each one of our kids personally. By doing so, we've been able to identify issues before they can impact a student's ability to learn."
Earlier this month, Marshall and Assistant Principal Greg Mueller presented about City Connects at the 28th annual National Youth-at-Risk Conference. The conference "trains adults who serve youths to create safe, healthy, caring, and intellectually empowering educational environments that foster the well-being of all children and adolescents."
City Connects' work at Chaminade Julienne prepared us as we moved into community colleges – a process we'll blog about in the coming weeks.
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Tag: Crete
Eggs & Cretans
On Jun 15, 2020 May 31, 2020 By arwen1968In Civilisation & MankindLeave a comment
Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957)
The eggs had already been eaten, shells and all. Now Captain Michales with a blow from his fist, smashed the pottery egg-cups, and distributed them to his guests to eat. Bertódolus was terrified, took his piece and clung breathless to a cask. With goggling eyes he watched the Cretans at his feet bit their bits of clay and chew them until they became sand and grit, which they swallowed with a snigger.
There are three sorts of men, Bertódolus slowly explained to himself: those who eat eggs without the shells; those who eat eggs with the shells; and those who gobble them up with the shell and the egg-cups as well. Those of the third kind are called Cretans.
(Nikos Kazantzakis: Freedom and Death)
Image Credit: Kazantzakis Museum via Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0
Captain Michales
On Jun 10, 2020 Jun 10, 2020 By arwen1968In The Rest of the WorldLeave a comment
Freedom and Death by Nikos Kazantzakis: A Book Review
Captain Michales is a wild man. His own family calls him the Wild Boar; and when he invites his companions to one of his drinking bouts – which often last for days – not only they dare not to say no, they dare not to stop drinking either, not even if it makes them miserably sick.
Even so, Captain Michales is no wilder than his country, Crete.
The cover of the 2nd Greek edition in 1955 illustrates the spirit of Captain Michales and the book perfectly [Image via Wikipedia}
Nikos Kazantzakis's novel, Freedom and Death, is set at the end of 19th century when Crete was still a – reluctant – part of the Ottoman Empire. The island saw a series of rebellions against Turkish rule throughout the 19th century before eventually it became independent and finally united with Greece in the 20th.
Kazantzakis himself was born in Megalokastro (today's Heraklion) in 1883 and in his autobiographical book, Report to Greco, he hinted that the figure of Captain Michales was inspired by his own father: in the novel he's describing the world that he grew up in.
A harsh and chaotic world.
Relations between the two groups of inhabitants of the island, the Greeks and Turks, are turbulent to say the least: ethnically motivated murder is a daily occurrence, family vendettas drag out for decades and law is practically non-existent. This forms the background of the novel, which is a story of friendship, jealousy, murder and vengeance, embedded in the larger story of the fight for Cretan independence.
The hero, Captain Michales, is a larger than life figure from the town of Megalokastro. The other chief characters are his Turkish blood brother and at the same time enemy, Nuri Bey; Nuri's wife Eminé, who strikes passion in more than one man's heart; Captain Michalis's extended family, his rivals, his friends and neighbours in Megalokastro; not to mention the Pacha in charge of the island and the spiritual leader of the Christians, the Metropolitan.
In addition to the actual plot line, the novel is like a caleidoscope of colour about life in Megalokastro in that particular moment, strongly emanating the atmosphere of the time and place – for Kazantzakis writing it must have been like reliving his childhood.
It is a memorable book, but brutal: brutal like the hero, and brutal like the times and the country in which he lived. Not for the faint hearted.
Captain Michales stretched out his hand and raised the severed head by the hair like a banner. A wild light haloed his face, which was filled with an inhuman joy. Was it pride, god-like defiance, or contempt of death? Or limitless love for Crete? Captain Michales roared:
"Freedom or…"
Greece in Black & White
On Aug 7, 2016 Aug 16, 2017 By arwen1968In Travel Photography1 Comment
Since so many of you seem to like black & white pictures from around the Mediterranean… 🙂
No pictures of the Acropolis, I'm afraid, because – would you credit it! – on the day we forgot the camera. On the other hand, sacrilegiously, I dared to turn Santorini into black & white. Continue reading "Greece in Black & White" →
Walking Samaria Gorge
On Apr 24, 2016 Aug 11, 2017 By arwen1968In Travel Diaries, Travel PhotographyLeave a comment
By way of giving you relief from Venice – which I'm sure will be subject of many miscellanies – I thought today we could go for a walk in Samaria Gorge in the White Mountains of Crete.
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The King in the Jar
On Mar 27, 2016 Jul 5, 2019 By arwen1968In Classics4 Comments
Today's miscellany is a picture of some jars. In my defence, they're beautiful, big enough to fit a fully grown man inside (a certain king comes to mind) and 3500 years old.
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The Labyrinth of Knossos
On Feb 21, 2016 Aug 16, 2017 By arwen1968In World HistoryLeave a comment
The archeological site of Knossos, near Heraklion on the island of Crete, was discovered in 1878 and excavated by Sir Arthur Evans from 1900 to 1935. The palace of Knossos was the centre of the Minoan Civilisation and was abandoned towards the end of the Bronze Age. There's a theory that the Minoan Civilisation collapsed as a consequence of the explosion of the volcano at Santorini, with the ensuing tidal wave destroying the low-lying coastal areas of Crete and volcanic ash falling over the island; there's another theory that the Minoans' downfall was brought about by large scale Mycenaean invasion (who destroyed Troy too). Or you can take the two in combination – how the Minoans, weakened by the consequences of the volcanic eruption, were unable to resist the invading Mycenaeans.
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On Jan 17, 2016 Aug 16, 2017 By arwen1968In WhateverLeave a comment
On the northern beaches of Crete, such as Ammoudara, the several kilometres long wide sandy beach directly west of Heraklion in August you see the red flag flying – forbidding swimming – almost every day. (Not that anybody takes the slightest notice.)
The beach is fully exposed to the meltemi.
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Lilly Singh to get her Bawse Book Tour to India
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Published: | 08th March 2017 12:41 PM
Indo-Canadian online personality Lilly Singh, also known by her YouTube username IISuperwomanII, will be returning to India in April with her book tour titled "How To Be A Bawse".
Event management firm Event Special will be hosting Lilly on her tour to promote her first book "How To Be a Bawse: A Guide to Surviving Conquering Life" -- which is inspired by hilarious and honest stories from Lilly's own life experiences and achievements.
The 28-year-old will be touring Mumbai, Hyderabad and New Delhi on April 19, 20 and 21 respectively, said the organisers in a statement.
"I am so thrilled to write my first book and share, all in one place, what I've learned about achieving success and happiness. This journey has taught me to always pick yourself up, not allow anything to stand in your way and that the only secret to achieving your dreams is hard work," Lilly said, according to the statement.
She also announced the tour dates on Twitter through an engaging over six-minute long video.
Event Speciale Managing Director and tour promoter Francis Coelho said: "The tour aspires to inspire the youth to be an achiever. From beginning to end, the tour is going to weave a personalized storyline."
The whirlwind tour also includes dates in the US, Canada, South East Asia, Dubai, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad & Tobago and Britain.
Lilly started making videos to help her fight depression, and is now one of the highest paid YouTube stars. She has appeared in videos with Michelle Obama, James Franco and Priyanka Chopra.
She has appeared in films like "Ice Age: Collision Course" and "Bad Moms". Lilly even made a film "A Trip To Unicorn Island" -- which her journey in planning and executing her tour from a behind-the-scenes perspective, and came out with her own signature lipstick called BAWSE with Smashbox.


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A Blast from the Not-So-Distant Past: The BMW E36
The 328 sport car was the first vehicle ever manufactured under the label of Bavarian Motor Works (BMW). Though not their sportiest model anymore, the 328 still has quite a kick to it. This, an E36 328, is what I stumbled upon in late July after months upon months of searching for a solid BMW in the area. As you might notice, it's fairly uncommon to see one of these roaming around the streets of Rhode Island; a lot of them rotted out, I'll be honest.
But this one didn't – mainly because the original owner lived in Utah. The vehicle was then shipped to Massachusetts, and then found its way into my hands. It has zero rust, zero rot. It runs like a dream. It's truly a rare sight to begin with. And that's all you could ask for in a car that you want to restore. You want it to be fun, you want it to be rare, and you want it to be clean. Take away any of those three things, and you'd simply be wasting your time and money on the project.
There were a few things to be mended, as with any car that's been around for almost two decades. This particular car, a 1997 328is (i for injection, s for sport) had a few minor dents, some bodywork that needed to be redone, and some worn weather-stripping. But my goal wasn't to stop there. My goal was to make it into something truly aesthetic, and personalized, without tarnishing the class and history that comes with owning a BMW. So here's the deal on what we did to this car.
The front bumper and the mirrors are straight from the BMW M3. Those were upgraded to increase airflow to the brake ducts and make the car a little bit more aerodynamic. The exterior has been completely reworked and repainted to the original BMW Arctic Silver, with a deep clear coat to create depth in the paint (as you can see in the time-lapse GIF). All the weather stripping has been replaced to freshen up the look of the car the nose panel was replaced, since the old one was dented, and the classic kidney grills were also replaced with matte black grilles.
The wheels are ASA AR1 17×8, on Michelin Super Sport Tires. They are an offset 225 in the front and 245 in the back, similar to the styling on the M3. They're manufactured by BBS, who does a lot of the manufacturing and styling for BMW, and many racing wheels as well. These particular wheels are styled to look like BMW Style 42. These are hooked up to a modest lowered suspension of 1" in the back and 1.5" in the front.
All of the lights have been replaced or upgraded. The blinkers, side-markers, fog lights and tail lamps were replaced with clear/smoked housings to reflect the European styling of the BMWs while keeping a dark, low profile look. The headlights are projectors, with angel eyes wired into them (BMW later adopted this double angel eye look for most of their headlight styling choices once LEDs became more common).
The headliner and all of the trim hasn't been replaced, but has been expertly reupholstered instead. The center console has also been reupholstered with leather M Stripes sewn into the fabric, to match the BMW M3 Vader seats that are in the car.
To make the car special, and since the engine was already coming apart to do some maintenance work on it, we painted the engine covers, valve cover and the intake manifold. They've been painted Arctic Silver, to match the car, with accents of deep glossy black for contrast. All reassembled and looking fresh, it now feeds air in from a Dinan long tube cold air intake, which scoops the air in from the bottom of the bumper to avoid the heat of the engine and keep it running cool.
The controls on the dashboard are on the borderline of ridiculous. Whereas a modern vehicle will display information in a sleek and minimalist manner, this bastard has an individual button for every onboard data calculation. If I want to know the weather, I hit the exterior temperature button. I can also hit the average fuel consumption button, the clock button, or the date button, head back to the trunk and load up my six CD changer with Hootie and the Blowfish and be on my way to the skate park. But I love all of these friendly reminders of what my childhood was like. Every technological advancement was the coolest thing ever, and we always showed it off with buttons — anyone else remember how many buttons they had on their boombox? Cause mine had about 50.
It even smells like the nineties. I have very few words to describe what it's like, but maybe this is close: old leather, electrical motors and worn plastic. That's what it smells like. And it's amazing. When I get in, I feel like I'm playing with my old toys again. The dash lights up like a Gameboy Color and I feel like a power ranger in my driver's seat.
And I know what they'll say; if you wanted to feel like you're playing a Gameboy again, why not get a Gameboy? Because Gameboys don't max out at 140mph, that's why. Enjoy your Pokemon, I'll be dumping my clutch in the parking lot.
This car resembles everything we thought was really going to hit it off in the 1990's. It also resembles how unbelievably wrong we were. It's got a portable flashlight in the glove box. We thought that was a cool idea back then. Who would've thought that we'd all have Led flashlights on our phones now? Who thought we'd be able to communicate so quickly, install GPS systems in our cars, or have cars that periodically run entirely on electric power? No one. No one thought we'd be here. But here we are, amidst the unfathomably complicated world we've created for ourselves.
I won't complain. I like my GPS. I like texting. I like my flashlight in my IPhone. But I also like going back to that simpler time. I like stepping into a car that has features, as opposed to computers and systems. It's a blissful ignorance. Sailing down the road I laugh; because it's almost embarrassing, knowing how dumb and obsolete all this technology must seem now. But dialing over to HIFI on my Harman Kardon Speaker System makes it pretty easy to drown out the harsh insecurities of the digital world.
How far we've come – 2014 Hyundai Tucson


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Some teammates have a nickname for Missouri redshirt freshman Ashton Glaser, and it has nothing to do with forecasting the weather or his favorite character from MASH.
The Tigers held their final double session of the preseason yesterday inside the Devine Pavilion, wrapping it up with an afternoon practice in helmets and shoulder pads. RT Dan Hoch, TB De'Vion Moore, DT Jimmy Burge, LB Adam Burton and CB Kevin Rutland were held out of drills for precautionary reasons while they nursed injuries. DT Lucas Vincent, who sprained his ankle in Thursday's scrimmage, was out of the protective boot he wore earlier in the day.
After a single morning session today, MU takes two days off then begins a string of afternoon practices Tuesday, capped by Thursday's scrimmage, the finale of preseason camp.
— Dave Matter
"They call him 'Radar Ashton,' " receiver T.J. Moe said. "He finds the nearest guy and hits him."
Mind you, Glaser is a quarterback, not a linebacker.
But twice during his standout performance in Thursday's scrimmage, Glaser hit like one, knocking defenders off their feet while scrambling for his team-high 49 yards on four carries. One of the victims was a starter, senior free safety Jasper Simmons, the team's fourth-leading tackler last season. With the backup candidates wearing orange jerseys instead of the typical hands-off-the-quarterback green, defenders were allowed to strike the passers from the waist up. In Glaser's case, orange meant he would deliver contact, not absorb it.
"I love to pass first," Glaser said, "but if all else fails, the pocket collapses or they're playing man coverage, then I'm not afraid to take it up the field."
His passing was even better. Running the second and third units, Glaser (6-foot, 205 pounds) stated his case for a promotion by completing all nine of his pass attempts for 98 yards and a touchdown. Afterward, he was bumped from No. 4 to No. 3 on the depth chart, ahead of junior Jimmy Costello, last year's backup to starter Blaine Gabbert.
After yesterday's morning practice, Missouri Coach Gary Pinkel declined to discuss the quarterback depth chart, only saying that there's "a battle" for the No. 3 job. Freshman James Franklin has been at No. 2 since the end of spring practices. The other freshman in camp, Tyler Gabbert, remains fifth.
After a freshman season his mother described as "an emotional roller coaster," Glaser said he was happy to see his scrimmage production rewarded with a promotion. By no means, though, is Glaser satisfied with being No. 3.
"It's important for each and every one of us to keep progressing every day," he said, "because, you know, if you stay the way you are, if I stay the way I am today, then I'll get passed up by Jimmy or Tyler."
A year ago, Glaser struggled to grasp the Tigers' playbook and had a more difficult time managing life away from football. In the span of a few months, Carin Glaser said her son struggled through a chain of events that tested his resiliency: His roommate and fellow freshman quarterback Blaine Dalton was dismissed from the program in August; he totaled his car in a nasty accident after a home game; he endured a challenging stretch with his girlfriend; and he served a one-game suspension for an undisclosed disciplinary issue, forcing him to miss the team's trip to Nevada. His parents didn't learn of the suspension for another month.
"We never asked him what happened, just that we'd appreciate a little heads-up next time," Carin said. "I told him, 'You're going to have to rebuild the relationships and rebuild the trust issues that you lost with your coaches.' They had to discipline him, just like a parent who has to discipline their child.
"But his relationships with his coaches have improved 100-fold from last year. I think it's all water under the bridge."
A year immersed in Pinkel's program, Glaser said he's recaptured the confidence he lost during his difficult freshman year. It's shown through two scrimmages, as he's completed 26 of 30 passes for 266 yards. Among the backups, Glaser has been the most aggressive in attacking defenses downfield, a requirement, he said, if he's going to push for a more prominent role.
"You have to take those risks if you want to keep progressing," he said.
Moe, a former prep quarterback and now the team's No. 1 slot receiver, said he's been especially impressed with Glaser's poise in the pocket. In fact, Moe credits his classmate with helping him climb the depth chart.
"In the spring and during bowl practices, he was throwing the ball to me every play," Moe said. "So that's how I worked my way up, with him throwing me the ball. He's definitely more comfortable."
"My confidence coming into Missouri was high, but once I got here, I sat back and was kind of wowed by the whole experience," Glaser said. "Over this spring and up until now, my confidence is gaining every day because I feel like I'm getting better."
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