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Brooklyn Park denies resident's attempt to keep Peco the potbellied pig
City officials also consider eliminating pet licenses and recommending microchips instead to reduce impoundment costs.
By Kim Hyatt Star Tribune
A potbellied pig named Peco must find a new home, after the Brooklyn Park City Council this week rejected a measure broadening the definition of pets in the city beyond cats and dogs.
The council also took the first step toward eliminating pet licenses due to a decline in the number granted each year, a process it describes as cumbersome with a low return on investment. Other metro suburbs have walked away from licenses for similar reasons.
The council indicated that it prefers instead to encourage residents to get pets microchipped in lieu of licenses to reduce the high cost of impounding stray pets.
Peco's owner, Rebecca Buckley, recently moved to Brooklyn Park, which doesn't allow pigs, chickens or goats on lots smaller than 5 acres.
An attempt by residents to change that in September was shot down, but the council revisited the issue Monday with regard to pigs at the request of Buckley, who garnered more than 1,000 signatures in an online petition.
In her plea to the council, Buckley said that her 140-pound pig was quiet, clean and vaccinated, "just like a dog."
But the council turned her down in a 5-2 vote. Mayor Jeff Lunde was one of the two council members who voted in favor of Peco.
"I don't think that this is going to cause any unreasonable harm," he said. "Sometimes I worry that we always worry about every little thing, when for the most part … people by and large make do with each other."
Lunde said that unfortunately Buckley now will have to comply with city code. It's not yet been determined when that must happen. Buckley could not be reached for comment.
Michelle Peterson, Brooklyn Park's neighborhood health supervisor, said the city first became aware of Buckley's noncompliance when a complaint was registered more than a year ago.
"The complaint was that he was a pig. Not that he was noisy or causing any disturbance or destroying anything," she said. "We have to investigate it and follow through with our procedures. And even though we don't feel Peco is a nuisance animal at all — I think he's a very good pig — the code just doesn't simply allow him as is to be where he's at."
Peco is a registered therapy animal, Peterson said, so Buckley inquired about exceptions to the ordinance. A therapy animal, however, is not the same as a service animal, which are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Fair Housing Act protects emotional-support animals for renters, but Buckley is a homeowner, she said.
Brooklyn Park's pet ordinance mirrors those of many cities around the metro area in allowing farm animals so long as the parcel is 5 acres or larger.
Crystal, New Hope and St. Paul allow pigs, no matter how big the lot. Brooklyn Center, Coon Rapids, Edina and Minneapolis don't allow pigs or goats, but chickens are OK under varying rules. Some cities have license requirements based on zoning or parcel size.
Pet licensing is a practice being abandoned by a number of cities, including Burnsville, Crystal, Mound and Orono.
Brooklyn Park accrued nearly $53,000 in impound expenses last year, with reclaimed animals bringing in about $20,000 in revenue and pet licenses netting about $3,000 after expenses. Microchips implanted below the pet's skin would enable police to find owners expeditiously.
In an interview Tuesday, Lunde said the council had been rethinking what defines a pet but decided "we're going to stick with traditional dogs and cats."
Kim Hyatt is the Star Tribune's North Metro reporter, covering Anoka County and the northern Hennepin County suburbs.
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Carolyn Ketchum: Well, I didn't start out for it to be low carb and I certainly didn't intend for it to become a full-time business. My sister had started a mommy blog and I thought it looked like fun. And since I've always been good at changing and adapting recipes to suit my needs and my tastes, I just started playing around. And the name came to me as a play on the old Adidas joke, "All Day I Dream About Soccer". But in my case, food is much more interesting than soccer!
But then I was diagnosed with prediabetes and it took a turn for the more serious. I started experimenting with low-carb ingredients like almond flour and various sweeteners, since I really didn't want to give up my passion for baking. It took some time but I started to get a sense of how these new ingredients behaved and how I could manipulate them to get results that tasted just like my old higher carb favorites. When I managed to create low-carb Nanaimo Bars, a favorite treat when I was growing up in Canada, I knew I was on to something.
DD: You love cooking and baking, where is this passion of yours coming from?
Carolyn: It's something I grew up with, I think. My mum loved to cook and bake and I guess it's just in my blood. I can't not bake; it's a bit of an obsession for me. When I've been away from my kitchen for a while, I itch to get back into it and create something spectacular.
The thing is, it's less about actually eating the sweets than people think. Baking is a form of creative expression and oftentimes, it's the creation of the the goodies that brings me so much joy. That and sharing them with friends and family and seeing their faces light up when they bite into it. Knowing that it's a healthier version makes it all that much more delicious.
DD: You were diagnosed with gestational diabetes during your third pregnancy. In your own words: you didn't choose low carb – low carb chose you. Could you tell us how it impacted your life in the beginning and how did you get started with the battle against carbs?
Carolyn: I will admit, being slender and healthy all my life, the gestational diabetes diagnosis came as quite a surprise. To me and to my doctor! At that time, I tried to follow the standard guidelines and it was a struggle every day. I had to walk after every meal, just to keep my blood sugar under control. It was an eye opener to see how hard it was to maintain normal glucose when following a standard American diet, and also to see the power of exercise and how even a short walk could bring my blood sugar down considerably.
After I had my baby and realized that I still had some blood sugar issues, I know I needed to go low carb, because following ADA guidelines wasn't working. It was pretty upsetting and I thought that was the end of my passion cooking and baking. Thankfully, I couldn't have been more wrong!
I first started out on simply a low-carb diet but as I noticed better blood sugar control, I dropped my carbs further and further until I realized I was essentially following the ketogenic diet.
DD: What was the most challenging thing about going low carb?
Carolyn: I think at first you miss things, all of those foods you think are now off limits, and it can seem frustrating. But the longer you stay on a low-carb, high-fat diet, the less you miss things. You come to appreciate the food for itself, and how much better you feel. I don't miss bread at all anymore, I can easily ignore pizza and pastries. And then I go home and find my own ways of making these foods so that I can enjoy them without a blood sugar spike.
Travel can be tough, though. There aren't too many truly good keto convenience foods and many airports and restaurants aren't really that accommodating for a low-carb diet. You eat a lot of salad and bacon and eggs! But I always try to pack some of my own homemade keto snacks with me, plus things like macadamia nuts and beef jerky, and I find that I manage to stick to the diet and come home feeling great.
And when it comes to going out to eat, I always read the online menu beforehand and stick to meats and veggies.
DD: Currently, you're working from home while you take care of your three children. This sounds pretty challenging! How does a regular day look like at the Ketchums?
Carolyn: Life with kids is always challenging, whether you work at home or outside the home! A regular week day starts with me waking my kids up and getting them started on breakfast while I head out the door for a run or to CrossFit. Then I come home and bake or cook something for the blog or for one of my cookbooks.
Mid-day, I am usually taking photos, typing up recipes, and getting ready to publish a blog post or get a manuscript in shape for my publisher. And there are dishes to be done and a kitchen to clean. I have two assistants who sometimes come over and help me work on recipes and on those days, I try to get through at least three recipes.
Then the kids come home and I start working on dinner and getting kids to various practices and activities. It can be overwhelming at times but I am incredibly blessed to have found a calling I love passionately and one that also helps me live a healthier life.
DD: If you would have to pick, which three dishes would you take with yourself to a deserted island?
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Great addition to the Diet Doctor site!
Have been making her Cheddar Jalapeno Muffins for years. I don't add the xanthan gum, and often make them without the jalapenos.
Carolyn is a baking genie!
Congratulations Carolyn! You are truly the queen of low carb recipe magic!
I have just one question. What is an Instant Pot?
Love her books and her recipes. Great addition to the site!
So glad to see Carolyn join Diet Doctor. Her website and recipes have been bookmarked on my computer for years. She's fabulous!
I have been a follower of Carolyn's blog for over a year now. Wondering recipes and a great sense of humor. Congrats Carolyn on going the DD team!
Carolyn's recipes are fool proof and delicious. A great addition to this fantastic website. Thank you to all involved!
Love her recipes, she will be a wonderful contributor!
Excited for this opportunity for Carolyn, and also for Diet Doctor making a superb choice in enrichment of their site and resources. It's a win/win!
Carolyn, congrats! I love your simple ingredients and easy to follow directions in your recipes. I know I will have the ingredients in my kitchen, so I can get down to baking! And, it will be easy to find your latest info on Diet Doctor's site!
Wow You got a wonderful contributor ! Congrats Carolyn !
One of my favourite keto cook book authors. You know you can pick any recipe from her books or blog and it will be great!
When it's a recipe from Carolyn, I know it will be good. I have all her books and look forward to more.
Excellent choice! Carolyn is amazing. I have her cookbooks too. I will be on this site much more now. Thanks!
Just bought 2 of her cookbooks! So glad she's on the site now!
Way to go, Diet Doctor! Carolyn is amazing!
OMG! My two favorite sites are together now! I have all of Carolyn's cookbooks, and I am looking forward to this collaboration!
Yay!! I recently made her uh-MAZING Kentucky Butter Cake, and it wowed the crowd!
There must surely be some way of making this without having to buy another bit of kit? An expensive pressure cooker in British English!!?
This is very encouraging. Lets hope weights are in grammes or ounces, not I'm millilitres az do many recipes seem to be - or worse, cups!!
I have been following Carolyn now for 2 years. Love all of her recipes, have all of her cook books. I know when I make one of her recipes, it won't be a waste of some expensive ingredients. One of my favorites is her Coconut Cheesecake!!! Everyone in my family (non keto) loves this Cheesecake and it is always requested! I love reading her blogs!
I recently discovered Carolyn when looking for something to bring on a flight to our traditional family Thanksgiving gathering. Her Pumpkin Scones were gobbled up by my unsuspecting family members with coffee in the morning. Wow! Can't wait to try the Pecan Butter cookies for Christmas!
So EXCITED to see you join Diet Doctor's website! LONG overdue. Love what you do with ingredients Congratulations!
Not all recipes translate well from one mode of cooking to another.
I absolutely love Carolyn's recipes - I use them all the time!!! She is a genius with low carb cooking and baking!! Thank you Carolyn for making it easy for us ☺ Keep up the good work!!!
But most do. I don't own a microwave or instant pot; I do all of my keto cooking on the stove top or in the oven, adjusting recipes accordingly.


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Umayyad Mosque: Golden Rectangles from Squares
photo above of Umayyad Mosque, Damascus by Bernard Gagnon for Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0.
In previous articles on double squares and then St Peter's Basilica, it became clear that squares and double squares have been embodied, within sacred buildings and art, because circles can then spawn golden rectangles from them. A golden rectangle has one dimension related to its other dimension as the golden mean {1.618034…}. Firstly, the original square plus golden rectangle is a larger golden rectangle but, secondly, the new golden rectangle (beside the square) shares its side length as one unit {1} but its other side is then the reciprocal of the golden mean (0.618034).
The golden mean is the only irrational number whose reciprocal, and square share its fractional part {0.618034 1.618034 2.618034}: there can be only one real number for which this is true. But it is in its geometrical expression, living structure and aesthetics (as in classical architecture) that lead its uniqueness to be seen as a divine ratio. Therefore, it seems, ancient human civilizations sought this golden form of harmony within the form of the Temple, especially in Dynastic Egypt and Classical Greece. The planet Venus must have reinforced this significance since its synod {584 days} is 8/5 of the solar year {365 days} and its manifestation such as evening and morning stars, move around the zodiac tracing out a pentacle or five-pointed star, the natural geometry of the golden mean.
The natural geometry of the Golden Mean is the Pentacle, traced out by planet Venus upon the Zodiac as evening and morning star. (from Sacred Number and the Origins of Civilization)
In the renaissance, the Classical tradition of Ancient Greece and Rome was reborn as neoclassicism, a famous proponent being Palladio, and further neo-classicism arose in the 19th Century and continues in the United States. From this, the previous article on St Peter's saw its original square become rectangular in a golden way. The whole basis for this is due to the nature of squares and circles, that is: golden rectangles are easily formed geometrically through squares and circles.
The extension of St Peter's from a square, by adding a golden rectangle, can be seen to also apply within the original square. Furthermore, there is a medium-sized square within the golden rectangle plus a small golden rectangle (see below).
The overall golden rectangle of St Paul's of a square and golden rectangle below. Using the square within the golden rectangle, the original square above can have four such overlapping squares, to create a cruciform pattern, the upper part of which was used to lay out the Umayyad Mosque.
The medium square can be tiled four times within the large square to overlap the other medium squares, as shown above. This creates a small central square while the four regions that overlap are smaller golden rectangles. The lower golden rectangle is also repeated four times with overlapping, twice horizontally and twice vertically. It is seen that squares and golden rectangles can recede within a square, into smaller sizes, or expand around a square. It is as if all levels of scale hold a kind of fractal, based upon the golden mean.
The top six elements of the square can be seen to match the site plan of the Great (Umayyad) Mosque of Damascus, built 900 years before St Peter's Basilica, on the site of an Orthodox Cathedral and, before that, a Roman temple to Jupiter. In other words, any golden rectangle design can contain resonances of somewhat different golden mean designs, that may express a different meaning or context; in this case the Mosque gives the notion of two squares overlapping to generate an intervening region of blending and the rectangle of overlap will then be phi squared in height (shown yellow below) relative to the width being unity – the central square's side length.
The geometry of the Umayyad Mosque
My thanks to Dan Palmateer, for his emails and diagramming whilst on this theme of golden rectangles. One of his own pictures (below) shows the central square of the main square, by tiling the main square with the small golden rectangle.
The central square within the greater square is revealed in St Peter's as a square within a circular area, noting that this plan (held by The Met Museum) was made after the building had been completed.
There was obviously a vernacular of golden rectangular building in Islam which was carried forth in Renaissance Europe. The potential for golden rectangular building can be all-embracing, as it is a property of space itself, due to numbers.
Author Richard HeathPosted on January 4, 2023 January 6, 2023 Categories Geometry and Metrology, Sacred Geometry: Language of the Angels, UncategorizedTags Golden Mean, St Peter's, Umayyad
St Peter's Basilica: A Golden Rectangle Extension to a Square
above: The Basilica plan at some stage gained a front extension using a golden rectangle. below: Later Plan for St. Peter's 16th–17th century. Anonymous. Metropolitan Museum.
The question is whether the extension from a square was related the previous square design. The original square seems quite reworked but similar still to the original square. The four gates were transformed into three ambulatories defining four circles left, above, right and centre, see below.
Equal Perimeter models at the center of St Peter's Basilica
Equal Perimeter Models
The central circle can be considered as 11 units in diameter so that its out-square is then 44 units. The circle of equal perimeter to the square will then be 14 units in diameter and the difference of 3 defines a circle diameter 3 units. The 11-circle represents the Earth while the 3-circle represents the Moon, to very high precision – hence making this model a representative of the Mysteries inherited from deep antiquity; at least the megalithic age and/or early dynastic Egypt, when the earth's size can be seen in Stonehenge and Great Pyramid. This inner EP model, is diagonal so that the pillars represent four moons.
An outer Equal Perimeter model is in the cardinal directions (this alternation also found in the Cosmati pavement at Westminster Abbey, and inner models are related to the microcosm of the human being relative to the slightly larger model of Moons). The two sizes of Moon define the circles at the center, around St Peter's monument. The mandala-like character of the Equal Perimeter model give here the impressions of a flower's petals and leaves.
Golden Rectangles
You may remember a recent post about double squares and golden rectangles, where a half-circle that fits a Square has root 5 diagonal radius which, arced down, generates a golden triangle. It is therefore possible to fit the square part of the original design and draw the circle that fits the half-diagonal of the square as shown below.
The golden extension of the Basilica's Square Plan
By eye, the square's side is one {1} and the new side length below is 1/φ and the two together are 1 + 1/φ = φ (D'B' below) which is the magic of the Golden Mean. This insight can be quantified to grasp this design as a useful generality:
Quantifying how the golden mean rectangles are generating phi (φ)
Establishing the lengths from the unit square and point O, the center of the right hand side. OA' is then √5/2. When this is arced, the square is placed inside a half circle A'C, BC is √5/2 + 1/2 = 1/φ.
The rectangle sides ACD'B' are the golden mean relative to the width A'B = 1, the unit square's side, but that unit side length A'B is the golden mean relative to the side of the golden rectangle BC. In addition the length B'D' is the golden mean squared relative to BC, the side of the golden rectangle.
It seems that the equal perimeter models within the square design of Bramante were adjusted. The golden mean was used to extend the Basilica (originally an Orthodox square building named after St Basil) into a golden rectangle. This could be done by adding the equivalent lesser golden rectangle, relative to the unit square through the properties of the out half-circle from O.
The series of golden rectangles can travel out in four directions, each coming naturally from a single unitary square. The likely threefold symbolic message, added by the extension seems to be the primacy of the unitary square, of St Peter (on whom the Church was to be founded) and of the Pope (as a living symbol of St Peter).
Author Richard HeathPosted on December 31, 2022 January 1, 2023 Categories Geometry and Metrology, Lessons, Sacred Geometry: Language of the AngelsTags equal perimeters, Golden Mean, St Peter's, starcut diagram1 Comment on St Peter's Basilica: A Golden Rectangle Extension to a Square
St Peter's Basilica: Starcut & Equal Perimeter
In Malcolm Stewart's book on Sacred Geometry, his starcut diagram was applied to Raphael's painting The School of Athens to create radiants to the people standing around the Athenium Lyceum. "If the starcut was the central geometrical determinant for Raphael's formal depiction of classical philosophy" it was a "known authoritative device" or framework for geometrical understanding. Stewart found a potential antecedent for such a technique Donato Brahmante's plan for St Peter's (see above) which was square like a starcut diagram.
left: Stewarts book cover right: The simplest version of the starcut square where the sides are divided by two and the outer square is four squares of nine, which is 62 = 36 squares and there an octagon within the crossing lines. If there were 72 squares, then the octagon's vertices would all be on crossings.
A starcut diagram works as a linear interpolator of lines drawn between its sides which are then divided by a number of points that radiate out to other points. The inner lines in this one are eight in number, three per side. Malcolm Stewart shows (see below) the number of coincidences between the plan and a starcut, as if the design was partly arrived at by establishing this pattern. The cardinal cross between its four entrances could have be arrived at, as could the corner octagons with their entrance and side circles lying on starcut radiants. And the central square has corners defining the central space and pillars for supporting the dome.
There seems to be other signs of starcutting such as Honnecourt's Man, that masons were using such frameworks to build all manner of buildings, sculptures and designs. To investigate further, I made a diagram of my own, over Bramante's plan and used the method of modular analysis, based on the fact that the central cross of walk ways is one fifth of the square's side length so that 5 by 5 squares (in red) will define that feature. But there also seems to be a 3 by 3 grid of squares at work (shown in blue) to define the central space in the standard style of the Basilica from the Orthodox (Eastern Church) tradition, this then accounting for most of Stewart's dotted lines.
Reconstructing most of Malcolm Stewart's fig. 8.18 using grids of five and three, and applying modular analysis to the Basilica, to quantify it in relative units 1/120th of its side length.
The plan has no scale from which metrology can be deduced, but the smallest number able to hold these two grids together is 60. But to resolve the width of the corner octagons (as 15) I have used a side length of 120. The squares of 24 divided by the octagon width is 24/15 = 8/5 = 1.6. On can see that the starcut diagram was probably part of modular analysis, a technique popular in modern studies of cathedrals which, of necessity, can't have been designed except as a meaningful whole. But this design would go through many hands including Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini to become a transcept cathedral design (see below).
Later Plan for St. Peter's 16th–17th century. Anonymous. Metropolitan Museum.
My own book on sacred geometry found a different framework was often present in such capital buildings, a model called Equal Perimeter which is a model of pi as 22/7 but is also the basis for a cosmological model of the Earth and the Moon, as 3/11ths of the Earth in size. This model is principally a circle the same perimeter size as a given circle's circumference, the square being symbolic of the earth in its side length, as a scaled down mean diameter for the Earth. The basilica square limits could then the Earth and the circle of equal perimeter and size of the Moon, as shown overlaid below. Just as the presence of starcut or modular frameworks were linked to a medieval tradition, perhaps parts of that tradition were conscious of this long lost knowledge of the size of the Earth and Moon.
The Equal Perimeter model seems quite clear within the Basilica as originally conceived by Bramante.
It would seem that the equal perimeter design was in use in medieval times because the Cosmati pavement of Westminster Abbey holds it very clearly, and it was the Pope who sent Cosmati guildsmen for its construction. If the basilica was completed on 18 November 1626, the Westminster pavement was completed by 1268 for king Henry III. Its mosaic is depicted in Hans Holbein's The Ambassadors. The interpretation I gave to it is in my Sacred Geometry book was first published here.
In summary, sacred geometry became a repository for esoteric information and techniques useful for laying out the capital buildings and other religious artifacts in which the exoteric aspects of religion are performed. Rituals often have a deeper meaning, only accessible when one seeks to understand rather than merely know them. It may be that this was a necessary compromise between the outer and inner meaning of life in those times.
Cosmati Great Pavement at Westminster Abbey as a model of the Earth and Moon.
[Copyright: Dean and Chapter of Westminster]
Author Richard HeathPosted on December 29, 2022 December 31, 2022 Categories Sacred Geometry: Language of the AngelsTags equal perimeters, St Peter's, starcut diagram


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Gun Confiscation Could be Moving in NH
Written by Alan Rice Published: 04 November 2019
A Sununu / Bradley Compromise Could Put You at Risk
We Need to Make Our Voices Heard
After the radical gun banners took control of the New Hampshire General Court, Governor Sununu made a commitment to veto legislation that violated the Second Amendment and Article 2a of the New Hampshire Constitution.
He kept his promise and vetoed all gun control — especially the worst — HB 696 elder care gun confiscation and his veto was sustained.
We thought that once the veto was sustained this would be a dead issue. We were wrong; the Union Leader recently reported that Governor Sununu and Senator Jeb Bradley are working on a "compromise."
We are concerned, very concerned. Even if the Sununu / Bradley "compromise" doesn't specifically mention firearms — or command law enforcement to seize firearms (which is what HB 696 did). In fact, a bill that is open-ended would be arguably worse.
If, under any "compromise", a guardian appointed by the government (or in some cases a bureaucrat), could sue a relative who is caring for an elderly parent — charging abuse — that would set the stage for gun confiscation. If the bureaucrat is successful in obtaining a "restraining order," the caretaker will lose her Second Amendment rights.
What is abuse? We've seen this scenario elsewhere, and I'm pretty confident that it would be defined as "verbal harassment" which could result in "emotional distress…" These are subjective terms that a bureaucrat can manipulate to coerce a court to restrain a family member and confiscate their guns.
What might a judge be able to order under a Bradley / Sununu elder care gun confiscation "compromise"?
A judge can order virtually anything, and you can bet that gun confiscation will always be ordered.
Furthermore, even if a judge doesn't order guns to be taken, gun owners might still face additional legal peril because of a federal law prohibiting firearms possession by those who are subject to domestic violence restraining orders (orders issued by state courts, often without the accused being present).
In 2018, Sen. Bradley co-sponsored SB 500, an anti-gun bill that we aggressively fought; and when he was in the NH House in the late 1990s he had a terrible voting record on firearms issues. Based on his history, we are very concerned about the Bradley elder care gun confiscation "compromise."
Any "compromise" that could restrain someone with respect to spouses, children, parents or anyone else who cohabitates with them will cause that person to lose their Second Amendment civil rights — permanently and probably irrevocably. When government bureaucrats interfere with family dynamics things generally end badly for the family. As of now, Senator Bradley is the lone sponsor of this LSR:
2020-2733 SB Title: relative to protective orders for vulnerable adults.
Even with the bad news on elder care gun confiscation, there is some good news to report.
Last week we asked you to contact the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee and urge them to oppose HB 687, gun confiscation bill. The committee met in Executive Session on Wednesday, October 30, and it looks like they heard you. While they voted to adopt the anti-gun Murphy Amendment, they did not have the votes to recommend "ought to pass" on the amended bill. What this means is that HB 687 will go before the House of Representatives in January without a committee recommendation. Neutral, rather than "inexpedient to legislate" (ITL) or an "ought to pass" (OTP) recommendation. Rep. John Burt has assured me that he will get a roll call vote and fight hard for the votes to pass an ITL motion on the floor to kill the bill.
Please contact Governor Sununu (above) and urge him to veto any form of gun control or gun confiscation. No matter who the sponsor is and what the editorial writers claim. Please make it clear to the Governor that his proposed compromise is a solution in search of a problem, and you categorically reject the notion that bureaucrats and court-appointed guardians know what's best for our seniors.
Also, please go below to contact Senator Chuck Morse (the Republican leader) and let him know that you are aware of Senator Bradley's gun confiscation scheme and are completely opposed to it. As the leader of his party, Senator Morse is accountable to all NH residents, not just those who reside in District 22.
Second Amendment Groups React To Gun Control Wins In Virginia


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Most people probably did not notice it when Huawei release their own tablet called the Huawei MediaPad M5 the last time despite the fact that the device was actually pretty good. Hopefully, Huawei will not make the same mistake with the upcoming tablet as well.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 was released with an R6 chipset that is rated to be more powerful than the Apple iPad Mini but because not many people actually knew that the tablet exists, it did not do so well.
Huawei had made it clear that they are looking to release a successor to the Huawei MediaPad M5 called the M6. The tablet will come in with the Sanpdragon 845 processor with lots of RAM to offer. Huawei's goal is to turn it into a flagship smartphone that has a display size of a tablet.
Of course, Huawei will also need to pay more attention to the marketing if they want the tablet to do better this time.


Got up this morning and shoveled 4 inches of Global Warming off my driveway.
I updated the old weather joke because it actually did snow 4 inches last night -- a "Midwest Express" that roared through the plains bringing a springtime blast of winter's dying breath. We are likely to have a couple more of these little surprises before we can officially celebrate the advent of the warming season. It better get here quick. Opening Day is a week from Tuesday.
I also altered the cliché above in honor of "Earth Hour" - one of those earnest, silly liberal attempts at "raising the consciousness" of people about one cause or another. Who can forget such planet altering events as "Hands Across America" or "Live Aid" concerts, or the "Let's Give More Money to Africa so the Kleptocrats can fatten their Swiss Bank Accounts" concert? The total impact on public policy and probably on people's "consciousness" was about the same as watching an episode of "Dancing with the Stars" -- without the advantage of seeing scantily clad women twirling and dipping like Whirling Dervishes.
The attempt to raise the profile of Global Warming as an issue was apparently a success -- at least among the left. I asked an elderly neighbor whether he was going to participate in Earth Hour by shutting off his lights for 60 minutes. When he discovered that the event was to take place at 8:30 local time around the globe he just shrugged his shoulders and said, "Betty and I are already in bed by then. Maybe I should turn off the TV?"
I assured him that the target of this protest were electric lights and not essential stuff like TV's. He thought perhaps he would turn off the nightlight in the bathroom but then he wondered if the Earth Hour folks would cover his medical costs if his wife stumbled and fell in the dark. I didn't have an answer for him and just let it drop.
Of course, Global Warming deniers celebrated Earth Hour a little differently and probably had more fun with their participation given the circumstances. Many on the opposite side of AGW debate decided to turn every single light in their houses on for that hour. The response was declared to be "stupid" by leading lights of the left.
"Stupid" as opposed to what? Believing that it makes one iota of difference to anyone, anywhere, anytime that turning off your lights for an hour does anything except make the participant feel a false sense of moral superiority not to mention an obnoxious piety about an issue that, despite claims to the contrary, is still open for scientific debate?
Pardon me but the very idea that Earth Hour will show anybody anything, prove anything to anybody, raise the consciousness of anyone who doesn't already have their consciousness raised on the issue, change any minds, alter the science, frighten politicians, or "help save the planet" is idiotic and bespeaks a frightening ignorance that is more dangerous than global warming itself.
I have news for my buddies on the left; Earth Hour was "stupid" - an insult to common sense, a slap in the face to reason and logic, and a as far from "reality" as the "reality based community" has ever strayed. It was a pointless waste of time and effort and calling your opponent's counter-protest" "stupid" was more revealing of your inner demons on this issue than you realize.
Of course, all protests are "stupid" unless liberals start them. They are the arbiters of what is worthy of protest and what isn't. They are the judges as to whether a protest is legitimate or whether it is "stupid." Hence, all protests not started by liberals are, by definition, illicit by nature. In fact, by trying to delegitimize protests not given the liberal seal of approval, and dismissing them as "stupid," the left demonstrates its love of authoritarian tactics in dealing with its opponents.
The AGW deniers "protest" was actually a clever way to mock the event -- something that flew so far over the heads of Earth Day supporters that it didn't even muss their hair on the way by. And there was plenty to point a finger at and laugh. First and foremost, the schoolboy earnestness with which these events are planned and executed, accompanied as they are by grandiose claims of importance and significance. Is it stupidity or hubris that makes the left think that ordinary people care one whit what they think is important? Yes all sorts of government buildings and landmarks as well as "socially conscious" corporations dimmed their lights for Earth Hour but how many individual citizens in various countries did the same? Grandiose claims of a billion people participating cannot possibly be proved -- which is why AGW advocates are using that number. It might not even be close to the truth but it sure sounds impressive, doesn't it?
Using their logic, I can claim that 100 million Americans participated in the counter-protest mocking Earth Hour and I would have the exact same legitimacy in making that assumption as they have in saying that a billion people dimmed their lights at 8:30 on Saturday night. The only difference is I'm not an AGW proponent which means my estimate is automatically "illegitimate."
Being humorless twits that many in the AGW movement have shown themselves to be, the concepts of irony and sarcasm are as alien to them as if they originated on the moon. Hence, the idea of turning one's lights on instead of off makes the counter-protestors dangerous and not simply trying to make an attempt at humor -- a somewhat lame attempt I'll admit but a better response to global warming than the United Nations is set to announce.
It seems the UN has got it in its head that it can run the economies of the entire planet. The same folks who ran the Oil For Food program for Saddam and ended up stealing more money than in any other caper in human history are proposing to "reorder" the economies of the world and save us all from rising temperatures.
This 16 page note that will be distributed at the climate change conference in Bonn next week and will form the basis for action when the "Copenhagen Accords" replace the Kyoto treaty in 2012 is the most draconian, sovereignty-destroying, illiberal plan ever devised by the UN. Every nightmare the right has ever had about the UN will come to pass if even part of this plan is adopted.
But it is instructive as to what the AGW crowd thinks they can get away with in the future. The plan calls for a reduction by the US of 20-40% of its emissions by 2020 and 90% by 2050 -- an impossible goal that would destroy our economy. That result is secondary to the idea that the United Nations would have the power to regulate our energy consumption, our energy industries, and all industries that produce anything by burning fossil fuels.
As I said, a mad plan that has no chance of being ratified by the Senate -- today. What the future will bring is anyone's guess. A few more years of hysteria over AGW and it is foreseeable that people will be willing to give up anything in order that the United Nations save them. And the longer this economic crisis continues, the more likely people will be willing to give up their sovereignty. Like President Obama relying on the crisis to pass his left wing agenda items that have nothing to do with economic recovery but everything to do with "reordering" America, the world body will seek to use a crisis that they themselves manufacture in order to grab control of the world's economy. And they will be cheered on by the very people who believe any protest not deemed by them as legitimate is by definition, invalid.
This streak of leftist authoritarianism manifests itself most noticeably in the debate over AGW. Stifling debate by threatening to try as criminals people who disagree with them, declaring an end to the scientific method by saying that the debate about AGW is "over," spreading lies about skeptics by positing the notion that they are all being paid by oil and coal companies, attempting to ruin the careers of scientists who disagree with them, and seeking to censor scientific studies that challenge AGW orthodoxy -- all point to a desire by AGW advocates to control minds by not allowing any dissent.
The fact that these tactics are generally supported by liberals is indicative of their own doubts about the efficacy of climate change and their desire to close their own minds to any information that would cause them to doubt, or otherwise alter their perception about the debate over AGW. This makes leftists not only authoritarians but stupid ones at that -- a very dangerous combination that the United Nations appears to be counting on in order to make their plan a reality.
Rick Moran is associate editor of American Thinker and proprietor of the website Rightwing Nuthouse.


This past November, headlines were made when a drone captured images of over 100 dolphins confined in Srednyaya Bay, Russia, for commercial reasons.
Figure 01: Location of the "whale jail" in Srednyaya Bay, near Nakhodka, Russia.
This "whale jail" was installed in Srednyaya Bay to receive "prisoners" last July. The Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta originally reported the story on 30 October 2018 and stated that 11 killer whales and 90 beluga whales [both actually dolphin species] were being held in captivity. These prisoners represent a record catch for the four companies believed to be responsiblefor the captures: LLC Oceanarium DV, LLC Afalina, LLC Bely Kit and LLC Sochi Dolphinarium.
These 101 black-market dolphins are jammed into tiny offshore pensmade ofnetting and are believed to be illegally up for sale to one of China's 60 marine parks and aquariums, as told by the British journal The Telegraph. With this entertainment business booming in China and a dozen more venues reportedly under construction, there is a demand for these intelligent, social, wild animals.
Figure 02: Twitter post by the Russian government-controlled news outlet RT showing the tiny pens where the cetaceans are being held in captivity in Srednyaya Bay, Russia.
The prosecutor investigating the case is assessing all documents in order to find out if the animals were captured for scientific or educational purposes, or if they were actually detained with an illegal purpose. Greenpeace Russia and other activists are also closely following the case.
The Novaya Gazetta has also reported that the four companies (LLC Oceanarium DV, LLC Afalina, LLC Bely Kit and LLC Sochi Dolphinarium) that own these containers previously exported 13 killer whales to China between 2013 and 2016. These companies were supposedly granted permission to capture ten killer whales in the wild for educational purposes. However, seven of those killer whales were exported to China. Russian authorities are now investigating this case as a possible fraud.
It is important to remember that in 1982, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) adopted a moratorium on commercial whaling, prohibiting participant countries of this international agreement to capture wild whales, except for a specific set of scientific, educational, and cultural purposes. Currently, the quota for capturing whales varies with purpose, country and species, in accordance with the method adopted by the IWC to avoid negative impact on cetacean populations. However, commercial whaling quota is currently zero (IWC 2019a) and there are now 101 individuals being held in captivity in Srednyaya Bay.
Unfortunately, not all countries participate and engage in this agreement. The map below shows the IWC member countries and when they joined the IWC. Surprisingly, both Russia and China are both IWC members despite their purported activities capturing, holding and selling cetaceans for profit.
Figure 03: IWC member countries and when they joined the IWC.
Also, members can withdraw from the IWC. This past December there was another shocking news regarding Japan's decision to withdraw from the IWC to recommence commercial whaling for the first time in 30 years (Japan Times 2018). This news has led to concerns that this whale market will further diminish the already declining dolphin populations in the region but may also improve whale populations in the Southern Oceans where Japan has whaled illegally previously (Nature 2019).


Mansfield Town vs. Charlton Athletic 'Krystian Pearce is first to a corner ball.
Mansfield Town will be ball number six in tonight's FA Cup second round draw.
The Stags were held to a 1-1 first round home draw by League One side Charlton Athletic yesterday and now face a replay down at the Valley on Tuesday, 20th November (7.45pm).
Tonight's draw can be watched live on BBC2 at 7pm and will be shown in the Sandy Pate Sports Bar, located at the rear of the Ian Greaves Stand.
The draw will take place at The Beveree, home of National League South side Hampton & Richmond Borough, ahead of their first round tie against Oldham Athletic and will be conducted by former Middlesbrough and Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer and Brighton & Hove Albion striker Glenn Murray.
The second round is scheduled to take place over the weekend of Friday, 30th November and each winning club will receive £54,000.


Lucija Žnidarič (2014) Semidirect product of groups. Diploma thesis.
In this BSc thesis we consider a construction of groups called semidirect product, which is a generalization of direct products. Semidirect products provide a much larger collection of groups than direct products. We find a criterion, which enables us to determine whether a group is isomorphic to a semidirect product and discuss the difference between direct and semidirect products. We construct various examples of semidirect products and in particular semidirect products of cyclic groups. We exemplify that semidirect group products also take a role as symmetry groups of combinatorial objects such as graphs.


Utilizing a partner's expertise in the handling of this toxic material, corrosion expertise, and laboratory experiments which were video taped for use in court, we were able to show that the tank car failure and resulting release was due to the customer's actions. Then using dispersion modeling we were also able to show that many of the claims of plaintiffs in the class were spurious.
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The remainder of the 39 books are also presented "Chuck Missler style", never a dull moment as Chuck leads you on a journey through the teachings of the Old Testament. In these commentaries Chuck is a teacher not a preacher, these teachings are intended to gain a knowledge base of the subject. They can be ordered or downloaded. Chuck is an excellent teacher and always tells his students that they need to refer to Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. With that said using Acts 17:11 enables Chuck to teach and not be limited to only one view. Chuck often gives more than one view on a subject and sometime ends the thought with the statement, "I don't know what you are going to do with that". He is good at giving perspective and different views. Chuck gets into the original text and even takes the study down to the level of the original letters and symbols.


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President-elect Biden appoints COVID-19 advisory team
The panel is expected to set a national policy for dealing with the pandemic
Photo (c) JordanSimeonov - Getty Images
President-elect Joe Biden has quickly established his priorities, appointing a COVID-19 Advisory Board to work during the transition to establish a national response to the pandemic that is surging across America.
Members include Dr. David Kessler, who was Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner in both the George H.W. Bush and Clinton administrations and Dr. Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general under the Obama administration, who will serve as co-chair.
They're joined by Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, an associate professor of internal medicine at Yale University; Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, who served as a special adviser for health policy during the Obama administration.
Biden was declared president-elect Saturday after the mail-in vote count in Pennsylvania gave him that state's 20 electoral votes. President Trump has not conceded and announced plans to file a legal challenge to Pennsylvania's results.
The Biden campaign, however, has already moved into a transition phase, preparing to take power on January 20. In a statement, Biden identified COVID-19 as one of the most important challenges faced by the incoming administration.
"The advisory board will help shape my approach to managing the surge in reported infections; ensuring vaccines are safe, effective, and distributed efficiently, equitably, and free; and protecting at-risk populations," Biden said.
Possible nationwide mandate
The board may also recommend nationwide mandates, reversing the Trump Administration's policy of leaving the management of the pandemic to individual states. Under that policy, some states initiated more aggressive mitigation measures than others.
But cases of the virus are surging all across America, even in states with more stringent mitigation rules. Over the weekend the U.S. recorded 237,000 new cases of the virus with the total number of cases approaching 10 million. More than 287,000 Americans have died from the virus.
U.S. health officials are once again worried about the rate of hospitalizations as institutions in the hardest-hit states are filling up quickly.
Biden made clear that any policy changes are likely to be instituted on a national level, and that could require an order that all Americans wear face coverings when gathered in public. The incoming administration said it plans to consult with state and local officials to determine what steps are needed to get the virus under control.
Many changes proposed by the Biden administration will affect consumers
With COVID-19 surging, America is facing another mask shortage
Coronavirus update: Regeneron antibody cocktail shows promise, Fauci says restrictions may extend into 2022
Coronavirus update: Trump's coronavirus treatment is complete, the second wave is unfolding
CDC director says face masks are currently the best defense against COVID-19
Fauci says Americans will need to 'hunker down' for the rest of the year


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She competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

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Matt Nagy & the Gadget Factory: How trick plays are giving the Bears more than just points on the scoreboard
Oh, that wacky Bears coach Matt Nagy. (Jose M. Osorio and Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Dirty diapers don't wait for Daddy to score a touchdown, especially when Daddy is a backup offensive tackle.
So when the Bears-Rams field-goal fest Sunday night at Soldier Field mercifully reached halftime, Brad Sowell's wife, Jessica, took their 5-month-old son from the stands down to the Bears family room to freshen him up.
Thank goodness there was a TV in there.
She was able to see her husband make a leaping touchdown catch on the latest gadget play dialed up by first-year coach Matt Nagy, a play called "Santa's Sleigh" that also included four defensive linemen in the formation.
She was able to see Brad — all 6-foot-7 and 312 pounds of him — do the touchdown dance he practiced with their 5- and 6-year-old daughters in their Chicago hotel room that afternoon.
It was an unforgettable moment for Sowell and his family, while the Bears got six points they needed in a 15-6 win that solidified their playoff chances.
As Nagy has dug into his bag of tricks, guided by a mix of panache and bravado, the Bears are realizing a value in them that exceeds points on the scoreboard. Call it team chemistry or morale or excitement that breaks up the grind of a long season.
"This is a little kid's game blown up on a bigger stage, and these plays make it fun," Sowell said. "It actually keeps you in it because you come in here like, 'Oh, boy, I can't wait to see who's about to get the unlikely play this week.' "
Another big man TD for #DaBears!@Mtrubisky10 finds OT Bradley Sowell for SIX.
📺: #LARvsCHI on NBC pic.twitter.com/KNP71AlBbG
— NFL (@NFL) December 10, 2018
This, of course, is all by design.
Nagy decided long ago that when he became a head coach, he would try to energize his team with gadget plays, some of which deploy unconventional personnel.
Use a defensive end as a running back. Put two quarterbacks in the backfield for a forward-toss play. Have three players touch the football before throwing it.
Let the players name them, like "Freezer Left," "Willy Wonka" and "Oompa Loompa." Not by chance did all three plays result in touchdowns.
Welcome friends, welcome to our football factory. pic.twitter.com/wAaXFDA33q
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) October 2, 2018
Success with style — this, we've come to realize during the Bears turnaround, is the essence of Matt Nagy.
"You see the excitement on the players," Nagy said. "I don't know … if they think, 'This coach is crazy,' or if they think that, 'No, this is pretty good.' But … if you have a 'why' behind why you do it, then it makes sense."
By now, this is no fluke. Players, fans and, most important, the opposing defense are left to wonder what's coming next.
Whatever Nagy dials up Sunday against the Packers could help complete the Bears' run to the NFC North title. The coach and several team members hinted that new tricks have been crafted for this potentially historic game.
The Packers should consider themselves warned.
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Come to think of it, though, the Packers already know. They were the first to learn.
Just like Papa Bear drew it up. #Respect pic.twitter.com/xBiV6xT3iD
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) September 11, 2018
On Sept. 9 at Lambeau Field, Nagy's first play call of the season was "Papa Bear Left." This quarterback-centric coach introduced himself to Chicago and the NFL with a T-formation run that doubled as a tip of the cap to George Halas.
It also gained 7 yards.
That's no footnote. It's a crucial reminder that these plays are much more fun when they work. They're more effective when they're effective.
"You've got to make sure it's something that you feel like can be worthwhile and not foolish," Nagy said. "There's that balance there."
He calls it the "why" behind a play. As Nagy conceives them, they're rooted in a player's skill or trait that gives the Bears an advantage. There's more venom in these plays than simply getting a defense to ask, "What the heck?" when four defensive linemen jog onto the field.
It's the difference between gimmickry and gadgetry. Or, as Nagy explained, it's what differentiates a sound play call and design from one a critic might pan as being too cute.
"That's the key — there's right and wrong times to do it, no doubt about it," he said. "If we feel like it's the right time, we're going to do it."
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Take Sowell's third-and-goal catch, for example. He's one of five brothers in a family that didn't have much money growing up in Hernando, Miss., near Memphis, Tenn. Their daily entertainment consisted of playing some type of ball.
"Every one of my brothers and myself all have this crazy ability to throw and catch," he explained. "I don't even really need it at this point as an O-lineman."
Until he did.
Nagy's mind is perpetually loaded with kindling. All it needs is a match. One ignited when Nagy noticed Sowell's hands during his pregame routine of playing catch with Khalil Mack.
And that's just one instance. Offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich, whom Nagy hired for his strategic prowess, quickly came to appreciate how Nagy's creative fire burns.
"Once we start talking about one thing, it kind of dovetails or offshoots into a million other possibilities," Helfrich said. "It's usually him going, 'How about this?' And then two hours later it's, 'Wait, how about this?' And it's completely different — and good."
The range of possibilities is wider because of Nagy's background in the Arena Football League, where many players play on both sides of the ball.
As Nagy points out, most NFL players were stars on their high school teams, and many played both ways. So when he had defensive lineman Roy Robertson-Harris run a drag route as the second read on the pass to Sowell, it's not as though Robertson-Harris was doing something foreign. He was a tight end in high school.
"You tell me to line up on the line and run a route, it's not rocket science," Robertson-Harris said. "It's football."
The simplicity is part of the brilliance. Because now there are at least a dozen legitimate candidates for Nagy to grab out of a defensive meeting room and work into the offense. It's Nagy's version of "The Price Is Right" at Halas Hall.
Eddie Jackson, come on down! You're the next contestant…
"He'll use any guy in this locker room," Sowell said. "He just wants to score the points. You show him you can do something, and he'll have 100 percent confidence in you."
The most fun
Sowell went down to breakfast early Sunday at the team hotel near Soldier Field. One of the first people he saw was Nagy.
"Be ready," Nagy told him. "It's prime time, and the play is up."
Sowell gave the thumbs up. But internally he doubted Nagy would rely on a play-action pass to a backup tackle using three defensive linemen as decoys. Especially not on national TV in a playoff race. Plus — if you can believe it — the Bears had not practiced the play at full speed against a defense.
It was part of the previous Friday's practice script, but Nagy nixed it when the NBC crew arrived to watch practice (a courtesy commonly offered to broadcast crews but no other media). He refused to risk tipping his hand.
Players, however, know the success of a play depends on its details. And the likelihood of error increases with guys in unusual roles. So they stayed after practice and walked through the play several times.
The fake handoff to defensive end Akiem Hicks was critical to allowing Sowell to slip out into a pass route. Given that Hicks scored on a handoff Dec. 2 against the Giants, he was bound to command the defense's attention if he properly sold the run fake.
Bears even used the same formation!pic.twitter.com/xF4V81iqqj
The key? Left arm up in pretending to accept the ball. "I had double-digit reps," Hicks recalled with a smile.
Sowell knew he needed to delay his release a split-second longer than he did on the ill-fated pass attempt to him on Oct. 21. The Patriots covered that one too well.
The disappointment of that play stuck with Sowell enough that he didn't even tell his parents "Santa's Sleigh" was ready for takeoff against the Rams.
No wonder, then, that Sowell's father was almost asleep on his couch in Hernando when the Bears had third-and-goal from the 2 on their opening possession of the second half.
Five of the world's least aerodynamic reindeer trotted onto the field, making a beeline to the referee to declare themselves eligible receivers.
Meanwhile, as fans double-checked their eyes, the buzz in the stadium crescendoed. NBC analyst Cris Collinsworth was surprised, too, exclaiming: "They've got all kinds of defensive players in the game right now!"
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Seconds later, Sowell was dancing. Wiggling his knees, first with his right arm out in front of him, then with the left, then again with the right. His daughters had wanted him to do The Floss, but he didn't quite get it down enough to unveil it on national TV.
"Oooooowie!" Mack said afterward. "My dawg Bradley got the sweetest hands on the team, man!"
As Sowell's teammates mobbed him, Nagy showed no expression as he held up one finger. The Bears would kick the extra point.
"They're not all going to work," he said. "There's going to be some where I'm going to be standing up here and you (media) are going to be saying, 'You're an idiot.' But that's inevitable. I'll accept that."
Sowell was named one of the players of the game by NBC's "Sunday Night Football" telecast. His on-field postgame interview aired for his deliriously disbelieving dad and the rest of the country to see.
"Whenever you have a special season, there's always special stuff that happens," Sowell said Wednesday after it all sank in. "The whole story of this season is going to be special, and this is just going to be one of those parts of it."
That feeling can't be bought in free agency or drafted in the first round. The new coach has cultivated it.
"He has been the most fun coach I've ever played for," Robertson-Harris said.
And Sowell?
"I would do anything for Nagy," he said.
There are more of the first-place Bears who feel that way.
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Dakota Johnson, Hater Of Limes, Is Adding A New Occupation To Her Resumè: Tattoo Artist
Fifty shades of stick-and-poke.
By Diandra Malivindi
It turns out, Dakota Johnson—and her former tooth gap—are just as multi hyphenated as we thought.
With an impressive acting career and female sexual pleasure empire under her belt, it only makes sense that our favourite serial lime liar and Ellen DeGeneres annihilator has chosen to expand her portfolio by diving into yet another profession.
In an interview with Town and Country, Johnson began discussing her involvement in her latest film, The Lost Daughter.
However, while fawning over her co-star The Crown's Olivia Colman and director Maggie Gyllenhaal—yes, sister of the red scarf-stealing Jake Gyllenhaal—the actress spilled that she gave one of the duo their first ink.
Olivia Colman, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Dakota Johnson.
The Fifty Shades Of Grey alum explained that following The Lost Daughter's premiere at the New York Film Festival, the group took the party to a Soho venue where they danced to the Talking Heads and the Cranberries. Johnson and Colman then headed back to one of their hotel rooms where the 32-year-old not only gave Colman her first stick-and-poke tattoo, but it was her first ink ever.
"Maybe it was me being completely seduced by this gorgeous person and wanting her to think I was cool," Colman revealed. "Or maybe it was my midlife crisis."
However, Johnson explained that their desire for body modification was a result of the energy from the evening, adding that the pair were indulging in the "post-vaccine return to joy."
"The thing is, people are not behaving normally. If you go to a party, you f--king rage," she said.
Johnson went on to reveal that dance parties became somewhat of a tradition with The Lost Daughter cast ever since the film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival earlier this year.
Despite Netflix offering the cast a prepaid dinner, Gyllenhaal suggested that the group enjoy something a little less serious.
"[She] was like, 'Instead of having a dinner, let's have a dance party,'" Johnson told the publication.
They invited the film's entire cast and crew, as well as the teams from the other movies playing at the same festival, including The Power of the Dog stars Kirsten Dunst and Benedict Cumberbatch, along with Johnson's former Fifty Shades co-star, Jamie Dornan.
But when it came to her penchant for inking, Johnson's foray into skin artistry wasn't completely left of field. Earlier this year, she declared that she's a "big fan" of tattoos during an appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden, admitting that she owned at least "11 or 12" tattoos at the time.
One of her body art pieces saying "I love you", that she gave herself with the stick-and-poke technique one year prior.
As for what tattoo Johnson gave Colman? The pair stayed tight-lipped on their ink of choice. But honestly, if Johnson was offering free tattoos, we'd be the first in line too.
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Rhythm in Riverview returns to Fun Fest Monday
Rhythm in Riverview will return Monday evening with a full slate of family-friendly entertainment. Johnnie Mae Swagerty, one of the organizers, said the event continues to be a success after more than 20 years.
Crazy 8s
Magut, Cherotich win first Crazy 8s on revamped course
A new course for the 30th running of the Crazy 8s 8K didn't bring a new world record to the Model City on Saturday, but it did bring some glowing reviews from runners, both elite and casual.
Photo gallery - Trash Barrel Paint-In
The front lawn of Allandale Mansion was a veritable sea of colors Tuesday morning as more than a thousand people - many with paint brushes in hand - participated in the 34th annual Trash Barrel Paint-In. Domtar donated 450 barrels for the annual
Tuesday Trivia: Fun facts about Fun Fest
Next year Fun Fest will hit the big 4-0!
Where can you park during Fun Fest?
The parking lot in front of Dobyns-Bennett High School have traditionally been used during the annual Fun Fest celebration. This year however, due to the construction, its usage has slightly changed.
Crazy 8s 8K Run
Crazy 8s revamped with new course, enthusiasm
The Ballad Health and Niswonger Children's Hospital Crazy 8s 8K Run has reached another milestone this year, celebrating its 30th running.
Fun Fest store open for business at Kingsport Chamber
The store offers a wide range of Fun Fest merchandise, including t-shirts designed just for this year's event. It also offers a one-stop location to pick up event information such as schedules and more.
Fun Fest Announces Sunset Concert Series Entertainers: NEEDTOBREATHE and Andy Grammer will close Fun Fest 2019
"The Sunset Concert Series is the highlight of our nine-day festival and we are always fortunate to bring in a variety of talent for these three days, to entertain our residents and visitors from more than 25 states," said Fun Fest 2019 Chairman Colette George.
Sign up now for the next Kingsport Idol competition
For 13 years, Kingsport Idol has sought to showcase the best of the region's talent and put them on a path toward their dreams. From now through April 30, anyone interested in competing in this year's competition can sign up to audition.
Fun Fest's Crazy 8's 8K gets new, flatter course
"Obviously, the old course was very good to us, but we felt like it was time for a change. In addition to being flatter, and hopefully faster, we think it's much more spectator-friendly."
Feb 6, 2019 at 7:45 AM
Community Scrapbook: Faces of Kingsport Fun Fest
Today's Community Scrapbook features the faces of Fun Fest 2018 as seen through the eyes (and photo lenses) of our readers. The photos were taken and submitted by a variety of readers who responded to a Sunday Stories' request looking for the best
Updated Jul 24, 2018 at 5:15 PM
Storm cancels some events, but crowds turn out as Fun Fest winds up
KINGSPORT — Despite a fierce storm Friday night, Kingsport pulled together a fantastic last day of Fun Fest activities.
Inventors showcase their creations at Fun Fest's Mini Maker Faire
KINGSPORT – Though the weather impacted some of Fun Fest's outdoor events on Friday evening and Saturday morning, all was dry inside the Civic Auditorium on Saturday for the Kingsport Mini Maker Faire.
Dozens of tables were set up
Fun Fest schedule for Saturday, July 21
Kingsport Fun Fest runs from July 13-21, and several events will be happening each day. Get tomorrow's schedule of events here. For the complete schedule, visit www.funfest.net.
Fun Fest event remembers, serves local veterans
With A Walk Through History With Veterans, five local organizations are honoring Kingsport's veterans. The event runs from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Civic Center.