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Practical Considerations for an E85-Fueled Vehicle Conversion 1999-01-3517
An original equipment gasoline-fueled 1999 Chevrolet Silverado pickup with a 5.3-liter, V8 engine was converted to operate on E85 (85% denatured ethanol and 15% gasoline). The simplest conversion of a gasoline-fueled vehicle to E85 requires modification to the fuel system, including use of components that are compatible with ethanol and fuel injectors that provide sufficient E85 for the stock engine control module (ECM) to effectively control engine operation. To retain the stock ECM, higher flow rate fuel injectors that provide approximately 40% more E85 than gasoline are required. With no engine modifications and similar engine control strategies, performance predictions show an approximate 7% torque and power increase for E85 over gasoline. The increase is primarily due to the specific energy differences between E85 and gasoline, although there should be a slight charge cooling benefit for E85 as a result of its higher heat of vaporization. Actual performance measurements result in an average increase in torque and power for E85 of ∼2.5%, although the measurements show a difference in equivalence ratio at WOT (∼1.11 for gasoline and ∼1.02 for E85). Based on miles per actual gallon of fuel, fuel economy predictions and constant speed on-road measurements result in a penalty for E85 of ∼24% when compared to gasoline. FTP city and highway tests yield fuel economy penalties for E85 of ∼32% and ∼31%, respectively, which agree with the Auto/Oil result of ∼29%.
Citation: Wicker, R., Hutchison, P., Acosta, O., and Matthews, R., "Practical Considerations for an E85-Fueled Vehicle Conversion," SAE Technical Paper 1999-01-3517, 1999, https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-3517.
Author(s): Ryan B. Wicker, P. Aaron Hutchison, Oscar A. Acosta, Ronald D. Matthews
Affiliated: The University of Texas at El Paso, The University of Texas at Austin
Event: International Fuels & Lubricants Meeting & Exposition
Also in: Alternative Fuels 1999-SP-1482
E85 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO: A Conversion by Minnesota State University, Mankato for the "1999 Ethanol Vehicle Challenge"
Conversion of a 1999 Silverado to Dedicated E85 with Emphasis on Cold Start and Cold Driveability
The Development and Performance of a High Blend Ethanol Fueled Vehicle


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The Foundation for Professional Development (FPD) was established in 1997 as a department in the South African Medical Association (SAMA). In 2000, FPD was registered as a separate legal entity (Registration Number: 2000/002641/07). The South African Medical Association, a non-profit company, has a 90% shareholding, while the remainder of the shares are employee-owned.
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Георги Николов Михайлов е български хандбалист, играл в Хандбален клуб "Добруджа", Добрич.

Кариерата му стартира още от 10-годишна възраст, когато се записва в училищния отбор по хандбал, треньорът му забелязва неговия талант и го насочва да се развива. Не след дълго се записва в градския клубен отбор и само за няколко години достига световно ниво. Макар и непълнолетен, играе в Групата на мъжете.

Прекратява кариерата си за година и половина поради претърпяна тежка травма на гръбначния стълб. Никой не е вярвал, че отново ще стане на крака, но явно желанието му за живот и игра са по-силни от всичко. След като се връща на стадиона, изживява някои от най-успешните си години.

Играл е в над 14 държави и е носител на над 50 медала и награди, сред които званията "гол-майстор" и "най-полезен играч". През 2009 г. Хандбален клуб "Добруджа" е избран за отбор на годината, отново благодарение на него. Получил е предложение да играе в германския отбор по хандбал, но въпреки това избира родния спорт. Комбинацията от талант и техника го прави любимец на публиката.

Външни препратки
 Сайт на Европейска федерация по хандбал

Български хандбалисти
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53. Which one of the following is a research tool?
(A) tries to prove a particular point.
(B) does not ensure privacy and anonymity of the respondent.
(C) does not investigate the data scientifically.
(D) is not of a very high standard.
The catalytic fact of the twentieth century is uncontrollable development, consumerist society, political materialism, and spiritual devaluation. This inordinate development has led to the transcendental 'second reality' of sacred perception that biologically transcendence is a part of human life. As the century closes, it dawns with imperative vigour that the 'first reality' of enlightened rationalism and the 'second reality' of the Beyond have to be harmonised in a worthy state of man. The de facto values describe what we are, they portray the 'is' of our ethic, they are est values (Latin est means is). The ideal values tell us what we ought to be, they are esto values (Latin esto 'ought to be'). Both have to be in the ebb and flow of consciousness. The ever new science and technology and the ever-perennial faith are two modes of one certainty, that is the wholeness of man, his courage to be, his share in Being.
The materialistic foundations of science have crumbled down. Science itself has proved that matter is energy, processes are as valid as facts, and affirmed the non - materiality of the universe. The encounter of the 'two cultures', the scientific and the humane, will restore the normal vision, and will be the bedrock of a 'science of understanding' in the new century. It will give new meaning to the ancient perception that quantity (measure) and quality (value) coexist at the root of nature. Human endeavours cannot afford to be humanistically irresponsible.


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Tabare Vazquez News
World News // 5 months ago
Mexico, Uruguay, EU officials meet over Venezuela crisis
Officials of more than a dozen countries, including Mexico, Uruguay, Bolivia and the European Union met Thursday in Montevideo to seek dialogue in Venezuela.
Uruguay denies asylum to former Peruvian leader
Uruguay President Tabare Vazquez said Monday his government decided it won't grant political asylum to former Peru President Alan Garcia, who's accused of taking bribes.
Colombia, Venezuela to normalize relations amid border crisis
Venezuela and Colombia announced an agreement Monday to normalize relations following a escalated dispute of their shared border.
Venezuela closes last border crossing with Colombia as leaders urge talks
Venezuela closed its last major crossing with Colombia on Monday as the country's presidents expressed the desire to enter discussions on the border crisis.
Uruguay no longer accepting Guantanamo Bay detainees
Uruguay will no longer accept inmates from the U.S.-run Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba and decisions over Syrian refugees have been postponed.
VP Joe Biden meets with Central American leaders
Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Guatemala for meetings on economic and educational issues and policy talks on Latin American human-trafficking networks.
Uruguayan President Jose Mujica confirms he will take Guantanamo prisoners
Uruguayan President Jose Mujica confirmed Friday his country will take Guantanamo prisoners who have not been charged with any crimes.
Presidential election in Uruguay to be determined in Nov. 30 runoff
Uruguay's next president will be determined in a runoff, according to exit polls that showed neither candidate secured more than 50 percent of Sunday's vote.
Uruguay's Mujica aims to keep the lid on Communist fervor
Outgoing Uruguayan President Jose Mujica is struggling to keep the lid on Communist ambitions that some fear can unravel the ruling Broad Front coalition before next year's presidential election.
Uruguay set to become major gas exporter
Uruguay is set to become a net exporter of natural gas after latest assessment showed it has potentially large and commercially viable gas deposits on its territory.
Uruguay faces key economic challenges
Uruguay's newly elected President Jose Mujica faces serious economic challenges of job creation and poverty reduction as he begins an internatonal campaign for enticing investors into the country.
Uruguay presidential polls outcome uncertain
The presidential election in Uruguay Sunday is moving toward an uncertain outcome, raising concerns the political and economic stability enjoyed under President Tabare Vazquez may be coming to an end.
Uruguayan navy to expand to protect oil
Uruguay is expanding its naval forces to protect its extended territorial waters.
Uruguay wants stronger, balanced Mercosur for Latin cohesion
President Tabare Vazquez of Uruguay wants a less fragmented Latin America, but his lament about an unbalanced and weak Mercosur tells only part of the story. The region is long on pacts and treaties but short on political and economic cooperation models that actually work.
Top News // 1 decade ago
U.S., Uruguay talk trade ties
President Bush met with Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez to discuss strengthening ties and the possibility of a free trade agreement between the nations. Vazquez said the United States and Uruguay would create a commission to explore bolstering trade ti
In Uruguay we believe in Mercosur and we want more (of) and better Mercosur
Uruguay wants stronger, balanced Mercosur for Latin cohesion Sep 18, 2009
We want more Mercosur because the more integrated countries, the stronger our voice in the international context, but I also used the word 'better,' because we are not satisfied with the current Mercosur
Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas (Spanish pronunciation: ; born January 17, 1940) is a former President of Uruguay. A physician (oncologist) by training, he is a member of the leftist Frente Amplo coalition (Broad Front in English). Vázquez was elected president on October 31, 2004, took office on March 1, 2005, and relinquished the office on March 1, 2010. As president, Vázquez presided over considerable improvements in education and working conditions, a significant expansion of the welfare system, and a dramatic reduction in poverty, with the percentage of Uruguayans living in poverty falling from 32% to 20% of the population from 2004 to 2009.
Born in the Montevideo neighbourhood of La Teja, Tabaré Vázquez studied medicine at the Universidad de la República Medical School, graduating as an oncology specialist in 1972. In 1976, he received a grant from the French government, allowing him to obtain additional training at the Gustave Roussy Institute in Paris.
From 1990 to 1995, Vázquez was the Frente Amplio coalition's first Mayor of Montevideo. In 1994, he made an unsuccessful run for president as the Frente Amplio candidate, receiving 30.6% of the vote. In 1996, he was elected leader of the Frente Amplio, replacing the historic leader of the left-wing coalition, Liber Seregni. He ran again in 1999, receiving 45.9 percent of the vote in the runoff election, losing to Jorge Batlle.
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Mohamed Hassan Chabanga Dyamwale (1 June 1941 – 13 August 2017) was a Tanzanian middle-distance runner, sports executive, and politician. He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics.  Dyamwale founded the Tanzanian Premier League, and served as the president of the Tanzania Football Federation in the 1970s. Dyamwale later moved into politics and served as a Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism.  In the 1980s, Dyamwale created a program for free children's playgrounds.  Dyamwale died in Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam in August 2017.

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Andrew is L'Oréal Professor of Marketing at Oxford University. Koen is Distinguished Professor of Marketing at Northeastern University.
This post was co-written with guest contributor, Professor Koen Pauwels. Koen is a marketing academic who, like me, cares deeply about ensuring the research done by business school academics is informed by and informs the business world.
We are both marketing professors and consider ourselves to be broadly interested in the related worlds of marketing, consumer behavior, advertising and media. We do research on topics that, we think, are both academically interesting and relevant to business. In fact, we feel this is part of our duty—to produce and disseminate research, i.e., knowledge, that has an impact on the business/marketing world. After all, we are business academics working in business schools that teach current and future business managers and leaders.
It is concerning, however, that there is a well-documented gap between practicing managers and management researchers. Both parties have some fault in this matter, which is admittedly tricky to fix. But it is a matter that business schools (and individual academics within them) cannot ignore. The June 2018 issue of BizEd magazine (which is published by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, or AACSB, one of the bodies that accredits business schools) called the current research model in business schools unsustainable. The July 2018 issue of Harvard Business Review featured an article by two leading management academics calling for business school research to be more relevant. And in our own discipline of marketing, new editorial teams at some of our field's most prestigious academic journals have called for research to be more meaningful and relevant to the world outside of academia. But how could we get closer to this ideal?
Before sharing our ideas, let's get something out of the way that is important to acknowledge. There are plenty of "thoughtful practitioners" in companies and "practical academics" in business schools who already bridge this gap. As practice-engaged researchers ourselves, we don't want to add to the chorus of misleading soundbites that academia is stuck in the ivory tower, or that managers simply don't appreciate relevant research. Neither of these statements are universally true and they certainly aren't helpful. We also acknowledge that academic journals do aim to publish research that "should change the mind or behavior" of practitioners, and that practitioners in some settings and parts of the world do regularly consult with academics. For example, one recently wrote to us that "one email from a friendly professor can save me a year of wrong turns" when trying to tackle a wicked business problem.
We do believe, however, that incentives and opportunities for bridging the gap are fewer than they should be, and that stimulating those will improve collaboration–and lead to real impact and valuable outcomes. Business schools might have to rethink some of the ways in which they incentivize and reward their professors, and we think now is the right time to be acting on this.
Incentives for business academics are often incompatible with working across the aisle. Typically, academics are urged to publish in prestigious academic journals, which have years-long review processes and often require articles to be so specialized that smart managers no longer can see a big question being answered. Or, unfortunately, in the time it took for the research to see the light of day due to lengthy editorial processes, practitioners either solved the problem themselves or simply moved on to other, newer concerns. Moreover, in our experience there are very few business schools that encourage or require their professors to engage with practitioners on a regular basis as part of their job responsibilities. If professors of business aren't out talking to people who are running businesses then a lot of potential value from the exchange of ideas and experiences (in both directions) will be missed. Sadly, we can't think of many business schools that encourage their faculty to do this, let alone value it in promotion or tenure evaluations. Indeed, although publishing in top academic journals will help one rise up the faculty ranks, the same cannot be said for doing research that influences or impacts practice through meaningful engagement with the business community.
There are of course exceptions. At the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford (where one of us, Andrew Stephen, is based) we hope that faculty members interact with business practitioners and leaders in order to infuse a greater level of relevance into research. The academic-practice engagement we're trying to foster can forge productive relationships whereby academics and practitioners collaborate on important global challenges. For example, in the marketing faculty group at Oxford, we launched in November 2016 the Oxford Future of Marketing Initiative that has a growing set of industry partners (currently: Allianz, Facebook, General Assembly, Kantar, L'Oréal, Nucleus Marketing Solutions, PwC and Teradata). Together, Oxford academics and executives from these partners work on research that is both academically rigorous and practically relevant—and impactful. This research also fuels content across our programs, which helps keep content up-to-date (which is especially important for ever-changing topics like digital marketing).
For example, one of our recent research projects—an academic study of what makes ads of Facebook and Instagram effective in driving brand lift—which was a collaboration with Facebook and Kantar, was recently named a finalist for best social media research in the 2018 Market Research Society awards, showing that academic research can also be highly valuable in the industry. Another piece of research we released in 2018 was a collaboration with General Assembly that sought to identify leadership lessons from Chief Digital Officers, who typically lead disruptive digital transformations in their organizations. The idea for this work came from an executive at General Assembly who, having spent a lot of time around CDOs, felt that this breed of C-suite executive needed to be better understood and, critically, had a lot to teach the rest of us about transformative leadership. The point is, in our experience at Oxford Saïd, the research is better and more interesting when academics and practitioners join forces.
Another example is at the D'Amore McKim School of Business at Northeastern University in Boston, where the other one of us, Prof Koen Pauwels, is based. He heads their new Digital, Analytics, Technology and Automation (DATA) Initiative, bringing together sponsoring US businesses with practical academics across engineering, marketing, workforce analytics, philosophy and supply chain management. This cross-disciplinary, innovative hub of thought leadership is committed to researching, developing and sharing new knowledge and approaches for transforming organizations into digital and data-driven businesses. Likewise, students benefit as they get hands-on business experience that they can bring into the classroom and with which they can challenge their professors with timely, practical questions. Many go on to found new businesses at IDEA, Northeastern's student-led Venture Accelerator.
Bridging the academic-practice divide can be done by business schools, but it takes a willingness on the part of both sides to get involved with each other. The two examples from our own experiences are potential models that seem to work well. What they do is create the infrastructure needed to foster productive academic-practitioner collaborative research, which incentivizes academics to get involved as the "barriers to entry" to doing research in collaboration with industry are lowered.
In our mind, the ideal model also requires business school and university leaders to explicitly recognize and support professors in their efforts to engage with and influence practice. We think this is the way things are headed, including formally considering impact on practice when it comes time to evaluate academics. Business academics at all career stages (not only the likes of ourselves, who are established professors) should be encouraged to get out there and talk to businesspeople about research and they should try to collaborate on research where ideas are inspired by (if not directly coming from) issues that practitioners have raised.
We believe that if a culture of academic-practitioner research collaboration and knowledge exchange becomes more entrenched in business schools, then business academia will have a stronger positive impact on its key non-academic stakeholder, the business community. We would love to see something like what we have observed in Germany, where academic-practitioner collaboration is more commonplace, with German marketing managers often consulting their academic counterparts on problems they don't know the immediate answers to. This habit is a healthy one that is driven both by respect for the brain power of professors, but also by a history of marketing academics giving good and timely answers to practical problems.


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"John P. Keller is a classical theater savant with a formidable ability, not only, to perform extremely long pieces, but speed recite lines from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It is simply astonishing to watch this man work. Keller's Nickleby is compassionate and serves as the self-aware narrator who is quick to point out the absurdity of a situation."
Orlando Shakspeare's 25th Anniversary promised to be its biggest season yet. It's finally time to see what all the buzz is about. Totaling 6.5 hours, the hyped mega-spectacle THE LIFE & ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY lives up to its name. Make no mistake, it's a big production, but with the talented cast it does not feel like you're watching a lifetime.
Given the scope of THE LIFE & ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, the production could have been too big for Orlando. But like a lot of things in Orlando we go all out, grabbing the best and using many local ties to create something magical. Of course there was the potential for the show to drag, but in reality it is quite the opposite. OST got this production right.
Part I begins with the death of Nicholas's father. Nicholas's mother and sister, Kate, move to London to seek the aid of Uncle Ralph. Without knowing the story there are several archetypal Dickens characters that will seem familiar. Ralph Nickleby may as well be Mr. Scrooge with his obsession for money and uncaring for the lives of others. Rather than instantly providing for the grieving trio, he finds work for the Nickleby children at pitiful wages. Nicholas is sent to work as a teacher for schoolmaster, Mr. Squeers, and Kate sent to work for Madame Mantalini in her dress shop.
At Mr. Squeers's Boy's School, Nicholas quickly realizes that it is not the high institution as described in the original advertisement. He watches as Squeers teaches the boys through abuse and intimidation. Nicholas also encounters the grotesque Fanny Squeers who falls in love with him, but the feel is not mutual. Nicholas meets Smike, who is a Tiny Tim-like character mixed with Quasimoto, which gives Nicholas purpose to remain at the school. Smike attempts to run away, but is caught and beaten by Squeers. Nicholas stands up to Squeers, beats him and runs away. Much happens in between, but eventually Nicholas and Smike end up in a performing troupe. Part I ends with a version of ROMEO AND JULIET that only Orlando Shakes can stash inside of an epic.
The show balances serious topics like child abuse and class differentials with theater humor. It even does well to poke fun at the production itself. It seems the whole theater is moving at times, with actors running throughout the walkways. The set is a two-story structure that is well functioning with a lot of moving parts. There is a LES MIS-esque feel from the set.
Speaking of actors running, there are 215 costumes used in this production and 27 actors to fill them. Earlier OST's costume stitcher, Rachel Dombi gave us a behind the scenes look of what it took to put it all together. A few actors exit in one location and enter in the next scene wearing a completely different costume and playing a different character. It is amazing how they keep it straight. To fill all the roles OST turned to TheatreUCF. The Orlando Shakespeare Company actors are joined by students and faculty from UCF's Theater Program, making this truly a hometown production.
Under the direction of Jim Helsinger and Christopher Niess, the massive production does not miss a beat. Even more amazing is the fact that Part I and Part II run together, sometimes both parts in one day. That means these actors are performing two different shows during the week and some playing more than 10 characters.
John P. Keller is a classical theater savant with a formidable ability, not only, to perform extremely long pieces, but speed recite lines from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It is simply astonishing to watch this man work. Keller's Nickleby is compassionate and serves as the self-aware narrator who is quick to point out the absurdity of a situation.
Greg Thornton as Ralph Nickleby teeters between a character of great depth and wretched old man. There are moments of regret that are quickly brushed away by Nickleby's self-discipline. If he is a true Dickens character, Ralph may not be completely doomed.
Smike is a depressing character, but whose survival is deeply moving. Stephen James Anthony does a great job of showing Smike's physical and mental disabilities. At the same time, he's so genuine that you cannot help, but want the best for this character.
Stay tuned next week for my review of the ladies of NICKLEBY and Part II.
Part I and Part II of THE LIFE & ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY run in rotation at Orlando Shakespeare Theater now until March 9, 2014. I recommend seeing both parts within one week. The run time for Part I is about 3 hours, while Part 2 clocks in at about 3.5 hours, so be sure to eat beforehand. Come early to enjoy pre-show chats with the cast. For tickets and more information visit www.orlandoshakes.org.


In Itabuna county, Southern Bahia, Brazil. Jorge Amado born in August 10, 1912 to Eulalia Leal Amado de Faria and Joao Amado de Faira. Jorge Amado is well known for his some thirty volumes of fiction, theater, biography, memoirs, poetry, travel literature, and children?s stories.
The early Jorge. When Jorge was one year old, his father was wounded by an assanin?s bullet in an ambush at the Auricidia farm house. An year later Jorge and his family had to move to Ferradas and Ilheus because a flood destroyed Auricidia. At the age of six Jorge enrolls in school at Ilheus. Also his first brother Jofre was born.
In 1922 Jorge enrolled in borading school at Colegio Antonio Vieria in Salvador, Bahia. Jorge didn?t really like borading school so he ran away to his grandparents house in rural Sergpe state in Brazil. In 1925 Jorge enrolls back to school again at Colegio Ipirango in Salvador.
Jorge got a job as a reporter for Diario da Bahia and that when his career in writing started.
In 1929 he published a novel written with Dias da Costa and Edison Carreiro in Rio de Janeiro. Later he moved to Rio de Janeiro to finish preparatory course.


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Melodic maestro The Brig continues his conquest, unleashing his debut Circus Records EP 'Pirate's Quest.' Following the epic releases of "Bounce Dealer," "Feel Free," and "Mind Changer" on the esteemed imprint, it's hard to think of a time he wasn't flying the flag for the historic London bass label.
Making waves comparable to that of the fearsome Kraken, he's enjoyed the continual support of Spotify via their 'Dubstep Don' and 'Nasty Bits' playlists, as well as love from The Chainsmokers playing "Take A Fall" at the AT&T Block Party, through to Zeds Dead and Reid Speed spinning "Feel Free" on their respective radio stations. So, prepare for four tracks of sub punches and uninhibited excitement – Bass ahoy!
New York City-based Young Thieves have signed with InVogue Records. The band's debut single "Skinny Dip" is out now. Young Thieves EP is slated for a fall release and is produced by Matt Squire (Panic! at the Disco, Ariana Grande, Katy Perry).
The EP is full of pop anthems that will be stuck in your head from first listen. Young Thieves feature Alexandra Amor on vocals and guitarists Dmitry Libman & Andrew Lynch.
Philadelphia lyricist Bok Nero teams up with producer Shizz Lo on Dim Mak single "Hood Anthem." The booming collaboration exemplifies Nero's signature #HoodEDM brand, with free-flowing rhymes, spit rapidly over explosive bass drops. "Hood Anthem" follows Bok's Hood EDM mixtape (Mixed by Shizz Lo), as well as recent appearances on Bear Grillz's Demons album, Riot Ten's Hype or Die: Sun City EP, and Max Styler's Supernatural EP.
Bok Nero and Shizz Lo have taken North America by storm over the past few months, traveling alongside Dim Mak for festival performances at Milwaukee's Summerfest, Montreal's Bal en Blanc and Miami Music Week.
Eli Noble and Jennifer Skillman made their first steps into the music industry as teenage songwriters, recruited to powerhouse collective Xenomania where they wrote lyrics for some of the world's biggest pop artists. It wasn't long before their passion for electronic music led them away from pop, and into London's club scene, where they quickly made a name for themselves as DJs.
In the six years since they broke out with early single 'You're So High', Eli & Fur have been championed by BBC Radio 1's Pete Tong, Annie Mac, and Danny Howard. Their melodic tech-house sets, peppered with their own vocals, have seen them become regulars at the legendary Ants parties in Ibiza whilst also appearing at huge festivals like Coachella, Tomorrowland, and Ultra Miami.
Detroit, Michigan's Boys Of Fall join an all-star list of guests on Kayzo's new album 'Unleashed.'
"Our Times Run Out," the band's collaboration with the rising LA-based producer/DJ is one of 15 other tracks on the LP which features contributions from Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low, Bless The Fall, Our Last Night, Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire, Of Mice & Men, Underoath, Frank Zummo and more.
Elite electronic tastemaker and Octopus Recordings founder Sian has just released his new EP Ultraviolet 2.0, out now on mau5trap. Following the project's first component, Ultraviolet 1.0, Sian satisfies listeners with the second installment. Ultraviolet 2.0 further showcases Sian's techno versatility with tracks heavily influenced by industrial, darkwave, synth-wave and classical electro. His ever-evolving sounds flow throughout each track with his implementation of acid sounds and varying sound design techniques.
The first track "Planets" starts off the EP with a heavy bassline and eerie melody. "Opium" follows with booming and cynical basslines, and "Nitro" takes us home with a throbbing bassline and dark experimental vibes exuding from every sound.
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This World Series Keeps Getting Better
Hornsby and the ball were waiting for the Babe
This was always going to be a terrific World Series, what with the two ancient franchises, the Cardinals and the Red Sox, and their history of three previous Series.
The Series kept getting more interesting, necessarily in technical brilliance but in the misplays that have determined the last three games – a wild throw, an obstruction, a pickoff.
Before we go any further, let's put Kolten Wong's pickoff in perspective. The pinch-runner for the Cardinals was caught off first base to end the fourth game very late Sunday evening.
An entire World Series once ended with a runner caught trying to steal second base. That was George Herman Ruth, who took it upon himself to try to steal with two outs and nobody on in the seventh game, with the Yankees trailing the Cardinals, 3-2.
The batter was merely Bob Meusel, who was hitting only .238 for the Series but was the cleanup hitter. Lou Gehrig was on deck. The Babe was easily thrown out, tagged by the Cards' player-manager Rogers Hornsby. The pitcher was Grover Cleveland Alexander, working in relief.
Over the years, the legend has persisted that Alexander was hung over after pitching the day before, but he later denied it.
If the Babe can end a Series with a gaffe, Kelton Wong can surely end a game by straying too far off first with the superb Koji Uehara pitching.
I was looking forward to this Series if only because of the epic Series of 1946, the first I remember, with its returning service veterans, plus the matchup between Stan Musial and Ted Williams, and Enos' Slaughter romp home in the seventh game.
What makes that memory so strong is that the World Series stood by itself in those days, with no post-season tournament beforehand. (The Cardinals had survived a league playoff after tying Brooklyn, but that's a different category.)
These moments – the Babe's blunder, Slaughter's romp, Bob Gibson's pitching in 1967, Manny Ramirez' hitting in 2004 – stand out because they happened in the World Series, not in that growing amorphous blob that MLB and the networks call the post season. Kolten Wong's pickoff and Will Middlebrooks' inadvertent obstruction in the third game will stand up precisely because they happened in the World Series.
Ruth's final out:
http://baberuthmuseum.org/press/didyouknow/?article_id=122
Box scores from 1926:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA192610100.shtml
Alexander's side of it, recently posted by the historian John Thorn:
http://ourgame.mlblogs.com/2012/12/18/grover-cleveland-alexander-remembers-1926-world-series-game-7/
The Most Amazing Thing About Bill Mazer
Bill Mazer was a giant of sports broadcasting – and then his career kept going. Long after he was a sports maven in Buffalo and Milwaukee and New York, Mazer, as an octo-genarian, launched into a second career as radio general talk-show host.
We knew each other from the days when he described Cookie Gilchrist's rushes and Henry Aaron's home runs. Now, instead of recalling the great sports details (some would call them trivia), Mazer worked first for WEVD in New York and then for WVOX in suburban Westchester.
Mazer, who died Wednesday at 92, was thoroughly admirable in his new life as he chatted about politics and medicine and education and anything else. I remember one time he had me waiting on the next line to babble about some sports theme while he finished up with somebody – as I recall, a brain surgeon. I was extremely impressed.
Bill's intelligence and curiosity had kicked in. He was able to guide the doctor into explaining the profession, and new developments in medicine. Bill did not need to assert his own memories of who pitched what game of what World Series. He asked wise questions and – believe me, not all interviewers are even adequate at this – he listened to the answers, and he responded to the twists and turns of conversation.
He had his opinions. Once I launched sideways into a tirade about a political theme (no point going over it here) and I could tell he was quite unhappy with me. Still, he politely let me talk, and he politely offered his version, and we finished the chat civilly. (I don't think he called me for a while, and that was fine, too.)
It was not easy for Bill in his later years. He missed his wife, Dora, known as Dutch, who passed in 1996. She was a beautiful and serene lady who accompanied him to a lot of events, was a force in his life. Yet he continued to grow, with his actor son Arnie Mazer booking guests and running interference for him.
Bill Mazer – like Bob Wolff, Roger Angell and Ray Robinson, ongoing nonagenarian giants and friends of mine – was a marvel. He became a role model for any of us who might want to re-invent ourselves. In the very long run, Bill Mazer was amazing.
For an appreciation of Bill Mazer's career, please see the obituary by Richard Goldstein:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/sports/bill-mazer-a-sports-fixture-of-new-york-radio-and-tv-dies-at-92.html?_r=0
Stan Musial Karma Endures into this Series
A few years ago I found myself writing that Stan Musial embodied the six-degrees-of-separation history of baseball – signed by the Cardinals of Branch Rickey, a man of the Nineteenth Century, and a teammate of Bob Gibson and Curt Flood and Bill White, stars of the Sixties.
Musial, who died on Jan. 20 of this year, is still current in many ways.
On Wednesday, a painting of Stan the Man was to be unveiled at the Missouri Athletic Club in downtown St. Louis, a few hours before his Cardinals were to open the World Series in Boston.
Boston is part of the karma. Musial played his last World Series against the Red Sox in 1946 – what I consider one of the great Series in history for the postwar presence of so many veterans, including Musial and Ted Williams – and in Musial's only year as general manager, the Cardinals won the 1967 World Series over the Red Sox.
The Man runs right through the center of baseball. And get this, Tim McCarver, the eager puppy of a catcher who was housebroken by Musial and Gibson and others in the early 60s, is calling his last games for Fox this month.
McCarver adores Stan the Man. In the biography I wrote in 2011, Stan Musial: an American Life, McCarver told of the so-called lucky streak of Musial's life – the embarrassed giggle, the winning hands at poker, the .331 batting average. Never underestimate Stan the Man, McCarver said.
This painting that will be displayed permanently at the M.A.C. is the first sports portrait among other distinguished Missourians. But Musial is wearing a suit, not the gaudy Cardinal uniform. His wife Lilllian commissioned the great portrait artist Robert Templeton to come to their home in 1960 and paint her husband, still playing ball, but already preparing for his continuing career in the restaurant business. Lil, who died in May of 2012, wanted to depict her husband as a man of dignity. The portrait hung in their home until they both passed, and now it will be seen downtown.
Another Musial sighting: his baseball collection -- the uniforms and scorecards and other mementos – are up for sale via the Heritage Auction site Nov. 9-11. Needless to say, the surge to the World Series by the Cardinals – with the No. 6 memorial patches on their uniforms -- cannot help but bring Musial closer to the public eye this month.
One more thing about this World Series: these two teams are not there by accident. Both of them have enlightened ownerships that have dominated this past decade. The Red Sox of John Henry and associates retooled and returned to the Series this year. The Cardinals, operated conservatively by the DeWitt family, keep winning with sound new waves of players. The smartest thing the Cardinals did was not to match the Angels' offer for Albert Pujols. As Branch Rickey used to say: Better a year too soon than a year too late. In these high-stakes times, that theory is more important than ever. These two teams deserve to be where they are. Red Sox-Cardinals. The last World Series for The Kid and the Man, but in that grand baseball way, seeming like just yesterday.
My Old School Plays a Good Game
The coach praised the players after the match
With all the changes at my old school, the sun still sinks behind the west goal. On autumn afternoons, it still glares directly at the east goal.
It all came back to me Thursday. I had not seen a game at Jamaica High since the end of the 1955 season, when I was benched after edging over to the sidelines to catch up on the Dodger-Yankee score. (It was the seventh game of the World Series, and we were playing in Brooklyn.)
So much has changed. The comprehensive Jamaica High School has been phased out, replaced by four smaller schools tucked into corners of the grand old building on the glacial hill. But there is still a Jamaica team in the Public School Athletic League, and on Thursday it played a big game against Far Rockaway.
The coach is Dana Silverstein, twenty-five years old, a former player for the University of Rhode Island. She says the young men have probably never played for a female coach before, but they listen to her, they show respect.
I remember the polyglot Jamaica team of my years. Silverstein told me she heard at least thirteen different languages in the building but that one player will translate a fine point for a teammate, if needed.
The Jamaica home uniform was a white shirt and navy blue shorts. I remembered our ratty red long-sleeved jerseys and our school song, to the tune of Aura Lee (Love Me Tender): "Red and blue/ Red and blue/ School of red and blue…"
The Jamaica football team – another innovation since the 50s -- practiced directly behind the west goal. The players dressed in the fieldhouse which I remembered as old and musty, where we ate orange slices at halftime. More recently I have heard that Joe Austin, the legendary coach for St. Monica's – Mario Cuomo's mentor for life -- used to keep a spare set of clothes and perhaps spend the night there if the baseball games ran late.
Far Rockaway had won ten matches and lost only once, scoring above three goals seven different times. Jamaica, with a 4-6-1 record, could not afford another loss if it wanted to qualify for the playoffs. From the start, Far Rockaway was more physical, knocking Jamaica players to the artificial turf, pounding the ball downfield.
I have been watching games from the press tribune for the past eight World Cups, as Sócrates and Baggio and Zidane and Donovan moved forward like Pak-Men on electronic rampage, but down here on terra firma it happened fast.
For this ancient defender, the old terror came back – how hard it was to track the ball while facing west, the autumn haze, the sun at a nasty low angle, and suddenly hordes of opponents would materialize, as if in a science-fiction movie, right out of the glare.
Far Rockaway fired wide a few times but then scored the goal that had seemed inevitable. "Keep fighting," the coach shouted.
The teams changed sides at halftime, and with the sun at their backs, the Jamaica players seemed invigorated. They tied the match with a lightning shot from distance; a few minutes later they scored another cannonball goal. "Zero-zero," Silverstein shouted, meaning, don't let up. But Far Rockaway pressed toward the fifty Jamaica football players clustered behind the west goal, and with about five minutes left, the visitors scored.
"Fight back, Jamaica," the coach shouted. "This is your season."
The match ended in a 2-2 draw. The coach called her players onto the turf and addressed them: "I can't think of a bad thing to say," she said, her tone optimistic, encouraging. "You played well. Practice tomorrow. Game Monday."
The last game is 4 PM Monday at Campus Magnet in Cambria Heights, which used to be Andrew Jackson – Jamaica's biggest rival in the old basketball days.
My word to my old teammates, from Long Island to California, is that these guys watch the great clubs and national teams, which we never could do. My teammates would love their, power, their moves, their maturity on the field. Go, Jamaica.
The roster, straight from the website http://www.psal.org/profiles/team-profile.aspx#012/28517:
Jamaica rallied in the second half
Farewell to the International Herald Tribune
Check the guy smoking behind Seberg.
I understand branding and consolidation in the new electronic age. Still, allow me some nostalgia over the change from the International Herald Tribune to the International New York Times, effective Tuesday.
The Tribune was itself a landmark brand, descended from the original New York Herald Tribune, hawked on a Paris boule-vard by Jean Seberg in the movie Breathless. "Hey, get your Tribune! Get your New York Herald Tribune!" is the way I remember her spiel, in her corn-fed Iowa accent.
Young Americans traveled to Paris, to Europe, and needed to catch up on the ball scores, or something less important, so we bought the Tribune for news of home. But the Tribune aimed at an international readership with serious articles about politics and finance. Undoubtedly the Times is doing it bigger and better.
But an institution is gone. I used to drop in to the Tribune office from time to time, vaguely hoping somebody would offer me a job so I could live in Paris. It was a raffish ex-pat world, three or four decades ago, when the Tribune was in the Rue de Berri -- sort of Rick's Café Américain, with typewriters.
In the last hours of the IHT, I called somebody who used to work there – Corinna V. Wilson, now the vice president of programming and on-air interviewer at PCN, based in Harrisburg, Pa., but for much of her junior year abroad a copy girl at the IHT. Also, our daughter.
"It was not an American work place," she said with evident fondness. "There was an international zeitgeist to it." She would hustle from classes to the office in Neuilly, often jollying up the union members in the composing room, inasmuch as she spoke French. She speaks with great respect for the editors and reporters on the small staff. They were serious people, with great backgrounds, she said, and the mood was "collegial," at the very French mandatory dinner hour and after-hours excursions to Les Halles.
As a lawyer who was previously the chief operating officer of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, Wilson understands the need to synchronize resources.
"It's a good move, I get it," she said, but she had advice for the ambassadors from the home office: "They'll have to listen. It's different."
Back in the day, the Tribune was partly owned by the Times, but it was not the Times, bien sûr. Now you can get ball scores on line, any time of day. No more hustling down to the kiosk to buy the Tribune to find out how the Red Sox and Yankees did in their playoff game. It's a new world, and an evolving product, in good hands. Bonne chance.
I wrote my piece before discovering Hendrik Hertzberg had done a riff for the New Yorker in March, using the same Seberg photo. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/hendrikhertzberg/2013/03/adieu-international-herald-tribune.html
This is the New York Times article on the turnover:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/business/media/a-leaner-times-aims-for-global-growth.html?ref=christinehaughney
Do You Know Know What Oct. 3 Was?
Talk about cruel.
Some of us of a certain age remember where we were.


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Biografia
Raymonde è nata e cresciuta a Los Angeles, in California, da padre statunitense d'origine ebraico-polacca e da madre francese d'origine còrsa e religione cattolica. Il suo primo ruolo di rilievo lo ha avuto nella serie tv Malcolm, dove ha ricoperto il personaggio di Cynthia Sanders, in seguito è apparsa in molte altre come Providence, Raven e NCIS - Unità anticrimine.

Ha acquisito una certa popolarità con il ruolo di Alex nella serie Lost, inoltre ha recitato nel film Chasing 3000, The Other Side of the Tracks e Still Waiting.... Nel 2006 ha scritto, diretto e montato il cortometraggio Cell Division, presentato e premiato al Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.

A fine 2007 è apparsa nel videoclip di Won't Go Home Without You dei Maroon 5. Dal 2011 è co-protagonista delle serie televisiva Death Valley.

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L'amore a 13 anni (Children on Their Birthdays), regia di Mark Medoff (2002)
The Garage, regia di Carl Thibault (2006)
Japan, regia di Fabien Pruvot (2008)
Chasing 3000, regia di Gregory J. Lanesey (2008)
Oltre i binari (The Other Side of the Tracks), regia di Alejandro Daniel Calvo (2008)
Still Waiting..., regia di Jeff Balis (2009)
Wild Cherry, regia di Dana Lustig (2009)
Chasing 3000, regia di Gregory J. Lanesey (2010)
Trophy Kids, regia di Josh Sugarman (2011)
Blue Like Jazz, regia di Steve Taylor (2012)
Non aprite quella porta 3D (Texas Chainsaw 3D), regia di John Luessenhop (2013)
Manson Girls, regia di Susanna Lo (2015)
The Guilty Innocent, regia di Jamie Marshall (2017)
Cliffs of Freedom, regia di Van Ling (2019)
Deep Blue Sea 3 (Blu Profondo 3), regia di John Pogue (2020)

Televisione
Providence - serie TV, episodio 2x22 (2000)
Malcolm (Malcolm in the Middle) - serie TV, 5 episodi (2000-2002)
The Nightmare Room - serie TV, episodio 1x02 (2001)
Raven - serie TV, episodio 1x08 (2003)
The Guardian - serie TV, episodio 3x02 (2003)
NCIS - Unità anticrimine (NCIS) - serie TV, episodio 2x17 (2005)
Lost - serie TV, 18 episodi (2006-2010) - Alex Rousseau
CSI: NY - serie TV, episodio 5x05 (2008)
Hawaii Five-0 - serie TV, episodio 2x05 (2011)
Death Valley - serie TV, 12 episodi (2011)
90210 - serie TV, 3 episodi (2012)
Switched at Birth - Al posto tuo (Switched at Birth) - serie TV, 10 episodi (2012)
Sesso, bugie e selfie (Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret), regia di Jace Alexander – film TV (2013)
 The Big Bang Theory (The Big Bang Theory) - serie TV, episodio 7x15 (2014)
Golia (Goliath) - serie TV, 8 episodi (2016)

Doppiatrici italiane
Nelle versioni in italiano delle opere in cui ha recitato, Tania Raymonde è stata doppiata da:
Letizia Scifoni in Lost, Malcolm (s. 3-7), Sesso, bugie e selfie
Chiara Gioncardi in Death Valley, Non aprite quella porta 3D
Domitilla D'Amico in Malcolm (s. 2), Goliath
Valentina Pollani in Law & Order - Criminal Intent
Antonella Baldini in The Big Bang Theory
Francesca Manicone in The Last Ship
Beatrice Caggiula in Oltre i binari

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni


Barbie is very happy because this spring the fashion show will take place and she wants to be the best model. Help her look super cute and amazing in this new game called Barbie Spring Fashion Show and I am sure the doll will appreciate your help a lot. There are three different dress up session, so choose the best items for the girl to wear. A good idea is a lovely new dress with floral prints for the first session, a nice pair of sandals and some lovely floral sunglasses. In Barbie Spring Fashion Show you can try new makeup too, with girly and pastel colors and a nice lipstick colors for the doll. Try the other two challenges as well and be sure to pick the cutest green dress, the best pair of shoes with high heels and a nice new look with beautiful flowers and a pink top.


NEVER TOO LATE - April 2019 Insider's Yarn Club - Expression Fiber Arts, Inc.
For this month's club I loved them all so I at random picked this One and the One called Chasing your dreams. It was like serendipity.... The day both yarns were delivered i watched a show where the speaker talked about chasing your dreams because that was what you were here for. And that it was never too late to start. So there I sat with the two skeins in my hand repeating the message and the speakers words still ringing in my ears. Quite a coincidence wasn't it? That story aside this is a beautiful yarn, soft and easy to handle. Order now before it really is too late.


Local artist completes nativity mural just in time for Christmas Eve services at the First Baptist Church.
Members of First Baptist Church on Cabot Street have something extra to celebrate this season — a new mural of the night scene in Bethlehem stands as the backdrop for the nativity scene in the sanctuary thanks to local art student Kristine Williams.
Williams, who studies sculpture and painting at Montserrat College of Art, spent three weekends working late nights to complete the mural as the congregation celebrates the advent season.
Williams, originally from upstate New York has been worshiping at First Baptist for a little more than a year.
The whole nativity scene gets put together during advent the four weeks before Christmas. As part of the worship service, different pieces of the nativity scene are brought up each week by each of the Sunday-school classes.
Flowers say she hopes this will encourage more young people like Williams to attend services at First Baptist.
Williams put the finishing touches on the mural as part of the Sunday worship service.
First Baptist Church, 221 Cabot St., is open to the community Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and offers regular Sunday service at 11 a.m. There will be a Christmas Eve service at 5 p.m., with children in mind and the traditional Christmas Eve service at 11 p.m.


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Morbius: Jared Leto Says Spider-Man Spinoff Is Different From Most Superhero Movies
January 1, 2021 by admin 0 Comments
Morbius star Jared Leto reveals what sets his Spider-Man spinoff apart from most superhero movies when it expands Sony's Universe of Marvel Characters — and what makes the big "popcorn movie" scary fun. The Suicide Squad star plays biochemist Dr. Michael Morbius, who is stricken with a form of vampirism when he undergoes an experimental process to cure his rare blood disease. Now a living vampire who satisfies his bloodlust by preying on criminals, Morbius' super-human transformation makes him a target for FBI agents Alberto Rodriguez (Al Madrigal) and the metal-armed Simon Stroud (Tyrese Gibson).
"[It's] a Jekyll and Hyde story that's just big and fun, and sometimes is a little scary, which is, I think, different for that genre," Leto told Variety's Awards Circuit podcast. "And I'm excited about it. That should be a big, fun popcorn movie."
The latest Marvel Comics adaptation from Amazing Spider-Man and Venom producers Matt Tolmach and Avi Arad joins a small fraternity of horror-tinged superhero movies, following such Marvel-inspired films as Blade, Ghost Rider, and The New Mutants.
Leto's second comic book role after the Joker in Warner Bros. and DC Films' Suicide Squad, the sometimes enemy and sometimes ally of Spider-Man is a "pretty complex character" even before he's augmented with supernatural abilities.
"That's what I was really attracted to. This is somebody who has a lot of conflict in his life," Leto previously told IGN. "He's a guy who's born with this horrible disease and is really a gifted person. When he was young, he was very curious about science and medicine and decided to dedicate his life to find a cure for the disease that he's afflicted with and that others like him have, as well. But along the way, all hell breaks loose."
Torn between man or monster, Leto's Morbius is the SUMC's next conflicted anti-hero after Tom Hardy's symbiote-powered Eddie Brock in Venom.
"There's a line in the film where Morbius says that he's been dying his entire life and now feels more alive than ever. I think that sums it up," Leto said. "Here's someone who's been afflicted with this horrendous disease and has had all kinds of challenges and has been in pursuit of this cure. And then all of a sudden has this power and this physical strength, which is all incredible, but there is a flip side to it, as well."
"There's a dark side," he added. "So that battle between the light and dark is something that he fights throughout the film."
Starring Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Al Madrigal, Tyrese Gibson, and Jared Harris, Sony Pictures' Morbius is scheduled to open in theaters on March 19, 2021.
This article was originally published by Comicbook.com. Read the original article here.
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Ghostly Encounters – How Do You Know?
Most people believe encountering a ghost is seeing a white specter right in front of them. However, most ghostly presences manifest themselves in less obvious manners. While there have been reports of full-blown spectral apparitions, most people will encounter smaller signs of a ghostly presence. Here are some of the most common!
One of the main signs that a ghost may be nearby is an unexplained temperature change. Ghosts are commonly associated with a sudden drop in temperature, which can be quite dramatic and noticeable.
When paranormal investigators attempt to determine a ghostly presence in a room, they will often do so by using temperature measurement. If a drop in temperature is determined, they will look for any obvious reasons why the temperature may be dropping before concluding you have a ghost in your home.
Moving objects could be another indicator of a ghostly presence. Whether it is a plant pot being knocked over on a regular basis or even objects going missing from your home, they could be a sign of a ghostly visitor.
Once again, there can be other reasons why objects seem to fall without any obvious reason. For example, homes that are near busy roads can encounter falling objects due to road vibrations. These are all things that will be taken into consideration by paranormal investigators.
One of the most unsettling signs of ghosts can be an unexplained sound in the suspected haunted area. While you may believe these unexplained sounds are rarer than some of the other signs mentioned here, they are quite common.
Unexplained sounds can manifest themselves as footsteps, knocking, laughter, and sometimes even a voice. Some paranormal investigators will see these as residual energy, while others believe it is an attempt to communicate.
Unexplained sounds can be scary, but they do not always indicate the presence of a ghost. Many reports are made in older homes, but often these sounds are due to older water pipes in the home, making unusual noises. So, before a paranormal investigator can tell you your home is haunted or not, other explanations for unusual noises will be ruled out first.
Another common sign of a ghost in your home can be an unusual smell. Contrary to popular belief, these smells are often quite subtle and often associated with a loved one you have lost in the past. For example, if your uncle has passed away and he was a heavy smoker, you may detect a faint smoke smell in your home, even if you do not smoke yourself.
Of course, some unusual smells can be explained away. Thus, encountering a strange smell in your home is not immediately a sign of a ghostly presence. If you encounter a strange smell quite often, it is always best to rule out more common causes first.


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Brian Jenner: Time for a new political organisation
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Brian Jenner, a speechwriter, journalist and Conservative activist, sets out the case for a new conservative social organisation based on creativity, friendship and fun.
Browsing through Facebook this week, I had a sense that a dramatic
change is on its way. Looking through the friends of some prominent
Conservatives, I was struck by something. They have a large group of
attractive friends – there is hope at last.
A few years ago, an American academic, Robert Putnam wrote a book
called Bowling Alone. He described how the pressures of modern life
were breaking up our institutions. The politicians acknowledge this,
but they see it as an irreversible social trend, which means that they
deserve to be funded by the public purse.
But what if it's the other way round.
The reason the political parties are bankrupt is because they are not
adapting to what people want. In ten years of organising business
events, I would say that people are reluctant to join traditional clubs
because they involve formality, cliques, tedious meetings, financial
commitment, dealing with status-obsessed individuals and a rigid
adherence to old ways of doing things.
One thing that irritates me about the Conservative localists is that there is one institution that conspicuously fails to fulfil its role in the local community in the way it used to. That is the Conservative Party. Where is their vision of a new local political organisation that actively involves the people it aspires to govern?
Traditionally the Conservative Party attracted the talented, intelligent and wealthy members of the community to their social events. Julian Critchley described in his memoirs how he turned up in the 1950s and there were hordes of attractive young women. To run an effective political party you need thousands of members who wouldn't dream of running for political office. They're there for the food, the company and the chance to be part of something important.
The great thing is that new technology has given us the tools to create a new political movement based on the traditional vision of what being a Tory was about. That political movement must be more social than political. The object is not to meet online, but to use the technology to organise events in smart places for smart people. It needs to be a Conservative equivalent of the Fabians.
Membership can be defined by subscribing to an email list. Events can be organized by whoever wants to set something up. People will pay to come to something that's fun. In my experience setting aside one evening a month in a pleasant venue quickly builds up a following. You need a speaker to speak for about fifteen minutes to create a sense of a beginning, a middle and an end. The important thing is to get people away from their computers and in contact with others who share their values.
This new organisation needs to have an ethos, and I would suggest it should be "creativity". Creativity is something women feel comfortable with. It's the buzzword in business. Globalisation and new technology have swept away many of the traditions and rituals of British society. What Conservatives must do now do is "create" new traditions and institutions, appropriate for transient populations.
My name for a new centre-right organisation would be the "Civic Creatives" but I'm sure there are other suggestions. Creativity comes through the imagination of individuals. Observe the tremendous energy the creators of ConservativeHome have unleashed.
Facebook teaches us a lesson. I'm sure we'd all like to hear George Osborne's thoughts on the economy or David Willett's views on education, but wouldn't we prefer to meet all Iain Dale and Jonathan Isaby's fashionable friends? Robert Putnam ends his book about social disintegration by urging people to organize more picnics. That's what's got to be the focus of the organization, because without the picnics, there is no politics.
Also by Brian:
Ten tips for local elections,
Finding a new Tory idealism,
Ten reasons not to go into politics,
Ten ways to liven up your Association,
How about some jokes, Dave?,
Lamenting the rise of the urban regeneration practitioner,
A reading list for new age Tories,
It's time to put the Party back into the Conservative Party
Brian Jenner
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Prospect Park: Travellers
Alok Sharma, the Member of Parliament for Reading West, has today sought urgent answers from Reading Borough Council about its plans to protect Prospect Park and other vulnerable sites in Reading from illegal encampments by travellers.
In a letter sent today to the Council's Interim Managing Director, Simon Warren, Alok has expressed his regret that the Council took seven weeks to respond to a letter about intrusions by travellers in Prospect Park and has failed to answer questions he has raised on behalf of concerned local residents. Alok has also raised concerns that the Council's administrative leadership is being blocked from answering his questions for political purposes.
Alok originally raised the issue of illegal encampments in Prospect Park at the request of local residents who reported being subjected to various forms of anti-social behaviour and threats by groups of travellers who have been camping unlawfully. Alok has also been liaising with Thames Valley Police in respect of removal of the illegal encampments.
In his latest letter to the Council, Alok has posed ten questions about the Council's plans to protect Prospect Park and other vulnerable spaces in Reading from illegal encampments, including when the Council expects preventative measures to be installed in Prospect Park and how the Council intends to consult residents about the proposed measures.
Alok Sharma said: "Over the last few months, Prospect Park and a number of other sites in my constituency have faced repeated intrusions by travellers setting up illegal encampments and local residents are understandably keen to see this issue resolved on a permanent basis. It is however disappointing that after seven weeks of chasing the Council for answers, I have received a response from Councillor Liz Terry which provides less information than I had already gleaned from local news outlets."
Alok continued: "I am pleased to say that my office has had constructive conversations with Council officers about the process for evicting those who choose to camp illegally and those individual officers deserve credit for their hard work. It is however incredibly frustrating that the Council's political leadership seems hell-bent on playing politics at every opportunity and refuses to work constructively with me or my office to help reassure residents that positive action is being taken. While I acknowledge we have political differences in views on some issues, this is not one of them, and I hope councillors will reassess their attitude to working with their local Member of Parliament for the benefit of residents."
The full text of Alok Sharma's letter is as follows:
"Dear Mr Warren,
I have received the enclosed letter dated 28th October from Councillor Liz Terry, Lead Member for Neighbourhoods, regarding illegal encampments in Prospect Park. I assume that it is the Council's response to my detailed letter of 7th September, follow-up email of 10th October and further follow-up letter of 19th October, all of which were sent to you, in your role as the Council's Interim Managing Director.
I have to assume that the fact that I have received a response from Cllr Terry rather than from you, as has normally been the case on the numerous other occasions that I have written to you, is an indication that you are indeed under political instructions not to respond to me on a timely basis and to delay responses to my office.
In addition to the fact that it has taken the Council seven weeks to provide this response, Cllr Terry's letter is completely inadequate in terms of the level of detail provided in answer to the substance of my initial query. I am of course now aware, from my correspondence with residents and from information reported in the local press, of some of the detail regarding the preventative measures the Council plans to install in Prospect Park. However, I would have expected a detailed outline of these measures to be provided in the Council's response to me, so as to enable me to update interested residents, following my initial letter to you.
I have, over the years, tried to take a positive approach with regards to Reading Borough Council, despite the Council's political leadership seemingly being unwilling to work cooperatively with me. My office and I have had constructive conversations with Council officers about the process for evicting those who choose to camp illegally. However, this is the latest stark demonstration that the Council's political leadership is not prepared to engage with me in a meaningful manner in the interests of working together to help local residents.
So that I can update concerned residents, I would be grateful if you could answer the following straightforward questions:
Precisely what preventative measures does the Council propose to install in Prospect Park to protect the park against future illegal encampments?
When does the Council expect to commence and complete the works to install these proposed preventative measures in Prospect Park?
Has the Council consulted affected residents on whether they believe the proposed preventative measures are adequate?
If the Council decides to install wooden fencing, what does the Council anticipate to be the annual cost of maintaining such fencing to ensure it remains effective in preventing illegal encampments?
Does the Council have contingency funding available if the fencing is damaged?
Has the Council considered the suggestion put forward by residents to install metal bollards, secured in the ground by concrete, which would provide a more robust barrier than wooden fencing?
If so, what was the Council's estimation of the cost difference between installing metal bollards and wooden fencing?
From precisely which budgets does the Council plan to fund the installation of the preventative measures?
What specific action and measures is the Council taking to secure other vulnerable public spaces from illegal encampments, in order to prevent the situation we have recently experienced where an illegal encampment is removed from one site, only for the same group of individuals to then set up an illegal encampment on another nearby site?
What provision is the Council making, in planning terms, for authorised traveller caravan sites in Reading?
In view of the above points and given the high level of interest in this issue amongst local residents, I will be putting a copy of this letter in the public domain.
Alok Sharma MP"


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Home Living Recreation Running and Rolling
Running and Rolling
by Jack Cooksey
NASCAR races (below) deliver drama at Richmond International Raceway. Photo courtesy RIR
The James River Scramble (left) takes runners through the city's riverside park system. Rich Cruse photo courtesy Dominion Riverrock
Whether or not they do the racing themselves, folks in Central Virginia seem to like things in motion. This year and next, major cycling events will put a spotlight on Richmond, and Dominion Riverrock's James River Scramble 10K offers a rugged alternative to road racing. Here's what's not to miss.
Horse Racing: Virginia Derby, July 12
The heart-pounding euphoria of Colonial Downs' Virginia Derby — thoroughbred horses thundering around a turf-covered oval in New Kent County — barely lasts two minutes. But spectacle and anticipation rule the better part of the day. Approximately 10,000 people, many tailgating and hobnobbing in their finery and overstated derby hats, attend the July event. "You'll see thoroughbred racing's top trainers, top jockeys and top owners [and their horses] that you would see in the Preakness [Stakes] and the Belmont Stakes," says Darrell Wood, Colonial Downs' marketing director. colonialdowns.com
NASCAR: Federated Auto Parts 400, Sept. 6
Even die-hard fans joke about the "drive fast, turn left" simplicity of professional stock-car racing, but NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series, which comes to Richmond International Raceway in the spring and fall (April 25-26 and Sept. 5-6 this year), delivers more action than the pithy observation conveys. The Sept. 6 race, in particular, promises more hype and drama — it's the last chance for top-ranked drivers to qualify for "The Chase," the 10-race series "post-season" that eventually determines the year's champion. Last year's Federated Auto Parts 400 stirred controversy, and even a NASCAR investigation. Almost as good as a Shakespearean history play, but a lot louder. rir.com
Road Running: Anthem Richmond Marathon, Nov. 15
Many Richmonders have set out to climb their own personal Mount Everest — and succeeded — by completing this 26.2-mile race, which will have its 37th annual running in November. Several years ago, it earned the distinction as "America's Friendliest Marathon" from Runner's World magazine, which is great news for people who need some encouragement along the way. With its support stations, parties along the route, stunning riverside scenery and throngs of cheering bystanders, the meandering run may deliver you to your very own metaphorical mountaintop before you know it. richmondmarathon.com
Cycling: 2014 USA Cycling Collegiate Nationals, May 2-4
When 400-plus college athletes from about 100 schools hit the region's streets this spring, Richmonders will get a reminder about what elite-level cycling looks like up close and personal. The last major cycling event to hit the region was the 1996 Tour DuPont, a multi-stage race that brought the likes of Greg LeMond, Frankie Andreu and (the now-disgraced) Lance Armstrong through Richmond during the event's six-year run. Local organizers Richmond 2015 are using the collegiate event as a test run for the international professional race a year later, the UCI Road World Cycling Championships. usacycling.org
Trail Running: James River Scramble 10K Trail Run, May 17
See that ramble of rocks in middle of the river? You're gonna cross that. See that steep, steep hill with the skyline at your back? You're going up and over. That meandering trail rising and falling through the woods? Keep running, and watch out for the roots and rocks. It is all yours to conquer in one of the only races that takes running off the street and through the city's rugged riverside park system. As a part of the three-day Dominion Riverrock festival, this may be the hardest blast of fun you've ever earned. dominionriverrock.com