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WORLD Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time magazine's 2019 person of the year
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time magazine's 2019 person of the year
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time magazine's 2019 person of the year.
Clamor as Greta Thunberg joins climate activists in Madrid
Climate activist Greta Thunberg, centre, leaves the protest in Madrid, Friday Dec. 6, 2019. Thunberg arrived in Madrid Friday to join thousands of other young people in a march to demand world leaders take real action against climate change. (Photo: AP)Climate activist Greta Thunberg said Friday that calls for real action against climate change are still being "ignored" by political leaders despite their continuous praise of the global environmental youth movement she helped create.The Swedish teen was in Madrid, where United Nations-sponsored talks on climate change are underway, to join fellow young climate activists, representatives of Latin America's indigenous peoples, and thousands of other protesters.Thunberg took part in a huge evening protest march through central Madrid.Shesaid at a press conference earlier that she hoped the COP25 summit would lead to "something concrete" and "increasing awareness among people in general.""We have been striking now for over a year, and still basically nothing has happened," she told reporters, surrounded by three activists from Spain and Uganda. "The climate crisis is still being ignored by those in power."The 16-year-old was followed by a swarm of cameras and reporters , as well as curious members of the public wanting to film her on their smartphones, from the very first step she took out of an overnight train from Lisbon.Organizers claimed 500,000 people turned out for the Madrid march. Authorities gave no immediate estimate.Two young activists earned cheers as they abseiled from a bridge and strung out a banner saying, "Just 8 years till 1.5 degrees C. HOW DARE YOU?" — a reference to forecasts of rising temperatures and what activists complain is a lack of a convincing political response to the threat.The crush as people tried to get a glimpse of her led Thunberg to pull out shortly after the start, saying police had advised her to leave for safety's sake, and she climbed into an electric car. She was due to give a sp...
Trump criticizes climate activist Thunberg after Time honor
Climate activist Greta Thunberg takes part in a news conference at the COP25 climate summit in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (Photo: AP)US President Donald Trump lashed out at 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg on Thursday, a day after she was named byTime as its Person of the Year,calling her selection "ridiculous."The Swedish teenager has become a symbol of a growing movement of young climate activists after leading weekly school strikes in her country that inspired similar actions in about 100 cities worldwide. She has drawn large crowds with her fiery appearances at protests and conferences over the past year and a half.In a Thursday morning tweet, Trump said, "Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend!"He added: "Chill Greta, Chill!"Thunberg responded by changing her Twitter profile bio to read: "A teenager working on her anger management problem. Currently chilling and watching a good old fashioned movie with a friend."She has been outspoken about her diagnosis with Asperger's syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder associated with high intelligence and impaired social skills. "I have Aspergers and that means I'm sometimes a bit different from the norm," she tweeted this year. "And - given the right circumstances- being different is a superpower."Former Secretary of State John Kerry, attending the U.N. climate talks in Madrid, said in an AP interview that Trump's comments were "the most disgraceful, bullying, unpresidential, almost cowardly thing to do. And he should be ashamed of himself. But he knows no shame."It's not the first time Trump has complained after not being recognized for his influence. In 2015, Trump attacked German Chancellor Angela Merkel for "ruining Germany" after she was named Person of the Year, when he was listed as a runner-up.Trump is the second world leader to take aim at Thunberg this week. Her concern over the slayings of indigenous Brazilians in th...
Greta Thunberg says voyage 'energized' her climate fight
Climate activist Greta Thunberg waves as she arrives in Lisbon aboard the sailboat La Vagabonde Tuesday, Dec 3, 2019. (Photo: AP)Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in Portugal on Tuesday after a three-week voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, telling cheering supporters that the journey had "energized" her for the fight against climate change.The Swedish teen, whose one-woman protests outside the Swedish parliament helped inspire a global youth movement, sailed into the port of Lisbon after making a last-minute dash back from the United States to attend this year's UN climate conference.Thunberg has been steadfast in her refusal to fly because of the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by planes, a stance that put her planned appearance at the meeting in doubt when the venue was moved from Chile to Spain a month ago."We've all been on quite an adventure," Thunberg told reporters shortly after stepping off the catamaran La Vagabonde, on which she'd hitched a ride back home to Europe. "It feels good to be back."Thunberg's appearances at past climate meetings have won her plaudits from some leaders — and criticism from others who've taken offense at the angry tone of her speeches."I think people are underestimating the force of angry kids," Thunberg said. "If they want us to stop being angry, then maybe they should stop making us angry."The 16-year-old said she planned to spend several days in the Portuguese capital before heading to Madrid, where delegates from nearly 200 countries are discussing how to tackle global warming."We will continue the fight there to make sure that within those walls the voices of the people are being heard," she said.The white 48-foot (15-meter) yacht carrying Thunberg, her father Svante, an Australian family and professional sailor Nikki Henderson sailed into Lisbon amid blue skies, with a small flotilla of boats escorting it to the harbor.Her trip contrasted with the many air miles flown by most of the UN meeting's 25,000 attendees.Thun...


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Northumbria sent 2 teams to play in Manchester and compete in the season ending Northern Cup.
The U13 boys had a very good season just failing narrowly to reach the inter-couty finals and had a strong team once again. team was Stephen Twaddle, Richard Ridgeway, Simon Grabham, Elliott Carr Josh Askew and Oliver Ballantine. They topped their group on the Saturday beating Merseyside and Durham & Cleveland.On the Sunday they played Yorkshire and Derbyshire and lost 4-1 and 3-2 respectively ending up a very credible 3rd overall.
The U15 boys also travelled with a team which has chopped and changed throughout the season due to many players close in standard. the team was Sean Millington, Harry Carr, Mark Dinsley, Elliott Park, Andrew Howes . They lost to Warwickshire and Durham & Cleveland and beat Leicestershire on the first day. On the second day the highest available placing was 8th and they duely achieved it beating Merseyside and Nottinghamshire.


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Ep 59 - Joe Apfelbaum - This is B.S: Belief System - Photogs Unite!
Hey Photogs! Do you ever tell yourself, 'I won't make it, I can't do it,' well, that's a belief that you say to yourself, not a fact, and if you keep saying it, you're not going to succeed. Instead try believing that YOU will make it and that YOU can do it. The mind is a powerful thing. Mike talks with Joe Apfelbaum about changing our perception of the world through what we believe and how we can rewire our brains to get us to believe and do things we thought we couldn't do.
Joe Apfelbaum is the CEO of Ajax Union, a B2B digital marketing agency based in Brooklyn, NY. Joe is a business strategist, marketing expert, and certified Google trainer. Joe is the author of his new book, "High Energy Secrets", how he lost 95 pounds and has more energy now more than ever. When he is not Mojovating entrepreneurs at events and on social media he chills in Brooklyn with his Wife and 5 kids. You can find him on his website, Joe Apfelbaum, or check out his Facebook group page, Mojovation.


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Cinnamon Hotels gears for reopening after extensive safety protocols
m@ldives	674 views June 6, 2020
Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts has implemented a series of group-wide safety protocols, taking a holistic approach to sanitation across all hotel spaces.
Enhanced safety measures include high frequency cleaning and disinfection of guest areas, use of approved disinfectants, compliance to supply chain deliveries, and cleaning protocols for culinary and housekeeping areas.
Modifications have also been made to limit contact and maintain physical distancing through seating arrangements in public areas and restaurants.
Airport transfers, and check-in and check-out procedures, as well as the use of hotel facilities such as the pool, gym and sports activities and banqueting have also been enhanced to meet the standards.
"The global pandemic has created new challenges and requirements for the health and safety of travellers across the globe. We have implemented health and safety guidelines in alignment with the protocols of the World Health Organisation and the government of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, to ensure a safe and comfortable experience," John Keells Holdings Leisure Group President Jit Gunaratne was quoted in a statement, as saying.
"The hotel premises and staff are trained and well equipped to serve our guests with the promise of a clean, safe and inspired experience at Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts both in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. We are looking forward to welcoming and catering to our guests and partners."
Sri Lankan conglomerate John Keells, under its Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts brand, runs four resorts in Maldives: Cinnamon Hakuraa Huraa, Cinnamon Dhonveli, Ellaidhoo Maldives by Cinnamon, and the recently-opened Cinnamon Velifushi Maldives.
The Maldives is preparing to reopen its borders to visitors in July.
The country's tourism ministry has drafted and invited comments from industry stakeholders on its own guidelines on reopening the borders.
The coronavirus outbreak has hit the Maldivian economy hard, as travel restrictions and other preventive measures affect the country's lucrative tourism industry, which contributes the bulk of the island nation's state revenue and foreign reserves.
All international airlines have suspended scheduled operations to the Maldives, as the island nation enforced a blanket suspension of on-arrival visa in late March in a bid to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Cruise ships and foreign yachts were also banned from docking at any of the country's ports.
Before the pandemic, the government had been bullish about tourism prospects, targeting two million, high-spending holidaymakers this year after last year's record 1.7 million.
However, tourist arrivals saw a year-over-year decline of 22.8 per cent in the first 10 days of March. Officials say the number of tourist arrivals to the Maldives could drop by half in 2020.
With arrival numbers falling and the visa suspension in effect, several resorts across the Maldives had been closed.
Tourism has been the bedrock of the Maldives' economic success. The $5 billion-dollar economy grew by 6.7 per cent in 2018 with tourism generating 60 per cent of foreign income.
However, the government is at present projecting a possible 13 per cent economic contraction this year — an estimated $778 million hit.
On March 8, Maldives reported its first cases of the novel coronavirus, as two hotel employees tested positive for Covid-19 at a luxury resort in the archipelago.
Eighteen more cases — all foreigners working or staying resorts and liveaboard vessels except five Maldivians who had returned from abroad — were later identified.
A six-case cluster of locals, detected in capital Male on April 15, confirmed community transmission of the coronavirus. Several more clusters have since been identified, bringing the total number of confirmed case in the Maldives to 1,883.
Seven deaths have been reported and 717 have made full recoveries.
The Maldives announced a state of public health emergency on March 12, the first such declaration under a recent public health protection law.
The public health emergency declaration has allowed the government to introduce a series of unprecedented restrictive and social distancing measures, including stay-at-home orders in capital Male and its suburbs, a ban on inter-island transport and public gatherings across the country, and a nationwide closing of government offices, schools, colleges and universities.
Non-essential services and public places in the capital such as gyms, cinemas and parks have also been shut.
Restaurants and cafes in the capital have been asked to stop dine-in service and switch to takeaway and delivery.
A nationwide shutdown of all guesthouses, city hotels and spa facilities located on inhabited islands is also in effect.
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Top Ten Favorite Actor Voices… that I can listen to for hours
On April 14, 2016 April 14, 2016 By ruthIn The Flix List65 Comments
Well, on Tuesday night I saw the press screening of The Jungle Book, which is a remake of the 1967 animated film. It was such a pleasant surprise, a visually-mesmerizing film with a simple-yet-moving story. That film is certainly an eye AND ear candy, with phenomenal voice actors like Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, etc/ providing the speaking voice for all the animals.
So in honor of that film, I thought I'd um, remake my old post that still remains quite popular to this day, top 10 favorite actors with the smoothest voice. It's funny but more often than not, actors I have a crush on usually have an addictive speaking voice, and I'd even listen to their interviews over and over just to hear their voice! It's obviously a very subjective list, and I'm not going to include the same people I've already included in my original list (i.e. Gregory Peck, Alan Rickman, Richard Armitage, Hugo Weaving, etc.) Also excluding the obvious ones like James Earl Jones & Morgan Freeman, because well, they're a league of their own.
Yes I realize I could've renamed this list Favorite BRITISH voice actors, ahah. But hey, I didn't pick based on nationalities, but just like looks & talent, the Brits seem to have 'em all 🙂 In any case, here they are in no particular order:
1. Idris Elba
One of the most mesmerizing things about #TheJungleBook was definitely @idriselba's deep voice, he sounds as gorgeous as he looks!
— FlixChatter (@FlixChatter) April 13, 2016
I've been a huge fan of Idris' voice since Rocknrolla. The voice timbre, the accent, it's simply mesmerizing. Even without seeing his physical presence, his voice alone has that irresistible swagger.
2. Sam Riley
Ok so Sam's voice is a bit of an unconventional choice. People say he sounds like John Hurt, not that there's anything wrong with that. But there's something so irresistible about his raspy voice, likely due to his years of chain smoking. I've been saying on Tumblr that Sam's voice is my drug of choice of late 😉 I literally would listen to a bunch of his interviews, which is just as fun to listen to as his singing voice in Control (and his former band 10,000 Things)
Whether he's speaking in American accent as Sal Paradise (aka Jack Kerouac)…
… or British as dashing Colonel Darcy in Pride + Prejudice + Zombies…
… Sam's voice is music to my ears that I can't get enough of.
3. Jeremy Irons
I don't know why I didn't include this in my original list as I've always loved Mr. Irons' voice! It's so distinctive, with a timbre all his own and he's got impeccable delivery the way Alan Rickman did. Hearing him even in his brief appearance in Batman V Superman reminded me just how much I loved his voice. Speaking of Disney voice actor, his voice work as Scar in The Lion King is just superb. I mean how does one go against James Earl Jones in the voice department, but he certainly held his own in that regard.
4. Tom Hiddleston
The one actor I was crushing on in the first Thor movie wasn't the hero, it's the villain. Hiddleston's voice sounds so melodious even when he's in distress. His extensive theatrical training came through in his delivery, it's so clear, dramatic and simply mesmerizing. He totally came away with the movie on account of his voice alone IMHO. I went to see his performance as Coriolanus as part of a National Theatre Live broadcast just because I LOVE listening to him do those long monologues and indeed he delivered.
Here's a scene with Anthony Hopkins (who's on my original list)
Oh and of course he's absolutely divine in reading Shakespeare…
5. Will Arnett
Ok this is crazy but I never actually paid attention to Will's voice as I barely watch any of his movies. But when he did Batman in the LEGO Movie I thought my goodness he's got a gorgeous voice! It's so deep that it's hilarious but it certainly sounds lovely, heck better than Christian Bale's ridiculous' Batman voice in Nolan's movies. I can't wait for the standalone LEGO Batman movie!
6. Mark Strong
Come to think of it, Rocknrolla is chock-filled with Brits with gorgeous voices (there are three of them on this list alone). Strong is so criminally underrated as an actor, but I think fewer people know he's also a fantastic voice actor. But really, he's got the perfect voice pitch and lovely accent that he probably could make a successful career solely on his voice alone.
7. Mike Colter
One of the reasons I ended up loving Jessica Jones is the casting of Mike Colter as Luke Cage. Ok so the first time we saw him I was already transfixed by him before he even opened his mouth (I mean look. at. him.) Then he did open his mouth and I was like, seriously? Not only did he look like THAT, he has to sound THAT good as well? Well let's just say I hope they give him extensive monologues in the Luke Cage series!!
8. Iain Glen
Another underrated British actor with an absolutely divine voice is Iain Glen. I remember first seeing him in the first Tomb Raider movie. In fact, he's one of the best things about the movie as the charismatic villain. Fans of Game of Thrones surely are familiar with his character Jorah's voice. I think people with a great voice is memorable even in a small role, as was Iain in Eye in the Sky, which was already filled with people with distinctive voices like Alan Rickman AND Helen Mirren. The movie is like voice porn!
9. Ben Whishaw
Whether citing John Keats in Bright Star, or bringing a bear to life in Paddington, Whishaw's use of his phenomenal voice is simply incredible. I also enjoyed his voice as Q in the Daniel Craig's Bond movies. There's such a pleasant lilt to his voice that will make anyone swoon.
I love this fan video of him reading Keats' La Belle Dame Sans Merci set to Thor's soundtrack. An odd choice of music but it works!
10. Tom Hardy
Ok some people say they love Tom Hardy but they'd need subtitles in order to understand him. Ahah, I agree with that, for some reason he's been in movies where he mumbles so much. But obviously if he speaks in his natural voice he's got a clear accent and the loveliest voice. Check out his seductive voice in Rocknrolla, I have played this clip dozens of times just to listen to him. Speaking of voice porn, this movie is another one of those featuring a trio of great voices courtesy of Idris and Gerry Butler!
Well, what do you think of my picks? Whose actor voice(s) that you consider music to your ears?
Five for the Fifth: MARCH 2014 Edition
On March 5, 2014 February 8, 2015 By ruthIn Five for the Fifth, Flix News, Upcoming Flix76 Comments
Welcome to FlixChatter's one and only blog series! As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item/observation/poster, etc. and then turn it over to you to share your take on that given topic. You can see the previous five-for-the-fifth posts here.
1. With March here, it's the start of Spring movie season. Well, one of the eagerly-anticipated movie this month is Veronica Mars. I never watched a single episode of the show nor do I know how massively popular it was until I read their record-breaking Kickstarter campaign! Per IMDb trivia, it was the fastest project to reach $1 million and then the fastest to reach $2 million! It also got the most project backers (91,585) of any project in Kickstarter history!
The film itself was shot in 23 days, exactly 11 months later after the Kickstarter campaign was launched. Apparently the Kickstarter idea came from the meeting between Kristen Bell and Rob Thomas, who was the executive producer of the series and now directed the film, and Warner Bros. WB gave their blessing to the project and agreed to help distribute the movie, apparently they said, "if you can show there's enough fan interest to warrant a movie, we're on board." Well, they certainly did with $5,702,153 pledged of the $2,000,000 goal!
I'm curious which TV show's Kickstarter project would you happily donate to?
2. My hubby and I was catching up with trailers on our Apple TV and came across this indie thriller The Retrieval.
On the outskirts of the Civil War, a boy (Ashton Sanders) is sent by a bounty hunter gang to retrieve a wanted freedman (Tishuan Scott) and bring him back to the South, but as they begin to form an unexpected bond, the boy must face a gut-wrenching decision.
The trailer looked quite gripping, but I like that it's not just an action film with shootouts and chase scenes, but there seems to be an emotional story between the boy and the man he's supposed to retrieve. The film by Chris Eska has won several film festival awards (including the White Sands International Film Festival), and Tishuan Scott won Breakthrough Performance Award at SXSW Film Festival last year. Looks like the young boy also turned in a good performance. Check out Terrence's review from WSIFF last year.
So what do you think folks, intrigued?
3. I't been quite a while since I've posted anything on Batman vs Superman. To be honest, I kind of tuned it out after Ben Affleck was cast, seems like it was ages ago. The casting sparks one controversy after another. It almost seemed that poor Henry Cavill's been all but forgotten in his own project, I mean when was the last time the news actually involved him?? So the latest casting news was Jeremy Irons is cast as Alfred [though I'd have been thrilled to see Timothy Dalton in the role], and we've got The Fast & Furious Israeli actress Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and The Social Network's Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor. I read this article that Kevin Spacey, who played Lex in Superman Returns, endorsed Eisenberg's casting, "I think [Jesse Eisenberg] is a remarkable actor. He's just going to f**king own it. I think it's a great idea and I wish him the best with it." Check out these fan art of the two of them in the role:
Now of course we don't even know if Luthor would actually be bald in this movie, given that Zack Snyder's been quoted as saying this movie's "…not as tied to the mythology" in this recent LA Times interview. In the beginning of the interview, he went all geeky about the Batsuit and the Superman suit, and really who wouldn't be considering the historical significance that for the first time, Superman and Batman would actually exist in the same frame together in the movies. I know there'll be a plethora of fan art/posters of this flick, probably more than any other comic-book adaptations out there. This is one of my favorites of the ones I've seen:
Back to the interview, this is how Snyder responded to the whole casting uproar: "… We know the material. Unfortunately, the fans don't know the material. So, we're casting according to what's happening in the script … I understand the canon. I'm not crazy. I know what these characters need from a mythological standpoint."
Ok fine, the casting just might work fine, but this next quote is what really worries me: "[The movie] literally takes the "Man of Steel" and "Batman" universes and explodes them. You're not as tied to the mythology."
Heh, I sure hope he really does know what he's talking about as right now, even as a huge Superman fan, I'm far less interested in seeing this flick as I ever was. I sure hope he doesn't literally mean *exploding universes* the way he destroyed Metropolis to shreds in Man of Steel [face palm]. Apparently filming is supposed to start next month for this, so they've got about a year to shoot the film until it opens on May 6, 2016.
So what do you think about Zack's latest quotes, are you still excited for this project?
4. Now what award season is over, I've got just one more *award* to talk about, but no worries this is a fun one that surely EVERYONE would have an opinion on. The 34th RAZZIE "Winners" have been unveiled!
Fortunately I haven't seen a single movie from the Worst Picture nominees: After Earth, Grown Ups 2, The Lone Ranger, A Madea Christmas and Movie 43. But still I was aghast to learn that Adam Sandler didn't *win* a single Razzie, what what??! I'm saddened to see Naomi Watts was one of the nominees for Diana AND Movie 43, oh no!! But y'know what, even without seeing the movie, I'm super glad that Will and Jaden Smith won multiple awards.
Jaden was named Worst Lead Actor, and the combination of father & son, described in the ceremony as being "stranded on Planet Nepotism", took the award for Worst Screen Combo! [per Razzie Press Release]
Are you happy with the Razzie *winners*? Who do you think should have been nominated?
5. Now last but not least. Tomorrow I'll be interviewing Divergent's author Veronica Roth, as well as cast member Ansel Elgort, as part of their press tour to promote the film. I've never interviewed an author before so I'm very excited.
Who hasn't dreamed of having their literary work not just published, but being adapted into a movie! It made me think of which other authors I'd love to have the chance to interview about their work. Right of the bat I think of Jane Austen as she's the one author whose work I'm most familiar with. As far as living authors, perhaps J.K. Rowling or Stephen King just to find out what makes them tick.
Now, my last question is, which author (living or dead) do you wish to interview, and what would your question be?
Well, that's it for the MARCH 2014 edition of Five for the Fifth, folks.
Now, please pick a question out of the five above or better yet, do 'em all! 😀


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Exploring the Grounds
Home > Exploring the Grounds
Choose one of three ways to purchase your grounds pass:
Purchase a Pass Online
Use our online ticketing in advance to purchase passes.
Use the Pay Box
Put cash or a check in the pay box outside of the visitor center.
Use a Credit Card
At the Visitor Center
Purchase a pass from a staff member in the visitor center.
Directions to Visitor Center
Your grounds pass is good until the gates close at 6 p.m.
For a more complete experience, purchase a general admission ticket. General admission tickets include
All-day access to hiking trails and the rest of the grounds
All-day access to the Visitor center exhibitions
A timed ticket for a guided tour of the historic area
Consider a membership, for a year's worth of free general admission and unlimited grounds use.
Whatever way you visit, please keep in mind the following:
Social distancing and masks: In consideration of others, we ask that you adhere to social distancing, maintaining a 6-foot distance from other guests. Please do not proceed any further if you feel sick. Wear a mask when inside, on a tour, or talking with a Gunston Hall staff member or other guests. All individuals in the Commonwealth aged five and older must cover their mouth and nose with a face covering, as described and recommended by the CDC.
Restrooms: Follow the sidewalk next to the flagpole to walk along the building and reach our restrooms. Remember to wash your hands for at least 20 seconds before leaving the space. Also, please note that our water fountains are not available at this time.
There are many ways you can explore the site today. Scout the historic area, including the burying ground of the Mason family, go on a hike, or enjoy a picnic.
Historic Area: Use the QR codes throughout the historic area to learn more about the people who lived at Gunston Hall and their lives. You can also start your experience by following the links at the bottom of the page to discover additional spaces and stories.
Go on a Hike: Gunston Hall is home to scenic trails. Go on a picturesque hike down to the Potomac River (hiking shoes recommended), or follow the bluebird trail around the perimeter of the fields.
Where to Picnic: Spread a blanket on the grass in the historic area, or use the picnic tables near the parking area. Please remember to pack all of your trash and take it with you.
Begin your historic area experience here:
Would you rather listen than read? Click on the audio file below.
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George Mason came from a long line of Virginians. Born in 1725, he inherited great riches, including 25,000 acres. Some of his wealth was in people: he inherited about 35 enslaved men, women, and children. This prosperity helped make Mason an influential member of his community.
George Mason's marriage to Ann Eilbeck solidified his place in the community, adding to his fortune and social connections. Within a few years, George and Ann moved their young family to a luxurious and fashionable new house they called Gunston Hall. There, George lived the life of a country gentleman, managing his businesses and crops, directing the labor of free, indentured, and enslaved workers, while also deepening his knowledge of law and philosophy and dabbling in politics. Ann carried on the business of running a complicated household, managing the work of more than a dozen enslaved and indentured people, ordering the household supplies, planning menus, and organizing the couple's entertainments. All the while, Ann carried, gave birth to, and supervised the care of twelve children.
By 1776 George had developed a reputation as one of the leading political minds in Virginia. Ann died a few years earlier, never recovering from the birth of their last two children, twins who survived only a few days. After Ann's death, George was deeply distressed, and he spent most of his time in the seclusion of Gunston Hall. However, the growing conflict with Great Britain persuaded him to be an active participant in colonial government. He accomplished his signature work in Williamsburg, Virginia, in May and June 1776. There, he served as the primary author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the new Virginia constitution.
Through the Virginia Declaration of Rights, George Mason established protections for individual rights and against government corruption. He held true to these principles throughout the rest of his career, pushing successfully for a federal Bill of Rights. Yet, in his personal life, he offers a contradiction. As he advocated for rights for some people, he continued to enslave others. By some estimates, at the end of Mason's life, he held 300 people in bondage.
Locations to Explore
Bluebird Trail
First Visitor Center
Bluff Trail
Quarters of Enslaved People
Cherry Tree Allée
Wharf Road


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Minecraft gives away content to celebrate 4 years on Xbox
by Franklin Simmons May 9, 2016, 4:23 pm 878 Views
Minecraft has been on the Xbox for four years and Microsoft is celebrating that milestone with a free gift.
The Xbox 360 version of Minecraft turns four years old today, and the company is offering a 4th Birthday Skin Pack for free to everyone playing Xbox editions of the game.
The gift includes access for Xbox 360 and Xbox One consoles.
The content allows users to change the look of their characters and the pack is available for free free through May 16.
The popular game was purchased by Microsoft for $2.5 billion in 2014.
The new skin pack features T-shirts modeled after various enemies and animals, known as mobs, from the universe of Minecraft. These include the iconic creeper and the adorable chicken.
Here's the new skin pack:
Microsoft owns Minecraft but the game is also played on PlayStation 4, Wii U, and other consoles and mobile options.
Minecraft: Wii U Edition also received some paid Mario-related downloadable content today.
Microsoft has said that it plans to continue its support for Minecraft on various devices, allowing the company to continually expand the Minecraft universe.
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Hope u like this wallpaper too! Back to fixing some other VK scans.. The next one shall be the snowy scene..
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Martin Braithwaite and Middlesbrough's other international players are set to feature in Wednesday's pre-season friendly at Gateshead.
By Joe Nicholson
Middlesbrough forward Martin Braithwaite handed in a transfer request last season but appears to have a second chance under new head coach Jonathan Woodgate.
After representing their countries in the recent Euro 2020 qualifiers, Braithwaite, Paddy McNair, Darren Randolph, and George Saville all missed last week's 2-0 defeat to Grazer AK during Boro's pre-season trip to Austria.
Midfielder Jonny Howson also missed the game due to the birth of his son, while winger Marcus Tavernier sat out after picking up a slight injury.
Yet all six players are set to play a part at the International Stadium, with Boro head coach Jonathan Woodgate looking to step up preparations for next month's Championship opener at Luton on August 2.
"We've got a few players coming in who didn't play in Austria," Woodgate told the club's website. "That game was too soon for the lads who had played international football, but they'll all get minutes on the pitch at Gateshead.
"We'll be looking to step things up slightly and get 60 minutes from some of the players this time."
The Heed have been relegated to National League North after a turbulent summer and have since appointed former Newcastle defender Mike Williamson as their new manager.
Williamson was full of praise for Woodgate and believes Boro's new appointment gives hope to up-and-coming English managers.
Fans wanting to attend the game can pay on the gate, with adult tickets priced at £8, concessions £5, under-16s £2, and under-12s free of charge with a paying adult.


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Home > Research Highlights > Women With Children and a Male Partner Do More Housework Than Single Moms
Women with children and a heterosexual male partner do the most housework—more even than single moms, according to an analysis of time-use data.1
Specifically, married and cohabiting mothers report more housework than never-married or divorced/separated mothers, but all mothers report about the same amount of child-care time, find Joanna Pepin of the University of Texas at Austin, Liana Sayer of the University of Maryland, and Lynne Casper of the University of Southern California (see table).
Mothers With a Male Partner Do More Housework, Sleep Less Than Single Mothers
Predicted Minutes of Mother's Time in Activities, by Marital Status
Married Cohabiting Never Married Divorced/Separated
Childcare 120 115 119 118
Housework 171 165 138 145
Leisure 209 243 219 201
Sleep 513 513 527 520
Note: Based on American Time Use Surveys (2003-2012). Model controls for extended family member, number of children, children under two years old, children ages two to five, education, employment, race, age, and weekend diary day.
Source: Joanna R. Pepin, Liana C. Sayer, and Lynne M. Casper, "Marital Status and Mothers' Time Use: Childcare, Housework, Leisure, and Sleep," Demography 55, no. 1 (2018): 107-33.
For the study, they examined 24-hour time-use diaries from participants in the nationally representative American Time Use Survey (ATUS) between 2003 to 2012; they focused on white, black, and Hispanic mothers ages 18 to 54 with at least one child under age 13 living with them. Their analysis takes into account weekday and weekend schedules, and other differences such as employment, education, age of children, and the presence of other extended family members in the household.
Married Mothers Sacrifice Sleep and Leisure
After adjusting for other factors, married mothers did significantly more housework and slept less than never-married and divorced mothers, which runs counter to the notion that single mothers are time poor because they lack a partner to help with household chores and work for pay, Pepin notes.
The findings show the trade-offs mothers make in the face of limited time. All mothers protected their time with their children, doing roughly the same amount of child care once other factors are controlled. But married mothers did more housework at the expense of their own leisure and sleep, while nonpartnered mothers tended to do less housework and sleep somewhat more, the researchers find.
Cohabiting mothers spent about the same amount of time doing housework and sleeping as married mothers, but cohabiting mothers reported more leisure time. The differences in leisure time between married and cohabiting mothers may reflect differences in work hours, work schedules, or commuting times, but more research is needed to clarify the reason.
Married women may feel that to be a good wife, they must prioritize housework and child care ahead of their own leisure and sleep.
Social Expectations Shape Women's Time
The data show that women with a male partner in the home put more time into housework, such as home-cooked meals—work that is symbolic of women's feminine roles. "Being in a partnership appears to ratchet up the demands or expectations for housework," Pepin points out.
Married women may feel that to be a good wife, they must prioritize housework and child care ahead of their own leisure and sleep, Pepin suggests. In other research, women have told interviewers that they feel social pressure to provide home-cooked meals, clean clothes, and a well-kept house; these expectations appear to be closely tied to contemporary definitions of appropriate behavior for wives and mothers.
Mothers' Quality and Quantity of Leisure Time Differ
While never-married and cohabiting mothers reported more leisure time than married and divorced/separated mothers, they were more likely to spend it in sedentary activities, such as watching television, usually alone. Pepin notes this time-use pattern may be partially explained by physically demanding jobs, although more research is needed to be certain. By contrast, married mothers were slightly more likely to report leisure activities that were social and active, such as going out with friends or exercising.
Work Schedules Challenge the Traditional Household Division of Labor
Another study using ATUS time-diary data examined time spent on various types of housework in U.S. heterosexual married-couple families with children.2 Regardless of whether or not they are employed outside the home, women tend to do more traditionally female housework tasks (interior cleaning, laundry, and meal preparation) and men do more traditionally male-typed housework tasks (home maintenance, yard work, and vehicle care).
However, work schedules and time constraints can contribute to nontraditional divisions of housework tasks between parents, report researchers Noelle Chesley of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and Sarah Flood of University of Minnesota–Twin Cities.
They analyzed parents' housework time and tasks, comparing breadwinner father/at-home mother couples with breadwinner mother/at-home father couples. They drew on ATUS time diary data for 2008 to 2012 from more than 4,500 participants; their analysis controlled for a variety of characteristics including age, education, race, unemployment, income, retirement, disability, and the number and ages of children in the household.
Cooking, Cleaning, and Laundry Comprise the Bulk of Housework Tasks
The way couples divide traditionally female household tasks drives the overall division of housework time because female-typed tasks tend to be done much more frequently (often daily) than male-typed tasks, they find.
Breadwinners spend less time doing housework tasks traditionally linked to their gender on work days. Housework time differences among breadwinner mothers and breadwinner fathers shrink as their daily work hours increase, suggesting that time availability plays a role in reducing gender differences in housework among parents in similar situations.
Women feel socially accountable for the appearance of the household.
"Our comparisons also suggest that at-home parents may do more gender nontraditional household tasks on days their spouses work," they report.
In breadwinner mother/at-home father couples, differences in housework time depend on whether breadwinner mothers are at work on a given day. On their days off, breadwinner mothers do more housework than at-home fathers, spending as much time doing housework as at-home mothers. By contrast, at-home mothers appear to do more housework daily whether breadwinner fathers are at work or not.
"Among working parents, mothers and fathers likely feel different housework pressures," the researchers suggest. "Women feel socially accountable for the appearance of the household."
Earlier research shows that breadwinner mother/at-home father couples engage in a "domestic handoff" on breadwinner mothers' days off, either as a way for mothers to feel in control or to give the at-home fathers a break, according to the researchers.
They find that breadwinner mother/at-home father couples are frequently economically disadvantaged. The arrangement is often an adaptation to male job loss or job instability rather than a choice made "out of a strong desire to fulfill gender egalitarian ideas."
This article was produced under a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). The work of researchers from the following NICHD-funded population research centers was highlighted in this article: University of Maryland, University of Minnesota, and University of Texas-Austin.
Paola Scommegna is a senior writer in U.S. Programs at PRB. More by Paola Scommegna »
Joanna R. Pepin, Liana C. Sayer, and Lynne M. Casper, "Marital Status and Mothers' Time Use: Childcare, Housework, Leisure, and Sleep," Demography 55, no. 1 (2018): 107-33.
Noelle Chesley and Sarah Flood, "Signs of Change? At-Home and Breadwinner Parents' Housework and Child-Care Time," Journal of Marriage and the Family 79, no. 2 (2017): 511-34.
Paola Scommegna
Maryland Population Research Center, University of Maryland
Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota
Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin


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The Relationship of School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports to School Climate and Student Behavior
by Dion, Lisa A., Ed.D., Johnson & Wales University, 2016, 127; 10103480
"Since the 1970s, one of the hallmarks of reforms of junior high and middle schools has been the recognition of social 'needs' of young teens and the ways in which schools have failed to serve them" (Juvonen, p. 197, 2007). If school climate is left to fail, adolescents are at a risk for developing mental health problems, anxiety, antisocial behaviors, and depression (Shortt, Alison, & Spence, 2006). Unless discipline issues are at a minimum, instruction will be interrupted and teaching time will be lost (McIntosh, Bohanon & Goodman, 2011).
The following research questions are a few of the questions that guided this study: 1. What are the students' perceptions of school climate at the end of the school 2014 year? 2. What are the differences in the number of Office Disciplinary Reports (ODRs) from pre-implementation of the SWPBS in 2009 to post-implementation of the SWPBS in 2014 by grade level and gender?
This study employed a causal-comparative research design utilizing ex post facto data collected from ODRs and a School Climate Survey to determine feasibility and worthiness of a School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports (SWPBS). The students in this study (N=487) were from a small suburban middle school located in the Northeast.
Analyses of students' perceptions of school climate were negative in the following three dimensions: Order and Discipline=41%, Student-Interpersonal Relations=49% and Student-Teacher Relations =78%. An analysis of ANOVAs revealed significant differences between grade levels 5 to 8 (p=<.001). Findings for Office Disciplinary Reports (ODRs) at the end of a five-year implementation of a SWPBS system reported significant percent decreases ranging from 54% at pre-implementation of the SWPBS to 90% at post-implementation in grade levels 5 to 8.
Educational leaders can utilize the findings from this study to guide their instructional practice on building Student-Teacher Relations and implement the use of a School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS) system, to help address the social emotional needs of students and minimize student behavioral problems to effect time spent on learning and the success of student learning in the classroom.
Advisor: Kite, Stacey
Commitee: Borstel, Scott, Mercurio, Victor
School: Johnson & Wales University
School Location: United States -- Rhode Island
Subjects: Behavioral psychology, Social psychology, Education
Keywords: Middle school, School-wide positive behavior interventions, Student interpersonal relations, Student order and discipline, Student-parent relations, Teacher-student relations


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2022 Was the Year of the Cannibal. What Does That Say About Us?
THE HORROR
From 'Dahmer' and 'Yellowjackets' to 'Fresh' and 'Bones and All,' flesh-eaters entered the culture big-time this year
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In an undeniably great year for horror, the most unsettling scene from one of the more popular series featured a man offering his neighbor a sandwich. Granted, that man was cannibalistic serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, his neighbor the woman who got him evicted, and the sandwich possibly contained human flesh, but the menace and uncertainty of the exchange — and the show at large — captured the horrified attention of millions of viewers. Ryan Murphy's Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, starring Evan Peters, is one of Netflix's most-watched (and most controversial) shows of all time, and just one of many cannibal narratives that kept viewers in its thrall this year.
From Dahmer — both the fictionalized series and an accompanying docuseries — to the insanely buzzy Showtime drama Yellowjackets to the horror-comedy of Fresh and achingly tragic Bones and All, flesh-eaters entered the ethos big-time in 2022 (and not just in a swaggering, Chianti-slurping Hannibal Lecter kind of way). This year, the horror trope undoubtedly mirrored the very unique concerns we're facing today: economic uncertainty, environmental anxiety and a distrust of the seemingly normal guy next door along with his cold cuts.
Zombie films have long served as an allegory for societal upheaval — starting with the legendary George A. Romero and his Night of the Living Dead series. Mass consumerism (1978's Dawn of the Dead), the military-industrial complex (1985's Day of the Dead) and the Iraq War (2005's Land of the Dead) — Romero skewered it all. Although that trope is still shambling along, the glut of cannibal movies in recent years signals to psychiatrist and horror aficionado Steven Schlozman that there's a whole new bogeyman in town through which to view our foibles.
"Any human eating another human is by definition the great taboo," Scholzman, who has both written zombie novels and collaborated with Romero, tells Rolling Stone. "The difference is, you can't get mad at a zombie — it's like getting mad at a crocodile. Cannibals… they're sentient. They're eating with gusto — or because they need to." (Translation: society is afraid of itself these days; slow-walking monsters unthinkingly ransacking a shopping mall not so much.)
It's telling, then, that the year started off with roughly five million people a week tuning in to Showtime to see whether a girls' soccer team marooned in the Canadian wilderness will devour each other. Yellowjackets kicked off tantalizingly with scenes of a tribe of girls in antlers descending on their would-be victim, and although we'll have to wait until Season Two to see who (or if anyone) was eaten, that sense of dread propelled us through 10 increasingly tense episodes and left us wanting more.
"The show is not about if cannibalism, it's about why cannibalism, and how cannibalism," showrunner Jonathan Lisco has said. "[The girls] may have to resort to cannibalism. But it may not be just because of scarcity. It may be because of something much more complex: the new micro-society that they need to build, and the rules that they need to form to survive. Not just physically, but psychologically and mentally."
Scholzman compares that micro-society to social divisions that range from heightening political discord to the kind of vicious glee some denizens of social media seem to take in pillorying people for doing something as mundane as, say, bringing their neighbors chili or enjoying their garden with their husbands. "If anybody's going survive in their wilderness, it's going to be a team that's figuring out how to win," he says. "And yet they don't use the best parts of themselves. They use the worst parts of themselves. That to me seems like an important message. Like, we're pretty good as a species when we work together, but we seem not to be doing that so well lately."
The Luca Guadagnino-directed film Bones and All also deals with othering members of society — only this time, the outcasts are the eaters, not the eaten. That film follows two teen cannibals, played by Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell, as they travel across the country while dealing with the reality of what they need to do to survive. The announcement of the film came in tandem, quite unfortunately, with multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against Armie Hammer, including an alleged cannibalism fetish, but Guadagnino — who directed both Hammer and Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name — has denied any connection. "The relationship between this kind of digital muckraking and our wish to make this movie is non-existent, and it should be met with a shrug," he told Deadline in August.
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In fact, the premise for the movie is around seven years old at this point; it was based on a YA novel of the same name by Camille DeAngelis. And the author tells Rolling Stone that she set out to tackle consumerism and self-loathing when she first conceptualized the story of Maren (Russell) and Lee (Chalamet). Going vegan, she says, gave her "a new perspective on why these monster narratives are so compelling. With zombies, everyone just thinks it's about overconsumption in general, mindless consumption. I'm thinking, more specifically, about who we consume."
Along with being a parable about environmentalism — which we see echoes of in the film as Maren and Lee share their first kiss at a slaughterhouse — Bones and All is more about life as an outsider, DeAngelis says. The author grew up feeling like she existed on the periphery, loathing herself for not fitting in and, then, for not trying harder to fit in. Her main character and proxy, Maren, wants love, a family, and a home, DeAngelis says, but she can't escape who she is — she has to feed. "This horrible compulsion traps her in an endless cycle of devouring and remorse," DeAngelis wrote in a previous blog post.
Chalamet echoed that same sentiment in an interview about the film. "To be young now, and to be young whenever — I can only speak for my generation — is to be intensely judged," he said. "I think it's tough to be alive now. I think societal collapse is in the air — it smells like it — and, without being pretentious, that's why hopefully movies matter, because that's the role of the artist… to shine a light on what's going on."
Schlozman — who also suggested the film echoes the current desolation of the opiate crisis — agrees. "It becomes this great metaphor for being othered — necessarily othered. You can't be part of this world," he says. The most horrifying character in the movie becomes, then, not Maren and Lee, but a cop-turned-drifter they meet along the way who chooses to be what they call an "Eater" — an obvious nod to the ongoing epidemic of police corruption. He's not eschewing the world and all its rules because he has to, but because he's curious. Because he can.
Curiosity — and excess — also factor deeply in Hulu's Fresh, which stars Sebastian Stan as a charming cannibalistic playboy and Daisy Edgar-Jones as his would-be prey. In order to feed the overly rich and easily bored men of the world, Stan poses as an eligible bachelor to flirt with and ensnare women, whom he packages bit by bit in nightmarish HelloFresh boxes. Director Mimi Cave says she was attracted to the script as part of the #MeToo conversation. "I've never had any fascination with cannibalism more than the average 'ew' and 'gross' curiosity, but there was something about the symbolism it held within the context of the story for me," she tells Rolling Stone. "Relating specifically to women's bodies, I immediately saw so many layers of visual metaphor in my mind."
"Fresh is an allegory for many things," Edgar-Jones previously told RS. "You could say it's an allegory for the commodification of females in society. And also it sort of explores the aspects of dating in the contemporary world — we almost shop for each other, you know, like you would for a jumper. There's also the balance of being open to meeting new people, but also knowing that there's a risk involved."
Schlozman notes that the film highlights a kind of repulsive consumerism — the kind that, perhaps, leads people with too much money to buy a social media platform for billions of dollars just to destroy it. "These people have so much money that when they get something they want everything," he says. "It might not even be great to eat someone, but it doesn't matter. They have a few billion. They'll find out. Which is creepy!" he pauses, laughing. "But the very, very, very rich are pretty creepy."
And then, of course, there's Jeffrey Dahmer — a sobering reminder that cannibals aren't usually lovesick teens who can't help themselves or handsome men with great jawlines shaking their hips as they make mincemeat of their latest conquest. They're monsters. And like many horrors, they're hard to look away from.
When Murphy's fictionalized Dahmer series premiered on Netflix almost in tandem with Joe Berlinger's docuseries Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes, Berlinger recalled seeing the two side by side as the top trending series on the streaming service. The interest in the cannibal killer was there, and it was strong, but it was also fraught — especially after victims' family members began coming forward and asking why Murphy hasn't contacted them before turning their loved ones into characters (Murphy contested those claims). Dahmer killed several marginalized men before his capture in 1991 and dishonored their remains to the most extreme degree, and people weren't sure if they should be watching, rapt, as Evan Peters embodied him. But, obviously, they watched, even if they didn't talk about it. Peters picked up a Best Actor nomination at the upcoming Golden Globes and the show itself was nominated for Best Miniseries.
"What are the rules now? Should we never do a movie about a tyrant?" Murphy argued in a recent interview in response to heavy criticism, pointing out in a cast roundtable that the show isn't meant to be a lingering, voyeuristic look at one man's horrible acts, but an interrogation of an increasingly dark world. "I think it came out at a time where people are looking to put their anxieties into something to express anxiety, or maybe to watch something that's more anxious than the world they're experiencing," he said. "I also think that since COVID people are very interested in examining pieces that talk about mental health and all of your characters, every one of you, have those scenes. Where you're either at rock bottom and you ask for help or you say, 'I'm not doing very well.' Even Dahmer." (Murphy was not available for an interview for this story.)
Berlinger — who has not yet seen Murphy's series — also spoke about mental health while discussing his series with Rolling Stone. "Dahmer's cannibalism and entire MO to me is an issue of mental health — he was obviously very ill and his whole reason for killing and consuming was to be close to his victims — he didn't want them to leave, ever," he says. "If only someone had intervened… I am saying that a documentary about him might make a viewer realize that either they themselves need help or a viewer might recognize the need for help with someone they know."
Berlinger is no stranger to having to defend his work, which sometimes focuses on monsters; his Conversations series previously covered Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy. However, Berlinger says he was inspired to make the first when his daughter told him she didn't know who Bundy was, which worried him. Shouldn't young people be aware of monsters like Bundy — that even the most normal-seeming people can be dangerous?
"I think people are super sensitive about humanizing somebody who's done something so evil," he says. "To me, that's a slippery slope. I'm not saying this holds true for every show about a serial killer, but to me, the key to understanding this perversion and the reason to tell these stories is precisely because these are three-dimensional human beings that sometimes act like human beings. The people who do evil in this world, as someone who has covered crime, usually are not people who act like monsters 24/7."
Schlozman posits that the Dahmer story took off this year due to this distrust, fueled at times by the rampant popularity of true crime content. "There is a paranoia right now in the United States that we don't really know people the way we think we know people," he says. "And our fascination with Dahmer speaks to that."
And that brings us back to the sandwich: The dread we feel as we watch Peters' Dahmer offer a sandwich to his neighbor, played by Niecy Nash (in another Golden Globe-nominated role), as a supposed peace offering. It's may be just a normal sandwich, but given that Nash's character knows what Dahmer is up to next door, it's violence masquerading as normalcy. Just like Dahmer himself.
And what does that say about us? That we can't trust food from a neighbor, that we can't guarantee that our dates won't eat us or our own friends and teammates won't feast on our flesh? "If we put on a paranoid cloak, it occurs to you that anyone could do anything to you. We're trusting people to be good," Schlozman says. "The bottom line is, most of the time people are good. And then the big question is: Why are they good?"
Maybe that's a topic for 2023.
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I read with much interest, and yet more dismay, the past three installments of "Secrets of the Organizing Committee" by Kenneth Reich.
I had the privilege of being appointed as a volunteer aide to Peter Ueberroth. It was one of the highlights of my life and, if you ask any of the other 50,000 volunteers, I am sure they will have many positive and warm memories of the Los Angeles Summer Games.
Once again, as usual, when someone reaches the top of the mountain, as Peter did, there are people who want to tear the mountain down. It also seems that the people who complained about their association with Ueberroth forgot about the immense task that had to be completed.


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This iconic Cindy Crawford look from the '90s just made a comeback
November 18, 2019 BY Sabrina Salazar Gómez
Fashion revivals, especially '90s trends, are coming faster than we can keep up with them lately! Not only are we seeing the coolest 20th-century fashion fads making a comeback, but many of our favorite celebrities have also been spotted wearing era-defining looks from recent style history. One throwback outfit that made a lasting statement was the unforgettable Versace outfit worn by Cindy Crawford in 1992. The model was the star of the show in a striking bondage-style corset with leather straps signature gold buckles.
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In September 2017, Versace had another iconic moment when Cindy and all the 1990s supermodel muses – Carla Bruni, Helena Christensen, and Claudia Schiffer – hit the catwalk to pay homage to founder Gianni Versace, who was assassinated in 1997. The designer's sister, Donatella, has continued on her brother's legacy and explained why she brought the '90s icons back for the landmark runway show. "The reason why I did it, it's simple," she told InStyle. "I wanted the young people who maybe weren't even born when Gianni was creating the world of Versace to experience it firsthand."
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This suggestive outfit was one of the late Gianni Versace's most iconic designs. Now, 30 years later, stars are re-creating that powerful look, including Miley Cyrus. In the music video for Don't Call Me Angel featuring Ariana Grande and Lana Del Rey, the singer wore a top, sporting a set of black wings for a wild and sexy look that was totally in keeping with the lyrics.
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Cindy Crawford's daughter Kaia Gerber on her 18th birthday
And Miley isn't the only one to get inspired by Cindy's outfit. The famous beauty's own daughter, model Kaia Gerber, also a model, copied it for her 18th birthday. As well twinning in her mom's 1990s look, Kaia sported a version of Cindy's voluminous hairstyle. Of course, comparisons between mother and daughter were unavoidable since even Versace's social media made special mention of the creations worn by both models.
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Ukraine has been experiencing a difficult financial turmoil with regard to debts. To date, the country has been seeking for financial support from different institutions such as the International Monetary Fund on wsj.com. The IMF has however demanded that the country should enter into negotiations with creditors so that it get assistance. Ukraine has a foreign debt that totals to $19 billion. The amount has become unsustainable after the recent Russian aggression that deal a lot of damage to the country's economy. George Soros has written several publications to find solutions for Ukraine. He regrets that Ukraine has not yet had its remedy to bankruptcy. The country has no sovereign borrower policy to cool down fights between lenders and borrowers. Additionally, the country doesn't have enough powers to decide the types of debts it wants reconsidered.
Soros has argued that Ukraine's solutions lies in creating a default unless it is successfully guaranteed a debt relief. According to George, bondholders ought to be willing to warn Ukraine regarding of defaults. No investor is going to be interested in investing in the country in future. Such sovereign debts have their long term effects. It becomes even more pronounced when these lenders put themselves out of the battle. The effect is that all possible lenders pull out financial aid and the country experience a financial crisis as that experienced in Greek. George agrees that when lenders can get to a speedy deal, the country will get back to its position within a year. He adds that a default never locks out a country from financial markets. It is however economic problems arising from the default that lock the country outside financial markets.
George Soros is a wise investor and clearly understands how the economy plays out. He knows that Ukraine can repay all its financial aid once its economy is stabilized. He knows that the current problems experienced by the country are nothing but temporary. He adds that what has happened in Ukraine is nothing but a historical lesson. The European Union too may be faced by a resurgent Russia which may soon turn from being a partner to becoming a rival. Apart from getting financial aid, the European Union also ought to provide technical assistance to Ukraine. The reforms are going to be radical if this happens.
George Soros has made billions of cash as a simple financial market speculator. The 86-year old has amassed tons of wealth and has financed liberal causes. He has hugely supported millions of migrants that are flowing into Europe. Soros himself was born in Hungary to a Jewish family and later had his education in Britain. He moved to the United States at a very young age where he founded his hedge fund. Throughout the years, he has proven to be a leading investor in the world. George has since been passionate about reforms in the EU and Ukraine. In 2015, he formulated a strategy that should guide Ukraine on its reformation procession. The strategy was title the Ukraine Win Strategy.


Hi my name is Aileen. I am the oldest of 3 children and I have a dog named Maggie who is almost 3 years old and gets treated like the fourth child. Sometimes I think she gets more attention then I do. Being the oldest means I am the one who has to do everything first. Sometimes this is a good thing, though sometimes I wish I had someone older than me to go through everything first.
As I was writing this I couldn't think of anything I am extraordinarily good at, but then something hit me. Something that I usually don't bring up ever to people because I am still embarrassed by it. That thing is stuttering. I know it seems like an odd thing to be good at, but since I've been stuttering since I could talk I figured I must have mastered it by now. Stuttering is a big part of me. Did you know that a lot of famous people stutter? Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe, and Bruce Willis are just a few to name. I figured that if these people could do the great things they did, the least I could do was step out of my comfort zone and not only make this speech, but mention to you that I stutter. As opposed to pretending it's not there and panic every time I'm called on because I don't want people to judge me when they hear me stutter. Some parts of stuttering stinks, but some aren't so bad. Sure it gets frustrating not being able to say things fluently or having to struggle some days when my stuttering gets rough, but I have met some amazing people who also stutter and their stories have inspired me to try to be more comfortable with it. But enough about stuttering because although stuttering is a big part of me, that is not the only part. I also enjoy going to the beach and hanging out with friends. I love going on vacations and someday want to travel Europe.
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With an average temperature of about 80 degrees recently, it's hard to imagine stepping outside to be greeted with winter weather. Even when this winter comes, you are not likely to experience too many cold days.
According to The Old Farmer's Almanac, which has been predicting weather patterns for 227 years with an apparent 80 percent degree of accuracy, you should expect a warmer than normal winter.
The method by which such predictions are made involves a "top secret mathematical and astronomical formula, that relies on sunspot activity, tidal action, planetary position and many other factors." These predictions are made 16 months in advance.
According to the Almanac, winter will be warmer than normal this winter season. The prediction covers the region in which we live as a whole and is not limited to West Virginia alone.
The region also includes Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana and Missouri.
As August passes and we enter September, the Almanac predicts a month comprised mostly of rain, with brief periods of sun. The first couple of weeks will be cool with a few showers, while the rest of the month is expected to be frequently stormy.
The first half of the month will be comprised of a few showers and cool weather, but by September 14, the Ohio valley can expect frequent thunderstorms coupled with warmer temperatures.
October and November will be warmer than usual with below average snowfall, and above normal rain. So basically, it will be cool and rainy for the most part, with very little chance of snow. As for West Virginia, we don't typically get our first snow until late November or early December, and this year the snowiest period will be early to mid December, so that may be more or less on track.
It will be coldest starting around mid to late December and late January to early February. It is at the beginning of February where it will be snowiest for 2019, with snowfall to be more of less comparable to the December predictions.
So, snow is not expected to be absent this year, bur we will have an overall milder winter. By the time we get to April and May, it will be warmer than normal with average rainfall for the time period. By next summer, expect cooler temperatures and more rainfall.
These predictions are probably no surprise as we are entering a period of time when environmental conditions are giving us consistently warmer weather.
So, it is hard to say how accurate these predictions will turn out to be. Only time will tell. So dust off those raincoats for the coming months and have those winter coats waiting in queue - you may not need them all winter long, but you will need them.
Are you looking forward to a milder winter, or do you prefer a cold winter with lots of snow? Feel free to comment below and join the discussion.


Saffer uses modern, popular technology (TiVo DVRs, mobile phones, web sites) as examples for interaction design or to illustrate his ideas. There are also a number of brief interviews with notables in the field giving their take on different design issues and concepts. These examples and interviews make the book more friendly and the reading experience is more enjoyable than the typical academic text.
Content is not sacrificed for accessibility nor is it dumbed-down for the non-designer. The basic framework and terminology of interaction design (and even design in general) are laid out in an easy to understand way. Terms or practices that might be unfamiliar to someone outside of design are clearly defined using plain English instead of design speak or computer jargon. Someone couldn't go out and become a designer the day after reading this book but they would learn enough to lead them to further investigate interaction design as a career or to be able to make better decisions when hiring a designer or design firm.


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What did I believe I needed? A 10mA panel meter.
What did I order? A 10mA panel meter.
What did I receive in the mail? A 10A panel meter.
Oh that wretched curse of ADHD, damn thee!
At least the 10A works for my current purposes, just as a 100mA panel meter would. Due to greater range, it gives more stable reading, but it is zoomed out so exact mA cannot be inferred.