Division Avenue High School students Sarah Kardonsky and Michael Pagano may be showing up to prom on Thursday sporting New York Jets jerseys if television host Ellen DeGeneres has her way.
The Levittown students, who earned Internet fame when Kardonsky's promposal went viral, were guests on "The Ellen Show"on June 4. During the segment, the host gifted them with "special prom gear" that included green-and-white crowns and Jets jerseys that read "Prom King" and "Prom Queen" on the back.
Pagano, who has high-functioning autism, is a longtime Jets fan, which is why Kardonsky recruited some of the NFL team's players to help her ask him to the June 12 senior prom. Using social media, she was able to get nine Jets players, including wide receiver Saalim Hakim, cornerback Dexter McDougle, wide receiver Chris Owusu and cornerback Antonio Cromartie, to record video messages on her behalf, each one asking Pagano if he would go to the prom with Kardonsky.
She played a compilation of the videos for Pagano (and the rest of her schoolmates) on March 25 during the morning announcements that are televised in each classroom, and he said "Yes."
Pagano told DeGeneres the promposal made him feel "pretty special," adding, "I would never think someone would do this for me at all."
Kardonsky explained to DeGeneres that Pagano had actually asked her to be his prom date first, but she had to turn him down because she had already committed to go with another friend.
"I just felt so bad," she said. "He had so much guts to come up to me and ask me, and it was so sweet and I just had to do something nice for him."
Pagano said he asked a few other people after that, but they turned him down. What he didn't realize though was that Kardonsky was in the process of breaking off her plans with her other date.
And on a whim, she sent a message to Hakim via social media and within five minutes, he responded offering to help, she said. That encouraged her to reach out to the other Jets players.
DeGeneres also enlisted the Jets to record a second video message for Kardonsky and Pagano, which she played during Thursday's show.
"We love your story and we hope you guys have a great time at prom," Jets head coach Todd Bowles, surrounded by nine of his players, said in the new video message.
Owusu then whispers into the camera, "Mike, I'm glad you said 'Yes.' "
The Jets also gave the two students four pre-game passes, and a large basket of merchandise including an autographed helmet.
When asked why she wanted to create such a special promposal for her friend, Kardonsky told DeGeneres that Pagano is the "sweetest guy" she's ever met and an "inspiration" to anyone who knows him.
"Even though Mike does have high-functioning autism, he doesn't let that bring him down," she added. "He loves himself; he isn't mad at the world."
DeGeneres responded: "That's the way we should all live."
Watch a clip from the students' guest appearance on "The Ellen Show" by clicking on the video above.


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Ranking as the best Lucio Fulci film of all time, Zombie is the quintessential Fulci experience. We have gory scenes of dismemberment, grotesque-looking zombies, a fantastic soundtrack, and a setting that embodies a creepy voodoo atmosphere. I could go on and on about how amazing this movie is, and list a few issues about it (seriously, the characters are incredibly dumb, seeing how the zombies are the slowest things ever yet they still end up dying), but why waste your time when you can easily read the full breakdown of the film and Blu-ray thanks to Ryne. What I want to do is take a look at the different releases and why this new release from Blue Underground is the best release of Zombie ever.
Let's go all the way back to the first real worthy collectors release from Anchor Bay, released in a clamshell case housing a beautiful VHS.
Anchor Bay released Zombie on VHS in 1998 which was digitally remastered in widescreen and remixed in Dolby Surround. Theatrical, TV, and Radio spots were included after the end credits. Obviously, with it being VHS, the video quality is not the greatest.
When we jump to the DVD format, we had more choices to choose from, but the most significant release for Zombie was actually from Blue Underground, in a 2-Disc Ultimate Edition released in 2011. Loaded with features, if you wanted to stick with DVD, this would be the release to purchase.
Now we get to Blu-ray, and we are edging closer to the ultimate release, but before Blue Underground released their amazing feature-packed Blu, we had a couple of choices. We could purchase Blue Underground's original Blu-ray release, which was the DVD release but with upgraded video and audio. For Region B fans, we had the option to buy Arrow Video's Blu-ray release, which also featured some substantial extras.
However, with Blue Underground's latest 4K remaster release, all the other releases are a moot point when you look at the absolutely stunning video transfer.
In the following comparisons, I used the awesome site caps-a-holic for the screengrabs. We are comparing the original Blue Underground release, Arrow Video release, and finally the new 4K remastered release.
Hover mouse over image to first compare the UK Arrow Release against the new 4K remastered Blue Underground. Then hover over the second image to compare the 4K remaster against Blue Underground's original Blu-ray release.
As you can see in the above photos, the 4K remastered release provides an absolutely stunning picture, with deep blacks, even grain and fantastic colour representation. The best thing I can say about the picture is that my wife saw the film on our TV and thought it was a newly shot film made to look like it was shot in the 70s. The quality is so good it makes Zombie look like it just came out yesterday.
It seems Blue Underground spent most of their time on the video transfer, as there aren't a lot of new extra features. But don't fret, as what is new is worthwhile. We get a new audio commentary with Troy Howarth, Author of Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci and His Films, and a new sit down with Fulci expert Stephen Thrower, which runs about 30 minutes. Also provided is the soundtrack by Fabio Frizzi on a separate CD, and a Collectable Booklet with a new essay by author Stephen Thrower. Don't forget, everything included on the previous Blu-ray release is also included. Finally, you can choose from three different lenticular covers!
I hope I've convinced you that Blue Underground's newest release of Zombie and is the be all end all for this Fulci classic. There is no option but this one. Even if you already own the other releases, this latest Blu-ray is worth plunking your hard earned money down. GET IT!
Blue Underground has released the definitive version of Zombie on Blu-ray. This version is a no brainer pick up!
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For now I have *.milkteafuzz.com and *.teppel.in currently pointing to the same server and document root. Anyone who's visiting for anime.milkteafuzz.com or some other service I previously had on my other servers should expect to see those come back up in the coming weeks (possibly this weekend) while I spent some time toying around with nginx' configuration.
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"A Look at New York City's Public High School Choice Process"
A new study of New York City's high school choice system shows that even high-achieving students from lower-performing middle schools often don't aim for the most competitive high schools, a finding that raises questions about how well the choice system, by itself, expands students' options.
The report by the city's Independent Budget Office used students' scores on math tests as proxies for achievement level. It found students from lower-performing middle schools were less likely than students from higher-performing schools to aim for the city's more competitive high schools—regardless of a student's own academic performance.
By choosing less-selective high schools, students picked schools that tend to have lower graduation rates, the report found.


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Selig has made regular guest appearances at such opera houses as the Vienna State Opera, La Scala in Milan, the Teatro Real in Madrid and the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and at the Bayreuth and Salzburg Festivals. He has collaborated with Christian Thielemann, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Antonio Pappano, Philippe Jordan, Zubin Mehta and many other conductors.
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Q: jquery load to pull specific image I'm trying to use jquery load, to load to a specific image into a div, this is what I have so far, not quite working:
$(document).ready(function () {

$('#violin_img_1').load('http://www.klossal.com/klossviolins/inventory.html', function() {
    $(".violin:first").find('.photo').find('img');
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the div in the .inventory page is structured like so:

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A: Well if you want to get to that element you should load it like this :
$('#violin_img_1').load('http://www.klossal.com/klossviolins/inventory.html .violin:first .photo img')

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Brittany Murphy's Final Movie "Something Wicked" is Getting a Release
Posted: March 19th, 2014 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
Despite the fact that Brittany Murphy passed away over four years ago, it's only now that her "Something Wicked" dark thriller is set to be released in select theaters on April 4th.
The actress finished shooting her role in 2009. But only months later, she died from pneumonia, anemia and cardiac arrest. When the filmmakers started editing, it quickly became clear that certain scenes are missing and still needed to be shot.
As a result, "Something Wicked" remained unfinished, until recently. Producers are now claiming that the film is ready for public viewing and to expect one of the best performances by Murphy.
The story follows a young couple embarking upon their wedding plans, when gruesome secrets from their past collide with sinister forces of the present.
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if they wanna turn any kind of profit
theyre gonna have to market this better than her other post-croak movies
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They better show us her tits and ass. Yeah, I went there.
Waste of decent ass and p*ssy , shame she was nice.
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"Waste of decent ass and p*ssy"!!! more and more people now a days are f*cking *ssholes. Lack of f*cking respect for other human beings... I just hate that!
It was a shame.. She was a good actress.
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Samuel Prakel (born 29 October 1994) is an American middle- and long-distance runner, who competes for Adidas. His personal best time in the indoor mile is 3:50.94, tied for 13th all-time. He competed collegiately for the Oregon Ducks, where he was a five-time All American and won the 1500m at the 2018 Pac-12 Championships.

High school career
Prakel attended Versailles High School in Ohio. During his time there he was a two-time Ohio Division III state champion in cross country winning the race in 2011 and 2012. His senior year he was a Footlocker Nationals qualifier and won Ohio Gatorade Cross Country Runner of the Year.

On the track, Prakel was a four-time state champion winning the 3200m in 2012, the 800m in 2013, and the 1600m in both 2012 and 2013. Immediately after his senior season he finished third in the 1,500 meters at the 2013 U.S. Junior Championships running a 3:46.93.

Collegiate career
Parker attended the University of Oregon training alongside teammates such as Edward Cheserek, Eric Jenkins, Mac Fleet, and Cooper Teare among others. He finished his time there as a five-time All-American and the 2018 Pac-12 1,500m Champion.

Professional career
On July 31, 2018 he announced via an Instagram post he had signed a professional contract with Adidas.

In March 2022 Prakel represented the United States at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia where he ran a 3:38.40 1500m, finishing 9th overall.

At the 2023 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, Prakel won both the 1500m and 3000m. However, Prakel initally finished second in the 1500m to Josh Thompson, who waa later disqualified for inhibiting Henry Wynne in the final 100 meters, with Prakel therefore given the title.

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Home State Family seeks whereabouts of missing fruit trader
Family seeks whereabouts of missing fruit trader
Srinagar, Nov 30: A family from North Kashmir's Sopore area today protested here, requesting information on the whereabouts of a trader who has been missing from his home for months.
Family members gathered at the Press Enclave to inquire about the whereabouts of their kin who had been missing for the past two months. They have asked the police and other relevant organizations to find the missing trader since his family and relatives are worried.
According to family members, Gulam Nabi Naiko, an apple dealer from Sopore's Achabal Rafiabad area, went to Shopian District in South Kashmir by train two months ago for fruit business but has been untraceable since then.
They said that since then, his phone is off and that they had no idea where he had gone. "He traveled to Shopian via train on September 22nd, but he hasn't been seen since. The police should put up more effort to find the missing trader", a family member said.
The family members said they have filed a missing person complaint with the police station. "We went to Anantnag and Shopian to look for him, but we were unable to find any information about his whereabouts", a family member said.
Meanwhile, family members have urged LG Manoj Sinha to personally intervene in the case and assist them in locating their relatives. "He is the primary breadwinner for the family and has two small children. We are pleading with the LG to assist us in locating him as soon as possible", another family member said.
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D/P/I (Alex Gray) is a musician, DJ and visual artist from USA; he has made music under the alias of Deep Magicand as a part of various Sun Araw Trios, Duos and Quartets. Now, most of the time, he plays drums, guitar, or saxophone at home for his other half & two cats. Here he presents Composer. Mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at D+M.
"Composer" is an album of rhythms that, once started, eventually completed themselves without much input from the "Composer". The character of a rhythm can develop very simply/unconsciously with just a slightly different part of the hand hitting a drum, or the wrist getting tired, causing trembling and stuttering that further magnifies the rhythmic stability of the pattern and/ or player. With electronics, it's different physically, as you are not "hitting" anything, but the link to the subconscious/unconscious, remains analogous. Every adjustment to a single sound/pattern can reveal complexities that were not apparent when the sound/pattern started. A natural flow begins, similar to the development of complex accents via "human error" of using an ordinary djembe or conga: as the composer begins to inter-be entranced by the sound/ pattern, with a midi-mapped set of physical knobs, controlling complex processes/effects – each effect/process assumes it's own character for that, almost quantum-like, layer of improvisation – layer by layer, until the simple layers of sound/patterns have naturally developed into compositions that reflect the seeming-instability, excitement, and sadness in time, here referred to as a fixed, unmoving element in the "universe", that our human software is intrinsically dependent on to interpret these rhythms and the rest of the material world. This album was fun, exciting and unpredictable until the day it was "finished". I hope this album encourages people to think for themselves. This isn't a "techno", "experimental", "abstract", "dance", "IDM", or any "genre" of album. I hope you know what I mean. I hope that music hasn't lost the quality of inter-being "beyond categorization". I also hope that, to a small extent, this album can act as a beacon of creativity for future generations, who are currently being completely saturated by marketing content for products and media that will do nothing but confuse and distract them. — Alex Gray, July 2016
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Steve Forbes Interview: Rudy Giuliani Recalls The First Moments Of September 11th, 2001
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"With all thy getting, get understanding."
Steve Forbes recently sat down with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to discuss the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, his lingering outrage and what America needs in a president today. Video, and an excerpt from that conversation are below. We'll publish more over the next few days.
The Morning Of September 11th, 2001
Steve Forbes: The events of September 11th. It's morning; you're having a breakfast with Bill Simon, who is running for Governor of California, one of your associates from your U.S. Attorney days. Walk us through what's going through your mind in the Peninsula Hotel.
Rudy Giuliani: In some ways it was a particularly -- the morning of September 11th was a particularly relaxing morning. Most mornings, most weekday mornings when I was the mayor of New York for the eight years, it would start with an 8:00am meeting, either at City Hall or Gracie Mansion, depending on what the other events of the day were.
This day, we sort of took a break from the usual routine because it was primary day. And the Democratic and Republican parties were holding their primary to select their candidate to succeed me, because I was term-limited. So I thought this would be a nice day to have sort of a little different start to the day. I'd have breakfast with Bill, good friend, thinking about running for Governor of California. Denny [Young], who is my chief counsel as well as a close friend of Bill's. We're all three of us very close.
So we were sitting there, basically just discussing politics. We finished breakfast and we were about to pay the check. And a police officer came over to Denny. He said something to Denny. Denny then said to me that a twin engine plane had hit the north tower. That there's a big fire down at the World Trade Center, that a twin engine plane had hit the north tower, that the fire was very bad, and that we probably had better get down there right away.
So we race down there. Before we got into the car, I looked up into the sky, saw an absolutely beautiful day, concluded immediately that it wasn't an accident. That a plane could not have gotten off course on a beautiful day like this.
Steve Forbes: Like the fog with the Empire State Building.
Giuliani: Well yeah -- it wasn't just a mistake. But I didn't know if it was a terrorist attack or just a malicious, insane act, which might've even been more likely at that point, when all you know is a twin engine plane hitting the north tower. Someone angry at a business or angry at their girlfriend or who knows what crazy thing, which happens in a city like New York.
So as we were rushing down there, Denny and I were trying to see the top of the tower. And at certain vantage points, driving down, we could see it. And it was a terrible fire. It looked worse than what had been described. And when we got about a mile away, there was an explosion. We didn't know what it was immediately.
But then the police called and said a second plane had hit. So now we knew it was a terrorist attack, and we were trying to get through to Washington to make sure we had air support. Trying to get through to the governor to see if we could get the National Guard involved. I had been able to speak to one of my deputy mayors, Joe Lhota, he had given me an assessment from him and the police commissioner, because he was with the Police Commissioner.
And we had set a point where we were going to meet, which would be about two blocks from where the tower was. And almost instantaneously, we got there. I jumped out of the car, the SUV, and Joe, Sunny Mindel, Bernie Kerik, a couple other police officers were walking toward me. And Joe was the first one to speak. And Joe said, "Mayor, it's terrible. People are jumping out of the buildings. It's a disaster up there."
And I looked up, and I saw debris coming off the buildings, but I didn't see people. And I think what I did, I can't remember exactly, but I think what I did was discount that. I think I thought Joe maybe was exaggerating. That he saw the same thing I saw, but somehow he saw it as human beings. Because the thought of human beings throwing themselves out 100 floors was so foreign to anything I'd ever seen before.
Then we began walking toward the fire department command post. Because what I wanted to do was, I wanted to bring the Police Commissioner to the Fire Chief so that they could directly communicate about the help and the support that the Fire Chief needed.
Forbes: A traditional rivalry that you wanted to stop.
Giuliani: I wanted to make sure that they were on the same page -- that they were on the same page, and that the fire department was getting what it needed from the police department. And as we are walking toward the scene, which was only two blocks away, looking up, all of a sudden, I see a man throwing himself out of the 101st, 102nd floor. Realize that Joe is right.
And I would say that that is the experience, I describe it as like a switch. It just changed all my emotions. I went from sort of a feeling that I'm walking through an emergency that I can handle, that we've had before. We have a game plan. We know what we – everybody knows their role. When I saw that, I just exclaimed to people around me, "This is much worse than anything we've ever faced before. It's off the charts. We're just going to have to make up our response, we don't have a plan for this."
And that, that scene, of the man throwing himself off the building, I probably relive more than any other. When I got back to September 11 and think about it, and lots of memories, but the one persistent and most difficult one is watching that man throw himself from the 101st, 102nd floor. Because it probably shocked me, and I just watched the whole thing. I just stopped and watched the whole thing.
And then I saw other people doing it, but that first one was the one that really just switched my emotions to, "Boy, we're just going to have to do the best we can."
We were in a building where the police department command post had been reestablished. It was a Merrill Lynch office, a Merrill Lynch street corner office. We had taken it over because the communication equipment there was very good. I was waiting for a phone call. I was actually waiting for Vice President Cheney to get on the phone, because he was calling me back, because we had called the White House.
And we had gotten to the point where the White House secretary had said, "Mr. Mayor, the Vice President will be on the phone momentarily." And all of a sudden the phone goes out. The building starts to shake, the table starts to shake. People are going under the tables. I had no idea what was happening.
And someone yells out, "The tower came down and it's hitting the building." And I thought they meant the radio tower on the top of the World Trade Center. I didn't think they meant the whole tower, although it seemed like a heck of an impact just for a radio tower. But I couldn't put all that together. Then we tried to get out of that building because we were worried it might – we had no idea how much damage was done to it. It might crumble.
We went downstairs, tried to find our way out, we couldn't. Doors were locked.
Forbes: Exits were locked. You couldn't' get out the way you came in. And suddenly two guys appeared.
Giuliani: Two maintenance men came over and said, "We know a way into the building that's adjoining that'll take you out and face you on Church Street." And we followed them down, and lo and behold, the door opened. And they got us right into the lobby of that building. And when we got into the lobby of that building we felt a certain sense of relief until we looked outside. And outside looked like something out of a movie about a nuclear attack, you know? This cloud in the street, and people getting hit with debris. So there was a certain sense of momentary relief, and then a sense of, "Maybe we've gone from bad to worse."
Managing Through The Crisis
Giuliani: I think to adequately manage a crisis, you have to see it.
Forbes: You've got to be there with your own eyes.
Giuliani: I believe that very, very strongly. Because there's only so much somebody else can tell you about it. And they impose their own distortions on the description. You need to see it yourself.
So I always had a firm rule that, as best I could, if I was going to have to make decisions about an emergency, I better go there, observe it, see it, then I'd know what advice to rely on and what advice not to.
It also comes from always getting conflicting advice. In an emergency, you rarely get one consistent piece of advice. You usually have two or three people with two or three different ideas. So you want to have your own set of thoughts.
I went up to Chief Ganci, and the first thing I said to him was, "Can we get a helicopter up there?" And the chief looked at me, just very matter-of-factly, and he said, sort of almost in a euphemistic way, he was delivering me a message. He said, "My guys can save everybody below the fire."
And I knew what he was saying by implication was, "I can't put 'em above the fire, because in that I'll kill them if I do that." And he pointed up. "And I can't put helicopters up there, because can't you see those flames? Can't you see the flames coming out of the building?" All that was unsaid. But all that was part of the conversation.
He was saying to me, "I can save the guys below the fire. My guys will save everybody below the fire." He said, "Don't worry." What he's also telling me, "I cannot put them above the fire," because they can't get through the firewall that was up there. And I can't put a helicopter up there, because if I try to put a helicopter up there, at any given moment a flame could shoot out and blow up the whole helicopter.
Forbes: And all the debris too.
Giuliani: He conveyed all that with that one sentence.
People were coming out of the building. Everyone's seen film of this, right? When you watch this film you might notice the following: Some walk, some run, and some stay there.
It's a phenomenon with fires that's hard to understand, but some people are mesmerized by fire. So yes, some people came out of the building and knew how bad it was, and they just ran. Some people walked at a reasonably brisk pace. Other people, maybe a third, just stood there watching the fire. Now, they were in a tremendously dangerous situation, because debris was falling from the building, not just people. And debris was hitting people below.
Even in spite of that, even though they could see some of that, they would still stand there, looking. Chief Ganci wanted them out of the way. He wanted them out of the way because he didn't want them hurt, and he wanted them out of the way because they were hindering the ability of emergency vehicles to get in and out of the site. Ambulances getting people out.
And he was anticipating saving a lot of people. And at that point, they were saving a lot of people and sending a lot of people off to the hospital. So basically, he was telling me another thing. You have to understand the fire department and the police department. He was telling me, "I don't need the police department inside that building. My guys can handle that." Right?
And of course, there were polices officers in there from the ESU [Emergency Services Unit]. But what I need the police department to do is their job. I need them to clear this area. "Get these people the hell out of here." Get enough cops here, so that these people, when they come out, just go north. He said, "And when you brief people, tell them, 'Go north.' It's safer to go north than to go south. So tell them, tell them over and over again, 'Go north. Go north. Come out of that building and directly go north.'
Giuliani: I then put the Police Commissioner in contact with -- put them together and said, "You guys talk over how you're going to do this." And they had a conversation. I talked to some of the other Fire Chiefs that were there, got their advice about how bad it was going to be. They told me they thought they'd be there all day and all night, that they would have to bring in everyone that was off duty. And over a period of time they'd relieve the people that were there as soon as they could start taking them out without jeopardizing the recovery effort.
That was the basic conversation there. When it finished, I went over to Chief Ganci. I said, "You have everything you need now?" He said, "Yes." He said, "Yes." I think I told him we were going to evacuate. Well, I said, you know, "Police Department Commissioner and I have decided we're going to evacuate lower Manhattan. So that should help with some of your problems. And we'll get the vehicles down here right away."
And he reiterated to me that they were going to have to change shifts. And I just put my hand out and put my arms around him, and I said, "Chief, God bless you." Because I could see that -- obviously, I didn't know he was going to die But I could see he was in great jeopardy. Because he was in a place where things were falling. Near him, near me. And I didn't think that far ahead, but probably my instincts told me he was in great danger.
I mean, New York City is not just the World Trade Center.
I didn't know, that morning, that there'd be only two planes. There could've been three, could've been four. Could've been seven. What could've happened were follow-up suicide attacks. We had plenty of intelligence that Islamic extremist terrorists, who would get arrested, would have plans for the Lincoln Tunnel, the Holland Tunnel, the George Washington Bridge, the subways, the PATH train.
The original attack on the World Trade Center was fomented in Union City, New Jersey. And a lot of plans were taken out of there to do these suicide bombings. So one of the things that we were worried about was that this would unleash a series of attacks; that this was the first two of a whole series of different kind of attacks. Maybe they're going to do a suicide bombing at Penn Station. Maybe they're going to do a suicide bombing at the Empire State Building. Maybe they're going to try to hit Saint Patrick's Cathedral, or Temple Emanu-El.
Forbes: Gracie Mansion.
Giuliani: Or Gracie Mansion, right. So during these conversations with Pete Ganci, I mean, three or four go on at once. I was talking to the Police Commissioner, and Commissioner Dunn (that was the number two guy in the Police Department), about covering our priority targets. Did we have them covered?
Forbes: Looking back, in the days ahead: How did you, one, contain panic, and two, contain anger, which would well up in a situation like that?
Giuliani: Those are two very good questions. The first was easier than the second. It was easier to contain panic because I have sort of a rule that I always followed in emergencies or difficult situations that would tend to provoke emotion and fear. My father taught it to me, and it's a very interesting rule. It says, "Whenever you're in an emergency" -- he would say a fire -- "become very calm, because the only way you're going to figure your way out of it is if you're calm. If you get very emotional, you'll just go banging into walls. But if you remain calm, you'll give yourself the best chance to think your way out of it."
And I have no idea why he taught it to me. He never thought I'd be handling an emergency, in particular. And he used to use fire as the example. But I always used – that lesson would always come up for me whenever I was in an emergency. If I was in -- I mean, I handled many trials. If I had a courtroom situation where something went wrong and my associates were getting all nervous, I'd just say, "Calm down. Calm down. We'll think better if we remain calm."
So I had trained myself to do that. We had had airplane crashes, subway derailments, blackouts. And a certain number of people are very calm, a certain number of people get overexcited about it. I always try to calm down the overexcited people, because I think that emotion gets in the way of thinking.
It starts driving you in rash directions, instead of, "Okay, let me just think about it." So I was good at that. And so I would take whatever panic I felt and basically just ignore it and say, "Got to remain calm." Because, I add to that advice, "Even if you don't feel calm, pretend you are."
Forbes: People take their cues from you.
Giuliani: Pretend you are, it'll help them, it'll help you. The anger was harder. The anger was harder because it was intense. And it remained. It's still there. The way I would deal with the anger would be, sometimes after a whole series of decisions was over, or the day was over, I would just go down there and just sort of, in my mind, think about all the terrible things I think should be done to these people.
And I would go down there, sometimes it would come about – you know, I would go there and I'd contemplate what was there before. You know, here was this big hole in the ground. Fire coming out of the ground. Buildings like stubs. Body parts being carried out by firefighters and police officers. And I would think, "What was there before?" I had watched the World Trade Center get built. And think about these people in the middle of their lives, in the middle of their morning, just being killed by these maniacs.
Probably it's the most anger I've ever felt in my whole life. So I would try not to feel it when I had to make decisions. But there had to be parts of the day where I just let it out. Just let out all – I think probably it came out absolutely, almost, you know, just unconsciously when I met President Bush.
And he asked me what he could do to help me. And we were at an Air Force base in New Jersey. First he talked to Governor Pataki. And then he came over here. "What can I do to help you?" And then all of a sudden, without planning it, I just spontaneously, I said, "If you capture Bin Laden, I'd like to execute him." And after I said it, I think I almost went like this. I mean, I didn't take it back. I probably was too embarrassed to take it back. But it was almost like, "Where did that come from?" I mean, what? I've even analyzed where I think – I think it came from being a prosecutor.
I don't think I was saying I wanted to be the executioner. I think I was saying I wanted to be the prosecuting attorney that, you know, that gets the death penalty for him, or something like that. But the anger was so great it would come out in times like that.
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Ein  (PUT, , dt. programmierbarer Unijunctiontransistor) ist ein Halbleiter-Bauelement und im Aufbau ähnlich einem Thyristor. Seine drei Anschlüsse werden als Gate (G), Anode (A) und Kathode (K) bezeichnet.

Aufbau und Unterschied zum Unijunctiontransistor

Wie ein Thyristor besteht der PUT aus vier alternierenden p-, n-dotieren Schichten und enthält damit drei p-n-Übergänge (Abb. 1). Er hat eine Anode und eine Kathode, die an die erste und an die letzte Schicht angeschlossen sind, und ein "Gate", das mit einer der inneren Schichten verbunden ist.

Der Unijunctiontransistor (UJT) weist im Gegensatz zu einem programmierbaren Unijunctiontransistor nur einen p-n-Übergang (engl. ) auf. Die etablierte Bezeichnung "programmierbarer Unijunctiontransistor" ist somit irreführend, da es sich nicht um eine Variation des Unijunctiontransistor (UJT) handelt, sondern um eine Variation des Thyristors.

Funktionsweise
Der PUT besitzt eine einstellbare ("programmierbare") Schaltschwelle: Legt man an Anode und Kathode eine Spannung an, so fließt kein Strom, solange die Schwellenspannung (US ~ UP) nicht erreicht wird. Übersteigt die angelegte Spannung jedoch den Schwellspannungswert, so wird die A-K-Strecke des PUT leitend. Die Schwellenspannung kann über eine an das Gate angelegte Spannung UG modifiziert ("programmiert") werden. Abb. 1 zeigt das Schaltzeichen, den Schichtaufbau und die typische Strom-Spannungs-Kurve eines PUT.

Anwendungsbereiche
PUTs sind nicht direkt mit konventionellen UJTs austauschbar, obwohl PUTs ähnliche Funktionen ausführen. In der richtigen Schaltkreisauslegung mit zwei "programmierenden" Widerständen zur Einstellung des Systemparameters η verhalten sie sich wie konventionelle UJTs (Abb. 2). Der 2N6027 ist ein Beispiel für derartige Bauelemente.

Es ist ein Vorteil der PUTs, dass man mit ihnen Oszillatoren aus wenigen diskreten Bauelementen aufbauen kann (Abb. 3). Da der gleiche Zweck aber auch mit preisgünstigen integrierten Schaltkreisen erreichbar ist (z. B. Timer NE555), werden PUTs nur noch selten eingesetzt.

Mathematische Beschreibung
Die Berechnung der elektrischen Größen aus Abb. 2 erfolgt mit den unten stehenden Gleichungen:

wobei  ein Systemparameter ist.

Literatur
 Charles Platt, Philip Steffan (Übers.): Make: Elektronik: Lernen durch Entdecken. O'Reilly  Verlag, Köln 2010, S. 83f.

Weblinks
 http://www.circuitstoday.com/programmable-ujt
 http://electricly.com/thyristors-part-8-the-unijunction-transistor-ujt/

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Free Speech Union Helps to Secure £10,000 Damages and Apology to Christian Activist Arrested at Speakers' Corner
21 October 2022 11:18 AM
In my capacity as General Secretary of the Free Speech Union, I went to Speakers' Corner on June 27th to celebrate its 150th anniversary, only to discover that the Christian preacher Hatun Tash, a member of the Free Speech Union, had been arrested by the Metropolitan Police the day before. In a scandalous miscarriage of justice, she was arrested after being robbed – you read that correctly – and taken into police custody for 24 hours where, among other things, she was strip searched. She was later told by the police that the reason she'd been arrested was because she was wearing an 'offensive' t-shirt – it reproduced one of the Charlie Hebdo cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
The Free Speech Union wrote to the then Acting Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Stephen House, to complain about the arrest of our member, asking for an apology. (You can read that letter here.) We also wrote to Dame Cressida Dick, then the Commissioner of the Met, the year before about another occasion on which Ms. Tash had been arrested, seemingly for the crime of being 'offensive' to the Muslim young men who frequent Speakers' Corner, again asking for an apology.
Well, yesterday, Hatun Tash finally got that apology. Thanks to the efforts of the Christian Legal Centre, who helped her bring a legal case against the Met, she has also been paid £10,000 in damages (which she has given to Christian Concern). The Times has more:
The Met police has paid £10,000 in damages and apologised to a Christian preacher who was wrongly arrested twice at Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park.
Hatun Tash, an evangelist who regularly critiques and debates the Quran and Islam at the park, was arrested in 2020 and last year.
On both occasions, Tash told officers that she was being harassed and threatened by Islamic protesters. Instead of protecting her, she said, the police arrested her for breaching the peace and other public order offences.
One one occasion she was interviewed under caution and held in custody for 24 hours before being released and the police took no further action.
Tash brought a legal challenge against Scotland Yard, alleging wrongful arrest and unlawful imprisonment. Her lawyers said it was "abundantly clear" that the evangelist should not have been arrested.
"The police should have protected her free speech by bringing more officers to Speakers' Corner to facilitate her rights," her legal team said.
It has now emerged that the police have agreed to pay Tash damages and to cover her legal costs. A letter from Inspector Andy O'Donnell, from the Met's professional standards directorate, apologises to her "for the distress that you have suffered". He said he was "satisfied that on these occasions the level of service did fall below the requisite standard".
After Tash's experience, Toby Young, the political commentator and founder of the Free Speech Union, wrote to Cressida Dick, the Met commissioner at the time, asking her "to train your officers to avoid acting in a way that is incompatible with free speech rights".
This is a good result, but the question is whether the police are going to mend their ways and stop arresting people for the non-crime of being 'offensive'. I'm not going to hold my breath.
Stop Press: You can read the Christian Legal Centre's press release about the victory here.
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We each like aesthetically pleasing color palettes and thought it would be cool to use them to see general differences between cities around the world.
This web app takes searches for any city and uses featured photos of the 20 most popular places in that city to generate color palettes for each place, resulting in a page full of colors that make up the city.
We used Foursquare's API to get information about any city's most checked-in places and a photo from those places. Then we used Clarifai's API to get the hex values of the most dense colors of said photos. The backend was made with Flask.
Our first challenge was thinking of an idea, but after a couple hours of talking and brainstorming everything we thought of together, we ran into this and we all liked it. Understanding the APIs was also a challenge and took a good amount of time. Our final challenge was deployment and hooking up the .tech domain to redirect to our website.
We'd like to maybe get more colors out of the pictures using an API other than Clarifai's. We'd also like to improve UX and have more animations. We wanted to give information on the colors as well, but didn't have time and prioritized showing the different places in the cities rather than the hex values/names of the colors generated from those places.


Designed in 1956 by Dieter Rams for the German consumer products company, Braun, the SK4 Turntable/receiver is an exemplary modern design object that continues to look fresh and contemporary, despite its antiquated technology. Unlike the traditional wooden turntable boxes that came before, this simple, yet sophisticated rectangular design is made of a white metal housing with ash wood panels on the side. The hinged cover, to avoid sound vibrations, is made of a transparent plastic and unveils the buttons and operating panel placed on top next to the turntable. Rather than hiding the machine's electrical apparatus, the plastic lid celebrated its mechanisms and gave the SK4 its nickname, "Snow White's Coffin." The design recalls the work of Germany's Bauhaus movement and exemplifies the Functionalist school of industrial design, an austere yet elegant aesthetic and user-friendless that Dieter Rams and the Braun design team implemented starting in the mid-1950s.
Rams' design of the SK4 record player continues to inspire industrial design to this day. When I first came upon this object within the Cooper Hewitt's collections database, the first thing I recalled within my twenty-first-century visual memory was an iPod. As I researched further, I discovered a world of design comparisons between Rams and Apple design. Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder and former CEO, and Jonathan Ive, Apple's Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, famously admired the work of Dieter Rams and were very much inspired by Braun's industrial designs. While Rams has never spoken at any length about Apple and his designs' apparent influence on their products, he does say that "Apple has managed to achieve what I never achieved: using the power of their products to persuade people to queue to buy them." Today's generation of smart phones and tablet users might look at this item as a musical relic; however Dieter Ram's designs for Braun, including this Turntable, remain a timeless example of good design.
Phonosuper SK55 turntable and receiver. Designed by Dieter Rams, Hans Gugelot, manufactured by Braun AG. Frankfurt, Germany, 1956. Gift of Barry Friedman and Patricia Pastor, 1986-99-6.


Graduating from school is a big deal. Finishing school and earning a degree or diploma calls for an elaborate celebration. So, it's only right that all the details of the event are spectacular, even the graduation cakes.
If you want to add a creative touch to your cake idea, you're in luck. Whether you choose to purchase from a bakery or make the cake yourself, there are plenty of impressive options. It's best to get an idea of what the graduate likes, of course. Find out if they prefer chocolate, vanilla, red velvet or maybe coconut flavored cake because the wrong flavor could well mar their day.
You can even decorate using their favorite color or school colors. No matter what you decide, you're sure to make a special day even sweeter with a custom graduation cakes.
A graduation cap cake is one of the most common types of graduation cakes. The cake looks just like a graduation cap but tastes way better.
First, you need to cut out a square piece of cardboard with the scissors. Then use the edible marker to color the edges. Spread buttercream icing on top of the cornbread. Second, you'll need to roll out some black fondant and lay it over your frosted cardboard and lightly press them together. Then use the pizza cutter to cut excess fondant, and the square piece looks smooth.
After you've done that, use the circle cutter to cut out a small round piece. Then, brush corn syrup in the middle of the square cardboard piece. Fold a ribbon in half and place it over the spread corn syrup. After, put the small circle on top, pressing it down, so it stays in place.
Then, you are going to want to bake a cake in a circular dome shape for the base of the cake. Start frosting the dome with buttercream until it's smooth, and refrigerate for 15 minutes. Once the cake is chilled, roll out the black fondant and lay it over the cake. Use your hands and a fondant smoother to lay the fondant over the cake nicely. And cut the edges off with your pizza cutter.
Finally, stick a bubble tea straw in the center of the cake and brush corn syrup on the top of the dome. Place the square cardboard on top, steam the cake with a steamer and voila! You've made a simple, yet appealing graduation cake.
Peanut butter cup caps are an adorable and delicious addition to any graduation cake DIY. Miniature sized Reese cups are perfect if you want to bake cupcakes for the graduation.
First, you will need to start by unwrapping the Reese's and turning them upside down. Next, cut the chocolate bar into squares and place them on top of the peanut butter cups. Be sure to use a bit of the chocolate icing between the cups and the Godiva bar to bond it together.
When you complete that, take a fruit roll-up and cut into thin slices to create tassels. Please place the roll- up in the freezer beforehand so that it's easier to manage. After you've cut the strips, gather about five pieces of the same color, and glue them down with frosting.
Finally, take a mini M&M of a matching hue and place it on top of the tassels.
And that's it; you've created a cute cupcake decoration!
Another fun idea is to turn the peanut butter cup caps into candy pops. All you have to do is place lollipop sticks into the cups. It's best to do this step before adding the chocolate caps and follow the same instructions from above.
Also, you can make your own chocolate molds with food coloring. Purchase some colored candy melts and candy molds then pop them in the freezer for a few minutes. You'll have a cute and colorful cake creation.
Graduation cakes that have a money theme are very trendy. It's a creative idea and the perfect gift for the graduate. There are two ways to go about making the money cake. The first option is to bake it and decorate it with cash or make a decoration that's not edible. You can purchase edible money sheets for your cake. Bake and design the graduation cakes and add on the cash decorations for a realistic touch.
On the other hand, graduation cakes don't always have to be baked goods. You can create a non-edible version as well.
First, layer styrofoam discs into a cake shape. Use different inches of foam for each layer and glue them on top of one another, starting with the largest at the bottom.
Then, take the bill of your choice and roll into a straw shape and use stick pins to attach the cash to the styrofoam. Make sure to place the pin downward in the middle of the rolled bill so that it's not visible. Repeat this step until you get to the top. It's best to take some money and lay it across the top to cover it up.
Finally, add any special touches that you'd like. Wrap ribbons around the layers or place a bow at the top, the options are endless.
Cakes are so special because of what they symbolize. Most of the time, if there is a cake, it's a joyous occasion. What would a birthday, a wedding, graduation or holiday be without a cake? We use them to solidify the special day and bring everyone together.
Cutting a cake and sharing it with family and friends is a symbol of love and appreciation. Not only that, but it simply makes people feel good; nothing is better than a scrumptious slice of cake.
So, get to baking and brighten someone's day!


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Photo showing North Main Street buildings before the April 28, 1978 fire that destroyed the building at 14 North Main, including C.J.'s tavern:
Main Street, rear view
Photo of North Main Street shops from the rear (the Rock River side), including Sheppard's Jewelry Store.
Helms Building, South Main Street
The photo, showing the historic Helms Building at 29-31 South Main Street in Janesville, also shows the stores that occupied it around 1981: the Luggage and Leather Shop and the Junior House Company F…
Main Street as seen from Milwaukee Street in the 1890s
Late 1800s photo of Main Street from Milwaukee Street, including the Jackman Building and the Myers House. Horses and buggies, buildings with awnings, and unpaved streets are included in this photo.
Parker Pen Building, international flags
Photo of international flags flying at Parker Pen: Buildings on South Main Street are visible from roof.
Main and Milwaukee: a guide to Janesville's downtown historic districts
Zellie, Carole
Guidebook for a Janesville walking tour. Historic and architectural descriptions of residences and businesses are provided. Written and designed by Carole Zellie of Landscape Research, St. Paul, Minne…
The Prospect Hill and Conrad Cottages historic districts: a guide
Guidebook for a walking tour in the Prospect Hill and Conrad Cottage area of Janesville. Historic and architectural descriptions of residences and businesses are provided. Written and designed by Caro…
The Old Fourth Ward Historic District: a guide
Guidebook for a walking tour in the Old Fourth Ward area of Janesville. The area extends from the southwest edge of downtown to the Rock River. Historic and architectural descriptions of residences an…
McVicar Brothers building
This photo of McVicar Bros. Building, built in 1905 at 29-31 South Main Street, also shows a retail business occupying it around 1981: the Junior House Company Factory Outlet Store.
The Benton Avenue Historic District: a guide
Guidebook for a walking tour in the Benton Avenue area of Janesville. Historic and architectural descriptions of residences and businesses are provided. Written and designed by Carole Zellie of Landsc…
Courthouse Hill Historic District: a guide
Kent Block, 1900
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Fredendall Building
Undated photo of the Fredendall Building at 33 South Main Street (the corner of Main and Court Streets). The building was built in 1855. Carrie Jacobs Bond, Janesville composer of "I Love You Truly" a…
Parker Pen Building, 1978
1978 photo of the 1920s Parker Pen building at East Court and Division Streets. Parker Pen manufactured fountain pens and related products, had an international reputation and sales force, and from 19…


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Publix offering coronavirus vaccine to Florida teachers, child care workers of all ages
By Michael Lynch on March 5, 2021 12:24 am
Eligibility expansion begins Friday
Publix is the latest coronavirus vaccine provider to expand its eligibility requirements to include Florida teachers, school employees and other child care workers of all ages.
The move is in line with President Joe Biden's push to get those who work with children inoculated by the end of the month. CVS, Walmart and the FEMA-run site at Valencia College's West Campus in Orlando are also operating in line with the new federal rules.
Publix said the change goes into effect for appointments starting Friday.
The move applies to kindergarten through 12th grade teachers, school staff and child care personnel, regardless of their age. When Gov. Ron DeSantis first expanded eligibility for teachers, only those 50 and older were allowed to get the shot.
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Lakers get twisted up by loss to Trail Blazers
By Tania GanguliStaff Writer
There is little shame in losing to the Portland Trail Blazers. They have lately been playing like one of the Western Conference's best teams, and they have closers on their roster, especially one named Damian Lillard.
For the Lakers to have led by 11 points with less than 5½ minutes left was an impressive feat. They nearly beat a very good team.
But on Tuesday when the Lakers assembled for practice, they weren't happy about what they almost accomplished.
This group is far past that.
"I don't feel good about it," Lakers forward Julius Randle said.
Monday's loss was a dart thrown at the Lakers' already dim playoff hopes. But as they go through the final quarter of the season, they'll be working toward a higher purpose than just this season's games.
"There's definitely more to play for," Lakers coach Luke Walton said. "I don't get the sense at all that our guys have mailed it in. They're playing their tails off. … They know how important it is for us to continue to build and get better. We can't waste the last 20 games of the season. We've gotta use these as an opportunity to build momentum into the summer, whether it's the playoffs or not.
"Build momentum and get confidence and get better because it's all part of the journey that we're on to get back to being a playoff and eventually a championship team."
The schedule won't be kind to the Lakers as they work to establish their culture and identity.
After playing Portland on Monday, five of their next eight games are against sure playoff teams. Two are against the Denver Nuggets, who are in eighth place in the West. Their only respite comes Wednesday against the Orlando Magic, a team that secured an unlikely blowout win against the Lakers the first time they played this season.
Still, there's a different feeling around this team this year, one that offers reasons for optimism.
"Last year, we really weren't playing for anything," Randle said. "We were playing to develop us, but this year we feel like we're playing to develop the culture and really learning how to win games."
Walton noticed a quieter group during their film session on Tuesday. That is how the Lakers spent most of their time, rather than having a lengthy practice. With injuries — Brandon Ingram is out with a groin strain and Josh Hart is out with a broken hand — the players in their rotation are playing heavy minutes.
Lonzo Ball was also limited in practice, having bumped a knee during Monday night's game.
"I hit it one time coming off a screen," Ball said. "Just had to run it off and keep playing."
Channing Frye has also been unavailable after having an appendectomy on Feb. 17. Frye was cleared for noncontact on-court activity on Tuesday.
It all meant that not only were the Lakers' active players fatigued, but they also didn't have that many bodies to conduct a regular practice. So after a longer-than-normal film session, the Lakers settled in for some light shooting and noncontact practice.
"Obviously there was a lot of frustration, which I like, but there wasn't a dark cloud over us," Walton said. "It was still laughter and joy once we got out here to the court. The film room was a little quiet, but you like that. You like that. You like guys to be angry after a loss."
What Walton doesn't want is for one loss to spiral. The Lakers were on a five-game winning streak before losing to Portland.
Said Walton: "We have to regroup, refocus and not let this turn into a losing streak."
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Update: The Magic, who rank 14th out of 15 Eastern Conference teams, broke a seven-game losing streak with back-to-back wins against the Pistons and Grizzlies. They are coming off a loss to the Utah Jazz.
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'Did they just do thaaat?' Lakers parodied in 'Family Matters' intro
A sportsbook online site parodied the revamped Lakers lineup by placing the players into the intro of the popular '90s sitcom "Family Matters".
Anthony Davis and LeBron James present one new concern for Lakers
Load management.
Hernandez: Anthony Davis was smart not to make any long-term promises to the Lakers and their fans
With only a season separating him from free agency, he wanted to dispel any misconceptions about his intentions.


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I am a chocolate snob. You will never catch me buying a bar from a grocery store nor will you find me ordering a chocolate dessert out on the town. Every once in a while I step into an artisanal chocolate shop out of curiosity but nine times out of ten you will see me walk out just as quickly because my nose has already caught whiff of that generic confectioner's waxy cocoa smell that I know translates to a lack of richness on the tongue. What you WILL find is my ever present and strange collection of Tupperware containers underneath the living room coffee table with their traditional three types of Valrhona cooking ovals: blondie, caramel and fruity dark Manjari. That's right, I eat the chef's variety straight from the shelves of Epicure Imports' yearly warehouse sales.
But last month while sitting in my Adirondack chair and enjoying my latest issue of Yoga Journal, I noticed an ad for Endangered Species chocolate bars. My interest was piqued because of the packaging printed with photos of adorable sea lions, mischievous baby foxes, sassy red nosed parakeets and honey colored bees. That and the words "Coconut Crème Filled" on one of the wrappers—coconut being an instant magnet for my tongue—were enough to build my curiosity. I contacted the company to learn more.
What I discovered was that Endangered Species donates 10% of their net profits to organizations that fund species and habitat conservation as well as other humanitarian efforts. They choose different partner entities to receive money for a three-year period thus allowing for a multitude of causes to benefit from their altruism. Currently this includes the African Wildlife Foundation, the Xerces Society, and See Turtles (which is particularly wonderful to me as turtles of all kinds hold a special place in my heart!). If that weren't enough reason to give this company support, they just announced that they are now, proudly, America's first chocolate brand made with fully traceable fair trade cocoa from West Africa.
So I decided to step out of my candy box and try the crème filled varieties of which the coconut and almond butter were delightful. I am not a person who typically likes fruit with chocolate but was impressed that the lime filled bars actually tasted tart like real lime rather than sweet and medicinal like citrus-flavored chocolate so often does. I think I might even take a further step into the dark side and try the dark chocolate with sea salt and almonds next before heading back under my coffee table for my tried and true Valrhonas.
In my opinion, it is always nice to push ourselves out of the familiar routine every once in a while to do something nice for the world around us.
When it comes to feeding ourselves in the home, most of us are less adventurous than we think. Even though our palates may broaden at the restaurant table, widen into the exotic while on vacation to foreign places, or take stabs at something new while browsing bustling gourmet food courts or marketplaces, we tend to pull from the same, standard repertoire of dishes when cooking in our kitchens. Most of us, single, coupled, or married with children, typically maintain a cadre of tried and true recipes we learned from our parents, simple things we learned to make for ourselves when suddenly on our own in the world, and special dishes that are more complex and pride-worthy to make on special occasions. Most of us rely on these and rarely step out of the box.
My kitchen used to operate that way when I lived alone. Goodies from mom's childhood that I inherited into mine included Swedish pot roast and salmon patties with creamed peas. These shared calendar time with a bevy of chicken dishes I had taught myself in my twenties: piccata breasts, spicy Thai thighs, lemon-pounded tenders. Bamboo steamed sticky rice with soy baked tofu and various pots of Americanized spaghetti rounded out that list. The rest of my food came ready made from the gourmet to-go counters at Whole Foods, Lemonade or Gjelina. In my late thirties, my ordinary menu had become quite boring.
When the film Julia & Julia came out showcasing a woman combing through a cookbook and making every single recipe, I was completely inspired by the idea of perpetually making something new. So when I moved in with the CG I made a vow never to make the same thing twice. This plan has held up well with one tiny aberration being my repeating pot of arduous saffron risotto (precious dishes like this one are hard to refuse). This credo has produced a wild journey at our dining table full of delicious and surprising favorites like last week's unctuous brick chicken and pepper roasted cauliflower as well as some comically, dreadful flops like my overly dried Wellington equivalent to $50 of beef down the toilet. But even when a meal is bad, I am still happier for having tried something new. And it makes the next great meal even better in comparison.
On the flip side, the Cute Gardener has been a huge inspiration for me in teaching me to look at an ordinary dish and to unfold its elements in order to see if something new can be created from it. This has become a fun game in our household. Last night, when presented with the ingredients for traditional pork chops and sautéed vegetables, the CG turned the result around into an astonishing and homey Asian noodle soup. The pork was braised into fatty, tender, fall apart nuggets, poured along with the meat's cooking juice onto a pile of boiled udon noodles with slightly flash boiled petals of bok choy. It only takes a little imagination to see the flip side of a meal yet many of us are intimidated by striking out into the unknown.
I like the idea that, at 41, I could very well have double that amount of years left to sample myriad culinary pleasures. In a world full of uncertainties on many other fronts, it gives me comfort knowing that simple joys are available to me in my kitchen and that my nightly meals will never be something I take for granted.


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After a huge meal, this Bald Eagle perched low overlooking the river and resting. This Eagle was fairly tame (must be a full stomach) and didn't care about any passerby or dogs. I was able to take some captures before it got a bit nervous with Gerald's photographic equipment and flew to another tree next to the bridge.


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She tells him of the consequences of his behavior.
She tells him the world needs people like him, and Hapgood can't turn himself in.
She tells her daughters-in-law to return to their own mothers, and remarry.
She turned it to Matthew 9: 2, which tells the story of Jesus healing a man who was sick with palsy, and after pondering the meaning of the passage, found herself suddenly well and able to get up.
She tells them that this attack will be led by Teg.
She tells her servant Ninshubur ( Lady Evening ), a reference to Inanna's role as the evening star, that if she does not return in three days, to get help from her father Anu, Enlil, king of the gods, or Enki.
She then tells Ben that she cannot return to their loveless marriage.
She tells them that not only is her father dead, but she burned all of the notes about the giant dinosaur ( at her father's request ).
She tells Rhett tearfully, " I'm afraid I'll die and go to hell ," to which Rhett replies, " Maybe there isn't a hell.
She calls Rhett a cad and tells him no woman would want a baby of his.
She tells him, " it is at the guarding of thy death that I am ; and I shall be.
She tells him that she probably only has a year or two left to live, and therefore takes everything as it comes.
She tells Peter and " the beloved disciple ," who run to the tomb and find the grave-clothes, then go home.
She also tells him she is leaving Mars, and that Parker should enjoy his new status as a hero .< ref > Parker: So.
She tells Maria Santos that Pine Valley is familiar to her, and, that she is " Erica Kane's daughter ".
She tells Fredrik that he needs to be rescued from his marriage, and she proposes to him.
She tells Lisa, " There has to be more life than just what we see, everyone needs something to believe in.
She tells him that the IRA has tried and convicted him in absentia.
She tells how the matter stands, is threatened with violence by the podestà, but will not brook it.
She tells Christine to " take the spade of intelligence and dig deep to make a trench all around city … Reason will help to carry away the hods of earth on shoulders ." These " hods of earth " are the past beliefs Christine has held about male slanderers.
She also tells about her pre and post Little House career and her side-projects during the Little House years.
She gives a stirring speech in which she tells him that she must obey her conscience rather than human law.
She meets Domin, the General Manager of R. U. R., who tells her the history of the company.
She does not acknowledge her grief, and only Xander can force her to face it when he tells her that he loves her no matter what or who she is, and if she is determined to end the world she must start by killing him.
She later tells the other tenants that she only said that to threaten Kyoko into coming back.
She and Helen
She snapped five tenths of a second off the mark set by Helen Shipley, of Wellsley College, in the National A.A.U. meet in Columbus, Ohio.
She also likes the femininity and charm of designs by Ceil Chapman and Helen Rose.
She is one of a few characters who played a major part in the original cause of the Trojan War itself: not only did she offer Helen of Troy to Paris, but the abduction was accomplished when Paris, seeing Helen for the first time, was inflamed with desire to have her — which is Aphrodite's realm.
She played bit parts in three English-language films, the British comedy Doctor at Sea ( 1955 ) with Dirk Bogarde, Helen of Troy ( 1954 ), in which she was understudy for the title role but appears only as Helen's handmaid, and Act of Love ( 1954 ) with Kirk Douglas.
She was also the subject of the documentaries Helen Keller in Her Story, narrated by Katharine Cornell, and The Story of Helen Keller, part of the Famous Americans series produced by Hearst Entertainment.
She was portrayed by Helen Hayes in the London production of the play Anastasia and in the 1956 film based on the play.
In 1953, he married Elizabeth " Betty " Bottomley She was born on October 7, 1930 in Auburn, Massachusetts, the daughter of Frank Bottomley and Helen McLaren.
She was cast as Helen Shiver, an aspiring beauty actress.
She is also the protagonist of Helen Hollick's 2004 novel, A Hollow Crown ( US title, The Forever Queen ) and ( as ' Ymma ') a central character in the 1999 play Silence by Moira Buffini.
She was offered the lead role of Sandy after meeting producer Allan Carr at a dinner party at Helen Reddy's home.
She was replaced by Anglo-Saxon specialist Helen Geake.
She played the role of agoraphobic criminal psychologist Helen Hudson in the 1995 movie Copycat.
Later, however, during a duck race ( a fund-raising event with plastic ducks " racing " down a small river ), Carrie confides in Helen: She knows all ( or almost everything ) about her husband's flings and, by taking a lover herself, tries to get back at him.
She went to Troy with Helen and remained there until found by her grandson, Acamas, during the fall of the city.
She is said to have ordered the making of Sarn Helen, the great Roman road running from Caernarfon to south Wales via Dolgellau, Pennal and Bremia ( Llanddewi Brefi ).
( She is listed as Helen of Caernarvon.
Helen Timmons Henderson ( 1877 – 1925 ) helped participate in the work of the Buchanan Mission School at Council, Va. She and Sarah Lee Fain ( 1888 – 1962 ) of Norfolk became the first two women to be elected into the Virginia General Assembly.
She had a featured role as Queenie in Universal Pictures ' 1936 version of Show Boat starring Irene Dunne, and sang a verse of Can't Help Lovin ' Dat Man with Dunne, Helen Morgan, Paul Robeson, and the African-American chorus.
She was the mother of Helen ( Ἑλένη ) of Troy, Clytemnestra ( Κλυταιμνήστρα ), and Castor and Pollux ( Κάστωρ καὶ Πολυδεύκης, also spelled Kastor and Polydeuces ).
She was succeeded by the next Prime Minister, Helen Clark, in 1999.
She was born Helen Hagstrom on October 20, 1920 in Cash, Arkansas, and raised on her family's farm there.
She tells Helen that she is Helen herself, and that she is there to force her to remember her mother's murder.


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The researchers conducting this systematic review searched several databases, including the Cochrane library, and identified 28 English-language randomized trials that compared approaches to prevent recurrent kidney stones. The studies primarily evaluated patients with calcium stones, and included patients with a single incidence or with multiple recurrences. One reviewer abstracted the data and a second author checked for accuracy. Two reviewers independently rated the quality of the identified research. For patients with a single recurrence, low-quality evidence showed that increased fluid intake (greater than 2 to 2.5 L per day) or reduced soft drink consumption halved the recurrence of stones compared with no treatment. Decreased-protein diets or high-fiber diets and multicomponent diet changes (high fiber, low purine, and low protein) were all ineffective. In patients with recurrent calcium stones, six moderate-quality studies showed that thiazide treatment, combined with high fluid and decreased oxalate intake, decreased stone recurrence by one-half (relative risk = 0.52; 95% confidence interval, 0.39 to 0.69) and decreased rates of lithotripsy. Treatment with citrates (potassium citrate, potassium-magnesium citrate, or potassium-sodium citrate) and increased fluid intake also decreased composite stone recurrence (relative risk = 0.25; 95% confidence interval, 0.14 to 0.44). Allopurinol decreases composite stone recurrence in patients with baseline hyperuricemia or hyperuricosuria. Combinations with thiazides were no more effective than a thiazide alone.
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Turkish breakfast is certainly the best kind. Meg, Audrey, Elif and I recreated what one typically finds in Turkey in Audrey's beautiful Parisian apartment.
I'm sure you may have noticed that I like India… (Oh you haven't? Click here). So what did I do? I went and found an epic Indian supermarket here in Paris, got mighty nostalgic, bought lots of ginger and ocra to make myself feel good then went home and fried it all up. I think we can conclude that I should just move to India, would make things a lot easier.
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Afghani necklace from Cleopatra's Bling.
I can't remember what I was reading but boy am I into it!
Meg and her man do trinkets so well. Want to see what it is like in their chez eux?
Thanksgiving is a harvest festival, to give thanks. It was the first time I'd celebrated it being Australian, and it was great to do so with an American like Meg who really paved the way.
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President Donald Trump gave an interview with the Daily Caller that was published Thursday morning, that's being treated like a much bigger deal than it is. Trump was asked whether he would "sign off" on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report for the Russia investigation—whenever that is submitted—and said he would leave it to the Justice Department.
"They'll have to make their decision within the Justice Department," Trump said. "They will make the decision as to what they do."
The Daily Caller treated this like some significant, news-making decision on the part of the president, with a headline "EXCLUSIVE: TRUMP SAYS HE WILL LEAVE MUELLER REPORT DECISION TO DOJ." Rather than being a gracious gesture from Trump, however, it's literally what the special counsel regulations say.
28 CFR § 600.8(c) says:
At the conclusion of the Special Counsel's work, he or she shall provide the Attorney General with a confidential report explaining the prosecution or declination decisions reached by the Special Counsel.
28 CFR § 600.9(a) addresses what the Attorney General does next:
The Attorney General will notify the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Judiciary Committees of each House of Congress, with an explanation for each action … Upon conclusion of the Special Counsels investigation, including, to the extent consistent with applicable law, a description and explanation of instances (if any) in which the Attorney General concluded that a proposed action by a Special Counsel was so inappropriate or unwarranted under established Departmental practices that it should not be pursued.
28 CFR § 600.9(c) then states, "The Attorney General may determine that public release of these reports would be in the public interest, to the extent that release would comply with applicable legal restrictions."
What's missing from these regulations? Any mention of the president. He doesn't have to "sign off" on Mueller's report. When he says he's leaving it to the Justice Department, that just means he's acknowledging that he has no part in this.
Now, in theory, Trump could try to have the special counsel regulations repealed, but he'd have to act fast. Attorney General nominee William Barr is expected to be confirmed in the relatively near future, and he made it very clear that he does not believe the regulations should be changed while Mueller's investigation is still going on.
Maybe Trump meant that he wouldn't try to influence Barr when it comes to the Attorney General report that goes to Congress, but 1) that's not Mueller's report and 2) Barr has repeatedly said he believes in transparency and thinks it's important for the public to have information about this matter.
The only thing that Trump's statement means is that the president doesn't plan on even trying to change the rules and disrupt the whole system. If we're saying that this is a big deal, that's setting the bar pretty low. [Image via NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images]
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Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria drops court action
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The Victorian Country Fire Authority is fighting to get a decent enterprise agreement.
Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria (VFBV) has dropped its legal challenge to the Victorian Country Fire Authority (CFA) enterprise agreement in Victoria's Supreme Court. This enables the agreement to be put to CFA employees for a vote.
However, this is unlikely to be the end of the dispute. VFBV is likely to try other means of blocking the agreement.
Under a new law passed by the federal parliament on October 10, groups such as VFBV can intervene in Fair Work Commission hearings to argue against any enterprise agreement for emergency service workers that is claimed to adversely affect volunteers.
In reality, the CFA enterprise agreement will have no adverse effect on volunteer firefighters. On the contrary, the requirement for management to consult the United Firefighters Union (UFU), which represents professional firefighters, about issues such as equipment, uniforms and training, will make firefighting safer for volunteers as well as professionals.
But VFBV has played a major role — along with the Liberal Party and the media — in a propaganda campaign against the agreement. VFBV, which claims to represent all volunteer firefighters associated with the CFA, says the enterprise agreement would result in a "takeover" of the CFA by the UFU. The Herald Sun has had more than 20 front page stories attacking the agreement in sensationalist style, claiming it would endanger the state. The Age, while less extreme in tone, has also campaigned against the agreement.
Some volunteer firefighters have spoken out against this scare campaign. But many other volunteers, particularly those in small rural fire stations who have little or no contact with professional firefighters and the UFU, have been misled into opposing the agreement.
If VFBV's intervention in the Fair Work Commission hearing succeeds in blocking the agreement, the UFU may take the issue to the High Court, arguing that the new law is unconstitutional.
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Shanghai Junshi Biosciences in human tests for coronavirus antibody drug
BEIJING (Reuters) – Shanghai Junshi Biosciences has started an early-stage study in China to test a potential antibody treatment against the coronavirus in uninfected people, official paper Liberation Daily said on its online channel on Sunday. bit.ly/3eZhSWM
The experimental drug, JS016, is also expected to begin human study in the United States in the second quarter of this year, through collaboration with Eli Lilly and Co.
Junshi is among a few biotech firms and research institutes backed by global pharmaceutical giants to work on antibody-based therapies to help those infected with the fast-spreading new coronavirus, which has killed nearly 400,000 globally.
The company hopes that its antibody, isolated from recovered patients' blood and engineered by researchers, can also protect healthy people with high infection risk, such as medical workers and the elderly, from getting the virus, said Feng Hui, chief operating officer of Junshi.
But the product can be much more expensive than a vaccine, a more commonly used preventive medicine for which multiple candidates are being tested, as Junshi's antibody drug is expected to contain larger amounts of costly proteins in one dose than a vaccine, Feng said.
"Vaccines and antibodies have their own intended consumers and they cannot replace each other," Feng said in an interview with Reuters before the announcement.
"Vaccines are cheap and suitable for nationwide immunization, but older people with relatively weak immunity may not have as robust a response to vaccines as healthy adults and children," Feng said. "Antibodies can better protect those people from the virus."
To make the drug, Junshi has been placing orders with overseas suppliers for materials and items such as specialised vials 12 months prior to delivery, instead of the usual six months, for fear that the virus outbreak would further disrupt logistics and supply chain bottlenecks.
Although further study is needed to determine how much protein to put in one dose, Feng said Junshi's manufacturing capacity and access to key supplies allow it to make enough doses to serve 100,000 people "with absolutely no problem" by the end of the year, based on one gram of protein in a shot for one person.
However, Feng cautioned that it remains uncertain whether they can find enough participants to use the drug in later-stage, larger-scale human tests.
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In the country's first ever submission to the Academy Awards, Laos has selected Mattie Do'sDearest Sister as its entry for the best foreign-language film category.
Co-produced by Lao Art Media, France's Screen Division and Estonia's Oree Films, the thriller was selected for Cannes' La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde programme in 2014 and received its world premiere at Austin's Fantastic Fest in September 2016.
The story follows an impoverished young woman, Nok, who moves to Vientiane to take care of a cousin, a wealthy woman married to an Estonian expat. The cousin is losing her sight and simultaneously seeing ghosts that communicate a series of numbers to her, which Nok eventually uses to win the lottery.
Mattie Do, the first female director of a Lao feature film, previously directed Chanthaly, about a sick woman experiencing visions of her dead mother. Dearest Sister is her second feature.
"The greatest challenge of making a film in Laos is having to work with no resources, hardly any budget and almost no professional infrastructure for films," said Do.
Dearest Sister was selected by Laos' newly formed AMPAS Selection Committee, comprising six Lao nationals in the film and media industry. The committee was facilitated by the Luang Prabang Film Festival, which takes place each December in Lao's cultural capital, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Luang Prabang.
"We wanted Laos to be represented in the foreign-language entries along with the rest of the world's countries," said Luang Prabang Film Festival's Nicholas Simon.