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The Innocents Season 1 Episode 8: Everything. Anything. Recap and Season 1 Speculation/Analysis
September 6, 2018 September 6, 2018 ~ Metacrone
Everything. Anything., the season 1 finale, begins much the same way as the season premiere did, with the camera floating across the fjord to give the audience a panoramic view of the beauty and isolation of Sanctum's setting. As with the premiere, Bendik's Halvorson's plans are spiraling out of control and he's trying desperately to stop the chaos. Sanctum is his kingdom, and he rules it with an iron fist covered by a velvet glove. But even on an isolated island, the past has a way of coming back to haunt you.
Live by the sword, die by the sword, as they say.
The shots of the fjord gradually transition to a montage which recaps the season, reminding the viewer where we are now and how we got here. Sohn's The Wheel plays over the montage. It has a pretty melody and vocals interrupted by staccato silences that sound to me a lot like a record skipping. The contrasts in the song fit the contrasts in the show's physical and emotional environment well. Every character's life has been interrupted and rendered out of sync by the events of the season.
On a side note, John is still naked in the morning. I find it hilarious that everyone else at Sanctum is wrapped in multiple sweaters and layers from head to toe, 24/7, but they got John naked as soon as he stepped onto the island. The harem's been deprived of a broad-shouldered specimen like him for ages and they're going to take advantage of it. While they launder his clothes, of course. Slowly.
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The Innocents Season 1 Episode 7: Will You Take Me, Too? Recap
September 3, 2018 ~ Metacrone
In this episode, we finally discover the meaning of Lewis' oft repeated question, the episode title, "Will You Take Me, Too?" When June and Elena are reunited, Elena's actions on the night of the Penines 5 are revealed, as is her connection to Lewis. It's hard to know whether to count Elena as a perpetrator or another victim. She didn't have premeditated intent, but should she have had better control?
We also inch, ever so slowly, closer to understanding Ben's intentions. We'll have to wait until the finale to find out exactly what his plans for June are, but he definitely has plans to use June to save Runa. I think he wants June to shift into Runa indefinitely, the way she shifted into Elena and was becoming indistinguishable from her. With June wearing Runa's body, he'd have the best of both worlds. Presumably the June version of Runa wouldn't have dementia, and they could have shapeshifter children together.
I knew someone else gave Kam the idea of shifting into another person and staying them forever.
As the penultimate episode of the season, this episode continues to move the chess pieces into place for the finale. John and Harry make it to Sanctum, but John is hurt. While Harry recommits to June, she's more scared than ever after shifting into Elena and discovering how bad things could get. She can't trust that the two of them are enough to keep her from hurting someone anymore.
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The Innocents Season 1 Episode 6: Not the Only Freak in Town Recap
In episode 6 of The Innocents, the men get weepy and the women go drinking. Left alone on the island, Runa, Sigrid and Elena break the rules and share some female bonding time with Runa's homebrew. Harry goes home to his family and has a tearful reunion, then discovers some distressing information about Lewis. He runs to the farm to share it with Ryan and John, leaving Ryan teary-eyed as well. June meets the mysterious Dr Halvorson, and agrees to go to Norway with him. One of the first things he does is take away her phone, cutting off her access to anyone else. Before they leave London.
The groups and alliances are reshuffled in this episode. Some much needed communication happens between multiple characters, building bridges between them. By the end of the episode, the characters have moved into position for the final act.
After Harry walks away from her, June walks back to Kam's flat in the sunshine, with her beautiful hair glowing in the sun. She looks sad and lost, but her hair will carry her through this disaster. That hair is survivor's hair.
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The Innocents Season 1 Episode 5: Passionate Amateur Recap
August 31, 2018 August 31, 2018 ~ Metacrone
June and Harry meet another shapeshifter in episode 5, the passionate amateur who left a comment for June at the end of episode 4. The new shapeshifter lives a very different lifestyle from what the teenage couple had in mind. When she tries to manipulate June into breaking up with Harry and joining her party crowd, their friendship goes wrong. There are consequences for Harry and June as well.
At Sanctum, tensions continue to grow between the three women. Elena begins to gain control of her shifts. Sigrid prepares to move back into the world. Runa grows more unstable. Ben prepares to bring June into the fold. It's hard to imagine that incorporating June into this powder keg will go well.
Elena has already made progress in her therapy. Her overall emotional trigger is love, which explains a lot about her life. Ben has created a slide wheel that's tailored to her triggers, filled with images of mothers and children, sex and death. Elena watches it, and tells a story from Ryan's childhood, when he was chasing butterflies down a path.
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The Innocents Season 1 Episode 4: Deborah Recap
August 28, 2018 ~ Metacrone
This episode, we get some back story on the beginnings of Sanctum and more insight into Ben's relationships with Steinar and Runa. As Sigrid inches closer to leaving Sanctum, her confidence grows and so does her willingness to engage in harem rivalries. Ben loses control of his harem, proving it's probably not the best place for a teenage shifter.
Steinar and Alf have a misunderstanding that leads to a major falling out between them. Alf finally calls Sanctum what it really is, a cult.
John is proven incapable of sharing information, no matter how vital. Probably because it would require him to speak in full sentences, possibly even paragraphs. Christine starts to put together some old and new puzzle pieces regarding Lewis' case, even though Doug still wants her to drop the matter.
Harry and June figure out some of the basic rules of shapeshifting, while June takes a brief excursion away from reality. Ryan proves to be the best once again. And Harry and June reach a major new milestone in their relationship.
It's a very productive episode.
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The Innocents Season 1 Episode 3: Bubblegum & Bleach Recap
Best episode title ever.
There they go again. With so many people chasing them, June and Harry are always moving from place to place, trying to stay once step ahead. It's a stark contrast to the Norwegian portions of the show, which are based on the subtle, slow moving character arcs of the people living in the Sanctum compound. You can't help but compare June and Harry's youthful exuberance to the damaged, uncertain middle-aged adult shapeshifters at Sanctum. Is June doomed to also lose her confidence and identity, or will Harry's love and a supportive community help keep her psyche intact?
Harry gives Christine a rare chance to parent him without any interference in this episode. With just a few words she shows what an impact a supportive community can have. He's overwhelmed by the ramifications of June's shapeshifting, and not sure he can cope with how huge the whole thing is, plus he's worried that he'll end up injured by one of her shifts. When he tells Christine this, in very general terms, she says that's how love works. Things change, but it's still the same person.
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The Innocents Season 1 Episode 2: Keep Calm, Come to No Harm Recap
Episode 2 of The Innocents picks up roughly where the pilot left off. After June (as Steinar) has forced her way back into their hotel room and shown her boyfriend, Harry, that Steinar reflects her image in the mirror, Harry does the only sensible thing and makes a run for it. He runs for freedom, through a field of wheat, in an image similar to images from earlier this year in The Handmaid's Tale, season 2.
June Osborne ran through a corn field toward freedom in one episode and then a grassy field in a later episode. She didn't make it to freedom either time, and neither does Harry. His June, June McDaniel, follows him, still in Steinar's body, trying to convince him that she's herself, not the Norwegian henchman. She flails and cries, and finally quotes one of his love letters, which makes Harry stop and really look at her. "You told me that you kept all my letters and that you weren't embarrassed. Harry, I don't know how, but it's me. It's really me."
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The Innocents Season 1 Episode 1: The Start of Us Recap
Metawitches full review of The Innocents is HERE.
The Innocents is finally here. It's time to go on the run with June and Harry, a teenage shapeshifter and her stalwart sidekick devoted boyfriend, who leave their home and strict families for something better, only to discover that it's a cold, cruel world out there, and everyone has been lying to June about who she is for her entire life.
Except June isn't secret royalty or a mob princess, she's a werewolf shapeshifter, whose body takes on the form of the first person she touches during stress-triggered shift-states. June discovers this accidentally, when she's alone with an unconscious man. Later she has to convince Harry that she is who she is, despite the way she looks now. Love and mirror reflections (see the photo at the top of the page) conquer all, eventually.
It's Twilight meets Orphan Black, with some Altered Carbon thrown in.
This show is for fans who've missed classic supernatural teen romances set against the background of larger mythology and ideas, like Roswell and the early seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Vampire Diaries. The soulmate aspect is important, and as the season goes on, it's explored not just through June and Harry, but through other couples as well.
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The Innocents Season 1: Review of Episodes 1-5
August 25, 2018 August 27, 2018 ~ Metacrone	~ 1 Comment
Tonight Mr Metawitches and I spent the evening binge watching episodes 1-5 of Netflix's new supernatural teen romance, The Innocents. Y'all don't know him as well as you know me, but believe me when I say that the fact that he stayed awake through 5 straight episodes (of any show) is a massive complement!
The Innocents follows June and Harry, 2 British 16 year olds who have decided to run away from home, rather than continue to live with their parents' oppression. June's (Sorcha Groundsell) father is moving her to a remote, isolated island that probably doesn't even have internet and Harry's (Percelle Ascott) father is severely disabled, requiring constant caregiving. His mother, Christine (Nadine Marshall) expects him to pitch in when she's busy. Since she's a cop, she's very busy.
At the start of the series, they've kept their romance a secret from everyone but June's agoraphobic brother, Ryan (Arthur Hughes), who lives semi-independently in the garage. Ryan is also physically disabled and devoted to his sister. He brings moments of charm, silliness and outright comedy to the series.
The secrecy means that June and Harry really are innocents, as the title suggests. They communicate by secret love letters (handwritten on paper!) instead of by texts, and haven't gone any further than kissing. June's stepfather, John McDaniel (Sam Hazeldine) has always been strict and overprotective with the two children. Harry's been kept busy with responsibilities at home, and has a strong moral compass.
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Netflix's Upcoming Series The Innocents: Poster and Trailers [Updated 8/22/18 with Reviews and More Videos]
Let's take a look at Netflix's new supernatural series, The Innocents, a story of Romeo and Juliet among the shapeshifters, which will be released 8/24/18. Season 1 of the British show, filmed in Britain and Norway, has 8 episodes. Hania Elkington and Simon Duric created, executive produced and wrote the series. Simon Duric previously worked on The Force Awakens and The Crown.
8/22/18: The reviews are coming in and they're fantastic. More after the jump, including a Behind the Scenes video and interviews with the cast.
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Massage For Back Pain Proven To Help!
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Raynor Massage benefits anyone regardless of age and fitness level and is very effective in removing the normal aches and pains that have such an impact on our daily lives. Back, neck and shoulder pain, in particular, responds well to deep tissue massage. Raynor Massage not only relieves the pain of a sore back but will also seek out and remove the tension that is causing the problem in the first place.
This massage therapy is certainly not just for people that are used to intense sports massage, but will help anyone with normal everyday aches and pains.
If you have trouble sleeping and suffer from insomnia, this therapeutic massage works wonders by eliminating stored muscular tension, allowing the mind to relax enough for you to get a deep, enriching night's sleep.
It is common to awake the morning after a treatment with a clear head, refreshed and ready for a new day.
Massage For Back Pain – Proven To Help!
A study published in July 2011 has finally proven the real benefits of massage for people suffering from back pain. In particular it has shown that people with lower back pain who receive massage treatment recover quicker than people who are just being treated conventionally.
Massage in Sutton and Hastings. You can read more about this study in this news entry here.
It is not just muscle tension that causes us problems but stored emotional energy can also have a negative impact on our lives. The therapeutic massage that we perform works to release this deeply held energy which, in turn will make you feel lighter and unburdened and ready for new challenges.
Getting rid of these negative energies using massage has been found to be helpful for people who suffer from stress and depression. The profound benefits to your mental, physical and emotional well-being will be long-lasting and often life changing.
We have recently worked with several runners in in training for the Virgin London Marathon. Runners and in particular, marathon runners in training, whether they are first timers or seasoned marathoners find that deep tissue massage is a great addition to their training programme. Pre marathon massage is used as a supplement to a runners warm-up to enhance circulation and reduce excess muscle and mental tension prior to running the marathon. Massage for runners also improves tissue pliability, readying the runner for top performance. Most runners in training for the marathon suffer from DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness) and regular massage for runners has proved to reduce the painful effects of DOMS by at least 30%.
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Traveling to Denmark? This really is the perfect spot on the internet to locate places to swim in Denmark. Each day you might be not swimming you happen to be losing precious time in improving your skills to be a far better swimmer! No more excuses! Get your nearest Denmark Swimming Pool and tell us how it went. Not all countries are the identical, and swimming rules and regulations are changing from one country towards the other. So, if this is your first time seeking for Denmark Pools, make sure to call the premises prior to you drop by.
We probably don't know all the Pools in Denmark. Are you missing any? Contact us!. Swimia.com has probably the most up-to-date database on the web about almost any Denmark Swimming Pool. Classified by countries, regions and cities, it truly is quick to find the nearest pool at the places you visit. For Denmark, you'll be able to have a look at the pools we've gathered for you.
Most of the Denmark Pools offer you both open lanes for independent swimming and also guided activities like water aerobics or Aquabike. Are you a frequent swimmer? Have you ever practiced Aquagym in Denmark? Let us know!.
One of the advantages of outdoor swimming in Denmark is the possibility to sunbathe throughout the summer season. Taking it with additional care, sunbathing is healthy since introduces Vitamin D into the body, so the ideal alternative seems to be switching amongst indoor and outdoor pools depending on the season.
There are a few factors why you'll want to choose a heated swimming pool in Denmark. One of the most vital one relies on the importance of keeping the body temperature stable. If the water is as well cold, your body will try to warm it up and you will lose strength to swim correctly.
Enjoy the best indoor pools in Denmark and don't worry about the weather. These facilities are open all seasons and you can enjoy a swim at the same temperature every day of the year.
Swimming is actually a outstanding idea to help keep your body active during your visit to Aalborg (Denmark), or even if you are a local. Swimia helps you to discover your closest Swimming Pool in Aalborg.
It's difficult to visit Denmark without dropping by Odense (with 145.931 residents). Presently Swimia is showing you all the Swimming Pool in Odense and the closest pools located in its vicinity.
Whereas Copenhagen is one of the six most populous cities in Denmark with nearly 1.153.615 residents, you shouldn't miss that one if you're going to Denmark.
Let us tell you a secret to switch off although you will be in Aarhus: just choose a Swimming Pool in Aarhus and plunge into the water! There's no more effective method.
Updated on 2019 Skovbrynet 33 , Nibe (Postal Code: DK-9240). Among all the activities supplied by the center, in case you are keen on swimming you will enjoy 25 meters, Indoor/Outdoor. Just in case you desire to get in touch with this Swimming Pool before dropping by, we only know the phone number.
Updated on 2019 Hvidovrevej 446 , Hvidovre (Postal Code: DK-2650). Among all the activities offered by the center, for anybody who is interested in swimming you can expect to enjoy 25 meters x 16-2/3 meters, Indoors. If you will need to contact this Pool, email address and phone number are both number.
Updated on 2019 Gesagervej 68 , Hedensted (Postal Code: DK-8722). Swimmers like you reported 25 meters x 12.5 meters, 6 lanes, Indoors. Phone number and e-mail address are number for this Swimming Pool.
Updated on 2019 Vejlby Centervej 53 , Risskov (Postal Code: DK-8240). This sports center gives 25 meters, 6 lanes, Indoors. Contact knowledge for this Swimming Pool just like phone number and email address are number.
Updated on 2019 Christinelystvej 8 , Lemvig (Postal Code: DK-7620). Swimmers like you reported 25 meters x 12.5 meters, 6 lanes, Indoors. Phone number and email address are number for this Pool.
Updated on 2019 Nor Alleen 1 , Korsor (Postal Code: DK-4220). This sports center offers 25 meters x 9.25 meters, 1.1 meters - 1.7 meters depth, 1.1 meters - 1.7 meters depth, Indoors. Contact information for this Pool such as phone number and email address are number.
Updated on 2019 Frankrigsgade 35 , Amager , Copenhagen (København) (Postal Code: DK-2300). Among all of the activities offered by the center, if you are interested in swimming you can expect to enjoy 25 meters x 12.5, 6 lanes, Indoors. If you'll want to contact this Swimming Pool, e-mail address and phone number are both number.
Updated on 2019 Hospitalsgade 6 , Kolding (Postal Code: DK-6000). This great and large sports center lets professional swimmers like you enjoy 25 meters x 21 meters, 1.8 meters - 4.5 meters depth, 1.8 meters - 4.5 meters depth, Indoors. Additionally, within these facilities you can try 25 meters x 12.5 meters, 1.3 meters - 1.8 meters depth, 1.3 meters - 1.8 meters depth, Indoors. Phone number and e-mail address are number for this Pool.
Updated on 2019 Nørreagervej 58 , Tinglev (Postal Code: DK-6360). Swimmers like you reported 25 meters, Indoors. Unfortunately we do not have the email address of this Swimming Pool, but we can give you the phone number.
Updated on 2019 Odinsvej 2 , Frederikssund (Postal Code: DK-3600). Among all of the activities offered by the center, for anyone who is considering swimming you will enjoy 25 meters, 6 lanes, Indoors. Just in case you need to make contact with this Pool before dropping by, we only know the phone number.
Updated on 2019 Søndre Landevej 4-6 , Tonder (Postal Code: DK-6270). Among all the activities provided by the center, when you are interested in swimming you may enjoy 25 meters, 6 lanes, Indoors. If you need to make contact with this Swimming Pool, email address and phone number are both number.
Updated on 2019 Skolebakken 1 , Borkop (Postal Code: DK-7080). Swimmers like you reported 25 meters x 12.5 meters, Indoors. Unfortunately we do not have the email address of this Swimming Pool, but we can give you the phone number.
Updated on 2019 Klintingvej 21 , Norre Nebel (Postal Code: DK-6830). Among all the activities offered by the center, for anybody who is interested in swimming you can expect to enjoy 25 meters, Indoors. If you will need to contact this Pool, email address and phone number are both number.
Updated on 2019 Højmevænget 3 , Højme , Odense (Postal Code: DK-5250). This sports center offers 25 meters x 12.5 meters, 6 lanes, 0.9 meters - 3.6 meters depth, 0.9 meters - 3.6 meters depth, Indoors. For this Swimming Pool, only phone number is number here.
Updated on 2019 Knudsgade 15 , Bronderslev (Postal Code: DK-9700). This sports center gives Olympic size x 20 meters, Indoors. Contact knowledge for this Swimming Pool just like phone number and email address are number.


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A Hilarious Dose of "Parental Guidance"
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Old will be new in the upcoming truthful family comedy "Parental Guidance" starring Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei and Tom Everett Scott.
Billy Crystal plays Artie Decker, a well-meaning but rather self-centered man who loves his life and his wife Diane (Bette Midler), but has never bothered to connect with his grandchildren. Time soon came to reconnect when they agreed to babysit their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents (Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott) go away for work. But when 21st century problems collide with Artie and Diane's old school methods of tough rules, lots of love and old-fashioned games, it's learning to bend – and not holding your ground – that brings a family together.
"PARENTAL GUIDANCE combines comedy and pathos in the best way," affirms Billy Crystal, who portrays Artie Decker. "It's what life is about. This film has something for everyone."
"The film was my idea," says Crystal. "I have three grandchildren of my own and another one on the way in March. The two older girls stayed with us for six days while my daughter had her first vacation away. After the sixth day I rested and then walked into the office and said, 'okay, here's an idea for a movie. It is a horror story!'"
In the story, Billy Crystal's Artie and Bette Midler's Diane are "the other grandparents" to their three grandchildren – meaning their son-in-law's parents have a much stronger connection with the kids, which Diane envies and has long sought to correct. But Artie and Diane's infrequent visits to their daughter Alice's (Marisa Tomei) home have relegated them to second-tier status – along with a few photos of the couple hidden on Alice's mantelpiece.
"It's not that Artie and Diane don't love Alice – who is their only child – and her three kids; they just don't understand them," explains Midler. Diane has renewed hope when Alice reluctantly invites her and Artie to babysit the couple's grandkids while Alice and husband Phil (Tom Everett Scott) enjoy some time away from home. For Alice, her invitation is an act of, well, desperation – her in-laws are unavailable so she must turn to Artie and Diane for help. (Alice's misgiving even lead to her breaking out in a rash.) But Diane sees it as a golden opportunity: "Grandparenting is a second chance" to be a part of their lives of their grandchildren and Alice – she tells Artie, who is much less enthused about hanging out with the kids he barely knows.
Artie's mixed feelings about this "second chance" are partly due to his recent professional setbacks. A minor league baseball announcer for over 30 years, Artie has just been fired, losing his dream to work in the major leagues. Still reeling from that disappointment, the last thing he wants is to look after his grandchildren. But Artie will ultimately discover that there's more to life than announcing ball games. "He's been fired from a job he loves, but then finds himself kind of falling in love with his grandkids," says Crystal.
Before getting to that point, Artie undergoes a series of granddad vs. daughter/grandkids comedic misadventures, misunderstandings and mistakes, not to mention daughter Alice's lack of faith in his ability to stick to her myriad rules and regulations. Says Marisa Tomei: "Artie and Diane are like a 'club of two' and haven't cultivated relationships with their grandchildren. They had a great time living their own lives, but forgot to get to know the kids."
"Parental Guidance" opens January 16 in theaters nationwide from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.
A Hilarious Dose of "Parental Guidance" Reviewed by Unknown on 5:49 AM Rating: 5

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The council has launched the Slough Academy, which will offer a new approach to its apprenticeships, including for the first time, a range of profession-based roles for all ages.
The Slough Academy will oversee all of the council's apprentices and the continuous professional development of existing and new staff to provide the best services it can for the residents of Slough and recruit new talent to bridge the skills gap.
Talent of any age will soon be able to apply for the council's new apprenticeship training programmes, some of which will offer degree level or post graduate qualifications in key professions, such as planning, social work, childcare, leisure and many more.
Cllr Sabia Hussain, deputy leader of the council, said: "The Slough Academy is about developing and growing our own staff, attracting new talent to the council and creating new opportunities in Slough. Ultimately it is about making sure we have the right skills in our workforce to meet the needs of our residents both now and in the future. Our new apprenticeship programmes will help to deliver this.
All apprenticeships will be paid jobs with competitive salaries and access to all the same benefits as other council colleagues. As well as gaining hands on experience, apprentices will be given 20 per cent of time off-the-job to study and prepare for assessments.
The changes have been introduced following the government's apprenticeship reforms. Previously, the council offered a small number of NVQ business apprenticeship programmes to school leavers aged between 16 and 19.
New apprenticeships will be rolled out from early 2019 with opportunities advertised on the jobs section of the council's website.
For further information, visit the council's website.


Friday night: Clear start. Few clouds late. Upper teens to mid 20s. Saturday: Clouds rush in. Late day showers. Near 50. Sunday: Early showers, then some sun. Windy. Near 60, falling in PM.
Brand new, cool autumn air is sweeping across New England, and the changing air is evidenced by a whipping wind from the northwest today — gusting to 40 mph at times.
While actual temperatures reach 45-50 degrees this afternoon beneath sun for many, the wind chill will hold in the 30s at the warmest time of the day, meaning we want to dress for an early winter chill. The wind quiets overnight and a mostly clear sky with our new, cool air will help temperatures to fall into the 20s for the vast majority of New England.
You can imagine increasing clouds after limited morning sun on Saturday will slow any temperature climb from a chilly start, but a developing southerly wind will assist, and high temperatures should eventually reach the 50s near and south of the Massachusetts Turnpike, and 40s for many farther north.
Although milder air slowly filters north into New England, enough cold air may linger in the mountains so developing late day and evening showers will start as some high terrain snowflakes before nearly all of the six-state region sees rain, steady and heavy at times, overnight Saturday night into early Sunday morning.
A mild wind and raindrops Sunday morning will depart as the wind shifts sharply during late morning, sweeping rain out to sea, allowing for emerging sun, but cutting temperatures by nearly 20 degrees from morning to afternoon, falling from the 50s to the 30s!
Cool weather is anticipated almost all of next week and our exclusive Early Warning Weather 10-day forecast shows a good holiday weekend with two exceptions we'll watch: a chance of rain Wednesday and again by Sunday.


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The Embassy of Sri Lanka undertakes a Trade Promotional Visit to the State of Goiás, Brazil
Australian Travel Agents visit to Sri Lanka on Familiarisation Tour
Sri Lanka "Theme Country "at the 6th South Asian Expo in Kunming China
Sri Lanka participates at the largest supermarket exhibition in Brazil - APAS Show 2019
Sri Lanka Participates in SIAL Canada 2019 Food and Beverage Sector
First Ever Tourism Campaign in South Africa
Sri Lanka High Commission in Pretoria with the support of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau organized "So Sri Lanka" Tourism Exhibition at Aviary Court in Menlyn Shopping Mall from 20th to 25th March 2019.
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"Raising living standards of the people through international trade relations"
"To develop and promote Sri Lanka's foreign trade relations at bilateral, regional and multilateral levels by the effective implementation of government trade policy, with a view to raising the standards of living and realizing a higher quality of life through the increase of total production, income and employment levels, thereby actively contributing to the overall economic growth of Sri Lanka."
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The Agreement on South Asian Free Trade was finalized and signed by the Council of Ministers of the member states of SAARC on 6th January 2004 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The preliminary substantive work towards finalization of SAFTA was entrusted to the Committee of Experts (COE), which was established drawing expertise from the member states.
SAFTA aims at further enhancing the programme of regional economic integration through promotion of preferential trade, which began with the establishment of the South Asian Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA) in 1995.
The Fifteenth SAARC Summit (Colombo, 2 - 3 August 2009) emphasized and directed the decision of revising the Sensitive Lists by SAFTA Ministerial Council (SMC) be implemented early. In this regard, it recommended and agreed to constitute an adhoc Working Group to commence work on the reduction in the size of the Sensitive Lists. The First Meeting of the Working Group took place on 10th February 2010 and it discussed the modalities proposed for the reduction in the number of tariff lines in the Sensitive Lists. The Meeting recommended the Member states to prepare their Request Lists bilaterally and keep the Secretariat informed. Following the receipts of the requests, the Members States will make their initial Offer Lists to all SAARC Member States through the SAARC Secretariat. The next meeting of the Working Group will take up further detail negotiations on the Request and Offer Lists with a view to finalizing them.
The Fifth Meeting of the Expert Group on SAARC Agreement on Trade in Services (SATIS) was held on 8 -9 February 2010 at the SAARC Secretariat at Kathmandu in Nepal. The Meeting resumed discussion on the Draft SATIS as revised by the Fourth Meeting of the Expert Group and finalized the Draft SATIS to be signed at a subsequent SAARC Summit by the leaders of the Members States. The Meeting also agreed that the discussion on specific schedules of commitments may commence after the Agreement is signed. The final draft of SATIS was signed at the 16th SAARC Summit held in Bhutan on 29th April 2010 by the leaders of the Member States and Sri Lanka ratified this Agreement on 2nd June 2010.
The Asia - Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA), formerly the Bangkok Agreement signed in 1975, is one of the Asia's oldest regional preferential trading agreements with six Participating States - Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Republic of Korea and Sri Lanka.
APTA is a dynamic regional agreement which has been instrumental in producing a favourable outcome to Sri Lanka. It is particularly important for Sri Lanka as it is the only trade agreement Sri Lanka partakes with China and the Republic of Korea.
The exports under the APTA have increased with the implementation of the third round of tariff liberalization in September 2006. Sri Lanka's total exports under APTA in 2009 have increased to US$ 49.48 Mn compared to US$ 35.3 Mn in 2008, recording a 40% growth. Remarkably, exports to China under APTA accounts for US$ 28.98 Mn in 2009, which marks an increase of 53%. Coir products, tea, natural rubber, apparel, fish products, activated carbon, wooden furniture, silver jewellery and porcelain ware are Sri Lanka's main exports under APTA.
Further concessions are envisaged at the conclusion of the 4th Round of trade negotiations, which were launched at the Second Session of the Ministerial Council of the Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA), held on 26th October 2007 in Goa, India. Ministers launched this new Round with a view to further widening products coverage and deepening the tariff cuts and to adopt modalities for the extension of negotiations into other areas such as non-tariff measures, trade facilitation, services and investment. The Third Ministerial Council was held on 15th December, 2009 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. In addition, two framework agreements on Trade Facilitation and Promotion, Protection and Liberalization of Investment was signed.
The Indo - Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (ISFTA), which was signed on 28th December 1998 and entered into force with effect from 1 March 2000, aims at promoting economic linkages between India and Sri Lanka through enhancement of bilateral trade and investment. The Agreement covers only trade in goods and requires the two countries to offer market access for each other's exports on duty free basis and concessionary tariffs. The ISFTA does not provide for elimination of non-tariff barriers.
Sri Lanka's exports to India increased from US$ 164.51 Mn during the first seven months of 2009 to US$ 239.2 Mn during the corresponding period of 2010 registering a 45.4% growth. This increase was mainly due to a significant increase in exports such as spices (cloves, nutmeg, mace, pepper etc.), electrical machinery and parts, copper products, sheet rubber, pulp, confectionery & bakery products, tyres & tubes, glass products, wooden products, garments, apparel & clothing accessories, furniture, processed fruits & fruit juices, jewellery items etc. in the first seven months of 2010, when compared to the corresponding period of 2009. However, exports of certain products such as tea, ceramic products, cinnamon, gems, boilers & machinery parts, processed food, mineral sand, activated carbon etc. have recorded a decrease during January to July in 2010 compared to 2009.
Products Diversification under the ISFTA
While there has been a reduction in major exports such as vegetable oil, primary copper, margarine, marbles and pepper, a variety of other products have gained market access to India. They include insulated wires and cables, poultry feeds, pneumatic tyres, ceramics, apparel, furniture, air conditioners & coolers, measuring and checking instruments, glass bottles, processed meat products, Medium density Fiber (MDF) Boards, rubber gloves, thermal papers, tiles, stones and marbles, boilers & machinery parts, iron & steel articles, panel boards & enclosures, sacks and bags etc.
The Pakistan - Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (PSFTA), which came into force on 12th June 2005, has seen a substantial improvement in trade between the two countries, with the value of total trade between the two countries, which stood at US$ 147.1 Mn in 2004, increasing to US$ 370.38 Mn in 2015. Sri Lanka's exports which was at US$ 39.2 Mn in 2004 has increased to US$ 73.10 Mn in 2015, making Pakistan Sri Lanka's second largest trading partner in the SAARC region after India.
Sri Lanka's main exports to Pakistan include Pepper, Beedi leaves, Betel leaves, Coconut shell pieces, Natural rubber, Coconuts & cashew nuts in fresh or dried, Wood & articles of wood, Edible vegetables, Tea. A range of new products have also penetrated into the Pakistan market after the implementation of the PSFTA, including fresh pineapple, sports goods, tamarind with seeds, edible oil, porcelain tableware & kitchenware, ceramic tiles, furniture, electrical switches and sockets, herbal cosmetic products and plastic articles, paints, glass paintings, leather products, frozen fish, prawns, lobsters, crabs, cut flowers and foliage, gems & Jewellery and aquarium fish.
Both Countries have completed its phasing out commitment and now have the duty free market access for more than 4500 products in both countries.
The Department of Commerce acts as the national focal point for all WTO and WTO - related affairs in Sri Lanka and also represents the Government of Sri Lanka at all multilateral negotiations under the WTO. The DoC is currently actively involved in the protecting Sri Lanka's interests in the present Doha Round of negotiations, through representation in Geneva and through national stakeholder consultations.
The WTO is the main institutional framework under which Sri Lanka conducts its trade relations with some of her most important trading partners, including the United States, European Union, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
Sri Lanka became a founder member of the WTO when the organization was established in 1995. Prior to that, Sri Lanka was one of the 23 founder members of the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT). The Uruguay Round of Trade Negotiations were undertaken under the auspices of GATT which led to the establishment of the WTO.
The multilateral trading system today is governed by the WTO agreements which govern trade in, inter alia, agriculture, trade in industrial goods, banking, telecommunication, industrial standards and product safety, food sanitation regulations, customs valuation, intellectual property and other areas. Trade under the WTO framework is governed by the principles of non-discrimination amongst Members and between domestic and foreign trade. However, there are exceptions to this rule such as free trade agreements and non-reciprocal preferential trade agreements.
More information on the World Trade Organization on the Multilateral Trading System is available on the WTO web site: www.wto.org
Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP)
Sri Lanka is currently participating in the Third Round of Negotiations under the Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (GSTP) - The GSTP Agreement was established in 1988 as a framework for the exchange of trade preferences among developing countries in order to promote intra-developing-country trade and was envisaged as a dynamic instrument of economic cooperation, proceeding with step-by-step negotiations in successive stages. Following a comprehensive review of the operations of the Agreement since its entry into force in 1989, the Committee of Participants launched the Third Round in 2004.
The Third Round of Negotiations was concluded in Brazil in 2010 with eight Participants of the original 22 Participants to the Round signing the final Protocol. Sri Lanka has not yet signed the Protocol, pending further negotiations on Rules of Origin.
The idea of cooperation through South-South trade received its first political expression at the 1976 ministerial meeting of the Group of 77 (G77) in Mexico City and was further developed at G77 ministerial meetings in Arusha (1979) and Caracas (1981)
In 1982, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77 in New York defined the basic components of the Agreement and established a framework for negotiations. In 1984, the G77 began preparatory work in Geneva on various aspects of a framework agreement. In 1985, the New Delhi ministerial meeting provided further impetus to the process of negotiations in Geneva. The ministerial meeting in Brasilia in 1986 established the provisional framework of the Agreement and launched the first round of negotiations on preferential trade concessions. In 1988, the text of the Agreement was adopted and the first round of negotiations concluded in Belgrade.


I bought a red one back last winter. I'm a bigger guy both tall and husky. Lol Anyways I have big hands, and the pockets I feel were made for a child. If you could tell the manufacturer which is Bayside I think to make the pockets about 3 or 4 inches more that would be great! Overall the sweatshirt is great! The fabric is soft, and the hood fits just right, and the sweatshirt is nice and thick, and warm.
A very good product with a few small deficiencies that I would deduct just half a star for if I could. The fabric is nice and soft, and the stitching looks strong. Overall usability and quality are spot-on. The pockets are smaller than usual for hoodies like this, a metal zipper would be nicer than the one on it that feels like a hard plastic, and the draw strings should have an aglet instead of being tied at the end. It's an above average product that's just missing a few niceties. The last one, the aglet issue, I could solve by melting a piece of plastic and pinching it around the tip of the string. Sounds like a neat little project, actually. I wouldn't let any of that scare you away, just know that it's not a perfect design.
When they make the pocket bigger I will buy one again. Liked the jacket but the pockets are to small!!!
We had to search for a quality hoodie that still has deep pockets. Finally found one! High quality throughout, comfortable and just the right weight for the Pacific Northwest.
This one isn't up to snuff. I agree the the pockets are way too small, useless. The weight is light for the price. I won't buy this one again, because it is no different from the cheap zip jackets at big department stores.
Received my Full Zip Hoodie yesterday. It was soft right out of the box. Washed it and since it came out of the dryer I haven't come out of it! It is a hair longer than I was expecting, but the fit and arm length are perfect. It looks and feels great. I can already tell I'm going to need another one since I can't wear this one every single day!
Loved the cottwn content and made in America. But the shallow small pocket are pretty worthless. Your phone falls out as does just about anything else. It is so annoying of a problem that it would keep me from re-ordering this item. Please contact me after you correct this issue. I'd love to have more!
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I found the size as expected and the hood nice and deep. Thick, soft and comfortable.
I usually wear a medium and this was a little tight, but the hood was tiny. It pulled down on my head and I could only imagine it would get worse after washing. Exchanging for a large, hopefully it fits better.
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This Bayside version is so much better!!!
I originally purchased the King Louie brand hooded zip up sweatshirt awhile back on this site. More than a year later after wearing it several times a week, I junked it due to the many holes and tears it quickly developed. I was satisfied enough with the relatively cheap price and that it is American made that I decided to order the hoodie again. This time the brand on the tag said Bayside. I was immediately taken back by the increased thickness and softness of this hoodie. The quality was superior than what I had before. The original felt like a thin piece of cheap cloth. But this should actually keep me nicely warm during a mild Midwestern winter by itself. I'm definitely glad you guys switched suppliers.
This is a quality made sweatshirt which I would definately order again. I would suggest two changes, a better cord in the hood and a little bit deeper pockets.
Fabric is very soft and comfortable. Sweatshirt is well made and the best part I wasn't expecting was how long it was in the back. Most imported versions barely are longer that where your belt loops are but this goes far beyond that and hugs you close so the cold doesn't creep in across your back. I see that as a huge plus for anyone who works in cold areas and does a lot of bending. The shirt won't creep up on you and allow the cold in.
Recent purchase so I 'll rate higher if they last. Love the fit. Great idea with the gusset so they don't pinch when sitting. Would like to see these in a lighter stonewash as well.


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Terrängen runt Tolga är platt åt sydost, men åt nordväst är den kuperad. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  km nordväst om Tolga. Runt Tolga är det ganska glesbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer. Det finns inga andra samhällen i närheten. Trakten runt Tolga är ofruktbar med lite eller ingen växtlighet.

I trakten råder ett hett ökenklimat. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är juli, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är januari, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är mars, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är juli, med  mm nederbörd.

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Jake Walker (born March 14, 1989) is a Canadian curler originally from Minden, Ontario. He is a former Canadian Junior champion, and world junior bronze medallist.

As a Bantam-aged curler, Walker won the Ontario Bantam championship in 2005, playing third for Ben Willemse. In 2010, Walker and his rink of Craig Van Ymeren, Geoff Chambers and Matthew Mapletoft won the Pepsi Ontario Junior Curling Championships. The team would represent the province at the 2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. Walker would lead the rink to a 9-3 round robin record, followed by winning the semi-final against Saskatchewan's Braeden Moskowy and the final against Manitoba's Alex Forrest. This earned the four-some a berth at the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships in Flims, Switzerland, representing Canada. The team sneaked into the playoffs after a 6-3 round robin record left them in a tie with Norway's Steffen Mellemseter. They beat Norway, but lost to Switzerland's Peter de Cruz in the 3 vs. 4 game. This put the team into the bronze medal game, which they won, against China's Ji Yansong.

After his junior career, Walker focused on University Curling and his University of Waterloo team. Walker skipped Waterloo to 2nd place at the 2012 CIS/CCA Curling Championships, losing to the University of Alberta's Brendan Bottcher in the final. Walker would avenge this loss at the 2013 CIS/CCA Curling Championships, where he beat Bottcher to win the championship.

In 2013, Walker began curling on the World Curling Tour, assembling a team with himself at skip, Dayna Deruelle at third, Andrew McGaugh at second and Jason McGaugh at lead. Walker made the provincial championships in their first season together, Walker's first Travelers Tankard appearance.

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South Sudan: UN Mission condemns camp violence that killed two
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The United Nations Mission In South Sudan (UNMISS) has condemned violence at a UN Protection of Civilians site last week that left two people dead.
Clashes erupted last Thursday between intoxicated youth at a camp run by UNMISS in the northern town of Bentiu. When UN police attempted to intervene and restore order, the rioters then turned on them, pelting officers with stones and sticks. Two people were killed in the violence and eight UN personnel were injured, including five police officers.
UNMISS condemns violence
"It is unacceptable for community members to commit violence against each other or against peacekeepers who do their best to provide protection to vulnerable displaced families," UNIMSS said in a statement on Monday.
Community leaders also condemned the violence and issued an apology while UNIMSS promised to assist authorities in ensuring perpetrators are held accountable.
The following day after the incident, a group of youths also attacked an UNMISS vehicle, the Mission said.
"One day on from the incident, UN civilian staff met with the family of a victim who had died during the violence from his injuries, to express condolences," the Mission said in a statement. "During this time, a group of youths vandalized an UNMISS vehicle, setting it on fire, and also attacked the staff members, hitting one with a stick and "cutting another with a spear."
"The youth also turned on Ghanaian peacekeepers who responded to the incident, pelting them with stones, throwing spears and petrol bombs, one of which hit a vehicle and set it on fire," it added. "Youth also tried to seize weapons from the peacekeepers and vandalized two guard-posts. Two warning shots were fired into the air to disperse the rioters."
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10 Calif. deputies put on leave after suspect's beating
In: #CALL IT AS I SEE IT, DIPSHIT OF THE DAY, Misc., Tell it like it is, Think it through
Tagged: #San Bernardino County sheriff, deputies, Francis Jared Pusok, Jared Pusok, Sheriff John McMahon, Ten Southern California deputies
Ten Southern California deputies have been placed on leave after news video showed them kicking and beating an identity-theft suspect who fell off a stolen horse during a three-hour pursuit that ended in the desert, the San Bernardino County sheriff announced Friday.
Jared Pusok
Sheriff John McMahon said the force used by his deputies Thursday afternoon while arresting 30-year-old Francis Jared Pusok, a convicted felon, "appears to be excessive," he said at a news conference.
He said he was "disturbed and troubled" by what he saw in the video shot by a KNBC-TV helicopter crew about 3 p.m. Thursday.
"It appears in the beginning his hands were behind his back, then his hands moved," McMahon said. "There is some information that he may be kicking at one point. Regardless, at the end of the day it appears to be excessive. It does not appear to be in line with our policies and procedures."
He appealed for patience as the department and the district attorney investigate the action of Pusok and the deputies.
The FBI said Friday night that it has opened an investigation into whether the deputies violated the suspect's civil rights.
McMahon did not name the deputies placed on paid administrative leave. He said their identities may be made public after the department investigates alleged threats made against them since the video appeared.
After apparently being thrown from the horse in the rugged high desert of Victor Valley, about 90 miles northeast of Los Angeles, Pusok falls to the ground with his arms out after being shot with a Taser, the video shows. Two deputies then pounce on him, punching him in the head and kneeing him in the groin.
Other deputies then arrived, and KNBC reported that in the two minutes after Pusok was hit by the Taser, deputies appeared to kick him 17 times, punch him 37 times and hit him with batons four times. The station said 13 blows appeared to be to Pusok's head.
Pusok did not appear to move while lying face down for more than 45 minutes, and the deputies did not appear to offer medical attention. He was arrested and taken to an unspecified area hospital to be treated for his injuries.
Hey you fucking dickheads: This is the video age everyone can see you and everything you do. Get a fucking clue!!!
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I just did a post about the proliferation of cameras in today's society.
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These guys really are Idiots If they think it is business as usual anymore.
If they do not adapt and grow up we will be seeing private policing soon.
Here is the link wirecutter was referring to: http://knuckledraggin.com/2015/04/smile-youre-on-candid-camera/
We are already seeing private policing…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/private-police-carry-guns-and-make-arrests-and-their-ranks-are-swelling/2015/02/28/29f6e02e-8f79-11e4-a900-9960214d4cd7_story.html
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You are right and I am starting to think that is very much needed.
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"But it's only a few bad apples" "All cops aren't that way"
Must be a lot of bad apples-cuz we aint seeing no good ones lately.
I saw and you are right, I am former Law Enforcement myself but do not like what I see these days. There is a them against us attitude and people pay in the wrong ways.
A county sheriff in Indiana said that America is a battleground,and the citizens are the enemy when asked why he needed a MRAP when it was a mostly rural county.
The guys I know who are in law enforcement all agree the sheriff's an as*wipe,and so are the rest of the cops with that attitude-the are either retired,or on their way out now because of all the BS going on.
When I was starting out I was trained to be totally paranoid about everyone and everything, And now that attitude appears to have progressed substantially. I left several years ago due to health but I was ready to get out.
The #1 problem I see with cops these days is the way they dress. Many now look like they are in a war zone and the public does not like it. Then look at the equipment used in everyday uses.
And now he will be a millionaire felon… so how you like him now? And that's better pay than one beat down in the ufc.
He has those idiot deputies to thank for that, All because they want a personal pound of flesh.
http://www.vvng.com/felon-arrested-for-shooting-a-dog/
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21157 Del Oro Rd Apple Valley CA 92308
Convicted Felon Francis Jared Pusok Invaded our home at 4am on Monday April 06, 2015 while my family slept in house he cut open my fence, cut pad lock off my gate, jumped my block wall, entered my garage, entered my home, stole my street bike, my lock and cable and violated our family. What would of happened if one of us or our dogs would of encounter him? We are offended at the publics reaction to the police encounter with him. The public didn't encounter him. He sought out this attention. You don't invade someone's home or steal in the dead of night and expect to be greeted with less than deadly force.
Our house was not the only one robbed and damaged by him. It won't be the last either. He shot his girlfriend's dog. If my dogs were outside, what of his plan to do with mine? My wife can't sleep due to the situation he created. She worries that none of us are safe. Our daughter is scared to come home, our son is concered about leaving our home unattended and our other son is fearful to leave his children at our home over night now. This Francis Jared Pusok individual is broken and can't be rehabilitated. His girlfriend is aware of his criminal behavior and allows him to store stole property at their home, where their children live. She has received stolen property, protects and supports Francis Jared Pusok criminal behavior. Law Enforcement recovered my street bike on Thursday April 09, 2015. Still have missing property, property damage and other issues caused by Francis Jared Pusok.
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And your point is???? The behavior of the deputies does not stop this activity nor make the streets safer.
He will probably not be charged in this crime now because of the street justice used and now the deputies have no credibility.
Do not get me wrong I have no doubt this asshole is a shit bird to the max and needs to be removed from society, But the actions of the deputies does not help the law abiding citizens and will only make Mr. ass wipes financial future very rosy.
Okay, so you're a victim. You have every right to be outraged – I know I would be and I'd have been cheering when he got his ass kicked. Matter of fact, I'd download that video and watch it every night.
But it still doesn't change the fact that it's not the cop's job to punish. He has his Sixth Amendment Right to a trial by jury – it's one of the principles this country was founded on.
Look at it this way – you're one of the very few people in this instant that got some satisfaction out of it without any reprisal.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/410/770/613/justice-for-the-victims-of-francis-jared-pusok/
Maybe those victims should sue this asswipe for his new found winnings, That was graciously provided by the sheriffs dept.


According to a recent CRM Magazine article, only 8 percent of companies succeed at delivering excellent customer service.
That's a sobering number, but it's also an opportunity, as it suggests that a renewed focus on the customer experience might be the fastest way to gain a competitive edge and increase sales. The call center can play a critical role in this strategy. And according to this CRM article, one of the keys to improving customer service is for companies to "realign their customer experience ecosystems." That means making sure employees, partners, policies, processes and technologies are all working together to optimize the customer service experience. Call recording software and workforce management solutions exist to make agent forecasting and scheduling more accurate, but if agents aren't adhering to the schedule or company guidelines, it won't matter. Conversely, the most efficient and dedicated agents imaginable can be hampered by technology that is improperly set up or too difficult to understand. Ideally, a customer wants to acquire a product or service with as little inconvenience as possible. The ordering and payment process should be streamlined in a way that allows the customer to get on with their day and the agent to complete the transaction quickly and move on to another call. That is more difficult than it sounds when the agent has certain company-required responsibilities to try and upsell a related product, or request customer feedback on their encounter. When customers call with complaints it is obviously too late to provide the ideal experience, but the right agent using the right words stands an excellent chance of salvaging that customer relationship. A healthy customer experience ecosystem allows agents to meet their professional and personal objectives (days off, breaks etc.), incorporates technology that improves customer service and agent performance, and discovers customer preferences before striving to meet them.


The Marshalls then traveled to the Grande Vista Bay Development in Rockwood, Tennessee to check out the lay of the land and see if their log home would match the surroundings. There were several lakefront properties available and they came across a heavily wooded parcel on the side of a gentle hill that seemed to be created for a traditional log home.
From the Honest Abe plan book, the Marshalls selected the Bellewood plan, but felt that a few revisions were needed to make it their own. They included stretching the square footage in all the rooms, removing the wall in the stairway to allow light and views, adding an attached three-car garage, and building in a bonus room.
Dealing with strict building codes along the lake-shore is not new to Richard. When the plan was selected, he quickly made arrangements for the home to be sited in just the right location — set back from the lake with the proper elevations in order for water to drain properly during heavy rains. This preserves the soil and the lake's water quality and is a big concern along the 722-mile shoreline, especially with new construction.
Editors Note: Article reproduced with permission. Country's Best Log Homes (now Country's Best Cabins), July 2008, Pages 62 – 67.


This is a report from Merri M., the loving owner of a herd of sheep's that suffer from a deadly bacteria that perniciously lodges itself in the digestive tracks and typically kill the animal after approximately two years of life. We are conducting a research and hoping to save the herd using the bio-algae concentrates. We started the research with some of the older animal and we are watching for positive results. But the better results are expected from the new lambs born of parents that had already been taking the bio-algae. We are hopeful that these new lambs will live at least "much" longer, or live their "full" life. The report that follows is the first set of observations from the newborn lambs.
After years of taking and researching supplements, and finally rejecting them years ago, even though I have continued to remain close to their ongoing research, I have come to the conclusion that pretty much every nutritional supplement is a massive waste of time and money.
More then 36% of American take supplements of one sort or another. There is little or no evidence that any prevent or alleviate health problems, while there is mounting evidence that some when taken in large quantity will contribute to serious health issues.
Other than that we know little or nothing about what these supplements do to the trillions of cells within our body. The reason for this is that nutritional science is essentially about as advanced as nuclear physics was in pre-industrial Europe. We human are the most complicated machine that will ever grace this planet yet we really have no idea how these very complicated foods work in our bodies; either on their own or when mixed with other foods.
In some cases, we know what some nutrients do to rats. In a very few cases, we know some nutrients have achieved promising results in humans. But we have almost no data on what those nutrients do in combination with other nutrients. We may be getting pretty close to a conclusion that it's the lycopene in the tomato but, the truth is, it really may be other components in the tomato. Or the way it is reduced and simmered with olive oil and basil. We just don't know. Only one thing is for sure: Don't like the prevailing faddish nutrition advice? Wait a day; it'll change.
While it is a fact that new and abundant evidence show that high doses of single nutrients not only fail to improve health but also can make things worse, as has been shown in some recent clinical trials of the effects of beta-carotene, vitamin E, and folic acid, for example, on heart disease or cancer.
High doses of Vitamin E, which millions of people take to protect themselves against heart attacks, Alzheimer's disease and other ailments, appear to actually increase the overall risk of dying, researchers reported yesterday.
Millions of American affected with cancer, or cancer survivors take vitamin supplements. However, there is little evidence that supplements help, and little is known about how mega doses of vitamins affect cancer. With that, there is worries that some may actually fuel the disease.
A review of 32 studies conducted between 1999 and 2006 found that 64 percent to 81 percent of cancer survivors take extra vitamins or minerals (excluding multi vitamins). A study of vitamin E showed patients with cancers of the head and neck who took supplements increased their risk for developing a second cancer. A 1995 report showed that cancer cells in a petri dish thrive in the presence of vitamin C, and subsequent studies have suggested that vitamin C supplements may lower survival rates.
There has been extraordinary coverage and controversy over vitamin D in the last year. Vitamin D bears the nickname the "sunshine vitamin" because the skin produces it from ultraviolet rays. While we naturalist knew that connection years ago, evidence continues to mount in support of the obvious link between vitamin D and getting the right amount of sunshine so the body can naturally produce it. And unlike other medical fads that boomed and bombed, this evidence is strong and keeps growing.
In fact, given the importance of sunshine for vitamin D, researchers believe slapping on sunscreen may actually contribute to far more cancer deaths than it prevents as doing so blocks this vital vitamin production.
On the other hand, in advance nutritional science we know today that like for any other vitamin, that the metabolism of vitamin D is a complex chain of event that we have no chance to reproduce with mega dose of the vitamin taken as a separate, or isolate. I am including an excerpt from Dr. Lynn August, MD's March, 2008 newsletter on vitamin D.
The most important manifestation of vitamin D toxicity is more accurately called the sub-clinical-until-its-too-late manifestation. Vitamin D depletes vitamin K. Vitamin K orchestrates the deposition of calcium in the bone via the activation of osteocalcin. Osteocalcin not only promotes calcium deposition in the bone, it inhibits calcium deposition in the tissues, including calcium deposition in arterial walls! Thus vitamin K builds bones and inhibits plaque, atherosclerosis. Parathyroid hormone does the opposite of vitamin K, removing calcium from bone and depositing it in soft tissues. When vitamin K is depleted by a relative vitamin D excess parathyroid hormone prevails. And, to make matters worse, there may be excess parathyroid already due to a not uncommon deficiency in magnesium.
Conclusions: It is not surprising that vitamin D, just like any other vitamin, mineral, nutrient, or person for that matter, cannot work/live in isolation. The synergy amongst nutrients in their respective proportions creates the desired result, health. Supplementing any isolated nutrient will inevitably lead to unwanted, even if unidentified, consequences. Weigh benefits vs risks. Continuous daily supplementation of more than a total of 1,000 units of cholecalciferol a day may lead to unwanted immeasurable consequences. In acute situations larger doses can be taken for short periods with close monitoring of 25(OH) D blood levels.
Which supplement, which fruit has the highest antioxidants? The latest report says noni, followed by goji, blueberries, mangosteen, red grapes, and finally green grapes. What? cranberries don't even make the top five? In this case, who knows? The researcher were testing a new assay method and those were the only fruits they examined. Does it really matter? The science has shown that the fundamental principle of nutrition is variety. In the case of antioxidants, variety means to eat a bunch of different colorful fruits and vegetables. Each contains its own unique complement of antioxidants and other nutrients and if you eat a variety of foods, you are likely to get all the ones you need and as importantly not overdo (mega dose) on any.
The much-touted properties of today's new supplements and antioxidant are also pretty suspicious. Rather, it's that there's no magic bullet and the really sensible advice is to get a wide variety of fruit and vegetables, not to concentrate on mega-dosing on the next big thing of the week.
Evidence continues to accumulate, little bit by little bit, that fat-soluble antioxidants and antioxidant vitamins in this case, lycopene, lutein, and beta-carotene vs. vitamin E interfere with each other's absorption. Here's the short description so you can see how the little bits accumulate. For me, the take home lesson is easy: eat food, not supplements.
Many supplements have been proven toxic, and you are left to pray that the rest are armless. Given our hit-and-miss understanding of nutrients and "reductionist" food science (reducing diets down to superfoods and those foods down to nutrients), why take chances with supplements when we know that foods are the real deal.
Start with not believing nutritional claims made by public relations departments, be they made on the internet web site or food bar label or recycled into various health and lifestyle articles. Such claims are generally bogus, except in the rare instances when they're made on behalf of parsley, tomato, spinach or broccoli. And these are obviously the type of foods we should all be eating. They are foods, the real deal.
Why does BAC procure more energy?
In most people, that sensation of more energy, or physical reality is true. There are a combination of factors involved with energy. The most important is called "energy coherence" or the efficient transformation of some nutrients in our foods into "ATPase".
ATPase is our principal source of energy that is generated by the "Krebs cycle" metabolism that occurs in thousands of mitochondria in all 60 to 100 trillions cells of our body. With coherence, this transformation operates at maximum efficiency. BAC supports coherence first in "awakening the genius within".
Otherwise, as a direct food energy source, the green in BAC is so good for you. BAC contains large quantities of magnesium balanced chlorophyll and phycocyanin. Chlorophyll is nickname "the Sheppard of light" because it can trap sunlight to create energy and give that energy back to you. If you find you need a little extra energy to get through the day, don't be surprise if eating a few more capsule of BAC is the answer for you.


I also played my first tune there, and it went down alright, when there's more (and a bit better) stuff i'll have them online here.
Next up Unreal & me will be playing in Bratislava at Club Unique on the 21st of February. Together with our friend Floopy and more.


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This Year's Summer-Themed Reading: Lippman, Lively, Nicholls & More
Sun, warmth and rival feelings of endlessness and evanescence: here were three reads that were perfect fits for the summer setting.
Sunburn by Laura Lippman (2018)
While on a beach vacation in 1995, a woman walks away from her husband and daughter and into a new life as an unattached waitress in Belleville, Delaware. Polly has been known by many names, and this isn't the first time she's left a family and started over. She's the (literal) femme fatale of this film noir-inspired piece, as bound by her secrets as is Adam Bosk, the investigator sent to trail her. He takes a job as a chef at the diner where Polly works, and falls in love with her even though he may never fully trust her. Insurance scams and arson emerge as major themes.
I liked the fact that I recognized many of the Maryland/Delaware settings, and that the setup is a tip of the hat to Anne Tyler's excellent Ladder of Years, which was published in the year this is set. It is a quick and enjoyable summer read that surprised me with its ending, but I generally don't find mysteries a particularly worthwhile use of my reading time. Put it down to personal taste and/or literary snobbery.
Heat Wave by Penelope Lively (1996)
My fourth Lively book, and the most enjoyable thus far. Pauline, a freelance copyeditor ("Putting commas into a novel about unicorns") in her fifties, has escaped from London to spend a hot summer at World's End, the Midlands holiday cottage complex she shares with her daughter Teresa, Teresa's husband Maurice, and their baby son Luke. Maurice is writing a history of English tourism and regularly goes back to London for meetings or receives visits from his publishers, James and Carol. Pauline, divorced from a philandering husband, recognizes the signs of Maurice's adultery long before Teresa does, and uneasily ponders how much to hint and how much to say outright.
The last line of the first chapter coyly promises an "agreeable summer of industry and companionship," but the increasing atmospheric threats (drought or storms; combine harvesters coming ever nearer) match the tensions in the household. I expected this to be one of those subtle relationship studies where ultimately nothing happens. That's not the case, though; if you've been paying good attention to the foreshadowing you'll see that the ending has been on the cards.
I loved the city versus country setup of the novel, especially the almost Van Gogh-like descriptions of the blue sky and the golden wheat, and recognized myself in Pauline's freelancer routines. Her friendships with bookseller Hugh and her client, novelist Chris Rogers, might be inconsequential to the plot but give Pauline a life wider than the confines of the cottage, and the frequent flashbacks to her marriage to Harry show what she had to overcome to earn a life of her own.
This was a compulsive read that was perfect for reading during the hottest week of our English summer. I'd recommend it to fans of Tessa Hadley, Susan Hill and Polly Sansom.
Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (2019)
The title is a snippet from Romeo and Juliet, which provides the setup and subject matter for this novel about first love during the golden summer of 1997, when Charlie Lewis and Fran Fisher are 16. Charlie thinks he's way too cool for the thespians, but if he wants to keep seeing Fran he has to join the Full Fathom Five Theatre Co-operative for the five weeks of rehearsals leading up to performances. Besides, he doesn't have anything better to do – besides watching his dad get drunk on the couch and scamming the petrol station where he works nights. Charlie starts off as the most robotic Benvolio imaginable, but Fran helps bring him up to scratch with her private tutoring (which is literal as well as a euphemism).
Glimpses of the present day are an opportunity for nostalgia and regret, as Charlie/Nicholls coyly insists that first love means nothing: "love is boring. Love is familiar and commonplace for anyone not taking part, and first love is just a gangling, glandular incarnation of the same. … first love wasn't real love anyway, just a fraught and feverish, juvenile imitation of it." I enjoyed the teenage boy perspective and the theatre company shenanigans well enough, but was bored with the endless back story about Charlie's family: his father's record shops went bankrupt; his mother left him for another golf club colleague and took his sister; he and his depressed father are slobby roommates subsisting on takeaways and booze; blah blah blah.
It's possible that had I read or seen R&J more recently, I would have spotted some clever parallels. Honestly? I'd cut 100+ pages (it should really be closer to 300 pages than 400) and repackage this as YA fiction. If you're looking for lite summer fare reminiscent of Rachel Joyce and, yes, One Day, this will slip down easily, but I feel like I need to get better about curating my library stack and weeding out new releases that will be readable but forgettable. I really liked Us, which explains why I was willing to take another chance on Nicholls.
Note: There is a pretty bad anachronism here: a reference to watching The Matrix, which wasn't released until 1999 (p. 113, "Cinnamon" chapter). Also a reference to Hobby Lobby, which as far as I know doesn't exist in the UK (here it's Hobbycraft) (p. 205, "Masks" chapter). I guess someone jumped the gun trying to get this ready for its U.S. release.
Favorite summery passage: "This summer's a bastard, isn't it? Sun comes out, sky's blue if you're lucky and suddenly there are all these preconceived ideas of what you should be doing, lying on a beach or jumping off a rope swing into the river or having a picnic with all your amazing mates, sitting on a blanket in a meadow and eating strawberries and laughing in that mad way, like in the adverts. It's never like that, it's just six weeks of feeling like you're in the wrong place … and you're missing out. That's why summer's so sad – because you're meant to be so happy. Personally, I can't wait to get my tights back on, turn the central heating up. At least in winter you're allowed to be miserable" (Fran)
Plus a couple of skims:
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton with Lara Love Hardin (2018)
I'd heard about Hinton's case: he spent nearly 30 years on death row in Alabama for crimes he didn't commit. In 1985 he was convicted of two counts of robbery and murder, even though he'd been working in a locked warehouse 15 miles away at the time the restaurant managers were shot. His mother's gun served as the chief piece of evidence, even though it didn't match the bullets found at the crime scenes. "My only crime was … being born black in Alabama," Hinton concludes. He was a convenient fall guy, and his every appeal failed until Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative (and author of Just Mercy, which I'd like to read) took on his case.
It took another 16 years and an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, but Hinton was finally released and now speaks out whenever he can about justice for those on death row, guilty or innocent. Almost the most heartbreaking thing about the book is that his mother, who kept the faith for so many years, died in 2012 and didn't get to see her son walk free. I love the role that literature played: Hinton started a prison book club in which the men read Go Tell It on the Mountain and To Kill a Mockingbird and discussed issues of race and injustice. Although he doesn't say very much about his life post-prison, I did note how big of an adjustment 30 years' worth of technology was for him.
I don't set a lot of stock by ghostwritten or co-written books, and found the story much more interesting than the writing here (though Hardin does a fine job of recreating the way a black man from the South speaks), so I just skimmed the book for the basics. I was impressed by how Hinton avoided bitterness and, from the very beginning, chose to forgive those who falsely accused him and worked to keep him in prison. "I was afraid every single day on death row. And I also found a way to find joy every single day. I learned that fear and joy are both a choice." The book ends with a sobering list of all those currently on death row in the United States: single-spaced, in three columns, it fills nine pages. Lord, have mercy.
The Last Supper: A Summer in Italy by Rachel Cusk (2009)
Having moved away from Bristol, Cusk and her family (a husband and two children) decided to spend a summer in Italy before deciding where to go next. They took the boat to France then drove, made a stop in Lucca, and settled into a rented house on the eastern edge of Tuscany. It proceeded to rain for 10 days. Cusk learns to speak the vernacular of football and Catholicism – but Italian eludes her: "I too feel humbled, feel childlike and impotent. It is hard to feel so primitive, so stupid." They glory in the food, elemental and unpretentious; they try a whole spectrum of gelato flavors. And they experience as much culture as they can: "we will learn to fillet an Italian city of its artworks with the ruthless efficiency of an English aristocrat de-boning a Dover sole." A number of these masterpieces are reproduced in the text in black and white. In the grip of a heatwave, they move on to Rome, Naples and Capri.
If I'd been able to get hold of this for my trip to Milan (it was on loan at the time), I might have enjoyed it enough to read the whole thing. As it is, I just had a quick skim through. Cusk can write evocatively when she wishes to ("We came here over the white Apuan mountains, leaving behind the rose-coloured light of the coast … up and up into regions of dazzling ferocity where we wound among deathly white peaks scarred with marble quarries, along glittering chasms where the road fell away into nothingness and we clung to our seats in terror"), but more often resorts to flat descriptions of where they went and what they did. I'm pretty sure Transit was a one-off and I'll never warm to another Cusk book.
DNFs: Alas, One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson and The Go-Between by L. P. Hartley were total non-starters. Maybe some other day (make that year).
See also my 2017 and 2018 "summer" reads, all linked by the season appearing in the title.
Have you read any summer-appropriate books lately?
L.P. Hartley
Lara Love Hardin
Penelope Lively
Polly Sansom
Tessa Hadley
Upcoming Reading Plans: Milan Trip and Summer Books
"Centre of fashion, business and finance," "muggy and mosquito-ridden in summer" – from the guidebook descriptions it could hardly sound less like our kind of place, and yet Milan is where we're off to tomorrow. While it wouldn't be our first-choice destination, my husband is attending a landscape ecology conference there and presenting a paper; I'm going along for the week to have a holiday. It's Italy. Why not?! I doubt the northern plain will be as much to our taste as Tuscany, which we explored on a wonderfully memorable trip in April 2014 (on which I first drank coffee), but there will still be history and culture around every corner, and we plan on eating very well and getting out of the city to see some of the Lakes region, too.
We're traveling the slow way: a train to London; the Eurostar to Paris, where we'll stay for one night; and a seven-hour train ride to Milan the following day. If the weather remains as hot as it has been in Continental Europe (e.g. 40°C / 105°F in Paris this week – ugh!), I'm not sure I'll be up for a lot of solo sightseeing. I'll put in a much-reduced work load for the week, but for much of the rest of the time when my husband is at the conference I may just lounge around our Airbnb, with a stack of print books, in front of the USB-powered fan I've ordered.
So of course I've been having great fun thinking about what reading material I might pack. I've assembled a main stack, and a subsidiary stack, of books that seem appropriate for one or more reasons.
Down and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell – To read on the Eurostar between London and Paris. Orwell's first book and my first try with his nonfiction: an account of the living conditions of the poor in two world cities.
Bonus goal it fulfills: Classic of the month
Vintage 1954, Antoine Laurain – For a Nudge review; to read en route to and in Paris. Drinking a 1954 Beaujolais transports a Parisian and his neighbors – including an Airbnb guest – back to the 1950s. Sounds like good fun.
Bonus goal it fulfills: Lit in translation
The Great Railway Bazaar, Paul Theroux – To read on the long train ride to Milan. Theroux travels from London to Tokyo on trains, then returns via the Trans-Siberian Express. I've always meant to try his work.
Bonus goal it fulfills: Travel classics
Journey by Moonlight, Antal Szerb – A Hungarian novel set on an Italian honeymoon. Try to resist these first lines: "On the train everything seemed fine. The trouble began in Venice, with the back-alleys."
Bonus goals it fulfills: Lit in translation; 20 Books of Summer substitute (horse on the cover)
The Awakening of Miss Prim, Natalia Sanmarin Fenollera – Promises to be a cozy, fluffy novel about what happens when librarian Prudencia Prim arrives in a small village. I had the feeling it was set in Italy, but maybe it's actually Spain? I'll find out.
The Days of Abandonment, Elena Ferrante – I've tried two Ferrante novels and not been too impressed, yet still I keep trying. This one's set during a heat wave. Maybe I'll get on with it better than I did with My Brilliant Friend or The Lost Daughter?
The extra stack:
Heat Wave, Penelope Lively – The title says it all.
Bonus goal it fulfills: Reading with the seasons
Barnacle Love, Anthony De Sa – An extra animal book for 20 Books of Summer.
Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell – A novel I've meant to read for years. I've earmarked it for our super-long day of travel back to the UK.
Bonus goal it fulfills: Doorstopper of the Month
Considering getting from the library:
The Last Supper, Rachel Cusk – I've only made it through one of the three Cusk books I've attempted, but perhaps a travel memoir is a more surefire selection?
On my Kindle:
The Fourth Shore, Virginia Baily – There's an Italian flavor to this WWII novel, as there was to Baily's previous one, Early One Morning. However, I've heard that this is mostly set in Tripoli, so I won't make it a priority.
From Scratch, Tembi Locke – An actress's memoir of falling in love with an Italian chef and her trips to his family home in Sicily with their adopted daughter. (Foodie and bereavement themes!)
I'll read the first few pages of lots of these to make sure they 'take' and will try to pack a sensible number. (Which probably means all but one or two!) We'll be packing light in general, since there's only so many clothes one can wear in such heat, so I don't mind carrying a backpack full of books – I'm used to it from weekly treks to the library and flights to America, and I know that I don't find reading on Kindle as satisfying, though it certainly is convenient for when you're on the go.
If you'd like to put in a good word for any of the above options, or want to dissuade me from a book I might not find worthwhile, let me know.
Meanwhile, I've been slow out of the gate with my 20 Books of Summer, but I finally have a first set of mini-reviews coming up tomorrow.
Other summer-themed books that I have on hand or will get from the library soon include One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson, The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley, The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton, The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, and Sunburn by Laura Lippman.
How's your summer reading going?
Will you do any reading 'on location' this year?
Anthony De Sa
Antoine Laurain
doorstoppers
literature in translation
Natalia Sanmarin Fenollera
Tembi Locke
Virginia Baily