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Black Twinberry Lonicera involucrata
Black Twinberry Caprifoliaceae-the Honeysuckle Family
Lonicera involucrata (Richardson) Banks ex Spreng.
(Lon-IH-sir-ruh in-voh-loo-KRAY-tuh)
Names: Black Twinberry is also known as Involucred, Bracted, Bearberry, Fly or Fourline Honeysuckle; or Coast Twinberry. Involucrata refers to the involucres, or bracts that surround the flowers and fruit. Twinberry refers to the 2 berries surrounded by the bracts.
Relationships: Honeysuckles have long been a garden favorite, grown mostly for their sweetly-scented, nectar-producing flowers. The common name, honeysuckle, comes from the fact that children enjoy sucking nectar from the base of the flowers for a sweet treat. Plants in the genus, Lonicera, are often twining vines but many are arching shrubs. There are about 180 species in the Northern Hemisphere, with about 100 from China, ~20 from North America, and the rest from Europe or North Africa. The name Lonicera is derived from Adamus Lonicerus (Adam Lonitzer), a German botanist, author of the herbal, Kräuterbuch (1557). Unfortunately, many invasive ornamental species of Lonicera may be found growing in natural areas.
Distribution of Black Twinberry from USDA Plants Database
Distribution: This species is found from southeast Alaska to southern California; across most of Canada; from western Montana to Chihuahua in northern Mexico; with isolated communities in the Great Lakes region; listed as endangered in Wisconsin and threatened in Michigan.
Growth: It grows from 1.5-9 feet (.5-3m)
Habitat: Black Twinberry is found in moist, open forests, streamsides, and edges. Wetland designation: FAC+*, Facultative, it is equally likely to occur in wetlands or non-wetlands.
Diagnostic Characters: Black Twinberry has opposite leaves that are broadly lance-shaped. It has paired, tubular, yellow flowers arising from the leaf axils. The flowers are 5-lobed, surrounded by large, green or purple bracts. Fruits are shiny, black "twin" berries surrounded by purplish-red bracts. Young, green twigs are 4-angled in cross-section.
In the Landscape: It is an attractive shrub and should be used more in the garden. It is a great "edge" species when planted between a forest and more open area. It can be used in a hedgerow or in a Rain Garden. Its fresh, green leaves are similar to Indian Plum; and its dainty, yellow flowers and colorful bracts add interest throughout spring, summer, and fall. Black Twinberry is great for reclamation plantings on riparian sites, in wet meadows and in forests.
Phenology: Bloom time: April-August (May at peak); Fruit ripens: September.
Propagation: Stratify seeds at 38º (3º C) for 120 days or sow them as soon as they are ripe in a cold frame. Cuttings of half-ripe wood may be taken in July or August or of mature wood in November. Layering in the fall is also possible.
Use by People: Natives used the leaves, bark and twigs for a variety of medicinal purposes. An infusion of bark was used as a soak for sore feet and legs, as an eyewash, or in the treatment of coughs. Women chewed the leaves during confinement. Leaves were also chewed and applied to itchy skin and various sores. The berries were mostly considered poisonous, but were sometimes eaten for food. The fruit or leaves were used to induce vomiting for purification or after poisoning. The berries were applied to the scalp to prevent dandruff or to prevent hair from turning gray. The juice of the berries was used to paint the faces of dolls and for basketry dye.
Use by Wildlife: Most tribes associate this plant with the crow; other birds such as grouse, grosbeaks, juncos, waxwings, thrushes, flickers, finches, and quail eat the berries too. Bears also eat the berries. Black Twinberry provides cover for small animals. Although hummingbirds may visit Twinberry flowers, they are mostly pollinated by insects, as are many "Fly Honeysuckles."
E-Flora BC, Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia
Native Plants Network, Propagation Protocol Database
Red Twinberry
Lonicera utahensis S. Watson
Red Twinberry is similar to Black Twinberry but has more rounded leaves and lacks the big bracts surrounding the flowers and fruit; it has red fruit and its flowers are a creamy-yellow, nearly white. It is found from southern British Columbia to central Oregon in the Olympic Mountains, North Cascades, and central Oregon; and in the Rocky Mountains from Alberta to the border of Arizona and New Mexico. It can be used similarly in the landscape as Black Twinberry. It is a valuable summer and fall browse for elk, but a minor browse species for white-tailed deer and moose. Fruits are dispersed by birds, such as grouse, rodents, and bears.
There are two other smaller Honeysuckle shrubs that may be encountered in the Pacific Northwest. Bluefly Honeysuckle, Lonicera caerulea var. cauriana has white "twin" flowers and grows 0.5-6 feet (0.2-m) tall. The Eurasian variety, Sweetberry Honeysuckle, Lonicera caerulea var. edulis is widely grown in Russia for its edible blue berries; ours have red berries (a thin fleshy cup). Purpleflower Honeysuckle or Boob-berry, Lonicera conjugialis grows 0.5-4.5 feet (0.6-1.5m) and has reddish-purple flowers followed by paired red berries that are often fused together. Both are found mostly in the mountains; from Mount Adams, in Washington, through the Cascades in Oregon to the Sierras of California, with a few in the northern Rockies. Both bloom in June or July; and may be good choices in a landscape where smaller shrubs are desired.
This entry was posted in Deciduous Shrubs & Vines on February 13, 2017 by habitatdana.
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Arkle and jockey Pat Taaffe.
Arkle the steeplechaser was and still is a household name in Ireland. Born in 1957 the bay gelding was owned by Anne Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminister, and trained by Tom Dreaper of County Meath, Ireland. His jockey was Patrick "Pat" Taaffe a National Hunt jockey who rode Arkle to win three Cheltenham Gold Cups between 1964 and 1966.
Arkle's ability on the racecourse did not come by accident; his grandsire was the famous Nearco (1935-1957) considered by Thoroughbred Heritage as, "one of the greatest racehorses of the Twentieth Century" and "one of the most important sires of the century." Some of Nearco's descendants were ranked among the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century by The Blood-Horse and include such esteemed horses as Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Ruffian, Northern Dancer, and Shergar.
His first victory was at Cheltenham by 20 lengths in the Broadway Chase. A horse called Mill House beat Arkle in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury in 1963, but Arkle got his revenge in the 1964 Cheltenham Gold Cup by winning by five lengths. This was to be the last time that the mighty Arkle did not start a race as favourite, and perhaps because of the competition, there were only two other horses in the Gold Cup that year. Then, because of his superior performances, the handicapping systems had to be altered for the Irish Grand National. There would be two sets of weight systems: one for races where Arkle was entered, and a second set of rules for when he wasn't. While Arkle only won by one length, it must be noted that he was carrying 35 extra pounds.
In 1965 Arkle won the Gold Cup yet again beating Mill House by an incredible 20 lengths. However the following year, he won again by an amazing 30 lengths even though he ploughed through one of the fences. Always giving a race his all, he never failed, and despite a quirk that saw him crossing his front legs over a jump, he was again victorious.
Statue of Arkle at Ashbourne, County Meath, Ireland.
Peter O'Sullevan, racing commentator, called Arkle a freak of nature and "something not likely to be seen again." Sadly in December of 1966, his hoof hit a guard rail during the King George VI Chase, but the horse gamely finished the race with a broken pedal bone. He still came in second. He did recover but never raced again, and was used as a hack by his owner. He died at the early age of 13 from advanced arthritis.
There are all kinds of wonderful stories surrounding this horse and he attracted a devoted following. Some people said he was so good because he drank Guinness beer two times daily, and thanks to the popularity of racing on TV, he was attracting lots of media attention. He became a star and gained a following just like the Kennedy's, the Beatles and other celebrities and stars of that era. His fan mail arrived labelled simply, "Arkle Ireland" while others addressed his mail by writing: "Himself, Ireland," as the name "Himself" had been bestowed upon him. People sent him treats to eat, Guinness beer to drink, and people prayed for his recovery after his accident. He was called 'a saint' by work rider Paddy Woods and children were allowed to ride the horse, so kind and gentle was he. Racing fans recognized that he was incredible, not only thanks to his fluid galloping, and exuberant jumping, but that he did so usually carrying extra weight.
Arkle finished first in 27 of his 35 races, but his most outstanding race, and the one which elevated him to almost mythical proportions was the Gallaher Gold Cup run at Sandown in 1965.
Arkle skeleton at the National Stud, Ireland.
Mill House was his chief rival in the field of seven, and was supposedly fighting fit after Arkle had trounced him in the 1964 Cheltenham Gold Cup. Mill House was carrying 16 pounds less than Arkle so it was any man's race. Arkle had other ideas, and the crowd got swept away even before the race began. As the two favourite horses made their way to the start line in the autumn air, the clapping began slowly and quietly until everybody on the course joined in and created a loud crescendo of cheering and yelling.
Arkle was entered into the British Steeplechasing Hall of Fame in 1994, and a life size statue of him was erected at Ashbourne, County Meath, Ireland in April 2014. His skeleton is a popular exhibition at the Irish National Stud near Dublin City, Ireland. Arkle was given a time form rating of 212, the highest ever given to a steeplechaser. Mill House by comparison was rated at 191.
Thank you so much for this article. Arkle's picture has been hanging on my wall ever since I was a kid!!!


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Top 20 Twitch Influencers (Streamers) Every Gamer Should Follow (2019)
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Top 20 Twitch Influencers for 2019:
summit1g
Jaryd Lazar, aka summit1g, currently streams Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), as well as Fortnite. This is his full-time job– the 35 hours he streamed last week made it a typical week for him. He broadcasts most days except for Thursdays. He is an ex-competitive Counter-Strike player (playing for A51 and Team Mythic) turned full-time streamer. He finds fun in shooter games but says he also enjoys playing just about anything. Jaryd is a 27-year-old from Colorado, USA. He became the most followed gamer on Twitch on January 25, 2018.
Riot Games is an American video games company and eSports organizer. They use their Twitch channel to live stream eSports championships, with a particular emphasis on the North American and European League of Legends Championship Series. Riot Games was founded by Brandon "Ryze" Beck and Marc "Tryndamere" Merrill in 2006 – initially as an indie game developer. They released League of Legends in October 2009, using the freemium charging model. They operate League of Legends servers across the world, often with localized versions of the game. They livestream League or Legend tournaments on Twitch and repeat them on days when there are no new tournaments.
Tom Cassell is well-known on both Twitch and YouTube as Syndicate. As well as having the third most popular Twitch channel, his YouTube channel TheSyndicateProject is one of the Top 100 subscribed channels there. He holds the record for being the first person to receive 1 million followers on Twitch (which he achieved in August 2014). The main games he plays are Minecraft, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Tom Clancy's The Division. He has his own merchandise site – Syndicate Original. Tom's other claim to fame is that he is the voice of Loki in the mobile app game Marvel Avengers Academy.
Michael Grzesiek (Shroud online) is a top-tier professional Counter-Strike player for Cloud9. He is considered to be one of the most well-known players on the scene and entertaining to watch in action. His primary games are PUBG, H1Z1, Tom Clancy's The Division, The Culling, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege. He plays CS:GO in the ESEA Invite league with Cloud9 G2A He usually livestreams whenever he's playing – which can be for more than 50 hours in a week. He averages approximately 25,000 viewers for his streams, although he receives up to 7 million for special tournaments.
ESL_CSGO
ESL stands for the Electronic Sports Company – and the ESL_CSGO channel is where they broadcast Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) games and tournaments. They stream continually, either livestreaming games or rerunning games when there aren't new ones in progress. They describe themselves as "the industry's first 24/7 Counter-Strike Twitch channel!". They have commentators describing the action, just like in more traditional sports, even carrying out pre-match and post-match interviews with the tournament gamers. Their page is full of advertising for gaming equipment, clothing, and even computer hosting. They have an online shop selling official team apparel.
Imaqtpie
Imaqtpie is 25-year-old, Florida-domiciled, Michael Santana in the offline world. He now spends his nights streaming on Twitch. He was a full-time League of Legends player, where he reached Challenger 1 on the North American server. He is the current champion of flippers360 LAN tournament. He was a member of professional gaming team Dignitas until the end of 2014. He gained his unusual username because his mom said he was cute. He regularly joins up with Scarra to host Beyond the Rift, a weekly segment discussing top news, issues, and game predictions throughout the world of League of Legends. Imaqtpie average about 9 hours of live streaming gameplay per day, six days per week.
Nightblue3
23-year-old Rabia Yazbek from Michigan, USA, is better known as Nightblue3 to the gaming world. He's been playing League of Legends for over seven years. He was a Rank 3 Challenger in North America in Season 3, and a Rank 6 Challenger in both North America and Europe in Season 4. He also managed to gain Challenger status in Seasons 5-7. Nightblue3 is also known for his informative uploads of in-depth guides, patch note reviews, highlights, spectates and gameplay montages to his Youtube channel. He describes his Twitch channel as being a place where he can "discuss game play tips, advice, and theorycraft while also having fun playing games!"
LIRIK (also known as the Bean Bandit) is a Twitch streamer and PC gamer. He has a presence across all of the main social channels and has streamed on Twitch since 2011. He started streaming regularly a year later when DayZ was released. He plays a variety of games, including H1Z1, Arma 3, PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, and Fortnite. He appears to value his privacy more than most on the platform, and rarely, if ever, uses his real name online. He announced at the beginning of this year that was taking a temporary break as he was feeling "burnt out." However, he currently has games scheduled on Twitch, so he appears to have returned to his streaming.
Tyler "Ninja" Blevins plays for Luminosity Gaming. He used to describe himself as a professional Halo player and interacts with viewers while he plays and streams games on his Twitch channel five days per week. He also plays and broadcasts H1Z1 whenever he has the opportunity. His recent focus has been on Fortnite, although he also plays League of Legends. He often plays (and live streams) for up to 80 hours a week. Ninja's team 'Renegades' reached 5th - 8th place in the 2016 Halo World Championship for Halo 5.
DrDisRespectLIVE
DrDisrespect is one of Twitch's larger than life characters. He has been described as "The Face of Twitch" after receiving multiple awards in 2017 (although unlike most of the other top Twitch players profiled here he doesn't have a Wikipedia entry). He is also a self-described "international video game superstar." He did manage to set a significant Twitch record recently, however. On his return from a period offline, he broke Twitch's record for concurrent viewers – 388,000 people simultaneously watched his return stream. DrDisRespect took time away from Twitch to focus on his family on Dec. 14, 2017, for personal reasons. DrDisRespect's official bio on Twitch states that "committing to the channel will change your life forever." His supporters can join the Champions Club and receive 50 exclusive subscriber emoticons as well as a subscriber badge In chat.
Sodapoppin
Sodapoppin is the online name for 23-year-old Texan, Thomas Chance Morris. He's been streaming for about eight years, starting on a website called Xfire. He found Twitch about 6 years ago. He focuses on playing a variety of games, jumping to a new game almost every day. He was a hard-core World of Warcraft gamer in his early days and still loves to revisit and talk about that game. He is a part owner of team NRG eSports.
ELEAGUE TV
ELEAGUE TV is the live streaming channel of ELEAGUE aka EL. It focuses on the games Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Street Fighter. ELEAGUE is a professional eSports league which has broadcast on US television channel TBS since 2016. The league features 16 teams from across the world competing in two 10-week league seasons annually. ELEAGUE TV also features side events, such as the Rocket League Cup and the Overwatch Open. Games are simultaneously broadcast live on this Twitch channel, ELEAGUE's YouTube channel, and their TBS television channel. A new Premier season of ELEAGUE debuts on July 21, 2018.
TimTheTatman
TimTheTatman is known as Timothy John Betar in the real world. Tim is a 27-year-old full-time streamer from the USA. He considers himself to be living out a dream. He is married, and his wife often joins him in his stream. He calls his supporters the #tatmanarmy and believes he has one of the more bizarre communities on Twitch. His fans pay $5 to subscribe to his channel which supports his stream. He is more family-friendly than most of the other channels, and asks the #tatmanarmy to "watch your language... there could be someone from the 'younger generation' watching so please be mindful of that." Tim plays a variety of games, with World of Warcraft and Counterstrike 1.6 being his favorite.
loltyler1
Tyler Steinkamp (aka loltyler1) has gained fame for his live League of Legends broadcasts. He's a 22-year-old from the United States. Loltyler1 also has a very successful YouTube channel with more than 1 million subscribers. As with most of the leading Twitch streamers, Loltyler1 plays full-time, often spending 40 hours per week on Twitch. He runs a self-titled website where he sells merchandise to his fans.
Dyrus
Marcus Hill, better known as Dyrus in gaming circles, is a Hawaiian-born former professional league player, who live streams on Twitch. He has been to five world championships and was one of only two players who qualified for the first five tournaments. He was previously the top laner for Delta Fox. He retired from professional tournament gaming in 2015 but remains part of his their team, Team SoloMid, as a streamer. Dyrus has a reputation for being one of the biggest ragers in professional gaming, but he has mellowed as he has aged.
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Søren Tsm Bjergsen Bjerg is a 22-year-old professional League of Legends player for Team SoloMid. Although Søren grew up in Denmark, he now lives in the USA. The principal sponsor for his tournament gaming is Red Bull. He has played professionally since the 2013 season (although he could only enter that tournament partway through when he turned the minimum age of 17). He now plays as the mid laner for Team SoloMid. He hasn't live streamed science December 2017 but undoubtedly will return for the next tournament.
JoshOG
JoshOG is Josh Beaver from Denver, Colorado. He plays a variety of games, but is is currently focusing on Fortnite, PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Josh calls the subscribers to his community, "The Ducks." At any particular time during his stream, he will usually have between 5,000 and 13,000 active viewers.
PhantomL0rd
James Vargas streamed League of Legends and CS:GO games on his Twitch channel, PhantomL0rd – when he was allowed to. In League of Legends, he made it to number 1 as a solo player in 2011. He then set up the original V8 Esports team. Despite still having nearly 1.4 million followers and 88.5 million views on Twitch, PhantomL0rd hasn't reappeared on the platform since July 2016 following a Twitch ban. Twitch banned him and a few other gamers for promoting CS:GO skin betting sites which they had a vested interest in. James Vargas has just filed a lawsuit against Twitch for his ban, and we will follow its progress with interest.
23-year-old Gosu is a Canadian, who has taken a sabbatical from studying for a computer science degree. He currently live streams full-time. He plays League of Legends for TeamSoloMid. His highest rank was as 22nd Challenger.
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Castro_1021 is the most supported sporting gamer on Twitch, with his current main gaming focus being playing the football game, FIFA 18. When he's not gaming, he is known as Edwin Castro. He's best known on Twitch for his FIFA commentary and match streaming. He is an active supporter of charities and has raised $273,000 for his favorite charities to date." ["post_title"]=> string(70) "Top 20 Twitch Influencers (Streamers) Every Gamer Should Follow (2019)" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(25) "top-20-twitch-influencers" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-06-21 15:38:48" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-06-21 15:38:48" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(42) "https://influencermarketinghub.com/?p=5604" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" }
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We have all heard of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube – Instagram has probably reached the top echelons of social media, too. But there are probably many people following Influencer Marketing Hub who have never heard of Twitch.
But if you are into gaming, Twitch will be high on your list of online places to spend your time.
Twitch is a live-streaming video platform. Its primary focus is on video game live streaming. It often features coverage of eSports tournaments. We recently covered the rise of eSports' influence on brands.
It is more popular than most people realize. In February 2014 it became the fourth largest source of peak internet traffic in the USA. That undoubtedly contributed to Amazon's decision to acquire it that year.
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By February 2018 Twitch had reached 2 million broadcasters monthly, with 15 million daily active users.
It can be difficult to define who has the most significant influence on Twitch. For the purpose of this post, I have looked at the people and organizations who have managed to attract the largest followings on Twitch (albeit one of them is currently banned from the platform). Many of these Twitch channels focus on the host playing one particular game, commentating as his fans watch, or they involve live streaming a gaming tournament.
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Jaryd Lazar, aka summit1g, currently streams Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), as well as Fortnite. This is his full-time job– the 35 hours he streamed last week made it a typical week for him. He broadcasts most days except for Thursdays.
He is an ex-competitive Counter-Strike player (playing for A51 and Team Mythic) turned full-time streamer. He finds fun in shooter games but says he also enjoys playing just about anything.
Jaryd is a 27-year-old from Colorado, USA. He became the most followed gamer on Twitch on January 25, 2018.
Riot Games is an American video games company and eSports organizer. They use their Twitch channel to live stream eSports championships, with a particular emphasis on the North American and European League of Legends Championship Series.
Riot Games was founded by Brandon "Ryze" Beck and Marc "Tryndamere" Merrill in 2006 – initially as an indie game developer. They released League of Legends in October 2009, using the freemium charging model. They operate League of Legends servers across the world, often with localized versions of the game.
They livestream League or Legend tournaments on Twitch and repeat them on days when there are no new tournaments.
Tom Cassell is well-known on both Twitch and YouTube as Syndicate. As well as having the third most popular Twitch channel, his YouTube channel TheSyndicateProject is one of the Top 100 subscribed channels there.
He holds the record for being the first person to receive 1 million followers on Twitch (which he achieved in August 2014).
The main games he plays are Minecraft, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Tom Clancy's The Division.
He has his own merchandise site – Syndicate Original.
Tom's other claim to fame is that he is the voice of Loki in the mobile app game Marvel Avengers Academy.
Michael Grzesiek (Shroud online) is a top-tier professional Counter-Strike player for Cloud9. He is considered to be one of the most well-known players on the scene and entertaining to watch in action.
His primary games are PUBG, H1Z1, Tom Clancy's The Division, The Culling, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege. He plays CS:GO in the ESEA Invite league with Cloud9 G2A
He usually livestreams whenever he's playing – which can be for more than 50 hours in a week. He averages approximately 25,000 viewers for his streams, although he receives up to 7 million for special tournaments.
ESL stands for the Electronic Sports Company – and the ESL_CSGO channel is where they broadcast Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) games and tournaments. They stream continually, either livestreaming games or rerunning games when there aren't new ones in progress. They describe themselves as "the industry's first 24/7 Counter-Strike Twitch channel!".
They have commentators describing the action, just like in more traditional sports, even carrying out pre-match and post-match interviews with the tournament gamers.
Their page is full of advertising for gaming equipment, clothing, and even computer hosting. They have an online shop selling official team apparel.
Imaqtpie is 25-year-old, Florida-domiciled, Michael Santana in the offline world. He now spends his nights streaming on Twitch. He was a full-time League of Legends player, where he reached Challenger 1 on the North American server. He is the current champion of flippers360 LAN tournament.
He was a member of professional gaming team Dignitas until the end of 2014.
He gained his unusual username because his mom said he was cute.
He regularly joins up with Scarra to host Beyond the Rift, a weekly segment discussing top news, issues, and game predictions throughout the world of League of Legends.
Imaqtpie average about 9 hours of live streaming gameplay per day, six days per week.
23-year-old Rabia Yazbek from Michigan, USA, is better known as Nightblue3 to the gaming world. He's been playing League of Legends for over seven years. He was a Rank 3 Challenger in North America in Season 3, and a Rank 6 Challenger in both North America and Europe in Season 4. He also managed to gain Challenger status in Seasons 5-7.
Nightblue3 is also known for his informative uploads of in-depth guides, patch note reviews, highlights, spectates and gameplay montages to his Youtube channel.
He describes his Twitch channel as being a place where he can "discuss game play tips, advice, and theorycraft while also having fun playing games!"
LIRIK (also known as the Bean Bandit) is a Twitch streamer and PC gamer. He has a presence across all of the main social channels and has streamed on Twitch since 2011. He started streaming regularly a year later when DayZ was released.
He plays a variety of games, including H1Z1, Arma 3, PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, and Fortnite.
He appears to value his privacy more than most on the platform, and rarely, if ever, uses his real name online.
He announced at the beginning of this year that was taking a temporary break as he was feeling "burnt out." However, he currently has games scheduled on Twitch, so he appears to have returned to his streaming.
Tyler "Ninja" Blevins plays for Luminosity Gaming. He used to describe himself as a professional Halo player and interacts with viewers while he plays and streams games on his Twitch channel five days per week. He also plays and broadcasts H1Z1 whenever he has the opportunity.
His recent focus has been on Fortnite, although he also plays League of Legends. He often plays (and live streams) for up to 80 hours a week.
Ninja's team 'Renegades' reached 5th - 8th place in the 2016 Halo World Championship for Halo 5.
DrDisrespect is one of Twitch's larger than life characters. He has been described as "The Face of Twitch" after receiving multiple awards in 2017 (although unlike most of the other top Twitch players profiled here he doesn't have a Wikipedia entry). He is also a self-described "international video game superstar."
He did manage to set a significant Twitch record recently, however. On his return from a period offline, he broke Twitch's record for concurrent viewers – 388,000 people simultaneously watched his return stream. DrDisRespect took time away from Twitch to focus on his family on Dec. 14, 2017, for personal reasons.
DrDisRespect's official bio on Twitch states that "committing to the channel will change your life forever."
His supporters can join the Champions Club and receive 50 exclusive subscriber emoticons as well as a subscriber badge In chat.
Sodapoppin is the online name for 23-year-old Texan, Thomas Chance Morris. He's been streaming for about eight years, starting on a website called Xfire. He found Twitch about 6 years ago.
He focuses on playing a variety of games, jumping to a new game almost every day.
He was a hard-core World of Warcraft gamer in his early days and still loves to revisit and talk about that game.
He is a part owner of team NRG eSports.
ELEAGUE TV is the live streaming channel of ELEAGUE aka EL. It focuses on the games Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Street Fighter.
ELEAGUE is a professional eSports league which has broadcast on US television channel TBS since 2016. The league features 16 teams from across the world competing in two 10-week league seasons annually.
ELEAGUE TV also features side events, such as the Rocket League Cup and the Overwatch Open.
Games are simultaneously broadcast live on this Twitch channel, ELEAGUE's YouTube channel, and their TBS television channel.
A new Premier season of ELEAGUE debuts on July 21, 2018.
TimTheTatman is known as Timothy John Betar in the real world. Tim is a 27-year-old full-time streamer from the USA. He considers himself to be living out a dream. He is married, and his wife often joins him in his stream.
He calls his supporters the #tatmanarmy and believes he has one of the more bizarre communities on Twitch. His fans pay $5 to subscribe to his channel which supports his stream.
He is more family-friendly than most of the other channels, and asks the #tatmanarmy to "watch your language... there could be someone from the 'younger generation' watching so please be mindful of that."
Tim plays a variety of games, with World of Warcraft and Counterstrike 1.6 being his favorite.
Tyler Steinkamp (aka loltyler1) has gained fame for his live League of Legends broadcasts. He's a 22-year-old from the United States.
Loltyler1 also has a very successful YouTube channel with more than 1 million subscribers.
As with most of the leading Twitch streamers, Loltyler1 plays full-time, often spending 40 hours per week on Twitch.
He runs a self-titled website where he sells merchandise to his fans.
Marcus Hill, better known as Dyrus in gaming circles, is a Hawaiian-born former professional league player, who live streams on Twitch. He has been to five world championships and was one of only two players who qualified for the first five tournaments. He was previously the top laner for Delta Fox.
He retired from professional tournament gaming in 2015 but remains part of his their team, Team SoloMid, as a streamer.
Dyrus has a reputation for being one of the biggest ragers in professional gaming, but he has mellowed as he has aged.
Søren Tsm Bjergsen Bjerg is a 22-year-old professional League of Legends player for Team SoloMid. Although Søren grew up in Denmark, he now lives in the USA. The principal sponsor for his tournament gaming is Red Bull.
He has played professionally since the 2013 season (although he could only enter that tournament partway through when he turned the minimum age of 17). He now plays as the mid laner for Team SoloMid.
He hasn't live streamed science December 2017 but undoubtedly will return for the next tournament.
JoshOG is Josh Beaver from Denver, Colorado. He plays a variety of games, but is is currently focusing on Fortnite, PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
Josh calls the subscribers to his community, "The Ducks."
At any particular time during his stream, he will usually have between 5,000 and 13,000 active viewers.
James Vargas streamed League of Legends and CS:GO games on his Twitch channel, PhantomL0rd – when he was allowed to.
In League of Legends, he made it to number 1 as a solo player in 2011. He then set up the original V8 Esports team.
Despite still having nearly 1.4 million followers and 88.5 million views on Twitch, PhantomL0rd hasn't reappeared on the platform since July 2016 following a Twitch ban. Twitch banned him and a few other gamers for promoting CS:GO skin betting sites which they had a vested interest in.
James Vargas has just filed a lawsuit against Twitch for his ban, and we will follow its progress with interest.
23-year-old Gosu is a Canadian, who has taken a sabbatical from studying for a computer science degree. He currently live streams full-time.
He plays League of Legends for TeamSoloMid. His highest rank was as 22nd Challenger.
Castro_1021 is the most supported sporting gamer on Twitch, with his current main gaming focus being playing the football game, FIFA 18. When he's not gaming, he is known as Edwin Castro. He's best known on Twitch for his FIFA commentary and match streaming.
He is an active supporter of charities and has raised $273,000 for his favorite charities to date.


A bride-to-be stabbed her fiancé to death after he invited his ex-lover to their wedding, according to reports. Jacqueline Souza, 31, was arrested after her fiancé, Brandon Watkins, 33, was stabbed with a steak knife at the couple's Colorado Springs home.
Souza told cops the groom wanted to invite a woman he once had an affair with, causing Souza to believe the relationship was ongoing.
When police arrived, they discovered Watkins unresponsive on the kitchen floor and a bloody steak knife on the table.
The pair had been at a bar to celebrate their upcoming wedding in Las Vegas, when they began fighting over the guest list.
Souza — who was reportedly in the process of divorcing another man while planning her wedding to Watkins — said they had been engaged since late June.
She originally told cops he had fallen on the knife after a row at their homePolice, however, didn't find any signs of a possible break-in.
The would-be bride then speculated Watkins may have stabbed himself in the chest after their fight, court records stated.
In her third account, Souza accused her fiancé of cheating with several women.
She then claimed Watkins became violent and they continued trading insults in the kitchen where Watkins grabbed the steak knife and threatened her.
She then reportedly backtracked on her statement about Watkins threatening her, but said Watkins fell on top of the knife when she pushed him to get away.
Souza told investigators she called 911 and administered CPR until police arrived.
She was arrested and is expected to return to court on August 1.


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Perkasie-Based Foundation Searching Community for the Next Recipient of the 'Women of Influence' Award
By John Fey
Published: 5:16 am EST January 5, 2023 Published: January 5, 2023 Updated: 3:23 pm EST January 4, 2023
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The organization is looking for the latest recipient for the annual award.
A well-known Bucks County organization is currently searching for the next recipient of one of their most coveted awards.
The Pearl S. Buck Foundation, located at 520 Dublin Road in Perkasie, is looking to the Bucks County community in order to find a worthy recipient for the 2023 "Women of Influence" Award. Past recipients include writer Toni Morrison, Hillary Clinton, and actress Sheryl Lee Ralph.
Another past recipient includes Julie Henning, one of the many fostered and adopted children that were raised by the award's namesake author.
"Julie's a little bit of a local celebrity, but she's relatively unknown. But she has a really important story to tell," said Susan Savage, vice president of development at the foundation.
"She wrote a book – she's an accomplished author just like her foster mother – and she uses her time and energy to spread the word about Amerasian adoption. That's her life's work."
Known for her 1931 novel, The Good Earth, which documented life in rural China, Buck was known for her advocacy of the adoption of Chinese children, making her one of the first Americans to advocate mixed-race adoption.
Her novels brought a level of awareness of Chinese culture to an American audience; throughout her life, Buck lived in the country herself, living in Zhenjiang and Nanjing under the name 赛珍珠 (Sai Zhenzhu).
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February MATS Bootcamp: the one where I painted!
February brought another assignment for MATS Bootcamp and after getting some inspiration from scenic decorative plates we were tasked with creating wall art by painting on a wooden circle or slice, like this one. Whoa-ho-ho. Whaa? Okay, a couple things: first, I can't help it that I flashed back a few decades when I first took a look at the wood slice. I just immediately went to wood burned mallard ducks and dark paneling. But then again, all things are made new again (hello, macramé?). Then Lilla showed us this example by artist Sarah Walsh , which she had originally painted on a wood slice and I like that. So I looked around a bit: how about this one? And this one is fun too. Well really, it's no surprise that I wouldn't know this is a thing.
Now the second issue was the painting part. I like to paint, I really do, but I don't consider myself "a painter." I was never trained as a painter and I don't know a lot of the technical aspects. I'm a recreational painter, if that's a thing. But here's what I love about art: you can start painting and just like that, you're kind of a painter. That's not to discount people who spend years training and learning the craft (painters with a capital P), but art has so many access points and I think that's one of it's best qualities. So I became a painter for a week or two. At the advice of Lilla I bought three wood slices so I wouldn't feel like it was too precious. Yet the first painting I did, seen above, is still my favorite and the piece I submitted to the gallery. It's based on a barn near my house and I've always loved the shape of it. You can see the entire gallery here, I'm on page 5. So many wonderful pieces, some done digitally, some hand-painted.
I can say it was a different way for me to work. The texture made it difficult to get very precise lines and because I'm more of a "drawer" by nature I get very attached to my lines. And of course I miss being able to Ctrl+Z and undo things I don't like. Color is what it is and can't easily be adjusted once it's on there. All those tiny polka dots started out dark gray until I decided I wanted them to be white. Sigh. But I enjoyed myself so much! There's something about drawing and painting that can be so relaxing and meditative (and sure, frustrating at times too) that I don't find as easily when I work on the computer. After this assignment I have resolved to add more painting to my process - we'll see what turns up.


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Hurricane Matthew Devastates Mobile Homes in Florida: 'We Just Didn't Know It Was This Bad'
Cristy and Jeremy Emerson's house in Oak Hill, Fla., on Oct. 7, 2016.
Charlotte Alter
By Charlotte Alter/Oak Hill, Fla.
October 7, 2016 5:14 PM EDT
Cristy Emerson had always wanted a skylight. That's what her husband Jeremy Emerson, 35, playfully reminded her as they surveyed the damage to their Oak Hill, Fla. home after Hurricane Matthew tore through early Friday. The metal roof of their bedroom had been ripped off the walls, leaving the room flooded with light but marred by sopping pink installation hanging from the rafters.
"We're going to have to move," Cristy, 38, says, looking at the ruined bed. "We're finally going to get that house he's been wanting."
The Emersons are among hundreds in Florida evaluating damage to their homes and businesses in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, a powerful Category 3 storm that blew up the coast on Friday, prompting widespread evacuations and pummeling the state with rain and wind. Oak Hill is about a half hour south of Daytona Beach, near the water.
The Emersons had already paid off the mobile home, but they do not have any kind of homeowners insurance. Jeremy owns a lawn company and Cristy is studying therapeutic massage and skin care while she raises their four kids, 15, 11, 10 and 8. Cristy says they've been saving for a new home for about a year, but the storm damage will move up their timeline. A lot.
"We knew the front was tore up—we just didn't know it was this bad," Jeremy says. A neighbor had texted him that their home was damaged, and he and Cristy had come from a relative's house in nearby Edgewater to see how hard it was hit. It was worse than they'd expected. "We saved most of our stuff, the most important stuff," Cristy says.
But they did not speak much as they looked over the home they had known for more than 14 years. Rain is pooled on the floors of bedrooms where their four children sleep on bunk beds, the ceiling sagging brown under the weight of the water. Printed sheets—pink for the girls, blue for the boys—are darkened into red and navy from the water. The room where the family keeps their exercise equipment and computers once had a roof, but now has the same unwelcome skylight as the master bedroom. There is water pooled on the floor in the kitchen, and the tub in the bathroom—which was recently renovated—is now filled with murky brown sludge. Jeremy jokes that he will take the entire bathroom to their new home, tile by tile.
The ceiling in Cristy and Jeremy Emerson's house collapsed after Hurricane Matthew hit Oak Hill, Fla., on Oct. 7, 2016.
In the bedroom, there is a small candleholder with the word "Love" inscribed on the front. Each of the votives is filled with water.
Neighbors did not fare any better. Viren Patel, the owner of the Sunoco gas station across the street, closed his business Thursday at 4 p.m. to prepare for the storm. Metal sheets have loosened from the roof of the gas station and portions of the overhang are rattling as if they might fall off in the wind. Patel estimates it will cost him $5,000 to $10,000 for the structural repair, but he'll also have to throw away all the rotten food inside the convenience store, which could set him back $3,000. Overall, he may be looking at up to $13,000 worth of property lost in less than 12 hours. "It was really bad," he says.
Alexis Moore and Angela Ridgdill live in a nearby home, but they drove into the Oak Hill trailer park to check on property for a family member. "All their roofs are gone," Moore says. "There are big holes in the side of the house," Ridgdill adds. One of the homes in the neighborhood has sopping wet toys and bedding piled outside, like a garage sale gone horribly wrong.
"We thought it would be a lot worse—we thought we would lose our house," Moore says. "I feel like we got really lucky." As it happens, Moore and Ridgill's home did not sustain much damage, but they did lose a fence they had recently put in. "Panel by panel, we watched it go," Moore says. "Every hour we lost a panel."
The worst part, they say, is that people around here likely won't have the money to bounce back from the storm. "A lot of people here don't have a lot of money," Moore says. "There aren't a lot of jobs to replace what they did lose."
Write to Charlotte Alter at charlotte.alter@time.com.
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Virtualize Steam/TF2 installation to keep Windows Clean?
Thread: Virtualize Steam/TF2 installation to keep Windows Clean?
Even so, it isn't Steam making this system slow to get going, it's all the other stuff. I don't mind as long as it stays speedy when it gets to the desktop - this rig runs 24/7.
Superfetch. It was pushing 300MB as of a few minutes ago.
You don't HAVE to install Steam on C: in the first place.
Just move the folder Steamapps outside Steam so you won't have to download the content again.
Move Steamapps folder inside the new install folder.
In the worst case, you're just going to have to go to each game in the library, right click on it , Properties, and click there the "verify integrity".
If you want to be sure, you can check using Process Explorer from SysInternals Suite - you can find it on Microsoft's site.
If Windows is on C:, then yes you do.
I understand you can host the files on a different drive, but once it makes registry entries, it begins the slow and painful process of win rot.
Better to use portable apps where possible, and sandbox the rest.
How did I install Steam on K: on my computer then ? My whole C: partition is 230 GB and my Steam folder is about 182 GB... it would be crazy to install Steam on C: in the first place.
Start the registry editor by typing regedit in Run/Search and pressing Ctrl+Shift+ Enter (to start it in elevated mode/admin rights). If you don't use Ctrl+Shift+Enter, you might find the keys read only and you may not be able to edit them.
Find Steam in the list, change it to the new path. The value is "K:\Steam\steam.exe" -silent on my computer. This will only be here if you've configured Steam to automatically start when you log in.
Restart the computer, and Steam should start from the new drive and run everything from the new drive. If you want to make sure, rename Steam in Program files to Steam2 and see if everything still runs. It will run.
If there's something wrong, revert the changes back to the original ones and reboot and everything will work as before.
You may be moving the files that Steam uses to run onto another drive, but Windows makes sense of the installation through the registry... where is the registry again?
But the main point is not to make sure that nothing gets written to C:. Rather, the point is that when programs make changes to the registry, it mucks up Windows. The effect is cumulative when lots of keys are being entered and changes made, and in general, I agree that Steam itself is not as bad, say, as Norton or AIM, but I do think it's an offender.
Steam actually behaves quite well as far as the Registry is concerned. Esspecially compared to others, where M$ itself is its worst offender. Steam installs, writes stuff in registry and thats it, it doesn't rewrite in registry ever 5 minutes.
Yes, portable apps (eg ccleaner, and others) are a lot better; i would even argue that batch-files are even better; but it is what it is... and as i said, there are far worse offenders.
I would not worry toomuch about what steam does in the registry; what it does to (video)memorywith its overlay is far , far worse.
As for registry,... there are tools for cleaning/maintaining the registry.
As for steam, it has been pointed out that you can install it anywhere, preferably on another drive.
However, since you have SSD, this nifty little app "steam mover" allows you to put individual games onto your C: drive.
In most cases that is not needed, but there are a few games **cough**rage**cough** that benefit from launching off an SSD.
As for Virtualisation.... Win7 comes with XP emulation (M$ VirtualPC) out of the box for Pro/Enterprise/Ultimate. But you could install Virtual PC and make your own XP image in it.
Unfortunately.. VPC emulates an SVGA (S3 Trio) card... which is not exactly well suited to play anything more complex as solitare.
There are other VM emulators, but the ones that can actually use the underlaying GPU to its fullest are rare, and not free.
Reality is futile; you will be assimilated by (your) perception.
Convert GPT windows disk to MBR without damaging the installation?


I had a good encounter with rough-toothed dolphins, Steno bredanensis, on the other day. It was the day I've been waiting for a long time. I was able to spend hours hanging out with those magical friendly dolphins.
Humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, are from this season. Actually all from a single breaching day! The color pattern of the young humpback whale was very interesting like pinstripes. Never seen anything like it before.
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Our charity supports disadvantaged children and young adults living in Nepal
A better life through education
Namaste! Lai See Chew, Founder and Chief Officer Find out how the journey began...
Kids in Kathmandu Nepal (KIKN) charity has been set up to provide help and support to orphans and disadvantaged children and young people, mainly living in and around the Kalimati area in Kathmandu.
The Charity's income comes from the sponsors of individual children, from fund raising events, from grants for specific projects, and one-off and regular donations from its supporters.
Sponsorship pays for the school fees, all the educational materials and school uniforms required for the sponsored children's schooling.
How your Donation Helps the Children in Nepal
'Your donation will go directly towards the running costs of 5 breakfast clubs in four schools in Kathmandu. It costs approximately 20p to feed a child a day'
KIKN was set up as a charity in 2011to help poor and socially disadvantaged children & young adults in Kathmandu, Nepal, to access education. We do this by:
sponsoring 40 children through education, including university; and
improving basic facilities and infrastructure in 4 schools in the Kathmandu Valley, thus benefitting over 2,000 pupils.
It has been shown that a child learns best when they have had a good breakfast. In Nepal, it also helps to improve access to education, giving these impoverished youngsters better life chances.
Over the years, KIKN has set up 5 breakfast clubs incrementally in the four schools we support. We feed almost 500 children every school day.
The benefits have been tremendous. The overall pupil population has increased between 20 to 40% in these schools. The schools report better pupil attendance, and improved ability to learn for those children receiving a daily breakfast.
Each year, like all small charities, KIKN works hard to raise funds to continue supporting our school projects. We are passionate about our charity and truly believe in our motto 'A better life through education.' Thank You.
To increase the value of your donation by 25% using GiftAid please use the link below:
https://secure.thebiggive.org.uk/donation/to/KIKN
Website: www.kidsinkathmandu.com
www.facebook.com/kidsinkathmandu
Reg.Charity No. 1142150
London to Paris in 1 Day
Jacek Rosiecki, one of KIKN's sponsors, fund raised for us recently through a cycle ride to Paris in 24 hours. An amazing feat by Jacek and his colleagues who rode with him. The ride has raised over £1,000 for KIKN so far. This amazing sum has meant that KIKN can kick start its 7th new
Futures For Kids (FFK) Fun Run 13th June
Lai See and Kate ( KIKN trustees), together with another 150 or so runners, took part once again in the annual FFK Fun Run/ Walk to raise funds for our biggest donor – FFK. Positive thinking helped to keep the rain at bay last Thursday at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It was cool with
FIA IDX Gala Dinner
On Wednesday 5th June Lai See had the honour of being invited to the Gala Dinner at the end of the FIA IDX Conference by FFK (Futures For Kids). This event is the highlight of their fundraising calendar. It was a grand black tie affair with many of the great and good of the Financial
Cake and Craft Sale at Lower Marsh
To round off our charity cricket match weekend we held our usual follow up cake and craft sale on Monday 3rd June at Lower Marsh. There were lots of additional great cakes for sale especially made for the two weekend events. Thank you to all the cake makers and to the staff at Lower Marsh
8th KIKN Annual Charity Cricket Match
Once again, the sun was out for our annual charity cricket match on Sunday 2nd June. Thanks to the ever loyal supporters, a good time was had by all who were there.There were lots of very tasty cakes on sale made by some of our loyal supporters. A good array of raffle prizes and a
Annual Report and Accounts 2018
Our latest Annual Report and Accounts for the year 2018 are now available for you to download and read by clicking on the link below. https://kidsinkathmandu.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/KIKN-Annual-Report-2018.pdf There is a featured case study on the challenges facing the charity with the increasing numbers of 6th formers and those wishing to go on to higher education. You
FFK Sponsored Charity 5/10K Fun Run
Once again Futures for Kids, the charity that has supported KIKN very generously over the last few years, is holding it's annual fundraising event on Thursday 13th June 2019. Following the great success last year they are holding their second 5/10K Charity Fun Run with the emphasis on Fun. Two of our Trustees, Lai See and Kate
3rd Charity Quiz Night
KIKN held its 3rd highly successful Quiz night on Friday 26 April.The ever loyal supporters turned up in force for the event. Everyone enjoyed an evening of fun and social interaction. Fabulous raffle prizes, colourful Batik craft with posh bangers and mash ensured a good time was had by all .A big 'Thank you' to
Qatar College
Qatar college was recently on a field trip to Kathmandu with its students from the senior forms. KIKN was contacted for more information about the work we do in Nepal. Uma, KIKN's rep in Nepal went along to meet the staff and students to highlight the work of KIKN in Kathmandu. A very generous donation
What Other People Say About Us
You have an excellent track record with us. You keep us updated on the progress you make with the grants from us on each occasion' 'The money goes out to Kathmandu quickly and you make things happen with clear milestones reached accompanied by photographic evidence. We are very impressed with the good work you are doing '
Futures For Kids (FFK), Charitable Foundation
You have a very short chain. People know the money they donate goes straight out to the children who need it, so thank you.
B Scott, Donor
I know every penny I donate goes where it is intended. .The fact that you have no overhead cost is just amazing.
Sheb Musaji, Sponsor


This paper examines the distributional and behavioral effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). We chart the growth of the program over time, and argue several expansions show that real responses to taxes are important. We use tax data to show the distribution of benefits by income and family size, and examine the impacts of hypothetical reforms (expansions and contractions) to the credit. Finally, we calculate the efficiency effects of marginal changes to EITC parameters. Targeting the EITC to lower-income families by raising the phase-out rate generates a welfare loss for single mothers, primarily because of the disincentive to enter the labor market and not the traditional hours-of-work distortion.


Are These "Low Price" Real Estate Investments Worth Considering?
What's really causing foreclosures and what implications does this have for the economy's future?
Home affordability is the best it's been since data collection began in 1970.
Headlines are screaming more big negative numbers from the housing sector. Just how bad is new home building compared with prior recessions?


It is entirely possible that the cottage masonry inspired either Massaro or Heinz. But they got it wrong: think how much less annoying the house would be if a few larger and random stones were applied to the walls, rather than the monotonous sprinkling that exists. Not proper desert masonry in either case -- but . . .
I wonder if the cottage was supervised by Taliesin.
I just can't like this house. So much is wrong about it. I was happy to learn that Wright designed the television nook so that the sun wouldn't hit it directly at sunset. That Frank, what an amazing architect.
I blame the masonry of the big house less...given that is clearly was based on some rather poor masonry on the original cottage. I wonder why that cottage masonry was so poorly done, with few stones and some projecting from the cement---with is a rather morose shade of gray.
The elevations indicate desert masonry around the chimney stack and kitchen volume, but some sort of masonry below the windows. That doesn't seem to have been done either.
"Board wall" appears on the elevations, under the window band . . .
You have a choice: An 1870 townhouse, gutted and stripped of whatever charm it may have had, in the most overpriced neighborhood in the country, for $14.7M, or the Chahroudi parody for an extra $130K on an 11 acre private island ... a 15 minute copter ride from the Upper East Side. It would cost a bundle to fix Chahroudi, but it would worth it, compared to the alternative.
Between pop-up ads, I saw some views of the new house and the original cottage I hadn't seen before. While it may be true that the cottage has some stones in its masonry that awkwardly stand proud of the concrete matrix, they are the exception, not the rule. Stone on the new house could have been split or cut thin to be able to sit flush in the concrete matrix to match the original while still maintaining the required thermal break. Another trait that makes the original masonry richer in texture is the presence of lines left by the board forms...the smooth stucco-esque texture of the new house masonry is too sanitized when compared to the original.
Perhaps the most egregious examples of the stonework occur in the most prominent locations, around the fireplaces indoors and out. Here the stones are especially few and far apart---presented like material samples ?
Then there's the jarring presence of an entirely different sort of stone masonry, in a bedroom. And, how does the owner clean the raw stone (?) in the shower ?
Most puzzling of all is the fact that an architect who has devoted his career to the promotion of Wright's work should have permitted such defects in this post-Wright realization . . .


My love for both art and science began in my adolescence growing up in New Jersey. It was during those formidable decision-making years in high school that I decided on a career in architecture. What better way to take my love of art, math, and physics and use it to create beautiful things! Discouraged from that decision by my high school guidance counselor, I went on to pursue my undergraduate degrees in engineering and molecular biology at M.I.T. in Cambridge, MA. It was during my four years in Cambridge that I felt the need to be surrounded by and care for other people in my vocation (rather than spending my time alone in a laboratory), so from Cambridge I went on to medical school at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia to pursue a career in medicine. There I met some of the strongest influences in my life, and from observing and working with a number of master surgeons in the Department of Plastic Surgery at UPenn, I decided then and there that plastic surgery was my calling.
From Philadelphia it was on to the Bronx, NY, where I first completed a residency in general surgery followed by a second residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Following completion of my surgical training, I received board certification by The American Board of Surgery, Inc. and The American Board of Plastic Surgery, Inc. During my undergraduate medical education and subsequent surgical training, I was especially enthralled with the ability to skillfully correct birth anomalies such as cleft lip and cleft palate and being able to restore a child to a normal lifestyle who in years past might have been doomed to a life of pain and ridicule. This enchantment with healing carries over into all aspects of my current practice, including both reconstructive and cosmetic procedures in children and adults.
I am active in multiple professional societies, including the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons, New York Regional Society of Plastic Surgeons, Medical Society of New Jersey, Christian Medical & Dental Associations, and WPATH. I am a physician's trainer for Sculptra® Aesthetic. As a resident in plastic surgery, I was honored with the distinctive Leo M. Davidoff Society Award for outstanding achievement in the teaching of medical students.
In the profession of plastic surgery, I have found a wonderful blend of my passion for both artistic expression and scientific rigor. But this is not just any ordinary blend of art and science; it is art and science as applied to human healing. In plastic surgery we are called upon to heal not only the human body, but often the soul as well. My goal is to understand and empathize with what ails you and then offer my best solution to help you feel better about yourself. That is best done in a compassionate, understanding, and caring environment where you can feel comfortable discussing your needs. I have worked hard to develop that environment and that culture here at Allure Plastic Surgery Center.
I again thank you for taking your valuable time to learn more about me, and I look forward to meeting you in person here on the Jersey Shore.


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Damon McMahon's Sacred Bones offers barbed look at bruised men
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Amen Dunes
Listening to the fifth release by Philadelphia-born, Brooklyn-based musician Damon McMahon aka Amen Dunes, you imagine being immersed in the inner sanctum of Travis Bickle, the war veteran-turned-anti-hero in Martin Scorsese's 1976 film, Taxi Driver.
Everything is slightly askew, but it feels real and tactile. It even smells fecund. It's driven by an inner rage, but of what?
That's the beauty of the cinematic music in Freedom - McMahon is adept in portraits, but they are elliptical, barbed and unsentimental.
Traversing drug peddlers, his own complicated family, blood-suckers as well as Jesus Christ himself, he is zeroing in on existential crises - shackles of society and how we can liberate ourselves. Alongside an elusive contemporary like Cass McCombs, he is a troubadour who mines idiosyncratic lo-fi rock to startling effect.
The album is anchored by two songs, which are about bruised men.
The first single is named after Miki Dora, the 1950s/1960s champion surfer who also happens to be a "lifetime criminal and retrograde: the distorted male psyche".
In these current times when manhood is being interrogated, the track is timely self-examination. "Pride destroyed me man/Till it took a hold of me/And I feel it when I cry/I feel it in my dreams," he sings in a louche wheeze, over spacey, psychedelic riffs which swirl around as unexorcised ghosts. The sound is strangely euphoric.
Another song, Blue Rose, traces the origin of that mythical male heroism to McMahon's own difficult relationship with his father.
"Dear, dear, if you love war/Then you've got war with me," he comes clean on Blue Rose, a fuzz-laden confession lubricated with baggy, ersatz-Afro-beat percussion. It sounds like Peter Gabriel circa 1992, doused in worldly rhythms but rooted in grimy back alleys.
The disjunct between hard-hitting content and slippery, shoegazey melody invigorates. Calling Paul The Suffering, also about his dad, has an odd, skiffle beat. In Believe, dedicated to his mother who is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he sings over circular riffs and dreamy fog: "Life goes on and this is just a song/But I do it for you."
Everywhere, you search for an easy chorus, a hook, but the singer sidesteps this constantly.
It's all the more remarkable when one considers how seamlessly everything ties in together, even as it sounds like the whole thing teeters at the precipice.
In Skipping School, he imagines his father as a kid, who conflates masculinity with his committing an array of shenanigans.
The result is both damnation and redemption, ode and jeremiad, as he burrows deeper and deeper into the genesis of such lasting pain and love.
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on April 05, 2018, with the headline 'Barbed look at bruised men'. Print Edition | Subscribe
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This photo was taken in July 2017 at Edgewater Park near the location of one of the Cleveland script signs. Every time I look at this picture, it just tugs at my heart string to see how much Alex has grown and the challenges he has overcome in his life. Love this kiddo soooooooo much!
Wishing everyone all the blessings a heart can know.
He really has grown so much! You two should be proud, your support has made him who he is :) Much love from over here, we miss you all!
We are so proud of him! Miss you guys too. ❤ Might head your direction this summer. No firm plans yet. Will let you know.


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Apr 7, 2010 5:22PM EDT
Candie's Rolls Out Teen Pregnancy PSAs
By Jordan
Bristol Palin appears with son Tripp in a public service announcement for the prevention of teen pregnancy.
The Candie's Foundation is working to boost awareness of the challenges of teen pregnancy.
Neil Cole, founder of the foundation and chairman, president and CEO of Iconix Brand Group, made the morning show rounds on Wednesday with Candie's Foundation spokesperson Bristol Palin, appearing on "Good Morning America" and "Today" to plug a series of upcoming TV and print PSAs for the prevention of teenage pregnancy.
In the ads, Palin, daughter of former VP hopeful Sarah Palin, appears with her son, Tripp, and discusses the difficulties of being a teenage mom. The spots will begin airing in May as part of National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month. The foundation named Bristol as its ambassador last year.
"I believe that people need to start talking about the consequences of teen pregnancy," Palin said in a statement. "Being a single teen mom has affected every aspect of my life. I am providing for another person and doing everything for him. I am constantly juggling, and it is extremely difficult. Teens need to understand the realities of being a teenage parent."
For his part, Cole said his aim was to start a discussion before teens are faced with unwanted pregnancies. "The main goal of The Candie's Foundation is to educate teens about the devastating consequences of teenage pregnancy," he said in the release. "Each year nearly 750,000 teens become pregnant. The numbers are staggering, and it is a national epidemic. By drawing attention to the issue and starting a dialogue between teens and parents, we can reduce this number and prevent teens from becoming [statistics]."


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Victory! Corporate Tax Break defeated in final budget bill
Yes, standing up to House leadership works and we have the proof! How activists across the state stopped a corporate giveaway.
The legislature missed multiple deadlines, but the final Supplemental Budget bill to close out FY2019 was finally passed late last night, and thanks to your phone calls & advocacy, the House agreed to drop the $37M corporate tax break that it originally sought.
This is a huge victory. At a time when our public transportation system is falling apart, and experts are predicting slowing revenue growth for the state, this is the worst time to pass a tax cut for the largest corporations making over $25M per year.
We're thankful for the leadership of Rep. Maria Robinson who filed an amendment to remove the corporate tax break in the House, although she and several other women legislators were silenced in their attempts to speak to the issue (We covered that issue here in depth)
House leadership wants to make it seem like it's foolish to fight back on issues, but this example makes clear that Reps have the power to change the narrative and stand up to bad policy. If Rep. Robinson hadn't filed her amendment and demanded a roll call, it's not clear we would have stopped this corporate giveaway.
The budget bill also included funding for items which the Governor identified as "critical deficiencies", although funding levels were less than the Governor sought in most cases:
$32M for infrastructure repairs to the MBTA ($18M less than than the Gov requested)
$4.2M for testing of contaminated drinking water ($4.2M less than the Gov requested)
No funding for early voting in the September 1st state primary election. (The Senate had set aside funding for 5 days of early voting to offset the hardship that holding an election on the busiest moving day of the year would cause)
The bill has been sent to the governor for his signature, and will allow the administration to formally "close the books" on Fiscal year 2019. Because the budget was completed so late, the State has lost over $1M in interest it would have otherwise earned had the budget been completed on time.


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Archives|Herman Jessor, 95, New York Architect For Co-op Buildings
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Herman Jessor, 95, New York Architect For Co-op Buildings
April 10, 1990, Page 00021Buy Reprints The New York Times Archives
Herman J. Jessor, an architect who helped build more than 40,000 units of cooperative housing in New York City, died Sunday at the Jacob Perlow Hospice of Beth Israel Hospital. He was 95 years old and lived in Manhattan.
Mr. Jessor, who was born in Russia and came to the United States when he was 12 years old, spent more than 60 years designing and building cooperative apartment buildings.
He worked on the first limited-equity cooperative in the city, the Bronx Amalgamated Cooperative Houses, in 1927. He was the architect for Seward Park Houses, Hillman Houses and East River Houses, the large complexes at Grand Street on the Lower East Side.
He was also one of the designers of Co-op City, the 15,500-unit project in the Bronx and of Rochdale Village in Queens. He also designed the Penn-South housing complex in Manhattan.
Worked With Labor Unions
Mr. Jessor, a graduate of the Cooper Union School of Engineering, was known for the social amenities of his designs, including apartments with entrance foyers, eat-in kitchens with windows, and bedrooms with cross-ventilation for working-class families without air-conditioning.
He worked closely with labor unions, like the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to design complexes that would suit their members.
He is survived by his wife, the former Eva Jaffee; and a brother, David, of Alma-Ata in Kazakhstan in the Soviet Union.
A version of this obituary appears in print on April 10, 1990, on Page D00021 of the National edition with the headline: Herman Jessor, 95, New York Architect For Co-op Buildings. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe