Youth participants in the Park City Running Club get off of the starting line at the Dozier Field track during one of the clubs practices on Tuesday, July 11. The new club was started by Rachel Taylor in May.
Park City native Rachel Taylor didn't have the best of luck when she was looking for a local running club for her kids.
The town boasts a high number of youth sport organizations, as well as hosts its fair share of road races throughout the summer months, but Taylor struck out when looking for a program that brought the two together. In order to eliminate the issue, Taylor started in May the Park City Running Club, a nonprofit athletic organization for youth.
"There was nothing out there," Taylor said. "I thought, 'I guess I have to go ahead and jump on this, because I love being around kids. It can be a nonprofit just like [other sports in Park City].
Taylor, a teacher at Parley's Park Elementary School, started the program with a pilot session in May.
Local fourth- and fifth-graders came together to train. Taylor, with the help of Park City High School cross country coach Steve Cuttitta, said she opened it up to the specific age group because teaches fourth grade.
In its short existence, the program has grown to include athletes up through eighth grade. Taylor hopes to extend to even more athletes down the road.
The club made its way through one summer session (June 13 to July 6), which included three days of practice, admittance to the group's Twilight Series races and club swag. It is currently in the second week of its second session, which will run through Aug. 10.
Whether one is training to qualify for the Junior Olympics or one is simply just trying to stay in shape for another sport, the club has a place for anyone willing to give it a shot, Taylor said.
Like any new organization, the Park City Running Club's short lifespan has not come without some struggle. One issue Taylor faced was building from the ground up, which led her to lower the program's fees to attract potential participants. She also had to ensure there was enough money to provide the club's many services.
Taylor also hopes to raise money so the club can offer scholarships to its participants, as well as cover travel costs to those who may not be able to afford it.
"I am definitely anticipating doing a community-led fundraiser in the fall to promote the [Twilight Race Series], to get more runners to participate and to raise money for traveling, even to Provo," Taylor said.
As the program grows, so will the kids' thirst for running knowledge, Taylor envisions. In order to keep up with their curious minds, she is seeking the opinions of those who might know a thing or two about running.
"I'm going to training and I have experience as a racer, but I'm excited about growing it and having access to professional athletes, and also seasoned, insightful runners," Taylor said.
Though it's been a gradual process, the Park City Running Club is slowly gaining a presence in the community. As the summer continues, Taylor hopes the club could become an established organization, similar to the Park City Ski Team or other youth sport organizations in town.
That said, Taylor said there's work still left to be done.
"Our next step is more community involvement," Taylor said. "We want to see more adult and high schoolers running the Twilight Series, volunteering, and really just more community awareness and involvement. We've been going through the pilot season and now, we really want to have more exposure, more runners.
For more information on the Park City Running club, visit http://www.parkcityrunningclub.com. While the summer sessions are nearly complete, the schedule for the fall sessions will be released soon. The second of three track meets in the Twilight Race Series will take place on July 27 at Dozier Field. Races are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.


Andrew Mallard and John Button suffered terribly due to horrendous miscarriages of justice. So I don't want to trivialize their suffering.
However, I have to say that they do look a little silly with their blue make-up and t-shirts reading "innocence + prison = nightmare" as they do their bit for Justice For All Day. Most people in Perth do know who they are and I think they'd lend greater gravitas without the get-up.
Spokeswoman Estelle Blackburn, who campaigned to overturn Mr Button's conviction, said supporters of the campaign would paint their faces half blue, like warriors fighting for freedom in the movie Braveheart.
With respect, I think linking a pro-justice campaign indirectly to Mel Gibson is not such a smart move. While he's never gone to prison himself, he's certainly guilty as hell!
I believe it was a great idea to have the faces painted in blue.
Not in order to remember the star of the movie Braveheart, but to remember of the feeling of braveness of a fight that needs to happen. It does remember a very important moment of the movie, it represents the feeling of pain and indignation that is transformed into courage to fight and make the difference.
In this case is a fight for justice. It is outrageous to have innocent people sent to jail in WA. One person can make a difference. They are having the courage that only a few people have.


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Hungary accuses Ukraine that it interferes in the upcoming elections
On Wednesday, Hungary's foreign minister accused Ukraine's leadership in trying to interfere with the forthcoming Hungarian elections. His Ukrainian counterpart later refuted the charge in an episode that further strained relations between the two countries.
Peter Szijjarto, the Hungarian Foreign Minister, claimed in a video posted on social media that there was "ongoing coordination among the Hungarian Left and representatives of Ukraine's government" and that Ukraine was trying to influence Hungary's April 3 elections for a coalition of opposition parties.
Szijjarto did not provide any evidence to support the claim.
These statements were made after Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, had recently criticised the Hungarian government for its approach to the conflict.
Contrary to most European Union allies and the only EU neighbor of Ukraine, Hungary has refused supply Ukraine with weapons, or allowed their transfer across its border.
The government of Russia has actively opposed the imposition of sanctions on Russian energy imports, saying that it would severely damage its economy.
Zelenskyy made a direct appeal Friday to Viktor Orban, the nationalist Hungarian Prime Minster, for a more clear stance on the war. Orban is widely considered to be the Kremlin's closest ally in Europe.
"I want you to be completely honest. Zelenskyy addressed Orban in a video conference with EU leaders.
Orban will seek a fourth term in Hungary's elections on Sunday. This contest is expected to be close according to polling.
Orban's 12-year tenure saw deep economic and diplomatic ties between Russia and his government under President Vladimir Putin. This has increased Hungary's dependence upon Russian nuclear energy technology and fossil fuels.
Orban's right-wing Fidesz party campaigned to be the guarantor for Hungary's security and peace as war rages in Ukraine. While falsely portraying opposition parties as trying to drag Hungary into conflict with Ukraine's,
Szijjarto claimed Wednesday that Ukraine's foreign Minister, Dmytro Kunleba, had called the Ukrainian Ambassador in Budapest to discuss ways to influence Hungary's elections.
Szijjarto again suggested that opposition parties to defeat Orban had pledged to supply Ukraine weapons and to reduce imports of Russian oil and gas if elected.
Kuleba, however, denied the allegations when he spoke to the Evropeiska Pravda newspaper Wednesday.
Kuleba stated that, "in contrast to Hungary's behavior in Ukraine, we never interfered with Hungary's internal affairs and particularly not before an election." It is sad to see that minister Szijjarto, in pursuit of short-term pre-election advantages, is willing to make up absurdities and end our long-standing relationship with him.
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Tarec Robert Saffiedine (born 6 September 1986) is a Belgian former professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Saffiedine has also formerly competed for DREAM and Strikeforce, and was the last Strikeforce Welterweight Champion.

Background
Saffiedine was born to a Lebanese father, who emigrated to Belgium to study as an ophthalmologist, and a Belgian mother. His father was a Taekwondo practitioner, and since the age of ten Saffiedine has trained in Judo, Wing Chun and Taekwondo. Saffiedine grew up in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert in Brussels and also played basketball in his youth. Inspired by the Japanese comic book Tough, he finally took up Karate at age 16, and in 2005 received a black belt in Shihaishinkai, a style of knockdown karate that includes striking, throws and ground fighting. He also has an amateur kickboxing record of 12–1–1 and later began training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai, and then Wrestling when he emigrated to the United States. Early in his career he worked a number of jobs including in a restaurant, a cinema, as a gardener, and a security guard. He received his nickname, "Sponge", from one of his coaches because he learns quickly. He is also known to switch stances frequently.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career
Saffiedine made his professional mixed martial arts debut in March 2007, beating his opponent Guillaume Janvier with a kimura submission. He went on to fight a further three times that year, all in promotions in his native Belgium and France. In January 2008, he relocated to the United States and began training with Team Quest. His first fight since his trans-Atlantic move came in June that year at Ultimate Cage Wars 12 in Canada, where he defeated his opponent Rich Bondoc with an armbar submission. In 2009, he had two fights in the United States and won both.

DREAM
From there, Saffiedine went to Japan to compete in DREAM. His first fight came against Seichi Ikemoto at DREAM 10: Welterweight Grand Prix 2009 Final. The bout was not part of the Welterweight Grand Prix, but was a reserve bout. Saffiedine went on to win a unanimous decision.

His next opponent under the promotion's banner was Yoon Dong-Sik, which took place at DREAM 12. He replaced former WEC Middleweight Champion Paulo Filho in the match on short notice, and lost by way of split decision. Saffiedine normally competes as a Welterweight (170 lbs.), but since he was replacing Filho, he fought as a Middleweight (185 lbs.).

Strikeforce
He then returned to the United States to compete at Strikeforce Challengers: Kaufman vs. Hashi, where he defeated James Terry by way of unanimous decision. He used effective striking to keep his opponent off balance, going as far as to open a cut under Terry's left eye that was bleeding profusely by early in the third round. Though his opponent, an experienced wrestler, did attempt some takedowns, Saffiedine shrugged off most of them or got to his feet quickly when the action did hit the mat. All three judges scored the fight 30–27 in favor of Saffiedine.

Saffiedine was next scheduled to face off against Nate Moore on 21 May 2010 at Strikeforce Challengers: Lindland vs. Casey. The opening round provided some back-and-forth action with Moore pushing forward with a wrestling attack, then responding well when Saffiedine began to take control with his strikes. That changed in the second, as Moore returned to his takedown-heavy strategy, but Saffiedine stood tall in the face of the attack and delivered powerful punches while remaining on his feet. A well placed punch by Saffiedine ended the fight by knockout at 1:21 of the second round – his first career knockout win.

He then faced grappler Brock Larson on 11 September 2010 at Shark Fights 13, on loan from Strikeforce. After a minute-long feeling-out period, Larson shot out of the gate with punches and was dropped by a side-stepping Saffiedine's first strike. From there, Saffiedine continued to outstrike Larson and was also able to defend against takedowns for all three rounds. All judges scored the fight 30–27 in favour of Saffiedine as he won via unanimous decision.

Saffiedine's next fight was against Tyron Woodley at Strikeforce Challengers: Woodley vs. Saffiedine. He and Woodley squared off in the main event.  He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Saffiedine was supposed to face Evangelista Santos at Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson but the fight was cancelled.

Saffiedine fought Scott Smith at Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson. He was the replacement for Paul Daley, who was the original opponent for Saffiedine. He defeated Smith via unanimous decision.

Saffiedine fought Tyler Stinson to a split decision victory at Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine.

Saffiedine defeated Roger Bowling via unanimous decision at Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman.

In the last ever bout in Strikeforce history, Saffiedine utilized powerful leg kicks to win a 5-round unanimous decision against Nate Marquardt at Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine to become the final Strikeforce Welterweight Champion.

Ultimate Fighting Championship
It was announced shortly after the final Strikeforce event that Saffiedine would be amongst the promotion's former fighters brought over to the UFC.

Saffiedine was expected to face former EliteXC Middleweight Champion Robbie Lawler on 27 July 2013 at UFC on Fox 8.  However, Saffiedine was forced out of the bout with an injury and was replaced by Siyar Bahadurzada. Bahadurzada also suffered an injury and was then replaced by Bobby Voelker.

Saffiedine was expected to face Jake Ellenberger on 4 January 2014 at UFC Fight Night 34.  However, in late November, Ellenberger pulled out of the bout citing a hamstring injury and was replaced by Hyun Gyu Lim. Saffiedine won via unanimous decision. The win also earned Saffiedine his first Fight of the Night bonus award.

A fight with Jake Ellenberger was rebooked for UFC 172. However, Saffiedine had to pull out of the fight due to an undisclosed injury suffered in training.

Saffiedine faced Rory MacDonald on 4 October 2014 at UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Saffiedine. After being out-struck the first two rounds, Saffiedine was finished for the first time in his career via TKO in the third round, as he was dropped by an uppercut and follow up punches leading to the stoppage.

A bout with Matt Brown was expected to take place on 14 February 2015 at UFC Fight Night 60.  However, it was announced on 1 January 2015 that Saffiedine had pulled out of the bout, citing a groin injury.

After an extended hiatus spent rehabbing a litany of injuries, Saffiedine returned to face Jake Ellenberger on 30 January 2016 at UFC on Fox 18. He won the fight by unanimous decision.

Saffiedine faced Rick Story on 29 May 2016 at UFC Fight Night 88. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.

A pairing with Matt Brown was rescheduled, and was expected to take place on 30 December 2016 at UFC 207. However, Brown was pulled from the fight on 11 November in favor of a matchup with Donald Cerrone three weeks earlier at UFC 206. Saffiedine instead faced Dong Hyun Kim. Kim was awarded a split decision victory.

Saffiedine faced Rafael dos Anjos on 17 June 2017 at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

On 26 November 2019, it was reported that Saffiedine was released by UFC.

Championships and accomplishments
Strikeforce
Strikeforce Welterweight Championship (One time, Last)
Fought the last fight in Strikeforce History
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Fight of the Night (One time)
Performance of the Night (One time)
MMAJunkie.com
2014 January Fight of the Month vs. Hyun Gyu Lim
2016 December Knockout of the Month vs. Dong Hyun Kim

Mixed martial arts record

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|Loss
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|Rafael dos Anjos
|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Kallang, Singapore
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|Loss
|align=center|16–6
|Dong Hyun Kim
|Decision (split)
|UFC 207
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|align=center|3
|align=center |5:00
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|Loss
|align=center|16–5
|Rick Story
|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Garbrandt
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|Win
|align=center|16–4
|Jake Ellenberger
|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Bader
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Newark, New Jersey, United States
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| Loss
| align=center| 15–4
| Rory MacDonald
| TKO (punches)
| UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Saffiedine
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| align=center| 3
| align=center| 1:28
| Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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| Win
| align=center| 15–3
| Hyun Gyu Lim
| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC Fight Night: Saffiedine vs. Lim
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| align=center| 5
| align=center| 5:00
| Marina Bay, Singapore
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| Win
| align=center| 14–3
| Nate Marquardt
| Decision (unanimous)
| Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine
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| align=center| 5
| align=center| 5:00
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
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| Win
| align=center| 13–3
| Roger Bowling
| Decision (unanimous)
| Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman
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| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| San Diego, California, United States
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| Win
| align=center| 12–3
| Tyler Stinson
| Decision (split)
| Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine
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| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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| Win
| align=center| 11–3
| Scott Smith
| Decision (unanimous)
| Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson
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| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States
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| Loss
| align=center| 10–3
| Tyron Woodley
| Decision (unanimous)
| Strikeforce Challengers: Woodley vs. Saffiedine
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| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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| Win
| align=center| 10–2
| Brock Larson
| Decision (unanimous)
| Shark Fights 13: Jardine vs Prangley
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| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Amarillo, Texas, United States
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| Win
| align=center| 9–2
| Nate Moore
| KO (punch)
| Strikeforce Challengers: Lindland vs. Casey
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 1:21
| Portland, Oregon, United States
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| Win
| align=center| 8–2
| James Terry
| Decision (unanimous)
| Strikeforce Challengers: Kaufman vs. Hashi
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| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| San Jose, California, United States
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| Loss
| align=center| 7–2
| Yoon Dong-Sik
| Decision (split)
| DREAM 12
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| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Osaka, Japan
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| Win
| align=center| 7–1
| Seichi Ikemoto
| Decision (unanimous)
| DREAM 10
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 5:00
| Saitama, Japan
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| Win
| align=center| 6–1
| Mike Arellano
| Submission (americana)
| War Gods 5
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 2:44
| Alpine, California, United States
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| Win
| align=center| 5–1
| Scott Rose
| Submission (arm-triangle choke)
| Long Beach Fight Night 4
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 0:58
| Long Beach, California, United States
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| Win
| align=center| 4–1
| Rich Bondoc
| Submission (armbar)
| Ultimate Cage Wars 12
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 2:18
| Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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| Win
| align=center| 3–1
| Raymond Jarman
| Decision (unanimous)
| Shooto Belgium: Encounter the Braves
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| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Charleroi, Belgium
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| Win
| align=center| 2–1
| Sebastian Grandin
| Submission (armbar)
| Xtreme Gladiators 3
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 2:38
| Paris, France
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| Loss
| align=center| 1–1
| Kamil Uygun
| Decision (unanimous)
| Night of the Gladiators
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 5:00
| Brakel, Belgium
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| Win
| align=center| 1–0
| Guillaume Janvier
| Submission (kimura)
| Shooto Belgium: Consecration
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 1:15
| Charleroi, Belgium
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See also
 List of current UFC fighters
 List of Strikeforce alumni
 List of male mixed martial artists

References

External links

1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Brussels
Belgian male mixed martial artists
Welterweight mixed martial artists
Belgian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Belgian male karateka
Belgian male taekwondo practitioners
Belgian Wing Chun practitioners
Mixed martial artists utilizing karate
Mixed martial artists utilizing Muay Thai
Mixed martial artists utilizing taekwondo
Mixed martial artists utilizing judo
Mixed martial artists utilizing Wing Chun
Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Belgian Muay Thai practitioners
Belgian people of Lebanese descent
Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
Belgian expatriates in the United States
Sportspeople from Temecula, California
Strikeforce (mixed martial arts) champions
Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters
21st-century Belgian people

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Bronte Naylor is an Australian visual artist whose career spans both Gallery and Public applications. National collaborations with major arts festival across Australia have seen Bronte firmly positioned as an emerging heavyweight in Australian public art.
Her primary area of concerned is 'memory' and it's reliance and relationship to technology. Naylor investigates 'collage' as a strategy to develop aesthetic stages allowing her public art works to both recall and manipulate images holding them in varying states of real and artificial realities. Naylor aims to create a public work which seeks to speak to individual and shared memory of the site or local.
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Magical Herbs: Superstitions of Lavender and Rosemary
Feb 5, 2022 Feb 5, 2022 / Superstition Sam
As a cat, my favourite herb is catnip. But if I had to pick a second and third favourite, it would be lavender and rosemary. These herbs, common in the Mediterranean region, are known primarily for their culinary or medicinal uses – but they are also the source of many magical superstitions.
French Lavender plate illustration, from A Curious Herbal by Elizabeth Blackwell (1739)
Rosemary plate illustration, from A Curious Herbal by Elizabeth Blackwell (1739)
The popularity of lavender may have begun in Ancient Greece or Rome. As such, it has been suggested that the etymology of the word comes from the Latin lividus, denoting something of a blueish colour – but also, lavare which means to wash. The latter is more widely accepted, as it is believed that the Romans used the herb via infusions for scented baths or in the process of washing clothes. Granted, many of us have probably been introduced to lavender as a familiar aroma in our grandparents' garments, since it can be dried, sealed in pouches and placed in wardrobes to prevent the proliferation of moths. More recently, its soothing scent has been paramount to the sleeping industry, with lavender essential oils used as ingredients for sleeping balms and other stress-relieving cosmetics.
Regarding uses of the superstitious kind, placing lavender in drawers with clothes is said to attract love. Likewise, placing it under a pillow overnight may help you manifest your dreams. For this purpose, you will have to make a wish before going to sleep, and by morning, if you remember dreaming about that wish, then it means it will come true. Considering that the medicinal properties of lavender are meant to be calming and relaxing, expecting lovers to be attracted to its scent and having it on pillows isn't that much of a surprise.
But other interesting beliefs have been noted, such as to counter the effects of the evil eye in young children, wearing it on your lapel as a deterrent against witches and evil spirits, or my own personal favourite: carrying it in your pockets to see ghosts, as observed in this flowerbed at the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Boscastle, Cornwall.
Flowerbed with lavender outside the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Boscastle, Cornwall. Photo credit: Superstition Sam.
Together with lavender (as well as sage and thyme), rosemary is another herb that has been used since at least 5000 BCE. Christian parables have claimed that rosemary received its current name from the Holy Family's escape into Egypt, after shading Mary and Jesus from the heat. God then named the herb after Mary, turning its delicate flowers into the same shade as her blue cloak.
Rosemary is widely favoured for its culinary uses, especially in Mediterranean cuisine. Eating with a spoon made of its wood is said to make even the blandest of foods taste delicious! Though it is also known as "the herb of remembrance" and used in burial wreaths. In northern England, it was once considered rude to attend a funeral without carrying it, hence boxes would be placed near the door for mourners to pick up sprigs as they entered the house. William Shakespeare noted rosemary's association with honouring the dead in Ophelia, as she offers it to Hamlet: "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember." A Catalan tale called The Sprig of Rosemary also tells us of a princess using rosemary to cure her lover's memory loss.
Rosemary's links with the mind translate as beliefs that burning it may help you receive knowledge or an answer to an important question, or that by carrying it, you may attain success in all your tasks. But as we saw in my previous article last month, it can be also protective – especially against witches, who may feel the urgency to stay and count all the leaves in a rosemary bush planted by your front door before attempting to enter your house. Then, there is also the superstition that dropping crushed rosemary leaves into a beer keg will prevent all who drink from it from getting drunk! Is that supposed to be protective or to keep the mind sharp? You decide!
Photo of rosemary sprigs – by Fulvio Ciccolo on Unsplash
What other superstitions have you heard about lavender and rosemary? Please let us know by tagging us on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #SuperstitionSat!
– Superstition Sam 🐾
Dictionary of Plant Lore, by D.C. Watts (Elsevier, 2007)
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs, by Scott Cunningham (Llewellyn, 2012)
Bartram's Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine, by Thomas Bartram (Robinson, 2015)
The Complete Herbal, by Nicholas Culpeper (1850 Edition)
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Catherine Timko
View Catherine's Biography
Catherine leads the Center's nonprofit mission by directing strategies to deliver programs, raise funds, manage finances, support employees, engage community partners and develop long term strategies for sustainability. Her vision is inspired by the many generations of children, families, and students who value and engage with the Center's programs and classes. Her appreciation for the natural world drives a culture of continuous improvement so that first time and longtime visitors are energized by the mission.
Nancy Boehm
Director of Finance and Operations
View Nancy's Biography
Nancy Boehm manages financial activities for the operating and capital budgets, oversees operations and technology for the 22,000 square foot facility and administers benefits for full and part-time staff. Nancy's planning skills, analytic approach and attention to detail increase operational efficiencies, and improve reporting and processes.
Amy LeMonds
Director of Programs and Wildlife
View Amy's Biography
Amy LeMonds oversees more than 200 program and class offerings, daily care for 100 resident animals and wildlife rehabilitation services that serve the public with more than 1,500 intakes annually. Amy's vision for effective programs is inspired by the human-wildlife connectedness and the importance of engaging students of all ages. Amy's leadership has grown and expanded program offerings from ages 0 to college level through cross-functional collaboration and organizational capacity building.
Teece Lester
Preschool Coordinator
View Teece's Biography
Teece Lester leads the nature-based preschool program, the region's first and largest, and encompassing three dedicated classrooms. Teece and our experienced teachers provide programs that build on children's inherent curiosity about the world by using hands-on nature-based activities to foster social, physical and academic development. They help to encourage children to develop an attitude of inquiry and respect for the natural world by providing activities that integrate Ohio's Early Learning Outcomes including science, math, literacy and the arts.
Morgan Paskert
View Morgan's Biography
Morgan Paskert directs marketing efforts, membership and visitor services to encourage people to visit the Center, participate in programs and support the nonprofit mission. Morgan's leadership ensures that the Center's message and program information are accessible online, on social media, in print, and in regional media. Morgan manages all Center-based visuals and messages so that from a virtual visit to enjoying a program, people of all ages are engaging with the mission.
Susan Ballard
Christine Barnett
Wildlife Program Specialist
Angie Bendahan
Welcome Desk Specialist
Vicky Benko
Annette Constantino
Katy Downing
Planetarium Specialist
McCall Gorbach Foster
Development Specialist
Dawn Galang
Preschool Specialist
Elaine George
Alicia Goddard
Tim Jasinski
Wildlife Rehabilitation Specialist
Kyle Koprowski
Wildlife Specialist
Jordan Ladikos
Visual Communications Specialist
Exhibit and Maintenance Specialist
Chris Pfeil
Bill Reed
Molly Ruschau
Mike Sandy
Facility and Maintenance Specialist
Jaylene Scarlato
Welcome Desk and Group Sales Specialist
Julie Schroyer
Annmarie Slyman
Maggie Watson
Justin Willard
Kirsten Wykowski
Angela Yeager
Program Planning Specialist
Phil Callesen
Board President | Baker Hostetler, LLP
Phil was elected to the Board of Directors in October 2014. Phil has been with the law firm Baker & Hostetler LLP since graduating Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1987 and has been a partner since 1995. His practice consists primarily of lending transactions with a focus on private equity and project finance. He has been the Leader of BakerHostetler's national Debt Finance practice since 2000. BakerHostetler is a national full-service law firm with approximately 900 attorneys in 14 offices. BakerHostetler's national headquarters is in Cleveland.
Phil was born in Manistee, Michigan, where he started his love of the outdoors. His family moved to Westlake in the early 1970s. Phil's connection to Lake Erie Nature & Science Center dates back to his childhood when he and his friends would ride their bikes to the Center to spend time on lazy summer days.
Currently, Phil lives in Avon Lake with his wife Margy. All three of their children attended programs at the Center.
Trudy Pauken, Vice President | Westlake City School District, Retired
Katie Colacarro, Treasurer | Nordson Corporation
Gary Garling, Secretary | The Lubrizol Corporation
Devin Barry, Partner | Thompson Hine LLP
Bruce Cady | IBM, Retired
John Cavalier | Cohen & Company
Bryan Gacka | Ernst & Young
Eric German | Bober Markey Fedorovich
Jessica Kerrigan | Hylant
William Nowak | Eaton Corporation, Retired
Kyle Nowlin | Cohesity
Lisa Roth | Ziegler Metzger, LLP
Zach Stephens | Deloitte & Touche LLP
R. Scott Thomas | The Sherwin-Williams Company
Allen Waddle | Maloney + Novotny
Bill Watkins | Harris Williams & Co subsidiary of PNC
Jeff M. Whitesell | Tucker Ellis
Karen Huhndorff, Ex-Officio | Women's Board of Lake Erie Nature & Science Center
The Women's Board of Lake Erie Nature & Science Center supports the organization and its mission through hands-on service, community awareness, and fundraising. It offers members an opportunity to learn about natural history, meet others with similar interests, and advance the Center's educational mission. The Women's Board meets on the first Wednesday of each month monthly at Lake Erie Nature & Science Center or other locations as announced. For more information, please call 440-871-2900 or email info@lensc.org.


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Q: How do I determine if a device is a desktop browser? I am creating a responsive design for a website.  We have a rollover navigation menu for non-touch desktop browsers and an off canvas menu design for touch mobile and touch tablets.  It is an ASP.NET MVC4 project.  How can I determine in C#, Javascript, or CSS3 if a user is browsing the site with a desktop browser?  I would prefer to use some kind of CSS3 media query if it is possible.

A: From a beautiful site: http://www.abeautifulsite.net/blog/2011/11/detecting-mobile-devices-with-javascript/
 var isMobile = {
        Android: function() {
            return navigator.userAgent.match(/Android/i);
        },
        BlackBerry: function() {
            return navigator.userAgent.match(/BlackBerry/i);
        },
        iOS: function() {
            return navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone|iPad|iPod/i);
        },
        Opera: function() {
            return navigator.userAgent.match(/Opera Mini/i);
        },
        Windows: function() {
            return navigator.userAgent.match(/IEMobile/i);
        },
        any: function() {
            return (isMobile.Android() || isMobile.BlackBerry() || isMobile.iOS() || isMobile.Opera() || isMobile.Windows());
        }
    };

    if(isMobile.any()){
        // Mobile!
    } else {
        // It is desktop
    }

Else use libraries like device.js http://matthewhudson.me/projects/device.js/

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VA Disability Rating Chart.
Blog, FAQ's, Veterans Health Care
One of the most common complaints we hear is that it appears that VA took away part of a veteran's service connected disability compensation benefits when it granted an award. That is VA awarded an increased disability rating, but the overall compensation did not change, or the disability ratings assigned, do not "add up" correctly. So it appears VA granted more benefits with one hand, but took away all or part of them with the other.
This normally occurs when VA awards a veteran a compensable (greater than 0%) disability rating for two or more disabilities. For example, a veteran may be awarded compensation at the 60% rate for one disability and the 50% rate for another disability. Simple math dictates that the veteran is entitled to a 110% disability rating. However, VA did not award a 110% rating; rather, it awarded an 80% disability rating, which appears to be a 30% reduction.
Congress permits VA to award disability ratings from 10% to 100%, in 10% increments, for a "schedular" disability rating. No award can be greater than 100% on a schedular basis. To know if a disability has been rated as "schedular," – that is, based on VA's Schedule of Rating Disabilities – there usually is a four or eight digit code numeric and a percentage assigned to the disability within the rating decision. (VA may assign extraschedular ratings or special monthly compensation, which are benefits generally beyond those permitted by the Schedule, but these benefits are outside the scope of this post.)
Because Congress does not allow disability ratings greater than 100%, VA cannot assign a higher disability rating. In other words, this is the upper limit of what VA can award on a schedular basis. When a veteran carries a 100% rating, he or she is considered totally disabled; the law uses the phrase "a total rating" to describe a 100% disability rating. Regardless of the number of disabilities or how great the aggregate disability ratings, no veteran may be assigned a disability rating greater than 100% or be more disabled than "total" for VA rating purposes.
The "110% disabled" veteran may then ask why VA did not simply award him 100% disability, since the ratings show him to be more than 100% disabled? VA uses a somewhat complicated formula to determine how each of these disabilities affects the veteran, and that formula is what is responsible for "VA math" – that is, the apparent reduction in the overall disability rating.
Disabled veterans, of course, may have multiple disabilities. Independently rated, the sum of each disability rating is often larger than what VA actually awards. This is so because VA uses the Combined Ratings Table at 38 C.F.R. § 4.25 to calculate how various disability ratings are combined into an award. According to § 4.25, VA considers the effects of the most disabling condition to the least disabling condition on the veteran.
This is how it works, for example: If a veteran carries a 60% disability rating, he or she is 40% efficient (non-disabled). Stated another way, this veteran retains 40% of the ability to work. If that same veteran also carries an additional separate 30% disability rating, of the 40% of his or her original efficiency that previously remained, he or she lost 30% of that 40% (that is, he or she retains only 70% of that 40%). This leaves the veteran only 28% efficient, or 72% disabled.
It may be easier to think of it this way: Presume you have a 10 ounce glass of water, and you pour out 60% of that water. What is left is 4 ounces, or 40% of the water. Of that water that remains, you pour out another 30%. That is, only 70% of the 4 ounces remains. There is now only 2.8 ounces, or 28%, of the water that was in the full 10 ounce glass; 7.2 ounces, or 72%, of the water is now gone.
Analogous to the glass of water is a veteran's disabilities. In this scenario, ordinary math would result in a 90% disability rating, but when the ratings are combined using the formula in § 4.25, the veteran is considered 72% disabled.
Because Congress only authorized disability ratings in 10% increments, VA rounds the final calculation to the nearest 10%, rounding the end number of 1-4 down and of 5-9 up. Therefore, VA will award our veteran a 70% disability rating.
The same considerations apply for the "110% disabled" veteran as those who have ratings of less than 100%. Using VA's combined ratings formula, the 60% and 50% disability ratings combine to create an 80% disability rating. If the veteran is service connected for another disability, then that disability will be factored into the overall award. In the alternative, had the veteran already obtained a 100% rating, VA would ignore the additional award out of necessity.
Because of "VA math," not every award will result in additional compensation. Say VA awards this same veteran, who has an 80% disability rating, an additional 20% disability rating for another disability. The overall compensation award would remain the same! VA takes the 80% rating and factors the 20% additional disability onto that, resulting in an 82% rating, which rounds down to 80%. Therefore, it appears that VA ignored the new 20% award! It did not; that is just the way VA math works.
The Combined Ratings Table can be found here: https://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2005/julqtr/pdf/38cfr4.25.pdf


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Q: for loop prints 'undefined' when trying to decrement I'm having trouble understanding why this prints my request:
for (var i = 0; i <= 15; i++) {
  console.log(i);
 }
And why this code will not:
for (var i = 15; i < 0; i--) {
  console.log(i);
 }
I need to create a for loop that prints all numbers from 15 to 0.

A: the issue in you for loop is that initial value of i is 15 , you are giving a condition of 15 < 0 , then on the next iteration its reducing value to 15 -1 which is 14 and checking 14 < 0. So that's why its printing undefined
why undefined is printing since you have declared the i.
var a;
console.log(a) // undefined

 //Instead of
for (var i = 15; i < 0; i--) {
  console.log(i);
 }

 // working one
 for (var i = 15; i >= 0; i--) {
  console.log(i);
 }

A: for (var i = 15; i >= 0; i--) {
  console.log(i);
 }

For decrements the values use '>' sign instead of '<'. Hope it will help you.


DataServ is looking for an AWS Cloud Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate has experience building and migrating solutions in AWS using a variety of technologies including Docker, CloudFormation, SQL Server, and Mongo. The AWS Cloud Engineer works under the direction of the Enterprise Architect and with other DevOps resources to complete the migration of the DataServ Software as a Service (SaaS) platform to Amazon Web Service (AWS).
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Will vary between different components of our product, so this role requires technical flexibility and a desire to learn new skills quickly.
Will work primarily on our platform which runs on AWS with services like Elasticsearch, MongoDB, S3, Fargate, the API Gateway and others.
Will show thought leadership by mentoring and assisting technical staff members.
A track record of building and maintaining large-scale software products.
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If you are starting a website, you will need a register a domain name. An Australian domain name, such as .com.au, signifies that the website is compliant with Australian business protocols and law.
Registering your website with a '.com.au' domain name ensures that it is viewed with legitimacy.
auDA is the regulator for .au domains registered in Australia. auDA publishes strict eligibility criteria for registered .au domains, and has the power to revoke domain name licenses that do not meet these criteria. You cannot register a domain directly with auDA, but they do publish a list of accredited registrars. Once registered, you will be given a licence to use the domain name for a period of two years, with the right to renew. A single registrant can apply for as many domain names as they like, as there is no limit on the number of licences an individual can be granted. The cost for registering a domain name varies depending on which registrar is used and the type of domain being registered.
As are foreign companies licensed to trade in Australia.
Trademark infringement may occur if you use a registered trademark in your domain name.
The Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy or UDRP lists a set of protocols regarding the resolution of global top level domain name disputes. The UDRP requires that registrars resolve domain name disputes through agreement, arbitration, or court action, before cancelling, suspending, or transferring the disputed domain name. In order to invoke the UDRP, a complaint may be made to a court against the domain name holder you wish to dispute. You may also invoke the UDRP by registering a complaint with a dispute-resolution service provider.
Cybersquatting is the name given to a situation in which an unauthorised party which has no legitimate interest in a domain name registers a domain that is very similar or even identical to one that legitimately belongs (through trademark or otherwise) to another business. Cybersquatting often occurs for the perpetrator's commercial gain. They may wish to resell the domain name to the legitimate owner, or generate advertising revenue through the domain.
There is a common law tort which refers to passing off designed to protect the holders of unregistered trademarks. This tort may be used to protect your interests relating to a domain name. It is advisable that you contact an intellectual property lawyer to determine your rights in this case.
Phishing occurs where fake websites or email addresses are designed to look like legitimate businesses. These are then used to gather people's personal information for illicit purposes, such as identity theft.
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UPDATE: San Jose to study changes to worker misconduct investigations
San Jose is exploring changes to how city employees accused of misconduct are investigated.
The Rules and Open Government Committee on Wednesday approved Mayor Sam Liccardo's memo asking the city manager and the independent police auditor (IPA) to break down what checks are in place to hold employees accountable and suggest new ones to protect the public.
The proposal follows the recent arrest and conviction of two city employees: San Jose Police Department Officer Matthew Dominguez and former Code Enforcement Inspector William Gerry. Dominguez was arrested for exposing himself to a family in their home in April —but was accused of sexual battery of a 25-year-old woman nearly a year before. Gerry was sentenced to 35 years in prison for soliciting bribes and extorting sex from massage parlor owners, in addition to molesting two children. His crimes allegedly started in 2018, but continued even after they were first reported.
"Some of these things are completely criminal in nature and unacceptable," Councimember Raul Peralez said. "We need to have a process hopefully that ensures that we don't have city employees that are committing these types of acts."
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In his memo, Liccardo said the employees continued working in public-facing roles for several months, subjecting additional residents to harm and risk.
The mayor specifically calls on the IPA to review cases of misconduct and recommend changes to SJPD's duty manual. However, this request may not go far because while the IPA has authority to investigate some cases and make recommendations, it has no real power to enforce decisions or unfettered access to SJPD data to conduct a thorough review. An IPA report revealed last year that a quarter of San Jose officers had complaints filed against them in 2020.
Improving oversight
City Attorney Nora Frimann said her office is working with the city's IPA, Shivaun Nurre, to determine how she can conduct the study—the scope of the mayor's direction may exceed the authority of the IPA.
"What would've been better is a policy to change and enhance the authority of the IPA so they could conduct those kinds of investigations," said Aaron Zisser, the city's former IPA and a thecupertinodigest.com columnist.
Zisser said there needs to be an oversight body to review all of SJPD's processes and not only suggest, but enforce recommendations similar to those put forth by the city's Charter Review Commission and Reimagining Public Safety Community Advisory Committee.
"There isn't an oversight agency that's tasked with comprehensive review and that is what we need," Zisser said. "It could look at background checks, the hiring process to see if (the city) missed anything."
Raj Jayadev, criminal justice advocate and founder of Silicon Valley De-Bug, agreed with Zisser, but emphasized the need for significant change in the police's culture of accountability.
"Auditing and holding someone to account are not synonymous," Jayadev told thecupertinodigest.com. "There's only so many times you do an annual report that confirms the same trends and expect that's sufficient enough to make the larger systemic and cultural changes required."
For these reasons, Jayadev criticized the memo, calling it "cosmetic," rather than effective or substantive.
"This type of misconduct is not the exception, but rather an endemic to policing," Jayadev said. "And it's not because these employees were particularly stealthy, it's because they know there was no legitimate accountability system or culture of accountability within the department."
Mitigating risk
Liccardo also wants the city manager to report what citywide policies have been, or will be implemented to address the risk of exposing the public to harmful behavior pending investigations of city employees' criminal conduct.
Under state law, city employees have rights to a full and fair investigation of any allegations of misconduct prior to termination or other disciplinary action.
"That doesn't settle the question, however, of why these employees were not placed on leave or otherwise reassigned to mitigate the risk of harm to the public from their behavior," Liccardo wrote in his memo.
For example, in 2021, Dominguez was accused of touching a 25-year-old woman's breasts and thigh and kept trying to touch her even after she rejected his advances at a Memorial Day party at the home of another San Jose officer, according to the Mercury News. Her allegation was investigated, but no charges were ever filed.
San Jose's IPA alerted SJPD's Internal Affairs unit in June 2021, but Dominguez was still able to serve as an officer in the public until the recent April episode.
In Gerry's case, it took four complaints and a civil lawsuit for the City Attorney's Office investigation to lead to a witness whose statements triggered his arrest, according to Liccardo.
The city manager's report will come to the full City Council on June 21. At that meeting, the council will also vote on whether or not to move forward with an IPA study.
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Combining classic tube sound and feel with next-generation tonal diversity, the BOSS Nextone series presents an exciting, modern concept in professional guitar amplification. Distinctive channel voicings deliver a wide range of inspiring tones, while four selectable Class AB analog power amp types provide instant access to the unique characteristics of 6V6, 6L6, EL84, and EL34 output tube sections. Backed by BOSS advanced Tube Logic approach, each power amp type re-voices the entire circuit from input to output, putting the complete sonic experience of these signature power stages in one amp for the very first time.
In a tube-based guitar amplifier, the preamp is important for basic tone shaping, but it's the power amp design that really defines the overall sonic signature and playing feel. Most amps use a specific output tube type, while a rare few allow you to swap out different power tubes. Unfortunately, this process usually requires physical tube replacement and bench time with a tech, making it expensive and inconvenient. For the most part, you really needed to buy multiple amps to access the unique tonal characteristics of different output tube sections—until now.


What is another word for artifice?
frankness, inability, ingenuousness, incapacity, sincerity, innocence, openness, honor, artlessness, truthfulness, candor, honesty, reality, simplicity.
dependability, reliability, good faith, directness, guilelessness, reliableness, incapability, incorruptibility, fairness, ineffectualness, trustiness, uprightness, incompetence, trustworthiness, inadequacy, righteousness, solidity, inefficiency, ineffectiveness, inefficacy, goodness, truth, rudeness, decency, inadequateness, clumsiness, crudeness, virtuousness, amateurishness, trustability, plainness, ineptness, forthrightness, candidness, ineffectuality, plainspokenness, maladroitness, ineptitude, awkwardness.
When it became clear that this artifice was employed for the purpose of causing delay, the returning officer took on himself the responsibility of closing the books, and of declaring Montague and Vernon duly elected.
As he entered his house now he saw upon a Spanish table in the big hall a solitary bunch of white roses - a touch of simplicity in an area of fine artifice.
Tactical Manoeuvre, manoeuvre, maneuver, tactical maneuver.


My friend Jeannine and I went for a hike in the Berkeley hills, up behind the Claremont Hotel, and I came home with a bouquet of wildflowers. It felt so good to be surrounded by nature. Especially when the hillside is littered with Scotch Broom, wild Lupine, Indian Paintbrush, Forget-Me-Nots, and sweet pea. Mr. Curious was all over them, making me realize that this is his first spring, and he's never smelled wildflowers before. How exciting.
The daffodils were grown by Marina. I'm pretty sure the woman brings me most of the flowers she grows, along with those she forages. What a peach. Favorite things right now: flowers in my home, curious little kitties, hiking mountains. In the next couple weeks I have a few photo shoots with humans, which I'm really looking forward to. Not that anyone ever tires of looking at flowers and kitties.


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Psamtik III (Ancient Egyptian: , pronounced ), known by the Graeco-Romans as Psammetichus or Psammeticus (Ancient Greek: ), or Psammenitus (Ancient Greek: ), was the last Pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt from 526 BC to 525 BC. Most of what is known about his reign and life was documented by the Greek historian Herodotus in the 5th century BC. Herodotus states that Psamtik had ruled Egypt for only six months before he was confronted by a Persian invasion of his country led by King Cambyses II of Persia. Psamtik was subsequently defeated at the Battle of Pelusium, and fled to Memphis where he was captured. The deposed pharaoh was carried off to Susa in chains, and later committed suicide.

Family

Psamtik III was the son of the pharaoh Amasis II and one of his wives, Queen Tentkheta. He succeeded his father as pharaoh in 526 BC, when Amasis died after a long and prosperous reign of some 44 years. According to Herodotus, he had a son named Amasis and a wife and daughter, both unnamed in historical documents.

Defeat and imprisonment

Psamtik ruled Egypt for no more than six months. A few days after his coronation, rain fell at Thebes, which was a rare event that frightened some Egyptians, who interpreted this as a bad omen. The young and inexperienced pharaoh was no match for the invading Persians. After the Persians under Cambyses had crossed the Sinai desert with the aid of the Arabians, a bitter battle was fought near Pelusium, a city on Egypt's eastern frontier, in the spring of 525 BC. The Egyptians were defeated at Pelusium and Psamtik was betrayed by one of his allies, Phanes of Halicarnassus. Consequently, Psamtik and his army were compelled to withdraw to Memphis. The Persians captured the city after a long siege, and captured Psamtik after its fall. Shortly thereafter, Cambyses ordered the public execution of two thousand of the principal citizens, including (it is said) a son of the fallen king.

Captivity and suicide

Psamtik's captivity and subsequent execution are described in The Histories by Herodotus, Book III, sections 14 and 15. Psamtik's daughter and the daughters of all the Egyptian noblemen were enslaved. Psamtik's son and two thousand other sons of noblemen were sentenced to death, in retaliation for the murder of the Persian ambassador and the two hundred crew of his boat. An "old man who had once been the king's friend" was reduced to beggary. All these people were brought before Psamtik to test his reaction, and he only became upset after seeing the state of the beggar.

Psamtik's compassion for the beggar caused him to be spared, but his son had already been executed. The deposed pharaoh was then raised up to live in the entourage of the Persian King. After a while, however, Psamtik attempted to raise a rebellion among the Egyptians. When Cambyses learned of this, Psamtik is reported by Herodotus to have drunk bull's blood and immediately died.

References

External links
Cartouche of Psammetichus
Herodotus histories

6th-century BC Pharaohs
Pharaohs of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt
Year of birth unknown
525 BC deaths
6th-century BC executions

Dethroned monarchs


DAKAR, April 24 (Reuters) – Congo's state miner Gecamines is starting legal proceedings to dissolve its Kamoto copper and cobalt joint venture with a subsidiary of Glencore, blaming the commodities giant for high debts that have weighed on the mine for more than 10 years.
Gecamines said on Tuesday that debts owed by Kamoto to Glencore and its subsidiaries at the end of 2017 topped $9 billion. It said the commodities group charged the venture interest rates on loans that were too high.
Kamoto, one of Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) biggest copper and cobalt mines, is 75 percent controlled by Katanga Mining, in which Glencore has an 86 percent stake. Gecamines controls the remaining 25 percent.
Kinshasa is taking an increasingly confrontational stance toward foreign mining companies, including a new mining code passed last month that hikes royalties and taxes.
Gecamines said last year it planned to implement new controls to hold its joint venture partners accountable for poor financial performance at their mines.
"Through a series of intragroup financial and commercial agreements, the majority shareholders group implemented a policy that resulted in draining, to its own benefit, the treasury and the wealth of the joint company," Gecamines said in a statement.
Katanga Mining had said on Sunday it opposed dissolving Kamoto and was assessing options to address the mine's capital shortfall, including forgiving a portion of the debt.
Katanga said it had attempted to engage in talks with Gecamines about recapitalising the Kamoto mine but that the Congolese company unilaterally launched legal proceedings.
A court hearing on Gecamines' petition to dissolve Kamoto is scheduled for May 8 in Congo.
Gecamines said in its statement that annual interest rates on Kamoto's debts had reached 14 percent. It said Glencore and its subsidiaries were able to borrow funds far more cheaply than the level at which it lent on to the venture.
HSBC analysts were sanguine in a note on Monday about the impact of Gecamines' move, saying Katanga had several options to recapitalise the mine that were unlikely to impact the company's assets, liabilities and net assets.
However, Elisabeth Caesens, director of Resource Matters, a Brussels-based group that advocates better resource management, said Glencore and Katanga could have more serious concerns.
"Congolese authorities have cancelled fully operational projects in the past in less troubling circumstances. The scenario whereby the DRC court grants Gecamines relief should not be ruled out completely," she told Reuters.
Congo is Africa's top copper producer and the world's leading miner of cobalt, a key ingredient in electric batteries, but Gecamines is heavily indebted.
Shares in Toronto-listed Katanga lost half their value on Monday in response to Sunday's original announcement.


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Nope! You can download and use the app for free, adding as many kompartments as you like. Once you reach our maximum data level for our base product (that is, once you upload a certain volume of files and images), you will be able to upgrade to our premium product that gives you further storage. Our premium product is also going to have a heap of cool premium features added to it over the coming couple of months as well so stay tuned for these! Details of each product can be found on our Pricing page.
How do I add a new Kompartment?
You can add as many new kompartments as you like. This can be done by simply clicking the + symbol in the top right hand corner of the Home screen.
How does the Calendar integration work with my device?
If you are on your mobile device and you add an event into a kompartment, it will load straight into your device's native calendar.
If you add an event within the web version of Kompartment, next time you open the app on your mobile device it will add the event into your device's native calendar.
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If you log into your account on a new mobile device, it will synchronise all your calendar events into the device's calendar.
Basically, when you open Kompartment on your mobile device, it will compare your kompartment calendar to your mobile device calendar and add in any new events that are not already in your device calendar.
Note that the synchronising process can take a minute or so so if you close out of the app before it is finished all event updates may not occur.
I don't want a kompartment calendar to synchronise with my device calendar. Can I turn this off?
You sure can. Go into your kompartment and then click the edit icon in the top right hand corner. Scroll down to 'Sync with device calendar' and turn this off. Note that this will not remove any events that have already synced with your calendar, it just won't sync any events you add going forward.
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When I try to load Kompartment, I see a white screen. What has gone wrong?
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Starting your own fashion business or opening your boutique entails a combination of hard work, patience, passion and lots of creativity. It would be a dream come true for any fashion designer to see his or her masterpiece featured in a fashion show or sold out in the market.
It sounds fabulous to create a boutique filled with items that you made. Moreover, through your designs, you can connect and create a bond between you and your customers. However, the road towards a successful clothing line or brand you want isn't always smooth and easy.
Fashion designers do not lack artistic talent when creating pieces of clothing, but not all have what it takes to turn their passion into a profitable business. There will be a lot of challenges and difficulties along the way, but it will all be worth it in the end.
Though there are so many fashion lines or brands in the market today, but you can still distinguish those brands that give the sense of a total package with high-rated quality, superiority, and excellence in their products.
There are so many things to take note before opening your boutique, establishing your clothing line or brand, and being successful in the clothing industry. Nevertheless, the following tips are some of the things you need to take note of while going through that path towards success.
Creativity alone is not enough in building your clothing line or brand. It only sustains your passion but not the business aspect of your clothing line. That means you'll have to think, prepare, and decide like an entrepreneur.
As an entrepreneur, you must also have the knowledge and understanding of how a business works. The very first thing you must do is to plan. While planning for your business, you must also have a clear vision or goal. A clear goal helps you recognize the steps you need to do and help set the direction of your business.
Putting together a plan for your business that grasps and lays out short-term and long-term goals will decrease the tendency of losing the way and instead drive you toward success. Being a successful entrepreneur means having the desire, determination, and hunger to give your best.
One of the most important things you need to know when establishing a clothing line is creating a clothing label. Your name will likely not be as famous as others. However, proper marketing and development will get you there.
You should craft a clothing label that uniquely identifies the whole concept of your designs and sets them apart from others. Moreover, indicate your business or company name notably on this clothing label to start building brand recognition.
Start also with one product line and begin climbing the ladder to success through it. You develop the brand from one product line so as to focus on it, maintain the consistency that carries the design forward and concentrate on the things that need improvement.
Also, setting the decent price fit for your product is paramount to attaining success. You must be able to understand the needs of the customers, how much they would be willing to pay and how much you can spend on materials without sacrificing the quality of your product.
After coming up with a marketing plan that identifies your target customers and determines the approach you're going to take, start making initial contacts. Building relationships through proper communications are critical to assist a designer in bringing their work to the attention of a diverse audience.
It is vital for a start-up business to build networks and connections with different people. Such connections do not just satisfy the needs of the company but also help the business grow.
Often start-up businesses struggle with production because they are still trying to understand the whole process thoroughly. You must know and understand the system of dealing and bargaining with suppliers, creditors, retailers, and customers.
It may be difficult at the start. However, it is essential to understand the process because it serves as the backbone of your business. Moreover, it is important to transact with suppliers, retailers, and customers in the most professional way.
For example, if you need to pay for something, it is critical to pay retailers and suppliers promptly so that production wouldn't get delayed. Or else, you'll be damaging relationships with retailers and suppliers.
During the start of your business, you must be able to know how to handle and manage your cash flow and funding. Budgeting in business is crucial because it is how you allot the money needed to make your product and pay suppliers and retailers. You must always keep your finances under control.
Reviews from customers or other people interested in your clothing brand help you learn and grow. They aren't there to pull you down or take away your confidence, but to push you towards your success.
Since a start-up business owner still has a lot to learn from the industry and their customers and suppliers, critiques serve as a learning tool for making modification and innovation to your clothing line. They are also there to correct mistakes and address issues along the way.
There are a lot of start-up clothing line in the fashion industry that got everything right at the start but ended badly eventually; since not all designers know how to handle the demands and pressure in this kind of industry.
Most of them, attracted by the fun, glamor, and fanciness associated with the fashion industry, rush into it without having the slightest knowledge of how the whole business works.
However, a combination of having the right attitude, hard work, determination, passion, and undying desire to give it all might just get you to the success you are longing.
Jenny Park is a person who loves traveling the world to look for the latest fashion style of different races. Aside from looking for a person who always wants to be in style, she also loves writing, and it has been her greatest passion. Jenny writes on behalf of French Connection, a website about clothing online based in Australia. Whatever she learns in her journey, she writes it and shares it with her readers.


Preheat the oven to 200°C. Thoroughly dry the rinsed chickpeas by patting them with a dish towel or thick paper towel.
Spread chickpeas evenly onto a baking sheet. Add olive oil, smoked paprika, garlic powder, sea salt, ground cumin, cayenne and onion powder. Mix together until the chickpeas are thoroughly coated with the seasonings.
Bake in oven for 40 minutes, checking every 15 minutes to make sure chickpeas are browning evenly.
Remove from oven when chickpeas are a light golden brown. Let the roasted chickpeas cool for 5 minutes.
In a large mixing bowl, add the entire contents of the Taylor Farms Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit, including the topping packets and the dressing. Add the roasted chickpeas and toss together to mix. Divide into 2 separate salad bowls and enjoy!


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Romeo Beckham's model girlfriend Mia Regan takes style tips...
Romeo Beckham's model girlfriend Mia Regan takes style tips from Victoria Beckham
By Bang Showbiz in Fashion / Beauty on 30 November 2021
Victoria Beckham David Beckham Nicola Peltz
Mia Regan, who is dating Romeo Beckham, went to Victoria Beckham for style tips.
Romeo Beckham's model girlfriend, Mia Regan, took style and beauty advice from Victoria Beckham for the Fashion Awards.
The 19-year-old Fort Lauderdale CF forward - who is the son of the 47-year-old fashion designer and retired soccer ace David Beckham - and the influencer, who is also 19, made their red carpet debut at the star-studded ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Monday night (29.11.21).
And speaking to British Vogue at the bash, Mia revealed she always goes to the former Spice Girl when she wants an opinion on her ensembles and make-up.
Mia said: "Even just talking about what I'm wearing with her, what nails and make-up I'm going to go for, it's nice to have that figure."
On being nervous before hitting the red carpet, she said: "I think it's good to have nerves; if you didn't you wouldn't be human."
Mia admitted she pushed herself "out of my comfort zone" with her choice of a Proenza Schouler LBD (Little Black Dress) with statement fringing from rental site My Wardrobe HQ.
She said: "I tried on loads of dresses."
On making a sustainable choice, she said: "When you buy a piece of clothing, you want to have it for a long time."
Mia is not the only girlfriend of a member of the Beckham family to take advice from Victoria.
Nicola Peltz, who is engaged to the power couple's eldest child, Brooklyn, 22, even raids Posh Spice's closet.
Victoria took to Instagram earlier this year to post a snap of the 26-year-old actress wearing her Victoria Beckham bustier top.
And the mother-of-four spilled that her future daughter-in-law is always wearing pieces from her wardrobe.
Victoria captioned the post: "Looks like the future Mrs Beckham has been in my wardrobe again! but you're forgiven because I love this VB bustier on you @nicolaannepeltz (sic)"
It's expected that the Spice Girl will design Nicola's wedding dress when she and Brooklyn tie the knot.
Victoria recently gushed that her whole family are "very happy and very excited" for the pair's nuptials, which were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The singer-turned-designer - who also has Cruz, 16, and 10-year-old Harper with the 46-year-old spouse David - can't wait to pick out her own outfit as well.
She said: "He's so happy - they are both so happy. [Nicola] is just wonderful.
"She's sweet, she's kind, she's such a lovely, warm, wonderful, wonderful woman. We couldn't have asked for Brooklyn to meet a more adorable, lovely lady. We are very happy. We love her. He's so happy.
"It's nice with everything that has gone on this year that Brooklyn has found his soulmate and the lady he wants to spend the rest of his life with, during this time there's been so much uncertainty and that everything felt a little bit sad. So we are very happy and very excited. What will I wear?"


It's spring (sort of) and you can bet your nostrils this will bring about the return of angry creatures who get a bit miffed if humans turn up, the misanthropic gits.
Every nation has them (some worse than most – Australia, anyone?) and we all have to deal with it as best as we can as, let's face it, they're not going anywhere. What we can do, however, is highlight these deranged individuals so you can steer a very wide berth around their antics. Sound good?
Bear in mind the following lot as, really, this is merely a selection of some of the beasts whom may be out to do you harm.
The best bet is to be on guard 24/7 – carry a few sticks of semtex and a double-barrelled shotgun around with you at all times. You never know when the ice cream might hit the pan, after all. You have been warned, Rupert!
Everything about wasps says, "OH FOOK!" From the way they buzz about, to those angry little heads, finished off with the startling black and yellow bodywork. Seriously, though, what is it with these things?
Our very own Mr. Wapojif has been attacked a number of times by wasps for no reason whatsoever other than the wasp being a moody git. Indeed, one time he was just lying in bed and a wasp had wandered (or flown) on into his room.
It buzzed over one's bed and then went like the clappers for my face. That was back in 2004. Needles to say the wasp didn't survive. They will be a part of your summer whichever way you look at it – the best bet is just to try and ignore them but, whatever you do, don't let the sods land on you. They have stings, you know!
Behaving itself, for a change.
Having read Apsley Cherry-Garrard's wonderful account of Captain Scott's tragic 1912 voyage (in the form of The Worst Journey in the World), we grew very fond of the cute little Adélie penguins and their weird antics.
Apparently, this turns out to be far weirder than humans could have ever thought, as their necrophiliac ways so disturbed British explorers aboard Scott's mission that the results went unpublished for a hundred years!
Cleary cute animals, then, but cute animals who are a bit dumb and depraved, it would seem.
When you think of badgers you tend to imagine harmless, slow creatures who are extremely shy and just like to hang back in their homes. Honey badgers, however, have a vicious streak unlike any other animal we can think of. Completely devoid of fear, these creatures are fond of attacking things; cobras in trees, leopards, poisonous snakes, whatever else they come across, the Honey Badger doesn't care one jot about what it attacks.
There's a popular video on YouTube of one of these beasts stealing a killer snake's meal away from it (as it was still eating it), devouring the meal as the snake watches, and then he attacks the snake. Unfortunately, he gets bitten during the assault and promptly collapses, only to emerge from death a few hours later to resume eating the snake. Indeed.
"Not suitable as pets for children" we once read. Indeed. As much as we love our office pet Beans the Chinese Dwarf Hamster, to put it mildly these creatures certainly have a lot of paranoid eccentricities.
Mr. Wapojif is 6'1" and, even so, Beans thinks nothing of biting his hand when she's being held, of throwing a temper tantrum and tipping her wheel on its side, or of catapulting herself upside down around her cage, or of making a big for freedom by jumping from a vast height.
The females are particularly aggressive and will maul each other if you keep them in a cage together as they're such naturally aggressive creatures. How cute! Beans also seems keen on depleting the world's stock of pumpkin seeds.
Renowned for their intense stupidity and grotesque, annoying appearance, flies are unstable to put it mildly.
Prone to wild, sometimes unprovoked panic attacks, these repellent things spend a lot of their time sunbathing on cow pats, flying into your face by accident, or getting stuck in your house/flat. When they do get stuck there's no reasoning with them – open a window right next to it and the thing will continue to assault the glass.
They're so stupid they can't even eat properly, preferring to vomit on their food in order to liquify it. They also, apparently, defecate once every 5 minutes and carry all manner of foul diseases around with them.
Yes, we're going to be washing our hands a lot more this summer as, basically, the common house fly is just a plague-ridden nuisance bent on destroying humankind. Buy a fly swat, kill, and clean those surfaces!
So you let a hamster starve to death?


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Get to know S.R. Masters the author of The Killer You Know
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Meet S.R. Masters
Recently I had the opportunity to chat with S.R. Masters about his suspense filled debut novel The Killer You Know. I personally have read it and I can tell you it is a unique, twisty spun tale that held my interest right from the start. I am looking forward to seeing what this author has in store for us next! So sit down and let's get to know S.R. Masters.
Tell us about your debut novel, The Killer You Know.
Well it's just come out on ebook through Redhook and is due in paperback in May 2019. The story starts with an adult reunion of some childhood friends, one of whom doesn't show up. He just happens to be the same unusual guy that joked he'd grow up to be a serial killer...So while talking about the old days, the group look online for some of the crimes he said he'd commit and find very recent matches eerily similar to what he described. They then start to worry he's playing some sort of sinister game with them, one that harks back to their time as kids in the small village of Blythe.
Are there any parts or characters of this book that were influenced by your real life experiences growing up?
Oh, undoubtedly. I grew up during the 90's in a small village not unlike Blythe, and just like the gang in the book I would pass the time listening to music, reading books, watching films and making up silly games. Fortunately my own gang of friends didn't have the same peculiar chemistry as the gang in my book, and not only did we manage to refrain from murder, we are still good friends to this day.
You reference 90's rock bands quite a bit, especially Nirvana. Are you a fan or was this research for the book?
I grew up in the West Midlands which is right in the middle of England. That accent that Ozzy Osbourne has? That's a West Midlands accent. The West Midlands gave birth to loads of great rock acts (Judas Priest, Electric Light Orchestra, Sabbath, and even Robert Plant to name a few), so rock has always been a big part of my life. When I was a kid I was really into US rock, particularly US punk rock. Green Day and Nirvana were gateways into that world, and I loved both those bands and still do.
What authors would you say have influenced your writing style?
I'm a huge fan of Stephen King, and like so many other authors around my age I wouldn't be a writer (or possibly even a reader!) if not for his books. Stylistically I love writers like Ian McEwan and Jonathan Coe. I'm also a really big admirer of what Gillian Flynn has done in her three books. Possibly one of the most influential writers on me is Larry David- I just adore the way Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes are put together.
What book are you currently reading?
I'm currently reading Flight or Fright, a collection of short stories about flying put out by Cemetery Dance. It's got the original Richard Matheson story Nightmare at 20,000 feet- the one that they made a very famous Twilight Zone episode from. The story is even better than the two adaptions. Matheson is another of my favourite writers-and hideously underrated.
Do you currently have another novel in the works?
Yes, I'm currently editing a second book that I have a first draft of. It's another standalone book which I can't say too much about at the moment. However, it is set in the village next door to Blythe, and set just after the events of The Killer You Know-so a few familiar places, and even people pop up in book 2.
Tell us one fun fact that the readers do not know about you.
Well, as The Killer You Know's protagonists is a movie podcaster, a fun film fact about me is I spent a year or so in a child acting group alongside Felicity Jones from Star Wars.
Wow, that is a surprising fun fact! Thank you so much for sitting down and chatting with me from all the way across the pond. I am sure the readers will enjoy getting to know you and your debut novel The Killer You Know. I am so excited to hear that you have another novel in the works. I look forward to reading that.
If you have not checked out The Killer You Know, you need to! It is available in both the UK and the US.
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Basic Masters
S R Masters studied Philosophy at Girton College, Cambridge. He is a regular contributor to UK short fiction anthology series The Fiction Desk, having won their Writer's Award for his short story Just Kids. His story Desert Walk was included in Penguin Random House USA's Press Start to Play collection, published last year, and he continues to have short fiction published in a variety of magazines.
When not writing, Simon works in public health for the NHS in Oxford, where he lives with his wife, Helen.
The Killer You Know is his first novel.
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Day Around the Bay: East Bay Doctors Say Suicides Are Spiking
The Warriors just won initial approval from a city commission to move ahead with a proposed hotel and condo complex in Mission Bay. The project could break ground next year. [Examiner]
SF restaurateur Nick Bovis, who was implicated in the ongoing City Hall corruption probe, was set to plead guilty in federal court today. As we learned last week, Bovis has entered a plea bargain deal and has copped to two counts of wire fraud. [CBS SF]
Regarding Wednesday night's sad announcement of the demise of The Stud, the ownership collective says it is committed to finding a new location, though they haven't found one yet. They're looking for $500,000 in startup money, and Honey Mahogany says that "everyone who is an owner feels strongly this is not the end of The Stud." [KQED]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar is apparently being vetted by Biden's people as a potential VP pick, but so are a dozen others, including, probably, Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren. [CBS News / CNN]
A known Norteno gang member in Napa was arrested for multiple felony-related firearm charges for possessing stolen guns as a convicted felon, following a robbery in the area, but he was released on bail. [CBS SF]
Doctors at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek say they are seeing more deaths by suicide during the shelter-at-home period than deaths from COVID-19, and they're calling for an end to these health orders for mental health reasons. [ABC 7]
Zak Williams, the son of Robin Williams, says he's trying to call attention to mental health struggles during lockdowns, and he's on the board of a foundation in Los Angeles that Glenn Close has been promoting as well called Bring Change to Mind. [ABC 7]
Mark Zuckerberg is now saying that half the workforce at Facebook may be remote within the next ten years. [CBS SF]
Those social distancing circles that appeared at Dolores Park yesterday have also been painted at Marina Green and Potrero Hill's Jackson Playground. [Hoodline]
As part of SFMOMA's #MuseumFromHome initiative, local artists are taking over the museum's website with virtual murals. [SF Weekly]
Photo: Jorge Ramirez
Exploded Minivan Causes Major Backup on Westbound Bay Bridge
A vehicle on fire caused one of the first major traffic jams of the pandemic on the Bay Bridge Friday morning, with SF-bound congestion backed up all the way to Emeryville.
Four Young Men Identified As Suspects Charged In Santa Cruz Kidnapping and Murder
The Santa Cruz Sheriff's Office on Thursday held a press conference identifying a a trio of young twentysomething men from Lancaster, in LA County, as well as a fourth man as suspects in the October 1 kidnapping and murder of Tushar Atre.


You can legally drink on The Party Bus!
Limit one Voucher per purchase. Some holidays excluded.
Four buses with stereo systems with auxiliary hook ups, perimeter seating, dancing poles, laser and disco lights. Air conditioning and bathrooms also available.
The Party Bus does business in the Twin Cities as well as Central MN, including the areas of Little Falls, Alexandria, Brainerd, Willmar and Hutchinson. Passengers can legally drink on The Party Bus, unlike a lot of other buses out there. The Party Bus is perfect for bachelor/bachelorette parties, birthdays, weddings, proms, sporting events, casino runs and much more.
You get a group of friends together and rent a bus. They provide the driver, pick you up and drop you off. All you have to do is have fun!
We are a party bus company based in the St. Cloud area. We do business in the Twin Cities as well as Central MN, including the areas of Little Falls, Alexandria, Brainerd, Willmar and Hutchinson.
We have three buses and they are set up for optimum socializing.
We are perfect for bachelor/bachelorette parties, birthdays, weddings, proms, sporting events, casino runs and much more.


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Goodman Building may refer to:

Goodman Building (Austin, Texas), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
Goodman Building (San Francisco, California), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco
Goodman's Buildings, New South Wales, Australia

See also
Goodman Library, Napa, California, NRHP-listed
Goodman House (disambiguation)


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Offering a garden and outdoor pool, Harnas Wildlife Foundation is located in Gobabis, 4.3 km from Harnas Wildlife Foundation. Free WiFi is provided .
Some units are air conditioned and include a seating area with a TV. There is also a kitchenette in some of the units, fitted with a microwave and toaster.
Harnas Wildlife Foundation also includes a barbecue. Guests can enjoy a terrace and a restaurant on site. The property also offers packed lunches.