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We chat to Chloe, who is also known as Pinkiebag, who runs a blog about dairy-free food and drink, and is an avid tea drinker!
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Q: I want to know that can a person offer any Salaah during zawaal time in the evening? I had heard some Mufti saying that the particular day's asr can be offered. What is the time for zawaal before maghrib?
A: The time before sunset is not called zawaal. Zawaal is the time when the sun is at it's zenith (it's halfway mark between sunrise and sunset). During this time it is impermissible for one to perform any Salaah. Similarly it is impermissible for one to perform any nafil Salaah after performing the fardh of asr till sunset. It is permissible for one to perform qadha Salaah after asr. One should refrain from performing qadha salaah before sunset from the time the colour of the sun changes (as a precaution approximately 10 minutes before sunset). In this time one should not perform any nafil Salaah, nor any qadha Salaah. However if one had not performed the asr of that day, it will be permissible for him to perform the fardh of asr of that day in this time.


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Trump Blamed The Pittsburgh Synagogue For What He Said Was A Lack Of Security
Many synagogues have been focused on security amid the rise in anti-Semitic rhetoric and violence.
by Amber Jamieson
Posted on October 27, 2018, 8:40 pm
In his first televised comments on Saturday's deadly mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, President Donald Trump appeared to place some blame on officials at the house of worship for not having stronger security.
"This is a case where if they had an armed guard inside, they might have been able to stop him immediately," Trump told reporters. "They didn't. And he was able to do things that unfortunately he shouldn't have been able to do."
Authorities in Pennsylvania said 11 people were killed when a gunman opened fire during a Shabbat service involving children at the Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood. At least four police officers were also shot.
Many synagogues across the country have had security measures in place for years specifically because of anti-Semitism, amid a dramatic rise in hate crimes and violence in other places of worship. Anti-Semitic incidents jumped 57% in 2017, according to the Anti-Defamation League, which tracks anti-Semitic violence and other hate crimes in the US.
A former president of the Tree of Life, Michael Eisenberg, said that synagogue officials had worked with a security expert about what to do in an active shooter situation.
"It was a major concern for me, for us. We were working with the Department of Homeland Security to evaluate exit routes," he told reporters outside the synagogue Saturday, saying they'd also worked with other synagogues to prepare for active shooter situations.
Nathan Diament from the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congress of America told CNN on Saturday that most synagogues had security plans in place, ranging from police officers stationed outside the synagogue during services to trained volunteers.
When Trump spoke on Saturday morning, investigators had not spoken publicly about what security, if any, was in place at the Tree of Life during the service. Wendell Hissrich, the city's public safety director, later said they weren't aware of any security at the building on Saturday.
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"They didn't have any protection," Trump told reporters less than three hours after the shooting as first responders still worked to secure the synagogue and its surrounding area. "They had a maniac walk in, and they didn't have any protection. And that is just so sad to see. So sad to see. The results could have been much better."
When asked by media if he was suggesting religious buildings needed to have armed guards, Trump said he "hate[s] to think of it that way" but that the world was violent.
"Now, isn't it a shame that you even have to speak that way? That we even have to think of that inside of a temple or inside of a church? But certainly the results might have been far better," said Trump.
When asked if his administration needed to reexamine gun regulations, Trump said gun regulation "has little to do with it."
Instead, the president brought up the death penalty, saying that shooters at temples and churches should receive it.
"When people do this, they should get the death penalty and shouldn't have to wait years and years. Now the lawyers will get involved and everybody's going to get involved and we'll be 10 years down the line," said Trump.
The death penalty is part of Pennsylvania's legal system, although the governor put a temporary ban on it in 2015, pending a review.
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Trump speaking in Indianapolis.
Although he didn't initially refer to the incident as an anti-Semitic attack, Trump later said at a boisterous event in Indiana that there had been "a horrific shooting targeting and killing Jewish Americans."
"This wicked act of mass murder is pure evil, hard to believe, and, frankly, something that is unimaginable," he said. "Our nation and the world are shocked and stunned by the grief. This was an anti-Semitic act."
The president made the comments at the beginning of his remarks at the national FFA convention in Indianapolis, where he took the stage to a cheering crowd as the song "God Bless the USA (Proud to Be an American)" played.
Trump earlier noted that he felt the emotional burden of being president during a mass shooting.
"Before I ran for office, I'd watch incidents like this with churches and other things and think, 'What a shame, what a shame,'" Trump said before he left for Indiana.
"But it's even tougher when you're the president of the United States and you have to watch this kind of a thing," he added. "It is so sad to see."
Although he initially considered canceling a rally scheduled for late Saturday in Illinois, the president later said the event would go on.
"We can't let evil change our life and change our schedule," he said. "You go with a heavy heart, but you go."
Oct. 27, 2018, at 23:08 PM
The synagogue targeted in Saturday's shooting is named Tree of Life. An earlier version of this story misstated its name.
There Are "Multiple Fatalities" After A Shooting At A Pittsburgh Synagogue BuzzFeed News · Oct. 27, 2018
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A confrontation, shooting and vehicle crash involving minors unfolded early Saturday morning starting in El Rio and ending in Oxnard, officials said.
Two teenagers were shot early Saturday in a scenario that unfolded in three areas and ended with a vehicle crash in north Oxnard.
The events were reported around 2:20 a.m. after apparently starting with a confrontation in El Rio, an unincorporated community just outside Oxnard on the north side of Highway 101 sandwiched between Vineyard and Rose avenues.
Two teens, a 16-year-old male and a 13-year-old female, fled the scene of the confrontation by driving north to Saticoy, according to Ventura County Sheriff's Office Capt. Denise Sliva.
The teens were fired upon in the Saticoy area, she said, and again fled in their vehicle. During a chase, additional shots may have been fired, Sliva said.
At some point, the vehicle involving the shooter or shooters fled. A witness, however, had been following the victims' vehicle. The victims apparently thought the witness was the shooters' vehicle still following them, Sliva said.
The victims ended up on Forest Park Boulevard in north Oxnard's RiverPark community and crashed the vehicle at Moonlight Park Avenue, she said. They fled on foot, but were ultimately taken to an area hospital with gunshot wounds that were not life-threatening.
Sheriff's officials were still investigating.


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Furman grad set to become PM of Finland
A man who attended Furman University on a golf scholarship is set to become the next Prime Minister of Finland.
Furman grad set to become PM of Finland A man who attended Furman University on a golf scholarship is set to become the next Prime Minister of Finland. Check out this story on greenvilleonline.com: http://grnol.co/1i1P3du
Liv Osby, losby@gannett.com Published 2:01 p.m. ET June 16, 2014 | Updated 11:47 a.m. ET June 17, 2014
Alexander Stubb
Alexander Stubb, who graduated from the Greenville college in 1993, is the leader of the Scandinavian country's largest party, The National Coalition Party, said Brent Nelsen, a political science professor who taught Stubb years ago.
The leader of the largest party becomes prime minister, he said.
"Everybody knew that he was destined for big things," said Nelsen, who co-authored a book with Stubb in 1993 and who remains friends with him. "He was a larger-than-life personality."
Calling himself "Finnish by birth but Southern by the grace of God," according to Nelsen, Stubb came to Greenville in the late 1980s, just before Nelsen became a member of the political science faculty.
Originally at Furman on a golf scholarhship, Stubb played for a while, but realized he couldn't be a serious student and play golf too, said Furman spokesman Vince Moore.
So he abandoned the links for his studies, he said, eventually winning the Bradshaw-Feaster Medal for General Excellence as the top male graduate in the class.
Few Furman students had ever met a cosmopolitan European like Stubb, Nelsen said, and he was admired by students and faculty alike.
"He really loved reading old texts -- Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli. And he talked a lot about political ideas," he said. "And he took a course with me on the international political economy and learned about trade and finance."
After graduating, Stubb helped Nelsen write "The European Union: Readings on the Theory and Practice of European Integration," currently in its fourth edition.
"He came to America and learned about the European Union," Nelsen said. "And saw it was a great time to get involved in European affairs."
Stubb attended the Sorbonne, the College of Europe and the London School of Economics before becoming the Finnish foreign minister, Nelsen said.
He was elected as one of Finland's representatives to the European Parliament and most recently served as Finland's minister for European affairs and foreign trade, according to Furman.
Over the years, the two have visited one another, here and in Europe, with Stubb speaking to a number of Furman groups that Nelsen has led.
Stubb is considered a fiscal conservative but a social liberal, Nelsen said.
And as prime minister he faces a stubborn economic recession combined with a recent decline in exports and a national debt that has threatened to lower the country's AAA rating, he said.
"Alex is going to have a tough job economically stabilizing the debt and keeping unemployment from getting out of control," he said. "And there is a debate about Finland joining NATO. That would be huge."
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No Joke: Amazon Is Launching Apple TV Competitor on April 2
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It appears that Amazon's (NASDAQ:AMZN) long–rumored Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) TV competitor will make its debut on April 2. Insider sources cited by Re/code have confirmed the launch date, and Amazon has already sent out invitations for a media event on April 2 that will feature "an update on our video business." The invitation has an image of a couch strewn with popcorn, which also strongly suggests that the event will center on a television-related product.
Amazon's device will compete with Apple TV, Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Chromecast, and digital media players made by Roku. Although Amazon's upcoming video-streaming device is commonly referred to as a set-top box, recent rumors have suggested that the device will not resemble a box like Apple's digital media player.
According to insider sources cited by TechCrunch, the device will look a lot like Google's Chromecast dongle. Like Chromecast, Amazon's device is also expected to plug directly into a television set's HDMI port. TechCrunch's sources indicated that Amazon's TV gadget will be capable streaming "top-tier games" at a standard online video service speed of 30 frames per second. If TechCrunch's sources are accurate, the upcoming product could give Amazon an important head start in the burgeoning game-streaming business.
Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed the extent of the company's success with its Apple TV product at the company's last annual shareholders meeting. According to Cook, Apple made more than $1 billion in revenue from Apple TV and Apple TV content sales in fiscal 2013. However, the addition of game support could give Amazon's device a competitive edge over its competitors.
Rumors about an updated Apple TV have been circulating since last year. Sources who spoke to 9to5Mac indicated that Apple is working on a successor to the current Apple TV device that may include new types of content and a revamped operating system. And according to sources cited by iLounge, the next-generation Apple TV may also include the ability to stream or download video games.
Apple has not confirmed any of the rumors or announced plans to launch a new Apple TV product. However, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that Apple is in talks with Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) concerning the possibility of creating a streaming-television service that would bypass congestion caused by public Internet traffic. The report suggested that Apple's next entry into the Web TV market is being held up by negotiations with partners.
Amazon's move into the video-streaming hardware market follows the company's similar actions into the e-book reader and tablet markets after it began offering media for those devices. Amazon has long offered streaming Internet video content through its Amazon Instant Video service, and its upcoming video-streaming device would complement those services.
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Embracing the history of the hotel's provenance, charm and location, to create the backdrop for re-invigorated design.
Situated in subtropical gardens overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, Reid's Palace is immersed in the honesty and glamour of the island. Reid's Palace is a historic hotel of notoriety, synonymous with travelling connoisseurs for its ritual of Tea at Reid's.
The design emphasises timeless glamour, with subtle opulence, invigorating the interiors. Infusing the colours of the views, and enhancing its connectivity with the gardens and its past, the interiors create a unique, luxurious, and tactile experience.
A refreshing re-design of the 60's pool restaurant extension offers an All Day Dining experience, showcasing authentic Madeiran flavours overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.


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Rudy Glenn (born October 12, 1958) is a retired American soccer player who coaches youth soccer.

High school and college
Glenn attended Mannheim American High School in Mannheim, Germany .  He attended Indiana University from 1976-1979 where he played on the men's soccer team.  During Glenn's four years with the team, it went to the NCAA championship in 1976 and 1978.  Indiana lost in both games to the University of San Francisco.  However, USF was later disqualified from the 1978 championship.

Professional career
The Chicago Sting of the North American Soccer League (NASL) took Glenn in the first round (third overall) in the 1979 NASL College Draft.  Glenn became an excellent defender with the Sting.  He scored the winning goal in the shootout Penalty shootout (football)#American experiments phase of the 1981 NASL championship game, which had end without a goal after 90 minutes of regulation and 15 minutes of golden goal extra time.  In 1983, the U.S. Soccer Federation, in coordination with the NASL, entered the U.S. national team, known as Team America, into the NASL as a league franchise.  The team drew on U.S. citizens playing in the NASL, Major Indoor Soccer League and American Soccer League.  Glenn left the Sting and signed with Team America.  When Team America finished the 1983 season with a 10-20 record, the worst in the NASL, USSF withdrew the team from the league.  Glenn returned to the Sting and remained with the team until he retired from playing.  In 1984, the Sting won a second NASL championship, the last in the league's history.  At the end of the season, the NASL folded and the Sting moved to Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL).  Glenn remained with the Sting and played two years in MISL.  During the 1985-1986 season, he played only eight games, scoring one goal, before he was injured.  He was released by the Sting on May 1, 1986.  In October 1986, Glenn joined the Chicago Shoccers of the American Indoor Soccer Association.

National team
In 1984, Glenn earned his only cap with the national team as a substitute for Andy Parkinson in a 0-0 tie with Italy.  In 1987, Glenn also played five games, scoring one goal for the U.S. Futsal Team.

Post playing career
Glenn coached boys sophomore soccer at Niles West High School and girls varsity soccer coach at Niles West High School. Rudy is also the founder of Illinois Sting FC, the girls feeder soccer team for Niles West High School. He now currently coaches Glenview's, Loyola Academy Boys Soccer Team as of 2022.

Assistant Director at FC United out of Glenview Illinois April 2018

References

Glenn coaches boys sophomore soccer at Niles West High School and girls varsity soccer coach at Niles West High School. Rudy is also the founder of Illinois Sting FC, the girls feeder soccer team for Niles West High School.

External links
 Indiana University
 NASL/MISL stats
 Nation Championship 1981 (minute 4:05)

1958 births
Living people
American men's futsal players
American soccer coaches
American soccer players
American Indoor Soccer Association players
Chicago Shoccers players
Chicago Sting (MISL) players
Chicago Sting (NASL) players
Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer players
Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
Team America (NASL) players
United States men's international soccer players
Association football defenders
Association football midfielders

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6:40 pm ET - The Bruins have thus far sent a loud and clear message: to win the national championship, you'll have to stop Kevin Love. The freshman center has been spot on in all three of UCLA's wins, virtually unstoppable simply because no team has been able to supply a good matchup for the big man inside. Xavier's no different, relying more on guard and perimeter play to win games than inside heft.
The only remaining question is whether Darren Collison and Russell Westbrook can penetrate on Xavier's Lavender and Burrell enough to get love open looks. The answer is that they'll likely be able to do it often enough to use Love's size advantage and distance themselves from the upset-minded Musketeers. The Bruins should win by 8 or more.
9:05 pm ET - Any time you have a matchup of this magnitude, you look to the bench and see who's coaching. Hmmm... Rick Pitino and Roy Williams. Not much separating those two veterans of many tournaments, so the game is going to be won where? Inside? Doubtful. The Cardinals have David Padgett, Earl Clark and Derrick Caracter to go up against UNC's Tyler Hansbrough. Outside? A little different story. Nobody can match the speed of Ty Lawson, and when Danny Green gets in the game, the Tar Heels have a huge backcourt advantage. Given Wayne Ellington and Marcus Ginyard on the wings, the Cardinals will be unlikely to keep up with Carolina's offensive juggernaut and may have to opt for a three-guard look.
All of this spells trouble for Louisville, but remember, Pitino's over there on the Cardinal's bench and he won't let things get out of hand. Look for Louisville to try to post up and get Hansbrough in foul trouble.
In the end, it looks certain that Carolina will prevail by a solid margin, though it's tough to see how they could win by more than 8 or 9. Slight edge to the Heels.


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I like Jennifer Lynn Barnes's writing style and the way she doesn't fit neatly into any one genre. Her first series of books was about werewolves (Raised by Wolves). Last year she published one called Every Other Day, an action thriller in which her main character fought demons from the underworld of hell, and 'every other day' was a vulnerable human girl. It was a genius premise, and Kali's determination and ferociousness about protecting people was really well written.
And now we have Nobody. I don't know what genre to apply to it. It starts off as an assassin book (Nix is ordered to kill Claire for reasons unknown), it quickly morphs into damaged-teens-find-each-other-and-bond story (Claire is lonely and Nix is being manipulated), then they are on the run (this part of the story is pure adrenalin), and of course there is a bit of romance, a bit of conspiracy theory, and a bit of exposing-the-baddies-for-who-they-are. Ultimately it's a happy-ever-after story (thank goodness).
The main two characters, Claire and Nix, both narrate. Claire is a lost and lonely 16 year old, who at times believes she is invisible. Initially this is hard for readers to accept. Would even her parents forget who she is? But Barnes is a deft writer who makes us believe in Nobodies, Sensors, and Normals. Part of Claire's and Nix's skill is to physically disappear, 'fly', and reappear somewhere else entirely. This element moves the novel into sci-fi, but otherwise the kids live in a fairly ordinary world. The book is often repetitive with the two kids telling themselves over and over that 'I am nothing. I am nobody'. Initially it is degrading and weighs them down, but eventually readers come to realise that this mantra lifts and inspires them. Their 'nothingness' gives them power and control in a world that has only used and discarded them. This is highly empowering.
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Nothing productive ever happens when you're too tired to think. Procrastination can be used like a tool to give thought processes time to recoup for fresh ideas.
Procrastination can often come off as a bad word when there is work that needs to be done. Instead of being thought of as lazy and unproductive, many of us organize our lives for increasing productivity through multitasking. Yet, some of us concentrate too much on multitasking work and home to the point that we're actually working against ourselves and losing efficiency. With that said, let me explain why procrastination may help productivity more than previously thought.
Forcing yourself into a rigid schedule by juggling many tasks at once often can lead to less than perfect results. After all, a tight schedule is demanding with how much time we allow each task. As a result, each completed task may not be a reflection of our best work since we are rushed.
In order to get more from multitasking efforts, you might want to change the order of some of the tasks on your schedule before just plowing through. For instance, start your day taking care of the simplest tasks first. Doing so, frees up more of your schedule and allows more room for concentrating on harder projects that may require more serious thought or energy to complete. What I'm saying is if you roughly map out your day's activities beginning with solving the easy chores at the top of your list, speeding up those tasks and procrastinating a bit gives you more ambition because of what you already accomplished.
When under last minute pressure, it is always a good idea to go over the work when procrastinating to see if anything was missed or done incorrectly.
Allowing yourself time away from a stressful task can be to your advantage when you can't find a solution.
All our time is valuable. Still, there are some people that try to use every minute multitasking. The problem with this is that those people can lose their focus and not remember details as quickly than others. If you want to stick with this route of doing several things at the same time, try to eliminate as many needless distractions while you work as you can. For example, if you're trying to write an important email or document, playing music or hearing a television in the background does not help. You want to be able to concentrate fully on what you are doing and not partially. Email alerts appearing in your inbox are also distracting ones to stop when you're set on composing an email, if you intend to finish the task sooner and better.
How many of us are under the impression that if something doesn't come to us, then staring at it for how long it takes is necessary until we figure it out? The only thing wrong with that theory is nothing productive ever gets accomplished when you're frustrated. Procrastination can be your salvation just by walking away for a short break. Take a walk, have a cup of coffee or watch a bit of television can help take your mind off of the problem. By giving your brain a breather from the task at hand often can give you new clarity to the solution.
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St John the Baptist's Church is in the village of Aldford, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Malpas. Its benefice is combined with those of St Peter, Waverton and St Mary, Bruera. It is described by the authors of the Buildings of England series as "expensive" and "stiffly conventional".

History

The church was built in 1866 on the site of a previous church to a design by John Douglas at the expense of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster. The vestry was converted into a chapel, and a new vestry was added in 1902 by Douglas and Minshull.

Architecture

Exterior
The church is constructed in red sandstone with a grey-green slate roof and a shingled spire. The architectural style is that of the late 13th century. Its plan consists of a west tower, a four-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a chancel with a north chapel, and a south vestry, and a south porch. The tower is in three stages with a recessed octagonal spire, and at its southwest is an octagonal stair turret with a small stone spire. Lancet windows are in the first and second stages of the tower, above which are paired bell-openings. At the top is a corbelled open parapet. A rose window is in the north wall of the chapel. Over the south doorway is the damaged dedication stone from the former church. The porch is in striped stone, and has a pointed barrel vault.

Interior
The interior of the church is in ashlar stone, the walls of the tower and chancel being diapered. The arcades are carried on polished limestone monolithic columns. Both the pulpit and the font are in marble. The reredos contains five panels of mosaics by Salviati. The stained glass in the east window of the chapel dates from the 19th century and was made by Morris & Co. to a design by Burne-Jones. In the church are memorials, some of which have come from the previous church. These include a monument to the memory of Lieut. Job Watson Royle who was killed in 1812 at the Battle of Badajoz. Another memorial is a wooden tablet to Frances Jones who died in 1719. In the vestry is a benefaction board covering the period 1682–1723. At the base of the tower is a list of rectors going back to about 1300. The organ was made by William Hill and later modified by Robert Hope-Jones. A further modification was carried out in about 1997 by David Wells. There is a ring of six bells. Four of these were cast in 1865 by Mears & Stainbank at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, and the other two are by John Taylor & Co. of Loughborough.

External features

Associated with the church are three structures listed at Grade II. In the churchyard is a red sandstone cross on a base of four steps. The base is medieval and the shaft and head are dated 1901. On the head is a carving of the Crucifixion. Also in the churchyard is a sundial with a copper plate on a sandstone pier which probably dates from the 18th century. The churchyard walls and gates date from around 1866. The walls are made from squared rubble red sandstone and the gates are of oak. Also in the churchyard is the war grave of an Army Service Corps soldier of World War I. To the north of the church are the earthworks and some stone fragments remaining from Aldford Castle.

See also

Listed buildings in Aldford
List of new churches by John Douglas

References

Church of England church buildings in Cheshire
Grade II listed churches in Cheshire
Churches completed in 1866
19th-century Church of England church buildings
Gothic Revival church buildings in England
Gothic Revival architecture in Cheshire
John Douglas buildings
Diocese of Chester
1866 establishments in England


For the past few seasons, WNBA Alll-Star Tina Thompson knew her career was coming to a close. But she dodged questions from reporters, not wanting to make a commitment only to spring back for another season. After 17-years, however, Thompson can safely say the 2013 season will be her farewell tour.
The WNBA's inaugural overall No. 1 draft pick, Thompson won four WNBA championships. She played 12 seasons for Houston, only signing with Los Angeles because the Comets were abruptly disbanded in 2008. She joined the Storm in 2012, hoping to win a fifth WNBA championship. But a injury-riddled season ended in a first-round loss to Minnesota in the opening round of the playoffs.
Thompson, 38, signed a two-year contract to play in Seattle. She contemplated breaking it after All-Stars Sue Bird (knee) and Lauren Jackson (hamstring) announced they were going to skip the 2013 season due to surgeries. Thompson was already a reserve in 2012, starting just five games for the first time in her career. She wondered about being a featured starter in the twilight of her career.
What her final season will be like is just beginning. Thompson is expected to start when Seattle hosts Phoenix on Sunday. She's expected to start, the second of 34 final games in her WNBA career.
Thompson has logged 7,018 points, 15,129 minutes and 437 games started. She has suited up for a total of 467. She is averaging 15.2 points per game, 6.2 rebounds per game and 1.7 assists per game in 32.7 minutes per game. On June 18, 2010, she became just the second player in history to reach the 6,000-point milestone. She became the WNBA's all-time leading scorer on Aug. 9, 2010, scoring 23 points vs. San Antonio to surpass Lisa Leslie's career total of 6,263. Thompson helped lead the Houston Comets to the first four WNBA titles, spanning 1997 to 2000.


It's been a big month for Andy Cook Cycling. Since August 30th, the team have worked flat-out to deliver many high-quality cycling events. From corporate team-building days, to mass-participation charity challenges, we've been able to share our passion for cycling with a huge array of people from all walks of life. This is why we ride.
On August 30th, we took a team of 40 Savills employees on a tour of the Isle of Wight. The event was a team-bonding day in memory of a colleague who had sadly passed away, and was a fitting tribute to a keen cyclist and beloved work-mate. We liaised with the team from Savills to create a unique cycling event tailored to their needs – from bike hire to separate routes for different abilities to ride leaders for each group – and we even prepared a luxury picnic lunch at Freshwater Bay for after the ride, with homemade baguettes, antipasti and salad.
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Andy Cook Cycling has been involved with the Deloitte Ride Across Britain since it's inception in 2010. The organisers of this epic event – arguably one of the biggest and best mass-participation non-competitive rides in the world – hire a team of Andy Cook Cycling managers, drivers and ride chaperones to support the delivery of the 980 mile cycle from Land's End to John O Groats every September. Andy Cook is also responsible for the route design – a very tough job considering the criteria which has to be met, namely that the route be scenic, safe, with smooth road surfaces, not too many hills (but not too flat and boring!), and be an average of 110 miles per day so that the clients reach John O Groats in no more than 9 days.
We'd like to say a huge thank you to our 40-strong crew of chaperones, signage team and support drivers, and also to the crew from Threshold Sports who make this event the success it is. Most of all – we'd like to say a massive thank you to the 750+ riders who dug deep, pushed through the pain and made it to John O Groats on Sunday 16th September. Chapeau.
Twice in September, a strong team of Andy Cook Cycling mechanics, support staff and chaperones supported the Women V Cancer London to Paris cycle rides. An ACC-designed route took two lots of 150 female cyclists from London to Portsmouth across the water to the pretty port of Caen and then through stunning scenery and along quiet French roads all the way to Paris and the finish line at the Place Joffre. The women – who ranged from novice cyclists to seasoned Women V Cancer ride participants – were raising money for three worthy cancer charities, and all who took part had a brilliant, if sometimes challenging, experience. The banter and camaraderie between the riders and the crew was exceptional on each of these two events which made for an extremely enjoyable 3 days for all involved. We're looking forward to the third and final version of this event – starting on Thursday 4th October!
Nelson Pratt was a snowboarder and keen cyclist who tragically died in 2012. Since then, his brother and close friend have organised a 1000-rider cyclo-sportive in the beautiful South-West countryside in memory of 'Nelly' and in aid of the wonderful charity CALM – the Campaign Against Living Miserably. The Tour de Test Valley, always a brilliant laugh with plenty of great banter, cool sponsorship from Vans and a last-night party to rival a Fresher's disco, is much more than just another sportive. It's a truly important event which aims to increase awareness of mental health, particularly in men, and it's something close to our hearts here at Andy Cook Cycling. Our small team of staff who go along to support the organisers of the ride feel proud to be part of something so special – and we can't wait for next year!
As you can see, it's been a full-on month here at Andy Cook Cycling. We're not slowing down at all as we head into Autumn however – October sees the final London to Paris event, the 1500-rider British Heart Foundation Manchester to Blackpool night ride, a London to Frankfurt ride for Deutche Bank and the Cure Leukemia Trust, the Vitesse Goodwood Race Series, plus we have our own Autumn Mallorca Camp from October 13th-20th. Phew! Watch this space for news and updates from these exciting events.
Featured photo by Threshold Sports. Other photos by various.


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The Adventures of Spectre Collie
From 1989 to 1991 or thereabouts, I did a daily comic strip for the University of Georgia student newspaper, The Red and Black. This was before the website existed, back when men were men and "the internet" meant USENET. Everything was done the old-fashioned way: quickly, after classes, for two bucks a strip. The comic wasn't very funny, but at least it was poorly drawn. I was around 17 at the time; I'm using that as my excuse.
After I graduated, I put scans of some of the surviving original strips on my website, redrew some of the ones I liked, and added a few new ones. By this time, "the internet" meant mozilla pages with gray backgrounds and lots of horizontal rule lines. The dotcom bust would soon follow, and I can't help but feel my webcomic was somehow responsible. I was over 21 by this point, so I have no excuse for the quality of these strips.
Now in 2006, "the internet" is now "teh internets," and it means blogs, web 2.0, spam, and of course, porn. The digital versions of the strips I did for my website have been lost, so all I have are the original drawings and the surviving ones from the student newspaper. Some of those are already water damaged, and several I remember are missing.
So I'm scanning in a few of them again, hopefully for the last time. And putting them back up on teh internets, for posterity and public amusement. Mostly posterity.
My favorite, because it's the only one that I still think is kind of funny.
In dog school, they teach you to hate cats. Comedy.
Batman's Favorite Pasttime
See, the joke is that bats like to get in people's hair! Only included because I kind of like the drawing of Batman.
It's kinda hard to tell, but the cat is having a much better time on her date.
Meet Velma!
This one I redrew after I graduated, partly because I mistakenly thought my drawing had improved, but mostly because I finally felt old enough to put a dirty word in it. Please don't ask me to explain why I drew Velma post-mastectomy; I'm every bit as baffled as you are.
Dog Dream
At the time, I was proud whenever I did a cartoon with no caption.
Back when these were first on the internets, any webpage with a picture on it was guaranteed to make it on a "Best of the Web" list somewhere. This one was actually mentioned in a review, and that review explained the joke to me. I'm embarrassed to admit that when I drew them, they were just random characters, and it never occurred to me that the Doughboy and the Hand had a relationship.
Another one that I redrew after I graduated; the original started with a picture of what was supposed to be Oprah but failed.
Elvis Sightings
Eh. Decent Loch Ness Monster.
Flying Squirrel
The dogs are consulting a reference book! I mean, how crazy is that?!?
I kind of like the vase, I guess.
Lambada Eulogy
Yeah, I can do topical.
Pitiful.
The Thank-You Note
When I become famous, critics will discuss the psychological implications of my "dogs doing things as if they were humans" period. They will then go home to their drafty apartments, eat a single serving of microwaved macaroni and cheese, and begin quietly sobbing.
Really, you should've seen the strip the paper had before mine. It was even worse.
When this strip came out, Coke had a promotion where random cans wouldn't have delicious life-giving cola, but a dollar bill. I'm only including this one so I can point out that months after this strip ran in The Red and Black, an editorial cartoonist for The Atlanta Journal Constitution ran the exact same joke. I'll bet he got paid more than two bucks for his version.
At the Movies with Nostradamus
Nostradamus could predict the future!
Bob Gets Suspicious
What confuses me is how my drawing got worse after I graduated.
Breakfast News
In my defense, it's damned hard to have Cap'n Crunch express just the right level of gravitas.
Weak Joke
This was the next-to-the-last one I did (the actual last one is unspeakably awful).


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Apr 18 Album Review : Carcass - The Best of Carcass (2016)
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Reviewing a band's greatest hits album is fucking weird, but I'm looking for an excuse to talk about Carcass' career. Because they're a fascinating, yet atypical band. Napalm Death might've invented grindcore, but Carcass brought the genre in a completely different direction. They've invented grindcore's most extreme and fearsome subgenre goregrind, which most people have a difficult time calling music. They abandoned that sound five years into their career, became a really cool melodic death metal band and never looked back. Carcass are tough cats to follow. That is why I think going over their greatest hits album is a great way to put their musical brilliance into context. These guys pushed the boundaries of extreme music like few other bands.
The opener on The Best of Carcass is arguably their most iconic song Heartwork. If you decide to give Carcass a one-song trial, make it this one. It has elements of everything that made them great in different eras of their career: fast, shredding grindcore-inspired guitar riffs; Jeff Walker's trademark gravely, high-pitch growls; abrupt tempo changes; original and inspiring melodies and many more inspiring surprises. Heartwork definitely leans on their melodic death metal side but it's one of the best songs in the genre I've ever heard. It has such a strong identity and Carcass grindcore influences have every to do with it. The savant mix of sonic aggression and progressive sensibility is lethal here. Even the lyrics are completely unheard for the genre. It's an ode to dark arts, to people who choose to confront beauty instead of creating it. If I had to make a record with my twelve favorite death metal songs on it, Heartwork would definitely be on it.
So, now that Heartwork is out of the way, let's split the rest of the album in two categories: goregrind and melodic death metal. Carcass recorded three goregrind albums at the beginning of their career: Reek of Putrefaction, Symphony of Sickness and Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious, which seven out of the twelve songs on The Best of Carcass is dedicated to. They included the iconic instrumental opener from Reek of Putrefaction Genital Grinder, which was arguably the first goregrind song ever heard. Its fast, distorted down-tuned and obsessive riffs have withstood the test of time admirably well and have become somewhat of a ritual in Carcass gigs. People want to hear it live. The band cleverly uses it as introduction to other songs from their goregrind catalog when they play live. It's only 90 seconds long, yet its primal and echoing guitars create a powerful atmosphere.
Perhaps the most important song Carcass included on their greatest hits, at least historically speaking, is Pyosisified (Rotten to the Gore) which introduced for the first time the use of vocals pitch shifted beyond recognition. The band alternates between conventional death metal growls and what I call pitch shifted alligator sounds in order to create a dramatic duality on the song. I believe Pyosisified (Rotten to the Gore) created an entire artistic movement all by itself with the use of pitch shifted vocals but it was perhaps never used that shrewdly and with such an artistic concern ever again. Other standout goregrind songs on the record are perhaps their second most important song Corporal Jigsore Quandary, Incarnated Solvent Abuse and Exhume to Consume. They're all a lot of fun but they're more conventional, refined versions of earlier ideas they had. They're not historically important to goregrind like Genital Grinder and Pyosisified (Rotten to the Gore)
Last but not least, Carcass also had a significant melodic death metal era in their career, which had high points that were arguably much higher than their goregrind high points, but that is puzzling as a whole. I don't even know why they drastically changed direction like that. My theories are that 1) They just got tired of simple song structured and sickening lyrical themes or 2) They had Heartwork (the album) in their drawer for some time and got a shitload of money for it. They're also adventurous and experimental musicians at heart, so they simply could've outgrown their creation and not really know where to go next. The fact that they could only find 5 songs to put on The Best of Carcass from a twenty-three years period is a testament to that.
I don't even like all the melodic death metal songs they've put on that record. Sure, Heartwork and Buried Dreams are classics, but c'mon. Keep on Rotting in a Free World? There's freakin' COWBELL on this song. It reeked of a joke to begin with. It comes from Swansong, which I don't think is a very successful album to begin with. It was released in a very troublesome time where the band was on the verge of breakup and nu metal was taking over the airwaves and you can definitely feel it on Keep on Rotting in a Free World and Polarized, which are two songs that are really un-Carcass in their nature. There were many other great choices to pick from: Carnal Forge or Embodiment from Heartwork; Edge of Darkness, from Wake Up and Smell the Carcass, not sure why these choices were made.
Anyway, Carcass is one of the greatest metal bands of all-time. Their boundary-challenging contribution to extreme music still stands unchallenged today and their legacy is palpable both in death grind and goregrind musical scenes. They're a band which is both enjoyable and important, which is rarer than you'd think. Sure, their later work is more tormented and self-aware, but they still managed to pull musical gems from their sleeve every now and then. So, there you have it: Napalm Death created grindcore, Carcass created goregrind and THAT weird and extreme genre went into a weird fucking direction all by itself, which we will discuss in the next review.
Carcass, grindcore, goregrind, melodic death metal, extreme music
Apr 19 Understanding Grindcore
Apr 14 The First Readers Choice for Movie is....a Double Feature!?!
Nov 2 Album Review : Anaal Nathrakh - The Whole of the Law (2016)
Apr 10 Album Review : Napalm Death - Time Waits for No Slave (2009)
Apr 20 Album Review : Rompeprop & Tu Carne - Just a Matter of Splatter (2004)


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Our family (Toronto, Canada – home to a multitude of the Tribe) always has uniquely original seders. One of our recent favorites was my sister's "Come as your Favorite Plague". I wore bubblewrap and came as "Boils".
This year, my daughter and I are suspending a balloon filled with little rubber frogs above the seder table. At the appropriate time, she gets to pop the balloon and release the frogs. Hilarity is sure to ensue.
I absolutely love this. I was planning on putting together a Barbie Seder this year, but ran out of time. A zissen Pesach!
Melynda, I just used what we already had from various sets. When I need to find a part number, I google image search my best guess for a description, which leads to an ebay post, etc. Then, with the part number, I order from BrickLink.com.
I already typed the descriptions in the post, so hopefully, it won't take much time to track down part numbers. But feel free to substitute anything for anything: that's the beauty of LEGO, finding the "right" part to represent something. Have fun!
Hi where can Jewish themed lego be purchased from?
I made these with my imagination and my collection of LEGO, which is what I encourage everyone to do, of any age. My big thing is inspiring kids to want to rummage through what LEGO they already have in order to re-present Jewish objects and themes. There are countless decisions and substitutions to be made, and each one is a learning opportunity. A kit doesn't necessarily defeat this purpose, but it certainly bumps the whole enterprise into a different category: a following directions category. So, the short answer is that I don't sell kits. But I'm glad you like the seder plates!
i made lego seder plates with my students. How can I share our pics with you?
I'd LOVE to see them! If they are online already, send me the link. If not, you can upload to my facebook page so everyone can see: http://www.facebook.com/BibleBeltBalabusta. Or, if that doesn't work, just email 'em: biblebeltbalabusta (you know the symbol) gmail.com.
Just wanted to share my own LEGO Passover pics. I was totally inspired by your creations, so many thanks for that!
These are great! (And I want that black hat.) Thanks for sharing the pics!


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ArnT is a glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the addition of 4-amino-4-and serovar
By Elmer Cooper | Published: March 15, 2017
ArnT is a glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the addition of 4-amino-4-and serovar Typhimurium ArnT C-terminal domains is necessary for polymyxin B level of resistance in vivo. working on lipid and polypeptide substrates respectively talk about unforeseen structural similarity that cannot be forecasted from immediate amino acid series comparisons. We suggest that lipid proteins and A glycosylation enzymes talk about a conserved catalytic mechanism despite their evolutionary divergence. can be an opportunistic pathogen infecting defense compromised people (Mahenthiralingam et al. 2008; Vandamme and Dawyndt 2011) specifically people that have cystic fibrosis. The adjustment of lipid A of with l-Ara4N is definitely constitutive and essential for cell viability (Ortega et al. 2007) as l-Ara4N-modified lipid A is required for LPS export to the outer membrane (Hamad et al. 2012; Ortega et al. 2007). Further l-Ara4N ligation to lipid A confers PmB resistance to and additional bacteria such as serovar Typhimurium and (Kaca et al. 1990; Boll et al. 1994; Guo et al. 1997 1998 Ernst et al. 1999; Loutet and Valvano 2011; Rolin et al. 2014). l-Ara4N is definitely created as an undecaprenyl-phosphate (Und-P)-linked precursor that is translocated across the plasma membrane and consequently transferred to lipid A by ArnT (Raetz et al. CEP-18770 2007; Number?1). ArnT is an integral membrane protein that belongs to the glycosyltransferase C superfamily (GT-C) (Liu and Mushegian 2003). The GT-C family proteins use Und-P-linked sugars substrates CEP-18770 (Lairson et al. 2008) and consists of proteins characterized by multiple transmembrane helices a large periplasmic loop close to the N-terminus and an extended C-terminal domain also located in the CEP-18770 periplasm (Strahl-Bolsinger et al. 1993; Maeda et al. 2001; Igura et al. 2008; Kus et al. 2008; Lizak et al. 2011; Korkegian et al. 2014; Tavares-Carreon et al. 2015). The precise mechanism of lipid A glycosylation with l-Ara4N by ArnT is definitely unknown but the structural info within the anomeric nature of the Und-P-α-l-Ara4N donor (Trent Ribeiro Doerrler et al. 2001; Trent Ribeiro Lin et al. 2001) and the β construction of the l-Ara4N linkage to the lipid A phosphates (Zhou et al. 2000) suggests that ArnT is an inverting glycosyltransferase. It is however unclear how ArnT recognizes Und-P-l-Ara4N and lipid A and which amino acid residues are involved in the ligation reaction. Conceivably residues exposed to the periplasm are involved in EPHB2 the ligation of l-Ara4N to the lipid A phosphate organizations. This may happen either by a direct part in catalysis or binding to both donor (Und-P-l-Ara4N) and acceptor (lipid A) molecules as it has been observed for additional glycosyltransferases that carry similar reactions such as the WaaL (Boll et al. 1994; Perez et al. 2008) PglB (Kowarik et al. 2006; Lizak et al. 2011) GtrIV protein of (Nair et al. 2011) and Emb enzymes of (Belanger et al. 1996; Telenti et al. 1997). Agreeing with this notion we have previously recognized four conserved periplasmic residues expected to be required for ArnT catalysis (Tavares-Carreon et al. 2015). CEP-18770 These four residues related to tyrosine-43 lysine-69 arginine-254 and glutamic acid-493 (according to the ArnT protein) reside at conserved positions and are required for the activity of both and ArnT proteins (Tavares-Carreon et al. 2015). CEP-18770 Fig.?1. Diagram illustrating the synthesis and incorporation of 4-amino-4-and ArnT proteins that could not restore PmB resistance in Δmutant strains. Importantly we display the ArnT C-terminal website is required for lipid A binding explaining why this region may be needed for ArnT function. Further we display by molecular modelling that ArnT offers similar expected structural conformation as the bacterial and share an overall sequence identity of 29% and a similarity of 64.5% (Figure?2). Both proteins consist of two domains an N-terminal transmembrane website spanning ~437 residues which is composed by 13 transmembrane helices and a large soluble C-terminal domains including the staying 121 proteins oriented CEP-18770 to the periplasm (Tavares-Carreon et al. 2015). GT-C family have a improved DXD personal (conserved in glycosyltransferases) matching to EXD DXE DDX or DEX (Liu and Mushegian 2003). We discovered a 39DEx girlfriend or boyfriend41 theme in ArnT series from and (Amount?2 dashed-lined container). To determine if the DEX theme is essential for the experience of ArnT we changed the aspartic acidity and glutamic acidity residues by alanine and evaluated the talents of mutant.
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Combining cell-based hydrodynamics with hybrid particle-field simulations: efficient and realistic simulation of structuring dynamics
G. J. A. Sevink, *a F. Schmid,b T. Kawakatsuc and G. Milanod
a Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
E-mail: a.sevink@chem.leidenuniv.nl
b Institut for Physik, Johannes Gutenberg Univeristat Mainz, Staudingerweg 7-9, 55128 Mainz, Germany
c Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
d Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia, Universit degli Studi di Salerno, via Ponte don Melillo, Fisciano, Italy
We have extended an existing hybrid MD-SCF simulation technique that employs a coarsening step to enhance the computational efficiency of evaluating non-bonded particle interactions. This technique is conceptually equivalent to the single chain in mean-field (SCMF) method in polymer physics, in the sense that non-bonded interactions are derived from the non-ideal chemical potential in self-consistent field (SCF) theory, after a particle-to-field projection. In contrast to SCMF, however, MD-SCF evolves particle coordinates by the usual Newton's equation of motion. Since collisions are seriously affected by the softening of non-bonded interactions that originates from their evaluation at the coarser continuum level, we have devised a way to reinsert the effect of collisions on the structural evolution. Merging MD-SCF with multi-particle collision dynamics (MPCD), we mimic particle collisions at the level of computational cells and at the same time properly account for the momentum transfer that is important for a realistic system evolution. The resulting hybrid MD-SCF/MPCD method was validated for a particular coarse-grained model of phospholipids in aqueous solution, against reference full-particle simulations and the original MD-SCF model. We additionally implemented and tested an alternative and more isotropic finite difference gradient. Our results show that efficiency is improved by merging MD-SCF with MPCD, as properly accounting for hydrodynamic interactions considerably speeds up the phase separation dynamics, with negligible additional computational costs compared to efficient MD-SCF. This new method enables realistic simulations of large-scale systems that are needed to investigate the applications of self-assembled structures of lipids in nanotechnologies.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6SM02252A
Soft Matter, 2017,13, 1594-1623
G. J. A. Sevink, F. Schmid, T. Kawakatsu and G. Milano, Soft Matter, 2017, 13, 1594 DOI: 10.1039/C6SM02252A
G. J. A. Sevink
F. Schmid
T. Kawakatsu
G. Milano


The Edo Usuba is reminiscent of a small cleaver and has a blunt tip that comes in handy for such things as cutting the eye out of a potato. The Usuba is hefty enough to chop through heavy root vegetables with a blade that can thinly slice delicate tomatoes. One of the most sought after of knives and fast becoming a new essential companion to the popular chef's knife is the traditional Japanese vegetable knife known as the Usuba. Reminiscent of a small cleaver, this knife is cherished for its ability to chop through root vegetables to thinly slicing delicate tomatoes. From prepping greens for a salad to chopping vegetables for a main dish, the simplest of tasks are elevated with a handcrafted knife that is as beautiful as it is functional.
Our Nickel VG-10 Gold Hammered Damascus Usuba Knife is forged with a traditional straight blade that smoothly cuts paper thin slices and can quickly chop through hearty vegetables. Forged and hammered with 46 layers of steel in the Damascus tradition with a Nickel VG-10 Gold Core, this knife is complimented with a traditional Japanese style handcrafted natural Shitan handle affixed with a double redwood bolster. A protective wooden sheath called a "Saya" is included, which protects the knife and adds to its appearance when not in use. The hammered texture of the blade eliminates friction and keeps food from sticking to the blade. Every knife from Yoshihiro is handcrafted by master artisans creating a unique one of a kind work of art.


Both the Moto G6 and Moto G6 Plus are about to receive a serving of the Pie. Separate reports on XDA forums tell us the phones are ready for Android Pie. The Moto G6 Plus is getting a soak test in Brazil while the Moto G6 has been leaked recently. Android 9 Pie can actually be installed although it's still on beta. Motorola may not be ahead of the competition in terms of sales and in receiving OS updates but don't worry, Android 9 is almost ready.
Back in August, we told you about Motorola Android 9 Pie phones coming soon. The Motorola One and One Power already received Android 9.0 Pie update.
Those under the Android One program usually receives Android updates faster but there may be limits to the changes and improvements. The soak test mentioned can be downloaded and installed now.
You may want to check the leaked beta for phones currently running on Android Oreo OPSS27.82-87-3 firmware. Take note of the minimum requirement before you attempt to install Android 9.0 Pie.
Download the Android Pie OTA update from HERE. Transfer to the root of your phone's internal storage. Check Settings> Apps & notifications > Show all apps. Click the 3-dot menu> show system app>. The Motorola Update Services app must have storage permission then go to Settings > system updates> check for update. You should see the newest Android Pie update.


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Leopards in the Temple
The Transformation of American Fiction, 1945-1970
Morris Dickstein
LITERARY CRITICISM: American: General
The twenty-five years after the Second World War were a lively and fertile period for the American novel and an era of momentous transformation in American society. Taking his title from the Kafka parable about the leopards who kept racing into the courtyard of the temple, disrupting the sacrifice, until they were made part of the ritual, Morris Dickstein shows how a daring band of outsiders reshaped the American novel and went on to dominate American fiction for the rest of the century.
In fluid prose, offering a social as well as a literary history, Dickstein provides a wide-ranging and frank reassessment of more than twenty key figures—including Jewish writers like Norman Mailer, Saul Bellow, and Philip Roth; African-Americans such as Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin; colorful emigrés like Vladimir Nabokov; and avatars of a new youth culture, including J. D. Salinger and Jack Kerouac.
Disputing the received wisdom about the culture of the Cold War, Dickstein shows why artists turned inward after the war and demonstrates how the writing of the 1960s emerged from the cultural ferment of the preceding decades, including road novels, avant-garde painting, bebop, film, psychoanalysis, and social changes that continue to affect us today.


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Voters: Minorities aren't represented on Tulare County board
Sheyanne N Romero
Visalia Times-Delta
Tulare County's highest elected officials are being accused of suppressing more than half of the voters in the county, according to lawyers who plan to sue.
On Tuesday, Tulare County Board of Supervisors learned they will face a lawsuit if they don't immediately redraw their boundaries to include more Latino voters throughout the five districts that make up Tulare County.
The potential lawsuit is a long time coming, said Visalia-based attorney Maggie Melo, of Melo and Sarsfield.
In the letter addressed to supervisors, Melo stated: "It is self-evident that elected minority representation on the board has been historically lacking as compared to the percentage of minority population."
Melo said a group of voters decided to pursue a lawsuit after alleging the county violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Dolores Huerta Foundation, based in Bakersfield and founded after the Cesar Chavez civil rights movement, is working with Melo to file the lawsuit, if supervisors don't act soon.
The Supreme Court has ruled that "at-large systems" are unconstitutional and "systematically dilute the voting strength of minority citizens," according to the Department of Justice.
Although the board of supervisors is no longer elected at-large, the jurisdictional voting boundaries drawn are "not even close to meeting federal guidelines," Melo said.
"We are demanding they redraw the boundaries and they need to do it now," she said. "We are not dragging our feet on this."
The county must draw the lines in such a way that communities of interest are not denied a fair chance at representation, according to voting laws.
County officials confirmed they had received the letter from Melo and Sarsfield and will "review the allegations with due diligence."
"We do want to remind anyone who is eligible but has not registered to vote that the deadline to register to vote in the next election is May 21," said Julieta Martinez, Tulare County chief of staff.
The Primary Election is June 5.
The last approved redistricting measure was approved by the board in September 2011.
Melo said that voting rights lawsuits are increasing as more people become aware of federal requirements.
In 2016, Kern County Board of Supervisors were sued by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund for allegedly violating the Voting Rights Act. That lawsuit mirrors the one Melo and Sarsfield are threatening. The county settled the lawsuit for $5 million.
Following the lawsuit, district borders were redrawn to include more Latino voters.
"These lawsuits are natural progressions. You'll be seeing a lot more coming through," Melo said. "If the numbers are closer, we are willing to work with counties or jurisdictions."
Melo said she would hold off on litigation until May 5, in order to give the county time to respond.
"We would be happy to enter into a consent decree to keep litigation costs down to an absolute minimum," Melo wrote in the letter.
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Sarah Hyland Says She 'Cannot Wait' to Marry Wells Adams in 4-Year Anniversary Post
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Sarah Hyland is "so grateful" for Wells Adams.
The former Modern Family star celebrated her and her fiancé's four-year anniversary on Friday, expressing that she "cannot wait" to get married. Hyland shared a slideshow of photos of the two in the pool and drinking seltzers.
"Four years of love, travel, laughter, and trust. You're my world and beyond. One day we'll get married… and I CAN NOT WAIT for that day," she captioned the post. "But for now… posing with canned seltzers is more than enough 😂 I'm so grateful to be able to call you my life partner and best friend."
"I love you +1 anything you say @wellsadams I am the luckiest ❤ *cue Ben Folds*," she concluded.
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The pair got engaged in 2019, and was due to tie the knot in August 2020. They celebrated their would-be wedding day by going to a winery with friends.
Just last month, Adamsrevealed why he and his fiancée have their heart set on a big wedding, even after canceling their big day twice due to COVID-19.
"We kind of set up this big wedding. Then, it got postponed. So then, we set it up again. Then, it got postponed," the Bachelor Nation star said. "We're kind of so committed that we're like, 'Well, we got to have the big wedding.' And so, it's coming."
"We have a lot of rich friends. We want them to give us gifts," he jokingly said. "So, we're going to do it and hopefully it's not going to get postponed again. Fingers crossed."
See more in the video below.
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Aaron Moreno, 24, of Midland TX, passed away Tuesday September 7, 2021. He was born in Midland, Texas on May 2, 1997. He was raised in Midland and had attended Lee High School in his early years. Aaron was a loving, kind, caring, generous and strong person. His smile was one everyone will remember. How blessed we are to have felt his love. The most important things in his life were his son and his family. He strived to be a great father and son. His son Zayden made him proud to be a father, and he is the legacy he leaves us. Aaron had so many plans for the future for his son and his parents. If you knew him, you know he enjoyed big gatherings with his family. Aaron will be missed dearly by all. He will forever live in our hearts. Aaron is survived by his son Zayden Carter Moreno; His parents Jose and Myrna Moreno; Brother Axel Moreno; Sister Amairani Moreno; Nephews Kaden and Jordan Suchil; Paternal grandmother Concepcion Moreno; Maternal grandparents Jesus and Maria Hernandez and several aunts, uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by his grandfather Armando L. Moreno, and Uncle Valentin Moreno. Viewing will be at Heavenly Gate Funeral Home starting Saturday, September 18, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday at Heavenly Gate Funeral Home and Chapel. A funeral mass will be held at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish & Shrine on Monday, September 20, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. Burial will follow at Serenity Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers for the service will be Leonel Hernandez, Nuny Hernandez, Rene Moreno, Armando Moreno Jr., Armando Serrano, Alex Moreno, Ruben Rodriguez, and Isaac Hernandez. The family would like to express their gratitude to all the family and friends that have shown their love and support during this difficult time. Funeral service is under the direction of Heavenly Gate Funeral Home and Chapel.
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Mainstream Pop Worked its Magic in '07
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To be honest, I thought my susceptibility to commercial music had faded long ago. Boy, was I wrong.
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Q: Feedparser - retrieve old messages from Google Reader I'm using the feedparser library in python to retrieve news from a local newspaper (my intent is to do Natural Language Processing over this corpus) and would like to be able to retrieve many past entries from the RSS feed.
I'm not very acquainted with the technical issues of RSS, but I think this should be possible (I can see that, e.g.,  Google Reader and Feedly can do this ''on demand'' as I move the scrollbar).
When I do the following:
import feedparser

url = 'http://feeds.folha.uol.com.br/folha/emcimadahora/rss091.xml'
feed = feedparser.parse(url)
for post in feed.entries:
   title = post.title

I get only a dozen entries or so. I was thinking about hundreds. Maybe all entries in the last month, if possible. Is it possible to do this only with feedparser?
I intend to get from the rss feed only the link to the news item and parse the full page with BeautifulSoup to obtain the text I want. An alternate solution would be a crawler that follows all local links in the page to get a lot of news items, but I want to avoid that for now.
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One solution that appeared is to use the Google Reader RSS cache:
http://www.google.com/reader/atom/feed/http://feeds.folha.uol.com.br/folha/emcimadahora/rss091.xml?n=1000
But to access this I must be logged in to Google Reader. Anyone knows how I do that from python? (I really don't know a thing about web, I usually only mess with numerical calculus).

A: To expand on Bartek's answer:  You could also start storing all of the entries in the feed that you've already seen, and build up your own historical archive of the feed's content.  This would delay your ability to start using it as a corpus (because you'd have to do this for a month to build up a collection of a month's worth of entries), but you wouldn't be dependent on anyone else for the data.
I may be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that's how Google Reader can go back in time:  They have each feed's past entries stored somewhere.

A: You're only getting a dozen entries or so because that's what the feed contains. If you want historic data you will have to find a feed/database of said data.
Check out this ReadWriteWeb article for some resources on finding open data on the web.
Note that Feedparser has nothing to do with this as your title suggests. Feedparser parses what you give it. It can't find historic data unless you find it and pass it into it. It is simply a parser. Hope that clears things up! :)

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From Beijing to London ... A lot Can Happen in Four Years!
Day 502 ... Imagine Where We Will Be in 4 Years!
While watching the opening ceremonies on Friday evening….We were discussing the differences from this year in 2012 compared to Beijing in 2008.
It got me on a path to thinking how far I have come in my life since 2008, and where would I be for the Rio olympics in 2016?
I feel that many of us look at our lives very similar to how we view ourselves (our bodies, our workouts etc…).
I have built and sold my dream gym….
I have 7 health and fitness certifications I have received.
I have 4 nutrition seminars I have attended.
I have completely transformed my body.
I have created my own nutrition seminar.
I have the opportunity on a daily basis to inspire 151 athletes at CrossFit 818 and I feel so blessed to come to work each day!
I have a husband whom I love more than life itself and without him these last four years would have been incomplete!
This is just a few bullet points that I listed as my mind raced through all that I have accomplished in four years!
I would like to expand my family with children.
To lead, inspire, and educate people especially women globally.
To continue on my own fitness journey always evolving and growing.
Find a place to call HOME… and stay for a while (as my husband and I have moved every year for the past 10 years).
To trademark products, workouts, nutrition information etc.. so that people be the best the know they can be!
So CrossFitters I ask you …. Where do you want to be in the next four years?
It is very exciting and motivating to write this response on paper and see what you can accomplish in the years to come!
Words on Paper are very powerful…. So how are you going to continue to grow, evolve, and inspire others around you from now until 2016 and the many years to follow?
Post your comments or copies of your goals on paper, in the comments below!
As our community continues to grow, I find it important to revisit the importance of community and consistency.
All of you have heard us talk about consistency when it comes to your fitness and nutrition. Consistency in this context means continuing to show up despite whatever else may be happening and continuing to make good decisions when it comes to the types and amounts of food you eat. One of the overlooked keys to maintaining this consistency is the group of people one surrounds him or her self with on a daily basis. A strong support group can help ensure that a person stays on track, even when life is throwing that person curve balls.
At CrossFit 818, our community is far different than what you see at a conventional gym. Every class is comprised of men and women who know what it is to push oneself to the edge during their workout. This understanding leads to an environment of support and encouragement that can foster tremendous results through mutual motivation. Those of you who have tried CrossFit workouts on your own (i.e. while traveling) know how different it is to workout by yourself without that community support.
When you see a new face at the gym, don't hesitate to introduce yourself! And for those of you who finish your workouts ahead of the group, always stick around and cheer on your fellow CrossFitters. You never know when you'll be in need of some future cheering yourself to get through the end of tough WoD!
Mike's heavy front squat in front of the CF818 Family Board demonstrates how individual growth and community growth go hand-in-hand!
The 2012 Olympics Start Today!
The 2012 Olympics get underway today in London and you can bet that I'll be watching! As CrossFitters we specialize in not specializing. Our goal is general physical preparedness. To that end we use many different movements and exercises, some of which are practiced as their own specific sports. Over the next 17 days, I encourage all of you to check out the weightlifting, rowing, gymnastics, and track & field events, to see how the world's best specialists do in their respective sports. I'm sure you'll find that your experience of those movements and exercises will give you a renewed appreciation for the astounding performances you'll see. You can find the official Olympic schedule here.
Watch one of the Olympic favorites below, Dmitry Klokov, push press (one of the movements in today's complex) nearly 500lbs!
Yesterday was the first time in a long time that I finished last in a CrossFit class. What does this mean, this whole finishing last business? Honestly, not much.
Sure, I prefer to finish first ('prefer' is probably the mildest way I can describe it). I'm certainly much more comfortable finishing really quickly and cheering everyone else on, or fixing myself a post workout shake, or washing my hands and face, or just about anything other than finishing last. But is it something to get pissed off about?..something to get upset about? Nope.
See, I tried as hard as I could. My performance compared to other people may have been terrible, but for where I was it was what I had to give; I performed to the best of my capabilities in that moment, for that workout. If I had just messed around or sandbagged or quit, then I would feel terrible...I would feel like I let myself down and gave up.
But that didn't happen. I had an off workout. My body wasn't ready to give me everything I expected of it, and there's nothing wrong with that.
Where people tend to get messed up is when they expect so much from themselves that they set unrealistic goals. If you hold yourself to an impossible standard, you'll never be content. Even if you were to do amazing things (which all of you are), you'd never be happy, never be pleased with yourself, because you're still not quite "there".
The key to success here is to show up and try hard every day. Some days you'll feel on top of the world and some days you'll feel like everyone is stepping all over you. The secret is to realize that this whole journey will have its ups and downs, that you'll get crushed some days and dominate on other days, and that all that matters in the end is that you showed up and gave it your all.
Eating Healthy is the Reward!
CrossFit 818'ers Reward Themselves By Looking This Good!
I had a great discussion with Chris last night in regards to nutrition and rewards.
Many of our clients will come to us two weeks, a month, maybe even three months in, and ask the infamous question ….
"I am completely Paleo, and I am not seeing any results"….
My first thought (and mostly the case) is that these people are not eating as "Paleo Perfect" as they think!
They automatically assume that since they are not eating bread and dairy they are 100% Paleo…. WRONG!
Typically I have a client bring in a week's worth of food logging and 99% of the time they are not as Paleo as they believe.
So it got my husband and I on a great discussion as to why people believe that they should be rewarded in some way for eating healthier or bettering themselves.
Isn't the reward the fact that you look great, feel great, sleep great, and have way more energy than before (just to name a few things that Paleo will help you with)?
Why as a society in general do we feel that we should be rewarded for being healthy?
Isn't getting healthy the reward?
How much better would the world be if we "rewarded" ourselves with beneficial foods that taste delicious and lead us on the path of long-term health and wellness!
Think about all the health problems that would diminish if we changed our mindset just a little bit. Instead of reaching for ice cream for dessert we reached for frozen bananas.
Or going out to dinner with friends consisted of a burger without the bun and salad with olive oil and vinegar.
These are very simple tweaks that lead to long-term results and success! Not only will your body look the best it has in years, the inside of your body will far exceed the benefits!
CrossFit 818'ers do not think that you are some group of elitist that should feel entitled or rewarded for eating and living a healthier lifestyle!
Instead, make your reward be the incredible benefits you will receive from living this lifestyle day in and day out!
Four months ago, I wrote this post. Every now and then I like to revisit some of my favorite quotes in order to remind myself of important things I may have forgotten at some point. Here's a reminder about the importance of being versatile and adaptive.
"Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend."
Bruce Lee is amazing. Although we all know him as an untouchable martial artist, he was also a philosopher, thinker, and student of humanity. Here he brings up an interesting point about human versatility, power, and the ability to adapt.
The way I see it, his point is that we shouldn't allow ourselves to be constricted by what we're told we can do or by what we think we can do. Instead, be like water: don't think about what is expected of you or about what you expect of yourself. Function only as the current task requires, but have the mindfulness to shift strategies as necessary.
Some of you may remember our "CrossFit 818 - Standing Challenges" board where our current members board used to be... for those of you who don't, check out the picture below! On the board there were three challenges of varying difficulty with various prizes for completion. While the coaching staff decided to remove the Standing Challenges for various reasons, I've decided to bring one of the workouts back for a one day mini-event: The Gauntlet.
The Gauntlet was the final workout in the 2009 CrossFit Games Hawaiian Sectional and today you'll have an opportunity to give it your best shot. (No cherry-picking clause -->) As with all of our workouts, we will scale this workout to your individual level of fitness, however you won't be eligible for the prize unless you complete it as written. Good luck!
2. Standing Challenge Redux: Any man to reach 7+ rounds of Cindy (470 total reps) or any woman to reach 5+ rounds of Cindy (410 total reps) receives a 3-month upgrade to Unlimited (any Unlimited member who beats the challenge will receive 3 additional months training). Workout must be completed as prescribed.
The 2012 Summer Olympics are right around the corner and I'm super excited. I've always been a fan of competition and of impossibly cool athletic performances, but ever since I started CrossFitting, I've paid more attention to sports, especially the Olympics.
Considering CrossFiter has elements of Olympic weightlifting, gymnastics, and sprinting in it, I now have something to compare myself to. I can watch the 400m sprints or the ring routines or the weightlifting competitions and be even more amazed by the insane feats of athleticism and fitness because I have a context to compare it to.
Guess what? You also have that context! Try to check out as many events as you can, especially the ones that have some place in our own training; you'll have even more appreciation for the abilities of these world class athletes.
Just like our timed mile at the Combine, the Olympic sprinting events will be some of the most amazing!


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Můj přítel Pierrot (ve francouzském originále Mon ami Pierrot) je jednoaktová opereta francouzského skladatele Léa Delibese na libreto Philippa-Josepha Simona, píšícího pod jménem Lockroy. Měla premiéru 22. července 1862 v lázních Bad Ems.

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Na přelomu 50. a 60. let 19. století byl Léo Delibes svou hudebně-dramatickou tvorbou svázán s divadlem Bouffes-Parisiennes řízeným Jacquesem Offenbachem. Zmenšený soubor divadla v letních měsících často působil v lázních Bad Ems (Emže) v Nasavsku, které byly oblíbeným letoviskem vysoké společnosti. V letech 1862 až 1867 v hlavní budově lázní ("Kursaal") mělo premiéru několik Offenbachových operet, ale ještě předtím, již v roce 1861, napsal Delibes operetu Emžské prameny, která nejenže byla herci z Bouffes-Parisiens v Bad Ems hrána, ale přímo se v těchto lázních odehrávala.

I pro následující sezonu napsal Delibes novou operetu. Na rozdíl od Emžských pramenů, které byly nejprve představeny v Paříži a Vídni, mělo nové dílo s názvem Můj přítel Pierrot premiéru 22. července 1862 přímo v Bad Ems, avšak nikoli v podání umělců z Bouffes-Parisiens. Libreto mělo prvotní název L'Enfance de Pierrot (Pierrotovo dětsví); Mon ami Pierrot je verš ze známé francouzské lidové písně Au clair de la lune. Napsal je známý a plodný dramatik Joseph-Philippe Simon (1803–1891), který pro odpor svého otce, napoleonského generála Henriho Simona, používal pro svou literární činnost pseudonym Lockroy. Lockroy psal libreta například pro Alberta Grisara (Dobrou noc, pane Pantalone), Louise-Aimé Maillarta (Poustevníkův zvonek) nebo Victora Massého (Královna Topaze). Titulní roli, které je kalhotková, zpívala Lockroyova tehdejší milenka a pěvkyně Théâtre-Lyrique Caroline Girardová (1830–1925), která s ním měla dceru, pozdější slavnou operetní zpěvačku Juliette Simon-Girardovou (1859–1959). Z Théâtre-Lyrique byl i barytonista Émile Wartel, zatímco slečna Émilie Poussèze (později provdaná Normani) působila v divadle v Lutychu.

Opereta Můj přítel Pierrot byla podle zpráv přijata publikem příznivě. Dopisovatel Le Figaro píšící pod zkratkou X. Z. – který ji označoval nikoli za operetu, ale za opéru comique – hovořil o "úplném a zaslouženém" úspěchu a tvrdil: "Nejméně hudebním divákům se líbila, ostatní byli nadšeni." Blätter für Musik, Theater und Kunst o ní píší, že "díky vtipnému ději a opravdu humorné hudbě dobře oslovila". Přesto zůstalo pravděpodobně u jediného představení – hitem sezóny se stali Offenbachovi Tlachalové. Text ani hudba operety nebyly vydány a zřejmě se nedochovaly, až na "Píseň ptáčníka" (Chanon de l'oiseleur), kterou Delibes vydal roku 1872 jako číslo 8 ve své první sbírce písní (X. Z. ji měl za "úchvatnou"). Z dobových zpráv vyplývá, že se jednalo o příběh založený na italské commedia dell'arte, "obsahuje sentimentální zápletku promísenou velmi zábavnými lazzi" (žerty). To byl příklad spíše ušlechtilejší komiky, než byla typická pro Bouffes-Parisiens včetně Emžských pramenů. O hudbě tisk psal, že "partitura prozrazuje zběhlého hudebníka a obsahuje šťastné motivy"; Delibes "napsal velmi pěknou partituru, jež oplývá šťastnými nápady a melodií". Časopis Le Sport naznačoval, že "se snad až příliš prohřešuje svědomitostí", což představuje "čestný nedostatek". "Její partitura je napsána od začátku do konce s pozoruhodnou pečlivostí. Pan Delibes se štítí zalíbit se vulgárními prostředky a my ho za toto pohrdání nemůžeme kárat, avšak chce-li psát pro divadlo a zvláště pro komickou operu, udělá dobře, pokud toto své opovržení, dozajista velmi úctyhodné, nepožene do krajnosti."

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