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Brooks enshrinement a moment Pensacola can share
By Bill Vilonabvilona@pnj.com
CANTON, Ohio – There is no way to truly equate or compare the significance of this moment.
Except to understand there are 16,047 high school football teams in America, according to MaxPreps. Two schools in Pensacola can claim a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. There are only 287 men in the history of pro football who reached the game's pantheon.
Two were born, raised and became prep stars in Pensacola. Four years and a few miles apart. So hard to fathom. They rose from youth league to a bronze bust of football immortality.
When Derrick Brooks is formally enshrined here Saturday night, the Washington High graduate joins Emmitt Smith from Escambia High among the greatest of the best.
"It is absolutely incredible," said Shirley Cronley, former executive director of the Pensacola Sports Association and now leader of an effort to build a museum to honor the area's vast array of famous athletes.
"What it means is that our community produces great athletes," said Cronley, who along with her husband, Jim, are among a group of Pensacola residents attending Saturday's enshrinement, not far from the actual shrine. "We not only have good athletes, we have the best athletes.
"Not just the best in the community, but the best in the world."
This is a toast all of Pensacola can raise. To have this kind of attention, these two rare football players, both of whom left an unmatched legacy in the sport is something few places in the nation can tout. Big or small cities.
"We want our city to be proud of that," Brooks said. "I want people to brag about it."
The common thread between Brooks and Smith, aside from their feats and longevity in the sport, is how both are so respected in the game. Among their peers. Among NFL executives. Among the mass football fandom.
"To say it is magical, I don't know that it's too far-fetched," said David Wilson, former Pensacola High coach. "Then you get to all the other athletes in Pensacola, all the baseball players, Roy Jones (boxing), Justin Gatlin (track), all the golfers like Bubba Watson, all the swimmers. Just an amazing thing for the area."
Let's not forget Don Sutton enshrined in Cooperstown among baseball's greatest.
In a perfect world with ideal finances, there would be a mural. Or billboards. Hopefully, one day, there is a museum. It's something Pensacola should embrace.
Brooks and Smith inspired the next generation. There are more than a dozen area players with a good chance to leave training camp on opening day rosters in the NFL.
That's rare itself. What takes place Saturday is indelible.


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This article was published on November 5, 2015
Twitter launches Answers Kit as standalone Fabric plugin
November 5, 2015 - 8:31 pm
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Answers, part of the Crashalytics Kit in Fabric, is now available as a standalone plugin.
Answers Kit is available via Fabric, and was separated from Crashlytics for those who want to take advantage of features like Audience Insights and Answers Events. Twitter considers app marketers and product managers as the core audience for Answers Kit.
If you're already using Crashlytics, there's no need to install Answers Kit; it's still part of Crashlytics. Enabling Answers Kit is also a one-click process, just like Twitter's other IDE plugins.
For a focussed audience, Answers Kit is welcome. Most developers not working on a large team will probably want to continue using Crashlytics as-is (because, why would you not want to?), but if you'd rather have a more direct line to Answers, it's available.
➤ Introducing Answers Kit [Answers]
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Brenda Clough
Brenda W. Clough spent much of her childhood overseas, courtesy of the U.S. government. She has lived in Laos, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Germany. She earned a degree in English/Creative Writing at Carnegie Mellon University in 1977. Locus Magazine said of her work "Clough brings myth and science and plain human existence (complex as all get-out) together for what proves to be a fine blend, and a very good read, offering physical, psychological, and metaphysical insights into the human condition, along with the sometimes delightfully outlandish action that drives the best of pulp fiction." The New York Times Book Review says, "Ms. Clough has an appealingly cheeky imagination." Learn more at Brenda Clough's website.
The Crystal Crown: The components are good, but…
The Crystal Crown by Brenda Clough
The Crystal Crown is basically a simple story. Liras-Ven, an unassuming and softspoken gardener, is chosen to be his nation's next king, much to his horror. He makes a few bumbling attempts to extricate himself from the situation before settling down to endure a comical succession of royal duties and a military campaign that will test his resolve as leader as well as his ties to those he holds… he h….*snore*
Huh? What? Oh… right, yes. Anyway, The Crystal Crown measures in at about 230 pages in a pocket-size paperback, so it's hardly a doorstopper, yet I must say I found it incredibly difficult to work my way through it. Having said that, most of the components that make up this novel are actually quite good. Clough's prose is very deft, her sense of humor is charming, and the characters are overall fairly distinct. ... Read More
July 18th, 2012. Tim Scheidler´s rating: 3 | Brenda Clough | SFF Reviews | no comments
Science Fiction Super Pack #1: A generally above-average anthology
Science Fiction Super Pack #1 edited by Warren Lapine
Like the companion fantasy volume, Science Fiction Super Pack #1, edited by Warren Lapine, only has one story I didn't think was good, and it's a piece of Lovecraft fanfiction. H.P. Lovecraft's overwrought prose doesn't do much for me even when Lovecraft himself writes it, and much less so when it's attempted by imitators. And Lovecraft's stories at least have something frightening that happens in them; these two stories (in this volume and the other) only have visions of aspects of the Mythos and crazy people ranting, which isn't scary or interesting. Everything else was good, occasionally even amazing.
Again like the fantasy volume, it more or less alternates between recent stories by moder... Read More
February 16th, 2016. Mike Reeves-McMillan (GUEST) | Alfred Bester, Brenda Clough, C.L. Moore, Carole McDonnell, Edgar Pangborn, Edmond Hamilton, Frederik Pohl, H. Beam Piper, Harry Harrison, Isaac Asimov, Jack Williamson, Leigh Brackett, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Philip Jose Farmer, Philip K. Dick, Poul Anderson, R.A. Lafferty, Ray Bradbury, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Theodore Sturgeon, Walter M. Miller | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 2 comments
It Happened at the Ball: 13 stories with ballroom settings
It Happened at the Ball edited by Sherwood Smith
This collection of thirteen (mostly) fantasy short stories and a novelette or two is tied together by their ballroom settings, whether it be the Almack's Regency ballroom (where a group of young ladies happens upon an overly potent magical love potion in Marissa Doyle's "Just Another Quiet Evening at Almack's") or a Civil War-era ball in Galveston, Texas (P.G. Nagle's "A Waltz for May"). There are also some other themes that surface and resurface: masks and hidden identities, romance, and ― as editor and author Sherwood Smith freely admits in her foreword ― escapist wish-fulfillment. Here be faeries, vampires, thieves, pirates and lots of other intriguing character... Read More
January 2nd, 2019. Tadiana Jones´s rating: 3.5 | Brenda Clough, Marie Brennan, Marissa Doyle, Pati Nagle, Sherwood Smith | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 3 comments


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On the 20th of March Age Scotland members, guest speakers and invited guests will come together at the Radisson Blu in Glasgow for our fourth National Conference. Elizabeth Bryan, Age Scotland's Community Development Coordinator, shares the thinking behind this year's theme 'Later life in Scotland: Taking the long view'.
Age Scotland is proud to work with and for older people, including supporting our member groups as they work to make a difference in their communities across Scotland. For many years older people have come together to support their local community, used their collective voice to campaign for change, and worked to improve later life for future generations.
Our predecessor charity, the Scottish Old People's Welfare Committee, was established in 1943, later becoming Age Concern Scotland and more recently renamed Age Scotland following the merger with Help the Aged. 2018 will be Age Scotland's 75th birthday.
Big anniversaries offer us a chance to reflect, so at our national conference with the help of our guest speakers and workshop presenters we will explore the changes that have taken place and the progress that has been made in Scotland in relation to later life over the past 75 years. We will also honour the commitment and achievements of older people's groups, and discuss what would make life better for older people today and in the future.
There will be a variety of information stalls, time for our member groups to network and share their learnings with each other and a number of interactive workshops.
The conference will culminate in the presentation of the 2018 Age Scotland Awards to recognise and celebrate the exceptional commitment and contribution individuals and organisations make to ensuring Scotland is a good place to grow old in. We're delighted to be joined by Jackie Bird to present the Age Scotland Awards.
We look forward to welcoming Age Scotland member groups and guests from across Scotland for a day of discussion, networking and celebration. It's set to be a fantastic day and is already over-subscribed! You can follow discussions on the day on our social media channels.


As reported by wsvn.com, a construction worker died this past Tuesday after possibly being electrocuted at a high-rise building in Miami.
The victim was reportedly working on an elevator electrical system when a coworker noticed something was wrong and rushed to the man's aid.
Despite immediately receiving CPR, the man was transported to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.


Thousands of expecting parents, friends and family members, and children flock the Beaumont Civic Center every year to shop the vendors, enjoy educational seminars, and have fun at this FREE community event. Features include bounce houses and amusements, a Diaper Derby, maternity and kids fashion show, and more!
For booth information, please call 409-951-2500.


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How to Support the Black Community in Houston Right Now
From nonprofits and community organizations to restaurants and bookstores.
By Brooke Viggiano
Published on 6/3/2020 at 12:11 AM
Ray's Real Pit BBQ Shack
The events of the past weekend have left us at a loss for words. In the wake of the peaceful protests in support of fellow Houstonian George Floyd (who will be buried in Houston next Tuesday and whose wrongful death was memorialized this past weekend), many have been left feeling helpless. It's hard to know exactly where to start enacting change and how best to show your support right now, but one small, important step is to make impacts at the local level. Whether that means donating to Houston organizations that fight racial disparities, empowering community efforts, or supporting local Black-owned businesses, here's how you can safely make a difference in Houston today.
Donate to local nonprofits and community efforts
The Houston branch of the NAACP strives to fight racial disparities on the local level, working to provide equality and focus on issues from voting rights and voter registration to racial profiling and economic inequality, and more. Donations are welcome online.
On a mission "to build a movement that transforms Houston into a city that allows Black Houston to grow and thrive," Black Lives Matter Houston organizes local marches and programs to fight the racial injustice. Lead organizer Kandice Weber reached out to thank volunteers for their support, saying in a June 1 post, "Make sure the flame for Black lives continues to burn in you everyday. Solidarity."
With the community protests and activist events of late, Restoring Justice is using its Community Bail Fund (originally set up in response to the current health crisis) to continue to pay bail for people in need at no cost to them or their loved ones. Your contribution helps to give freedom to and empower the oppressed of today's criminal justice system.
Support these Black-owned restaurants
Restaurants and bars across Houston have been devastated by the COVID-19 crisis, so spending your dollars at the businesses you care about is now more important than ever. Try using those dollars to support the vitality of the city's Black-owned restaurants and bars.
In just a few short years, the Turkey Leg Hut has become a Third Ward staple. Owners Lynn and Nakia Price are big supporters of the community, and they recently organized a virtual balloon release in honor of George Floyd, who grew up in the Tre and graduated from Yates High School, writing in a TLH Facebook post, "Floyd we are with you 100000000 and this is your back yard for sure."
Lucille's goes all the way back to Lucille B. Smith, educator, culinary innovator, and great-grandmother of brothers and restaurant owners Chris and Ben Williams. At their Museum District spot, the Williams brothers pay homage to their great grandmother via remakes and reinterpretations of some of her best, most soulful recipes. Midtown's the breakfast klub is owned by native Houstonian Marcus Davis, who has built quite the community around his comfort food spot. You can now support by ordering takeout online. Southwest Houston's Cool Runnings Jamaican Bar & Grill, which has the "Triple D" seal of approval as well as a loyal local following, serves Caribbean fare (order online or call 713-777-1566). Also don't forget the entire restaurant devoted to fried potatoes, The French Fry House, over in the Third Ward.
For Black-owned barbecue spots, look here: Greg Gatlin's Gatlin's BBQ; Ray's BBQ Shack (order online or call 713-748-4227 for takeout) from Rayford "Ray" S. Busch, who learned his craft from a Third Ward legend; Burns Original BBQ, started by Roy Burns St. in 1973 and currently embarking on a #KrogerTour around town; and Boogie's Chicago Style BBQ out in Missouri City (call 281-969-8626 for curbside pickup, or book the truck for a safe social distancing lunch pop-up).
Mico's Hot Chicken (713-548-6081) was inspired by Nashville's Prince's Hot Chicken and recently went brick-and-mortar in the Heights. Co-owner Kimico Frydenlund recently shared her journey with the students of the local Baker Ripley Charter School during their Virtual Career Week, telling them "I am living proof that no matter who you are or where you come from, your station in life, if you have a dream, you can make it come true with courage, perseverance, hard work. You can definitely change your life and those around you as well."
While his Neo-soul restaurant Indigo is closed until 2021, chef Jonny Rhodes has been focusing his efforts on sibling projects, Broham Fine Soul Food & Groceries and the under-construction Food Fight Farms. The farm will eventually supply the grocery store, which sits over in local food desert Trinity Gardens and whose mission is to "combat food apartheid & food inequality while inspiring the community to cook at home." And there are plant-based eateries Green Seed Vegan and Soul Food Vegan, plus Sunshine's Health Food Store and Vegetarian Deli on Old Spanish Trail.
Houston Black Restaurant Week put together a comprehensive list of Black-owned area bars and restaurants that are offering delivery and takeout. And while, yes, takeout is one safe route to go in this COVID-19 era, donations are another. You'll have to call and ask your favorites if they are accepting donations, and we're sure they'll appreciate your assistance at this time.
Support Black-owned galleries, arts organizations, and local retailers
You can help raise up Black culture by preserving it, supporting it, and amplifying it; and these local art houses, museums, and retailers are a great place to start.
Third Ward community staple the Project Row Houses has currently closed its art houses and community gallery until further notice due to COVID-19, but you can still support its efforts to spotlight cultural identity and its impact on the urban landscape by giving in the meantime. The Ensemble Theatre has been helping to preserve African American artistic expression and provide diverse roles for Black artists since the late George W. Hawkins founded it in 1976. While it's currently closed for performances, the ensemble has been hosting weekly videos to share updates, personal stories, and words of encouragement for everyone. Any donations will help keep this important theater company and its mission afloat during this time.
Houston funk singer Kam Franklin and her group The Suffers have taken to live streaming performances, most recently adding activism into the mix and highlighting causes like justiceforbigfloyd.com. In a Facebook post prompting the latest stream, Franklin wrote, "I'm sad and my heart is hurting. Singing made me feel a little better, but we have a lot of work to do as people." The Chron put together a playlist of other local Black artists to listen to and support.
Art enthusiasts can support Black-owned galleries like the Bisong Art Gallery, the Gite Gallery, and D&B African Village Arts. Or further preserve the exploration of history and culture via donations to museums including the Houston Museum of African American Culture and Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, both of which offer events and programming for the community.
There are ways to #BuyBlack, as well. African Imports in the Greenspoint Mall is currently offering a virtual shopping experience on its Facebook page that includes artwork from black creatives, Black History tees, books, masks, and more. Feel-good Houston-based eyewear brand 3rdEyeView recently partnered with the St. Hope Foundation to give glasses to patients in need; you can show your support of them by shopping them online. Chef Michelle Morris, who owns and runs the popular Well Done Cooking Classes in the Heights with her husband Darrell, set up virtual cooking classes during the quarantine, but has since opened classes back up at limited capacity (buy a gift certificate for yourself or a friend if you prefer to stay home). And look out for future events and virtual happenings from ChòpnBlọk, a pop-up dinner experience that connects local communities with West African culinary traditions.
Continue seeking out Black-owned businesses and services with this colossal directory from local site Houston Buy Black.
More ways to help?
Check out a list of national organizations we've compiled here. If you have thoughts on other businesses you'd like to see included in our local stories, please email feedback@thrillist.com.
Sign up here for our daily Houston email and be the first to get all the food/drink/fun in town.
Brooke Viggiano is a Houston-based writer who encourages you to take action in solidarity with the Black community in any way you can. Find her on Twitter @brookeviggiano.


We had an interesting launch event for this volume on July 10th at the World Bank's Infoshop in Washington DC. There have been a number of media reports (see for example the story on Wall Street Journal by Eric Bellman, a Q&A in Mint by Malia Politzer, and another Q&A by Donna Barne). See also related posts on this blog from my co-editors Ibrahim and Jeff on their interventions during the book launch.
On September 16 Greece announced that it plans to issue a diaspora bond. In the past the governments of India and Israel have raised over $35 billion dollars, often in times of liquidity crisis. Preliminary estimates suggest that Sub-Saharan African countries can potentially raise $5-10 billion per year by issuing diaspora bonds. Countries that can potentially consider diaspora bonds are Bangladesh, Colombia, El Salvador, Ghana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe (and also Greece, Ireland, Italy, South Korea and Spain).
Migration Letters invites contributions for a special issue on migration, remittances and, financial crisis (edited by Dilip Ratha, World Bank, USA and Ibrahim Sirkeci, Regent's College London, UK). The current financial crisis is thought to be among the causes of a decline in migration and remittance flows. However, questions about the future impact of the financial crisis on the size and channels of these flows and the resilience of remittances are still to be answered. As migration and remittances have proven to be a lifeline in many developing countries, analyses of these patterns and prospects are therefore in high demand. In this special issue, we aim to bring together a select set of articles focusing on the relationship between financial crisis and global migration and remittance flows, and on the assessment of policy responses in the sending and the receiving countries.
Acabo de realizar una podcast entrevista con Ximena Gutiérrez (coordinadora del sitio web del Banco Mundial en español www.bancomundial.org) sobre cómo la crisis financiera mundial esta impactando a la "diaspora latina", a la demanda laboral de los trabajadores migrantes y a los flujos de remesas a América Latina.
Zimbabwe's economic crisis: will adopting foreign currency help to increase remittance flows through formal channels?
Zimbabwe's government recently announced a partial dollarization, declaring the U.S dollar and other foreign currencies as legal tender alongside the Zimbabwean dollar in its efforts to fight a crippling hyper-inflation (after announcing the launch of a 100 trillion Zimbabwean dollar note in January).
Reverse remittances? Yes, but not really.
Will the global financial crisis affect the presence of China in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Chinese President Hu Jintao will visit Mali, Senegal, Tanzania and Mauritius this month to discuss a series of measures to help African countries cushion the impact of the global financial crisis.
¿Se están reduciendo las ofertas laborales para los inmigrantes a raíz de la crisis financiera?
A medida que la crisis financiera en el mundo se agudiza algunos países empiezan a tomar medidas en el campo laboral para reducir el número de empleos ofertados a los inmigrantes.


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Home Press Releases Belmont Graduates Largest Class Ever
Belmont Graduates Largest Class Ever
Belmont University graduated its largest class ever as 490 students received their bachelor's degree or advanced degree during Spring 2005 commencement ceremonies at the Curb Events Center Saturday. In all, the university awarded 387 bachelor's degrees and 103 graduate degrees.
Graduates and the assembled family members, friends and Belmont faculty and staff heard a commencement address from one of the new graduates, Stacy Schumaker, a graduating senior who received the Bachelor of Social Work degree.
Schumaker drew upon her childhood in foster care to influence Tennessee's foster care policy while a student at Belmont. A former foster child, Schumaker has done much for children in the foster care system in Tennessee during in her four years at Belmont. As a student in the social work program, she developed and implemented the "Suitcases for Children" program, an initiative through which people donate suitcases for foster children to use during their frequent moves.
Placed in foster care due to abuse and neglect, Schumaker attended 12 schools from kindergarten through high school. At age 12, she decided she didn't want to be just another statistic. Though many foster-care children end up lacking a high school diploma, she decided, "I wanted to be different. God put something in me that made me care."
Schumaker has testified in front of both houses of the Tennessee General Assembly on behalf of legislation granting tuition waivers for youth like Schumaker who grew up in state custody and are aged out of the state foster care system on their 18th birthdays. She also worked with Belmont University's senior leadership team to develop scholarships specifically for foster children. Schumaker plans to attend the University of Tennessee in Knoxville to pursue a master's degree in social work and also has her sights set on law school.
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Abssac announces a new Stainless steel ballscrew to compliment its extensive ball screw ranges. Available in 6, 8 and 10mm diameters with leads of either 1 or 2mm the new SUS series offers cumulative lead error of only 2x0.052mm per 300mm with an axial clearance of 0.020 mm. The new SUS ball screw series offers a cost effective performance compared to ground ball screws.
Capable of transmitting dynamic loads up to 2300N, the standard product is hardened to HRC55 as standard, including the flanged nut housing. Standard screw lengths which can be supplied machined ready to fit into an application are 300mm for the 6mm diameter and 400mm for the 8 and 10mm diameters.
Since the ball screw is manufactured from Stainless steel it is an ideal partner for any food grade or medical type applications that demand repeatable linear precision. A full range of bearings and linear slides are available to compliment the precision ball screw.


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Emmaly Dennehy of Fire it Up Wood Fire Pizza cuts a pizza while wearing her orange #smallbusinessrevolution and #mycanoncity shirt in front of Vintage Revival on Wednesday.
Don't go downtown if you don't want to catch the fever — the Small Business Revolution fever, that is.
All along Main Street is where you'll find lots of orange — not for hunters or Broncos fans, but in honor of the SBR team, which officially is in town, getting to know city leaders and citizens and looking to see if Cañon City has what it takes it to make it to the Small Business Revolution — Main Street's Top 5.
Shop owners Wednesday were busy washing windows, hanging signage and adding last-minute touches on their storefronts, all in anticipation for Thursday.
"I've been here 20-plus years, and I've never seen anything bring all of the businesses and the town and the community itself together," said Jennifer Malespini, owner and operator of Bella Capelli Salon & Boutique. "I've never seen any kind of a united front like this. It really warms my heart after all these years that it's coming together."
Malespini has orange Converse-shaped cookies, made by Sassy Belle Bakery, ready for Deluxe's Amanda Brinkman and the Small Business Revolution team should they stop by.
Like many of the other downtown merchants, Malespini has watched the past three seasons of Small Business Revolution - Main Street on Hulu and on the Deluxe website.
"I've learned that many of us have the same trials," she said. "I think one thing that I have noticed in the episodes is that it really shows community, and that's where we're at right now."
Celeste Wilson, owner and operator of Chrysalis Consignments, also has taken heart from watching the episodes and learning that she's not alone in the struggles that she faces as a small business owner on Main Street.
"You watch that and discover that I'm not different than anybody in these small towns," she said. "We all are barely hanging on and have the same challenges — our community doesn't shop downtown, we can't afford to do the marketing, and we don't have the social media — now I'm not embarrassed to have these high-dollar consultants walk into my store, because I am just like everybody they've worked with."
Wilson is so excited about the SBR visit that she cried all the way from her Penrose home to her shop Wednesday morning.
"I'm just overwhelmed with the possibilities," she said. "Could all the years and generations of prayer spoken over this town be just for such a time as this?"
She said more and more people are coming to the downtown and discovering places of business that they never knew existed.
"I am sure that we will make the Top 5, I don't even doubt that," she said. "Even if we didn't win, I think we've started something — but it would sure be nice to have six months of publicity and input."
The prize for the winning community is a $500,000 grant that will help six businesses revamp their websites, do some storefront improvements and help with merchandising and finance questions.
Leona Bennett, who works at Design u'r Memories one day a week, said being selected No. 1 in the competition will expose Cañon City to the rest of the country and let them know "what a beautiful place this is to visit."
"We have a lot of unique stores," she said. "I've noticed people in this town work hard — I think it's amazing how a lot of people work two or three jobs to make a living."
One area where Deluxe can help is to figure out the right formula to get people off the highway and into downtown, she said.
"There are thousands of people who go up and down Highway 50 who never come downtown," she said. "That's got to change."
Tim and Emmaly Dennehy, the owners and operators of Fire it Up Wood Fire Pizza, don't have a brick and mortar operation, their business is on wheels — and it spends a lot of time downtown.
Their small business donated 40 large pizzas for the individuals who helped with a mega-clean up Jan. 20.
"I want this to be the best community to have my son grow up in," Tim Dennehy said about why the couple gives so much to the community. "I have been saying that since the day he was born."
Emmaly Dennehy said she's enjoying seeing the community work together in preparation for the SBR visit.
"My true hope is that through it all, that this momentum stays going," she said. "Working toward a goal together — that is huge."
Darcie Wige, the owner of The Dungeon Inc., said there are many deserving businesses in the downtown area that are worthy of being selected by SBR.
"If they are helped, we all thrive because of it," she said. "No matter what the outcome, no matter what, we have already grown closer. All of us business owners have grown closer, the community has been more aware of how important Cañon City is."
Wige said the momentum and camaraderie should continue after the SBR leaves.
"There's something about Cañon City that pulls you in, and it's the community, it's the people," she said. "People come here from other places and they stay — there's just something about Cañon City. Something magnetic about this city pulls you in and brings us all closer."
Cathy Finney, the owner of Vintage Revival, and her husband, Larry Finney, love Cañon City because this is where they raised their family and where they continue to call home.
"To have 'her' shine during this time, where people can see how wonderful she is, that's the important thing," Finney said, referring to Cañon City. "Some people just don't get why you live in small town USA, then they get here and then they totally get it. It's time for us to be everything we can be."
Finney has a large, metal, orange tilde in front of her shop, and you can find her wearing her new orange shoes today, in honor of Amanda Brinkman and her signature orange Converse shoes.
Finney said the excitement level of the downtown merchants right now is "over the top."
"And everybody is excited for everybody," she said. "That's the beauty of this town."


The 2018 Ford Fusion Hybrid has a great story to tell. For car buyers who want a fuel-efficient hybrid car, but don't want to give up interior space or look like they are driving a car that labels them, the Ford Fusion Hybrid checks all the boxes.
What's the first thing that pops into your head when you hear the words "hybrid cars?" It is probably "Prius." But did you know that for just a little more than the compact Prius, you could have a much larger, technology-packed mid-size 2018 Ford Fusion Hybrid? It's true! You get all the great fuel-saving qualities of a hybrid system, but in a car that has room for the whole family and all their stuff.
The 2018 Ford Fusion Hybrid continues with no changes from the 2017 model. Items that were new for 2017 carry over to the 2018 Fusion.
The 2018 Ford Fusion Hybrid is available in four different trim levels: S, SE, Titanium, and Platinum.
Standard equipment on every 2018 Ford Fusion Hybrid is very extensive. Inside, you get an automatic transmission, anti-lock brakes, split 60/40 fold-down seat back, air conditioning with particulate air filter, SYNC infotainment system, rotary gear shift dial, front center console with armrest, speed-sensitive wipers, hill start assist, illuminated sun visors, two 12V power points, message center with trip computer, tilt/telescoping steering wheel with cruise and audio controls, push button start with keyless entry, and MyKey.
Outside, there are aluminum alloy wheels, a capless fuel filler, integrated blind spot side mirrors, LED taillamps, and solar tinted glass, all standard on the 2018 Ford Fusion Hybrid.
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The 2018 Ford Fusion Hybrid comes standard with dual stage front driver and passenger airbags, front-seat side airbags, side curtain airbags, driver and front passenger knee airbag, and seat belt pretensioners. A rear view camera lets you see what's behind you, and the individual tire pressure monitoring system alerts you when a tire gets low. You also get Advancetrac with electronic stability control, and SOS post-crash alert.
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HA config on another RPI 2 in another room, with some sensors attached, running a MPD server, which is posting state changes on the 'master' instance with a custom Appdaemon app.

This RPI has:
  * 1x PIR sensor
  * 1x DS18b20 temperature sensor --> integrated with a custom mod from the `onewire` sensor platform ([`myonewire.py`](https://github.com/azogue/hass_config/blob/master/custom_components/sensor/myonewire.py))
  * 1x DHT22 temperature & humidity sensor

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Somerset has a really, really bad day at the office
We all know what it is like to have a bad day at the office. The big deal didn't come in. The boss acted like a prick. You had an argument with a colleague. All are eminently possible.
But have you ever had a cataclysmic day at the office? Did you set the building on fire? Were you got caught with the Managing Director's PA in a compromising position in the disabled loo? Was the aforementioned PA also the MD's wife? Or maybe you are just Nick Leeson.
Somerset had one of those days on Saturday.
On paper, the favourites for the Division 1 County Championship should have had too much firepower for what had seemed to be a weak Warwickshire side.
But after winning the toss and putting the opposition into bat, Somerset captain Marcus Trescothick presided over a disaster akin to the Titanic's maiden voyage – albeit without the drastic loss of life.
Firstly, Ajantha Mendis didn't bamboozle county batsmen as had been predicted. Indeed, he bowled like a drain as Varun Chopra and Chris Woakes helped themselves to hundreds and Warwickshire racked up 642. Somerset's much vaunted bowling attack was as impotent as a particularly inebriated drunk with a chronic problem of erectile dysfunction.
But surely Somerset's stellar batting line-up would be able to play out a draw? It was the batting featherbed of Taunton after all.
Not a bit of it. If capsizing in the first innings for 210 was bad enough, what happened when they followed on was downright embarrassing.
50 all out in just 88 deliveries.
The losing margin of an innings and 382 runs was the sixth largest margin of defeat since 1921.
It was Somerset's largest defeat since 1895.
You know things must be bad when Rikki Clarke takes seven wickets in less than 12 overs.
And who predicted that Somerset would finally win its first Championship and that Warwickshire would be relegated?
Guilty as charged, your honour.
Ten to watch in 2011: Adam Lyth, Jade Dernbach, Rory Hamilton-Brown, Samit Patel, Alex Hales, Danny Briggs, Ben Stokes, James Harris, Jos Buttler, Adil Rashid
An England under-23 XI - the future looks bright
County Championship Previews - Division 2: Derbyshire, Essex, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Kent, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Surrey
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Posted on Monday, April 18, 2011 at 09:28 in Ajantha Mendis, Chris Woakes, County Cricket, Marcus Trescothick, Rikki Clarke, Somerset, Varun Chopra, Warwickshire | Permalink


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Resembling Vincent van Gogh's painting, "Starry Night," the picture is Hubble's latest view of an expanding halo of light around a distant star, named V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon).
This Hubble image was obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on February 8, 2004. The illumination of interstellar dust comes from the red supergiant star at the middle of the image, which gave off a flashbulb-like pulse of light two years ago.
From the crew at AeroSpaceNews.com - may you have a stellar and very happy new year!


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Disabled Soldiers Vow to Fight Stark Discrimination, Seek Pension Hike
Fauji India| Updated:November 28, 2018, 10:11 pm IST
After having received 31 bullets, undergoing multiple surgeries followed by subsequent leg amputations and losing half the body weight, Havildar Rajan Mehra, a Sena Medal awardee for his exceptional gallantry, feels betrayed.
"It would have been far better had I died in the militant attack in Nagaland in 1997 rather than surviving it all," says the decorated para-commando, who claims to have trained some of the soldiers who carried out surgical strike inside Pakistan. "When a soldier gets killed, his body is sent home draped in tricolour. After watching it on TV, a sentimental nation feels patriotic for a while and then both the country and the government just forget him," Mehra, tells The National Herald, declaring, "I feel like a 'joker' after becoming physically disabled."
"An officer who becomes 100 per cent disabled just like me, is entitled to a total monthly pension of Rs 2.65 lakh but I get only pittance that is Rs 26,000," Mehra, a resident of Dwarahat, Uttrakhand says, lamenting financial hardships and inadequate pension and recalling how courageously he fought battles in Sri Lanka, Kashmir and North-East before an encounter in Nagaland left him invalid for life.
"The retired officers get higher pensions, we don't have any objection. But disability pension should be solely based on nature of physical disability or injury attributable to or aggravated by military service. There should be no discrimination on the basis of rank and number of service years," says general secretary of the Sabka Sainik Sangharsh Committee, an organisation working for the rights of soldiers, Harbhal Singh (41), who suffered 75 per cent disability after his left leg got injured in an IED blast in Kashmir. He was 33 then and was eventually discharged from the service.
While a slab-based system, Rs 27,000 a month for officers, Rs 17,000 for junior commissioned officers (JCOs), and Rs 12,000 for all other ranks, was recommended by the seventh Central Pay Commission, it was rejected by the Union Cabinet presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Heeding to the demand of officers, the Union Cabinet reverted to the percentage-based regime for disability pension wherein the "service component" remains unchanged.
"Under the old percentage-based regime, if an Army, Navy and Air Force personnel loses a hand, suffering 50 per cent disability in the line of duty, both Jawan and officer are entitled to a disability pension matching fifty per cent of their last pay drawn," explains Nalin Talwar, spokesperson of the Committee, asserting that, "due to huge difference between the salaries of Jawans and officers, it's a highly discriminatory mechanism."
Modi government recently celebrated second anniversary of surgical strikes, Parakram Parv, from September 28-30 in 51 cities across the country. The retired disabled soldiers lament that the Modi government – which launched an electronic and print media blitz glorifying surgical strike through articles, books, TV debates, and documentaries – politicized surgical strike and Armed forces to garner voters but did little for them.
While Ex-Servicemen are already peeved with the Modi government on the 'one rank, one pension' issue, now the disabled retired soldiers have decided to go on hunger strike from November 15 at Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi. One of their longstanding grouse remains that the disabled Jawans usually have to fight prolonged legal battles for their dues and pensions whereas the Ministry of Defense (MoD) allegedly spends crores of rupees on batteries of lawyers to deny adequate pensions and other dues to the disabled and war widows, knowing many of them don't have the means to fight legal battles. "Due to government's apathy, the junior Armed forces retirees have been living a miserable life," Singh laments, adding that "most of the soldiers, who have decided to sit on hunger strike from November 15 on, are 100 per cent physically disabled and are dependent on others for their daily survival."
"India is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and has submitted that all disabled persons are given equal facilities and it does not discriminate between individuals. But in response to an RTI query, MoD told us that the Disability Act is not applicable to defence pensioners," Talwar says, and remarks, "This is violation of the basic human rights of retired disabled Jawans."
Unlike India, countries like USA for instance provide pension to disabled Army retirees as per certain parameters and not just rank and service years, according to Talwar. "The glaring discrimination with the disabled Jawans is telling upon their morale," he further says, adding that, "the motivation factor for Jawans and officers when it comes to joining armed forces is always the same. Therefore, there should be no discrimination when it comes to disability pension." Source: National Herald


By domino, January 30, 2010 in Hobby Shops - Where are they?
I would love to go and see the kato factory in japan, but is it even possible , has any one tried to contact kato and ask if the are interrested in a visit from some Japanese Model train enthusiasts from around the world ?
When I was in Tokyo and Osaka, I was only able to go to the Kato Hobby Centre to visit the HQ.
I think the factory is closed to the public unless you are some VIPs.
However, there are videos in the hobby centre where you can watch how Kato model trains are created.
The customer service was nice enough to show me the inside of Unitram before the actual release date with the agreement that I am not going to take pictures.
That may or may not be true. I am a avid Gundam modeler, but I also do Tanks, Cars and Bikes. But Gundam models are usually pushed towards younger modelers like 10-18 that don't want to use a airbrush or paint the model. Tamiya, another large producer of models, is pushed towards older persons because they require painting and cleaning of parts. Bandai, (People who make Gundam models) have a technology in their molds which allows hem to put multiple colors on one tree of parts.
I thought it translated to "those funny dolls Hobby Search puts on their default home page".
I must have gone to ten "Hobby" shops in Tokyo that only sold Gundam kits, and nothing else. Every single on of the shops had the name hobby in them, or were listed as hobby shops.


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Home All News General UPDATED: SOUT seeks CCL's advise in resolving issue with CSA executive
UPDATED: SOUT seeks CCL's advise in resolving issue with CSA executive
The Save Our Union Team (SOUT) in the Civil Service Association (CSA) has engaged the Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) to assist in helping to 'restore' integrity to the trade union.'
The SOUT made a surprise visit at a CCL conference held at the Bay Gardens Resorts on Tuesday, July 7 and handed a letter addressed to CCL General Secretary Senator Chester Humphrey, inviting him to meditate a sit-down with the CSA's executive.
A representative accepted the letter on Humphrey's behalf.
The SOUT has been calling for the removal of the entire executive of the CSA and had previously created a petition to have Isaac removed from office as well.
The group first attacked Mary Isaac, a three-time president of the union, calling for her removal after she accepted the offer to become a senator.
SOUT had written Isaac over claims that she labeled them as Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) operatives, something they never admitted or denied.
They also claimed that the National Executive Council (NEC) is attempting to reconstitute the General Council of the Union, which was duly constituted.
Isaac, who recently resigned her post as president of the CSA, will be leaving the union shortly to play a more active role in politics.
The three-time president of the CSA has repeatedly said that SOUT is just another group that wants to create mischief and does not have the union's interest at heart.
Instead, Isaac claims that the team was hopeful that they would have succeeded at the last CSA election, but since they were defeated, they have been creating more problems.
SOUT on the other hand has accused Isaac of trying to manipulate the system and work against the constitution of the CSA, and at the same time trying to politicize the union.
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Tonito July 8, 2015 At 8:50 AM
Although I thinks both sides are wrong as they are both activists this letter is silly. Chester Humphrey happens to be a Government Senator whilst being President of a union so writing to him when you all claimed Mary was bringing the union into disrepute when she became an opposition senator is so hypocritical. By the way is the CSA even a member of CCL. What about the fact that Leo sister who is a public servant is leader of the Labour Party's women's arm.
Lenin July 7, 2015 At 4:58 PM
Chester was not there he is Grenada lol


J Virol. 2015 Nov;89(21):11056-68. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01964-15. Epub 2015 Aug 26.
Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern Recognition of Hepatitis C Virus Transmitted/Founder Variants by RIG-I Is Dependent on U-Core Length.
Kell A1, Stoddard M2, Li H2, Marcotrigiano J3, Shaw GM2, Gale M Jr4.
Center for Innate Immunity and Immune Disease, Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.
Center for Innate Immunity and Immune Disease, Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA mgale@uw.edu.
Despite the introduction of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) drugs against hepatitis C virus (HCV), infection remains a major public health concern because DAA therapeutics do not prevent reinfection and patients can still progress to chronic liver disease. Chronic HCV infection is supported by a variety of viral immune evasion strategies, but, remarkably, 20% to 30% of acute infections spontaneously clear prior to development of adaptive immune responses, thus implicating innate immunity in resolving acute HCV infection. However, the virus-host interactions regulating acute infection are unknown. Transmission of HCV involves one or a few transmitted/founder (T/F) variants. In infected hepatocytes, the retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) protein recognizes 5' triphosphate (5'ppp) of the HCV RNA and a pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP) motif located within the 3' untranslated region consisting of poly-U/UC. PAMP binding activates RIG-I to induce innate immune signaling and type 1 interferon antiviral defenses. HCV poly-U/UC sequences can differ in length and complexity, suggesting that PAMP diversity in T/F genomes could regulate innate immune control of acute HCV infection. Using 14 unique poly-U/UC sequences from HCV T/F genomes recovered from acute-infection patients, we tested whether RIG-I recognition and innate immune activation correlate with PAMP sequence characteristics. We show that T/F variants are recognized by RIG-I in a manner dependent on length of the U-core motif of the poly-U/UC PAMP and are recognized by RIG-I to induce innate immune responses that restrict acute infection. PAMP recognition of T/F HCV variants by RIG-I may therefore impart innate immune signaling and HCV restriction to impact acute-phase-to-chronic-phase transition.
Recognition of nonself molecular patterns such as those seen with viral nucleic acids is an essential step in triggering the immune response to virus infection. Innate immunity is induced by hepatitis C virus infection through the recognition of viral RNA by the cellular RIG-I protein, where RIG-I recognizes a poly-uridine/cytosine motif in the viral genome. Variation within this motif may provide an immune evasion strategy for transmitted/founder viruses during acute infection. Using 14 unique poly-U/UC sequences from HCV T/F genomes recovered from acutely infected HCV patients, we demonstrate that RIG-I binding and activation of innate immunity depend primarily on the length of the uridine core within this motif. T/F variants found in acute infection contained longer U cores within the motif and could activate RIG-I and induce innate immune signaling sufficient to restrict viral infection. Thus, recognition of T/F variants by RIG-I could significantly impact the transition from acute to chronic infection.
RIG-I binds T/F pU/UC RNA. (A) T/F pU/UC RNA on denaturing agarose gel. (B) Electrophoretic mobility shift assays using 6 pmol RNA incubated with recombinant RIG-I protein. (C) Densitometric analysis was performed to measure the relative quantities of RNA from the shifted region and the unshifted region; data are plotted as percent RNA shifted. (D) Effective millimolar concentrations of RIG-I at which 10%, 50%, or 90% of RNA was shifted in the gel. An asterisk (*) denotes an in vivo T/F pU/UC sequence; "-V" denotes an in vitro U-core variant.
J Virol. 2015 Nov 1;89(21):11056-11068.
Differential ATPase activity of RIG-I bound to T/F PAMP RNA. Graphs show the ATPase activity of 5 pmol purified RIG-I protein incubated with increasing amounts of RNA. Levels of free phosphate released upon incubation with Con1 pU/UC RNA (blue circles), X RNA (red squares), and individual T/F pU/UC RNA (black triangles) are shown as averages of the results of three or more experiments ± standard deviations (SD). EC50 and EC90 values for each RNA were calculated and are shown in the adjacent table.
Limited trypsin proteolysis of 30 pmol purified RIG-I protein with increasing amounts (1 to 5 pmol) of RNA from T/F pU/UC regions. Following 15 min of protein digestion, products were run on a 12% SDS-PAGE gel and stained with colloidal Coomassie blue. (A) RIG-I (30 pmol) was incubated with increasing amounts of RNA (1 to 5 pmol). FL, full length. (B) RIG-I (30 pmol) was incubated with 3 pmol RNA for densitometric analysis of the quantity of RIG-I RD and CARD-containing helicase (heli-card) accumulation. The results of densitometric analysis of RD accumulation as a percentage of accumulation following incubation with Con1 pU/UC RNA are shown in the table at the bottom of the figure.
T/F HCV pU/UC sequences differentially activate RIG-I signaling. Huh7 cells (A and C) or Huh7.5 cells (B and D) were transfected with purified pU/UC RNA from the indicated T/F genomes, JFH1, or X RNA, and cells were harvested 18 h later for immunoblot analysis (A and B) or RT-PCR assay (C and D).
The innate immune response to pU/UC motifs restricts HCV replication. (A) Huh7 cells were transfected with 15 pmol RNA from the indicated T/F genome pU/UC regions or the X region or were mock transfected in duplicate. At 18 h later, the cells were infected with HCV JFH1 (MOI = 1). Cells were harvested 48 h postinfection, and viral RNA was quantified by a RT-quantitative (qPCR) assay. Data are shown as means of the results of two independent experiments (± SD). (B) Quantification of infectious virus from supernatants. Supernatant from infected cells was isolated and infectious virus measured by focus-forming-unit (ffu) assay.
RIG-I stimulatory activity of pU/UC sequences correlates with U composition and the length of the U core. Each T/F pU/UC RNA was assigned an activity rank based on the level of RIG-I activation measured in biochemical assays and the innate immune response elicited in vitro. Two-tailed Spearman nonparametric correlation was then calculated for all RNAs with an activity score based on the variable characteristics. α = 0.0083.
Diagram () representing the HCV genome 3′ UTR. Determinants of HCV PAMP activity are indicated. The sequence shown is that of the Con1 pU/UC region. The underlined and bolded region indicates a statistically significant correlation with RIG-I activity as shown in . The underlined sections were shown to correlate with the overall RIG-I activation rank as measured by all assays performed; the section in bold correlates with innate immune signaling and innate immune priming in Huh7 cell transfection assays.


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The authors estimated vertical transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis by a retrospective analysis using national registry data and clinical records and concluded that transmission was much lower (<2%) than the rate commonly quoted (50-70%). Their suggested explanation is that the modern use of highly sensitive NAATs detects nonviable chlamydiae so that mothers testing positive could actually be noninfectious whereas older studies based on use of culture only identified infectious pregnant women. That is not a likely explanation for such a big difference. When NAAT performance with cervical swabs was evaluated about 2/3 of NAAT positive specimens were culture positive.
A more likely explanation comes from examining their case definition. It is not chlamydial infection, but rather laboratory confirmed cases of chlamydial conjunctivitis or pneumonia. And that is very different. When prospective studies were being done in San Francisco 175 infants born to chlamydia infected mothers were followed: 31 (18%) developed pneumonia; 29 (17%) conjunctivitis; 64 (37%) were culture positive and 105 (60%) had serologic evidence of infection. Thus there were many more infections than cases of conjunctivitis and pneumonia. But the difference between cases of disease and infection in the Finnish material is probably greater. In the prospective study there were cases of very mild disease that would likely not have been diagnosed in ordinary circumstances (seeing the whole clinical spectrum is an advantage of prospective studies). I do not know what the triggers would be for laboratory testing in Finland, but there must have been a bias towards more severe cases of conjunctivitis and pneumonia. Thus there would be an underestimation of chlamydia pneumonia and conjunctivitis cases in the population, and no real measure of chlamydia infection. This study did not measure vertical transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis.


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Fish market awarded £1.2m for building revamp
25 March 2011 No Comment
A European grant has secured the future of Grimsby fish market, reports BBC News.
The European Fisheries Fund has awarded the historic fish market £605,000 which will be spent on the modernisation of the building. Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises has matched the grant, giving the fish market a grand total of £1.2 million to spend.
Originally, £4 million of funding had been secured, but this has since been scaled back by the government.
Improvements proposed for the market, which was opened in 1995, include new building cladding, plus a new ceiling, air-lock doors and the latest temperature control systems. They will also receive the latest weighing and grading machines.
Martyn Boyers, Chief Executive, said to This Is Grimsby: "This work is long overdue and will safeguard existing jobs in the port. This is a quarter of the original bid, but we are desperate to do something to make improvements."
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The building was opened in 1995 and this funding will ensure that the market can gain British Retail Consortium accreditation which allows them to protect their fish supply business and partner with large retailers.
Work should commence in early June with completion aimed for Spring 2012, though the biggest challenge, according to Fish Update, will be for the market to function as usual while the revamp takes place. Boyers allayed disruption fears, saying: "I am confident we will be able to deal with that."


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Time Travel: NYC, then and now
When you get down to it, most folks who are interested in things vintage—whether they're movie buffs who thrill at the discovery of a film noir or pre-code picture they've never before seen, music buffs who have devoted their lives to hearing every note Bix ever recorded, or devotees of vintage fashion, ever on the watch for a belt-back suit from the 1930s or the perfect cloche hat from a decade before—are after a kind of time travel.
Most of us aren't convinced (though others are certain of it) that life was better in whichever particular era it is that calls to us, it's just that life was just different then, in small and particular ways that continue to fascinate us, to entice us to look over our shoulders at what is behind us, just barely out of peripheral view.
The estimable Rick Prelinger (if you're not already familiar with the Prelinger Collection of ephemeral films, check them out at www.archive.org) expressed it nicely in a 2002 SF Weekly profile:
"I'm fascinated with the look of the past. I have an urgent need to form images of what a place looked like in the '40s or '50s. What did it smell like? What were people wearing? What [was] people's body language? Was it noisy or quiet? Was the air smoky?"
But opportunities to directly compare and contrast life as it was then (whenever your preferred "then" might be) with life as it is lived today are few and far between. Those opportunities are largely what this blog is about—what our interest in the (relatively) recent past is all about—and so we share them with the Cladrite Clan whenever we can.
The official New York City web site, NYC.gov, has, bless its heart, created an online city map that not only allows one to search for an aerial view of any address in the city (these are photos commissioned by the city, not satellite photos) and zoom in and out on the photo, but you can also zoom back and forward—in time!
The city commissioned aerial photos several times over the past 80 years, so it's intriguing to see from above how things have changed over time. And it couldn't be easier to do, thanks to the city's efforts.
We looked up Cladrite World Headquarters on the map, and we were able to view our block as it appeared from above in 1924, in 1956, in 1996, and as recently as 2008.
Friends, that's what we call time travel.
Deroy Peraza, Principal + Creative Director at Brooklyn-based design firm Hyperakt, made very impressive use of the NYC.gov map to create impressive then-and-now comparisons of familiar NYC sites and sights on a page he titled "NYC From Above: 1924 vs. 2008."
We'll share a couple of examples below, but you really must check out the site. It's quite compelling. The pictures below come from the NYC.gov site; the words are Peraza's.
Yankee Stadium (lower right) was only one year old in 1924. The stadium seen at the upper left is the Polo Grounds, home to the New York Giants (now in San Francisco). The Polo Grounds originally opened in 1890 and had just been renovated in 1923. It was demolished in 1964.
The waterfront around the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges was crowded with ships in 1924.
We were especially pleased to finally get a sense of where the Polo Grounds were in relation to Yankee Stadium. We knew they were supposed to be close—we'd read that you could see the House that Ruth Built from the Polo Grounds—but we had no idea they were in such close proximity.
We encourage you to check out Peraza's site and, especially, to make use of the NYC.gov map—but we warn you, it's addictive.


Gilas Pilipinas romp past Myanmar 147-40 in SEABA opener - Balita Boss!
Calvin Abueva had 22 points as the Gilas Pilipinas opened its 2017 SEABA Championship campaign with a 147-40 romp over Myanmar on Friday night, May 12.
The Philippine men's national basketball team scored the first 17 points of the game and closed the first quarter with a 25-point lead, 32-7. At the half, the lead was 54, at 66-12.
Abueva also had six rebounds, four assists and five steals to earn the best player of the game honor.
Allein Maliksi added 20 points, and Gilas rookie Jio Jalalon contributed 13 points, six rebounds and 10 assists.
Gilas dominated the game with 45 assists, 25 steals, 12 blocks and shot 64 percent from the field.
Wana Aung led Myanmar with 12 points.
Check the full game stats here: http://www.fiba.com/ls/#13235&13261-A-3.
The Gilas Pilipinas next opponent will be Singapore on Saturday, May 13 at 7 pm.


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Lebanon .. "Turkish bath" from luxury to necessity
Contemporary Ottoman EmpireIn Lebanon, there are a number of Turkish baths, which were a major means of bathing, cleansing the body deeply, and restoring radiance to the skin.
And she was Turkish baths It was built centuries ago, then developed and spread in the Arab countries that were under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, and some of them, which do not exceed the number of fingers of two hands, are still distributed in Lebanon Between Tripoli in the north of the country, the old neighborhoods of Sidon in the south, and a few in Beirut.
Turkish baths generally depend on heating water in a huge pot, by igniting wood or diesel fuel under it, which provides warmth and steam around the clock.
And after the head of the family used to go to popular baths For fun and to spend time, he visits her today with his children to enjoy a hot bath without fearing that the water in his house will be cut off.
Jamal, who waited half an hour for his turn in a bathroom in Sidon, said: "Here we take all our time to shower, relax and get warm. Cleanliness is part of faith."
Jamal, 53, a father of 3 children, told Sky News Arabia: "I go to the bathroom at least once a month to clean my body well and rest, but on the rest of the days I manage with lukewarm or cold water at home. I have no solution but to heat it on What we have of firewood is due to the shortage of diesel."
Abu Hassan, in front of a bathroom in Tripoli, told Sky News Arabia: "I took a shower last time at home two weeks ago, because the priority is for the children and the wife."
The man continued with a grin, "I am no longer able to provide the requirements for heating water in the house, the electricity is cut off most of the time, and the price of gas is very high, except for the scarcity of fuel."
Abu Muhammad Stoot, who is responsible for managing the only "bathroom of the slave," said that he is still working in the house Tripoli, The age of this hammam is more than 700 years, and it is a heritage hammam since the era of the Ottomans, located near the ancient Khan al-Sabun in the center of the city.
Stott added to "Sky News Arabia": "Before the economic crises that afflicted us, the cost of entering the bathroom was 30,000 pounds per person, and currently we have raised the price to 100,000 to maintain the same quality of service, and the turnout was lower and limited to customers only, while at the present time. We are witnessing an increasing demand, despite the increase in the entry fee, to secure the fuel oil and water that we also buy, and to cover the high subscription to electric generators.
He continued, "We discovered recently, in particular, that the Tripolitan citizen has become in need of our presence, despite the high cost of entry. He has no other choice."
He pointed out that "entering our bathroom is not limited to men only, but there is also a suite designated for women, in which the cost of entry rises to 200,000 pounds, due to the special reservation, materials, special soap and perfumes used."
Stott revealed that he receives daily customers who visit him "for free", in sympathy with him Economic situation The difficult situation that afflicted the citizens, and "belief in the importance of hygiene for fear of the spread of epidemics and diseases in the city."
He added: "Our work is generally good, and before the crisis we used to receive about 50 people, and currently the number has increased even more. There are provisions for necessity."
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Armando Fenoglio (Bahía Blanca, 14 de junio de 1916 - Santiago, 16 de noviembre de 1994) fue un destacado actor argentino nacionalizado chileno que vivió gran parte de su vida en Chile, donde desarrolló una extensa carrera en teatro, cine y televisión.

Fuera de su vasta trayectoria actoral en cine (en películas como La Caleta Olvidada, El Chacal de Nahueltoro, El Afuerino y Operación Alfa), teatro y televisión (donde destacan principalmente sus actuaciones en recordadas teleseries de Canal 13 como Matrimonio de Papel, Ángel Malo, La Última Cruz, Bravo y Ellas por Ellas por nombrar solo algunas), es muy poca información la que se puede rescatar sobre la vida de Armando Fenoglio.

Luego de luchar con una larga y penosa enfermedad, Armando Fenoglio fallece de cáncer al pulmón el año 1994 (en ese año tuvo un pequeño rol en la teleserie Top Secret de Canal 13 interpretando al Padre Norberto, sin embargo no pudo concluir las grabaciones debido a su enfermedad y posterior fallecimiento).

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How Obamacare Affects Restaurants, and How Technology Can Help
January 21, 2014 | By John Weber
The deadline for larger businesses to provide healthcare or face a fine might be a year away, but business owners already are taking steps to ensure compliance.
Portions of the ACA have been in effect for about three years, but the requirement that has employers concerned has been delayed until 2015. At that time, businesses with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) will be required to either provide insurance or face a fine of $2,000 per employee, excluding the first 30.
The restaurant industry, which runs on slimmer profit margins than a lot of businesses, is especially concerned about the mandate. Here's some basic information every restaurant owner needs to know about the law:
Full-time is considered 30 hours per week, not the typical 40. Restaurants rely heavily on part-time workers, and nearly 21 percent of restaurant employees work 30 to 36 hours per week, according to a report from the Berkeley Labor Center. This leaves many restaurant owners facing the dilemma of whether or not to reduce hours to avoid penalties.
Another worry is how the law affects people who own multiple establishments. The IRS considers multiple businesses owned by the same person as one business. Someone who owns three restaurant franchises that each employ 20 people technically employs 60 people at one business under the law.
Indeed, the mood among small-business owners is of concern.
Finance company Merchant Cash and Capital surveyed 542 small-business owners and found nearly a third expecting ACA to trigger an increase in operational expenses. Of that group, 29 percent plan to reduce employees' hours to offset the increase. About 135 business owners in the survey group said they will postpone expansion, and 108 said they won't hire any new workers.
Technology Can Help Employees Work Smarter
If they trim their workforces, restaurant owners will face a staffing problem and the need to protect and maintain the customer experience. The good news is that restaurant technology can help serve the dual needs of efficiency and service.
Modern table-tracking technology and waitlist management solutions are two efficiency-promoting options for restaurant owners faced with these difficult realities.
In theory, a restaurant with fewer staff members risks a dip in service. But table tracking technology provides an antidote.
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Guests also appreciate waitlist apps because they can stay better informed with up-to-the-minute information on where they stand in the queue. Patented technology allows them the option to receive alerts via a guest pager or on their own mobile device. They can spend their wait time in a lounge or even waiting outside.
The overall result of both technologies is speedier service delivered more efficiently. And in the age of healthcare mandates, restaurants need all the help they can find.
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The Western Magpies Colts had their wings clipped and were given a strong lesson in preparation and the importance of a solid and committed pre season when they were defeated by Mt Gravatt on Saturday. Against a side that the Pies have had many intense and close battles with over the last 3-4 years, and had the better of for the last few outings, the 2016 Colts came up well short.
After a strong opening, gaining the advantage in the midfield, the young Pies just couldn't convert the good work from up the field into goals. The Pies missed 4 good chances at goal early and as often happens the Vultures swept the ball forward and converted at their first opportunity. That was the tale of the day, as in each quarter the side started well, missedopportunities, then ran out of legs and the fitter Vultures score heavily for the last 10 minutes of the term.
The positives are that the Colts were more than competitive when their legs were fresh, but a hot day, having only 2 players on the bench and a disrupted pre-season and therefore being a little underdone cost this group the chance to set a standard from round one.
Coach Justin Gore and assistants Craig Allen and Warren Vine recognise the issue and have a plan to rectify it. The Colts have already had some solid sessions to kick start the way back to being the respected , hard running and skilful squad this group has been known for.
Skipper Dom Misso, the tireless Liam Reynolds and Rory Johnson, big ruckman Aaron Highlands and the solid Ryan Vagne ( both in their first games for the club) all battled hard throughout the day.
Best : Highlands, Misso, R Johnson, Vagne, Reynolds, Luke.


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Fakhr al-Din Muhammad ibn Mansur Mubarak Shah al-Qurayshi, commonly known by his pen-name Fakhr-i Mudabbir (1157–1236) was a Persian author who was active at the court of the Ghaznavids, Ghurids, and Delhi Sultanate. He is notable for his prominent literary works in Persian, the Shajara-yi ansab ("The tree of genealogies") and the Adab al-harb wa-l-shaja'a ("The etiquette of war and valour").

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From the Brooklyn Daily Times.LEAVES OF GRASS. A volume of Poems, just published.
To give judgment on real poems, one needs an account of the poet himself. Very devilish to some, and very divine to some, will appear the poet of these new poems, the "LEAVES OF GRASS;" an attempt, as they are, of a naive, masculine, affectionate, contemplative, sensual, imperious person, to cast into literature not only his own grit and arrogance, but his own flesh and form, undraped, regardless of models, regardless of modesty or law, and ignorant or silently scornful, as at first appears, of all except his own presence and experience, and all outside the fiercely loved land of his birth, and the birth of his parents and their parents for several generations before him. Politeness this man has none, and regulation he has none. A rude child of the people!—No imitation—No foreigner—but a growth and idiom of America. No discontented—a careless slouch, enjoying to-day. No dilletant democrat—a man who is art-and-part with the commonalty, and with immediate life—loves the streets—loves the docks—loves the free rasping talk of men—likes to be called by his given name, and nobody at all need Mr him—can laugh with laughers—likes the cheap ways of laborers—is not prejudiced one mite against the Irish—talks readily with them—talks readily with niggers—does not make a stand on being a gentleman, nor on learning or manners—eats cheap fare, likes the strong-flavored coffee of the coffee-stands in the market, at sunrise—likes a supper of oysters fresh from the oyster-smack—likes to make one at the crowded table among sailors and workpeople—would leave a select soiree of elegant people any time to go with tumultuous men,
roughs, receive their caresses and welcome, listen to their noise, oaths, smut, fluency, laughter, repartee—and can preserve his presence perfectly among these, and the like of these. The effects he produces in his poems are no effects of artists or the arts, but effects of the original eye or arm, or the actual atmosphere or tree or bird. You may feel the unconscious teaching of a fine brute, but will never feel the teaching of a fine writer or speaker.
Other poets celebrate great events, personages, romances, wars, loves, passions, the victories and power of their country, or some real or imagined incident—and polish their work, and come to conclusions, and satisfy the reader. This poet celebrates himself; and that is the way he celebrates all. He comes to no conclusions, and does not satisfy the reader. He certainly leaves him what the serpent left the woman and the man, the taste of the Paradisaic tree of the knowledge of good and evil, never to be erased again.
What good is it to argue about egotism? There can be no two thoughts on Walt Whitman's egotism. That is avowedly what he steps out of the crowd and turns and faces them for. Mark, critics! Otherwise is not used for you the key that leads to the use of the other keys to this well-enveloped man. His whole work, his life, manners, friendships, writings, all have among their leading purposes an evident purpose to stamp a new type of character, namely his own, and indelibly fix it and publish it, not for a model but an illustration, for the present and future of American letters and American young men, for the south the same as the north, and for the Pacific and Mississippi country, and Wisconsin and Texas and Kansas and Canada and Havana and Nicaragua, just as much as New York and Boston. Whatever is needed toward this achievement he puts his hand to, and lets imputations take their time to die.
First be yourself what you would show in your poem—such seems to be this man's example and inferred rebuke to the schools of poets. He makes no allusions to books or writers; their spirits do not seem to have touched him; he has not a word to say for or against them, or their theories or ways. He never offers others; what he continually offers is the man whom our Brooklynites know so well. Of pure American breed, large and lusty—age thirty-six years, (1855,)—never once using medicine—never dressed in black, always dressed freely and clean in strong clothes — 16
neck open, shirt-collar flat and broad, countenance tawny transparent red, beard well-mottled with white, hair like hay after it has been mowed in the field and lies tossed and streaked—his physiology corroborating a rugged phrenology∗ —a spirit that mixes cheerfully with the world—a person singularly beloved and looked toward, especially by young men and the illiterate—one who has firm attachments there, and associates there—one who does not associate with literary people—a man never called upon to make speeches at public dinners, never on platforms amid the crowds of clergymen, or professors, or aldermen, or congressmen—rather down in the bay with pilots in their pilot-boat—or off on a cruise with fishers in a fishing smack—or with a band of loungers over the open grounds of the country—fond of New York and Brooklyn—fond of the life of the great ferries, or along Broadway, observing the endless wonders of that thoroughfare of the world—One whom, if you would meet, you need not expect to meet an extraordinary person—one in whom you will see the singularity which consists in no singularity—whose contact is no dazzle or fascination, nor requires any deference, but has the easy fascination of what is homely and accustomed—of something you knew before, and was waiting for—of natural pleasures, and well-known places, and welcome familiar faces—there you have Walt Whitman, the begetter of a new offspring out of literature, taking with easy nonchalance the chances of
*Phrenological Notes on W. Whitman, by L. N. FOWLER, July, 1849.—Size of head large, 23 inches. Leading traits appear to be Friendship, Sympathy, Sublimity, and Self-Esteem, and markedly among his combinations the dangerous faults of Indolence, a tendency to the pleasures of Voluptuousness and Alimentiveness, and a certain reckless swing of animal will.
Amativeness large, ∗6; Philoprogenitiveness, 6; Adhesiveness, 6; Inhabitiveness, 6; Concentrativeness, 4; Combativeness, 6; Destructiveness, 5 to 6; Alimentiveness, 6; Acquisitiveness, 4; Secretiveness, 3; Cautiousness, 6; Approbativeness, 4; Self-Esteem, 6 to 7; Firmness, 6 to 7; Conscientiousness, 6; Hope, 4; Marvellousness, 3; Veneration, 4; Benevolence, 6 to 7; Constructiveness, 5; Ideality, 5 to 6; Sublimity, 6 to 7; Imitation, 5; Mirthfulness, 5; Individuality, 6; Form, 6; Size, 6; Weight, 6; Color, 3; Order, 5; Calculation, 5; Locality, 6; Eventuality, 6; Time, 3; Tune, 4; Language, 5; Causality, 5 to 6; Comparison, 6; Suavitiveness, 4; Intuitiveness, or Human Nature, 6.
∗ The organs are marked by figures from 1 to 7, indicating their degrees of development, 1 meaning very small, 2 small, 3 moderate, 4 average, 5 full, 6 large, and 7 very large.
its present reception, and, through all misunderstandings and distrusts, the chances of its future reception—preferring always to speak for himself rather than have others speak for him.