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Kansas city shuts down boy's 'little free library'
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A 9-year-old Kansas boy was forced to remove a small community bookshelf from his front yard after local officials threatened to issue his family a citation because of their illegal "detached structure."
"They were going to charge us $25 a day, so we took it down," the boy's father, Brian Collins, told TODAY.
He and his wife helped their son, Spencer, put up the bookshelf on Mother's Day hoping to "encourage literacy, reading and community."
The little library, which was made by the boy's grandfather, was as big as an oversized birdhouse and had "take a book, leave a book" instructions taped to the front door. The bookshelf sat next to a park bench intended to provide a spot for readers to enjoy their books.
Last week, however, the family received a letter from the city of Leawood's code enforcement division, notifying them they would be fined unless they removed the structure by Thursday. The family has since moved the bookshelf into the garage.
Video: After complaints from neighbors, city officials asked a 9-year-old Kansas boy and his family to remove a small community bookshelf in their front yard. The family will fight to keep it. Natalie Morales defended the boy manning the shelf, saying, "The kid is encouraging the love of reading."
In a statement the city of Leawood issued to TODAY, an official said that a property maintenance code enforcement officer had noticed the bookshelf but "thought it was placed in the yard for pick up." Several days later, the officer received complaints about it and notified the family the structure violated a city ordinance that states "no detached structure, including garages, barns, sheds, greenhouses, above ground pools, or outbuildings, shall be permitted."
Collins said his son and his wife plan to petition the Leawood council at its meeting next month and urge them to amend the rule to allow little libraries like theirs. Until then, he hopes the publicity surrounding the issue will help.
"We hope to have it overturned via the power of social media," he said.
Watch: City tells family to take down free library on lawn
On Friday, TODAY anchors expressed shock over both the fact that the city shut down the bookshelf and that anyone would complain about the structure.
"The kid is out there encouraging the love of reading, and bringing neighbors together," Natalie Morales said.
"Obviously, not all the neighbors," Al Roker noted, later urging the Leawood City Council to "do the right thing."
source: today.com
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instruments with high sensitivity and several measuring ranges down to 0.0001 mm, combined with differential probes, have proven their usefulness in practical applications. They ensure superior precision combined with fast and reliable work.
most common methods for specifying a surface roughness value are shown in Figures 46, 47 and 48.
profile is shown by means of a writing unit or displayed on a screen. Figures 51, 52, 53, 57 and 58 show such recordings.
Flatness measurements are even more complex to obtain than the surface finish quality. However, the interference test instruments now in use (Figure 65 and 66) are precise and simple tools. However, these instruments are suitable only for reflective surfaces.
Newer laser measuring instruments with or without oblique-light measurement (Figure 67) can measure both polished lapped surfaces and matte surfaces. With oblique-light measurement, matte surfaces up to approx. Rt 5 my can be measured. Here, the wavelength A Lambda of 4-6 my is significantly larger than with the vertical method (A 0.6 my). An interference line A/2 shows 2-3 my errors. Light from coarse ground surfaces is diffused due to the larger roughness and is unsuitable for testing.
Principle of testing with interference unit. Schematic for monochromatic light.
monochromatic light. Owing to the various paths taken by the light rays, the eye perceives an interference pattern of light and dark stripes. The pattern of the tested surface can be deduced depending on the shape of these interference lines. This representation can be compared to contour lines on maps (also see Figures 68 + 69).
Figure 65: Interference tester Flat measuring plate for testing the planeness of lapped surfaces (direct measurement) .
Figure 66: New instrument for distortion-free flatness measurement. The work-piece is laid on the flat measuring plate and examined in the mirror (indirect measurement) .


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Steep Expansion Road to the Olympics Announced
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If you are a fan of Steep then Ubisoft has some new content coming this Winter for you. The Road to the Olympics Expansion arrives December 5 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC and brings the content below to the game.
Having given players the chance to ski, snowboard, paraglide, and wingsuit around the massive open worlds of the Alps and Alaska, Steep is planning a trip to new locations to take on new challenges in honor of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. In partnership with the International Olympic Committee, Steep Road to the Olympics will let players loose in South Korea and Japan to participate in Olympic events and explore gorgeous new environments. Road to the Olympics will release on December 5 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Additional information on bundled versions of the game will be coming soon.
It wouldn't be the Olympics without official Olympic events, so the expansion will include Downhill, Slopestyle, Halfpipe, Giant Slalom, Super G, and Big Air. There will also be some unique challenges to keep things fresh as you choose a country to represent and test your skills against players around the world. And for those thirsty for the legendary powder of Japan, there will be plenty of space to find your own lines, set challenges for your friends, record your highlights, and share them with the Steep community.
The Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games don't kick off until next February, but Steep fans will be able to drop into the competition when Steep Road to the Olympics comes out for PC, PS4, Xbox One on December 5.
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On 8 July, Brexit secretary David Davis resigned, leading to widespread speculation that this may topple the Conservative government. Seemingly in a desperate attempt to cling to power and avert another general election, Theresa May appointed former housing minister Dominic Raab. But Raab's track record is quite astonishing – even for a Tory. Because when Raab has shown his true colours in the past, his views have turned out to be pretty vile.
Britain is a nation that has been shooting at it's [sic] own feet for too long. Too much tolerance of socialism has cost us a trillion pounds.
council housing to be sold off at market value, healthcare to be privatised, and the return of workhouses for the poor.
This is the man who will now lead Brexit negotiations.
Dom published his first book, The Assault on Liberty – What Went Wrong with Rights… criticising Labour's approach to human rights and making the case for British Bill of Rights.
Many will remember Dominic Raab from his attempts at MoJ to repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights.
He failed, primarily because he did not come up with a legally literate, viable or detailed plan of how to do it.
As the Guardian has reported, leading campaign groups (including Amnesty International and Liberty) have already expressed concerns about a potential post-Brexit "human rights deficit" which could leave "many different groups in society without adequate protection". And Raab's new appointment offers no reassurance.
Most men aren't attracted to women who are more successful than they are… Feminists are now amongst the most obnoxious bigots.
Was it #DominicRaab who called feminists "obnoxious bigots" and said British workers were the laziest people on earth? Yeah, this'll work out fine.
Raab also has a questionable record when it comes to protecting workers' rights.
"Introduce no fault dismissal for underperforming employees".
"Exclude start-ups, micro-and small-businesses from the minimum wage for those under 21".
"Abolish the Agency Workers Regulations".
"Abolish the Working Time Regulations".
So his appointment really doesn't bode well, not least because Brexit negotiations have been far from simple under May's leadership.
The issues don't end there with Raab, though. His comments about homeless people and food-bank use are also equally concerning.
These five issues foreground significant areas of discussion to take the UK forward in Brexit negotiations. So Raab's true colours don't bode well.
Let's hope the Tory party collapses before he gets a chance to 'negotiate' anything.


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Borrego on LaMelo's return: No specific number of minutes in mind
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — LaMelo Ball is ready to return to the Charlotte Hornets' starting lineup following a 21-game absence.
Hornets coach James Borrego said the NBA rookie of the year candidate will start Saturday night's game against the Detroit Pistons. The No. 3 pick in last year's NBA draft has not played since breaking his wrist on March 20 and undergoing surgery to repair the fracture.
Borrego said guard Malik Monk will also return after missing 15 games with an ankle injury.
"I don't have a specific number of minutes in mind," Borrego said of how much they will play. "The biggest thing are the runs they are going to have out there, probably four- to five-minute runs. I don't think it will be anything past a five-minute run. How many of those runs, I'm not quote sure yet."
Borrego said Ball will start in place of Devonte Graham.
Ball is averaging 15.9 points, 6.1 assists and 5.9 rebounds per game this year and was named the NBA rookie of the month three times before being sidelined by the injury. Borrego believes Ball is deserving of NBA rookie of the year honors.
"I'm excited that he gets a chance to continue that season and not have it cut short as it potential could have," Borrego said.
Borrego said he is thrilled to get both players back in time for a playoff push.
The Hornets (30-32) had been as high as fourth in the Eastern Conference standings before injuries to Ball, Monk and Gordon Hayward, who is still out with a sprained foot. Charlotte enters the night in eighth place in the East with 10 games to play.
Borrego said Ball "has has a major impact on our winning this season."
"We will see how these two guys will look," Borrego said. "They have been off for a while and I don't know what to expect tonight. Some guys hit the ground running and some others take a few games to find their rhythm."
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Sunderland dealt damaging blow as Lee Johnson provides player update
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Sunderland manager Lee Johnson has revealed that defender Tom Flanagan is facing up to six weeks on the sidelines with a broken metatarsal.
Flanagan was absent from the Black Cats' matchday squad on Saturday night as they played out a 1-1 draw with Hull City at the Stadium of Light, and it now seems as though Flanagan is feeling the effects of an injury he has been suffering for some time.
Providing an explanation for Flanagan's absence from the squad following that draw, Johnson was quoted by The Sunderland Echo as saying: "Flanno has got a broken metatarsal sustained, I think, before I came in. He's been playing on with that but it's painful, and losing him is a difficult one to take."
Discussing the severity of the injury, and how long it might keep the defender out of action for, Johnson seemed relatively optimistic about the situation as he went on to add: "It's a very small break or fracture. It could be as short as three weeks or it could be as long as six weeks.
"I think it will be the shorter version, and that's good because he is important and I think he's been playing well."
So far this season, Flanagan has been a regular feature for Sunderland, making 17 appearances in all competitions for the Black Cats, helping them to tenth place in the current Championship standings.
This news on Flanagan does seem to be something of a blow for Sunderland.
The defender has seemingly been an important player for them so far this season, given the amount he has been playing, so his presence in defence is likely to be a miss.
Indeed, having just seen several games postponed, the hectic schedule Sunderland are now set to face means it is probably not the best time for them to be having to cope with injuries such as this.
However, judging by Johnson's comments here, it does seem as though things could have been worse than they are, which is at least a good thing, and you do have to admire Flanagan's commitment to the club in playing on through that injury blow.
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Huawei Watch GT 2 Pro review: The best smartwatch for use with Android phones
Rich Woods former Senior Editor for North America Neowin @@TheRichWoods · Sep 25, 2020 10:00 EDT · Hot! with 5 comments
I've reviewed Huawei's last few smartwatches, starting with the Watch 2. I hated it. It was big and bulky, it was over half an inch thick, it had massive bezels, and it didn't even have 4G LTE in the U.S. to try and make up for some of these issues. Then came the Watch GT, which ditched Android Wear (now Wear OS) in favor of Huawei's custom LiteOS, and in exchange for giving up some features, it promised two weeks of battery life. It also had smaller bezels, a thinner chassis, and was more comfortable to wear.
The Watch GT 2, which I reviewed last November, was the one that I really fell in love with. For the most part, it's been my go-to smartwatch on any platform. It kept the two weeks of battery life, but it added local music playback and an always-on display. What really won me over, however, was a more refined design. Gone was the raised bezel, as it was replaced by an all-glass top with angled edges. If you put the Watch 2, Watch GT, and Watch GT 2 next to each other, you can see how the design evolved; if you put the Watch 2 and the Watch GT 2 next to each other, you probably wouldn't even know they were made by the same company.
Left to right: Watch 2, Watch GT, Watch GT 2, Watch GT 2 Pro
And now the Watch GT 2 Pro is here, as it was announced earlier this month. It further refines the design to make it a bit sexier, and it adds a few key features. While it seems minor, wireless charging is here, and it adds some workout modes like the driving range.
46.7x46.7x11.4mm, 52g
1.39 inches, AMOLED, 454x454
Kirin A1 + STL4R9
14 days for typical use
5ATM
Titanium + Sapphire glass
Nebula Gray, Night Black
Accelerometer sensor
Geomagnetic sensor
Optical heart rate sensor
Air pressure sensor
Capacitive sensor
The Watch GT 2 Pro is made out of titanium instead of stainless steel this time around, and it's quite a bit heavier. Instead of 41g, it's 52g, so that's about 25% heavier. It's worth it though. One thing I noticed when I took off the Watch GT 2 and put on the Watch GT 2 Pro is that something about it felt more comfortable. The build feels solid, and the silicone strap feels nice.
The color of the model that Huawei sent me is called Night Black, and it also comes in Nebula Gray. Honestly, if I didn't check the color labeled on the box, I would have guessed that this one was Nebula Gray, mainly because very little about this product is actually black. It comes in a silver titanium casing that makes it look a bit more sophisticated than the traditional black case.
In fact, this is one of the few smartwatches that people (non-techies) have commented on. In fact, the last product that that happened with was the Huawei Mate 30 Pro, so it's worth pointing out that Huawei's designs catch eyes.
Obviously, the bezel around the round screen is black. Like the Watch GT 2, it does have an all-glass top cover without any raised glass, but the angled edges are less pronounced. The tapered edges of the glass are a bit more subtle, and it comes off nicely.
The bottom of the device is made out of ceramic instead of plastic, and while you'll still find the heart rate sensor down there, there's one thing that you won't find: charging pins. Yes indeed, the Watch GT 2 Pro finally has wireless charging. The thing that I hate so much about pin charging is that after wearing the device for a certain amount of time, those pins can get dirty, making charging a pain. With wireless charging, that's not an issue, and I'm glad to see the feature make its way to the Watch GT lineup.
The screen is AMOLED, and it's hard to see where it ends and the bezels begin. That's part of what makes the watch faces look so sleek. As I mentioned, Huawei did introduce an always-on display with the Watch GT 2 (it was back-ported to the Watch GT as well), but unfortunately, it still has limitations. If you try to turn it on, it warns you that your battery life will be cut in half, which is fine, but it also says that raise to wake will be disabled. In other words, you have to choose between raise to wake and an always-on display, which isn't cool.
LiteOS and battery life
Let's talk a bit about LiteOS, which is Huawei's smartwatch operating system that gives us those weeks of battery life. Actually, speaking of the battery life, 14 days hasn't been entirely accurate in my experience, with any Watch GT model. My experience is more like 10 days, which is obviously still way more than you'll get with anything else. Naturally, I use it for workouts and such, so GPS kicks on.
I also never have to let it get close to running out of battery. If I throw it on the charger while I hop in the shower for 20 minutes, that gets me two or three days of usage. Battery life is just so not a concern with this thing, and when you get to a point like that, you start to think lately. For example, I was able to go on vacation and not bring a smartwatch charger with me. I didn't even have to consider it.
LiteOS does what it does out of the box. There's no app store, like you'd find on a Wear OS watch or one of Samsung's Tizen-based watches. But a smartwatch is a personal thing, and you have to decide what you want from it. It's not like a smartphone where I can just point you in the direction of the device that does all of the things best. Obviously, Wear OS and Tizen have better app ecosystems.
But LiteOS is better at other things, mainly battery life and fitness. It also supports local music playback, as I mentioned above. I don't use it though, as it doesn't work well when you use a subscription music service.
Huawei also got a lot better at displaying notifications. In previous generations, I noticed a lot of strange text-wrapping issues, where words would be cut off and part of them would be on the next line. That seems to be fixed. I also absolutely love the way that the Huawei Health app handles notifications.
By default, they're all turned off. This is good, because notifications are a bad product. I can't stand it when I set up some new Wear OS watch and I start getting notifications on my wrist that I'd normally ignore on my phone. For example, I might start getting notifications that a photo is syncing to OneDrive, something that I can easily ignore on my phone, but feels annoying and intrusive on my wrist.
In Huawei Health, you just go through the list of apps and check off the ones you want to receive notifications from. This is contrary to how most other things work, where you have to uncheck apps that you don't want to receive notifications from.
Like I said, the two areas where I think LiteOS beats its competition are battery life and fitness. Honestly, I think Wear OS is awful for fitness, as I'm not a fan of Google Fit. I've always been a fan of Huawei Health.
One other thing that I absolutely love about LiteOS is that unlike with most smartwatch platforms, Huawei's watches let you switch between phones without having to do a factory reset. With the Watch GT 2 Pro, you can disconnect from a phone and reconnect to another without losing your fitness data.
Huawei Health and fitness features
As I mentioned, everybody uses smartwatches differently, as they're extremely personal devices. While I've always thought that Huawei Health was one of the better fitness services, I've never looked at fitness tracking as a top feature in a smartwatch for me. For me, it's about reliable notifications, battery life, and style.
But times have changed. Many of us are stuck working from home, and we're not as active as we once were. Our local gyms are closed, and we're gaining weight. Suddenly, fitness tracking is a feature that I care about greatly, because it just became a lot more important. If a smartwatch can be more proactive toward a user's overall health, helping them to stay healthy while being stuck at home and not needing special equipment, I'm all for it.
Huawei Health is really good at fitness tracking. As you can see from the image above, you can track your exercises, and the watch has GPS so you can see where you went. It also provides pretty detailed analytics.
There's one thing that I absolutely can't stand, and I haven't figured out a way to fix it - if there is a way. The Watch GT 2 Pro has these annoying voice prompts when you're using it for exercise. When you turn on exercise mode, it yells out, "Workout started". It gets worse though. After you go a mile, it tells you that you went a mile, what your pace is, what your heart rate is, and more.
Not only is this annoying, but it's flat-out embarrassing. If you're working out with people around, it's just awful. It gets worse. The watch has a 'Running Courses' workout option, and this thing doesn't shut up. Sure, you might be working out with headphones on like everyone else does, but guess what; that just means that the watch is yelling at everyone around you. Of course, if you're listening to music locally stored on the watch with headphones paired to the device, it will still yell at you. Personally, I use a streaming service, so my headphones are paired with the phone.
There might be a setting that I'm missing, because, for a simple device, settings are actually pretty complicated. There's the regular Settings app on the device, and then there are workout settings that you can get to by tapping the gear icon next to the workout. But that's not all, because both of those things exist in the Huawei Health app, and may have different options. One of our senior editors, João Carrasqueira, who reviewed the Honor Watch GS Pro (a similar product), suggested turning off the one-mile reminders in the workout settings, but this didn't work for me either.
At this time, I'm also reviewing the Huawei Watch Fit. It seems like this device has the solution, because there's actually no speaker.
One new feature on the Watch GT 2 Pro is support for the driving range. It measures your backswing, your downswing, and your swing speed. One thing I found interesting is that it seems smart enough to know if I've hit the ball or not.
As usual, it does sleep tracking. Huawei does sleep tracking better than most though. For one thing, it's automatic, so you don't have to set sleep times like with an Apple Watch, or even worse, turn it on manually. Moreover, Huawei actually provides insights into your sleep, and how you can improve various aspects of it.
The Watch GT 2 Pro also tracks stress, which I guess is nice. It's never told me that I have high stress, not that I feel like it should.
The fitness tracking aspects of the watch are awesome. Given that I recently found myself caring about fitness tracking, I find myself caring more and more about Huawei's wearables. I just wish I could find a way to turn off that damn voice.
When I wrote the title for this review, I said it's the best smartwatch that you can use with an Android phone. Personally, this is my smartwatch of choice with an iPhone as well, but to be fair, there's stiff competition from the Apple Watch. No one is disputing that.
I've got two main gripes with the Huawei Watch GT 2 Pro. One is that you have to choose between the always-on display and raise to wake. I want both, like I can get with any other smartwatch. The other thing is the voice prompts when working out, which is incredibly annoying, frustrating, and embarassing.
But this is just a great smartwatch; it's my favorite smartwatch. The Watch GT 2 Pro gets weeks of battery life. You don't even have to consider if there's enough juice left to do a software update. Battery life just isn't something that you have to think about. Like I said, I just throw it on the charge for 20 minutes while I'm in the shower.
The other thing that's nice is the Huawei ecosystem. This was paired with a P30 Pro, and I was using FreeBuds 3 for headphones. Everything just works seamlessly together.
It also does exactly what I want a smartwatch to do. It handles notifications on an opt-in basis instead of an opt-out basis, and it tracks fitness really well. Like I've said, fitness tracking is something that I find myself caring more and more about. I'm looking for platforms that can be more proactive in helping with wellness.
The Huawei Watch GT 2 Pro, combined with Huawei Health, does just that. You can check it out on Amazon here.
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Little David Records was a record label started in 1969 by up-and-coming comedian Flip Wilson and his manager, veteran jazz producer Monte Kay. The label focused mainly on comedy albums, with some jazz and soft rock releases. Little David was independently distributed for its first year but was picked up by Atlantic Records for most of its existence, except for a year under Warner Bros. Records.

The label's logo depicted biblical David wielding a sling, ready to fight Goliath.

The small label produced two Grammy Award-winning comedy albums, and five Gold records to become highly profitable. Kay and Wilson parted ways in 1977. The label was sold to comedian George Carlin, who folded the catalog into Eardrum Records in the 1980s.

Founding
Comedian Flip Wilson hired Monte Kay as his manager in 1963 when Wilson was 30 and Kay was 39. Kay was known for founding the jazz club Birdland in 1949. He had been producing jazz records, and managing jazz musicians ever since. Kay booked Wilson at comedy clubs in New York City and Los Angeles, and in 1965 he arranged for Wilson to appear on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Wilson had already released a few comedy albums, the last two with Atlantic Records, but he was interested in taking greater control. In 1969, Kay and Wilson co-founded Little David Records to release new albums, starting with The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress (named for a comedy line spoken by Wilson's character Geraldine), and to sign other comedians and musicians. Released in February 1970, The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress won the 1970 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording at the 13th Annual Grammy Awards held in March 1971. The album was certified Gold on July 22, 1970.

The name "Little David" referred to Wilson's son David, who was named for the biblical David, the giantkiller. Wilson had been using a reference to David and Goliath for a couple of years in his comedy routines, jokingly describing the ancient David as "Little David", a pop singer and a teen heartthrob. The Little David label releases featured a logo capturing a moment in the Bible story: David winding up with his sling to make the fatal blow. Kay's daughter said years later that the logo fit Kay very well because he "loved to help people who he thought were outside the mainstream." A pink background was used on some label series; green on others.

Kay and Wilson put together a television special in 1969, called The Flip Wilson Special. The special led to NBC signing Wilson to a comedy and variety series called The Flip Wilson Show. Kay served as executive producer on the popular show, which rated number 2 in its time slot for two of its four years.

Also in 1970, Kay and Wilson met comedian George Carlin in the course of Carlin appearing on The Flip Wilson Show. Carlin was subsequently hired to write for the show, and then he was signed to Little David. The label recorded Carlin's live performances at Washington DC's The Cellar Door over two nights in July 1971—this collection was released as FM & AM in January 1972. The album won the 1972 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording at the 15th Annual Grammy Awards held in March 1973, and its sales were strong. Eight months after its release, the album was certified Gold. Carlin also changed his artist management to Little David general manager Jack Lewis, who matched Carlin's wild personality.

Initially, the label was distributed over a network of independent labels. In December 1971, Atlantic Records signed a distribution deal with Little David. The artist roster at that time consisted of comedians Wilson and Carlin, and singers Kenny Rankin and Dan Cassidy. Rankin and Cassidy first met at Phoenix House, a drug rehabilitation community in Manhattan. Cassidy had been a copy writer and seaman but learned to play guitar while staying at Phoenix House.

The staff at the label was kept small, with only three executives on board by 1972. Co-founder Wilson did not work in the office because of his performance schedule. The executives running Little David were Monte Kay as president, Jack Lewis as general manager, and Robert Hurwitz who worked out of a New York office to cover the East Coast, as well as serving as the label's liaison to Atlantic Records. Joni Juster covered label promotion liaison duties, and Evelyn Levin managed Kay's artist management business.

Success
The success of The Flip Wilson Show made fortunes for Wilson and Kay. The comedy records released by Little David cost little to make, sold very well, and were profitable for the label. In early 1972, Kay bought Motown executive Berry Gordy's Hollywood mansion and threw a large party for Little David Records. Stevie Wonder, Noel Redding and Jackie DeShannon played for the guests, who included the Rolling Stones, singer Helen Reddy and Atlantic Records executive Ahmet Ertegun. Reddy had just recorded the song "Peaceful", written by Rankin.

In 1972, Kay signed comedians Jack Burns and Avery Schreiber. Burns was an early partner of Carlin; both Burns and Schreiber had previously partnered in the comedy troupe The Second City. The Burns & Schreiber team was revived and they recorded two albums. The first, Pure B.S.!, was held back until June 1973 because Little David wanted to capitalize on President Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal, which was a major news story. Burns, Schreiber and other comics taped The Watergate Comedy Hour on May 8, 1973, in front of a studio audience. Atlantic Records registered their disapproval of the album one week later, but it was quickly picked up by Capitol Records, who produced a first pressing of 100,000 copies at the end of May, labeled as Hidden Records. By mid-July, the Watergate album had reached number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100. Eventually, Atlantic relented, and Little David taped another performance of The Watergate Comedy Hour with only slight differences from the earlier one. The second performance was released by Little David in 1975, but it was after Nixon resigned the presidency in August 1974, and the story was no longer topical.

In mid-June 1972, Cassidy appeared on The Tonight Show with Carlin, during a week in which Johnny Carson was on vacation, and Wilson was guest-hosting the show. Cassidy also opened for Carlin on some tour dates. Cassidy's music career never took off, however. Later, he founded an Irish studies program at New College of California. Otherwise, the artists on the label's roster generally helped each other achieve success. Rankin appeared with Carlin on The Tonight Show in June 1972, and he toured with Carlin as his opening act.

In 1973, young "jazz comedian" Franklyn Ajaye appeared on The Flip Wilson Show. Eventually Ajaye was signed to the label and he recorded his third album, Don't Smoke Dope, Fry Your Hair, in 1977. Ajaye served as Rankin's opening act during periods when Carlin was not touring. At Little David, Ajaye had almost no interaction with label mate Carlin; Ajaye said that the most he spoke with Carlin was during the few days when Carlin was filming his part for the 1976 film Car Wash, in which Ajaye starred but made less money than Carlin.

In October 1974, Warner Bros. Records (a division of Warner Music Group) announced that they would be distributing Little David's releases, taking over from Atlantic. Warner took out a full page advertisement in Billboard magazine; the ad quoted the Bible passage 2 Samuel 6:5 which described David playing various musical instruments in praise. The Modern Jazz Quartet had recently been signed to Little David, and their new album was to be distributed by Warner, along with a new album by Rankin. Atlantic struck a new deal in August 1975, restoring their earlier distribution arrangement.

In 1976, Kay signed jazz trumpeter Nat Adderley. Adderley recorded just one album for Little David, released as Hummin in 1976. As well, the tune "Hummin" was released as a 45 rpm single, with "The Traveller" on the B-side.

Final years
Wilson was wealthy by 1974 when The Flip Wilson Show stopped airing after four seasons. He retired out of the public eye for a few years, recording in 1975 a serious political song released as his first single titled "Berries in Salinas", which presented views in support of migrant farm workers' rights.

After a few years, Wilson began to suspect Kay of mismanaging his money. In April 1977, Wilson entered the modest two-story Little David offices on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood and poured gallons of white paint on the carpet and furniture in five rooms. Kay and Wilson hired attorneys to dissolve the partnership, a process which took many months because of the complexity of the contracts and holdings.

Meanwhile, Carlin's album Toledo Window Box was certified Gold in May 1977, two-and-a-half years after it was released. This was Carlin's fourth Gold record in a row, and his last with Little David. He released a "Best of" album in 1979, called Indecent Exposure.

Carlin recorded and released 1981's A Place for My Stuff under Atlantic Records, not Little David. He partnered with Jerry Hamza to form the custom label Eardrum Records as a subdivision of Atlantic. Carlin on Campus was released on Eardrum in 1984. Hamza and Carlin then bought the entire Little David catalog so they could reissue Carlin's earlier albums.

Legacy
Kay said in 1972 that he thought Laugh-In comedian Lily Tomlin was signed quickly by Polydor Records because Polydor wanted to emulate the Gold record success of Little David's first album: Wilson's The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress. Tomlin's album This Is a Recording took the Best Comedy Recording Grammy in 1972.

Kay died in 1988, and Wilson in 1998. In 1999 under the direction of Carlin and Hamza, Atlantic released six of Carlin's albums, plus some previously unreleased material, in a box set titled The Little David Years (1971–1977). In the early 2000s, Carlin contacted Rankin to sell him back the masters to his Little David albums. Rather than charging a high price as was music industry practice, Carlin charged Rankin only one dollar. Carlin died in June 2008, and Rankin died one year later.

Albums

See also
 List of record labels

References

Record labels established in 1969
Record labels disestablished in 1980
American record labels
Comedy record labels
Jazz record labels

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Autumn Leaves - More shells!
I love combining different materials and ribbon is the latest fashion trend in materials for jewellery right now. For the Breeze necklace below I used a love shell grey ribbon from Ribbon Oasis.
The necklace is again a mix of old and new beads, semi-precious (jade in pale green and mid green), shell and my favourite Magatama drops. I've used lovely filigree flower connectors (again all the way from China) and more twisted and elongate bow shaped connectors, oval jumprings in two sizes and twisted jumprings to keep the ribbon in its place. All is finished off with a beautiful leaf toggle clasp.
Celestial again uses a mix of old and new beads in different shades of blue and crystal beads held together by little conncectors, oval and twisted jumprings and the lovely pale blue ribbon. The finishing touch is a crystal ball screw clasp.
Both necklaces are for sale. E-mail me if you are interested.
Might have said it before, but I just managed to get hold of some really beautiful vintage beads, so I wanted to make something special.
The curvy spacers came all the way from China and I've added large vintage jet and Aurora Borealis (AB) coated feature beads with oblong teal beads on either side and more vintage beads in purple and AB coated dark blue. Finally, I used a few new AB coated emerald and teal faceted beads. To add more interest and space the beads so the bracelet would have the exact length I required I used lovely teal silverlined seedbeads and a few tiny flower spacers. The bracelet is quite large and slips fairly easily over the hand. I am very pleased with the colour and the way it shimmers like a peacock's feathers.
The Rasperry bracelet was only finished this afternoon. It is more delicate than the Peacock bracelet, and shimmers in all shades of reds and pink.
Both bracelets are for sale. E-mail me if you are interested.
I've used vintage and new beads on blackplated chain, to go with the "moon" theme I added some moonstone or opaline beads. They are vintage Victorian and I think work really well with the rest of the beads. There is also white jade, some mother of pearl button and round beads, faceted Czech white beads, and a few little Magatamas in a pearly shade of cream, finally I've added a few Vintage beads in cream and white for more interest.
Hot of the press - made this bracelet this afternoon. Had a lot of vintage beads arrive today and couldn't resist to make something lovely and special with them.
I've used modern silverplated findings: the plain toggle clasp and beautiful diamonte spacers, a few silverplated beads and crimps and the clamps at the ends. All is held together by silver tigertail. The vintage beads are faceted AB coated crystal ovals and AB coated smooth round crystal beads in an alternating pattern. I love the way they reflect the light differently and give the bracelet a lovely depth and sparkle.
The sun was shining on Saturday and the light was lovely and golden, so I fancied something that reminded me of the Summer that has almost passed and the Autumn that is not quite here yet. I decided to do a necklace strung and knotted on silk red cord with orange and red beads. Below is the result. A two-tiered necklace with beads in reds, oranges and a red daisy and clear daisy feature beads.
It would be difficult to find a bracelet to match the necklace, so I made one to go with it, using the same beads and oval jumprings.
I recently found some lovely beads in a Chinese eBay shop. I bought green hearts and also the teal tear drops from the blue flapper necklace. For this bracelet I used the green hearts , which are framed in copper - the perfect combination in my opinion. I've added green Harlekin drop beads, which had a little Magatama drop added to the finding for more interest. The centre piece is a lovely copper butterfly and to soften it I've used my favourite (!) Magatama drops in different shades of green. A little copper heart bead next to the clasp finishes it off. Like my other bracelets using Magatama drops this bracelet has a lovely soft and organic feel to it.
Been playing with some sterling silver bracelets I bought a while ago. I wanted just the right beads to hang from them and when I finally found them, I made two very different bracelets.
The first one uses teeny light siam Swarovski flowers and Swarovski bicones in light siam and ruby. It sparkles in the light and is so pretty and delicate. The perfect Christmas present.
The second one uses teeny rose quartz stars with light amethyst and rose alabaster Swarovski bicones. I love this one, it is very special and very delicate.
I recently bought some lovely deep blue shells which I've used to make lovely braclets and earrings, however I wanted to use them in a different way and make something really special and unusual. The necklace below uses shells in different shades: pale teal blue, grey, purple and deep blue. I've also used vintage beads in blue and purple and many semi-precious gemstones and chips, and of course Swarovski beads to really make it sparkle. I've used fluorite, jade in different shades, lace agate, amethyst, purple agate, rose quartz, lapis and plum coloured stone.
Rather than threading the beads or just sliding them on eye pins and connecting the pins, I've created little "bunches" of beads and shells which I connected together using either an oval or twisted round jump ring. I then connected the bunches using connectors - swirly, twisted and straight. All the findings are a bright silver which works very well with the blues and purples. The centre piece is a blistered deep puple shell pendant and I've also added a feather charm and a curved silver plated tube to add more interest to the necklace.
The close-up shows how intricate the necklace is and the beauty of each and everyone of the beads/shells/gemstones I selected. I am really pleased with the necklace and think it's one of the most special and unusual I've made.
I went on holiday this year to Nice and my friend Alison handed me a large bag of sea glass. I still haven't attempted to drill holes into the lovely sea glass because I am afraid it will split and break, however, there are other ways to "skin a cat". Below is my latest attempt to "deal" with the sea glass and turn it into a beautiful piece of jewellery.
I've used spiral cages and encased small bits of sea glass in each. I've then added vintage beads (and a few modern seedbeads) which I enhanced by using silver plated bead caps and spacers, all strung from a silver plated thin chain.
Can you tell? I love black. Here's another one. This uses new and vintage beads (the same black faceted vintage beads as in Blackberry in the previous post).
When I began the design, I started with some new spiral beads. They had a lovely smooth but matt texture with the actual spiral picked out in a glossy line (see below for the close-up shot). This use of two different textures in one bead gave me the idea for the design. I wanted to use more different textured black beads, so I found: the faceted jet black beads, smooth, shiny black squares, charcoal rough textured Japanese seed beads, small black diamond Czech beads, slick hematite hearts and glistening black leaf shaped drops. I them realised that I had opposites in the shapes as well - round and square, soft and faceted, simple and elaborate, which gave the necklace its name: Yin and Yang.
Below is the whole necklace laid out so the "net" structure is clearly shown.
Below is a close-up shot which shows the different shapes and textures of the necklace.
This week I've been indulging my love of vintage beads. I wanted to make one set purely with vintage beads. A while back I bought three jet black faceted necklaces. None of the three was in very good repair and they all would have had to be restrung. With a little help of my son I broke them apart and have used a few here and there, but this week I finally made a set just with those beads. I've used the black beads (different sizes) and the seed beads that had formed part of one of the original necklaces and antiqued (but modern) copper findings - bead caps, chain, spacers, etc.
Below is the necklace and the earrings. Both are fairly simple, unfortunately I didn't manage to quite capture the beautiful faceted shimmer of the beads.
Below are the earrings and the centre of the necklace in more detail.
Apparently, flapper necklaces are back in fashion, or so I was told. So I had some fun. :-) Did these two today. They are both quite long (the teal necklace is a bit longer though) and they hang beautifully.
The jade and gold necklace shimmers lovely and it's unusal with the gorgeous jade and gold rectangle beads. I added quite a few vintage beads and some connectors to make it interesting. I've tried it out on different coloured t-shirts and it works perfectly with cream, black, different shades of green, dark brown, chocolate brown, maroon and purple. All this season's colours.
Here's the necklace in more detail.
The teal necklace was made with copper findings and the large drop shaped beads have come all the way from China. They are framed in copper and look stunning all by themselves, but for such a long necklace I wanted to make it more interesting so I added more beads, including some beautiful vintage beads.
Couldn't resist the shells so I had another play.... This time I used the red shells, some smaller soft pink ones, and also some deep copper shells. I added some rose quartz, garnet, and red candy jade chips and the beautiful filigree leaves. No Magatma drops this time. It looked so elegant and light that I didn't want to add any weight.
These are seriously fun to make. A bit fiddly maybe, but fun. I've finally got myself some coloured jewellery wire and used the green one for this butterfly. The brooch and therefore the butterfly is slightly larger than the previous two. I've used beautiful Swarovski beads for this butterfly (2 per wing, one on the tail, and 2 for the eyes) and also some Giverney and lustred beads and, of course, great quality seadbeads.
Here are the earrings I made.
Here's the next pair, these are to go with the Winter Sea bracelet I posted a couple of days ago.
Here's a brandnew, hot of the press bracelet. I've made with the blue shells and slightly smaller shells in green and teal blue. I then added little dangles with amethyst, new jade and turquoise chips and Magatama drops in pale seagreen, turquoise and cobalt blue. I love the organic effect and to me it has a feel of the sea in Winter about it. I just love greens and blues together.
I got myself a lovely new wrap top. It's a beautiful maroon colour, however, it's rather revealing and I decided to make myself a matching brooch.
This blue butterfly is for sale. The red one is MINE. :-) However, if you want the blue one (or a green, or purple, or pink or any other colour butterfly, contact me.
I've been busy today with the new blue shells I bought recently and some Magatama drops which arrived today.
The bracelet below is made with the blue shells, amethyst chips that have been threaded onto silver plated headpins and curled at the ends to create little spirals. (Thanks for that tip Rache!) I then added little Magatama drops in different shades of blues and different sizes to fill the spaces and to add texture. I love the effect! The blues work really well together and create a deep soft blue with purple and teal highlights.
I did some stunning red ones, too, to match the red shell bracelet from a previous post with slightly larger drop shaped shells, but have mislaid them and can't find them anywhere. :-( However, they'll turn up again and I'll display them here when I've found them again.


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IN PLAIN SIGHT: The Kaufman County Prosecutor Murders
Tags: Kathryn Casey, Eric Williams, Kim Williams, Mike McLelland, Mark Hasse, Kaufman County Murders, Prosecutor murders, True crime books, Texas true crime
Today's the day. More than three years in the making, IN PLAIN SIGHT hits brick-and-mortar and Internet booksellers. This is such a fascinating case, I'm struggling with where to begin.
Let's start where I did, when I first heard about the case. In January 2013, I was home working on my last book, POSSESSED, when my husband shouted at me to come to the living room. Something big had happened, and news reports were breaking into regular programming to announce that a block from the courthouse in the center of the small town of Kaufman, Texas, someone had gunned down an assistant district attorney named Mark Hasse. It happened as the workday began, in broad daylight. "Who would do that?" my husband wondered out loud. "I mean, who'd shoot an assistant DA, especially in such a public place?"
"Wherever you are, we'll find you!" I heard Mark Hasse's boss, the Kaufman County DA, threaten the killer the following afternoon. Clearly angry, Mike McLelland had the demeanor of a man who wasn't making idle threats. With every ounce of his being, he intended to corral the gunman and take him down.
For weeks after, I was mesmerized by the case. Every morning, Good Morning America had an update. In the evenings, the national news reports mused about the possible killers. Most of the media attention focused on the Aryan Brotherhood or the Mexican Cartel. Then the news reports faded, and we were left wondering: What happened?
Incredibly, two months later, on the day before Easter, it happened again. Suddenly a breaking news bulletin flashed across TV screens and Internet sites: KAUFMAN COUNTY DA AND WIFE FOUND MURDERED.
Mike McLelland, the big man in the black cowboy hat who'd threatened his friend's killer, had been slain in his suburban home, along with his wife, Cynthia.
From that point on, the case became the top law enforcement priority across the nation. President Obama monitored the investigation's progress in the White House. Someone had murdered an innocent woman and two prosecutors, declaring war on law enforcement throughout the nation. Again, the rumors swirled, speculation mounted, TV pundits railed about the dangers of the Aryan Cartel. But no arrests were made. Who could be behind it? And why?
Then, finally, answers. A month after the McLellands died TV news helicopters hovered over a one-story brick home on the outskirts of Kaufman, while inside a crime scene unit conducted a search. When it ended, Eric Williams, a former justice of the peace, was brought down to the county jail for booking. Days later, his wife, Kim, joined him.
Such unlikely suspects. They weren't at all what the experts predicted. It seemed those who were supposed to know had been wrong about everything except for one aspect of the killings: the motive. There the experts hit the proverbial nail on the head when they said the killings reeked of revenge.
Sometimes a case pops up that piques my curiosity. I wonder why things happen, and why the people involved made the decisions they did. What led to the murders? Why would a former lawyer and justice of the peace, along with his wife, plot three such terrible crimes. I had to find out. I wanted to understand.
The result is IN PLAIN SIGHT. And with this book, I got very lucky. The two people at the center of the killings had turned down all requests for interviews, until I asked. Then over a period of a year and a half, I spent nine hours in prisons interviewing Eric and Kim Williams. These are their only interviews to date.
In the end, that made such a difference. IN PLAIN SIGHT is a behind the scenes look at three of the most notorious murders of the century.
Frankly, the beginning of the book was hard to follow due to the number of individuals being introduced in such detail. Once I grasped all of that information, however, I could not put the book down. I hope someone solves the mystery e-mails!
- Vernon


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Reviews - Historical
Maid for the Knight
Matilda has always pondered her identity after being abandoned as a baby. Discovering it, however, proves more sinister than expected. Desperate to hide the secret threatening both her and her kin, Matilda would choose death before losing the trust of her loved ones. Reginald lives for the moment, preferring to travel as a knight rather than focusing on tomorrow.
Always the Wallflower (Never the Bride #5)
Emily EK
Lady Letitia Cavendish has a duty to be seen in society, a duty she would rather not have. She is shy and a known wallflower. However, her family makes it clear that she needs a suitor soon. She feels utterly hopeless, especially after Edward Wynn starts taking an interest in her. Edward is a Viscount and a very well-known rake.
Sannah
Sannah is a young woman who lives in the Stone Age with her clan. One day, without warning, her village is raided by another clan. Only the women capable of carrying a child are taken and everyone else is killed. Sannah is claimed by the leader, Memmet. He is both a warrior and a shaman.
Lord of the Sky (The Executioner Knights #6)
Le Veque
Juliandra has received word that her father has been taken prisoner by the new lord in the Welsh garrison. In order to ask for his release, she sneaks into the castle by saying that she is a singer, come to entertain the garrison at dinner.
The Lyon Sleeps Tonight
Elizabeth Ellen
Opal, frightened and separated from her nanny while with a school group in the marketplace in India, is found by an older schoolmate, Peter. As they weave their way through the marketplace back to the group, Opal becomes enamored with Peter and remains enamored for the rest of her days. A few years later, after they return to England, Peter joins the army.


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Летка () е река в Република Коми и Кировска област на Русия, десен приток на Вятка (десен приток на Кама, ляв приток на Волга). Дължина 260 km. Площ на водосборния басейн 3680 km².

Река Летка води началото си от възвишението Северни Ували, на 205 m н.в., на 43 km североизточно от село Летка, в югозападна част на Република Коми. По цялото си протежение Летка е типична равнинна река с малък наклон, бавно течение и стотици меандри, като в горното си течение, до село Летка тече в югозападна, а след това до устието си – в югоизточна посока. Влива се отдясно в река Вятка (десен приток на Кама), при нейния 804 km, на 116 m н.в., при село Летски Рейд, в северната част на Кировска област. Основен приток Волосница (51 km, десен). Летка има смесено подхранване с преобладаване на снежното с ясно изразено пролетно пълноводие. Среден годишен отток при село Казан, на 45 km от устието 20,6 m³/s. По време на пролетното пълноводие реката е плавателна за плиткогазещи съдове в долното си течение. По течението ѝ са разположени 18 малки населени места – 10 села в Република Коми, в т.ч. Летка и Черьомуховка и 8 села в Кировска област.

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Списък на реките в Русия (водосборни басейни на безотточните области)

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 Государственный водный реестр России Летка

Реки в Коми
Реки в Кировска област


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I've always been somewhat of a book hoarder. I have a very hard time parting with books. Even if I've only read them once, I just can't get rid of 'em. My kids are turning out to be the same way. We have loads and loads of children's books that we read every day and I've really loved watching their love for reading grow. Even Mara will sit with a book in her room or in the car and it's hilarious to watch because she looks like she's really reading! We have a few shelves throughout the house and each of the girls has one in their room. We're always changing out a few, but our faves are there to stay day in and day out. So I thought it would be fun to share a little roundup of a few of the prettiest shelves and displays for children's books that I have bookmarked. There are so many more to choose from, but I keep coming back to these!
These rooms are so very neutral and allow children's books, art, and toys to bring in bits of color. I always thought I'd be super loud with my kids' rooms, but if you take a look at my Pinterest board for kids & babies, I gravitate towards a bit of neutral. How did that happen???
6 \\ I adore this book display option. And while I hate sharing images without crediting the source, I have scoured the web for the origin of this image and have had zero luck! So if you happen to know where this one comes from, please let me know!
How do you display books in your home? Whether they're on shelves or in baskets, I support you become a hoarder as well. Do you have children? Do you collect children's books just because they're super pretty? (not all of them…) I'd love to see how you put them on display!


These start yellow and turn green at skill 345. I made them until 350 and got decent skillup even from 345-350. Very cheap 15 skill points. As for what it does, just shoots smoke into the air.
I stopped at 345... I'm so unlucky that I did 8 of those before get to 345 from 340.
Given that these are free off vendors (like Qiff in Netherstorm), it doesn't hurt to pick them up when nearby.
I use a few for position marking on occasion, like marking limits I shouldn't exceed to stay in the healer's casting range on a few boss fights. Otherwise they are mostly worthless.
Note: they work at unlimited visual range, line of sight restricted.
So you can place a marker somewhere and people can see it across the zone.
As an occasional raid leader, I've found these fairly useful in certain boss fights. To date, the most useful one is Prince in Karazhan; if a tank needs to move a long distance, rather than the normal few steps left or right, I can throw one down, the tank can see where it is, and move after the next Enfeeble/Shadow Nova cycle. Sure beats trying to yell out in Vent what you want the poor tank to do.
Got one by fishing in steam plump garbage. Nice fun.
Best use I've found for them is visual screen in the BGs. multiple side by side gives a wall against sight wherever you want it.
For a Gnome Engineer, this skill turns yellow at 360 skill.
That means you can skill up engineer by making it until 365 - 370, which helps a lot if you are pursuing in making the Khorium Destroyer or any other cool stuff at 375 skill.
These are fun for art purposes, too!
Does not break stealth when used.
These are great for the Heigan the Unclean fight in Naxx. Use them to mark the four safe zones during the dance phase.
My raid leader used these quite a bit for my first time in Naxx. They were especially helpful for Heigan the Unclean and since they stay up for while I had the rhythm down by the time they disappeared.
If you have an engineer in your guild who can make these it's a good idea to help them do so and put them in the guild bank for raids.
These old things work great for Heigan the Unclean (DDR Boss) in Naxx. Use to mark the zones for ppl to run to!
This is what you can do for fun with the smoke!
I've found that throwing these in the fountain in Dalaran is a great way to get your server's fishers to hate you.
A single person can have a maximum of 60 flares of the ground at a time with the 5 second cooldown.
If you run too far away from your own Smoke Flares, they'll disappear. I've just smoked up the Horde's entire side to Dalaran, ran to the Landing real quick, ran back within 3 seconds (rocket boots) and they're all gone.
So if you're working on a pretty art show with these, don't leave them, you gotta stick around.
These are great for marking fish feast in 25 mans like Ony where a feast can be hard to find sometimes.
These and the other smoke flares are great for marking the Spirit Alarms in ICC should your group want the extra rep from killing the guards but not the hassle of pulling one or more during a trash pull.
To add something important to this, rogues can throw these without breaking stealth.
Visit deals365.us for getting different types of White Smoke Coupons, Coupon Codes, and Printable Coupons on the Internet.
Great to know blizzard keeps their attention fixing the important bugs! like smoke flares at orgrimmar!
Beware that flares DO NOT appear in the same location for every player. Tested this and found that they can appear 10 - 20 feet away on another player's screen from where you dropped them. Keep this in mind when precision is important.
They're definitely usable in org now.
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Community Cohesion
YOUNG PEOPLE TO SHARPEN SKILLS WITH THE BLADES
By Levi AshtonOctober 28, 2019NCS News
From 2020, Sheffield United Community Foundation will engage over thousands young people aged 16 and 17, delivering National Citizen Service (NCS), a 3–week programme funded by the Government.
In partnership with EFL Trust, Sheffield United Community Foundation won the contract to continue the delivery of NCS from 2020 onwards joining 65 Delivery Partners that will be managed by EFL Trust.
NCS is one of the fastest growing youth programmes engaging 500,000 young people since piloting in 2009. The NCS experience will give young people a clearer idea of what they want from their future. They will take on fresh challenges, get a taste of independence and be given a platform to have their voices heard and deliver a social action project that will positively impact their local area. Through EFL Trust, over 1.8 million hours of voluntary work has been delivered addressing local and national issues which young people are passionate about such as mental health, the environment and plastic waste.
Sheffield United Community Foundation has delivered NCS since 2012 engaging over 2,000 young people. During that time young people have delivered over 50,000 hours of social action in Sheffield which has seen countless fundraisers for local charities and also renovations at Heeley City Farm and Bradway Community Hall.
Ben Barnett graduated NCS with Sheffield United Community Foundation in 2019 and believes that the programme has changed their life;
"I was really lonely before I did NCS and found it hard to make friends. I was nervous about going on NCS but it's the best thing I've ever done! I made lots of new friends and gained so much more confidence when talking to new people! I found some parts of NCS really challenging, like our hill walk in the first week, but now looking back, activities like this were the ones I enjoyed the most.
I'm proud of myself for doing NCS and wish I could go back and do it all over again!
Adam Ledger, NCS Manager, Sheffield United Community Foundation is delighted to be part of the new network of NCS delivery partners saying.
"We are thrilled to be a part of NCS for the next five years and we're looking forward to delivering NCS to the young adults of Sheffield. We are really excited to see the journeys of the young adults and help their transition into adulthood."
Chief Executive of NCS Trust, Michael Lynas said;
"I'm incredibly proud of everything that NCS has achieved in the last ten years. As it moves into the next phase of its life, I'm confident NCS can make a more significant difference for our young people and their communities than ever before."
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How Does Climate Change Impact Drinking Water?
Emily Driehaus @ Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 2:57 pm -0400
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The newest IPCC report provided a look into how climate change has altered global temperatures and weather patterns over the past few decades. The International Panel on Climate Change publishes a "state of climate change" every few years that provides update on how today's emissions and activities will affect weather patterns in the future, and the effects these changes will have on our lives. The report highlighted how climate change has and will continue to impact the accessibility of clean drinking water.
Why This IPCC Report is Different From Previous Years:
The recent IPCC findings are notable because scientists have determined that it is "unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land." The term "unequivocal" is not used lightly in this instance, as scientists do not use absolutes unless the evidence is unquestionable.
Scientists also used paleoclimate data to provide more context for our current period of warming. Our planet goes through glacial and interglacial periods, where a glacial event is followed by a period of time where the climate is warmer. We are currently in an interglacial period after the last glacial period ended about 11,000 years ago. The last interglacial period before our current interglacial occurred about 125,000 years ago. The IPCC report found that "the last decade was more likely than not warmer than any multi-centennial period after the Last Interglacial." To put this in perspective, Homo sapiens were still mostly living on the African continent 125,000 years ago. The past decade has likely been warmer than any multi-centennial period since Homo sapiens migrated out of Africa and dispersed across the globe.
The IPCC report also included new advances in a branch of climate science known as attribution science. Scientists can now attribute specific weather events to human-induced climate change. In other words, the frequency of extreme weather events, like droughts and hurricanes, is a direct result of human-driven climate change.
The authors of the report included a glimpse of what the future might look like under five different climate scenarios with greenhouse gas emissions ranging from "very low" levels to "very high" levels. Some effects of climate change are now unavoidable and are present in all scenarios, but the intensity of these events is increased as greenhouse gas emissions climb. For example, global surface temperatures will continue to increase in all the presented scenarios, but the degree of warming increases with each climate scenario. Global warming of 2° Celsius is very likely to occur under the "very high" emissions scenario, but is extremely unlikely to be exceeded under the "very low" emissions scenario. These scenarios provide important perspectives on what the future of our planet could look like under different emissions scenarios, as changes in weather patterns will become more extreme with each increment of warming.
What Does All This Have To Do With Drinking Water?
Extreme weather events already have an impact on our drinking water. Droughts reduce the amount of drinking water available due to the lack of precipitation to replace water supplies. Water contamination is also more likely to occur in areas with drought conditions. Hurricanes and tropical storms can also contaminate drinking water supplies with floodwater and leave communities without clean drinking water for long periods of time. Even cold weather events can affect access to clean drinking water, especially in areas that are not equipped with the infrastructure to deal with extremely cold temperatures. For example, the recent round of winter storms that brought freezing temperatures to Texas limited access to drinking water due to frozen pipes, power outages, and boil water advisories.
As global temperatures increase, these extreme weather events will increase not only in frequency but in intensity as well. Drinking water supplies will be threatened by these events more often and the intensity of these events risks damaging water infrastructure that was not built to withstand the extreme weather conditions created by climate change.
The IPCC report also included specifics on how global warming will directly impact the global water cycle. Like weather patterns, the rise of global temperatures will intensify the water cycle, making wet seasons wetter and dry seasons drier. This will have direct implications for areas of the world that depend on seasonal precipitation. Intensified dry seasons will impact agriculture and those who depend on rainy seasons to water their crops. Intensified wet seasons bring the risk of flooding that could potentially damage communities and infrastructure. These intensified seasons will also bring problems with drinking water quality, either due to lack of rainfall to replenish water supplies or too much precipitation that contaminates drinking water supplies with dirty floodwater.
How Can We Stop The Worst From Happening?
It is easy to fall into a downward spiral of negative thinking after reading about how our planet is being irreversibly damaged. However, this report makes it clear that there is still time to change course. While it is too late to stop some warming from occurring, there is still time to cut greenhouse gas emissions and prevent the worst from happening. Now is the time to call on world leaders and governments to implement policies that will lower emissions and protect future generations and ensure a livable planet with access to clean drinking water for all.
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Emily Driehaus @ Monday, August 9, 2021 at 3:49 pm -0400
As the drought in the western United States continues to impact water supplies, the risk for long-term damage to drinking water systems increases daily. Although they are not always readily apparent, prolonged drought brings the potential for issues that can be costly to manage and cause problems for years to come.
Seawater Intrusion
Seawater or saltwater intrusion occurs near coastal areas when groundwater supplies become too low to keep seawater from flowing into groundwater aquifers. Groundwater meets seawater near coastal areas in transition zones, where the water pressure of groundwater keeps seawater from getting into aquifers. During a drought, these groundwater levels may not be replenished quickly enough to maintain enough water pressure to keep seawater out. Continued pumping of groundwater through groundwater wells can exacerbate this, as this further reduces groundwater pressure. When seawater does make its way into groundwater aquifers, the damage can be costly to manage. If the affected aquifer is used for drinking water, public water systems have to effectively treat the water to make it safe for drinking. Seawater intrusion may leave some water sources unusable, resulting in the need to find new sources in an already limited area.
Land Subsidence
Depleted groundwater can also cause land to sink, also known as land subsidence. When groundwater stores are not replenished, soil becomes compacted due to the lack of water pressure and the loss of volume groundwater takes up below the surface. Land subsidence can permanently damage groundwater aquifers, resulting in a decreased capacity even after groundwater stores are replenished. Continued pumping of groundwater wells can make land subsidence even worse, especially during a prolonged drought such as what is currently being seen in the western U.S.
Infrastructure Damage
Both seawater intrusion and land subsidence can damage critical infrastructure, specifically drinking water systems. Contamination from seawater intrusion can render some water sources unusable, which can be costly to fix. This can also result in the need for new pipes and systems to be built to use a different water source. Because drought also leads to water stagnation, bacteria and other microorganisms are able to grow in stagnant water and can contaminate drinking water supplies. Land subsidence can result in damage to groundwater aquifers and other equipment used in water systems, such as pumps. Underground pipes can also sustain damage when the soil gets compacted and sinks, resulting in pipe breaks and potentially damaging other parts of the system.
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Christina Liu @ Monday, July 26, 2021 at 6:06 pm -0400
Researchers across the country have begun studying the presence of PFAS chemicals in rainwater. This phenomenon comes at a time when Congress and health officials are making important decisions about this toxic contaminant. PFAS or 'forever chemicals' are now believed to be present in all major U.S. water supplies. Our team discusses everything you need to know about the most recent research and what PFAS in rainwater means for you.
PFAS Update: Do New Infrastructure Bills Address "Forever Chemicals" in Drinking Water?
Analies Dyjak @ Monday, July 12, 2021 at 3:30 pm -0400
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Conversations around infrastructure have been the major political theme of 2021. The U.S. unfortunately has both outdated infrastructure and outdated laws when it comes to ensuring that Americans have access to safe drinking water. The recent proposals provided by the Biden Administration and Congress aim to update existing drinking water and wastewater regulations, but what about addressing newer unregulated contaminants? Over 200 million Americans drink water contaminated with a cancer-causing chemical called Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances or PFAS. How do the new infrastructure bills plan to address PFAS?
The Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act
The Senate recently passed a $35 billion infrastructure bill to address nationwide water and sanitation updates. The Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act includes reauthorizations for existing legacy programs and important new grants for necessary infrastructure improvements. The Senate's bill proposes a significantly smaller budget than the President's $111 billion water infrastructure allocation under the American Jobs Plan. Key sections of the Senates' bill include; additional assistance and subsidies to disadvantaged communities, $500 million for the Lead Reduction Grant program, funding for voluntary lead testing in schools, and resiliency grants for water systems susceptible to the impacts of climate change. Check out a full list of key provisions by clicking here.
How Do New Infrastructure Bills Propose to Address PFAS?
It's impossible to talk about infrastructure without highlighting harmful PFAS chemicals and the communities across the country grappling with how to address them. The most significant discrepancy between President Biden's infrastructure plan and the Senate's iteration is the explicit mention of PFAS chemicals. The President's plan explicits allocates "...$10 billion in funding to monitor and remediate PFAS in drinking water…" whereas the Senate's version fails to mention PFAS once. State's will be able to decide how they want to use federal funds, but the explicit mention reinforces how pressing of an issue PFAS contamination has become in the U.S.
PFAS Action Act of 2021
As more evidence shows the negative effects of PFAS on human health, a bipartisan bill introduced in the House of Representatives aims to tackle PFAS pollution in drinking water and air. Michigan Representatives Debbie Dingell and Fred Upton introduced the PFAS Action Act of 2021 in April after an earlier version of the bill passed the House in January 2020 but was blocked by Sen. Mitch McConnell in the Senate.
What's In The Bill?
If passed by Congress and signed into law, the PFAS Action Act of 2021 would require the EPA to take regulatory action on PFAS contamination in drinking water. These actions include establishing a national drinking water standard for two of the most common PFAS chemicals, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS). These chemicals would also be designated as hazardous substances.
PFOA and PFOS are two of the most prevalent PFAS chemicals, but there are still others that have contaminated drinking water and lead to health problems. The bill would require the EPA to determine whether to add other PFAS chemicals to the hazardous substances list within five years. PFOA and PFOS would also be added as air pollutants with more PFAS chemicals potentially added as determined by the EPA.
The bill would give the EPA the power to put limits on the amount of PFAS that can be released during industrial processes. Wastewater treatment facilities and other water utilities would also be given $200 million annually to treat water contaminated with PFAS.
Current Federal PFAS Regulations
Under the Biden administration, the EPA has launched new initiatives to research PFAS contamination in the environment to gain a better understanding of these contaminants. EPA Administrator Michael Regan announced an EPA Council on PFAS in April, which would work with local governments to protect citizens against PFAS contamination. The EPA has also issued a health advisory for PFOA and PFOS. These health advisories are meant to inform the public and governments about these PFAS chemicals and provide recommendations, but they are not actually enforceable.
Some states have enacted their own PFAS regulations due to the lack of current federal regulation. For example, Michigan adopted PFAS regulations last summer that are stricter than the EPA's guidance set forth in health advisories. If passed, the PFAS Action Act of 2021 would establish the first federal regulations on PFAS in drinking water and the environment.
What's Next For The PFAS Action Act of 2021?
The bill has been reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and is set to be scheduled for a vote. The bill's co-sponsors are optimistic about the vote in both houses of Congress, as both have a Democratic majority. The previous version of the bill was blocked by Mitch McConnell, who controlled the Republican-majority Senate. President Biden campaigned on the promise to enact federal PFAS regulations, so he will likely sign the bill into law if it is passed by both houses. However, regardless of the bill's status, The National Law Review expects federal PFAS regulations to be enacted by the end of this year.
Our Take:
All drinking water infrastructure improvements must include funding to address PFAS chemicals in water. Period. An estimated 200 million Americans drink PFAS-contaminated water on a daily basis. With this comes an increased risk of cancer, an increased risk of miscarriage and other reproductive effects, and a long list of other negative health outcomes.
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The US Geological Survey (USGS) recently released a study showing that private well water across Connecticut contained elevated levels of uranium and arsenic. While uranium is commonly found in well water, it can also be found in municipal water systems. Uranium is commonly detected in water systems that have groundwater as a source, especially ones with naturally occurring uranium in the bedrock. This article addresses some basic questions you may have about uranium in drinking water and what you can do about it.
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Roche, Santaris Announce RNA Drug Discovery Alliance
By Drug Discovery Trends Editor | January 9, 2014
Santaris Pharma A/S, a privately held biopharmaceutical company, announced that they have signed a worldwide strategic alliance with Roche to discover and develop novel RNA targeted medicines using Santaris Pharma's proprietary Locked Nucleic Acid (LNA) Drug Platform.
Under the terms of the agreement, Santaris Pharma and Roche will collaborate on the discovery of LNA drugs against a multitude of targets across several disease areas. Roche will be responsible for the subsequent development and commercialization of products arising from the alliance. Santaris Pharma will receive an upfront payment of $10 million in cash, up to $138 million in potential pre-clinical, clinical, regulatory and sales milestones per product, and funding of ongoing discovery and research activities. In addition, Santaris Pharma will be eligible to receive royalties on the worldwide sales of all medicines arising from the alliance.
Announcing the alliance, President and CEO of Santaris Pharma, Dr. Don deBethizy, said: "We are delighted that Roche has deepened its commitment to the field of oligonucleotide therapeutics and we are obviously proud and honored that they have chosen Santaris as their partner. This is a very important deal to Santaris and we look forward to working closely with the Roche teams in our joint pursuit of novel, breakthrough drugs."
Dr. John Reed, head of pharma research and early development (pRED) at Roche stated: "We are very pleased with our new partnership with Santaris. We believe the LNA drug platform provides the means to discover novel drugs against a range of targets of high clinical relevance that are difficult– or impossible- to target with other drug platforms. As such, the partnership will increase our ability to discover and develop important novel medicines that can address significant unmet needs in critical therapeutic areas."
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In previous posts on this topic I covered formatting for an e-book. using styles in Word and creating bookmarks/hyperlinks using Word to enhance your manuscript for publication. But I also mentioned using preset styles in Scrivener so I'm covering that today.
1. Create some content with the formatting you wish to use or open a document in Scrivener that already has this formatting.
2. Make sure you've click into the formatted area you want to use for a preset.
4. Name the preset and click OK.
To use presets you have created click within the content paragraph or highlight all the content to be changed and select it from the list of presets in the formatting toolbar (see the first screenshot above) or in the Formatting menu click Apply Preset to choose what you want. You can also delete presets from the Formatting menu should you find you no longer need a preset. Once you have your preset(s) created you can also apply them to your document templates and project templates to get to work even faster.
Have you used presets in Scrivener before? Do you have specific presets created that may help other Scrivener users?


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Parafia św. Wojciecha w Kargowej – rzymskokatolicka parafia w mieście Kargowa, należąca do dekanatu Sulechów diecezji zielonogórsko-gorzowskiej, metropolii szczecińsko-kamieńskiej w Polsce, erygowana w 1923. Mieści się przy ulicy Kościelnej.

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Native Mobile App Development Service mobile app is a smartphone application that is coded in a specific programming language, such as Objective C for iOS or Java for Android operating systems.
Native apps live on the device and are accessed through icons on the device home screen. Native apps are installed through an application store (such as Google Play or Apple's App Store). Since they are developed specifically for one platform and can take full advantage of all the device feature such as they can use the camera, the GPS, the accelerometer, the compass, the list of contacts, and so on.
Native applications get full support from the App or Google Play Store once they are approved.
Built-In Features: They can well leverage the built-in features of the mobile, such as the GPS, movement detector or the camera. These specialized apps focus on giving better and unique user experience, as expected from the nature and design of the phone. Therefore, a native mobile app will provide its user's such functionalities that are unique to the smartphone environment (hardware or OS etc.). Native mobile apps are therefore akin to boutique services for the users of particular mobiles.
Security and Support: Native apps are usually quite safe and secure, since they reside on the mobile, and can hence use the security features of the mobile. They also get complete support from their respective app store or marketplace, hence are always up-to-date and have high quality. Users can easily search, locate these apps and conveniently download them from the stores.
Efficiency: These apps are very efficient and have better performance, due to the tight coupling with the device's built-in features.
Updates: Native Mobile App Development Serviceneed regular updates to be downloaded from time to time since they operate in standalone mode. However, this is well offset by a standardized and ready listing and automatic sync-up between the mobile and the app store triggers a prompt to the user to update the app. In fact, some apps are configured to update themselves automatically and the user is sent a notification of the same.
User Preferences: Native apps can be used to tap in and understand the user's usage patterns, online habits, preferences and help the app providers collect user profiles, which can be then used to push relevant product recommendations or suggest focused user-driven actions.
Convenience: These apps such as purchase or e-commerce apps, make it convenient for the user to make a repeat purchase quickly since information such as credit card details is already stored inside the native app on their mobile.
Maximum Usage of Features: Every mobile platform has its own specific OS, app dev environment, API's, standard SDK and development tools which utilize the benefits of the environment. Native mobile app development is positioned to make maximum use of these features to develop an enhanced and better app with a richer user experience.
Expenses: Native app development can be more expensive. They will also need prior approval and registration with the app store, before being released. Monetizing these apps may be tricky, since the platform or device manufacturers may have legal or technical restrictions with integration with certain advertisement solutions or other partnering networks. On the other hand, the app store acts as a caretaker of the payment system of the supported native app, and hence tracks and maintains all revenues and commissions for that app.
Variations: Different devices need entirely different variations of native apps, even though the logic may be the same, yet the development would need to use an entirely new set of apps and SDK's. The apps on different devices may also be running different versions, and so the look and feel of the user interface may be different if a user switches devices. Maintaining and supporting apps on many devices is cumbersome in native apps.


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Think Big: Here's The Best Advice From Some Of The Richest Black People In The World
Written By Desire Thompson
Being rich and famous has its perks.
You're able to travel the world, see the most exotic places, taste the most succulent foods, and live a carefree life, right? Wrong. There are plenty of other elements to being rich. It's more than the money, but a state of mind. So it's no wonder why so many of the richest Black people on the planet have a healthy balance of staying true to themselves, and also using their mass fortunes to help out others.
Take Aliko Dangote (pictured below) for instance, one of the richest businessmen on the planet. In August, the billionaire inked a deal with a Chinese state-owned engineering company to build cement factories run by Dangote. These factories are set to bring thousands of jobs to Africa's economy, the BBC News reports:
Mr Dangote's company also produces food, fertilizer and is investing in oil refineries.
Africa's economies have been hit hard by the fall in commodity prices but many are seeing a boom in infrastructure, for which cement is vital.
Businessmen like Dangote, as well as people like Oprah, Sean "Diddy" Combs, and Russell Simmons, have made power moves that inspire many. Take a look at the gallery below for the richest Black people on the planet, and heed their advice on living a positive and richer life.
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