Today we are going to be talking about fried chicken.
Not fried chicken that you have to heat up a vat of oil for, though. Easy weeknight fried chicken that you make right on the stovetop, that doesn't make a huge mess or tons of oil stink, and that is perfectly crispy and delicious every single time. Perfect for a Monday, practically a health food, that sort of thing.
I know fried chicken on a weeknight isn't something we do a ton (it's super rare for us, although I wish it weren't so), but once you have the method down it really doesn't take a ton of extra time or effort, and the results are SO rewarding. This particular chicken cutlet is wonderful on its own with a side dish or two, but is also yummy sliced over a salad or doused with some marinara for a quick chicken-parm type of meal. Or OR! You could put it on a sandwich and that wouldn't be a bad thing at all.
A note on portioning here: Once you pound a chicken breast (which is really a half breast, but the regular cut from the grocery store, boneless and skinless) to a thin thickness and bread it, it can seem pretty huge. If you have big appetites you could certainly make one chicken breast per person, but I find that one chicken breast is more than enough for two servings, especially with other things on the plate. Of course, you can also make ten of these at a time and have leftovers. Make ten for sure.
Cool story: It's my birthday week so we're starting with fried chicken and heavy cream and calling it a balanced dinner because there's a salad on the side.
I am not about shaming relating to food in general, but if there was ever a time to indulge, a birthday is it, right? Of course, this year, my birthday is Wednesday, the most anticlimactic of days, and there's work and toddler things and it's raining and in that case we just absolutely need to have a delicious, tasty, SIMPLE meal. (it should also be noted that I had a lovely birthday celebration on Saturday with my family and got some super duper generous and fun presents) It has very few ingredients, so they all matter a lot – salted butter, fresh portobellos, heavy cream. Things that are great on their own and super delicious when combined.
The method is simple and stolen somewhat from Lydia's Kitchen, which we've been enjoying a lot on Amazon. Her presence calms me, as does her pasta. The chicken is dredged super quickly in a little flour, then pan-fried in oil and butter. When it's done, the same skillet is used to make a 5-minute mushroom sauce, then we pour cream into the skillet and dinner is done in seriously 20 minutes. I think a super simple side salad is very European, but if anyone made this for me over, say, buttered pasta I wouldn't necessarily be pissed about it.


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Railways zero-based timetable: We will ensure there is no passenger inconvenience, says VK Yadav
With many news reports indicating the reduction of many small stations across the country after the implementation of the zero-based timetable, Railway Board Chairman and CEO VK Yadav on December 1 said the national transporter will ensure there is no passenger inconvenience and the aim is to reduce travel time.
"If there is a poorly patronised train, we will try to see if it can be merged with another train and run an additional train where there is more demand. We will ensure there is no passenger inconvenience. Travel time of trains will come down due to the zero-based timetable and the number of trains will not be reduced. Poorly patronised stoppages will be rationalised in a professional manner although we are yet to make a decision when it will be implemented. We will divulge details about it later in a formal manner," he said addressing the media.
He also said some passenger trains used by people in rural India will be converted into express trains and Railways is planning to convert passenger train services to Mainline Electric Multiple Unit rakes.
Yadav said the growth in freight services has not dimmed, with November witnessing loading at 110 mt, the highest in the year till now.
In this period, Railways earned Rs 10,657.66 crore from freight loading, which is Rs 449.79 crore higher compared to last year's earnings for the same period.
On the Vande Bharat bidding process, Yadav said technical evaluation is currently underway and by January 15, the Railways expects to finalise the tender. adding that he won't be able to comment on the aspect of reverse bidding as the matter comes under the tender committee.
BULLET TRAIN PROJECT STATUS
On the land acquisition hurdles for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail project in Maharashtra, Yadav said although only 22 percent land has been acquired in Maharashtra, they are in talks with the state government and things are moving in the right direction.
"We had a detailed discussion with Chief Secretary of Maharashtra government and he has promised that within four months, land acquisition will reach up to 80 percent. Work on the awarded tenders will begin in December this year and completed in four years," Yadav said.
PRIVATE TRAINS
Yadav expressed satisfaction on the response of private entities for the PPP in passenger train operations project.
"The response has been very good. In the Chennai cluster, six clusters have qualified. In Mumbai cluster, 11 companies have qualified and in remaining clusters, 8-10 companies have qualified," he said.
The project is expected to bring in private investment of around Rs 30,000 crore.
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Tomar, who is leading the negotiations on behalf of the government, has repeatedly reiterated that whatever provisions would be appropriate in the interests of the farmers of the country, the Modi government would consider including them in the new farm laws.
New Delhi: Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday again appealed to the farmers unions to suggest ways to resolve the deadlock over the agrarian reforms implemented by the Modi government.
Prior to the next round of talks scheduled on January 19 with the farmer unions leading the protests against the farm laws passed by parliament last year, he said that if the farmer unions could suggest any alternative solution, apart from the repeal of the three Central farm laws, the government would certainly consider it.
On the other hand, as the ongoing farmer agitation at the borders of the national Capital has entered the 53rd day, the farmer unions have clearly said they would continue with all their programmes announced earlier to intensify the protest.
The Agriculture Minister in a statement to IANS said in the next round of talks, the farmers unions should discuss the three farm laws point-wise and express their reservations, and the Central government would consider these. Apart from repeal of the three laws, the government would seriously consider whatever alternatives the farmers suggest, he added.
With a view to improving agriculture and allied sectors, the Central government implemented the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020. Though the Supreme Court has stayed the implementation of these laws and set up am expert committee to resolve the issue, the Central government has kept open the path for dialogue with the farmer unions.
But the leaders of farmer unions are adamant on that the three laws be repealed. The Central government has said it is ready to present its case before the committee set up by the Supreme Court to find solutions to the problems of the farmers, but the protesting farmer unions are not ready to appear before it.
The protesting farmers are adamant on repealing the three Union farm laws and demanding a legal guarantee for procurement of crops at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) while the Union government has already accepted two other core demands related to power subsidy and stubble burning.
Union Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agarwal had, on October 14, first held talks with the farmer leaders to resolve the misgivings of the farmers regarding the new farm laws. The ministerial-level talks began after this, but the nine rounds of talks till now have been inconclusive on the main demand. Apart from Tomar, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Som Prakash, were leading the government side in the talks.
Vice President pointed out that the people of India always accorded a very high status to agriculture and this was the reason why our festivals and rituals are closely associated with agriculture.
New Delhi, Jan 18: Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said that the current standoff between the protesting farmers and the Centre will resolve only through dialogues.
"We cannot forget the farmers' efforts in increasing the food production even during the Covid times," Naidu said while speaking at an awards ceremony jointly organised by Rythu Nestham and Muppavarapu Foundation at the Swarna Bharat Trust in Hyderabad.
He also added that he sees the possibility of a certain meeting ground.
"Restriction-free marketing of farm produce has been a long-standing demand. One country and one food zone has been the demand for a long time. The development of the country is closely tied to farmer's progress," Naidu said.
Comparing the farmers' compassion with that of a mother, he said: "It is the duty of everybody to support the farmers."
The Vice President lauded the farmers for rendering a great service to the nation during the pandemic by pro3ducing record food grains despite hardship.
He also appreciated the efforts shown by the doctors, sanitation workers, police and media personnel during the pandemic.
"Both the Centre and state governments should work as 'Team India' in addressing the needs of the farmers. Apart from ensuring remunerative prices, the farmers should be provided with timely and affordable credit.
"There was also a need to increase the cold storage facilities and the godowns at all levels. As a matter-of-fact, every tehsil must have a cold storage facility," Naidu added.
Referring to a FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) report which cautioned about the food crisis in the coming times, Naidu asserted saying, "If we support our farmers, India would not only be food secure, but would also be able to feed the world."
Naidu emphasised for a change in perspective towards agriculture among the public and urged the youth to become proactive partners in promoting farming.
Earlier in the day, Naidu interacted with the youth undergoing training at the Swarna Bharat Trust and advised them to maintain discipline, eat healthy food and always remain fit. He said that the youth in India were highly talented and their skills need to be upgraded through regular training.
Schools have also been directed not to hold assemblies and physical outdoor activities.
New Delhi, Jan 18: After being closed for nearly 10 months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, schools in Delhi are set to reopen from Monday for students of Classes 10 and 12. However, parents are still in a quandary whether to allow their wards to attend.
The Delhi government has decided to reopen schools, shut since the first 21 day nationwide lockdown was imposed in March, 2020, in the view of the upcoming CBSE board exams.
Schools that reopen will have to follow the standard operating procedures (SOP) issued in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, including social distancing, compulsory mask wearing and sanitisation and others.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, in a tweet on Sunday, said: "Had a review meeting with senior Education Dept officials. Everyone is excited and a little nervous at having Class 10& 12 students back in schools from tmrw for practical/counselling. All preparations-sanitizers, masks, social distancing measures- are in place. Good luck to all!"
The Directorate of Education has made it clear that students can come to school only if their parents allow it, and the school administration cannot compel physical attendance of their students.
However, parents spoke to IANS were not sure if they would send their children to schools from Monday onwards.
"It's not only me but most parents have made a unanimous consent not to send their children to school in this situation. As we all are aware that Covid-19 is still with us and our children can get affected. I can't say all parents have the same thought but, yes, all are concerned about safety of their children," said the mother of a Class 12 student in the Andhra Education Society School, ITO.
Sources told IANS that the schools administrations in Delhi have sought parents' consent through an 'NOC for offline classes'.
A letter issued by Preet Public School in Preet Vihar read: "As per the order of Delhi government, the school may start the offline classes for practical, doubt session, assignment activities related to CBSE examination 2021. The school will follow the SOP guidelines in respect of Covid-19 issued by MHA, Govt. of India."
In the letter, parents have been asked to submit their consent in writing. Parents have to ensure that their children will wear face masks, carry hand sanitiser and maintain social distancing. Parents also have to ensure that there is no history of Covid-19 infection in their families.
"It has been over a week since we (parents) have been debating whether to send our children to school or not. See, practical classes are very important in view of exams preparation. If I talk about my own daughter, who is in Class 10, she has completed almost all the syllabus but practical classes are also important. I know, it is about the future of my daughter but, I would wait at least one week to see if school is fully safe from Covid-19," said a mother of a Preet Public School student.
The Directorate of Education had earlier made it clear that physical attendance is not compulsory and students will attend schools only with the consent of parents. It had also said that only schools outside the containment zones will be allowed to reopen and teachers and school staff living in such areas will not be allowed to attend schools.
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Home News NSW Uni student to deputy mayor in just 10 years
Uni student to deputy mayor in just 10 years
It's only 10 years since James Griffin began his BA degree as one of the first students on Notre Dame's Sydney campus. Today he is deputy Mayor of Manly.
As one of the first students to enrol at the University of Notre Dame Australia's Sydney campus, James Griffin is part of a wonderful success story.
James began his Bachelor of Arts degree at Notre Dame in 2006. Graduating three years later, he is now a director of digital consulting at KPMG and deputy Mayor of Manly.
"It was an interesting and exciting time to be starting as part of the first cohort here in Sydney, I certainly appreciated being a part of what I knew was going to grow into something fantastic," James said.
The former St Mary's Cathedral College student said Notre Dame provided vital and useful preparation for his digital consulting and political work.
"Throughout my time at the university, both the course and staff really put some clarity around where it was I could go and what it was I could do," James said.
"I didn't know what I quite wanted when I started studying, though I knew in broad terms that I was interested in politics, business and digital technology. I found right from the application process and discussion with staff through to lectures and to graduation that Notre Dame guided me. And together with the great networking connections I made through the university I was really able to clarify what I was studying and walked out of university into a job which was great."
James said he found that employers had a great appreciation of the type of student that comes out of Notre Dame.
"Notre Dame assisted me to establish the foundations for thinking broadly about the deeper things in life. This experience continues to influence my role as deputy Mayor of Manly Council."
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Edmonton Oilers' 2019 Christmas Wish List
By Jim Parsons December 23rd, 2019
This time of year, friends and family often gather round to celebrate the holidays, some of them watching the Edmonton Oilers. Currently, the team is two points back of first place in the Pacific Division heading into a game against the Vancouver Canucks on Monday night.
A win over Vancouver would go a long way prior to the short NHL holiday break. For all intents and purposes, that should be item one on the holiday wish list — a win over the Canucks.
What else would the Oilers like under their figurative tree if they're to see any short-term and long-term success?
A Third-Line Center
The experiment that is splitting up Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid doesn't seem to be working. As such, that slots Ryan Nugent-Hopkins as the No. 2 pivot and Riley Sheahan playing above where he should be. If the Oilers could keep Sheahan on the fourth line and bring in a third-line center, that would be a nice gift.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Ottawa Senators (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers)
The early rumblings are that Edmonton has their eyes on Jean-Gabriel Pageau out of Ottawa. This wouldn't be a long-term fix but more a rental if the Oilers can stay in the hunt. Speculation is that Pageau is going to get extremely overpaid in free agency so the Oilers are best to steer clear of an extension.
Still, Pageau is having a great season and there will likely be other teams in the race. Perhaps he doesn't move until February, but the Oilers might be in the conversation.
Related: Oilers History: The Paul Coffey Effect
A Fair Contract For Kassian
Recent conversation revolves around the Edmonton Oilers talking to Zack Kassian's representatives and beginning preliminary talks around a contract extension. Kassian has every right to try and swing for the fences during a record-breaking season.
Zack Kassian, Edmonton Oilers (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers)
It would be nice if Kassian decided his best course of action was not to try and land a $4 million-plus deal and find a three-year term around the $3 million mark. The idea here is that Kassian understands how lucky he is to be playing where he's playing in Edmonton.
Three years by three million would make the Oilers comfortable retaining him while not regretting it down the line if it turns out this season is his only really productive one.
Related: NHL Rumors: Islanders, Maple Leafs, Rangers, More
Mike Smith To Find His Game
Mikko Koskinen is winning the battle in net and has likely become the Oilers starter. That said, the Oilers won't be successful if they need to rely solely on Koskinen staying hot. Mike Smith needs to get back to the Smith that was so effective to start the season.
Mike Smith, Edmonton Oilers (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers)
Smith is struggling. His frustrations boiled over in the game against Pittsburgh where he went after Evgeni Malkin and clearly he's frustrated. As a known battler, the hope is that he can work his way out of a short-term funk. It would be a nice holiday gift if he could do so sooner than later.
Plan B Behind Taylor Hall
It would have been nice to see the Oilers land Taylor Hall. Considering what the Coyotes gave up in terms of draft picks, it's not surprising Edmonton wasn't the team to acquire him. It doesn't mean the Oilers shouldn't look at other options.
Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson)
There are plenty of names out there in the trade mill. From Chris Kreider to Tyler Toffoli or Andreas Athanasiou, Edmonton can improve their team this season without giving up a king's ransom to do so.
For the fan base who has been patiently waiting and for the players who want the best odds at making this year's playoffs, it would be nice if Edmonton could make one or two additions down the stretch. Our top holiday wish-list item is that GM Ken Holland has a plan to do just that.
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Alain LeRoy Locke
American philosopher and writer
Alain Leroy Locke (September 13, 1886 – June 9, 1954) was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. He was the first African American Rhodes Scholar in 1907. Locke was called the "godfather" of the Harlem Renaissance. As a result, popular listings of influential African-Americans have repeatedly included him. On March 19, 1968, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said: "We're going to let our children know that the only philosophers that lived were not Plato and Aristotle, but W. E. B. Du Bois and Alain Locke came through the universe."[1]
1 Early career
Early careerEdit
Locke was born on September 13, 1886 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2] His parents were both schoolteachers. He was a graduate of Central High School and the Philadelphia School of Pedagogy. He was a member of the Harvard University of 1908. However, he graduated (magna cum laude) after only three years in 1907. In 1912 he won a Rhodes Scholarship which he used to attend Oxford University.[2] He also studied for a year at the Frederick William University of Berlin.[2] In 1918 he received his Ph.D. from Harvard.[2]
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He began teaching at Howard University where he remained until 1953.[2] He retired because of heart problems. Locke died on June 9, 1954 in New York City.[2] His last work was an unfinished book, The Negro in American Culture. It was finished and published in 1956 by his daughter, Margaret Just Butcher.[2]
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↑ Cone, James H. (2000). Risks of Faith: The Emergence of a Black Theology of Liberation, 1968-1998. Beacon Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-8070-0951-2.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Blacks at Harvard: A Documentary History of African-American Experience at Harvard and Radcliffe, eds. Werner Sollors; Caldwell Titcomb; Thomas A. Underwood (New York: New York University Press, 1993), p. 129
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I deny that the world is fundamentally causal, deriving the skepticism on non-Humean grounds from our enduring failures to find a contingent, universal principle of causality that holds true of our science. I explain the prevalence and fertility of causal notions in science by arguing that a causal character for many sciences can be recovered, when they are restricted to appropriately hospitable domains. There they conform to a loose collection of causal notions that form a folk science of causation. This recovery of causation exploits the same generative power of reduction relations that allows us to recover gravity as a force from Einstein's general relativity and heat as a conserved fluid, the caloric, from modern thermal physics, when each theory is restricted to appropriate domains. Causes are real in science to the same degree as caloric and gravitational forces.
Against Counterfactual Miracles.Cian Dorr - 2016 - Philosophical Review 125 (2):241-286.
The Dome: An Unexpectedly Simple Failure of Determinism.John D. Norton - 2008 - Philosophy of Science 75 (5):786-798.
Pluralistic Physicalism and the Causal Exclusion Argument.Markus Eronen - 2012 - European Journal for Philosophy of Science 2 (2):219-232.
A Relic of a Bygone Age? Causation, Time Symmetry and the Directionality Argument.Matt Farr & Alexander Reutlinger - 2013 - Erkenntnis 78 (2):215-235.
Getting Rid of Interventions.Alexander Reutlinger - 2012 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 43 (4):787-795.
Notions of Cause: Russell's Thesis Revisited.Don Ross & David Spurrett - 2007 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 58 (1):45-76.
Why Cognitive Science is Not Formalized Folk Psychology.Martin J. Pickering & Nick Chater - 1995 - Minds and Machines 5 (3):309-337.
Structural Realism and the Relationship Between the Special Sciences and Physics.James Ladyman - 2008 - Philosophy of Science 75 (5):744-755.
Content, Causation, and Psychophysical Supervenience.Joseph Owens - 1993 - Philosophy of Science 60 (2):242-61.
Content, Causal Powers, and Context.Keith Butler - 1996 - Philosophy of Science 63 (1):105-14.
Hume, Causal Realism, and Causal Science.Peter Millican - 2009 - Mind 118 (471):647-712.
Causation as Folk Science.John D. Norton - 2003 - Philosophers' Imprint 3:1-22.


At the time of this press release, the next US Mega Millions draw is closing in on $250 million and its sister lotto – US Powerball standing at $176 million. Elsewhere there are lotteries in Europe like Italy's SuperEna Max offering a tax free jackpot of €148 million ($175 million). With these top notch jackpot prizes on offer, it is no wonder why people are rushing to get a chance of winning the big one.
Is winning the lottery realistic?
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot is 1 in 258,890,850. Although the odds of US Powerball is smaller, it is still a long shot at 1 in 175,233,510. (To understand how to calculate odds for any lottery draw, check this Lottery Odds resource site).
With odds of winning a lottery jackpot astronomically high, why do people play? Well it is the allure of paying off all our debts, sharing our fortune with family and friends, changing our lifestyle for the better and securing our retirement among other things.
Even with such low probabilities of winning a lottery jackpot, anything is possible. Consider that in 1996, the number of people winning over $1,000,000 playing North American lotteries was 1,136. Moreover, an additional 4,520 people won $100,000 or more. This compares against 91 people who were killed by lightning strikes.
Also consider there is no second prize associated with a lighting strike. With a lottery, you can win smaller cash prizes by matching some of the winning numbers. North American lotteries award over $50,000,000 in prizes every day. Even lightning is not that striking!
Can I improve my odds of winning?
You can improve your odds of winning by simply playing lottos offering the best odds. Of course the jackpot prize amount should also be considered as lottos often have rollovers. This and a number of other strategies should be considered as mentioned in our Lotto Winning Tips article.
You can significantly increase your chances of winning by betting on lottery outcomes. As described in the aforementioned article, lottery betting allows you to match as little as ONE number in a draw. For example, correctly predicting one ball in a 6/49 lotto will give you 6-to-1 odds. What is even more attractive is that you do not have to bet big. As little as £0.50 per line can be made.
Most people think they cannot participate in lotteries outside of their home country. In fact, most Canadians still think they need to travel across the border to buy Powerball or Mega Millions tickets. With Lotto Ticketmaster, this concern has no basis. People anywhere in the world can play any mega lottery draw.
Remember that every single lottery winner is just an average person, like yourself. Keep in mind that no one has ever won without buying a ticket! It is fun to buy a ticket now and then and dream of what you would do after winning the jackpot. You have to be in it to win it – so get your tickets now!


Torture to the bitter end - The Invincible M.A.E.
No other way it could have gone, though. Well I suppose Wilson could have loaded the bases (that pitch was pretty close). There may have been some tears!
Discovered last night that I can download shows from the TiVo Premiere, just like I used to for the Series 2, and the files aren't encrypted. This means I'll now be able to upload HD clips to YouTube! Unfortunately, because the HD files are bigger, it's going to take 4 times as long to download stuff.
Haha, I had to read this twice and go to mlb.com to make sure I hadn't totally missed news of the first WS game. I think this means that I need sleep. >.
Haha, sorry, it was a super delayed post. I've been in a sleep-deprived haze for 2 weeks, so I understand. I feel good today, though!


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Kangana's bad words returned on Twitter after two years, told the film industry 'stupid'
Kangana Ranaut on Twitter: Coming back to Twitter, Kangana Ranaut's words have once again deteriorated. He made controversial comments on the film industry a day after restoring his Twitter account on Tuesday. He said, 'The film industry is stupid. Whenever they want to celebrate the success of some art or creation, they throw money in ...
Kangana Ranaut on Twitter: Coming back to Twitter, Kangana Ranaut's words have once again deteriorated. He made controversial comments on the film industry a day after restoring his Twitter account on Tuesday. He said, 'The film industry is stupid. Whenever they want to celebrate the success of some art or creation, they throw money in your face. Since art has no other purpose. It shows their low level and their thinking. Kangana told the film industry through her Twitter account.
Film industry is not made for earning money – Kangana
Kagna wrote in his tweet, 'Like any other business, films are not meant to make money. That's why artists are worshipped. Kangana further said, 'Earlier art was seen in temples, then it came to the cinema and now it has reached the cinema hall.' Taking a dig at Pathan, Kangana said, 'It is an industry but billions of rupees cannot be earned in it. That is why art and artists are worshipped, not businessmen. If artists are engaged in polluting the art and culture in the country, then they should do so thoughtfully and not shamelessly.
Coming back to twitter after 2 years
Kangana Ranaut is back on Twitter after 2 years. His account was suspended by Twitter due to objectionable comments. However, his account was restored on Tuesday.


The Office of Health Policy oversees several programs and initiatives at MD Anderson in the areas of community education, outreach, medical care and/or partnerships.
The group also coordinates activities with external policy-related organizations.
The Uncompensated Care Program, which manages and tracks unreimbursed costs for uninsured and underinsured patients served by MD Anderson.
Professional education services, including hosting our bi-annual Survivorship Conference for Health Care Professionals, supporting our Professional Oncology Education website and managing both the Faculty Speakers Bureau and Cancer Prevention and Survivorship Rotation.
Community programs and collaborations, such as Project VALET, which offers mammograms to uninsured women, and the FIT program, which provides free colon cancer screenings to low-income, uninsured, Medicaid or Medicaid-eligible adults age 50 to 75. Many of these efforts are supported by the Medicaid 1115 Waiver, which gives states the ability to design and improve their healthcare efforts.
Overseeing the Texas Cancer Information website, which connects people in the state to cancer information and services.


I love this picture. It's a group of people in formal attire wearing masks in, let us say, the 1930s. It could very easily have been at a country club or in a wealthy person's home. Each person seems to be wearing a carefully selected mask appropriate for his or her age and personality. It must have been a fun party.


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Quito Extension
From AUD 1,140
STYLE: Extension package
Trip Code: ECTSQSO
DIFFICULTY RATING: 1 (easy adventure)
Enjoy a four day exploration of Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, on this Chimu Adventures Quito extension. During your visit you will take a tour of the city's historical centre where you will enjoy its colonial architecture, churches and Incan heritage. To the city's north you'll stand on the Equator at the Equatorial Monument and to the south you will stare up at Cotopaxi, the highest active volcano in the world.
Note: this tour can easily be added before or after your Galapagos cruise.
DAY 1- Arrival in Quito
You will arrive in the city of Quito, the capital of Ecuador. The city is situated 2,850 metres above sea level within the Andean foothills and is known for its snow-capped mountain backdrop, colonial architecture and artwork. Once part of the Incan Empire, Quito has been declared a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site thanks to its well-preserved historic centre. You're free to explore on your arrival.
DAY 2- Quito city tour & the Equatorial Monument
Today you will take a tour of Quito's historical centre. Highlights will include visits to La Compania and San Francisco Churches. Afterwards you will travel north to the Equatorial Monument. The monument marks the exact middle of the world, latitude 0º and you can stand with one foot on each hemisphere. Nearby the monument you'll be amazed at the surrounding volcanic scenery. You can also take the opportunity to visit the Ethnographic Museum or the Inti Nan Museum.
DAY 3- Cotopaxi National Park tour
Today you will head south from Quito to visit Cotopaxi National Park. Cotopaxi is the highest active volcano in the world. Despite the altitude, the park is home to numerous birds and varied plant life. Weather permitting, there are spectacular views from the north face of the mountain. The surrounding scenery includes volcanoes like Pasochoa, Ruminahui and Sincholagua. You will also have the opportunity to visit a local indigenous market.
DAY 4- Depart Quito
You will be transferred to the airport to depart for your next destination.
Explore Quito, the capital city of Ecuador and once the northern capital of the Incan Empire
Stand with one foot in each hemisphere at the Equatorial Monument, the exact middle of the world
Visit the world's highest active volcano in the world, Cotopaxi, and explore Cotopaxi National Park
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Nicolas Fritsch est un coureur cycliste français né le  dans le  de Paris.

Biographie

Nicolas Fritsch passe professionnel en 1999 au sein de l'équipe Saint-Quentin-Oktos-MB. Il réalise sa plus grande performance en 2002 avec une troisième place sur le Tour de Suisse alors âgé de 23 ans.

Il ne réussira pas à recréer une telle performance par le futur, malgré une victoire au tour du Finistère et son poste de premier français au tour d'Italie 2004 avec une 51ème place au compteur.

En 2007, il revient chez les amateurs au sein de l'AVC Aix-en-Provence. Après un début de saison en demi-teinte, il met un terme à sa carrière en .

Le cycliste Pierre Tosi est son oncle.

Nicolas Fritsch deviendra ensuite commentateur et chroniqueur sur les antennes d'Eurosport avec notamment sa petite série de vidéo très appréciée du public, l'échappée de Fritsch

Palmarès

Résultat année par année
 1997
 Tour de la Haute-Marne
  du Loire-Atlantique Espoirs
 1998
  de Liège-Bastogne-Liège espoirs
 1999
  de la Ronde de l'Isard d'Ariège
  du championnat de France du contre-la-montre espoirs
  Médaillé de bronze du championnat d'Europe du contre-la-montre espoirs
  de la Ronde de l'Isard d'Ariège 2002
  du Tour de Suisse  du Grand Prix de Wallonie 2003
 Tour du Finistère
  de Paris-Corrèze
  de Paris-Bourges 2007
 Championnat de Provence
 Classement général du Circuit de Saône-et-Loire
  de la Ronde de l'Oise
 Grand Prix du Valdonnez
 Étape du Tour
  du Circuit des Ardennes''
 2008
 Grand Prix de Voiron :
 Classement général

Résultats sur les grands tours

Tour de France
2 participations
 2003 :
 2005 : abandon ()

Tour d'Italie
2 participations
 2003 : abandon
 2004 : , premier Français

Notes et références

Liens externes

Coureur cycliste français
Naissance en décembre 1978
Naissance dans le 10e arrondissement de Paris

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Over the last couple years my partner and I have really embraced co-op gaming experiences, especially growing fond of the escape room puzzle genre. We've played over a dozen Unlocks, a couple Exits, and multiple campaigns of Chronicles of Crime. As with any genre of game your mileage will vary, and not all campaigns are created equal. Some are clever, tricky, and satisfying, while others are obtusely infuriating.
Recently we had a crack with our first Coded Chronicles game — Scooby Doo! Escape from the Haunted Mansion — and came away really enjoying it. Having only played escape room games that use apps, this was almost a breath of fresh air to see how the genre could play out completely analog.
Similar to other types there were rooms with numbers, a deck of cards correlating to those numbers, and puzzles to solve, but this time with a beloved and well-known cast of characters who talk and interact with each other throughout. The entire Mystery Incorporated gang is along for the mystery, and each of the five have their own dialogue book to reference as you play the game. Velma researches, Freddy investigates, Daphne uses, Shaggy eats, and Scooby-Doo smells. Each of the character standees has a single digit on it that is placed in front of 3-digit codes throughout the house to interact with, making up 4-digit codes to look up in their respective dialogue books to get that character's input on the object in question. An empty dinner plate may have the number 324, so when Scooby (numbered 5) stands in front of it you'll get the code 5324. Look up that code in Scooby's book to see what he has to say about that plate and how it smells. It could be a vital clue!
The party is split up throughout the game so you don't always have access to everyone's abilities, making you think more critically about who should interact with which items. There were a handful of moments where we felt stumped, but never to the point of frustration or needing hints. The game is well thought out and cleverly assembled. A few times we were told to discard cards we were finished with but somehow hadn't yet picked up, which usually meant we made a lucky guess or solved a puzzle without needing all the information in the game, but that just added to the fun of it.
Your team's endgame evaluation is determined by two factors: whether you correctly peg the culprit, and how many of the 20 Scooby Snacks are remaining at the end (you use Scooby Snacks throughout the game if you need hints or make mistakes in certain puzzles). We only needed one single Scooby Snack, and did indeed unmask the correct villain, which was extremely satisfying.
All-up the game took us over two hours to complete, but if you don't have that amount of time to dedicate it's got a built-in intermission point where the books instruct you how to pack away the game mid-way through so you can easily set it back up how you left it to complete another time. It's something I haven't seen in this kind of game before, and even though we played it all in one sitting I love that the option was included!
If you're looking for a new kind of escape room game to tease your brain and test your mental mettle, Scooby-Doo: Escape from the Haunted Mansion is well worth your time.
The first game of Galilean Moons my partner and I played left a sour taste in both of our mouths. For her it's not unreasonable to say part of it was that she lost by a significant margin, following a string of losses in other games we'd played during lockdown. But for both of us it also just felt confusing and unbalanced. I managed to obtain a combo of Technology cards early on that made it feel like I was completely uncatchable for the rest of the game, and sure enough I wound up winning 75 to 57. We almost never invaded each others' spaces, which was okay because it meant there wasn't a lot of back-and-forth animosity, but then at the game's end we were both just segregated to two moons apiece; me with Callisto and Europa, and she with Ganymede and Io.
There was no challenging each other for the greatest claim to any moon, and things were very cut and dry. The rounds also seemed to pass with the snap of a finger, and all of a sudden the game was over. My win felt hollow and anti-climactic, and neither of us felt satisfied. There were a few neat mechanics, but overall I was highly disappointed by that first game. I wondered if maybe this was one of those games that's technically playable with two, but just not worth it unless you've got three or four folks together. It was easy for us to stick to our separate moons without bothering the other because there were just the two of us. We both had access to what we needed, and there really wasn't any need to encroach on the others' space except to be a dick, which isn't really the ideal way to trial a new game.
Y'all, it cannot be overstated how glad I am we gave Galilean Moons a second chance.
After simmering on our thoughts for a few days we both felt ready to try again, having properly wrapped our heads around the rules and gameplay. We understood more about the Technology cards and how to combo them from turn to turn to maximise our actions, which points we wanted to shoot for, and why spreading yourself across the board and invading opponents' bases can be vital for your operations and not just a way to piss off your opponent(s).
Game 2 lasted at least twice as long as Game 1, and the scores were much higher and closer. My partner won with a narrow margin of 6 points; 112 to 118. Since most of the points aren't counted in Galilean Moons until the end of the game, neither of us was completely sure what the outcome would be. I suspected she was going to take it since she had amassed more gems than I had (they can be the most valuable points in the game), but thanks to my high-scoring Technology Cards and greater number of invaded bases, I was able to close the gap substantially and nearly overtake her. The slower pace (around 75 minutes compared to Game 1's 30-40 minutes) made it feel more thrilling and interesting, and at the end we both had units spread across every moon. Both of us secured some solid base combos throughout and collected Technology cards that complemented our personal strategies nicely. Neither of us felt like we were being demolished by the other, and the overall experience was night and day to that of Game 1.
Contrary to how my victory in Game 1 was disappointing and underwhelming, my loss in Game 2 of Galilean Moons felt like nothing of the sort. It felt like the game we hoped for the first time around, full of clever moves and thought-out tactics. I'm now excited to be able to recommend and teach it to folks when Cakes n Ladders opens back up, instead of relegating it to the never-play-or-think-about-again pile.
In a nutshell, Galilean Moons is the perfect example of why you should always give a new game a second chance at a first impression.
Hidden Gems: Fog of Love
Game: Fog of Love
Try it if you like: Consenticle, Dungeons & Dragons
In Fog of Love there are no winners, and there are no losers. It's a cooperative game for two players, but there is no traditional end-game objective besides wrapping up the relationship you form throughout the game. In this game the goal is to tell a compelling story of a made-up relationship between your and your partner's characters.
Billed on the box as a 'Romantic Comedy as a Board Game,' it really can be boiled down to that at its most simplistic. Both players create a character, give them a name, come up with as much or as little backstory as they like, and play out various sweet, serious, and dramatic scenes that could occur over the course of their relationship. Scenes can be funny, like asking your partner what's the most embarrassing thing they've ever done in front of a group of people; or they can be awkward, like when you go for a photoshoot together and both want to be the big spoon while posing. You'll need to make mature decisions, like whether or not you should open a joint bank account; and confront difficult situations, like why you were texting or hanging out with your ex.
Based on your chosen occupation (Baker, Politician, Internet Seller, and dozens more) and the features which first drew your partner to you (Bedroom Eyes, Stoner, Wheelchair, Hairy, and heaps of others), you'll begin the game with a few personality indicators. These will note whether you're more outgoing or shy, more adventurous or withdrawn, more organised or reckless, and other such personality types.
Every action you take, every decision you make, basically every scene that plays out will affect your personality, your affection level to your partner, or both. Whether your relationship is smooth sailing or crashing over rocky shores, the game continues until the final scene has been played in the chapter. There can be several outcomes to the game ranging from the couple staying together in a mutually happy and respectful partnership to having a messy, dramatic break-up, to the relationship persisting even though only one of you is happy in it.
There are 4 separate stories to play out in the base set (our copy includes the expansion, kicking that up to 7), but there is so much more replayability than just those 4 playthroughs. Featuring a plethora of scenes, occupations, physical features, and personality traits, you could play through the same story time after time with new characters and come away each play through with vastly different experiences and relationships.
I've seen a bunch of takes on Fog of Love during my internet searching, and your mileage may definitely vary. Some folks reckon it's a game that should only be played by couples in a committed relationship, while others insist they hated playing with their real-life partner because they had to act so differently, according to their characters' wants and not their own.
Personally, I see Fog of Love as an excellent primer for more in-depth tabletop gaming such as Dungeons & Dragons. Think of it as D&D-lite, but with dating. Dinner & Drinks, if you will.
Just like with D&D, you're working your way through a story and making your own decisions. The scene cards will often give you prompts, then leave the nitty gritty of the story to your imagination. When you create a character, what's their name? Are they a simple Reggie, or a sophisticated Reginald P. Shoemaker III? They work as a Teacher, but what do they teach? Maths or science? Primary school or university? Sign language or swimming? The game sets it up, but you as the player have the opportunity to give it as much depth as you want.
I'm a casual D&D player with no experience DMing, partly due to my lack of confidence in improvising story as I go along. Playing Fog of Love immediately struck me as an incredible tool to work on those improvisational skills. I fumbled my way through the tutorial with my wife, and admittedly I wasn't super happy with some of my own character explanations, but those stumbles and hiccups helped me learn how I can approach a situation better in the future.
Similarly, if you've been interested in trying D&D but haven't made the leap into actually trying it out (like with our monthly TableTop Tuesdays, for example), Fog of Love offers a great environment for just you and a friend to try some lighter role-playing without the pressure of being in a large group where you may feel more self-conscious.
Regardless of whether your interests extend into tabletop RPGs, this game is certainly worth playing at least twice (I say twice because the tutorial is an excellent primer for the full game, but once you've played through it you should absolutely go one more round with a longer story once you're familiar with the mechanics) just for the entertainment factor. Even when my character made decisions I wasn't entirely happy with, my wife and I still shared some good laughs due to the situations we found ourselves in.
Whether you play through a story with your partner at the end of a busy day to relax or bust it out at a games day with friends for others to watch the love story unfold as your audience, Fog of Love will certainly give you some memorable stories to recount.
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From the bach, we could see the beach, the ferries, and seals. On Saturday we went walking… and we swam (Gus, Arwen, Olivia, Liam, Ed, Terry, and Grayson). The water was cold!! Liam and Edward played football outside to warm up BEFORE their swim.
We did our scouts good turn & collected rubbish from the coast. On Saturday evening we scouts cooked dinner had a big campfire.
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AFD STAFF
Patricia MEAUSOONE
Born in Venezuela from a French father and a Venezuelan mother, Patricia grew up bilingual in Caracas, speaking both French and Spanish at home. She then moved to France with her family and lived in different cities across Northeastern France. She holds a Master's Degree from the Grenoble School of Management and an MBA from the University of Kentucky. After several years in logistics, she decided to pursue her passion for teaching! She has worked in France, Spain and the US for the past 10 years. In her last position, she was a Children's Program Coordinator and teacher at the Alliance Francaise de Westchester (NY). In July of 2017, she moved to Dallas where she joined the AF Dallas as a teacher, before becoming the new Director in May 2018. She joined the Board of the Fédération des Alliances Françaises USA in October 2021.
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Born in Brussels, Désirée was formerly a psychologist. Soon after she moved to the US in 2001, she started to teach French. She joined the Alliance Française de Dallas in 2016 where she has been working as Program Coordinator and French Teacher. She obtained the DELF and DALF certifications in 2017.
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such by the intestinal mucosa and are distributed throughout the body.
A very small fraction may undergo further biochemical transformation.
associated with these residues (Boitnott & Margolis, 1966).
reaction and phagocytic ingestion (Stryker, 1941).
H3-labelled mineral oil was administered to rats orally and i.p.
H and possibly some mineral oil had been modified metabolically.
traces in the urine (Ebert et al., 1966).
particle size of the emulsion is about 0.5 µ (Frazer et al., 1944).
been reported following many years of oleothorax use (Prigal, 1967).
No urine excretion was observed.
(a)  The isoparaffin is absent in the carcass.
(b)  0.8% of the ingested dose of tetracosane (C24) is retained.
machinery in the baking industry (Council on White Mineral Oil, 1961).
modified (Daniel et al., 1953).
the body, with preferential deposition in the liver and in the spleen.
times weekly at 15 mg/application for 311 and 478 days respectively.
No tumours were found (Esso Research, 1960).
liquid paraffin. The liver contained 0.4% dry weight liquid paraffin.
ingested material is not absorbed but is excreted in the faeces.
exposure to food-grade mineral oil should be kept to a minimum.
Cook, J. W., Carruthers, W. & Woodhouse, D. L. (1958) Brit. med.
*    See relevant paragraph in the seventeenth report, pp. 10-11.
Applies only to mineral oil not made by hydrogenation process.


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HAM: A Musical Memoir
Title: HAM: A Musical Memoir
Genre: Comedy,Documentary,Musical
Comedy,Documentary,Musical
A live recording of Sam Harris's award-winning one-man musical performance, tracing his rise to stage stardom.
Andrew Putschoegl
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Heartbreak Hotel (1988)
Johnny, a 17 year old boy, succeeds in kidnapping Elvis Presley and thus convinces him to meet her mother who is a fan of his and has to stand difficult times at that moment.
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
On a trip to France, millionaire Jervis Pendleton sees an 18 year old girl in an orphanage. Enchanted with her, but mindful of the difference in their ages, he sponsors her to college in New England. She writes him letters, which he doesn't read. After 3 years, he goes to visit her at a dance, not telling her that he is her benefactor. They fall in love, but the usual movie-type difficulties get in the way before they can get together at the end.
Yesterday (2019)
In Lowestoft UK, Jack Malik is a frustrated musician whose musical career is going nowhere despite the faith that his friend/manager Ellie Appleton has in him. However, on the night Jack decides to give up, the whole world is momentarily hit with a massive blackout during which Jack is hit by a bus. Upon regaining consciousness, Jack learns to his astonishment that he is apparently now the only one who knows the music of the Beatles. Realizing this improbable opportunity, Jack begins playing the music of the greatest of the rock bands, claiming it as his own. It pays off quickly and Jack becomes a worldwide musical sensation. However, Jack finds himself drifting away from Ellie, only realizing his love for her when she has become intimidated by his success, which depends on a blatant plagiarization that no one could find out. Now, Jack must make a fundamental moral decision about his music to satisfy his conscience as he decides what he truly needs.
Technoboss (2019)
Luís Rovisco is a divorced man about to retire from a security systems company. He lives alone with his cat. Although it may seem difficult to make a film with such material, João Nicolau creates nothing less than a musical on wheels, sung by a non-professional actor and mature debutante. Between absurd situations and a dislocated and impassive humor, the last chance of love passes in front of Luís's eyes while modern security boxes and safety gates turn back on him, in a film in which there is room even to evoke the Spanish band Las Ketchup.


Two high-end Warwickshire manufacturing companies have won vital backing in their plans for expansion.
Guthrie Douglas, a world-leading manufacturer of tension blind systems based in Warwick, and NEJ Stevenson, a designer and maker of fine furniture based in Church Lawford near Rugby, are both investing heavily in their future and have received support through the Business Ready programme.
Guthrie Douglas is ploughing significant investment into its growth plans to more than double its turnover in the next four years, which will see the company increase its staff headcount to 20.
Part of that plan is the purchase of a new machine that will allow the company to make more parts in-house and has received a £35,000 grant through Warwickshire County Council to buy the equipment.
Likewise, NEJ Stevenson, which has a Royal Warrant for its products and has made furniture for, among others, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, has doubled in size in two years and needs to grow further.
It is extending its current base in Long Lawford and is also buying new machinery. It has received a grant of £35,000 towards the costs through Warwickshire County Council.
In both cases, the funding is supporting the companies to grow more quickly, create new jobs and help to drive the manufacturing sector in the region.
Andrew Kitching, of Guthrie Douglas, said: "The grant is a huge help and will, genuinely help us to grow the business. It will allow us to develop a new product range and will bring great improvements for existing customers as well as helping us push into new markets.
"We already sell to over 40 countries, exporting 85 per cent of what we make, and this grant, along with our own investment, means we can grow more quickly.
Business Ready delivered by the University of Warwick Science Park and is part of the Coventry and Warwickshire Business Support Programme, which is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and Warwickshire County Council.
Neil Stevenson, of NEJ Stevenson, added: "It's simply stunning to get this level of support. To be perfectly honest, we'd given up on grants because over the years we have applied and have found it very difficult or just didn't qualify.
"This grant, through Warwickshire County Council, was much more user-friendly and will help us to grow.
Janette Pallas, of Business Ready, said: "Guthrie Douglas and NEJ Stevenson are great examples of some of the high-end, high-quality manufacturing going on Warwickshire.
"They supply to everyone from royalty to museums and are renowned for the quality of their manufacturing.


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Q: functions in PHP class didn't work I build a PHP class.
Why when I build functions (in PHP class) like this, it didn't work?
And how could I fix this?
the functions: (I delete the __construct because its isn't interesting right now)
class c  {
    public function a() {
        return b();     // line 131
    }
    public function b() {
        return 1;
    }
}

$x = new c;
$x->a();

this is the error that I see:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function b() in C:\Program Files (x86)\EasyPHP-12.1\www\tb\index.php on line 131

A: When calling a method within the class you need to prefix with this (or self if it's a static method).
public function a() {
    echo $this->b();
}

I encourage you to read the PHP documentation for an introduction to classes and objects in PHP.

A: You can access it like
  public function a() {
        echo c::b();  // c is your class name.
    }

A: If you want to call b(), inside a(), you may try this:
public function a() { return self::b(); }

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Virat Kohli has described Test cricket as "the most beautiful format of the game" and expects the forthcoming Test Championship, which is due to start in July 2019, to give it "a huge push".
In a rare and exclusive sit-down interview with India's captain in the latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, available to order here, he says that despite the emergence of T20 and the Indian Premier League, and personally boasting an unparalleled batting record in ODI cricket, nothing compares to the thrill of triumphing in the five-day game.
"I think that if you really understand the sport, if you really love the sport, you understand Test cricket and you understand how exciting it is," Kohli tells WCM. "I cannot explain to you the job satisfaction that you get when you do well in Test cricket, because you know how demanding it is. It's the most beautiful format of the game. I don't think it's going to go anywhere. I don't even see it getting compressed to four days. It should not be tinkered with.
Kohli did, however, sound a warning to national cricket boards across the world, insisting they need to keep promoting the longest format in order for it to flourish and not become dominated by T20.


Ewok Music At the main screen (which has Campaign, Options and Multiplayer) you choose Options. Then at the options screen, using the D-Pad, you press Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left Right, B, A, Start. The ewok music should start. Don't press the buttons too fast or too slow. Just keep it steady.


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Mail semi nearly blown off Deception Pass Bridge during windstorm
ANACORTES, Wash. — A driver of a U.S Postal Service semi truck had a harrowing tale to tell of survival after he was nearly blown off the Deception Pass Bridge during Wednesday morning's windstorm.
Jeff Myles was hauling mail to Oak Harbor along SR 20 in the early Wednesday morning hours as ferocious gusts blew through Deception Pass.
"I just passed the middle of the bridge and a gust of…I don't know how bad… just picked up my trailer and my truck and just pushed it against the guard rail," Myles told KOMO NewsRadio. "I slammed on my brakes and I just laid over the guard rail. It tilted about 3 feet each way."
Myles said his cab was leaning over the edge and it was a mad scramble to get out, but he couldn't just open his door.
"I could look down at the water (out my window), so I wasn't going to open THAT door," he said.
And the relentless wind gusts clocked as high as 64 mph at the nearby Naval Air Station continued to slam against the passenger side of the cab, making it too difficult to open the door. So the 60-year-old driver had to climb through the passenger side window.
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Evansville, IN Mail Truck Dumps Crates of Mail on Highway 41


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Václav Vojtěch, né le  dans la Forsthaus (?) de Skřivany et mort le  sur l'Elbe près de Sadská, est un géographe et explorateur polaire tchécoslovaque.

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Explorateur polaire
Naissance en novembre 1901
Décès en août 1932
Décès à 30 ans
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Explorateur du XXe siècle


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Media & CultureEntertainment
First Klingon Wedding Held At London 'Star Trek' Convention: 5 Nerdy Theme Weddings
By Jill Heller @jiillx
Sonnie Gustavsson and Josefin Sockertopp, who met four years ago at work, were married in a Klingon ceremony in London on Friday. Photo: Reuters
Swedish couple Sonnie Gustavsson and Josefin Sockertopp crossed an ocean to get married at a London "Star Trek" convention Friday, in what is thought to be the first Klingon wedding ceremony in the United Kingdom.
Gustavsson, 29, and Sockertop,23, who work together at a retirement home in Sweden, spent about three months planning all the wedding details after getting the idea from an episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." The wedding, held at the weekend-long convention "Destination Star Trek London," billed as the first of its kind in 10 years, included traditional Klingon garb and ceremonial props, as well as Klingon vows and blessings.
The couple both wore prosthetic foreheads, matching floor length red costumes, and black wigs adorned with traditional crystal circlets.
"We saw the clip from the series ... and we thought it was very romantic about beating hearts and a battle for each other. We really liked it, that's why we want to do this," said Gustavsson, a lifelong Trekkie who introduced the series to Sockertopp. But his bride confessed that she needed a little more persuading.
"The ceremony was his idea. I thought about it a lot and then I said 'let's do it'. It's a once in a life time thing," Sockertopp said in a BBC interview. "I hadn't seen Star Trek until I met him. He introduced me to it and it was really good,"
The only downside for the couple, who were legally wed at a registry office in Sweden before flying to London for the convention, was that they had to keep their nuptials a secret from both families, and none of their relatives could attend.
"Mum didn't talk to me for three days and my father wonders if there is something contagious about weddings as my big sister got married in secret last week," said Gustavsson. 'It must be something in the gene pool."
The couple's vows, which were exchanged in Klingon, the language of the fictional race of "Star Trek" characters of the same name, included the promise to unite against all their opponents. Gustavsson said that rehearsing the proper pronunciation was one of the biggest obstacles for him.
"That was a bit of a challenge and I hope I got some of the sounds right. I had it written phonetically, so that made it a little easier," he said.
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In the first quarter, Kendrick's defense was tight and the Lady Cherokees enjoyed a seven-point lead, 20-13, but the Lady Trojans used a press of their own to close the gap at the half to 39-35.
The Lady Trojans grabbed their first lead of the game as they scored the first six points of the third quarter for a 41-39 lead. It seemed to inspire the Lady Trojans as they attacked the basket and outscored Kendrick with a 16-5 run that made Kendrick play catch-up from an 11-point deficit.
They were unable to do that.
Kendrick will host either Josey or Hephzibah in the state playoffs on Tuesday.
Nausia Woolfolk 28, Alexia Green 10, Deja Holland 14, Steele 9, Shaw 5, Rumph 8, Pickens 4.
Destiny Murph 22, Jabreia Burston 19, Brittany Thompson 11, Minor 8, Price 5, Baker 8.


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package ve.com.abicelis.creditcardexpensemanager.ocr;

import android.graphics.Rect;
import android.util.SparseArray;

import com.google.android.gms.vision.Detector;
import com.google.android.gms.vision.text.Element;
import com.google.android.gms.vision.text.Line;
import com.google.android.gms.vision.text.Text;
import com.google.android.gms.vision.text.TextBlock;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import ve.com.abicelis.creditcardexpensemanager.app.activities.OcrCreateExpenseActivity;
import ve.com.abicelis.creditcardexpensemanager.ocr.camera.GraphicOverlay;

/**
 * A very simple Processor which gets detected TextBlocks and adds them to the overlay
 * as OcrGraphics.
 */
public class OcrDetectorProcessor implements Detector.Processor<TextBlock>{

    private static final String TAG = "OcrDetectorProcessor";

    private GraphicOverlay<OcrGraphic> mGraphicOverlay;
    private OcrCreateExpenseActivity mCallerActivity;
    private Rect mOcrWindowBoundingBox;                     //The actual ocr window bounding box
    private Rect mOcrWindowContainerBoundingBox;            //The container of the detector box
    private String mDetectedText;

    public OcrDetectorProcessor(GraphicOverlay<OcrGraphic> ocrGraphicOverlay, OcrCreateExpenseActivity callerActivity) {
        mGraphicOverlay = ocrGraphicOverlay;
        mCallerActivity = callerActivity;
        mOcrWindowBoundingBox = new Rect();
        mOcrWindowContainerBoundingBox = new Rect();
        mDetectedText = "";
    }

    public void setOcrWindowBoundingBox(Rect boundingBox) {
        mOcrWindowBoundingBox = boundingBox;
    }

    public void setOcrWindowContainerBoundingBox(Rect boundingBox) {
        mOcrWindowContainerBoundingBox = boundingBox;
    }

    @Override
    public void release() {

    }

    @Override
    public void receiveDetections(Detector.Detections<TextBlock> detections) {
        mGraphicOverlay.clear();
        SparseArray<TextBlock> items = detections.getDetectedItems();
        List<Text> lines = new ArrayList<>();

        //Get rid of the textblocks, extract the components (Lines)
        for (int i = 0; i < items.size(); ++i) {
            TextBlock item = items.valueAt(i);
            if (item != null && item.getValue() != null) {
                List<? extends Text> l = item.getComponents();
                for (int j = 0; j < l.size(); ++j) {
                    Text text = l.get(j);
                    if(itemInsideContainerWindowBoundingBox(text)) {
                        lines.add(text);
                    }

                }
            }
        }

        //Evaluate every line, determine which texts are inside the window bounding box
        OcrGraphic graphic;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();     //Clear the string

        for (Text text : lines) {
            if(!itemBelowOrAboveWindowBoundingBox(text)) {
                if(itemInsideWindowBoundingBox(text)) {
                    graphic = new OcrGraphic(mGraphicOverlay, text, true);
                    sb.append(text.getValue()).append("\r\n");
                    mGraphicOverlay.add(graphic);

                } else {           //If Text is a Line, try to get elements (words) which may be inside the window bounding box
                    if(text instanceof Line) {
                        TextLine textLine = new TextLine();
                        for (int i = 0; i < text.getComponents().size(); ++i) {
                            Element element = (Element) text.getComponents().get(i);
                            if(itemInsideWindowBoundingBox(element)) {
                                textLine.addComponent(element);
                            } else {
                                graphic = new OcrGraphic(mGraphicOverlay, element, false);
                                mGraphicOverlay.add(graphic);
                            }
                        }
                        graphic = new OcrGraphic(mGraphicOverlay, textLine, true);
                        sb.append(textLine.getValue()).append(" ");

                        mGraphicOverlay.add(graphic);
                    }
                }
            }
            else {
                graphic = new OcrGraphic(mGraphicOverlay, text, false);
                mGraphicOverlay.add(graphic);
            }

        }

        mDetectedText = sb.toString();
        //Log.d(TAG, "DETECTED TEXT " + mDetectedText);
        mCallerActivity.setNewDetectedText(mDetectedText);

//        //Draw the ocrWindow bounding box
//        graphic = new OcrGraphic(mGraphicOverlay, mOcrWindowBoundingBox);
//        mGraphicOverlay.add(graphic);
//
//        //Draw the ocrWindowContainer bounding box
//        graphic = new OcrGraphic(mGraphicOverlay, mOcrWindowContainerBoundingBox);
//        mGraphicOverlay.add(graphic);

    }

    private boolean itemInsideContainerWindowBoundingBox(Text item) {
        if(item.getBoundingBox().bottom < mOcrWindowContainerBoundingBox.bottom)
            return true;
        return false;
    }

    private boolean itemBelowOrAboveWindowBoundingBox(Text item) {
        if(item.getBoundingBox().bottom > mOcrWindowBoundingBox.bottom ||
                item.getBoundingBox().top < mOcrWindowBoundingBox.top)
            return true;
        return false;
    }

    private boolean itemInsideWindowBoundingBox(Text item) {
        return mOcrWindowBoundingBox.contains(item.getBoundingBox().left, item.getBoundingBox().top, item.getBoundingBox().right, item.getBoundingBox().bottom);
    }

}


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Chapter XXIV: "City of Stone, Part Three"
Time to ramble...
So the sun rises on the next day. Elisa IMMEDIATELY starts talking, even though she's facing the wrong way, putting to the lie all those nice fans who tried to make excuses for why she was animated facing that direction.
It's also kind of cool to watch Goliath and Brooklyn turn to stone and then see Owen turn from stone to flesh. He's got that URGENT-Owen tone going there for a sec, then quickly regains his usual Owen composure. It's fun.
There's a line in here about mixing magics, which was supposed to be a vague, vague cover for later revelations that Owen is Puck. Owen suggests getting the Grimorum from Goliath. X responds it wouldn't do any of them any good since none of them are sorcerors and MIXING MAGICS is supposed to be dangerous. That last phrase is REALLY a reference to a notion in X's head, that Puck might be able to help. X than rejects the notion himself. He's right about mixing magics, but that isn't the main reason that Puck won't help. Puck won't help because that's not the deal that Owen made with Xanatos.
I like Xanatos' casual confidence though: "We'll just have to set the sky ablaze."
Travis scene is fun for me too. Gives me one of those oblique opportunities to semi-break the fourth wall. A woman comes up, tells Travis the truth. He discounts her story, nominally because she doesn't watch television. Anyone who doesn't watch television must be a kook. Now a report on Mass Hypnosis... (That last bit is in there to explain in passing what the world response to the City of Stone events is likely to be.)
FLASHBACK TIME: Duncan has a beard. "Some cousins are not that close." I love how Neil Dickson read that line. And I love Duncan's genuine surprise when Mac saves his life.
Mac saves Demona again. Proving what a good, loyal guy he is.
And then we bring in the Weird Sisters, in the most SHAKESPEAREAN scene in City of Stone.
But first let's talk about the title. I LOVE that title. "CITY OF STONE". I think it was one of mine. But I have to admit it's flawed. Though it's spooky and evocative it really only covers the present day story. The present day story is certainly important, but I think we'd all agree that the real juice in this four-parter is in the tenth and eleventh centuries. And the title doesn't really cover that stuff at all. I didn't notice it at the time, because the importance of the flashbacks snuck up on me. At first I thought they would simply inform the action in the present. But it wound up being more of the reverse. Still I like the title. It sounds like a Movie title to me. What do you guys think?
Anyway, we bubble, bubble, toil and trouble it a bit. I love the nasty expressions that Canmore and Luach shoot each other. [I also love J.D. Daniels work as Canmore. He's such a little nasty. Great contrast to his work as the goody-good kid Tom.]
I'm fairly certain that we screwed up on Luach's name. The name should have been Lulach. But a typo got us stuck on Luach. At first I thought maybe either name would be accurate, like Malcolm and Maol Chalvim. But now I think we just blew it.
I love Luna's line: "You would lecture US on fate."
Erin, my six year old daughter, began to get very annoyed with Duncan here. "Why doesn't he give Macbeth one chance? He just saved his life! Duncan is a fraidy-cat. And stupid." I love a good judge of character. When Bodhe ("Be reasonable, Macbeth") tells Mac that Duncan's after him, and Mac can't believe it, Erin felt quite vindicated, "See, [Mac] just asked the same question that I did."
I like Mac's sad line to Gruoch: "The Journey will be brief."
And I like D and Mac's exchange:
Mac: "You are the answer."
D: "I'm uninterested in the question."
Ben, my three year old son, was having a little trouble with how fast everyone was aging. He didn't always get that the flashbacks weren't taking place right after each other. He got the difference between past and present. But not that we kept leaping forward from say 1032 to 1044 etc. "That's a different Demona," he would say, before I explained that she was just getting older. It then occured to me that I'm not even sure if he knows that white hair specifically signifies old age in a cartoon. After all, Brooklyn's hair is white. So's Luna's, in all her forms. (It's supposed to be silver, but it looks white most of the time.)
Mac is surprised, and not a little freaked out, to hear that there's still a Hunter out there. With Gill dead, he has no clue who it could be.
He offers an alliance, and Demona -- clearly thinking of the Captain of the Guard -- says, "You sing an old song." That, for me, helped tie in our Wyvern flashbacks to the whole Mac/Demona story. I was always afraid they weren't really related enough.
The whole thing with the Sisters looking different depending on the point of view, was another idea of mine that most people thought I was nuts about. (Like having characters unaware of the change in themselves in "The Mirror".) It worked just fine, and in many ways is clearer than any alternative I can think of. But man, I had to WORK to convince people.
The sisters are pretty tricky here, they use the barest excuse of an offered trade to more or less enforce their will on Mac and D. Bending Oberon's law without breaking it. That's not too important here, but will obviously be important in later episodes.
The clues of course are planted in the spell. "Forever and eternal bound and each the other's pain resound." How many people got the implication here as opposed to figuring it all out when the sisters explained it near the end of part four?
Seline handing Mac that magic ball was another instance of us cheating a bit. We were sick of using the fall to the death shtick. But we couldn't just have Duncan skewered. So this was an S&P compromise. The good news was it looked pretty cool. Brief but scary. It even seems to scare Mac.
When Gruouch says that she's afraid Mac's made "a bad bargain," she was supposed to touch his hair to give a visual reminder that he had given up his youth to protect his clan -- and that it scared and saddened her more than a little. I gave that note over and over, but somehow it never got in there. It still works, but I really wish she had run her fingers through his hair there.
D likes Mac and Gruoch here. Look at her face. Maybe she sees a bit of herself and Goliath in them. (With Gruoch as Goliath, of course.)
I like the battle too. It's very economical staged, yet it feels kinda epic to me. Very smartly story-boarded. I really like Demona's clean sweep of Duncan's cavalry off their horses.
Mac says: "You fight like a demon." Laying the groundwork for Demona to get named. This was a bit of an argument with S&P. "Demon" was supposed to be an off-limit word for us. I convinced Adrienne Bello it was important to justify Demona's name. And my bosses backed me up. (That never happens anymore, by the way.)
There's a character in here that we never name except in the credits. He's Duncan's right hand man and Demona appears to brain him by flying him head first into a big rock. He's called MacDuff in the credits. Obviously, another name from Shakespeare. I think maybe he didn't die, but became an ally of Canmore's in part four. But I'm not sure. I know that in part Three, Charlie "Travis Marshall" Hallahan did his voice. In part Four, the character I'm thinking of (both of whom have red hair at least) is voiced by Jeff Bennett.
M&D find the mask with Duncan, and Mac says, "so the battle is truly over for us both." Which is majorly ironic, since we know the battle will continue for at least 900 years.
Bodhe comes out from the background only after "THE NIGHT IS WON!"
Bodhe, though contemptuous, is a very fun character to write. I love his little aside about Canmore: "He'll be trouble; slay him now." We like Mac better that he won't kill a child. But you'll notice that Demona won't kill the kid either.
The coronation is fun. That whole naming sequence is fun.
M: "They will learn to respect you."
D: "I'd rather they feared me."
M: "They'll do that too... 'Demona'"
A nice bow tied on that "Know her?!! I named her!!" line from way back in "Enter Macbeth".
Now as we prepare to segue back to the present, Erin recognizes the three sisters as serving wenches "Because of their hair". To which Ben says, "Me too". But when we get to the present, neither realize that the sisters are also posing as cops. Mostly, because they're police hats largely cover their hair.
Now finally, back to Elisa. Confused as hell, but beginning to catch on at the mention of PackMedia Studios. She heads for the Eyrie. X's response: "Ah, the charming Detective Maza." Love that guy.
Owen and Elisa do their little dance and we get to play a gargoyle recurring bit with them as they freeze into stone mid-argument. At this point my kids catch on to the basic rules. (All of which might have been clearer if we hadn't had such a big gap between watching part two and part three). Erin: "So the humans are the opposite of the Gargoyles. When they turn to stone, the others wake up."
Xanatos starts explaining the plan, and my son turns to me and says, "Daddy, I have to tell you something." [Which is how he starts most conversations these days.] "I had a lot of dreams about fire in the sky." I'm not sure if I believe him, but it was a nice conversation piece.
I like the way Goliath looks at Elisa when he says, "This has to work." Feelings showing.
Then everyone leaves to go pass gas. :) [I know. I'm really mature.]
Bronx goes after the tapestry. We wanted to keep that subtle so that we weren't tipping our hand. Did anyone wonder about that or did it just slide by? Did anyone remember at the cliffhanger that Bronx had been left behind to save Elisa?
Anyway, there's my ramble. Where's yours?


I didn't think he looked very black, and I could see how someone like me might be confused into thinking he was Persian.
This is what a black man looks like. Notice the difference?
Here you go John. I put my response here.
I still think this is a woeful display of ignorance.
Umm us black (actually dark brown) folks come in various shades of brown. How can you not know this?