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Maximus Apple Cinnamon Rolls with Eggnog Glaze ~ Yes, more please!
2 envelopes / 4.5 tsp / 14 g. active dry yeast or 1.5 ounces if using fresh yeast.
5-6 cups of unbleached all purpose flour. Plus a little more for dusting and rolling.
*Butter and eggs should be room temperature for best results on a soft silky dough.
3 medium granny smith green apples, peeled and sliced in fine wedges.
1 cup packed brown sugar. Date sugar, coconut sugar, turbinado sugar are great substitutions.
¼ cup ground cinnamon. Use your favorite cinnamon. I love Saigon cinnamon for baking. It is so fragrant, flavorful and adds great color to your baking dough.
Brown sugar: Raw coconut sugar if you prefer your buns less sweet.or Date sugar.
Flour: You can substitute ½ the amount whole wheat and ½ white flour, and add 2 extra tablespoons of butter to the dough.
Gluten Free: Use an all purpose gluten free mix, like "Cup 4"or "King's Arthur gluten-free mix".
1. Start by measuring all your ingredients.
2. Start the yeast. In a small bowl combine luke warm water, dissolve honey and add the yeast. Mix and let it foam for about 5 minutes.
3. Using the bowl of your stand mixer, combine 5 1/2 cups of flour along with all the dry ingredients, whisk and then add the luke warm milk, butter, egg yolk and eggs. By now your yeast should be foamy and awaken, add to the bowl. Start mixing on low with the hook dough attachment. Scrape the sides until all is well combined. Increase the speed of your mixer until everything comes together and the dough starts to pull a side from the bowl. If the dough seems too wet, add one to two extra tablespoons at a time until your dough is not too sticky to the touch and its pulling apart from the sides of the mixing bowl. You can add up to 1/4 cup of flour not a bit more. Beat on medium high for about 5-7 minutes, scraping the side of the bowl now and then. See picture for best results.
4. Dust your work table with a bit of flour, dump the dough and finish kneading by hand using envelope movements. See picture below. For about 3 minutes or the equivalent of 10 envelope kneading. Your dough should be soft and tender, shape it into a ball.
5. Place the dough into a large, lightly greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and a clean kitchen towel. Place the bowl into a warm place about 80-85 degrees is best, away from any doors or window drafts. Let it rise until double in size, depending on the warmth of your house, could take between 1-2.5 hours. I usually place the bowl inside of my turn off oven to ensure the dough is rising at an even temperature.
6. Mix Brown sugar and cinnamon, toast the pecans, peel, cut and toss the apples in thin slices. And toss them into the cornstarch set a side. Melt the butter, get your pastry brush ready.
7. Once the dough has doubled in size, lightly flour your work table dump the dough and gently press it to release some of the air, and start shaping it into a rectangle. Using a wood pin roll gently start stretching the dough until you have a 20"x 16"rectangle. 50×60 cm approx.
8. With a pastry brush apply all the butter to the extended dough. Then sprinkle the sugar, cinnamon and pecans mixture evenly and layer the apple slices like soldiers all lined up along the longest side of the rectangle dough. See picture below. This will ensure that the apple slices do not break or create holes into the dough while rolling.
9. Now from one of the corners of the longest edge of the rectangle, start rolling the edge by gently pinching it. This will be the center of the spiral. Start rolling evenly and slowly, not to tight, not to lose. And seal the edge with a bit of water. Leave the roll on the table seem side down.
10. With a bench dough scraper cut the roll in half. Use your hand to held the roll while you cut so the pieces do not smudge. See photo below. Then, each half into half. Now you have 4 pieces, cut each piece into 3 equal pieces. It helps to slightly mark the pieces before you cut them, in case you need to rectify the cut, so you can be sure you are gonna cut them into equal size rolls. See picture below.
11. Line up with parchment paper a half sheet baking tray with a leap 18"x13"x 1" or a half-sheet rectangular cake pan will work too. Or two rectangular trays 9" x 13". Place the cut pieces carefully re-shaping them into circles and evenly spaced about 1" in between the edge of the tray and between roll and roll. If using half a sheet 3 rows of 4. If using two pans of 9"x13", 2 rows of 3. Press gently to even up the heights.
12. Cover them loosely with floured plastic wrap and then with a kitchen towel let them proof for about 45 minutes to 1 hour or until double in size and they are touching and filled up the tray. See picture below.
13. Once your Rolls look like this, preheat your oven at 375 F / 190 C. Place tray into the mid rack of the oven and bake them at 350 F /176 C, for 20-25 minutes.
14. While they bake whisk up your glaze, combining all the glaze ingredients. You can up grade it with some Spiced Rum, for and adult situation. Softened cream cheese or mascarpone cheese is always a good option too. In this case I love the tangy sweet cream and creamy eggnog, with a bit of sugar in it , the nutmeg brings out the flavor of the apples.
15. Take the buns out of the oven, they should have a mahogany-golden brown tops. You can tell they are done if they spring back, insert a tooth pick that comes our clean in the center, and off course, if your kitchen has the insane smell of cinnamon sweet dough. Pull them out. Brush them with melted butter immediately. Let them rest on top of the stove, or near by the stove.
Let them cool down a little before drizzling the glaze. Prepare the glaze by combining all Eggnog glaze ingredients and whisk until thick and creamy. Drizzle with a spoon or the whisk. Grate some nutmeg for the final touch if you like.
Now please, bite into one, and scream of happiness and Joy!
Note: They taste best if they are baked the day before your Holiday.
Save the drizzle and refrigerate them, warm them up next morning while opening the presents!
Enjoy, and Happy , Happy Holidays!


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Thorny Tropical Plants
By: Barrett Barlowe
euphorbia image by Roman Gureev from Fotolia.com
Thorny tropical plants are survivors, so they might be a good choice for gardeners planting in tough sites, or for those who seek the ultimate low-maintenance landscapes. Useful as specimen plants in dry gardens, the plants feature built-in protection, which allows them to withstand drought and discourage foraging animals and insects.
Tropical plants originate in areas designated as tropical--that fall in the zone between the tropic of Capricorn and the tropic of Cancer--bisected by the Equator. The region encompasses different types of climates. Some tropical regions receive abundant rainfall and have lush forested areas. Other tropical regions are dry and arid. Rain forests in Colombia and Brazil are tropical, as are some desert regions of Madagascar and Venezuela.
Thorny tropical plants are survivors, so they might be a good choice for gardeners planting in tough sites, or for those who seek the ultimate low-maintenance landscapes.
Useful as specimen plants in dry gardens, the plants feature built-in protection, which allows them to withstand drought and discourage foraging animals and insects.
Tough, thorny plants provide biodiversity in often-desolate locations. The existence of tropical thorny plants is critical to animals that live in arid harsh environments—they provide shelter and food to animals.
Thorns protect a plant from animals foraging in the area. In dry areas, plants must build up water reserves, in order to survive drought. Without armature, water-filled trunks or limbs would succumb quickly to thirsty creatures. Some plants such as the tree Chorisia speciosa actually store water in the large spines themselves.
Crown of thorns (Euphorbia milii) is a succulent with fierce-looking spines all over its limbs. The plant has upright, shrubby growth and survives hot sunny conditions. Bright red flowers bloom on branch tips when the plant receives enough moisture. Gardeners can clip off a segment of the Euphorbia milii, set the section aside in the shade for a few days, then, plant the segment in a pot to grow a new plant.
Tough, thorny plants provide biodiversity in often-desolate locations.
Crown of thorns (Euphorbia milii) is a succulent with fierce-looking spines all over its limbs.
Chorisia speciosa is a large tree, native to Brazil and other tropical regions in South America. It has a nickname of "drunken tree" or "palo borracho" due to the swollen bulging trunk where it stores its water reserves against drought. Young trees have green trunks capable of photosynthesis, as the tree can lose leaves when drought-stressed. White flowers appear at the tips of the spine-covered branches, followed by long black pods that contain black seeds encased in a fluffy cotton-like material.
Different species of Cacti and thorny shrubs make up dry tropical thorn forests, which grow next to more lush forests in Madagascar, or thorn scrubs which appear in arid regions next to deserts in Mexico and other locations.
Not all thorny plants, such as crown of thorns, are as fierce as they look, but others, such as opuntia cactus, have sharp spines. Using tropical thorny plants in gardens can be problematic for families with children. Avoiding planting thorny plants of any kind around swimming pools or play area can help avoid accidents. Chorisia speciosa looks like a Dr. Seuss type plant when young--but it grows up to 60 feet in height, and the trunk can bulge out, taking over small yards.
Chorisia speciosa is a large tree, native to Brazil and other tropical regions in South America.
Chorisia speciosa looks like a Dr. Seuss type plant when young--but it grows up to 60 feet in height, and the trunk can bulge out, taking over small yards.
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Barrett Barlowe is an award-winning writer and artist specializing in fitness, health, real estate, fine arts, and home and gardening. She is a former professional cook as well as a digital and traditional artist with many major film credits. Barlowe holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and French and a Master of Fine Arts in film animation.

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Congress passed the 19th amendment to the Constitution in the summer of 1919. A three-fourths majority of states was required for ratification, and Tennessee was the 36th and final state necessary to approve the amendment. Yet, worried the Tennessee decision might be invalidated, Connecticut suffragists demanded their governor call a special session of the state legislature to vote on the issue. They succeeded on September 14, 1920, when the Connecticut legislature ratified the amendment. After procedural questions arose, the legislature met again on the 21st and voted "yes" once more.
The first national election Connecticut women and many other women across the nation voted in was the 1920 presidential election, held on November 2, 1920.
152 Wilton women registered to cast their first national ballots in this election. All of them were white. Their average age was just over 46. Most were housewives. Their husbands were farmers, nursery men, carpenters, shoemakers, butchers, real estate agents, a beekeeper, an oysterman, a corset cutter, a mailman, a minister, a surgeon, and a sculptor. Several husbands worked at the Gilbert & Bennett wire mill in Georgetown.
The census listed a few women who worked outside the home. All were either single or widowed. Caroline Nichols was an unmarried hatter. The Post sisters were teachers and single. Hannah Raymond Ambler, Hannah Chichester, and Mary MacNamara were farmers and widows. The two Hannahs were elderly, well-to-do, and came from established Connecticut families. Mary was a middle-aged Irish immigrant carrying a mortgage.
Notable Wilton women who voted that day, besides Grace Knight Schenck and Hannah Raymond Ambler, included Angeline Post, a beloved Wilton teacher from 1903 through 1948 and the namesake of the Post School. She lived on Grumman Hill and was a trustee of the Hurlbutt Street Community House Association, which preserved the one-room Hurlbutt Street Schoolhouse where she taught for many years. Ethel Hart was head librarian of the Wilton Library from 1917 through 1952. She lived on Cottage Row and was the organist for the Wilton Congregational Church. Her father had been the church reverend and had helped found the Wilton Library. Alice Merwin Eakland volunteered for the Red Cross and, with her husband, donated the land that is now the Town Green to Wilton. The Eaklands lived in Wilton Center. Her father-in-law Charles O. Eakland, Sr., cast Wilton's vote in the Connecticut State legislature to ratify the 19th Amendment. Alice Haynes Bennett served on the School Board, was elected registrar of voters, and was president and a trustee of the Hurlbutt Street Community House Association. She lived on Chestnut Hill. Alice Olmstead and her sister Elizabeth Olmstead Gilbert, known to all as Aunt Alice and Aunt Lillie, were graduates of their father's school, the Wilton Academy, and members of the Women's League of the Congregational Church and the Wilton Improvement Society. Alice lived on Lovers Lane and Lillie on Nod Hill.
A week after the election, the Ridgefield Press ran an article called "A Woman President?" It predicted female vice-presidential candidates within four years, speculated on women filling cabinet positions, senate seats, and the house of representatives, and concluded that there were numerous women in the nation – many of them well-known suffrage leaders – capable of filling the highest office in the land. Made overconfident by the suffragists' recent victory, the author of this piece underestimated the remaining entrenched opposition to equality. Women are still severely underrepresented in government and no woman has been president to this day.
The photos below show Wilton's first women voters. All photos from the Wilton Historical Society permanent collection.
Anna Schuessler Ambler
Hannah Ambler
Ethel Betts
Emma Borglum
Alean Alethea Gregory Cogswell
Florence DeWitt
Alice Merwin Eakland
Bertha Fitch
Elizabeth F. Olmstead Gilbert
Ida Gregory
Ethel Hart
Laura Shepherd Hart
Mabel Hart
Etta Hurlbutt
Josephine Hurlbutt
Lillian Davenport Jones
Bessie Louise Keeler
Ruth Zelda Keeler
Blanche Little
Jane Merwin
Josephine A. Law Ogden
Alice Olmstead
Angeline Post
Abigail Rundel
Grace Schenck
Grace Zelma Thayer
Kate Winton
Now the Old Town Hall building on Ridgefield Road, this photo shows how the building would have looked when Wilton's first women voters cast their ballots in the 1920 election.
Hannah Ambler's Diary
This page of Hannah Ambler's diary from 1920 records her casting her first ever ballot in the 1920 election.
"A Woman President?"
This Ridgefield Press article published after the 19th Amendment passed speculates on women holding political office, including the President of the United States.
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Government's £400m purchase of bankrupt OneWeb looks doomed to fail
There is growing curiosity and another potential scandal surrounding the government's £400m purchase of the bankrupt satellite company OneWeb.
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SpaceX's Low Earth Orbit Satellite Picture from Pexels
There is growing curiosity and another potential scandal surrounding the government's £400m purchase of the bankrupt satellite company OneWeb. Dominic Cummings believes that in the UK we need something like the US DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) where the government pumps money into blue skies projects in the hope of getting a lead in a high technology field – often defence related.
OneWeb appears to be the UK's first attempt at such a project but is very high risk, being just one of a number of companies in a highly competitive market launching low earth orbit satellites to provide broadband coverage across the globe. It filed for bankruptcy in New York on 27 March, partly due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it was said to be struggling even before that.
The company has several high profile and well-funded competitors, including SpaceX's Starlink initiative and Amazon's Project Kuiper. SpaceX is owned by the multi-billionaire Elon Musk and Amazon by the world's richest man Jeff Bezos.
Despite that, the UK government has gone into partnership with Bharti Enterprises Ltd. (an India-based company), both committing $500m to acquire 90 per cent of the failed business. The original investors in OneWeb are to share the remaining 10 per cent for the $2.6bn they invested before it went bust.
Moreover, the UK government is seeking to re-engineer the OneWeb system to provide a GPS service as well, something never envisaged when the original design was conceived.
A technical presentation by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) comparing three of the 11 most advanced systems, including OneWeb's, was delivered at the 69th international astronautical congress, in Germany in 2018. The others were Telesat and SpaceX.
MIT says that the rival Telesat system with 117 satellites has a maximum throughput of 2.66 Tbps (terabits per second) and requires 42 ground stations to achieve it. SpaceX's 4,425 satellites will have a maximum throughput of 23.7 Tbps and needs more than 100 ground stations. OneWeb's system has 720 satellites with a maximum throughput of 1.56 Tbps, and needs 71 ground stations.
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You can see that OneWeb is the slowest of the three at 1.56 Tbps, needs six times as many satellites and nearly twice as many ground stations as Telesat. SpaceX is way out in front with a capacity nearly six times as much as both of the others combined. MIT conclude that "Telesat is the most efficient system in terms of average Gbps/satellite, with more than 4x SpaceX and 10x OneWeb."
OneWeb came last. Their array of satellites was supposed to be operational from 2019, SpaceX's from 2020 and Telesat 2022. This was before OneWeb ran out of money allowing SpaceX to gain ground. Trials of the beta version of SpaceX's Starlink are said to be imminent.
NASASpaceFlight.com, a leading online news resource for space flight related news, had an article in early July suggesting the UK government's purchase of OneWeb was "curious" because, "how and when – and to what extent – OneWeb will financially benefit the UK is unknown, especially given that SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation, a direct competitor to OneWeb, will begin offering initial service this year with more widespread offerings to follow within several months."
NASASpaceFlight says it is yet to be seen exactly how far behind OneWeb will be and how much ground they will have to make up against Starlink, especially since "the UK will not allow every nation access to the network."
Presumably it is the EU we are refusing access to, in return for not being allowed access to the EU's Galileo satellites' military grade GPS signal.
One of the most confusing elements of the purchase is the announcement from the UK government that they want to use OneWeb as a space-based navigation system – "something it was not designed to do". We are apparently trying to replace our involvement in the EU's Galileo project with a cheap, not-fit-for-purpose, alternative in the hope of eventually outdoing it.
Late to market with an offering clearly inferior to our main competitors and having gone bankrupt once, we now plan to re-purpose and presumably redesign the system with 74 satellites already in orbit. Is it a good investment? Probably not.
It now emerges that Alok Sharma the business secretary overrode warnings about the investment and MPs are launching a probe into the whole thing.
The BBC reported on Wednesday that an acting permanent secretary had raised concerns, warning in what may prove to be a masterly understatement that the deal was "unusual". Darren Jones, Labour MP for Bristol Northwest and parliament's business select committee chair, called it "a gamble". He said in a statement that news of the permanent secretary's worries "heightens concerns around this investment" and "prompts further questions about how the government … came to plump for this largely US-based bankrupt satellite company".
He went on to say that "using nearly half a billion pounds of taxpayer money to gamble on a 'commercial opportunity' whilst still failing to support manufacturing jobs with a sector deal is both troubling and concerning".
The UK government does not have a great record of picking winners and this case does not look as if anything is about to change.
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Earlier this year I read Scott Cleland's new book, Search & Destroy: Why You Can't Trust Google, Inc., after he was kind enough to send me an advance copy. I didn't have time to review it at the time and just jotted down a few notes for use later. Because the year is winding down, I figured I should get my thoughts on it out now before I publish my end of year compendium of important tech policy books.
Cleland is President of Precursor LLC and a noted Beltway commentator on information policy issues, especially Net neutrality regulation, which he has vociferously railed against for many years. On a personal note, I've known Scott for many years and always enjoyed his analysis and wit, even when I disagree with the thrust of some of it.
And I'm sad to report that I disagree with most of it in Search & Destroy, a book that is nominally about Google but which is really a profoundly skeptical look at the modern information economy as we know it. Indeed, Cleland's book might have been more appropriately titled, "Second Thoughts about Cyberspace." In a sense, it represents an outline for an emerging "cyber-conservative" vision that aims to counter both "cyber-progressive" and "cyber-libertarian" schools of thinking.
After years of having Scott's patented bullet-point mini-manifestos land in my mailbox, I think it's only appropriate I write this review in the form of a bulleted list! So, here it goes..
The central irony of the book — and one that he never confronts — is that, in the name of dealing with what he regards as "Big Brother, Inc.," Cleland thinks we must call in Big Government to deal with Google and the digital economy in general.
Cleland has spent the last decade railing against the "cyber-collectivist" or "digital commons" movement (I'll just call them "cyber-progressives") and yet, ironically, in Search & Destroy, he has adopted their tone and tactics in vilifying Google, one of the great capitalist success stories of our time.
In a sense, Cleland has unwittingly joined his cyber-conservatism with the cyber-progressivism he supposedly detests. His passionate belief in "security" and the Rule of Law quickly devolves into the Rule of Man (or regulators, that is) over a corporate entity that he fundamentally distrusts and loathes. But it also signals his acceptance of a much greater role for government in policing all of cyberspace.
The book is loaded with over-the-top rhetoric and techno-panicky talk — not just about Google but about other issues, like online privacy more generally.
Cleland has made the grave error of suggesting — again in line with the cyber-progressive movement he typically derides — that privacy should essentially be treated as property right and that extensive regulation is needed in the name of protecting privacy online.
I know Cleland will cringe at the thought, but there are clear similarities between his book and Tim Wu's book The Master Switch, with their common fears about "information empires" and "Big Brother, Inc." The difference is that Cleland singles out Google as the most problematic.
Again, this is a dangerous game Cleland is playing since his indictment of Google could be applied to many other Digital Economy operators, just as Wu has done in The Master Switch by suggesting that action needs to be taken against not just Google but also Apple, AT&T, Verizon, Facebook, Amazon, and even Twitter who are all "information monopolists" in Wu's view.
Cleland is wildly off-base in enlisting the words and Milton Friedman and F.A. Hayek in support of his indictment of Google.
Cleland imagines that Google's "central planning" efforts are roughly equivalent to government central planning. That is horribly misguided and to enlist Friedman and Hayek's words in defense of this thesis is a travesty.
Friedman and Hayek's critique of central planning was squarely focused on the State, not corporations. While it may be the case that elements of their critique could be applied to large private entities that attempt audacious tasks like "organizing the all the world's information," it does not follow that the State must take action to counter those business objectives, no matter how quixotic. This is where marketplace trial and error — not anticipatory regulation — is the better way to determine what is efficient and what consumers desire.
To use a Hayekian term, Cleland is guilty of the "pretense of knowledge" problem by imagining he (or the government) has a more sensible vision for how these digital markets should look or operate. Only ongoing experimentation can tell us that.
We can all agree that more transparency about privacy/data collection practices (for Google and others) is generally a good idea, but it's clear that is not enough for Cleland.
He wants to bring in the wrecking ball of antitrust, thinking that this is the way to better organize the markets that Google serves.
Again, the irony is that he sees no conflict between this prescription and his general distaste for Big Government in other contexts. As I noted in my 2009 review of Gary Reback's tedious screed Free the Market, there are some conservatives who subscribe to the illogical belief that antitrust law is not a form of economic regulation. Sadly, Cleland is one of them. Instead, in his view, antitrust is about "the Rule of Law." Except that, at root, antitrust is really just as much about the Rule of Men as tradition administrative agency regulation. And those men can make many mistakes, especially when they imagine they can magically concoct a supposedly better plan for fast-moving, high-tech sectors.
We are beginning to see a serious schism develop between cyber-conservatives (like Scott) and cyber-libertarians (like myself and many others here at the TLF).
Over the past decade, cyber-conservatives and cyber-libertarians have been allies on many important economic policy battles (ex: Net neutrality and Net taxes are two good examples).
But the cyber-conservative desire to make everything subservient to "security and stability," and their tendency to sometimes extend property right concepts well beyond their natural or practical application, is what leads to a strong break with cyber-libertarians, who value liberty, experimentation, dynamism, and limited government above all else.
This tension is going to grow more acute in coming years as information control efforts become increasingly onerous and costly (especially on the copyright, privacy, and cyber-security fronts).
Cyber-conservatives will need to ask themselves just how far they want the State to go to achieve "security and stability," or to preserve and / or extend property rights into the sphere of intangible information flows.
Cleland's book suggests he is willing to make that leap in a fairly aggressive way to take down a company that many cyber-libertarians believe has been a great innovator and prime example of cyber-capitalism at its finest.
Like some other conservatives, Cleland has also strongly endorsed sweeping copyright regulation that would fundamentally alter the Internet's architecture in the name of protecting copyright. Most cyber-libertarians could never accept such "by-any-means-necessary" approaches to copyright protection.
But the most interesting fight in the short-term will be over privacy controls. Cleland's book signals the desire of some conservatives to have government take a more active role in the name protecting (or even "property-tizing" personal information). Some conservative policymakers, like Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), have long been in that same boat. It will be interesting to see how many more conservatives join them and then make alliances with cyber-progressives, who are gung-ho about expanding the power of the State in this regard.
One thing is certain to me after reading Scott's book: Any alliances we cyber-libertarians make with cyber-conservatives will be fleeting and fickle affairs, just as they often are when we broker peace treaties with cyber-progressives. I suppose I was naïve to ever have thought we could bring more of either group fully into our liberty-loving camp. But what concerns me even more is that those other two camps may increasingly (sometimes unwittingly, of course) be joining forces to expand the reach of Big Government's tentacles until the entire digital economy is smothered in innovation-stifling bureaucracy and red tape.
"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground," Thomas Jefferson taught us long ago. With conservatives increasingly joining progressives in calling for greater State control of cyberspace, it is now clear to me just how lonely we libertarians will be in calling for government to keep its hands off the Net.


Steep real estate prices force entrepreneurs to get creative with the city's existing buildings -- chiefly auto-body shops.
A Japanese spa with old brick walls. A new brewery with a huge, industrial-style rolling door. A luxury apartment building with glass walls. Scattered across neighborhoods all over the city, all the above have one key thing in common: They were all created in former auto body shops or car garages.
San Francisco's real estate market is as tough as nails, and turnkey spots with a good price tag are hard to come across. But the city's business owners are nothing if not creative, and those with a little extra financial backing are taking on a common architectural challenge. Vast, empty auto shops are being given new lives, and with that comes the revitalization of dead blocks across the city.
Husband-and-wife team Caroline Smith and Sunny Simmons took on the vast project of cleaning up and renovating an old car garage in 2013. The one-story brick building at 466 Eddy St. in the Tenderloin wasn't exactly a dream location for a Japanese spa. Its past life was as City Automotive, an auto-repair shop that specialized in servicing vintage Volkswagens. It was sitting vacant when Smith and Simmons took a look, but they fell in love with it.
The renovation wasn't smooth sailing: The original design had to be changed to comply with the fire code, and a major earthquake retrofit was necessary, using "hundreds of bolts". Permits for a bathhouse had to be obtained from the San Francisco Police Department, and Supervisor Jane Kim had to step in to to help the pair get a massage license.
But three years later, Onsen — a 3,200-square-foot bathhouse complete with an eight-person soaking tub, wet and dry saunas, showers, massage rooms, and a restaurant — opened its doors to the neighborhood.
Across town in the Mission District, a less drastic renovation has taken place. Mark DeVito, Paul Duatschek, and Dave Azzam spent two years looking for a home for their brewery, Standard Deviant, before they came across the former site of Ken's Wheel Service at 280 14th St. DeVito tells SF Weekly that the location resonated not just because of the price, but also because of the location (which draws a healthy amount of foot traffic) and the square footage (which offers ample space for a viable brewery).
Another huge perk: The shop was zoned for commercial manufacturing and distribution, and as Standard Deviant is a Type 23 brewery (i.e. one that doesn't require a kitchen), no change-of-use would have to be filed with the Planning Department.
What did have to be thoroughly investigated, however, was the soil. The biggest risk in renting a place that's been a former auto shop is the environmental contaminants that have leaked into the ground. Luckily, DeVito told us, all professionally tested samples came up clear.
Unlike Onsen, it doesn't take a lot of imagination to tell that Standard Deviant used to be an auto shop. The large metal roll-up door is still there, and it serves its same purpose: allowing large pieces of equipment — in this case, pallets of grain and malt — to be easily unloaded off delivery trucks.
But as anyone who's stopped by knows, Standard Deviant isn't all-work-and-no-play. Along with the noisy, flashing pinball machines, the big door rolls up to let in the sun, warming the visiting crowds on our rare non-foggy days.
The method of converting old auto shops seems to be working for Onsen and Standard Deviant, and other businesses are catching on. On Divisadero Street, right next to Little Star Pizza, a black facade looms eerily over the block, a dirty torn curtain hanging in its window. While it's currently quiet inside, paperwork is being shuffled through the Planning Department for its future iteration as a multi-use space, that will include Che Fico, an Italian restaurant; Boba Guys, a local boba tea chain; and a pie shop called Theorita. The building has stood empty for years, and though it has an ambitious future, it may take some work to get there: Rumor has it that old solvent tanks are buried in the foundation from its days as Body Master USA.
But small businesses aren't the only ones eyeing old car garages and bodyshops. In Cole Valley, the Cole Garage — easily recognized by its colorful mural depicting dogs and cats — sold for around $2.85 million in 2014, and after 25 years in business, garage owner Dirk Spencer learned he had six months to vacate the premises. He told Hoodline that the 9,300-square-foot garage was once home to stables and buggies, from before the automobile became popular. Now, the spot is being considered as a future location for GoHealth Urgent Care.
On 16th and Sanchez streets, the former Volvo Centrum shop also had a hefty price tag when Steel Arc Properties bought it for $4.6 million in 2016. While many old garages — such as the Alouis Radiator shop on Divisadero and Grove streets — face demolition to make room for new housing, the original Volvo Centrum facade is being preserved as the rest of the building undergoes an epic makeover. Based on a preliminary document filed with the city, BAR Architects has designed 12 residential units, a 3,300-square-foot restaurant, and four private roof decks that will all be built behind the original storefront, with modern glass rising up from the old concrete base.
The same style of renovation will transform an old Art Deco garage on Townsend Street in SoMa. A boxy, six-story hotel may rise behind its stylish facade, keeping its historic 1935 street-level exterior intact.
But modern-day cars need less attention than their rickety friends of yore, and there's still a fair share of auto garages and body shops left in the city. Now, they're just interspersed between bars, restaurants, hotels, and the occasional sauna with a cold plunge.


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the eleventh hour: interview with dj eleven
d.ma	Interviews	 03/21/2009 03/21/2009 4 Minutes
Partyrocker DJ Eleven is, above all things, a workhorse. The Oakland native plays all over the globe, sometimes even gigging alongside icons like DJ Premier and Grandmaster Flash. He's also written for Waxpoetics and XLR8R, and contributes a monthly column for a UK rap publication, Hip-Hop Connection. His mixtapes have been touted by The Village Voice and The New York Times, respectively. And to top it off, The Rub, a booming website he works on (with DJ Ayers and Cosmo Baker) gets heaps of readers daily for the mixtapes and podcasts they put together.
Eleven hustles hard, but was kind enough to lend us some time for an interview. Here's our talk after he had just gotten back from playing Europe. Bay Area represent!
Let folks know about your Bay Area roots.
I was born in Redwood City but grew up in Oakland. My parents & all of my siblings live in the Bay. I came up DJing in the Bay Area with my crew, Local1200. And, I moved to New York almost 9 years ago. But, I try to get back to the Bay any chance I can.
What mistakes or misunderstandings do you often see young DJs doing?
The three most common mistakes I see young DJs making, are all kind of based on the same thing
1) Playing an opening set at a party in fifth gear. 2) Not understanding the arc of a club night. 3) Expecting things to come too quick. The commonality among all these mistakes is basically being young. Haha. It takes experience to realize that people don't want to walk into a club at 10:15 and be bombarded by hard house or the same hits from the radio. It takes time to realize that club nights/parties that work the best are the ones that have an arc to them. And, last, it's not immediately obvious that making a living as a DJ, or having any sort of longevity, is a patience game and takes time & dedication.
What's the general reaction to Bay Area rap when you play it elsewhere? What Bay Area joints do you play out often?
In New York, the reaction isn't good at all. Most club goers in New York still don't give a shit about any hip-hop that isn't from New York. But, through much of the South, the Midwest & the West Coast, the reactions are much better. I think the joint I run the most often is Too $hort "Blow The Whistle'".
What country or countries have embraced your sets the most?
I just got back from a European tour and on that run, I was really blown away by the crowd in Helsinki, Finland. It was my first time there & they were so live. I've also played to phenomenal crowds in London & Buenos Aires, Argentina.
What made you decide to become a DJ? Tell us a bit about how you got started.
I've always loved music and got into DJing during college. My first semester of my freshman year, I was able to get a radio show on the college's station. So, that was really my introduction. From there, I started playing records at parties around the school and, before long, I was hooked.
You've written for Pitchfork, Wax Poetics and XLR8R. How did you begin as a writer and when do you find the time? What article(s) of yours are you most proud of?
The first magazine I ever wrote for was 4080, based out of the Bay. As I recall, someone who was working there asked me to review an album. From there, I kept taking any chance I got to do some writing, usually for little to no money. It was always more about enjoying the process and getting to talk to folks I wouldn't necessarily have had a chance to.
For that reason, the article I wrote for Wax Poetics on the history of Bay Area is one of my favorites. I also write a monthly column for an English magazine called Hip Hop Connection, which I really enjoy because I can talk about ANYTHING I want. Downside to that is the hate mail.
Talk a little bit about your involvement in The Rub and what other interesting projects do you have in the works?
The Rub is made up of myself and my partners, DJ Ayres & Cosmo Baker. We started the party in Brooklyn just shy of 6 years ago. And, in that time, it's grown so much bigger & more successful than we'd ever imagined. It's taken us all over the world! And, it's still the best party I do.
You gave us a nice little Public Enemy mix of yours (to be posted soon!). Talk about why PE's music is so important to you?
PE's music was crazy influential to me when I was in high school, so part of it is that it was important to me at an important time in my musical development. The Bomb Squad was doing production that was light years ahead of anyone else & so dense. And, the combination of Chuck D & Flavor Flav on the mics was magic! It's really amazing to me that so few of their joints are part of the canon of hip-hop "classics".
Thanks so much for your time man. We'll let you get some rest. Peace.
For more info on DJ Eleven, visit www.djeleven.com and/or The Rub.
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I have just come across the interview and I like how DJ Eleven talks about the beginner mistakes, especially the dynamics of a club night – that is indeed a concept not much spoken about. A night starts out, builds up its momentum and achieves its peak, then starts fading away, and the music needs to be adjusted to this. Many DJs forget this and think they can force people into having good time. I also agree with the comment on the Helsinki crowd, Finland has an amazing music talent and some fantastic venues that many DJs love. Thank you.


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Many Americans suffer from sciatic pain without any long-term solution for it. In most of the cases, people just wait till the pain stops. This eventually leads to a worsening of the condition. This is because this sciatica pain is different amongst individual patients.
Sciatic pain can range anywhere from mild to severe and generally starts in one leg to continue moving down the lower back to the foot. The condition however worsens with time as time goes by.
The sciatic nerve starts from the lower back, at the portion where the spinal cord passes through the sacrum to continue to the hip which travels down to the leg. As the spine is multifaceted and the fact that this nerve is rather large in size, it is every easy for nerve problems to develop.
Generally, physicians who know and are trained in chiropractic care are the best people to take care of, and treat this issue. Accordingly, your physician will request that you undergo an exam meant to locate the misalignment which has triggered and led to the sciatica condition. Moreover, your complete health history helps the doctor zero in and locate the cause of the problem.
There are various factors which determine the amount of time required to correct sciatica like your body shape, your level of activity, your age and your compliance. Another important factor which affects the recovery time is how long you have been suffering from this condition.
This is because if you have been suffering from the condition for a long time, and have not treated it, it only worsens the condition. These cases thus take longer to treat and correct. However patients who undergo treatment end up astonished by how quickly they start feeling better.
Most of the people suffering from sciatica turn to medication for the first method of recovery from the condition. However at times, the pain medication may not work or be sufficient to take the pain away. In such cases, surgery seems to be the only available option.
However it should be known that about 50% of the people who have undergone back surgery for sciatica have not been cured from the condition. Moreover, about 20% need to undergo additional back surgery. Spine experts actually states that only about 25% of the people who suffer from back issues actually have to undergo surgery for pain relief.
However before you decide to undergo your back surgery, it is better to first contact the Chiropractors today or as quickly as possible. The team of experts and doctors there will be able to help you with all the concerns and apprehensions you have about your sciatic pain.
It is true that back surgery may at times be a permanent option for sciatica. However as it may not be required in all back pain cases, it is always better to consider trying out chiropractic care before you make a commitment or decide to undergo a back surgery.


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Home Commercial AFRL awards $8.4 million contract to Terran Orbital's subsidiary, Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems,...
AFRL awards $8.4 million contract to Terran Orbital's subsidiary, Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc.
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Courtesy Photo | AFRL physicists, Ryan Davidson (near) and Bryce Halter, examine test data from the main Precise satellite sensor, inside the Insitu Instrument Lab at AFRL's Space Vehicles Directorate. (Courtesy photo)
Air Force Research Laboratory Public Affairs
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate awarded an $8.4 million contract to Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. to support the directorate's Precise flight experiment projected for launch in 2024.
"The Precise flight experiment represents a new orbital regime for AFRL in Very Low Earth Orbit," said Dr. Rachel Hock-Mysliwiec, Precise program manager. "This experiment builds on more than 50 years of AFRL investigation into the physics of the upper atmosphere."
Hock-Mysliwiec elaborated that the experiment will study ionization processes in the region of ionized gas, between 90 and 600 kilometers altitude.
"The Precise spacecraft will use sensitive satellite instruments and radio waves to examine changes in the ionosphere resulting from different compositions of ion source gasses," she said. "This understanding could be used in the future to mitigate natural ionospheric impacts to warfighter systems such as satellite communications and GPS."
Tyvak will be providing AFRL a spacecraft capable of maneuvering between Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) for conducting sensor payload measurements. The contract award period is Nov. 15, 2021 – Nov. 1, 2024.
Precise will be AFRL's first prototype experiment awarded under the Space Systems Command's (SSC) Space Enterprise Consortium Other Transaction Agreement (SpEC-OTA).
In October, the Space Vehicles Directorate signed a memorandum of agreement with SSC to use the command's established OTA that provides a framework for decentralized execution of prototype awards, explained Sheri Della Silva, AFRL contracting officer.
"Having this new agreement will permit us to move at an expedited pace, allowing our scientists and engineers to concentrate on matters inside the lab, rather than spending time working on contracting matters," said Della Silva.
Col. Eric Felt, AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate's director, echoed her remarks.
"We are very excited to have this decentralized capability that will accelerate prototype awards," said Felt. "It offers AFRL significant advancement in our acquisition processes that will enable us to support the Space Force at a more agile and faster pace."
About AFRL
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is the primary scientific research and development center for the Department of the Air Force. AFRL plays an integral role in leading the discovery, development, and integration of affordable warfighting technologies for our air, space, and cyberspace force. With a workforce of more than 11,500 across nine technology areas and 40 other operations across the globe, AFRL provides a diverse portfolio of science and technology ranging from fundamental to advanced research and technology development. For more information, visit: http://www.afresearchlab.com.
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Volunteer firefighters play a vital part in providing fire protection services for the community. In order to maintain safe emergency scene operations, it is necessary to have adequate staffing. Adequate staffing requires a considerable pool of trained, qualified and dedicated personnel who are available for immediate response.
LaBelle Volunteer Fire Department Chief Joshua Rimes has been working diligently to implement a reserve firefighter program that will establish a daily volunteer tour-of-duty (shift) schedule. These volunteer firefighters will work at the fire department for an assigned shift. This program will not stop the response of the department's current on-call volunteers. It will simply add to the department's ability to respond more efficiently.
The LaBelle Fire Department Reserve Volunteer Firefighter Program is a non-paid volunteer program. It is designed for individuals interested in providing community services that reduce property loss caused by fire, hazardous situations, injuries, deaths and other emergencies. Reserve firefighters provide essential functions that assist the department and the residents of LaBelle. They participate in training classes, community events, department drills and emergency response.
Chief Rimes is currently looking to recruit a minimum of thirty reserve firefighters. There are several advantages for both the fire department as well as for the volunteer. A few major benefits to the department include promoting community involvement, allowing for immediate emergency response, providing regular maintenance to the trucks and station, and allowing someone to be available at the station 24 hours each day. The volunteers will receive issued uniform t-shirt and personal protective gear, firefighting training, opportunities to maintain certifications, and gain experience that could assist with furthering their careers.
This program is open to applicants residing in any county, but the individual must be able to report for their shift on time or secure a hold over until they can arrive. Applications are reviewed as they are received. Qualified applicants will be contacted when an opening becomes available. Candidates that meet the qualifications will be invited to an interview with the Fire Chief, Assistant Chief and Captain of Operation.
If you are interested in applying or would like further information, please contact Chief Joshua Rimes at 863-673-0468.


Botanic Gardens - Work ... Uncaged.
The Denver Botanic Gardens are beautiful. It's one of the places I had in mind when I put the idea of becoming a local digital nomad out there.
Shortly after I had finished that post my wife was working from home with me. She was being distracted by some of the things that needed doing around the house. She's also an incredible listener and knows that the Botanic Gardens was one of the places I was planning to work from in local digital nomad fashion. So when she suggested that we work from the Botanic Gardens after lunch, I was all in.
We've been to the Gardens before. It wasn't really exploring a new location. Then again, we've never tried working from there. We decided to also try a new place for lunch on the way.
A short while later we were on our way.
We grabbed lunch at Biju's Little Curry Shop, which has been on my list to check out for a couple of years. It was quick serve from the counter and quite tasty. It's hard to go wrong with Indian flavors. The restaurant is an area of Denver which is under much development. Gentrification is likely a better term for it. After eating, we took a couple of blocks long stroll to take in some more of the awesome graffiti we had spotted earlier.
That's when we stumbled into the Denver Central Market. That place offers a lot food and beverage choices and is now on the list for another excursion. We did decide to have some ice cream from High Point Creamery. It was incredible. Even their vegan ice cream was phenomenal and not just because most vegan ice cream is setting such a low bar.
After the lunch excursion we were off to the Botanic Garden. We knew that there was WiFi available, but hadn't tested it during previous visits. Just beyond the entrance is a cafe where we would be able to work if needed. We decided to see if the connectivity near the cafe near the center of the garden would work as well. The signal was quite strong, but there were quite a few visitors at the cafe itself. That made it pretty noisy with lots of kids.
After a stroll around the building we found there was another table to the west of the cafe. The WiFi signal was weaker, but sufficient. It also was far more quiet. We both had fully charged laptops and so the lack of an outlet wasn't an issue. We set up shop. The weather was perfect and an umbrella kept us from baking in the sun as well as keeping the laptop screens legible.
We worked there for the rest of the afternoon. We both took a couple of breaks and just strolled the grounds near us. We even took turns snoozing on a nearby bench and refreshed with a beverage from the cafe.
We wrapped out our little mini adventure by strolling through the garden.
All in all it was a delightful afternoon and we both wouldn't hesitate to do it again. It sure seemed like a great bit of variety and exploration to our usual day.


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Q: How can I check if any element in an array contains a value above 0 using Chai.js? I am currently creating a test on Postman wherein I get multiple values and put them into an array from a loop and then expecting that at least 1 of the elements would be above 0.
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Gubernatorial candidates hit campaign trail for holiday weekend
Friday, August 31, 2018 6:15 PM EDT
BRIDGEPORT -
The candidates running for governor in Connecticut will be out campaigning for votes this holiday weekend.
Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican Bob Stefanowski have already started airing ads attacking each other on key issues.
One ad accuses Lamont of wanting to expand the property tax, possibly with a statewide tax on cars.
In response to the ad, Lamont now says he does not want to replace local car taxes with a statewide one.
"Takes words totally out of context," Lamont says. "I think people know that I am the candidate that's going to cut property tax."
According to a new poll, Lamont is currently leading the race by nine points. However, Stefanowski's campaign says their internal polls show the race is much tighter.
"You've got Ned Lamont, on tape, saying he's going to raise taxes," Stefanowski says. "I'm going to try like heck to get rid of the income tax, but I guarantee you it's going to go down."
Both candidates will be in Newtown on Monday for the Labor Day parade.
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Candidates in Greenwich are gearing up for a special election in the 151st Assembly District.
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Updated: Saturday, January 18 2020 5:20 PM EST2020-01-18 22:20:25 GMT
Congressional candidate Robert Hyde is under FBI investigation after he claimed to stalk a foreign ambassador.
Republican Brian Farnen wins 132nd district special election in Fairfield
Updated: Tuesday, January 14 2020 10:02 PM EST2020-01-15 03:02:28 GMT
Republican Brian Farnen won the special election for the 132nd district in Fairfield Tuesday.
132nd District hopefuls campaign at Fairfield train station ahead of special election
132nd District hopefuls campaigned outside Fairfield train station Monday ahead of tomorrow's special election.
Fairfield candidates hit campaign trail ahead of special election for state House seat
Fairfield candidates made the final push to secure votes Sunday in the special election race for the state House seat in the 132nd Assembly District.
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Westport family who lost everything in house fire receives outpouring of support from community
A Westport family impacted by a fire is thanking the community for its love and support in the wake of the tragedy.
Sorority makes clothes for children to honor Martin Luther King Jr. service day in Bridgeport
Bridgeport community members are coming together to honor Martin Luther King Jr. by giving back to those in need.
Sacred Heart University brings home National Cheer Championship title for first time
The Sacred Heart University cheerleading team won the 2020 All Girls Division I National Championship in Florida this weekend.
Town of Orange fire marshal killed in car accident
Police say the beloved Town of Orange Fire Marshal Tim Smith died in a car accident in Woodbridge Sunday.
Police: Man charged for stealing over $6,000 worth of items from Fairfield home
Updated: Monday, January 20 2020 10:09 AM EST2020-01-20 15:09:50 GMT
Police say a man has been charged for stealing from a Fairfield home while the residents were inside.


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Herlocker and Pardalos Selected for CS&E's Distinguished Alumni Award
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering has selected alums Jon Herlocker (Ph.D. '00) and Panos Pardalos (Ph.D. '85) for our biennial Distinguished Alumni Award. The award recognizes CS&E alumni who have spent their professional and research careers contributing pivotal work to the greater computer science community. They were presented with the awards during our 50th Anniversary Celebration dinner on November 22, 2019.
Jon Herlocker is an industry-leading technologist experienced in both on-premises enterprise software and consumer SaaS businesses. He has deep technical experience in multiple areas including designing and operating scale-out distributed systems and applying machine learning and data analytics to decision problems. He also has significant experience and training in human-computer interaction and user experience design.
Prior to co-founding Tignis, he was Vice President and CTO of VMware's Cloud Management Business Unit. Other positions include CTO of Mozy, and CTO of EMC's Cloud Services division. Jon is an experienced entrepreneur having founded two other startup companies. He is a former tenured professor of Computer Science at Oregon State University, and his highly-cited academic research work was awarded the prestigious 2010 ACM Software System Award for contributions to the field of recommendation systems.
Jon holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota, and a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Lewis and Clark College.
Panos Pardalos is a Distinguished Professor and the Paul and Heidi Brown Preeminent Professor in the Departments of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida, and a world renowned leader in Global Optimization, Mathematical Modeling, and Data Sciences. He is a Fellow of AAAS, AIMBE, and INFORMS and was awarded the 2013 Constantin Caratheodory Prize of the International Society of Global Optimization. In addition, Dr. Pardalos has been awarded the 2013 EURO Gold Medal prize bestowed by the Association for European Operational Research Societies. This medal is the preeminent European award given to Operations Research (OR) professionals for "scientific contributions that stand the test of time."
Dr. Pardalos has been awarded a prestigious Humboldt Research Award (2018-2019). The Humboldt Research Award is granted in recognition of a researcher's entire achievements to date – fundamental discoveries, new theories, insights that have had significant impact on their discipline.
Dr. Pardalos is also a Member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, the Royal Academy of Spain, and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He is the Founding Editor of Optimization Letters, Energy Systems, and Co-Founder of the International Journal of Global Optimization, and Computational Management Science. He has published over 500 journal papers, and edited/authored over 200 books. He is one of the most cited authors in computer sciences and has graduated 63 PhD students so far. Details can be found in www.ise.ufl.edu/pardalos.
Please join the department in extending our congratulations to Jon and Panos.


Moving on from and coping with illness can be a rollercoaster ride. We appreciate that everyone is an individual and will need different things at different times.
WSC has a variety of staff members who act as support workers. They are here to listen, help, support and plan. We may not always be the right people for the job though, so we have many partners who can step in with advice and guidance when we can't. So whether the need is emotional, financial, practical or social we want to help you find the best solution. You never need to feel alone with a problem, we always want to hear from you.
Support staff can be found in the lounge area of the centre. You can ask them directly for support and private rooms are available if you need a chat.
You will also meet with other service users who may have had similar experiences themselves. By building social relationships in the centre, many people come to value the support and lived experience of their peers.
As a centre our ethos is grounded in the belief that compassion and care help people to feel better. No one should ever feel alone or ignored at WSC. If it means something to you, it means something to us.
If you have any questions regarding Support, please contact our Senior Support Worker Paula Cresswell.


This holiday weekend lots of people will be traveling with their pets. More and more pet-friendly restaurants and hotels are springing up all over the country. The following is a list of some things to think about before hitting the road with your furry companion.
Call ahead to be sure you will not be turned away when you arrive at your destination. Check all regulations such as size of dog, requirements for kennels, etc. before leaving home. Most national parks allow dogs at the campgrounds, though for the most part dogs are not allowed on hiking trails.
Never ever leave your pet in a parked car. Pets can overheat much faster than people. Even a few minutes in a hot vehicle can be fatal.
Always keep a collar with current tags on your pet. Create a new id tag for your dog with a local number, your cell phone number or address of your destination.
Be sure to bring all your dogs' paper work. Vet records could be important if you dog were to become sick or injured. It is especially important to remember the rabies certificate.
Take frequent potty breaks. Having to 'hold it' too long can cause health problems like urinary tract infections.
Try to keep beds, blankets, bowls and toys the same as they are at home. Bring along at least one of your dogs favorite toys. Also, be sure to bring at least one leash. Keeping food consistent will help reduce the risk of an upset tummy.
Take along a first aid kit for you and your pet. Include the essentials like bandages, wound cleanser, tweezers and a soft muzzle. Does your dog take medication? Don't forget to bring it. Take along some Rescue Remedy, a flower essence that will help minimize stress in new situations.
Wishing you all safe travels this holiday weekend!
There has been a lot of information in the press about the health benefits of seaweed or kelp. Seaweed is a rich source of micro-nutrients, amino acids and trace elements. What you might not have realized is that kelp has health benefits for dogs and cats too!
If you decide to add kelp to your dog's diet be sure to seek out a high quality product. Your vet or local pet store should be able to point you in the right direction.
Feed sustainably produced and organic dog foods. The Whole Dog Journal offers an excellent review of commercial dog foods including steps that the companies are taking to reduce their environmental impact.
Pick-up after your dog. Dog droppings can introduce parasites and toxins into the environment which can contaminate a stream or field just as human or livestock waste can. When picking-up after your dog use biodegradable bags. These bags will breakdown faster allowing their contents to do the same.
Choose natural cleaners for your household as well as for your dog. Reducing the chemicals in your dog's living space can help reduce allergies and exposure to potentially harmful toxins.
Practice organic gardening and avoid exposing yourself and your dog to harmful chemicals and pesticides in the yard and garden.
Wash your dog less. Over shampooing can lead to dry skin and itchiness. Less frequent washing helps conserve water.
Recycle or re-use packaging whenever possible.
Buy eco-friendly pet products. Your dog may not be concerned about global warming and deforestation but it's become clear that many dog owners are. This has resulted in more options for eco-friendly pet products including organic dog beds, organic dog food and treats, and biodegradable poop bags. Even dog toys are going green. Manufacturers are using materials for toys that are non-toxic and recyclable. There are soft toys made of organically grown fibers and colored with natural dyes. Check some of these out the next time you are in the market for a new toy or treat for your four-legged friend.
Supporting the local community is very important to us. Participating in several local farmers markets provides us with one way to connect with our customers and the community. We thoroughly enjoy seeing all our wonderful friends (both human and canine) every week, and appreciate them taking the time to come out and support their local farmers and crafters. We also enjoy the opportunity to do a little shopping and stock our pantry with wonderful local products including cheese, vegetables and baked goods.
There are lots of good reasons to buy local. I'd like to mention just a few.
Local food is fresher and tastes better. Local farmers can offer produce varieties you might not find in the grocery stores. These varieties are bred for taste and freshness.
You'll strengthen your local economy. Buying local food keeps your dollars circulating in your community.
You'll support endangered family farms. Buying local produce and products ensures that the money you spend on food goes to the farmer.
You'll safeguard your family's health. Knowing where your food comes from and how it is grown or raised enables you to choose safe food from farmers who avoid or reduce their use of chemicals, pesticides, hormones, antibiotics.
You'll protect the environment. Local food doesn't have to travel far. This reduces carbon dioxide emissions and packing materials.
Please come see us at the Saco Farmer's Market on Saturdays from 7am to noon or the Freeport Community Market at L.L. Bean, Fridays from 2 to 5:30. Beginning in November you will find us at the Brunswick Winter Market, a unique winter market located in the Fort Andross Building. This market takes place on Saturday mornings from 9 to 12:30. We look forward to seeing you at market!
While doing some reading I came across some fun dog facts. I just want to share a few.
15% of dogs sleep in their owner's bed and another 20% sleep in the same room.
The most tennis balls ever held in a dog's mouth was 5. This was accomplished by a golden retriever named Augie. My golden retriever somehow managed to get three in his mouth at once!
Dogs can be trained to smell the presence of diabetes in humans and are correct 90% of the time.
Dogs can smile. Dogs relax when they are happy which causes their mouth to open showing their teeth and looking like a smile.
Puppies do not wag their tails until they are about 3 weeks old and some take as long as 7 weeks. They are born with their eyes closed and cannot see or hear for approx 3 weeks. They also learn to walk around that same time.
Welcome! This blog is designed to be a resource for people about everything dog and cat. We offer practical tips on how to keep your pets happy and healthy. Look for information about behavior, health, nutrition, products and more.


Fast trains from Perpignan to Figueres take around 21 minutes, covering a distance of approximately 48 kilometres. There are frequent services on the rail route between Perpignan and Figueres.
1. Are there direct trains from Perpignan to Figueres?
Direct trains from Perpignan to Figueres have been found.
We usually find around 15 direct trains on the route from Perpignan to Figueres every weekday.
2. How long is the train journey from Perpignan to Figueres?
The Perpignan to Figueres train travel time is normally about 21 minutes, whatever time you make the journey.
3. What are the Perpignan to Figueres train times and schedule?
On weekdays the earliest direct train to Figueres is usually scheduled to depart Perpignan around 10:00 and the last train is around 21:26. This is the same at the weekend.
What's the Perpignan to Figueres train price?
The earlier you book the better, and the cheapest tickets we've found for trains from Perpignan to Figueres are $18.98.
Trains departing 30 days in advance will cost around $21 while booking 7 days in advance the price is around $22. Booking on the day of travel is likely to be more expensive, so it is worth booking in advance if you can to save money.
When to book Perpignan to Figueres train tickets?
Trains for this journey usually open for booking around 6 months in advance. If booking is not yet open for your dates then you can set a booking alert to receive an email on the day that the cheapest tickets are released for your journey from Perpignan to Figueres by train.
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DICE Explains the Process of Bringing Boba Fett to Life in Star Wars Battlefront
By Archie Paras
The Star Wars Battlefront blog has posted some details on the designing process of both the weapons and play-style of Boba Fett.
Boba Fett is one powerful character in Star Wars Battlefront being able to soar across the multiplayer maps
Being equipped with a jetpack Boba Fett becomes very powerful compared to other characters, giving players the ability to soar across the large multiplayer maps. In his arsenal Boba Fett also has an EE-3 Carbine Rifle and his iconic wrist launchers from the original movie trilogy.
"When we first designed Boba Fett's flight pack, it quickly became clear that the ability to fly unhindered was very powerful compared to other characters who didn't have that ability," Jamie Keen explains. "For instance, when Boba Fett was facing off with Luke Skywalker in early development, it was unbalanced as there were no limitations placed upon his flight capability. That's why we've added a fuel mechanic which forces Boba Fett to land from time to time before he can take off again."
If you're facing off against Luke and your opponent can anticipate these landings, you might find yourself in a close encounter situation. But, once you're up in the air again, you can continue to take pot shots at Luke, which can in turn be deflected – a good example of the tactical dynamic the fights between Heroes and Villains contain.
Once you've had some time with Boba Fett, the flow of battle will be you shooting at enemies with your EE-3, and then punctuating that with either a rocket or flame attack whether you're on the ground or in the sky. The chance to play around with different attack patterns like these is something the DICE team is very excited about.
Electronic Arts has released a new gameplay trailer for Star Wars Battlefront at Gamescom, showcasing the impressive Fighter Squadron Mode, bringing to life epic iconic dogfights.
For fans of the epic Star Wars scenes with Rebel and Imperial ships facing off in intense dogfights, Fighter Squadron is the ultimate Star Wars Battlefront game mode.
Now, you can witness this airborne action in the Fighter Squadron gameplay trailer. Stick around to the end. You'll find it's full of surprises.
Featuring iconic Rebel X-Wings and A-Wings, as well as the dreaded Imperial Tie Fighters and Tie Interceptors, Fighter Squadron lets you engage in aerial battles with up to 20 players, and AI-controlled ships joining the fight. Hit the link below for all details.
Star Wars Battlefront was the big winner at the Gamescom Awards winning a total of five awards.
Star Wars Battlefront will be available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on November 19, 2015. We will bring you any new information on Star Wars Battlefront as soon as it becomes available.
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Lipid domain formation and ligand-receptor distribution in lipid bilayer membranes investigated by atomic force microscopy
Thomas Kaasgaard, O.G. Mouritsen, K. Jørgensen
A novel experimental technique, based on atomic force microscopy (AFM), is proposed to visualize the lateral organization of membrane systems in the nanometer range. The technique involves the use of a ligand-receptor pair, biotin-avidin, which introduces a height variation on a solid-supported lipid bilayer membrane. This leads to a height amplification of the lateral membrane organization that is large enough to be clearly imaged by scanning AFM. The power of the technique is demonstrated for a binary dipalmitoylphosphocholine-diarachidoylphosphocholine lipid mixture which is shown to exhibit a distinct lateral lipid domain formation. The new and simple ligand-receptor-based AFM approach opens up new ways to investigate lipid membrane microstructure in the nanometer range as well as the lateral distribution of ligand-lipid and receptor-protein complexes in supported membrane systems.
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Kaasgaard, T., Mouritsen, O. G., & Jørgensen, K. (2002). Lipid domain formation and ligand-receptor distribution in lipid bilayer membranes investigated by atomic force microscopy. FEBS Letters, 515(1-3), 29-34.
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Emmanuel Raufflet (PhD Management, McGill University) is an Associate Professor of Management at HEC Montréal. His research is concerned with the changing relations between organizations and their social and natural environments, and organizations that bring about social change and innovation. He studied the role and responsibilities of international firms in developing areas with F. Bird and J. Smucker (2004) (International businesses and the dilemma of development, Case studies on global responsibilities and the practices of businesses in developing areas, volume 2. MacMillan Press: London). Mr. Raufflet has also researched forest management in Mexico (Cambio Institucional en el Manejo de los Bosques de Tlalmanalco, Mexico, Plaza y Valdes-UAM Editores: Mexico, 2004). He was a guest professor at ESSEC Business School (France) in 2002 and ITESM Mexico City in 1999. A French and Canadian national, he has lived in Spain, Brazil, and Mexico. He is currently publishing a volume on corporate social responsibility. He received the Prix de Pédagogie –Assistant Professor, HEC Montréal in 2006 as well as the Emerson Award for best Case in Business Ethics at NACRA (North American Case Research Association) in 2005 and in 2007. He is the pedagogical co-director of the Graduate Degree in Management and Sustainable Development at HEC Montréal.


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Human Resources Season 2 Release Date To Show Up Soon!
November 28, 2022 March 17, 2022 by Arslan Khan
Human Resources is an upcoming American adult animated television show. This tv show is a spin-off to Big Mouth, which centers around the work/office of Hormone Monsters shown in this tv show. This is created by Andrew Goldberg, Mark Levin, Kelly Galuska, Nick Kroll, and Jennifer Flackett which is going to release on March 18, 2022. This spin-off was originally announced in October 2019.
Human Resources, a spin-off set in the same world as the series, received a blanket order from Netflix on October 3, 2019. Producers include Kroll, Goldberg, Levin, Joe Wengert, Flackett, Kelly Galuska, and Nate Funaro, More information on the series, involving casting, was released on June 14, 2021.
Pamela Adlon has signed the spin-off, repeating her character as Sonya the Lovebug, while Goodman and Palmer's roles have been disclosed as of October 15, 2021. Thandiwe Newton, Rosie Perez, Bobby Cannavale, Maria Bamford, Henry Winkler, and Jemaine Clement, were cast in the series on January 12, 2022, with Cannavale, Bamford, Newton, and Clement returning their Big Mouth roles. The first episode of the series will be published on March 18, 2022.
The spin-off will star Lupita Nyong'o, Harvey Guillén, Chris O'Dowd, Hugh Jackman, Janelle Monáe, Tim Robinson, Mike Birbiglia, Helen Mirren, and Ali Wong, according to an official trailer released on March 1, 2022. Wong has voiced recurrent character Ali since the third installment, while Jackman earlier guest-starred in Big Mouth as a fictionalized version of himself portraying one of Maury's dicks. Following month, Kroll used social media to disclose the rest of the cast for the show. One of them is John Mulaney, who also voiced Andrew Glouberman and worked as a consultant producer on Big Mouth.
Human Resources Season 2 Release Date
As season one is yet to come, it is a bit hard to say whether the show's second season going to be made or not. The first season is going to be released on Netflix on March 18, 2022, only then it would be easier to say that show will renew for another season.
According to some reports, the show's creators have some plans for this spin-off series, so there are high possibilities that the show will get another season. However, this is not an official update, it is just some rumors going around on the internet.
So, the latest information is that the show is not renewed just yet, first we need to wait for season one to be released, then maybe the creators make an official announcement related to the show's future. Until then the information is that show is not renewed.
As of now, that's all the information we have got, if we get any further updates related to the show's future we will make sure to update the page with the latest and newest information.
Human Resources Season 1 Release Date March 18, 2022
Human Resources Season 2 Release Date Not Announced
Human Resources Season 2 Update Release Date
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Big Mouth Story
The series follows a group of adolescent 7th graders, featuring best friends Nick Birch and Andrew Glouberman, as they navigate puberty in the Westchester District suburbs of New York, dealing with issues such as masturbation and sexual arousal. The hormone monsters: Maurice (who bothers Andrew and Matthew and sometimes Nick), Connie—the hormone female monster (who bothers Jessi and Nick and occasionally Missy), and Mona (who bothers Jessi and Nick and rarely Missy) are behaving as over-sexualized shoulder saints (who mainly pesters Missy).
The kids engage with the ghost of Duke Ellington, a European Statue of Liberty, a cushion capable of becoming pregnant, a bar of Adderall, or even Jessi's vulva during the series. As adolescence takes their toll on their minds and bodies, they seek their destiny.
About Big Mouth
In the series, Kroll plays his fictional younger self, which is inspired by Kroll and Goldberg's childhood in upstate New York. "Encompassing a candidness about the human body and sex," Big Mouth addresses puberty.
The first season, consisting of 10 episodes, was released on Netflix on September 29, 2017, and the second season was aired on October 5, 2018. The third season premiered on 8th February 2019, with a special episode of Valentine's day concluded on October 4, 2019, with the remainder of the season. In July 2019, Netflix renewed the show for a series finale.
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Flood: Lawmakers Urge Buhari to Request N100bn Supplementary Budget from N'Assembly
• Seek N200bn in 2023 budget for mitigation
• Direct release of N5bn for 36 states, FCT
Following the devastating effects of flooding nationwide, the House of Representatives has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to make an urgent request for supplementary budget from the National Assembly in the sum of N1 billion or more, to the Ecological Project Office (EPO) as Intervention Fund for Mitigation, Recovery and Relieve Programmes across the nation.
The lawmakers also urged the Federal Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and Office of the Accountant General of the Federation to release immediately the sum of N5 billion into the already created Special Ecological Fund Account of each state of the federation and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to mitigate the effect of flooding.
The House mandated its Committee on Appropriation to make provision of N200 billion in the 2023 appropriation year for the Ecological Project Office in the Presidency for — flood preparedness, mitigation response and relief packages.
It also mandated its Committee on Legislative Agenda to coordinate a technical working group between the Executive and Legislature, as well as industrial experts and stakeholders to articulate an action plan to forestall a repeat of such flood and erosion disaster in 2023 and beyond.
The resolutions followed the adoption of a motion of urgent national importance sponsored by Hon. Henry Nwawuba and Hon. Ibrahim Isiaka at the resumption of plenary Monday.
Moving the motion, Nwawuba noted that Nigeria is passing through the devastating effects of flood, which are caused by a combination of factors such as heavy rains, which makes flood control and management a perennial challenge.
He also noted that with each passing year, the impacts of flooding keep getting worse, with damages to property, dangers to lives of humans and other species, traffic delay, interference with drainage and economic use of lands.
He said the House is aware that in 2022, 33 out of 36 states and the FCT are affected, over 600 people killed and over 1.4 million people displaced.
He said: "Conscious that food inflation, which typically falls during the harvest season, has defied the trend this year, due to the compound effect of flooding and structural bottle necks. Informed by the most recent announcement on Monday, 7th November, 2022 by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to the effect that the heavy downpour will re-occur next year 2023."
Adopting the motion, the House mandated its committee on legislative compliance to ensure compliance and report back within one week.


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Malaysians will cast their votes on May 9 in the country's 14th General Election, the Election Commission announced on Tuesday (April 10), according to The Star.
The deadline for nominations will be April 28 and early voting will take place on May 5, giving political parties just 11 days to campaign, four days less than the previous election.
According to The Star, EC chairman Tan Sri Mohd Hashim Abdullah said that a total of 14,940,627 Malaysians are eligible to vote, up from 13,268,002 in 2013.
The election is expected to be a tight race between the ruling BN coalition under current Prime Minister Najib Razak and opposition alliance Pakatan Harapan headed by his former mentor Mahathir Mohamad.
The ruling coalition has experienced a decline in its popularity in the past two elections, losing its two-thirds majority in 2008 and the popular vote in 2013. The 2015 scandal involving 1Malaysia Development Berhad, a sovereign wealth fund set up by Najib, has also threatened the prime minister's reputation.
The announcement that Polling Day will fall on a Wednesday sparked concerns about voter turnout.
Electoral watchdog Bersih 2.0 pointed out that the weekday poll date will make it difficult for Malaysians return home for voting, especially those who have to make the trip from peninsular Malaysia to Sabah or Sarawak or vice versa, The Star reported.
Similar concerns were raised by opposition politicians.
State DAP chief Liew Chin Tong said that by making it difficult for urban voters, Barisan Nasional assumed that the rural and semi-rural voters would continue to back it, The Star reported.
Opposition leader Mahathir said that the polling date would make it especially difficult for those working abroad to cast their votes.
"We have about 500,000 Malaysians working in Singapore. They should be voting but now they are deprived of their right," he told a press conference, according to The Star.
The Prime Minister's Office announced yesterday that May 9 will be a public holiday.