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Q: Tikzpicture in wrapfigure affects rest of the pages The wrapfigure does its job. I wanted two tikzpictures to be at the right side of the page. Like this:
But then if I look at the next page, it's like the wrapfigure just goes on at the right side:

This is the code I'm using:
    \documentclass[11pt]{article}
    \usepackage{tikz}
    \usepackage{wrapfig}
    \begin{document}
    \begin{center}
\section{Een mier op een piramide}
\end{center}
\hrulefill \\
De piramide in de figuur hiernaast heeft een vierkant grondvlak $ABCD$ met zijde 1. Het punt $T$ ligt loodrecht boven het punt $D$. $TD = \sqrt{2}.$ \\ \\
Een mier loopt van punt A via een punt op de ribbe $BT$ naar punt $C$, zo dat de weg $A - P - C$ zo kort mogelijk is. \\
\begin{wrapfigure}{R}{5cm}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.75]
\coordinate [label=above left:A] (A) at (0,0,4);
\coordinate [label=below right:B] (B) at (4,0,4);
\coordinate [label=above right:C] (C) at (4,0,0);
\coordinate [label=above left:D] (D) at (0,0,0);
\coordinate [label=above:T] (T) at (0,5,0);
\coordinate [label=above right:P] (P) at (3,2,3.5);

\draw[color=gray, style=dashed] (0,0) -- (4,0,0);
\draw[color=gray, style=dashed] (0,0) -- (0,5,0);
\draw[color=gray, style=dashed] (0,0) -- (0,0,4);
\draw (0,5,0) -- (0,0,4) -- (4,0,4) -- (0,5,0) -- (4,0,0) -- (4,0,4);
\draw (0,0,4) -- (3,2,3.5) -- (4,0,0);
\end{tikzpicture}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.75]
\coordinate [label=below left:A] (A) at (0,0);
\coordinate [label=left:$\sqrt{3}$] (X) at (0,2.5);
\coordinate [label=below:$1$] (X) at (1.5,0);
\coordinate [label=below right:B] (B) at (3,0);
\coordinate [label=below left:T] (T) at (0,5);
\coordinate [label=above left:$2$] (X) at (2.75,2.5);
\coordinate [label=above right:P] (P) at (2.16,1.43);

\draw (0,0) -- (0,5) -- (3,0) -- (0,0);
\draw (0,0) -- (2.16,1.43);
\draw (2.22,1.3) -- (2.13,1.24) -- (2.06,1.35);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{wrapfigure}

\subsection*{7. Bereken exact de lengte van lijnstuk $TP$.}
$BD = \sqrt{1^2+1^2}= \sqrt{2}$ \\ \\
In $\triangle BDT$ is $TD=\sqrt{2}$ en $BD = \sqrt{2}$. \\
Dus $BT=\sqrt{(\sqrt{2})^2+(\sqrt{2})^2}=\sqrt{2+2}=2$. \\ \\
In $\triangle ADT$ is $AT=\sqrt{1^2+(\sqrt{2})^2}=\sqrt{3}$.
\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\
De oppervlakte van $\triangle ABT$ hiernaast is $\dfrac{1}{2} \cdot 1 \cdot \sqrt{3}=\dfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{3}$ \\
De oppervlakte kun je ook berekenen door: \\ $\dfrac{1}{2} \cdot BT \cdot AP = \dfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{3}$ \\ \\
$\dfrac{1}{2} \cdot 2 \cdot AP = \dfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{3}$ \\ \\
$AP = \dfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{3}$ \\ \\
In $\triangle APT$ is $TP=\sqrt{(\sqrt{3})^2-(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{3})^2}=1\frac{1}{2}$.

\newpage

\begin{tikzpicture}[baseline={(current bounding box.center)}]
  \draw[step=1cm,color=gray!20] (-3,-2) grid (6,6);
  \draw[-] (-3,0) -- (6,0) node[right] {$x$};
  \draw (0,0) node[below left] {$O$};
  \draw[-] (0,-2) -- (0,6) node[above] {$y$};
  \foreach \x in {-3, -2, -1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
    \draw (\x cm,1pt) -- (\x cm,-1pt) node[anchor=north] {$\x$};
  \foreach \y in {-2, -1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
    \draw (1pt,\y cm) -- (-1pt,\y cm) node[anchor=east] {$\y$};
  \draw[blue] (-2,4) node[below left] {$k$};
  \draw[black] (4,5) node[above left] {$A$};
  \clip (-3,-2) rectangle (6,6);
  \draw[scale=1,smooth,variable=\x,blue,domain=-3:6] plot ({\x},{(-4/3)*\x});
  \draw[dashed,scale=1,smooth,variable=\x,red,domain=-3:6] plot ({\x},{(3/4)*\x+2});
  \draw[fill=black](4,5) circle(0.5mm);
  \draw[red](-0.96,1.28) -- (-1.04,1.386666666667) -- (-0.94,1.46) -- (-0.86,1.355) -- cycle ;
\end{tikzpicture}

\newpage

\begin{center}
\section{Bronnen en reflectie}
\end{center}
\hrulefill \\
\subsection{Bronnen}
\subsubsection{Internet}
Bij het maken van deze opdracht heb ik de volgende sites gebruikt, u kunt erop klikken:
\begin{itemize}
\item \url{http://www.texample.net/tikz/}
\item \url{http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/}
\item \url{https://nl.sharelatex.com/learn/Main_Page}
\item \url{http://www.wiskunde-uitwerkingen.nl/Vwo/wiskundeD/VD09%20Lijnen%20en%20cirkels.pdf}
\item \url{http://www.wiskunde-uitwerkingen.nl/Vwo/wiskundeB/VB07%20Differentiaalrekening.pdf}
\item \url{http://www.wiskunde-uitwerkingen.nl/Vwo/wiskundeB/VB09%20Exponentiele%20en%20logaritmische%20functies.pdf}
\\ \\
Als ik er echt niet uit kwam, stelde ik een vraag op een forum speciaal voor \LaTeX:
\item \url{http://tex.stackexchange.com}
\end{itemize}

\subsubsection{Boeken}
Ik heb ook gebruik gemaakt van een aantal boeken, namelijk:
\begin{itemize}
\item Werken met \LaTeX, geschreven door D.C. van der Leeden
\item Getal en Ruimte wiskunde D deel 3: gemengde opgaven H9 opgave 2bc; uitleg op blz. 18
\item Getal en Ruimte wiskunde B deel 2: gemengde opgaven H5 opgave 4a, 4b; gemengde opgaven H7 opgave 29ac
\item Getal en Ruimte wiskunde B deel 3: gemengde opgaven H9 opgave 1b, 2bc
\end{itemize}
\subsubsection{Toetsen}
Ik heb ook een aantal opgaven uit de toetsen van dit jaar en vorig jaar:
\begin{itemize}
\item Wiskunde B VWO 5 H7 en H9 t/m opgave 11
\item Wiskunde D VWO 4 H1 en H2
\end{itemize}

\subsection{Reflectie}
Het installeren van \LaTeX was geen probleem. Echter, toen we het op 6 november op moesten sturen kreeg ik foutmeldingen over de pakketten die niet geïnstalleerd zouden zijn, zoals tikz. Uiteindelijk begon ik rond 10 november en elke dag werkte ik er ongeveer een uurtje aan om \LaTeX onder de knie te krijgen. \\
Begin deze week heb ik eindelijk tikz en alle andere pakketten kunnen installeren waardoor ik de grafieken e.d. erin kon zetten. Ik heb in totaal ongeveer 14 uur gewerkt aan dit document. \\
Een saaie opdracht vond ik het zeker niet. Ik ben altijd al ge"{i}nteresseerd geweest in computers en wiskunde, een combinatie daarvan is daarom extra leuk! \\
Het hebben van informatica als vak was hierbij ook een voordeel, je kan \LaTeX \ code namelijk vergelijken met HTML. \\ \\
Al met al vond ik het een zeer leerzame en leuke opdracht!

\end{document}

A: First off, remember to provide all packages in order to be able to typeset your MWE properly, since yours lacked the packages hyperref  and amssymb, amsmath causing some errors as highlighted in the comments.
I also added a package (sectsty) and a command in the preamble in order to center your section headings, \begin{center} is not the appropriate way to do this.
I fixed your problem by enclosing the Tikz pictures up to the end of the subsection, by using the \begingroup and \endgroup. See also Gonzalo Medina's answer to read more about it. The difference is that the \setlength\intextsep{0pt} command is not needed in this case (as far as I've noticed), so you can just use the two tags above.

\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{amssymb, amsmath}
\usepackage{sectsty} % Allows the commands for centering section headings

\allsectionsfont{\centering} % This centers section headings

\begin{document}
\section{Een mier op een piramide}

\hrulefill \\
De piramide in de figuur hiernaast heeft een vierkant grondvlak $ABCD$ met zijde 1. Het punt $T$ ligt loodrecht boven het punt $D$. $TD = \sqrt{2}.$ \\ \\
Een mier loopt van punt A via een punt op de ribbe $BT$ naar punt $C$, zo dat de weg $A - P - C$ zo kort mogelijk is. \\
\begingroup
\begin{wrapfigure}{R}{3cm}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.75]
\coordinate [label=above left:A] (A) at (0,0,4);
\coordinate [label=below right:B] (B) at (4,0,4);
\coordinate [label=above right:C] (C) at (4,0,0);
\coordinate [label=above left:D] (D) at (0,0,0);
\coordinate [label=above:T] (T) at (0,5,0);
\coordinate [label=above right:P] (P) at (3,2,3.5);

\draw[color=gray, style=dashed] (0,0) -- (4,0,0);
\draw[color=gray, style=dashed] (0,0) -- (0,5,0);
\draw[color=gray, style=dashed] (0,0) -- (0,0,4);
\draw (0,5,0) -- (0,0,4) -- (4,0,4) -- (0,5,0) -- (4,0,0) -- (4,0,4);
\draw (0,0,4) -- (3,2,3.5) -- (4,0,0);
\end{tikzpicture}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.75]
\coordinate [label=below left:A] (A) at (0,0);
\coordinate [label=left:$\sqrt{3}$] (X) at (0,2.5);
\coordinate [label=below:$1$] (X) at (1.5,0);
\coordinate [label=below right:B] (B) at (3,0);
\coordinate [label=below left:T] (T) at (0,5);
\coordinate [label=above left:$2$] (X) at (2.75,2.5);
\coordinate [label=above right:P] (P) at (2.16,1.43);

\draw (0,0) -- (0,5) -- (3,0) -- (0,0);
\draw (0,0) -- (2.16,1.43);
\draw (2.22,1.3) -- (2.13,1.24) -- (2.06,1.35);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{wrapfigure}

\subsection*{7. Bereken exact de lengte van lijnstuk $TP$.}

$BD = \sqrt{1^2+1^2}= \sqrt{2}$ \\ \\
In $\triangle BDT$ is $TD=\sqrt{2}$ en $BD = \sqrt{2}$. \\
Dus $BT=\sqrt{(\sqrt{2})^2+(\sqrt{2})^2}=\sqrt{2+2}=2$. \\ \\
In $\triangle ADT$ is $AT=\sqrt{1^2+(\sqrt{2})^2}=\sqrt{3}$.
\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\
De oppervlakte van $\triangle ABT$ hiernaast is $\dfrac{1}{2} \cdot 1 \cdot \sqrt{3}=\dfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{3}$ \\ \\
De oppervlakte kun je ook berekenen door: \\ $\dfrac{1}{2} \cdot BT \cdot AP = \dfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{3}$ \\ \\
$\dfrac{1}{2} \cdot 2 \cdot AP = \dfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{3}$ \\
$AP = \dfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{3}$ \\
In $\triangle APT$ is $TP=\sqrt{(\sqrt{3})^2-(\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{3})^2}=1\frac{1}{2}$.
\endgroup

\newpage

\begin{tikzpicture}[baseline={(current bounding box.center)}]
  \draw[step=1cm,color=gray!20] (-3,-2) grid (6,6);
  \draw[-] (-3,0) -- (6,0) node[right] {$x$};
  \draw (0,0) node[below left] {$O$};
  \draw[-] (0,-2) -- (0,6) node[above] {$y$};
  \foreach \x in {-3, -2, -1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
    \draw (\x cm,1pt) -- (\x cm,-1pt) node[anchor=north] {$\x$};
  \foreach \y in {-2, -1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
    \draw (1pt,\y cm) -- (-1pt,\y cm) node[anchor=east] {$\y$};
  \draw[blue] (-2,4) node[below left] {$k$};
  \draw[black] (4,5) node[above left] {$A$};
  \clip (-3,-2) rectangle (6,6);
  \draw[scale=1,smooth,variable=\x,blue,domain=-3:6] plot ({\x},{(-4/3)*\x});
  \draw[dashed,scale=1,smooth,variable=\x,red,domain=-3:6] plot ({\x},{(3/4)*\x+2});
  \draw[fill=black](4,5) circle(0.5mm);
  \draw[red](-0.96,1.28) -- (-1.04,1.386666666667) -- (-0.94,1.46) -- (-0.86,1.355) -- cycle ;
\end{tikzpicture}

\newpage

\section{Bronnen en reflectie}

\hrulefill \\
\subsection{Bronnen}
\subsubsection{Internet}
Bij het maken van deze opdracht heb ik de volgende sites gebruikt, u kunt erop klikken:
\begin{itemize}
\item \url{http://www.texample.net/tikz/}
\item \url{http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/}
\item \url{https://nl.sharelatex.com/learn/Main_Page}
\item \url{http://www.wiskunde-uitwerkingen.nl/Vwo/wiskundeD/VD09%20Lijnen%20en%20cirkels.pdf}
\item \url{http://www.wiskunde-uitwerkingen.nl/Vwo/wiskundeB/VB07%20Differentiaalrekening.pdf}
\item \url{http://www.wiskunde-uitwerkingen.nl/Vwo/wiskundeB/VB09%20Exponentiele%20en%20logaritmische%20functies.pdf}
\\ \\
Als ik er echt niet uit kwam, stelde ik een vraag op een forum speciaal voor \LaTeX:
\item \url{http://tex.stackexchange.com}
\end{itemize}

\subsubsection{Boeken}
Ik heb ook gebruik gemaakt van een aantal boeken, namelijk:
\begin{itemize}
\item Werken met \LaTeX, geschreven door D.C. van der Leeden
\item Getal en Ruimte wiskunde D deel 3: gemengde opgaven H9 opgave 2bc; uitleg op blz. 18
\item Getal en Ruimte wiskunde B deel 2: gemengde opgaven H5 opgave 4a, 4b; gemengde opgaven H7 opgave 29ac
\item Getal en Ruimte wiskunde B deel 3: gemengde opgaven H9 opgave 1b, 2bc
\end{itemize}
\subsubsection{Toetsen}
Ik heb ook een aantal opgaven uit de toetsen van dit jaar en vorig jaar:
\begin{itemize}
\item Wiskunde B VWO 5 H7 en H9 t/m opgave 11
\item Wiskunde D VWO 4 H1 en H2
\end{itemize}

\subsection{Reflectie}
Het installeren van \LaTeX was geen probleem. Echter, toen we het op 6 november op moesten sturen kreeg ik foutmeldingen over de pakketten die niet geïnstalleerd zouden zijn, zoals tikz. Uiteindelijk begon ik rond 10 november en elke dag werkte ik er ongeveer een uurtje aan om \LaTeX onder de knie te krijgen. \\
Begin deze week heb ik eindelijk tikz en alle andere pakketten kunnen installeren waardoor ik de grafieken e.d. erin kon zetten. Ik heb in totaal ongeveer 14 uur gewerkt aan dit document. \\
Een saaie opdracht vond ik het zeker niet. Ik ben altijd al ge"{i}nteresseerd geweest in computers en wiskunde, een combinatie daarvan is daarom extra leuk! \\
\end{document}


text:
BCCI slaps life ban on Sreesanth,Chavan; Harmeet Singh 'excused'https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/print/bcci-slaps-life-ban-on-sreesanth-chavan-harmeet-singh-excused/
BCCI slaps life ban on Sreesanth,Chavan; Harmeet Singh 'excused'
Sreesanth has been slapped with a life ban for spot-fixing during IPL 6.
Written by PTI | New Delhi | Published: September 13, 2013 4:31:40 pm
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Cracking the whip on corrupt players,the BCCI on Friday slapped life bans on Indian Test pacer S Sreesanth and spinner Ankeet Chavan for being involved in the IPL spot-fixing scam while handing out lesser punishments to some others in the scandal which rocked the Twenty20 league this year. Also Read: I am fully convinced that Sreesanth was part of the fix
Sreesanth banned for life from playing any representative Cricket,or in any way being associated with activities of BCCI or its affiliates
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 13,2013
Amit Singh,a former Rajasthan Royals player,was handed a five-year ban while another RR cricketer Siddharth Trivedi got away with a lighter one-year suspension after the BCCI disciplinary committee met here to discuss anti-corruption chief Ravi Sawani's report on the scam. Pity that Chavan has been found guilty: MCA joint secretary
"After considering the evidence on record and hearing each of the Players in person,the Disciplinary Committee has passed the following order…Mr Amit Singh is banned for a period of five years from playing any representative Cricket,or in any way being associated with the activities of the BCCI or its affiliates," BCCI Secretary Sanjay Patel said in a statement.
Amit Singh is banned for 5 years from playing any representative Cricket,or in any way being associated with activities of BCCI/affiliates
"Mr. Siddarth Trivedi is banned for a period of one year from playing any representative Cricket or in any way being associated with the activities of the BCCI or its affiliates. "Mr. Ankeet Chavan is banned for life from playing any representative Cricket,or in any way being associated with the activities of the BCCI or its affiliates.
"Mr. S. Sreesanth is banned for life from playing any representative Cricket,or in any way being associated with the activities of the BCCI or its affiliates," the statement added.
Young spinner Harmeet Singh was,however,let off for lack of strong evidence against him.
BCCI Disciplinary Committee: The case against Harmeet Singh has been closed in the absence of evidence against him
"The case against Mr. Harmeet Singh has been closed in the absence of evidence against him."
The release had no mention of Ajit Chandila,who allegedly lured the cricketers into the spot-fixing net,but a BCCI official said a decision on him will be taken at a later stage.
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Since Chandila has just been released on bail,the BCCI would like to give him an opportunity to depose in front of the committee before deciding the quantum of punishment.
The life bans on Sreesanth and Chavan were expected after Sawani had found them guilty of spot-fixing and had himself recommended a life ban.
The scandal,which broke out in May,had shaken the cash-rich Twenty20 event and led to a massive churning within the Board.
"All the disciplinary committee members were very cooperative and it went off well. I gave them my side of the story. All I have dreamt from childhood is to play for India and I will never cheat the game," Sreesanth said after appearing before the committee.
"I have full faith in the judiciary as well as the BCCI and I will come clean on this whole issue," added the 30-year-old former Test pacer,who was clad in a white shirt and blue denim jeans and was accompanied by a friend,Manoj.
The five players' deposition came even as Sawani's report was discussed by the BCCI committee,headed by BCCI President N Srinivasan and comprising Board vice-Presidents Arun Jaitley and Niranjan Shah.
Sawani has held Sreesanth,Chandila and Chavan guilty of conceding a "pre-determined number of runs per over in exchange for bribes."
Trivedi and 21-year-old Harmeet were cleared of the spot-fixing charges,but were found guilty of not reporting the approaches made by bookmakers.
Sawani has recommended bans ranging from five years to lifetime for the players,who even served jail time before being granted bails.
"The disciplinary committee may consider my report and impose such sanctions as considered appropriate to send out a strong signal indicating the zero tolerance policy of the BCCI to any corruption in the sport that is so dear to millions of Indians and fans abroad," Sawani has said in the report.
"Obviously,the anti-corruption education given to the players had no impact on the conduct. Therefore,the players deserve no leniency whatsoever," he asserted.
A fourth player who did not appear before the committee but was found guilty is Amit Singh. Singh,part of the IPL till last year,was described by Sawani as "the bad fish that spoils the entire pond".
Friday's meeting also assumed significance because of the presence of Srinivasan,who stepped aside as BCCI President after his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings Team Principal Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested for alleged betting.
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The day-to-day functioning of the BCCI is currently being handled by former Board President Jagmohan Dalmiya but Srinivasan has rarely missed an opportunity to make his presence felt. By chairing today's meeting,he has once again tried to assert his position in the Board.
The spot-fixing scandal broke out when Sreesanth,Chavan and Chandila were arrested on May 16,along with 11 bookies,and were charged under the Indian Penal Code section 420 and 120B,which deal with fraud,cheating and criminal conspiracy.
The scandal led to an overhauling of the guidelines for players and owners in the IPL. The BCCI drew up an action plan called 'Operation Clean-up' which envisaged a series of measures to curb corruption in the IPL.
Cheerleaders were barred along with the after-match parties for players and support staff. It was also decided to restrict the movement of owners in the players dug-out and dressing room.
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text:
God is tools
OPINION - God and spirit are controversial discussions in science and even mythology will have no place among naturalists and for Darwinians. Apparently this has been final that mythology is a delusional, mystical and superstitious concept that cannot be empirically proven in the world of science.
Most scientists and science activists have agreed that god is nonsense, delusional and cannot be accommodated in the theory of evolution. This opinion can be understood methodologically and I agree with the sentences. But so many behaviors are very real and occur in the field.
I am a fieldman who goes to the wild every day, along rice fields and forests to watch insects to plants, talk to people especially in villages, visit Hindu-Buddhist temples built in the 8th century, witnessing busyness in mosques, temples and churches.
I feel something is missing in the view of naturalists and Darwinians. There are short moments that are missed in analyzes in the timeline of human evolution. These little moments are small chronicles, but in my opinion have a very important role in the journey of this species, even the dominance of Homo sapiens in the past.
I will not discuss the existence of god because we are here talking about the origin of god. We have seen and found so many godly behaviors in the field. Perhaps these behaviors are tasks performed by anthropologists where godly behavior is a mythology and product of culture.
Before going further, I need to say that we have all agreed that Hominidae does not come suddenly. The small family that is occupied by Ponginae and Homininae has undergone a long process to have the appearance and behavior of today.
The adequacy of archaeological data has made it difficult for us to know the mythological behavior that spreads across species, but I see that observations by Christophe Boesch et al (2016) in the Pan troglodytes community are one good example of how behavior rather than foraging has become a culture.
The evolution is endless and even now the appearance and behavior of H. sapiens species is not final and will never be final, but at each point has phases including paleo, hunting and gathering, agriculture and industry. Humans create a series of cultures at each stage of the journey.
Let me express my opinion here that the accompanying culture, tradition and mythology is a survival tools or way to solve life's problems. Culture is a problem solving and these are forms of survival coping. Like bees, ants and even other solitary species where culture is inherited through genetics.
A method will develop when it is deemed to be able to solve the problem, but the method will be left when it can no longer solve the problem. Primates will continue to look for new ways, create new cultures and so on. New cultures develop and old cultures will be abandoned.
Humans create gods and mythologies are efforts to reduce pressures to answer about death. These existential anxieties require immediate completion and mythology to become a healing that evolves into concrete rituals. In the name of god, someone built social class and a society hoarded politics and weaponry too!
I would like to say that godly behaviors and mythological rituals have been lost for so long in the analysis of naturalists and the subject of evolution. It is indeed a difficult discussion to find links between morphology, anatomy and genetics with culture. But it is very clear that culture is a natural product too.
It is no exaggeration to think that mythological behavior has primordial roots in the course of human evolution. Belief and delusional behavior are forms of human instinct in response to an external and internal threat where mythology will also cause new forms of anxiety paradogically.
It is not clear to me whether a species must pass through this cultural phase of mythology as well as H. sapiens and P. troglodytes to become sophisticated species. But the most visible here is the proportion of skull volume or neurological complexity or environmental stress or competition and natural selection.
Allow me to say mythology is a response to survival of the fittest, a driver of group cohesiveness and the production of subsequent new cultures. This is very speculative, but I would say that mythology maybe also gave H. sapiens victory in destroying Neanderthals and other Hominini!
By Aryo Bandoro
Founder of Dlium.com. You can follow him on Twitter: @Abandoro.
Labels: Opinion
megatron September 30, 2020 at 6:19 PM
Mas Aryo Bandoro allow me go say I very much appreciate your incursions - especially the fact that they are field experiences,always something new - talking to the villagers, being with and around various plants and insects. I have been an old fan of your YouTube science channel. The episodic nature of your encounters - has a mythological dimension as well, as if meeting and encountering different species there is no problem in calling them spirits, beings, entities or Earthling.
As to the delusional character - even apart from from the Darwinian frame (which is definitely nor exclusively about survival of the fittest - but also the most extravagant, curious, underrated and most unusual) i want to bring an example from philosopher Alfred North Whitehead - Symbolism book 1927 regarding the dog that mistakes his image reflected in water. Yes this dog maybe mistaken, even delusional, but what he lost in truth, in mistaking his image for something reflective, delusional, he gained in imagination - he got fooled but found out that there's much more to be found out there.


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A BRAVE HEART follows the inspiring journey of 26-year-old, 63-pound Lizzie from cyberbullying victim to anti-bullying activist. Born with a rare syndrome that prevents her from gaining weight, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Velasquez was first bullied as a child in school for looking different. As a teenager, she was bullied online when she discovered a YouTube video labeling her "The World's Ugliest Woman." The film chronicles unheard stories and details of Lizzie's physical and emotional journey up to her multimillion viewed TEDxAustinWomen talk (#1 TEDWomen event of 2013) and follows her evolution as motivational speaker and activist as she lobbies Congress for the first federal anti-bullying bill: the Safe Schools Improvement Act (SSIA).
A native Austinite, Sara has held positions in media and entertainment including Executive Director of Interactive Marketing at Paramount Pictures, VP of Digital Marketing at MGM Studios, and CEO & Co-Founder of NowLive (acquired by Live Media Group in 2013) where she executive produced live events including The Hunger Games Premiere, Macy's Fashion Night Out, and the Academy Awards Red Carpet. She was selected to attend The White House Women Entrepreneurship Conference in 2010, The White House Champions for Change Summit in 2012, and in 2012 and 2013 was nominated for Fortune's Most Powerful Women Entrepreneur, and The Producer's Guild of America New Media Council and Women's Impact Network. Most recently, Sara moved back to Austin for the role of Executive Producer for the first TEDxAustinWomen, which was the most viewed 2013 TEDxWomen event worldwide. Sara is honored to be directing and producing A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story.


We're still in the paperwork phase of opening up our new spot downtown and we couldn't be more excited that this space is opening this summer. Bombo just opened their new spot in the market and they've got a write-up on the blog featuring their new concept in conjunction with Union's new opening. Read Bombo Food's feature on our new space to get an idea of what we'll be offering and to give yourself a reason to be excited for summer!
Downtown's historic food hub braces for the opening of Bombo and a new pasta bar.
The overhaul of Grand Central Market continues. Last year alone, the almost 100-year-old Downtown food hub brought in Berlin Currywurst, McConnell's Ice Cream, Christophe Happillon's Oyster Gourmet, Olio Pizza and Wexler's Deli, and it looks like we can expect even more of a makeover in 2015 with former Brooklyn chefs Sara Kramer and Sarah Hymanson working to open their Madcapra falafel shop.
Two of L.A.'s more prominent chefs are moving in as well. Adding to the growing list of high-profile operators at the market, Mark Peel, who ran former L.A. institution Campanile, has announced that his new seafood-focused restaurant Bombo will debut in March. Union's Bruce Kalman has signed on to open a pasta bar in late summer.
Bombo is a nickname given to the steel-jacketed steam kettles that Peel will be using to create a menu of broth-based dishes. The chef first saw the specialty cookware in action at the Grand Central Oyster Bar in New York City, and though he was immediately intrigued, he never had the opportunity to use them until now.
Peel says his menu will be "very focused" and built around four broths–curried shrimp cream and spicy lobster bouillabaisse, plus two non-seafood options: a vegan reduction with dried mushrooms and Japanese seaweed, and a double-enriched chicken. He plans to prepare the broths in advance, which will allow a variety of dishes to be made in minutes. Along with the restaurant, the chef will be curating an adjoining fish market.
Less concrete are the plans for Kalman's upcoming pasta bar, which he is opening with business partner Marie Petulla. However, we do know that lunch and dinner will be served. And, just like at Union, which took the No. 2 spot on Los Angeles magazine's Top 10 Best New Restaurants of 2014, the menu will rely on what's available at the farmers' market each day.
The new space will include an attached marketplace, where the chef will be selling his growing collection of artisanal goods. The chef will presumably offer pickles from his Bruce's Prime Pickle Company as well as the new line of spice rubs he created with Venice's Hepp's Salt Co.–some of his delicious giardiniera would be nice, too. Kalman also promises a pasta "lab" that will produce fresh noodles daily.
Zagat says get the Spaghetti alla Chitarra!


A round double walled coil-built pot made from a white gritty stoneware clay. Each pot is an individual, no two exactly the same. Unglazed & rough on the outside, the inside has a contrasting glaze, available in matt turquoise, shiny green & deep blue. The bottom of each pot is decorated with glass. Dimensions are approximately 5cm - 5.5 cm high & 6.5cm - 8cm across. Each pot is supplied boxed as a gift set with a complimentary fabric coaster & old very small spoon. Please note that the style of spoon may vary.


Careers in the Australian Defence Force were discussed at four high schools in Orange on Wednesday. Specialist careers promotion team leader Lieutenant Gordon Hutcheon gave presentations at Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange High School, Orange Christian School and James Sheahan Catholic High School also also held a community information session at Orange Ex-Services' Club on Tuesday. Lieutenant Hutcheon said the presentations covered jobs in the army, navy, air force and reserves. He said the visit helped younger students, especially those in years 9 and 10 know what subjects to study in preparation for a particular career in the military as well as what training and requirements there are. "There's over 204 different jobs, not all are conflict and shooting," Lieutenant Hutcheon said. "Australia doesn't have much of a military consciousness." Orange Christian School careers adviser Kath Berry said having Defence Force representatives visit the school and talk with students from years 9 to 12 about their programs was a great opportunity for the classes and students were informed about the scope of vocation options including the range of university courses, apprenticeships and service roles available. "Students were also provided the opportunity to ask questions about life in the army, navy, air force or reserves and how to apply," she said. "We have had previous students study at Australian Defence Force Academy and join a service and it is a privilege to be part of their journey."
Careers in the Australian Defence Force were discussed at four high schools in Orange on Wednesday.
Specialist careers promotion team leader Lieutenant Gordon Hutcheon gave presentations at Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange High School, Orange Christian School and James Sheahan Catholic High School also also held a community information session at Orange Ex-Services' Club on Tuesday.
Lieutenant Hutcheon said the presentations covered jobs in the army, navy, air force and reserves.
He said the visit helped younger students, especially those in years 9 and 10 know what subjects to study in preparation for a particular career in the military as well as what training and requirements there are.
Australia doesn't have much of a military consciousness.
"There's over 204 different jobs, not all are conflict and shooting," Lieutenant Hutcheon said.
"Australia doesn't have much of a military consciousness."
Orange Christian School careers adviser Kath Berry said having Defence Force representatives visit the school and talk with students from years 9 to 12 about their programs was a great opportunity for the classes and students were informed about the scope of vocation options including the range of university courses, apprenticeships and service roles available.
"Students were also provided the opportunity to ask questions about life in the army, navy, air force or reserves and how to apply," she said.
"We have had previous students study at Australian Defence Force Academy and join a service and it is a privilege to be part of their journey."


The US Navy is transitioning its maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft from the P-3 aircraft to the modern P-8A aircraft. Designed by Boeing and modeled on the body of a 737 airliner, this aircraft is being phased into operations in various locations around the world. One such location is at ISA Air Base in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
In order to support the integration of the P-8A, there are a number of facilities that must be constructed. One facility in particular is the hangar. The tension fabric hangar will provide a sheltered space with maintenance support spaces serving the hangar. The hangar is to accommodate the P-8A aircraft and support facilities including; maintenance, administrative offices, supply and equipment storage. The tension fabric hangar will accommodate and cover all hangar functions, within the hangar footprint.
The maintenance spaces will provide easy accessibility to the aircraft bay to enhance maintenance operations. The primary users of this facility will conduct scheduled and unscheduled maintenance of the P-8A aircraft. The service personnel in this facility will conduct maintenance, inspection, ground handling, preflight preparation, mission preparation, training, and debriefing.


By Alfredo C. Garvida Jr.
With only a week left before the Filipino electorate goes to the polls to finally render its verdict as to who will govern this nation for the next six years on the national level, serious questions have started to arise which could still alter the course of the voters' preference along the projections of the election surveys.
Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, the intemperate political warrior from Mindanao, who has widened his lead over his closest rival even after his reckless joke about that raped and murdered Australian woman inside a prison cell in his family's political fiefdom that is Davao City, appears on his way to becoming the next Philippine president after the May 9 elections—if the latest ABS-CBN-sponsored Pulse Asia survey remains unchanged up to election time. This would mean that those who voted for him were not affected by his reckless words and dispositions in public: because he is their "man" who will solve their woes against criminals and corrupt people in government "in 3 to 6 months."
His rhetoric is tantalizing, and his presentation of himself as an honest man in the public service, who would "cut off the balls" of a dishonest cabinet undersecretary, was pleasing to the ears of people who have been overdosed with the licentious existence of corruption in government.
The problem with Mr. Duterte's rhetoric, however, lies in his inability to explain how he will wipe out criminality in the land in 3 to 6 months' time. True, he is long been perceived as the main man of the Davao Death Squad that has been blamed for innumerable summary executions in the city, all in the name of what he calls summary justice. He has admitted, without any reservation or traces of compunction, that he has killed hundreds of man on suspicion of being criminals. And people love him for this. He is their savior, their shining knight in armor; but he has not solved criminality in Davao City—where he and his family have ruled for more than two decades on—within a period of 6 months, lest this vaunted city of the South would not be listed yet as the no. 4 crime-infested area in the whole of the Philippine archipelago by the Philippine National Police to date.
Sen. Antonio Trillanes just last week came out with an explosive revelation about Mr. Duterte's bank accounts where the fighting mayor of Davao City did not declare on his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN). The anti-graft advocate senator, who is also running for vice president, is alleging that about P4.2 billion have gone through his bank accounts' deposits since 2006 and he wants to know if taxes have been paid out of these transactions and/or whether they have been declared in his SALN during these periods, as required by law.
Most importantly, Mr. Trillanes wants to know where did all these monies come from? If they came from business dealings, why is Mr. Duterte pleading to the people that he is no rich man? If they came from other sources, like contributions, donations and whatever else, under what basis were they given to him for? And were they properly declared as income and assets during all those transaction years?
The big lesson here, that the Filipinos must keep in their hearts, is that they should not become captive to their emotions; that reason must reign over passion when passing judgment over a candidate.
Mr. Duterte must come out clean and precise in explaining his side about the Trillanes expose. Otherwise, if he gets elected as president, he had taken the people for a ride. Judgment rests accordingly on the Filipino electorate then comes the 9th of May. It is the people who create a good government, because as Thomas Jefferson once said "a just government derives its power from a just people."


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IRIS login | Reed College home Volume 91, No. 4: December 2012
Apocrypha |
Adventures in the First Person
Icons and Rollerblades
Kremlin cathedrals
A dispatch from the Reed Russian tour 2012.
By Brad Wright '61
Brad and Rozelle perched on swing near the Tolstoy Estate; Matryoshka Dolls featuring Lenin, Obama, and Harry Potter.
It was totally unexpected.
We and other visitors were milling about the rear of the vast interior of the Kazan Orthodox church in St. Petersburg, admiring the magnificent walls—covered with holy images—and all that gold. Up at the front, a service was in progress. A priest was chanting. Except for some restless children, everyone was quiet. And then, high behind us, the choir exploded with a full-throated polyphonic response that reverberated wonderfully in that complicated space. So that's what the walls are for—the icons, yes, but also the sound. And that's why we visited Russia—to see, yes, but also to experience.
My wife Rozelle (class of '61) and I were on this year's Reed Russian tour, a program of the college's Russian department organized and led by former Reed professor Judson Rosengrant [Russian 1979–90]. The itinerary, though anchored at Moscow and St. Petersburg, included side trips to Novgorod and to Tolstoy's estate at Yasnaya Polyana. Joining us were other Reed alumni and friends.
For Rozelle, who plans all our trips, it was a new and exciting project. She tackled the reading list by listening to Tolstoy's Anna Karenina on tape and diving into O. Figes' Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia for background on other Russian writers. We learned about the influential 20th century poet Anna Akhmatova, and became fans of Mikhail Bulgakov after reading his serious satire The Master and Margarita. A copy of G. Hosking's Russia and the Russians: A History provided a fine background on geography, society, and politics.
The focus of the trip, however, was art and architecture—and it is hard to imagine two cities looming larger in this regard than Moscow and St. Petersburg. In Moscow, the Tretyakov Gallery features Russian art before the Soviet era, and the Pushkin Museum's special collection of impressionist and post-impressionist paintings was especially rewarding and relaxing (with no other tour groups in sight). In St. Petersburg there was the Russian Museum at the Mikhailovsky Palace and, of course, the Hermitage complex. Rozelle and I had prepared for the latter by watching The Russian Ark, an incredible achievement in film production (it was recorded in a single take) in which the building itself is the principal character and the historical setting literally changes from room to room. So it was exciting to see the Hermitage in the flesh, as it were. Not to mention the thrill of walking right up to the works of Rembrandt, Matisse, Van Gogh, etc. At Jud's suggestion we also explored the Hermitage's remarkable collection of Roman portrait sculpture.
As with any group of Reedies, we all had different backgrounds and interests. In my case, I wanted to see how Russia had changed since my visit in 1975, when I represented Los Alamos National Laboratory's program in (hot) fusion energy. In those days, technical exchange visits were part of confidence-building measures intended to ease the cold war. A later example was the Threshold Test Ban Treaty, which allowed the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. to verify, with onsite measurements, the energy release of each other's underground nuclear explosions. Under that program, I served as a technical liaison to the Russian delegation that witnessed our JUNCTION shot at the Nevada Test Site. All of which gave me pause when I came to this question on the Russian visa application: "Do you have any specialized skills, training or experience related to fire-arms and explosives or to nuclear matters . . . ?"
Our group visited about a dozen Russian Orthodox churches that, though sharing the common Byzantine plan, presented unique architectural, historical, and artistic features. These ranged from the house-sized structure in the Peryn Cloister on Lake Ilmen near Novgorod to St. Petersburg's truly impressive Church of the Savior on Blood, covered entirely with mosaics inside and out. In 1975, Russian churches were not on the must-see list. St. Basil's near Red Square was sooty outside and off-limits inside. Indeed, given the realities of the mid-20th century, the churches and palaces we see today are mostly restored, reassembled, or completely reconstructed. For example, the monumental Church of Christ the Savior (of Pussy Riot fame) was originally constructed under Tsar Nicholas I but demolished by Stalin and ended up as a swimming pool. Not until 1990 was the church reconstructed in all its splendor. Especially appreciated, therefore, was our quiet visit to the Church of the Transfiguration (1374) in Novgorod. Its subdued, peaceful interior is adorned only by the remains of its original frescoes that, though muted, have not lost their power.
Nobody visits Russia merely to see artifacts, structures, and points of interest. They come to see Russia, and, so far as possible, the Russian people—the setting of the thing, as well as the thing. Indeed, in many instances, Tolstoy's estate for example, the setting is the thing. So we looked out the windows: of the hotel, the plane, the bullet train, the hydrofoil, the Metro, the bus, and the taxi. From the walkway around St. Isaac's dome, we felt that we were seeing all of St. Petersburg. From the hotel, looking across the low profile of the city, we could easily make out the incipient glow of the sun below the northern horizon at midnight. From the air, we became all too aware of the legendary, flat sameness of Russia's landscape and the geographical isolation of its northern former capital.
But let's not forget the sounds. Like the dawn chorus of birds waking us at 3:30 a.m. at Yasnaya Polyana. Or a low roar, a whirring, clickity-snickity noise mixed with a general murmur of unconstrained glee, the sound of thousands of young inline roller skaters cruising up Nevsky Prospect, completely shutting down midafternoon traffic in the heart of St. Petersburg. Yes, it was a city-sponsored event (something about honored citizens), but what fun!
Credit for a truly rewarding adventure belongs to our leader, Jud. Besides being a distinguished scholar and translator, he proved thoroughly invaluable and was engaged in all aspects of the trip, assuring that our individual needs were met in a way that interfered minimally with the activities of the group as a whole. It was through Jud's help that Rozelle and I were able to visit, on our own, the shrines of our new-found writer heroes Akhmatova and Bulgakov. And it was thanks to his considerable experience that two serious passport emergencies affecting our group (a Metro pickpocket and a bumbling hotel clerk) were successfully resolved. It's not that such incidents are common, but it's good to have an uncommon person in charge.
Though we absorbed a lot of Russia in two weeks, we did miss one essential experience: the famous Russian winter. Jud says the view of the frozen Neva from the Fortress of Peter and Paul is quite peaceful in January. Paideia in St. Petersburg? Maybe not this time. But a postgraduation (think White Nights) trip is on the books for next spring. Check it out.
Check out the full itinerary of the Reed Russia tour.
Manly Attire
The Final Stretch
Logophilia
A Century of Great Books
The Disappearing Trick
Hoodwinked
How the Dutch Lost Taiwan
The Battle of the Bard
The Uncharted Geography of Lena
Rediscovering Lloyd Reynolds
A Community in Progress
Plugging Into the Switchboard
Why We Give
The Pursuit of Understanding
Ring of Bone: Lew Welch '50
Defending the Citadel: Marvin Levich
Mission Street Food: Karen Leibowitz '99
I've Got Some Lovin' to Do: Doris Bailey Murphy '38
Bay Area Birds: David Lukas '93
The Cartoon Introduction to Economics: Yoram Bauman '95
Stars Above, Earth Below Tyler Nordgren '91
Virtually True: Adam Penenberg '86
Calligraphy Makes a Comeback
Kroger Inaugurated—with Iliad
Gift Honors McFarlane
Libations! They Cried
The Philosophy of Swimming
Reed Mourns Death of John Gray
Seats of Power
Reed Nabs NSF Grant
Mark Your Smartphone
Susan Miller Thomas '73: Replanting Portland
Taya Koschnick '05: All That Glitters
From the Alumni Board President
Monograph Bookwerks
O.R.G.Y.
"Let us servire cantico"
Alumni Board Nominations
ALUMNI NEWS EDITOR


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If your mind is away with the answers, click on the title and let us know below.
You do not need to hike to trek.
my dust you would not sweep away - stardust, a type of cosmic dust.
my light you see but cannot stay - starlight, the visible radiation that stars emit.
a symbol, little me by name - an asterisk, or little star from the Ancient Greek, is a typographic symbol often referred to as star.
my wars enjoyed by many, fame - Star Wars, the film series created by George Lucas.
but what will phase will stun, that's tech; you do not need to hike to trek - Star Trek, a science fiction television series that became a cult phenomenon. To 'set phasers to stun' is a famous line in the Star Trek series.


No-fun February? Never! There are events for the active, the lazy, the revellers and relaxers; we've curated the ultimate list of things to add to your calendar in February. No lover? No problem, you can even have a date with Batman this February.
Just when you think New Years Day is behind you, our multicultural city throws you a curveball. Celebrate the beginning of the year of the Earth Pig with lamb belly, deep-fried spare rib, crispy duck and the Chinese food favourite, egg-fried rice. Make your way to the oriental setting of Long Street's Sea Palace Chinese Restaurant for the Chinese New Year.
The Wolfie Family Festival is an entertaining long weekend for the entire family from Thursday 28 February to Monday 4 March 2019 alongside the Olifants River. You can expect pop-up theatres, live music, an animal garden, kiddies craft activities, superheroes, star gazing, canoeing, bonfire stories, entrepreneurs and loads more.
A 5–10km Full Moon Night Run is swooping through prestigious wine estate trails in Stellenbosch on Tuesday 19 February 2019. Behold a beautiful sunset and a breathtaking moonrise. It's a mid-week evening out where you can enjoy music, good food and superb wine.
The Stellenbosch Craft Spirits Festival is happening on Saturday 9 February 2019 at the Antique Tractor Farm in Stellenbosch. Be sure to try the Gin on Tap, SA's first hemp-infused gin and don't miss out on a fresh version of the Jaegerbomb, called the Bosbomb. Try SA's First Hemp-Infused Gin at an Antique Tractor Farm at the Stellenbosch Craft Gin & Spirits Festival.
Promenade Mondays rolls around every Monday in summer for a social roll-around where all things skate-related share the Sea Point Promenade. There's no cost to attend; just meet at around 6 or 6:30pm in the Queen's Beach parking lot. You can skate, cycle, rollerblade, scoot, or whatever you choose as you roll all the way to the Sea Point library.
Open Streets is a citizen-driven initiative that promotes streets that we can share together, generating respect for all people and how they get around. Take your bike or skateboard and enjoy the street party vibes and a delicious lunch on Sunday 24 February. Read more about the concept of Open Streets.
Dance and bond with friends to house and techno music at With You Festival at the Castle on Saturday 23 February. Hailing from Berlin, the headline act, Dirty Doering, has set dance floors alight from New York to Tokyo. He'll be joined by local DJs Ian Skene, The Fogshow and more at the 17th-century fort in the heart of the city. Read more about With You Festival.
FANCY SOME FOLK IN THE GARDENS?
Ten South African folk and acoustic artists present an evening of the finest musical storytelling from their personal journeys on Sunday 17 February 2019. The Cape Town Folk 'n Acoustic Music Festival forms part of the Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts.
Rock out with over 50 local bands for four days on the banks of the Breede River. Established in 1990, Up The Creek is the country's second longest-running outdoor music festival. Bring your lilo and celebrate the Creek Culture from Thursday 7 February 2019. Read more about Up The Creek.
The Cape Town Tens is a massive social sport and lifestyle event on 1 and 2 February 2019. It's an epic party featuring 18 of the country's biggest live music acts and a huge beer tent. Hundreds and thousands of fans and squads gather from across the globe to play nine different sports and to experience the fun vibe of 10s.
Three days of dancing to the best psychedelic music from around the globe, camping in the lush forest and swimming in the river from Friday 1 February 2019. The venue is 125km from Cape Town and beckons with towering mountain backdrops, a lush green valley and a forest filled with towering trees. Read more about Origin Festival.
Bring the whole family to enjoy a 12-hour line-up of SA's hottest musical acts, great food and beer in the picturesque Nuy Valley of Robertson. The annual Saggy Stone Beer & Music Festival is a one-day/night festival (with overnight camping facilities) happening on Saturday 9 February 2019. Read more about Saggy Stone Beer and Music Festival.
Price: From R455 at Webtickets.
Twice Grammy-nominated and Electronic Music Awards nominee for Best Live Act of 2017, DJ Bonobo – aka UK musician and producer Simon Green – and his eight-piece band perform live at Kirstenbosch Gardens on Friday 8 February 2019. Read more about DJ Bonobo live at Kirstenbosch.
We don't like cricket. We love it! Cape Town Cricket Sixes is an exciting amateur sixes cricket and football event on 23 and 24 February 2019 suitable for the whole family. Sixes brings together several cricket leagues and football divisions, live local music, food, and social development (CSR) in the townships. Stay tuned for the epic musical line-up announcement. Read more about Cape Town Sixes.
PLEASE NOTE: All details are subject to change.
Enjoy local craft beer and music at the Saggy Stone Beer & Music Festival.
For the lovebirds, check out all our Valentine's Day events, ideas and date hotspots and first date ideas. The daring might enjoy our overview of places to get it on.
What is to become of Littlegig? If you love dancing to electronic music, check out our overview of trance parties and have a look at the ultimate festival checklist.


Throughout its history the FA Cup has provided a multitude of classic matches, giant killings and spectacular goals. The famous competition was first held way back in the 1871/72 season, with the first ever final won by the Wanderers who beat the Royal Engineers 1-0 at the Kennington Oval in front of just 2000 spectators. Of course, it has progressed massively to this day, with the most recent final played at Wembley in front of 88,000 fans, with millions more watching on television worldwide.
Numerous teams have had the honour of being crowned FA Cup Winners but none more so than Arsenal who have reached the final 19 times and have won it on 12 occasions, they are closely followed by Man Utd who have 11 wins to their name, while Tottenham are nect with eight.
Of all the teams that have taken part in the FA Cup over the past 128 years the winner for the most time being the proveberal bridesmeads goes to Leicester City who have reached the final four times only to be beaten on the day and never have the trophy that every team craves a prize that their local rivals Derby and Coventry have both had the honour of carrying.


At Micro Matic we strive to shape our future guided by a clear, long-term strategy based on our purpose, our vision, our mission and values.
We want to reach our strategic targets in a sustainable way. For Micro Matic sustainability is not a department or a report but a way of doing business.
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Q: Routing in Express/Node.js using multiple callbacks I'm new to Node.js, or even JavaScript in general, and I'm currently setting up a http-server using Node/Express that should query a postgresql database. I am unsure if I'm using the routing and multiple callbacks correct, and hope someone can clarify this a bit.
Right now, it looks like this:
In my web.js
var routes = require('./routes');
app.get('/get/user/:userid', routes.user, routes.dbquery);

and in routes/index.js
exports.user = function(request, response, next) {
    request.querystring = "select * from users where userid = " + request.param('userid');
    next();
};

exports.dbquery = function(request, response) {
    pg.connect(process.env.DATABASE_URL, function(err, client, done) {
        var query = client.query(request.querystring);
        query.on('row', function(row, result) {
            result.addRow(row);
        });
        query.on('end', function(result) {
            response.send(JSON.stringify(result.rows));
        });
        done();
    });
};

It works, but is this the correct way to set up routing? Specifically, is it ok to just pass on variables like the query string inside the request variable? Or is there some other, preferred solution to this?
The reason I want to do it is because I want to be able to reuse the dbquery function, since I will have multiple routes which will query the database.

A: Yes, you can attach anything you want to request object ( and this is a common practice ). However data there should be related to the request only, while your query is not really related to the request only ( except for userid ).
So how about instead of defining query in middleware just define external function:
var get_query = function(userid) {
    // NOTE: You should validate userid!!!
    return client.query("select * from users where userid = " + userid);
};

and call it in your dbquery route? And only attach userid to request.

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Always keep your valuables on your person and carry as little cash as possible. Always keep your bags locked and zipped shut in when in use, and never leave bags or valuables unattended.
1Cover are unable to provide cover for unattended luggage and personal belongings.
Unattended means, but is not limited to, an item that is not on your person at the time of loss, left with a person other than your relative or travelling companion, left in a position where it can be taken without your knowledge including on the beach or beside the pool when you swim, or leaving it at a distance where you are unable to prevent it from being unlawfully taken.


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U.S. News Says This Minivan Is Number 1 For Families
by Maeve Rich on September 28, 2021
It isn't easy to choose a minivan. After all, there are so many out there, and lots of them have good reputations. Yet is a good reputation enough of a reason to commit yourself to a vehicle you may drive for the next ten years or so? Or do you want to have some other evidence that you're making a good decision with your next big purchase. One minivan tops U.S. News' list of the best cars for families, and it's the 2021 Honda Odyssey.
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Is the 2021 Honda Odyssey a good car?
How did U.S. News choose the best minivans for families? To determine which vehicles are the best for parents with children, U.S. News combed the data of 90 vehicles. They combined reviews, safety, reliability ratings, passenger and cargo capacity, an.d "family-friendly features." The 2021 Honda Odyssey is such a mainstay, you probably assumed it was on this list.
It's no surprise that the 2021 Odyssey is on the list of the best cars for families. It has everything; great safety ratings, plenty of space, and features that will make any family happy that they're trapped in it together for hours and hours on end. Well, maybe not happy, but distracted enough to not care.
Is the 2021 Honda Odyssey safe?
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) gives the 2021 Honda Odyssey its Top Safety Pick+ award. This is the IIHS' highest honor, and it means that the minivan is really, really safe. The 2021 Odyssey gets all good overall crashworthiness ratings. It also has good roof strength and good head restraints and seats.
Front crash prevention in the 2021 Honda Odyssey is superior. Headlights are only adequate, but that's good enough for the 2021 Odyssey to win the Top Safety Pick+ award.
Additionally, its child seat LATCH system gets all good ratings from the IIHS. This is hugely important, as correctly installing a car seat is key to your child being safe in the event of an accident.
What added features does the Odyssey have?
The 2021 Odyssey is loaded with features that will keep your kids entertained, and older kids feel connected to the outside world. The backseats of the 2021 Honda Odyssey also have plenty of USB ports for kids to charge devices like their smartphones.
The 2021 Odyssey also has a Wi-Fi hotspot, which will come in handy if you spend a lot of time working on your laptop in parking lots. The 2021 Honda Odyssey has a rear-seat entertainment system, which will also give your kids something to do on long car trips.
If you only want the best for your brood, then the 2021 Honda Odyssey is the answer for you. It's got safety, style, and technology to keep your family safe and entertained for hours on end. In the 2021 Odyssey, you might not even want to get out of the car, which is especially good if you spend a lot of time there anyway.
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Council shares details on finances, postpones approving district judge
BY BRITTNEY BENNETT
TAHLEQUAH - During its Feb. 2 meeting, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Council gave an update on the tribe's financial situation and tabled a decision to appoint a UKB district judge to replace retiring Judge Dewayne Littlejohn.
Early in the meeting Treasurer Ella Mae Worley declined to give the tribe's monthly financial report, asking councilors to grant the Accounting staff an additional "two weeks" to generate a report.
"As you know, we've been diligently working to get our finances done, so at this time, give us about two more weeks," said Worley. "Maybe in about two weeks we can have a budget meeting and things will be all straightened up by then. When we went in, we didn't find things. Even the audit wasn't done. It wasn't sent off. We found that things were not done right, so we have Lora King-Harjo that's working in there, who's doing really well."
The financial report delay comes in the wake of a Jan. 5 decision in which Councilors voted 9-3 to terminate Payroll and Accounting Clerk Jayme Johnson and Grants Program Manager Vanessa Hansen.
Internal staff with accounting experience are currently assisting King-Harjo with day-to-day financial operations and with the tribe's current efforts to complete its 2017 single audit, which was originally approved after firm Eide Bailly won a bidding process in March 2018.
The single audit was due June 30, 2018.
"We've found things that's (been) misconstrued and kind of not right," said Worley. "Lora brought up some things and found something things, because the way the other employees did it, they didn't send it. They put it all in one, and they (Eide Bailley) needed it separately."
Executive Director of Tribal Operations Sean Nordwall gave further clarification as to the single audit's status.
"Where we're at with the audit is, they have got everything they needed to, to Eide Bailley," he said. "We uploaded it on the portal, their website, and they're coming Wednesday (Feb. 6) afternoon to work with accounting and make sure that we have everything and making sure everything is in the order they need it and everything like that. They'll be here for a couple days. As of now, we've gotten them everything they've needed."
Councilor Adalene Smith also asked Nordwall directly if the department had "caught up" on the tribe's accounting coding.
"Not yet," said Nordwall. "We've been basically just trying to make sure we made up for the payrolls and what we were able to work out with the bank… We were able to pull down enough money to cover anything we owed to the bank. We supplemented some of the holes we had with some of the money from Childcare. There was enough there so we're all straight, we're even with the bank and everything is good. Everybody's pulled together and got this done, so I'm very proud of the staff at this point. We'll be okay."
Nordwall said that correct accounting coding would take approximately "two weeks or so, or three" to correct and bring back into compliance.
He also updated councilors with information that the U.S. Forestry Service had reimbursed the tribe's Tribal Historic Preservation Office for $32,000, which would help "replenish" the General Fund.
Councilors also discussed delaying a vote to approve a new UKB district judge to replace retired UKB District Judge Dewayne Littlejohn until attorneys Douglas G. Dry and Charles Tripp could both be interviewed by councilors.
Councilors were set to vote to approve or disapprove Dry before Tripp submitted an application.
"As I understand, (Tripp) expressed interest after the decision was (almost) over," said Jamie Thompson, UKB assistant chief. "What I'm asking is, did anybody care to contact him to see if he could come to be interviewed? Mr. Dry came last month spur of the moment too, but he did show up here and we got to talk to him a little bit. But this gentleman (Tripp) here, in all fairness, I feel like he's made an effort to submit a resume and an application that maybe we need to visit with him before moving forward with this action."
Councilor Jeannie Tidwell agreed with Thompson. "I want to say I agree with Jamie and let's not be hasty and let's take both into consideration and sit down and give the other gentleman the opportunity also."
Councilors voted 9-0 to table the decision until a Feb. 16 Special Meeting. Councilors Eddie Sacks, Peggy Girty and Charles Smoke were absent for the vote.
Councilors also voted to make the tribe's EDTO position a coordinator for the tribe's Housing E LOCS system and make the EDTO the "formal representative for the tribe on federal programs and systems" after a motion by Worley.
"That's for the Housing system that he can go into there and be a formal representative of the tribe on federal programs and systems. Since he's been working all that, he needs to be doing that anyway," said Worley.
The motion will allow the EDTO to receive notifications of any possible federal funding cuts should they arise, including during a possible U.S. Government shutdown.
"I'm on some of them already, but this just formalizes it," said Nordwall.
The motion was approved by councilors 9-0, with Sacks, Girty and Smoke absent.
During the meeting, the UKB Corporate Authority Board also announced it was pursuing a brewery business as possible revenue for the tribe.
"Everybody knows we're trying to put in a pub and a restaurant here," said Thompson. "It appears that there's (a brewery) in Broken Arrow called the Broken Arrow Brewery that had the best proposal to get to do business with us. We met with those gentlemen there for our meeting and they've agreed to come in and work with the Keetoowahs."
While further development details and a specific location have yet to be released, Thompson said that the brewery is interested in producing trademarked Keetoowah recipes and blends to serve customers.
Thompson said the CAB is also looking into the possibility of starting up a Keetoowah Home Healthcare business for tribal members.
"(Councilor) Wacoche works for Cherokee Nation Home Healthcare and there's no reason why we can't have a Keetoowah Home Healthcare and service our own people. No reason whatsoever. That's a good business and a very lucrative business," said Thompson.
He elaborated that he has put CAB Executive Director Randall Hendricks in charge of looking into the matter further.
"I've asked Randall to reach out to a gentleman that I know from another tribe. I want to start a Keetoowah Home Healthcare business and we're going to do that. We're going to try that and we need it for our people," said Thompson.
· Councilors approved the Dec. 1, 2018 and Jan. 5, Jan. 19 and Jan. 26 meeting minutes with a revision to include the 19-UKB-04 resolution into the Jan. 5 meeting minutes that terminated accounting personnel;
· The Corporate Board announced it would not support a bill to attempting to get gambling on the ballot in Arkansas and
· The Corporate Board announced it had approved two new members for its Keetoowah Construction Inc. Board in Sam Allan and Clint Blue.
The next UKB Tribal Council meeting will take place Feb. 16 as a Special Meeting at the Jim Proctor Elder and Nutrition Center in Tahlequah.
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Hi Clare! Love that you're planning ahead for your vacation! That very same situation happened with us when my daughter turned ten, and we're still facing it! Although she's somewhat of an adventurous eater, there were times when nothing struck her fancy. Restaurants were most accommodating, and they would often give her a larger portion of a kid's meal since we were using adult credits.
Don't be shy to ask for special orders. Often, my daughter would be willing to try an entree, without the sauce, or with a side of pasta or fries instead of what was listed on the menu. Again, they were great, and it was an opportunity for her to try some new foods.
Hope this helps Clare! Write us back with any other questions!


The second in this series of releases highlighting the Russian music of our conductor's heritage. Vasily Petrenko conducts the RLPO for Rachmaninov's much loved and best known symphony - No.2 in E minor. Also included are the Dances from Rachmaninov's one act opera, "Aleko", the work which effectively launched the young composer's professional career.


If today's students are to compete in an increasingly global economy, schools will need much more than textbooks and traditional pencil-and-paper approaches to succeed. Students need the benefit of technology-rich classrooms to give them marketable skills that they will use throughout their professional lives.
But often, technology has a hefty price tag, and many educators, administrators, and superintendents find it hard to stretch already-strained school budgets.
The stimulus package that Congress passed in February 2009 provides $106 billion for education–but that money must be spent wisely, in ways that will last and be most beneficial to each school.
With the generous support of NEC Display Solutions, we've put together stories from our archives that will help school leaders manage limited budgets while trying to create digital classrooms that will shape students for life in the 21st century.


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FEATURED BOOK: Casey Stengel Baseball's Greatest Character by Marty Appel, March 28, 2017
Casey Stengel: Baseball's Greatest Character was published on March 28, 2017 to critical acclaim is now available in hardcover, Kindle and audiobook at Amazom.com.
The definitive biography of one of baseball's most enduring and influential characters, from New York Times bestselling author and baseball writer Marty Appel.
As a player, Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel's contemporaries included Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, and Christy Mathewson . . . and he was the only person in history to wear the uniforms of all four New York teams: the Dodgers, Giants, Yankees, and Mets. As a legendary manager, he formed indelible, complicated relationships with Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Billy Martin. For more than five glorious decades, Stengel was the undisputed, quirky, hilarious, and beloved face of baseball–and along the way he revolutionized the role of manager while winning a spectactular ten pennants and seven World Series Championships.
But for a man who spent so much of his life in the limelight–an astounding fifty-five years in professional baseball–Stengel remains an enigma. Acclaimed New York Yankees' historian and bestselling author Marty Appel digs into Casey Stengel's quirks and foibles, unearthing a tremendous trove of baseball stories, perspective, and history. Weaving in never-before-published family documents, Appel creates an intimate portrait of a private man who was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966 and named "Baseball's Greatest Character" by MLB Network's Prime 9. Casey Stengel is a biography that will be treasured by fans of our national pastime.
"Casey Stengel, by Marty Appel, is the ultimate biography."
"Former Yankees P.R. director Marty Appel's latest…is a fun and detailed read on the legendarily quirky former Yanks and Mets skipper."
"Read this book! Never have we needed Casey more. Thanks, Marty Appel, for bringing him to life again in this superb book."
–Jane Leavy, Bestselling author of The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood
"Marty Appel's Casey Stengel is mightily impressive. The writing is smooth and the research, highlighted by the uncovering of unpublished manuscripts by Casey's wife, Edna, and longtime Yankee, Frank Crosetti, indeed adds a dimension that has not appeared in other writings about Stengel. Appel has done a magnificent job in bringing Casey to life in print."
–Ira Berkow, bestselling author and New York Times Sports Columnist
"What a classic double play combination—the reporting brilliance of Marty Appel, and baseball's greatest character, Casey Stengel. There are too many terrific stories about Casey to keep count, but Marty manages to unearth them with great flare and humor. Casey Stengel is a treat for any true fan of the game. I loved every page."
–John Sterling, Voice of the New York Yankees
"In times like these, a book about Casey Stengel is just what our nation needs. And Marty Appel has delivered. Casey Stengel: Baseball's Greatest Character is a wonderful romp through our collective field of dreams, from the medieval days of the sport to the modern era."
"Sports journalist Appel delves deeply into the baseball career and personal life of Casey Stengel (1890-1975), a solid player and legendary manager. Citing new material unavailable to previous Stengel biographers and chroniclers of the New York Yankees, the author offers an informative, smoothly written account of a complex and relentlessly interesting subject…Stengel is unquestionably one of baseball's most significant characters, and Appel is the perfect fit to chronicle his life. One of the more skilled biographies baseball fans could hope to find."
—Kirkus (starred)
"An excellent look at Stengel's life through more than 50 years of baseball. Appel's narrative and easy writing style pairs well with Stengel's lighthearted antics, and the intertwined excerpts from the unpublished memoir of Stengel's wife, Edna, is a welcoming parallel story of lifelong love and partnership. The author has done his homework, and this book benefits from firsthand accounts and historical perspectives that create an engaging story from beginning to end. VERDICT: Baseball history buffs will definitely want to add this biography to their shelves."
"Casey Stengel was a complicated man, and not always the easiest manager to play for. My old friend Marty Appel has not only captured him perfectly in this delightful book, but I now understand him better than ever."
–Bobby Richardson, New York Yankees, 1955-1966
"With access to a previously unpublished memoir by Stengel's wife, Edna, Appel brings out a wealth of humanizing detail here concerning Stengel's personal life—details about not only his relationship with his wife but also the surprising source of his nickname, the Old Perfesser, and the evolution of Stengelese, the wacky but cagey dialect Stengel used to amuse and misdirect the press. There's plenty of baseball material, too, as Appel shows that, while Stengel was a showman and an entertainer, he was also an underrated baseball genius who earned the respect of multiple Hall of Fame players whose egos were as formidable as their on-thefield skills. Great subject and a fine biography, well researched and sensitively written with just the right amount of humor."
–Booklist (starred)
"Marty Appel, who has worked for the New York Yankees in some capacity since the late 1960s (and who helped coordinate all of Casey Stengel's five Old-Timers Day appearances) knows where the gold is buried…Casey Stengel is a terrific read which will cure you of any notion that the Ole' Professor was anything else than a baseball genius."
"My first manager in the big leagues was a philosopher, teacher, entertainer and baseball genius; and, perhaps, a poet. His distinctive Stengelese syntax had a lyrical cadence to it. A friend and baseball historian, Marty Appel, portrays Casey's life story to a T in the biography. I can hear the Ole Perfesser telling the book's readers, 'You could look it up.'"
–Tony Kubek, New York Yankees, 1957-1965
"A definitive, intimate biography of the man whose 50-year career as a player and manager — including seven World Series wins — was one of the most dazzling in the game."
—The Tampa Bay Times
"A balanced and powerful biography that breathes new life into the legend whose career not only transcended the lives of so many well-known players . . . told by a biographer whose knowledge of the New York Yankees is second to none."


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#BlackEmployeesMatter: Mega-Threats, Identity Fusion, And Enacting Positive Deviance In Organizations
Despite recognizing the importance of events, researchers have rarely explored the influence of broader societal events on employee experiences and behaviors at work. We integrate perspectives on events and social identities to develop a cross-level theoretical model of the spillover effects of mega-threats, which we define as negative, large-scale, diversity-related episodes that receive significant media attention. With a focus on highly publicized instances of violence enacted against Black Americans by law enforcement as the mega-threat under study, we propose that the coupling of intrapsychic and group-level processes that occur as a result of a mega-threat leads minorities to experience identity fusion that involves the blurring of organizational and social identities through both affective and cognitive pathways. We further propose that identity fusion compels minorities to engage in task and relational positively deviant behaviors: progroup voice and relational bridging. We also propose that factors within the organizational context, including leader compassion, organizational climate for inclusion, and organizational demography, serve to empower minority employees, heightening the functional outcomes of mega-threats.
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https://kenaninstitute.unc.edu/publication/blackemployeesmatter-mega-threats-identity-fusion-and-enacting-positive-deviance-in-organizations/
Shimul Melwani
Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Leigh, Angelica, & Melwani, S. (2019). #BlackEmployeesMatter: Mega-threats, identity fusion, and enacting positive deviance in organizations. Academy of Management Review, 44(3). Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2017.0127


Yoga is a journey, a pilgrimage.
When I took my first class twenty-five years ago, I had no idea it would become a journey that would take me here, to be lying on a thin rubber mat covering the earth-red floor in South India, scribbling these words. The journey began casually enough—yoga class two or three times a week. The classes helped me to be more flexible, fit, and a little more connected to a dormant sense of spirituality. But eventually yoga became a daily practice, and then it became a focus of my life, and now a way to try to live, a way to understand my life. Twenty-five years later, I'm a yoga instructor as well as an author and memoir writing coach. I see the many ways yoga has helped me to grow, and I also see the many ways I am still the same. It's brought me many wonderful friends and also helped me to realize that I'm not everybody's cup of tea. I can say that it's helped me be happy with who I am.
Today, I leave on a pilgrimage to Tiruvannamalai. Tomorrow, I'll walk the sacred eight-mile circuit around Arunachala, a mountain considered to be the embodiment of Shiva. I have no illusions that this walk will fix me. I don't need fixing. And, at the same time, I have total faith that it will change everything. I ask for nothing less than total transformation in the way only Shiva can bestow. Total destruction of it all, and rebirth, as well. And I know that what I seek most is simple grace to allow me to accept myself a little more. A baby step in the direction of self-love. And maybe this is the point of all pilgrimage.
I know that I will return home in a week changed forever by India, and completely the same person I was when I left my house in Boulder. It's just a two-week trip, right?
But I will ask the mountain to grant me the time and strength to continue with my self-acceptance practices. As Jack Kornfield says, self-acceptance is most, if not all, of spirituality. I suspect that's what we all seek more than anything. And it's not found in India any more than it's found in your own home, reading the paper, cooking dinner, lying down to sleep.
And so this is where yoga has led me, at least for today.


Below is a guest post by my husband Art. He is an avid DIYer, who is affectionately referred to as "MacGyver" for his creative solutions on a tight budget. If you find this post useful, please let us know!! I'm sure Art has more handy tricks up his sleeve… If you're like me, you have some sort of wet/dry shop vacuum (or three) that you use to tackle the larger and dirtier jobs around the house. These might be for vacuuming sawdust in the shop, cobwebs around the house, spilled potting soil or kitty litter. No matter what size or brand shop vacuum you have, they all one thing in common: the filter gets dirty which reduces effectiveness.
Normally when the filter gets too dirty to use anymore, you do the one thing manufacturers want you to do. You throw it away and buy another to replace it. Filters are not cheap, costing $10-$30 depending on what your vacuum uses. What if I told you that you are wasting money that could be used instead for a meal or a decent bottle of wine? What the filter manufacturers don't want you to know is that your dirty filter is reusable, for many years, if not the lifetime of your vacuum. Below, I will show you how you can easily clean your filter in about 5 minutes and reuse it over and over again saving money.
Here are some suggested items to use in to clean your filter. If you don't have access to these particular items, you can make do with any number of things found around the house.
Dust mask – do you really want that stuff making it's way into your sinuses & lungs?
Small flat blade screwdriver – use to remove large packed dust/hair from filter grooves.
Small hand broom – use to further remove dirt from filter grooves.
Outdoor water hose with spray nozzle – to do final dirt removal from filter. If you don't have a spray nozzle, a thumb over the hose opening will work just fine.
The following steps are just a general guide. I have omitted some common sense items like performing the cleaning outside, unplugging the vacuum, dumping the collected debris from the vacuum into the garbage can, etc.
Open your vacuum and pull the motor housing with filter off the debris collection bucket.
While still holding the motor housing/filter over the garbage can, unscrew the plastic nut and remove the cover securing the filter to the motor housing and slide the filter off.
Gently use hand broom to continue to dislodge the large dirt deposits from the filter grooves. If you don't have a hand broom, use the screwdriver to gently remove the dirt from each groove on the filter making sure not to puncture filter.
Use water hose with spray nozzle to clean all remaining dirt from filter. Use a finger or thumb to open up grooves in order to flush thoroughly. Air-dry overnight.
Using a damp rag, wipe any dust from the part of motor housing where filter exhaust air exits (plastic frame inside of filter area on motor housing).
Reassemble and enjoy those honey-do chores.
Would you like to see more DIY tips from Art? Please let us know in the comment section below.


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Shannen Doherty Says Her Former Management Company's Employee Assumed Her Identity to Obtain Her Medical Information
In a new filing, Doherty claims a woman impersonated her to get medical info.
By JIM VOJTECH and LESLEY MESSER
Shannen Doherty's Breast Cancer Diagnosis Leads to Bitter Lawsuit
The "90210" actress claims her business manager failed to pay the invoice for health insurance.
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— -- Shannen Doherty has accused an employee of her former management company, Tanner Mainstain, of assuming her identity in a series of phone calls to the Screen Actors Guild Health Plan.
Lawyers for the actress, who is battling breast cancer, claim in a new court filing obtained by ABC News that her former account manager Kimberly Gabay, her former business manager Tia Boyd, and a third party provider retained by the firm placed "unauthorized calls" to the SAG Health Plan and that Gabay impersonated Doherty, allegedly attempting to obtain confidential medical information.
Doherty's lawyers filed the paperwork so the court would compel Tanner Mainstain to set a date for Gabay's deposition. They also accused Gabay and Boyd of criminal conduct.
Inside the Shannen Doherty Breast Cancer Lawsuit
"Ms. Doherty never authorized any of these individuals or Tanner Mainstain to falsely identify themselves as Ms. Doherty or to use Ms. Doherty's social security number to obtain access to Ms. Doherty's confidential medical information," the filing reads. "On the contrary, Ms. Doherty has since learned that Tanner Mainstain's managing partner, Brad Johnson upon learning of Ms. Doherty's claims, instructed Ms> Boyd and Ms. Gabay to obtain information regarding Ms. Doherty's claims for use in Tanner Mainstain's defense against the claims in this litigation."
A rep for Tanner Mainstain told the Hollywood Reporter that the firm hadn't yet seen the legal filing and was waiting to do so before commenting.
A lawyer for the firm has not responded to requests for comment by ABC News.
Doherty, 44, sued Tanner Mainstain in August, claiming that because the company allowed her health insurance to lapse in February, 2014, she was "completely uninsured" until the next enrollment period in 2015. Because of that, she did not visit a doctor regularly that year, and she was not diagnosed with cancer until March 2015, when doctors discovered "invasive breast cancer metastatic to at least one lymph node."
"Had she been insured and able to visit her doctor, the cancer could potentially have been stopped, thus obviating the need for the future treatment (mastectomy and chemotherapy) that [she] will likely have to suffer through now," the court filings read.


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Just like you, we missed a few news stories as we desperately searched the web for presents. Some big things happened, too, so close your six comparison-shopping tabs and read along.
Microsoft grabbed the spotlight on Wednesday the 13th at their artificial intelligence show-and-tell type meeting in San Francisco. Smarter programs and utilities were demoed, features updated, and even Clippy got his IQ raised a point. Other companies did some good stuff this week too.
AI, AI, Oh! After winning the knowledge worker market, MS hopes to make users smarter with updates to Office 365, Bing, and Cortana. A chart titled Microsoft AI by the Numbers shows considerable resources committed to help tools better answer more nuanced questions. Will Excel ever pop up a dialog that says, "Dude, you need a database"? Probably not. But it might link to a Dan Bricklin quote about best uses for a spreadsheet. Maybe.
Some bits here on AI boosting Office 365. And getting Intelligent Search results out of the vast pool of data (that's what trolls make?) from Reddit. Forget AI, how about Artificial Civility? Maybe the newly-available Azure Bot Service and Language Understanding will help quell the chaos.
Charge up your virtual assistant with new features in the Cortana Skills Kit for developers. Look for the exact tool you need with the new Intelligent Search features for Bing.
More MS but less AI. You'll get more Azure for less coin with Azure Cost Management, which now supports Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances, plus the price reductions of up to four percent that go into effect on general-purpose Dv3 Series virtual machines in selected regions on January 5th.
VMware and Hyper-V users might like the release of Azure Site Recovery Deployment Planner. Archive360 users should check out Archive2Azure with complete support for Microsoft Azure Archive Blob Storage Tier.
Business intelligence hides inside data, so Power BI Premium's new support for datasets up to 10GB in size should make BI jockeys look smarter.
Hiring? Skype Interviews Scheduler can make the process a bit less painful.
News from big vendors not named Microsoft. Apple (extremely not Microsoft) released a new iMac Pro (pictured) for those who need to crank at workstation productivity levels. Intel Xeon chips with up to 18 cores offering up to 22 teraflops of graphics speed on a 27-inch Retina 5K display sound like a great fit for video editing and more.
Those with less demanding workloads, and less full wallets, rejoice: Intel introduced new value-priced Pentium Silver and Celeron processors.
Gamers, put down your controllers long enough to install the new Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition for graphic goodness and performance.
Google raised the number of managed service providers for the Google Cloud Platform to an even dozen.
Cloud-based CRM pioneer Salesforce expanded into new ways to help companies please customers with Distributed Marketing.
AWS users will be happy to hear about the new Amazon CloudWatch Agent with AWS Systems Manager integration.
Early adopter corporate C-suiters can un-hide their Apple X phones now that Cisco released the Security Connector App for iOS 11.
More products but less MS and AI. Big ideas must sometimes be printed on big paper, so Epson America announced three new wide-format printers for small biz, creatives, architects, and the like. Say hello to the Epson WorkForce WF-7210, WF-7710, and WF07720. And to seven new Pro L-Series laser large venue projectors and the ELPLX02 ultra short-throw lens. Up to 4K resolution with 15,000 lumens and from 100 to 1000-inch projection are just a few of the features.
Getting an early jump on the competition, LG says it will roll out a new line of LG gram Notebooks (pictured) at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. Two-ish pounds with Intel i7 chips and SSDs, accent is on the slim and fast side.
Not to be outdone, the Samsung Notebook 9 Pen will be available early in 2018 too. Thin, light, fast, etc.
Alexa for Business fans (Bueller? Bueller?) should try out the new Sharp B2B MFP line that integrates with the Amazon intelligent assistant. When, "Alexa, unjam the printer" works, let us know.
Those curious about the Internet of Things (everybody, right?) should peruse the new services from Avnet on display at CES and afterwards. IoT Advisory Services, Device Design and Build, Cloud and Digital, and Lifecycle are just the first of them.
Zigbee Alliance and Thread Group rolled out support for the Dotdot IoT specification over Thread's IP network.
BMC Remedy expands to multi-cloud environments.
Xage Security launched what it claims is the first and only blockchain-protected security platform for the IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things).
KnowBe4 released a new tool to help employees avoid phishing emails called Second Chance. Hard to get those from hackers.
ZeroStack, of the self-driving on-premises cloud, announced its DevOps Workbench.
EventTracker (a Netsurion company) revved up its SIEM product to version 9 to help you catch more bad stuff on your network.
Cloudian now connects Axis Communications' network cameras direct to its Cloudian HyperStore object storage system.
Epicor shipped the latest version of Epicor ERP.
Microsemi and Imperas Software held hands and announced the Extendable Platform Kit for Microsemi Mi-V RISC-V soft CPUs.
FileCloud released what it claims is the first private cloud enterprise file sync and share solution with GDPR compliance support.
Atmosera won approval to offer its customers Microsoft Azure Government services.
Vena Solutions announced Revenue Performance Management for SaaS and subscription-based businesses.
M-Files released M-Files 2018, which includes a new Metadata Layer to provide a simple interface for retrieving documents regardless of the system they're hiding in.
Everlaw now has automatic transcription for audio and video files in its cloud-based ediscovery platform. And it can now grab files from other cloud storage locations.
More news but no products. The movers are busy at Cisco. Senior Vice President of Operations Rebecca Jacoby leaves in January 2018 but will advise etc. through May. Irving Tan takes on the new position of senior vice president of operations and digital. Chris Dedicoat will move next summer to a senior advisory role to Chairman and CEO Chuck Robbins.
Franchiser TeamLogic IT welcomed former President Chuck Lennon into a new role as executive vice president for business development and franchise support, while naming long-time channel vet Dan Shapero (pictured) the company's new president starting in March.
No time for New Year's Eve hangovers at Thales: January 1, 2018, marks the regrouping of all things digital under a "transverse" Digital Business Unit. David Jones, in California, will be the senior vice president in charge of it. Olivier Flous, we now know, has been vice president for digital transformation and the Digital Factory since July. Cindy Provin starts as CEO of Thales eSecurity on New Year's Day. Faizel Lakhani became CEO of the company's Guavus real-time big data analytics unit back in October.
TPx Communications has hired Jamie Minner to be the first vice president of its new unified communications line of business.
Cato Networks has welcomed Avant Communications into its channel partner program.
Asigra (the cloud backup folks) have rolled back prices for partners and end users by 50 percent as part of the new Asigra Partner Acceleration Program.
BluVector, the next-generation network intrusion detection group, has launched its OEM partner program.
Spiceworks' 2018 IT Career Outlook reports that one in three IT pros have itchy feet and will be looking for a new home next year. Reasons? Money, of course, say three of four respondents eager to boogie. 70 percent want new skills, and 39 percent want "to work for a company that makes IT more of a priority." No surprise, but 81 percent say cybersecurity expertise is desired. Unfortunately, only one in five declare themselves advanced in cybersecurity.
For those willing to go over to the dark side, Impartner's Partner Relationship Manager study shows that nine of ten hiring managers find it hard to recruit and hire direct sales professionals. According to CMO Dave Taylor, that means "the golden age of the channel has arrived." Leverage the channel or lose to competitors with more feet on the street.
The latest Kaspersky Security Bulletin says that the "Number of the Year" for 2017 is 360,000. That's how many new malicious files were discovered each day this year. 78 percent of them were malware, 14 percent viruses, and 8 percent adware. The first time Kaspersky Labs counted there were just 70,000 new and evil files found per day. That was only back in 2011, so the flood of malware has grown five-fold. Looks like the wrong week to quit.
LogicMonitor surveyed 300 industry influencers and found that enterprises will migrate the majority of their IT workloads from data centers to the cloud by 2020. The Future of the Cloud Study says that part of the transition will be the 20.8 billion IoT devices Gartner expects will go online. Amazon will remain in the lead with only 18 percent growth while Azure and Google grow 200 and 800 percent. That's what a good head start buys you.
More proof that young men don't think too good. Vrge Analytics repeated the Internet Attitudes survey from 10 years ago and discovered that (surprise!) young men are more likely than the rest of us to do dumb things. Especially men 18-29 years old, 30 percent of whom say they'd be willing to implant the internet directly into their brains, provided it were safe.
Males in this age range of the species tend to be particularly afflicted by the "Hold My Beer" syndrome we see in the South quite a bit. Politely put, they are stupid, primarily because they are young men. One in five men of any age would accept the brain chip, but more than nine of ten men 60+ years old said no way.
Ten years ago, only seven percent of women were willing to be chipped, but now that number is up to 13 percent. Really, ladies? Don't follow us men down this slippery slope. I mean, think pop-up ads are terrible? Imagine having the entire internet piped directly to your head. If you get caught in a pop-up blizzard, how do you reboot?


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