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Podcast Q&A: Sean Gregory '98 of Time Magazine on Sports, Beyond the Sidelines
PAW's Q&A Podcast — January 2018
Sean Gregory '98
Courtesy Time
Are we entering a new era of the activist athlete? Will the FBI sting have a lasting impact on college basketball? And why is Olympic curling so popular? We talk about these questions and more with Sean Gregory '98, a senior writer at Time magazine, in the January episode of PAW's Q&A podcast.
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Brett Tomlinson: Welcome to the Princeton Alumni Weekly's Q&A podcast. I'm Brett Tomlinson, and this month our guest is Sean Gregory, Class of '98, a senior writer at Time Magazine who focuses largely on the world of sports. He's had a pair of Time cover stories in the last few months, one in October written with Alex Altman about President Trump's critique of NFL players and their national anthem protests, and another in September about the remarkable industry that's grown up around youth sports in the U.S. This is our January edition of the podcast, but we're recording in December. And it seems like a good time to talk about the major sports headlines of 2017, beyond the field of play. Sean, thank you for joining us.
Sean Gregory: Thanks, Brett, thanks for having me.
BT: And full disclosure, Sean and I were briefly teammates in the Columbia Grad School —
SG: Right.
BT: — Intramural Basketball League. Sean was our go-to offense threat, and I was one of the guys who would come off the bench and launch a couple terrible looking hook shots.
SG: I think we fought hard, but I think we lost to the astronomy department in the semis or something like that.
BT: Yeah.
SG: It was a sad ending for the journalism school.
BT: Hey, we gave it the old J-School try.
SG: Yeah, right.
BT: So the dominant sports story of recent months has been the NFL player protests during the anthem, and the president's response, and also the public response. For Time's Person of the Year issue, you'd recently wrote about Colin Kaepernick and sort of his unusual role as both the catalyst for this movement who at the same time is now removed from it a bit —
BT: — since he has not been signed by an NFL team. I'm curious how you see Kaepernick, and those who followed his lead? Are we entering sort of a new era of the activist athlete?
SG: Yeah, I think so, Brett. I think it started to change around really, when you talked to folks about how kind of this evolved, around kind of when Obama was elected, in 2008. More players, particularly in the NBA, were vocal about their leanings, and a few campaigned for him, or advocated for him, at least.
But then we have the Trayvon Martin incident in 2012, 2013, and the Miami Heat led by LeBron James took a picture, they were all in hoodies and tried to make a statement that, what was happening wasn't fair. They had a point of view and they expressed it, and this was after years and years of, kind of the Michael Jordan model in the '90s that, "Republicans buy sneakers too," don't offend anybody — even though he might not have said that quote. But that was the general kind of philosophy.
So then you get into the election of Obama. You have these high-profile incidents with an African American president, and then it just kind of snowballed with Michael Brown, and Ferguson, and into the last — to the summer of 2016. And then when Kaepernick takes — he started by sitting and then had some very pointed comments about police brutality and racism and oppression, his point of view, it just kind of, it did kind of balloon and he evolved it to the kneeling after talking to some veterans. He thought it was a sign of respect, but there were millions of people who thought he was just blatantly disrespecting the flag, and first responders, and the military.
And then, it was — going into this year, he's not in the league anymore, and that — there was activism about that, protests in NFL headquarters that, people supporting him thinking he was being blackballed, but there weren't — the kneeling, there were a handful of, or maybe, nine or 10 players kneeling going into the weekend of week three in the NFL season, late September. And then once Donald Trump called them sons of bitches for doing what they did, it just — then it became activism against the president as well.
And so then you had that weekend where there was kind of the mass demonstrations, and it's kind of — it's gone in ebbs and flows, it's kind of gone a little bit to the background now as we sit here in mid-December. Still an issue, but the owners have tried to squash it after it seemed like they were backing the players, they kind of backtracked. It's been this crazy, weird year in the NFL where the business is down, and people are scrambling thinking oh, is it because of protesting players, is it because of the safety issues, is it because there's too much football over the place? So there's just a lot of stuff swirling.
So when you speak to folks like Harry Edwards, a sociologist from Cal whose has been — who helped organize the '68 Olympic protest and has been studying this and helping organizing this kind of things for decades. I mean he's very — when you ask him that question, he is very clear in his thought that yes, this is — we haven't seen activism like this since the late '60s and Colin Kaepernick is the Muhammad Ali of this generation.
BT: And the role that social media plays in all this, you don't have to be an NFL quarterback, you can be a women's national team player —
BT: — you can be, basketball, hockey, baseball, on down the line (although baseball seems not to have had much of this).
BT: And we're also seeing coaches get involved in a way — with Gregg Popovich and Steve Kerr — in a way that it's hard to imagine, a generation ago an NBA coach being so outspoken in the political realm.
SG: Yeah, think it's a product of the conversation being 24/7, right? We have constant access to points of view and conversation, and it's hard, for people not to get wrapped up in it and for people like Steve Kerr and Gregg Popovich and, Stan Van Gundy wrote for us an essay about calling the kneeling players patriots because they're trying to improve their country, and he spouted all these stats about prison reform. He's kind of studied the issues and kind of took the time to kind of learn what — learn about what his players, professional players around the country are protesting about.
So yeah, I agree, 10 years ago, 12 years ago, the mid-2000s it was a very — for the Iraq war for example, I remember Steve Nash spoke out about it. It was like oh, wow! And if that were to happen — if the Iraq War were to happen now you can just imagine, athletes would be very free to give their opinion. And I think, when the president of the United States is calling out athletes and making them seem like they should just be grateful for you're making — you're making millions of dollars, you're playing a game, stick to sports, right? And that just raises — that just starts a fight, it's a natural human reaction to say hey, wait a second, I have something to say. You can't bully us. And so it, I think the divisiveness is coming from the top has really, helped this snowball and it will continue. There's no reason to think that this new era of activism will stop any time soon.
BT: And the reaction to the anthem protest would not seem to be a net positive for the NFL, but it has perhaps overshadowed some other disturbing news, things on player safety. So this year, we saw the release of another major study of traumatic brain injury. More recently the revelation Aaron Hernandez the former Patriots player who was convicted of murder and who committed suicide and in prison had exceptionally high levels of CTE. What's next for the NFL as these very scary health concerns continue to pile up?
SG: It's a huge problem. How is it affecting — and it will be really interesting if the league or some third-party folks can really parse this out — are people starting to feel guilty about watching the NFL? Is that contributing to some of the, ratings, declines that we've seen. Now let's be frank, I mean the NFL is still is very popular, right? I mean in the grand scheme of things, the other sports would kill for some of their ratings and the audience that they draw and the Super Bowl audience and all that. However, the news — I've been following this for 10 years now and it just never stops and gets worse and worse, another study, another study, more brains examined, more CTE.
And on the grassroots level, we've seen the participation decline, anecdotally and in data. And so what's the player pool going to be, 10, 20 years from now? It's a very intuitive thing.
And, when I interviewed Roger Goodell five years ago even he said, like, listen and, he has to be very careful because of all the legal things, but he said something along the lines of it's pretty intuitive that banging heads all the time probably isn't the best thing for the brain. And so in that very — you can make all the — you can make every safety rule, they've tried, they've tried with the safety rules although we still concussion protocols and what happened this Sunday there were — Tom Savage was obviously the quarterback for the Texans, right, he was obviously concussed and wasn't taken right out of the game. So there's flaws in that, the rules, you can have every rule on the books about don't tackle headfirst, but there's happenstance passes across the middle of the field where heads will collide.
I get pitched and speak to companies that are trying to innovate in helmets and, but that's — every credible company will say a helmet can't prevent concussions. Our science has shown that the G-forces will be lowered when you use our helmet, but some of these helmets there's guys are still getting concussions in them. So, and we still have a lot to learn about repetitive hits with practices being cut a little bit and not as much head contact in theory, in practices on all levels, will we see these — the same level of CTE 20, 30 years down the road? But it's a very scary thing that's not going away. And the NFL, if you look at the sports landscape the NFL, if I'm buying stock, the NBA, I think is up right now because they don't have these issues and they have these players that are, phenomenally talented, visible, marketable — the LeBron, Curry, Durant cohort. And then below that, you have coming up, the Greek Freak, Porzingis in New York, and Joel Embiid in Philadelphia; you have three guys and other guys that you can put in that category that can change the game as well. So they've got a plethora of marketable, exciting players without this kind of baggage.
Just looking at where the NFL is right now where it's been and where it's going, I could see why there would be a lot of concerns and they're going to have to — it's going to be a challenge for them. And these challenges aren't going away, especially in the brain science stuff. I mean the anthem protests who knows what will happen there. If I'm predicting, I predict the president's going to keep agitating on athletes because he, as a political strategy it might work because it rallies a lot of his base when he says hey, guys stick to sports. And so that might continue, but definitely, the brain science is going to get more ominous and so that's — that challenge isn't going anywhere for the NFL.
BT: Yeah, it's scary stuff for sure.
SG: Yeah.
BT: And you mentioned the — certainly the pipeline issue, parents thinking about which sports to put their kids into —
SG: I mean why do — why risk it, right? I mean there's plenty of other sports to play, for athletic kids to participate in. I think lacrosse even has kind of benefitted a little bit from football fears, and that sport has an opportunity to go to places where maybe it hasn't been before.
BT: In college sports, the big headline was really a sensational story for a couple weeks. It's kind of settled down, but the FBI's probe into college basketball recruiting — which led to criminal charges and of course, the firing of Rick Pitino, the biggest name who was caught up in that. Will this scandal and the trials to come change anything? Or is this just sort of a momentary blip in the big business of college sports?
SG: Well, it might make people reckon and question why is this a federal crime? Why is a player that's been determined to be worth $100,000, if he's given that money — now listen, the way things were gone about were, trusting advisers because they were going to give you the best professional advice when they were really trying to funnel you to different places, it wasn't — there's no saints here. But, I think the reaction and it's evidence of the — the paying-players debate has really changed in the last five years or so. There's a lot of prominent voices, there've been lawsuits, Time magazine, square, old Time magazine wrote a cover in 2013 saying why —making the argument why college players should be paid, which I think kind of, I don't think we're — I'm being too immodest by saying that helped advance it or at least gave people a talking point to either agree or disagree with. It's become, not gospel, but there's more momentum, and more questioning of why the coaches at these big-time programs — we're building $25 million locker rooms, but we can't give a kid $100,000.
So it — I wonder if it's less like these guys are — they are breaking the rules, I mean, right, the rules are on the book and they did cheat and the technical law stuff about wire fraud and all that, that all might be there but, I just found it interesting that the two scandals that broke that same week were the FBI thing and then the Carolina, their academic fraud deal —
BT: Right.
SG: — they got off, right. I mean they weren't punished by the NCAA because of some loopholes, meanwhile they were all taking fake classes. So what's the worse offense, right? Is it giving a kid $100,000 because that's what the school values for his services, and giving it to him under the table because the rules says it has to be under the table; or being given an academic scholarship without any opportunity for additional compensation, and then being offered phony classes — so not getting the education you were promised.
So that's kind of how I personally react, and it kind of put that in kind of my own context, having covered and written about these issues in college sports for a long time. So it wasn't like oh, my gosh, the tragedy of what these guys were doing and again, there's no saints here. Everyone's trying to — there's so much self-interest involved and Rick Pitino bending the rules, he deserved his punishment.
But I wonder if the fact that this is a scandal and is being discussed and there's tip lines and will it make — will it give further momentum to the question of what are we doing here? It's the argument for legalization, and of drugs, and other things. Why create an underground market when does it have to be an underground market? And that said the, will there be more programs to be affected by that because at the end of the day, the programs did break the rules, right, so the fans — it's going to interest fans if the NCAA comes down on Louisville, or Arizona, or whoever else. So, but maybe the tip line — the tip line that the prosecutor said was wide open, maybe people clam up and it'll be this case going forward, and maybe it'll peter out. It wouldn't be shocking if coaches just want to go about their business and not kind of jump in the fray. So it'll be interesting — for sure. And, college basketball with the one and done, it's a tough sport; stock being up and down, as much as we all love college basketball, it's kind of become a little bit of a one-month situation. There are great teams, great players, like Duke this year, they've got a lot of good players and when an upset happens like BC beating Duke, it's shocking and it's charming.
Is there going to be any change with the one and done rule? Can there be kids, can there be teams that people follow and get attached to? Or is it going to be at the top levels, the one-year NBA training ground, which isn't the best thing for fans, I don't think. It's fun to watch them play, but it doesn't, you go back to like the Big East, you hate to say in the good old days, but the 80s Big East, which everybody loves. The thing that people loved about it that there were teams that developed and rivalries that developed over time. Now it's all about the coaches and A, are they breaking the rules and B, what five-star can they recruit can they get for a year. So it becomes a little bit less attractive, I think for a sports consumer. But then once March starts, everyone gets into it so. It's might be a one-month sport, but gosh, it's a great month.
BT: It is a great month. Looking ahead — 2018, you'll be traveling to the winter Olympics in South Korea.
BT: Obviously, it's a great event, but it's also a time of real tension in on the Korean peninsula. What are some of the story lines you'll be following as you ramp up for it?
SG: Yeah, I think, once the Olympics begin, it's always about the athletes. I think that's the one thing I've learned doing this a while. It becomes, what did Mikaela Shiffrin do during her slalom, what did Sean White do today, what did Lindsey Vonn, what do the big star names do in their events? They become stars for a very finite amount of time, but during that time they become, arguably the most famous athletes in America during this two-week window. So there's intense interest in sports like figure skating; Nathan Chen — the American strength this time around is on the men's side and he's a phenom, a young phenom, so he'll be a big name.
And so, there's the athletes and, going in yeah, there'll be plenty of stories, looking at what safety precautions folks are taking and, I think it's going to be fine. I don't think there'll be nuclear war while the Olympics are going on, I think there was some chatter coming out of political circles last week, early December about the United States — people shouldn't be going — traveling to South KoreaThe Olympic team might not go, and that was just miscommunication and political posturing, I think. There's no way the United States isn't sending a team, minus a severe escalation of what's going on on that peninsula in that part of the world.
The Russians not being there is a huge story, or some of them being there, under the Olympic flag competing as quote unquote neutral — I mean the ultimate triangulation, right, I mean. All right, so the Russians cheated. We know the Russians cheated. And but I understand it's a little bit of what the IOC comes from, maybe not all the Russians cheated. So we can't punish everybody, but we'll — so the clean athletes will have to go for all these tests. But they can't compete under the Russians flag, but they will be identified as coming from Russia.
So it's — listen, the bottom line is in the medal count the geopolitical battles that go to the sporting field, the U.S.-Russia rivalry, especially when stuff is tense between the countries is always dramatic. And so from a sports fan point of view, it's a two part problem: The Russians cheated and they used their home country in Sochi, their home lab to cook urine samples and escalate to the medal tables as the ultimate home cooking, and then so not only that and now because of their bad acting, these — some of these Olympic rivalries, U.S.-Russia matchups are, they cheated so they're not going to be there and that's fine but from a sports-fan point of view you kind of want to see that so. So that'll be a big story.
And, in every Olympics, there'll always be something that happens that you don't know about, a Ryan Lochte situation or, or, a nice story like Gus Kenworthy and he's a freestyle skier who, assuming he makes a team, will be the first openly gay man to compete in the winter Olympics. He, came out after the Sochi Olympics, but during the Sochi Olympics he adopted a bunch of stray dogs, and that became a kind of feel-good story, Sochi had all these dogs wandering around, and he brought them from Russia back to the U.S. So there's always these, like, these scandals and these nice, feel good stories that happen that you can't predict, and that you just kind of go in ready to scrap every plan that you have.
BT: And I'm just looking for the relaxing experience of watching curling.
SG: Well, as soon as you started to say that, I knew you were going to go to curling, and you're absolutely right. And, I think, we well — we're planning on doing and it's going to be up hopefully by the time this podcast is out, if it's not look for it on Time.com a video animation explaining how curling is scored and how you should watch it so. We were trying to serve the customers their curling obsession. I believe CNBC — I might be wrong about this, but NBC goes big on curling, and CNBC might be all curling, all the time. Maybe it's not CNBC, it's one of their networks is like just dedicated to curling.
BT: Will there be funny looking pants again?
SG: I've got to get on that. I've got to start scoping that out. I should get the scoop on, like, the Norwegian pants design. Yeah, it's — and it's actually not a hard sport to follow once you kind of — I can see the appeal from a TV point of view. The sheet of ice is there, it's like darts, once you figure out the scoring system it's actually pretty intuitive and interesting. So I hope to be spending some time on the sheet, Brett, I think they call it the sheet.
BT: On the sheet.
SG: On the sheet, yes, with the rocks and the — in the house is like the dartboard looking thingy. So bring it to the house, we won't be in the house for the curling in South Korea.
BT: I'll get you out of here on this one. You were a Wilson School Major at Princeton?
SG: Yes.
BT: A varsity basketball player. Now you're covering sports and the myriad real world issues that intersect with sports. How did Princeton prepare you for the work that you do?
SG: It's funny you mention the Woodrow Wilson School, and I'm so glad I found the Wilson School and studied urban policy and urban planning. And then I joke, when I was at Time one of the early — we started doing videos, and one of the early videos I did was with the Nathan's Hotdog – what's that guy's name? Joey Chestnut. Joey Chestnut — and I went in and I made a hot dog with him, and I almost barfed on camera and it was ridiculous. And the joke was, like, well, this is why I went to the Wilson School to eat hot dogs on camera and almost puke. There's that end of it.
It wasn't — what I'm doing now isn't directly related to the urban planning, urban policy stuff that I did study; however, covering sports now and especially at Time, you just have to have a sense of politics, economics, science, how things work, and the Wilson School's actually a great education because, you don't major in one thing — you take some economics classes, you take some politics classes, you can take science, you can kind of experiment on different things, and not be an expert at one thing but be familiar with a bunch of different areas and that's what I do now. It's like I get to, study psychology in sports, and economics in sports, and health in sports, and just like at the Wilson School, there's public health, there's public policy, public economics. It's a good blend of everything. There wasn't a sports component at Woodrow Wilson, but I basically took a lot of what I learned there and the interdisciplinary curiosity that it sparks and kind of applied it to my job. That's really been helpful. And, basically, with Princeton, the connections I made — it'll take 20 minutes to explain, I won't bore everybody — playing basketball, and being at the school I just made a ton of fortuitous connections that just helped set me on my way, or opened the door, or sparked an interest. And so I look back now and being at Time for 15 years, I just know piecing it together, it never would have happened. I'm not saying that because it's the Alumni Weekly podcast, and I'm not shilling for the school at all. In my case, it's just a fact that if I wasn't there at the time and didn't meet the people I met … I'd be married to somebody different, for example. I met my wife through the school, through the town, and definitely got to where I am through that. So I'm very, very lucky.
BT: Well Sean, thanks so much for taking some time to talk. I really appreciate it.
SG: Always fun talking Brett, anytime. Thanks a lot man.
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On 15th November 1965 a small group of Christians, members of Brethren Assemblies in Liverpool but living in Maghull, met at the Knipe's house to discuss the planting of a "New Testament Church" nearer their homes. Eventually this growing group of believers left their home assemblies and on 10th April 1966 began to Break Bread together in Stan and Elsie Lake's home.
The Maghull Chapel Trust was formed on 2nd May 1966 and 6th November 1966 a Sunday School was established in NorthwayPrimary School (with 93 children on the first Sunday). Nearly 3 years later on 2nd March 1969 the first communion services started in the same location and the first family service was on 6th April 1969. A year later on 19th April 1970 we began Covenanters (for 12-19 year olds) and there was a big youth group mainly of sixth formers who called themselves "Group 4".
After much prayer there was a hunt for land and eventually in 1972 land was purchased and in 1974 they started to build. The Lord sent to the Fellowship people with building qualifications and building skills and some with just muscle. Each weeknight and all day Saturday, weather and light permitting (and with the exception of prayer meeting night) they laboured, often in deep mud, for 39 months turning the land into a good modern building. They called the building Maghull Chapel. It was completed in 1978, allowing us to have our first Communion Service on 26 March, followed by a full-range of services on 2 April '78.
If you're new, we hope you receive a really warm welcome in our church. In this section you'll find out about what we believe, where we've come from, where we're going, and how you can find your fit in the Maghull Chapel family. Enjoy!
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"An hour lost in the morning is chased all day."
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colors of sunrise vying to announce the day.
This poem first appeared in Songs of Eretz (June 13, 2017).
Lauren McBride finds inspiration in faith, family, nature, science and membership in the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA). Nominated for various awards, her work has appeared in dozens of speculative, nature and children's publications. She lives in Texas where she enjoys swimming, gardening, baking, reading, writing and knitting scarves for troops.
This is an interesting concept for poetry. I had not encountered it before today. I may just try one for a contest that I am entering. Nice meter too.
Nice Golden Shovel, Lauren. I too, like that seam of time, not totally dark, not all the way light. You've captured something special with this piece.
Wow, very cool! Well done.
I got up an hour earlier today to begin the cooking.
I hadn't seen this form before. I think I'll give it a try. Thanks. I especially like the last line.
I'm reading this with my lap top and coffee before sunrise. As usual.


I recently wrote about my experience of the much-hyped Impossible Burger. You can read the whole review and see the photos here, but in short, I thought it was pretty lousy. A disappointment of the highest order. For months, all I'd heard about was that the Impossible Burger was going to be the veggie burger to convert even the strictest of carnivores and about how it tasted just like a real burger. It didn't. Just a few days later; however, I bit into a humble little veggie burger in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it-spot in New York City's east village that completely blew me away.
There's a couple of tables inside Superiority Burger, but you'll be lucky to ever see them empty. They're pretty tightly packed together too and you need to actually fold them up to sit on the seats at the other side. This place is seriously small, but there's some room to stand if you can't nab one of the tables or don't fancy eating your burger with the people next to you.
The menu is small. There's a couple of burgers, a couple of sandwiches and a couple of salads. The most expensive thing on the menu is $9 and everything is vegetarian. If you're vegan, it's no problem – just mention it to the staff and they'll adjust your order.
I went for the Superiority Burger and the burnt broccoli salad on the side – there's no fries here. The burger is topped with muenster cheese, iceberg lettuce, tomato and pickles. I love the aesthetics and the presentation. The burger comes wrapped in paper, the sides in paper trays and it's served with a couple of wet wipes for your hand and that's it. It's fast food, but good food.
The burger looks like the part and every bit as appealing as a meaty cheeseburger. The smells that hit me as soon as I unwrapped it had my mouth watering.
Unlike the Impossible Burger, which tries so hard to look like a beef burger, this patty embraces what it is – a damn good vegetable burger made from grains and beans. It tastes like – shock – REAL food! The texture is spot on and the moreish, nutty, umami taste left me wanting more. The toppings here actually really enhance the flavours of the patty, as opposed to being put there to cover up something bland – something that I felt the Impossible Burger was guilty of. The burger sauce was delicious, the sharpness of the pickles and how it cut through the lovely bubbly cheese – it was perfect. That little bit of mustard underneath the patty too. Spot on.
As you can probably tell, the burger is fairly small. My only regret was that I didn't order two. Or three.
I walked out of Superiority Burger feeling good and feeling genuinely excited, which doesn't happen often with veggie burgers. It's not only easily one of the best veggie burgers I've ever eaten but one of my favourite burgers of all time, full stop. It's cheap, packed full of delicious ingredients and has guaranteed a return visit from me the next time I'm back in New York. It's also a lesson that we don't need bleeding faux-meat, silicone valley patties to enjoy a good veggie burger. The best veggie burger is already here and there's nothing impossible about it.
+ The best veggie burger you'll ever eat.
+ Cheap. Buy two or three.
+ Made with real ingredients.
+ Toppings actually enhance the flavour of the patty rather than hide it.


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nora systems is supporting athletes during the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia and the thousands of visitors to the games with more than 61,000 square feet of floor coverings installed throughout a number of Sochi's Olympic venues.
In fact, nora products are underfoot as athletes and visitors arrive and walk through Sochi-Adler Airport. This major regional hub located 14 miles outside Sochi was completely renovated and upgraded in preparation for the games, including the installation of noraplan signa, norament 926 grano and norament 926 stairtreads. Selected for their ability to withstand heavy foot traffic and their simple maintenance regimen, the floor coverings also provide comfort underfoot for weary travelers and complement design elements in the busy airport.
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Nearby, the 12,000-seat Bolshoy Ice Dome and the smaller 7000-seat Shayba Arena are the sites for ice hockey competition. In both facilities, norament 992 grano again provides slip resistance and durability properties so important to venues of this type.
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Broadway's Daphne Rubin-Vega Set To Recur On The CW's 'Riverdale' Spin-Off 'Katy Keene'
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EXCLUSIVE: Daphne Rubin-Vega, the original Mimi in both the Off Broadway and Broadway landmark productions of Rent and coming off the Lin Manuel/Warner Bros. feature In The Heights, will appear in a major recurring role on the CW's upcoming Riverdale off-shoot Katy Keene.
She'll play Luisa, the mother of a central character, Katy's roomie Jorge/Ginger. She's described as a doting mother, a former Rockette and now owner, with her husband Luis, of a bodega in Washington Heights. She supports her son Jorge's ambitions to make it on Broadway, but doesn't know about his drag alter ego, Ginger.
The Jorge/Ginger character, played by Jonny Beauchamp, is a central figure on the series and one of at least two characters expected to perform musical numbers on every episode.
In the Katy Keene series pilot, recently screened at the Tribeca TV Festival, Jorge is a Broadway hopeful by day and, as Ginger, a drag performer by night. When his Broadway dreams begin to fizzle – he is, he says, "too gay for Broadway" – he's encouraged by Katy to make the audition rounds not as Jorge but as Ginger.
Katy Keene is expected to debut during the CW's winter/spring 2020 midseason.
Rubin-Vega was Tony-nominated in 1996 for originating on Broadway the lead female role of Mimi in Jonathan Larson's Rent, which she'd debuted earlier that year Off Broadway to great acclaim. The actress received another Tony nomination in 2004 as featured actress in a play for Anna In The Tropics.
More recent credits include Broadway's A Streetcar Named Desire opposite Blair Underwood, NBC's Smash and Netflix's Tales Of The City. Ruben-Vega was among the original Rent performers who made an end-of-show appearance on Fox's Rent: Live last January.
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BCB Brokerage Private Limited is the flagship company of the financial services provider BCB Group. The group was founded in 1958 by Late Shri Chandaratandas Bagri.
Shri. Uttam Bagri, aged around 43 years, is the Whole Time Director (Director Identification Number 01379841) of our company. He holds a Bachelors of Commerce from University of Mumbai and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad.
He is associated with the financial markets since 1998 in various capacities. He has been a Director on the board of BSE Limited (formerly Stock Exchange, Mumbai) during 2003-2005 and 2010-2012. He has served on various committees of BSE and CDSL in the past.


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Bryan Cranston Confirms Checking In After Noticing Seth Rogen Was Way Too High at Golden Globes
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Bryan Cranston is that dude.
The Breaking Bad star stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live this week, where he confirmed that he did in fact intervene when he noticed that Seth Rogen was too high at the Golden Globes.
"There were two things that tipped him off that he was really not okay," Cranston began at the 6 minute mark of the video above. "One he wasn't laughing or talking to anyone, he was up against the wall just like smiling, and I thought I either call 911...and then the second thing he said, I think he thought I was Drew Barrymore, and I knew something was wrong."
Rogen had previously spoken about this very same incident back in 2021, telling Jimmy Kimmel that he had been experimenting with the edibles he was concocting for his Houseplant weed company.
"I had one experience at the Golden Globes, actually, many years ago that was pretty bad, yeah," Seth said. "Because the thing with edibles is, there have been times where I thought I was fine but I was not. And that's what's scary about edibles is you don't even know what they're doing to you. I was at the Golden Globes, which are a nightmare, so I had a weed lollipop throughout the show and I thought in my head, I was like, 'I'm really high but I'm keeping it together.' That was what I kept thinking in my head. I was like, 'Man, this thing is fucking me up but at least I look and am acting totally normal.'"
He said the incident in question went down at an afterparty, where Cranston approached him to conduct a welfare check.
"I went to an afterparty and I saw Bryan Cranston, who I don't know that well," Rogen said. "But I saw him and the first thing he said to me was 'Are you okay?' which is an alarming question to be asked when you think you are okay … When you just think you're doing good and someone looks at you, like very scared and says 'Are you okay?' it'll really bring you back down to Earth."
He continued, "That guy's seen some things. If I was alarming to Walter White, I must have been fucked. And he said 'Are you okay?' and I turned around and left and I literally, I walked out of the hotel that the show was in and got in my car and I went home and I was like, no, the answer is, if you're asking me, the answer's no. I'm not okay. I'm getting the fuck out of here."
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This print silk blouse features a split crew neck and a 3-button closure. Ruching at neckline and at double-button cuffs. 3/4 sleeves. Semi-sheer.
The print is very lovely, and texture is very nice because of 100% silk. However, size was a bit too large and it has the possibility to be looked like pajama... Since it was sale, couldn't change the size this time & difficult to fix it, so that I just keep it - and wear as casual.


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Couple of desert foxes by Otto Pilz for Meissen
Fantastic group representing two desert foxes staring. Modelled by Otto Pilz for Meissen in 1907. Great condition.
Size: H 15cm – W 16 cm
Meissen manufactory, Jugenstil period. The artist modelled it in 1907.
Lit: Pilz Otto (Sonneberg 1876 – Dresden 1934) is an animal sculptor. He studied at the School of Applied Arts in Dresden and at the Berlin Academy. The Meissen manufactory acquired around 30 of his models between 1905 and 1913, genre and animal figures along nine figures from a Monkey band.
Lit: Meissen was founded in 1710 in the gothic Albrechtburg castle. It was the first porcelain manufacturer in Europe. The previous year, in German Dresden, the alchemist Johann Friedrich Böttger, "goldmaker" and prisoner of Augustus the Strong (Elector of Saxony and king of Poland) had made the discovery. Initially the factory made fine red Böttger stoneware, with relief and engraved designs. The first true porcelain, put on the market in 1713, was similar in style, in the form of teaware, statuettes and Chinese style figures. From 1720, the porcelain became brilliant white, the enamel colours were improved, the designs were fantastic "chinoiseries"; it was the era of the painter-decorators with J. G. Höroldt as a leader. In the 1730s under the Count Brühl's directorship (until 1752), the sculptors, with J.J. Käendler at their head, became dominant, producing a range of characters, animals and birds, dinner services richly decorated in relief, and sculptural vases and tablewares. From 1756-1773 meissen porcelain was marked with the crossed swords with a dot in between the handles, known as the "dot-period". This period marked the transition towards the neo-classical style. In 1774 Count Camillo Marcolini became director, he held this position until 1814. The more restrained neoclassical style dominated but the manufactory declined due to economic pressures and the international competition of the French factory Sèvres. In the early 19th century, technical innovations were introduced and the wares were made in the popular taste which improved the situation again. In 1830 the name of the factory was changed from Königliche Manufaktur to Staatliche Porzellan Manufaktur. Superb modelling and painting were characteristic of Meissen porcelain, and for the next 50 years its products were unsurpassed, widely exported and much imitated. Throughout the 19thC, Meissen quality remained unchanged and there were few innovations, although the late 1890s and early 1900s saw the start of a more inventive approach in the Art Nouveau manner. The Meissen factory is still operational today.
A galant couple with garlands of flowers, Meissen
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"Black tailed godwit" bird, Paul Walther for Meissen
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Q: Finding solutions to a system of linear equations I was working on this problem, to which I have the answer, but it is just that, an answer with no explanation, and I am stuck on how the answer was arrived at, for a few parts of this question.
In this question, we have the following matrix, with constants $a$ and $b$.
$$\left[ \begin{array}{cccc|c}
1 & 0 & -3 & 0 &3a\\
0 & 1 & b & 0 &b-4\\
0 & 0 & 0 & (a-2)(b+1) &a-2\end{array} \right]$$
We are trying to find, if any, what values of $a$ and $b$ give the following:

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*No solution,

*A unique solution,

*A one parameter solution,

*A two parameter solution.

I have worked out the following, which matches up with the answer given:
A1. No solution when $a \neq2$ and $b=-1$
A3. One parameter solution when $a \neq2$ and $b \neq-1$
But I am stuck on Q2 and Q4 and would be very grateful if someone could give me an insight into how they would tackle these parts of this question.
Thank you in advance!
PS: If you would like, I can add the answers to the remaining parts of the question, which I am stuck on. Edit: Answers, as requested:
A2: No such $a$ and $b$.
A4: $a=2$ and b free. (I assume it means b is a parameter?)

A: $$\left[ \begin{array}{cccc|c}
1 & 0 & -3 & 0 &3a\\
1 & 1 & b & 0 &b-4\\
0 & 0 & 0 & (a-2)(b+1) &a-2\end{array} \right] \to
\left[ \begin{array}{cccc|c}
1 & 0 & -3 & 0 &3a\\
0 & 1 & b+3 & 0 &-3a+b-4\\
0 & 0 & 0 & (a-2)(b+1) &a-2\end{array} \right]  $$
first let us look at $(a-2)(b+1)$ is zero if $a = 2$ or $b = -1.$
in the case $a = 2,$  there are infinitely many solutions. the reason is there are two free variables, third and fourth column variables.
the case $a \ne2, b = -1,$  the last equation reduces to $0 = 1$ so there are no solutions.
the remaining case $a \neq 2 \text{ and } b \neq - 1$ there is free variable, so the system has infiniteley many solutions.

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Image 1: Better make sure your "mother's milk" (the milk you drink while you or your significant other are pregnant) is full fat!
I don't know if you have listened to my "brother" Carl Lanore's Super Human Radio interview with Boyd Eaton, yesterday, but if you did, you will probably remember that the two also broached the issue of dairy consumption on a paleo diet. And while many of you may have been surprised to hear that Eaton does consume milk products on a regular basis, it is probably even more intriguing that the show came full-circle only a couple of minutes later, when Carl who had just addressed the issue of iron-overload and how that relates to the relative abundance of meat in an ancestral diet, read my facebook message about the beneficial effects of milk proteins, Zunquin et al. observed in a 2006 trial rodent trial intended to simulate the potential side effects of high dose iron supplementation to replete iron stores in iron-depleted athletes (Zunquin. 2006).
Milk allergy or allergy due to the lack of full-fat milk - is that the question?
Yet while the Zunquin study is by no means the only scientific evidence that nature's original meal replacement, irrespective of whether or not it may be "intended for human consumption" can exert potent health effects (cf. Barfray. 2003), the pros and cons of a high(er) intake of dairy is still a matter of constant debate. Other than within the paleosphere, the public and scientific debate does yet usually revolve around the notion of low- vs. high fat dairy, with the common recommendation to "choose low fat dairy in order to avoid the unhealthy saturated fats that come with the full-fat variety".
Aside from the downside of non-existent yet potentially healthy levels of certain fatty acids, such as conjugated linolic acid (yeah, the one that can kill empty fat cells, cf. "Nasty Insights into the Yo-Yo-Effect: Lower Body Fat Sticks and From Fit2Fat There's no Easy Way Back!"), the reduced absorption and presence of fat-soluble nutrients and the necessity to add sugar or artificial flavors, as well as chemicals to modify the taste and mouth-feel of those watery low-fat dairy products, a recent study from Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston does now provide compelling evidence that either one or all of the former aspects, or a hitherto not elucidated difference between skim and full-fat dairy products increases children who are born to mothers who consume >5 portions of semi-skimmed milk per week during their pregnancy have an 8% increased risk of developing childhood asthma and a 40% increase in risk of developing allergic rhinitis later in life (Maslova. 2012).
that did, just as the aforementioned results, remain significant, even when the data was adjusted for the intake of other allegedly beneficial foods (fruit and vegetables) and nutrients (vitamin E, vitamin D, Se, Zn from diet and supplements).
So are those the CLAs and other ruminant trans-fats?
While Malsova et al. fail to give a clearcut answer on what the underlying reasons for these observations are, their detailed analysis of the data does yield some evidence that CLAs and other ruminant trans-fatty acids cannot explain the differences, as they showed similar correlations with both full-fat and semi-skimmed milk intake and were "not associated with either the early or later childhood outcomes" (Maslova. 2012).
The diversity and complexity of our results make it difficult to interpret and propose a single agent mechanism, yet the consistent associations with low-fat yoghurt for later childhood outcomes suggest that compounds specific to this food, such as artificial sweeteners, may play a role.
Interestingly, they specifically refer to the use of aspartame as the "primary" artificial sweetener in the Danish food supply since the 1980s, but cite a - at least in my humble opinion - highly biased source (Gideon. 2010) on that issue without even providing a single scientific study that would implicate aspartame as a factor involved in the etiology of asthma (+my brief research shows, there is none).
Image 3: Too much statistical shenanigan involved in the ER data for my liking.
A note on additional data evaluated in the study: The scientists make use of the actual hospital admissions due to asthmatic reactions as another source for their study data. Unfortunately, those only contribute to the already confusing results, because they suggest that despite the fact that the incidence of early childhood asthma is lower (other data), the chance to end up in hospital, as assessed by data from the Danish National Patient Registry appears to be higher in children born to mothers with a high full fat milk intake (+30%), and minimally reduced for children whose mothers consumed the same amount of skimmed dairy - it is however questionable how reliable this 3rd hand data which had to be linked back to the central person registry first and ran through multiple processing steps actually is (same for data from the Register of Medicinal Product Statistics).
As far as the underlying mechanisms are concerned this leaves us with but one relatively certain conclusion: The scientists' initial hypothesis that ruminant trans-fatty acids could play a causal role in the development of allergic disease development cannot be upheld in view of the inverse associations Maslova et al. found between the CLA content and the risk to develop asthma and/or allergic rhinitis across products with different fat content.
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With Canadian debt loads out of control and many more people closer than ever to insolvency, it's time to start taking your finances more seriously.
So many people feel overwhelmed and don't know where to start, but that is no excuse to not act!
1. Create a plan – The most important thing you can do, and the best way to start, is to commit to creating a written financial plan that will outline your goals and create a roadmap to reach them.
2. Build a budget – The earlier you can maintain a firm understanding of your cash flow, the earlier you can start taking control of your finances and get yourself on track to achieve your goals. Much like your financial plan, your budget should be a living document and updated regularly.
3. Tackle your debt first – Your financial plan should put initial focus on paying down debts, starting with those that accrue the highest interest rates. For those debts that will take time to pay off, look at available options to reduce the interest rates charged.
4. Start an emergency fund – A well laid out financial plan can be destroyed by an unexpected emergency. Enough to cover 3 months of expenses is a good starting point.
5. Review your risks – What would happen to your finances if you were injured or sick and off work for six months? How would your family get by if you were to pass away tomorrow? A risk assessment should be a top priority and appropriate insurance should be attained.
6. Begin the estate planning process – Do you have a will, power of attorney and a health representative agreement in place? Are they up to date? These vital documents help ensure you and your loved ones are protected and can give you a lot of piece of mind once in place.
7. Ensure your investments match your needs – An investment portfolio review should be conducted to make sure that your investments are suitable for your current situation and risk tolerance.
8. Open a separate savings account – Are you planning a big vacation or have some other kind of one-time expense coming up? If your trip is nine months away, setup a separate savings account and put 1/9th of the total amount you'll require in each month to have enough to pay in full and not end up putting the trip onto a credit card and adding to your debt.
9. Be philanthropic – But do so strategically. Your budget will help you understand how much you can afford to give and how to maximize the tax planning opportunities.
10. Communicate your wishes – Create a summary of your full finances including every account, asset and debt that you have and include information about your financial planner, lawyer and any other professionals that you use. Share this information with your loved ones.


There is no shortage of fun things to do in Charleston, SC. If you come to Charleston you have to get on the water somehow. Go kayaking or take a Charleston harbor cruise. Nearby beaches offer good surfing and wide stretches of sand for catching rays.
Play golf. There are several highly-rated golf courses in and around Charleston.
Go shopping. Explore the unique shops downtown. The King Street corridor is known for antiques, apparel and a variety of other merhandise.
Tour historic Fort Sumter, where the Civil War began. Historic homes and commercial buildings have been preserved throughout the city, which is why it's so beautiful.
Enjoy this short video. It provides an aerial introduction to Charleston.


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Izzo: Parallels in Spartans', Warriors' chemistry
Tom Izzo enjoys seeing Warriors' chemistry, and he believes MSU can emulate that this winter with the return of Miles Bridges
Izzo: Parallels in Spartans', Warriors' chemistry Tom Izzo enjoys seeing Warriors' chemistry, and he believes MSU can emulate that this winter with the return of Miles Bridges Check out this story on Freep.com: http://on.freep.com/2sOqc4e
Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press Published 1:44 p.m. ET June 10, 2017 | Updated 1:54 p.m. ET June 10, 2017
Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo watches warm-ups before Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Warriors and Cavaliers in Oakland on June 1, 2017.(Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP)
EAST LANSING – Tom Izzo has bounced from the West Coast to the Midwest the past few weeks, following the NBA Finals from San Francisco to Cleveland.
The travel allowed him to watch Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors, his former star pupil at Michigan State. But Izzo also sees parallels between this Warriors team and what he believes his Spartans can be this winter.
"Back in March, we made a couple decisions that were tough decisions about what direction we wanted to go with a couple of key recruits. We don't want to screw up the chemistry we got right now," Izzo said Friday on WVFN-AM 730 in Lansing. "I think chemistry is very valuable. When I get out to Golden State and, after the game, I'm in the family room and in the hallway with all the players, it's an unbelievable collection of guys who get along. I mean, you're talking some pretty good players – (Andre) Iguodala's a kid, (David) West – that are coming off the bench. Draymond, the sacrifices he made for Kevin Durant.
"Winning is a priority there. I think those are the kind of guys we've got."
One of the recruits Izzo likely alluded to was Saginaw native Brian Bowen, whose prolonged recruitment took some dramatic turns over the past few months since his official visit to Breslin Center on Jan. 29. MSU was one five finalists for the five-star forward, along with Arizona, Texas, Creighton and North Carolina State.
Then everyone waited. And things changed.
The Spartans, by Izzo's comments, began to distance themselves. Miles Bridges decided to return to MSU for his sophomore season, taking up a spot and plenty of shots for next season. And at Arizona, guard Allonzo Trier stayed and bypassed the NBA draft. By the end, none of Bowen's top five were his destination. He picked Louisville over Oregon, DePaul and the others.
With five-star big man Brandon McCoy picking UNLV and high-rising guard Mark Smith staying at home in Illinois, MSU still has one scholarship left for this fall. Izzo is comfortable banking it until 2018.
"Sometimes, you get too many stars and then you got chemistry issues," Izzo said. "I think we're pretty much almost 99.9% set how we are. If there was a transfer that had to sit out, maybe we'd look at that. But we think that next year could be a big recruiting class, and we want to make sure we have the scholarships for that, too."
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Prior to my departure for Europe and amidst the insanity that was my October 2014 life (seriously guys, no idea how I made it through that month) it dawned on me that I had not posted about fashion in what felt like ages. So why not add that to the roster before leaving the country? Given the timing and seasonal change, sweater weather was in full swing, so why not roll with it?
Well, I'm glad that we went through with it, since I was fortunate enough to work with some of Montreal's finest and most talented creatives.
I had been eager to work with the Trollsen Twins for a while now. The popular duo continue to wow the Montreal fashion world with their signature style, covering a wide range of stylistic flavour. From vintage/ retro dresses and skirt suits to early 2000's raver fun fur and neon barbie-girl-esque-head-turning apparel, these gals can pull off just about anything. So I decided to put their chameleon abilities to the test with this editorial.
I had an idea for a non-conventional editorial – a vision that included cats, cappuccinos, twins and vintage apparel. The lady behind the camera would be someone who shared the same vision, and I am proud to say that she took my original vision and delivered above and beyond what I expected. Alexandra Côté-Durrer is a photographer protégé and a force to be reckoned with.
So there we were, on a gloomy autumn October day, ready to get our groove on with some fab finds from Fripe Fabrique, ranging from vintage to locally-based Montreal designer brands like Rachel F. The bonus of shooting on a grey day is prefect lighting, and as you can see – the cats were unbothered by the weather.
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The approach to community investment at Ashcroft Terminal is to ensure that investment dollars are allocated to organizations and initiatives that respond to the needs of the local community and are of strategic relevance to the core values and strategy of the business.
The community investment program at Ashcroft Terminal is strategically designed to enhance the skill set of the next generation of industry leaders and to help enrich the social fabric of the Ashcroft community.
Education and Skills Training: Ashcroft Terminal supports education and skills training with a focus on trade and industry related programs.
Community Fairs: Ashcroft terminal helps build a sense of community in Ashcroft BC through community fairs and events.
The organization must be a registered charity of educational institution able to issue an official tax receipt.
The village of Ashcroft is a small town nestled along the banks of the Thompson River with clean air, fresh water, locally produced foods, ample hiking and walking opportunities and affordable housing.


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Then open it with Google Earth. You will be asked to switch the view to Mars and then you should be able to zoom in on the Gale Crater area with the slope map overlaid.
Recently Google has put high-resolution HiRISE imagery of Gale Crater on standard Google Mars, which tends to overlay the slope map. To disable that layer, uncheck "Rovers and Landers" in the Layers area on the left of the screen.


Build an ecological community center with mud bricks in the Jordan Valley with the Jordan Valley Solidarity Campaign that will benefit 15 small communities struggling to remain in their homes. Stay in the Jordan Valley for three days and witness the severe living conditions of the local herding families. Gain insight to the issues of demolition and displacement.
Harvest olives in a village in the West Bank led by Rabbi Arik Ascherman from Torat Tzedek. Participants will live with Palestinian families from the village for three days to learn more about their struggles to remain in their homes and gain access to their land. Experience the joy of the olive harvest!
Learn about additional issues as participants transfer to a small hotel in Bethlehem for four nights. Our program of field trips will explore other locations in the Occupied Palestine Territory and Israel such as Jerusalem, Hebron, Bethlehem, the Negev, Jaffa and Tel Aviv. Meet with critical Israelis and receive understanding about the elements required for a just and sustainable solution. Strengthen your involvement in the global movement for peace in the Middle East and explore ideas on how to advocate for equality and justice for all.
The fee of $1300 covers all program expenses: food, accommodation, field trips, educational materials and travel. Not included are flight tickets, travel to and from Jerusalem, spending money during free time. Participants are responsible for their insurance cover. Registration is open through August 15th and the final payment due September 15th 2018. Participants are encouraged to participate in the fund-raising campaign to buy bricks for the community centre.
ICAHD has extensive experience in running rebuilding camps for internationals, and Rabbi Arik Ascherman has hosted visitors from around the world in acts of solidarity with the Palestinians. Participants 18 years of age and older are invited to join and all should be physically fit. An application form must be completed, and references will be taken.
The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) is an Israeli peace and human rights organization founded in 1997 to end the Israeli Occupation and advocate for a just peace in Palestine/Israel. Its focus for mobilization is Israel's policy of demolishing Palestinian homes (more than 50,000 in the Occupied Territory since 1967, added to the 52,000 demolitions within Israel since its founding in 1948), and it has rebuilt 189 homes as political acts of non-violent resistance. ICAHD "translates" the facts on the ground into effective advocacy tools: critical analysis conveyed through articles, pamphlets, books, maps, presentations, films and social media.
Torat Tzedek, founded by Rabbi Arik Ascherman, former Director of Rabbis for Human Rights, is a new Israeli multi-issue human rights organization that bases itself both on international law and the Jewish tradition. It believes that protecting human rights and taking concrete action to further these goals is a human and religious obligation in general, and specifically a Jewish religious obligation. On principle Torat Tzedek works for the human rights of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, Israeli Jews, Israeli Palestinians, African asylum seekers, etc.
You will be living in an area of conflict and engaging in activities to resist the Israeli Occupation. The Israeli authorities could disrupt our building activities, though we will not confront them. We will be guests of the local communities, and over the past 15 years of rebuilding camps facilitated by ICAHD, no one has ever been injured or arrested.
You will need to take out private travel insurance. This expense is not covered by the camp.
Do I need a visa to travel to Israel/Palestine?
Access to the Palestinian territories is controlled by Israel. Citizens from Western countries do not need visas to enter Israel, but your passport does have to be valid for 6 months from the last day of the trip.
People from the ages of 18 to 82 have participated in ICAHD camps. There are no specific requirements and you can work as hard as you choose. The travel and living conditions can be basic. You'll have to fill out a form letting us know if you have any medical, physical or psychological conditions that might affect you or others in the course of the camp.
All funds paid to ICAHD will be put towards the rebuilding whether you decide to attend the camp or not. If the camp is cancelled (an unlikely event), you will be fully reimbursed.
If you are an American citizen, please fill out this application form.
If you are not an American citizen, write to info@icahd.org for an application form.
If you cannot attend but would like to support our work, please help fund a participant or donate by buying bricks for the construction of the community centre in the Jordan Valley. See the October 2018 camp section at www.icahd.org and press the donate button.
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Wolverines move into three-way tie atop Patriot Athletic Conference with three games left in regular season.
There were more misses than makes, and more fouls than made free throws at Terry Sanford on Tuesday night.
The Bulldogs and Westover had their lowest scoring outputs of the season in a physical foul fest, but the Wolverines got one more stop and left the building with a 41-40 victory to move into a tie atop the Patriot Athletic Conference.
"Just gritty, man," Wolverines coach George Stackhouse said of his team's performance.
Now, Pine Forest, Terry Sanford and Westover all sit at 10-3 in league play with three games left in the regular season.
It was ugly on both ends for both teams as the Wolverines racked up 25 fouls and the Bulldogs added 20. At the free-throw line, Westover made just 17 of 30 freebies and Terry Sanford finished 13 of 29 from the charity stripe.
No Westover player finished with a double-figure scoring night, but nine players scored and junior Isaiah Bridges led the way with seven points.
Bridges described the game as "very physical and defensive" on both ends of the court. The halftime stats showed as much with the squads tied at 16 with 17 combined fouls.
Terry Sanford scored the first five points of the second half, but the Wolverines closed the third quarter with a 13-3 run, capped with a layup by Keyshawn Lindsey, to take a 29-24 advantage into the final period.
Stackhouse said Westover's shift from an aggressive 1-3-1 zone to a man-to-man defense helped his guys capture some momentum in the second half. The Wolverines limited the Bulldogs to single-digit points in three of the four quarters.
Westover pushed their lead to eight points, 38-30, with 1:53 left to play, but Yates Johnson scored eight straight points for Terry Sanford to trim the lead to one point with 47 seconds left.
Johnson scored 10 of his 11 points in the fourth quarter, but Bridges would hit 4 of 6 free throws down the stretch to help fend off the Bulldogs, who had a chance in the final seconds to tie it up but had to settle for a Johnson putback as time expired.
Davis Molnar scored a game-high 15 points, including four 3-pointers to lead the Bulldogs, who, like the Wolverines, still have a chance to end the regular season as conference champions.
Records: Westover 15-5, 10-3. Terry Sanford 14-6, 10-3.


It's that time of year! Spring training is right around the corner, and 2017 Topps Series 1 will be releasing on February 1st. The flagship release of Topps is one of the most anticipated products every year, as it has strong history behind it and it signifies the start of the baseball card collecting season.
This year's base design breaks from the standard borders we've seen over the past few years and, dare I say, looks a bit innovative compared to what we've seen from base Topps in the past. If you look at the Kris Bryant card below, you'll see that they've moved away from a traditional border that has been a trademark in many of their releases. The design allows more of the picture to be visible and limits the excess coverage, outside of the name, team and logo.
The initial checklist provided by Topps highlights the strength of the rookie class that will be included in Series 1. Andrew Benintendi, Dansby Swanson, Alex Reyes, Yoan Moncada (in his Red Sox uniform, but now with the White Sox), Alex Bregman and David Dahl are just a few of the rookie cards that will be included in the first series. Typically the Topps Update series contains some of the top rookie cards each year, but it is nice to see that the first release of the baseball card collecting season will be filled with some promising young talent.
Personally, one of my least favorite aspects of Topps flagship product is the overwhelming number of inserts (11 sets) and parallels (10 versions this year, not including printing plates). Again, just my personal collecting preferences, but I feel that the large number of insert sets and parallels in this product typically deter me from purchasing it in greater quantity. Those are precious spots in a pack that could be replaced by base cards that I need to complete a set. The First Pitch inserts are back, and seem to be the one insert set that collectors seem to enjoy (I enjoy them too, at the right price).
Although typically not the driving force of sales for the product, but the release will also contain relics and autographs, although this is likely not the release for you if you are primarily looking for relics and autographs. Topps has plenty of other releases that have more of that content, and personally, the sticker autographs in this product are a huge turn-off.
Well, those are my initial thoughts on the release. I'm sure I'll be buying some at some point, either a box or blaster or singles (especially Benintendi RCs!). Again, I think that this release of flagship typically gets purchased by the most collectors, as it's the first release of the year and we're probably all hungry to rip something from 2017 at this point.
What card(s) are you most excited about from the 2017 Topps Series 1 release? Let me know in the comment section below - and perhaps there is a collector out there who will pull the card and trade it to you!


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Galax's (KFA2 is the EU) upcoming GTX 1080 Ti Hall of Fame has been pictured, offering a 16+3 phase power design and three 8-pin power inputs.
This GPU will feature the company's signature all white design, with silver highlights and a white PCB design. The GTX 1080 Ti Hall of Fame will use a 2.5-slot version of KFA2's traditional triple fan cooler design, which should be more than adequate to keep this beast of a GPU cool under load.
KFA2's design is a simple case of over-engineering, giving this GPU an insanely large power phase design and power inputs to match, allowing this GPU to be delivered up to 450W though the GPU's three 8-pin PCIe power connections as well as the 75W from its PCIe connection for a total combined power of 525W. This is clearly more than what this GPU will ever need outside of LN2 overclocking, though it is nice to see that there is a company that is willing to bring insane designs like this to market.
Like most aftermarket GTX 1080 Ti designs the Hall of Fame will feature three DisplayPort 1.4 connections as well as an HBMI 2.0 port and a DVI-D output, allowing this GPU to be used with pretty much any modern display.
At this time the pricing and release date of KFA2's GTX 1080 Ti HOF are unknown, though the GPU will certainly be popular amongst pro overclockers.
You can join the discussion on Galax's GTX 1080 Ti Hall of Fame on the OC3D Forums.


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Partnerships for a better world
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An interview with Andrew Badrot, Founder and CEO of C2 PHARMA about the company's Partnerships for a Better World programme,
An interview with Andrew Badrot, Founder and CEO of C2 PHARMA about the company's Partnerships for a Better World programme, and how the company is harvesting botanical extracts in Brazil in a sustainable way.
C2 PHARMA, formerly Centroflora CMS, is the key sponsor of the 'Partnerships for a Better World', a program that supports thousands of disadvantaged Brazilian families involved in the wild harvesting of native plants used for the manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).
Created in 2003, Partnerships for a Better World is designed to positively impact all aspects of the supply chain pertaining to the harvest of native plants from the Amazon and other Brazilian biomes. It is a demonstration that economics and environmental stewardship can go hand-in-hand when all parties are willing to contribute.
C2 PHARMA obtains many natural ingredients and APIs from the Brazilian flora – a fragile ecosystem that, like any other, requires careful management. In previous decades, companies exploited it, killing many of the native plants from which these APIs are obtained. We spoke to Andrew Badrot, Founder and CEO at C2 PHARMA about the project, and how the company has started to harvest phyto-APIs in Brazil in a sustainable way, bringing life back to a region that had been suffering from industrial exploitation.
What sort of plants are used as a source for your ingredients?
Andrew: The program currently offers a certified supply chain for Jaborandi (pilocarpine), Passiflora incarnata, Fava D'anta (quercetin), Guaraná and Mate-Herb.
In the case of pilocarpine (used in the treatment of glaucoma and dry mouth disease), the source is the Jaborandi plant, native to Brazil. This plant is difficult to cultivate and, to obtain high content of active Ingredients, it must be harvested in the wild. We created a specific sub-program called 'The Jaborandi Valorization Program', which pioneered the wild harvesting of Jabora ndi, and is now being extended to other species.
What was the problem with the way these plants were harvested in the past?
Andrew: In the past, illegal shrubs picking of Jaborandi was widespread. Pickers shortened the branches of the Jaborandi tree to the point where the species was threatened with extinction. Dealers exploited the pickers by paying little; the small payments covered only the pickers' needs for food during the harvest season, but not beyond.
How have you addressed this problem?
Andrew: The Partnerships for a Better World program focused on removing the dealers and established a direct connection with the pickers. This led to a 5-10 fold increase in pickers' compensation. The program also trained pickers to harvest sustainably, following Good Harvesting Practices.
Forest management techniques and research on Jaborandi led to the establishment of harvest guidelines:
Branch tops should only be harvested after the first fruit has ripened and only from a height above 50 cm
Pickers should use cutters, provided for free by the program, to ensure propagation from seeds, preservation of the shrub, regeneration and future harvests
Pickers also replant with seedlings.
The Program was recognised by the Brazilian government, and various international organizations, for its positive impact on the conservation of biodiversity and income generation in poor communities.
What sort of impact has this had on the price and quality of the products your company distributes?
Andrew: The program brings benefits to all stake holders. For pharmaceutical customers, the main benefit is access to raw materials with better quality and full traceability, while supporting indirectly socio-environmental developments and biodiversity preservation in Brazil. By following Good Harvesting Practices, the content of phytochemical markers in the leaves has improved significantly. Any cost impact is compensated by better quality raw materials.
How does it affect your supply chain?
Andrew: Through the financial support and the purchase agreements, C2 PHARMA has reached a certain level of guarantee of supply, which allows us to plan and meet our customers' demands. This is a game changer when it comes to a phytochemical API, where a lot of factors may influence harvest outcome.
How can this type of stewardship be extended to other parts of the world?
Andrew: Many pharmaceutical companies realise the benefits of accessing raw materials in a sustainable and fully traceable supply chain, free from toxic residues, pesticides and genetic manipulation. As demands constantly increase, we are working to integrate new species and new rural partners to the program.
Over the next few years, we seek to expand the scope by:
Covering new plant species
Attracting new customers to support socio-environmental projects aimed at community development and biodiversity conservation
Expanding the number of pickers involved in the program inside, and possibly outside, Brazil.
Interview with:
Andrew Badrot, Founder and CEO of C2 PHARMA, 270, Rue de Neudorf, L-2222, Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
T: +352 28 26 11 00; E: info@c2pharma.com
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Peter Brock tribute car
In September this year, it will be 10 years since the legendary Peter Brock was tragically killed in a car accident. One of Australia's most well known and successful motor racing drivers, he was given the nickname of the "King of the Mountain" because of his successes at Mount Panorama, Bathurst.
His 1979 win with co-driver Jim Richards, is perhaps his most famous. In this race he gets pole position, leads for all 163 laps and wins by 6 laps, a record which may never be broken. He also set the lap record on the last lap of the race, a testament to his skill as a driver and the way his team prepared and maintained the car throughout the race.
Steve Harvey from Rockingham, has created a tribute car based on Brock's 1979 winning vehicle. He has restored an LX Torana hatchback, which he bought as a painted rolling shell in 2014. Harvey explained that as soon as he saw the colour scheme, he knew that creating a tribute car was the right thing to do. "I wanted to pay respect to Peter Brock and Jim Richards and the history that they created in this car", he said.
Harvey's passion for Torana's began young with his first car being a 2 door LJ Torana Coupe. He has owned 8 Toranas during his life, but was most excited when he bought the LX hatchback. Spending every spare moment he had on the project, the restoration only took 12 months to complete and the vehicle now has a 308 All Aussie M21 4 speed motor, with a 9 inch diff, 10 inch hot wires on the back and 8 inch on the front. Harvey said that "it was a blank canvas to work off, the paintwork was already done, but I had all the stickers made to replicate Brock's car."
The final touch out of respect for Brock and Richards lap record, is the number plates on Harvey's tribute car which read "SIX LAPS".
In September last year, Harvey took his pride and joy across to Toranafest, in Maitland New South Wales. His vehicle was on display with 354 other Toranas and he jokingly admits that he won the award for the "Longest Distance Travelled". On the day before the show he met with many members of Brock's racing team as well as some of his family who signed the glove box for him. These included Jim Richards, Brock's co-driver, Joe Felice, the Manager at HDT at the time, Ian Tate the mechanic, Bev Brock and her son James Brock. Steve was also honoured to have Bev Brock accompany him on a car cruise on the day.
Following this event he headed to Bathurst and along with 20 other classic muscle cars, drove a parade lap on Saturday afternoon before the main event started on the Sunday. Harvey said this was a "tribute to the race drivers of the day and shows people that these cars are still out and about".
"SIX LAPS" is the rear car in this photo taken at Bathurst in 2015
Harvey is bringing his tribute car to the Brookton Old Time Motor Show on 19 March. This year the show theme is All Things Aussie, with a feature display celebrating the upcoming 50 years of the Holden Torana. The Toranas along with other classic vehicles and machines will be on display but they will also fire up twice throughout the day in order to participate in the grand parade.
You Have Done an Amazing Job With This Tribute Torana To Peter Brock.He Was one of The Best.Hopefully i Might Get to see it one Day.I was also wanting to ask you,as i am also Doing a Tribute car,was there any Issues in using the Livery from companies on your car eg.Castrol as i would like to be able to do mine up in the correct Livery.


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CCSO: Armed serial bank robber headed toward playground in custody after being shot by trooper
CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. - An accused serial bank robber has been taken into custody after being shot by a state trooper as he headed toward a playground armed with a rifle following a chase.
According to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, Jeromee Wade Greenough, 44, entered the TD Bank in Crystal River shortly before noon on Thursday brandishing a firearm. Deputies say he approached tellers and demanded money before fleeing in a white vehicle with an undisclosed amount of cash.
CCSO deputies and the Florida Highway Patrol located Greenough as he traveled down the Fort Island Trail. When law enforcement officers tried to make contact with Greenough, deputies say he sped off and tried to strike them with his vehicle as he tried to avoid being captured.
Spike strips that were subsequently deployed deflated Greenough's tires. As he continued driving on the deflated tires, troopers performed a PIT maneuver to stop his car.
According to CCSO, Greenough got out of his car armed with a rifle and took off running toward a playground. That's when deputies say a state trooper shot Greenough.
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After providing immediate first-aid on scene, Greenough, was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Greenough will be charged with robbery with a firearm, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without the intent to kill, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and fleeing and eluding law enforcement.
No law enforcement officers were harmed during the incident. The trooper who shot Greenough has been placed on non-disciplinary administrative leave, per the agency's policy.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating.