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Kiki SmithUntitled
The Vitreous Body, 2000
Tags:Abstract / Text / Black And White / Woodcuts / Literary / Abject Art / Graphicstudio/USF / Kiki Smith / Print / Artists Books
In this book of 18 woodblock prints, Kiki Smith uses a classic Greek text on light and vision to create a wholly contemporary work. Smith used the complex process of heliorelief, which transfers photographs to a block of wood, then cast into relief by sandblasting. The transculent Japanese paper Smith selected recalls the ancient vellum used by the Greeks.
About Kiki Smith
Kiki Smith (b. 1954) has been known since the 1980s for her multidisciplinary practice relating to the human condition and the natural world. She uses a broad variety of materials to continuously expand and evolve a body of work that includes sculpture, printmaking, photography, drawing, and textiles.
Smith has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions worldwide including over 25 ...
Smith has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions worldwide including over 25 museum exhibitions. Her work has been featured at five Venice Biennales, including the 2017 edition. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2017 was awarded the title of Honorary Royal Academician by the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Previously, Smith was recognized in 2006 by TIME Magazine as one of the "TIME 100: The People Who Shape Our World." Other awards include the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture in 2000; the 2009 Edward MacDowell Medal; the 2010 Nelson A. Rockefeller Award, Purchase College School of the Arts; the 2013 U.S. Department of State Medal of Arts, conferred by Hillary Clinton; and the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center, among others. She is an adjunct professor at NYU and Columbia University.
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Book of 18 woodblock prints with text by Parmenides of Elea.
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More Art by Kiki Smith
Untitled (Self-Portrait), 1996
Design by Kiki Smith
Cat, 1999
Abject Art
Marta Minujin
Escalando al infinito, 2011
Boot, 2004
Boogie Man, 2006, 2006
Melissa Meyer
Sway, 2006
Matthew Pillsbury
Guggenheim Museum, Installation In Progress, October 1, 2004, 2004
Meredith Danluck
First to Come, Last to Leave, 2010
Clay Ketter
1.D Road, 2002
Self Portrait #1 (American), 2008
Santa with Butt Plug, 2007
Santa Chocolate Shoppe, 1997
Untitled 6 (Badeath), 2006
Gerald Ratto and John Follis
Arts & Architecture, 2011
Michele O'Marah
Frosty, 2010
New Humans
Straight Edge, 2010
Turtlenecks, 2007


Caption: A Benedictine monastery was founded on this site in the 7th or 8th century. Edward the Confessor (1003-1066) rebuilt an abbey on this site shortly before his death. William the Conqueror was crowned here on Christmas Day 1066, and it has been the setting for every English coronation since, except for those of Edward V and Edward VIII. The present building dates from 1245.


WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF A BALANCED BUDGET IN 2014-15?
Following his meeting with the private sector economists, Mr. Flaherty was asked about the possibility of a balanced budget, or even a surplus, in 2014-15 – one year ahead of the government's commitment to eliminate the deficit by 2015-16. The Minister did not directly answer the question, but did not explicitly rule out the possibility either. What are the chances that the deficit could be eliminated a year earlier? Even if the chances were good, why would the government want to announce it in the 2014 budget?
In the November 2013 Economic and Fiscal Update, Mr. Flaherty forecast a deficit of $5.5 billion for 2014-15. However, this projection includes a "risk adjustment factor" of $3 billion. Assuming that this risk adjustment is not required, and all other things remaining equal, the deficit would fall to $2.5 billion in 2014-15. The deficit is the difference between two very large numbers - revenues of $277 billion and total expenses of $283 billion in 2014-15. An improvement of $2.5 billion is well within the margin of a "rounding error". A slight increase in revenues and/or a slight decline (a half a percentage point on both revenues and expenses) would easily produce a surplus. As such, looking only at 2014-15, a balanced budget or surplus is a very distinct possibility.
However, to achieve a balanced budget in 2014-15 would require a decline of $17.8 billion from the current deficit for 2013-14. Adjusting this deficit forecast for the "risk adjustment factor" (the November 2013 Update included an adjustment of $1.5 billion) as well as the liability for natural disasters of $2.9 billion would require a year-to-year improvement of $13.5 billion. In the current economic environment, such improvement would appear to be unrealistic.
Virtually all of the decline in the deficit would need to come from increased economic growth. Real gross domestic product (GDP) is currently projected by the Finance Department to increase by 2.4% in 2014, compared to 1.7% in 2013. Nominal GDP, the applicable tax base for federal revenues, is projected to advance by 4.2% in 2014, up from 3% in 2013. Using the "Sensitivity of the Budgetary Balance to Economic Shocks" presented in the November 2013 Update, higher nominal economic growth of 1.2 percentage points in 2014 could improve the budgetary balance by about $4 billion, well short of $13.5 billion required.
These calculations are based on the assumption that the deficit forecast for 2013-14 will turn out to be fairly accurate. If, however, the deficit for 2013-14 were to come in much lower than forecast in the November 2013 Update, then the possibility of a balanced budget or surplus increases considerably for 2014-15.Unfortunately for Mr. Flaherty, the final deficit outcome will not be known until the fall of 2014 Some information on what could happen may be found in the monthly financial results reported in the Fiscal Monitor. So far, the fiscal information does not suggest that the outcome for 2013-14 will be much better, if at all, than currently projected. This monthly data, however, was very misleading with respect to the final outcome for 2012-13.
The current forecast of the deficit depends significantly on the government achieving the full cost savings of the restraint measures introduced in previous budgets and Updates. Details of the impact of these measures, as requested by the Parliamentary Budget Officer, have not been forthcoming. Many of the proposed savings are to come from "back office" savings, implying delivering current programs more efficiently and effectively. But how realistic is this? The fact is we know very little about the governments "restraint measures" and whether they will actually be realized. If not, then the possibility of a balanced budget in 2014-15 and 2015-16 would be unlikely. The final budget outcome for 2015-16 will not be known until the fall of 2016, a year after any election.
Mr. Flaherty is right to be cautious in his budget projections, given the risks associated with economic and fiscal forecasting. If the deficit for 2013-14 comes in much lower than currently estimated, it could well be because of additional prudence he has "buried" into his budget forecast. Both he and the Prime Minister criticized this practice when they were in Opposition. To date, Mr. Flaherty has been unable, or unwilling, to explain why the deficit for 2012-13 came in so much lower than originally forecast. He may well be in the same position again when the final results for 2013-14 are released.
Even if there were a reasonable chance of a surplus in 2014-15, Mr. Flaherty would be wise not to show it his upcoming budget. He should learn from his previous experience. Since 2006, he has yet to meet any of the targets set by his government. He has had to change the timeline for the achievement of a balanced budget from 2015-16 in the March 2011 Budget, to the medium term in the March 2012 Budget and back to 2015-16 in the March 2013 Budget. He now wants to be 100% certain that he can deliver on the 2015-16 commitment.
If things turn out better and it looks fairly certain that there could be a surplus in 2014-15, then he could announce it in the 2014 Economic and Fiscal Update, setting the stage for an early election budget and possibly even an early election.


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Mustard Plug, 21 May 2021
Mustard Plug
Hard Luck Bar Toronto, Canada
Fri, May 21 2021
Ska Punk Punk Rock Pop Punk
Concert of Mustard Plug in Hard Luck Bar
You have a great opportunity to see Mustard Plug, on May 21, 2021 at Hard Luck Bar in Toronto.
About Mustard Plug
Mustard Plug is a ska punk band from Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Formed in 1991, the band's original members were Dave Kirchgessner, Mike McKendrick, Colin Clive, and Anthony Vilchez. Currently the band consists of Dave (Vocals), Brandon Jenison (trumpet), Jim Hofer (trombone), Nate Cohn (drums), Colin Clive (guitar/vocals), and Rick Johnson (bass). The band has regularly toured throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, and South America. They have toured with the Warped Tour twice, and participated in the Ska Against Racism Tour. As of 2014, the band has released seven studio albums and continues to tour actively.
Explaining the band's goal, Jim Hofer said, "We may have some messages in our music, but essentially we just do this because we love it and we want people to lighten up and have fun."
In August 2013, Mustard Plug used Kickstarter to fund the recording of a new album. Can't Contain It was released by No Idea Records on January 14, 2014.
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Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation
Author: Roberts, Cokie
ISBN: 9780062834249, Related ISBNs: 006283424X, 9780060782351, 9780062834249
"This collection succeeds in emphasizing that many unsung women left their mark well before the suffrage movement." —Publishers Weekly
Fans of #1 New York Times bestselling author Cokie Roberts, who was also a celebrated journalist for ABC and NPR, will love this stunning nonfiction picture book, as will parents and educators looking for a more in-depth book beyond the Rosie Revere and Rad Women series.
Highlighting the female explorers, educators, writers, and political and social activists that shaped our nation's early history, this is the stunning follow-up to the acclaimed children's book Founding Mothers.
Beautifully illustrated by Caldecott Honor–winning artist Diane Goode, Ladies of Liberty pays homage to a diverse selection of ten remarkable women who have shaped the United States, covering the period 1776 to 1824.
Drawing on personal correspondence and private journals, Cokie Roberts brings to life the extraordinary accomplishments of these women who created the framework for our current society, a generation of reformers and visionaries.
Roberts features a cast of courageous heroines that includes African American poet Lucy Terry Prince, Native American explorer Sacagawea, first lady Louisa Catherine Adams, Judith Sargent Murray, Isabella Graham, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Elizabeth Bayley Seton, Louise D'Avezac Livingston, Rebecca Gratz, and Elizabeth Kortright Monroe.
This compelling book offers a rich timeline, biographies, and an author note, bringing these dynamic ladies to life.


Some time ago we took a good look at the svchost process and unscrambled its complexities. If you've read the article you know that svchost.exe is a generic host process for .dll files, as well as a couple of the methods to figure out which exactly which .dll files are loaded. Since writing that article I've found a groovy tool called Svchost Viewer that streamlines the entire process.Just to review, when you open up Task Manager in Windows 7, Vista, or Xp, you'll see multiple instances of svchost.exe running. Each svchost you see is really just another process that was loaded using svchost as a host. The tricky part is figuring out exactly what each process is that svchost is hosting, and that is where the Viewer comes in handy.
If you ask me, the best part of the app is that it is able to tell you what each process is used for based upon what each description says.
Though it isn't the best way to go about it, as a bonus you can use Svchost Viewer to stop services dead in their tracks. When doing this a warning will display letting you know that the service might just restart when you reboot Windows and you should really disable it the proper way via services.msc.
Svchost Viewer is a simple and straight forward application to aid in the understanding of svchost.exe' many tasks. It is open-source and free, so if you are curious to figure out what each and every service is, this is a groovy download work taking for a spin.


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ESRF Data Policy
The ESRF Council endorsed the implementation of a Data Policy for Public Access for data taken at the ESRF beamlines in December 2015. The Data Policy is based on the PaNdata Data Policy which was a deliverable of the European FP7 project PaN-data Europe delivered in 2011. The Data Policy for publicly funded research defines the ESRF as the custodian of raw data and metadata. This means the ESRF will provide users with automatically collected metadata for all publicly funded experiments carried out on its beamlines, including the beamlines from Collaborating Research Groups. The metadata will be stored in the ICAT metadata catalogue which can be accessed online to browse and download (meta)data. The experimental team will have sole access to the data during a three-year embargo period, renewable if necessary. After the embargo period, the data from publicly funded research will be released under a CC-BY-4 licence with open access to everyone. Data generated by publicly funded experiments have a DOI created automatically for them so they can be cited in publications. Experimental teams can release their data before the end of the embargo period by creating a DOI for a publication or by sending a request to dataportal-feedback@esrf.fr.
Data produced by commercial or proprietary beamtime are reserved for the group paying for the beamtime and are considered under embargo forever unless requested to be opened by the group concerned. Further details on how data from commercial beamtime are governed are described in the Data Policy for Commercial Access.
The ESRF data policy comes very timely as the scientific landscape in Europe and worldwide changes. The ESRF data policy implements the principles of Open Science and will enable users to publish results derived from data taken at the ESRF without further action on their part other than referring to the ESRF data policy. The ESRF can assist users to fill in Data Management Plans (DMPs) for data to be produced at the ESRF.
When applying for beam time it is necessary to accept the appropriate Data Policy.
The ESRF Data Policy is implemented on all beamlines since 2021.
Any questions concerning the Data Policy or its implementation can be addressed to dataportal-feedback@esrf.fr


this blog is personal – it is not meant to advance a specific purpose. I write to enhance my skill and as a form of therapy: to share and express my feelings. It is there to help clarify and develop my thoughts on various subjects. On occasion, there is a rare insight but that is more of light bulb moment rather an attempt to put forth a formal case – sometimes there is a point but that is not the sole intention of the online journal.
1. Audience. Who is it meant for.
2. Argument. It may not always succeed in influencing or convincing others but it should at least try to.
3. Action. What is the desired effect or what do you intend for them to do?
This may be far from being comprehensive but it is a start.


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Geldo är en kommunhuvudort i Spanien.   Den ligger i provinsen Província de Castelló och regionen Valencia, i den östra delen av landet,  km öster om huvudstaden Madrid. Geldo ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

Terrängen runt Geldo är kuperad åt nordväst, men åt sydost är den platt. Geldo ligger nere i en dal. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  km sydväst om Geldo. Runt Geldo är det ganska tätbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är Segorbe,  km nordväst om Geldo. I omgivningarna runt Geldo

Ett kallt stäppklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är augusti, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är januari, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är november, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är maj, med  mm nederbörd.

Kommentarer

Källor

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Orter i regionen Valencia

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L'École de Barcelone (en ) est un courant cinématographique né à Barcelone dans les années 1960, largement influencé par la Nouvelle Vague, et qui constitua en quelque sorte la réaction barcelonaise au Nouveau Cinéma Espagnol, phénomène éminemment madrilène.

Présentation
Le réalisateur Joaquin Jordà, un des chefs spirituels du groupe, en avait d'une phrase laconique résumé les aspirations : « Étant donné qu'il est impossible de faire du Victor Hugo, nous ferons du Mallarmé ». Les membres de l'École de Barcelone, considérant qu'il était impossible de parler librement de la réalité de l'Espagne, décidèrent d'en évoquer l'imaginaire… Il s'agissait d'un groupe d'amis, dont les modèles furent les grands cerveaux du cinéma d'art et d'essai européen.

Si tous les historiens du cinéma qui se sont intéressés à ce mouvement n'y inscrivent pas tous le même nombre de réalisateurs, on peut tout de même établir la liste suivante qui est celle établie en 1967 par , membre incontestable du mouvement:
Vicente Aranda, Joaquim Jordà, Jacinto Esteva, Gonzalo Suárez, Carlos Durán, Ricardo Bofill, Jorge Grau. Deux autres cinéastes Jaime Camino et José Maria Nunes peuvent eux aussi, selon l'avis d'une majorité des historiens être associés à ce mouvement.
Pere Portabella avait toujours refusé d'être assimilé à l'École de Barcelone, qu'il qualifiait par ailleurs de « slogan ». S'il est incontestable que celui-ci entretenait des relations avec les membres de ce que l'on appelait à l'époque « la gauche divine », son cinéma n'avait en revanche pas les mêmes perspectives que le cinéma de l'École de Barcelone.

Le sous-titre du livre d' et Casimir Torreiro sur l'École de Barcelone indique: « le cinéma de la gauche divine ». Il s'agit d'une expression née sous la plume du journaliste  qui désignait une frange de la bourgeoisie barcelonaise acquise à des idées de gauche, baignant dans le milieu de la publicité, de la mode, ou de l'édition et clairement influencée par la « tendance française ». Cette « gauche divine » avait l'habitude de fréquenter les endroits en vogue de la ville, comme le Pub Tuset, la discothèque Bocaccio ou la Cova del Drac, aujourd'hui élevés au rang de véritables mythes.

S'il est la plupart du temps admis que l'expression « École de Barcelone » fut une invention de , des révélations postérieures à beaucoup de travaux historiques sur la question viennent contredire, ce qui était devenu à tort, une évidence.
C'est lors d'une table ronde consacrée au mouvement cinématographique, qui eut lieu le , que José María Nunes, attribua la paternité de ce slogan à Carlos Duran. Nunes déclarait ce jour-là :
 C'est à partir de cette idée d'une École de Barcelone qu'il fut décidé de réaliser un film-manifeste, réalisé par J. Esteva, en collaboration avec J.Jordà : Dante no es únicamente severo (Dante n'est pas uniquement sévère, 1967). Le film, qui s'annonce comme étant composé « d'un prologue, de neuf chapitres et d'un épilogue » multiplie les références au cinéma français, notamment en procédant à des inserts d'affiches de films de la Nouvelle Vague. D'autres films comme Fata Morgana (1965),  (1966), comptent parmi les œuvres majeures de l'École de Barcelone.

Les films de l'École de Barcelone, bien que la cohérence de ce mouvement ne soit pas fondée sur une unité esthétique, étaient tous empreints d'une recherche formelle incontestable. La réaction face au cinéma du NCE et à sa narrative classique était évidente. L'aspect expérimental de certains films est manifeste : dans la répétition des flash-back, dans la « désolidarisation » des séquences entre elles, et dans l'utilisation d'une symbolique cryptique. Par ailleurs, ces films semblaient pour la plupart d'entre eux se passer complètement hors du temps, et de la réalité sociale de l'Espagne de l'époque.

Si la plupart des membres de l'École de Barcelone étaient, à l'image des cinéastes du NCE, des militants antifranquistes, souvent proches du PSUC, leur engagement politique n'était pas présent dans leurs réalisations cinématographiques. Le cinéma de l'École de Barcelone n'était pas non plus un cinéma catalaniste. On ne ressent pas dans ces films, dans lesquels les dialogues étaient le plus souvent en castillan, de volonté particulière de défendre la spécificité culturelle catalane, ce qui est par ailleurs logique car certains de ces membres n'étaient pas catalans, et parfois même, pas espagnols non plus. , cinéaste portugais qui vivait à Barcelone depuis de nombreuses années déclarait : « Je ne fais pas un cinéma catalan, mais un cinéma de Barcelone. »

Filmographie élémentaire
Fata Morgana (1965), Vicente Aranda
Dante no es únicamente severo (1967), Jacinto Esteva et Joaquim Jordà
Noche de vino tinto (1966), José Maria Nunes

Notes et références

Annexes

Bibliographie
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  J. M. Caparros Lera (dir.), El cine en Cataluna:una aproximacion historica, Barcelone, PPU, 1993.
 Jean-Paul Aubert, L'école de Barcelone : un cinéma d'avant-garde en Espagne sous le franquisme, L'Harmattan, Collection « Champs visuels », 2009.
  « Semana de cine español », La Escuela de Barcelona, Filmoteca regional de Murcia, Murcia, 1991.
  Jésus De Dueñas, « A la hora de un realismo nuevo, Fata Morgana », Nuestro Cine, , .
  José Monleon, « Cine catalan », Nuestro Cine, , , .

Articles connexes
 Gauche divine

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Courant cinématographique
Mouvement culturel
Cinéma en Catalogne


Mountains and rivers isolate Galicia from the rest of the Iberian Peninsula. The terrain is green and hilly, with the greater part lying at elevations between 600 and 2000 feet (200 to 600 meters). Its more than 800 mile (1300 km) coastline on the North Atlantic is characterized by a series of sea inlets called rías . James Michener possibly described Galicia's coast better than any other writer: "The glory of Galicia is its chain of rías , those fjord- like indentions of the sea that reach far inland with a burden of fish and salt air and noble landscape." Someone else described Galacia as "a land of a thousand rivers".
Galicia's history dates back to around 600 B.C., when Celtic groups settled the region. In the 6th Century, the Visigoths( nomadic Germanic tribes) colonized the land, followed nearly 500 years later by a brief Moorish occupation which ravaged several towns, including Santiago de la Compostela. North western Spain was not under Moorish rule nearly as long as the rest of Spain. It was from here that the Reconquista began.
With the deification of St. James, the Christians found a match to the Koran-inspired fanaticism of the Moors. Santiago became known as "Matamoros" (the Moor slayer).
In the 1930s, the Spanish Civil War devastated Galacia's local economy; many young Galicians left their homeland. In 1936, the Spain granted Galicia regional autonomy and officially recognized its language. However, Galician-born General Franco outlawed the language and restrained Galician autonomy until his death in 1975.
The Galician language, Gallego, helps set this region apart from the rest of Spain and is a major source of pride to Galicians. Locals generally speak standard Spanish, but about 3 million also speak Gallego, a centuries-old Romance language similar to Portuguese.
Although there are no tartans, Galacia is where flamenco meets River Dance. The strains of music that greeted us atop O Cebreiro were lilting and remarkably Gaelic. We are hoping to come upon a festival or even someone playing the gaita on a village street.
The Triacastela Chapel, originally built about the time of Columbus. There is a Pilgrim's mass held there every evening. We attended along with young and old, from every corner of the earth.
Set in a huge stone on the outskirts of Triacastela, the symbol of the Templar. Kind of an ominous sign to see, particularly when drawn in red…..
Set away from the Camino, this was our home for two nights. Originally a rural manor, housing a wealthy land owner, its main dining room heated by a huge open fireplace now serves modern pilgrims. Interesting, the local cow's milk cheese called tetilla or perilla produced the best cheesecake that we have ever had anywhere!
After a long day on the Camino, there is nothing better than to soak away your aches in a tub.
Roses, roses roses everywhere on the Camino. Here outside the manor house.
The iron scallop shell symbol of the Camino in the gate of the old church where we later attended evening mass.


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Secret Stealth Black Hawk
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Here's the new version of the famous Black Helo during the Osama Bin Laden raid, compared to the standard Black Hawk (underneath).
David Cenciotti, the brain behind the sketch, has serious credentials: he's a former member of the Italian air force, current private pilot, computer engineer, and journalist. With the help of Ugo Crisponi, an artist at Aviation Graphic. It's still a drawing, of course, but here it's easier to appreciate the strange tail rotor, and the sleek, streamlined stealth chassis—particularly compared to the standard Black Hawk (underneath at the image).
Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche:
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New Rule for the Reintroduction of Civil Supersonic Flight
Manta hybrid eVTOL aircraft
Christmas Catapult Shot
btelis 2011/05/16 at 09:29 - Reply
Anon 2011/08/05 at 23:36 - Reply
The last picture's title is wrong, it isn't a "Stealth apache". It is however a RAH-66 Comanche, project which was cancelled before going into field use.
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Irene formed as a tropical storm east of the Leeward Islands on August 20, 2011. By August 22, the storm had strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane. At 2:00 p.m. Atlantic Standard Time on August 22, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported that Irene had maximum sustained winds of 80 miles (130 kilometers) per hour, with higher gusts. The storm was located about 150 miles (240 kilometers) west-northwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this natural-color image at 11:20 a.m. local time (15:20 UTC) on August 22. Storm clouds cover part of the Dominican Republic, and all of Puerto Rico.
As of August 22, Irene had cut power to more than a million residents of Puerto Rico, according to ABC News. The Miami Herald reported that heavy rains had pushed at least five rivers over their banks on the island. Citing continuing rains, downed power lines, and potential landslides, the Puerto Rico governor urged residents to stay indoors.
Moving westward to the island of Hispaniola, Irene menaced the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The storm's worst winds and rains remained north of the island, reducing the threat of deadly flooding, according to news reports. Nevertheless, authorities worried about approximately 600,000 Haitians still living in Port Au Prince tent cities after the 2010 earthquake.
The NHC reported that a hurricane warning was in effect for the north coast of the Dominican Republic, the southeastern Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. A hurricane watch was in effect for the north coast of Haiti. Irene was moving toward the west-northwest at roughly 12 miles (19 kilometers) per hour, and was expected to continue in that direction for the next day or two.
Five-day projections released by the NHC on August 22 showed Irene heading for the continental United States, potentially making landfall in Florida, Georgia, or the Carolinas.
NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Michon Scott.
Acquired August 22, 2011, this natural-color image shows Hurricane Irene over Puerto Rico and eastern Hispaniola, potentially en route to the continental United States.
Image of the Day for August 23, 2011
Irene formed as a tropical storm east of the Leeward Islands on August 20, 2011. By August 24, the storm had strengthened to a Category 3 hurricane.
Coto, D., Associated Press. (2011, August 22). Hurricane Irene heads toward Hispaniola and U.S. ABC News. Accessed August 22, 2011.
Morgan, C., Robles, F., Charles, J. (2011, August 22). Irene could become major hurricane; Bahamas, U.S. at risk. The Miami Herald. Accessed August 22, 2011.
National Hurricane Center. (2011, August 22). Hurricane Irene Advisory Archive. Accessed August 22, 2011.
Acquired at 2:15 p.m. EDT on August 24, 2011, this natural-color image shows Hurricane Irene over the Caribbean, en route to the continental United States.
Hurricane Irene over the U.S. East Coast
Acquired at 11:35 a.m. EDT on August 27, 2011, this natural-color image shows Hurricane Irene spanning hundreds of kilometers of the U.S. East Coast.
Large and dangerous, Hurricane Irene spans nearly 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) in this photo-like satellite image from August 25.
Hurricane Irene Nears Landfall
Irene, the first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season, was poised on August 26 to be the first to make land-fall in tU.S. since 2008. More than 50 million people were estimated to lie within the path of the storm.


The next morning we had to wake up early because C haplain Walker had to set up the Chapel and bring donuts. So once we got to the base, we decided to be "tourists" and take some pictures.... And then the all-day seminar began. The NT also had 77 key words and phrases. It traces the history of the New Testament more than anything else (Matthew - Acts). It also gives the main ideas and keywords of the books of the New Testament.
I thought this was a great picture of our group. From the left: t.sharon, sabrina 7th, rebecca 6th, p.clark (back), joshua 6th (front), charis 8th, jason 8th, eugene 7th. We couldn't bring everyone, so we wanted the kids to be representative of their grade level. People thought we were one family coming to learn ... I guess we do look like that.
We stopped by Goleta Beach County Park in Santa Barbara. We couldn't stay too long, but we walked down the pier and took some pictures. Judging from the squinty faces, it was sunny. The end of the pier had no railing. We were going to feed the whale. And I was exhausted. On the way back to church, we had to stop by for dinner. I couldn't believe eugene put a 4x4 away (In&Out) and then got ANOTHER hamburger on top of that!!!
I apologize for being so slack on updating the blog... it's been nearly a month and a half since we had our last Teachers' Meeting and dinner at Rebecca's House and I'm only now uploading the photos!
It was an incredible evening and one that we thoroughly enjoyed... we were invited to Rebecca's house and the family totally put in so much effort to make it one to remember! There was a truly delicious spread of food (including fiery chicken wings and delicate bok choi salad) for us to enjoy (and we did in multiple rounds!) and then we had something we've never had before... a parent (and an elder!)- Rebecca's dad, Elder Lim, join us in playing UNO with all the kids and some of the teachers! =) It was, indeed, more fun to have him involved and everybody was really enjoying themselves! In the end, Rebecca gave us a piano performance to top the excellent evening off! Thank you again to Rebecca and especially her mother (with her amazing cooking) and her father (for getting down and playing with us!) for their hospitality and gracious service to the teachers... we had a blast!


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"Captain Marvel," the first Marvel Studios/Disney superhero film with a female lead, has soared to rare heights in North American theaters, with whopping weekend ticket sales of $153 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported.
Added to the $302 million taken in internationally, the film's estimated total of $455 million for the three-day weekend would give it the sixth highest global debut ever, according to Variety, and the best domestic start for a superhero film since Disney and Marvel's "Black Panther" opened last year with $202 million.
The film stars Brie Larson, winner of a 2016 Best Actress Oscar for "Room," as Carol Danvers, a former fighter pilot who gains superhuman powers in a fluke accident and finds herself in the middle of a galactic conflict. Also starring are Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Annette Bening and Jude Law.
The film, which opened on International Women's Day, was co-directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Trailing light-years behind in second place, at $14.7 million, was Universal's "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World," which had topped the North American box office for two straight weekends.
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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell: 'Have to understand' other side in national anthem protests
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell talks with Cardinals season ticket holders at University of Phoenix Stadium on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, in Glendale, Ariz. (Ross D. Franklin / AP)
Asked about players who did not stand for the national anthem before preseason games, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday that while the playing of the anthem is a special moment to him, "we also have to understand the other side."
Goodell made the comments at University of Phoenix Stadium during a 45-minute question-and-answer period with Arizona Cardinals club seat holders. One season ticket-holder, Bruce Olson, asked the commissioner whether players were going to continue to protest during the anthem and if anything could be done about it.
"It's one of those things where I think we have to understand that there are people that have different viewpoints," Goodell said. "The national anthem is a special moment to me. It's a point of pride. But we also have to understand the other side, that people do have rights and we want to respect those."
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett sat on the visiting bench during the anthem before the preseason opener against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday, a decision he made before weekend protests by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia. Bennett has said that the aim of his protest is to make people uncomfortable. In the process, he hopes to spur greater communication, understanding and involvement across racial, gender and socio-economic lines.
Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch sat on a cooler during the anthem Saturday night on the field at University of Phoenix Stadium. Los Angeles Rams defensive end Robert Quinn raised a first before his team's game.
The fact that former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is still looking for a team to play for after his kneel-down protests last season is also still a hot topic.
Goodell, without mentioning any of the players, said other players are taking the platform they have into local communities to create dialogue toward positive change.
"Protest to progress is what I call it, and we all have to recognize that if we want to see change, let's go out and try to make that change happen in a peaceful and important way," Goodell said.
Olson, who described himself as a season-ticket holder "since Day 1," said the commissioner "beat around the bush" on the issue. He said he'd like Goodell to take a tougher stance.
"The thing is, all he (Lynch) has to do is stand up for two minutes and he can still have whatever beliefs he wants. Go with what looks good for the game and to the people," Olson said. "He (Goodell) makes rules and, 'You do this, you do that,' why can't he just say 'You stand up. You can believe what you want or do what you want. Just stand up like a man.'"
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— On starting the season with a major star suspended, as is the case with Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott, who is out for six games after the league investigated accusations of domestic violence against him: "You never like to see that happen. That's not something good. Those things are dictated by circumstances. We do everything we can to make sure we're enforcing our policies and holding the standards to the highest level. That's an unfortunate part of that, but that's what you do."
— On the rule change that will allow players more freedom to celebrate big plays: "They (players) were a driving force behind our changes in the celebration rule. They've been very impactful in the way we think about different aspects of our game and our experience in what we need to do."
— On concussions, when a fan asked him about safety for his 10-year-old son: "The most important thing is to get the right facts, and we've put all our facts out there. We want a greater awareness. The reality is nowadays we're so much smarter about the brain and injuries, and we have so much further to go."


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Taekwondo Coach Jean Lopez Reinstated By SafeSport Following Brief Ban Over "Decades Long Pattern Of Sexual Misconduct"
Jean Lopez—the former U.S. taekwondo coach who was banned in April 2018 following a report from SafeSport that described "a decades long pattern of sexual misconduct by an older athlete/coach abusing his power to groom, manipulate and, ultimately, sexually abuse younger female athletes"—will be reinstated, according to a USA Today report.
The SafeSport report that led to his permanent banning found a "number of incidents reported over a span of several years and by multiple reporting parties," including the sexual assault of two athletes—Mandy Meloon and Heidi Gilbert—who SafeSport concluded had "no reasonable motive to fabricate an allegation—much less multiple, distinct incidents—of misconduct." The reports made by these athletes were considered sufficiently credible by SafeSport to find Lopez "guilty of sexual misconduct and sexual misconduct involving a minor," and make him permanently ineligible.
The attorney for Meloon and Gilbert responded to SafeSport's unbanning of Lopez by describing SafeSport as "a paper tiger" that is failing at its job of keeping athletes safe. Certainly this development supports the suggestion that SafeSport is, in fact, designed to fail.


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Matthew S. Dawson
D - District 65
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Representative Matthew S. Dawson
Rep. Matthew S. Dawson (D-Dist. 65, East Providence) was elected to the Rhode Island House of Representatives in November 2022.
He graduated from East Providence High School, the University of Rhode Island, earning a degree in Journalism and Political Science in 1990, and the New England School of Law in 1995.
Born on January 12, 1968, Representative Dawson is a practicing attorney at Lynch & Pine. He is currently a member of the RI Bar Association, the RI Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, and the RI Hospitality Association.
His past public service includes serving as a prosecutor for the RI Attorney General's office from 1995-2011 where he served as Chief of the Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit and, later, as Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division. From 2012-2014 he served as a Probate Judge in East Providence. Representative Dawson was the 2019 Providence Journal's People's Choice Attorney of the Year and he served as President of the Rhode Island Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys from 2021 to 2022.
He lives in the Riverside section of District 65 with his wife of 27 years, Bethany, his two daughters, Kelsea and Abby, a dog named Pippa, and a cat named Peanut.


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Simi Valley scrambles to put on fireworks show
The longtime host of annual Fourth of July celebration, Rotary Club of Simi Valley, recently bowed out after 48 years.
Simi Valley scrambles to put on fireworks show The longtime host of annual Fourth of July celebration, Rotary Club of Simi Valley, recently bowed out after 48 years. Check out this story on vcstar.com: http://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/simi-valley/2018/01/28/simi-officials-scrambling-put-years-fourth-july-fireworks-show/1060141001/
Mike Harris, mike.harris@vcstar.com, 805-437-0323 Published 1:00 p.m. PT Jan. 28, 2018 | Updated 2:45 p.m. PT Jan. 28, 2018
Simi Valley's 2014 annual Fourth of July fireworks show at Rancho Santa Susana Community Park.(Photo: STAR FILE PHOTO)
Simi Valley, the Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District and other interested parties are scrambling to try to put on the city's annual Fourth of July fireworks show in the wake of its longtime host recently bowing out after 48 years.
"Time's a-flying," Larry Peterson, the district's manager, said last week. "And it does take awhile to advertise the solicitation of bids (from pyrotechnic companies) and receive them and all that, so I know I'm short on time."
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The district and the city have long partnered with the Rotary Club of Simi Valley to produce the annual fireworks celebration, which in recent years has been held at the district's Rancho Santa Susana Community Park.
The club decided in December to no longer host the show after nearly 50 years, citing rising event costs, increased liability and a decreasing volunteer workforce.
City and district officials said that despite losing their longtime host, they want the show to continue, starting this year, likely with another Simi Valley nonprofit as the new host.
"Time's a-flying. And it does take a while to advertise the solicitation of bids and receive them and all that, so I know I'm short on time."
Larry Peterson, manager of the Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District, on efforts to stage Simi Valley's annual Fourth of July fireworks show this year after its longtime host bowed out.
John Childress, CEO of the nonprofit Simi Valley Days Foundation, said at the Simi Valley City Council's Jan. 8 meeting that his group is interested in hosting the fireworks show. The foundation puts on the annual Simi Valley Days Parade and Carnival, a multi-day event.
Councilman Mike Judge said at the meeting that some other nonprofits he reached out to had also expressed an interest in perhaps hosting the fireworks event. He said it was premature to identify them.
The city contributes $25,000 to the show each year plus another $25,000 worth of police services. The district also contributes $25,000 each year.
On Jan. 18, the district's board authorized the district to solicit bids from pyrotechnic companies for the show.
But Peterson said last week the district is holding off on soliciting the bids until after a meeting Wednesday of Rotary, foundation, district and city officials and other parties interested in exploring being part of the fireworks celebration.
Club President Michele Neff Hernandez has said Rotary wants to help with the transition to a new host.
Peterson said he hopes to know more about where things stand after the meeting at district headquarters.
"If we can identify a party that is capable of partnering and we can all agree on the terms, then it might be that the relationship reverts back to how we had it before, where the service organization assumes the lead role and goes out and secures quotes, which would mean that we're not advertising solicitation of bids," he said.
Childress said his group has a fireworks company on hand willing to do the show likely at a good price.
Despite the looming time crunch, Peterson said, "I think we'll make it."
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Home/Popular/Sadiq Khan wins second term as London Mayor
Mr Khan polled 12,06,034 votes
Sadiq Khan wins second term as London Mayor
London: Sunday, 09 May 2021, 12:43 AM
Sadiq Khan has been elected as mayor of London for a second term, following a victory that was less emphatic than predicted after a late increase in support for his Conservative opponent. Labour incumbent Mr Khan polled 1,206,034 votes compared with 977,601 for his Tory challenger. This gave Mr Khan a majority of 228,433, well down on the record mayoral 315,529 majority he achieved in first gaining election to City Hall five years ago. His total vote haul – after first and second preferences were combined – was more than 100,000 fewer than his 1,310,143 haul in 2016.
In his victory speech on Saturday night, Khan pledged to build a "better and brighter future" for the capital following the pandemic. "I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart," he said.
"I am deeply humbled by the trust Londoners have placed in me to continue leading the greatest city on Earth.
"I promise to strain every sinew, help build a better and brighter future for London, after the dark days of the pandemic and to create a greener, fairer and safer city for all Londoners, to get the opportunities they need to fulfil their potential.
"I am proud to have won an overwhelming mandate today."
Thank you London. It's the absolute honour of my life to serve the city I love for another three years.
I'll leave no stone unturned to get our city back on its feet.
A brighter future is possible, and we'll deliver it together. pic.twitter.com/kwA1awEten
— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) May 8, 2021
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Once, when the Prophet Peace be upon him was on a journey with his companions, he stopped over to answer the call of nature. Meanwhile, some of his companions noticed a redstart bird with two chicks. He took the chicks away. The bird came and began to circle around them flapping its wings. When the Prophet ~ came and saw the scene, he turned to his companions and said, "Who distressed the bird by taking its chicks from it? Return the chicks to the bird!"
On a different occasion, the Prophet! Ii noticed a burnt ants' nest. "Who burnt the nest?" he demanded. One of his companions replied, "I did." The Prophet Peace be upon Him became angry and said, "No one but Allah punishes with fire!" The Prophet PEACE BE UPON HIM was so merciful that if he saw a cat whilst he was performing ablution, he would lower the utensil down for the cat to drink from and then perform ablution from the leftover water.
Once he passed by a man who had laid a sheep on the ground and placed his foot on its neck to slaughter it while sharpening the knife as the sheep looked on. The Prophet PEACE BE UPON HIM became angry upon seeing this and said, "Do you want it to die twice? Why didn't you sharpen your knife before you laid it on the ground?"
On another occasion, he passed by two men in the middle of a conversation and each of them was sitting on his camel. When he saw this, he felt pity for the camels and therefore forbade people from using animals as chairs, meaning that one is not to mount it except when required and that when the need is fulfilled, one should dismount and allow it to rest. The Prophet PEACE BE UPON HIM also forbade branding an animal on its face.
A story is related of the Prophet ~ and his camel called al' Adhba: Once a group of pagans attacked some camels belonging to the Muslims on the outskirts of Madinah. They took away all the camels including al-'Adhba, as well as a Muslim woman. Whenever they stopped over on their way, they let the camels loose so they could pasture. When they stopped over at a certain place and fell asleep, the woman got up in order to escape. She went to the camels so as to mount one of them. Each time she went near a camel, it made a noise, causing her to avoid approaching it lest the pagans woke up. She kept approaching the camels one by one until she came to al-'Adhba and moved it to discover that it was docile and well-trained. She then mounted the camel and made her way back to Madinah. When she felt safe, she was overcome with joy and said,"0 Allah, I vow to you that if you save me by means of this camel, I would sacrifice it for you!"
When the woman reached Madinah, the people recognized the Prophet's camel. The woman then went home and the people brought the camel to the Prophet PEACE BE UPON HIM. Later, the woman came and asked for the camel so that she could slaughter it. The Prophet PEACE BE UPON HIM said, "How evil is the reward you give it! Allah saved you on it and now you want to slaughter it!"
The Prophet PEACE BE UPON HIM then said, "A vow is not valid if it is in disobedience to Allah, or with that which one does not own."
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How to Get to Düsseldorf by Bus
There is a direct service from the UK to Düsseldorf in west Germany. These depart from London Victoria Coach Station. The route is operated by the National Express service Eurolines, who also go to 24 other destinations in Germany, including Cologne, Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich. Within the UK there are connecting routes to London from all the main towns and cities which run regular daily services. The bus to Düsseldorf is an overnight service that leaves London Victoria at around 10:30 p.m. and takes between eleven and twelve hours to arrive at Düsseldorf Central Bus Station on Worringer Str. From here it is easy to travel around the city using public transport services that include an excellent modern tram service, regular local buses, S-Bahn suburban rail network and the extensive Rheinbahn underground train system that covers virtually every part of Dusseldorf.
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A major European city and capital of the North Rhine-Westphalia state, Düsseldorf sits on the banks on the magnificent Rhine River which is a spectacular feature of the area. In the 7th and 8th centuries it was the site of fishing villages along the river, but by the 12th century it had developed into a city and since the Industrial Revolution it has continued to establish itself as a leading commercial center. The industrial harbour area has been redeveloped with some not to be missed eye-catching post-modern architecture, and there are plenty of high quality restaurants, clubs and bars in this now vibrant district. Düsseldorf is renowned for its cultural diversity: from carnivals and Kirmes fun fair to its world-class museums and art galleries including the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen large art collections. The city has a fantastic nightlife and music scene, is a shoppers paradise and is the location for top end trade fairs such as the Boot Messe and Igedo international fashion fair.
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Design the Experience – Decide on your core values and build the experience around these.
Designing a brand experience is about designing a facility that promotes wellness through not just its great doctors and technology but through patient friendly layouts, well lit and friendly environment, music that blends in and staff behavious that genuinely showcase your brand values.
Traditional marketing heads sometimes balk at the mere thought of going beyond print, TV and digital communication, but for a hospital brand what we say and how we behave are as much part of branding as is traditional print and TV communication.
Implement the experience – While most experience design looks great on paper. The concept to actual execution is typically marred by several issues.
Facility Design – The first challenge you may face could be about designing the facility where architects and interior decorators will need to be explained your values and vision.
Internal branding – The second ongoing challenge is about developing internal belief systems in your staff who will actually deliver the experience and impact brand perception. Most health practitioners think of "patients" and not "customers". A shift to the mindset of treating a demanding customer who can go elsewhere is the toughest challenge in developing a successful brand.
Getting the right partners – Most Indian agencies do not have specialist healthcare arms and the ones who have these special cells are used to doing Pharma advertising. A lot of time needs to be spent in briefing the agency about the context in which their beautiful creatives may be seen.
Technology – Most modern hospitals have digital patient records. For marketing purposes these records cannot be shared in their entirety with marketing teams because of patient privacy issues. A bridge needs to be developed between patient records and marketing data that can hide personal data and yet be usable for one to one marketing.
Web – The web is now much more than a communication platform that houses your brochures, use the web to talk to your customers and make your services available online. While net usage is still small in India, it provides you with an opportunity to keep your customers engaged. Companies are also successfully using the web to attract overseas customers.
Programmes – Traditional loyalty programs are again not the way to go for a hospital. What works is small niche focussed programs that either focus on a audience or a specific service – Mother and child programs, Executive health checks etc.
While all these concepts do make a tremendous difference in your brands market perception, what is crucial is a wholistic framework that needs to be implemented with consistency and genuine care for patients. Customers know when there is lack of transparency and empathy and begin to lose trust in such brands. Unlike any product business, a hospital is a service brand that directly affects your well being, great ambience and great communication will always defer to – Genuine Empathy and Care.


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Hudson Resources Announces Completion of Initial Niobium Exploration Program at the Sarfartoq Project in Greenland
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HUDSON RESOURCES INC. ("Hudson" or the "Company") (TSX Venture Exchange "HUD"; OTC "HUDRF") is pleased to announce that it has completed its initial sampling program on the high-grade Sarfartoq niobium and tantalum project in Greenland. The samples have arrived at the SGS Lakefield laboratory in Ontario for analysis. Initial results are expected in the coming weeks. Hudson owns 100% of the Sarfartoq exploration license which hosts the Sarfartoq Carbonatite Complex, which includes Hudson's advanced Sarfartoq rare earth element project.The Sarfartoq Carbonatite Complex is unique in terms of the niobium and tantalum concentrations, which are unusually high in comparison to any other such deposits throughout the world (https://hudsonresourcesinc.com/projects/niobium-and-tantalum/). It is one of the larger carbonatite complexes with approximate dimensions of 13 X 8 km. It is located near tidewater and adjacent to very good potential hydroelectric sites. The mineral of economic interest is pyrochlore, which is a niobium and tantalum oxide.A total of 35 samples were collected from outcrop along the 112 meters of exposed pyrochlore mineralization, which host the niobium. Three samples were also collected along the strike length for mineralogical work.The SGS laboratory will undertake the following analysis:Head sample analysis for 35 samples including Nb, Ta, Zr, rare earth element (REE) scan, and whole rock analysisMineralogical study of the three composites including:QEMSCAN analysis to provide the mineral identifications (i.e., Nb-Ta, carbonates, silicates), liberation and association of Nb-Ta and associated minerals by size fraction, exposure, grain size, grade-recoveryElectron microprobe analyses to quantify the chemistry of the Nb-Ta mineralsThis detailed analysis of the samples will provide information for the start of the metallurgical program which will be led by Hudson's Consulting Metallurgist, John Goode. John and the SGS Lakefield team have extensive experience in the processing of niobium and rare earth carbonatite material.Jim Cambon, President commented: "I am very pleased to have re-initiated work on this very exciting target. It has historically provided some of the highest-grade niobium assays in the industry and we plan to build on that foundation. We intend to carry out metallurgical testwork over the coming months and expect to drill the target in the first half of 2021."Niobium and Tantalum are transition elements that are almost always found together in nature. They are vital to a wide range of products in the energy, infrastructure, transportation, medical and defense sectors. The European Union and United States have designated niobium and tantalum as critical to their security and wellbeing.Dr. Michael Druecker is a Qualified Person, as defined by National Instrument 43-101, and reviewed the preparation of the geological and technical information in this press release.John R. Goode, P.Eng. is a Qualified Person, as defined by National Instrument 43-101, and reviewed the preparation of the metallurgical and technical information in this press release.ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS"Jim Cambon"President and DirectorFor further information:
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Where Things Stand: DeSantis Campaigns On Ensuring White Floridians Don't Feel 'Discomfort' About Systemic Racism
This is your TPM evening briefing.
By Nicole Lafond | January 20, 2022 6:35 p.m.
It is hard to accept when you might actually be the real snowflake.
But that's the bitter pill Florida Republicans find themselves having to swallow.
The latest news: Florida state Republicans just passed a bill — pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) — that piles on an already-cemented state policy that bans the teaching of Critical Race Theory, and systemic racism-related issues, in Florida public schools.
This latest bill goes even further. It passed out of the Florida state legislature's Republican-controlled Senate Education Committee this week by a 6-3 vote, per Orlando Weekly.
Listen To This: The Voting Rights Crescendo
By Jackie Wilhelm | January 20, 2022 1:09 p.m.
A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Josh and Kate discuss the seeming end of (most) Democrats' push to reform the filibuster and pass voting rights laws.
You can listen to the new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast here.
Rep. Hinson Wins Stolen Infrastructure Valor Award!
Freshman Rep was against it before she was for it!
By Josh Marshall | January 20, 2022 12:21 p.m.
We have another 'Stolen Infrastructure Valor' All Star in the form of Rep. Ashley Hinson of Iowa. Hinson voted against the Bipartisan Biden Infrastructure Bill which passed late last year. In a press release from November 8th Hinson denounced the bill as a "socialist spending spree" and "Washington Gamesmanship, Spending at its Worst." But she's letting bygones be bygones. Or I guess she was just against it before she was for it. Because now Rep. Hinson seems to think it's seriously awesome. And she's bragging to constituents about almost a billion dollars she claims to have "secured" for upgrading locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi River.
Where Things Stand: The Most Trumpy Details In The New York AG's Filing On Trump Org Tax Lies
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a motion last night notifying the court it has found substantial evidence that the Trump Organization, helped along by the Trump children, used "fraudulent or misleading" information to secure financial loans and tax breaks for the company.
You've likely caught up on the basics of the news since it broke last night. Essentially James' court filing details allegations about the ways in which her office believes members of the organization and the Trump family lied to tax officials and banks about the values of certain property assets for financial gain and tax benefits. The New York AG's filing revealed the office is seeking subpoenas for testimony from the Donald himself, as well as his two eldest children, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. She alleges that the two elder children had a hand in the valuation fudging.
Filibuster or No Filibuster is Not a Binary Choice
By Josh Marshall | January 19, 2022 6:04 p.m.
We're now watching the final parts moving into place as two Senate Democrats making a unmovable stand in favor of preserving the filibuster. You can see our live-blogging of the nitty gritty details here. I want to return to a more general point. Filibuster or no filibuster is not a binary choice. The current filibuster is the product of an incremental evolution over many decades. To the extent it matters, the framers of the constitution never envisaged anything like it. We know this because they included a few special cases where a super-majority would be required – for treaties, for removal from office, etc. If they thought it should be required for ordinary legislation they would have said so. But again, it's not a binary choice.
Trump Demands Supporters Cheat in 2022 and 2024 Elections
By Josh Marshall | January 19, 2022 11:57 a.m.
I was scanning through my email this morning when I found this article from Roll Call rounding up what was new in ex-President Trump's rally Saturday in Arizona. The claims about white people being replaced or deprived of COVID medications in favor of Blacks or Hispanics have gotten more focused and intense, which isn't terribly surprising based on what I told you back on the 5th; efforts to stop "amplifying" Trump have largely allowed him to further radicalize without any scrutiny. But I really got interested after I read way down into the piece and saw that Trump is now explicitly exhorting his supporters to cheat in elections to counter Democrats' (of course non-existent) cheating.
This is Must Read
I hope you'll take a moment to read this amazing piece by Josh Kovensky. In short, the Oath Keepers – the group at the center of the insurrection whose leaders were just charged with seditious conspiracy – got the idea for storming the Capitol from a Serbian scientist living in Europe who said that Trumpers could use the model of the ouster of Slobodan Milosevic to overturn the election of Joe Biden. It came in the form of a viral video and the Oath Keepers went from there.
Certainly the Oath Keepers didn't need a lot of encouragement to get violent on behalf of Trump. But the viral video encouraging Trumpers to drive Biden from power like Milosevic seemed to coalesce their thinking into a plan of action and gave them a historical antecedent that showed the good guys winning. The Serbian scientist, Aleksandar Savic, relocated to Texas not long after Joe Biden's inauguration and Josh Kovensky tracked him down for a conversation. Read it here.
Where Things Stand: Hundreds Of Schools Defy Virginia's New GOP Guv
School district officials who oversee hundreds of schools in Virginia are actively defying their new Republican governor's efforts to tamp down COVID-19 mitigation measures in the state.
The backlash is similar to what we saw play out in Texas and Florida when Republican Govs. Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis enacted similar executive orders late last year, attempting to block individual schools and municipalities from creating their own policies for combatting the pandemic.
Make A Note of It
Make a note of this for future reference. Axios's Sara Fischer notes that Al Jazeera seems to be sidelining or perhaps even shuttering "Rightly". What's that? It's yet another right-leaning niche publication, launched in February of last year to "provide fresh voices that are too often left out of the mainstream media space."
The Omicron surge in New York City is closely following the chronology seen in South Africa.
New York City was one of the first parts of the United States hit by the Omicron variant. The trajectory of the city's surge now appears remarkably similar to the pattern we saw earlier in South Africa and other countries.
Data out of South Africa showed a roughly four week interval between the start of the Omicron surge and its peak. "Peak in four weeks and precipitous decline in another two," said Fareed Abdullah of the South African Medical Research Council. "It was a flash flood more than a wave."
New York City numbers appear to match this pattern almost exactly.
COVID Notes #9 (Special Antigen Test Edition)
So many people are getting COVID, trying to figure out whether they have COVID or trying to figure out how long to isolate whether they have COVID or suspect they might. So I wanted to share with you some examples of positive and negative antigen tests. There's nothing surprising or groundbreaking about what I'm going to show you. But it can just help to see some examples if you're trying to make sense of this stuff in your own home, workplace or family.
These are six tests from a COVID infection that was antigen positive for 9 days.
Where Things Stand: Biden Deploys The Military To Fight COVID As SCOTUS Helps Pandemic Linger
The White House's latest COVID-19 mitigation efforts are a contrast to the Supreme Court's ruling today.
President Biden announced Thursday that his administration would double its previous promise to hand out free at-home COVID-19 tests, with plans to send out one billion to Americans' homes. Along with that, the Biden administration will distribute N95 masks to the public as the country faces an unprecedented spike in COVID infections.
Biden is also deploying more military personnel to hospitals. Speaking from the White House the President said that next week he will send 1,000 military medics to hospitals across the country that have become overrun with patients dangerously sick with the coronavirus. The spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant has left the nation's hospitals overburdened and short-staffed in recent weeks.
Biden didn't mince his words in his address announcing the drastic moves.
A Telling Sign
Notwithstanding Sen. Sinema's speechlet this afternoon I certainly hope they will still force a vote on the rules change itself. But another point occurs to me, one we've discussed before: there will never be another Democrat elected to the Senate who supports the current filibuster. This is obvious for a number of reasons. But I was reminded of it when I got a fundraising email from Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) who's running for the open Ohio Senate seat. Like you, I get a million of these. Ryan's just one. But here's how the email starts …
Listen To This: Looking to the Court
By Jackie Wilhelm | January 13, 2022 12:34 p.m.
A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, with the Senate all but paralyzed, Josh and Kate discuss the Supreme Court's posture on the Biden administration's use of agency power.
This Is Why You Call the Vote
Newsflash: perfidious silly person Kysten Sinema has now told a friendly reporter at Politico that she's "weighing" or "considering" or some other chin-scratch-full but meaningless gerund that she may go to the floor of the Senate and give a speech denouncing any changes to Senate rules that will allow Democrats thin majority to do anything. This as President Biden goes to the Senate to press his case for a rule change that will allow democracy-protecting legislation to come to a vote.
McCarthy Refuses to Testify About Trump's Confession
By Josh Marshall | January 13, 2022 9:03 a.m.
Kevin McCarthy has now refused to appear voluntarily before the select committee investigating the January 6th insurrection. What's important about this is that McCarthy is likely one of the few people with direct knowledge of Trump's efforts to assist the insurrectionists as they were ransacking the Capitol building. According to numerous published reports, the ultimate source of which is almost certainly McCarthy himself, Trump told McCarthy in real time that he was barring the US military from stopping the insurrection in order to give his violent supporters time to ransack the Capitol and bring the official vote tabulation to a halt.
Where Things Stand: Greene Tiptoes Up To The Line Of Arguing That Guns Should Be Used Against Dems
It may be the 21st century, but the QAnon congresswoman is urging folks to take up arms against their sea of troubles.
During a podcast interview with none other than the bombastic former Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) loudly nodded at the "Second Amendment" as a solution to the far-right's problems — in this case the "tyrannical government," aka (for her) Democrats. Greene suggested Democratic lawmakers are currently doing exactly what the founders feared when James Madison proposed the inclusion of Second Amendment rights in the Constitution.
The Administration's Flawed COVID Messaging
By John Judis | January 12, 2022 3:40 p.m.
One area of policy where I hoped the new Biden administration would excel was in its handling of the pandemic, but it has not done so. It wasn't prepared for either the Delta or Omicron variants; it failed initially to acknowledge waning vaccine immunity and delayed access to boosters; it still doesn't have an accurate count nationally of infections; and its public messaging on masks, tests, and vaccines has been confusing and sometimes misleading. That was epitomized by a statement from acting Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Janet L. Woodcock in the Senate hearings yesterday.
Where Things Stand: 'Grim Reaper' Won't Retire, Yet
Or so he says.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told reporters today that he plans to run for majority leader again after the midterms, on the assumption that Republicans will be able to take back the upper chamber in November.
"I'm going to be running again for leader later this year," he said, putting to rest rumors of his possible retirement, at least for the time being.
Readers on Schools #7
From TPM Reader JS …
I'm sure you get a lot of people emailing you who don't know what they're talking about. I'm sure I have written on topics I'm in the Dunning-Krueger zone on, and many where I seem that way. I'm a strange guy. Right now, I'm a high school teacher. I am also a lawyer. I now only practice law for family and as a guardsman for the military. I was also involved in politics, have been elected to office, and was on California's Democratic Central Committee.
I made the change because teaching was the first job I had that I really liked. I avoided it because everyone in my family is or was also an educator. I also have degrees in stuff unrelated to what I teach now, which is Calculus and Spanish, another weird combo. I've done peer-reviewed, published research on language acquisition. Most of this comes up if you Google me.
From TPM Reader DT …
I am also an educator, teaching at a R1 university as a research active professor. Last year at this time, I was one of a select group told that I was teaching in person whether I liked it or not (I didn't) and managed to make it to the other end of that experience intact thanks to sparse attendance and an enormous room to teach in. I have very complicated feelings about that experience: it left me with a very big grudge against the admin, but I also realized that in-person education is truly best for the students. That being said, CN's letter struck a couple of nerves that I have to let loose on:
From TPM Reader TH …
I have a take on this from a slightly different POV. My wife & I have 2 young children in daycare. A week ago, the older one was found to be exposed to COVID by his teacher, who took a regular and precautionary at-home test that night (she was/is asymptomatic). We live in PA (Philly burbs), and per the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL), his whole classroom had to be shut down and everyone quarantined for 5 days. Yesterday (Sunday), I gave him a precautionary (he's asymptomatic) home test which came back positive. We informed his daycare, who thanked us for the extra step, and reiterated new guidelines for return to daycare from OCDEL – specifically, he needs to have a negative test along with a signature from a Dr or CNP certifying it. We call his healthcare provider today to set up what will hopefully be a negative test later this week. Welp, they don't do that (and this is the preeminent childrens' healthcare provider in the region). They just say to quarantine for 10 days from symptoms or positive test. Why 10 days when OCDEL is 5 days? Reasons.
Where Things Stand: It's Long-Time Giuliani Bud Bernie Kerik's Turn Before The Jan 6 Committee
Longtime Rudy Giuliani ally Bernie Kerik plans to show up for a deposition in front of the Jan. 6 select committee this week. But he might not answer every question that is asked of him.
TPM Reader GE's emails started with a headline "pandemic of the working class" and then referenced a tweet that referenced the same argument …
I am a 69 year old physician who my hospital "aged" me out of in-patient care at beginning of pandemic. I still have frightening outpatient exposures, and I saw/see my younger colleagues recover after they get sick, despite vaccines. I also have 4 children, 2 of whom are in-classroom teachers, and grandchildren attending in-person classes. There is a huge element of unfairness in the workforce today, and I foresee a future bitterness that could explode.
I had a back and forth with GE over this to try to frame the point. What we're describing here isn't 'working class' precisely, a phrase usually defined in occupational and educational terms while also signifying a set of cultural values. After all, a physician is definitionally not 'working class'. What we're describing here is a stark divide between people who can relocate their work and in most cases work from home and those who – in the nature of the work – cannot. In that sense, physicians and really all health care workers, educators and various caregiving and mission-driven jobs fall on the 'in person' side of this divide – even though some are highly educated and highly paid. However you define it or what labels you use it is a stark divide in terms of how people have experienced the pandemic, what life or political lessons they've drawn from it and how those views impact the future.
From TPM Reader CN …
I wanted to respond to your recent email from a reader LF, published in your editorial piece "Warzone Workplace."
First, some background on myself – I taught third grade during the pandemic at a private school in the SF Bay Area. When the pandemic hit in March of 2020, like public schools across the state, we immediately were mandated to stop meeting in-person. Unlike California's public schools, however, our administration pursued an aggressive policy of returning to in-person teaching as soon as we were allowed to do so, and we were back meeting in person in September of 2020, six weeks into the new school year, for those who were comfortable with it, while those who were not attended an online program we also offered. I and the other instructors asked to teach in person did our best, and at the end of the 2020-2021 school year our campus was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School.
From TPM Reader EA …
I'm sure you're getting a lot of good responses. I think that mostly the problem here is Twitter and when you actually talk to most people you get a lot more nuance in the conversation on both sides.
Big Amen to your writer. I think he/she articulates a completely just and fair position. There's nothing really to disagree with.
The "other side" of this debate is me – I am a parent of two young kids and I desperately need them to be in school. Even if I were to concede that remote and in-person education are equivalent developmentally (I wouldn't concede that – they are not), there's still the matter of how the hell am I supposed to do my job?
By Josh Marshall | January 9, 2022 10:56 a.m.
From TPM Reader AN (not their real initials) …
I'm a public school educator in Wisconsin and I offer this perspective:
When we shut down in March of 2020, we fundentally broke what it means to go to school in this country. All the years building and refining and trying new things . . . broken. We attempted to pivot, but the results were uneven at best and everyone was sacred and we didn't know what else to do. We did what we thought was best under terrifying circumstances.
A Report from the Schools
By Josh Marshall | January 8, 2022 12:32 p.m.
Yesterday we discussed the 'schools must never close' diehards who dominate much of the current COVID policy debate. I wanted to give you an update on the situation in the New York City public schools because I think it illustrates some Omicron-specific dynamics which haven't really become part of that discussion. I don't know precisely how far New York City and DC and other parts of the Northeast are ahead of the rest of the country right now. Maybe it's like this everywhere. If not, likely it soon will be. But I know it's like this here and in much of the Northeast. I'm going to reference some personal experiences but only to illustrate things I know are widespread if not universal throughout the city and region.
Warzone Workplace
A follow-up from TPM Reader LF …
In your recent post about Covid and school closures, I think you get something very right when you talk about the PhD and elite scolds demanding schools remain open no-matter-what. There is one element in all of this that I think you do not fully appreciate—the anger and legitimate fear that teachers have been living with for the entirety of the pandemic.
I am a college teacher, my partner teaches high school, my friends teach at every level of the educational system. During the pandemic, many have retired early or quit, many of those who have stayed have only done so because they are too young to retire and too old to do something else. Just to be clear, the kids are alright. Almost all teachers love teaching–given how shitty the job is, why else would we do it?
Where Things Stand: Some News Amid The Commemorations And Noise
By Nicole Lafond | January 6, 2022 7:19 p.m.
A decent chunk of what would've been the right's blusteringly distasteful counter-programming to Congress' introspective coup-versary commemorations today were canceled last minute.


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