While at an international gathering of scientists, J.B.S. Haldane, famous for his genetic theories and infamous for his outspoken atheism, was approached by a cleric from the Church of England. This priest, a scientists in his own right, asked Haldane to suspend his disbelief for a moment and speculate on what his lifelong study of nature might reveal about a creator. "He has," Haldane responded, "an inordinate fondness for beetles."
Just how many kinds of beetles there are nobody knows. Estimates range from 350,000 to over 8 million species of beetles. They represent, in themselves, an amazing 25% of all known animals including other insects, mammals, reptiles, birds, mollusks, coral, worms, sea anemones on the face of the Earth today. If success is measured by numbers, they are the most successful animals to have ever lived.
The sheer number of beetles is echoed in their ecological diversity. Their habitats stretch from the arctic to the equator, from the alpine to the desert, from the subterranean to the arboreal, and from the terrestrial to the marine. Their sizes range from microscopic to that of a box turtle a range greater than that between the smallest mammal, a shrew, and the largest, a blue whale. Their variety of colors and shape is unsurpassed in the animal kingdom.
The question arises, and this is the central theme of An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles, what is the source of this unparalleled biodiveristy? Why are there so many different kinds of beetles in such overwhelming numbers, living in so many places?
Arthur V. Evans, D.Sc., is the director of the Insect Zoo at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Author of numerous papers on the systematics and biology of scarab beetles, he now focuses his energies on living insect exhibits as a means of introducing the general public to the fascinating world of the most successful animals on Earth.
Charles L. Bellamy, D.Sc., is a senior curator in the Department of Coleop-tera at the Transvaal Museum in Pretoria, South Africa. Considered one of the world's leading authorities on jewel beetles, he has traveled extensively throughout the world in search of clues to their evolutionary development.


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Renaissance Theatre
Youth opera auditions scheduled
• Jan 17, 2018 at 3:00 PM
MANSFIELD — The Renaissance Youth Opera Theatre (RYOT), under the direction of Lori Turner, announces auditions for students in grades 2 through 12 for their spring productions of "Into the Woods, Jr." and "1001 Arabian Nights".
Scheduled auditions will take place at the Renaissance Theatre from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 17, and from noon to 4 p.m. Feb. 18.
Auditions can be scheduled by emailing Linda Chambers at [email protected] Interested individuals should prepare 32 bars of a musical theatre song and will be asked to read a scene from the show script.
Performance dates are 7 p.m. May 26 and 3 p.m. May 27 on the stage of the Renaissance Theatre.
RYOT is presented as a part of the Mechanics Bank Education Series. Parents and students with questions about the program can email Lori Turner at [email protected]
Stephen Sondheim's and Mansfield native James Lapine's cockeyed fairytale comes to life in this adaptation of their groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical. "Into the Woods, Jr." features all of your favorite characters - Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and his beanstalk) and the Witch - in this lyrically rich retelling of classic Brothers Grimm fables. The large cast features over 20 principal players.
Younger cast members will be featured in a one-act curtain raiser of "1001 Arabian Nights". King Shahryar kills a new wife every night, because he is afraid she will stop loving him. But his new bride Shahrazad has a clever plan to save herself. Her nightly stories - of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and many other heroes and villains - are so engrossing that King Shahryar has to postpone her execution again and again.

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Maui's Music Man: Steve Grimes makes music as a songwriter and – literally – as an instrument builder
July 5, 2018 by Deborah Caulfield Rybak 1 Comment
In April, before his concert at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Jackson Browne traveled to Kula to see a man about a guitar.
The man is Steve Grimes, who, in addition to being a longtime Maui musician and songwriter, is a renowned luthier – a builder of stringed instruments. Grimes has spent the last 46 years transforming wood into extraordinarily tuneful guitars, ukuleles and mandolins that reside in the collections of artists like Willie Nelson, Jake Shimabukuro, Pat Simmons, Leo Kottke, Steve Miller and George Benson, to name just a few.
He sold his first archtop guitar in 1974 for around $400. These days, a Grimes guitar can cost from $6,800 to $24,000, depending on the style and the wood used.
Are they worth it? Venerated musician and Doobie Brother Pat Simmons extolled the virtues of the double hole "Beamer" guitar that his wife Cris bought him on his 50th birthday: "It is absolutely my favorite acoustic guitar. Great intonation at every fret, superb action and playability, a silky tonality that achieves ringing high notes, and just enough lower midrange that is necessary for using in the studio. The notes are very even across the spectrum, so you can pick out the tones, and hear each one distinctly. I'm so lucky to have one of Steve's instruments."
Musicians are a different species. There's a reason they're sometimes called "cool cats." Like their furry namesakes, musicians often dwell on a different plane from other mortals. Onstage, that's Grimes. Offstage, he is warm, loquacious and unceasingly kind. He is a gifted songwriter, as revealed in his four CDs (Mojo Gumbo, Labor of Love, The Ocean Road and Assorted Chocolates). His tunes are catchy, and his poetic lyrics run the gamut from sweet romance to biting commentary.
On the rollicking blues tune Moving to Maui, from Labor of Love, Grimes sings,
You know we're movin' upcountry
And buy ten acres next to you
We're gonna move on up to Kula
Build our McMansion next to you
We'll make it look like California
By the time we get through
On the haunting title track of The Ocean Road, he philosophizes,
To see your destination
You must see where you have been
To see the journey's end, you know where to begin
We sail without, and we sail within
Through the wisdom of the ancient ones who live again
I caught up with Steve in the comfortably funky shop-studio adjacent to the home he shares with his wife Mary Anna (full disclosure: my husband and I introduced them). Tall and lanky, his elegantly long fingers are well-suited for strumming, and weave through the air in punctuation to our lively conversation. Behind him, hundreds of intricate tools are neatly arranged, awaiting application to the guitar bodies in various stages of completion on the opposite wall.
One of my favorite places in his shop is his narrow wood room, an intoxicatingly fragrant, carefully humidified space where he meticulously stores the wood he uses in his creations. Among the pieces of koa, cedar, maple and Sitka spruce are also rare exotics like Brazilian rosewood, ziricote, African blackwood and Gabon ebony. Using them can add up to $10,000 to the cost of a guitar.
Born in Baltimore, Grimes started playing at 13 and frequented secondhand stores in search of cheap guitars that he taught himself how to rehabilitate. That led to years of playing with bands and fixing stringed instruments. After living in Seattle and Port Townsend, Washington, he moved to Maui in 1982 and continued to build and repair – for years he was the island's go-to guy if you needed your Martin, Gibson or Fender fixed. He shifted solely to building in 1994 and has amassed a dazzling array of instruments and styles, including his popular Archtop and Double Sound Hole Flat Top guitars.
When he's not building, he's songwriting, recording, performing locally with his Ono Grimes Band or appearing in duos or trios for private parties.
Here's an edited version of our conversation.
MAUITIME: Let's talk about Jackson Browne's visit.
STEVE GRIMES: I ran into Jackson backstage at the MACC a few years back and introduced myself. He said, "I know who you are. I've been curious about your guitars for a while." We had a wonderful conversation, but I didn't expect anything. Then this year his assistant called and made arrangements for Jackson to visit the shop before his concert. I thought we were just going to talk about guitars, woods and what kind of tone he liked. I planned to put a bunch of different guitars in his hands. I showed him a double hole and he said, "Whoa, that's got a lot of sound, but it freaks me out – those two holes." So I showed him the guitar I use for gigs – it's a traditional round sound hole guitar made from Sitka spruce and koa – and he liked it a lot. He said he had a lot of guitars, "but not one that does what this does, tone-wise." So even though I had one on the shelf that was almost done, I said, "If you like this one, you can take it now." And he went, "Wow. Okay." And that was it.
MT: Your career path didn't initially include being a luthier.
SG: Right. After studying engineering in college, I moved to Seattle and got a drafting job at Boeing. I figured I'd work there for a while, then move up to engineer. But after a year I was bored stiff – you really didn't want someone like me working on a plane. At night I would play instruments, and in my little home workshop I would work on repairing these beat-up instruments that I got. Then I met a guy who taught me advanced repair and things like the logarithmic layout of frets. After I got paid for my first repair, I quit my job at Boeing.
MT: How did that go over with your parents?
SG: My mother said, "That's a stupid move. You're throwing your education away." And I said, "Well, I'm making mandolins now, Mom" – that was the first instrument I started on. She said. "You're going to – what – sit on the street corner and sell medallions?" I said, "No Mom. Not medallions, mandolins." She thought I wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed.
MT: How did you become a go-to luthier for musicians?
SG: I had moved to Maui and was making five or six instruments a year and doing lots of repair. I had built a guitar in trade for a rusty old Land Cruiser for a guy named Henry Allen, who is a very well-known jazz-Hawaiian music-steel guitar player. He showed the guitar to his friend George Benson, who then wanted to meet me. George fell in love with the guitars and bought one that day, then three more in later years. That kind of put me on the map; it was an endorsement that really changed things.
MT: Who has Grimes guitars?
SG: Steve Miller has, I think, the biggest collection of them. He's got 11. Walter Becker had 10 or 11. Keola Beamer, Willie Nelson, Pat Simmons, now Jackson Browne, Earl Klugh, Leo Kottke. Jake Shimabukuro came up and played some ukuleles a couple years ago. He wanted a different sound, so instead of koa, I built him one with a cedar top. That was exciting.
Steve and ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro
MT: Is there a "Grimes sound?"
SG: People tell me there is and I have to believe them. Before I close up the body of the guitar or the ukulele, I "voice" the top. I have these different hammers that tap it and make different sounds, and I'm listening for how long a note lasts, how musical it is, whether it has distortion or interference. I work with the dimensions of the wood until it sounds great. I know before I have strings or a neck on it that it's going to be a great-sounding guitar.
MT: Pat Simmons told me how much he loves his "Beamer." Tell me how you created it.
SG: [Hawaiian slack-key master] Keola Beamer walked into my shop one day with a double hole guitar that needed repair. I told him, "This guitar has potential, but it's too heavily built. I thought I could make one with a more open tone. So I did, and when I showed it to him, he had to have it. After I made him a second one, I asked if I could call it the Beamer model and he said yes.
MT: On average, how long does it take to build a guitar or a ukulele?
SG: For a traditional flat top guitar, about 80 to 100 hours. For a more specialized archtop, 175 to 250. A standard ukulele takes about 50 hours.
MT: How many instruments have you created?
SG: There's a milestone coming up. We're at 966. That includes everything: mandolins, acoustic basses, flat top guitars, archtop guitars and 75 electric guitars. My assistant Russell Halverson and I make about 25 a year, so in another two years, we'll hit 1,000. Then there will be a party.
MT: Which is harder, writing a song or building a guitar?
SG: That's a really hard question! I get the same amount of pleasure from both activities. I just wrote a song in an hour-and-a-half the other day and I'd never done that before. Most of the time writing a song is similar to the amount of time it takes to make a guitar, although I did start one song in 1978 and didn't finish it until 2004 – that averaged out to about two words a year.
MT: You appeared in a classic Hollywood movie.
SG: When I lived in Port Townsend, I played with a band that did old swing, kind of campy Dan Hicks stuff. One night this guy comes up and says, "I really like the band. Would you consider playing a part in a movie?" And I said, "Sure. What movie?" It was An Officer and a Gentleman [the 1982 blockbuster starring Debra Winger and Richard Gere]. He says, "The scene is an officers' ball. You guys will have to wear tuxedos and play some kind of patriotic song." They decided that would be Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree. Then they wanted an instrumental version of Feelings so Richard Gere could slow dance with Debra Winger. We kind of hated both those songs, but it was a good gig. It paid magnificently.
MT: And still does…
SG: [laughs] Oh yeah, I get royalties to this day. About $13 a year – so lunch at an inexpensive restaurant.
MT: What are the physical practicalities of your profession?
SG: The hands are still working, but I've had some work done. I got the left wrist rebuilt and it's good. I can actually play some chords that I haven't been able to play in quite a while. So I'm at that point where I need some new parts, but the warranty is still valid and they still make these parts.
MT: Is it good to be a musician on Maui?
SG: It's good to be a musician, but on Maui or anywhere else it's tough. It's a competitive world. There are great players on Maui who have a tough time finding work; there are very marginal players here who have all the work they can handle. When I lived in Seattle, I might make 75 or 100 bucks for a night's work. We're in 2018 and there are lots of people who would be happy to go out and make 75 to 100 bucks for a gig. 40 years later!! What's wrong with this picture?
MT: Musician, Songwriter, Luthier. Is one your favorite? If somebody said, "You have to give up one of the three…"
SG: No way. I would give up sleep first. Loving to do something is such a motivator. I have a quote on my wall that says, "The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play." I love the fact that I can't wait to get in here in the morning after 46 years of doing it. I walk into the wood room and see these blocks of wood, and I think, "What could this be?" To think that this wood could be something in the hands of a great musician is still real exciting.
You can listen to music by Steve Grimes at Grimestunes.com and view his instruments at Grimesguitars.com.
Steve in his workshop
Cover design: Darris Hurst
Cover photo: Bob Bangerter
Photo of Jackson Browne: Steve Grimes
Photo of Steve and Jake: Mary Anna Grimes
Photo of Steve in the workshop: Denny Tillman
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Chuck Egner
I've got two of Steve's guitars, they are both magnificent instruments. They are truly works of art.


The sleeve valve Centaurus was based on the mechanicals of the 5.75 in (146 mm) piston from the original 1918 Jupiter. The Jupiter piston was still in use in the contemporary 14-cylinder Hercules, which was being brought into production during the design of the Centaurus. The Centaurus had a cylinder capacity of 3,270 in³ (53.6 lt), making it one of the largest piston aircraft engines to enter production, while that of the Hercules was 2,364 cubic inches (38.7 l). The nearly 40% higher capacity was achieved by increasing the stroke from 6.5 to 7 in (170 to 180 mm), and by changing to two rows of nine cylinders instead of two rows of seven, but the overall diameter of the Centaurus was only just over 6% greater.
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In fact, the Centaurus did not see any use until near the end of the war, first appearing on an upscaled version of the Vickers Wellington, the Warwick. Other wartime, or just-postwar, applications included the Bristol Brigand and Buckmaster, Hawker Tempest and Sea Fury, and the Blackburn Firebrand and Beverley. The engine also saw post-war use in civilian airliners, including the ill-fated Bristol Brabazon.
By the end of the war in Europe, around 2,500 examples of the Centaurus had been produced by Bristol.
A projected enlarged capacity version of the Centaurus was designed by Roy Fedden, cylinders were produced for this engine but it was never built. Known as the Bristol Orion (a name used previously for a variant of the Jupiter engine, and later re-used for a turboprop one) this development was also a two-row, 18 cylinder sleeve valve engine with the displacement increased to 4,142 cubic inches (67.9 l).
The Centaurus was produced in 34 distinct variants ranging from the 2,000 hp (1,490 kW) Centaurus I to the 2,405 hp (1,793 kW) Centaurus 663 for the Airspeed Ambassador airliner. The most powerful variants were the 2,625 hp (1,957 kW) Centaurus 170, 173, 660, 661 and 662.


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Q: Correct usage of bitmask? heyhey,
just have a question about bitmasks. I think I know now what they are and where they can be used.
I want to store specific permissions like BUILD, BREAK and INTERACT and maybe more for specific groups. The code below should do this but Im not very sure whether this is the corrent "style".
The idea is to use the first 3 bits here to store the permissions of the first group, then use the next three bits for the second group and so on.
So my question is now whether this is a good way or not or what would be better?
public class Test {
    private int permissions = 0;

    /**
     * The amount of permissions, currently: {@link #BREAK}, {@link #BUILD}, {@link #INTERACT}
     */
    private static final int PERMISSIONS = 3;
    /**
     * The different permissions
     */
    public static final int BUILD = 1, BREAK = 2, INTERACT = 4;
    /**
     * The different groups
     */
    public static final int ALLIANCE = 0, OUTSIDERS = 1;

    public void setPermissions(int permissions, int group)
    {
        this.permissions = permissions << group * PERMISSIONS;
    }

    public void addPermissions(int permission, int group)
    {
        setPermissions(this.permissions | permission, group);
    }

    public boolean hasPermission(int permission, int group)
    {
        return (permissions & permission << group * PERMISSIONS) == permission;
    }
}

EDIT: I want to use as little memory as possible because I'll need to store much data.
EDIT: I also need to store it in a sql database, but it should not make probs.

A: There are a few points where I think you made an error
public void setPermissions(int permissions, int group)
{
    this.permissions = permissions << group * PERMISSIONS;
}

This clears all permissions for other groups when setting the permissions for group. If you want to retain the permissions for other groups,
// clear permissions for `group`
this.permissions &= ~(0x7 << group * PERMISSIONS);
// set permissions for `group`
this.permissions |= permissions << group * PERMISSIONS;

that leaves the permissions for the other goups untouched.
public void addPermissions(int permission, int group)
{
    setPermissions(this.permissions | permission, group);
}

This mixes the permissions for all groups with the permissions you want to add for group. I think what you want there is
this.permissions |= permission << group * PERMISSIONS;

to just add permission for group without changing anything else.
public boolean hasPermission(int permission, int group)
{
    return (permissions & permission << group * PERMISSIONS) == permission;
}

You are shifting in the wrong direction here, if group > 0, the bitwise and will have no bits among the lowest three,
return ((permissions >> group *PERMISSIONS) & permission) == permission;

A: You knew this kind of answer had to appear sooner or later, so here it goes:
Although the usage of bitmasks is arguably the fastest and has the lowest memory consuption of all the alternative options, it's also very error prone to get right and it's mostly discouraged to use except in some very edge cases. It's a classic low-level tool. If done right, works wonders, if misused, can wreak havoc.
Therefore, the correct approach is to use higher-level abstractions for this, namely enums and EnumSets. The speed and memory consuption are comparable, although slightly worse, of course. In a general case, they're absolutely sufficient, though. There are many ways of how to do that based on your exact context and needs. One of the possibilities could be this:
public enum Permission {
    BUILD, BREAK, INTERACT;
}

public class Permissions {
    private final Set<Permission> alliance = EnumSet.noneOf(Permission.class);
    private final Set<Permission> outsiders = EnumSet.noneOf(Permission.class);

    public Set<Permission> alliance() {
        return alliance;
    }

    public Set<Permission> outsiders() {
        return outsiders;
    }
}

This alone enables you to do exactly the things you did, but with two differences:

*

*Now it's type-safe and more foolproof, I think. No reinventing of the wheel needed.

*It uses more memory. Not by much, because EnumSet this small is usually just a long.

EDIT to answer OP's comment on storing the EnumSet to a database:
Yes, this can be a concern since storing an int is infinitely easier. If you still considered sticking to using an EnumSet, then there are several possibilities from the top of my head:

*

*Look at SO. People have tried to tackle the problem before.

*Save the names of the values in the EnumSet:
Permissions p = new Permissions();
p.alliance().addAll(EnumSet.of(Permission.BREAK, Permission.BUILD));
for (Permission permission : p.alliance()) {
    System.out.println(permission);
}

You can then easily rebuild the values:
for (String word : stringsFromDtb) {
    p.alliance.add(Permission.valueOf(word));
}

*Save the ordinals. This is VERY dangerous as you can easily break it with changing the Permission enum. Also, any random number could be fed in to break this.
Permissions p = new Permissions();
p.alliance().addAll(EnumSet.of(Permission.BREAK, Permission.BUILD));
for (Permission permission : p.alliance()) {
    System.out.println(permission.ordinal());
}

You can then easily rebuild the values:
for (int ordinal : ordinalsFromDtb) {
    p.alliance.add(Permission.values()[ordinal]);
}

*Serialize the EnumSet the usual way and store the binary data directly or BASE64ed. Ehm.
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EDIT after EDIT:
Ad. your remarks of making indexes for your enum values so that when you changed or reordered them in the future, it would still work. There is an easy way to do this with enums! It's basically the middle way between bitfields and enums, it retains the type safety and all enum features and still has the advantages of bitfields.
public enum Permission {
    /* I like to have binary literals in place of bit fields,
     * but any notation will work */
    BUILD   (0b0001),
    BREAK   (0b0010),
    INTERACT(0b0100);

    private final int index;

    private Permission(int index) {
        this.index = index;
    }

    public int index() {
        return index;
    }
}

You'll then save the indexes into your database and will only have to make sure the parsing from it is right. Also, in the future, it helps to only comment out (not delete) any unneeded enum values so they still remain visible for you and you won't take up it's index. Or just mark it as @Deprecated and you don't have to delete anything ;).

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Staging Woodstock 50 a challenge, says upstate NY official
VERNON, N.Y. (AP) — A key local official says hosting the Woodstock 50 anniversary festival on short notice "could pose a significant challenge."
A mass gathering permit application for the Vernon Downs harness track and casino in central New York was recently filed after operators of the original festival site pulled out last month.
Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente released a statement Tuesday noting the challenge of preparing for the health and safety of residents and concert goers with the event just over a month away.
The Woodstock festival has faced a series of setbacks, including the losses of a financial partner, a production company and original site, Watkins Glen International.
Vernon Downs has said they can host up to 65,000 people, far fewer than the 150,000 planned for Watkins Glen.
by CARA ANNA and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press / Jul 16, 2019
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Johnny Clegg, a South African musician who performed in defiance of racial barriers imposed under the country's apartheid system decades ago and celebrated its new democracy under Nelson Mandela, died Tuesday. He was 66 and had pancreatic cancer.


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Q: Play audio one by one I have a list of audio files. How to make them play one by one? Right now If I click button play, they are playing all together.
const audioList = [ 'audio1', 'audio2', 'audio3', 'audio4', 'audio5' ]

let button = document.querySelector('#btnPlay').addEventListener('click', e=>{
    audioList.forEach(element => {
        let audio1 = new Audio(element);
        audio1.play();
    });

A: You can achive this by using the audio element's 'ended' event and change the audio's src after end of each song.
my html file:
<audio src=""></audio>
<button></button>

my js file:
const songs = [ 'audio1', 'audio2', 'audio3', 'audio4', 'audio5' ]
const audio = document.querySelector('audio');
const button = document.querySelector('button');

let songIndex = 0;
audio.src = songs[songIndex]

audio.addEventListener('ended', () => {
  songIndex++;
  if(songIndex >= songs.length) return;
  audio.src = songs[songIndex]
  audio.play()
})

document.addEventListener('click', () => audio.play())

Codepen demo : https://codepen.io/PatrykBuniX/pen/GRgGGyr
 I hope it helped you! :D


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Home MMA News Artem Lobov Artem Lobov "gutted" after return to MMA is cancelled due to COVID-19
Artem Lobov "gutted" after return to MMA is cancelled due to COVID-19
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Arena Fight Championship 2, an event that was slated to include the MMA return of Artem Lobov, has been cancelled due to several positive COVID-19 tests.
The promotion announced this unfortunate news in a public statement on Tuesday.
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"Some COVID-19 cases have been detected among the ARENA FIGHT Championship teams," the statement read. "To maintain the safety of our fighters, our teams and our families, we are obliged to postpone AFC 2, initially planned on December 12, 2020."
Unsurprisingly, Lobov is very disappointed by this development. The long-time Conor McGregor stablemate, who was set to take on Ylies Djiroun, reacted to the news in an interview with MMA Junkie.
"I got a phone call from the promoter saying that's it, the show is canceled," Lobov said. "I was gutted, of course. The camp wasn't easy as it is between injuries and this and the other and COVID, but I got it done, as I always do, and was looking forward to putting on a great show. And, of course, I would be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to the payday, but what can you do? Life goes on. I will rebuild, I will recover, and I will be back stronger than ever."
Lobov, who has a 14-15-1 overall record, competed in the UFC from 2015 to 2018. In that time, he amassed a 2-5 promotional record, defeating Teruto Ishihara and Chris Avila, and coming up short to top talents in Ryan Hall, Alex White, Cub Swanson, Andre Fili, and lastly, Michael Johnson.
After parting ways with the UFC, Lobov spent a three-fight stint in the BKFC ring, picking up a pair of close decision wins over Jason Knight and Paulie Malignaggi before succumbing to strikes in a rematch with Knight in his third and final BKFC bout.
Stay tuned for further updates on Artem Lobov and this foiled AFC 2 card as new details emerge.


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Interview: Riina Sikkut on health, labour, equality and her role ({{contentCtrl.commentsTotal}})
By Andrew Whyte
Minister of Health and Labour Riina Sikkut (SDE). Source: Sotsiaalministeerium
Of Estonia's ministerial roles, all 16 of them, that of Health and Labour gets sidelined compared with more "glamorous" positions like defence, foreign affairs, finance, or justice.* It tends to get politicised around election time, often skewered by opponents for costing too much in taxation (via the health and unemployment insurance funds) yet paradoxically presiding over underfunded or ineffective systems.
This belies the role's significance. Far more multifaceted than many of the "plum jobs," it is one of three binomial ministerial roles (ie "the Minister of X and Y")**, but crucial to the running of the modern Estonia so often marketed internationally.
It was thus timely to catch up with Riina Sikkut — the second-newest minister, only starting work in May and being sworn in at the same time as Minister of Public Administration Janek Mäggi (Centre) — to tell us about the situation now, in the future, to provide practical info, as well as to correct some misconceptions about the Estonian health service.
Arriving at the newish so-called Superministry building on Suur Ameerika Street just south of Tallinn's city centre, I couldn't ignore the looming general election (Riina Sikkut's loyalties are to the Social Democratic Party, or SDE, one of three governmental coalition parties) and the concurrent jostling for position. How the somewhat charming and immensely likeable Ms Sikkut, by admission not a political figure, fits into that is harder to pin down.
Alcohol duties a political issue
She didn't come from the Riigikogu to the ministerial job back in May. Government ministers do not sit in the Riigikogu, but are often drawn from its ranks, with a substitute from the same party stepping into the breach; if a minister returns to the Riigikogu, the substitute has to make way, as happened when Urve Palo, also of the SDE, resigned as Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology in August. But she has inherited to my mind something of a hornets' nest.
One of the most divisive recent issues, hikes in alcohol excise duties, are at a level now which, opponents say, is damaging the Estonian economy, driving trade south of the border to Latvian towns like Valka.
However, the excise duties on beers and wines as well as spirits are not the only culprit, says Ms Sikkut.
"The business model in Latvia is different; with bulk storage, less refrigeration, fewer salespeople and other differences, even with reduced excise duties, alcohol would still be cheaper there," she explains.
It appears the health of the nation for her trumps booze cruise custom.
"Our goal isn't simply to make alcohol cheaper, particularly when we have wages rising at around 5% per year," she continues.
Sticking to principles
This commitment to ideals is commendable but can make things difficult between now and the Riigikogu election in March. Whilst Centre is the most natural coalition partner, the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE), a party likely to be the big winner at the polls, has already declared SDE a pariah with whom it wouldn't do business. Ms Sikkut reciprocates: "We don't share any values on issues like freedoms or the status of minorities," she says.
But even without EKRE, if SDE finds itself in office again after March, with the Estonian political landscape as it is, whichever party makes up the third in the coalition (currently a spot occupied by the beleaguered Isamaa/Pro Patria) is likely to be free-market oriented. If SDE is to have its way, the other party will have to tone down more classically laissez-faire approaches, at least on health.
"We can't move away from our main policies on health; the solidarity-based healthcare system gives us the best value. We can't move away from that, and it's the same with alcohol and tobacco policy," Ms Sikkut says.
A self-starter
So much for politics. One "unusual selling point" which she can bring to the role is a solid background in the field, having done research on health policy before becoming a civil servant, advising on health issues. She was an obvious choice. So did Sikkut have her eye on the role beforehand?
"No, I didn't. I was always an SDE voter/supporter, but I didn't see myself in politics. At the same time, having a background in health policy, which is my favourite aspect of the role, meant I could hit the ground running when I started, as I had all the terminology, the way health services work, down''.
"My first degree was in public sector economics, and since I had a professor who covered health economics, I did a paper on the subject, covering areas like tobacco and excise policy, the value of life and so on."
A joint master's degree followed at the University of London, in conjunction with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the London School of Economics.
What if expats get sick?
Having an expert in a ministerial role, rather than a politico, also means I can't pass up the short time I have with the minister to clarify recurring questions on various expat social media forums, in summary: What should you do if you get sick?
"First off, emergency care is free for all; with the Europe-wide emergency agreement you would visit the emergency medical department in the same way as anywhere else. For less urgent cases, the Health Board [Estonian: "Terviseamet", the website is here — ed.] offers help with finding a family doctor (GP)," she says, conceding the site needs an overhaul, as we'll see.
A patient must be insured to get free primary, or GP, care; social taxation covers this. Since many expats are self-employed or run their own businesses, it is their responsibility to pay the social tax; others opt for private health insurance.
Social media forums do have their uses, the minister says. They reflect actual experiences, including in regard to specialists. From what I can see, this is true: "Where can I find a good [insert type of specialist]?" is almost as commonly asked as "Where can I find a good, English-speaking family doctor?".
Waiting lists criticisms
A recurring criticism of the Estonian healthcare system concerns waiting lists. This is appropriate in that independent Estonia's system was modelled on the UK's National Health Service (NHS); long waiting lists are one of many brickbats that get thrown at that authority too. This is an oversimplification, however.
"A heath service without any waiting lists would not be effective," says Ms Sikkut. This might seem counterintuitive at first, but there is a rationale there. Having doctors and nurses idling around, M*A*S*H*-style, until Radar O'Reilly announces the arrival of military helicopters ferrying the wounded, is not quite how it works most of the time.
"If there were no waiting lists, doctors and other medical personnel would be sitting around with nothing to do, which would be a hugely inefficient use of their time and very wasteful. In fact, we need to manage waiting lists effectively, triaging cases on how pressing they are. Many medical issues can indeed wait, whilst others cannot," she says.
The public has a role to play too. There were two cases during the long, hot summer of 2018 of people scheduled for operations (in Rakvere) who did not show up and gave no notice of their intentions, obviously a hugely irresponsible thing to do with the operation room and staff booked, while others wait for treatment.
A lot of the waiting lists' criticism is also simply hearsay, from those with no direct experience one way or another, the minister says.
On the way to a centralised, digital system
None of which is to say there aren't problems and areas which need significant improvement, she continues.
A centralised digital registration system, whilst in the works and piloted in the North Estonia Medical Centre (PERH) in Tallinn's Mustamäe District, is some way off from being rolled out nationally. Pushback against having a more transparent system, for whatever reason, is one factor here.
When the system goes live a year from now, according to Ms Sikkut, it should help reduce waiting lists as people can't register double appointments, enable cancelled appointments to be filled quickly, and give people a choice of providers, among other things. Currently, people wait longer for local treatment since it is too much effort to shop around for alternatives; a centralised registration system eliminates this practice. It will also include those private medical service providers who opt in.
Having an airport-style check-in system, where patients check in online 24 or 48 hours before treatment or lose the slot, is another idea which would help speed things along, the minister says.
The uninsured
The Estonian Health Insurance Fund (''Haigekassa'') also plans to divert funds in the fight to shorten waiting lists, Ms Sikkut says. Speaking of which, another common claim is that there are around 120,000 people in Estonia who don't have health insurance at all (ie almost 10% of the populace). Whilst it is true there are a lot of uninsured people out there, the minister says, the true picture is a little more complex.
"The oft-quoted statistic is that about 5-6% of the population is uninsured. Recent analysis from think tank Praxis gave us the figure of 120,000, which includes people who have never been insured during the past 11 years and those who have gaps in coverage due to irregular earnings. But it is difficult to identify homogeneous groups to the extent that we can change the law to widen coverage. The only somewhat homogeneous group being those who don't have continual earnings, such as artists and performers, seasonal agricultural workers, even construction workers to an extent, will have periods where they are uninsured because they are not earning at that time.
"For the most part, universal health coverage would be the only way to pick up the pieces. This is only really now on the table for debate in Estonia, however, due to preconceptions that everyone must pay their way — why should the person who doesn't work, or who drinks too much, be treated the same as the rest — it is a hard sell.
"At the same time the current system means that those without insurance, whilst they can get emergency treatment for free [as noted above — ed.], they can't get basic treatment with a GP on the same basis. It's illogical, not to mention inhumane, that people can't have things nipped in the bud early on, only to wait for an emergency which of course costs the state far more."
Gender, age gaps
In addition to the health and labour responsibilities, a third also falls under the minister's remit — she is effectively the equality minister, so questions about the gender pay gap are next.
"Whilst 15% of the gender pay gap can be explained in terms of more women being involved in traditionally lower-paid jobs such as teaching, more women taking time off with maternity leave or working part time and so on, that still leaves the 85% which has not clearly been explained. Clearly more work is needed; employing a woman because she might ask for 20% less, whilst providing short-term economic gains, is short-sighted. We need a situation in which we know what the value of labour is regardless of the gender or other characteristics of the employee."
The ministry is to conduct further analysis in the coming year, Ms Sikkut says, to ascertain what the other factors are. In any case, with four female ministers out of 16, and 27 MPs out of 101, or around 25% in both cases, there is room for setting an example at the national political level too.
"It should be 50-50, but not just in terms of gender; there should be proportionality in nationality, ethnicity and so on. Estonian politicians are not on average as young as they used to be in the 90s, but there is still a lot of work to be done in getting older people more plugged into society and encouraging active ageing."
Regarding demographics, the gender wage gap, notoriously high in many post-Soviet/CEE countries, with women often living over a decade longer than men, is still an issue, though a narrowing one Estonia at least.
"The gap is still big even though in general life expectancy in Estonia has been going up. In fact, it has grown fastest out of the EU 28 in recent years," she says.
The statistic varies greatly by region, educational level, income bracket, type of occupation etc., Ms Sikkut says. Since more women have higher education than men, plus men tend to be employed in riskier jobs, this further accounts for the continued disparity.
Labour concerns
Turning to the "labour" part of the job title, Peep Peterson, head of the Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund (Töötukassa) has said that the €825 million reserves the fund holds would not see Estonia through the next crash. Is he right and what are the solutions?
"Yes, he's right. Whatever form the crash initially takes — be it in the banking, or construction or real estate sectors, the labour market is always going to be the first to be hit with lay-offs etc. This costs money on its own as long-term unemployment starts to supersede the kind of short term cover needed when times are good, but there is a lot more to the fund than just a piggy bank. Many people who are unemployed can get training, or retraining, based on the fund; a recent development as of last year has been that people with higher risk of unemployment (people who have out-dated skills, are older, or have reduced capacity to work), currently in employment can also apply for training to update their skills, for instance in IT."
While this may turn crisis into opportunity, it still costs money. It appears Ms Sikkut has the answer to maintaining the solidarity-based healthcare in the face of threats from Reform and other parties who champion the free market and personal responsibility for health, however: "Health insurance keeps tax morale higher, acts as an incentive. Whereas people struggle to make the connection between, say, current deductions and future pension payments, health is something less abstract which everyone can grasp the importance of. But the aim of social tax and health insurance is not to keep us paying taxes. And current healthcare financing lasts us for the next six to eight years. In that time we need to find a long-term solution for our health financing. One option being to untie the social tax contributions from getting insurance coverage".
Educating the public
Nonetheless, greater education is required to raise the role and awareness of primary and GP care amongst the home population, leave alone expats and recent arrivals. The concept of speciality care is ingrained in Estonia, presumably harking back to the old system before independence, but it can lead to farcical cases of people going to a specialist to get their blood pressure checked or when they have a cold, the minister explains.
More education is also needed to iron out other problems noted above, such as missing appointments, knowing where to turn to get help, issues of mental health, and to help solve the uninsured problem. For instance, many parents are unaware that when a child turns three, the family is no longer covered if the parent(s) stay at home rather than returning to work. Education in HIV prevalence is needed too, the minister says — whilst the earlier, drug use-related epidemic is under control, there are still a couple of hundred new cases per year, often older, non-drug-using people; others are not taking their anti-retroviral drugs as needed, which is also worrying, the minister says.
Never going to be perfect
So far as newcomers to Estonia go, a lot of work is needed there too.
"We're saying come and work in Estonia, with all these high-skilled IT jobs or opportunities to work for a startup, or even start your own, but we're not prepared well in other areas. Education is one, it can be difficult to find schools for those who are arriving with children, but with health it's definitely still the case that we're lagging behind. Most doctors can speak English [a repeated request on the expat forums — ed.] but when it comes to other languages, it's less rosy, although there are even two doctors here who speak Mandarin."
"The Health Board site is still not the most user-friendly — I've tested it myself — but we're working hard with the board as well as with the Estonian Society of Family Doctors to get a portal going with easier to find info and other languages."
Ultimately, perfection in the healthcare system, not to mention labour issues, is probably not for this life. The NHS is a continual target for both valid and invalid reasons; there seems no reason why the Töötukassa wouldn't continue to be too. The same goes for the US system which, despite popularly being viewed as a largely a privatised system, in fact sees the bulk of treatment going via the Medicare/Medicaid state and federal systems.
Rather than pinning everything on ideals, it seems that a certain amount of pragmatism is needed, according to Ms Sikkut
"A health system should answer the needs of the population, including what type and level of service they want, and how much data, such as genetic information, they are willing to share, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach," she says.
Labour is an even harder target to pin down in many ways; unemployment is currently low in Estonia, but the next global crash could hobble many sectors as well as more vulnerable regions of Estonia, principally in the east and southeast. However, people get sick regardless of the economy; epidemics can happen in good economic times and bad.
The role of Minister for Health and Labour is likely to bring many more challenges in future, though Ms Sikkut certainly appears a good bet and a highly competent individual. I started the job at ERR five days after Riina Sikkut started at the ministry; hopefully we'll both be there after the March elections. A wholesale change or sweeping away of the underpinnings of the system may exacerbate the very chaos which parties like Reform are constantly lamenting.
*In fact there are 14 Government ministries and 16 Ministers, as four of the ministers come under the auspices of two ministries. For example, both Riina Sikkut's role and that of Minister of Social Protection (Kaia Iva, Pro Patria) are under the Ministry of Social Affairs' jurisdiction.
** Minster of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure (Kadri Simson, Centre) and Minister of Education and Research (Mailis Reps, Centre) are the other two.
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Hello and welcome. I just could not wait to play with this awesome stamp from Lavinia. Isn't it just amazing. The possibilities are endless. This piece didn't quite go to plan but I kept going anyway. A little too rushed but the end result was okay.
Visible Image... Live in the moment.
That's Crafty... Inspirational Quotes - Set 1.
Clarity Stamp Stencil... Double Sprig.
Tim Holtz distress inks... Dusky Concord, Seedless Preserves, Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint and Mustard Seed.
Ranger Enamel Accents... Electric Lime.
Imagination Crafts Sparkle Medium... Gold Shine.
Imagination Crafts...Starlights Metallic Paint... Diamond.
I began with a large piece of smooth white card. I reverse stamped the eye using versafine as this not only gives a crisp image but stays wet long enough to reverse stamp the image exactly where you want it. It's best to stamp the reverse image first as it will be much easier to line up the second eye. Stamp the dragonfly facing down using the same ink. Now stamp all the images again onto making paper and cut out carefully. You only need the actual eye part and eyebrow of Simmi and the wings of the dragonfly. Place these carefully over the images.
Now for the blending. This didn't go exactly to plan and my colours should have been brighter and more defined but as time isn't kind to me these days and rushing, it kind of got spoilt but I refused to bin it and carried on anyway. I used all the colours listed above and blended using brushes. I then took the Splash stencil and a baby wipe to take some of the colour back off around the edges and brushed back over with the Mustard Seed. I wanted a little sparkle so took the smaller dragonflies from the set and dabbed it with the Starlights Metallic Paint and stamped them onto the card.
Now remove the masking and colour the eyes and large Dragonfly wings with the pencils. I used the black Posca pen to sharpen the outer eye and a few lashes. Once happy add the bling. Take the verse from the quotes set and stamp at the bottom with versafine ink.
More bling needed I felt so took the Sparkle medium and pushed it through the Double Sprig stencil at random around the edge of the card. Take the Enamel Accents and carefully dot down from the eyes covering the black dots already stamped from the image. Brush over the large dragonfly wings with the Wink of Stella.
Now mount onto the gold card leaving just a tiny border showing and then onto a complimentary colour card. I chose the pink to pick up the pink on the eyes. I hope you like it. I have to say I'm loving Simmi. It is in my opinion by far the best eye stamp so far and so many ways you can bling it up. I just hope I can find some more time soon to have another play but I think my next make will be with the Lavinia Seahorse because that in my opinion is the best seahorse stamp so far.... smiles. All from me for now.
Enjoy the rest of your week and happy crafting.
Stunning!! I have this stamp on oreder and can't wait to try it out.


Joakim Noah, nursing his own foot and hand ailments, paused and went silent after talking to reporters as Derrick Rose stepped from the shower into the locker room late Monday night after the Bulls had defeated the Indiana Pacers 92-73.
Rose shuffled toward his locker stall, moving cautiously, his right arm hanging limp. Rose, seemingly the fastest man alive, certainly with a basketball in his hand, would fold himself into his chair and begin trying to pull his socks on using only his left hand.
Noah would quickly, though, try to lighten the mood because he's been having a ball ballin', as it were. That was six straight wins for the Bulls, now 15-8, playing their best basketball in four years, five straight opponents scoring 90 points or fewer and four of the last five shooting below 40 percent.
And, no it wasn't as even coach Tom Thibodeau feared a fracture or as Rose feared a break or who knows what.
"I thought it was going to be worse than that," Rose said as he awaited the X-rays, which were negative. "It knocked the wind out of me. Most people, when they jump that high, they usually get hurt pretty bad, but thank God, I didn't break anything.
So nothing is broken, just a sprained wrist, confirmed trainer Fred Tedeschi from Rose's attempt to basically jump over Brandon Rush with 1:56 left as the Bulls were pulling away after leading by just two earlier in the fourth.
"All the bones are in the right place," said Tedeschi.
Which is a relief to everyone as Thibodeau saw his rookie season becoming a disaster and management began considering the lottery. Don't kid yourself. That's how good Rose has become and how fragile this roster is without another true star talent to make plays.
Look, when Michael Jordan broke his foot in 1985 and missed 64 games, the Bulls ended up winning 30 games, eight fewer than in his rookie season. And that was with winning six of their last 10 once Jordan returned.
Rose is listed as questionable for Wednesday's game in Toronto. Sorry, but, to me, he should not play, and perhaps not even Saturday at home against the Clippers.
He missed a game last month in Denver—though I shouldn't bring that disaster up again—though replacement C.J. Watson had 33 points and the Bulls lost at the buzzer to a Carmelo Anthony heartbreaker.
This is a soft week for the Bulls with just two games until a busy Christmas week leading up to the Christmas Day game in New York against the hot Knicks.
Rose will likely want to play Wednesday because that's who he is. You can wonder what he was doing in the game with under two minutes left and a 13-point lead, or why then he was trying to scale Rush at the basket after beating T.J. Ford on the perimeter with the game in hand and Rose with 17 points and 12 assists to complement Carlos Boozer with 22 points and 18 rebounds.
But coaches play players who want to play, and Rose even refused to come out after he shot the free throws, declining to give the obligatory fist bumps with his right hand after he missed the first one. He said he wanted to be in earlier because the game was still being decided. And Rose is who we know he is. He doesn't take plays off and when he sees a chance to jump over someone, why not. Like a kid and a diving board. He's always going to try. Because it's there.
Plus, Thibodeau relies on his regulars with Rose, Noah and Luol Deng, the latter with 15 points and nine rebounds, all in the league's top 16 in minutes played.
So I would declare Rose out for the 9-15 Toronto and probably the 5-20 Clippers. Get Rose a week off and ready for the next big stretch of games, four in six nights around Christmas. Let's see the rest of this roster for now. It certainly ought to be able to compete with those teams without Rose.
So maybe they won't win, or maybe they rise to the occasion. They have before as they were a few free throws away from a terrific victory in Denver. And that was with Boozer still out with his broken hand, and Boozer sat after the game with his own right hand wrapped and acknowledged the discomfort is not going away anytime soon.
But nothing is more vital to this Bulls team–and my aesthetic view of basketball–than Rose playing at a high level, or certainly healthy.
It was sadly apparent Monday after the Bulls blasted out to a 25-8 start.
Rose hit a pair of threes and not only is he making them now, if you watch his form and shot he's probably the best perimeter shooter on the team. The only issue I have now with Rose's shooting is he doesn't shoot often enough. He's good enough to average 25 to 30 points and still double figures in assists if other guys could make more shots.
They were Monday, especially Boozer, who had an excellent game as the Pacers tried an old trick with him by playing seven footer Roy Hibbert on him. The book on Boozer, similarly like it was with Ben Gordon, is to crowd him with size, someone with long arms to cast a shadow over his shot. But Boozer simply stepped back or made a nice drop step to get inside Hibbert, and the Bulls were off and running.
Boozer seemed on that course, though the Bulls stalled when Rose got a second foul and departed with 4:17 left in the first and the Bulls ahead by 17. Indiana, now 11-12, closed with a 10-2 run by dominating the boards, being the aggressor while the Bulls fiddled and faddled with too much individual play.
That continued into the second quarter with Mike Dunleavy blitzing Korver and with the Pacers going with a smaller, quicker group, Boozer losing Josh McRoberts on putbacks. As a result, the Pacers surged ahead 37-33, a 21-point turnaround in 13 minutes.
Rose returned early in the second, but couldn't hold off the Pacers rush until he drove with about five minutes left and pushed off a short runner, was seemingly hacked and with the usual no call.
So he finally said something and got his first technical foul as a pro.
On the Bulls next possession after a Pacers' 24 second violation, Rose drove, scored and got a chance for a three point play.
Is that really what it takes? Kids are watching. Is this the lesson we want to teach them?
Still, Rose would shoot just three free throws, and perhaps the referees just didn't want to embarrass the Bulls as they missed 10 of 20 free throw attempts to continue their season long futility.
So as the Bulls headed to halftime back up 43-41 on Korver and Rose threes to close the half, the league's second leading rebounding team had been outrebounded 27-19.
Thibodeau apparently made the point.
The Bulls, especially the guards with Keith Bogans and Deng not leaking out and staying home to rebound, got on the boards and the Bulls began to regain control of the game. The Pacers stayed with Hibbert on Boozer, and Boozer was making his shot, posting up, running some nice pick and roll with Rose and hitting the boards as well.
The problem this Bulls group sometimes has is it wants to run because it doesn't score easily and needs some easy points. So perimeter guys leak out, which the Pacers took advantage of to hit the boards and go 13-0 on second chance points in the second quarter. Ouch.
So you can't both run and come back and rebound. What Thibodeau wants is whomever gets the rebound to head up court fast, especially Rose, thus having the rebounder as a push man to get into a break, and the Bulls got back to that after halftime, particularly Deng who got some big rebounds in traffic.
Also, Ronnie Brewer, who is fitting well into his role, had nine points and three more steals.
The Bulls pulled away to a 65-58 lead after three and a decisive 16-8 margin on the boards, Deng cashing in a three for a 59-50 lead after Boozer and Noah got tough offensive rebounds on the same possession.
But the improving Pacers are a good defensive team, especially when they went smaller and forced the Bulls into late shot clock attempts with aggressive closeouts.
But the Bulls were hustling as well. Brewer got a loose ball for a reverse layin as he's unusually good around the baseline to make it 73-67 with about seven minutes left before a bit of a gasp went up in the sellout crowd as Rose went down as he was trying to bust out with a rebound and stepped on Gibson's foot.
"Thank God he had (ankle) braces on. It helped him a lot," said Tedeschi.
But he has his smile.
The Bulls began to pull away at that point as the Pacers went with shooters. They should have gone with makers and would finish three of 19 on threes, one of 10 after halftime.
Boozer and Rose applied the finishing touches, though it was not art until there came the gasp when Rose began to fly over Rush, who stepped up to draw the charge and at the top of Rose's leap he came crashing down. It did look bad and Tedeschi and Thibodeau rushed across court to Rose, who stayed down in pain for a few minutes.
When he rose he clearly was in pain, though Rose does live this "mind over matter" mantra, that you can play through anything. Not only is he good, but he's too good to believe.
He made the free throws, declined to still leave as the game was long out of reach and at the close could only exchange hand shakes with his left hand, his right arm hanging down.
And they need a healthy Rose to get there.


Together, they accounted for a hefty 75% of the total volume of arms exports in 2014–18. The Security Council, the most powerful UN body dealing largely with conflict-resolution, relentlessly preaches the message of peace to the world at large – while all five of its permanent members are peddling arms and sustaining conflicts – in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and fuelling the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The warring parties in all of these conflicts are using weapons either from the US, France, UK, China or Russia - or are receiving military intelligence and air support from the five big powers.
One Asian diplomat put it this way: "They are retailing peace while wholesaling arms". SIPRI said arms imports by states in the Middle East increased by 87% between 2009–13 and 2014–18 and accounted for 35% of global arms imports in 2014–18. Saudi Arabia became the world's largest arms importer in 2014–18, with an increase of 192% compared with 2009–13. Arms imports by Egypt, the third largest arms importer in 2014–18, tripled (206%) between 2009–13 and 2014–18 while arms imports by Israel (354%), Qatar (225%) and Iraq (139%) also rose between 2009–13 and 2014–18, according to SIPRI. However, Syria's arms imports fell by 87%, despite an ongoing eight-year-old civil war in that country which is militarily supported by Russia and China.
Dr. Natalie J. Goldring, a Senior Fellow and Adjunct Full Professor with the Security Studies Program in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, says that SIPRI has once again documented the continuing contribution of the major suppliers to a world awash in weaponry, with the United States remaining the primary culprit. "Because the supply of major conventional weapons is so concentrated, control measures involving the top six suppliers could have a significant effect on the international market." Unfortunately, these countries have allowed profits to dominate principles, said Dr Goldring. The consequences of the excessive and destabilizing accumulations of weapons are particularly devastating in the Middle East.
For example, Members of Congress are moving to restrict US military activities related to the war in Yemen, and to hold Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman responsible for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, said Dr Goldring, who also represents the Acronym Institute at the United Nations on conventional weapons and arms trade issues. Asked about the rise in arms sales to the Middle East, in the context of conflicts in Yemen, Syria and Libya, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters last week: "None of these conflicts needs more arms. They need more political commitment to achieving peace for the people".
Asked about transparency in arms sales, Pieter Wezeman, Senior Researcher at SIPRI's Arms and Military Expenditure Programme, states that transparency differs among the top-5 arms exporters, USA, Russia, France Germany and China (and the UK as 6th). All six usually report their exports of major arms to the UN Register of Conventional Arms (UNROCA). France, Germany and the UK also report exports of small arms to the UNROCA, and they report similar data to the Arms Trade Treaty secretariat (the other three are not members to the ATT). But reporting to the UNROCA is not always complete or accurate, and many states do not submit information. He pointed out that Germany, the UK and France publish annual arms export reports and submit data to the annual EU arms export report. There is a large amount of data in there, which gives a good overview of the arms exports of these countries, even do they are not always easy to read, said Wezeman.
The US has several administrative procedures for arms exports. Exports in which the US government plays a leading role, either because it involves military aid or selling surplus DoD (Department of Defence) equipment or because it involves what is called Foreign Military Sales (FMS) in which the DoD helps allied states with administering and negotiating arms procurement in the US, such arms exports are generally rather transparent. The government will release formal announcements when a country officially starts negotiating for a major arms deal and also when the actual contract is signed. However, when a country buys weapons directly from a US company, with the government only providing the export permit, information will be more scarce.
Wezeman said Russia and China do not publish national arms export reports. Asked whether there are any restrictions on the use of these weapons by the buyers– for example using them against civilians — or any restrictions on the transfer of these weapons to third parties without the permission of the exporting country, Wezeman said there can be such restrictions. For example, when Germany supplied armored vehicles as military aid to Turkey it has at times included a clause that these were not to be used in the East of Turkey, in the war with Kurdish groups. Recently, it was reported that the US appears to have included a clause that Pakistan not to use its American-made F-16 fighter planes over Kashmir, though exactly what the clause says is not known. A clause that the weapons are not to be used against civilians is not likely to be included, as using arms deliberately against civilians is already prohibited by international law. Wezeman said it is common to include clauses that the buyer of arms be not allowed to transfer them to anyone else without the explicit permission from the exporting state.


Located in southeast corner of Minnesota, near the border with Iowa, Harmony dubs itself the "biggest little town in southern Minnesota." The largest Amish community in the state calls Harmony home, and visitors can explore the group's culture and heritage through local tours. If you find yourself in this picturesque town, take time to discover its natural and cultural attractions.
Explore local history at one of the area's historic venues, such as Slim's Wood Carving Museum (slimswoodshed.com), which features the largest collection of wood carvings in the country. Visitors can view more than 4,000 carvings, such as music boxes and wall hangings, from all over the world. Take a guided tour or explore the museum on your own. During your trip, see some of the spots that make Harmony unique, such as Niagara Cave (niagaracave.com). The one-hour cave tour treks past a 60-foot-high waterfall, 400-year-old fossils and stalactites. Explore the property's 10-acre picnic ground and nature trail before or after your tour.
Learn about Harmony's Amish community by taking a self-guided tour. Rent a narrated tour CD from Amish Backroads Tour (amishbackroadstour.com) and enjoy the trip from the comfort of your car. You can visit stores, meet Amish shop owners and purchase handmade goods during the 1 1/2 hour tour. If you prefer a guided tour, Amish Tours of Harmony (amish-tours.com) takes you through the Amish community. During the tour, you'll visit Amish homesteads, learn about Amish history and culture, and visit venues that sell crafts and homemade baked goods. At the time of publication, car tours are available year-round, van tours are available April through November, and group tours are available by reservation.
If you have kids, treat them to a day at an area park to see native wildlife, birds and plants. Harmony Park (harmonypark.com) is an outdoor event venue open to the public when special events aren't taking place. The park features a state-of-the-art playground and camping facilities. Selvig Park (no website; Main Street South, Harmony; 507-886-2469) has a playground, shelter and gazebo, and hosts Music in the Park on Wednesday nights throughout the summer. The town's Trail Head Park (no website; 2nd Ave NW & 4th Street NW, Harmony; 507-886-2469) is the start of the 60-mile long Harmony-Preston Valley State Trail, designed for bikers, joggers, walkers and skaters. The trail meanders past scenic countryside, wooded areas, rolling hills and a spring-fed creek. You'll also find a playground, a disc golf course and picnic facilities at the park.
If you're a fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books or the "Little House on the Prairie" television series, drive 10 miles south to Burr Oak, Iowa, to visit the author's childhood home at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and Museum (lauraingallswilder.us). Visitors can tour the home as well as the hotel that the family worked in during their stay in Burr Oak. Approximately 13 miles from Harmony in Lanesboro, the Commonweal Theatre Company (commonwealtheatre.org) reflects the area's natural beauty and heritage with stone walls, barn doors and concrete floors that pay homage to the venue's previous life as a cheese factory. The 200-seat state-of-the-art theater produces a diverse lineup of family-friendly and cutting-edge shows.
Arnold, Elizabeth. "Attractions in Harmony, Minnesota." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/attractions-harmony-minnesota-105094.html. 21 March 2018.
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New Jaguars uniforms will be revealed on April 23
The Jaguars previously revealed a new logo on Feb. 5.
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Jaguars Senior Vice President of Ticket Sales, Chad Johnson, confirmed an earlier report from Ryan O'Halloran of the Florida Times-Union that the new uniforms for the team will be revealed just prior to the 2013 NFL Draft on Tuesday, April 23.
Johnson spoke at a luncheon for the International Association of Business Communicators on Wednesday and some in attendance, including Doug Filaroski, tweeted that Johnson confirmed the date that had previously been said "might" be the day the Jaguars debut the new uniforms.
The Jaguars revealed a new logo on Feb. 5 and have said that the new uniforms will feature much more black and gold, with only accents of teal. In March, a picture of what is believed to be the new uniform was leaked, although it has not been confirmed by the team as a real uniform.
The uniform reveal is scheduled for two days before the beginning of the 2013 NFL Draft on Thursday, April 25.


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by Seth Colaner — Thursday, July 04, 2013
Nokia Lumia 1020 for AT&T Leaked, 41MP PureView Windows Phone
Nokia has been promising a smartphone with an industry-busting 41MP PureView rear camera bearing the codename "Nokia EOS". Evleaks says that it's nabbed an image of the upcoming phone, which it says will be called the "Nokia Lumia 1020".
One commenter on the photo noted that the time shown on the phone's screen is 10:00, and because Nokia usually uses the time to indicate model number, it's odd that the screen doesn't say 10:20. The image also shows a Nokia Pro Cam app, which would be a nice addition to the powerful camera.
Credit: evleaks
The phone, which will launch on AT&T, is slated for introduction yet this year--likely at a press conference on July 11th. Nokia hasn't said much about it other than the teaser line that presumably refers to the 41MP camera: "41 Million Reasons". We'll find out more on July 11th.
Tags: Nokia, Mobile, ATT, lumia, pureview, NASDAQ: MSFT, NYSE: NOK, Nokia-Lumia-1020
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Louis Coulon, né le  à Neuchâtel et décédé le  dans la même ville, est un naturaliste suisse, président de la Société neuchâteloise des sciences naturelles (1837-1890) et fondateur du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Neuchâtel.

Biographie
Louis Coulon est né le  à Neuchâtel, en Suisse. Il est le fils aîné du négociant Paul-Louis-Auguste Coulon (1777-1855) et de Julie de Meuron (1780-1820). En 1830, il épousera Cécile de Montmollin (1805-1880), la fille du conseiller d'État Frédéric-Auguste de Montmollin (1776-1836).

En 1822, ses parents l'envoient à Mannheim pour apprendre l'allemand. Il y fait également de nombreuses excursions pour agrandir des collections d'histoire naturelle qu'il a commencées dès l'enfance. Après des études d'histoire naturelle à Paris de 1824 à 1828. Il y suite les enseignements de professeurs tels que Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, Bernard-Germain de Lacépède ou Adolphe Brongniart. Il se lie également d'amitié avec l'ingénieur Henri Ladame (1807-1870) et retourne à Neuchâtel.

Il est nommé responsable des forêts de la ville, responsabilité qu'il conservera jusqu'en 1865, et membre de la commission de la Bibliothèque dès son retour en 1828. Le 23 novembre 1829, il est nommé directeur du Cabinet d'histoire naturelle de la ville. Il incite le zoologiste Louis Agassiz à rejoindre l'Académie de Neuchâtel nouvellement créée en trouvant les fonds nécessaires pour financer une chaire d'histoire naturelle. Ensemble et avec d'autres naturalistes neuchâtelois, ils fondent en 1832 la Société neuchâteloise des sciences naturelles. Cinq ans plus tard, Louis Coulon prend la présidence de cette société et la conserve jusqu'en 1890. En 1866, il préside la Société helvétique des sciences naturelles.

En 1837, à la suite de la construction du Collège latin, il crée le Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Neuchâtel, qui succède au Cabinet d'histoire naturelle, notamment grâce aux collections de son père et de Louis Agassiz. Louis Coulon offre, lui, ses collections ornithologiques au Museum. En 1838, il finance avec son père l'expédition du naturaliste glaronais Johann Jakob von Tschudi en Amérique du Sud qui dure cinq ans et qui enrichit les collections du Muséum. Il fait également régulièrement part de ses souhaits aux commerçants et missionnaires neuchâtelois qui se rendent à l'étranger. Il entretient également des contacts soutenus avec les chasseurs et les pêcheurs des environs de Neuchâtel. Il est conservateur de ce musée jusqu'à son décès en 1894 et y consacre, bénévolement, une grande partie de son temps. Il renfloue également à plusieurs reprises les caisses du Muséum, une pratique dont son homologue bâlois Peter Merian (1795-1883) était coutumier.

En 1858, il organise une souscription pour acheter la collection de 153 animaux alpestres chassés et empaillés par le major Isidore Challandes (1814-1884). L'idée de Coulon est que les souscripteurs puissent se voir rembourser leurs actions avec un bonus de 5% grâce au prix que les visiteurs de la collection payeront. Une Société du Musée alpestre est mise sur pied pour exploiter cette collection, mais les rentrées financière sont inférieures aux attentes et seule une partie des actions peuvent être remboursées. En 1895, une année après la mort de Coulon, cette société dépose son bilan et la collection est intégrée à celle du Muséum d'histoire naturelle.

Parallèlement à ces activités scientifiques, Louis Coulon siège également dans les différents conseils de la ville de Neuchâtel. En 1848, après la Révolution neuchâteloise qu'il accepte, il est nommé au conseil administratif de la bourgeoisie. Il est également capitaine dans les milices neuchâteloises et membre du Collège des Anciens de l'Église neuchâteloise.

Prix et reconnaissances
En 1882, l'Académie de Neuchâtel lui confère le titre de professeur honoraire et l'université de Bâle lui décerne un doctorat honoris causa.

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Cheveuges és un municipi francès situat al departament de les Ardenes i a la regió del Gran Est. L'any 2007 tenia 416 habitants.

Demografia

Població
El 2007 la població de fet de Cheveuges era de 416 persones. Hi havia 153 famílies de les quals 23 eren unipersonals (8 homes vivint sols i 15 dones vivint soles), 61 parelles sense fills i 69 parelles amb fills.

La població ha evolucionat segons el següent gràfic:

Habitants censats

Habitatges
El 2007 hi havia 166 habitatges, 154 eren l'habitatge principal de la família, 8 eren segones residències i 3 estaven desocupats. 159 eren cases i 6 eren apartaments. Dels 154 habitatges principals, 116 estaven ocupats pels seus propietaris, 36 estaven llogats i ocupats pels llogaters i 2 estaven cedits a títol gratuït; 4 tenien dues cambres, 9 en tenien tres, 37 en tenien quatre i 105 en tenien cinc o més. 122 habitatges disposaven pel capbaix d'una plaça de pàrquing. A 60 habitatges hi havia un automòbil i a 87 n'hi havia dos o més.

Piràmide de població
La piràmide de població per edats i sexe el 2009 era:

Economia
El 2007 la població en edat de treballar era de 274 persones, 197 eren actives i 77 eren inactives. De les 197 persones actives 179 estaven ocupades (100 homes i 79 dones) i 18 estaven aturades (10 homes i 8 dones). De les 77 persones inactives 26 estaven jubilades, 28 estaven estudiant i 23 estaven classificades com a «altres inactius».

Ingressos
El 2009 a Cheveuges hi havia 161 unitats fiscals que integraven 446 persones, la mediana anual d'ingressos fiscals per persona era de 18.410,5 €.

Activitats econòmiques
Dels 12 establiments que hi havia el 2007, 1 era d'una empresa alimentària, 3 d'empreses de fabricació d'altres productes industrials, 3 d'empreses de construcció, 1 d'una empresa de comerç i reparació d'automòbils, 1 d'una empresa d'hostatgeria i restauració, 1 d'una empresa de serveis i 2 d'empreses classificades com a «altres activitats de serveis».

Dels 4 establiments de servei als particulars que hi havia el 2009, 1 era un paleta, 1 fusteria, 1 lampisteria i 1 perruqueria.

L'únic establiment comercial que hi havia el 2009 era una fleca.

L'any 2000 a Cheveuges hi havia 11 explotacions agrícoles que ocupaven un total de 707 hectàrees.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

 Résumé statistique Fitxa resum de dades estadístiques de Cheveuges a l'INSEE.
 Évolution et structure de la population Fitxa amb el detall de dades de Cheveuges a l'INSEE
 France par commune  Dades detallades de tots els municipis de França accessibles a partir del mapa.

Municipis de les Ardenes


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ROD STEWART: Conducts New Album Updated
With Rod Stewart starting another residency tonight (Wednesday) in Las Vegas comes the announcement of a new album of sorts.
You're in My Heart: Rod Stewart With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestratakes his most iconic songs and pairs them with new arrangements performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Among them are "Maggie May," "Reason to Believe," "Handbags and Gladrags," "The First Cut Is the Deepest," "Forever Young," and his take on Van Morrison's "Have I Told You Lately." There is also new version of the hit song "It Takes Two" featuring Robbie Williams and a brand-new song "Stop Loving Her Today."
Set for release on November 22nd, it will be available as a single CD, and deluxe set contains one more disc and seven extra songs. It will also be available to download and via streaming services.


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Dunaegyháza este un sat în districtul Kunszentmiklós, județul Bács-Kiskun, Ungaria, având o populație de  de locuitori (2011).

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Conform recensământului din 2011, satul Dunaegyháza avea  de locuitori. Din punct de vedere etnic, majoritatea locuitorilor (%) erau maghiari, existând și minorități de slovaci (%) și romi (%). Apartenența etnică nu este cunoscută în cazul a % din locuitori. Nu există o religie majoritară, locuitorii fiind luterani (%), persoane fără religie (%) și reformați (%). Pentru % din locuitori nu este cunoscută apartenența confesională.

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Travelstick Luxor
Luxor is situated on the east bank of the Nile and most of the main sites to visit inside the town are located beside the river. There are a number of budget accommodation options scattered around the town. The train station is located near the town center, less than 1 km from the river bank and an easy walking distance from almost anywhere in town. Seater trains from Luxor run south down to Aswan (51LE, 4USD in 2020) or north to Cairo (195LE, 14USD in 2020).
Luxor Valley of the Kings
Vally of the Kings Information
The Valley of the Kings is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. The valley is a burial ground for pharaohs of the 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties, between 1539 and 1075 BC. The tombs are labelled KV1 to KV65, in the order they were discovered. Of the 65 tombs in the Valley only a few are open to the public. The tombs that are available to visit change periodically. Some tombs may close for renovation and other tombs will be reopened.
The standard entrance ticket allows you to visit three tombs. You can choose to visit any three out of the tombs that are open at the time (with the exceptions mentioned below). If you want to see more than three you will have to purchase a second ticket. In addition to this there are three tombs that cannot be visited on the standard ticket and require a separate ticket to be purchased. These are the tombs of Tutankhamun, Rameses V and VI and Seti I.
The Valley of the Kings is located on the west bank of Luxor, about 9 km from the ferry point. This is either a 2 hour walk or you can take a taxi for around 100LE return.
Entrance fees (2020)
Standard ticket for 3 tombs 240LE
Tutankhamun 300LE
Rameses V and VI 100LE
Seti I 1000LE
Photo Camera 300LE
Note: Even if you only wish to visit the tombs of Tutankhamun, Ramses V and VI or Seti I you will still have to buy the standard ticket as well to gain entry to the site.
Valley of the Queens
The Valley of the Queens, like the nearby Valley of Kings, is also an ancient royal necropolis where the wives and sometimes children of the pharaohs were buried. The Valley of the Queens contains around 70 tombs, the most famous being the tomb of Queen Nefetari. One of five wives of Rameses II, Nefertari was his favorite and her tomb is said to be one of the most beautiful in Egypt. The walls inside are decorated with beautiful reliefs, the colours as bright as if they had been painted yesterday.
As with the Valley of the Kings only a limited number of the tombs are open to visitors. The tomb of Queen Nefetari has been closed several times over the years, both to restore and to preserve the paintings. When we visited in 2020 it was open but a separate ticket must be purchased costing around 100USD.
The Valley of the Queens is located on the west bank of Luxor about 5 km from the ferry point and 1.5 km south-west of the Hatshepsut Temple.
Standard ticket (for 3 tombs) 100LE
Tomb of Nefetari 1400LE
Luxor Hatshepsut Temple
Hatshepsut Temple
After the death of her husband and half brother Thutmose II, Hatshepsut first became regent in place of her step-son Thutmose III and later had herself crowned Pharaoh of Egypt. Her reign was one of the most prosperous and peaceful in Egypt's history. She commissioned her mortuary temple in 1479 BC and had it designed to tell the story of her life and reign.
The temple is located on the west bank of Luxor, about 6 km from the ferry point (an hour and a half walking).
Karnak Temple Luxor Information
The temple complex of Karnak on Luxor's East Bank is one on the most visited sites in Egypt. The site centers around the immense Amun Temple with its famous Hypostyle Hall, filled with 134 towering stone pillars. Much has been written about this site, from detailed histories to step-by-step guides around its most notable features. Whether you read all about it first or just go in blind the awe-inspiring effect this temple has is the same for everyone who visits.
Located about 3 km north of central Luxor and Luxor Temple, a 45 minute walk along the river bank.
Tamole at Luxor
Constructed over hundreds of years by Amenhotep III, Ramses II, Tutankhamun, and other pharaohs, Luxor Temple was one of the largest and most significant religious centers in ancient Egypt. The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day. During the Christian era, the temple's hypostyle hall was converted into a Christian church. Then for thousands of years, the temple was buried beneath the streets of Luxor and eventually a mosque was built over it. When the temple was uncovered the mosque was carefully preserved amid the reconstructions and forms an integral part of the site today.
Luxor Temple is located in the center of Luxor beside the Nile.


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"Take a look at that," he says, pointing to a full-scale Viking village wrapped around a man-made lake tucked neatly out of sight in the middle of the 250-acre Co Wicklow estate that O'Connell and his family call home. "Surprised?"