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Stempfferia similis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and Gabon.

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Butterflies described in 1999
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In episode 141 of One On One With Mitch Lafon, guitarist and producer, Bob Kulick, sits down with Mitch to discuss his new book, upcoming EP, working as a ghost musician on KISS' Alive II & Killers albums, the making of the Paul Stanley 1978 solo album, touring with Alice Cooper, the 1989 Paul Stanley solo tour, Balance, Meat Loaf, Motorhead, his brother Bruce Kulick and much much more.
Drummer Allan Schwartzberg co-hosts this episode. Allan is best known to KISS fans for having 'ghost' drummed on KISS' The Elder, Animalize and Asylum albums as well as credited performances on the Gene Simmons and Peter Criss solo albums of 1978. He's also appeared, both credited and uncredited, on multiple Alice Cooper albums.
Quote from the interview:
KISS ALIVE II: "Paul called me and said Ace was dragging."
Feedback from the band on guitar playing during the recording of Alive II: "It doesn't sound like Ace enough. Try to keep it in the ball park."
"I had my own band, Balance. I played with Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Meatloaf, and all these people. I'm just on this train going through all of these artists."
I'd agreed to play on Gene and Paul's [1978 solo albums], but it became an issue. To have the same lead player on two of the records just defeated the purpose of everybody doing a different thing."
Bruce Kulick on joining KISS: "This was his fate."
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Seven-year-old Dario is excited about his brother's upcoming fifth birthday. He can't wait for the party, and imagines one similar to his own with lots of friends and presents.
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It was found that the "science and connyng of Physyke and Surgerie" was practised by unskilful persons, "common artificers, as Smythes, wevers, and women," I who " boldely and custumably take upon theim grete curis, and thyngys of great difficultie, in which they partely use socery and whichcrafte" to the grievous hurt of the Kyng's liege people. It was therefore enacted that none should practise as a physician and surgeon in London except by examination, duly approved by the Bishop of London or Dean of St. Paul's (!). As it seemed needful to provide skilful surgeons for the "helth of mans body whan infirmities and seckness shal happen," and as there are many surgeons in London who give instructions to students, who exercise of the said science "to the greate relief, comforte, and soccour of muche people, and to the sure savegard of their bodily helth, their lymmes and lyves" and as two companies of surgeons exist in London, one "the Barbours of London, and the other company the Surgeons of London," which company of barbours were first incorporated " undre the greate Seale of the late King of famous memory, Edwarde the 8th, dated at Westminster the 28th day of February in the first yere of his reigne," these two companies ought therefore to be united into one body, with a common seal, power to hold lands, and all the rights of both the old companies.
It was further found that surgeons were in the habit of taking diseased persons into their houses, where they "doo use and exercise barbery, as wasshing and shaving, and other feates therunto belonging" very perilous to the King's people. Now, "after the feast of 'the Nativitie of our Lorde God next coming," no barber in London shall practise surgery" letting of bludde, or any other thing belonging to surgery, drawing of teth onelye except." And no surgeon shall "occupye or exercise the feate or crafte of barbarye or shaving," either by himself or by any other for him, to his or their use.
It was also provided that any person may keep a barber or a surgeon as his servant, who may practise in his master's house.
It would appear that the observance of the Lord's day was more strictly enforced in the seventeenth century than it is at present.
"Att the Councell Chamber on Ouze bridge at York ye xxth of. June, A.D. 1676," it was declared and enacted that whereas barber surgeons have been shaving and cutting hair on the Lord's day, We order, that if "any brother of the said company tonse, barbe, or trim any person on the Lord's day, in any Inn," or other place, public or private, of which the Lord Mayor shall judge, he shall be fined ten shillings, and the searchers of the said company for the time being are to make diligent search in all public and private houses as aforesaid, for discovery of such offeraders.
1745 was the fatal year of the separation of the barbers from their more dignified colleagues. Their wings were clipped, their privileges curtailed, the barber's pole and basin, however, still remaining, in silent, eloquent testimony of their former glory and greatness.
In the reign of Gonod Queen Bess the campaign against long hair is continued. Philip Stubbes extols barbers to the skies : "There are no finer fellowes under the Sunne, nor experter in their noble science of barbing than they be." Barbers are necessary. "I cannot but marvell at the beastlinesse of some ruffians (for they are no sober Christians) that will have their hair grow over their faces like monsters, and savage people; rather like mad men than otherwise, hanging downe over their shoulders, as womens haire doth; which indeed is an ornament to them, being given them as a sign of subjection." In man it is a "shame and reproch, as the Apostle proveth."
During the reign of the Stuarts long hair was the vogue with "love-locks" and "heart breakers."
Like to a woman's hair, well showed a woman's sprite."
Th' ambiguous name of Elf-lock he did give."


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With Top Drawer S/S 2020 underway at London Olympia (January 12-14), the show has crowned its Spotted Award winner. The Spotted section of the show presents new and emerging talent, providing visitors with an exciting array of market-ready innovations.
The winner of the Spotted Award (decided by judges from the likes of Tate Enterprises, The Conran Shop, Habitat and Wolf & Badger) is Batch.works. The company uses 3D printing to produce at a batch scale, working with local makers to create pieces on demand; eliminating supply chain waste. They use recycled and responsibly sourced material to make their products and aim to make local design and manufacturing globally available.
Above: Ceramics from Illustrated Stories.
Among the shortlist for the Spotted Award is Kay van Bellen's Illustrated Stories – a Netherlands based ceramics brand, which was founded last year. Kay is a British-born artist and illustrator with a Dutch heritage and love of Delft Blue ceramics. The pieces in the inaugural collection are created from old, found objects, which Kay screenprints and decorates by hand.
Above: Colourful straws from Dearest Fannie.
Another shortlisted brand, Dearest Fannie was founded by two sisters looking to make sustainability fashionable for a young market. Its range includes reusable straws and a straw bag.
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Scope: Journal of English Language Teaching is a peer-reviewed journal of Pusat Studi Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris, University of Indraprasta PGRI. The journal aims at improving the quality research in the scopes of English language teaching that cover the area of language education, linguistics, translation, and literature. The journal is a semiannual journal which is issued twice in a year, published in September and March.


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Young Imam (Malay: Imam Muda) was a Malaysian television series that commenced broadcasting in 2010. The show featured young men competing for a post as the imam of a mosque and a scholarship to study at the Islamic University of Madinah.

Competition
10 men entered the show as contestants, aged between 19 and 27. Over 1,000 people auditioned to enter the show. Each week of the show, the contestants were tested by undertaking ritual tasks (such as delivering sermons) and on their religious knowledge. The head judge was former imam of Malaysia's National Mosque, Hasan Mahmood.

The prize for the competition's winner included a scholarship to study at Islamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia, a pilgrimage to Mecca, a posting as imam of a mosque, 20,000 Malaysian ringgit and a new car.

The two finalists were Muhammad Asyraf Mohd Ridzuan and Hizbur Rahman Omar Zuhdi. On 30 July 2010, Muhammad Asyraf, a 26-year-old religious teacher, was announced as the winner.

The two finalists for the 2011 season were Mohd Hassan Adli Yahaya and Nazrul Izwan Zolkiflee. In July 2011, Mohd Hassan, a 26-year-old, was announced as the winner.

Ratings and reception
The show was the highest rating show in the history of Astro Oasis, a television channel dedicated to religious programming.

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Detroit Receives $4.1M in Federal Grants for $120M Manufacturing Project
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The city of Detroit has received two U.S. Economic Development Administration grants totaling $4.1 million. The funds will be used on a project to redevelop and expand Georgia Street, which, according to estimates, will result in the immediate creation of more than 600 new jobs and $120 million in private investment.
The city of Detroit, along with various development agencies, partnered together to secure a $3.2 million Economic Development Administration investment for the Georgia Street project, which is part of the city's I-94 Industrial Corridor Redevelopment Project. The Economic Development Corp. is developing a 186-acre industrial park near the junction of I-75 and I-94 on Detroit's near east side. The land is zoned for manufacturing, warehouse, logistics, and flex space development.
As part of the funding, Detroit Economic Growth Corp. and the city have also received $910,000 to support the hiring of an Economic Recovery Coordination Team that will work to reindustrialize the city. The primary elements of the project include industrial and logistics business attraction, and identification and preparation of industrial sites, districts, and areas.
City officials say the increased staffing capacity will help Detroit accomplish its goal of creating 5,000 new jobs for residents during the next five years.
"Detroit has a real opportunity to bring back a significant number of manufacturing jobs for the residents of the city," says Mayor Mike Duggan. "These grants will help us to prepare our I-94 Industrial Park for additional developments and to help attract similar job-creating projects to other city-owned parcels."
Jay Williams, U.S. assistant secretary of commerce for economic development, made the announcement of the grants today during an event at the LINC logistics facility in Detroit.
"Today's investments support Detroit's initiatives to sustain and grow the local economy, and revive the automotive manufacturing sector, which increases employment opportunities for the local workforce and helps strengthen the country's global competiveness," he says.
An agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Economic Development Administration makes investments in economically distressed communities in order to create jobs for U.S. workers, promote American innovation, and accelerate long-term sustainable economic growth.
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For 2 - 3 pounds of poultry, mix 1 ounce seasoning with 1/2 cup cold water. Marinate meat for up to 12 hours. The longer it marinates, the spicier it will be.
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Herbal medicines' misleading advertisements' complaints rise
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MoU with Equatorial Guinea on Medicinal Plants gets Cabinet nod
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I pledge on my honor that I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this assignment.
The Eggs are all in Mrs. Mixer's class at school.
The Eggs spend much of their free time socializing with each other on the Internet and via text message.
Most of the time, the Eggs don't have any issues talking to their friends online.
Sometimes, the Eggs run into bad situations.
Sometimes, they are tricked into doing things they don't necessarily want to do.
Once you send an email or text message to someone, you have no control over where it goes from there.
Bad Egg "outed" Hardboiled Egg by sharing personal pictures without her consent.
Cyberbullying can take place in other ways too.
Pretending to be someone else online can cause problems for the victim.
Bad Egg impersonated Good Egg online. By posting personal information, Bad Egg put Good Egg in danger and got her in trouble with her Mother Hen.
Sometimes online interactions can turn rude.
Bad Egg is harassing Easter Egg.
Online interactions can be scary, if someone starts threatening to hurt you.
Bad Egg is cyberstalking Nest Egg.
Depression and low self-esteem have sometimes led to suicidal thoughts and behavior.
The Eggs don't want to be cyberbullied anymore.
Keep a copy of the emails/IMs/text messages.
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A recent study has found that insufficient levels of vitamin D in older adults doubles the risk of Alzheimer's Disease. But it's not just older folks, like me, who aren't getting enough of the sunshine vitamin. Most kids don't get enough either.
What is vitamin D? Why is it important? Why aren't people getting enough? And what are its best food sources?
We've been taught that Vitamin D is the "bone vitamin", but it is really more of a sun hormone. The word "vitamin" means "something my body needs that I can't make, so I must get it from the food". D hormone is instead, a chemical that we make on our skin from sun exposure. It is a hormone like thyroid, estrogen or testosterone. Using the proper word "hormone" reminds us that it affects multiple parts of the body and that it is not "extra". It is essential to every cell in the body and it is not in the food. It is supplemented in milk but as a cup of milk has only 100 IU of vitamin D you would have to drink100 cups of milk a day to keep from being D deficient.
1. Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin that is found in food but can also be manufactured by our body after exposure to sunshine's UV rays. fat soluble means it needs a to be consumed together with a small amount of oil/butter/lard etc… to be effectively absorbed by your body.
2. Vitamin D's job is to help the body absorb and regulate calcium and phosphorous levels in the body.
3. Without vitamin D, our bones don't get enough calcium and bones become thin and brittle, or don't develop properly if you're still a growing child.
4. In the past most people got enough vitamin D just by being outdoors, but the industrial revolution and lifestyle changes it brought about have led to drastic reduction in this source for most people. Today, many people apply sunscreen for outings, thus reducing the vitamin D manufacturing capability of the body.
5. According to the National Institute of Health, anyone over the age of 1 needs 600 IU (International Units* ) of vitamin D. Seniors over the age of 70 need 800 IU.
Note:* 1 microgram of vitamin D = 40 IU.
6. In the past, vitamin D deficiencies led to skeletal diseases such as rickets. The US and other countries began fortifying milk with vitamin D as a public health measure, and pretty much eradicated these types of diseases.
7. Today virtually all milk sold in the US is fortified with 100 IU (International Units) of vitamin D per cup. Other products are also fortified with vitamin D. Examples include yogurts and breakfast cereals. Some sugary children's cereals have jumped on the vitamin D fortification bandwagon, but they usually provide just 10% of the daily requirement while pumping your kids up with too much sugar.
8. The best food source of vitamin D is a teaspoon of cod liver oil (1,360 IU), but most people dread just the sound of that, not to mention the taste. Herring, sardines, salmon, and tuna are also good sources but usually do not supply enough of the vitamin.
9. Some nutrition experts therefore recommend vitamin D supplements, even if you are eating healthfully.
10. There are several forms of vitamin D: D1, D2, D3, D4, and D5, but the most relevant to nutrition are D2 (ergocalciferol) and D3 (cholecalciferol). When used in supplement pills, D2 is derived from yeast or fungus, while D3 is from animal sources.


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Attorney General James Leads Coalition Urging FDA To Accelerate Actions To Protect Children From Toxic Metals In Baby Food
New York Attorney General Letitia James, leading a coalition of 23 attorneys general, today petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to protect the health and well-being of babies.
They will do this across the United States by accelerating actions to remove toxic heavy metals found in infant and toddler foods. The petition responds to rising alarm about the health hazards posed by dangerous heavy metals in these foods, and the failure of baby food brands and their suppliers to aggressively reduce these hazards.
The petition follows a letter sent by Attorney General James, in February 2021, to the acting FDA commissioner, urging the agency to take prompt regulatory action to protect young children from toxic metals in baby foods.
"Every day and across the country, baby food companies are selling products containing dangerous levels of lead and other toxic metals, and urgent action is needed to stop it," said Attorney General James. "There are common-sense, science-based actions that can drive down the levels of heavy metals in baby foods, which is why we are calling on the FDA to take these actions as soon as possible. No parent should have to worry about the safety of their children's food. Our children must have the opportunity to live healthy lives, and their parents deserve the peace-of-mind in knowing their babies are safe from the products they consume."
In February 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives' Oversight and Reform Committee's Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy published a report that determined that there are high levels of toxic heavy metals — including arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury — in baby foods being sold by at least four of the nation's seven largest manufacturers. The subcommittee issued a follow-up report last month that urged the FDA "to move expeditiously to set limits for arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury in baby foods."
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Though the FDA does set limits on toxic metals in other consumable products — like bottled water, juice, and candy — the agency has failed to adequately regulate baby food, and has, so far, only established just one action level for one type of heavy metal (inorganic arsenic) in one type of baby food product (infant rice cereal). This lack of oversight comes despite the fact that the FDA has concluded that babies' and young children's smaller body sizes and metabolisms make them more vulnerable to the harmful neurotoxic effects of these metals.
The petition sent by the attorneys general seeks to strengthen protections for young children by urging the FDA to issue interim action levels for limiting heavy metal contamination in baby food more swiftly than the timelines announced by the FDA in their "Closer to Zero plan," announced this past April. Under that plan, the FDA would propose guidance on limiting lead in baby food by the middle of 2022, guidance for limiting inorganic arsenic by April 2024, and guidance for limiting cadmium and mercury sometime after April 2024. The members of the "Baby Food Council" — a group created in 2019 by four of the largest baby food brands — have not publicly committed to meeting any particular voluntary targets for reducing the levels of heavy metals in their products, pending FDA action.
Specifically, today's petition calls on the FDA to:
Propose science-based, achievability-focused interim limits for inorganic arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury in relevant categories of infant and toddler foods;
Propose a lower limit for inorganic arsenic in infant rice cereal than that currently set forth in FDA guidance; and
Instruct all baby food manufacturers to test their finished products for toxic heavy metals.
The coalition of attorneys general urge the FDA to take these actions no later than April 2022 — the shortest timeframe for requesting FDA action on a petition under the agency's regulations.
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In addition to today's petition, Attorney General James launched a probe in April into several manufacturers of baby food regarding levels of inorganic arsenic found in infant rice cereal products.The Office of the Attorney General has requested information from the companies that make Gerber, Beech-Nut, Earth's Best (Hain), and HappyBABY (Nurture) brands to examine whether infant rice cereal products that have been sold in New York contain, or contained, inorganic arsenic in concentrations exceeding the FDA-prescribed action level. Attorney General James is also seeking information about the advertising and promotion of these products to assess their compliance with New York's consumer protection laws.
"Our babies cannot wait," said Scott Faber, senior vice president of government affairs, Environment Working Group (EWG). "For too long, it's been the food companies, not the FDA, that have decided whether our food is safe to eat. And our babies have been paying the price. It's time for the FDA to act, but the FDA's plan to set levels for toxic metals in baby food is far too slow. The FDA must set interim standards for baby food companies right away, and the evidence shows that companies can meet tough standards, but only when the FDA decides to set them. EWG applauds Attorney General James and her colleagues for making our babies' health her top priority."
"Baby food products with concerning levels of toxic heavy metals continue to be manufactured and sold, and it's becoming increasingly evident that the timelines in the FDA's 'Closer To Zero' plan for addressing this critical public health issue are inadequate," said Brian Ronholm, director of food policy, Consumer Reports. "Consumer Reports strongly supports the expedited, science-based approach called for in Attorney General James' petition, which offers a much-needed path to ensuring the safety of the baby food parents and caregivers serve their children every day."
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"Babies are exquisitely sensitive to heavy metals," said Dr. Philip J. Landrigan, pediatrician and director of Global Public Health, Boston College. "No level of metal exposure is safe for a young child, and early-life exposures to even very low levels of lead, arsenic cadmium, and mercury increase risks of brain damage, cancer, anemia, and kidney damage. As a pediatrician who has worked for decades to protect children against toxic chemicals in the environment, I strongly endorse Attorney General Letitia James' effort to compel the FDA to rapidly reduce toxic metal levels in baby foods."
Joining Attorney General James in sending today's petition to the FDA are the attorneys general of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
This matter is being handled by Assistant Attorneys General Max Shterngel and Brian Lusignan, Chief Environmental Scientist Jodi Feld, Environmental Scientist Joseph E. Haas, II, and Science Intern Zachary Krauss — all under the supervision of Bureau Chief Lemuel M. Srolovic and all of the Environmental Protection Bureau. The Environmental Protection Bureau is a part of the Division for Social Justice, which is led by Chief Deputy Attorney General Meghan Faux. The matter is also being handled by Senior Advisor and Special Counsel M. Umair Khan and Policy Analyst Melanie Weniger — both of the Executive Division. Both the Division for Social Justice and the Executive Division are overseen by First Deputy Attorney General Jennifer Levy.
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Forgiveness is considered by many to be one of the most important of all spiritual practices, yet there are times and instances in which forgiveness feels impossible; some actions that seem in fact, unforgivable. In January of 1995, Azim Khamisa was not only able to...
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Imagine what your life would be like if all of the things that most of us take for granted were not there. Things like food, a functional bathroom, clean clothes, peace and quiet, adequate heat in the cold of winter, a sense of physical and emotional security, and...
March 2011: Don't Believe Everything You Think!
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Videogames > Reviews > FIFA 17 review Rated 8 out of 10 By Gamesweasel on October 8, 2016
FIFA 17 is here and now that PES has got Barcelona in the game and on the cover, EA's cover star is now Marco Reus. Well, at least they don't have to cope with an ever-changing hair colour.
This time the game isn't just a slightly different game with a higher number – they've actually rebuilt the entire game using EA's Frostbite engine which means better visuals. Of course, they've made a few tweaks to the main gameplay which I'll come to soon, but the biggest thing is the new campaign mode called The Journey. Here, you get to play through a story akin to Dream Team (let's be honest, getting real life footballers to act in cameos was never going to work) where you follow the story of a young man called Alex Hunter right from a boy through to trials, playing for a Premier League club and even for your country. In essence it's just Be The Pro mode mixed in with a few training games, but it's all tied together with a performance captured story that might be one massive cliché but kind of works in a strange way. You also get to influence your popularity with the manager and the fans by acting cool, fiery or balanced when questioned or challenged by other characters. The game also ties into other modes as well, so for instance, you can earn rewards and packs for FUT by playing this new mode.
New to FUT are challenges, where you basically trade items you have that you probably won't use by building squads of a certain criteria – again you earn rewards for doing so.
When it comes to action on the pitch, set pieces have been completely re-written to feel less scripted and more like you'd kick the ball in open play which will take some getting used to but is probably the way to go, and there are a few other small additions such as the driven shot where you can hit the ball hard and low with a tap of shoot after powering up, being able to walk up and down the line and do fake throws, and there are some new skill moves and celebrations in there as well. The left trigger is now assigned to being physical. When attacking you can shield the ball and when defending shoulder to shoulder, it's very handy to muscle past an attacker and win the ball.
Other modes make a return such as Pro Clubs and Career but let's face it, most of us buy a ticket to play FUT or just play kick off with friends or jump into an online friendly. The Journey, however, does provide a new take on the single player experience and the added story element may be a bit corny but does hold interest for me more than the single player career mode.
It's great to see FIFA 17 trying something new but PES is still hot on its heels. FIFA 17 gets an excellent 8 out of 10.
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Joe Arpaio's Prisoners Spend "Millions" on Canteen Purchases: So, Um, Where's the Dough, Joe?
Stephen Lemons
Stephen Lemons | September 16, 2008 | 8:28pm
The kids ain't the only ones who need to lay off the Snickers, Joe.
While Democrat and sheriff's office candidate Dan Saban was laying out a plan today to put more deputies on patrol and reduce response times from the 16 minutes it sometimes takes for the MCSO to get to certain parts of Maricopa County, Sheriff Joe Arpaio was engaging in another of his PR-department-hyped news events, this one having to do with taking candy away juveniles in his custody.
In a cheap gimmick timed to distract the media from Saban's more serious fare, Arpaio banned kids from buying candy and cookies from the commissary in his jails, a commissary inmates are forced to use because the green bologna and other food Joe feeds them is so rank, they have no choice but to pony up dough for potato chips, Baby Ruths, Chips Ahoy, and what have you. Arpaio's press release tries to play this as a move to improve the health of the 200 or so juveniles under his watch. But this is totally bogus. After all, if the MCSO cared for the health of these juveniles, then why did sheriff's office honchos wait over 15 years into his administration to implement this change?
"With the recent news of the growing epidemic of type 2 diabetes," reads the release, "especially among Hispanic and African-American youth, sugary products which the juvenile inmates spend an average of $1000 [per] week to buy from the Sheriff's canteen operation will be replaced with healthy snacks like raisins, sugar free vanilla wafers, yogurt pretzels and beef jerky."
Sounds like a real crock, eh? After all, if they fed the kids decent, they wouldn't have to change what's in the commissary for them. But did you catch that dollar amount? Juvenile prisoners "spend an average of $1000 [per] week" at the sheriff's canteen. $1000 a week. And that's just the juveniles. The adults spend a whole lot more. How do I reckon that? Because the MCSO's press release tells me so, stupid.
"Juveniles and adult inmates alike purchases [sic] millions of dollars of canteen items each year," states the press release, "many of them food products as a way to augment the 17 cent meals inmates are served twice daily."
Let me repeat that: "millions of dollars of canteen items" are purchased. So, Joe, just where does all that money go? It's a question New Times has asked before in the form of public records requests to the MCSO, but to date we have never received a full and fair accounting of the workings of Joe's jail canteen, much less an indication of where all of those "millions" are directed.
The MCSO statement tells us that, "An austere jail system has been the hallmark of Sheriff Arpaio's administration," but what it doesn't tell you is that same "austere jail system" forces prisoners to make purchases from the canteen at inflated prices. Keep in mind, there's no cash allowed in the jails. But family members and friends are allowed to put money on a prisoner's account, and with that account a prisoner can purchase food fit for human consumption.
Junk food then becomes a unit of trade with which inmates can buy contraband that's been "keistered" into the jail, everything from cigarettes and coffee to marijuana and heroin. That trade is controlled by a handful of race-based gangs, such as the Woods (whites, aka, the Aryan Brotherhood), the Kinfolk (blacks), the Pisces (Mexicans from Mexico), and the Cholos, (Mexican-Americans). Should you ever find yourself in Tent City for any length of time, you will be forced to join one of these gangs. I detailed this reality last year in a column item titled, "Sheriff Gangbanger."
The high price paid for edible food helps fuel this gang activity. When the mystery stew on your tray tastes like dog doo, Cup of Noodle suddenly has an unforeseen value to it.
All the same, these "millions" being raked in by the MCSO belong to you and me, the taxpayers. Or at least the profit from the sales do. And you know there is a profit. It is likely substantial. And as of this time, it remains unaccounted for.
Feathered Bastard
Stephen is a former staff writer and columnist at Phoenix New Times.


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The nursing home was short-listed for the Q Mark Irish Nursing Home of the Year Award which it won outright last year.
The state-of-the art purpose built home has 39 rooms look out on a garden scene.
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As well as spacious private rooms, there are a number of large sitting rooms, so if residents aren't interested in one activity, they can go off and relax somewhere else.
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By default the previous post link takes to the previous post. However I want it to link to some different post, that I posted way back in time. Similar with the next post link.
Currently I have manually setting the next and prev post links using javascript. Can I achieve this with Wordpress (PHP)?

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2) Then create some meta field in posts. I usually use ACF for it, it is pretty easy. Create 2 custom fields, text input fields for every post, let's say:
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In Middle of Nuclear Standoff, U.S. Seizes North Korean Cargo Ship Illicitly Exporting Coal
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The U.S. has seized a North Korean cargo ship that it alleges has been used to illicitly export coal from the country in violation of international sanctions, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. The move, though many months in the making, is sure to stir resentment in Pyongyang as the two countries try to negotiate denuclearization. The is the first time the U.S. has seized a North Korean ship for sanctions violations and U.S. officials say it is part of a broader push to increase pressure on Pyongyang to dismantle its nuclear program. The coal sector is key to the North Korean economy and its nuclear weapons program. The ship, named Wise Honest, was also importing heavy machinery.
The Wise Honest was first stopped in April 2018 in Indonesia when authorities there detained the vessel after it was photographed at a North Korean port. "Experts have said that to evade sanctions, North Korea conducts its illicit trading with a fleet of ghost ships that have false names painted on their hulls, steal identification numbers from other vessels and execute their trades via ship-to-ship transfers at sea to avoid prying eyes at ports," the Washington Post reports. "In the case of the Wise Honest, a globe-trotting North Korean salesman arranged the 2018 shipment by holding meetings at North Korea's embassy in Jakarta, then paid an Indonesian broker through bank transfers facilitated by JPMorgan Chase, according to bank documents and other evidence gathered by sanctions monitors."
During its voyage to Indonesia, the carrier ship traveled with a deactivated Automatic Identification System, concealing details about its identity, cargo, and destination. The ID system had been turned off for more than a year. "Three American banks were unwittingly ensnared in the scheme, officials said, transmitting payments around the world for maintenance, equipment and improvement of the shipping vessel," the New York Times reports. "The Justice Department seized the vessel from the Indonesians, and the United States Coast Guard evaluated it to ensure it was safe enough to make the trip [to U.S. territory], a spokeswoman said. The vessel is being towed by a commercial tow boat to American Samoa, officials said."
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Elliot Hannon is a Slate staff writer.


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Pool parties will be authorized during normal operating hours only, unless they are an officially sponsored Petersburg Racquet Club event, or it has been approved by management.
Permission for a pool party must be requested in written form to the Pool Manager, or by filling out the form below, at least 2 weeks prior to the expected party date.
Members cannot book parties for non-members.
Smoking is prohibited on PRC property.
Party size will be limited to 100 people and the duration of the party will not exceed 3 hours.
There is a $50.00 charge for all pool parties and a $50.00 refundable damage deposit, payable to Petersburg Racquet Club. These fees are to be paid with two separate checks at the time the party is requested.
If the party sponsor would like to have pool attendants, the cost is $15.00 per hour per pool attendant for each group of 25 people. Pool attendants must be requested at the time the party is booked to ensure that pool attendants are available. The pool attendant fee is non-refundable, even if the party is postponed or cancelled; payment is due when the party is requested.
All non-PRC members in attendance will be charged a $5.00 guest fee per person. Guests include anyone inside the pool gates. A list of members and non-members must be provided. The guest fee will be paid at the end of the party.
The person(s) responsible for the party must remain on PRC premises for the duration of the party. The sponsor of the party is responsible for cleanup and should arrange to have all trash picked up. The responsible person(s) will have 30 minutes following the party to clean the area, before a $50.00 cleaning fee will be added. The pool attendant(s) is/are responsible for closing the facilities, not cleanup.
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True love or real love? – Frozen
Posted on February 18, 2014 by kirifarrell
Frozen – Original Poster – from IMDB.com
Directors: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Writers: Jennifer Lee (screenplay), Hans Christian Andersen (inspired by the story "The Snow Queen" by), Chris Buck (story), Jennifer Lee (story), Shane Morris (story)
Stars: Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel
I love Disney films. Actually, I love most animation films. It is the child in me and the giddy little girl that loves to dream of worlds with magic and kingdoms and the prospect of true love. But as someone that likes to think of herself as a feminist, in my adult years I have become more and more concerned with the fact that "Disney Princesses" have become a whole franchise on their own that take away the great things about the princesses in the 1990-2000s film and reduce them back to Snow White-esque films. The little girl who knows no better than to clean a house, sing a song, and then almost die, only to be saved by a kiss from a creepy guy that has been trying to track her down because he heard her sing once. Seriously, that's kind of scary. Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and The Little Mermaid portray these women who are only present to be "won" by a prince and then married off to them. Most of the time they don't even hold a conversation before falling deeply in love. And then we have the 90s princesses. Fierce women like Belle, Mulan, Pocahontas, Jasmine and Tiana who are women whose first priority isn't to marry but to be great women. They reject the stereotype of true love and want to be women who are strong and independent women. But they all end up married or in love anyway. Then in the 2010 we were given Rapunzel, a princess who verges between the pre-90s and 90s princesses. Someone who does housework but is also seeking independence and freedom, and who also, just like all the others, falls in love. I love Tangled but there is always that itching feeling that it is coated in that "Disney Princess" franchise femininity that makes me cringe.
In 2012 Disney gave us Merida. The first Disney Princess that doesn't fall in love. Where the story is about a mother-daughter relationship rather than a prince-princess relationship. And it was great. So when Frozen arrived on our screens this year I was anxious. I wondered whether Disney would continue with this theme of not needing a man to be a whole person, or whether they would go back to their roots that they had tried to get rid of. Disney did not disappoint. They managed to combine both stories of true love and equality in fantastic fashion. Two strong female characters, one your Sleeping Beauty type and the other Merida type. The rejection of traditional "true love" and the exploration of real love, was heartwarming. Elsa and Anna are princesses that I would like to look up to. Women who don't let themselves be controlled by society but help shape it to fit them and create a world of inclusion rather than exclusion. Disney managed to turn their archetypes of hero and villain around and surprise us for once. It is funny, sad, inspiring, surprising, uplifting and visually gorgeous.
Frozen, even with its flaws (yes it still does have some), is a film that I will watch and re-watch like I have Beauty and the Beast and Mulan. Sisters forever!
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Rockets trade Chris Paul to acquire Russell Westbrook
By Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle
Updated 10:26 pm CDT, Thursday, July 11, 2019
PHOTOS: Best trades by Houston teams
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) celebrates after a 3 point shot during the second half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/June Frantz Hunt)
Browse through the slideshow to see a history of blockbuster deals in the Bayou City.
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LAS VEGAS - In a summer of stunners that had rocked the NBA, the Rockets on Thursday pulled off what could be the largest of them all, trading for 2017 NBA MVP Russell Westbrook to reunite him in a dramatically transformed backcourt with James Harden, two individuals with knowledge of the deal said.
The Rockets will send Chris Paul to the Oklahoma City Thunder along with two first-round picks and the right to swap picks in two additional drafts. ESPN initially reported the trade.
Westbrook and Harden had strongly favored the move and a chance to play in a backcourt together, as they did for Harden's first three seasons together, a person with knowledge of their thinking had said.
Smith: Rockets knew they had to part ways with Chris Paul
Westbrook had met with the Thunder front office this week to say he would welcome a trade following the Paul George departure to the Clippers, but an individual with knowledge of the talks said he had initially broached the subject after the OKC season ended with a first-round loss to the Portland Trail Blazers.
Paul will return to Oklahoma City, where he played after Hurricane Katrina forced the New Orleans Hornets to play during Paul's first two NBA seasons.
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Situated in the central part of Romania, in the middle group of the eastern Carpathians and in the east of the Transylvanian Plateau, Harghita county covers the upper basins of the Mureş, Olt, Tâmava Mare and Trotuş rivers. It has a total surface of 6,610 sqkm, which reprezent or 2.8 per cent of the country's total surface.
In the west: Mureş County.
The county relief is mountainous and it is dominated by mountains (in the east the Hăşmaş Mountains - 1,793 m, the Ciuc - 1,490 m, the Bistriţa, in the west, the Căliman Mountains - with lezeru Calimanului Peak - 2,031 m, the Gurghiu Mountains - 1,777 m, the Giurgeu Mountains - 1545 m in the centre, the Harghita Mountains -1,801 m), hills (parts of the Transylvanian Sub- Carpathians - the Tamave Plateau), intra-alpine depressions (Giurgeu, Ciuc, Gheorgheni, Bilbor, Borsec). The mountains are volcanic in origin, and the region is known for its excellent mineral springs.
The climate is typical intra-mountain with bitter cold long winters and short warm summers. It variates from peak of the mountains to the vallies and depressions. Harghita is known as one of the coldest regions in Romania, although summers can be quite warm.The absolute maximum temperature of 36°C was registered in 1952 at Odorheiu-Secuiesc and the absolute minimum temperature of 35°C below zero – was registered at Gheorghieni. Because of the frequent low temperatures, Harghita County is nicknamed "Romania's North Pole".
The waterway network covers three major basins: the Mures in the west, the Olt in the south and the Trotus in the east. The volcanic mountain chain explains the existence in this county of a large number of mineral water springs (2,200). Mineral water bottling stations have been commissioned at Borsec, Sancraieni and Tusnad. Harghita county is the site of the country's only volcanic lake, St. Ana, located at 950 m altitude amidst a mirific landscape in the crater of the Ciumatu mountain. The rich variety of soils goes from mountain types, covering the largest area, to brown, yellow-brown and acid brown, and alluvial types in the river meadows. The geographical diversity also reflects in the wide range of subsoil minerals in the county: iron ore, copper-bearing pyrites, kaolin, vermillion, salt, carbogaseous mineral waters, white marble, basalt, andesite, solid limestone, travertine. Forests, stretching over more than 30 per cent of the county surface, supply large quantities of fir, oak, spruce fir and beech wood; they are extremely rich in game as well as in wild fruit, raspberries, bilberries, blackberries, gooseberries, mushrooms and herbs.
The January 2002 census indicated a 326,222 inhabitants.The demographic configuration looks like this: 14 per cent Romanians, 85 per cent Hungarians, 1 per cent Roma. People are engaged in the following types of pursuits: 29.70 per cent industry, 34.20 per cent agriculture, 11.90 per cent trade, 5 per cent service supply, 2.80 per cent transport, 5 per cent scientific research and education, 3.80 per cent medical assistance, etc.


'Modern classic' seems like a contradiction in terms, but with the Street Scrambler it's difficult to think of a better summary. It's also a truly brilliant bike.
Designed to be personalised, the Street Scrambler is the perfect basis for you to make exactly the bike you want. It's also the perfect match for the Dart Marlin flyscreen, which enhances the bike's looks and gives you that extra comfort out on the road.
My already beautiful bike looks much cooler now AND there is less wind I have to fight against while riding. Double treat!
Winter here too much snow and salt on the road. Won't ride until the weather improves.
Easy to fit. Looks just like the photos l'd seen. Keeps the wind off enough to make overtakes more comfortable. Does all it is supposed to, as other purchasers said in their reviews.....another happy customer.
Wind still coming once over 120 km/hr.
Fantastic. Very nice and useful.
The only thing that's less than perfect is that it bumps up against my speedometer. It seems like it should have some kind of gap there so that it doesn't rub.
Excellent packaging. Easy installation. Looks great on the bike. Gives small amount of wind protection but did not expect a lot. Makes instrument pod much easier to read in bright sunlight. Fasteners for attachment to headlight bracket completely loosened from vibration in about 400 miles. Applied medium strength Loctite to threads and re-tightened. Seems to be holding. Probably should use lock-washers over flat washers.
GREAT customer service! My original flyscreen wasn't in stock so i was sent a clear one until it was!
Makes my bike look cooler. Low profile. But helps keep the air off my chest.
I love this flyscreen! It really helps with the wind when you are going over 50mph. Looks great and functional.. can't beat that!
I used to have that small Dart screen but the result was not very satisfactory. I bought the marlin screen and the air management is perfect. Usually I am commuting with my Street Twin at a regular speed of 100km/h but with the marlin screen i can travel with 120-130km/h with the same result like i was traveling with the dart screen. The dart screen is good only for the looks. If you want more relaxed travel, chose the marlin screen. Great choice for the Street Twin.


Bolton Whites Hotel and SCC (Heathcote & Co) are pleased to confirm that they have reached an amicable conclusion with their ongoing negotiations.
Both parties now look forward to continue providing a world-class catering and hospitality service for our valued clientele at the University of Bolton Stadium.
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As much as I appreciate Ken keeping the club afloat in such tough times, I really struggle to see him celebrated for failing to pay contracts - particularly for catering staff likely to be on minimum wage.
Never has climb out felt more appropriate.
What do you think they then do with that money?
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I'd guess put it in the bank.


On our trip staying at the brilliant J.W. Marriott The Rosseau decided to play golf. But, where do we play that's very convenient and a tough course, designed by a well-known golf pro in Muskoka? Well, across the street from the JW Marriott – Rosseau Residences, evidently evidently.
The Rock is one of those courses that is daunting. Very daunting.
The course itself has cliffs, rolling hills, rocks that cover an entire side of a fairway or behind a green. It distracts you because for the most part you see everything else but the fairway when you are teeing off.
The golf course was designed by Nick Faldo and it's quite dynamic course.
I was only able to relate one hole on the course to other golf courses I've played. But the rest, very different. The levels of the golf course have a lot of play. You will be faced with uphill approaches with just as much drastic downhill shots.
The course isn't the longest I've played, but the game is long, calculating every move you make.
The greens themselves weren't the fastest, but hard on landing for some of the approach shots. It's important to play fades and draws on this course to accommodate the many dog leg lefts and rights.
In my experience, the JW Marriott – Rosseau Residences and The Rock make an excellent combination. It provides you with that all day Muskoka feeling with a strong sense of challenge. But it's something that if you keep it straight down the fairway and keep it from being daunting and stay focused, you could have your best round here.


A solo exhibition of The Simple Society.
It explores the fundamental concept of 'Curse' through the language of 'Design'. For that, we physicalized the process of 'Curse' which transforms from a Metaphysical concept into the reality and effects our decision making and recognition of the situation. We build the site-specific sound and typographic installations in the space. Jun Kawasaki played the whole installation using his body as a part of the instrument. For the closing ceremony, Yoshinori Henguchi and Miki Kadokura performed an improvisation poetry reading session which dissolves the meaning of words and dispells the curse.


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A Movie A Day: Quint on THE 7TH VICTIM (1943)
I made him go down that hall into darkness. I made him do it.
Published at: Sept. 1, 2008, 4:25 a.m. CST by quint
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with today's installment of A Movie A Day. [For those now joining us, A Movie A Day is my attempt at filling in gaps in my film knowledge. My DVD collection is thousands strong, many of them films I haven't seen yet, but picked up as I scoured used DVD stores. Each day I'll pull a previously unseen film from my collection and discuss it here. Each movie will have some sort of connection to the one before it, be it cast or crew member.] Here we are with another Val Lewton flick, from a screenplay by DeWitt Bodeen (co-written by Charles O'Neal) and featuring Elizabeth Russell from the two CAT PEOPLE films. I'm starting to think she was a precursor to Dick Miller, instead of Val Lewton it became Joe Dante who put him in everything, sometimes only for a line or two. I'm also noticing an interesting trend so far in that the main point of view for all three Val Lewton movies so far have been female. In CAT PEOPLE we saw through the eyes of either Simone Simon or Jane Randolph, in THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE it was clearly told form the point of view of the little girl, Ann Carter, and here we have a story about a woman looking for her sister. The woman in question is young Mary Gibson, an introductory role for Kim Hunter who would later gain geek infamy as Zira the ape in PLANET OF THE APES, who is at a boarding school and is alerted that her wealthy sister (her only family) has neglected to keep up the tuition and is six months behind. Fronting the money for a trip to New York, the headmistress offers Mary a TA job if she should want to return, but Mary doesn't make it three steps out the door before she's warned away by another teacher who was in a similar situation and ended up returning only to never being able to leave. It's not played creepy, more of a life lesson. Get out there, live your life… don't let fear of the unknown make you run back to what may be comfortable, but unfulfilling. These Lewton movies are bizarre. They're all extremely well made and thought out (notice the number seven motif throughout this one), striving for a certain reality that isn't exactly real life, but close. For instance in this movie the bad guys are cultists, Satan worshippers, but they make lousy villains. They don't believe in violence, but their faith contradicts itself (could this be a commentary on most mainstream religions?) stating also that if anyone betrays the order they must be killed. So, all the tension and mystery of the first half of the movie as Kim Hunter finds out why her sister has disappeared, where she is, what she got into, etc, all lead up to quite an anticlimactic, but extremely interesting finale with all the cult members. And that's not even the climax of the movie… there's a genuinely creepy scene afterwards where Jean Brooks, playing the sister, can't walk the streets without jumping at every shadow… and for good reason. She's stalked in this bit and despite making the boneheaded decision to run off of a busy street, knowing she's being followed, into dark noir-lit alleys it's a really intense cat and mouse sequence. Then we get the ending we can see coming and have seen coming for quite a bit of the movie, but still… it's definitely a bit atypical of the period.
That's the whole movie, though, and something I see in all of Lewton's films so far. It's not arty-farty, but it's not exploitation, either. Very unique, very interesting. Performances are all strong, with the exception of a screamingly over-the-top performance during the Satanic Cult meeting at the end… sorry, can't remember the name of the actress in that scene, but she's the second in command of the cosmetics company once owned by Jean Brooks. Kim Hunter as our eyes is vulnerable and innocent, but determined to find her sister. I wouldn't say her performance knocked me down, but it's a solid piece of work. It's easy to care for her, which is important if you're going to buy into the suspense as she unravels the mystery of her sister's disappearance. Returning to Lewton from CAT PEOPLE, as the same character no less, is Tom Conway playing Dr. Judd… we have to assume that the timeline has this movie before CAT PEOPLE unless he faked his own death at the paws of Simone Simon. Here he's that same person, but almost reversed. In CAT PEOPLE he was kind of a creepy guy hiding under the guise of a kind man and here he's a kind man hiding under the guise of a creep who is involved in Jean Brooks' disappearance. Also very likable, aiding Kim Hunter in her search, is a down and out poet played by Erford Gage. He's in love with Kim, but strangely enough, so is Hugh Beaumont, Kim's sister's husband. It's an odd triangle that is only brought up a couple of times and just seems to kind of be there. Isabel Jewell is one of the main cultists and the one who stands the most to gain from Kim's sister disappearing. She has a great little warning scene that is quite obviously the kernal that Hitchcock lathered up in oil and put on the fire to create the infamous shower scene in PSYCHO:
Lewton regular and previous AMAD director (VON RYAN'S EXPRESS) Mark Robson helmed this pic and while it lacks a certain refinement that Jacques Tourneur had in CAT PEOPLE it's certainly far above competent. This was Robson's first film, but it's restrained, but not afraid to be experimental. Final Thoughts: THE 7TH VICTIM is a well thought out, well executed mystery with noir overtones… kind of the Lewton special at this stage of his career… at least judging by what I've seen so far. This would make a very interesting double feature with ROSEMARY'S BABY, I think. ROSEMARY'S BABY is a far superior movie, in my opinion, but it's definitely a fit with this flick.
The schedule for the next 7 days is: Monday, September 1st: THE GHOST SHIP (1943) Tuesday, September 2nd: ISLE OF THE DEAD (1945) Wednesday, September 3rd: BEDLAM (1946) Thursday, September 4th: BLACK SABBATH (1964) Friday, September 5th: BLACK SUNDAY (1977) Saturday, September 6th: TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE (1972) Sunday, September 7th: TRAGIC CEREMONY (1972) Got a few more Lewtons to get through before hitting some Italian horror with Mario Bava. I'm still weighing freezing the column in place beginning October 1st and doing nothing but horror movies potpourri style, then starting back up as scheduled November 1st. I just feel bad because I love horror and we have two weeks of horror that we're in to now, but after Bava we're into '60s comedy, Gary Cooper westerns, some more John Wayne and a lot of war movies, with virtually no horror in October. There are tons of stuff in the stack, but not set on the list yet… classics, '80s trash, slashers, monster movies, black and white… all over the map. I'm warming up to the idea myself, but I'd still like to hear your thoughts. -Quint quint@aintitcool.com
August 17th: The Devil-Ship Pirates
August 18th: Jess Franco's Count Dracula
August 19th: Dracula A.D. 1972
August 20th: The Stranglers of Bombay
August 21st: Man, Woman & Child
August 22nd: The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane
August 23rd: The Young Philadelphians
August 24th: The Rack
August 25th: Until They Sail
August 26th: Somebody Up There Likes Me
August 27th: The Set-Up
August 28th: The Devil & Daniel Webster
August 29th: Cat People
August 30th: The Curse of the Cat People


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My Chickens and I
By Isabella Rossellini
Photographer	Patrice Casanova
Illustrations: 124 color illustrations
Rights: World English
In this delightful illustrated book, actress and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini shares her newfound passion for raising chickens. When a cardboard carton dotted with airholes arrived at her door, Rossellini expected to welcome 38 yellow chicks to her Long Island farm. Much to her surprise, her newly hatched brood included a diverse mix of heritage breeds—a discovery that prompted further research into the traits, behavior, and history of each one. Perfectly capturing the fine-feathered glory and surprising intelligence of these spirited backyard birds, My Chickens and I pairs Patrice Casanova's photographs with Rossellini's wry observations, fun facts, and hand-drawn illustrations.
"When I heard that Isabella Rossellini had written a book about chickens, I was intrigued. What did the actress, face of Lancome, muse to Martin Scorsese and David Lynch, and daughter of cinema royalty (Ingrid Bergman, the three-time Oscar-winning actor, and Roberto Rossellini, the Italian neo-realist director), know about hens? Quite a lot, it turns out. [...] It might be hard to warm to a chicken but she loves hers, and her affection for the birds bubbles up on every page of her new book, My Chickens and I, in which they appear in her own line drawings, as well as in photographs taken by her fashion photographer friend Patrice Casanova, who shot them against a white backdrop, as if they were models."
Telegraph Magazine —
"If April is making you feel like a proverbial spring chicken, then look no further than Isabella Rossellini's new book. In this delightful illustrated guide, the actress and filmmaker shares her newfound passion for raising these backyard birds and walks us through their upbringing, from their arrival in a cardboard box dotted with air holes to the fine-feathered specimens they have become."
Daily Mail —
"Isabella Rossellini and chickens may seem an unlikely pairing, but it is in fact the subject of a book by the actor herself. Celebrating her passion for raising heritage-breed hens, it includes hand-drawn illustrations and wry observations on each breed, making it a helpful guide with a twist"
Country Living —
"Sitting in a light-filled suite at The Savoy hotel, London, the daughter of actress Ingrid Bergman and director Roberto Rossellini is regaling a group of beauty journalists with stories about her chickens—she has compiled a book, My Chickens and I. Isabella lives on a 28-acre farm on Long Island, New York. She sells her vegetables at a farmers' market and she's studying for a master's degree in animal behaviour."
Hello! magazine —
"My Chickens and I is a newly released study of the history, behaviour, appearance and distinctive traits of heritage breed chickens—told via illustrations, photographs, factual tidbits and anecdotes—by none other than Isabella Rossellini."
AnOtherMag.com —
"Patrice's photography is stunning and when combined with Isabella's hand-drawn illustrations and wry observations, make for an unusual book, a bewitching one that is full of heart and soul. It's a wonderful tribute to the new feathered members of her family."
Smallholder magazine —
Isabella Rossellini is an actress, filmmaker, and philanthropist known for her roles in such films as David Lynch's Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart, Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci's Big Night, and Peter Weir's Fearless. Isabella is also the author and director of the book and short film series Green Porno. She lives on Long Island.
Patrice Casanova is a French-born portrait photographer whose past subjects have included Jessica Lange, Brooke Shields, Patti Hansen, and others. He lives on Long Island.
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Home » Project supports occupant control and connection
Project supports occupant control and connection
Baylor Scott & White Austin Barton Creek facility serves as a prototype for a new design typology
Sarah Moser, AIA, EDAC, Aimee Burmaster Hicks, RID, IIDA, CHID, and Lida Lewis, RID, ASID, WELL Faculty, LEED AP
Image by Peter Molick
The Baylor Scott & White Austin (Texas) Barton Creek facility is a community hospital that balances creating connection between caregivers, patients and their families while providing a variety of spaces specifically for caregivers. The journey started with an intense integrative design partnership between the leadership, design team and a wide range of stakeholders. The project was seen as a critical prototype for a new design typology in a full-service hospital, which offers a range of medical and surgical services as well as an emergency department open 24/7.
The onstage/offstage model is widely recognized as supporting a sense of connection, privacy and safety for caregivers, allowing them a clear separation between public and patient and staff-only areas. Within the staff-only areas, the model provides private space for employee heads-down work and quiet areas for respite.
Designs to boost employee satisfaction
Community hospital emphasizes well-being
Recognizing that an individual's state of mind as well as the type of space they require varies throughout the day, there are offstage areas planned to encourage connection by allowing open communication and knowledge-sharing between caregivers. Glass features at conference rooms and offices (as seen in the accompanying photo) allow for transparency and interconnection. Also, glass in doors to shared spaces reinforces a sense of safety, particularly for doors that are lockable.
Additionally, the dual-exam room model, with a door for patient access and another door directly to staff work areas, enhances a sense of safety for caregivers because they cannot be put in the position of having their back to the door or their path to a door potentially restricted.
A centrally located cafeteria serves as the heart of the facility and provides a touchstone space for community and social interaction. This and other public spaces are designed to be flexible and multiuse with different types of lighting, furniture and consideration for multiple acoustic scenarios. This is key, as these spaces also provide a stage for community events in additional to staff all-hands gatherings.
Built upon the success of the initial Barton Creek design, the project participants have expanded the impact of this facility with three additional facilities developed and constructed throughout Central Texas.
Adaptations were necessary for local codes, site constraints and community needs — but the initial deep collaboration helped ensure the connections built between these facilities, the staff and patients they serve, and the communities in which they are housed, are kept as a guiding principle in all developments.
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How to leverage physical spaces to promote well-being, control and connection for health care workers.
The project team for Forest Park Austin Community Hospital aimed for an elevated hospitable environment.
Making a community connection
UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute applies neuro-architectural principles to build inclusive patient-centered facility.


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Dec. 4, 2020 / 12:47 PM
Man tops 66 mph in electric wheelchair for Guinness record
Ben Hooper
Jason Liversidge took his custom-built electric wheelchair up to a top speed of over 66 mph to break a Guinness World Record. Photo courtesy of Guinness World Records
Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A British man who was diagnosed with motor neuron disease in 2013 broke a Guinness World Record when he took his prototype electric wheelchair to a top speed of 66.826 mph.
Jason Liversidge, who has only 5% body mobility after being diagnosed with the progressive disease in 2013, said he teamed up three years ago with engineer Graham Sykes, electric-vehicle specialist Ian Goodman and Rod Heald from the British design and engineering firm Heald to create an electric wheelchair designed for speed.
"My wife, Liz, thinks I'm slightly barmy for doing it, although she's 100% behind me," Liversidge said.
Liversidge took the prototype wheelchair for a spin at the Elvington airfield in Yorkshire, England, with the U.K. Timing Association measuring his speed. Liversidge's first two runs on the track saw him reach top speeds of 51.3 and 52.7 mph, and he increased the battery voltage for the third run and reached a speed of 66.826 mph.
The fast run was enough to earn him the record for fastest speed by an electric mobility-vehicle (prototype).
Liversidge's record attempt raised money for the Motor Neuron Disease Association.
Cow rescued from Connecticut swimming pool California monolith becomes the third to appear and disappear Florida man on jet ski ride frees dolphin tangled in rope
Notable deaths of 2021


Democrats and Republicans agree that space exploration is worth the investment.
Tuesday March 7, 2017, Congress passed a NASA authorization bill for the first time in nearly six and a half years. The March 7 approval in the House of Representatives follows the unanimous consent in the Senate of February 17. The House approved the NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2017, S.442, via voice vote after a short discussion without opposition.
The bill details important policy provisions, directing NASA's upcoming activities. These include developing human exploration program plans, such as the Mars plan, and establishing NASA's ability to monitor the health of former astronauts over the long-term. The bill also authorizes fiscal year 2017 spending for NASA of $19.5 billion.
This NASA authorization is the first to pass both houses of Congress since 2010. This may be in part because the bill enjoyed strong support from the White House. The passage is also likely a product of the cooperative preparation that members of both the House and Senate underwent before the bill was introduced in the Senate.
Tyson pointed out how innovations created for space travel make their way into our popular culture, like the fins on early rockets that inspired 1950s car designs. The historic photos taken on the Apollo 8 mission inspired a new generation to care for the Earth and protect it, Tyson remarked, and this helps not only the natural environment, but the economic and cultural environments as well.


More than a month ago, on December 18, the trial over pro-Russian columnists Sergey Shiptenko, Yuri Pavlovets, and Dmitry Alimkin started in Minsk. To remind, in the articles for Russian media they were harshly criticized emerging alignment between the Belarusian government and the West at the expense of the integration with Russia and the Belarusian authorities flirting with radical nationalism. They are accused of "kindling ethnic hatred within a group of individuals" which envisages a sentence of 5-12 years. Besides, Pavlovets and Shiptenko are accused of "illegal entrepreneurship" (the investigation meant that they received remuneration for their articles) despite the fact that they had registered as individual entrepreneurs and paid taxes.
On January 20, the judge called the investigation closed, while refusing to give a chance to the accused to take the stand. January 22 was the day of oral statements of the parties during which the prosecution asked for five years of sentence for the accused with a three-year reprieve and withdrew the charge of illegal entrepreneurship. On January 23, defense lawyers delivered their speeches. On January 26, the columnists presented their final statements.
EADaily's correspondent is text-messaging from the court.
02:26 p.m.: The court hall is full of reporters who are hammering at the families. Sergey Shiptenko's wife Irina is asking them not to bother his mother.
02:22 p.m.: Shiptenko tells reporters he is not going to leave Belarus.
02:17 p.m.: Sergey Shiptenko says he would appeal the verdict. It can be done within next ten days.
02:10 p.m.: The judge explains conditions of the verdict. The accused are released on travel restrictions, which means they are not allowed leaving the place where they live.
02:08 p.m.: Arrest of property (mobile phones and so on) is lifted. The accusation of illegal entrepreneurship is lifted.
02:05 p.m.: The trial is over. The judge starts with reading the verdict: five years of sentence with a three-year retrieve; to release the defendants in court. The columnists are allowed to leave the defendant's cage.
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LA CRESCENTA—The Educational Committee of the Armenian Relief Society (ARS) of Western U.S.A., Regional Executive organized a leadership seminar, which was held on February 20, 2010, at the Western Prelacy, "Dikran and Zarouhie Der Ghazarian" Hall, in La Crescenta, CA. This seminar followed two others, which were geared towards administrative tasks conducted by chapter secretaries and treasurers. The upcoming lecture organized by the committee is a public forum entitled "Voices of Armenian Women in the 21st Century," which will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 6 p.m. at the Glendale Central Library, 222 E. Harvard St., Glendale, CA.
During the seminar, foundations of leadership and teamwork was presented by Maral Poladian and Organizational Public Relations was presented by Steve Artinian. Lena Bozoyan, chair of the ARS "Sepan" Chapter and the organizing committee, made the welcoming remarks. She recognized that ARS Central Executive member, Nova Hindoyan, was in attendance, along with ARS of Western USA Regional Executive Chair, Sossie Poladian, and her teammates and chapter executives. Bozoyan expressed her excitement for having such experienced speakers and remarked that individuals need to continuously develop their leadership skills to be effective as employees or volunteers.
Steve Artinian, Chairman of the Homenetmen Western Region, Regional Executive Board, and vice president of advertising in a national corporation, commented on the need to adapt as an organization with respect to all the changes going on in the public relations, marketing and promotions, and fundraising. He said that everything starts with brand awareness and that the ARS logo is part of the branding process. He provided ample examples through his work and service organization experience to get his message across. He presented examples of logos, slogans and jingles and how they are recognized or get out of favor by the public due to changing norms. Artinian said that if you get complains of over-promoting, then you are doing your promotions right.
He presented the mechanics of press releases, on-line newsletters, marketing and promotions, and fundraising campaigns, and the importance of delegation in a manner, which will encourage responsibility for the total project on the part of the delegated parties, by setting budgets and goals ahead of time, and making sure that committee members connect or complement each other. He discussed audience segmentation; how to coordinate sponsorships, especially corporate ones; corporate volunteer or matching funds, and other methods of raising funds or reaching to new members or event participants.
Following a lunch break and ample time to connect and discuss the morning session with fellow seminar participants, Maral Poladian, a member of the ARS Anahid Chapter and the Regional Strategic Planning Committee, who is a biochemist with Siemens Healthcare, started her presentation with the extraordinary story of a leader, Sir Ernest Shackleton, whose expedition in the Trans-Antarctic (1914-1916) became the standard in leadership: picking up members with different skill sets; decisiveness in abandoning one plan for another, optimism and hope, treating everyone equally and focused on the job at hand; and not forgetting to have fun.
Poladian continued her presentation by covering many aspects of organizational behavior by defining leadership and the emergence of leadership roles, how personality traits are defined with Personal Style Inventories, team dynamics, and conflict resolution. She pointed out that with rapid changes followers are no longer following because of leaders' positions, but because they share the leaders' beliefs. She said that the best advice that she has received from her mentor was to "be yourself", and its best to understand the mental processes and behaviors of team members, their strengths and weaknesses, in order to pick the right people for the right job. She pointed out that it is the responsibility of the leader to understand and help guide the process of team-building as the team goes through the stages of forming through norming and performing, until the team disbands.
Quoting Peter Drucker, "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things", Poladian advised to communicate the organizational vision, to remember that leaders can not be around forever, to share knowledge, to engage in active listening, to give feedback and to give credit.
Following a question and answer section, the program ended with closing remarks by Asdghig Chitilian, the ARS Regional Executive's liaison to the Educational Committee, who praised the speakers for sharing their knowledge and the participants for being open to new ideas and concepts in a changing world.


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Home > Blog > Tips For Encouraging Your Employees To Stay Healthy
Tips For Encouraging Your Employees To Stay Healthy
Doug Heywood, G&A's Director of Safety, talks about best practices and offers suggestions on how employers can encourage employees to stay healthy without infringing on their rights in an article featured on Glassdoor.com.
What can you do about health in the workplace?
"As an employer you can't force them to do something," says Douglas Heywood, safety director at HR services company G&A Partners. "You can encourage and educate employees to do smart things from a health and safety standpoint."
According to human resource experts the key to maintaining a healthy work environment is communications and lots of it. Lisa Orndorff, HR business partner at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) says she starts sending out emails with information about the cold and flu at the end of October and does it periodically throughout the season. "It doesn't have to be preachy but more informative," says Orndorff. What's more she says the Centers for Disease Control has a host of posters and flyers companies can download and hang up through the workspace or send to employees via an email. They cover basic things like washing your hands often, disinfecting surfaces, staying hydrated and getting enough rest.
How to encourage best practices
While you can't force employees to get a flu shot, Heywood says you want to make them available whether it's on-site or a reimbursement for getting it done at an outside venue. For instance Heywood says G&A offers all its employees who work in a satellite office the option to get the flu shot and get reimbursed by the company if it's not covered by health insurance. The good news, Heywood says most insurance plans offered by companies have some preventive and maintenance plan and often the flu shot is covered.
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"All employers should be encouraging staff to take advantage of these opportunities," to get a flu shot, says Patricia Sweeney, human resource manager at Old Colony Hospice and Palliative Care. "From and HR perspective, what we can do is begin an early campaign to encourage people to get the flu shot by posting and/or handing out information or educational materials about staying healthy during the change of seasons–especially on the East Coast where the weather is often unpredictable. In the restrooms, post information on the proper way to wash hands–these posters are easy to find and print on-line and probably for free." Sweeney says her company also installed hand sanitizers throughout the offices, particularly near entryways and other high traveled areas.
Let them stay home
In addition to educating your workforce about the cold and flu, Heywood says companies have to practice some social distancing, which basically means when a worker is sick he or she stays home. He says institute a policy that encourages employees who have a fever to stay home until they are fever free for 24 hours. It's not a smart move to try and force workers to stay home since it's too difficult to verify who is symptomatic and who isn't, but Sweeney says HR should counsel managers to not encourage people to work when they are not well. "Too many times, employees feel compelled to work even if they are feverish, chilled, sneezing, coughing, etc. for fear of reprisal," says Sweeney. "Good policies and practice will prevent this by outlining what is acceptable and what is not. Educating managers is helpful as well."
Keeping workers healthy during the cold and flu season can be a slippery slope for HR departments. After all you don't want to run afoul of privacy laws by doing something wrong. For instance Orndorff says managers or any higher ups should never ask employees what is wrong with them or mandate they get a certain vaccination, wash their hands or go home if they are sick. Sweeney says some healthcare organizations do require all employees to have a flu shot and those who refuse may be fired but that issues is currently being review and could result in some case law in the future, she says. "If you hire someone and they are aware of the policy from day one, they have to suffer the consequence if they refuse to participate. Hospitals generally have this type of policy, otherwise, I don't think such a policy would survive in other industries," says Sweeney. "What we can do is make them accountable by keeping them out of the workplace when they are ill by sending them home until they are better."
This article, written by Donna Fuscaldo, originally appeared on Glassdoor.com's "Glassdoor for Employers" blog. To view the original article, click here.


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Laura Jones (born October 15, 1969) is an American former soccer player who played as a defender, making one appearance for the United States women's national team.

Career
Jones played basketball and volleyball for the Esperanza Aztecs in high school, while playing club soccer for the Nightmares youth team in Los Angeles. In college, she played for the Colorado College Tigers from 1987 to 1990, having been offered an athletic scholarship by Colorado College. In total, she scored seventeen goals and recorded six assists for the Tigers. She was a Second-Team All-American in 1988 and 1989, and was included in the Senior Recognition Team selection in 1990.

Jones was selected to compete at the U.S. Olympic Festival in 1986 and 1989. She made her only international appearance for the United States on August 16, 1992 in a friendly match against Norway, which finished as a 2–4 loss.

Her career was ended after blowing out her knee. Jones has coached girls' and boys' club youth soccer teams.

Personal life
Jones is from Yorba Linda, California, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from Colorado College. She works as an elementary school teacher, having received her credentials at California State University, Fullerton, and her master's degree in education from Grand Canyon University. She currently teaches at Rolling Hills Elementary School in Fullerton, California.

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1969 births
Living people
People from Yorba Linda, California
Sportspeople from Orange County, California
Soccer players from California
American women's soccer players
United States women's international soccer players
Women's association football fullbacks
Colorado College Tigers women's soccer players
Schoolteachers from California
American women educators
California State University, Fullerton alumni
Grand Canyon University alumni


Following his version of the affair, the narrative deposes that Harringay went into his studio about ten o'clock to see what he could make of the head that he had been working at the day before. The head in question was that of an Italian organ-grinder, and Harringay thought — but was not quite sure — that the title would be the "Vigil." So far he is frank, and his narrative bears the stamp of truth. He had seen the man expectant for pennies, and with a promptness that suggested genius, had had him in at once.
"Painting," he says he said. "Just a painting of an organ-grinder — a mere portrait. If it was a live organ-grinder I wouldn't mind. But somehow I never make things alive. I wonder if my imagination is wrong." This, too, has a truthful air. His imagination is wrong.
Presently he put down his impedimenta, and lighting a pipe surveyed the progress of his work. "I'm hanged if the thing isn't sneering at me," said Harringay, and he still believes it sneered.
"Won't do," said Harringay, still keeping up his courage. "Kind of thing they call Bad Taste. That sneer will have to come out. That gone, and a little more fire in the eye — never noticed how warm his eye was before — and he might do for —? What price Passionate Pilgrim? But that devilish face won't do — this side of the Channel.
"Some little inaccuracy does it," he said; "eyebrows probably too oblique,"— therewith pulling the blind lower to get a better light, and resuming palette and brushes.
Then the red eye opened again, with a sound like the opening of lips, and the face smiled. "That was rather hasty of you," said the picture.
"I don't," said the picture.
"It's yourself," said the picture.
"It's not myself," said Harringay.
"Look here," said Harringay, who had expected something better than criticism from the devil. "Are you going to talk studio to me?" He filled his number twelve hoghair with red paint.
His blood was up. His danger only nerved him to action, so he says. So he planted a dab of vermilion in his creature's mouth. The Italian spluttered and tried to wipe it off — evidently horribly surprised. And then — according to Harringay — there began a very remarkable struggle, Harringay splashing away with the red paint, and the picture wriggling about and wiping it off as fast as he put it on. "Two masterpieces," said the demon. "Two indubitable masterpieces for a Chelsea artist's soul. It's a bargain?" Harringay replied with the paint brush.
"I know," said Harringay, and rushed out of the studio and along the passage towards his wife's boudoir.
Harringay delivered cut two across the demon, and followed with a thrust in the eye. There was an indistinct rumbling. "Four masterpieces," and a spitting sound.
But Harringay had the upper hand now and meant to keep it. With rapid, bold strokes he continued to paint over the writhing canvas, until at last it was a uniform field of shining Hedge Sparrow tint. Once the mouth reappeared and got as far as "Five master —" before he filled it with enamel; and near the end the red eye opened and glared at him indignantly. But at last nothing remained save a gleaming panel of drying enamel. For a little while a faint stirring beneath the surface puckered it slightly here and there, but presently even that died away and the thing was perfectly still.