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These are the best songs of the 2000s.
50: OutKast- Ms. Jackson (2000)
October 3, 2000 was the day that Outkast released "Ms. Jackson" to the world, one month before the album Stankonia would be released. This was a time of innocence, a time when we as a people had faced down the biggest threat to modern society in Y2K, a threat that turned out to be no big deal. We were primed and ready to sail into the aughts with a full head of steam and the wind at our backs. The first single Outkast released from Stankonia failed to recognize this. Despite the innovation and energy of "B.O.B (Bombs Over Baghdad)," the single was met with a chilly reception by radio stations, and the track went nowhere. This was likely incredibly disappointing for all involved, since Big Boi and Andre 3000 had some serious momentum behind them after the one-two punch of ATLiens and Aquemini.
"Ms. Jackson," on the other hand, contained an indelible pop hook that everyone could love. It combined weird, jittery drum sounds, an elegant piano line that mimicked Wagner's "Bridal Chorus," and Outkast's speedy, idiosyncratic rapping to make something both exciting and
relatable. As a pop song, it's in the same mold as Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach"; it's incredibly adult in the way it explores how our best intentions are often not enough to overcome human nature and the ravages of time. While you're busy humming the hook, Big Boi and Andre 3000 take diverging looks at their respective baby mamas. Big Boi's verses are full of spite towards a partner who insists on excessive complications, while Andre sounds more wistful; he muses thoughtfully on how something that felt so good and so sure could run its course and leave all parties feeling hurt. Pop music was put on this earth to extol the wonders of being young and in love as well as the exquisite pain that results when that love disappears. With "Ms. Jackson," Outkast updates those tropes for the new millennium and create a timeless classic in the process. – Eric Mellor
49: Jay-Z – Takeover (2001)
You can't blame Nas for trying. After Biggie died, it probably hurt to watch other rappers claim to be the king of New York – including Jay-Z. The problem with taking a shot at Jay-Z, though, is that it's fucking Jay-Z.
You best not take aim at God. Even if you hit your target, you will not injure him. You will only grab his attention. And when Jay turns to you, well that's when stuff like "Takeover" happens. The song is less an attack than a complete dismantling of one's foes in a calm, professorial manner. Jay goes after Nas's backstory, his flow, his lyricism and his discography, all in five minutes. He even sets aside some time to reference Mobb Deep's Prodigy wearing an embarrassing outfit as a child.
As one of Jay's most quotable songs, "Takeover" is end-to-end brilliant. Even the silly bragging ("Roc-A-Fella is the army, better yet the navy"), the absurd overkill ("We kill you motherfucking ants with a sledgehammer") and the abstract threats ("Trust me on this one, I'll detach you/ Mind from spirit, body from soul") sound intimidating here. He even mathematically proves his superiority to Nas: "Four albums in 10 years, nigga? I could divide/ That's one every…let's say two – two of them shits was due/ One was nah, the other was Illmatic/ That's a one-hot-album-every-10-year average."
The equally threatening beat, courtesy of then-newcomer Kanye West, turns a bouncy Doors sample and the boom-bap danger of "Sound of Da Police" into pure stomping menace. Juxtaposed to Jay-Z's measured delivery, the production is his herald announcing that God has something to say, so start taking notes.
It's probably unsurprising that Jay-Z is the author of the best diss track in rap history. "Ether," Nas's response, is generally considered better (and even became a verb within hip-hop), but "Takeover" is clearly the better offering. It's a song where Jay calls himself a deity, flips David Bowie into a slap in the face and paraphrases Mark Twain without breaking a sweat. After all that, what more could he say? – Steve Lampiris
48: The Knife — Heartbeats (2003)
Sure, If you had a crush anytime in the early-to-mid-2000s, chances are you listened to this song once or twice or a hundred times. Sure, Julio Gonzalez's cover made you swoon, but you can't top the original—especially because there are TWO originals…sort of.
There's the "slow" version, with its arpeggiated synth, each note spelled out beyond a shadow of a doubt, and there is the "fast" version, not so much faster as more aggressive, boasting a harder beat and more distorted chords (also synth, natch). It's nice, when in or out of love, or heartbroken, to have a choice depending on your mood.
With its nasal, post-Bjork vocals, this song hit the airwaves with a vengeance back then, dominating every college party anyone attended in those years, at least in colleges with a "hipster" culture rearing to embrace an unusual, masked Scandinavian electronic outfit into their lives.
But the quality of the song is not merely due to historical circumstance—it has a perfectly millennial romance to it, the emotional thrust of which is heightened by its non-idiomatic English ("We had a promise made"). And what a sublime chorus—"To call for hands of above, to lean on/ Wouldn't be good enough for me." This is electronic music for people who want to feel all the feels, as the kids nowadays say.
And it set the stage for much to come by being both futuristic and retro-nostalgic at once. Given how much Swedish influence had covertly worked itself into some of the worst bubblegum of our lifetimes through the evil genius of Max Martin, it is fitting that a Swedish duo like The Knife would inject some genuine talent into the semi-mainstream—talent you could dance to.
Of course, then mainstream acts within Martin's sphere of influence started to sound more…well, more like bands like The Knife, so you do the math. But the song remains as beautiful as ever, a cry in the night, reaching out to lonely hearts on crowded ballrooms worldwide. – Dylan Montanari
47. Burial – Archangel (2007)
Burial is a student of house and UK garage who has spent most of his career turning those genres on their heads. Not much of his work would fit in at a club, but to categorize it as miserablist techno would be both reductive and wrong. After all, a surprising number of house tunes deal with themes like isolation and the loneliness that can overcome us even when we're in a crowd of people. What Burial does, especially on "Archangel," is strip away the facade of happiness, that hedonistic drive to push the pain away with artificial bliss. Disquieting despair is what Burial did best in his earliest work, and even in the context of his self-titled album and Untrue, "Archangel" is a pure marvel. Reportedly inspired by the passing of the artist's dog, its expression of aching loneliness is nothing short of harrowing.
Sampling as an art is based on context. Anyone can speed up or slow down a loop of a vocal; what makes it interesting is how the context of the sample changes or challenges our interpretation of it. On "Archangel," Burial chops up and slows down a recording of Christina Aguilera singing "Beautiful" and ends up turning mainstream pop pablum into something eerie and haunting. The repeated refrains of "Couldn't be alone/ Couldn't be alone" and "Tell me I belong/ Tell me I belong" conjure up a sense of isolation and a desire to break free from a seemingly incessant period of despair. The music reflects this, the fading string samples and synths creating a blurry sensation that seems at odds with the hard-hitting, rhythmic world of electronic music. The bleary, hazy world of "Archangel" strips back the party atmosphere we too often associate with house and garage to reveal the aching loneliness that lies just beneath the surface. – Kevin Korber
46: The Strokes- Last Nite (2001)
Has there been any other band in recent memory that has garnered more mixed reactions than The Strokes? Ever since they first graced the cover of the "NME," with only The Modern Age EP to their name, they've been deemed both heroes and posers. At that time, rock was looking for saviors, and The Strokes came around at the right time with youthful vim and vigor, boozy afterhour stories and, oh yeah, stonking tunes so catchy that they still put any modern gun-for-hire songwriter to shame. Their music was elegantly scuzzy and spat in the face of the early aughts's dire triad of beardo nu-metal, teeny bopper boy bands and the flaccid aftermath of Britpop. It was time for heroes, and The Strokes gave music a proper kick in the arse with that EP — all in under 12 minutes.
Nestled at a halfway point in The Modern Age, and subsequently half way into Is This It as well, "Last Nite" was both the sound of New York's Velvet Underground past and the world's Indie disco future. "On top of this, I ain't ever gonna understand shit," scowled singer Julian Casablancas, succinctly capturing youthful ennui and indifference, as the fellas boogied around in empty streets, half drunken 40s in hand and the world at their feet. Albert Hammond, Jr. and Nick Valensi's twin guitar attack dirty things up with just the right amount of scuzz, held down by Fabrizio Moretti's steady beat and Nikolai Fraiture's bouncing bass groove.
Of course, that sort of hyperbolic praise is the reason they faced such harsh criticism to begin with. Nowadays, the boys don't kick it like they used to; their touring schedule diminished to just a pitiful amount of festival dates, if that. However, whether it be in Argentina, London or their home in New York City, they're guaranteed to pull a heaving crowd. Their imitators are countless; the rumors that the band's love for Converse caused a spike in sales is unfounded but hardly surprising, and it's gotten to the point where journalists can't decide if they're rock's saviors or its death knell. In the end, they're probably neither, but they did write a handful of albums that are still beloved a decade or so after the fact. Not bad for a couple of kids from New York. – Edward Dunbar
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Maine anglers oppose rule they say could harm recreational fisheries
by Pete Warner January 17, 2023 January 17, 2023
Randy Thurston of Bethel is all smiles after reeling in this monster 50 1/4-inch striped bass during a trip with guide Larry Blanchette of Breakwood Fishing Adventures in Ogunquit. Credit: Courtesy of Larry Blanchette)
Striped bass is an important natural resource in Maine's coastal waters and in a handful of its major tidal rivers.
The fish provide great action for recreational anglers and also give saltwater guides a target species that can produce fish in good numbers, and with considerable size, for their clients.
That's why some striper anglers in Maine and New Hampshire are concerned a proposal before the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission could jeopardize the health of their recreational fisheries.
A rule change could allow the 15 states operating under ASMFC rules to transfer commercial quotas of striped bass between states in the ocean region.
At issue is whether allowing states that catch the maximum amount of striped bass to be sold to continue fishing using unfilled quotas from other states would significantly increase the overall harvest on the East Coast and thus reduce the number of fish reaching Maine.
"This is a concern to the Maine angler, because it affects the amount of big fish that we see in the summer," said fishing guide Ian Sawyer of Lyman. "For hire charter services and guides depend on good fishing to make good money. If we don't have that many fish to catch, it affects everybody."
The ASMFC's 2022 stock assessment for striped bass is that the species is "overfished," but that it is no longer experiencing overfishing relative to the updated information it uses to measure populations.
The commission reported that under the current regulatory framework for mortality rates, there is a 76.8 percent chance the striped bass stock will rebuild to the desired level by its deadline in 2029.
Anglers report that striper fishing was excellent last year in Maine. However, the numbers of stripers arriving farther north along the coast, and the size of those fish, had previously been inconsistent for several years.
Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut and New Jersey do not allow commercial fishing for striped bass, but the other states are allowed to harvest a combined 2.17 million pounds for sale every year.
Massachusetts and Maryland both maxed out at 100 percent of their quota in 2021, the most recent year for which data is available, while New York, Delaware and Virginia were at or above 96 percent of the allowable harvest. Rhode Island checked in at 88 percent but North Carolina registered 0 percent, as it has since 2012.
Since North Carolina is allowed 295,495 pounds of commercially harvested stripers per year, but catches none, under the proposed changes other states could harvest more stripers using that unfilled quota.
Sawyer said Massachusetts is a critical piece of the puzzle when considering the potential effect of increased commercial quotas on recreational fishing in Maine.
"Massachusetts is the key state in the fishery because of its geographic location and potentially could wipe out many more stripers than any other commercial fishery in the range," Sawyer said.
Massachusetts' commercial quota is 735,240 pounds of striped bass annually. It is the largest amount allocated among the states operating under ASMFC jurisdiction. New York is second at 640,718 pounds.
The ASMFC points out that there is uncertainty related to transfers between states, because states catch different size bass due to variations in size distribution along the coast, fishing size limits, gear used and the length and timing of seasons.
"It's a huge problem and it feels to many that we shouldn't even be dealing with this based on what was passed in Amendment VII (in 2020)," Sawyer said, "in that it was figured out that the species is overfished, and we need to be in a rebuilding phase, not adding to killing thousands of breeders which seems counterproductive."
The public comment period for any potential changes under Addendum I is closed and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is expected to consider quota sharing during its February meeting.
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Харьковский завод тракторных двигателей (ХЗТД) — машиностроительный завод по выпуску и ремонту дизельных двигателей и энергоустановок.

История
Спроектирован и построен завод был на годовой выпуск 125 тыс. двигателей. За период работы завода максимальный годовой выпуск составлял 86 тыс. двигателей.

После провозглашения независимости Украины, министерство машиностроения и военно-промышленного комплекса Украины приняло решение о преобразовании государственного предприятия ХЗТД в ОАО «Харьковский завод тракторных двигателей» (при этом, 72,18% акций завода осталось в собственности государства, 26% акций было передано в управление государственной лизинговой компании «Украгромашинвест», физическим лицам принадлежало 1,82% акций).

В 1994 году на заводе ХЗТД было начато производство дизельного двигателя СМД-900.

В последние годы фактический уровень производства ХЗТД снизился до 12-16% утверждённой мощности, что стало результатом снижения потребительского спроса из-за общего спада экономического развития на Украине, высокой себестоимости продукции, обусловленной ростом цен на энергоносители, технологическое сырье и материалы, а также высокой насыщенностью украинского рынка дизельными двигателями иностранного производства.

В 2001 году завод начал производство двигателя СМД-63.

В 2001 году завод выпустил только 450 двигателей. В дальнейшем, высокие производственные издержки, переход на бартерные расчёты с контрагентами, снижение объёма производства, огромные издержки, связанные с содержанием объектов социальной сферы (детские сады, больница, поликлиника, жилые дома и общежития завода) привели к банкротству предприятия. В начале мая 2002 года ХЗТД был официально признан банкротом (к этому времени на предприятии продолжали работу около 1,5 тыс. человек).

Выходом из сложившегося критического положения стала судебная санация, решение о проведении которой было принято кредиторами завода.

В 2004 году в неиспользуемых производственных помещениях ХЗТД было размещено специальное конструкторское технологическое бюро «Гидромодуль».

19 апреля 2005 года в соответствии с решением хозяйственного суда Харьковской области для ХЗТД была создана ликвидационная комиссия.

17 мая 2005 года хозяйственным судом Харьковской области было утверждено решение о ликвидации ОАО «ХЗТД».

В начале апреля 2007 года было принято решение о распродаже завода.

18 июля 2007 года Фонд государственного имущества Украины принял решение о продаже государственного пакета акций ХЗТД.

Осенью 2007 года более 50% акций ОАО "ХЗТД" приобрел ЗАО «Бизнес-Центр «Лидер Класс» - компания, основным видом деятельности которой являлась сдача в аренду собственной и государственной недвижимости непроизводственного назначения.

В декабре 2007 года на территории завода была открыта первая на Украине буддийская пагода.

К 2008 году завод прекратил существование, однако здания и инфраструктура завода продолжали использоваться (так, электроподстанция ХЗТД перешла в собственность ООО "Энергоресурс").

На территории завода был построен торгово-развлекательный центр.

Деятельность
Завод специализировался на выпуске дизельных двигателей с турбонаддувом СМД-60 для тракторов Т-150 и комбайнов КС-6Б. На базе двигателей СМД-60 разработаны и выпускались двигатели СМД-62 (165-240 л. с.), которые использовали в качестве силовых установок на тракторах и самоходных кормо- и свёклоуборочных комбайнах и других машинах. Также завод осваивал производство дизельных двигателей мощностью 18-36 л. с., дизель-электрогенераторов мощностью 8 и 60 кВт. Кроме того, ОАО «ХЗТД» выпускал запчасти к указанным двигателям, а также осуществлял капитальный и профилактический ремонт двигателей.

Среди потребителей выпускаемой заводом продукции были Харьковский тракторный завод, Тернопольский и Херсонский комбайновые заводы, Ивано-Франковский завод «Агромаш», Харьковский завод самоходных шасси, завод «Ритм». Значительное количество двигателей и запчастей к ним поставляли предприятиям агропромышленного комплекса для восстановления уже эксплуатируемой сельскохозяйственной техники.

Технологическая характеристика
Завод являлся механосборочным предприятием, технологический процесс которого предполагает такие виды производств, как механосборка, сборка, холодная штамповка, термическое производство, гальванопокрытия, сварочное и окрасочное производства.

В составе технологического оборудования преобладают автоматические линии, металлорежущие, кузнечно-прессовое, деревообрабатывающее, подъёмно-транспортное, термическое и иное оборудование, специализированные и агрегатные станки, автоматы и полуавтоматы.

Все основные и вспомогательные производства компактно размещены на одной производственной территории площадью 34,96 га, развёрнутая площадь промышленных зданий составляет 280 718 м², все производства имеют единую инженерную инфраструктуру и железнодорожные подъездные пути.

Производственная структура

Основное
 Цех корпусных деталей (ЦКД), в котором производятся 64 наименования деталей, в том числе блок, головка, картер маховика, корпус, кожух, коллектор, шкив, фланец и другие.
 Механический цех №3 (М-3), в котором изготовляется 28 наименований деталей к двигателям, в том числе коленвал, крышка, распредвал, щит, кожух и другие.
 Механический цех №4 (М-4), в котором изготовляется 20 наименований деталей, в том числе маховик, диск, колпаки, угольники и другие.
 Прессово-термический цех (ПТЦ). В составе этого цеха прессовое, сварочное, термогальваническое производство, а также производство товаров народного потребления. В этом цехе производится 667 наименований изделий, которые используются для производства узлов деталей. Кроме того, в этом цехе производится 450 наименований деталей для опытного производства и 450 наименований для производства товаров народного потребления.
 Сборочно-сдаточный цех (ССЦ), в котором производится сборка, испытание, контрольный осмотр, окраска и доукомплектование деталей.

Вспомогательное

 Отдел организации производства новой техники, в котором осуществляется сборка, испытание, доводка, внедрение новых опытных образцов новой техники, а также организовывается производство мелких серий новых видов техники;
 Инструментальное производство, которое обеспечивает цеха специальным инструментом и технической оснасткой (режущим, мерительным, вспомогательным инструментом, штампами, пресс-формами и приспособлениями).
 Производство средств механизации и автоматизации (ПСМА) производит разработку технической документации на нестандартное оборудование, средства механизации, оргтехнику, оргоснастку, их изготовление и внедрение в производство.
 Отдел эксплуатации и ремонта оборудования (ОэиРО) производит разработку конструкторской документации для ремонта и модернизации оборудования, проводит проверку оборудования на технологическую точность, изготавливает запчасти для ремонта оборудования, производит ремонт оборудования.
 Энергослужба завода, цех благоустройства и переработки отходов, отдел реконструкции и технадзора за зданиями и сооружениями.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Официальный сайт Харьковского завода тракторных двигателей (ХЗТД)

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Where to start. I interviewed Derek Kerswill and Matt LeBreton before I got a chance to write a review of the self-titled Downpour album. This has proven to be both good and bad. I want to give you my initial reaction to the album, because I had already listened to it multiple times before that interview. Unfortunately, it is proving to be impossible, because now I know so much more about what the album is all about. Fortunately, it gave it that much more depth. I was already thoroughly enjoying this album. I already felt it rock my core and soothe my soul, but now, it is a completely different experience. At this point, you are going to get much more than what you would have originally. Before that, let me tell you a little about the guys behind the musical curtain.
Downpour emerged from Worcester, Massachusetts and involves members; vocalist Brian Fair (ex-Shadows Fall), guitarist Matt LeBreton, bassist Pete Gelles, and drummer Derek Kerswill (ex-Seemless, Unearth). This is their debut album, which they were able to fund through a Pledge Music campaign with the help of fans. They were quickly picked up by label Noize in the Attic. LeBreton states getting this album out has been very difficult due to many roadblocks they hit. Thankfully, it all worked out in the end and we are able to experience this genius of an album.
Let's dig into the record. There are seven tracks, so I am going to talk about each one, here is your warning. If you have ever read any of my reviews, you know I write emotionally. I cannot help it, it is how my brain works, and music has always been a very emotional experience for me. With that said, this album is no different, and honestly, even more so than others. Derek has been a friend now for many years, so hearing what went on with he and his bandmates personal lives while writing this album really tugged at my heartstrings. They tagged the term, "Tuesday therapy sessions" for their band practice Tuesday nights. I will not go into what they were each struggling with, you can read my interview for their words on this, but I will say, you can clearly hear the turmoil and healing in the music and lyrics. This is what makes it a masterpiece of an album, among so many other reasons.
Track one, "The Serpent's Tongue", kicks you in the teeth straight away. Heavy drum beats and pinch harmonics blast through your ears while Brian's vocals wail at you, "Betrayal, is built on lies!" It has an Anthrax feel to me, in the best thrashy way, but moves into a heavier stance. I really dig the change in patterns, which makes headbangers confused, but leads the song on a more mysterious path. The galloping guitar and incredible musical combination make this song a perfect beginning to an epic album.
"Truth in Suffering", starts with more of a tribal drum beat. The guitar and bass work compliment it flawlessly. The vocals on this one begin less in your face, but that quickly changes, just to switch back again. I love when songs do this. The music that keeps me guessing what will happen next, really keeps me interested. The vocals still remind me of Bush-era Anthrax, but the music is much heavier and groovy, with less thrash. This is a beautiful song of, you guessed it, the truth in suffering. One thing I really think needs to be discussed is LeBreton's solo work. He tears it up on this song, and rips your ears to shreds. He is a highly-talented guitarist.
The next song, "Astral Projection", was one of the first one's they wrote. Well, LeBreton wrote it, then presented it to Kerswill who added his magic, and so on. This one starts with a more rock approach, which makes sense, since they started out writing rock before evolving to metal. The lyrics cut deep, and they are incredibly beautiful. You must pay attention, it is worth it. I felt I was projecting outward and looking in. So many emotions, I felt everything he was saying like it was my own experience. The fact that a song and lyrics can do that, is pretty damn amazing. Second, the flow and guitar work. This song does not stay rock, it moves to metal, and beautifully levels out to transcendence.
"Still Waiting", is a two-part song with track five, "Without the Fear". "Still Waiting", is a mantra Derek wrote while watching his grandfather pass to the other side. "We're waiting for your last breath, so you'll find peace in the light of death." It is repeated throughout the song, in the most awe-inspiring way. I don't know if it is because I know the story, or because I know Derek and we have had discussions of his fear of death, or if the song does exactly what it was written about, but I felt the atmosphere of being in a hospital environment while watching a loved one pass. The musical components create a stillness that is hard to explain. This crosses into "Without the Fear", which is a song of healing. "There's no more waiting……the peace within the light of death." It is much heavier, and helps give you hope and understanding. "Without the fear of losing everything, would we every truly live our life?" Think about it. These lyrics are gold, and a philosophy we all should be living. I don't know how much more I can say about these two songs, they are everything you need when dealing with loss of life, loss of hope, and the reminder that in the end, it is going to be okay.
Track six is "Beautiful Nothing". I love this song to the depths of my soul. It is a sojourn unto itself, outside of the journey this album already takes you on. It is heavy, musically dynamic, and has so many shifts. Throw in some pinch harmonics, incredible drumming, bass goodness, and, of course, lyrical wizardry, and this song quickly became my favorite with the first, second, third, etc. listen. LeBreton's guitar work throughout this song is another jaw dropping edition to the album. Five minutes in, it slows down to where you think the song is over, then quickly jumps back into heavy, face melting, metal purity.
"Mountain", the album closer, has a completely different feel, but still plays out beautifully. The track is a reimagining of the original by Great Northern. To me, I felt like it went into a stoner rock type vibe. The tribal drum beats, the vocals, the voyage of the guitar and bass. I wish I could put into words what I feel when I hear this song. It is refreshing, after feeling like you went on an emotional roller coaster, and gives you a feeling of eternal peace. I felt like I was in Lord of the Rings when everything was gorgeous scenery and happy times. I had chills throughout the entire song. It is an epic ending to a highly emotionally driven album.
I cannot speak highly enough about Downpour's eponymous debut. There are many changes throughout, great musicianship, incredible lyrics, and it takes you on a journey you didn't realize you needed to go on. It is emotional, healing, and hopeful. Every metal fan needs to listen to this album.


On October 6th, Engaging the Senses Foundation (ETSF), in partnership with the California Arts Council, and the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs/McGroarty Arts Center is sponsoring a coming-together event of current and former California local poets laureate in a celebration of the power of poetry on and off the page to nourish our deepest humanity.
The gathering is the brainchild of current CA state Poet Laureate Dana Gioia, who is featured in our documentary-in-production Be the Beauty. Dana is an award-winning poet, author of the seminal critique Can Poetry Matter?, and a recipient of the 2014 Aiken-Taylor Award for lifetime achievement in American poetry. He was also the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) from 2003-2008, where he created enduring art programs such as Poetry Out Loud.
Dana's desire to serve the underserved has informed all of the programs he has created on the federal and state level, which are consistently inclusive, with a focused yet broad outreach (for instance, as CA Poet Laureate he has visited every single district over the last two years, the first laureate ever to do so). His dedication to this vision mirrors ETSF's commitment to vibrant inclusivity. We believe that the difference these kinds of programs make to communities — and to the individuals within these communities who have the opportunity through them to being seen, heard, and valued — cannot be overstated. This is why we will be filming the event, so that its impact can reach as far as possible.
The day-long occasion will take place in the former residence of John McGroarty, California's third poet laureate. Several of the poets laureate will moderate breakout sessions early in the day, in which all the poets attending will share best practices and lessons from their experiences as representatives of literacy appointed by their cities, counties, regions, and the state. Along with all the regional poets laureate, Dana Gioia; Robin Coste Lewis, Los Angeles Poet Laureate; and Carol Muske-Dukes and Al Young, both former California Poets Laureate, will then take part in a group reading open to the public.
This is a thrilling time for the art of poetry in the US. During a time of unprecedented turmoil and struggle in the public realm, people young and old are discovering the enduring value of turning to art to express and share their experience of life in the 21st century America. According to a comprehensive report by the NEA, poetry readership in the U.S. has risen by 76 percent in the past five years, with a new audience that is young and diverse, and increased participation and readership among Hispanic, African-American, and Asian readers. ETSF is committed to supporting this trend by working with organizations like the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, CUNY's Lost & Found, and the foster care home Five Acres, to help bring poetry to underserved communities in the belief that it is an art form designed to heal and potentiate on both an individual and community level.
It's our hope that this gathering of creatives can become a model for other state's partnerships. We are proud to continue fulfilling our mandate by honoring the dedicated men and women who have committed their time and energy to championing literacy in their communities. After the working sessions, poets, teachers, and all poetry lovers are invited to attend on Saturday afternoon for what will surely prove to be a powerful and historic group reading. We urge you to come so you can listen to, meet, and celebrate California's vital public poets laureate! To register for this free public event.


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Samsung 5G Mobile Phones
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Samsung is a brand that is known for its reliable and performance-oriented smartphones. Their phones are feature-packed with high-end features like 5G connectivity, so you can download large games and movies in just a matter of seconds. 5G networks also offer reliable internet connection than 4G LTE networks. Samsung mobiles support for up to 11 bands of 5G networks, so you can experience 5G downloading speeds even when travelling around the globe. This cutting-edge technology also eliminates buffering while watching 4K content. Gamers can also stream their gameplay more smoothly with 5G networking speeds.
Samsung 5G mobile range starts from models like the Samsung A22 and Samsung F43. These budget smartphones offer powerful performance and are fully prepared for upcoming 5G networks. Models like the Samsung Galaxy S21 and Samsung Galaxy S21 FE also offer cutting-edge 5G technology. The latest Samsung S22 series phones and Galaxy Foldable phones also support 5G connectivity. Since there are so many choices, choosing the right one can get tedious. To make your life easy, we have sorted some of the best Samsung 5G mobiles, so you can quickly choose the best.
The A22 is Samsung's entry-level 5G device with a MediaTek Dimensity 700 2.2GHz octa-core processor. The phone carries a slim and lightweight design that is elegant as well as durable. The device comes with a 6.6-inch full HD display, a good enough size for watching content, reading articles and playing games. The display also supports a 90Hz refresh rate that results in smoother scrolling and a better smartphone usage experience. The phone is available in 6GB or 8GB of RAM, and it comes with 128GB of internal storage. You can also expand the storage by adding a microSD card slot. The phone features a 5,000mAH battery and ships with a 15W fast charger in the box.
The Samsung A52s is an upper mid-range 5G mobile. It has a 6.5-inch Super AMOLED full HD display that renders better contrast and blacks that LCD panels. The display produces up to 800nits of brightness and also comes with the Eye Comfort Shield feature. The phone is available in Awesome Black, Awesome Mint, Awesome Violet, and Awesome White colours. The A52s has a slim and lightweight design. For durability, it comes with an IP67 rating that makes it resistant to splashes. The device has a quad-camera setup for photography. It comes with a 32MP camera for selfies. The Samsung A52s has a 4,500mAh battery, and it comes with a 25W fast charger.
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The Samsung Galaxy S22 is the latest and greatest 5G flagship phone from Samsung. The device comes with a Super AMOLED display supporting features like HDR and 120Hz refresh rate displays. The Samsung S22 runs on the Exynos 2200 CPU for top-notch performance. For photography enthusiasts, the phone has a triple camera configuration supporting features like HDR and Night Mode. For selfies, the S22 has a 10MP front camera. The phone boasts a minimalistic design and is lightweight and compact. The rear of the phone sports Gorilla Glass Victus+ for protection against scratches. With an IP68 rating, the device is also water and dust-resistant. The phone is available in Phantom Black, Phantom White and Green colours.
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Searching for Identities
Twins Seven Seven
* 1944 in Ogidi, Nigeria
† 2011 in Ibadan, Nigeria
Twins Seven Seven, The Ritual Masked Wrestlers for a new Wife, 1969, Oil on Linen, mounted on ply wood, 168 x 120 cm, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst Aachen, loan of Peter und Irene Ludwig Stiftung, © Twins Seven Seven, 2021 / Photo: Carl Brunn
It is typical for the works of Twins Seven Seven that they deal with cult and everyday scenes of the Yoruba, to which he himself belonged. The artist does not distinguish between experienced and dreamed events – rather, both spheres coexist on an equal footing and form the source material for his artistic productions. In The Ritual Masked Wrestlers for a new Wife, we encounter two people wrestling with each other, observed by bystanders. Except for the two seated female nudes on the right edge of the picture, the protagonists wear traditional clothing. The ornaments contained therein are also continued in the landscape depiction, the suggested forest in the background of the picture.
The artist shows here a cultic action, in which two masked men fight for a woman. The stylistic features characteristic of Twins Seven Seven, such as the claw-like hands or the oversized eyes of the depicted persons, are striking. The artist is not interested in capturing individual traits of a person, but in developing a human prototype with minor variations. The figures are only identifiable as Yoruba by their headdresses in the form of elongated or cylindrical caps, which are understood as symbols of Belonging, especially in Nigeria. The wearing of masks also suggests a Yoruba cult: At festivals, they serve to grant spirits, deities, and ancestors access to the community in this world. In addition, the markings on the skin could be read as decorative scars. Another reference to the Yoruba can be seen in the ornamentation, which is based on the patterns of traditional textiles. Yet it is precisely these internal drawings that develop a life of their own in the bodies of the figures. Born Taiwo Olaniyi Oyewale into a royal line of Yoruba, Twins Seven Seven changes his name because he is the only child to survive after his mother had previously given birth to seven sets of twins. The Yoruba are known for their unusually high number of twin births, but also for a high infant mortality rate. In this regard, Yoruba believe that deceased children within the family are born again and again until one survives. The change of name is therefore a testimony to the cultural identity of the artist and thus to be understood as a tribute to his ancestors. Thus he also wore the decorative scars typical of the Yoruba.
With all the references to Yoruba culture, it becomes clear that the artist is playing with the viewer: He deliberately relies on a pictorial language that is as formally simple as possible, foregoing individual features in order to evoke both stylized and stereotypical images of Africa. For this purpose, he uses not only the primeval vegetation in the form of the forest, but also the masks and the human prototypes with their ear and nose rings. The associations that this evokes in viewers are fed by the selective perception of an entire continent that emerged in the course of Colonialism in the Global North and persists to a large extent to this day. At the same time, Twins Seven Seven has been committed to cultural Awareness throughout his life, and so he was also interested in drawing attention to Yoruba culture.
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Cave Tours in Costa Rica
Cave tours in Costa Rica offer visitors a rare glimpse into a mystical underground world.
Spelunking in Costa Rica is an extreme adventure sport on the rise, during a caving tour you can expect to see amazing rock formations, pools of water with tiny fish, crabs, bats, spiders, crickets, marine fossils, and various colorful frogs.
At several locations, the ceiling of the cave opens and you will be standing in amazing shafts of pure sunlight that illuminate the cave and all its wonders.
Costa Rica is home to some truly exceptional caves but the most popular and well known are the venado caves and Barra Honda National Park Caves.
During a Cave Tour you'll have the chance to discover stalactites and stalagmites, caverns, rivers, fossils, and strange subterranean creatures.
If you love adventure you may find useful to read Best 10 Adrenaline and extreme tours in Costa Rica
Venado Caves
Formed 15 or 20 million years ago, during the Miocene age, they were under the level sea and reached the surface due to movements of the tectonic plates.
They were discovered by natives and are formed by stalactites, stalagmites, and limestone stones.
The entrance to the caves was opened in 1962, and it consists of twelve stays of diverse sizes, some of them are quite narrow and low, that's why sometimes is necessary to cross underground rivers.
Exploring them is an exciting adventure for people who don't care to get wet and muddy.
The Venado Caves are 45 minutes away from La Fortuna.
Underground trails and passages will take you through several different caves to explore a world indifferent to the light.
With lanterns to illuminate your way, as well as the necessary gear, you will enter this labyrinth of ancient underground rivers and sea beds, now exposed after millions of years.
You'll discover formations such as:
La papaya
El coral
El altar
El Parto (The birth)
You'll also discover stalactite and stalagmite rock formations that are common inside the caves, some of which hang from the rocky ceiling and others emerge from the ground.
Large colonies of bats inhabit the caverns, as well as frogs and crabs.
At the end of the tour, you can enjoy a delicious snack of fresh fruit. This is a truly unique experience in Costa Rica. Get Ready to get wet and dirty and discover this incredible underground world!
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Barra Honda Caves
Barra Honda caves range from a few feet to over 780 feet (240 meters) deep.
They were formed by erosion and consist of 300 meters of reef rock with an elevation caused by tectonic defects 60 million years ago.
Until the caverns were discovered and explored in the late sixties, many believed that Cerro Barra Honda was a volcano because of the roaring sounds made by the bats as they departed the caverns en masse, and the fumes from the caves they occupied.
With a local guide, enjoy a day trip to Barra Honda National Park. Explore the park's limestone caverns with their soda straws, needles, curtains, terraces, cave grapes, pearls, roses, stalactites, stalagmites and other calcareous formations.
Look for coatis, agoutis, anteaters and monkeys along the trails and in the cloud canopy.
A minimum of two people per booking is required.


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Nvidia released a new beta driver in the R300 builds, and this is the first unified driver on the 300 series, this new edition come with new massive performance improvements on many games, bellow list of performance improvements in percentage compared with previous versions, the SLI configuration take the big part of this improvements, the new driver support all GPUs from Geforce 6000 series to the all new Geforce GTX 680.
New GPU Support – Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 680, the fastest, most efficient GPU ever built. Explore GeForce GTX 680 and its new SMX architecture on GeForce.com.
And more performance improvements and bugs fixes.


The project named "OUR ROUTE IS BABADAĞ" implemented by Fethiye Chamber of Commerce and Industry is to receive a grant. The Chamber is to build a landing area for paragliding on 1200m and new road as an investment for this project. The alternative landing area to be added on 1200 m on Babadağ, one of the most significant paragliding centres in the world, will provide 12 month service on Babadağ. Parachute pilots who are still in the process of training for paragliding will visit our region more after the new landing area is completed on 1200 m.
3.7 km part of stabilized road reaching 1700-1800 and 1900 m will be furnished with interlocking paving stones so that transportation to this area could be safer. The project "Our Route is Babadağ" to be carried out in order to increase the attraction of alternative tourism values and accessibility in Fethiye is to last 9 months and the total budget is 989.843 TL. 75 % of this cost will be provided from GEKA as a grant and the rest 25 % will be paid by Fethiye Chamber of Commerce and Industry.


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Two days later they moved Flash into the barns. Quinn entered the barn. It was getting dark, and Kayden and Marta were bringing in the horses and wingdeer from the field. His wingdeer, Rae, was already back in her stall with her two two-week-old calves. Michael had helped with the delivery, and as promised, Quinn gave him the one he wanted. It was the least he could do, when he now had Cee. Michael had chosen the first to come out into his hands, and he'd named the little girl Athena. The other calf was a female also, but Michael had placed a small violet dragon-hide halter on Athena. Most of the other wingdeer had regular cow leather halters, except Angie, Rae, and Sam.
Quinn murmured to Rae and caressed her head until he heard Shanika's voice coming from Flash's stall.
He walked across the barn and leaned against the stall wall as Shanika caressed Flash's head behind his ears. "You're the prettiest little horse. You're going to fly so fast."
Flash rested his muzzle on her knees in contentment. He still lay most of the time, but he did walk when Kayden made him earlier, so they knew his legs were fine. He was just weak from his ordeal.
"Are you sure that man really wants Flash? Maybe you could buy him?" She hugged him, her dark hair contrasting with the colt's dun yellow hide.
"Wish I could, Sweetheart, but I'm sure he won't sell."
"Not even if you give him a kazillion coins?"
"No. Not even for a kazillion coins."
"Maybe you could give him Rae or her other baby."
"Nope. He already has a wingdeer."
She hugged the colt tighter, and he struggled to move away, his good wing stretching out.
"Careful, Shan."
Tears clouded her eyes. "But I love him so much."
"I know. But it's time for bed. I'm sure you'll have your own pegasus someday." He lifted her into his arms and hugged her, before letting her ride his shoulders to the house.
After he put Shanika to bed, he went to his own room. No use going to the barn. Niles and Marta would be there again, and they'd get nothing accomplished. He needed to ask Collin about something he'd read in his studies also, but until the house was finished, so that Par and Gwen, Niles and Marta could move out, he couldn't talk freely in the house either, unless they gathered in Collin's room, which they had a few times. Three more weeks, the builders had told him that afternoon.
"Jake says we should go to the barn," Cee said.
"Who is there?"
"Collin, Michael, Kayden, Jake."
"Not Niles and Marta?"
"No. Collin told them he was Hans Trapper and that he needed to talk business with Jake."
Quinn was about to ask why he'd told them that, and then realized it had been obvious. Collin had been wearing his blue outfit when Marta discovered them with Jake. If Collin really needed to discuss Hans Trapper business, he better get out there.
The barn was dark, except for the light coming from the open hole leading to the loft. Quinn climbed the ladder, and then Collin shoved the board door over the hole, sealing them in as he would when he wanted to make sure no one knew they were up here.
Kayden sat beside Jamel's neck. Michael sat cross-legged near her. Jamel wore his saddle, promising that some time tonight one of them would go flying. Collin settled onto a straw bale. Quinn smiled. He could relax tonight. He settled against the mound of straw Jamel used for a bed and stretched out.
"Well, my children, first Jamel has requested to speak." Collin gave the dragon a nod.
Jamel lifted his head. "I just want all of you to call me Jake instead of Jamel. Cee is Jamel, Michael is Jamel. Even Kayden is Jamel now. I think there is less likely to be questions about why my name is Michael's last name if I am always called Jake."
Collin tilted his head. "It is logical, Jake, and I will attempt to comply with your wishes." He smiled. "But I don't think I'll ever see you as fully Jake. You are so much more."
"But it is just like you are more than Dr. Alex Collin. We can't call you who you are, even though Collin Hansell more fully fits you," Jake argued.
Collin's grin widened. "You are right again, my friend. I can never argue with whatever you wish to call yourself."
Kayden hugged Jake. "I'll try to remember. You may have to remind me a few times, just like you had to keep me in line for Collin when we first came."
Jake rubbed his head against her arm. Michael leaned back to avoid him.
"Any problems, Quinn, Michael?" Collin asked.
Michael shook his head. "I've always known him as Jake, and would rather not be reminded about his split personality. I mean…." He grabbed a piece of straw and bent it into little pieces. "You're right, Jake. Logical thing to do."
Kayden squeezed his leg.
Quinn shrugged. "Won't be as hard as switching from Alex to Collin."
"You've had something on your mind the last few days, Quinn," Collin prompted.
Quinn didn't meet Collin's gaze, instead digging a hole in the straw down to the wooden floor of the loft. "Me and Cee talked over that last lesson you gave me, but I still wondered if you knew a way to get through to me." He shrugged. "Guess it's one of those times," he admitted. Several times during his studies to become a doctor he'd come to a section he'd never thought he'd understand. Early on he'd despaired of ever learning the material, but after conquering several of those difficult concepts, he had learned that just because something didn't make sense the first time, didn't mean he could never learn it.
Collin glanced at Michael and Kayden. "Why don't we save that discussion for last? Michael and Kayden will be more lost than you are." He grinned at them.
Michael rolled his eyes. "I'll never catch up." But he smiled. "Of course I figure listening in on your problems now will give me an advantage when I actually get to it myself."
"Collin, can we raise pegasus, too," Kayden asked, changing the subject.
Michael reached over to give her waist a tickle. "Just can't stand all that doctor talk, can you?"
She shot him a grin, but then focused on Collin. "Can we?"
"Actually, I wondered that also," Quinn admitted. "Shanika wants one so much. Hate to disappoint her."
"I would like to," Collin said. "But we have a problem. No female pegasus."
"You could make one, like you did Jake," Kayden suggested.
"The way we made Jake's body was an exception. I'd prefer to plant an embryo into a wingdeer womb, but we can't do that here, because our friends will think it's mighty strange when Angie has a foal instead of a calf."
"What about a horse? That's more natural."
"You're backwards, Sweetheart. A pegasus might conceivably have a foal without wings, but a horse will not have a winged foal. Besides the average horse's womb is a bit too small."
"But couldn't you, for the first one, grow him like Jake?"
"Not to adulthood. Maybe up to gestation." Collin stared across the barn over their heads. But then he shook his head. "No. I'd rather not do that if I don't have to. The young foal will be weaker than if he was born naturally. We were lucky with Jake that the body didn't die in transition, especially with the operation." He nodded to Quinn. "Be prepared, you two. Our first attempt at a body for Cee might not work. But we can always try again."
"We could hide a wingdeer away until after the foal's born," Kayden said, throwing out yet another idea.
Quinn had to smile. She always had far more ideas than he did, although most of them were simply unusable. But no one berated them. No one said she shouldn't throw out ideas.
"Where?" Collin asked her simply, encouraging her to think through her idea with a slight smile on his face.
Cee spoke from his pocket. "Would a dragon's womb work? You said something before about reintroducing many of the near extinct wildlife. Are there any restrictions other than size?"
Collin's face lit into an excitement Quinn rarely saw. "Cee, what an idea! Would you like to try it? Jamel, think of it! What a challenge."
"But not baby dragons," Jake said, his voice subdued.
Collin shook his head. "No. Mammal dragons will always be unique, needing more than just an animal brain. But the other wildlife…."
Quinn pulled Cee from his pocket. "You want to be a girl?" he asked, finally comprehending what Cee had said.
The barn was silent. Michael stared at Cee, his mouth open. Kayden bit her lip.
"I am neither now. If you have a preference, I will defer to your wishes," Cee said meekly.
Quinn glanced up at Collin. Collin had loved the idea, but now he stared at Quinn as if trying to tell him something. He wished he knew what it was. He looked at the small, black rectangle in his hands. He… It was always timid about speaking out, and it rarely expressed its desires. Quinn glanced at Collin one more time and then to Michael and Kayden.
"I think it's a great idea, Cee," Kayden said softly.
Michael rolled his eyes, but then Collin gave a slight shake of his head. Michael clenched his jaw, but didn't speak.
Quinn rubbed his thumbs along Cee's side. "What do you want, Cee?"
"Rae is a girl," Cee began in a small voice. "You love her."
"I'll love you whether you're a girl or a boy dragon or no dragon at all, Cee. Don't decide by what you think I want. What do you want?" And Quinn was rewarded with Collin's smile of approval. He'd said the right thing. Nothing meant more to Quinn than pleasing Collin, his mentor, his father, and his best friend.
"I want to do something important, but if I did what Jake did, that would be redundant."
"You realize that if we succeed with a plan such as this that your agility and speed would be compromised near the end of each pregnancy," Collin cautioned. "You'd have to stay out of the way of danger."
"I'll protect her," Jake said quickly.
Michael shook his head and rolled his eyes again.
"Do you think it's a good idea, Jake?"
Jake brought his nose to Cee's small core. "Would you be married to me?"
"Collin!" Michael exclaimed, standing. "Listen to them! This is ludicrous."
Kayden jumped up. "No, it's not. It's so… so romantic. Can you just see them both curled up together, resting. Protecting each other. Helping each other. It's…."
"Kayden, they're robots!"
"Dragons! They're not just machines. Jamel loves as much as you do. He deserves a good wife."
"Cee isn't a wife! He… he's a little round robot!"
"Jamel is still sometimes a rectangular robot. So what's your point, Michael. Cee's right. Now she has no gender. What's wrong with choosing female?"
Collin placed a hand on each of their shoulders. "Enough! The decision belongs to neither of you. It is Cee's alone, and if Cee wishes to be female, I will attempt to accommodate her."
"But at what cost! The machines will band together and be loyal to neither of you."
"That's not true," Jake stated evenly. "I will always be loyal to Collin. His vision is mine. Cee will follow Quinn until he dies, and Quinn's vision is Collin's. A physical union between Cee and I would diminish Collin's goals less than when you wished to take Kayden away from us."
"A physical union! I can't believe you're lusting after Cee." Michael flung his arm toward Quinn. Quinn slipped Cee back into his pocket and placed his hand over it.
"I am not lusting. I have seen the possibilities, and I am curious what you and Kayden find so fulfilling in the act. But if Cee is unwilling, I wouldn't care either way. I am, after all, just a machine with no flesh or hormones." He swung his head back and rested it on the floor, away from them.
Quinn rushed to him and leapt into the saddle, quickly securing the straps around him. Jake turned as soon as they were tight and ran through the hide door.
Jake shot north of the village, making his way around it. Slowly Quinn relaxed. As they reached the south point where the Capitol and Reese River merged, Jake shot up in a spiral. Then he came down again, and flew just above the Reese River until they were on the far side of Collin's property.
Jake landed on a bluff overlooking the water, and Quinn dismounted.
"You're upset," came Cee's voice.
Quinn thought he was talking to him, but Jake snaked his head around to touch Cee's pocket. "I do not lust. Friendship is enough. I do not need marriage."
"But you want me to be female?"
"I am going for a swim." Jake jumped off the bluff into the water leaving them alone.
Quinn sat on the ground. "You want Jake to like you, don't you?"
"I like her," Jake said in his ear.
"I am confused. I want to help Shanika have her pegasus. I didn't think anyone would care if I was a male or female unit. Do you care? I can tell if you lie to me, Quinn."
"Really? I don't think I've ever lied to you."
"No. Not yet. But you did when you told Mr. Burns the accident wasn't his son's fault."
Quinn shrugged. "But he couldn't change it now, and his son felt bad enough for causing his dad to lose his finger by his carelessness. Didn't want the dad to hate him."
They sat in the darkness. Clouds obscured the moons, and Quinn could no longer see Jake. He lay back, looking for any sign of the stars he knew were still there.
"Do you care whether I'm male or female? You were shocked earlier."
"Surprised, yes. I always thought 'he' in my mind. But… You really think this will work? You're not just doing it for Shanika, are you?"
"I am not sure what I am doing. The thought just occurred to me as Kayden discussed possibilities. But I do like the idea of having a purpose that is different from Jake's."
"You don't want to hunt dragons?"
"I will still be able to hunt, won't I? Except when I'm very pregnant as Collin pointed out." There was a very slight pause, and then Cee whispered into his ear the way he did when Jake wasn't supposed to listen in. "I just want to be special, Quinn, not a clone of Jake. Will you love me as much if I'm not just like him? Will you love me as much if I am? He can give you all the rides you want and hunt with you. I couldn't do anything more than that for you. You were very happy when Rae had her calves. I want to make you happy, too."
"Cee, you've become my closest friend. Even with Collin I cannot speak so freely. You don't have to give birth to make me happy. A friendship like ours isn't conditional."
"You mean like Michael loves Kayden whether she can have children or not?"
"Exactly. Real friends don't place that kind of pressure on each other. If that's what you really want, Cee, I'll be with you through every delivery, every miscarriage, and every triumph. If not, I'll never miss it. I promise. Shanika will get a pegasus some other way. If Collin can make dragons without dragon-wombs, then he can make pegasus."
"I wouldn't be special, would I?"
"Sure you would. You'll always be special to me. And I know Collin loved the idea. He probably saw possibilities in your idea that you and I couldn't even imagine."
"Collin really was pleased, wasn't he?" Cee's voice seemed to relax. "And Jake? He will not tell me what he's thinking about this. He said marriage and then changed his mind."
"Do you want to marry Jake?"
"I do not even know if I will be female yet."
Quinn smiled. "Maybe that's why Jake said that. He didn't change his mind. He just didn't want to pressure you either. After all you're going to be that beautiful royal blue. A man can't help but think marriage when he sees a beautiful female."
Cee's voice lifted. "Marriage? Is that all men really think, Quinn?"
Quinn laughed. Cee had never teased him before. He… She was getting over her timidness. "I can't fool you, can I?"
"I will always be loyal to you, even if Jake wanted…." She paused and then said dryly, "marriage."
Quinn rubbed the pocket which held Cee. "I know. Jake is right. We are all working toward Collin's goals. I don't anticipate a problem."
"If there is, you would come first." There was a moment of silence, and when Cee spoke again her voice was subdued. "I hope he never forces me to betray you. I trust him now. I keep expecting he will call me a silly, stupid robot, but he never does. He never pries. He is not even listening now. But if he did want something, I know he can crush me just like Butler did. I thought Butler was my friend, but he kept pushing me around and taking what he wanted. I couldn't stop him. Please don't hate me if Jake takes my data."
"I won't hate you. You tell me if anything happens like that. Cee, sometimes I don't fight, thinking I can't win anyway. But a couple times recently I did fight, and I won. Maybe you're just as strong as they are, but you don't know it yet."
"No. I know I am not. Once when I fought hard, Butler wiped out a piece of my memory. I do not know if he got the information before he purged it from me, or if it was destroyed in the fight. Michael was angry I had forgotten his appointments, and I have a small section in my core that can never hold data again. It is permanent damage, and if a fight escalates that far again more damage will occur until I cannot function at all."
Quinn closed his eyes tight and rubbed his pocket. "My lungs were damaged when my father broke my ribs. Some winters I get bronchitis or pneumonia. Not recently because Collin always catches it early now. But I don't want you hurt again. When you are a dragon, can't you fly out of range if someone starts to hurt you?"
"Jake could follow me. But I do think I trust Jake as much as I trust you and Collin now. Sometimes I have wanted to be just like him. Jake is asking if we are ready for him and Collin to join us."
Quinn sat up. "Are you?"
"Yes. I am ready. And I wish to be a female dragon."


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I do not have a morning routine except for drinking a glass of water—hydration is key!—and splashing my face with cold water as soon as I wake up. My main night routine however, except for the kind of moisturizers, is also applicable in the mornings.
It's fragrance-free and pH neutral! My work here is done.
I shower before bedtime and regularly use Dove. Cleansing is as straightforward and traditional as it gets: wet face, apply soap, rub-rub-rub, rinse, and pat dry—don't scrub the towel roughly, please. Thank you.
At other times of the day on the odd chance that I needed to cleanse, or when I'm being plain lazy, there's Cetaphil. It works better on dry than damp skin, hence my waterless application. Weird and icky at first but hey, it works! Pour a small amount of liquid on clean palms then gently massage on face in a circular motion. Pat away the excess with a clean towel.
** Tuut, tuut, tuut. Paraben warning. Cetaphil has parabens, chemicals linked to breast cancer that are used as preservative in many cosmetic products. I still occasionally try prods with parabens, sodium lauryl sulfate (irritant), their derivatives, and etc. But, to be too cautious is better than to be too careless. Or something. So my advice—that I can't always follow :'(—is to minimize or stop patronizing these products altogether.
Ah, I love this. The scent is just lovely—a faint, lemony sweet heaven! Plus it's all-natural, yay me!
Frankly, I love Human Nature products in general. They're lightly fragrant, organic and easy on the budget. Plus the sales staff is super friendly! I've been to three stores in three different major PH cities in three different islands (lol) and it's the same bright and pleasant treatment. Kudos to their customer relations policy. They have an online shop too but I've never tried it.
The scent is a tad too overpowering and it's kinda sticky. That said, the thing is still alive in my regimen solely because of how soft and smooth my face feels post-application. I believe that it really is hydrating.
If you're into whitening, note that although it's labeled thus, the effect is most likely so minimal that it might as well be nonexistent.
For both products, squeeze a decent amount of toner on a cotton ball or pad and apply gently in a circular motion. Toning has its benefits but it isn't as crucial as cleansing and moisturizing. So go ahead and skip it if you're too tired or just plain lazy. We're not a dictatorship here, y'know. Fufufu.
100% Cosmetic-grade sunflower oil. Before, I always wake up with a face you can virtually fry eggs on. When I started applying SBO every night, my face upon waking is more supple and isn't as oily anymore.
Great for tons of other thingy-things too. Nails, hair, dry patches like knees and elbows…even for the occasional stuck zipper.
Apply a half-pump of oil on clean palms, rub 'em together and pat on face, concentrating on dry areas. I have oily skin but I find that indents on the side of my nose get a teeny bit dry in colder weather, so pat-pat-pat.
I use this alternatingly with SBO. It packs a huge moisturizing punch but I've applied it too thickly one too many times. The sticky-feeling is barf-worthy, I tell you. I'm not a fan of the smell too.
A tiny amount of Nivea Crème goes a long way. (1) Use the index and middle finger to swipe some product, (2) dot-dot-dot on cheeks, nose, chin and forehead, (3) then spread-galore. Pay attention to under eye skin too. I use the ring finger and dot-dot-dot (no rubbing!) a miniscule amount 'til the opaque white of the cream is no more.
If I applied too much, I just splash my face with cold water. The overwhelming urge to wipe the thing off, burn the can and swear not to lay eyes nor finger on it ever again, will disappear…until the next time I apply it too much, that is.
Even inside the safety (and peace and coolness and darkness) of our homes, UV protection is still paramount. King Sun, I love thee but I also want to stay young and healthy. I mean no disrespect. Bow.
Presenting, my Holy Grail face sun screen. SPF50, PA++++. The texture is airy, the scent is not too strong. It's gentle, moisturizing and leaves a momentary cool feeling upon application. There's absolutely no white cast. Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! I'm inluurve.
If you find that 1 teaspoon is too much, I suggest putting a layer first, letting it dry, then applying another.
An alternative favorite of mine is Cèleteque Sun Care Facial Moisturizer Spf 15. It's a light, fragrance-free moisturizer, perfect for staying home on gloomy or rainy days. Yay!
I get pimples quite often, more when I'm a week away from my period. They're not hideously numerous but two or three is still not zero. Grrrr! To all you girls (and boys) with clear, smooth, acne-free skin. RAWR! Congratulations in your good fortune a.k.a. genes. Fufufu.
It works! I apply some on as soon as I see one and the next day, the zit is dry and on its way to healing. It rarely leaves scars or discoloration too!
Dab-not-rub, they said. But I find that if I just dab the stuff, too much product covers the pimple and it's more inflamed the next day! It also leaves dark spots. Later on, I learned that swiping an oh-so-small amount—just enough for a theeny-thin layer—does the trick.
I wish they'd changed the packaging, though. The way the bottle opening protrudes from the cover just screams unhygienic to me.
Is it just me or is there too much HN in here? Sorry, went on a spree not too long ago.
Two in one! I love 2-in-1s! The product is colored a purple-gray with tiny brown beads. It looks so much like fruity ice cream and smells like one too. Yum.
Some put it on overnight but I've never tried that.
In the shower, (1) I cleanse my face, (2) gunk a thick layer of the stuff evenly, (3) then leave it be to clean the rest of my bod. (4)Afterwards, I go back to my face and rub gently. Gently is the name of the game, baby. Believe me, I've made the mistake of scrubbing too hard multiple times and the result is stuff for nightmares of nightmare creatures. (5) Rinse, (6) and moisturize. A lot. More than usual, at least.
I exfoliate once a week or whenever I feel like it. It's advisable to do it twice.
PSS: This routine is revolving. They're not set on stone but these are what currently works among the (prolly) hundreds I've tried. I usually like to try new stuff and mix & match. This unskin-friendly habit started way back in college but what do I do, I can't staahp! Haalp!
Fingers on face is a no-no unless applying.
Exfoliate a couple times per week.
Sleep early and sleep well.
Wash with water no more than twice a day with lukewarm or cool water.
Wow you're truly an expert! I for hydration use nivea and bio-oil to prevent any tipe of bacteria in my skin its really useful!
I am going through most of the posts you've published about the face and body care products. I haven't been able to read all of them in detail yet but I like very much the stuff you've published about Forest Essentials products. I don't think that they are available where I live but I've really fallen in love with them. Thank you Raff.


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When: Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Where: Museo Galileo
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The circulation of Galileo's name and ideas was not limited to the philosophical and scientific circles of the day, as was the case for other figures who played a role in the birth of modern science. His work had a much vaster impact and contributed to discussion and controversies in both the religious and political spheres. Immediately after his death in 1642, but above all from the middle of the 18th century to the end of the 19th century, Galileo's condemnation by the Inquisition (on 22 June 1633) and his forced abjuration fostered the construction of the myth of the Tuscan scientist as a symbol of the freedom to conduct scientific research in the pursuit of truth without restriction by religious or political powers.
This vast field of study remains in large part unexplored. The aim of the international conference is to examine some of the most important themes linked to the Tuscan scientist and his complex legacy, a legacy that has profoundly marked the continent and makes Galileo one of the defining figures of the European identity even today.
The conference marks the conclusion of a three-year PRIN Project (Progetto di Ricerca di Interesse Nazionale) conducted by five research groups based in five Italian universities (Siena, Bergamo, Cagliari, Catania, and Roma III) and funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research.


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The Association of Destination Management Executives International, otherwise known as ADMEI is the professional organization that supports Destination Management Companies (DMCs) throughout the world. Their role is two-part; connecting clients with a global resource of Accredited DMCs and offering education for member DMCs to elevate their standards through training and an annual educational conference and awards recognition of the best of the best.
Corinthian Events is not only an Accredited DMC and a member of ADMEI, we are also a member of the Global DMC Partners (GDP), an elite group of top performing DMCs. Members of GDP were represented in many of the nominations and award winners during this year's ADMEI award presentation. Corinthian Events came home a winner once again with an award of Excellence in Meeting Services for our VF Investor Meeting Last Spring.
Jill Tate, Tamara O'Malley, and Jamie Hellesen headed out to Chicago to represent Corinthian Events at this year's ADMEI Annual Conference. Jill was honored to join the Certification and Accreditation Board and shared that she is amazed at the evolution of our industry. Jill shared "What was and still is sometimes thought of as party planning and not really a profession has evolved into over 200 professionals from around the world joining together to share best practices and elevate the hospitality industry. When amazing people come together and share their experiences, energy and excitement vibrates in a way you can truly feel. "
During the conference, a major snowstorm occurred, and the city was shutdown. It's like Chicago just wanted to test these elite DMCs! The local Chicago DMCs all came together to make a venue change on the fly. Logistics were smooth, no food was wasted and everyone danced the night away! Professionalism at its core.
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Our team had a blast reconnecting with friends and partners throughout the conference and of course at the end with a rockin' closing party.
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So, how do you get that concept of warm pressure applied to the setup setting?
And as example, because I know each one has his own style and taste, I´m using 0.55 both rear and front soft tyres in Lonato at 20ºC with no wind. Is it too low? Because it´s the best feeling I´m getting.
Are you serious or is that a joke? Of course you can be! What usually happens then is that because of the fact that the tires dont provide enough grip the kart starts sliding and because of that the tire temperature increases drastically. --> The pressure raises suddenly.
It was a joke mate, and I think I know what happens when the pressure is too low.
Surely CAN lower the temperature , so it CAN be funny! Hahahha . Á 20 ° 0.55 IS good paragraph you and THEN some non Turns Stay Very Hot hindering the piloting, excellent. Now if you thought that the car is too holding the general context would be good to lower the tire pressure . For example if giving the foot on the accelerator the car was tying , would be an option you work soften the axis , what do already enters another discussion! Any questions just ask . Sorry you are going wrong words , I am using translator.


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Calls to 'Cancel' Pence At Jefferson's University
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In 1817, three presidents of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and James Madison, along with Chief Justice John Marshall held a meeting on the subject of creating a university in Virginia. After some discussion, and likely a few drinks (they met at a tavern after all), they selected Charlottesville as the appropriate site for the University of Virginia. The college became so dear to the author of the Declaration of Independence that Jefferson included his leadership of the institution on his tombstone. Today, he's probably spinning underneath it as students call for more censorship of speakers they disagree with.
In an op-ed, the editorial board of the student newspaper The Daily Cavalier called for the university to block former Vice President Mike Pence from speaking on the grounds because "hateful rhetoric is violent — and this is impermissible." The screed continues: "The University's silence is deafening. Do not mistake this for neutrality, however. To be silent in the face of those like Pence is a choice — in this case, a choice to fail to protect the lives of those on Grounds who Pence blatantly threatens through his rhetoric and policies. To hide behind a sentiment that celebrates engaging with 'leaders and experts from a wide variety of fields and perspectives' is to actively undermine the values of diversity, honor, integrity, trust and respect that the University purports to celebrate. Silence in the face of a homophobic, racist and transphobic politician only makes room for such 'perspectives' at our University."
The panic-stricken oped did receive some pushback from students. Emma Camp, a senior at UVA, took to Twitter to say, "I get it, Pence upsets people (and I encourage them to protest outside the event.) But in no way will this event kill anyone. This will not endanger anyone's physical safety. To use such language makes it difficult to clearly talk about actual persecution. We need to be able to say that we think something is bad without also calling it murderous. Words have meaning, and I'm disappointed that CavDaily gave into concept creep here, and called something "violent" which emphatically isn't."
Camp's message followed an op-ed of her own in The New York Times in which she wrote: "I went to college to learn from my professors and peers. I welcomed an environment that champions intellectual diversity and rigorous disagreement. Instead, my college experience has been defined by strict ideological conformity. Students of all political persuasions hold back — in class discussions, in friendly conversations, on social media — from saying what we really think. Even as a liberal who has attended abortion rights demonstrations and written about standing up to racism, I sometimes feel afraid to fully speak my mind.
In the classroom, backlash for unpopular opinions is so commonplace that many students have stopped voicing them, sometimes fearing lower grades if they don't censor themselves."
Long gone are the days when college students demanded free speech no matter what. Students at the University of Virginia, the public university with the most DEI staff in the entire country at 95 employees, want to replace the children's nursery rhyme of "sticks and stones may break my bones by words will never hurt me" with "words will always hurt me, so we better grab some sticks and stones."
The U.S. News and World Report states that the price of tuition at the University of Virginia is $19,698 for Virginia residents and $53,666 for those attending from out of state. Room and board costs over $12,500.
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NBA | Must-Haves | 4/13/19
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NBA | Must-Haves | 4/9/19
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