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Here is how Wednesday's game between the Lynx and Seattle started at Target Center:
The Lynx won the tip but turned the ball over. At the other end a Minnesota defender went under a screen, leaving Natasha Howard wide-open for a three-pointer.
Freeze that image.
Because for the first three quarters, this is how the game went. Which is why Seattle's final 11-point margin in its 90-79 victory is a little misleading.
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And why coach Cheryl Reeve was trying so hard to bite her tongue after it ended.
"I'll listen to my mom,'' she said. "I don't have a lot of nice things to say about our defense.''
To put it mildly.
For the first 35½ minutes of this game, the Storm (11-8) got pretty much any shot it wanted, then made them in its third straight win. It began early when — counter to the game plan Reeve and her staff had stressed in the morning shoot-around — Lynx defenders consistently went under screens, leaving shooters such as Sami Whitcomb (15 points on 5-for-11 shooting on three-pointers) wide open.
Seattle was up 16 after Whitcomb hit a three-pointer with 8:05 left in the game.
And then?
Scoring 12 points off seven Seattle turnovers, the Lynx stormed back. The frenetic 19-4 Lynx run pulled Minnesota within one point on Danielle Robinson's baseline jumper with 3 minutes, 33 seconds left.
Howard then missed at the other end. Robinson had an open 16-footer, but missed.
And suddenly it was over.
The Storm settled down and scored the game's final 10 points to secure the victory.
The run was a 4½-minute exception to the way Seattle ruled. The rest of the game Seattle outscored the Lynx 86-60.
Howard took advantage of her matchup with rookie Napheesa Collier to score a career-high 33 points on 12-for-21 shooting. Alysha Clark and Jordin Canada each scored 12.
The Lynx (10-8) got 20 points from Lexie Brown off the bench, signaling, perhaps, the end of her mini-shooting slump. Ten of those came in that 19-4 run. Sylvia Fowles had 16, Robinson 14.
Other than that? Seattle slew.
"They just came out and punched us, the whole first half,'' Robinson said. "We're used to fighting from the start. That's definitely a little disappointing.''
The Storm's 26 points in the first quarter and 50 points at the half were season-highs by a Lynx foe, as were its 12 made three-pointers.
"It's very frustrating to have a game plan, you go and work on things, and you don't get it done,'' Fowles said. "It's quite frustrating.''
In the end, Seattle's 53.2% shooting was hard to overcome. Afterward Reeve tried — sometimes unsuccessfully — to hold her tongue, at one point suggesting her 4½-year-old son Oliver was yelling from his seat for the Lynx not to go under picks.
"If you were at our shoot-around and listened to what the game plan was, and then watched us play?'' she said.
"Just wasn't very good. … I don't like getting run out of the gym on your home court.''
Kent Youngblood has covered sports for the Star Tribune for more than 20 years.
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On the 19th of October I received 2 letters informing me that I had contravened a bus lane in Bradford on the 3rd of October, and was required to pay a fine of £30 for each contravention.
I paid the fines the next day (on the 20th October) and was also advised that there was a third fine outstanding and that I "just hadn't received the letter yet - it would be in the post".
I paid all 3 £30 charges, however I have not received a letter informing me of the third contravention, and without this letter and evidence it is impossible to say if I actually am liable for the charge, or whether the council worker made a mistake and I ended up paying one £30 charge too many.
I also believe you have 30 days to send the letter and evidence, so I advise you either comply with the legislation and provide written details (via letter and accompanying picture evidence), or refund me the third charge as soon as possible.
Incidentally, I am aware you shouldn't drive through bus-lanes and I hold my hands up to this heinous transgression, but Bradford city centre has become horrendous to drive around, it's convoluted and confusing - when I drove on Market Street on a Sunday, I saw no buses, nor was a danger to others.
This whole expensive saga has meant I will simply avoid Bradford town centre in future and will shop in either Keighley or Leeds, both of which are far friendlier to motorists than Bradford seems to be.
It will be a shame when Bradford becomes (even more of) a ghost-town, but at least you'll have nice empty bus-lanes.
You tell 'em, boy. And without evidence you don't need to pay, surely?
I did the same in Leeds.
Went down a road in City Square that I had used ever since I started to drive.
I was flagged to one side by a policeman and given a ticket.
That road is now buses only and I had not seen the sign as too busy watching the traffic and the lights.
Let us know if they reply though I'd say please don't hold your breath.
Some years ago I was fined for parking in the wrong place in MK city centre but thier parking attendant was on a different plane because he put the day of the week and the date and time incorrectly on the ticket...Sorted in'it.
Well writ Neil and good luck.


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MLAs who support the Nova Scotia Film Industry – Karla MacFarlane
April 13, 2016 April 14, 2016 Paul Andrew Kimball 0 Comment Karla MacFarlane, Nova Scotia film industry, Nova Scotia PC Party
I have written a number of columns over the past week that detailed the true nature of the Liberal government's regressive film industry policy since last April's budget (here, here, here and here). It's been the epitome of bad governance on myriad levels, and any individual success that my fellow producers have had (or will have in the future) under the new system will be in spite of, and not because of, the actions of the Liberal government.
A silver lining in this ongoing fiasco, however, has been the performance of a number of members of both opposition parties. After all of the well-deserved criticism directed at the Liberals, I thought it would be a good idea to highlight some of the MLAs who have been staunch and eloquent supporters of the Nova Scotia film industry in the past year.
Pictou West MLA Karla MacFarlane
Karla MacFarlane is the Progressive Conservative MLA for Pictou West. The owner and operator of The Ship Hector Company Store in Pictou and an active community volunteer, she was first elected to the House of Assembly in 2013. She is currently a member of the Human Resources and Law Amendments Committees, and is the Progressive Conservative critic for the Environment, Municipal Relations, the Public Service Commission & Communities, Culture & Heritage. You can follow her on Twitter here, Facebook here, and Instagram here.
On April 22, 2015, during the debate over the cuts to film industry funding and the dismantling of Film and Creative Industries Nova Scotia, MacFarlane stood in the House of Assembly and asked Finance Minister Diana Whalen two pointed questions about the changes to the film financing system in Nova Scotia would undermine the ability of producers here to access monies from the Canada Media Fund, and how statements made by the government with respect to the film tax credit were not correct. Here is that exchange:
MACFARLANE: Mr. Speaker, my question through you is for the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board. The Canadian Film Capital Corporation has supported productions in Nova Scotia for over 15 years, representing more than 950 productions. On April 21st the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board and her deputy received correspondence from CFC, who were compelled to provide factual information regarding the Nova Scotia Film Tax Credit and the actual impacts of the changes imposed. I will table this document. To remain competitive in a global landscape, the CFC cautioned that Nova Scotia must remain vigilant and ensure that the Nova Scotia tax credit is perceived as stable, reliable and predictable by domestic and foreign producers alike. Has the letter been reviewed by the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board and her deputy, and is it being given the weight it deserves as the discussions with the film industry continue?
WHALEN: Mr. Speaker, I appreciate that. I'm sure the member opposite knows there have been many letters, we've been reading them, looking at them, studying them, understanding them. I indicated earlier that we have certainly taken everything very seriously and, as I said today, the parties have been meeting. It has been collaborative, and we will meet again tomorrow.
MACFARLANE: Mr. Speaker, I thank the minister for her answer. The Canada Media Fund also wrote to the Premier, the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board, her deputy, and others. Valerie Creighton, president and CEO, states that under the government's changed credit, The Book of Negroes simply would not have been made. She is firm in saying: "Your contention that not all $122 million of Nova Scotia film and television production volume can be attributed to the FITC, as it 'includes the value of funding from the Canada Media Fund which would be made in the Province without a tax credit in place . . .' is incorrect." My question is, with growing evidence from these experts, will this government act in good faith and restore a workable credit that the industry can actually use to generate investment and save jobs in Nova Scotia?
WHALEN: As the member opposite knows, we have been working in good faith. There have been a number of long meetings – good, but long and real working meetings – to discuss and better understand the position of the industry, how we can go forward. I mentioned that in the first meeting both parties said of course we want to have an ongoing film industry here in Nova Scotia. We have a meeting of the minds about that, and now it's working together to make that happen.
The next day, on April 23, 2015, MacFarlane followed up with two more questions to Whalen that got directly to the heart of the matter and pointed out the hypocrisy of the government's claims that they were "working with the industry in good faith" when they failed to consult with them beforehand. MacFarlane also highlighted how the Liberal government's policies were particularly harmful to rural Nova Scotia. Here is that exchange:
MACFARLANE: Mr. Speaker, my question through you is to the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board. After weeks of chaos and uncertainty among Nova Scotia's film industry, the government still has not admitted that they made a mistake, admitted that they broke a promise, or accurately assessed the revenue generated by the industry. It begs the question of whether or not the government actually believes that the film and TV industry contributes positively to Nova Scotia's economy by generating jobs and income for all Nova Scotians. Why has the government been working to undermine and limit the growth of this industry by proposing damaging alternatives without advance consultations?
WHALEN: Mr. Speaker, again, I think the honourable member opposite is going a bit beyond the facts here in this case, because the industry has not been harmed in the way she is suggesting. The credit exists. There is $24 million in this year's budget. Everybody knows that. We're discussing the parameters for the future years and how that will affect the out-years. We're looking for the mechanism – the way to unlock the dollars so that they have the best use for Nova Scotians and the best benefit to Nova Scotia and also continue to support an industry that requires that level of support.
MACFARLANE: Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the minister for her answers, but I do know that in my constituency, it has been damaging. We possibly have just lost five films. In Opposition, the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board lauded the film industry and the tax credit, saying, "We introduced the film tax credit when the Liberals were in government. It has been strengthened over time, with the support of all Parties." I'll table that. The minister was aware then that this credit, created 20 years ago, has generated significant benefits for the Province of Nova Scotia and helped to grow this industry. Why did the government target the film industry in their budget after supporting the tax credit while in Opposition and formalizing the support in their platform?
WHALEN: Mr. Speaker, again, I can assure all members of the House that there was a great deal of research done, as I've said here previously. Research was done and it was checked and double-checked. But what's very important, and I think all of us should remember – and I said it here in estimates at some length – there are different measures of economic impact or fiscal impact or taxes returned to the Province of Nova Scotia for our investment. We agree with Screen Nova Scotia and members of the industry that we've got two valid measures; they simply are not lined up. They're both valid. That's very important. I'd like to just, before I finish the answer to my question, remind all members that when the credit was introduced in 1994, it covered 30 per cent of the industry's labour costs for any production and it had a cap. In 2010, the cap came off. Thank you.
MacFarlane pointed out the key flaws in the Liberal approach: that there was absolutely no consultation by the government with industry and stakeholders, that the government broke its election promise to maintain the tax credit system as structured, that the government's actions contradicted their own previous statements about the economic importance of the film industry to Nova Scotia and the effectiveness of the tax credit in building and maintaining the success of the industry, and that the government had clearly targeted the film industry. The answers from Whalen were both revealing (that the Liberal plan wasn't some spur-of-the-moment whim, but rather something that they had researched and thought about internally at some length) and absurd (that the film industry metrics provided by the Screen Nova Scotia and the metrics provided by the Liberals were both valid, despite telling two radically different stories).
MacFarlane with Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie, another vocal opponent of the Liberal government's anti-film industry policies.
Finally, here is an excerpt from a letter to the editor of the New Glasgow Evening News that MacFarlane wrote in May, 2015, wherein she notes the film industry controversy within the context of Liberal policies that were on the whole devastating for rural Nova Scotia:
I went into this session of legislature optimistic about the future of our province and with the hopes of a budget that cut wasteful spending and offered plans for the future and job creation.
Instead we got a budget that is taking away jobs and making it more difficult for people and industries, like the film industry, to survive. I voted against the Liberal budget because it does nothing for rural Nova Scotians…
During the election campaign in 2013, the Liberals promised the film industry that if elected they would not cut the film tax credit. The McNeil government cut the film tax credit on budget day putting our province at a competitive disadvantage. This is another example of a decision where the full impact of the consequences won't be felt until it is too late.
These are just three examples of MacFarlane's ongoing support of the film and television industry, and her understanding of the key issues involved. While the Liberals have spent the past year showing Nova Scotians what bad governance looks like, MacFarlane has stood out on the film industry controversy as a dedicated proponent of a system that worked well for twenty years. In the process, she has demonstrated to Nova Scotians that there are informed, reasonable and honest alternatives to the regressive and bad faith austerity-based politics practiced by the government of Stephen McNeil.
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package org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.util;

import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
import org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.parse.BeanTag;
import org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.parse.BeanTagAttribute;
import org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.uif.UifDictionaryBeanBase;
import org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.UifConstants;
import org.kuali.rice.krad.util.KRADUtils;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * This object represents a url in the Krad framework.  The url can be set explicitly to a specific href or a
 * controller
 * plus a viewId can be provided (at very minimum).  By default, the krad base bean config points the baseUrl property
 * to 'krad.url' configuration property and the methodToCall to 'start', but these can be reset to any value as needed.
 *
 *

 * If href is not set, the generated value of href is constructed (in general) as follows:

 * baseUrl + /controllerMapping + ? + methodToCall param + viewId param + other parameters
 *

 * with any necessary tokens to construct a valid url.  If baseUrl is not provided, the url is not valid and a
 * blank string is returned.
 *

 *
 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
 */
@BeanTag(name = "url", parent = "Uif-Url")
public class UrlInfo extends UifDictionaryBeanBase implements Serializable {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 3195177614468120958L;

    private String href;
    private String originalHref;
    private String baseUrl;
    private String controllerMapping;
    private String viewType;
    private String viewId;
    private String pageId;
    private String formKey;
    private String methodToCall;
    private Map<String, String> requestParameters;

    /**
     * Base constructor
     */
    public UrlInfo() {}

    /**
     * Constructor that initializes an href value
     *
     * @param href the href value
     */
    public UrlInfo(String href) {
        this.href = href;
        this.originalHref = href;
    }

    /**
     * Constructor that sets the base url construction properties
     *
     * @param baseUrl the baseUrl
     * @param controllerMapping the controllerMapping
     * @param viewId the id of the view
     * @param methodToCall the methodToCall
     */
    public UrlInfo(String baseUrl, String controllerMapping, String viewId, String methodToCall) {
        this.baseUrl = baseUrl;
        this.controllerMapping = controllerMapping;
        this.viewId = viewId;
        this.methodToCall = methodToCall;
    }

    public boolean isFullyConfigured() {
        boolean fullyConfigured = false;

        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(href)) {
            fullyConfigured = true;
        }
        else if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(baseUrl) && StringUtils.isNotBlank(controllerMapping)) {
            fullyConfigured = true;
        }

        return fullyConfigured;
    }

    /**
     * Generate the url based on properties of this object
     *
     * @return the generatedUrl, blank if not a valid url (no baseUrl value provided)
     */
    protected String generateUrl() {
        String generatedUrl = "";

        if (StringUtils.isBlank(baseUrl)) {
            return generatedUrl;
        }

        generatedUrl = baseUrl;

        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(controllerMapping) && !controllerMapping.startsWith("/")) {
            generatedUrl = generatedUrl + "/" + controllerMapping;
        } else if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(controllerMapping)) {
            generatedUrl = generatedUrl + controllerMapping;
        }

        Map<String, String> allRequestParameters = new HashMap<String, String>();

        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(methodToCall)) {
            allRequestParameters.put(UifConstants.CONTROLLER_METHOD_DISPATCH_PARAMETER_NAME, methodToCall);
        }

        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(viewId)) {
            allRequestParameters.put(UifConstants.UrlParams.VIEW_ID, viewId);
        }

        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(pageId)) {
            allRequestParameters.put(UifConstants.UrlParams.PAGE_ID, pageId);
        }

        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(formKey)) {
            allRequestParameters.put(UifConstants.UrlParams.FORM_KEY, formKey);
        }

        if (requestParameters != null) {
            allRequestParameters.putAll(requestParameters);
        }

        //add the request parameters
        generatedUrl = generatedUrl + KRADUtils.getRequestStringFromMap(allRequestParameters);

        return generatedUrl;
    }

    /**
     * Get the href value for this url object.  This is the main call to this url object as it provides the full href
     * value represented by this object.
     *
     *

     * If href has NOT been explicitly set to a value, the href is generated by
     * constructing pieces of the url set through the properties of this url object.
     * The generated value of href is constructed (in general) as follows:

     * baseUrl + /controllerMapping + ? + methodToCall param + viewId param + other parameters
     *

     * with any necessary tokens to construct a valid url.  If baseUrl is not provided, the url is not valid and a
     * blank string is returned.
     *

     *
     * @return THE href represented by this url object, or blank if not valid
     */
    @BeanTagAttribute
    public String getHref() {
        if (StringUtils.isBlank(this.href)) {
            this.href = generateUrl();
        }

        return href;
    }

    /**
     * Explicitly set the href value - if this is called with a value, all other properties of the url object are
     * ignored.  This call is basically a full override.  This also sets the orginalHref value.
     *
     * @param href
     */
    public void setHref(String href) {
        this.href = href;
        this.originalHref = href;
    }

    /**
     * The base url value (the value that comes before other properties).  Default base bean value is set to use
     * 'krad.url' of the configuration properties.
     *
     * @return the baseUrl
     */
    @BeanTagAttribute
    public String getBaseUrl() {
        return baseUrl;
    }

    /**
     * Set the baseUrl
     *
     * @param baseUrl
     */
    public void setBaseUrl(String baseUrl) {
        this.baseUrl = baseUrl;
    }

    /**
     * The controllerMapping for the url (string that represents the controllerMapping path appended to baseUrl)
     *
     * @return the controllerMapping string
     */
    @BeanTagAttribute
    public String getControllerMapping() {
        return controllerMapping;
    }

    /**
     * Set the controllerMapping
     *
     * @param controllerMapping
     */
    public void setControllerMapping(String controllerMapping) {
        this.controllerMapping = controllerMapping;
    }

    /**
     * The viewType representing the View's base type
     *
     * @return the viewType
     */
    @BeanTagAttribute
    public String getViewType() {
        return viewType;
    }

    /**
     * Set the viewType
     *
     * @param viewType
     */
    public void setViewType(String viewType) {
        this.viewType = viewType;
    }

    /**
     * ViewId representing the view by id to retrieve
     *
     * @return the viewId
     */
    @BeanTagAttribute
    public String getViewId() {
        return viewId;
    }

    /**
     * Set viewId
     *
     * @param viewId
     */
    public void setViewId(String viewId) {
        this.viewId = viewId;
    }

    /**
     * PageId representing the page of the view to retrieve by id
     *
     * @return the pageId
     */
    @BeanTagAttribute
    public String getPageId() {
        return pageId;
    }

    /**
     * Set pageId
     *
     * @param pageId
     */
    public void setPageId(String pageId) {
        this.pageId = pageId;
    }

    /**
     * FormKey representing the key of the form data to retrieve
     *
     * @return the formKey
     */
    @BeanTagAttribute
    public String getFormKey() {
        return formKey;
    }

    /**
     * Set the formKey
     *
     * @param formKey
     */
    public void setFormKey(String formKey) {
        this.formKey = formKey;
    }

    /**
     * MethodToCall representing the methodToCall on the controller (default base bean value is 'start')
     *
     * @return methodToCall on controller
     */
    @BeanTagAttribute
    public String getMethodToCall() {
        return methodToCall;
    }

    /**
     * Set the methodToCall
     *
     * @param methodToCall
     */
    public void setMethodToCall(String methodToCall) {
        this.methodToCall = methodToCall;
    }

    /**
     * Map of key value pairs that will be appended to the request parameters to pass in any custom data
     *
     * @return the requestParameters map
     */
    @BeanTagAttribute
    public Map<String, String> getRequestParameters() {
        return requestParameters;
    }

    /**
     * Set the requestParameters
     *
     * @param requestParameters
     */
    public void setRequestParameters(Map<String, String> requestParameters) {
        this.requestParameters = requestParameters;
    }

    /**
     * The original(set) href value.  This is generally used to determine if the href was explicitly set and not
     * generated by this url object.
     *
     * @return the original(set) href value
     */
    public String getOriginalHref() {
        return originalHref;
    }

    /**
     * toString returns the original href value of url
     *
     * @param originalHref original href value
     */
    protected void setOriginalHref(String originalHref) {
        this.originalHref = originalHref;
    }

    /**
     * toString override returns the href value of url
     *
     * @return href value
     */
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return this.getHref();
    }

}

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Sam Hampton is a Researcher in the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford and Research Fellow at the University of Bath. His research focuses on the governance of the zero-carbon transition, and he has conducted empirical and theoretical work on SMEs, low-carbon intermediaries, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, energy innovation and programme evaluation. Sam has worked as a low-carbon advisor with Local Enterprise Partnerships, providing support to SMEs to reduce their carbon footprints. Building on his research and consulting experience, he co-created the online course 'Promoting Sustainability in Business' to support SME intermediaries seeking to effect pro-environmental change. He has published articles in journals such as Joule, Energy Research & Social Science, and Local Economy; and presented his work to government and business networks. Sam is a member of the BEIS SME Working Group.
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Once again, the Fins win in unusual fashion. I'm 99 percent sure that every Miami fan (including myself) thought that game was over last Sunday when McCown through that touchdown late in the third quarter to put the Jets up by 14 points. Yet, somehow, someway Matt Moore is able to put up two touchdown drives while the defense takes care of the rest by holding New York scoreless in the fourth quarter.
Tonight, Miami will have to show that magic again as they battle against the Ravens. This is a team they have struggled mightily against for what seems like ten years now. Since this game is on such a short week, I will have to keep this week's preview short and sweet on what Miami needs to do to put up their fourth straight win.
On defense I believe it's pretty simple. They must be more consistent. Last Sunday, the Fin's defense gave up some big plays simply because they were making boneheaded mistakes. Their first TD was given up because Tankersley blew his coverage assignment. The second TD was given up on a drive where Jordan Phillips failed to make a simple tackle on 3rd and 19! It seemed like this defense could not get it going until the fourth quarter, where they shut the Jets out. Tonight, should be better for the defense.
The Ravens are one of the worst offenses right now and they have injuries across the board. This is a situation where Miami can be amazing on defense but they can also have a head scratcher of a game like last Sunday. Due to the to the short time between their previous game, I believe this defense might seem a little slow tonight, but in the end, they will get the job done.
On offense it's a different story. They have just been plain out pathetic. It seemed like this offense was gaining life with Jay Cutler at the beginning of the Jet's game. Then they seemed to die out later in the second quarter. I know a lot of people want to give Matt Moore all the praise for bringing this offense back to life, but we literally saw the same scenario play out with Jay Cutler last week in Atlanta. If Moore does well tonight, great! That does not mean that Jay Cutler still shouldn't be considered as the starter for this offense moving forward.
This is an attacking Raven's defense. For Miami's offense to be successful tonight, they will have to be just as aggressive. Miami should look at an even mix of run and pass to keep Baltimore on their toes. I feel like the play calling on offense will be the most crucial part for getting a victory.
I like how Miami has been able to come from behind late in games but I feel like they'll need to be more consistent tonight to be victorious. With Matt Moore under center, I have no clue how this offense will perform, especially on such a short week. Miami is the more talented team, but I have made it clear that until this offense performs well for a full game, I will not be predicting them to win any more games. At this point I feel like it's been the better choice. I enjoy seeing the Dolphins prove me wrong and I believe they can and possibly will do it again tonight. That is why I'm 'ironically' picking Baltimore to win tonight.


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Chad President Bows Out, Son Takes Command
byNdefru Melany - April 20, 2021
Announcement on the death of Idriss Deby Itno in Chad and his Son taking over is the flagship news of this day, April 20th 2021. The President killed, the son replaces him and the army retains power.
The Chadian scenario looks very much like a military coup d'état with the son who led the presidential guard who seized power from the grand ladies of the senior officers of the Chadian army. This scenario reminds us roughly of what the RSP did with Yacouba Isaac Zida when Blaise Compaore fled the country.
The news of Deby's death led to the de facto sudden disappearance of all institutions that were dissolved with a unilateral transition charter adopted by the military. Chad is entering a period of uncertainty with a rebellion that has not said its last word and a political class gagged by the iron regime.
The Chadian case also reminds us of what took place in the Democratic Republic of Congo when Laurent Désiré Kabila was assassinated by his close guard and the rise to power of his son Joseph Kabila
His son takes over but Chad is sick today, a worrying situation beyond Ndjamena because more than a thousand Chadian soldiers are in the Sahel.
Strongly a return to normal as quickly as possible for the Chadian people, victim of a situation imposed on them by the appetite for power. The return to stability of the country is essential for Chadian soldiers to continue serving elsewhere.
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SHSD Elementary Attendance Competition Winners Dec 2022
Roller Families, We are excited to announce our attendance competition winners for the month of December. The following classrooms had the highest attendance in their grade bands for the month! These classrooms will be awarded with a special prize. Our building attendance average overall for the month was 85.1% which was a very small decline from November, which was 88.7%. We know that we have had days off this month and that there continues to be an increase in illnesses. When students are healthy, it is extremely important to make sure that they are attending school. We'd like to see if we can reach 88% to start the new year! Grades K-2 Winner: Mr. Lesniak- 89% Runner Up: Ms. Rudy- 88% Grades 3-5 Winner: Mr. Gaffey- 88% Runner Up: Mr. Tang Sing- 87% Grade 6 and Self-Contained Classrooms Winner: Ms. Bellamy-Hunter- 87% Runner Up: Ms. Dougherty- 86% Keep up the great work families and students!!!
SHSD Elementary Attendance Competition Winners Nov 2022
Roller Families, We are excited to announce our attendance competition winners for the month of November. The following classrooms had the highest attendance in their grade bands for the month! These classrooms will be awarded with a special prize. Our building attendance average overall for the month was 88.7% which was a very small decline from October, which was 89.9%. We know that we have had days off this month and have some scheduled days off coming up to start December. We also know that there has been an increase in illnesses. When students are healthy, it is extremely important to make sure that they are attending school. We'd like to see if we can reach 90% for the month of December! Grades K-2 Winner: Ms. Drahus' Class- 92% Runner Up: Mr. Morris- 90% Grades 3-5 Winner: Ms. Toro's Class- 90% Runner Up: Mr. Houck and Ms. Howard's Class- 89% *Special shout out to Ms. Howard's and Mr. Houck's class for being the winner or runner-up for 3 months in a row! Keep it up!!! Grade 6 and Self-Contained Classrooms Winner: Ms. Brandon's and Mr. Porpilia's Class- 90% Runner Up: Ms. Foster's Class- 89% *Special shout out to Ms. Brandon's class for being the winner for 2 months in a row! Keep up the great work families and students!!!
SHSD Elementary Attendance Competition Winners Oct 2022
We are excited to announce our attendance competition winners for the month of October. The following classrooms had the highest attendance in their grade bands for the month! These classrooms will be awarded with a special prize. Our building attendance average overall for the month was 89.8% which was a very small decline from September which was 90%. Let's see if we can reach at least 91% attendance for the month of November! We will have a lot of vacation days this month so it is extra important to remember to be sure students are attending school when they are not sick! Remember, when you are Missing School you are Missing Out! Grades K-2 Winner: Ms. Drahus' Class- 92% Runner Up: Ms. Arigo and Mr. Morris- 91% Grades 3-5 Winner: Mrs. Howard's Class- 96% Runner Up: Mr. Houck's Class- 93% *Special shout out to Ms. Howard's and Mr. Houck's class for being the winner and runner-up for 2 months in a row! Keep it up!!! Grade 6 and Self-Contained Classrooms Winner: Ms. Brandon's Class- 95% Runner Up: Mrs. Stadel's and Mr. Lederer's Class- 93% Keep up the great work families and students!!!
SHSD Elementary Attendance Competition Winners Sept 2022
We are excited to announce our attendance competition winners for the month of September. The following classrooms had the highest attendance in their grade bands for the month! These classrooms will be awarded with a special prize. Our building attendance average overall for the month was 90%. Let's see if we can reach 93% for the month of October. Remember, when you are Missing School you are Missing Out! Grades K-2 Winner: Mr. Morris's Class- 96% Runner Up: Ms. Verbeken's Class & Ms. Drahus's Class- 94% Grades 3-5 Winner: Mrs. Howard's Class- 94% Runner Up: Mr. Houck's Class- 93% Grade 6 and Self-Contained Classrooms Winner: Mrs. Bellamy-Hunter's Class- 98% Runner Up: Mrs. Stadel's Class- 93%
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The Unfiltered History of Rolling Papers, Plus Tommy Chong's Big Fat Jamaican Vacation
By Ben Marks — May 29th, 2013
It's kind of ironic that Tommy Chong, the smokiest half of Cheech and Chong, is so closely associated with rolling papers. Sure the character he played on stage and in the movies was endlessly smoking fatties, and the comedy duo's second album, "Big Bambu," 1972, opened up like a booklet of Bambu rolling papers, with a Cheech and Chong-watermarked sheet inside. Then, in 1978, the pair was rolled into a joint for the poster advertising their film debut, "Up In Smoke."
"I'm not really a paper guy," says Chong over the phone, a few days before his 75th birthday. "I'm a pipe guy. I've always been a pipe guy, still to this day."
"One of the things I like about Alcoy is its sense of history."
Which is not to say Chong lacks, shall we say, experience with rolling papers. "We were on vacation in the mid-1980s in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. I had, um, arranged to buy some pot. The guy asked me 'how much?' and I said, 'Well, give me $10 worth, I guess.' And he brought me an armful of weed. Literally. An armful. So I sat in my vacation rental and cleaned it. It took me a whole day. I made it fine and beautiful, took all the twigs and seeds out of it, and then I proceeded to get a couple of books of papers, laid 'em out, and rolled. It was probably about an inch and a half in diameter and I would say eight inches long, maybe longer. It was perfect, a perfectly rolled joint. It lasted the whole time I was there."
Top: The poster for Cheech and Chong's 1978 film, "Up In Smoke," was based on the design of Bambu rolling papers. Above: This booklet is from around 1907.
Equally ironic is the fact that rolling papers are so closely associated with marijuana. In fact, according to a Canadian study, the average tobacco smoker who rolls his own cigarettes consumes 12-and-a-half sheets of rolling paper a day, whereas the average marijuana smoker consumes less than half a sheet. The reason for the disparity is obvious when you think about it for a second or two—lots of people smoke a dozen cigarettes a day, but how many people do you know who smoke that many joints in a 24-hour period? Even Chong doesn't do that.
"I smoke just a tiny little bit," he says, "a tiny little pellet. I learned that from an old jazz singer named Jon Hendricks of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. Before he'd go on stage he'd take these little tiny hash crumbs, and he'd put them in a filter cigarette and light it up. It's really one toke. And then he'd go on stage and sing like crazy. I learned my habits from the masters."
In fact, for Chong, rolling papers were always linked to tobacco. "I grew up in rural Calgary in Alberta, Canada," he says. "Tailor-made cigarettes, as they were called, were a rarity. Back in the day, you bought a can of tobacco, a pack of rolling papers, and rolled your own. The trick was to roll a cigarette one-handed, because you had your other hand on the wheel or holding the reins of your horse. I had a friend who could do it. I tried, but wasn't that great."
Josh Kesselman has been making RAW Rolling Papers in Alcoy, Spain, since 1995.
Josh Kesselman isn't great at it either, although as the founder of RAW Rolling Papers, you'd think he might be. Kesselman can roll a cigarette one-handed, he says, "If you don't mind a big mess. I learned how to do it from an old cowboy after I broke my thumb 11 years ago."
While Chong may have had his association with rolling papers imposed on him for marketing reasons, Kesselman sought it out, lured to the mysteries of rolling papers at an early age by his father, who would entertain his children at the dinner table with magic tricks, one of which was to light a sheet of Marfil Arroz rolling papers on fire and toss it in the air, causing it to vanish before young Josh's wide, impressionable eyes. (Because rice paper generates very little ash when set on fire, it appears to disappear, which is also why it's popular with smokers.)
Kesselman was drawn to rolling papers by the magic tricks his father would perform with Marfil rolling papers when he was a kid.
"I wouldn't have cared less about rolling papers had I not been enthralled as a kid watching that thing burn up in front of me," he says. "I think so much of what we do in life is based on things that happened to us as children. Sometimes you don't even realize it, but in my case, I did."
As an adult, Kesselman became a student of rolling papers, from their manufacture to their history, which led him to Alcoy, Spain, where, coincidentally, Cheech and Chong's Bambu rolling papers were first manufactured, where Kesselman's father's Marfil Arroz papers were produced, and where RAW, Elements, and other Kesselman-designed rolling papers are made today.
According to Kesselman, papermaking in Europe began in Alcoy in 1154, brought to Spain by the Moors, who learned the practice from the Chinese. "The original paper was mostly made out of hemp," he says, "but it was made out of anything with fiber. A lot of times they would recycle linens and rags, clothing-type stuff, anything that had fiber in it." Paper had been used for currency in China beginning around the 7th century; not surprisingly, that was one of its first uses in Europe, too.
These very rare booklets date from 1840 to 1850.
After tobacco was introduced to Spain from the New World in the 1500s, a tobacco trade developed in Europe in the 1600s. The aristocrats smoked Tommy Chong-size cigars, rolled in palm and tobacco leaves. When they were done smoking these enormous stogies, they would toss the butts on the ground, where peasants would pick them up, take them apart, and reroll what was left in small scraps of newspaper.
"There was probably green smoke and sparks coming off of them," Kesselman says of these early rolling papers. "It wouldn't have been like they were smoking a new New York Times. They were smoking paper that had lead and cadmium and God only knows what in that ink, which would have been running all over their hands."
By the time the custom of smoking made its way to Alcoy, Kesselman says, the papermakers there recognized the need for a special paper made just for smoking tobacco, so they produced a clean-burning, white, rolling paper, which they advertised by promoting its hygienic properties.
Pay-Pay exported its first rolling papers from Alcoy in 1703. This booket is probably from the early part of the 20th century. At right is a detail of the paper's decorative watermark.
The first rolling papers were produced as large sheets that users would fold and tear, which is how the standard, 1 1/4 size, sometimes called Spanish size, developed. Eventually a Dominican monk from nearby Xàtiva realized that the papers would be easier to use if they were cut to size and protected by a little booklet, and by 1703, a company in Alcoy, Pay-Pay, was exporting rolling papers in booklets outside of Spain.
Kesselman first started doing business in Alcoy in 1995, setting up shop in the town's second paper mill, which made its first rolling papers in 1764. "We could have purchased a paper machine, which is made in Spain, and brought it over here and processed paper," he says, "but why would you want to? Everything's there, all the stuff you need. We'd have been importing everything from Europe anyway. It didn't make sense. The acacia gum [also known as gum arabic] comes from Ethiopia and Sudan, and all the fibers [hemp, flax, rice] come from India overland. Alcoy's kind of centrally located for all of that."
For Kesselman, though, the reason to be in Alcoy, which he visits about four times a year, is about more than mere logistical convenience. "One of the things I like about Alcoy is its sense of history. There, you can sit on a mountainside where you can pick olives or almonds off trees planted by the Moors. There's just this sense of connectivity that feels genuine, real." Still, like the Moors, the rolling-paper industry has moved on. "Nobody's left in Alcoy except us," Kesselman says.
The colorful booklet at top is from 1923. The one of the hunter shooting the polar bear below it is from 1902.
Being the only rolling-paper producer in town is not without its advantages. "From time to time we outgrow our machines," he says, "and it's like, okay, we're making enough paper, and we're folding the paper, but we don't have the machine to get it into booklets. It's going to take six months to build that new machine, so what are we going to do in the meantime? Well, we go back to the old ways. We set up an old factory room the way it was done back in the early-to-mid 1900s, and fill it with a bunch of Spanish ladies, some guys but mostly ladies, who have these little wooden tools that hold the pack open so you can slip the paper in and kind of flip it over. Some of the ladies laugh about it because they say 'my grandmother did this.' Again, it's that sense of connection. After the machine gets built, we don't need the room full of Spanish ladies any more, until six months or a year later when we outgrow another machine and we gotta bring everybody back."
"The trick was to roll a cigarette one-handed."
Kesselman is equally old-school in his approach to product development, relying on observation and experimentation to get things right with just a handful of ingredients—hemp, flax, and rice. "It's basically just taking different forms of cellulose and fiber and blending them in a way that makes the paper smoke right," he says. "See, the thing that's different about cigarette paper compared to any other form of paper is that cigarette paper is designed to release energy. The paper you write on, the paper you print on, the paper you use for toilet paper, anything like that, none of it releases energy. But with rolling paper, you light it, it burns, and it has to release energy in a certain way that's going to transfer the energy to the material you're smoking. It's something you actually have to tinker with to get right."
The booklet on the left dates from 1902, the one on the right is from 1904.
One particularly arcane corner of the rolling-paper-maker's art is the watermark. "Watermarks were originally done just show off," says Kesselman, "just to make the paper look more beautiful. And when the sheet was out of the booklet, you would know where it came from. Originally it was just for that."
But Kesselman noticed that the watermarks on his rolling papers were affecting the way in which the paper burned. "I'm always trying to improve the process," he says, "it's what I like to do. And this is going to sound strange, but when I'm sitting there smoking, I look at the burning embers, I watch them, I try to see what they are doing and what they are trying to tell me. I really try to connect with it. And I noticed that the embers were following the watermark in a certain way, that the watermark was affecting the burn, making it canoe or run. So I started experimenting. At first I tried to approach the way a scientist would. 'Okay, so we need to make a cube pattern and control the flame, [Arnold Schwarzenegger voice] we must control the flame!' You know, thinking of it as something that is not alive. So I tried a cube pattern, and that made it run even more."
The watermark used on RAW, Elements, and other HBI brands is designed to decrease runs as the cigarette burns.
Rather than trying to control the flame, Kesselman realized that it might be better to try to guide it, similar to dancing with a partner. "You can gently lead your partner to the left or right, but you have to kind of let her do her own thing," he says. "So I switched the watermark from a cube pattern to more of a crisscross. I also added hard stops every centimeter or so. Doing that allowed the ember to dance the way it wanted to dance, to give it the freedom to go left, go right, but in the end, always kind of end up back at center."
"I'm not really a paper guy," says Chong. "I'm a pipe guy."
Not even the paper's gum was sparred Kesselman's scrutiny. "We use a blend of acacia gum and a little hemp protein in order to make it burn evenly." But what Kesselman won't do is add compounds to his paper designed to make them "fire safe," which is the norm for pre-rolled cigarettes sold in the United States. "There's Franken-tobacco, which is something I really do not believe in, and now there's Franken-papers, or FSC, which add extra chemicals to the paper in order to make it go out. In my opinion, it's a fraud and a scam. They are making these cigarettes in the guise of saving people from burning themselves up in their beds by falling asleep smoking. But the only reason this is being done is because the largest cigarette-paper supplier in the world has a patent on fire-safe cigarette paper, and they lobbied to get these laws passed. So it's not actually for our benefit as smokers, it tastes worse, and it's more toxic for us in my opinion, based on the things I've read. Yet it does make this very large paper company a lot of money."
With hundreds of product lines and brands, Kesselman's company is not exactly a non-profit. He, too, is in business, and makes no bones about it, but more than most enterprises, his business involves giving consumers control of their habits—and, in the case of tobacco, their addictions.
"I'm a tobacco guy," he says, inadvertently echoing Chong's characterization of himself as a "pipe guy." "Tobacco is nature's pesticide," he adds. "I line my garden with tobacco plants, two rows thick, especially around my zucchinis and tomatoes and things like that. It produces these beautiful white flowers, and it kills any bug that bites it. That's what nicotine does, it's a toxin."
A lovely, and rare, booklet from 1894.
A toxin, which, of course, he smokes. "At the end of the season I yank it and garage-cure it, which means it hangs for about six months until the ammonia all comes out of it. And when I'm out of my own tobacco that I grew, I will not smoke tobacco again until I have grown more, just to make sure that I don't become completely addicted to it, you know?
"There are lots of things that are incredibly bad for us," he continues. "I am a true libertarian. So for me, if somebody wants to smoke, then I think it's their damn right to smoke. As long as they understand that it's bad for them, then they should have the right to do that. There's no question on that. But there is pleasure in smoking or else people would not do it. As humans, we need to have the freedom to choose whatever the hell we want to do, as long as it's not hurting other people."
Chong agrees, except his example is marijuana, which he smokes to treat his prostate cancer. "I've treated it with hash oil," he says, "but that's just part of it. It's mostly diet, supplements, and a vegan diet, mostly vegetarian. Everything I'm doing seems to be working. I'm doing good, man. I'm doing really good."
Cheech and Chong, back in the day. The comedy duo is currently touring again.
Like Kesselman and his distrust of the motives behind "fire-safe" cigarettes, Chong sees special interests, who still haven't figured out how to cash in on marijuana, as the cause for the plant's continued illegality. "Big money made it illegal, big money and big lies. Marijuana is a plant and a medicine. It should not be subject to tax and it should not be subject to patents, which is what the big companies are looking for. They're looking for a way to patent a medicine so that they can have the monopoly on it. Well, you can't patent a plant like that, especially weed, you know? You can patent a process, but in weed there is no process. You grow it, you harvest it, you smoke it. That's it."
Even if marijuana was made legal tomorrow nationwide, tobacco would still be the main combustible stuffed inside sheets of rolling papers. That's because the potency of the marijuana that's sold in legal dispensaries and on the streets today is many times greater than the punch packed by the armful of weed Chong rolled into an enormous joint in Jamaica. Simply put, these days, a joint is just too much. "That's the whole answer to the argument that pot's much stronger now than it was back in the day," Chong the pipe guy adds: "Don't smoke as much."
A Slideshow of Rolling-Paper Art
Cheech and Chong's 1972 album opened like a rolling-paper booklet and even featured a rolling-paper sheet watermarked with a picture of the duo on it.
A flat-folder-style booklet from 1930.
A handsome portrait from 1901.
The date on Da Juanita is unknown, but the similarly styled El Globo Dirigible is from 1906.
This hardback booklet from 1912 shows the Principality of Asturias on the northern coast of Spain.
This rare beauty is from 1903.
The art on this booklet from 1936 appears designed for football fans.
Bullfighting is a common theme on booklets.
Each of these booklets contains 250 sheets, or hojas, which means leaves.
The Ambar booklet on the left is from 1904, the one on the right is from 1916.
The booklet on the left from 1931 is relatively common while the undated one on the right is very rare.
This long-folder-style booklet is from 1906.
Sometimes the type on rolling-paper booklets was treated in an almost iconic manner. Quinto is from 1915, Numero Uno is from 1903.
This booklet was made in Spain for sale in Argentina.
A booklet showing a woman enjoying a cigarette, from 1877.
Another Spanish-made booklet, only this one is made for export to Uruguay.
A pair of rare booklets from Sevilla.
A very rare booklet depicting a gramophone from 1904.
Adding blocks of color to booklets was a common design motif.
A gorgeous long-style booklet from 1935.
Booklets with the same design were often printed in different colors.
"The Farmhouse," from 1923.
"The Carnation" was an Alcoy rolling paper made for the Argentine market.
A pair of bicycle booklets from 1904.
Automobiles were a popular subject. The booklet on the right dates from 1906.
One-color booklets had the obvious advantage of being inexpensive to print; the Girafa booklet is similar to one from 1899.
This square-style booklet is fairly common.
(Special thanks to cigpapers.co.uk and paurolhom.be for sharing images of their rolling-paper booklet collections with us.)
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May 30th, 2013 at 3:18 pm Rosin Says:
Interesting, informative, nice hook and credibility from the esteemed T. Chong, supported with really nicely produced artwork … what an enjoyable article!
June 1st, 2013 at 6:29 am Alex Says:
Very enjoyable… Brought back some found memories of watching Cheech and Chong from my childhood. Those two have had such amazing lives!
September 20th, 2013 at 4:47 pm ivan Says:
very nicely wrote Ben
December 22nd, 2018 at 12:08 am Ian Walsh Says:
hey I was curious i know a few middle aged people who smoke pot and they were baffled when I rolled a joint with a filter they said that they had never seen a joint with a filter in it. So i was curious if maybe having a filter was invented during like the 70's or if my friends are just stupid and never had a proper joint
January 4th, 2019 at 11:02 am Sean Davis Says:
Greatly written in actually rolling as I was reading this. FAREWELL Color Lithograph rolling papers I have purchased and was wondering how come you did not br8ng that company up.. is smoking on this paper any good and safe.. they are antique from my aunt's estate .. just happen to find them going thru the garage
June 8th, 2020 at 11:33 pm Chuck Says:
How long our ancestors huddled around a fire in a cave and breathed smoke?
Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
How Collecting Opium Antiques Turned Me Into an Opium Addict
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Tue 25 Feb 2014, 04:30 PM
Glenn Lazarus, Shane Webcke and Petero Civoniceva were the rocks on which Broncos premierships were built and Sam Thaiday believes Martin Kennedy brings the muscle Brisbane needs to be a powerhouse again.
Speaking at the extension of the partnership between the Broncos and Institute for Urban Indigenous Health that endeavours to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait islanders to make 'Deadly Choices' with regards to their health, Thaiday backed Kennedy to play the type of football that had him on the verge of Queensland selection while at the Roosters.
Although the return of Ben Barba to face the Bulldogs will dominate the build-up to the Broncos' season-opener next Friday, Thaiday believes matching it with the likes of James Graham, Sam Kasiano and Aiden Tolman will be just as crucial.
"I think he's trying to find his feet and where he's at in the team," Thaiday said of Kennedy. "He's a big boy and I'm sure the move back home for him is going to be a good one once he finds his feet.
"A couple of years ago they were talking him up to play Origin and I think he can get back to that form. He trains very, very hard, he's one of our best trainers and I'm sure that hard work in training is going to pay off for him.
"Playing another big pack – we've just come off a trial match against the Warriors – we need all the size we can get. Josh McGuire is not a huge front-rower, Benny Hannant's not a huge front-rower either compared to the Sam Kasianos and those types of players so we do need our own 120-kilo front-rower, which is Marty Kennedy, and we need him firing."
Conceding 80 points in two trial games is less than an ideal preparation but Thaiday is adamant that the Broncos should be only judged on what they deliver in Round 1 and beyond, ridiculing criticism of coach Anthony Griffin.
"We haven't even started yet! Give him a bit of a break," Thaiday urged the assembled media. "We all back him 100 per cent and we're right behind him. I know personally, I'm pumped to play the Bulldogs in Round 1, another Friday night match and Friday nights are what the Broncos love.
"We're not worried at all. Round 1 is in a couple of weeks and then we're playing for two points every week. I'm sure that over this next week and a half how we prepare for that first match is going to be vital to our performance but everyone's going to be up and ready for it."
Thaiday stars alongside Broncos great Steve Renouf in a series of new commercials for the 'Deadly Choices' health initiative directed by Wayne Blair of "The Sapphires" and "Redfern Now" fame and remains committed to improving the life expectancy of indigenous and Torres Strait islander people.
As a relatively new father and with parents who have both endured issues with their health, Thaiday is only too happy to use his influence to encourage better choices.
"Both my parents have diabetes and seeing many, many of my family members pass away through health issues that can be prevented so this is something that is very close to my heart," Thaiday said.
"The beauty of being a rugby league player is that we're very popular in the indigenous community and it makes it a whole lot easier to get that message across.
"It's not just myself, there are a lot of other players, Jharal Yow Yeh and Josh Hoffman who go out in communities and help spread this message.
"Numbers don't lie. People are showing up, people are getting health checks, people are changing their lives and that's what we wanted to do."
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Districts of Nagaland
Districts of Nagaland includes eleven administrative districts. Initially there were eight districts in Nagaland. Each administrative district is headed by a deputy commissioner.
Phek District (2)
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Dimapur District (1)
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Nagaland has 11 administrative districts. Nagaland is a vibrant hill state located in the extreme North Eastern end of the country. This state is bounded by Myanmar in the east; by Assam in the west; by Arunachal Pradesh and a part of Assam in the north with Manipur in the south. Districts of Nagaland are headed by district magistrates or deputy commissioners. Each district is under the administration of a deputy commissioner and he is assisted by other officials, who are in charge of the different wings of the district administration. Maintenance of law and order in a particular district of Nagaland is the responsibility of Superintendent of Police.
There are 11 districts in Nagaland and these are mentioned below -
* Dimapur District
* Kephire District
* Kohima District
* Longleng District
* Mokokchung District
* Mon District
* Peren District
* Phek District
* Tuensang District
* Wokha District
* ZunZunheboto District
Dimapur District: Dimapur District is an administrative district of Nagaland with its headquarters at Dimapur. Major portion of this district is plain land. Dimapur District comprises heterogeneous population. However, majority of the population includes Naga tribe.
Kephire District: Kephire District is a newly created district of Nagaland. This district is the ninth administrative district of Nagaland and it was formed by carving out Tuensang District. This district has its headquarters at Kephire. Seyochung, Sitimi, Pungro and Kiphire are the major cities of this district.
Kohima District: Kohima District is one of the eleven administrative districts of Nagaland. This district is situated in the southern region of the state at an elevation of 1444 metres above the sea level.
Longleng District: Longleng District is the newly created tenth district of Nagaland. This district was carved out of Tuensang District. It has its headquarters at Longleng. Major towns of Longleng District are Tamlu and Longleng.
Mokokchung District: Mokokchung District, an administrative district of Nagaland, and has its headquarters at Mokokchung. This district is mainly inhabited by Naga tribe.
Mon District: Mon District is one of the eleven administrative districts of Nagaland. This district is located in the northernmost part of Nagaland. Mon town is the district headquarters.
Peren District: Peren District is one of the newly created districts of Nagaland. This district was formed by dividing Kohima District. It has its headquarters at Peren. Major towns of Peren District are Tening, Jalukie and Peren.
Phek District: Phek District is located in the south-eastern part of Nagaland. Initially, this district was a part of Kohima District. This district came into existence in the year 1973. Phek District is mainly inhabited by the Chakhesangs and Pochurys.
Tuensang District: Tuensang District is the largest administrative district of Nagaland. It is located in the eastern part of the state. Mon, Longleng and Kephire districts were formed by carving out carving out Tuensang District. Tuensang is the administrative headquarters of this district.
Wokha District: Wokha District is an administrative district of Nagaland. Wokha is the district headquarters of this district.
Zunheboto District: Zunheboto District is one of the 11 administrative districts of Nagaland. Zunheboto is the district administrative headquarters. This district is mainly inhabited by the Sumi Nagas, the warrior tribe of the state.
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Resumo: Long-range interacting (LRI) systems are ubiquitous in nature. They range from the astronomical scale (e.g. self-gravitating systems), to the macroscopic (e.g. non-neutral plasmas, wave-plasma interacting systems, two-dimensional geophysical vortex systems), down to the atomic scale (e.g. classical and quantum cold atoms interacting via quasi-resonant lasers). Despite their importance, much of the behaviour of these systems still remains poorly understood. It is known that LRI systems can exhibit ergodicity-breaking, anomalous relaxation and diffusion, quasi-stationary states (qSS), vanishing Lyapunov exponents, ensemble inequivalence, negative specific heat, temperature discontinuities. Thermodynamic anomalies result from the non-additivity of energy, while dynamical ones arise from the complexity of collisionless relaxation driven by the wave-particle interactions.
In the thermodynamic limit, dynamics is governed by the Vlasov equation, which has an infinity of stationary solutions. Approaching the thermodynamic limit, LRI systems do not relax to equilibrium, but become trapped in qSS, whose life-time diverges with the particle number, whence the importance of studying Vlasov stationary states.
In this talk we will explore the relaxation to qSS of two long-range potential models, namely, the Hamiltonian Mean-Field (HMF) model and gravitation in three dimensions, for some classes of initial conditions (ICs) of interest. In the case of the HMF we show that if the initial distribution satisfies the virial condition, thereby reducing mean-field changes, the final distribution in the qSS can be predicted very accurately using a reduced exactly integrable model. For gravitation in 3d, we have tested spherically symmetric initial conditions satisfying the virial condition and isotropy in velocity. Again, the integrable approximation fits well qSS radial and velocity marginal distributions obtained through molecular dynamics. The distribution functions obtained using this approach are found to be more accurate than the ones predicted by the ergodic Lynden-Bell theory.
For ICs not obeying the virial condition, ergodicity-breaking has been shown to happen through parametric resonances between certain particles and the strong mean-field oscillations felt by particles. This mechanism is analogous to the nonlinear Landau damping seen in particle-wave interactions in plasmas. For these ICs Lynden-Bell distributions do not coincide with qSS distributions obtained through molecular dynamics. The present work goes a step beyond, showing that the ergodicity hypothesis is neither applicable to ICs obeying the virial condition, since an exactly integrable model provides a better approximation to the aforementioned distributions.
* Fernanda P. C. Benetti, Ana C. Ribeiro-Teixeira, Renato Pakter, Yan Levin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113 (2014) 100602.


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When you stay with us, it is not just accommodation you are getting. There is so much more. At the back door you have open parkland and easy access to a safe sandy beach. Sitting on the deck you have the best views of the bay, and you don't have to move. Serenity, tranquility and a calming back drop of amazing water views. Then as darkness arrives, you can see the stars in the night sky and the twinkling of lights across the water. There is always something to look at.
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The Idaho® Potato Drop is in its fourth year of production and we are enjoying the twilight of our most successful event to date. This free and charitable event has amassed crowds of an estimated 40,000 attendees and consistently makes local, national and world news. In September, the event was featured in Reader's Digest's "50 Best Stories in America" paperback edition. In October, we were featured in the Seattle Times Northwest holiday event travel guide. We were also featured in United Arab Emirates, Dubai: "The iconic Idaho Potato Drop gets bigger, better and brighter" edition. In November we will be featured in AAA magazine, Rocky Mountain Gardening as well as Country Woman. We will also be featured on the Travel Channel in December. This comes on the heels of major world-wide news coverage over the past three years including MSNBC worldwide broadcast New Year's day, appearances on the Today Show, several features in Huffington Post, features in national and local top-ten type lists and too many more to list. Our Boise Weekly four-page event guide (with prominent sponsor branding and messages) is also re-broadcasted around the nation year-over-year from several major networks including USA Today, the Smithsonian and more. We were even featured in British Airways international in-flight magazine!
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