I'm going to warn you this post is going to be extremely gushy and will make you vomit because of all the love going on here, so prepare yourself.
Today is our fourth anniversary! I cannot believe it has been four years since we first started dating. We have come so far. I'm glad life is so easy and enjoyable with RJ. The girls and I look forward to when he gets home every day. We love the days he gets to work from home. RJ supports me in everything I do. He is a wonderful father to our children. I cannot wait to have more of his babies, hopefully very soon.
Not to brag but our relationship is pretty amazing. We never fight. We very rarely argue, and when we do it's usually something small and caused because I'm PMSing, or one/both of us is hangry, or tired. We agree on pretty much everything in life. RJ is slightly more cynical than I am but I think that comes with age. Our parenting styles are identical, although RJ does bad cop way better than I can. We always seem to be thinking the exact same thing, it's ridiculous and spooky sometimes.
Dinner... Words can not describe how yummy it was.
We aren't huge about celebrations, we tend to make any birthday, holiday, or anniversary a little special but not extravagant. Today was a pretty normal day for us. I took the girls to the mall, RJ works a few miles from it. He met us there and hung out with us for a hour or so. We walked around the mall playing Pokemon Go, and watched the girls play at the mall play place. When the girls and I got home I baked a cake (I'm I will post the recipe on here at some point). RJ grilled a couple steaks and some asparagus, and I made mashed potatoes. It was all very tasty. Heather went to bed pretty early. We will have a quiet evening to ourselves and enjoy big slices of cake with tall glasses of milk. Then we will enjoy eachothers company in bed.
slice of cake without a class of milk.
I love RJ so much. There are still a few people out there who don't understand us but that's ok. We are very happy, and I absolutely love every minute of my life with him. I would never change a thing.
Thanks for reading. Keep an eye out for part two of my life after being excommunicated!


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Chapter: Terminus
Characters: Phoebe, Saki
Someone's having a rough night, it seems.
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Woah, double the panels!
Also I hope she can survive that fall, I see a door next to that window… right?
Gaia and Saki live on the third (second, in French) floor.
So that's Ground, 1st, 2nd= Saki & Gaia's appartment? I think that's how it's done Down Under. I think America does it Ground=1st, 2nd, 3rd= Saki & Gaia's appartment? Have I got those right?
Anyway, so there is 2 full levels between Saki & Gaia's appartment & the road below? Yeah from what I know about Human meatsacks, that would mess you up a lot, if not kill you…
And things are complicated in Quebec because both systems are in use at the same time. I think it stems from language. In English, a floor can be on the ground. But the french equivalent is an "Étage" specifically refers to a level above ground.
So 1er étage in French is the second floor in the US, and it's complicated sometimes. You have to check the buttons in a building carefully. XD
Usually, government buildings follow the French system, while private buildings (like hotels) follow the US standards.
And here I was thinking Humans were already confusing enough. Oh well, hopefully you know what you're looking at when you come up to it…
My apartment is half a floor below ground. How do they deal with -that- in Quebec?
First basement? :/
xKiv
In the college I attended, one building had a floor (accessible from two entrances, each on a different ground "level" because it is on a steep slope) labeled, roughly translated from czech: fourth floor, third etage, second aboveground, and the only ideologically pure one.
It was only labeled so from the side most people never saw.
ehrgeiz0
30 feet above ground is at the limit of survivability as far as falls go, of course how you land (head or feet first) will be the deal breaker and having something soft to land (grass or even garbage bags as opposed to concrete) on would help a lot too.
Bandaids won't be enough, after this, Saki will be wearing bandages like a mummy.
Poor girl.
Clif08
Bloody hell. Phoebe's tough.
I hope Gaia will catch Saki in the next page. Fighting on broken legs would be very inconvenient.
She's every bit as yough as her more popular sister is. :)
Saki needs to stick the landing, but then can escape… if she manages that landing.
Were I attacking her, I'd never throw her through window and provide an avenue of potential escape.
Then again, I've escaped through windows others didn't think were useful for escape… and were unwilling to follow directly. So, unless she lands on something badly Saki shall be okay.
I REALLY hope there's not a picket or wrought iron fence below though.
I'm not sure whether this is a plot armor, but yeah, I suppose Phoebe could have just break Saki's neck, or strangle her, or punch her unconscious and use a sword. My headcanon is that Phoebe is actually a nice and kind person who's acting all tough to hide her vulnerable and tender nature.
Petercat
Or Gaia will catch her on the way in.
In her arms or on top of her head.
SACREBLEU!!!
Finally an opportunity to use that word correctly. Also I know you hate that word, but I'm not apologizing, because you deserved that for doing this to Saki. ;-)
I don't hate that word. I just don't understand why it's considered THE typical French swearing by non French-speaking people considering I've never heard anyone in real life say that.
Oh, I didn't mean to use it as a swear-word. The dictionary I use says it's an old expression of surprise.
Google says the word became famous because in English written media stereotypical French characters tended to say that word. I just find ancient words kind of adorable.
Maybe it was used during some older movies as 1 of the "stereotypical Frenchman sayings" to point out someone's French? "Just throw in a sacrebleu whenever something happens, then they'll know that's the French guy. You know, if they're too stupid to pick it up off the clothes…"
…Actually, I HAVE seen humans that stupid…
I tend to just default to merde.
You'd think that, in her line of work, Saki would have a way to check who's at the door before opening it.
She said it last year. She's losing her edge being paid to do mostly nothing.
Wait, but.. she *is*, right? Wasn't that why she came there in the first place?
Or maybe it's just so long since I've read that part that I've forgotten.
She is? Is what? Who is?
If you mean that Saki is a "government dog", yes, she totally is.
Lacronton
while reading this, Get Ready To Die by Andrew WK came on. O_o

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A welfare check resulted in suicide and a possible murder.
A Florida man killed himself, leaving behind a suicide note saying he had buried his wife in the backyard, mere hours after police performed a welfare check on the elderly couple. A concerned relative had asked authorities to look in on them after receiving a "disturbing package in the mail from 75-year-old Laurence Caulfield," according to the official police report. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports human remains were found on the Caulfield's property as of late Wednesday, however, they have yet to be identified.
When deputies arrived at the couple's home, Laurence Caulfield told them he had moved his wife to Kansas City to live with friends and family due to her illness. But when they tried to confirm this with the Caulfield's daughter, she said didn't know anything about it. She then called her father, who told her that her mother was home asleep. The daughter then alerted authorities, who returned to the house. While trying to enter, they heard a gunshot, and inside found Caulfield with a shotgun wound to his side, according to CBS News. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died.


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Doctor Who: The Doctor, The Widow, and the Wardrobe
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There are only two episodes of Doctor Who that have ever made me cry. The first one was Forest of the Dead - River's death scene was amazing, Alex Kingston sold the idea of a woman who had loved the Doctor so well that I couldn't help but feel that the Doctor had lost something tremendous. It remains one of my very favourite scenes in the show.
The second episode that made me cry aired a few days ago, and I just got around to watching it last night. The tone of The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe is like the last three scenes of Forest of the Dead stretched out over an entire episode. To be clear, and to keep from burying the lead: if you didn't think this episode was good, you are wrong. You must have watched it wrong. Maybe your TV was broken.
Claire Skinner and Matt Smith absolutely shine in their scenes together. The emotional pitches that they hit are simply stunning, and Moffat's dialogue is some of the best it's ever been. Moffat's stories often have sentimental notes, but here it is turned all the way up. And Skinner sells her grief so well, it is impossible not to empathize with her.
The title is an obvious reference to C.S. Lewis, of course, and the episode certainly contains thematic parallels: a father lost to the war, a family staying in the country to get away from the bombing, an old house and a strange box that leads to another world (and a snowy one, at that). But where it gets interesting is where the story deviates from, and especially where it actively rejects and subverts, the ideas of Lewis. In the title, the Doctor takes the place of Aslan/Jesus, and Madge is in place of the witch. The TARDIS, of course, is the wardrobe - it's even lampshaded as such. But while the Doctor could conceivably be a Christ figure (even if he makes a better Odinic warrior), he doesn't serve that role in the narrative here. Instead, he instigates the adventure and serves as a sort of tour guide / expository force. The action is centered around the Arwell family, and rightly so. Smith is channelling Troughton again here, lingering around the edges of the story and never taking center stage.
As for the other titular character, Madge is far from a bitter antagonist - she is the heroine of the story. And that leads us to what I'm going to call a tie for the best refutation of C.S. Lewis' sexism that I've ever found (the other is The Problem of Susan). Lewis made it clear that women existed to support men - this motif is played out repeatedly between the brothers and sisters in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Of course, women have another option: they can be evil, literally frigid bitches. In other words, women are either weak or they are abhorrent.
Moffat, on the other hand, explicitly rejects this; the forest calls men 'weak' and women 'strong', and both female characters are at the center of the action, with Cyril, the son, playing the role of peril monkey. Lily gets the crucial scenes where she and the Doctor are looking for Cyril, and Madge gets... well, everything else. Coming to the rescue in a giant mech, running through acid rain, saving the population of a planet. And backing all of her actions is the distinctly feminine concept of motherhood. This is made explicit repeatedly, with the Doctor even making the inevitable 'mothership' pun. Madge draws her motivation and her power to the story from aspects of her identity that are intrinsically tied up with being female. This is Feminism in the tradition of the Female Mysteries of modern Paganism (and without even the biologically essentialist attitudes that are unfortunately common there). And speaking of Paganism, the carved/grown tree-people (and accompanying tower) have a distinctly Anglo-Saxon Pagan feel to them, which serves to make the story an even stronger counterpoint to Lewis' work.
So, we have a very Pagan Christmas story with a theme of the fundamental power of womanhood. But the real focus of the story is on the importance of family, of celebrating life with people you love. It's the sort of feel-good, heartwarming message that you might find on ABC Family. But we are saved from Seventh Heaven with Druids (Seventh Ogham?) by the superlative writing and acting. At no point does the theme feel heavy-handed or contrived; it flows naturally from the narrative.
But this is identifiably a holiday story, in the sense that it is themed along traditional holiday motifs. And, in that tradition, the Arwell family gets their presumed-dead father back. Frankly, I'm torn about this choice - I was annoyed when the very touching scene where A Mother Explains to Her Children About Their Father's Death is interrupted for "oh, he's not dead after all". On the other hand, the subsequent scene is just as touching, with Skinner once again rising to the acting challenge and effectively conveying the amazed joy of someone who finds their lover isn't dead after all.
No, I take that back. I'm not torn. Let the Arwell family have their father back. Maybe leaving him to die would be a stronger narrative, more raw and emotionally evocative. But it's Christmas. Let's embrace the aesthetic of Happily Ever After, at least this time. Just this once, everybody can live.
And now, about the Doctor. I said before that Smith was channelling Troughton in this episode. But his other seeming muse, Sylvester McCoy, is completely absent from this one. The Doctor has no great scheme here - he is simply trying to do something nice for a sad family. But significantly, the Doctor is shown to be much more human here than McCoy's Doctor. Which isn't surprising - one of Moffat's key themes (and Tennant before him) is humanizing the Doctor. We have watched the Doctor learn how to love through the course of the new series. This is a sharp contrast to, well, all of the classic Doctors to some degree. But McCoy's Doctor was the real cornerstone of this mode of being. Perhaps the best expression of the difference is from Human Nature, by Paul Cornell (the New Adventures novel, not the new series episode):
'I hope that one day, when I'm old, when my travels are over, and history has no more need of me, then I can be just a man again. And then, perhaps I'll find those things in me that I'd need to love, also. not love like I do, a big love for big things, but that more dangerous love. The one that makes and kills human beings... It's a dream I have.'
The new series answers this quote by having the Doctor fall in love without ending his travels. This takes the form of romantic love twice, obviously. But this episode shows a distinctly platonic love towards Amy and Rory. The Doctor repeatedly talks about 'happy crying' as a human trait, and then does it himself when he realizes how much Amy and Rory care about him. This is the sort of emotional investment in a companion that we haven't seen since Rose, and really didn't see before that at all (sure, there was Susan, but frankly I have a hard time believing Hartnell's Doctor loved anyone). Even Ace, who the Doctor seemed very paternal toward at times, was used by the Doctor as a pawn repeatedly.
The point is that the Doctor is a lot less Time Lord and a lot more Human than he used to be. And I don't think that's a bad thing - he's still a mythic figure, and subject to the narrative and aesthetic rules of mythic figures. But he also has the capacity to enjoy Christmas dinner with his family. Let's let him have that, too. It's Christmas, after all.


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18 Procedures F If there are serious doubts about compatibility Phase 2 comes into effect and a 4 month investigation takes place. F Failure to abide by a Commission decision may lead to fines up to 10% of turnover of the undertakings concerned. F The Commissions decision is final though the Court of Justice acts as the body of appeal.
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Is Julia Fox Going to Be in Madonna's Biopic?
Mike Nied Published: January 18, 2022
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It looks like Madonna may be considering Julia Fox for a role in her often-teased biopic.
The Queen of Pop caused a stir on Instagram (as she does) when she posted a photo of herself posing with the Uncut Gems star late last week.
Dressed in a belted shirtdress, fishnets and black boots, the "Music" singer reclined on a couch with her arm wrapped around the equally stylish actor.
It appears that the duo were aiming to discuss business while they were together. Things did not go according to plan...
"Went to dinner with Julia to talk about my movie and some other folks showed up," Madonna joked in the caption.
The "other folks" in question were revealed as Fox's new boyfriend Kanye West, Floyd Mayweather and Antonio Brown.
Check out Madge's Instagram post below, but make sure you scroll through the gallery to see the pair's surprise dinner guests:
Is Julia Fox Starring in Madonna's Biopic?
While it's unclear how much Madonna and Fox were able to talk shop at their meeting, it does appear that the pop star may be considering Fox for a part in her movie.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Fox is reportedly in talks to play actress Debi Mazar, who is one of Madonna's longtime friends.
For what it's worth, the publication notes that Fox also has some level of a relationship with Mazar. The duo did an interview together for Document Journal last year.
Not only that, but the general public has drawn comparisons between their appearances. That alone would make Fox a good choice to bring Mazar to life on the big screen.
A rep for Madonna chose not to comment on the alleged casting. However, that doesn't mean it's not a possibility.
Who Is Debi Mazar? And What's Her Relationship With Madonna?
If you're unfamiliar with Madonna's old pal, Mazar is an actress with years of work experience in the industry.
Her first big break in film came with a 1990 appearance in Goodfellas. Mazar later appeared in Empire Records and a variety of other movies and TV shows.
More recently you may have seen her acting against Hilary Duff in Younger.
Entertainment Weekly notes that Mazar's been friends with Madonna since the '80s. She's appeared in several of the hit-maker's iconic music videos such as "True Blue" and "Music."
Mazar reflected on her relationship with the pop star in a 2015 interview with HuffPost and added that their kids even hang out from time to time.
Their long history together definitely makes Mazar an obvious choice for inclusion in the biopic.
What's Going on With Madonna's Biopic?
Entertainment Weekly reports that Madonna's been working on the film for years now. Universal Pictures and Amy Pascal are expected to produce with the Queen of Pop planning to direct.
It is currently unclear who will portray Madonna in the film and when it will be ready for release.
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Monday, August 10, 2020, 22:59
WHO: Over US$100b needed to ensure access to vaccines
Monday, August 10, 2020, 22:59 By Agencies
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a press conference organised by the Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, on July 3, 2020 at the WHO headquarters in Geneva. (Fabrice COFFRINI / POOL / AFP)
WASHINGTON / LONDON / BRASILIA / MEXICO CITY / ADDIS ABABA / CAIRO / BERLIN / MOSCOW / MINSK / COPENHAGEN / GENEVA - For the vaccines alone, over US$100 billion will be needed to ensure everyone everywhere can access the tools to fight the COVID-19 outbreak, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday.
Speaking at a virtual press conference from Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: "This sounds like lots of money and it is. But it's small in comparison to the 10 trillion dollars that have already been invested by G20 countries in fiscal stimulus to deal with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic so far."
He told reporters that the coming three months present a crucial window of opportunity to scale-up the work of the ACT-Accelerator, a WHO-sponsored global collaboration to accelerate development, production, and equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments and vaccines.
However, he said, to exploit this window "we have to fundamentally scale up the way we are financing the ACT-Accelerator and prioritize the use of new tools."
According to the WHO chief, there is a vast global gap between the ambition for the ACT-Accelerator and the amount of funds that have been committed.
"We're only 10 percent of the way to funding the billions required to realize the promise of the ACT Accelerator," he said.
Noting that this week the registered cases of COVID-19 will reach 20 million, with 750,000 deaths, the WHO chief stressed that "behind these statistics is a great deal of pain and suffering."
"Leaders must step up to take action and citizens need to embrace new measures," he said.
The United States passed 5 million COVID-19 infections Sunday after adding 1 million new cases in just over two weeks, according to data from Johns Hopkins University while infections among US children grew 40 percent in the last half of July, according to a report.
According to the report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association, 97,078 new cases involving children were reported from July 16-30, bringing the total number since the pandemic began to 338,982. That represents 8.8 percent of all infections. The range of ages varied from state to state, with some including an age limit as high as 24. California, Florida and Arizona had the highest number of total child cases, with more than 20,000 each.
Meanwhile, Texas' seven-day average rate of positive tests exceeded Saturday's record and jumped to a new high of 20.3 percent, health authorities said.
In California, a total of 30.5 percent of patients in hospitals are in intensive-care units, based on a five-day average, the highest in more than a month, according to state data Sunday.
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In another development, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said they were open to restarting COVID-19 aid talks, after weeks of failed negotiations prompted President Donald Trump to take executive actions that Democrats argued would do little to ease Americans' financial distress.
Both Pelosi and Mnuchin appeared willing to consider a narrower deal that would extend some aid until the end of the year, and then revisit the need for more federal assistance in January.
Global tally
Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 19.8 million while the global death toll topped 731,000 on Monday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
The United States is the worst-hit country in this pandemic, with the highest tally and toll, followed by Brazil.
Countries with more than 400,000 cases also include India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Peru, according to the CSSE.
Africa tally
The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Sunday said that the total number of COVID-19 cases reported across Africa has risen to 1,036,564.
The Africa CDC said that about 14,480 new cases were registered across the continent since Saturday.
It added that the death toll has increased by 505 to 22,966 on Sunday.
South Africa, with 553,188 confirmed COVID-19 cases, is Africa's highest affected country in terms of positive cases, followed by Egypt, Nigeria, Algeria and Morocco, Africa CDC said.
The Southern Africa region is the most affected area in terms of confirmed cases, followed by Northern Africa and Western Africa regions, it said.
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A woman wearing a face mask sanitizes her hands outside St. Agnes Catholic Church, Maryland, in Lagos, Nigeria on Aug 9, 2020 as churches reopen following the lifting of restrictions on religious gatherings imposed by the government to curb the spread of COVID-19. (PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)
Belarus reported 97 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, taking its total to 68,947, according to the country's health ministry.
There have been 56 new recoveries in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 64,991, the ministry added.
So far, 589 people have died of the disease in the country, including two over the past 24 hours, it said.
As of Monday, over 1,376,000 tests for the virus have been conducted across the country, including 3,498 over the past 24 hours, according to official figures.
Brazil on Sunday reported 572 deaths from COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours, raising the death toll to 101,049.
In the 24-hour period, tests detected 23,010 new cases of infection, raising the total caseload to 3,035,422.
Brazil on Saturday passed the 100,000 deaths mark and the 3 million infections mark, maintaining its place at No. 2 in the ranking of the world's largest outbreaks of COVID-19, only after the United States.
The state of Sao Paulo, the country's most populated, is the epicenter of the national outbreak, with 25,114 deaths and 627,126 cases of infection, followed by Rio de Janeiro with 14,080 deaths and 178,850 cases, and Ceara with 7,954 deaths and 188,542 cases.
The Chilean Ministry of Health reported on Sunday that the number of COVID-19 cases in the country had risen to 373,056, with 10,077 deaths.
The ministry said that 2,036 new cases and 66 deaths were registered in the last 24 hours.
An employee at Arla Foods Dairy Center in Hobro, north of Denmark, has tested positive for COVID-19, while 15 others were sent home for quarantine, the company said in a press release on Monday.
The Denmark-based international cooperative dairy group made the decision to send the employee home, as well as 15 fellow workers who may have been in contact with the infected, according to the press release.
In addition, Arla announced their intention to test the other 400 employees at the dairy center.
"As the infection picture looks in Denmark right now, we see no reason to take any chances...That's why we have asked the health authorities for help to get it done as quickly as possible so that we can slow down any chain of infection before it starts," said Aase Andersson, the company's senior press officer, in the release.
According to Arla, production at the dairy center will continue unchanged.
Meantime, the requirement to wear a face-mask on all public transport within the city limits of Aarhus, Denmark's second-largest city, will apply from Aug 11 to Sept 1, according to an executive order issued from the Ministry of Health and the Elderly on Monday.
"In order to prevent and curb the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in connection with a specific outbreak of infection in Aarhus Municipality, travelers who begin or end a journey in Aarhus Municipality must have their mouths and noses covered by using face masks for public transport," stated the executive order.
Since last Friday, confirmed COVID-19 cases in Denmark has risen to 373 with one death, bringing the total infections to 14,815. To date, death toll in the country reached 620, according to the daily update from Statens Serum Institut on Monday.
The Ecuadorean government announced on Sunday that the number of COVID-19 cases in the country had risen to 94,459, with 5,922 deaths.
The Ministry of Public Health said that 887 new cases and six more deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.
The number of patients recoveries rose to 66,099.
According to the authorities, the capital city of Quito has become the epicenter of the virus in the country, with the highest number of cases, followed by the city of Guayaquil, the former epicenter of the virus. Local authorities attributed the surge in cases in Quito to the residents' failure of complying with recommended preventive health measures.
Egypt reported on Sunday 178 new COVID-19 infections, raising the country's infection tally to 95,492, said the Health Ministry.
Another 17 deaths were reported, marking the lowest single-day fatalities in the country since May 26 and bringing the death toll to 5,009, said the ministry's spokesman Khaled Megahed.
Megahed added that 1,006 more patients discharged from hospitals after recovery in the past 24 hours, taking the number of recoveries to 52,678.
Ethiopia's confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 22,818 after 565 new cases were confirmed on Sunday, the Ministry of Health said.
The ministry said in a statement that 17 more deaths were recorded, raising the death toll to 407.
The number of recoveries rose to some 10,206 after 499 more patients were reported to have recovered in the last 24 hours, according to the ministry.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 436 to 216,327, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Monday.
The reported death toll rose by one to 9,197, the tally showed.
German companies expect public life to be restricted for a further 8.5 months due to the coronavirus, a survey by the Ifo economic institute showed on Monday, as Europe's largest economy battles to recover from a pandemic-induced downturn.
Leisure firms, hit hard by the virus crisis, are particularly pessimistic, expecting restrictions to last another 13 months while the beverage sector is more optimistic, foreseeing an end to restrictions in 6.4 months.
Greece reported 203 new coronavirus cases Sunday, the biggest one-day number since the beginning of the pandemic, bringing the tally to 5,623.
The increase was also the biggest jump in daily cases since April 21.
Italy reported 463 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, the second-highest number in two months after reaching 552 on Friday. The country has recorded 250,566 cases since late February. Two more deaths were reported.
Kenya's Ministry of Health said Sunday that the country's COVID-19 caseload has risen to 26,436 after 599 more people tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours.
Mutahi Kagwe, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Health, said the number of recoveries increased to 12,961 after 1,062 more patients were discharged from medical facilities, the highest daily rise in recoveries.
Two more deaths were reported across the country, raising the death toll to 420, according to Kagwe.
Meanwhile, George Magoha, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Education, said that the dates for the reopening of schools could still be changed depending on the COVID-19 situation, despite earlier plans to reopen learning institutions in January 2021.
People wearing face masks ride bikes at the Chapultepec park in Mexico City on Aug 09, 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. (CLAUDIO CRUZ / AFP)
Mexico's health ministry reported on Sunday 4,376 newly confirmed coronavirus infections and 292 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 480,278 cases and 52,298 deaths.
Officials have said the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases.
Mexico has the third highest coronavirus death tally globally, behind the United States and Brazil.
Morocco registered 1,230 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, raising the tally of infections in the North African country to 33,237, the health ministry said.
Recoveries increased by 1,157 to 23,347 while the death toll rose to 498 after 18 more fatalities were recorded in the last 24 hours, said Mouad Mrabet, coordinator of the Moroccan Center for Public Health Operations at the Ministry of Health, at a press briefing.
Russian authorities confirmed 5,118 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, pushing the national case tally to 892,654, the fourth largest in the world.
The official death toll rose to 15,001 after authorities said in their daily coronavirus report that 70 people had died in the last 24 hours.
The number of deaths in Russia rose 19 percent in June from a year earlier, with nearly half of the additional victims diagnosed with COVID-19.
The country recorded 25,521 more deaths in June this year than the same month last year, according to data from the Federal Statistics Service published on Sunday. In the period, 11,917 of the fatalities had COVID-19.
A junior British health minister reiterated Monday that it is a national priority for children to return to school after months away from the classroom due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"Sadly we have seen children from more disadvantaged backgrounds (are) more likely to fall behind during this time so it is essential that we have children back at school this autumn," Helen Whately told Sky News.
Whately's comments came a day after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said reopening schools in September was a social, economic and moral imperative and insisted schools would be able to operate safely despite the pandemic.
Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Johnson said restarting schools was a national priority. Schools would be the last places to close in future local lockdowns, he was quoted by another newspaper as telling a meeting on Thursday.
The economic costs for parents who cannot work if schools are shut are spiralling, and the country faces big problems if children miss out on education, the prime minister warned.
Britain, one of the countries hardest hit by the virus, reported more than 1,000 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, its highest daily increase since June, taking the total number of cases past 310,000. The country has reported more than 46,000 deaths.
Meanwhile, the UK's official COVID-19 daily death count could be scrapped following an investigation into Public Health England's method of counting the toll, The Telegraph newspaper reported. The conclusions of the investigation, which was ordered by Health Secretary Matt Hancock after it emerged officials were "exaggerating" virus deaths, are expected this week, the newspaper reported.
In this Aug 5, 2020 file photo, a teacher wearing a face shield offers hand sanitizer to elementary school students wearing masks before they enter the school for classes in Godley, Texas. (LM OTERO / AP)
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The City of Hialeah has taken down the City's English-language website, and in the process, may have kicked off another fiery Spanish-only debate.
Some scholars see the decision as a sign of the City's "Hialeah First" message of protectionism, but worry it'll be taken as an affront to the many English-speakers who occasionally get lost in Hialeah on the way to Dolphins Stadium.
The City of Hialeah doesn't have an official language. The City's founders debated it, but the idea was abandoned because Hialeans speak so many different Spanish dialects that making Spanish the only official language would have been confusing to the various ethnic groups who don't consider other various ethnic groups' version of Spanish to be "real Spanish." "Venezuelans don't speak Spanish," said Hialeah resident Arturo Canella in Spanish to his Venezuelan neighbor Cesar, to which Cesar just smiled because he had no idea what Arturo was trying to say.
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The Caterpillar House Crawls Off the Grid
The Santa Lucia Preserve near Carmel, California may be one of the most novel gated communities in the US. Sitting within 20,000 acres of conserved nature (roughly the size of Manhattan) are only 300 ranch-style homes, most of which uphold high LEED standards and sustainable building practices. It's an uncanny synecdoche for the Californian mindset, full of former-urbanites with the financial security to afford the extravagant "simple life" of ranch living, without sacrificing all the essentials such as a golf course and an Equestrian center. But beyond all that let's focus on the architecture of this gated community because it's pretty darn nice. Specifically the Caterpillar House, designed by the award-winning firm Feldman Architecture.
The open plan of the home, in conjunction with the overhanging eaves of the roof, helps blend the indoor and outdoor.
Working with the goal of bridging a connection between the built environment and the majestic natural environment of the preserve, the house's massing and overall logic integrate rather seamlessly into their context. As there is no concern for building density on this huge parcel of land, the home was able to maintain a low, spread-out massing that mitigates any interference with the land's skyline. The integration of large glass windows along the perimeter of the façade give the roof a floating attribute, and allow the various thresholds of the house to disappear, giving the home a directionless quality akin to wandering between trees in a nearby woods.
The open plan of the home, in conjunction with the overhanging eaves of the roof, helps blend the indoor and outdoor spaces in a way that removes these identities and further assimilates the ranch into its context. In terms of its sustainable impact, the repurposing of excavated ground into earthen walls for the house both nicely lowers the CO2 footprint of the building (by requiring less concrete) and also acts as a thermal mass, soaking up the California sun's rays during the day and then releasing them at night to warm the house. Additionally, the design of the glass's glazing and natural ventilation helps ensure a passive heating and cooling system that all but relinquishes the home's need for HVAC utilities.
Finally, the use of photovoltaic panels helps the home produce its own energy, essentially keeping it off the grid. This is ideal as it'd be difficult to bring the grid out to such a remote area, and would destroy the beauty of the environment these homes work so hard to preserve. So while one can debate the importance of having an Equestrian center for a community with 300 homes, one can't deny the commitment of the preserve to making architecture that is sustainably beautiful. Photography Joe Fletcher.
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Amid the unrest of earning his Bachelor's degree in Architecture from RISD, Nathaniel manages to find the time to read, write, hang out with friends, play drums, and listen to music. Nathaniel has learned a lot about architecture firsthand thanks to opportunities to live and work in Rome and Brooklyn during the past year. Coming from a family with strong roots in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Nathaniel has always maintained a strong love for NYC especially, and after his studies finish up in Providence he may move there for a while. He hasn't decided yet. You can connect with him via Linkedin or by visiting his Portfolio page.
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The Cincinnati Masters is an annual men's and women's professional tennis tournament, played outdoors on hard courts of Cincinnati, United States. It is sponsored by the Western & Southern Financial Group, hence it is also known as Western & Southern Open. The men's part of the competition is one of nine Master 1000 tournaments on ATP World Tour. Whereas, the women's part is one of the five Premier tournaments on WTA Tour.
Cincinnati Masters started off in 1899, and is one of the oldest tournament to be played in the US. It is also a part of the US Open Series, which is a series of North American professional tennis tournaments, including the famous grand slam event US Open held annually in the United States.
The tournament matches will be played on Center Court and Grandstand Court of Cincinnati, United States. The event will start from 11 to 19 August 2018.
The Cincinnati Masters will offer a total of $5,669,360 as prize money. Men's singles winner will be awarded $1,020,425, while the women's singles winner will be given $501,975.
The event is sponsored by multinational companies like Emirates, UC Health, Peugeot etc.
At the 2017 Cincinnati Masters, Bulgarian player Grigor Dimitrov who is currently seeded number five defeated Nick Kyrgios in sets 6-3 and 7-5 to win the men's singles title.
French duo Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut defeated Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in sets 7–6(8–6), 6–4 to win the men's doubles title.
In women's singles category, Spanish player Garbiñe Muguruza ranked seventh in the world defeated Simona Halep who is world number one in sets 6-1 and 6-0 to lift the Women's Singles title.
Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis defeated Hsieh Su-wei and Monica Niculescu in sets 6–4, 4–6, (10-7) to win the women's doubles title.
The Cincinnati Masters 2018 has a long list of big players who can win or make it to the finals. Men's Singles include players like Swiss legend Roger Federer who has been terrific for last two years will continue his good run of form.
Novak Djokovic will look to bag another title after winning the fourth Wimbledon title. World number two Rafael Nadal and defending champion Dimitrov will also be contention for the title.
In the women's singles, world number one Simona Halep has confirmed her participation along with defending champion Muguruza who will try her best to retain the title.
Serena Williams who was the 2018 Wimbledon runners up will also participate in the competition. She will be accompanied by 2018 Australian Open champions Caroline Wozniacki and the 2018 Wimbledon winner Angelique Kerber.
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The GCTTS is often asked about the sale of small water turtles. It is against federal regulations to sell or offer for sale turtle eggs or live turtles that are smaller than 4 inches in length.
The "4 Inch Law" is actually an FDA regulation and not a law. It was first written in 1975 as a response to the concern about salmonella poisoning resulting from the wholesale distribution of baby water turtles that was occurring at the time.
GCTTS members have discussed this issue, as well as the issue of pet stores maintaining their turtles in deplorable conditions, with representatives from the SPCA, Texas Parks and Wildlife, and the FDA.
Texas Parks and Wildlife is not directly involved in the selling of undersized turtles - this is an FDA regulation.
If one sees someone selling undersized turtles, and they report the seller and the seller's address, the FDA will go to that address and investigate in a timely manner. If the store is in violation of the FDA regulation at the time the inspector arrives they will issue fines and require the destruction "in a humane manner" of the turtles. This destruction must be considered in light of the greater number of turtles that will die if the practice continues. About 90% of turtles sold at this size die within the first 6 months of captivity.
There is an exception to the regulation that allows the sale of small turtles for "bona fide scientific, educational, or exhibit purposes, other than use as pets." Many stores operate under this exception, or claim to. They will post a notice that the turtles are being sold for educational purposes. It is difficult to prove otherwise.
Another way that the regulation is skirted is to sell the supplies needed for the turtle (a "turtle bowl", turtle food, and other supplies) and then give the customer the turtle. The FDA has told us that this does not exempt the store from a fine and the destruction of the turtles.
Perhaps the best action that concerned GCTTS members and others can take is to talk to the manager of the mall or flea market (not the store or individual vendor) where small turtles are being sold. Present them with a copy of the FDA regulation and tell them, politely but firmly, that you will report the store to the FDA if the practice continues for more than a week. Point out to them that the mall or flea market, as well as the store or vendor, may be subject to fines and other penalties. Leave a copy of the FDA regulation with the manager and be sure to get their name.
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De polder is geheel verstedelijkt: hier liggen nu het centrum van Leiderdorp en de Oranjewijk. Ook wordt de polder doorsneden door de A4. De Kalkmolen die de polder bemaalde, is in 2007 weggehaald en werd in 2009 op een nieuwe locatie geplaatst bij Hoogmade.

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British scientists have found a remarkable array of creatures, some of them new to science, in one of the most inhospitable regions of the deep sea. In the first ever expedition to explore and take samples from the "Dragon Vent" in the south-west Indian Ocean, remotely operated submarines spotted yeti crabs, sea cucumbers and snails living around the boiling column of mineral-rich water that spews out of the seafloor.
Dr Jon Copley, a marine biologist at the University of Southampton who led the exploration of the Dragon Vent, said his team found animals that had not been seen in neighbouring parts of the oceans.
"We found a new type of yeti crab. Yeti crabs are known at vents in the eastern Pacific and there are two species described so far, but they have very long, hairy arms – ours have short arms and their undersides are covered in bristles. They're quite different to the ones that are known from the Pacific," said Copley. "This is the first time a Yeti crab has been seen in the Indian Ocean."
His team also found sea cucumbers, vent shrimps and scaly-foot snails. Sea cucumbers have previously only been seen at deep sea vents in the eastern Pacific. "This is the first time they've been seen at vents in the Indian Ocean and they're not known from the central Indian or mid-Atlantic vents so far," he said.
Deep-sea vents, also known as hydrothermal vents, are springs of superheated water that are powered by underwater volcanoes. They erupt from the sea bed and are usually found a few miles under the sea surface. The scalding temperatures and rich mineral content of the water give rise to vast rocky chimneys, which have been found to support a wide variety of life forms.
The survey was part of a larger expedition to study underwater mountains aboard the RRS James Cook, which sailed from Cape Town on 7 November and returned to South Africa on 21 December. The exploration of the Dragon Vent took place in an intense three-day burst in the middle of the trip.
Copley's team took hundreds of samples of 17 different creatures, all of which are now being shipped back to his lab for detailed morphological and genetic examination. "Chances are that there will be several that are new species," he said. "We won't know for sure until we get them back into the lab and analyse them."
Copley's work builds on a Chinese expedition in 2007 that pinpointed the hydrothermal vents on the southwest Indian ridge for the first time. This chain of undersea volcanoes joins the mid-Atlantic ridge to the central Indian ridge. This part of the volcanic ridge is less volcanically active, so scientists think hydrothermal vents should be fewer and more scattered here. It therefore raises the question of whether life there is significantly different.
Copley said that characterising the life at the world's hydrothermal vents was a race against time. "Earlier this year, China was granted a licence by the UN International Seabed Authority for exploratory mining at deep-sea vents on the southwest Indian ridge," he said. "The vent chimneys are very rich in copper, zinc, gold and uranium. But we have no idea what's actually living there."
In evolutionary terms, hydrothermal vents were like the islands of the ocean floor, he added. "Just like the 19th century naturalists used to go to the Galápagos and other islands to find species there that are different to elsewhere and then use that to understand patterns of dispersal of dispersal and evolution, we can use deep-sea vents to do the same things beneath the waves," he said.
"And we need to do that because the exploitation of the deep ocean is overtaking its exploration. We're fishing in deeper and deeper waters, oil and gas is moving into deeper waters and now there's mining starting to take place in deep waters. We need to understand how species disperse and evolve in the deep oceans if we're going to make responsible decisions about managing their resources."


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The original meaning of an "essaimage" is a phenomenon that we can observe within a beehive, when some of the bees leave the apiary with a queen (l'essaim) in order to create a new colony.
In France, they talk in a metaphoric sense about an essaimage of new ideas, techniques, knowledge and savoir-faire (know-how, savvy, from years of experience).


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BSU Wins NSIC Title With 86-76 Victory over Bulldogs
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BEMIDJI, Minn. -- On Senior Night at the BSU Gymnasium, the Bemidji State men's basketball team hit 10 of its first 11 shots in riding past Minnesota Duluth tonight, 86-76 to win at least a share of the 2003-04 NSIC Regular Season Championship for the first time since 1966-67. The Beavers will have to await what second-place Northern State does this weekend at Winona State and Concordia-St. Paul. The Wolves hold down a 12-2 record going into Friday's game at C-SP and would hold the tiebreaker against the Beavers.
" This was a great win for us; it has been 37 years (since a conference title)," said head coach Jeff Guiot. "When I took this job, everyone said you can't win a championship at BSU. But the good Lord let me have all these players...I can't believe we got some of these guys.
"We worked extremely hard all year. This team is very deserving of these accolades."
The Beavers, which set a school record with 14 conference wins, improves to 19-8 and 14-2 in the league. The Bulldogs fall to 15-11 and 8-7 in the NSIC.
The Beavers, which move to 24-6 at home versus NSIC opponents under coach Guiot, sprinted to a 23-14 lead after their opening shooting display. Two three's by junior James Roberson and four points by senior Charles "Buster" Hanks highlighted that run.
The Bulldogs trimmed the deficit to four at 29-33 after a trey by Dusty Decker with 7:58 remaining. However, BSU followed suit and answered back with a 10-4 spurt to take a 44-33 edge and run into the locker room with a 44-39 lead.
Two Roberson baskets sandwiched one by Hanks giving BSU a 50-39 edge out of the half. From there, the guests could never threaten a BSU lead that never got under 10 points. In fact, BSU took a 20-point advantage on two occasions, the last being 74-54 after a trifecta by senior Jamal Clements.
After setting a school record in field goal percentage (.673) last Friday against SW Minnesota State, the Beavers hit on 64.2 percent of their shots, including nine-of-11 (.818) from the foul line. UM-D went 49 percent from the floor and 60 percent from long range. BSU held a 29-22 rebounding advantage.
Hanks came away with his 16th career double-double with 24 points and 12 rebounds, moving himself into fifth-place on the NSIC career scoring charts with 1,021. The Pre-Season All-American pick becomes the only player in NSIC history to score over 1,000 points in just three seasons of action.
Roberson, who became the school's top assists man on the season (147), posted 18 points on seven-of-10 shooting. The league's leading shot blocker, Ian Atkins, came back to contribute four points in six minutes of action; Atkins missed the last four games with an injured foot. Freshman Martez Young finished with 10 points on four-of-five shooting, his fourth 10+ point effort in five games.
The Bulldogs received 20 points from Sean Seaman and 18 by John Emerson. Seaman and Emerson were a combined eight-of-10 from behind the arc. Decker posted 14 points while Denny Hudson corralled a team-high six rebounds.
"They (BSU) are very good," said Bulldog head coach Gary Holquist. "We beat the number one team in the nation a month and a half ago in Metro State. Bemidji State is better than they are.
"Bemidji is a very good basketball team and they deserve to win the league. Charles Hanks is a tremendous player. BSU has a great one-two punch in Hanks and James Roberson. Those two played very effectively tonight."
The Beavers will host the NSIC Quarterfinal round, Wednesday, Mar. 3 with the opponent yet to be determined. BSU will either be the No. 1 or No. 2 seed and host No. 7 or No. 8.


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Perhaps the most seaworthy flying boat ever built, the elegant, tri-motor Dornier Do 24 served with both the Allied and Axis forces in very different parts of the globe during World War 2, garnering an excellent reputation along the way This study uses archival records, first-hand accounts and revealing photographs to illuminate the combat career of this remarkable aircraft for the first time in English. The German-built Do 24 was the Netherlands Navy's principal aerial asset during the Japanese invasion of the East Indies. While the survivors of that ordeal served in the Australian Air force, in occupied Holland and France production continued apace and the Do 24 equipped the German Air-Sea rescue service, whose crews loved and respected the machine. The type witnessed the rise and fall of the Luftwaffe over all the European seas, took part in the desperate evacuations of Wehrmacht troops on the Baltic in the face of the overwhelming Soviet advance, and was pressed out of service only with the withdrawal of Spanish Do 24s in 1969. This volume tells the long and eventful story of the faithful Do 24 in full.
A professional editor and translator, Peter de Jong has collaborated on numerous modern history and aviation history books and written dozens of magazine articles since 1995. His comprehensive volumes on the most historically significant Fokker aircraft of World War 2, the D.XXI, appeared in his native Dutch and French, and with Kari Stenman he produced Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces 112 -Fokker D.XXI Aces of World War 2.Chris Davey has illustrated more than 25 titles for Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces, Combat Aircraft and Elite Units series since 1994. Based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, and one of the last traditional airbrush artists in the business, he has become the artist of choice for both USAAF fighters and RAF subject matter, proving his undoubted skill when dealing with large aircraft subjects such as the Halifax and Sunderland.


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Nine news boss has no memory of drink-driving arrest
Nine news boss Darren Wick to check into rehab after drink-driving arrest
by Annette Sharp
Top-ranking Nine news boss Darren Wick has given himself just "one shot" at recovering from alcohol addiction after being arrested for high-range drink-driving.
In his first interview since his October 16 arrest when he blew 0.227 - more than four times the legal limit - driving home after a long lunch and work drinks, a remorseful Wick said he was taking immediate action to address his illness.
Nine news director Darren Wick says he has been struggling to control his alcohol addiction 'for some time'.
On Monday the news and current affairs director will check into an inpatient treatment program at a drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic on Sydney's north shore.
Wick told The Saturday Telegraph he is committed to working intensively with drug and alcohol counsellors on the 12-month program to better understand the illness that had, he said, "snuck up" on him.
"I need professional help," Wick said, his voice catching as he confirmed he was battling with his mental health.
"I've got one shot to get things right. I'm not gonna f. k it up," he said.
Wick will take several weeks off work from Nine to participate in the intensive program that requires the 57-year-old news chief check into the facility for an initial three weeks.
After this, he confirmed, he will continue with counselling in an outpatient program which requires he attend twice-weekly meetings for a further 11 months.
The news boss said the counselling was necessary, given events of the past year.
Wick, pictured with Nine Gold Coast newsreader Wendy Kingston, is determined to 'fix' his alcohol addiction. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen
Wick admitted he had little memory of climbing behind the wheel of his Jeep Cherokee soon after 6pm on the Friday before last and driving 1.2km to the corner of Mowbray Rd and Penshurst St, Willoughby, where police pulled him over at the start of his 20km drive home to Narrabeen.
"I'm just piecing things together," he said.
"Clearly I have an issue with alcohol. I'm admitting that and I'm determined to take control of my life.
"The issue I've had, I've kept it private (and) away from the workplace … (until) I've had my train crash."
He was unaware of rumours a colleague may have tipped off police after failing to persuade the news boss to book a taxi or Uber.
Wick had been at lunch with an unidentified friend in Crows Nest on October 16 and returned to Nine's Artarmon studio lot around 4pm to make a brief appearance at a farewell gathering.
The 60 Minutes team was having a send-off for the program's production office, an old cottage at the base of the Nine broadcasting tower that has been headquarters for the show for more than three decades.
Wick made an appearance to address the troops. According to sources, he gave an impassioned speech before assuring colleagues, around 6pm, he would catch an Uber home.
The 57-year old, who has a court appearance scheduled for November 26, now faces possible jail time or a driving ban of up to two years.
In a letter distributed to staff last week Wick admitted he had been struggling to control his alcohol addiction "for some time".
Last year he managed to give up alcohol for six months after developing a golden staph-like superbug in a hip replacement that almost killed him.
Friends say he hasn't been quite right since the illness.
"Now that I'm going through it (myself), I get the crash and the journey," Wick said.
"This is not a misdemeanour, it's a serious crime, and, as I've said, I feel terrible, I've let everyone down … but I'm at a point where I have to recognise and acknowledge and take ownership of this problem with alcohol and I have to fix it and I will fix it."
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It all starts with the Chinese Year of the Earth Dog. This is a year loaded with cosmic energy!
The Precious Chinese Earth Dog Talisman, known in the Chinese calendar as the "Earth Dog," is careful and practical but also holds on to his ideals and standards very strongly. The Earth Dog is one of the Twelve Zodiac Supreme Creatures and he's the ultimate protector.
You can share in his protection and enjoy the beauty of this pendant adorning your neck.


Another horse enters the race.
Variety calls what Sony has in mind a "virtual MSO." Because content would be piped over broadband, says Wallenstein, Sony wouldn't be encumbered by the same geographic footprint that has led to the regional monopolies or oligopolies that characterize traditional cable operators.
Sony makes sense as a major player here. I've written before about how my Xbox has been the Trojan Horse of my living room (see "Microsoft's SmartGlass Is a Game-Changer"), beginning as a mechanism for playing "Lego Indiana Jones," and winding up as the brains of my television and ultimately the reason I became a cord-cutter. I've had less to say about Sony's PS3, although I own one, too–largely, in my case, because HBO Go is on Xbox but not, last I checked, on PS3. If Sony offered a serious competitor to a cable package, though, perhaps my PlayStation has been the real Trojan Horse all along.
Or would it be some other device entirely? Variety doesn't have the final word here, saying it's unclear whether specific hardware would be needed for such a service. The report does say, however, that a la carte pricing, that Holy Grail of TV disruption, is not on the table here.
Others have dabbled in this virtual cable idea, including Apple and Microsoft (they ultimately backed off, says Wallenstein). Google, famously, has actually laid down a network of fiber optic cable in Kansas City. Intel has been making strides here, saying it will roll out a virtual cable service city by city.
So basically, every major tech company and a host of minor ones have a horse in this race. Perhaps you are developing a cable TV competitor. Perhaps I am, too, and simply forgot about it. Oh, there it is, under the couch cushion.
A commenter on The Verge points to a delightful xkcd web comic that seems to sum up the situation in which we find ourselves. Sometimes I wonder if I long for a winner in the online TV space not in order to save money as a consumer, but simply so that I can finally contemplate, in a simple and intuitive way, where my TV is actually coming from.


The holiday fervor is always high during the Christmas. Even if you are short of space, you needn't cut down on your preparations. You need not always invest in a huge tree to bring the festive look to your home. Instead, a small Christmas tree aesthetically decorated can fill all the gaps elegantly and it's a huge space-saver as well. There are many innovative and brilliant ideas to decorate the shorter and trimmed trees. Here, we have given you the top 40 such ideas to begin with.
What can a better idea than putting a pretty small Christmas tree on the table? The cute paper birds and ribbon flowers are adding to its beauty.
These cute gray hearts hanging from this small Christmas tree are looking so elegant and classy.
A cute and small Christmas tree with an equally adorable striped bucket. The miniature angels and snowman hangings, as well as lights, are looking fantastic on it!
This small tree on the front door is simple and very pretty.
The cute red ornaments and felt reindeer decoration on this tree are accentuating its beauty manifold.
This small tree is decorated minimally with the cute picture blocks hanging with the red ribbons.
This one is so pretty and unusual. The color combination is perfect for a minimal decor! Loved the purple baubles completely!
A completely Christmasy tree decoration! The tree has cute paper ornaments hanging beautifully from its branches.
This is a superbly elegant decoration using fairy figures in silver. The pot is adding the pop of color to this small tree.
This tree is uniquely decorated with the gold jewels and jingle bells for a vintage appeal. The most innovative feature is the iron pot, though!
This is a beautiful small Christmas tree for your living room.
The yarn balls as the ornaments and tail yarn as garland makes this tree so unique. And the white ribbon bow on the top is simply elegant!
A perfect centerpiece for your table! These embellished miniature trees are looking so pretty that you will certainly want one for your home this Christmas.
This decoration is so offbeat. The tiny and colorful baubles hanging from this tree are perfectly matching the decoration around it.
The old wine bottle is serving its purpose beautifully in this decoration idea. The glass ornaments are looking pretty in this decor.
This is an amazing small Christmas tree decoration that your kids will definitely love to have in their room.
This is a beautiful small tree decoration. The vase is giving it the required height and the glittery decor is so flamboyant!
Do you have lots of cookie cutters in different shapes? Try this decoration idea made from cookie cutters wrapped in printed papers and hung beautifully from a small Christmas tree.
This reindeer decoration is also a unique style of adorning your living spaces with small Christmas tree.
Gather some small fir branches and place them beautifully in a red pot. Decorate with these cute red baubles and your stunning tabletop Christmas is ready.
A pretty Light bulb and birds decor! What do you say?
You can never go wrong with a classic decoration with red and white color theme.
This is a creative DIY idea to make your own small Christmas tree and decorate it with glass ornaments painted as Grinch.
The pristine mini Scandinavian decoration!
A Christmas tree decoration on the theme of the beach? Sounds interesting and looks so pretty!
Use pine cones in this way to decorate your small tabletop Christmas tree.
This is a cute and colorful small Christmas tree decoration. The snowman face on the top is the highlight of this decor.
The cute bows on the Christmas tree also add the festive fervor to your holidays. I loved the bold red ornament on this tree!
This mini Christmas tree is looking adorable with the red and white stockings.
A gold Christmas tree decoration is always elegant. In this tree, the glitter of gold is simply outstanding!
An elegant purple small Christmas tree decoration is not only beautiful but also offbeat.
A little Christmas tree in a beautiful white vase and decorated with pretty wooden toys. Kids will definitely love this one!
This is an elegant tabletop Christmas tree decorated with red bows and striking green baubles.
This small Christmas tree is looking flamboyant with golden butterfly ornaments, beautiful flowers, and a pretty bow on the top.
Add the dash of style and contemporariness to your holiday decor by adorning your small Christmas tree with blue ornaments and bows.
These small snowmen in pretty colors are looking so cute and Christmasy. Aren't they?
This is a fun decoration using the gingerbread. The pot is equally amazing.
The attractive colorful baubles in this Christmas tree decoration are so appealing and pleasant.
A white small Christmas tree decoration is always fascinating!
This prelit tree will add the lighting effect to your Christmas decorations. It has a typical rustic feel as well.
These are the top 40 small Christmas tree decoration ideas that you can try. They are fun, amazing, and cute for your lovely home.


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Catalyst-free synthesis of ZnO nanowires on Si by oxidation of Zn powders
A. Sekar, S. H. Kim, A. Umar, Y. B. Hahn
ZnO nanowires were grown on Si (1 0 0) substrates by oxidation of metallic Zn powder at 600 °C. Sea-urchin-like nanostructures, consisting of straight nanowires of ZnO with blunt faceted ends with a sudden reduction in diameter projecting out, were observed, having diameters of 30-60 nm and lengths of 2-4 μm. TEM analysis and SAED patterns showed that the as-grown nanostructures are highly crystalline in nature and preferably grown along the [0 0 0 1] direction, which is consistent with XRD analysis. Room-temperature photoluminescence (PL) measurements showed a reduced near band-edge emission in the UV region at 380 nm, while a strong deep level emission was observed in the visible region at 500-530 nm. A model for vapor-solid (VS) growth mechanism of ZnO nanowires was presented.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2005.02.006
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Sekar, A., Kim, S. H., Umar, A., & Hahn, Y. B. (2005). Catalyst-free synthesis of ZnO nanowires on Si by oxidation of Zn powders. Journal of Crystal Growth, 277(1-4), 471-478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2005.02.006
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Beastin, the Munich-based streetwear label with a particularly athletic leaning, returns with another sports-driven collection for Fall/Winter 2012. Titled "No Guts, No Glory" and dedicated to "game-changers" — apparently including basketball Hall-of-Famer Shaquille O'Neal and Euro legend Vlade Divac — the assortment of functional street gear splices good doses of classic aesthetics and outdoors inspirations with their more standard sportswear. Shot on a nature reserve in Austria, the label includes varsity jackets, down vests, and flannel shirts to go with its range of headwear and basketball-referencing tees. For "game-changers" who hustle as hard after wild ducks as they do after loose balls, expect the Beastin Fall/Winter 2012 collection to hit select stockists soon.
Check out this and past collections on their official website http://www.beastin.de/.
Tie, $195 by Burberry Prorsum.
Tie bar, $15 by The Tie Bar.
Pocket square, $160 by Brunello Cucinelli.
Shoes, $1,360 by Tom Ford.
In a preview of our October issue, two-time Oscar winner and box-office giant Denzel Washington shows you how to dominate a double-breasted suit here.
"Seven and Michael Clayton. With Clayton, it was the best material I had read in a long time, but I was nervous about a first-time director, and I was wrong. It happens.
For more from Denzel, visit GQ.com.
For men, picking the right swimwear can be tough. Choosing between skin tight Speedos or baggy swimming shorts when planning your holiday wardrobe can be a real headache. Do you go for the Speedos - tight, streamlined and showing what you've got, or the swimming shorts - baggy, relaxed and a bit more conservative?
Speedos are a swim brief often referred to as budgie smugglers or a racing brief. These terms refer to any "brief" style male swimsuit such as those worn in competitive swimming and diving.
Speedos are made of a nylon and spandex and like underwear briefs,they feature a V-shape front and a solid back providing form-fitting coverage. They typically are worn below the lower waist and are generally secured by thin banding at the upper thighs and either a drawstring around the waist or an elastic waistband.
Swimming trunks are made of nylon with mesh meaning that they are fast drying. This is an advantage to you if you are planning a pool side retreat where you will be jumping in and out of the swimming pool. There's nothing worse than lying around sunbathing in wet shorts.
As these shorts are tighter, they may also be better for you if you're planning to do some serious swimming on your holiday. Swimming trunks are more streamlined than board shorts, reducing drag and allowing you to cut through the water with ease.
Swimming shorts, also known as board shorts, also make a great choice. They're longer and baggier than swimming trunks, providing greater comfort as well as being more practical for surfers or water sports enthusiasts.
Swimming shorts also tend to be popular with younger people. Paired with a t-shirt or vest they can easily pass as standard shorts meaning that you can make the transition from beach to bar with ease.
Really, choosing men's swimwear all comes down to your own personal preference of choice. If you prefer something more relaxed, then swimming shorts or board shorts might be the ones for you but if you're working on your tan or planning on doing some serious swimming when you're on holiday, Speedos could be the better and more practical choice.
Choosing men's swimwear doesn't have to be a minefield - by thinking through what you'll be doing you can easily choose the right swimwear for you and impress the ladies at the same time!
Know what works and looks the best on your body!
I felt as though it was time to change the patch I put on my loafers a few months ago.
I found this patch at Who.A.U for $10. They have the best patches for creative projects.
How to upgrade an old pair of loafers on a budget <----The steps are basically the same as in my prior post, but with just a few added ones that I've learned from doing this before.
Step 1: As you can imagine once I took off the patch there was left over residue, so I used sharp scissors to get it off.
Step 2: After getting leftover residue off, I used a lint roller to clean up.
Step 3: I didn't make it completely perfect because I'm going to put another patch right over it.
Step 4: I placed the patch in the desired spot and added stitch witchery in place to anchor.
Step 6: 1st shoe complete!
The above loafers were purchased at ALDO SHOES last season. They have a new version available online and in stores now.
So if you don't know who Ozwald Boateng is you have clearly been living under a rock. This British fashion designer of Ghanaian descent is world known for his keen eye for men's suiting and putting a trademark twist on British tailoring. Inspired by his father's suits, Ozwald opened up his first suit shop on Savile Row at the age of 23 offering 'bespoke couture'. Recognizing the potential that English tailoring could have on the world's fashion scene, Ozwald Boateng staged his first catwalk presentation during Paris Fashion Week in 1994 introducing "Classic with a Twist" to the world and becoming the first English tailor to do so. Since then he has been on the rise.
I was recently contacted by a member of his PR team to guest blog for his show. Luckily, I was at my desk reading via my laptop because had I been out on my phone, I probably would have dropped it. Ozwald's clothing is the epitome of Men's Fashion.... what an esteemed honor! I mean the man has collaborated with Givenchy to say the least...aaahhhhhhh.
FIVE designers showcased for the ARISE Magazine Fashion Show during its annual gala extravaganza this September at the Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week 2012: Gavin Rajah, Maki Oh, Tiffany Amber, Tsemaye Binitie and saving the best for last, Ozwald Boateng.
Check out the added accessories/ props.
"I want to support the important work ARISE is doing for African fashion. It's good to help bring the stylistic messages of the AMFW experience of Lagos to New York. I have a good following in the States and have showed solo at NYFW three times...If you're interested in the American consumer. NYFW is where it's at."
----I couldn't agree more...NYMBFW is where it's at! Thanks again to Ozwald Boateng and his team for this wonderful opportunity!


When you are dealing with a myriad of interconnected internal and external systems, thousands of client organizations and tens of thousands of endpoints, change is constant. With high growth, constant stream of application releases and a high standard of quality–. the significant burden is placed on internal resources.
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A large global financial services firm in the payment processing industry had that very challenge. The needed to ensure high quality in every monthly release, do so in a cost-effective manner even with an increasing volume of work and ensure a constant stream of innovation to keep ahead of their changing and evolving industry.
Our joint governance process included Software Delivery milestone targets Reporting through a Scorecard, Real-time Velocity, On Demand Quality Assurance Dashboard and SLA Metrics containing in-depth analysis and identification of potential efficiency gains.


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High Priestess Productions
David Ormond
David Ormond is the inspiring voice behind our latest project "The Jug of Punch".
We are delighted to be capturing this unique voice and incredible penchant for bringing historical songs to life! Many long years ago, David Wilkinson received as a present the 1026- page "The Complate Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe", and tried to read it at a single sitting. Ex private pilot, ex skydiver, ex paraglider, his body is now self-grounded, but his imagination soars.
David Ormond, singer and Founder and Artistic Director of the Astra Dance Company is also a professor, author of five books and fifty-odd articles and a traveler to strange destinations–Ulan Bator, Timbuktu, Titicaca… He was once diving in search of a lost and sunken city off the coast of Africa, only to be driven off by its guardian jellyfish. He is thrilled to be singing for you.
Look forward to his upcoming albums "Songs for the 4th trimester" and "Your Demon Lover".
High Priestess Regan
After falling in love with "Fur Elise" at age 8, Regan "High Priestess" set her course to be a composer. Now her resume is long and filled with accolades from her to everything from film, features to trailers (Munich, The New World, Team America, Resident Evil, Lost, The Grid, Alias, 24 and The Life of David Gale) to dance theatre (Astra Dance Company, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Labyrinth of Jareth) to circus (Oceania, Lucent Dossier, Dream Circus, Area 101). She won Best New Age album of the year in 2009 at the International New Age Trade show for her lush harp masterpiece Faerie Archives. She credits her time at Cal Arts (BFA Performer/Composer '00) and USC (Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television Masters Certificate '05) to giving her the time and tools to make the music of her dreams.
Astra Dance Theatre
Standing at the crossroads of dance and theatre, Astra Dance Company brazenly pushes the boundaries of each. With their 5 years exhibiting on the west coast, from the fiery interpretations of Edgar Alan Poe at Burning Man to a series of silent films turned dance at the historic El Portal Theatre in north hollywood… They have remained true to their original spirit of collaboration, based in the classics, elevated with imaginative interactive projections, telling a dramatic story through dance and music alone…
A mutual passion for high art in their respective realms has driven this collaboration to create high quality, multi-media events of stunning emotional vibrancy. Using custom, cutting edge projection technology, interactive animation and the pastiche of expressive movement being explored today via acro yoga, breakdance and parkour Astra Dance Company tells a captivating tale.
We are the music makers and the dreamer of dreams! Creating beauty is our calling and our craft. Invoking the deeper spaces for creating riveting, transformational, emotional music. Music composition, performance and productions services available.
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