A new coordination pattern classification to assess gait kinematics when utilising a modified vector coding technique.
A modified vector coding (VC) technique was used to quantify lumbar-pelvic coordination during gait. The outcome measure from the modified VC technique is known as the coupling angle (CA) which can be classified into one of four coordination patterns. This study introduces a new classification for this coordination pattern that expands on a current data analysis technique by introducing the terms in-phase with proximal dominancy, in-phase with distal dominancy, anti-phase with proximal dominancy and anti-phase with distal dominancy. This proposed coordination pattern classification can offer an interpretation of the CA that provides either in-phase or anti-phase coordination information, along with an understanding of the direction of segmental rotations and the segment that is the dominant mover at each point in time. Classifying the CA against the new defined coordination patterns and presenting this information in a traditional time-series format in this study has offered an insight into segmental range of motion. A new illustration is also presented which details the distribution of the CA within each of the coordination patterns and allows for the quantification of segmental dominancy. The proposed illustration technique can have important implications in demonstrating gait coordination data in an easily comprehensible fashion by clinicians and scientists alike.


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"Either you are or you aren't — a Judy Garland fan that is. And if you aren't, forget about her new movie, I Could Go On Singing, and leave the discussion to us devotees…. You'll see her in close up … in beautiful, glowing Technicolor and striking staging in a vibrant, vital performance that gets to the essence of her mystique as a superb entertainer. Miss Garland is — as always — real, the voice throbbing, the eyes aglow, the delicate features yielding to the demands of the years — the legs still long and lovely. Certainly the role of a top-rank singer beset by the loneliness and emotional hungers of her personal life is not an alien one to her …."
Judith Crist. New York Herald Tribune. 1963
Judith Crist wrote these words about Garland's then current and ultimately final film, I Could Go On Singing. Most of them, absent the "demands of the years" reference, apply to Judy Garland's resonant, now again vibrantly restored, performance as Esther Blodgett who becomes Vicki Lester who proclaims herself Mrs. Norman Maine in George Cukor's (and Moss Hart's and Dorothy Parker's and James Mason's but ultimately Judy Garland's) 1954 version of A Star is Born. Screenings in LA last month as part of the TCM Classic Film Festival and in NYC at Lincoln Center last night provide a taste of what we will see in the spanking new, shiny cleaned up version of the film that will be released on DVD in June 2010. (Bad taste on the part of the releasing company to gift the world with this gem on the anniversary of Garland's death, June 22 — how much better to have celebrated the day of her birth earlier in the month, June 10, as many of us already do?)
I now join the voices of those who saw the new treatment of the film in LA and extolled its virtues. This is an exquisite restoration of the familiar 1954 version of the journey of Esther Blodgett (Judy Garland) the 30-year-old band singer who has a powerhouse voice and persona who meets Norman Maine (James Mason) the movie star on his way down, who gives her a vision of her future, assists her entry into his home studio, and can't stave off his own self-destructive demons. As Norman's pal Oliver Niles (Charles Bickford) the studio head says at one point to Esther of Norman's reduced capacities: "years of steady quiet drinking will do that to a man". Esther loves Norman through his journey, and ultimately stands in her own strength. Esther's story especially shines in this version of the film lovingly reassembled and released in 1983 [see Ronald Haver's adventure story A Star Is Born: The Making of the 1954 Movie and Its 1983 Restoration for this full ride] restoring early plot sequences and two full production numbers cut after the original release to facilitate more daily showings and earnings for the studio. This film's version of this repeatedly-told story of love and conflicting career arcs and internal demons has been restored to vibrant life and now gives this dame who has seen this movie more times than she is able to calculate a series of new experiences in one familiar package.
So this blog entry is really a story of my journey to honor a performance that is well-known, and to see how the piece of art has been shined up. Refurbished. New details noticed. Old interactions revealed. Power reinforced. All of this and more.
I choose to make Sunday, May 16th a day trip in to NYC from Philly in this pre-move era, where my life is in both places and my heart is increasingly in one. The train to NYC is crowded at 1:40pm. Beginning of business week for some and play time for gaggles of vacationers. Amidst people struggling with wheeled luggage I am relatively carefree but focused. Black coat, black slacks, black shoes, and an mp3 player on which i listen to a certain soundtrack.
Buh buh bah BAH buh. …
A glorious New York day. I amble from Penn Station east on 34th, then north-ish on Broadway to 40th, then east to Bryant Park where I reinforce the familiar with a pause among the trees. I reject the proposed hang at the Algonquin (old familiar at 44th near 6th) floated by stay-at-home spouse in favor of dealing with my anxiety over the nebulous ticketing routines at the Walter Reade theatre. I have an internet receipt in hand (thank you Heather) but I don't know how the Box Office will deal with it. And this screening is too important to me. So I push northward toward Lincoln Center at this midafternoon hour to clarify the details.
Amble continues: 6th Avenue north to the Park, then west along Central Park South to Columbus Circle and north on Central Park West for a few blocks, west on 64th into Lincoln Center. Am I here to see Opera? Theatre? Ballet?
Pretty and inviting but no no no. Through a bit of construction across 65th I see my goal — and up a single escalator flight outdoors I locate the Box Office. Almost no checking of my email receipt and I am awarded my ticket. Gee, that was simple. Its only 4:30pm and my showing is at 7pm. What to do? Scope it out and, Girl Scout that I am, use the facilities before wandering further afield.
Turns out it's intermission time for the first showing that started at 3pm, so there's a line. In that line of smiling faces is a woman just behind me, encounter one, just a bit older than me, who speaks of seeing Judy at the Palace in 1967 when she was a teenager (her mother convinced her to go, to which I responded "smart mother!"), saying Garland spoiled her for anyone else. The energy and commitment. She speaks of the 1983 A Star is Born restoration showing at Radio City (the current cut without the digital enhancement and refurbishing the current release has received). And as is true of the Garland fans I adore, she speaks of these events in 1967 and 1983 as if they happened yesterday. In the loo line we bond and beam. I send her off to the second half of the first showing and she wishes me a lovely time at mine. And this is all for me before the overture, all before seeing Judy's image myself today. She's just here.
There is espresso in this lobby and my notepad and only a few hours to wait and what the heck, I decide to stay. First in line, on a bench by a rope, like a Star Wars groupie or something. And by 6:30pm I am in my seat middle of the 3rd row. From here I experience chance audience encounter two. This is an audio Jeopardy question. A comment overheard that I prefer to leave unattributed. An adult male voice behind me, of a man clearly new to the movie and perhaps brought to the showing by one of his several chattering male companions. "Isn't it Pride next month? Shouldn't they made this part of fag appreciation month?" I am reminded once again of Crist's words, of my own counsel, of the core creative emotional hold this performer has for me. I refrain from retorts. And I wait for the overture.
The crowd is serious and content, and wonder of wonders, finally, A Star is Born is about to begin. We applaud credits. Those familiar with the resolution and images of this work of art from the past gasp at the clarity of the image — the pop of the reds, the definition of outlines, the crispness of shadows. And I wait with bated breath through the first exciting movie minutes of klieg lights igniting, people in fancy dress arriving (and the gushing female interviewer of one female's choice of hair adornments "and the diamonds in the hair!") for the first shots of Judy as Esther the band singer, waiting backstage with her musician pals, waiting to perform. And those legs. My goodness, those legs.
Esther before she's Vicki, with the band. screen cap courtesy of Meg Meyers
I could fill this entry with splashes of dialog that I love (for example, Norman's speech to Esther telling her about "that little something extra" that defines a star), but I'll try to refrain and talk for the balance here about moments that popped for me differently because of this restoration and because of the fine screening facilities at the Walter Reade Theatre at Lincoln Center. Criminy the credits alone and the explosion of klieg lights in the first moments heralding the first benefit alert you. You are, by gum, going to pay attention when the lights pop on in your face like this.
On the whole, to these eyes long familiar with various cuts of this movie through various media (late night black and white commercial broadcast television, VCRs, early DVD, bad prints projected in film society blank walls), the great gifts of this new version of the film are newly visible small details that bring tears of joy. The nuances. The various flowers among the wall of red during Esther's "Born in a Trunk" movie within a movie sequence — there were poppies in there! The various textures and hues of glove and gown and shawl in the "Melancholy Baby" sequence within that number. The freckles cried off and reapplied during "Lose That Long Face". The exquisite sparkle of the substantial diamond clips in Esther's hair in her final formal ensemble, seeing the lipstick scrawled love note, and going onstage to proclaim to the world her identity as "Mrs. Norman Maine".
The power of the imagery and framing of shots hit me anew with the screening, a testament to Cukor's vision. Two particular images haunt me. First, Esther at the Academy Award ceremony on stage after she has been presented with her Oscar, in a long shot. Esther the human being down left, and Esther as projected on a screen for the attendees at the ceremony at the right. Luscious use of widescreen format.
Vicki receiving her Academy Award. screen cap courtesy of Meg Meyers
And a second image: a different kind of composition and intent later in the movie. At the end of Norman's life. He is brought home after a several-day drunk, Esther proclaims she is going to quit the business for a while and take care of him, and he is devastated by this — her career is his lasting legacy. He gets up, plays the happy camper, proclaims his intent to swim before supper, leaves Esther after one last look at her (sob), and exits the house toward the beach. It's the moment after he closes the patio door behind him that I speak of — he looks back at the house to his right with an empty sorrow-filled face, resolute, the setting sun to the left of the screen, warmly welcoming him into the waters. It's chilling and mesmerizing and gorgeous.
Norman's final moments. screen cap courtesy of Meg Meyers
Rich saturated color. Framing often just exquisite. And the story of two humans who fall in love. And entertain us along the way. I'm training toward Philly by midnight.
"A little something extra." Holy cow.
© Martha Wade Steketee (May 17, 2010)
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Tags: A Star is Born, Film Society of Lincoln Center, George Cukor, judy garland, Walter Reade Theater
May 20, 2010 • 10:02 am
I was feeling pretty sorry for myself that I had missed this the Walter Reade showing of ASIB, but living vacariously through your experience this way almost makes up for it.
Thanks for sharing your journey.
While reading your observations I truly felt that I was there with you.
First time I have ever read a suicide described as gorgeous. Not merely an apt decription, but kind of brilliant too.
msteketee
May 25, 2010 • 1:58 pm
entry now updated with two fabulous screen caps provided by meg. who so completely understood what i was describing .. i think we need to create books together someday or something .. :) thanks meg!

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The Ballad of Big Star
The Upstart (Again): Jordan Lynch
Northern Illinois's offense played the pumpkin in the Orange Bowl last season. Can Lynch & Co. retrace their run as BCS Cinderellas?
by Holly Anderson on July 30, 2013
1. I Only Wanna Have a Good Time
Like a lot of quarterbacks, Jordan Lynch has a pregame ritual. About 15 minutes before the team leaves the locker room, Lynch takes a shower and brushes his teeth, and cranks up the heart-pounding sound of … Shania Twain?
"Oh, there's a lot of that," says Lynch. "Shania. Adele. I have a lot of that before games."
We have many questions. The first, of course, is "What's the best Shania pregame song?" "Man, I Feel Like a Woman," Lynch replies immediately, with a tone that implies we have asked a silly question. We think he might be kidding. He is not. We don't think.
"I remember when I used to go out there for games all jacked up, trying to run over and hit somebody. But I play quarterback. I need to be mellow, and I need to be in control."
With all due respect to the MAC, the FBS is a big league with an ever-increasing number of teams, and it was around midseason 2012 before we noticed there was a guy at NIU amassing Chandler Harnish numbers without the benefit of actually being Chandler Harnish. As the Ottawa Times's Mike Murphy put it to CBS Chicago last November: "All the MAC schools breathed a little after Harnish graduated. Then they look at Lynch and say, 'Oh [expletive].'"
Harnish completed his NIU career with 30 program records to his name, with 11,927 yards of total offense. After two seasons of backup work, Lynch completed his first campaign as a starter in 2012, breaking 14 program records and tallying 4,953 yards of offense behind an entirely rebuilt O-line. He was the FBS player closest to hitting 5,000 yards of total offense without going over; the only guy who did surpass the 5k mark was named Johnny Manziel.1
Pinball football partisans were paying rapt attention by the time the MAC championship game kicked off. Both teams were ranked. There was talk of NIU opponent Kent State crashing its way into a BCS bowl. Then Kent State lost, and so did everybody else, and then this happened:
Adding to the chaos, 15 minutes before this scene took place, NIU hired a new head coach, elevating offensive coordinator Rod Carey to replace Dave Doeren. "Dave left Saturday morning," Carey recalls, "and I got the job Sunday night — 'Here you go! You get to be the head coach!'" Just another December in the MAC.
"This was my third head coach in five years," says Lynch. "It's a player-driven team. We know how to deal with that. A few players'll get pretty upset, but you've gotta look at the big picture. They come in and help us out, and we're setting up their future. Good coaches deserve to get more attention and go to bigger places."
"It's probably a fact of life," says Carey of the rapid coaching turnover in the conference. "It's not always one that's pretty. I think what happened when Coach Kill left2 is that this team, during that time, really took it upon itself to be their team. They knew that coaches help them to get where they want to get, but it's not just about the coach."
The Huskies hung around on the scoreboard, despite being outgained by incredible margins, for about three quarters of the Orange Bowl. This is not nothing. Memories of Boise State and TCU's postseason glories loom in the memories of the viewing public, but it made perfect sense for Florida State to win this one walking away. Still, there were occasional flashes of upset potential: A successful fake punt here, a recovered onside kick there. But the thing about competing in these situations is that everything has to go right at the same time, and Lynch's prized control hadn't been present that night.
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"I was missing throws early," Lynch says. "You're not in a rhythm, you're trying to rush stuff. I think if I would've made the throws earlier and kinda just calmed down, acted like I'd been there before … "
After being cut off on the ground and through the air at almost every turn, he threw an ill-advised pass that was intercepted and effectively turned the game against the Huskies for good.
"You know," Lynch says, "we have a bad day sometimes. I know I do. I just try to take the positives from that game now. We were in that game. We stuck with 'em."
"All I said to him afterward was, 'Hey, I think you and I both know you probably didn't have your best game," Carey says. "But that wasn't for lack of trying. So let's get back at it and see what we can do about it.'" Like Mark Richt, Carey spent the winter coaching his kids out of the hurt (while simultaneously rebuilding NIU's coaching ranks), day by day, detail by detail. "It's getting under the squat bar again. Getting into spring ball again. And each day, that's how you try to get them out of it. You can't snap your fingers, wave a wand, and give a Knute Rockne speech."
The 2013 Huskies are a mostly familiar team, returning 16 starters and chasing mostly familiar results. "Coach Doeren's a defensive guy," says Carey. "I'm an offensive guy. Our starting point on game plans is different. Our starting point from practices is different.
"Where we end up? Needs to be real similar. 'Cause it's worked real well."
2. Deleted Scenes
• Remember that time Lynch was mistaken for the Huskies' coach at MAC Media Days? Because it was last week. "I mean, I tried going along with it," says Lynch. "He goes, 'Hey, Coach!' and I'm like, ' … Coach?' So I just let him keep going. I was gonna keep answering the coach's questions, but then he stumped me with something and I was like, 'Listen, I'm not the coach. I play.'"
• Much to the dismay of their MAC opponents … Don't expect large-scale shifts in NIU's offense this season, even with Rod Carey running his own show. "It's gonna look mostly the same," says Lynch. "It's what we're comfortable with." Carey adds, "We didn't change a lot from Chandler to Jordan. It's not like we're going to the wishbone or anything."
• Fear the Roohouse? Most underrated MAC destination, according to Lynch: "They're not known for their crowd, but Akron's stadium is unreal. They just built it a few years ago, and it's top of the line. It's big time."
• No takebacks. Think the likes of Purdue and Iowa are sorry they scheduled this particular MAC squad? Not just yet, according to Lynch, remembering the 2012 season-opening loss to the Hawkeyes, his first collegiate start. "Kinnick Stadium, I know that's a tough place to play." Carey adds, "We gotta go there, so I know they're not too sorry." We'll ask again in October.
• Reply pending. Even in the lower-key atmosphere of DeKalb in the offseason, Lynch attracts his share of hangers-on: "A girl asked me on Twitter if I wanted to 'get a bottle of red wine, go to The Junction, and have a good cry.' I let it go." He shudders. "I have no idea."
3. Designated Talisman: Diesel
There are two kinds of dog mascots in college football: (1) The kind that travels from game to game in a sedan chair, surrounded by bags of ice in the summer and specially designated space heaters in the winter, and does not seem like it would be especially fun to have as an actual pet, and (2) THIS GUY:
Advantage: NIU.
4. Stay Tuned
• NIU football commences: Saturday, August 31, at Iowa, a rematch of last season's only regular-season loss.
• Conference play commences: Saturday, October 5, at Kent State, a rematch of last season's MAC championship game.
• Required viewing: The Huskies' last game of this regular season is a home date with Western Michigan, a team that went 4-8 last season but actually held a halftime lead over a slow-burning NIU squad in their last meeting. You may remember this game as the one in which Lynch scored six touchdowns, four of them in the second half. Remember also that the Broncos are now coached by NIU alum and former assistant P.J. Fleck, who spurned the Huskies' OC gig in 2012 to reunite with Greg Schiano in Tampa Bay. "I guess we'll be looking forward to that game," says Lynch. "That's all I can say, really."
He also executed a 63-yard punt against Toledo, because why not.
Jerry Kill, coach of the Huskies from 2008 to 2010, was hired away to Minnesota prior to NIU's appearance in the 2010 Humanitarian Bowl.
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What three reasons are given in this passage to show that God has not cast Israel wholly away?
How have the remnant who have been saved come into that blessedness, and how have the others failed to obtain salvation? What has been God's part in the result, and what ours?
If a man trips and stumbles, he may either rise again or fall and perish. What reason does Paul give here for his confidence that Israel's rejection is not final?
Against what spirit does he warn Gentile believers? What lessons ought we to learn for ourselves from God's dealings with Israel?
How does this passage encourage the vigorous prosecution of Christian mission to the Jews?
What is God's ultimate purpose for Israel, and how do the scriptures cited confirm that purpose?


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The initial Aperi storage system management code is ready to be used but is anybody actually going to do anything with it?
The Eclipse web site states; "The Aperi initial code contribution has been approved by the Eclipse Foundation legal team and is now publicly available under the EPL license for download." Storage vendors can get the code and then develop their storage management facilities in its framework. NetApp's Jay Kidd, in charge of emerging technologies activities, wonders who is actually going to use it?
He reckons most storage system management products make it easy for other products to view what is going on in the storage devices/software under control; the view APIs, but make it harder to control what's going on, the control APIs.
My take on this is say, suppose an Aperi member, like Brocade, wants to make its Aperi product look after HDS TagmaStore devices. HDS isn't in Aperi. Then it would be relatively easy for the Brocade Aperi product to find out the status of those devices but hard for it to get those devices to actually do something.
HDS, EMC, NetApp, Symantec, Sun, Qlogic, HP ... the number of storage suppliers not in Aperi has to exceed in market and customer coverage the ones inside Aperi: Brocade/McData, CA, Cisco, Emulex, Fujitsu, IBM, LSI Logic, NetApp and Novell.
Kidd said: "Aperi will be a very good idea. Its adoption has been a little slow. EMC has said it's not going to invest in Aperi. We'll work with Aperi but others need to work on it to make it worthwhile."
That's the kicker. The anti-Aperi group members won't invest. Will Aperi group members?
NetApp and every other storage supplier knows that a heterogeneous storage monitor at this stage of events is a wished-for feature and not a product. So do we all.
In effect, vendor's storage management products have open view APIs and closed or private control APIs. Even if Aperi members do produce fully-featured Aperi-compliant storage management products, meaning open view and control APIs, the non-Aperi members will not, and heterogeneous storage management will recede into the future like a mirage in front of a desert traveler.
It might be that the Aperi exercise is a time-wasting diversion. Alternatively it would be better for customers if Aperi group members did produce a heterogeneous storage management product that worked with Aperi group member's products even if the great unwashed remained outside. Half a loaf is better than none.
What is the point of the SNIA if, in the storage management sphere, it cannot get vendors to co-operate and produce storage management products that storage customers want? At the moment HP's Storage Essentials looks like the leading storage system management product because HP is putting resources behind it and the AppIQ team produced a great initial product. Whether Storage Essentials can overcome the control API inertia facing it though, that is the question.
For now we may as well come out with it and say that, like Monty Python's Norwegian parrot, Aperi is stalled if not dead.
Despite group members' assertions that this still-looking, non-moving, non-breathing, silent creature is actually alive and well, the opposite view says that the Eclipse Foundation project is actually only a nail holding the dead beast upright on its perch.


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Deal Reached to Ban Brain-Damaging Pesticide in California
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SACRAMENTO – In a major move to protect California children, farm workers and their families, the administration of Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today it has reached an agreement with the pesticide industry to ban the use of a toxic pesticide shown to cause brain damage at even low levels of exposure.
According to the California Environmental Protection Agency, DowAgroSciences and other companies have agreed to end the use of chlorpyrifos on crops in California by February.
The U.S. EPA was poised to ban the pesticide in 2016. But after the Trump administration came into power, in March 2017 then-EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt vacated the ban in at the request of the pesticide industry and conventional agribusiness.
In contrast to the decision by President Trump and his administration, this action to prohibit the use of chlorpyrifos by agriculture operations in California demonstrates the kind of leadership where public health takes priority over the narrow interests of chemical agriculture, said EWG President Ken Cook.
"This is yet another example of California's leadership on protection of the environment and public health in the face of the Trump administrations near daily assault against both," said Cook, a Bay Area resident. "Gov. Newsom called the bluff of chemical agriculture and they finally yielded. This agreement will mean that California's children, farmworkers and their families be no longer forced to breathe a pesticide that can cause irreparable damage to the nervous system."
The Environmental Working Group is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that empowers people to live healthier lives in a healthier environment. Through research, advocacy and unique education tools, EWG drives consumer choice and civic action.
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4 super tasty meat products available in Metro Manila you'll want to take home asap!
Meat has been getting a lot of bad rap these days, and we'd like to right that wrong.
When done right, meat can be good for you — hello, protein! What's done right, you may ask? Practicing moderation and choosing well.
The second point, we have a lot to say about. Because choosing well doesn't have to mean choosing the bland, the boring or the tasteless.
Check out these four meat products available in Metro Manila that's full of flavor, with great bite, providing an all-around satisfying experience.
Down To Earth's cured and smoked meats are prepared traditionally, in a smokehouse of bricks using mango wood, enhancing and bringing out the flavor of the meat. Unlike the usual commercial, grocery-type products, they are not merely covered in flavorings, sauces, or mixes nor are they prepared with a mix of additives like carrageenan and preservatives like nitrites.
Down to Earth uses meat from Philippine native Southern Yellow cow breed and the black heritage pig, both of which have been in the country since pre-colonial times. They are raised in the family farm in Bukidnon. The beef is grass-fed from start to finish; the pork is free-range. The animals feed mostly on local feed sources like local grass, root crops, and coconut cake that is a byproduct from making VCO. This results in meat that is high in omega 3 fatty acids that is leaner and tastier.
Price Points: Beef jerky P200; Ham Hocks PHP250; Slab Bacon PHP800; Smoked Pork Loin PHP150; Longganisa Hamonado PHP450.
It's chili made from scratch! Chili Asylum's corned beef chili goes through a 10-day cooking process, beginning with curing of the meat that the owner, Isi Laureano, personally purchases from her trusted suppliers at the farmer's market.
On the 10th day, the beef is cooked for hours until it is fork-tender. The chili itself uses a secret chili spice mix, mostly sourced from Laureano's own vegetable and spice garden. Homemade and handmade, Chili Asylum's corned beef chili is a mainstay at many food fairs and can be purchased freshly cooked or frozen. It's a versatile dish—atop rice, to make sloppy joes, or to use in pasta, like Laureano's take on chili lasagna.
Price point: PHP800 per order (800g).
Sausages tend to be vilified — you know, mystery meat and all that. The key is finding the good kind: those made from organic meat sans preservatives, fillers, and extenders.
The Butchery's sausages come from animals that are organically raised (as in no chemical or artificial feeds and no antibiotics) and fed with all-natural food. The result is meat that is leaner and more nutritious than the usual grocery find.
The sausages themselves only use 15-25% fat; compare that to the usual 40-60% available commercially.
The Butchery has 10 flavors, which are all great, depending on your mood and craving. You can try the Sampler Pack that has 7 of the original sausage flavors, but really you can't go wrong with Caramelized Onion & Mozzarella (PHP1.31/gram).
Price points: Mint & Tarragon (PHP1.08/gram); Red Wine & Rosemary (PHP1.17/gram); Parmesan & Parsley (PHP1.40/gram); Saffron (PHP1.23/gram); Jalapeno (PHP1.35/gram); Buffalo & Celery (PHP1.32/gram); ; Chicken Kashmiri Masala (PHP1.3/gram); Classic Fennel (PHP1.05/gram); and Longganito (PHP290/pack).
The beef from Cao's Steaks come from two sources: American USDA meat and imported cattle from Australia. The cows are fed natural food, like corn, avoiding chemically-laden feeds. This makes the meat taste "cleaner". Cao's is known for their aged and seasoned Australian rib-eye steaks and their Wagyu burger patties. For steak lovers who love their marbling, Cao's Steaks' customers assert that it isn't necessary — the meat is tender and juicy, minus the fattiness.
Price points: Australian Ribeye PHP695/kilo (3-4 pieces); Wagyu Burger Patties PHP900/6 patties; USDA Tenderloin PHP,1480/kilo; USDA Prime Rib PHP1,300/kilo.


The State Israel has conferred two Righteous Amongst the Nations awards which will be presented by NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell tomorrow.
The Premier, Opposition Leader John Robertson and 500 leaders of society will gather in a city hotel tomorrow night to celebrate the 64th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel.
A moving moment during the event will be the presentation by the State of Israel of Righteous Among The Nations medals to the Australian descendants of two Hungarians who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.
The Righteous Among The Nations medal is one of the most prestigious awards presented by the State of Israel. Honouring those who had the courage to save people from the Nazis makes a powerful statement that every individual has the capacity to speak out against racism and injustice.
The guests will include MPs, diplomats, ethnic, faith and business leaders…and HE Yuval Rotem, Israel's ambassador to Australia.
The event is organised jointly by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, Zionist Council of NSW, Executive Council of Australian Jewry and Zionist Federation of Australia.
Henry I would like to print out articles. Is that possible?
As Elie Weisel has always proclaimed and from whom I had first heard the expression-you will never forget.
It's lovely you recognise even the descendants.


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Regulator approves WINDTRE and Iliad network sharing venture
Italy's Communications Regulatory Authority (Autorita per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni, Agcom) has given the green light to a proposed joint venture between WINDTRE and Iliad which will deploy a shared mobile network in rural areas of the country. The watchdog says there are no issues regarding competition, saying the tie-up will be of benefit to rural customers and could encourage other firms to deploy networks in underserved areas.
In April WINDTRE said it would transfer 7,000 rural mobile towers and around 50 employees to a new networks subsidiary and Iliad would then acquire a 50% stake, with the JV used to build the shared 5G infrastructure. The towers cover around 25% of Italy's population.
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To illuminate a screen by displaying all odd lines in the frame first and then all even lines. Interlacing uses half frames per second (fields per second) rather than full frames per second.
The interlace method was developed for TV broadcasting because the allotted bandwidth for TV channels in the 1940s was not sufficient to transmit 60 full frames per second. It was decided that interlacing with 60 half frames was visually better than 30 non-interlaced full frames.
Interlaced screens display odd lines first: 1-3-5, etc.; then even lines: 2-4-6, etc. Non-interlaced "progressive scan" screens display lines consecutively: 1-2-3-4-5-6, etc.
All old tube TVs (CRTs) were interlaced. Very old CRT computer monitors were interlaced at their highest resolution and progressive at lower resolutions. Today, some digital TV standards are interlaced, such as the high-definition 1080i format, and 1080i material is commonly transmitted by the TV networks. HDTV sets support both interlace and progressive scan methods (see HDTV and DTV). See deinterlace, vertical scan frequency, 4K 3D TV and interlaced GIF.
In one second, interlacing displays 30 sets of odd lines and 30 sets of even lines, resulting in 60 fields per second. For every half frame of interlaced scan, progressive scan displays a full frame. Modern DVDs and monitors convert the 60 fields in interlaced NTSC content to 60 frames by interpolating the missing lines.


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The Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral (), also Ecatepec Cathedral, is the main Catholic church and seat of the Diocese of Ecatepec in Mexico. It is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is located in the municipality of Ecatepec, in the State of Mexico.

It was inaugurated in March 1999 in the neighborhood of San Cristóbal. Its construction, begun on January 6, 1998, is modernist, similar to that of the Basilica of Guadalupe, simulating a tent for pilgrims.

More than 70 churches are dependent on this diocese.

On Sundays, as in all Catholic churches, Masses are celebrated, accompanied by musical groups such as students, musicians and vocalists such as the music ministry Sabath and even Mariachi, which incidentally gives a folk form to this religious act.

See also
Roman Catholicism in Mexico
Sacred Heart Cathedral

References

Roman Catholic cathedrals in Mexico
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1999
1999 establishments in Mexico
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Mexico

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The play Hemal and Nagrai is based on a Kashmiri folk tale. It is set in the valley of Kashmir with the background of Mountains, Springs and lush green forests. The play takes us back to a time when the three worlds would collude and legends would be born.
The play was performed in Shrewsbury, MA by kids of the Kashmir Youth Group of Massachusetts. This group has made a tradition of creating and performing Kashmir based plays at community events. We encourage you to use this script to perform plays at your own events. Some of the group's earlier plays are regularly downloaded for performances.
- Narrator: Long ago, in the land of Kashmir, lived a Hindu fakir. He lived with a vile woman, who was in fact his wife. A Brahmin of no money, no children, no life. His name was Soda Ram, she was Anjali and only death could set them apart. Was death to approach the wife, with a snake to the heart?
- Soda Ram: Oh dear Anjali, I am so sorry for forgetting to get milk on the way home, but I saw my dear friend Raj after so long, and we talked for much time.
- Anjali: I give you one request, and you cannot even do that. Your stupid friend could have distracted you! You are hopeless. I would have been better off marrying your friend. I bet you're even too lazy to go to the kingdom to get some alms.
Soda Ram: (Mumbles) Anything to get away from you.
Anjali: Excuse me, what did you say?
Soda Ram: Nothing my dear, I'll go right now.
Narrator: And so Soda Ram, embarked on his journey to receive alms from the king. On his way he decided to sing.
She is se – e – l fish.
Oh! Please help me greatly lord Hanuman ji.
But suddenly his song came to an abrupt brake, as he stumbled upon a hideous snake. The snake he began to scan, as he hatched his terrible plan.
Soda Ram: I could take this snake back to my wife, and she would be bit in the heart, then I will finally be free from her constant nagging.
Narrator: So, Soda Ram returned home, snake in hand. About to carry out, his repulsive plan. And once he reached, he gift-wrapped the snake from head to toe, and waited for his wife to return so….
Soda Ram: Hello dear wife, I have brought you a present from the kingdom. Please do accept it my love.
Anjali: A present, for me! Oh boy, maybe you have come to your senses and are going to give me the respect that I deserve. Oh Lord!
Soda Ram: (Giggles) Finally I have been freed from the menace that is Anjali.
Narrator: She turned for the better and they raised him fairly, both were quite caring. The king of snakes Nagrai had been captured. He had only chosen to be a boy, he didn't play with normal toys. While others were playing hide and seek in the streets, Nagrai was catching mice with his feet. He could turn from snake to boy in a snap of fingers, yet one thought on his mind would always linger.
Nagrai: I am curious about the world, and how all the things in nature, influence each other in such harmonious ways…(Pause) Also because I'm starting to smell pretty bad and need a bath!
Soda Ram: Well, son, the only spring in the entire kingdom is located in the palace, and belongs to the princess, Himal.
Nagrai: But father, you are forgetting that I can turn into a snake. I could easily slip through the cracks in the palace walls.
Soda Ram: Son if you are to take my advice, do not go. But you are old enough to make your own decisions.
Narrator: Assuming his snake form, he twisted and faked. And eventually, he reached the lake. Once there he became a human once again, but little did he know, he had a friend.
When I'm slipping through the pa- lace walls.
To make it a perfect day.
Whew, it's been a while to get here. Let me enjoy the spring now.
- Princess Himal: Wait, what are you doing here? This is my spring.
Nagrai: Oh, sorry, I thought that I could try to take a bath.
Himal: It's okay, I just want to know how you got in?
Nagrai: Umm, I climbed the wall.
Himal: No come on, tell me.
Nagrai: I would rather not say.
Nagrai: I am Nagrai (Bows).
Narrator: And so sprouted a friendship. Unseen for years, but the king would not hear. That his daughter was ken, with such poor of Men. He disapproved as most would, but he couldn't stop her, no one could. And so they became acquainted, a friendship like this could not be taunted, but Nagrai made sure, his secret remained. In time they got married for which Nagrai brought riches using some serpent magic. If this were to end, it would surely be tragic.
And he gives me joy with every moment I am with him.
Down in the underworld, where the snake lord used to live, his old wives' patience began to give.
And eventually, they could no longer bear it. They were so greedy that they did not even care if, they destroyed a lasting friendship. Oh how Garish. They wanted the king to return to his crown, this is how it went down.
- Wife 1: Where is the Nagrai.
- Wife 2: Can't you see, he is too busy fraternizing with the humans, to actually rule his domain down here. He will never come back if we don't do anything.
- Wife 3: So what do we do? Go up there ourselves?
Wife 2: Actually, that's a great idea.
Wife 3: Remembers his attachment to this place.
Wife 2: Good Idea, let's go quickly.
What did he leave us for?
Where can we find him now?
We just want him back!
Narrator: And so they embarked on their great journey, to get their husband back before the big husband-wife tennis tourney.
Wife 1: Hello, you must be the lovely princess, Himal. Would you like to buy some vases?
Hemal: These are absolutely delightful, I will pay reward for this.
Hemal: That is no way to treat me. Those vases are worth at least thousands of dollars.
Wife 3: No we insist, please take them. Just take them for free.
Hemal: No here, take this neclace.
Hemal: (Inspects the vase) What! Is she insane? Such fine vases for just one gold coin! I cannot wait to show Nagrai.
Narrator: So Hemal went back and showed her new friend, but little did she know, their troubles just did begin.
Hemal: Oh Nagrai, look at these pretty vases I got, all for one gold coin.
Nagrai: (Looks in surprise and disgust) Destroy those wretched things right now!
Hemal: But why? I like them.
Hemal: Wow, I've never seen Nagrai like this, I better destroy these vases fast.
Narrator: Yet, the princess was still quite wary, because since then, Nagrai's mood did vary. She didn't know what to think, she was about to be pushed to the brink. So when the wives came with a second attempt, her decision was unkempt.
Wife 1: Oh hello princess, we meet again.
Wife 2: What happened to those vases we gave you?
Hemal: Oh Nagrai destroyed them.
Wife 3: That was a mean thing to do, why would he do that?
Hemal: I don't know, it was like he was a different person.
Wife 2: Oh, by the way, do you know, where he is from? We hear that he is already married.
Hemal: Wow, actually, now that you mention it, I don't know much about him. I should ask him.
Wife 1: Oh, but he is a huge liar, so make sure you put him in this bath we are gifting you, full of milk. Then only will he tell you the real truth.
Hemal: Um, all right, I thank you all for your help.
Narrator: And so, as Himal forced Nagrai to bathe in milk despite his pleas and protestations. The serpent queens pulled him from under the magic bath into the underworld, where to he vanished. A great friendship was now sadly finished.
Himal was forlorn and grief had her torn. She had erred and so she knew. Turning now to charity she gave away seeking parity. Then one day she heard a story that would cause change.
- Old Man: Thank you Himal for being so giving. For being so kind I will tell you a story.
- Old Man's Daughter: Yes madam. It was a full moon night which held this amazing sight.
Old Man: At night as we lay under a tree, near a spring did we hear a great noise is if an army was on march.
Old Man's Daughter: Many serpents appeared who turned into servants. They appeared from the spring and made a grand feast.
Old Man: Then appeared glowing serpents who turned to a Prince and Many Princesses. They ate well. Then they all left but for the prince.
Old Man's Daughter: The prince may have seen us and left some food with a note saying " This is in the name of unlucky Himal".
Old Man: And then he disappeared in the spring. The serpent prince he must have been, who can change his form at will.
Narrator: Himal could put it all together. It must have been Nagrai, the serpent prince he must be. She persuaded the old man and his daughter to take them to the spring, and rewarded them with gold and some more bling. Then with her own eyes she saw the sight, which had brought the old man fright. The army of servants left and the brooding prince stayed. It was Nagrai who the princess saw.
Himal: (Catches hold of Himal's leg). Do not go now my lord. I know I made a mistake.
Nagrai: I will come back for you. If they see you, they will kill you.
Himal; No, I can no longer stay without you.
Nagrai: Alright, you come with me now.
Narrator: So they left for the Serpent Kingdom.
Serpent King Father: I smell human flesh. What have you been upto Nagrai?
Nagrai: Father, Himal is here. Could she stay? She has suffered so much.
Serpent King Father: Only as a cook can she.
Narrator: So the princess became a cook for her friend and husband but fate as kind was not to be. By mistake, the serpent children drank milk hot as can be. Perish they did not but cry they sure did. Bites of the serpent queens were much to take and the queen Himal was not to be.
Nagrai could not let go and his grief was for all to see. He left the body at the feet of the lord and prayed for divine intervention.
- Holy Man: This is the most beautiful person ever, I have seen. And this is the love of a wife and husband the most pure that can be. So come to life Himal and follow me. I will return you to your husband when better you will be.
Narrator: Nagrai came back to the lord's feet, looking for Himal but where was she? As a snake he wandered till he found her. Wrapped in a coil by her side he waited for her to wake.
Holy Man's Sons: Look a snake is here to harm our father and this girl.
Narrator: And lo, they killed Nagrai and thus ended both lives. The faith of these kind souls had been tested enough by the Gods and with full credits they had shone. So the Gods made a boon. That they should again join, and live life fine.
Holy Man: Alas, what have you done. You have killed the most beautiful souls in this Universe. Oh Gods, what can I do? Oh two birds I see. Are you the messengers of the lord? Where from have you come?
- Birds: Take this water and sprinkle on them. Say your prayers and if your sons also join in repentance, Himal and Nagrai may come together again.
Holy Man: I bow to thee my Lord and Mother. None other than Shiva and Parvati are you. I will do as is your command. Sons, let us pray.
Narrator: And as they sprinkled the water on Himal and Nagrai, they came to life in full human form and lived happily forever without any other mishap. In remembrance of Himal and Nagrai, all forests where Himal wandered looking for Nagrai are called Heewan and all springs are called Nag, in Kashmir.
*Arman Koul is a 13 years old, 8th grade student from Andover, MA. He enjoys reading, music and sports, not necessarily in that order.


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ALDA HISTORY
ALDA traces its roots to a self-help support group for late-deafened adults that was formed in Chicago in 1985. The leader of the group was Kathie Skyer Hering, a late-deafened social services worker. After struggling for about a year the self-help group disbanded. Not too long thereafter, Bill Graham, who had joined the original self-help group only shortly before it broke up, organized a purely social gathering for late-deafened adults. Invitations to the party were based on a list of 25 local "contacts" that Kathie Hering had "accumulated." The party was held at Graham's apartment on March 28, 1987, and was attended by thirteen adventurous late-deafened individuals. The good feelings generated that evening led to friendships, more social gatherings, and the beginning of a newsletter. The newsletter was written, edited, and published by Bill Graham (he did everything but lick the stamps). Like many other late-deafened adults, Graham had struggled with progressive hearing loss for years, and had gone through a long period of denial, discontent, depression, anger, hatred, and hurt before he finally began to accept his deafness. The newsletter was well received and its circulation grew steadily. In 1989 ALDA was incorporated, and the first ALDA group outside the Chicago area began in Boston. In addition, the First ALDA Leadership Workshop (retrospectively dubbed ALDAcon I) was held in Chicago in October of that year. It was attended by forty-two (42) late-deafened people from different parts of the United States and Canada, and provided the emotional impetus that was needed to sustain a truly national growth in the organization.
ALDA MISSION
The mission of the Association of Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA) is to support the empowerment of deafened people. Late-Deafened Adults are people who have lost the ability to understand speech with or without hearing aids after acquiring spoken language. ALDA is committed to providing a support network and a sense of belonging by sharing our unique experiences, challenges and coping strategies, helping one another find practical solutions and emotional support, and working together with other organizations and service providers for our common good.
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ALDA REGIONS
In order to ensure that different perspectives inform all decisions of the ALDA Board of Directors, the world is divided into four electoral regions. A member of the Board of Directors is elected in two of these regions every year. These Regional Directors are elected by the votes of current ALDA members in their region.
ALDA REGION I (Regional Director: Wendy Ting)
Connecticut, Washington DC, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Virginia, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, United Kingdom, Finland, Norway, Netherlands, Europe, Middle East.
ALDA REGION II (Regional Director: Tina Childress)
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Wisconsin, Manitoba, Ontario.
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ALDA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ALDA is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization in Illinois. It's policies and activities are controlled by its Board of Directors. The ALDA Board consists of nine people all of whom are elected by the general membership. The Board consists of five officers, a President, Past-President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer, and four Regional Directors. All director's terms are for two years, and they serve without pay.
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ALDA ALL-VOLUNTEER STAFF
ALDA began in 1987 and since that time has had only one paid staff member, that was Bill Graham who was paid $1.00 for the year (1992) that he served as ALDA's first and only Executive Director. Both before that time and ever since ALDA has managed to pursue its mission only because various members have volunteered their time, energy, and talents to serve in unpaid staff roles. These all-volunteer staff activities have included editing the ALDA News, managing the ALDA website, producing the annual ALDA convention, managing the ALDA membership database, and many, many more. Without a doubt, ALDA owes its life to the army of volunteers who have served in staff roles over the years. To them, ALDA extends its heart-felt gratitude.
ALDA PUBLICATIONS
Have you ever wondered "Are there others like me who can't hear well or can't hear anymore?" "How will I manage?" "Will I be able to keep my job?" "What services are available to me?" "Where will I find the help I need?" You are not alone. ALDA, Inc. has the general objectives of providing Education, Advocacy, Role models and Support (EARS) for people who have lost their hearing, and those objectives are pursued in part through the publication of its quarterly newsletter, the ALDA News, its frequently distributed electronic anouncements, E-Notes, and other items.
ALDA NEWS
ALDA News prides itself on being the premier newsletter for hard of hearing and late-deafened adults, featuring articles written BY people with hearing loss FOR people with hearing loss. While many ALDA members are professionals in the field of deaf and hard of hearing services, our articles focus on the consumer perspective: one person connecting with another through personal experience. ALDA's communication philosophy, "whatever works," is evident in the wide range of experiences displayed in the ALDA News. Each issue generally focuses on a selected theme that gives writers the opportunity to share their experiences concerning that topic. Additional articles and regular features also appear in each issue. All writers are volunteers and may or may not be ALDA, Inc. members.
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1. It is possible to obtain the amplitudes of up to 8 user specified frequencies or frequency bands using the "Energy in user defined frequency bands" function in the Spectrum Analyzer. This function can be accessed by right clicking anywhere in the Spectrum Analyzer window and then choose "Spectrum Analyzer Processing" in the pop-up menu. These 8 values will be displayed in the top part of the Spectrum Analyzer window and they can be accessed via the Derived Data Points (DDP): fBand1RMS_A(EU)~fBand8RMS_A(EU) , fBand1RMS_B(EU)~fBand8RMS_B(EU).
2. As for IMD measurements, the software provides standard SMPTE/DIN, CCIF2, CCIF3 IMD measurements. You can also define your own dual frequencies using the Multitones function of the Signal Generator and obtain their SMPTE/DIN, CCIF2, CCIF2 IMD values.
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Das The Evert Cup 1994 war ein WTA-Tennis-Hartplatzturnier für Damen in Indian Wells. Es war als Turnier der Tier-II-Kategorie Teil der WTA Tour 1994 und fand vom 21. bis 27. Februar 1994 statt.

Im Einzel gewann Steffi Graf gegen Amanda Coetzer mit 6:0 und 6:4. Im Doppel gewann die Paarung Lindsay Davenport / Lisa Raymond mit 6:2 und 6:4 gegen Manon Bollegraf / Helena Suková.

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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) just announced that marijuana will remain listed as a Schedule I drug and it really doesn't matter.
Although patients and advocates are up-in-arms that the DEA has, again, demonstrated why it should be defunded by claiming there is still not enough research about medical cannabis, they are simply reinforcing the status quo—they retain the right to destroy the lives of tax-paying citizens' for choosing a safe, albeit illegal, botanical medicine. The real problem here is the status quo, a medical system fueled by corporate profits, designed on failed ideology and perpetuated by rogue law enforcement agencies leaching off the system, just like the DEA.
Besides the DEA further admitting its complete incompetence and disregard of human life, the news isn't all bad. Perhaps a move to Schedule II wouldn't be in patients' best interest. Patients in states with safe access, like Washington, Colorado, Oregon and California, would not be affected by a rescheduling, but those suffering in restrictive states will likely be forced to use pharmaceutical cannabis derivatives instead. In the meantime, people around the country continue to tell their success stories online which in turn further propels this issue in the public's favor.
What Americans really need—because we are all affected by the War on Drugs—is a complete descheduling of botanical cannabis.
Deadly recreational substances like alcohol and tobacco, while regulated, are not scheduled. They are plants and plant by-products, not drugs prescribed by doctors. Further, we Americans have the right to brew our own beer at home or grow our own tobacco. As well, we should all have the right and freedom to grow this plant at home. Well-regulated medical cannabis markets are imperative to learning the true potential of the plant as a medicine, but the right to grow this safe non-toxic plant at home for non-commercial purposes should be enshrined in our constitution. No government can eradicate a plant, let's all admit this war will never be won, but the war is over (if we want it).
We should eradicate the DEA because they are liars.
Because, when making their determination, they did not care about all the actual science, research or 10,000 year relationship humans have had with the plant.
Because, when making their determination, the DEA did not care that cannabis has never killed anyone, ever.
When making their determination, the DEA did not care that your child has epilepsy and you live in North Dakota, or that you are a veteran with PTSD in Colorado, or a mother with Crohn's Disease in Kansas or a son with cancer in Oklahoma. None of that matters to them more than their jobs.
Why exactly is the Drug Enforcement Agency, a law enforcement organization whose existence relies on the criminality of certain drugs, the body that determines what citizens can use as a medicine anyway?
This is a new mess and we can get out of it—we must defund the DEA and reinvest that money into healthcare.
See, the U.S. did not have drug scheduling until 1971 when President Nixon pushed for the passage of the Controlled Substances Act, or the formal launch of America's longest war: The War on Drugs. The war has cost trillions of dollars and has done nothing to stop humans from using drugs to treat what ails them or alter their reality.
Nixon created the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse in 1972 to study cannabis and determine if it should belong in Schedule I, the most dangerous of drug schedules.
And so launched a war against Americans, funded by Americans, for the profit of a group of government officials and law enforcement with no actual benefit to society.
The DEA's decision really doesn't matter; it serves simply to further their status as a useless organization the American people must demand is defunded immediately.
"That a plant could provide so much benefit and still remain behind these locked doors is worth speaking up about," Dr. Sanjay Gupta stated publicly in response to the decision.
Do you think the DEA made the right decision?


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CAUGHT: Murder suspect Christopher Buggs who was mistakenly released from Rikers Island is recaptured
Is 'fat positivity' healthy or dangerous? COVID puts the question in stark relief
Biden, facing flagging approval ratings, promises brighter days
Did the FBI have to kill the synagogue hostage taker?
The dead-end doomsday cult of Donald J. Trump
The most miserable cities in America, according to residents
Ratings and Review: 2017 Honda Civic Hatchback Sport rounds out the Civic family nicely
By Brian Leon
Honda's tenth-gen Civic has already been heavily praised, but adding a hatch and some extra goodies somehow manages to make it even better.
As a child of the 90s, I'm predisposed to be a fan of Japanese cars. While the big three struggled to wrangle together a decent car from the parts they had lying around, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, and Mazda swept up sales and stole hearts with fun-to-drive economy cars that didn't break down and didn't break the bank.
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Turns out, this decade of dominance had a lasting effect on the automotive industry, for while Ford is currently the best-selling brand in America (thanks to the invincible F-Series trucks), the top 5 passenger cars in terms of sales for 2016 are as follows:
That's what we call a full sweep, folks. But here's the thing: as much as I loved Japanese cars growing up, I've never been a huge fan of the Civic.
As someone who has never really liked Civics, I set out to discover whether this tenth-generation Civic Hatchback will "Make Honda Fun Again." (Joanna Tavares)
Most of my disdain for one of America's most-beloved vehicles comes from a hatred of anything with slammed suspension and a "fart can" exhaust – something older Civics have become synonymous with – but the rest of it has to do with Honda being unable to crank out a decent Civic for the better part of the last 15 years. The 8th and 9th generation were under-styled, underpowered, and just plain boring, a stark departure from the Hondas I grew up with
Fortunately, the 10th generation Civic is here to "Make Honda Fun Again," and with bold styling, three body styles, an Si and a Type-R model on the way, it's pretty clear that they're serious. I took their first foray into borderline sporty territory – the Civic Hatchback Sport – around for a week to see if the slogan above holds any more weight than that of a certain new world leader's…
Design: 7.7 Rating
The 2017 Honda Civic Hatchback's exterior design is textbook definition "love-it-or-hate-it." (Joanna Tavares)
Depending on who you ask, the new Civic will either engender a "wow!" or a "yikes…" but there aren't many who fall in between those two reactions. Perhaps the best way to describe the tenth generation Civic then is polarizing. When polling my team, reactions were split down the middle. Some loved the angular styling, Rallye Red paint, and boy-racer add-ons, while others turned up their noses.
I fall firmly on the "wow" side, as this Civic Hatchback checks just about all the right boxes for me. Sleek, angular front end? Check. Tapered lift back design with a built-in spoiler? Check. Big wheels and blacked-out accents? Check and check. It's so wild-looking, in fact, I had several passersby ask me if it was the new Si, or even Type-R. Unfortunately not, but for thousands less, you could fool many. Thankfully though, if you're not a fan of the pocket rocket look, you can opt for a more subtle EX or EX-L model, with more chrome, smaller wheels, and less extra dressing.
This Civic's interior design is more reserved, and though the gauge cluster looks futuristic, a grab of the steering wheel will let you know how much plastic was packed into this hatch. (Joanna Tavares)
Inside, however, things are a lot more reserved, and while the Civic's new cabin is certainly not as boring as what you'd find in a Hyundai Elantra or Nissan Sentra, there's not quite as much to love here. The dashboard design looks incomplete without a full-size touchscreen infotainment system, and by opting for the less expensive Sport trim, you don't have the option to upgrade to the better unit.
Fit and finish also leaves a lot to be desired, and while the leather-wrapped steering wheel and shifter are a nice touch and the gauge cluster looks futuristic, one rap of the knuckles on the door panel and you'd think you were in a plastic play pen. Compared to a Mazda3 or Volkswagen Jetta, the Civic feels positively bargain basement.
Comfort: 7.5 Rating
The front thrones aren't clothed in leather, but they're adequately comfortable, unless you're going on a long commute. (Joanna Tavares)
Though they're not leather-wrapped, the Civic's front thrones are adequately comfortable for long trips, providing good cushioning, decent lateral support, and the ability to adjust position manually with ease. However, unless you opt for higher-tier models, the Civic lacks the option for lumbar support, something that was painfully apparent in my back after a particularly long commute home.
Rear headroom is incredibly tight, so don't expect to comfortably fit more than two people back there. (Joanna Tavares)
Rear seat passengers may find themselves a tad squished too, and don't expect to fit three adults widthwise in the back. Headroom is better than average for the segment, but for whatever reason, the Hatchback feels less roomy in the rear cabin than the Sedan model does. It could have something to do with the shorter body of the Hatch, but I assumed Honda would keep things relatively similar across Civic body styles, with the exception of the Coupe, of course.
Controls: 8.0 Rating
Honda fixed the infamously frustrating infotainment system of yesteryear, but it looks like some more fine tweaks and adjustments are needed before it's perfect. (Joanna Tavares)
The bright side of skipping the full-blown touchscreen for the LCD radio unit is the chance to use real buttons and knobs instead of Honda's awful capacitive touch system, something that has caused many owners endless headaches and even got the Civic knocked off Consumer Reports' recommended model list. No more swiping up and down next to the screen or on the steering wheel mounted switch to change volume, just reach over and turn the knob or press the directional pad.
Climate control is similarly easy to operate too, with one dial for temperature and the other for fan speed. No fancy pants multi-zone control here; just set it, forget it, and you're on your way.
My only gripe with the Civic's controls are the placement of the selector dial and button, which is away from the driver to the far right of the button cluster. It can make scrolling through menus and selection options a clumsy affair, and would be better solved if it were more centrally-located or if the screen was replaced with a smaller touchscreen unit.
Utility: 8.5 Rating
The cargo space of this hatch eclipses that of the coupe and sedan by a whopping 10 cubic feet. If only the thing actually looked like a hatchback. (Joanna Tavares)
What the Civic Coupe and Sedan lack in cargo space, the Hatchback more than compensates for, with more than ten additional cubic feet of space behind the rear seats – 25.7 versus the Sedan's 15.2 – and the ability to fold the seats flat for a maximum volume of 46.2 cubic feet with no pesky divider in between. There's a retractable cover over the cargo area if you want to keep your belongings hidden, but easily moves out of the way with just one hand if you've got taller items.
Another highlight of the Civic Hatch's practicality is the sheer volume of cubby spaces inside the cabin, from the wide door panel slots to the cavernous storage bin with sliding and removable cup holders and shelves. It's a genius way to make the most of the space in the center console, and is made even more useful with the removal of a traditional parking brake in favor of an electronic one.
If I've got one gripe with the Hatchback, it's that Honda's designers should have made it, well, more of a hatchback. The sloped roofline is great for looks and will likely sit well with hatch-averse U.S. buyers, but I can't help but think that this model could have rivaled some compact SUVs in terms of storage space with a slightly more upright profile.
Technology: 7.0 Rating
If you're willing to shell out for the higher trims, Honda will pack more tech into your Civic than you'll know what to do with. (Joanna Tavares)
If you're willing to pay upwards of $25,000 for a new Civic, Honda will be happy to throw in as much technology as they've got, from GPS navigation to music streaming apps, and even Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone projection functionality.
The issue is, if you don't opt for the EX trim or above, you don't get smartphone projection, a touchscreen, audio apps, the option for navigation, or satellite radio. In fact, just about the only tech you get is a USB charging port and interface and Bluetooth phone and audio connectivity.
There's something to be said for keeping things simple, but when other automakers are offering standard touchscreen units on similarly-priced cars, it's curious why Honda would choose to be behind the curve to begin with.
Safety: 7.5 Rating
Honda's impressive suite of award-winning, active safety technology only comes in the higher trim levels. With Toyota recently announcing that their entire suite of technology will come standard on every model, Hond ais sure to follow suit within the next year or two. (Joanna Tavares)
Unfortunately, the same problem with the Civic's technology – or lack thereof – carries over into the safety section. While the Civic Sedan and Coupe both received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) Top Safety Pick award for 2017 and the Hatchback is expected to as well, following a 5-star rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the only safety technology on the Sport trim is a standard backup camera with guide lines that do not adjust to your trajectory.
Step up to the EX or above (or choose the LX with an automatic), and you can have forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking, Honda's Lane Watch mirror-mounted blind spot camera, and more, but if you opt for the Sport trim, you're out of luck. Much of this has to do with the fact that the Sport is available with a manual as standard, and automatic emergency braking only works with automatic transmissions for now, but Honda still won't give you the rest of its safety features on the Sport trim.
Toyota just recently announced that their suite of active safety features will come standard on every new model, so you can expect Honda to do the same within a year or two, but for now, be aware if you choose to go cheap on a Civic.
Power and Performance: 8.0 Rating
The Civic Hatchback only comes with a 1.5-liter turbocharged four cylinder, and the Sport and Sport Touring trims get a nominal boost in horsepower. (Joanna Tavares)
Honda's new – and soon to be ubiquitous – 1.5-liter turbocharged four cylinder is the only engine option in the Civic Hatchback, and with the Sport and Sport Touring trims, it gets a boost of 6 horsepower from a center-mounted dual exhaust that brings total power output up to 180 horsepower and 177 lb.-ft. of torque. That's not likely to win you any drag races, but the Civic still feels peppy and lively, and not so far off from the high-revving Hondas of yore. There's more grunt down low, but you still have to wring out the little four-banger for maximum power, and the Civic will reward you in kind.
Civic enthusiasts won't be able to get a manual above the sport trim, but it is a gearbox worth lusting after. (Joanna Tavares)
The six speed manual (standard on the Sport trim) is a joy to operate as well, with a light and communicative clutch and short, notchy throws that are just within arms reach. Honda makes a decent Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) for the Civic, but enthusiasts will find that this manual is a gearbox worth lusting after. Besides, you can't get anything above the Sport trim with a manual, despite a similar appearance and power output on the top-tier Sport Touring model.
Thanks to the small displacement figure of the turbo engine, gas mileage is to be celebrated as well, with an EPA rating of 33 mpg on the combined cycle for the Sport model with the six-speed. I saw about 30.5 mpg combined over my week, but much of that may be due to the fact that this Honda begs you to wring it out at every turn.
Ride and Handling: 9.0 Rating
Honda's chassis engineers are getting it right, as the Civic Hatchback went into turns and glided over blemishes with ease. (Joanna Tavares)
Speaking of turns, this Honda excels in the corners in a way many other cars can hardly touch. I've lauded praise on the chassis engineering before with my review of the Civic Coupe, but with slightly larger wheels and tires, the Sport trim is better than ever. Steering feel is perfectly weighted with no sign of artificial enhancement, and the chassis stays stiff and flat through the turns, despite carrying about 70 extra pounds over the sedan. Even with the extra heft, the Hatchback seems light and tossable, and will reward you for a bit of harder driving.
What may have impressed me more than its handling chops, though, is the serenity of the ride over some of America's worst urban roads. Bumps, blemishes, and even small potholes came and went with ease, even while riding on 18-inch alloys, and the Civic felt as composed as an Accord over long highway driving stints. I'm not sure how Honda's chassis engineers were able to work this one out, but I'm very glad they pulled it off.
Larger wheels with lower profile tires don't do your eardrums any favors, as road noise and a buzzy exhaust permeate the cabin. (Joanna Tavares)
If there's one area that's sorely lacking, it's the sound-deadening department. Road noise is immense at speed, especially with the larger wheels and lower profile tires, and the exhaust note is too buzzy to want to be heard more often than not.
This hatch is one of the best-rounded on the market today, second only to the Volkswagen Golf. (Joanna Tavares)
If the tenth generation Civic wasn't already making a case for the best car in its segment, it certainly is now. The addition of a hatchback model – especially one that drives and looks this good – is welcomed with open arms, and makes the Civic lineup one of the best-rounded in the industry, falling behind only Volkswagen's Jetta and Golf family.
Also, as we've come to expect from Honda, this Civic is finally a return to true, bargain basement fun. The Hatchback Sport that I tested rang in at under $23,000 after a destination charge, a miniscule price to pay for a car that is this enjoyable to drive, and will return great fuel economy, too. It may even turn some heads if you opt for a brighter color…
It's telling that besides the lack of options available to those that choose to row their own gears, there's hardly a fault with the new Civic Hatch. I just couldn't help but wish this little red rocket went as fast as it looks, but the Si and Type-R should be here soon enough to fix that.
There's almost nothing wrong with the Civic Hatchback Sport, but the lack of options available with a manual transmission is disappointing. (Joanna Tavares)
Total Vehicle Score: 159/200
Overall Vehicle Rating: 8.0


Our new project from the arts&elders programme, Meet me at the Maltings is halfway through it's first monthly project and after a small start, the group is growing week on week. The Programme co-ordinator, Kath Boddy has written an update on how the project is going so far and how it has been tweaked slightly to make it slightly more welcoming for those who wish to give it a try before committing to the monthly projects.
Over the past few years Farnham Maltings has become involved in exploring ways of ensuring that the town is a healthy and vibrant community and that we connect with as many groups and individuals as possible. Sometimes this has meant targeting energy and resources to particular places. We have needed to build trust and the partnerships that ensure people feel safe and welcomed. Which takes time and trust. New ambitions also require us to communicate differently – there are still people in the town who are surprised that we regularly show cinema even though we have done it for 25 years….
So when we decided to launch a new initiative for the over 65s, Meet Me at the Maltings, we promoted it to everyone we knew; to other local service providers, health professionals, networking groups, the media, friends and family. We have offered the first session for free, including lunch, materials and three hours of tuition in crafts and singing. And slowly people are starting to come. We've been learning quickly and adapting the programme accordingly. We've reduced the hearty lunch to a soup and a sandwich and introduced a £10 option for those who would prefer to pay that. You no longer need to make a block booking, but can drop in as and when you like. The first session for everyone is free of charge – and still includes free lunch, materials and tuition.
It has been a joy to be part of such an optimistic and brave hearted, gentle gem of a team of volunteers, artists and staff. We are enjoying being part of one of the most genuine grassroots projects I've known. Thank you all so far, to the team and the participants – we all look forward to welcoming more people every Thursday to our Meet Me at the Maltings.
As they say, from small acorns .. mighty oak trees grow.
Next month, the weekly sessions will focus on words, where the group work with resident theatre company Pursued by a Bear to develop poetry and theatre scenes inspired by your own experiences. If you or perhaps a friend or relative would be interested in joining in, just come along any Thursday and meet the group for your free taster. More information on the monthly projects can be found on the arts&elders event page.
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La stazione di Corvo Aranceto era una stazione ferroviaria posta sulla linea Cosenza-Catanzaro Lido. Serviva le località di Corvo e di Aranceto, nel territorio comunale di Catanzaro.

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La stazione contava due binari.

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La stazione era servita dai treni della cosiddetta "metropolitana di Catanzaro".

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Good policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks, how does a "good" policeman survive?
Soaked in Bleach
Twenty years ago, Kurt Cobain was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head. The world was told it was a suicide, but evidence would lead many people to believe it might be otherwise. The film investigates the possibilities that exist that Kurt Cobain's death might not have been a suicide, that the Seattle Police Department rushed their verdict, and the global media perpetuated lies and misinformation fed to them by Courtney Love that created the belief in many that Cobain killed himself, but when revealed to be lies, lead many to now question what happened.
Plemya
Deaf mute Sergey enters a specialized boarding school for deaf-and-dumb. In this new place, he needs to find his way through the hierarchy of the school's network dealing with crimes and prostitution, the Tribe. By taking part of several robberies, he gets propelled higher into the organization. Then he meets one of the Chief's concubines Anna, and unwillingly breaks all the unwritten rules of the tribe.
Furious Seven
Dominic and his crew thought they left the criminal mercenary life behind. They defeated an international terrorist named Owen Shaw and went their seperate ways. But now, Shaw's brother, Deckard Shaw is out killing the crew one by one for revenge. Worse, a Somalian terrorist called Jakarde, and a shady government official called "Mr. Nobody" are both competing to steal a computer terrorism program called God's Eye, that can turn any technological device into a weapon. Torretto must reconvene with his team to stop Shaw and retrieve the God's Eye program while caught in a power struggle between terrorist and the United States government