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Village Feast. Facsimile of a woodcut of the Sandrin ou Verd Galant, facetious work end of 16th century (edition of 1609)
Procession in Honor of Isis depiction of the Egyptian Navigium Isidis festival by Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1903)
A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. Next to religion and folklore, a significant origin is agricultural. Food is such a vital resource that many festivals are associated with harvest time. Religious commemoration and thanksgiving for good harvests are blended in events that take place in autumn, such as Halloween in the northern hemisphere and Easter in the southern.
Festivals often serve to fulfill specific communal purposes, especially in regard to commemoration or thanking to the gods and goddesses. Celebrations offer a sense of belonging for religious, social, or geographical groups, contributing to group cohesiveness. They may also provide entertainment, which was particularly important to local communities before the advent of mass-produced entertainment. Festivals that focus on cultural or ethnic topics also seek to inform community members of their traditions; the involvement of elders sharing stories and experience provides a means for unity among families. In Ghana, among the Asantes, the Opemso festival is commemorated to celebrate the iconic birth of the first Asante King, Otumfuo Osei Tutu I. [1] Likewise, the Papa Natwi festival among the people of Kumawu is used in historic remembrance of the bravery and exceptional valor of their ancestor, Nana Tweneboa Kodua I who is purported to have laid down his life to save the Ashantis during their decisive battle with the Gyaman. [2]
In Ancient Greece and Rome, festivals such as the Saturnalia were closely associated with social organisation and political processes as well as religion.[3][4][5] In modern times, festivals may be attended by strangers such as tourists, who are attracted to some of the more eccentric or historical ones. The Philippines is one example of a modern society with a large number of festivals, as each day of the year has at least one specific celebration. There are more than 42,000 known major and minor festivals in the country, the majority of which are specific to the barangay (village) level.[6]
A Festival at Antwerp, 17th century
Country Festival in Swabia
The word "festival" was originally used as an adjective from the late fourteenth century, deriving from Latin via Old French.[7] In Middle English, a "festival dai" was a religious holiday.[8] Its first recorded used as a noun was in 1589 (as "Festifall").[7] Feast first came into usage as a noun circa 1200,[9] and its first recorded use as a verb was circa 1300.[10] The term "feast" is also used in common secular parlance as a synonym for any large or elaborate meal. When used as in the meaning of a festival, most often refers to a religious festival rather than a film or art festival. In the Philippines and many other former Spanish colonies, the Spanish word fiesta is used to denote a communal religious feast to honor a patron saint.[citation needed]
TraditionsEdit
Many festivals have religious origins and entwine cultural and religious significance in traditional activities. The most important religious festivals such as Christmas, Rosh Hashanah, Diwali, and Eid al-Adha serve to mark out the year. Others, such as harvest festivals, celebrate seasonal change. Events of historical significance, such as important military victories or other nation-building events also provide the impetus for a festival. An early example is the festival established by Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses III celebrating his victory over the Libyans.[11] In many countries, royal holidays commemorate dynastic events just as agricultural holidays are about harvests. Festivals are often commemorated annually.
There are numerous types of festivals in the world and most countries celebrate important events or traditions with traditional cultural events and activities. Most culminate in the consumption of specially prepared food (showing the connection to "feasting") and they bring people together. Festivals are also strongly associated with national holidays. Lists of national festivals are published to make participation easier.[12]
Types of festivalsEdit
Religious festivalsEdit
Main article: Religious festival
Among many religions, a feast is a set of celebrations in honour of Gods or God.[13] A feast and a festival are historically interchangeable. Most religions have festivals that recur annually and some, such as Passover, Easter and Eid al-Adha are moveable feasts – that is, those that are determined either by lunar or agricultural cycles or the calendar in use at the time. The Sed festival, for example, celebrated the thirtieth year of an Egyptian pharaoh's rule and then every three (or four in one case) years after that.[14] Among the Ashantis, most of their traditional festivals are linked to gazette sites which are believed to be sacred with several rich biological resources in their pristine forms. Thus, the annual commemoration of the festivals helps in maintaining the buoyancy of the conserved natural site, assisting in biodiversity conservation. [15]Environmental activities such as the planting of trees, the desilting of choked gutters and mass sweeping of the major lanes of the host villages are carried out during the festive seasons.[16]
In the Christian liturgical calendar, there are two principal feasts, properly known as the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord (Christmas) and the Feast of the Resurrection, (Easter). In the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican liturgical calendars there are a great number of lesser feasts throughout the year commemorating saints, sacred events or doctrines. In the Philippines, each day of the year has at least one specific religious festival, either from Catholic, Islamic, or indigenous origins.[citation needed]
Buddhist religious festivals, such as Esala Perahera are held in Sri Lanka and Thailand.[17] Hindu festivals, such as Holi are very ancient. The Sikh community celebrates the Vaisakhi festival marking the new year and birth of the Khalsa.[18]
Religious festivals
Cleaning in preparation for Passover (c.1320)
Radha celebrating Holi, Kangra, India (c1788)
A Christmas mass at the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem, Palestine (1979)
Moors and Christian festival in Villena, Spain
Decoration of god Krishna on Krishnashtami in India.
Arts festivalsEdit
Main article: Arts festival
Among the many offspring of general arts festivals are also more specific types of festivals, including ones that showcase intellectual or creative achievement such as science festivals, literary festivals and music festivals.[19] Sub-categories include comedy festivals, rock festivals, jazz festivals and buskers festivals; poetry festivals,[20] theatre festivals, and storytelling festivals; and re-enactment festivals such as Renaissance fairs. In the Philippines, aside from numerous art festivals scattered throughout the year, February is known as national arts month, the culmination of all art festivals in the entire archipelago.[21]
Film festivals involve the screenings of several different films, and are usually held annually. Some of the most significant film festivals include the Berlin International Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival.
Arts festivals
Pushkin Poetry Festival, Russia
Television studio at the Hôtel Martinez during the Cannes Film Festival, France (2006)
The opening ceremony at the Woodstock rock festival, USA (1969)
Food and drink festivalsEdit
Main article: Food festival
A food festival is an event celebrating food or drink. These often highlight the output of producers from a certain region. Some food festivals are focused on a particular item of food, such as the National Peanut Festival in the United States, or the Galway International Oyster Festival in Ireland. There are also specific beverage festivals, such as the famous Oktoberfest in Germany for beer. Many countries hold festivals to celebrate wine. One example is the global celebration of the arrival of Beaujolais nouveau, which involves shipping the new wine around the world for its release date on the third Thursday of November each year.[22][23] Both Beaujolais nouveau and the Japanese rice wine sake are associated with harvest time. In the Philippines, there are at least two hundred festivals dedicated to food and drinks.[citation needed]
Food and drink festivals
Soweto Wine Festival, South Africa (2009)
Holi Nepal (2011)
La Tomatina, Spain (2010)
Beer horse cart from the Hofbräuhaus brewery at Oktoberfest Germany (2013)
Seasonal and harvest festivalsEdit
Seasonal festivals, such as Beltane, are determined by the solar and the lunar calendars and by the cycle of the seasons, especially because of its effect on food supply, as a result of which there is a wide range of ancient and modern harvest festivals. Ancient Egyptians relied upon the seasonal inundation caused by the Nile River, a form of irrigation, which provided fertile land for crops.[24] In the Alps, in autumn the return of the cattle from the mountain pastures to the stables in the valley is celebrated as Almabtrieb. A recognized winter festival, the Chinese New Year, is set by the lunar calendar, and celebrated from the day of the second new moon after the winter solstice. Dree Festival of the Apatanis living in Lower Subansiri District of Arunachal Pradesh is celebrated every year from July 4 to 7 by praying for a bumper crop harvest.[25]
Midsummer or St John's Day, is an example of a seasonal festival, related to the feast day of a Christian saint as well as a celebration of the time of the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, where it is particularly important in Sweden. Winter carnivals also provide the opportunity to utilise to celebrate creative or sporting activities requiring snow and ice. In the Philippines, each day of the year has at least one festival dedicated to harvesting of crops, fishes, crustaceans, milk, and other local goods.[citation needed]
Seasonal and harvest festivals
Temple Festival in India
Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art Sky lantern Festival, in Loire Valley
Midsummer dance by Anders Zorn, Sweden (1897)
Tanabata summer festival in Sendai, Japan
Grand Parade at the Sydney Royal Easter Show, Australia (2009)
Halloween pumpkins show the close relationship between a harvest and religious festivals
Study of festivalsEdit
Festive ecology – explores the relationships between the symbolism and the ecology of the plants, fungi and animals associated with cultural events such as festivals, processions and special occasions.
Heortology – the study of religious festivals. It was originally only used in respect of Christian festivals,[26] but it now covers all religions, in particular those of Ancient Greece.[27] See list of foods with religious symbolism for some topical overlap.
Culture portal
Holidays portal
All pages with titles containing Festival
Philippine fiestas
Festive ecology
Lists of festivals
Outline of festivals
^ Adom, Dickson (November 25, 2016). "Cultural Festival As A Salient Tool For Strategic, Holistic And Sustainable Rural Development In Africa: The Case Of The Opemso) Festival Of The Asantes Of Ghana". Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal. 3 (11). doi:10.14738/assrj.311.2249. ISSN 2055-0286.
^ Adom, Dickson (2017). "Strategic Adaptation of Traditional Festivals for the Sustainable Development of the Biodiversity of Local Communities in Ghana". Open Journal of Social Sciences. 05 (11): 69–94. doi:10.4236/jss.2017.511006. ISSN 2327-5952.
^ Robertson, Noel (1992). Festivals and legends: the formation of Greek cities in the light of public ritual (Repr. ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802059880.
^ Brandt, edited by J. Rasmus; Iddeng, Jon W. (2012). Greek and Roman festivals : content, meaning, and practice (1st ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-969609-3. CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link)
^ Pickard-Cambridge, Sir Arthur (1953). The dramatic festivals of Athens (2nd ed.). Oxford: At the Clarendon Press. ISBN 0198142587.
^ Picard, David; Robinson, Mike (2006). "Remaking Worlds: Festivals, Tourism and Change". In David Picard and Mike Robinson (ed.). Festivals, Tourism and Social Change. Channel View Publications. pp. 1–3. ISBN 978-1-84541-267-8.
^ a b "festival, adj. and n.". OED Online. March 2014. Oxford University Press. Accessed April 16, 2014.
^ festival (adj.) at the Middle English Dictionary. Accessed April 16, 2014.
^ "feast, n.". OED Online. March 2014. Oxford University Press. Accessed April 16, 2014.
^ "feast, v.". OED Online. March 2014. Oxford University Press. Accessed April 16, 2014.
^ Berrett, LaMar C.; Ogden D. Kelly (1996). Discovering the world of the Bible (3rd ed., rev. ed.). Provo, Utah: Grandin Book Co. p. 289. ISBN 0-910523-52-5.
^ See for example: List of festivals in Australia; Bangladesh; Canada; China; Colombia; Costa Rica; Fiji; India; Indonesia; Iran; Japan; Laos; Morocco; Nepal; Pakistan; Philippines; Romania; Tunisia; Turkey; United Kingdom; United States; Vietnam.
^ Ancient Egyptian festivals could be either religious or political. Bleeker, C. J. (1967 [1968]). Egyptian festivals. Enactments of religious renewal. Leiden, The Netherlands: E. J. Brill. Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Heb-Sed (Egyptian feast)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
^ Robson, James P. (2007). "Local approaches to biodiversity conservation: lessons from Oaxaca, southern Mexico". International Journal of Sustainable Development. 10 (3): 267. doi:10.1504/ijsd.2007.017647. ISSN 0960-1406.
^ Gerson, Ruth (1996). Traditional festivals in Thailand. Kuala Lumpur; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9676531111.
^ Roy, Christian (2005). "Sikh Vaisakhi: Anniversary of the Pure". Traditional Festivals, Vol. 2 [M – Z]: A Multicultural Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 480. ISBN 978-1-57607-089-5.
^ See List of music festivals.
^ Some such as such as Cúirt International Festival of Literature started as a poetry festival and then broadened in scope.
^ Kasilag, Giselle P. (February 1999). "Performances, exhibits around the country mark National Arts Month". BusinessWorld (SanJuan, Philippines): 1. ISSN 0116-3930 – via Nexis Uni.
^ Hyslop, Leah (November 21, 2013). "Beaujolais Nouveau day: 10 facts about the wine". The Telegraph.
^ Haine, W. Scott (2006). Culture and Customs of France. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-313-32892-3.
^ Bunson, Margaret (2009). "Nile festivals". Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. Infobase Publishing. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-4381-0997-8.
^ "Press release – Dree festival". Directorate of Information, Govt of Arunachal Pradesh. July 5, 2004. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Heortology" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
^ Robert Parker: Athenian Religion
Ian Yeoman, ed. (2004). Festival and events management: an international arts and culture perspective (1st ed., repr. ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 9780750658720.
Wikisource has the text of the 1905 New International Encyclopedia article Festivals.
Media related to Festivals at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Festival at Wiktionary
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State lawmakers approved an 11th-hour extension to an online betting law on Wednesday that will allow horse racing tracks to keep their racing schedules intact this year.
The measure, HB11, passed the Senate 47-4 just moments after lawmakers officially reconvened for the year to hear Gov. Pat Quinn�s annual State of the State address, a day that customarily entails little else. The House voted 98-10 a short time later, and Quinn signed the bill Wednesday afternoon.
The legislation allowing online betting had been set to expire Friday. The Illinois Racing Board had predicted major spending cuts without an extension, because money from the online betting composes about a third of its annual budget. That could have limited the board�s oversight ability and forced racetracks to cut the number of horse races.
The three-year extension includes a surcharge on wagering.
Racing board officials and representatives from the state�s racetracks have spent months lobbying lawmakers. Officials said Wednesday they were pleased with the legislation�s passage, noting it will help preserve the jobs of the estimated 15,000 horse owners, trainers, jockeys and stable-hands in Illinois.
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Committee appointed to look into irregularities in state banks under last Govt. gets over 100 complaints
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A four-member committee appointed to look into the allegations of irregularities, unproductive measures and instances where actions were taken contrary to the objectives at the four main State banks of the country during the last five years has received over 100 complaints, the Ministry of Finance.
The Committee was appointed by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in his capacity as the Minister of Finance on 20 August.
The Finance Ministry said the Committee will receive complaints till 30 September and will submit its report with the recommendations within three months.
The four-member committee has been appointed to formally study the irregularities, instances of violating the objectives and procedures of respective institutions, provision of the Banking Act as well as the unproductive activities and transactions at the Bank of Ceylon, People's Bank, National Savings Bank (NSB), Regional Development Bank (RDB) and affiliated institutions after January 08, 2015.
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Triangle UFO videotaped over New Jersey
Posted by: Roger Marsh February 2, 2016	11 Comments
A New Jersey witness at Hazlet reported watching and videotaping a silent, triangle UFO with three red lights, according to testimony in Case 53663 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Cropped and enlarged still image taken from witness video. (Credit: MUFON)
The witness was returning from a friend's house on Christmas Eve 2013 when the object was first seen.
"I was making a right turn from Highway 36 onto Middle Road in Hazlet, N.J.," the witness stated."After I made a turn me and my wife saw three red objects round in shape moving slowly east about 100 feet above the houses on the right hand side of Middle Road."
The witness stopped his vehicle at the first house next to Airport Plaza shopping center.
"I pulled out my cell phone to video the object. When I started to video the object it was over me and it started moving straight up. There were no sounds coming from the object. I kept taping it until I couldn't see it anymore."
New Jersey MUFON State Section Director Ed Dobson investigated this case and closed it as an Unknown. The case was reported to MUFON on January 22, 2014.
"The object is described as being triangular in shape and having red and white pulsating lights," Dobson stated in his report."It was unknown degrees above the horizon and first being noticed out of the west. The witness puts the size between 101-300 feet.
"He said he called the police, but they had received no complaints. He claims his brother-in-law saw the same object the weekend before.The temperature was approximately 27.9 degrees and winds were at 17.3mph and out of the north-northwest. The sky was clear."
The witness saw the UFO near the intersection of Highway 36 and Middle Road in Hazlet, N.J., pictured. (Credit: Google)
Hazlet is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, population 20,334. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
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The way they fade out and the color at the beginning makes me suspect these are actually Chinese Lanterns.
Lucky Sofar
Why doubt the guy? He saw what he saw. If he's crying Wolf, karma will prevail. Hey, I've seen some very peculiar sighting out there, some in the US, others in Europe. No doubt in my mind we are not alone.
They could have been Chinese lanterns or flying saucers.
If you were not THERE, then you have NO authority.
The only thing you can do here is investigate the witness.
I seriously doubt that any alien craft would use or need to show lights.
Manuel Salvador
I live front of the sea and I am a Ufologist since the 80s, tons of hours looking at the sky, I got 8 minutes in a video recorded, with the same kind of orbs coming from the sea (Atlantic Ocean) like us they have to patterns of flight, unless someone was at the high sea lunching Chinese lamps or other…And there are 4 different, no noise, no gas from burning motors, kinds of technologies of this kind of orbs or ships or what ever, crossing the skies above commercial flights. (we are not able to see satellites with binoculars and Chinese lamps don't go so high).
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Dale Alan Bryant
I need to say this about witnesses reporting either the diameter of an object or its distance, especially at night.
Unless you are familiar with the object (like a plane), estimating its distance from you or above treetops, without knowing its size is impossible and judging its size (again, unless it is a familiar shape), without knowing its distance is impossible. You can't do either because, beyond about 50ft. We lose our stereoscopic vision. We can still estimate size and distance of objects in the ground, in everyday sight, because they are familiar to us. Those are the facts and I suggest anyone doubting this read up on optics or check with an optometrist.
Eyewitnesses to events, take automobile accidents, are notoriously unreliable. How can we expect them to be any better at recognizing objects in the night sky, be they standard aircraft under unusual conditions or objects such as large meteors (asteroid fragments, etc.). Ask any police officer about the general public's reliability as eyewitnesses.
As an astronomer/astrobiologist, I used to believe in eyewitness accounts before I became knowledgeable about and very familiar with the night sky. My faith in eyewitnesses dropped dramatically after hearing several people's accounts of what I know to have been bolide and fireball meteors and slow moving asteroid fragments. The latter enter our atmosphere at a very low angle and, hence, can take several MINUTES to cross the whole stretch of sky. I've seen two of these myself as they are quite rare. They appear as balls of light about as bright, or brighter, than the full moon. They usually have trailing embers and long, smoky trails behind them that can last up to 45 minutes. They move at about the same speed as a typical aircraft and are therefore often mistaken as burning aircraft.
Iridium satellite flares are another phenomenon mistaken for extraterrestrial spacecraft. These are sometimes VERY bright flares of light that appear out of nowhere and move across the sky at the apparent rate of an aircraft. They last from a fraction of a second to a couple of minutes and then wink out as fast as they appeared. They are actually reflected sunlight from a satellite's solar panel array. There are thousands of satellites in orbit around Earth. How many times a day do you think the average citizen could identify one for what it is?
Peter Wolfgang
Still here we are in the year 2016 and we are no closer to finding out the truth than in the 1940's, 1950's and 1960's when UFO mania was so rampant world-wide and people we seeing UFO's in every "street corner." I don't think we will ever know the truth unless something catastrophic happens on the earth that they will reveal themselves for our salvation from ourselves, a plague or a natural catastrophe that would involve the whole earth and threaten humanity.
If they were moving with the wind, then that would clinch the Chinese lantern explanation. Unfortunately no information is provided as to the direction the cell phone was pointing.
Patrick M
I once saw a ufo that was lit up like a Christmas tree, and I watched it with my brother for an hour. We called the police and they said it was just ultralights flying in formation (yes, they really said this.) Sometimes I guess they WANT to be seen. That said, this video is just Chinese lanterns. I've sent up a few of those myself, too.


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Rachel's Challenge, an Organization Promoting Safer School Environments, to Hold Open Preview Event in Denver
Rachel's Challenge is a local organization built around the thoughts and ideas of Rachel Joy Scott, the first victim of the Columbine High School shooting. Her father will be hosting an introductory event in the Denver area for those interested in learning more about Rachel while bringing awareness to their school program that has been successful in more than 5,000 schools around the world.
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In one of her journals, Rachel wrote "people will never know how far a little kindness can go." Based on this belief, the Scott family built an organization in her name, Rachel's Challenge, and school program and has been successful in more than 5,000 schools around the world. With more than 70% of students reporting harassment or bullying as being a problem in their school, Rachel's story is making a immense impact, saving the lives of many students that it reaches.
"Some of the toughest guys I know were impacted by Rachel's story in a very positive way." - Anonymous School Educator
On January 23rd, Rachel's father will be hosting an open event for those interested in learning more about Rachel. He will be sharing her story and giving an in-depth look into how their program can promote kindness and hope among all students from every background. A local production company, Garlic Media Group, will be hosting the event at their Denver studio for an open and intimate setting for those who would like to experience the impact that Rachel and her family are bringing to our community.
If you would like to learn more about attending this event, please email claire@garlicmediagroup.com.
January 23rd at 6:30pm - 1195 S Lipan Street, Unit A, Denver, CO 80223
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Debate topic: "All Christians in the New Covenant will live forever in heaven with Christ." Fred Torres is a Jehovah's Witness and affirms. My friend Mike Felker of The Apologetic Front denies. Fred and Mike have been recording a modular debate; they each recorded and sent me their opening statements and rebuttals separately over a span of weeks, with live cross-examination. This episode contains part 3′s second rebuttals and closing statements. Listen to episode 91, "Heaven Lasts Forever," for part 1′s opening statements and first rebuttals, and to episode 93, "New Earth," for part 2′s cross-examination.


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Calls to protect endangered wildlife by updating cat laws | Bunbury Mail
There are calls for the city of Bunbury to update its local cat laws to protect wildlife.
Withers resident Jodi Larke called for changes in May that reflect the laws introduced in Manjimup earlier this year.
Manjimup is now requiring Shire officials to investigate every complaint and cats will no longer be able to roam a property unless the property owner gives the cat owner permission or facing a $ 200 fine.
The Manjimup Shire also recommends that cat owners keep their cat locked up.
Ms. Larke said she recently saw an endangered baby western ringtail possum that was killed by an "annoying" cat in her suburb.
Ms. Larke said she had given the cat to rangers several times.
"This cat is constantly on my property, spraying and harassing a number of neighbors by yelling at and attacking other cats at night," said Ms. Larke.
"It's registered and the rangers told me they spoke to the owner several times, but nothing is ever done. The rangers can only return the cat to the owner and raise it."
Bunbury town's local cat laws were last changed in 2019.
While local laws contain a number of prohibited cat areas and an owner cannot allow a cat to be or cause harassment, it is up to the individual to collect evidence in the form of a "harassment activity log" in order for action to be taken.
"A responsible pet owner is that you must be responsible for your pet's actions. Roaming cats not only pose a threat to wildlife, but if they are allowed to roam freely, they can have a significant impact on the health of the cat."
Braden Collins, Senior Veterinarian at the Bunbury Vet Clinic
Ms. Larke argued that it was a big encouragement for complaining residents to take the time to fill out such a protocol, which requires 10 consecutive days of observation and recording of the pesky cat's activities.
Bunbury City Safety and Emergency Management Team Leader Mark Allies confirmed that it was the responsibility of oneComplainants fill out harassment logs to help rangers manage it.
When asked how often logs showed the same cat was causing a nuisance, Mr Allies said these statistics were difficult to find.
"Cats are mostly nocturnal animals so the behaviors tend to occur when we are all sleeping, but cats also tend not to walk too far so it is often the same cat that is disturbing a particular property," said Mr Allies.
"Once a pattern of behavior is recorded in the log, the ranger will attempt to track down the owner and the city can begin looking at possible courses of action to stop the disruptive behavior."
It is estimated that each domestic cat kills an average of 110 animals per year.
Bunbury Vet Clinic's chief vet, Braden Collins, said cats are "very effective killers" and that each domestic cat kills an average of about 110 animals a year.
"… it is very rare that we can save her," said Dr. Collins.
Ms. Larke said it was "bizarre" that dog owners would be fined for their pet killing animals, but cat owners seemed to get away with it.
"Shortly after we moved into our Withers property, a dog broke into our hen house and killed all of our chickens," said Ms. Larke.
"The ranger fined the owner $ 400, who was very repentant and apologized.
"I just do not understand. You can't let dogs run around the neighborhood killing things and causing problems, so why are we leaving cats?
Dr. Collins agreed that local laws should require cats to be locked in their property, saying the "historical belief" that cats should run around was not true.
"A responsible pet owner is you must be responsible for your pet's actions.
"We expect dogs to be properly enclosed. So if there is at least one requirement to keep cats on the property, the city council's rangers can manipulate problem cats, make sure they are microchipped and neutered as needed, and hopefully will." there will be a shift. " In an attitude of understanding what cats can do healthier and happier lives when they and the wildlife are safe. "
According to Allies, the city of Bunbury is currently waiting for the state government to complete the 2011 Cat Act review before making significant changes to its own local laws.
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Wall Street ended little changed on Friday as energy shares dropped and investors looked ahead to earnings season, which kicks off next week. Fred Katayama reports.
Wall Street took a breather on Friday, snapping its five-day winning streak. The S&P 500 and Dow ended the day flat, pulled down by energy shares, as investors booked profits and positioned themselves ahead of earnings season that begins next week.
"I think investors are getting increasingly nervous about the government shutdown and how long that might last and what that economic impact looks like. Let's not forget it goes way beyond the 850,000 or so government workers. We're talking about parks. We're talking about travel. There are stories about TSA personnel resigning and looking for new jobs so there's potentially a big impact if this thing lasts much longer."
Energy stocks like Marathon Petroleum fell along with oil prices and led the downturn.
General Motors surged. The automaker said it expects per share earnings last year to surpass prior estimates. And it forecast upbeat profit for this year. That bullish outlook rubbed off on Ford's shares.
Netflix shares rose after Credit Suisse raised its estimates for quarterly subscriber additions ahead of the video streaming company's earnings report next week.
In Europe the major markets closed lower as enthusiasm over the U.S.-China trade talks waned.


Previous Article Come Join Jefferson Recreation for Free Exercise Classes in the Parks!
The different offerings of Jefferson Food Truck Fest are now defined, and we had added doe the extra fun activities.
These professionals are ready to serve up their delicious menus starting at 5:30 pm.
Bring your family, bring your friends, bring a chair or blanket, come with an appetite, come early as the DJ starts at 5 pm, choose your spot on the field, enjoy the music, patronize these food truck vendors, buy a 50/50 raffle ticket, climb the 25' rock wall, experience the musical performance of The Cameos in concert, be mesmerized by the aerial fireworks, and just have a great time.
There's free admission and free parking including handicapped parking throughout the event. ABSOLUTELY NO alcohol, NO smoking, NO drugs, NO fireworks, NO bicycles, NO pets or animals of any kind, NO large coolers, NO backpacks, NO drones. Bring a lawn chair/blanket for your comfort.
For information, log on to www.jeffersonarts.org, email artscommittee@jeffersonarts.org, find Jefferson Arts Comee on FACEBOOK, or call 973-697-2032 or 973-697-3828.
F.S. Burroughs/North Jersey Trout Unlimited (www.nnjtu.org) will continue the tradition started many years ago by Bill Clark and host the very popular annual Children's Fishing Contest for this coming Jefferson Fest II – Food Truck Festival, Concert, and Fireworks event on Saturday, July 14th.
The contest will run from 1 to 3 pm at the Weldon Road Fishing Education Pond, located across the street from the Jefferson Township High School (1010 Weldon Road) in Oak Ridge.
For details about all the activities taking place at Jefferson Fest II at the Jefferson Township High School fields including food trucks, a DJ, a live performance by The Cameos, and a fantastic fireworks display, and more log on to www.jeffersonarts.org or call 973-697-2032 or 973-697-3828 – Also find Jefferson Arts Committee on Facebook.
Saturday, July 14th not only will mark the date of the second annual Jefferson Fest – Food Truck Festival, Concert, and Fireworks event but also the date of the 14th annual Irish Road Bowling Contest.
For those not familiar with the game, the alley is a country road approximately one mile long, and it is not officially closed; and for this event, the Arts Committee is allowed to use Catholic Charities Way off Weldon Road, the home of Wiegand Farms at the Department for Persons with Disabilities facility. No improvements are made to the road; and the road is played "as is" – uphill, downhill, and winding, and there are no bumpers along the edge of the roadway on either side. There is no stopping the ball when it moves so players have to also watch out for rocks and holes.
The "bowl" used is small, black and dense about the size of a baseball but six times as heavy weighing 1 lb. 12 oz. The bowler is allowed to throw it however he/she sees fit, but the most common approach is basically an underhand fast-pitch softball throw with a running start. Team members throw the ball in rotation, and the team who takes the least number of throws to complete the course (similar to scoring for golf) is declared the winner.


Ryan Reynolds is walking down the aisle for a second time!
No need to worry, him and Blake Lively are doing fine, this second round is for the big screen!
His new film, 'Shotgun Wedding,' is an action comedy that Reynolds stars in and produces at Lionsgate.
SF Gate reports director Jason Moore ("Pitch Perfect")is on board with an original script and pitch by Mark Hammer and will begin shooting this summer.
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Eens in het jaar vliegt de aarde door deze zwerm heen rond 15 april tot 28 april. Dit veroorzaakt een vallende sterrenregen van meteoren die in onze atmosfeer verbranden. Het radiant van de meteorenregen ligt in het sterrenbeeld Lier. De bron van deze vallende sterren is de komeet C/1861 G1 Thatcher. Deze zwerm wordt op aarde al sinds 2600 jaar geleden waargenomen.

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HomeConservationCurbing human-wildlife conflict could boost efforts to conserve the mountain gorilla
by: Jonathan Kamoga
Growing up in the hills of Kisoro in South Western Uganda, Gard Mbonimpa always knew one way to survive, farming. He watched his parents every morning in the gardens by the foot of the Mountain Muhavura, growing Irish potatoes and other vegetables for subsistence.
Now 43 years old, Mbonimpa has taken on the realm of his deceased parents. Having dropped out of school in primary three, he too now grows Irish potatoes by the slopes of Mountain Muhavura just at the edge of the Mgahinga National Park, and has recently adopted growing wheat which he and several farmers here sell to a leading beer company in the country.
Mr Gard Mbonimpa in his garden in Kabande village PHOTO BY JONATHAN KAMOGA
Over 200 people in this Kabande village have small partitioned gardens just by the edge of the park on which their livelihoods depend; growing wheat, millet, onions, and Irish potatoes which they sell to middlemen who in turn sell them in Kisoro town, Kigali and as far as the capital Kampala.
"It is from this farming that I have managed the welfare of my family and to pay school fees for my children some of whom are done with school," Mbonimpa, a father of six said through a translator.
But it's not all rosy for the farmers of Kabande village. Their gardens just adjacent to the park have been prone to attacks from wild animals which destroy most of the crops. Some retaliate and animals are killed. This has not been happening only in Kabande village but in five other villages surrounding the park.
When attacks persisted, the farmers made groups that would patrol the gardens at night to keep animals away.
"We would put up makeshift tents and sleep in the gardens for the sole purpose of keeping animals away from the gardens. It was both tough and dangerous," Mbonimpa said.
One rainy night, a storm blew away his makeshift structure and he fell terribly ill the next day because of the cold while on another night an attack by a buffalo left his right leg injured.
Mbonimpa would expect to earn $1,100 from his about three acres each season but with the animal attacks, he simply made away with only $400 each harvest.
There has however been some relief for Kabande village following the reinforcement of a 1.2km stone wall to separate the park from the gardens and prevent animals from invading them.
Working with the Uganda Wildlife Authority, the wall was built by the International Gorilla Conservation Programme, an organization ensuring the conservation of mountain gorillas and their regional Afromontane forest habitant in Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo together with Wegeningen University in the Netherlands.
According to the farmers here, since the wall was built, there have been few cases of conflict between the park animals and the communities living around it.
"So far the results are very good, if you look around, the plants are flourishing. Some of these gardens had been abandoned but currently farmers have come back and we expect a much higher yield at the end of this season,"Mbonimpa said.
The 1.2 km stone walk that was recently refurbished to separate the Mgahinga National Park from the gardens in Kabande Village PHOTO BY JONATHAN KAMOGA
Over the years, the community here has clashed with animals in the park mainly for survival. While the animals invade gardens, the people in turn invade the park for either revenge attacks, poaching, firewood and water.
Kabande village for example which has over 20,000 people according to the area chairperson has had no established water source in years. The villagers here found it easier to sneak into the park and collect water from its streams than walking nearly 7km to another village with an established water source.
According to Mr Duhimbaze Gad, the LC1 chairperson of Kabanda village, many villagers who took that risk were either shot at by Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers, or arrested and fined amounts they could not afford.
Through the water4virungas project, implemented by International Gorilla Conservation Programme, interventions like the stone wall and provision of water sources to about 21,000 homesteads to communities here is reducing human wildlife conflicts and easing pressure on the park.
The interventions are part of a wider effort to conserve the endangered mountain gorillas which live in Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo through ensuring minimal human-wildlife conflicts.
According to official data, the world population of the endangered Mountain gorillas is estimated to be at slightly more than 1,000 with more than half living in Uganda.
The mountain gorillas survive in only two regions in the world, Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and the Virunga Massif, a chain of volcanoes stretching nearly 174 square miles across Rwanda, Uganda and DRC.
The Mountain gorillas are popular amongst tourists and they contributed the biggest chunk of the $1.6 billion that Uganda earned from the tourism sector two years ago before the Coronavirus pandemic struck.
According to Ms Anna Behm Masozera, the Director of the International Gorilla Conservation Programme, there is a need to find win-win solutions for Wildlife in protected areas and people especially those living near the protected areas.
"Mountain gorilla conservation is regarded as a success story, but continued success will only be possible if we work collaboratively to address the issues and conflicts affecting people who live adjacent to mountain gorilla habitat and the threats facing mountain gorillas," Masozera said.
According to Masozera, Coexistence of people with wildlife is a critical component to the survival of the mountain gorilla and that through effective dialog and engagement of people, their representatives, wildlife and water authorities, the Water4Virungas project has made a significant contribution to reducing conflicts between people and wildlife in the transboundary Virunga Massif.
In Rwanda, the project focused on integrated watershed management being implemented in collaboration with the Rwanda Development Board, local government, and community based organizations.
Similar to what was accomplished around Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda, there has been a rehabilitation of the stone wall and trench to prevent human-wildlife conflict around Volcanoes National Park.
In DRC, to mitigate conflict, Water4Virungas is supporting the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN)/ Virunga National Park in improving and constructing an electric fence system to reduce crop raiding by wildlife.
Five water supply schemes are being put in place with water from various available water sources from within and outside of the national park and will improve water availability for nearly 38,000 additional households
"Mountain gorillas are dependent on a transboundary ecosystem, therefore transboundary efforts are needed to ensure their survival and coexistence with people," Masozera said.
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Anyone who knows me well knows that I LOVE my precious Cleveland Indians. I mean, I truly love them. I am not one of those fair-weather fans, who only follows and cheers for a team when they are playing well. Oh no, I love my Indians even when they aren't winning.
I proceed to run/skip/make a mad dash outside, where I promptly grab Molly-Collie's front paws and begin dancing around the yard with her, as I sing "We Are The Champions. Weeeee are the Champions" Finally, my husband says "Honey, please. We get it." Guess I was a little off key ;-) Oh well, it was kind of like when my partner-in-crime and her husband went to a game and received a free Jhonny Peralta bobble-head. They promptly brought it over to me. Partner-In-Crime-Hubby placed the precious bobble-head doll in my hands and I began jumping up and down and dancing in the yard exclaiming "I've got JaaaHonny! I've got JaaaHonny!" Now, he proudly adorns the top of my file cabinet (The bobble-head doll, not partner-in-crime hubby), in my office, where I spend most of my time - JaaaaHonny watches over me with his smiling, bobbling head.
Now, I think that I need this... I have to show my pride ya know!
When I saw that the Indians had clinched, I knew there was a party going on somewhere in Missouri.
Good luck in the post season!
Thanks for cruising by my place.
And, yes, you DO need that shirt!


J Sports Boston owns two radio stations (890 ESPN Boston (WAMG-AM) and 1400 ESPN Lowell (WLLH-AM)) in Greater Boston that are the exclusive ESPN Radio affiliates in the Boston radio market. Jessamy Tang oversees all aspects of these ESPN radio stations including advertising sales, programming, marketing, promotions, and finance.
Prior to this position, Jessamy held several senior management positions with ESPN, Inc. and ABC Radio. During her tenure with the company, she was responsible for, developed, and oversaw ABC Radio's strategy for ESPN Radio and the transition of ESPN Radio from a syndicated programming provider to a full 24-hour, 7 day a week sports radio network and station business. Also, she was President & General Manager of ABC's radio cluster in Pittsburgh, which included an ESPN Radio station. Under Jessamy's leadership, the station became the highest rated ESPN Radio station owned by ABC. The station earned four "Achievement in Radio Awards" and "Sports Personality of the Year" in 2001. Other accomplishments include making ESPN's first interactive television agreement and overseeing sales planning and administration for ABC Radio Networks.
She has also provided strategic media consulting services to professional sports teams, media companies, and sports leagues. She consulted to the Miami Dolphins in negotiating their broadcast & cable agreements which included domestic, international, English, Spanish, ancillary programming and play-by-play rights for radio, broadcast television, satellite television, and cable television. She also assisted Stanford Graduate School of Business in developing a custom designed executive education program for the National Football League.
Earlier in her career, Jessamy was a management consultant for Deloitte & Touche. Jessamy holds a Bachelor of Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master in Business Administration from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.


Dave Lee produced a coloring book featuring many of his puppets. I've been looking for one of these for a while. Thanks to Sandy McManus for sending this along. I've done a couple quick photos to share here. I'm not sure when this was produced, but the price on the cover is 39 cents. The art inside features Pete the Penguin, Pete Junior, Fragrant the Skunk, Sonny Bear, Malcomb the Mouse, Waldo Weasal, Humphrey the Elephant, Sgt. Littlejohn, Omar the Alligator, the Little Blue Man, Walter Weatherman, Miss Rooka, and Col. Beauregard.


Judge Richard G. Andrews recently granted a defendant's motion for summary judgment of non-infringement under the doctrine of equivalents. Blackbird Tech, LLC d/b/a Blackbird Technologies v. Lululemon Athletica, Inc., C.A. No. 15-930-RGA (D. Del. June 14, 2017). At issue was patented sports bra technology, and whether the defendant's product infringed where the straps of its product were sewn, rather than laminated, to the cups of the bra. The plaintiff did not allege literal infringement, but alleged infringement under the doctrine of equivalents on the basis that one of skill in the art would have viewed sewing as interchangeable with laminating for purposes of attaching the bra straps to the cups. Judge Andrews explained, though, that the doctrine of equivalents is "limited by the dedication-disclosure rule, which prevents a patent holder from disclosing a broader invention than is claimed and then recaptur[ing] subject matter deliberately left unclaimed." Id. at 3-4 (internal quotation marks omitted). The Court found that because the specification discussed both sewing and laminating, but only laminating was claimed, the sewing of the bra straps to the cups was disclosed and dedicated to the public, and the defendant's product therefore could not be found to infringe under the doctrine of equivalents. Id. at 4-5.


In Australia today, bosses have an unfettered right to organise across an industry or supply chain. In addition, employers can freely outsource jobs to secondary companies – relieving themselves of many of their legal obligations and responsibilities.
Workers, on the other hand, are shackled by 'secondary boycott' laws that outlaw sympathy strikes and ban workers in other parts of the supply chain from taking solidarity action. Workers whose jobs have been outsourced are also unable to legally take action against the principal company.
The right to strike in Australia is severely restricted. The regime currently in place under the misnamed 'Fair Work Act' – which was introduced by the Rudd Labor government – does not even meet International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions.
The ILO has called on the Australian government to review these laws but so far, they are refusing to act. The ILO states that "The right to strike is one of the essential means available to workers and their organisations for the promotion and protection of their economic and social interests".
Professor Andrew Stewart from Adelaide University has said that Australia's industrial laws "are so restrictive on the right to strike that they are out of step with the laws of just about every other developed country".
Under the Fair Work Act workers and unions have only very limited rights to take industrial action. This is during a defined bargaining period in pursuit of a new collective agreement. Unions have to apply to the Fair Work Commission for a protected action order and a secret ballot has to be conducted and won in advance of any action taken.
Even then the bosses are given notice of the so-called protected action, and they can apply to have the action quashed at the last minute. This is what happened recently when the Rail, Tram and Bus Union in New South Wales balloted for a 24-hour strike.
Despite adhering to all of the rules, and going through the long and arduous process, the strike was deemed unlawful by the Fair Work Commission. They cited 'threats to the economy and people's welfare' as their reason for blocking it.
Even bargaining across an industry in Australia has been curtailed. Sympathy strikes where a common claim is pursued across an industry are categorised as unlawful "pattern bargaining" and carry huge penalties and damages claims.
In the case of penalty rates, if the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) called for united strike action to demand that penalty rates are reinstated it would technically be illegal.
This law that prevents unions negotiating across multiple sites is an attack on the fundamental purpose of unions. Unions exist to unite workers and bring them together so that they can bargain in a collective way and therefore mitigate the all-powerful position of the employer. The economic and political power held by bosses is countered with solidarity.
Australia's draconian laws mean that solidarity between working people is effectively outlawed and the balance of power is tipped even further in favour of the employing class. The lack of a proper right to strike is one factor behind low wage growth and the huge shift in wealth from wages to profits in recent years.
We need to fight for secondary boycott laws to be scrapped and for the right to strike in all circumstances. That the current restrictive regime was implemented by Labor shows they can not be relied upon as allies in this fight. We need to rely on our own collective strength.
No rights are just handed out by the powers that be, especially those that have the potential to eat into profits. Rights need to be fought for and won on the ground. Only then do we have any chance of them being enshrined in law. This has been the experience of the trade union movement since its inception.
To win the right to strike unions will need to defy these bad laws. Mass action and the refusal to pay fines can turn secondary boycott laws into a dead letter. This has to be our goal.


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Jackie Chan In Shinjuku Incident (Trailer)
In the early 1990s, a Chinese tractor mechanic nicknamed Nick (Jackie Chan) enters Japan illegally in search of his fiancée Xiu Xiu (Xu Jing Lei). Nick has made the journey on a freighter that sinks before reaching the harbor. Nick manages to reach dry land, avoiding the Japanese police as he tracks down his brother Joe (Daniel Wu) and asks for help. Joe provides food and shelter while Nick looks for a job and searches for his lost love in this strange new city. Joe introduces Nick to some fellow Chinese immigrants and each of them help the newcomer by showing him how the black market and other underworld activities can help him survive. The menial jobs available to them are difficult and pay very little. Nick considers the possibility, but he is not a criminal… yet. (Source)
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Krunk on February 4, 2010 at 8:41 pm said:
Including Jackie Chan in the title of the movie is tacky. At first I thought it was just Apple's mistake, but it turns out it's an official title:
Jackie Chan in Shinjuku Incident (USA) (dubbed version)
Shinjuku Incident (International: English title)
Xin Su shi jian (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)


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HARDIN SIMMONS
HSU's Jack 'just plays' at another level
Jordan Hofeditz
Nathaniel Jack has taken the Division III basketball world by storm this season.
Last year, the Hardin-Simmons senior showed he had the ability, but this year the American Southwest Conference West Division Player of the Year has taken it to another level. He's done so once again in the postseason, averaging 26.6 points, 14.6 rebounds and 39.2 minutes in five ASC and NCAA tournament games, including a career-high 32 points against LeTourneau in the ASC championship game.
It's not terribly hard to understand why. Just ask his coach, his assistant coach, his teammates or even him, you'll get the same answer.
"He just plays," HSU coach Craig Carse said. "That's about as simple as I can put it. He prepares and he plays. He doesn't get tied up, if he gets named player of the year in the country, he would be as humble and it would be, 'That's nice.' When he goes into the game, he's not a guy that looks at false motivation, he's not a guy that looks at psychology. He just looks at playing for 40 minutes, wants to play for 40 minutes and that's it."
During his freshmen and sophomore years, Jack had a player to watch in Derrick Jefferson. In his senior season, Jefferson, now an assistant with the team, started every game, scored 19.4 points and pulled down 7.4 rebounds a game while also contributing his share of assists, steals and blocks for the Cowboys.
As a teammate, Jefferson tried to get Jack going. Now, as a coach, he knows what buttons to push.
"It's more about not putting that pressure on him," Jefferson said. "We like to play free. That's one thing about him, Nathaniel doesn't like anybody pressuring him, he likes to play free. What I do is give him a goal. Nathaniel cares about winning. Whatever he has to do, he wants to win."
Jefferson told Jack what would be needed to win. Not only would Jack get it done, he would do a little extra. Like when Jefferson told Jack to get three steals against LeTourneau in the ASC championship game. He did it in the first half and let his assistant coach know it.
"He had three (steals) in the first half," Jefferson said. "As he was getting the steals he was yelling at me, 'Hey, this is one.' Come down next, 'That's two.' Then the last one he winked at me. For him to reach his goals, to leave it out on the court with these seniors, that's amazing. His bond with these guys, he'll do anything."
When the two were on the court together, Jefferson tried to bring Jack out of his comfort zone and take shots from outside. As a freshman and sophomore, Jack wouldn't take them. Now, as a senior, he not only will he take the shot, he's making them at a high percentage, too.
"When he was a freshman, me and Jack always had a friendly, joke around, talk trash kind of relationship," Jefferson said. "He never had that confidence, now he has it. He knows he can go out and do it. He has that confidence and he just plays."
Carse is quick to pass off credit to his former assistant coach and recruiter Zach Pickelman for seeing something in Jack as a smaller player out of Mart. During his freshman year, Jack didn't get much playing time. As a sophomore, he was a role player, starting 23 of the 27 games he got into.
The last two years Jack has started all 60 games he played in and has turned himself into a double-double machine.
"Zach Pickelman brought him here," Carse said. "And Zach Pickelman is the one who was really convinced about him and really, for the first two years, kept seeing things in him. Came here about 6-1, 160 and now he's a solid 6-3 plus and has a lot better weight than that. Zach saw it. I was still looking for that position-type guy, but he did fit that position in the three."
So when did Jack break out? It was when he was forced into the point guard role with starter Christian O'Neal injured. He got a triple-double that night, scoring 10 points with 11 rebounds and 11 assists in a 78-68 win over Texas-Dallas.
In fact, it was the same thing that got Jefferson going during his career.
"Jack modeled a lot of what he does after Derrick," Carse said. "Derrick is, I think, the straw that made him bring up his level of play. I think they've been good for each other and Zach is the one that brought him here, so I owe it to those two guys to have him around. He just plays. You see right now, he's working out with socks on and if I didn't tell him to put on shoes he'd probably work in those all day, that's him."
For the year, Jack is averaging 18.8 points, 12.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 2.1 steals, 1.3 assists and 1.0 blocks per game while playing 38.5 minutes per contest. He's played a full 40 minutes in 10 games while playing 55 in a triple-overtime game against Texas-Tyler and 46 in overtime game against Mary Hardin-Baylor.
Whether it was a big regular-season game or the postseason tournaments, Jack doesn't put any more on himself. His teammates? That's a different story.
"I don't know if I really step it up," Jack said. "I just feel like my teammates are just, 'OK, now you can do this.' That's just how it goes, they find me wherever I'm at."
That kind of trust goes a long way.
"It means a lot that my team believes in me," Jack said. "They really don't give me a choice. They're going to give me the ball so I have to do something with it. It's either do something with it or we're going to lose. They give it to me, I have no other choice but to make a play."
Making plays has Jack moving his way up the HSU record book. He already broke his own record from a year ago with 362 rebounds this season, which also broke the longest standing ASC single-season record. He sits in fourth in HSU history for points in a season with 563, just 12 behind the third-place spot and 31 away from No. 2.
If there is one attribute that stands out more than the rest when it comes to Jack on a basketball court, it's his will to win. That desire makes Jack willing and, in turn, makes him a playmaker.
"Whatever you need him to do," Jefferson said. "Whatever the guys tell him to do, on defense or whatever. He does it just for the team. He has that mindset to win."
Having Jefferson there continues to help Jack grow. The first two years were a trial run that has resulted in Division III Player of the Year conversations.
"It helps a lot," Jack said. "When I'm on the court, he tells me when I need to go, when I can press. He coaches me as if he's playing through me with a controller, basically. That's what he does. Sophomore, freshman year, I just watched Derrick all the time. Junior year, I had to step up more and I was like, 'Maybe I can do this.'"
Not that Jack wants any part of the player of the year talk. Speculation doesn't mean much to a player looking to win. If praises comes, so be it, but Jack is more than happy focusing on what he can control.
"Most of that talk goes in one ear, out the other," Jack said. "Until it happens, I'm just like whatever. If it happens, then thank you."
The Division III level is special. Without scholarships, there are a players who want to play and want to get better. Division I or Division II coaches may not have waited around two years for Jack to come into his own.
That's what makes Carse enjoy his time at HSU and watching players like Jack — along with fellow four-year seniors Justin Jones, Duane Hopper and Ryan Leiss — grow.
"It comes back to kids wanting to listen to their parents, wanting to listen to their teachers or wanting to listen to their coach," Carse said. "In the aspect of Jack, Hopper and Justin, they have been the same since the day they got here. They pay attention, they listen, they take care of business. They're good, Christian young men, they're very respectful, they have no bad habits. I've never had to have one minute of a meeting with any problem with any of those three. It's those three guys that have taken us to the level we're at."
As for Friday's Sweet 16 game against No. 1 Whitman, even Jack wasn't sure it would happen. Coming off last year's second-round defeat, the hope was there, but the reality was always just hope and speculation. Now the Cowboys are there and will tip off against the only undefeated team left in NCAA men's basketball at 4 p.m. from Marietta, Ohio, and, as expected, a win is the only thing on Jack's mind.
"The best I thought we would get was a conference championship," Jack said. "That was the best I thought we would get. Last year, I thought that was the best we could get and this year we proved me wrong. We knew we were good last year, but we didn't think we'd be this good this year. We just feel like it's our time. We've paid our dues, it's our time to win this."


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Durum Wheat: Health Benefits, Side Effects, Fun Facts, Nutrition Facts and History
Durum wheat is a subspecies of T. turgidum. Durum in Latin means "hard". Durum wheat is the hardest of all wheats. Durum kernels are amber-colored and larger than those other wheat classes. When durum wheat is milled, its endosperm is ground up into a product called semolina. The hard grain of durum wheat is more likely to shatter into coarse fragments and offer a high semolina yield on milling when compared to other wheat types. The durum wheat is milled to remove the bran and germ, leaving the rich yellow endosperm granules called semolina. The semolina, high in strong gluten protein, offering a bright clean yellow color is used to make premium pasta, bulgur, couscous and a range of other traditional products.
Pasta and other products made from durum have relative simple manufacturing processes and include a few ingredients. In the industrial nations, high-quality pasta is made with large extrusion plant. The semolina is mixed with water into a thick dough and is forced through holes of different shapes to make different types of pasta. The naturally yellow color of durum endosperm gives pasta its golden color. The quality attributes of the durum have a very significant influence on the finished product quality. Premium semolina is a grist of coarse relatively uniformly sized particles (200-425 m) of the endosperm with minimal fine and bran content. Same as other wheat product, whole grain durum wheat products are those labeled with '100% whole-grain durum'.
Durum wheat and semolina flour
Different types of wheat grains – soft white, hard white and durum
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A part of balanced diets
Boost your intake of B-complex vitamins
Rich in selenium and iron
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Healthy bones and nervous system
Prevent anemia
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Side effects of eating too much durum wheat
Prepacked semolina flour sold in the supermarket
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Durum wheat flour is a rich source of many important nutrients. It contains dietary fiber, vitamin B-complex, vitamin E, minerals and zero in fat, saturated and trans fat. It is also low in cholesterol and sodium. Including drum wheat products as a part of your diet provides your more balanced nutrients intake.
Durum wheat flour is rich in B-complex vitamins, especially the folate and thiamine. In general, B-complex vitamins are needed for healthy skin, hair, eyes and liver. Enough intake of B-complex is essential to support our metabolism and energy production. Thiamin helps to maintain the health of your brain and nerves system. Folate supports the regeneration of red blood cell in our body. A serving of durum wheat flour (semolina) provides 25% and 30% of daily requirement of folate and thiamine.
Durum wheat is also a good source of essential minerals, such as selenium and iron. Selenium acts as an antioxidant in our body to prevent harmful oxidation damage of our cell membranes and DNA. Selenium also strengthens our immune system to prevent infection. A serving of durum wheat flour provides 37 mg of selenium, which equals to 2/3 of recommended daily intake. An iron-rich diet is beneficial for blood cells regeneration and circulation. A serving of durum wheat flour contains 1.8 mg of iron which is 10% of our daily requirement.
Products made from durum flour is digested slowly. This helps you feel full longer and prevent you from overeating. Eating slices of white bread and a bowl of spaghetti give your totally different feeling of satiety. White bread contains fast digestible starch which will be rapidly emptied from your stomach, digested and absorbed into your blood stream. On the other hand, pasta has a slower digestion and maintained in your GI tract for a longer time. Choosing products made with durum flour over those made with refined white flour will help you to reduce your food intake.
Durum wheat product is a top choice for people with diabetics because of its low glycemic index. Compared to refined white flour, durum flour is digested and absorbed at a slower rate. This helps to reduce the blood glucose surge after a meal and allows people with diabetes to control their blood sugar levels more effectively.
Durum flour contains potassium and is low in sodium. Every one hundred grams of durum flour contains 186 mg of potassium which is 4% of the daily requirement. Potassium is important in supporting heart function. It keeps a normal electrolytes balance between cells and body fluid and keeps the heart beating at a normal rhythm by lowering blood pressure. Moreover, the selenium content of durum flour protects our heart from infections.
A proper potassium to sodium level is important in keeping our kidney healthy and preventing chronic kidney disease. Our diet is normally high in sodium and low in potassium because of the excessive salt intake. To prevent low potassium levels, you can increase intake of whole and potassium-rich food. Thanks to its potassium content, durum flour helps to keep blood potassium within a normal range and keep our kidney health.
Durum wheat is a good source of essential minerals. One hundred grams of durum flour contains 17 mg calcium and 47 mg magnesium. Both calcium and magnesium have a large presence in bone. Calcium increases the bone density. Magnesium assures the strength and firmness of the bone. Adequate magnesium is also necessary for nerve conduction and the electrolyte balances of the nervous system. The trace metal zinc is a biofactor plays essential roles in the central nervous system across the lifespan from early neonatal brain development and the maintenance of brain function in adults. Overall, the phosphorus, zinc and magnesium of durum wheat are necessary for the maintenance of a good nervous system.
As an excellent source of iron, eating semolina makes sure you have a sufficient amount of iron required for your body. With one cup of durum flour, you get 8% of the recommended daily intake of iron. Iron is essential to produce hemoglobin that carries oxygen to the cells in our body. Eating durum based products prevents iron efficiency and anemia.
Durum flour, semolina, is coarse and fiber-rich particles. Each serving of durum flour contains 1 g of fibers, which provides 4% of the daily value. The soluble fiber of durum wheat flour slows digestion.
Durum wheat semolina, typical pasta from Sardinia, Italy
Same as any other types of wheat, durum wheat is safe and fit for human consumption. However, the high gluten content of semolina cause problem for people having celiac diseases, wheat allergy or gluten sensitivity.
For those with celiac diseases, eating durum wheat product trigger an immune response that attacks the small intestine and leads to damage of the small intestine villi. When the villi are damaged, nutrients cannot be absorbed properly into the body. The consequence is severe. Hence, people with celiac disease must strictly avoid all gluten to live symptom-free.
For people with wheat allergy, ingestion of durum wheat triggers an allergic reaction of mild symptoms (rashes, hives, itching, swelling, etc.) or severe symptoms (trouble breathing, wheezing, less of consciousness, etc.). For those having gluten sensitivity, side effects from eating pasta or bread made with semolina include abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea or constipation. Gluten-free foods are safe for someone with the wheat allergy and gluten sensitivity.
Raw unprepared semolina
The durum dough is less elastic than bread doughs, but this makes it easier to roll into pasta shapes.
Customers in North African countries use durum what to make a granular, yellow, pasta like product called couscous. Similar to rice, couscous is often served with meat and vegetables.
S. wheat is grouped into six classes based on hardness, color and timing of planting. Durum wheat is one of the six. The other groups including hard red spring, hard red winter, hard white, soft red winter and soft white.
About 73% of the durum wheat grown in the U.S. is grown in North Dakota.
Durum is planted between mid-April and the end of May, and harvested in August or September.
A bushel is a volumetric measure. A standard bushel weighs 60 pounds, which is enough for about 42 pounds of pasta (equals to 210 servings of spaghetti). If you eat pasta three times a week, as suggested by the U.S. National Pasta Association, it would take 70 weeks to eat all the pasta from only 1 bushel of durum.
Pasta was first mentioned in a book in 1154. The three most popular pastas are penne, spaghetti and macaroni.
Uncooked dry pasta can be kept for up to a year and cooked pasta can be frozen and re-eaten within three months.
flour from durum wheat
For every 100 g of durum wheat flour, you will get the following macro- and micro-nutrients:
Calories 339 kcal 7%
From carbohydrate 269 kcal
From fat 20.7 kcal
From protein 49.1 kcal
Total carbohydrate71.1 g 24%
Dietary fiber12g 49%
Protein 13.7 g 27%
Saturated fat 0.5 g 2%
Omega-3 fatty acids 48 mg
Omega-6 fatty acids 930 mg
Vitamin A0.0 IU 0%
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) 0.4 mg 28%
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 0.1 mg 7%
Vitamin B3 (Niacin) 6.7 mg 34%
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) 0.9 mg 9%
Vitamin B6 0.4 mg 21%
Vitamin B9 (Folate) 43.0 mcg 11%
Vitamin B12 0.0 mcg 0%
Vitamin D 0 mg 0%
Vitamin E (alpha tocopherol) ~ ~
Calcium 34.0 mg 3%
Iron 3.5 mg 20%
Magnesium 144 mg 36%
Potassium 431 mg 12%
Sodium 5.0 mg 0%
Zinc 4.2 mg 28%
Copper 0.6 mg 28%
Selenium 89.4 mcg 128%
The percent daily values are based on 2000 calorie diet
durum wheat – triticum durum – poaceae
Evidence of human consuming wild wheat dates to about 19,000 years ago. Durum wheat was developed by artificial selection of the domesticated emmer wheat grown in Central Europe and Near East around 7000 B.C. Durum wheat is the only tetraploid wheat species of commercial importance that is widely cultivated today. Global production of durum wheat is 35 million tons per year. In contrast, total global production of the various of common wheat is over 700 million tons. The main durum wheat-growing nations include European nations (France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece), North America (Canada, United States, Mexico), Middle East (Turkey, Syria), North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia) and Australia.
The flour of durum wheat, semolina flour, is believed to be originated from Southern Mediterranean basin or Abyssinia. Its name is derived from the Italian term 'semola' which means 'flour'. Semolina was firstly produced in Byzantine Egypt and used for making the traditional couscous dish. Nowadays, you can buy semolina from supermarkets in pre-packed pouches.
Major exporting and importing countries of durum wheat.
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607.0804 Election of directors by certain voting groups; special voting rights of certain directors.—The articles of incorporation may confer upon holders of any voting group the right to elect one or more directors who shall serve for such term and have such voting powers as are stated in the articles of incorporation. The terms of office and voting powers of the directors elected in the manner provided in the articles of incorporation may be greater than or less than those of any other director or class of directors. If the articles of incorporation provide that directors elected by the holders of a voting group shall have more or less than one vote per director on any matter, every reference in this chapter to a majority or other proportion of directors shall refer to a majority or other proportion of the votes of such directors. If a shareholders' agreement meeting the requirements of s. 607.0732, or articles of incorporation or bylaws meeting the requirements of s. 607.0732, provide that directors shall have more or less than one vote per director on any matter, every reference in this chapter to a majority or other proportion of directors shall refer to a majority or other proportion of the votes of such directors.
History.—s. 71, ch. 89-154; s. 22, ch. 93-281; s. 86, ch. 2019-90.


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Telluride's finest movie theatre serving the best popcorn in the west! The Nugget Theatre is a little piece of history that makes going to the movies an exciting trip to the past. Movies change weekly, so please check feature films and time online.
The Nugget Building, which houses the Nugget Theatre, was first the Old First National Bank Building which was built by Lucien Lucius (L.L.) Nunn in 1892 to house the First National Bank and the Telluride Power Company offices.
This building was designed by James Murdoch, a prominent Colorado architect whose work includes St. Luke's Episcopal Church and other Denver landmarks. The building is in the Richardsonian Romanesque style with rusticated native red sandstone, arched windows and imported red granite columns. The building had a tower at the corner, which was later removed as it was believed that the weight was causing structural problems. A fire next door and the resulting water damage probably caused the west front foundation of the building to settle causing a small sag on the south-west corner.


You may know that Moscow shopping is rightfully considered as one of the best in the world today. Moscow is packed with the designer boutiques, department stores, and shopping malls.
Visit GUM department store – the architectural marvel on Red Square that houses up to 1200 shops. One of the most renowned high-end department stores in Moscow is TSUM. The store is in a six-story historical Gothic Revival style building on Petrovka Street right behind the Bolshoi Theatre. It's worth visiting also!
You will get surprised with the prices – the world-famous labels will cost you much cheaper because of the advantageous exchange rate of the ruble.
And pay attention to the world-famous Russian designers. Take a look at the showroom of the style icon Ulyana Sergeenko who dresses such stars as Lady Gaga and Emilia Clarke. Visit the Alexader Terekhov's boutique that gives style to the 2018 Russian presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak. Go shopping with us and discover Russian fashion from the young designers like Gosha Rubchinsky and Vika Gazinskaya to such masters like Valentin Yudashkin.


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Grandtully Castle ist ein Tower House nahe der schottischen Ortschaft Grandtully in der Council Area Perth and Kinross. 1971 wurde das Bauwerk in die schottischen Denkmallisten in der höchsten Denkmalkategorie A aufgenommen.

Geschichte
Grandtully Castle geht auf einen kleinen Wehrbau zurück, der am Standort um das Jahr 1400 errichtet wurde. Eine Charta aus dem Jahre 1414 verbrieft einer Laird-Familie den Besitz. Um 1525 wurde der Wehrturm als Tower House neu aufgebaut, das zu dieser Zeit einen L-förmigen Grundriss aufwies. 1626 wurde Grandtully Castle überarbeitet und zwischen 1893 und 1896 substantiell erweitert. Für die Planung der Maßnahme zeichnen Leadbetter and Fairley verantwortlich. Robert Lorimer entwarf das 1895 gefertigte Eisentor. Weitere vorgeschlagene Ergänzungen Lorimers 1901 wurden nicht ausgeführt.

Beschreibung
Das drei- bis vierstöckige Tower House steht weitgehend isoliert nahe der Streusiedlung Grandtully. Seit den Erweiterungen im späten 19. Jahrhundert weist Grandtully Castle einen Z-förmigen Grundriss auf. Sein Mauerwerk besteht aus Bruchstein. Ein Treppenturm ragt aus einem Innenwinkel auf, während ein zweiter an einer Gebäudekante auskragt. Die Dächer und Schleppdachgauben sind mit Schiefer eingedeckt.

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MISSOULA, Mont.— The Center for Biological Diversity and four other conservation organizations filed a notice of intent today to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to respond to a petition to protect the Northern Rockies fisher under the Endangered Species Act. A relative of the mink and otter, the Northern Rockies fisher once inhabited northeastern Washington, Idaho, Montana, northwest Wyoming and north-central Utah, but has been reduced to just a fraction of its range in the United States to Idaho and Montana. Under the law the Fish and Wildlife Service was required to respond to the September 2013 petition within one year.
Despite a struggling population, fishers are still legally trapped in Montana, and levels of incidental trapping of fishers in traps set for other animals in Montana and Idaho have increased to alarming numbers in recent years. Twice as many fishers have been incidentally trapped in Idaho since 2008 as were captured from 2002 to 2007. In Idaho reported nontarget catch of fishers by individual fur-takers totaled 46 in the 2010-2011 trapping season, four of which were killed, and 30 in the 2011-2012 trapping season, 18 of which were killed. There has also been a dramatic increase in the number of trapping licenses sold in recent years related to both trapping for wolves and increased demand for bobcat pelts in Asia.
Conservation groups originally petitioned for protection for the Northern Rockies fisher in 2009. The Service issued a negative finding on that petition, because at the time trapping levels were lower and less information was available on the specific habitat needs of the species in the northern Rockies. The Service, however, did determine that fishers in the northern Rockies portion of their range are genetically distinct from fisher populations in the East and on the West Coast. Since that time there has been significant new information on the threats to the species, including the increased rate of trapping in Idaho and Montana.
Organizations that signed the Notice of Intent include Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Bitterroot, Friends of the Clearwater, Friends of the Wild Swan, and Western Watersheds Project.