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Episode 17: Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy
I am overjoyed to say that I got a chance to sit down with Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy who was kind enough to give me an hour or so of her time for the podcast. For those that don't know, Colleen is a DJ, producer, broadcaster, journalist, label-owner, audiophile and the driving force behind Classic Album Sundays which offers a space to listen to classic albums on vinyl on a world-class soundsystem that, I can attest first-hand, offers a depth of audio fidelity I have never experienced before. Classic Album Sundays has grown since its relatively humble beginnings in London in 2010 into a global listening party operating on multiple continents. The scope of guests and experts that have contributed to the Classic Album Sunday project is staggering with the likes of Jarvis Cocker, Gilles Peterson, The Orb, Paloma Faith, Nick Mason and dozens more all taking part. Head to classicalbumsundays.com for more info, archives of previous events and listings for upcoming projects.
I spoke to Colleen back in September 2018 at her East London home, sitting amongst her thousands of vinyl records and sipping coffee kindly made by her husband Adam who himself is a DJ with Trojan Sound System. It was a real honour to be able to talk to someone who I had such respect for beforehand and even more so after when you hear just how entrenched in music she has been for pretty much her entire life. She was as open, engaging and forthcoming a guest as I could possibly have hoped for and this chat is littered with wonderful stories, musings and beautiful sentiments.
She says she sees her role as 'a curator and an educator', so prepare for school.
David Essex – Rock On taken from Rock On (1973) https://www.7digital.com/artist/david-essex/release/best-of-david-essex-5274026?h=02&f=20%2C19%2C12%2C16%2C17%2C9%2C2
Kate Bush – Symphony In Blue taken from Lionheart (1978) https://www.7digital.com/artist/kate-bush/release/lionheart-1165
Silver Convention – Fly Robin Fly taken from Silver Convention (1975) https://www.7digital.com/artist/silver-convention/release/silver-convention-fly-robin-fly?h=1&d=1
Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman taken from Wichita Lineman (1968) https://www.7digital.com/yourmusic/artist/glen-campbell/release/wichita-lineman-remastered-26096/26096
Sade – Paradise taken from Stronger Than Pride (1988) https://www.7digital.com/artist/sade/release/stronger-than-pride-278699
Miles Davis & John Coltrane – All Blues (Live from Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen) taken from The Final Tour: Bootleg Series, vol. 6 (2018) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Final-Tour-Bootleg-Vol/dp/B077ZCTV18/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1542225809&sr=1-1&keywords=the+final+tour+the+bootleg+series%2C+vol.+6
Daniel Caesar – Paradise (feat. Badbadnotgood & Sean Leon) taken from Pilgrim's Paradise (2015) https://soundcloud.com/danielcaesar/sets/pilgrims-paradise
The B-52s – Planet Claire taken from The B-52s (1979) https://www.7digital.com/yourmusic/artist/the-b-52s/release/b-52s-4414166/4414166
Strawberry Alarm Clock – Incense And Peppermints taken from Incense And Peppermints (1967) https://www.7digital.com/artist/strawberry-alarm-clock-(1)/release/incense-and-peppermints-7800995
Nirvana – In Bloom taken from Nevermind (1991) http://www.nirvana.com/album/nevermind-deluxe-edition/
Dexter Wansel – Life On Mars taken from Life On Mars (1976) https://www.junodownload.com/products/dexter-wansel-life-on-mars/1435827-02/
Manuel Gottsching – E2-E4 (1984) https://www.ashra.com/pages/shop.htm
Bonus E2-E4 reading: http://classicalbumsundays.com/album-of-the-month-manuel-gottsching-e2-e4/
Boards Of Canada – Open The Light taken from Music Has The Right To Children (1998) https://bleep.com/release/7819
The Orb – Little Fluffy Clouds (Cumulo Nimbus Mix by Pal Joey) (1991) https://www.junodownload.com/products/the-orbs-adventures-beyond-the-ultraworld-deluxe/1792258-02/
Charles Mingus - Group Dancers (Soul Fusion) Freewoman And Oh, This Freedom's Slave Cries) taken from The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (1963) https://www.7digital.com/yourmusic/artist/charles-mingus/release/the-black-saint-and-the-sinner-lady-hd-remastered-edition-doxy-collection-8486909/8486909
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes – Expansions taken from Expansions (1975) https://www.7digital.com/artist/lonnie-liston-smith-and-the-cosmic-echoes-2/release/expansions
Cosmo's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ColleenCosmoMurphy/
Cosmo's Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/colleen-murphy2/
Classic Album Sundays: http://classicalbumsundays.com/
Spotify episode playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/rosscale/playlist/1WfCth9owGm6BkL2blBGWo?si=S6j1lIDUQwK7igUOqI60dA


Rotary engines: for years, it has been prophesied that they will return to deliver salvation to the faithful. One day, it is said, they will be back. Any day now. For real! And we totally believe it. The latest round of rumors out of Japan promise us a new 450 horsepower Mazda rotary coupe by 2019.
As breathlessly reported by Motor1, the internet hears tell of a new sports car we'll see at the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show. Its looks are said to be based on the stunning Mazda RX-Vision Concept from a couple years back. I've seen that concept in person and it's one of the better-looking sports car designs to come along in recent years.
The power train to worry about is 450 ps, the newly developed rotary engine "SKYACTIVE-R" FR, the body size is expected to be 4440 mm in total length, 1910 mm in full width, 1180 mm in total height, 1300 kg to 1350 kg in weight.
The last part is pretty important because it puts this sports car—which is totally happening (suggestive wink)—under 3,000 pounds, making it a true lightweight among the beefy sports cars we have now.
After all, it's not like the rotary engine—while fun and high-revving and generally kickass—has any sort of major inherent roadblocks to future production, like high emissions and fuel consumption and fragile apex seals, that might keep it out of production. Nope. None at all.
I'm thinking this one's a lock, everybody.
The report also says this could be Mazda's most expensive car ever, with a price tag of 10 million yen, which is about $90,000 in the U.S. Car prices rarely directly translate from country to country, but this gives us the idea that it won't be cheap.
So start saving up your money now, because this is definitely happening!!!! If you can't trust unsourced rumors in Le Volant Boost, what can you trust?


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Shoyo Tomizawa o Shoya Tomizawa (en japonès, 富沢 祥也) (Asahi, 1990 – Riccione, 2010) fou un pilot de motociclisme japonès.

Trajectòria

Després d'una exitosa carrera a l'All Japan Road Race Championship, va passar al Mundial de motociclisme i va competir en la categoria de 250cc durant el . A la temporada , va disputar la nova categoria de Moto2, la qual substituïa a partir d'aquell any l'antiga categoria de 250cc. Tomizawa va guanyar la primera cursa d'aquesta competició al Circuit Internacional de Losail de Qatar, guanyant per gairebé cinc segons a Álex Debón i a Jules Cluzel.

Mort en carrera
Fou durant l'onzena carrera del Campionat del Món de Moto2, al  al Circuit de Misano Adriatico, el 5 de setembre de 2010. A la dotzena volta, al revolt número 11, anomenat Curvone, ràpid i cap a la dreta, va perdre adherència a la roda posterior i va caure a terra. Va rebre l'impacte de les motocicletes de Scott Redding i Alex de Angelis, patint trauma cranial, toràcic i abdominal. Fou traslladat immediatament al centre mèdic del circuit i d'allí a l'Hospital de Riccione. A les 14:20h hora local li va ser declarada la mort, cosa que fou comunicada al circuit un cop finalitzada la carrera. Les banderes del podi van onejar a mig pal i no hi va haver celebració amb vi escumós.

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Morts a Emília-Romanya

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Heritage Preservation (active 1973-2014) was an American non-profit organization. Its mission was to preserve the nation's heritage for future generations through innovative leadership, education, and programs. As of June 30, 2015 the organization was dissolved by its board. Several of its programs and resources have been absorbed by the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation. "Records that document the history and activities of Heritage Preservation from its very beginnings as the National Conservation Advisory Council and the National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property", including an archive of its website, were accessioned by and are made accessible by the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

History
In 1973, the National Conservation Advisory Council was organized in November, funded by the National Museum Act of the Smithsonian Institution. The NCAC surveyed national needs and became the National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property in 1982, and changed its name again to Heritage Preservation in 1997.

One of its first major projects was called Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!). Initiated in 1989, the project is a community-based effort to identify, document, and conserve outdoor sculpture in the United States. By fostering awareness and appreciation, SOS! aims to advocate proper care of a nationwide public resource.  The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Research and Scholars Center, became an active partner in the SOS! Project through the Inventories of American Paintings and Sculpture which continues to accept submissions. The project may be viewed as a precursor of community-generated or "crowd-sourced" social media-driven initiatives. Resources in continuing support of SOS!, a discontinued program, may be found on the subpage for the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation.

A second major project was a report produced in 2005 called the Heritage Health Index, which included data from more than 3,000 institutions, among them museums, historical societies, government archives, libraries, scientific organizations and universities.  This report was funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.  The survey found that some 612 million artifacts - from photographs and paintings to nature specimens and pottery - are at risk of deterioration because they are not cared for properly.

Programs

 Rescue Public Murals seeks to bring public attention to U.S. murals, document their unique artistic and historic contributions, and secure the expertise and support to save them.
 Since 1990, 2,600 museums have participated in the Conservation Assessment Program (CAP), including museums in all 50 states and the U. S. territories. Museums have the condition of their collections and historic structures assessed by professional conservators. CAP is administered by Heritage Preservation and funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
 Emergency Programs include the Heritage Emergency Task Force, a partnership of 41 national service organizations and federal agencies created to protect cultural heritage from the damaging effects of natural disasters and other emergencies. The Task Force was founded in 1995 and is co-sponsored by Heritage Preservation and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
 Heritage Preservation bestows two annual awards. The Ross Merrill Award for Outstanding Commitment to the Preservation and Care of Collections is presented jointly by Heritage Preservation and the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. It recognizes an organization that has been exemplary in the importance and priority it has given to conservation concerns and in the sustained commitment it has shown to the preservation and care of cultural property. The CAA-Heritage Preservation Joint Award for Distinction in Scholarship and Conservation recognizes an outstanding contribution by one or more persons who have enhanced the understanding of art through the application of knowledge and experience in conservation, art history, and art.

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Heritage Health Index Report

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"We enjoyed the tasty Latin vibes on Dave Bass' latest album" says O's Place Jazz
Dave Bass – No Boundaries 87
O's Notes: Pianist Dave Bass was a prominent figure in the Bay Area jazz scene before fracturing his wrist in the mid-1980s. He shifted gears and became a lawyer and ultimately Deputy Attorney General for CA! After 20 years Bass returned to music and released two successful albums while still practicing law. Now he is 100% focused on music and leads a strong band including Ted Nash (fl, cl, sax), Carlos Hernandez (b) and Jerome Jennings (d) for No Boundaries, his third album as a leader. Karin Allyson adds sweet lyrics on two selections notably "Time of My Life". We enjoyed the tasty Latin vibes on "La Mulata Rumbera" and "Siboney" courtesy of Carlos Caro (perc), Miguel Valdes (conga) and Mauricio Herrera (timbales). We also liked "Neither Have I Wings" and "Swing Theory". Dave Bass is a clear winner in whatever he sets his mind to!

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All students must follow the moral code of behavior.
You also need a good internet connection with high speed.
Students need to be at 16 years / Under European directives for participation /.
Candidates are required to demonstrate competence in written English.
1. Why this course is important to you?
2. What do you expect from the course and where did you know for it?
3. Do you have previous experience in painting?
The cover letter should not be longer than 20 sentences.
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On : Exhibition of Parsons & Charlesworth, 9/19/2016 – 1/2/2017 (PART II)
Tim Parsons's parents aren't really artistic, although his grandmother was encouraging and his grandfather had a shed of tools out back. Tim's interest in art was really sparked at school. When he was 13, he took a graphic communication course where students were given the choice to focus on design or technical drawing, and a young Tim chose design. It seemed more exciting than the drawing route.
As I got into my education, though, I wanted to find the quickest route possible to getting a job in graphic design. One of the first courses I did was at a local technical college in the southwest of England, and I was getting my national diploma (what you can do between ages 16 and 18). I didn't actually do the A-levels like Maths or English, which now, I kind of regret.
For the final project in a course, he told me he created packaging and graphics for a program akin to Photoshop. Immediately, I interrupt him to say that I'm very impressed with the arts education he and Jess received. I remember the letter holder I made as a 12-year-old in shop class, its simple composition consisting of the letter 'N' on one side with a black and red spray painted color scheme. All of our introductory projects in home economics from square pillows to woven pot holders were similarly rudimentary. Rather than school-based arts activities, community programs excited, challenged, and gratified me. As a high school student, I was not required to take arts courses, but I loved music, so I continued to pursue it, and the offerings were generally strong. I continued to audition for state and regional competitions and play in national camps and the local municipal band in summers. The more complex skills and repertoire I learned resulted from my own will, not the guidance of the state's educational system. It's fortunate that students in the UK didn't have to do so much supplementing in their education. Tim agrees; his school-based arts education does sound unusually advanced compared to mine.
At the end of studies for the diploma, Tim and his classmates were tasked with creating the annual program and event calendar for a theater company. "It was a lot of work, but we were really pleased with what we did," Tim said. "But that [kind of project] is really ephemeral, something people throw out after they're done. I wanted to think about some things that were more permanent," he said. Once, he bought his parents a French Press coffee maker as a gift. Thinking the press was a very clever device and nicely designed, Tim decided to bring it in for a class drawing project. He made a rendering of all the components and treated it like a new product. When his teacher saw what he had done, he suggested Tim take a course in industrial design, since in essence, the exercise he'd just taken himself through would be considered typical of the field. For the first time, Tim's thinking shifted consciously toward the character of 3-dimensional objects.
Some people describe design as a tension between pragmatism and idealism. The field often approaches issues from a problem solving perspective: assessing a situation, providing a practical solution, assigning value to objects, ideas, and processes. To administer this process requires the ability to activate the imagination and dream, meaning design can be quite responsive and context-specific if we allow it to be.
What if we changed up our definitions of functionality and effectiveness?
At this point, Tim hadn't quite determined what he thought the "work" of design could be, or perhaps its more noble intentions; he only knew it as a career choice in which he needed to decipher its path. By the time he enrolled in a Masters program at the Royal College of Art in London (RCA), he'd begun to think more about how theory, education, and studio practice worked together. Many of the practicing designers he admired were also educators. The design history courses during his undergraduate studies were very good, and this made him give serious consideration to teaching and how it might benefit his own practice. Soon, he was offered part-time teaching opportunities, which confirmed that education was valuable to his work as a designer, and he enjoyed teaching; when the opportunity to teach undergraduates full time at Manchester Metropolitan University presented itself some years later, Tim took it. "I may not be the most experienced designer [at the time], but I have this body of knowledge I can bring to these undergraduates," he said. "I also started writing then, and started to think of my practice as this kind of triumvirate – design, writing, and teaching."
Tim is very measured, thoughtful, and methodical in palpable ways. In musicology classes as an undergraduate student, I learned that composition was not an easy task for Brahms, and I would come to admire many of his works and perform them from a compassionate place as a result. Brahms's perfectionism likely made him his own worst critic. (Who knows how many masterpieces he held back or destroyed in the quest to "get it right.") And while I imagine that Tim has neither set fire to a significant portion of his oeuvre like Baldassari famously did, nor finds himself in euphoric cycles of creative flow (perhaps like Mozart), I suspect a sense of responsibility weighs on him. Part of Brahms's difficulty with composition is rooted in feeling obligated to honor the great German forms with which he worked, counterpoint, chief among them. The core of counterpoint is relationships — between the soprano, alto, tenor, and bass voices, between rhythm, shape, and contour. Perhaps Tim might think of objects and ideas in a similar way. Perhaps he is driven by the need to discover and understand their relationships.
In the 1971 essay, "The Function of the Studio," Daniel Buren describes a traditional and familiar notion of the artist's studio: solitary, private, worksite, a place where artists go to realize ideas. It is filled with prototypes and concept pieces, half-completed or even abandoned works alongside works-in-progress. In Buren's view, this is a carefully guarded and regulated space, and only at the appropriate time is the curator, dealer, or critic allowed to enter, but only to advance the winnowing process for works to be displayed in the public realm. The objects selected for their potential to enter the gallery, museum, or critical writing text must be malleable and adaptable to the specificity of those varying contexts; however, this changeable nature may inadvertently create a context for which the work may never have been intended. For Buren, this situation suggests that the studio might be the only real place for an object to belong.
Design studios add a further complication to these ideas of where studio objects belong. Much of modern design – the industrial, mass-produced kind – revolves around theories of scale. If objects are similar in look, feel, and form, they can be produced quickly en masse. A spoon works the same everywhere and serves the same purpose with similar efficiency, and so can a sofa, perhaps even a building. The unique design of the object likely begins in much the same way as a sculpture: a maker seeking to render a recognizable form in an exceptional way. But when does scalability get in the way of the object's responsiveness, its specificity? Does scalability always cause such disruption? Must societal good and unity need to be reflected as utilitarian, sterile objects?
Is there a place for the replicable context-specific designed object?
A little more than 40 years later, Alex Coles provides an alternative to Buren's way of thinking. In The Transdisciplinary Studio, he suggests that our contemporary moment puts us in a post — maybe even a post-post — studio world because of our willingness to recognize that artists work in ways that move the studio beyond a space of linear ideas, defined only by the discipline of the maker. Most makers explore materials, media, and subjects seemingly unrelated to their core disciplinary area, and it is this ability to be fluid – to experiment, to delve into the ambiguous and unknown, to test and hypothesize – that allows what appears to be disconnected to unify. Every person, idea, and material that comes in contact with the studio affects what it ultimately produces. This is a studio no longer isolated from the world. The objects it manifests are of it. A certain nimbleness is important to exploring and expanding the boundaries of creative practice. Its mastery can make the studio appear like the site of magic.
During an undergraduate study trip to Norway, Jess discovered semiotics (the study of the use and interpretation of symbols), which sparked an interest in nonverbal communication. She began to read dense, theoretical texts on the topic and focus on how design influences verbal and non verbal exchanges. Jess's thesis project consisted of an installation of tactile ceramic sound objects, and the companion text for the project became a way to articulate the thought process of someone interacting with this kind of multi-media hybrid artwork. Now she began to use critical theories to communicate a rationale for the existence of her designed objects and give them meaning.
When Jess completed her undergraduate studies, she understood that her way of working and thinking about design was not typical. She wasn't sure what to do afterward: what kind of job to pursue, what type of environment would best suit her. A mentor from the program encouraged her to apply for a new master's course at the RCA, but she wasn't sure. She had not yet identified many role models for her way of thinking and working, so she decided to delay graduate school for a year to stay at Manchester. Her semiotics research had taken her into the realm of human behavior, further clarifying her ideas and approach to design and meaning making. By the time of her matriculation, the RCA Design Interactions program had transformed. Professors like Fiona Raby and Anthony Dunne (of the innovative Dunne & Raby design studio) who conducted projects and tutorials about the social, cultural, and ethical implications of existing and emerging technologies made her enrollment worthwhile. Learning about stimulating conversations in various fields around these issues about the social and ethical implications of technologies opened new possibilities for Jess. She began to think about wonder how a feeling of wonder, play, and questioning – speculation – might assist design in its urgency to "handle" and "decrypt" problems.
Jess spent most of her time during the program reading and researching. This was a new way of working for her – thinking about possible futures and alternative scenarios rather than focusing so heavily on production. Problem solving, she determined was step one, but now she needed to think critically about those solutions and communicate her ideas to the larger world. She wanted to find a way to make this process more active, too: How might people begin to think about imagining alternative futures for themselves?
Upon graduating, Jess knew she wanted to continue living in London, and after a few false starts at traditional design practices and research firms, she began working for a company that allowed her to conduct market research and design ways of communicating and interacting with people, and then translating it to clients. "There was one project where I had to speak to 50 people and remember them all, so I made a 'mind map' to turn them into 'characters' that could be used to design reports for mobile electronics companies," she remembers. She understood now that much of design research is about fiction – a skewing of "truth" and explains:
I think the act of design changes when we use a fictional protagonist and give them a narrative. In a few cases, what you're looking at is an object that has been acquired or even designed by this fictional character. Your role [as a designer] is almost like an actor. You're not directly expressing your values through the way you're designing an object, but you're trying to express something through someone else's view of the world: Would this person be a good maker, what decisions would they have made to arrive at this object . . .? It will always conform to the designer's views and ethical positions, but you are still stepping outside of yourself, anticipating how a scenario might play out.
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Going on a road trip and can't read in the car? Want to finish that book you started but also have to clean the house? Audiobooks are the bookworm's answer to a busy life. If you're trying audiobooks for the first time, these recommendations are sure to get you hooked.


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Freddy García  – calciatore e giocatore di calcio a 5 guatemalteco
Freddy García  – giocatore di baseball venezuelano
John Freddy García  – ciclista colombiano


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05 Apr 2021 10:30 AM +00:00 UTC
Balan Wonderworld Review – Break A Leg
By Mahin Kesore
We've seen adventure platformers on the rise again with games like Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and Astro's Playroom taking the limelight in recent times. Alas, Balan Wonderworld feels like Square Enix's cheap effort to try and capitalise on this growing resurgence.
Even Sonic Team's Yuji Naka and Naoto Ohshima weren't enough to save this game from frustrating controls, confusing storytelling and questionable level design.
Help Thy Neighbour
New Look, Same Problems
Very Little That Works
Balan's cutscenes are gorgeous
The story sees the player character, an unhappy child, wander into a spooky theatre where they find the game's mascot Balan who takes said character to Wonderworld. Here, players complete levels to help another character outside of Wonderworld with a completely unrelated problem in their life.
Problems vary from crops not growing on a farm to a child being bullied for her love of insects, and as a game that's primarily for kids I see no problem with trying to instil values into them and spreading the ideology of helping one another – it's just that aiding said characters with their problems and completing 3D platforming levels that share little to no correlation makes the storytelling in Balan Wonderworld jarring at best.
As per the theme of musical theatre, at the end of each set of levels after you've successfully solved a person's problems there comes a small song and dance number. These are some of Balan Wonderworld's only redeeming features.
One thing worthy of mention is art and music. For any old school platformer fan, the elements of Yuji Naka (programmer on the original Sonic games) and Naoto Ohshima (character designer on the original Sonic games) are very prominent in its visuals and remind me of Nights Into Dreams or Sonic Adventure just without any of the fun gameplay.
Gameplay is lacking in anything new
The core mechanic in Balan Wonderworld is its costumes. Costumes are interchangeable during the levels and let you hold up to three to swap from at a time. Each costume lets you use a unique new ability, but often these require sacrificing your ability to jump.
This is baffling, especially in a 3D platformer and as you can imagine makes for some very frustrating occurrences – large-scale boss battles aren't your biggest problem in a game when you're often thwarted by a small ledge you simply can't jump onto. What's perhaps even weirder than losing your ability to jump is that characters look as though their face has been copied and pasted onto a new character model, rather than the character looking like they've put on a new costume. With different mannerisms and bodily proportions, it's odd to look at and sometimes pretty unsettling, too.
Still, at least it's colourful
Despite being aimed at a younger audience, Balan Wonderworld falters in its approach to challenge, too. Titles like Super Mario 3D World strike a solid balance between challenge and approachability, but here everything is too easy. Keys to unlockables are often placed within spitting distance and the 'three hit' boss trope is one many players would have seen before.
Easy quick time events are also scattered around levels where Balan appears to fight pieces of debris, rocks and certain foes. These are commonplace and poorly explained, and alongside oddly-placed sports minigames, adds to the idea of the developer throwing everything at the wall and little sticking.
The game's hub world is also a key point in Balan Wonderworld as it includes another new mechanic in the form of Tims. Tims are small creatures you feed with collectables found in the many worlds you traverse. The more you collect and feed, the bigger the Tower of Tims gets, which is a structure in the middle of the hub world. This would be an interesting way to make collectables more than just that but the tower itself doesn't offer much in the way of rewards until the game's completion where you unlock one final costume.
Balan Wonderworld gets no standing ovation for me – not even a clap. In fact, get your tomatoes at the ready for this musical theatre flop because as much as I wanted to like Balan Wonderworld (and believe me, I really wanted to like it) this game gets more than a few boos from me.
With basic platforming, the removal of a jump button, and a distinct lack of challenge, there's little to recommend here.
Reviewed on PC
Review copy provided by the publisher


Happy Tuesday! Sharing some of my current favorites!
All of these are so cute, especially the heart sweater! How perfect for VAlentine's Day!
That happy camper shirt I just saw and it's just darling!
That sweater is really cute and yes, perfect for valentine.
I need a fun Valentine's sweater, the one you featured here is so cute!
How cute is that heart print sweater? Perfect for February!
Um, definitely going to need that happy camper tee. Great picks girl!
Yesss to these shoes! They are so high on my wish list too!


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Report: Director 'will meet with Everton' on Thursday over £11m striker with 1 goal this season
Date: 16th July 2020 at 8:16am
According to Fotospor, Fenerbahce Sporting Director Emre Belözoğlu 'will 'meet with Everton' on Thursday over Cenk Tosun. Emre has planned talks with Marcel Brands and is hopeful of agreeing a deal as Tosun finds himself on the periphery at Goodison Park. The 29-year-old has struggled for playing time in the last 12 months and was loaned out in January to get first-team football, but it remains to be seen if Tosun wants to leave.
The Turkish international joined Everton from Besiktas for £20.25m in January 2018 and has gone on to make 51 appearances in all competitions, scoring 10 goals with six with assists. He's been on the periphery this season, amassing only eight appearances across the board for Everton and scoring one goal, so it's no surprise why he's available for sale.
Tosun has shown a willingness to stay at Goodison Park to fight for his place, however, so he may not want a move to Fener. The 29-year-old has two years remaining on his deal, but his market value has already dropped to £10.8m so Everton will be keen to cash in while he still has worth.


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Should we all be wearing masks in public? Experts revisit the question
by Mike Thomas April 1, 2020
A few months ago, it may have seemed silly to wear a face mask during a trip to the grocery store. And in fact, the mainline public health message in the U.S. from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been that most people don't need to wear masks.
But as cases of the coronavirus have skyrocketed, there's new thinking about the benefits that masks could offer in slowing the spread. The CDC says it is now reviewing its policy and may be considering a recommendation to encourage broader use.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/31/824560471/should-we-all-be-wearing-masks-in-public-health-experts-revisit-the-question
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NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 14 Episode 8 - Let It Burn
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 14
The Naval Criminal Investigation Service's Office of Special Projects takes on the undercover work and the hard to crack cases in LA. Key agents are G. Callen and Sam Hanna, streets kids risen through the ranks.
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Ravindra Jadeja's reply to Naseem Shah brushing aside hot conditions in UAE and citing the real challenge
Tags: Cricket News
The all-around show of Hardik Pandya was the main difference between the two sides as India coasted to a five-wicket win against arch-rivals Pakistan in their Asia Cup 2022 opener on Sunday. Ravindra Jadeja, who hit 35, and Pandya, unbeaten on 33, put on a critical fifth-wicket stand of 52 as India achieved the 148-run target with two balls to spare in Dubai. Pandya also shone with the ball and made the hotly-anticipated match his own. He returned figures of 3-25 with his bowling and then hit the winning six in a tense chase.
For Pakistan, Naseem Shah stood out with figures of 2-27 but a foot injury in the last few overs had him limping. The young quick struck early with the wicket of KL Rahul for naught as the opener dragged an express delivery onto his stumps. He later bowled Suryakumar Yadav for 18 and even completed his final over despite having severe cramps.
Experts and fans praised the bowling display of Naseem, who had them wondering if the result had been different in case he was fully fit. When the question was asked to Jadeja, he said that the 19-year-old suffering cramps would not have stopped India from winning the contest.
"Aisa kuch nahi hai ke cramps agar nahi aatey toh hum haar jaate. Kyuki T20 mein last mein koi bhi bowler pressure me rehta hi hai. Experienced bowler bhi last ke 2-3 overs pressure mein rehta hi hai (It's not like we would have lost if the Pakistan bowler (Naseem) had not picked up cramps. No matter how big or experienced a bowler one is, there is always pressure on them in the last 2-3 overs of a T20)," said the India all-rounder in the press conference ahead of the Hong Kong fixture.
"We were trying to score as many till the 18th-19th over so that we didn't leave too many for the last over. Luckily, we delivered what we were trying," he added.
Jadeja also lauded Naseem's effort, saying that he knew his line and length against the opponent batters. Apart from Naseem, Mohammad Nawaz also bowled well to register 3/33, though not enough to give Pakistan a win.
"Naseem Shah is a good young pace bowler. He knows what line, length, and areas to bowl against which batter. All three of their fast bowlers were good. They were bowling in good areas. It wasn't easy," said Jadeja.
The all-rounder brushed aside hot conditions in the UAE for Naseem's cramps and talked about the pressure that comes with Indo-Pak clashes. "Weather is the same for all. It's not that it is good for one team and bad for the other. It is up to the individual to prepare himself – take the proper amount of water and fluid intake. As a professional cricketer, everyone takes care of it."
"Sometimes, due to pressure situations, the nerves set in, and that can lead to cramps," he explained.
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Don't Gossip
by Pastor Dan Kinnaman | Feb 19, 2021 | All Devotionals | 0 comments
"Whoever derides his neighbor has no sense, but the one who has understanding holds his tongue. A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret." Proverbs 11:12-13
It has been said that the average person spends about one-fifth of his or her life talking. That means that if all of our words were put into print, the result would be that a single day's words would fill a 50-page book, while in a year's time the average person's words would fill nearly 100 books of 200 pages each!" Think about that. What would your books say about how you communicate?
The first twelve verses of James 3 zero in on the importance of watching what we say. They point out the power of the tongue and how easy it is to be inconsistent. "With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be." (James 3:9-10).
In this context, one challenge many of us face in controlling our tongues is the temptation to gossip. To gossip is to spread private or sensitive information, whether rumors or true facts, and usually with malicious intent. While it can be very tempting to engage in conversations along the lines of, "Hey, did you hear such and such about so and so…" we need to remember that gossip is always wrong because it violates God's command to love our neighbors as ourselves.
Proverbs 16:28 says, "A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends." And Proverbs 26:20 says, "Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down."
If you want to promote peace in your home, your church, your school, your workplace, and your community you will do well to heed the Bible's admonition to avoid gossip.


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Q: Epoxy updating the epoxy attributes in the models once they have been built results in crash App has crashed, executing CustomActivityOnCrash's UncaughtExceptionHandler
com.airbnb.epoxy.ImmutableModelException: The model was changed between being added to the controller and being bound

Controller class
class SortFilterController @Inject constructor(
    private val schedulersFacade: SchedulersFacade,
    private val generateMapOfCategoryFilters: GenerateMapOfCategoryFilters
) : EpoxyController() {

    private val tapCountryRelay: PublishRelay<TopsProductFilter> = PublishRelay.create()

    var sortFilterViewState: SortFilterViewState = SortFilterViewState()
        set(value) {
            field = value
            requestModelBuild()
        }

    var sortFilterType: SortFilterType = SortFilterType.ALL
        set(value) {
            field = value
            requestModelBuild()
        }

    override fun buildModels() {
        sortFilterViewState.let { sortFilterViewState ->
            sortFilterViewState.filterTypes?.forEach { topsProductFilter ->
                when (SortFilterType.getId(topsProductFilter.attributeCode)) {
                    SortFilterType.COUNTRY -> {
                        CountryItemModel_()
                            .id(UUID.randomUUID().toString())
                            .tapCountryChipRelay(tapCountryRelay)
                            .countryFilter(topsProductFilter)
                            .listOfPreSelectedCountryFilters(sortFilterViewState.listOfCurrentlySelectedCountryItems ?: emptyList())
                            .addTo(this)
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    val bindTapCountryRelay: Observable<TopsProductFilter> = tapCountryRelay.hide()
}

// model class
@EpoxyModelClass(layout = R.layout.list_item_country_item)
abstract class CountryItemModel : EpoxyBaseModel() {

    @EpoxyAttribute
    lateinit var tapCountryChipRelay: PublishRelay<TopsProductFilter>

    @EpoxyAttribute
    lateinit var countryFilter: TopsProductFilter

    @EpoxyAttribute
    lateinit var listOfPreSelectedCountryFilters: MutableList<TopsProductFilterItem>

    override fun bind(holder: EpoxyBaseViewHolder) {
        with(holder.itemView) {
        // snippet here
      }
   }
}

In the DialogFragment oncreate I setup the epoxyRecyclerView.
 epoxyRecyclerView.setController(sortFilterController)
    epoxyRecyclerView.layoutManager = LinearLayoutManager(requireContext(), RecyclerView.VERTICAL, false)

And call the setters on the controller and request the model build
sortFilterController.sortFilterViewState = sortFilterViewState
sortFilterController.sortFilterType = SortFilterType.ALL

However, the problem is that I want to change the data that is displayed in the models with some new data. So when the user taps on a country I want to set the setter again.
  private fun onTapClearAll() {
       // sortFilterViewState has some new data so I want to set it again for display.

       // This calling these resulted in a crash as the models epoxy attributes have changed with this new data
       sortFilterController.sortFilterViewState = sortFilterViewState
       sortFilterController.sortFilterType = SortFilterType.ALL
    }

// Then I tried to do the same with a interceptor but again the app will crash.
  private fun onTapClearAll() {
            sortFilterController.addInterceptor(object : EpoxyController.Interceptor {
                override fun intercept(models: MutableList<EpoxyModel<*>>) {
                    val countryModel = models[0] as CountryItemModel_

                    countryModel.listOfPreSelectedCountryFilters(sortFilterViewState.listOfCurrentlySelectedCountryItems)
                }
            })
            sortFilterController.requestModelBuild()
        }

A: Problem
I'm not the Epoxy expert, but Epoxy models are required to be not modified after they were added to the controller. And that means not only modifying their immediate properties, but also deep contents of these properties.
In your buildModels() you always create entirely new CountryItemModel_ objects, which is good, but you fill them with objects that are stored elsewhere, mostly in sortFilterViewState and which are mutable. This is not visible in the source code provided by you, but I guess you then modify the contents of sortFilterViewState and as a result you actually modify already created models as well.
For example, if you modify listOfCurrentlySelectedCountryItems after you created the model, then listOfPreSelectedCountryFilters in existing model will be affected as well, because both of them actually reference exactly the same list. And modifying listOfPreSelectedCountryFilters is forbidden by Epoxy, because it is a part of the model.
Technical details
Epoxy uses hashCode() and equals() to detect changes in the model. Most classes implement these methods by delegating to hashCode()/equals() of their properties, therefore changes are detected deeply. For example, if we have a list of some objects and we modify just a single property in one of items, hashCode() of this item will change and hashCode() of the whole list will also change. The same if we add new item, remove some or reorder items - hashCode() of the list will change. If such list is a part of the Epoxy model, this will be detected as a change in the model and will result in a runtime error.
This is described in details in Epoxy wiki here and here.
Solution
Proper solution to this problem is to not modify the model after it was added to the controller. It could be helpful to make the model deeply immutable, for example make sure that all properties of TopsProductFilter and TopsProductFilterItem are val, not var and if some of these properties hold objects then make these objects immutable as well. If some object can't be immutable then create a copy when providing to the model. For example, instead of providing listOfCurrentlySelectedCountryItems directly to the model, provide listOfCurrentlySelectedCountryItems.toMutableList() which creates a copy. Just note this is a shallow copy, so if TopsProductFilterItem objects are mutable then you need to create copies of all items as well.
This PublishRelay is especially suspicious. Epoxy model is for holding relatively simple data and relay is much more than that. It is hard to even specify what does it mean that it has changed or not. I guess it may cause chaos when diffing by Epoxy. Why do you need this in the model?
There is also much simpler "solution". You can just disable model validation by setting validateEpoxyModelUsage to false. This is described in Configuration. I guess I don't have to add this is highly discouraged.

A: Please check the document of Epoxy: https://github.com/airbnb/epoxy/wiki/Epoxy-Controller
The epoxy require model is immutable, that's mean you can not change your model still epoxy building, that will be crash.
Simple solution is, copy your:
var sortFilterViewState: SortFilterViewState = SortFilterViewState()
        set(value) {
            field = value
            requestModelBuild()
        }

    var sortFilterType: SortFilterType = SortFilterType.ALL
        set(value) {
            field = value
            requestModelBuild()
        }

to an DataClass. And use copy function for new filter you want to apply, then requestModelBuild with TypedEpoxyController
Suggestion:
data class Sort(
  val filterViewState: SortFilterViewState = SortFilterViewState(),
  val filterType: SortFilterType = SortFilterType.ALL
)
class YourEpoxyController constructor(...): TypedEpoxyController<Sort>() {
....

  override fun buildModels(data: Sort) {
    // Build model with sort here
  }
}

And in Your Acitivity or Fragment, where has sort data change, let do:
 fun applySort(filterViewState: SortFilterViewState, filterType: SortFilterType) {
    val newSort = sort.copy(...) // sort maybe in your view_model class
    epoxyController.setData(newSort)
}

A:         sortFilterViewState = SortFilterViewState(
            sortTypes = instantSearchFilterViewState.sortTypes,
            filterTypes = instantSearchFilterViewState.filterTypes,
            listOfCurrentlySelectedBrandItems = mainViewModel.listOfCurrentlySelectedBrandItems.value,
            listOfCurrentlySelectedCategoryItems = mainViewModel.listOfCurrentlySelectedCategoryItems.value,
            listOfCurrentlySelectedCountryItems = mainViewModel.listOfCurrentlySelectedCountryItems.value,
            listOfCurrentlySelectedPromotionItems = mainViewModel.listOfCurrentlySelectedPromotionItems.value,
            listOfCurrentlySelectedLifestyleBenefitItems = mainViewModel.listOfCurrentlySelectedLifestyleBenefitItems.value,
            categoryLevel = mainViewModel.categoryLevel.value
        )

        sortFilterController.sortFilterViewState = sortFilterViewState

If one of the following properties change in that class and you try and reload the epoxy throw a exception. As SortFilterViewState will have a different hashcode that will be compared to when the epoxy first built the models.
The solution is to take all the properties out and pass them separately to the epoxy controller
        sortFilterController.sortTypes = instantSearchFilterViewState.sortTypes ?: emptyList()
        sortFilterController.filterTypes = instantSearchFilterViewState.filterTypes ?: emptyList()
        sortFilterController.listOfCurrentlySelectedCountryItems = mainViewModel.listOfCurrentlySelectedCountryItems.value?.toList() ?: emptyList()
        sortFilterController.listOfCurrentlySelectedBrandItems = mainViewModel.listOfCurrentlySelectedBrandItems.value?.toList() ?: emptyList()
        sortFilterController.listOfCurrentlySelectedLifestyleBenefitItems = mainViewModel.listOfCurrentlySelectedLifestyleBenefitItems.value?.toList() ?: emptyList()
        sortFilterController.listOfCurrentlySelectedPromotionItems = mainViewModel.listOfCurrentlySelectedPromotionItems.value?.toList() ?: emptyList()
        sortFilterController.listOfCurrentlySelectedCategoryItems = mainViewModel.listOfCurrentlySelectedCategoryItems.value?.toList() ?: emptyList()

And in the controller you will have something like this
var listOfCurrentlySelectedCountryItems: List<TopsProductFilterItem> = emptyList()
    set(value) {
        field = value
        requestModelBuild()
    }

var listOfCurrentlySelectedBrandItems: List<TopsProductFilterItem> = emptyList()
    set(value) {
        field = value
        requestModelBuild()
    }

var listOfCurrentlySelectedPromotionItems: List<TopsProductFilterItem> = emptyList()
    set(value) {
        field = value
        requestModelBuild()
    }

etc.

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The talented Derren Brown makes your brain ache ... in the best possible way!
Is he just a very accomplished magician, a genuine mystical psychic, or merely a clever con-man?
The truth is that Brown is a brilliantly intelligent entertainer, with a hugely enjoyable show.
It's compelling, pacy, and marvellously maddening, because you're torn between wanting to know how he's doing it all, and just accepting that it's very clever, beautifully polished, and magical tremendous fun!
When we last reviewed Derren Brown's show Enigma at BIC in 2010, you could describe the clever content and embarrassing details.
But now, five years later with Brown a world-wide phenomenon and media star, photography of the show is strictly forbidden, the press are discouraged from revealing the show's content, and there is altogether more control. Even the show's advertising flyer shows Derren with a warning finger over his mouth.
Derren Brown is a psychologist, humorist, and a wonderful showman, simultaneously exploring and playing with the human mind.
This unforgettable show – intriguing and astounding – runs until Wednesday and then tours the UK. Unmissable!


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Physician ServicesPharmacy Supply ChainPharmaceutical ServicesHealthcare ITHealthcare ServicesPost-Acute, Staffing and DistributionBehavioral Health
Strong Healthcare Sectors to Watch
Recent efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act have been met with a lot of angst. So far, the impact has been small and the election did not tonally upend buyer confidence in the sector. The shift from fee-for-service to value-based care requires greater coordination and continues to favor strategic acquisitions.
Healthcare M&A surged to record highs in 2017, with 115 transactions. Here are the hottest sectors on the market right now.
Autism Care
Behavioral health has surged in general over the past year. As insurers fight the ACA mandate on behavioral health care, the growth opportunities persist. Autism awareness in particular has led to more money pouring into the sector. There is more funding and more utilizations. Providers once served children in elementary school, but now services begin in toddlerhood, and extend into a person's twenties.
Blackstone announced in April that it would acquire the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD). It's a powerful signal to the marketplace about where autism services sit. These services are gaining valuations at multiples of 10 or greater—even among small providers with earnings of less than a million.
Private equity has been very active in physician practice management, particularly eye care and ophthalmology. They've turned highly fragmented businesses into successful exits. Eye care in particular has seen an explosion and is currently a $36 billion industry with forecasts projecting nothing but growth. There are approximately 20 private equity groups acquiring eye care businesses each year.
Private equity can reduce the cost of practicing health care as they offer the capital and scale necessary for acquisitions, support efficiency, and offer analytics and insights that most doctors lack. Doctors can be amazing executives/owners and excellent physicians, but they can rarely be both. PE fills this gap.
As the population ages, the demand for vision services will only increase. With a projected ophthalmologist shortage of 30%, we may be looking at a coming boom in this valuable industry.
Remote and Telehealth
Digital health, especially remote telehealth monitoring, may be the hottest sector of all. The shift from fee-for-service to value-based care has really driven this opportunity. Hospitalization tends to be the most expensive thing that can happen in healthcare, not to mention the worst. A wave of digital health firms are attempting to prevent needless hospitalization and focus on home-based care.
We've also seen significant growth in mobile health. Together with telehealth and remote monitoring, these approaches to healthcare address patient needs, and often enable them to affordably exit managed care systems. Preliminary research suggests they may also offer better healthcare outcomes. That's an all-around win that will continue to fuel M&A fire in this sector.
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In the first trimester of your pregnancy, a wide range of symptoms are possible. While you're not yet feeling heavy or weighed down by a big belly, you may feel nauseated and fatigued. Some lucky ladies don't suffer from any of these common woes, though, and barely notice their pregnancies during the first trimester. If you're a runner, you may want to keep up your exercise routine to feel healthy and simply feel like yourself. A good rule of thumb is to always consult with your doctor about exercise during any stage of pregnancy to be sure that it's safe.
According to BabyCenter.com, running in the first trimester is probably safe for most women, barring any other health concerns, as long as you ran regularly before you got pregnant. Even if you are a runner, it's not the time for strenuous training or really difficult running, such as a marathon. If you haven't been consistently running before pregnancy, consider choosing another exercise until after the baby is born.
If you're not fit for it and push yourself too hard during a run, you could overheat and potentially pose risks for the developing fetus. Pregnancy also relaxes your joints, which take a beating when you're running. Pregnant women are at a greater risk for sustaining a running injury, so be wary of running too much or too hard. If your doctor and physical fitness level allow you to run safely in your first trimester, remember to drink plenty of water to ward off dehydration.
Several factors and complications can make running unsafe for women in their first trimester, even if they're in great physical shape. Women who experience any vaginal bleeding or early contractions, have pregnancy-induced hypertension or experience early rupture of the amniotic sac may not be able to continue running during pregnancy.
Exercise and regular physical activity can be very helpful in promoting a healthy pregnancy and in coping with the physical and emotional challenges of pregnancy. Instead of running, consider prenatal yoga, walking and swimming. You may want to use exercise equipment, such as an elliptical machine or stationary bike, to help you stay fit while protecting your baby and your body from potential harm.


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Seattle Post Intelligencer 7/21/1906 p1
Mitchell Boys to Stand by Esther
Perry and Fred Decide to Do What They Can for Their Sister.
Special to the Post-Intelligencer
PORTLAND, July 20.--Esther Mitchell, who killed her brother George at Seattle immediately after his acquittal for killing Franz Edmund Creffield, will not be friendless when she comes to face the court on the murder charge. Her brothers, Perry and Fred, who stood by George throughout his trial, have decided to do what they can for the girl. They came to Portland from Newberg today, and will probably secure employment here.
While the loss of George at Esther's hands has been a bitter blow to them, to which it is hard to reconcile themselves, the boys have decided to stand by their unfortunate sister, and assist her in every way possible. They intend to communicate with her soon.
"Esther would not have killed George had she been herself,� said Fred tonight. "I believe Maud Creffield persuaded Esther to commit the act because she was too weak to do it herself.
Oregon Daily Journal (Portland) 7/21/1906 p8
Mysterious Note to O. V. Hurt
Father of Mrs. Maud Hurt Creffield Warned He Must Not Defend His Daughter.
Must Erect Monument To Mitchell's Memory.
Unknown Writer Threatens That Corvallis Man Will Be "Fixed� Unless He Obeys Injunctions of the Letter.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal)
Corvallis, Or., July 21.-- Although it has been kept quiet it has at last been admitted by those who know that O. V. Hurt has received an anonymous threatening letter in regard to his defense of his daughter, Mrs. Maud Hurt Creffield. The letter said that Mr. Hurt must not aid in the defense of his daughter, and that he would be "fixed� if he did not erect a monument at the grave of George H. Mitchell.
The handwriting was apparently not disguised, and although it was mailed in Portland there is no clue as to the writer.
Perry Mitchell, who was in Corvallis this week, took the epistle to Portland with him and there it was compared with the letter received by Mrs. Burgess Starr from an anonymous writer, but it was not apparent that the writers were not the same person.
Ever since the murder of George Mitchell by Esther Mitchell friends have cautioned Mr. Hurt to be on the watch lest harm befall him from some other inspired follower of the Creffield faith. With such fanaticism still alive in the hearts of a few faithful, there are many here who voice the opinion that Rollerism is not yet done with.
Mr. Hurt, while harassed and worried by his many unusual troubles, is apparently but little disturbed by this attack.
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Born on 4th April, 1985, New South Wales, John Wayne Hastings is a right-arm fast-medium bowler who plays for the Australian national team.
Hastings is an astute all-rounder who also possesses strong lower-order batting skills. He is nicknamed 'The Duke'.
Hastings hails from a sports inclined family from Penrith and he was proficient in rugby as a child, but soon took up cricket professionally.
Hastings made it to the Victoria One-Day side for the 2007/08 season.
Hastings was felicitated with Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year award in the year 2010.
He came into the Australian national team in the year 2010. He debuted in the Indian coastal city of Vizag and ended up taking two wickets and scored 44 runs. He picked up the wickets of Virat Kohli and Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the same over.
With his exemplary start to international cricket, he was named in the Australian squad for the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.
After his overwhelming performance in his opening match for Victoria, Hastings played three first-class games in the 2008/09 season.
Even though he was battling with an injury, the Australian managed to pick up 16 wickets in these three games including a 5-wicket haul against New South Wales.
Hastings took 36 wickets in the Sheffield Shield and also he scored 446 runs with his bat.
Hastings bounced back in the 2013/14 season of the Sheffield Shield as he took 27 wickets at an average of 24.51, after battling from a serious shoulder injury.
The year 2011-2012 Hastings was diagnosed with a career-threatening shoulder injury which prevented him from playing the 2011/12 season.
Hastings was auctioned for Kochi Tuskers Kerala for US$20,000 in the Indian Premier League. In 2014, he was signed by Chennai Super Kings.
He was also contracted to English county side Durham and presently plays for the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League.
In October 2017, Hastings announced his retirement from Test and One Day International cricket.


President Obama's Jobs for Small Business 2010 United States Tour continues. Tuesday's stop: Nashua, N.H., where he is to flesh out his State of the Union proposal to facilitate lending by community banks to the tune of at least $30 billion.
This was an idea originally floated back in October, but the administration has tinkered with it some to overcome the objections from, well, community bankers. Like the original scheme, this proposal focuses on banks with less than $10 billion in assets — lenders, the administration says in a fact sheet, that "devote the highest percentage of their lending to small businesses in their communities." Unlike the October initiative, this arrangement would be "separate and distinct" from the Troubled Assets Relief Program, which comes with conditions that bankers find unpleasant. Instead, Congress would create a separate program and transfer $30 billion in repaid TARP money into it.
Interestingly, the White House has decided to leave the details of how this program might operate to Congress, while offering some suggestions. For instance, the administration recommends allowing smaller banks, with less than $1 billion in assets, the opportunity to borrow more — up to 5 percent of "risk-weighted" assets. Larger banks could borrow up to 3 percent of assets. And while the interest rate would begin at 5 percent, the administration envisions reducing it, as a bank lends more money, to as low as 1 percent.
But do community banks really need this incentive? Reuters Breakingviews, in a commentary that appeared in The New York Times, says no. For one thing, smaller banks are in a stronger capital position than larger banks. For another, they're "hoarding the money they do have," according to Breakingviews, "lending out just 82 percent of their deposits." That is less than their bigger rivals.
This idea is likely to be as well received by Republicans in Congress as Mr. Obama's plan, announced last Friday, to encourage small-business hiring with a tax credit. Which is to say, not well received at all.