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Harold and Mary Wilson collection to sell in Staffordshire
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Treasured items once owned by former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his wife Mary – including his iconic pipe and mac – will be sold at auction next week.
The Harold and Mary Wilson Collection – The Life of a British Prime Minister – will go under the hammer at Hansons Auctioneers in Staffordshire on May 10.
Hundreds of items that once belonged to the former Labour Prime Minister and his wife will be sold. The collection carried an initial estimate of £65,000 but the auction house has hopes that as so many political and royal treasures have been unearthed it could far exceed that.
Hansons' associate director Jim Spencer, who has been cataloguing the collection, said, "It's an unprecedented sale. Everything was kept over the years, every gift or signed book or presentation album of photographs.
"I don't think a Prime Minister's entire life has come up for auction like this before. But here it is, gifts from presidents, photographs, letters, Christmas cards, everything.Harold and Mary Wilson were held in high regard by presidents, politicians and royalty and their treasured mementos act as a wonderful reminder of their lives."
Here, Jim Spencer picks out 14 of his favourite items in the auction:
Harold Wilson's Iconic pipe
One of a number of pipes in the sale, this Comoy's Leonardo pipe was owned and used by Harold Wilson. It will be sold together with a pipe stand, a small photographic portrait of Wilson smoking a pipe, and one of his calling cards from the House of Lords. Estimate: £30-£50.
Harold Wilson's pipe. Image: Hansons
Harold Wilson's famous raincoat
The Prime Minister's famous raincoat. Wilson's original Gannex mac. Tan colour with corduroy detail to collar. Machine woven owner's label to neck, 'Harold Wilson'. Est: £200-£300.
Harold Wilson's Mac. Image: Hansons
A Watercolour by Prince Charles
This Prince Charles watercolour of a chateau in Burgandy, with accompanying correspondence (two autograph letters), was given as a gift to Mary Wilson. One letter reads:
Dear Lady Wilson,
You asked me for a watercolour. Here is one of a chateau in Burgandy – a sketch – which I did in 1990 in December. I do hope it isn't too dreary and amateur for you – but it comes with heartfelt good wishes and kindest regards from the apologetic artist. Charles.
Prince Charles' paintings never generally come up for sale and his prints have sold for thousands of pounds. Estimate: £2,000-£3,000.
Watercolour by Prince Charles. Image: Hansons
Punch Cartoon of the Prime Minister
An original watercolour cartoon for the cover of Punch, February 11-17, 1976, depicting Harold Wilson by satirical cartoonist Walter Ernest 'Wally' Fawkes. Now aged 94, Fawkes usually worked under the name of Trog. Estimate: £100-150.
Punch cartoon of Harold Wilson. Image: Hansons
Meeting an American president
Collection of photographs documenting Harold Wilson's visit to the United States to meet President Lyndon B Johnson. Estimate: £200-£400.
Harold Wilson meeting President Lyndon B Johnson. Image: Hansons
Photograph signed by Richard Nixon
One of a number of signed photographic portraits inscribed to Wilson by presidents and prime ministers from around the world. This particular Lot being from Richard Nixon and his family, inscribed in black ink, 'To The Harold Wilsons, With warm regards and best wishes from their friends, Pat Nixon [signed], Dick Nixon [signed]'. Presented in a silver frame bearing the Seal of the President of the United States, stamped to side, 'Tiffany & Co. Makers, Sterling Silver 23480'. Estimate: £500-£800.
Richard Nixon and family photograph. Image: Hansons
Important first edition signed by Wilson
Keynes, John Maynard, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, first edition, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1936. Association copy, signed by Harold Wilson when he was a student at Jesus College, 1936. It is well documented that Wilson was a very good student. Keynes is widely considered to have been the most influential economist of the 20th century, and this is his magnum opus; its importance can be compared with Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations. Estimate: £700-£1,000.
John Maynard. The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, first edition. Image: Hansons
Gift from an astronaut
Frank Borman, NASA astronaut and Commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the moon, colour photograph (Earthrise or from that series of images), inscribed in bold black ink to mount, 'To Prime Minister Wilson – Best wishes and warm regards, Frank Borman, 5 Feb 1969′. Estimate: £300-£400.
Photograph by Frank Borman, NASA astronaut and Commander of Apollo 8. Image: Hansons
Christmas card from the Queen and Prince Philip
One of a number of Christmas cards to Harold and Mary Wilson from members of the royal family, politicians, former prime ministers, broadcasters, authors and poets. This Lot, a typical example, is from the Queen and Prince Philip, signed by both, dated 1969. Average estimate: £50-£80.
Christmas card from royal family to Harold Wilson. Image: Hansons
Harold Wilson with the Beatles
Romano Cagnoni (1935-2018), black and white photograph of Harold Wilson with all four members of The Beatles during the Variety Club Showbiz Awards,1963, bearing a purple stamp for Cagnoni. Estimate: £30-£50.
Harold Wilson with The Beatles. Image: Hansons
Silver honouring England's 1966 World Cup win
An Elizabeth II silver presentation two-handled tray, the centre inscribed with autographs of the English World Cup winning team of 1966 including trainer and manager, the tray by Albert Edward Jones, Birmingham, 1968. Estimate: £450-£550.
Silver presentation tray inscribed with autographs of the English World Cup winning team of 1966. Image: Hansons
Freedom of the City of London
Freedom of the City of London, awarded to Harold Wilson, Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, 12 December 1975. Calligraphic scroll housed in a silver casket featuring an applied coat-of-arms for the city of London; engraved inscription to Harold Wilson to inside of lid. Estimate: £150-£200.
Freedom of the City of London, awarded to Harold Wilson. Image: Hansons
Letter from Margaret Thatcher to Harold Wilson
One of a number of important letters in the sale, this particular Lot being from Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), autograph letter as Prime Minister, on headed paper (10 Downing Street), addressed to Harold Wilson, typewritten and signed in black ink. The letter, dated June 21, 1985, thanking Harold for his suggestions about the retail price index. Estimate: £300-£400.
Margaret Thatcher letter to Harold Wilson. Image: Hansons
Harold Wilson's Passport
An example of one of the many personal effects in the sale, Harold Wilson's passport [part of a bigger Lot]. Estimate: £300-£400.
Harold Wilson's passport. Image: Hanson
About Harold Wilson
Harold Wilson was Britain's Labour Prime Minister twice, from 1964–70 and from 1974–76.
He founded the Open University, and oversaw much pioneering legislation, including bills on equal opportunities, international aid, the abolition of hanging and of theatre censorship, and laws on abortion and homosexuality reform.
During his second period of office he held a referendum on staying in Europe, achieving a resounding 'yes' by a margin of two votes to one.
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In 2009, it was estimated that actual European pellet production equaled about 60% of production capacity - of which Germany was the hardest hit, operating at only 54% of capacity. Incredibly, even with all this excess pellet production capacity and recent pellet mill closures and curtailments, new production plants in Europe still emerged at about one-half of the global expansion rate, moving from about 8.3 million tonnes to 10.1 million tonnes of capacity between 2008 and 2010 (+10.8% per year).
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Elite modelling competition comes to SA
Since 2010, Elite Model Look contests held in Angola, then in Mozambique and Cape Verde have introduced Africa's modelling talents to a global stage.
MAKING NOTES: Elite Model Look South Africa's Top 10 finalist Rethabile Lethoko (right) and Da Banda Model Management's head booker Sandra Teixeira browse through a recent studio shoot. Pictures: Genevieve Vieira.
After month-long castings in Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town, 10 finalists were chosen to partake in the South African leg of the competition, with hopes of representing the country in the prestigious Elite Model Look World Final to be held in China. It was Elite Model's first time in South Africa and has been recorded for Angolan television.
The finalists took part in a nine-day model boot camp, under the guidance of Tiffany Prior, where they were taught to strut their stuff for international runways. When asked about the purpose behind the criteria for the competition – 1.74 height requirement and small-waisted frame – Prior commented, "Garments are made to certain specs and the girls need to be able to wear them well. Models are just coat hangers. Like any other job they need to fulfil certain criteria. Models are only a small part of a very big picture."
The purpose of Elite Model Look is to help build careers, teaching models the tricks of the trade. They need not only establish their careers but learn how to manage them going forward.
"This boot camp is not about starving the girls to fit the mould. We want to teach them life-long lessons about nutrition and exercise, so that they can make informed decisions. It will only benefit them in the long run. I have never once put any of these girls on a scale," Prior says.
Finalist Rethabile Lethoko (18), noted that Elite Model has really helped her to build her self confidence. She says, "we have had a bit of pressure to lose weight but it's not a bad pressure. We all want to stay in shape and look good for the catwalk."


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Q: Python twisted ssh client: client blocks after sending 10 commands I started using twisted recently, and I'm trying to create a client that connects and sends commands to an SSH server. (I'm only creating the client and using some SSH server to test it).
After sending 10 commands (e.g 'ls' command) and receiving an answer for each of the commands, my client is blocked. Can someone help me find a solution to this? Here is the most important part of my client.
PS: I'm using twisted 12.0.0 (msi binaries).
class SimpleConnection(connection.SSHConnection):
    def serviceStarted(self):
        self.openChannel(CommandChannel(conn=self))

class CommandChannel(channel.SSHChannel):
    name = 'session'
    def channelOpen(self, data):
        global command
        command = "ls"
        d = self.conn.sendRequest(self, 'exec', common.NS(command), wantReply=True)
        d.addCallback(self.dataReceived)
    def dataReceived(self, data):
        print (data)
    def closeReceived(self):
        self.conn.openChannel(self)

A: The problem was that the server was blocking the session number 10:
 "[SSHChannel session (10) on SSHService ssh-connection on SimpleTransport,client] other side refused open
        reason: ('open failed', 1)".
This is a normal behaviour, (MaxSessions in sshd_config which specifies the maximum number of open sessions permitted per network connection was set to 10).
SSHChannel always closes itself after running a command. So a new channel should be created for a new command, after the old channel was closed. Here is the most important part of my client corrected :
class SimpleConnection(connection.SSHConnection):
    def serviceStarted(self):
        self.openChannel(CommandChannel(conn=self))

class CommandChannel(channel.SSHChannel):
    name = 'session'
    def channelOpen(self, data):
        global command
        command = "ls"
        d = self.conn.sendRequest(self, 'exec', common.NS(command), wantReply=True)
        d.addCallback(self.dataReceived)
    def dataReceived(self, data):
        print (data)
    def closed(self):
        self.conn.serviceStarted()

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Repeal the Trump/Republican tax law that rips us off and enriches rich people and corporations
March 7, 2019 GlenAnderson Conservatism and Right Wing, Economics, Labor, Capitalism, Trade, Poverty (Also see Taxes), Examples of Parallax Views, Our Current Political Crisis (in addition to Trump and Trumpism), Political Parties and Elections (Also see Democracy ...), Taxes, Trump and Trumpism (Also see Our Current Political Crisis) 0
Trump and the Republicans LIED TO US when they said the tax scam they pushed through Congress in December 2017 would be good for ordinary people. They promised it would create jobs.
We knew then — and we have solid proof now — that they were lying to us. Their "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" has been an absolute DISASTER for ordinary people and a GIGANTIC WINDFALL for extremely rich people and big business.
Several credible non-profit organizations and progressive journalists have laid out the facts. Here are some highlights, with links for more information and several petitions to sign:
The December 2017 law gave $1.9 TRILLION to rich people with ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO PAY FOR IT. Republicans say they oppose federal deficits, but here — as with their endless wars — they passed a budget-buster with ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO PAY FOR IT. The Republicans immediately started pushing to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
See several informative articles at the Summer 2018 issue of The American Prospect. The print and online magazines — and their other articles, bloggers, etc., provide succinct and timely information. See www.prospect.org and read articles about the December 2017 tax scam at this link: https://prospect.org/magazine/issue/tax-fraud-tax-act-2017
In June 2018 Americans for Tax Fairness (www.americansfortaxfairness.org) released a "video report card grading the law's performance." Watch it at this link: https://www.facebook.com/Americans4TaxFairness/videos/1751578844925533/?link_id=1&can_id=1d662460c0abb8939c5044c82927552b&source=email-report-card-video-explaining-trumps-tax-scam-for-the-rich&email_referrer=email_374793&email_subject=report-card-video-explaining-trumps-tax-scam-for-the-rich
On June 25, 2018, Public Citizen (www.citizen.org), the excellent multi-issue non-profit organization founded by Ralph Nader in 1971, reported this:
Six months after passage of the first tax scam legislation, here is what we know:
• 83 percent of the tax cuts will end up going to the richest 1 percent.
• Just 4 percent of workers have received a bonus or pay hike due to the tax cuts.
• Pharmaceutical companies, health insurers, Wall Street banks and other major industries are getting huge tax breaks but are not sharing the wealth with consumers or their employees.
On July 4, 2018, William Rice, a knowledgeable person, published an article titled, "The Top Ten Fallacies About the New Trump-GOP Tax Act." The American Prospect's blog introduced their link to the article by writing: "Like most of Donald Trump's policy agenda (and the rest of his career and life), the GOP tax cut has been sold on bluster, exaggeration, and outright lies. Here are ten of the biggest myths associated with the 2017 Republican Tax Act." Here is the link: https://prospect.org/article/top-ten-fallacies-about-new-trump-gop-tax-act
On July 16, 2018, Americans for Tax Fairness (www.americansfortaxfairness.org) sent an e-mail that included this message: "Since Congress passed the Trump-GOP tax scam, most working families haven't received a raise. In fact, just 4% of the country's 155 million workers have seen any pay increase, despite promises to the contrary. … But one member of Congress certainly had a big pay day. The very same day that House Republicans passed the Trump-GOP tax scam, Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) bought himself a 70-foot yacht. You see, this tax law is riddled with so many loopholes, that Rep. Buchanan will personally benefit with a tax cut worth up to $2.1 million a year!"
On August 29, 2018, The Progress Report (progress@americanprogressaction.org) released a powerful graph showing the gross economic injustice that the Trump/Republican tax scam has caused. It shows that while wages remain flat, the tax scam vastly escalated corporate profits. See this image:
Next, Trump proposed ANOTHER ROUND of elitist tax scam that would cement the worst economic policy in a generation. It actually passed the U.S. House a few days after this article appeared in September 2018: https://truthout.org/articles/trump-tax-plan-2-0-cements-the-worst-economic-policy-in-a-generation/ Also see several relevant articles about that in the blog of Americans for Tax Fairness: https://americansfortaxfairness.org/category/blog/
In October 2018 Republican leaders in both the U.S. House and Senate — and Trump himself — were pushing cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in order to pay for their gigantic tax cuts benefitting extremely rich people and big business. Suddenly — after their humongous tax cuts — Republicans resorted to expressing concern about deficits. Several progressive organizations reported on this.
And on or about October 16, 2018, The Young Turks — www.tytnetwork.com — reported this:
The party's over. The U.S. ran a budget deficit of $779 billion in fiscal 2018—the largest in six years—despite a strong economy, a sign that the Trump tax cuts are taking a toll on revenues and throwing the federal budget out of whack, according to The Wall Street Journal. The shortfall for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 rose 17 percent from 2017's $666 billion; in future years the deficit is on its way to $1 trillion.
According to the Journal: "Deficits usually shrink during economic booms because strong growth leads to increased tax revenue as household income, corporate profits and capital gains all rise. Meantime, spending on safety-net programs like unemployment insurance and food stamps tends to be restrained.
"In the last fiscal year, a different set of forces was at play as economic growth sped up. Interest payments on the federal debt and military spending rose rapidly, while tax revenue failed to keep pace as the Republican tax cuts for both individuals and corporations kicked in."
The tax cuts disproportionately benefited corporations over individuals, the Journal reports: "Last fiscal year, income taxes withheld for individuals rose 1 percent, but corporate tax receipts fell 31 percent."
What's next? Republicans will likely target government spending, including Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, Democratic lawmakers say; GOP budgets in the past have called for cuts to food stamps, disability benefits, welfare and student loans.
Here's a great list of 11 ways "tax cuts" end up shifting costs onto the rest of us:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/20/1827004/-11-ways-costs-are-shifted-onto-you-after-taxes-are-cut-for-the-wealthy?detail=emaildkre
Actually, 59% of voters support the 70% top tax rate that U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has proposed:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/15/1826447/-59-of-voters-support-70-marginal-tax-rate-proposed-by-AOC?detail=emaildkre
Sign a petition supporting U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren's proposal to tax extremely rich people.
In addition to raising taxes on people with huge incomes, we should also tax the WEALTH — the accumulated assets — of people who hold enormous wealth, regardless of what income they receive. Wealth inequality is as serious — and probably more serious — a problem than income inequality. The top 1% of people in the U.S. now owns as much wealth as the bottom 95%, according to UC Berkeley economists Emmanuel Saez & Gabriel Zucman. Senator Elizabeth Warren is proposing a 2% wealth tax on Americans who have assets over $50 million. For billionaires, there would also be a 3% tax on assets over $1 billion. SIGN THIS PETITION: https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/petitions/sign-the-petition-support-elizabeth-warrens-wealth-tax-for-the-mega-wealthy?detail=emailaction&link_id=1&can_id=1d662460c0abb8939c5044c82927552b&source=email-statefull-default-state-signatures-needed-a-wealth-tax-on-billionaires&email_referrer=email_486077&email_subject=statefull-default-state-signatures-needed-a-wealth-tax-on-billionaires
Urge the Democratic Party to support progressive tax reform:
On February 1, 2019, Democracy for America (www.democracyforamerica.org) started asking people to sign a petition calling upon the Democratic Party to support progressive taxation. See it and sign it here: https://act.democracyforamerica.com/sign/tax-the-rich/?t=6&refcode=g-taxtherichnow0201.d-20190201.m-15903.s-52925&akid=15903%2E2917727%2EapR2Mx
The people who got RICH from our political and economic systems have the GREATEST RESPONSIBILITY to pay for the system that made them RICH.
Sign this petition to urge taxing rich people much more than we do now: https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/petitions/sign-if-you-agree-we-can-tax-the-rich-way-way-more?detail=emailaction&link_id=1&can_id=1d662460c0abb8939c5044c82927552b&source=email-sign-if-you-agree-we-can-tax-the-rich-way-way-more-2&email_referrer=email_491197&email_subject=sign-if-you-agree-we-can-tax-the-rich-way-way-more
Likewise, we need a strong ESTATE TAX so the public can retrieve for the government some of the vast wealth that rich people have gained from the political and economic system that made them rich!
See this article: http://inthesetimes.com/article/21737/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-wealth-income-tax?link_id=4&can_id=e62d3520ce52d89cbc8415f5642fd3e8&source=email-why-is-the-political-establishment-so-afraid-of-aocs-green-new-deal-trump-is-not-an-isolationistjust-listen-to-his-sotu&email_referrer=email_492376&email_subject=why-is-the-political-establishment-so-afraid-of-aocs-green-new-deal-trump-is-not-an-isolationist-just-listen-to-his-sotu
Enormously profitable giant corporations (Amazon, General Motors, etc.) make BILLIONS in profits but pay little or no income tax — and get huge tax refunds!
See this article: https://www.truthdig.com/articles/extinction-rebellion/
ALSO SIGN THIS PETITION to repeal the Trump/Republican tax scam of December 2017: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-now-repeal-trumps-tax-cuts-for-the-rich-and-corporations?source=direct_link&&link_id=0&can_id=1d662460c0abb8939c5044c82927552b&email_referrer=email_498126___subject_641855&email_subject=guess-how-much-gm-and-amazon-are-getting-back-as-a-tax-refund
Sign this petition to support Bernie Sanders' bold, progressive tax reform:
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/become-a-co-signer-of-bernie-sanderss-for-the-998-act?source=direct_link&&link_id=0&can_id=1d662460c0abb8939c5044c82927552b&email_referrer=email_501167___subject_645968&email_subject=one-of-the-best-ways-to-reduce-wealth-inequality
How to fix the Republicans' disastrous tax law of December 2017:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/2/26/1837870/-How-to-Fix-the-Disastrous-Republican-Tax-Law?detail=emaildkcs
Republicans' "tax cuts" actually INCREASE TAXES in 11 blue states:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/02/28/1838405/-About-11-million-filers-may-face-higher-taxes-this-April-Thats-by-Republican-design?detail=emaildkre
Sign this petition urging Congress to tax Wall Street effectively:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/write-to-your-members-of-congress-co-sponsor-the-wall-street-tax-act-2?source=direct_link&&link_id=1&can_id=1d662460c0abb8939c5044c82927552b&email_referrer=email_505478___subject_652371&email_subject=were-on-a-roll-check-out-this-new-bill-that-raises-nearly-800-billion-by-taxing-wall-street
Right-Wing Christianity is the OPPOSITE of what Jesus taught and practiced!
Trump's new climate committee will be headed by this extremely wacko denier


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I wrote this post on behalf of Little Live Pets and their PR Company. Mama to 5 Blessings received a Little Live Pet in exchange for an honest review. This is not a sponsored review and all views and opinions are of my own and were not influenced in any way.
My kids have been wanting a pet for quite sometime but my daughter has terrible allergies plus with five children I do not have time to clean up after any pets. So the next best thing are the Little Live Pets.
We were sent Cheeky Charlie bird from the Little Live Pets. My son immediately started playing with the bird. It was eimple for him to figure out how Charlie did all the different whistles and sounds. His favorite feature was the say what I say. Not only would he have Charlie repeat what he was saying but he was holding Charlie up to his siblings and having Charlie repeat them! Plus he would hide and and then have Charlie repeat what they were saying. Charlie keeps my kids very entertained!
Little Live Pets offers birds and butterflies. The birds and the butterflies both come in 6 different colors and can be purchased from Amazon for approximately $22.00. What is your favorite feature of these fun little toys?
Oh, this is so cute! My daughter would have loved it when she was little!
oh how cute! my youngest LOVES birds- i bet she'd get a kick out of cheeky charlie too!
I hear ya on not having time to clean up after pets! I bet my girls would love this 'pet'.
I agree. I barely have time to clean up after the kids LOL!
Now this is CUTE! I am not a kid but when I see fun items like this I just want them for myself, hahaha! I have a niece who I think would love this! I love how they talk, it is so cute!!!!!
Such a cute idea. We recently got a real parakeet for the family, but would have been neat to introduce them to pet ownership earlier with something like this.
My kids love toys like this!
What a perfect solution to a kid who wants a pet! I bet it's great preparation for teaching the fun and responsibility related to real pets!
These are so cute. I really love the butterfly. The parrot sounds really entertaining!
This is my kind of pet.
Now that is too cute! I want one of these cuties!
Since I don't have the space for a real bird, this is for us. My kids will certainly want this when I show them this review.
So so cute. My kids would love this!!
So would my kids!! They love birds too!
How fun! This would be perfect for kids who can't have real pets. It's almost as fun, plus there's no clean up.
What a cute toy. I'd much rather have this kind of bird in our house than a real one.
OMG these are adorable I love how they repeat what you say in the video way too cute!
We always look at birds at the pet store, but I can't take on the commitment… my toddler would LOVE this for Christmas!!
We have one and my kids love, love, love it… it is so cute and so much fun… I love it's little voice. HA!
That's adorable. My niece would love this.
This is the perfect pet! You don't have to feed it, and you don't have to pick up after it. Plus, it's super cute.
My son has been asking for a bird as a pet. I think this would probably be a better alternative.
This is adorable. My girls would both love one. I am going to check these out for them.
My son wants a real bird!! I think I should get him this instead! THANKS!
I love this. My son had a toy parrot that would talk but this is so much better. This would make a great gift for a little one. I wish my kids were at a age to enjoy this great toy.
Lol! How cute! This would make the perfect first pet!
Awesome, I know a young girl who would love one of these for her birthday, and the price range is really reasonable. Now to decide between bird or butterfly.
Woah! This is pretty awesome. We have little fishies and my sons love them!
This is really cute. My son LOVES birds and I think he would enjoy playing with one of these.
These look cute. We are getting some digibirds very soon, which I think are super similar toys.
This is so sweet. My kids would love one, I'm going to have a look around!
That's too cute that it can repeat what kids say. I know they'd have an absolute blast with that.
This is the kind of pet I want my children to have!! One I don't become responsible for taking out for walks, feeding or grooming. Good gift item.
Very cute! These little pets would be a great birthday gift or great for a donation for a basket!! Thanks for the idea!
I totally think my kids would love one of these, one I don't have to be responsible for. We are trying to reward our son by checking the cats water dish and making sure he's fed, but a five year old still is just a five year old. It usually ends up being my responsibility. I could see this as a great teaching tool for kids that want pets.
Now, this is a new pet I can handle! 🙂 Love!
What a cute little toy! I would have loved this too when I was younger!!
What a sweet toy! My kiddo would love that!
that is so cute and I bet my youngest would love it!
Oh my goodness! My son is obsessed with birds right now, ge would love this!
Cheeky Charlie is the perfect pet for my hectic lifestyle. He's cute, and I don't have to feed him or clean up after him. Yay!


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Birth Place: Franklin, Tennessee, United States
Residence: Franklin, Tennessee, US
Occupation: Businessperson
Known for: Fourth-largest U.S. landholder
Spouse(s): Susan
Brad Kelley Net Worth
Brad Kelley was bornon March 27, 1956 in Franklin, Tennessee, United States. Brad Kelley, a Kentucky native and a farmer's son, built a fortune from discount cigarettes. He built Commonwealth Brands, maker of USA Gold and Malibu cigarettes, and sold it for $1 billion in 2001. Kelley has since used that cash to become one of the largest landowners in the U.S., with 1.5 million acres from Hawaii to Florida. Kelley owns historic stud farm Calumet, KY, which had three starters in the 2017 Kentucky Derby.
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Kelley grew up on a farm that included tobacco, and his early Business ventures were a response to changes in the tobacco industry. Because of declining production in the 1980s, many old warehouses in Kentucky stood vacant. He started buying these warehouses, converting them to other uses, and then leasing them out. This interest evolved into Manufacturing. In 1991, he founded Commonwealth Brands, a tobacco company that manufactured low-cost cigarettes, headquartered in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The company was later sold in 2001 to Houchens Industries for US$1 billion. Kelley has never smoked, and he said in 2012, "I've never defended [smoking]. Hopefully it will be phased out of society."
Kelley owns 1.7 million acres of American ranching land in Texas, Florida and New Mexico. As of 2012, he is the fourth-largest private land owner in the U.S.
In March 2013, the commercial arm of the BBC, BBCW, announced the sale of Lonely Planet to Kelly's NC2 Media. Lonely Planet is the world's most successful guidebook publisher, having printed over 100 million guidebooks, in addition to magazines, digital content, and other travel services.
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COVID-19 and wildlife research ethics
The COVID-19 crisis is foregrounding long-standing questions about wildlife research ethics and nature-society relationships.
The COVID-19 crisis has clearly had significant effects on animal research, including research in the field. Due to financial constraints and travel and social distancing restrictions, tough decisions may need to be made about culling research animals, not only in the laboratory but also by researchers who work with wildlife held in outdoor research stations such as field insectaries and aviaries. Field-based researchers also face additional challenges not seen in labs, such as the disruption of long-term monitoring projects, potentially for the first time in decades. And, field researchers face challenges relating to zoonoses.
The risk of zoonotic disease transmission (i.e. between humans and animals) has been much-discussed following the novel coronavirus outbreak given the virus's likely origin in bats. But for field researchers zoonoses pose an additional problem: research animals may at some point become infected with the virus, either from the research team or from other humans such as visitors or local people.
The great apes, being our close relatives and susceptible to other human diseases (e.g. wild great apes have died from Ebola, polio, and other coronaviruses), are thought to be especially at risk of catching coronavirus. Other animals could also potentially catch the virus, such as bats, cats, and mink.
Given the risk of zoonotic disease transmission from humans to wildlife, important questions for wildlife researchers (perhaps especially primatologists) are: When, and why, should you treat a sick study subject? Does your answer depend on whether or not the disease was transmitted to study subjects by humans, or even by members of your research team? These questions tie in with long-standing debates about whether or not researchers should intervene in the lives of their wild animal subjects beyond the requirements of their research.
When to treat sick wildlife?
Wildlife researchers very often view their role as being to observe the behaviour and ecology of wild animals without influencing them. A common worry is that interventions, such as treating unwell wildlife, will ultimately have unforeseen and possibly negative consequences on the population or ecosystem as a whole, no matter the good intentions or the positive effects on individual animal welfare. Rescue all the foxes, and there will be fewer rabbits due to increased predation, and so forth. Researchers may even be concerned about interfering with the process of evolution, if for example they were to disrupt natural selection by rescuing animals that otherwise would have died. Researchers therefore worry that if they perpetually intervene they will not end up studying the working of "nature" at all, but rather the effects of their own interventions.
This is not merely a scientific matter, but also an ethical one. Why, you might ask, should we care if we've preserved "nature", if doing so means that we have to let animals suffer? Justifications for not intervening to help sick wildlife therefore rely on a belief that preserving nature (or, at least as critics would argue, a particular vision of nature) is a good in itself. This is a fundamental tenet of conservation philosophy, though animal liberation/rights and welfare advocates might reach similar conclusions about non-intervention by other reasoning, such as emphasising non-human autonomy, or seeing the workings of nature as beautiful and possibly even more important than wild animal welfare.
Yet some illnesses and ailments experienced by wildlife are clearly caused by humans. If, as this non-intervention ethical framework often supposes, humans are separate from nature, then surely saving animals from human-caused diseases and injuries is not intervening in nature per se? By this reasoning, many wildlife researchers I have spoken with – for my doctoral research on orangutan conservation and the AnNex POLEs research project – have said that they would not interfere if a wild animal study subject were suffering from a "natural" ailment (e.g. a symptom of the ageing process), but they would always help if they had caused the problem, such as if animals are injured by the researchers' traps. Some added that they may also intervene if humans in general (not just the research team) had caused an illness or injury, such as if an animal were hit by a car. Thus, Jane Goodall famously administered polio vaccines (via bananas) to her chimpanzee research subjects when they contracted the virus, likely from humans in a nearby village, and gorilla researchers have similarly vaccinated their study subjects against measles.
If we accept this logic a new problem emerges: where exactly is the line between "natural" and "unnatural" (i.e. human-caused) problems? An orangutan researcher I spoke with clearly articulated the subjectivity of this "grey zone" by describing a case of a young orangutan whose home had been wiped out by a nearby sand mine. Socially stressed in her new home, the orangutan spent a lot of time "sneaking away" from other females on the forest floor (fairly unusual for orangutans, which are ordinarily arboreal). One day, while sneaking about on the forest floor, the orangutan was mauled by a leopard. Should this be classed as an unnatural event, and as such should the researchers intervene? As the researcher described, while he personally would not have intervened, others at his research site chose to help. Ultimately it didn't matter either way, as the infant eventually died of a parasitic infection (also probably a result of spending so much time on the forest floor), but the case illustrates some of the complexities of arbitrating between "natural" and "unnatural" causes of animal suffering.
Researchers may not just disagree on where to draw the line between "natural" and "unnatural" ailments, but they may also feel compelled to help for other reasons, such as saving the last members of an endangered species, or feeling compelled to mitigate visible animal suffering, even if the cause is "natural". For example, some primatologists once stopped a group of male chimpanzees from killing a mother-infant pair in a neighbouring group, though this intervention was widely opposed by other researchers.
Researchers I've spoken with have also at various points admitted to intervening just to stop animal suffering. A researcher interviewed for the POLEs research admitted to sometimes administering antibiotics for wild mammals' infected wounds, justifying this on the grounds that perhaps the stress of being captured exacerbated the injury and therefore justified treatment. Indeed, even the researcher who would not personally have helped the orangutan mauled by a leopard acknowledged that "when you look the animal in the eye" it's pretty hard to turn away, and even he sometimes feels compelled to help. We social scientists sometimes talk about this in terms of the power of affect: broadly speaking, non-linguistic, bodily forms of communication.
Intervention and COVID-19
So, what if researchers, or other humans such as tourists or locals, pass on the novel coronavirus to wildlife? Would researchers see it as appropriate to intervene? I expect that most would, if they could, since the transmission of the virus to wildlife around the world would be pretty clearly caused by humans. However, their ability to actually act on this impulse is limited – you can't just give a wild gorilla an oxygen tank, or ask gorillas to socially distance from one another.
Perhaps, then, the best that researchers can do is attempt to prevent the virus from ever reaching their study populations in the first place. Some are already doing this, with researchers cancelling fieldwork and attempting to keep humans in the local area away from wildlife. They are also drawing on traditions in field research inspired by past zoonotic disease outbreaks, such as the already common practice of researchers remaining "socially distanced" from great ape study subjects.
Even if intervening to help wildlife suffering from COVID-19 is impossible, posing the question of whether, and why, researchers should help highlights important questions about ethics of wildlife research, and about how best to conceptualise the relationship between humans and nature, researchers and researched. These have become important subjects of attention in environmental humanities and social sciences in recent years, with the point often made that humans and the natural world are not separate but rather mutually shaped by one another. This is especially true given that humans are increasingly the dominant influence on the world's climate and environments. You could therefore argue that most suffering experienced by wild animals is in some way connected to human actions.
Wildlife researchers are often well aware of the inseparability of nature and society. For example, ethnoprimatology (a subfield of primate field studies) is founded on the idea that non-human primates rarely, if ever, live in "natural" settings free from human influence, and that it is both interesting and important to understand how humans and other primates affect each other's lives. What this realisation means for wildlife research ethics, and in particular the treatment of sick wildlife, will remain an important topic for discussion in future.
When, and why, should you treat a sick study subject? Does your answer depend on whether or not the disease was transmitted to study subjects by humans, or even by members of your research team?
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Personal assistant of wealthy tech CEO found dismembered in luxury Manhattan apartment arrested, will be charged with murder: Report
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An employee of the 33-year-old man found decapitated and dismembered in his Lower East Side apartment this week is the prime suspect in the tech CEO's murder.
The New York Times reports that Tyrese Devon Haspil, 21, was arrested on Friday in connection with the killing of Fahim Saleh. Hapsil is expected to be charged with second-degree murder.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, Saleh was found dead in his multimillion-dollar Lower East Side apartment on Tuesday afternoon. His body had been dismembered into several pieces, which were found in plastic bags in the apartment. A concerned relative had called police after seeing a torso and plastic bags when they visited the apartment to check on Saleh.
The victim was reportedly the CEO of Godaka, a motorcycle taxi app headquartered in Nigeria, as well as the popular app "Prank Dial."
According to the New York Times report, investigators believe the motive for the murder may have stemmed from Saleh's discovery that Haspil had allegedly stolen tens of thousands of dollars from him. Still, a police source said that Saleh did not report the apparent theft to authorities, and had worked out a private repayment plan with his assistant.
The report also notes that police believe Haspil, who is presumably the same man reportedly seen on surveillance camera footage following Saleh into his elevator on Monday, killed Saleh on that day and returned to the apartment on Tuesday to clean up the scene.
Detectives reportedly believe Haspil incapacitated Saleh with a stun gun in the elevator or inside Saleh's apartment, and then stabbed him to death.
Police are expected to deliver a news conference about the case on Friday.
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Located in Cobleskill, New York, SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill is a small four year public college offering undergraduate programs. In the most recent statistical year 3,089 prospective students applied, and 2,912 were granted admission. Of those admitted 705 enrolled in the school. 2,176 students are enrolled on a full time basis, and 115 attend part time. In-state tuition for 2017/2018, excluding room and board, is $6,670 plus fees of $1,469. SUNY Cobleskill is ranked 1412 nationally in the CollegeSimply.com 2019 U.S. Colleges Ranking.
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How MADD and Nationwide are Working Together to Save Lives
By Sarah Ford on July 7, 2014
One in three people in this country will be involved in a drunk driving crash in their lifetime. Mothers Against Drunk Driving® (MADD) is working to protect families from drunk driving and underage drinking through advocacy, a variety of programs and partnerships.
Many generous supporters have helped MADD deliver the strongest awareness and educational programs possible and provide the largest victim services program in the world. As a result, these relationships have helped save almost 300,000 lives. One such relationship is MADD's partnership with Nationwide Insurance.
MADD and Nationwide were in coalitions and legislative pushes together before there was ever a formal partnership. After learning of their joint interest in keeping the roads safe, MADD became partners with Nationwide Insurance in 1995.
What Do You Hope to Accomplish Through This Partnership?
Both MADD and Nationwide are working to save lives through their partnership, and Nationwide has been a strong contributor financially and through volunteers. Through time and talent, Bill Windsor, Nationwide's SVP of Safety, serves as MADD's National Board Chair, and each year Nationwide agents around the country walk in MADD's walks, contribute to Power of Parents trainings, hand out Tie One On For Safety ribbons and more.
As a national presenting sponsor of MADD's Power of Parents® and Tie One On For Safety® programs, Nationwide has also sponsored several local Walk Like MADD® events and law enforcement recognition events locally. MADD and Nationwide are also proud to have a cause-related marketing relationship.
As the National Presenting Sponsor of MADD's Power of Parents program, Nationwide Insurance knows that when parents and kids are better connected, kids are less likely to drink or use other drugs. Power of Parents is MADD's first-ever year-round initiative to educate high school parents about the implications of and solutions to underage drinking.
Then, as the National Presenting Sponsor of MADD's Tie One On For Safety program and a founding sponsor of MADD's Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving, Nationwide Insurance is dedicated to the fight against drunk driving. Tie One On For Safety is MADD's longest running public awareness program, encouraging people to put a red ribbon, magnet or window cling on their vehicle to spread the word about the dangers of drunk driving around the holidays.
By helping provide proven solutions in the fights against drunk driving and underage drinking, Nationwide is helping to save lives across the country.
In addition to helping save lives, the partnership has also helped Nationwide make lives safer for their policyholders and meet new potential customers who share Nationwide's safety focus.
What Have Been the Results so Far?
Last year, together, we trained 6,200 parents with the Power of Parents program. We also reached hundreds of thousands with Tie One On For Safety ribbons and outreach.
As Ann Ritterspach, AVP of Affinity Relationship Management for Nationwide said, "We are very proud of the relationship we have formed with MADD and look forward to many more successful and mutually beneficial years together!"
Our thanks to MADD for sharing how their relationship with Nationwide Insurance got started and what kind of impact they're trying to make in the community! To learn more about the impact MADD is making through their other partnernships or to learn how you can partner with MADD, visit www.madd.org/sponsors.
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Long time ago, there was a boy who had a call to be a preacher. He was a Scotch, and his mother was very, very happy that her son shall become a minister someday. So George went to school. He was not very brilliant in school, but he was faithful. He fulfilled all his work well and passed his grades.
One day, he noted some difficulty with his eyes. The problem grew worse until one day, even before he had finished his education, he became totally blind. He was greatly discouraged. He was tempted to give up entirely and stop trying to do anything. Surely, he could not be a successful preacher if he was blind. Who would listen to him? How could he do his work?
However, he could hear another voice inside him, a voice of courage, hope and faith. It was the voice of the Lord that bid him to go right on with his plans. He listened to that inner voice. He was ordained. People loved him, and flocked to hear him preach. Though his natural vision was darkened, his spiritual vision was so much brighter. Though he could not see the beautiful sights of the world, he had eyes to see more clearly the wonderful things of the soul. His became popular throughout Edinburgh, Scotland, England, and all the English-speaking world, and everywhere he was known and loved as the blind preacher.
This blind preacher wrote many hymns. The greatest hymn he ever wrote, and one of the finest in all the English language, is "O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go". The name of this blind preacher is George Matheson.
Do you have a weakness or disability? Can God still use a person who has weaknesses? What should be our attitude in our weaknesses? How can we serve God in spite of our weaknesses? How can we help others who have disabilities know God and serve God?
These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.
Blind Painting - This activity will teach the child how to be emphatic with sightless people and at the same time appreciate her ability to do many things with her eyes.
Sand Painting - This activity will produce paintings that you can feel with your hands, especially adapted for kids who are blind.


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Website creates commerce from errand running
Laura Surmer wants to run a few bags of old clothes to the Goodwill. She also wants to cash in a bag of coins at a nearby supermarket, but she doesn't want to do it herself. Joshua Leavitt of San Francisco is going to run Laura's errands while she stays home and works on the computer. The two of them never met until today, when she hired him to do her running. Their connection came through TaskRabbit.
"I would never hire a personal assistant, someone my age - that would be awkward, I can't afford it. Just getting a pair of extra hands every now and then can really help me knock things off my to do list," said Surmer.
Here's how it works, Surmer posts a job that she's willing to pay for on the TaskRabbit website. Potential runners bid for the job. For example, Josh may say 'I'll do it for $10 an hour plus expenses.' If the price is right commerce ensues.
"I love it - it's a much better use of my free time then not making money, so I figure why not," said Leavitt.
Leavitt is among the 70 percent of TaskRabbit runners who are underemployed or unemployed. Getting to be a runner involves an interview and a background check -- so that the customers feel safe and as though they got their money's worth.
"TaskRabbit's reputation system makes me feel a lot safer to trust people in my home. If 10 other people have used someone and said 'this is just a neighbor, this is someone in your community out there to make an extra buck.' Why should I think they're going to try to cheat me or take something from me?" said Surmer.
TaskRabbit isn't the first website to advertise this service. Craigslist has done it for years. The difference is that background check, which is designed to make people who use the service feel safer -- especially women at home with children.


Come help solve The Mystery of Edwin Drood!
Charles Dickens' final novel was entitled, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. There was just one small problem with the murder mystery: the author died before it was completed! As a result, the reader never knew the true fate that Dickens had intended for his beloved title character…until now!
Rupert Holmes' award-winning musical takes audience participation to new heights and solves this predicament by asking the audience to choose which character is the killer by putting it to a vote. It is a hilarious, interactive whodunit mystery musical that allows the audience to enter the action and become the ultimate detectives.
In the small town of Chesterham, England, the young and charming Edwin Drood has been mysteriously murdered. But by whom? His leering romantic rival, John Jasper? The infamous purveyor of opium and vice, Princess Puffer? The mysterious Landless twins, newly arrived from Ceylon? Or someone else even more dastardly and villainous? Dickens passed away before he was able to reveal the culprit.
Staged in meta-theatrical manner by the Music Hall Royale, a traveling Victorian theatre troupe full of just as many colorful characters as the roles they play, this charming and inventive musical is sure to intrigue and entertain any musical or mystery lover.
The mad-cap adventure is hosted by none other than the amicable emcee, Chairman William Cartwright (Benjamin Pither*.) He has the unenviable task to serpentine the audience among the tangled web of possible murder suspects each night as they helpfully hint, cleverly clue at and mischievously mislead patrons through the preposterously plausible plots, each accompanied by, you guessed it, SONG AND DANCE! Dickens' directory of desperados are John Jasper (Stephen Guggenheim*), a Jekyll & Hyde choirmaster who is "madly" in love with his prize music pupil, the "fair" Miss Rosa Bud (portrayed by Theresa Swain). However, Miss Budd is betrothed to Jasper's nephew and title character, young Edwin Drood (Hayley Lovgren).
Not to be overlooked is the "righteous" Reverend Crisparkle (Jackson Davis*) and his charges, the "secretly revengeful" foreigner Neville Landless (F. James Raasch) and his "tempestuous twin sister" Helena (Amy Bouchard). Along the way, we also encounter "poppy-purveyor" Princess Puffer (Krista Wigle*), the "drunken stonemason" Durdles (Daniel Barrington Rubio*) , his sister, Deputy (Lillian Guggenheim) and the often overlooked understudy Bazzard (Jeremy Kreamer*).
The show is staged as a play-within-a-play, with each performer portraying a fictional English actor who, in turn, portrays a Dickens character. Set in the style of a Victorian music hall at Christmastime, The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a meta-theatrical event that invites the audience to participate in the show as the actors stage a play-within-a-play.
During the show, audience members are encouraged to sing, clap and interact with the actors, culminating in an audience vote for the show's ending. The bulk of the show is a madcap comedy with colorful characters and musical numbers styled in the vein of traditional British pantos.
Though young children may have difficulty understanding the Dickensian dialogue, they will eat up the audience participation element of the show, which includes voting, clapping, singing along and interacting with the characters onstage. There is some sexually suggestive choreography and dialogue (as well as one or two utterances of the word "sh–"). Drood is a bright, bouncy show that older children should enjoy however live theatre performances are often not appreciated by very young children, who may become disruptive to other patrons.
Presented by arrangement with Tams Whitmark Music Library, Inc.


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By Brian Westover 2020-01-16T00:14:18Z
Wi-Fi reaches farther and goes faster with these routers and mesh systems
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A new year brings new announcements of several major new products from router makers, covering everything from standalone routers to fancy mesh Wi-Fi systems. And there's a lot to be excited about, as home Wi-Fi gear embraces new technologies like Wi-Fi 6, easy mesh expansion and even 5G connectivity.
Everything is about to get a lot faster, while routers will be able to handle more devices, deal with heavier data loads and even provide wider coverage areas. And these routers are going to do all of this while staying pretty affordable, as several of the new devices and mesh systems we've seen so far will sell for less than you might fear for newly announced products.
Here's a quick rundown of the routers and Wi-Fi devices we're most excited for in the coming year, and which could show up again among our picks for the best Wi-Fi routers later this year.
Arris SURFboard mAX AX6600
Asus ZenWiFi
Comcast Xfinity Wi-Fi 6 gateway
D-Link EasyMesh
Gryphon Guardian
Linksys Velop Mesh WiFi 6
Netgear Nighthawk Mesh WiFi 6 System
TP-Link Deco X90
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Availability: Q2 of 2020
The latest from Arris is the SURFboard mAX AX6600 mesh Wi-Fi 6 system, a two-pack of mesh units that deliver Gigabit speed Wi-Fi to every corner of your home. With Wi-Fi 6 speeds and tri-band functionality, the two-unit system can cover up to 5,500 square feet, delivering speeds of up to 6.6 Gbps, an increase of up to 400% over 802.11ac (now known as Wi-Fi 5). Each unit is outfitted with two Ethernet ports, providing wired connectivity for network attached storage (NAS) devices, printers and other products that benefit from a direct connection.
The third band serves as a dedicated backhaul channel between the mesh units, ensuring the fastest performance available across the entire mesh network. And for voice-controlled convenience, the SURFboard mAX AX6600 will also work with Amazon's Alexa, provided you already have an Amazon smart speaker at home.
The Arris SURFboard mAX AX6600 will go on sale sometime during the second quarter of 2020, and while specific pricing has not been announced, it's expected to cost less than $550.
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Availability: Mesh units (Q1 of 2020), ZenWiFi Voice (TBD)
Asus has released a trio of products under the new ZenWiFi brand, ranging from mesh routers (in both Wi-Fi 6 and 802.11ac flavors) to an Alexa-infused model called the ZenWi-Fi Voice.
The ZenWiFi mesh routers offer expandable coverage to deliver a Wi-Fi signal to your entire home. The ZenWiFi AX (XT8) is a tri-band mesh system that offers up to 6,600 Mbps across one 2.4GHz band and two 5GHz bands, along with a dedicated backhaul at speeds up to 4,804 Mbps. The ZenWiFi AC (CT8) offers similar mesh connectivity, but uses the more common 802.11ac connection standard.
Features like MU-MIMO and OFDMA ensure better performance in high-congestion areas, like apartment buildings and dense urban areas, while Asus' AiProtection Pro feature secures everything from hackers and malware with protection backed by Trend Micro. The ZenWiFi even has parental controls baked in. The mesh units are available in white or graphite black, and will begin selling in the first quarter of 2020.
The ball-shaped ZenWiFi Voice also adds hands-free controls to the router with a mesh node that has Amazon Alexa built-in. The device can be added to any Asus AiMesh system, and features touch-sensitive volume controls to adjust speaker volume. The smart speaker capability lets you add Alexa capability to a room that may not already have an Amazon Echo or similar device, while also opening up new capabilities for a router, like streaming music and controlling smart home devices.
Availability: Early 2020 (to select subscribers)
Aimed squarely at Xfinity cable internet subscribers, the new xFi Advanced Gateway is built for 4K streaming, cloud gaming, and more, and is the first Wi-Fi 6 certified product available from Comcast. Designed to bring Wi-Fi 6 connectivity to the thousands of customers that rent their networking gear from Comcast, this combination modem and router isn't available to everyone – only Comcast subscribers who are on 300 Mbps or higher monthly plans can get the new hardware when it rolls out in January.
The square pedestal-shaped unit has four simultaneous dual-band antennas inside, offering plenty of speed for data-heavy uses and smart homes that rely on continuous bandwidth for connected functions. Bluetooth LE and Zigbee radios allow efficient connectivity to a whole houseful of connected devices, and a combination of Ethernet ports (one 2.5 Gbps, three 1 Gbps) deliver plenty of speed for everything else.
The xFi Advanced Gateway will also be fully compatible with the whole range of xFi offerings, from Comcast's xFi Pod mesh extenders to the xFi Advanced Cybersecurity service (at no charge to subscribers) and can be monitored and controlled through the xFi mobile app.
Availability: DIR-X1560 (Q1 of 2020), COVR-X1870 (Q2 of 2020), DIR-X2460 (Q3 of 2020)
D-Link announced a number of new products at CES 2020 in January, from the relatively basic DIR-X1560 AX1500 Wi-Fi 6 Router to the DIR-X5460 Smart AX5400 Wi-Fi 6 Router and the COVR AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Mesh System. But while these products look like traditional standalone routers and sleek mesh units, the secret is that every single one is mesh-capable.
The DIR-X1560 AX1500 Wi-Fi 6 Router is a dual-band unit that delivers up to four simultaneous streams that can handle 4K video, online gaming or video chatting without disrupting other users on the network; it also boasts speeds of up to 1.5 Gbps and built in Quality of Service (QoS) traffic management.
The powerful DIR-X5460 Smart AX5400 Wi-Fi 6 Router offers many of the same capabilities, but with higher overall throughput, a triple-core processor to handle advanced functions and 128-bit encryption built in. Both devices are mesh capable, and can be paired with any other EasyMesh router to extend coverage throughout the home.
The COVR-X1870 AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Mesh System extends this further, with a ready-to-go dual-band mesh system that can cover up to 6,000 sq ft with a standard 2-pack of mesh units. It supports Ethernet backhaul for faster performance and delivers Wi-Fi 6 coverage to the entire house. But if you want to expand your coverage farther, any of D-Link's 2020 products can be added to the mesh network to widen coverage.
D-Link will be releasing these products throughout the year, with the DIR-X1560 coming in the first quarter, the COVR-X1870 coming later this spring, and the DIR-X2460 coming this fall.
(Image credit: Gryphon)
Availability: January 2020
Security and family-focused Gryphon is releasing the new Gryphon Guardian this month, a new compact version of its Gryphon Secure mesh router, a favorite of ours from 2018.
The new model offers all of the same functionality in a more compact package. By switching from tri-band to dual-band connectivity the device is able to offer adequate in-home coverage in a fairly small individual mesh unit, and is packed with all of the security features Gryphon has to offer.
This includes parental controls that let you allocate internet time to specific users and devices, complete with features like scheduling homework time or providing an allowance of time with specific apps that is automatically tracked and disconnected when time is up, as well as robust security features such as built-in malware blocking, VPN capability both in the home and away, and protection for all of your connected devices.
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Price: Linksys Velop WiFi 6 ($499 for 2-pack), Linksys Velop 5G Mesh Gateway (TBD)
Availability: Linksys Velop WiFi 6 (Summer of 2020), Linksys Velop 5G Mesh Gateway (TBD)
The new Linksys Velop WiFi 6 updates the mesh system with AX-class speeds of up to 4,200 Mbps. Coming in packs of two, the Linksys Velop AX4200 offers up to 3,000 square feet of coverage per unit, and can handle up to eight simultaneous streams with enough bandwidth for streaming 4K video.
Linksys will also be offering the new Linksys Velop 5G Mesh Gateway later this year, which combines the speedy mesh system above with a 5G home gateway that lets users set up a stationary access point for wireless 5G data connectivity.
The new 5G unit will also work with existing Velop mesh systems, allowing you to either share that 5G data throughout the home as your primary internet connection, or to serve as a backup networking connection when cable or DSL falters. Pricing and availability dates for the Linksys Velop 5G Mesh Gateway have not yet been announced.
(Image credit: Netgear)
Price: $229 (2-pack)
The Netgear Nighthawk Mesh WiFi 6 System brings blazing speeds and easy expandability to even the largest of homes, with a compact dual-band design that can push speedy Wi-Fi signals to the farthest rooms of your home. Made with multiple-user households in mind, the mesh system boasts combined speeds up to 1.8Gbps, and is outfitted with a pair of Gigabit Ethernet ports (one LAN, one WAN).
Each unit measures just a few inches square, but offers Wi-Fi 6 connectivity for up to 3,000 square feet. The two-unit starter pack includes one base unit and one satellite node, though the system can be expanded with additional nodes for broader coverage.
Netgear has also (finally) combined its dual apps into one, giving you a single app to set up the new Nighthawk devices, monitor your network traffic and adjust security settings from your phone.
Price: Deco X20 ($189), Deco X60 ($269), Deco X90 ($449)
Availability: Deco X20 & Deco X60 (March 2020), Deco X90 (April 2020)
TP-Link's Deco line of mesh routers has been a solid option for anyone looking for whole-home Wi-Fi, but the newest Deco models might be the best yet. The trio of Deco mesh routers all offer Wi-Fi 6, allowing faster overall performance and connectivity for many more devices than the older 802.11ac (aka Wi-Fi 5) standard could support.
The Deco X20 is the most basic model, with dual-band connectivity with a relatively modest AX1800 rating. Designed for the budget conscious, it's one of the most affordable Wi-Fi 6 options we've seen, selling for less than $200.
The Deco X60 is the mid-grade option, selling for $269 for a pair of units. The tri-band system offers decent speeds and coverage up to 5,000 square feet.
The Deco X90 is the best of the bunch, with a tri-band design that can deliver multi-gigabit speeds and cover up to 6,000 square feet. With speeds of up to 574Mbps on its 2.4GHz network and 1,201Mbps and 4,804Mbps on its first and second 5GHz networks, respectively, the Deco X90 promises some of the best performance we've seen in a mesh router. And where many mesh systems will have a dedicated channel for use as a data backhaul between units, TP-Link instead uses what it calls dynamic backhaul, spreading the load across the router's 2.5-GHz band and two 5GHz bands.
The new TP-Link Deco models will start selling this March and April, ranging in price from $189 for the Deco X20 2-pack (a 3-pack will sell for $269.99) to $449 for the Deco X90 2-pack.
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Örebro, Sweden (Assyrian International News Agency)
- Dr. Fuat Deniz, a renowned lecturer and Ph.D researcher in the field of sociology at Örebro University, was pronounced dead today by Örebro University Hospital; Dr. Deniz was stabbed in the neck by an unknown assailant on Tuesday. The murder of a teacher during day time and in his own workplace has shocked the community in Örebro, a mid size Swedish town. There are no witnesses to the stabbing and no suspect yet. Police are working to secure forensic evidence, survey the victim's daily routine and his circle of acquaintances.
**** Sweden's equivalent to the FBI, the Swedish security police (SÄPO), have announced they are looking into this case because the attack could have a political motive. SÄPO noted that Mr. Fuat Deniz dedicated much of his research to Assyrian identity and the Turkish genocide of Assyrians. His masters thesis, A Minority's Odyssey: the Assyrian Example, was praised for its way of describing developments in social identities among Assyrians.
**** The Swedish research and university minister, Lars Leijonborg, participated in the commemoration ceremony held in Örebro on Thursday, expressing his sorrow for the loss of a promising teacher and researcher. "Dr. Fuat Deniz and his family came to our country to escape violence and assaults. It is a terrible tragedy that this has happened to him. He was not only a national hero for Assyrians but a role model for many in our society," said the minister with tearful eyes.
**** The Swedish flag in front of the Örebro University was flown at half mast and hundreds of students at the university were present during the ceremony. It was revealed that Dr. Fuat was to receive the universities' "good educator" award next week. He was admired among colleagues and students, who chose him as their favourite for the award.
**** Dr. Fuat was to participate in an international conference on Assyrian identity and the Turkish Assyrian genocide at the University of Leiden in Holland on Friday 14 December.
**** Abboud Ado, vice chairman of the Assyrian federation of Sweden, expressed his feelings of sorrow and announced that all Assyrian associations in Sweden have been instructed to place a picture of Dr. Deniz and open their doors for people who want to share their grief. The Syriac Orthodox bishop of Scandinavia, Ablahad Gallo Shabo, said his death is an immense loss for Sweden and the Assyrians.
**** Dr. Fuat's daughter celebrated her third birthday last Monday.
Killed over research*focusing on*persecution of minorities in Ottoman era
Stockholm (DPA) - The fatal stabbing of a Swedish university teacher has raised fears that he was killed over his research that focused on the persecution of minorities in the Ottoman era, a newspaper report said Saturday.
**** Fuat Deniz, 40, died Thursday after being stabbed Tuesday at Orebro University, west of Stockholm.
**** Turkish-born Deniz, a Christian Assyrian, moved to Sweden in the 1970s with his parents.
**** His research and writings included the persecution and killings of the Assyrians during World War I in the Ottoman Empire.
**** 'There is a threat against all who conduct research on Assyrians and the mass murders in the Ottoman Empire,' history professor David Gaunt at Sodertorn University College, south of Stockholm, was quoted saying in the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper.
**** Gaunt, whose research is in the same field, attended several debates and seminars with Deniz. At times people claiming to be reporters appeared and took photos of those attending the seminars, he recalled.
**** Gaunt said he also knew of other colleagues who had been harassed and threatened, and he himself had been smeared in a leading Turkish newspaper.
'Even if the threats are not always direct, they have been implied. It is a very sensitive issue where research is seen as a political act,' Gaunt said.
Police have no trace of the assailant.
General Antranik (1865-1927): "I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed."


The largest U.S. asset managers increased their support of climate-focused shareholder resolutions since 2016, research from Morningstar shows. State Street Global Advisors and Fidelity funds subadvised by Geode Capital Management voted for about half of all climate-related resolutions that impacted its various fund holdings in the most recent year. The average across the cohort submitted "for" votes on 30% of all climate resolutions; that rate is up from 14.8% in 2017 and 7.7% in 2016.
Compared with investment firms that exclusively manage environmental, social and governance funds, the larger, more broad-based investment managers have a less-consistent record on how they vote on behalf of their clients. The study notes that much of this is due to policies in place that resolutions are voted on uniformly across all of a manager's funds.
The total number of climate-related resolutions by U.S. companies voted on by the group declined in 2018 to 41 from 56 the year before.


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Review: 2016 Kia Optima SX Turbo
November 22nd, 2015 by Patrick Morgan
2016 Kia Optima SX Turbo
Engine: 2.0L Turbo Gas Direct Injection
Torque (lb-ft.): 260
Transmission: 6-speed sport automatic
City/Hwy/Combined MPG: 22/32/25
Curb Weight (lb): 3,594
Total Length (in): 191.1
Width (in): 73.2
Base Price (USD): $29,690 (Optima SX)
Price as Tested (USD): $33,215 (Launch Edition Pkg)
It's kind of tough to get people convinced that Kia is making a genuinely good car. However, the 2016 redesign takes the Optima to a level people would not have thought of even just a few years ago. It makes for a tough feat to have a very fast change of opinion for a company that became relevant not too long ago.
Kia seems to have found its voice in the 2016 re-design of the Optima. Though it keeps a lot of very familiar styling elements of the old Optima, it wears all new skin. It's fine that it has some resemblance of the old model. It emphasizes even further on the last generation's distinctive look with that unmistakably cool c-pillar. Kia's signature grill is proudly displayed up front, with a black roof and aggressive rear bumper out back completing the "not your average sedan" presence.
"Kia seems to have found its voice in the 2016 re-design of the Optima."
Inside is a bit less edgy and more so smart and simple. Kia's always useful and easy to use UVO infotainment system is similar to that used on other models, but that's certainly not a problem. Audio is backed by none other than Harmon/Kardon which is an added bonus for audiophiles like myself. This Optima was very well equipped with deep red leather, red stitching on the steering wheel and brushed aluminum trim throughout.
There's even the slew of safety items included that, while not particularly of interest to an enthusiast, are impressive given the car's modest $33,215 as-tested MSRP. Included in that price you get rear cross-traffic alert, and blind spot detection. Those are part of the SXT Launch Edition package, which also includes niceties like an amply sized panoramic sunroof, unique style 18-inch wheels, and the previously mentioned heated and ventilated 'Merlot' leather seats.
Great value for money… So how does it perform? What is it like to drive? Well given how impressive the other features of the car are, you'd not be too off to suggest it can be an underdog given the 249 horsepower, 2.0 liter direct gasoline injection engine, mated to a 6-speed auto with available sport drive modes.
Driving it brings a completely other feeling though. Electric steering assist – normally an immediate cause for concern if you're an enthusiast – is actually not bad. It tames the 4 cylinder's power in such a way that there's only a small amount of torque steer. The problem still lies in how that power is applied to the ground. It has an open diff, so mashing the throttle too early in lower-speed tight turns results in setting the inside tire ablaze. It seems when pushed, you begin to find some of it's shortcomings.
"It has an open diff, so mashing the throttle too early in lower-speed tight turns results in setting the inside tire ablaze."
That's not the only thing that prevents this car from being a good back road stormer. Brakes are painted red – a hint at good performance – but upon closer inspection, they are anonymous as to who actually makes them. About five minutes of very spirited driving will reveal the stoppers aren't too keen for that sort of usage. The suspension is taught in its feel, especially compared to the K900, and it'll take you confidently around corners, but it doesn't really communicate to you that it's happy being tossed around.
Then there's the transmission. In most other sports cars, you control when the transmission upshifts, thus the whole reason for a 'manual' mode available. The Kia shifts for you, which can sometimes run into a double upshift if you decide the time has come for an upshift just a fraction after the computer has. You then find yourself out of the power band.
"In the world of relatively boring mid-size sedans, it's a much more exciting alternative; a title it wears very well."
Missing the mark might seem like a one-way ticket toward a disappointing drive, but this doesn't represent the Optima, nor lessen my opinion of it. Actually it makes it more clear. It's a car that's trying to make a name for itself in an otherwise boring segment. It still has all the comforts you'd want in a mid-size sedan, with good legroom provided to all seats, a cavernous trunk, and it even runs on regular 87. Instead of going full sports car, they have made the right choices for standing out, without lying about the car's image. In the world of relatively dull mid-size sedans, it's a much more exciting alternative; a title it wears very well.
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Fox Exec Admits To 'Mischievous' Remarks About Obama
March 29, 2011 • Bill Sammon, a top news executive at Fox News, gave a lecture in 2009 in which he admitted to making "mischievous" on-air suggestions during the 2008 presidential race, speculating that then-candidate Barack Obama was a socialist. Sammon went on to say he did this even though he thought at the time that this charge was "far fetched."
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CNN And Fox Spar Over Choices In Covering Libya
March 22, 2011 • Fox News reported Monday that a CNN crew was among a group of Western journalists being used as human shields to protect Moammar Gadhafi. This brought an angry report from CNN's Nic Robertson.
'New York Times' Rolls Out Online Paywall
March 17, 2011 • The New York Times has twice experimented with making some readers pay for online content, and twice it has backed away. On Thursday morning, the newspaper's executives announced they would make the most loyal readers pay to access its website, though a lot of casual readers would not pay a cent.
Hear David Folkenflik's Report On 'Morning Edition'
The New York Times announced Thursday that the paper would embrace a metered approach to an online pay wall. As of March 28, online users will be able to view up to 20 pages per month. Beyond 20 page views, readers will have to pay $15 monthly for Web access. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
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'New York Times' Unveils Metered Online Pay Wall
March 17, 2011 • Executives believe they have found the right formula and the right moment to do the seemingly impossible: get people to pay for online news. The Times is introducing a metered system under which the paper's most loyal readers will pay for access to the website, while casual users won't pay a cent.
Rush to Report NPR Sting Trumped Full Tape's Contents
March 14, 2011 • Undercover videos released Tuesday showed NPR's top fundraiser speaking disparagingly both of conservatives and of NPR's need for federal funding led to his ouster and that of his boss — the network's CEO — the same day. But some key elements were presented in a misleading way.
Key Elements Of NPR Gotcha Video Taken Out Of Context
March 14, 2011 • The videotapes that triggered a firestorm last week are being scrutinized. Footage posted by conservative activist James O'Keefe captured NPR's chief fundraising official disparaging conservatives, and saying the network would be better off without federal funding. But much of what Ron Schiller said was presented in a misleading light.
Elements Of NPR Gotcha Video Taken Out Of Context
NPR CEO Resigns
March 9, 2011 • NPR CEO Vivian Schiller has resigned effective immediately on the heels of continued controversy at NPR. The release yesterday of a video showing vice president for development Ron Schiller harshly criticizing the Tea Party and saying that NPR would be better off without federal funding has strengthened calls on Capitol Hill for elimination of such funding.
NPR Exec: NPR Would Be Better Off Without Federal Support
March 8, 2011 • NPR's chief fundraising executive was caught on tape saying NPR would be better off without federal financial support. The video was produced by conservative provocateur, James O'Keefe and featured two of his colleagues posing as representatives of a Muslim organization, looking to make a large donation to NPR.
Dobbs Show Debuts This Month On Fox Business
March 3, 2011 • The Fox Business Network will broadcast a new evening show hosted by Lou Dobbs, with a familiar name and time slot: Lou Dobbs Tonight at 7 p.m. At CNN, Dobbs clashed with executives over his pursuit of such topics as President Obama's place of birth.
A screenshot shows the Al Jazeera English website. The network has been providing around the clock coverage of unrest in the Middle East. NPR hide caption
Clinton Lauds Al Jazeera: 'It's Real News'
March 3, 2011 • Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went out of her way Thursday to single out the Al-Jazeera TV news network for its work in covering recent uprisings throughout the Middle East.
NPR, its member stations and public television would lose funding under a Republican plan to cut the federal deficit. Claire O'Neill/NPR hide caption
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Funding Battle Puts Public Radio, TV On The Defense
March 3, 2011 • Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO), the author of the bill that would eliminate the funding, says the Corporation for Public Broadcasting no longer needs to be subsidized. But such a move could damage many small stations that rely heavily on federal dollars.
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Fox News Tells Suspended Gingrich, Santorum: You Decide On Presidency
March 2, 2011 • Fox News wants a decision by the time the men's contracts are up in two months.
U.K. Papers' Paywalls A Test Of Relevance
February 21, 2011 • Conventional wisdom says readers are only willing to pay for online news that fuels their passion or helps them make money. Across the Atlantic, however, a pair of leading daily newspapers — The Times and The Sunday Times -- have ignored that conventional wisdom, putting up an ironclad digital paywall and testing whether they can remain relevant while telling readers they can no longer enjoy a free ride.
AOL To Buy Huffington Post For $315 Million
February 7, 2011 • In the past two years, the Internet giant AOL has sought to transform itself from an ailing colossus to a source of indispensible content. On Monday, AOL executives agreed to pay $315 million — mostly in cash — to acquire the Huffington Post website. Arianna Huffington herself will become the editor in chief of AOL.
Murdoch's Debuts Daily iPad Paper
February 2, 2011 • News Corp founder Rupert Murdoch joined with officials from Apple to unveil The Daily, the first national news outlet designed from scratch for the iPad. Readers will have to pay 99 cents a week — or about $40 a year.