Heat rash (or miliaria) occurs when the temperature rises and skin overheats. It typically appears during hot, summer temperatures causing hives (urticaria) or painful chaffing when skin sweat and rubs together in a humid climate.
Anyone can develop heat rash in a hot, humid environment, but athletes, babies, bedridden patients, and overweight individuals are most prone to heat rash due to higher body temperatures and greater risk of skin friction.
Baking powder can help sooth a painful heat rash and itchy skin when a ½ to a ¼ cup is sprinkled into tepid bath water. You can also apply the baking power directly to the skin in paste form by mixing it with a little bit of water. This will soothe those painful, pink bumps or blisters on the surface of your skin due to friction from clothing.
Itchiness—you know the kind that makes you want to crawl out of your own skin or scratch it off—is a major annoyance.
Getting that perfect glow isn't easy. Achieving radiant skin may seem like an impossible task for many people but a good skin care regime can go a long way.
Psoriasis is described as "one of the most baffling and persistent of skin disorders" by WebMD, but it affects about 2-percent of the U.S.
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Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador won his second Tour de France in three years in 2009. Renowned as the best climbing specialist and stage racer in the world, Contador won Stage 15 by more than a minute from his closest rivals to take the yellow jersey. He extended his lead after finishing second in a breakaway on Stage 17, and the next day won the second time trial to increase the gap to more than four minutes, an advantage he never lost. He beat his Astana team-mate Lance Armstrong, who had returned to cycling after four years, into third place. It was an even more satisfying win for Contador than his first Tour de France victory in 2007, when he inherited the yellow jersey when the leader at the time, Michael Rasmussen, was withdrawn by his team. Contador, who won the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana in 2008, is the fifth man to win all three Grand Tours of cycling.
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Easy Expo
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Toyota Squeezed
Toyota has dropped from the top 10 list of the best selling cars in China this month, for the first time in years.
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With newer, non-invasive imaging techniques, the origin of other, so-called adventitial sounds or heart clicks has been appreciated. These are short, high-pitched sounds.
 The mitral valve in cases of mitral stenosis may open with an opening snap on the beginning of diastole.
 Patients with mitral valve prolapse may have a mid-systolic click along with a murmur, referred to as apical late systolic murmur. Early systolic clicks may also be present in some patients.
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Data Detectives Shift Suspicions in Alzheimer's from Usual Suspect to Inside Villain
Artist's rendering of amyloid-beta plaque (beige clumps) outside of neurons and neurofibrillary tangles (blue) inside of neurons. Credit: National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
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The mass pursuit of a conspicuous suspect in Alzheimer's disease may have held back research success for decades. Now, a new data analysis that has untangled evidence amassed in years of Alzheimer's studies encourages researchers to refocus their investigations.
Heaps of plaque formed from amyloid-beta that accumulate in afflicted brains are what stick out under the microscope in tissue samples from Alzheimer's sufferers, and that eye-catching junk has long seemed an obvious culprit in the disease. But data analysis of the cumulative evidence doesn't support giving so much attention to that usual suspect, according to a new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Though the bad amyloid-beta protein does appear to be an accomplice in the disease, the study has pointed to a seemingly more likely red-handed offender, another protein-gone-bad called phosphorylated tau (p-tau). What's more, the Georgia Tech data analysis of multiple studies done on mice also turned up signs that multiple biochemical actors work together in Alzheimer's to tear down neurons, the cells that the brain uses to do its work.
Suspect line-up: P-tau implicated, plaque not so much
And the corrupted amyloid-beta that appeared more directly in cahoots with p-tau in the sabotage of brain function was not tied up in that plaque. In the line-up of the biochemical suspects examined, principal investigator Cassie Mitchell, an assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, said the data pointed to a pecking order of culpability.
"The most important one would be the level of phosphorylated tau present. It had the strongest connection with cognitive decline," Mitchell said. "The correlation with amyloid plaque was there but very weak; not nearly as strong as the correlation between p-tau and cognitive decline."
Mitchell, a biomedical informaticist, and first author Colin Huber statistically analyzed data gleaned from 51 existing lab studies in mice genetically augmented with a human form of Alzheimer's. They published their analysis in the current edition of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health.
The crime: Eviscerating the brain
One look at an image of an Alzheimer's afflicted brain is unflinching testimony to the disease's cruelty: It destroys of up to 30 percent of a brain's mass, carving out ravines and depositing piles of molecular junk, most visibly amyloid plaque.
The plaque builds up outside of neurons, while inside neurons, p-tau forms similar junk known as neurofibrillary tangles that many researchers believe push the cells to their demise. But many biochemical machinations behind Alzheimer's are still unknown, and the fight to uncover them has vexed researchers for decades.
Since the first patient was diagnosed by Dr. Aloysius Alzheimer between 1901 and 1906, little medical progress has been made. Though some available medications may mitigate symptoms somewhat, none significantly slow disease progression, let alone stop it.
Alzheimer's mostly strikes late in life. Longer lifespans in industrialized countries have ballooned the caseload, advancing the disease to a major cause of death.
Meet the syndicate: Assassin, accomplices, stooges
Even though p-tau showed the strongest correlation with cognitive decline, and amyloid-beta only a slight correlation, that doesn't mean that p-tau is committing the crime inside cells all by itself while amyloid loiters in spaces outside of cells in large gangs, creating a distraction. Mitchell's data analysis has pointed to dynamics more enmeshed than that.
"Though the study had clear trends, it also had a good bit of variance that would indicate multiple factors influencing outcomes," Mitchell said. And a particular manifestation of amyloid-beta has piqued the researchers' ire.
Little pieces are water soluble, that is, not tied up in clumps of plaque. The data has shown that these tiny amyloids may be up to no good. After p-tau levels, the study revealed that those of soluble amyloid-beta had the second-strongest correlation with cognitive decline.
"Lumpy amyloid-beta, the stuff we see, ironically doesn't correlate as well with cognitive decline as the soluble amyloid," Mitchell said. "The amyloid you don't see is like the sugar in your tea that dissolves and hits your taste buds versus the insoluble amyloid, which is more like the sugar that doesn't dissolve and stays at the bottom of the cup."
Some Alzheimer's researchers have cited evidence indicating that free-floating amyloid helps produce the corrupted p-tau via a chain of reactions that centers around GSK3 (Glycogen synthase kinase 3), an enzyme that arms tau with phosphorous, turning it into a potential biochemical assassin.
Incidentally, Mitchell's study also looked at un-phosphorylated tau and found its levels do not correlate with cognitive decline. "That makes sense," Mitchell said. "Regular tau is the backbone of our neurons, so it has to be there."
Also, p-tau is a normal part of healthy cells, but in Alzheimer's it is wildly overproduced.
Massive dataset: 528 mice rat out p-tau
One advantage of data mining 51 existing studies versus doing one new lab experiment, is that the cumulative analysis adds the sample sizes of so many studies together for a whopping grand total. Mitchell's analysis encompassed results from past experiments carried out on, all totaled, 528 Alzheimer's mice.
A previous study Mitchell led had already indicated that amyloid-beta plaque levels may not be the most productive target for drug development. Separate reports by other researchers on failed human trials of drugs that fought plaque would seem to corroborate this.
Mitchell's prior analysis examined lab studies that used an Alzheimer's lab mouse model that did not allow for the study of p-tau. Mitchell's current analysis covered studies involving a different mouse model that did allow for the observation of p-tau.
Mitchell's latest findings have corroborated the prior study's findings on amyloid, and also added p-tau as a key suspect in cognitive decline.
Principal investigator: My take on possible treatments
To arrive at the 51 studies with data suitable for inclusion in their analysis, Mitchell's research team sifted through hundreds of Alzheimer's research papers, and over time, Mitchell has examined a few thousand herself. She has gained some impressions of how biomedical research may need to tackle the disease's slippery biochemical labyrinth.
"When we see multifactorial diseases, we tend to think we'll need multifactorial treatments," Mitchell said. "That seems to be working well with cancer, where they combine chemotherapy with things like immunotherapy."
Also, Alzheimer's diagnosticians might be wise to their adopt cancer colleagues' early detection stance, she said, as Alzheimer's disease appears to start long before amyloid-beta plaque appears and cognitive decline sets in.
Above all, basic research should cast a broader net.
"I think p-tau is going to have to be a big part," she said. "And it may be time to not latch onto amyloid-beta plaque so much like the field has for a few decades."
Did you know? Cassie Mitchell is also an Olympic medalist! Watch her video here.
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The brain of an Alzheimer's sufferer can dramatically lose mass and shrink. In particular, center structures of the brain usually diminish early on. One such region susceptible to early and severe damage is the hippocampus, which can lead to memory loss and disorientation. Illustration credit: National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
Informaticist and biomedical engineer Cassie Mitchell studies Alzheimer's Disease by statistically analyzing data produced by dozens of peer-reviewed published Alzheimer's studies. She looks for correlations between the presence of biochemical factors and cognitive decline. Credit: Georgia Tech / Rob Felt
The brain of an Alzheimer's sufferer in a severe stage can show extreme destruction of brain mass. Credit: National Institutes of Health
Along with blood vessels (red) and nerve cells (green), this mouse brain shows abnormal protein clumps known as plaques (blue). Georgia Tech / Levy Wood
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Corbyn officially launched his new green agenda in Nottingham on Wednesday (7 September), pledging to generate 300,000 jobs in the renewable sector as well as establishing a target of generating 65% of the UK's electricity from renewable sources by 2030. Alongside those two landmark promises, the Labour Leader would also seek to turn the country into a world leader in green technology, immediately reinstate the recently-abolished Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), ban fracking and shut down all coal-fired power stations. But while Corbyn has vowed to "protect the future of our planet, with social justice at the heart of our environment policies", green groups and organisations have questioned the Labour leader's ability to bring about dramatic and transformational change. Fresh from controversially labelling the National Grid's demand response aspirations as "fanciful nonsense", the union for energy workers GMB has warned that Corbyn's "wishful thinking" wouldn't keep the lights on and keep the economy functioning. "Everyone gets how, over time, renewable energy sources have an important role to play in a sensibly conceived mixed energy policy," GMB's national secretary for energy Justin Bowden said. "However, wishful thinking doesn't generate the power we need to heat homes, keep the lights on and the economy functioning; this means that until there are technological breakthroughs in carbon capture or solar storage then gas and nuclear power are the only reliable, low-carbon shows in town for all those days when the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow.
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a prevalent disease. Often resources to provide care for OSA are inadequate, leading to long patient waiting times. Simpler validated methods of care are needed. In the first study in Chapter 2, the utility of a new high-sampling rate oximeter to diagnose OSA was explored. The home oximetry data collection was robust, with few failures and the data allowed the "rule in" or "rule out" of moderate-severe OSA with high degree of certainty. It is concluded that home oximetry could replace polysomnography (PSG) as a diagnostic test in a significant proportion of patients, thus allowing limited resources available for the care of those with OSA to be re-directed e.g. towards providing therapy. In Chapter 3, the diagnostic information from the oximeter was used to underpin a study designed to demonstrate that a nurse-led model of care could produce health outcomes in moderate-severe OSA not inferior to physician-led care. A randomised controlled multi-centre non-inferiority clinical trial was performed. 1,427 patients referred to 3 sleep medical centres with possible OSA were assessed. 195 patients were randomised to 2 models of care. Model A, a simplified model, involved home oximetry to diagnose moderate-severe OSA, auto-titrating constant positive airway pressure (APAP) to set a therapeutic constant positive airway pressure (CPAP), with all care supervised by an experienced nurse. Model B involved 2 laboratory PSG's, to diagnose OSA then titrate CPAP, supervised by a sleep physician. The primary endpoint was change in Epworth Sleepiness Score (ESS) measured before and after 3 months of CPAP. A range of other outcome measures were collected. The change in ESS for nurse-led management (Model A) was not inferior to the physician-led service (Model B) since the lower limit of the two-sided 95% CI did not include -2, the margin of equivalence (difference 0.13, 95% CI -1.52 to -1.25). 11 patients in Model A and 10 in Model B were lost to follow up during the trial. There were no significant differences between Model A and Model B after 3 months of CPAP in any of the other outcome measures, including CPAP adherence at 3 months. It is concluded that a simplified nurse-led model of care can produce non-inferior results to physician-directed care in the management of moderate-severe OSA. In Chapter 4 the efficacy of CPAP in normalising or improving subjective and objective sleepiness, quality of life and selected neurocognitive measures was explored. It was shown that only a proportion of patients (60% on ESS, 35% on FOSQ) normalised their scores after 3 months of CPAP therapy. This is important information. As new health care delivery strategies evolve as a result of the data presented in Chapter 3 and elsewhere, it will be crucially important to train new health care professionals in the complexities of OSA management, such that they are aware that the symptoms of patients presenting for OSA investigations can have multiple aetiologies, and may not always resolve by simply applying CPAP. The data presented in this thesis add to the evidence base in treatment of moderate-severe OSA and will help further evolve health care delivery for this important disease.


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Games as a Service (GaaS) is een verdienmodel waarbij in de computerspelindustrie continu nieuwe content wordt aangeboden, vergelijkbaar met Software as a Service, waarmee de replay value (de mate waarin een spel opnieuw kan worden gespeeld) en motivatie op de lange termijn moeten worden verhoogd.

Beschrijving
Games as a Service is een methode om geld te verdienen met computerspellen nadat ze voor het eerst zijn verkocht of als ondersteuning van een gratis te spelen model. Games die volgens het GaaS-model worden uitgebracht, ontvangen in de loop van de tijd meestal een lange of onbepaalde stroom van nieuwe inhoud waarmee inkomsten worden gegenereerd om spelers aan te moedigen te blijven betalen om het spel te ondersteunen. Deze spellen worden ook wel aangeduid als "live games" omdat ze voortdurend veranderen met deze updates.

De belangrijkste reden voor de introductie van GaaS is het financiële aspect, dat een ontwikkelaar of uitgever de mogelijkheid geeft om meer geld uit de spelers te halen dan met slechts een enkele verkoop van een spel. Hoewel niet alle spelers bereid zijn extra geld uit te geven aan nieuwe inhoud, kan er van een klein aantal spelers voldoende vraag zijn om de dienst te ondersteunen.

GaaS heeft ook tot doel softwarepiraterij te verminderen, doordat spelers tegen lage bedragen al over extra inhoud kunnen beschikken. Bovendien kunnen bepaalde games worden gedraaid op een cloudserver, waardoor ze niet meer op computers en consoles van spelers hoeven te worden geïnstalleerd.

Geschiedenis
Het idee van Games as a Service begon met de introductie van massively multiplayer online games (MMOG's of MMO's) zoals World of Warcraft, waar het abonnementsmodel van het spel de ontwikkelaar en uitgever continu inkomsten uit de creatie van nieuwe inhoud gaf. Een grote invloed op het gebruik van GaaS was de uitbreiding van mobiel gamen, waar vaak een sociaal element in zit, zoals een competitie met vrienden. De Chinese spelontwikkelaar Tencent Games was een van de eersten die in 2007 en 2008 tussenbeide kwam en verschillende manieren bedacht om geld te verdienen met zijn producten als dienstverlening aan Chinese gamers, en is sindsdien uitgegroeid tot 's werelds grootste aanbieder van mobiele computerspellen op basis van inkomsten.

Vormen
Enkele vormen en voorbeelden van het GaaS-model zijn:

Spelabonnement Veel massively multiplayer online games (MMO's) gebruiken maandelijkse abonnementsmodellen. De inkomsten hieruit worden gebruikt om de servers te betalen waarop de spelsoftware draait, het onderhoud en beheer, licenties, en de ontwikkeling van nieuwe inhoud in het spel.
Abonnementsdienst Diensten zoals EA Play, Uplay en Xbox Game Pass geven abonnees volledige toegang tot een bibliotheek met computerspellen die digitaal worden aangeboden. De gebruiker kan deze spellen downloaden naar zijn computer of spelconsole om ze te spelen. Om te kunnen blijven spelen, moet de gebruiker het abonnement steeds verlengen. Meestal worden nieuwe spellen van tijd tot tijd geïntroduceerd.
Cloudgaming Met diensten als PlayStation Now, GeForce Now of Google Stadia kunnen gebruikers games spelen die op servers in een datacenter draaien zonder deze spellen te hoeven downloaden of installeren. Het enige wat men nodig heeft is een snelle internetverbinding.
Microtransacties Een aankoop in een spel die extra inhoud biedt, zoals downloadbare inhoud, nieuwe levels, items, wapens, voertuigen, kleding, power-ups, spelvaluta en voorwerpen als loot boxes. Spelers hoeven deze (uiterlijke) voorwerpen niet per se met echt geld te kopen, het is ook mogelijk door te blijven spelen dat men bijvoorbeeld virtuele munten krijgt die omgewisseld kunnen worden.
Season Pass Spellen met een seizoenspas bieden een of meer inhoudsupdates in de vorm van downloadbare inhoud gedurende ongeveer een jaar of een seizoen. Spellen zoals L.A. Noire, Destiny, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege en Call of Duty: Black Ops II maken gebruik van dit model.
Battle Pass Een verwant concept van de Season Pass is de Battle Pass (gevechtspas), die nieuwe aanpassingsopties en beloningen biedt die een speler kan verdienen door uitdagingen in een spel te voltooien, maar alleen nadat hij de Battle Pass heeft gekocht. De trend werd in 2017 vooral versterkt door het battle royale-genre als alternatief voor de controversiële loot boxes. Het eerste bekende voorbeeld van een Battle Pass is Dota 2. Andere bekende voorbeelden zijn Fortnite, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Apex Legends en Rocket League.

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  Games as a Service: How free to play design can make better games, uitgeverij CRC, 2014.

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By: Abbie Seto
I moved to Canada about 2 years ago from Hong Kong, and I experienced a massive cultural shift. The culture and lifestyle here are drastically different as compared to Hong Kong. It took me a while to find my place, and there were undoubtedly a variety of challenges I experienced as well. There were many times when I felt odd, out of place, and not welcomed, but that was until I met my close friends now, many of whom are also either first-generation or second-generation immigrants. We often bonded over the mutual understanding of the struggles to seek to balance in our identity of being Canadian and our cultural heritage. Through time, real-life observation, and the portrayal of the media, I have seen that the term "immigrant" can mean many different things for a lot of people and what constitutes a "proper" immigrant. I would say an immigrant is a person who is permanently residing in a place that's not their native country. In some countries, for someone to be officially an immigrant, they are required to go through many tests and application processes. As of 2016, about 21.9% of Canada's population are immigrants and that number has continued to multiply over the years. Canada has the 8th largest population of immigrants globally, with the United States in the lead.
There has been a lot of contradicting opinions on the idea of immigrants and their role in society. Many have described Canada as either a tossed-up salad or a melting pot, and there are still many debates regarding which theory is better. Some people believe immigrants are a burden to society for taking up jobs and social benefits. While others believe immigrants increase the country's strength. I personally choose to believe that Canada is a tossed up salad as opposed to a melting pot. Over the years, Canada has opened its arms to a diverse range of cultures, and it is still continuing to do so in order to progressively build towards a more multiculturally diverse society. It has allowed people to express and maintain their own culture and cultural identity without assimilating into a homogenous culture. Everybody has the opportunity to grow and thrive. However, as idealistic as it may seem, a lot of non-immigrants have still expressed their concerns about the rapid growth of immigration. This usually causes them to close their minds toward this entirely new population entering the country. Many want immigrants to assimilate into mainstream culture as they don't like how diverse society is becoming. This has brought up a lot of underlying issues with nationalism and patriotism. This is beyond the fact that people believe immigrants are a burden to the economy because realistically, a lot of these issues are rooted in one common cause: Fear.
People don't adapt well to change, and once there are new people who are bringing change to their community, they need time to get used to it which then brings fear, and fear instills resentment. Some people are insecure and are fearful of what this type of change can bring to their community. As more diverse cultures are introduced, many people resent them because they don't understand them. Many cases of racism can also be interpreted as cases of misunderstandings. People are so easily clouded with fear and judgment that they are blindsided and don't see the reality in front of them, the fact that globalization and technology have revolutionized and interconnected the world over the past decade, and it's not the same as it was 20 years ago. Take the previously mentioned surge of cases of anti-Asian hate crimes for example. To put it lightly, it is people's naivety and ignorance that has allowed for it to happen. It has allowed for fear to take over, for humanity to our bodies, and it has allowed for hate to come into play.
To conclude, I remember last year when my teacher asked me, "What determines a Canadian?", which is a question that has followed me to this day. I believe it's beyond living the Canadian lifestyle and living on Canadian soil. It's the feeling and pride of being a part of this multicultural diverse community and sharing the common value of being a Canadian. It's being a part of this nation. Although I'm a second-generation immigrant, I feel proud to be one and like many others, I belong here. I believe, especially after all the hardships immigrants have to face, they do belong in where they are currently residing. It's a horrible feeling to be segregated and feel unwanted. We realize the profound effect globalization is having and that we are living in a globalizing world. It's an outdated concept to believe that we are limited by geographical boundaries and constrained to one identity. We cannot effectively progress as a world if we are all bound by our own selfish personal bubble. Understandably, the topic of immigrants is a mixed blessing. However, there is more good than bad. The subject of immigration is not just a one-way street, it should be seen from a variety of perspectives, and there are still issues this topic brings that has yet to be acknowledged. Therefore we must open our minds, be accepting, see things through a different pair of lenses, and tackle these issues together. We must stand up for each other, especially against these acts of discrimination. We may have different backgrounds; however, we ultimately do have a collective identity as a group of people living on this land called Canada. We are part of a nation, and to go forward, we must do it together united.
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Updated on March 1, 2020 February 19, 2020
March's Author of the Month: P. G. Bell
Where did you write The Train to Impossible Places?
I wrote it in a local coffee shop (where fellow children's author Claire Fayers and I still get together to write every week), and at work in Cardiff University's physics and engineering library. I was a part time library assistant there, and in the evenings after all the students had gone home for tea it was usually quiet enough for me to settle down and work on the manuscript.
It started as a bedtime story for my eldest son who, out of the blue one evening, asked me for "a brand-new story that no one's ever heard before." I had to think quick, so drew on my own favourite childhood stories such as The Magic Faraway Tree, The Worst Witch and anything by Roald Dahl. I've always loved stories about exploring new worlds, or turning our expectations of the everyday upside down. My son and I both enjoyed the story so much that, after a year of revising it in my imagination, I finally decided to try writing it down. The final book is bigger and more complex than that first bedtime story, but all the original ingredients are still in place.
The pace of your book is rather like an express train; how long did it take you to write The Train to Impossible Places?
The first draft took me exactly 100 days! I'm not normally that precise but, for reasons that escape me now, I kept a log of my daily word count when writing it. It took another four or five months to edit once it had found a publisher, but it was a remarkably quick process. I think having already told the story out loud, and then having a year to think it through, really helped the writing process.
Letters form a major theme which is something that is rather alien to the younger generation in the electronic world we now live in. Was this a worry to you whilst writing your story? Do you get any letters from your readers?
I used to love sending and receiving letters when I was young. I had several friends across the country (and one or two abroad) that I wrote to pretty frequently. But then the internet arrived when I was 18 and it all stopped. The thing is, we were all so excited by the new technology at the time that we hardly noticed. It's understandable — communication became almost effortless overnight — but I think we need to fight to keep a place for letter writing, which is so much more personal than e-mail or Instant Messenger's. So, I'm thrilled that some of my readers have started writing to me. I receive some lovely correspondence, and I always reply.
Why trolls?!
Because trolls are really versatile creatures, and come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and personalities depending on what sort of story you're telling. Are they big and mean and stupid, like in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone? Or are they small and wise, like the trolls in Frozen? Are they made of stone? Are they appealing or fearsome? The one thing that all trolls seem to have in common is that they're a bit lumpy and strange. They're the sort of creatures who will always have dirt under their fingernails. What better creature to be driving a gigantic train?
What does a day in the life of P G Bell look like when you're writing?
It's flexible, but I always start with the school run first thing in the morning. Once I've waved my sons off in the playground, I'll head home and make myself a large pot of coffee, then sit down and start writing. I usually aim for about 2000 words per day, and that takes me a few hours. I'll break for lunch, then catch up on admin, e-mails and whatever bits of housework need doing before the boys get home from school.
Describe your book in three words?
Fast, funny, surprising.
How would you describe yourself as a child?
I was a daydreamer — easily bored, easily distracted and with my head full of stories, even before I started writing them down. That's thanks to my parents, who gave me a love of reading from an early age and never stood between me and books.
What was your favourite book as a child?
I had lots of favourites, but the ones that have stuck with me are The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton, The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy and Trouble for Trumpets, which is a lavishly illustrated picture book by Peter Cross and Peter Dallas-Smith. It's not terribly well known, which is a shame because I think it's a masterpiece.
What was your favourite subject at school and why?
I've always loved to draw, so art was my favourite subject. It's just another way of telling stories.
Which book are you reading at the moment?
I'm reading three right now: North Child by Edith Pattou, which is an epic Middle Grade fairy tale about a teenage girl's quest to save a talking polar bear from a terrible enchantment; Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend, which is the second in the Nevermoor series and just as much fun as the first; and Lobbying for Change by Alberto Alemanno, which is all about grassroots activism and how normal people can impact the society around them.
If you had the opportunity to meet any author (alive or dead!), who would you meet and why?
Diana Wynne-Jones, because I only started reading her books a few years ago and they're simply wonderful. She's no longer with us, sadly, but I'd love to be able to sit down and chat with her about her approach to storytelling. Check out Howl's Moving Castle if you've never read any of her work before!
What are the main messages you would like readers to take from reading your book?
I try not to write books about messages if I can help it, because they can start to overpower the story. That's not to say the book doesn't raise lots of important themes and questions, but I leave it up to the reader to draw their own conclusions about them. As long as the book brought them joy, I'm happy.
What advice do you have for young writers?
The first bit of advice is to read often and widely — don't just stick to the sorts of stories you know you enjoy, but give yourself the chance to be surprised by something new. Your favourites will always be there for you to revisit and if you find you're not enjoying a new book, abandon it and move on to another.
The more you read, the more you'll understand how stories work and the more you'll want to tell your own. There's no right or wrong way to do it, you've just got to find the method that works best for you. You might be a planner or an improviser, you might write in order or jump around from scene to scene. Just make sure you write a little every day and don't stop until your story's finished.
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Comerica Park To Be Among MLB Teams To Host "Apollo At The Park"
Fly Published: May 19, 2019
This Summer is the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing and a few Major League Baseball stadiums will celebrate with "Apollo at The Park".
According to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, 15 MLB stadiums will have "Apollo at The Park" this June.
To celebrate, Comerica Park in Detroit will be one of the ballparks that will feature a replica statue of Neil Armstrong's spacesuit.
Fenway Park, Yankee Stadium, Wrigley Field are just some of the others that will feature this statue.
The statues are scheduled to arrive in June and will be available to view until the fall.
Fans will be able to interact with the suit as you can scan it to experience the Apollo 11 mission.
You can also find out the latest on when the suits will arrive and more @airandspace on Twitter.
Fans are also asked to share photos with the statues. You can share on Twitter and Instagram using #SnapTheSuit.
For more details on the "Apollo at The Park" you can check out the story from the Air and Space Museum here.
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Portage Licensing Trust by-election
10 February, 2014 | Featured Post, News, Portage Licensing Trust
Voting closes tomorrow in the Portage Licensing Trust by-election. You have until midday on 11 February to vote.
It is now too late to post your vote. Completed voting documents can be hand delivered to a ballot box at one of the following locations:
Electoral Office, Election Services, Level 2, 198 Federal Street, Auckland;
Auckland Council Henderson Service Centre, 6 Henderson Valley Road, Henderson.
For more information please contact: the Electoral Office, Portage Licensing Trust and Waitakere Licensing Trust, telephone 973 5212.
Introducing our candidate Lorraine Wilson
Hi my name is Lorraine Wilson. I am standing with City Vision, a team of Labour, Green, and community independents that have been working hard in communities across Auckland for many years.
The Portage Trust area has been my home for most of my life. I attended Avondale College when I was younger, and raised four daughters in Blockhouse Bay, where I still live. I care about our community, and that's why I've put my hand up to get involved over the last x decades, serving several years on the old Avondale Community Board. I have also been on the Portage Trust for over twenty years, from 1992 until 2013, and I was Vice-President for several terms.
In October I missed out on re-election by only 9 votes, which shows that every vote really does count!
During my tenure so far, we have ensured responsible provision of alcohol and gaming in our community, upgraded community facilities, and provided jobs and careers for young people. But my work is not done. I still have much to do and much to contribute, and I need your help.
If re-elected, I plan to continue my work to:
Bring sound financial management through the Trust Board.
Ensure social responsibility in operating liquor and pokie venues
Work to increase returns to community organisations
Maximise benefits for local people through job and career opportunities
Vote for social responsibility. Vote for experience. Vote for a proven track record of serving out community.
Please vote for me, Lorraine Wilson, City Vision, for the Portage Licensing Trust – Auckland Ward.
Portage Licensing Trust (covering Glendene, Kelston, Glen Eden, Kaurilands, Titirangi, Laingholm, Parau, Cornwallis, Huia, Little Huia, Whatipu, Green Bay, New Lynn, Avondale, Waterview, Blockhouse Bay, New Windsor and Owairaka west of Richardson and Boundary roads).


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Lightning Lily powers home
LIGHTNING LILY staved off a last-gasp lunge by THORNHILL MISS to land yesterday's fillies-only Titania Trophy by a half-length, clocking 1:06.3 for five and a half furlongs.Partnered by Oneil Mullings, speedy LIGHTNING LILY chased 9-1 outsider ARTHUR'S DREAM, who got a flying start from the gate to carry the first two furlongs in a split of 23.0 seconds flat.LIGHTNING LILY, the 6-5 favourite, moved up to test ARTHUR'S DREAM three-and-a-half furlongs out, ahead of highly fancied EARTH ANGEL running at odds of 7-2. However, ARTHUR'S DREAM responded by quickening under apprentice Dane Dawkins to carry the field into the final turn.Meanwhile, THORNHILL MISS, who was unable to match the speedsters' pace down the backstretch, came challenging five wide off the turn with Wesley Henry, hot on the heels of the leaders.Always travelling well, LIGHTNING LILY renewed her challenge to tackle ARTHUR'S DREAM early in the straight and grabbed the lead a furlong out.Ridden out by Mullings, LIGHTNING LILY quickened away nicely, but had to be driven out inside the last half-furlong to stave off THORNHILL MISS, who came with a strong run on the outside, but too late to catch Feanny's runner.EXPERIENCED HORSESARTHUR'S DREAM stayed on for third ahead of EARTH ANGEL, both running for the second time against experienced horses.Two whopping outsiders, VERY CLASSIC at 15-1 in the opening event and 14-1 shocker, SMASH AMUSEMENT, smashed all Sunrise Pick-6 bets, sending a carry-over of $1,751,870.25 to Tuesday's Labour Day meet, which has the 1820-metre Mark My Word Trophy for open allowance horses and the 1200-metre Labour Day Trophy as co-features.Champion trainer Wayne DaCosta has five runners in the Mark My Word Trophy, including PERFECT NEIGHBOUR, who returns to the route circuit for the first time since finishing fourth in last November's Superstakes. read more
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Tony Becca | Wanted: a Jamaica-Windies player, or two
HARD TO SWALLOW LOW ON PRIORITY LIST Although Jamaicans know the reason for the absence of matches, as a Jamaican the situation is hard to swallow, even if Jamaicans understand why Jamaica cannot afford to bid to host the matches. The absence of a Jamaican on the squad to India, however, is a horse of a different colour, and Jamaicans should stop, think, and try to find out why no Jamaican is in the squad. Is it, as some have suggested, that the selectors do not like Jamaicans, or is it that, at this time, no Jamaican is good enough? Apart from the fact the president of the West Indies board, Dave Cameron, is a Jamaican, I do not believe that this so, and I do not believe it is so when I remember that in the recent past three Jamaicans, Jimmy Adams, Walsh, and Gayle, captained the West Indies team, and the times when four or five Jamaicans were in the playing 11. There were also the times when players like a young Headley in 1930, a young and inexperienced Alfred Valentine in 1950, a young and inexperienced Holding in 1975, and when a young and inexperienced Marlon Samuels in 2000, two years after his one first-class match, played his first Test match, at age 19, in Australia. There was also the time, in 1999, when seven Jamaicans were selected to tour New Zealand. For many years, Jamaicans questioned the continued absence of Nikita Miller in the team, but this time they cannot reasonably do so, and certainly not after Jomel Warrican's recent performance. In three matches against England 'A', the left-arm spin bowler claimed 31 wickets, and that could not, or cannot, be scoffed at. No, it is not dislike of Jamaicans and Jamaica or anything like that. Jamaica do not, at this time, really deserve a place on the team, at least not on present performance. The absence of Jamaican cricketers, or the presence of very few, in West Indies teams, and the performance of Jamaica's teams in regional cricket, is more a reflection of the state of cricket in Jamaica. The governance of Jamaica's cricket is good, may be very good, as far as the financial and the administrative side of things are concerned. When the West Indies leave for India next month they will do so without a single Jamaican in the touring party. Although this will not be the first time that this has happened in the 90 years of the West Indies in international cricket, it must be of concern, not only to Jamaica but to the entire West Indian cricket community. Jamaica, after all, is not only the most populated member-country of West Indies cricket, and as such is an important, or should be an important part, to cricket in the region, but it has a special place in the history of West Indies cricket. The father of West Indies cricket is George Headley, the first truly great West Indies player, and Headley is followed by the likes of Lawrence Rowe, Michael Holding, Courtney Walsh, and Christopher Gayle, some of the illustrious names in world cricket. In the early years, it was unthinkable to even contemplate a West Indies team without a Jamaican in it, and later on, the absence of a Jamaican in the team, as happened a few times, was something worth talking about. Today, however, that seems to be the norm, and it is of serious concern to Jamaicans. Even remembering the controversy between the board and some of the players, and despite the appearance of a few in limited-over matches, the last Jamaican, for example, to represent the West Indies in a Test match was Jermaine Blackwood versus Zimbabwe four series ago in 2017. On top of that, and after a record five straight victories in the four-day championship, Jamaica has been doing poorly in regional competitions lately, Jamaican representatives have been negligible in the last two youth World Cup tournaments, matches in Jamaica against top-ranked teams, including England, seem to be a thing of the past, and something as historic as the women's T20 championship, with the West Indies defending the title and a Jamaican expected to continue as the captain, will not play a single match in Jamaica. The business of cricket, however, appears to be low down on the list of priorities. When it comes to cricket development, the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA), all the members of the JCA, those who plan the way forward, those who plan the competitions, and those who coach the young players are not doing enough. Although the JCA, to its credit, has started a youth programme in some clubs, it needs to do more work, the kind of work India have done over the years in an effort to produce fast bowlers of quality, the kind of work New Zealand have done over the years to produce real fast bowlers, and the kind of work Afghanistan have done over the years to produce magical wrist spinners. Jamaicans need to change their way of doing things. They need to set goals, to work every day, and not just by having a camp when a tournament is coming around at the end of which they select some players and pronounce that they have selected a good team and that they are going to win, even when it is an age group team, even when they do not know the strength of the competing teams, and come back home with the trophy. On their return home, however, after losing, it is usually, if not always, the same story, or excuse. "Although we were as talented as all the teams, we were not as prepared as the other teams"; "it was a good learning exercise, however"; and "next year, with most of the boys available, we will be prepared and will do better" are some of the usual comments. Apart from the fact that there has hardly been any follow-up, the JCA needs to revisit its top competitions. Playing teams who are not interested in cricket, who disrespect the game, who do not train and practise, who, among other things, fail to field a full team, and get dismissed for a handful of runs in a few overs, time and time again and keep returning season after season, is not only a waste of time, it not only affects the progress of others, but it is also a waste of money. Jamaican administers need a mirror, they need to look into it, and they need to focus on developing cricket and cricketers. Jamaica plays lot of cricket, including cricket in almost all age groups. The JCA, however, needs to look at the cricket it plays, plan properly for development, and while doing so, organise women's cricket properly so that the women play regularly. Jamaica's cricketers also need to stop and think, to get jealous of some of the territories, to remember their heritage, and to really train and practise. read more
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Stick a card in the meter
But that doesn't mean all meter headaches will be alleviated: The city also will study whether meter rates should be raised in busy areas. "There has not been a rate increase in 17 years for 81 percent of the meters we have," Greuel said. "It's time to look at what we're charging and see if we should be changing rates." In a May 7 report to the City Council, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation said the steadily aging meters are reaching the end of their usefulness and are underperforming. In the past two years, revenue collected from the meters has dropped about 7 percent, or $1.6 million, according to the report. At the same time, calls to the city's meter hotline to report problems have risen 50 percent. In a single three-month period, officials also noted that nearly 1,000 meters had to be "re-keyed" after they were broken into. "New meter devices are urgently needed," wrote Transportation General Manager Gloria Jeff. Los Angeles is not alone. Cities across the country also have been increasingly upgrading their meters. Earlier this year, Redwood City, Calif., announced that it will install multispace meters downtown that run on solar power and allow drivers to pay with coins, bills, credit cards and even a cell phone. In that plan, a single pay-by-space meter is located on a block and motorists enter their parking space number into the meter, along with the amount of time they want to park. In downtown Colorado Springs, drivers can swipe special prepaid cards into meters that allow them to pay only for the time they use. When motorists leave the parking spot, they swipe the card again and the remaining time is put back onto the card. About 850 of the city's 2,415 meters are set up to use the cards, but officials hope to expand that in the next year. In Los Angeles, the $15 million for the first two years of the five-year meter program would come from the city's Special Parking Revenue Fund. Greuel said new parking meters can be a key in easing weary motorists' frustrations. "It also is a matter of getting traffic moving," Greuel said. "We have studies that show the impact of parking meters on traffic in areas like Westwood Village where people drive around looking for spaces." rick.orlov@dailynews.com (213) 978-0390160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You're all set! But now city officials hope to solve some of those headaches. Under a $15 million program, city officials are hoping to replace Los Angeles' antiquated parking meters with more theft-resistant, high-tech machines that will take not only coins, but credit cards and debit cards. "This is a matter of public convenience and helping bring in additional revenue to the city," Councilwoman Wendy Greuel said. The City Council agreed Wednesday to have the Department of Transportation survey firms across the country to assess new meter technologies. Ultimately, the city hopes to find a cutting-edge design to replace all of Los Angeles' 40,000 parking meters. Parking meters: They're the bane of motorists everywhere. In traffic-clogged Los Angeles, you can search block after block for an empty parking spot, only to find one and realize you don't have enough change for the meter. You have plenty of Benjamins and plastic – but the meter takes only coins. Thieves also have found a way to knock off the machines, making off with the nickels, dimes and quarters that drivers have diligently fished out of the recesses of their cars to pump into hungry meters. read more
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Four things Spurs need to do to reach the next level
This should be a huge boost with fans flooding back to watch their heroes and fully get behind the team, something which has been lacking this season.If the team and supporters settle quickly then the club could get a huge boost next season. In their final season at White Hart Lane where Spurs went unbeaten on home soil in the league it felt like the crowd were sucking the ball into the back of the net and this is needed once more.2. Improve the midfieldThe loss of Mousa Dembele has been huge this season, while injuries have seen Mauricio Pochettino forced, more often than not, to field Harry Winks and Moussa Sissoko as a midfield two, with either Christian Eriksen or Dele Alli occasionally dropping deeper to make it a three.If Spurs are to reach another level they need to sign at least one world-class ball progressing midfielder, like Tanguy Ndombele, while if Eriksen is to leave in the summer a creative force is also a must.On top of this, another playmaker would be a wise addition given the lack of competition for Eriksen in recent years. Which teams do the best on Boxing Day in the Premier League era? LATEST FOOTBALL STORIES "Of course, maybe that is our limit. It's a little bit sad, but maybe we need to start to think that we need to operate in a different way from the start of next season."I think we need to find the way to operate that we can provide the club to try to achieve the last step."I think we are doing a fantastic job in the last four/five years, but I think we need more and still we are not there. The duos' performances in contrast with how Ricardo Pereira has got on at Leicester City has many supporters raging as they clearly missed out on the better player when they eventually signed Aurier.A replacement at right-back is essential, while the promotion of Kyle Walker-Peters should be considered if both are turfed out by Pochettino.On the opposite flank, Danny Rose is finally getting back to his former self but Ben Davies, at the highest level isn't good enough as a wing-back. His versatility makes him a great option but the fact he is ineligible for homegrown status in the Champions League means he could be a shock name on the chopping block. 7 Tottenham players looked dejected after their late defeat to Southampton on Saturday Upon having his title upgraded from head coach to manager, Pochettino was handed more control over transfers but right now he seems unable to strike the right balance and a helping hand is needed.Had the club been wiser last summer they would have at least had Jack Grealish on the books and right now it's hard to argue he wouldn't have played at least 30 times for the club and allowed players like Harry Winks some vital rest without stretching the squad. Top nine Premier League free transfers of the decade REVEALED 3. Upgrade the full-backsAgainst Arsenal, Kieran Trippier was bullied relentlessly by Alex Iwobi and has struggled to find the form which saw him thrill at the World Cup last summer.Team-mate Sissoko has often been tasked with covering the England international so he isn't so tortured by his opponents, which can leave Spurs light in the middle, which isn't ideal.Meanwhile, Serge Aurier, Borussia Dortmund performance aside, looks far from the marauding full-back seen at Paris Saint-Germain. Often the Ivorian looks timid going forward and rarely looks to beat a man, which lets Tottenham down in games where they have the majority of possession. Berahino hits back at b******t Johnson criticism – 'I was in a dark place at Stoke' RANKED Forbes list reveals how much Mayweather, Ronaldo and Messi earned this decade shining Tottenham Hotspur manager watches his side lose 2-1 to Southampton. Tottenham Hotspur's 2-1 defeat to Southampton has left the club battling to remain in the Premier League's top four.Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea are all now aiming to knock Spurs out of Champions League qualification places. And a frustrated Mauricio Pochettino has admitted the team may now be at their maximum capacity and need to reach another level next season.Reacting to the defeat, Pochettino told talkSPORT's Alex Crook: "It's a difficult thing, we are talking about the last nearly five years to change a mentality."That is a clear example that we are still not mature enough."When you talk a lot and when you find a lot of solution, it's only one way, it's to try to change, making different decisions that's from the past. Oxlade-Chamberlain suffers another setback as Klopp confirms serious injury REPLY The new stadium could well be opened soon "If we want to put the club in the last step like the people is talking, it's of course that we need to find a way to try to provide the club the style that is going to make us to be better."But if Tottenham are to reach another level, what needs to happen at the club? talkSPORT.com takes a look.1. Get settled in the new stadiumAfter more than a year-and-a-half away from White Hart Lane, the fans and players became far too fatigued.Even season ticket holders stopped going to Wembley with the extra travel and the lack of atmosphere taking the fun out of seeing Spurs play.If their new arena gets through the two planned test events they will play their last five home matches at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – or whatever the new name will be. BEST OF Former Tottenham director of football Damien Comolli 7 Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Christian Eriksen could be on the move. 7 Kieran Trippier scored an embarrassing own goal against Chelsea and his been poor for most of the season no dice @Lilywhite_Rose REVEALED Every time Ally McCoist lost it on air in 2019, including funny XI reactions Where Ancelotti ranks with every Premier League boss for trophies won ADVICE MONEY Premier League Team of the Season so far, including Liverpool and Leicester stars 7 Son ban confirmed as Tottenham fail with appeal to overturn red card huge blow 7 Ben Davies could be a casualty in any Pochettino overhaul 4. Appoint a sporting directorAcross the years, Tottenham have had numerous sporting directors, technical directors, chief scouts and head of football operations with Frank Arnesen, Damien Comolli, Franco Baldini, and Paul Mitchell being the most remembered.Without one currently, Spurs appear to be struggling to identify key signings and if they are to be more focused this summer and in the future employing a new one should be considered. 7 Ronaldo warned Lukaku how hard scoring goals in Serie A would be before Inter move 7 read more
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Bernardo Silva and Aguero benched: Everton vs Man City live on talkSPORT
Liverpool transfer news live: Star man wanted by Real Madrid, Mbappe latest and more BIG PRESENTS UP TOP The form book says Man City should cruise to victory at Everton latest appointed What every Premier League club's fans dream of this Christmas An action-packed GameDay on talkSPORT concludes when Premier League champions Manchester City face struggling Everton at Goodison Park.After bringing you live commentary of Sheffield United vs Liverpool and Chelsea vs Brighton, we will head to Merseyside for a game which could have huge implications. statement What's the last thing you want when you're under pressure and struggling for results? A visit from the champions in front of your home crowd.Despite not facing any of the established top six in their opening six fixtures, Everton find themselves 14th in the table following back-to-back defeats.Man City, on the other hand, thrashed Watford 8-0 in their last Premier League outing and they'll be keen to stay within touching distance of league leaders Liverpool, following their lunch-time win at Bramall Lane.Toffees boss Marco Silva may begin to fear for his job if his side lose again, especially after such a humiliating defeat to newly-promoted Sheffield United at Goodison Park last weekend. on target Top scorer in 2019: Messi, Mbappe and Sterling trailing Europe's top marksman Steve Round reveals how Mikel Arteta convinced him to join Arsenal staff targets LATEST FOOTBALL NEWS Ian Holloway thinks Arsenal have made a mistake in hiring Mikel Arteta Spurs investigation into alleged racial abuse of Rudiger is so far 'inconclusive' Strugglers Wigan hold Blackburn to goalless draw in Championship 1 rookie error stalemate Video Player is loading.Play VideoPlayMuteCurrent Time 0:00/Duration 2:40Loaded: 6.20%Stream Type LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time -2:40 Playback Rate1xChaptersChaptersDescriptionsdescriptions off, selectedCaptionscaptions settings, opens captions settings dialogcaptions off, selectedAudio Tracken (Main), selectedFullscreenThis is a modal window.Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.TextColorWhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentTransparentWindowColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyTransparentSemi-TransparentOpaqueFont Size50%75%100%125%150%175%200%300%400%Text Edge StyleNoneRaisedDepressedUniformDropshadowFont FamilyProportional Sans-SerifMonospace Sans-SerifProportional SerifMonospace SerifCasualScriptSmall CapsReset restore all settings to the default valuesDoneClose Modal DialogEnd of dialog window.Close Modal DialogThis is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.PlayMuteCurrent Time 0:00/Duration 0:00Loaded: 0%Stream Type LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time -0:00 Playback Rate1xFullscreen Everton vs Man City: How to listenOur coverage will begin on talkSPORT at 5.15pm before the match kicks off at 5.30pm.To tune in, just click here for the live stream or click the radio player below.You can also listen through the talkSPORT App, on DAB Digital Radio or on MW 1053 or 1089.For more information about how to listen LIVE on talkSPORT click here.Everton vs Man City: Team newsThe big news sees Bernardo Silva drop to the bench despite scoring a hat-trick against Watford in their last Premier League outing.Riyad Mahrez starts instead of the Portugal international.Meanwhile, Gabriel Jesus has been given the nod ahead of hotshot Sergio Aguero. Fernandinho plays at centre-back alongside Nicolas Otamendi.As for Everton, they have made two changes from their defeat last weekend.Theo Walcott and Dominic Calvert-Lewin come in for Bernard and Moise Kean.Everton: Pickford, Coleman, Mina, Keane, Digne, Schneiderlin, Delph, Sigurdsson, Walcott, Richarlison, Calvert-LewinSubs: Lossl, Holgate, Tosun, Iwobi, Sidibe, Davies, KeanManchester City: Ederson, Walker, Fernandinho, Otamendi, Zinchenko, Rodri, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Mahrez, Sterling, JesusSubs: Bravo, Aguero, Bernardo Silva, David Silva, Mendy, Cancelo, Foden Tony Cascarino backs Everton to sign two strikers for Carlo Ancelotti Raheem Sterling on same level as Messi and Ronaldo, says Trevor Sinclair read more
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SA's youth can beat drugs
Young Jarred Gaskin succumbed to the lure of drugs, and wasted an opportunity to make a name for himself in football. "Don't try it at all," he said. Crystal Davids, 18, chose to study law because of the job opportunities it has to offer and because it can make a positive impact on society.(Images: Shamin Chibba) MEDIA CONTACTS • Counselling and Careers Development Unit, Wits University +27 11 717 9140/32• Sanca South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence 086 14 72622 (toll-free)• Linda Mbongwa Media liaison officer National Youth Development Agency +27 11 651 7053 or +27 82 315 3217 RELATED ARTICLES • Daniel Duda's success story • Keep our youth drug-free • Protect and support each other • Youth Day to mark student protests • Young people: own your destinyShamin ChibbaSouth African Jarred Gaskin was 17 years old when he was chosen to play for Arsenal Football Club's youth team in England. He returned to his home in Johannesburg and was given two months to apply for British citizenship, which would allow him to play there.But within that two months, Gaskin got involved with bad company and became hooked on crystal methamphetamine, or meth as it is colloquially known – a highly addictive man-made drug that elicits a strong bout of energy. As a result, he threw a promising football career away.Gaskin's misfortune is testament to the modern-day youth's struggle against drugs. And though the problem seems to be escalating, some young people say it can be beaten. Boipelo Masidi, a third-year architecture student at Wits University, said the first time she was exposed to drugs was when she left her home in Potchefstroom and moved to Johannesburg. "I have been offered cocaine. And the people who offer you are young and I know they are students because I see them around campus."Unlike generations past, who had to deal with racial discrimination and political upheavals, those born after apartheid face a new kind of struggle against poverty and high levels of unemployment, which in turn leads to substance abuse. "We are dealing with trying to find economic freedom. Drugs are part of that struggle," said Masidi.Aidan van Staden, a screen acting student at Afda Film School and a born-free South African (born after 1994), said drugs are more reachable because youth his age have easier access to transport and various means of mobile communications. However, Van Staden thought exposure to drugs will allow one to make an educated decision on whether to dabble in them or not. "With that knowledge you will know how to deal with it and make the right choice."For a few, drugs have become less taboo. Jessica Elonga, 20, who is originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo but has lived in South Africa for the last six years, believes society has accepted drug use as part of growing up as a teenager. "It depends on your environment. Those who are not protected from the world grow up automatically thinking it is normal for you to [take drugs]." Drug use a "passing phase"Gaskin still harbours regret for becoming addicted to a drug he knew would turn his life upside down. He weighed 97 kilograms during his football playing days. In the two months he used meth, he lost 19 kilograms. "It really is not worth it. You will say you only want to try it once but the feeling is addictive and it will mess up your life."At the time, Gaskin was influenced by peers who were eight years older than he was. Meth, he explained, boosts energy levels. But the come-downs often lead to depression and irritability. To keep the euphoric feeling, Gaskin always searched for more. "This was near the end of last year, during my matric finals. My marks could have been better."Gaskin cleaned himself up after his father caught him taking meth. He now gets tested every Friday. Today, the 19-year-old works for a motor insurance company in Johannesburg and will study financial management next year.He offered a solution to youth who have not been exposed to drugs. "Just don't try it at all. And for those who are addicted; go for rehabilitation."Masidi is hopeful that drug abuse is a passing phase for her generation and that they can overcome it. If one is looking to get away from drugs, she said they should start by telling their parents about it and make them understand why they were using it. "The first step is recognising that you have a problem." Masidi added that students, particularly at Wits University, can consult the Counselling and Careers Development Unit, which helps drug users beat their problem. "There is no reason to say you are stuck in a situation because there is a lot of help out there."Twenty-year-old Angela Mchunu suggested that young adults who have drug problems should keep away from bad company and, instead, surround themselves with people who can influence them positively. "If you are in it already, it is hard to say no [to drugs]."Law student Crystal Davids, 18, thought people take drugs because they cannot handle the pressures of life. "They take the easy way out." Davids grew up in Eldorado Park in the south of Johannesburg, where the drug epidemic has recently reached a tipping point. With the help of police and with support from the highest levels of government, the community is currently on a major drive to root out drug dealers.Taksheeta Pursooth, a human physiology student from Mayfair in Johannesburg, said drugs affect both the user and the loved ones around them. "It does affect you emotionally especially if the person is close to you." She added that some young men and women in her community have lost their lives to drugs and alcohol. However, Pursooth accepted that such social problems have always existed and will not go away any time soon – they can only be lessened. South Africa's youth "ready to lead because they are ready to listen"South Africa's young men and women will inherit the country in coming years. Some of them will become the chief executives of major corporations, others will become political leaders of South Africa. And they truly believe they are prepared to take on that responsibility.For too long, Mchunu said, her generation had been portrayed in a negative light, which she believed is not entirely true. "There are people who are striving for greater things and who can turn this country around for the better."Van Staden said his age group has aspirations and knows exactly where they want to go. "I see a lot of people my age as educated, focused and broadminded. They are ready to lead because they are ready to listen." He felt the country that today's young people will inherit would still have its problems, which are merely opportunities to learn and grow. A mechanical engineering student, who wished to remain anonymous, said his generation will be one of the best the country would have produced. "There are lots of people out there who are motivated. We want to do major things, make lots of money, be very influential people and change the world. In my school we all left saying we going to be big in whatever we are going to do. We were sure of that."He added that once his generation lead the country, South Africa will begin to grow properly. "These are the people who are awakened to the possibilities and what South Africa can be."For Davids, people her age are taking life more seriously and have become wiser. Indeed, Davids is the embodiment of her words. She chose to study law because of the job opportunities it has to offer and because it can make a positive impact on society. Youth more open-mindedGaskin said the way South Africans co-operate is "spectacular". "We had a problem where everyone was segregated and now we have come together. I see that racism is not a problem any longer."The exposure to various cultures and beliefs have shaped the born-free generation into a more liberal and tolerant group. Van Staden put it eloquently, saying his exposure to people from various backgrounds revealed to him different thoughts and beliefs. "I have learnt about the respect family members have for each other in Muslim households. There are not many arguments and they treat the family as a team."Mchunu said that South Africans are becoming more liberal, having already accepted interracial and gay marriage.Pursooth does not think she will be able to adapt to another country's cultural norms after living in South Africa's open society. "South Africans are so familiar with diversity. We are taught in our homes how different cultures are and we try to understand it a bit better." read more
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Cloud Computing: The Cloud is Steaming with Hype
How many companies are actually using Cloud Computing? It depends who you ask. CA Associates did a survey that said that 93 percent of companies are using at least one cloud-based application now, and many companies have six or more in use. That's in stark contrast with the results of a survey by SWC Technology Partners.The SWC survey found that only 3.7 percent of companies are using cloud computing. 54.2 percent said that they have no interest in the cloud. The issues of security and cost are what are keeping those companies from pursuing the cloud. How can the results of the two surveys be so skewed from each other? One reason is location. The companies in the SWC survey were located in the middle United States, primarily in Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. Those low numbers might just be an indicator that the hype of the cloud hasn't yet reached companies in locations that are far removed from the high-tech cultures of the two coasts. Of those few companies in the SWC survey that were using cloud services, 65 percent use Microsoft's Exchange Online, 48 percent use Microsoft SharePoint Online and 24 percent use Google Apps.While medium-sized midwest companies may not have much interest in the cloud, that's not to say that they don't value IT. 88% of these companies have a "strategic" perception of IT, and their optimism in IT tended to correlate with optimism for the outlook of their company business. Elliott Baretz, Vice President of SWC, said that "a strong business needs to remain focused on what gives it a competitive advantage. I think that this is why we saw such a strong correlation between today's thriving respondents and how they value technology. In today's economy, understanding the value of technology is a prerequisite to success."Baretz goes on to say that "the technology industry can be rife with hype. As professionals in this space we have to look past the rhetoric and analyze our options in an objective manner. The survey is telling us that Cloud Computing is an option and not just 'the' answer." read more
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New Jersey ~ Personal Income Tax: Guidance on Gambling Winnings or Losses Clarified
CCH Tax Day ReportOn August 2, 2016, the New Jersey Division of Taxation reissued TB-20-R, which it had recently updated on July 14, 2016. (TAXDAY, 2016/07/18, S.12). TB-20-R addresses the personal income tax treatment of gambling winnings or losses and includes the withholding rates on lottery payouts made by the New Jersey State Lottery on and after July 1, 2016. The revision to TB-20-R clarifies that once it is determined that a New Jersey State Lottery prize is taxable, i.e. over $10,000, the entire amount of the payout is subject to withholding, not just the amount in excess of $10,000. The taxability of the winnings is determined by the amount of the prize, but the rate of withholding is determined by the amount of the payout. The notice also includes the previously reported information on the personal income tax treatment of nonresidents' gambling winnings from New Jersey sources, withholding information for gambling winnings paid by the New Jersey Lottery, and information on estimated payments including:Nonresidents' gambling winnings from New Jersey sources are subject to New Jersey's gross (personal) income tax in the same manner as the winning of residents. So for both residents and nonresidents the prize amount (over $10,000) is the determining factor of taxability, rather than the total amount of lottery winnings over the year.Income received by nonresidents from lottery or wagering transactions in New Jersey is income earned, received or acquired from sources in New Jersey and subject to New Jersey's gross income tax. Examples of taxable income include winnings from casino betting and wagering, New Jersey Lottery winnings on prize amounts exceeding $10,000, winnings from slot machines, raffles, and bingo games. Nonresidents can only offset gambling winnings from New Jersey sources by gambling losses incurred in New Jersey during the same tax period.Taxpayers who receive taxable income that is not subject to withholding, or who believe that they will not have enough withholding to cover their New Jersey gross income tax lability, to make estimated income tax payments. A failure to make the required estimated tax payments can result in the assessment of penalty and interest.Technical Bulletin TB-20-R, New Jersey Division of Taxation, August 2, 2016, ¶401-978 read more
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Art Depicting Life in 19th Century Delhi to be Sold
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Art commissioned by two Inverness brothers depicting life in Delhi in the 19th Century are to be sold at an auction in London later this year. Related Items
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Vail Mountain rises to a height of 3,450 feet above sea level and has more than 190 trails for skiing and snowboarding. A variety of 31 lifts accommodate the novice to the experienced by taking winter sports enthusiasts to different areas of the mountain. The front face features a number of popular runs that include Bear Tree, Born Free and Lodgepole. The backside has the world renowned Back Bowls that attract the expert and adventurous at heart. Cross-country skiing is also an option in the backcountry. Instruction provided by trained and certified coaches is available for all sports and experience levels.
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Terminator is an open-source terminal emulator programmed in Java.  It is available on Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux and other Unix systems that use the X Window System. Terminator will run on any modern POSIX system running Java 6 or later. Terminator is licensed under the GPL-2.0-or-later license.

Terminator was originally written by Phil Norman, who produced a more-or-less usable replacement for rxvt on his own between 21 April 2004 and 28 May 2004; roughly a month of development time. Elliott Hughes took Phil's terminal emulation and used it as a base upon which he could experiment with advanced terminal emulator features and continues to actively develop Terminator. Martin Dorey ported Terminator to Cygwin.

Features

Automatic Logging - Complete logs are automatically generated of all of the user's terminal sessions.
 Drag & Drop - Text and URLs, and files from Finder/Nautilus/Windows Explorer can be dropped on Terminator to be inserted as text, with automatic quoting of filenames containing shell meta-characters.
 Find - Terminator provides you with a find function, so users can search for text and regular expressions within their terminal (including the scrollback) in the style of less, and offering quick movement to the next or previous match.
 Horizontal Scrolling - Most terminal emulators wrap text when it intrudes upon the right margin. Terminator instead provides a horizontal scrollbar when necessary.
 Multiple Tabs - Like tabbed browsing.
 Number Reinterpretation - Terminator will recognize numbers in a variety of bases as the current selection, and add informational menu items to the pop-up menu showing the same number in other bases. No more man ascii or resorting to bc.
 Portability - Written mostly in Java, with a small POSIX C++ part (for pseudo-terminal support) and a Ruby invocation script, Terminator should compile out of the box on most modern desktop operating systems.
 Tab Character Handling - Many terminal emulators translate tab characters into strings of spaces.  If a section of text is then copied or pasted from the terminal into a text editor, it appears as spaces rather than tabs; Terminator remembers them as tab characters.
 Unlimited Scrollback - Terminator does not throw away output when it scrolls off the top of the screen, nor when it reaches any arbitrary limit.  The user must manually clear the scrollback.
 Intelligent Vertical Scrolling - Terminator's scrollbar won't keep jumping when there's output if you've deliberately scrolled back to look at part of the history, but as soon as you scroll back to the bottom again, it will resume auto-scrolling.
 Safe Quit - Terminator knows when you still have processes running, and brings up a dialog rather than just letting those processes die.
 UTF-8 - Terminator does not mangle accented characters, and it copes well with languages such as Greek where there's a mix of normal and wide glyphs.

See also

 PuTTY

References

External links
 Project home page

X Window programs
Free terminal emulators