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Get the live scores, the latest results, the upcoming matches, the order of play and the continually updated draw for the first part of the WST Pro Series (18-25 Jan).
The provisional season points (one-year), the provisional Crucible rankings and the provisional end-of-season rankings are updated throughout the event.
The final results from the Betfred Masters. See also the brackets.
The final standing in the Masters Prediction Contest.
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Warren Buffett Completes Prostate Cancer Treatments
Alex Crippen	| @alexcrippen
Published 3:54 PM ET Fri, 14 Sept 2012 Updated 4:29 PM ET Sun, 2 Dec 2012 CNBC.com
Warren Buffett has completed a series of radiation treatments for prostate cancer.
The Omaha World-Herald quotes Buffett as telling newspaper executives, "It's a great day for me. Today I had my 44th and last day of radiation."
Buffett's office has confirmed to CNBC that the treatments ended today.
The World-Herald, bought by Berkshire last November, says that when he spoke to the executives from several papers Berkshire Hathaway has purchased, Buffett joked about his plans to be the world's oldest man.
He's happy the treatments are now behind him. "I'll be feeling the side effects for a few weeks yet, but I am so glad to say that's over."
Buffett received the treatments at the Nebraska Medical Center starting in mid-July.
In April, he announced that he had been diagnosed with stage I prostate cancer. In his letter to shareholders at that time he wrote, "The good news is that I've been told by my doctors that my condition is not remotely life-threatening or even debilitating in any meaningful way."
He said the treatments would restrict his travel but not otherwise affect his daily routine, calling the diagnosis a "non-event."
Buffett's April announcement rekindled some people's long-standing concerns about succession, but he reassured shareholders in May that whomever eventually replaces him as CEO will be able to manage risk and make good business deals. "We're not going to have an arts major in charge of Berkshire.
Keep up with Warren Buffett on CNBC.com and follow alexcrippen on Twitter.
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Scriptcase	How to optimize my site conversion?
How to optimize my site conversion is a question that most website owners commonly ask. Truth of the matter is that having a website is just the starting point for any business. Owning a website alone will not guarantee increased sales. In addition to an effective search engine optimization campaign, you must ensure that every visitor converts to a customer. This is basically what website conversion is all about. This concept is all about generating more and more sales. Website owners do not have to spend millions in order to achieve the goal of website conversion optimization.
There is a host of certain effective methods, which can come in handy in website conversion campaign. These strategies have been tested and actually prove to work. Below is a look at some of them.
The first strategy is data collecting. Data processing and collecting is more than crucial in helping individuals understand the target market better. Undoubtedly, you cannot convert a visitor unless you know and understand the way they think. You must also have an idea of what he or she is looking for. All these will help you achieve your goal. Data collection can be geographic, contextual, or demographic.
The other strategy has to do with statistics. Let nobody lie to you, statistics are quite magical when you want to increase your sales. You must be willing to make use of various statistical methodologies such as variable selection, validation testing, and simulation. You will notice that responses fluctuate from one individual and region to another. The good thing is that marketer have a deep insight into customer behaviors through statistics. This goes miles in helping them predict future decisions and movements.
How to optimize my site conversion entails everything that has been discussed above. Adhering to all the matters above will surely help your conversion optimization to be a success.


Researchers with the University of Arizona (ASU), University of North Texas and the USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, have discovered a way to enhance a plant's tolerance to stress, which in turn improves how it uses water and nutrients from the soil, thereby increasing plant biomass and yield.
ASU School of Life Sciences associate professor Roberto Gaxiola said this discovery could be instrumental in agriculture and food security by improving crop sustainability and performance.
"We have learned how to modify the expression of a gene that codes for a plant proton pump," said Gaxiola. "This gene helps to move photosynthates — molecules made by photosynthesis in the leaves — to the places plants need them in order to grow better roots, fruits, young leaves and seeds. This gene is called type 1 H+-PPase and is found naturally in all plants."
By changing how effectively a plant uses water and nutrients, famers would be able to use fewer resources to grow their crops.
"Larger roots allow plants to more efficiently acquire both nutrients and water. We can optimise inputs while minimising environmental impacts. This is advantageous for our environment and for all consumers," Gaxiola added.
Altering the expression of this gene in rice, corn, barley, wheat, tomato, lettuce, cotton and finger millet caused better growth in roots and shoots, and also improved how the plants absorbed nutrients. These crops also saw improved water use and tolerance to salt.
Gaxiola suggested the next step is to further study this simple biotechnology in order to maximise its agricultural potential.


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    dialog: { component: null, props: null, show: false },
    uiState: { showAddExcericeModal: false },
    userState: {
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        case Actions.ADD_EXCERCISE:
            newState.excercises = newState.excercises.slice(0);
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Many congratulations to Yr 13 student Megan Sass, on winning the Rotary 'Young Singer of the Year 2018' competition, held last week. This is a deserved accolade and is testament to her hard work and dedication over many years. We are very proud of you Megan!


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LJUBLJANA/BRUSSELS, January 26, 2015 - Director of the International Institute for Middle East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) Zijad Bećirović and Secretary General of the Intergovernmental Organization (EDU) from Brussels H.E. Irving Levance signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
The Memorandum states, inter alia, that the organizations will participate in the fields of information exchange and the promotion of dialogue as a tool for conflict prevention in the world. The organizations will promote research and international cooperation in the educational process, and occasionally organize joint events in this scope.
Aware of the importance of diplomacy and dialogue in crisis and post-crisis situations, the organizations also undertake to support various forms of academic and practical engagement with the aim of preventing conflicts in the context of their cooperation.
With the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation is H.E. Irving Levance became a new member of the Advisory Board of the International Institute IFIMES.


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Alejandro Fernandez Holds Back From Forbidden Love in 'Caballero' Lyric Translation
Alejandro Fernandez wrapped up 2019 by voicing his feelings in a new song called "Caballero," written by José Luis Roma (Río Roma).
The heartfelt mariachi song, which debuted Oct. 3 Universal Music Latin Entertainment, is about a man who's crushing on a woman who's already committed, so his love must be kept secret. Instead of encouraging infidelity, Fernandez croons about being a gentleman and loving her in silence.
On Billboard's Regional Mexican Airplay chart (dated Jan. 11), the song jumped 3-1, becoming Fernandez's first leader since the chart was created in October 1994.
In the music video, filmed by Oliver Castro in Jalisco, Mexico, Fernandez flaunts a typical mariachi outfit and rides a horse as he dedicates the song to his forbidden crush.
"Caballero" is the first single from Fernandez's upcoming studio album set for 2020 that promises to be 100 percent mariachi music.
Check out the complete lyrics translated to English below.
From the day that I saw you
You were accompanied
You were holding hands with him
You laughed all of a sudden
You saw me from the corner of your eye
He's not my best friend
But I know him from somewhere
And I can't be that man
Who doesn't care
I try to be respectful
Hey, but come closer
This is the only time I'll tell you my secret
If you didn't have a compromise, I would lose all respect
And if I weren't a gentleman, I swear
I would rip you from his arms without thinking about it
You are the woman I most like in the world
But I have respect for that lucky man
And if I weren't a gentleman
I would steal you, not only for a kiss but for the whole week
To make love to you until you get tired
But I'm a gentleman and it's best
It's best if I don't tell you anything
I already said it, I know
Please excuse me
But at least you know now
That if you go, I'll go too
I better be quiet
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As Duncan and I discuss in our recent article, involvement in research might be best described as a conversation between researchers and the public. It's what gets said and who learns from it that matters. Thinking about involvement this way leads to different ideas about how to prepare for it, evaluate it and report what happened.
How is involvement in research different from qualitative research?
Please send us your views….
Because this is a question we get asked all the time Bec, Derek and I wanted to develop a simple answer. Drawing on the great work from Canada , we have written a short list describing what we see as the key differences between qualitative research and involvement (see table below).
We would love your feedback on whether this list makes sense or could be improved in anyway. We'll use your comments to produce a final version.
 Doria et al. (2018) Sharpening the focus: differentiating between focus groups for patient engagement vs. qualitative research. Research Involvement and Engagement, 4:19.
A patient once told me that doing involvement means 'turning the pyramid upside down'. It means starting with the patient and then working from there.
That's the approach we used at The University of Exeter, where I worked with a fabulous team – Andrea Shelley, Emma Cockcroft and Kristin Liabo – to develop a different kind of training for patients and the public. We started with where the patients are at – having experiential knowledge that they might not realise is valuable to researchers, and perhaps being unsure how best to use it.
We purposefully didn't start at the same place as the research experts who might ask 'What do patients need to know about research to be involved?' We didn't talk about the research cycle, or different kinds of research, or any kind of method. We just talked about what the patients already know and the skills involved in being a critical friend – sharing knowledge constructively to change researchers' thinking and plans.
We heard from patients who had considerable experience of involvement that they did understand this role, but only after spending some time doing it. A few people described sitting silent in meetings for the first few months while they tried to work out what they were supposed to contribute. We wondered if we could make this clearer at the start, to help people get up to speed more quickly, so that they could go into a meeting with researchers with a sense of what's expected of them.
That's not to say that all the technical info isn't useful. It definitely helps patients understand the context they're working in, which is also vital to knowing how best to contribute. We suggest our training complements all the excellent training already out there – and perhaps provides a helpful place to start – at the other end of the pyramid.
I just finished adding 130+ articles from 2018 to INVOLVE's online libraries of evidence of impact and good practice and noticed a common concern. It seems many researchers believe that one of the barriers to involving the public is not knowing 'how' to do it, often lamenting the lack of guidance and evidence around the best methods to use.
They might be waiting a long time.
I'd argue there aren't 'methods' for involvement. Following a method would mean using the same approach every time and expecting consistent outcomes. For all the reasons I've discussed before, involvement doesn't quite work like that in practice. The best approach depends on the context and especially the preferences of the particular individuals who are involved. For example, while lots of researchers set up advisory groups, some have found this simply isn't an option for the people they want to involve – people with STDs for example, or young people with drug and alcohol problems.
This issue was perfectly illustrated by Andi Skilton's experience of involvement at the BRC, Moorfields Eye Hospital. Andi involved a group of people who were deafblind and who all had very different preferences for communication, from lip-reading through to signing on their body. Andi and the lead researcher Mariya Moosajee learnt so much from this experience about how to support the involvement of people from this community, they thought it useful to share with other researchers. They wrote a journal article with suggestions for other researchers in this field.
But the paper came in for some strong criticism after its publication, from a young, deafblind person who thought the recommendations didn't make sufficient mention of the use of technology. Andi's group was made up of older people, who grew up before cochlea implants became available. They seemed to have less interest in, or familiarity with the use of IT, and possibly limited access. In the deafblind community, with what might seem to be common needs, there is huge variation among people's preferences for the approach that would best support their involvement.
So it seems important not to make any assumptions about what approach will work best for whoever gets involved in a research project. The best 'method' might simply be to ask those individuals what they need, and to use whatever approach works best for them.


Greg Staub joined Multiplication Network Ministries in 2015 prepared to fulfill the specific calling God has given him to precisely communicate the gospel of Jesus Christ as he serves in the position of Director of Communication.
Greg earned his BA in Communication from Purdue University in 2012 and his MA in Communication from Purdue as well in 2014. While accomplishing his graduate studies, Greg taught courses at Purdue. He continues to instruct at the university level when there is time in his schedule.
Greg and Patsy celebrated their 30th Annivesary August 16th 2016. They have four children and four grandchildren. He and Patsy are currently small group leaders and continue to have a call to missions. The Staub family served as long-term missionaries on the Amazon River in Brazil, in the town of Macapá, Amapá.
As Director of Communication, Greg communicates the global impact for Jesus Christ that MNM is experiencing.


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On April 22, people around the globe will once again honor our planet through annual Earth Day events. While this year's focus chosen by the Earth Day Network is eliminating plastic pollution, all activities that help protect our environment are welcomed and very much needed.
This year, PRA is partnering with EarthShare NC in their Corporate Earth Day Events Program. Here's more about it:
Last year, our PRA colleagues around the globe shared what they do every day to honor our planet: See their stories hereand here. And don't miss some of the amazing worldwide photos they shared, showing how our planet inspires them.
Tell us a little bit about EarthShare NC — how it started and what your mission is.
EarthShare NC was created by 14 nonprofit organizations who were working to preserve the health of our natural environment, with the mission to bring more people to this work that is critical to the health of our communities and quality of life. Over 26 years, we have grown to 70 nonprofits working at the local, state, and national levels to ensure access to clean air and water, sustainable foods, and the natural spaces to support our quality of life.
What are your proudest accomplishments?
All of EarthShare NC's organizations were created by a group of individuals who saw a need in their community and made it their job to find solutions. To continue this work, they need more people and resources to know about the cause and join in making an impact. EarthShare NC's unique role is to partner with businesses to engage employees in the work of these organizations, and provide those fundamental needs. Introducing and connecting more than 10,000 people with the work of our members and raising $9.5 million in contributions is our proudest accomplishment.
How do you partner with local businesses?
EarthShare NC partners with local businesses to make a measurable impact. We develop custom engagement based on the company goals and culture. If a business wants to empower employees to be philanthropists, we support this goal through an employee giving program that allows employees to support the causes important to them. If team building, education, and skilled volunteerism are the goals of the business, we connect employees with Member nonprofits in those ways.
What impact do you think your efforts have had on the community?
Our Members can do more for their communities thanks to the people and resources that come from local businesses. They monitor our rivers and streams to ensure we have clean water, preserve local farms, educate individuals and decision-makers to be good stewards of our natural resources, prevent air pollution and its harmful health effects, protect wildlife and biodiversity, and offer educational and recreational programming to youth to raise a new generation of North Carolinians who enjoy and care for our natural resources.
How do you honor Earth Day?
The Corporate Earth Day Events program has become one of our most powerful programs to create direct connections between businesses, employees, and causes to make an immediate impact on work needed in the community. Each year employees from close to 20 local businesses come together to complete hands-on volunteer projects with local conservation organizations in the Corporate Earth Day Challenge. By intentionally pairing employee teams with local nonprofits, the event encourages a more personal connection between volunteers and community organizations, leading to long-term engagement.
How can people get involved with your efforts throughout the year?
Our new Corporate Membership program offers businesses the opportunity to cultivate ongoing relationships with local conservation organizations to make an impact in the community year-round. Through a customized series of volunteer engagement and educational opportunities, businesses and their employees can engage in sustainable solutions and build deeper connections. We are also getting ready to bring our Green Team Roundtable program to the Triangle area; the Green Team Roundtable presents an opportunity for employees to discuss solutions for workplace sustainability through quarterly meetings.
Through EarthShare NC, PRA was paired with SEEDS in Durham for our Earth Day project. PRA colleagues will be working with their Farm Manager on their "blackberry hill," a piece of garden SEEDS is planning to build the soil in to make it a productive section supporting their programs and sales. Our team will be building the raised beds and filling with new soil to promote a terrace-like growing section. Here's more information from SEEDS:
SEEDS has been in the Cleveland-Holloway neighborhood of Durham since 1994, coming up on 25 years! Originally founded as source of food access for those experiencing homelessness in the neighborhood, SEEDS has since transformed into a community garden and, currently, a garden and kitchen classroom. Our mission is to develop the capacity of young people to respect life, the earth, and each other through growing, cooking, and sharing food. Developing the capacity of young people includes responsibility, teamwork, leadership, environmental stewardship, equity, community, problem solving, and experiential learning. Our whole-child educational programming incorporates growing, cooking, and sharing food to help young people become resourceful and confident individuals with the capacity and commitment to be future leaders in their workplaces, their families, and their communities.
We currently provide both elementary and middle school programs for youth in the area. Our SEEDlings (elementary youth) join us from 3-6 daily and engage in academic enrichment activities through growing and cooking food, but also developing a sense of community and learning social/emotional skills to build the foundation for justice and equity focused conversations in middle and high school. Our SAPLINGs join us two days a week from 3-6 after school and engage in intense farm planning and work while beginning conversations around equity in food and greater society. In the next year we will be relaunching our paid high school program, DIG (Durham Inner-city Gardeners).
We welcome individuals to join us as volunteers on a regular basis in the garden and kitchen, working with kids or in small adult groups with our farm manager, Trevor. Additionally, we always welcome donations, host an annual benefit dinner, Harvest Dinner, the last Thursday in September, and are present at the downtown Durham Farmers Market.
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Survivors of the wildfires that have killed at least 74 people in Greece have described how they were forced into the sea by a blaze that "struck like a flamethrower".
"The flames were chasing us all the way to the water," said one victim.
Meanwhile, the bodies of 26 adults and children who apparently died hugging each other were found close to the sea.
As the search for missing persons continues, a website has been set up to help relatives trace their loved ones.
Hundreds of firefighters have been battling the flames, which have been fanned by winds of up to 60mph (100km/h) and have devastated the seaside village of Mati, engulfing homes and vehicles.Mati is located in the Rafina region which is popular with local tourists, especially pensioners and children attending holiday camps.
A number of roads and evacuation routes were blocked by fire and footage of motorists escaping the area shows them driving through thick smoke.
One survivor, Nikos Stavrinidis, told ABC News that despite the air-conditioning in his car, he could still feel the heat from outside as he travelled on a highway.
Dimitri Piros, director of medical services for Ekav, Greece's nationwide ambulance service, told the BBC that people had suffered horrific injuries because of the speed of the fire.
Relatives of those reported missing have been posting photographs on a website in the hope of tracing their whereabouts.
It is Greece's worst fire disaster since 2007, when dozens of people were killed in the southern Peloponnese peninsula.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has also declared three days of national mourning.
Most of them were tourists who had tried to find refuge but did not make it.
"I am calling my cousin but he does not respond," said Spiros Hatziandreou, who visited the spot.
The blaze struck like a flamethrower, he said, causing smoke inhalation and skin burns.
Coastal patrol boats and private vessels picked up hundreds of those who did manage to reach harbours or beaches.
George Vokas, whose family also escaped by sea, told BBC News that two women he had tried to help had died.
"We're talking about a biblical catastrophe in this wonderful area of Mati," he said.
Charred bodies lay just 15m (50ft) from the sea, photographer Pantelis Saitas told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency.
At least 150 people were injured in the area.
How are the authorities responding?
Prime Minister Tsipras declared a state of emergency in Attica, saying all emergency services had been mobilised.
Italy, Germany, Poland and France have all sent help in the form of planes, vehicles and firefighters, and Spain and Cyprus have offered Greece assistance, but with temperatures set to soar again, they are in a race against time to get the fires under control.
Fires are a recurring problem during the hot, dry summer months in Attica.
Officials have suggested the current blazes may have been started by arsonists looking to loot abandoned homes.
"Fifteen fires had started simultaneously on three different fronts in Athens," said government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos.
Greece, he added, had requested drones from the US to "detect any suspicious activity".
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Katy Perry Announces New Album
July 30, 2013 — 1 Comment
Katy Perry has now joined the ranks of stars who have done something different when announcing the release of her new album.
Remember those good old days when some performers would go on music award shows (the good ones) wearing clothing which announced a new album and when it was coming out?
Well, that time has come and gone with technology, but it looks like the "California Girls" has decided to take the simplest method of revealing when her new album will be released as well as its name. Yesterday afternoon, a gold 18-wheeler was seen driving around Los Angeles announcing that her new album, Prism, would be released on October 22.
When one of her Katy-Kats took to Twitter to ask about the semi, the pop star acknowledged the semi, and revealed that it would be making stops in other cities, but that was about all the information she was willing to reveal. She did, however, encourage her legion of fans to take snap shots of the glittery truck as it passed by them.
Prism will be Perry's "official" third album if you're not counting the reissue of 2010's Teenage Dreams. Teenage Dreams went on to tie Michael Jackson's Bad for the record for most chart-topping singles from the same album and included the like of "California Gurls," "Teenage Dream," "Firework," "E.T." and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)".
This week has been a very good week for the pop star with her new movie, The Smurfs 2 (she voices Smurfette in case you are living under a rock or are the majority of people that didn't go see it), hitting theaters tomorrow as well news breaking that she did some guest backing vocals on Britney Spears' song, "Ooh La La" which will be featured on the soundtrack.
All in all, good week, Katy-Kats, good week.
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Britney Spears Premieres New Song
Britney Spears has premiered her new song, "Ooh La La,"which has now been confirmed to be featured on this Summer's movie, The Smurfs 2.
The follow-up to 2011's somewhat flop continues the story of the blue, little people as they head out to save Smurfette, who has been smurf-napped by Gargamel due to a secret that she currently possesses.
Earlier this morning, the Spears tweeted her many followers about the world premiere of the new song on Ryan Seacrest's radio show:
"Morning tweople! Getting ready to call @OnAirWithRyan – Ooh La La premiering in 10… U all ready & listening??"
Check out the song below and tell us how you feel? Anything's got to be better than that awful "Scream and Shout," right?
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Coventry Supporters' Player of the Season – 2018/19
On Friday, May 3rd, the end of season Awards' Evening will be held at BPA.
As part of these awards all supporters are invited to vote for their Player of the Season.
The player who receives the most votes will be presented with The Blenkinsopp Trophy in recognition of their achievement which they will be able to keep for the next 12 months.
You can vote on the poll below, which lists every player who has represented Coventry Rugby this season.
The poll will close at midnight on Monday April 29th.
For those supporters with no internet access, ballot slips will be available from the Coventry Rugby Supporters' Club stand in the Jon Sharp Suite, formerly known as the Arena Bar, at the last home game of the season. The Stand will be open between 12.15pm – 2.30pm.
You can only vote once and only for one player, so please give your vote careful thought.
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4 thoughts on "Coventry Supporters' Player of the Season – 2018/19"
Paul Sheehan says:
Junior has given 100% in every game he has played in.
Mick Shaw says:
Tony Tenner was excellent up until he got injured a Cov's season has gone down since Tony's injury
Tom oneill says:
Scottie has been consistently good all season
Roger Long says:
Tony Fenner was having his best season, and it was noticeable that we lost at Bedford after he went off, and our season took a dive with him out, close call with Jack Ram and George Oram, but Tony edges it for me
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Walking Dead Wednesdays are back again!
Hershel, in the comics, was a pretty non-descript guy - just a skinnier Dale with no hat. He was grumpy and unlikeable, and kicked everybody off his farm. The TV show made him more memorable, mainly by giving him an easy visual identifier: suspenders. Seriously, that's all it took to make him distinct. Well, that and being a live-action human with a different face. (The face of Pa Angel, in fact!) It also helped that he eventually grew a big Santa beard, which is something neither he nor Dale ever did in the comic. The eyes are sculpted in - that's the way other kinds of Mystery Minis do it, but the Walking Dead just painted them on in Series 1 and 2.
This figure represents Hershel from Season 4 - after he lost his leg (a story beat he inherited from Dale, because Dale was already dead). He's wearing a beige shirt, and his pants are two tones of tan; they were that way in the show, but not all the way around. Look at the scene where his leg is amputated, for example, and you'll see that the dark section is just on the fronts of the legs. It's a different fabric, for some reason. The toy simplifies things by just painting the dark color over the whole area. It was probably cheaper. Since the figure only has one leg, he's leaning on his crutches, which does make him a bit unstable - they can get a little warped while he's rattling around in the box. The holes in the crutches that, on real ones, would allow you to adjust the height are sculpted in, not just painted, and there's a pistol holstered on his belt.
Hershel is one of the common figures in Series 3, available in a 1:12 ratio. There's also a chase variant, which depicts Hershel after being taken hostage by The Governor. Taken hostage, and then decapitated. Rather than being glued on securely, the head can be removed from the neck peg. He has some blood splattered on his face, and pouring from his neck. If you can get this 1:72 variant, you won't want to swap the head too often, because it can scrape the red paint very easily. Showing a great attention to detail, this one's skin is zombie-grey, rather than living-white-guy pink.
I had the regular Hershel, and I thought it was awesome, but gave it to a major TWD fan I'm related to.
They're both awesome. The fact that they went to the trouble of making a man on crutches? Too cool!
I know! I kind of want another Hershel now - I used up almost all my TWD mystery minis on that relative's birthday.


At the Grand Lodge Convention in 1961 at Miami Beach, the committee on Americanism was created and charged with "implementing the patriotic activities of the Order and its subordinate Lodges."
The creation of the Elks Americanism Committee in 1961 met an important need in a critical time in our history. The Committee provided our Lodges with constructive and definite programs for strengthening the spirit of American patriotism in their communities, and vigorously promoting their use. The response of our Lodges was both prompt and enthusiastic, and the result has been a tremendous expansion in the Order's patriotic activities... and a major contribution to the security of this nation.
Our Government has, time and again, enlisted the aid of the Order in patriotic undertakings where civilian cooperation was deemed essential.
Membership in the Order of Elks is a "badge of citizenship", for none but an American can be an Elk. "Love of Country, Home and Mind" are its principal tenets, and our country's flag is raised in silken benediction over the Altar of every Elks Lodge.
With its all pervading spirit of good will, the Order makes an irresistible appeal to men and women who deeply love their country, cherish fraternal association, and welcome an opportunity to serve their communities.
On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Strips as the new nation's flag. There were individuals and organizations that promoted the idea of observing that anniversary each year, but the idea really took off when the Elks decided in 1907 to have each of its lodges mark the date. A decade later, as hundreds of thousands of their brothers fought in Europe, the Elks persuaded President Woodrow Wilson to recognize Flag Day with a proclamation. With the armistice ending World War I, the June 14 celebrations took on a new importance for returning veterans. One who was especially impressed by the ceremonies in his Elks Lodge in Independence, Missouri, was Harry Truman, who had commanded an infantry company in France. When he became President, Truman issued proclamations for Flag Day as veterans returned from another war, but he also felt that the occasion should have legal sanction. Congress responded by passing a joint resolution and the practice of setting aside June 14 of each year as a special day to honor the flag was codified into law.
Contact your local TV stations and cable systems and furnish them with a photo or slide of Old Glory, flying over the Elks lodge or a local landmark. Ask them to remind viewers during station breaks that June 14 is a time to honor America and her troops by honoring the Flag.
The name "Old Glory" was first applied to the U.S. flag by a young sea captain who lived in Salem, Mass. On his twenty-first birthday, March 17, 1824, Capt. William Driver was presented a beautiful flag by his mother and a group of local young ladies. Driver was delighted with the gift. He exclaimed, "I name her 'Old Glory.'" Then Old Glory accompanied the captain on his many voyages.
Captain Driver quit the sea in 1837 and settled in Nashville, Tenn. On patriotic days, he displayed Old Glory proudly from a rope extending from his house to a tree across the street. After Tennessee seceded from the Union in 1861, Captain Driver hid Old Glory by sewing the flag inside a comforter. When Union soldiers entered Nashville on February 25, 1862, Driver removed Old Glory from its hiding place, carried the flag to the state capitol building, and proudly raised it for all to see.
The flag remained as a precious heirloom in the Driver family until 1922. Then it was sent to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., where it is carefully preserved under glass today.


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Dynastic Repo announces planned shutdown as alternative repositories offer homes for jailbreak tweaks & add-ons
Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 1, 2021
In a rather unfortunate turn of events, it would appear that the popular Dynastic Repo repository, which has been commonly used for hosting jailbreak tweaks and other third-party add-ons, will be shutting down in the near future.
The announcement, shared in a blog post this Wednesday afternoon and echoed across the internet via Dynastic Repo's official Twitter account, notes that the shutdown will happen next year. It also touches on what existing customers should expect in a post-Dynastic Repo world.
Fortunately, anyone who owns jailbreak tweaks or other packages purchased from the Dynastic Repo repository won't lose access to their purchases. Those in charge of the repository say they're working on an archival program that will ensure future access to those purchases for at least the next seven years:
Dynastic Repo goes on to explain that free packages will be automatically enrolled in the archival program, and that paid packages will need to be enrolled manually by the developer via an opt-in mechanism.
Developers and customers alike will soon receive correspondence in some form or another that alerts them to the upcoming changes, and as for users, the Dynastic Repo repository will continue business-as-usual operations up until 2022, at the very least.
It's important to note that the Dynastic Repo repository is one of the largest repositories in use by the jailbreak community today, standing right alongside those such as Packix, Chariz, and even Twickd. In fact, it wasn't long after today's announcement that some competing repositories initiated attempts to lure both buyers and sellers from Dynastic Repo to their platform — here is one example of the Packix repository doing just that:
It's not a bad thing that competing repositories are opening their arms to packages currently or previously hosted via Dynastic Repo; in fact, we'd argue quite the opposite. It just means they're putting a contingency plan in place for buyers and sellers alike to prevent service interruptions for the community as one repository prepares to close its doors.
Dynastic Repo is far from the only repository to close its doors, but it's noteworthy because it's a large and popular repository. Previously, much larger repositories like ModMyi and ZodTTD/MacCiti had also shut down, but archives of packages previously hosted there are still available.
The closure of a big repository like Dynastic Repo is a sad day indeed, but it's far from the end of the world — or jailbreaking. In fact, an increasing number of developers are opting to host packages on their own personal repositories as it offers more freedom to them as opposed to accepting the costs and terms and conditions of another larger repository.
Third-party repositories are easy to find while browsing online databases such as iOS Repo Updates or Parcility.
Are you sad to see the Dynastic Repo repository go? Discuss in the comments section down below.
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Laage is an Amt in the district of Rostock, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The seat of the Amt, that was formed in 2004, is in the town Laage.

The Amt Laage consists of the following municipalities:
Dolgen am See
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Ämter in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Rostock (district)

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Groups clash as HK protests enter 15th week
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A pro-China supporter, center right, fights with an anti-government protester, center left, inside a shopping mall in the Kowloon Bay district of Hong Kong yesterday.
Rival groups of demonstrators clashed in Hong Kong and police made arrests in another weekend of mass protests after months of political unrest.
Dozens of pro-Beijing protesters waved Chinese flags and chanted "support the police" at a mall in Kowloon Bay yesterday as pro-democracy demonstrators gathered, clad in black and wearing masks.
After a standoff, members of the two sides began to fight, throwing punches and hitting each other with umbrellas before police separated them. At least one man was seen bleeding from the head.
Groups of anti-government and pro-government protesters yelled at each other and scuffled by a nearby "Lennon wall" — murals of protest art set up by demonstrators.
In one incident, protesters surrounded a woman they accused of filming them and refused to let her leave. Police were seen tackling and subduing several people, some of whom said they were local residents going to the mall.
As Hong Kong enters its fourth month of mass protests, tensions between supporters and critics of the pro-democracy movement have escalated.
Earlier yesterday, fights broke out between residents in Fortress Hill and a group of pro-government demonstrators in blue T-shirts, after a Lennon wall had been torn down.
Video footage showed groups of men using Chinese flags to beat mostly younger men.
In one scene, a group chased and kicked a young man until a passerby shielded him with his body.
Hundreds of anti-government protesters in masks and all-black outfits were also marching in Tin Shui Wai, a neighborhood in Hong Kong's New Territories, defying a police ban on the planned event.
Bus lines to the area were shut as riot police faced off against protesters who were building barricades on the streets.
Yesterday marked the 15th consecutive weekend of mass protests in Hong Kong, where demonstrations against the government have deeply divided society. The protests, triggered by an extradition bill that would allow suspects to be sent to mainland China, has turned into a broader pro-democracy movement.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam (林鄭月娥) promised to permanently withdraw the bill, but protesters have vowed to continue until all their demands are met.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong (黃之鋒) on Friday urged US President Donald Trump to include a "human rights clause" in any trade agreement with China, and sought Washington's backing for the territory's democracy movement.
The 22-year-old called on US politicians to pass a bill expressing support for the pro-democracy campaign during a speaking engagement in New York, a few hours after arriving in the US.
"It's significant to add a human rights clause in the trade negotiations and put Hong Kong protests under the agenda of the trade negotiations," Wong told reporters afterward.
The world's two biggest economies have been locked in a bitter trade dispute for the past year, resulting in tit-for-tat tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars in two-way trade.
Trade talks between Beijing and Washington are scheduled for next month.
Wong said it is crucial Hong Kong is factored into the negotiations, adding that the territory faces the threat of emergency laws "similar to martial law" and fears that China could send troops to the semi-autonomous region.
"If China has no intention to safeguard Hong Kong's economic freedom and open business it will also affect and damage the world economy," he said.


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Clinic in a Can – Shipping Container Hospitals
About Clinic in a Can
Clinic in a Can is a nonprofit group that sends shipping container hospitals around the world. The company is based in Kansas, but has far-reaching effects. Their medical facilities have helped provide disaster relief in many areas and fight Ebola outbreaks in Africa.
The purpose of Clinic in a Can is to make medical care more accessible to people in remote locations. Their website proudly states that their main objective is that "every human being should have access to quality healthcare," and they work hard to work towards that goal.
These shipping container hospitals are extremely portable. They can be shipped across the world and set up quickly and easily, allowing medical care to reach isolated populations that have no other options. Currently, the company has connections in Haiti, Kenya, Nicaragua, Nigeria, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates. They also help with domestic disaster relief across the United States.
How the Clinics Work
Like other shipping container buildings, these clinics are very adaptable. They can be set up for critical care, primary care, dentistry, surgery, emergency care, or pretty much any other medical facility that is needed. They are solar powered and work extremely efficiently on less than 500 watts of electricity. Their green equipment provides air conditioning and any kind of lighting requirements.
There are 3 major types of clinics in a can:
Premium clinics mimic the technology, equipment, storage, and cleanliness abilities of an actual hospital. This provides the doctors with a lot of flexibility in what they can do.
Economy clinics provide a quality medical center that is climate controlled, energy efficient, and clean, but at a lower cost than the premium setup.
Isolation clinics are designed to help combat infectious diseases and prevent their spread. They include a waste-disposal system and negative-pressure environment.
Success Fighting Ebola
In December 2013, the largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded at the time began devastating West Africa. By 2014, the fatality rate of the virus in the area had reached 70%. The countries most affected were crippled by disease, conflict, and instability, resulting in weakened health care capabilities.
Clinic in a Can stepped in to help in 2015. Their portable shipping container hospitals could help overcome the obstacles facing these areas to build actual hospital buildings, such as cost, time, and government support. They provided supplementary medical care to locations that were desperate.
One such clinic, Masanga Hospital, was set up in Makeni, Sierra Leone. People came from Denmark, Holland, Norway, and the UK to work there. With their help, it was capable of serving over 400,000 people and greatly helped the effort to combat Ebola.
Since then, Clinic in a Can has continued to spread its help to more areas of the globe. The ability to send durable, portable, easily set-up clinics wherever needed is an amazing feat. Hopefully they will continue to help people facing natural disasters and disease outbreaks in many more locations in the future.
If you want more information about how shipping containers are being used in unique and interesting ways, check out Porta-Stor's blogs!