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Turn Around, Bright Eyes
#18: "Turn Around, Bright Eyes"
"Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen", Rammstein "Spider-Man", Paul Francis Webster
#17: "We Interrupt This Broadcast" #19: "Jagshamesh!"
Turn Around, Bright Eyes is the eighteenth episode of Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series.
Let it be known that Abridged Pegasus is officially straight (!!!), and that the Millennium Gaydar was actually pointing at his right-hand man, Croquet.
I know, it's shocking.
The duel between Yugi and Pegasus commences, but they're not the only ones getting themselves into a bit of action.
Bakura's line when he threatens Pegasus's guards is a direct quote from the 4Kids version.
Bakura's rant about "Who names their kid Florence? Idiots, that's who!" echoes LittleKuriboh's Kaiba cosplay rant against YouTube.
The "Little Kuriboh impostors" reference the fact that years ago, impostor versions of as-yet-unreleased Abridged Series episodes were annoyingly hard to avoid, using names like TeamFourSlar.
The episode title is a reference to the lyrics from Total Eclipse of the Heart, a song by Bonnie Tyler. Also, a song called Bright Eyes is featured in this episode.
Joey's line when Yugi "dies" is a paraphrase of Obi-Wan's line from Star Wars when Darth Vader destroys Alderaan with the Death Star.
Bakura's 'what the deuce' line is Family Guy character Stewie Griffin's catchphrase.
The 8-bit music in the opening is one of Capcom's logo start up music.
Spider-Man is also referenced several times in this episode, once when Yami Bakura uses a spell on the guards, when Tristan is running with Mokuba he is singing the theme from the 1960's cartoon which is played again near the end of the episode.
When Tristan asks Yugi to bring him something to eat "maybe some french fried potatoes," he is referring to the film Sling Blade.
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This section was amended by the 84th Legislature. Pending publication of the current statutes, see H.B. 2428 and S.B. 462, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, for amendments affecting this section.
(G) under a pension, profit sharing, thrift, stock bonus, life insurance, survivor income, incentive, or other plan or program providing retirement, welfare, or fringe benefits with respect to an employee or a self-employed individual.
(3) "Property" includes all legal and equitable interests, powers, and property, present or future, vested or contingent, and beneficial or burdensome, in whole or in part.
Sec. 122.002. WHO MAY DISCLAIM. (a) A person who may be entitled to receive property as a beneficiary who on or after September 1, 1977, intends to irrevocably disclaim all or any part of the property shall evidence the disclaimer as provided by this chapter.
(b) Subject to Subsection (c), the legally authorized representative of a person who may be entitled to receive property as a beneficiary who on or after September 1, 1977, intends to irrevocably disclaim all or any part of the property on the beneficiary's behalf shall evidence the disclaimer as provided by this chapter.
(c) A disclaimer made by a legally authorized representative described by Subsection (d)(1), (2), or (3), other than an independent executor, must be made with prior court approval of the court that has or would have jurisdiction over the legally authorized representative. A disclaimer made by an independent executor on behalf of a decedent may be made without prior court approval.
(4) an attorney in fact or agent appointed under a durable power of attorney authorizing disclaimers if the person entitled to receive the property as a beneficiary executed the power of attorney as a principal.
Sec. 122.003. EFFECTIVE DATE; CREDITORS' CLAIMS. (a) A disclaimer evidenced as provided by this chapter is effective for all purposes as of the date of the decedent's death.
(b) Property disclaimed in accordance with this chapter is not subject to the claims of a creditor of the disclaimant.
Sec. 122.004. DISCLAIMER IRREVOCABLE. A disclaimer that is filed and served as provided by this chapter is irrevocable.
Sec. 122.005. POWER TO PROVIDE METHOD OF DISCLAIMER. A will, insurance policy, employee benefit agreement, or other instrument may provide for the making of a disclaimer by a beneficiary of an interest receivable under that instrument and for the disposition of disclaimed property in a manner different than provided by this chapter.
(2) another person authorized to take acknowledgments of conveyances of real estate.
(b) A disclaimer of property receivable by a beneficiary must include a statement regarding whether the beneficiary is a child support obligor described by Section 122.107.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 689 (H.B. 2621), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
(3) an application has been filed for probate of the decedent's will or administration of the decedent's estate.
(5) an application for administration of the decedent's estate has not been filed.
(2) recorded by the county clerk in the deed records of that county.
Sec. 122.055. FILING DEADLINE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a written memorandum of disclaimer of a present interest must be filed not later than nine months after the date of the decedent's death.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a written memorandum of disclaimer of a future interest may be filed not later than nine months after the date of the event determining that the taker of the property or interest is finally ascertained and the taker's interest is indefeasibly vested.
(B) the affidavit in lieu of the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1338 (S.B. 1198), Sec. 2.10, eff. January 1, 2014.
(2) if the interest is a future interest, the date the person who will receive the property or interest is finally ascertained and the person's interest is indefeasibly vested.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1338 (S.B. 1198), Sec. 2.11, eff. January 1, 2014.
(2) a future interest that would otherwise take effect in possession or enjoyment after the termination of the estate or interest that is disclaimed takes effect as if the disclaiming beneficiary had predeceased the decedent.
Sec. 122.102. INEFFECTIVE DISCLAIMER. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a disclaimer that does not comply with this chapter is ineffective.
(b) A disclaimer otherwise ineffective under Subsection (a) is effective as an assignment of the disclaimed property to those who would have received the property had the person attempting the disclaimer died before the decedent.
Sec. 122.103. SUBSEQUENT DISCLAIMER. This chapter does not prevent a person who is entitled to property as the result of a disclaimer from subsequently disclaiming the property.
Sec. 122.104. DISCLAIMER AFTER ACCEPTANCE. A disclaimer is not effective if the person making the disclaimer has previously accepted the property by taking possession or exercising dominion and control of the property as a beneficiary.
Sec. 122.105. INTEREST IN TRUST PROPERTY. A beneficiary who accepts an interest in a trust is not considered to have a direct or indirect interest in trust property that relates to a licensed or permitted business and over which the beneficiary exercises no control.
Sec. 122.106. INTEREST IN SECURITIES. Direct or indirect beneficial ownership of not more than five percent of any class of equity securities that is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. Section 78a et seq.) is not considered an ownership interest in the business of the issuer of the securities within the meaning of any statute, pursuant thereto.
(b) After distribution of estate property to a beneficiary described by Subsection (a), the child support obligee to whom the child support arrearages are owed may enforce the child support obligation by a lien or by any other remedy provided by law.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 689 (H.B. 2621), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2014.
(3) fee estate in favor of life estates.
(2) a partial disclaimer of property subject to a burdensome interest created by the decedent's will is not effective unless the property constitutes a gift separate and distinct from undisclaimed gifts.
Sec. 122.153. PARTIAL DISCLAIMER BY SPOUSE. A disclaimer by the decedent's surviving spouse of a transfer by the decedent is not a disclaimer by the surviving spouse of all or any part of any other transfer from the decedent to or for the benefit of the surviving spouse, regardless of whether the property or interest that would have passed under the disclaimed transfer passes because of the disclaimer to or for the benefit of the surviving spouse by the other transfer.
Sec. 122.201. ASSIGNMENT. A person who is entitled to receive property or an interest in property from a decedent under a will, by inheritance, or as a beneficiary under a life insurance contract, and does not disclaim the property under this chapter may assign the property or interest in property to any person.
Sec. 122.202. FILING OF ASSIGNMENT. An assignment may, at the request of the assignor, be filed as provided for the filing of a disclaimer under Subchapter B.
Sec. 122.203. NOTICE. Notice of the filing of an assignment as provided by Section 122.202 must be served as required by Section 122.056 for notice of a disclaimer.
Sec. 122.204. FAILURE TO COMPLY. Failure to comply with Subchapters A, B, C, and D does not affect an assignment.
Sec. 122.205. GIFT. An assignment under this subchapter is a gift to the assignee and is not a disclaimer under Subchapters A, B, C, and D.
Sec. 122.206. SPENDTHRIFT PROVISION. An assignment of property or interest that would defeat a spendthrift provision imposed in a trust may not be made under this subchapter.


Following up on the UN Secretary General's Study on Violence against Children, our annual global reports track progress towards universal prohibition and elimination of corporal punishment of children. This latest edition highlights the major achievements of 2017 – yet another big year in the journey to end all corporal punishment; it provides an update on the work of the Global Initiative, and looks forward to what is coming up in 2018.
Designed to encourage and support action, the report also highlights the work still to be done – the states where corporal punishment is not fully prohibited in any setting, the states where corporal punishment remains lawful as a sentence for crime, and the number of children worldwide that still do not enjoy equal protection on the law on assault.
A limited number of hard copies is available for advocacy use, contact info@endcorporalpunishment.org.


A new scholarship program administered by Nova Southeastern University will award nearly $1 million to 12 students every 18 months for flight training, the university announced Jan. 13.
The scholarships—$73,000 per student, for a total of $878,000 every 18 months—are provided by American Flyers and will cover the cost of flight training for Nova Southeastern University aviation students. While Nova Southeastern's campus is in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, students may also take online NSU courses and complete flight training at one of American Flyers' other locations: Morristown, New Jersey; DuPage, Illinois; Santa Monica, California; or Dallas or Houston, Texas.
To qualify for the scholarship, participants must be admitted as undergraduate students at NSU, successfully complete a 16-week practicum at American Flyers, maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA, and provide a 1,000-word essay on why they are interested in the program and why they should be granted a scholarship. The program will begin for students during the fall 2015 semester, and interested students may contact Durham at 954/262-8601 or by email.
In NSU's degree program, which is entering its third year, students may earn a bachelor's degree in human services administration, with an emphasis on human factors in aviation. The school estimates the total cost of the four-year degree program, including pilot training, is close to $160,000.


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2023 Chevy Colorado Colors, Engine, Review
2023 Chevy Colorado Colors, Engine, Review – 2023's Chevy Colorado is the mid-sized truck segment's. Any sensible-sized car or truck equipped with robust and efficient electric motors and the ideal for every auto user, and a huge off-road star. Five reduce degrees, three design patterns and 3 motors and three gears, two drivetrains, as well as an array that offers a variety of choices made Chevy Colorado being among the most well-skewed pickups. We've heard a few of reports that claimed Chevy could be able to alter it's middle-sized pickup truck in the next season, specifically considering the current competition that have a cross-city competitors like Ford using their Ranger.
2023 Chevy Colorado Redesign
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2023 Chevy Colorado Exterior
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Sernovitz v. Dershaw
November 18, 2015 by Justia Inc
In a discretionary appeal, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court addressed a legislative-process challenge to a 1988 enactment. This issue was raised in the context of a professional negligence lawsuit filed in 2010, asserting causes of action for wrongful birth. Rebecca Sernovitz sought medical care after becoming pregnant. Because she and her husband are both of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage, their child was at increased risk of suffering from a genetic disorder known as familial dysautonomia ("F.D."). Her treating physicians, negligently misinformed her about the test results, telling her she was not a carrier. Thereafter, Mrs. Sernovitz gave birth to a son, Samuel, who suffered from F.D. and would suffer from the disorder for the rest of his life. Mrs. Sernovitz later learned that both she and her husband were carriers of the mutation. If she had been correctly informed of the results of her test in a timely manner, further testing would have ensued, which would eventually have revealed Samuel's condition while he was still in utero. Had that occurred, Mrs. Sernovitz would have obtained an abortion. In October 2010, plaintiffs Mr. and Mrs. Sernovitz filed an amended complaint against the health-care providers and their employers and corporate parents ("Defendants"), asserting claims for wrongful birth and seeking damages for medical expenses and emotional distress. Although Section 8305(a) of the Judicial Code barred such claims, plaintiffs alleged that Act 47 of 1988 (of which Section 8305 was enacted) was unconstitutional in its entirety on several grounds. In particular, they averred that: the act's original purpose was changed during its passage through the General Assembly, contrary to Article III, Section 1; it contained more than one subject, in violation of Article III, Section 3; and, in its final form, it was not considered on three days in each House, thus failing to conform with Article III, Section 4. The common pleas court determined that the act complied with Article III, sustained the preliminary objections on the basis that the wrongful-birth claims were barred by Section 8305, and dismissed the amended complaint. A three-judge panel of the Superior Court reversed in a published decision. Having stricken Section 8305, the Superior Court reversed the common pleas court's order dismissing the amended complaint and remanded for further proceedings. Defendants moved for reconsideration, and appealed to the Supreme Court when their motion was denied. The Supreme Court disagreed with the Superior Court's decision, reversed, and remanded for reinstatement of the common pleas court's order dismissing the complaint. View "Sernovitz v. Dershaw" on Justia Law
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Turkey launches air raids against IS, Kurdish militants
Turkey on Friday launched air raids against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria and launched a a new campaign to bombard camps of Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.
world Updated: Jul 25, 2015 07:07 IST
Image from aircraft cockpit video released by Turkey's state-run agency Anadolu Friday, July 24, 2015, of what they report to be Turkish warplanes striking Islamic State group targets across the border in Syria. (AP Photo)
Turkey on Friday launched air raids against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria and launched a a new campaign to bombard camps of Kurdish militants in northern Iraq. Turkish F-16s took off from their base in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir to carry out a new wave of strikes against IS after a first set of attacks earlier in the day, the CNN-Turk and NTV television channels reported.
The raids marked a major shift in policy towards IS by key NATO member Turkey, which has faced severe criticism from its Western allies for not doing enough to combat the jihadists.
But on this occasion planes also bombed positions of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in neighbouring Iraq, where the group's military forces are based.
"At around 11:00 pm (2000 GMT) tonight, Turkish warplanes started bombing our positions near the border, accompanied by heavy artillery shelling," PKK spokesman in Iraq Bakhtiar Dogan told AFP.
He said the strikes targeted mountain positions in the north of the Dohuk province, which is part of Iraq's northern autonomous region of Kurdistan.
Dogan also said that jets had flown over the Qandil mountains, an area north of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Arbil which the PKK's political leadership has been using as a safe haven, but had not conducted any strikes there.
There was no confirmation of the PKK raids from the Turkish government.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that the first bombing operation early Friday against IS had "100 percent" achieved its goals.
The air raids were ordered in the wake of a suicide bombing blamed on IS that killed 32 activists on the Syrian border on Monday and cross-border clashes Thursday that claimed the life of a Turkish soldier.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said nine IS fighters were killed in the first attacks and 12 wounded.
Those raids bombed three targets controlled by Islamic State (IS) jihadists up to 14 kilometres (8.7 miles) inside Syrian territory, the official Anatolia news agency reported.
"Turkey will show the strongest reaction to the slightest movement that threatens it," Davutoglu said.
"The operation against IS reached its target and will not stop," he added.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in televised comments that the security situation had "got out of control" in the last days and Turkey had to act differently now.
Nearly 300 suspects held
The fighting erupted after the killing of 32 people in a suicide bombing Monday in the Turkish town of Suruc on the Syrian border carried out by a 20-year old Turkish man linked to IS.
The attack, which targeted Turkish activists preparing an aid mission in Syria, sparked an upsurge in violence in Turkey's Kurdish-dominated southeast, where many accuse Turkish authorities of collaborating with IS.
In an apparent bid to crack down on all sources of violence, Turkish police on Friday swooped on suspected members of the IS group and the PKK, which has waged a separatist insurgency against the government in the southeast for decades.
A total of 297 people including 37 foreigners were detained, Davutoglu said, adding that the raids took place in 16 provinces across Turkey.
As well as IS and the PKK, the operation targeted suspected members of the PKK's youth wing, The Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (YDG-H), and the Marxist Revolutionary People's Liberation Party Front (DHKP-C).
Among those arrested in Istanbul was a senior local IS figure, Halis Bayancuk, who has the nom de guerre of Ebu Hanzala, the official Anatolia news agency said.
A female member of the DHKP-C was killed in Istanbul in clashes with police during the raids, Turkish media said. The Hurriyet daily reported she had been readying a suicide bombing.
Two police were shot dead in southeast Turkey close to the Syrian border on Wednesday, in an attack claimed by the PKK's military wing which said it wanted to avenge the Suruc bombing.
On Thursday, another policeman was killed in the majority Kurdish city of Diyarbakir.
With tensions running high across the country, Turkish police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a protest in the Istanbul district of Kadikoy by hundreds of people to denounce IS violence.
In the anti-establishment district of Gazi, protesters threw Molotov cocktails and engaged in pitched battles with police, an AFP photographer said.
'Deal on air base'
Turkey has been accused of colluding with IS extremists in the hope they might further Ankara's aim of toppling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Ankara has always vehemently denied the claims but the NATO member has dodged playing a full role in the US-led coalition assisting Kurds fighting IS militants.
Now, however, Ankara has finally given the green light to US forces for the use of its Incirlik base for air strikes against IS in Syria and Iraq, American officials said Thursday.
"A decision has been taken for Turkey's own security," Davutoglu added, declining to give details on the agreement.
Hurriyet said the agreement provided for the establishment of a 90-kilometre (56 mile) no-fly zone between the Syrian towns of Marea and Jarabulus to the east.
First Published: Jul 25, 2015 06:53 IST


Sooner or later, you'll want to visit a library or archive to find records that you don't have at home. But a library can often seem overwhelming to the beginning researcher. In this episode, Ancestors hosts Jim and Terry Willard take you on location to the largest genealogical library in the world, the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, where staff and patrons offer their personal tips for a successful research trip. The Family History Library houses 2 million rolls of microfilm and more than 270,000 compiled family histories.
Start locally. Become familiar with local libraries, historical and genealogical societies, and family history centers in your area.
Use state and national resources only after you have thoroughly explored what is available to you locally. This approach will save you time and money.
Find and research the record, recording the information on your pedigree chart and research log.
Gather the information and materials you will need for a successful library trip. Be sure to include several pencils, blank paper or notebook, coins for the copying machines, and your research log. Call your local library or genealogical society to find out what hours and days of the week they are open. Review the information on your pedigree chart and select a specific research goal for your library visit so that you know what record you are looking for. Then go for it! Explore your community resources.


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Q: cloud run - error while connecting to cloud sql I am trying to connect to cloud sql from cloud run. However, I am getting the error, not sure what needs to be done.
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def create_database_connection(db_user, db_pass, db_name, instance_connection_name):

    db_socket_dir = os.environ.get("DB_SOCKET_DIR", "/cloudsql")
     pool = sqlalchemy.create_engine(

        sqlalchemy.engine.url.URL.create(
            drivername="mysql+pymysql",
            username=db_user,  # e.g. "my-database-user"
            password=db_pass,  # e.g. "my-database-password"
            database=db_name,  # e.g. "my-database-name"
            query={
                "unix_socket": "{}/{}".format(
                    db_socket_dir,  # e.g. "/cloudsql"
                    instance_connection_name)  # i.e "<PROJECT-NAME>:<INSTANCE-REGION>:<INSTANCE-NAME>"
            }
        ),
    )

    return pool

@app.route('/test', methods=['GET'])
def handle_test():
    connection = database.create_database_connection(db_user=os.getenv("db_user"),
                                                     db_pass=os.getenv("db_pass"),
                                                     db_name=os.getenv("db_name"),
                                                     instance_connection_name=os.getenv("instance_connection_name"))

    Session = sessionmaker(bind=connection)
    session = Session()
    records = session.query(Demo).all()
    records_list = [record.__dict__ for record in records]
    for record in records_list:
        del record["_sa_instance_state"]

    print(records_list)
    json_string = json.dumps(records_list)
    return json_string

Error
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pymysql/connections.py", line 602, in connect sock.connect(self.unix_socket) FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

in connect raise exc sqlalchemy.exc.OperationalError: (pymysql.err.OperationalError)
(2003, "Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' ([Errno 2] No such file or directory)")

I am using gcloud run to deploy the app directly from source code. So image is being build and deployed by google cloud build.
I tried creating folder as well, in docker file however still getting same error.
Dockerfile
FROM python:3.10-slim

ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED True

ENV APP_HOME /app
WORKDIR $APP_HOME
COPY . ./

RUN mkdir -p /cloudsql

RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

CMD exec gunicorn --bind :$PORT --workers 1 --threads 8 --timeout 0 main:app

Update:

*

*I can see folder /cloudsql being created

*I changed the DB_SOCKER_DIR to /tmp and still the same issue.

I have no issue connecting to same database with same code through cloud function. I am getting error only with cloud run
I am using following command to deploy cloud run
gcloud run deploy processcontrol --source .  --set-cloudsql-instances=cloud-sql-8

I have connection set for the SQL I am trying to access.

A: Are you enabling the Cloud SQL Proxy in the Cloud Run instance?
More info on setting that up here:
https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/connect-run

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Gerry has been in the Financial Services Industry Since 1983. Prior to joining Bellwether, she joined Beaches in 2015. Gerry's experience ranges from Licensed Sales Assistant, working in the Head Office of a Large IIROC investment Firm; Branch Administrator, Assistant to Vice President of Boutique Investment firm; also, a trader for Portfolio Manager. Gerry's certifications include: Canadian Securities Course, Canadian Investment Finance I and II, Branch Managers Course, Options Supervisory Course and Chief Compliance Officers Qualifying Exam.
Gerry loves providing the best service she can to our clientele and strives to continue to improve the service our clients receive. In her spare time, Gerry is very active; she is a member of a Road Bike Cycling Club and enjoys CrossFit.


Josh and Bruno open the Flagship Store in Brunswick. It's open 16 hours a day. Bruno makes the gelato daily, and Josh lives in an apartment above the store.
Dark Chocolate Noir Sorbetto is first created in response to a chef's challenge.
Gelato Fiasco responds to a fiscal crisis at the Brunswick Teen Center and holds a fundraiser where scoopers served on average about one dish of gelato or cup of espresso per minute, every minute, for 10 hours of the day. The event raised funds to fill the Teen Center's end-of-year gap and pay for a month's worth of operating costs and created the basis for our future Scooping for Community Program.
The Gelato Fiasco Flagship Store closes for four days for renovation because heavy foot traffic wore through the floors.
The Gelato Fiasco Old Port opens in the middle of winter, giving us a few months to work out the kinks.
The first taste of Sweet Resurgam Gelato is offered. The burnt sugar, roasted almond, and chocolate-sliver flavor celebrates our new Old Port store. It's supposed to be available for a limited time, but folks love it immensely and overwhelmingly vote to make it a permanent flavor in our Brunswick and Portland stores.
Our new jar-inspired pint packaging is officially released. The release represents a new stage in Gelato Fiasco's mission to bring Maine-made gelato to people inside and outside of Maine.
Gelato Fiasco becomes available at the more than 150 stores of The Fresh Market. Our gelato can now be found in a majority of U.S. states. The new gelatofiasco.com launches at the same time.
Bon Appetit names Maine Wild Blueberry Crisp Gelato as one of America's best store-bought craft ice creams.
We launch three new seasonal flavors in pints and stores for the holidays: Santa's Little Helper Gelato, Red Flannel Whoopie Pie Gelato, and Darkest Chocolate Peppermint Sorbetto.
Gelato Fiasco can be found in more than 2,000 stores in 45 U.S. states.
The editors of O: The Oprah Magazine choose a pint of Ripe Mango Sorbetto as one of their favorite summer flavors.
Having launched in some of the nation's largest grocers, Gelato Fiasco is now in more than 5,000 grocery stores across the United States, including Publix, Giant, and Stop & Shop.
The Wall Street Journal places Gelato Fiasco on The Off Duty 50, its list of great products, styles, trends, and recipes for spring.
Ripe Mango Sorbetto receives the No. 1. sofi Gold Award for Best Frozen Dessert at the Specialty Food Association's Fancy Food Show in New York City. These are among the most prestigious awards in the specialty food world.
Gelato Fiasco opens a one-week pop-up shop, the Gelato Fiasco Holiday Lodge, on Newbury Street in Boston, to kick off the holiday season.
Another sofi Award: Mascarpone Pistachio Caramel Gelato receives the Silver Award for Best Frozen Dessert.
Our summer-pop up in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, opens for the season.


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Camargue VIP 4x4 Safari from ARLES
Venture off-road and discover the wild landscapes of the Camargue on this half-day safari from Arles. Traveling by 4WD, explore the vineyards, rice fields and marshlands of the Camargue Natural Park; look out for the region's famous white horses, black bulls, and pink flamingos; and stop for a traditional aperitif including regional wines and local delicacies.
Classic old town Arles from Romans to Vincent Van Gogh - half day private tour
Tour summary - classic old town Arles See the iconic sights of Arles - this picturesque town steeped in history dating back to a Greek settlement. Arles one of the most important cities of the Roman colony founded by Julius Caesar in 46 BC. Classical town with preserved ruins - the Amphithéâtre d'Arènes, Cloisters of Saint-Trophime, the Roman Theatre and Thermes de Constantin & Musée Réattu. Arles has a pleasant Provençal ambience, leafy public squares and slow-paced lifestyle. Highlights Wander & discover the old town of Arles Visit the Théâtre antique d'Arles coupled with a guided visit of Amphithéâtre d'Arènes. Enjoy the elegant surroundings of the towns numerous squares, historic buildings and architecture of Arles. Visit the terraces and cafe that inspired Van Gogh. Experience the bustling vibe & follow the Van Gogh trail to see the scenes of some of his paintings.
4x4 safari - 4h Alpilles Provence - Departure from Arles
Take advantage of this half-day excursion that offers a discovery of Provencal villages, olive groves, Roman remains, landscapes painted by Van Gogh.
4x4 Camargue Safari 4h - Departure from Arles
Discovery of the Camargue on a 4x4 safari in the heart of the Camargue Regional Natural Park, between the two arms of the Rhône. Discovery of ponds, marias, horses, bulls, birds ... All our tours are commented on by our passionate guides who are keen on Camargue culture. They will make you discover the most secret corners and take magnificent photos.
Aix en Provence, Marseille & Cassis Private Tour in Minivan
Spend a day exploring Aix en Provence, Cassis, and Marseille with this private tour from Marseille. Your guide will pick you and your party up at your hotel and take you out on a day of adventure. Highlights include a stop at Cape Canaille and a guided tour of the Cours Mirabeau in Aix, with plenty of free time built in to explore at your leisure.
Aix en Provence, Marseille and Cassis Tour
Explore the best of Provence in a day with our private tour to Aix en Provence, Marseille and Cassis. This tour a must if it is your first time in Provence. You will tour Marseille, capital city of Provence and biggest port in France; explore the most beautiful city of Provence in Aix en Provence; and see the most jaw-pending panorama on the coast from the top of the cliff in Cassis. We provide the best professional tour guides in the south of France.
Private Day Trip to Baux de Provence and St Remy from Arles
Baux de Provence and Saint Rémy de Provence are two of the most picturesque hilltop villages in Provence, and this private full-day tour from Arles visits both in one day. Marvel at the medieval monuments of Baux de Provence, then admire the Roman ruins and follow in the footsteps of Van Gogh in Saint Rémy de Provence.
Private Day Trip to Luberon Villages: L'Isle sur la Sorgue, Gordes and Roussillon from Arles
Journey to the heart of Provence on this private full-day tour of the Luberon region from Arles. Stroll around the pretty canal ways of L'Isle sur la Sorgue, admire the unique ochre cliffs of Roussillon, and visit the picturesque hilltop village of Gordes.
Private Day Trip to Nimes, Pont du Gard and Orange from Arles
Provence is famous for its hilltop villages and idyllic scenery, but it's also home to some of the most impressive Roman ruins in France. This private full-day tour will take you back in time, as you explore the magnificent amphitheater and Maison Carrée in Nîmes; admire the ancient theater of Orange; and visit the UNESCO-listed Pont du Gard aqueduct.
Arles Small groupe tour : Private Day Trip to Luberon Villages
Explore some of France's most picturesque villages in one day—this private tour makes discovering the Luberon region simple. Depart in the morning from Arles and begin at l'Isle-sur-Sorgue, known as "the little Venice of Provence." Continue to Gordes, known for its steep beauty; to Roussillon, where you can admire centuries-old architecture; to Bonnieux, for panoramic views; and finish in Ménerbes, where you can enjoy a wine tasting (own expense).
Marseille and Cassis Tour
Explore Marseille and discover the port of Cassis with its National Park. Spend your day by the sea and get some opportunities for a swim in the Calanques National Park in Cassis. Enjoy a private guided tour in Marseille to see the best of the Capital city of Provence. Visit the Notre Dame Cathedral and see the Château d'If in the middle of the bay. Stop by the Old Port and the Longchamp palace for pictures. Drive across the National Park to reach Cassis. On the road you can stop for pictures as much as you want. Visit the lovely port of Cassis, enjoy its pristine beaches or take a boat tour inside the fjords of the National Park. We provide the best professional tour guides in the south of France.
Aix en Provence & Cézanne Minivan Tour
Maximize your stopover in Marseille with the best panoramic tour to discover Aix en Provence and Paul Cézanne. Explore Aix en Provence with your private guide. Discover Cézanne and his superb workshop at the top of the city. Explore the most beautiful sites where Cézanne painted at the foot of the Montagne Sainte Victoire.
Arles and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Private Tour
Maximize your day in Provence: explore the most beautiful UNESCO World Heritage sites in Arles and follow in the footsteps of Vincent Van Gogh. This tour takes you to discover Arles and Saint Rémy de Provence. Tour in an air-conditioned vehicle with a professional guide. Your guide is an art and history specialist. Your guide will be with you for the duration of the tour and will do everything possible to provide you with an unforgettable day.
Arles: 2-Hour Private Walking Tour
Get to know Arles on a 2-hour walking tour of this historic French city. Maybe you have already heard about this place, as it is famous for its festival of photography, "Rencontres d'Arles", which takes place every year in summer. But let's focus on discovering the historical center of this amazing city. Arles has important remains of Roman times, and you will start your tour by discovering the exterior arena of Roman amphitheater, constructed in the 1st century. Then admire the Antique Theatre and the Arles Obelisk. If you would like to see another place, simply let your guide know your wishes and your tour will be adjusted accordingly. Keep in mind that Arles is also rich in museums, like Musée de la Camargue or Musée Réaltu, which you can visit on your own. Additionally, some of the buildings and cathedrals of Arles are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and are a wonder to behold.
4x4 Camargue Safari 4h - Private Tour - Departure from Arles
Discovery of the Camargue on a 4x4 safari in the heart of the Camargue Regional Natural Park, between the two arms of the Rhône. Discovery of ponds, marshes, horses, bulls, birds ... All our tours are commented on by our passionate guides who are keen on Camargue culture. They will make you discover the most secret corners and take magnificent photos.
Saint Remy of Provence & Les Baux de Provence Minivan Tour
Get the personal touch with this private day trip to Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and Le Baux-de-Provence. Perfect for art and history lovers alike, the tour follows the footsteps of Vincent van Gogh who spent much of his productive painting time in the towns. The Monastery of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole, Château des Baux-de-Provence, and an exhibition at the Carrieres des Lumieres all feature en route. Entry fees are extra.
Airport transfer from Arles to Marseille Airport
Get on this private transfer on a very confortable Sedan from Arles city to the Airport of Marseille
Private Day Trip to Nimes and Pont du Gard from Arles
Provence is famous for its hilltop villages and idyllic scenery, but it's also home to some of the most impressive Roman ruins in France. This private half-day tour will take you back in time, as you explore the magnificent amphitheater and Maison Carrée in Nîmes, then marvel at the UNESCO-listed Pont du Gard aqueduct.
Arles, Les Baux de Provence & Saint Rémy de Provence Tour
Explore the UNESCO city of Arles, the medieval village of Les Baux de Provence and the authentic town of Saint Rémy de Provence. This tour a must to travel across the heart of Provence painted by Vincent Van Gogh, home of olive oil and delicious wines. Private guided tour in Arles to see where Van Gogh use to live and where he painted. Visit the Roman Monuments of the ancient city from the 1st century and the Cathedral from the 12th century. 30 minute transfer to Les Baux de Provence. You will visit the 16th century village of Les Baux de Provence and its 11th century Castle. In Les Baux de Provence we recommend the Carrières de Lumières Art Exhibition. 20 minute transfer to Saint Rémy de Provence. Enjoy a private guided tour of Van Gogh's asylum in Saint Paul de Mausole. See the Roman Monuments of the ancient city from the 1st century. Visit Saint Rémy, its lovely atmosphere and its pretty shops. We provide the best professional tour guides in the south of France.
Private Tour of Aix-en-Provence and Marseille from Arles
Discover the two sides of Provence from the old-world elegance of Aix-en-Provence to the busy modern port of Marseille on this private full-day tour from Arles. Explore the lively market and grand Cours Mirabeau in Aix-en-Provence, then visit sights such as the Notre-Dame Basilica, the Old Port, and the Château d'If in Marseille.
Marseille Half day City tour
Visit Marseille on a tour from Arles that introduces you to the city's historical center and old port (Vieux Port). You'll see sights such as the Basilique Notre Dame de la Garde (aka La Bonne Mère) and Palais Longchamp, plus stop by Cap Croisette on the Mediterranean coast. Please note, any admission fees are at your own expense.
Full private day Avignon Chateuneuf du pape wine tasting
In this Full day you'll discover Avignon the Papal city of the 14th century and it's big monuments ,then head up to Châteuneuf Du Pape were you can taste one of Famous wine in France and then have a free walk in old city. your guide will drive you back to Arles
Aix en Provence & Cassis Tour
Explore Aix en Provence and discover the port of Cassis with its National Park. Spend your day between the most beautiful city of Provence and the Calanques National Park in Cassis. Enjoy a private guided tour in Aix en Provence to see the best of the old town and its palaces from the 17th century. Visit the Saint Sauveur Cathedral, explore the Mazarin neighborhood and discover where Paul Cézanne was born. Drive across Provence to the National Park of Cassis. Visit the lovely port of Cassis, enjoy its pristine beaches and take a boat tour inside the fjords of the National Park. We provide the best professional tour guides in the south of France.
Provence Tour
Enjoy and taste the Best of Provence with our full day tailor made tour. Spend your day in the most beautiful cities of Provence, in its National Parks or in the countryside. Enjoy the private guided tour of your choice among the Provence Tour options. We provide the best professional tour guides in the south of France.
What people are saying about Arles Tours
"Our guide Sandra was really well prepared and was able to answer every question about the Camargue. We enjoyed the safari! We deeply appreciate getting historical and cultural information!"..."
"Our guide Sandra was really well prepared and was able to answer every question about the Camargue. We enjoyed the safari! We deeply appreciate getting historical and cultural information!"
"Romain was the best tour guide ever! He did an incredible job of explaining the sights in Aix & Marseille. He answered all our questions and was easy to understand. We never felt rushed and were sad to see our time with him come to a close."..."
"Romain was the best tour guide ever! He did an incredible job of explaining the sights in Aix & Marseille. He answered all our questions and was easy to understand. We never felt rushed and were sad to see our time with him come to a close."
"We had a wonderful day exploring a number of individually unique Luberon villages with Djilani. He was so knowledgeable and accommodating and really brought the area to life. I would highly recommend this tour."..."
"We had a wonderful day exploring a number of individually unique Luberon villages with Djilani. He was so knowledgeable and accommodating and really brought the area to life. I would highly recommend this tour."
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Lynn Lurie
Museum of Stones
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A mother and her son "sit on the floor of the Museum of Natural History under the blue whale, discussing the way his muscles contracted to propel him through the water. In the semi-darkness we strain to hear the underwater sounds, sometimes muddled, other times perfectly clear." Later, in the planetarium, "the Milky Way is a wide causeway of sparkling mica schist, bordered by diamond-studded mountains. / He whispers, outer space has many dry planets. HD 209458b and HD 189733b are two that are worth exploring."...
~ Spencer Dew, decomP a literary magazinE
In this kaleidoscopic pastiche of a novel, Lynn Lurie creates a world full of grief, confusion, pain, and difficult but enduring love.
The unnamed narrator is the mother of a boy who struggles with many mysterious health problems — once, he is called schizophrenic while another time he is diagnosed with an illness that has supposedly been eradicated everywhere except in parts of Africa. While the stress of raising such a child sometimes overwhelms her to the point of despair, she often is loving and accommodating of her son's unique desires and needs, translating them for the world at large. Yet she has her breaking points — and empties out his hoarded possessions into dumpsters.
Upon inheriting a portrait of herself, she takes scissors and stabs it, ultimately deciding to make it a collage. And that is how this book reads — like a collage of ideas and impressions, taken from a chronological narrative and stabbed apart into what we are left with, pieces of a puzzle strewn like clues between two covers....
~ Cynthia-Marie Marmo O'Brien, The Literary Review
Red on White: Motherhood in Lynn Lurie's Museum of Stones
The literature of motherhood, like motherhood itself, is full of different pathways. A reader or mother can venture down any number of routes through the experience, and the choices any person has in this regard are determined by luck as much as will. When I was pregnant the first time, a friend sent me Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions, a popular memoir that frankly acknowledges Lamott's demons: addiction, grief for her father, the mundane travails of single parenting.
Warm and wry, it was the right thing for me to read at the time; it patterned a kind of gallows humor that buoyed me through the tender hell of newborn care. I passed it around to other new mothers. Later, deeper into motherhood, I read and loved Rachel Zucker's MOTHERs, which travels a darker (and more formally experimental) path, largely shaped by Zucker's deep disappointment in her own mother. Here was a gravel-voiced account that provided companionship by daring to admit, as Zucker puts it, "how often I feel, when with my children, 'I don't want to be here.'"
~ Erika Howsare, The Lit Pub
In the novel Museum of Stones, we follow an unnamed narrator through the journey of what motherhood is really like. And in her third work, Lynn Lurie masterfully depicts this chaotic, frightening, loving, and sometimes neurotic life of being a mother to an extraordinary son. Through the unnamed narrator, Lurie brings us into the mind of a new mother to experience everything she is experiencing. We are given her life in a series of carefully chosen, interwoven vignettes that blend together the narrator's past and her present. Moving between the United States and Peru, the narrative pushes forward and backward through space and time and snares our emotions in the in-between.
~ Christina Ghent, Heavy Feather Review
A life full of what ifs lends itself toward anxiety. The life of a new mother lends itself to the anxiety of the "what ifs." In her novel Museum of Stones Lynn Lurie depicts the hardships and the bouts of anxiety driven mania of motherhood. "I asked the nurse to count his toes and then count them again. She holds a crumpled form in front of me… I count five toes, then, five more." Through a mix of quick flash backs and unsettling time jumps, Lurie shows the fragility of the mind coupled with obsessive desire to protect and love a child.
~ Charli Smith, Call Me [Brackets]
"In Lynn Lurie's Museum of Stones, a woman experiences parenting as a cross between profound love and constant, only sometimes low-grade terror. Swinging between the past and the present, the novel moves from the mother's rough birth of her son to her time with him in Peru when he is an adult. This work crosses genre boundaries, employing the lyricism of poetry with the character development of a novel."
~ Camille-Yvette Welsch, Foreward Reviews
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"Lynn Lurie's Museum of Stones is a magnificent and bracing trek through motherhood—its counting out of the toes, its wild-eyed griefs, its brazen too-muchness. As all mothers must, the nameless narrator traverses multiple timezones at once, shifting deftly from present tense to rear-view mirror, interior tableaux to Lake Titicaca. Stylistically, the work proceeds through use of collage, carefully paced paragraphs. Put another way, in a series of well-placed stones of urgent prose poetry, Museum of Stones reveals the fates in store for this newborn boy: wrists "no wider than a straw" and sternum sporting a tiny tower of gauze, hospital monitors aglow in their wide range of numbers and, later, "neatly folded sheets of paper crammed with lists of [the boy's] numerical codes." As the book moves through the trials and triumphs of this extraordinary and brilliant child, it points up select scenes from his parents' marriage, alongside succulent details about petty goings-on in the extended family. Perhaps most important, the book illumines beautifully the mutable states of the mother: the means by which she must, with such tenacity—beginning, middle and end—carve herself, "no distortions or duplications," from what precious daily clay is left."
~ Diane Raptosh, National Book Award Semi-Finalist
"Parenthood has its many nightmares—a sizable genre of which could be labelled 'The Inadequacy of One's Love.' Lynn Lurie's Museum of Stones is a devastating and beautiful collage of such nightmarish scenes, broken shards layered to accurately reflect decades of heartbreaking and terrifying tableaux, now muffled (yet terrorizing still) in the cotton of memory. And yet what thin, sweet ray does shoot through is that the love, indeed, was human-sized and enough."
~ Eugene Lim, author of Dear Cyborgs, Fog & Car, and The Strangers.
"Lynn Lurie writes here with precision, power, and clarity about all that is most important—those things that sizzle and shriek, burn, and roar in the tunnels and caverns of the heart. Museum of Stones is a beautiful book and Lurie a marvelous writer."
~ Laird Hunt, author of Neverhome and The Evening Road.
"The radiance of Lynn Lurie's vision emanates from the devastating frisson between the fragility of the body and the futility of love to spare us the desolating solitude of grief. In Museum of Stones, the enormity of the speaker's loss pulses through each piercing iteration of her child's story. Yet writing itself is hope, attention a kind of prayer, an insistence on life, testimony to the desire to recover the shreds and shards of memory, to make from them a space where all things at once are and ever shall be possible."
~ Melanie Rae Thon, author of Author of Silence and Song
"At the center of Museum of Stones exists the nameless narrator's son, whose frail presence helps weave together memory, hurt, hope, and the grim realization that in the end we're all made of holes, not wholes. Lurie's novel is at once a beautifully condensed, understated, brave, risky associative lyric, a passionate and compassionate meditation, and a gorgeous elegy about the temporal rubble of us."
~ Lance Olsen, author of Dreamlives of Debris
"Museum of Stones is a dreamy, haunting, clamorous book by one of the bravest souls anywhere."
~ Noy Holland, author of I WAS TRYING TO DESCRIBE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
"Museum of Stones has the scope of a novel, the concision of a novella, and the speed and movement of a prose poem. Remote, but intimate; terribly poignant, yet remorselessly unsentimental. It creates and sustains a compact with the reader… the structure unfolds to reveal new thought and language. Museum of Stones is a tour de force."
~ Philip Brady
Review for Museum of Stones:
"Parenthood has its many nightmares—a sizable genre of which could be labelled 'The Inadequacy of One's Love.' Lynn Lurie's Museum of Stones is a devastating and beautiful collage of such nightmarish scenes, broken shards layered to accurately reflect decades of heartbreaking and terrifying tableaux, now muffled (yet terrorizing still) in the cotton of memory. And yet what thin, sweet ray does shoot through is that the love, indeed, was human-sized and enough." - Eugene Lim, author of Dear Cyborgs, Fog & Car, and The Strangers.
"Lynn Lurie writes here with precision, power, and clarity about all that is most important—those things that sizzle and shriek, burn, and roar in the tunnels and caverns of the heart. Museum of Stones is a beautiful book and Lurie a marvelous writer." - Laird Hunt, author of Neverhome and The Evening Road.
"The radiance of Lynn Lurie's vision emanates from the devastating frisson between the fragility of the body and the futility of love to spare us the desolating solitude of grief. In Museum of Stones, the enormity of the speaker's loss pulses through each piercing iteration of her child's story. Yet writing itself is hope, attention a kind of prayer, an insistence on life, testimony to the desire to recover the shreds and shards of memory, to make from them a space where all things at once are and ever shall be possible." -Melanie Rae Thon, author of Author of Silence and Song
"At the center of Museum of Stones exists the nameless narrator's son, whose frail presence helps weave together memory, hurt, hope, and the grim realization that in the end we're all made of holes, not wholes. Lurie's novel is at once a beautifully condensed, understated, brave, risky associative lyric, a passionate and compassionate meditation, and a gorgeous elegy about the temporal rubble of us." -Lance Olsen, author of Dreamlives of Debris
-Noy Holland, author of I WAS TRYING TO DESCRIBE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
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Instant Analysis: NFC North Draft Picks
Abhyudhaya Venkat
Apr 28, 2021; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; A video digital billboard promoting the 2021 NFL Draft on Ontario St. in downtown. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
The first round of the 2021 NFL Draft has come to an end, so it's time to take a look at who the NFC North picked up today, and how those picks project for these teams.
Detroit Lions: OT Penei Sewell
With the 7th overall pick, the Detroit Lions selected the best offensive tackle in the draft, Penei Sewell. Pairing Sewell up with Taylor Decker and Frank Ragnow will give the Lions a solid offensive line, which is necessary in an NFC North filled with pass rushers such as Danielle Hunter, Khalil Mack, and Za'Darius Smith. While they could have picked up Devonta Smith to help out their receiving core, you cannot fault the Lions for picking a generational tackle.
Scouting Report from The Draft Network: Penei Sewell aligns at left tackle and is a good athlete overall, as evidenced in his initial quickness of the snap and his body control and balance in his set. In the run game, he demonstrates his physical toughness as an in-line blocker. He comes off the ball with the intent to maul you inside and he's dominant on combo blocks. In the passing game, he demonstrates his competitiveness and length on the perimeter. He's rarely on the ground, but has a few reps where his technique falters a bit and puts his body in tough positions. Later in his career, he will easily kick inside to guard if athletic edge rushers start to give him issues. He may ultimately prove to be a better fit inside.
Chicago Bears: QB Justin Fields
The Chicago Bears traded up to the 11th overall pick and got the steal of the draft. Ryan Pace has been criticized heavily in his tenure as general manager, but this was an absolute home run trade and pick for them. The Bears now have their quarterback of the future, and a player many had as the second-best quarterback in the draft. If you're a Bears fan, today is a day to remember for a very long time. If Aaron Rodgers does get traded, Justin Fields has the potential to be the best quarterback in the NFC North, which is a dream Bears fans have had for the entire Superbowl era.
Scouting Report from The Draft Network: Justin Fields projects as a franchise quarterback at the NFL level — he offers the blend of throwing ability, athleticism, stature, and clutch play that will cause NFL teams to fall in love with his evaluation, even if his 2020 campaign showed some cracks in his play. Fields' ability as a passer is top shelf when accounting for his natural delivery and how easily he's proven to be able to throw around defenders or work himself into generating velocity and accuracy when on the move; the Buckeyes embraced rolling pocket with Fields at quarterback to take advantage of his arm strength and the subsequent access he'll get to all areas of the field as a passer. Fields will kill man-coverage heavy teams with his legs; he's big, strong, and yet still quite dynamic as a runner — so breaking contain and converting third downs with his legs is a large staple of the conflict Fields is capable of putting you into as a player.
Minnesota Vikings: OT Christian Darrisaw
While many Vikings fans are disappointed they couldn't get Fields, the Vikings still ended up with a great first round. They traded down from the 14th overall pick to the 23rd pick, while getting the 66th and 86th pick, and giving up 143. They also got tremendous value, in what many consider to be the third-best offensive tackle in this draft. This was a player many would not have had an issue with taking at 14, so the fact that they traded down and still picked Darrisaw is an absolute win for the Vikings.
Scouting Report from The Draft Network: Virginia Tech offensive tackle Christian Darrisaw earned the opportunity to start for the Hokies as a true freshman and did nothing but improve for three seasons, developing into a dominant blocker in 2020. From a size, length, and mobility standpoint, Darrisaw firmly checks the boxes and should immediately become an asset to an NFL franchise in pass protection, outside zone runs, and utilizing his exceptional ability to pull and connect with moving targets in space. Like most young offensive linemen, Darrisaw has room to add functional strength to improve his overall power at the point of attack, but it's far from a deficiency that is of major concern. The amount of technical growth Darrisaw has demonstrated throughout the course of his career is exciting when considering his starting point for the next level and how he peaked at the perfect time. It shouldn't take long for Darrisaw to earn a starting role in the NFL and he has the upside to become a standout, franchise left tackle.
Green Bay Packers: CB Eric Stokes
With the 29th pick in the draft, the Green Bay Packers added to their secondary with Georgia cornerback Eric Stokes. While Kevin King was a problem for their defense last year, it was widely believed the Packers would finally spend a first-round pick on an offensive skill player. Since 2012, Jordan Love is the only first-round pick the Packers spent on an offensive player. The Packers got a good player, but there is an aura of disappointment here, especially if an offensive player was necessary to appease Rodgers.
Scouting Report from The Draft Network: From 2019 to 2020, Eric Stokes has certainly improved at being more opportunistic with regards to securing turnovers. He can mirror from a press position, but he can afford to clean up his technique—particularly his eye discipline in man coverage and getting "grabby" at the top of the route. He has shown the ability to play in man or zone from a press and occasional off position, but he does not play to his high-level timed speed with his play. He's not a dynamic closer at the top of the route and lacks elite short-area, stop-and-start agility. His skill set may be best suited in a predominantly zone situation where he can play with vision and utilize his ball skills to make plays.


In more than two decades of U.N. climate talks, some annual negotiating sessions are invariably described as a stop on the road to another, more decisive session. So it goes with the 19th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP 19, which will be held in a soccer stadium in Warsaw, Poland, later this month.
With a new global agreement—a treaty, maybe, or something looser if the U.S. has its way—supposedly to be signed in Paris in 2015, analysts are describing the next few weeks of talks as a critical stepping stone. No groundbreaking outcomes are expected. Instead, observers say they hope governments will execute a set of decisions to show the world they are serious about averting catastrophic warming.
"It's not going to be a cliffhanger, I don't think, but it is a very important one," said Jennifer Morgan, a climate specialist at the World Resources Institute. "Warsaw sends a signal that the Paris agreement is going to have numbers and commitments in it. This is it," she added. "Warsaw is the commit-to-commit."
But the path forward looks different depending on where one sits.
For the United States, in a position that its Special Envoy Todd Stern laid out in a speech last month, preparing for a 2015 deal means nations must adjust to some realities. Among them: The world no longer looks the way it did when the U.N. first convened on climate in 1992 and later divided the globe into wealthy countries that must act and developing countries that accept money for voluntary measures.
The U.S. position is that developing countries should not expect much more than they already are receiving in the way of public funding for climate change. And finally, there should be no more "lectures" about how the U.S. and industrialized countries caused climate change and must compensate for the problems now occurring because, as a group, developing nations now produce almost as much greenhouse gas emissions as do the more industrial countries.
Yet poor and vulnerable countries say they are still waiting to see the wealthy world take climate change seriously. At Warsaw, advocates said, they will push the U.S. and Europe to do more to cut carbon before a new agreement takes effect in 2020 and protect threatened communities from weather disasters brought on by rising global temperatures.
At the top of the list for many poor countries is establishing a system to help countries suffering from fiercer storms, rising sea levels and other climate impacts that are unavoidable. While wealthy nations already are providing money to help poor countries adapt to climate change, activists say that because the world has gone so long without acting on climate change, there are a number of impacts—like the submersion of entire island nations—that likely can't be avoided and for which the world's polluters are liable.
Yet that concept of liability, closely linked to compensation, is one the U.S. outright rejects. The issue almost blew up the last negotiating session, and could again.
"The loss and damage is coming from the warming of the past. There is an element of historical responsibilities," said Sven Harmeling, climate change advocacy coordinator for CARE International.
"I think we are operating on international law, and parties have agreed to certain things. Since 20 years or even longer, all these parties have confirmed that climate change is a big problem, and many countries, including the U.S., haven't really done many things over these 20 years. So, there are responsibilities. I don't think one can really question such a principle."
Stern's office did not respond to a request to discuss what the U.S. hopes will or won't emerge on loss and damage. But some said a delicate compromise of the kind that was reached last year in Doha, Qatar, when developed countries avoided the issue of compensation but agreed to develop a loss and damage mechanism, could still be reached.
Saleemul Huq, director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development at the Independent University, Bangladesh, said he believes there is a middle road that focuses on practical work like research and figuring out what type of international mechanism would work best for vulnerable countries while avoiding talk of liability. The question of funding, he said, can be pushed down the road.
Huq said he sympathizes with the threatened countries and said the U.S., Australia and other big nations "came off looking like bullies" last year in refusing until the last minute to deal with tiny islands and poor African countries on loss and damage. But, he said, "I'm in favor of moving the negotiations forward rather than getting stuck in arguments that neither side can win."
Tasneem Essop, who is leading WWF International's delegation to Poland, called compensation "an important political ask" for poor countries, particularly because they are seeing paltry levels of funding for adaptation and wealthy nations are not putting forward ambitious emissions targets. But, she said, "I think that in the end when it comes to the final crunch of reaching a final agreement ... there might be compromises on that."
Meanwhile, countries also expect progress on a separate pot of money: the $100 billion in annual dollars that wealthy countries promised to mobilize by 2020.
So far none of that money has materialized, and although a handful of pledges from countries might materialize in Warsaw, analysts said what they really seek are high-level commitments that show a clear path toward hitting the $100 billion goal.
"That will really make our journey to the Paris COP in 2015 a bit more hopeful," said Athena Ronquillo-Ballesteros, WRI's project manager of international financial flows. She acknowledged that specific pledges for the years leading up to 2020 are unlikely but said governments must tackle the politically complex discussion of which nations will do what to deliver the $100 billion pledge and what the precise role of the private sector will be.
Stern in his speech said the U.S. has given $2.5 billion annually in climate change aid since 2010 but added that the "hard reality" was that America has hit its limit. He said, "No step change in overall levels of public funding from developed countries is likely to come anytime soon. The fiscal reality of the United States and other developed countries is not going to allow it." Instead, he said, private industry will take the lead.
Environmental groups largely object to that both because they believe wealthy nations must compensate for their climate crimes and because they are skeptical the private sector will be able to meet the needs of the poorest countries.
Ballesteros, though, said she is optimistic thanks to serious changes in approach from developing nations. She noted that Brazil, South Africa and others have made submissions that outline what they already are doing with domestic dollars to make their economies less carbon-intensive.
"This actually changes the debate a little on long-term finance," she said. Rather than ask for money and then act on emissions, she said, countries are devising plans and carrying them out on their own—and then asking the industrialized world to give them an incentive to do more. "Countries are already raising their ambition, and it's moving out of this 'dole' mentality," she said.
And yet some activists complain that the U.S. in particular has willfully ignored the serious steps developing countries have taken to cut carbon.
Lou Leonard, vice president of climate change at WWF, accused Stern of focusing on "small bore" issues instead of the big picture.
"It's time for the U.S. to declare victory on the fact that all countries are moving and take action," Leonard said. "Continuing to focus on every small issue that relates to developed and developing countries ... takes their attention away from being a leader on pushing for more ambition. We don't need that anymore from the U.S. We need more focus on solving climate change."
Others, though, said it is still important for Stern and the U.S. negotiating team to hold the line and avoid overpromising what America can deliver in a 2015 deal. Paul Bledsoe, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund's climate and energy program, said for a treaty to jell by 2015, countries must shed "unrealistic expectations" and get pragmatic.
"Warsaw is about clearing the decks to really begin the negotiations for a flexible treaty in Paris, and by clearing the decks I mean getting realistic about things like the Green Climate Fund and loss and damage," he said.
"We have to clear the decks of patently unrealistic expectations regarding issues like a legally binding treaty or the notion of huge technology funds funded by developed countries and the whole notion of climate reparations. If we can move those issues largely to the side, then you have two years to negotiate numbers," Bledsoe said, adding, "That is ultimately what people are going to look for out of Paris."


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Goliath Must Fall by RoseAnn Salanitri
Christian Political, Christian and Conservative Issues
Even many heathens who have never set foot in a church know about the young shepherd boy, David, that slew the Philistine giant, Goliath. In a day and age when our nation is fighting its own giants, we would be wise to pay attention to some of the details in the biblical account that may be relevant.
In 1 Samuel 17:3, we are told that the Philistines who were taunting Israel stood on one side of a valley and the Israelis stood on the other. Simply put, the land was divided with the Israelites on one side and their enemies on the other. Today our land is also divided and has its giants who want to conquer and destroy us, and as in days past, they taunt, threaten, and intimidate. While Philistines a/k/a Palestinians are still around doing what they have always done, others take other forms, i.e. the mainstream media, academic cabals, Democrats, and all George Soros and Bill Gates funded operations, as well as a myriad of globalist organizations. And like Goliath, their power in America must fall if this nation is to survive.
We would do well to remember that the children of the Most High God have faced many giants in the past. Sampson faced his – which once again were Philistines. Esther exposed Haman, who built hangmen's towers for the Jews – towers that Haman and his co-conspirators fatefully hung from. And of course there was Daniel who faced hungry lions, and his three friends who were thrown into a furnace but survived. The list goes on and on.
Biblical history has more than its share of victors facing giants who miraculously fell. But perhaps the biblical giant that is most relevant to us today would be Sanballat. Sanballat was the nemesis of Nehemiah, who was called to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem after the Jews returned from Babylon. Although Nehemiah had the support of the king, the Jews had many enemies who did not want Jerusalem rebuilt. The most notable was Sanballat who exemplified the enemies who would stop the rebuilding of this nation today. Sanballat and his co-conspirators resorted to all kinds of tactical devises, including name-calling, intimidation, and assassination plans. Still, Nehemiah prevailed – but not without taking precautions. The threats were real, and he knew it. So, he instructed all the inhabitants to work together with one hand free to work and the other free to grab their swords that were attached to their garments. And the walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt in a remarkable 52 days!
American history also can brag about George Washington who fought the world's most intimidating giant of his time and won.
As awe inspiring as these cases may be, we would do well to concentrate on what they had in common if we are to slay our own giants. In 1 Samuel 17:45, David clearly declares to Goliath that he came in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel. Queen Esther notably understood that she was born for such a time as this, and Daniel and his friends would not bow down to earthly kings or their gods. And Nehemiah did not abandon his mission in the face of intimidation or threats. As for Washington, it can be well argued that he won his battles on his knees before engaging the enemy on the battlefield.
If our Goliath is to fall, our faith in God as the Lord of Hosts and the God of angel armies; our understanding of our position in history and our subsequent calling; our refusal to bow down and be intimidated by would-be kings, rulers and the media's propaganda machine; and the time we are willing to spend on our knees will all be crucial weapons in our spiritual as well as political battle. For those who still cling to the notion that Christians shouldn't be involved in politics, may I respectfully remind you that all of the battles mentioned above were as political as they were spiritual.
If you claim to be a Christian and a follower of Christ, it's time to put on the full armor that has been set aside for you (see Ephesians 6:10-18), and then stand your ground – the ground given to us by Almighty God. Nothing less is required of you. Remember that in Revelation 21:8, we are told that cowards are the first to be thrown into the lake that burns with fire and brimstone. Belief in God alone will not ingratiate you with Him, for even the demons believe and tremble. In 2020 our Goliath stood before all to see. First through mocking the man sent to lead us and rebuild our nation, then through intimidation and the sham of impeachment, and now through stealing our nation by corrupting our sovereign right to choose our representatives. And this mocking and conniving giant – like his predecessors – must fall. If he doesn't, this constitutional republic will soon be replaced by a banana republic owned and operated by smooth-talking globalist thieves and liars – never again to be seen on the world stage. To be sure, there is more at stake than who our next president will be. The very heart and soul of America lies in the balance. At one time in history our battle cry was "No King but Jesus. No sovereign by God." It's time to return to our ancient roots and engage the enemy of our souls. But like those in the days of Nehemiah, we must do it while armed. For us that means putting on the full armor of God as detailed in Ephesians 6:10-18. Make no mistake about it. This is war and all of God's children will either choose whether or not to be a warrior or a victim. God is watching. May He count you worthy of the title "Christian."
RoseAnn Salanitri
RoseAnn Became politically active during the Clinton presidency when government interference began to negatively impact the education system. Her experience in fighting Goals 2000 helped her to understand the pitfalls of government-run schools along with all of its social and moral indoctrinations. Additionally, her experience within the Creation Science speakers circuit helped her to understand the impact the teaching of evolution has had on our youth and on our government, which eventually led her to found Veritas Christian Academy, a Christian high school in Sussex County, NJ. In 2009, she founded the Sussex County Tea Party Patriots (now called Skylands Tea Party), and was a founding board member as well as President for the NJ Tea Party Caucus and founding member for NJ Tea Parties United. In the past, she and Pastor Stephen Nash co-founded The Black Robe Regiment of NJ, which was comprised of politically motivated church leaders and pastors. From 2005-2011, she served as both Contributing and Acquisitions Editor for the NJ Family Policy's yearly flagship publication, Family Magazine, where she met the Rev. Dr. Gloria Harris, whom she would go on to co-host a local tv/radio show with. After which, she co-hosted a radio show with state Senator Richard LaRossa, as well as briefly co-hosting "Bordering Insanity" with retired INS agent, Mike Cutler. Currently, she has launched a Christian "counterpoint" initiative with Pastor Doug Thuen that is designed to equip the younger generation to face the biblical and cultural challenges of our days.
Re-Thinking Immigration by RoseAnn Salanitri
Song of Freedom by Robert Socha
We have a couple of holiday traditions in our home that give us a chance to tease one another throughout the year in anticipation of the Christmas season. The first is no Christmas music until Thanksgiving Day. The kids have fun with me when they start singing a Christmas song in July and catch me humming along. Once I've recognized the error, playful ...
Marxists In The White House – The Video Rant January 25, 2023
@BlackAndRight: #Democrats have dumped #IllegalAliens in black neighborhoods for decades, despite the obvious oil-and-water results. This is nothing new. https://t.co/TjP8JeBz8T @Elle_Erickso @mychalmassie @erikrush @cvpayne


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The Newlen-Symons Award honors a librarian, library staff member, library, library board, and/or library friends group who have designed programs and/or initiatives responsive to the needs of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) community.
Please complete the form below. A letter of nomination is required along with at least 5 but no more than ten supporting documents. Supporting documents can include letters of support, statements of outstanding contributions, copies of presentations, links to resources created, and other evidence. Only the materials submitted as part of the nomination package will be considered. Note due to a bug, do not press upload. Simply select the file(s), and submit the form.


So cute ! Oz is a real star.
And thank you very sincerely, dear Mercedes, for the nice Christmas I had with you. It was so wonderful ! A very nice souvenir that I will remember for the rest of my life.
Well thank you for coming!! It was really wonderful to have you here and share the holiday together, we really loved it and really love you!!
Happy Christmas to you and your handsome studio companion! Looking forward to all of the creative art that 2018 will bring forth from your talented hands.
Happy Christmas Diana!!! 😀 Thanks for such a lovely comment, wishing you all the best for this Christmas and 2018!!


I think it's always good to take a moment, reflect on the past year because it gives me an opportunity to really see how much I've grown and changed. Some things worked, some things didn't. I can put things in a better perspective while continuing to move forward.
In many ways, 2017 was my best year in acting. I've been living here in Chicago for almost three years now and I feel like I've finally caught on to "the groove" of how this market works. It's allowed me to book more work, work with bigger clients, and most importantly, it's consistently allowed me to get out there and branch out. Some of my friends describe me as "shark" and rightfully so. I'm very much a go-getter and it's really helped me achieve some success.
A lot of my friends always say that I'm working and booking work, but that's only because I've learned the market here and I work hard to make myself stand out. I've built some healthy relationships with casting directors and my agents and I feel like they appreciate my hustle. In 2016, I flew to Los Angeles, CA to get some new headshots, but last year, an agent suggested that I get more Chicago-styled headshots and that's what I did and I'm booking a lot of work because of them. My resume has expanded to the point in which I can choose what projects I want to list. I remember a time when I was listing extra work when I first started out so to get to a point where I have to take certain projects off the list is a very good accomplishment.
As far as projects go, I've worked on projects for Intel, Comed, Navistar, Barilla, and Quicken Loans. I've had a lot of shoots out of town in Wisconsin too like Furniture Row, Aurora Surgery Center, and my first SAG commercial for Wisconsin Lottery. The clients that I auditioned for last year were bigger and more well known too. I had auditions for Blue Moon, Nissan, Huggies, The Chi, and Chicago PD. The fact that I even scored an audition for those clients is still a win for me!
Last year, I booked a few projects with producers who found me on social media! I remember a shoot last summer with a producer who found me on Instagram and wanted me to shoot some videos for his restaurant and stuff. This came about because I try to market myself as an actor online. If used correctly, social media can be very helpful and this wasn't the first time I booked a gig like this.
I felt that I was consistently booking work and having auditions too. I had a lot of direct bookings too. I remember booking a job every single week for two months in the fall. Chicago has a lot of work and I'm glad that I've finally tapped into the workflow.
I've branched out and got an agent in Indiana who, in time, I hope will be able to book me some jobs in that market. I also hope to strengthen my relationship with my Minnesota agents again. Even booking a couple of jobs with them in a year would be just fine with me. I can always keep my acting hat on if I'm constantly working.
With so much going on, it's interesting to think about what I want for the future, but I can sum it up in one word: MORE. I want more auditions, more bookings, more castings, more of everything and last year definitely proved that I can do it. I pray and work hard and I hope God continues to bless me. I felt like I was a working actor with so much going on.
I would like to look more into hand modeling and things like that. I want to seriously get back into the gym so that I can be fit and be submitted for more summer-themed projects during that season. Voiceover is an area that I really don't much about, but I'd like to learn more about it and see if I can get into. I enjoy commercial print modeling so getting more jobs like that would be nice. I'd love to take another acting class and maybe I'll find a good in another state or New York or California. I could just take a weekend off or something.
2017 has been good to me and I'm very humbled with all of the wonderful blessings and opportunities that I've been given. I don't take anything for granted and situations were either a blessing or a lesson. The lessons were hard, but I've learned from them and they've made me stronger. And I know, without a doubt that I'm strong enough to handle whatever the new year will bring. I'm ready!


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Met Office Issues Weather Warning as Snow Blankets Northern England
The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning as northern parts of the UK were blanketed in snow on January 14.
Craig Thompson recorded this footage, showing a vehicle in snowy conditions in Sheffield. His video also gives a view over the city as snow falls.
The Sheffield Star reported that schools and libraries were closed, and bus services suspended. Credit: Craig Thompson via Storyful
A federal judge denied Apple Inc's bid to set aside or reduce a $502.8 million patent infringement verdict favoring VirnetX Holding Corp, and awarded interest and royalties that could boost Apple's total payout in two lawsuits above $1.1 billion. In a decision issued on Friday, U.S. District Judge Robert Schroeder in Tyler, Texas rejected Apple's request for a new trial and several other claims. These included that VirnetX's award should not exceed $113.7 million, and that jurors should have been told the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had deemed VirnetX's claims "unpatentable."
Puppy Can't Get Enough Of His New Comfy Bed
This will absolutely make your day. How cute is that Bulldog puppy?
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Paris Saint-Germain coach Mauricio Pochettino has tested positive for Covid-19, the French champions said Friday, just two weeks after taking up his job.
Greene King will rebrand four pubs with names "linked with racism" after revelations of historic links to slavery. Three pubs currently called The Black Boy, and one called Black's Head, will be renamed due to their potentially offensive connotations. Bosses at the UK's largest pub retailer decided to address the names while working to "eradicate racism" following revelations about the chain's historic links to slavery last year. The Telegraph understands that Greene King's decision was in part prompted by this newspaper finding that its 19th century founder Benjamin Greene received the equivalent of £500,000 in compensation for his West Indies plantations after abolition. Although the company admits there is no consensus on the racial origins of the obscure pub names due to be removed, its consultation concluded that people found them offensive. Black Boy venues in Bury St Edmunds and Sudbury in Suffolk and Shinfield in Berkshire, along with the Black's Head in Derbyshire's Wirksworth, will have new "inclusive" appellations picked by the public from a shortlist. Nick Mackenzie, Greene King CEO, said: "It is important to acknowledge our history but just as important to work proactively to eradicate racism in our society today. "We have looked at pub deeds, consulted with colleagues and while the origins of these pub names are obscure what is clear is that there is a perception that they are linked with racism today and we want to make this positive change for the better." "We've thought long and hard and feel this is the right thing to do as it is incredibly important to us that our pubs are warm and welcoming places for everyone as we continue on our journey to become a truly anti-racist organisation."
U.S. blacklists Cuban interior ministry over alleged human rights abuses
The United States slapped sanctions on Cuba's interior ministry on Friday, accusing it of serious human rights abuses as Washington kept up a barrage of sanctions even in the final days of President Donald Trump's administration. In a statement, the U.S. Treasury Department mentioned Cuban dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer who it said was in a prison controlled by the ministry and was reported to have been beaten and tortured. "The United States will continue to use all the tools at its disposal to address the dire human rights situation in Cuba and elsewhere around the world," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in the statement.


Charles River Development, a provider of financial software and services to the global investment management community, announced Tuesday that Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA), a leading institutional asset manager, has selected the Charles River Investment Management System (Charles River IMS) to consolidate its global portfolio management, trading and compliance operations in the US, UK and Australia on one integrated platform.
Charles River Development, a provider of financial software and services to the global investment management community, announced Tuesday that Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA), a leading institutional asset manager, has selected the Charles River Investment Management System (Charles River IMS) to consolidate its global portfolio management, trading and compliance operations in the US, UK and Australia on one integrated platform. DFA's users will benefit from real-time support for all asset classes, including domestic and international fixed income and equities. DFA is also evaluating the Charles River Network for real-time electronic trading via Financial Information eXchange (FIX).