The FAIRHILL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER (1959-Dec. 1983, originally Fairhill Psychiatric Hospital) was a state psychiatric facility in Cleveland dedicated to intensive, short-term care. It opened as one of 5 state psychiatric facilities in Cleveland in the former U.S. MARINE HOSPITAL on Fairhill Road. Although Fairhill originally had a capacity of 200 beds, by 1960 only 70 were in use because of staffing problems. With the enactment of the Community Mental Health Centers Act by Congress in 1963, the name changed to the Fairhill Mental Health Center. Its overall purpose was slightly revised, "to provide comprehensive psychiatric services to all residents of a given geographical area, regardless of socio-economic status," but its emphasis remained on short-term care. (Its service area consisted primarily of Cleveland's east side and eastern suburbs.) Fairhill attempted to minimize many of the negative aspects of state mental hospitals, with a cheerful and bright interior and innovative therapeutic programs which encouraged patient involvement. In 1966 Fairhill became one of 3 "open hospitals" (no locked doors) in the country.
From the mid-1960s, Fairhill suffered from budgetary restrictions and changing state directives. One result was overcrowding: in 1966 admissions were limited to only 50%, because of delays in transferring patients to long-term hospitals. In 1975 a budget crisis resulted in the transfer of 38 employees to institutions for the mentally retarded; two years later, the hospital's out-patient clinic closed. Despite a $3 million renovation in 1980, overcrowded conditions persisted; the hospital was criticized for early discharges. By 1983, not meeting federal standards, it was in danger of being decertified for Medicare and Medicaid. As the Cleveand Psychiatric Institute was in a similar situation, the Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene & Correction consolidated the two and closed the Fairhill Mental Health Center. In 1989, the property became the home of the Fairhill Center for Aging, a joint venture of the BENJAMIN ROSE INSTITUTE and UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS. In 1995, the site was named a Cleveland Historic Landmark, receiving more than 1,200 visitors a month as of 2002.


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Six M6 GT3s Will Contest The Nürburgring 24
Brian Morgan, June 1, 2019 June 3, 2019 , Motorsport
Six M6 GT3s run by four different teams will be gunning for the twentieth overall win for BMW in the Nürburgring 24-hour race on June 22-23.
Rowe Racing and Walkenhorst Motorsport are each entering two BMW M6 GT3s, while BMW Team Schnitzer and Falken Motorsports are each competing with one car.
BMW motorsport director Jens Marquardt says, "The 20th overall win at the Nürburgring 24-hour race is one of our major objectives this endurance season. We have come close in recent years but always seemed to need a little bit more luck. So, one could say that we have a score to settle with the 'Green Hell'. The BMW M6 GT3 has already proved on more than one occasion that it can win 24-hour races. That is also true for our teams. We are aiming for victory, even if you can never predict the outcome of a 24-hour race, particularly on the Nordschleife. But you can ensure that you prepare as best you can—and that is what we have done. All our drivers have participated as often as possible in the preparation races. Also our IMSA drivers from the USA have traveled to the Nordschleife for this. There are, however, also factors that we cannot influence. We, our BMW teams and drivers are looking forward to taking on the 'Green Hell' challenge again."
Driver lineups for the six cars are as follows:
Rowe Racing, #98 BMW M6 GT3: Philipp Eng, Connor De Phillippi, Tom Blomqvist, Mikkel Jensen
Rowe Racing, #99 BMW M6 GT3: Nick Catsburg, John Edwards, Jesse Krohn, Marco Wittmann
BMW Team Schnitzer, #42 BMW M6 GT3: Augusto Farfus, Timo Scheider, Martin Tomczyk, Sheldon van der Linde
Walkenhorst Motorsport, #100 BMW M6 GT3: Henry Walkenhorst, Andreas Ziegler, Jörn Schmidt-Staade, Jordan Tresson
Walkenhorst Motorsport, #101 BMW M6 GT3: Nick Yelloly, Christian Krognes, David Pittard, Lucas Ordonez
Falken Motorsports, #33 BMW M6 GT3: Jens Klingmann, Stef Dusseldorp, Peter Dumbreck
The 2019 24 Hours Nürburgring race will run on the weekend of June 22–23.—Brian Morgan
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Are Major League Baseball Teams Deploying Their Scouts Efficiently?
Texas, California, and Florida lead the nation in draftees, and not coincidentally, in scouts. But is the way the scouting community is currently situated the best way?
By Anthony Boyer Mar 6, 2014, 10:00am CST
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I have to admit, I feel awfully spoiled sometimes here in sunny Southern California. Great prospects seemingly grow on trees around here. I can see games at UCLA, USC, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount, Cal State Northridge, or Cal State Fullerton - and those are just the Division-I schools. There are also fourteen D-II/III schools and 361 prep programs within sixty miles of my house. Any day of the week, I can watch a draft prospect.
Most of you can understand that, if you live in Texas. In fact, in the 2003-11 drafts, California and Texas combined to produce more 26.19% of all the players taken in the Rule 4 Draft. Throw in Florida, and that number jumps to 36.72%.
As a result of all this great baseball, I've come to know a lot of the local area scouts. Those that I don't know by name, I know by sight. There is a heavy scouting presence in California, as witnessed by the fact that over 1,900 players - the most of any individual state - were drafted out of California colleges and high schools between 2003 and 2011; far more than out of any other state. In fact, the only other state to hit four digits is Florida, which comes in below 1,200. Texas is third, falling just shy of a thousand.
And yet, when I talk to friends back home in Ohio, they always talk about how rare it is to see scouts, even at Division-I games, which led me to one train of thought: Are there places where these scouts might be better served? Is there a more effective way that Major League organizations could be deploying their personnel? With that in mind, I decided to take a look at the numbers.
I chose the 2003 - 2011 drafts for my sample size. I didn't want to go too far back into the past, in order to keep the data as current as possible. Additionally, I wanted to give the sample room to "breathe" - for players to filter to the big leagues in a reasonable amount of time. So I didn't include the 2012 or 2013 drafts in my numbers.
How Are Scouts Currently Being Deployed?
The first question we must ask when looking at this question is: How are teams currently deploying their scouting staff? A reasonable way to answer this is by looking at the number of draftees out of individual states during our sample.
U.S. Draftees 2003-11
From looking at the map, we can see that most of the players drafted by Major League teams live in the south. The top ten states, in order, are California, Florida, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, South Carolina, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. Coming in at #11 is the first northern state: Illinois.
Meanwhile, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota account for just 23 combined draftees during our span - one fewer than Rhode Island. In fact, 23 is fewer than every state except for Maine (12), Vermont (5), and Alaska (4).
Using this information, we can intuit that most teams have a heavy scouting presence throughout the southern states, a moderate presence through the midwest and the east, and virtually no presence at all in the Mountains and Plains states.
Are The Scouting Areas Effective?
This is a trickier question to answer, as there are any of a number of ways to look at the data. The first thing I wanted to take a look at is whether there are more scouts in the southern states because there are, in fact, more (or better) prospects in the southern states.
Certainly, it's no surprise that the SEC, ACC, Pac-12, and Big 12 are the best baseball conferences in baseball, and the map above follows those conference lines pretty closely. But the goal of scouting is, presumably, to find major league players. If those conferences - by virtue of being better conferences - produce better players, than that should be easily shown.
So what I decided to do was to count up the accumulated bWAR of the players drafted from each state during this sample. Obviously, states that produced more prospects are bound to produce more major leaguers, and I wanted to find a way to account for this, so I looked at the data a few different ways. First, I divided the total bWAR by the number of draftees from the state:
WAR per draftee
This gives us a different look entirely. Things have shifted a little farther north, with Missouri, Nebraska, and Virginia reigning supreme.
There are, of course, some possible explanations for this. If fifteen players come from California and five make the big leagues, at least one is bound to put together a high enough WAR value to prop up the ones who didn't make it (a perfect example of this is Wisconsin, where Jordan Zimmermann has created enough bWAR to place Wisconsin sixth, despite the fact that he is the only one of the state's 39 draftees to make it to the big leagues.)
The ability to draft a major leaguer is, of itself, an accomplishment. So I also looked at the per-state ratio of major leaguers per draftee:
Major leaguers per draftee
North Dakota, Ohio, and Nebraska emerge as the leaders here. A direct comparison between this map and the first in our article tells an interesting story: Despite the fact that most players are drafted from the southern states, the ones who are drafted from northern states are, on average, better major league players.
This isn't to say that this is the ideal national scouting profile for teams to follow. There is a very obvious possible explanation here: Most players are drafted from the southern states, which probably means that most scouts are working in the southern states. If that's the case, then the very fact that a team drafts someone from a cold-weather state like North Dakota or Ohio means that they're pretty sure that that is a special player.
Every team needs organizational players. Many of those players come from Florida, California, and Texas... simply put, the gems may simply not be enough to cancel out the sheer number of guys who never make it to the big leagues.
How Should Teams Deploy Their Scouts?
It occurs to me that the "ideal" deployment of scouts should probably follow some combination of all of the factors discussed in this article and more. To that end, I ranked each state by major leaguers-per-draftee, WAR-per-draftee, and WAR-per-major-leaguer. I then combined each state's ranking in the individual categories, assigned points to those rankings, and created the map you see below.
It's a lot less clean than the first map, but it shows the complexity of the scouting process.
Drawing too many conclusions from this data would probably be a mistake, but it occurs to me that there exists a definite possibility that the favoritism teams show players from Texas, California, and Florida may not be the most efficient way to use their scouting departments. If nothing else, the fact that the footprints of the ACC, Pac-12, Big 12, and SEC are so vast means that more data is available on these teams, and scouts might be better served heading north to try to find more undiscovered gems.


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Mahama's Presidential Ambition; His Ritual 12-Others And The NPP's Govt Menstrual Pains
By Cletus Abaare
Former President Mahama
On the 7thof December this year, the largest Ghana's opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, will be heading to a National Special Delegates conference to elect its presidential aspirant for the crucial Presidential elections in 2020. Many political commentators and observers have underscored that the stage is now evidently set for this crucial political exercise designed to elect the party's presidential flag bearer as twelve(12) others are ready to battle the former president who is still the people's man within the rank and file of the party.
Nearly all the others, jostling to clinch the party's presidential ticket, were all appointees of the former President and have so far failed abysmally in demonstrating their seriousness and willingness to lead the party into the 2020 showdown. This has made it a ceremonial battle, because the only person standing unmatched is the former president. He is only being accompanied to the battle field by his former appointees and nothing else. The question many are asking is as former appointees, what did they think they were at the time that they are (or aren't) now to make them better options than him? And what is their track record to warrant their being preferred?
Even non political watchers, understand that Mr Mahama is unmatched in this race and will sustain no bruise after December 7. It's a done deal contest for him and he will win with not less than eighty percent (80%) of the delegates' votes. Yes, it's a done deal and going for the primaries is a mere ceremonial democratic exercise. This, therefore, has made the former president greatly dreaded by the ruling New Patriotic Party, NPP.
So the government led by President Akufo-Addo and his Vice president, Dr Alhaji Mahumadu Bawumia have for the past weeks demonstrated their naked fear of the former president's return and have started throwing lots of black mud at him. The governing NPP has also let loose of its communicators to roast Mr Mahama without clemency. This was initiated after he wrote to his party declaring his intent to contest the flagbearership slot and immediately hitting the grounds with fierce campaigns nationwide.
The government's fear is manifestly borne out of the belief and rightly too that out of the band of contenders pushing to clinch the presidential ticket of the NDC, Mr Mahama is highly positioned to wrestle power successfully from any Presidential candidate the NPP will put forward in the 2020 elections as the current president and leader of the party, Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed that he hasn't decided on running again or not.
The reasons for the NPP's fears over the return of the former president are obvious and not far-fetched. Mr Mahama's achievements as a one-term president of Ghana are legendary, unprecedented and profound. Apart from his 200 E Block Senior Secondary Schools across Ghana which saw to the building and completion of over 70 ultra modern SHS schools and the establishment of new Public universities in the Volta Region (UHAS), the Brong Ahafo Region and the Eastern Region by the President Mahama administration would forever be remembered by objective minded Ghanaians as invaluable contributions to Ghana's tertiary education landscape. The much wider coverage of the school feeding program under President Mahama and the NDC is also a positive landmark worthy of mention among others in education and definitely worth celebrating by Ghanaians.
Besides, his massive accomplishments in educational sector, his infrastructural development across the length and breadth of the country are verifiable, insightful and unsurpassed. Perhaps, Dr Kwame Nkrumah of blessed reminiscence and former president Jerry John Rawlings also left such unparalleled legacies. In the Roads and Highways sector for instance, Ghana saw massive roads and highways construction across all of Ghana during President Mahama's short period as president. It must however, be acknowledged that he inherited some of these mouth-watering projects from his former boss, late former president John Evans Atta-Mills and did well to complete them.
In this regard, the Fufulso Sawla road (147km) in the Northern part of Ghana, the Eastern corridor road project that cuts across the Volta Region and has been abandoned by the NPP government, the beautiful construction of significant portions of the Accra to Kumasi Road, construction of major components of the gang four roads in Accra (ie Tetteh Quashie to Adenta Highway, Achimota to Ofankor Highway etc which were just at 20% construction stage when the NDC took over government in 2009, the Sofoline Interchange in Kumasi are unmatched and a threat to the current government.
In Accra, staring in the scared eyes of the ruling government are the highways constructed by the former President Mahama's government such as the fantastic and high tech Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange, the Burma Camp/Giffard Road Highway that has transformed La and its environs, the numerous new roads that have been constructed in various neighbourhoods in Accra at East Legon, Dansoman, Teshie, Awoshie etc., not forgetting the modern interchange under construction at Kasoa. Seen? But let's move on a bit!
Coming to the health sector, former president Mahama's legacies of major infrastructural projects that are undoubtedly enhancing the health status of Ghanaians are not just scary but also intimidating. Mention can be made of the massive and modern Ridge Hospital, the massive and modern Police Hospital, the modern teaching hospital completed at the University of Ghana Legon, the modern hospital at Bekwai, and numerous other health facilities. The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) also witnessed better administrative structures and management during his era. The numerous CHPS compounds scattered across the various communities in the country are also a threat to the government that is struggling to deliver on its key promises.
When one turns to the transport sector, massive infrastructural projects at the ports of Tema and Takoradi, the Kotoka International Airport, Tamale Airport, and Kumasi Airports have been strategically pursued by the former President who was described as the 'incompetent' one in his bid to position Ghana as commercial hub of West Africa, to name a few of the project initiatives in this sector. The Terminal 3 of the Kotoka International Airport which was recently opened to passenger traffic on September 15, 2018, after successful tests and simulation exercises. The iconic opening of the terminal three saw hundreds of passengers in both arrival and departures departments of the terminal go through what many describe as a smooth and stress-free procedure is another legacy of the former president.
I am not an economist but I can safely say that on the area of managing the economy, Mr Mahama did his best though, under very harsh world economic environment, depressed prices for Ghana's major export products (oil brought in 50% of project revenues) increased public expenditure largely arising from the implementation of the single spine salary policy. Besides, Ghana's attainment of lower middle income economy status ushered the country into an era of economic management that calls for difficult but necessary measures in Ghana's economic management which President Mahama is was vigorously pursuing. These and others are just few of the achievements of the former president who is staging a comeback to battle a government that promised honey and milk and has so far forcefully fed Ghanaians with raw grounded garlic and onions.
Another truth is that Mr Mahama can boast of larger than life political showing and followership that encompass and vibrate in the international stage and locally than the current president of the Republic of Ghana. He is loved by incredible hordes of people particularly the ordinary people who one way or the other are regretting for the terribly mistake they made in the 2016 elections for electing such clueless hungry group of politicians to come and put us on a reverse gear. A backwards forever government where looting and sharing of the taxpayers money is unprecedentedly remarkable.
Ghanaians, at any given opportunity, stop at nothing demonstrating their passion and support for him. This explains why the grassroots base of the NDC is on an unbelievable rise across every part of the country after 2016 elections. It is in this realisation that the NPP's led government's dread of the former president's comeback is apparently located and they will stop at nothing at working hard to dent his image before the 2020 general elections.
The truth state of the NPP's government after Mr Mahama started his campaign for the flagbearership race is trepidation and panic. You can simply put it, to the NPP government; the fear of the former president's presidential ambition is the beginning of political wisdom in Ghana now. So if they must hold onto power, they have to expose him to all manner of erroneous but tissue of false allegations bandied about in the media which are obviously baseless. But this, they have started with the speed of lightning and thunder. And they will do this to the extreme with no shame and embarrassment.
The NPP have all of a sudden developed itchy tongues and are now restless. The government's propaganda machinery will find very beautiful ways of twisting stories to suit their nefarious activities to run down the image of the Mr John Mahama at the least opportunity. My fears too are, how are the communicators of the opposition party and that of the former president prepared to counter the war of naked lies waging from the ruling party? My fears and indisputable fears! I shall be back
The writer is a practicing Journalist, Managing Editor of The National Tribute newspaper and an activist of the National Democratic Congress, NDC. Email; [email protected] or 0249726262.
Cletus Abaare, © 2018
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In a story from Properties Magazine titled Houston's Secret City, author David Kaplan explores the history, complexity and beauty of Houston's most under-the-radar amenity – the tunnels.
Local historian Sandra Lord, who is nicknamed, "The Tunnel Lady", details in the article the evolution of the tunnels over the decades. "While bright, intricate and full of life during the lunch hour nowadays, they were once much less impressive," says Lord.
At PDR, we know a lot about the downtown tunnels. We not only designed the Food Court at Allen Center, we frequent the tunnels during the lunch hours.
"We wanted The Court at Allen Center to be a magnet space that people would enjoy at all times of the day, whether for meetings, lunch, or an afternoon coffee. The space is all about the people", says the project's Lead Designer, Heather Van Ravenswaay. "We intentionally designed the space to be simple, clean, and bright allowing the energy of the people to be the focal point of the space."
To learn more about downtown Houston's amazing tunnel system, read the full article from Martha Turner Sotheby's Properties Magazine.
Associate Principal, Heather Van Ravenswaay, has been an Interior Designer with PDR since 2004. She is passionate about helping organizations understand how to use the workplace as a strategic tool, allowing the businesses largest asset, their people, to be more productive and, therefore, making the business more successful.


Bring the kids out to Summit Fair this Saturday, August 6 through Sunday, August 7, for the Back-to-School Bash with Radio Disney. Reap the benefits of of the tax-free shopping and contest prizes from participating merchants, while young children participate from the Bubblicious Tax-Free Weekend event, including a bubble blowing contest from 11:30-1p.m in the JCPenney Courtyard.
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I usually don't believe web sites when purchasing reservations should be made four days ahead of. There are always sites for walk-ups.right? Attracting unannounced has (almost) always worked for me, but I'm not expecting my wing-it method for be valid this summer season. When vacationers of all types write camping into their belt-tightened budget, I possibly be fending off campers with s'mores skewers -- or worse, over sleeping my car by one side of the cloths line. Pencil in your dates using this in mind: California state parks make sites available the first day every month for six months out. Federally-operated sites will definitely be reservable half a year out as well ,. Definitely book at least four days in innovation.
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Gilded Age Book Discussion - The Gilded Age
The Gilded Age by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner was published in 1873 and literally dubbed and helped define the era. The authors shared writing responsibilities for a sprawling novel that intertwines several story lines, bound together by two main themes – romance and speculation, love and money, each of which can lead to ruin. The Hawkins family speculates in Tennessee land and dreams of the riches that railroads and steamboats might haul out of the region. Colonel Sellers is an indiscriminate speculator in slaves, mules, sugar, hogs, and railroads, while the Sterling and Bolton families build a coal empire in Pennsylvania. Along the way, a colorful cast of characters pass through the sordid halls of Congress seeking subsidies and doling out bribes, and, in a New York courtroom, a damsel in distress seeks sympathy for shooting her lover. Proving that fact is indeed stranger than fiction, Twain and Warner based many of their characters and scenes on actual events of the era. Underlying the authors' biting social satire, sarcasm, and cynicism are two age-old American verities that probably would not have been lost on the ambitious people of progress, despite their great hurry to get rich: Hard work was the only real road to success and the rule of law was the only real guarantor of justice.


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Specialty CourtsSupreme Court1905
Smith v. Jerome
Smithv.Jerome
Supreme Court, Queens Special TermApr 1, 1905
47 Misc. 22 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1905)
Thornton v. U.S.
Numerous earlier authorities support this approach, referring to the general interest in gathering evidence…
People v. Jakira
Stearns v. Titus, 193 N.Y. 272. It is clear, therefore, that no right to arrest the defendant was shown…
April, 1905.
Herbert R. Limburger for plaintiff.
Howard S. Gans for defendants.
GAYNOR, J.:
The plaintiff and his wife were indicted with another for the crime of conspiracy in the county of New York. They were thereafter arrested by the police in Cincinnati as fugitives from justice, and brought back under a requisition of the Governor of the State of New York upon such indictment, or else they came back voluntarily, and they are now detained for trial. The head of the Cincinnati police sent to the district attorney of New York by mail certain letters addressed to the plaintiff and to his wife which the police of Cincinnati found on a search of their room and effects at the time of their arrest, and which were seized on the ground that they tended to prove the accused guilty of the crime charged in the indictment. The object of this suit is to require the district attorney to give such letters back to the plaintiff.
The police have the power and it is also their duty to search the person of one lawfully arrested, and also the room or place in which he is arrested, and also any other place to which they can get lawful access, for articles that may be used in evidence to prove the charge on which he is arrested. We have no statute defining this power or prescribing this duty, but the ends of justice require that they should exist, and they have been exercised under the common law from time immemorial. The authorities on this head seem to be few, but only because the thing has seldom if ever been questioned. We have at least one such authority in this state (Houghton v. Bachman, 47 Barb. 388), and there are several in England. This right and duty of search and seizure extend, however, only to articles which furnish evidence against the accused. They do not, for instance, permit the seizure of his money, unless it furnishes evidence of his guilt, and in no other case may a prisoner's money or other property be taken from him. It does not sufficiently appear that the letters in question are not of such incriminating character. In the time at my disposal I cannot go further into the law of the case, although it has been somewhat abused in recent years and needs to be stated for the guidance of the police. The complaint also fails to state a case for relief by this motion. It alleges that the indictment charges no crime, from which it follows that the plaintiff and his wife have no need to get possession of the letters to prepare for their defence.
The motion is denied.


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Do you ever need just about half of an energy bar to get you going? There are so many times when I'm off to yoga too early in the morning to eat, but I need just a little something in my stomach before I start moving . . . Problem solved!
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Form Buddha balls & grind sunflower seeds.
Dip (cover) Buddha balls in seed powder.
Refrigerate until ready to eat (min 20 minutes)!
Mix dry ingredients: GF rolled oats, chia seeds and cinnamon.
Add almond butter, vanilla and agave/sweetener.
Grind sunflower seeds in a food processor (my fav) until powder like texture forms. Set aside in small bowl for dipping.
Wet hands and roll mixed ingredients into small 1 inch balls. Dip (cover) Buddha balls in seed powder.
Refrigerate until ready to eat (minimum 20 minutes)!
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So I tossed the first batch of noyaux extract. I learned that basically I was making a jar of sweet smelling poison. Which is good to know for a variety of reasons, but is kind of a disappointment baking wise.
A quick recap: apricot pits, cherry pits, peach leaves, and bitter almonds all get their heavenly aroma of almonds from prussic acid, otherwise known as cyanide. Generally trace amounts of it are so small that it's virtually harmless; hence people using it to flavor ice creams, custards, and jams. As such I figured that it would be a clever way to brew up some of my own almond extract.
I double roasted the pits and the shells in order to eliminate the enzyme, amygdalin which, when it comes into contact with water creates cyanide. I then placed these in a jar with some vodka and planned on letting it sit and brew, hoping for extract.
Still, I was a bit nervous. When flavoring foods with these food stuffs that have cyanide, the amounts that come out are so minuscule it doesn't have the ability to harm you. However, leeching it out for 8 months? That was a bit different, my noyaux extract had a good chance of making me quite sick or being downright lethal.
Elise, curious if the technique would work or would just be dangerous to ingest wrote to Darrel Corti, the well known food oracle. If anyone knew if this experiment would be safe it would be him. He wrote back saying that the toxic compound in the oil had to be extracted first, and that it might not be safe.
I threw the batch out because I loaded it up with so many pits that I became a bit nervous. This was about 30 some pits, plus a few shells. I was fine with maybe 10 of 12, as I had eaten about nine of them to no ill effect (I did have a small stomach pang, but I'm well convinced that was psychosomatic and brought on through my own worrying as it went away instantly when I distracted myself reading a book).
There are "bitter" almonds (or apricots) that contain high levels of amygdalin (the cyanide containing compound). But "sweet" almonds contain much less, and are considered safe.
Figure out how many almonds or apricot pits you think are safe to eat in their raw or roasted form. If you make your extract from that many, and no more, then you will certainly be safe, since at worst you will be getting all of the amygdalin in the extract, but at best you might get next to none.
The day I try it I'll have poison control on speed dial just to be sure, but I believe Simon has a point. If I use a safe consumable amount I should be fine. Furthermore, if I am only using a teaspoon at a time to flavor an entire dish then the amount ingested is microscopic.
I dont know much about how much cyanide is in almonds, but I do work with cyanide in my job as a chemist. The antidote used to be amyl nitrate, as it opens up the capillaries. I think recently they decided the only treatment is oxygen. You're pretty screwed if you get poisoned though!
Having said that, I absolutely love almonds and all things almondy and I'm very interested to learn about your project!
Oh, I must say now I feel a bit nervous for you. an acquiantance of ours was murdered with cynide and it was a terrible death.
Maybe you can get a chemist to test it before you consume it? I am excited to see if it turns out good.
It's time for a new hobby, darlin'.
With cyanide,I agree that discretion is the better part of valor! Butan interesting experiment all the same.
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I can't imagine they would kill you. My mom has always made almond congee with those pits. You can buy them from most Chinese markets in either the sweet or bitter almond variety.
My experience with Apricot Kernel Paste.
Way back in the late 1970's some health food stores sold a product called Apricot Kernel Paste. It was sold under the "Hunza" brand name label.
Twas an extremely smoothly ground, slightly oily paste, an off-white/ bone colour.
This proved to be the only food that I ever actually developed a real craving for. I ate it by the teaspoon full, just letting it 'melt' in my mouth.
I found it absolutely Delicious and consumed approx 1 Kg (three 375gm jars) every month for about 12-18 months. (I'm an "all or nothing" person).
No noticeable ill effects whatsoever. The only reason I stopped consuming it was because it became no longer available.
Mmmwhah! My mouth still waters, just thinking of it. I wish I could find more of the same nowadays.
*N.B. There were NO traces of the outer skin in the paste. I understand the skin contains the cyanide... ?? Have been told the skins can be removed after steaming.
Considering I can no longer find it commercially available I might try making my own come apricot season.
I think I've read that the cyanide is in the kernel, not the outer shell. The cyanide actually will not make you sick if you eat the kernel whole; however, if you grind the kernel it will release enzymes that will react with the molecule that has CN in it and will release the HCN. Actually, you have some of these needed enzymes in your stomach, but not enough to make a kernel poisonous if you ate the kernel whole (it's all about equilibrium because you also have enzymes that will make the poison none poisonous). Also, another factor to consider is heat. If you heat the kernels enough, it will denature the enzymes that could release the HCN ionic compound, and then the kernel is perfectly safe to eat. As proof that the key ingredient in making a peach kernel poisonous is the enzyme, consider vitamin B17 -- pure amygdalin. People in the 70's took large quantities of this medicine in belief that it would help cure their cancer. It was perfectly safe unless, like in one example, they took their medicine with ground up peach kernel. That's obviously lethal.
Also, peach kernels have very little cyanide. From what I've read, approximately 909 g of wet peach pit is needed to POTENTIALLY be lethal (I think that was based off of a L50 statistic, so it probably has a 50% chance of being lethal at that dose). The bitter almonds on the other hand are very poisonous, and I've read that as little as 7-8 could kill a child. Oh, yeah, of course all of these statistics are based off of an assumed body weight (I think 160lbs-ish).
Oh, one last thing. The chemist you talked to may not study organic chemistry/toxicology. My guess is the chemist didn't know the exact answer himself, probably found a couple of research papers that said the kernel could be poisonous, and gave you the safest answer possible, because, after all, who would want to be responsible for the possible poisoning of another human being? Basically what I'm saying is that he gave you an answer that most definitely errs on the side of caution. I personally think you will be fine if you make sure to cook the kernels thoroughly, but it's all about how much you are willing to risk (string beans are potentially poisonous as well if not cooked).
I am trying to do the same thing with my bitter almonds and wondered a) how your experiment worked, and b) how many almond seeds and how much vodka did you use? Oh, and did you roast them for blanch them first? If so, for how long?
I have read that having a bitter apricot seed or 2 a day will keep you healthy from cancer. I have never had any ill effects and I was glad to know this little tidbit.


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Miami Marlins All-Time Top 50 Players
ATLANTA, GA - AUGUST 30: Steve Cishek #31 of the Miami Marlins pitches against the Atlanta Braves during the ninth inning at Turner Field on August 30, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin Liles/Getty Images) /
17 Jun 1996: Pitcher Al Leiter of the Florida Marlins throws the ball during a game against the San Francisco Giants at 3Com Park in San Francisco, California. The Giants won the game, 1-0. Mandatory Credit: Otto Greule /Allsport /
46. Al Leiter (4.8)
Al Leiter was a 6'2″, 200 lb. left-handed pitcher from Toms River, NJ. Born on October 23rd, 1965, he was a New York Yankees second round pick in 1984. He made his major league debut with the storied club in 1987, and pitched in a total of 22 games for them prior to getting moved to the Toronto Blue Jays system for Jesse Barfield.
Although Leiter spent his rookie status in 1988 with the Yankees, he only pitched 15 2/3 innings at the major league level in his first four seasons with Toronto. He finally arrived for keeps in 1993, when he was 9-6 for the the Jays. He eventually pitched in 91 games for Toronto, starting 61 of them and going 26-24 with a 4.20 ERA. After the 1995 season, Leiter decided to test the free agency market.
The Florida Marlins inked Leiter to a free agent contract, and watched him go 16-12 with a 2.93 ERA in his first season in South Florida. He didn't miss a turn in the rotation, making 33 starts, and he also made the all-star team for the first time in his career, finishing ninth in the National League Cy Young Award vote. Leiter posted a 1.263 WHIP and struck out 200 in 215 1/3 innings.
Leiter did not make the all star team during the Marlins championship run the following season, but instead went 11-9 with a 4.34 ERA over 27 starts. He earned a ring despite a WHIP of just below two.
Prior to Spring Training the following year, Leiter was traded with Ralph Milliard to the New York Mets for Rob Stratton, A.J. Burnett, and Jesus Sanchez (not that one).
Leiter remained with the Mets for seven seasons before again signing as a free agent with the Florida Marlins. After going 3-7 with a 6.64 ERA over 16 starts, Leiter was traded back to the Yankees to close out his career.
When it was all said and done, Leiter had completed a 19-season major league career and had won 162 contests. He has since enjoyed a successful second-career as a television commentator.


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import avrora.core.Program;
import avrora.core.SourceMapping;

/**
 * @author Ben L. Titzer
 */
abstract class TestExpr {
    public abstract int evaluate(StateAccessor access);
    public void set(StateAccessor access, int val) {
        // do nothing.
    }

    static class Index extends TestExpr {
        final String name;
        final TestExpr index;
        Index(String name, TestExpr i) {
            this.name = name;
            this.index = i;
        }
        public int evaluate(StateAccessor access) {
            int indv = index.evaluate(access);
            return access.getIndex(name, indv);
        }
        public String toString() {
            return name+"["+index+"]";
        }
        public void set(StateAccessor access, int val) {
            int indv = index.evaluate(access);
            access.setIndex(name, indv, val);
        }
    }

    static class Var extends TestExpr {
        final String name;
        Var(String name) {
            this.name = name;
        }
        public int evaluate(StateAccessor access) {
            return access.get(name);
        }
        public String toString() {
            return name;
        }
        public void set(StateAccessor access, int val) {
            access.set(name, val);
        }
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    static class Label extends TestExpr {
        String name;

        Label(String n) {
            name = n;
        }

        public int evaluate(StateAccessor access) {
            Program p = access.getProgram();
            SourceMapping smap = p.getSourceMapping();
            SourceMapping.Location l = smap.getLocation(name);
            if (l == null) throw new UnknownLabel(name);
            return l.lma_addr;
        }

        public String toString() {
            return name;
        }
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    static class Const extends TestExpr {
        int value;

        Const(int v) {
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        public int evaluate(StateAccessor access) {
            return value;
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        public String toString() {
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    abstract static class BinOp extends TestExpr {
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        BinOp(TestExpr l, TestExpr r, String o) {
            left = l;
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        }

        public String toString() {
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    }

    static class Add extends BinOp {

        Add(TestExpr l, TestExpr r) {
            super(l, r, "+");
        }

        public int evaluate(StateAccessor access) {
            int lval = left.evaluate(access);
            int rval = right.evaluate(access);
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        Subtract(TestExpr l, TestExpr r) {
            super(l, r, "-");
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        public int evaluate(StateAccessor access) {
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            int rval = right.evaluate(access);
            return lval - rval;
        }
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    static class UnknownLabel extends RuntimeException {

        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

        String name;

        UnknownLabel(String n) {
            name = n;
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Today marks my one year anniversary with the love of my life and my best friend. It has been an eventful year for us! We moved back to College Station, TX and bought our first home together. Donn got a defensive coordinator position-- I am so proud of him and all his hard work. He has a passion for coaching football! We've been able to spend more time with our amazing friends and family since we now live closer to them all. My business has grown. There is so much to be thankful for. Going into our second year of marriage, I am so excited for whats in store. Spending all my time with Donn is my favorite thing to do. We are working on getting out of debt, loving each other to the fullest and being adventurous! This life is so precious and we want to live it out with our faith in God. Our life isn't perfect, but we wouldn't want it any other way.


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Good Astronaut Movies
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 1:01 pm
The following list of good astronaut movies was inspired by an important date in the history of space exploration. On June 3rd, 1965, astronaut Ed White became the first American to conduct a spacewalk. Sadly, he would perish two years later along with astronauts "Gus" Grissom and Roger Chaffee during a pre-flight test for the Apollo 1 mission, but his accomplishment remains. White would later be portrayed on-screen by Steven Ruge (Apollo 13) and Chris Isaak (From the Earth to the Moon).
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Apollo 13 (1995) – The Apollo 13 mission in 1970 was intended to be a lunar landing, but a sudden explosion left the crew low on oxygen and desperate to return to Earth. This compelling drama–nominated for nine Oscars–was directed by Ron Howard and starred Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, and Kathleen Quinlan. When it comes to good astronaut movies, this is the gold standard.
Sunshine (2007) – Director Danny Boyle once again demonstrates his versatility by helming this British sci-fi work about a massive spaceship on a mission to reignite the dying Sun. The original mission sent there disappeared seven years earlier, so imagine the new crew's surprise when they receive a distress call from the lost vessel. Starring Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Rose Byrne, Michelle Yeoh, Cliff Curtis and Mark Strong.
Capricorn One (1977) – While it does involve astronauts, this film is one of those conspiracy thrillers found so often in the 1970s. James Brolin, O.J. Simpson, and Sam Waterston play the crew of Capricorn One, the first manned mission to Mars. When it's discovered that a malfunction would kill them before they arrived at their destination, the astronauts are whisked away to an isolated base, put on a soundstage, and forced to pretend to be on the surface of Mars. The astronauts do their duty, but they soon begin to realize that they may not get out of it alive. Meanwhile, Elliott Gould plays a reporter searching for the truth and dodging government assassins.
Forbidden Planet (1956) – A group of astronauts in the 23rd century head to a distant planet to investigate the fate of its colonists. Once there, they discover only one of the original colonists has survived, and he lives with his 19-year-old daughter and the massive Robby the Robot. Soon after, an invisible monster begins to pick off the crew, and a race for survival begins. Robby the Robot went on to appear in a number of television shows and films, and the surprisingly strong cast includes Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen and Earl Holliman.
Solaris (1972) – Psychologist Kris Kelvin (Donatas Banionis) is dispatched to a space station orbiting the planet Solaris to evaluate the crew. It seems that they've all experienced some form of emotional crisis, and their research is suffering because of it. Once there, Kelvin begins to suffer from hallucinations, including visits from his dead wife. Fans of action-packed space films will want to steer clear, as the movie's 165-minute run time plays out at a deliberate pace. If, however, you're looking for a rich exploration of the human psyche, be sure to see this product of the Soviet Union.
Planet of the Apes (1968) – With one of the most famous twist endings in movie history, the Planet of the Apes launched a long-running franchise of TV shows, films, comic books, and more. Adapted by Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling from a French novel, the movie tells of astronaut Taylor (Charlton Heston) and his crash landing on a planet ruled by apes. Treated like nothing more than an animal–and unable to communicate due to an injury–Taylor must avoid such laboratory perils as a lobotomy and castration. Luckily, he gets some help from a pair of chimpanzee scientists known as Zira (Kim Hunter) and Cornelius (Roddy McDowall). Skip the Tim Burton "re-imagining" and see this superior version.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) – Stanley Kubrick messes with our heads in this dazzling tale of evolution, complete with giant space babies, battling cavemen, and a murderous computer. Boasting a memorable soundtrack, cutting edge special effects, and plenty of surreal moments from co-writers Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, the film is often regarded as the greatest sci-fi film ever made. Strangely, it failed to garner a Best Picture nomination at the Academy Awards, although it did win for Best Visual Effects.
Moon (2009) – San Rockwell delivers a complex performance as Sam Bell, a lunar miner nearing the end of his three-year contract to harvest helium isotopes. Excited about going home and being reunited with his family, Sam begins to hallucinate and eventually suffers an accident. After waking in the infirmary and later sneaking past his robotic helper, GERTY (voiced by Kevin Spacey), Sam discovers someone else alive on the base…his exact double. Although he didn't receive one, Rockwell certainly deserved an Oscar nomination for his role.
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Stranded: Náufragos (2002) – When an international mission to Mars results in a crash on the surface of the Red Planet, the surviving astronauts are left with a dilemma: they have supplies for a year, but it will take a rescue mission over two years to reach them. Starring Vincent Gallo and Joaquim de Almeida, this fascinating Spanish astronaut film was written by sci-fi author Juan Miguel Aguilera and received solid reviews from European critics. If you're looking for "hard sci-fi" then give this one a try.
The Right Stuff (1983) – The "Mercury Seven" were better known as John Glenn (Ed Harris), Gus Grissom (Fred Ward), Alan Sheppard (Scott Glenn), Scott Carpenter (Charles Frank), Gordon Cooper (Dennis Quaid), Wally Schirra (Lance Henriksen), and Deke Slayton (Scott Paulin). These men were selected to be part of America's first manned space flight, but the film also devotes significant time to pilot and war hero Chuck Yeager (Sam Shepard), who was never chosen as an astronaut. A stirring drama that plays up the heroism of these trailblazers, The Right Stuff was nominated for eight Oscars and won four.
While space exploration has been put on the back burner in recent years, watching even one of the good astronaut movies listed above should quickly renew your interest. For other quality film recommendations from OGM, give the following links a try:
Good Science Movies
100 Sci Fi Movies to See Before You Die
10 Good Time Travel Movies
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Germany Has Rolled Out a Staggering €50 Billion Aid Package For Small Businesses That Boosts Artists and Galleries—and Puts Other Countries to Shame
"Artists are not only indispensable, but also vital, especially now," says the country's culture minister.
Kate Brown, March 25, 2020
German chancellor Angela Merkel and culture minister Monika Grütters. Photo: Christian Marquardt/Getty Images.
The German federal government is stepping in with a sweeping aid package for the country's creative and cultural sectors. According to a press release shared by the ministry of culture and reports in the German press, a staggering €50 billion ($54 billion) in backing will be provided specifically to small businesses and freelancers, including those from the cultural, creative, and media sectors.
The news from the ministry comes less than two weeks after Germany first made its promise of support. "We know the hardships, we know the desperation," said culture minister Monika Grütters in the statement. "The cultural sector in particular is characterized by a high proportion of self-employed people who now have problems with their livelihoods." She said that the federal government is "wholly aware" of the importance of the creative industries, adding that "[h]elp is coming as quickly and with as little bureaucracy as possible!"
The three-part package, according to the ministry's statement and a report in FAZ, includes up to €50 billion ($54 billion) in aid for individuals who are self-employed as well as for small businesses, and this will extend to artists and small cultural businesses. They state the funding will come in the form of grants designed to help with overhead costs like venue rentals and artist studios. Loans will also be available within the package to help businesses bridge financial bottlenecks. In addition to arts-related individuals and organizations, the funding will support media enterprises, including newspapers.
In addition to the stimulus money, the new initiative states that social security (including unemployment insurance) will be made available to freelancers—including artists—for a period of six months and expenses for housing will be recognized to ensure that "everyone can stay in their own home." To this end, the government is injecting another €10 billion ($11 billion) of support. The legislation also allows tenants to be protected from eviction should they be unable to pay rent. Loans may also be deferred and individuals are permitted to ask the tax bureau for a reduction in their payments or an advance on their tax refunds. But the process may not be as quick a fix as it seems: Since the initial announcement, two artists have told Artnet News that the application is actually "highly bureaucratic," with several forms to complete and over 60 pages of small print.
Still, the sum being offered by the German government dwarfs the totals offered by other nations. England's art council announced a package of $190 million in support to the arts. In New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is calling on the government to give US museums a $4 billion bailout—but the final total offered to arts initiatives in the newly passed Senate bill is less than five percent of that.
In Germany, the emergency legislation will have important implications for publicly funded institutions and museums. The government says that reclamations of funding are to be avoided in the event that projects cannot be implemented. Instead, the government will try to tailor existing budgets and adapt funded programs to suit the current needs.
"Our democratic society needs its unique and diverse cultural and media landscape in this historical situation, which was unimaginable until recently," said Grütters. "The creative courage of creative people can help to overcome the crisis. We should seize every opportunity to create good things for the future. That is why the following applies: artists are not only indispensable, but also vital, especially now."
Update March 26: An earlier version of this article misstated that the applications for loans for small businesses were already open for submissions. The article has been updated to include complaints about the application process.
Update March 27: The government has clarified a point of confusion in its press release and previous reports in the media, stating that the aid package for small businesses and freelancers in culture, art, and media will come from a larger package for solo self-employed people and small businesses that totals €50 billion.
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Germany's Culture Ministers Request More Support for Arts Workers as Last Month's Staggering €50 Billion Aid Package Proves Insufficient
By Kate Brown , Apr 24, 2020
'Bring Your Own Mask': German Art Galleries Will Reopen in a New Reality Next Week, Giving Other Dealers a Preview of Things to Come
Germany Is Giving Out Tens of Millions of Euros to Cultural Workers Hit by Its Faltering Economy. Some Say It's Not Nearly Enough
A New Show Traces How Carolee Schneemann's Transgressive Feminist Legacy Has Influenced Generations of Artists—See Images Here
By , Mar 25, 2020
The Sackler Saga Has Riveted the World. Now the Latest Episode of 'The Blacklist' Takes Aim at the Notorious Art-Collecting Family


This Geographic Map gives a clear overview of NingXia Hui Autonomous Region in the Gobi Desert of Central North-Western China (P.R.C.).
Going round the Map in clockwise motion neighboring provinces of NingXia are Inner Mongolia AR to the North-West, North, and North-East, Shaanxi Province to the East, and Gansu Province in the South-East, South and South-West.
The Capital city of of lightly populated Ningxia, Yinchuan, can be found in the Northern parts of the Province, situated on the west bank of the Yellow River (Huang He) and at some distance due East of Helan Shan mountain-range (+/- 3500 meters) which protects it from the Dust, winds and Sand blown in from the TengGer, a sandy and dry part of the Gobi Desert of Inner Mongolia and NingXia.
From Yinchuan west the world heritage Helan Pass leads away into Inner Mongolia.
A Main feature of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is the Yellow River which is the main water source and life-line of this desert oasis Province with its Capital City. The Huang He (Yellow River) enters the Province from the West through Sichuan and Gansu Provinces, then passes through XinTongXia Water Reservoir, where it turns its Way North to pass East of Yinchuan on the way to Inner Mongolia. Other features are the Helan Shan Mountain Range in the West, in the shadow of which lie the Tombs of the 11Th Century Western Xia Dynasty and twin historic Pagoda's. Due East of Yinchuan lie the remnants of the Great Wall of China in the Ordos Desert of NingXia Hui and Gansu Province, where it forms the long border with Inner Mongolia Province until it continues Eastward into Northern Shaanxi Province.
South of Yinchuan lies the huge Yellow River water reservoir of XingTongXia, where a magnificent green belt grows in between of dry and harsh lands. Atop mountains along the Western edge of the Reservoir another remote section of the Great Wall of China can be found, marking the border of Old Ming Dynasty China and Western Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The South is claimed by rough mountains such as XuanHua Shan and Xumi Shan (Treasure Mountain), making up the LuiPan Range. In this mountainous southern part of the Province, the Valley of the Qingshui River, a railroad and recently a highway lead South to pass an Inner Section of the Great Wall of China at GuYuan before meeting KongTong Shan in the far South, which forms the border with Gansu Province. From here it is +/- 130 kilometers to BaoJi in Shaanxi Province, the next main City Train Station.
Satellite Image Overview of China, The Gobi Desert and flow of the Yellow River with NingXia Province clearly visible.
Schematic Overview Map of Ningxia Hui 2A, More details on monuments, local landmarks, historic sites, heights and local geography.


Police in Edinburgh say they will look into claims that Hibernian's on-loan striker Leigh Griffiths sent a racist tweet.
The Scotland international allegedly told a man to "f*** off back to your own country ya clown" during an angry online exchange.
The 22-year-old, who is on loan at Hibs from npower Championship side Wolves, posted the comment to almost 13,000 followers late last night.
It has subsequently been removed from his Twitter page.
Now Lothian and Borders Police have confirmed they have carried out early enquiries after they were made aware of Griffiths' alleged comments.
Griffiths was responding to a tweet from a Twitter user believed to be based in Livingston, West Lothian.
Griffiths is currently on loan at Easter Road but is due to return to Molineux following the Edinburgh club's game with Dundee on January 19.
He has scored 14 goals for Hibs this season and boss Pat Fenlon is keen to keep him for the remainder of the season.
However, a club spokesman today confirmed that Hibs would be taking action against the former Livingston and Dundee forward.
He said: "Hibernian FC today confirmed that it had spoken to player Leigh Griffiths about exchanges on a social media website.
"The player had realised that despite the provocation, the language he used was totally unacceptable and had already apologised for what he said. The player has closed access to the account.
"The player supports the club and the whole of Scottish football in its stance against racism, bigotry and anti-social behaviour.
A Wolves spokesman added: "Wolves are aware of an alleged racist comment made on Twitter last night by Leigh Griffiths.
"The club condemns such comments in the strongest possible terms and are extremely angry and disappointed.
"The player is currently on loan at Hibernian FC and is likely to remain there for the rest of the season.
"He is, therefore, subject to the disciplinary procedures of Hibernian FC and those of the Scottish Football Association.
Griffiths' Wolves deal expires at the end of the season but the club have an option to extend it until the summer of 2014.
Wolves paid Dundee £150,000 to sign Griffiths in January 2011 but his only appearance for the club came in the League Cup tie against Northampton the following August before he was farmed out to Hibs for his first loan spell at Easter Road last season.


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Flyers' Leighton could start against Rangers
The Flyers plucked goalie Michael Leighton off waivers in mid-December to provide Brian Boucher with an experienced backup. The coaches told Leighton he might start one or two games in the six weeks Ray Emery would be sidelined after abdominal surgery.
"Leights has played very well," Flyers coach Peter Laviolette said of Michael Leighton. (Kathy Willens/AP)Read more
by By Matt Gelb, Inquirer Staff Writer
The Flyers plucked goalie Michael Leighton off waivers in mid-December to provide Brian Boucher with an experienced backup.
The coaches told Leighton he might start one or two games in the six weeks Ray Emery would be sidelined after abdominal surgery.
Then Boucher sliced his right ring finger on Dec. 21, against Florida.
"We don't talk about it," winger Ian Laperriere said, "but in the back of your mind, you think, 'Holy cow, who is going to play in net?' "
Three games later, Leighton has played so well, he could be in net again tomorrow night against the New York Rangers even if Boucher is healthy and ready to go.
Boucher practiced yesterday and said he still felt painful vibrations in his finger when a puck hit his stick. He remained day-to-day, and today's practice will be a key test.
Coach Peter Laviolette was noncommittal when asked if Leighton could get the start over a healthy Boucher.
"I haven't made that decision," Laviolette said. "But I will say Leights has played very well. He's given us an opportunity to win every game and he's been steady in the net, steady in his performance. He certainly earns the right to go back in there."
Meanwhile, Emery returned to practice for the first time since his surgery, on Dec. 9. He was still weeks away from returning to the lineup, but took shots in practice. The goalie said he was at 65 or 70 percent and ahead of schedule.
"I feel pretty good, better every day," Emery said. "Still a little sore and working things out, but I got a chance to go on the ice and I felt better than I thought I would."
He said he wouldn't meet with the doctor for another week and was continuing his exercises and rehab.
"He's still a ways away," Laviolette said. "That's just a first step, getting him out there and feeling the puck."
When Emery returns, Leighton will move on - either to another NHL team or to the minors, an option he said he would definitely consider.
"I'm just happy the way things are going," Leighton said. "Obviously, the better I play, the better my future's going to be for me."
The Flyers claimed him off waivers from Carolina on Dec. 15. In four games since, including three starts, Leighton is 3-0 with a 2.15 goals-against average and .933 save percentage.
A lot has changed since Leighton began the season 1-4 with a 4.28 goals-against average in seven games with the Hurricanes. That prompted his demotion and subsequent arrival in Philadelphia, where he has worked on his technique with Flyers goalie coach Jeff Reese.
"He just tried to simplify my game a little bit - do shorter movements and slow things down to make me not have to work as hard," Leighton said. "We're working on it in practice, and so far in the games, it's been carrying over and working well."
So for now, the career backup is savoring the opportunity even as the two goalies in front of him work toward returning. Emery said he was impressed with Leighton.
"It's a tough thing to do, just to come in to a new team, especially when we were going through a tough stretch," Emery said. "I think he's played really well. I'm glad, too, even though I'm not playing. It was tough for everyone around here."
Parent update. Defenseman Ryan Parent is day-to-day with back spasms, general manager Paul Holmgren said. Parent was injured during warm-ups Saturday in Carolina and has missed the last two games.
Breakaways. After back-to-back games, the team had an optional skate at the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees. Mika Pyorala, Danny Syvret, Riley Cote, Boucher, and Emery were the only ones on the ice. Later, the Flyers had an off-ice team meeting. . . . James Taylor and the Dropkick Murphys will perform at Fenway Park for the Winter Classic, the NHL announced. The current New Year's Day forecast calls for a 70 percent chance of rain in Boston. The NHL has a makeup day of Jan. 2.
By Matt Gelb, Inquirer Staff Writer


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A Building Between Three 'Hoods; Peacock Park Goes Private?
By Sean McCaughan Oct 10, 2012, 5:00pm EDT
EDGEWATER/MIDTOWN/DESIGN DISTRICT—The Regions Bank office building at the intersection of 36th Street and Biscayne Boulevard is basically a bland building at a bland-looking crossroads. So why was it, along with an adjacent surface parking lot, purchased by an investment company that includes Avra Jain? Ms. Jain is known for typically much more interesting projects, including the renovation of the icon Vagabond Motel. Well, this intersection is where three of Miami's most exciting neighborhoods - Midtown, the Design District, and Edgewater - connect, and that oh-so-bland mid-rise office building dominates the intersection. So there. [SFBJ]
COCONUT GROVE—Private St. Stephen's Episcopal Day School wants to invest $500,000 into upgrades for Peacock Park's sports facilities, in exchange for exclusive access to them during school hours, extending an existing arrangement with the city. Commissioner Marc Sarnoff loves the idea. Some local Grove-ites, including Glenn Terry, the founder of the King Mango Strut Parade, are crying foul over concerns about private entities taking over public amenities. [Miami Herald]


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Canadian rugby star Adam Zaruba no longer on Riders' neg list
By John Hodge
Adam Zaruba won't be heading to Rider Nation anytime soon.
The 28-year-old rugby star from Vancouver, B.C. decided to step away from football this winter after brief stints with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2017 and 2018.
The Riders have since dropped Zaruba's name from their negotiations list, relinquishing his exclusive CFL rights.
An explosive athlete with an impressive six-foot-five, 265-pound frame, Zaruba wouldn't look out of place as a CFL fullback, defensive end or special teams player.
Zaruba is currently focused on the Canadian men's rugby sevens team that is looking to make waves at the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo. The final qualification tournament is scheduled for June of next year.


New for 2016 we have designed a special collection of jewellery which features personalised initials and numbers. This small heart shaped pendant incorporates a single letter stamped in silver. Supplied on a 16 inch silver chain.


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SBC DIGEST: LifeWay to air church Christmas services; Birmingham association receives building, $350K
By BP Staff, posted December 17, 2020 in Lifeway
Topic(s): Lifeway
LifeWay to air churches' virtual Christmas services
By Aaron Wilson/LifeWay
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Drew Porterfield spent last Christmas sick in bed—unable to attend his church's traditional service. Since he couldn't worship with his local church family, Porterfield tried to find a virtual Christmas service online. That was more difficult than he expected, however.
"This sparked an idea," he said. "What if someone were to offer programming of churches' Christmas worship services and stream those to virtual audiences so they can experience services at home?"
A few months later, as the coronavirus pandemic began sweeping the globe and making its way across the U.S., Porterfield's idea had bigger implications than he first envisioned.
"We now have a vast population at home this Christmas unable to participate in person for worship services," said Porterfield, a broadcast engineer at LifeWay Christian Resources. "Through 'A LifeWay Digital Christmas,' we want to expand the reach of local churches and enable people around the world to worship and celebrate the gospel wherever they find themselves this season."
LifeWay will host virtual Christmas worship services this season for the following churches. For live service times, visit DigitalPass.LifeWay.com.
"Hope is Alive!" | Shades Mountain Baptist Church (Birmingham, Alabama)
"Celebrate Christmas with Ingleside" | Ingleside Baptist Church (Macon, Georgia)
"Christmas at Brentwood" | Brentwood Baptist Church (Tennessee)
"Handel's Messiah" | First Baptist Church of Newnan (Georgia)
"Now All is Well" | First Baptist Church of Jackson (Alabama)
Thomas Road Baptist Church's Christmas service (Lynchburg, Virginia)
"A December to Remember"| First Baptist Church Indian Trail (North Carolina)
In addition to airing live broadcasts of each event, LifeWay will provide around-the-clock loops of each program through Dec. 26.
"It is our privilege to be able to partner with Lifeway Digital Pass as we present our special guests artists, Drew and Ellie Holcomb, some stellar Birmingham musicians and the creative ministries of Shades Mountain Baptist Church for 'Hope is Alive,' filmed on seven stellar locations including the historic Alabama Theater," said Michael Adler, worship arts pastor.
Baptist Health System gifts Birmingham association new building, $350,000
By Grace Thornton/The Alabama Baptist
Birmingham Metro Baptist Association (BMBA) will soon own a much larger facility than the office it is currently leasing, thanks to a gift from Baptist Health System.
The 16,000-square-foot building — located next door to BMBA's current office — will offer the association space for larger meetings and new ministry partners, said Chris Crain, BMBA executive director.
The Baptist Health System board voted to approve the gift Dec. 7 along with $350,000 to put toward building improvements.
"The BMBA is in a new season," Crain said.
In November, the association formerly known as Birmingham Baptist Association entered into a new partnership with Bessemer Baptist Association and became BMBA, a new association with a new vision and new governing documents.
"Now we have this opportunity to move into a new facility," Crain said, adding that the association hasn't owned its own building since 2004, when it started leasing its current building from Baptist Health System.
For the past several years, that lease has been $1 per year, he said, adding: "It has already been a tremendous blessing to be in partnership with Baptist Health."
That partnership has been a long one. BMBA created Baptist Health System in 1922 with the purchase of what is known today as Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham. The association approves all of the members of the Baptist Health System board of trustees and has three members on the board.
Amy S. Allen, Baptist Health System president and CEO, says her organization and BMBA have "maintained a partnership and close relationship throughout the years.
"We have virtually the same mission, which is to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ in Birmingham; however, ours is focused in the health care arena."
Geiger leaving LifeWay, joining Calif. church staff
'Christmas in July' underway at LifeWay stores
LifeWay creates church assistance package


Our hearing is an ability that almost all of us takes for granted; it helps us to get around in the world, communicate with each other and experience the sublime states that only music can give us. Protecting our hearing is another matter; the devices are bulky, impractical and shuts out a lot of important auditory information. Luckily for us, a remarkable and innovative invention plans to change all of that. Introducing the H2P by Prosounds, earbuds that protect and enhance your hearing.
Everybody that works in the industry, or that has gone shooting, knows how important information gets lost when we are wearing hearing protection. Not to mention that they are uncomfortable. Well, the H2P Earbud Line by Prosounds completely turns that around.
Gone are the days of bulky hearing protection. They look good, amplify sounds and protect your hearing, all in a days work.
What makes them so special? It's their ability to both amplify and protect your hearing simultaneously. When noise levels reach above 85dB, which is considered loud enough to be detrimental to our ears, the H2P activates and reduces the noise level by 30dB. On the other hand, the H2P also enhances your hearing by amplifying important sounds by up to 6 times. For protection, these earbuds utilize Digital Compression Hearing Protection technology and to ensure that you have optimal sound quality, all the sound is filtered through 100% Lynx Digital Sound Clarity.
Coming in 4 different colors, as well as with 2 different types of tips, the H2P can molded to your own style. The uses for these are only limited by your imagination; motorcycle racing, concerts, industrial work, shooting and many more.
These earbuds also incorporate universal SecureFit technology that will fit anybody's ears and they are perfect to be used at concerts, in the industries, auto-racing, for safety, sporting events and many more. When your H2P earbuds arrive, you'll also get a protective carry case, comfort foam and silicone tips, SecureFit extenders, cleaning brush, open ear soft tips and 10A zinc hearing aid batteries. You can purchase the H2P earbuds in 4 different colors – red, tan, black and pink.


This is the motto of Kassab chain restaurants. The motto, which we also believe in, was the reason to introduce Kassab to Iran. We want to introduce new and unforgettable flavors and tastes by serving the best and most delicious steak dishes and traditional Turkish cuisines and desserts, which is prepared with best material and twenty years of experience of Kassab founders. Kassab's purpose is to balance what's you pay for your food and the quality of that food and we are working tirelessly toward this goal. So you could have your favorite meal in a relaxing environment. Our other goal is to expand this chain restaurant to all corners of the land of Iran, so everyone could enjoy it and share the love with Kassab!