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Elitist Planned Parenthood Action Fund Board Member contributes to Texas Democratic gubernatorial nominee Bill White
Posted in Planned Parenthood, Politics with tags Bill White, Eugenics, Govenor, Namoi Aberly, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Texas on August 9, 2010 by saynsumthn
The Dallas Morning News reported : Texas Democratic fundraising revived
08/08/2010 Associated Press
The financial success of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Bill White has revealed a new generation of wealthy contributors who are stepping forward to back Texas Democratic candidates.
Carrett Boone, founder of The Container Store chain, and wife Cecilia have donated more than $700,000 to Democratic candidates and allied groups in the past two years. Namoi Aberly, a former Neiman Marcus executive and former chairwoman of Planned Parenthood of North Texas, has donated more than $200,000. Houston trial lawyers Amber and Steve Mostyn, both 39, have donated $3 million to Democratic candidates this campaign cycle.
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The Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the advocacy and political arm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, announced the addition of five members to its Board of Directors. One of the new members — is Naomi Aberly, (the others: Joanne Egerman, Irma Esparza, Minyon Moore, and Michael Vachon )
Naomi Aberly has been active in more than a dozen civic and political organizations, including Obama for America and Annie's List. She is a fundraiser for Democratic candidates at all levels. She currently serves on the board of Planned Parenthood of North Texas and is the current chair of their capital campaign, and she is a former board member of the Texas Association of Planned Parenthood Affiliates.
According to BarackObama.com she was on the 2008 OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEE
Capitol Inside reports that Naomi Aberly – As the chairman of the board at Annie's List and one of the group's largest donors, Aberly oversees a group that's contributed more money to Democratic candidates in Texas in recent years than any organization that's not funded exclusively by trial lawyers. Annie's List has played a key role in electing a significant number of Democratic candidates who are women to legislative and local offices – and Aberly is a big reason why the group has had so much cash to spend since its inception in 2003. Aberly, who's donated several hundred thousand dollars to the Texas Democratic Trust as well, is a Detroit native who moved to Dallas after graduating from Amherst College to take a job in the retail industry with Neiman Marcas. She gravitated into the political arena after going to work as a volunteer at the North Texas chapter of Planned Parenthood before eventually ascending to the job as the chairman of the non-profit group's board of directors. She raised significant sums of money for Barack Obama and now she's doing the same for Bill White in his campaign for governor.
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PHD #408: They Love Us
IC Timeline » Roleplay Logs » Season 2: The Widening Gyre » PHD #408: They Love Us
Summary: Bannik comes to finally fix some of Rose's equipment in Hydroponics. They talk about love and loneliness.
Date: 10 Apr 2042 AE
Related Logs: Of Gears And Balloons
Hydroponics - MV Elpis
Encompassing most of the port cargo pod, this area has been reconfigured to host a massive hydroponics operation. A latticework of catwalks and narrow ladders, pipes and transparent plastic enclosures, and grow-lighting surrounds rows upon rows of vegetables at varying stages of growth. Evenly-distributed pump machinery rumbles and clatters along, pumping nutrition-enriched water throughout the quietly moving system. A small portion of the hydroponics area deals with the cultivation of seedlings, providing a plastic membrane for the young plants until they have larger root systems. Rows of tanks line the outside wall, apparently some sort of algae growing facility - greens, ambers, and reds all cast a colorful tint. And at the fore area of the pod, many bins and tables and several refrigeration and packaging stations have been set up to handle the processing of vegetables harvested from this constant process.
There are workers here at seemingly all hours, monitoring the machines and the flow of life-giving water to the thousands of plants, transplanting new seedlings, or harvesting and packaging vegetables that have grown to maturity. At all hours, the facility is guarded.
A small set of rooms at the fore of the hydroponics bay houses a triage and first aid treatment center. The freighter's sickbay is a minimal affair, containing a few beds and some basic equipment. A front desk is staffed by a corpsman at all times, and there's a small waiting area consisting of plastic chairs and some old magazines. A small office, shared by the doctors and nurses who work here, stands privately off to the side, where patient files are kept under lock and key.
Post-Holocaust Day: #408
Another day in hydroponics. One day sort of blurs into the next, and with the epidemic on the Cerberus coming to a close, traffic between ships is beginning to pick up again. Every so often, those looking to stroll through the vast gardens, eager to view the technological wonder of vegetation supported by nutrient-laden water through a brilliant array of pipework and machinery.
Sitting at her desk in the small cubicle farm at the rear of the cargo pod is Rose, a mug of something long-cold on her desk waiting neglected as she dutifully sifts through paperwork, reports, metrics, and everything else that a scientist in charge of the food supply for the fleet would go through. She looks tired; at one point she rests her chin in her hand as she's reading the pages in front of her, and leavy-lidded eyes just trail off into space, no doubt viewing anything other than the endless machinery and green in front of her.
Enter Tyr Bannik. He, too, looks tired. Probably because between his normal maintenance shifts and special projects, his eight hours "off" has been turned into eight hours of regular work, eight hours of special projects, and then whatever time is left to eat, socialize, and sleep. Nonetheless, he's stolen over to the Elpis and is now seeking out their hyroponicsist-in-charge. He has two things with hip. One is a sealed plastic bag, like a zip-loc. The other? A thermos. "Hey, Rose?" It's phrased as a question. Is he interrupting? "It's Tyr."
Rose snaps out of her reverie, eyes blearily focusing on Bannik. "Oh. Tyr! Hello! Sorry, I was just, erm, thinking." She wipes at her face with both hands - she's not one to wear a lot of make-up, and today it seems she's gone without, except for some lip color, so there's nothing to smudge. "Is there something I can do for you?"
"I was more wondering if there was something I could do for you. I came to check on you." Bannik holds up the thermos. "I brought some tea that should still be hot." And he holds up the other bag. "And I finally got that RAM board for your computer here. I'm sorry it took so long. I could make lots of excuses, but, really, at least it's here now, right?"
Rose blinks owlishly. "I had forgotten you had even taken the old board away," she admits, sheepishly. "The machine just… started working. Sure, slower, like you said, but it's not given me any trouble. Tea?" She offers a small, hopeful smile, the tiredness fleeing at the prospect of caffeine in tasty form. "You can shut down that box and replace the board, if you like, and I'll find us two clean mugs."
Bannik places the tea down next to whatever Rose was (formerly) drinking, and then makes his way over to the control console so he can shut down that box. "So how are things going over here?" he small-talks while she goes to hunt for the mugs. "You look exhausted. But I guess we all are these days, huh?"
Unceremoniously dumping her own mug out into what passes as a liquid waste drain (which also happens to be a run-off in case one of the pumps malfunctions) she rinses her mug out in a sink and manages to find a clean mug for Bannik. Hers has a cartoon picture of a green thumb on it, with the words, "World's Best Gardener" on it - likely nicked from whatever cache of supplies last came through the civilian population. Bannik's mug happens to be a Leonis Tigers mug, a triple-A Pyramid team. Who knows where that mug came from. Returning to her desk she unscrews the thermos and fills both. "I've been working long hours. Not much else to do," she admits.
"You been going to prayer group?" Bannik asks it with a certain tone of concern, as if he's somehow scared her soul or faith might be in jeopardy. While the machine goes through its save-back-up-shutdown routine, the Specialist turns to take his mug. He glances down at it; his quizzical look suggests that he wasn't much of a Pyramid follower. He shakes it off — anyhow. "I. Uh." He transitions. "Have you read about that stuff down on Gemenon?"
"No, I haven't, and I feel ashamed because of it," Rose says, sinking back down into her chair. She produces a small bottle of what appears to be unrefined honey - likely one of the last bottles in the universe. With a small spoon she extracts a spoonful into her tea and then leaves it out for Bannik should he so choose, but she doesn't verbally offer it. "I've been working long hours," she repeats. "Just trying to keep my mind off of things. I should probably go to prayer, I know, it would help." A wistful sigh. "And if you mean the Scrolls of Pythia and the hard-line stuff, sure, who hasn't? I don't think I'm that devout, though."
Bannik shakes his head. He must be refuting both her guess at what he's talking about and the honey; he seems to be taking his tea black. "No. Oh, my gosh. You haven't heard?" It's said with a true tone of surprise. Then again, Tyr is a huge gossip, even with Tisiphone dead. "The classified after action report that got leaked. There's —" He pauses, as if it still blows his mind. "There are Cylons down there. But they're living with humans. Like, together. In harmony. We sent a recon party, and the Raptor was escorted by Raiders. It was like they were playful; they were skimming the surface of the water." Yes, it blows his mind indeed.
For a moment, Rose stares at Tyr, blinking in disbelief. It's as if her mind is having trouble processing what that means. "Are you certain? That doesn't sound right at all. I mean, why would they be trying to kill us and live with others? It doesn't make sense." She shakes her head. "It's got to be a trick," she rationalizes.
"That's what the report said. And it must be true; they wouldn't classify it if it wasn't true." Such is Bannik's enlisted-level intelligence analysis. "And — I don't know. The report said that they were mostly the 'Eleven' models. Those were the ones that — kind of helped us. I mean, on the first Foundry, for example. Maybe." His voice drops low, really low, as if he realizes the blasphemy in what he's about to say. "Maybe not all of them are bad. Maybe they're different. Like us. Not every Colonial is exactly the same way?" His voice goes up in the end, making it a question, even though it's not one.
Rose sips at her mug, face lighting up when she realizes the complexity of the brew with the honey added. But her delighted look fades at Tyr's exposition on the nature of Colonials and Cylons. "There's a difference between us and them, Tyr. We're flesh and blood. They're facsimiles. They're mechanized copies." She shakes her head. "They murdered my Aquaria, Tyr, and left her to burn and boil."
"I know. I know. And my Arielon." Bannik's voice is decisive, as if to say 'don't be mad at me.' "I — just. I don't know, Rose. How do you explain what's going on down on Gemenon, though? Maybe they're brainwashed. Maybe that's it. The humans." It would make sense, wouldn't it? It makes more sense than Cylons and Humans living together. And to stop himself before he says something else, he takes a big gulp of his tea, wincing a bit. It still is hot.
Rose wraps her hands around the mug, apparently not too hot to warm her hands. It can get chilly in hydroponics, away from the phosphoritic lighting. Her energy level begins to visibly deplete again. "I really don't have the time or the inclination to wax philosophic about the nature of our enemies, Tyr. I mean…" She sighs. "I've got more important concerns to worry about here, like production levels, and my lesson plan for science class tomorrow, and juggling the complaints of one self-important council body versus another. I don't care what's going on down on Gemenon, Tyr." That probably comes across far more nasty and snippish than she means. Realizing her mistake, her voice softens, and she changes topics. "Um, have you seen… how's the Chief doing?" Meaning Damon, of course.
Tyr's face falls. Clearly, he had been wrestling with this. Clearly, he wasn't expecting this response. He looks like a kicked puppy. But he buries his head in his tea and does his best to rally his expression. "I haven't seen him that much," confesses the Specialist. "You know. He's busy with a lot of high-level things, and I've just — I've been some other groups. But I need to brief him soon, so I'll be sure to tell him that you were asking after him." Smile? It's trying.
"It won't matter," Rose states, sounding already defeated. "You know, I thought, if I worked as hard as him, and if I gave as much of myself to the hydroponics effort, and the civilian programs that are going on here, as much as he did, I wouldn't mind that he is an insanely important individual over there and he doesn't have time for me. And I'm not upset about it. He's doing a lot of important work." Wow, where did that come from? Tyr was wrestling with a conundrum of cosmic importance, and it seems Rose is dealing with day-to-day insecurities. Both are as earth-shattering as the other's concern, and yet, quite far apart on the scales of life. Grimacing slightly, she whimpers, "I'm sorry, that's incredibly selfish of me."
Bannik shifts gears. Whrr. Whrr. Whrr. Whatever Tyr was hurt at, it dissolves at the sign of a Rose in Distress. He's quiet, though, as if he's trying to think of just the thing to say. He opens his mouth. No. That's it. Once again. Nope. Then, slowly, hesitantly. "Well, Rose. I — I'm not one to give relationship advice. I had a high school sweet heart back home and haven't been on even a single date since. But." Here he pauses again. "But I think you deserve to be happy. Or if not happy, then not lonely. You give so much of yourself, Rose Ibbhanas, and I think the least you're entitled to demand in return is that you not have to make your sacrifice all by yourself." He says it with a certain deep certainty behind it, as if he just doesn't believe it; he feels it. "'The gods lift those who lift each other.' You need someone to lift you up."
Rose looks like she's about to protest halfway into Tyr's words, but slowly the smile returns to her features. "You know, Tyr, I've no idea why you don't have someone. You always know what to say. You're very sweet, you know." She sips at her mug again, looking thoughtful. "Andreas was just… there for me, when I was weakest. When I needed someone the most." Never mind that Tyr was there too; after all, there were snottings. "I kind of… lept into things. I was still blind, too. Feeling very alone, but that went away when Andreas was around." A beat. "I'm feeling very blind again, Tyr. Should I wait for him to lead me by the hand, or should I try to uncover my eyes and see things for what they really are? That a civilian like me just has no hope to compete for attention from an important man like the Chief?"
If being sweet got ladies, Tyr would have a harem. But the bad boys get the girls, and Tyr certainly is not bad. But he musters up a smile; it even touches his eyes behind his glasses. "I don't think that's true. It's not — it's not like that." He's struggling for the words again. "It's not civilians are unimportant and the Chief is important. In love — like before the gods — we're all equal. It's not about the Chief and the Hydroponics Lead. It's about Andreas and Rose. And if he can't see that, then maybe he's the one who's blind. Not you."
"But he's a busy person, and…" There she goes, rationalizing it the same way she was just moments before. A sigh. Rose eyes the depths of her tea mug, maybe looking for any sort of divine or augor's inspiration from whatever may be at the bottom. "I suppose you're right," she admits, meekly. "I'm not sure I'm ready to give up on him, though. I feel as if I admit weakness, the next day he might be… I don't know, ready. Really ready. So I hold on."
"You're a busy person." Tyr confronts the rationalization. "But if he came here right now and said, 'Come away with me. I want some time with you.' Would you find a way? Would you make the time? Get someone to cover? I bet you could. A lot of people work on the Deck. The Chief's an important guy, but we get along okay when he sleeps. Or eats. Or whatever." He lets out a sigh. "I don't want to push you to do anything you're heart's not ready to do." The computer is shut down so he puts down his mug and grabs a screw-driver so he can get down on his hands and knees and pop the case on the unit. "But you should come to my prayer group, Rose. When you're with the gods, you're never alone. Give yourself up to them for a bit."
Rose smiles again, this time a far more genuine gesture. "You're right. Every time I stray from prayer I end up in a terrible rut. You're right, Tyr. You're always right." As the conversation drops off and Bannik begins to work, Rose comes out from behind her desk and, in a rare gesture, kneels beside the working specialist and gives him a peck on the cheek. "I need to remember that They love me, too," she states, and squeezes his forearm lightly. Innocent, but warm, gestures.
Bannik closes his eyes and beams real wide at the best, chaste as it may be. But it's a rare show of delight from the usually earnest Specialist. "Lots of people love you, Rose. But They always will; you're right." And with that done, the case pops off easily and the RAM board is fished out of its carrying bag. He presses its end against the empty slot — with just a bit of brute strength, and then. CLICK! "Bingo. You should be good. To go. Let me get the case back on and then I'll be on my way. I ought to be getting back."
Rose nods slightly, and rises to her feet again. "What would I do without you," she states with smiles in her voice. Settling back behind her desk, she watches Bannik finish up his work with head propped up by both hands, fingers interlaced and acting as a hammock for her chin.
"Be stuck trying to get someone from engineering to get someone over here to help you in — oh, the next five years or so." Bannik slapsthe case back on and then hops to his feet. He gives her cheek a quick kiss, and then a bright grin. "Gods bless you, Rose. I'll try to be back sooner, okay? And if you ever need anything, just give me a call. I'll always make time for you."
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Redistricting and the Power of Latino Unity (OPINION)
By: Andrea Mercado
Women volunteers for Florida Rising, a grassroots organization helping communities across the state fight for economic and racial justice. (Florida Rising/Facebook)
As a woman who is many things —a mother, a daughter of immigrants, an organizer, a Floridian who speaks the languages of my people (Spanish, English, and Portuguese)— I know the importance of what it means to speak up, what it means to raise my voice and exercise my power.
I'm going to ask you to do the same.
Mi gente, there's something out there that you can't always see but can definitely feel it trying to take our power away, and it's called redistricting.
Redistricting, simply put, is the drawing of lines. Politicians look at a map of our communities and draw lines around them to divide us into groups. Redistricting is a cornerstone of representative democracy, and it is happening right now.
Redistricting occurs every 10 years, following the census. The 2020 census initiated the current impactful cycle. When not watched closing, redistricting can be designed to separate us from one another, to keep us from being together, as one, and thereby weakening our political power. We've worked too hard and have come too far to let this happen.
Be included in the process.
In the August 2021 study, "Engaging Latino/Hispanic Communities in the Redistricting Process," researchers Gabriel Sanchez and Matt Barreto discovered many things we know to be true. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the highest, Latinos communicated that they do place a high level of importance on Latino voices being heard in the redistricting process, with an average score of 8.2. In addition, 80 percent of Latinos say we hold common priorities and political interests.
What this all boils down to is that many of us want and speak up for the same things —for things to be better! Better schools for our kids. Better jobs. And strong communities.
Don't our communities deserve better? Don't we want our communities to thrive and have the same resources and opportunities as everyone else? Claro. So it is our job to become more engaged in the redistricting process to preserve and improve what is available to us.
It is up to us.
Remember, the Latino population in places like in Florida is growing quickly. Pew Research Center reported that "the U.S. population grew by 22.7 million from 2010 to 2020, and Hispanics accounted for 51% of this increase." We have so many new leaders waiting and ready to run for office and lead our communities. By getting involved in redistricting, we help shape the future of our communities.
Therefore, we must not only personally participate in local meetings and get involved in this process, but we must also vote in new leaders who represent us. Who is better at keeping us together besides us? Latinos demand more representation at every level, candidates who speak our language, who look, sound and share our values. We want people that understand us best to have an opportunity to represent us in Congress.
For far too long, Black and Latinx communities have been victimized by voter suppression, misinformation, and intimidation at the polls. We need to ensure that the way district lines are drawn will give us every chance at quality representation. We have to pay attention to the process of drawing district lines to ensure that the next decade of political boundaries shows an America that is transforming.
We cannot stay silent and expect things to change. We cannot just hope that democracy will work in our favor without our participation. If we want to see ourselves represented by our elected officials, we must be part of the change.
Our voices are powerful. We have the ability to influence the future we want to see for our communities. I encourage you to attend a district mapping meeting and call your legislators. Get a clear understanding of the process and how it can affect our communities over the next 10 years. Do not be afraid to ask questions or clarifications, because we deserve to have a process that is transparent and beneficial to everyone in our communities.
Let's design a future that is better for generations to come. Juntos podemos.
Andrea Mercado is the co-executive director of Florida Rising. She has been working on race, gender, and economic equity issues for 20 years. Twitter: @DREAMERcado
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2 responses to "Redistricting and the Power of Latino Unity (OPINION)"
Peter N Munsing says:
People who object to the disenfranchisement of many "redistricting" processes such as Texas', need to also be aware that with modern election software, politicians know when someone calls or writes a) whether that person is registered to vote and b) whether they vote.
Now who do you think they care about most–the person who isn't registered to vote or the person who is? And who do you think they are more worried about–the person who is registered but only shows up to vote for President, or the person who shows up to vote every darned time?
So to have your voice have clout, you need to register and vote in every election for your voice to have the impact that is needed. That is what the NRA does–their members vote, politicians know it, that's why when the NRA says "jump" many politicians only say "how high?"
Also, work with groups like Fair Districts, and the League of Women Voters who have proven track records of focussing on just this issue.
And if your representative or Senator votes against your wishes, let them know how displeased you are.
When letting them know, use hard copy, not emails if you can. Hard copy ends up being a piece of mail they can't just click away. If thousands write it is sacks of mail, and they get the reminder, physically, of how many voters are very unhappy. Write to the local office. Let them know. Visit the local office. If they have a constant stream of people coming in they get the idea "someone is watching what I do……I may pay for a wrong vote here."
That is being on the way to winning.
Lastly, support candidates who want fair districts.
Peter Munsing
baci says:
so democrats redistrict and gerrymander also. who do you think taught us?
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Gene is an emoji that lives in Textopolis, a digital city inside the phone of his user Alex. He is the son of two meh emojis named Mel and Mary who, despite his upbringing, is able to make multiple expressions. His parents are hesitant of him going to work, but Gene insists so that he can feel useful. Upon receiving a text from his crush Addie, Alex decides to send her an emoji. When Gene is selected, he panics, makes a confusing expression, and wrecks the text center. Gene is called in by Smiler, a smiley emoji and leader of the text center, who concludes that Gene is a "malfunction" and therefore must be deleted. Gene is chased by bots, but is rescued by Hi-5, a once popular emoji who has since lost his fame due to lack of use. He tells Gene that he can be fixed if they find a hacker, and Hi-5 accompanies him so that he can reclaim his fame. Read more on Wikipedia.


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require_once('Mail.php');

use \Prvak\Mail\Fetcher,
	\Prvak\Mail\AbstractMail,
	\Prvak\Mail\FetcherMailVisitor;

// This example reads incoming mail from a Gmail account through IMAP
// and relays every new mail to $target.

$hostname = '{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX';
$username = '*****@*****.***';
$password = '***';
$target = '*****@*****.***';

$fetcher = new Fetcher($hostname, $username, $password);

class MyVisitor implements FetcherMailVisitor {
	public function handleMail(AbstractMail $mail) {
		$to = \Prvak\Mail\ToFieldParser::getAlias($mail->getTo());
		if (is_array($to)) $to = implode(";", $to);

		print("Mail to: " . $to . "\n");

		// print("Body: " . $mail->getRawBody());
		// print("Headers: " . $mail->getRawHeader() . "\n");

		$mail->setSeen(true);

		if (strstr($to, "noreply") !== FALSE) {
			if (strstr($to, "send") !== FALSE) {
				$headers = \Prvak\Mail\HeaderStripper::stripHeaders($mail->getRawHeader(), array(
					"To", "Subject"
				));

				print("Stripped headers: " . $headers . "\n");

				mail($target, "Intercepted: " . $mail->getSubject(),
					$mail->getRawBody(),
					$headers);

				print("Mail sent.\n");
			}
			print("Deleting.\n");
			$mail->delete();
		}
	}
};

print("Fetching mail...\n");
$fetcher->fetch(new MyVisitor(), Fetcher::FILTER_UNSEEN);
print("Done.\n");

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I awake in Many Glacier Campground to what my boating friends would call a "snotty day." It's thick pea soup fog, cold and gray out my rain-streaked window. I have done a "big hike" yesterday, and I have another one planned for tomorrow, so I do not feel guilty for taking a day off and being lazy.
I consider the hike to Grinnell Glacier to be the pinnacle of my Glacier National Park vacation, and the only part on which I have actually done research. I have been looking forward to this day for months.
All comforts aside at the Pine Near RV Park, the thing that really kept me anchored in Winthrop for three days was my insane job. I had scheduled 10 days off on vacation to visit Glacier National Park. I always say you don't really take a vacation from my corporate job…you just shove a week's worth of work to either side. Once clients realize you are leaving, they start piling on the "one last thing before you go" list.
Glacier National Park is a hiker's paradise. Over 700 miles of trails lead through some of the most spectacular and wild country in the Rockies.
Going to the Sun in the Sun!
What do you do when you arrive in Glacier National Park on a sunny day? You drop everything and head straight for the "Going-to-the-Sun" Road! Weather is fickle here in the park, and if you should get a sunny day, take every advantage!


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The hanging plants manufactured and sold by ThermaLeaf® are absolutely weather proof and climate tolerant. It doesn't matter whether you live in a tropical climate or a rainy and windy climate, the hanging plants can tolerate all types of harsh elements of the weather. If your corporate space has a constant inflow of sunlight, you don't have to worry about the plants being exposed and losing their color or fading. These hanging plants can tolerate the harsh rays of the sun without spoiling for years on end. Further, if you're looking to install the hanging plants outdoors in your corporate space, you can go right ahead without worrying about snowfall or rainfall as these plants have been manufactured to remain immaculate in any climate.
One major benefit of installing the artificial outdoor topiary plants and hanging plants is that these faux landscaping products protect you and your staff members from contracting mosquito and insect-related illnesses. Real topiary décor and real hanging plants tend to attract mosquitoes and insects. These bugs can spread lethal and deadly illnesses like malaria and other such ailments. However, in the case of the faux hanging plants, you don't need to worry about the plants attracting bugs and mosquitoes, thereby ensuring the safety of the health of your staff members and employees.
Another excellent functional benefit of the hanging plants offered by ThermaLeaf® is that these landscaping products can last for years on end and are extremely durable and sturdy. The plants will not spoil or wither or deteriorate in quality irrespective of what conditions they are used in. Further, when not in use these plants can be stored away for months on end due to their long and excellent shelf life. The hanging plants are a good long term investment for your interior décor.
The fake landscaping products offered by ThermaLeaf® will be delivered right to your doorstep. ThermaLeaf® has a team of skilled professionals that will ensure efficient and timely delivery of your order. Further, your order will be accompanied with a simple to understand installation manual that will make even a layman a landscaping artist. But for those of you who prefer to have professionals install the landscaping products, ThermaLeaf® will send out a team of qualified professionals who will install your indoor or outdoor landscape for you. Now you don't need to hire expensive professionals to get your landscape project done for you.
Meeting rooms, conference rooms, exhibitions, some corporate spaces where the hanging plants are popularly installed.
Hotel rooms, restaurants, hotel lobbies and restaurants are another space where the plants can be installed.
Office cabins, office waiting areas, office parking lots, and buildings are spots where the hanging plants are often installed.
So, if you're looking to redecorate your corporate space and leave a long lasting impression on your clients, customers, and visitors, the hanging plants are just what you need to do so. Don't waste another minute figuring out interior and exterior decorative products and place your order for these gorgeous, vibrant and visually pleasing hanging plants today. We guarantee this is one of the best investments you will ever make.


It's official! J-Law is about to become a Mrs!
Speculation around the Oscar winner's engagement arose after she was spotted wearing a "massive ring" while enjoying what appeared to be a celebratory dinner with her partner, Cooke Maroney.
"It was a giant rock. They seemed like they were celebrating and people were talking about it," a source told Page Six. "The ring was very noticeable. They were sitting back in a corner. She was wearing a cute black dress with white polka dots."
The rumours proved to be true, with Lawrence's rep confirming the engagement to E! News.
Jennifer Lawrence has been romantically linked to the art gallerist since June 2018, and were reportedly introduced by Lawrence's best friend and date to the 2014 Oscars, Laura Simpson.


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Newport woman claims giant jackpot
Sean Flynn
sflynn@newportri.com
Louise White, 81, of Newport finally came forward this morning to claim the $336.4 million Powerball jackpot she won on Feb. 11, after purchasing the winning ticket that evening at the Stop & Shop on Bellevue Avenue.
She was greeted at Rhode Island Lottery headquarters in Cranston by a mob of reporters and photographers, who, with the rest of the state, have been eagerly anticipating the identity of the winner.
White lives with her son and daughter-in-law, LeRoy White, a musician and performer, and Deborah White, a surgical nurse at Newport Hospital, in their home on Grafton Street, in the city's old Fifth Ward neighborhood. Her large family includes many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Everyone wanted to know how White and her family members reacted when they found out she had won.
"We hugged each other and jumped up and down screaming!" she said in a written statement distributed to the media. "Then I was told to 'Sign it quick!'
"We hid the ticket in the Bible and went for breakfast on Sunday since we couldn't do anything with it," White wrote. "But we did carry the Bible with us for safekeeping. It was unbelievable. None of us can believe it yet."
With White taking the cash option, the $210 million lump-sum payment is the largest cash payout in Powerball history.
White was at lottery headquarters this morning with her attorney, Gregory F. Fater of Newport, whom she contacted through a family member the day after she won the jackpot. Fater has shown he knows how to keep a secret.
He and an attorney from Long Island, N.Y., who has experience representing a recent multimillion-dollar lottery winners, are the trustees in the Rainbow Sherbet Trust, which White has established to administer her new fortune. The trust bears the name of the frozen treat that drew a family member, accompanied by White, to Stop & Shop the evening she purchased her winning lottery ticket.
"We're excited, very blessed and will determine in the coming months how we'll spend the money, but we know we'll always have rainbow sherbet," White wrote in her statement, the only one she gave at the press conference this morning.
It relates how she wanted to go to Stop & Shop all day that fateful Saturday to buy a ticket for that night's Powerball drawing. The person she had hoped would drive her had been working all day at home and didn't get the chance to bring her to the supermarket.
"Then around 7 p.m., a family member wanted some rainbow sherbet to eat later, so they decided to go to Stop & Shop," White wrote in her statement. She had just finished making a sandwich and was asked if she wanted anything at the store.
"I said emphatically, 'I can't believe you asked me if I want you to get me something. No, I don't want you to get me something. I want to go with you,'" she recalled saying.
"And although I was told there was no hurry and I should finish eating, I said we needed to go now. When we arrived at the Stop & Shop, I went to the ticket counter and asked if I had time to buy a Powerball ticket."
The woman behind the counter said she did, and White asked for three Quick Picks with the Power Play that costs $1 in addition to the $2 cost of each ticket. So it was a $9 wager. With a Power Play, winners can boost Powerball prizes by two, three, four or five times the original prize amount, but the multiplier does not apply to the jackpot.
"Later that evening, I was at home listening to the news while the family enjoyed the rainbow sherbet," White wrote. "I heard the drawing and roughly wrote down the numbers as they called them out, but missed some. I waited until they said (the numbers) again in about 10 minutes and wrote them all down. I didn't immediately look at my ticket."
The numbers on the winning ticket were 1, 10, 37, 52, 57 and Powerball 11.
White checked her ticket later, she said.
"I got that one, I got that one, I got that one," she remembers saying and then yelling, "Is anybody awake — I want you to come look at something."
The disbelief continued.
"I handed over the Powerball numbers that I had written down and then my ticket," she wrote. "We checked each number and they were the same. But we weren't sure I had written them down right, so I said, 'Let's check the computer.'"
She and the family members ran to the computer and "went to RILOT.com and the numbers were the same. We still didn't believe it, so we turned off the computer and turned it back on and went back to the website and my numbers were still there."
Then it hit them — big time. There was jumping up and down, screaming, and the signing of the ticket.
Meanwhile, as White and her family made preparations before stepping forward and claiming the jackpot, the rumors in the city swirled. Speculation jumped from a local surfboard shop owner, to a resident of the Chapel Terrace public housing complex, to a Salve Regina University student who lives out of state, and on and on.
Now that she has secured the jackpot, White is heading off on a vacation to an undisclosed location with family members.


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East Asian people (East Asians) are the people from East Asia, which consists of China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. The total population of all countries within this region is estimated to be 1.677 billion and 21% of the world's population in 2020. However, large East Asian diasporas, such as the Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Mongolian diasporas, as well as diasporas of other East Asian ethnic groups, mean that the 1.677 billion does not necessarily represent an accurate figure for the numbers of East Asian people worldwide.

The major ethnic groups that form the core of East Asia are the Han, Koreans, and Yamato. Other ethnic groups of East Asia include the Ainu, Bai, Hui, Manchus, Mongols and other Mongolic peoples, Nivkh, Qiang, Ryukyuans, Tibetans, and Yakuts.

Culture

The major East Asian language families are the Sinitic, Japonic, and Koreanic families. Other language families include the Tibeto-Burman, Ainu languages, Mongolic, Tungusic, Turkic, Hmong-Mien, Tai–Kadai, Austronesian, and Austroasiatic.

Throughout the ages, the greatest influence on East Asia historically has been from China, where the span of its cultural influence is generally known as the Sinosphere laid the foundation for East Asian civilization with the exception of Mongolia. Chinese culture not only served as the foundation for its own society and civilization, but for also that of its East Asian neighbors, Japan and Korea. The knowledge and ingenuity of Chinese civilization and the classics of Chinese literature and culture were seen as the foundations for a civilized life in East Asia. China served as a vehicle through which the adoption of Confucian ethical philosophy, Chinese calendar systems, political and legal systems, architectural style, diet, terminology, institutions, religious beliefs, imperial examinations that emphasized a knowledge of Chinese classics, political philosophy and culture,  as well as historically sharing a common writing system reflected in the histories of Japan and Korea. The relationship between China and its cultural influence on East Asia has been compared to the historical influence of Greco-Roman civilization on Europe and the Western World. Major characteristics exported by China towards Japan and Korea include shared Chinese-derived language characteristics, as well as similar social and moral philosophies derived from Confucianist thought.

The script of the Han Chinese characters has long been a unifying feature in East Asian writing system as the vehicle for exporting Chinese culture to its East Asian neighbors. Chinese characters became the unifying language of bureaucratic politics and religious expression in East Asia. The Chinese script was passed on first to Korea and then to Japan, where it forms a major component of the Japanese writing system. In Korea, however, Sejong the Great invented the hangul alphabet, which has since been used as the main orthographic system for the Korean language. In Japan, much of the Japanese language is written in hiragana, katakana in addition to Chinese characters. In Mongolia, the script used there is the Cyrillic script along with the Mongolian script system.

Genetics

Health

Alcohol flush reaction

Alcohol flush reaction is the characteristic physiological facial flushing response to drinking alcohol experienced by 36% of East Asians.  Around 80% of East Asians carry an allele of the gene coding for the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase called ADH1B*2, which results in the alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme converting alcohol to toxic acetaldehyde more quickly than other gene variants common outside of East Asia. According to the analysis by HapMap project, another allele responsible for the flush reaction, the rs671 (ALDH2*2) of the ALDH2 is rare among Europeans and Sub-Saharan Africans, while 30% to 50% of people of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean ancestry have at least one ALDH2*2 allele. The reaction has been associated with lower than average rates of alcoholism, possibly due to its association with adverse effects after drinking alcohol.

See also
 Ethnic groups in Asia
 Oriental

Notes

References

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How to Write (Better) Release Notes in 7 Steps
By Georgina Laidlaw
For some businesses, release notes are the only way product enhancements are communicated to customers. For others, they're a sideline, developed entirely separately from user communications.
But if you want to do more with less — if you want to improve customer retention communications without having to do a stack more work — your release notes could be an unexpected, but valuable answer. Especially if they're well done.
Release notes document new features, enhancements to functionality, and bug fixes. They're usually concise and fairly direct, and naturally assume a level of familiarity with your product. The process I've set out below should make it easy to produce good quality release notes for your product that meet that need for your business and your customers.
But, if you want, this process will also provide you with solid fodder for other release communications — like emails or blog posts or feature tours — that can help remind customers how committed you are to improving what you offer to them. And let's face it, we all want to know we're loved even after we've made a choice and signed up with a service.
Let's see how this can work for you.
1. Be clear on your target audience, and the purpose of the notes
Who reads release notes? For some products, the majority of users will check out each release note; for others, it's a very select, specific subset of the main userbase.
Once you know who you're creating the release notes for, you can understand why they're reading the notes. And that drives the next step.
The release notes for the product I work on aren't read by anyone but a very small percentage of users within key client accounts. And they have very specific reasons for reading the release notes – some have internal documentation they need to keep updated, for example.
But for some products, the release notes are read by a large portion of users who want to avoid the marketing spin – who want to get to the heart of the product and hear direct from its makers. Knowledge like that won't just inform what you include and exclude – it can impact the tone in which you write the notes, and how you present them.
2. Work out what they need to know
Release notes are generally expected to document what changes have been made in the current release of your product. So obviously, you'll have an idea of what you need your readers to know about.
But it's also important to think about what your readers feel they need to know about. For example, we document bug fixes in a way that ensures whoever reported or noticed the bug will be able to identify it in the list and know it's been fixed. But we don't go into depth on each bug fix, since no one needs (or, to be honest wants) to read all that information.
At this point, it's also a good idea to consider when your readers will need access to the release notes. On the day of release? A week before, so they have time to review them? This will help you schedule the creation of release notes around the work of actually building and deploying the release.
3. Identify what you've done in this release
It sounds simple enough, but if you put a good process in place for this step, it will smooth the production of each release note.
For example, you might decide to have a shared document that your developers and product owners can update progressively as work's completed, rather than at the very end, which can leave you trying to compile the notes in a rush.
You might also break that document up into sections that reflect the kinds of work that's typically done—say, new features, enhancements to existing functionality, and bug fixes. This will make it easy to see at a glance whether everything in the release has been included in the document.
It will also make it easier to structure the release notes themselves than if you simply had an unstructured list of new stuff.
4. Decide what you need to include
As they're contributing information to your release note document, your devs and product owners probably won't be thinking about the end user. So when it comes to preparing the release notes, you'll need to work out which bits of information to include, and which can be omitted.
I'm thinking particularly of bug fixes I mentioned above, but you may also have to balance the voluble contributions of some against the thinner contributions of others to the notes.
More words, screenshots, and detail about one feature or enhancement than another will generally be taken to reflect the relative importance or complexity of that item, so keep that in mind as you work out how deeply you'll cover each item in the list.
5. Work out a storyline or messaging if you need to
It's not always needed, but sometimes a storyline can help to put your improvements into context. I'm not talking about adding words for the sake of it here, or turning your nice, concise release notes into a marketing tool. What I mean is that the order in which you present your information can help users to understand the changes you've made. So think that through.
For example, a recent release note I prepared made mention of a facelift for the product, as well as a major feature addition. The facelift entailed merely cosmetic changes—it didn't affect functionality of the locations of items in the interface. The feature addition was a much bigger piece of work, with bigger long-term implications for users.
Which would you cover first? We chose to open with the facelift, since that's what users would notice first the next time they used our software. The new feature was listed after that, but contained more screenshots and detail. One of the reasons this made good sense was because the new feature looked significantly different than much of the rest of the app, so putting it in the context of a visual refresh allowed us to skip more discussion of that fact.
6. Draft your notes
Most users expect release noted to be direct and concise. They're there to get the facts. That said, it's probably best to interpret each feature or fix from the point of view of your target audience. What does it mean for them?
For example, a change to your app may make it easier for your support staff to set up additional user accounts for enterprise clients. What that means to users of the release notes is: it's quicker or easier for new staff with those clients to get access to the corporate account. So put it in those terms.
7. Repurpose what you need for other communications
If they're well planned and written, your release notes can act as a springboard for other communications, possibly directed at other user audience segments, to highlight what's new in your product.
Once you've nailed down the release notes, it should be pretty easy to see what can be reformulated into in-app notifications or tours, used to review help content, and repurposed and developed into blog posts, newsletter items, and other retention content.
How do you develop release notes?
That's it—not a difficult procedure, although if you have a number of moving parts in your production process, release notes can take some doing.
But if you produce good release notes, you can get much more out of the work you put into them. They can give you a real head start when it comes to communicating about changes to a broader audience than may read your release notes now.
Do you have a process for producing release notes? And do they play into your customer retention efforts? I'd love to hear how you do it in the comments.
Georgina Laidlaw
Georgina has more than fifteen years' experience writing and editing for web, print and voice. With a background in marketing and a passion for words, the time Georgina spent with companies like Sausage Software and sitepoint.com cemented her lasting interest in the media, persuasion, and communications culture.


Hi, I am new to d-tube. I managed to get one video uploaded. But I'm struggling to upload my next video. The video is MP4 and it is 32 minutes long. I've followed the process exactly as described above and at the end I just get "ERROR Unkown Error". Can someone please help me? My snapshot is a .jpg file and my video is mp4. I have 1 video uploaded already and the first one uploaded fine. I'm stumped why I can't get the other one up. Can someone guide me?


What is it about a collection of machines and games that entrance so many of us? Is it the noise? The chinging "C" notes of the slot machines, the beeps of a video poker machine and even the sound of cards being dealt. Why do we enjoy playing games that we are mathematically designed to lose at? We intensely position ourselves for minutes around the table in anticipation of the seconds after the die are cast to reveal the results of our analysis of the situation. It hardly seems like something fun to do or even worth the effort. However, like all of you, the sights and sounds do mesmerize me and honestly, I don't really care why. I just know it feels good when I'm in its midsts. I laugh when I lose because I'm supposed. I shout when we win because we overcame one of the true absolutes in the cosmos, math…and its fun. For all the reasons a casino floor thrills us, that's why the panorama we took at Main St Station is the Twitpicof the trip.


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Team Chocolate selected for Séries Mania
22 maart 2017	- Tytgat Chocolat
The new Eén-series Team Chocolate by Production Company De Mensen in collaboration with Proximus, has been selected for the 8th edition of the international television festival Séries Mania (13-23 April) in Paris. Team Chocolate will compete with other international series in the category International Panorama. Last year Eén and De Mensen won the Audience Awards with Hotel Beau Sejour at Séries Mania. The series will be broadcasted later this year at Eén.
Séries Mania offers the big public annually a wide range of international series. Team Chocolate has a chance at winning three awards in the category International Panorama: the A.C.S. Award by French TV-professionals, the Audience Award chosen by the audience of the festival, and the Bloggers Award. Séries Mania displays the first two episodes of Team Chocolate in world premier on the 16thof April. You can find a little foretaste here:
Team Chocolate
The series follows Jasper Vloemans, a young man with Down syndrome who starts his first job in a family-run chocolate factory. He soon falls in love with one of his colleagues, Tina, a girl from Kosovo. When Tina is suddenly deported to her home country, Jasper and his friends set out on a road trip across Europe to find her.
The main cast is played by the actors from STAP Theatre, a theatre company that works with a fixed ensemble of professional actors with a mental handicap. Jelle Palmaerts portrays the lovesick Japser Vloemans. Other roles are filled by Jan Goris, Jason van Laere, Gert Wellens, Peter Janssens, Wim Opbrouck, Marc Van Eeghem, Els Dottermans, Frank Focketyn, Mieke De Groote, Mira Bryssinck, Jan Decleir and Flor Decleir. The series was written and directed by Filip Lenaerts and Marc Bryssinck, artistic director of STAP Theatre.
Pieter Van Huyck, Head scripted De Mensen: "We're very proud of this selection, because Séries Mania stands for quality. We never saw Team Chocolate as a 'social project'. We've always had the ambition to produce a credible fiction series, because we believed in the acting talent of the STAP actors. And those actors remain standing next to great performers like Wim Opbrouck and Els Dottermans. They had to work just as hard as other actors."
Team Chocolate is a production of De Mensen in collaboration with Proximus, Gardner and Domm, for Eén. The series was funded for scriptwriting and development by VAF/Mediafonds from Flemish Minister of Media Sven Gatz. The international sale for Team Chocolat is done by French sales agent Wild Bunch since last year.
Séries Mania
Television festival Séries Mania is running its 8thedition now. Last years several Flemish series had come up in the spotlights at the festival. Series like Hotel Beau Sejour, Brothers United, Cordon, De Ridders and Clan have appeared in Paris in the past. In 2016 Hotel Beau Sejour, also from Production Company De Mensen, brought the coveted Audience Award home.
Remake-rechten Tytgat Chocolat verkocht in UK


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/**
 * @author Im Frizzy <skype:kfriz1998>
 * @author Frosty Teh Snowman <skype:travis.mccorkle>
 * @author Arthur <skype:arthur.behesnilian>
 * @author Sundays211
 * @since 05/11/2014
 */
import { EventType } from 'engine/enums';
import _events from 'engine/events';
import _config from 'engine/config';

import { sendMessage, sendCommandResponse } from 'shared/chat';
import { giveItem, takeItem, hasSpace, invHasSpace } from 'shared/inv';
import { objectDialog, countDialog } from 'shared/dialog';
import { openOverlaySub } from 'shared/widget';
import { openExchange } from '../../exchange/exchange-widget';

_events.bindEventListener(EventType.COMMAND_ADMIN, "bank", (ctx) => {//Open Bank
	openOverlaySub(ctx.player, 1017, 762, false);
});

_events.bindEventListener(EventType.COMMAND_ADMIN, ["openge", "ge"], (ctx) => {//Open Grand Exchange
	openExchange(ctx.player);
});

_events.bindEventListener(EventType.COMMAND_ADMIN, ["removeitem", "delitem", "clearitem", "takeitem"], (ctx) => {
	var player = ctx.player;
	var args = ctx.cmdArgs;
	if (args.length < 1) {
		sendCommandResponse(player, "Usage: " + ctx.syntax + " [id] [amount]", ctx.console);
		return;
	}
	var amount = 1;
	var objId = parseInt(args[0]);
	if (isNaN(objId)) {
		sendCommandResponse(player, "Usage: " + ctx.syntax + " [id] [amount]", ctx.console);
		return;
	}
	if (args.length == 2) {
		amount = parseInt(args[1]);
	}
	takeItem(player, objId, amount);
});

_events.bindEventListener(EventType.COMMAND_ADMIN, ["item", "give"], async (ctx) => {
	let player = ctx.player;
	let args = ctx.cmdArgs;
	if (args.length < 1 || isNaN(parseInt(args[0]))) {
		const objId = await objectDialog(player, "Choose an item to spawn.");
		if (_config.objStackable(objId)) {
			const count = await countDialog(player, "Enter the number of items to spawn: ");
			giveItem(player, objId, count);
		} else if (hasSpace(player)) {
			giveItem(player, objId, 1);
		} else {
			sendMessage(player, "You do not have enough space in your backpack to store this item.");
		}
	} else {
		if (args.length < 1) {
			sendCommandResponse(player, "Usage: " + ctx.syntax + " [id] [amount]", ctx.console);
			return;
		}
		let amount = 1;
		let objId = parseInt(args[0]);
		if (args.length >= 2) {
			amount = parseInt(args[1]);
		}
		if (!ENGINE.itemExists(objId)) {
			sendCommandResponse(player, "The item you specified does not exist.", ctx.console);
			return;
		}
		let value = ENGINE.getExchangeCost(objId) * amount;
		if (_config.objStackable(objId) || invHasSpace(player, amount)) {
			giveItem(player, objId, amount);
			if (value == -1) {
				sendCommandResponse(player, "This item cannot be traded on the Grand Exchange.", ctx.console);
			} else {
				sendCommandResponse(player, "This item is worth: " + value + "gp on the Grand Exchange.", ctx.console);
			}
		} else {
			sendCommandResponse(player, "You do not have enough space in your backpack to store this item.", ctx.console);
		}
	}
});


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Nigeria To Get 3.92m More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses 'End Of July Or Early August', Says FG
Written by darling on June 16, 2021
Nigeria will receive additional 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine latest in early August.
Dr Faisal Shuaib, who disclosed this to reporters on Tuesday in Abuja, however, did not give the exact dates as to when the country would take delivery of the vaccines.
"We now have information that Nigeria will get 3.92 million doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca by end of July or early August," the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said at the briefing to update Nigerians on the status of COVID-19 vaccination.
He added, "As we receive additional information on the exact dates in August, we will provide an update regarding timelines and details of this."
The NPHCDA boss noted that the agency has held town halls in the North-central and north-east regions of the country.
He stated that while efforts to ensure the supply of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines were ongoing, the Presidential Steering Committee would hold its planned meeting with stakeholders in the south-south region and the larger communities on COVID-19 vaccination on the course of the week.
Shuaib stressed that the NPHCDA was fully committed to going to communities to discuss directly its vaccine effort, the importance of staying safe and protected against COVID-19, and answering the questions people have.
"We have been really grateful for the high levels of participation and interest in these events. We are confident that through continued awareness-raising, we will be able to keep communities safe and healthy," he said.
The NPHCDA boss raised an alarm that there has been a rise in COVID-19 cases in several African countries recently and called on all Nigerians to continue to take precautions to prevent the spread of the disease.
According to him, wearing a face-covering over the nose and mouth in public spaces can save lives and a curfew remains in place from midnight until 4am every day.
Shuaib added, "Indoor gatherings must be limited to 50 people, and are only permitted if all attendees abide by social distancing and wear face masks.
"And the government has introduced restrictions on incoming travel from high-risk countries and quarantine requirements to keep Nigerians safe. With a virus like COVID-19, we each must do our part to keep our communities safe."
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Repulsive Dissection – Church of the Five Precious Wounds (Sevared Records)
Thursday, 22nd October 2015 By Katarina McGinn
Sevared Records – a label known for their brutal death metal acts, have managed to pull a gem out of their hats on more than one occasion. With much of the slam genre being very stereotypical and predicable, it's nice to see a band that leaves (most) of the cliché at the door. Repulsive Dissection are a far more interesting breed for sure.
Still certain to appeal to the Comatose Music fan, Repulsive Dissection managed to not focus too much attention on slamming, but rather dealing out absolute bludgeonings. Sure, the vocals are your usual, lower than gurgling croaks and the band does slow things down from time to time with some chugging riffs, but it's far from the focus. In fact, there are a variety of interesting and "technical without being overtly technical" riffs that are bound to get your attention. More impressive is despite the sometimes Origin-levels of speed and craziness, there are some hooks to be had. Closer "Apostasy" and "Confirmation (The Future of an Illusion)" have some of the best, but the band is strangely attuned to maximizing the levels of technical riffing all the while keeping the memorable elements intact.
About the only thing some may gripe about are the number of samples injected into the mix (another slam staple), all focusing on religion. But in the band's defense, as someone who usually gets annoyed by the samplings, they didn't have a huge impact overall. There's far too many killer riffs to lose yourself in than be restrained by petty things. Church of the Five Precious Wounds is a death metal winner, sure to impress those looking on the more brutal end of the spectrum.
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الوظيفة SAP PS & MM - LEAD ANALYST. - bacme.
SAP PS & MM - LEAD ANALYST.
Should also be comfortable in chairing meetings, engaging in high level business meetings and coordinating with SAP analysts responsible for other SAP modules.


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Чемпіонат Європи з хокею із шайбою серед юніорів 1974 — сьомий чемпіонат Європи з хокею із шайбою серед юніорів. Чемпіонат пройшов у містах Герізау, Аппенцелль — Ауссерроден (СРСР) з 22 березня по 30 березня 1974. Чемпіоном Європи стала юнацька збірна Швеції.

Група А

Підсумкова таблиця

Збірна Швейцарії вибула до Групи «В».

Призи та нагороди чемпіонату

Фейр-Плей здобула збірна Фінляндії.

Група В
Матчі пройшли в Бухаресті (Румунія) 9 — 20 березня 1974.

Попередній раунд
Група 1

Група 2

Стикові матчі

''Збірна ФРН підвищилась до Групи «А».

Посилання
 Архів

1974
1974 у хокеї з шайбою


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Oviedo's Most Atrocious Lucia
29/11/2012 28/10/2012 by Jens F. Laurson
Spain G. Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, Soloists, Oviedo Filarmonía, Oviedo's Opera Chorus, Marzio Conti (conductor), Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo, 20.10.2012 (JMI)
Production Opera Oviedo
Direction. Emilio Sagi
Sets: Enrique Bordolini
Costumes: Imme Möller
Lighting: Eduardo Bravo
Lucia: Mariola Cantarero
Edgardo: Arturo Chacón-Cruz
Enrico: Dalibor Jenis
Raimondo: Simón Orfila
Arturo: Charles Dos Santos
Alisa: María José Suárez
Normando: Josep Fadó.
Picture courtesy Opera Oviedo, © carlospictures
Lucia di Lammermoor is one of the most thankful operas of the entire repertoire. I can hardly remember attending a performance of this opera where the audience wasn't enthusiastic afterwards. The same goes for this performance in Oviedo. Unfortunately, for this writer they apparently attended a different performance. From my seats and to my ears, the affair was wholly disappointing.
Emilio Sagi's production has been around for a while, and has been little revised since its last revivals in 2001 and 2007. The minimalist sets consist of a space enclosed by fake metallic walls, enriched by a few props. The sparseness and enclosure—all the way up to the ceiling—has the advantage of helping the projection of the voices. The darkness of the costumes suits the darkness of the stage. That makes the lighting more important, an aspect of this production that is excellent. The stage direction is conventional, and the chorus static. It is an efficient production that doesn't leave a lasting memory.
This would have been inoffensive enough, but unfortunately this Lucia enjoyed one of the worst musical executions I've heard in my decades-long experience. The conducting by Italian Marzio Conti was just very poor. He is the Oviedo Filarmonía's new music director, so his presence wasn't entirely surprising, but the reading was tedious and lifeless. The tempi were very slow in general and the sound of his orchestra was unacceptably bad. Even the somewhat better chorus made an impression that harked back to opera at its dimmest state in Oviedo.
Mariola Cantarero scored a big success with the audience as Lucia. What I heard was a singer in a worrying state, with clear signs of vocal fatigue, far too early for singer of her age (34). Her technique is impeccable, although she seems to have more difficulty in her soft notes than she used to. Her biggest problem are those remarkably instable high notes. Even eight years ago, when I first heard her as Lucia, her top notes were uncontrolled. Now they are mere screams. I would suggest she leave the character entirely and focus on other roles more appropriate to her voice. But given the public response, even if it's just at a house like Oviedo, she won't likely be paying any attention to me, and perhaps rightly so.
Mexican tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz was also a disappointing Edgardo, a view also not shared by the audience. This singer has two perfectly different voices. Up to the passagio, the timbre is unattractive and dull, gaining in brightness and squillo as he goes further up. But he cannot got too high, and avoided the high C of the famous sextet; wisely, presumably. His mezza voce singing is inexistent.
Dalibor Jenis performed Enrico already in 2007. I found him a decent interpreter then, and not particularly interesting. That impression hasn't changed. The voice has gained in weight, it's well handled, but he lacks elegance. Portraying a villain on stage does not mean that elegant singing is not welcome.
Surely the best singer in the cast was Simon Orfila in the role of Raimondo. His voice is not very attractive, but well intentioned and he sang fluidly and with proper intonation. Arturo was performed by Charles Dos Santos, who showed a fine presence on stage with a nice voice in the middle—but badly projected in the high register.
José Mª Irurzun
Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Oviedo Post navigation
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Have I mentioned how cool of a job Barry has? He was able to get a tickets to Disney on Ice. Andrew LOVES Mickey Mouse so of course we had to take him. I think it is the first time he has actually sat and watched and enjoyed something of this nature!!! His attention span is all of about two minutes. It was a such a great family night and a great time. I was just thankful we didn't have to pay for tickets because you know how they have those spinney light up things, of course we can't say no to buying something so cool and ridiculously expensive for our little darling. Disney knows how to hit you coming and going. But totally worth it. I almost enjoyed watching Andrew's face more than I did the show.
It's Danielle. I also went to Disney on Ice with my kids. It was a lot of fun, but I do agree that the toys are VERY expensive. Watching their faces was priceless. Good to see your blog.
I took Michael to a Disney on ice once...I had to pay for tickets, so he didn't get a light up spinny thing...I made up for it when we went to disneyland though :) Glad you had fun!! It's so fun to do stuff with them when they think it is all real!!
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Everyone watches a lot of Web video. So, obviously, the people who spend a lot of money advertising on TV are going to start spending that money on the Web.
"Go where your customers have gone," Google chairman Eric Schmidt told advertisers at a YouTube pitch event this spring.
Except that TV ad spending hasn't gone anywhere, and it doesn't look like it's going anywhere.
Year in, year out, advertisers have been dumping around $70 billion into TV, and the Web video guys really haven't captured any of it. The growth they have seen comes mostly from ad dollars moved out of other Web properties.
That's the message behind this chart, prepared by investment banker Terry Kawaja and entrepreneur Dave Morgan for a public chat the two men held earlier this week. Not coincidentally, that fits nicely with Morgan's thesis: The Web ad pioneer's newest company, Simulmedia, is focused on delivering TV ads, not Web ads, because that's where the money still is.
But what about all the deep-pocketed would-be disruptors that want to get into the TV business, like Google, Apple, Amazon, et al? Can't they bust up the TV industrial complex?


Christmas season is fast coming. With fall just around the corner, it will be Christmas in no time. Aside from the gift giving that goes with the season, it's also decoration time.
Rustic decors are all the rage now. Although they look expensive, they are actually quite easy to make. You just need some old hanging basket frames, pull ties, and fairy lights. If your basket frames look too shabby, some spray paint will save it. Robin of from the Blue Shed ensures that you do not need to spend a ton of money to create anything from home décor to purses.
Grab the attention of your neighbors and with interestingly large gift boxes outside of your home. You can put them out on your porch for some added festivities. Rose of What Rose Knows made this easy lighted gift boxes with wood, decorative mesh ribbons, and fairy lights inside. This quick tutorial can be done even by newbies and can be a fun project with the kids.
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Christmas season is coming and everyone are already busy buying for decorations and preparing their home for a creative Christmas design. Yes, everyone are really looking forward to this joyous celebration. What you've shared here is a big help in making Christmas decor to lessen the budget we have for it. They are more fun to do and it takes pride also because you can make it more personal.
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Rolla, Mo.– Mark Twain National Forest is permanently closing Big Bay Campground on Table Rock Lake, near Shell Knob, Missouri.
The Big Bay boat launch and picnic area will remain open.
The campground closing is part of Mark Twain National Forest's long term recreation site management plan.
"The facilities are not accessible; are not compatible with modern camping equipment, and have been deteriorating for a number of years," said Ava-Cassville-Willow Springs Ranger Jenny Farenbaugh.
Shell Knob Recreation Area, a nearby day use only area, has picnic tables. The area also has a pavilion that can be rented at recreation.gov; a tennis court, playground, vault toilet, and an overlook of Table Rock Lake. Shell Knob Lions Club maintains and operates this recreation area under a Granger-Thye special use permit.
US Army Corps of Engineers offers several developed camping opportunities on Table Rock Lake, such as Campbell Point, located nearby.
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Michigan – [pictures & films] was Paul Bunyan a real character who was murdered in Bay City?
According to Author/Historian D.Laurence Rogers, Paul Bunyan may have been based on a real person in Michigan. The lumber industry in Michigan was once a booming business. The white pine was like "green gold" and many people became millionaires. This also attracted a rowdy, rough element which could have included a character like Paul Bunyan who may have been murdered in Michigan.
The British, and later the Americans, used Michigan's hardwoods to build merchant and war ships. The original white pines were over 200 years old, two hundred feet in height and five feet in diameter.
Logging, felling the tree Detoit Publishing ca. 1880s
Logging, cutting lengths ca. 1880s Detroit Publishing
Logging in Michigan, the sled ca. 1880s
"Michigan's pine became important as the supply of trees in the northeast was used. By 1880, Michigan was producing as much lumber as the next three states combined."
"The first area where many mills were built was Saginaw. Six rivers converge to form the Saginaw River which empties into Saginaw Bay and then Lake Huron. The rivers are the Chippewa, Tittabawassee, Cass, Bad, Shiawassee, and Flint. Rivers played a very important part for the loggers because the lumber had to be floated to the mills and then to market."
"The logs were far too big and heavy to take from the woods by dragging, so the loggers made ice-covered roads, where the logs could be pulled on sleds. The loads were often extremely big and contests were held between rival camps to see which could stack a load the highest. The logs were taken to the banks of rivers, where they were piled twenty to thirty feet high, awaiting the spring thaw."
The Loggers Michigan by ca. 1888 by Detroit Publishing Company
"The first group of people to set up lumbering operations were from New England, especially Maine and New York. The forests there were almost entirely cut, so the owners and experienced crews followed the work. Many felt that the huge forests of Michigan would last for many, many years, yet within a 20 year period, 1870 to 1890, most of the trees were cut."
Lumbering camp in Michigan 1892
Group of 31 lumberjacks posed outside camp bldg
Logging a big load 1888 Detroit Publishing Company
Logging in the pine forest, Horses and oxen pulling logs. Michigan 1900
Logging train, Harbor Springs, Mich Detroit Publishing company, 1900
Excursion logging train, Harbor Springs, Mich. Detroit Publishing 1906
Topping Off 1892
"When rivers melted, the logs were pushed into the swollen rivers and floated to the mills. At the mills, the logs were sorted in the boom area, each identified by a log mark on the end of the logs. They were then sorted in the boom area, each company's logs together."
Dead River sawmill, Marquette, Mich. Detroit Publishing 1906
Modern methods in woods at Cadillac ca. 1920 Detroit Publishing Co.
Lumber barge, inland route, Cheboygan-Petoskey, Mich. Detroit Publishing ca. 1920
Among the lumberjacks, Northern Michigan Detroit publishing ca. 1900
Logging on the river, Menominee, Mich. Detroit Publishing ca. 1898
Menominee, Mich., logging on the river Detroit publishing ca. 1898
Loading lumber on steamer at lumberyards, Menominee, Mich Detroit Publishing c.a 1898
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There are currently more than 8,000 medical GPs out of work and 10,500 not even registered in the system, the president of Medical Council of Iran told the Sharq newspaper on May 15.
He said in an interview: "Also, over 20,000 GPs do not have private offices yet are active in the country's administrative sections. These statistics are alarming."
Factory closures are also soaring with one labor official telling the ILNA news agency on 15 May: "The dissolution and closure of the Iran Osveh industry and Alvand lamp factory with 32 and 53 workers respectively who are on the verge of retirement is against the law."
A statement issued by the factories employers blamed a decline in sales and rise in the price of raw materials for the closures, and said there was no guarantee they would re-open.
Meanwhile the Director General of Central Bank's money printing operations Majid Saneie said 200,000 new Rials bank notes would be printed.
He added: "Based on a review by the Central Bank's Department of Economic Studies we need banknotes larger than 100 thousand Tomans."
He told the state-run ISNA news agency: "Given that we have a limitation on printing banknotes and cannot get permission to print 500 thousand Rials notes, 200 thousand Rial notes will be printed.
He said the Central Bank had approved the plan, adding: "Following approval by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, we will attempt to print 200,000 Rials notes in the current year."
The largest Iranian currency note is 10,000 Tomans - 100,000 Rials, equal to around US $2.7.


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The Last Straw
A confusion of information in a cerebral display
A venerable institution of experimental performance, the People Show reaches back to the dramaturgical innovations of the 1960s, and even after 130 shows, retains a commitment to theatre that engages intellectually. The Last Straw is elegantly created, covering the information gap between truth and gossip, media saturation and personal security: a single door sits at the centre of the stage, both promising escape but also acting as a barrier against freedom and threat. A couple rotate around it, casting conversations that never quite reveal what is really at stake amidst the confusion.
Its stark, wordy format refuses the simple pleasure of release: an agitated humour – more absurd than surreal, more thoughtful than funny – grips the characters as they try to decode meanings from events both local and global. There is a sense of a relationship slowly being ground down by the pressures of a world mediated by headlines threatening disaster, and the erosion of intimate space by the encroaching mass media. Its dry delivery – backed by a haunting soundscape that lends a sinister atmosphere – rejects emotionalism for a measured crescendo of despair and disorientation.
While the production is masterful, the cerebral direction prevents the ideas from entirely engaging: a litany of disasters, expressed playfully, becomes distant jokes rather than present dangers. The austerity of the scenography heightens the sense of alienation, both within the characters and from the audience: The Last Straw is ultimately more admirable than loveable.
Summerhall, until 26 Aug (not 13, 20), 3pm, £12 (£10).
People Show With the facts lying shredded on the floor, how do we know what's true? Imprisoned by the bombardment of modern media, sheltering from disaster and forced to guess at the truth, The Last Straw is a darkly comic take on fake news, the very real communications overload we face every day, and how to survive with…


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"If there was a race from Earth to the heavens, and if how close you would get to God was determined on how fast you shot from Earth to heaven, wouldn't it be strange to see a lot of us long-haired, tattooed hippie freaks rising faster than those preachers." James Richard Anderson, better known as Big Dad Ritch (or simply BDR) is speaking about I Am The One, a song on Ride On, Texas Hippie Coalition's latest album. Truth be told, the statement could equally apply to Ritch himself. An imposing, hulking mountain of a man, Ritch cuts a menacing figure, particularly when viewing the scowling, tattooed visage peering forth from the band's publicity photographs. However, calling in from his home in Texas, he is soft-spoken, unfailingly polite, and laughs readily. He even admits to a fondness for sushi and pho (Vietnamese noodle soup) while on the road. Clearly, there's a lot more to the man than meets the eye.
Ritch is hoping that Ride On will be the album that brings THC (gotta love those initials) to the next level. He and bass player John Exall have a tight bond, and the two have been there from the beginning in 2008 when the band released Pride of Texas as an independent. After being signed to Carved Records, they subsequently put out Rollin' in 2010 and Peacemaker last summer. Drummer Timmy Braun came on board with Peacemaker, and guitarist Cord Pool makes his debut with Ride On. The new album is also a big change for THC as for the first time they are a one-guitar band, which is huge deal for a band that up to now has had a two-guitar attack.
Listening to Ride On, Pool absolutely explodes with his guitar work. He really is a rookie phenom, to borrow a baseball term, which makes it all the more interesting to look at the publicity photos on the band's website. You have Big Dad Rich looking like a bruising locomotive in front, and John Exall and Timmy Braun with their "I'll break your face" grimaces. Then you see Cord Pool looking like a 16-year old kid with not a whisker on his face, unable to suppress a grin. He's wearing sunglasses in an attempt to look tough, but…it just ain't working. "When we were shooting those shots that you were talking about I kept tellin' him it's OK to smile. But he watched me and John and Timmy do our photos first and when he got in there, trying to be tough and I was like 'Cord, you're almost making me laugh trying to look tough.' I tell you, Cord's a sweetheart, but he's tough. We were playing tackle football one day and he was clotheslining everybody! He was killing people! Yeah, Cord's got a mean streak in him [laughs]. But yeah, actually I'm the one who put the sunglasses on him. [laughs even harder]. You know John looks so intimidating; Timmy always looks like he's ready to slap a smile off your face. My dad told me even when I go to church I look like an imposing threat," says Ritch, which makes the contrast in the photos a study in rock 'n roll dichotomy.