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Audeze Penrose Gaming Headset Review
By Ed Acosta (@EdAcosta)
5 Incredible
We Recommend: $299.99
Developer: Audeze
Publisher: Audeze
Genre: Hardware, Headset
Platform: Windows, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch
Reviewed: Windows, PlayStation 4, Switch, iOS
Gaming Headsets run the gamut in quality and cost. At $299, the Audeze Penrose gaming headset sits on the higher end of that spectrum and delivers a rich audio sound, thanks in part to its 100mm planar magnetic drivers. Although considering its Audeze's least expensive option for gaming headsets, the Penrose still feels like a great choice in that price range.
If you're familiar with the company's other gaming headsets, you may know of the Mobius line. Surround sound and 3D audio are some of the stand-out features on that headset, which unfortunately do not make their way into the Penrose. Think of the Penrose as a stripped-down Mobius headset. Now, this isn't a knock against it; I feel it's a benefit. Removing those features brings the price down by about $100, bringing the Penrose into a more reasonable price range. Plus, the Penrose looks the same and uses a similar microphone and drivers to the Mobius, so if style and comfort are important, you'll get the same for less.
What I found to be incredibly useful, though, are the Penrose's variety of connection capabilities. You can use an auxiliary cable to make the headphones wired; you can pop its USB dongle into your PC, PS4, PS5, or Switch for wireless use, or use the headset over Bluetooth 5.0 for PC, PS4, PS5, iOS, and Android. I did find that I had connection issues with Bluetooth on my PS4, with it not always recognizing that it was a usable headset, but the wireless dongle and wired inputs were flawless. I should also mention that they were flawless after a firmware update to the headset. Out of the box, I encountered numerous connection and audio clicks while playing wireless. So be sure to update the firmware as soon as possible to avoid that potential headache. Another feature absolutely cool to me was utilizing the 2.4GHz dongle and Bluetooth simultaneously! I've come to find out later that this feature is seen on other devices now, but it's still cool to listen to a podcast through Bluetooth on my phone while playing something on my PS4. I never took a call or hopped into a discord chat, but I imagine they too would function very well while playing game audio.
Speaking of chat, the Penrose's removable mic is excellent overall. I did a quick test recording on my PC, and it sounded reasonably clear. It may not be something you want to use as a voice-over mic, but this would sound great for chat. I did not attempt to record via the wireless signal, as a wired connection will always have a higher recording quality over wireless, but for chat purposes, I don't see this setup losing that much quality.
Battery life for the Penrose is rated at up to 15 hours with a three-hour charge time. I didn't measure my time exactly as I was playing in chunks, but I found that I didn't need to charge the headset in my 1-2 hour gaming sessions for about two weeks. Very impressive in my minimal use of wireless headsets. The Penrose uses USB-C to USB-A or a USB-C to USB-C for charging, and the cables I felt were of a decent length. Don't expect to use the cable for any audio, though; they are only for charging. Also, be aware that the cables are just plastic, they aren't braided, so if you're hard on cables, you may want to look into using your own.
I downloaded Audeze's software for the headset, AudezeHQ, and it seems ok; it is what you'll need to install firmware updates to the headset. It's available for Windows and Mac, and you can use it to store up to five EQ presets to the headset, turn on and off the side tone, and adjust mic volume. Audeze also has an Android app you can use to change headset settings, an app I could not test as I'm an iPhone owner.
I found the headset to be quite comfortable in my time using it. The earcups fit nicely over my ears, and the weight didn't bother me as much as I thought it might. With it being wireless, there is some heft to this pair, especially on the side with most of the internal equipment. Once on your head, the headset band does a great job securing the Penrose around my head comfortably and evenly. The headset doesn't do Active Noise Canceling, but it does a pretty stand-up job sealing out external noise from around the cups leaving me to focus on the game audio. However, it let through enough bleed that I could still hear my surroundings and listen out for my dogs or the front door.
I loved the audio quality coming out of the Audeze Penrose. It was with me as I completed Mass Effect 1 on the Legendary Edition and gave me a whole new audio experience with that game, hearing little sounds I would have never heard over TV speakers, just excellent clarity. With the headset's multiple connection options and the removable mic feature, The Penrose delivers quite a premium sound to back up its $299 price point and has found its way to becoming my primary headset.
A hardware unit was provided by Audeze for review purposes


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The abolitionist city of Saintes will be fasting from August6
A call to support and join the movement
In August, in Paris and elsewhere, there will be fasts for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Saintes is one of the places...
For some fifteen years the city of Saintes has been very involved in actions for disarmament and the abolition of nuclear arms.
In June 2000, the city joined "Abolition 2000", the international network of NGOs and municipalities aiming to rid the planet of the nuclear danger in all its forms, and particularly of atomic weapons.
In May 2001, the Mayor, Madame Bernadette Schmitt, inaugurated the first « Nuclear Disarmament Days » by lighting the Nuclear Disarmament Flame, the first flame of its kind in France, and the first in the world apart from the Peace Flame which burns permanently in Hiroshima.
In 2004, 2006 and 2008, Saintes hosted the 1st, 2nd and 3rd International Rallies for Disarmament - nuclear, biological and chemical (RID-NBC in French).
In 2008, the city joined « Mayors for Peace » a network chaired by the Mayor of Hiroshima and now linking over 6000 cities and towns in more than 150 countries.
In November 2009, Saintes and Saint Pierre d'Oléron (another town in the Charente maritime, likewise a member of Abolition 2000 and Mayors for Peace) welcomed the World March for Peace & Nonviolence and the Hiroshima Flame, which was travelling the world from Wellington (New Zealand) to New York (UN headquarters, May 2010). The Saintes-based NGO « Action des Citoyens pour le Désarmement Nucléaire » (ACDN) organized their travel through France and accompanied the Hiroshima Flame as far as Barcelona.
For all these reasons, Saintes is known abroad, notably in Japan and the US, as one of the French cities most involved in the struggle for nuclear disarmament. ACDN's bilingual website (French-English) contributes to this reputation.
In July 2004, a Japanese delegation from the Hiroshima World Peace Mission came to Saintes. After a reception at the Mayor's office, the delegation visited the city, from the Roman arenas to the Gallia theatre.
Two hibakusha (atom-bomb survivors), a man and a woman, relit the Nuclear Disarmament Flame at the Monument to the Fallen, and carried it to the Salle Saintonge, where the delegation held a conference about the bombing of Hiroshima. One of the hibakusha, who had been 17 when the bomb was dropped, declared : "From now on two cities are in my heart: Hiroshima and Saintes".
The hibakusha know perfectly well how much Japanese militarism is to blame for the 2nd World War, and they condemn it unreservedly. Like tens of millions of Japanese citizens who sign petitions for nuclear disarmament, they have one desire: that their tragic experiences should be of service to humankind, and should help present and future generations to avoid a nuclear catastrophe. Their slogan is « Never again ! ». The last survivors would like to be able to die convinced that humankind is totally committed to the path of peace. That is the meaning which they and we give to every annual commemoration: to be concerned about the past is to be concerned about the future. Our future and our children's.
Regularly, on August 6 and on other occasions, the Nuclear Disarmament Flame in Saintes is relit in Place Foch alongside the Monument to the Fallen of past wars, or at other locations in the city. It has been lit for example by City Council representatives, by war veterans, by a child, by young people, by a Russian and an American, by UK citizens.
This year the event will take place on the edge of the Prairie de la Palu (near the Avenue de Saintonge), close to the trees of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that were planted in 2006 and 2008 during the International Rallies. There will be two ceremonies and a collective fast of three days:
On Wednesday 6 August, 8am, Prairie de la Palu: Opening Ceremony, in memory of the victims of Hiroshima.
On August 6, 1945, the uranium bomb that exploded over Hiroshima at 8.15 am (local time) destroyed the city and caused at least 150 000 deaths immediately or later on.
From August 6 to 9, Prairie de la Palu: Fast for Citizens Action.
Saturday 9 August, 10am, Prairie de la Palu: Closing Ceremony, in memory of the victims of Nagasaki.
The plutonium bomb that exploded on 9 August 1945 at 11.01 am over Nagasaki caused about 80 000 deaths.
Since 13 July 1945, the US government had known that Japan wanted to surrender. The objective of the bombs was not so much to end the war as to perform a live experiment using unprecedented weapons of destruction and annihilation. It was a way of affirming supreme power, power that could if necessary be diabolical.
Those two tragic events plunged humankind into the atomic era. We live still today under the permanent threat of self-destruction. There are 20 000 bombs, exorbitantly expensive, hanging over our heads right now, and each one carries on average the power of ten Hiroshima bombs. Several thousand can be launched in a matter of minutes and can explode at any time.
Let's not wait till too late, let's cry STOP ! The French people need to be consulted by referendum on this vital question. And France must commit to participating in abolition.
From 6 to 9 August 2014, in Saintes, come to the Priarie de la Palu to fast or to support those fasting in order to tell all the world's leaders : « Get Rid of Nuclear Weapons ! Abolition Now ! »
For information, support or registrations to fast (until August 1): + 33 6 73 50 76 61
COP 21 : No to Nuclear, No to Global Warming!
The Hiroshima Flame for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons will be carried through France
DECLARATION of the Mediterranean No Nuclear Neighbourhood - MN3
The French Presidential Election: now is the time for murderers
UN Secretary-General calls for nuclear disarmament through a Nuclear Weapons Convention
THE "KING" IS MAD. REMOVE HIM!
New York, the capital of nuclear disarmament?
Alain Juppé, the Minister of Defense, replies to the president of ACDN
85% of the French people want France to negotiate a treaty to abolish nuclear and radioactive weapons...
No to War, No to NATO!

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Update to Government Support Schemes
Coronavirus Job Support Scheme
The Government has today announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will now be extended from 31 March until 30 April 2021. The criteria for the extended scheme remain the same with the Government continuing to pay up to 80% of hours not worked up to the cap of £2,500 per month.
Updated guidance on paying deferred VAT
The Government have updated their guidance on paying any VAT that was deferred during the period from 20 March to 30 June 2020. The deferred VAT was originally payable by March 2021 but following more recent announcements this has now been extended, interest free, to March 2022.
To take advantage of the new payment scheme businesses need to opt in by the end of March 2021 through their Government Gateway account and more information on this can be found here.
Coronavirus Loan Schemes
Access to the Coronavirus Loan Schemes (Bounce Back Loan Scheme, Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and Coronavirus Large Business Loan Interruption Loan Scheme) have been extended from 31 January until to 31 March 2021.
2021 Budget Speech
The Budget speech has been confirmed to take place on 3 March 2021.
We are here to help, so if you any queries or wish to discuss the above then please contact us.


The New School Beer aims to be the #1 source for craft beer, cider and mead industry news in the northwest. It focuses on breaking stories about new breweries, beer, reviews and interviews with the industry's best.
This Friday – Sunday, April 26-28th is the Nano Beer Fest in southwest Portland in the parking lot of John's Marketplace. Founded in 2008 and originally held at Max's Fanno Creek brewpub, the Nano Beer Fest has went through a few iterations and arrived at it's best self. Organizers Brandon Mikel and Chris Rhodes always manage to dig up some brand new nano breweries even I have never heard of, alongside other established nano's which are tiny/small breweries often out the back of someones garage.
With strong community support from home brewing clubs and supply companies like F.H. Steinbart, PDX Brewers Club and The Oregon Brew Crew, the Nano Beer Fest will continue to welcome new breweries every year. This year we have several new breweries joining the event and the NBF will again feature 50+ beers, made by some of the newest members of the local craft beer industry!
This year, Loyal Legion is sponsoring a "People's Choice," where attendees vote for their top picks and Loyal Legion will bring in the top 10 on tap in May!
As part of the celebration of Nano brewers and their successes, in 2017 the NBF added an annual alumni invitee to the fest. The 2019 alumni brewer will be Shattered Oak. Shattered Oak has a firm footing in Oregon City with their Hive tap house and brewery.
Once again, the event will be held at John's Marketplace, one of Portland's finest beer stores and there will be food available from Urban German. There will be more vendors than ever including Beer Soap, CBD teas, leather goods, cycling outerwear, F.H. Steinbarts and more.
Individual participation cost is $20 for a keepsake logo glass and 10 beer tickets PLUS a special ticket to try a 3-way collaboration beer from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners from the 2018 NBF judging. 1 ticket will yield one 2oz pour, 2 tickets a 4oz pour and 3 tickets will get a full pour (7oz). Additional tickets will be available for purchase at $1.00 each. Friday and Saturday are 21+ and Sunday is all ages Family Day, so kids are welcome!
Advance ticket packages are available through www.nanobeerfest.com that will get attendees more for their money: $20 for glass, and 15 tickets + the bonus 3-way collab beer. Join us to celebrate these rising stars!
The post Brewery/Beer List for this Weekend's Portland Nano Beer Fest appeared first on New School Beer.
If you have kept your eyes on taplists around town, eyeing local breweries new one-off beers, you have probably seen a beer brewed with Kveik yeast. The Norwegian sourced yeast strain is known for it's unique properties in both flavor profiles it develops as well as being known to handle extreme temperatures. Now, San Diego, CA-based White Labs is adding their own Kveik strain – WLP518 Opshaug Farmhouse Yeast-to their vault, making it available year-round to professional and homebrewers. The strain was sourced and isolated from a Norwegian farmhouse brewer.
The company worked with Lars Marius Garshol to source the culture kveik-style yeast from farmhouse brewer Harald Opshaug in Stranda, Norway. Opshaug used the strain for years, brewing kornøl-style raw ales with juniper branches and kveik like other brewers in the area until he was exposed to modern brewing theory, which teaches that this method of brewing is wrong. In an effort to stay current, Opshaug switched from the kveik to a commercially available strain, but he couldn't bring himself to get rid of the kveik, which he calls "the good sort," so he made it a point to keep it alive throughout the years.
Kveiks are known for their high-temperature tolerance and WLP518 Opshaug Farmhouse Yeast is no exception. Opshaug often pitched the yeast at 73-75°F (23-24°C), but the strain has handled up to 91°F (33°C). He would harvest yeast from the top after 30 hours, and the beer would be finished after 48-50 hours.
WLP518 Opshaug Farmhouse Yeast is being released through the White Labs Vault, making it available for professionals to order year-round. Homebrewers can pre-order it through The Vault for Homebrewers.
Strain description: Sourced from our friend Lars Marius Garshol, this kveik strain was isolated from a mixed culture which belonged to Harald Opshaug, a farmhouse brewer in Stranda, Norway. This strain was originally used in the 1990s to produce several kornøl-style beers. It is a clean fermenting yeast and has tolerated temperatures up to 91°F (33°C) while finishing fermentation within three to four days. The hop-forward, clean characteristics of this strain make it ideal for IPAs and pale ales.
White Labs Inc. is an international company headquartered in San Diego that provides liquid yeast, fermentation products, services, analysis and education to professionals and enthusiasts alike. Continually raising the bar in the art of fermentation, White Labs stretches the limits of science to set new standards in purity and freshness. From the industry's first pitchable liquid yeast to a complete revolution in the way it's propagated and packaged, the White Labs innovative spirit is tireless. For more information on White Labs and its various products and services, please visit whitelabs.com.
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Wildcraft's Fiddlehead Festival celebrates the new season and features releases of cellared barrels of wild harvested ciders, live music, all-ages activities and more. This is a real showcase for natural preservation via untampered spring yeast cultures from the areas locally stewarded lands says the cidery. "Stand with us as we stomp down and rise up to advocate for another season of truly wild land health and proper wild-crafted cider fermentation" writes the cidery in a release.
To help kick off the weekend on Friday, April 26th from 7-8pm, we will be hosting a light hearted conversation piece with special guest performances. Hear from an array of spirited activists from our greater community to offer you a glimpse into the world of Wildcraft and our mission to support our community. A moment not to be missed! Anyone through the door before 8pm gets free entry with a purchase of a bottle of our newly released "Beltane Dew"!
Help us to unveil our first annual spring addition to our Seasonal "Higher Arcana Series", the Beltane Dew! Following up from our fall release of Witches Brew, and Krampus from winter; this first ever WildCraft Cyser is sweet merging of honey mead and wildcrafted heritage cider. This offering started with a small batch of organic mesquite flower honey that began to naturally ferment from theHummingbird Wholesale warehouse last February that was softened with water provided by McKenzie Mist directly out of Opal Springs. After a slow and clean wild ferment over 14 months, we continued with the addition of wild land harvested apples and botanical hydrosol to bring you spring inspired-seasonal cider, the Beltane Dew!
Community Lilac Drive is back!
We are opening our doors to accept your flowers in exchange for cider! Bring in your fresh flowers, get a pint of cider of your choice! We are open to barter for our3rd Annual Community Lilac Driveduring open Tasting Room hours at 232 Lincoln St .and at our Farmers Market booth on Saturday 9 am – 3pm. As part of our community drive series, For the Love of Lilac Cider is one of the most unique products we offer throughout the year with proceeds going to The School Garden Project!
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Lucky Envelope Brewing of Seattle, Washington is celebrating their 4th anniversary in Ballard on Saturday, April 27th . Lucy Envelope will release new beers, new merch and have red envelope giveaways.
Lucky Envelope is releasing an Anniversary Hazy IPA brewed with Medusa, Mosaic, & Comet hops. In addition, they are releasing small batches of past customer favorites such as their Tea Smoked Helles Lager, Strawberry Milkshake IPA, & Cuke Nukem Cucumber Sour. Rounding out this year's anniversary lineup are a Blackberry Sour and Strawberry & Rhubarb Golden Strong Ale.
Lucky Envelope Brewing takes its name from the Chinese tradition – tied closely with New Year celebrations – of elders bestowing red-and-gold envelopes to loved ones as a gesture of luck and goodwill. Lucky Envelope is an award-winning family-friendly craft brewery in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. The brewery has garnered accolades since its May 2015 opening, including several medals at the 2017 & 2016 Washington Beer Awards, as well as at the prestigious 2015 Great American Beer Festival® (GABF) competition.
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Goodlife Brewing and musician G. Love have collaborated again on G. Love's Special Sauce The Juice IPA. The collaboration started last year when the Bend, OR-based brewery teamed up with G. Love to create the Danky Dankster. Year two's collaboration sees the team-up ruminating on how to best create the juiciest of IPA's and like before, there will be a concert/release party tour.
GoodLife's Co-owner, Ty Barnett, said "I am really looking forward to this year's G. Love's Special Sauce beer release. Last year's was the first year, and when we mentioned we wanted to brew an IPA, he was like "Oh man, let's make it a Danky Dank one!" Thus came the Danky Dankster IPA, and it was good! This year, our brewers and G. Love got to talking beer and they had been playing around with new yeasts and new hops that were really pulling out some huge orange, tangerine, and citrus flavors. As they were talking beer with G. Love, he said that he was working on a song called "The Juice" for his new album. So, this year we are presenting G.
The Juice is super citrusy but has the clarity you've been seeking. This IPA is bright pale yellow in color with a thick head and nice lacing on the glass. Utilizing 2-Row Pale and Pilsner base malts, along with a little Carapils malt and rolled oats, we have created layered, clean malt flavors that accentuate the nearly 3 lbs per barrel of hops used in this beer. Laced with Mandarina Bavaria, Mosaic, Centennial, Amarillo and Comet hops, there are aromas that are both citrusy, slightly herbal, and of course, juicy. A medium bodied beer with a crisp bitterness, the juicy/citrus notes come through with a subtle soft mouthfeel on this beer. G. Love's Special Sauce is a juicy and drinkably pleasant IPA.
G. Love said "I was honestly worried about changing the flavor profile from last spring's Danky Dankster IPA but one sip of The Juice had me grinning ear to ear. I truly believe we have concocted an even tastier brew. The Juice is the juiciest juice around. This super drinkable IPA is refreshingly delicious. There's a lift at the finish which I describe as the "Juice Cloud." I know it's my beer, but honestly this is the best beer I've tasted possibly in my life." When G and the brewers were discussing flavor profile, the brewers used the word "juicy" and G riffed on that and said, "let's call it The Juice." And by the way, his new single and record is called The Juice.
G. Love's Special Sauce IPA will be available in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Vermont, Chicago, Pennsylvania, and New York City from Mid-May thru September. G. Love's Special Sauce IPA will be available in 1/6 BBL's, 1/2 BBL's, and six-packs of cans.
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Cider Riot, Portland's homegrown nano cidery turned production space and taproom is celebrating their 6th anniversary today, Thursday, April 25th.
The lowkey taproom in inner northeast Portland has been home to traditional cider, punk rock and anti-fascist events while recently becoming targeted by Washington fascists.
Show Cider Riot a little support today from 5-8pm and throwdown with some vintage ciders and discounts on cider and merch.
Cider Riot will be pouring 6 vintages of 1763 Revolutionary West Country Cider including a sneak preview of the yet-to-be-released 2018 vintage. Tapping super limited casks of Kingston Black and Pyder a perry-cider blend. And, selling limited edition patches 2 for $6, and offering $6 six-packs of their Everyday line of hard ciders; Everyday Semi-Dry, Everyday Passionfruit, and Everyday Berry.
Cider Riot will also be debuting their new food menu with British-style options like hand pies and ploughman's cheese and bread platters.
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Oskar Blues Brewery out of Colorado is kicking off their new Steep Coast Mountain IPA Series with Steep Coast Strata Double IPA. The series highlights single hop varietals, focusing on new hops used in high quantities (nearly six pounds of hops per barrel.) Steep Coast Strata DIPA (8.0% ABV) is now available on draft and in 4-packs of 16oz cans in Oskar Blues taprooms and in select markets.
At the first sip, Steep Coast Strata DIPA blasts off into a dank citrus stratosphere, through a far-out peach and stonefruit sky, then drifts via a passionfruit parachute back down to earth on sweet breezes. Strata, a sought-after varietal from Oregon State University's lauded hop breeding program, is characterized by pronounced green cannabis notes.
Oskar Blues Head of Brewing Operations, Tim Matthews, said the Steep Coast Mountain IPA Series demonstrates the importance of brewers being plugged into the hop development world.
"We collaborate with breeding programs and with farmers, and we travel to visit hop fields and experience the aroma on the bines," said Matthews.
The brewery first trialed Strata in 2017 in small batch projects and is now stoked to feature the hop in a bold Double IPA created explicitly to emphasize its flavor and aroma. The series will exhibit a wide spectrum of hop flavors, with the goal of diversifying the craft beer lover's Double IPA experience.
Zappa, Southern Passion and Enigma variations will appear in the rotating Steep Coast Mountain IPA Series later this year. Find Steep Coast Strata DIPA near you via the beerfinder.
About Oskar Blues BreweryFounded by Dale Katechis in 1997 in Lyons, Colorado, Oskar Blues Brewery launched the craft beer-in-a-can apocalypse with their hand-canned flagship brew, Dale's Pale Ale. Today, Oskar Blues operates breweries in Colorado, North Carolina and Texas featuring Dale's Pale Ale as the nation's #3 top-selling craft can six-pack at U.S. supermarkets. Oskar Blues is available nationwide in the US and in over 20 countries. Oskar Blues Brewery is a proud member of CANarchy, a disruptive collective of like-minded craft brewers dedicated to bringing high-quality, innovative flavors to drinkers in the name of independent craft beer.
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Bend, Oregon-based Deschutes Brewery has announced the release of Spring seasonals Botanic Ale and Twilight Summer Ale. Botanic Ale is a new Gin-inspired beer and Twilight a long-time returning seasonal summer ale.
Botanic Ale – Inspired by a love of botanicals and gin, the spirit most famous for its use of botanicals, Botanic Ale is a lively union of juniper and hops joined by herbs, citrus and other botanicals Through the desire to find flavor drivers in nature beyond hops and malt, the quest for Botanic Ale began over 5 years ago following a project with Beers Made By Walking. Joining Deschutes Brewery's most wild and creative beers in the Just Tapped Series, Botanic Ale ca be enjoyed unaided in a snifter or combined with a flavorful tonic in a refreshing Botanic Ale & Tonic concoction.
Botanic Ale is available in 12 oz, 6-pack bottles in Deschutes Brewery's full distribution footprint for a limited time in the Just Tapped Series and is the newest addition to Deschutes Brewery's Variety Pack, available everywhere Deschutes Brewery beer is sold.
7% ABV and 15 IBU's.
Twilight – Back by popular demand for another year and strutting Deschutes' new packaging, Twilight Summer Ale is ringing in this summer season. Twilight's bright and crisp flavor profile creates this easy-drinking craft beer with a distinctive malt body that complements a refreshing hop profile led by an aromatic dose of bold Amarillo hops. This golden-hued ale pours remarkably crisp and clean and pairs perfectly with summer's extended evenings.
Twilight is available in 12-ounce bottles and draft everywhere Deschutes Brewery beer is sold.
5% ABV and 38 IBUs.
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9th annual hard cider festival returns June 21-22nd to The Fields park in Northwest Portland.
Oregon's largest hard cider festival, the Cider Summit Portland, will return to The Fields Park at 1099 NW Overton St. in Portland's Pearl District. The 2019 lineup features nearly 200 hard ciders from cideries across the country, many of whom will be in attendance.
Event hours are Friday, June 21, from 3pm to 8pm (a VIP session allows early entry at 2pm); and Saturday, June 22, from Noon to 5pm. The last pour is 15 minutes prior to the close of each session.
Hard cider continues to be among the fastest growing beverage alcohol categories in the United States, with sales increasing from $44 million in 2008 to $506 million in 2018; last year's sales were up 8.4% from the year before. Local craft cider sales in Oregon grew 30% in 2018, and those brands are outselling national ones.
In addition to cider tasting, Cider Summit Portland will also feature a number of food vendors, including an exclusive Oregon Cider Week Donut by Blue Star Donuts; a dog lounge; live music; a heritage cider pavilion showcasing traditional cider making from the orchard; a cider cocktail lounge; and an on-site retail store featuring select cider bottles and cans to go.
Several of the cidermakers will also participate in the 5th annual Oregon Fruit Products Fruit Cider Challenge, creating specialty pilot batch fruit ciders using Oregon Fruit Products puree; attendees vote on their favorite ciders via text, and the winners are announced at the conclusion of the event on Saturday.
Event tickets are on sale now at www.cidersummit.com; discounted tickets are available through May 31. General admission tickets include a souvenir tasting glass and 12 tasting tickets and cost $25 if purchased before June 1; $30 if purchased between June 1 and June 20; and $35 at the gate. VIP tickets include a souvenir tasting glass, 16 tasting tickets, and one-hour early admission on opening day and cost $35 if purchased before June 1, and $40 if purchased between June 1 and June 20; quantities are limited and VIP tickets may not be purchased at the gate. Designated driver tickets are available for $5 only at the gate and include a bottle of water. Minors are not allowed at the festival.
Cider samples cost one ticket for a taste, with additional tasting tickets available onsite. All tickets allow reentry on Friday and Saturday with an attached wristband and the current year's tasting glass.
Cider Summit Portland is presented by Cider Bite Cider House. Supporting sponsors include Ilani, Oregon Fruit Products, Seattle Cider, Portland Pet Food Co., Canopy by Hilton Hotel, Portland Streetcar, and Maletis Beverage. Media partners include 94/7 Alternative Portland, Portland Mercury, and CIDERCRAFT Magazine. The event is a benefit for Cascade Blues Association, Northwest Cider Assn., DoveLewis Emergency Pet Hospital, and The Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research.
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The Portland, Oregon-Based Cidery has announced new year-round hard ciders in cans.
Alter Ego Cider, has announced the release of their The Brut and The Guardian Angel ciders in 12oz cans and 6-packs that will be available year-round. Alter Ego is a Portland-based small artisan cidery partly owned by Helioterra Wines owner/winemaker Anne Hubatch will move into their own space at 2025 SE 7th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214 with a new tasting room this June, 2019.
The Brut is a lightly sparkling, off-dry pure apple cider, made from a blend of locally grown apples. The fruit is fresh pressed and cool fermented, developing nuanced and elegant texture and aromatics, retaining the distinct characteristics of Pacific Northwest-grown apples. The suggested retail price for a six-pack of 12 oz. cans is $12.99.
The Guardian Angel ($14.99 per six-pack of 12 oz. cans) is a semi-sweet cider made with Northwest apples and antioxidant-rich blueberries and pomegranates, with a deep garnet color and a refreshing flavor.
The Dark Royale, a previously keg-only cider soon to be released in cans, is made from a blend of locally grown apples and black currants, with just a hint of sweetness.
Alter Ego Cider produces food-friendly ciders using distinctly wine-like techniques, with co-owner and winemaker Anne Hubatch and winemaker-turned-cidermaker Robert Lauer leading the production. An "alter ego" for their winemaking identities, the cidery gives Hubatch and Lauer an opportunity for a wider range of creative experimentation. Alter Ego offers seasonal ciders in keg, in addition to their year-round offerings of The Brut and The Guardian Angel.
These canned ciders are distributed in five states: Oregon, Washington, New York, New Jersey, and Minnesota.
In June 2019, Alter Ego will open a taphouse at 2025 SE 7th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214. Adjacent to the production space, the taphouse will serve Alter Ego's flagship ciders and seasonal offerings.
Alter Ego Cider, an artisanal cidery owned and operated by winemakers in Portland, Oregon, produces food-friendly ciders using Northwest-grown apples. Acting on a desire to experiment with new flavors and ingredients not found in wine, friends and winemakers Nate Wall, Kris Wall, and Anne Hubatch launched the cidery in 2014, with co-owner Kevin Bates joining the team in 2018. Alter Ego's flagship ciders and small-batch seasonal offerings are made using white winemaking techniques and slow, cool fermentations to develop nuanced and elegant aromatics and flavors. Associate Cidermaker Robert Lauer brought his extensive winemaking and cidermaking background to the team in 2018, employing both traditional and modern techniques to capture depth and texture for well-balanced, engaging ciders. Alter Ego Cider will open a taphouse in Portland in June 2019.
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> We don't use incremental collection.
Could You, please, try with the above (minimal) config? By doing so, You minimize the area where the bug resides.
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Resources to Start Your SaaS Business
Building an SaaS small business can be a tough slog. You've got to build and maintain the app and backend, spend time marketing and selling, and provide support for existing customers, all while keeping down costs and tending to the overall business. It's not for the faint-hearted. Many people have tried it and failed.
But it needn't be that way, says Tracie and Jay Oken. They built their successful SaaS business MySchoolAnywhere using Alpha — it was such a hit they were able to sell the business and reap sizable rewards. Now, the Okens are helping others start, launch and succeed with their own SaaS businesses through their consulting company SaasTactics. They advise and assist entrepreneurs with every step of a SaaS business, from conception through launch, growth and beyond.
One the toughest parts of launching a SaaS business, they say, is building and maintain the app, tying it to the backend, and keeping everything in working order. Only if you master that can you concentrate on the company's business aspects, because you're freed from technical problems.
As to what platform to use to streamline this process, they have a simple recommendation: Use Alpha Anywhere.
"Alpha Anywhere is the ideal platform for anyone building a SaaS business," says Tracie. "It's easy to get up to speed and quickly build a working app so you can start showing it to customers. The platform is particularly good for a non-technical business founder. It lets him or her build a SaaS app with little or no training. There are so many things you can do with it with just the click of a button."
Jay adds that people with some technical skills can also do hand-coding with it, so they can customize the app in any way they want.
"You can build your app using Alpha Anywhere's 's wizard-like features, but you can also do hand-coding as well," he says. "It gives you the best of both worlds."
They speak from personal experience. They used Alpha Anywhere to move their business MySchoolAnywhere from a desktop solution to an online and mobile solution, building both the online and mobile app with it. Tracie explains, "If we had to build the core from scratch, it would have taken three times as long as it did using Alpha Anywhere."
The result: They met an important launch deadline, gained a 60% increase in revenue in less than a year, and scaled MySchoolAnywhere with ease, giving them the opportunity to up-sell customers to their premium service. Read a case study about how they did it.
"We personally know the power of Alpha," Jay concludes. "And that's why we recommend it so frequently in our consulting business."
Read more about SaaSTactics full-service SaaS startup consulting entrepreneurs. For entrepreneurs who want to start a little slower, the company also offers a Finance and Operations Strategy Review for $359
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Amy Groden-Morrison has served more than 15 years in marketing communications leadership roles at companies such as TIBCO Software, RSA Security and Ziff-Davis. Most recently she was responsible for developing marketing programs that helped achieve 30%+ annual growth rate for analytics products at a $1Bil, NASDAQ-listed business integration Software Company. Her past accomplishments include establishing the first co-branded technology program with CNN, launching an events company on the NYSE, rebranding a NASDAQ-listed company amid a crisis, and positioning and marketing a Boston-area startup for successful acquisition. Amy currently serves as a Healthbox Accelerator Program Mentor, Marketing Committee Lead for the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge Launch Smart Clinics, and on the organizing team for Boston TechJam. She holds an MBA from Northeastern University.
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Thomas Koerfer (born 23 March 1944) is a Swiss film director, screenwriter and producer.

Life and career
Born  in Bern, Koerfer studied  economics and sociology in Berlin, Munich and St. Gallen. He started his career as assistant director of Alexander Kluge and Brunello Rondi. His film debut  was screened at the International Critics' Week of the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, while his 1983 film Embers entered the main competition at the 40th Venice International Film Festival.

Filmography
 The Death of the Flea Circus Director (Der Tod des Flohzirkusdirektors oder Ottocaro Weiss reformiert seine Firma, 1973)
 Der Gehülfe (1975)
 Alzire oder der neue Kontinent  (1977)
 Die Leidenschaftlichen (1981)
 Embers (1983)
 Konzert für Alice (1985)
 Noch ein Wunsch (TV-movie, 1989)
 Exit Genua (1990)
 Gesichter der Schweiz (1991)

References

External links

1944 births
Living people
People from Bern
Swiss screenwriters
Male screenwriters
Swiss film directors
Swiss film producers

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Australia forecasts record wheat crop despite floods
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Total winter crop production across the country is forecast to total 62 million tonnes, the second highest on record, according to a report from the federal Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES)
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SYDNEY - Australia is expected to produce a bumper year of crops including record wheat production in the current financial year, the government said on Tuesday, despite the impact of widespread flooding in the the country's eastern region.
Total winter crop production across the country is forecast to total 62 million tonnes, the second highest on record, according to a report from the federal Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES).
"While the spring rain has impacted production, yields and quality in some parts of the country, some states are experiencing their best winter crops on record," ABARES Director Jared Greenville said in a statement.
Wheat production, the country's major grain crop, is forecast to reach 36.6 million tonnes in the 12 months running to June 30, 2023, a 1% increase over the previous record set last year, the report said.
Barley production is due to reach 13.4 million tonnes, the fourth-largest crop on record, with canola expected to hit a record 7.3 million tonnes.
Australia's eastern region has suffered a wave of floods this year, inundating homes and farmland, because of a rare multi-year La Nina weather phenomenon, which brings more rain.
Summer crop planting is expected to fall 9% as a result of the flooding, the report said, particularly impacting cotton and rice crops.
(Reporting by Alasdair Pal in Sydney; Editing by Rashmi Aich)
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JoJo Siwa announced 2019 North America tour for the first time. The 15 years old Dance Moms star excited fans with her free shows at the Gold Coast, in Melbourne and Sydney in 2018. Learn more interesting facts about JoJo Siwa.
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JoJo Siwa, whose real name is Joelle Joanie Siwa, was born on May 19, 2003 in Omaha, Nebraska. She got famous after appearing on "Dance Moms" for two seasons with her mother Jessalynn Siwa. JoJo is a singer, dancer, actress and a famous YouTube personality.
Her most famous song "Boomerang" that was released in 2016, has more than 450 million views on YouTube and was awarded platinum. In this song, the singer addresses the topic of online bullying. Her second famous song is "Kid In A Candy Store".
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Hadley Leads Tritons to Blowout Twelfth Straight Win
February 1, 2020 February 2, 2020 Praveen Nair
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On a career scoring night off the bench by junior guard Gabe Hadley, the No. 4 UC San Diego Tritons (20–1, 14–1 California Collegiate Athletic Association) routed an outmatched Humboldt State University Lumberjacks squad (7–13, 3–12 CCAA) 85–63 for a team-record 12th consecutive win. Hadley had 18 points in the first half and finished with 25, his highest career scoring mark.
The Tritons returned to RIMAC Arena after defeating San Francisco State University and Sonoma State University by 25 and 35, respectively, last week. The match was preceded by a somber moment of silence for the recent deaths of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and the seven other victims of a fatal helicopter crash last Sunday in Calabasas. The Lumberjacks led for the first few minutes of the game, but back-to-back three-pointers from redshirt sophomore guard Tyrell Roberts and senior forward Scott Everman brought the Tritons up 13–10 4 minutes in. On the defensive end, the Tritons were keyed by junior forward Marek Sullivan, who had a career-high four steals — all in the first half — to help the Tritons regain the lead.
However, an 11–2 run in the middle of the half gave the Lumberjacks a 23–17 lead with just under 9 minutes remaining. Hadley responded with a textbook turnaround midrange jumper, and on the next possession, Sullivan poked the ball to Peterson, who pushed the ball down the court until he found a cutting Sullivan for an easy transition dunk. Still, with 6 minutes remaining in the first, the Lumberjacks hung around, forcing a tie at 26 — but they didn't count on the ensuring scoring clinic from Hadley.
First, he took the lead on a clean left-handed layup in traffic. After Humboldt State wrested the lead back with a three of its own, Hadley drained his first trey of the night from the left-center of the arc. Following a Lumberjack layup to tie, Hadley poured in another three, this time off of an in bounds pass from redshirt junior guard Mikey Howell. On the Tritons' next possession, Hadley made yet another downtown shot from the left corner — and on the next possession, he scored a three yet again, his fourth in under 2 minutes. Soon after, Howell stole the ball and found the red-hot Hadley for a layup, capping off a remarkable run where Hadley scored 14 straight Triton points. He had 18 at the half, and the Tritons finally looked in control at the half, leading 44–38.
After the Lumberjacks came within 4 early in the second half, the Tritons' offense finally began to click and pull away. Redshirt senior guard Christian Oshita muscled his way into the paint for a deft hook shot off the glass, then followed it up with a wide-open three on the next possession. This was followed by threes from Roberts and Hadley, and a pullup jumper off a spin move from Hadley capped off a 17–5 Triton run with the lead 61–43; in the first 10 minutes of the second period, the Tritons outscored the Lumberjacks by a whopping 26–7. Hadley scored his career-high 25th points on an acrobatic baseline reverse layup, as he switched from his right to his left to bring the lead to 80–57. The last few minutes of the game saw little of note, and the match ended with an 85–63 UCSD blowout.
The Tritons shot 45.1 percent from the field and a cool 15 for 33 (45.5 percent) from downtown; in addition to Hadley's 25 points, Roberts added 17 and Everman 11. Howell led the team with seven assists, while Oshita grabbed a team-high nine boards. The win cements the Tritons' 2.5-game lead over California State University, San Bernardino in the CCAA, as they seek their fourth consecutive conference title.
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Jeffrey L. Vagle was a Lecturer in Law and Executive Director of the Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. His research interests include surveillance law, cryptography and cybersecurity law, electronic privacy, Internet architecture, and networked economies and societies. A particular focus of his work is the study of the societal, political, historical, and economic effects of government surveillance, especially among marginalized or disenfranchised populations. Mr.
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Kate Westmoreland is a lawyer and policy advisor with over eight years experience advising government and the United Nations on law enforcement cooperation, cybercrime and human rights. She is an expert in the domestic and international aspects of international legal cooperation, having negotiated treaties on extradition and mutual legal assistance as well as advising the Australian Federal Government on cybercrime policy.
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Alex and Perram spend some time discussing one of the least thought of divine spell casters: The Shaman! Then they geek out about their home campaigns and talk shop.
Listening to this again last night, it occurred to me that it was never brought up that one weakness of the Shaman is that many of the Hexes are very dependent on having a decent Charisma score. For many of the hexes, Charisma effects their duration or number of daily uses. This can really take a bite out of how many points you have left for your other ability scores, so I think it is kind of hard to make a melee Shaman, even though some of the Spirits (like Mammoth) encourage that kind of play.


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Some upgrades and an identification
We're beginning to see the first hints of autumnal weather here, and I think the bees know it too. They're working pretty hard at building lots of stores up, while the queen has laid nearly an entire frame of eggs. In fact, in general there was a huge amount of late-stage brood, so even by next week we should see an increase in numbers!
Immediately on opening up the hive, Dan noticed not only that many of the bees appeared to be looking up at us but also the amount of brace comb between some of the frames. Looking down into the hive, there appeared to be a lot of that sugar stored. A few weeks ago, we had taken the wild comb from the roof and pushed it onto one of the spare frames. This had turned into messy cross comb. As Dan lifted the frame, some of the comb broke away and the bees immediately went to rescue the precious nectar from the now-open comb. We thought for a few minutes after that they got a little grumpy with us, but were soon back to their normal chilled-out mood. Dan handled the first half of the inspection today, his third ever inspection, and was really gentle and methodical. Far better than me on my third inspection.
We tried out three new things on this inspection: smoker pellets, a wasp barrier, and a new queen excluder. The smoker pellets were bought to replace our usual scrap cardboard smoker fuel. We attempted to light them according to the instructions, but didn't have much success. Dan then decided to apply his fire skills and use dried grass to start the first, which, together with the pellets, worked a treat and produced a smoker which didn't need to have its bellows pumped all the time. The queen excluder was a posh pine and stainless steel wire Herzog type. Wires are accurately spaced at 4.3mm and they allow easy passage of bees. Before we were using a plastic queen excluder provided with the hive, but we felt they deserved an upgrade!
The wasp barrier was a 'Wasp Out', essentially a bit of electrical trunking with dowel at each end to keep out wasps but to let bees in. The trunking goes over a normal reduced entrance, and the bees have to walk along and out. We fitted this because we know there are a lot of wasps in the area and we've seen them attack the hive even during inspections. After fitting the new entrance, I watched them for a while. It's amazing they tolerate me sitting in front of the hive after I've done this. Anyway, the bees, returning from foraging, seemed a bit confused with where the hive entrance was. However, a few of them had worked it out after a couple of minutes, and hopefully with a bit of patience and pheromones they'll have an accessible hive which is easy to defend against wasps. One thing I was a bit disappointed with was how slippery the tunnel seemed. Being made out of plastic cable trunking, the bees couldn't quite get a decent grip on it. If it proves to be a success, I think next time I will use a bit of sandpaper to make it rougher so they have an easier time getting in and out.
Finally, Dan has been doing some research into the kind of bees we have. Looking at the queen today, he pointed out some of her features compared to a typical Buckfast — smaller wings, a slender body, and a nearly-black abdomen. He's determined we have a colony of Carniolan honey bees (Apis mellifera carnica), a subspecies of the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) from the south of Central Europe, particularly Slovenia. They're a favourite of beekeepers because they're good at defending against pests while being gentle on beekeepers. They can adjust population levels depending on nectar availability (possibly why we've seen an increase in numbers now). They've also got a ton of other strengths for beginners: better sense of orientation, less drifting and robbing, adaptable to changes in the environmy, good with long winters, resistant to diseases like nosemia and dysentry and even American Foul Brood (but not varroa), long-lived, good at foraging with longer tongues, and love building comb. On the other hand they are known swarmers, and don't like the heat. Determining the subspecies of honey bees is pretty much a new topic to me so this is all very interesting. If there's any other beekeepers out there who like to help us confirm this identification please let me know!
Over here in this part of Europe, the UK and Ireland, our native bee is Apis mellifera mellifera, the dark European honey bee, or 'black bee' (depending on where you live, known as the British black bee, the native Irish bee, the Cornish black bee, and so on). It's often argued among beekeepers that if a beekeeper is to keep bees, they should be the native ones, not least to prevent genetic introgression, especially where an introduced subspecies does not suit the climate. However, ours came from a swarm in a tree, so we can hardly help it if we're lucky, right? And we're very lucky with these ones.


Sunday Morning we did a different section of the east Bay Bike Path - from the overlook down to the Dari Bee in Riverside. We were disappointed that the Dari Bee was closed. . it was a short 7 mile ride but fit the bill for this Sunday morning as Ben was off to visit with his Uncle Shawn and Auntie Erin.
Ben and I got in another 9 miles Friday night..this is a video of the short and boring variety. . .
Another ride tonight..we are getting our selves in shape for a longer ride..my bottom is sore but Benny tells me his bottom is getting used to the saddle. So it was 4.5 miles on the first night, 5.5 on the second night and tonight we rode 6.5 miles. It is coming along. This is just the early work, adventure is around every corner. . .


In my job as an elf for Santa, I frequently have to travel back to the North Pole to visit with my fellow elves, so it's not always easy to tell where I might be. Given that fact, and my desire to procrastinate a bit, I decided to make a handy badge for my blog that tells people where I am. Most twitter clients allow you to throw some location information in your posts, so it's relatively easy to make it relatively easy for someone to stalk you.
Now that you've got that put on your server, you just need to put some code in your blog template (wherever your other badge stuff is) to get your fabulous information to show up. The code for the HTML looks yucky in my post, but you can view source and grab the stuff marked as "TWITTER".
The last piece is styling your box. I have mine styled so that it matches the rest of my site, but you can make yours work however you like.


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The Tea Ceremony (Hardcover)
The Uncollected Writings
By Gina Berriault, Leonard Gardner (Introduction by)
Counterpoint LLC, 9781593760045, 800pp.
Compiled by Gina Berriault's daughter and by her long-time companion, Leonard Gardner, this collection opens with five stories, including, "The Figure Skater," the last story published before she died in 1999. Also here is the first section of the novel she left unfinished and her brilliant acceptance speech for the Commonwealth Club of California's Gold Medal for Literature.
As reclusive as she was meticulous, Gina Berriault did not suffer fools and sat for only a handful of interviews. She was acutely aware of nuance and tended to write and rewrite not only the answers but also the questions, making the interview printed here is as finished and beautiful as any of her writing.
Here, too, are her essays for Rolling Stone, Hungry Mind, and Esquire on subjects as diverse as the first topless dancers in San Francisco's North Beach to the last execution by firing squad. As a whole this collection becomes her credo on American culture, politics and the written word.


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Profile: Human Rights Abuses In Gambia
in Politics — by Musa Saidykhan — November 22, 2016
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HE believes homosexuality is a threat to human existence, claims he can cure Aids and is accused of shocking human rights abuses in Gambia as he runs for re-election as president.
Reputedly one of the world's most ruthless and eccentric leaders, Yahya Jammeh has ruled the country with an iron fist since taking power in a military coup in 1994.
Now, however, his people appear to be rising up against his repression, amid calls for the international community to impose sanctions to force the government to end the "climate of fear".
A rights group has issued a plea to the EU and the US to crack down on Jammeh, following the arrest of 50 protestors and the death – allegedly through torture – of a prominent opposition activist.
The government has denied that Solo Sandeng, secretary of Gambia's biggest opposition party, the United Democratic Party (UDP), was tortured.
After his death earlier this year, Jammeh said: "People die in custody or during interrogations, it's really common. This time, there is only one dead and they want investigations? No one can tell me what to do in my country."
Another opposition activist is also said to have died in custody in the run-up to the elections on December 1.
WHAT ARE THE CLAIMS?
IN a hard-hitting, 43-page report, Human Rights Watch claims Jammeh has used the state media and state resources as well as brutal repression to ensure he stays in power.
"The Jammeh government has threatened, beaten, and tortured opposition party members for exercising their basic rights, all but extinguishing hopes for a fair election," said Babatunde Olugboji, deputy programme director at Human Rights Watch.
"Unless this situation improves, Gambia's international donors should impose targeted sanctions on senior officials implicated in abuses."
According to Human Rights Watch, over the past 22 years President Jammeh and the Gambian security forces have used enforced disappearances, torture, intimidation, and arbitrary arrests to suppress dissent and preserve his grip on power.
This year, Jammeh has repeatedly threatened opposition parties.
"Let me warn those evil vermin called opposition," he said. "If you want to destabilise this country, I will bury you nine-feet deep."
Human Rights Watch say his "inflammatory rhetoric" has encouraged the army and police to use excessive force against opposition activists.
The group claim that when one protester was granted bail after his arrest in May, a senior police officer told him: "You better be careful, as whatever you say, we will know it. People in jail are safe… You are outside, so you are in more danger, as we are watching you."
WHAT DOES JAMMEH SAY?
BORN in 1965, Jammeh says he will stay as president for "a billion years" if it is the will of God. Commonly seen with his prayer beads, he portrays himself as a deeply religious Muslim who has been gifted miraculous powers such as the ability to cure infertility.
He claims homosexuality is anti-God and anti-humanity and has threatened to behead gay people.
In 2007, he angered health workers across the world by claiming he could cure Aids through the use of herbs, later adding that homosexuals would doom the planet.
In 2014, Jammeh threatened to "kill" those who used the persecution of LGBTQ people in Gambia as a reason for seeking asylum in other countries. That same year, in a speech given to celebrate the 49th anniversary of independence from the UK, he said: "We will fight these vermin called homosexuals or gays the same way we are fighting malaria-causing mosquitoes, if not more aggressively."
He has claimed that homosexuality is "more deadly than all natural disasters put together" and that homosexuals "destroy culture".
"We know what human rights are. Human beings of the same sex cannot marry or date," he said. "If you think it is human rights to destroy our culture, you are making a great mistake because, if you are in the Gambia, you are in the wrong place then."
ANY OTHER ACCUSATIONS?
JAMMEH has also been accused of fomenting ethnic tension by spouting genocidal remarks about the Mandinka people who make up around 40 per cent of the country's 1.8 million people.
He caused outrage at the UN and among human rights groups when he said the Mandinka were "enemies and foreigners" and added that he would relocate "the Mandinkas where even a fly can't see them".
Nearly half of the Gambia's population still live in poverty and it is claimed that the president has put paid to widespread opposition by raising the costs to register a political party to just over £8,000.
He has also come under fire for trying to pull out of the International Criminal Court on the grounds that it is biased against African countries and fails to examine war crimes committed by the West.
Critics claim his move is to avoid prosecution for human rights offences.
"President Jammeh has followed his own set of rules for more than over two decades, using any opportunity to entrench his abusive rule and evade accountability for his innumerable crimes," said Jeffrey Smith, founding director of NGO Vanguard Africa. "It is very concerning that this comes weeks before a presidential election, the lead-up of which has been fraught with violence against the opposition, killings and highly incendiary rhetoric espoused by Jammeh himself,"
Amnesty International has also called for Jammeh to clean up his act or face expulsion by Ecowas, the Economic Community of West African States.
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Mr. Erik Solheim, new UNEP Executive Director, pledges to tackle major environmental issues such as ocean and air pollution, climate change, and nexus between conflict, migration and the environment
Nairobi, 27 June 2016 - Erik Solheim, a former Minister of Environment and International Development in Norway, began his tenure today as Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme, with the concurrent position of UN Under-Secretary-General. Mr. Solheim assumes his new role as chief of the global authority on the environment after three years as head of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
In taking up office, Solheim pledged to work with countries around the world to tackle some of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time, including ocean and air pollution, the destruction of ecosystems, climate change and the relationship between the environment and conflict and migration.
He also promised to focus on environment issues close to people, such as damage to human health from air pollution.
Solheim said, "There is an urgent need to fight climate change, halt ecosystem destruction, and reduce pollution for the benefit of all peoples everywhere. By protecting our planet, we protect ourselves and in the process can help bring every last person out of poverty. We all have a stake in a healthy planet."
He noted other urgent areas to address include the private sector investment needed for sustainable development, greening the finance sector and creating jobs and markets with clean and green technologies.
"Financing the preservation and rejuvenation of our planet cannot be the purview of governments alone. Private sector finance is both vital for sustainable development, and an opportunity for business. As never before, markets are rewarding investments in clean and green jobs and technologies."
Solheim also underlined that issues like climate change and sustainable development are issues that no one country or organization can solve themselves, and that the world must come together to tackle environmental challenges.
"With successes like the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals, the world has achieved a lot in recent years when it comes to the environment. We can achieve a lot more. But the only way to do this is by working cooperatively. I look forward to working with member states and welcoming voices and efforts from all parts of society to tackle our common challenges.
"Our planet is vulnerable, but I'm optimistic we can resolve the environmental problems we face. There's little we can't achieve when we pull together with cooperation, collaboration and a can-do attitude."
Solheim arrives after having served as Chair of the DAC of the OECD since 2013. Since that time, he has also served as UN Environment Programme's Special Envoy for Environment, Conflict and Disaster. Known as the 'green' politician, he held the combined portfolio of Norway's Minister of the Environment and International Development from 2007 to 2012, and served as Minister of International Development from 2005 to 2007.
Having spent most of his career fighting for the environment in national and global politics, including through non-governmental organizations and during his combined ministerial portfolio, Mr. Solheim has focused on the challenge of integrating environmental and developmental issues. During his ministerial tenure, Norway reached 1 per cent of its GDP for overseas development assistance and passed the unique Nature Diversity Act. He initiated the process leading to the global coalition to conserve and promote sustainable use of the world's rainforests - the UN REDD - gaining invaluable diplomatic and organizational experience.
Holding an undergraduate degree in history and social studies from the University of Oslo, Mr. Solheim has received several awards for his work on climate and environment, including UN Environment Programme's "Champion of the Earth" award, and contributed to a number of peace and reconciliation efforts, most notably as the chief negotiator of the peace process in Sri Lanka.
Born in 1955, he is married, with four children.
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Title: Dirty Prince
Series: Scarsdale Royals #1
Author: V. Darling
Genre: High School Bully Romance
There's only one thing you need to know about Scarsdale High.
The Royals rule here.
We say when to jump and how high, and the rest follow like lemmings because to do otherwise is social suicide.
As cheer captain, I have everything I've ever wanted, including Scarsdale's star quarterback, Navrin Fox.
There's just one problem … his twin brother.
Lev Fox knows exactly how to push my buttons—he's been doing it since childhood, after all—but when I give into my baser instincts and let the boy I hate best me in a battle of wills, it's not only my reputation as Queen Bee on the line, it's my heart too.
Secrets, betrayal, and lies—that's what we Royals do best.
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Oh my, oh my. I don't even know where to begin with this review but what I do know is that I am officially out of my book slump!! And the first book in the Scarsdale Royals series sure didn't gently pull me out of my slump. Oh no. It grabbed me by the hair, yanked me out and took me on one hell of a crazy and wild ride. V. Darling, where the hell have you been all of my book loving life? This book is so well written and chocked full of angst, drama, betrayal, bully romance and then topped off with a super hot love triangle. Oh yeah and there's twins…gorgeous ones. Need I say more?
"He'll throw me to the lions, feed me to the gators in the moat, and burn me at the stake before he'd ever kneel at my feet. And if I'm not careful, I'll let him take my crown, because love makes fools of even the strongest queens."
The Royals are the elite, the rich and entitled who rule the halls of Scarsdale High. And their Queen and King sit high on their thrones. Scout has been in love with Nav since she was eight years old and asked him to be her first kiss. Too bad his twin Lev was the one who stole that kiss. But they've come a long way from then and now Scout is the captain of the cheerleaders who walks the halls with her sexy quarterback boyfriend Nav at her side. Lev may have gotten her first kiss but Nav owns her heart.
"You think I haven't seen the way you look at her?"
"And how do I look at her?"
"Like she's yours, and I'm just borrowing her."
Nav is the most popular boy in school. The king of the elite and Scout loves him and her crown but she can't seem to get Lev off of her mind or keep him out of her bed. Lev is the definition of rich, hot and entitled bad boy. He spends most of his time in the pool house with random girls who will do anything for their chance with him but what he really wants is Scout by his side. But she belongs to his brother, right? Not as far as Lev is concerned. Scout and Lev have an insanely hot love/hate relationship that leans way over on the "I hate you but really just want to throw you down and take you right here" side. It's crazy hot and the scenes between them are super intense. What happens when the Queen of the Royals lets the Dirty Prince have all her firsts? Some secrets don't stay buried for long and when you betray those closest to you we see how easily a Kingdom can crumble.
"The Queen has fallen, taken off the board by a pawn, and now she's nothing. Less than nothing. I'm just another stupid girl so blinded by power, by love, that I forgot to harden my heart. I forgot that to love is the be ruined, and now there's no way to come back from it."
I absolutely loved the first book in Scarsdale Royals series. Every crazy, intense, twisted word had me devouring the pages. I also loved both Fox brothers. I haven't read a love triangle this good in a long time and was honestly so torn on who I hoped Scout would end up with. Nav was so sweet and loved Scout so much. As much as I loved the steamy parts with Scout and Lev, I also found myself cringing at times because I loved Nav. But then I also loved Lev. He had loved Scout forever and had to throw the whole I hate you vibe out there to protect his heart and try and stay away from his brother's girl. This is the girl who in his mind belonged to him first. Scout took me a little while to love because at times I wanted to throat punch some sense into her…but she grew on me. The secrets, betrayals and lies run deep in this book. Will the Queen get her crown back and if she does what brother will rule by her side? I loved this book and these characters. I can't wait to see what the author has in store for us in the next book in the Scarsdale Royal Series!
"Her kisses belong to me. All of her kisses. Forever. Scout Taylor is mine."
"You're sick. You know that?" But even as I say it, I know we're both infected, tainted, ailing from the same illness, and neither one of us will do anything to cure it. There is no cure for a love as vicious and cruel as this. There's only embracing what we are, what we have, and what we'll do to one another. What we'll do to see each other fall.
"I want you to leave me alone." I pant as his hands work my pussy faster and his cock pumps into my ass harder.
"I don't think that's true," he whispers.
I gasp, struggling for breath as I climb closer to climax. "I hate you so much it hurts."
"I know." He bites down on my shoulder. The way a beast might bite the neck of his consort as he fucks her and claims her as his.
I always thought of Lev as a big bad wolf so in love with his own solitude—angry and untouchable—but he's not. He's a fox, sly and cunning, determined to shred, and tear until there is nothing left.
He groans as he spills inside me, and the sensations push me over the edge. My body clenches tight around him, riding him, milking him, and all the while he fucks me harder through my orgasm.
When the only sound in the room is our labored breaths, and the sweat cools on our bodies, he releases my shoulder and smiles. "The feeling is fucking mutual, Cub."
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