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Officials say a mother and four children were killed when flames swept through their home in the small Massachusetts town of Warwick. Two other members of the family escaped the fire, which broke in the single-family home around 12:45 a.m. Saturday. The names of the victims were not immediately released. An emotional town fire chief Ron Gates said at an afternoon news conference that the house was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived and there was little they could do to prevent the tragedy. Officials said early indications were that the fire may have started in a wood stove in the kitchen. The town of less than 800 residents has no fire hydrants, and officials said firefighters had to draw water about a half mile from the scene.
WARWICK, Mass. (AP) —
Officials say a mother and four children were killed when flames swept through their home in the small Massachusetts town of Warwick.
Two other members of the family escaped the fire, which broke in the single-family home around 12:45 a.m. Saturday.
The names of the victims were not immediately released.
An emotional town fire chief Ron Gates said at an afternoon news conference that the house was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived and there was little they could do to prevent the tragedy.
Officials said early indications were that the fire may have started in a wood stove in the kitchen.
The town of less than 800 residents has no fire hydrants, and officials said firefighters had to draw water about a half mile from the scene.


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Janka was one of seven children raised in a Yiddish-and Hungarian-speaking household by religious Jewish parents in the city of Kosice. In 1918, when she was 20 years old, Kosice changed from Hungarian to Czechoslovak rule. Three years later, Janka married Ludovit Gruenberger, and their three children were born Czech citizens.
1933-39: Janka was an accomplished milliner, and she helped her husband run a tailoring business from their apartment. Like many Jews in Kosice, Janka and Ludovit were upset when Czechoslovakia was partitioned by Nazi Germany, and Kosice was returned to Hungarian rule in November 1938. Kosice's new Hungarian rulers admired Nazi Germany and quickly introduced anti-Jewish laws.
1940-44: In 1941 the Gruenberger family was seized in a Hungarian roundup of foreign-born Jews and interned in camps in northern Hungary. They were released in 1942, but Janka's son and husband were taken by the Hungarians soon after as conscript labor. German troops entered Kosice on March 19, 1944, and that April, Janka and her daughters were concentrated with other Jews in a brickyard at the edge of the city. One month later, Janka and her daughters were deported to Auschwitz.
Janka and her daughter, Zuzana, were gassed immediately on arriving in Auschwitz in May 1944. Janka was 45 years old.
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I felt a bit of an idiot in my shorts and tshirt on Appley Beach in Ryde. Everyone else was dressed as 17th century pirates so I must have stuck out like a sore thumb.
It was our first visit to Shipwreck Isle (which was two days in 2016 rather than just one) and most people had really gone to town. I was expecting the plastic eye patches and inflatable parrots you'd get at a New Year's Eve party but these were proper costumes which you felt people regularly wore at home whilst they sat on the sofa and watched Bargain Hunt with a bowl of Frosties.
We sat happily on the beach whilst a band performed what sounded like grunge sea shanties, before trying out various piratey beach games.
There were coconut shies which appeared to be giving out fruit as prizes (pirates were very aware of the value of five a day) and a buried treasure game which involved sticking a flag in the sand - the pirate equivalent of a needle in a haystack.
There was also some mock wedding ceremony involving the daughter of some Duke or something, though we were rather fixed on building a straight row of sandcastles at the time so I rather missed the conclusion. Finally we moved onto the decent playground at Appley to try out the multiple slides.
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Shirley Ann McRay, age 85, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away on Monday, December 27, 2021, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Shirley was born on July 5, 1936, in Anderson, Missouri to Robert and Veda (Sherman) Childers. She grew up in Anderson and attended local schools until the family moved to Coffeyville, Kansas in 1952. Shirley graduated in 1954 from Field Kindley Memorial High School. In June of 1954 she was united in marriage to Bill Bromley. Of that union five children were born. The couple made their home in Coffeyville where they raised their children. The two later divorced. Shirley was a very hard worker, over the years she worked for various places that included JCPenney, Continental Can, Sears, Western Southern Life Insurance, George Realtors along with owning an antique store known as "The White House '' located at 6th & Union. In 1961 she was crowned the Coffeyville Centennial Queen. On May 23, 1980, she married her loving husband Cecil Lawrence "C.L." McRay in Coffeyville where they made their home. In addition to raising kids, keeping track of all the kids' events and hobbies, and taking care of the home, Shirley and C.L. owned and operated two local businesses, Sunflower Cleaners and Edgewood Flowers for several decades until retirement in 2007. C.L. preceded her in death on July 25, 2021. Shirley was a member of the First Baptist Church in Coffeyville where she was baptized. Her hobbies were quilting, sewing, reading, gardening, family trips to the creek, and anything that allowed her to be outside, family get-togethers, she loved hosting a Christmas Eve gathering every year, canning, going to flea markets, auctions, rummage sales, traveling with C.L. around the country, prospecting and panning for gold and seeing new places. Surviving to cherish her memory are her children, Teresa Osborne and husband, Kevin, Kyle Bromley, Dirk Bromley and wife, Kathy, Kwin Bromley and wife, Sarah all of Coffeyville, Kansas, grandchildren, Sarah Pursley and husband, Brandon, Cole Osborne, Kirk Bromley and wife, Whitney, Krista Bromley, Kelli Bromley, Braylee Bromley, honorary grandchildren, Nick and Taylor Baxter, great grandchildren, Makayla Ross, Jaida Pursley, Sylas Osborne, Carter Bromley, Peyton Bromley, Parker Bromley, Pryor Bromley, a brother, Don Nash and wife, Carol, and her sister, Peggy Lee and husband, Ken along with numerous nieces, nephews, extended relatives and friends. Shirley was preceded in death by her father, Robert G. Childers, mother, Veda D. Nash, husband, C.L. McRay, son, Kirk W. Bromley, grandson, Zach Bromley, and her brother, Richard Childers. Following Shirley's wishes, cremation will take place under the direction of David W Barnes Funeral Home in Coffeyville. The family will be holding private inurnment services at Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Coffeyville at a later date. The family suggests memorial contributions can be made to Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice or to the Coffeyville Friends of Animals; these may be left with the funeral home or mailed in care of David W. Barnes Funeral Home 306 N. Cline Rd. Coffeyville, KS 67337. T
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In the meantime, four seasons, "The Grand Tour" has been thrilling the automobile fan base since 2016 on Amazon Prime. Is there now hope for a sequel?
When the engines roar, the hearts of many automobile enthusiasts beat faster, also in the team around Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May. Clarkson, Hammond, and the producer Wilman became known through their BBC program "Top Gear," which was discontinued in 2015 after clashes between Clarkson and the BBC. They were then able to negotiate a contract with the streaming service Amazon Prime for an initial three seasons of "The Grand Tour." The first aired in September 2016. The fourth season started on December 13, 2019, on Amazon. But will it continue with the fifth season?
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Yes, all fans can look forward to more episodes. In a conversation with producer Andy Wilman on his YouTube channel "Drive Tribe," Jeremy Clarkson promised that more parts would follow. However, the work was delayed by Andy Wilman's COVID-19 illness.
As Jeremy Clarkson further explained, another special for the fourth season was filmed in Madagascar at the end of 2019. Given the focus of season 4 on Asia, one can assume that the fifth season will take viewers to other parts of the world. The question remains of how far the COVID-19 pandemic will hold up filming. "Even without another pandemic, it takes a long time to produce an episode," said Andy Wilman in an interview.
As producer Wilman explained in the British tabloid "Daily Star," there could also be episodes without Clarkson, Hammond, and May in the future. "I would like to do some spin-offs with guest," he says. One of them could be Brian Johnson from AC/DC, who is a big car fanatic. The audience would not have to do without the usual trio. "You are the show!" Says the producer.
The prospect of further episodes and spin-offs will undoubtedly comfort you during the waiting time. In addition, all fans of the spectacular show can bridge the period up to the fifth season with the "Grand Tour" video game.
In 2015, "The Grand Tour" was Amazon's most significant investment in an original broadcast to date, with around $160 million for three years of broadcasting rights. And there does not seem to be an end in sight.
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"Most people think that a school shooting could never happen here, but those same people are the ones who saw all the signs and who never said anything--being bullied, the obsession with guns, even posting on Instagram," he muses. Could he himself have been a victim of gun violence?
Once the camera pulls out, you'll find out his real intentions.
The ad aims to drive people to speak up and act if they do see any warning signs of gun violence. It sends viewers to visit SaySomething.net and encourages schools to bring the no-cost Say Something Anonymous Reporting system to their campuses.
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The Death of Afghan Girls
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The World Health Organization and UNICEF introduced on Oct. 19 that the Taliban government agreed to restart a door-to-door polio vaccination program in November, and can enable women to be frontline workers. The International Rescue Committee is especially involved about the scenario in Afghanistan for women and ladies. Critical providers for ladies and girls should proceed to be delivered, and this requires female assist staff who're in a place to entry communities and create secure spaces for ladies and girls. Women should be allowed to work and to move freely, and girls must be allowed to proceed to go to excessive school.
"I am prepared to increase the variety of women workers, we're planning to prepare a separate workplace for them, a protected environment for them," he mentioned. Niamatullah Hassan, the new Taliban mayor of Kandahar, says he has two ladies back at work in his administration, out of a 1,200-strong municipal group. He will allow more girls workers, once they are often isolated from men and the central government approves. After the Taliban took over Kandahar, her manager informed her to not come to work and her university hasn't yet afghan women sorted out tips on how to placed on the gender-divided lessons they demanded. "Those of us who went to college and likewise had jobs, had been helping our households, in fact nothing will come of us, as a outcome of they say that no matter we studied within the final 20 years is useless," Hawa stated. Fewer than 40% of Afghan women attended secondary school in 2018 even though it was allowed then, in accordance with the most recent figures from UNESCO.
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The Taliban could make progress toward international recognition and the resumption of serious development aid by taking no less than two measures. First, they may respect the rights of Afghans to depart the nation, together with those that lack identification documents. The Taliban should enable secure passage for individuals fleeing the country. Second, they have to assist comprehensive and principled humanitarian action in Afghanistan. As UN Secretary General Guterres lately noted, "the Taliban's desire for worldwide recognition is the one leverage other countries have" in the intervening time to influence their habits. Safe houses and women's safety centers have also turn into increasingly inaccessible, because the Taliban have both closed or occupied most of them.
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I imagined that the women and men who afforded me such nice hospitality, humor, and strength would prosper, and that Afghans who had fled their nation would finally have the flexibility to return home. Maida-Khal, 22, cries out in her cell after the release of one other inmate from Mazar-e Sharif prison. When Maida-Khal was 12, she was married to a man about 70 years old who was paralyzed. An 11-year-old lady research at home in 2020, several years after her household fled ongoing fighting and insecurity in Ghazni province. Those were the identical kinds of whips today's Taliban have been seen using once more in August on the ladies of Kabul. That's when they modified the name of Afghanistan's Ministry for Women's Affairs again to the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. And it would be wrong to easily leave Afghanistan and its individuals within the mud of our disastrous departure.
Farah, a 30-year-old doctoral pupil, was amused when her little daughter imitated her. She was terrified just lately when the little lady cried out, "We need freedom! " after seeing a video of her mother participating in a protest. She quickly shushed her youngster, fearing the neighbors would hear.
Vital Voices is proud to hitch our partners One Billion Rising with our network of over 18,000 girls to add our collective voices to the FIGHT for Afghan Women's Rights and ask all ladies and allies to point out your solidarity online! Share our calls for with your authorities leaders, call upon everybody in your neighborhood to affix and Rise For And With Women Of Afghanistan on Saturday, 25 September. Challenging these restrictions, Afghan girls have continually fought towards the chances to assert their rights. These efforts have resulted in girls at present being on the helm of affairs within the country.
Afghan girls, who have borne the brunt of the Taliban regime's insurance policies prior to now and now anew, must be succesful of express their wants and what they count on from the worldwide neighborhood in the months and years to come. When the Taliban first ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, their strict interpretation of sharia, or Islamic regulation, sometimes brutally enforced, dictated that girls could not work and ladies were not allowed to attend college. "You have committed to press the Taliban to uphold the rights of women and women, and you've got acknowledged that America will preserve an everlasting partnership with the individuals of Afghanistan resisting Taliban rule," the senators stated within the letter. All 24 female U.S. senators sent a bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden, calling on him to protect the rights of Afghan women and women in the wake of the united states army withdrawal from Afghanistan. Over the previous 20 years, progress has been made on the number of ladies receiving an education in Afghanistan, however over the past few months attacks on schools and villages dramatically increased while international help has slowly withdrawn. It is feared that 1 million kids will miss out on schooling. Freshta Ahmadzai, a member of the Afghan national basketball team, told VOA that girls athletes, being at excessive threat, are "compelled" to leave the country as a result of the Taliban don't give ladies their rights.
"I know that an entire lot of them right now, they suppose that they should depart, however there's going to be a bunch of them that they really do imagine that they should keep," she informed CBS News. "And I'm going to be with them for so long as I can, as lengthy as I have the life and the energy to be." Afghan-American human rights activist Mahbouba Seraj speaks with CBS News in Kabul, Afghanistan. An Afghan-American, Seraj has been a women's rights activist for decades.
Women athletes in Afghanistan say the Taliban's return to power has put an finish to their dreams of taking part in sports on the nationwide and international ranges. John R. Allen assumed the presidency of the Brookings Institution in November 2017, having most lately served as chair of safety and technique and a distinguished fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at Brookings.
This help consists of safety, similar to GBV prevention and help services ; well being, shelter, water, and sanitation ; meals and diet; and livelihoods. Afghan women and girls––including IDPs––need to have the power to access these companies.
When I first met her, in 2009, she was shuttling around Kabul, trailed by a small posse of male advisers and a security element, returning residence following lengthy days in Parliament to a line of constituents at her doorstep pleading to voice their concerns about numerous issues. She was also raising two younger daughters alone; her husband had died in 2003 from tuberculosis, which he had contracted while imprisoned by the Taliban. She all the time carried round a handwritten letter to her daughters, simply in case. [newline]I first traveled to Afghanistan in May 2000, when I was 26 years old. I was living in India at the time, overlaying women's points in South Asia as a photojournalist, and I was curious in regards to the lives of women living underneath the Taliban. Afghanistan was then emerging from 20 years of brutal conflict—first with the occupying Soviets, after which in a protracted civil war—that had left Kabul pockmarked and with little functioning infrastructure. In the mid-1990s, the Taliban had promised to deliver an finish to the violence, and many Afghans, exhausted from years of insecurity and relentless destruction, didn't resist the Islamic-fundamentalist group.
Both had been sent to the strongman's spiritual court docket and sentenced to dying. Over the weekend, as the Taliban encircled Kabul, I requested Koofi how she was doing and whether she had evacuated.
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Wearable technology is becoming more acceptable to consumers in the US, a study has found.
According to the results of the study, more and more consumers are warming up to the idea of buying and using devices like smart glasses, smartwatches and fitness trackers.
More than half of those questioned by NPD Group said that they are aware of wearable technology devices. Among the 52 per cent that said they were aware of the devices, a third said they are likely to buy one in the next year.
The smartwatch is the best known of the wearable technology devices on the market, according to the study. It found that 36 per cent of those questioned were familiar with the devices.
However, the limited number of devices on the market and the less than stellar critical reception means that only 23 per cent said they would consider buying one.
Many who said they were aware of smartwatches but had no intention of buying one said that they are turned off by those on the market because they are too big and bulky. Concerns over poor battery life and fragile screens were also raised.
That may change when Apple launches the iWatch. It is rumoured to be preparing to launch it later this year, despite reports of setbacks.
According to the study, the top reason for buying one would be to receive and make calls. It was closely followed by listening to music and tracking fitness.
Consumers are willing to pay out a maximum of $300, the study found.
Smart glasses, such as Google's Glass and Epson's Moverio BT–200s were known about by just under a third of those questioned.
Even then, only one-fifth of the 29 per cent aware of them would be willing to buy them.
According to the study, web browsing, phone calls and taking photos are the main reasons they would be willing to buy a pair.
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Welch's names Ketchum AOR
October 03, 2013 by Brittaney Kiefer
Grape juice brand Welch's has hired Ketchum as its PR AOR.
CONCORD, MA: Welch's has appointed Ketchum as its PR AOR, following a competitive review.
Ketchum Midwest's food and agriculture practice, based in Chicago, will lead the account.
Welch's CMO Matthew Wohl said in a statement that the brand selected Ketchum for its "strong understanding of consumer media, creative ideas," and "depth in the agriculture space."
Welch's is also working with food and nutrition communications firm FoodMinds on outreach to health professionals. The VIA Agency has served as Welch's creative AOR since 2010, supporting the brand's advertising and digital efforts.
Ketchum began working with Welch's in late August to prepare for the company's busiest time of the year, the fall harvest season for Concord grapes.
"This season is the culmination of all the hard work Welch's family-farmer owners put into growing the Concord grapes used in many of Welch's products and offers us a moment in time to celebrate and share this story with consumers," said Welch's PR lead Casey Lewis, via email.
After harvest season, Ketchum will help to "generate brand excitement" and execute a PR plan that encompasses traditional and social media activities, Lewis said.
Welch's issued an RFP for its PR business in May and began the review process with seven firms, she added.
Porter Novelli ended its work with Welch's earlier this year, Lewis said.
In 2010, Welch's hired Porter as its AOR to work on US consumer and crisis communications. The company had previously worked with Tonic Life in the US for three years. A Porter representative confirmed that the firm no longer works with Welch's.
Welch's is the processing and marketing subsidiary of the National Grape Cooperative, and is owned by more than 1,000 family farmers across the US and Ontario, Canada. The company sells its products in the US and 40 other countries.
This story was updated on October 4 with additional information from Welch's.
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Jaws (1975) is the first summer blockbuster and is considered by critics and fans alike as one of the greatest films ever made. After success with the TV thriller Duel (1972) and his first theatrical release of The Sugarland Express (1974), director Steven Spielberg set out to adapt Peter Benchley's novel about a Great White shark which terrorizes a small New England beach community. The screenplay was co-written by Benchley, actor-writer Carl Gottlieb (M*A*S*H*), and an un-credited John Milius who helped with some of the film's most memorable dialogue like "You're gonna need a bigger boat" and the legendary U.S.S. Indianapolis speech.
The film opens with one of the greatest sequences ever shot. A young woman leaves a bonfire beach gathering to go skinny-dipping in the ocean while being chased by an inebriated young man. The young man ends up passing out in the surf while the woman swims out to the middle of the channel. An underwater low angle shot represents the point of view of the shark as it begins to stalk its prey. John William's haunting score builds as the young woman is thrashed around and is pulled under by the shark. This scene did to ocean night swimming, what Psycho (1960) did for women's showering.
Amity Island Chief of Police Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) is informed of the missing girl and is called in to investigate. Brody, the young man, and Brody's Deputy find the young girl's remains on the beach the next morning. Brody is informed by the medical examiner that the attack was due to a shark. While attempting to keep the peace, Brody orders the beaches to be closed until further notice. The town's Mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) persuades Brody to reconsider closing the beaches due to the negative effect it would have on the town's economy for the season. Brody reluctantly goes along with it until the killing of a young boy occurs at the town beach by the same shark. This killing sparks hundreds of local and regional fisherman to find the shark for a bounty of three thousand dollars.
Brody is met by a young marine biologist named Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) who has come to Amity Island to help the authorities find out what type of shark is responsible for these killings. Several fishermen catch a large Tiger Shark and the town rejoices believing that their troubles are over in time for July 4th weekend. Hooper measures the bite radius of the animal and informs Brody that this is not the shark. After the mayor refuses an autopsy, Brody and Hooper confirm that the shark's stomach contains no human remains and set out that night to find it.
This is one of my many favorite parts in the film. Hooper and Brody set out to test Hooper's theory that the shark they are hunting is a "rogue", a loan hunter who continues to feed in an area with an adequate food supply. Hooper detects something on the radar and the two men find the wreck of a small boat belonging to local fishermen named Ben Gardner. Hooper dives underneath the wreck and discovers a shot glass size tooth in the hull of the boat. Upon further inspection, the remains of Gardner startle Hooper and he drops his only piece of evidence that the species of shark they are after is a Great White. This evidence does nothing to convince the Mayor who plans to have the beaches open for the holiday weekend.
With the summer festivities underway, the shark turns the beach community into a smorgasbord, which forces Brody to hire Quint (Robert Shaw) the island's own Captain Ahab. Hooper accompanies both men in order to gather research material and to help kill it. The three men learn to work together aboard Quint's boat The Orca while using various techniques to track the large shark. The three men (Brody in particular) pass the time by learning to tie maritime knots and laying a chum line. Quint straps himself into a chair harness as he scans the ocean for a faint clue to the shark's whereabouts.
As Brody is forced to lay another chum line, the shark is seen for the first time in the film as Brody whips his head up away from where it came out of the water. This is where Brody utters the most famous line in movie to Quint "You're gonna need a bigger boat". Quint harpoons the shark with a barrel attached in order to slow it down and to keep it from going under the water. As the men chase the shark, it pulls the barrel underwater and disappears. Quint tells them that they will stay out there until they find it again.
As the three men retire to the ship's galley for dinner, Hooper and Quint begin to swap stories and share scars due to their many encounters with sharks. This scene is where Quint tells both the men about his experience aboard the U.S.S. Indianapolis during World War II. John Milius was rumored to have written the scene in a very short time, in between shots as filming was done aboard the boat while on the ocean. It is one of the greatest scenes ever filmed and Shaw's delivery is flawless.
My last favorite part of the film is definitely when Hooper goes into the shark cage and tries to kill the shark with a large spear full of poison. The shark attacks the cage and Hooper screams bloody murder as he tries to avoid being eaten whole. The film's climax is wonderful and it is one of the most satisfying conclusions of any film in my opinion.
Jaws proved to be one of the biggest commercial successes of all time, and was for a brief two-year period, the highest grossing film of all time until Star Wars IV took the spot in 1977. Jaws solidified Spielberg as one of Hollywood's A-List directors and began a career, which after forty years is still going strong. Several other directors were picked for the project but Spielberg received the job from both Richard Zanuck and David Brown who had produced Spielberg's first theatrical film The Sugarland Express.
Spielberg was eager to helm the job and began principle shooting of the film in May 1974. Zanuck and Brown put up 3.5 million dollars for the film. Despite the mechanical shark breaking down constantly, the film going way over budget, and the fear that the film would end not only Spielberg's career but the whole cast's, made for one of the greatest films of all time. Jaws is the ultimate summer film and after nearly forty years, it still makes me terrified to go swimming in the ocean.
Jaws is available on DVD and will be released on Blu-Ray on 8/14/12 to celebrate Universal Picture's 100th anniversary of movie making.
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Q: jQuery Page Transitions - can't target html? I'm trying to add jQuery page transitions to my website and am running into the error message:
"Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'hide' of null"
jQuery Code

I have this code right before the closing head tag. I've also tried taking out 'body' and leaving them all as just 'html' since that tag is loaded. It works really well in the fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/akashacisne/hu9wW/ but doesn't work at all on my website?
The fiddle says to put it in the head, so why won't it work?
Is it because the html tag on our site is

Shouldn't it still be able to target 'html'?

A: You need put the jQuery lib before your script tag. Also i suggest you use display: none in html and body:
<!Doctype html>

This shows how to make aesthetically-pleasing page transitions with jQuery.

The element's order in HTML is very important. If you use jQuery you need declare before. Also i suggest you always declare your script at the end of body, so the page is loaded before.
UPDATED:
If you don't want use the CSS solution, you can hide when document is ready.
$(document).ready(function(){
      $('body, html').hide();
      .....

But it's not a good solution because then the page could show a milisecond before to hide.
UPDATED 2:
Probably when you try to get access to body and html returns undefined because the page isn't loaded fully.
Change the ready event to load, so the event is called when page is loaded fully:
$(window).load(function() {

A: You can just wrap everything in a div and then fadeIn/Out that div.
HTML:

Javascript:
// The speed of one transition (fadeIn or fadeOut).
// Full execution time will be:
// (browser navigation time) + speed * 2;
// You can set this to slow, medium, fast, or number of ms.
var speed = 'slow';

$('#app').hide();
$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#app').fadeIn(speed, function() {
    $('a[href], button[href]').click(function(event) {
      var url = $(this).attr('href');
      if (url.indexOf('#') == 0 || url.indexOf('javascript:') == 0) return;
      event.preventDefault();
      $('#app').fadeOut(speed, function() {
        window.location = url;
      });
    });
  });
});

If you want to write even better javascript, you can cache your jQuery object.
var $app = $('#app');
$app.hide();
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  $app.fadeIn(speed, function() {
    $('a[href], button[href]').click(function(event) {
      var url = $(this).attr('href');
      if (url.indexOf('#') == 0 || url.indexOf('javascript:') == 0) return;
      event.preventDefault();
      $app.fadeOut(speed, function() {
        window.location = url;
      });
    });
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Painting With is the tenth studio album by American experimental pop band Animal Collective, released on February 19, 2016. The album is a follow-up to Centipede Hz (2012), and features contributions from John Cale and Colin Stetson. It peaked at No. 46 on the Billboard 200. Three singles were issued: "FloriDada" (2015), "Lying in the Grass", and "Golden Gal" (both 2016). A companion EP, The Painters, was released the following year.

For Painting With, the band's line-up consists of Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), and Geologist (Brian Weitz), the same trio which participated for Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009). Deakin (Josh Dibb), who had rejoined the band in November 2010 for Centipede Hz, and toured with them from 2011 to 2013, is absent.

Background and recording
After touring for Centipede Hz (2012), the band felt stressed out, and retreated to individual side-projects. David Portner (Avey Tare) formed Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks, Noah Lennox (Panda Bear) recorded his fifth solo album Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper (2015), and Brian Weitz (Geologist) took care of his newborn daughter for the latter half of 2014. In early 2015, Lennox confirmed that the band would be returning to the studio to record a new album, while Portner intimated in April: "Yeah, over the past few months I've been writing some songs. I think we're starting to have a group of songs that we're thinking about recording."

In May 2015, Animal Collective began writing and rehearsing new material at Drop of Sun Studios in Asheville, North Carolina and EastWest Studios, Hollywood. The band recorded in the Studio 3 room at EastWest, the same room used by Brian Wilson for the Beach Boys' albums Pet Sounds (1966) and Smile. The album was subsequently mixed at Gang Recording Studio in Paris, France with Sonny DiPerri. Portner called it "incredible" to record in EastWest: "You really understand that there is an art that goes into building rooms like that. It's no surprise so many good records have been created there. I think [EastWest's original constructor] Bill Putnam was a genius." Weitz recalls that while at EastWest: "The guys would deliver [instruments to us] ... they'd be like, 'This was used in Planet of the Apes. These metal rods that make these singing tones' … they're like 'These are from the Poltergeist soundtrack."

Guest appearances include John Cale, who recorded a drone part for the track "Hocus Pocus". Portner explained: "My sister has been working on the visual side of John's more recent live shows. She discovered that he was actually a fan of our music, which made us really psyched. We had this part that we just couldn't nail or get to sound right in "Hocus Pocus," and I really thought we should have someone attempt to do it with a live instrument. Because of the drone-y string sound we wanted to achieve, we all thought John would be great for it."

Music

The album's color palette is dominated by modular synthesizers and an array of percussion instruments borrowed from the collection of studio drummer Emil Richards. In contrast to their previous work, Animal Collective decided to eliminate the reverb effects and drawn-out musical passages. Portner commented: "Everything seems drenched in reverb these days, and is so distant. In a way, it was a reaction to that." Weitz added: "We talked about no ambient [passages]. Even [2009's] Merriweather Post Pavilion, people were saying was our poppiest record up to that point, but there still were like long, drawn-out passages of drone. With this one we were just like in and out. No long buildups to get to it, no long outros. We talked about, like, our Ramones record." Lennox elaborated with a comparison to the first Ramones album:  The group drew on ideas of the prehistoric, such as cave paintings and dinosaurs, which were used to influence the songwriting process and the recording sessions themselves, "[aiming to eschew] slow jams for a set of songs inspired by more elemental pleasures ... [and] artists who could make a lot happen in a short amount of time," writes Jeremy Gordon.

Promotion and release

On July 15, 2015, EastWest announced that the band had finished recording their new album, the follow-up to Centipede Hz. On November 25, the album premiered over the speakers of Baltimore-Washington International Airport, and played on loop until the evening. Using Sony's Music Track ID system, it was discovered that the airport recordings belonged to an unreleased 12-track Animal Collective album entitled Painting With. A representative of the band responded with "no comment today", while Portner confirmed that "FloriDada", the impending single from the album, would be released on November 30. On November 30, "FloriDada" was released and the album and track listing were officially revealed. The same day, both the LP and CD versions of the album were made available for pre-order. Upon pre-ordering the vinyl, users received an immediate download of "FloriDada" as well as an eventual 7" containing two new tracks "Gnip Gnop" and "Hounds of Bairro". On January 28, 2016, a promotional video was released to youtube revealing a new "Painting With" app for iOS. This app allowed early access to the song "Lying in the Grass" for the first time.

The album has three distinct covers painted by Brian DeGraw which individually depict Portner, Lennox, and Weitz.

Critical reception

Painting With received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 69, based on 36 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Rolling Stones Jon Dolan called it "weirdly addictive and enjoyably absurd". Marc Hogan of Spin praised the album for its "richness" in his review, stating, "It's poppier, in a characteristically warped way, than even Merriweather, the group's most popular album to date. That's down to the record's rarely wavering energy; subtle details abound in the interplay between Lennox and Portner's near-indistinguishably overlapping yawps, or in the giddy, ping-ponging sonic backdrops, but that's all a bonus when the songs bounce along like Tigger in a 5 Hour Energy ad." Jamie Atkins of Record Collector compared the album's sound to the soundtrack of the 1992 video game Sonic the Hedgehog 2, "the band sounding like a motley crew of Deadheads and club kids stuck between the Mystic Cave and Oil Ocean zones, in constant fear of Dr Robotnik's frankly unreasonable temper and whichever drill or submarine he might pilot next." It continues: "It does take repeated listens for the album to really make sense, but when the mood fits, Painting Is  hits the spot."

Jamieson Cox of the Verge characterized Painting With as: "bright, tidy, and a little disappointing ... They were the last band you expected to end up sounding workmanlike." Mike Powell of Pitchfork Media added, "Painting With feels, more than anything, like a kind of construction project: Each sound meticulously built and only faintly familiar, each second crammed with doodads, as though the band was worried either they or their audience might get bored. The human voice, which in the past has given their music not just a so-called human element but a devotional, almost religious glow, has been reduced to a party trick, with Avey Tare and Panda Bear trading syllables like two anxious Globetrotters. The album's best songs—"Golden Gal," "Recycling"—aren't just highlights, they're breathers."

In a negative review, Lee Arizuno of The Quietus called the album "absolute dogshit from start to finish", repeatedly describing each song as "a sing-song number with faux–naïf lyrics ... and EDM belches". Adam Downer of Paste compared it to the "legion of small-time blog bands in the early 2010s ... who could do a decent facsimile of the Animal Collective sound but lacked the intangibles to garner their acclaim ... [the album is] not very noteworthy, the band nowhere close to fulfilling its potential. The scariest thing Painting With leaves behind is the feeling that Animal Collective think that's perfectly fine."

Track listing

Personnel
Animal Collective
Panda Bear (Noah Lennox)
Avey Tare (David Portner)
Geologist (Brian Weitz)
Additional musicians
John Cale – drone on "Hocus Pocus"
Colin Stetson - saxophone on "Floridada"

Charts

References

2016 albums
Animal Collective albums
Domino Recording Company albums
Psychedelic pop albums
Experimental pop albums
Albums recorded at EastWest Studios

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At 55, A-Fib After Underwater Hockey, Then 2 Failed Ablations & a 3rd Using the ECGI Vest
By Martin Johnson, Champaign, IL. March 2018
With a post-script by Dr. Phillip Cuculich, Barnes-Jewish/Washington Un.
"My first A-Fib attack that I noticed, occurred in 2003 when I was 55 years old during a game of underwater hockey, an extreme sport requiring swimming under water while pushing a lead puck from one end of the pool to the other.
At first, I thought "well I did just swim 25 yards under water as fast as I could, so maybe this is just normal". It lasted about 20 seconds.
The attacks quickly increased their duration to a couple hours each over the next couple months. I was forced to give up the game I'd been playing since age 37. I switched sports to softball, but that soon became impossible too, as I got an A-Fib attack every single game (but oddly, never at a practice).
A-Fib Progresses―Attack Just Sitting at Desk
For the first couple of years I only got attacks after physical exertion. As time went on, less and less exertion was required to trigger one.
I had my first attack without any kind of physical exertion while sitting at my desk at work. It scared me enough to see the local EP who recommended that I get an ablation. I thought that was too aggressive and instead started to try various drugs.
"My EP's prognosis was―'ever more often, ever longer attacks until I would be in permanent A-Fib'".
After going through 6 different drugs, most of which had no effect, one of which almost killed me and another that modified my attacks, I had no net improvement. My EP's prognosis was "ever more often, ever longer attacks until I would be in permanent A-Fib".
By 2010, I was getting approximately 24-hour long attacks approximately every four days plus occasional attacks triggered by physical exertion.
My First Ablation
I had my first RF ablation in July of 2010. I asked the EP if I should be in my natural A-Fib before the ablation, so that he could locate the problem cells. He said 'no'. Instead, he induced A-Fib chemically. His approach was to isolate the PVs and draw several other lines in the left atrium. He then ablated the cells that he could detect taking part in the A-Fib that he induced.
He successfully got my heart back into Sinus Rhythm (SR), and was unable to further induce A-Fib. His OR report says that he expected this to have been a cure. (An O.R. [Operating Room] report describes what the EP did during the ablation.)
Two hours after the ablation, I was in A-Fib again.
In A-Fib Again―Leads to a Second Ablation
My A-Fib attack timing continued without letup— 24-hour-long attacks every 4 days. I agreed to a second ablation 6 months later.
The OR Report for the second ablation was essentially the same as the first, and so were the results. After both ablations, I acquired new arrhythmias that annoyed me even while not in A-Fib. After about 6 months, the new arrhythmias abated, and my A-Fib pattern changed to 24 hours every 7 days—a small but welcome improvement.
Over the next five years, the attacks became longer and more frequent— by Jan 2016, I had 45 hours of A-Fib every 7 days.
Third Ablation? I Needed an Edge
Still I was not optimistic about a third ablation considering my previous poor results.
Medtronic ECGI vest
I decided I needed an edge—something that might be able to find whatever oddball A-Fib cause made me difficult to cure. The one thing that stuck out in my reading was the Medtronic ECGI vest used in Bordeaux, France by Dr Haissaguerre and others. [See How ECGI (Non-Invasive Electrocardiographic Imaging) Works.]
The 256 electrode ECGI vest enabled the graphic display of the electrical activity of the heart passively and totally non-invasively. Unfortunately, Dr Haissaguerre's office would not respond to any of my attempts to contact him. And I learned that the FDA would not permit the use of the vest in the US as part of an ablation procedure.
Travel to St. Louis Where the ECGI Vest Was Invented
It seemed that all doors to the vest were shut. After some investigation, I discovered that the vest had actually been invented in the US at Washington Un. in St. Louis, MO. In January 2016
"I volunteered for a study…that might help me get use of the vest in spite of the FDA."
I called up the inventor's lab to get as much information as I could. I volunteered for a study with the hope of making connections that might someday help me get use of the vest in spite of the FDA.
In January 2017, I went to St Louis and got a CT scan and a vest recording for the study I had volunteered for. While there, I noticed a Dr. Cuculich come into the lab to borrow a vest. I immediately thought, this is the guy I need to keep track of.
FDA Approves Medtronic ECGI Vest―My New Hope!
Then the next month, Feb 2017, the FDA approved a commercial version of the vest made by Medtronic for use with A-Fib ablation.
By this time, I was having 48 hour attacks every 4 days. I called Medtronic to get a list of who in the US had bought the vest and who had any experience using it. To my relief, Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St Louis was one of only four buyers, and Dr Cuculich already had experience using the vest on non-A-Fib applications.
Now that I had located a possible vest practitioner, I still had to resolve other concerns. In particular, even Dr Haissaguerre in France didn't use the vest on paroxysmal A-Fibbers. He only used the vest on patients with permanent A-Fib. I don't know why. I was convinced that being in my natural A-Fib and not in chemically induced A-Fib, was essential to find the real causes. I also knew that I could put myself into A-Fib by physical exertion.
Example of Contact force catheter (Biosense Webster)
Another Technology Edge: The Contact Force Catheter
Another technology that seemed important was the technique of dragging the catheter in order to burn a continuous line, rather than trying to burn individual dots. To help with this, a contact force catheter also seemed necessary. I first became aware of this due to a paper written by Dr Natale of Austin, TX. (see Resources below for article.)
A Concern: I Don't Want to Lose My LAA
Another concern of mine was the insistence by some EPs to electrically isolate the Left Atrial Appendage (LAA).
"…in my mind…if the ablation worked, there would be no advantage to having closed off the LAA."
During A-Fib, the blood in the LAA becomes stagnant, permitting the formation of clots.
But cutting off incompletely understood parts of one's heart seemed exceedingly rash. Also, if the ablation worked, there would be no advantage to having closed off the LAA. So, closing off the LAA was just preparing for a failed ablation, in my mind.
About the Left Atrial Appendage (LAA)
What little is known about the LAA includes the fact that it is the source of heart stem cells needed for repair of the heart.
It was once thought that the heart cells you died with were the same ones you were born with. The latest belief is that about 40% of your heart is replaced during a full life.
This is a function I did not want to lose.
The LAA is also the source of a hormone which helps control blood pressure. The LAA also has a pumping function in parallel with the Left Atrium. And electrically isolating the LAA can often significantly reduce the contractile function of the LAA, thus making it a source of clots even when the heart is not in A-Fib.
Consulting Dr. Phillip Cuculich at Barnes-Jewish/Washington Un.
I called up Barnes-Jewish to inquire about my above listed concerns. Dr Cuculich called back and assured me that he was able and willing to meet all these requests:
1) Use the ECGI vest during ablation even though I'm paroxysmal;
2) To expect me to be in my organic A-Fib;
3) After getting me into Normal Sinus Rhythm, chemical induction of A-Fib was OK to track down more problems;
4) Use a contact force catheter and draw continuous lines rather than dots;
5) Leave my LAA electrically and physically intact.
Third Ablation―Running Up Flights of Stairs
The night before the scheduled ablation, I ran up and down a flight of stairs ten times which put me in my organic A-Fib in preparation for the following morning's ablation.
On Nov 2, 2017, two Medtronic technicians fitted the 3-piece vest onto my torso. The ablation procedure took 5 hours—a lot longer than Dr Cuculich was planning on.
I woke up in NSR! The doctor noted that an A-Fib source in a pulmonary vein was active, but was already successfully being blocked by the ablation.
In Normal Sinus, But Short Bursts of A-Fib
Since the ablation 3.5 months ago, I have had about 15 A-Fib attacks totaling about 7 hours of A-Fib. [It's not uncommon for A-Fib to reoccur during the three month 'blanking period' following an ablation.]
I believe every attack was triggered by drinking cold water. It took me a while to figure that out. I have not had an attack for the last month, during which I was able to remember 'no cold water'!
For future reference: I read that Dr Cuculich was the lead investigator in a study of a totally non-invasive ablation procedure that uses the Medtronic vest to find the problems and 'multi-beam focused radiation' to ablate the errant heart cells.
I'm hoping that if my A-Fib comes back, that the FDA won't have been as slow permitting this new method, as they were with the vest (see Resources below for link).
In light of my experience, I would recommend that no one get an ablation without the advantage of the Medtronic ECGI vest. Without it, the EP is only guessing.
Using canonical ablation patterns that might have worked on some group of A-Fibbers, or using the old fashioned way of dragging a sensing catheter along the entire inner surface of a beating heart looking for electrical anomalies, is laughable to me.
It's no wonder that my first EP couldn't find the A-Fib sources inside my coronary sinus and right atrium. I welcome your emails."
Marty Johnson
martyj1949(at)yahoo.com
Comments from Dr. Phillip Cuculic
Phillip Cuculich, MD
"Thank you, Steve, for the chance to reply [to Martin's A-Fib story]. And thank you, Martin, for sharing your story with the world. Brave patients and advocates like you are a powerful combination in today's world of medicine.
Our understanding of any arrhythmia mechanism falls into two bins: the initiating event (triggers) and the sustaining circuit.
Over the past several decades, invasive procedures have identified common locations that harbor AF triggers, which is how pulmonary vein isolation has been an effective procedure to control AF for most patients. In general, we as a field have struggled in identifying reproducible non-PV triggers and the sustaining AF circuits.
One reason for our struggle is the tools with which we measure. A second reason is that each person's AF is different, so the findings of one group of patients is not easily applicable to an individual patient that I meet for consultation.
Martin's experience with noninvasive ECGI is a wonderful example of personalized medicine: treating an individual patient's AF physiology. Credit for the development and clinical validation of this technology goes to the scientists, clinicians and industry development teams which include Dr. Yoram Rudy (Washington University), the amazing scientists who graduated from his lab, the intrepid clinical and investigational teams in Bordeaux, France, and the hard-working developers at CardioInsight and Medtronic.
Presently, thoughtful application of noninvasive ECGI is getting us closer to personalized AF treatment. Further development, testing, and refinement of the ECGI system is underway. While there is much more to accomplish in understanding the critical components of each individual patient's AF, one cannot help but hear the hope dripping from the story that Martin shared."
I admire Martin's tenacity in seeking his A-Fib cure after two failed catheter ablations. He educated himself about his disease and its treatments. Then he sought out an EP who would meet his needs, even drawing up a five-point check list to discuss before his third ablation. Well done, Martin!
Martin's O.R. Report: Dr. Cuculich found all Martin's PV's were still not isolated or had re-connected. After his two previous ablations, all Martin's PVs had connected/re-connected. Dr. Cuculich also found many gaps in Martin's previous roof and mitral isthmus ablation lines.
ECGI Vest Found Hard-To-Map Drivers: The Medtronic ECGI Vest mapping system found Non-PV driver areas in Martin's heart that easily could have escaped notice with routine mapping systems, areas such as the Coronary Sinus, Left Superior Pulmonary Vein and lateral Right Atrium.
During Dr. Cuculich's ablation, Martin's A-Fib/Flutter terminated when his Coronary Sinus was effectively ablated and isolated. This is considered the best outcome of an ablation. Most EPs would have stopped at this point. But because the Medtronic ECGI vest had indicated there were more A-Fib signal sources not yet ablated, Dr. Cuculich ablated those areas as well.
Medtronic ECGI Vest Very Effective! Martin's A-Fib was a difficult case after two failed ablations. Instead of the usually 2-3-hour ablation, Martin's took 5 hours, probably because the previous 2 ablation lesions made the third ablation more complicated.
The Medtronic ECGI Vest seems to be a major advance and improvement in the treatment of A-Fib. It certainly worked in Martin's case. But at this time, few centers in the U.S. are using it and are only beginning to develop significant experience. This is because Medtronic wants the system to work as best as possible before making it more widely available.
What this means to patients: If you have persistent A-Fib or would be considered a potentially difficult case, try to find a center or EP with experience using the Medtronic ECGI Vest (even though you may have to travel.) It seems to be the next major advance and best mapping/ablation system on the market.
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Cuculich, P. S., et al. Noninvasive Cardiac Radiation for Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia. December 14, 2017. N Engl J Med 2017; 377:2325-2336. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1613773. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1613773
Ryan, S. The New Era of Catheter Ablation Technology: Force Sensing Catheters. A-Fib.com http://a-fib.com/moussa-mansour-md-force-sensing-catheters-2014-bafs/
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Fire at London Zoo
Fire at commercial property
https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/2017/december/fire-at-london-zoo/
Ten fire engines and 72 firefighters and officers were called to a fire at a café and shop at London Zoo this morning.
The adventure café and shop were destroyed by the blaze, along with around half of an adjacent petting zoo.
Station Manager David George who is attending the incident said: "The fire mainly involved the café and shop but part of a nearby animal petting area was also affected."
"When they arrived our crews were faced with a very well developed fire. They worked incredibly hard in arduous conditions to bring it under control as quickly as possible and to stop it from spreading to neighbouring animal enclosures."
Crews remained at the scene throughout the morning damping down remaining pockets of fire.
Sadly London Zoo confirmed that a much loved arrdvark called Misha died in the fire. Four meerkats are also missing, and are now presumed to have died.
During the incident one firefighter suffered a minor wrist injury and was taken to hospital as a precaution. Five others were also assessed on the scene by London Ambulance Service but remained on duty. A number of Zoo staff were also treated.
The Brigade was called at 0608 and the fire was under control by 0916. Fire crews from Kentish Town, Paddington, Euston, West Hampstead and other surrounding fire stations were at the scene.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
London Zoo statement
"ZSL London Zoo can confirm that at approximately 6am on Saturday 23 December a fire broke out in the Animal Adventure section of the Zoo, and spread to an adjacent shop.
"Duty staff that live on site at the zoo were on the scene immediately, and started moving animals to safety.
"The London Fire Brigade were on the scene within minutes and the fire was brought under control by 9:16am.
"A number of zoo staff have been treated at the scene for smoke inhalation and shock.
"Our staff are now in the process of assessing the situation in difficult conditions. At present one aardvark is currently unaccounted for.
"We are immensely grateful to the fire brigade, who reacted quickly to the situation to bring the fire under control.
"We will work closely with fire investigators to determine the cause of the incident."


Memphis Grizzlies forward Chandler Parsons has bought a home in Bel-Air for $10.9 million.
Memphis Grizzlies forward Chandler Parsons has found a new spot to spend his offseasons, buying a home in Bel-Air for $10.9 million, according to real estate sources not authorized to comment on the deal.
The modern farmhouse, developed by Justin Barth of Barth Partners, was completed this year and has six bedrooms and seven bathrooms in more than 9,100 square feet of living space.
Features of note include dark wood floors, contemporary ironwork and five fireplaces. The family room is equipped with a wine cellar, wet bar and bi-folding doors that lead to patio space and a fire pit. A center-island kitchen, living and dining rooms and a den are among the other common areas.
The master suite has a boutique-inspired closet.
Lawn and pavers surround the swimming pool in the backyard. The zero-edge pool has a baja deck, a spa and color-changing LED lighting.
The property had been listed for $12.5 million, records show.
Aaron Kirman of John Aaroe Group and Drew Fenton of Hilton & Hyland were the listing agents. Farrah Aldjufrie and Melissa Platt of the Agency represented the buyer.
Parsons, 28, last offseason agreed to a four-year maximum contract with Memphis worth a reported $94 million. The 6-foot-10 forward battled injuries in his first season with the Grizzlies and finished the year with averages of 6.2 points and 2.5 rebounds in 34 games.


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Breonna Taylor remembered by NYC mourners on what would be her 27th birthday
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Published in The New York Post on June 5, 2020
Anti-police brutality protesters in New York City paid their respects on Friday to Breonna Taylor, a black EMT who was fatally shot by cops in her home in Kentucky home — grieving her at memorials in Brooklyn and Manhattan on what would have been her 27th birthday.
Taylor, 26, had been sleeping with her boyfriend on March 13 in Louisville when three plainclothes cops burst into her home on a no-knock warrant; she was accidentally shot eight times.
None of the officers involved in the shooting have been arrested, though they have been placed on administrative leave. The FBI said it was investigating the shooting in May "due to a number of media requests."
Steve Conrad, the former chief of the Louisville Metro Police Department, was later fired after cops killed another Louisville resident, David McAtee, a black man who ran a popular barbecue business frequently patronized by local law enforcement.
"It's very frustrating, it's heartbreaking. It's a smack in the face, actually, to know that these officers are still being paid to do a job that they failed at," said Taylor's mother Tamika Palmer in an interview Friday with The 19th.
A massive crowd gathered at the Old Farley Post Office to sing "Happy Birthday" to Taylor — whose name has also become a fixture as Black Lives Matter protesters have gathered to demand justice after the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd.
Another crowd was seen standing in the rain at Domino Park in Williamsburg for a 27-minute moment of silence in her memory — also sending off pink balloons to celebrate the health worker's birthday.
"Say her name!" an organizer chanted into a megaphone.
"Breonna Taylor!" the crowd chanted back.
June 5, 2020 June 10, 2020 Adam Schrader Tagged Breonna Taylor, New York, New York Post, police
Barstool Sports profits off 'Call Her Daddy' drama with 'Cancel Suitman' hoodies
Published in The New York Post on May 19, 2020
Barstool Sports has released merchandise calling to "cancel Suitman" — escalating its highly documented war with an HBO Sports boss who allegedly has come between the two stars of Barstool's slutty podcast "Call Her Daddy."
Peter Nelson, executive vice president of HBO Sports, has been accused of orchestrating a contract catfight between the raunchy "Call Her Daddy" co-hosts Alexandra Cooper and Sofia Franklyn, whom Nelson has dated for more than a year.
The 28-year-old Franklyn, who is 10 years younger than Nelson, has avoided using his name on the tacky show — referring to him only as Suitman.
Barstool is selling a hoodie for $48 and a cropped hoodie for $55, both black and featuring the Barstool logo on the right sleeve. The store is also selling a T-shirt, a cropped tee and a cropped tank for $28 each. The merchandise all features the text "cancel Suitman" in a simple white font on black clothing.
Barstool's latest jab at the HBO suit comes after founder Dave Portnoy took over the podcast to address the show's future — which was already uncertain.
Franklyn and Cooper — who launched the show in 2018 — stopped airing the weekly podcasts in April after saying they felt locked into their contracts with Barstool. The entitled hosts, who were no-names before Barstool aired their podcast and used its resources to promote it, each took home nearly $500,000 last year.
Portnoy has since offered the pair a renegotiated contract for the money-making show — which Cooper, 25, has agreed to but Franklyn refused on the advice of Nelson, he said.
"Call Her Daddy" fans, affectionately referred to by its host as the Daddy Gang, have since seemingly turned on Franklyn over the controversy — blasting Nelson on Twitter.
"She's not dating that man for any reason other than for money and publicity," claimed @luciakepples.
Another joked that Nelson was responsible for the coronavirus pandemic, "Gonna tell my kids suitman started the corona virus #callherdaddy."
"Alex knew suitman was bad news from the beginning," another wrote.
Franklyn took to Twitter Tuesday to address the forming feud.
"Ther has been a lot of crazy s - - t being thrown around and some of it is true and some of it is false."
May 19, 2020 June 10, 2020 Adam Schrader Tagged Alexandra Cooper, Entertainment, New York Post, Sofia Franklyn
Disabled Lewisville couple faces unique challenges to remaining independent
Published in The Dallas Morning News on Oct. 29, 2015
Shawn Koester and his wife, Monica, claim one functioning arm and a pair of unbalanced feet between them. But their brains are as sharp as ever.
Their diseases have made them develop logic skills greater than their able-bodied peers, Shawn said.
Shawn Koester and his wife, Monica. (Photo by Adam Schrader)
"Able-bodied people don't realize what a process it is to put on your pants," Shawn said. "I actually have to through a systematic process of how I'm going to brush my teeth, shower, comb my hair."
Shawn, 50, and Monica, 42, live together without outside help as they both deal with disabilities. Monica has cerebral palsy, which comes with poor coordination, stiff and weak muscles and difficulty speaking. Shawn is a quadriplegic resulting from Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, which, much like muscular dystrophy, has left him without any muscle strength.
Fighting for independence comes with obstacles, they said.
"I don't want to give up. I research ways to stay independent," Shawn said. "It comes down to attitude and the will to make things happen."
Shawn Koester and his wife, Monica. (Photo by Adam Schrader)(Photo by Adam Schrader)
The disease isn't fatal, and most people with it have normal life expectancies, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
The Koesters use robotic electric wheelchairs. Their Lewisville apartment includes a motorized rail lift to carry Shawn through different rooms and lift him onto his bed and recliner. It keeps him out of the nursing home, he said.
"I have a lion inside of me, but I know that my body is disabled," Shawn said. "I love football and run a college fantasy league online. I would love to play some football. My mind says I can do it, but my body won't let me."
Insurance paid for most of the lift; Shawn set up a GoFundMe campaign for the rest.
"I'm not completely paralyzed," he said. "I can still move some, which is a blessing because I can scoot on the floor. That's usually how I get around and use the computer."
Monica does most of the caretaking. She cooks, cleans and takes care of their dog.
"I'm not as strong as I used to be and have issues cleaning and stuff, too," she said. "We have to eat a lot of frozen stuff, which I know isn't very healthy."
In the meantime, Monica also works at Ross, a department store, across the street part-time to provide for the family.
"I like working at Ross, but it's getting harder to do it because there are days I don't feel very good or Shawn needs me," she said. "But we do what we've got to do to stay independent."
Monica used to ride her electric scooter to work day shifts. But now, she's on a nightly schedule. Shawn said that a friendly co-worker drives her two to three nights a week, which has been a blessing as colder weather approaches.
"If a friend wasn't willing to pick her up, she probably wouldn't have a job," he said. "We don't really think it's safe for her to ride her scooter across the street at night."
Monica was raped more than 18 years ago, she said. The attack led to her now 18-year-old daughter, who also endured sexual assault as a child, Monica said. The Koesters met in an online chat room for singles soon after. Shawn helped her overcome the trauma.
More than their disabilities, Monica said, it united the couple in their fight for independence.
"Figuring out how to get the diaper on, dress Emily and being able to take care of her financially or otherwise was difficult," Shawn said. "At one time, I was going to try to adopt Emily, but that didn't work out. We actually missed out a lot on her growing up, which was difficult for Monica being the biological mother."
The Koesters met Jan. 1, 1999, and were married July 2, 1999. Monica walked down the aisle. Shawn used a three-wheel electric scooter.
"My family was old-fashioned and didn't want me to move in with him until after we got married," Monica said. "When I was in Vegas for our honeymoon, they moved my stuff in for me."
Monica said that unlike Shawn, she was sheltered growing up and that concerned her before the wedding.
"I didn't know how to cook," she said. "I was staying with my family, and they took care of the cooking and cleaning."
Shawn walked as a child, but as he aged into adulthood, he needed support.
"Then I started falling down more frequently and had to go to a manual wheelchair that I was able to push myself," he said. "When my muscles got weaker and I could no longer push myself, I got the electric wheelchair."
This was around the time he married Monica — when he still had the use of his hands and could dress and wash himself.
"Sometimes when I'm trying to eat, I need help," Shawn said. "Monica will feed me."
Shawn said it's been traumatic for Monica to watch his disease worsen.
"When we got married, we discussed the future and talked about how this is what we'd face," he said. "Monica, the strong person that she is, understood that and decided to stay with me anyway."
But Monica, too, has lost some of her ability. Her balance has worsened and her left arm, once semi-functional, is now unusable. Luckily, her speech impediment has improved some, Shawn said.
"When I met Monica, the communication between us was challenging," he said. "Now we have no trouble with it."
Monica says it's because she talks more now.
The couple has lived together for 16 years — the length of their marriage. Ten years were spent in a Section 8 housing program, Shawn said. But those funds have decreased annually.
The Lewisville apartment complex formerly accepted Section 8 vouchers, Shawn said, but its new owners will not after December. The Koesters will have to start paying regular rent, which is around $950 a month.
They could try to find a new home that would take the funds, Shawn said, but a new place means costly transport and rebuilding the lift.
Shawn got his GED and attended Richland and El Centro colleges in Dallas.
"I didn't get my degree, but I got a job in the computer lab and tutored classes," he said. "Then I got a job as a computer operator at a bank association, which launched my IT career."
Shawn then worked at JC Penney corporate headquarters, but his last job was at National Tech Team in Dallas before its move to Fort Worth. In all, he worked in the IT industry for 17 years.
"It was a real high honor to work for National Tech Team," he said. "But with the baby and my increased ailments, I had to take my severance package."
Shawn drove until 2009, when it became too difficult to transfer from his wheelchair to the driver's seat.
"Since we don't really go out now, we have our computer and TV and watch a lot of movies," he said. "When we do get to go on dates, it's awesome. It's the little things that really give you joy and happiness."
Now, Shawn can get stuck in the apartment for a month at a time because he doesn't have reliable transportation. He can't load his electric wheelchair unless a vehicle is equipped with a ramp or lift. So, he's been researching ways purchase another van.
"God has blessed us with good brains, and I have looked into working from home," Shawn said. "But I've been out of the workforce for more than a decade."
Shawn said his IT skills are now obsolete like the technology he worked on, but updating his skills would cost money he doesn't have.
"Reliable transportation is the only way to have any quality of life," he said. "With a new van, I wouldn't be able to drive — but my sister could."
Not having to worry about paying rent would change their lives, Shawn said, and taking some of the stress off Monica having to work.
"We just want peace of mind that we can pay our rent, pay our bills and get our groceries," he said. "Right now, we rely on those days she gets at Ross to get by. "It's really frustrating; we don't qualify for Medicaid and food stamps because we're just over the limit. It just makes it tough that I can't go out and work a full-time or part-time job to help pay the rent."
Shawn said that living on a limited income is more difficult for people with disabilities, and living independently takes serious planning skills.
"If you needed to make some money, you can go to McDonald's and get a part-time job," he said. "We can't, so we have to find other ways."
October 29, 2015 June 10, 2020 Adam Schrader Tagged ADA, charity, disability, lewisville, texas, the dallas morning news


When BloodRayne: Betrayal was announced so close to April 1, we met the reveal with a healthy dose of scepticism. A 3D brawler turned into a 2D platformer? Seemed a little weird, since it normally works the other way around.
But here it is, in all its 2D, cel-shaded glory. A comment on the clip's YouTube page says "looks like castalvania now i hated blood ryane so this can only be an improvement", which must surely sum up most people's thoughts on the matter.
It'll be out on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade this summer.


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BM&FBovespa, Shanghai set for venture talks
Brazil's BM&FBovespa (BVMF3.SA) and China's Shanghai Stock Exchange are about to sign an agreement that could lead to joint ventures between two of the world's largest exchange operators. The announcement on Thursday by BM&FBovespa, the world's fourth-largest operator, comes after a frenzied week of announced mergers that show bourses are aggressively strengthening global ties in the face of competition at home. The Brazil- and China-based companies would sign a memorandum of understanding (MOM) on Monday, BM&FBovespa said in a securities filing. "The objective (is) to initiate a common discussion about business opportunities and exchange information," it said.


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