Hallmark Channel to produce 35 original movies with stars like Andrew McCarthy, Lori Loughlin, and Julie Benz. Pinch. Me.
Hallmark Channel has announced an ambitious slate of 35 original movies for the 2009-2010 TV season. That's five more than it gave me us this year. Here's a sampling of what's in store, courtesy of a press release. If you had to watch one film, which would you pick?
The National Tree: "Willful Oregon teenager Rock Burdock (Evan Williams, Save the Last Dance 2) wins a national Christmas tree contest and convinces Corey (Andrew McCarthy, Lipstick Jungle), his overprotective father, to move the 15-year-old tree that commemorates Rock's birth to Washington, D.C. Corey, in turn, persuades Rock to transport the tree on a road trip across the country so he and his son can enjoy some quality time together." Chance I'll Tune In (CITI): 80 percent. It sounds completely ridiculous, but I have such fond memories of McCarthy in Hallmark's 2003 original Straight From the Heart.
Uncorked: "Johnetta 'Johnny' Prentis' (Julie Benz, Dexter) world is turned upside down in beautiful and scenic wine country. Johnny is a high-powered executive on the fast track and definitely not looking to fall in love. When a business conference takes her to wine country she meets handsome widower and Chef Andrew Browning (Scott Elrod, Men in Trees). Over the weekend, Johnny loses her job when her company is taken over by a competitor. Andrew invites Johnny home to meet his family, and in helping his parents' winery, she begins to fall in love with him and his family. When Johnny is offered another high-powered position, she must choose between Andrew and her highly ambitious career." CITI: 110 percent. Honestly, you could not write a plot that would appeal to me more. And Scott Elrod, in you case you don't recognize the name, played Cash on Men in Trees. CASH. I'm prepared to follow him to any cable channel that will hire him.
Mrs. Miracle: "Seth Webster is a frustrated, single father who can't find a housekeeper to manage his overly energetic twin sons. When a seemingly magical housekeeper arrives at Christmastime, she helps Seth move on after his wife's death and find new love that brings the family together again." CITI: 65 percent. I've seen this movie many times, even on Hallmark, and I'll sit through it again.
Christmas in Canaan: "In the rural town of Canaan, Texas, a clash between two classmates — one, a tough farm boy, and the other, a bright bookish black boy — evolves into an unlikely friendship. The boys' families devise a plan to teach them a lesson after they fight, but it is a wounded puppy that eventually brings them together. It is amidst the magic of Christmas that the boys learn about family, hope and love despite living under the shadow of racism…. The movie is based on the book Christmas in Canaan by Kenny Rogers and Donald Davenport." CITI: 10 percent. However, it is bringing me such pleasure knowing that my colleague Dan Snierson will have to watch this for his annual holiday movie scorecard in EW.
The Christmas Gift: "Three spirited orphans get their best Christmas gifts ever — a family. When their orphanage is closed for repairs over Christmas, the boys are sent to temporarily live with a childless couple. The couple falls in love with the boys, but isn't sure about adopting three children. The boys begin to compete with each other, only to discover that they too have become an inseparable family." CITI: 40 percent. I'm sure it's not as horrifying as it reads.
Home Sweet Home: "A career-driven fashion designer returns to her small hometown when she gets word that her grandmother is ill. There she discovers the town is undergoing tough economic times. At the same time, she reunites with her high school beau. After losing both her grandmother and her job, she finds new meaning in life when she helps a friend launch an alternative energy system that helps her beloved hometown." CITI: 95 percent. I'm a sucker for an overworked city girl who learns to love her roots again. Even if the phrase "alternative energy system" bores me.
The Wild Girl: "Ned Giles, an aspiring news photographer, joins the 1932 Great Apache Expedition on the search for a young boy, the son of a wealthy Mexican land owner who was kidnapped by wild Apaches. Ned finds himself on an unexpected and perilous journey through rugged terrain, when a captured wild Apache girl must be exchanged for the kidnapped boy." CITI: 85 percent. The only thing going through my mind right now is "What the what?" Which is actually a good thing.
Working Miracles: "Buddy Hoyt wants to be a 'somebody,' but he's just an ordinary man with an ordinary life and his fiancée likes him just the way he is. Buddy gets his wish after an accident when he is gifted with the ability to heal others. Life gets complicated when Buddy learns that he is draining his own energy every time he heals someone else — it may even kill him. Will Buddy choose his new-found fame over the woman he loves?" CITI: 80 percent. Though, I am sorta offended that they would even bother to pretend that he won't choose the woman he loves.


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LUX creates bold new workplace training designed to stop everyday sexism in the workplace
Posted by: Devki Yadav December 14, 2022 in Media OutReach
LUX launches its first interactive training programme fueled by real-life consumer insights and co-designed with DE&I behaviour change experts to counter sexism in the workplace.
LUX Allies Against Workplace Sexism is a training programme that will equip both men and women with skills to identify and stand up against everyday sexism and ultimately become allies.
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Media OutReach – 14 December 2022 – With a mission to power women with the strength to express their femininity without fear of everyday sexist judgments, Unilever's global beauty brand LUX takes another leap forward in fighting everyday sexism at the workplace. This month LUX has launched the Allies e-learning programme – a free global training resource for companies to rally colleagues to come together and stand against everyday sexism.
Everyday sexism exists regardless of profession, country, or cultural background. This is even more prevalent and ingrained in developing and emerging countries. Despite greater advocacy for gender equality since the #MeToo movement took off, sexism and sexual harassment continue to be persistent issues that plague society today. LUX's 'Finding Strength in Beauty' 2021 whitepaper supported this view and discovered that women regularly face up to 17 types of judgements, 70% of which are appearance-related with even 26% worried about being seen as overly successful at work.
Purpose built into its business model
LUX understands the daily plight of women and how much judgements can impact confidence. Being recognised as the 15th most chosen brand and the third most chosen beauty brand in the world by
Kantar, the brand has the scale to make a difference for good in people's lives. This has been reflected in its content, products and partnerships that have made a positive impact in the markets it operates in.
Led by Wunderman Thompson, the communications are rooted in real-life insights relevant to the audience in developing and emerging markets that LUX serves. The brand is behind award-winning and purpose-driven campaigns such as "In Her Shoes" and 'UNSTOPPABLE", which made waves in advocating for greater social inclusivity against sexism in the respective countries.
Today marks a new chapter for LUX through the creation of an e-training programme to give women and men the tools to call out and stop bad behaviour in the workplace. The course called 'LUX Allies Against Workplace Sexism' has been designed with a DE&I behaviour change expert to counter sexism in the workplace. Furthermore, it was created specifically for emerging markets where patriarchal values and the traditional mindset about gender roles are entrenched in society.
Severine Vauleon, Global Brand Lead at LUX, says, "Beauty can be a powerful source of strength and self-confidence for women. At the workplace in particular, confidence and self-belief can make a huge difference in a woman's job satisfaction and career trajectory. As a brand that touches the lives of millions of women worldwide, we want to be an enabler that supports women's confidence and authenticity to thrive, rather than see them self-edit and wither. As such, we will continue to help women everywhere fight casual sexism especially related to their experience, at home, in the workplace and in wider society."
In today's climate, personal values drive consumer preferences. Through the brand, LUX is taking action to drive positive change. Often, it is the small and seemingly harmless instances of everyday sexism that are working to maintain and normalise inequality between men and women.
"We intend to use our extensive breadth to help all women worldwide to be given the freedom to express themselves and allow their authentic selves to shine through. LUX shall continue to create blockbuster ads and tools to spark conversation around everyday sexism and empower people to stop it."
LUX Allies Against Workplace Sexism programme is structured as three module pillars –
AWARE, ACT and
ALLY. It confronts participants with everyday scenarios in the workplace where women may face casual sexist remarks from colleagues – whether male or female – and simple yet effective actions to call out these belittling comments. Equipping them with the knowledge and tools through the Allies programme, LUX ultimately seeks to empower and inspire participants to become an ally against everyday sexism and put a stop to it, both at and beyond the workplace.
To drive home this agenda, LUX worked with organisational and behavioural scientist and indigenous rights advocate,
Matthew J Yazzie, who specialises in workplace discrimination and launched Allies, an e-learning resource. Matthew played a pivotal role in creating the content schedule for the modules. Part of the modules, he sheds light on casual sexism being often built into everyday phrases, and how it can sometimes be difficult to notice how some words can hide biased judgements.
The modules uses short-form videos to highlight seemingly casual remarks that disempower individuals based on gender stereotypes and share how simple yet effective actions to call out belittling comments can make a difference.
From today, anyone can access the Allies programme at no charge via
LUX's website and complete the modules to be a certified ally against sexism. Encouragingly, individuals who completed the Allies modules shared that they have become more cognizant of the underlying gendered biases in everyday conversations at the workplace and beyond. This gives people greater confidence to stand their ground and call out such behaviour, especially if they feel supported by a network of allies around them.
Nicolas Tran Dinh, Global Digital & Masterbrand Lead at LUX, shares, "Women, just like men, want to live in a world where they have equal opportunities to be their best selves. The first step in reducing the pressures of everyday sexism that women face starts with us. We must be more aware of our actions and be allies rather than bystanders to support women to rise above daily judgements. This is how we can build a world where men and women are celebrated equally and why we are providing this training as a free resource for all companies."
Echoing his comments, Hinoti Joshi, Global Business Director, from Wunderman Thompson, Singapore, who leads LUX communications, adds, "This is the next step in our Purpose journey towards our end goal of putting an end to everyday sexism. WT APAC and Unilever staff will be actively using it as part of our training to help empower and inspire a community of women and allies to speak up and hold their truth for their beliefs."
Allies may be accessed at
https://www.lux.com/arabia/en/luxalliesagainstsexism.html.
Hashtag: #LUX
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A feature to help maintain login credentials... most of the company logins we store will go inactive after so many days/weeks, it's a bother when someone needs to log into a particular service we use and the password needs to be "reset" due to that inactivity. As a way to prevent staff from experiencing this time-consuming problem, I place google calendar notification to let me know when an account/company/service/whatever is about to go inactive. Then I'll log into the service and the clock resets... there are some obvious problems with this remedy b/c I don't know when someone is logging into a particular service nor do I want to keep tabs on that. If a date box of some sort could be included as a custom field option that would help... or something more advanced like a date box that resets when someone logs in to that service, the admin would have the ability to set a date range or "count-down" for each stored login and a day or two before the countdown an admin can be notified. That way I don't need to involve another application service and our boss isn't bothered with password reset or reactivation emails.
In case I missed it... I couldn't find the suggestion area.
Thank you for the suggestion, @ArthurWPatterson3!
It won't make it into 1.0 release but I added to our list for the future.


The term "Extra Virgin" describes a broad category of olive oils and should be viewed as an indicator that an olive oil meets a minimum standard-rather than as an indication of superior quality. While it is true that all high-quality olive oil is Extra Virgin, it is also true that most olive oils labeled "Extra Virgin" are not high quality. This is because the chemical and sensory parameters established for the grade are so broad that Extra Virgin includes very average and mediocre olive oils, as well as the better quality olive oils.
Olive oil is perishable and is better in every sense when it is fresh. Critical beneficial attributes (like polyphenol levels, antioxidants, flavor, and aroma) decline over time, while undesirable things– like rancidity and free radicals– develop. There is a direct correlation between freshness and nutrition, shelf life, and taste.
The International Olive Oil Council (IOOC) has a United Nations charter to develop criteria for olive oil quality and purity. Their main focus is regulating the legal aspects of the olive oil industry and preventing unfair competition. The standards they have developed are recognized by the vast majority of the world's olive oil producers and marketers. The International standards under resolution COI/T.15/NC no 3-25 (revised June 2003) lists nine grades of olive oil under two primary categories. Olive oil and olive pomace oil. This section provides the official definitions from section 2 of the standard for each of the nine grades.
The IOOC standard oils must meet certain criteria for inclusion into specific categories. The olive oils must not be adulterated with any other type of oil, must pass a sensory analysis by a certified panel of tasters, and must meet the analytical criteria. The standard indicates all the tests used to determine genuineness and purity along with legal requirements for the label. Olive oil is defined as oil obtained solely from fruit of the olive tree (Olea Europaea L.) Virgin oils are obtained solely by mechanical means that do not lead to alterations in the oil.
Oil obtained solely from the fruit of the olive tree (Olea Europaea L.) to the exclusion of oils obtained using solvents or re-esterification processes and of any mixture with any other kind of oils (seed or nut oil).
Extra Virgin Olive Oil: This oil, as evaluated numerically by the mean of a certified taste panel, contains zero (0) defects and greater than zero positive attributes. In other words , more than half of the tasters indicated that it is not defective and has some fruitness. Extra virgin oil also must have a free acidity percentage of less than 0.8 and conform to all the standards listed in its category. This is the highest quality rating for an olive oil. Extra virgin olive oil should have clear flavor characteristics that reflect the fruit from which it was made. In relation to the complex matrix of variety, fruit maturity, growing region, and extraction technique, good olive oils can be very different from one another, but can all be classified as extra virgin.
Virgin Olive Oil: This is oil with a sensory analysis rating of the mean of tasters, having defects from 0 to less than 2.5, a free acidity of less than 2 percent, and conforms to all the other standards in its category. These are oils with analytical and sensory indices that reflect slightly lower quality than extra virgin olive oil.
Ordinary Virgin Olive Oil: Oil with a lower organoleptic rating (defects from the mean of tastes 2.5 to less than 6.0), a free acidity of less than 3.3 percent, and conformity within its category for all other standards. This is inferior oil with notable defects and is not permitted to be bottled under European Union (EU) laws, it is sent for refining. The EU has eliminated this category and other regulating agencies are likely to follow. It will simply be absorbed into the lampante category.
Disclaimer: Throughout this website, statements are made pertaining to the properties, benefits, and/or the functions of Olive Oil and Vinegar products. We are not medical practitioners, and we urge you to seek proper medical consultation by a trained medical professional before modifying your eating habits, or pursuing any of the health-related advice offered within this site.


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One of the greatest figures in Armenian history, he was born about 361 at Hassik in the Province of Taron; died at Valarsabad, 441. He was the son of Vartan of the family of the Mamikonians. Koryun, his pupil and biographer, tells us that Mesrob received a liberal education, and was versed in the Greek, Syriac, and Persian languages. On account of his piety and learning Mesrob was appointed secretary to King Chosroes III. His duty was to write in Greek, Persian, and Syriac characters the decrees and edicts of the sovereign, for, at this time, the national alphabet was long lost. But Mesrob felt called to a more perfect life. Leaving the court for the service of God, he took Holy orders, and withdrew to a monastery with a few chosen companions. There, says Goriun, he practiced great austerities, enduring hunger and thirst, cold and poverty. He lived on vegetables, wore a hair shirt, slept upon the ground, and often spent whole nights in prayer and the study of the Holy Scripture. This life he continued for a few years, preparing himself for the great work to which Providence was soon to call him. Indeed both Church and State needed his services. Armenia, so long the battle-ground of Romans and Persians, lost its independence in 387, and was divided between the Byzantine Empire and Persia, about four-fifths being given to the latter. Western Armenia was governed by Greek generals, while an Armenian king ruled, but only as feudatory, over Persian Armenia. The Church was naturally influenced by these violent political changes, although the loss of civil independence and the partition of the land could not destroy its organization or subdue its spirit. Persecution only quickened it into greater activity, and had the effect of bringing the clergy, the nobles, and the common people closer together. The principal events of this period are the recovery of the Armenian alphabet, the revision of the liturgy, the creation of an ecclesiastical and national literature, and the readjustment of hierarchical relations. Three men are prominently associated with this stupendous work: Mesrop, Patriarch Isaac, and King Vramshapuh, who succeeded his brother Chosroes III in 394.
The recovery of the alphabet (406) was the revival of Armenian literature, and proved a powerful factor in the upbuilding of the national spirit. "The result of the work of Isaac and Mesrob", says St. Martin (Histoire du Bas-Empire de Lebeau, V, 320),
"was to separate for ever the Armenians from the other peoples of the East and to strengthen them in the Christian Faith by forbidding or rendering profane all the foreign alphabetic scripts which were employed for transcribing the books of the heathens and of the followers of Zoroaster. To Mesrob we owe the preservation of the language and literature of Armenia; but for his work, the people would have been absorbed by the Persians and Syrians, and would have disappeared like so many nations of the East".
Anxious that others should profit by his discovery, and encouraged by the patriarch and the king, Mesrob founded numerous schools in different parts of the country, in which the youth were taught the new alphabet. But his activity was not confined to Eastern Armenia. Provided with letters from Isaac he went to Constantinople and obtained from the Emperor Theodosius the Younger permission to preach and teach in his Armenian possessions. He evangelized successively the Georgians, Albanians, and Aghouanghks, adapting his alphabet to their languages, and, wherever he preached the Gospel, he built schools and appointed teachers and priests to continue his work.
Having gathered around him numerous disciples, he sent some to Edessa, Constantinople, Athens, Antioch, Alexandria, and other centers of learning, to study the Greek language and bring back the masterpieces of Greek literature. Many of which only survived in Armenian. The most famous of his pupils were John of Egheghiatz, Joseph of Baghin, Eznik, Koryun, Moses of Chorene, and John Mandakuni. In the midst of his literary labours Mesrob did not neglect the spiritual needs of the people. He revisited the districts he had evangelized in his earlier years, and, after the death of Isaac in 440, looked after the spiritual administration of the patriarchate. He survived his friend and master only six months. The Armenians read his name in the Canon of the Mass, and celebrate his memory on 19 February.
Smith and Wace, Dict. Christ. Biog., s.v. Mesrobs; Langlois, Collection des Historiens de l'Arménie, II (Paris, 1869);
Weber, Die kathol. Kirche in Armenien (1903); Neumann. Versuch einer Gesch, der armen. Litteratur (Leipzig, 1836);
Gardthausen, Ueber den griech. Ursprung der armen. Schrift in Zeitschr. der deutsch. morgenländ. Gesellschaft, XXX (1876);
Lenormant, Essai sur la propagation de l'alphabet phénicien, I (1872).
Vaschalde, A.A. (1911). Mesrob. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved August 23, 2013 from New Advent: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10211a.htm
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Mr. Morriss also entertained a large group of students and staff with a talk about some of the work undertaken by Megger, who are a world leader in the design and manufacture of electrical and electronic test equipment.
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Happy Monday wonderful people! This week on the blog we are celebrating all things vintage! I love old posters, ads, fashion, films, music and just about anything with a retro touch. So this week, all sparkle posts will be vintage themed.
To kick-start the week, I thought we could feature some fun, witty vintage posters and ads featuring quotes inspired by or featured on women (yay girl-power!). These vintage ads are sarcastic, witty, full of attitude and humor, and will help start the week on a light note.
I would love to know what tickles your funny bone, so share some of your favorite retro themed ads, quotes and posters via comments below!
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Pertinent details, such as the name inside the concerned parties, the county where these were given separated, official date inside the separation, time when the divorce was filed combined with the identifying certificate number, are revealed in this type of document. Other relevant data regarding children, parents and much more are additionally incorporated. A usual search might be completed within 2-10 days, though insufficient data, understaffed courthouse and inaccurate details, the process might be significantly longer.
This sort of account is helpful frequently. It's beneficial in relation to performing an extensive examination someone complain about. Additionally, it shows the particular reason for a person's separation from his/her previous spouse, helping you to assess one's honesty. In addition, this publish is essential while seeking to acquire a relationship license by somebody who want to remarry. Plus, this really is frequently advantageous to adopted children that require for biological parents, supporting genealogy and genealogy and genealogy and family history and genealogical research, showing identity and much more.
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The idea for using cameras and projectors together to form an interactive desk-top system was first proposed by Pierre Wellner. He began his PhD work by considering the potential benefits of using video in the office environment. This quickly led to the conclusion that the desk-top was the most important focus of office work and that there was great potential for any system that eased the transition between paper and electronic information (Wellner 1993). The idea was tested in a project that used video scanning to translate selected foreign words from paper documents lying face-up on the desk (Newman and Wellner 1992).
Figure b) PaperPaint: one of the first applications written for the DigitalDesk.
An early version of the DigitalDesk (Figure 1a) was used for the implementation of a novel freehand drawing package called PaperPaint (Figure 1b). To get PaperPaint to work, some rudimentary thresholding techniques were developed for converting grayscale video images to black-and-white. Software was also developed for converting between the coordinate systems of the camera, the pointing device and the projection display. As an alternative to traditional pointing devices Weller originally envisioned the use of a finger, or two fingers for certain tasks (Wellner 1993). However a tablet and stylus has thus far proved more practical.
The EuroCODE project (1992-95) was an Esprit-funded collaboration between a number of partners including: in Denmark, the University of Aarhus, Jutland Telephone and the Great Belt bridge construction company; in the UK, RXRC and ICL; and a number of more loosely connected partners elsewhere in Europe. The most important of XRCE's EuroCODE deliverables was Ariel, a version of the DigitalDesk tailored to the annotation of engineering drawings. Ariel's basic function was to display annotations, using a video projector. These annotations could include text, graphics, voice notes and video clips. No video scanning capability was included in Ariel.
Reactions to the DigitalDesk were sufficiently positive to justify developing its constituent technologies. The current prototype of this system is called LightWorks. It has incorporated a series of improvements to image processing which now enable it to produce good fax-quality images of half an A4 sheet (Taylor et al 1996). It also uses a novel barcode scheme for calibrating the relationship between the camera and the desk. The physical arrangement of LightWorks is shown in Figure 2.
Capturing images of paper documents is a common aspect of general office work. However, present-day scanning interfaces are inconvenient for the "casual scanning" of pages and parts of pages, as they usually require the user to move the document from the place of reading.
CamWorks is a system using over-the-desk video capture, designed to facilitate casual scanning while avoiding the expense and complexity incurred by our previous prototypes. The video image is displayed in a window on the PC's monitor along with feedback (e.g. for text selection).
CamWorks was first prototyped in 1995 and since then has been the main platform for our research.
The current version of CamWorks employs two cameras. The two images are stitched together by software and are presented in a single window. With the application of image processing techniques developed by the CMS group, images produced are of sufficient quality and resolution to apply OCR successfully.
The user can apply one of three image transformations when copying: grayscale (a photograph), black-and-white or text (OCR by TextBridge). In each case the result is copied into the PC's clipboard, from which it can be pasted into another application. Alternatively the result can be printed or written to a file.


Star Wars creator George Lucas wants to build a a billion-dollar museum focused on art that tells stories, and he's finally found a home for it in Los Angeles, not far from his alma mater USC.
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will be located near Exposition Park, near the Los Angeles Coliseum, where currently there are parking lots, and is designed by Ma Yansong of MAD Architects, with a design that evokes a sleek, spaceship-like shape. Inside there will be 265,000–275,000 square feet of space, with nearly 100,000 square feet for galleries. Parking will be created underground for up to 1800 vehicles.
Originally Lucas had looked to Chicago, and later San Francisco's Treasure Island, but L.A. won out.
"After extensive due diligence and deliberation, the Board of Directors of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is pleased to announce plans to build the museum in Exposition Park in Los Angeles. We have been humbled by the overwhelmingly positive support we received from both San Francisco and Los Angeles during our selection process. Settling on a location proved to be an extremely difficult decision precisely because of the desirability of both sites and cities.
The board wishes to extend a special thanks to Mayor Ed Lee and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for their tremendous efforts and engagement. While each location offers many unique and wonderful attributes, South Los Angeles's Promise Zone best positions the museum to have the greatest impact on the broader community, fulfilling our goal of inspiring, engaging and educating a broad and diverse visitorship. Exposition Park is a magnet for the region and accessible from all parts of the city. As a museum uniquely focused on narrative art, we look forward to becoming part of a dynamic museum community, surrounded by more than 100 elementary and high schools, one of the country's leading universities as well as three other world-class museums.
It seems that George Lucas is finally ready to give it up and go back to making films like he used to, like he's been saying for years.
Looks like ol' George has a sense of humor about some things…after trying to build a state of the art movie studio on land he owns in Marin County, CA near San Francisco, for the last 25 years but being blocked by his rich neighbors that don't want a studio near them, George Lucas put up his hands as if to give up and say, "Have it your way." But since the local homeowners association seem to have no problem with residential subdivisions, Lucas has a new plan – to create lots of affordable housing for either low-income families or seniors living on small, fixed incomes. And he's accelerating the process by providing all the survey information done for the studio plan.
It remains to be seen if the homeowners association tries to come up with an objection to the new plan that doesn't make them look bad.
The sixth of the Blu-ray releases that comprised Warner Bros. Sept. 7th release date is THX 1138, George Lucas' original SF film based on his USC student short film.


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Dave Aronberg, Martin O'Boyle, and the Shady Deals in the Race for Palm Beach State Attorney
Rich Abdill July 23, 2012 7:19AM
You may have already seen the signs, towed behind planes in Palm Beach County: "Beware thug prosecutors," "Dump McAuliffe for prosecutor, vote for Elmer Fudd," "Smile if You Think Mikey McAuliffe Is a Putz." The Palm Beach Post got to the story of those planes -- and the millionaire funding them and the former state senator helping to coordinate the whole thing for his own political gains.
The Post's story centers on the current candidate for state attorney, former state Sen. Dave Aronberg, and the backroom dealings that went into setting up his run for state attorney. There are betrayals, lies, questions of bribery, and accusations of wearing wires. There's no way to accurately sum up a 5,000-word feature (plus supporting documents) without missing stuff, but here's what you have to look forward to if you put the time into reading the story:
-- Martin O'Boyle is the money behind the operation: The story makes the 60-year-old Deerfield Beach entrepreneur look like a petty, impetuous old man throwing a prolonged, strategic tantrum because his 19-year-old daughter was arrested on DUI charges and then-State Attorney Michael McAuliffe wouldn't meet with him to talk about throwing out the charges.
-- Aronberg is the guy who helped steer O'Boyle's anger toward the state attorney's race. For example, it was Aronberg's idea, the Post reports, to stage a fake protest outside McAuliffe's office using signs that reference a murdered 6-year-old. One of O'Boyle's aides hired actors to hold signs with slogans designed by Aronberg.
-- In addition to Aronberg receiving help from O'Boyle's assistant in filing records requests looking for more dirt on McAuliffe, Aronberg eventually asked O'Boyle for an $80,000 campaign donation. O'Boyle demurred, and the two fought over whether Aronberg would make that DUI arrest go away if he were elected.
-- Eventually, O'Boyle got mad enough at Aronberg that he just gave the Post everything -- though only he knows if it's actually everything. Aronberg's opponent, Robert Gershman, is certainly looking better after this thing came out. He also happens to be representing O'Boyle's daughter in that DUI case. He has complaints of his own about shady dealings, as does Circuit Judge Krista Marx, who says she was threatened by Aronberg supporters as she was considering a run herself. Check out the Post's story for more.
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While shows like MAFS have never performed better, 2018 was also a year where networks took risks — with several backfiring spectacularly.
When it comes to the big hits of 2018, reality TV has never done better, with shows like Married At First Sight and The Bachelor pulling in the big numbers.
But 2018 was also a year when the TV networks took risks with new shows that backfired spectacularly, with one channel now holding the record for lowest reality TV debut ever.
Here's a look back at TV's biggest flops this year.
In a move that proved fatal for the NRL show, this year's Footy Show returned to Channel 9 in 2018 with Erin Molan replacing beloved the Paul 'Fatty' Vautin as host.
It was a decision that the show never recovered from and saw viewers tune out in droves, with ratings dropping to less than 180,000 viewers in Sydney and Brisbane.
In October, Nine confirmed the show would not be returning in 2019 — a move that came as no surprise to TV insiders.
If Single Wives draws a blank in your memory then you'd be in the majority — the Channel 7 show's premiere in July drew the lowest ratings ever for a reality TV debut.
Not even the star power of Fifi Box as host or British dating expert Matthew Hussey could save the show, which premiered to just 375,000 metro viewers.
The show followed four women looking for love after previous failed relationships for three, and one whose husband had died in a motorcycle accident.
After its initial debut, things went from bad to worse for the show, with ratings continuing to slide before it was moved to a later timeslot.
Unlike Ten and Nine, Channel 7 didn't have much luck with the dating shows this year, with Back With The Ex lasting just one episode before it was pulled.
The show, which debuted in April and focused on couples giving their relationship one last shot, was quietly moved to Seven's streaming service after a lacklustre premiere to just 449,000 viewers in April.
Developed as an alternative to Channel 9 ratings giant Ninja Warrior, Australian Spartan — which was accused of copying its rival — failed to resonate with viewers.
Despite a full-scale marketing plan and star host Edwina Bartholomew, Spartan debuted in February to just 816,000 viewers, while rival Married At First Sight had an audience of 1.53 million.
After just two episodes Australian Spartan was replaced by My Kitchen Rules, with the rest of the show airing in the Easter non-ratings period.
The second season of Nine's family-friendly cooking show failed to build on its debut last year, with its final episode down 147,000 from the year before.
With episodes reaching a high of just 456,000 viewers, the show was cut down from three to two episodes a week.
Nine's head of content Adrian Swift told TV Tonight he was "disappointed" in the show's performance and its future was undecided.
"We haven't made a decision yet, but we'd have to be reviewing it. Let's be serious," he said.
Despite being the most talked about breakfast show, Today's ratings plummeted this year, and the speculation over Karl Stefanovic's future as host came to a head last week when he was officially dumped from the show.
Through the year, rival Sunrise easily beat the Nine breakfast show, averaging 454,000 national viewers while Today managed just 347,000.
The embarrassing "Ubergate" scandal, where details of an explosive speakerphone call between the Stefanovic brothers Karl and Peter airing their grievances was leaked to New Idea, sealed the brothers' fate, with Peter dumped from Nine and Karl removed from Today, leaving him with hosting duties on his remaining show This Time Next Year.
Stefanovic's dumping from the co-host chair is just part of a bigger shake-up for the show which is "clearing the decks" in a bid to reclaim the ratings.
Not even Dannii Minogue could save Dance Boss from being named the "worst show on TV" when it premiered in August.
The Channel 7 ratings flop, of which Minogue was host and executive producer, saw groups of amateur dancers competing for a $100,000.
After debuting to just 599,000 viewers — compared to The Block's 1.135 million — Dance Boss' ratings continued to drop before it bowed out with a double episode finale which drew just 246,000 viewers for the winner announcement.


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Q: How do I use a Firebase Function to get a stripe emphemeral key in iOS? I'm trying to get an emphemoral key from stripe using firebase functions. Here is the error I see in my firebase logs:

getStripeEphemeralKeysUnhandled error TypeError: Cannot read property 'create' of undefined at exports.getStripeEphemeralKeys.functions.https.onCall (/workspace/index.js:40:42) at func (/workspace/node_modules/firebase-functions/lib/providers/https.js:273:32) at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)

Here is the error that shows in the xcode console:

Error creating ephenmeral key: Error Domain=com.firebase.functions Code=13 "INTERNAL" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=INTERNAL} INTERNAL

firebase function written in Javascript:

const functions = require('firebase-functions');
const stripe_key = "sk_test_LT2Wc4v9kUD6XxG8Nq2LNh4P00thTqtiSa"
const admin = require('firebase-admin');
var stripe = require('stripe')(stripe_key);
admin.initializeApp(functions.config().firebase);

exports.createStripeCustomer = functions.https.onCall(async (data, context) => {
  const full_name = data.full_name;
  const email = data.email;
  const customer = await stripe.customers.create({
      email: email,
      name: full_name,
      description: full_name
  });
  console.log('new customer created: ', customer.id)
  return {
      customer_id: customer.id
  }
});

exports.getStripeEphemeralKeys = functions.https.onCall(async (data, context) => {
  const api_version = data.api_version;
  const customer_id = data.customer_id;
  const key = await stripe.ephemeralKeys.create (
      {customer: customer_id},
      {apiVersion: api_version}
  );
  return key;
});

iOS call using swift
func createCustomerKey(withAPIVersion apiVersion: String, completion: @escaping STPJSONResponseCompletionBlock) {
        let stripe_customer_id = MyDefaults.getDefaultsForCustID()
        functions.httpsCallable("getStripeEphemeralKeys").call(["api_version" : apiVersion, "customer_id" : stripe_customer_id]) { (response, error) in
            if let error = error {
                completion(nil, error)
            }
            if let response = (response?.data as? [String: Any]) {
                completion(response, nil)
            }
        }
    }

I'm not versed enough in Javascript to know what the error means except there seems to be a problem with the word create. Any thoughts are much appreciated!

A: OK Thanks @floatingLomas #Rafael Lemos. You guys were on the right track. It was the stripe version. I was having some pod errors that I was pushing to fix later so cleaned up and updated cocoa pods ruby and npm... now when I firebase deploy - I finally got the right version of stripe up to firebase...
I"M GOOD NOW -- THANKS!!!

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public class App {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
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Organizations that use G Suite can create a Google Group to send email to sets of employees, invite a team to a calendar event, or share files, all with a single Group email address.
14/06/2012 · If you have followed step 1 and you are now on the Google Groups main page and you see a "Sign out" link at the top of the page and you also see an email address on the same line and if that email address is not the email address you want to sign in to Google Groups, then you need to sign out from Google Groups. 3.
Fill in your group's name, email address and description in the appropriate fields. From the Select a group type drop-down menu, select Collaborative inbox . Under Participants , select which types of group member (owners, managers, and standard members) can access collaborative inbox features.
Click the "Create Group" button to create a group page that will serve as home to the contacts on your enterprise distribution list. Step 4 Type your group name and new group email address in the labeled input boxes.


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Rio Revisited: Kuksenkov Keeps Focus Firmly On Russia
Written by John Crumlish	for International Gymnast Magazine | Monday, 10 October 2016 07:17
Ninth in a series of flashbacks to the 2016 Olympic Games by IG correspondent John Crumlish, who was a gymnastics sports writer for the Olympic News Service in Rio.
Indifference to defending champion China made a medal-winning difference for Russia's Nikolai Kuksenkov, who helped his team to silver in the team final over bronze medalist China.
"When we performed we didn't really pay attention to the other team," said Kuksenkov, a member of Ukraine's fourth-place team at the 2012 London Games. "We try to think and focus on what we have to do. If you focus too much on others you would not be able to do that. If you have doubts it won't lead to good results."
For Kuksenkov, silver in Rio was a pleasant results reversal from last fall's world championships in Glasgow, where China was third and Russia was fourth.
"At worlds we didn't quite make it, but now we beat them," he said.
Kuksenkov's individualistic approach to competition certainly contributed to his team and personal success in Rio. Following the team final, he placed 13th in the all-around final and sixth in the pommel horse final.
"In gymnastics you are competing against yourself," Kuksenkov said. "I'm not competing against others. I just push them aside."
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President Macron of France has committed to restoring Notre Dame Cathedral in five years. That may or may not be possible. Either way it demonstrates a belief in the possibility of resurrection. This terrible fire coming at the start of holy week is a vivid illustration that resurrection is always possible.
Carol and I were two of the 13,000,000 tourists who visited the cathedral in 2002. We stayed too long and our tour group went on without us. I will keep the image of that magnificent structure in my mind forever. Getting lost is part of life's journey or perhaps it's just another avenue for growth.
John Carney, the late executive of the Columbia South Carolina Speech and Hearing Center gave me a print of his painting of the Cathedral's famed North Rose Window which he did from a photograph. He painted the window after he lost most of his eye sight. The people in the art department of the University of South Carolina designed and erected an extraordinary lighting system on pulleys that allowed him to continue to paint. John's zeal for life was resurrected by an act of kindness. I gaze at that painting several times a day as I descend the stairs from my office. The print reminds me of the great joy we felt in visiting the cathedral and equally of a great friendship.
As my friend, Dr. Monty Knight, says, "I don't know what happened at the resurrection of Jesus, but whatever it was changed the world." Resurrection is real. It is all around us. Our earth is in constant renewal and so are we.


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WARDA
Khalik Hena
WEWANTSOUNDS
WWSLP 052LP WWSLP 052LP
2022 repress. Wewantsounds present the first vinyl reissue of legendary Arabic diva Warda's Khalik Hena, recorded with full Egyptian orchestra and originally released on the label Soutelphan in 1973. A cult classic sampled by Jay Z and J Dilla, the album recorded in public mixes traditional Arabic music with a tinge of '70s grooves. Here, Warda delivers a hypnotic performance backed by her full-size orchestra featuring those unparalleled Arabic strings that made recordings by Oum Khalthoum, Farid El Atrache, and Abdel Halim Hafez so famous. Khalik Hena is one of her all-time classics, written by legendary composer Baligh Hamdi. Warda is one of the undisputed divas of the Arab world. Born in the Paris suburb from an Algerian father and a Lebanese mother, she was discovered at 11 by Ahmed Hachlaf, Pathe Marconi's heads of A&R specializing in Arabic music. having honed her singing skills at her father's cabaret in the Latin Quarter, the Tam-Tam (for Tunisia-Algeria-Morocco) she quickly found recognition in the Arabic music circles. The family relocated to Beirut in the late '50s after the police found arms in her father's cabaret destined to the political group fighting for Algeria's independence and was swiftly discovered there by an Egyptian film producer who brought her to Cairo to record and play in his films. From there, her career took a meteoric rise and she became a star working with Egyptian such stars as Abdel Halim Hafez and composer Mohammed Abdel Wahab. However, in the early '60s a traditional marriage in Algeria stopped her career for a decade to be a housewife until Algerian President Boumediene asked her to perform for the tenth anniversary of the Nation's independence in 1972. This was an epiphany and after a divorce she was back to Egypt for a triumphant comeback. Khalik Hena recorded in public in 1973 dates back to these glory days. Teaming up with her new husband, legendary composer Baligh Hamdi, she recorded a string of classic albums -- hypnotic tour-de-forces stretching over two sides in an almost trance-like mode, enhancing Warda's powerful vocal and ability to mesmerize audiences. Blending traditional and modern instrumentations (electric guitar, organ), the music is both complex and groovy, Khalik Hena is one of her best LPs, sought after by Arabic diggers and collectors alike. Remastered audio; original artwork and two-page insert with new introduction by Mario Choueiry from Institut du Monde Arabe who curates Wewantsounds' Arabic series of reissues.
Other releases on WEWANTSOUNDS


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// Copyright (c) The Diem Core Contributors
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

use crate::{
    backup_types::transaction::{
        backup::{TransactionBackupController, TransactionBackupOpt},
        restore::{TransactionRestoreController, TransactionRestoreOpt},
    },
    storage::{local_fs::LocalFs, BackupStorage},
    utils::{
        backup_service_client::BackupServiceClient,
        test_utils::{start_local_backup_service, tmp_db_with_random_content},
        ConcurrentDownloadsOpt, GlobalBackupOpt, GlobalRestoreOpt, RocksdbOpt, TrustedWaypointOpt,
    },
};
use diem_temppath::TempPath;
use diem_types::transaction::Version;
use diemdb::DiemDB;
use std::{convert::TryInto, mem::size_of, sync::Arc};
use storage_interface::DbReader;
use tokio::time::Duration;

#[test]
fn end_to_end() {
    let (_src_db_dir, src_db, blocks) = tmp_db_with_random_content();
    let tgt_db_dir = TempPath::new();
    tgt_db_dir.create_as_dir().unwrap();
    let backup_dir = TempPath::new();
    backup_dir.create_as_dir().unwrap();
    let store: Arc<dyn BackupStorage> = Arc::new(LocalFs::new(backup_dir.path().to_path_buf()));

    let (rt, port) = start_local_backup_service(src_db);
    let client = Arc::new(BackupServiceClient::new(format!(
        "http://localhost:{}",
        port
    )));

    let latest_version = blocks.last().unwrap().1.ledger_info().version();
    let total_txns = blocks.iter().fold(0, |x, b| x + b.0.len());
    assert_eq!(latest_version as usize + 1, total_txns);
    let txns = blocks
        .iter()
        .map(|(txns, _li)| txns)
        .flatten()
        .map(|txn_to_commit| txn_to_commit.transaction())
        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
    let max_chunk_size = txns
        .iter()
        .map(|t| bcs::to_bytes(t).unwrap().len())
        .max()
        .unwrap() // biggest txn
        + 115 // size of a serialized TransactionInfo
        + size_of::<u32>(); // record len header
    let first_ver_to_backup = (total_txns / 4) as Version;
    let num_txns_to_backup = total_txns - first_ver_to_backup as usize;
    let target_version = first_ver_to_backup + total_txns as Version / 2;
    let num_txns_to_restore = (target_version - first_ver_to_backup + 1) as usize;

    let manifest_handle = rt
        .block_on(
            TransactionBackupController::new(
                TransactionBackupOpt {
                    start_version: first_ver_to_backup,
                    num_transactions: num_txns_to_backup,
                },
                GlobalBackupOpt { max_chunk_size },
                client,
                Arc::clone(&store),
            )
            .run(),
        )
        .unwrap();

    rt.block_on(
        TransactionRestoreController::new(
            TransactionRestoreOpt {
                manifest_handle,
                replay_from_version: None, // max
            },
            GlobalRestoreOpt {
                dry_run: false,
                db_dir: Some(tgt_db_dir.path().to_path_buf()),
                target_version: Some(target_version),
                trusted_waypoints: TrustedWaypointOpt::default(),
                rocksdb_opt: RocksdbOpt::default(),
                concurernt_downloads: ConcurrentDownloadsOpt::default(),
                account_count_migration: true,
            }
            .try_into()
            .unwrap(),
            store,
            None, /* epoch_history */
        )
        .run(),
    )
    .unwrap();

    // We don't write down any ledger infos when recovering transactions. State-sync needs to take
    // care of it before running consensus. The latest transactions are deemed "synced" instead of
    // "committed" most likely.
    let tgt_db = DiemDB::new_for_test(&tgt_db_dir);
    assert_eq!(
        tgt_db
            .get_latest_transaction_info_option()
            .unwrap()
            .unwrap()
            .0,
        target_version,
    );
    let recovered_transactions = tgt_db
        .get_transactions(
            first_ver_to_backup,
            num_txns_to_restore as u64,
            target_version,
            true, /* fetch_events */
        )
        .unwrap();

    assert_eq!(
        recovered_transactions.transactions,
        txns.into_iter()
            .skip(first_ver_to_backup as usize)
            .take(num_txns_to_restore)
            .cloned()
            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
    );

    assert_eq!(
        recovered_transactions.events.unwrap(),
        blocks
            .iter()
            .map(|(txns, _li)| {
                txns.iter()
                    .map(|txn_to_commit| txn_to_commit.events().to_vec())
            })
            .flatten()
            .skip(first_ver_to_backup as usize)
            .take(num_txns_to_restore)
            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
    );

    rt.shutdown_timeout(Duration::from_secs(1));
}


It is fundamental that any zoo carries out research to advance knowledge on the species they hold and to increase data on rare and endangered species to help and conserve them.
Here at Kirkley Hall Zoological Gardens we actively look to encourage and promote research here at the zoo in conjunction with our very own animal management students, external students and research fellows from across the world.
We have a large research project here at Kirkley Hall Zoological Gardens in conjunction with Newcastle University, The centre for behaviour and Evolution and BBSCR Bioscience for the future.
The Corvid Cognition Centre (CCC) is a facility dedicated to the study of how these fascinating birds learn and interact with each other.
The CCC has four outdoor aviaries and two testing rooms. Birds can choose to enter these rooms to interact with various puzzles and even operate touchscreens.
Scientists from Newcastle University hope to highlight how smart these common backyard species are by studying how they solve problems.
If you would like to carry out any project here at the Zoo then please complete the form linked at the bottom of the page please. We are very happy to try and support most projects as long as it does not affect or harm the animals in any way.


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Matthew Stafford's wife Kelly takes vicious shot at Ndamukong Suh
by Steve DelVecchio
Ndamukong Suh and Matthew Stafford were teammates for five seasons, but you never would have known it with the way they interacted during Sunday's game between the Los Angeles Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Stafford's wife Kelly says she was shocked and angered by the way Suh came at her husband, though she clearly enjoyed watching the star quarterback get the last laugh.
Suh was penalized for taunting early in his team's loss to the Rams. The flag was thrown after he pointed in Stafford's face multiple times and appeared to threaten him. Suh was set off after he felt Stafford kicked him, though replays did not show much of a kick.
In her weekly podcast "The Morning After with Kelly Stafford," Mrs. Stafford unloaded on Suh. She praised Matthew for throwing a "dime" right in Suh's face on the pass to Cooper Kupp that set up the game-winning field goal. You can see the clip below, but beware that it contains a curse word:
Kelly Stafford tagged Suh in her Instagram Story and said this like an absolute savage 💀 pic.twitter.com/l2DxLHaWNI
— RamsNation46 (@LARamsey46) January 26, 2022
Kelly also said Suh "doesn't like Matthew," though she has no idea why. She said the Rams quarterback doesn't know either and was genuinely puzzled over why Suh got in his face.
"But it infuriated me. To stand up and tell someone that you're gonna (expletive) them up after you spent years together in an organization and did appearances together and there were never really issues. … Matthew was like, 'I don't know, I guess he doesn't like me.' … He kind of giggled about it when I asked about it, he was like, 'I really have no (expletive) idea what this guy is doing. I don't know why he's so angry at me,'" Kelly said, via Marlowe Alter of the Detroit Free Press.
Suh has a long history with cheap shots, but Kelly said she doesn't hold any of that against him. She said Suh now has a real reason to dislike Matthew after the QB threw a perfect pass to Kupp (video here) while Suh was coming at him.
"I feel like he's the only player in this league who really dislikes Matthew and we don't know why," Kelly said. "We legit don't know why. … Now he can actually dislike him for a fricking reason. I thoroughly enjoyed it and that's all I'm gonna say."
Matthew and his teammates have much bigger things to worry about now. They're preparing to take on the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game. If Stafford lost a friend while beating the Bucs, he probably isn't too concerned.
Photo: Nov 17, 2015; Auburn Hills, MI, USA; Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford with wife Kelly Stafford during the game between the Detroit Pistons and the Cleveland Cavaliers at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports
Kelly HallMatthew StaffordNdamukong Suh
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We're Doing This Work Because Of God, Says Buhari
Friday, 03 August 2018 / Published in News, Politics
"The work we are doing is because of God, our country and you. I want to inform you that the knowledge we have garnered over the years, we won't allow you to be cheated," his spokesman, Femi Adesina, quoted him as saying
President Muhammadu Buhari says he and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), are working hard towards delivering their campaign promises "because of God", the country and the party's supporters.
Buhari said this in Bauchi on Thursday at the commencement of the campaign rally for the Bauchi South Senatorial District by-elections and the formal presentation of the APC Candidate for the August 11 poll, Hon. Gumau Lawal Yahaya.
He also assured party supporters in Bauchi that his administration would continue to work hard to surpass its campaign promises for a better Nigeria.
He urged them not to be perturbed by the recent defections in the party, saying "God will continue to fish out the bad eggs among us" as the 2019 general election approaches.
Buhari told the rally that the APC-led government had remained faithful in implementing its campaign promise of improving the economy, securing the country, and the fight against corruption.
"The work we are doing is because of God, our country and you. I want to inform you that the knowledge we have garnered over the years, we won't allow you to be cheated," his spokesman, Femi
Adesina, quoted him as saying "to a thunderous applause by party supporters at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi.".
"Like we promised, what will determine a good future for the country are security, strong economy and to stop corruption.
"We campaigned on these things, you voted for us and we will never forget."
Endorsing the APC candidate for the senatorial bye-election, the President, who was accompanied by the party Chairman Adams Oshiomhole and the governors of Bauchi, Plateau, Kano and Imo states, declared: "We have confidence in him and we trust him."
He, therefore, urged the people of Bauchi South senatorial district to vote Hon. Yahaya in the upcoming election.
Source: Sahara reporter
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Elle LaMont, star of the hit movie ALITA, chats with Galaxy about her career in Hollywood. Her amazing projects with famed director Robert Rodriguez. Elle is an award winning film maker, producer and actress. This episode is full of giggles and smiles. Elle is absolutely amazing.


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Aldi's aggressive new sustainability goals include continued shift to renewable energy
Aldi is embarking on a number of initiatives designed to lower emissions, reduce waste and increase recycling in an effort to substantially reduce its environmental impact by 2030.
The initiatives, part of the German discount grocer's new "sustainability charter," include a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26% by 2025 through a continued shift to solar and wind energy sourcing and by building out its renewable infrastructure to rely less on grey power grids.
Aldi currently has solar panels at 111 stores and 12 distribution centers nationwide. It will add solar to warehouses in Alabama and Kansas, as well as roughly 60 stores by the end of 2022. The company sources the power through the Green-e certification program https://www.green-e.org/ and receives renewable energy certificates to validate its clean energy investment.
In addition, all Aldi warehouses (in the U.S.) and nearly 400 stores use natural refrigerants that reduce the environmental impact by up to 4,000 times compared to common refrigerants. Aldi will continue to shift to natural refrigerants in all store locations.
"Aldi has a responsibility to protect the environment and we know it's an important priority for our customers," said Jason Hart, CEO, Aldi U.S. "We are committed to evaluating and implementing sustainable business practices while always offering the highest quality products at prices that can't be beat."
Aldi's other sustainability initiatives are highlighted below:
• Divert 90% of operational waste by 2025 and strive to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030. Plans to achieve these waste reduction goals are in development and are expected to include composting, nonfood donation programs, and expanded recycling and food recovery initiatives. Aldi already diverts waste from store and warehouse operations and has recycling efforts in place for food, plastic film, corrugated cardboard, paper, metals and other materials.
• Reduce packaging materials by 15% and convert all Aldi-exclusive packaging to reusable, recyclable or compostable materials by 2025. More than 90% of the products Aldi sells are exclusive items. By the end of 2021, Styrofoam will be removed from all produce packaging, and Aldi will continue to make progress toward a series of packaging commitments made in 2019 to reduce packaging and to make 100% of Aldi-exclusive packaging — including plastic packaging — reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025. To date, the company has redesigned packaging to remove or reduce excess plastic from products such as teas and bread.
Aldi, which has never offered single-use plastic bags at checkout, is also testing a new initiative to remove all multi-use plastic bags from six stores in Richmond, Va.
• Expand sustainable sourcing of coffee, while continuing to source cocoa and seafood sustainably. Together with its business partners, Aldi will promote human rights, increase supply chain transparency and ensure products are designed and produced in an environmentally friendly way.
Aldi is one of America's fastest-growing retailers, with more than 2,000 stores across 37 states and plans to add 100 U.S. stores https://chainstoreage.com/aldi-open-100-us-stores-2021 by the end of 2021.
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Record: 6-6-0, 3rd in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Buddy Parker (6-6-0)
Points For: 161 (13.4/g) 12th of 12
Points Against: 178 (14.8/g) 2nd of 12
Other Notable Asst.: Harry Gilmer (Backfield Coach), Walt Kiesling (Assistant Coach), Bill McPeak (Defensive Line) and Nick Skorich (Line Coach)
Defensive Alignment: 4-3
161 2890 739 3.9 32 18 159 149 312 1716 11 14 4.9 92 390 1174 7 3.0 59 48 405 8
178 2791 666 4.2 42 23 156 112 234 1366 12 19 5.4 77 412 1425 7 3.5 69 43 370 10
12 11 4 10 11 4 9 9 3 11 9 12 12 12
Sun September 29 boxscore W 1-0 Washington Redskins 28 7 16 301 228 73 13 242 153 89 6
Sat October 5 boxscore L 1-1 Cleveland Browns 12 23 14 236 173 63 4 12 240 134 106 1
Sun October 13 boxscore W 2-1 Chicago Cardinals 29 20 12 231 79 152 4 15 315 126 189 5
Sun October 20 boxscore L 2-2 @ New York Giants 0 35 10 172 118 54 4 17 340 212 128 1
Sun October 27 boxscore W 3-2 Philadelphia Eagles 6 0 15 334 227 107 3 5 70 70 5
Sun November 3 boxscore W 4-2 @ Baltimore Colts 19 13 12 271 256 15 1 17 255 87 168 4
Sun November 10 boxscore L 4-3 @ Cleveland Browns 0 24 18 276 186 90 4 11 291 168 123 4
Sun November 24 boxscore L 4-4 Green Bay Packers 10 27 11 167 108 59 7 15 253 102 151 3
Sun December 1 boxscore L 4-5 @ Philadelphia Eagles 6 7 13 258 87 171 2 10 220 67 153 2
Sat December 7 boxscore W 5-5 New York Giants 21 10 12 189 47 142 1 16 260 194 66 3
Sun December 15 boxscore L 5-6 @ Washington Redskins 3 10 7 158 78 80 2 15 209 65 144 4
Sun December 22 boxscore W 6-6 @ Chicago Cardinals 27 2 19 297 129 168 10 96 58 38 4