Andover (/ˈændoʊvər/ AN-doh-vər) is a town in the English county of Hampshire. The town is on the River Anton, a major source of the Test, 18 miles (29 km) west of the town of Basingstoke, both major rail stops. It is 15 miles (24 km) NNW of the city of Winchester, 25 miles (40 km) north of the city of Southampton and 65 miles (105 km) WSW of London. Andover is twinned with the towns of Redon in France, Goch in Germany, and Andover, Massachusetts in the United States.
Its name is recorded in Old English in 955 as Andeferas, and is thought to be of Celtic origin: compare Welsh onn dwfr = "ash(tree) water".
At the time of the Domesday Book (1086) Andover had 107 adult male inhabitants and probably had a total population of about 500. It was a relatively large settlement; most villages had only 100 to 150 people. Andover also had six watermills which ground grain to flour. The town's relative isolation implies a market for grain and flour.
In 1175 King Richard I sold Andover a charter granting certain townspeople rights and forming a merchant guild which took over the governmental rights, see ancient borough. The members elected two officials, bailiffs, who ran the town. In 1201 King John gave the merchants the right to collect royal taxes in Andover themselves. In 1256 Henry III gave the townspeople the right to hold a court and try criminals for offences committed in Andover. Andover also sent MPs to the parliaments of 1295 and 1302–1307. The town was ravaged by two serious fires, one in 1141 and another in 1435.
As well as the Church of St Mary the town had a priory and a hospital run by monks, dedicated to St John the Baptist, and also a lepers hostel to St Mary Magdalene. In 1538 during the Reformation Henry VIII closed the priory and the hospital. In 1571 a free school for the boys of Andover was established in the grounds of St Mary's Church. This in time became Andover Grammar School, and in the 1970s it became John Hanson Community School. The school has occupied various sites in the town over the course of its history and is currently located in Floral Way.
During the 18th century, being on the main Exeter – Salisbury – London road, the place became a refuelling or overnight stop for stagecoaches and other passing trade. More than 30 coaches passed through the town each day. In 1789 a canal to Southampton was opened, though this was never a commercial success and closed in 1859. In 1836 the Borough established a small police force: for the most part two constables and a gaoler.
Andover was linked to Basingstoke and thus to London on its new railway to Salisbury (shortly thereafter to Exeter beyond) when Andover junction station was opened on 3 July 1854. A railway from the 1860s ran to Southampton, built on the bed of the canal, for about 100 years, until 1964. The land, together with the adjacent gasworks and P.M. Coombes woodyards, was then sold to the TSB Trust Company who later built their headquarters there.
The population grew from 3,304 in 1801 to 5,501 in 1871. During the 19th century the town acquired all the usual additions, a theatre in 1803, gas street lighting in 1838, a fire station and cottage hospital in 1877, a swimming pool opened in 1885 and a recreation ground opened in 1887. A water company was formed in 1875 to provide piped water to the town and a system of sewers and drains was built in 1899–1902. The public library opened in 1897. Despite this burgeoning of the amenities of the town in 1845 a notorious scandal involving the hardships endured by the inmates of the workhouse led indirectly to reform of the Poor Law Act, principally involving segregation of a now-obligatory infirmary for local people from the workhouse for the able-bodied, but also better governance. The town was one of the boroughs reformed by the Municipal Reform Act 1835.
During the Second World War the RAF_Staff_College,_Andover was the headquarters of RAF Maintenance Command, and gained a unique place in British history, as the first British military helicopter unit, the Helicopter Training School, was formed in January 1945 at RAF Andover. The airfield is no longer in use although the RAF retains a link to the area through the presence of 1213 (Andover) Squadron, Air Training Corps. When the RAF left the site became the Headquarters of the Quartermaster General and later Logistics Executive.
Andover has a purpose built arts and entertainment venue owned & managed by Test Valley Borough Council called The Lights. This hosts professional artists throughout the year.
The venue has a 249 fully raked auditorium, a business suite, a dance studio and a craft studio. The Lights has attracted international artists including Michael McIntyre.
In the 1950s the Borough Council was approached by the Greater London Council to become an overspill town, to build houses and take people and industry relocated from the overcrowded capital. Some contend that had the old Borough Council still been in charge this would never have been agreed. But it was, and in 1961 the plan was drawn up to expand to a population of some 47,000 by 1982, with 9,000 new homes to be built.
When the Borough Council and Andover Rural District Council were abolished in the local government reorganisation of 1974, and replaced by Test Valley Borough Council (which included the land down to the edge of Southampton in the south) Andover became an unparished area, secularly, for 34 years. Andover Town Council revived in May 2010, the townsfolk electing an initial 19 members, and since 2017 has included a Town Mayor.
About 1 hour 5 minutes from London by train, Andover's centre is convenient to those in the London commuter belt working short-to-average shifts, and high property prices commanded in outlying villages reflect the way in which they serve as easily commutable for senior executives with similar shifts, many of whom retire to the area also.
Tensions between town and country — "old" and "new" exist in some measure, and more expansion is planned by Central government and taking into account the need to bolster local businsses. Today the population of Andover is over 52,000 and it is one of four Major Development Areas in Hampshire, identified for large growth in housing. Plans are in place to build 2,500 homes northeast of the town.
Andover has its railway station quite centrally. It is run by South Western Railway. From here trains run to Salisbury, Yeovil Junction, Exeter St Davids, Basingstoke and London Waterloo (with a usual intermittent stop of Woking) and some stopping services as Whitchurch and smaller nearby places.
In April 2017, The Department for Transport announced that train times between Andover and London Waterloo will be reduced by nearly 20 per cent after awarding the South Western franchise to South Western Railway; journey times to/from London Waterloo cut by about 11 to 13 minutes since late 2018.
The A303 essentially bounds the town to the south, the main London to WSW direction road.
Particularly for good links to Reading and Swindon respectively, roads link to the M4 motorway, to the north, the shorter one by way of the A34 trunk road to Birmingham and beyond, the other via Marlborough, Wiltshire. In 2002 the town became part of the Cango bus network.
In the late 1980s, Andover was one of the first towns in England to have a cable television franchise, Andover Cablevision. The pavements throughout the town were dug up to lay the cables and for a time the service was very successful. Andover Cablevision even ran its own local TV channel, 'Town TV', featuring items of local interest.
In May 2008, a new radio station was launched in the town called Andover Sound. It broadcasts across North West Hampshire on 106.4FM and online at www.andoversound.com from studios based in East Street in the town. The radio station has picked up a number of awards since launching including a New York Festivals Radio Award, the Radio Academy South Station of the Year award and the Arqiva Commercial Station of the Year award. In April 2010 the radio station was nominated for two Sony Radio Academy Awards for Station of the Year (300,000) and News Journalist of the Year and came away from the ceremony with a silver in the journalist category. The radio stations name was changed to The Breeze in 2012 when a new company took over.
Passionate participation (including corporate social responsibility).
Its board includes representatives of local businesses; officers and members of Hampshire County Council, Test Valley Borough Council and Andover Town Council; heads of local schools and colleges, and local residents such as the former local MP, Sir George Young.
The Vision has organised events such as the Christmas lights switch on, the Big Fest summer culture festival and food fayre. It also backs activities like the Riverside Walk and the Chapel Arts centre.
In February 2011, Andover became a Heart Town. This means that the town will make healthy living a top priority. The Andover Vision are working with the British Heart Foundation on this project.
Andover, in common with much of the UK, experiences a maritime climate type, reflected in its limited temperature range and lack of rainy/dry seasons, although rainfall does tend to peak in winter and reach a minimum in summer. The nearest met office weather station to Andover is Leckford, about 5 miles (8 km) south of the town centre.
The absolute maximum temperature recorded was 34.7 °C (94.5 °F) during August 1990. In an average year the hottest day will achieve a temperature of 29.0 °C (84.2 °F). In total 12.8 days should have a maximum temperature of 25.1 °C (77.2 °F) or above.
Total rainfall averages 805 mm per year, with at least 1 mm falling on 124 days. All averages refer to the 1971–2000 observation period.
Bill Rawlings was another Andoverian who began his career at the club. He went on to join Southampton in 1919 where he had a successful career scoring 175 goals in 327 league appearances, making him their third all-time goalscorer behind Mick Channon and Matthew Le Tissier. He also won two England caps in 1922 against Wales and Scotland respectively. He also played for Manchester United and Port Vale.
Ronnie Bond, Pete Staples and Reg Presley of The Troggs, a rock band who had a number of hits in Britain and the United States such as "Wild Thing" and "Love Is All Around", were all born in Andover.
The eminent 19th-century surgeon William Morrant Baker was also born in the town. He was best known for describing the condition Baker's cyst as well as being a lecturer, surgeon and governor at St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
Campaigner and broadcaster Katie Piper was brought up in Andover and retains strong links to the town.
Roger Panes, a member of the Exclusive Brethren Christian evangelical cult, killed his family and himself in Andover in 1974.
Lord Denning, judge and Master of the Rolls, attended Andover Grammar School from 1 October 1909.
Hanson Turner is a recipient of the Victoria Cross.
James Blunt grew up and lived in St Mary Bourne.
Cricket: Andover Cricket Club play in the Southern Premier Cricket League.
Football: The town has two Non-League football clubs, Andover New Street F.C. which play at Foxcotte Park and Andover Town F.C. who play at the Portway Stadium. Andover was home to former Southern League side, Andover Football Club, which was dissolved in the summer of 2011. Andover Lions F.C., a new club formed shortly afterwards, competed in the Hampshire League 2004 and Hampshire Premier League between 2011 and 2017.
Hockey: Andover is home to Andover Hockey Club, the first club in Hampshire to attain the "Club Mark" for its organisation and child safety policies. AHC has 4 men's, 4 ladies', and 2 veterans' sides, and 250+ juniors playing in Hampshire Leagues. They were crowned National Vase Winners in 2007.
In Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot mystery The A.B.C. Murders, Andover is the site of the first murder.
In Episode 6 of Series 40 of Have I Got News for You, team captain Paul Merton mentions "pig stretching in Andover" as an obscure cultural activity, despite the tradition's non-existence.
In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The White Company", Andover is mentioned as sending levies of troops to France.
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Sri Lanka will be celebrating the 71st Independence Day on 4th February 2019.
Today, if you walk around the country, whether it's the cocktail circles in Colombo or the 'kopi kade' in the village, you mostly hear negativity, complaining about how things are, and all the problems that the country is facing. We at MSL thought, we should give this cribbing a break, and appreciate the good things about this country. How blessed are we to be born in a country that 'you can sleep on the street 365 days of the year and not die because it's too hot or because it's too cold! Nor does anyone in this country die out of hunger!" How many countries in the world give you free education and free health, even with all the problems we have with the system? So we are saying, drop the complaining, appreciate the good things, come and celebrate the fact that you were born in this country!
In Sri Lanka, we celebrate so many festivals on religious and ethnic lines but we wanted to celebrate an occasion that all Sri Lankans can come together and celebrate as one nation regardless of ethnic and religious divisions. The Mother Sri Lanka movement (MSL) has decided that the Independence Day of our Motherland, as the most appropriate day that all Sri Lankans can celebrate the "pride of being Sri Lankan" as one nation. The movement is inviting all Sri Lankans to join and celebrate been a Sri Lankan, or "Sri Lankan ness" on our independence day. It is an opportunity for all of us living in this beautiful country to put aside all differences and appreciate the positive values of the Sri Lankan people.
With this aim, we launched the first ever "Love Sri Lanka Festival" in 2018 in lieu of the 70th Independence Day. The event which was a great success was endorsed by the Ministry of Tourism and we are now in the process of making this event an annual event every year on the eve of February 4th.
The "Love Sri Lanka Street Festival 2019" will be held over 2 days (the weekend of February 2-3rd, 2019) and will showcase everything Sri Lankan and conceptualized for the enjoyment of all Sri Lankans as well as foreigners. It will be a celebration of Sri Lankan culture, art, craft, street drama, local fashion and accessories, music and entertainment displayed and demonstrated during a full day festival. This unique event, is by Sri Lankans, for Sri Lankans for the first time in the history, for the true purpose of rekindling the nostalgia and emotions of being a 'Sri Lankan'.Sri Lanka Souvenir Competition, which is open to the general public to display their creative talents and craftsman skills. It is envisaged to make this an opportunity for small and medium local street food manufacturers and small-time entertainers who will be allowed to perform along at the festival. All proceeds of this event will be a contribution to the charity work conducted by Mother Sri Lanka.
When was the last time you had a 'kiriappa'? or have you even heard of it? How about that mouth-watering 'isso wade', hot hot thosai or hothot kavum? Wash it off with a faluda? Do you know, that we Sri Lankans may travel the world and eat the best gourmet food, but we yearn for the pol sambol and rice? That's Soooo Sri Lankan! That's what this is all about, celebrating the 'Soooo Sri Lankan' things, whether it's in food, entertainment, music, art!
This will be an event for the whole family, held during two whole days on February 2nd – 3rd from 10 am onwards to10 pm on the eve of our independence day. In addition to food 7 beverages, the festival will have games for all ages, paddle boats and train rides for the kids, go-karts for the teens, zip line for the bold, and many more games for everyone. If games is not your thing, maybe you are a shopaholic, you can find a range of things to buy from arts & handicrafts to clothes and plants, all to support small and medium entrepreneurs. If that's not enough, surely you will like to mingle with the likes of Mahadanamutta, the funny characters from salupaliya or Sri Lankan celebrities like Dilantha Malagamuwa, or do baila dancing with Sunil Perera.
If all of these reasons are not enough to make you want to come, the fact that all of the funds raised from this event goes to support the charity work done by Mother Sri Lanka with school children to make them become 'Responsible citizens' should be a reason for you to visit this festival. So come join us, with your friends and family, it's the one and only festival of this kind.


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NWA 74: Night 1 Review - August 27, 2022
Pre-Show: Rhett Titus def. VSK
Apparently there was another pre-show match that saw The Country Gentlemen defeat Gold Rushhh, but the NWA's YouTube stream of the pre-show didn't include that and I don't have much of a desire to go out of my way to find it. As for Titus vs. VSK, it was a well-wrestled affair. Both guys are talented and the NWA has been a good landing spot for the former ROH World Television Champion. As for VSK, the dude is all over the place and continues to impress.
Pre-Show: Rodney Mack def. Da Pope
Pope being relegated to the pre-show doesn't sit right with me, especially considering everyone else who was featured instead. That said, I wasn't clamoring to see him face Mack, so maybe this was better off on the pre-show. It was a subpar outing, but Pope did his best to make it tolerable. The focus was on Aron Stevens costing Pope the win and Kratos, Stevens' old tag team partner, making the save for Pope afterward.
Pre-Show: Caprice Coleman and Gustavo Aguilar def. Colby Corino and Wrecking Ball Legursky
Coleman and Corino are facing off on Night 2, so this was given a Pick Your Poison stipulation. Coleman's team winning means he gets to pick the stipulation for their match on Night 2, which will be two-out-of-three falls. Corino would've chosen a 30-minute Iron Man match. Is either stipulation necessary considering that contest has no build? Nonetheless, this was a well-worked tag team affair. Coleman continues to be a good get for the NWA roster.
EC3 def. Mims
This marked EC3's NWA debut. I'm honestly surprised he didn't debut sooner, but he's been making the rounds since being released from WWE by competing for IMPACT and Ring of Honor and obviously running his own promotion, Control Your Narrative. This wasn't the most exciting opener since it was so short, and it's a shame Mims wasn't able to score more offense than he did. This simply served to give EC3 a win in his debut and nothing more.
The Miserably Faithful (Judais, Sal the Pal and Gaagz the Gymp) def. The Ill Begotten (Alex Taylor, Jeremiah Plunkett, and Danny Dealz) Beelzebub's Bedlam Match
Of all the matches across both nights of the pay-per-view, this one surprisingly had a story. Well, kind of. There's been issues within Ill Begotten as of late and they've also been involved in a bit of a faction war with Miserably Faithful. They certainly utilized the stipulation, though I can't say I enjoyed all of it. In fact, the most memorable part might have been that bad botch in the middle off the ladder. That was scary stuff. The rest of this was whatever.
Chris Adonis def. Odinson by Disqualification
I have no idea why this match happened other than to get both men on the card. I like Adonis, but Odinson has primarily been a tag team wrestler in the NWA, so it's hard to care about him on his own. They had a decent match, but there was nothing particularly exciting about it. Odinson getting himself disqualified also made him look like the heel even though I thought he was supposed to be the babyface. The feud will likely continue, even though I have no desire to see a rematch.
NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion Homicide def. Kerry Morton
Homicide called out Morton as his opponent for the NWA 74 a while ago, so I thought this might be the night he finally lost the title. As it turned out, it wasn't, but Morton only fell short because Homicide cheated multiple times. Hopefully he sticks with this heel turn and isn't forgotten about within the next few weeks. I think there's a strong story that can be told with Morton chasing Homicide for the belt and Homicide doing anything and everything to hold onto it. This was a very good match with a great closing stretch and some suspenseful nearfalls. Easily the best bout of the show up to this point.
Kyle Davis Interviewed Tommy Rich
As an NWA legend, Rich making an appearance on the NWA's 74th anniversary pay-per-view was awesome. I honestly can't remember the last time I saw him brought in for a major promotion's show. I can't imagine why because he looks phenomenal at 66. His promo was what you'd expect, but the crowd was happy to see him. This was an improvement over that rambling Ric Flair promo from last year. Props to Rich for keeping it short and sweet.
Rolando Freeman def. Matt Cardona
This was an open challenge from Cardona, who hasn't wrestled a formal match (that I know of) since he suffered an injury at the start of the summer that caused him to relinquish the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship. He had the ability to pick his opponent here, which is why it was the much smaller Rolando Freeman. It was an easy match for Cardona to do since it wasn't too competitive, so maybe Cardona isn't 100 percent cleared yet. Either way, the crowd loved Freeman getting that huge upset over Cardona. It didn't do much for me personally, but they were louder for that than almost anything else all night. Cardona's meltdown should be entertaining.
Max The Impaler Won the Burke Invitational to Earn an NWA World Women's Championship Opportunity on Night 2 of NWA 74
Truth be told, I thought this would be worse than it was considering the talent involved. There weren't many standouts on paper, so I feared this would mostly be a mess. Thankfully, it was pretty passable. It was a basic Gauntlet Battle Royal that didn't get interesting until the final four. I'm glad Natalia Markova lasted as long as she did before Max eliminated her to win the whole thing. Max was building momentum prior to ROH's closure, so it's cool that the NWA picked her up and has made her a dominant force. She'll challenge for the NWA World Women's Championship on Night 2.
Cyon def. Jax Dane to Win the NWA National Championship
I'm not sure who fans were supposed to cheer for since Dane has notoriously been a hated heel throughout his reign as NWA National champ and Cyon turned heel by joining Idolmania Sports Management a few months ago. That said, the crowd popped for Cyon capturing the title. His character has bored me to tears this year, so I'm actually disappointed Dane lost it to him since Dane played that role so well. They had a mediocre match and the interference from the returning Anthony Mayweather didn't help at all.
Bully Ray def. Mike Knox in a Tables Match
This stems from Nox putting Bully through a table days removed from Alwayz Ready as their bad blood goes back to their Aces & Eights days in TNA. I didn't have much interest in this outing, but it was one of the few matches on this card that had a story, so I can't complain. This would have been way more plodding as a standard singles match, so the drama surrounding the Tables stipulation made this more bearable. It was fine for what it was and Bully winning should put an end to their rivalry. Whether Bully sticks around in the NWA after this remains to be seen.
La Rebelion def. Hawx Aerie to Win the Vacant NWA World Tag Team Championship
It's such a bummer that The Commonwealth Connection had to vacate the tag titles due to an injury (or maybe it was an illness?) to Davey Boy Smith Jr. La Rebelion were already scheduled to contend for the titles on this show, though I'm not sure how Hawx Aerie earned the opportunity since I can't recall them winning too many tag matches in recent months. They're a talented team, so oh well. This was a well-worked match with not a ton of crowd heat. La Rebelion are one of the NWA's better teams, but I would have rather seen Hawx Aerie get their moment since La Rebelion were already champs for almost a year between 2021 and 2022.
NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Trevor Murdoch and NWA Television Champion Tyrus Exchanged Words
The segment started out with William Patrick Corgan addressing the audience about the event before turning it over to Murdoch and Tyrus to speak briefly ahead of their world championship clash on Night 2. They exchanged words but didn't get physical. I'm not sure if this was supposed to sell people on their main event for Night 2, but it didn't work, at least for me. Fingers crossed Murdoch can carry him to something serviceable.
NWA World Women's Champion Kamille def. Taya Valkyrie
It sucks that EmPowerrr wasn't a thing this year (and I don't buy that crap from Corgan that it wasn't a success it was incredibly well received online), but at least the women were able to headline Night 1. Not only that, but it was the best thing on the entire show. This was the match I was hoping we'd get when Valkyrie came to the NWA in June and I would've pulled the trigger on a title change. Kamille has come a long way and has been built up nicely, but if it's not Valkyrie, I don't know who can believably beat her. Nonetheless, this was superb stuff.
I'm still stunned that the NWA would decide to do two nights of the 74th anniversary show instead of devoting one of them to EmPowerrr. I realize it's an anniversary show and they probably wanted to make it a grand occasion, but with a roster so thin and a product with so little buzz, it was a bad idea from the get-go and even more obvious in execution. It's a relief it was capped off on a positive note with the women, but there were far more forgettable matches than memorable ones. It won't be difficult for Night 2 to be better than this, but then again, it's also possible it'll be worse considering Tyrus will be in the main event.
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UNESCO members sign an agreement for the health of AI
This week, all the member states of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), a total of 193 countries, signed an important document that includes a common agreement to strengthen, clearly and perfectly defined, a "healthy" development of artificial intelligence.
It is a fact that, in recent years, artificial intelligence has become one of the most important technological assets in the world. However, its enormous potential is also accompanied by many doubts, and also many ethical issues which, unfortunately, are not at all easy to solve. This is precisely where this UNESCO agreement comes into play, as its main objective is to prevent an "inappropriate" use of artificial intelligence.
This agreement not only seeks to prevent the development and use of artificial intelligence for criminal purposes, but also the creation of AI models that have other purposes that, even though they are not criminals in the strict sense, they may turn out to be ethically despicable. In this sense, UNESCO highlighted that the technology with the greatest potential, and with the greatest impact that has arrived in recent years, has already caused significant damage that goes beyond that idea of criminality, and that contributed to generating prejudices both racially as gender.
According to UNESCO, until now there was no set of universal values that would serve as a guide for human beings to determine, in a broad sense, the framework on which all developments and implementations of artificial intelligence should be situated, and that precisely this document that the 193 Member States have signed has been created with the objective of occupying that place, position yourself as a benchmark.
Audrey Azoulay, Director General of UNESCO, commented:
"The world needs rules for artificial intelligence to benefit humanity. The AI Ethics Recommendation is an important response to that urgent need. Establishes the world's first regulatory framework, Iit gives States the responsibility to apply it. UNESCO will support its 193 member states to achieve such implementation, and will ask them to report regularly on their progress and practices.
It is a totally voluntary adhesion agreement, the fulfillment of which remains, in the end, in the hands of each Member State. If any of them does not comply with the principles set out in said agreement, there will not be, in principle, no type of consequence or sanction. To understand this, it is enough to remember that countries like China have signed this document, and that this country uses artificial intelligence to create mass surveillance and social control systems.
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A day late again. I know I was supposed to post a knitting update yesterday, but Baby Man woke up from his nap after less than a half an hour extremely upset. I tried to get him to go back to sleep, and ended up taking him out for a walk and something to eat. That meant there was no time for me to do anything for myself. To ensure this didn't happen again today, I took pictures of my knitting last night, so they look a little crappy. As always, if you are reading this actually at my blog, click to embiggen, if you are reading this elsewhere (Google Reader, Facebook, etc.), I have no idea what will happen if you click the pictures!
Here is the entrelac scarf I'm working on for Baby Man. It is turning out so much better than that ugly entrelac scarf I was knitting a while ago. I'm using Bernat's Sox in colour Wooded Denim. It has turned out to be much too wide for Baby Man at 16.5cm (6.5″). But I'm forging ahead, thinking that I can fold it in half for him now, and use it as is in a couple of years. Or, I can make it into a gift for someone else. We shall see how it goes.
I've also cast on a pair of Lucy Neatby's Mermaid Socks using Mary Maxim's Bamboo Soft Stripes in colour Spring Rain. Not much to see though.
Mermaid Socks - Cast On!
And, of course, I'm also working on a Christmas gift I can't share.
On to other business: I've finished book 7 in the 10 Book Reading Challenge. Mr. Darcy's Diary by Amanda Grange was a wonderful, fun, romantic read. I love revisiting Jane Austen's worlds, even through other author's words. I liked this book so much that I've reserved another book by Amanda Grange from the library: Mr. Knightley's Diary .
I'm guessing that some of you might be surprised how quickly I'm working my way through these books. Well, I'm a voracious reader. I love books and I read whenever I get the chance. I average at least 50 books of 300 pages or more a year, along with various magazines, shorter books, books I don't finish, and several books I don't count because I don't feel like they are real books (e.g. knitting and cross stitch books that are more than 50% patterns). I read fast, and at every opportunity. I'm even reading when I knit now, since Baby Man has stolen (!) so much of my reading time.
And, lastly, I've come across one more giveaway. Annette of Annette's Acre is hosting a 3rd giveaway, this time for a whole huge pile of cross stitch stuff. Head on over to enter before October 18th. Or not, because I really want to win this one! lol! Kidding, of course.
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Conte backs Cahill to succeed Terry as Chelsea captain
Author: Julie Sanders Мая 21, 2017,
Мая 21, 2017, 15:16
Conte has himself been linked with a return to Italy, with Inter reportedly prepared to make him the world's highest-paid head coach, but his focus is exclusively on Sunderland in their final Premier League match on Sunday and the FA Cup final with Arsenal to come.
The 36-year-old defender, who will leave Chelsea this summer after 22 years, made his first Premier League start since September and 716th Blues appearance in last Monday's win over Watford. For the appearances, for the years he's played for this club, and above all for his victories with this club.
"It will be a surprise, because it's important to take the best decision for him". Cahill, 31, has led Chelsea for the majority of the campaign with Terry, who is leaving the club at the end of the season, starting only five league games. "For this reason I think I have to take my time and to make the best decision for him", he told reporters. "We all know he prefers to play regularly and for this reason he chose to leave". The answer is yes, 100 per cent, just like I want all of our players to stay. "Then I think every single player, the coach and the manager, we have the time to discuss with our club". I think in the moment I called him to play he showed this. "John has all these characteristics".
Antonio Conte has refused to be drawn on talk of signing a new contract at Chelsea, insisting his focus remains on finishing the season strongly.
The 47-year-old maintained his line that his focus is on immediate targets - but he did say the plan is for his wife Elisabetta and daughter Vittoria to join him in London this summer.
"First of all it's important to repeat: I have two years' contract to go", Conte added. "It's important to underline this".
Costa has been heavily tipped to move to the lucrative Chinese Super League with Tianjin Quanjian, while Fabregas is a reported target for AC Milan's new wealthy owners. I think on Sunday we will see what happens.
"I am not sure celebratory is the right word (to describe the atmosphere), but we hope for a good atmosphere".
Courtois could win the Premier League Golden Glove this weekend.
"We have these two targets on Sunday".
Penn State Student from Ronkonkoma Charged in Hazing Death
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Russian foreign minister mocks media over Trump disclosures
United Nations informed of Ebola virus outbreak in northern DR Congo
Sweden drops investigation into Julian Assange rape allegations
Wenger dismissive of Adams criticism
Katy Perry hits back at bullies with new track
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Liverpool can attract top talent, feels manager Juergen Klopp
In Saudi Arabia, Tillerson hints at possible talks with Iran
Kawhi Leonard on status for Game 3: 'It's just questionable for tomorrow'
Diamondbacks' Greinke has no-hitter through 7 innings
He was taken to a local hospital for evaluation, and the Diamondbacks haven't yet made a statement about his condition. The Diamondbacks scored seven runs in the third, tying a club record for most scored against the Pirates in one inning.
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho takes Europa League swipe at Ajax
Having finished in fifth last season, United missed out on the Champions League, having to settle for the Europa League instead. Pogba hasn't performed on the pitch for a long time , so he requires warming up before facing off with Crystal Palace.
Man Utd to move for Chelsea star
Matic was a key figure during Mourinho's title glory with Chelsea in 2014 though, and would help provide stability at Old Trafford.
Analysts' Activity: Chico's Fas (NYSE:CHS)
Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 153,260 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,191,618. Acadian Asset Management LLC decreased its position in shares of Chico's FAS, Inc. (NYSE:CHS) rating on Friday, May 27.
What is WannaCry? Here's how the ransomware software hijacks your computer
With this attack, Abrams recommends trying to recover the "shadow volume" copies some versions of Windows have. The result: "Users unlikely to get files restored", the company's Security Response team tweeted.
Jeremy Corbyn: Conservatives creating a 'war between generations'
The party will be held in Westminster's Red Lion pub, where Mr Corbyn celebrated becoming Labour Party leader in 2015. A spokesman for the Labour leader said MI5 kept files on "many peace and labour movement campaigners" at the time .
In Saudi Arabia, Melania Trump opts to keep her head bare
The scheduling choice is designed in part to show respect to the region after months of harsh anti-Muslim campaign rhetoric. The order, the nation's highest civilian honor, was also bestowed upon former Presidents Barack Obama and George W.
Silva to announce future next week amid Watford speculation
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Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool can draw top players to Anfield
Wenger said ; "Chamberlain is not back and we have uncertainty over Koscielny". Steve Agnew: We have to prepare for the game ahead.
OPEC Panel Looking At Deepening, Extending Oil Cuts
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Trump tells Russians Comey was a 'nut job'
The White House has struggled to explain the chain of events that led to Mr Comey's firing and exactly who made the decision. He says his memo is not a finding of official misconduct and is not a statement of reasons to justify Comey's firing.
Fired FBI chief Comey to testify publicly in Congress
Comey is known to produce memos documenting especially sensitive or unsettling encounters, such as after the February meeting. Mr Rosenstein said, although he was personally fond of Mr Comey, "I thought it was appropriate to seek a new leader".
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The package includes tanks, combat ships, missile defense systems, radar and communications and cybersecurity technology. Speaking about the possibility of an accord during the visit, Trump said, "We will get this done".
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Ellison: It's All About Me
Author: ReutersReuters
PALO ALTO, Calif. – Between plotting to make Oracle the world's most important software company and fighting to win back sailing's coveted America's Cup, software titan Larry Ellison has been busy scribbling footnotes to the most detailed account yet of his out-sized life.
In Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle, the relentlessly competitive billionaire uses those footnotes to take his story directly to readers. He also responds and sometimes challenges the account of author Matthew Symonds – a twist in presentation that adds a real-time feel to the 500-page biography published this month.
"An awful lot of business books are really dreary and boring. I hope this one's a little more interesting and even funny in spots," Ellison told Reuters.
Titanic conflicts are the hallmark of Ellison's life – from his early friction with his adoptive father and authority figures at school to his self-defining battles with tech rivals such as Bill Gates, the world's richest man and co-founder of Microsoft.
Setting himself up as Gates' alter-ego raised Ellison's profile and that of the world's No. 1 database software company he built.
In the mid-1990s, Fortune magazine ushered Ellison into the mainstream as "software's other billionaire."
Ellison, now 59, told Symonds, "We pick our enemies very carefully, it helps us focus."
From his decision this year to launch a hostile bid for rival PeopleSoft – which he says he should have bought in 2000 when it was cheap – to his penchant for picking fights with ever-bigger competitors, including International Business Machines and SAP, Ellison is constantly in search of his next challenge.
"If you're a fighter, the only way up is through the top fighters in your division," he says.
Oracle crows over how it hobbled early competitors like Informix and Sybase by overwhelming key accounts with aggressive sales people. In Ellison's sights now are Siebel Systems and PeopleSoft – both run by former Oracle execs who are among Ellison's loudest critics.
His personal and professional liaisons continue to be grist for the high-tech rumor mill. Symonds, an editor at the Economist, details Ellison's epic fallout with former Oracle President Ray Lane, revealing that during the course of interviews Lane asked the author to act as a sort of marriage counselor to help the men understand what went wrong.
Then there is Ellison's low-profile relationship with fiance Melanie Craft that in 2001 caused a New York Post gossip columnist to question whether the romance writer was really a figment of the thrice-divorced mogul's imagination.
The book also revisits the infamous "dumpster diving" incident in which Oracle paid investigators to find evidence for the feds to use in its antitrust case against Microsoft.
Ellison's victory in the lethal 1998 Sydney-to-Hobart race, which took the lives of six sailors, and his recent near-miss bid to bring the America's Cup home showed that even his "leisure" activities are high stake.
"I've always been more motivated by fear of failure than by greed. And I hate losing," Ellison said.
Ellison's critics say he takes the boasting and over-promising so common in the software industry to new hyperbolic peaks.
His sweeping industry predictions are legendary, and have been right about as often as they have been wrong.
His bet that relational databases would be commercially viable made Oracle a billion-dollar business – before a "near-death experience" in the early 1990s when it teetered on failure because of lax controls and a buggy software rewrite.
On the other hand, Ellison got it massively wrong in 1995 when he predicted the death of the PC, which he branded a "ridiculous device."
Ellison's latest bet is on the Internet and the use of a single database to streamline business functions. While Oracle stumbled badly out of the gate delivering its e-business software, it has made progress to that end.
"You don't have to be perfect, you just have to be better than the other guy. We're now far enough ahead to win," said Ellison, who described himself as a sprinter who cycles between extremely hard work and rest.
He may pull 16-hour stretches for days at a time, and then not turn up at Oracle's headquarters for a week.
Like many others, Symonds wondered how and when Ellison will walk away from his post at Oracle. "I'm certainly prepared to stay around another five or six years," Ellison told Reuters.
But in the book, he also made one prediction that could clear the way for his eventual exit: "There aren't any more life-threatening technology revolutions ahead," he wrote.


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Gone are the days of hustling between a bunch of remotes to control your entertainment unit actively. There are many best universal remote controls that has taken place in the world of entertainment over the course of time.
The Universal remote control simplifies the juggling by connecting multiple entertainment audio/video devices to a single control system. It saves you a lot of confusion and eliminates the confusion that you had to go through while you have to switch between multiple remotes for controlling the system.
These best universal remote controls provide you the ability to jump to favorite channel in just a snap, besides this, some of them are Alexa compatible hence, they allow you to control the smart home gadgets just by a simple voice command.
After spending hours we have gathered a list of the best universal remote controls to help you in picking up an ideal remote control to match your needs. So without any yearning proceed further to get yourself an ideal universal remote control.
With the capability of replacing 8 remotes combined, Logitech Harmony makes one of the best universal remote controls. It features a 2.4-inch colored smart LED display to show you the list of your favorite channels icon and the required commands to control the associated device. It also consists of 'One-touch Activity buttons' which can be programmed with several commands such as "watch a DVD" for handy navigation. It is compatible with up to 6000 brands so that you won't have to worry about buying another remote in case you decide to replace your current device.
Logitech Harmony Elite is an extensively powerful remote with the ability to control up to 15 home entertainment and connected home devices. Besides, it is Alexa compatible which pretty much allows you to control the entire entertainment unit along with the other electronics at your home through the buttons as well as a voice command.
The built-in touchscreen allows for an easy navigation, it consists of features like "one touch activity" which allows for automatic power on/off and switching to a different device in just a touch. The harmony hub included in the package, let you control the devices placed insides the cabinet without the need of pointing the remote at the device. The harmony android app turns your smartphone into an individual remote to take control of the device while you are away from home.
Philips SRP5018/27 features a traditional design but unlike the regular remotes, it has the ability to control up to devices giving it 3rd position on the list of the best universal remote controls. It is equipped with quick access buttons for streaming Netflix and Vudu. Backlit device buttons for added convenience at long binge-watching sessions during the night. It supports an ample number of devices including Satellite boxes, Blu ray player, home theater and VCR etc. It lacks the touchscreen feature and efficiency like Logitech ones, however, it consists of enough set of features for such an affordable cost.
Inteset INT 422 is exclusively dedicated to streamers making it one of the best universal remote controls. It has 4 pre-programmed keys devoted to work with Apple TV, XBox One, Media Center/Kodi and Roku. Besides this, the remote is compatible with 100,000 other devices. The Full LED Backlighting for the convenience of late night binge watchers. Inteset remote allows you to program up to 32 commands in a single button so that you can turn on/oo all the connected devices with a single button press. Intuitive button mapping for close resemblance to the original device, to prevent second guessing.
Logitech harmony all in one features a robust design however it lacks touchscreen display, unlike other counterpart harmony remotes. Besides this, it is compatible with Alexa to provide voice-activated which making it your one spot controller for your home entertainment system. It gives you the convenience of controlling up to 8 different devices. It works with over 270,000 devices, thus eliminating the need of replacing the remote everytime you buy a new device or get rid of the old one.
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SONY has long been thriving in the race of reliable electronic manufacturers in the Industry. This time it came up with the best universal remote controls which makes a centralized control for all your entertainment devices. It pairs up to 8 devices with pre-programmed commands, besides this, it has 12 dedicated system control macro functional buttons. It features the traditional design with backlit and rubberized buttons for a seamless user interface.
Searching to buy an affordable but efficient remote on the list of best universal remote controls than GE 3370 is the answer to your query. It controls up to 4 audio/video devices such as Television, DVD players soundbars etc. The Comprehensive code library compatible with all gigantic Television manufacturer brands. The master volume control allows the GE to control the volume of all connected devices. Highlighted A, B, C and D buttons for easy access to your favorite hardware units. It runs on 2 AAA batteries which do not require a replacement for over a month. The best part is the availability of remote in 5 different colors to pick from.
Logitech Harmony 350 is the cheapest among the series of harmony remotes on the list of best universal remote. It saves you the time spent in juggling by replacing the need of multiple remote controls. It consists of a broad compatibility, as it Works with 225,000+ devices and 5,000+ brands, including new devices that are added regularly into the database. It features a one-touch button which allows you to jump on any of your 5 favorite channels. It comes with an effortless setup that can be easily accomplished in just a few minutes.
Logitech harmony is an exceptionally powerful universal remote with the capability of controlling up to 15 devices in time. The standout feature of the harmony is 2.4 inches colored display for simplified navigation. It allows you to change the channel or control the volume with just one tap on the screen. You can store up to 50 icons of your favorite channel on the screen for one-touch access. Besides, all these features the remote supports over 225,000 devices and 5,000+ brands and consist of a very easy setup process.
GE 24991 may not be the prettiest on the list of best universal remote control but it works efficiently for such an affordable price. The compact design makes it's easy to hold on, it can control up to 3 audio and video components such as Television, Blu-ray and satellite boxes etc. It is compatible with all the major Television brands along with all the latest devices. Features automatic power off along with code search function that saves you a lot of time and hustling.
That's all folks, I hope this article has proven helpful in convincing you to get rid of your traditional remote and opt for an effortless, sleek and powerful universal remote to control entire entertainment system at your home. And I assume this guide about the best universal remote controls will help you in choosing the most convenient universal remote for your requirements. There are plenty of option to choose from please let us know in the comment section below which one you picked from our list of best universal remote controls.


"Plenty of good scraps are as important in making a book as in the making of a quilt. I often think of my books as scrapbooks of my life, because I put in them all the neat things that I see and read and hear . I sometimes wonder what people who don't write do with all their good stuff.
A blacksnake on my front porch.
Ninety-year-old twins who were still dressing alike.
A woman who made varmint stew from dead things she found on the road.
A cat with a golden earring.
An owl in the bathroom.
Students might like to brainstorm a class list of where ideas for writing come from–like the list below. Post the list in the classroom where students can refer back to it, and add to the list from time-to-time. Students will also want to keep individual lists of the neat things they "see and hear and read" so that they can use their "good stuff" in their writing.
Idea lists, story starters, etc.


Few other nations in the world compare to the truly amazing place called India. Incredibly friendly people, vibrant colors and spirituality abound throughout the country. The India flag patch is a beautiful replica of the actual flag of India. The India flag applique is ideal for display or can be attached to clothing using a convenient iron-on backing or it can simply be sewn on. Either way, the flag patch of India is a must-have for serious collectors as well as those who enjoy collecting national flag badges from around the world.


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Het Moutoki-eiland is een klein eilandje aan het Noordereiland in de Bay of Plenty van Nieuw-Zeeland. De regio Bay of Plenty waar Moutoki toe behoort, is genoemd naar de baai die zijn naam van James Cook kreeg. Moutoki maakt samen met de eilanden Rurima en Tokata deel uit van de Rurima Rocks. Het eiland ligt zo'n 10 kilometer ten westen van het eiland Whale.

Op het eiland leven brughagedissen waarvan 32 volwassen exemplaren in 1996 werden uitgezet voor een herintroductie op het eiland Whale.

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Restaurant At Sea Bonaire, welcoming atmosphere and the best dishes!
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On the boulevard, on the side of the container terminal on the south pier, next to the Dive-Inn location of Dive Friends Bonaire, our guests can find restaurant At Sea Bonaire: great food and as far as we are concerned, one of the best restaurants on the island with a welcoming atmosphere and culinary delights!
The chef will always use local products such as fresh goat's cheese and fresh fish, whenever possible.
Because of the large terrace, which is covered with huge umbrellas, At Sea is also the perfect location for a party or other gathering. Many companies and many jubilees invited their guests to At Sea, to share their event with their relations.
That the above is not just the opinion of the hostesses and hosts of Sunwise, for example, proves the many positive reviews.
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PM Fayez Serraj calls on EU to assist Libya overcome current crisis
PM of Libya, Fayez Serraj
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UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez Serraj urged the European Union (EU) mission to assist Libya overcome its current crisis, which includes security, illegal immigration and economic recovery.
The Prime Minister called for a quick return of the EU mission to work with all its capabilities from inside Libya.
He also stressed the importance of the partnership between Libya and the EU.
According to a statement from the prime minister's office, Serraj made the call during a meeting with EU Ambassador to Libya Bettina Muscheidt in the capital city of Tripoli.
The two officials discussed the latest political developments in Libya as well as mutual cooperation programs in fighting illegal immigration, training of Libyan Coast Guards and economic recovery programmes.
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Serraj said the upcoming elections in Libya must be conducted on a legal and constitutional basis and asked the EU to provide technical support for the elections.
Ghassan Salame, the special representative of the UN secretary-general and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), said earlier on Wednesday that a constitutional framework is important for the upcoming elections.
In November 2017, Salame said the UNSMIL was seeking to ensure that the elections will be held before the end of September 2018.
On Dec. 6, 2017, the Libya Higher Commission of Elections opened a two-month registration for voters and recently extended the registration until mid-February.
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Plutus PowerGen submits application for new UK gas-powered site
StockMarketWire.com - Flexible energy solutions provider Plutus PowerGen said it had submitted an application for planning permission for the development of a double gas-powered site in the South West of England.
The company said it had utilised some of the cash raised in the fourth quarter of 2018 for the planning of the two wholly-owned prospective gas peaker sites in the South West.
Once granted, planning approval would enable Plutus to advance its strategy of bringing online further high margin-gas operations using the Medway plant as a template, the company said.
Medway would be the first gas-powered FlexGen site developed by the company, in which it had a 44.5% interest.
It also had a pipeline of other prospective gas sites, totalling more than 300MW, which it said it intended to develop with a majority interest.
'The submission of planning permission for approval is an important step forward for Plutus and signals the continued development of our strategy which is focused on bringing online further gas powered FlexGen sites,' acting chief executive James Longley said.
'The money raised at the end of 2018 has been put to excellent use and demonstrates our desire to progress these two prospective gas sites.'
'Furthermore, discussions are ongoing regarding further funding for additional majority owned gas sites across the UK and as such, we look forward to updating the market on our progress.'
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The researchers say that they saw a time portal.
A group of American and British scientists came across in Antarctica on an interesting object when doing research in climate science.
The experts could find the time portal. According to physicist Marianne Maclean, the sky suddenly a clot of gray fog, which rotates. At first, scientists did not pay attention on the polar storm, as they thought. However, even after a few hours the fog has not disappeared and not moved to another point that surprised group members.
The experts decided to investigate the anomaly. They sent her to a weather balloon tied to the device for recording wind speed, air humidity and temperature. When the chronometer was lowered, it was shown on 27 January 1965. How is this possible?
The scientists repeated the experiment several times, but nothing changed. About some "gravitational tunnels" said albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen. They noted the existence of "corridors" that allow you to move anywhere in the Universe. It may be a strange vortex just refers to this futuristic theory.
Marianne noted that the military learned about the discovery was immediately classified all information. Consequently, the denouement of the story we hardly know.


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Immaculate Deception: Suzanne Arms Reads The Introduction
By Suzanne Arms On Oct 23, 2017
Since 1973, Suzanne Arms has been an outspoken visionary, multi-book author, photojournalist, inspired teacher and public speaker: wise, passionate and compassionate. She synthesizes earth-based wisdom and modern science about how best to bring humans into the world and care for the mother-baby bond, so that everyone benefits and families can thrive. Her perspective is both broad and deep, as she weaves history, politics, economics, psychology, spirituality, public health, cross-cultural issues, eco-feminism and the feminine into a beautiful tapestry of knowledge.
Some have called Suzanne Arm's "Immaculate Deception" the pioneering ice breaker in the modern conversation about Childbirth. Now, you can revisit and reaffirm those ideas with her newest work, "Immaculate Deception" with Suzanne Arms, a collection of 11 downloadable audio cd's providing new and updated ideas and insights. Listen HERE to the first hour for FREE! The Intro, and all of the CD's, are available for download in the SHOP under "Downloads".
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About Suzanne Arms, founder of Birthing the Future and author, Immaculate Deception. She's a familiar name to many from her seven groundbreaking books (on pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and adoption), films, photographs, and the hundreds of talks she has given at conferences worldwide since 1975. She has been an inspiration behind the Birth Movement. Her 2nd book,Immaculate Deception was named a New York Times Best Book of the Year and inspired thousands of midwives, nurses and physicians, as well as parents-to-be. Arms is an advocate for holistic, sustainable health policies and practices and conscious parenting. Her focus - and the focus of Birthing The Future, the U.S. non-profit she founded and directs - is birth and the mother-baby connection, which lays the foundation for love and trust, health and resiliency, cooperation and community. Arms presentations range from large multi-media events, using films and her photographs, at conferences and colleges to workshops for professionals and students, and intimate sacred circles for healing and deepening community. She weaves a tapestry of knowledge from ancient and cross-cultural wisdom to modern science (cellular biology, neurobiology, psycho-immunology and attachment theory), with ecology, feminism and spirituality.
Our parent nonprofit, Families for Conscious Living, FCL is a proud sponsor of The Time Is Now, a documentary by Suzanne Arms filmed in the Canary Islands with birth activists from around the world.
For more than 30 years, Suzanne Arms has been an activist and social critic on behalf of a natural approach to childbirth and maternal care. In the 1970s, she was among the most articulate among a small group of feminist critics of mainstream American medical practice who began to argue that medical interventions in childbirth, while appropriate in some circumstances, had become standard for most women, raising the risk of harm to both mother and baby. Her book, Immaculate Deception: A New Look at Women in Childbirth (Houghton Mifflin), included in the New York Times "List of Noteworthy Titles" for 1975, earned Arms a place on the syllabi of many women's studies courses at colleges and universities in the 1970s and 1980s.
In 1995, she published a revised and updated 20th-anniversary edition, Immaculate Deception II: Myth, Magic, and Birth (Celestial Arts), in which she built on the themes she had introduced at a time when chemical and surgical interventions in childbirth were far less prevalent.
In April 2011, she organized a gathering of experts in medicine, psychology, and anthropology—20 in all, from five continents—on the island of Tenerife, off the western coast of Africa, for a six-day roundtable that she hopes will spark a larger exploration of whether such medical interventions create unnecessary trauma for newborns, disrupting the bonds between mothers and babies in ways that lead to other social ills. The resulting documentary is entitle, The Time Is Now.
About The Time Is Now
Author, speaker, photojournalist, visionary-activist Suzanne Arms led a groundbreaking 6-day Roundtable at a small retreat center on the island of Tenerife, off the coast of Africa in April 2011. This Roundtable, first of a series of intimate international gatherings being held through 2012, is Phase 1 of a grass roots campaign called THE TIME IS NOW, which Arms calls "the key to the success of all the movement to transform human consciousness and address, allow the planet to heal, and address the world's most pressing issues."
As Arms says, "There is a missing piece in every social movement that aims to heal the suffering on this planet - whether it be to end hunger, create a just and equitable world, empower women, stop hurting the world's children and other living creatures, or to create a system of economics that nurtures happiness. That piece is both simple and cost-effecting. It is to prevent and heal the widespread neglect and trauma at the start of life, when we human beings are just developing our brains, hearts, and lifelong sense of safety, and trust in this world.
The TIME IS NOW is the baby of Birthing The Future(R), the Colorado USA-based nonprofit/charity Arms founded and directs with the help of volunteers. Its goal is to launch a global grassroots movement to focus attention on Birth and the Primal Period, and the critical mother-baby bond that starts at conception and which literally shapes the human brain, lifelong health, happiness and consciousness. Parents - men and women - are the true artists, architects and engineers of the future!
Extraordinary interviews were filmed at the Tenerife Roundtable of the men and women from 5 continents - educators, practitioners, healers, scientists, historians, anthropologists and social workers, mothers, fathers grandparents and elders - who shared their wisdom. These, combined with evocative images and music form the basis of the documentary Arms is making to inspire health professionals, educators and activists in all fields about the nature of how we nurture the human mind and consciousness, and the impact of Birth and the Primal Period on each of our lives, on our families and communities, and on society.
It is critically important that we focus attention and resources on how to rear thriving human beings, not humans who are merely coping. That occurs right from conception and in the months when we are developing in our mother's womb. Most of us - and our brains and immune systems - developed along the path of fear and defense and grew into children and adults who are frequently anxious, depressed, lonely, angry, addicted to one thing or another, destructive or self-destructive. Take a look around at the level of unhappiness, greed and fear driving this world today.
How many people do each of us know who have a difficult time forming and maintaining close relationships? This is not nature's design. It is a result of parenting practices, medical practices and societal values that neglect or traumatize our most important unit: the mother-baby. As Einstein said, We cannot hope to solve the world's problems with the same mindset that created them. What does this mean? We need a new kind of human, who is motivated by pleasure, not pain.
As the new sciences of cell biology and epigenetics (how environment shapes and alters our DNA) have shown, most humans, and most societies, behave out of patterns of fear and defense. Where does it all begin? In our first home, our mother's womb. Virtually all of the problems plaguing our youth and elders alike, from learning disorders and chronic illness to greed, suicide and terrorism - are preventable. They are the result of too much stress at the start of life, from babies not having their biological needs - physical, emotional and spiritual - met from conception on, experiencing trauma, and from their mothers being in a state of chronic stress.
Simply put: We need a new kind of human being, one that reaches full potential. The key lies in meeting the needs of the needs of every mother-baby pair during the Primal Period, which starts at preconception. During this time, each mother and baby are one biologicial unit and the quality of their bond shapes that child's and family's life. This is a film project worthy of our support and one we will wish to share with anyone who wants to be part of the global shift in consciousness and help this planet heal. Pathways for Family Living is a proud supporter of THE TIME IS NOW.
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Falling NatGas Output, La Nina Possibly Fueling For Higher Prices by July
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Big Move Higher for NatGas Futures as Forecasts Show Record-Level July Heat
Fitch Forecasts Pemex Oil, NatGas Output to Fall for Up to Five Years
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The warmest winter on record in the United States collapsed natural gas prices to the lowest levels since 1999, but by July prices could begin to rise, if "normal" weather prevails and production continues to slide, BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research said Thursday.
The analyst team reduced its 2016 gas price forecast by 30 cents to an average of $2.30/MMBtu, but under "normal" weather, prices could bounce to $3.10 by the end of the year. Last October the BofAML analysts had forecast 2016 prices would average $3.00 (see Daily GPI, Oct. 26, 2015). The Energy Information Administration last month forecast 2016 gas prices would average $2.25, rising to $3.02 in 2017 (see Daily GPI, March 8).
"Inventory levels now sit at 2.5 Tcf, the highest seasonal level ever and 0.5 Tcf above our initial January projection," analysts said. "Other than weather, economic natural gas demand drivers have been rather absent in recent quarters, exacerbating the glut."
Residential/commercial gas consumption has been contracting for some time, and the power generation sector "has had to weigh in and absorb the incremental gas volumes at lower prices. Even then, coal-to-gas switching will be of limited help going forward, as most U.S. regions that could switch out of coal on economic terms have already done so."
Meanwhile, exports through pipelines to Mexico and via liquefied shipments overseas should continue to grow, helping to rebalance the Henry Hub market, according to analysts. The base case is projecting end-of-October storage levels at 3.9 Tcf, with pricing recovering by December -- if the weather cooperates.
"Overall, we see a proper rebalancing of the U.S. natural gas market at the beginning of the 2016/17 winter and expect prices to bounce back to $3.10/MMBtu by the end of the year. We also see an inventory drawdown of roughly 2.2 Tcf next winter. As such, we would expect end of winter stocks to stand at 1.7 Tcf next year, a deficit versus the five-year average."
Many weather forecasters, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, are predicting a 40% chance of a La Nina event developing by September, rising to 40% by the fourth quarter (seeDaily GPI, March 2). The El Nino event that led to record North American winter temperatures has made way for the transition to La Nina, which usually results in hotter-than-normal summer temperatures.
"A very strong La Nina effect would result in a hotter than normal summer and may push New York Mercantile Exchange natural gas to $2.75/MMBtu by July, but La Nina would also act as a dampener on winter prices and may prevent a price recovery in 2017," analysts said.
In their review of heating degree days (HDD), analysts said the United States recently hit a low 12 HDDs, a figure more typical of late April than early March. This past winter "turned out to be 2.8 standard deviations warmer than the historical average, while the 2011/12 winter was 2.7 standard deviations above the average..."
Naturally, gas prices have declined, producers have curtailed capital expenditures (capex) and output, although their responses have varied by basin. Gas production responses to Henry Hub prices within six months in most U.S. basins, according to BofAML. Not all basins are equally sensitive because of infrastructure constraints and associated gas output. Production tends to be driven mostly by pipeline growth, which is not as sensitive to Henry, but in any case supply has begun to roll over.
"True, some production declines have come on the back of flooding, force majeure, and maintenance," but the low price environment "will probably delay a fast comeback, as extended maintenance has played a key role in declines," analysts said.
Midcontinent producers on average have reduced 2016 gas production forecasts by about 10% from 2015 levels, and even the Northeast producers aren't thriving. Overall U.S. production "is declining sequentially until 4Q2016 as associated shale gas production and conventional gas production declines outside the Northeast (NE) more than offset growth in the NE."
Analysts expect to see associated gas production from oil wells bottom out toward the end of 2016, while NE output ramps up with new pipelines coming online. U.S. production should begin to rise again toward the end of the year, albeit slowly.
Also factoring into the picture is Canadian gas output, which has fallen as AECO prices plummeted to 18-year lows, analysts said. After tracking 2012 levels for most of this past winter, the early arrival of spring means that Canadian inventory levels may be sitting at around 510 Bcf, the highest level at the end of March ever for this time of year.


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Will Major Marvel Characters Die In Avengers: Infinity War? The Russos Respond
Published: Mar. 15. 2018 8:59 AM
Needless to say, there are going to be spoilers in the following article, so turn back now if you want to head into Avengers: Infinity War knowing nothing at all.
There's a very good chance that a few Avengers will not make it to the end of Avengers: Infinity War with their lives intact. This is not based on anything that CinemaBlend learned during our recent set visit to the Atlanta set of Joe and Anthony Russo's pending blockbuster. It's just a feeling we have, knowing that Thanos (Josh Brolin) is being positioned as the biggest and baddest adversary the team has yet to face. Also, when we point-blank asked the Russos if any heroes would die in this movie, they danced around a bit before Anthony Russo finally said:
We'll say this. We like mature storytelling. We like dramatic storytelling. We like intense storytelling. I think we appreciate conflict, and we appreciate stakes. And without stakes, there really isn't a lot of value to the story. And I think if you look at the Marvel Universe as a whole, as a story that's been told for ten years, you can look at this as the climax. And the stakes will be higher in this movie than they've ever been. Times ten.
So yeah, I think that means people are dying. Or something worse. Once Thanos (Josh Brolin) gets his hands on the Infinity Stones, he'll be able to manipulate the universe in ways that the Marvel heroes never thought possible. Time travel could be in play. The world could end. We know that the MCU won't end. There are stories to tell beyond Avengers: Infinity War, up to and including Avengers 4.
But the talk of stakes by Joe and Anthony Russo have us believing that things are not going to go swimmingly for the Avengers. So, let's slap on our speculation hats and guess who might not survive. Again, this is NOT based on anything that we learned. Just based on what we know about the MCU.
Vision (Paul Bettany) could be a goner. Thanos wants his Stone, and it's attached to Vision's head. That would be fatal if removed. I think big-ticket names like Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) and Captain America (Chris Evans) are in play. A loss has to hurt, and taking out the two titans of the MCU would send a message. Also, their mantles are easily picked up by other heroes in the MCU. There's also a chance that Thanos takes out one of his daughters in the battle. Could Nebula (Karen Gillan) or Gamora (Zoe Saldana) meet their makers at the hands of their father?
We'll know for sure once Avengers: Infinity War hits theaters on April 27. More set visit content is on its way. In the meantime, bookmark our Upcoming Marvel Movies guide to stay up to date on all of the relevant happenings in the MCU.
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Q: Triggering Gridview event from Javascript I have a gridview named gdLog and I need to trigger it's OnNeedDataSource event. How do you do this from javascript or jQuery?
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but it doesn't trigger the event method just a pageload.

A: After reading your comment which contains information that should be part of the question, what you're looking for is a way of refreshing the GridView with new data, as a result of some change occurred on a popup window.
What do you need maybe can be found in this post:
Call .NET method asynchronously and bind to grid upon completion
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