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The Invisible Update
A year and half ago, the sight was a sorry one. A man and his son, the father ribbed in sweat, the coked-out shameless shudder of withdrawal, where all the world is invisible, but for the next fix. He was lighting up his crack pipe right there, big as life in the front seats. That story continues here.
There's a certain streak of behavior I witness out here that tends not to work in the favor of longevity. You see the same activity, sure, but not the same faces; Seattle had 332 fatality overdoses last year, and those souls get wiped aside for– by– others, new kids on the habit, convinced they're unassailable. But it's a game of diminishing returns if there ever was one. Unless you're Keith Richards, William S. Burroughs, or Denise, you tend to disappear after a while.
Six seasons later I'm on the other side of town, watching a guy lift his groceries out of a shopping cart. He knows carts can't go on buses, and is scrambling to get his bags in hand for the ride. I should help him. I love helping. Who was it who said, "the best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer somebody else up?"* Jumping out of my seat, I ask, "hey, you need some help?"
"Aw naw, I got it."
He was the epitome of Joe Average in terms of dress– another neighborhood fella in denim and sweats, mid-forties with the 'fro cropped close, necklace and sneakers on a casual weeknight. I glanced at his shopping cart. All that remained was a bright green twelve-pack of beer. In my bus uniform I paused. I grinned at him and quipped, "yeah, I guess I probably shouldn't be seen with the Heineken!"
"Ha!"
He boarded in good spirits, and the ride continued without incident. The following day he showed up again, easy, the lucid smile, mild-mannered: "aww, hey!"
"Heeeey, two days in a row!"
"You're a good dude," he said, "God bless you!"
In a fifth of a second I figured it out. That's who that was. I almost didn't recognize him, he looked so normal. His life, his year, his struggles and stories and setbacks and triumphs… all of it had to have happened, because here he was now, able to speak, able to focus his eyes. Less than a second had passed, but I felt the tidal wave of confirmation hit me, and the best I could do was stammer out in response, "you too, my guy, you too!"
Walker Percy once posited** that when the same or similar incident happens twice, everything that's transpired in the interim can be evinced by the subtle differences between the two events. There was no crack pipe tonight, no youthful accomplice, no signs of withdrawal. He was whole. It's a tough job, this life, and a tougher one when it looks like you're doomed to be one of those 332 deaths. Tough job walking down the street. Tough job going out for groceries. But he did it.
Did he know I knew? Did anyone else tonight know, what a hero he was? They didn't know. No one knew. He was just some guy getting on with paper towels and a bag of TV dinners. But I wanted to jump for joy. Rich, coursing respect flooded my veins, deep admiration shaking my head with pride for my fellow man. This is possible. It can be done. The difference between those bus rides a year and a half ago and now represented something colossal. He had made it to the summit.
Congratulations, my friend. You hero. I learn from your strength.
*Mark Twain.
**The Moviegoer, first published 1961.
Again, wow! I would love to know the story of the interim. There has to be one. The biggest takeaway from three books I recently read, Evicted by Matthew Desmond, Rabbit by Patricia Williams and Jeannine Amber, and Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance (who doesn't admit it like the other two authors), is that you don't come out of a rat-hole like that without some outside help. My guess is that you probably had more to do with his metamorphosis than you know.
I love these stories, Nathan! Thank you for noticing them and taking the the time and care to write them down and for sharing them. These are stories that need to be told.
Thanks so much, Deb. You're so right in pointing out how much help we need in circumstances like that. It really is a collaborative effort. I hope I was at least a neutral presence, and I like to think I at least didn't push him in the wrong direction!
Thanks so much for reading and sharing!!
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Lesley Ann Warren in an underrated role!
Lesley Ann Warren is one of those actresses who can make a weak story look good. She has that rare charisma quality that many actresses lack today. Here she plays a struggling mother who is torn between stripping and wondering what kind of an effect it will have on her kid. The only reason to watch this is to see Lesley, but I am a huge fan of hers as I feel she has never been given the credit she deserves although she finally did get much notice for "Victor Victoria". Even today she is underutilized and still beautiful.


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Q: Node, Sinon - unable to test constructor agruments I need to test/assert the constructor call with expected arguments while calling a function but getting an error AssertError: step1,step2 is not a function. I'm using sinon, chai libraries for testing function in nodejs
// pipeline.js
class Pipeline {
  constructor(steps) {
      this.steps = steps;
  }

  run(data) {
      console.log('run steps with data');
  }
}

// job.js
function peformJobs(data, steps) {
  const pipeline = new Pipeline(steps)
  pipeline.run(data)
}

// jobs.test.js
const sinon = require('sinon');
const Pipeline = require('./pipeline')
onst peformJobs = require('./job')
describe('test performJobs function', () => {
  it('should call pipeline with step1, step2', () => {
    sinon.spy(Pipeline, 'constructor');

    const data = { some: 'data' };
    const steps = ['step1', 'step2']
    peformJobs(data, steps)

    // want to test Pipeline constructor called with the required arguments or not
    sinon.assert.calledWithNew(steps)
  });
});

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Love Finds Its Way Blog Tour
~Book synopsis~
Lucas arrived at the Sullivan mansion as an orphan with a vicious burn on his side. The mark is a clue to his past, and the accident that took his family. The Sullivans gave him a home, raised him as their son, and made him heir to their fortune. He has everything a man could want, but he's tortured by the secrets from his past. He's a man without a name.
For seventeen years, Lucas has called the Sullivan girls his sisters, but his feelings for Callie have changed from brotherly to those of a man for a woman. As the passion between them ignites, Lucas is forced to make a choice between claiming Callie, or finding out who he is.
On a cold January night, Lucas leaves to follow a clue to Texas, but not before he has Callie promise, "I will wait for you."
Secrets unfold, and Lucas discovers the answers he seeks. Is it too late for Lucas and Callie, or will their love find its way?
Snippet #9
Warmth centered deep within the pit of her stomach and spread through her body. He still wanted her. Callie choked back the elated feeling. "It seems you don't have much restraint at all when it comes to the opposite sex."
"What the hell do you know about restraint? You hopped onto the first man that came callin'." He let go of her hand.
~ABOUT THE AUTHOR~
Wilhelmina Stolen is the pseudonym for romance writer, Shannon Hayes. Shannon is a native of Kentucky and makes her home in a small southern town close to the Tennessee line.
During her adolescence, her mother's free spirited nature became restless causing the family to embark on a slew of adventurous moves across the country. The moves provoked a hunger for adventure and romance and introduced her to a wonderful world of history and beauty.
As with most writers, her stories began at an early age with long sessions of seclusion and secrecy. While her classmates and friends were outside playing, Shannon was locked away in her room hammering out ideas on an old 1940's Royal typewriter.
After finding Mr. Right, Shannon found herself wanting the comfort and security of the small Kentucky town she longed to escape as a child. Fortune smiled upon her and she became the family historian; gathering pictures, wills, marriage certificates and everything else that somehow managed to fall into her lap. Stories flooded her mind and writing quickly became an obsession that turned into the Way of Hearts Saga.
~Links~
Buy on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Love-Finds-Hearts-Saga-Book-ebook/dp/B00PD4BTNK/ref=asap_B00HPZCR40_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416850265&sr=1-2
Personal Website: http://www.wilhelminastolen.com/
YouTube Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t97dplAzb0
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wilhelmina-Stolen/179196792227471
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WStolen?lang=en
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/dashboard
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Google+ : https://plus.google.com/u/0/107128934630283251316/posts
Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Wilhelmina-Stolen/e/B00HPZCR40/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
Other: http://www.5princebooks.com/wilhelminastolen.html
Jan Hougland January 5, 2015 at 7:49 PM
Oh my goodness, if this is Snippet No. 9, where have I been during this book tour??? I've really missed something...I can tell. I love cowboy stories, contemporary or historical. And this one about a small town nurse and a big city doctor...I can just picture the sparks a-flyin'! :-) Thanks for the post and I'm so glad of the introduction to Wilhelmina Stolen. jdh2690@gmail.com
I could hardly read the blurb about the book because of the red background and definitely got my books mixed up, Kim! The Lucas is a guy without a past, cowboy or not, but definitely not a doctor. And Callie an adopted sister. Hmmm. I hope Lucas finds good in his past, but also hope he stays in the present and future...with Callie. jdh2690@gmail.com
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led has The new feature From the gaming platform that was first introduced this year. Steam Replay is seen by default when users open their app on their PC or phone, but there are also direct link to the tool. The Year in Steam Review is a summary of what a gamer has done in Steam, similar to what more and more online subscription services like Spotify have been doing in recent years.
Steam Replay shows users which games they've launched the most or played for the longest overall. You can also see where they played, what genres the player prefers, and which players prefer to play with keyboard and mouse. In addition, there is also an annual overview, such as which month the game was most popular or which genre the player liked the most in which month. It is even possible Achievements Compared to other Steam players – you may have become the best at something this year!
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Q: Validate if a value is already in a column from another sheet Hi ive tried to create a code so  the user from cant insert the same id in the table, so ive created an insert button that validates it before he actually inserts something , but for some reason it isnt working, please help me(im new to VBA):
Heres my code:
Sub Insert()

'
' insert Macro
'
Dim row As Double, search As String
row = 5
search = ""

Do

row = row + 1

  If Sheet1.Cells(17, 9).Value = Data.Cells(row, 1).Value Then GoTo Error
  If Sheet1.Cells(17, 9).Value <> Data.Cells(row, 1).Value Then GoTo Insert
   Exit Do

Loop Until Data.Cells(row, 1).Value = ""

Error:
    search = "Ok"
     MsgBox "Id already exists", vbExclamation,"Error"
  Exit Sub

Insert:

 If IsEmpty(Range("I17")) Or IsEmpty(Range("D11")) and search ="" Then
    MsgBox "all the fields must be filled", vbExclamation
  Else:
  ' heres the  code to insert values from sheet1  to sheet2

  End If
  Exit Sub

For some reason its not looping its only validating if the value found in  the first row of the table from the other sheet(Data), which is the row 6. Both cell from sheet1 and the column from Data are converted to Numbers Format(exactly the same).
Heres the Id the user insert which im trying to validate ID being I17 cell(sheet name being Form):

Ps: if u need more info let me know
And here is the field im trying to lookin if the value matchs(Data Sheet):

A: Because I do not know exactly what you are trying to do, this is the simplest way to get you started.
Sub Insert()
'
' insert Macro
'
    Dim row As Double, search As String
    row = 5
    search = ""

Do
    row = row + 1

    If Sheet1.Cells(17, 9).Value = Data.Cells(row, 1).Value Then
        'What to do if the value matched Goes Here
        MsgBox "Id already exists on Data in Row: " & row, vbExclamation,"Error"
        Exit Sub 'if you want to exit when the value was found
    Else
        'You want to leave this empty and do what you want to do after the loop is done
        'and a match was not found
    End If
Loop Until Data.Cells(row, 1).Value = ""
'End of the loop.
'If the Sub gets to this point it means that the Value was not found at all after looping all the data.
'Enter below what to do if the value was not found
Data.Cells(row, 1).Value = Sheet1.Cells(17, 9).Value
Data.Cells(row, 2).Value = Sheet1.Cells(17, 12).Value 'Which Column has the name? I guessed 12

Exit Sub

I'm guessing this will work, however this is a very bad way to look for a value, instead you could use Data.Columns("A:A").Find(What:=Sheet1.Cells(17,9).Value) and you dont have to loop a thing, I recommend doing a little reading/google searching on that approach before trying it that way.


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This book titled Advances in Malignant Melanoma - Clinical and Research Perspectives represents an international effort to highlight advances in our understanding of malignant melanoma from both clinical and research perspectives. The authors for this book consist of an international group of recognized leaders in melanoma research and patient care, and they share their unique perspectives regarding melanoma epidemiology, risk factors, diagnostic and prognostic tools, phenotypes, treatment, and future research directions. The book is divide into four sections: (1) Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Melanoma, (2) Clinical Phenotypes of Melanoma, (3) Investigational Treatments for Melanoma and Pigmentary Disorders, and (4) Advances in Melanoma Translational Research. This book does not attempt to exhaustively cover all aspects of the aforementioned topics. Rather, it is a compilation of our authors' pearls and unique perspectives on the relevant advances in melanoma during the recent years.


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Derek Kitchen (born August 30, 1988) is an American politician from Salt Lake City, Utah. He is a member of the Utah State Senate representing Utah's 2nd senate district, and formerly a Councilmember on the Salt Lake City Council representing Council District 4.

Kitchen is also known for his appearance on Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives.

Education and career
Kitchen graduated in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Utah.

Kitchen and his partner, Moudi Sbeity, opened Laziz Foods in 2012 to provide Lebanese food to local grocery stores and the Farmers Market in Salt Lake City. It was in 2016 they opened Laziz Kitchen, a Lebanese restaurant downtown. Laziz Kitchen has a partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to hire refugees and New Americans from Iraq and Syria. Laziz Kitchen appeared on Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives.

In 2019, Kitchen completed Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government as a David Bohnett LGBTQ Victory Institute Leadership Fellow.

Kitchen v. Herbert
In 2014, Kitchen and his partner sued the State of Utah for marriage equality with Kitchen v. Herbert. This case legalized same-sex marriage in Utah and five other states in the western U.S., establishing a groundbreaking case-law that led to nationwide marriage equality in 2015. Following the lawsuit, Kitchen was the subject of a documentary about the lawsuit that legalized gay marriage, called Church & State.

Salt Lake City Council
In 2015, Kitchen was elected to represent Council District 4 in Salt Lake City where he led the effort to create a historic $21 million fund to create affordable housing in October 2016. He also worked to expand housing options in Salt Lake City with an update to the Accessory Dwelling Unit/Mother-in-law ordinance in 2018. He formerly served as a chair for the redevelopment agency.

Utah State Senate
In 2018, Kitchen announced his bid for Utah State Senate District 2. He was endorsed by the outgoing senator Jim Dabakis, then the only openly gay member of the legislature, and won the close Democratic primary in July, winning 53 percent to his opponent Jennifer Plumb's 47 percent. On November 6, Kitchen won in the general election and was elected to serve in the 2019-20 Utah Senate Minority Leadership as Senate Caucus Manager. In 2020, Salt Lake police searched Kitchen's Venmo account after he gave $10 to a woman who was accused by the police of buying paint. This was after protests against killings by police in which the street in front of the district attorney's office was painted red. During his term, Kitchen proposed raising the minimum age for buying a gun from 18 to 21 and repealing the statute banning marriage for same-sex couples that is still on the books. In July 2022, he received 49.6 percent of the vote to Plumb's 50.4 percent in the Democratic primary for the Utah Senate's new 9th district.

Personal life
Kitchen and Moudi Sbeity met in 2009 and married in 2015. They divorced in 2019.

References

Living people
21st-century American politicians
University of Utah alumni
Gay politicians
Former Latter Day Saints
Politicians from Salt Lake City
LGBT state legislators in Utah
Democratic Party Utah state senators
1988 births
21st-century LGBT people

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«Дніпрянка» — тріо бандуристок Київської державної філармонії у складі Елеонори Миронюк, Валентини Пархоменко (з 1958), Юлії Гамової (з 1956).

Дискографія
 Москва: Мелодия, 1986.

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Anthropology in Practice
Why Do We Share Viral Videos?
Why have cats taken over the Internet?
By Krystal D'Costa on April 12, 2016
Credit: http://imgur.com/N0EGB
Cats are everywhere online. They're grumpy, they're in business, they can play the keyboard, and even do chemistry. When it comes to shareable content cats definitely top the list, although there have been some serious secondary contenders worth noting, like screaming goats and Left Shark. And while you might have tried not to click on goat-related media, it's unlikely you managed to avoid all of the Hotline Bling remixes that flooded Facebook, particularly if you have the site's autoplay feature enabled. The most recent candidate for viral fame was Damn, Daniel, a high schooler made relevant by his stylistic display of his white Vans. All it took to propel him to the forefront of public consciousness was a pair of bright white sneakers and a little swagger. The same is true on for our favorite cats, the goats, and yes, especially Left Shark. They have a degree of audacity. But is that why we share (and share) again and again? What makes viral content viral?
In 1976 biologist Richard Dawkins proposed that just as we ourselves are made up of discrete units (genes) which seek to replicate themselves to ensure their continued survival, so too is culture. These cultural units are memes, and the study of these units is known as mimetics. Memes are words, thoughts, beliefs, music, theories, rituals, fashion, recipes, and any norms that people pass on. In the realm of digital spaces, they're also YouTube videos and funny pictures or sayings, or news stories. Memes establish the units of experience we come to expect. They are ideas, for lack of better descriptive phrase, that have successfully spread via imitation. It is a process that is meant to be analogous to the ways in which genes (and viruses) spread.
We know that contagion is a large part of online transactions. The overlap within our online networks can reinforce certain behaviors or ideas, particularly as we self-select for people with shared interests. Over time our online networks can grow but they also may begin to spiral inward as our connections become connected with each other. The greater this overlap, the more influential the network is on its members. A clear example of this comes from the Framingham dataset. (This data was the byproduct of a medical study that collected information on offline personal contacts, which allowed the participants' social networks to be mapped years later, and for researchers to trace the spread of certain behaviors. The study occurred in Framingham, MA.) The Framingham researchers found that:
If a person became obese, the likelihood his friend would also become obese was 171%.
When smokers quit, their friends are 36% more likely to also quit. (Although this effect diminishes as the separation between contacts grow, and loses its efficacy at four degrees of separation.)
Happy friends increased the likelihood of an individual being happy by 8%.
Framingham demonstrated that your contacts matter and that what they do and share about themselves and their expectations is important. Our networks help us establish a sense of what's acceptable. The more social reinforcement we receive that certain actions are appropriate, the more likely we are to adopt those actions ourselves.
So how and why are cats and screaming goats acceptable as sharable content? They're carriers for emotional contagion. They indicate the mood of the sharer. And they can signal to others when they are forwarded how they should feel or what may be acceptable to share within certain contexts or groups. In online spaces, where interaction can be limited, this is particularly important. When people consume online content, they assume the emotional state of that content. Happy content will induce happier states, while pensive content may force viewers to consider their position on a divisive topic—and sharing the latter content may distinguish between desirable and undesirable contacts. Framingham teaches us that like attracts like. And establishing similarities and connecting emotionally with others in a space where one on one, face to face contact and all of the cues that go along with it is otherwise limited strengthens the connections that are the foundation for our communities. What you share is reflective not only of you, but of the people you are connected to and what they will accept.
But why are there so many cats and goats? Why is the door open to Left Sharks and funny song remixes and teenagers with pristine sneakers? The volume of online memes is overwhelming at times and it seems that anything or anyone can become viral content. Within evolutionary models fitness holds dominance in determining genetic transmission: the traits that are most likely to enhance our survival tend to be the ones that are passed on. In Dawkin's original discussion of memes, he proposed that memes behaved in the same way. Memes worked to their own benefit, not to aid or support individuals or societies. They used individuals to further their existence for their own means. A meme would establish itself in an individual's mind and nest there, associating itself with other memes to create a "memeplex" that would then work to shift the structure of the mind and shape culture.
In this model, memes are the cultural equivalent of viruses. Successful memes are contagious. They find suitable hosts—meme fountains, i.e., influencers—who are inclined to use the Share button and use them to spread among and between groups. This idea assumes that there is a life to memes in and of themselves. One critique of mimetics is that ideas do not replicate on their own. We drive their propagation. The human mind produces ideas and structures them to be shared, and in being shared, these ideas draw out other ideas in other minds. This interaction combines and discards ideas as they fit together or on the whim of the ideator. There is no biological imperative for their continuation. We act on memes through inference and not imitation, and as a result, memes are necessarily changed as we think about them and reinterpret them. This criticism maintains that inference requires cognitive manipulation, while imitation is rote copying.
But this greatly discredits the complexities inherent to imitation. Offline imitation requires the demonstration of understanding and interpretation. Simply raising your hand to speak because you've seem people do that in a classroom setting doesn't work in all contexts. No one will look at you twice if you try that on a NYC subway to attract attention. And wearing ashes in the shape of a cross only truly has significance on Ash Wednesday--and if you are Catholic. The point here is that cultures themselves are not stable entities. They grow and shift with time. They're also contextually relevant, which is why there are regional traditions and practices even as we all live under a general social understanding that may govern otherwise. In the instance of online memes, the same content over and over would fall flat with time. It's necessary for that content to shift and grow in accordance and in partnership with culture. In this medium where transactions can be one-sided, it's important that these variations help us explain our experiences. Memes have to mutate, unlike viruses and genes which can be transmitted wholly. Copying is also sensitive to inference. It is a rich act that requires you have to interpret and understand what you are copying for it to be meaningful. Hitting the share button is a loaded action. It signals that you understand the joke or rant and that it represents you in some way. Any commentary you add also adds to your group's interpretation of the content. Meme-generators help us to these ends. They allow for the proliferation of similar memes that may share a thematic structure (cats) but can be manipulated to carry different messages. Copy-cat versions of video memes also function in the same way. They work by sharing our interpretation and adding our voice to the dialogue.
Memes may rely on us to be shared, but the best memes do take on a life of their own—the actors in Damn, Daniel have gotten significant media coverage and Daniel received a lifetime supply of Vans—and it mystifies us. They proliferate because they help us tell others something about ourselves. Grumpy Cat allows us to be disagreeable in an agreeable way. Chemistry Cat integrates specific subject matter into pop-culture. And Damn, Daniel gave us a script to laugh at ourselves. When these messages reach a critical point of consensus, we shift as a culture by widening or constricting the parameters of group membership. Memes are self-serving to this point because they're working to preserve their impact on culture, and they're working through us to remain relevant.
Internet memes do have a shelf-life. But in the online space, they are an easy means of establishing connectivity. The fact that they can come from anywhere is important because it attests to the ever increasing boundaries of the net communities. Mateo has made his case for cupcakes to 43 million viewers. There's something there we can relate to. Maybe it's cupcakes.
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I stayed at the Travel Joy Hostel Chelsea in London, booked via Hotelscombined. I booked this hotel for its location which turned out to be a winning booking. Usually when I am booking a place in London I am struck down with too many choices and find it hard to pick a place. In this case though I needed to book a place near Victoria Station so I could make a speedy getaway to Gatwick airport in the morning. There were only a few choices in the Victoria area and this seemed like the best of the lot.
I've stayed in some terrible hostels in London, some of which have almost put me off hostelling altogether, so it was a great to have my faith restored in London hostels by staying here.
The Travel Joy Hostel Chelsea is in an old pub in Pimlico (The King William IV). The bar functions as the hostel reception and it still functions as a local watering hotel with non-residents coming in to drink. Hanging out in the lounge though you still feel like you are in a hostel.
And every good hostel has a travel map with pins in it.
The hostel is by the Thames and looks out to the Battersea Power Station, which you can see from the front window. I like that the hostel pays homage to the Pink Floyd album, Animals , which features the station on its cover (with floating pig).
I stayed in one of the six bed dorms. The room was a little tight, like being in a submarine, but it was clean and tidy and the attached bathroom was clean as well.
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The hostel is near Pimlico Station on the Victoria line and there is a bus stop right outside the hostel. I ended up walking to Victoria station, which is one stop from Pimlico, as it is a nice area to walk around.
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Sergio Pérez denies apologising to McClaren team-mate Jenson Button
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• 'I didn't apologise because I didn't think it was necessary'
• Relations between drivers 'still OK' despite the incidents
Sergio Pérez has made it clear that at no stage has he apologised to his McLaren team-mate, Jenson Button, after their battle in Bahrain eight days ago.
Button was left fuming with Pérez's on-track antics as he was initially clipped from behind by the Mexican before the duo banged wheels at one point.
In the heat of the moment post-race Button described Pérez as "dirty" and "dangerous", with the 23-year-old responding by claiming the Briton was "as aggressive".
That resulted in clear-the-air talks with the team principal, Martin Whitmarsh, with suggestions in some quarters Pérez said sorry to Button.
But Pérez said: "I think the criticism [from Button] took place right after the end of the race. We had the chance to talk, which was very good for me, the team and for Jenson.
"It was said in various publications I apologised to Jenson, but it wasn't like that. I didn't apologise to him because I didn't think it was necessary.
"We owed an apology to the team, and that's what we talked about. We apologised to the team because we risked a lot and were both very aggressive.But no, at no moment did I apologise."
Pérez maintains, however, that despite the incidents with Button in Bahrain, his relationship with the 33-year-old "is still OK".
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Phase III is the eighth studio album by the American singing group The Osmonds, released in 1972. The album reached number ten on the Billboard Top LPs chart on March 11, 1972. Two singles released from the album, "Yo-Yo" and "Down by the Lazy River", reached No. 3 and No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, respectively. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on May 29, 1972.
Phase III was, as its name implied, a shift in direction for the band, after its 1960s era as variety-show child stars and the band's early breakthrough as bubblegum pop idols, much of this album featured the band moving into a hard rock sound and writing more of their own material.
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Olive Marie Osmond is an American singer, doll designer, and a member of the show business family the Osmonds. Although she was never part of her familys singing group, she gained success as a country music artist in the 1970s and 1980s. Her best known song is a cover of the pop ballad Paper Roses. From 1976 to 1979, she and her singer brother Donny Osmond hosted the variety show Donny & Marie. Olive Marie Osmond was born in Ogden, the daughter of Olive May and she was raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is the daughter of nine children, her brothers are Virl, Alan, Merrill, Donny. From an early age, her brothers maintained a career in show business, aside from her two oldest brothers, Marie was the only family member not involved in the music business. After the initial success of The Osmonds in 1970, Maries brother Donny gained success as a solo artist on the Pop Music charts and became a teen idol. The Osmonds management convinced Marie to give it a go and she signed with the record label, MGM/Kolob Records.
Her style was more directed towards music, in contrast with her brothers pop music. In 1973, Marie released her first single as a solo artist titled Paper Roses, the recording became a No.1 country hit, reached the Top 5 on the Billboard magazine pop chart, and achieved crossover success. The song earned a record as did the album of the same name. She released another single, In My Little Corner of the World, the title song on her next album, Whos Sorry Now, released in 1975, went to No.40. In 1977, Marie released her studio album titled This Is The Way That I Feel and was much different from her earlier country music where she covered several country artist hits. With the departure from the sound she went more in the direction of the pop style. This album had songs that were written for her as well as songs that were written by the Bee Gees, the album only had two singles and was not a commercial success. Additionally in 1974, Marie had two pop music hits with brother Donny, Im Leaving It All Up to You.
Donald Clark Donny Osmond is an American singer, radio personality, and former teen idol. Osmond has been a talk and game show host, record producer, in the mid-1960s, he and four of his elder brothers gained fame as the Osmonds. Osmond went solo in the early 1970s, covering such hits as Go Away Little Girl, for over thirty-five years, he and younger sister Marie have gained fame as Donny & Marie, partly due to the success of their 1976–79 self-titled variety series, which aired on ABC. The duo did a 1998–2000 talk show and have been headlining in Las Vegas since 2008, in 1989, Osmond had two big-selling recordings, the first of which, Soldier of Love, was initially credited to a mystery artist by some radio stations. Starting in July 1992, Osmond played Joseph in the Elgin Theatres Toronto production of Joseph, the musical toured North America until 1998. Creator Andrew Lloyd Webber chose him for the 1999 film version, in 2009, Osmond won the ninth season of Dancing with the Stars. Osmond appeared as a guest judge on Strictly Come Dancing on week 3 of the 12th series, Osmond was born on December 9,1957 in Ogden, the seventh son of Olive May and George Virl Osmond.
He is the brother of Alan, Jimmy, Wayne, Tom, Jay, Merrill and Donny were members of the popular singing group The Osmonds. Osmond was raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah along with his siblings, Osmond has traced some of his family ancestry back to Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, his journey was documented in a BBC Wales program, Donny Osmond Coming Home. On the BBCs The One Show, a plaque was unveiled in the town to commemorate the ancestors of Donny Osmond, in his youth, Osmond held a ham radio license, KA7EVD. Andy Williams father, Jay Emerson Williams, saw the Osmond Brothers perform on a Disneyland televised special as a barbershop quartet, in short order, the group was invited to audition for The Andy Williams Show. In 1963, Donny Osmond made his debut on the show at the age of 5 singing You Are My Sunshine, the brothers continued to perform on the show throughout the 1960s along with a visit from their sister Marie. Osmond became a teen idol in the early 1970s as a solo singer, Bobby Sherman, and David Cassidy were the biggest Cover Boy pop stars for Tiger Beat magazine in the early 1970s.
The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1988. After 1988, the Australian Recording Industry Association, who had been using the report under licence for a number of years, prior to the Kent Report, Go-Set magazine published weekly Top-40 Singles from 1966 and Album charts from 1970 until the magazines demise in August 1974. David Kent publicised the Australian charts from 1940–1973 in a retrospective fashion using state by state chart data obtained from various Australian radio stations. Kent had spent a number of years working in the music industry at both EMI and Phonogram records and had developed the report initially as a hobby. The Kent Music Report was first released on a basis in July 1974 and was offered for subscription. The report data was based solely on radio station charts from around the country. These radio station charts were compiled using data collected from local record stores and.
In 1976, as funding from subscriptions grew, Kent himself started collecting data from retail stores to supplement the radio station charts. His operation grew and staff were employed to assist with research, within a year or so, the major record companies started using the Report for their own marketing programs and it had established itself as the leading national chart publication. From 1982, retail sales data collected by Kent and his staff were used exclusively, some radio station chart data was used as supplementary information, however. At about the time, the Australian Recording Industry Association was established by the major record companies, being EMI, Festival Records, CBS, RCA, WEA. From 1983 until 1988 ARIA had an arrangement with Kent to use the Report under their own banner. The Kent Report continued however and in 1987 was rebadged as the Australian Music Report, in 1988 the arrangement with ARIA ended and the ARIA Charts were produced in-house by the Association. In April 1998, the AMR charts ceased publishing, leaving the ARIA charts as the nationally recognised chart publication.
Joe South was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Best known for his songwriting, South won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1970 for Games People Play and was nominated for the award in 1972 for Rose Garden. South started his pop career in July 1958 with the NRC Records novelty hit The Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor, after this hit, Souths music grew increasingly serious. South had met and was encouraged by Bill Lowery, an Atlanta music publisher and he began his recording career in Atlanta with the National Recording Corporation, where he served as staff guitarist along with other NRC artists Ray Stevens and Jerry Reed. Souths earliest recordings have been re-released by NRC on CD and he soon returned to Nashville with The Manrando Group and onto Charlie Wayne Felts Promotions. South was a prominent sideman, playing guitar on Tommy Roes Sheila, Bob Dylans Blonde on Blonde album, South played electric guitar on Simon & Garfunkels second album, Sounds of Silence, although Al Gorgoni and/or Vinnie Bell feature on the title track.
Billy Joe Royal recorded four South songs, Down in the Boondocks, I Knew You When, Yo-Yo, and Hush. Responding to late 1960s issues, Souths style changed radically, most evident in his biggest single, 1969s pungent, no-nonsense Games People Play, a hit on both sides of the Atlantic. Accompanied by a lush string sound, an organ, and brass, the won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song. South followed up with Birds of a Feather and two other soul-searchers, the back-to-nature Dont It Make You Want to Go Home and the socially provocative Walk a Mile in My Shoes. Souths most commercially successful composition was Lynn Andersons 1971 country/pop monster hit, Rose Garden, Anderson won a Grammy Award for her vocals, and South earned two Grammy Nominations for it, as Best Country Song and Song of the Year. South wrote more hits for Anderson, such as How Can I Unlove You and Penny DeHaven had hits on the Billboard country chart with South songs. James Taylor, and k. d. lang, although most covered versions of Souths best known songs, the 1971 suicide of Souths brother, resulted in him becoming clinically depressed.
Michael Mike Curb is an American musician, record company executive, and NASCAR car owner. A Republican, he served as the 42nd Lieutenant Governor of California from 1979 to 1983 under Democratic Governor Edmund G. Jerry Brown and he was acting governor of California while Brown spent time outside of California pursuing presidential ambitions. He is the founder of Curb Records as well as an inductee of the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame, in 1969, he merged his company with MGM and became President of MGM Records and Verve Records. Curb composed or supervised over 50 film scores and wrote over 400 songs and they recorded Together, a New Beginning in 1980, the theme song for Ronald Reagans successful presidential bid that year. The Mike Curb Congregation were weekly regulars on Glen Campbells CBS National Network Television Show, in 1969, Curb signed Christian rock pioneer Larry Norman to Capitol Records. Curb ran a country music subsidiary label for Motown called Hitsville Records. Curb composed It Was a Good Time for Liza Minnellis Emmy Award winning Liza with a Z.
He received BMI awards for composing Burning Bridges for Clint Eastwoods Kellys Heroes, and for composing All for the Love of Sunshine, which was Hank Williams, Jr. s first #1 Record. In 1970, Billboard reported that MGM Records president Mike Curb has dropped 18 acts who, in his opinion, Billboard reported that Curb was alarmed by the drug-related deaths of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Alan Wilson of Canned Heat. Among the musicians thought to be included in the purge were The Velvet Underground, however Zappa spoke out against drug use throughout his career and by early 1969 had fulfilled his MGM/Verve contract and moved to his own Bizarre Records label, distributed by Warner Bros. Also, when Eric Burdon, who was an advocate of psychedelics, dared Curb to release him from his even though he was his biggest selling artist. Curb claimed he had support, but the only record company official he cited, Bill Gallagher. Columbia Records president Clive Davis said Curb was grandstanding, and that his anti-drug stance had made him a hero of the Nixon administration.
Merrill Davis Osmond is the lead singer and bassist of the 1970s pop-rock music group The Osmonds and its 1980s country music spinoff, The Osmond Brothers. He continues to perform with his brothers and without them as a solo act and he has released an new album, A Tribute to Classic Rock, and tours worldwide. Osmond was born in Ogden, the fifth of the nine children of Olive May, four of the Osmonds were cast over a seven-year period on NBCs The Andy Williams Show, a musical variety program. They appeared in nine episodes of the 1963-1964 ABC western television series, The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, the series starred 12-year-old Kurt Russell on a wagon train headed to the American West. A tenor/countertenor vocalist well into adulthood, Merrill was either lead singer or co-lead singer on almost all of the Osmonds songs and co-wrote, along with older brother Alan, Merrill was the first of the performing siblings to marry. He wed Mary Carlson on September 17,1973, they have four sons, Merrills second son, Justin Osmond, is deaf, as are Justins uncles and Tom Osmond, Merrills two oldest brothers.
Roppongi is a district of Minato, Japan, famous for the affluent Roppongi Hills development area and popular night club scene. Many foreign embassies are located in Roppongi, and the life is popular with locals. It is in the part of Tokyo, south of Akasaka. The name Roppongi, which appears to have been coined around 1660, six very old and large zelkova trees used to mark the area, the first three were cleared, and the last were destroyed during World War II. Another legend has it that the name comes from the fact that six daimyōs lived nearby during the Edo period, in 1890, the Third Imperial Guard of the Imperial Japanese Army was moved to a site near Roppongi. The influx of soldiers led to the rise as a nightlife district. Roppongi was administratively part of Azabu Ward from 1878 to 1947, several large US military installations were located in the nearby area, with Hardy Barracks probably the most significant. Starting in the late 1960s, Roppongi became popular among Japanese people and foreigners alike for its disco scene, contributing to the international scene was the location of several foreign embassies and foreign corporate offices in the Roppongi area.
However, many clubs shut down in the recession following the market crash of 1989. The Roppongi area received an economic boost in 2002–2003 when the Izumi Garden Tower. These projects brought high-end office and condominium space to Roppongi for the first time, the Tokyo Midtown project, which was completed in 2006, and includes the first Tokyo Ritz-Carlton Hotel, continued this trend. The area features bars, strip clubs, hostess clubs, cabarets. Among the expatriate community, the area tends to be favored by people, students. Overall, the neighborhood caters to a younger crowd, clubs can range from large, multi-level establishments, to smaller one-room clubs located in upper levels of buildings. In more recent times some of the venues with known Yakuza connections have closed. Around Roppongi crossing are a number of clubs which feature foreign performers, there are a number of both foreign- and Japanese-operated bars catering to different crowds. Recently, Roppongi has enjoyed a reputation for its organized events such as art festivals and billiard tournaments, pub crawls, robot exhibitions, beauty pageants.
Bubblegums classic period ran from 1967 to 1972. A second wave of bubblegum started two years and ran until 1977 when disco took over and punk rock emerged, the genre was predominantly a singles phenomenon rather than an album-oriented one. Because many acts were manufactured in the studio using session musicians, singer Tommy Roe, had the most bubblegum hits of any artist during this period, notably 1969s Dizzy. The songs typically have singalong choruses, seemingly childlike themes and a contrived innocence, bubblegum songs are defined as having a catchy melody, simple chords, simple harmonies, dancy beats, repetitive riffs or hooks and a vocally-multiplied refrain. The song lyrics often feature themes of love and personal happiness, with references to sunshine, platonic love, colors, nonsense words. They are notable for their frequent reference to food, including sugar, butterscotch, jelly. Cross-marketing with cereal and bubblegum manufacturers strengthened the link between bubblegum songs and confectionery, cardboard records by The Archies, The Banana Splits, The Jackson 5, The Monkees, Bobby Sherman and the Pussycats, H. R.
Producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz have claimed credit for coining the term pop, saying that when they discussed their target audience, they decided it was teenagers. And at the time we used to be chewing bubblegum, and my partner and I used to look at it and laugh and say, Ah, the term was seized upon by Buddah Records label executive Neil Bogart. Music writer and bubblegum historian Bill Pitzonka confirmed the claim, telling Goldmine magazine and Katz really crystallized it when they came up with the term themselves and that nice little analogy. And Neil Bogart, being the person he was, just crammed it down the throats of people. Thats really the point at which bubblegum took off, a breeding ground for the genre has been found in the field of 1960s garage rock, the songs of which shared an overriding simplicity with bubblegum. Garage and bubblegum groups were both generally singles acts, between those two camps emerged Florida group The Royal Guardsmen, who scored a US No.2 hit in 1966 with their novelty hit Snoopy Vs.
Curb (center) with members of the Mike Curb Congregation and Davy Jones on a television special in 1972.
The boys with Andy Williams in 1964. From left: Alan, Wayne, Williams, Merrill and Jay.


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Coronavirus Relief Talks Have 'Certainly Slowed Down But They Aren't Ending'
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White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Monday that talks for a coronavirus stimulus relief bill have "certainly slowed down," though Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will meet with House speaker Nancy Pelosi for another round of negotiation today.
"The talks have certainly slowed down but they're not ending," Kudlow said on CNBC.
"We are close but there are still important policy issues that separate us and our team believes there has to be more compromises on the house side for us to get there," he said.
"Talks have certainly slowed down, but they aren't ending… Our team believes there has to be more compromises on the House side to get there." Larry Kudlow says the "goalposts have moved" in regards to stimulus talks ahead of the 2020 election. https://t.co/dsTIxdad7O pic.twitter.com/3Tm7MK6Dww
— CNBC (@CNBC) October 26, 2020
Kudlow added that the "goalposts" had moved, echoing comments by both Pelosi and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Sunday. In separate appearances on CNN, Meadows and Pelosi each accused the other of "moving the goalposts" on negotiations.
"We've continued to make offer after offer after offer and Nancy continues to move the goalposts," Meadows said on CNN's State of the Union.
In a later CNN appearance, Pelosi pushed back, saying, "They keep moving the goalposts."
The California Democrat said the two sides have clashed over language on important policy issues including coronavirus testing, jobless benefits and state and local funding.
"They said we'll support the testing language with a minor touch. That was 55% of the language. We're still waiting for the final okay. And that is a central issue in all of this," Pelosi said. "We're ready, we can change some words in the bill should they come back with some modifications."
Pelosi said she sent the White House a list of her concerns on Friday that she hopes to have received responses to on Monday.
"It could happen this week in the House. But that's up to (Senate Majority Leader) Mitch (McConnell) as to whether it would happen in the Senate and go to the President's desk, which is our hope and prayer," Pelosi said.
Meadows said they have found a number of Senate Republicans who would likely vote for a stimulus bill, but said, "We're not Nancy Pelosi."
"We're not going to vote or opine on a bill and pass it before we've read it," he said.
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The Food Safety Authority has finally acted against CBD products, writes Dr Des Corrigan
IIt has taken far too long, but finally, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has bestirred itself and taken regulatory action against a range of CBD-containing products. As a result, certain batches of 14 named products must be removed from sale and consumers have been warned not to purchase or consume any of them. The full list is available on the FSAI website (www.fsai.ie).
The reasons for the intervention are set out in an FSAI report dated February 2020, Regulatory Issues with Hemp-based Food and Food Supplements on the Irish Market. Environmental Health Officers from around the country collected 38 samples of CBD products that were subsequently analysed at the Public Analysts Lab in Dublin. The results showed that 84 per cent of products were positive for THC, with 37 per cent having levels above the acute reference dose of 1 microgram/Kg of bodyweight, as set by the European Food Safety Authority in 2015. According to EFSA, this represents the highest dose of THC consumed in a sitting or in a day that is unlikely to have an adverse effect.
The report draws attention to the implicatons for consumers of these products because of the risk of an inadvertent positive drug test, with all of the consequences for athletes and for those in employments where drug testing is frequent. Sport Ireland recognised this issue by publishing an advisory on social media, warning athletes of the risk from consuming CBD products containing undeclared THC. Some products had only trace levels of CBD, despite label claims of significant concentrations. Over 40 per cent of the samples contained CBD levels that differed from the declared content by a factor of 50 per cent.
The report noted, "some of the discrepancies identified in this survey suggest a significant problem with the general quality control of these products". Nobody should be surprised at this comment, as similar results were reported from the US and the UK. A 2017 paper in JAMA recorded THC present in 21 per cent of CBD products and only 31 per cent of them were accurately labelled as to CBD content. A 2019 study by a UK cannabis industry group reported that only 38 per cent of 29 products tested were within 10 per cent of the advertised CBD content, while another 38 per cent had less than 50 per cent of the claimed amount. One product sold by a high-street pharmacy chain at £90 for 30ml had zero CBD. Nearly half (45 per cent) had detectable levels of THC, making the products technically illegal. General EU food law does not permit the inclusion of any narcotic or psychotropic substances in food. Since THC is a psychotropic substance under the 1971 UN Convention, its presence in food or food supplements is illegal.
The FSAI reiterates the point that extracts of cannabis sativa and derived products containing cannabinoids are considered 'Novel Foods' under EU law, meaning that they must be pre-authorised by the EU Commission and EFSA before being marketed. The report found that 34 per cent of the products tested were considered 'Novel Foods'. No CBD product has yet been granted such status at EU level.
Over half of the samples surveyed by FSAI made unauthorised nutrition and health claims on the packaging or online. Some medicinal claims for CBD are mind-boggling, such as teething pain and earaches in children, while others are more weighty, such as in anxiety, insomnia, psychosis, IBD, inflammation and cancer. There is some evidence of efficacy for these, but no conclusive proof other than in treatment-resistant epilepsies in childhood, where the evidence is rated as moderately good and been accepted by both the EMA and FDA. Both have licensed a CBD oral product (Epidyolex) as an adjunctive therapy in conjunction with clobazam for patients two years of age and older with either Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome or Dravet Syndrome.
The FSAI survey coincided with the release of an advisory from the British Food Standards Agency to the effect that consumers should think carefully before taking any CBD products. They went on: "We do not recommend CBD for people in vulnerable groups unless under medical direction. These include pregnant and breastfeeding women or people taking any medication." Because liver injury is possible, healthy adults should not take more than a recommended maximum dose of no more than 70mg per day (compared to a maximum medical dose of 20mg daily for Epidyolex). The 70mgs, according to the FSA, is equivalent to approximately 28 drops of a 5 per cent CBD preparation "unless a doctor agrees more", which is a strange statement for a food safety body to make about a food/food supplement. The FSA states that its advice is based on the latest scientific research in an unpublished (and hence not in the public domain) report from the UK Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, etc.
What is in the public domain is clinical and pre-clinical data from the EMA's Assessment Report on Epidyolex. Thus, I can tell you that CBD does cause liver injury that shows up initially as elevated liver enzymes, especially if patients are also taking valproate or clobazam to a lesser extent. Patients therefore should have their liver enzymes and bilirubin levels checked before using CBD and then after one, three, and six months. CBD should be stopped if the upper limit of normal (ULN) increases three-fold for serum transaminases or two-fold for bilirubin. The SPC on Epidyolex also states that studies of CBD in animals have shown reproductive toxicity and as a precautionary measure, it should not be used during pregnancy, unless the potential benefit to the mother clearly outweighs the potential risk to the foetus. The SPC goes on to say that patients should be advised not to drive or operate machinery, because CBD has a major influence on the ability to drive due to the drowsiness and sedation that is one of its commonest side-effects. This effect is more likely when clobazam, other CNS depressants and especially alcohol, are consumed as well. Contamination with undeclared THC will also affect driving ability.
In view of what is in the SPC and in the FSAI survey, it is difficult to see how CBD can continue to be classified as a food supplement. To my mind, pure CBD is clearly a medicinal psychoactive drug, albeit without the intoxicating psychotogenic and addictive properties associated with THC. In view of the food safety bodies' advice and the evident disregard for fundamental quality assurance by some in the CBD industry, pharmacists need to check their stocks of CBD products to ensure compliance. They also need to question seriously the advisability of supplying products that are unapproved by FSAI or not licensed as medicines by the HPRA. I recognise that there is a very strong commercial imperative in tapping into a seemingly ever-expanding market segment, but given the FSAI warnings, the evidence of side-effects and the risks to drivers, athletes and vulnerable groups, then surely professional ethical considerations must take precedence over concern for the bottom line.
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Honolulu rail authority budgets $200K to help employees cope with federal subpoenas
By Kevin Dayton kdayton@staradvertiser.com
BRUCE ASATO / Feb. 25
Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation Executive Director Andrew Robbins acknowledged Thursday that more agency employees have received subpoenas as part of a federal investigation.
Another batch of federal grand jury subpoenas was delivered to the offices of the Honolulu rail authority last month, and the rail board approved a budget Thursday that includes $200,000 for next year to hire legal counsel to assist rail employees who have been served.
Andrew Robbins, executive director of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, said he does not know how many HART employees have been served with subpoenas to date.
HART officials already had disclosed that a "handful" of staff members had been served in July, and today Robbins acknowledged another batch of subpoenas arrived at HART's downtown offices at Alii Place about a month ago.
The money "is to represent the employees who may have received a subpoena — not employees who are targeted or subjects in any way of the investigation, but just subpoenaed for interviews, that type of thing," Robbins said. "Our belief is that they should be entitled to legal representation."
HART itself received three subpoenas in February demanding vast amounts of documentation in connection with a federal criminal investigation. The exact focus of the investigation is still unclear.
Among other documents, the subpoenas served on HART demanded records related to the relocation program for property owners in the path of the $9.2 billion rail line, and minutes of closed-door executive session meetings by the HART board of directors.
The city corporation counsel in August asked the Honolulu City Council for permission to hire the San Francisco law firm Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP to represent current and former HART employees who received subpoenas.
However, the Council's Executive Matters and Legal Affairs Committee deadlocked in a 4-4 vote on Aug. 21 on a resolution that would have authorized spending up to $300,000 to hire the firm to represent current and former rail employees who were summoned for interviews in connection with the federal probe.
Robbins said Thursday the Council wanted the money for lawyers to be included in the HART budget, so it was wrapped into the budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. HART is prohibited from using federal or state funding to hire lawyers to help address the subpoenas, and must instead use city funds.
The HART budget was unanimously approved Thursday by the HART board, and will now go to the Honolulu City Council for further review. Council Chairman Ikaika Anderson declined to comment Thursday afternoon on the issue of providing money for lawyers for HART employees, saying he needs more information on the HART proposal.
The HART budget also includes $2.4 million for HART to move from its current offices, which include three floors and an additional ground-floor suite in Alii Place. HART's lease at Alii Place expires in November 2020, and Robbins said Hawaiian Electric will take over the space. The rail authority has not yet found new offices to rent, he said.
In other business, the rail authority board of directors unanimously approved a "consolidated change order" totaling nearly $18.2 million in connection with the construction of the West Oahu and Kamehameha station groups.
Contractor Nan Inc. was awarded a $56 million contract in 2015 to build the three West Oahu Stations, but the design of the stations and of certain "interface" elements such as fare gates, escalators and control systems for the rail line were not yet complete, which led to changes and delays, the rail board was told.
Already-approved change orders increased the West Oahu contract amount to $75.81 million, and the board approved an additional change order Thursday that boosted the total value of the contract to $87.1 million.
Nan was also awarded the Kamehameha Highway Station Group contract in 2015 for $115.8 million, but change orders have increased the value of that contract to nearly $124.3 million. The board approved another change order Thursday to increase the value of that contract to $131.15 million.
The board Thursday also approved a three-year contract extension worth up to $33.7 million for consultant Lea+Elliot Inc.
The company originally had a five-year contract for $43.9 million to provide support services and oversight for the rail core systems contractor, but that consulting contract needed to be extended and expanded, in large part because of delays on the rail project, according to HART Director of Design and Construction Frank Kosich.
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What 'Bachelor' Star Mykenna Was *Really* Thinking While Making Those Facial Expressions
by Kayla Blanton
Whether or not you've ever heard of Mykenna from The Bachelor, there's a good chance you've texted her extremely expressive face to a friend. A single GIF of her reaction to being sent home has over 37 million views on Giphy. With that, her "theatrical face," as she calls it, became one of the biggest memes from Peter's Bachelor season — a claim to fame Mykenna wasn't exactly hoping for when she signed up looking for love.
"I never realized I do these weird faces — I guess when I'm stressed out or when I'm overwhelmed, I just can't help it," she tells Bustle. Because Mykenna comes from a musical theatre and dance background, she says her ability to emote so dramatically, "wasn't a surprise. But I didn't think I was going to be remembered [for it]."
Initially, she says watching herself on Peter's season left her "screaming at the TV like, 'Put your tongue in your mouth, c'mon!'" But in time, she learned to laugh it off. Read on to hear what Mykenna was really thinking while making all of those wild facial expressions.
The Gasp
This was Mykenna's genuine reaction to Alayah being sent home... the first time. "I really did feel like I was going to go home and I didn't want to leave yet, and there was a lot of drama at the pool party and I didn't get time with [Peter], so I really was worried," she says. "And it literally shows in my face."
The Jaw Shift
You can thank another particularly tense rose ceremony for this painful-looking move. "Honestly, watching it back and forth, it's kind of making me cringe. I just don't understand my jaw and what it's doing," Mykenna says.
"I think I watched this like 20 times because the promo started coming out, and I could not believe I was doing this," Mykenna says. "I'm pretty sure this is when Hannah Brown got out of the limo and it was a shock to all of us. But the cage with it? It's just hilarious."
The Chug
This big gulp came in response to — you guessed it — more drama. After Kelsey confronted Tammy about claiming she had a drinking problem, Mykenna told the other women to focus more on Peter and less on each other. "I just said something and was like, 'And that's how I feel about that.'" Cheers!
Tongue-In-Cheek?
This is one of many weird tongue moments caught on camera, which Mykenna is just as confused about as you. "I guess I wasn't kissing [Peter] enough, so I had to start making out with myself," she jokes. "I think it was just the drama going on and I just felt like I didn't want to be there ... maybe I'm cleaning my teeth? I don't know."
The Lip Lick
The only explanation Mykenna can come up with is that she was wearing candy-flavored lip gloss. "I believe it was when Chris Harrison said that [the cocktail party] was canceled," she says. "I really just don't know what my tongue is doing. It doesn't make sense."
More Lip-Licking
This one is from the same episode, also after Chris Harrison's announcement. "I was disappointed and had been arguing a lot. And maybe someone said something that I didn't agree with?" Mykenna guesses. "Trust me, when I watched this scene, I was shocked. I was shocked by my tongue."
The Legendary Frown
Though this was a reaction to getting sent home, it's still Mykenna's favorite. "I was disappointed because I had just gone on a two-on-one and he had trusted my word, and I felt confident. I was so sad to say goodbye to the girls and say goodbye to Peter," she says. "It's quite the legendary frown. I must have like, the strongest muscles in my mouth to be able to do all [of these faces]."
The Hair Toss
Mykenna was clearly feeling herself at the Women Tell All. "I think it was my time to finally say something," she says. "I know a lot of people have been saying that I rehearse things, but I was not rehearsing anything. That little shoulder action [and] little dance, this is my personality just warming up and getting excited to say something."
This interview has been lightly edited and condensed.
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Heaters are necessary to maintain tropical fish. Before your purchase your heater however, you should make sure that the filters and heater would fit into your aquarium without taking up unnecessary space. If you purchased a small tank, you will need to purchase filters and a heater than will accommodate the tank; otherwise, you may need to purchase a larger tank.
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The first thing you should do is grab a bucket and rinse your gravel to remove grime, dirt, and germs. After you purify the gravel, you will need to add water to the tank. At this time only, add half the water needed to deliver a full supply. Now, you can add your ornaments and plants to the aquarium. Once you have all your additives to the tank, you are ready to finish filling the tank with water. You should have received a manual with your tank. Follow the outlines to fill the tank properly. Once the tank is filled, you can add your heater and filtration systems. You will receive instructions with the purchase of your heater and filters, which you should follow accordingly. The last thing you will add to the tank is the water treatment. Water treatment will remove copper, metal, and related harmful chemicals. You can use products that will enable you to add your fish to the tank; otherwise, it is recommended that you wait at least a couple of weeks before adding fish.
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Vittorio Adorni (ur. 14 listopada 1937 w San Lazzaro di Parma, zm. 24 grudnia 2022 w Parmie) – włoski kolarz szosowy, dwukrotny medalista mistrzostw świata oraz zwycięzca Giro d'Italia.

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Największy sukces w karierze Vittorio Adorni osiągnął w 1968 roku, kiedy zdobył złoty medal w wyścigu ze startu wspólnego podczas mistrzostw świata w Imoli. W zawodach tych wyprzedził bezpośrednio Belga Hermana Van Springela oraz swego rodaka Michele Dancellego. W tej samej konkurencji był też drugi podczas rozgrywanych cztery lata wcześniej mistrzostw świata w Sallanches. Przegrał tam tylko z Holendrem Janem Janssenem, a trzecie miejsce zajął Francuz Raymond Poulidor. Ponadto wygrał między innymi Giro di Sardegna w 1964 roku, Tour de Romandie w latach 1965 i 1967, wyścig Dookoła Belgii i Grand Prix de Lugano w 1966 roku, Coppa Bernocchi w 1967 roku, a w 1969 roku był najlepszy w Tour de Suisse. Wielokrotnie startował w Giro d'Italia, wygrywając łącznie jedenaście etapów. W klasyfikacji generalnej najlepszy wynik osiągnął w 1965 roku, kiedy wygrał wyścig. Był też drugi w latach 1963 i 1968 oraz czwarty w latach 1964 i 1967. W 1968 roku był piąty w Vuelta a España, a cztery lata wcześniej był dziesiąty w Tour de France. Nigdy nie wystąpił na igrzyskach olimpijskich. W 1970 roku zakończył karierę.

Najważniejsze zwycięstwa
 1964 - wicemistrzostwo świata ze startu wspólnego
 1965 - Giro d'Italia, Tour de Romandie
 1966 - Tour of Belgium
 1967 - Tour de Romandie
 1968 - mistrzostwo świata ze startu wspólnego
 1969 - Tour de Suisse

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Bibliografia
 Profil na cyclingarchives.com
 Profil na memoire-du-cyclisme.eu
 Profil na the-sports.org
 Profil na procyclingstats.com

Włoscy kolarze szosowi
Zwycięzcy Giro d'Italia
Zwycięzcy Tour de Romandie
Zwycięzcy Tour de Suisse
Urodzeni w 1937
Zmarli w 2022


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Sherman's Meridian Campaign Begins
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February 1, 1864 – Major General William T. Sherman's campaign to advance from Vicksburg to Meridian in Mississippi began.
Maj Gen W.T. Sherman | Image Credit: Wikispaces.com
Sherman's march was to be preceded by Brigadier General William Sooy Smith leading 7,000 Federal cavalry troopers out of Colliersville, Tennessee, west of Memphis. Smith's troopers were to raid southward to Pontotoc, Mississippi, cripple the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, and move through Okolona. Sherman issued orders for Smith to move out on the 1st, but Smith experienced lengthy delays.
Sherman planned to move about 27,000 men 120 miles east from Vicksburg to Meridian, the largest railroad center still in Confederate hands in Mississippi. Sherman hoped to deny essential provisions to Confederate troops by eliminating the state's railroads and devastating the countryside. Smith's command was to link with Sherman's at Meridian on the 10th, and from there they would continue east along the railroad to the Confederate manufacturing center of Selma, Alabama.
Confederate General Leonidas Polk | Image Credit: Wikipedia.org
Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk, commanding the Confederate Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, had just 13,500 men scattered among various garrisons to oppose Sherman. Polk forwarded the latest information about Sherman to his superiors at Richmond: "I am informed reliably it is his intention to make a forward movement from Vicksburg and Yazoo City in a few days."
Polk had two infantry divisions:
Major General Samuel G. French's 3,000 men were stationed at Brandon, east of the state capital of Jackson.
Major General William W. Loring's 6,000 men were posted at Canton, north of Jackson.
Polk also had two cavalry divisions:
Major General Stephen D. Lee's 2,000 troopers patrolled the railroad between Vicksburg and Jackson.
Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest's 2,500 troopers were stationed near Oxford to the north.
Believing that the Federals were targeting Jackson again, Forrest recommended wrecking the railroad west of Jackson "if it can be more effectually destroyed than it has been already." East of Jackson, Confederates were trying to repair the railroad bridge over the Pearl River. Polk asked his commanders, "Can you not send out and press negroes on the east side (of) Pearl River to hasten the completion of the trestles? This may become necessary."
Polk then acted upon Forrest's intelligence and directed Lee "to destroy the railroad from Vicksburg to Jackson immediately, beginning as far west as you can, and putting as many men upon it as you can employ. Let it be done thoroughly."
Meanwhile, French strengthened Confederate defenses at Jackson, even though Polk knew his army was no match for Sherman's Federals. To ensure that Polk could expect no reinforcements, the Federals at Chattanooga began moving to demonstrate against the Confederate Army of Tennessee at Dalton, Georgia.
Rear Admiral David D. Porter, commanding the Federal naval squadron on the Mississippi River, granted Sherman's request to move up the Yazoo River and divert attention from Sherman's offensive. Four gunboats headed up the Yazoo on the 3rd and destroyed a Confederate shore battery at Liverpool. Retreating Confederates destroyed one of their steamers to prevent its capture.
Sherman's Federals left Vicksburg that same day. They moved in two columns, with Major General Stephen A. Hurlbut's XVI Corps leaving north of town and Major General James B. McPherson's XVII Corps leaving east of Vicksburg. Colonel Edward Winslow's four cavalry regiments rode ahead of the infantry. Sherman had previously arranged to have two bridges built across the Big Black River; McPherson's men crossed at the railroad, while Hurlbut crossed north at Messinger's Ferry.
Lee's Confederates did not challenge the Federal crossings; instead they gathered near Bolton Depot, about 10 miles east of the river, and prepared to block the roads to Clinton. As the Federals resumed their advance the next day, they were met by Brigadier General William Wirt Adams's Confederate horsemen. Adams unsuccessfully attacked Winslow's left flank as McPherson deployed his infantry in line of battle near the old Champion's Hill battlefield. A soldier named Lucius W. Barber recalled:
"We advanced one mile uninterrupted and then came upon a brigade of Wirt Adams' rebel cavalry. It was strongly posted in the woods across the open space in front of us. Without any delay, we opened fire upon them, which they returned. They being concealed in the woods had the advantage, but we had good backing and did not hesitate to attack them."
The Federals charged and drove the Confederates off. The Confederates regrouped, but the Federals charged and drove them off again. Barber wrote:
"The rebs had taken a position just beyond a dwelling house where lived a widow with three small children. She came to the door to see what was going on when a ball struck her, killing her instantly. When our boys got there, they found her form rigid in death, lying in a pool of her own life's blood. Her little children were clinging frantically to her, not realizing that she was dead. General Sherman caused a notice to be immediately posted on the house, specifying the manner of her death and ordering the premises to be held as sacred. I do not know from which side the shot was fired that killed her."
McPherson reported that his men drove the Confederates back 10 miles, "easily and steadily over a very broken country, with little loss on our side." On Sherman's left, Hurlbut's corps advanced to Bolton Depot, where Confederate cavalry and artillery blocked their path on the plantation of President Jefferson Davis's brother. Hurlbut deployed his men, who scattered the Confederates just as easily as McPherson's had done.
That night, McPherson reported that Winslow's cavalry drove the Confederates "across the creek east of Bolton, the bridge saved, and my command bivouacked near the junction of the Clinton, Bolton, and Raymond Roads." However, McPherson noted that "the enemy occupied a good position on the hills on the east side of the creek, and everything indicated that they intended to contest the ground stubbornly." Skirmishing would resume the next day.
CivilWarDailyGazette.com; Denney, Robert E., The Civil War Years: A Day-by-Day Chronicle (New York: Gramercy Books, 1992 [1998 edition]), p. 366-67; Foote, Shelby, The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian (Vintage Civil War Library, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Kindle Edition, 2011), p. 924; Fredriksen, John C., Civil War Almanac (New York: Checkmark Books, 2007), p. 394-95; Long, E.B. with Long, Barbara, The Civil War Day by Day (New York: Da Capo Press, Inc., 1971), p. 460-61; Stanchak, John E., Historical Times Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War (New York: Harper & Row, 1986, Patricia L. Faust ed.), p. 488, 702
Tagged: David D. Porter, James B. McPherson, Leonidas Polk, Meridian Campaign, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Samuel G. French, Stephen A. Hurlbut, William Sooy Smith, William T. Sherman
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