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#FirstClassFriday: Baccarat Hotel
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When Baccarat, the legendary 251-year-old French crystal brand, moved into Manhattan, they brought with them more crystals than you could ever imagine. Think 17 custom-made chandeliers, 15,000 pieces of Baccarat crystal stemware, and a whole lot of luxe. But their 5th Avenue and 53rd Street address doesn't point to a crystal boutique; it's the site of a 50-storey hotel and residential project that quickly became the talk of the town when it opened in March this year.
Designed by Paris-based duo Patrick Gilles and Dorothée Boissier, the 114-room luxury hotel isn't one to hold back on the bling. Expect to find crystals everywhere — ranging from crystal tumblers to sconces.
Beyond the dazzling constellation of crystals, guests checking into the property can look forward to finding Maison Francis Kurkdjian amenities (La Mer, if you're shacking up at the suite) and treats from Fauchon. Needless to say, even the minibar glasses are Baccarat.
The hotel also houses the first La Mer Spa in the United States; Chevalier, a modern French restaurant helmed by executive chef Shea Gallante (of Ciano and Cru fame); and a bar that draws its inspiration from the royal stables at Versailles.
Baccarat Hotel. 28 West 53rd Street, New York
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Governor Ricketts Proclaims June Men's Health Month
Governor Ricketts Proclaims June Men's Health Month
June 18, 2019
On June 17, Governor Pete Ricketts proclaimed June Men's Health Month in Nebraska. Despite medical advances, men on average live 5 years less than women. Men who are educated about the value of preventive health care can prolong their lifestyle through preventative health screenings and serve as healthy role models for their children. The NMA encourages men to find a family medicine physician on the physician finder on our website.
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The Chevrolet Corvette C6 Z06 sound collection features a 2009 version of the American car in 166 clips and 13.05 gigabytes of audio. It includes field recordings of its modified V8 7 litre engine with long tube headers, 3 inch straight pipes and a ProCharger.
The sound library includes a total of 26 synchronized channels from both onboard and exterior perspectives. The onboard takes include interior, engine, and exhaust recordings as the car drives at steady RPMs, with ramps, and shifting gears. 7 exterior perspectives share driving at fast, medium, and slow speeds as the car departs, arrives, reverses, and passes by.
Also included in the package are Reaper and Pro Tools mixing sessions, custom stereo mixes of the onboard perspectives, detailed metadata embedded in each clip, and metadata keyword import files in 7 languages.
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There's nothing like going out on top. St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is doing just that after guiding his baseball team to the franchise's 11th World Series championship three nights ago. This morning it was announced that La Russa,67, is retiring after 16 years of leading the Cardinals. Only two other managers have […]Read »
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Space To Be Torn Apart By LasersPosted 10/31/2011 7:30 am by Ron Hogan
When it comes to the current scientific community, bigger is better. More powerful, more awe-inspiring, more expensive… that's just how science is there days, and there will be no project more ambition than the £1-billion-pound laser said to be the largest in the world. The Extreme Light Infrastructure Ultra-High Field Facility is a laser so powerful […]Read »
Amazing Creepy Cake CreationsPosted 10/31/2011 7:00 am by Stephanie Sturgis
Halloween has blossomed into a $6 billion industry according to reports this year. A large chunk of that will be spent on candy of both the familiar and unfamiliar variety, while another significant portion will be used to purchase costumes, both for adults and for pets. Lawn decorations also make up a piece of that […]Read »
Haunted House Freakout PhotosPosted 10/30/2011 10:13 am by Stephanie Sturgis
October 31 is just around the corner and the Halloween celebration is in full swing. The last Saturday night before All Hallow's Eve is often an intense night of partying for those 21 and over. Guinea pigs aren't the only ones dressed up in costumes, whether the disguises are well or poorly thought out, involve […]Read »
Deer Found Inside Burmese Python Captured In FloridaPosted 10/30/2011 8:50 am by Stephanie Sturgis
Chalk one up for the good guys in Florida's battle against invasive species. Like stucco-eating Giant African Land Snails, the non-native pythons and constrictors that are regularly being found in the Sunshine State are a big headache for wildlife management folks and aren't nearly as rare as a snake with a foot. However, contractors for […]Read »
Athletes In CostumesPosted 10/29/2011 10:40 am by Stephanie Sturgis
It's that time of year when people think it's super hilarious to cross dress. Halloween brings out the drag in lots of folks, but especially professional athletes. You might think that's creepy comedian Carrot Top up there, but it's actually pro snow boarder Shaun White. Yes Mr. Winter X Games and Olympics medal winner is […]Read »
Comeback Cardinals Win Franchise's 11th World SeriesPosted 10/29/2011 8:25 am by Stephanie Sturgis
They're probably still celebrating under the Arch as a I type this. The St. Louis Cardinals claimed the 11th World Series championship in the franchise's history with a 6-2 win over the Texas Rangers in Game 7 last night. Fittingly, the Cardinals had to mount a comeback after giving up two first-inning runs to the […]Read »
Cardinals Rally Three Times To Force World Series Game 7Posted 10/28/2011 10:27 am by Stephanie Sturgis
The St. Louis Cardinals pulled off an improbable comeback – three times – in Game 6 to keep their World Series hopes alive while dashing those of the Texas Rangers and their fans. Game 6 can bring so many momentum swings. Just ask Bill Buckner and Red Sox fans. Down to their last strike in […]Read »
Creepy, Crazy Candy For HalloweenPosted 10/28/2011 10:00 am by Stephanie Sturgis
It's that time of year when stores have scary window displays and the aisles and shelves are filled with bag after bag of mini servings of M&Ms and fun-sized Snickers. Although how they could call a half-sized serving "fun" still escapes me. But let's get back on track. Yep, it's the week of Halloween. […]Read »
GPS Shoes Alert Families To Wandering Alzheimer's PatientsPosted 10/28/2011 9:00 am by Stephanie Sturgis
Whether it's the stinkiest sneakers on the planet or a pair of shoes banned by the NBA, footwear can bring you recognition. Shoes can be a fashion statement or a functional tool, and now high-tech footwear can be a potential lifesaver. I'm not talking about Maxwell Smart's shoe phone here. GTX Corp. offers a pair […]Read »
Houston Quarterback Case Keenum Breaks Career TD RecordPosted 10/28/2011 8:30 am by Ron Hogan
Last night was a banner night for Houston Cougars quarterback Case Keenum. The sixth-year senior (granted an extra year of eligibility for medical reasons after missing last season with a knee injury) is climbing all the NCAA career passing lists thanks to Houston's prolific offense. Last night, Case Keenum threw a career-best 9 touchdowns as […]Read »
NCAA Ushers In New Standards, Free Money For College AthletesPosted 10/28/2011 8:00 am by Ron Hogan
Plagued by recruiting scandals and accusations of pay-for-play schemes, the NCAA met this week to look at revising their standards on college scholarships, academic eligibility, and a whole host of other issues and boy, did they move quickly. The NCAA has voted in a drastic change to the traditional scholarship structure, higher academic standards, and […]Read »
The Girl With The Fashionable TattooPosted 10/28/2011 7:30 am by Ron Hogan
Of the many movies to come out this year, the Hollywood version of Stieg Larsson's international best-selling novel The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is the one most people are looking forward to. Starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara (as Lisbeth Salander), the big-budget adaptation of the novel is already making waves thanks to Lisbeth's […]Read »
The Search For The Perfect Bobbing ApplePosted 10/28/2011 7:00 am by Ron Hogan
Bobbing for apples is one of those things that people on TV do all the time, but I've never seen anyone have an apple bobbing station set up at any party I've ever been to, I guess because nobody wants to dunk their head into a tub of cold water in the middle of fall. […]Read »
Nintendo Wii U To Launch After March 2012Posted 10/28/2011 6:30 am by Ron Hogan
Are you eagerly awaiting the next generation of video games? Well, you won't have to wait too long. Nintendo's next-generation console, the Nintendo Wii U, will be available for gamers to try out at E3 in Los Angeles in June, and the Wii U will be launching after March 2012 to coincide with the new […]Read »
Beavis And Butt-Head Returns On MTVPosted 10/28/2011 6:00 am by Ron Hogan
It's a staple of any child that was of age in the 1990's. If you were in middle or high school between 1993 and 1997, you know Beavis and Butt-Head, a pair of slack-jawed morons who chortled and mocked their way through a collection of bad music videos and threadbare plots in which one or […]Read »
Obama Sets New Rules For Student LoansPosted 10/27/2011 8:00 am by Ron Hogan
President Obama is on a roll. On Monday, he announced new initiatives to help those behind on their mortgages. On Tuesday, he announced a new plan to give veterans jobs. On Wednesday, he announced something even more impressive. President Obama announced a new set of rules for student loan payments which may save hundreds of […]Read »
Man Saws Parking Meter In HalfPosted 10/27/2011 7:30 am by Ron Hogan
Hell hath no fury like a guy with a circular saw! That's not how the old saying goes, but it's true. When it comes to parking tickets, everyone is at risk for them. From Optimus Prime and Batman to dead people, everyone gets parking tickets, especially in New York City. However, one crew of construction […]Read »
Blackbeard's Cannon Recovered From The SeaPosted 10/27/2011 7:00 am by Ron Hogan
Some 300 years ago, a man named Edward Teach was the scourge of the seven seas. Dubbed Blackbeard, he's one of the msot famous pirates in history, and from his home base on Ocracoke Island, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, he robbed ships, plundered loot, and even blockaded the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, […]Read »
Amy Winehouse's Death Ruled Accidental Alcohol PoisoningPosted 10/27/2011 6:30 am by Ron Hogan
The long, sad, strange saga of Amy Winehouse is officially over. After a first autopsy proved inconclusive regarding the manner in which the soul singer died, a second autopsy has pinpointed an official cause of death. British coroner Suzanne Greenway has ruled Amy Winehouse's death was the result of an accidental case of alcohol poisoning, […]Read »
Giant Lego Man Washes Up In FloridaPosted 10/27/2011 6:00 am by Ron Hogan
Lego and its omnipresent minfigures and bricks have been everywhere. From a trip to space to the Royal Wedding, Legos have a place in every aspect of our society, even church. However, there have been some surprises along the way. While walking on Siesta Key Beach in Florida, Jeff Hindman stumbled across a pretty unusual […]Read »
"The Walking Dead" Renewed For Season 3Posted 10/26/2011 8:30 am by Ron Hogan
When it first debuted on AMC last year, The Walking Dead was an immediate, record-smashing success. AMC promptly renewed the series for a second season after only the second episode. Now, two episodes into season two, AMC is repeating the past by giving The Walking Dead a green light once more. AMC has renewed The […]Read »
Scientists Break 18th Century Secret CodePosted 10/26/2011 8:00 am by Ron Hogan
Originally written in the 18th Century, the Copiale Cipher was a secret document detailing the rites, rituals, and fascinations of an obscure German cult. Long hidden away behind the Iron Curtain in East Germany, the document was unknown to the west for many years. Even after it was discovered by Western researchers, the code of […]Read »
West Virginia To Join Big 12Posted 10/26/2011 7:30 am by Ron Hogan
Just when you thought the conference realignment frenzy was over, it has just begun. When Texas A&M left the Big 12 for the SEC, it started a chain reaction. Syracuse and UConn left the Big East for the ACC, and that kicked off a wave of migration away from the Big East towards a viable […]Read »
US Dismantles Its Most Powerful Nuclear BombPosted 10/26/2011 7:00 am by Ron Hogan
A relic of the Cold War will be no more. The B53 nuclear bomb, the most powerful atomic bomb ever developed by the United States, will be leaving America's weapons stockpile. The last B53 nuclear bomb was dismantled at a Pantex plant in Amarillo, Texas. The bomb was the centerpiece of America's nuclear weapons arsenal […]Read »
Police Use Tear Gas On Occupy Oakland ProtestPosted 10/26/2011 6:30 am by Ron Hogan
When it comes to large groups of people, it's easy for civil unrest to turn from nonviolent to violent. All you have to do is either add some idiots or add some police. Until now, the Occupy Wall Street/Occupy movement protests have been peaceful. Just large groups of people shouting in financial centers or on […]Read »
Massive Aurora Borealis Visible Across The USPosted 10/25/2011 7:30 am by Ron Hogan
They're called the Northern Lights for a reason. Generally, the aurora borealis is confined to colder, northern territories where the radiation from the sun's constant activity is more likely to affect the atmosphere. However, last night, the northern lights weren't so northern. The aurora borealis was seen as far south as Mississippi, Alabama, and even […]Read »
An Epic Halloween Light ShowPosted 10/25/2011 7:00 am by Ron Hogan
When it comes to the best destination for holiday light shows, you need to head to Riverside, California. That's where YouTube user KJ92508 lives. While KJ is nominally famous for his animated Christmas lights, has turned his attention to my favorite holiday: Halloween. The results are pretty staggering. Here's an epic Halloween light show set to LMFAO's […]Read »
The McRib Goes NationwidePosted 10/25/2011 6:30 am by Ron Hogan
The McRib, everyone's favorite McDonald's sandwich and a personal favorite, is one of those rare treats that's worth going out of your way to get. It's a part-time menu item at McDonald's, meaning it's not available everywhere all the time. Individual franchisees choose when they're going to roll out the McRib, and it's rarely available […]Read »
Lindsay Lohan To Pose For PlayboyPosted 10/25/2011 6:00 am by Ron Hogan
Hugh Hefner, you've finally done it. When Lindsay Lohan's personal problems started happening and the acting work started drying up, Hugh Hefner was one of the first people to offer Lindsay Lohan some work. Of course, it was Playboy work, so basically Playboy owner Hugh Hefner offered Lohan $750,000 to shoot a nude pictorial for […]Read »


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"Where the good fun begins!"
On May 8, 2006, ION Media Networks, NBC Universal, Nelvana, Scholastic Corporation, and Classic Media announced plans to launch new children's entertainment endeavor spread across all media platforms, including video-on-demand on digital cable and an interactive webpage. Originally announced under the name "Smart Place for Kids", the official name Qubo was announced in August 2006. The name "Qubo" was chosen for the platform due to its "fun" sound and marketability in both English and Spanish. Each owner contributed shows to the network.
The primary goal for Qubo is to "provide quality, entertaining children's programming in a safe environment." The endeavor utilizes ION's digital broadcast outlets, the educational, literary, and creative assets of Scholastic, the acquisition duties of Classic Media, and the combined content libraries and production facilities of Nelvana, and NBC Universal, which will also dedicate its weekend morning lineups to Qubo. Qubo's Saturday morning block debuted on NBC and Telemundo on Saturday, September 9, 2006, replaced the Discovery Kids block on NBC. This was followed by the Qubo block repeating on Ion Television, which began on Friday, September 15, 2006. This was followed by the launch of a digital television network on January 8, 2007 on the digital subchannels of Ion Television stations.
On September 28, 2010, Qubo Channel launched a late night programing block aimed at older audiences entitled "Qubo's Night Owl", the block airing nightly from 12 a.m. - 6 a.m. Eastern time, features animated series primarily from the Filmation animation library.
In fall 2012, NBC will dump the qubo block in favor of its own block called NBC Kids, which features programming from sister network PBS Kids Sprout.
Programs featured on Qubo include:
- 3-2-1 Penguins!
- Adventures from the Book of Virtues
- Babar
- Bravestarr - part of "Night Owl"
- Class of the Titans - currently on "Night Owl", it was on the main lineup for a little over a month.
- Filmations Ghostbusters - "Night Owl"
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe - "Night Owl"
- Jacob Two Two
- Jane and the Dragon
- The Magic School Bus
- Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse
- The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog
- Pearlie
- Pippi Longstocking
- Postman Pat - no longer airing
- Rescue Heroes
- Rupert
- She Ra Princess of Power - "Night Owl"
- Sitting Ducks - "Night Owl" (formerly in the daytime rotation)
- Spliced - "Night Owl"
- Theodore Tugboat - no longer airing
- Turbo Dogs
- Veggie Tales - no longer airing
- Willa's Wild Life
- Zula Patrol


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Can You Clean Tile With a Steam Carpet Cleaner?
Tiles and grout are a haven for dirt and bacteria. Every time you touch the tile with dirty hands or someone else does, bacteria sticks to the areas. Steam cleaning of the surfaces is possible, though it's best done by professionals.
When you clean the tiles, fill the steam cleaner with a mixture of water and antibacterial soap or the soap that came with the cleaner. Run the steamer along the tiles and grout, working on small areas at a time. Wipe off any excess moisture when finished.
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It's possible to clean with a carpet steamer, but you're better off using a vapor steam cleaner. This product is easier to use and is a recommended tool for cleaning tiles of allergy sufferers.
Professional steam cleaners like Stanley Steemer and maid services such as Maid for You in New York offer steam cleaning of tiles. If you can't find a steam cleaner or have any questions, contact professionals.


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Jean-Luc Nancy and Jean-François Bouthors on the revolutionary potential of the pandemic
This January is the centenary of the Spartacus Uprising in Germany. The most famous victims of the wave of repression that followed were Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, but one of the first victims of the counter-revolutionary violence was Wolfgang Fernbach. In this article, his grandson David Fernbach discusses his life and legacy.
The main reason to look back at the history of the New Communist Movement is to glean any lessons that can be useful for rebuilding a revolutionary left under today's dramatically changed conditions.
Max Elbaum wrote Revolution in the Air in 2001 to reclaim the lessons of the New Communist Movement for militants who, like their early sixties' predecessors, became activists when the radical left was fragmented and weak. How relevant is this history and the lessons he draws for us now, in this new period of left upsurge?
In 1968, Carlos Fonseca and the FSLN adopted a new strategic approach, laying the groundwork for the 1979 revolution.
Syrian writer Thaer A. Deeb chronicles the miscalculations that have prevented the Syrian left from playing a decisive role in the uprising that began in 2011.
The upsurge of armed struggle in Malaysia represents one of the lesser noticed repercussions of the 1968 developments in Vietnam and China.
Philosopher Lewis R. Gordon discusses the relevance of Frantz Fanon's thought to activists and intellectuals today, and the misconceptions that have shadowed his best known work.
Jodi Dean asks "whether democracy can name a division adequate to a revolutionary anti-capitalist politics."
On the seven-year anniversary of the 25 January Egyptian Revolution, Alain Badiou reflects on the movement that inspired The Rebirth of History.


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Happy New Year!
We're now 7 days into 2019. Actually, I'm more of a Chinese New Year kind person [February 5th - Year of the Pig]. Somehow it just feels more auspicious. I especially adore the Lantern Festival. Between now and then is that short window of time when we seek self-renewal and reset our inner compass - better health, relationships, productivity etc. All 'resolutions' and goals come down to a simple yet complex truth: stop doing what you know is bad for you and do more of what's good. Change comes from within and requires us to take new action. Otherwise, we keep doing what we've been doing, with the same results. Simple is rarely easy, however. We, humans, are complex beings. Common sense is not always common practice. But what if there was just ONE thing, one new habit, that if followed, could make manifold changes?
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Knife crime, gangs and youth violence
The vast majority of young people are not involved in gangs, guns or knife crime and want nothing to do with them. However, the behaviour of the small number of young people who are involved has a significant impact on communities, on their families and associates, as well as themselves.
There are many and complex reasons as to why people join gangs. It could be for status, to feel a sense of belonging, to make money, to earn respect, for protection from other gangs due to exploitation by an Organised Crime Group (OCG)
A gang could simply be a group of friends that all like doing the same things. The word takes on a new meaning when a group of friends gets involved in criminal activity.
Although it is not illegal to be a member of a gang much of the activity that criminal street gangs get caught up in is. If caught committing an offence they could end up with a longer sentence just for being part of a gang. There are many different and complex reasons as to why people join gangs. It could be for status, to feel a sense of belonging, to make money, to earn respect, for protection from other gangs or due to exploitation by an Organised Crime Group (OCG).
Potential School Support
Following the notification or disclosure of actual involvement in gangs and/or violence by a young person to an adult in school, the following actions should be considered:
- School staff will need to follow the procedures outlined in their Child Protection/Safeguarding Policies and discuss concerns with the designated member of staff for child protection.
- Consult Solihull LSCB guidance for practitioners across the children's workforce to help them understand the nature of the risk that gang activity poses to children both through participation in and as victims of gang violence, how signs of gang involvement may manifest themselves and how to deal with such issues.
- Funded and supported by the Home Office, the NSPCC is providing a 24-hour helpline (0800 800 500) to help parents, carers or any other adult worried about a child or young person at risk from gang-related activity. This includes children and young people who are not themselves in a gang, but may be at risk of being targeted by gang members.
- Searching, screening and confiscation: advice for schools – DfE advice explaining the powers schools have to screen and search pupils and to confiscate items may be of pertinence where pupils are suspected of possessing items that may compromise their safety or that of others.
- Consider submitting an intelligence form to the police with any information relating to Gangs, Youth Violence and County Lines. Using a Partnership Information Report (WG403) and submit it by email to email@example.com
Curriculum (Universal provision through planned PSHE)
- High quality PSHE which includes appropriate learning around peaceful conflict resolution, anti-bullying, rights, responsibilities, the law, drugs & alcohol.
- Opportunities within a range of curriculum areas to explore risk, risky behaviour and why such behaviour might occur e.g. literacy texts, drama.
- Opportunities to learn about and develop 'protective behaviours' i.e. listening to what your body is telling you when something feels wrong, no problem is too big, small or awful to be shared with a trusted adult.
- Healthy Schools Islington have produced a teaching resource aimed at year 6 children entitled Keeping Safe Out and About. The lesson plans have been written teachers in primary schools who want to teach about the risks of participating in anti-social behaviour, gangs and gang related behaviour and keeping safe in the local area.
- True Tube provides videos, lesson plans and assemblies for RE, PSHE and Citizenship for key stages 3 & 4. These include materials that will support schools in addressing the issue of guns, gangs and knife crime.
- Safe: Risks and choices out and about provides a series of lessons linked to personal safety, risky behaviour and violent crime for secondary age pupils.
- The Values Versus Violence programme produced by the Dot Com Children's Foundation has been developed to provide children with an awareness of risk and risk management including issues around bullying and crime and disorder.
- Triple V (Values Versus Violence) is Dot Com Children's Foundation's resource for secondary schools. The VVV resources aim to empower young people by helping them to develop positive behaviours and learn how to keep themselves and their friends safe. This includes They provide opportunities to discuss criminal behaviour and victimisation in a safe environment and, as a result, they lead to changes in behaviour. The Watch Over Me series is a broadcast-quality "soap opera" which engages young people and helps them create their own strategies for dealing with risk. It is a classroom tool which stimulates discussion and helps pupils feel safe enough to talk about the most challenging issues which affect personal safety.
Involving other agencies and signposting
Free, confidential service where you can report information about a crime anonymously.
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This sedan is located in Ashland, PA 17921
Vehicle Specs
- Body Style: Sedan
- Year: 2002
- Mileage: 132,000
- Transmission: Automatic
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- Color: Red
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- Category: Sedans Under $500
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Burning Titans are huge three-legged creatures. They behave like hammer warriors and deliver massive damage. Furthermore, standing adjacent to them causes continuous burning. When defeated, a Burning Titan will spawn a Risen Ashen Hulk of the same level.
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- Unlike burning from most other sources, this condition will last as long as the player stands next to the titan. So, it is best not to have too many warriors tank one of them at the same time; otherwise the monks may have trouble keeping pace with healing.
- Cannot be knocked down.
- Although they seem to not be able to, they can be burned.
- The Titan summoned by the Lich Lord at the end of the Abaddon's Mouth mission is actually a Burning Titan although it is just called "Titan". Killing it will end the mission, meaning it will not spawn another titan.


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The New York Times has a very long story about the nation of Qatar's quest for soccer excellent. Reading the story was depressing. Is this what humanity has come to? There's a lot of bellyaching about science in the Muslim world, but look no further than the priorities of the oil rich Gulf states. Qatar is going to spend $200 billion over a 10 year period on amenities for soccer because it is hosting the World Cup in 2022. Yes, the World Cup is a very big deal. But did you know that NASA's budget for 2012 was less than 20 billion dollars. In other words Qatar could create its own rival to NASA if it wanted. But why would they?
This isn't a plea for space science. But, it is an argument that human outcomes are contingent on human values. In the 19th century men of leisure such as Charles Darwin were scientists, because they could be. Today we have some men of wealth, such as Elon Musk, attempting to do great things (and likely failing, because bold ventures generally do fail). But by and large the priorities of plutocrats are more pedestrian. Posterity shall be the judge.


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Ozzy Osbourne Offers $25,000 Reward for Stolen Randy Rhoads Gear
The late legend's first guitar is gone
Ozzy Osburne is still looking out for the guitarist who helped him launch his solo career and made his first two post-Black Sabbath albums must listens.
Ozzy is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction and/or return of some priceless gear that once belonged to the late Randy Rhoads.
Ozzy says thieves nearly wiped out the Musonia School of Music in North Hollywood on Thanksgiving night. It was started in 1948 by Rhoads mother, Delores, and is run by his brother, Kelle.
Among the items stolen were said to be Rhoads' first electric guitar, a Peavey amp head, a Randy Rhoads series Marshall head and Delores Rhoads' first trumpet. Ozzy posted pictures of the items on Instagram, along with a view of the main room of the building before it was cleared out.
"It is a place where the Rhoads Family happily opened their hearts to share the life of Randy. As you can imagine, the items that were stolen, including Randy's first electric guitar, are irreplaceable to the Rhoads Family," Ozzy said. "I am heartbroken that these treasured physical memories of Randy and Delores have been taken from the family so I've decided to personally offer a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction and/or return of all stolen items."
Kelle Rhoads told The Metal Voice a police report has been filed, but no progress has been made in the investigation that he is aware of.
UPDATE: According to the ABC affiliate in Los Angeles, some of the equipment and memorabilia was found in a dumpster, but not Rhoads' first guitar. The Rhoads family credits Ozzy with helping spread the word.
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A political rookie takes on the Deputy Prime Minister in the Wakatipu. Celia Williams reports
It's a David and Goliath battle and Labour candidate Tat Loo knows it.
But it's not stopping him going for the traditionally-blue Clutha-Southland seat, held by National incumbent Bill English.
The Dunedin chiropractor who joined Labour in 2008 is pragmatic about challenging English, who last election romped to a 15,475-vote win.
"I've been advised, as a new candidate, you're never going to win that electorate," Loo says.
"It'd be nice to campaign for the win and don't be mistaken, we're campaigning very hard. But for Labour, winning Clutha-Southland isn't going to be something we can achieve in three years. But because of the beauty of MMP, every vote counts."
After being selected for the party last year, he hopes to simply grow Labour's proportional position.
"This year we're really targeting a party vote in this electorate of 25-30 per cent. We'll be a clear second." Loo's got his work cut out.
Unlike English, Loo doesn't have access to perks like a ministerial limousine and chauffeur, an MP's salary and generous entitlements like living allowances.
Single with no kids, Loo doesn't own a house and drives a 1.4-litre Volks–wagen Polo. If elected, he'd like to move to Queenstown.
"I'm not going to be anywhere near the electoral campaign spending limit. We're running a campaign on goodwill and small donations and off the smell of an oily rag," he says.
Born in Malaysia but immigrated with family to New Zealand 30 years ago, Loo runs a private chiropractic clinic and owns a hair salon business.
Loo believes there should be a more consistent local MP's presence in the Wakatipu and says English and National take electorate voters for granted.
"Bill English has a lot of responsibilities so it's difficult for him to be in and around Queenstown for more than a maximum of one day a month. He's got loyal party supporters who, despite that, will keep voting blue."
English responds: "They trot that out at each election. You'd expect him to say that, wouldn't you?"
Loo sees health, cost of living, education and working conditions as big issues for Queenstown.
"I'd like to make sure that Wellington understands the population projections and the unique economic aspects of the Wakatipu and Lakes District area."
The other candidates are Act's Don Nicholson, a former Federated Farmers president from near Invercargill, the Greens' Rachael Goldsmith, also of Invercargill, the Conservative Party's Ross Calverley and Democrats for
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Who cares if you have a gluten intolerance or not? You will love these tasty gluten-free buckwheat pancakes, brought to you by renowned Spoon baker Kris Larocque.
Buckwheat is an energizing and highly nutritious "grain" that is actually a fruit seed closely related to rhubarb and sorrel. Very high in magnesium, it is linked to lowering risk of high blood pressure and high cholesterol. It has a distinctively delicious nutty flavour and the addition of ricotta makes these pancakes not only super healthy but also rich and delicious.
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½ cup buckwheat flour
¼ cup white rice flour
¼ corn flour
2 tbsp. corn starch
1 tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
½ tsp. cinnamon
2 eggs
1 cup extra smooth ricotta
¾ cup milk
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 tsp. vanilla
Mix dry and wet ingredients separately, then gently fold together, adding berries, nuts or chocolate chips if desired. My favourite combo? Chopped dried mango and cranberry with grated lemon peel!) Cook flapjacks on a hot oiled skillet until bubbles start to form on the top before you flip them over… don't get impatient!
If you are not gluten intolerant, feel free to replace the rice and corn flours with your regular flour of choice.


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There are a wide and varied range of attachments available for zero turn mowers. These attachments can really boost usefulness of a mower beyond grass cutting. Attachments can help boost the number of services which commercial users can offer to their customers. It also crucially means that one machine can be deployed to do a variety of tasks, rather than requiring the need for a whole host of separate machines. This can save a lot of money, save on transportation costs and means maintenance can be a lot more focussed and is often simpler.
The most popular zero turn mower attachment is a bagger, but other implements can really help you get the most out of your investment. Take, for example, front mounted snow blowers and snow blades (plows) which can extend the usefulness of a ZTR mower into the winter months, long beyond the end of the grass cutting season. Similarly brushes and more specialised leaf pushers can be front mounted and can help with clearing up debris in the fall.
Both mid and front mount ztr mowers can accept attachments but usually the front cut type, with its power take off (PTO) capability, can accept a wider variety of accessories. Certain attachments really favour front-cut models. These attachments can (relatively simply) be attached in place of the front mower deck and will not change the size, balance or performance of the mower. Importantly they will also not affect the manoeuvrability of the mower. Snow blowers and debris blowers for example, struggle without the traction and PTO capability offered by front cut ZTR mowers. Many attachments will also throw a mid-mount mower out of balance, leading to a whole host of problems.
In the general landscape maintenance and improvement realm spreaders and sprayers are available for many zero turn lawn mowers. A spreader is ideal to spread such varied materials as granular fertilizer, pesticide, herbicide and even seeds. Similarly sprayers are available to handle tasks such as flower and tree watering, pest control, weed control and turf maintenance.
Some zero turn mowers come with a hitch (usually needed for all attachments) as standard. In cases where no hitch exists the user will have to fit one (or have one fitted) before using rear attachments. In the case of front attachments an adapter or weight kit may need to be fitted. It is increasingly common for manufacturers to fit a quick hitching mechanism to their mower, which makes fitting, unfitting or changing rear attachments much easier. This is especially important to the user who needs to quickly change a variety of attachments, say for example a professional ground care specialist.
It is just not the manufacturers themselves supplying these attachments - there are many specialist companies producing a varied range of aftermarket attachments to suit every need. TurfEx is a great example of a company producing a wide range of innovative cost effective tools to extend the uses of and boost the productivity of zero turn radius machines.
Operator comfort is also not ignored. Many manufacturers offer a soft canopy option to protect the operator during winter work, or a zero turn mower sun canopy to shield the user from the blazing sun.
It is perhaps worth checking with your mower manufacturer (perhaps through the medium of your local dealer) before buying an aftermarket attachment to seek advice an avoid potential warranty issues.
Most people will be happy to install ZTR attachments themselves, although for peace of mind many choose to have their attachments installed by a professional equipment dealer. For such a professional installing attachments is a breeze and can save the end-user a lot of time and potential frustration!
Attachments are an ideal way to maximize the productivity of zero-turn mowers, and get them working at times of the year when they wouldn't traditionally be used. They also help the user to think of their mower as more than just a grass cutting machine. Grass cutting may be it's primary role, but it can also spare the owner from a wide variety of back breaking labor. Not many people would mourn the demise of snow shovelling!


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There a large number hand-coded binary searches in the kernel (run "git grep search | grep binary" to find many of them). Since in my experience, hand-coding binary searches can be error-prone, it seems worth cleaning this up by providing a generic binary search function. This generic binary search implementation comes from Ksplice. It has the same basic API as the C library bsearch() function. Ksplice uses it in half a dozen places with 4 different comparison functions, and I think our code is substantially cleaner because of this. Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <email@example.com> Extra-bikeshedding-by: Alan Jenkins <email@example.com> Extra-bikeshedding-by: André Goddard Rosa <firstname.lastname@example.com> Extra-bikeshedding-by: Rusty Russell <email@example.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <firstname.lastname@example.com> Signed-off-by: Alessio Igor Bogani <email@example.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <firstname.lastname@example.com>
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The first and second semesters of the program offer electrical and electronics basics, industrial electronics, fundamentals of digital systems, industrial safety, electrical mathematics, introduction to wind power systems, along with general education core courses. The third and fourth semesters provide training on wind power mechanical systems, turbine control systems including networking and PLCs, hydraulic systems, electrical power distribution systems, wind turbine management, and the National Electrical Code.
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Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) Pakistan has been actively involved in response and relief efforts following continued rains and massive floods affecting various parts of the country. A report released by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) stated that more than 1.2 million homes have been lost or destroyed due to the various rain related hazards including landslides, mudflows, floods and structural collapse.
The transportation of food and relief items continues to pose a challenge, due to road inaccessibility, poor weather conditions, and a shortage of government planes to transport relief items by air. The blockade of the Karakoram highway has made access to the mountainous regions of Gilgit Baltistan and Chitral difficult, which is home to approximately 2 million people. FOCUS has implemented contingency plans to transport relief goods via ground identifying alternative road routes. Thirty tonnes of food was transported via trucks to the town of Chitral, which is one of the primary drop-off points for food distribution to remote areas. Additionally, FOCUS is transporting 200 tonnes of food in collaboration with the NDMA. FOCUS has procured food packages for over 15,300 beneficiaries.


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On Thursday evening,several of the raptor watch gang,gathered just before dark to see if we could see any of the Perseids meteors,which according to "tall Peter's" internet search,are the remnants of the Swift-Tuttle comet. Lee,Carol,Peter,Walter,Pat,Nancy,Betty and I saw a few meteors before 11pm and enjoyed a much welcomed breezy evening. At 1130pm the lights went out in the park and either things picked up abit or the decreased light allowed us to see more. With less light over Lake Ontario,we were able to see some spectacular views of meteors streaking through the sky. By 1am when Walter and I finally left we had seen 23 meteors. We also saw one satellite and what we thought was a planet. It was a fun evening,with something different to share with friends.
The mystery planet?
Stay tuned for raptor reports! Next week with some decent west winds we may see a few raptors. The last several days there have been none to report. A local Coopers Hawk has been seen.


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These activities are high risk but often perceived as low value– that's important because a bad experience for your customers outside the establishment can be as harmful to your reputation as the impact of poor service inside.
So here's what you need to do:
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- Third, you should work with a firm that is focused on delivering real benefits to you and your customers
That's why major local restaurants like The Atlantic Seafood Company, partner with Jolo to help complete a rewarding and safe experience for their customers.


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Today's Mobility and Cloud Cybersecurity Mission
- Loay Oweis, Federal Mobility Specialist
- Friday, April 6th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm
The world today is evolving with burgeoning technology and business transformations. We can login to any user endpoint from a mobile device to a laptop, and have the same applications and content at our disposal to complete the daily tasks from anywhere. This is the experience we are growing accustomed to and are learning to expect to become ubiquitous from the workplace to the home place. Technology vendors are striving to standardize what once was innovation to become an expectation. This is also the experience that companies and government agencies set as their goal for their IT mission. While this is quickly becoming a reality, the challenge becomes the guarantee of performance and security required to make this truly functional. The success will garner the confidence of the end-users and supporting community and this confidence is the inspiration to business transformations of the modern era.
The true leaders in the IT world master these challenges as opportunities by accepting the changing dynamics of the modern computing era and adapt accordingly. They accept that data is everywhere and ensure to have end-to-end visibility. They understand that workflows and workloads are dynamic and they embody adaptive computing, storage, and connectivity accordingly. All the while they focus on performance and cost of ownership to make these goals attainable and feasible to provide and use.
These IT leaders also focus on maintaining a strong security posture to achieve their mission. They leverage mobile devices and cloud services with a security focused deployment and management. They utilize Unified Endpoint Management solutions with integrated Cloud Security capability to ensure only the secured devices and applications are able to access their sanctioned Cloud services.
They study mobile threat vectors to include the device, the network and the applications. They utilized Mobile Threat Defense solutions to protect against harmful attacks with machine learning and artificial intelligence to detect known and unknown attacks before they cause harm and mitigate them on the device in a disconnected state to eliminate any possibility of risk.
While this all may seem to be a hardship, there is ease and hope for this reality to become more and more prevalent. The maturity of the technology today and the vision of the executive IT leaders create a catalyst for evolution to continue at an unprecedented rate. Government agencies have additional challenges in the form of acquisition and are taking proactive measures to reinvent and extend this evolution to their needs and strive for this business transformation.
What once was innovation becomes standard best practices, and the standard is then re-examined leading to innovation, and the cycle continues.
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The following bonus sessions are open to all paid attendees at no additional cost. There are many different types of events that fall into these categories:
- SANS@Night: Evening presentations given after day courses have ended. This category includes Keynotes.
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- Vendor: Events hosted by external vendor exhibitors.
- Lunch & Learn: Short presentations given during the lunch break.
- Master's Degree Presentation: Presentations given by SANS Technology Institute's Master's Degree candidates.
Tuesday, April 3
|General Session - Welcome to SANS
|Bryan Simon
|Tuesday, April 3rd, 8:00am - 8:30am
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|Threat Hunting via Windows Event Logs
|Eric Conrad
|Tuesday, April 3rd, 7:15pm - 9:15pm
Wednesday, April 4
|Unmasking the Fog: Improving Situational Awareness
|Brian Roy, Sr. Sales Engineer
|Wednesday, April 4th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm
|Lunch and Learn
|Navigating the Dark Web: A Case Study in Fraud and Risk Exposure
|Tyler Carbone, Chief Product Officer
|Wednesday, April 4th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm
|Lunch and Learn
|The Next Evolution of Protection: Introduction to Deep Learning
|Brandon Carden, Enterprise Sales Engineer
|Wednesday, April 4th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm
|Lunch and Learn
|The New Cyber Security Ecosystem
|Matt Grantham, Technical Account Manager, Post-Sales
|Wednesday, April 4th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm
|Lunch and Learn
|Identity Awareness: Do we have it? Do we need it?
|Nathan McKay, Security Solutions Engineer
|Wednesday, April 4th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm
|Lunch and Learn
|How to Become a SANS Instructor
|Eric Conrad
|Wednesday, April 4th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm
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|Demisto Security Orchestration Workshop - Contest for Best Playbook
|Sponsored by Demisto
|Wednesday, April 4th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
|GIAC Information Reception
|Jeff Frisk
|Wednesday, April 4th, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
|APAC Student Reception at SANS 2018
|Wednesday, April 4th, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
|Stuck in the Box, a SIEM's Tale
|Justin Henderson
|Wednesday, April 4th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm
|Infosec Rock Star: Geek Will Only Get You So Far
|Ted Demopoulos
|Wednesday, April 4th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm
|Malware Vaccination: Its Potential and Limitations
|Lenny Zeltser
|Wednesday, April 4th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm
|Hacking Dumberly, Just Like the Bad Guys
|Tim Medin and Derek Banks
|Wednesday, April 4th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm
|SIEM Field Guide
|Peter Szczepankiewicz
|Wednesday, April 4th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm
|So, You Wanna be a Pentester?
|Adrien de Beaupre
|Wednesday, April 4th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm
|Let's Go Hunting Bad Guys
|John Strand
|Wednesday, April 4th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm
|Secure DevOps: A Puma's Tail
|Aaron Cure
|Wednesday, April 4th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm
|Container Intrusions: Do You Even IDS
|Alfredo Hickman
|Wednesday, April 4th, 8:15pm - 8:55pm
|Master's Degree Presentation
Thursday, April 5
|Coffee & Donuts with the Graduate Students
|Thursday, April 5th, 7:30am - 9:00am
|Solutions Expo
|Thursday, April 5th, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
|Vendor Event
|Solutions Expo
|Thursday, April 5th, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
|Vendor Event
|The 14 Absolute Truths of Security
|Keith Palmgren
|Thursday, April 5th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm
|Defeating Advanced Adversaries - Dismantling their attacks one step at a time
|Erik Van Buggenhout
|Thursday, April 5th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm
|An Evening of Hacking the Internet of Things (IoT)
|James Lyne, Stephen Sims, Jim Shewmaker, and Guests
|Thursday, April 5th, 7:15pm - 10:00pm
|Special Events
|Responding to the European Union's new General Data Protection Regulation
|Ben Wright
|Thursday, April 5th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm
|The State of Honeypots: Understanding the Use of Honey Technologies Today
|Andrea Dominguez
|Thursday, April 5th, 7:15pm - 7:55pm
|Master's Degree Presentation
|The Seven Deadly Sins of Incident Response
|Jake Williams
|Thursday, April 5th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm
|Three Keys for SecDevOps Success
|Frank Kim
|Thursday, April 5th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm
|Leverage Risk Focused Teams to Strengthen Resilience against Cyber Risk
|David Bishop, Master's Degree Candidate
|Thursday, April 5th, 8:15pm - 8:55pm
|Master's Degree Presentation
|Cyber-Bullying and Sexting Protocols In Our Schools With Appropriate Consequences
|Detective Richard Wistocki (Ret.)
|Thursday, April 5th, 8:15pm - 9:15pm
Friday, April 6
|Today's Mobility and Cloud Cybersecurity Mission
|Loay Oweis, Federal Mobility Specialist
|Friday, April 6th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm
|Lunch and Learn
|ICS Down...It's go time!
|Jason DelyTechnical Director, ICS and Critical Infrastructure
|Friday, April 6th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm
|Lunch and Learn
|"The Emperor's New Tools" High Spending but low 'Intelligence Yield' In Cyber Security Tools Has Still Left us Feeling Naked
|John Smith, Senior Sales Engineer
|Friday, April 6th, 12:30pm - 1:15pm
|Lunch and Learn
Saturday, April 7
|Speaking to the Board on Cybersecurity
|Lance Spitzner
|Saturday, April 7th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm
|Securing Your Kids
|Lance Spitzner
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A Series of Unfortunate Events/Awesome
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Spoilers for every book in the series will follow.
The Baudelaire Orphans
Usually get at least one per book. God, these guys are 'good' at surviving.
- Collective
- The Xanatos Speed Chess they play at the end of The Slippery Slope to rescue Sunny AND learn the location of "the last safe place." Very dangerous, but it pays off. "We know where's the sugar bowl." Oh, these little ChessMasters.
- Violet
- In The Bad Beginning, she figures out at the last minute how to avoid marrying Olaf - sign the marriage certificate with her left hand; because she's right-handed, she wouldn't have signed in "the bride's own hand," so she wouldn't be legally married.
- In The Hostile Hospital, Violet invents a jumping device to escape a burning hospital while locked in a closet. It's just another normal day for her, but you have to remember that she's drugged out of her mind at that particular moment, since she's just had an anesthesia.
- Klaus
- In The Miserable Mill, Klaus saves Charles by moving a tree trunk, with nothing but a very sticky gun, a stick and the strength a his arms. This would be more than enough to categorize him as a Genius Bruiser.
- Making this better is that usually this kind of MacGyvering is Violet's specialty, as his narration points out.
- In The Hostile Hospital, Klaus faces all of Olaf's henchmen who have cornered him in the operation theater. All he's got is a rusty knife to defend himself ; he won't even need to use it, and will escape succesfully while saving his sister Violet.
- In The Slippery Slope, Klaus breaks a complicated code using resources from a library. The kicker ? The library has already burned to the ground, so he's basically relying on ashes.
- In The Miserable Mill, Klaus saves Charles by moving a tree trunk, with nothing but a very sticky gun, a stick and the strength a his arms. This would be more than enough to categorize him as a Genius Bruiser.
- Sunny
- In The Miserable Mill, Sunny engages in a swordfight with Georgina. She doesn't even have a sword, she just uses her sharp teeth to block the sword in mid-air. She eventually loses, but still.
- Friday gets one when she orders Olaf to stop misbehaving, while he points a harpoon gun at her. She gets another one when she flatly tells him to go away, being the first person in the series, aside from the Man with Beard but no Hair and the Woman with Hair but no Beard, that he actually obeys.
- Note that she's only seven years old.
- You may actually feel like cheering for Count Olaf when he calls out Carmelita for being such a horrible brat and dumps Esme.


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Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Sunday 18th August, 11am-5pm (last entry at 4pm)
The museum collections centre will open its doors this weekend to allow visitors to take a look around their hidden treasures. The theme this year focuses on animals and nature, and visitors will be able to see some of the museums vast natural history collection. This collection includes a large amount of animals that were once native to the ancient Egyptian landscape, such as horned vipers and cobras. Also on display is a representative selection of BMAG's ancient Egyptian antiquities. In total the museum houses over 7000 artefacts related to Egypt, of which the highlights from the collections centre will be on display this Sunday. Entry is free and trains run direct to Duddeston train station from University or New Street. The collections centre is a 4 minute walk from the station. Further directions can be found here: http://www.bmag.org.uk/events?id=2552
In this dig diary [follow the link on the menu bar] Sarah Chapman, a PhD student at the University of Birmingham, introduces us to the site of Tell Timai in the eastern Delta.
She discusses her role and responsibilities and the excitement of her experience. This is the first in what we hope to be regular updates from her work in the field and the start of a connection with the team from the University of Hawaii at Tell Timai.
During summer 2012 Kevin Birtles, long-time member of the Birmingham Egyptology community, attended the Sedgeford Historical Archaeological Research Project field school. In this item he reflects on his experiences at this site through the witty diary entries he kept while there: SHARP article by Kevin Birtles
In 1899 Eton College was trusted with a donation of a collection of Egyptian artefacts on the unfortunate death their collector, Etonian Old Boy Major Joseph William Myers. Over the next century these objects became study tools for Eton students, and the subject of international exhibitions. In 2011 part of this collection was loaned to the University of Birmingham to initiate a 15 year project between themselves, Eton College and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to accurately catalogue and digitise the objects. Here at the University of Birmingham we are using innovative VISTA techniques to 3D scan these items, with the eventual aim to make this informative, 19th Century private collection into a global resource– accessible via the internet as a virtual museum.
Over the 15 year period the collection will be used for teaching and research within the department of Classics and Ancient History, and has already provided the backdrop of an exhibition exploring communication in ancient Egypt.
Being under-researched in the past, 'Connections' for the first time aims to investigate ancient Egyptian methods of communication through the display of objects from the Eton College's Joseph William Myers collection of Egyptian antiquities which are on loan at the University of Birmingham. An accompanying on-line exhibition catalogue of essays written by students of Egyptology, staff, and alumni of the University of Birmingham brings together a wide range of topics – from symbols and gestures to music, text, and trade – focussing on communication in ancient Egypt.
Visit our website (www.birmingham.ac.uk/connections) to examine how the Egyptians communicated between each other, their neighbouring cultures, the deceased, and the divine. Rotating images allow you to get close to the objects without visiting the exhibition – allowing an innovative virtual interactive experience.
The exhibition is located in the Orchard Learning Resource Centre at the University of Birmingham's Selly Oak Campus. To book your private viewing of the exhibition contact me, Carl Graves, at: email@example.com


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Create NEW elegant and unique bead weaving pendant that will most certainly be amazing addition that will get you noticed. You will be amazed at how fast and fun it is.
BUG le pendant is an amazing pendant that can be combined in a beautiful necklace or ring.
Skill Level: I suggest this pattern for beginners to advanced bead weavers.
The pattern instructions are fully step by step from start to finish with complete instruction.
Instruction made using exactly type beads.
You need:
Miyuki round seed beads
Miyuki Bugle beads
Swarovski Rivoli
Swarovski beads
6lb Fireline or similar
12# Beading needle
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Enslaving Indians: D. Andrew Johnson, 'Displacing Captives in Colonial South Carolina: Native American Enslavement and the Rise of the Colonial State after the Yamasee War', Journal of Early American History, 7, 2, 2017, pp. 115–140
Abstract: The Yamasee War was a watershed moment in the history of colonial South Carolina. The trade in captive Native Americans through Charles Town was much lower after the war, but did not stop. Continuities across this rupture included captives coming into possession of the colony through the same mechanisms as before the war: as diplomatic gifts, as captives taken in warfare, or as traded commodities. While the liberalized and chaotic trade in captive Native Americans was a concern for colonial officials before the Yamasee War, after the outbreak of war, planters, who controlled of the assembly, made it official policy to remove all Native American captives coming into the colony from the continent, with a few notable exceptions. The main change in how the captive trade worked came with the colonial government's moves to stand as arbiter over what captives could come into the colony and then force colonists to sell the captives to other colonies. The Native American captive trade therefore became an important site of colonial state-building in the period between 1715 and 1735.
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The Republican Takeover of North Carolina
Before my husband and I moved to North Carolina a year ago, we'd lived in some of the bluest of the blue states–New York, Illinois, California, and Washington. Coming here, we expected to find some cultural differences, but took heart in the idea that while North Carolina was technically located in the south, it wasn't part of "The South." That is, it wasn't the deep south like Alabama, or Mississippi, or even South Carolina. After all, Obama had eked out a victory in North Carolina in 2008, so how red could it be?
As it turns out, very red. For now. Steve Benen opines that the North Carolina provides an excellent case study of what "conservatives gone wild" looks like at the state level, where Republicans have managed push through large parts their aggressively conservative agenda. But, here in North Carolina, they're fighting unfavorable demographics, which will likely render most of their present victories pyrrhic.
The 2010 Elections
In 2010, the GOP took control of both the state House and Senate–the first time it had held a majority in the Senate since 1898. They were abetted in their victory by the man dubbed "The Third Koch Brother"–Art Pope, who heads up both the family-owned Variety Wholesalers and the $150 million Pope Family Foundation. Pope's organizations poured $2.2 million into 22 state legislature races, winning 18 for an 82% return on his investment. His groups accounted for 75% of independent spending in those races.
The Republicans' big win happened just in time for redistricting, allowing them to consolidate their gains, especially given that, by law, Democratic Governor Beverly Perdue could not veto their redesign. Republicans took full advantage of their opportunity, gerrymandering the state map to pack as many Democrats as possible into three congressional districts, one of which, the 12th, literally snakes from Charlotte to Greensboro to include a majority black area of Greensboro. These efforts paid off in the 2012 congressional elections. The state's delegation in the House of Representatives changed from majority Democratic (7-6) to majority Republican (8-5), a pick-up of two seats.
Republicans also bedeviled Governor Perdue, who vetoed 19 bills in two years, only to have 11 of those vetoes overridden. These included:
- the "Women's Right to Know Act," which required women seeking an abortion to wait for 24 hours, to receive state-specified counseling on the risks involved in the procedure, and to submit to an ultrasound;
- a partial rollback of the 2009 Racial Justice Act, "which allowed death-row inmates to have their sentences reduced to life in prison if they could prove racial bias influenced the outcome of their cases";
- a regulatory reform act that limited when and how state agencies could issue rules; and
- a bill creating a pathway to make fracking legal.
The 2012 Republican Triumph
The Republicans' brightest moment came during the 2012 elections, when one of their own (Pat McCrory, who'd served as mayor of Charlotte from 1995-2009) was elected governor, giving them full control over both the legislative and executive branches. Pope again played a crucial role in this election, spending more than $2 million, which helped provide a Republican supermajority in the House and bought him a position as state budget director.
You never would have guessed that McCrory was a Republican from the campaign he ran. I initially assumed he was the Democratic candidate because his early TV commercials touted his ability to reach across partisan lines and never bothered to mention his party affiliation. His deepest concern seemed to be rebuilding the economy by making the state more friendly to business interests. McCrory, who had a reputation as a moderate, faced nominal Democratic opposition and sailed to a ten-point victory, opening the floodgates for the Republican House and Senate to pass all kinds of legislation guaranteed to put smiles on the faces of hardcore conservatives, but to make just about everyone else unhappy. Here are some of the highlights:
- A "reform" of unemployment compensation that reduced the number of weeks unemployed people are eligible for state-funded unemployment benefits to 19 (the national average is 26) and slashed the maximum weekly benefit by about one-third. The latter provision caused the state's long-term unemployed to lose access to the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program, which prohibits states who wish to participate in the program from cutting weekly benefits. As a result of the legislation, North Carolina–which has the fifth highest unemployment rate in the nation–became "the only state in the union with no safety net for the long-term jobless." Hooray for us!
- A full repeal of the 2009 Racial Justice Act, which throws current cases into legal limbo and makes it likely that the state's moratorium on executing death-row inmates, in force since 2006, will soon end.
- Legislation requiring health educators to teach seventh graders that abortion might cause preterm birth, even though scientific proof for this proposition is sketchy at best.
- An anti-abortion measure–amended to a House motorcycle safety bill at the 11th hour without public notice–that requires clinics that perform abortions to meet the same standards as outpatient surgery centers. Because an ambulatory surgery center costs about $1 million more than an abortion clinic to build, opponents estimate that all but one of the state's 16 abortion providers will close. The law also requires that doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, prohibits abortions for the purpose of gender selection, and bans publicly funded insurance plans from paying for most abortions. McCrory, who'd promised during the campaign not to approve any legislation further restricting abortion, signed the bill anyway, stating that it didn't limit women's access to the procedure but merely made it safer for them.
- And the piece de resistance, new voting legislation that critics have described as among most suppressive in the nation. The bill sports an aptly Orwellian name, the Restore Confidence in Government Act. Republicans claim that it will combat voter fraud, not that they offered evidence that widespread, or indeed any, voter fraud actually exists in the state. But to ensure it doesn't happen, voters will now be required to show specific government-issued photo ID cards (no student IDs, no public employee badges), which could keep as many as 300,000 people from the polls. The legislation also eliminates same-day registration, cuts early voting by a week, makes it easier for conservative "watchdog" groups like True the Vote to challenge voters at the polls, greatly increases both the number of poll watchers and what they're allowed to do, and prevents county officials from extending voting by an hour in case of long lines or other extraordinary circumstances, among other things. McCrory has promised to sign it, even though he hasn't yet read key sections of the bill.
At least the Second Amendment is safe in North Carolina. Thank goodness. We're now allowed to carry concealed weapons into bars (guns and alcohol being a winning combination), keep them locked in our cars on any public university or school campus, and bring them with us to playgrounds, greenways, and other public recreation areas. I know I feel safer.
The Vocal Opposition
The Republicans' opponents have not gone silently into that good night. Instead they've raged, albeit respectfully. For the past thirteen Mondays, demonstrators by the thousands have filled the mall outside the General Assembly building in Raleigh to protest the policies put forth by the legislature and approved by the Governor. The last "Moral Monday," as these events are called, drew more protesters than ever, despite the fact legislators had left for summer vacation three days earlier.
Since the beginning of the demonstrations some three months ago, more than 900 people have been arrested. Initially started to protest the proposed voter ID bill, Moral Mondays have grown into, as Bob Zellner describes them, "a multiracial, multi-issue movement centered around social justice."
Last week, educators joined the fray to protest the latest budget signed by McCrory. As reported by Nick Wing in The Huffington Post:
The bill didn't include raises for the state's teachers, [who] are already among the lowest-paid in the country. It also effectively ended teacher tenure, eliminated bonuses for educators with higher degrees and approved $20 million for "opportunity scholarships" that opponents say looks like a school voucher system.
Moral Mondays won't be ending anytime soon. The Rev. William Barber II, president of the North Carolina NAACP and one of the main organizers of the demonstrations, has vowed to take the protest to each of the state's 13 congressional districts, starting on August 5th in Asheville. According to Barber, the goal of Moral Mondays "is to dramatize the shameful condition of our state."
The Moral Monday folks aren't alone in their protests. Last Monday and Tuesday, Planned Parenthood and its supporters organized two twelve-hour vigils outside the governor's mansion to protest the abortion regulations McCrory signed into law on July 30th. McCrory, who refused to speak with protesters (but did personally offer them a plate of cookies) accused them of putting politics ahead of the health and safety of the state's citizens. He claims the new regulations will not limit women's access to abortion in the state, although they will likely cause almost all of the state's abortion providers to close their doors. The public isn't buying this argument.
No Love for Republican Policies
Republicans and their financial backers may be pleased with the slew of conservative legislation passed during this session, but a majority of the state's citizens are not. McCrory's approval ratings have taken a nosedive into negative territory, declining by 15 points in the last month and 22 points in the last three. A new PPP poll puts his approval rating at 40 percent with a 49 percent disapproval rate.
The General Assembly has fared far worse. Only 20% of the populace approve of the job they're doing, while some 56% disapprove. Most of the hate is aimed at the GOP. They have a 35-55 favorability spread, versus the Democrats 40-45 spread. Democrats now lead the generic legislative ballot by 51-42 margin.
The PPP poll also shows widespread opposition to two of the Republicans' signature pieces of legislation–the new abortion regulations and the big cut to unemployment benefits. Voters wanted McCrory to veto the abortion legislation by a 48-33 margin. The unemployment legislation is even more unpopular. Only 27% support it, while 55% oppose it. As PPP's president, Dean Denham, explains: "The Republicans in control of the legislature have moved to the right even of Republican voters in the state. Many of the most high profile contentious bills that have passed recently are strongly opposed by voters across party lines."
Will Demographics Doom the Republican Agenda?
Before 2010, North Carolina had been known for its relatively progressive (by Southern standards) politics. As Ari Berman notes, "it was an island of moderation amid a sea of conservatism." Like a number of other states in 2010, it moved from purple to deep red. While this might seem like good news for Republicans at both the state and national levels, there's plenty of reason to believe that the 2010 elections were an aberration here and to hope that North Carolina will eventually return to its state of moderation.
The same PPP poll that showed Governor McCrory's popularity in free fall put party registration at 45% Democratic, 35% Republican, and 20% independent. Moreover, some 10% of voters identified as very liberal, 20% as somewhat liberal, 26% as moderate, 22% as somewhat conservative, and 21% as very conservative. In other words, some 56% of the state's voters identify themselves as being to the left of conservatism.
It's a little too early to tell if voters will take out their unhappiness with the current crop of Republican legislators at the ballot box in 2014. Gerrymandering and plenty of Pope family money (thank you Citizens United) will probably play a role in keeping at least the House in Republican hands, although even those forces may not prevail if Republicans keep passing legislation that a majority of voters find not merely unpalatable, but abhorrent. McCrory, if he hopes to attract business to the state and keep his post in 2016, might find it prudent to step away from some of the Legislature's more draconian ideas and tack back toward the center.
Other demographic factors should also help move the state to the left over the next several years. North Carolina is home to two of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country:
- The Research Triangle area of Raleigh-Durham, home to Duke University and University of North Carolina, as well as a significant high tech industry and lots of small business start-ups. The area saw its population grow from 804,000 to 1.125 million between 2000 and 2009, a 40 percent growth rate. The Triangle's population skews young and well-educated.
- The Charlotte metropolitan area, which is the second largest banking center in the country after New York. Charlotte's population went from 1.34 million to 1.74 million in the last decade, a 30.2 percent jump.
My husband and I are hardly the only migrants from the country's bluer states who brought with us our liberal political bent. We've met plenty even here in the Piedmont area and, while some may be conservative, many are not, particularly the younger ones. If the state's urban centers continue growing at a rapid clip, its politics are likely to moderate. North Carolina is never going to be California, but it's not Alabama either.