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Cat survives arrow through its skull
'Moo Moo' lucky to be alive after being shot with a crossbow
A cat in New Zealand is lucky to be alive after being shot through the head with a crossbow.
"Moo Moo" was injured a week ago when an 18-year-old man practicing with his crossbow told police he accidentally shot the feline after it darted into his path, Stuff.co.nz reported.
The cat apparently tried to go back home after the impaling, but couldn't get through the cat door because the foot-long crossbow arrow was too big.
Moo Moo's owner eventually found him hiding in the bushes and rushed him to the vet.
Luckily, the arrow went in above Moo Moo's eye and mainly hit the cranium, so there was little impact on brain tissue.
"There was a little bit of injury to his nose and eye socket, but he's an extraordinarily lucky cat," Dr. Jonathan Bray told 3News.co.nz. "The velocity of the bolt hitting him would have been quite frightening, so he's very brave. He's very well this morning -- bright and happy.
"The wound is doing fine and he's got nothing that is going to cause him any long-term harm."
Police were weighing charges against the 18-year-old man, who didn't go to police until several days after the shooting.
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Get Tickets Now for LION ARK NIGHT: Star-Studded Reception to Celebrate the Work of ADI - Animal Defenders International!
On Saturday evening, October 13 at the private manse of James Costa in the Hollywood Hills, animal-minded celebrities and other animal advocates will get together to celebrate the work of Animal Defenders International, TV host Bob Barker and CSI's Jorja Fox.
A recent victory in Bolivia --a joint effort to close down the circuses and save the lions from their former lives by transporting them to US. Sanctuaries such as PAWS (Performing Animal Welfare Society)-- will be highlighted. A trailer from an upcoming documentary about the operation will be screened. There will also be an exhibit of lion art curated by LA photographer Leiah Foster showcasing original artwork, from oils and stencil to photographs.
Bob Barker (known for his Emmy award winning hosting of The Price is Right) will be presented with the prestigious International Houghton Award for Services to Animal Welfare for his continuous animal rights philanthropy and activism over 50 years. This award is presented once a year from a collaboration of four animal rights organizations in Europe. Jorga Fox will be the 2012 recipient of the ADI Animal Champion Award.
Other special guests include Mindy Sterling (Austin Powers), Corey Feldman (Lost Boys), Carrie Ann Inaba (Dancing with the Stars), Elisabetta Canalis (Dancing with the Stars), Kate Linder (The Young and Restless), Tonya Kay (Bold Native), James Reynolds (Days of our Lives), Eric Roberts (Runaway Train, It's My Party), Dr Jenn Berman (author, VH1 TV Couple's Therapy)
This gala evening includes hors d'oeuvres, desserts, wine, spirits, music, movie clips, speakers, award ceremony, art exhibition, auction and more.
ADI has current project throughout the world, including TEAPA, Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act HR 3359, a bill now in Congress which would ban the transport of wild animals for performing. There is also a ban being promoted and considered to create such a ban in the City of Los Angeles.
Jan Creamer, President and Founder in ADI together with her husband, Vice President Tim Phillips has led her organization toward undercover investigations and political strategies in many countries to ban circuses with animals altogether. For over a decade, ADI has been at the forefront of the campaign to end animal circuses in Europe, South America and is active in Great Britain and the U.S. Slowly more and more countries are enforcing strict bans against this type of animal cruelty.
This party is open to all animal lovers and all proceeds will go to save more animals.
Georja Umano is an actor and animal advocate.
For more information about ADI, visit www.ad-international.org
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New John Lennon Film Labeled 'Christian Propaganda'
A new movie, which focuses on The Beatles singer-songwriter John Lennon and was produced by evangelist Ray Comfort, has been hailed by some as inspiring, though at least one review of the film says Comfort has used the murder of the musician "to push Christian propaganda."
Alex Moore, editor-in-chief of Death and Taxes, says the movie "Genius" is anything but, and claims it twists Lennon's words to promote the same religion he was critical of.
"This video, which spends 30 minutes moralizing on the 'sins' of everyday people, exploited the anniversary of John's murder with a disingenuous PR campaign to trick people into watching the kind of religious propaganda Lennon denounced," wrote Moore toward the end of his review. "I almost feel bad having given it this many words and I don't recommend you watch the video."
A brief biography of Lennon's life is shared at the beginning of the film, explaining how as a boy he wound up attending Anglican Sunday school and singing in the church choir. It later mentions a letter he allegedly wrote to a Christian ministry in the 1970s, in which he said he had converted to Christianity after being moved by the NBC broadcast of the movie, "Jesus of Nazareth."
Comfort says Lennon's alleged conversion didn't last, however, because he was motivated to follow Christ by his search for happiness rather than the realization he needed to repent of his sins. The evangelist says many people in churches today have had similar motivations for their interest in the Christian faith, and may not actually be saved.
"Our churches are filled with people that are strangers to genuine repentance, because they've never had the law applied to their conscience," says Comfort. "Those commandments haven't shown them how exceedingly sinful sin is. They've never seen their own sin in its true light, and never fully repented and trusted in Christ."
The film uses Lennon's murderer, Mark David Chapman, who reportedly said he had "a deep relationship with Christ" even after the murder and claimed to be a Christian since age 16, as an example of someone who says he has faith but doesn't appear to have repented of his sins. It then goes on to a number of street interviews, in which Comfort challenges people on their views of what it means to be "good" according to the Bible and what it takes to make it into heaven.
Moore says Comfort took some of Lennon's quotes out of context in the film, including one in which the singer said: "I don't believe in the evolution of fish to monkeys to men." Moore quotes more of that passage from a 1980 Playboy interview with Lennon, in which the singer also says the belief that the world is only 4,000 years old is "irrational garbage." Moore also suggests the letter written by Lennon about his conversion to the Christian faith may be a myth, as the ministry that received it now says it is lost.
But despite the editor's description of the film as a "Christian propaganda vessel," Ken Mansfield, the man appointed by The Beatles to be the U.S. manager of Apple Records, said in a recent statement that the film shows "the real John Lennon." Comfort also says the film is fair.
"We made it our aim to clearly and objectively show both sides of the coin, highlighting the opposing perspectives on the controversial statement," he said, referring specifically to the film's handling of Lennon's famous "we're more popular than Jesus" statement.
The group that would eventually become The Beatles was started by Lennon in 1957, and they have since sold over 2.3 billion albums, the film states. "Genius" is based on Comfort's book, The Beatles, God and The Bible.


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Kent State Connects Blog: Weight Loss Stories, and Celebrating MLK
On the Kent State Connects employee blog, Bob Burford, marketing/external relations coordinator with University Communications and Marketing, and weekend announcer at WKSU, writes about his amazing journey six months after undergoing bariatric surgery.
"It's that time of year. The brief period in January when New Year's resolutions are still top of mind. Television is filled with commercials advertising Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, gym memberships, exercise equipment and miracle weight loss cures."
Click here to read more from Burford's blog post "Time Flies: Six Months After Weight-Loss Surgery."
Emily Myers, special assistant in the Office of the Provost, writes about a unique weight-loss challenge adopted by some Kent State employees to shed some pounds.
"In the Office of the Provost, a number of people were groaning under the sheer weight of pounds gained during the holidays. And just like so many others, we thought "new year – new weight!" So a challenge was made. Commit yourself to lose a certain number of pounds by April 1 or be the FOOL and pay the price."
Click here to read more from Myer's blog post "A Food Fool's Tale of Weight Loss."
Alfreda Brown, vice president for the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, writes a guest post about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Kent State's 11th annual celebration on Jan. 24.
"Dr. King is, in all practicality, everyone's hero. His message was to the nation, not just to African Americans, nor was it a message geared against people of other races. His message is one that continuously touches the lives of everyone; a reminder of those who lived in our past, those who live today and those who will come after us."
Click here to read more from Brown's blog post "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: The Prophetic Transcender of Social Injustices."
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Well, second person that asks this maybe I should add it for the next version. Any suggestion from other user, maybe against this?
make that a third personid like the button to upload to be configurable load or load and open serilal port
I have installed the 1.5 IDE and I am disappointed.Even very old bug with fixing the delayed Tools menu was not fixed, no possibility to autoopen serial monitor etc. No significant changes except for addition of Arduino Due libraries/compilation etc.
How about 2 separate buttons one is "upload" the other is "upload with serial monitor"?
Quote from: cyclegadget on Nov 01, 2012, 07:42 pmHow about 2 separate buttons one is "upload" the other is "upload with serial monitor"?That would be my preference.
-Some workarounds for Leonardo board in the AvrDude Wrapper. (somebody with a Leonardo please test this!)
And a dream of me an Board-Generator so I can generate the Lines for the Board.txt from an Editor mask and pulldown selections for some parts and autointegrate it.
Damm!Serial Monitor is brocken no Serial output from the Leonardo
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Except for a brief period after buying server maker Sun Microsystems five years ago, Oracle's hardware business has been largely overlooked.
The long struggling -- and declining -- business recorded it's first-ever year-over-year quarterly increase when hardware sales grew by 8% in the third quarter ended Feb. 28.
If it continues, hardware success could help the company in its plan to sell servers running Oracle business and database software, which analysts say is a significant potential market.
Computerworld offers a Tip of the Hat to Investors Business Daily reporter Pete Barlas for a comprehensive look at the state of the long-invisible business, and why it could continue on its current growth path.
The story, Oracle Hardware Business Seen Finally Turning Corner, looks at which products are contributing to the growth, and where the company stands in the market. Barlas also provides insight on where Oracle's future hardware revenue growth will likely come from.
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If You Can't Handle The Heat...
Today we are launching our new High Temperature range including High Temperature Heater Cartridges and High Temperature Heated Beds. You may have seen our recent posts teasing the release of our new PAEK filament (polyaryletherketone). We're really excited about it, and think it's going to blow everything out of the water. But, before you start unwrapping that lovely new filament please be aware that this isn't your standard PLA and requires a number of different advanced components in order to print with.
The most obvious component to start with would be the heater cartridges themselves. Printing a high temperature thermoplastic requires, as the name suggests- high temperatures. We're excited to announce our revolutionary high temperature heater, designed specifically for operating temperatures of 400-500°C.
High Temperature Heater Cartridges
As none of the current heater cartridges we offer were designed to operate for long periods at the temperatures required to print high temperature thermoplastics, we decided to develop an alternative. We needed to solve the two main issues encountered when using heater cartridges at highly elevated temperatures:
- Standard heaters seriously lack sufficient power when operating at higher temperatures
- And 'conventional' high powered heaters had a real tendency of burning up within just a few dozen hours of printing whilst running above 400°C.
In classic E3D fashion, what do we do when we can't find a solution? We make our own.[caption id="attachment_894" align="aligncenter" width="600"]
High Temperature Heater Cartridge [/caption]
The E3D solution: H.A.F. heater cartridges
The construction and materials used in these heaters is radically different to our standard heaters, here's how:
- Internally we're using a completely new type of resistance element wire - surrounded by a particularly tightly packed and consolidated ceramic insulation and thus capable of continuous operation at the highest of temperatures
- The cartridge is fitted with a special high thermal conductivity conformal coating which improves heat transfer to the HotEnd. This not only strengthens performance, but also improves long term reliability as the heater is able to more effectively dissipate heat, thus reducing localised hot-spots
- We've added a 90° bend to the cartridge which not only makes packaging easier, but also simplifies cable routing, and prevents internal damage through strain relief
- And the cherry on the top, we've added a high gauge silicone-glass fibre cabling with a connector.
Naturally, printing at such high temperatures bears several risks. For one, our standard aluminium blocks can soften when used with these heater cartridges, and even our hardened steel nozzles will lose some of their hardness (we're not kidding when we say these badbois get super hot).
For this reason, we strongly recommend using these heater cartridges with our nickel plated copper range of products, and as a bonus this will offer more effective thermal conductivity and increased thermal mass.
Also, in regard to the 12V version, some printers' electronics are not able to withstand the current required by the heaters. If this is your case, and/or you want to eliminate the risk of blowing your board up, please purchase a MOSFET board.
Like all filaments, PAEK requires a heated bed to keep the filament firmly glued down whilst printing and to prevent it from warping. PAEK's higher melting point means that it naturally requires a bed which can reach higher temperatures. This leads us on to our second new product, the high temperature heated beds.
High Temperature Heated Beds
To meet the heat requirements required for high temperature printing, we reached out to a company who are experts in silicone heaters. Our collaborative efforts ultimately resulted in a 3mm thick 6000 series aluminum heated bed which can reach 100°C+ temperatures in just 80 seconds! Not only do these beds heat quickly, they also reach temperatures other beds can only dream of (operating temperatures of 200°C).[caption id="attachment_898" align="aligncenter" width="600"]
High Temperature Heated Beds[/caption]
As scary as these figures may sound, we've taken every step possible to ensure that we've created a safe and reliable product. This safety-first approach derived from a desire to differentiate our beds from less reputable (and frankly, less safe) alternatives in the market.
Existing silicone rubber heater mats rely on an adhesive sheet which adheres the silicone heater to the underside of the print bed.The main issue with this method being that the adhesive fails when operating above 100°C which is limiting when you consider that the overall purpose of the expansion was to enable your bed to operate at higher temperatures.
To overcome this we have vulcanised our heaters directly to the anodised under-surface of aluminium plate. Here the silicone cures onto the aluminium surface, intimately joining the two. This completely eliminates the need for the performance limiting adhesive and ultimately brings the heater into a very close contact with the bed.
Despite our efforts to make this bed as safe as possible, we still must issue a word of warning to users!
⚠ Please use appropriate protective equipment while operating a machine using this bed, lest you end up melting more than just filament ⚠
This caution is also extended due to the fact that unlike most print beds, these beds run on mains voltage, which means users are responsible for ensuring that their setup meets local regulations and that the bed is sufficiently earthed/connected to ground using the threaded hole provided. As with the rest of our ecosystem, we want to offer choice and freedom with our beds, that's why our High Temperature Heated Beds are available in a multitude of quadrilateral shapes, sizes and voltages to maximise our compatibility range. We currently offer the following 6 varieties:
We recommend pairing these High Temperature products with our Plated Copper Range
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Plated Copper Heater Blocks[/caption]
Unlike aluminium or hardened steel, plated copper components stay strong and don't soften when operating at higher temperatures. The components also boast a slick 'plated' coating reducing build up of molten material on the nozzle.
Whether you're a maker who's tired of the basic materials and wants to experiment with printing advanced materials or you've just 'got to have it all' when it comes to upgrading your printer, our high temperature range of components can represent a powerful upgrade to any 3D printer.
...Stay Out of the Kitchen
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Hello guys,
I was just browsing your site for TITAN AERO upgrade for my CR 10 5S when tweet from @toms3dp pointed me on this blog post. My excitement was quickly splashed down when I saw that you dont have heated bed in my size (500x500), please cheer me up with info that you are working on it!
Best regards,
Martin Cuk↓
Hi Martin, unfortunately at the moment we are not working on a 500x500 bed but this is not to say it won't happen in the future. Sorry to dissapoint in the mean time. Thanks, E3D.↓
Martin Cuk,
There is another company that is already doing this and makes one for our Creality cr-10 5s. google or look up on ebay Keenovo. they make silicon heater for the 5s that goes to 300c and has a separate lcd for temp and control of temp. it also has a separate wall plug like this e3d heater. it is a 300 dollar heater however.↓
Will there be a high temperature heater cartridge for the super volcano?↓
Hi Michael, an 80W heater that is only compatible with the SuperVolcano comes in the kits as standard. Thanks, E3D↓
Nice one.
But considering all your warnings, why did you decide against a grounds connector?↓
Hi Peter, we provide a threaded hole to attach the ground to the plate, this allows for a wide variety of connections. We did not choose a standard as there are too many different ones around the world. Thanks, E3D↓
doco for the 300x300 240v shows the SKU as E-BED-HT-300-300-110V
confused as to whether it is 110 or 240v↓
Hi Adam, thanks for pointing this out, this is a mistake on our behalf and the SKU should be E-BED-HT-300-300-240V, we will get it amended right away. Thanks, E3D↓
You actually revealed it very well.↓
Are there any plans to make a 255x255 (or so) bed for Prusa size machines?↓
Hi Joe,
At the moment we have no plans to make these sized beds I'm afraid.
Thanks, E3D↓
Hi, what is the thickness of the 300x300 size bed? What are the outer dimensions? Is it fit to 314x314 borosilicate glass?↓
Hi Kulu,
Th thickness of the bed is 3mm and you will find all of the dimensions here in our dozuki guide:https://e3d-online.dozuki.com/Document/4dOKLLBgLbZ2MPuT/.pdf.
Thanks, E3D↓
High temperatures are exciting however the bed being made of aluminium makes me wonder if the bed expanding/warping at these temperatures? When clamping on a glass plate have you had any issues with the aluminium plate breaking the glass plate or changing/unevening the leveling of the glass plate?
Also have you thought of producing/selling a resistor kit for these AC beds? While all household ac circuits should handle 1100W with no problem it might be more of a problem if one runs a washing machine, room heater or similar at the same time. Having the option to reduce the 1100W bed to for example 800W or even 500W would be a nice option.
Hi Emil,
The bed can warp ever so slightly but this will not affect the flatness of the plate, we have not had any glass break on our machines. In regards to the resistor kit, this is rather niche and if the user really needed this and didn't know how to do it then we would advise against buying the beds as they are aimed at advanced users only. Printing > clean clothes!↓
Ever so slightly? in my experience, ever so slightly usually means it doesn't make good contact with the glass anymore... Isn't this a huge issue? how does that affect the uniformity of the heat across the heatbed? Am i going to need a silicone thermal pad? Is there a heating element on the backside only or on both side? i seem to remember a gif of a dancing pcb heatbed (temperature going on and off) with another that wasn't moving, that one was double sided(a heater on both side). Hoping to find a product like that somewhere, but so far, no such luck...↓
Hi Dave,
Warp will not affect the performance but if you mount the bed according to the documentation and clamp the glass to the bed properly it will be minimal. The heater element is on one side.
Thanks, E3D↓
What kind of tolerance for flatness on the beds? I'm running a 750W 110V bed now. The speed to heat the bed is really nice, but I have had issues with the flatness of many existing products on the market.↓
Hey Dana,
The tolerance is 0.5mm, but as you're printing on glass it shouldn't be noticeable.
Thanks, E3D↓
Where can installation instructions be found for the High Temp Heated Bed as the bed has been purchased and received. I understand most wiring, dbut would like to ensure I meet the requirements of this product per the manufacturer directions. Is there an online instructions for wiring? As to where you expect grounding and how you expect the end user to use the provided mounting hardware with the High Temp Heated Bed?↓
Hi Andrew,
All the documentation you need can be found here:: https://e3d-online.dozuki.com/Guide/High+temperature+bed+assembly+guide./80
Thanks, E3D↓
Is there a build surface that you would recommend to be used with these beds (other than directly onto glass)? Buildtak FlexPlate is only rated for 120° C, so that's out of the picture. I can't find the rated max temperature for GeckoTek Hot, but I would assume it is also not capable to theoretically reach 200° C. The only thing I could think of is PEI on the glass.↓
Hi Adrian, we do typically recommend glass, and we're big fans of just using the trusted pritt stick, always does the trick for us!↓
Think you guys should also sell some heater fans for part heating instead of part cooling. Think it would definitely help with printing any high temperature materials since it would keep the parts warm by blowing heat directly on them.↓


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The Echo of Lifesaving Charity
Charity to the poor as a lifesaver is a theme that spans the centuries.
Back in Talmudic times it saved the life of Rabbi Akiva's daughter. When she was born the astrologers informed her father that the stars indicated that she would die on the day of her wedding. The morning after her wedding she discovered in her room a poisonous snake that she had unknowingly killed with a jewelry pin she had placed near the wall. Her delighted father asked what merit she had to deserve such a lifesaving miracle. She replied that a poor man had come to the door of the wedding hall begging for food but had not been noticed by any of the guests because of the noise of the celebration. She alone heard him and gave him her portion.
In our own times there is a legend about a poor Jew with a large family who somehow managed to acquire two chickens for the holiday meals. A poor woman knocked on the door and cried that her family had nothing to eat. When he complained that all he had was two chickens that would barely supply his family members with tiny portions, she insisted that he give her one of the chickens. As he opened the refrigerator door he found inside his unconscious infant child who had turned blue from cold after entering the fridge that closed on him. The rescue team that quickly arrived and brought the child around told the father that had he opened the fridge a minute latter it would have been too late.
Both cases vindicated the Divine promise that "charity saves from death".


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U.S. military leaders and the American ambassador favor a residual force of 13,600 in Afghanistan after combat troops leave at the end of 2014, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Wednesday as President Barack Obama faces political and military pressures on his upcoming decision on the size of the force.
A day after wrapping up his third trip to Afghanistan, Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., said a U.S. force of 13,600 combined with coalition troops of some 6,000 would be "the one that has the least risk going forward." McKeon said he met with Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, the top commander in Afghanistan, during the trip and he favors a residual force of that size as does Ambassador James Cunningham.
"I think we dropped the ball on Iraq," McKeon said in an interview with a small group of reporters. "I don't want to see that happen in Afghanistan."
Obama is expected to announce in the coming weeks the size of the U.S. force after combat troops leave Dec. 31, 2014, with political pressure from a war-weary nation for the United States to end its involvement in Afghanistan. More than 2,000 Americans have died since 2001, more than 18,000 have been wounded and billions of dollars have been spent.
The 13,600 plus the additional 6,000 is far more than what U.S. and NATO leaders discussed last month at a NATO meeting in Brussels. Officials said then that they may keep a total force of between 8,000 and 12,000 troops in Afghanistan. Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta acknowledged that was the range being considered, but insisted that no final decision had been made.
Since then, military officials have made it clear that they prefer a more robust residual force, pushing back against the lower number in advance of Obama's announcement. Last week, Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Central Command, said he personally recommended the U.S. leave 13,600 troops in Afghanistan and that he assumed the NATO allies would probably contribute "around 50 percent" of the U.S. total, which would be roughly 6,500.
"We have to send a message of commitment," Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Republican lawmakers who have traveled to Afghanistan and met with U.S. military leaders have strongly expressed their support for that number. McKeon and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., have indicated their support for a significant presence.
Defense hawks in Congress such as McKeon are up against tea partyers and other fiscal conservatives determined to cut defense spending as the U.S. winds down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. McKeon said estimates show that the residual force would cost around $25 billion.
The chairman said it was critical that the United States work out a bilateral security agreement with Afghanistan quickly as well as settle on the size of the residual force. He said those concrete steps would help him in the May-June time period as the House works on a defense policy bill and he pushes back against the growing calls for immediately ending U.S. operations in Afghanistan.
During his trip, McKeon did not meet with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, who this past weekend accused the Americans of working in collusion with Taliban insurgents to keep Afghanistan weak. McKeon said Dunford has told Karzai to direct his frustration at him and added that the Marine has the right temperament to deal with the mercurial Afghan president.
McKeon did meet briefly with newly minted Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel during the trip, and he said the two were in agreement on the imperative of working out a bilateral security agreement.
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The inaugural Pearls and Pumps Derby fashion show, a fundraiser for the women's minimally-invasive surgery program at Baptist Hospital East, was held Feb. 11 at The Olmsted.
Angie Fenton, managing editor of The Voice-Tribune and entertainment correspondent for WHAS11's "Great Day Live!,†emceed the event, which featured spring fashion from local boutiques and accessories from area merchants.
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An interesting study based on household data in Sri Lanka by Sanjaya DeSilva. The author finds that while households with female migrants experience enhanced catching up in terms of income level, households with male migrants see their economic position strengthened. Also, remittances from female migrants are used for home improvements and farm and nonfarm assets accumulation. Excerpt from the study is below:
Utilizing a nationally representative sample of households from Sri Lanka, this study examines gender differences in the long-term impact of temporary labor migration. We use a propensity score matching (PSM) framework to compare households with return migrants, households with current migrants, and equivalent nonmigrant households in terms of a variety of outcomes. Our results show that households that send women abroad are relatively poor and utilize migration to catch up with the average household, whereas sending a man abroad allows an already advantaged household to further strengthen their economic position. We also find that remittances from females emphasize investment in home improvements and acquisition of farm land and nonfarm assets, whereas remittances of men are channeled more toward housing assets and business ventures.


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My guide Roberto met me at Madrid's airport. We rented a car, and minutes later, we were southbound on the freeway, immersed in the vastness of La Mancha.
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Senior guard Patrick Miller produced his third 30 point performance with 37 points in a 102-94 loss to OVC foe Southeast Missouri
After falling behind Southeast Missouri (9-8, 1-3) 5-1 in the early goings of the key OVC tilt the Tigers responded connecting on their next three shots to regain the lead 8-5.
Tennessee State (2-15, 1-3) then went cold from the floor, going 1-11 from the field with five turnovers. The lone TSU field goal was a 3-pointer from senior Jacquan Nobles that tied the game at 11 with 13:21 left in the first.
During the cold spell Southeast road a 19-0 run to take the 30-11 lead.
Junior Jaleel Queary ended the run with a driving layup at the 8:33 mark. The layup marked the first of six straight made field goals for Tennessee State, which equaled out to a 14-5 run in favor of Big Blue. The run was capped by back-to-back triples from senior Patrick Miller, to close within 10, 35-25 at the 6:23 mark in the half.
A 9-2 Redhawks run pushed the home team's lead back out to 17, 44-27, with 4:52 on the clock in the opening stanza.
Tennessee State ended the half down by 13, 52-39. The 52 points allowed by the Tigers is tied for the most in a first half all season (Fisk on Dec. 15).
The six made treys in the first tied a season high for most in a half, as well as the best 3-point field goal percentage in a half at 55 percent.
Miller and Nobles finished the half with 13 points apiece. The Chicago native Miller also dished out four assists and had two steals to go along with his 13 points. Nobles shot 50 percent from the field with three made 3-pointers. The 13 first half points also marked the fourth time the senior reached double digits on the year.
Out of the locker room both teams traded buckets, with Southeast maintaining its double-digit margin.
With the Redhawks leading by 15, 54-39, TSU connected on its next 5 shots, but Southeast answered the 12 Tennessee State points with eight points of their own to remain on top by 11.
A Patrick Miller jumper in the lane cut the Southeast lead to nine, 81-72, with 7:53 on the game clock. This marked the first time Tennessee State was within single digits of the lead since the 11:42 mark in the first half.
Southeast pushed its lead back out to 17, 89-72, at the 6:19 mark.
The Tigers clawed their way back into the game, with a Jamonte Graham triple closing the Redhawks lead to just seven, 94-87. On the following Southeast possession Tennessee State forced a turnover and Jay Harris connected on a layup to get within just five, at the 2:10 mark. The lead shrunk to four after two M.J. Rhett free-throws but Southeast iced off the game at the line to win 102-94.
The 94 points scored by coach Travis Williams team were the most scored against a Division I team since Feb. 28, when TSU dropped a 101-100 contest to Morehead State.
Tennessee State finished with three players in double figures on the night Miller (37), Nobles (23) and Rhett (13). Miller also dished out seven assists on the evening. Nobles connected on 5-of-9 shots from deep, for the second most threes he has hit in a game all season.
The Redhawks were led by five players scoring in double digits, including a team high 27 points from OVC preseason player of the year Tyler Stone.
TSU continues play on the road Monday when they take on OVC foe UT Martin. Tip-off for that contest is slated for 7 p.m.