Every NBA season there are 6 major awards given out to the best player of those respective fields. The awards are the MVP (Most Valuable Player), ROY (Rookie of the Year), DPOY (Defensive Player of the Year), 6MOY (6th Man of the Year), MIP (Most Improved Player) and COY (Coach of the Year). There are 3 candidates for each award every year. Here we will try to predict both the 3 candidates and the winner of all the awards, which will be given out at the NBA Award show on June 25th.

James Harden has showed all season why he deserves the MVP award. He deserved it last year but with Russell Westbrook's historic season, Harden was an afterthought. Harden currently leads the league in points per game with 30.7 and is 3rd in assists per game with 8.8. His Rockets have already surpassed the 60 win mark and that has been without Chris Paul next to him for almost 15 games this season. Harden has made an extremely strong case for the top award this season.

LeBron is the best basketball player in the world and has been since he entered the league in 2003. Although the Cavaliers have taken a major step back this year both defensively and in the standings, LeBron has continued his strong case for the MVP like he does every single year. Without LeBron, the Cavaliers would most likely not be in a playoff position.

The Pelicans had a slow start to the season. Then Boogie and the Brow put it together and started winning some big games. Then DeMarcus Cousins went down and was out for the season. Without the Pelicans second superstar, Anthony Davis has picked up his play and led his Pelicans to a high playoff position after many thought the Pelicans were done and out. His MVP-like play has allowed the Pelicans to stay afloat.

Rookie of the Year:

Although he was drafted with the 2016-17 class, Ben Simmons has showed why he was a number one overall pick. His leadership and playmaking ability has lead the 76ers to an incredible season and has made them get back to the playoffs for the first time in 6 years. His shot is awful but teams still can't find a way to stop him, that's just how good he really is.

Photo: Rookie of the Year Candidate Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz throws shade at Ben Simmons of the 76ers, who is a ROY candidate despite being drafted in 2016

Photo: Rookie of the Year Candidate Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz throws shade at Ben Simmons of the 76ers, who is a ROY candidate despite being drafted in 2016 Photo courtesy of Sports Canyon.

When the Jazz drafted this guy people wondered what kind of impact he would have. At first it didn't seem like he would do much for them. Throughout the season, Mitchell has been the Jazz's most consistent offensive player. Since the all-star break Mitchell lead the Jazz on a 10 game win streak to put them back in playoff contention. Without Mitchell's offense, the Jazz would be completely lost and at the bottom of the barrel in the western conference.

With the injury of Gordon Hayward on the first game of the season Jayson Tatum has stepped into the role of the Celtics starting small forward. His scoring touch has been extremely consistent all season and he is averaging 14 points this season. He has helped the Celtics cruise into the 2 seed in the eastern conference.

Joel Embiid has been a staple all season in the paint for the Sixers. He has been a menace for opposing teams with his shot blocking and rebounding abilities. Even without practicing with the team he has still fit right in with Brett Brown's system around his teammates.

Drummond has had an incredible bounceback season. He was an all star this season and is leading the league in rebounding with an incredible 16 rebounds per game. He single handedly kept Detroit in the playoff race with no one around him knowing how to play any sort of defense.

The Jazz have been on a tear since Gobert came back from injury earlier this season. Since he came back the Jazz have been one of the top defensive teams in the NBA and he has been the anchor of it all. His stout inside presence along with his ability to step along the perimeter and defend quicker players has lead the Jazz back into the playoffs for the second straight season.

Sixth Man of the Year:

Gordon has been just as good this year as he was last year, if not better. He does everything the Rockets ask him to do. He comes into the game and knocks down big shots in the clutchest of moments. He has stayed healthy all year which is Gordon's biggest problem and he has shown how incredible he can be while healthy.

Sweet Lou is a professional scorer and that's exactly what he does. He comes into the game to score, score and score some more. His run for the all-star team may have been a little ridiculous but even to think that a bench player could make the team is an incredible feat in itself. He has been the Clippers best player this season coming off the bench.

His short stint with the Cavaliers was better than people think. Wade may have not defended in the land but he certainly made some highlight plays with LeBron at his side. Once he got back to Miami, Wade really turned it on. He has been their best player since returning home to the Heat coming off the bench behind Tyler Johnson.

Not having John Wall this season was a blessing in disguise for Beal. He became an all-star and started perfecting his scoring touch. Teams could never figure Beal out and still can't seem to defend him. He has not been as afraid to be more aggressive on the offensive end and has gained so much confidence that every time he puts up a shot, you think it's going to go in.

When the Pacers traded away Paul George for Domantas Sabonis and Victor Oladipo it seemed as though the Thunder had gotten a complete steal of a trade. As the season rolled on, the tables seemed to turn and it looks now like the Pacers had gotten the steal. Oladipo made his first all-star appearance this season and has lead his Pacers to the 5 seed in the east after many thought they would be sitting at the bottom of the barrel.

As I said before, Drummond has had a complete bounceback season. He looked slow and ineffective last season and this season, Drummond has been one of the Pistons lone bright spots. He needs help around him to be better than they are right now but he lead the Pistons to 37 wins basically by himself.

Coach of the Year:

The Rockets are going to finish at least five games ahead of the second place team in the NBA. D'Antoni's fast paced offense has lead this team to the top ranked offense in the NBA along with the 7th placed defense. D'Antoni may have won it last year but you could make the case that his team has been even better than it was last season.

The amount of injuries the Celtics have endured this season has been brutal. He has still lead them to the 2nd top team in the eastern conference with so many young players. Stevens may be the best coach in the NBA and might still be underrated as a coach.

The coach of the Pacers came into the season with extremely low expectations as his team gave away their franchise cornerstone in a trade this offseason. He has coached them into the playoffs with incredible talent around him and a much deeper bench than many think.


RealDeal Theatre is looking for six 15-minute sitcoms for Sitcom Saturday, a professionally directed and acted script-in-hand rehearsed reading, open to the public.

A director is allocated to each of the selected scripts and the directors then liaise with the writer or writers before a casting session, rehearsal and the performance on Saturday June 12th 2010 ... [see more here]


Daisuke Moriyama Art Works: Chronicle is the English translated edition of the original Japanese artbook 森山大輔画集 CHRONICLE that was released in 2012. Udon managed to get it out in English slightly more than a year, and that's quite impressive.

This 208-page paperback collects almost 20 years of artworks. There are over 200 drawings.

Some of the earlier illustrations were created in 1994 & 1995 for RPG Magazine. His more notable works such as Chrono Crusade (クロノ クルセイド) and World Embryo (ワールドエンブリオ) came out in 1999 and 2005 respectively.

The artworks are beautiful. You can see that the earlier works were created with traditional medium, and the more recent ones seem digitally painted, such as the one on the cover. It's full colour throughout. The colouring style is more manga than anime as Daisuke Moriyama is a manga artist.

Captions for the drawings appear at the back and it's not easy to refer back to the main pages because the page numbers are not visible. Not all illustrations have captions so if you're unfamiliar with the work, the characters may seem foreign.

Overall, it's a great artbook recommended to fans of Daisuke Moriyama.


Ah the Attitude Era. If you were a 90’s kid like me then you’d probably remember Survivor Series – Madison Square Garden, November 17, 1996.

Not really? Well then I feel old! To those jabronies who doesn’t have a clue or was wearing diapers and fanny packs at that time I highly recommend that you check out this video series below called Rock Reacts where the great one looks back at his very first match ever in the WWE:

Aside from The Rock saying that he was not looking at the camera and having a Chia Pet haircut… There is really something inspiring about this video… And it happens right around the 6-min mark where he says:

“When I gave the big cross-body to Crush… And he basically let me “go over” as I was pinning him… Landed on him I started pinning, the referee was counting one-two and you’ll see my head down and I was actually speaking to him (Crush) and as I am pinning him I am saying to him thank you so much brother I appreciate that and I heard him say…”

“I got you brother…”

After 20 years it was only till this time that he shared something like that.

You really have to give props to the man. Not only did he look back at his roots (and sometimes joking about his fanny pack days) just by seeing that video, you will realize that even though his persona included one being a “jabroni beating, pie eating, trail blazing, eye brow raising, put your foot on the gas, always ready to whoop some a** People’s Champ (yes I remembered that line) you will see that Rocky Maivia is really a good guy from the start.

“Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.”

Now why are there suddenly ninjas cutting onions here? It’s still real to me dammit!

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By Roberto Carmona
Last week was my birthday. I turned fifty-three. The highlight of my birthday every year is that the
Saturday before, I have brunch with my daughters. Last Saturday there was no brunch because my
daughters were attending a Women’s March.
Don’t worry this is not “I am such a sensitive guy story”, this is a “why was I so ignorant” story. With the momentum of the “Me Too” movement, for you guys who don’t get it, there will be consequences. Women are not playing. I know, I helped raise daughters who fight for themselves.
I reflect on my birthday in context of significant moments in history, like “Me-Too”. I swear, just the other day it was 1987, I was twenty-two, finishing college, the Soviet Union was still around, and I was listening to Santana on my cassette player and the film “La Bamba” was playing at the movie theatre.
In 1987, I was smooth, in my Midwestern Mullet hairstyle, tight Levi 501s, mustache and aviator glasses, a real lady’s man (at least I thought I was). “Play on Player” was my motto. I was partying at the clubs and enjoying the single life. It was about me and whatever girl I had at the time or one that I was chasing. My mother would say, ‘one day, God will give you daughters’. I would say “whatever mom” and put on my new black “members only jacket”, get in my new black Ford Escort and head to the “Underground Club” for the two for one double bubble beer special and dance to Salt and Peppa’s “Push It”, while I laid my seductive rap on the cute Rock Falls’ girl I was scoping.
Pow! Two years later 1991, the Gulf War is being waged, JFK is at the Theatres and Michael Jackson’s “Black or White” is on the radio. My “members only jacket” sleeves are now ripped and stained with faded taco sauce and mustard, and my Ford Escort had a bad transmission. I am married with babies. Both girls. Tonantzin and Xochitl.
How society treated women mattered to me now. As a father, I took my role as protector to my daughters seriously. I quit agreeing with and questioned comments like “You act like a girl” “Girls don’t do those things”, and “Boys won’t like you if you are too smart”. I reminded my girls, don’t ever think “you were less than” because you are girls.
In elementary school, I supported and encouraged my girls to run for student council. Xochitl was in the third grade and beat a sixth-grade boy on a platform of cartoons in the cafeteria for lunch. She knew the third graders outnumbered the sixth-grade vote. As they got to be teenagers, I would talk to them about significant women leaders like Dolores Huerta. I stressed the importance of education. In sports, my girls wanted to win and for soccer and basketball, I explained that if the referee was not looking, throw an elbow to your opponent’s ribs (Okay I am not perfect).
I had discussions with them about power, boys, men and sex, I had them reading books like the “48 Laws of Power”, and we watched and analyzed “The Godfather” films so they could have mental weapons to navigate in their journeys for their micro-battles with men and women who served as barriers to their advancement.
Today, Tonantzin and Xochitl are women, college graduates and have grown to be very intelligent, proud, tough and respectful professionals. They had a lot of good people around them along their journey. My little piece in the process was to be a male role model.
So, for you bros, dads, tios, brothers, primos and male friends be supportive and sensitive to the Me-Too Movement and why it is important to the women in your life. The respect and support will be reciprocated, and you will become a better person for it.

Roberto Carmona is a contributing writer for Hola American and is the Principal Consultant for Carmona Strategic Solutions (CSS).Roberto is a nationally recognized consultant who has successfully executed on complex projects in the areas of leadership development, strategy design, executive coaching, executive search, strategic marketing, and organizational change projects for Fortune 500 companies, national nonprofits, colleges and universities and hospitals.


On the evening of Friday April 8, 2022 CRFD crews responded to a reported fire at Columbia Garden Apartments in the Rosewood neighborhood of the city.

When the first units got to the scene after 7:40 p.m. they found heavy fire coming from the second floor of the building. This prompted officers on scene to call for a second alarm which dispatched more crews. In all roughly 50 CRFD personnel became involved in the operation.

No one was injured but the building on Plowden Road did suffer significant damages. At least 15 people were left displaced.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.


Our second day in New York was overflowing with back to back activities, each sounding exceedingly unenticing to a person whose main goal in life is to wander around in pyjamas, sit in parks and take frequent naps. I had been out the night before (for your reference: https://nobeladventures.com/2019/04/08/my-night-as-a-proper-new-yorker/#more-884 ) and was feeling ever so seedy and very much fatigued.

The first activity for the morning was a behind the scenes tour of the Gershshwin Theatre, where Wicked is performed. I feigned illness (or perhaps I actually was ill – can’t remember) and weaselled my way out of having to attend that activity. I think I spent the morning writing the blog I linked to above “My Night as a Proper New Yorker”, which has proven to be my most popular blog so far I’d say it was a morning well spent. I can’t comment too much on the tour, as I had declined to go, but the other dance mums gave it very mixed reviews. Those that had seen Wicked LOVED it and those that hadn’t seen Wicked yet said it was “meh” and that “I didn’t miss much”. I have fantastic instincts. Every time I have opted out of a group activity I have been told by that others were jealous that they weren’t as wise as I and also wish they’d ditched.

The second activity I begrudgingly went along to, for no other reason than to create the illusion that I am a supportive mother who is interested in having shared activities with my children. For the record, I LOVE my children and shared activities. It’s just that there are some activities that I know they will not like (e.g. the previous day’s slow moving bus tour). These activities, disliked by all, end up being unpleasant for all involved AND the second activity on the day’s agenda was ANOTHER BUS TOUR.

My expectations were immensely low. So low in fact, I’d bought along my kindle so I could read on the bus. The Bus tour we were booked on was called “The Ride” and I knew nothing about it other than that we would be on a bus and driving around New York. After this tour, the kids were going to be performing a flash mob on the streets of NYC somewhere or other and then hustling back to the hotel to get ready to see Aladdin the musical.

The Ride was SENSATIONAL!! I am happy to report that yet again my instincts (to join this activity) were right on point. The Ride is an interactive bus tour with Stadium style seating facing a huge window on the side of the bus. Rather than the seating facing towards the driver, it looked out on to the street. We had two hosts who must double as comedians as they were hilarious!! Their commentary as we drove around the streets of NYC had us all in stitches. It wasn’t scripted either as they would crack jokes about random things we saw and provide us with information that wasn’t the usual ‘boring’ stuff. There must be an abundance of talented comedians in NYC in order for a bus company to nab two absolutely crackerjack artists.

In between the comical play-by-play on the happenings of the streets of NY we were surprised when many seemingly ordinary NY-ers burst into a street performance for our entertainment and pleasure. We had a ballerina, a rapper, musicians, dancers… and I’m sure many more performances that I have since forgotten as I’m so far behind in my blog. All in all, if you are going to do any bus tour of NY – DO THIS ONE!! They offer a few different themed tours and I would have liked to have tried the others. I will have to save doing them for when I move to NY to pursue my writing/acting-as-a-cadaver career.

The Ride we went on was called the Entertainment Ride and google informs me it usually costs $69p/p for 90 minutes. Google also informed me that you can sometimes get tickets on Groupon. Our tickets were purchased as a group and were part of our package so I have no idea what they cost. Information on the ride can be found here: https://experiencetheride.com/sightseeing-attractions/the-ridenyc/

After exiting the ride our group prepared for our flashmob, which ended up being a performance for the next lot of spectators who were on The Ride. Kids absolutely killed it and performed like true professionals.

The flashmob was followed by a frantic walk back to the hotel in amongst the million other people in Times Square walking frantically to somewhere very important, a quick change into our finest outfits and a bite to eat before another frantic walk back to a theatre to see Aladdin.

I have already seen Aladdin and generally, I only like to see things once but this was my first Broadway show so I tried my best to get excited. Kids all looked so nice dressed up and Isabelle was ecstatic. She was so thrilled in fact that the lady serving drinks in the foyer gave her a free drink and cup. I bought the girls a lollipop to keep them from moaning about hunger pains during the show (they didn’t really have much dinner) and lollipops looked to be the cheapest menu item that would last the longest time. SIX DOLLARS is what a lollipop at Aladdin costs. That is USD too!!! I did my best to breezily pass over my credit card to the girl like paying $18USD for 3 lollipops was the most natural, normal thing I have ever done. This is the same girl who had given Isabelle a free cup and bottle of water (valued at $15) so I just pretended I was paying for that instead.

I spent the entire time, while watching Aladdin, comparing the Broadway version to the version I saw in Southbank (Brisvegas). The genie was the same in both shows and absolutely stole the show. I don’t think there was anyone else in it but him. Just kidding. Aladdin was also brilliant and I’m not just saying that because he is an Aussie. I’m also saying it because he is really, really hot. Although I did wonder if his abs were real or painted on with contouring makeup??? One thing that the Australian version did waaay better than the Broadway one was the sets. I have it on good authority that the sets in both shows are identical but if my memory serves me right (and it very often serves me wrong – so who can tell??) the set of the Aussie Aladdin was shinier, brighter and more captivating than the Broadway set. Seeing Aladdin on Broadway was no different to seeing it in Brisvegas (for my US reader Brisvegas is a slang term for Brisbane). But I was glad to lose my Broadway virginity. I now feel more cultured and can throw around sentences like “when I saw such&such on Broadway…….” when in conversation with uppity people.

Geez… all this harping on about missing Rohan is doing nothing to shorten the length of my blogs.

Thanks for reading. If you did get this far in the post please share your favourite post of mine so my wisdom can be imparted on more people. It seems such a waste to just exclusively divulge all my musings to only friends and family.


The speed of this year’s hog price decline is surprising given weekly hog slaughter levels.

Hog prices have followed a time-honored pattern this year – they moved higher to a peak in June then trended lower. Current Iowa-Minnesota negotiated carcass base prices are half of the $134.41/cwt. June peak and are close to dropping below the year-ago level for the first time this year.

Will prices stay above the year-ago level this fall? There are several reasons to think they will.

First of all, the speed of this year’s hog price decline is surprising given that weekly hog slaughter has consistently been below the year-ago level since the end of May.

The September USDA “Hogs and Pigs” report estimated the inventory of market hogs weighing 180 pounds or more was down 1.3% and hogs weighing 120-179 pounders were down 1.42%. This implied that hog slaughter since September 1 should have been down roughly 1.35%. It actually has been down 2.84%. We have either lagged in slaughter, or USDA slightly overestimated the heavy-weight market hog inventory. My guess is the latter.

Consumers are willing to pay a lot for pork. Retail pork prices during September were record high for the sixth consecutive month. The average price of a pound of pork in grocery stores was $4.716 during September. This was up 6.6 cents from August and up 66.3 cents from September 2020. These record pork prices are a bit misleading. Yes, September retail pork prices were 16.4% higher than last year, but because of higher inflation, the nominal September price was only up 10.4% year-over-year.  Preliminary data indicates per capita pork supply was down in September so a higher pork price should be expected.

On the negative side, several of the lean hog futures contracts were limit up following the September “Hogs and Pigs” report but have now given back all of that gain. The December 2021 contract closed at $76.80/cwt. before the release of the report. That contract gained $6.775 during the next two trading sessions.  Last Friday, December hogs settled at $73.32/cwt., $3.48 below the pre-release level.

Retail pork demand was strong January thru April but has been weak since then. Export demand for U.S. pork has been strong all year.

Through August, U.S. pork exports were down 0.2% compared to the same period last year and pork imports were up 22.0%. Exports equaled 26.7% of January-August pork production and imports equaled 3.9% of U.S. production. This does not include variety meats.

The increase in imports is due to more pork coming to the U.S. from several countries, especially Canada, Mexico, Italy, and Hungary. Exports have held steady with less U.S. pork going to China and more to Mexico, Philippines, Japan, and Colombia.

Meat in cold storage dropped dramatically in the spring of 2020 when packing plans were forced to idle operations due to COVID outbreaks among employees. There were 466 million pounds of pork in cold storage at the end of September. That was up a tiny 0.17% year-over-year. September was the first month above year-ago since April 2020.

Cash corn prices rose rapidly during the first third of 2021 but have been trending lower since May. The futures market indicates corn prices will hold fairly steady during the coming 12 months. December soymeal settled at $327.40/ton on Friday. The cost of production for hogs sold in 2022 shapes up to be a bit lower than this year.

This has been a good year for hog producers. The first nine months averaged a profit of $35.55 per hog marketed, according to calculations by Lee Schulz at Iowa State University. All months except January were profitable. The futures market indicates that, at roughly $29/head, this will be the most profitable year since 2014. Next year is also expected to be profitable at around $15 per head.

Thus far in 2021, the number of cull sows imported from Canada has been up 7.6%. First quarter U.S. sow slaughter was up 1.3% year-over-year (up 0.1% net of Canadian sows imported). Since the first quarter, U.S. sow slaughter has been down 8.7% (down 10.6% net of Canadian sow imports). Unless gilt retention has slowed, it appears that the sow herd is either growing or is at least shrinking at a slower pace. Given the profitability of hog production this year, I expect the former is true.


What utter drivel! The DVDs should be collected and thrown into the sea. My time could have been better spent putting needles in my eyes.

This movie has the most far fetched and ridiculous plot ever concocted. The Cage/Kruger love interest is tenious at best and the psuedo science/theology spewed by Nic Cage is laughable. Sean Bean is the only notable addition to this film, in which Bean somehow avoids being dragged down by the raging black hole that is Nicolas Cage.

I only watched the entire film in the vain hope that the ending would be interesting..I was dissapointed. Like a 5mph Roller Coaster, this film is pointless and nothing like it promises to be. A poor man's DaVinci Code.


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We love learning from you and sharing that information with other gun owners, so we recently asked people about their favorite carry gun on our social media pages.

We received an overwhelming response (thank you!), so we've decided to share what new and seasoned gun owners had to say about their favorite gun for carrying concealed. Here are their answers, starting with the most popular:

Not surprisingly, concealed carry guns made by SIG were overwhelmingly the most popular. The P365 was at the top of the list, followed by the P238, P320, and then the P938.

Glock came in a very close second, with only a few votes separating them from SIG. The Glock 43 (including the 43x) got the most votes, followed by the Glock 21. The Glock 48 and 42 both received a few votes.

Smith & Wesson carry guns were mentioned slightly less often than the first two manufacturers. The S&W Shield got the most votes, which includes the increasingly popular EZ (9mm and .380). There were a few votes for revolvers, and Smith & Wesson dominated the responses in that category.

Springfield Armory has recently upped their concealed carry guns game, and it shows in our results. Coming in strong was their new Hellcat, followed by a few votes for the EMP 9mm. Surprisingly, there were no votes for their XD models.

Falling out of favor with concealed carriers, but still in the mix was the LCP (both 9mm and .380). The LCR revolver was mentioned just a few times.

Kimber had a small showing but did (just barely) make the list. Their 1911's came in first, followed by the Micro 9.

Taurus has recently made a commitment to improving their quality, and a few of their concealed carry gun models have been gaining traction as a response. The most popular Taurus was the G2 series followed by the P19T11.

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Was Britain prepared for war in 1938? Not in the air, argues John Crossland, as he investigates the myths and penny-pinching that nearly scuppered the Spitfire victors of the Battle of Britain.

Scholarship and the Swastika: The Politics of Research in Occupied Poland

Michael Burleigh investigates how academia was pressed into service to legitimise Nazi imperialism in the conquered East.

Where Have all the Heroes Gone?

Tony Aldous looks at the redevelopment of the city of Lowell in America.

Cultural cataclysm or merely a modification of an Anglo-Saxon status quo? Antonia Gransden looks at views, past and present, of the Norman conquest.

Frank L. Holt looks at the legends and realities of Alexander's bride from Central Asia, the world she lived in and the power struggles that ensnared her.

A Shadow of Secession? The Hartford Convention, 1814

A separatist assembly of Federalist New England at the height of war-weariness provided precedence and philosophy for future defiance of the Union.


African Burial Ground National Monument, New York, New York

In May 1991, a three hundred year silence was shattered with the discovery of the African Burial Ground in lower Manhattan. Widely acknowledged as one of the most significant American archeological finds of the twentieth century, the African Burial Ground discovery redefined the history of New York and exposed an often overlooked heritage. Following the discovery, nearly two decades were dedicated to the documentation and interpretation of the site. A series of events and ceremonies that involved studying and honoring those buried there, returning them to their rightful resting place, and proclaiming the African Burial Ground a National Monument culminated in the 2007 unveiling of a permanent on-site memorial. An enduring cultural and spiritual monument was created.

Prior to the 1991 discovery, plans to erect a 34-story, $276-million federal building required that a cultural resource survey, including archeological field-testing, be completed. Under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, such research is required on any project using public funds that may have the potential to impact historic resources. During the last days of the excavation, the archeological team discovered a missing chapter of New York history¿the first of more than four hundred skeletal remains of men, women, and children, members of the city's enslaved population, was unearthed.

The African American community, joined by public figures and private individuals, responded immediately, voicing concerns that the African Burial Ground would not be given the reverence it deserved. From the controversy over the proper handling of the burial ground, one of the largest academic research endeavors focused on African Americans began.The Cobb Laboratory at Howard Univer-sity offered a research plan for the interdisciplinary archeological, bio-anthropological, and historical study that documented the life and culture of New York's seventeenth and eighteenth-century Africans. Following public input, project stakeholders decided to unearth the four hundred burials, providing valuable information about health, diet, gender, age, physical condition, and cause of death. Under the direction of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, Howard University produced a multivolume report documenting their unprecedented, and often disturbing, findings.

Slavery in New York began during the 1600s, when the Dutch West India Company brought African slaves to the New Amsterdam colony. England seized New Amsterdam in 1664 and renamed it New York. Slavery continued under British rule. Most of the African slaves came from West Central Africa. After decades of agitation, universal emancipation for all slaves in New York was achieved in 1827. As the Civil War approached, the South became identified with slavery, and the North with free labor. In 1991, the discovery of the African Burial Ground allowed contemporary historians to study the period anew.

Placed in use as a burial ground during the 1640s, the African Burial Ground (historically identified as the "Negroes Buriel Ground") was within a mile of Manhattan's southern tip, making it one of the first landholds over which New York Africans had relative control.

Skeletal remains showed that life was perilous for Africans in New York. Nine percent of the burials were children under the age of two, a death rate disproportionately higher than the rest of the population. Further research exposed malnutrition, delayed bone development, backbreaking labor, and recurrent illnesses.

New York Africans lived in poverty, taking little with them to the grave. Funeral practices demonstrate cultural continuity between the New World and Africa. Burials often included bead ornaments, which held ceremonial significance for every stage of life. Shells also had meaning, reflecting the belief that they "enclose the soul's immortal presence."

By the 1790s, free African Americans established the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and, in 1794, formed the African Society. The Society opened a new cemetery and the African Burial Ground was closed. Although the site was known to be a cemetery, real estate pressures took priority in the rapidly expanding city, and subdividing of the land began in 1795. A street grid, followed by commercial, industrial, and residential development, erased the memory of the cemetery.

Around 1900, lower Manhattan was filled and leveled. By the mid-twentieth century, commercial and government buildings occupied the area, and the African Burial Ground was further sealed. In 1991, the evolution of the site had resulted in a parking lot which subsequently became the proposed site for a federal building. During preconstruction archeological investigations, the African Burial Ground was discovered and immediately recognized for its cultural and historical significance.

A memorial site designed by Rodney L¿on was completed in 2007. The memorial consists of a sunken Libation Court (gathering space for cultural ceremonies). It is surrounded by a Circle of the Diaspora inscribed with signs, symbols, and images of the African Diaspora. An Ancestral Chamber provides sacred space for contemplation. A Wall of Remembrance describes events that contributed to the African Burial Ground's creation. The reinterment locations are marked with four Ancestral Pillars.

An important link to the history of New York, the African Burial Ground is possibly the only preserved, urban, eighteenth-century African cemetery in America. The site and memorial also contribute to New York's cultural richness, adding to an array of monuments celebrating the city's immigrant communities. While years in the making and not without controversy, the African Burial Ground's preservation means the contributions of its African ancestors will live on in perpetuity. The African Burial Ground project received a Preserve America Presidential Award in 2008.


It may be cliché to bash the cable company, but sometimes cliché is right. As you’ve heard, Comcast, the largest cable company and home Internet service provider in the United States, has announced it intends to swallow up its next closest competitor, Time Warner Cable, like Jabba the Hutt downing a frog.

On the surface, it seems like yet another reason to cut the cord, ditch Comcast, and just go with Netflix. But wait… you can’t cut the cord because Comcast is holding it at the other end. You want Netflix? You need Internet. You want Internet? You need Comcast. If the Time Warner merger goes through, the company would likely become the largest broadband service provider in the world, excluding maybe China. That news by itself is certainly distressing; it makes an industry that’s already not very competitive even less so.

But not only is Comcast closing in on Monopoly territory (the company also owns a 51% majority stake in the massive media conglomerate NBCUniversal), it’s also failing miserably at providing quality service to its customers that use Netflix. Whether Comcast is intentionally throttling the data speeds of Netflix or not (some say it’s actually Netflix behind the poor service), it’s a fact that Comcast currently offers just about the worst way to use your Netflix streaming account.

There’s been a ton of anecdotal evidence supporting this recently, and yes, your humble author is here to offer more of that evidence. The problems started recently; my HD programming was failing to even sniff 720p, so I upgraded to a new modem, one that’s been fully tested, supported, and approved by Comcast. On top of that, I also invested in a new high end router. But nope. If it’s The Cleveland Show in 1080p, it’s The Cleveland Show in 480p in my house. Even an episode of Family Ties, which only promises a 480p resolution, staggers between 240 and 384. And yes, I watch Family Ties, but let’s not ridicule my viewing habits here, we’ve got bigger fish to fry. Point is, prime time video quality has been atrocious.

And before you chalk this up to being the rant of one disgruntled writer, check out Netflix’ ISP rankings for January.

That’s right. Out of the 17 companies ranked, Comcast finished 14th. Looking for a way to get the most out of your Netflix subscription? Wanna sample their new 3D offerings? First try Google Fiber, Cablevision – Optimum, Cox, Suddenlink, Charter, Time Warner Cable (about to be Comcast!), Verizon – FIOS, Bright House, Windstream, Frontier, AT&T – U-Verse, and Mediacom. Then, if that doesn’t work out for ya, OK, sure, you can give Comcast a shot. And wait, you didn’t just utter “4K” did you? Stop it.

So, um, yeah… what’re your thoughts on the proposed merger?


Expect More Hep C Drug Denied Insurance Lawsuits

A Gilead Hep C Denied Insurance Claim Lawsuit recently filed in California state court appears to be a template for an issue expected to dominate discussion and debate: what role does an insurer have in treatment decisions, and how much of a factor does cost play? In a world of generics where insurers have less costly alternatives available, some treatment options are unique and without peer. If that treatment happens to be expensive, but there is no alternative, does an insurer have the right to deny treatment through a peerless treatment option, simply due to the expense?

That appears to be the base argument in a lawsuit that could precede other Harvoni lawsuits with regard to an expensive, relatively new but highly effective treatment option (according to reports) for hepatitis C (Hep C).

The most recent Harvoni Denied Insurance Claim lawsuit has been brought by plaintiff Shima Andre against Anthem Blue Cross (Anthem) and filed May 15 in California Superior Court. According to the plaintiff, who hails from West Hollywood, there is nothing in the explanation of benefits for her policy that suggests Anthem has the right to withhold a treatment option due to the expense. Rather, the Harvoni lawsuit holds that Anthem simply requires that a drug be medically accepted and approved, and not costlier than comparable drugs.

Which it isn’t, because there is really nothing comparable. Harvoni was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in mid-October of last year, and held so much promise that doctors began prescribing Harvoni to their patients almost immediately. The developer and manufacturer of Harvoni, Gilead Sciences Inc. (Gilead), achieved sales of more than $2 billion for 2014, in a little more than 10 weeks.

There is no question Harvoni is expensive, at about $1,000 per pill or just under $100,000 for a 12-week treatment program. Harvoni is an advanced version of Gilead’s Sovaldi, which is also expensive, but also highly effective.

Insurers have been concerned that such expensive drugs, with no alternatives, could succeed in driving up the cost of premiums.

However, that is not the concern of the plaintiff, who maintains Anthem should honor the various clauses and commitments in the insurance policy of approving and undertaking a treatment option provided the treatment is medically accepted. Whether or not Harvoni is costlier than it needs to be is of no concern to the plaintiff.

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Anthem, the complaint says,
“applied a more restrictive test...in an effort to increase company profits by limiting the number of patients who would qualify for this life-saving medication.”

The denial letter that Anthem sent to Andre “does not cite to any provision of the [explanation of benefits] in support of this standard,” according to the Gilead Hep C Denied Insurance Claim Lawsuit.

Plaintiff Andre also asserts in her California state Harvoni lawsuit that physicians employed by Anthem to review her appeals lacked expertise in treating Hep C. Her lawsuit suggests that Anthem has decided to restrict treatment with Harvoni in patients with advanced liver scarring from Hep C.

The case is Andre v. Blue Cross of California et al., Case No: BC582063, in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles.

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Dysfunctional relationships have often been at the centre of his best work.

But I came into my own when I stumbled upon my autobiographical idiom — where I got to say things the way I wanted to. So, all my dysfunctional relationships, beginning from my absent father, have helped me become who I am. One could say, in the end, Mahesh held up the family name and made his father proud. He takes his time to answer. Mahesh Bhatt rarely, if ever, takes time to answer. I left home when he was around three MSI Personal Cinema 5.0 he felt I had abandoned the family for another woman. Slowly we began rebuilding our relationship and I urged him to use his anger against me to fuel his goals.

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MSI Personal Cinema 5.0 He trains all kinds of important people, but not once has he used my name or connections to promote himself. Nor has he ever tried to use my guilt to his advantage. Is he proud of you?

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This is a crammed up screen that has the details about all the components installed on the board along with MSI Personal Cinema 5.0 laid out neatly under clear tabs on the left side. If you want to change fan speeds, maybe boot devices, or use its automated overclocking function or XMP, you can do so quickly and easily.

This is a much preferred version for the beginners and though it comes with a Game Boost Knob on the top left its useless since the SLI Plus doesn't support this feature. The game developer can have higher flexibility to control low-pitched sound in a game. The completely re-designed effect engine gives developers total freedom to use any of four simultaneous MSI Personal Cinema 5.0 with any of the voices.

Someone whispering to your ear, a bullet flying a couple inches by your head and so on. The previous version called occlusion only delivers basic sound effect occluded by the direct sound, but not the environmental reverb associated with that sound. Environment Occlusion MSI Personal Cinema 5.0 the realism by allowing the reverb effect itself as well as the direct sound to be muffled due to occluding objects.


March   Bank of Italy Collateral Composition

August Bank of Italy Collateral Composition

Italian Banks' net purchases of government debt

The two graphics show composition of collateral held at the Bank of Italy ("the Bank") against Eurosystem repo operations in August 2011 and March 2012.  In each graphic, the bottom pie represents the collateral actually held at the Bank of Italy, and the top pie represents the Bank’s estimate of unencumbered collateral (net of prospective haircuts) remaining in Italy.  One thing to note, as explained in the the prior post, the amount of collateral net of haircuts at the bank including amount of overcollateralization was 126 billion euros in August and 363 billion in March.

The differences between the pools of collateral held in August and March are stark.  The biggest jump is seen in “government-guaranteed bank bonds” due to an Italian decree issued December 6 (described in this speech by the Gov. of the Bank of Italy, P.11) which allowed banks to issue government backed bonds in return for a fee to the Italian government.  These bonds, which by virtue of the government guarantee were instantly available for financing at the Bank of Italy, represented 77 billion in credit extended by March 2012.  On the other hand, the extension of credit claims represented little additional credit by March; according to the Bank only 4 billion had been extended against whole loans made eligible by the ECB and Bank of Italy’s decision allowing for lowerquality assets to be posted as collateral increasing the total amount of whole loands posted to 54 billion (net of haircuts).

The increase in government securities posted could be caused by several things.  One is, as documented on antehoc before, the subsidy available on Italian government bonds via lower haircuts compared with other European central clearing counterparties.  Another could have to do with the re-domestication of Italian sovereign debt in the last few months (see the picture below again courtesy of the Bank of Italy).


CPI State Secretary K Ramakrishna flanked by P Harinadha Reddy and Akkineni Vanaja addressing the media in Vijayawada on Monday

Vijayawada: The Communist Party of India on Monday demanded the MPs of YSRCP and TDP along with Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to raise their voice against the privatisation of Vizag Steel Plant.

Addressing the media at the State party headquarters here, CPI State secretary K Ramakrishna said that the CM should include all the political parties and people's associations to bring pressure on the Centre to protect the Vizag steel plant. The YSRCP and the TDP MPs should raise their voice for the steel plant during the Parliament session.

They should personally meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to wean him away from the privatisation of the steel plant.

Huge agitation has been going on for the last 200 days throughout the State soon after the decision to privatise the steel plant. It is unfortunate that in spite of the people's revolt, the Centre is adamant to go ahead with the move. He recalled that steel plant was achieved after the political leaders submitted resignations to their posts.

At a time when people are revolting against the steel plant sell-off, the State government quietly handed over Gangavaram port to Adani group. The CPI leader took exception to the statement of Minister Botcha Satyanarayana that there is no wrong if one private company was handed over to another private company.

The State government has 10.4 percent share in the port and it should be handed over to the State government after 30 years. In that background what is the rationality in handing over the port to the Adani group. That too, property worth Rs 9,000 crore was given for a pittance of Rs 644 crore, he questioned.

The CPI leader demanded the Chief Minister to cancel the deal of Gangavaram port sending a warning that a massive agitation would be launched.

Expressing solidarity with the agitating farmers of Amaravati, the CPI leader demanded the State government to announce Amaravati as the capital city. He ridiculed the statement of Minister Botcha Satyanarayana on Amaravati describing it irrational.

He flayed the State and the central government for not taking any action regarding the spiralling cost of fuels. He demanded the chief minister to bring pressure on the Centre to reduce the fuel prices.

The CPI leader took strong exception to the arrest of former MLA Chintamaneni Prabhakar when he was attending a marriage function.


Tune in as J.L. Massimino hosts a 30th anniversary celebration of Depeche Mode’s “Violator”, which was released on March 19th, 1990. In addition to playing “Violator” in its entirety, J.L. will provide some fun facts and background info on the album as well. Below are the dates and times that the special will air (all times EST).

Our Regularly Scheduled Program Will Not Air. Please Stay Tuned for the Greatest Songs of the 50s and 60s!


Pakistan urges Iran and Afghanistan to ‘do more’

Pakistan on Saturday asked both Iran and Afghanistan to take ‘visible action’ against the terrorist groups operating from their soil and also dismantle logistics and training camps of such elements located across the border.

“The whole country is angry and upset over the Ormara massacre and wants to know why this incident has taken place and who is behind it,” Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said while addressing a press conference. He said actionable forensic evidence has been shared with the Iranian government showing links of the terrorists with the neighbouring country, besides presence of their logistics and training camps located across the border. “We expect Iran to take visible action against the elements who used its soil to carry out Thursday’s terrorist attack in Balochistan,” he said, and added that Afghanistan should also take action against anti-Pakistan elements operating from its soil.

At least 14 passengers were picked out with the help of their national identity cards (NICs), forcibly offloaded from their bus and then shot dead by unidentified assailants on the Makran Coastal Highway in Ormara, Balochistan, on Thursday. The victims comprised 10 soldiers of Pakistan Navy, three of Pakistan Air Force and a coastguard.

Qureshi said the Baloch Raaji-Aajohi-e-Sangar (BRAS), an alliance of three Baloch terrorist organisdations, has claimed responsibility for the incident in which the killers were clad in Frontier Corps (FC) uniforms. The Baloch terrorist outfits have set up their logistic camps inside the Iranian border area and it has also been conveyed to the Iranian authorities, he said.

Qureshi said Pakistan wants to know the factors behind the Omara incident. He said Pakistan and Iran enjoy fraternal ties and hoped that Tehran will act against the perpetrators of the incident as assured by his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif in a detailed telephonic conversation with him.

Qureshi said considering the prevailing security situation, Pakistan has decided to take six security measures to avoid recurrence of cross-border terrorism. He said a special command based in Balochistan’s Turbat area has been set up, besides raising a new corps to increase border patrolling. It has also been decided that aerial surveillance of the Pak-Iran border will be done through helicopters, he added.

Like Afghanistan, he said, the Iranian border will also be fenced. Though the fencing of 950-kilometer-long border will be costly, it is need of the hour, he said, and added that Pakistan and Iran will set up joint border centers at six points for surveillance along the border.

He said Iran had demanded necessary action from Pakistan when its security officials were abducted and shifted to Pakistan. The action was accordingly taken and nine out of 12 abducted Iranian personnel were rescued by the Pakistani forces, he said, and added that Prime Minister Imran Khan is scheduled to visit Iran on Sunday during which security issues will be discussed in detail.

Responding to a question, he said the timing of Omara incident is important which shows that the elements behind it do not want peace in the region. He said Pakistan and Iran have historical relationship. Pakistan can overcome its energy crisis by buying gas from Iran but international sanctions against the latter are impeding the process, he added. To another question, he said it is a known fact as to which country is backing such terrorist organisations and supplying weapons to carry out insurgency and bring instability in Pakistan. He said despite worsening human rights situation in the Indian-held Kashmir, Pakistan intends to normalise its relations with India.

Earlier in the day, Ministry of Foreign Affairs lodged a strong protest with Iran regarding its ‘inaction’ against terror groups believed to be involved in the Ormara massacre.

In a letter written to the Iranian embassy on Friday, the foreign ministry stated, “Killing of 14 innocent Pakistanis by terrorist groups based in Iran is a very serious incident that Pakistan protests strongly.”

As per a copy of the letter available with Daily Times, “15-20 terrorists camouflaged themselves in Frontier Corps (FC) uniform, barricaded the road and stopped 3-4 buses travelling from Ormara to Gwadar on the coastal highway at Buzi Top before dawn on April 18. On the identification of the passengers, 14 personnel belonging to the armed forces were shot dead.” According to the letter, ‘BRAS’, an alliance of three Baloch terrorist organisations, has claimed responsibility for the terrorist act. Following the incident, the terrorists, who had arrived from the border region, returned to that area, the letter claimed.

The ministry stated that Pakistan has ‘repeatedly’ shared intelligence about these activities. “In the recent past as well as on numerous occasions earlier, information about the hubs of these Baloch terrorist organisations in Iran having training camps and logistics bases across the border was shared with the Iranian intelligence. Unfortunately, no action has been taken by Iran in this regard, to date,” the letter stated.

While lodging Pakistan’s protest against the deaths in Ormara, the letter said that Pakistan is awaiting Iran’s response to its ‘request for action against these groups based in Iran, whose locations have been identified by Pakistan a number of times.’

The ministry called on the embassy to convey the concerns to the relevant authorities in Iran for ‘prompt action’.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the esteemed embassy the assurances of its highest consideration,” the letter concluded.

A day earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif had condemned the Ormara attack. “Strongly condemning the recent terrorist attack in Pakistan, just as PM Imran Khan embarks on his first, historic visit to Iran,” Zarif had tweeted. “Terrorists, extremists & their sponsors are terrified by close relations between Muslim states,” he continued. “Iran stands with the people and government of Pakistan,” he added.

Meanwhile, Ormara Levies registered a first information report in connection with the incident. A Levies officer, who wished not to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter, said that an FIR has been lodged against unidentified terrorists for the murder of 14 people on April 18. The case has been registered on behalf of the government, the officer said. Terrorism, murder, attempt to murder and other sections have been included in the report, he added.

Levies officials said security has been beefed up in the area and passenger buses are being strictly checked in the aftermath of the cold-blooded murders. Balochistan Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohsin Hassan Butt has said that the investigation of the case has been transferred to the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD).


Finland's KONE Corporation, a leader in elevator and escalator industry on Wednesday announced improvements in its results in January-March 2021, reported Xinhua.

Its adjusted operating result in Q1 reached 249.8 million euros, compared to 205.6 million euros over the same period last year, according to the corporation's report.

"When considering the comparison period where the effects of the pandemic were yet to be seen in many parts of the world, this (growth in the Chinese market) was a solid achievement," said Ehrnrooth in the report.

In its market outlook, KONE expects the new equipment market to grow slightly in China, while markets in the rest of the world are expected to gradually recover.


Location: At the corner of Canoe Hill Road and Smith Ridge Road (Hwy 123)

Access: The property contains a very short trail through the meadow, and is best accessed from the north at the pull-off on Canoe Hill Road.

History: In 1975, Kenneth and Anne Hannan donated a 4.4-acre field to NCLT, with the intention that the land be kept in its natural state as a preserve for wildlife. The following year, Andrew and Anne Eberstadt donated an adjacent 1-acre parcel of woodlands, bringing the total acreage up to 5.5 acres. The original appraisal describes the land as “…most attractive, being mostly open level field ringed by mature trees to the east and south. To the west and north is an exceptionally well-finished stone wall which appears to have been built more recently than most in the area. In fact, the beauty of this parcel has long been a topic of conversation with local people, particularly because of its high visibility.”

The wall was indeed built, or at least re-built, more recently than most. According to Kenneth Hannan, the land donor, the wall was constructed by Antonio Vitti over the years 1933-1940. Vitti had worked for the family of Gesine Engel, who owned the field at the time, after he had returned from WWI in 1919. There is a commemorative stone at the northeast corner of the wall describing the work. Today, the wall makes a 900-foot arc around the edge of the field. At the center of which stands a young oak tree.

Land Stewardship: NCLT maintains the area inside of the stone wall as meadow through annual mowing and removal of invasive or woody plants. This continued care is needed to maintain a diverse array of grasses and wildflowers, and to prevent woody plants and trees from taking over the field. In 2019, NCLT pruned nearly all of the perimeter trees, and removed dozens of invasive bushes from the edge of the field. This project restored the field to its original area, and will help to support an even larger population of pollinators and migratory birds. The wooded buffer around the field is maintained for edge habitat, and provides cover and nesting sites for songbirds, raptors, deer, foxes, and small mammals.

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It's not going to come from people working more. Excerpt from the IMF's latest Debt Sustainability Analysis for Greece, just released:

Oh dear. Quite apart from the negative contribution to growth, the prospect of unemployment taking 44 years to return to something approaching normality is simply appalling for Greece's population. I've looked in more detail at this here (Forbes).

Yeah, about that financial sector.....Greek banks are still in crisis, it seems. The IMF thinks they will need another 10bn Euros on top of the 43bn they have already received, and even with this, they aren't going to lend. And they aren't worth anything, so can't even be sold to raise money. Greek banks are zombies, and like all zombies, they drain the lifeblood of their victims. They are a serious obstacle to Greek economic recovery.

So the IMF doesn't believe Greece can deliver the pace of structural reforms that would be needed to deliver TFP growth much above 1 percent. No-one should be surprised by this. The remarkable thing is that anyone ever thought it could.

And that means that the outlook is poor - for the foreseeable future. A long-run growth rate of 1.25 percent - or more likely less - in an economy that has shrunk by 27 percent in the last seven years, means that Greece effectively faces decades of depression.

Whatever fiscal sins successive Greek governments may have committed, I find it hard to believe that the Greek people deserve such hardship.

Debt Sustainability Analysis, Greece, May 2016 - IMF
IMF predicts unemployment in Greece will fall to 12 percent...by 2040 - Forbes
The Economic Consequences of the Eurozone - Forbes
Morality in the Greek crisis


Accompanied by two additional full-time members, Stelth Ulvang on piano and Ben Wahamaki on bass, the band performed a spirited version of “Ho Hey,” the band’s double-platinum single. As the five bandmates stood on a stage as bare as their music, Melissa Ethridge and Taylor Swift belted out the chorus from the front row of the audience.

Speaking before Bonnie Raitt took the Best Americana Album GRAMMY and fun., who stole Best New Artist, the band joked about their chances of winning. “We have no shot. We’re smoked,” joked drummer Jeremiah Fraites. “fun. has an eighth of a billion views on YouTube so they’ll probably win.”

“I’m glad there’s a space for a band like us because maybe a couple of years ago there might not have been,” added Schultz.

The Lumineers’ sing-along “Ho Hey,” stormed up the charts last year, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, #1 at Alternative Radio and #2 at Top 40; not bad for a band that met one of their key members on Craiglist. After declaring New York City’s cost of living too high, founding members Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites moved to Colorado and placed an ad for a cellist. It was there that they found the prettiest of the three, Neyla Pekarek.

We’re not reinventing the wheel or doing anything that different,” Fraites told The Crimson White, “The songs are super simple. Anyone who can play an instrument can play a Lumineers song.”

Despite their GRAMMY losses, the band’s career trajectory is headed for the stratosphere with their current single “Stubborn Love” taking hold at rock and top 40 radio and launching into an international tour next week.


VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT NAMED USED CAR OF THE YEAR BY WHAT CAR?

Volkswagen has been honoured with two class victories and the Passat has been named overall Used Car of the Year by What Car? magazine.

The What Car? Used Car of the Year judging panel was made up of experts from all areas of the motor industry including car dealerships, auction houses and experts from What Car?

The Passat impressed the judges with its mix of value for money, reliability, driver involvement and high levels of comfort and safety features.

The Golf GTI was considered to be all things to all men; blending the practicality of a five seat hatchback with performance from the 2.0-litre 200 PS engine and high levels of equipment.

John French, National Used Car Manager for Volkswagen UK commented: ‘We are extremely proud to receive these awards from What Car? magazine. To win two categories and the overall title in such a competitive marketplace is fantastic and will be a real boost to our Retailer network.’

French continued: ‘It is also great to see so many other Volkswagen models included in the category shortlists. It is a real credit to Volkswagen’s consistent focus on build quality and reliability that we have so many models represented and they are perform so strongly.’

It’s not only the products which make Volkswagen a good used buy. Volkswagen also offers the Approved Used Programme, which allows customers to buy with complete peace of mind. All cars are sold with a multipoint check, history checks, up to 12 month’s warranty and breakdown assistance and a 30 day exchange plan.


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Atlanta United vs Montreal Impact, Saturday’s match for the Major League Soccer at the Mercedes-Benz in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Atlanta arrives at this game with three games less than its rival and in the fourth position of its conference. They arrive after a midweek loss against Toronto. In their favor, they have not conceded goals in their last five MLS matches.

Atlanta will not have its protagonist in the attack, Josef Martinez, since he has not yet returned from his appointments with the Venezuelan team in the Copa America. In addition, Atlanta has up to four injured players: Bello, Villalba, Kratz and Barco.

It occupies an impressive second position of its conference. Their performance throughout the season has been somewhat uneven. They suffered very crazy defeats (like 7-1 against Sporting KC, 3-0 against Philadelphia and Orlando City).

Their inconsistency is also evident in the difference of goals: they conceded 29 and scored 23. They conceded goals in their last five games. A victory could put them in the first place of the conference.

Their attack focuses on what Saphir Taider can do. The competition at the national level has greatly affected the team, which will not feature Brault-Guillard, Piette, Lovitz, Browne and Azira, all focused on their national teams. Also has injured: Bayiha and Piatti.

Both teams have many losses in their starting XI due to the international commitments of many players.

We’re going to bet Atlanta will impose its home game and the least-scoring team, along with Los Angeles, from all MLS teams with just 14 goals conceded.


Getting personal: Melanie Scaife, a mother facing the climate emergency, shares her ‘head-cracking moment’ when climate change became a real, rather than abstract part of her daughters future, and doing nothing ceased to be an option. It happened as she was urging her local council to declare a climate emergency.

The podcast episode “Everything you hold dear”, co-produced by Kyla Brettle and Rob Law, powerfully illustrates what the Climate Emergency Declaration campaign and its mobilisation of communities calling for their Councils to declare a climate emergency has meant at the personal level for people who decided to get involved.

In the podcast notes on www.endgamepodcast.net, the producer Kyla Brettle writes:

“In this piece Melanie reads excerpts of a speech she gave at the Mount Alexander Shire Climate Change Forum held in December 2019; urging our local council to declare a climate emergency. Rob and I also spoke at the Forum, alongside 140 odd residents, business owners and community group leaders from our town and its surrounds.

I remember sitting in the audience and thinking – so these are the people I’ll be sharing food, water and a leaky boat with as the impacts of climate change intensify. My interest was sparked in what they had to say and how they saw the world and our future.

Later I discovered that the forum was a key moment in the story of our shire’s response to climate change – and it really did precipitate the emergency declaration that happened shortly after.

But ‘Everything you hold dear’ is not about the Climate Change Forum and our community response to the crisis – it is about a woman coming to grips with climate change emotionally – and then managing that realisation once it’s out of the box.”

Speeches by residents at the Mount Alexander Shire Council meeting on 17 December 2019, as the Council was about to vote on whether or not the Council would declare a climate emergency.


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Braveheart Marathi Movie Selected In Third Eye Asian Film Festival

On Silver Screen various movies are going to be produced based on various innovative topics. Bengali Experienced Director ‘Das Babu’, brings an upcoming Marathi Movie ‘BraveHeart – Jidda Jagnyachi ‘ based on a true story. Nikhil films presents, ‘BraveHeart’ is selected in 15th Third Eye Asian Film Festival, which is going to start from 15 to 22 December 2016 at Mumbai.

Director Daasbabu has already directed popular Marathi serials like ‘Ladha’, ‘Shrimantachi Lek’, ‘He Bandh Reshmache’, ‘Ek Dhaga Sukhacha’ along with Marathi Movie ‘Tahaan’. BraveHeart is a story of indomitable willpower and determinant boy. The movie is produced by Sacchidananad Gopinath Karkhanis and Santosh Yashwant Mikashi. Screenplay, dialogues and lyrics by Shrikant Bojewar while music is given by Arnab Chatterjee. Background music is given by ‘Amar Mohile’ and resposibility of Executive producer is handled by ‘Prashant Shamrao Pawar.’


Caramel Macchiato, my usual on days I need a kick.

Got soy milk? A guide to vegan lattes in Taipei

by Amelia Easten
in All Things Vegan, Food and Restaurants, Taiwan

I’m a coffee shop dweller. Alcohol could disappear off the face of the earth tomorrow and I wouldn’t care (I might even rejoice) but if coffee disappeared… I’d be a little sad. More specifically, I like a really good latte, because sometimes black coffee just doesn’t cut it. I can count the number I’ve had in the last 8 months on one hand.

This surprised me – it’s not something I expected from Asia. I grew up being told that in general Asians are lactose intolerant and therefore not much milk is drunk here. Taiwan is part of the ‘non-milking zone,’ countries that traditionally do not consume animal milk or dairy products, despite plenty of cows, buffaloes, and goats. The non-milking zone covers all of Southeast Asia from Burma eastwards including China, Korea, and Japan. The zone ends with the dairy-consuming Mongols to the north and the Tibetans and Indians to the west. Some 85% of the people in the non-milking zone above the age of three years have low levels of the intestinal enzyme lactase that breaks down the lactose in animal milks. This is not exclusive to East Asia: some 60% of the Western world are also lactose intolerant, and this percentage rises when people stop consuming dairy and the body is given a chance to wean. It is not just humans who cannot digest lactose, the condition is also prevalent in other land mammals (cats, for instance). An inability to digest lactose is more common than not: animal milk is intended for baby animals only, to assist growth in the early years of life. Beyond then it is not designed for continued consumption.

In fact, I heard somewhere that Westerners smell like milk because so little in drunk in Asia. The irony? The children I work with drink so much milk, they smell milky to me – I haven’t touched dairy in two and a half years. The dairy industry has got it’s claws into Taiwan, and it’s not letting go.

“But soy is everywhere!” I hear you cry. Soy oil for cooking, soy based ink on packaging, soy desserts, tofu in everything, soy sauce, soy milk from the breakfast bars. So why in stinky tofu’s name can’t I get a soy latte when I walk into a coffee shop? I think my (also vegan) friend hit the nail on the head when she described the attitude difference towards soy milk in the East vs. the West. She told me “they think of it as a juice, not a milk, and drink it like they’d drink orange juice. Why would you put orange juice in your tea?”

This is shown in the language, too. Cow’s milk is 牛奶 niu2nai3, literally ‘cow milk’. To ask for soy milk, the character is 豆漿 Dou4jiang1. Dou4 means bean, usually soy bean, and jiang1 is a thick liquid. Doujiang is first referenced in China in A.D. 82 in the Lun Heng by Wang Ch’ung, although this may be the thicker liquid version, before it was strained into a milk like consistency. (Read more on the history of soy milk here, it’s pretty interesting.) For decades in Taiwan it has been a common as a breakfast food, and large pots are often seen outside breakfast shops. In the 1960s and 1970s it started becoming popular as a soft drink. In 7/11s today you can find bottles of sweetened soy milk with flavours like chocolate and red bean. The problem is… Most have regular milk in them, too.

Like in China, soy milk is drunk as the soft drink of choice in Taiwan. In most small restaurants, for instance, only soy milk is offered in the fridges. In China this has phenomenon has socialist roots. The Asian Wall Street Journal (14 June 1983) published a front page article blasting Coca Cola, which was growing in popularity, for being unhealthy and filled with sugar, caffeine and phosphoric acid. It was also far more expensive than soy milk, and cutting the amount they imported in favour of locally produced soy milk boosted China’s economy.

Almond milk is popular in Taiwan too, usually in powdered form. Walk through any nightmarket and you’ll soon find the sickly sweet smell. However, almond milk in Taiwan 90% of the time also contains milk powder – that or you’ll be paying through the nose for it. I can only assume this is to both lower the cost, and given it a creamier consistency. The moral of the story is beware: if you’re buying soy milk somewhere in Asia, check first that it’s not got cow juice lurking in its depths. To ask – “you3 niu2nai3 ma?” listen for the reply – “you3” (has) or “mei3 you3” (doesn’t have).

So where can I get a coffee?

I used to avoid Starbucks in the UK, but they’re everywhere here, the staff are friendly, and the soy milk is the same as I use at home – so vegan safe. The coffees aren’t the best, and they’re certainly not healthy, but it’s somewhere to sit and have a coffee when I’m on my lunch break. If you don’t feel like coffee, their matcha green tea latte is creamy and delicious. Warning: caramel macchiato isn’t vegan (milk in the drizzle), neither is their hot chocolate (sob, it used to be) nor their chai tea latte (honey in the syrup).

Hazelnut Macchiato, my usual on days I need a kick.

They don’t do lattes, but they do white coffee with a coconut almond milk blend that is delicious. I could happily forsake lattes if I had that on tap. I like it with a slice of raw vegan mocha cheesecake.

Again, no lattes, but they do the ‘Miantochino’ – coffee with soy whipped cream on top from a squirts can. They import it specially and it’s divine, and you can get a cupcake with it while you’re there.

Fresh will do you a latte while you sit and eat your bread and cake, and it’s not bad – but it’s also not rich enough for my taste. The coffee is lacking a certain something, and it’s a little too weak and soy milky/just watery. I stick the the Indian milk tea which is lovely.

Herban will brew up an excellent latte to go with your vegan brunch. It’s a little on the pricey side, but it’s good. They also have a cashew milk one that you can add flavoured syrups to, and it’s delicious.

Naked Food and Herban are by far the best lattes on this list. Naked Food’s is a decent size, and good coffee. Hopefully they’ll have a non-soy option soon, too. It’s also cheaper than Starbucks and Herban, and you can get a cake to go with it.

I’ve heard Loving Hut and About Animals also do lattes, but I haven’t tried either yet. If you know of anywhere else to feed vegan caffeine addictions, please let me know!

Warning: The cafe in the QSquare mall by Taipei Main Station has a soy milk option, but it contains cow milk. I made the mistake of not asking the first two times and it was only the third time I went that they thought to tell me. Learn from my mistake: always ask!


What will most likely happen in the future? Why?

People will store their minds on the computers in the future

We have our limits as humans

Listening about the future exercises

Listen. Does the futurologist think these things are probable or not probable?

Complete the sentences with your ideas:

Would you like to know what’s in our future? What’s going to happen tomorrow, next year, or even a millennium from now? Well, you’re not alone. Everyone from governments to militaries
to industry leaders do, as well, and they all employ people called futurists who attempt to forecast the future. Some are able to do this with surprising accuracy. In the middle of the 20th century, a think tank known as the RAND Corporation consulted dozens of scientists
and futurists who together forecast many of the technologies we take for granted today, including artificial organs, the use of birth control pills, and libraries able to look up
research material for the reader.

One way futurists arrive at their predictions is by analyzing movements and trends in society, and charting the paths they are likely to follow into the future with varying degrees of probability. Their work informs the decisions of policymakers and world leaders, enabling them to weigh options for the future that otherwise could not have been imagined in such depth or detail. Of course, there are obvious limits to how certain anyone can be about the future.

There are always unimaginable discoveries that arise which would make no sense to anyone in the present. Imagine, for example, transporting a physicist from the middle of the 19th century into the 21st. You explain to him that a strange material exists, Uranium 235, that of its own accord can produce enough energy to power an entire city, or destroy it one fell swoop. “How can such energy come from nowhere?” he would demand to know. “That’s not science, that’s magic.” And for all intents and purposes, he would be right. His 19th century grasp of science includes no knowledge of radioactivity or nuclear physics. In his day, no forecast of the future could have predicted X-rays, or the atom bomb, let alone the theory of relativity or quantum mechanics. As Arthur C. Clarke has said, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” How can we prepare, then, for a future that will be as magical to us as our present would appear to someone from the 19th century?

We may think our modern technology and advanced data analysis techniques might allow us to predict the future with much more accuracy than our 19th century counterpart, and rightly so. However, it’s also true that our technological progress has brought with it new increasingly complex and unpredictable challenges. The stakes for future generations to be able to imagine the unimaginable are higher than ever before. So the question remains: how do we do that? One promising answer has actually been with us since the 19th century and the Industrial Revolution that laid the foundation for our modern world. During this time of explosive development and invention, a new form of literature, science fiction, also emerged. Inspired by the innovations of the day, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and other prolific thinkers explored fantastic scenarios, depicting new frontiers of human endeavor. And throughout the 20th century and into the 21st, storytellers have continued to share their visions of the future and correctly predicted many aspects of the world we inhabit decades later. In “Brave New World,” Aldous Huxley foretold the use of antidepressants in 1932, long before such medication became popular. In 1953, Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451,” forecast earbuds, “thimble radios,” in his words. And in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” Arthur C. Clarke described a portable, flat-screen news pad in 1968. In works that often combine entertainment and social commentary, we are invited to suspend our disbelief and consider the consequences of radical shifts in familiar and deeply engrained institutions. In this sense, the best science fiction fulfills the words of philosopher Michel Foucault, “I’m no prophet. My job is making windows where there were once walls.” Free from the constraints of the present and our assumptions of what’s impossible, science fiction serves as a useful tool for thinking outside of the box. Many futurists recognize this, and some are beginning to employ science fictions writers in their teams.

Just recently, a project called iKnow proposed scenarios that look much like science fiction stories. They include the discovery of an alien civilization, development of a way for humans and animals to communicate flawlessly, and radical life extension. So, what does the future hold? Of course, we can’t know for certain, but science fiction shows us many possibilities. Ultimately, it is our responsibility to determine which we will work towards making a reality.


A question that sparks curiosity when thinking about the place of COVID19 in China Africa relations is what might the lingering/long-term effects of the pandemic on the perceptions of China among Africans be. After giving it some thought, these are the main points that stand out to me.

CCP’s governance model and strong leadership on display. The CCP’s strong measures to restrict travel, minimize the impact of the outbreak, and prioritize health over economic growth will likely come back and be used in China’s rhetoric showing leadership strengths. Already there is an effort by the government to boast about the its capability to build hospitals in a record time. Certainly, once the outbreak is over (or least contained), we expect to see more assertiveness in marketing China’s governance model as evidenced in its reaction to COVID19.

Friendship and solidarity. In his keynote speech on China’s foreign policy at Chatham House, Chinese ambassador Liu Xiaoming repeatedly condemned racist and exclusionary reactions to COVID19. He stated that the right choice is “to pull together in the same direction” and treat the virus as the common enemy instead of talking about China as “the sick man of Asia.” We have long observed this pattern of rhetoric in China-Africa relations with China always working hard to distance itself from the “West” and identify with Africans as a fellow Global South states. Coronavirus adds a new opportunity to cement this divide and deepen friendship and solidarity bonds between China and African states.

Across Africa, we saw a wide social media campaign expressing solidarity with Wuhan and China more broadly. Students of Confucius Institutes, diplomats, embassy staff, business people from across the continent, and even parents of students who are stuck in China showed their support.

But COVID19 is not all good news for China-Africa relations. First, the many and enduring struggles of African students quarantined or stuck in China since the start of the outbreak of the Coronavirus have been well-documented. It is not hard to imagine that the suffering from such terrible experiences might result in many African students not wanting to study in China anymore. The stories that these students are sharing everyday with their friends and family back home describing life under quarantine might not exactly be soft power generating stories for China.

Second, we recall how the CCP repeatedly argued that the financial crisis of 2008 and its rippling effects on African economies meant that the Western model let Africans down and that there was a need to bring something new to the table (i.e. the Chinese alternative model). Now, we would be remiss not to wonder what’s in the future of Africa-China relations with COVID19 potentially causing a global economic crisis the depth of which is yet to be grasped? One thing that is certain is that the Chinese government is handling this crisis with what it knows to do best: putting personal connections and people-to-people relations at the center of this. We see Chinese diplomats holding forums with parents of students, talking to AU CDC, health ministers, holding press conferences to discuss reactions, providing financial aid to African students quarantined in China, etc.

Chances are, as soon as Chinese factories are fully back up to speed with manufacturing masks, gloves, wipes, and other products necessary to handling COVID19, the CCP will capitalize on its production capacity. Both to make the case about its manufacturing strengths and also to gain leadership points for distributing products to areas in need. Countries that expressed solidarity with China in times of need will likely stand to be first to be compensated with a return in favor and solidarity from the Chinese government.


The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said that London acts according to a "we accuse you, you defend yourself" standard

"The British media has come to another "right" conclusion in the Salisbury story: seeing that no one in Moscow has brought forward Chepiga over the past few days, then Boshirov is Chepiga, or Chepiga is Boshirov,", or Chepiga is Boshirov," the diplomat wrote on Monday on her Facebook page, commenting on the UK media reports concerning the Skripal case.

"Our British colleagues act in a plain and simple way: they ask Moscow to show "GRU officers," "heroes of Russia" and other virtual so-called participants of the drama, and for their part, they refuse to share anything about the investigation, besides political statements and leaks to the fake media created especially for this purpose," she noted.

Zakharova added that London acts according to the principle "we accuse you, you defend yourself." "I will repeat myself: before Chepiga, we would like to see Skripal," the diplomat concluded.

Former Russian military intelligence (GRU) Colonel Sergei Skripal, 66, who had been convicted in Russia of spying for Great Britain and later swapped for Russian intelligence officers, and his daughter Yulia, 33, suffered the effects of a nerve agent in the British city of Salisbury on March 4. Claiming that the substance used in the attack had been a Novichok-class nerve agent developed in the Soviet Union, London rushed to accuse Russia of being involved in the incident. Moscow rejected all of the United Kingdom’s accusations, saying that neither the Soviet Union nor Russia ever had any program aimed at developing such a substance.

On September 5, British Prime Minister Theresa May informed the country’s parliament about the conclusions that investigators looking into the Salisbury incident had come to, saying that two Russians, believed to be GRU agents, were suspected of conspiracy to murder the Skripals. According to May, the assassination attempt was approved at "a senior level of the Russian state." The Metropolitan Police published the suspects’ photos, saying their names were Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov. In an interview with Russia’s RT TV channel released on September 13, Petrov and Boshirov refuted these allegations.

The Daily Telegraph claimed in its September 26 report that Ruslan Boshirov was actually a 39-year-old colonel of the Russian military intelligence service, and his true name was Anatoly Chepiga.


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Edge Of Tomorrow 2 What Is Release Date And Latest Update

Things that science can’t explain tend to become Tom Cruise’s movies. I don’t know what science is involved with this logic. But one thing is for sure Tom Cruise can do anything to entertain people.

He fits into any genre like, but nothing fits him as scientific plots fit him. Yet again, it’s rumoured that Tom Cruise is back with another Scientific flick. But this time a Sequel of his previous work Edge of Tomorrow.

The first part of Edge of Tomorrow was released six years ago on June 6, 2014. This movie has managed to get excellent reviews from both the audience and the critics.

After all the success this movie has seen, it has been rumoured to be made for a sequel. Here are all the details of the upcoming movie Edge of Tomorrow, part 2.

As of now, there is no exact detail about a cemented release date. Even the whereabouts of the production are not available yet due to the Pandemic.

We may expect the production of the movie Edge of Tomorrow to hit the floors after the situations set right. We can expect the movie to release in 2022.

What Will Be Plot?

The plot of the sequel is expected to stick to the skeletal plot of its predecessor. But there might be some changes.

In the first part, we saw non-combat army personnel forced to fight an alien race, which can foresee in time.

When in a fight, he finds himself with extraordinary power to foresee in time. Because he has killed a particular alien. The rest of the movie is how he leads his team to the shore of victory.

There is no official announcement regarding the cast of the movie. We can hope that Tom Cruise might return as Major William Cage and Emily Blunt as Sergeant Rita Vrataski. But we can’t be so sure because they will sign this movie when they like the script of the movie. Thus We have to wait some time to know who’s going to back?

There is no trailer as of now. Stay tuned to our site for further details about the movie.