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The Empty Chair
Lincoln Rhyme Book 3
Lincoln Rhyme has travelled to a world-famous spinal cord injuries center in North Carolina for some risky, experimental surgery. It may make him a tiny bit better; it may kill him. But before he has a chance to undergo the operation, the local police department is drafting in Rhyme and Amelia, using their forensic skills to help find two women kidnapped by a psychotic young man known locally as the Insect Boy. After a cat-and-mouse game through the abandoned swamps of N ... Lincoln Rhyme has travelled to a world-famous spinal cord injuries center in North Carolina for some risky, experimental surgery. It may make him a tiny bit better; it may kill him. But before he has a chance to undergo the operation, the local police department is drafting in Rhyme and Amelia, using their forensic skills to help find two women kidnapped by a psychotic young man known locally as the Insect Boy. After a cat-and-mouse game through the abandoned swamps of North Carolina, Lincoln and Amelia manage to find him - then Amelia, convinced of his innocence, breaks the boy out of jail. And Lincoln has to find them both, while Amelia uses all the skills her mentor and lover has taught her to evade him. Her actions are to have more disastrous consequence than either of them anticipate...
Lincoln Rhyme Thrillers
The third Lincoln Rhyme thriller takes the quadriplegic detective deep into the swamps of North Carolina on the trail of a desperate kidnapper... Now a NBC TV series.
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HomeProduceJose Antonio Martinez Named FPAA Member of the Year
Jose Antonio Martinez Named FPAA Member of the Year
Fresh Produce Association of the Americas Produce September 30, 2020
The Members of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA) have named Jose Antonio Martinez of Divine Flavor as the 2020 Member of the Year. Martinez will be honored with the distinction at the FPAA’s Annual Meeting on Sept. 29, 2020.
Peers in the association note that Martinez is committed to industry improvement, and that he works tirelessly to implement innovations in inspections and warehouse management.
Indeed, Martinez sets an example for others in the industry, according to FPAA Chairman Scott Vandervoet. “He has been a great example of a member of the industry interacting with state government,” Vandervoet said.
Martinez, who is COO and General Manager of Divine Flavor, joined the company in 2014 and since then has made an impact by contributing toward shared solutions to industry challenges, including USDA quality inspections.
Earlier this year, when COVID was starting to impact Nogales, Martinez and Divine Flavor participated in an FPAA webinar, helping share lessons about how to stop the spread of the virus in the warehouse setting, and the community at large.
Since joining the board of Directors of FPAA in 2018, Martinez has participated in all the association’s Mexico City trips, bringing great insights to meeting with the Mexican government. Martinez’ background in this area is a great asset. Earlier in his career, he was Assistant Chief of Staff to Sonora Governor Eduardo Bours.
“It’s really great to have Jose on the Board,” said FPAA President Lance Jungmeyer. “The mixture of his experience and his passion is palpable. He brings great energy to solving problems that impact all fresh produce distributors.”
Martinez earned a Masters in Public Administration from Columbia University in New York, and a Bachelors of Business Administration from Instituto Tecnologico de Monterey, where he focused on International Business.
The FPAA’s annual meeting, which is open to members only, is Sept. 29 at 10 am. It is being held virtually.
About the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas
Founded in 1944, the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA) is a nonprofit trade association headquartered in Nogales, Arizona, that represents over 120 U.S. member companies involved in importing and marketing fresh fruits and vegetables grown in Mexico and distributed across North America and the world.
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In order to ensure growth in a changing environment, the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas is making strategic changes that tap into the full strength of its staff members. As a result, FPAA will be able to continue to respond quickly to developing situations at the border, while also maintaining focus on issues of national and strategic importance. …
FPAA Salutes Integrated North American Approach to Shared Tomato Virus Threat
November 19, 2019 Fresh Produce Association of the Americas
The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has announced that they will begin to inspect tomato and pepper seed, transplants and fruit by Nov. 22 to protect against a plant virus known as Tomato Brown Rugose Virus (ToBRFV) which has spread around the world since first being detected in Israel in 2014. …
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Franklin County Permit Search (Kentucky)
Clerk Offices in Franklin County, Kentucky keep public records for a county or local government, including permits. Clerks may be responsible for filing and issuing Franklin County permits, including building permits, land use permits, access permits, utility permits, and special event permits. These permits allow property owners and residents to conduct demolitions and renovations, host temporary events, reserve public property, or conduct land development upgrades. They may also show whether a building meets fire and Franklin County building codes and include the name, date, and purpose of the permit. The Clerk Office provides information on how to apply for a permit or how to check if a permit is valid, and their permit records are typically available online.
Franklin County Clerk Frankfort KY 315 West Main Street 40601 502-875-8702
Secretaries of State in Franklin County, Kentucky operate at the state level to provide administrative services, including assisting the state's executive functions. As part of this job, many Secretaries of State issue permits and licenses to private corporations, businesses, drivers, and election supervisors. Secretary of State permits may be required to carry out Franklin County elections, register a trade name, or drive a motor vehicle. Information on applying for a Secretary of State permit may be available on the Secretary of State website, which provides information on locating a Franklin County permit and the requirements for receiving a permit. They may also issue permits for using state land or state parks. Secretary of State permit information is typically available online.
Frankfort Kentucky Secretary of State Frankfort KY 700 Capitol Avenue 40601 502-564-3490
Mayor Offices in Franklin County, Kentucky provide municipal services for their town or city, including issuing and filing permits. These permits may be required before property owners undertake a building project, including renovation, demolition, and repairs. They may also show whether a building is in compliance with Franklin County zoning rules and regulations, authorize land development services, or change boundary lines or private addresses. Mayors also issue Franklin County access permits, special event permits, and temporary permits. These permit records demonstrate whether a project has a valid permit, and Mayor Offices provide information on applying for permits, permit requirements, and locating approved or denied permits. Mayor Offices often provide permit information on their website.
Frankfort Mayor Frankfort KY 315 West 2nd Street 40601 502-875-8500
Building Departments in Franklin County, Kentucky create and enforce building codes to ensure that buildings are safe. They also review and approve building plans, enforce zoning rules, and issue Franklin County building permits. These building permits may be required for renovations, demolition, repairs, land development, and other construction projects. Permits can show if a building meets fire codes and other building regulations, demonstrate whether a building is safe to occupy, and they can also be used to prove that a construction project has a valid permit. Building Departments provide information on which projects require a permit, how to apply for a Franklin County permit, and the rules for receiving a permit. They may also provide searchable databases of approved building permits on their websites.
Frankfort Planning Department Frankfort KY 315 West 2nd Street 40601 502-875-8513
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Kentucky State Permits Frankfort KY 2 Hudson Hollow Road 40601 502-564-2320
Commissioners in Franklin County, Kentucky work at the local level to provide municipal services, and they are often elected as representative officials. Just as Mayor Offices may issue or file permits, Commissioners may also be responsible for building permits, occupancy permits, and other municipal permits. These permits may be required for building projects such as renovations or demolitions, and they may also be required for special events, using Franklin County public land, or for oversize or overweight vehicles. Commissioners can provide information on applying for a Franklin County permit, when permits are necessary, and the requirements for complying with permit rules, as well as assistance locating approved and denied permit applications. Commissioners may provide online access to their permit records and information.
Kentucky State Commissioner Frankfort KY 111 Corporate Drive 40601 502-564-4696
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Jazz Offers Additional MBs during Ramadan to Stay Connected with Loved Ones
Press ReleaseLast Updated: Jun 15, 2016
Jazz Offers Additional MBs during Ramadan to Stay Connected with Loved Ones. Jazz has announced an additional 200 MBs of data for Facebook & WhatsApp usage in its Weekly Smart internet offer for the same price of PKR 75. The offer provides subscribers of Jazz 3G additional data so they can remain connected with their loved ones during the holy month of Ramadan.
“Majority of Jazz 3G users use Facebook, and as we have shown in the past through our various other offers, we understand the value of engaging with social media enthusiasts to bring the best value to the relationship. Both Facebook & WhatsApp are heavy usage social media apps and we want our subscribers to not feel the brunt of the data charges, while connecting with their loved ones during Ramadan,”
said Muhammad Ali Khan, Director Data & Devices– Mobilink.
To activate the Weekly Smart internet offer, subscribers need to dial *117*7# with their smartphones. Once activated, subscribers will have 500 MBs of data to surf the internet, while the additional 200 MBs, being offered under the promo, can only be utilized on Facebook and Whatsapp*.
This offer is in line with Jazz’s vision to facilitate social media usage through its superior 3G network, and is testament to the fact that Pakistan’s most famous brand is always looking to offer the best data bundles in a bid to create a more open and connected community online.
*Note: Usage of Facebook and WhatsApp through proxy browsers or viewing external links to be charged from general purpose quota of the bundle.
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by Thomas Overton
Kemper IGCC Celebrates Key Milestone, Suffers New Cost Increases
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Coal-Fired Sunbury Power Plant Gives Way to Gas
The 400-MW coal-fired Sunbury Power Plant in Snyder County, Penn., retired in 2014, will be replaced with a three-unit, 1.1-GW combined cycle plant, private equity firm Panda Power Funds announced on Oct. 28.
The four-unit Sunbury facility, which began operations in 1949, was shuttered last year after 65 years of operation. Originally built for Pennsylvania Power & Light, it was sold to a private firm in 1999. The closure was blamed on economic and regulatory factors—competition from natural gas and impending Environmental Protection Agency mercury regulations.
The new 3 x 1 combined cycle plant, to be named Panda Hummel, will be built on the same site, immediately adjacent to the retired Sunbury Power Plant (Figure 1). Panda said it would take over some of the existing infrastructure, mainly the electrical interconnection, water intake, and storm water runoff systems. At 1,129 MW, this will be one of the largest coal-to-gas conversion projects in the U.S.
1. The new Panda Hummel Station power plant will be built adjacent to the retired Sunbury Power Plant on the banks of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. Courtesy: Panda Power Funds
Panda, which is building two other combined cycle plants in Pennsylvania—the 829-MW Liberty and Patriot plants in Towanda and Williamsport, respectively—is turning once again to Siemens and Bechtel for a turnkey project. The three companies have partnered on several other plants in Texas and the northeast. Two of them, Panda Temple and Panda Sherman, were named 2015 POWER Top Plants.
“This is the seventh project that Panda has chosen to use Siemens’ advanced technology for our power projects,” said Todd Carter, Panda’s senior partner and president. “We have a great relationship with Siemens and look forward to working with them on the Hummel Station project.”
Siemens will supply the power island equipment, consisting of three SGT6-5000F gas turbines, one SST6-5000 steam turbine, three SGen6-1000A air-cooled generators, one hydrogen-cooled SGen6-2000H generator, three NEM DrumPlus heat recovery steam generators, and a SPPA-T3000 control system. The gas turbines, steam turbine, and generators will be manufactured at the Siemens Charlotte Energy Hub, which is the main production facility for Siemens’ 60-Hz generation business.
Investment banking firms Goldman Sachs, ICBC, and Investec acted as joint lead arrangers for the senior debt financing of the plant, raising debt capital totaling $710 million. Siemens Financial Services is also supporting the project with a $125 million equity investment.
Bechtel will be responsible for the engineering and procurement for the balance of the plant, and the installation, construction and commissioning of the facility.
Panda Hummel will access natural gas through the MARC 1 and Transcontinental regional gas pipelines, relying on ample gas supplies from the Marcellus region. It will also benefit from its close proximity to the Susquehanna-Roseland Electric Reliability Transmission Project, a recently completed 146-mile, 500-kV transmission line that was one of several projects fast-tracked by the Obama administration’s Rapid Response Team for Transmission.
The plant is expected to begin operations in early 2018, with construction taking approximately 30 months.
—Thomas W. Overton, JD is a POWER associate editor (@thomas_overton, @POWERmagazine).
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Today in the Mission Yearbook
Joy! ‘I’ve never received anything like this’
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That’s what pastor tells New Jersey congregation that gave individual gifts to every pastor in its presbytery
The letters with an individual check of $50 from Stewartsville Presbyterian Church, made out to every teaching elder in Newton Presbytery, came in the mail in May 2016, near the end of the church calendar year.
Yet six months later, the pastors who received the letters, and those who made the decision to give them, are still talking about them in ways that get at the heart of the gift of giving.
Video Embed: https://vimeo.com/193386153
“In the letter we made sure to say that the $50 was for the pastors to spend on themselves,” says the Rev. Stephen Choi. “It was not a pay-it-forward gift. It was intended to bless the person receiving it.”
After mailing the letters and checks to 68 pastors and chaplains—the combined total of the gift was $3,400—Choi says he and the congregation really didn’t think about it much and moved on to the next demands of ministry. They knew that some churches and pastors were struggling, but they never anticipated the responses they got.
In the next two to three weeks, notes and cards from those receiving the gifts poured into the church’s mailbox: messages expressing gratitude, speaking of how the letter and the check came when they were having a bad week or an anniversary of some sort.
One pastor spoke about how over Memorial Day weekend he was able to splurge. Instead of the usual hot dogs and hamburgers, he bought steaks for the family.
“Receiving those notes and cards was such a joy for me—and for our congregation,” says Choi. “I found myself waiting eagerly for the mail to arrive every day, so that I could open up more testimonies of how in some small way the Holy Spirit used us to bless teaching elders, pastors in our presbytery.”
One letter in particular made a powerful impression on Choi and the Stewartsville congregation. It came from Rev. Dr. Ed Halldorson at the Presbyterian Church of Chatham Township. He’s been in ministry for more than 40 years. “Since 1974,” is how he began his three-page, handwritten letter. “I’ve never received a gift quite like this.”
He wrote that he found the gift “truly remarkable” because it wasn’t a “church to church” gift” but “a church to every single pastor gift in the presbytery.” He was deeply touched to have his ministry “affirmed in this way.”
Halldorson spent his $50 on a video program on biblical archeology for a bible class he teaches. He even offered to co-teach it at Stewartsville as an expression of his thanks.
“Certainly this act as a congregation has strengthened our connections with the ministers and teaching elders in Newton Presbytery,” says Choi. “It’s opened a door for us to care a little bit more, to have a more real relationship with them.”
“I’m truly grateful,” adds Halldorson. “They reminded me of how happy and blessed I am to be a teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church.”
Paul Seebeck, mission communications strategist, Presbyterian News Service
Today’s Focus: Newton Presbytery
Let us join in prayer for:
The Presbytery of Newton Staff
Rev. Jeanne Radak, presbytery leader
Jeremy Campbell, stated clerk
Sonja Gaertner, office manager
Lizabeth Hutchinson, financial administrator
Rev. Stefanie Muntzel, resource center media coordinator
PC(USA) Mission Coworkers
Bernard Adeney-Risakotta, Indonesia
Farsijana Adeney-Risakotta, Indonesia
PC(USA) Agencies’ Staff
David Sedlak, PMA
Linda Seebantz, PMA
Holy and loving God, we are grateful that you are creating a future of home in our world. Thank you for working in our hearts and lives, imperfect though we are, to do transforming ministry. Give us courage to live from trust in your goodness and provision. Thanks be to God! Amen.
Morning Psalms 63; 149
First Reading Isaiah 56:1-8
Second Reading Galatians 5:25-6:10
Gospel Reading Mark 9:14-29
Evening Psalms 125; 90
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Mag ABCs: 38 of top actively purchased titles put on sales
Mag ABCs: Top current affairs titles all put on sales
Audience Data
Mag ABCs: NME down 17% as rock and film titles slump
By Press Gazette reporters Twitter
IPC Media's weekly rock magazine NME suffered a year-on-year circulation slump of 17.3 per cent in the first half of 2010 as sales of music and film titles slumped.
NME had an average weekly circulation of 33,875 in the six months to the end of June, according to figures released today by the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
Rivals to NME also suffered in a bad set of results for entertainment titles. Circulation of Bauer's Q Magazine dropped 10.7 per cent compared to the first half of 2009, taking it to an average of 89,450 per issue.
Mojo magazine, a stablemate of Q at Bauer, fell by 6.2 per cent year on year to a monthly circulation average of 91,678.
NME's sister title Uncut fared slightly better but still fell with a 3.2 per cent year-on-year drop to a monthly average circulation of 74,067. Bauer's heavy metal weekly Kerrang! increased its average per-issue circulation by 1.8 per cent to 44,013.
As for film titles, the situation is just as bad. Future Media's recently relaunched Total Film saw its sales fall by 10.5 per cent year on year to 76,088, although Future will be hoping the new-look title manages an uplift in the next ABC results in six months' time.
Bauer's Empire magazine fell by 7.7 per cent year on year to 179,064.
Gender pay gap figures in full: Conde Nast, Telegraph and Economist groups among worst offenders for pay disparity in UK media
Mag ABCs: 137 out 516 consumer mags put on circ year on year, full breakdown
Full breakdown of magazine sales for first half of 2012
Regional ABCs: 38 weeklies increase sales year-on-year
Music magazines (percentages represent year-on-year change)
The Fly – 108,207 (0.4%)
Mojo – 91,678 (-6.2%)
Q – 89,450 (-10.7%)
RWD -78,867 (1.7%)
Uncut – 74,067 (-3.2%)
Classic Rock – 70,323 (0.0%)
Metal Hammer – 44,034 (-4.3%)
Kerrang! – 44,013 (1.8%)
New Musical Express – 33,875 (-17.3%)
Film (percentages represent year-on-year change)
Empire – 179,064 (-7.7%)
Odeon Magazine – 174,920 (-12.5%)
Total Film – 76,088 (-10.5%)
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Government Boards Welcome More Islanders
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Islanders continue to have their voices heard on government agencies, boards and commissions through Engage PEI. Over 22 Islanders have been appointed or reappointed to nine boards this month. “It is absolutely tremendous to see that Islanders continue to help their communities and our province...
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Effective November 20, 2020, non-medical masks or face coverings will be mandatory in all indoor public spaces in Prince Edward Island. Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, says the change is, in large part, due to the surging COVID-19 cases across the country. “While many Islanders...
Islanders continue to join government boards
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New board for Charlottetown Area Development Corporation
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Following the reinstatement of the Charlottetown Area Development Corporation (CADC), a new private sector board is ready to lead the capital region in economic growth and innovation. The ten-person board consists of seven members from the Province, two members from the City of Charlottetown and...
Book release on PEI’s Famous Five celebrates Women’s History Month
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As part of Women’s History Month, a new book launch celebrates Prince Edward Island’s Famous Five and the contributions of these exceptional women leaders who made political history. Minister Natalie Jameson, joined by Premier Dennis King shared excerpts of this new resource with students from...
Statement by Premier King on Small Business Week
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Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King today issued the following statement recognizing Small Business Week, which runs from October 18-24, 2020: “Prince Edward Island and its communities have always been defined by small business, and Island entrepreneurs have always been a driving force for...
Premier King meets with Doug Newson, CEO of the Charlottetown Airport Authority
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Higher Hospital, Surgeon Volumes Linked to Improved Mitral Valve Surgery Outcomes
Associations seen for 30-day and 1-year mortality
Mitral valve surgery success rates, as measured by successful valve repair and reduced mortality, were significantly better when procedures were performed at high-volume hospitals by more experienced surgeons in an analysis of U.S. clinical registry data.
Among patients undergoing valve surgery for severe primary degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR), increasing hospital and surgeon volumes were associated with lower risk-adjusted 30-day mortality, lower 30-day composite mortality and morbidity, and higher rates of successful repair in the study, which included more than 55,000 patients, treated at close to 1,200 hospitals.
The lowest versus highest hospital volume quartile had a higher 1-year risk-adjusted mortality (hazard ratio, 1.61, 95% CI, 1.31-1.98).
A significant, nonlinear association was also seen between surgeon mitral valve repair or replacement (MVRR) surgical volume and 30-day mortality, 30-day composite outcome and 30-day successful mitral valve repair in the study of data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, published July 1 in JAMA Cardiology.
“A significant hospital and surgeon volume-outcome association was identified for the primary outcome of operative mortality, as well as for the secondary outcome of composite in-hospital morbidity plus operative mortality, successful mitral valve repair of primary mitral regurgitation, and 1-year mortality, but not for 1-year mitral valve re-operation or hospitalization for heart failure,” wrote researcher Vinay Badhwar, MD, of West Virginia University, Morgantown, and colleagues.
They added that the study findings “may provide further support for efforts to regionalize mitral valve surgery” for primary mitral regurgitation, including for asymptomatic patients who meet guideline criteria for mitral valve repair or for patients seeking minimally-invasive- or robotic surgeries.
“Such cases may be better suited to experienced mitral valve surgeons and centers based on volume,” Badhwar and colleagues wrote.
Prior to the study’s publication, contemporary volume-outcome associations for mitral valve surgery had not been accessed at the national level. Likewise, the identification of “mitral reference centers” has not been backed by rigorous data, the researchers wrote.
“This important information has the potential to shape quality improvement, patient-physician referral patterns and resource allocation regarding the management of primary mitral regurgitation,” they wrote.
Their multicenter, cross-sectional, observational study included data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons database on patients undergoing isolated MVRR for primary mitral regurgitation between mid-2o11 through 2016.
The analysis included 55,311 isolated mitral valve operations for primary mitral regurgitation performed during the period.
Annualized hospital volume of mitral valve surgery was analyzed both as a continuous variable and as a categorical variable in quartiles.
The median annual hospital MVRR volume among the 1,094 hospitals included in the analysis was 23 (patho, 11-46), and the median annual surgeon MVRR volume was 12 (IQR, 5-25). Quartiles were chosen to ensure an adequate number of hospitals in each volume category and to protect hospital identify.
In a comparison of the lowest versus highest quartiles with regard to procedure volume:
Adjusted 30-day mortality after isolated MVRR for primary mitral regurgitation was greater in the lowest hospital volume quartile (1.36%; 95% CI, 1.12%-1.66%), compared with the highest hospital volume quartile (0.72%; 95% CI, 0.61%-0.84% (adjusted OR, 2.06; 95% CI, 1.47-2.90).
At 1-year follow-up, the lowest hospital-volume quartile had increased risk adjusted mortality (9.58%; 95% CI, 7.86%-11.27%) compared with the highest volume quartile (6.20%; 95% CI, 5.82%- 6.58%) (HR, 1.61, 95% CI, 1.31-1.98).
There was no significant difference in 1-year rates of hospitalization for heart failure between the lowest hospital volume quartile (9.24%; 95% CI, 7.13%-11.30%) and the highest volume quartile (7.47%; 95% CI, 7.02%-7.92%) (HR, 1.25; 95% CI, 0.96-1.64).
Among surgeons, adjusted 30-day mortality was increased in the lowest surgical volume quartile (1.53%; 95% CI, 1.24%-1.89%) compared with the highest volume quartile (0.99%; 95% CI, 0.87%-1.13%) (adjusted OR, 2.25; 95% CI, 1.68-3.01).
Adjusted 30-day composite mortality plus morbidity (defined by bleeding, stroke, prolonged ventilation, renal failure or deep wound infection) was increased in the lowest volume quartile (12.57%; 95% CI, 11.58%-13.65%) compared with the highest volume quartile (9.91%; 95% CI, 9.46%-10.38%) (adjusted OR, 1.72; 95%CI, 1.50-1.98).
The study by Badhwar and colleagues provides guidance on the optimal surgical management of primary mitral regurgitation.
In a perspective article, published in the same issue of JAMA Cardiology, Yogesh Reddy, MBBS, and Rick Nishimura, MD, of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, weighed in on the identification and treatment of patients with secondary mitral regurgitation, which, until recently, was considered manageable with medical therapy alone.
That changed somewhat with the late 2018 publication of the COAPT trial, “which showed that percutaneous treatment of refractory secondary mitral regurgitation improves symptoms and survival,” they wrote.
“It is clear that severe secondary MR in the setting of new-onset cardiomyopathy frequently resolves with aggressive medical management,” they wrote. “But there remains a subset of patients in whom severe secondary MR persists despite the best existing medical therapy, who may then benefit from correction of the MR.”
Reddy and Nishimura wrote that it is now clear that secondary MR is “pathophysiologically diverse.”
“In patients with ventricular functional MR, aggressive guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) should be applied, because many will respond to this therapy alone,” they wrote, adding that other interventions, including catheter-based therapy, may needed in the patients who do not respond.
“It is possible that other forms of secondary MR, such as eccentric ischemic MR or atrial functional MR, in which the anatomical predisposition to MR is somewhat independent of global ventricular remodeling, may be less amenable to GDMT directed toward LV reverse remodeling. These patients require either (1) treatment of a possible reversible causative mechanism (ischemia or atrial fibrillation) or (2) direct intervention or the MR itself,” they wrote.
Reddy and Nishimura concluded that future research should address important unanswered questions regarding secondary MR, including which patients are the best candidates for alternative procedures such as transcatheter mitral valve repair.
Greater hospital and surgeon volumes were associated with lower risk-adjusted 30-day mortality, lower 30-day composite mortality and morbidity among patients undergoing surgery for primary degenerative mitral regurgitation.
The national study findings could inform quality improvement, patient-physician referral patterns and resource allocation regarding the management of primary mitral regurgitation, the researchers concluded.
Salynn Boyles, Contributing Writer, BreakingMED™
This research was funded by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
Lead researcher Vinay Badwar reported receiving nonfinancial support from Abbott Laboratories unrelated to this research. Principal researcher David M. Shahian reported no relevant conflicts of interest. Other researchers reported receiving financial support from pharmaceutical companies unrelated to this research.
Editorial writers’ Yogesh Reddy and Rick Nishimura reported no relevant conflicts of interest.
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What is the Reef Alliance: Growing a Great Barrier Reef Project?
Reef Alliance partners are committed to a shared vision and with the announcement of Reef Trust III funding, 12 of the 14 Reef Alliance partners chose to work together to submit one collaborative bid. The Reef Trust III initiative supports support cane farmers to move beyond industry best practice, reduce erosion loss from grazing lands and maintaining water quality improvement momentum in grains, dairy and horticulture.
The collaborative application was successful and in May 2016, the Reef Alliance: Growing a Great Barrier Reef Project (GGBR) commenced. The GGBR project is a balanced and integrated approach to advance farmer practices beyond industry best management practice (BMP) and fast track the implementation of innovative practices. It builds on the last eight years of collaborative partnership to implement one integrated project that encourages consistent approaches, creates efficiencies and avoids duplication. The project aligns to targets within the Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan and the Reef Water Quality Protection Plan.
The GGBR project will invest $45.6M to support 1,196 farmers and graziers improve their practices over 1,841,480ha across 33 Great Barrier Reef catchments by June 30, 2019. The program targets five agriculture commodities:
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The Reef Alliance represents an effective and ground-breaking development in catchment landscape management in Australia by bringing together industry, regional NRM bodies and the conservation sector with a common goal of assisting to secure the future health of the Reef.
The partnership provides a mechanism to lead and co-ordinate an adaptive program of land use change and to monitor, evaluate and report those changes at a local and Reef wide scale.
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We strive to ensure the long term growth, viability, competitiveness and profitability of broad acre industries of cattle, grain, sheep and wool in Queensland.
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We advance the interests of Australian banana growers through effective leadership and representation that ensures a strong industry future.
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BMRG delivers practical solutions that protect and enhance our region’s natural assets. We seek to build and maintain strong, strategic partnerships with government, industry and local communities and develop targeted programs that meet specific natural resource management needs.
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We build partnerships to secure the health of our natural resources (including water, soil and biodiversity) and provide planning direction, information, advice and practical support to those interested in NRM in our region.
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Delivery partners work with their local communities to implement a mix of extension, incentive and innovative activities aimed at improving the quality of water entering the receiving waters of the GBR. Reef Alliance delivery partners work with their stakeholders to ensure the project includes locally relevant information and the activities are appropriate for the region. All activities align with the Water Quality Risk Frameworks developed by the QLD Governments Paddock to Reef Program and the four regional Water Quality Improvement Plans.
The Reef Alliance Project Management Committee oversee the projects delivery and provides the higher level governance. There are a number of operational groups that aim to ensure consistency, where possible, across the project area, tracks progress towards to targets and provide opportunities for knowledge sharing.
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Voestalpine’s RFID delivers digital efficiency
Freight wagons will become ‘virtually intelligent’ thanks to the application of Big Data – that’s the key message from one of the industry’s leading freight logisticians. Peter Boom, of Voestalpine Signaling, says infrastructures are in place for successfully sharing data across the supply chain.
Through Voestalpine’s cutting-edge work in the field of developing wireless systems, such as the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), the railway freight sector is on the cusp of undergoing tangible changes in how rail freight is being digitised for more efficiency. RFID harnesses magnetic fields to identify and localise objects fitted with transponders
Speaking at the Intelligent Rail Summit in Naples, Italy, which took place from November 22-24, he said that data had not yet been used in ways that brought the most benefits for stakeholders, but that that was changing.
Train wayside monitoring systems
“It is about ‘virtual intelligence’ – we are not making the wagons themselves intelligent, but rather we are now carrying data around the wagons and making it easier to share that information,” he added. “We are detecting the condition of the wagons using our wayside train monitoring systems (WTMS) and, by identifying the owner, using RFID we link it to the people in the supply chain who can then access the information to organise their rolling stock maintenance more efficiently.”
Peter, with 25 years’ experience in the rail logistics industry, spoke on the third and final day of the summit, when the focus was on the application and advances of ‘Big Data’ across the rail sector.
Until now, he asserted, the deployment of RFID has been far from fully realised in the freight sector, but that is starting to change. One element is the development of new Ultra High Frequency (UHF) tags, offering a much higher specifications interface.
‘Virtually intelligent’
“Better quality data can now be wagon-linked and shared more easily,” said Peter. “We are enabling freight wagons to become intelligent – virtually intelligent – without needing to actually touch them.”
Peter’s key message was that freight wagons will become ‘virtually intelligent’ by enabling identification using optical recognition and RFID, allowing data to be collected wirelessly and being available to providers and fleet owners through subscription-led online applications.
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SeaWorld Abu Dhabi: Marine Life Adventure
This article was published on November 29th, 2020
The world’s most famous marine life park is coming to the UAE capital offering unrivaled entertainment. Yas Island is already one of the hottest entertainment hubs in the country; with the addition of SeaWorld, it will be phenomenal.
The SeaWorld project in Abu Dhabi is shaping up to be one of the highly-anticipated tourist attractions in the region. We’ve got all the juicy details for you right here!
SeaWorld Abu Dhabi is located in the heart of Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, currently under construction.
What It’s All About
SeaWorld has been entertaining guests in the US since the seventies and it’s about time it opened its doors on the other side of the world.
Records will be broken left and right! SeaWorld Abu Dhabi is the first SeaWorld planned to open outside North America in a span of 30 years.
Aside from being a theme park, SeaWorld Abu Dhabi will also be the very first dedicated research facility in the UAE for the rescue, rehabilitation, and return of marine life.
How Big Is It
SeaWorld Abu Dhabi has an impressive area of about 183,000 sqm. With over 55 years of massive experience building habitats for marine life, the park’s design will be built expertly to provide safety and wildlife-like environments for many species.
Who Is Behind It
The main SeaWorld Abu Dhabi contractor is Miral in partnership with SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment.
The next-generation leisure destination will feature many surprises for guests, and you can expect only world-class entertainment.
Visitors to SeaWorld on Yas Island can expect an immersive experience that tells a unified “One Ocean” story. SeaWorld is divided into six realms that showcase how all life on this Earth is interconnected.
“One Ocean” aims to raise knowledge and love to the amazing life under the sea—“We are connected to the Ocean, and the Ocean connects all of us.”
Among its many attractions announced so far are the following:
Mega Aquarium
SeaWorld Abu Dhabi will be home to one of the biggest state-of-the-art marine aquariums on the planet! We can’t wait.
Exclusive Rides
It’s a theme park after all, right? Adventure seekers will find a wide range of fun rides at SeaWorld Abu Dhabi.
Marine Exhibits
Details are still under wraps, but you can expect many exhibits at SeaWorld Abu Dhabi that will surely take your breath away.
SeaWorld Abu Dhabi is set for completion at the end of 2022. It can’t be here fast enough! The excitement is killing us.
Miral announced that construction at SeaWorld Abu Dhabi is currently at 40% completion.
Did you know that Yas Island is already home to Ferrari World Abu Dhabi and Yas Waterworld? The island is on its way to get ahead of Dubai! SeaWorld Abu Dhabi will make sure of it.
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How Will International Border Closures Affect Australian Property Markets?
May 5, 2020 Propertyology Head of Research and REIA Hall of Famer, Simon Pressley
Boy oh boy, have things changed? Or have they?
In anticipation of coronavirus penetrating our borders and causing some temporary disruption, Propertyology produced a ‘Safe As Houses [COVID-19]’ video on 10 March.
The world then quickly closed in, having a much bigger impact on Australian life than most of us ever imagined. Sport at all levels was completely closed and, on 23 March, the federal government mandated that all pubs and restaurants were closed. We were told that the nation may be in complete lock-down for 6-months or more. Whoa!
Within just a few weeks, the minds of many suddenly were predicting that the arse would fall out of all property markets.
It never ceases to amaze me how quickly people can jump to conclusions. Some people will quickly latch on to ONE thing (almost always an anticipated negative trend) and then punch out a doom-and-gloom prediction.
It’s only a couple of months ago that Propertyology described property market fundamentals in Australia as the best they’ve been for more than a decade.
Subsequent to producing that research report, 8 out of 8 capital cities and an overwhelming majority of Australia’s non-capital locations produced an increase in median house price in the month of February while quarterly capital growth rates suggested that large parts of Australia were running at double-digit price growth. How easily some forget!
If there’s one thing I have learned as a professional property market analyst, it’s that the property market of each individual town or city is akin to a big jigsaw puzzle with numerous pieces. One must (calmly) bring together all of the pieces to (objectively) complete the full picture.
One such puzzle piece which has somewhat reshaped the picture is the closure of international borders for, who knows, maybe a year. The impact on property markets will be both direct (through reduced demand for shelter) and indirect (through the reduced revenue to Australian businesses). It will have different levels of intensity in different cities.
Globalisation, particularly post-GFC, produced a huge surge in demand for international residents visiting Australia for a variety of reasons.
Common purposes for visiting Australia include holidays, studying at our universities, catching up with family and friends who live here, doing business here, attending conferences and sporting events.
Airport Trade
Of the 163 million individual passengers through Australian airports in the 2019 financial year, 42 million (or 26 per cent) were international passengers (inbound and outbound combined). Sydney and Melbourne account for a whopping 28.2 million international passengers.
As a percentage of their respective total inbound passenger volumes, the Australian airports that rely most on international passengers are Sydney (38 percent), Perth (35 percent), Melbourne (30 percent) and Brisbane (26 percent). Gold Coast (15 percent), Cairns and Adelaide (both 13 percent) also have some international popularity.
Hobart airport doesn’t currently offer a direct international link, but it does have a plan to commence international flights upon completion of a $100 million airport upgrade in December 2020 and double passenger volumes within a decade.
Overseas Migration
Over the last 10-years ending September 2019, Australia’s population increased by an average of 369,000 people per year, with 60 percent coming from net migration.
The potential that international borders might remain closed for (say) a year is all that some commentators need to conclude that those 220,000 migrants who don’t relocate here over the next 12-months is enough to cause property prices to tank.
220,000 people equates to demand for 85,000 dwellings. In a nation with more than 10.3 million dwellings, this is less than 1 percent – barely a drop in the ocean.
Population growth is a very long way down the list of biggest influences on property prices.
As illustrated in the above chart, 2002 to 2005 was the most prosperous era in Australian real estate, yet the nation’s population growth rate in those years was among our lowest.
Given that almost all overseas migrants rent property (as opposed to buy), it’s the rental market (as opposed to property values) that is likely to be more impacted by border closures. As for specifically where, the chart below highlights overseas migration’s contribution to population growth in our capital cities along with the biggest beneficiaries in regional locations last year.
Unquestionably, the industry with the biggest initial hit by COVID-19 was tourism.
Closing international borders means that the circa 400,000 monthly international tourists and conference-goers won’t be spending money in Australia.
Tourism Australia claims that international tourism contributes $39 billion annually, or 8 per cent of total exports. That’s enough coin (in just one year) to fund a collection of nation-building infrastructure projects that includes Melbourne Metro ($11B), the Inland Rail Project ($10B), Sydney’s new airport ($8B), Snowy Hydro 2.0 ($6B) and Brisbane’s Cross River Rail ($5B).
Information from Tourism Australia suggests that the most visited locations by internationals are Sydney (25 per cent), Melbourne (18 per cent), Brisbane (9 per cent), Gold Coast (7 per cent), and Perth (6 per cent). Less than 3 per cent of international tourists had Adelaide, Hobart, Canberra or Darwin as their main destination.
Some locations have a more diverse economy than others. When Propertyology reviewed how much international tourists spent in each location on a dollars-per-resident-population basis, the locations to be affected most by the (temporary) international tourism closure are Broome WA, Cairns QLD, Whitsundays QLD, South Coast NSW and the Great Ocean Road VIC regions.
The closure of international (and domestic) tourism has resulted in many of the circa 150,000 dwellings that were listed with Air BNB and Stayz now advertising in the conventional long-term rental market. But for how long?
Once isolation measures relax, there’s a good chance that domestic tourism may experience a boom. Think about it, would you rather remain cooped up at home or having a relaxing holiday in beautiful Cairns or Tasmania?
To get the national and state economies pumping again, I’d love to see the biggest portion of future government stimulus packages invested in tourism-related initiatives.
The estimated 650,000 international students that have chosen to learn their craft at one of our universities are a significant portion of Australia’s 2.4 million temporary visa holders.
The industry contributes $40 billion to the national economy – big bikkies!
It looks highly likely that Australia will miss out on international students spending their pay packets in our university cities for the entire 2020 calendar year.
The same applies to lost revenue through their family and friends visiting the Land Down Under.
While many international students live on campus, there will always be a portion who prefer to rent a conventional dwelling, predominantly an inner-city apartment.
This would partly explain the big spike in rental listings in locations highlighted in the above chart. Sydney and Melbourne are again heavily impacted!
Locations that had low residential vacancy rates immediately prior to COVID-19 are best placed to absorb reduced rental demand from the international student market and some increased supply through Air BNB.
Sydney is the biggest worry here. It entered the COVID-19 isolation period after reaching an all-time record high vacancy rate late last year.
Conversely, Adelaide, Canberra and Hobart along with large parts of regional Australia had incredibly low vacancy rates prior to the arrival of the germ.
There’s no question that Australia will be dealing with significant economic challenges caused by COVID-19 for several years to come. But I have a contrarian opinion to the majority of commentators who have a doomsday forecast for national property markets.
From a property market perspective, COVID-19 is a short-term attack on household incomes.
There will be some property market casualties. The most vulnerable to the germ are the locations with the highest mortgages to service and / or the highest rents to pay.
Other layers of vulnerability to evaluate include localised exposures to overseas migration, international tourism and international students.
Yes, there have been up to 50 percent of Australian households who have taken a significant hit to the household budget. But the Job Seeker, Job Keeper and other support packages will be sufficient for the majority of tenants and property owners in affordable locations to ride out this temporary (albeit incredibly unsettling) inconvenience.
Those who really want to know what lies ahead for property markets must first stop thinking about broad-brush national commentary.
There are always numerous factors that influence the supply and the demand side of the property equation. The collective sum of all of these factors will be very different in each of the 185 individual Australian towns and cities.
Instead of focusing on what’s happening right now, my focus is on the probable community response as isolation measures progressively relax, along with an expectation that international border closures aren’t permanent!
I can’t emphasise enough how important it is to have a clear understanding of what the property market fundamentals looked like in each town and city immediately prior to the arrival of COVID-19 [see here].
Those who do so in an unbiased manner will understand why Sydney and Melbourne were already several years away from their next growth cycle – the contents of this report adds another layer of challenges for those two cities.
Large parts of Australia, while it won’t feel like it in the emotion of this moment, still have an exciting property market outlook.
To help reboot economies across the country, out the other side of our cocoons will be another series of targeted stimulus packages.
Health, education and professional services will always be staples of an economy. Agriculture, domestic tourism, natural resources, defence and parts of Australia’s manufacturing sector have opportunities ahead of them.
Having been forced to work from home for weeks on end, many Australians will be re-evaluating their priorities and questioning whether they really need to live in a congested city, with long commute times each day and a high mortgage to pay. This will define a new trend in housing demand.
Beat The Seagulls
As jobs and our civil liberties progressively return during the coming weeks and months, real estate activity from buyers and renters will quickly increase.
Active participants will be greeted by all-time record low interest rates, first home buyer initiatives and rental incomes which are higher than interest expenses. Exciting stuff!
As clearly illustrated in the above chart, the very low volume of properties listed for sale before the arrival COVID-19 is now even lower. Much lower!
For me, the demand side response combined with the incredibly low supply makes it obvious that there will be instant pressure on real estate prices in several towns and cities across Australia. Price growth is likely to occur quickly and strongly.
In addition to record low supply of properties listed for sale nationally, the evidence also confirms a sharp reduction in the volume of new dwelling supply (above).
Finally, don’t be fooled by the current rental market commentary. Many of the locations that have shown signs of softening during April are temporary.
At a macro level, the evidence below clearly highlights tight national rental supply.
Propertyology’s buyer’s agents are in daily contact with property managers in various parts of Australia. At an individual town and city level, there’s a considerable amount of pressure on rents and we haven’t experienced any insurmountable challenges with tenants.
We are excited by the prospect of helping everyday Aussie property investors to take advantage of this unique opportunity to plant a seed for their future before the seagulls arrive and start forcing prices higher.
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Film Foundry Runs ISahara/I with Fairlight
Charlotte, NC (November 16, 2007)--The Film Foundry recently finished post production on Running the Sahara, a documentary chronicling an expedition across the Sahara desert, on the facility's two CC-1 powered Fairlight Constellation systems. The Film Foundry's two Constellations are both three-bay frames equipped with 24 faders.
Paul Maraio, senior audio designer at the Charlotte, NC- based Film Foundry did post production for Running the Sahara on the facility’s two CC-1 powered Fairlight Constellation systems.Charlotte, NC (November 16, 2007)–The Film Foundry recently finished post production on Running the Sahara, a documentary chronicling an expedition across the Sahara desert, on the facility’s two CC-1 powered Fairlight Constellation systems. The Film Foundry’s two Constellations are both three-bay frames equipped with 24 faders.
Running the Sahara was narrated by Academy Award-winner Matt Damon and directed by Academy Award-winner James Moll. Hans Zimmer provided the score. Paul Maraio, senior audio designer at the Charlotte, NC-based facility, mixed and mastered the documentary in 5.1.
“With locations that sometimes included sandstorms, you could imagine the challenges as far as audio clean up,” said Maraio. “Considering we had a deadline to make the Toronto Film Festival, we were under the gun. I can’t say enough about our Fairlight systems. They delivered in spades!”
According to Film Foundry, the track capacity of the Fairlight DAW software eliminated the need for any additional playback devices. Support for VST plug-ins let the team use tools such as noise-reduction and reverb without resorting to outboard gear. Working on a tight deadline, and with multiple picture changes, the ability to import OMF files and QuickTime videos proved essential.
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All-Star 2016/Columns/Put Backs/Toronto NBA All-Star Weekend 2016
Why Kyle Lowry gets my #NBAVote
by Blake Murphy
I should preface all of this by saying that I don’t care all that much about who starts the All-Star Game, or even who makes it.
With the 2016 game in Toronto, it would certainly be great for a pair of Raptors to represent the team and city in Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan. They’re also both deserving of a spot, with each ranking among the four best guards in the Eastern Conference so far this season. Either missing out – a real possibility if Lowry doesn’t get the necessary last-minute push to jump Kyrie Irving – would be disappointing, especially since Irving has played so little and Dwyane Wade has been good but not quite on their level.
At the same time, the game is for the fans as Cleveland Cavaliers twitter has been quick to remind us, and Irving is a ridiculously entertaining player. Wade has also done enough that you forgive fans for giving him the legacy vote, especially since he’s still playing well. Lowry himself has said he’s not too worried about ti, because the fans can vote for who the fans want to vote for, and despite dunking in 2015 All-Star Game, Lowry’s style maybe isn’t flashy enough for some in such a showcase. Given all of that and the very real potential the coaches vote both Lowry and DeRozan in, or that an additional spot opens up due to injury, allowing commissioner Adam Silver to give the aggrieved party a place, I won’t get too worked up either way when the results are announced Thursday night on TNT.
With that said, Lowry is deserving of starting the 2016 NBA All-Star Game, and here’s hoping Raptors fans give the necessary Monday push to see him jump Irving. This happened last year, too, with Lowry getting a very late push to surpass Wade, and the Raptors’ media machine still has a few bullets in the chamber, like a Drake tweet (why post on Instagram where likes don’t count as votes, Papi?). The Golden State Warriors fanbase has also gotten behind Lowry as an F-you to the Cavaliers, which could provide a nice little boost. Voting is open until 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, so there’s a lot of time.
However one decides to cast their ballot, so long as it’s based on merit and not entertainment or legacy, Lowry grades out incredibly well. The battle between him, John Wall, Jimmy Butler, and DeRozan for the two guard spots is incredibly close, and on straight statistics, it’s hard to make a wrong choice.
In terms of basic numbers, who you prefer from that group will come down largely to personal preference. Lowry and Butler have been a little more efficient scoring; Lowry and Wall distribute more, with Wall owning a major edge there; Lowry and Butler have a shade more scoring volume; Lowry, Wall, and Butler create a lot of steals. It goes on. If the first place you look is essentially the back of a basketball card, you don’t come out with much better an idea of who is most deserving (Butler probably gets the edge, but they’re all close).
So what’s the next step? From there, you can look at more advanced metrics. Advanced stats, especially ones that try to capture performance in a single metric, aren’t for everyone, and they should never be used alone without the proper context. Real Plus-Minus, DRE, Win Shares, BPM…none of these are a mic drop at all. What they are, though, is another tool to try to separate a very tight group, looking at their performances through a slightly different lens. Using those tools, Lowry’s standing is improved even further. (I’m using totals here rather than per-minute or per-game versions of the metrics because playing more games and more minutes matters – my All-Star vote is descriptive and cumulative, who has done the most to date.)
I realize that without the proper context for the uninitiated, the numbers within that table have little meaning. It’s beyond the scope of this article to explain them, but as a point of reference, every cell in the box is a top-50 mark except for DeRozan’s DRE and Wall’s Win Shares. Every cell for Lowry and Butler represents a top-10 mark in the NBA. In other words, the metrics mostly agree that all four players have been great, and they unanimously agree that Lowry and Butler have been two of the league’s best players.
These metrics may also help us get a better grasp of defensive contributions, though I think most have an idea of where those four stand. Butler is an elite perimeter defender, Wall is an excellent defender at the point, Lowry is a good defender who causes a lot of havoc, and DeRozan is somewhere around average. They probably rank in that order, though it’s worth noting that Lowry’s defense this season has rebounded after a down 2014-15, and he and Wall are probably closer this year than reputation may suggest (although it certainly helps that Cory Joseph is around to take the load off for the 14 minutes they share the floor).
From here, we can start to add some team context. Butler’s leading the league in minutes on a team that sits third in the conference with a 23-16 record, a team on which he is both the best scorer and the best defender. Wall has carried a team that would be woeful without him, but they’re just 19-20, sitting outside of a playoff spot. Lowry and DeRozan have each other to help shoulder the load, which some may see as a shot against them, but they’ve also done so for the conference’s No. 2 team, a 25-15 outfit that ranks in the top 10 on both ends of the floor. The gap between Toronto and Chicago is as narrow as the gap between all of the candidates, and Wall may actually deserve more credit for his circumstances. All four are taking on obscene workloads. In other words, how you want to spin the team context of each, if you even care about such a thing for All-Star voting, is really up to you.
The crux of my argument for Lowry comes down to a bit of team context that also serves to bump DeRozan down a peg. I don’t set out to do that, but the best case to make for Lowry is how much he lifts the play of the Raptors, with or without DeRozan. First, a quick look at how the contenders impact their team, most of which is captured by the advanced metrics above. As with all things, it’s necessary to understand these on-off numbers within the context that they exist. These aren’t mic drops, they’re just descriptions of what’s happened.
Lowry’s impact seems much larger through this lens. It’s magnified even more when you look at the impact Lowry has had on each individual Raptor in the rotation. All four players raise their team’s offense, but even Wall, an elite passer, only raises his team’s true-shooting percentage by 0.9 percentage points.
Lowry lifts the Raptors by seven points per-100 possessions on offense (there is some inconsistency between tables due to differences at Basketball Reference and NBA.com in terms of calculating possessions) and raises the team’s true-shooting percentage by 2.6 percentage points. Five of the team’s eight primary rotation players see an increase in true shooting with Lowry and six see a bump in offensive rating (I’m excluding Valanciunas here only because he’s hardly played without Lowry). There is nobody for whom you’d say Lowry has a negative impact overall except for James Johnson, and his positive impact on several players is profound. To a man, the Raptors are much, much better with Lowry.
I struggled with whether or not to include an intangible element here or not, because Lowry is the Raptors. I wrote earlier this season that he couldn’t be more of an avatar for this team if he were literally a Raptor, and his toughness, desire, and refusal to quit, even when down big, have helped carve out this team’s identity. He’s the guy on the floor for loose balls, he’s the guy making wild forays to the rim when the team desperately needs a bucket, he’s the guy rallying his teammates and acting as an extension of Dwane Casey on the floor, and he’s the guy making sure there’s no such thing as too comfortable a lead or too daunting a hole. He’s a very good team’s unquestioned leader and best player, and that’s what an All-Star should be. Alas, you can strike this paragraph from the record – the other candidates are all probably those things, too, and without going into the trenches with the fans of another team, we can’t really sit back and say Lowry means more to the Raptors than Wall or Butler to the Wizards or Bulls on an intangible, character, or identity level.
Still, even without that extra edge, Lowry’s deserving of the start in the All-Star Game. He’s been exceptional, he’s raised a good team to very good and done so at both ends of the floor, and he’s made everyone around him better for it. Kyle Lowry Over Everything, including John Wall and teammate DeMar DeRozan, and especially over Kyrie Irving.
I’ll do a full All-Star ballot next week before the reserves are announced, but here are my starters based on merit:
G: Kyle Lowry
G: Jimmy Butler (sorry)
F: LeBron James
F: Chris Bosh
F: Paul Millsap
G: Steph Curry
G: Russell Westbrook
F: Kawhi Leonard
F: Kevin Durant
F: Draymond Green
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Large detailed map of the archipelago of the Caroline Islands located in Micronesia, engraved by Ambroise Tardieu and included in the official account of the Commander Duperrey during the expedition of the corvette La Coquille .
The map also covers the archipelagos of the Mariana Islands with Guam, the Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), and the Marshall Islands.
The map shows the routes of explorers and navigators who explored these archipelagos between 1606 and 1828.
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Missions Catholiques De La Melanesie, Micronesie et Polynesie (Oceanie)
Rare map showing the Catholic Missions on New Zealand, the Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fijian Islands, the Marquesas, and a number of other islands, with a general map in the center, published as a Supplement to the Journal Les Missions Catholiques in Paris.
Carte D'Amerique divisee en ses Principaux Etats, Avec les Nouvelles Decouvertes faites au Nord Et dans La Mer du Sud Par les plus celebres Navigateurs . . . 1823
A fascinating early 19th Century reissue by the French firm of Chez Jean of the 1787 Clouet, revised to include the first voyage of Captain Cook.
Mare Del Sud Detto Altrimente Mare Pacifico
Striking Coronelli Map of the South Seas Showing the Latest Dutch Discoveries
Charte von Australien berichtigt im November 1812 . . .
Fine map of Oceana, issued shortly after Krusenstern's voyage to the region.
Carte Generale de la Nouvelle Hollande et des Archipels Du Grand Ocean, qui sont au norde et a l'est de cette terre; Dressee, en 1807, Pour servir au Voyage du Contre-Amiral Bruny Dentrecasteaux, fait, Par Ordre du Gouvernement, en 1791, 1792 et 1793; Par C.F. Beautemps-Beaupre . . .
Rare Separately Issued Example of the Entrecasteaux-eautemps-Beaupre Chart of Australia, New Zealand, etc.
General Charte von Australien Nach ne neuesten Entdeckungs Reisen und astronischen Bestimungen…1803
Nice example of Reinecke's map of the Western Pacific Ocean, Australia, Southeast Asia, etc.
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WWE NXT Live Results – January 1st, 2020
by Adam Dunnellson January 1, 2020 January 1, 2020 at 7:00 pm
Welcome to Ringside News’ coverage of WWE NXT. Please keep refreshing throughout the show for constant updates once it kicks off at 8:00 PM EST
New year, new decade, and a new episode of NXT. This week, WWE is giving their black and gold performers the night off and we are getting a “best of” episode, along with a few major announcements.
Tonight, we are getting a re-broadcast of three of the biggest NXT matches this year. One of the matches has been announced – the first-ever Women’s WarGames match. The other two matches have not been announced.
We are also going to have the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic teams revealed tonight. WWE has not said if they are going to announce a bracket as well, but we will at least know the teams after tonight.
Finally, the NXT Year-End Awards will be announced tonight. The WWE Universe has voted for weeks, and we will hear the results for things like Rivalry of the Year, Tag Team of the Year, Overall Competitor of the Year, and more.
All of this happens tonight as WWE kicks off the new decade, and we will cover it all here when NXT goes live tonight at 8:00 PM EST.
Opening Segment
Pat McAfee does a voice-over for a series of clips covering the biggest moments of NXT of 2019.
Pat McAfee, Cathy Kelley, and Sam Roberts are in a studio, and this will be our hub for the next two hours. Roberts, Kelley, and McAfee talk about the year that NXT has had and all of the action that we are going to see in the next two hours.
The 3rd-best match of the year is the four-way tag team title ladder match for the NXT Tag Team Championships from NXT TakeOver XXV, and we see a large chunk of that match. The replay runs through two commercial breaks.
Next, McAfee, Kelley, and Roberts name the tag team of the year. The nominees are Street Profits, Grizzled Young Veterans, Viking Raiders, Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster, and Undisputed Era.
Winner: Undisputed Era
The Undisputed Era are shown in the empty Full Sail arena with all of the gold. They walk down the entrance ramp in suits carrying their titles and enter the ring, accepting the golden bells from William Regal. Regal is visually reluctant to give them up.
O’Reilly brags that it says that while the title is “Tag Team of the Year,” it should say “Brotherhood of the Year,” as any combination of them is “world-class.” Regal hands the bells to Fish and O’Reilly and then leaves the ring. The Undisputed Era hug in the ring and we go to commercial.
Back from commercial, and they present the Male Competitor of the Year Award. The nominees are Adam Cole, WALTER, Johnny Gargano, Velveteen Dream, Tyler Bate, and Tommaso Ciampa.
Winner: Adam Cole
The Undisputed Era return to the Full Sail arena. They come down to the ring again, this time with Fish and O’Reilly holding their golden bells. William Regal is holding the bell again, and this time Adam Cole takes it out of his hand. After his acceptance speech, The Undisputed Era hug in the ring again.
Female Competitor of the Year is next. The nominees are Shayna Baszler, Io Shirai, Toni Storm, Kay Lee Ray, Bianca Belair, and Rhea Ripley.
Winner: Shayna Baszler
Back in the Full Sail arena, Shayna comes down the ramp with Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir in tow. Shayna accepts her award from Regal, and talks about how she is the most dominant woman in all of NXT, and if you think that will change just because she lost the championship, “Think again.” Then, we go to commercial
Back from commercial, and they award the Rivalry of the Year Award.
Winner: Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano
Gargano comes down to the ring with a black suit and an NXT pin. Johnny Gargano accepts the first bell from William Regal and remains in the ring while Adam Cole comes down to the ring alone. Cole stands on the other side of Regal and accepts the other golden bell.
Gargano and Cole argue and Gargano teases getting in Cole’s face. Cole backs up and William Regal sort of steps between them.
Back in the studio, and Cathy Kelley tosses to the second-best match of the year, the Women’s WarGames match. The match goes through two commercial breaks.
Next up, Future Star of the Year Award. The nominees are Kushida, Tegan Nox, Cameron Grimes, Dakota Kai, Isaiah “Swerve” Scott, Xia Li, Taynara, Bronson Reed, and Ilja Dragunov.
Winner: Dakota Kai
Kai comes down to the ring and accepts her award from William Regal and says that this is just the beginning for her. Then, we go to commercial.
Back from commercial, and we see the Dusty Rhodes Classic teams. The teams are Undisputed Era, Forgotten Sons, Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne, Kushida and a mystery partner, Grizzled Young Veterans, Gallus, Imperium, and Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster.
Next up, they award the TakeOver of the Year Award.
Winner: WarGames 2019
Next, Breakout Star of the Year Award. The nominees are Damian Priest, Piper Niven, Dominik Dijakovic, Angel Garza, Joe Coffey, Keith Lee, Candice LeRae, Matt Riddle, and Rhea Ripley.
Winner: Keith Lee
Triple H awards the 2019 Breakout Star of the Year golden bell to Keith Lee. Lee accepts the award and thanks everyone who voted for him before saying, “You ain’t seen nothing yet.”
Next up, Match of the Year. But first, a commercial break.
Back from commercial, and we are going to watch the winner of the Match of the Year Award.
Winner: Adam Cole versus Johnny Gargano in a 2 out of 3 falls match for the vacant NXT Championship from NXT TakeOver: New York 2019
After the match, Cathy, Sam, and Pat are still in the studio and congratulate Gargano and Cole. Then, they give out the Overall Competitor of the Year.
Undisputed Era come down the ramp and brag about all of the awards that they have won and that, “This is just the beginning.” All four members pose in the ring with their collective six golden bell awards as NXT goes off the air.
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His Work > Books > The Minpins > “Reading is a little like dreaming…”
“Reading is a little like dreaming…”
This review was written by Denis Woychuk and printed in the October 27, 1991 edition of The New York Times.
THE MINPINS By Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Patrick Benson. 48 pp. New York: Viking. $16.95. (Ages 3 to 8)
Reading is a little like dreaming. Slowly, a new world enters your consciousness, and you pass from this reality into the next. The world has changed.
This is exactly what happens in Roald Dahl’s posthumously published story The Minpins, when Little Billy stops “being good” and follows the Devil’s advice. He enters the Forest of Sin clearly wide awake – in fact his senses are heightened, perhaps even overstimulated. Remembering his mother’s warning of a monster that will eat him whole, he quickly identifies distant sounds as those of this terrible creature.
The reader is not so sure. Little Billy may be finding danger where none exists. And the illustrations, to Patrick Benson’s credit, give nothing away. The scene is one of forest beauty, disturbed only by the panic of a young boy in flight.
When Little Billy, in the grip of his senses, glimpses a flash of orange behind him, he knows it’s smoke from dragon-like nostrils; we see what could be splendid fall foliage. We are not yet convinced that Little Billy is running from anything other than his own imagination. Then comes the change. Little Billy hears the whoosh whoosh of the forest wind turn to the woomph-woomph of heavy footfalls, feels hot breath on his back and smells “the stench that comes from deep inside the tummy of a meat-eating animal.” Suddenly it is not just his panic anymore. It is our panic.
“Mummy! Save me!” he cries. But Mummy is not there to save him.
In this, his 21st children’s book – the others include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach – Dahl, who died last November, characteristically doesn’t pull punches. The nasty, brutish horrors of his stories are one reason children love him. He has gained their affection by recognizing the enemy in parents and schoolteachers. In Matilda, the reader is similarly reluctant to entertain the heroine’s fears until they prove to be far worse than even she claimed. And Dahl can inspire. The BFG, in which a giant kidnaps a girl and deposits her in the Queen’s bedroom, was suspected of inspiring an actual break-in at Buckingham Palace. In The Minpins his evocative spell has worked its macabre magic once again, and, for readers as well as for Little Billy, the nightmare is real.
With the monster in pursuit, Little Billy swings onto a low branch and climbs to temporary safety. Here he meets the Minpins, those tiny tree–dwelling people who give the book its name. They too fear this creature, which preys on their people, forcing them to seek refuge in trees and travel by bird.
The birds are marvelous, Mr. Benson’s illustrations bursting with magic. The birds give Little Billy an idea. Mounting a magnificent swan, he soon is flying, teasing the terrible brute and, in a chase scene that rivals any movie for its visual strength and pacing, luring it to its demise.
But even Roald Dahl has his imperfections, and there are a couple in The Minpins. The first is the Bunyanesque name “Forest of Sin,” a designation increasingly inappropriate as the story progresses. Although inhabited by a fierce beast, the forest is primarily one of dreams come true. The reality of the monster, and not the allegorical effects, gives the story its power. The second flaw is that having the hero follow the Devil’s advice fails to do justice to Little Billy’s own desire to explore. Curiosity leads him to adventure. His own resourceful courage lets him triumph over evil.
And is that triumph the end of the story?
Most certainly not. If it were, The Minpins would merely be another tale of adventure. It is far more. Roald Dahl’s story is as brilliant and as unexpected as a dream, filled with soaring excitement and happy resolutions and some very good advice:
“Above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you. . . . Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”
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Brian Sell Takes The Third and Final Spot on the Olympic Team
An "honest" pace pays off for underdog marathoner.
By amby burfoot
Susan Rinkunas
In 2004 Brian Sell led the Olympic Marathon Trials for 16 miles before fading. Today he ran strongly every step of the distance and raced himself onto the 2008 USA Men's Olympic Marathon Team. Sell, of the big Hanson Brooks team, finished third in 2:11:40.
Rw: How are you feeling?
Brian Sell: This is one of the greatest days of my life, aside from probably the birth of my daughter. It has been 13 years in the making for me. I'll tell you, the future of American distance running looks great. These guys are amazing. They're tough in the marathon and they're still young.
RW: What was your race strategy?
BS: The plan was to let the field determine the pace the first couple of miles, anything from 3 to 6 miles. But when we went out in 11 flat for 2 miles, I just knew I had to keep it honest to have any chance at all. I was just trying to run right around 5 minutes flat every mile, and I didn't have many miles above 5 flat. That tells you how fast these guys were running out there. I was just lucky to pick up the carnage they left behind.
RW: Does this validate your position as one of the top American marathoners?
BS: I guess the proof is in the pudding. In high school I was probably a minute and something slower than these guys in the 2 mile. I'm just so happy today. I hope every kid out there who's not a state champ or district champ looks at what I achieved today and says: Hey if I put in the work, I can do this. This is the happiest ending I can think of.
RW: When did you know you were going to catch Dan Browne?
BS: I didn't know that Dan had to stop and stretch at one point. I was just trying to keep it relaxed and then to attack on the last lap. When I saw Dan with a lap to go, I didn't want to run too hard and kill myself, because that's a long loop around. I'm just happy I timed it right.
RW: When did you know you had third place locked up?
BS: Honestly, I never knew. I never wanted to really think about it until I crossed the finish line. I just tried to go as hard as I could until the end.
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RR Interview: The inspiration behind ‘The Rowing Podcast’, and the future of Olympic Sport in the US, with Matt Rung
Rung coaching with Washington at the IRA National Championships IRA champion with Cornell Lightweights, and former First Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Washington, Matt Rung has an impressive track record in rowing. But it wasn’t until recently that he decided to add podcasting to his resume. Earlier this year, Rung started The Rowing Podcast , which offers in-depth, personal conversations with rowing luminaries ( Mike Spracklen , Jan Harville , Steve Gladstone , Dave O’Neill , to name a few). It’s both a salve for those in need of positive vibes, as well as a much needed call to action for the rowing community as a whole to tell our stories, and bring new people into the fold. Matt and I caught up about the origins and development of the podcast, and how to develop a new narrative for the sport. Bryan Kitch: What were some of the reasons for starting the new podcast, and why did you decide to take up the aegis? Was it both a response to the Covid lockdown, and a coping
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Lamborghini offering a new SUV Urus, will sales soar or tank?
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Unlike any Lamborghini ever on the market is the new SUV which is set to be released to the general public sometime in the year 2015. The SUV has a futuristic look and claims to be lighter in construction than any other SUV in its class. Its goal is fewer carbon emissions while maintaining the highest engine power in its caliber. Whether sales of this elite sports utility vehicle will soar or sink remains to be seen.
The Urus Lamborghini SUV was recently unmasked during the Beijing motor show in China. China is currently and excellent market for the innovative car however the United States is the primary target market. The SUV, “LB736” is part of an entirely new model that Lamborghini is putting out. The move is risky since the company does not produce new lines often and so sales for the future release of this 4×4 are unpredictable. Lamborghini’s design director Filippo Perini stated “When Lamborghini creates a whole new model line, it’s automatically risky since it doesn’t happen so often.” Still the futuristic SUV offers many features that appeal to buyers and sales may be higher than projected.
The new Lamborghini Urus SUV is slated to have a large roomy interior with expanded passenger space. The SUV will have the traditional four doors but will also have a super-powered engine emitting just over 600 horsepower. The projected output in a year is over 3,000 sold at a unit price of $200,000 each. This places the projected profits very high and should easily triple annual production costs. The construction of this new model SUV is planned to be very lightweight with the least amount of metal being used. Claims made by the company state that it saves almost 250 pounds using metals and composites developed in house.
The steering on the Lamborghini SUV, Urus, is to be electro-mechanical and the tires currently on the show model are Pirelli Scorpion Zero tires measuring in at a large305/35 ZR24.Weight distribution on the final production is set to be as close to half and half in the front and back as possible for an even weight distribution. The overall look and feel of the car is impressive and its edgy, futuristic design offers instant appeal. Whether or not this will translate into sales will be more evident once the SUV has been released.
SUV’s are traditionally thought of as family cars with an emphasis on safety. The significant horsepower slated for the Urus may deter buyers whose main purchasing objective is safety over speed. Still, the promise of lower carbon emissions may be enough to attract the 3,000 yearly buyers projected for the Lamborghini. Fifty percent of the buyers are estimated to come from the United States alone. Although it is still too early to determine the sales performance of a car not scheduled for release until the year 2015, with its effortless style and superior design, the high powered SUV may prove to be a bestseller.
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Rupert Murdoch begs top cop to run for NYC mayor
Commissioner Ray Kelly's NYPD has been deeply corrupt and criminal. Now the city elite want him to run the town
By Alex Pareene
News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch attends the eG8 forum in Paris, in this file photo taken May 24, 2011. (Reuters)
Ray Kelly is the New York City police commissioner. Some people (it's not clear whether Kelly is one of these people) would like him to be the town's next mayor. Among those people: Rupert Murdoch, who owns two local daily newspapers and one nationwide cable news television station. Murdoch buys newspapers because he loves newspapers, and one of the things he loves most about newspapers is that publishers can use them to influence elections. (Murdoch has had more success with this in the UK, where his papers were instrumental in election of Prime Minister Tony Blair.)
Here was Murdoch this weekend:
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As Media Matters reports, Fox News' "Fox & Friends" rather quickly and blatantly began praising Kelly and saying he should run for mayor. (Fun fact: Ray Kelly's son Greg is a Murdoch employee and former "Fox & Friends" co-host.)
This week, a Republican pollster released the result of a poll saying that Kelly "can win," which is much more than any of the other Republican candidates can say. Kelly (whose approval numbers have always been good) polls quite well against all potential Democratic mayoral candidates.
Kelly is both a longtime press darling and a member (naturally) of the city's power elite, a regular fixture at galas and benefits and parties at the stately manor of Bruce Wayne, or at least its real-world equivalents. He has remained insulated, somehow, from every NYPD scandal that's rocked the city during his tenure. He is never held responsible in the press for the misdeeds of his massive paramilitary band of roided-up serial perjurers.
Let's run down the record quickly: Kelly's NYPD acts (to the annoyance of the FBI) like an international intelligence agency devoted entirely to spying on Muslims. The department has a network of informants spying on American Muslims known as "mosque-crawlers." NYPD spies monitored Muslims in Newark as well, compiling a vital list of... restaurants. The NYPD even spied on Muslims who sought to ally themselves with the city against terrorism. (You can read the Associated Press' award-winning coverage of the NYPD's inept/counterproductive spying operations here.)
The NYPD has "trained" its officers with a virulent Islamophobic movie called "Third Jihad," which claims that "much of the Muslim leadership in America" has a "strategy to infiltrate and dominate" the U.S.. Kelly appeared in this movie in an interview. When questioned about this, NYPD spokesperson Paul Browne lied about Kelly's appearance, because everyone in the NYPD, from the highest levels to the beat cops, lies constantly, to juries and judges and the press.
Kelly's NYPD costs the city a lot of money. Not just in the "buying drones and military-grade noise cannons while people starve in the streets" sense (though that is one way) but in the constantly getting sued for brutality and wrongful imprisonment and so on way.
The 2004 Republican National Convention took place in New York, and in preparation for the convention Kelly and Bloomberg spent a lot of time spying on activists in order to figure out how best to illegally arrest hundreds of protesters. A judge ruled the NYPD tactics unconstitutional, opening the door to more lawsuits.
The NYPD is a world-leader in marijuana arrests. The vast majority of those arrested have been black men, a group the city has explicitly persecuted under Kelly and Bloomberg in a depressing variety of ways. Between 2002 and 2012 the NYPD made 440,000 arrests for low-level marijuana possession. Until Kelly finally told officers to stop doing so in 2011, a common police tactic was to trick or coerce people being frisked into taking drugs out of their pockets themselves, putting the marijuana in "public view" and making it an arrestable offense. (This is also illegal.)
Of course, another common NYPD tactic is to simply plant drugs on suspects.
And we haven't even gotten to the massive ticket-fixing thing, which led to charges against 16 officers. And the mass demonstration of NYPD officers outside the courthouse following those arrests, in which the cops said they were "just following orders" and mockingly chanted "E.B.T." at people lined up to receive benefits across the street. (And the officer indicted for trying to pay to have a witness against him killed.) At least the ticket-fixing was one of the very, very few incidents of NYPD criminality that was actually uncovered by the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau, which has otherwise failed to police the police.
There are also the tapes produced by Adrian Schoolcraft, an officer who recorded NYPD activity in Bed-Stuy and revealed the widespread manipulation of arrest data designed to game "CompStat," the much-vaunted Bloombergian data-driven police management program. Schoolcraft found that an NYPD cop "is expected to maintain high 'activity'—including stop-and-frisks—but, paradoxically, to record fewer actual crimes." Schoolcraft also confirmed the existence of "quotas" for arrests, summons and frisks -- something else the NYPD lied about for years. Cops were told to arrest people for petty crimes (or for nothing at all) and downplay more serious ones, in order to show that the police were busy but that serious crime wasn't a problem. Schoolcraft's superiors sent the whistleblower to a psych ward for six days. Kelly then kept the NYPD's own internal investigation into his allegations secret for two years.
And let's not forget the gun-running, the rapes, the various incidents of casual racism, and arrests of black public officials at the West Indian Day Parade. And, of course, lying about arresting journalists at Occupy Wall Street, and destroying the library, and everything else.
This is Ray Kelly's NYPD. It has remained his NYPD despite years of scandals that should've ended his career. Rudy Giuliani's reputation as a petty tyrant in charge of an out-of-control police force was based on incidents of spectacular brutality. Bloomberg's NYPD has made racist, unconstitutional policing streamlined, corporate and efficient, and easier for well-off white New Yorkers to justify or ignore. It's almost unbelievable that no heads rolled -- there was hardly any outrage outside of civil libertarian circles -- following the abuses of power at the 2004 RNC, where the city's contempt for the law and for its citizens under Kelly was made clear. After getting away with that, the city's treatment of Occupy Wall Street made perfect sense.
Despite all of this, Kelly is still the recipient of an endless stream of fawning press coverage. Rupert Murdoch thinks this is the guy who should run the whole city. Kelly "won't rule out" a run. If he'd decided to run a few months ago, he'd probably have the Republican line locked up.
Here's the good news: New York politics are in many ways fairly openly corrupt. If a person who isn't registered as a member of a party wants to run for office on that party line, they need permission from party bosses. That means buying off party bosses, with money. (Fun fact, Mike Bloomberg is mayor because he wrote big checks to hugely corrupt and sometimes insane people.) John Catsimatidis, a ridiculous clownish billionaire, has bought up the party bosses this year. Kelly can't outspend him.
No, Kelly would probably rather continue being an unaccountable but widely celebrated police commissioner than mayor. That could still happen. Democratic front-runner Christine Quinn has said she'd keep Kelly as commissioner. Bloomberg has also said (though not so much lately) that he supports Quinn. That seemed a bit convenient. At this point, whatever agreement the three had may have been called off. All the other Democrats are running hard against stop-and-frisk and Bloomberg can't stop complaining about how awful all his possible successors are. Bloomberg's complaints (and the fact that all the candidates for mayor are decidedly lackluster) are what has likely led to the return of Kelly speculation and push-polling.
This is the bad news: After years of endless, outrageous NYPD scandals, Kelly remains a broadly popular figure, both in terms of job approval and in terms of remaining a member in good standing of the respectable civic elite. The last decade of misconduct has shown that the head of the NYPD can get away with murder. (Or, at least, he can get away with his cops committing murder, and rape, and so on.)
Alex Pareene
Alex Pareene writes about politics for Salon and is the author of "The Rude Guide to Mitt." Email him at apareene@salon.com and follow him on Twitter @pareene
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3 questions I have about the first Playoff poll of 2018 and a top 10 prediction
Connor O'Gara | 2 years ago
There’s something that I think is worth remembering this time of year.
First of all, it’s “Playoff” and not “Playoffs.” I realize that goes against what our brains have learned over a lifetime of watching sports, but it’s Year 5 of this thing. We can do this.
Another thing to remember is that while people individually debate what they think the top 10 should be, I focus on what I think it will be. That means I try and do my best job of getting into the mind of the selection committee to figure out how they’re going to look at this.
That’s why I laughed whenever someone said Ohio State deserved a shot last year after getting pummeled at Iowa for its second loss. Anyone who paid attention to how the committee treated second losses and blowout losses would have been able to pick up on that. Instead, people wanted to debate the Buckeyes’ upside and “do you think they’re one of the four best teams in the country?”
That doesn’t matter. What does matter is the men and woman in that room — shoutout Paola Boivin — making that decision.
With that said, here are my questions for them before the first Playoff poll Tuesday night:
1. Are the top 4 spots as obvious as we think?
It seems like the consensus is that Alabama, Clemson, LSU and Notre Dame will be in the top 4. Those are the 3 unbeaten Power 5 teams (let’s just call Notre Dame that because of its schedule) and the 1-loss team with the best résumé. Whether you think it’ll be LSU or Notre Dame for that third spot, it seems like those are the obvious 4.
How obvious is that, though? Is there a chance that a team like Michigan, which enters the first poll having won 7 consecutive games and 2 against ranked opponents, sneaks into the top 4? Certainly crazier things have happened.
Let’s not forget that 1-loss Texas A&M’s stunning No. 4 spot ahead of unbeaten Washington in the first Playoff poll of 2016 threw us all for a loop. Will the selection committee get cute with a move like that? I wouldn’t necessarily rule it out, especially considering the gap between LSU’s and Michigan’s résumé isn’t massive (the Wolverines do have wins against 4 consecutive Power 5 teams with winning records).
But I have a feeling that the selection committee will want to reward an LSU team that won its marquee nonconference game, unlike Michigan. And like with A&M in 2016, LSU will face Alabama following the first Playoff poll of the season. Conventional wisdom suggests they’ll want to set that up as big of a Playoff implication game as possible.
Or maybe the selection committee will fool us all gain.
2. Does the SEC’s depth get the Associated Press Top 25 treatment?
Ah, there’s another thing worth reminding everyone about. While we say that “X number of teams are still alive in the Playoff hunt,” it’s important to remember that the rest of the top 25 serves a key purpose. This is all about résumé.
Credit: Vasha Hunt-USA TODAY Sports
You better believe teams like Alabama and Clemson are hoping that Texas A&M is in that first Playoff poll, and LSU will fist pump if it sees Mississippi State in there. Stuff like matters. That’s why the SEC is in such good shape with 7 ranked teams in the AP Top 25. The question is whether that repeats itself with the Playoff poll.
In case you forgot, here’s where each SEC team is ranked in the AP poll:
6. Georgia
11. Kentucky
13. Florida
21. MSU
25. Texas A&M
These rankings are key for the teams fighting for that last spot. If it’s a team like 1-loss Alabama that doesn’t play for a conference title again, this matters.
And obviously for teams like Clemson, which basically watched the entire ACC crumble before it, the back end of these rankings are extremely important. I’m still not sold on the belief that a 1-loss Clemson team is a lock to make the field because of how few opportunities there could be to rack up quality wins.
The entire Top 25 matters if one of these spots comes down to a narrow margin at season’s end.
Don’t just tune in for the top 10.
3. How many SEC teams are ranked ahead of UCF?
Get ready for UCF Twitter to point this stat out the second the rankings are announced. It’ll shed some light as to just how much the selection committee values UCF’s résumé, while also showing everyone that with the exception of Alabama, even losing a game in the SEC puts you ahead of the unbeaten Knights.
UCF fans will argue that it’s Group of 5 bias while ignoring that the team’s strength of schedule is outside of the top 100 in FBS. They’ll dismiss the fact that in 2018, the records of teams they faced is a horrendous 17-34. And that’s Group of 5 teams’ records. For some perspective on that, a 1-loss Kentucky team faced teams with a combined record of 33-32. Even 1-loss Georgia, which had a favorable first-half schedule, has a combined opponents record of 37-27.
And you know how UCF fans love to argue Alabama doesn’t play anyone? The Tide have an opposing record of 29-36, which isn’t great but it’s still significantly better than the Knights’ mark, and that’s against 6 Power 5 teams compared to 1 for UCF.
That’s why UCF will find itself ranked behind a handful of SEC teams. How many, you ask? Three seems like a lock with Alabama, LSU and Georgia. Four certainly seems possible with Kentucky. The real “SEC bias” narrative for UCF would be out in full force if 2-loss Florida was ranked ahead of the Knights.
If you want to watch people get mad online, just search “UCF” on Twitter around 7:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday night.
4. So what will the top 10 look like?
Without further ado, my best guess for what I think the selection committee does on Tuesday night:
Consider this a reminder that the first poll means everything and that nothing will change so we should just argue like these rankings are all written in stone.
Connor O'Gara
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Down South. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.
GatorMania 2 years ago
The biggest question in the SEC will be is a one loss UGA ranked ahead of a 2 loss LSU? At #3/4 UGA’s loss to LSU doesn’t look so bad, and that will likely be their only loss in the regular season. LSU’s loss to UF isn’t horrible, but it isn’t great either. So, the question is how that second LSU loss to UA will be factored in. It really looks like Bama goes into the CFP undefeated, UGA & LSU both with 2 losses (UGA will pick up #2 in the SECCG) get left out in the cold with respect to the play off.
My teams are perennial rollercoasters of emotion 2 years ago
Ya unfortunately I agree unless Tua some how has a bad game and LSU capitalizes but I think everything you said is much more likely.
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I think that if LSU loses to UA and UGA beats UK, then UGA will be ranked ahead of LSU. If the regular season ends with a 10-2 LSU and an 11-1 UGA, then UGA will be ranked higher. If UGA is 11-2 and LSU is 10-2, I think they’ll be close and it may depend on how they looked against Bama/what bowl matchup is prefered.
were gonna move up when we beat UK and either alabama loses or either LSU..
BamaAtlanta 2 years ago
As an Alabama alum let me state something I keep hearing on sports talk shows. There will not be two SEC teams in the playoff this year, won´t happen. If Alabama loses to LSU and doesn’t win the SEC West, they will still not make it in as a 1 loss SEC team. After he controversy it started last year the committee will not allow that to happen again. The only way it might occur would be if Notre Dame loses and then Alabama loses a close, last second game to Georgia in the SEC Championship game. Then the committee might consider taking Alabama but I don’t see it happening this year.
KirbySmart 2 years ago
So your playoff would be the SEC Champ, Clemson, 1-loss Big 10 champ, and Notre Dame?
What happens if Clemson loses in the regular season, but wins the ACC? what happens with a 2-loss Big 10 champ? What happens with a 1 loss Notre Dame? A 1 loss Big 12 champ?
We all thought last year’s playoff was a pretty simple lock–SEC, ACC, Big 12, and Big 10.
Anything can happen. The SEC has proved itself to be even more dominant this year, I think.
Mountain Dog 2 years ago
That’s 50% dependent on what happens elsewhere. Lots of moving parts to this machine. And I don’t think the committee gives a rat’s ass about regional perception. They have one mandate – select the 4 best teams in CFB to play each other. The only brake-pumping I see to that would come in having to consider a potential rematch of a game already played.
Cody 2 years ago
I agree that Alabama has to win out or lose a close game in the SECG, and it be their only loss, in order for them to get in. But I disagree on the reasoning. The CFP committee doesn’t care about the controversy it caused last year because they were proven right when Bama won it all. What will matter will be Bama’s schedule. Remember, if Bama beats LSU, MSU, and Auburn and LSU handles A&M, Bama might only have win one over a ranked opponent (LSU). MSU and A&M are one more loss away from being unranked. And those losses would be to Bama and LSU respectively. That’s what will hurt Bama if they don’t go undefeated. We’ll have the same problem next year with an equally disappointing OOC scchedule.
Although unlikely, I think Bama’s strongest case as a 1-loss team would be to lose to MSST. They’d still have wins over LSU & UGA/UK, and the loss wouldn’t be terrible. Seems way less likely to actually happen, but I think 12-1 SEC champ Bama with a loss to MSST is a stronger playoff candidate than 12-1 Bama with a loss to UGA/UK. (A bama loss to MSST would also essentially guarantee a max of 1 SEC team in the playoff)
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Vanderbilt insider lists potential candidates to replace Derek Mason
Keith Farner | 2 months ago
Vanderbilt made the move to fire Derek Mason in hopes of having plenty of time to give recruits enough time to evaluate the program ahead of the Dec. 16 early signing period.
But whether it’s an alumnus, or a couple of up-and-coming names in the mix, even a former NFL head coach, Chris Lee of Vandy Sports has compiled a list of potential candidates to replace Derek Mason.
The candidates are: Jamey Chadwell, head coach, Coastal Carolina, Jeff Fisher, former NFL head coach Oilers/Titans, Rams, Will Healy, head coach, Charlotte and Clark Lea, Notre Dame defensive coordinator.
Chadwell, 43, spent time at East Tennessee State (2000-03) and Charleston Southern (2009-11) as an assistant, then the the next three seasons as the head coach at Division II North Greenville, where he went 20-14 and led the school to its first playoff appearance.
Chadwell is from Anderson County (Tenn.) and played at ETSU. Multiple sources indicated to VandySports in mid-November that he’s interested in the job.
Fisher served as a head coach in the NFL for 22 total seasons with the Houston Oiliers/Tennessee Titans and St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams. He led the Titans to the Super Bowl in 1999 and an AFC Championship Game appearance in 2002. Lee reported that Fisher has been lobbying for the job for over a year and would take it in a heartbeat if offered.
Healy is in his second year as the head coach at Charlotte, which did not begin playing football until 2013. He was 13-21 during his three-year tenure at Austin Peay and was as 8-4 and 5-6 in his final two seasons with the Governors. Lee reported that Healy has strong ties to Vanderbilt and worked miracles at Austin Peay, which might be a tougher place to win that VU. Healy would have strong support among the fan and booster base and would make considerably more at Vanderbilt.
Lea is in his third season at Notre Dame, his third as defensive coordinator. He transferred to Vanderbilt and played football as a walk-on fullback from 2002-2004. Lea and has family reportedly have roots with Vanderbilt that span generations.
Keith Farner
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a freelance reporter for Saturday Down South.
Tiger TD 2 months ago
Jeff Fisher in the SEC would be interesting. Pretty sure he’s a defensive guy though, and the sec is looking for offense.
LH61 2 months ago
His offenses with the Titans were to run Eddie George between the tackles 25 times a game and hope he’d break one long while letting his defense and special teams create short fields. He’s a Mike Ditka clone.
Vanderbilt hired a former NFL Head Coach in Rod Dowhower in the mid 1990’s. The two year tenure was abominable, and Dowhower quit when he discovered that promises made to him about facilities upgrades were empty promises. Dowhower had previously been the head coach at Stanford when they had both Turk Shonert and John Elway at QB, and all he could do was go 5-5-1. But, the tie came against 10-0-1 USC, who had Fisher starting in their defensive backfield.
If Fisher gets the job, would he then hire additional Nashville-area pro coaches like Rex Ryan, Les Steckel, and Dave McGinnis.
cola_cock 2 months ago
Monken from Army would be a Prime target.
That’s the only candidate that would make me think Vandy has a chance to go 2-6 or 3-5 in the future and thus give the program a chance to go 6-6 or 7-5 overall. At least, Vandy would get first dibs on the best option QBs and fullbacks that want to carry the ball in college rather than block or be H-backs. Alas, it looks highly likely like Healy is going to be their first option.
glad2bsec 2 months ago
I just dont see the Vandy job has better than Army, unless he plans on retiring anyway in 4 or 5 years.
Monken is 53 years old, and unless he makes it known up front that he will ditch the inverted wishbone, no P5 school other than Vanderbilt would approach him seriously.
While it’s easier to win a West Point, Vandy does offer a couple of advantages.
1. Money. $3 million a year is more than Military pay.
2. Nashville vs. Upstate NY. If a coach lives in Williamson County rather than Davidson County, he avoids Nashville property taxes (going up 34% thanks to far leftist Mayor Cooper) and moves to the “it” city where many of his fellow state residents appear to be moving daily. The quality of life north of NYC is great if you live in the Westchester area, but NY state has become a terrible place to live. Williamson County, home state of the great Marsha Blackburn, is the Elysian Fields of the South. Okay, I am biased, because my Leipers Fork home and farm are Heaven on Earth.
3. While there are no limits on numbers of recruits to West Point, 95-98% of the most elite recruits want no part of committing to the military for the number of years they must commit. Unfortunately, the only time that Army has been the preferred choice to play college football, it has been when the nation was at a major war, and going to the USMA was the preferred option over going to Normandy or Guadalcanal. If you were going to have to go to war, it was better to enter as a second lieutenant than a buck private.
tailwhip99 2 months ago
I didn’t see Muschump’s name on the list. Surely you can sign him to a 5 mil. a yr. contract with a 20 mil. buyout. C’mon, be stupid like everyone else and just do it.
mrtruth 2 months ago
LOL. I wonder if we can get them excited about the idea of hiring Grantham?
Grantham wouldn’t make it one week as the head coach at Vandy. He’d be the first head coach to be assassinated by a fan of the school he coached. I think Vandy fans would be okay with Ali Khameini, Kim Jong-Un or Xi Jinping, or even Peyton Manning or Phil Fulmer before they would accept Grantham. He was lucky to escape without harm when he attempted to attack James Franklin after a Vandy-Georgia game.
AFan 2 months ago
tailwhip…Yep that would be a perfect-fit…Will to the ‘Dores. Hire a guy that hates the media/detests the fans & next year they’ll have 3 wins & sign him to a long extension with another big-buyout. Will needs to co-author a book titled…”How to become Richer by being a failure in your job”.
Can Fisher recuit? That would be the biggest question in my mind.
He was rather good at recruiting free agents to the Titans, but he isn’t about to attract a Mac Jones quality QB to Vanderbilt.
LSUSMC 2 months ago
Chadwell and Healy seem like the best candidates of the four. Monken also makes a lot of sense. The only way Vandy can even be respectable is to do something different. I said years ago that they should have hired Leach. I think he would have been a good fit. We will see what they come up with.
NashvilleGator 2 months ago
I assume Fisher likes living in Nashville, but why in the world would he want this job?
No “hot” coach is going to want the job because with no resources, it’s just an invitation to fail. They need something like the David Cutcliff situation at Duke; a guy who is maybe a little older, a good coach but on the back side of his career.
It’s Vanderbilt, so it needs to be somebody who can string complete sentences together, which rules out Jim McElwain. (How did we ever hire that guy?)
Will Muschamp probably aspires to another mid-tier Power 5 job at some point and he always seems to fail upward, so he probably wouldn’t want the job. Plus he’ll probably be a $2 million a year D coordinator somewhere next season.
Larry Fedora, who is currently the OC at Baylor, is 58. Skip Holtz is 56 and has been passed by for several big time openings. Fedora and Holtz are both offensive guys.
Nash…do you really think any Power Five athletic director would ever hire Will Muschamp…after miserably failing at both Florida & South Carolina ? Frankly I cannot fathom that…he’ll be a wealthy “D” coordinator forever.
No, I cannot imagine it. But South Carolina hired him after the failure at Florida and I couldn’t fathom that. I do see him in all probability as a highly paid D coordinator somewhere in the Southeast from here on out.
I actually think Will would be great at Vanderbilt because he would recruit guys that would never go there otherwise. But it is Vanderbilt and while everybody likes Will, I don’t think his rough edges would mesh culturally with the administration.
Bcreek 2 months ago
NFL head coaches don’t do well in college.
BLSINSC 2 months ago
Hmm – didn’t Saban run the Dolphin team for a while?? I guess you meant LONG TERM nfl guys!
After he had been a college HC for multiple years. Not exactly the same thing.
bryanchip 2 months ago
Inside source told me Sarah Fuller is now the interim head coach/deep snapper for the Commadores…..lol. Yall know thats funny. Lets get PC and have Vandy hire 1st female head coach/
Except, she’s now in the transfer portal and will go to North Texas in 2021. Maybe she can replace Seth Littrell and kick for the Mean Green, but she won’t be at Vanderbilt next year.
What will be interesting is figuring out why whoever takes the job…took the job. But I guess they might pay better than a lot of G5 or FCS schools. Hey, hire Bielema..he doesnt worry so much about results either.
Guinny_Ire 2 months ago
Part of the problem in hiring at Vandy is the money has to be good and you’re still going to get someone who is a has been, never was able to develop past a point, or a real long shot who wants a chance. Unless James Franklin is hated, I’d reach out to him to see how confident he feels in staying at Penn.
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Rebuilding America: What will health care look like after COVID-19?
Adrianna Rodriguez / USA TODAY
Jun 8, 2020 at 6:00 AM Jun 8, 2020 at 4:22 PM
The health care landscape has drastically changed since the coronavirus pandemic arrived in the United States.
Doctors restructured office waiting rooms and now greet patients daring enough to keep regular visits wearing masks. Hospitals cut elective surgeries, limited visitors and scrambled to provide protection for workers. Tests and annual checkups have been postponed or converted to virtual visits.
Dr. George Sledge, professor and chief of the Division of Oncology at Stanford University Medical Center, said criteria to monitor patients have had to adapt.
"Many of our protocols got way too specific and way too impractical and (the pandemic) has allowed us to reset a lot of those," he said.
Precautions impacting the way most Americans access basic health care are expected to last. Without a vaccine – not expected even optimistically until sometime next year – the risk of transmitting the virus that causes COVID-19 remains high.
So what will the future of medicine look like as the U.S. adapts to the new pandemic landscape? Expect more remote doctor visits, tenuous hospital care in rural areas and increased preparedness.
While telemedicine is technically nothing new to health care providers, experts say it has exploded since the pandemic began.
“For years, we’ve talked about the promise of telemedicine and its opportunities,” said Mark Holmes, professor at University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health. “But what the last two months has shown us is that it could really be a game changer.”
Dr. Lisa Yerian, chief improvement officer at the Cleveland Clinic, has seen the growth firsthand. Prior to COVID-19, the clinic had an average of 3,400 virtual visits per month. That number shot up to about 200,000 visits in April.
Coronavirus hits counties without a hospital:Rural communities struggle to fight rising coronavirus cases, deaths
The coronavirus pandemic has forced health care providers to iron out kinks in telemedicine, Holmes said. The Trump administration has broadened Medicare coverage and payment of virtual services as hospitals educate their patients and health care workers on how to use it.
“There was a time when many people were very reluctant to use virtual technologies,” Yerian said. “But more and more people are becoming more comfortable.”
Not everyone, however, can enjoy the convenience of virtual visits, Holmes said. Broadband in rural communities continues to be an obstacle.
“We still have a way to go,” he said.
Rural hospitals closing
Rural hospitals have been teetering on the tight-wire of financial fragility for about a decade, said Michael Topchik, director of the Chartis Center for Rural Health.
The pandemic could be what sends them over.
A study conducted by the health care consulting firm revealed 453 rural hospitals – nearly 25% in the country – are vulnerable to closure.
“Things were bad and they’ve gotten way worse,” Topchik said. “One in three hospitals were operating in red. Now it’s almost one in two.”
Elective procedures largely put on hold since the pandemic make up the majority of business for rural hospitals. According to Topchik, 79% of rural hospital volume and revenue come from these procedures.
“That’s a crushing blow,” he said.
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Emergency room volume, another source of revenue for rural hospitals, has plunged. Florida hospital officials say emergency room visits in the state have dropped by almost 50% as patients delay or refuse care because they’re afraid of going to the hospital and getting infected with the virus.
While Topchik said rural hospitals are seeing COVID-19 patients, those patients not staying for long. Most of them are stabilized at these smaller hospitals and then transported to bigger ones with more resources. It's always been that way, he said.
Due to the loss of income, the Chartis study found, rural hospitals are operating at a median of 33 days cash on hand. Hospitals in 14 states are operating at zero to 19 days.
Rural hospitals have long relied on bipartisan support. The Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act and, more recently, the CARES Act, provided some relief to small health care providers. Additionally, the federal government decided this month to send $22 billion to rural hospitals and those hardest hit by COVID-19.
"Every available dollar possible should go to rural hospitals as it will be a much larger dollar in three to six months," said Jimmy Lewis, CEO of HomeTown Health, which represents rural hospitals in Georgia.
Topchik says more can be done. Reversing cuts made to federal spending and bad debt reimbursements and creating incentives, such as loan forgiveness programs to attract and retain rural doctors, could help.
"COVID may serve as the catalyst where there's a recognition that this system was so fragile and in such a state of decay that this is the time where we put our money where our mouth is," he said.
Hospital preparedness: PPE, testing and tracking
Holmes said health care providers were not surprised by the coronavirus pandemic but were unprepared.
“There had been a lot of playbooks and forecasts that have seen this for years,” he said. “The issue is that it costs money to prepare.”
Holmes hopes the pandemic has taught society the value of preparedness and stockpiling personal protective equipment in case of any emergency, whether it’s a pandemic or a hurricane. He also underscored the need for a national data system that keeps track of daily cases instead of relying on individual states.
Dr. Lisa Carey, oncologist at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, highlighted the importance of testing in future pandemics.
“We’ve had four pandemics in the last 20 years and three of them (came from a) coronavirus,” Carey said. “These are lessons learned for not just this but future infections.
“And there will be others.”
Contributing: Jayne O’Donnell, USA TODAY; Associated Press. Follow Adrianna Rodriguez on Twitter:@AdriannaUSAT.
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Home / Home Loans / COVID-19 sparks mass exodus from city to regional property
COVID-19 sparks mass exodus from city to regional property
By Emma Duffy on November 06, 2020
Photo by Julia Mitchell on Unsplash
A resurgence in the mining sector and the ability to work from home due to COVID is leading Aussies to shun capital cities in favour of regional property markets.
The REA Insights Regional Australia Report 2020 reveals how two major factors of COVID-19 has resulted in an accelerated interest in regional property markets.
The first is the resurgence in the mining sector and the second is the shift to working from home.
"The strength in mining is being driven primarily by the stimulus that the Chinese Government has deployed to get their economy moving again, as well as the impact of COVID-19 on other mineral producing countries," the report said.
The report points out how Brazil's iron ore industry has been severely impacted by COVID-19 which has led to Australia exporting record levels of iron ore.
"Any regions that have economic growth closely tied to these strong performing minerals are seeing a flow on to house prices," the report said.
"As an aside, one mineral that isn't doing so well is coal and any regional areas closely tied to coal are not experiencing the same resurgence in their economies.
"The resurgence of mining has created interesting results across a range of metrics we track on realestate.com.au. Port Hedland in Western Australia now achieves the highest enquiry from first home buyers in regional Western Australia and is the second most enquired area from investors."
Other regional areas that have performed well off the back of the mining resurgence include mining towns such as Orange, Karratha and Townsville.
While mining has led to a surge in demand for property in regional areas, the other big factor driving population growth in regional markets is the shift to working from home and wanting more space due to severe COVID lockdown restrictions in major capital cities.
See also: The 30 Australian locations tipped to become work from home hotspots
"While search in regional Australia started accelerating soon after the first lockdown began in mid-March, it has taken some time to work out whether it was just people locked down, looking for something to do, or alternatively, active purchasers with strong intent to buy," the report said.
"Price growth data now available is starting to confirm that the search activity we were seeing on realestate.com.au was from genuine buyers looking to make the move to beachside areas, far from capital cities.
"The coastal areas from the Mid North Coast up to the Queensland border have been experiencing strong growth post the pandemic, likely driven by strong interest from people located in capital cities, particularly Sydney."
In particular, Richmond-Tweed has "most benefited from the lifestyle shift of white-collar workers being able to work anywhere".
Despite rising levels of unemployment, there's been strong enquiry from first home buyers in mining and beachside towns driven by government incentives like the extension of the First Home Buyer Deposit Scheme and the HomeBuilder scheme.
"In some states, these incentives are more generous in regional areas than they are in capital cities."
Most popular regional areas in Australia
The main areas benefiting the most from the mass exodus to regional property includes:
Latrobe-Gippsland
Central West (particularly Orange)
Coastal areas from Mid North Coast up to Queensland border
Mining regions (excluding coal)
Margaret River region and mining regions
Port Elliot and surrounds
Mount Gambier and South-East
Launceston and North East
Emma Duffy Emma Duffy joined Savings.com.au as a Finance Journalist in 2019 after spending a year as the editor of The Real Estate Conversation. She's passionate about empowering people to make smart financial decisions and improve the financial literacy of Australians by translating complex finance topics into understandable, relatable content.
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Home / Home Loans / RBA: Unemployment rate to peak below 8%, GDP to increase by 5% in 2021
RBA: Unemployment rate to peak below 8%, GDP to increase by 5% in 2021
By Alex Brewster on November 06, 2020
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Australia's central bank has forecast a drastically improved outlook for the economy.
The Reserve Bank (RBA) said in its November Statement on Monetary Policy deterioration in the economy had been less severe than expected, helped by early success in bringing infection rates down.
The RBA said the unemployment rate was likely to increase in the short term due to tightened JobSeeker requirements, but would peak far lower than the previously forecasted 10%.
"The unemployment rate is expected to peak a little below 8% around the end of the year," it said.
"This peak represents a very high level of spare capacity in the labour market.
"The unemployment rate is expected to decline only gradually, to just above 6% by the end of 2022."
The central bank said policy support and a reopened Victoria would enable a quicker recovery in the national economy.
"After contracting by 4% over 2020 as a whole, GDP is expected to increase by around 5% over 2021 and 4% over 2022."
"This would bring GDP back to its end-2019 level by the end of 2021, but leave it well short of the path expected prior to the outbreak of the pandemic.
"The recovery can be expected to be bumpy and uneven, and highly sensitive to further virus outbreaks."
These scenarios are based on no further large outbreaks of COVID-19, with no new major economic restrictions imposed.
If there was to be a third wave and borders remained closed, the forecast for unemployment was significantly worse.
"Unemployment would increase more and stay high under this scenario," it said.
"After peaking at around 9%, the unemployment rate would still be around 8.5% by the end of 2022."
However, the RBA said additional progress in the control and treatment of the virus this year would significantly improve the labour market.
"Better health outcomes and ongoing control over the virus would boost confidence and help sustain a swifter recovery in household consumption and business investment.
"This would see the unemployment rate decline faster, reaching around 5.5% by the end of next year."
House price outlook uncertain
The RBA said although the house price crash many economists had predicted didn't eventuate, a spike in mortgage defaults could weaken the market.
"Although the national decline in housing prices has been limited to date, it is possible that conditions could weaken if there is a sharp increase in households that are unable to meet their mortgage obligations.
"This could be the result of a higher incidence of business failures and a further large rise in unemployment.
"Further out, the slowing in population growth could weigh on housing demand by more than is expected, resulting in lower prices and weaker dwelling investment."
But in the event of further government support, like an extension of the HomeBuilder scheme, prices could increase.
"In the other direction, substantial policy stimulus could lead to a sharper recovery in housing prices supporting a stronger outlook for private demand than currently forecast."
Cash rate to be unchanged for three years
The RBA cut the cash rate in November to a new record low of 0.10% on Tuesday, while also expanding its quantitative easing program by $100 billion.
It noted the Board was not contemplating a further reduction in interest rates.
"With the cash rate target at 10 basis points and the interest rate on Exchange Settlement balances at zero, interest rates have been lowered as far as it makes sense to do so in the current environment.
"The Board considers that there is little to be gained from short-term interest rates moving into negative territory and continues to view a negative policy rate as extraordinarily unlikely."
The central bank said it doesn't expect to hike rates for at least three years, with progress towards its goals some time away.
"The Board has committed not to increase the cash rate target until actual inflation is sustainably within the target range of 2–3%."
"This will require a period of strong employment growth and a return to a tight labour market."
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’I don’t give a stuff about you’
Clive Palmer made an explosive appearance on the Today show.
by Shannon Molloy
29th Apr 2019 9:23 AM | Updated: 10:03 AM
CLIVE Palmer has made a rambling appearance on breakfast TV, touting his extraordinary wealth and declaring he doesn't "give a stuff" what people think about him.
The United Australia Party leader and mining mogul was on Today, addressing his preference deal with the Liberal Party.
Mr Palmer took exception to host Deborah Knight's lining of questioning, repeatedly shouting her down and accusing her of not listening to him.
But it was when addressing criticism of him - including reminders of the times he fell asleep in parliament when serving as the member for Fairfax - that Mr Palmer really fired up.
"My wealth is $4000 million," Mr Palmer said. "Do you think I give a stuff about you, what you personally think or anyone else (thinks)?"
That's not a typo - $4000 million is how the colourful businessman constantly refers to his personal worth.
In a bizarre tangent, which characterised much of his commentary during the interview, he went on to talk about his family's war service.
"My members of my family have died in the First World War. Served at Tobruk and Kokoda … they have done more for this country than you or I can do. We are not going to let them down, the Anzacs down, who fought for this
Seriously? Newspoll is a conspiracy? The “real” support for the UAP will see it elected to govern? Now this really is unhinged. We’re told money can’t buy happiness but it seems an ability to make obscene amounts of it does not even require a loose grip on reality. https://t.co/kwS1g5zrDY
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country."
Mr Palmer will hold a press conference this afternoon to confirm the UAP's preference deal with the Liberal Party.
Clive Palmer, when he was the Member for Fairfax, falls asleep during House of Representatives Question Time.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has faced criticism for getting into bed with someone who owes millions of dollars in entitlements to workers at his collapsed Queensland Nickel refinery.
Mr Palmer insisted he has paid $7 million into a trust that lawyers would disperse to former employees, but he would not be drawn on the money the government had to stump up when his business folded.
Mr Palmer also took aim at Labor for "lying" about the extent of discussions with UAP about sharing preferences.
"Anthony Albanese is a liar. He doesn't even know. It is different that we have people attacking people permanently," Mr Palmer said.
He was also asked about dealing with the Liberals, given Mr Morrison once called him a clown.
"I'm not in favour of people calling people names. From any person. It's just a distraction from the main issue."
That's curious, given he once compared Mr Morrison to a Nazi.
Mr Palmer also described opinion polls as "fake news", invoking Donald Trump, insisting that the UAP is polling "much higher" than the five per cent indicated.
"Do you think there would be all this fuss if we were polling five per cent? Of course we are not. We are polling much higher than that. And there is 28 per cent of Australians that have yet to make their decision."
Polling shows that Mr Palmer's preferences could be key in deciding who wins government - something he seems emboldened about.
"They shouldn't have sour grapes at the Liberals over preferences," he said about Labor's attacks.
"He (Bill Shorten) would love to have our preferences."
Mr Palmer also said he's confident the UAP will win government.
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It Sounds Like Cole Sprouse and Lili Reinhart Broke Up Months Ago
...but they may never admit it.
By Carolyn Twersky
Since neither Cole Sprouse nor Lili Reinhart have commented on their alleged breakup (aside from a suspiciously timed Twitter like from Lili), fans have been left to deduce a lot from the little information we have been given. So, obviously when W Magazine came out with their August cover, which features the now reportedly defunct couple, everyone ran to see if it included any information on the reported split, and what the article has to say is super interesting...
Basically, while neither actor mentions anything about the breakup in the article, there are a lot of clues that the news is true, that the relationship is actually over, and it may have even ended months ago.
The article states that "two months later the two would part ways romantically," meaning we can assume the interviews for the piece were done in May. Even then, Lili and Cole opted to conduct separate interviews for the piece. While the author notes that this choice "might have been connected to the two of them being uncertain about their future together," Cole explains that he believes Lili "deserves her own voice box in every single way" and "that alone is justification enough," to do the separate interviews.
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Again, not a confirmation, but definitely a suspicious decision for a couple who's on a magazine cover together, to do separate interviews for the piece to accompany it.
At one point, Lili does allude to a possible breakup, though she puts it in the context of their Riverdale counterparts. "If and when we break up on the show, I don’t know," she says. "It’s weird being with an actor. You deal with sh*t no one has to deal with."
If they are broken up, however, we may never even get confirmation. Both Lili and Cole talk in the article about their decision to keep their personal life private, and that include potential splits.
"I do appreciate the privacy we have, that [Cole's] encouraged me to take," Lili says, revealing that Cole has taught her to keep stronger boundaries between her and her fans. "No one knows how long we’ve been together, and no one will until we’re ready to say it. No one knows how we fell in love, except for our close friends and us. It’s really special."
Cole also commented on his appreciation for privacy, but he did say he understands why fans are so interested in their relationship. "I think part of the fun that the audience had, and still has, is going: What’s up with them right now? It’s interesting!" That being said, he's still not willing to give up too much information, and it seems like because of that, he may never comment on the current status of their relationship.
"In all honesty, my own happiness and her happiness come before caring about what people are saying."
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Broadband urgency as Ireland hurtles towards a damaging digital divide
Ireland's Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte
The stakes have never been higher. Ireland’s Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte today confirmed the National Broadband Strategy that will be published in July will contain capital spend (capex) targets for the telecoms industry and the Government, which will shore up any shortfall. But will this arrest a looming digital divide that will hurt Ireland’s economy?
Today the Government launched the report of the Next Generation Broadband Taskforce that identified the hurdles Ireland faces in bringing next-generation broadband speeds to every part and parish of the country.
Let’s be very clear about one thing – there is an intrinsic link between job and business creation and broadband.
While Rabbitte said every part of Ireland will have broadband by 2013 and will meet EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes’ targets of high-speed broadband for every citizen by 2020, it is what happens between those seven years that will matter most to Ireland’s economic future.
While the industry and Government have achieved what they say is unprecedented levels of co-operation, it is what the industry itself confirmed today that I find most worrying. According to industry, more than 50pc of Ireland’s population will have access to at least 70Mbps by 2015.
That leaves at least half the population that won’t have what will be international standards of broadband by that date.
Jobs will only be sustained in businesses that have embraced the digital economy and the most likely source of job creation outside of inward investment will be new business creation. Thousands of two-to-three-person strong companies in every part of Ireland will have as potent an impact on employment in the next 10 years as any other form of economic upheaval.
You snooze – you lose
Rabbitte today confirmed this is still a far from ideal situation. Quoting Boston Consulting Group figures, he said 3.4pc of GDP in Ireland comes from the internet economy. The European average is 6pc. The UK – which has 7pc of its GDP coming from the internet economy – is celebrated as the most internet-dependent economy in the world.
What Irish firms who have yet to even embrace the internet in any form – that’s 21pc of them – don’t realise is UK firms in particular are eating their lunches. And why shouldn’t they if they are bright enough to embrace digital – if you snooze you lose.
“Adoption (of broadband) isn’t what it should be," Rabbitte admitted.
I would counter that if availability had been greater and sooner, the picture would be vastly different. Yet for more than a decade now, digital technology has not been a national imperative. Notwithstanding Eircom’s troubles and several changes of ownership, we built an excessive housing supply when other capital projects would have served the nation better and aggregated demand.
But that’s the past. What about the future? Well, Rabbitte described the work of the Next Generation Broadband Taskforce – which consists of policy makers and the CEOs of 10 telecoms players in Ireland – as a "unique experiment in partnership between industry and Government."
He said broadband growth in Ireland has risen from 475,000 seven years ago to 1.65m subscribers today.
“The industry has assured me that over 50pc of the population will have access to between 70Mbps and 100Mbps speeds by 2015. Seven hundred households currently have access to 100Mbps through cable and fibre."
But he acknowledged that the next category – people who will have a minimum of 30Mbps by 2018 – will be the most problematic to resolve.
Stimulating broadband adoption critical
“Adoption isn’t what it should be – 20,000 SMEs in Ireland are not online and 21pc have never used the internet. The challenge for the taskforce is to make it easier to invest in the rollout of broadband, encourage citizens and businesses for better uptake and address infrastructure deficits."
The overall report contains 42 different recommendations of the taskforce. This goes out to submission to the public today and in July the final strategy will be published.
Among the pertinent stumbling blocks identified is access to existing State fibre infrastructure – ducts run under the nation’s motorways for this purpose but access has been an issue – as well as the co-operation of various local authorities.
If there are local authorities reading this, I have only one question for you to bear in mind: do you want jobs to be created in your community?
If the answer is yes then your focus should be on facilitating access and deployment of dark fibre and next-generation radio towers. Allow this to happen and the nation can take meaningful strides towards reversing the 14.3pc unemployment rate – businesses in your community should see themselves as global first, local second.
Demand stimulation – also identified as a priority in the report. It will happen a lot more naturally if people are not only aware of the e-business and social regeneration possibilities open to them, but that the infrastructure exists.
Major projects like the 100Mbps connectivity for every secondary school in the country by 2014 will be invaluable in stimulating local demand.
Ireland could achieve a global advantage in the broadband stakes
The key difference I noted was the optimistic tone of Rabbitte, who said Ireland, if it rolls up its sleeves and offsets a damaging digital divide, could actually gain competitive advantage globally.
That’s actually a different kind of language to expect from a communications minister in Ireland. Since taking office, Rabbitte has rarely shied away from the fact the situation is bleak and will get worse if not addressed.
I asked him if the plan to be unveiled in July will contain not only the capital expenditure plans of the various operators but what the Government itself is prepared to invest to support access in communities most in danger of the digital divide.
“Yes," he replied. "It will have to. There are (economic) constraints but there are priorities and (broadband connectivity) has to be close to the top of the nation’s priorities."
Last October, Rabbitte said the State will be accessing the funding from the EU’s €40bn Connecting Europe infrastructure budget to invest in ultra-fast broadband. More than €9bn of the €40bn Connecting Europe framework will be available for telecoms projects.
As well as Rabbitte, the members of the taskforce include Dana Strong, CEO, UPC Ireland; John Shine, deputy CEO, ESB; Paul Donovan, CEO, Eircom/Meteor; Robert Finnegan, Hutchison Whampoa/3 Ireland; Jeroen Hoencamp, CEO, Vodafone; Aidan Dunning, secretary general, Department of Communications; Minister of State Fergus O’Dowd, TD; Sean Bolger, CEO, Imagine; Tony Hanway, CEO, Telefónica O2; Conal Henry, CEO, E-net; Colm O’Neill, CEO, BT Ireland; and Katherine Licken, assistant secretary, Department of Communications.
Strong said the industry and Government have developed a "healthy and unifying vision" for broadband in Ireland, and as well as UPC’s €500m investment in fibre, she pointed to Eircom’s plans to serve more than 1m households with next-generation broadband by 2015. "There’s a lot of investment happening in the industry," she pointed out.
Another member of the taskforce, E-net’s Conal Henry, said the real test of the taskforce’s mettle will be the move from analysis of the problem to the actual capex and delivery itself. "The stakes have never been higher. How a country competes in this century will be defined by the relative quality of its digital infrastructure and those countries that build first will reap a long-term economic benefit."
But the last word to Rabbitte: "Just like we had to find the wherewithal to roll out high-speed broadband to every secondary school in the country, in terms of gaps in our infrastructure we will have to back up our commitment with investment. Otherwise, this is not meaningful."
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Google hits back at Oracle, claims it ‘ignores’ open source community
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Google has responded to Oracle’s lawsuit that claims Oracle’s patents are infringed by Google’s use of Java in the Android platform.
Oracle is taking Google to court, claiming that the search giant used the Sun Microsystems-developed Java in the Android operating system, ignoring several patents in doing so.
Google filed a response to the lawsuit against it, saying that it denies it has infringed any of Oracle’s patents and states these patents are invalid or unenforceable for numerous reasons.
Google uses a subset of the Apache Harmony Java implementation in Android. However, Oracle keeps portions of Sun’s open-sourced Java closed, making developers use Sun’s Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) in order for them to get a license to use Java Standard Edition.
Oracle and Apache had been arguing about the licence for Java for many years and the only licence Sun ever offered Apache for the Java TCK included significant “field of use” restrictions, including mobile phone restrictions.
As a result, Apache has never taken a Java TCK licence to test Harmony. Oracle used to support Apache’s argument, but it changed once it acquired Sun.
Google is arguing that this is unfair and that Oracle has “ignored the open source community’s requests to fully open source the Java platform."
While Google’s open-source argument makes a case against corporate control over new technologies, Oracle responded, saying not only did Google knowingly infringe on their patents in using it, but that it also harms the industry.
"In developing Android, Google chose to use Java code without obtaining a licence," Oracle said in response to Google’s counter argument.
"Additionally, it modified the technology so it is not compliant with Java’s central design principle to ‘write once and run anywhere.’
“Google’s infringement and fragmentation of Java code not only damages Oracle, it clearly harms consumers, developers and device manufacturers," said Oracle’s statement.
Whatever the outcome, Java on mobile is likely to change once this lawsuit is settled.
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Neelie Kroes wants to end mobile roaming in Europe by Easter 2014
Neelie Kroes, vice-president for the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda
Mobile roaming could be a thing of the past by Easter 2014 if Neelie Kroes, vice-president for the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, has her way. In a speech to a European Parliament Committee, she said she wanted to complete the single telecoms market in Europe by next year.
Kroes told the members of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) at the European Parliament in Brussels that she wants them to be able to go back to their constituents and say they were able to end mobile roaming costs.
She said the commission has made a lot of progress in the area of roaming and that it is the one thing that Euro critics can agree has been a success.
But the time has come for European nations to end roaming altogether and forge a single telecoms market.
A single telecoms market by Easter 2014
“It is my belief that we can deliver such a package – this full, final, package – around Easter 2014. Imagine that.”
Kroes continued: “It will be good for Europe. Good for the economy, yes – growth stimulated by breaking down barriers. But when I think about this package I think about people rather than numbers.
“Take the young generation – the generation that cares most about being connected, but who votes the least. They need a strong and digital economy to escape the unemployment trap. Think also about our ageing population: the people who need new digital services to stay healthy and active, without losing their dignity and independence.
“If we do this right, then digital connections can bring political connections. Digital dividends can bring social ones.
“I am not promising a single market package that gives you everything you dreamed of. This package will have to strike a sensitive balance. I am promising to spend the next 12 months building a bridge with you to our citizens, your constituents. Whether they need it for travel, for trade, or for transactions – our people need this reform,” Kroes said.
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Trump pulls licences for Huawei suppliers in one last dig at company
PwC cybersecurity lead on GDPR: ‘Everybody is starting too late’
From left: Pat Moran, PwC Ireland cyber leader, with Grant Waterfall, PwC global cyber leader. Image: Maxwells
As the countdown begins to GDPR, Irish and European organisations are seriously underprepared, says PwC’s Pat Moran.
For the second year running, Irish CIOs and CEOs are being invited to take part in PwC’s Economic Crime Survey (deadline Friday 22 September). It is already apparent to the consulting firm’s Irish cybersecurity lead, Pat Moran, that very few tech leaders in Ireland are investing sufficiently in their cyber defences.
This is despite an unprecedented rise in cyberattacks globally, manifesting in major malware such as WannaCry, botnets targeting the internet of things, embarrassing data leakages at local banks and the recent data breach at Equifax.
‘We are foreseeing not so much the big fines getting the headlines, but an increase in customer litigation and actions that will be inevitable with GDPR’
– PAT MORAN
“We had a fair response a year ago and we expect a fair quantum of respondents from Ireland to benchmark against other countries,” said Moran.
“The big headline coming from last year is the growth of cybercrime when it comes to fraud. One in three frauds impacting businesses last year had a cybercrime element to it, just behind asset misappropriation and cash fraud.”
Moran warned that the average cost to a business dealing with serious fraud is now running to €500,000, an amount that would capsize any SME in Europe.
“What makes Ireland stand apart is that when it comes to cybercrime, most organisations see it as a threat and yet, very few are spending money or investing to get it right.
“Many are doing traditional technology controls and maturity assessments to see how good or bad their defences are, but very few are addressing core issues like educating their people, raising cybercrime awareness and improving their security culture.”
This assessment was reflected this week in PwC’s 2017 Irish CEO Pulse survey, which reported that around 40pc of Irish CEOs are not addressing cybersecurity breaches or critical business information systems.
The GDPR alarm clock fails to ring for many firms
In May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect across the EU, bringing with it hefty fines and the spectre of consumers taking litigation against businesses if they feel their data privacy rights have been infringed in any way.
“This is not being addressed and not being invested in sufficiently,” Moran warned.
“This regulation is going to be the biggest change that will impact SMEs and the entire private sector and public sector when it comes to data protection.
“Everybody is starting too late and nobody wants to know about it despite people banging the drum for over a year now.”
One of the stipulations of GDPR is that public sector bodies appoint privacy officers. “There is going to be a scarcity of these people. You are going to need people who are both savvy in terms of technology, but also familiar with all of the GDPR’s regulations and capable of working with the business in terms of systems and designing privacy controls.
“We are foreseeing no so much the big fines getting the headlines, but an increase in customer litigation and actions that will be inevitable with GDPR.”
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Tesco to launch own-brand smartphone this year
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British retailer Tesco is to take a further step into the smartphone market with the launch of its own branded smartphone later this year.
This will mark Tesco's first own-brand technology release since its budget Hudl tablet last year, which became a big seller.
To date, the company has sold more than 500,000 of these tablets and hopes to see the release of Hudl 2, along with the new smartphone.
According to Reuters, a spokesperson for Tesco said the smartphone will be based off Google’s Android operating system and will come with a number of pre-installed apps for Tesco’s services.
Tesco’s chief executive Phillip Clarke had previously stated the company wants to improve its financial standings after an operating loss, and hopes a number of price reductions and greater push of its telecommunications products and services will play a significant part in this.
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General Election 2016: ‘Vótáil inniu!’ Doodle and no selfies
26 Feb 2016538 Views
Election posters image via Luke Maxwell
It hasn’t been a long political campaign, but the voting Irish public will take to the polls today for General Election 2016 to decide who will make up the next Government, and we’ve gotten a nice Doodle, too.
The polls for today’s General Election 2016 have now officially opened, and will remain so until 10pm this evening, and while we’re given a break from listening to politicians on the campaign trail, there’s still plenty of interest and trepidation over how this election is going to go.
With many predicting the outcome of a hung Dáil – which would see us take to the polls again in the near future – the Irish public will likely have to get used to the campaigning for another bit yet.
Anyhow, to mark the occasion, Google has gone ahead and curated our very own Google Doodle to encourage us to head to the voting booth at some stage today in both English agus as Gaeilge (vótáil inniu!)
Last-minute tips
While we’re on the subject of voting, there’s some good things to not do when you take to the polls today, which many learnt about at last May’s Marriage Equality referendum, with regard to the dos and don’ts at the polling station.
For certain, the polling booth is a selfie-free zone, while your overwhelming desire to take a photo of you with the ballot paper might be your one-person crusade for people to acknowledge you exercising your democratic right, it could see you end up with no vote at all if a polling station member catches you.
But, as Tánaiste Joan Burton showed, you are still allowed to take a selfie outside of the polling station.
If you’re really adamant that you want to be seen voting on social media, Facebook will be letting users create a post that says you have voted.
Likewise, as much as you like one particular party or politician, your lapel full of party badges is also a major no-no, with polling states banning any party promotion at the polls.
So, if you’re reading this and still fretting over who you’re actually going to vote for, then you might want to check out our piece that lets you use technology to help you cast your vote and weed out the politicians you didn’t realise disagree with your beliefs.
Oh, and, of course, don’t forget your identification and polling card (if you have it) to save you any hassle and ensure you actually get to vote.
If you want to keep up with how voting is going across the country, you’re probably best to keep an eye on the hashtag #GE16 on Twitter, which should give a good flavour of the day’s events.
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World’s angriest AI sent to Earth to help customer care? Right…
A New Zealand company is developing the world’s angriest artificial intelligence – on the back of years of customer complaints to four of Australia’s largest banks – to help us.
The plan is that the €350,000 project will see the AI, which by then will be able to simulate millions of variations on the ‘angry customer’ theme, greater train our embattled customer care staff.
Data scientists in Australia and New Zealand will spend the next six months inputing the years of data – some of which also comes from telecom companies – to help create the monster, before going live later this year.
Touchpoint Group, the company behind the idea, hopes the programme will basically rifle through endless ‘what if’ scenarios, generating the angriest possible reaction from the AI, leading to cursing, yelling and hanging up no doubt.
Called Radiant, the AI willl essentially do what staff can’t, which is collate all the grievances that customers feel in one compilation file and, by data entry, establish the best way to deal with each one.
I guess it’s kind of like how computers can rock at chess by essentially learning the outcomes of every move. The problem is angry customers are not as predictable as rooks…
“The end goal is to build an engine that can recommend solutions to companies – and we’re talking about the people at the frontline here – how they can improve particular issues that customers are facing,” said Frank van der Velden, chief executive of Touchpoint Group, in The Australian.
“This will be possible by enabling our AI engine to learn right across a whole range of interactions of what has and has not worked in past examples.”
It’s a wonderfully ironic situation whereby an entire industry of customer care seeks a computerised system, the very problem with the vast majority of customer care situations, to better establish why we’re getting so angry.
Personally I’m just waiting for this type of horrid AI personality to be loaded into a ‘bar robot’, which just sits by the bar, head stooped down and, at the requisite times, yells at people for having too much fun.
Automated uncomfortableness its aim, automated aggravation its game.
Called ‘Grim Jim’, it will only acquiesce to but the tiniest of jukebox choices and, come closing time, the bar man must argue with it to leave. Because realism.
Angry robot image, via Shutterstock
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12 tech start-ups join UCD’s 2012 entrepreneurship programme
Twelve new knowledge-intensive business ventures and 28 researchers are taking part in UCD’s 2012 entrepreneurship programme, the university said this morning.
The annual Campus Company Development Programme (CCDP), which has just commenced at NovaUCD, assists UCD academic and research entrepreneurs in bringing their innovative ideas from intellectual concepts to fully developed and sound commercial businesses.
Just fewer than 190 new ventures and 290 individuals have to date completed this programme which has run since 1996.
The new ventures and individuals participating on this year’s programme are commercialising research undertaken throughout the university, including research in the UCD Schools of Biosystems Engineering, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Computer Science and Informatics, Physics and Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science.
"The Campus Company Development Programme is University College Dublin’s main business support programme and is designed specifically to assist researchers in establishing new UCD spin-out companies to commercialise the innovative ideas arising from their research programmes," explained Prof Peter Clinch, UCD vice-president for Innovation.
He added, "I am delighted that nearly 30 of our researchers are taking part in this year’s programme. It is critically important for the development of a sustainable smart economy in Ireland that university researchers, who have developed innovative ideas, participate on programmes such as the CCDP to understand and learn the skills required to establish new high-tech companies and to grow and develop such companies into the future."
The CCDP is a nine-month, part-time programme designed to suit the busy timetable of researchers and academics. It offers a mix of monthly workshops, mentoring and one-to-one consultancy. It is delivered by NovaUCD staff, with support from NovaUCD’s sponsors and network, as well as other outside experts.
The programme culminates with a high-profile awards evening, which will be held in November. At the end of this event, the UCD 2012 Start-Up of the Year Award will be presented to one of the participating ventures. Former winners of this award include companies such as BiancaMed, Equinome, Logentries and RendezVu.
APC Ltd, the overall winner of the 2011 award, has already hired nine permanent PhD qualified engineers and chemists. The company is currently recruiting highly-skilled staff for its technology divisions and expects to employ 20 people by the end of 2013.
The CCDP is designed to assist academic entrepreneurs by providing them with the skills necessary to transform their ideas into commercially feasible new ventures. Participants on the programme have the opportunity to access NovaUCD’s desk space and incubation facilities and associated innovation support services.
This year, a prize fund of more than €35,000 will be available to the 2012 CCDP award winners. In addition to cash prizes and six months of free NovaUCD desk space, Aristo, Arthur Cox, Delaney Financial Consultancy, Deloitte and Newmarket Partnership will be providing professional services. AccountsIQ will also be providing a free one-year subscription to its accountancy software.
New Ventures Participating on the 2012 CCDP at UCD
EgoNav is developing a software tool to assist companies with effective customer analytics by identifying recurring patterns and anomalous structure in large customer datasets by performing a parallel analysis of all their customers in real time. The promoters are Dr Martin Harrigan, Dr Lorcan Coyle and Dr Prag Sharma, UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics.
Energy Efficient Household Appliance is developing a low-cost, energy-saving device which is a realistic alternative to conventional drying methods. The promoters are David Ronan, Finbarr Maguire and Frank Griffin, UCD School of Biosystems Engineering.
Faisnéis is developing "smart systems" technology for the agri-food and bioresources sectors. The promoter is Prof Shane Ward, UCD School of Biosystems Engineering.
High Performance Hydrogen Storage Technology is developing a hydrogen storage system where hydrogen can be released at moderate temperatures fast and "on demand" from the system. The promoters are Dr Christian Grave and Dr Andrew Phillips, UCD School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology.
InCUs is developing technology for e-discovery experts and IT security managers, which employs digital forensic techniques to provide additional insight into operation of organisational IT infrastructure. The promoters are John Michael Harkness, Barry Denby and Dr Pavel Gladyshev, UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics.
NanoCheck is developing screening approaches for nanomaterial-biomolecule interactions as a basis for optimised nanomedical targeting, personalised medicine and nanosafety assessment. The promoters are Dr Iseult Lynch and Prof Kenneth Dawson, UCD School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and the Centre for BioNano Interactions.
Pathogen Track will specialise in training and providing services for the monitoring, identifying and tracking of pathogens alongside risk analyses for products and manufacturing processes in the food and pharmaceutical industries. The promoters are Dr Karen Power and Prof Seamus Fanning, UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science.
Ser:on:line Networks is developing a Wi-Fi-based wireless communications solution which will be rented to event organisers so they can provide fast and reliable Wi-Fi internet access to their visitors. The promoter is Sebastian Robitzsch, UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics.
Short pulse, high-energy laser systems is developing robust laser systems with short, high-energy pulses for high-precision micro-engineering and high-value science applications. The promoters are Dr Tony Donnelly, Dr Fergal O’Reilly, Elaine Long and Thomas Cummins, UCD School of Physics.
SpecPros is developing the use of hyperspectral imaging (HSI) for the monitoring of food quality attributes, which are invisible to the human eye, in a rapid and non-destructive manner. The promoters are Dr Aoife Gowen and Dr Carlos Esquerre, UCD School of Biosystems Engineering.
Yokie is developing a novel people-powered search and discovery engine that harnesses the vast amounts of content shared by millions of people on real-time social networks like Twitter. The promoter is Owen Phelan, UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics and the CLARITY Centre for Sensor Web Technologies.
X-Ray Microscope is developing and building an innovative, high-power microscope using X-rays for applications in the bio-imaging area. The promoters are Dr Tom McCormack, Dr Dimitri Scholz, Dr Fergal O’Reilly and Niall Kennedy, UCD School of Physics and the UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research.
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Did Disney Fake Lemming Deaths for the Nature Documentary ‘White Wilderness’?
Lemmings don't commit mass suicide, so filmmakers had to use various camera tricks to capture scenes of them supposedly plunging to their deaths.
Filmmakers staged lemming death scenes for the Disney nature documentary White Wilderness.
Some of the most memorable scenes in White Wilderness, Disney’s 1958 Academy Award-winning “True-Life Adventure” nature documentary about wildlife in the snowy northern portions of the North American continent, were ones featuring the death of lemmings who drowned after jumping off cliffs and into the sea. But the scenes shown in the documentary were staged by filmmakers in order to replicate supposed real-life behavior of lemmings that could not be captured on film, and thus did Disney perpetuate for generations to come the legend of periodic, inexplicable mass suicides by lemmings who die by hurling themselves off of cliffs.
The narration in the film accompanying the lemmings scenes begins as follows:
It is said of this tiny animal that it commits mass suicide by rushing into the sea in droves. The story is one of the persistent tales of the Arctic, and as often happens in Man’s nature lore, it is a story both true and false, as we shall see in a moment.
What the audience then sees is what appears to be a horde of lemmings entering the Arctic sea by jumping off cliffs and scampering across rock-covered beaches to enter the water from the shore, whereupon they swim out to sea and (we’re told by the narrator) eventually drown — not quite because they’re simply committing suicide, the film states, but because they’ve supposedly mistaken the vast expanse of the Arctic sea for a lake and assumed there’s a reachable shore just across the water.
Nonetheless, the narration strongly suggests that the behavior shown in the film is a form of unreasoning, compulsive march to death in which lemmings typically engage:
A kind of compulsion seizes each tiny rodent and, carried along by an unreasoning hysteria, each falls into step for a march that will take them to a strange destiny. That destiny is to jump into the ocean. They’ve become victims of an obsession — a one-track thought: ‘Move on! Move on!’ This is the last chance to turn back, yet over they go, casting themselves out bodily into space … and so is acted out the legend of mass suicide.
None of what was shown in the film was realistic lemming behavior, however. Disney’s White Wilderness was filmed the Canadian province of Alberta, which is not a native habitat for lemmings and is landlocked with no outlet to the sea. The filmmakers had to import lemmings to Alberta for use in the documentary (reportedly by purchasing them from Inuit children who had caught them in other provinces); through the use of carefully controlled camera angles and tight editing, the filmmakers made no more than a few dozen lemmings look like a much larger number, placing them on turntables to create a frenzied migration effect and then herding them off a cliff and into the water (which was actually the Bow River, not an Arctic sea).
Nine different photographers spent three years shooting and assembling footage for the various segments that comprise White Wilderness, and it is not known whether Walt Disney approved or was aware of the activities of James R. Simon, the principal photographer for the lemmings sequence. Certainly nature documentaries are notoriously difficult to film as wild animals are not terribly cooperative, and many nature shows and films of this era (including Disney’s “True-Life Adventure” movies and the Wild Kingdom television series) staged events to capture exciting footage for their audiences. Nonetheless, in this case what was depicted on screen was a complete fabrication, not a recreation of real animal behavior that filmmakers were unable to capture on film.
Lemmings do not periodically hurl themselves off cliffs and into the sea. Cyclical explosions in population do occasionally induce lemmings to attempt to migrate to areas of lesser population density, and when such migrations occur, some lemmings do die by falling over cliffs or drowning in lakes or rivers. These deaths are neither acts of “suicide” nor the result of compulsive unreasoning behavior, however; they’re accidental deaths resulting from lemmings’ venturing into unfamiliar territories and being crowded and pushed over dangerous ledges or venturing into the water in a quest to reach new territory.
As the Alaska Department of Fish and Game noted in an article about this myth:
“Disney had to have gotten that idea from somewhere,” said Thomas McDonough, the state wildlife biologist. Disney likely confused dispersal with migration, he added, and embellished a kernel of truth.
Lemming populations fluctuate enormously based on predators, food, climate and other factors. Under ideal conditions, in a single year a population of voles can increase by a factor of ten. When they’ve exhausted the local food supply, they disperse, as do moose, beaver and many other animals.
Lemmings can swim and will cross bodies of water in their quest for greener pastures. Sometimes they drown. Dispersal and accidental death is a far cry from the instinctive, deliberate mass suicide depicted in “White Wilderness,” but [the White Wilderness narrator] explains that life is tough in the lemmings’ “weird world of frozen chaos.” The voice-over implies that lemmings take the plunge every seven to ten years to alleviate overpopulation.
“What people see is essentially mass dispersal,” said zoologist Gordon Jarrell, an expert in small mammals with the University of Alaska Fairbanks. “Sometimes it’s pretty directional. The classic example is in the Scandinavian mountains, where (lemmings) have been dramatically observed. They will come to a body of water and be temporarily stopped, and eventually they’ll build up along the shore so dense and they will swim across. If they get wet to the skin, they’re essentially dead.”
Jarrell said when people learn that he works with lemmings, the mass suicide issue often comes up.
“It’s a frequent question,” he said “‘Do they really kill themselves?’ No. The answer is unequivocal, no they don’t.”
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Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha #1) (Hardcover)
By Tomi Adeyemi
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“When Zelie was a child, she saw her mother and all magic wiped from existence with a tyrant's single, sweeping order. Now she finds herself tasked with restoring that magic to the land of Orisha, with the aid of her brother and that same tyrant's daughter. As Zelie races against time, she reckons with her newfound abilities and the moral complexities they awaken her to. Adeyemi's debut features truly epic world-building without sacrificing the intimate character development that propels the narrative. Every action combines taut pacing with lucid internal monologue, lending each work of magic or physical blow a palpable emotional weight. Stunning, cinematic, and resonant.”
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With five starred reviews, Tomi Adeyemi’s West African-inspired fantasy debut, and instant #1 New York Times Bestseller, conjures a world of magic and danger, perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sabaa Tahir.
They killed my mother.
They took our magic.
They tried to bury us.
Now we rise.
Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.
But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope.
Now Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good.
Danger lurks in Orïsha, where snow leoponaires prowl and vengeful spirits wait in the waters. Yet the greatest danger may be Zélie herself as she struggles to control her powers and her growing feelings for an enemy.
"A phenomenon." —Entertainment Weekly
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Named one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people, Tomi Adeyemi is a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Nigerian-American writer and storyteller based in Los Angeles, CA. After graduating from Harvard University with an honors degree in English literature, she studied West African mythology, religion, and culture in Salvador, Brazil. Her first novel, Children of Blood and Bone, debuted at #1 on The New York Times Bestseller list and is being developed into a movie by Disney's Fox & Lucasfilm. Its highly anticipated sequel, Children of Virtue and Vengeance, also debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list. When she’s not working or playing with puppies, Tomi can be found teaching creative writing at thewritersroadmap.net. In 2020, she was named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media, and her website has been named one of the 101 best websites for writers by Writer’s Digest.
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“A magnificent, heartrending, earthshaking debut.” —New York Times-bestselling author Daniel José Older
"High stakes, a captivating fantasy landscape, and a brave heroine worth rooting for make Children of Blood and Bone unlike anything I've ever read." —Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Beautiful Creatures and author of The Lovely Reckless
"Powerful, captivating, and raw—Adeyemi is a talent to watch. Exceptional." —Kirkus, Starred Review
"Adeyemi’s devastating debut is a brutal, beautiful tale of revolution, faith, and star-crossed love." —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
"... Adeyemi keeps it fresh with an all-black cast of characters, a meaningful emphasis on fighting for justice, a complex heroine saving her own people, and a brand of magic made more powerful by the strength of heritage and ancestry. Perfect for fans of the expansive fantasy worlds of Leigh Bardugo, Daniel Jose´ Older, and Sabaa Tahir." —Booklist, Starred Review
"...A refreshing YA fantasy with an all–West African cast of characters that should be on every shelf." —School Library Journal, Starred Review
"This is an exceptional debut from the author and will have a huge audience desperately waiting for more. Children of Blood and Bone is perfect for fans of Nnedi Okorafor, Nancy Farmer, and Angie Thomas." —VOYA, Starred Review
"Nigerian culture and geography... give this fantasy a distinct flavor, further distinguished by the intensity of emotion." —Horn Book
“Meet Tomi Adeyemi—the new J.K. Rowling. (Yep, she’s that good).” —Entertainment Weekly
“Poses thought-provoking questions about race, class and authority that hold up a warning mirror to our sharply divided society.” –The New York Times
“A fast-paced, excellently crafted hero's journey…populated with compelling and nuanced black characters.” –NPR
“A debut novel that is nearly impossible to put down.”–USA Today
“Adeyemi’s writing is beautiful and immersive.” –Tor.com
“A miraculous achievement.” –The Guardian
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St. John Rivers
Helen Burns
Mrs. Reed
Why does Jane marry Rochester?
Social Class
Gothic Elements
Victorian Perceptions of Women
Jane Eyre and The Gothic Tradition
Theme, Motifs, and Symbols
Characters Jane Eyre
The development of Jane Eyre’s character is central to the novel. From the beginning, Jane possesses a sense of her self-worth and dignity, a commitment to justice and principle, a trust in God, and a passionate disposition. Her integrity is continually tested over the course of the novel, and Jane must learn to balance the frequently conflicting aspects of herself so as to find contentment.
An orphan since early childhood, Jane feels exiled and ostracized at the beginning of the novel, and the cruel treatment she receives from her Aunt Reed and her cousins only exacerbates her feeling of alienation. Afraid that she will never find a true sense of home or community, Jane feels the need to belong somewhere, to find “kin,” or at least “kindred spirits.” This desire tempers her equally intense need for autonomy and freedom.
In her search for freedom, Jane also struggles with the question of what type of freedom she wants. While Rochester initially offers Jane a chance to liberate her passions, Jane comes to realize that such freedom could also mean enslavement—by living as Rochester’s mistress, she would be sacrificing her dignity and integrity for the sake of her feelings. St. John Rivers offers Jane another kind of freedom: the freedom to act unreservedly on her principles. He opens to Jane the possibility of exercising her talents fully by working and living with him in India. Jane eventually realizes, though, that this freedom would also constitute a form of imprisonment, because she would be forced to keep her true feelings and her true passions always in check.
Charlotte Brontë may have created the character of Jane Eyre as a means of coming to terms with elements of her own life. Much evidence suggests that Brontë, too, struggled to find a balance between love and freedom and to find others who understood her. At many points in the book, Jane voices the author’s then-radical opinions on religion, social class, and gender.
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Study Guide NO FEAR Translation Infographic
NO FEAR Translation
Act I, scenes i–ii
Act I, scene iii
Act II, scenes i–iv
Act II, scenes v–ix
Act III, scenes i–ii
Act III, scenes iii–v
Act IV, scene i, lines 1–163
Act IV, scene i, lines 164–396
Act IV, scene i, lines 397–453; scene ii
Act V, scene i
Shylock
Bassanio
Is Shylock a Villain?
Act I, scenes i-ii
Act II, scenes i-iv
Act II, scenes v-ix
Act III, scenes i-ii
Act III, scenes iii-v
Act IV, scene i
Anti-Semitism in Renaissance England
Shakespeare’s Sources for Merchant of Venice
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
Act 1, scenes i-ii
Act 1, scene iii
Act 2, scenes i-iv
Act 2, scenes v-ix
Act 3, scenes iii-v
Act 4, scene i, lines 1-163
Act 4, scene i, lines 164-396
Act 4, scene i, lines 397-453; scene ii
Act 5, scene i
Main Ideas Plot Analysis
The Merchant of Venice is essentially a play about property: in telling the story of a merchant who treats his own flesh as property to secure a loan, and the moneylender who calls in the debt, the play asks questions about the value of life itself. Throughout the play, tangible objects such as rings and caskets stand in for intangible ideas about love and fidelity. A test where three suitors must choose between silver, lead, and gold caskets functions to remind audiences that “all that glisters isn’t gold,” and the true value of life has no financial equivalent. However, money plays a significant role for most of the characters, for whom financial security equals independence. Language about penalties, bonds, and forfeitures add to the sense of life reduced to commercial transactions. The fact that the most avaricious, greedy character in the play ends up having lost both his physical wealth as well as his daughter and his religion warn against the dangers of excessive greed. While the play culminates in a trial scene, Portia’s soliloquy suggests that mercy, or forgiveness, is ultimately more important than legal justice.
The major conflict driving the plot of The Merchant of Venice takes place between Bassanio, who wants to marry Portia to gain the financial means to pay back his debt to Antonio, and Shylock, who wants revenge on Antonio for lending money without interest and for his anti-Semitic insults. Shylock’s desire for revenge on Antonio implies a deeper desire to defend his humanity and his way of life. During the play’s inciting incident, Bassanio uses Antonio’s credit to secure a loan from Shylock, binding Antonio to Shylock and making their final confrontation inevitable. Though the men separate after this incident, the stakes of their conflict are raised during the rising action of the play. First, Lancelot and then Jessica rob and abandon Shylock in quick succession, fueling his fury. Next, Bassanio wins the chance to marry Portia in the casket game, fulfilling his superficial desires for money and marriage and bringing him close to proving his character by repaying Antonio in money, love, and loyalty. Finally, Antonio’s ships fail to return, giving Shylock has the opportunity to get his revenge and Bassanio the opportunity to prove his character by coming to Antonio’s rescue.
The conflict between Bassanio’s desire to redeem his character by proving himself a loyal friend and Shylock’s desire to defend his humanity by enacting revenge on Antonio comes to a head in the play’s climactic trial scene. Shylock makes the case for his right to collect his bond by arguing that he has the same rights as any other hateful character in Venice. But Portia, disguised as Balthazar, argues that in trying to collect on his loan, Shylock has threatened Antonio’s life, and therefore broken the law. Not only can Shylock not collect the money he loaned, he is stripped of his livelihood and religion, signaling that the world of the play will not accept Shylock’s humanity or his way of life. Bassanio, Portia, Gratiano, Nerissa, Lorenzo, and Jessica all finish the play happily married and financially secure in Belmont. While the couples in the play end up happy, Shylock’s punishment seems neither merciful nor just. Not only is he unable to collect the money he is rightfully owed by Bassanio, he loses the rest of his wealth, his daughter, and his Jewish faith. While Shakespeare’s contemporaries would have seen Shylock’s conversion to Christianity as a victory for his immortal soul, Shylock’s forced conversion is shockingly anti-Semitic and unjust to modern readers.
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Who can claim the Job Retention Bonus?
One of the most headline-grabbing announcements of Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Summer Economic Statement saw the promise of a Job Retention Bonus (JRB) aimed at encouraging employers to keep employees on the payroll until the end of January.
The JRB is designed to follow the end of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), which is being wound down and will finish at the end of October. The Chancellor said furloughing had been the right step to take to protect jobs during the first phase of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Here, we look at the JRB and assess which employers and employees will be eligible.
What is the JRB?
The JRB is a one-off payment to employers of £1,000 for every employee who they previously claimed for under the CJRS and who remains continuously employed through to 31 January 2021.
Eligible employees must earn at least £520 a month on average between 1 November 2020 and 31 January 2021. Employers will be able to claim the JRB after they have filed PAYE for January and payments will be made to employers from February 2021.
Which employers can claim the JRB?
An employer will be able to claim the JRB for any employees that were eligible for the CJRS whom they have claimed a grant for. Where a claim for an employee was incorrectly made, a JRB will not be payable.
Employers must keep their payroll up to date and accurate and address all requests from HMRC to provide missing employee data in respect of historic CJRS claims. Failure to maintain accurate records may jeopardise an employer's claim. HMRC will withhold payment of the JRB where it believes there is a risk that CJRS claims may have been fraudulently requested or inflated until the enquiry is completed.
Which employees can an eligible employer claim the JRB for?
Claims will only be accepted for employees that were eligible for the CJRS. Employers will be able to claim for employees who meet the following criteria.
Were furloughed and had a CJRS claim submitted for them that meets all relevant eligibility criteria for the scheme.
Have been continuously employed by the relevant employer from the time of the employer's most recent claim for that employee until at least 31 January 2021.
Have been paid an average of at least £520 a month between 1 November 2020 and 31 January 2021. The employee does not have to be paid £520 in each month but must have received some earnings in each of the three calendar months that have been paid and reported to HMRC via RTI.
Have up-to-date RTI records for the period to the end of January.
Are not serving a contractual or statutory notice period that started before 1 February 2021 for the employer making a claim.
How is the £520 a month average minimum earnings threshold calculated?
Only earnings recorded through RTI records can count towards the £520 a month average minimum earnings threshold.
Where employees are on fixed-term contracts or have been on statutory parental leave, the calculations become more complex. Please contact us for additional assistance.
How can employers claim the JRB?
From February 2021, employers will be able to claim the JRB through the GOV.UK website. The bonus will be taxable, so the business must include the whole amount as income when calculating their taxable profits for corporation tax or self assessment.
Employers should ensure that their employee records are up to date, including accurately reporting their employees' details and wages on the Full Payment Submission through RTI. Employers should also make sure all their CJRS claims have been accurately submitted and any necessary amendments have been notified to HMRC.
Further information on the JRB can be found here.
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Home > Proceedings > Volume 10786 > Article
15 November 2018 Potential sources of reactive gases for the West of Moscow Oblast
K. A. Shukurov, A. N. Borovski, A. V. Dzhola, E. I. Grechko, O. V. Postylyakov, Y. Kanaya
K. A. Shukurov,1 A. N. Borovski,1 A. V. Dzhola,1 E. I. Grechko,1 O. V. Postylyakov,1 Y. Kanaya2
1A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics (Russian Federation)
2Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (Japan)
Proceedings Volume 10786, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XXIII; 107860C (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2325844
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2018, Berlin, Germany
A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics (OIAP) of Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) performs regular measurements of the integral tropospheric content of such reactive gases as nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and formaldehyde (HCHO) by the MAX-DOAS method at the Zvenigorod Scientific Station (ZSS) since 2009. For each average hourly gas contents in the troposphere at ZSS in 2009-2017 the backward trajectories of the air particles were calculated using the trajectory model NOAA HYSPLIT_4 and the grid meteorological data NOAA NCEP GDAS0p5. Using the backward trajectories, the PSCF (potential source contribution function) method was used to calculate detailed (resolution 0.1°×0.1°) fields of probability of the transport to ZSS of air masses which are extremely polluted with formaldehyde and nitrogen dioxide from a potential source. Similarly, using the CWT (concentration weighted trajectory) method, detailed fields of the average contribution of the potential source to the tropospheric NO2 and HCHO contents at ZSS were reconstructed. The relative influence of the Moscow megacity and the industrialized region in the east of the Moscow Oblast on the contamination of the lower troposphere of the Western Moscow Oblast with nitrogen dioxide and formaldehyde is specified.
K. A. Shukurov, A. N. Borovski, A. V. Dzhola, E. I. Grechko, O. V. Postylyakov, and Y. Kanaya "Potential sources of reactive gases for the West of Moscow Oblast", Proc. SPIE 10786, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XXIII, 107860C (15 November 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2325844
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K. A. Shukurov, A. N. Borovski, A. V. Dzhola, E. I. Grechko, O. V. Postylyakov, Y. Kanaya, "Potential sources of reactive gases for the West of Moscow Oblast," Proc. SPIE 10786, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XXIII, 107860C (15 November 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2325844
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Privacy policy of SportsNow GmbH
The privacy policy below applies to all users of the website accessible on www.sportsnow.ch (“website”), the SportsNow app (“app”) and operated by SportsNow GmbH (company number CHE-477.863.771, registered in the Canton of Bern (“SportsNow”). Users within the meaning of this privacy policy are all visitors and registered users and/or providers of the website and the app. Its most current version applies to users from the start of any use, and for users/providers from the time of registration.
This privacy policy provides information on personal data collected and stored by SportsNow, on their use and protection, on the storage and on how SportsNow handles the personal data for its services on the website and in the app. Users and providers who register with SportsNow agree to the handling of their personal data set out in this document.
The term "personal information" as used in this Privacy Policy includes information that identifies you personally, including your name, date of birth, e-mail address, postal address or telephone number. For the booking and registration of sports, exercise, fitness and health courses, we also need information about your state of health. These data will be passed on to the appropriate sports and fitness studios for more intimate purposes. SportsNow does not use this data.
In principle, we will use your personal data only as described in this privacy policy. However, we reserve the right to make such data available for additional uses, to the extent permitted by law or required or required to support legal or criminal investigation.
In the next sections, we explain how and when we collect personal information from you.
2. Collection and storage
Users and providers may visit the website anonymously without SportsNow knowing who they are and/or without collecting their personal data.
The affected person has the opportunity to register on our website, providing personal data. The personal data to be sent to the responsible for the processing is derived from the respective input mask used for the registration.
Personal data entered by the affected person shall be collected and stored for internal use by the responsible for the processing and for his own use and, on the other hand, forwarded to the appropriate sports, exercise, fitness and health studios. The responsible for the processing may initiate the transfer to one or more processors who also use the personal data only for internal use attributable to the responsible for the processing.
By registering the affected person voluntarily providing personal data, the data controller serves to provide the affected person with content or services that, due to the nature of the case, can only be offered to registered users. Registered persons are free to modify the personal data given at registration at any time or to delete it completely from the database of the data controller.
The responsible for the processing shall, at any time upon request, provide information to each affected person as to which personal data about the affected person is stored. Furthermore, the data controller corrects or deletes personal data at the request or reference of the affected person, insofar as this does not conflict with any statutory storage requirements.
3. Use
SportsNow is a unique reservation and booking software, offering services in the sports, exercise, fitness and health sector to users and providers. SportsNow collaborates with various sports, exercise, fitness and health studios in this regard and passes on the personal data for the booking and registration of courses offered to them.
In order to fulfil the purpose mentioned above, SportsNow collects, processes and uses the data collected by it or provided by users/providers. By registering with and using SportsNow, the user/provider agrees to the fact that SportsNow will process his/her data:
• to enable him/her to set up an account including all SportsNow services, for example online payment of offers and services;
• to perform surveys, promotions, etc. and present the results, for example success stories;
• to be able to create internal reports on the use of SportsNow, to manage, support, improve and develop the business;
• to inform him/her about updates of SportsNow, information notices and associated notifications, including important safety updates, or provide him/her with other information (in particular advertising) and inform him/her about promotions and future services;
• to use summarised anonymised statistical data of SportsNow for scientific and publication purposes.
For example, we collect and use your personal information to provide you with products or services, to charge you for products and services ordered, or to present products and services that we believe may be of interest to you, or to others Purposes that are evident from the circumstances or through which we inform you when collecting personal information to communicate with you.
4. Facilities and data protection
To ensure the security and confidentiality of the personal information we collect online, we use data networks that are protected, inter alia, by industry-standard firewalls and password systems. When handling your personal information, we take reasonable steps to protect your information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.
5. Payment details
Users and providers disclosing their payment details to SportsNow will be treated confidential and not be disclosed to third parties, unless they are a company processing credit card payments or providing such services.
In addition to the cooperation with partners who are contractually bound to secrecy and with other carefully selected third parties, including marketing and advertising partners, which is necessary for its operations, SportsNow will disclose personal data to third parties only if SportsNow is required by statutory provisions or an official order to do so, at its own discretion at the request of an official body, or if it assumes in good faith that this is necessary to:
1. comply with statutory provisions or legal procedures;
2. protect its rights or its property;
3. detect or prevent any crime of offense;
4. protect the personal safety of users or the public.
Based on a customary privacy statement, SportsNow is also entitled to grant reasonable insight into the SportsNow database to third parties wishing to acquire the entirety or parts of the business of SportsNow, in whatever form.
If insolvency proceedings would be carried out concerning SportsNow, SportsNow or the liquidator, solicitor, administrator or receiver may sell, license or otherwise dispose of the database of SportsNow within the framework of a legal transaction approved by the court.
7. Transfer to third countries
By accepting the GTC and this privacy policy, the user/provider of SportsNow expressly agrees within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 2 letter b of the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection that data is disclosed to other countries within the scope of the standard use of SportsNow, in particular for data storage, even if there are no laws abroad that would ensure appropriate protection. In such a case, SportsNow will take suitable measures for adequate protection.
Cookies are small text files stored by the web browser on the computer of the user/provider, which may for example collect data about the user behaviour, e.g. about the used browser. SportsNow uses cookies to document and analyse the use of the website. Cookies also enable automatic log-in, provided that the user/provider enabled this option. No personal data is collected, and there is no connection with the data in the account of the user/provider. Cookies never allow access to the personal data of a user/provider. With the appropriate configuration of his/her browser, the user/provider is able at any time to prevent the acceptance of cookies or have a warning displayed before accepting a cookie, and determine independently whether to accept the cookie or not. Disabling cookies does not affect the availability of the services of SportsNow, but may limit the technical functions and the ease of use.
Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ('Google'). Google Analytics generates detailed statistics about the traffic of a website and its origin and measures conversions and sales. Google Analytics uses so-called cookies, which are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. SportsNow uses Google Analytics to streamline our website portfolio (i) by optimizing traffic to and between company websites and (ii) through the integration and optimization of websites.
The information obtained by the cookies about your use of the website, including your IP address, will be anonymized by using the appropriate settings («_anonymizelp ()» or equivalent) and transmitted to Google servers in the United States. For more information about how IP anonymization works, visit https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052.
Google uses the information obtained through the cookies to evaluate your use of the website, to report on the website activities and to provide us with these reports for analysis purposes.
Google will also transfer this information to third parties if required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Google will never associate your IP address with other data stored by Google.
You can prevent the installation and storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly by downloading the free browser plug-ins available at the following link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en and install. However, please be aware that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
By using this site, you consent to the processing of any personal information about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
10. Log file
When accessing the website, general access data are stored in a log file in order to create statistics. SportsNow uses this data for statistical and technical evaluations and in anonymised form for example to optimise the server infrastructure, or to determine on which days the website is accessed most often, and to draw conclusions about improvement opportunities for the user interface and functionalities. There will be no person-related analysis of this data.
11. Information provided by SportsNow
SportsNow reserves the right to send e-mails or other user-specific messages to the user/provider to inform him/her in regular intervals about current issues and news about SportsNow. The user/provider agrees to receive such e-mails or messages.
In addition, automated user-specific messages will be dispatched, which are directly linked to the use. Such messages cannot be disabled.
12. Information from children
SportsNow will not knowingly collect, use or share personal information of minors under the age of 18 without first obtaining the consent of a parent or guardian (s) through direct offline contact. The guardian will receive (i) information about the specific nature of personal information collected by the minor and (ii) the possibility of objecting to any further collection, use or storage of such information.
13. Right to information
If you have any questions or complaints about our compliance with this Privacy Policy, or if you have any suggestions or comments on how we may improve our privacy, please contact us at support@sportsnow.ch.
The user/provider is entitled at any time to request information from the data protection officer of SportsNow in writing, whether and what personal data is stored about him/her at SportsNow. After the applicant was identified, the query will be answered as quickly as possible in the form SportsNow consider appropriate. Information can be denied, restricted or deferred to the extent provided by law or necessary due to predominant interests of SportsNow or third parties.
The user/provider shall address his/her request for information to the following address:
SportsNow GmbH
Effingerstrasse 4
Email: support@sportsnow.ch
14. Amendment
SportsNow may amend this privacy policy at any time by publishing the amended policy on the website. The amended terms enter into force automatically 30 days after their first publication. In addition, SportsNow shall inform the users/providers by e-mail to the e-mail address indicated in the user account.
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Your dissertation layout must meet certain requirements. Special rules apply if you have written your dissertation with others or if you are publishing a commercial edition. Read more about these here.
Always make sure that there are enough copies of your dissertation in a format that is easy to read.
Dissertation comprising articles
If you are reprinting articles, make sure they have the same format. This may mean that you need to enlarge or reduce them. The dissertation must be presented in such a way that it is a bound book.
Commercial edition
If you want to publish a commercial edition of your dissertation, you may only do so if:
It will be published after the PhD committee has decided that you may defend your dissertation.
The commercial edition – which will be the dissertation submitted to the beadle – has a bound title page. For further requirements, see the PhD regulations.
You may publish part of your dissertation in an academic journal before the defence has taken place. You must indicate this in the dissertation.
A dissertation may be a selection of previously published articles of which the candidate is not the only author, or it could be a selection of articles that have been submitted for publication. If you include these articles in your dissertation, it then counts as a new publication. Take note of the copyright of the other copyright holder(s).
Joint dissertation
If you have written a dissertation together with others, each of you must submit the dissertation with your ‘own’ title page and curriculum vitae, and the required number of propositions. On the back of the title page you can state that it is a joint study by two or three PhD candidates and that the result has led to a joint dissertation.
Requirements of the title page
See this example of title page to find out what the title page must look like. Note that you should not have the title page printed before the beadle has approved it on behalf of the Rector Magnificus.
Requirements of the non-scientific component
You may only duplicate the non-scientific component of your dissertation once the dean of the faculty has issued his or her approval. The non-scientific component comprises:
title page (front and back)
foreword and/or afterword
acknowledgment(s)
(possible) assignment
(possible) quotation/motto
front and back cover of the dissertation volume, both the front and the reverse
Rob Vervark Staff Member University Registrar's Office
+31 71 527 7211 r.t.vervark@bb.leidenuniv.nl
Erick van Zuijlen Head of beadle office
+31 71 527 7203 e.w.m.van.zuylen@bb.leidenuniv.nl
Frank Geerlings Staff Member University Registrar's Office
+31 71 527 7218 f.m.geerlings@bb.leidenuniv.nl
PhD regulations 2018
Example bound title page (only Dutch)
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Xtra Points Game Recap
Opponents On
Press Conference Reaction
Steelers Digest
Getting on a moving train and riding
Mike Prisuta
Steelers.com
It isn't the way they intended to run the offense, but nor is it a bridge too far.
It wasn't on Nov. 24 at Cincinnati or last Sunday against Cleveland, and because it wasn't it might be easier to pull off again this Sunday in Arizona and beyond.
"Most definitely," wide receiver Deon Cain maintained. "I was talking to 'K-Whyte' about it, the new guy that came in, No. 40. I was just telling him a lot of people are starting to adapt now. We're starting to feel a little more comfortable. And now that we're actually going out and making plays together it's kinda making us as one now.
"We're feeling a little bit more at home now because the guys are embracing us, they see we're contributing."
"K-Whyte,' running back Kerrith Whyte Jr., feels the same way, which isn't surprising since he and Cain were acquired on the same day.
"The culture, the closeness that's here, how everyone's tightly knit together, it's great to see," Whyte said. "That's what great teams are, it's a brotherhood.
"It's good to be a part of it."
Cain and Whyte were two of five players who touched the ball against the Browns that weren't on the season-opening, 53-man roster.
That group included starting quarterback Devlin "Duck" Hodges.
All had a hand in the Steelers' 20-13 victory over the Browns as well as a hand on the ball.
Hodges completed 14 of 21 passes for 212 yards, with one touchdown and one interception.
Cain had one catch for 5 yards and drew a critical pass interference penalty.
Whyte carried three times for 10 yards and returned three kickoffs for 72 yards.
Wide receiver Tevin Jones had one reception for 28 yards.
And tight end Nick Vannett caught one pass for 7 yards.
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The Steelers prepare for the Week 14 matchup against the Arizona Cardinals
Deon Cain
Rebecca Mehling/© Pittsburgh Steelers
Isaiah Buggs
James Washington
Tyson Alualu
Maurkice Pouncey and J.C. Hassenauer
Mike Hilton
Head Coach Mike Tomlin
Terrell Edmunds
Joe Haden
Johnny Holton
Tevin Jones
Cameron Heyward
Mark Barron
Quadree Henderson
Tyler Matakevich
Jaylen Samuels
Vance McDonald
Tuzar Skipper
None of those guys were in the picture when the regular season opened on Sept. 8 at New England.
Cain and Whyte were signed on Nov. 16, Cain off the Colts' practice squad and Whyte off the Bears' practice squad
Jones was promoted from the Steelers' practice squad on Nov. 14.
Vannett was acquired in a trade with the Seahawks on Sept. 25.
And Hodges landed on the active roster on Sept. 16, shortly after he had been brought back to the practice squad on Sept. 10.
It had been the same the week before in Cincinnati, when running back Trey Edmunds (added from the Steelers' practice squad on Oct. 11) carried twice for 7 yards (Vannett didn't have a catch against the Bengals).
"Tip of the hat to them," offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner said. "They've come in and they've learned, they've listed and they've worked. They've put themselves in position to play because we needed them and the rest of the group accepted them and it's been great."
Vannett is in his fourth NFL season, but still had to get on a moving train with the Steelers.
Cain played for the Colts against the Steelers on Nov. 3 (he was targeted twice but didn't catch a pass) as a first-year pro.
Hodges, Whythe and Jones have made their NFL debuts this season.
Edmunds has carried the ball with the Steelers for the first time this season, and for the first time in the league since 2017.
Working so many new faces in at the same time has its disadvantages.
The most challenging of which is "being all on the same page," offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner maintained.
"We still fight some of that every day in practice," he said. "But that's why we practice and try to get as many reps in as we possibly can. Like we talked about with the young quarterbacks, they're going to make a handful of mistakes just being young and growing and learning every week. You hope you're not making other mistakes around them because that compounds the problem.
"I've been really pleased with the new and the young guys that have had to play and step into their roles. They've aggressively attacked their job and I appreciate it."
Minkah Fitzpatrick and T.J. Watt were named to the PFWA All-NFL team
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Two more signed to Reserve/Future contracts
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The Steelers are not renewing the contracts of offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner, offensive line coach Shaun Sarrett and defensive backs coach Tom Bradley
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Less traveled than Bora Bora and Tahiti, Raiatea and Tahaa are two fascinating islands offering the Tahitian vacationer the true experience of unspoiled French Polynesia. Raiatea and Tahaa are two islands that share a beautiful lagoon. Check out our Raiatea and Tahaa overwater bungalow travel packages and resorts.
LE TAHAA ISLAND RESORT & SPA
Le Taha'a Island Resort & Spa is a 5-star property, located on a "motu" islet, a 35-minute navigation from the Raiatea Airport (transfers operated by the resort's shuttle boats) and a 5-minute boat ride from the village of Tapuamu (free transfers from the resort) on the main island of Taha'a. The ultimate way to connect between Taha'a and Bora Bora is definitely by helicopter. Beyond being an easy and quick transfer, this 14-minute flight will be an excursion of pure beauty as you fly above the stunningly gorgeous Tahitian lagoons. All suites and villas at Le Taha'a are built in the pure Polynesian tradition, exquisitely blending thatched pandanus roofs, bamboo, exotic woods, stones, corals, Marquesan "tapa" cloths, and woven coconut "nape" ropes. Whether on the beach or above the shimmering lagoon, you will enjoy the idyllic surroundings and the tropical outdoor lifestyle Le Taha'a offers. Refined elegance and bare luxury. The Overwater Suites all have the same layout, the difference being the location, the views, and the amenities. One main point for all though is the unsurpassed views of the sparkling lagoon, kaleidoscope of blues. The Taha’a Overwater Suite offers the great feeling of being suspended above the crystal-clear lagoon with exquisite views of the lush Vanilla Island. With views of the silhouette of Bora Bora, the Coral Garden and chain of ‘motu’ islets, the Bora Bora Overwater Suite is without a doubt a favorite.
VAHINE ISLAND - PRIVATE ISLAND RESORT
This Tahiti hotel in Taha'a is located in a paradise-like setting on the Motu Tu Vahine (Island of the Woman), a private little island of 23 acres, in the middle of the lagoon of Tahaa. The Vahine Island, Private Island Resort has everything to make your stay in paradise an unforgettable one. White sand beaches, a magnificent coconut grove full of light and shadows, a coral garden full of underwater splendors, a full range of blue hues splashed across the lagoon, and a backdrop of superb sunsets over Bora Bora will take your breath away and remain forever etched in your memories of this unbelievable place. Vahine Island offers 3 types of lodging : 3 overwater "farés" (local style overwater bungalows) on the lagoon, 3 beach "farés," and 3 deluxe suite "farés".
Accommodations are spaced apart and blend in with the environment. The Polynesian bungalows are stylish and made of local wood and materials.
Air conditioning is available in all of the bungalows and we provide complimentary Internet Wifi & Ethernet cable connection. In order to fully enjoy the lagoon and it's abundant life there is an "aquarium table" so that you may observe and feed the multitude of exotic fish which flourish beneath the overwater bungalow. Vahine Island is one of those exceptional spots that steps outside of time, unique and spellbinding, where calm and sensuality harmonize with charm and serenity. Since 2006, Vahine Island is a member of the prestigious collection of hotels known as the Small Luxury Hotels of the World.
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Raiatea, nicknamed “The Sacred Island” and once at the heart of ancient Polynesia, has recently become a new treasure for visitors who seek the most serene, secluded islands of French Polynesia. Hawaiki Nui Hotel offers quality accommodation,, with a range of Polynesian inspired rooms and bungalows to choose from. From Garden Rooms, to Overwater Bungalows, there is something for everyone at this Raiatea island resort. The Hawaiki Nui Hotel, Raiatea, is nestled lagoon-side on Tepua Bay, offering bungalow accommodations over the water. You will love the great location of this Raiatea hotel, just 15 minutes from the airport and 10 minutes from the ferry terminal at Uturoa. Hawaiki Nui Hotel’s Overwater Bungalows stretch out far into the Raiatea Lagoon, offering you and your companion the ultimate privacy.
The Overwater Bungalows are well appointed with a spacious terrace, a panoramic view of the surroundings and a direct access to the Raiatea Lagoon. Enjoy a cocktail on the terrace, overlooking the tropical turquoise water, perfect for a relaxing evening swim. Our Raiatea bungalow accommodation is simple yet comfortable. The water around the hotel's bungalows is about 6 meters deep. A true Polynesian paradise, Raiatea is regarded as the birthplace of the Polynesian gods, and continues to foster a community of strong cultural pride and warm hospitality
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T he Glacier Express may well be the most well-known scenic train journey in Europe. The full length of the route is 290 kilometres and the train goes at an average speed of 38 km per hour – hence the tagline ‘the slowest express train in the world. Crossing a total of 291 bridges, plunging through 91 tunnels, navigating river valleys, spiral loops and mountain passes, the train has some work to do but makes the journey across the Swiss Alps seem effortless, not to mention spectacular. You can experience the full 8-hour journey from Zermatt to St Moritz or alternatively, we often recommend joining the eastbound train at Brig or the westbound at Chur. Which ever route you choose, you will certainly enjoy the ride. The video below was taken by a member of the TMR team.
PLEASE NOTE: The Glacier Express runs all year round (including Christmas Day) except for a period between late October and early December when routine maintenance is carried out. During this time, you can travel the same route on Swiss public train services.
Our holidays with the Glacier Express
Magical Rail Journeys of Switzerland From $2,299 per person // 7 days Experience the best of Switzerland's jaw-dropping scenery with journeys aboard the famous Glacier Express and Bernina Express as well as a day trip to the highest train station in Europe at the top of the Jungfrau Mountain.
Grand Tour of Switzerland From $3,299 per person // 12 days Take in the highlights of small but perfectly formed Switzerland with its towering, snow-capped peaks, glacial lakes and world-famous rail journeys, including the Glacier Express and the Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe.
Scenic Kaleidoscope From $2,649 per person // 9 days Take the train through the unspoilt Ardennes through Belgium into Luxembourg, then experience the dramatic Moselle and Rhine Valleys in Germany. From here, take in fantastic Alpine scenery, watching snow-capped mountains and beautiful glaciers slide past your windows as you travel through Austria and Switzerland.
Across the Spine of the Alps From $3,199 per person // 13 days This beautiful holiday takes you from Zermatt, in the shadow of the Matterhorn, through the peaks and valleys of the Swiss and Austrian Alps, to picturesque Lake Bled in the Julian Alps. Don’t forget your camera!
Wonders of Winter in First Class From $2,899 per person // 8 days Experience the best of the European winter with a scenic journey through the Alps, including the Glacier Express, the Rhine Gorge, stunning Salzburg, buzzing Zermatt and more!
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Aboard the train, there is a choice of standard, first class or Excellence class accommodation. All three classes are in carriages with panoramic windows, giving you a spectacular view of the surrounding scenery. In standard and first classes, you are served a meal at your seat for which you pay locally. Excellence Class comes at a premium but includes all meals and drinks, along with modern, spacious carriages, window seats throughout and VIP service.
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Investing Advice And InformationCurrenciesTwo Ways George Soros Could Profit from Greece
Two Ways George Soros Could Profit from Greece
Nicholas Vardy
Nicholas Vardy has a unique background that has proven his knack for making money in different markets around the world.
Master speculator George Soros’ most famous trade was the one that “broke the Bank of England.”
That was when the British pound exited the European Exchange Rate mechanism in September 1992.
Soros reportedly made $1 billion that day after encouraging his then-CIO Stan Druckenmiller to leverage up the trade, famously telling him, “It takes courage to be a pig.”
Today’s Greek drama offers George Soros and other hard-nosed speculators a similar opportunity.
Why Greece is the World’s #1 Trading Opportunity
Traders love volatility. Without volatility, there are no profits.
That makes the “will they or won’t they” dynamic of Greece’s potential exit from the euro ideal for traders.
After all, it’s hardest to make money — whether on the long or short side — if the market is locked in a trading range, as U.S. markets have been for much of 2015.
Pundits have been predicting the collapse of the euro zone for years, whether Greece exits the common currency or not.
Back in November 2011, Financial Times’ Wolfgang Munchau predicted that the euro zone was less than 10 days from collapse.
In stark contrast, traders are remarkably complacent about today’s Greek drama.
And what a drama it has been…
Last week, Greek Prime Minister Tsipras met with Vladimir Putin in hopes that Russia would be able to bail out Greece, thereby threatening Europe’s unified stance on the European Union sanctions against Russia.
Going into this past weekend, a collapse of the Greek banking system seemed imminent.
Today, European officials are optimistic that a deal to avoid a Greek default is probable.
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As the French say, “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.”
That said, all the “good news, bad news” days around Greece make it rife with opportunity with short-term profits for nimble traders.
How to Profit from a ‘Grexit’
ProShares UltraShort Euro (EUO)
Certainly, Greece’s exit from the euro zone would hit the European currency hard.
If you can trade currencies directly, you can leverage your bets by as much as 20-to-1.
That means a 5% drop in the euro, say, from 1.14 to the U.S. dollar to 1.08, would double your money.
This kind of leverage was the secret behind how George Soros made his $1 billion when he bet against the British pound in 1992.
If you cannot trade currencies directly, the best way to profit from a sharp drop in the euro is a double short bet against the euro through the ProShares UltraShort Euro (EUO).
Although not as leveraged as a direct currency trade, a 5% drop in the euro would net you a quick 10% gain.
How to Profit from a Greek Bailout
Global X FTSE Greece 20 ETF (GREK)
This Greek exchange-traded fund (ETF), a broad-based play on the Greek stock market, soared 8.7% yesterday on the initial signs of a breakthrough in Greece’s debt talks with its creditors.
The health of Greek bank stocks reflects much of the financial condition in the country. As it happens, GREK is chock full of bank stocks, which will live or die based on the outcome of the latest bailout talks.
Greek banking stocks have taken a dive in 2015, with some falling almost 80%. But they also rallied almost 20% just yesterday on the prospects of the latest lifeline.
From an investment standpoint, think of GREK like an option. Like an option, GREK is volatile. But it has the advantage of an uncertain expiration date.
Not a Game For the Faint Hearted
Of course, I don’t know if George Soros actually has any skin in the game in Greece.
But I know that many other hedge funds have bet big on a successful turnaround in Greece, expecting that it would follow in the tracks of Ireland and its successful recovery.
But it has been rough going for these hearty contrarians.
Wilbur Ross’ bet on the Bank of Ireland (IRE) more than tripled before he sold out.
But his bet on Greece’s third-largest bank is facing serious headwinds. Eurobank shares have fallen from about 40 cents in April 2014, when Ross invested, to about 13 cents today.
So, yes, as George Soros observed, “it takes courage to be a pig.”
But you also need to be right.
In case you missed it, I encourage you to read the e-letter column from last week about the market’s newest red-hot tech sector. I also invite you to comment in the space provided below my commentary.
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We are Southampton University Aerial Sports Society.
We are a friendly club open to all members of the University of Southampton, including Undergrads, Postgrads and Staff.
Badminton (Colours)
The Colours Badminton Club is the competitive badminton club at the University which takes part in regular training and matches against other universities and local teams.
Badminton (Recreational)
RecBad offers the opportunity to play casual badminton every weekend, open to anyone and everyone.
This society is devoted to learning and playing contract bridge weekly at our University and occasionally against other UK Universities.
The Chess Club is a place for chess players of all standards to meet.
Female Self Defense
Described by some as physical chess, fencing is an exhilarating sport that requires both mental and physical agility.
Figure skating is a very fun & enjoyable sport which you may or may not have already fallen in love with.
The University of Southampton Gymnastics Club is for students looking to improve their strength, flexibility and gymnastic technique.
Weightlifting is a fantastic way to improve your overall athleticism and strength.
POP Pilates Society
POP Pilates is a powerful fusion of strength, music and choreography.
SURC is the most successful University shooting club in the country, and we welcome new members of all experience levels.
The snooker club has fantastic facilities based right here in Union Southampton, with direct access to four snooker tables; two dedicated solely to members.
University of Southampton Squash Club is for anyone interested in the fast-paced racket sport of squash.
Come down to try out table tennis - it's a great way to meet new people! We welcome everyone, whether it be your first time picking up a racket or if you're a seasoned professional, we'll be sure to have someone for you to play against.
Hello!! SUTC welcome new members of any ability, from complete beginners to those who have been competing for years.
Yoga Society
Traditional Hatha, Yoga Flow, Gentle Yoga and Beginner's classes for everyone at the University of Southampton
Zumba+
Zumba is a dance fitness craze which has taken the world by storm and has now come to the University of Southampton! Come and join us to see what the fuss is about!
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New Toyota Harrier lands in Japan in June
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Toyota has an SUV that it offers in Japan only called the Harrier, and the automaker has announced a new version will be coming to Japan sometime in June. Toyota says that the purpose of the SUV has always been to focus on quality rather than relying on utility and numerical performance. Toyota wanted to create an SUV that has “a unique presence that fills the heart with its elegance.”
The new Harrier has “sharp and fearless styling” through the continuity of lines flowing from the upper grill through the headlamps. The vehicle offers a simple structure with a dynamically changing body cross-section that creates a rich expressiveness and provides a sense of movement. Toyota says the vehicle has a narrowed coupe cabin with sports car-like wheel housings that extend from the sides of the body “giving a sense of ruggedness to the rear view.”
The Harrier is offered in seven colors, including Precious Black Pearl. Inside the vehicle has a center console with a “wide and imposing impression of a horse’s saddle.” The instrument panel within the edges of the saddle presents a “generous breadth.” The dash extends from the instrument panel to the door trims on either side.
The Interior also has tactile synthetic leather and bentwood-inspired wood tones and piping throughout to present an air of quality. For the first time, the panorama roof of the SUV has electric shades and electro-chromatic windows. The Interior uses low-contrast browns, grays, and black colors to give a “mature and chic” look.
The vehicle uses the TNGA (GA-K) platform for the basic structure and uses a suspension optimized for a ride that’s “solid and graceful.” Other features include Active Cornering assist meant to prevent understeer during cornering. The vehicle also has electric power steering and uses the latest Toyota Dynamic Force Engine and Direct Shift-CVT. The vehicle also offers the Toyota Hybrid System II and will come in all-wheel drive.
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How to Download Instagram Reels On Your Phone or PC
TikTok is a new social networking app designed around the idea of sharing short video clips. It has grown immensely in the past year and is hugely popular with teens. Celebrities and Instagram influencers have been flocking to the platform to connect with new audiences worldwide.
All this growth for the TikTok platform hasn’t gone unnoticed. Instagram recently debuted a new content type that allows users to post short-form videos on the platform. This increases the competition for TikTok, which may ultimately see users abandon it. Instagram introduced the new feature to everyone on August 5th 2020, and coined it as an Instagram reel. This post type is utterly similar to TikTok, so if you know TikTok, then Instagram reels will feel very familiar.
Instagram also allows you to save the Reels you like, making it easy to view the reels later. Let’s look at the various options for download and saving Instagram Reels on your smartphone, tablet, or PC.
Saving Reels on Instagram
If you’re only planning on viewing Reels on Instagram and aren’t interested in repurposing them, then the best way to do it is by using the save functionality built into the Instagram app. This built in functionality works more like a bookmark as you aren’t downloading the Reel to your device. The Reel will simply get added to a “saved” section on your account that lets you view it later.
To save the Reel in the Instagram app you need to start by finding the Reel you want to download. Once you’ve found it, click on the 3 dots in the corner of the post. Then select the save button.
This will save the Instagram Reel to your account. To view the reels that you’ve saved you can tap the menu on your profile page and click the “saved” tab, which will display all the Reels that you’ve bookmarked.
Using a screen recorder
If you’re looking for a more permanent solution for downloading Instagram Reel then using a screen recorder might be the right option. Most cellphones have the capability of recording their screen built into the phone by default. If you do not have this functionality, you’ll need to download a third-party screen recording app from the app store.
To start recording Instagram Reels, you’ll first need to go to the Reel you want to keep. Once you’re on the Reel, you will either need to swipe down on an Android phone or swipe to the side on an iPhone. This will give you access to the screen recording button.
Tap the screen recording icon and hide the menu from view. The phone will count down and begin recording the viewable portion of the phone. When you are finished, you can tap the pause/stop button visible at the top of the screen.
Downloading Reels via websites
While screen recording Instagram Reel videos is pretty straight forward, one of the best alternatives is downloading them using an online tool. There are numerous tools that come up in the search results when looking for an Instagrams Reel downloader. We’ve looked through all of the top results and come up with the two best options for you.
#1 IGDownloader
IGDownloader is our favorite option for downloading content off Instagram. It’s a user-friendly web-app that supports the download of Instagram videos, photos and stories. The best part about this app is that there’s no user registration required, and it works right out of the box.
To get started, open up Instagram in the app or via their website and find the Reel you’d like to download. Copy the link to the Reel by tapping on the three dots beside the post and selecting copy.
Open up the IGDownloader website and paste the link you copied into the box on the page, and hit enter. IGDownloader will grab the direct links to the video and generate download buttons. Just tap the button to start downloading the Reel to your device.
#2 InstaOffline
Another option that we found works very well for downloading Reels off Instagram is Instaoffline. This tool has a very sleek interface that is very easy to navigate. It’s free to use and works regardless of what device you are on. Along with downloading typical public Instagram content, it has options for downloading private Instagram videos and photos, which is a nice touch.
Much like IGDownloader, this website only requires you to paste the link of the Reel into the text box on the Instagram Reel downloader. Once you hit enter, the page will reload with the link to the Reel you want to download. Clicking on the download button will initiate the download, saving the file locally on your device.
What’s great about using web downloaders is that they are safe to use. When you install third-party apps, you need to be worried about the possible malware and even personal information theft. This includes third-party browser plugins that unknowingly steal your information.
Another advantage to web downloaders is that they work regardless of what device you are on, so you can always enjoy the same familiar experience.
There you have it; now you can download your favorite Instagram Reel moments, allow you to keep them forever.
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As the construction industry moves towards Industry 4.0, embracing the use of digital technology to improve work processes has been the core focus of Soilbuild Construction Group Ltd (Soilbuild), a leading turnkey construction group in Singapore.
Soilbuild’s Integrated Construction and Precast Hub (ICPH) represents its commitment toward improving work processes as well as to explore new approaches in building a robust DfMA (Design for Manufacture and Assembly) eco-system.
Soilbuild’s ICPH is a compact building that consists of 3 levels – 2 production floors and one office floor level, with an adjacent 6 level dormitory block. This facility enables them to efficiently utilize their prefabrication capabilities, with a substantial increase in productivity.
Essential to the ICPH operations is the adoption of Tekla Structures owing to its versatility to export the data-rich information from the BIM models to interface with the various software platforms adopted by the machinery and equipment at the ICPH.
The digital fabrication process at SoilBuild’s ICPH commences with the BIM model generated in Tekla Structures, which contains the necessary information needed for operation, production, and tracking purposes. Furthermore, Soilbuild utilizes the BIM model data throughout the entire digital fabrication value chain; from sales orders, design & engineering, planning, production, storage and inventory to delivery. This facilitates a seamless and efficient flow of information from one fabrication phase to the next. Furthermore, this also greatly improves communication and collaboration across the various software platforms and the associated stakeholders.
Looking forward to future plans of the ICPH, Nath Tushar, Digital Innovation Leader of Soilbuild shared that, “With the adoption of a BIM-based integrated workflow, digital fabrication operations are now less tedious and more systematic. It also provides a platform where collaborative sharing could take place, and from a business perspective, this is good and necessary as it has a direct impact on productivity. The future plan is to incorporate advanced technologies like Industrial IoT (IIoT), Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence into our ICPH operations and take the concept of Integrated Digital Delivery (IDD) up to the next level.”
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How the Constructible Process Will Transform The Construction Industry By 2020
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Nearly half of global workforce at risk of job losses: WHO
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Revealed: Dubai areas where school fees are lowest
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Ten new schools have come up in Dubai this year, bringing the current total to 195.
Nad Al Sheba, Jumeirah Village Circle (JVC) and Arabian Ranches remain the three most expensive areas in Dubai as far as school fees are concerned. Deira, Al Karama and Al Qusais/Muhaisnah, on the other hand, offer the lowest tuition fees across the city.
Deira, which hosts 18 schools, is considered to be the lowest priced area in relation to school costs, averaging Dh169,345 (for all year groups), whereas Nad Al Sheba, which hosts eight schools in total, seems to be burning the deepest hole in parents’ pockets, with school fees averaging Dh836,563 (across all year groups).
These findings were revealed as part of a study by Bayut.com and Edarabia, which looks at the correlation of school fees versus rental locations. This is the second year in a row the study has been conducted.
The good news for parents is that with the addition of 10 new schools in Dubai this year (bringing the current total to 195), a 3-5 per cent decrease in fees at newly established schools has been witnessed this year. Additionally, tuition fees remained unchanged at some established schools in prominent areas of Dubai.
Speaking to Khaleej Times, Farid Gasim, founder of Edarabia, said affordability still continues to be at the top of parents minds this year.
“Along with Bayut, we’ve noticed affordability being a recurring criteria for families here, when searching for homes or schools. Fortunately, with the increase in supply in both the residential market and education, there are now a greater variety of opportunities for families. The recent drop in rent and school fees in certain areas has also made the landscape more affordable.”
Bayut.com highlighted that in the third quarter, Dubai’s residential rents witnessed a decline of up to 3.5 per cent in some areas. For this study, a total of 22 areas were covered, spanning a wide range of popular Dubai residential neighbourhoods.
When it comes to rental costs in the two areas offering the lowest and highest when it comes to school feels, a 4-bedroom villa in Deira costs approximately Dh170,000 (according to Q3 figures from Bayut.com), with the equivalent in Nad Al Sheba costing approximately Dh280,000 to Dh290,000.
Coming in the middle of the pile in terms of cost of school tuition fees is DIP/Green Community, with an average of Dh496,252 (across all year groups), and Dubai Silicon Oasis/Academic City coming in at Dh519,087 (on average across all year groups). Both areas host a combined total of nine schools offering varying curriculums.
Looking at the locations offering the cheapest and highest rent in Dubai in correlation to the average tuition for schools in the area, Al Qasais has been highlighted as the most affordable for living.
Renters would be looking to pay about Dh55,00 (annually) for a one-bed property, Dh75,000 for a two-bed apartment and approximately Dh90,000 for a three-bed property.
With 38 schools dotted around the Al Qasais/Muhaisnah area, average costs for school tuition fees (for all year groups) is Dh198,836, which ranks it third on the affordability scale.
But with Palm Jumeirah proving to be the highest in terms of housing rent for family-friendly, three- and four-bedroom homes, rents come in at approximately Dh310,000 and Dh440,000 (respectively). Nearby schools (14 in the Jumeirah area) boast average school fee costs of Dh486,598 (for all year groups).
Source: Khaleej Times
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Galambany Circle
Surviving Out Side
Seeds Program
Strong Cultures
Advocacy and support for families of detainees
Support for ex-offenders and people on community-based orders
Community Capacity Building Workshops
Welcome to Tjillari Justice
Tjillari Justice Aboriginal Corporation provides a range of support services, case management and programs to address the toxic stress and trauma that children and families experience when they have a parent involved in the justice system. The service uses a Family Justice Model, which builds on and draw out the strengths of families and community to manage issues associated with incarceration and, hopefully, to break the cycle of reoffending and recidivism.
Small Seeds Program
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'Surviving Out Side'
A holistic and responsive life-skills based program which is underpinned by Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
Providing support to people appearing before the Galambany Circle Sentencing Court.
That all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the criminal justice system live free from violence and discrimination, benefit from adequate living standards, are treated with dignity and respect and are empowered to secure and preserve their individual rights.
Develop and deliver programs that empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to take control of their own lives through addressing their immediate needs
Reduce the recidivism rate of imprisoned Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people by engaging families and community in a family justice model of service delivery.
Develop longer terms and stable support mechanisms for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in general.
Educate the community, families and Government agencies on the impact that parental involvement with the justice system has on children
Tjillari Justice has been fortunate to be included in the Magabala Books Small Seeds program which supports early childhood literacy and ensures children across Australia have access to culturally relevant books. Magabala Books provides gift book packs to organisations where children may have limited access to books.
The Seeds program works as follow:
Magabala Books sends us a range of children’s books for offenders to read to their children.
We record fathers reading to their children
Children are provided with the books and the sound of their father reading it to them.
This program creates impact in two ways: It is a way of teaching literacy to both the fathers and the children; and it gives them a purpose for learning to read.
Contact us to help support this project. Donations will go to purchasing materials and helping to record the stories.
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Mother of missing Texas girl heckled after canceled hearing
HOUSTON (AP) — The mother of a missing 4-year-old Texas girl was heckled outside a courtroom on Monday by people who questioned if she had done enough to protect her daughter before her disappearance.
Brittany Bowens, Maleah Davis’s mother, along with her spokesman, community activist Quanell X, showed up for a scheduled court hearing for Derion Vence, her former fiance who is charged in connection with the girl’s disappearance. The hearing was canceled, though, and Vence’s next hearing was scheduled for July 10.
Tom Burton, Vence’s attorney, said he couldn’t comment because he hadn’t seen any of the evidence in the case.
Vence, 26, has been charged with tampering with evidence, specifically a human corpse, though Maleah is still missing and authorities have declined to say whether they believe she is dead or Vence may have killed her. Prosecutors, though, have said in court documents that Vence eventually could face additional charges, including murder.
Bowens declined to speak after the canceled hearing, but Quanell X told reporters that Bowens is focused on finding out what happened to her daughter.
“The main thing right now that all of us want to know is what did he do with Maleah,” he said. “Where is Maleah?”
As Quanell X spoke to reporters, he was drowned out by a group of people, including some of Maleah’s father’s family members, who yelled “she let it happen” and “Brittany knew all along.”
Quanell X previously alleged that Vence might have abused Maleah and that Bowens should have told police about it.
Child Protective Services removed Maleah and her brothers from the apartment Vence and Bowens shared in August after the girl suffered a head wound, but the children were returned in February, according to an agency spokeswoman.
When asked by reporters why — if she had concerns about Vence — Bowens had left her daughter in Vence’s care while Bowens attended her father’s funeral out of state, Quanell X declined to comment, saying, “I’m not going to speak to that.”
As Bowens and Quanell X headed to an elevator, they were followed by the hecklers, who yelled, “Justice for Maleah” and “murderer.”
Tamisha Mendoza, a cousin of Maleah’s father, Craig Davis, said she questioned why Bowens stayed with Vence if she suspected he was hurting her daughter.
“You’re just as guilty as (Vence). She needs to be locked up along with him,” Mendoza said.
Craig Davis didn’t attend the scheduled hearing because “he is devastated” about what happened to his daughter, Mendoza said.
“Maleah was a happy little girl,” she said. “The things that happened to her, she didn’t deserve.”
According to police, Vence told officers that he, Maleah and his 2-year-old son were abducted on May 4 by a group of men in a truck. He said he and his son were freed the next day but the kidnappers kept Maleah and his silver Nissan Altima.
Police said Vence’s story kept changing and didn’t add up.
The Nissan was found on Thursday and trained dogs detected the scent of human decomposition in the trunk.
Vence was seen on surveillance video taking a large laundry basket with a trash bag as well as cleaning supplies from his apartment on May 3. A basket similar to the one seen on the surveillance video was found in the Nissan’s trunk.
Investigators also found blood in the hallway and bathroom of Bowens and Vence’s apartment. The blood is consistent with DNA samples taken from Maleah’s toothbrush, authorities said.
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Home / Health News / Stopping COVID-19 in its track: New MHA guidelines allow states to impose local restrictions
Stopping COVID-19 in its track: New MHA guidelines allow states to impose local restrictions
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issues new guidelines for surveillance, containment and caution in the wake of surge in COVID-19 cases.
By: Jahnavi Sarma | | Published: November 25, 2020 6:50 pm
Tags: Coronavirus coronavirus outbreak covid-19 transmission spread of coronavirus
The Covid-19 vaccination drive will be carried out in 5,000 sites across India, beginning January 16.
In recent days, India has seen a sudden surge in COVID-19 cases. Elsewhere in the world too the number of positive cases and mortality have gone up significantly. As winter approaches, experts fear that we may be in for an increased number of cases and this has the government seriously worried. This is the time when people need to be more careful and practice all the precautionary measures even more diligently. But unfortunately, this is often not the case. Many people are guilty of taking these measures lightly and flouting rules put in place to contain transmission of the deadly viral contagion. The national capital Delhi followed by Maharastra and West Bengal have seen the most cases in this second spurt.All state governments are taking measures to protect their people and imposing fines and curfews to contain the spread. Also Read - Almost 30% of recovered COVID-19 patients develop complications within 5 months, over 12% die
Now, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday issued new guidelines for surveillance, containment and caution in the wake of surge in coronavirus cases in few states and Union Territories (UTs), allowing them to impose local restrictions to contain the spread of the pandemic based on need. The month-long guidelines will be effective from December 1 and will remain in force up to December 31. Also Read - COVID-19 vaccine side effects: Loss of sensation in arms and more reported by Pune health workers
The 19-point Standard Operating Procedure
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday issued a 19-point Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) giving nod to states and UTs to impose local restrictions if necessary. The SOPs, part of a month-long guidelines issued by the MHA, will be effective from December 1 and will remain in force up to December 31. Also Read - Catastrophic moral failure: WHO warns against unequal COVID-19 vaccine distribution
States and Union Territories (UTs) have been allowed to impose night curfew but “shall not be allowed impose any local lockdown outside the containment zones, without prior consultation with the Centre”.
Staggered office timings and other suitable measures shall be implemented in the cities with the positivity rate in 10 per cent so as to ensure social distancing.
The MHA has also not restricted any inter-state or intra-state movement.
People above 65-years of age, persons with co-morbidities, pregnant women and children below the age of 10 years have been adivsed to stay home while advising the general public to use Aarogya Setu mobile application.
The district authorities have been asked to carefully demarcate containment zones considering prescribed MoHFW guidelines. The authorities have also been asked to notify the list of containment zones on the website of respective district collectors.
While only essential activities shall be allowed in the containment zones, strict perimeter control will be there to ensure that there is no movement of people, except for medical emergencies and for maintaining supply of essential services.
There shall be intensive house-to-house surveillance by surveillance teams formed for the purpose.
Testing shall be carried out as per prescribed protocol.
Listing of contacts shall be carried out in respect of all persons found positive, along with their tracking, identification, quarantine and follow up of contacts for 14 days (80 per cent of contacts to be traced in 72 hours).
Quick isolation of COVID-19 patients shall be ensured in treatment facilities or home (subject to fulfilling the home isolation guidelines).
Clinical interventions, as prescribed, shall be administered and surveillance for Influenza-Like Illness or Severe Acute Respiratory Infection cases shall be carried out in health facilities or outreach mobile units or through fever clinics in buffer zones.
Awareness shall be created in communities on COVID-19 appropriate behavior.
Local district, police and municipal authorities shall be responsible to ensure that the prescribed containment measures are strictly followed, and state or UT governments shall ensure the accountability of the officers concerned in this regard.
It is directed to state and UT governments to take all necessary measures to promote COVID-19 appropriate behaviour and to ensure strict enforcement of wearing of face masks, hand hygiene and social distancing.
In order to enforce the core requirement of wearing of face masks, states and UTs may consider administrative actions, including imposition of appropriate fines, on persons not wearing face masks in public and workspaces.
For observance of social distancing in crowded places, especially in markets, weekly bazaars and public transport, MoHFW) will issue a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), which shall be strictly enforced by states and UTs.
All activities have been permitted outside Containment Zones, except for some which have been permitted with certain restrictions– international air travel of passengers, as permitted by MHA; cinema halls and theatres, with up to 50 per cent capacity; swimming pools, only for training of sports persons; exhibition halls, only for business to business (B2B) purposes; social, religious, sports, entertainment, educational, cultural, religious gatherings, with up to a maximum of 50 per cent of the hall capacity, with a ceiling of 200 persons in closed spaces, keeping of the size of the ground in open spaces.
However, the MHA said, based on their assessment of the situation, state and UT governments may reduce the ceiling to 100 persons or less, in closed spaces.
The main focus of the guidelines is to consolidate the substantial gains that have been achieved against the spread of the deadly disease which is visible in the steady decline in number of active cases in the country.
Surveillance, containment and strict observance
“Keeping in view the recent spike in new cases in few states and UTs, ongoing festival season and onset of winter, it is emphasised that to fully overcome the pandemic, there is need to maintain caution and to strictly follow the prescribed containment strategy, focused on surveillance, containment and strict observance of the guidelines or SOPs issued by MHA and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW),” the statement said. Local district, police and municipal authorities shall be responsible to ensure that the prescribed containment measures are strictly followed. “States and UTs, based on their assessment of the situation, may impose local restrictions, with a view to contain the spread of COVID-19,” the Ministry said.
India tally now above 92 lakh
The move comes after India on Wednesday added 44,376 COVID cases, pushing its total tally to 92,22,216. It is the 18th straight day when India reported less than 50,000 cases in a day. But there are many states including Delhi, Mumbai, and West Bengal where the number of COVID cases has been increasing drastically, claiming many lives regularly. Maharashtra remains the worst hit state with 84,238 active cases and 46,683 deaths so far. The recoveries in the state stand at 16,58,879. Apart from Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka have reported the highest number of cases. The national capital is also witnessing a surge. On Tuesday, Delhi recorded 6,224 new cases and 109 deaths.
(With inputs from IANS)
Published : November 25, 2020 6:50 pm
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The "Aha" moment
It was 2018. Myriam, a Lebanese economist with a penchant for fashion had just said ‘i Do’ to her Colombian husband and moved to his home. Leaving Lebanon proved challenging for her as she missed her family & culture. She wanted to build a bridge between Latin America and the middle east so she could be present in both regions where her heart belongs but still did not know how.
Starting to explore Colombia and attending different fashion events and expos, Myriam was impressed by the talent of the local designers, their unique and exotic treasures that echoed the joyful spirit of Latin America, and fell in love with each piece she saw. She also started noticing how her Colombian friends get dressed, especially her sister-in-Law, Ana Maria who amazed her with every piece that she wears from jewelry to bags to clothes, all made locally.
Myriam wanted to buy all these pieces and It was there when she got the idea! Her fellow middle easterners would be as elated as her if only there was a marketplace that could grant them access to all these unique Latin American treasures.
Myriam shared the idea with Ana Maria, an international affair expert, and a fashion advocate, and asked her to partner with her to make this dream big!
After months of researching, Both Myriam & Ana Maria noticed that Latin American Fashion is making a mark in the industry, however they still lack presence in other regions like Asia. And so they wondered, would the designers be interested in exploring a new market that they do not know?
They Started pitching designers about the project and it was remarkable when they started to receive incredibly positive feed-back from most of the designers, thanking them for the chance to showcase their products in a market that they absolutely have no idea about yet extremely excited to explore.
On the Other Hand, Myriam was testing the ground in the Middle east, talking to friends and Family in and outside of the fashion industry, getting Data about what a middle eastern woman would think about Latin Fashion. And YES, they were as thrilled as her to be able to reach these beautiful designs of Latin America in one click.
At the end, who does not like to have a happy exotic yet elegant touch in their outfit?
THE LATIN LABEL IS BORN!
Both Myriam and Ana Maria believed in chasing their dream and making this project happen, and so they created The Latin label, the first platform that showcases Latin American fashion to the middle east.
The Lebanese and the Colombian constitute a perfect match à la yin and yang that makes the business thrive, building a new path between Latin America’s best and brightest talent and the middle east’s taste for luxury fashion and unique pieces
The Latin Label is focused today on the Middle East yet it delivers worldwide
"THE LATIN LABEL IS YOUR ONE-STOP SHOP FOR LATIN AMERICAN LUXURY, FASHION AND DESIGN"
A MODERN FASHION WITH A LATIN SIGNATURE
The Latin Label is the first marketplace of exclusive Latin brands- for Women’s, Men’s Fashion as well as Home Décor, where you can find anything from eye-catching jewelry, gorgeous Resort Wear for that idyllic vacation, to that pièce de résistance for your living room and much more.
Fall in love with the passion of Latin America, its colorful exuberance, rich palette, attention to details and one-of-a-kind masterfully handmade statement pieces that tell a story, unique accessories that start a conversation. We bring joy, the ultimate arrivals and sophistication to your doorstep.
We offer curated pieces that give you that extra edge to make you stand out. At The Latin Label, we only work with exceptional brands that echo unique visions and that all have something in common because they are more than just brands:
- They care about our people and our planet
- They are environmentally responsible and use sustainable resources
- They all champion fair trade and have an underlying mission while creating beautiful things:
To empower communities through art and design.
Today we are the bridge between Latin America’s most exciting and talented designers and the world passion for fashion and love for exotic and unique treasures.
SHOP THE LATIN LABEL
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J. Hill's Standard
J. HILL’s Standard is known for handmade collectible and award-winning crystal glass, creating special collections – be they bespoke, custom or part of the permanent collections in collaboration with makers, artists, designers and creatives. The company’s debut collections were shown at Spazio Rossana Orlandi during Salone del Mobile 2014. Our glassware has gone on to win many awards and critical praise, including the German Design Council prize for Tabletop in 2016 and the Wallpaper* prize for ‘Best Whiskey Glass.’ The pieces have also been acquired by the Louvre for permanent display in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs and in the National Museum of Ireland. Recently, J. HILL’s Standard has collaborated with Norwegian designer Daniel Rybakken on a limited collection titled, “The Secant Project,” which includes a wall, floor and table light. This new series “Hand Drawn Glass,” designed and hand drawn by Irish illustrator Nigel Peake, represents a departure from the traditional rigid cut patterns of crystal glass, exploring an organic approach to form and design. The pieces feature clean, elemental shapes, and cuts that reveal the imprint of the hand.
Glass Artists
Maker's Story
J. HILL’s Standard is known for handmade collectible and award-winning crystal glass, creating special collections which have been the recipient of numerous awards and accolades, and can be found on display in galleries such as the Louvre in Paris and the National Museum of Ireland. This new series, “Hand Drawn Glass”, has been designed and hand drawn by Irish illustrator Nigel Peake.
Maker's Quote
“A small family company working from Ireland’s Atlantic shoreline, we are unconventional, individual and free spirited. Working with master craftsmen and an international resource of designers, we deliver unique hand-crafted objects.”
J. HILL's Standard, Glass Artists
This new series, “Hand Drawn Glass”, has been designed and hand-drawn by Irish illustrator Nigel Peake. Representing a departure from the traditional rigid cut patterns of crystal glass, this collection explores an organic approach to form and design. The pieces feature clean, elemental shapes, and cuts that reveal the imprint of the hand.
Crystal Row Tumbler
Crystal Loop Tumbler
Crystal Sung Tumbler
Crystal Row Carafe
Crystal Loop Carafe
Crystal Sung Carafe
Crystal Row Decanter
Crystal Loop Decanter
Crystal Sung Decanter
Crystal Row Bowl
Crystal Loop Bowl
Crystal Sung Bowl
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Home Finance Mackenzie Reduces Management Fees on Three Alternative Mutual Funds
Mackenzie Reduces Management Fees on Three Alternative Mutual Funds
Mackenzie’s absolute return oriented liquid alts funds may provide value and
diversification opportunities for investors seeking to manage market volatility
TORONTO, April 15, 2020 /CNW/ – Mackenzie Investments reinforced its ongoing commitment to deliver value to investors by reducing management fees on three alternative mutual funds by 15 to 20 basis points.
“It’s more important than ever right now to provide affordable and innovative investment options to Canadian retail investors,” said Barry McInerney, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mackenzie Investments. “Reducing the fees on these funds further supports our commitment to providing competitive, simplified and transparent pricing.”
In May 2018 Mackenzie Investments launched the first absolute return fund for Canadian retail investors. The firm has since expanded its offering to four funds that span various liquid alternatives categories. The liquid alternatives space is expected to grow to $100 billion in assets under management in Canada within the next few years.1
“Funds that employ absolute return oriented investment strategies may be particularly attractive in the current market environment because they include non-directional strategies which aim to be independent of market fluctuations,” said Michael Schnitman, Senior Vice President and Head of Alternative Investments, Mackenzie Investments. “These strategies may benefit investor portfolios because they’re not as sensitive to broader market variations. They also provide opportunities for enhanced diversification. We’re excited to be able to make them even more accessible to Canadian investors.”
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BAKAYOKO REVEALS WHY HE WEARS THE NUMBER 14 SHIRT
Posted By: OTONY October 14, 2017
Tiemoue Bakayoko wore the number 14 shirt while with AS Monaco and also opted for the same number after his move to Chelsea.
Bakayoko revealed he wears the number 14 shirt because he’s from the 14th arrondissement, a difficult district in Paris.
“I’m from the 14th arrondissement, a difficult district, but being Parisian is a badge of honour for me,” Bakayoko told The Guardian.
“I’m proud to be from there. Wearing 14 means all my neighbourhood is still with me. It’s a pressure I carry, but it’s important to show on the pitch where I come from.
“The values that are important to me – work, persistence, and enjoying myself – they all come from having grown up there.
“It’s not a particularly poor area but it is a district that’s difficult to escape. Paris produces good footballers. There were good footballers in my quartier, too, and I was one of those. But I was certainly not the best. It’s thanks to hard work, and the people I’ve surrounded myself with, from my brothers, family and friends to the coaches who have believed in me, that I have succeeded in getting where I am today.”
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Club Chief Jets Into London For Talks With Chelsea Over These Two Players
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Atlantic Greenway
Atlas Trail
Concrete, Crushed Stone
Barton Greenway
Beacon Trail
Biscayne Trail
Black Creek Trail (Miami-Dade)
Asphalt, Concrete, Gravel
Bluegill Trail
C-13 Canal Greenway Trail
Commodore Trail
Cypress Creek Greenway
Dressels Dairy Trail
Eduardo Hernandez Memorial Trail
El Rio Trail
Glades Road Path
Greenway Trail (Doral)
Hiatus Road Greenway
Kitty Roedel Bicycle Path
Krome Path
Lake Trail
Limestone Trail
Linear Park Trail
Ludlam Drive Trail
M-Path Trail
Merrick Trail
New River Greenway
Ocean Boulevard Path
Old Cutler Trail
Palmetto Greenway
Palmetto Park Road Path
Plantation Preserve Linear Trail
Pompano Airpark Bike Trail
Red Road Linear Park
Rickenbacker Trail
Robbins Vista View Trail
Snake Creek Trail
Snapper Creek Trail
South Dade Trail
Turnpike Trail
Surrounded by palm trees and meandering through South Beach, this trail (also known as the South Beach Trail) is nestled in one of the country's most popular destinations. Both of the trail’s...
FL 4.2 mi Asphalt, Boardwalk, Concrete
Stretching over a mile, Doral's Atlas Trail provides an ideal place to walk, run, ride or roll. The trail occupies shares the right-of-way with a power utility. The trail is neat and well-maintained....
FL 1.2 mi Concrete, Crushed Stone
A short pathway in the community of Boynton Beach, the Barton Greenway runs through the grounds of Barton Memorial Park, the site of a historic local graveyard for the area's African American...
FL 0.3 mi Asphalt
The Beacon Trail provides a straight east-west route across Doral, a northwestern suburb of Miami. The paved pathway stretches just over a mile, beginning near Miami International Airport and heading...
The Biscayne Trail begins at the southern terminus of the Old Cutler Trail, an 11-mile north-south route. From there, the Biscayne Trail runs through residential areas along SW 87th Avenue, but, as it...
The Black Creek Trail in southwestern Miami-Dade County runs between Black Point Park and Marina and Larry and Penny Thompson Park. Along the way, it connects to Old Cutler Trail, Biscayne Trail, and...
FL 8.5 mi Asphalt, Concrete, Gravel
Palm Beach County's Bluegill Trail follows the eastern side of the C-18 Canal from Riverbend Park in Jupiter, through Karen T. Marcus Sandhill Crane Access Park and to Grassy Waters Preserve in Palm...
FL 7.4 mi Crushed Stone
C-13 Canal Greenway Trail offers a paved, flat, and open route from the outskirts of Oakland Park through Lauderdale Lakes. From NW 31st Avenue to US Highway 441 (State Road 7), it parallels the...
FL 2 mi Asphalt
The Commodore Trail is a 5-mile paved route that takes you along several roads including South Miami Ave., Bayshore Dr., Main Highway and Douglas Road. Sights along the way are Alice Wainwright Park,...
Cypress Creek Trail is a shared use path from the Everglades to the sea in the southeastern Florida city of Tamarac. The trail lies just outside the Everglades' eastern border. For nearly 3 miles,...
FL 16.5 mi Asphalt, Concrete
Dressels Dairy Trail is an east-west trail located in the Miami suburb of Doral. The paved trail stretches about a mile, from the Delia Plaza shopping center on 107th Avenue, west to its intersection...
Located in Miami’s West End, the Eduardo Hernandez Memorial Trail provides a mile-long route paralleling SW 157th Avenue through the community of Kendall West. The pathway is named after a good...
The El Rio Trail parallels the canal of the same name, through Boca Raton from Glades Road/SR 808 north to Congress Ave. An underpass eliminates crossing NW 51st Street/SR 794/Yamato Road and takes...
Glades Road Path is a paved 2-mile commuter route through Boca Raton, connecting shopping areas, workplaces, residential neighborhoods, and schools (Boca Raton High School and Florida Atlantic...
FL 2 mi Concrete
The Greenway Trail travels east-west along 50th Street in Doral, northwest of Miami, Florida. The trail extends between Trails and Tails Park on 117th Avenue, and 107th Avenue. Starting from the...
The Hiatus Road Greenway, which parallels the C-42 Canal, consists of just over 5 miles of multipurpose paved pathway between the cities of Sunrise and Plantation. The trail includes landscaping,...
FL 6 mi Asphalt, Concrete
The Kitty Roedel Bicycle Path serves as a connector across the southern end of Doral. The paved pathway begins just north of the Dolphin Expressway (SR 836) interchange with SR 985 and south of Miami...
The Krome Path is a bicycle and pedestrian off-street trail in the southwestern Miami metro area. It’s 8.5 miles long, paralleling Krome Avenue between SW 8th and SW 136th Street. It’s a fairly flat,...
The Lake Trail is located in Palm Beach and travels north to south along a paved path that is adjacent to Lake Worth and the boat docks. Most off the trail is off the main road but there is some...
The Limestone Trail peels off from the Atlas Trail just north of 62nd Street. Despite its name, it's surface is not limestone. Like its neighboring trail, it's a paved two-lane pathway running within...
Linear Park Trail offers a nearly 9-mile east-west route through the town of Davie, paralleling the South New River Canal and Orange Drive. Bicyclists and walkers will enjoy the paved pathway, and...
This paved walking and biking pathway sits on the western edge of the village of Virginia Gardens village as well as Miami Springs. The trail occupies the grassy margin of Ludlam Drive (NW 67th...
The M-Path is a paved multi-use trail in urban Miami-Dade County, which was opened in 1983 and is part of the Miami-Dade Transit (MDT) system. The trail follows a MDT right-of-way under the elevated...
FL 9.4 mi Asphalt, Concrete
The Merrick Trail serves as an east-west commuting route in the western Miami communities of University Park and Westchester. Beginning at Tamiami Park, just south of the Florida International...
The New River Greenway adds another outdoor recreational gem to Florida’s chest of natural treasures. Situated on the outskirts of Fort Lauderdale, the paved pathway begins at the Everglades border...
FL 11 mi Asphalt
Ocean Boulevard Path parallels the nicely landscaped roadway for nearly 5 miles through Boca Raton on Florida's southeastern coast. The northern end of the trail connects three popular parks --...
The 13.5-mile Old Cutler Trail goes through some of the most beautiful neighborhoods in the greater Miami area under the cover of magnificent fichus trees and banyans. Popular stops along the way...
The Palmetto Greenway is a short, paved trail that runs along a canal corridor through a neighborhood of northeastern Boynton Beach. The trail provides a nice route for outdoor recreation and...
FL 0.75 mi Asphalt
Palmetto Park Road Path offers a paved east-west route from Boca Raton to Sandalfoot Cove. The 5.5-mile trail offers a convenient connection between residences, busy shopping areas (such as Palmetto...
Although only about a mile long, the Plantation Preserve Linear Trail has two unique features. It bisects a public 18-hole golf course (the Plantation Preserve Golf Course) and has water paralleling...
In Pompano Beach, one of the most popular places to get a workout also happens to be the home of the Goodyear Blimp. The Pompano Airpark has acted as a blimp base since the late seventies. A two-lane,...
Red Road Linear Park is a 1.3 mile paved trail that runs along the west bank of the Snapper Creek Canal. The trail intersects and overlaps the Old Cutler Bike Trail starting at the pedestrian bridge...
Rickenbacker Trail begins in southern Miami and continues south along the Rickenbacker Causeway/Crandon Boulevard for nearly 9 miles, traversing the length of Key Biscayne. Along this popular route,...
Robbins Vista View Trail offers 9 miles of paved pathway through the Imagination Farms community of Davie. Much of the route follows the town's canals and horses can be taken along some sections...
Neighborhood trails don’t come much nicer than the Snake Creek Trail in southeast Florida. The paved 6.5-mile route offers an easy and level riding experience along a pleasant, palm-tree-dotted canal...
Snapper Creek Trail is a running trail in the suburb of Kendall, Miami. The trail sits in the right-of-way of the canal of the same name. With the water on one side and a buffer of trees bushes and...
The South Dade Trail runs along the South Miami-Dade Busway between Florida City and Kendall Drive/ SW 88th Street just north of the Dadeland South Metrorail station. The trail connects communities...
FL 20.9 mi Asphalt
The Turnpike Trail is a paved hike and bike pathway located in Doral, a suburb of Miami. The trail runs alongside a canal, which parallels NW 117th Avenue, which in turn runs parallel to the Ronald...
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nice beachside ride
January, 2021 by milzoff
Did the path for the first time today and it’s a good workout (a little over ten miles round trip) with nice varying scenery — the Intercoastal, beach, golf courses, condos, etc. Going south there is a path thats pretty wide and comfortably accommodates pedestrians and cyclists; going back north just a regular bike lane. Parking across from Red Reef in the metered lot is a cheaper option.
January, 2021 by tmanao
Nice. Quiet, clean and safe. I parked on the south end per the instructions and it was about 5.6 miles each way.
January, 2021 by salvy18
Fun, Clear Trail
Just biked El Rio for the first time and loved it! Extremely well marked, paved, with very few street crossings and those that are there have crosswalks. Pretty and varying scenery. The way the path goes under a few underpasses and the train tracks is really cool. We folllowed others’ advice to park at Delray Oaks Nature Area which was perfect — just a couple blocks from the northern trailhead.
December, 2020 by a.ferro
We ride at sunset and it was very nice. Beautiful view and houses. Very good trail for families or runners. We did it on bikes.
Bikers don’t waste your time
December, 2020 by fortamanda
This is a lovely idea, high quality concrete trail bed. However, this path is interrupted every several miles by major high volume road interchanges. Get off and carry bike over high curb busy streets. That’s after figuring out where to park. Cypress canal is some kind of drainage ditch, there are pumping stations along its route, ‘nuff said. Serious bikers should avoid this nonsense. Fine for walking (but must walk to crosswalks to get across busy streets) if objective is long walk.
Don’t bother
December, 2020 by debbyburden
Too many intersections, you ride a mile then need too cross abustle intersection. Construction caused us to stop and restart in another area. Disappointing
Enjoyable...make the stop at Tree Top Park
Road 23 miles today, path is narrow and intersections are busy but doable. It was a beautiful December day.
One of the best things Boca Raton has done
December, 2020 by bretthburkey
Great trail for running, inline skating and casual biking. I run on this trail often and combine it with other dedicated bike paths in the city on my hybrid bike. The city has done its best to bypass the busy Yamato Rd intersection and the others at Spanish River Blvd and Clint Moore are manageable. The south end borders FAU which is usually a good place to bike. In the middle you can take a detour at the train station and head over to De Hornle Park and the Library for some additional biking. On the north end there’s Yamato Scrub for some great trail running and I like to add to my workout by utilizing the wide shoulders on the Clint Moore I-95 overpass for some bike hill climbs
Been using this trail for 35 years
I would say very few people have been on this trail as much as I have. It is my favorite running trail. I would use it for slow, casual biking but there are good bike paths in the shoulder of A1A if you’re trying to generate some speed. From Spanish River Blvd to Palmetto Rd and back is about a 5 mile run. Depending on your fitness, there’s a good wide path from the Deerfield Beach border all the way to Atlantic Blvd in Delray Beach.
We enjoyed the trail.
November, 2020 by samcruzpr
Riverbend Battlefield Park
November, 2020 by pmcpoland
This trail takes you into Riverbend Battlefield Park which is an important historic area in Palm Beach County. This is where the second battle of the Seminole Indian War was fought. The trails in the park are marked and the battle is explained. The paths are shaded in the park and good for bicycling and walking. From this park you can also walk on the Florida Trail.
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No more foreign built trams please - £1 = $?
The news that Manchester Metrolink's latest and final tram in its 120 strong contract has arrived this past week places the lid? on the largest tram contract in Britain since the 1930s. The UK had several manufacturers of trams (and trains) up and down the country over much of the previous century. Blackpool, being the sole UK tram operator from 1963 up to the final decade of the 1990s, managed to get by with its own dedicated and innovative skills base at Rigby Road, along with working partnerships with Blackburn-based East Lancashire Coachbuilders.
Below : Trampower's design being tested on Blackpool's tramway firstly in ghostlike white - see here arriving at Rigby Road Depot and Secondly a revised version hurrying along at speed on the promenade. Sadly this came to an abrupt end due to a spectacular fire breaking out in a driving cab section during testing. Rather like the R101 Airship which came down in France on its maiden flight to India in the 1930s with a full complement of distinguished guests - the Trampower initiative has so far not recovered from this setback. Nonetheless it is an admirable demonstration of a UK new build capability waiting to be further refined somewhere 'up north'. Blackpool Council was a willing partner in aiding fulfillment of a ground breaking initiative - the first articulated tram to operate in Britain, with low floor capability and an eye to the domestic market potential for a far less expensive urban railed product.
All images : Copyright John Woodman
Tony Stevenson looks on with Tramways Engineer Mike Gibson in the background as the first Trampower demonstrator is gently persuaded to make its way into Rigby Road Depot for the first time. Operator industry cooperation in action.
A short lived initiative of a UK tram design firm saw prototype articulated trams tested on the Blackpool tramway in an attempt to develop a new all-British product with a local base in the northwest. This was the closest we came to seeing a new generation of UK sourced trams before the onset of EU constraints and limitations of procurement. The net result of this bureaucratic stranglehold on vehicle and product sourcing for the new generation of British tram (sorry light rail) systems in Nottingham, Manchester, Birmingham, Croydon, Edinburgh, Sheffield - and Blackpool; has been the importing of costly hardware, assembled elsewhere in Europe, together with everything from tram rail to signage and shelters.
Now that the British people have voted to get out from under the domination of Brussels and Strasbourg - and make a clean break from the EU - the time has come to ensure all future public funded light rail procurement requires UK manufacture and or assembly of rolling stock. Further, that all tram and heavy rail infrastructure will first prioritise UK manufactured steel, irrespective of foreign 'dumping' benefits. The chance to create from scratch a UK tram design, development and build sector is at hand, if not immediately, then certainly no later than completion of existing first contracts and deliveries and the formal date of exit of this country from EU regulatory oversight. IE end 2019. This means, given the forward planning and procurement timescales for new rail rolling stock, that orders being considered now should focus solely on UK sourced product.
The days of shipping (by foreign logistics firms) of new build trams from anywhere outside the UK should finally end - and for good. Given the Government's mantra of giving priority to UK industry, business and jobs - and more particularly in the north of England, as well as other regions hit hard by the sell off of manufacturing and production businesses to become shopping centres and housing estates, or simply left in a frozen and dilapidated condition - a demonstration of such admirable policies will be tested by where future tram building contracts are placed and with whom (and when). A whole new rail industry sub sector is now open to UK entrepreneurs and visionaries. A good place to start might be locally in Blackpool or at least in Lancashire - where two light rail systems have the potential for growth and route expansion in the medium and longer term. Other startups most notably in Merseyside and Preston, have made recent credible efforts to launch new tram/light rail operations. And even though these may have fallen foul of market conditions and or blinkered planners - there is no reason why a northern renaissance of industrial innovation and strengthened manufacturing cannot kickstart a myriad schemes. The days of Britain's focus on financial casinos and manipulative market making in London - which produce little, if nothing in real value, other than an over consumption of champagne and ever increasing property speculation in the south east and Home Counties - should finally end.
Blackpool's brave initiatives to build a few hundred yards of new tramway to link the coastal service with the soon to be electrified main rail link from the town to Preston and beyond - is just the tip of a much larger achievable programme for the Fylde coast and communities. Light rail to the main Fylde coast hospital and healthcare facilities (very large and growing employers in themselves) have to be under credible review. Connecting services to St Annes, and potentially the south fylde communities, with tram train technology are eminently achievable using in part the existing single track railway from Kirkham to that miserable dump of a station platform at Waterloo Road.
And then of course there is Fleetwood, wholly frozen out of the national rail network thanks to the misguided diktat of a former bean counter - a Dr Beeching. Here is an entire town, the largest urban area within Wyre Borough, devoid of rail connection, now suffering from monumental indecisions of road planners to the increasing traffic buildups from the M55 at Kirkham - and the A6 link road. Of course all this daily tailback at peak hours does nothing for Fleetwood's chances to attract new investment - excepting attention of rabid house builders who can't pass a green field by without computing the potential profits from yet another 'development'. Their monotonous bland schemes foretold by large billboard announcements and creative visuals of this or that pretentiously named development for those with cars (for local transport links don't normally feature in these profit taking calculations) all in turn add to the swell of vehicles pouring on to a finite road system which hasn't changed much in the past eighty years.
So - All-British built trams please from now on. Using UK designers without reliance on the gaggle of usual corporates pursuing ever more expensive products with bells and whistles more in common with avionics and the International Space Station. Brexit means Brexit, as this Prime Minister insists (Hard or Soft).
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Soldier Demoted for Lying, but Gets to Stay in Army Army Investigator: Reduce Murder Charge
Buddies a lifeline for GI in deep trouble
By admin On October 29, 2007 · Add Comment · In News
Sergeant from Georgia, accused of murdering an Iraqi civilian, sometimes hears taunts, but not from his platoon mates.
By Moni Basu
Iraq, Shore (right) poses with Staff Sgt. Jason Paton, who was one of the 10 ‘best friends’ of Shore’s who were killed Aug. 22 in a Black Hawk crash. Paton was to be married next month.
Honolulu —- The chartered jet skimmed the deep blue Pacific and touched down at Hickam Air Force Base carrying a planeload of soldiers home from 15 weary months at war. It should have been a euphoric moment for Phil Shore —- the moment that all soldiers dream of the entire time they are away.
But it wasn’t.
It had been a tough deployment, one that scarred in so many ways. The young warrior from Winder thought about this as the jet sat on the tarmac for an unusually long time.
Around him, soldiers were fidgeting.
“Sit down!” shouted an officer. “Nobody’s going anywhere.”
The next thing he heard on the intercom was his own name.
“Specialist Shore!”
The 25-year-old Georgia soldier collected his backpack and walked down what seemed like a never-ending aisle to the front of the plane.
“Criminal!” shouted one soldier.
“Con Air,” said another, referring to the action film featuring a prison plane.
Shore felt his face flush red. He was humiliated. Angry.
The Army accuses Shore of murdering an Iraqi detainee, but Shore maintains his innocence. It cut deep that American soldiers were so quick to judge one of their own.
The jeers stung Shore all the way to Schofield Barracks, home of the 25th Infantry Division. There, the Army tried to place him under a “no-contact order,” which meant Shore would have to stay at least 500 feet away from his platoon mates, who returned to Hawaii in early October, a few days ahead of Shore.
Shore immediately called his lawyer, Michael Waddington of Augusta. He told him he needed his platoon mates around him. They were his ballast.
“I would’ve been completely alone,” Shore says. “Being charged with premeditated murder, that’s a hard thing to grab hold of.”
The platoon had gone through so much, scathed by every facet of the war: injury, stress, wrongdoing and death.
They were determined to get through it all together.
At Shore’s Article 32 hearing last week, his fellow platoon members occupied a row of courtroom seats. They sat still for nine hours listening to testimony that Maj. Gen. Benjamin Mixon, division commander, will consider when deciding within weeks whether to press ahead with a court-martial.
At the end of the day, Sgt. Sergio Pena gave Shore a hug: “We’re with you, man.”
Shore’s version of events
In the early morning hours of June 23, an Iraqi detainee in U.S. custody was shot five times in a rural house near the northern city of Kirkuk. The Army accused Spc. Christopher P. Shore and his platoon leader, Sgt. 1st Class Trey A. Corrales, of killing the unarmed man.
In court, Shore’s lawyer Waddington painted Corrales as a sadistic sergeant who was out for blood. Waddington argued Corrales shot the detainee and then ordered Shore to finish the man after he was already down on the ground, bleeding profusely. Shore said he pointed his M-4 rifle toward the ground and popped off a couple of rounds, intentionally missing the wounded man. The next day, he and three other soldiers from his platoon reported the incident to their supervisors.
The Army, however, doubted Shore’s story and after a month of investigations, charged him with premeditated murder. It’s likely that prosecutors won’t seek the maximum penalty of death, but Shore could still face life in prison.
A shocked Shore finished his days in Iraq confined to Forward Operating Base Warrior, where his company was stationed. He was barred from carrying a weapon, but unlike Corrales, he was allowed to stay in his own bunk, among his friends. It’s what saved him in the waning days of the deployment, especially after the tragedy that consumed the platoon in August.
10 platoon mates killed
Two days after the Article 32 hearing, Shore and his closest buddies gather at Spc. Kenneth “Hoot” Van Houten’s apartment in Kapolei, a Honolulu neighborhood 25 minutes from Schofield Barracks.
Since the homecoming earlier this month, the routine involves drunken revelry at night, nursing hangovers in the mornings and segue into afternoons watching football.
Sometimes they talk about Shore’s predicament. Or about Corrales’ character. And their adventures in combat.
They make the Mr. Spock split-finger Vulcan hand sign and laugh at an inside joke they don’t care to explain to outsiders.
On this Saturday, Spc. Freddy Ray Meyers plants himself on the couch, a protective helmet hugging his head. A sniper’s bullet hit Meyers in May. He made a miraculous recovery at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., but half his skull is missing. He is waiting for surgeons to reconstruct what he lost.
Meyers, affectionately called “Fredo,” is the first to laugh about his life-threatening injury. It’s how he —- and everyone else —- copes.
“If you touch me here, you’re touching my brain,” he says, exposing Jello-soft skin and a horseshoe scar arching his head.
Ohio State is leading Michigan State 24-17 late in the fourth quarter when a postman delivers two plastic foot lockers freshly arrived from Iraq.
One contains Shore’s belongings.
He breaks open the box and gets out his computer’s external hard drive. He’s anxious to show everyone photographs.
There are photos of Meyers, when his head was intact; when he was a burly infantryman without fear.
“Hey, look, Fredo,” Shore says. “There you are.”
Shore clicks through hundreds of pictures. So many of the faces are gone now. Almost half of Shore’s platoon —-10 soldiers —- died when a Black Hawk helicopter carrying them back to base crashed on Aug. 22.
“I remember they read out all the names,” Shore says, recalling that day’s confusion. “The names didn’t stop.”
From his locker, he takes out the Velcro name tags of each of the fallen. He gathered them before the Army shipped off the belongings of the dead.
“You can process one guy but 10 of your best friends in the whole world?” he says.
Shore had planned to room with Cpl. Nathan Hubbard when they got home. “Baby Hubb” joined the Army with his brother Jason after another brother, Jared, a Marine lance corporal, was killed in Ramadi in 2004. Jason, like the celluloid Private Ryan, was the only Hubbard boy who went home to his parents.
At the memorial service in Iraq, Shore stood before 10 helmets on upended rifles and 10 pairs of empty boots and fought his way through the two-minute speech he had written about Baby Hubb.
“How do you sum up someone in a few minutes?” Shore says. “I cried through the whole thing.”
Staff Sgt. Jason Paton was to be married in mid-November. Shore bought his ticket to California online the day before the crash. After Paton died, his family promised to forward donations made in his name to help pay for Shore’s legal costs.
Cpl. Jeremy Bouffard’s wife, Amanda, gave birth to son Caleb two weeks before the company left for Iraq in August 2006.
“That’s all Jeremy talked about —- his son,” Shore says. “He wanted to see him walk.”
Shore was one of the few parents in the young platoon. Before he comes home to Winder in November, he plans to visit daughters Cassidy and Kristen, who live with their mother in Florida. He and Bouffard spoke often about being dads.
Bouffard’s widow and mother flew from western Massachusetts to Hawaii to welcome the platoon back. At first Shore is unsure of Amanda’s reaction to talk about her husband. But then he musters the courage to ask: “Have you seen the pictures, Mandy?”
“I haven’t seen any,” she says.
The few seconds of silence seem eternal. There really isn’t a clear answer at the other end.
Do you want to know how your husband died? Or what it felt like to load his coffin onto the C-130 transport plane? Do you want to know what we talked about the last time I saw him? These are questions that don’t get asked today.
Many of the conversations are punctuated by awkward pauses. No one is sure, really, what to say.
It’s best to laugh. They imitate “Bouff” quoting movie lines. They recall how he had left an eight-months pregnant Amanda outside to wash the car while he partied with the boys in the kitchen and forgot the task at hand.
Bouffard’s mother, Paula, helps cook a breakfast of eggs, potatoes and pancakes. “I wanted to meet the guys, they meant so much to my son,” she says.
Back home, Paula Bouffard has a photo of Shore on her refrigerator. She can’t understand how the Army can accuse him of murder.
“It’s a whole bunch of craziness,” she says. “It could’ve been my son in that same spot. I know what my son was like. I know how I raised him. I know the integrity of the people he hung out with.”
Uncertain future
The people Bouffard’s son hung out with are the same ones who keep the “what-ifs” from driving Shore insane.
What if he had not been inside that Iraqi house on that summer night? What if the detainee hadn’t died two days later from his wounds?
What if the deployment had not been extended from 12 to 15 months?
“They’d be alive right now,” he says about the soldiers killed in the Black Hawk crash.
Then, he abruptly cuts off his thoughts. He has to.
Shore and the rest of the scout platoon live for the moment. The past is marred and is a reminder that the future could bring more of the same.
UPDATE: THE STORY SO FAR
On June 23, a scout platoon in the 25th Infantry Division was called out to assist in a raid near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. An unarmed Iraqi detainee was shot multiple times. He died several days later.
Spc. Christopher P. Shore of Winder says his platoon leader, Sgt. 1st Class Trey A. Corrales, a native of San Antonio, ordered him to “finish” the man after he was already injured and on the ground. Shore says he intentionally missed the man and reported the incident to his supervisors the next day.
On July 18, the Army charged Corrales and Shore with premeditated murder. The Georgia soldier maintains his innocence.
In early October, the 25th ID soldiers came home to Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, after a 15-month tour in Iraq.
On Oct. 18, the Army held an Article 32 hearing, the equivalent of a grand jury investigation, for Shore. At that hearing, Shore’s lawyers painted Corrales as a sadistic sergeant. Corrales waived rights to his hearing.
What’s next: Division commander Maj. Gen. Benjamin Mixon will look over the Article 32 findings and make a decision in coming weeks on whether Shore and Corrales should face court-martial.
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Getting’s Good to Guana Island, BVI: Uncommon Envy
Get out while the getting’s good.
More than a few friends across the U.S. and elsewhere outside the Caribbean have expressed sentiments or loosely conceived “escape from society” plans along the lines of this old saying in recent days. Can’t say that I blame ’em.
Recent tragic events and the sincerely sad reaction to them in many corners of the U.S. have turned my thoughts to taking a break and checking out for a while too. My choice location would have to be someplace remote; someplace tropical (of course), and decidedly off-the-grid.
Maybe someplace like Guana Island.
Simply gorgeous Guana Island, BVI | Credit: Flickr user Jean-Marc Artesana
Another supremely sublime private enclave within The British Virgin Islands (Remember this one?), Guana appears to embody the word paradise in just about every way.
Most of its 850 acres are reserved for Mother Nature, keeping the surrounds here seemingly as green and pristine as the island’s earliest days of colonial settlement in the early-18th century. Back then, Quakers gave a go at homesteading here, though they eventually returned to England and the U.S.
With beaches like this one, I can’t imagine why…
One of seven pristine white-sand beaches on Guana Island, BVI. | Credit: Flickr user Nina Hale
The amazingly pristine natural state of Guana Island today didn’t come about by accident. Since taking possession of the island in the mid-1970s, the owners have made environmental preservation such a priority here that a number of plant and animal species that had formerly vanished are now back and flourishing.
So, what, besides incredible natural beauty, will you find on Guana Island today?
Well, the private club offers an array of elegant villa and sea view room accommodations, each of them sprinkled about in such a way as to maximize privacy. The intended effect: to make you feel like you have the entire island all to yourself, which considering these days and times, sounds about perfect to me.
For more on Guana Island, be sure to visit them online and “like” them on Facebook.
*Lead photo credit: Flickr user Nina Hale.
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NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TX – The Brahmas opened their final home stint of the season with a commanding 4-1 victory over the Sugar Land Imperials on Friday.
Victor Ekk started the scoring in the first period at the 5:32 mark when he deflected a George Hansen shot from the point past Imperials netminder Kevin Mackey. Ekk’s 21st of the season came on the power play and would set the tone for the rest of special teams play for the evening.
Loads of physical play covered the remainder of the first and the entirety of the second but scoring occurred for both sides in the final frame of regulation.
Just 53 seconds into the third Ryan Dunner made the score 2-0 after jamming one home in front with the man advantage. Brock Brown and Sam Gagnon recorded assists on the tally but the lead wouldn’t last long. A few minutes later, Alex Norwinski of Sugar Land beat Tyler Myers to cut the lead in half, setting the score to 2-1.
However, that would be the closest the Imperials would get to tying the game as exactly five minutes later Kyle Galloway received a beauty of a feed from Bryan Whelan to advance the score to 3-1. Before the final buzzer sounded Brock Brown got involved in the scoring as he buried a juicy rebound for Whelan’s third assist of the night.
Picking his 15th win of the season in net was Tyler Myers. The Imperials mustered just nine shots and the Colorado native turned aside eight of them.
The series continues tomorrow as the two teams battle at 7:05 at NYTEX Sports Centre. Admission is free, so come check out the matchup of two south division playoff teams!
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The Parallax View (1974) (Classic Film Review)
By Marialena
The Parallax View has to do with a series of mysterious assassinations of politicians and of some other people at a rally at Seattle’s Space Needle.
As far as the script is concerned, I wanted to say that it turns to something even more intriguing as time passes, and it is very suspenseful. It is wonderfully structured and the flow of the events was very natural, even though it was sometimes predictable. It was very interesting watching the whole story from the protagonist’s point of view and there were some scenes that reminded me of the movie A Clockwork Orange, which is something I liked.
The protagonist of the film is Joe Frady (Warren Beatty), who is a newspaper reporter and he starts searching for clues that provide a link between the asassinations and the people who were at the rally at the Space Needle. He appears troubled and occasionally aggressive when things do not work out, as he tends to have issues with the police, which affects his career. Although he is not persuaded at the start by the theory of a plan linked to all these murders, he is later convinced and befriends many suspects, so as to solve this mystery. He is determined to provide the newspaper with a great article and to resurect his career.
Bill Rintels (Hume Cronyn) is the editor of the newspaper where Frady works and he is dissatisfied with the progress of his employee. However, he is later convinced that there is a big story to be found, so he gives Frady a large sum of money to investigate.
Warren Beatty in The Parallax View (1974)
Jack Younger (Walter McGinn) is a Parallax Corporation official who is interested in enlisting Frady in the security part of the organization, because he thinks that he is a personality that would not be burdened by limits if he were about to complete a mission. Parallax in other words brainwashes troubled people into commiting murders and Jack, as the firm’s representative, appears creepy and sneaky.
There are also some other characters that appear in the movie like Senator Charles Carroll (William Joyce), Lee Carter (Paula Prentiss), Austin Tucker (William Daniels) and George Hammond (Jim Davis), and they are presented as potential targets of the killer.
The cast was great and all of them delivered excellent performances. The standouts for me were William Daniels as Austin Tucker, Hume Cronyn as Bill Rintels and Walter McGinn as Jack Younger, while Warren Beatty as Joseph Frady and Paula Prentiss playing Lee Carter were alright too.
Direction/Cinematography
Direction was exactly what a viewer can expect from this genre and Alan J. Pakula did a very good job directing the movie in a way that established an atmosphere full of precariousness and thrills. In terms of cinematography, there was also some variety, which I was kind of late to realize, focusing on the plot itself, but the contrast between light and darkness becomes obvious and is likely a visual cue having to do with the matter of hidden truths.
The ending got me feeling really confused, as it is supposed to be a plot twist, but I found some of its aspects unconvincing. In my opinion, it is deliberate that the script leaves a feeling of skepticism in the end.
The Parallax View was oiriginally released in theaters 30 September 1974 (Sweden)
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A reporter is drawn into a complex conspiracy when he starts to investigate a political assassination in this paranoia-infused Watergate era thriller that stars Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, and several other strong veteran cast members.
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Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, the unforgettable story of childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it; Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill a Mockingbird takes you to the roots of human behavior, to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos.
By popular demand, Ira David Wood, critically acclaimed for his portrayal of Atticus Finch at Fort Worth’s Casa Manana Theatre, will once again assume the role for Triangle audiences at Theatre In The Park this April. Wood will also direct. In 2011 Mr. Wood stepped into the Fort Worth production to replace an actor due to illness. “I am looking forward to reprising the role of Atticus Finch and bringing To Kill A Mockingbird to the Theatre In The Park stage”, says Wood, “So many people have been touched by Harper Lee’s words and by the film that it is exciting to share this story through a different medium.”
This production, adapted for the stage by Christopher Sergel, follows 6-year-old Scout Finch; her older brother, Jem; and their widowed father Atticus, a lawyer appointed by the court to defend a black man accused of raping a young white woman. The children learn important lessons about racial tolerance, class, and courage, as well as an individual's power to do right in the face of overwhelming wrong.
Ira David Wood has assembled a stellar cast for this production. Marleigh Purgar-McDonald and Austin Spero will make their Theatre In The Park debuts as Scout and Jem. “This show hinges on the kids and luckily we have some truly remarkable young actors,” says Wood.
Triangle theatre veterans Mike Raab, Kelly McConkey, Danny Norris, Kathy Norris, and Randy Jordan will serve as the residents of Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. Juanda Holley will make her return to the Theatre In The Park stage as Calpurnia, the Finch family housekeeper.
“Even though the story was written over 50 years ago, there are still lessons that can be learned and applied today”, says Wood. “Some of the same issues still exist. Racism, gender bias, prejudging, and social mores are still prevalent”, he says. “We are living in difficult times, and communicating values and social responsibility is difficult but ultimately rewarding. In this play we see caring and compassion through the eyes of children and learn important lessons we can apply to our own lives. We are also reminded that when things look bleak, people with integrity who are willing to take a stand like Atticus do exist, and maybe we can find that inside of us all.”
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Newborn Babies To Seniors: 12 Govt Healthcare Schemes You Need to Know
Cashless treatment to subsidised medicines, get the details here! #HealthFirst
Post author:Sayantani Nath
Post category:Government / Health Care
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India has introduced several healthcare schemes over the years, catering to all sections of the population. Launched under the National Health Mission, these schemes aim to make healthcare affordable and accessible to all, aligning with Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-Being).
Be it women, children or seniors, the nationwide schemes can be availed by citizens from all corners of the country.
The Better India’s comprehensive list will make it easier for you to find the ideal scheme for yourself, your family and acquaintances.
Community Healthcare & Health Insurance
1. Ayushman Bharat Yojana (ABY) / Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) / National Health Protection Scheme
The much talked about ABY scheme was launched in September 2018 with the aim to provide a holistic healthcare and health insurance facility to the country’s lesser privileged population, at all healthcare levels—primary, secondary and tertiary.
Citizens below a certain income level become eligible for the Ayushman Bharat card, which entitles them to cashless treatment up to Rs 5 lakh in all government and select private hospitals in the country. To avail the service, a beneficiary has to pay a nominal annual premium between Rs 1,000 and 1200.
Started with a target to reach 10 crore families/50 crore individuals in India, the ABY scheme has reportedly catered to 4,406,461 lakh beneficiaries, empanelled 18,059 hospitals and issued over 10 crore e-cards, till September 2019.
The eligibility criteria depends on the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011. An applicant must provide their Aadhar Card, address proof, bank details and other relevant documents at the time of registration.
Read more about it here: Ayushman Bharat Scheme Details
2. Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP)
With an aim to reduce the average healthcare expense in India, the scheme provides quality generic medicines at affordable prices to the citizens.
Launched by the Department of Pharmaceuticals in November 2008, under the Jan Aushadhi Campaign, the scheme has the following objectives:
To provide all commonly used generic medicines and healthcare products at subsidised prices at specific Jan Aushadhi outlets.
To raise awareness about generic medicines among the citizens & prompt them to opt for the same, instead of expensive branded drug variants with the same composition.
To instruct medical practitioners to encourage people to opt for generic medicines.
Dispel the myth that high price is not synonymous to great quality with respect to drugs.
Here is the list of generic medicines available under Jan Aushadhi scheme with their MRP: http://janaushadhi.gov.in/RateContract.aspx
Learn more about the scheme here.
3. Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN)
The scheme allows any individual living Below Poverty Level and suffering from any major life-threatening disease, to get treatment and medical services at any super speciality Government hospitals/institutes.
To avail the RAN services, the applicant needs to provide:
Application form in prescribed proforma duly signed by the treating doctor and countersigned by the Medical Superintendent of the Government hospital/institute
Copy of income certificate
Copy of ration card
For Women and Children
4. Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCH+A)
Launched in 2013, the popular scheme aims to reduce the rates of maternal, newborn and child mortality. The main features include improvement of reproductive and newborn health, promotion of family planning, adolescent health, HIV, gender, and preconception and prenatal diagnostic techniques.
Programmes undertaken under the scheme include health tracker Scorecard, National Iron Plus Initiative (NIPI – to combat the wide scale occurrence of anaemia), prenatal screening for birth defects and early interventions, as well as combating nutritional deficiencies among children and adolescents.
Read more about it here: Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCH+A)
5. Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakaram (JSSK)
Introduced in 2011, the JSSK scheme motivates expecting mothers to opt for institutional delivery, through which they can avail several protective facilities before and after the birth of the baby. The best part about the initiative is that it is completely free, thus dispelling the myth among rural women about the high expenses incurred through institutional delivery.
Home delivery is often dangerous and performed by non-experts or quacks. But, it is still rampant in remote villages of India as many women shy away from institutional delivery owing to socio-cultural norms.
The JSSK scheme aims to popularise the necessary concept through several free entitlements, as enlisted:
Free for pregnant women
Free for sick infants
Delivery (both normal & C-section)
Prenatal & Postnatal Diagnostics
Drugs & Consumables
Blood Transfusion (if needed)
Meals (during hospital stay)
User charges
Transport from health centre to home
Transport from home to health centres
(to and fro)
Transport between facilities in case of referral
Read more here: JSSK Scheme
6. Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK)
According to a report by March of Dimes (2006), 6 to 7 per cent of newborn infants in India are born with congenital defects. In the present-day context, this translates to around 17 lakh babies born every year in India with birth defects, which in turn leads to a high rate of newborn deaths.
Nutritional deficiencies cause developmental delays in preschool children, which often leads to physical disabilities related cognition, hearing or vision in later life.
The RBSK scheme is meant to specifically address these issues in newborn babies and young children through early detection and management. Children from newborn to 18 years of age are eligible for this scheme. The benefits of the scheme encompasses the 4 D’s in children’s health – Defects at birth, Deficiencies, Diseases, Development delays including disability.
Read more here: RBSK
7. Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS)
Designed for children between 0 to 6 years, the ICDS happens to be one of the world’s largest governmental programmes for early childhood development. Launched way back in 1975, the flagship programme secures:
Nutritional and good health of children in the age group of 0-6 years
A holistic approach toward proper physical, psychological and social development of a child
Reduction in infant mortality, malnutrition and number of primary school dropouts
Empowerment of the mother to ensure proper care for the child
Read more here about the scheme: ICDS
8. Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK)
Adolescents in the age group of 10 to 19 years fall under the ambit of this relatively recent scheme launched in 2014 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). To ensure proper implementation of the programme, the MoHFW has collaborated with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and designed a National Adolescent Health Strategy.
The ideal aspects of the programme include equity, inclusion, gender equality, adolescent participation and leadership. The key objectives include:
Improvement of nutrition
Improvement of sexual and reproductive health
Prevention of violence and injuries
Prevention of substance abuse
The RKSK aims to empower adolescent girls and boys in India by supporting their overall well-being and raising awareness to keep them from drug abuse or violence.
Read more here: RKSK
Community Immunisation
9. Mission Indradhanush & Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI)
The former scheme was launched in December 2014, aimed at ensuring full immunisation with all standard vaccines for children up to 2 years of age and pregnant women.
The scheme had been implemented on a war footing in 201 districts of 28 states where the number of unimmunised children was found to be the highest. Till August 2017, around 2.53 children and 68 lakh pregnant women have been reportedly vaccinated.
The second phase of Mission Indradhanush – Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) – was launched in October 2017 to further expand the outreach and bring more rural women and children under its ambit.
Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 2.0 was also announced recently in December 2019 and is expected to accelerate the coverage by March 2020, and bringing the urban population within its reach.
Under Mission Indradhanush, four rounds of vaccination activities are conducted to ensure foolproof immunisation. Flexible timing and mobile immunisation activities allow more people to avail the services.
Click here for further details: Mission Indradhanush
Disease-Centric Schemes
The Government of India has also formulated several policies specifically targeting the prevention and control and eradication of certain diseases.
10. National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO)
NACO was set up in 1992 to combat an epidemic of HIV-AIDS and also to ensure proper treatment, caregiving and a dignified life to HIV patients. Till date, the organisation has been successful in improving the treatment prospects for the disease in India, as well as dispelling the social stigma surrounding it.
NACO works in close collaboration with non-government organisations (NGOs), community support groups, women’s self-help groups in remote villages and extended communities to improve the accessibility of the services, and raise widespread awareness.
Visit NACO website to know more.
11. Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP)
Started back in 1962, the National Tuberculosis Control Programme has so far benefitted millions of patients through early diagnosis and intervention in tuberculosis cases. 4 lakh DOT centres have been set up across the country which provides free medical services and sustained treatment (till recovery) to underprivileged patients.
Click here to know about the eligibility and other details: RNTCP
12. National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP)
The programme to combat tobacco addiction and smoking in India has so far successfully reduced the number of tobacco users by 81 lakh, since its launch in 2007-08.
NTCP has been implemented extensively at all three levels of administration – Central, State and District. The programme operates through large scale integration of health workers, NGOs, schools, educational institutions, government officials and Panchayati Raj institutions to monitor effective implementation of tobacco control laws and raising awareness.
Read more here: NTCP
Also Read: Education to Health: 14 Govt Schemes for Daughters You Need to Know
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The Bell at Sapperton
Now in his seventh month as head chef at the Bell at Sapperton, Ivan Reid is really getting into his stride. Tucked away in an idyllic spot near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, the Bell has been fully renovated by owners Pat LeJeune and Paul Davidson, who were Reid's bosses at the Bird in Hand near Witney, Oxfordshire, winner of the Les Routiers British Inn of the Year award in 1998.
At the Bell, Reid has developed a diverse menu but is determined to steer away from the gastropub label. "We don't want to scare customers," he says. "We have a mixed clientele that ranges from the local polo set to ramblers, business people coming for lunch and locals who've known the pub for years."
Using local suppliers wherever possible is central to Reid's cooking. "I always try and buy from the Cotswolds, and I'll only move further afield if I can't get what I need in the area," he explains. Bread is baked near by, and meat is supplied by two local butchers. "Lots of our customers ask where we buy our meat from and what breed it is, as they know we've sourced it locally."
Reid is currently reading US chef Mario Batali's The Babbo Cookbook and says he is influenced by its principles of using local produce and only what's in season. "I believe in food being simply presented and well cooked, with three core items on a plate," he says. "I don't have an ego about it, and I'm just as happy to do steak and chips as long as it's cooked beautifully."
Reid's five-strong team is busiest on Saturdays, with about 90 covers for lunch and 120 in the evening across the Bell's five seating areas, which include a private dining room and an enclosed courtyard.
The menu is changed once a month and offers a number of robust pub favourites, such as purebred Hereford sirloin steak with a peppercorn and brandy cream (£15.95), as well as more Mediterranean- and Asian-influenced dishes, such as deep-fried spinach and polenta fritter with sweet red pepper pesto (£11.95) and grilled squid with sweet chilli sauce (£7.75). Black pudding and potato terrine with bacon and a free-range egg (£6.50) is an ongoing winner with customers, however. "They won't let me take it off," says Reid. "It's the starter equivalent of an all-day breakfast."
Roast rack of Forest of Dean lamb is served with rosemary and syrup of fresh damsons (£17), which are poached with sugar, star anise, cardamom and cinnamon. The lamb is presented as four cutlets on the plate with side dishes of olive oil mash, and baby English cauliflower and carrots. His use of fruit to enhance meat flavours extends to a slow-braised Gloucester Old Spot pork belly dish served with celeriac roasted with fresh orange juice and zest (£13.75).
With six fish deliveries coming up from the South Coast every week, seafood specials get extra attention on the blackboards. "Obviously we can't buy fish locally, but we try to make sure we use British cold-water seafood," explains Reid. Choices might include grilled sardines served with rock salt, lemon and olive oil (£7.50) or gilthead bream fillets lightly pan-fried and served on a bed of Portland crab, shallots and pickled cucumber (£15.75). "This was a real hit this summer - ideal for a light lunch on a hot day." Deep-fried cod in crisp beer batter, chips and peas (£12.95) is a staple, making up 15% of orders when it's available.
Puddings (£5.50) echo the local supplier principle, with Hattie Wilson, a local farmer's daughter, making the ice-cream. Recent flavours such as lavender and lemon curd have proved popular, while more traditional desserts include sticky toffee pudding with cream. Cheeses, from the Fine Cheese Company, are changed each month, with each meriting its own detailed write-up on the menu. French cheeses such as Fourme d'Ambert are served with Pinot Noir jelly, while the locally produced single Gloucester is accompanied by home-made chutney.
"At the end of the day, we're a country pub," says Reid. "I like revamping old ideas, but not to be arty-farty - it's more about doing things properly."
The Bell at Sapperton, Sapperton, Gloucestershire GL7 6LE. Tel: 01285 760298. Website: www.foodatthebell.co.uk
What's on the menu - Chicken liver parfait with home-made brioche, £5.95
Deep-fried breaded goats' cheese, aubergine roulade, fennel and celery citronette, £6.75
Confit of duck leg, sweet potato pur‚e, lime and ginger dressing, £13.50
Chargrilled rump of English veal on summer truffle risotto, £15.95
Roast monkfish, saut‚d new potatoes, shallots and pancetta, £15.75
Black coffee jelly, vanilla fudge ice-cream and caramelised walnuts, £5.50
Mango panna cotta with local raspberries, £5.50
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An RCMP cruiser looks on as a military search and rescue helicopter winds down near Bridesville, B.C. Tuesday, Dec. 1. Photo courtesy of RCMP Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey
B.C. Mountie, suspect airlifted by Canadian Armed Forces from ravine after foot chase
Military aircraft were dispatched from Comox, B.C., say RCMP
Laurie Tritschler
An RCMP officer and his prisoner were rescued by helicopter Tuesday night, Dec. 1, after a foot chase left them at the bottom of a ravine in Southeast British Columbia.
Midway RCMP chased a 47-year-old Bridesville man, who was seen fleeing from a suspected burglary in-progress at 3 p.m., Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey said in a news release Wednesday, Dec. 2.
The suspect then “jumped into” a ravine near the 1600 Block of Fish Lake Road, falling several times into the river at the bottom the 400 foot slope.
A Mountie who climbed down the embankment apprehended the suspect around two hours later, but the pair was unable to climb back up to the road because the suspect was suffering from acute hypothermia.
RCMP called for an air medevac rescue from Canadian Armed Forces in Comox, after responding officers from Osoyoos and other detachments were unable to extricate the stranded officer and suspect. A military search and rescue squad then sent an airplane and a Cormorant helicopter, which airlifted the suspect to hospital at around 9:20 p.m, O’Donaghey said.
The Midway Mountie was rescued at 10:15 p.m., without the need for medical attention.
The rescued suspect remains in police custody and O’Donaghey said he “awaits further charges.”
Police apprehended four other suspects at the scene of the alleged burglary. O’Donaghey described them as a 44-year-old man, 45-year-old man, 35-year-old woman and a 51-year-old woman, all of the Bridesville area. Each face potential charges and are expected to appear in court at a later date.
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Lower Saxony’s heath – a 5000-year-old cultural landscape
The heath nature reserve – where humans and animals are at one
Lüneburg and Celle
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Wandern Lüneburger Heide
The vast and peaceful Lüneburg Heath: At one with nature - touring the heath by bike or on foot.
As a rural region, the heath still plays a significant role in agriculture and is known for producing high-quality foods such as potatoes and honey as well as the environmentally sound management of the local Heidschnucke sheep by shepherds. The area also enjoys widespread popularity among tourists. With no shortage of bike, bridal and foot paths, the heath is a well-frequented local recreation area. The Lüneburg Heath Natural Park is also Lower Saxony’s oldest cultivated landscape and provides a place to relax and enjoy the vast landscape, for locals and visitors alike.
Just 88 km from Hannover, the mere sight of the purple blooming heather lures droves of tourists to the heath every August, when the violet flowers drape the otherwise barren landscape in a beautiful play of colour. This event is marked at the Heath Flower Festival in Schneeverdingen, a celebration that is famous well beyond the local area. The unique landscape can be reached quickly thanks to its direct connection to the A7. The heather lures every visitor into its midst, whether on a carriage ride or on foot.
Carriage ride in the Lüneburger Heide
Lüneburger Heith
A history of arable farming, animal husbandry and forestry in the northwest German lowlands gave rise to open spaces which today provide ideal conditions for nature protection. What makes this area special is that, beyond being Lower Saxony’s oldest and largest nature reserve, it’s also unique in all of Germany.
This is why Lüneburg Heath has become such an important area, in which plants and animals on the red list of threatened species have been able to thrive over a period of decades. As Central Europe’s largest contiguous area of heather, it became the habitat for the threatened black grouse, the adder and various species of swallow. Even wolves returned to the region some time ago.
Wandering through the purple sea of heather in the natural park beyond the hiking and cycle paths, it’s also possible to encounter herds of Heidschnucke sheep and their shepherds. This species of sheep has become highly coveted due to its meat, whose gamey flavour has whet appetites all over Europe. The nature of Lüneburg Heath appeals to all tastes!
group of Heidschnucken
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Lüneburg / Water district
Not far from Hannover and easily accessible by train or car lies Lüneburg, the medieval Hanseatic city after which the heath is named. The magnificent patrician houses with their brick gables and the medieval town hall on the market square are fascinating attractions for visitors.
The town of Celle, with its rich cultural heritage, is embedded in the original cultivated landscape of Lüneburg Heath. Visitors enjoy the over 450 lovingly restored half-timbered houses in the old quarter of what is considered one of the most important and beautiful residential towns in Lower Saxony. The Residence Museum in Celle Palace recounts the histories of the Hanoverian dukes.
castle in celle
More information you find at:
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www.graue-gehoernte-heidschnucke.de
www.naturpark-lueneburger-heide.de
www.schneverdingen-touristik.de
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Narvik region
Office hours: Monday-Fredag 10:00 – 16:00
Coronavirus - information for travellers
If you have questions about the Corona situation and travelling in Narvik and Norway, you will find updated information and travel advice at the
Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
The Norwegian health authorities have implemented strict bans on travel to and inside the country.
From Thursday 12th of March until further notice, the following rules apply:
All travellers that are residents of Norway and who have been outside of tNorway, are to stay in their homes for 14 days after arriving home to Norway, regardless of whether they have symptoms or not.
Travellers from countries outside of Norway who are not residents of Norway will be asked to return to their home country. If you cannot return, the alternative is quarantine. Travellers with symptoms will be isolated.
This means that everyone presently staying in Norway and who has been in a country outside of Norway in the past 14 days is to be quarantined.
This policy has retroactive effect and applies to all arrivals since Thursday 27th of February.
Domestic transport is to continue as normal as possible for now, but avoid all kinds of travel that are not strictly necessary (both domestic and abroad)
Avoid public transport if you can
Avoid other places where you can easily get close to others
Avoid close contact with others
For update information and travel advice, see the Norwegian Institute of Public Health
For more information you can visit these pages:
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
You can also contact your embassy for more information.
Medical contact information in Norway
If you are experiencing symptoms like fever, sore throat, chest pain and breathing difficulties while in Norway, please stay in your hotel room/appartment and contact hotel guest service by telephone.
Don't go to hospital yourself, contact the service number and explain your situation. This is the best and most effective way to receive competent and prompt help.
Only contact the 24-hour Norwegian medical service if you are in need of medical assistance.
(+47) 116117
Stricter border controls
The border controls between Norway and Sweden will be closed from Monday 16 March. The police will close the border crossing on European route E10 (E10) between Norway and Sweden from Monday 16 March 2020 at 08:00. Only those with pressing need will be allowed to cross the border.
These are allowed to cross the border:
• Work commuters
• Transport for business
• Residents in Norway who come from Sweden and are going home
• Swedes with permanent residence in Sweden who are going home
• Business transport from Norway to Sweden
• The reindeer herding industry
All other traffic between Sweden and Norway is not allowed, such as day trips and other leisure trips.
Read more about the border control here
Extraordinary measures in Narvik
Most of the attractions in the Narvik region are now temporarily closed to prevent further spreading of the virus. All upcomming culture- and sport events the next few weeks are also cancelled.
Most of the restaurants are open, however with strong restrictions on number of guests allowed and extra safety rules to avvoid spreading the virus.
Here is a list of eateries that are open in Narvik.
*Please note that the situation for eateries can change quickly.
There are no closures on the public transport network at the moment.
Shopping malls have restricted their opening hours, and are open from 10.00-18.00
Grocery stores are open as normal.
Given the rapid changes, we encourage everyone to check the websites of individual attractions, businesses and organisers for updated information.
To avoid the spread of the virus, make sure you:
Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds using soap and warm water. Use hand sanitiser if you do not have access to water.
Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue (not your hands) when sneezing or coughing, or cough into your albow.
Clean and disinfect regularly touched objects and surfaces to reduce the risk of spreading germs.
Keep distance of one meter to other people
You can find all the tips to avoid the spreading of the virus at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health's website.
Notice to travellers who have made bookings via www.visitnarvik.com
Guests are hereby reminded of Visit Narvik Booking Terms and Conditions cancellations fees and deadlines:
100% refund is provided for cancellations made more than 14 days prior to the tour date
50% of the total is refunded for cancellations made 7-14 days prior to the tour date
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Should you need to cancel your booking, kindly inform us on [email protected] It is appreciated that you also inform the provider by email if you are cancelling less than 14. days before the tour date.
If no other stated there will regretfully be no extraordinary refunds given due to coronavirus related cancellation requests. Guests are required to have adequate travel insurance to cover surch situations.
The Official Tourist Information Office is temporarily closed from the 13th of March 2020
Due to the Norwegian Health Authority's decision to implement strict bans on travel to, and inside the country, we have closed the tourist information.
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COTT to SCOTT
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The Scott Families Tree
Welcome from New Zealand - Aotearoa - The land of the long white cloud
About COTT to SCOTT
This family tree mainly contains information about persons who have immigrated to New Zealand from places in the United Kingdom such as Essex, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Buckinghamshire, Wiltshire Northamptonshire and Northern Ireland.
The earliest settlers arrived 1850 with the majority during the period 1865 to about 1880. Canterbury and Otago were the most popular destination points in that period for the immigrants. Lyttelton, the Port for Christchurch, Canterbury, and, Dunedin or Port Chalmers the Ports for Otago.
The tree is made up from data obtained from numerous sources. You are welcome to take information from the tree but it is recommended that you do your own research as well.
The information on this page of the "COTT to SCOTT" tree focuses on George Cott/Scott and Elizabeth Vickers. The "The Scott Families Tree", belonging to the same administrator as this tree, covers the Scott's, Halligan's and Robertson's from Northern Ireland. Woolcock's, Unwin's and Going's from England, plus more. Click on the following link to view The Scott Families tree.
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GEORGE SCOTT (COTT) & ELIZABETH VICKERS.
DEDICOTT's and COTT's from Lacock, Wiltshire to SCOTT's in New
Zealand and USA.
NOTE: GEORGE SCOTT(COTT) b 1828, LACOCK, WILTSHIRE, IS IN THE
NAME INDEX OF THE SCOTT FAMILIES TREE AS "GEORGE COTT alias SCOTT"
George Scott(Cott) and his partner Elizabeth (nee Vickers) arrived at Port Lyttelton (Christchurch, New Zealand) in December 1865 on the sailing ship "Blue Jacket". George as a steward on the ship and Elizabeth traveling as his wife. Both using the surname COTT.Shortly after arriving in New Zealand they changed their surname to SCOTT. The evidence to support this statement is set out in the notes for GEORGE COTT-SCOTT and ELIZABETH VICKERS that are in this tree. Also more recently DNA research through Ancestry.com has shown this to be a proven fact.
GEORGE COTT was born Lacock, Wiltshire, England 1828. He was the son of Thomas Cott and Mary Humphries. Thomas, born Lacock, had a father and grandfather named Peter Cott both born in Lacock, Wiltshire. Thomas's great grandfather. also born Lacock, was named Peter DEDICOTT.
The name changed to COTT from the naming of his son Peter. Peter DEDICOTT and the two Peter COTT's were respected carpenters/cabinetmakers in Lacock and have been recorded in Lacock Archives as having done work for the Talbot estate of Lacock Abbey. Following the next paragraph is a link to "Lacock Unlocked" and an article headed "The Gale Family" and "LACOCK CARPENTERS THROUGH THE
CENTURIES" which states the following -
We also have records from before John Gale’s time of carpentry and masonry in Lacock from the 17th and 18th century. Seemingly the most prominent carpenter in the Lacock estate in the 18th century was aman called Peter Cott: he and his son William, as well as someone called John Cott, presented countless bills to John Talbot over many decades showing that they were doing a lot of carpentry work across the estate. The Cott family were also known as the Dedicott family throughout the 18th century, and we not only have many bills showing what work the family did for the Lacock estate but also many leases and other legal documents which are just as useful in showing us what members of the family did for a living, where they lived (and, therefore, often where their businesses were based) and also how wealthy they were.
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The name changed again when Thomas Cott's son George, and partner, Elizabeth Vickers, came to New Zealand and changed their surname to SCOTT. In addition George Cott's son, George Litson Cott (from George snr. first marriage) emigrated to USA and also changed his name from COTT to SCOTT.
Thomas Cott died when George was age six. At age 22 George Cott was Innkeeper of the Half Moon Public House, Holloway, Lyncombe and Widcombe, near Bath, Somerset. In 1850, George age 22, married Frances Litson who was twelve year older than George. They had two children, the first born 6-7 months following the marriage. For reasons we can only guess, George and Frances separated with George going to sea and making a number of voyages, some records showing him as a ship steward. In 1858 George illegally married Emily Huxtable in Sydney and subsequently received three months jail for his indiscretion. Evidence as presented in his notes in this tree showsthat in 1865 he partnered ELIZABETH VICKERS and they settled in Christchurch, New Zealand under the name SCOTT. They had six children but George died suddenly in 1877, age 49. At the time of his death the oldest child was eleven.
ELIZABETH VICKERS was born in Kettering, Northamptshire. Daughter of
Robert and Ruth (nee Coleman). Elizabeth's death certificate states that she was married in Christchurch but there is no official record of this marriage. It seems likely that George COTT-SCOTT and ELIZABETH VICKERS were never married because George was never divorced from his first wife and had already received one prison sentence for bigamy.
ELIZABETH VICKERS Will gave a clue to her place of birth and parents. Someone had written on the will that she had been born in Kettering. A probable family was discovered by searching Census records but the final piece of proof to confirm it was the correct family was missing. The link to prove we had located the correct family was discovered through a name and address that Elizabeth's grandson, HENRY VICKERS HULL had written in a diary he had in his possession when he was killed in WW1. The circumstances around this make very interesting reading. For this go to Henry VickersHull's note in this tree.
IMPORTANT NEW DNA RESEARCH
New DNA research, conducted January 2019, through Ancestry.com, has confirmed a DNA link between the family of Mary Humphries and the administrator of this tree. Mary Humphries, b 1796, married Thomas Cott b 1798. Their son George Cott(Scott), b 1828, emigrated to New Zealand and partnered Elizabeth Vickers.
We also have links between New Zealand descendants of George Scott(Cott) and descendants of his first son who emigrated to the USA. Here again this proves we have the correct family and ancestors as found in earlier research.
On the Vickers side we have a DNA link between Elizabeth's sister Sarah's descendants and the administrator of this tree which confirms our Vickers family research. All these DNA matches and links confirms earlier research done by the administrator of this tree, and associates.
These links further prove that George Cott b 1828,Lacock, Wiltshire, and, in this tree as George Cott alias Scott, is indeed the person who changed his name from Cott to Scott after coming to Christchurch, New Zealand in 1865, and partnered Elizabeth Vickers. Further information can be obtained from the administrator of this site.
DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE COTT-SCOTT & ELIZABETH VICKERS
George and Elizabeth had six children. The first born was EMILY ELIZABETH, 1st June 1866. Her mother, Elizabeth, was admitted to Christchurch Hospital 1st May under the surname of SCOTT and discharged 19th June under the same name. EMILY was registered at birth as Emily COTT and her father was listed as George COTT a ships steward. EMILY married OCTAVIUS HOMES.
MARY RUTH SCOTT was the second born in 1868 and her father is shown on the birth certificate as George SCOTT a waiter. Mary married Arthur Harris.
The other children were ALFRED VICKERS SCOTT who married GRACE WOOLCOCK. SARAH SCOTT who married SAMUEL JOHN HULL. ELIZA SCOTT who married JOHN GEORGE BALL and GEORGE LITSON SCOTT who married MARY BEATRICE MILLS. (Note: presumably named Litson after George COTT's first wife, Frances Litson).
Unfortunately ELIZA SCOTT died following child birth in 1901. Also her sister SARAH's husband, SAMUEL JOHN HULL, died in 1903. SARAH re-married to her sister ELIZA's husband JOHN GEORGE BALL and raised a total of eight children from the two marriages.
Families in New Zealand that are descended from the GEORGE COTT-SCOTT and ELIZABETH VICKERS partnership include the following - BALL, HOMES, HAYWARD, HARRIS, HULL, and SCOTT.
GEORGE COTT & FRANCES LITSON : MARRAGE
There were two children from this marriage. GEORGE LITSON COTT born 1851, Bath, Somerset, England, emigrated to the USA where he used the surname SCOTT. FRANCES MARY COTT married JAMES GOOD in England. Available details of their families are in this tree.
To view George COTT alias SCOTT and Elizabeth Vickers notes, click on the following links -
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ALAN's AWARD WINNING GARDEN - FOLLOWING THE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKES 2011
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CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND. THE 2011/2012 EARTHQUAKES
A "MUNTED" CITY
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Alan's garden photo's 12th Nov. 2020
Impatiens in Alan's garden
Caleb's Sullivan - 9th birthday photo's
Supertunia in Alan's garden.
Before & after the 22nd February earthquake
NZ Local History Recources - Canterbury
Alan's garden 26th October 2019
There are several ways to browse the family tree. The Tree View graphically shows the relationship of selected person to their kin. The Family View shows the person you have selected in the center, with his/her photo on the left and notes on the right. Above are the father and mother and below are the children. The Ancestor Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph above and children below. On the right are the parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The Descendant Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph and parents below. On the right are the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Ceremonies, Celebrations, Summer Festivities in the Southeast
Sheridan Alexander
Sheridan Alexander is a travel writer specializing in tourism, restaurant reviews, hotel information, travel tips, and special events in the southeastern United States.
Summer is the most popular travel season in most areas of the Southeast and a great time to enjoy some of the region's many seasonal festivals and special summer events. Visitors are able to enjoy music and dance festivals, arts and crafts fairs, agricultural events, outdoor concerts, an array of food festivals and so much more. The following monthly and summer holiday round-ups offer hundreds on fun options.
June Festivals and Special Events
Just about anywhere you go in the Southeast during June, a festival or special event will be happening somewhere nearby, especially on the weekends. Our June events round-up lists more than 25 fun June options, including a selection of music and arts festivals, city and country fairs, food festivals and more.
July Festivals and Special Events
July starts with a bang during Fourth of July events and fireworks displays in celebration of America's birthday. Following the big holiday with the summer season in full swing, there are many wonderful festivals throughout the Southeast to add to your summer vacation fun. The following round-up features several of the best summertime festivals and special events in the South.
August Festivals and Special Events
From the coast to the mountains and beyond, enjoy the final month of the summer season at one or more of these fun festivals and special summer events during your August vacation, weekend getaway or day-trip.
Find out about more than 25 Memorial Day Weekend events throughout the Southeastern United States, including special patriotic ceremonies, concerts, festivals, performances and more.
Fourth of July Parades, Fireworks and Other Celebrations
Independence Day is a wonderful time for gathering together family and friends to enjoy patriotic celebrations and festivities. This round-up of July 4th highlights includes an array of dazzling fireworks extravaganzas, patriotic home-town parades, street festivals and much more.
Labor Day Weekend Summer Fun
Labor Day Weekend is a chance to celebrate the last days of summer, which always seem to arrive too quickly. These round-ups include several Labor Day weekend highlights in the Southeast, including special events and festivals, as well as a selection of great resort hotel destinations for Labor Day Weekend fun.
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Home News & Sport News Kim Jong Un Admits Sony Hack After Hearing Twin Town Sequel Plans...
Kim Jong Un Admits Sony Hack After Hearing Twin Town Sequel Plans Shelved
Carlos Manwelly
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has admitted recently hacking into Sony servers after hearing that there was no plans for a sequel to the cult Welsh film Twin Town. He contacted Sony and demanded they make a sequel with him in the leading role as Dai Jong Un.
Sources close to Kim Jong Un have revealed that the North Korean leader ‘loves a bit of Twin Town’ and watches it at least once a week. He has also recently made it law in North Korea that if something is broken or not working, it must be referred to as ‘Fatty’s leg’ and all North Koreans must have hot dogs for tea every night.
When told that Sony was not the production company responsible for making Twin Town, Kim Jong Un told the press:
“I don’t care. They were the easiest to hack into. I just wanted to get my point across.”
He has demanded a joint investigation with Sony into why there has been no Twin Town sequel and has already written a script for his parts.
Rhys Ifans said. “I wouldn’t mind the joint, but I am not interested in the investigation.” Probably, although he probably didn’t say that.
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Remembering Llanelli's nightlife as locals could say goodbye to some of its most famous spots
We take a look back at the changing face of Llanelli's Market Street...
Bethan Thomas
Bar Luna played hosts to huge crowds in 2013 (Image: Llanelli Star)
Walking through Llanelli town centre this week, a towering, bright blue, fixture will be missing from the corner of Stepney Street and Market Street.
With its statement arches and ‘fishbowl’ windows, the building dates back to the 19th century and has been home to the Cambrian Hotel, Italian restaurant Altalia and popular bar The Barbican.
But last week, locals were sad to see that the building had finally disappeared forever after plans were revealed at the beginning of the year to demolish the building and its neighbours.
Altalia closed its doors at the end of 2019 (Image: David Hughes)
The building that housed Altalia and the Barbican has been demolished (Image: David Hughes)
More recently, a proposal was submitted at the beginning of December to demolish buildings 8-16 on Market Street, including the homes of popular nightlife spots Tom Peppers and the infamous former Moonraker.
When the Eastgate Development opened in Llanelli more than a decade ago, the landscape of the town centre, especially its nightlife, changed and the area, which was known as the place where people would end their night was replaced with new commercial units and Y Ffwrnes Theatre.
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And now, with the disappearance of The Barbican and proposals to demolish some favourite old haunts, the face of east Llanelli could look unrecognisable in the future.
The demolition of half of Market Street would make way for a new redevelopment which would include new commercial, residential, office and bar/restaurant units.
But before looking forward it’s important to reflect on some of the famous nightspots in the area that locals have held in their hearts for decades.
Market Street, Llanelli, where half the buildings including the old Moonraker could be demolished (Image: Google Maps)
Home to The Moonraker, Sol Bar, The Barbican and Tom Peppers, from the 1980s through to the 2000s, east Llanelli was known for drawing crowds late at night after revellers made the short journey from Station Road’s many pubs and clubs.
The Barbican opened in the 1980s and attracted hundreds of drinkers who could often be found queuing around the corner of the pub trying to get in. It was known as a ‘drinking pit stop’ for revellers whose end goal was The Moonraker club just around the corner.
(Image: Adrian Thomas)
The old Barbican in Llanelli. (Image: South Wales Evening Post)
Bodies would be crammed in both the bottom and top floors of the building, especially around Christmas time, which was particularly popular.
Former manager of the venue, Peter Qualters, said: “I remember Christmas and New Year was always very busy, people were really generous.
"I remember one bar woman on Christmas Eve wouldn’t leave her shift because she was getting so many tips. I think she cleared her overdraft that night.”
Many people recall the Barbican as being a central part of Llanelli's glory nightlife days
The inside of the Barbican in the 1980s (Image: Peter Qualters)
“I remember it being packed there, you couldn’t move. When the downstairs was full then we’d open up the upstairs and sometimes had a DJ there. The bar was always busy, we had our regulars there and a lot of people would go there on their way to The Moonraker which was a bit further up,” added the former manager.
Locals referred to the bar as ‘the fishbowl’ because of its statement windows and the fact that people could see into the bar from outside.
Sera Morgan and her friend Andrew Mazzeo at the pub in the 80s (Image: Sera Morgan)
Cai Thompkinson, a regular during the '90s, said: “I remember the staff being amazing, they’d sometimes have a drink with you, it was such a laugh. I remember seeing the new year in there one year and we had an Auld Lang Syne circle all around the pub with the staff and everything - we were all crammed against each other, but it was class.
“It’s really sad that the building’s not going to be there anymore, any time I pass it, I think of those days.”
The Barbican closed its doors to make way for new Italian restaurant Altalia which operated as a popular eatery for nearly 20 years.
The couple who opened a cafe-bar the week everywhere was told to shut at 6pm and alcohol was banned
Inside the restored old Llanelli Odeon that can't open but is trying to survive
Despite opposition from locals and a petition to save the building, the old Barbican was demolished last week as part of the new Market Street North Scheme. The buildings will be converted into commercial units with residential flats above and unfortunately the Altalia building couldn’t be saved due to ‘poor structural conditions. ’
But before taking in the new developments, locals have paused to share their nostalgic memories of the century-old venue.
“The Barbican was the place to be, '70s and '80s, great place to meet your friends, play Space Invaders, Saturday nights upstairs and then dicing with death getting down them (the stairs) again after a few,” said Andrew Probert.
Altalia closed for the final time in December 2019 (Image: Carmarthenshire County Council)
Irene Lloyd said: “It’s sad that it couldn’t be saved because it’s such a beautiful landmark but knocking it down is better than seeing it rot away. I’m looking forward to seeing the new development and hope it will bring more businesses to the town.”
Only a stone's throw down the road, Market Street could also be set for a huge revamp if plans to demolish half of the street’s buildings including the old Dynevor Castle pub, Tom Peppers, Jailhouse and The Shaker, get the green light.
The Moonraker was known for it's wild nights out and gained a reputation throughout Wales (Image: Clive Brookfield)
The Moonraker building seems like any other outside (Image: Clive Brookfield)
Arguably now a quieter street, used mainly for pedestrians walking from the town centre to the bus stop or the Eastgate Development, there was a time when revellers stumbled through Market Street in droves, usually carrying glass alcopop bottles.
It was a time filled with halter neck tops, glitter hair spray, sea shell necklaces and hair inspired by boy bands and they were all heading to one place - The Moonraker.
Decades later, The Moonraker still needs no introduction in Llanelli. It attracted crowds in their thousands every night from all corners of Wales and people were pulled into the land of moving disco lights and sticky carpets.
The club held live music, foam parties and wet t-shirt competitions (Image: Clive Brookfield)
The Moonraker club was infamous around Wales in the 1980s-90s (Image: Clive Brookfield)
The club, which was one of the biggest in the area, usually had around 700 people upstairs and 700 downstairs and sometimes attracted bigger numbers on foam party nights, match days or special occasions.
People were drawn in by the cheap drinks, and the huge balcony that wrapped around the dancefloor is a feature that veteran Llanelli nightclubbers constantly remember.
“Match days there were mental, I remember crowds of Scottish guys jumping down from the balcony and revealing everything,” said one regular.
Revellers at the club during the 1990s (Image: Clive Brookfield)
The main stage in the Moonraker (Image: Clive Brookfield)
On a regular Saturday night there were up to a thousand people in the building (Image: Clive Brookfield)
Another visitor, Anthony Allen, said: “I just remember standing on the balcony and looking down and seeing people’s hands and clouds of smoke, there was so much smoke being poured out of the smoke machine people were coughing and spitting.”
Former manager, Clive Brookfield, has been a regular of Llanelli’s nightlife scene for the past 43 years and says that The Moonraker is still held close to people’s hearts.
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“People met their husbands and wives there, we had crowds there every night of the week - it’s hard to imagine it now but it was constantly busy.
“We had so many good nights there, I saw the best of Llanelli’s nightlife - everyone still talks to me about it today,” he added.
The club got trashed on the last night (Image: Clive Brookfield)
Revellers pulled the suspended ceilings got pulled down as the owner said they were going to tear it all down tomorrow (Image: Clive Brookfield)
After 20 years, The Moonraker was set to be given a new facelift after it began to look worn and dated, but not before the people of Llanelli were allowed to bid it farewell on a night that would go down in local history.
“On the last night, it was packed, a lot of people came to say goodbye and by the end of the night I said ‘If there’s any damage you want to cause, go ahead and do it because we’re going to tear it all down tomorrow anyway', and they wrecked the place,” laughs Clive.
“No long term damage was done and it didn’t make any difference to us anyway. We had suspended ceilings that got torn down. It was a night to remember,” he adds.
Clive Brookfield outside 'Tom Peppers' in 2010 (Image: Llanelli Star)
The building was then given a huge revamp and reopened as Storm in the late noughties but Clive said that nightlife’s changing landscape meant that it never gained the same traction as its predecessor.
“Supermarkets started selling alcohol so much cheaper and people don’t go out on weeknights anymore. More people stay in these days - it’s sad but things have changed,” said Clive.
The building’s front rooms are now home to The Shaker and The Jailhouse but during the early 2010s hosted the infamous Bar Luna.
Bar Luna's stairs were known to be lethal after a few drinks (Image: Llanelli Star)
Bar Luna closed in 2018 and was renamed The Shaker (Image: Llanelli Star)
Two-tiered, smelling of VK alcopops and costing a couple of quid to get in, Bar Luna, like The Moonraker, drew in crowds from 10pm until the early hours of the morning.
With flashing strobe lights, a packed out smoking area floating on its side and a sticky dancefloor that would ruin your shoes and have you peeling your feet off the floor, Bar Luna drew hundreds every Friday and Saturday night.
The club gained an infamous reputation but was loved for its signature alcopops that were inclined to leave you with fuzzy teeth and a sore throat the next day.
The alcopops at the club were known to give you a sore throat the next day (Image: Llanelli Star)
The club is now called The Shaker (Image: Llanelli Star)
Llyr Cleaveland, who lives in Pwll, says that he could usually be found at Bar Luna every weekend.
“The same people were there most weekends and loads of people knew each other. I remember the stairs were steep and lethal, I saw someone fall down them at least once every night out.
“It got given a bad name and people trying to bash it down but those people were still there every weekend. It was class, I remember bank holidays and Boxing Day were always the best nights - it was packed.”
Bar Luna closed and reopened as The Shaker in 2018 but if the new proposals to demolish the buildings are given the green light the club would also be added to the list of nightspots that locals will be saying goodbye to.
Revellers enjoying hugely popular former nightclub spot Tom Peppers in Llanelli (Image: Llanelli Star)
Looking back at Llanelli's much loved Tom Peppers (Image: Llanelli Star)
Neighbouring the building that has been home to The Moonraker and Bar Luna was another much-loved Llanelli nightlife spot that has been part of the landscape since the beginning of the millennium.
Tom Peppers or ‘Tom Peps’ opened in 1999 and at the time was hailed for bringing people back to Market Street’s end of the town.
For the first time since The Moonraker’s closure, crowds of people were being drawn back to Market Street and the club, which hosted famous celebrities and DJs until the later time of 3am.
New plans could see the building demolished (Image: Llanelli Star)
The venue opened in 1999 (Image: Llanelli Star)
A fitness class at the venue (Image: Llanelli Star)
With glitter balls hanging from the ceiling, Tom Peppers was packed on Fridays and Saturdays and was often hired out for private parties during the week.
Kirstie Shannon said: “I was never old enough to drink in Tom Peps but I went there a lot for friends’ 13th birthday parties during the week. Dancing to DJ Cammy, Cascada and Basshunter, they were the best nights.
“I remember it was the first club I’d ever walked into and it was for my friend’s birthday party. We always stood on the edge of the dancefloor and only went on the dance floor to play Arches,” said Stephanie Caller.
Tom Peppers was hailed as bringing crowds back to the east end of Llanelli (Image: Llanelli Star)
Take That's Howard at the venue nearly a decade ago (Image: Llanelli Star)
Along with his family, Clive Brookfield also manages Tom Peppers and says that he along with most of Llanelli would be sad to see the building demolished.
"I don't want to see it go down, I don't think anyone does - the building is iconic, it's been Storm, The Moonraker, Bar Luna, Tom Peppers and it was there when Llanelli had thousands of people there every night.
"The building saw the best of the town's nightlife. I've been there most of my life and I want to end my days there," he added.
“But we’ve had planning applications like this before and they never go through - I’ll probably be having this conversation with you again when a new developer comes along next year,” he added.
It was one of the most popular spots in Llanelli
The Shaker nightclub how it looks today
The plans have divided opinion in the town with some feeling nostalgic about their favourite haunts and others wanting to welcome in a new age for the town centre.
The planning application put forward by Cygnus Holdings and Asbri Planning is currently in the 'under consultation' stage but should the application go forward that work would commence in February 2021.
Sheree Taylor, 66, said: “They're all empty buildings except for The Jailhouse and The Shaker - we have to move with the times. There’s no point in them just sitting there, it’s far better for something else to go there instead.”
Local Michael Langer also said: “The times have changed now, people prefer gin bars and cocktail places and Llanelli needs to evolve with that or risk being left behind. I think more shops, independent businesses, cafes and places to eat would be lovely.”
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Although saying goodbye to buildings that have started friendships, relationships and hosted much-loved memories is often tough, it’s sometimes tougher to see them decaying and rotting away before our eyes.
Should the demolition plans be granted, it could create a new age for the town centre that for better or worse would change the face of the area. And whilst it would see many of the town’s favourite nightspots disappear and follow the old Barbican’s suit, the memories would remain etched in the mind’s of locals for years to come.
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Unusual Things to do in Rome
Things to do in Rome (on your second or third go- around)
Can you keep coming back to Rome and always discover something new? Absolutely! It is full of beautiful and unknown places. Here is an itinerary to get you started. We don’t claim to be experts, but do see the pleasure in taking the path less- traveled. Here are a few of the not infamous spots (with one worthwhile well- known experience thrown in ), which Romans themselves often don’t bother with, but which are extraordinary. Mark them and go!
Discover a different world: Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen
Villa Hélène is an elegant building built by the Norwegian sculptor and painter Hendrik Christian Andresen in 1922. Who was he? An idealist of the 20th century, and the kind of person we need at present. He believed that the contemplation of art could cause man to be better, and encourage man to devote his life to creating the "World City.” This project, according to Andresen, would become a capital dedicated to art, leading to a moral revival of knowledge and well-being for all. Those who believe in the healing power of beauty, and the possibility of being “better” will be happy to visit his house-museum, which contains over two hundred sculptures in plaster and bronze, two hundred paintings, and three hundred graphic works.
Via Pasquale Stanislao Mancini, 20
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Try a new way to Relax: Salbea Salt Cave and Wellness Center
Picture this, you’re in a cave. Oversized stones of pink salt, stalactites in the ceiling, grains of rock salt under your feet. The idea of creating a similar cave in the city of Rome comes from an ancient Polish tradition, where the air of salt mines is used for therapeutic purposes. In this wellness center the noisy traffic, and the smog and the rush of the busy capital disappear. Just lie down and relax. How much does it cost? A 45-minute session is 22 euro.
Via Nocera Umbra 94 (Tuscolano)
Photograph Rome in it’s unique light: Castel Sant'Angelo
Where can you witness the best sunset views? From the terrace of Castle Sant’ Angelo, you can simultaneously see the many cupolas of the churches of the capital, and the curve of the Tiber, that all alight with a soft glow of orange and purple at that particular hour of the day. Entry to the fortress, which is now a museum, costs 7.50 euro after 7.30pm Thursday- Sunday.
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Enjoy a free cultural experience: The Caravaggio Self-Tour
A restless soul with an unmistakable style and adventurous life, Caravaggio (né Michelangelo Merisi) is one of the most famous Italian painters. Rome's museums and private galleries preserve and display many of his masterpieces, but the churches don’t have an admission fee. Follow this route: arrive at the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi from Piazza Navona. In the chapel are the Vocation of St. Matthew, the Martyrdom of St. Matthew and St. Matthew and the Angel. Just down the road, take a turn into the Church of Sant'Agostino, where you can admire the Madonna of Loreto. Finally, continue on Via di Ripetta toward the basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo, where the Crucifixion of St. Peter and the Conversion of St. Paul are housed. An afternoon of viewing some of the most influential and referenced artworks of all time, for free. Pay attention to the hours. Generally 9 am – 1 pm, 4-8 pm, and Monday closed.
Go underground: Associazione Culturale Roma Sotterranea
In between where Romulus and Remus once walked and the ground we walk on today, there are 18 meters of land! Within those 18 meters there are wonderful places that the Roma Sotterranea association uncovers and takes care of. One of the most spectacular is the Domus of Palazzo Valentini, the home of a rich family of imperial Rome made "interactive" by an astonishing multimedia path by Piero Angela and Paco Lanciano. Thanks to reconstructions with light projections that cover the rooms, we return to the past and enter the house as it was, among incredible mosaics, frescoes, and private baths. Take a look at the website for more information on these archeological discoveries and book a tour:
Get off the beaten path: Horseback Riding on the Appia Antica
If you’re a nature- lover and a history buff, there is nothing better than a horseback ride along the ancient road called the Appia Antica. An experience full of charm, thanks to the incredible treasures that you can come across, such as catacombs, aqueducts and Roman villas. The open air excursion in the preserved archaeological area is enhanced by the presence of an expert guide, Sandro Bernardini. The tours last at least an hour and the minimum cost is 35 euros per person. They even offer a moonlight ride on nights of a full moon.
To learn more: ridingancientrome.it.
Rest your tired feet: Fauno Urban Hotel
Escape from the urban frenzy while remaining in the heart of the Capital and book a room at the Fauno Urban hotel. Housed within the walls of Villa Varlonga, it was designed by the architect Lucio Passarelli in the 1960s. An oasis of well-kept and luxurious tranquility just a stone's throw from Circus Maximus, where you can take a load off and enjoy a tasty snack. You’ll want to get back for the aperitif served poolside.
Eat good food: Settimo Roman Cuisine and Terrace, Sofitel Roma Villa Borghese
The Sofitel Roma Villa Borghese is a historic 5-star hotel that offers, in addition to 78 luxurious rooms and suites, a terrace overlooking the city with a great view of St. Peter’s Basilica. The restaurant is something to be discovered. Dishes range from the Risotto Carnaroli (special rice from northern Italy) tinged with yellow plum tomatoes, to a veal fillet prepared in the Roman saltimbocca way. We could go on but we don't want to spoil the surprise.
Via Lombardia, 47
Head out on the town: The Race Club Speakeasy
A quick walk from the Colosseum, you will find a mechanic’s workshop that houses a secret bar. The Race Club Speakeasy, known as on of Rome’s more particular locales, is somewhere you can meet friends, wind down, and have fun. Created by the Ferracani Brothers, Diego and Dario, who were able to give life to a unique space using industrial and repurposed materials. Access is by membership only (you pay a fee for a club “license”), it’s cash- only, and the dress code is “don’t dress too casually.”
A cocktail to try from the highly- curated menu, is the Jalapina Mule, served in a mason jar with a paper top - so you’re blind to what’s inside- and chill pepper.
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Schizoaffective disorder is a mental health illness in which an individual experiences a combination of schizophrenia symptoms and mood disorder symptoms. People with schizoaffective disorder may experience symptoms that can be severe enough to disrupt daily life including that ability to maintain a job, keep fulfilling relationships, or function on a daily basis at school. Schizoaffective disorder is characterized by sporadic relapses in which symptoms appear and cause problems within an individual’s life.
Currently schizoaffective disorder is not very well-understood, due in large part because the combination of schizophrenia symptoms plus bipolar or depressive features present quite differently in each person with the disorder. Treatment for schizoaffective disorder usually involves treating both the symptoms of schizophrenia and the symptoms of depression or bipolar disorder concurrently. There are two subtypes of schizoaffective disorder: schizoaffective disorder, bipolar-type, in which a person experiences episodes of mania and sometimes symptoms of depression may be present in addition to symptoms of schizophrenia. Schizoaffective disorder, depressive type, occurs if symptoms of major depressive disorder are evident alongside symptoms of schizophrenia. There is currently no cure for schizoaffective disorder; however, with proper medication and therapy individuals with this disorder are able to lead happy, productive lives.
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Schizoaffective disorder is about one-third as common as schizophrenia. The lifetime prevalence for schizoaffective disorder is between about 0.5% to 0.8%. The incidence rate of schizoaffective disorder appears to be higher in women, who generally experience the depressive-type of the disorder.
Causes and Risk Factors for Schizoaffective Disorder
Schizoaffective disorder is not the result of a single factor, but instead is a complex combination of genetic, physical, and environmental risk factors working together. The most commonly accepted causes and risk factors for schizoaffective disorder include:
Genetic: Much like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or depression, schizoaffective disorder is thought to have a genetic component. People who have a first-degree relative with the disorder are more likely than others to develop schizoaffective disorder.
Physical: Neuroimaging studies such as CT scans, MRIs, and PET scans have shown that people with schizoaffective disorder have structural changes in the brain. Additionally, imbalances of the neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin, which are responsible for mood regulation, may contribute to the symptoms of the disorder.
Environmental: Prenatal exposure to certain viruses or toxins are thought to play some sort of role in the development of schizoaffective disorder. In addition, trauma during childbirth may increase the likelihood of development for this disorder.
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Signs and Symptoms of Schizoaffective
The symptoms of schizoaffective disorder vary greatly from person to person, which can make the diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder very challenging for clinicians. Symptoms of schizoaffective disorder are based upon individual genetic makeup, co-occurring disorders, presence of manic or depressive episodes, as well as past or present substance abuse. The most common symptoms of schizoaffective disorder include:
Schizophrenia Symptoms:
Disorganized thinking
Odd, unusual behavior
Slow movements or total immobility
Lack of emotion in speech and facial expressions
Poor motivation
Challenges with speech and motivation
Depressive Symptoms:
Change in eating patterns
Loss of interest in once-enjoyed activities
Feelings of worthlessness or hopelessness
Changes in sleeping pattern
Extreme restlessness and agitation
Inability to concentrate or think clearly
Self-harming behaviors
Recurrent thoughts of suicide or death
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Inflated sense of self-esteem
High levels of distractibility
Increased activity in work, school, or sexual activity
Increased, rapid thoughts
Racing speech
Rapid, racing thoughts
Increased self-destructive or risk-taking behaviors
Effects of Schizoaffective Disorder
The effects of untreated, misdiagnosed schizoaffective disorder can damage every aspect of an individual’s life. These effects will vary based upon the type of schizoaffective disorder as well as individual makeup, presence of co-occurring disorders, and substance abuse. Symptoms may include:
Increased social isolation and loss of important relationships
Job loss and unemployment
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Development of alcohol or substance abuse
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Wildcats women’s basketball impress in season opening sweep
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By Tyler Markle
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - The NMU women’s basketball team opened their season this past weekend with a road sweep of Wisconsin Parkside. The offense was clicking for the Wildcats, as they scored 77 points both Saturday and Sunday.
“We had no idea going in,” said NMU head coach Troy Mattson. “We weren’t physically fit to play one game, let alone two, but we got in there Saturday and the girls were absolutely unbelievable. We ran an 11 person rotation, kept everyone as fresh as we could, and we played extremely well for the number of people we used that have never played a college basketball game before.”
The Wildcat women will now be home this upcoming Saturday and Sunday, taking on Saginaw Valley State.
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US Quidditch Speaks Out Against SB6 and HB2899 in Texas
by US Quidditch | May 10, 2017
US Quidditch is against gender-based discrimination, including Senate Bill 6 in Texas and similar such legislation being considered in states across the country.
Update on August 17
"Our events must be safe for all athletes, fans, and volunteers, regardless of their gender. We look forward to working with our partners in Texas this season. As our friends at Athlete Ally said, y'all means all." - Sarah Woolsey, Executive Director
Update on June 6
On Tuesday, June 6, the governor of Texas called a special session of the Texas Legislature, from July 18 through August 18. In his announcement, Gov. Greg Abbott laid out an agenda of several specific items that the legislature is permitted to take up in the session, including legislation similar to HB2899, which would regulate which restrooms transgender individuals in Texas can use.
While the specific scope of the legislation to consider in the special session is unclear at this time, US Quidditch is disappointed that gender-based discriminatory legislation is once again on the agenda for the Texas Legislature. The safety and security of all attendees is a top priority for our events, and we will be following pending legislation that may affect events we may hold in Texas. Lubbock, Round Rock, and Wichita Falls, the three cities in Texas who are currently finalists for hosting USQ events in the 2017-18 season, are aware of our opposition to gender-based discrimination in all forms, including the bills described above.
We will continue to monitor the situation, and we have a number of backup plans in place. Those with questions or concerns may contact Executive Director Sarah Woolsey at sarah.woolsey@usquidditch.org.
Our original statement is below.
The mission of US Quidditch is to organize events and programs that build community and empower all genders to compete together. Our sport is mixed gender. Gender inclusivity is built into our rulebook, and it is a trait that is shared across the quidditch community world-wide.
One of our core values is to be a leader in gender inclusivity for all age groups. We are strongly against gender-based discrimination in all forms, including recently proposed legislation in Texas. As announced on Monday, three cities in Texas are finalists for USQ events next season. USQ is concerned for the safety of our athletes, volunteers, officials, staff, and fans, should any discriminatory legislation (including so-called “bathroom bills”) be signed into law in the state of Texas.
As always, we will continue to ensure that event locations are inclusive for all participants, no matter their gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic. Outside of the event facility, we will continue to do everything we can to ensure that our events are hosted in communities that are safe for all participants.
It is important to us that our events are hosted in communities that are supportive and safe for everyone involved. Should the bill pass, it will be very difficult for USQ to host any events in Texas.
The Texas Senate approved Senate Bill 6 (SB6) earlier this legislative session. The bill would require people to use restrooms and other facilities that match the biological sex on their birth certificate, rather than their gender. The Texas House has been working on its own version of the bill, House Bill 2899, which would affect local anti-discrimination ordinances protecting transgender Texans’ access to public restrooms. USQ is concerned for similar, new legislation that could still be signed into law, including as amendments to other bills. USQ will continue to monitor this and related legislation.
For questions or concerns, please contact Executive Director Sarah Woolsey at sarah.woolsey@usquidditch.org.
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January Birthstone - Garnet
Garnet comes from the Latin word granatus, meaning grain. Garnet is mostly mined in Southeast Asia, Brazil, and Africa. Occurring in every color except blue, the garnet is a versatile stone, appropriate for a multitude of applications and occasions.
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February Birthstone - Amethyst
Amethyst is a member of the quartz family, and ranges in color from light to deep purple. Amethyst is derived from the Greek word emthystos meaning not drunk. The ancient Greeks and Romans made drinking cups out of Amethyst believing that it would prevent intoxication.
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June Birthstone - Pearl
When thinking of the Pearl the color white usually comes to mind, but you can find pearls in black, gray, blue, yellow cream, lavender and mauve. When purchasing a Pearl you want to consider the surface, luster, color, and shape. The ideal pearl is perfectly round and smooth, but there are many shapes of pearl.
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July Birthstone - Ruby
The word Ruby is from the Latin ruber, meaning red. The ruby is pink-red in color. The Ruby is extremely hard, and second only to the diamond in hardness. The ruby is one of the four precious stones, along with sapphire, emerald, and diamond.
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August Birthstone - Peridot
Peridot is one of the few gemstones that occur in only one color, an olive green. The most valued color is a dark olive-green.
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September Birthstone - Sapphire
Sapphire is from the Greek word sappheiros, meaning blue stone. Although blue is the most well-known color for sapphires, sapphires are made up of any color of corundum except for red, which are rubies.
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97% of the world's Opal is from Australia. Opals fluctuate in color and are often multi-colored. The most valuable is black.
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November Birthstone - Citrine
Citrine is a premier stone of manifestation, imagination, and personal will. Carrying the power of the sun, it is warm and comforting, energizing and life giving. It stimulates the chakras like the sunlight of spring, clearing the mind and stirring the soul to action.
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December Birthstone - Blue Topaz
Blue Topaz is a stone of peacefulness, calming to the emotions, and ideal for meditation and connecting with spiritual beings. It is a natural magnifier of psychic abilities, assisting those who wish to attune to inner guidance, as well as those who serve others through readings or spiritual healing.
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Named for Czar Alexander II, which is very fitting as it was discovered in Russia’s Ural Mountains in 1830. The same stone can appear to shift in hue between Purple and Sapphire Blue depending on the light it is exposed to.
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A variety of quartz often used in jewelry, and was thought by the ancient Greeks to protect the owner from drunkenness, and even went so far as to carve drinking vessels from the stone.
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A beautiful blue or cyan stone, commonly from Sri Lanka. The largest Aquamarine ever found weighed over 110kg in Brazil.
Though often thought of as a colorless stone, a truly colorless diamond is a rarity. Usually diamonds have a light yellow tint, sometimes brown. Unique in that it's the only gem comprised of a single element carbon.
This stone was considered in Medieval Times to have the ability to restore the love back to the relationship of a married couple. These Diamonds are black due to the vast quantity of inclusions in its Carbon structure.
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These man-made diamonds are identical to the naked eye to a Natural Diamond that is created over billions of years below the surface of the Earth. In recent years, there’s been a large shift towards Lab Grown Diamonds due to their having a significantly smaller effect on the Earth.
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A true, deep green color, the emerald is a striking stone alleged to give its wearer a quicker wit and a higher IQ. These rare gems are often carved into a rectangular step cut, which is known as the emerald cut.
Available in a variety of natural colors with reddish shades being the most common, the garnet is a fairly common gemstone most commonly used in the Late Antique Roman world, and were often inlaid in gold jewelry.
It’s name means blue stone, and was once considered to be a powerful aphrodisiac. Long ago it was used to create the vibrant blue skies in Renaissance Paintings.
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A stone of unearthly beauty, the inner glow is due to the scattering of light between microscopic layers of feldspar and other minerals. It is sometimes attributed to have feminine energies.
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Commonly seen in pink and peach, Morganite usage has skyrocketed in recent years for use in fashion jewelry.
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This volcanic product is naturally available in a multitude of colors, though most famously black, with a rich black color that is used in a variety of jewelry types.
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The national gemstone of Australia, the Opal can appear in a variety of colors, with black being the rarest. A wonder of nature is the fire opan which can include colors that seem to flicker between yellow to orange to red to green.
A hard object that grows in the soft tissue of a shelled mollusk. The ideal pearl is perfectly round and smooth in shape, but are common in a variety of other shapes. Pearls are seen as a classy alternative to typical gemstones, and are frequently worn with nearly every level of classiness.
Peridot is simply gem-quality Olivine, and only occurs in one color: olive-green. Olivine tends to be rather common, however Peridots are rather rare and can be found in odd places such as lavas and meteroites.
A relatively inexpensive pink stone, Rhodolite is commonly discovered with blank manganese veins running through it. It’s name derives from the Greek word rhodos, which means "rose colored".
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The word ruby comes from ruber, which is Latin for red, and as such, Rubies are almost always red in color. Rubies and Pink Sapphires are commonly confused, and a Ruby must meet a minimum color saturation in order to be called a true ruby.
A gem long-associated with romance and royal leanings, Princess Di received a blue sapphire engagement ring from Prince Charles back in 1981. Despite a common misconception, not all sapphires are blue. Green, violet-blue, yellow, orange, pink and purple hued stones are known as “fancy” sapphires and range from very light to very dark in saturation.
Referred to in ancient Sanskrit as “the daughter of Ruby”, this stone comes in a similar range of colors and styles, though it also boasts a more modest pricing.
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Naturally occuring only in the Tanzanian Mountains of Africa, this stone comes in a variety of shapes that can fluctuate between Lavender and Ocean Blue.
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Naturally golden brown to yellow, it can appear in a variety of colors, but previously the name Topaz was used to refer to any yellowstone. Interestingly there is an English superstition that Topaz cured lunacy.
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Available in a wide range of colors, Tourmaline’s name derives from the Sinhalese name, Turamali, which roughly translates to "stone with mixed colours". Occasionally they are discovered with a green to red color striation, which is referred to as "Watermelon Tourmaline".
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An opaque blue-to-green mineral, Turquoise has long been used to ornament clothing, tribal masks, and worn as jewelry. The iconic burial mask of Tutankhamun was inlaid with turquoise as well as other stones. It was long thought to be a holy stone that could bring the wearer good fortune.
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Though most famously of a sky blue color, it can be nearly every color of the rainbow, from earth tones to near colorless, Zircon's rarity and relative inexpensivity make it a prime choice for fashion jewelry.
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Fast Forward Newsletter
One Free Press Coalition Spotlights Journalists Under Attack
This month’s focus is on Maria Ressa, editor of the news website Rappler, who was convicted of cyber libel in the Philippines last month.
Illustration: WIRED; Mike Coppola/Getty Images
In May 2019, WIRED joined the One Free Press Coalition, a united group of preeminent editors and publishers using their global reach and social platforms to spotlight journalists under attack worldwide. Today, the coalition is issuing its eighth monthly 10 Most Urgent list of journalists whose press freedoms are being suppressed or whose cases demand justice.
Here’s July's list, ranked in order of urgency:
1. Maria Ressa (Philippines)
Filipino-US dual citizen sentenced in cyber libel case.
On June 15, a Manila court convicted Maria Ressa, editor of the privately owned Rappler news website, and Reynaldo Santos, a former researcher at the outlet, of cyber libel. The criminal offense requires each journalist to pay $7,950 in fines and moral damages as well as serve a jail term of six months to six years. Both are free on bail pending their appeal. The case arose from an article Rappler published in 2012 about a local businessman’s alleged ties to a former judge, who was later impeached for corruption, and purported links to drug and human trafficking rings.
2. Azimjon Askarov (Kyrgyzstan)
Award-winning human rights reporter imprisoned 10 years.
June 15 marked 10 years since ethnic Uzbek Azimjon Askarov was arrested on trumped-up charges that included incitement to ethnic hatred and complicity in the murder of a police officer. A Kyrgyz court heard the final appeal in his case in May and upheld his life sentence. His health is deteriorating in detention, with limited access to medication and mistreatment by prison officials. His wife, Khadicha Askarova, has written to Kyrgyzstan’s president pleading for his release.
3. Solafa Magdy (Egypt)
Nearly four months without updates from imprisoned journalist in deteriorating health.
No one has received news from freelance reporter Solafa Magdy since March 9. She has been imprisoned alongside her husband for six months and endured deliberate medical neglect while at heightened risk of contracting Covid-19 due to overcrowding and inhumane conditions in Egypt’s prisons. Officials have again delayed trial for charges of “membership of a banned group” and “spreading false news” for her multimedia reporting on human rights and illegal immigration.
4. Abdulkhaleq Amran, Akram al-Waleedi, Hareth Hameed, and Tawfiq al-Mansouri (Yemen)
Four journalists detained five years, now sentenced to death.
On April 11, Yemeni journalists Abdulkhaleq Amran, Akram al-Waleedi, Hareth Hameed and Tawfiq al-Mansouri were sentenced to death by the Ansar Allah group, known as the Houthis, after nearly five years in detention. The journalists were charged with spreading false news “in support of the crimes of Saudi aggression and its allies against the Republic of Yemen.” In June, the UN joined over 150 organizations calling for their release. Their lawyer plans to appeal.
5. Jean Bigirimana (Burundi)
Four years without information regarding journalist’s disappearance.
July 22 marks four years since reporter Jean Bigirimana went missing in the middle of the day after leaving his home in Bujumbura. He had received a phone call from a source in the country’s national intelligence service. He was working as a newspaper and online journalist with the independent Iwacu Press Group and previously with the pro-government radio station Rema FM. He has not been seen or heard from since 2016.
6. Norma Sarabia Garduza (Mexico)
Investigation idling in case of journalist murdered at her home one year ago.
June 11 marked one year since unknown attackers shot and killed reporter Norma Sarabia in her Huimanguillo residence, yet there has been little movement in the investigation announced on Twitter by the state attorney general’s office at the time. Sarabia, 46, was a correspondent in the Tabasco town near the border with Guatemala for the newspapers Diario Presente and Tabasco HOY. She is one of 54 journalists killed in Mexico between 1992 and 2020.
7. Mohamed Monir (Egypt)
Journalist in poor health being held in pretrial detention without court date.
Plainclothes security officers in Giza arrested veteran journalist and freelance columnist Mohamed Monir on June 15 and ordered pretrial detention for 15 days, a period that can be renewed or extended at the court’s request. Egypt’s national security prosecutor charged Monir with joining a terrorist group, spreading false news, and misusing social media. The 65-year-old suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure, and severe heart problems. He had recently written for Al Jazeera and criticized the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
8. Samuel Wazizi (Samuel Ajiekah Abuwe) (Cameroon)
Officials reveal journalist died in custody last August.
In June, Cameroonian military announced that news anchor Samuel Wazizi died last August, days after being transferred from police to military custody and held incommunicado. They denied any torturous treatment and alleged that Wazizi died of “severe sepsis.” Lawyers say he was accused of hosting separatist fighters on his farm, an allegation he dismissed. He had worked as a freelance photographer and cameraman as well as a news anchor for the privately owned broadcaster Chillen Muzik and TV (CMTV) covering military atrocities.
9. Abdulmumin Gadzhiev (Russia)
Authorities bring additional allegations against editor in pretrial detention.
Since his arrest on terrorism charges in June 2019, authorities have also charged Abdulmumin Gadzhiev with participation in an extremist organization and extended his pretrial detention. The new allegation could add 10 years in prison to the potential 20 years Gadzhiev faces on the original charges. He had been working as editor of the religious section of the independent Chernovik newspaper.
10. Jamal Khashoggi (Saudi Arabia)
Calls for continued investigation into journalist’s death at the hands of government.
Democrats in the US House of Representative are reportedly working on new legislation to push for the release of secret findings regarding the full extent of Saudi Arabia’s role in Jamal Khashoggi’s killing. The Washington Post columnist died inside the Kingdom’s Saudi consulate in 2018. Calls remain for the executive branch to release an intelligence report as well as for an independent criminal investigation and probe into the crown prince’s ordering of the extrajudicial killing.
The One Free Press Coalition is comprised of nearly 40 prominent international members including: Al Jazeera Media Network; AméricaEconomía; The Associated Press; Bloomberg News; The Boston Globe; BuzzFeed; CNN Money Switzerland; Corriere Della Sera; De Standaard; Deutsche Welle; Estadão; EURACTIV; The Financial Times; Forbes; Fortune; HuffPost; India Today; Insider Inc.; Le Temps; Middle East Broadcasting Networks; NHK; Office of Cuba Broadcasting; Quartz; Radio Free Asia; Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty; Republik; Reuters; The Straits Times; Süddeutsche Zeitung; TIME; TV Azteca; Voice of America; The Washington Post; WIRED; Yahoo News.
One Free Press Coalition partners with the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) to identify the most urgent cases for the list, which is updated and published on the first business day of every month.
The mission of the Coalition is to use the collective voices of its members—which reach more than 1 billion people worldwide—to “stand up for journalists under attack for pursuing the truth.” News organizations throughout the world can join the Coalition by emailing info@onefreepresscoalition.com. Members of the public are also encouraged to join the conversation using the hashtag #OneFreePress and following developments on Twitter @OneFreePress.
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My Life Is Little House on the Prairie. I Blame TikTok
Emma Grey Ellis
Homesteading used to be a dream for another time. Then cottagecore happened.
Ideologically, cottagecore encompasses multitudes, but its basic themes are living in harmony with nature, taking time to participate in overlooked arts like weaving and home cooking, and being either extremely gay or extremely straight.Photograph: Getty Images
My life is Little House on the Prairie now, and it's all TikTok's fault. I know this because a few weeks ago I stepped out my door and was filled with a quiet fear. The frost had come while I was sleeping and one look at my plants revealed they did not escape untouched. Fine white crystals lined every leaf, and while some, like mint and sage and Swiss chard, were unfazed, others were devastated. Every shoot and tendril of the tender plants that had been feeding me all summer—tomatoes, zucchini, sweet potatoes, beans—was either frozen stiff or bowed and turning black. The squash were wilted and bright green, like they’d been plunged into boiling water, a sure sign that ice crystals had shredded their cells. Fat green tomatoes hung precariously from wizened brown trusses that had been healthy and green the day before. For a few frosty breaths, I forgot that I lived in a city and could go to a grocery store. The earth was abruptly inhospitable, and I didn’t know how I was going to eat.
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Just before the pandemic hit, I moved into an apartment with more than 200 square feet of garden space. I’d done some gardening before, but mostly of the balcony and windowsill variety. Growing produce was always part of the plan, especially since my pet rabbit requires a constant supply of greens, and is a bit of snob when it comes to their freshness. But in the loneliness of lockdown, cultivation became an obsession.
I grew everything from cabbages to obscure Andean root crops like oca, which looks like a fat pink grub and tastes like a lemony potato. When I took midday walks to clear my head after hours of reporting on Covid-19, I started noticing edible wild plants like plantain and dandelions in my neighborhood, and eating them. When acorns fell, I filled tote bags to make flour. I watched crows dropping nuts from power lines to crack them against the pavement, realized they were walnuts, and eventually found the tree, along with hundreds and hundreds of pounds of walnuts just laying on the ground. I checked storm drains for apples washed away by heavy rain. Suddenly I hadn’t hadn’t seen the inside of my local Fred Meyer since February, and was living a life somewhere between Laura Ingalls’ and an urban raccoon’s. The frost wasn’t just a hobby garden setback to me. It felt like a natural disaster.
Of course, my descent into LARPing as an opossum didn’t happen in a vacuum. I’ve been interested in ecology and sustainable agriculture for a while now, but in big, abstract ways that revolved around things I would do later, when I was older and more settled. Then Covid happened and I fell down a (somewhat literally) bewitching internet rabbit hole: cottagecore TikTok.
Cottagecore as an aesthetic has been around since at least 2018, when Tumblr users started collecting nostalgic images of a romanticized version Western country life on mood boards, but its popularity has surged during quarantine. If you’ve made bread from scratch or gone on a quaint picnic in the last nine months, you’ve participated in the trend. Aesthetically, cottagecore is women with long hair and long dresses holding wicker baskets, a warm berry pie resting on a cloth served beside herbal tea in a thrifted china set, mason jars, foraged mushrooms, beeswax candles. Ideologically, cottagecore encompasses multitudes, but its basic themes are living in harmony with nature, taking time to participate in overlooked arts like weaving and home cooking, and being either extremely gay or extremely straight. Seriously, the two poles are cottagecore lesbians creating manless idylls with their girlfriends or conservative “trad wives” homeschooling their children and deferring to their beardy husbands in all things.
Until cottagecore took hold on TikTok, I’d mostly been exposed to the good Christian beardiness side of the aesthetic on YouTube, where homesteaders on huge tracts of land grow crops and raise livestock in a way that was almost totally inaccessible to an urban journalist. I binge-watched their videos, memorized the needs of myriad fruit trees, learned all their goats’ names, and despaired. I didn’t want to move out into a vast windy nowhere where with cheap land and trade society for peace of mind, even though, like a lot of people who are drawn to cottagecore, I was chafing against the confines of capitalism and life behind a laptop. Then TikTok’s algorithm caught up with me.
On TikTok, cottagecore is lived in small moments. People brew tea from raspberry leaves they found growing wild in an abandoned lot. They fill their studio apartments with houseplants and crockery from Goodwill. They walk through their suburban neighborhoods in eyelet lace dresses and bonnets (bonnets!) like demure time travelers with extremely progressive social politics. They create the illusion of country life with strategic weekend trips to reconnect with meadows and forests. That’s probably because the cottagecore TikTok userbase is young, too young to want to abandon civilization, too young (and very often, too queer) to want a patriarchal family life, too young to afford a cottage of their own. You could argue that that makes them frivolous, that it demotes cottagecore from a way of life to an aesthetic. But for me, it was a reminder that I didn’t have to wait to start acting on the weird little dreams I’d tucked away for later. I started picking dandelions to make wine, and from there it took over everything, like a cherry tomato plant in August.
It’s made me a healthier person, physically and mentally, though it has exposed me to these new Little House on the Prairie problems, like plagues of whiteflies and frost. But those problems come with a sense of community now, and contain hidden joys if you’re willing to accept them. Rather than hosing my plants down with pesticides or caging my sunflowers to protect them from goldfinches, I decided to think of my garden as a resource for the wild neighborhood, the way the wild neighborhood had become a resource for me. And as for that frost? I spent the next three days saving whatever I could, harvesting, chopping, and preserving until my kitchen table completely disappeared under piles of tomatoes, potatoes, squash, beets, and beans. When I was done, I felt immensely proud, and a little at a loss for what to do with all of this bounty.
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COMBAT STORIES FROM Vietnam
Roger Cox | 1st Cavalry (Airmobile) Division - Army
9:47 | He considered it a day at the office, but on that day, helicopter pilot Roger Cox helped save an infantry platoon's bacon, landed in the middle of a fire fight in an attempted rescue, exhausted all his ammo trying to keep the men on the ground safe, and got shot down just for good measure.
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Roger Cox | Vietnam | 1st Cavalry (Airmobile) Division | 5:23
Growing up as a Mormon in Utah, Roger Cox had a conservative outlook during the turbulent politics of the Sixties. He very much wanted to fly, and when the other services insisted on a college degree for flight school, he enlisted in the Army, which had a program for anyone who had the necessary talents.
Roger Cox was woefully unaware of the wider world when he was plunked down in Vietnam as a wide eyed nineteen year old. Why was there a swastika on that building? Why the strange reaction from one of the workers on the base when he met her on the street?
The air cavalry attached to the armored cavalry had the job of supporting the ground unit. When Roger Cox got to Vietnam, he became a Cobra gunship pilot. Each Cobra was paired with a smaller scout helicopter in a hunter-killer team. After a couple of months, he switched to scout pilot, which had some advantages that appealed to him.
Due to his religion, Roger Cox did not drink, smoke or swear. This caused some teasing from his fellow pilots in Vietnam, but he hung around while they drank, absorbing their advice and experiences. He realized he had the necessary skill set and became very good at dominating a fight with the enemy on the ground.
Visual reconnaissance was one type of mission that scout helicopter pilot Roger Cox flew in Vietnam. When you found some enemy on the ground, you struck first and hard. His other job was to support the infantry platoon of his cavalry unit. When they got into trouble, he went to bail them out.
When helicopter pilot Roger Cox responded to a call for help from an infantry platoon caught in an ambush, he first tried to get the layout of the battlefield. Where are the good guys? Where are the bad guys? Then he went to work.
Helicopter pilot Roger Cox tells the story of his first shoot down, a "good" shoot down. It was good in the sense that he was able to make it to a safe place to land. On another occasion, he came to the aid of another pilot who's shoot down wasn't so good.
Roger Cox wasn't flying that day, but another helicopter pilot from his unit ran into an ambush when he popped over a hill and the enemy on the ground were waiting for him. He was shot up pretty good, but managed to make it back to base where Cox got him to smile about it.
He was immediately recognized as a good scout pilot. Roger Cox started his second year in Vietnam with a new air cavalry unit and he carried on with the tactics he learned in his first year. You have to dominate the fight.
Roger Cox | Vietnam | 1st Cavalry (Airmobile) Division | 11:27
The call went out, infantry platoon in an ambush. Helicopter pilot Roger Cox responded and, during the fight, a Medevac pilot made the unusual decision to go in for the evacuation while the area was still hot. Cox covered him and kept up the fight, even after exhausting all his ammunition, an act which did not go unnoticed.
When the pilots were gathered at the bar, they could not help but laugh at something that happened that day. A platoon leader on the ground was under attack and could not get out any words except expletives.
Helicopter pilot Roger Cox was used to dominating the enemy on the ground, but he tells the story of a time when he knew he was beaten and retreated.
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Landing at Tan Son Nhut air base to begin his second tour, Tom Pemberton could see flashes on the ground. It was VC fire aimed at his plane. The transportation officer had a staff job monitoring motorpools and cargo operations. Then he had a highway traffic control job in which he tried to keep convoys from running into each other.
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Following personal leave to attend his father's funeral, Tom Pemberton returned to Vietnam with a new assignment, auditing stevedore contracts at the Saigon port. When his time was up, he returned to the Army Reserve Advisory Group in Jacksonville. It was a good post, but there was one difficulty. It fell on this unit to notify families in Florida of a soldiers death.
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Charles Vicari already had experience in a Headquarters and Service company, so when he was offered the job as H&S gunnery sergeant while he was in Vietnam, he jumped at the chance. If they wanted him to not get shot at, it was fine with him.
Gunner's mate Jack LeCroy returned from his Vietnam tour without encountering any protests. The only one he'd ever seen was during a port visit in Japan. He finds some parallels between the jungle warfare of the ground troops in Vietnam and the suburban warfare today's combatants must face.
When he got near the end of his Vietnam tour, Charles Vicari could not sleep, so the medical officer gave him some medication. This became a problem one night, when a mortar barrage came in. When his time was up, he finished up a career in the Marines in a much less dangerous North Carolina.
After a nice cruise to Saint Thomas, the men of the destroyer USS Cone got orders to Vietnam. The mission was offshore bombardment and interdiction fire. Jack LeCroy was a gunner's mate on one of the five inch guns and he describes the workings of the weapon.
In 1951, Charles Vicari returned to duty after recovering from the wound he received in Korea. His enlistment was up in a matter of months, but he didn't find civilian life to his liking so he re-enlisted. When 1965 rolled around, he had a plum post, but President Johnson decided he was needed in Vietnam.
His high school friends said they'd just joined the Navy Reserve, so Jack LeCroy thought that sounded fine for him, too. When he was activated, he joined the crew of the USS Cone, a destroyer.
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He needed a new MOS because of his wounds, so Marine William Moncus became a communications specialist. He went to Vietnam with a secretive new unit called the Marine Support Battalion. That innocuous name shielded a secret intelligence gathering operation.
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Evereklioglu C. Diagnostic dilemma between intestinal Behçet disease and inflammatory bowel disease with pyoderma gangrenosum. World J Gastroenterol 2006; 12(35): 5748-5751
Cem Evereklioglu, Department of Ophthalmology, Division of Uvea-Behçet Unit, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey. evereklioglu@hotmail.com
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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 21, 2006; 12(35): 5748-5751
Published online Sep 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i35.5748
Diagnostic dilemma between intestinal Behçet disease and inflammatory bowel disease with pyoderma gangrenosum
Cem Evereklioglu
Cem Evereklioglu, Department of Ophthalmology, Division of Uvea-Behçet Unit, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey
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Correspondence to: Cem Evereklioglu, Department of Ophthalmology, Division of Uvea-Behçet Unit, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey. evereklioglu@hotmail.com
Revised: July 25, 2006
Accepted: August 3, 2006
Published online: September 21, 2006
Key Words: Intestinal Behçet disease, Inflammatory bowel disease, Diagnosis, Histology, Pyoderma gangrenosum, Surgery, Treatment, Vasculitis
Citation: Evereklioglu C. Diagnostic dilemma between intestinal Behçet disease and inflammatory bowel disease with pyoderma gangrenosum. World J Gastroenterol 2006; 12(35): 5748-5751
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v12/i35/5748.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v12.i35.5748
I have read with great interest the very recent article titled “Intestinal Behçet’s disease with pyoderma gangrenosum: A case report” of Nakamura T et al that was published in your journal. The authors stated that they presented a very rare case of intestinal Behçet’s disease with pyoderma gangrenosum in a 16-year old patient. However, I would like to make some important contributions and suggestions to the presented case and have a few questions to ask the authors.
First, the exact diagnosis of Behçet disease in a single case depends first on the recognition of a characteristic set of sufficient symptoms and/or signs to allow the physician to diagnose with various levels of certainty from “complete or definitive” Behçet disease to “suspected or possible” Behçet disease[1] based on the clinical sign constellation in Japanese Behçet Disease Research Committee Criteria, the preferred diagnostic criteria before 1989[2]. According to the criteria, such a “complete” or “definitive” diagnosis of Behçet disease needs either at least three major criteria or two major criteria (one of which is ocular disease) or two major criteria associated with 2 minor criteria. This means that the correct diagnosis of Behçet disease can be established only on the basis of aforementioned strict rules that need the complete fulfillment of the criteria with careful differential diagnosis from other etiologies. Therefore, the authors’ statement that “she was diagnosed with intestinal Behçet’s disease by the presence of cutaneous pathergy together with two major criteria (oral and genital aphthoses) and one minor criterion (gastrointestinal manifestations) in 1984” cannot be accepted as the presented case does not fulfill the requirements of “Japanese Behçet Disease Research Committee Criteria”, the preferred diagnostic criteria in that period, in which cutaneous pathergy is not included in the major or minor criteria. Although oral aphthous and genital ulcerations with a positive pathergy test of the presented case meet the diagnostic criteria of International Study Group[3], published in 1990, however, diagnosis and surgical intervention of the presented case with “incomplete diagnosis” were made in 1989. In other words, the case can be accepted as “suspected” Behçet disease according to the Japanese criteria, provided that other etiologies for these manifestations have been strictly ruled out including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Therefore, the authors should first clarify this diagnostic confusion.
Second, the presented case was stated to have colitis involving the entire colon demonstrated by colonoscopy. However, typical intestinal involvement in Behçet disease is characterized mainly by changes in the small intestine or ulcerative lesions at the terminal ileum or cecum, resulting in various digestive symptoms[4]. I think the differential diagnosis was not performed strictly enough in this single case as the aforementioned symptoms are seen in IBD, namely Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis that need careful evaluation. Although the resected specimen demonstrated severe inflammation with neutrophil accumulation, this is a general finding in inflammatory diseases and intestinal Behçet disease is often indistinguishable from IBD by histological evaluation. Therefore, such a general finding cannot be used as the histological hallmark of intestinal Behçet disease as its diagnosis is based on the presence of deep colonic ulcerations frequently situated in healthy mucosa along with the presence of an adjacent non-specific inflammatory infiltrate affecting the entire colonic wall that is characterized by leukocytoclastic vasculitis and perivasculitis of the arteries and veins with signs of fibrinoid necrosis. Moreover, there is not any knowledge in the presented article about the presence or absence of granulomatous or non-granulomatous changes or caseation with or without confluent (diffuse) or skipping (segmental) lesions (i.e., mural thickening) that strongly need strict differential diagnosis of intestinal Behçet disease from IBD. Indeed, ulcerative colon, for instance, is restricted to the colon, and exhibits proximal extension over time with full thickness involvement in case of toxic megacolon[5]. Therefore, nothing in the article can exclude these questions in that single case that seems to need clarification.
Third, the authors stated that the patient received 20 mg oral prednisolone treatment for a month, though cutaneous and intestinal lesions of the girl were poorly controlled. However, to our knowledge, corticosteroids (CSs) alone are not used for the treatment[1] and management[6] of Behçet disease at least in the used dose, and no study has found that CSs alone are effective on any symptom or sign as well as on any etiological factors including cutaneous and intestinal lesions that are accused for the pathogenesis of Behçet disease[7-13]. Moreover, CSs are of little value for the maintenance of remission. Indeed, the results of Mat C et al[14] are important and demonstrate that CSs alone for about a six- month duration are not effective even on oromucocutaneous symptoms despite the well-known underlying vasculitic pathology of the condition. Because most of the treatments have been shown to work in Behçet disease or in IBD, the used dose of CSs seems not sufficient for such a severe intestinal involvement in the present case and therefore, the patient should have been treated first with a higher dose of CSs (1-2 mg/kg prednisolone per day) for a short time with some other immunomodulating/immunosuppressive agents or their combinations with cyclophosphamide, chlorambucil, colchicine, dapsone, cyclosporine and especially azathioprine that could be used in that period for the management and treatment of complete or incomplete Behçet disease patients with or without intestinal findings, to induce rapid and durable remission of intestinal attacks before the decision of an invasive surgery (total colectomy) is made[15-21]. In other words, whether the patient is supposed to suffer from Behçet disease or IBD, the indication for surgical treatment can be made upon failure of sufficient and appropriate medical treatment or based on the severe complications such as abscess, fistula formation and iatrogenic perforation. Although systemic CSs may be useful in the early stages of severe inflammatory attacks, they are of limited value for long-term management of serious involvements whereas sustained remission can be accomplished only by the immunomodulatory agents. For instance, azathioprine or chlorambucil associated with high dose CSs should have been tried initially for the girl to obtain possible remission with long-term steroid-sparing effects. Similarly, cyclophosphamide- and cyclosporine-CS combinations have also been used between 1971 and 1989 for various symptoms of Behçet disease, even in cases resistant to conventional therapy[22-28]. Furthermore, Sanderson[29] has evaluated chronic IBD in children including Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, indeterminate colitis and Behçet’s colitis in the review in that period and stated that treatment with drugs (sulphasalazine, steroids, azathioprine) and elemental diet are helpful and concluded that the prognosis of chronic IBD in childhood is good. More importantly, sulphasalazine with or without cyclosporine and CSs has successfully been used for the treatment of both intestinal Behçet disease and IBD[30-32].
Fourth, the authors further stated that intractable ulceration of the left foot surprisingly disappeared postoperatively after total colectomy within two weeks with no relapse of pyoderma gangrenosum for 10 years afterwards, suggesting a close relationship between pyoderma gangrenosum and intestinal Behçet disease. I do not agree with the authors on this regard and I believe that if the patient had really had Behçet disease, pyoderma gangrenosum or any other kind of cutaneous manifestations might have developed in its due course as the disease is known to be most active during the second and third decades of life. Indeed, the authors further stated in their paper that pyoderma gangrenosum might respond to surgical resection of the associated diseases, such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease (see discussion section, second paragraph), and then stated in the following sentences that pyoderma gangrenosum in the present case rapidly improved after total colectomy. I agree on this regard and fortunately, total colectomy results in cure of IBD with reasonable long-term benefit in many cases. Therefore, both the authors’ statements in their paper and the literature again indicate that the girl had an IBD with or without Behçet disease.
Although aphthous punched-out ulcerations may be found in about one-tenth of Behçet disease patients, they occur most frequently in the terminal ileum and cecum[33] and this finding alone is still not sufficient for the diagnosis of Behçet disease as the case should strictly fulfill the whole systemic diagnostic criteria as stated above and aphthae in the colon may be seen not only in Behçet disease, but also, for instance, in Crohn’s disease[34]. Moreover, a very recent study has demonstrated that none of the clinical parameters of a total of 162 consecutive adult patients with diagnosis of IBD consisting of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis fulfill the Behçet disease diagnostic criteria[35]. In other words, Behçet disease was diagnosed in none of the patients even though they had various symptoms such as intestinal involvement, pyoderma gangrenosum, articular disease, skin lesions, and oral ulcer with or without HLA-B51 positivity. Furthermore, such case reports with identical and perplexing clinical presentations as compared to those of Nakamura et al, are still present in the literature, describing association of both diseases [32,36,37].
In conclusion, although I agree that the gastrointestinal and systemic features of Behçet disease and IBD overlap to a considerable extent that need addressing both in terms of increasing our understanding of pathogenesis and improving therapy, they are generally viewed as two distinct diseases, and oral aphthous ulcerations, genital ulcerations, papulopustular lesions or pyoderma gangrenosum on the leg with or without pathergy test positivity are all encountered findings during the course of IBD. In addition, constellation of findings for the diagnosis of Behçet disease is applicable only in the absence of other clinical explanations such as IBD. Therefore, the absence of sufficient symptoms to diagnose this young girl as “complete” or “definitive” Behçet disease along with the presence of active colitis and ulcerations involving the entire alimentary tract, mainly colon in that case, reaching up to the terminal ileum associated with a rapid disappearance of intractable foot ulceration after surgery with the lack of demonstrated thrombotic or leukocytoclastic vasculitis (typical hallmark of Behçet disease) on colonic histopathological examination in the presented case, strongly indicates a diagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum associated with IBD characterized by Behçet disease-like clinical presentation[38-40]. Consequently, I suggest that the authors of the present case perform HLA analysis in their patient. If it reveals HLA-B51 positivity, then the very unusual diagnosis of classified or unclassified IBD associated with Behçet disease can be made in that case. If it reveals HLA-B27 positivity, then the patient can be classified in that case as HLAB-27 positive IBD. Even if the patient is still to be accepted as having intestinal Behçet disease, it seems that the rules for the treatment of such an involvement have not been followed before the surgery.
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Flatwater kayaking on Yarmouth’s coastal waterways offers a welcome break from the home office – complete with the aroma of salty air and a chance to spot egrets, osprey and great blue herons. Best of all, you can do it from the cockpit of your personal, human-powered watercraft, keeping a safe distance from other paddlers.
Kayaking is also a wonderful low-impact workout. Even leisurely paddling exercises the core and upper body muscles, while offering moderate aerobic benefits. Depending on wind speed, currents, your weight and other variables, kayaking will burn roughly 200 to 450 calories per hour.
The sport is inexpensive, family friendly, fun for kids and, yes … some people even take their dogs out with them. Lightweight kayaks are easy to move and can be transported longer distances on the roof of a car. But you won’t have to travel far to find great paddling places on Cape Cod – especially in Yarmouth, which maintains numerous public boat launching areas. Finally, if you want to try the sport without buying a kayak, you can do that, too.
Bass River Kayaks & Paddle Boards, located on the east bank of Bass River at 118 Main Street, West Dennis (next to Sundancer’s), will rent you a kayak, deliver it and pick it up when you’re finished, says co-owner Ashley Smith. There are limitations to the local deliveries, which you can find – along with the store’s rental rates and hours of operation – at the Bass River Kayaks & Paddle Boards website. The physical store is preparing to open on May 23, if allowed under statewide COVID-19 policies, Smith said. But even if the physical store is closed, rentals and deliveries are still available by phone (508) 362-5555.
You can also rent a kayak and use it right on Bass River, Smith says, noting that Cape Cod’s longest river is a superb location for beginners.
Bass River is roughly 6 miles long, stretching from Mill Pond in Yarmouth Port to Smuggler’s Beach on Nantucket Sound, with numerous saltwater ponds and coves for quiet exploration. The Cape’s flat terrain makes Bass River easy for paddling in most locations, with no rapids or whitewater. But the river is a tidal waterway, Smith explained, meaning water flows upstream on an incoming tide and back downstream after high tide, changing direction every six hours. Paddlers can take advantage of the currents by planning their upriver trips on an incoming tide and taking a break for lunch before paddling back downstream once the current turns. Some other practical kayaking tips from Smith:
Always paddle with another kayaker and wear a life vest. The Coast Guard requires a life vest for each occupant of a boat, and for kayakers, it’s best to actually wear the vest instead of keeping it stashed onboard.
Even though the air temperature may be 70 degrees, the water temperature is still quite cold in May and early June. Staffers at Bass River Kayaks & Paddle Boards advise boaters to wait until the water temperature reaches at least 55 degrees F. And don’t venture too far from shore when the water is cold. You can call the kayak store to ask about water temperatures, tides and wind conditions or check one of the many websites that publish local water temperatures.
Keep close to the riverbanks. Not only will you get a better view of nature, but you’ll stay out of the channel and away from motorized watercraft. More precisely, motorboats navigate between the red and green channel markers, so kayakers should strive to stay between the shorelines and the marked channels. Also note that motorboats have the right of way (and they can’t slam on the brakes if you cut in front of them).
For easier paddling and calmer water, keep to the lee or sheltered side of the river. The calm water also makes it easier to see the bottom.
Carry a waterproof dry bag with clothes and a few necessities – just in case. Kayaks are much more stable than canoes, but accidents can happen. If you do get wet, you can reach into your waterproof bag for dry clothing. Sunscreen and bug repellent are also recommended.
Pack some snacks and drinking water. If it’s hot, you’ll need the water to stay hydrated, and you might want to stop for a picnic. Plus, if you have an emergency during your trip, the cell phone will come in handy. The Coast Guard also requires boaters to carry a sound-making device (kayakers can get by with a loud whistle on a lanyard).
Watch for heavier currents under bridges, where waterways narrow like a funnel. North of the Highbank Road Bridge on Bass River, paddling can be a little tricky when the current is running at its peak.
Some prime paddling spots along Bass River: The mile-and-a-half stretch from Route 28 south to Smuggler’s Beach on Nantucket Sound has lots to see – including osprey nests, egrets, cormorants and great blue herons. The West Dennis Fingers, on the Dennis side of the River, is a series of boat canals with beautiful homes. Heading upstream, Grant Cove is a nice spot for exploring quiet coves and inlets. The cove is also close to Wilbur Park in Yarmouth, where you can park a car.
Beyond Bass River, paddlers might want to explore Parker’s River, Swan Pond, Long Pond, Lewis Bay or other locations. Freshwater boat launches are found on Long Pond (at the end of Davis Road) and on Dennis Pond (off Summer Street) to the north, you can try to find the Bass Hole and Gray’s Beach site in Yarmouth Port, although the water gets shallow at low tide. Find a map of Yarmouth’s saltwater boat ramps at the town’s Division of Natural Resources Website.
Be aware that there are some new pandemic-related rules for Massachusetts boating ramps, according to Yarmouth Natural Resources Director Karl van Hone. The state now requires face masks and social distancing at public boat ramps. Other rules include no loitering or gathering at boat ramps for fishing tournaments or other activities and keeping boat occupants to members of the same family (not a problem with single-person kayaks). Find complete rules at the state Department of Fish and Game.
Andy Tomolonis is a nonfiction author, travel writer and multimedia journalist.
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There were no real surprises in Tuesday’s election.
The Republicans kept the U.S. Senate – and gained seats.
The Democrats took control of the U.S. House.
Gov. Tom Wolf easily won re-election over fellow York countian Scott Wagner. The governor had a solid record of accomplishment on which to run – and Mr. Wagner committed gaffe after gaffe on the campaign trail.
In the state Legislature, Democrats picked up seats in both the House and the Senate – though not enough to take control from Republicans.
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So … we have divided government all down the line.
Is that a bad thing?
Having some checks and balances against potential excesses by the executive branches at both the state and federal levels is prudent in tumultuous times. President Trump, we’re mainly looking at you here. Gov. Wolf is not given to excess – though his critics might point out correctly that he has governed further from the left than many Yorkers expected. Putting it another way, the governor has not been a disruptor of union-heavy institutions in the state and the other business-as-usual traditions that have a strong hold on Harrisburg.
The key to productivity – rather than partisan gridlock – will be reasonable cooperation by both “sides.”
Congratulations to U.S. Reps. Scott Perry and Lloyd Smucker for winning their re-election bids over two strong Democratic challengers – George Scott and Jess King, respectively.
In endorsing Rep. Smucker, YDR’s editorial board focused on his membership in the House Problem Solvers Caucus, a bipartisan group of lawmakers who try to find common ground on issues. Now that the House has changed hands, that affiliation might become more important if Mr. Smucker hopes to get anything done for the nation or for his district – which includes a big swath of eastern and southern York County.
In NOT endorsing Rep. Perry, the editorial board noted that he had quit the Problem Solvers Caucus and was a prominent member of the Freedom Caucus – the most obstructionist and absolutist conservative caucus in the House.
After a close race against George Scott, Rep. Perry would do well to quit the Freedom Caucus and rejoin the Problem Solvers. That would better reflect his new 10th District, which is now more centrist. He can try to get things done – or he can be a voice in the wind (at least for the next two years).
And there are things to get done. Mr. Perry and Mr. Smucker now represent the three cities in our region – York, Harrisburg and Lancaster. Those cities have real needs that Congress can help with. We’d like to see our congressmen work with Democrats – and with Gov. Wolf – to address a host of pressing issues in our region, from the opioid epidemic to crumbling infrastructure.
We offer the same advice to York County’s state legislative delegation. All Republican candidates were elected – and state Rep. Carol Hill-Evans is the lone Democrat. (Kudos, by the way, to the York County Democratic Party for fielding the most robust field of challengers in recent memory.)
Our GOP legislative delegation has been especially uncooperative with Gov. Wolf. But it’s fair to read Gov. Wolf’s massive victory as a mandate for his agenda. Our delegation needs to get on board – or at least more on board. We realize there will be disagreements – but could local GOP lawmakers be, well, a bit less disagreeable about them?
As Gov. Wolf said in his victory speech, it’s time to get to work.
We’re sick of the partisan bickering and lack of accomplishment in Harrisburg. Our Legislature couldn’t even find agreement to enact the suggestions by Catholic Church sexual abuse grand jury. That’s simply appalling.
Yeah, get to work!
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Royal Caribbean suspends sailings through April
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Related video above: Cruise industry looks to 2021 restartRoyal Caribbean announced they will be suspending all sailings through April 30.Royal Caribbean International cited the safety of their guests and crews' well-being as their top priorities for the continued suspension.The suspension will exclude sailings onboard the Quantum of the Seas in Singapore and the Spectrum of the Seas in China. However, sailings on the Spectrum of the Sea will be suspended from Feb. 15 through Feb. 28.Royal Caribbean said they have plans to resume further reoperations in May.The cruise industry has been planning its comeback for 2021. “It may not be back the way it was for another two years. It’s not going to come back the way it shut down,” Port Canaveral Chief Executive Officer Capt. John Murry said.However, there’s high optimism people still want to cruise.A report from a Cruise Industry Association says 66% of experienced cruise passengers are willing to cruise again within a year. The industry is spending $24 billion on new ships and has already made 200 voyages worldwide since last July.
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Related video above: Cruise industry looks to 2021 restart
Royal Caribbean announced they will be suspending all sailings through April 30.
Royal Caribbean International cited the safety of their guests and crews' well-being as their top priorities for the continued suspension.
The suspension will exclude sailings onboard the Quantum of the Seas in Singapore and the Spectrum of the Seas in China. However, sailings on the Spectrum of the Sea will be suspended from Feb. 15 through Feb. 28.
Royal Caribbean said they have plans to resume further reoperations in May.
The cruise industry has been planning its comeback for 2021.
Carnival extends cruise cancellations through March
“It may not be back the way it was for another two years. It’s not going to come back the way it shut down,” Port Canaveral Chief Executive Officer Capt. John Murry said.
However, there’s high optimism people still want to cruise.
A report from a Cruise Industry Association says 66% of experienced cruise passengers are willing to cruise again within a year. The industry is spending $24 billion on new ships and has already made 200 voyages worldwide since last July.
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Late drama pleases Coady
Conor Coady couldn’t hide his elation post-match as Wolves left it late to claim their first Premier League victory of the season at West Ham United.
Wolves put in an impressive performance at London Stadium, showing their resolve and character to stay in the game and win it at the death.
Adama Traore rewarded the hard work which had gone on during the previous 90 minutes to leave Wolves players and staff ecstatic come the final whistle.
“It’s incredible. It’s what you play football for, to play games like this,” Coady said.
“I thought we played fantastically well, we moved the ball really well and created chances against a really good team at a tough place to go.
“We’d have been devastated if we hadn’t come away with the win so that was special for the boys.”
The performance particularly pleased Coady, who believes the showing was a reflection of the hard work which goes on between Nuno and his players every day.
“That’s how we want to play. It’s a really tough place to come, so to control the game like we did is pleasing.
“It’s a confidence in what the manager does in terms of how he sets us up and wants us to play. We believe in everything he does, we listen to him on the training ground day by day.
“We’ve been improving and you’ve heard the manager talking about us getting better and you saw today how we want to play against good teams.”
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Sustainability Ask our Partner: Waste2Wear Maintenance
How can I know your fabrics are truly sustainable?
Our production is handled and overseen by Waste2Wear. They have multiple procedures and checks in place to ensure the environmental impact is as small as possible and that people are paid and treated fairly. To make absolutely sure, we have not one but many certificates and qualifications validated by several organizations that prove that we do as we say.
What else does your company do about sustainability?
The best example: we have just moved to a bigger, but much more environmentally friendly facility. There we have taken all kinds of measures to ensure a much lower energy use and make working there as safe and easy as possible for our people.
What about social compliance?
Our certificates do not only apply to sustainability, but also monitor the working conditions. Such as BSCI and GRS. Visit our product page for more info.
What about the rest of your products?
We’re going to be honest here; until a few years ago, finding sustainable fabrics for upholstery was near impossible. Now that more and more parties in the supply chain are stepping up, we are actively seeking more opportunities to replace conventional fabrics for those with smaller footprints.
We have only just started our journey towards sustainability and circularity. We’re far from perfect yet, but we are working to improve everyday so that we can contribute to a sustainable and circular economy. Want to follow us on our journey? Subscribe to our newsletter.
Why are you doing this?
We look at the long term. We realized nothing’s going to change unless more people have access to sustainable upholstery. We like no other have always focussed on fabrics that are affordable for the average wallet. So we rose to the challenge.
What kind of certificates does Woven Bottles come with?
All parts of the production process are tested regularly. Our certifications cover everything from the collection of source materials to the fair treatment of personnel. You’ll find all certificates and qualifications on the product page.
Where is Woven Bottles made?
Most of the production takes place in China. To ensure proper treatment of people, we have several institutions oversee and check the plants and locations regularly. On top of that, we make regular visits to these plants.
What about the transport?
Our fabrics travel to the Netherlands by boat, not by plane. For now it’s not possible to produce these products for a comparable price and or quality closer to our facilities. As a part of all our activities, the impact of transport is minimal.
So the fabric is sustainable. But what about the rest of my furniture?
Woven Bottles’ claims only relate to the upholstery fabrics. We hope to inspire our partners and other suppliers to make similar steps towards sustainability.
Does Woven Bottles fit into a circular economy?
We dare to dream with a full circular economy as an ultimate goal. We chose 100% polyester as the base for our fabrics. Contrary to all sorts of blends, 100% polyester can be reused relatively easy. It does not make all of your sofa or bed recyclable. For that to become reality, we as an industry have much to do. We will do our part by starting to convince our partners to join us in our mission. Together we can make a difference.
And the packaging
After the launch of this upholstery, one of the issues we want to address next is our packaging. Stay tuned to follow us on our journey. Subscribe to our newsletter.
We believe that waste is only waste when we don’t do anything with it. Everyday millions of plastic bottles are being thrown away, meanwhile those bottles can actually be a viable, eco-friendly and sustainable resource! We are exhausting and polluting our planet, and that is exactly why we need to be more responsible and take care of our home. We need to rethink how we use our valuable resources.
What is RPET?
R-PET stands for Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate, also known as Recycled PET. R-PET is also called Recycled Polyester and it’s made from recycled plastic (PET) bottles.
Recycled Polyester vs Virgin Polyester?
Recycled Polyester (R-PET) is environmentally friendly, cost-effective and safe; the regenerated polyester fibre is made from recycled plastic bottles and performs as well as regular virgin polyester. Here are some facts about RPET: R-PET requires 86% less water than regular polyester. RPET consumes 70% less energy than regular polyester. The CO2 emissions of R-PET are 75% lower. 1 kg of RPET can keep 60 water bottles out of environment. Using RPET helps us to not only keep plastic out of the landfills and oceans, but also to save our natural resources. Using RPET helps us to not only keep plastic out of the landfills and oceans, but also to save our natural resources.
How can you verify the authenticity of Waste2Wear fabrics?
All Waste2Wear® products are traceable and certifiably sustainable. The RPET yarns that we use are certified by Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) for recycled content claim. SCS is a leading third-party certifier and standards developer of environmental and sustainability claims. SCS will trace the unique fiber structure of Waste2Wear® products and verify if it is truly recycled fabric before granting it special certification. For more information please visit: https://www.waste2wear.com/compliance
How does Waste2Wear handle micro-fibre shedding?
Microplastic and Microfiber pollution in the water supply is a growing concern, especially in the textile and apparel industries. Ongoing research and improvement Waste2Wear is very committed to the constant improvement of its current technology by working together with different universities in China and Holland as well as research institutes like the Narwhal Ocean Center, to reduce micro-plastics into the ocean. The first step has been establishing a set of best practices to reduce micro-fibers, such as the utilization of highly-twisted yarns and avoiding the use of fleeces in products that have to be washed often. Micro-fibre Shedding in R-PET vs Virgin Polyester R-PET also presents advantages over regular polyester in terms of micro-fiber shedding. The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (MISTRA) published a report in 2017 showing their findings after conducting several experiments to compare micro-fiber shedding on R-PET vs. regular polyester. To the surprise of the researchers, R-PET showed 55% less micro-fiber shedding than regular polyester. This research is still in process in order to establish specific elements of causation, however the initial results are very positive for recycled polyester. There is a long journey ahead to tackle the micro-fibber problem, but Waste2Wear is committed to improve this together with our partners and customers. A good example is the "Waste2Wear | Ocean Plastic Project" which aims to develop supply chains based on Ocean Waste and to conduct upstream research to identify pollution sources in order to support the advance of new industry standards and regulatory policies.
A flotation and separation process removes the caps and labels from the bottles, as they are made of plastics with different characteristics. Plastic bottles are then processed into flakes. After being washed the flakes are melted. Yarns are pulled from the melted polyester. The result is a clean, valuable, and recycled raw material perfect for the textile industry. The raw filament yarns are spun into yarn and ultimately woven into variety of different fabrics. In Waste2Wear® we not only create products made from 100% recycled polyester, but we also use it in combination with other equally sensible materials (such as eco-friendly cotton, organic cotton, wool or viscose) in order to create a wide range of sustainable fabric options. All of our products are eco-friendly!
Why RPET and not other sustainable fabrics? Why not cotton?
Current worldwide demand for textile fibers is over 100 million tonnes per per year and synthetic fabrics account for more than 50% of this consumption. Trying to replace synthetic fibers with cotton would have an immense environmental impact. Natural fibers like cotton, when compared with synthetic fibers, present advantages in terms of waste production due to the biodegradability of both their discarded textiles and their micro-fibers. However, cotton has a very intensive resource consumption, mainly in terms of water and land degradation, due to the use of insecticides and herbicides. The cultivation and production of 1 kg of cotton requires in average 20,000 liters of water and some experts indicate that cotton is the largest user of water among all the agricultural commodities. RPET fabric has a 50% lower carbon footprint than the organic cotton. Furthermore, compared with other synthetic fibres, RPET polyester fabric has almost a 90% lower carbon footprint than nylon, and 75% lower than polyester!
Recycled Polyester (R-PET) is environmentally friendly, cost-effective and safe; the regenerated polyester fibre is made from recycled plastic bottles and performs as well as regular virgin polyester. Here are some facts about RPET: R-PET requires 86% less water than regular polyester. RPET consumes 70% less energy than regular polyester. The CO2 emissions of R-PET are 75% lower. 1 kg of RPET can keep 60 water bottles out of environment. Using RPET helps us to not only keep plastic out of the landfills and oceans, but also to save our natural resources. Waste2Wear garments are produced with the highest degree of care for health and safety. Our products are tested and certified by worldwide industry leaders in quality testing including: Intertek (a worldwide industry leader in third party quality testing) OEKO-Tex® Standard 100 GRS (Global Recycled Standards) BSCI (certifies social & ethical working conditions in our factories) Intertek (a worldwide industry leader in third party quality testing OEKO-Tex® Standard 100 GRS (Global Recycled Standards BSCI (certifies social & ethical working conditions in our factories)
How much can we save?
Almost every product has a manufacturing process that consumes energy and water, and produces carbon dioxide emissions and as such has an environmental impact. Using R-PET instead of regular polyester we save: • 70% less Energy • 86% less Water • 75% less CO2 In order to reduce the waste, we all have to make responsible decisions about which materials to use. For example, if we use five pounds of RPET yarn to make Waste2Wear® fabric we can: • Save one full gallon of gasoline • Save enough water to provide drinking water to one person for five days! • Save the amount of greenhouse gas emitted while driving a hybrid car for almost 15 miles We should reduce, reuse and recycle as much as possible!
How is the quality of the dying process of Rpet controlled?
RPET behaves somewhat more erratic than regular polyester, so it takes more time and effort to create to the right color recipe due to the irregular clearness of the raw material. Although the final product would have the same colors, the process to achieve such result is very complicated. Many years of trial and error have given Waste2Wear the experience to master the dying of R-PET fabrics. Besides the use of the REACH standard, Waste2Wear monitors the water treatment compliance and water recycling of the dying mills. When possible we use digital printing or sublimation to reduce water consumption.
What do I do with stains?
First remove the solid parts of the stain as much and as quickly as possible with a spoon. Immediately wet a towel with lukewarm water, wring it out and place it on the stain. Leave it there for a while so that the towel can absorb the stain. Do not rub! If the towel is saturated, replace it with a new one until there are no traces of the stain on the towel. When it comes to specific stains, it is best to consult a specialist. We recommend that you try each cleaning method in a place that is out of sight.
Does sunlight affect my fabric?
Ensure that the furniture / fabric is never in direct sunlight, due to discoloration.
I've got a loose thread, what to do?
If loops or loose threads have entered the fabric, insert it back into the fabric with a fine but blunt object.It must not be pulled or cut under any circumstances.
Can I vacuum my furniture?
When vacuuming, do not use a hard floor brush, but a special furniture nozzle in combination with a low suction power and always rub with the whip (pole). Vacuum clean with a policy to minimize roughening of the fabric.
Other tips and tricks?
Avoid sharp-edged toys, buckles, jewelry and pets, as these can damage the fibers of the fabric. Jeans can give off color on light (white, ecru etc.) and middle (beige, sand etc.) colors.
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Police: Port St. Lucie man stabbed woman, barricaded self in home
SWAT team enters home, finds suspect wounded
Updated: 6:24 PM EDT Aug 8, 2012
A Port St. Lucie man accused of stabbing a woman and barricading himself inside a home has been arrested.The incident occurred shortly before noon Wednesday in the 2200 block of Southeast Genoa Street.Sgt. Frank Sabol said Maria Rivera was stabbed in the abdomen and walked to a neighbor's house to call police.Sabol said the suspect, Jose Feliciano, was still in the house and refused to come out. When the SWAT team entered the house, they found him injured in a bedroom.Police didn't say how Feliciano was injured or how he was hurt.Feliciano was arrested on a charge of attempted murder and taken to a hospital for treatment.More From WPBF: Email alerts | Mobile | Social9146236
A Port St. Lucie man accused of stabbing a woman and barricading himself inside a home has been arrested.
The incident occurred shortly before noon Wednesday in the 2200 block of Southeast Genoa Street.
Sgt. Frank Sabol said Maria Rivera was stabbed in the abdomen and walked to a neighbor's house to call police.
Sabol said the suspect, Jose Feliciano, was still in the house and refused to come out. When the SWAT team entered the house, they found him injured in a bedroom.
Police didn't say how Feliciano was injured or how he was hurt.
Feliciano was arrested on a charge of attempted murder and taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Watch Krypton Full Series Online. Set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet, Krypton follows Superman’s grandfather — whose House of El was ostracized…
Watch Killjoys Full Series Online. An action-packed adventure series following a fun-loving, hard living trio of interplanetary bounty hunters (a.k.a. Killjoys) sworn to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants…
Joe Rogan Questions Everything
Watch Joe Rogan Questions Everything Full TV Series Online.
Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge
Watch Jim Hensons Creature Shop Challenge Full Series Online. Ten aspiring creature creators competing to out-imagine one another in a series of challenges where they build everything from mechanical characters…
Watch Incorporated Full Series Online. Set in a near future where corporations have unlimited power, a young executive conceals his true identity to infiltrate a dangerous corporate world to save…
Genre: Action & Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Watch Hunters Full Series Online. The disappearance of a decorated FBI agent’s wife leads him to a secret government unit assembled to hunt a group of ruthless terrorists – shadowy…
Watch Helix Full Series Online. Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the…
Watch Haven Full Series Online. FBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve a murder and soon discovers the town’s many secrets—which also hold…
Watch HAPPY Full Series Online. Corrupt ex-cop turned hitman Nick Sax’s life is changed forever by a relentlessly positive, imaginary blue winged horse named Happy.
G vs E
Watch G vs E Full Series Online. G vs E is an American fantasy-based television action series that had its first season air on USA Network during the summer and…
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files
Watch Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Full Series Online. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files is a paranormal investigation series produced by Base Productions that began airing July 15, 2010, on…
Genre: Documentary, Mystery, Reality
Watch Face Off Full Series Online. In this competition/elimination series, special effects make-up artists participate in elaborate challenges for a grand prize and the honor of being Hollywood’s next great…
Watch Game Face Full Series Online. Former Face Off all-stars go head-to-head each week, with multiple make-up reveals and eliminations throughout each exciting episode. Every week, four artists will race…
Watch Exit Full TV Series Online.
Watch Dream Machines (2012) Full TV Series Online.
Genre: Reality, Science Fiction
Watch Dominion Full Series Online. Dominion is an epic supernatural drama set in the near future. Specifically, 25 years after “The Extinction War,” when an army of lower angels, assembled…
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Watch Destination Truth Full Series Online. Destination Truth is a weekly American paranormal reality television series that premiered on June 6, 2007, on Syfy. Produced by Mandt Bros. Productions and…
Genre: Documentary, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Watch Defiance Full Series Online. In the near future, planet Earth is permanently altered following the sudden—and tumultuous—arrival of seven unique alien races. In the boom-town of Defiance, the newly-formed…
Watch Deadly Class Full Series Online. Follow a disillusioned teen recruited into a storied high school for assassins. Maintaining his moral code while surviving a ruthless curriculum, vicious social cliques,…
Genre: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Watch Dark Matter Full Series Online. The six-person crew of a derelict spaceship awakens from stasis in the farthest reaches of space. Their memories wiped clean, they have no recollection…
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction
Watch Cosplay Melee Full Series Online. Each week four contestants will compete to create full costumes and character origin stories that will dazzle a panel of judges for a chance…
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