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From the team behind Tomorrowland comes the sister festival TomorrowWorld, a dance festival set to travel abroad this September from the 26th to the 28th.
The festival is held in the Chattahoochee Hills, near Atlanta, Georgia.
Tomorrowworld Tickets 2014
It has been suggested that the death of two young people at New York's Electric Zoo Festival made organisers change the minimum age to 21.
There are some interesting rumours that the organisers will be bringing it a version of the festival to South Africa, near Cape Town, in 2015. It's speculated that it will also be called TomorrowWorld, just like the American version of the festival. Fingers crossed!
The 2014 head-liners include Avicii, Bassnectar, David Guetta, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Diplo, Kaskade, Martin Garrix, Nicky Romero, Richie Hawtin, Skrillex, Steve Aoki, Tiesto, Zedd.
TomorrowWorld aims to create a charming, fantasy world where all-comers our welcomed with open arms. Revellers are encouraged to embrace their surroundings, befriend one another and lose themselves in the enchantment of the site.
Aside from the fabricated beauty, TomorrowWorld is surrounded by the splendour of expansive forests and stunning lakes, festival-goers should approach it as one magical party that's all the more enjoyable when sharing with friends and strangers alike.
TomorrowWorld 2014 will feature music across eight magical, expansive and highly-imaginatively designed stages.
Each stage will place host to a different style of dance music ranging from Hardstyle to Trance via Dub-Step and Techno and will be individually and extravagantly decorated. 2013 saw mechanical spiders shoot fire and a magical bookshelf stage (complete with animatronic elves), while the sister festival TomorrowLand has wowed revellers with mountain-scapes, waterfalls and plenty of laser-action.
TomorrowWorld is unrivalled in terms of production values: prepare to get your mind blown.
Like Tomorrowland, there are various different levels of tickets that can be purchased.
The Full Madness pass gives you access to the festival on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and costs $357.
For another $50 ($407) It is possible to purchase the Full Madness + Dreamville Pass which gives you access to the festival on the three days, plus the Dreamville camping grounds and 'The Gathering' pre-party on Thursday.
It is possible to buy tickets for individual days for $137.
VIP Comfort passes give those holding it access to special areas, as well as raised platforms near the stages with a better view, hors d'ouvres, speedy access and parking.
The Full Madness Comfort Pass costs $847, while the Full Madness + DreamVille Pass costs $907 and includes camping.
TomorrowWorld is restricted to 21 years and above. You must be 21 or older on the date of the festival.
TomorrowWorld have promised to put a lot of effort into making the event accessible for all, with designated camping and viewing platforms. Guide dogs are permitted and there will be adapted toilets in specific locations. The festival entrances will have intro-assistants present who will be contactable via the information booth throughout the event.
Any questions can be emailed to ada [at] tomorrowworld [dot] com.
In September, the weather in Atlanta fluctuates between lows of 15 and highs of 25 degrees Celsius.
The 2014 version of the festival will take place at Chattahoochee Hills, Atlanta, Georgia.
If you are staying in the area, it is recommended that tourists check out the following:
The Blue-Eyed Daisy Bake Shop
The Serenbe Community Shopping District
Smith's Store - Oldest Retail Establishment in Chattahoochee Hills
Shuttle buses will be running from Atlanta airport and downtown Atlanta. Tickets for the shuttle are priced from $40 return and need to be purchased in advance. Tickets can be purchased here.
For those driving the county can be found on US Highways 27 and 280, and State routes 1, 26, 355 and 530 and there will be various (yet to be announced) drop off points around the site. There will be limited parking available for those staying at DreamVille with weekend passes costing $50.
If you have purchased a Global Journey package transfers from the airport and shuttle buses to the site will already be included.
There are various hotels in the area that can be booked through the official site here, prices vary between $130 and $190 a night.
For those travelling from abroad TomorrowWorld offers a Global Journey package which, as part of the price, includes hotel accommodation.
Similar to TomorrowLand (TomorrowWorld's sister festival) the camping grounds will be known as DreamVille. DreamVille will host a pre-festival on the Thursday night, includes a marketplace as well as places to purchase food and drink.
TomorrowWorld offers festival-goers a variety of additional camping packages:
Easy Tent (2/4 persons $550/$600) – includes festival and DreamVille tickets, pre-pitched Tomorrowland-branded tent, inflatable mattress, night light and sleeping bags.
Dream Lodges (from 2/4 persons $2,899/$5499) - includes festival and DreamVille tickets, luxury tent with full-sized mattress, private lockers, electricity, storage and a terrace complete with chairs and a table.
Manors (sleeps 12, prices available on request) – includes a private hotel suite, champagne on arrival, private bathroom/shower, a terrace with a lounge and stocked bar, outdoor furniture and a Jacuzzi.
DreamVille ticket holders are also allowed to bring their own tents to camp in. The camping opens on Thursday, September 25th at 10:00AM, and it closes on Monday, the 29th at 14:00PM.
The site is huge, spread across some 8000-acres of forest among the Chattahoochee Hills. The main stage is abound a 30 minute walk from the DreamVille camping are. The parking is 2.5 miles away from the camping, so comfortable walking shoes are advised.
TomorrowWorld operates a token system for buying refreshments on site, no cash will be accepted for the purchase of food and drink. Food or drink purchased from outside TomorrowWorld will not be permitted to the event. However, outside food may be brought in to DreamVille.
For $75 festival-goers can pre-purchase a BoozeBag, which will be ready to collect at the DreamVille and TomorrowWorld entrances. The custom made purse contains 35 tokens which can be redeemed to purchase food and drink on site. 2014 prices have not been announced but last year food was priced between four and six tokens, alcohol between three and five and bottles of water at two.
There is a variety of food and drink available at DreamVille, ranging from BBQs to crepes and bakeries to hamburgers; there will also be a selection of craft beers and non-alcoholic options including a smoothie shop.
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TomorrowWorld has a zero-tolerance policy towards drugs and searches will be taking place. 2013 saw a dog unit at the entrance as well as uniformed and undercover police officers.
Security teams will be performing body-searches upon entry to DreamVille and TomorrowWorld.
EDM fans will recognise the venue as it was used for other EDM festivals such as CounterPoint and Echo Festival.
The 2013 Tomorrowland festival official anthem was named after the TomorrowWorld site, Chattahoochee.
The 2013 line-up included Armin Van Buuren, Benny Benassi, Axwell, Calvin Harris, Fedde Le Grand, Laidback Luke, Crookers, R3hab, Dimitiri Vegas and Like Mike, and David Guetta, the full lineup can be found here
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Guest blog by Christine
If you have walked in Europe you will have come across signs giving you an estimated walking time to a destination. If you have walked in different countries you may have noticed that the basis for the estimation varies. The variation is down to the flawed implementation of the EU Walking Time Directive. A brilliant concept, realisation of the vision would have allowed citizens from any member state to plan walks both in country and across borders on a standard basis. Not only would this have promoted walking as a hobby it would also have fostered European solidarity.
It's easy to forget that it was the UK who originally pushed for this piece of EU regulation. British civil servants believed that walking was an English invention and saw the Directive as an opportunity for orderly adoption of Naismith's Rule across the continent.
The French of course had Hercule's Convention. Although this was only used in France, parts of Canada and Polynesia, they insisted that this was adopted as an alternative. At this point English newspapers, in particular the Daily Mail, ran a scare story that British walking would have to be speeded up if it was to comply with Europe. The Minister of Walks denied this was the case but the John Major Government panicked and negotiated a British opt out.
The rest of Europe continued to develop the Directive without the solid basis of Naismith's rule. Perhaps the most damaging intervention came from an alliance between the Dutch and the Danes. The so called "flat land standard hour" meant no account was given to any variation in altitude.
The resulting Directive was duly implemented in all member states but experience reveals the following:
- Spanish walking times are regionally specific
- the French erected signs with dual walking times depending on whether you had eaten the plat de jour
- the Italians had a special time for walkers wearing lycra and designer glasses
- the Greeks doubled walking times
- the Germans doubled walking speeds (triple on the autobahn)
- Austrian walking times speeded up in the afternoons and failure to maintain the pace meant denial of access to mountain huts
- the Irish wrote a song about it.
Perhaps the only country to have realised the vision of the early Directive pioneers is Switzerland which of course is not in the EU. Using permanently positioned satellites the Swiss constantly monitor average walking times and recalibrate signs on a daily basis to ensure that times accurately reflect evolving walker capabilities.
I'm personally a devoted European but the troubled history of the EU Walking Time Directive shows the distance that can sometimes exist between vision and reality.
Location:The EU Walking Times Directive
Juan Holgado April 22, 2011 at 5:43 PM
Thanks Christine for your interesting notes about the curiosities of the European walking standards.
Roger Darlington April 23, 2011 at 7:12 PM
Another effort at consumer empowerment which proved misguided then.


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The Tzedakah Lab at Teachers College, Columbia University is led by Professor Noah D. Drezner. The Lab's mission is found in its name. Tzedakah (צדקה ze·DAH·kah) is a Hebrew word with its closest translation to philanthropy. The word comes from the same root as the word Tzedek (צדק righteousness, fairness, or justice). Our premise for the research and work of the Lab is that philanthropy can be motivated by and help pursue social justice.
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Members of the Tzedakah Lab team continue to develop and refine theories of donor motivations and prosocial behavior development. Through this theoretically driven work, we strive to create practitioner-relevant scholarship that informs research and practice. Our multidisciplinary work, using sociological and social-psychology frameworks in particular, addresses the theoretical gap in the literature.
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The Tzedakah Lab team is actively engaged the dissemination of other's work to scholars and scholar-practitioners in order to create a vibrant scholarly and practitioner community. To do so, the Lab is home to several resources including the academic journal, Philanthropy & Education, the Association of Study of Higher Education's (ASHE) group Scholars of Philanthropy in Higher Education (SoPHiE), the Palgrave book series Philanthropy and Education, a literature database for scholars and practitioners named PETRA (Philanthropy Education Translational Research Archive.
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Research-practice partnerships are mutually beneficial collaborations that promote the production of evidence-informed practice. The Tzedakah Lab welcomes research-practice partnerships with institutions of higher education. These partnerships can take short- and long-term forms. Possible partnerships are through our Alumni Census Project and customized Institutional Workshops.
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We believe that all people can engage in voluntary action—regardless of social identity and socioeconomic status—that reclaims education as a public good. As such, we bring scholarship and practice together, so that all communities are seen as and empowered to be philanthropists.
The Tzedakah Lab team is actively engaged in new research and the dissemination of other's work to scholars and scholar-practitioners in order to create a vibrant scholarly and practitioner community. To do so, the Lab is home to several resources including the academic journal, Philanthropy & Education, the Association of Study of Higher Education's (ASHE) group Scholars of Philanthropy in Higher Education (SoPHiE), the Palgrave book series Philanthropy and Education, a literature database for scholars and practitioners named PETRA (Philanthropy Education Translational Research Archive). Further, we share and further our research through the creation of research-practice partnerships that include our Alumni Census Project and institutional workshops.
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HHS Issues Important Notice Regarding Transmission of Medical Records to Third Parties Following Ciox Health Decision
by Jessica Melendez | Feb 14, 2020 | Blog | 0 comments
HHS Issues
HHS Issues On January 23, 2020, the Federal District Court of the District of Columbia issued a decision in Ciox Health, LLC v. Azar, et al., which has implications on the type of protected health information that must be transmitted to third parties and the fees that can be charged for the transmission.
HHS Issues important notice
Ciox Health, LLC, a national medical records provider, filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in January 2018 concerning various legal restrictions and conditions placed on the transmission of protected health information (PHI) to third parties. Most significantly, the case concerns what a company like Ciox can charge for responding to a patient's request to send PHI to a third party.
To ensure that patients have ready access to their medical records, HHS adopted rules limiting what companies can charge for delivering PHI. These restrictions are known as the "Patient Rate." For years, it has been understood that the Patient Rate limitations only applied to a patient's request to access their own PHI, and not to a patient's request to send PHI to third parties such as insurance companies and law firms. However, that understanding changed in 2016 when HHS published guidance stating that the Patient Rate applies even to requests to send PHI to third parties. According to Ciox, this change caused Ciox and other medical records companies to lose millions of dollars in revenue.
In its lawsuit, Ciox challenged the 2016 guidance and its expansion of the Patient Rate to non-patients as violative of the procedural and substantive protections of the Administrative Procedure Act. Ciox also challenged a regulation adopted in 2013, which requires medical records companies to send PHI to third parties regardless of the format in which the PHI is contained, and in the format specified by the patient. Ciox argued that Congress only required that certain types of electronic health records be delivered to third parties, not all records regardless of their format, as the 2013 rule requires.
On January 23, 2020, the District Court for the District of Columbia issued an opinion1 holding that "HHS's 2013 rule compelling delivery of PHI to third parties regardless of the records' format is arbitrary and capricious insofar as it goes beyond the statutory requirements set by Congress" and that "HHS's broadening of the Patient Rate in 2016 is a legislative rule that the agency failed to subject to notice and comment in violation of the APA."
Accordingly, the District Court declared unlawful and vacated the 2016 Patient Rate expansion and the 2013 mandate broadening PHI delivery to third parties regardless of format.
Following the Ciox decision, HHS released a notice2 stating that the federal court had vacated the third party directive to the extent that it requires the transmission of PHI to third parties in any format, and explained that the Patient Rate will only apply to an individual's request for access to their own records—not to an individual's request to transmit records to a third party. The notice further states that "OCR will continue to enforce the right of access provisions in 45 C.F.R. § 164.524 that are not restricted by the court order."
Although the decision provides some relief to companies like Ciox, it is important to remember that covered entities and business associates must still comply with state laws which may provide individuals and third parties with more rights to access PHI.
https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2018cv0040-51
https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/court-order-right-of-access/index.html
It should also be noted that OCR has recently increased its efforts to enforce the Right of Access Rule and launched an initiative early last year to ensure that individuals receive their records in a timely manner and without being overcharged. OCR has already fined two covered entities – a hospital and a primary care and interventional pain management services provider – $85,000 each under this initiative.
The Ciox decision and OCR's Right of Access Initiative are important for healthcare providers who process patients' requests for medical records, as well as those who outsource that function to business associates.
Tips for healthcare providers and business associates post-Ciox decision
Providers and business associates must train staff to properly identify and timely respond to patient access requests. In light of the Ciox decision, staff should be trained to differentiate between patient requests to access their own records and patient requests to transmit their records to third parties. Policies and procedures should be revised to clarify this distinction along with the corresponding HIPAA and state obligations in responding to these requests.
Providers and business associates must also remember that the limitation on fees still applies to patient requests to access their own records. Under HIPAA, an individual who has requested a copy of their records may not be charged more than a reasonable, cost-based fee that is limited to certain labor, supply, and postage costs.
Providers who contract with business associates for Health Information Management services must also ensure that the business associates are in alignment with and trained to adhere to the providers' policies and procedures. The underlying services agreement may address potential liability and/or indemnification in the event the business associate fails to comply with its contractual or HIPAA obligations.
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A History of U.S. Foreign Policy from Z to Shining Z
In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, William Inboden, editor-in-chief of the Texas National Security Review, is joined by Robert Zoellick, former president of the World Bank, and Philip Zelikow, former executive director of the 9/11 Commission and counselor to numerous administrations, to discuss Zoellick's new book, America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy. They also discuss how Zoellick transformed himself from an economist, an expert in finance, a lawyer, and a diplomat, into a historian who wrote an overarching history of a vast period of American power.
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"Days Of Our Lives'" Victoria Konefal Shares How She's Bringing Her Feminism To Salem On BUST's "Poptarts" Podcast
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Days Of Our Lives, the most iconic soap opera ever to grace the small screen, has been running five days a week on NBC since 1965. Victoria Konefal, the show's super popular new star, joined the cast in 2017 as Ciara Brady—the strong-willed daughter of the show's power couple Bo and Hope—and shortly after making her debut, she was singled out for a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series. She has been voted #1 Soap Actress multiple times in polls conducted by TV Source Magazine, and in this hilarious and revealing episode of BUST's Poptarts podcast, she shares her unique feminist perspective on what it's like inside the wild and truly woman-centric world of soaps.
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Jeff Bezos $100m charity donation slammed by Corbyn: "Just pay your taxes"
November 26, 2019 Ben StevensCompanies Industry News
Jeremy Corbyn has called out Jeff Bezos' recent philanthropic donation of nearly $100 million telling him to "just pay your taxes".
Amazon's founder and chief executive Bezos, also the richest man in the world with a net worth of roughly $110 billion (£78.5 billion), was praised for donating $98.5 million to a range of homeless charities via his philanthropic fund 'Bezos One Day Fund'.
The Labour Party Leader Corbyn, currently on the campaign trail ahead of the December 12 general election, criticised Bezos on Twitter highlighting that this was just "0.09 per cent of your net worth", adding "just pay your taxes".
That's 0.09% of your net worth.
Just pay your taxes. https://t.co/KEke1NUE8E
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) November 24, 2019
Amazon has been criticised across the political spectrum for taking advantage of various tax breaks to dramatically reduce the amount of tax it pays.
In the US in 2018 Amazon paid nothing in federal taxes despite reporting profits of more than $11 billion.
Amazon does not disclose what it pays in tax in the UK, but the GMB workers union estimates it should have paid £103 million in corporation tax last year, while Amazon's biggest UK arm which discloses its accounts paid just £14 million.
READ MORE: Amazon has paid less corporation tax in 20 years than M&S did last year
An Amazon spokesperson said these "calculations are completely incorrect".
Labour has pledged to increase corporation tax in the UK to 26 per cent in a bid to level the playing field between online players like Amazon and high street stores who are being battered by business rates bills, leading to more than 10,000 high street stores to shut this year.
My card to @Amazon on its 25th birthday.
"You owe the British people millions in taxes that pay for the public services that we all rely on. Please pay your fair share."#Amazon #Amazon25 pic.twitter.com/8YewzxEb1K
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) July 5, 2019
This is not the first time Corbyn has taken aim at Bezos, having written a birthday card to Bezos on Amazon's 25th birthday stating: "Dear Jeff. Happy Birthday. You owe the British people millions in taxes that pay for the public services that we all rely on. This year, pay your fair share of taxes, give your hard-working staff a pay rise and respect workers' rights. Many Happy Tax Returns, Jeremy."
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New Nukes
History is in danger of repeating itself, with plans in the UK to build at least three new reactor types, as well as plans for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) that are commercially unproven. Nuclear economics has always been a hotly debated topic for SPRU's Professor Gordon MacKerron, who was critical of the government's optimistic cost appraisals for nuclear new builds in the 1980s and 1990s. Professor MacKerron explains that increases in costs, due to more complex reactor design and higher safety standards, are not offset by cost reductions achieved through experience. In addition to nuclear economics, the handling of nuclear waste is another highly contentious area. In 2013, Cumbria County Council rejected an application for the siting of a geological waste disposal facility – an indisputable knock to public acceptability of an ambitious nuclear new build program. With the UK being one of few countries to construct nuclear-propelled submarines, research undertaken by Professor Andy Stirling, Emily Cox and Dr Johnstone at SPRU finds that workforce skills for the civilian and defence sectors in the UK appear to have some degree of mutual dependency. Sustaining the skills needed for nuclear submarines could therefore provide some explanation for the strength of the UK's commitment to nuclear new builds, while other (non-nuclear submarine) European countries, such as Germany, are moving to phase out nuclear. The differing democratic qualities of Germany and the UK have also been identified as a key factor in understanding the very different decisions taken by the two countries.
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SpaceX Starhopper Completes Final Test Flight
by Sidney Fraser | Aug 28, 2019 | Science Fiction / Fantasy | 0 comments
On August 27, 2019 SpaceX made history with its second and final test flight of its craft 'Spacehopper'. The craft, powered by a SpaceX Raptor engine, slowly climbed into the air and reached a hight of 150 meters before gracefully "hopping" to one side and then landing gently. The whole affair lasted a mere 57 seconds but represented a major leap forward to Elon Musk's dream of landing on Mars.
Spacehopper made its first test flight last month, when it rose to a height of 20 meters and hovered momentarily before landing. Today's test launch showed the technologic marvel of a craft maneuvering while hovering. Having proven its worth and showing a job well done, Spacehopper will now be retired from flight.
Moving forward SpaceX will now begin the final phases of building the craft 'Starship' and rocket 'Super Heavy'. Both the craft and rocket will use 41 of the Raptor engines to enter the atmosphere. Together these examples of master engineering will make the trek through space to the red soil of Mars and beyond.
The goal of Starship and Super Heavy will be the ability to repeatedly launch and land crew (and eventually passengers) in different locations on Earth, as well as into space. Elon Musk has said that both vehicles (ship and rocket) will replace SpaceX's existing fleet of Falcon rockets and Dragon spacecraft to carry satellites, cargo and humans into space.
SpaceX was founded by Elon Musk in 2002 and it has made great strides in the private space flight sector. Musk has faced some criticism for what some have called 'Sci-fi and Steampunk' designs for both Spacehopper and Starship, however it is well known that Mr. Musk has been a science fiction fan since his childhood. While his designs are distinctly 'retro', today's launch proved that the design takes nothing away from the crafts ability to do its job.
While Spacehopper has taken its final flight, its work will continue as a stand to test Raptor engines on the ground. The Starship vehicle could take to the skies as early as next year.
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Sidney Fraser is an American transplanted to a new life in London, where she explores fannish and geeky places, events and creations, which she relates in the continuing True and Proper Adventures of Sidney Fraser.
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Free Resouces
Government's 'Conversion Therapy' Ban is Harmful
Christian Concern responds to the government's announcement that it plans to legislate to ban so-called 'conversion therapy'.
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5/14/20213 min read
Criminalising consensual conversations
Andrea Williams, CEO of Christian Concern said: "Any ban would criminalise certain consensual conversations. People would risk criminal sanctions for talking with someone who raises the subject of unwanted sexual attractions. This is not what a free society looks like.
"The merest suggestion that sex is best reserved for heterosexual marriage could be criminalised by such laws. Any ban on 'conversion therapy' is bound to seriously inhibit free speech."
Criminalising helping gender confused children
Andrea Williams, CEO of Christian Concern said: "Any ban would criminalise talking therapy for people experiencing gender confusion. We have already seen the harm that a professional ban on talking therapy has done to children with gender confusion who need help. It has provoked resignations and a legal case prohibiting puberty-blockers. If talking therapy is criminalised then no-one will be able to help gender confused children."
Victim fund will encourage accusations
Andrea Williams, CEO of Christian Concern said: "Plans to set up a fund for 'victims of conversion therapy' will only encourage people to make accusations. Anything that could be deemed 'conversion therapy' will be reported in the hope of obtaining compensation. We will become a snitcher society.
"Some people feel regret or dissatisfaction about every kind of counselling or therapy. This is not to be equated with actual harm, which is not demonstrated by scientific studies, nor even claimed in the Memorandum of Understanding. "The government is hereby promising to reward people who report on private conversations or prayer. This is the way totalitarian governments behave."
Consultation on 'conversion therapy'
The government announced plans for a consultation on ' conversion therapy'.
Andrea Williams, CEO of Christian Concern said: "It is high time all the arguments were heard and listened to. For too long the government and media have only listened to LGBT activists who are determined to criminalise consensual prayer, or conversations aimed at helping those who want to be helped.
"LGBT activist and head of ITV News Paul Brand has wrongly claimed that there have been 'years of consultation' on this issue. This is completely untrue. There has never been a public consultation on this issue.
"What there has been is a series of invite-only meetings with the Coalition Against Conversion Therapy. This is a secretive organization with no online presence comprised of representatives of the mental health bodies.
"These are the people commissioned by the Department of Health in 2014 to draw up the current professional ban on so-called 'conversion therapy'. It is time for the government to listen to other voices and to understand the harmful intolerance of imposing a criminal ban on helping people."
A fundamental breach of human rights
Andrea Williams, CEO of Christian Concern said: "Any ban on 'conversion therapy' is bound to fundamentally breach human rights. Private consensual conversations will be criminalised breaching freedom of expression and freedom of speech. Campaigners are clear that private prayer should be criminalised breaching freedom of religion. Preaching that criticises sexual immorality would be criminalised too, again breaching freedom of religion and belief. No ban on conversion therapy can avoid breaching human rights."
"It appears that we have a government that does not care about human rights but wants to criminalise certain consensual conversations. This shows just what an intolerant society we are becoming.
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The wine and spirit industry is set to save £175 million in additional duty payments following the British Chancellor's decision to scrap the Alcohol Duty Escalator, according to Budget forecasts.
The decision follows the successful Call Time on Duty campaign, spearheaded by the Wine and Spirit Trade Association, along with the Scotch Whisky Association and The TaxPayers' Alliance, and saw almost 90% of MPs emailed by their constituents through the www.calltimeonduty.co.uk website.
As a result of the Chancellor's changes, wine duty is set to rise by RPI inflation (2.5%), instead of the expected 4.5%, and spirits duty will be frozen altogether for this year.
WSTA chief executive Miles Beale comments: "The Chancellor's decision to scrap the alcohol duty escalator a year early and freeze alcohol duty for spirits is fantastic news and will be widely welcomed by consumers and businesses. The move will help British pubs, bars, and restaurants up and down the country, and will boost jobs and investment in the great British drinks industry and in the hospitality sector more widely."
Independent economic research from Ernst and Young has found scrapping the escalator will boost the public finances by £230m and create 6,000 new jobs.
He adds: "While we would have liked to have seen a complete freeze on wine duty, this is a positive step and as such the WSTA applauds the Chancellor's decision to scrap the escalator."
The revised rates are due to come into effect at midnight, Sunday 23rd March.
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International Volunteer Day (IVD), celebrated on 5 December, is the opportunity to recognize and appreciate all efforts invested by volunteers to advance on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across the world. The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme joins this celebration to honour, with other volunteering organizations, the thousands of women and men, young and old, who are giving their time and capacity to strengthen community resilience to climatic, social or political challenges.
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In West and Central Africa, IVD is celebrated in all 24 countries by governments, civil society, non-governmental organizations and the UN system.
This year's theme, "Volunteers build resilient communities", focuses on the values of volunteerism through the appreciation of local volunteers (including the marginalized groups and women, who make up nearly 60 per cent of volunteers worldwide) and their impact on building a resilient community.
In Bamako (Mali), UNV commends the engagement of women in volunteerism, in a photo exhibition called "portraits of women volunteers in Mali". Through this activity, the role and outstanding achievements of women serving as UN Volunteers with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and other UN agencies, funds and programmes are highlighted and recognized. The exhibition will introduce to the public 15 to 20 portraits of UN Volunteers in action in their working environment in Mali. This activity also targets increasing the number of women signed up to the global UNV database as volunteer candidates.
In Gabon, young people are invited to participate in a slam competition, as a popular urban art for young people. The themes of the texts to be declaimed will have to take into account the promotion of volunteering and development and the fight against discrimination against women. The slam contest is organized at the French Institute of Libreville to award the prize for the best text in translating the theme chosen for the occasion: "Volunteers build resilient communities".
In Guinea Bissau, UN Volunteers are working with UN Habitat, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the National Volunteer Committee, Civil Protection, the Red Cross and the Government to promote the resilience of urban communities in Gabusinho and Antula neighborhoods. A training of 50 volunteers and community members is organized over two days, on infrastructure resilience and good practices on house building as well as to establish a 'plant barrier' (sebes vivas) with enlarged canopy trees to reduce the impact of the heavy winds in Gabusinho.
Togo stands out strongly in the IVD celebrations. Volunteers from different organizations will share experiences between them through a television broadcast by local television channel TVT. UNV also participates in "Eco jogging", a public health and sports event that allows participants, while running to keep fit, to pick up plastic bags in the street. Other activities include the organization of a"Volunteer of the Year" contest, and the installation of the IVD Village, which is a fair where various volunteer structures will be displayed around their exhibition booth.
In Guinea, UNV will facilitates the training of 200 young people on the concept of volunteering at the University of Kindia on 5 December. IN the lead up to that, a fundraising campaign in solidarity with people with disabilities was initiated from 25 November to 4 December by international and national institutions, companies and non-governmental organizations in Conakry and Kindia.
In Niger, the production and broadcasting of a documentary film on the work of volunteers in agriculture, gender equality, community resilience and more is planned for the IVD launch in NIamey and Maradi. Additionally, UNV is convening a volunteer forum on the theme of community resilience, gender and development, prevention and peaceful crisis management. Another important activity targets the collection of food products, pharmaceuticals, clothes and toys for distribution to minors in detention in the prison of Kollo in Niamey.
In Liberia, eight high schools were chosen and prepared to discuss the values of volunteerism under the theme "Does Volunteerism Contribute to Resilient Communities?" On this occasion, UNV is working with partners to provide awards (UNV t-shirts, caps and certificates) to the top three schools.
In Chad, UNV and partners are launching awareness-raising activities on volunteerism for women and youth. In solidarity with people affected with leprosy, volunteers will clean a clinic and school for their children and then donate school supplies to students, mainly girls, to encourage them to have quality education.
With UNV, volunteers in Cameroon launched the rehabilitation of two boreholes in the Bogo community in the far North of the country and participated in a fair to present to the public the achievements made by volunteers for their communities. The activity took place at the Reunification Monument in Yaoundé.
In Benin, volunteers organized a safety and hand-washing awareness-raising caravan followed by donations of waste bins and handwashing equipment in Cotonou on 3 December.
In Sierra Leone, IVD activities will take place over four days, including the cleaning-up and painting a hospital ward, the Princess Christian Maternity Teaching Hospital.
Other activities to celebrate the volunteers are underway, such as in Dakar, Senegal, where a high-level panel on community resilience through volunteering, an exhibition of volunteer organizations and a blood donation drive have been organized.
IVD will also be markedin Nigeria where UNV, in partnership with other stakeholders, paid a pre-visit to camps for internally displaced persons in Abuja and where a rapid needs assessment was conducted. Internally displaced persons at Gongola camp will be benefiting from a training and medical outreach programme on 4 December 2018, supported by the UN Clinic. About 100 internally displaced persons will be trained as advocates for peace building, conflict resolution and community resilience.
In Congo, the Volunteer Organizations Platform has put in place a joint plan for the commemoration of 5 December 2018. It aims at fostering community resilience to promote sustainable development. Among the planned activities, a conference-debate on "Resilience", a donation of books for local libraries, clean-up operations and sports activities between international and national volunteers will be held.
In the Gambia, UNV hosted a radio show about the importance of volunteerism and the dangers of illicit drugs, as well a round table with university students to discuss on volunteerism as a solution for community development and the dangers of irregular migration.
In Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic and Ghana, etc., volunteers will also be fully commended for their various contributions to local communities, as part of the celebrations on IVD.
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GSK Plc (NYSE:GSK) rose 7.9% and Sanofi (NASDAQ:SNY) gained 8.1% after winning in a Zantac product liability lawsuit. GSK consumer spinofff Haleon (NYSE:HLN) advanced 7.3%.
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Zantac was withdrawn from the U.S. market in 2020 amid concerns over the unacceptable levels of potential human carcinogen, N-nitrosodimethylamine. The users of the drug have filed thousands of lawsuits over its carcinogenic effects against drugmakers, including Sanofi (SNY) and GSK (GSK).
"Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 requires a court to grant summary judgment for a moving party when the party proves that there is no genuine dispute of material fact and that the party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law," U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg wrote in the opinion.
"As a result, if the plaintiff does not have this evidence, there is no genuine dispute of material fact, and the defendant is entitled to judgement as a matter of law," Rosenberg added .
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Israeli security forces clash with Palestinian and foreign protesters in the heart of the West Bank city of Hebron, on February 24, 2017 (AFP Photo/HAZEM BADER)
Hebron (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Hundreds of Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli soldiers Friday in the powderkeg West Bank city of Hebron on the anniversary of a 1994 massacre carried out by a far-right Jewish settler.
Soldiers fired tear gas and sound grenades to disperse the crowd as cannons doused them with stinking water, an AFP correspondent said. There was no report of injuries.
Jewish settlers, of whom 500 are entrenched in the centre of the city of around 200,000 Palestinians, hurled stones at the protesters who also pelted soldiers with stones.
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"Today we are here to send the message to the Trump administration that we exist, we deserve full rights as everybody in the world. We disrespect this president who does not see us as equal human beings with everyone."
Palestinians in Hebron have stepped up calls for the Israeli army to re-open a street near the Jewish settler enclave in the heart of the city that has been largely closed off to Palestinians for the past 23 years since the massacre.
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Steve Madden Calls Iggy Azalea's Twitter Slam a 'Lover's Quarrel'
By Jackie Willis 7:32 AM PST, January 30, 2015
Iggy Azalea has put her foot in her mouth plenty of times, but despite her recent Twitter rant, Steve Madden is still standing behind the "Fancy" rapper.
"This was a lover's quarrel," the shoe brand told ET on Friday. "We love Iggy and are very excited about our collaboration. When you get two artists working together sometimes there are fireworks."
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Steve Madden's statement is a far cry from what Iggy was tweeting (and later deleting) on Thursday. "Everything in collaboration is supposed to be mutually approved. But Steve madden did the most disgusting photo shoot ever and never even told me about it," the GRAMMY nominee said after seeing a Tumblr page with Steve Madden images of her. "I'm just now seeing it as its uploaded on some random Tumblr page and I am livid."
Continuing to spout her disapproval, she tweeted: "I worked really hard on the creative direction of both the shoes and the shoot I WAS involved with and in."
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She added: "I really feel it's been tainted with these God awful images that Steve madden took upon (sic) themselves to create and share without my knowledge. Gross gross gross."
But of course, she couldn't stop there. "I've been bamboozled with a Tumblr page where everyone wears socks and takes unintentional crotch shots on pool toys," the rant continued. "I'm in shock."
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The Tumblr images have since been removed and Iggy also deleted her tweets. She later Instagrammed the images she did approve of along with a lengthy message about her partnership with Steve Madden. What we gather from her posts, she really didn't like the socks in the shoot.
"Sorry for the drama! I didn't mean for it to turn into some big blog situation (as usual) but I'm not gonna sit back and totally let Steve Madden get dragged under the bus because as a whole they're awesome ppl," she wrote. "I just don't support neoprene Jesus sandals WITH socks. That all."
Steve Madden agreed, telling ET, "It's our creative differences that allow us to design an incredible collection and we are looking forward to sharing it with the world!"
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Islander Students Earn Research & Innovation Grants to Conduct High-Impact Studies
By Luisa Buttler, Elizabeth Mock | Published: May 10, 2019
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – From phytoplankton levels in Texas waters, to counseling for single mothers, to the health of NCAA women's soccer players, Islander students are involved in a wide range of research endeavors. The Division of Research and Innovation (R&I) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is committed to supporting this work through its internal funding program.
"Our internal student research competition enables students to design, fund, and complete a research project on campus or in the community," said Dr. Ahmed Mahdy, Vice President for R&I. "That experience prepares them for graduate school or the workforce."
R&I granted up to $800 each to eight Islander student researchers for the upcoming 2019-2020 academic year. One student, Nora Maza, who is pursuing her Ph.D. in Counselor Education, received funding for her project titled, "Enhancing Support for Single Mothers through a Psychoeducational Counseling Group." Thanks to the grant, Maza and other counseling education students will implement a psychoeducational counseling group for single mothers to be held at the Antonio E. Garcia Arts & Education Center. Maza's goal is to provide a safe space for single mothers to share experiences with one another, build healthy coping skills, and learn about community resources. The program will also provide masters-level counseling students with the opportunity to gain real world experience in group facilitation.
"One of my favorite aspects of the Garcia Center is the opportunity it provides to A&M-Corpus Christi students to create meaningful programs that impact our community," said Maza. "Single mother households account for 21 percent of local family households, which is higher than the state and national percentage. Not only is the percentage higher, but there is a lack of mental health resources for these women. It is important to address these gaps in resources and provide services that can have a lasting impact on families."
R&I regularly provides funding for innovative high-impact student research with the goal of increasing student competitiveness within the workforce. Islander students receiving R&I 2019-2020 grants include:
Tiffany Chin, Master of Science in Marine Biology student, for her project titled, "Influence of Different Freshwater Inflow Regimes on Phytoplankton Biomass and Community Composition in Three Texas Estuaries," with faculty mentor Dr. Michael Wetz, Associate Professor of Marine Biology.
Chi Huang, Master of Science in Marine Biology student, for her project titled, "Composition and Distribution of Epiphytic Algae within Seagrass through Image Analysis and Effect of Nutrient Level on Accumulation Pattern of Epiphytic Algae and Seagrass Morphology," with faculty mentor Dr. Kirk Cammarata, Associate Professor of Biology.
Nora Maza, Ph.D. in Counselor Education student, for her project titled, "Enhancing Support for Single Mothers through a Psychoeducational Counseling Group," with faculty mentor Dr. Kristina Nelson, Assistant Professor of Counselor Education.
Ethan Taulbee, Master of Science in Fisheries and Mariculture student, for his project titled, "Scale Microchemistry as a Non-Lethal Alternative for Tracking Individually Variable Migration Patterns in Mobile Fish," with faculty mentor Dr. Benjamin Walther, Assistant Professor in the Department of Life Sciences.
Ashley Taylor, Bachelor of Science in Biology student, for her project titled, "Growth Rates as Indicators for Larval Fish Health Post Hurricane Harvey," with faculty mentor Dr. Simon Geist, Assistant Professor of Marine Fisheries.
Kaela Teh, Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies student, for her project titled, "Islanders Helping the Early Acceleration of Readers Together (iHEART): A School-Based Tutorial Program for Teacher Candidates and Primary School Children," with faculty mentor Dr. Bethanie Pletcher, Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.
Jordan Wainwright, Master of Science in Kinesiology-Sports Science student, for her project titled, "The Effect of Pre-season on Renal Biomarkers in NCAA Division One Female Soccer Players in South Texas," with faculty mentor Dr. Daniel Newmire, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology.
Hao Yu, Ph.D. in Coastal and Marine System Science student, for her project titled, "Contribution of Sediment Methane to the Atmosphere from Subtropical Lagoons of Corpus Christi, Texas," with faculty mentor Dr. Richard Coffin, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences.
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1% for the Planet champions environmental causes
Beverage companies team up with environmental nonprofit
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Barbara Harfmann
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With myriad issues impacting the planet, including climate change, dwindling rainforests and food waste, the nonprofit organization 1% for the Planet, in partnership with more than 1,200 member organizations and thousands of nonprofit partners in 40 countries, has been championing environmental change since 2002.
Celebrating its 15th anniversary next year, the Burlington, Vt.-based environmental nonprofit organization was founded by businessmen and environmentalists Yvon Chouinard and Craig Matthews, who launched clothing company Patagonia and fly fishing equipment company Blue Ribbon Flies, respectively. An "a-ha" moment while fishing in Montana was what led these two entrepreneurs to expand into the nonprofit sector, says 1% for the Planet Chief Executive Officer Kate Williams.
"They realized that businesses have an opportunity and obligation to give back to and invest in the natural systems that support all economies," she explains. "Their first project was to pool business resources to protect the very fishing area where the idea was born, exemplifying the inspiration of their own passion for the outdoors."
From the initial idea, the 1% for the Planet network has grown to include diverse businesses from around the globe focusing on a variety of environmental issues ranging from reducing food waste to removing trash from oceans, the organization says.
"Companies donate at least 1 percent of sales directly to approved nonprofit organizations in our network, such as 350.org, Food Corps, the National Forest Foundation and Waterkeeper Alliance," Williams explains. "… But the awesome part of our organization is that there are many ways members can fulfill their donation beyond writing a check.
"… Our member businesses volunteer, donate product and run advertisements featuring the great work that their nonprofits do," she continues. "In the last year, we've seen members bring employees out on service days in local community gardens, provide pro-bono legal advice and more. … Not only does it benefit the nonprofits, but it also serves as a great brand-building strategy by helping members more deeply engage with their staff and consumers around their company values."
Bound together by a shared commitment to caring for the planet, the network has given more than $150 million to approved nonprofit organizations, according to Williams. Beverage companies, like Honest Tea, an independent operating unit of The Coca-Cola Co.; Finlandia Vodka, a division of Brown-Forman Corp.; Spindrift, and Maine Beer Co., have given more than $10 million to date, she adds.
Member organizations, like Bethesda, Md.-based Honest Tea, can use the 1% for the Planet logo on their certified product line, helping increase the global impact of the 1% for the Planet brand. In return, the 1% for the Planet model provides third-party certification to a company's giving, Williams explains.
"The health of the planet has always been at the core of Honest Tea's mission," Williams says. "They have been a 1% for the Planet member with their glass bottle product line sales since 2014 and have given generously to organizations such as FoodCorps, which helps to increase transparency around the way food is produced, distributed and consumed."
Creating meaningful impact
Bringing awareness and solutions to broad issues like how energy is sourced, how to restore endangered habitats and rainforest preservation are among the ways member business and nonprofit partners are creating a meaningful impact, Williams says.
Beverage companies also are behind several causes. For example, because Finlandia Vodka is made with glacial spring water, the Helsinki, Finland-based brand supports Protect Our Winters and the New York/New Jersey Baykeepers, which focus on solutions to the water issues facing the planet, Williams says.
New York-based Juice Generation, which makes sustainably produced smoothies, is dedicated to giving more people access to healthy food. Through its partnership with Harlem Grown, a New York City nonprofit organization, the company funded three school garden projects, which grow 500 pounds of local food and help feed 800 children, she adds.
Additionally, Boxed Water is Better, Grand Rapids, Mich., and beauty supply company Caudalie, New York, have teamed up with the National Forest Foundation to support tree-planting initiatives in U.S. national forests throughout the next three years.
With 12 employees in the United States and additional capacity in France and Japan, 1% for the Planet is "a growing network of people paying it forward for the future of our planet," Williams says.
More consumers also are committed to making a difference. According to New York-based Nielsen's report titled "The Sustainability Imperative," 66 percent of consumers say they're willing to pay more for products and services provided by companies that are engaged in corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives.
Williams adds: "Consumers want their purchases to count — not just for them, but for the causes they care about. There is, in fact, a growing sense of urgency that is the context in which CSR initiatives are really resonating. Through the 1% for the Planet network, we are helping to build this awareness by bringing together dollars and doers to focus on the most pressing issues."
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Independently owned and operated by Max and Lynne Estens, the Coonabarabran Times is the only newspaper covering news and events in the Warrumbungle Shire area. Approximately 2000 copies are distributed each Thursday across the townships of Coonabarabran, Binnaway, Baradine, Coolah, Dunedoo, Mendooran and Gunnedah, also including a digital edition.
The Coonabarabran Times was originally founded in 1927 as an amalgamation of The Bligh Watchman (1877–1927) and The Clarion (1910–1927). It continues to be a solid publication, consisting of local news and issues facing the community, sport, events and advertisements.
In addition to publishing the a weekly newspaper, the Coonabarabran Times also offers commercial printing and photocopying.


By AP • Updated: 03/11/2022
Natalia Pototska, 43, cries as her grandson Matviy looks on in a car at a center for displaced people in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. - Copyright AP
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has driven some 14 million Ukrainians from their homes in "the fastest, largest displacement witnessed in decades", says the UN's refugee chief.
It means the number of refugees and displaced people worldwide has increased to more than 103 million, Filippo Grandi told the UN Security Council.
Grandi, head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said Ukrainians are about to face "one of the world's harshest winters in extremely difficult circumstances".
He said it included the continuing destruction of civilian infrastructure that is "quickly making the humanitarian response look like a drop in the ocean of needs".
Humanitarian organisations have "dramatically scaled up their response," he said, "but much more must be done, starting with an end to this senseless war".
But given "the likely protracted nature of the military situation," Grandi said his agency is preparing for further population movements both inside and outside Ukraine.
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In his wide-ranging briefing, Grandi said that while Ukraine continues to grab headlines, his agency has responded to 37 emergencies around the world in the last 12 months arising from conflicts.
"Yet, the other crises are failing to capture the same international attention, outrage, resources, action," he said.
Grandi pointed to the more than 850,000 Ethiopians displaced in the first half of the year, and said the recent surge in the conflict in northern Tigray has had "an even more devastating impact on civilians."
The UN refugee agency is also in Myanmar, where the country's military rulers are facing armed resistance and an estimated 500,000 people were displaced in the first half of the year, Grandi said.
Humanitarian access remains "a huge challenge," he said, adding that a return home remains distant for the almost 1 million Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled from Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh.
In Congo, brutal attacks including sexual violence against women have added more than 200,000 people to the 5.5 million already displaced in the country, Grandi said.
He lamented that "the horrors" he witnessed when he worked in Congo 25 years ago are repeating themselves, "with displacement being, once again, both a consequence of conflict and a complicating factor in the web of local and international tensions."
Addressing a council responsible for ensuring international peace and security, Grandi said: "Surely we can do better in trying to bring peace to this beleaguered region."
The refugee chief said these crises and others, including the longstanding issue of refugees from Afghanistan and Syria and the complex flow of migrants from the Americas, "are not only fading from media attention but are being failed by global inaction."
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Reasons for displacement are also becoming more complex, with new factors forcing people to flee including the climate emergency, Grandi said.
He urged greater attention and much greater financing for preventing and adapting to the warming planet, warning that otherwise tensions and competition will grow "and spark wider conflict with deadly consequences, including displacement.
"And what is a starker example of `loss and damage' than being displaced and dispossessed from one's home?" he asked.
And he expressed hope that this month's UN summit on climate change in Egypt and the summit in the United Arab Emirates next year will consider both climate's link to conflict and the displacement it causes.
But Grandi said this is not enough. He said the UN refugee agency needs $700 million [€715 million] by the end of the year to avoid severe cuts in its services.
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Methodology Aids Microscopic Study of Fibrils in Molecules
DOUGLAS FARMER, SENIOR EDITOR
Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have found a mechanism to efficiently and accurately measure the point spread functions (PSFs) of the position of molecules, called variance upper bound (VUB). They believe this will someday aid scientists and clinicians as they look to understand what is happening at the molecular level in the body.
The researchers specifically used fluorescent molecules to bind with amyloid fibers and measure their differences in structure. As it turns out, in so doing, they found a way to bypass typical limitations associated with single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) and single-molecule orientation localization microscopy (SMOLM) in the laboratory, which have difficulty tracking molecular movement.
Transient amyloid binding (TAB) SMLM and SMOLM using Nile red (NR). (a) SMLM image of a network of Aβ42 fibrils. Color bar: localizations per bin (20 × 20 nm2). Inset: diffraction-limited image. (b) TAB SMOLM image, color-coded according to the mean azimuthal (ø) orientation of NR molecules within each bin. Inset: main binding mode of NR to β-sheets, that is, dipole moments aligned mostly parallel to the long axis of a fibril (its backbone). (c-g) All individual orientation measurements localized along with fibril backbones within the white boxes in (b). Scale bars: (a, b) 1 µm, (f, g) 100 nm. Courtesy of Matthew Lew.
"SMOLM is useful for seeing how molecules are assembled or how they move in a variety of soft matter, that is, squishy, liquid-like system," said Matthew Lew, an assistant professor in the Preston M. Green Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering at Washington University. "For example, SMOLM can be used to see how molecular motors move cargo inside cells, how receptors open and close to let molecules in and out of a cell, or to see how molecules move within the pores of a nanoparticle for alternative energy applications."
A recently published study from Lew and his colleagues pointed out that while PSFs measure only one orientation at a time, the method they devised can measure many at one time, and swiftly. They reported that with the aid of VUB, the team was able to measure fluorescence attached to amyloid fibers and accurately image differences in these networks.
The team used Nile red (NR), a fluorescent molecule that binds with a biological structure and emits light only when it is attached to a particular target of study.
Using VUB, the researchers said they were able to enhance the effectiveness of SMOLM in measuring the positioning of fibrils commonly seen in the brains of those with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. They observed the binding of the fluorescent molecules along the long axis of the fibrils.
"All fibrils look the same under a normal fluorescence microscope, but SMOLM sees differences in how these fibrils formed," Lew said.
The researchers envision transient amyloid binding SMOLM providing vital clues in structure and toxicity that would aid the search for effective treatment of these conditions.
"The drug industry has spent tens of billions of dollars making drugs that are very effective at removing all systemic amyloid beta from patients, with no clinical benefit," Lew said. "The structures of these protein assemblies are correlated with the positive and detrimental effects they have on neurons, but this exact relationship is nebulous and not well understood. We are using SMOLM to push the frontiers of this understanding."
This research was published in Optica (www.doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.388157).
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Owaisi's driver fined for driving SUV without number plate; cop rewarded ₹5,000 for action
After the police asked for the fine, a few supporters of the AIMIM chief gathered outside the guest house where the SUV had reached. Soon, senior police officials also reached the spot.
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The driver ferried Owaisi to a guest house in Solapur city in Maharashtra
The incident happened on Tuesday when Owaisi was in Solapur for an event
Traffic police inspector Chandrakant Wable then collected Rs 200 fine from the driver of the vehicle
The driver of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi was fined Rs 200 from the police after he ferried Owaisi to Solapur city in Maharashtra. The police on Wednesday said the vehicle was found without a number plate. The incident took place on Tuesday when Owaisi, who represents the Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency in neighbouring Telangana state, was in Solapur for an event, he said.
The policeman, who took the action against his vehicle was later given a cash reward of Rs 5,000 by the local police authorities, the official said.
"All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) party president Asaduddin Owaisi's luxury SUV reached the government guest house located in Sadar Bazar area in Solapur, following which the politician went to take rest. However, assistant police inspector Ramesh Chintankidi, who was on duty there at that time, noticed that the leader's car did not have a number plate on its front side," he said.
Chintankidi then asked Owaisi's driver to pay a fine as the vehicle was without a number plate, he said.
Following this, a few supporters of the AIMIM chief gathered outside the guest house, but soon senior police officials also reached the spot.
Traffic police inspector Chandrakant Wable then collected Rs 200 fine from the driver of the vehicle, he said.
"Solapur Police Commissioner Harish Baijal then honoured API Chintankidi by giving a cash reward of Rs 5,000 for his action," the official said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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King's Quest Chapter 3 Launches April 26th
The first two episodes of Graham's life hit some pretty positive press on their releases last year. The third instalment is currently slated for release on April 26th on PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC.
Since The Odd Gentlemen announced their episodes remake of the point and click classic, the series has been widely praised for its careful balance of originality and faithfulness to its parent games. Tasked with rescuing his future bride, it will be interesting to see if Young King Graham lives up to this spectacular press. With hints that the story behind this witch-filled meet cute is deeper than expected, it seems the flare of originality will prevail in the latest episode titled 'Once Upon A Climb'
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