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Grasping the reality of the virus
Ahmed Morsy , Wednesday 18 Mar 2020
Most Egyptians are well aware of the dangers of Covid-19, but more work is needed to prevent infection
After weeks of dealing with the Covid-19 outbreak as onlookers, Egyptians suddenly found themselves in the middle of the storm this week with the government announcing several strict precautionary measures to prevent its spread.
Schools, universities, and educational centres were closed for two weeks as part of the country's plans to deal with any possible repercussions of the new coronavirus, and all sports activities were suspended for the same period.
More drastic measures followed throughout the week, including a decision to suspend flights altogether with the outside world starting on 19 March and threats of stricter rules on movement should people not restrict their movements.
"Following the cabinet's decisions on Saturday to close schools for two weeks, I became more aware of the seriousness of the situation. My own hygiene and that of everyone else is important for the safety of everyone," Ahmed Yehia, public-relations manager at a private university in Cairo, told Al-Ahram Weekly.
Awareness of the dangers of Covid-19 has been on the rise, with messages delivered through regular media and even more so through social media, including on platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook. Changing habits is often part of the content of these messages, but this remains something that everybody has to work on.
Yehia, an employee in his late 30s, recounts that while at the office at the outset of the week, he felt guilty after shaking hands with several clients. "What if any of them were infected, I kept telling myself. However, by the end of a long day I had forgotten," he said.
He was starkly reminded again when in the evening he went to do some shopping and saw crowds doing "doomsday" shopping. "Most of the shelves were empty of basic food products," he said, adding that he then started panic-buying as well.
"The lack of shopping carts and scenes of empty shelves and panic-buying led me to do the same," said Essam, another Cairo resident, adding that he had spent almost double the amount he usually spends on household shopping.
"I began to search for other products that I don't usually buy to compensate for the lack of food products that I usually buy," he added.
Egypt's Supply Minister Ali Moselhi said there was no reason to panic because neither supermarkets nor pharmacies would close, and there was plenty of food available for purchase.
"The strategic reserve for food commodities is sufficient for several months. Our stocks of wheat and sugar are sufficient for more than four months, and the reserve of raw edible oil is sufficient for more than three-and-a-half months, in addition to the quantities produced and available in the markets. We have enough rice supplies for five months," the minister stated.
The panic was not just about food products, but also masks, disinfectants and sanitisers, however. "The most popular products nowadays are antiseptics, hand sanitisers, gloves, and masks," Mahmoud Helmi, branch manager of a pharmacy chain located in Giza, told the Weekly.
Due to the demand, many of these items have not only increased in price but are also disappearing from the shelves.
"The price of one litre of imported hand disinfectant has more than doubled from LE85 to LE180, while the locally produced alternative has risen above LE120 from LE60," Helmi said, adding that masks were out of stock altogether.
Smaller sizes of locally produced antiseptic products, which used to range from LE5 to LE10, have now become LE10 to LE50.
Regarding masks, Abdel-Meguid Mamdouh, a pharmacist in Nasr City, confirmed the shortage of masks in the market and said the most effective N95 mask had almost reached LE100 in price from less than LE20 a few weeks ago, while a pack of regular masks was being sold for LE250 instead of LE40.
"Any attempts to hoard commodities and create crises in the market will be dealt with firmly," Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli said in a press conference on Monday. The Consumer Protection Agency urged citizens to report anyone who raises prices on its hotline 19588 or through its e-mail at [email protected]
On social media platforms, through which the majority of people exchange experiences and alternative home-made recipes for unavailable products, experts proposed an old-fashioned locally produced cologne "as an alternative to alcohol disinfectants".
But even that did not escape the price rises, with its price rising more than five times from LE15 to LE85.
Madbouli called on everyone to avoid gatherings, stressing the importance of attention to hygiene, public health, and the guidelines for the prevention of the spread of the new coronavirus.
"I have begun to wear a mask when getting on public transport, but only 10 to 20 per cent of commuters do the same," Nabila Hamdi, a 43-year-old employee, said. "I do what I am supposed to do, but others look at me as if I were a weirdo," she said, adding that "the awareness of citizens is not enough."
Cairo resident Manal Mohamed said she knew most of the prevention measures but still could not always apply them. "I am not used to using non-contact methods of greeting, and I always forget and sometimes handshake or even kiss while greeting," she said. Mohamed also said she could forget and unintentionally touch her face after touching surfaces.
Among the basic protective measures against the new coronavirus, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), are washing the hands frequently with an alcohol-based hand rub or washing them with soap and water, maintaining social distancing of at least one metre, and avoid touching the eyes, nose and mouth while in public.
In addition, the WHO urged everyone to follow good respiratory hygiene.
The Health Ministry has launched a new Arabic site at www.care.gov.eg that outlines the necessary precautionary measures and also the latest information about the new coronavirus outbreak in Egypt.
It urges anyone presenting with a fever, cough, or difficulty breathing to call one of its two hotlines at 105 or 15335.
*A version of this article appears in print in the 19 March, 2020 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
Ahmed Morsy
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The Word's term today is escape openings. The Word finds this term interesting because these openings involve more than just bedroom windows. Escape openings are also required in many basements and in habitable attics. In addition to escape openings, every home must have one egress door that allows all occupants a continuous and unobstructed path to the exterior without traveling through the garage.
Escape openings provide an escape path out of the dwelling during an emergency and provide rescue personnel, wearing full rescue gear, access into the dwelling. To accomplish this, all escape openings must open on a public area or on an area that opens without obstruction on a public area. An escape opening that opens on an enclosed courtyard or on a partially enclosed courtyard with a lockable gate or door does not satisfy this requirement. An escape opening may open under a deck or porch if the escape opening opens to the full-required dimensions and if there is an unobstructed path at least 36" high from the escape opening to the public area.
Escape openings must be operable from the inside without keys, tools or special knowledge (such as the combination to a lock). They must be operable using the same force, effort and knowledge as is required to open a normal window or door. This requirement places restrictions on components such as security bars and doors, screens and similar potential obstructions. These potential obstructions are allowed if they satisfy the operability requirements. Windows that are painted shut or are otherwise not operable do not satisfy the operability requirements.
Escape opening window measurements are widely known; but some of nuances may be less widely known. The sill height must not be more than 44" above the finished floor. For some windows, such as those with an aluminum frame, the sill height may be different from the bottom of the window frame. The minimum clear opening height and width dimensions are 24" and 20" respectively. The minimum clear opening area is 5.7 square feet, except 5 square feet at grade level. The clear opening is the unobstructed distance between the window sash and frame or between edges of the frame. The window must satisfy all of these requirements to count as an escape opening.
Escape openings are now required in many basements. The exception is for basements less than 200 square feet that are only used for mechanical equipment. This is a new requirement. Previously, basement escape openings were required only if the basement contained a bedroom. Basements that are remodeled to include a bedroom usually require an escape opening for each bedroom, regardless of whether an escape opening was originally required. A basement with one bedroom requires only one escape opening for the bedroom, not an opening for the bedroom and an additional opening for the rest of the basement.
Basements with below-grade escape openings require a well for the opening. The well must be at least 36" wide and deep and must have an area of at least 9 square feet. A ladder is required if the well is more than 44" deep.
An escape opening is also required in a habitable attic. A habitable attic may or may not be a bedroom. Access to such attics is by permanent stairs, a permanent ramp or an egress door. A habitable attic, and any other habitable room, must have a minimum required area of at least 70 square feet and a minimum dimension of at least 7 feet. The ceiling height must be at least 7 feet for at least 35 square feet and must not be less than 5 feet for the other 35 square feet of required area. A habitable room must be heated, but cooling is not required.
One of the purposes of the egress door is to provide another means of escape in an emergency. The egress door is usually the front door, although it does not need to be. The door must be side-hinged. A standard size 36" x 80" door satisfies the door size requirement, although slightly smaller non-standard doors may be allowed. The door must be operable from the inside, just like an escape opening. This means that double-cylinder deadbolt locks are not permitted on the egress door or on any related screen door or security door. A landing or floor is required on each side of the egress door. The landing must be at least as wide as the door and at least 36" deep in the direction of travel. The landing must be not more than 1-½" below the top of the threshold on the inside and not more than 7-¾" below the top of the threshold on the outside. Other exterior doors do not have to comply with these requirements.
Our Standards of Practice does not require that we inspect escape openings and egress doors. Awareness of these requirements is another service you can provide your clients. This awareness also can alert you to remodeling performed without benefit of a building permit. As we know, such remodeling often contains other defects.
Memo to the rescue Gods and other authorities: The Word does not reside on Mt. Olympus (just at its base) and welcomes other viewpoints. Send your lightning bolts or e-mails to inspectorbruce@cox.net. The musing contained herein is that of The Word. It is not ASHI standards or policies.
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A former CIA director asked for a wiretap on a Jewish congresswoman after she allegedly agreed to intervene on behalf of two indicted former AIPAC staffers.
CQ Politics, a division of Congressional Quarterly, reported Sunday that then-CIA chief Porter Goss agreed to request a wiretap on U.S. Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) after she intervenes in the classified information leaks case against Steve Rosen, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's former foreign policy chief, and Keith Weissman, its former Iran analyst.
Harman allegedly was speaking with an "Israeli agent;" the alleged quid pro quo was that the agent would lobby on Harman's behalf in her quest to become chairwoman of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee.
According to the CQ story, Alberto Gonzales, the then-U.S. attorney general, shut down the case because Harman was useful in lobbying on behalf of the administration's quest for expanded eavesdropping powers.
Similar reports surfaced in October 2006, just prior to the midterm elections. Those reports named Haim Saban, the Israeli-American entertainment magnate who is a major donor to the Democratic Party and to AIPAC, as one of several Jewish donors to Harman who allegedly discussed the matter with Harman and with Pelosi.
The CQ report, which cites former national security officials, includes direct quotes from the transcript of Harman's alleged conversation with the Israeli agent.
This story "Report: Rep. Harman on Wiretap Agreeing To Intervene in AIPAC Case" was written by JTA.
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When attempting to run the Static Shipment's 'Release Schedule Instance' action, the following error occurs.
1- Create a Ground Schedule > Run 'Generate Shipments' action.
2- Select one of the generated Static Shipments > Run "Move Order To Shipment" Action.
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Embedding Social Justice in Teacher Education and Development in South Africa
EDS. CARMEL McNAUGHT and SARAH GRAVETT
New York Routledge, 2021, pp. 226, ISBN 9780367348533ISBN
This edited volume by Carmel Mc Naught and Sarah Gravett is part of a series titled Perspectives on education in Africa. The series seeks to "offer tools for analysing, for understanding, and for decision-making concerning contemporary issues of education in Africa" (p. xiii). Its underlying assumption is that such tools and analysis, while respectful of other perspectives should be grounded in indigenous knowledge and experience as a way of decolonising African education. The promotion of African scholarship about Africa is seen as a way of enhancing education in and for African people by celebrating it and theorising lessons for the future.
The book lives up to these expectations as it offers readers fourteen chapters by twenty-five authors from Africa, the UK, Europe, and Canada, situated in universities and development agencies. Together, they give robust, critical analyses of various aspects of teacher education and teacher development in Africa such as philosophical assumptions, professional development and learning principles, economic models, environmental concerns, and access to digital resources. Their aim is to confront issues of social injustice by envisioning ways of facilitating "socially just educational development" through improved teacher preparation curricula and practices. This aim is also met through the presentation of empirical research on "pragmatic strategies" and "forward-looking" initiatives in initial and in-service teacher education.
The book is organised into four sections. The first is titled "Overview Considerations." It begins with Chapter 1, in which Gravett and McNaught pose broad questions about the readiness of teacher education to prepare teachers for a rapidly changing world. Invoking the concept of a "volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous" (VUCA) (p. 4) situation, to convey the difficult challenges teacher education in Africa faces, they suggest it must be reimagined. They propose teacher education must focus on making curricula relevant by curating them to be lifeworthy — ready to manage "the demands of a fast -changing world and uncertain future" (p. 8). Lifeworthy teacher education would be current and cutting edge, include literacies for a digital world, and would position teachers to be "lifeready"— able to use and transfer knowledge as and when needed. This perspective is supported in Chapter 2 as Habler, Bennett and Damani, propose and discuss eight culturally appropriate principles for designing effective teacher professional development and learning for Sub Saharan Africa. In Chapter 3, Ogange and Carr highlight the accomplishments of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) "Teacher Futures" programme in seven African countries, as examples of how Open Educational Resources can strengthen the role of teacher education in "increasing access to and participation in education, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa" (p. 45). The section concludes with a chapter by Dembowski who explains how "social- justice policies" can impact "the prosperity and stability of nation state" (p. 63).
Chapters 5 and 6 in Section Two speak to initial teacher education initiatives that are transformative in helping student teachers develop agency as prospective change agents. Batchelor and Mahomed describe an education excursion project where students are helped to confront their personal experiences of oppression and social injustice. This facilitates critical understanding of social injustice and development of professional competencies and dispositions for social justice advocacy. Petersen, Maseko, Nthimbane and Cancelliere, advocate social justice-oriented service learning as a similar strategy for preparing student teachers to become "critical, caring and transformative actors in society" (p. 95).
Research on school and community-based teacher development activities is highlighted in Section Three. These include a successful participatory action learning and action research (PALAR) model described in Chapter 7, whereby in-service teachers learn to take individual and collective ownership of processes for addressing "personal and contextual psychosocial challenges" (p. 122). The author, Setlhare, contends this enables teachers to become more confident and prepared to support learners psychosocially in sustainable ways. In Chapter 8, Sinyolo, illustrates the value of teacher-development programmes that involve genuine participation of teachers and other key stakeholders in their conceptualisation. He argues this approach "ensures ownership and successful implementation" (p. 142). Drawing on lessons learned from examples such as the prize-winning Quality-Ed programme, he proposes a teacher-competence-based model for building the capacity of teachers for promoting social justice. Chapter 9 also subscribes to the idea that opportunities to facilitate "the co-construction of knowledge" (p. 148) by teachers and school communities are powerful strategies for developing culturally relevant and socially just pedagogy. Its authors, McAteer and Wood, share the results of a participatory action research where Teaching Assistants (TAs) were trained and mentored to strengthen communication between parents and teachers in low-income communities. This facilitated the role of the TAs in moderating epistemic injustice as they became conduits for bridging the languages and knowledge of the world of communities and teachers.
In Chapter 10, Gravett and Eadie, document the conceptualisation and framing of the Sandbox project — an "education-focused, design-based research project" (p. 163), This is intended to "advance theoretical insights" and develop "tested artefacts and practices" (p. xvii) through a series of interventions designed to develop teacher competencies for a "changing world" (p. 169). This objective is grounded in the researchers' belief that enabling teaching and learning that meets the demands of a rapidly changing world is a "social-justice imperative" (p. 175).
Section Four shifts attention to issues of curriculum in teacher education. All three chapters are underpinned by a critical theoretical view of curriculum as a "space of power, social justice, caring and debate" (p. 182). The authors see critical consideration of curriculum — exposing how it is complicit in reproducing social inequalities as key to redressing social injustice in education. In Chapter 11, Mdzanga and Moeng, argue for the recognition of the pedagogical value of all African languages in teaching and scholarship. They contend that language politics and policies in higher education institutions in South Africa must be reformed because their "epistemologies and knowledge systems. . .. remain rooted in colonial, apartheid and Western worldviews and epistemological traditions" (p. 186). English remains the dominant language for teaching. This serves to marginalise many students from non-English speaking backgrounds. This is a social justice issue. It is thus critical that teacher educators and teacher trainees be made aware of this challenge: teachers must be prepared to "understand language as a social-justice issue" (p. 191) and to advocate for revision of current language policies.
Mills and Perumal (Chapter 12) take a similar position as they discuss the potential of using "Music education as a pathway to social justice"in South African universities. They argue that higher education curricula should "decentre hegemonic, Western-centric, sociocultural accounts of knowledge production" (p. 197) and instead embrace African musicology. They also invite readers to consider the possibilities of using critical pedagogy for music education as a means of disrupting the ideologies of privileging Western music. In Chapter 13, Kennedy and Lautenbach suggest that assessment becomes a social-justice issue if it fails to consider fairness and equity. This has become more apparent because of the COVID-19 pandemic as universities have had to convert to online learning and assessment. The authors share how a pragmatic approach to designing assessment, motivated by concerns for fairness and equity in a time of unprecedented rapid change and uncertainty, precipitated more relevant and socially just pedagogical principles and thinking. They suggest sustaining such pragmatism has significant implications for addressing social injustice in the future.
In Chapter 14, the editors ask "Where to from here?" Because the book was in production during the pandemic, they chose to summarise how this new reality "shed additional light" (p. 230) on the themes addressed. They conclude that it has implications for principles of designing teacher education including that "teachers need to be versatile and adaptive; quick-fix technologies do not work; sound pedagogy and the public good [should] guide learning design; responsiveness in research and development projects is essential; and long-term relevance works with responsiveness to immediate needs" (pp. 230- 234). This summary is instructive and serves to position the conclusions drawn throughout the book in an even more forward-thinking way. At the same time however, it may have been useful to pay some attention to highlighting key takeaways in relation to the aims of the book outlined in the preface. This is particularly important as overall the book makes a powerful contribution in several ways.
First, it delivers in its mission to address the issue of embedding social justice in teacher education and teacher development in Africa. This is accomplished through the various philosophical discussions and critical theoretical discourses about the concept of social justice. Almost every chapter offers a sound, scholarly, theoretical consideration of its meaning and what it should look like in action. The editors state that their intention was not to give a textbook definition of the concept. Instead, they invited "readers to see the nuances in interpretation and action that each of the authors . . . has taken" (p. xv). The authors however have succeeded in doing more than offering various nuances. They give rich, intellectual discussions of social justice which could be collated and theorized in a chapter on its own. This is a missed opportunity for enhancing the scholarly contribution and impact of this volume.
Similarly, it is indicated in the front of the book that it will be of interest to a range of education stakeholders as it "considers the need for teacher education to be transformational and address conventional pedagogy as well as the rights and duties of all citizens." This is achieved by offering both theoretical and empirical perspectives and examples which can be considered, adopted, and adapted by stakeholders. As a reviewer, however, I was surprised that other lessons to be learned from reading this volume were not mentioned. For example, the chapters that highlight empirical research have included detailed accounts and justifications of their methodologies. These can be considered as exemplars for reporting research and may prove very useful to prospective teacher educator and student teacher researchers. The chapters also model critically reflective thought and writing with unapologetic critiques of current realities which are assertive but not aggressive in tone. They also promote a key element in making teacher education and teacher development transformational — the elevation of teacher Voice. The contribution made by this book in modeling teacher educator research and the power of teacher Voice for change, is significant.
A final critique is the absence of a chapter that conveys the context of the volume. For readers who are not African, it would have been helpful to include at least a brief introduction to the geography, history and geopolitics of the continent. This would help readers appreciate even more the magnitude of the challenges identified in the book and what the editors describe as "our narrative journey across Africa" (p. xv). Although some chapters, particularly the empirical ones, mention several African countries, references to South Africa seem dominant.
Despite these omissions, the editors should be highly commended for pulling together a group of contributors whose work is rich, deep, and rigorous in its scholarship. The volume is a very good read for both African and other international readers. It inspires readers to engage in critical reflection of what obtains, as a means of envisaging a better future — for the role of teacher education and teacher development in making the world a better and more socially just space.
Carol Hordatt Gentles, PhD, of the University of the West Indies, Mona. Email: carolgentles1@yahoo.com
Cite this paper as: Gentles, C. H. (2022). Book Review: Embedding social justice in teacher education and development in South Africa. Journal of Learning for Development, 9(1), xxx-xxx.
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What do I need to know about anxiety?
Anxiety is a condition that causes you to feel extremely worried or nervous. The feelings are so strong that they can cause problems with your daily activities or sleep. Anxiety may be triggered by something you fear, or it may happen without a cause. Family or work stress, smoking, caffeine, and alcohol can increase your risk for anxiety. Certain medicines or health conditions can also increase your risk. Anxiety can become a long-term condition if it is not managed or treated.
What other common signs and symptoms may occur with anxiety?
What do I need to tell my healthcare provider about my anxiety?
Tell your healthcare provider when your symptoms began and what triggers them. Tell your provider if anxiety affects your daily activities. Your provider will also ask about your medical history and if you have family members with a similar condition. Tell your provider about your past and present alcohol, nicotine, or drug use.
Talk to someone about your anxiety. Your healthcare provider may suggest counseling. Cognitive behavioral therapy can help you understand and change how you react to events that trigger your symptoms. You might feel more comfortable talking with a friend or family member about your anxiety. Choose someone you know will be supportive and encouraging.
Find ways to relax. Activities such as exercise, meditation, or listening to music can help you relax. Spend time with friends, or do things you enjoy.
Practice deep breathing. Deep breathing can help you relax when you feel anxious. Focus on taking slow, deep breaths several times a day, or during an anxiety attack. Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.
Create a regular sleep routine. Regular sleep can help you feel calmer during the day. Go to sleep and wake up at the same times every day. Do not watch television or use the computer right before bed. Your room should be comfortable, dark, and quiet.
Eat a variety of healthy foods. Healthy foods include fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy products, lean meats, fish, whole-grain breads, and cooked beans. Healthy foods can help you feel less anxious and have more energy.
Exercise regularly. Exercise can increase your energy level. Exercise may also lift your mood and help you sleep better. Your healthcare provider can help you create an exercise plan.
Do not smoke. Nicotine and other chemicals in cigarettes and cigars can increase anxiety. Ask your healthcare provider for information if you currently smoke and need help to quit. E-cigarettes or smokeless tobacco still contain nicotine. Talk to your healthcare provider before you use these products.
Do not have caffeine. Caffeine can make your symptoms worse. Do not have foods or drinks that are meant to increase your energy level.
Limit or do not drink alcohol. Ask your healthcare provider if alcohol is safe for you. You may not be able to drink alcohol if you take certain anxiety or depression medicines. Limit alcohol to 1 drink per day if you are a woman. Limit alcohol to 2 drinks per day if you are a man. A drink of alcohol is 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine, or 1½ ounces of liquor.
Do not use drugs. Drugs can make your anxiety worse. It can also make anxiety hard to manage. Talk to your healthcare provider if you use drugs and want help to quit.
You have chest pain, tightness, or heaviness that may spread to your shoulders, arms, jaw, neck, or back.
Your anxiety keeps you from doing your regular daily activities.
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Course Director, Simon Goulding, will be hosting an online information session for those interested in finding out more about the Graduate Entry LLB. The course allows non-law graduates to achieve an LLB law degree in just two years rather than the usual three.
The online session will allow prospective students and applicants to view a presentation from Simon Goulding and then have the opportunity to ask questions about studying the Graduate Entry LLB at The City Law School.
Find out more about Simon Goulding.
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> specific on names but will describe each one and the associated need.
> would be fantastic to be able to point to the URI of a "Group of WebIDs"
> relation to be used as members who can Read,Write is sioc:has_member.
who get access to some resource.
> examples, purposefully to get some input on better names!
of agents that have access. Seems pretty reasonable to me.
define the type of people who will be given access.
rdfs:range rdfs:Class. # Must be subclass of foaf:Agent.
> ex:Admin and I can say I am a foaf:Person, ex:Admin and gain access.
controlled by someone reliable, or as above indirectly as your friends.
> purpose and always have - imo) may not be the best course of action.
> (You've no idea how humbly I say that, but figure it best to bring it up).
> for acl:agent or suchlike?
> requirements to effectively "ban" or restrict access to certain people.
to define sets of people who are not allowed access.
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The cabinetry is the same as in my kitchen but with a beautiful honed marble counter to lighten the space. The mirrored cabinetry panels also add light and are actually glass panels to which I gave a distressed mirrored finish. The shelves above the dishwasher drawer are removable since our electric panel occupies that wall.
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In ninth grade, before we'd even lost our v-cards, my BFF and I had made a list of the the types of guys we wanted to sleep with before we settled down.
We thought five was a good number. Just enough experience to keep our future husbands happy. Not so much that no one would want to marry us. And just to be sure we didn't blow it and get all crazed, we made some rules and a list.
Whatever our intentions, the list worked. While the rest of our friends were sleeping their way through school, we were more selective. We consulted with each other before taking action even on dates. I didn't lose my virginity until I was nineteen. Now, I was twenty-two and I was down to my last option on the list: the rock star. It seemed highly improbable, bordering on impossible, until Noah Baxter ducked into the library to avoid some rabid fans and literally ran right into me. We exchanged names and numbers before he ran off because now I had plans and I was all about romancing the rock star. If he was as good as I imagined, then I might even try to keep him.
I have a hotel empire to build. She has memories of her parents to hold on to. Who will win this battle over a motel in the Australian surfing town of Byron Bay?
As director of a hotel group, my job is to acquire holdings to build my real estate empire. I've identifed my latest target: the Ocean Surf Motel in Byron Bay, Australia, which I want to knock down and rebuild as a luxury condominium. The owners won't sell, but that doesn't deter me—I jump on a plane to Australia a few weeks before Christmas.
But the Morrison family isn't selling the Ocean Surf. Not only am I thwarted by that, but I'm physically frustrated over a pretty, long-haired surfing instructor named Summer. I'm determined to win her over, and have a hot holiday fling with this Australian surfy chick.
But what I didn't count on was the connection between the motel and Summer, and the choices I'd have to make as a result. Lust or love? The motel or Summer?
I can't have everything…or can I?
I've come to England for Christmas, searching for a fresh perspective in my career as an artist. She's trying to get over the pain of betrayal and loss. Can I convince her to take a second chance on love?
On my way to England, I find a letter with a strange address: Tamsin Willoughby, Cold Christmas. It turns out that Cold Christmas is a real place with a haunted church, and curiosity piqued, I decide to visit and deliver the letter by hand.
Tamsin is a shapely blonde school teacher who's chillier than the weather. She's been jilted at the altar, and the letter I carry stirs up her pain and makes her wary of me. I try to convince her to trust me, because I'm determined to get to know this beautiful English rose.
But what I don't expect is the connection Tamsin makes between her runaway fiancé and me. Can I convince her I don't know him, and that she should spend the holidays staying warm with me?
I thought I wanted to broaden my horizons. But now what I want is right in front of me.
Two linked Christmas novels in one handy box set follow the romances of Reef and his sister Summer, Australians from Byron Bay, Australia.
The novels are set in varied locations, starting with a hot Christmas in Byron Bay, Australia (Summer's romance, Christmas Kisses Down Under), and moving to London, a village called Cold Christmas in England, and Paris, France (Reef's romance, Hot Kisses in Cold Christmas).
Annabelle is a hard-nosed writer with a sound marriage, a thriving career at Adorn magazine and a busy social life. She has only one ambition—to be the best-known advice columnist in the UK. When her world is turned upside down by her husband's infidelity she strikes out on her own and answers an ad to flat with Christian, a jet-setting businessman. As Annabelle begins to settle she sees things in her new house aren't quite what they seem and her problems begin to mount. Can Annabelle find happiness again, while helping Christian find what's missing from his life?
Madonna Smith hates her dysfunctional life in Liverpool. She leaves home, cuts herself off from family and friends, and reinvents herself in London as girl about town Madeleine Smythe-Hamilton. She has a great job on a trading floor, a rich and successful fiancee, and a fantastic social life. George Davies, a handsome young fireman from Liverpool, is from Madeleine's past. When he moves to London and they meet after many years, can this down-to-earth fireman and social climbing pretender have anything in common? And can you love someone you wanted to forget?
Anna James can't believe her luck when she spots a reclusive rock star while on holiday in Italy. Dreaming about how her candid photos will boost her standing at the celebrity gossip magazine where she works, she falls and breaks her leg. Tom Smith, an up and coming musician, is nursing a broken heart when he witnesses Anna's accident. Before either knows what has happened, his heart is healing and he is playing nurse to Anna. It would be a storybook romance, but each believes the other is someone they're not. When the truths about their identities are revealed, it tests the limits of their growing attraction. Can they overcome their prejudices and see each other as they really are? And can love grow from deception and lies?
The London Lights series of contemporary British romances feature lies, loss, loyalty, and love. Each of these entertaining and heartwarming romances is a standalone but interconnected story with a separate couple, a guaranteed happily ever after, and no cliffhanger.
Tessa Taylor is a college student with small problems and big dreams. Her dream is to make it big as an actress in Los Angeles. But even though she's studying acting, she can't get any traction in her bid to get a job in LA, where all the auditions are. Until the week when things unexpectedly begin to change. Some news in her acting class leads to an exciting opportunity, but chance meetings might compromise her luck. Does Tessa have what it takes to shine in the audition?
Twenty-one-year-old Tessa Taylor drops out of college and leaves her home in Washington, DC, to pursue her lifelong ambition of becoming an actress, but her decision comes at a price. Tinseltown is tough, stardom elusive, and LA exorbitantly expensive. When her dreams crumble, Tessa struggles. When a fortunate coincidence leads her to a job she never thought she'd do—dog walking—exciting adventures begin, and a new life, and love, unfold.
Why isn't Tessa happy? For starters, she's been flopping at auditions, and her boyfriend isn't as supportive of her acting career as she'd like him to be. When she meets wild-boy rocker Ash Adams, she can't stop thinking about him, but is he the man she really needs? Meanwhile, her dog-walking business leads her to danger. She ends up playing a part in breaking up a ruthless dognapping ring, culminating in a late-night mission to an abandoned asylum and a dramatic shootout in the LA River.
Holly Oakwood's cosy life is shattered when her boyfriend has an affair with her best friend. Determined to mend her broken heart she leaves London and lands a dream job in a Consulate in LA, but that's when her troubles really begin. Guy Cutler is an attractive widower, whose role as a diplomat means he is assured, articulate and adaptable. He is career driven, and love isn't on his agenda, because knows he can't replace the woman he lost. Can this unlikely couple find love together?
Tessa's at a crossroads in her acting career and personal life. When ruggedly handsome company director Edward Wentworth asks her to represent his skincare line, she's flattered. Despite turning him down, circumstances lead Tessa to reconsider Edward's offer. But is this the opportunity of a lifetime, or a folly that will ultimately lead her to danger? After discovering Edward has a horrifying secret, Tessa faces a decision, and it's the toughest one of her life. Will her decision put her in harm's way? Whatever she decides, Tessa and her friends are in for another wild ride in book five of the LA Lights series.
Since being kidnapped, locked up and nearly murdered by the ex-boss she exposed on national TV for testing his all-natural cosmetics line on animals, aspiring actress Tessa's life has been in turmoil. Her boyfriend Ryan asks her to leave LA and travel to San Francisco with him, and she accepts. But she doesn't realize the power of her newfound celebrity, and offers of work in LA start pouring in. She's committed to staying with Ryan…or is she? Tessa gets an acting offer that's too good to refuse, putting a huge strain on their relationship. How does she handle this dilemma? And will her new role lead her straight back into the path of people she wanted to avoid at all costs?
This box set contains the first three books in the series. In book one, prequel novelette The Audition, we meet Tessa Taylor, a twenty-one-year-old college student from DC whose dream is to be an actress in Hollywood. In book two, Taking the Lead: Adventures of a Hollywood Dog Walker, we follow Tessa as she moves to LA and finds a new life. She pursues her acting ambitions, but finds she needs part-time work to pay the bills. It's this work—as a dog walker—that leads her to fun friendships, romance, and adventure. In book 3, Acting Up: More Adventures of a Hollywood Dog Walker, Tessa finds that as she focuses on her acting career, she's catapulted into a further adventure.
This box set contains books four to six in the series. In book 4, Transplanting Holly Oakwood, we meet Holly Oakwood who has left London, and her disastrous love life behind. She finds a new life in LA and her story intertwines with Tessa's. In book 5, Barking Bad: More Adventures of a Hollywood Dog Walker, Tessa is at a crossroads in her acting career and personal life and takes up a new opportunity, one that leads her to danger. In book 6, Stealing the Show: More Adventures of a Hollywood Dog Walker, Tessa enjoys newfound celebrity but it leads her into further adventures.
These five short stories explore the themes of love and loss. They cover a span of age ranges, and countries, and are perfect short reads for on the train, or bedtime reading.
My books are light hearted and humorous stories for and about women who value their families, friendships, careers, and independence; who have a sense of adventure; and who live and love with passion. Did I say they also love dogs?
Like my characters, I love my family and friends, beautiful shoes, anything sparkly, the 'occasional' drink, parties, and a good belly laugh. I'm addicted to shopping, chocolate, bubble bath and anything else that smells nice, and TV programmes you'd never publicly admit to watching.
I live in a lovingly renovated farmhouse overlooking Auckland's beautiful Waitemata Harbour, with my trusted Great Danes Dolce, Gabbana, and Armani, and their two cats Charlie and Jamie. The dogs keep me fit and exercised, scare the burglars away, sit loyally by my side throughout my late night writing sessions, and hang on my every word when I read final drafts aloud. They truly are my biggest fans, and I theirs. The cats, on the other hand, hang out by themselves and ignore the dogs and me.
I love my life, but not so much that there's not room to live a load of other lives, through the hearts and minds of my characters, all of whom I adore, and some of whom I'm fortunate enough to call friends.
Read my blog for details of new and upcoming releases, competitions, offers and giveaways.
It's nearly May. How are those New Year's resolutions working for you?
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Korean J Anesthesiol. 1998 May;34(5):925-931. Korean. Original Article.
Analysis of Intradermal Test for Anesthetic Drugs.
Baik HJ , Bae SJ .
Department of Anesthesiology, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Department of Anesthesiology, Hanil Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
BACKGROUND: Intradermal test is a useful diagnostic method for acute anaphylactoid or anaphylactic reactions induced by anesthetic drugs. We analyzed the responses of intradermal test for anesthetic drugs in patients who did not show anaphylactoid or anaphylactic reactions. METHODS: The authors performed intradermal test for anesthetic drugs (thiopental, midazolam, fentanyl, atracurium and vecuronium) in 224 adult patients one hour before induction of anesthesia. The responses were interpreted as measuring the size of wheal and flare. We also did history taking for past allergic history. RESULTS: There were no patient that showed positive reaction. The rate of false positive reaction for atracurium (12.5%) was significantly higher than other anesthetic drugs (p<0.05). And the rate of false positive reaction for atracurium in patients under the age of 40 (20%) was significantly higher than those above the age of 40 (3.8%) (p<0.05). But the difference of the rate of false positive reaction for atracurium between male (8%) and female (15.3%) was not significant statistically. The differences of the rates of false positive reaction for anesthetic drugs between past allergic history group and no past allergic history group were not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: In intradermal test for anesthetic drugs, the rate of false positive reaction for atracurium was significantly higher than thiopental, vecuronium, fentanyl and midazolam. Especially, it was significantly higher in patients under the age of 40. So in performing intradermal test to search for causative anesthetic drug, we have to consider the high rate of false positive reaction for atracurium.
Author Keywords expand_less expand_more Allergy: intradermal test Anesthetics, intravenous: thiopental; midazolam; fentanyl Neuromuscular relaxants: atracurium; vecuronium
MeSH Terms expand_less expand_more Adult Anaphylaxis Anesthesia Anesthetics Atracurium False Positive Reactions Female Fentanyl Humans Intradermal Tests Male Midazolam Thiopental Vecuronium Bromide
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Polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, is kind of like a copy machine. In the most general sense, a PCR reaction makes copies and enlarges the amount of a virus or any microbe so it can be easily detected. The value of this relatively new testing process cannot be underestimated. It is versatile, sensitive and broadly applicable. It improves patient care by giving physicians the answers they need to prescribe the best treatment regimen.
If you aren't doing PCR yet, you will be soon.
All living things have RNA and DNA. A virus has either RNA or DNA as its genetic code. PCR can take the smallest piece of DNA or RNA and amplify it a billion times or more. Once that happens, you can detect that DNA or RNA and see it very easily. This makes it possible to determine if a certain virus or other microbe is present in a clinical sample, such as blood.
PCR was discovered in the mid-1980s, it was available in a few clinical labs in the early '90s, but it has become increasingly commercialized and thus more widely available to laboratories in the last few years.
According to Gregory A. Storch, MD, Director of the Virology Laboratory at St. Louis Children's Hospital, the technology is developing very rapidly right now and commercial players are creating different PCR platforms that are simple to perform. There are even multiplex PCR assays that detect multiple microbes at the same time. With more and more commercial applications available, more labs are getting into PCR testing.
In most cases, a doctoral-level lab director is involved in setting up and overseeing PCR testing, either an MD or Ph.D. clinical pathologist. A medical technologist actually runs the tests.
"In the future, a large portion of infectious disease testing and microbiology testing will be based on PCR. Basically all labs will have to get involved," said Dr. Storch.
With qualitative testing, the answer is yes or no. Either the virus is there or it's not. With quantitative testing, you are looking to see how much of a microbe is there. This is crucial information to have in cases such as CMV, HIV or hepatitis C.
With quantitative testing, there are more stringent quality controls. A lab has to monitor every assay to make sure the performance is uniform.
The benefit of PCR for patients is often very great. Compared to conventional methods, PCR can offer definitive answers that guide the best treatment for illness and disease.
Herpes Simplex is a virus that causes cold sores, but can also cause deadly encephalitis (the irritation and inflammation of the brain). In the past, the only way to confirm the diagnosis was to do a biopsy of the brain. Now you can do a spinal tap, perform a PCR reaction on the spinal fluid, and make a diagnosis. With conventional methods, the level of the virus that is present is just too low to detect.
"PCR testing allows medications to be targeted for patients who really need it. Before PCR, patients who may or may not have had herpes encephalitis were treated with acyclovir. Often they would receive two to three weeks of treatment. Now we can be more confident in the diagnosis, which allows us to prescribe the right treatment," said Dr. Storch.
Another area where PCR has changed the course of medicine is stem cell and solid-organ transplant patients. According to Dr. Storch, CMV was a very serious, sometimes fatal illness in these patient populations. Now, with PCR and effective medication to treat CMV, it is under much better control than in the past.
Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, was a difficult diagnosis to make pre-PCR. PCR has greatly improved the diagnosis of pertussis. This benefits patients of any age.
If you are in the process of designing a new molecular lab, you will want to create a successful workflow for PCR. In the early years, contamination of the PCR reaction with the amplification product from a previously performed PCR reaction was a potential problem. Even the tiniest amount of DNA can cause contamination and inaccurate results.
To detect contamination, the lab must run controls with PCR reactions. Dr. Storch recommends running a known positive (positive control) to show the PCR reaction worked. The lab should also include mock samples that are expected to be negative (negative controls).
"If you run a patient sample side by side with a negative control in which water is substituted for the patient sample, and the reaction containing water yields a positive result, then you know there is a problem. It is very important to detect contamination and make sure the reaction is working properly," he said.
PCR testing will continue to grow as the demand increases. Quicker turn around times; faster diagnosis and treatment; and better patient outcomes will continue to be factors that drive commercialization and innovation in this market. With PCR offerings, your lab can keep up the pace.
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WINDHOEK, 09 NOV (NAMPA) - Namibia's Sevens Rugby Team on Tuesday received a sponsorship of N.dollars 175 000 from local car dealer Novel Ford ahead of their trip to Swakopmund for the Safland Sevens Rugby Tournament.
The tournament will take place on Saturday and Sunday.
This is the second successive annual sevens rugby tournament in Namibia and will see international teams such as South Africa's Blitzbokke battling it out with the Namibia Sevens Rugby Team.
Speaking to the media during the sponsorship announcement Rosie Moolman, Dealer Principal at Novel Ford, said the sponsorship will be used towards the team's accommodation, transport and kit during the tournament.
"It's important for Novel Ford to be associated with a young and vibrant team in an exciting format of the game and in the process, support the talented youth of our country," she said.
Included in the sponsorship will be three vehicles - two seven-seater buses - that will be used to transport players from Windhoek to Swakopmund and a vehicle that will be used by team officials.
Other invited teams that will be competing in the tournament are from Uganda, Poland, Germany, Italy, United States of America, Argentina, Germany, Kenya and Zimbabwe.
Last year's tournament was held in Windhoek and was won by South Africa.
Rugby sevens is a variant of rugby in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves.
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I.e., places where the treatment that you will receive will not be just good. Therefore, it is resistant to water, pressure and torque, which has an internal magnesium chassis. The exterior is ABS and rubber, so the hits will not affect you too.
Do not hope, that Yes, smartphone functions, although it is an MP3 player. The price is around 200 euros and is available in Spain, with the software of the phone in Spanish.
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Nothing is quite as comforting on a cold day as some warm soup. This time of year our cabinets are bursting with cans and it's all the kids want after a snowing morning playing outside. After a morning of shoveling and playing in the winter wonderland that was our yard they tumbled inside all rosy cheeked and hungry.
We arrange the plates of all their favorites, grilled cheese for dipping and goldfish for swimming, and everyone gathers around the warm bowls. It's a rare moment of quiet in our house when all you can hear is the clinking of spoons and the slurping of soup. Little chins covered in dribbles and faces filled with big smiles.
Growing up I was not a soup eater (I was the pickiest of picky eaters) except for kind, cream of mushroom, and most especially at Christmas time. Every year, still to this day, my grandfather's Christmas Eve dinner starts with Campbell's Condensed Cream of Mushroom soup. We celebrate a Wigilia and have a meatless meal and this was the soup that feed all the picky eaters. Of course now as everyone has grown they dress it up a bit, adding real and fancy varieties of mushrooms. As a child though nothing was more comforting than that big bowl to start the festivities after coming in from a cold car.
Now my children get to create these memories, both on Christmas Eve with my grandpa and around the lunch table with their dad. My toddler is lucky enough to have lunch with her dad almost everyday. They share soup and a sandwich while getting some rare one on one time. Warm memories for sure.
What's your favorite way to warm up on a cold day?
Be sure to visit The Wisest Kid and find more ways to dunk than can be thunk! Maybe your kids will be inspired, my oldest has decided that Bavarian pretzels are the best for dunking.
The sticky: I am a Campbell Wisest Kid ambassador and have been compensated for my time by Campbell Soup Company. All thought and opinions are my own.
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Twitter James Woods
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James Woods, Actor: Vampires. James Howard Woods was born on April 18, 1947 in Vernal, Utah, the son of Martha A. (Smith) and Gail Peyton Woods, a U.S. Army intelligence officer who died during Woods' childhood. James is of Irish, English, and German descent. He grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, with his mother and stepfather Thomas E. Actor James Woods has been locked out of his Twitter account over a two-month-old tweet that was found to be in violation of the tech company's rules. The tweet, posted July 20, included a hoax meme that said it came from Democrats and encouraged men not to vote in the midterm elections.
Actor James Woods has once again landed in Twitter jail after he posted a photo allegedly showing former Florida gubernatorial candidate and CNN contributor Andrew Gillum passed out and naked in a South Beach hotel.
James Woods was locked out of his account on Tuesday, according to an individual familiar with the matter. A screenshot of his suspension notice states that he violated Twitter rules against "sharing privately produced/distributed intimate media of someone without their express consent." The rule is commonly applied to revenge porn posted on the platform.
The two-time Oscar-nominated star is claiming that he was suspended because Twitter is trying to protect Andrew Gillum, who is a Democrat.
"Twitter is, of course, protecting Andrew Gillum because no one should ever know how vile these Democrat scum truly are," he said in a statement that was posted by his girlfriend, Sara Miller, on Twitter.
So @RealJamesWoods has been locked out of his account again for sharing "intimate media" of a drunk, naked, puking politician. His response: "Twitter is, of course, protecting Andrew Gillum because no one should ever know how vile these Democrat scum truly are." #FreeJamesWoodspic.twitter.com/8hT0HQsX7m
— Sara Miller (@Millerita) March 24, 2020
Gillum, the former mayor Tallahassee, was found earlier this month unresponsive and later "inebriated" by police officials at the Mondrian South Beach hotel. The rising Democratic politician and CNN contributor was in the hotel room with two male companions along with bags of crystal meth, according to multiple reports.
One of the companions was reportedly a male escort named Travis Dyson. Gillum, who has a wife and children, claimed to be in the Miami area for a wedding. Following the incident, he announced that he would be entering a rehab clinic.
Gillum ran for governor of Florida last year but lost to Republican Ron DeSantis. Despite his loss, Gillum was widely seen as a rising star in the Democrat party.
Leaked police photos from the hotel room have widely circulated online. Woods tweeted a leaked photo allegedly showing Gillum naked and unconscious on the hotel room floor amid soiled towels.
James Woods has feuded with Twitter multiple times for alleged rules violations. The most prominent incident occurred in 2019 when the actor tweeted a reference to Democrats' attempts to impeach President Donald Trump: "'If you try to kill the King, you best not miss' #HangThemAll." The tweet resulted in Woods' suspension from the social media platform.
Woods was absent from Twitter much of last year following his suspension and only resumed tweeting in early February.
Additional reporting by Allum Bokhari
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Womens plus size vintage retro shirt by Banned Apparel. Available in white, black, beige or ambrosia the Swan Lake shirt is a stand out design in the Banned SS18 collection. The Swan Lake features a beautiful swan design on the front placket and collar tips. The swan theme continues onto the back with two embroidered swans and the shirt is finished with matching pearl buttons. 100% polyester. Machine washable.
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Abstract: Correlation functions and low-energy excitations are investigated in the asymmetric two-leg ladder consisting of a Hubbard chain and a noninteracting tight-binding (Fermi) chain using the density matrix renormalization group method. The behavior of charge, spin and pairing correlations is discussed for the four phases found at half filling, namely, Luttinger liquid, Kondo-Mott insulator, spin-gapped Mott insulator and correlated band insulator. Quasi-long-range antiferromagnetic spin correlations are found in the Hubbard leg in the Luttinger liquid phase only. Pair-density-wave correlations are studied to understand the structure of bound pairs found in the Fermi leg of the spin-gapped Mott phase at half filling and at light doping but we find no enhanced pairing correlations. Low-energy excitations cause variations of spin and charge densities on both legs that demonstrate the confinement of the lowest charge excitations on the Fermi leg while the lowest spin excitations are localized on the Hubbard leg in the three insulating phases. The velocities of charge, spin, and single-particle excitations are investigated to clarify the confinement of elementary excitations in the Luttinger liquid phase. The observed spatial separation of elementary spin and charge excitations could facilitate the coexistence of different (quasi-)long-range orders in higher-dimensional extensions of the asymmetric Hubbard ladder.
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Finding new clients and marketing your services can be a big struggle for new consultants and freelancers.
You might feel like finding new clients seems overwhelming but its not that difficult.
Clients are everywhere, you just have to develop the right strategy, discover what works for you and then stick to your strategy.
This is the first step in the process.
You need to be clear about what type of client you will help.
Will you focus on helping Dentists or Accountants? Will you be targeting people who own restaurants?
Be very specific about who you are going to help and what their problems are.
In the beginning, if you aren't sure about how you are going to help, then just start helping everyone.
This will help you decide over time and through real experience, who you would like to work with and which industries are more profitable.
The other benefit is that once you know who your target market it, this makes it easier to find out where they hang out.
You may have big dreams but in order to get anything done you need to be able to meet your goals so you stay motivated.
Start by breaking up your goals into manageable tasks with deadlines for each.
What type of promotion will you do? Will you write blog posts and send out a newsletter?
Will you create a series of webinars and invite potential clients.
Will you attend in person networking events?
Pick a marketing and sales strategy that works for your personality and your availability.
Do a really good job for any client you work with.
This way they can refer you to other people.
Doing a good job will also keep them coming back for more each month.
You need to get in front of people so that you can tell them what to do. Then you need to establish a relationship with them.
So what you can do online to get visibility is to create Youtube training videos to show off your expertise.
Choose a topic that you know really well and do a presentation on it.
You can also do a Facebook live stream on your personal page or your business page.
Linkedin also has video now, so take advantage of that platform also.
I had people find me through my own blog that I have for my content marketing company 360 Content Pro.
I shared my blog posts all over social media.
People found my content and starting reaching out to me.
Blogging is a great way to demonstrate your expertise.
Your blog posts should provide education and help solve a problem that your ideal client is facing.
Build up your followers on Twitter, Instagram and connect with more people on Linkedin.
You can also share your blog articles on Twitter.
This is a really powerful way to get new clients. Send out newsletters with content like your blog articles.
You can also invite people on your list to your webinars and then sell to them.
You can host a live training webinar to potential clients and then give them an offer to try out your services at the end.
What works best is to create a special discount so that they can try out your services.
You want to let them know that there's a limited time to take advantage.
This is a great way to build strong relationships and get get high quality clients.
You can join local networking events and collect business cards.
This is really effective when you are just starting out.
Join a few Facebook groups where your target market hangs out.
For example, if you mainly help real estate agents, join a group just for them.
Answer their questions and be helpful. Read the group rules on what type of posts are allowed (so you don't get kicked out).
There are a lot of different ways to find clients. Choose what method you feel most comfortable with.
Once you find some success using a specific method...just rinse and repeat.
I help people start profitable online businesses that let them achieve location independence, freedom and happiness!
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Frank Bruni on the Live-to-Be-125 Diet
In his 2009 memoir, Bruni isn't concerned with the life-to-be 125 diet.If you read Frank Bruni's outstanding New York Times Magazine profile of 87-year-old billionaire David Murdock, you know that Murdock plans to live to 125 by eating as many fruits and vegetables as possible: "He crams as many as twenty of them, including pulverized banana peels….into the smoothies he drinks two to three times a day," Bruni writes. (And if you haven't read it, you really should.)
So, did interviewing Murdock change Bruni's own eating habits? Yes, it did. Bruni now keeps sweet potatoes and bananas on his kitchen counter (he hasn't started eating the peels yet) and stashes blueberries, blackberries and raspberries in his fridge. He also drinks pitchers of iced green tea sweetened with pomegranate juice. "I'm not a green tea fan, but now I'm constantly at home making this iced tea — it's all antioxidants all the time," he says.
Bruni hasn't totally changed his diet, though. In the piece, he writes, "In restaurants Murdock will push the butter dish toward the server and say, 'Take the death off the table.'" Bruni still loves the stuff: "I'd probably ask for more death." And then there's poultry and red meat, which are both on Murdock's "Avoid" list. Says Bruni, "I approach everything with a little bit of skepticism. How many foods have gone from being good to being outlawed to being good again? That gives me the wiggle room I need to eat what I want. Besides, a porterhouse… that's what's important to me."
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Catch up on the food news from January 28-February 1, including the diverging fresh food policies in retail and a new study that finds people who skip breakfast weigh less.
The Morning Advertiser has released its list of the top 50 gastropubs, naming The Sportsman in Seasalter, Kent, the best in Britain. Stephen Harris' restaurant was joined at the top of the list by Tom Kerridge's The Coach in Marlow, Buckinghamshire; Freemasons at Wiswell, Clitheroe, Lancashire; The Star at Harome, North Yorkshire; and the Harwood Arms, Fulham, London.
Morrisons will trial 20p paper grocery bags with handles, while upping the price of its plastic bags to 15p. Initially, the paper bags will be supplied to eight stores and are recyclable and reusable. Meanwhile, Waitrose is using £1m generated from its carrier bag charges to fund plastic-free projects. Last year, the UK's seven largest supermarket chains sold just over 1bn single-use plastic bags.
Tesco has said that it will close fresh food counters in about 90 stores while also making cuts to its head office, with 9,000 jobs threatened – although it hopes to redeploy half of those affected. The supermarket said fresh food counters were being used less frequently as shoppers are time poor. Not long after this announcement, Morrisons said that it intends to hire 500 apprentice butchers, bakers and fishmongers to fill roles at its Market Street counters.
Blazing the path for meal boxes – at least in terms of growth – Hello Fresh saw its income shoot up around 41% last year compared to 2017, according to the company's unaudited estimates. Active customers rose by the same percentage to more than 2m, as the Berlin-based business delivered nearly 200m meal kits to reach revenues of around €1.275bn. Despite these impressive gains, it's worth noting that the brand still made losses of at least €54m in 2018.
A record number of people signed up to Veganuary for January, with a quarter of a million taking part – more than the previous four years combined. Even more are said to have taken part without signing the official pledge. The Vegan Society, organisers of Veganuary, claim six in 10 people who participated plan to stay vegan.
A study published in the British Medical Journal has found that people who eat breakfast tend to consume more calories throughout the day than those who don't. Researchers found that there appears to be no benefit to eating breakfast in terms of increasing metabolic rate, and in fact those that skip the early morning meal end up weighing less, contrary to NHS advice.
A new inquiry into business rates will be launched by MPs, following estimates that 100,000 more shops will close this year. This inquiry will analyse changes already implemented by the UK government for effectiveness.
Supermarkets have warned that they could temporally run out of supplies of fresh fruit and veg if the UK crashes out of the EU without a deal – 90% of lettuces, 80% of tomatoes and 70% of soft fruit are sourced from Europe at this time of year. The claim followed the release of a study that estimated the rising cost of fruit and veg in a no-deal Brexit scenario would result in thousands more deaths from heart attacks and strokes. Imperial College London and the University of Liverpool predicted 12,000 extra deaths between 2021 and 2030 in tandem with the cost of bananas increasing by 17%, citrus fruits by 14% and tomatoes by 15%. The inflated cost would see the British public eating between 3 and 11% less fruit or vegetables.
The uptick in CBD-infused NPD may be brought to a grinding halt by news that the European Food Safety Agency has reclassified the cannabis-derived oil as a 'novel food' – a categorisation that entails greater scrutiny of safety and health claims before it can be sold. The British Food Standards Agency has already moved to have all CBD products removed from stores until the assessment process can be completed, which could take up to 18 months.
A trial in Thailand to grow rice using a new method has resulted in increased yield and income, while reducing water usage, chemicals, seeds and greenhouse gas emissions. There are now plans to roll out the technique to 100,000 farmers within five years. The research is part of an initiative from the Sustainable Rice Platform – set up by businesses like Mars, Kellogg's and agri-business Olam – to change growing practices.
More than half a million pizzas were sold in the UK by Domino's on the Friday before Christmas – amounting to 12 pizzas a second over a 12-hour day. A weaker international performance took a slice of its profits, but the chain reported that group sales rose by 5.5% a year in the 13 weeks to the end of December. Overall, almost 90m Domino's pizzas were sold last year in the UK, while the company estimates it will grow by 8% a year to 2022.
Whole Foods is introducing what it says is the first pea milk to reach UK grocery shelves next month. The Evening Standard looks at how it stacks up on the health front.
McDonald's reported strong sales in the UK and Ireland in the fourth quarter of last year, helped along by Saver Menu favourites like the cheeseburger as well as the popularity of coffee from its McCafé. Globally, comparable sales rose by 4.4%, but CEO Steve Easterbrook has warned that tough times are ahead.
Unilever reported turnover of €49.6b for the year, excluding its spreads business, which was sold for a €4.3b profit. Its food and refreshment sales were up by 2% to €20.2bn. It is also stockpiling Magnum ice cream in case of a no-deal Brexit as the frozen favourite is produced in mainland Europe.
Supermarkets have reported a 7% rise in thefts as self-checkout machines become increasingly available in stores. Businesses are calling on police to do more to tackle the crime.
Asda has lost its court battle against an equal pay claim by shop workers seeking the same salary as warehouse staff. The decision could have serious and costly ramifications for the wider supermarket industry.
Would an international food treaty mean healthier diets?
An international treaty to support countries to draw up sustainable and healthy food policies is being proposed by a commission of experts brought together by the Lancet medical journal. The commission's report accused big food companies of having too much influence on governments around the world, undermining public health policies. It said this influence must be curbed so governments can introduce sustainable food production, reduce salt and sugar levels, force manufacturers to put labels on processed foods, limit marketing to children and prevent obesity. It predicts these measures would make the inside of supermarkets look very different in 50 years' time.
An investigation by the Guardian and Friends of the Earth has found dozens of MPs and peers own or manage farms that receive millions of pounds in EU subsidies. After Brexit, subsidies will come from the UK Government, with a bill currently going through parliament to allocate future payments based on creating a cleaner and healthier environment. Campaigners are concerned that politicians' financial interests will cause undue influence on the bill.
Is there an alternative to intensive farming?
The Guardian looks at whether the world can ditch intensive farming and still feed itself. Ideas include introducing more urban farming, drones and innovations to help fill the gap between production and consumption.
With an estimated 1.2bn edible bread crusts thrown away each year – the equivalent to 50m loaves – a new campaign aims to show consumers how to make snacks and meals from the leftovers, including through workshops with professional chefs. According to national research, 36% of households throw away crusts, 13% do not eat the ends of sliced loaves and 6% reject the ends of fresh loaves.
As previewed by Food Spark last year, Selfridges has launched pop-up bug bars. These will sell a range of products developed by French brand Jimini's, which aims to expand its presence in the UK with pasta and granola made with buffalo worm flour and chocolate bars made with cricket flour.
M&S has been criticised for cultural appropriation following the release of a vegan biryani wrap as part of its Plant Kitchen range. Maunika Gowardhan, the author of Indian Kitchen, told the Times: "A biryani is a labour-intensive method of cooking. You layer everything. There's saffron, there's cardamom, some regions have rosewater, garam masala. This is a complete misrepresentation of what the dish is. All you are doing is using the name, not the dish. Biryani is not a flavour, biryani is a dish." Others like Great British Menu winner Aktar Islam, however, described the outrage as a bit of a storm in a biryani pot, while Cinnamon Club chef Vivek Singh said people need to loosen up. Jikoni chef Ravinda Bhogal also wrote about the biryani wrap row for the Evening Standard.
Is #MeToo movement about to blow up Britain's restaurant industry?
Asma Khan, founder of Darjeeling Express, documents the many abuses of female staff in restaurant kitchens, in the wake of the sexual harassment accusations levelled at chef Dan Doherty. Questioning whether the UK foodservice industry is about to have its #MeToo moment, she tell the Telegraph that inappropriate behaviour by male chefs towards female co-workers is not uncommon.
Zorawar Kalra, founder of Farzi Café, speaks to the Telegraph about his unusual Anglo-Indian concoctions, from venison irrachi (a curry from southern India usually made with beef) to the butter-roast beef marrow with vegetable crisps, inspired by the St John restaurant.
As Food Spark reported last year, chayote was identified by Pinterest as a 2019 food trend after a 76% surge in searches in 2018. The Guardian takes it for a test drive in the kitchen, noting that it works in stews and soups, can be baked with cheese or act as a star in a salad.
Chef Tom Kerridge admits that he used to be intimidated by Michelin-starred places, but is pleased his pubs have received the accolade to convince diners that they don't need to be posh to go to one. "The best pubs aren't there breaking down boundaries in terms of culinary dishes or setting the world alight with new techniques or flavour combinations; the best pubs exist because they do food that people understand well," he told the Evening Standard.
This week, a Google doodle celebrated one of Malaysia's national dishes: nasi lemak, a rice cooked in coconut milk flavoured with pandan leaf and galangal leaf, topped with anchovies, crispy peanuts, hard-boiled egg, sliced cucumber and sambal or a dash of tamarind juice. It's a dish the founder of London's Sambal Shiok told Food Spark she hoped to bring onto the menu at her laksa restaurant last year.
"The week digested: Britain's top 50 gastropubs listed and Hello Fresh revenues rise"
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DLM ALERT – House Appropriations Releases Disaster Bill
HAC Press release
For Immediate Release: December 15, 2017
Emergency Disaster Aid Package Introduced
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Appropriations Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen today introduced a bill to provide additional emergency assistance for recent hurricanes, wildfires in California, and related agriculture losses. The bill, H.R. 4667, totals $81 billion, and targets funds to programs to continue relief and recovery efforts in all of the affected communities, including in Texas, Florida, California, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen made the following statement on the legislation:
"This legislation is the next step in helping our fellow Americans recover from multiple, back-to-back, devastating disasters, including some of the largest major hurricanes, wildfires, and agriculture losses this country has ever seen.
"We have a commitment to our fellow citizens that are in the midst of major rebuilding efforts in all areas, including Texas, Florida, California, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. They deserve our continued support, and we must provide the necessary resources for them to recover from these emergencies. This funding is critical to victims devastated by these disasters.
"As we move forward, we will continue to monitor recovery efforts and will stand side-by-side those victims to ensure that they have what is required to regain their livelihoods and rebuild their communities."
Bill Highlights
Total: $81 billion in emergency spending for programs and activities to respond to recent hurricanes, wildfires, and other designated disasters. This includes funding such as:
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): $27.6 billion for FEMA for disaster response and recovery efforts. This includes:
• Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) funding for response and recovery efforts in all disaster affected areas;
• A provision that allows the transfer of up to $4 billion to the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account for Community Disaster Loans (CDL);
• A provision providing up to 90% federal cost share for disasters declared in 2017 for wildfires; and
• $60 million to ensure FEMA's readiness for future disasters.
Community Development Block Grants-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR): $26.1 billion for CDBG-DR for housing, business, infrastructure, and mitigation needs for communities devastated by disasters in 2017 and prior years. This includes:
• $13.6 billion in grants to states, tribes, and territories for recovery efforts. This is a block grant program for disaster-affected communities with significant flexibility to address local needs; and
• $12.5 billion set-aside for mitigation projects to help communities protect against future natural disasters, and to protect the taxpayer from recurring costs of rebuilding after storms.
Army Corps of Engineers – $12.1 billion for the Corps of Engineers for repairs needed due to natural disasters, and to expedite studies and projects to reduce damages in future disasters in areas affected by recent hurricanes. This includes:
• $10.5 billion for repairs to ongoing construction projects, and to expedite construction projects that will help mitigate future disaster damage;
• $370 million to repair damages along the Mississippi River and its tributaries;
• $608 million for Operation and Maintenance to repair damages, such as dredging of navigation channels;
• $537 million for Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies to repair damages; and
• $75 million to expedite studies to help mitigate future disaster damage.
Agriculture Assistance: $3.8 billion for the Department of Agriculture for disaster recovery from hurricanes, wildfires, and crop loss. This includes:
• $2.6 billion for agriculture disaster assistance, including those related crop and livestock losses in disaster designated zones;
• $541 million for watershed and flood prevention efforts;
• $400 million for emergency conservation efforts to mitigate future disaster risks; and
• $165 million for repairs and mitigation for rural water and waste disposal systems.
Education: $2.9 billion for hurricane education recovery. This funding will help restart operations in schools in affected areas, including school rebuilding and refurbishment and replacement of educational material.
This funding will also provide support to states and localities that accommodate displaced students from K-12, college and technical schools from affected areas, including disabled and homeless students. This funding can be used for both public and private schools.
Small Business Disaster Loans: $1.6 billion for the Small Business Administration's (SBA) disaster loan program. This will allow SBA to make up to $12.2 billion in disaster loans to small businesses and homeowners in all affected areas for recovery and rebuilding.
Defense Facilities – $1.5 billion to repair Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Reserve, National Guard, Coast Guard, and medical military facilities, and to repair or replace equipment damaged by the hurricanes in all affected areas.
Federal Transportation Emergency Relief: $1.4 billion to address all current damages to federal highways caused by designated disasters. These funds are provided directly to states and localities for repairs. The bill also includes $269 million to help communities restore hurricane-damaged mass transit systems.
Economic Development Grants: $600 million to states and localities for economic development grants. These projects can include technical assistance, planning, and infrastructure projects to aid economic recovery in hurricane and wildfire disaster areas.
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The Gran Paradiso National Park holds, since 1947, its own guards corp that watches over and patrols the protected area. Differently from the most recent national parks, where the surveillance is managed, in the framework of the Legge quadro, from the State Corps of Foresters, the Gran Paradiso National Park keeps its own corp of historical guards, carrying on tradition and experience strenghten by time.
It is above all thanks to the rangers that the ibex has been saved from extinction, and today there are nearly 4000 specimens in the protected area. The guards, 62 in all, have a deep knowledge of the park's territory, its animals and its environment, and they provide a service which is quite unique, watching over the territory from dawn till dusk.
All this is made possible by a network of around forty ranger "lodges". In use from May to October, they provide indispensable logistical support for patrol, monitoring, and scientific research, in a park characterized by considerable differences in altitude between the valley floors and the mountain summits. This network of service structures is complete with centres for the study of the alpine fauna, the rangers' quarters and the guest accommodations in all the valleys.
The Park surveillance corp, following its traditions and without loosing its strenghts, evolves constantly, with updates that goes from giudicial rules to the alpine rescue service, from first aid notions to knoledges on the fauna field.
Besides to the high altitude traditional surveillance activity the service today plays also the role of police authority, has direct relations with the public and participates to scientific researches.
The guards, indeed, collaborate with the Prosecutors and with the Park Body tecnical-urban service, give advices to tourists during excursions, invervene in school presentation of the Park and give contribution to different kinds of reseraches carried out by the park scientific service and the university.
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Brunswick County is located in the U.S. state of Virginia. It's county seat is Lawrenceville. The county was created in 1720 and originated from Prince George, Isle of Wight, Surry . The name of the county comes from Duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg. The links directory provides suggestions for a variety of websites to assist in your family history and genealogy research.
Descendants of Daniel Shipman, Sr.
Biography of Benjamin A. Hill, M.D.
Biography of Raymond Victor Harris, M.D.
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The KU Endowment said in a news release that the gift will benefit research by the Kansas Geological Survey and the university's archaeology program.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports Cramer grew up in Wichita and graduated from the University of New Mexico. His was a petroleum geologist, but he had a lifetime interest in archaeology and a passion for searching for the earliest people in the Americas.
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Looking for a fabulous alternative to the usual cake and ice cream birthday party? Host your child's next party at Trout Lodge! Your favorite vacation destination is now the perfect venue for birthday parties. We have a variety of awesome activities to choose from that are sure to beat pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey. We have indoor or outdoor facilities available, and we have cake and catering options available.
•Arts & Crafts: Sand/Gel Candles, Jewelry-Making, Tie-Dye, etc.
Includes two hours of paintball play in our wooded course with gear provided, and one hour of meeting space for cake and presents.
Note: Some restrictions apply so please plan in advance.
Bring your Girl Scout Troop to YMCA Trout Lodge and enjoy all-inclusive rates!
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Oskarżeni (tytuł oryginalny The Accused) – amerykański dramat filmowy z 1988 roku w reżyserii Jonathana Kaplana.
Za rolę w tym filmie Jodie Foster otrzymała w 1988 roku nagrody: Oscara i Złotego Globu.
Opis fabuły
Fabuła filmu oparta na zapisie autentycznych wydarzeń, przedstawia historię z życia młodej kobiety ze środowiska robotniczego Sary Tobias (Jodie Foster), która nie ma zbyt dobrej reputacji. Pewnego dnia, na peryferiach miasta w nocnym barze zostaje brutalnie zgwałcona przez grupę stałych bywalców baru, w którym przebywała. Prokuratorem przydzielonym do tej sprawy jest Kathryn Murphy (Kelly McGillis). Proces do którego dochodzi, udowadnia, że niezależnie od pewnej atmosfery seksualnego napięcia, które pojawiło się tamtego wieczoru, mężczyźni, którzy dopuścili się gwałtu, są winni przestępstwa, lecz szansa na ich ukaranie jest minimalna. W majestacie prawa, w trakcie prowadzenia procesu i przesłuchiwań, ze zgwałconej dziewczyny czyni się winowajczynię, a jej skrzywdzone życie zamienia się w koszmar. Film z realizmem przedstawia scenę brutalnego gwałtu.
Był to jeden z pierwszych filmów hollywoodzkich, który w otwarty sposób potraktował problematykę gwałtu.
Obsada
Kelly McGillis jako Kathryn Murphy
Jodie Foster jako Sarah Tobias
Bernie Coulson jako Ken Joyce
Leo Rossi jako Cliff 'Scorpion' Albrect
Ann Hearn jako Sally Fraser
Carmen Argenziano jako Paul Rudolph
Steve Antin jako Bob Joiner
Tom O'Brien jako Larry
Peter Van Norden jako adwokat Paulsen
Terry David Mulligan jako porucznik Duncan
Woody Brown jako Danny
Scott Paulin jako adwokat Ben Wainwright
Nagrody i nominacje
Nagroda Akademii Filmowej
Najlepsza aktorka pierwszoplanowa – Jodie Foster
Złoty Glob
Najlepsza aktorka w filmie dramatycznym – Jodie Foster
BAFTA
nominacja: Najlepsza aktorka pierwszoplanowa – Jodie Foster
Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmowy w Berlinie
Złoty Niedźwiedź – udział w konkursie głównym
Włoska Akademia Filmowa
David di Donatello dla najlepszej aktorki zagranicznej – Jodie Foster
Linki zewnętrzne
Plakat filmu
Amerykańskie dramaty filmowe
Amerykańskie filmy obyczajowe
Amerykańskie filmy z 1988 roku
Filmy w reżyserii Jonathana Kaplana
Filmy wytwórni Paramount Pictures
Kanadyjskie dramaty filmowe
Kanadyjskie filmy z 1988 roku
Filmy oparte na faktach
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David Cady
DAVID CADY made his acting debut in the original Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's "Merrily We Roll Along," directed by Harold Prince. He also appeared as Peter van Daan in the off-Broadway chamber musical "Yours, Anne," and on tour as Motel the Tailor in "Fiddler on the Roof" opposite Herschel Bernardi.
As a casting director at Donna DeSeta Casting, he personally cast over 2000 TV commercials. Additional casting credits include the original "Dirty Dancing," Disney's "Enchanted," and the world premieres of Michael John La Chuisa's "The Petrified Prince" for The Public Theater and Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Whistle Down the Wind," both directed by Mr. Prince.
He is widely regarded as the foremost teacher of commercial acting technique in New York City today, teaching privately and at NYU and Pace University.
David received his BFA from New York University School of the Arts.
B.F.A., Acting, New York University
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Owning the Sun: A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines
Zaitchik, Alexander
Owning the Sun tells the story of one of the most contentious fights in human history: the legal right to produce lifesaving medicines. Medical science began as a discipline geared toward the betterment of all human life, but the merging of research with intellectual property and the rise of the pharmaceutical industry warped and eventually undermined its ethical foundations. Since World War II, federally funded research has facilitated most major medical breakthroughs, yet these drugs are often wholly controlled by price-gouging corporations with growing international ambitions. Why does the U.S. government fund the development of medical science in the name of the public only to relinquish exclusive rights to drug companies, and how does such a system impoverish us, weaken our responses to crises, and, as in the cases of AIDS and COVID-19, put the world at risk?
Outlining how generations of public health and science advocates have attempted to hold the line against Big Pharma and their allies in government, Alexander Zaitchik's first-of-its-kind history documents the rise of privatized medicine in the United States and its subsequent globalization. From the controversial arrival of patent-wielding German drug firms in the late nineteenth century to present-day coordination between industry and philanthropic organizations—including the influential Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—that stymie international efforts to vaccinate the world against COVID-19, Owning the Sun tells one of the most important and least understood histories of our time.
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Lighting is the largest line item in any commercial electricity bill, accounting for about 32% of total electric energy costs. You can have immediate impact in cost reduction switching to energy efficient lighting.
New technology and rising energy costs have made these upgrades and retrofits pay back more rapidly today than ever before.
Quality of light is a major driver of employee productivity and aesthetics for customers — light level, distribution, color and glare reduction all need to be managed.
Many areas also have energy efficient lighting utility incentives that can help defray investment in new lighting systems.
Tax Credits for Energy Efficiency, associated with the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 2005's accelerated deduction tables are significant — savings range from 30-60 cents/square foot. There are also federal mandates calling for the phase-out of older lighting technology, so new equipment will need to be installed.
The environmental and green advantages are popular with customers and employees, because a typical lighting installation will significantly reduce CO2 emissions.
There's no need for a large initial cash outlay — third-party financing allows for payments to be made directly out of accrued savings in utility bills!
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No Crossing: Suffolk Street Block Closed to Traffic Until 2021
Posted on: August 24th, 2018 at 5:02 am by Elie
Last modified on: August 24, 2018 at 1:36 pm
Thanks to side-by-side construction on Essex Crossing residential projects, the intersection of Broome and Suffolk Streets is a total disaster. So much so that the development consortium Delancey Street Associates seeks a "temporary" closure of Suffolk Street until 2021.
The sudden traffic change allows the "street segment to be used as staging areas for construction materials and equipment" in the construction of towers at Sites 3 and 4.
This construction along the parallel lines of Delancey and Broome Streets is part of Phase II of the billion-dollar mega-project, which kicked off earlier this year. 202 Broome Street (Site 3) is a 15-story development with 83 market-rate condos across 104,594 square-feet (no affordable housing here) as well as 153,819 square-feet of commercial space for the Market Line; 180 Broome (Site 4) is a 26-story tower will be stocked with 263 apartments (half affordable) across nearly 200,000 square-feet of residential space, plus an additional 148,067 square-feet designated commercial (more Market Line).
Essex Crossing Phase II, Photo: Moso Studio
By law, anytime there are street closures lasting long than 180 days, a public forum is mandatory. It's scheduled for September 12, 175 Delancey Street, 6pm.
Per the media advisory:
By law, all street closures lasting longer than 180 days require a public forum to be followed by a Community Reassessment, Impact and Amelioration Statement or Environmental Assessment Statement (EAS) incorporating any public comments and responses. As part of the CRIA Statement, a study was prepared in coordination with the NYC Department of Transportation on the temporary closure. At this forum, results of the study will be presented. Members of the public are invited to attend and will be given the opportunity to make comments. This forum complies with Local Law 24 of 2005, (Title 34, Chapter 2, Section 2-16 of the Rules of the City of New York).
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East Broadway Subway Station Turns 85
The East Broadway subway station wasn't always a shady dungeon attracting crime. Once upon a time, the transit stop inspired celebrations across the Lower East Side. It was exactly eighty-five years ago – January 1, 1936 – that the East Broadway subway station debuted to the public. The feat of subterranean engineering, then known as […]
Looking at the New Ludlow House Annex Atop Demolished Libation Site
Well, that was quick. With Libation excised from the Lower East Side, the hole is now filled. Taken over by Ludlow House. The building at 137 Ludlow Street was demolished last year, and replaced in a matter of months. In fact, it's already operational. The architecture of this one-story newcomer mirrors design elements of its […]
Stringer Promises 'Fair Share' of PPP for City Businesses
City Comptroller (and mayoral candidate) Scott Stringer held a press conference yesterday at the Chinatown kiosk on Canal Street, announcing a plan to funnel federal Payroll Protection (PPP) dollars to New York city businesses. It certainly triggered an uncomfortable memory of last year's PPP fiasco. The first round of PPP went into effect just a […]
'Open Streets' Town Hall Yields More Questions than Answers
Tuesday night's Town Hall on Open Restaurants and Open Streets, hosted by Community Boards 3 and 6 – left residents with more questions than answers regarding the long-term impact these pandemic-era health and economic neighborhood solutions have on a post-COVID city. However, the online meetup did bring a wide scope of information in terms of […]
Unused Half of Bowery's Sunshine Hotel Flophouse Available to Rent
The leasing banner has been strung from the facade of 241 Bowery for more than two years. Without much success. The second and third floors (combined 8,938 square-feet) – once part of the Sunshine Hotel flophouse – are again on the market. And at a hefty price: $6,495 for a "raw" space that requires renovations […]
Bluestockings Bookstore Leans on Supporters to Survive Pandemic Winter and Open on Suffolk Street
Bluestockings Bookstore announced last week that its three-months-running crowdfunding campaign was a success, allowing the Lower East Side literary stalwart to realize its relocation. Over the summer, the first such fundraiser helped the so-called feminist bookstore foot the bill for the lease on 116 Suffolk Street after a pandemic rent hike at the original spot. […]
Little Gio's Pizza Rolls up Orchard Street Outpost
One less pizzeria for Hell Square. Little Gio's Pizza recently closed down its Orchard Street annex. Token butcher paper in the windows signals the end of this road. The expansion outpost of the First Avenue pizzeria lasted about a year. It replaced the locals favorite, Georgia's Eastside BBQ, which shuttered in May 2018 thanks to […]
Sunshine Cinema Office Development Reaches Halfway Mark
The Sunshine Cinema couldn't be further down the horizon. Especially as each steel beam is knocked into place. Progress on the new office building at 143 East Houston Street is certainly visible now. Its skeleton recently reached the halfway mark, as it climbs to a total height of about nine stories. As previously reported, owners […]
Wells Fargo Inspections Signal Extell's Loan Interest for Cherry Street Tower
It appears that Extell needs more money to operate 227 Cherry Street. Wavecrest Management, which oversees this affordable building in the shadow of One Manhattan Square, circulated a letter to tenants that Wells Fargo bank will be on-premise tomorrow for a "lender site inspection." So, it would appear that Extell seeks another loan for this […]
The Pandemic Newcomers to Chinatown Restaurant Scene
Opening a new business is always risky but opening in the middle of a pandemic takes "cojones." And that's exactly what three Chinatown entrepreneurs did. Recall that the economic devastation in Chinatown already dates back one year. The onset of Covid-19 overseas caused sharp declines in revenue for most businesses already struggling to survive on […]
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(2674) Pandare, désignation internationale (2674) Pandarus, est un astéroïde troyen de Jupiter.
Caractéristiques
Orbite
Cet astéroïde est un troyen de la planète Jupiter, situé au point de Lagrange L5
Physique
Il mesure 98 km de diamètre et possède un albédo relativement faible (0,04). C'est un astéroïde de type T.
Découverte
Pandarus a été découvert à l'observatoire Oak Ridge aux États-Unis. Sa désignation provisoire est 1982 BC3.
Voir aussi
Annexes
Liste des planètes mineures (2001-3000)
Liens externes
Astéroïde au point de Lagrange L5 du système Soleil-Jupiter
Planète mineure découverte en 1982
Objet céleste découvert par l'observatoire Oak Ridge
Pandare
Planète mineure prédécouverte en 1972
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Home | General | Using capacities of Makran coast is being pursued in cabinet, at the national level / Progress Fund to be created in the provinces around country
Using capacities of Makran coast is being pursued in cabinet, at the national level / Progress Fund to be created in the provinces around country
Referring to the sale of agricultural products to neighbours, Ayatollah Raisi said, "We agree to create a common border market for the sale of agricultural products in the province to neighbouring countries".
Speaking on Thursday in a meeting with various groups of the people of Hormozgan, Ayatollah Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi described the province as having diverse resources and said, "Hormozgan has the sea, mines, industries, efficient and educated human resources who are ready to work".
The President said, "There is good cohesion among all ethnic groups in this region. This capital must be maintained and strengthened".
Referring to the martyrdom of divers and the role of the province in the Imposed War with Iraq, Dr Raisi said, "The armed forces protected the country by protecting the sea and against the American troops and the forces that are present in the region".
The President clarified, "The government and the governor-general of this province should use the help of researchers who have worked on removing poverty".
Emphasising that taking advantage of local human resources takes precedence over non-local ones, Ayatollah Raisi said, "This is an important issue for local human resources to play a role in the province's industries, agriculture and development".
Referring to the importance of Makran coasts, the President said, "In the cabinet, we proposed the maximum use of the capacities of these coasts and a mechanism was approved for it so that we can make full use of this capital at the national level and with the cooperation of ministries".
Stating that national industries have an important share and executive responsibility in the development of Hormozgan, Dr Raisi said, "All active industries in the province should play their role and spend a percentage of their income in that region".
The President mentioned the creation of a progress fund as one of the innovations of the 1401 budget and said, "With the establishment of a progress fund in the provinces from the beginning of next year, the government will pay a petty cash to all funds and the province's revenues such as tax surplus, mines and surplus property will be deposited to the fund in a way that the province can complete semi-finished projects by creating jobs".
Rejecting the sale of raw materials, the President noted, "Activating downstream industries such as petrochemicals can create added value, and Hormozgan province has the capacity to create conversion industries to prevent the sale of raw materials".
Referring to the need for problem-orientation in the country, Dr Raisi said, "The Supreme Leader of the Revolution also emphasised problem-orientation, and the presentation of a "system of problems" and the realisation of popular participation and the people's government can be very effective in overcoming problems".
Regarding the shortage of doctors, medical staff and medical centres in Hormozgan, Ayatollah Raisi said, "This issue is being pursued in the administrative council of the province and justice requires that doctors be available to all Iranians because it is not acceptable for a patient to die due to lack of doctors".
In response to the request of one of the speakers to establish a kindergarten in the departments, the President said, "This issue is a right and will be pursued".
Source: Presidency of Islamic Republic of Iran
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Howdy y'all! I've been called both hillbilly and crazy all my life so I reckon I've earned the title Crazy Hillbilly fair and square.
The purpose of this blog is really just to make you laugh and to try to make you think - Use that noggin!
Hang around a bit and see what a crazy old hillbilly has to say about it. Below you will find the newest articles. For more browse the categories or use the search box at the top of this page.
I was led back down a long hall way that separated the storage side of the barns from the rest. The last doorway on the left. A shadow in the shape of a man. The room is dark. He begins to speak, his voice garbled and disguised electronically.
The guide says, "Ha ha he talks funny," and then continues to ramble about the coffee down at the cafe.
One night, a mother told her own daughter to go buy some milk and she also told her to watch out for the railroad tracks. While the girl was crossing the railroad tracks, one of shoes got stuck and suddenly, she saw a train coming in the distance, she was still struggling to get her foot off the tracks, and the train was coming closer… and closer. Until, the train hit her, she lost both her legs but no one ever saw the poor little girl ever again.
It all started when I was about three years old. My family and I moved into a big green house in Portsmouth Virginia. Once we moved in and got settled we started to hear footsteps coming from the front door going upstairs, and you could hear it walking around in the bedrooms.
The house was over ninety years old back in 1986 and we lived there for eleven years. My father said that the noises we were hearing was the house settling but in ninety years it should have settled a long time ago. The house was by a church that was haunted.
When I got older my mother told me the story about the church. The ghost in the church was that of a man who was murdered in there. He was the piano player and he was staying late to practice and somebody came in and chopped him up.
When I was a kid growing up in Kentucky we all thought that hillbillies came from Georgia and Tennessee. We had no idea that we were hillbillies ourselves. Heck, we were just regular, ordinary people, well educated on the ways of the world and just as sophisticated as anyone else in the hollow.
Howdy y'all my names Gerty and sum guy done told me that if I wood write sumthin fer his website then I cud get real famus and mebee wind up gittin rich one day. Lawd, it shore wood be right nice to be livin high on the hawg! Welp, since I warnt doin nothin anyhow but apart from fatnin up these here three possums me and my bruther done catched and baby sittin fer my 16 grand chilluns so I up and decided I wood write sumthin.
My furst problim was I never did larn to read nor write, but I have a grand youngin named Merly Jean that kin write so these here words are her a writin down what I'm a tellin her.
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Special Olympics eyes UAE return after success of 2019
Games are concluding but our work will go on say legacy-seeking local organisers
Published: March 21, 2019 16:58 Samihah Zaman, Staff Reporter
UAE women's team celebrate their gold medal winning performance. Image Credit: Supplied
Even before the Flame of Hope was given away to conclude the Middle East's first Special Olympics World Games hosting this week, officials were already talking about returning the event to the UAE capital at Thursday's closing press conference in Abu Dhabi.
Dr Timothy Shriver, chairman of the Special Olympics, said: "If invited, I would love to bring the games back to the UAE in future."
Abdullah Al Junaibi, chairman of the higher committee for the Special Olympics, added: "From day one of beginning the preparations for this year's Games, we've been saying that we will do it again."
The conference was held after the final matches at the Games, which saw more than 7,500 athletes from 200 countries participate across 24 sports. According to Shriver, this has been the largest Games in terms of the number of athletes and countries participating.
"More importantly, here in the UAE, our athletes have been treated as though they are the best, and though they do not get to hear this enough outside the Games, the truth is that they are," said Shriver.
The UAE contingent has also performed exceedingly well in the World Games this year, participating in all categories. Between them, the 297 athletes and their unified partners earned a total of 182 medals, according to Tala Al Ramahi, chief strategy officer for the Special Olympics. In addition, nearly 30 per cent of the UAE's athletes were women.
"The Games are concluding, but our work will go on," said Al Ramahi. "We will focus on training athletes in all these sport categories, and also work to build a robust family programme to support this training. In addition, we hope to extend the Healthy Athletes programme, which offers free annual health screenings for people with determination.
"Another of our key missions is to promote inclusivity, and we will do this by spearheading unified sports activities," she added, referring to the Unified Champion School programme.
As reported by Gulf News on Sunday, the programme aims to regularly set up unified sport competitions across all public schools in the UAE.
The conference was also attended by Hessa Bint Eisa Bu Humaid, Minister of Community Development, and Dr Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and chief executive officer of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), who assured that the legacy of the Games will live on through a number of government and private sector initiatives.
"As the largest employer in the UAE, we will promote more inclusivity by providing enhanced support to employees with determination, including educational assistance and flexible working hours," said Dr Al Jaber.
A country-by-country breakdown of medals was not announced at the conference however, with Shriver saying that "medal tallies promote the wrong message [and negative competition] in sports.
"Our athletes came, played and had a good time. That's what's important," said Shriver.
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More to Be Pitied Than Scorned is a lost 1922 silent film melodrama starring Alice Lake and Rosemary Theby. It was directed by Edward LeSaint and produced by Harry Cohn.
It was the first feature film from CBC Film Sales Corporation that would later become Columbia Pictures.
Cast
J. Frank Glendon – Julian Lorraine
Rosemary Theby – Josephine Clifford
Philo McCullough – Vincent Grant
Gordon Griffith – Troubles
Alice Lake – Viola Lorraine
Josephine Adair – Ruth Lorraine
References
External links
allmovie/synopsis More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
Lantern slide(Wayback Machine)
1922 films
American silent feature films
Lost American films
Films directed by Edward LeSaint
Silent American drama films
1922 drama films
American black-and-white films
Melodrama films
Columbia Pictures films
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Q: I have to clear CMOS to Boot The problem I have is that I need to remove the CMOS battery so the computer would turn on. It appears to be dead, I press the power button and it does absolutely nothing, no lights on, no beeping, just as it was dead.
I read or figured out that removing the battery might help, and that is what I did. The problem now is that I have to do it once every four or five times I turn on the computer, and it is becoming really annoying.
The battery is the one that came with the motherboard, so I don't think it could be discharged. And I don't know what else look for, I don't really know what could be causing this.
Does anyone know what might be wrong? Any directions or hints that help me diagnose the problem?
Any of those would be greatly appreciated
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Still thankful this morning following a great couple of days with the family at Disney World and with two more days remaining.
I'm also thankful I'm not caught up in Black Friday traffic (which sounds strange considering the crowds we're dealing with) and made a spur-of-the-moment decision to join in.
So, from now until the time I crawl out of bed next Thursday, Dec. 1, I'm offering all five of my books on sale. These are paperbacks and each will be inscribed (To So-and-So) and signed by the author, me.
I'm pricing them at $6 each with a shipping charge of $4, regardless how many books you order (to be shipped to the same address, of course).
To simplify: 1 book for $10, 2 books for $16, 3 books for $22, etc.
To order, email me at steve@stevemartaindale.com or private message me through social media. We'll then work out which books made out to whom and how to handle the money.
Like I said, this was spur-of-the-moment.
Oh, and you can review all of the books on this page.
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How to Make a Book Review Interesting for Children?
Writing a book review is not an easy thing, especially, when the intended audience is children. There is a constant question how to light the sparkle of interest in the smallest readers. Which types of instruments should a good author apply?
To begin with, a critic should try to understand the feelings and values of the young generation. What is more, it is important to estimate an idea somebody wanted to interpret and its moral content.
The main critic's task is the description of the thoughts and emotional states, which a book might cause. It should be done in order parents could easily understand whether this piece of writing is appropriate for their little one. A review has to evaluate and in a shortened form provide information on the children's interests contained in a publication. Therefore, here are some pieces of advice on how to write a successful book review for boys and girls, which will encourage reading and will increase the popularity of such an activity.
One more important detail is a psychological point. If a writer is not able to comprehend the youngsters' way of thinking and perceiving the World, they would hardly trust him / her. In addition, adults would also like to find some information oriented on their audience. The analysis has to define the aim of this certain piece of writing. What should the critic wish for is to catch the attention of kids and persuade them to read.
First of all, present the name of the book and the person who wrote it.
The next step is the reproduction of the storyline and highlighting the most intriguing moments of it.
If the previous items are already concluded, the critic should go on giving a personal comment. She or he has a possibility to express own emotions and attitude. There is a chance to tell about the favorite moments and heroes, which are worth admiration.
Then, it is a high time to provide a characteristic of the main hero. It is necessary to pay attention to the deeds of the protagonist, whose achievements should be the behavior examples for the readers. This positive personality usually conveys good qualities, such as bravery, warm-heartedness, and generosity. A protagonist is usually supposed to defend the forces of the good side and conquer evil.
In the last paragraphs, it is needed to evaluate the printed work from the literary point of view. The factor, which matters, is the style of writing. Additionally, you may give the examples of the author's language and cite the favorite lines.
Take a note that attractive review compares the events presented in a book and the way such events function in real life. To summarize, you can also give some tips on how the writing could be improved or enhanced. One more good idea is to address the young readers and tell them the main lessons of the book, which they will be able to learn.
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Training is essential to the human /dog relationship. Lack of training is the #1 reason dogs are surrendered to shelters in the U.S.
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This has has all you need to help your dog be his/her best.
This special training is done in your home and can incorporate other family dogs who are healthy and have a history of friendly behaviors with other dogs.
This class adds distance, duration and distraction to all components of level 1. Increased difficulty and challenges to help your dog grow.
We will be offering our level 2 training in spring 2019 as soon as the weather is a bit more reliable as most of this is done outside.
Class covers all 10 components of the American Kennel Club CGC certification. At the conclusion of the class students will be offered the American Kennel Club CGC certification test.
These classes are held in public locations and retail stores and teach all the necessary behaviors for dogs to visit and work in public.
This class is for reactive dogs who have difficulty working and living with other dogs and other stimuli.
This is a specialized class and a very limited number of dogs can participate. This requires a high degree of owner commitment.
This class covers the basics for off leash work with your pal. A great starting point for off leash activities.
A portion of all registration fees goes to selected shelters and rescues to support the care of homeless and abused animals.
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Q: How can we get regression coefficients from a Keras linear regression model? A multiple linear regression model with k predictors X1, X2, ..., Xk
and a response Y , can be written as y = β0 + β1X1 + β2X2 + ··· βkXk + ".
I followed the tutorial here to use tf.keras to do basic regression. https://www.tensorflow.org/tutorials/keras/regression. Is it possible to output the β variables so I can examine how they contribute to the response?
The model the tutorial has you build looks like this by the way:
def build_model():
model = keras.Sequential([
layers.Dense(64, activation='relu', input_shape=[len(train_dataset.keys())]),
layers.Dense(64, activation='relu'),
layers.Dense(1)
])
optimizer = tf.keras.optimizers.RMSprop(0.001)
model.compile(loss='mse',
optimizer=optimizer,
metrics=['mae', 'mse'])
return model
Where len(train_dataset.keys()) is 9.
A: The weights are stored in:
model.layers[n].weights
with layers a list and n the layer index in the model.
In your example, because input shape is (9,)
>>> len(model.layers[0].weights)
2
>>> model.layers[0].weights[0].shape
TensorShape([9, 64])
>>> model.layers[0].weights[1].shape
TensorShape([64])
To interpret these, imagine the first layer is to compute h = ReLU(Ax+b) with x a vector of (9,) then A is a matrix of shape (9,64) and b a vector of shape (64,), and h also a vector of shape (64,). Therefore, model.layers[0].weights is the list [A, b] of two weight tensors.
It is not linear regression. If you want it to be, you need to make a simpler model:
def build_model():
model = keras.Sequential([
layers.Dense(1, input_shape=[len(train_dataset.keys())])
])
optimizer = tf.keras.optimizers.RMSprop(0.001)
model.compile(loss='mse',
optimizer=optimizer,
metrics=['mae', 'mse'])
return model
Then, after training with data, model.layers[0].weights[0] will have shape (9,1), which are your β1, β2, ..., βk; and model.layers[0].weights[1] will have shape (1,), which is your β0
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Some people say we're just put in the ground and that's that. Others are taught that there's a celestial "waiting room" for you to stay in, just for a bit. And while most religions promise a Heaven for the good-hearted and a Hell for the bad guys, we can't, unfortunately, go check things out first.
But what if the deceased had the option to hang around awhile? Author Gary Jansen's church taught that there was no such possibility, but in his new book "Holy Ghosts", he tells how he learned otherwise.
Growing up in his mother's Catholic faith, Gary Jansen says he "always felt drawn to God". He faithfully attended Mass and briefly considered the priesthood. But his was not your usual Catholic Kid childhood.
When Jansen was small, the family moved into a crumbling fixer-upper in a Rockville Centre, Long Island, neighborhood, conveniently close to a Catholic Church and two Catholic schools. The house was ancient, and it creaked and banged. Jansen remembers the thump of footsteps in the attic and the tinkle of breaking glass, but they were only sounds. His father always maintained that the house was "settling", but Jansen's mother quietly told her son one morning that she'd seen a ghost.
The story stuck with Jansen as he grew up, married, became a father, and bought his childhood home in which to raise his own family. The thumps never went away. The footsteps continued. Glass broke where there was no glass. And then, the electric sensations began to plague Jansen, and his three-year-old son became scared of his own bedroom.
Was there such a thing as ghosts? Jansen, an editor of religious books, began to look into his faith for answers. Though the "official" tenet of the Church is that the only spirit is the Holy Spirit and that ghosts don't exist, Jansen found several learned Catholic scholars who believed differently.
As the weirdness escalated, a colleague threw Jansen a lifeline: a woman in Ohio, a real-life inspiration for a national TV show, claimed the ability to see ghosts and could, via telephone, help usher them "beyond". But she didn't like what she saw when Jansen called.
Because, indeed, Jansen's house was haunted.
Think Halloween is for heathens? Not so, as you'll see in this thoughtful, heavily researched, and definitely spooky little memoir.
Author Gary Jansen seems to be trying hard to maintain his skepticism in the telling of this tale. It's easy to imagine him whistling in the dark and clinging to his bravado by his fingernails during the whole ordeal, but I never got the impression that he was trying to scare me with his book. Instead, he merely presents his story and while he, himself, appears convinced (I won't tell you which way), he lets his readers dangle a little in the end.
If you're looking for a grown-up, slightly-shivery story that takes you from Bible to banshee, "Holy Ghosts" is your book. For sure, this will get you into the Halloween spirit.
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4 symmetrical centre windows to ground and former gallery. Slated roof. Flat-roofed, square-plan detached former session house to west is whin rubble with yellow ashlar dressings; door to east elevation. Ashlar capping blocks imitate crenellations. Enclosed by rubble-built wall with square, droved ashlar gatepiers.
Advertisement for rebuilding parish church in Edinburgh Courant Nov 11, 1813. Congregation united with Largo 1958; building sold by Trustees of Church of Scotland, 1965.
A H Millar FIFE: PICTORIAL AND HISTORICAL, 1895, vol II, p24. Hay, ARCHITECTURE OF SCOTTISH POST-REFORMATION CHURCHES, 1957. Leighton, HISTORY OF FIFE, 1840, vol III, p128. GLASGOW HERALD 6.4.1972.
SRO GD 245/7/6 HMSO NEW LIFE FOR OLD CHURCHES, 1977 (No 24).
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If you're ready to move beyond an entry level position, you'll likely find these five tips to position yourself for a promotion to be quite useful. After all, once you've been working in the same position for a while, there's a good chance that you'll be ready to take on a new challenge. It's up to you to conduct yourself in a manner that positions you as someone who should be considered for higher level job opportunities as they become available.
Conducting yourself as a team placer is one of the most important thing that you can do to position yourself for career advancement. Working as a team player involves focusing on what's in the best interest of your department and the company as a whole instead of just looking out for your own interests.
To position yourself as a team player, it's important to exhibit a "we" attitude. For example, make it a point of developing positive relationships with your co-workers. Be proactive in offering to help others when your workload allows. When you are recognized for an accomplishment, share the credit by pointing out the role that other played in the success.
If you want to be considered for advancement, take advantage of every opportunity you have to learn new skills. Many companies encourage employees to cross train, which involves learning how to perform tasks that are beyond the scope of their current position. Companies do this to help ensure continuity when employees are out temporarily or permanently, as well as to identify team members who are open to learning new things.
Employees sometimes complain about cross training, saying that management is trying to get more work out of them without paying for it. This is not an attitude of someone who is likely to be seen as being promotable. Instead, look at on the job cross training as a way to become more valuable to your company. After all, the greater your skill level is, the more types of jobs you will be eligible to perform. Additionally, by exhibiting a positive attitude toward learning new skills, you'll distinguish yourself in a positive way from grumbling co-workers.
When identifying employees who have the potential to move into higher level jobs, management looks for members of the workforce who have exhibited the types of behaviors expected of leaders. Employees who have excellent skills, but whose behaviors and attitudes are not appropriate for organizational leaders are not likely to be tapped for promotions. If you want to be considered for advancement opportunities, it's essential to make sure that you are seen as someone who is trustworthy and who focuses on being productive and finding solutions rather than participating in petty gossip and contributing to negative workplace attitudes.
While most people seem to realize that it's important to dress for success when interviewing for a new job, many individuals lose sight of the fact that maintaining a professional image is important once they go to work. If you are in an entry or mid-level position and want to position yourself for advancement, the image that you project can have a significant impact on whether or not you are viewed by management as being someone with the potential to move up.
The "conventional wisdom" that applies to job seekers is that you should dress for a job that's one level higher than the position that you are applying for when interviewing for a job. This can also apply to positioning yourself for career advancement. If you want to be considered for a promotion remember that, in a way, every day that you go to work is a job interview. Make sure that the image you project is one of professionalism, and that it's appropriate for the job you have today as well as for the one you hope to have in the future.
Don't make the mistake of assuming that company management will figure out that you are interested in advancement. While it may not be a good idea to put in a formal request for a promotion when you are a brand new employee, once you have some experience and a positive work history, it's time for you to let the appropriate personnel within your company know that you are interested in advancement within the company.
Depending on your company's policy on internal promotions, you may need to speak with your supervisor, someone in the human resources department, or the manager of the department(s) where you would like to work. It's up to you to make your career objectives known to the right people in a constructive way. Stating your interest in moving up in a manner that is consistent with the company's procedures for advancement is the first step to being considered for promotional opportunities.
If you are ready to take your career to the next level, be sure and implement these five tips to position yourself for a promotion. Doing so can help you build a solid reputation as a professional. Even if the right opportunity doesn't become available within your own company, following these tips will likely help you cultivate a strong network of peers and other business contacts that will be happy to provide you with positive references if you decide to apply for higher level jobs with a different company.
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package org.apache.carbondata.spark.testsuite.filterexpr
import org.apache.spark.sql.Row
import org.apache.spark.sql.common.util.CarbonHiveContext._
import org.apache.spark.sql.common.util.QueryTest
import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterAll
/**
* Test Class for filter expression query on Integer datatypes
* @author N00902756
*
*/
class IntegerDataTypeTestCase extends QueryTest with BeforeAndAfterAll {
override def beforeAll {
sql("CREATE TABLE integertypetableFilter (empno int, workgroupcategory string, deptno int, projectcode int,attendance int) STORED BY 'org.apache.carbondata.format'")
sql("LOAD DATA local inpath './src/test/resources/data.csv' INTO TABLE integertypetableFilter OPTIONS('DELIMITER'= ',', 'QUOTECHAR'= '\"')")
}
test("select empno from integertypetableFilter") {
checkAnswer(
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Bundi – A Hidden Gem in the Aravallis - Ghumakkar - Inspiring travel experiences.
The best time to visit Rajasthan is during Christmas. No blazing sun, no discomfort, hence it is the right time to plan a trip there. Rajasthan had been there in our bucket list for a long time, so this time we thought of giving it a shot.
First, we boarded a flight to Jaipur and stationed there for a night. Ours was a backpacking journey so the list of names of the places was very big. Here, I am going to narrate my experience of staying at Bundi for a night. The town of Bundi is situated in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan, this place is less explored by the Indian tourists but we had the opportunity to be there and learn about the place and of its rich history.
After leaving Jaipur, my husband and I enjoyed an evening safari at Ranthambore and the next day we headed to Bundi. The journey has taken us almost three and a half hours by car. Bundi is strategically located between Kota and Jaipur. The road ran through many small villages and the sight of the beautiful mud houses and the grazing cattle was quite captivating. The lanes and the by lanes were astir with people going about their daily chores. On the whole, the rustic picture was quite a treat for the eyes.
Leaving the villages behind we arrived at the town of Bundi. We had a prior booking at one of the havelis located on the Purani Kothwali road; so, it was a hassle free check-in for us. The haveli itself looked like a miniature palace and I felt so royal in it. It consisted of a courtyard and a corridor with well-embellished rooms for the guests.
Dropping our luggage in the room we went out to explore the town. The entire place is encircled by the Aravalli range. The sun was still up and we had around three hours to make it before dark. The two sought-after places to visit there are the Bundi palace and the Taragarh fort; we had time for only one, so opted for the Bundi palace.
While sauntering through every nook and cranny of the nearby places I was reminded of Satyajit Ray's 'Fritz'. The story was set in Bundi and it was quite exciting for me to be there and live it all. After some time I came across the colossal Bundi palace gate. As we entered I could see the mansion partly in a state of dilapidation. Grasses had grown tall, figs and ferns had outgrown the terraces and windows. The whole place had a very eerie feel about it. But as we ventured into the courtyard I got a clearer view of the entire place and was taken aback by its charm and beauty.
The long corridors ran from one end to the other. The silence of the place was suddenly broken by the footsteps of a little boy darting out from one of the dark rooms. On asking he said that he and his companions come there very often to play; leaving him behind I started exploring the palace. The entire palace was covered with rich murals and paintings that depicted the lives of the kings and queens; some murals bore the testimony of the life around the kingdom and the rustic thoroughfares. I was absolutely mesmerised by the art form. The Bundi style of mural painting had originated in the Taragarh Fort, subsequently, it spread throughout Bundi.
As time was not on our side we had to make a hurry. The sun was still peeking out from the horizon. As we climbed up the stone steps we got a bird's eye view of the town below; we also got a splendid view of the Nawal Sagar lake from the top. Here we came across a guide and a few other tourists. The guide regaled us with some wonderful stories and showed us a few more quarters of the palace. The rooms where the queens stayed have no windows, so I had to pluck up a lot of courage to enter that dark ' kuthris'.
The overall experience was very exciting and obviously spine-chilling. As it was getting dark we thought of going back to our haveli. We thanked the guide and scrambled down a long winding path that led us back to the town.
Back in town, the shops were lit up, some young ruffians were scooting past on their bikes. My eyes fell on a group of lads hauling their kites down and disappearing in the dark gullies. A lot of furore and buzz was going around, but as soon as we entered our haveli, I felt very calm and peaceful. The haveli was wonderfully lit up, the iridescent lights and the shimmering chandeliers gave the entire place a feel of opulence and royalty.
Earlier the owner had told us to try out a dish popularly known as 'lalmaas', it is made of goat meat and spiced up with a lot of masalas and chillis, so we ordered a plate of the same with some rotis. The meat was succulent and I loved the rotis as they melted in the mouth. As we sat gorging on the dish, I could see the Taragarh fort right from the rooftop restaurant. It was a wonderful feeling to behold its beauty at night.
It was almost 10'o clock and I had a train to catch the next day. I was so tired that I slept like a log. Next morning, I had woken up very early and reached the Bundi station on time. Our next destination was Chittor and I was eagerly looking forward to it. We stayed only for a night at Bundi but the overall experience was amazing.
Very thrilling & exciting narrative. All the photographs are gems. I long to visit Bundi one day as I am mostly a hill & mountain traveler planning a trip to Ramgarh & Mukteshwar in the Kumaon Hills during Dushera holidays.
Thanks a lot for appreciating my narrative.I am happy to know that you have liked the pictures too.Do visit Bundi soon, I bet you would love the place.Wish you a very happy journey to the Kumaon hills.
Thank you very much for liking my story.
Thank you very much. Will definitely write about my experience of Chittor shortly.
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Bishop Alan's Blog: Any alternatives to Dogs and Vomit?
Any alternatives to Dogs and Vomit?
Let's get this straight. Some of my friends are bankers. I don't have a problem with bankers getting paid for the work they do. Some bankers should get paid more than others. Big bankers should get paid big salaries. But bonuses should be rationalised and spread about the people who work at all levels of the business. How do you justify a single individual getting a one-off (almost guaranteed each year) payment amounting to many multiples of what the ordinary bank staff earn in several years? And whose money is it that they are playing with anyway?
It's certainly a shame if a good crisis has been wasted.
One development I will be watching this year, after discovering philanthropic microfinance through Kiva, is the growth (or not) of Zopa. Billed as the "eBay of banking," this is a microfinance site that enables people to borrow or lend directly with minimized middleman profiteering. Risks are potentially higher, but not perhaps by as much as you would think, and returns rates have held up much better than convnentional banks in the past year or so. For a small investor, there's more flexibility and returns are substantially higher than anything you would have got last year from the UK high street with its pathetic levels of customer satisfaction, up t0 20 point differentials between bank rate and their rate, and fat markups for the fat system.
As ordinary low-risk borrowers and lenders increasingly use microfinance sites, what's holding back change? Personal inertia — apparently disgruntled Brits are more likely to change their partners than their banks. Also Brits are not currently awash with cash, being legendarily more inclined to borrow than to save. Finally, the UK tax régime around savings income isn't (yet?) favourable to such direct ways of saving — or indeed any ways of saving?
However, the times are a'changing, and if direct lending sites, presently a bit of a joke, develop, the Drones Club with its fat bonuses and useless customer service could be begin to experience an interesting run for our money.
Did you ever look at MyC4? Is there anything genuinely different between that and Kiva and Zopa, and would you recommend one over the other for any particular reasons?
Having said that, did you see the article in last week's Saturday or Sunday Times on the Grameen bank, which pioneered micro loans, that seemed to suggest that their overal impact is not as great as had been hoped? Admittedly, they only looked at the impact on the local economy after 12 months, but still, there appears to be a concern whether this will turn out to be yet another scheme that does little more than make the investors feel good about themselves.
I hope that will prove to be wrong!
I would also suggest that promoting these schemes under the heading of investment or savings may not be as helpful as promoting them under the heading of aid, charitable giving etc, precisely for the reasons you list in your post.
I agree, the general level of interest rates on MyC4 is not as low as it could and should be.
But at least the system gives every individual lender the opportunity to set their own interest rate and thereby at least make their own small contribution to a large problem.
Maybe in the absence of a lending Amazon, this is all we can ever do?
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History is politics and politics is history – and we are all part of it, often in ways are not even aware of. And that is precisely the reason why we need to share it. Shared History is not about giving your own history up – but opening the act of history making to other perspectives, other voices than what is conventionally expected.
Shared History is a project that brings together newly arrived and established artist across the Baltic Sea region, a sea of (dis)-connections. Their views do not necessarily need to harmonise, but they have to relate to each other when exploring critical methods of storytelling in a time of polarised debates about history and identity. By providing a space for creative and critical dialogue for artists, writers and thinkers, Shared History aims to look at history and narration as a process of participation and interpretation rather than a set of fixed facts.
What is integration? A deconstruction based on the idea of Shared History
Reflections on Shared History
By Johan Hegardt
Shared History
Notes on Narration and Identity in the Baltics and Beyond
"Focusing these questions to a Nordic-Baltic perspective reveals the close relationship between various traditions or systems of making of history and their impact on our identities today."
Read more about the background and theories behind the Shared History project in this essay by Svante Helmbaek Tirén.
"The concept shared history means that two different entities share a certain part of history with each other."
"Acknowledging we are part of the same history although we might have different backgrounds, experiences or opinions is the starting point."
Why Shared History?
essay about the role of language in relation to "refugees", by Johan Hegardt
"A flight is one event among many in the life of a person, an unpleasant experience to be sure but not of the dignity that it should be his or her defining characteristic."
"This modern myth of multicultural Gdansk, although not entirely adequate for every historical period, has been welcome by Gdansk citizens helping them to bridge Gdansk's turbulent past with its present and the future."
The Polish context
Multicultural Gdańsk
The Latvian context
and the Riga Bourse Museum
To broaden the scope of possible ways to talk about the migration in the context of Latvia, the exhibition within the "Shared History" project in Riga is to be developed at the art museum "Riga Bourse". It will be focusing on the idea of the territory of Latvia as a historically layered and multi-ethnic zone where different cultures have co-existed since centuries.
"Shared History is therefore also an honest attempt to approach these questions by challenging ourselves when translating it into practical terms."
The Swedish context
in search for integration from all directions
Deconstructing cultural policy through design
- by Isabel Mager & Gabriel Maher
The First Anniversary of the European Borders Closure - Anna Domańska
The First Anniversary of the European Borders Closure
Anna Domańska
All project activities, essays, films and more.
Archive; texts, activities, films etc
The artists have put themselves in front of the camera to talk about experiences of being under pressure, questions about migration, privileges and responsibilities.
Winzip senses
By Vanja Sandell Billström and Reza Hazare
The Making of UnderWeAre
A film by Ibrahim Muhanna
"I want to raise a question of who takes control over yourself, your life, your mind."
exploring tales of those wandering, running away and searching for a new place on earth
Sharing stories in Gdansk
storytelling workshop
Connect with nature
nature excursions and art workshops
The forest might be associated with a sense of freedom and dreaming, a space upon which children project their magic thinking. At the same time, the forest might appear unfamiliar or even scary for someone else.
A film about the project from the Gdansk perspective, including documentaiton of the exhibition at St John's centre, the art productions, theatre performance and workshop.
Shared History experiences
the Gdansk perspective
How to share history and build a multicultural society?
Debate in Gdansk, discussing to the identity of the city, its unknown history and opportunities brought forth by newcomers.
The project concluded in Belgrade, with a sharing conversation about the notion of "the shared" in history and heritage; Cultural strategies for more inclusive historical consciousness
Explorative converstion in Belgrade
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Herman Cain, former GOP presidential candidate, dies after battle with coronavirus
Herman Cain, a former presidential hopeful who was once considered by President Donald Trump for the Federal Reserve, has died after being hospitalized with the coronavirus. He was 74.
Cain's death was announced Thursday on his website by Dan Calabrese, who edits the site and had previously written about his colleague's diagnosis.
"Herman Cain – our boss, our friend, like a father to so many of us – has passed away," Calabrese said in the blog post. "We all prayed so hard every day. We knew the time would come when the Lord would call him home, but we really liked having him here with us, and we held out hope he'd have a full recovery."
Cain was among the highest-profile public figures in the United States to have died from Covid-19. Less than two weeks before receiving his diagnosis, Cain attended Trump's campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which had been staged despite concerns about mass gatherings during the pandemic.
Cain, a stage 4 cancer survivor, tweeted a photograph of himself at Trump's rally showing him surrounded by other attendees, none of whom appeared to be wearing masks or other protective gear.
A July 2 statement from Cain's social media accounts announcing his hospitalization said, "There is no way of knowing for sure how or where Mr. Cain contracted the coronavirus." The Trump campaign said after Cain's diagnosis that he had not met with the president at the Tulsa rally.
The campaign said that all attendees at the event had their temperatures checked upon entry, and that masks and hand sanitizer were handed out but not required to use. Before the event, the campaign revealed that six members of the team involved in the rally preparations had tested positive for the virus and had been quarantined.
Cain had been hospitalized in Atlanta on July 1, two days after being told he had tested positive for Covid-19, according to his social media.
He did not require a respirator and was "awake and alert" when he checked in to the hospital, the statement said. "Please join with us in praying for Mr. Cain, and for everyone who has contracted the coronavirus – as well as their families," it said.
Cain had been a business executive and board chairman of a branch of Kansas City's Federal Reserve Bank before moving into Republican politics and eventually becoming a presidential candidate.
Last year, Trump briefly considered picking Cain as his nominee to join the Federal Reserve Board. Cain remained a vocal supporter of Trump's after his nomination was withdrawn.
A former CEO of the restaurant chain Godfather's Pizza, was no stranger to politics.
He became a player in Republican politics as an economic advisor to Bob Dole's 1996 presidential campaign before briefly launching his own bid in 2000.
In the 2012 GOP presidential primary season, Cain gained outsized media coverage with his catchy "9-9-9" economic plan to replace much of the federal tax code with a 9% business transactions tax, a 9% personal income tax and a 9% sales tax. Critics called the plan "dubious" and impractical.
Mitt Romney, the current Utah senator who would clinch the GOP nomination in 2012, tweeted Thursday that he was saddened to hear of Cain's passing.
Cain suspended that campaign in December 2011 following multiple allegations of sexual harassment, ranging back to his time as chief executive of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. Cain denied the allegations.
After his hospitalization, Cain's social media accounts occasionally provided vague updates on his condition. A message on July 5 said he was "making progress" and that "more encouraging news" was expected to come soon. Two days later, Cain's Twitter account said "doctors are trying to make sure his oxygen levels are right."
On July 10, another tweet said Cain himself described his status as "cruise control," because "the progress is slow but his breathing is getting stronger every day. Make no mistake: He is improving!"
The most recent update came Monday, when Cain's social media revealed that he was "being treated with oxygen for his lungs" nearly a month after entering the hospital. "He really is getting better, which means it is working," the update said.
Calabrese repeatedly declined CNBC's requests for additional information on Cain's condition throughout his struggle with the virus.
"We're not saying anything else beyond what we've posted on social media," Calabrese said in a July 7 email. "That's Herman's and Gloria's wish so I appreciate you respecting it."
In addition to his wife Gloria Etchison, survivors include his two children, Melanie and Vincent, Calabrese said.
— CNBC's Marty Steinberg contributed to this report.
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Around us we see decorations, holiday sales, and traditional holiday food and drink like egg nog and candy canes. Turn on the radio and you can hear Donny Hathaway croon "This Christmas" as well as Michael Jackson and his brothers let us know that "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." It's a magical, highly anticipated time of the year. There are hundreds of cartoons and movies to commemorate the occasion from the iconic A Charlie Brown Christmas to the modern classic A Christmas Story and everything in between. In recent years, I've become partial to The Proud Family's Christmas/Kwanzaa episode and it is heartwarming in my adult years to see Fat Albert's Christmas episode.
Last week I began thinking about traditional Christmas stories like the infamous T'was the Night Before Christmas that many of us have heard as a kid or read to a child as an adult. But then I thought, what holidays stories are told for us, by us? The Literary FUBU if you will.
Librarian and book collector Arthur Schomburg once said, "We need a collection or list of books written by our men and women." So true, so very true. Does the name Schomburg sound familiar? It should. As in the Arthur Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture part of the New York Public Library in Harlem.
I present to you some of the books that I was able to find that revolve around the winter holidays of Christmas and Kwanzaa that either have been written or illustrated by a Black person. Their names have been bolded below. It is my hope that if you know of other holiday books that fit the criteria, you will share them with The Brown Bookshelf family so we can all add to our bookshelves and add to that list that Arthur Schomburg dreamed of many years ago.
Thanks for sharing this! I'm the author of a just published (in October) book titled: "Kwanzaa: From Holiday to Every Day." It contains a resource listing of Kwanzaa books and music CDs for both children and adults. A few titles of interest for kids are: "Between Father and Son" (formerly "A Kwanzaa Fable") by Eric Copage, "Kwanzaa Celebration: Pop-Up Book" by Nancy Williams and "It's Kwanzaa Time!" by Linda and Clay Goss.
My book also lists hundreds of book, music and film gift suggestions, has a directory of stores and online sources for gifts and Kwanzaa-table items, a listing of public Kwanzaa celebrations to attend around the nation and an interview with the woman who hosted the very first Kwanzaa in their living room in 1966! Please ask you local bookstore to order it or visit amazon.com . And let's model for the youth how to live these principles all year!
I actually just realized last week when our holiday book requests started coming in that my library has a severe lack of Kwanzaa books. Hopefully that shall be remedied soon. Thanks for the list!!
Thanks Kelly and Don for the additions to the list!
Another site suggested a book of poetry titled Under the Christmas Tree by Nikki Grimes.
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MPs vow end to Conservatives' war on science
By Fram Dinshaw | News | June 16th 2015
NDP's Kennedy Stewart, the official opposition's Science and Technology critic, Liberal MP and former astronaut Marc Garneau, and Green Party leader Elizabeth May
Federal MPs from three opposition parties signed a pledge in support of science-driven policies after recent protests by federal scientists against the Harper government's cuts to departments and its muzzling of research.
Signing on at the June 16 press conference by Evidence for Democracy were NDP's Kennedy Stewart, the official opposition's science and technology critic, Liberal MP and former astronaut Marc Garneau, and Green Party leader Elizabeth May.
Stewart has already tabled three bills before parliament to restore Ottawa's scientific capacity, including restoration of the long form census, an ethical code to end muzzling of scientists, and the creation of a parliamentary science officer with the powers of an auditor-general.
Such an officer would be independent once appointed, be able to privately advise the prime minister on policies, and have greater powers than the previous adviser that existed under the former Liberal government, Stewart said.
But the NDP have a tough road ahead even if they are elected this fall, as they will have to tackle what Kennedy said was more than $1 billion in cuts to scientific funding and the firing of more than 4,000 scientists and researchers, which he said amounted to 15 per cent of government science staff.
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"For me, it's been a no-brainer for a long time — the importance for science to guide us in policy-making. Of course, that means all scientists being able to express themselves, but this government has muzzled them," Garneau said just before the conference.
He slammed the Harper government's elimination of the long form census in as an example of cuts to research that help build Canada's 'social database', saying that it made no sense and was "a typical example of how this government just doesn't understand science."
He also condemned Harper's decision to cut funding for the Experimental Lakes area in northern Ontario, saying that they provide provided vital data on acid rain and the effects of phosphates leeching into water, as well as the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) Arctic Research Facility, which provided information on ozone layer depletion in the far north.
Garneau said that funding for scientific research and departments had to be maintained even if the government received information it did not like, promising that scientists would be unmuzzled if a Liberal government was elected on Oct. 19.
A new Liberal government would create an online 'central portal' for all Canadians to access scientific research, as part of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's pledge for an open and transparent government if elected, he said.
Scientists working for the federal government must receive permission to speak to media or to submit peer reviews, according to Elizabeth May.
"I used to work in the Government of Canada in the eighties for the Ministry of Environment and there was absolutely nothing like government scientists getting permission from the minister's office to give interviews for media," she said.
She condemned the gutting of departments such as Environment Canada, Parks Canada, and Fisheries and Oceans. "It's an anti-science government."
Evidence for Democracy is pushing back in the run-up to October's federal election by promoting the implementation of a new government-wide communications policy to ensure that government scientists can speak publicly about their research and creating a new federal science office to advise decision-makers, according to a media release dated June 16.
"Scientists are now supporting this issue publicly," Dr. Katie Gibbs, Executive Director of Evidence for Democracy, said. "To my knowledge this is the first time Canadian scientists have mobilized to promote science as a federal election issue. The Pledge invites Parliamentarians and the broader community show their support for public-interest science and evidence-based decision-making."
"The trends we've seen in recent years are deeply troubling to many in the scientific community," Dr. Scott Findlay, Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Ottawa and Evidence for Democracy Board member, said. Trends include, "funding cuts to science, government scientists not being able to speak about their work, and decisions that appear to play fast and loose with scientific evidence."
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Krynki – dawna gromada, czyli najmniejsza jednostka podziału terytorialnego Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej w latach 1954–1972.
Gromady, z gromadzkimi radami narodowymi (GRN) jako organami władzy najniższego stopnia na wsi, funkcjonowały od reformy reorganizującej administrację wiejską przeprowadzonej jesienią 1954 do momentu ich zniesienia z dniem 1 stycznia 1973, tym samym wypierając organizację gminną w latach 1954–1972.
Gromadę Krynki z siedzibą GRN w Krynkach utworzono – jako jedną z 8759 gromad – w powiecie sokólskim w woj. białostockim, na mocy uchwały nr 22/V WRN w Białymstoku z dnia 4 października 1954. W skład jednostki weszły obszary dotychczasowej gromady Krynki oraz miejscowości Rachowik kolonia z dotychczasowej gromady Ozierskie ze zniesionej gminy Krynki w tymże powiecie. Dla gromady ustalono 27 członków gromadzkiej rady narodowej.
1 stycznia 1958 do gromady Krynki przyłączono część obszaru zniesionej gromady Pierożki (wieś Jurowlany).
31 grudnia 1959 do gromady Krynki przyłączono wieś Ozierskie ze zniesionej gromady Ostrów Południowy.
1 stycznia 1972 do gromady Krynki przyłączono wsie Górany, Nowa Grzybowszczyzna, Stara Grzybowszczyzna, Leszczany, Ostrów Południowy, Nowa Świdziałówka ze zniesionej gromady Górany.
Gromada przetrwała do końca 1972 roku, czyli do kolejnej reformy gminnej. Z dniem 1 stycznia 1973 roku reaktywowano gminę Krynki.
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Worship 101 continues this week with the part of worship we may most take for granted: Scripture. Our readings for this week tell of the importance of scripture to the re-formation of Israel after the Babylonian exile. One of our theological ancestors, John Calvin, thought the Word ought to be the center of worship. How do we do that? How do we choose scriptures, and why? How do we read scriptures in worship, and why?
PS: Our final sermon in Worship 101 is on the topic of Hymns, July 24. We also want to make a big poster for DMARC as we come together to fill our local food pantry shelves for August, traditionally their worst month. So July 24, bring your coloring hands, pictures of foods, drawings of food, and any small helpers you might know!
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The site of some of Spain's most intense historical rivalries, Cáceres is a fascinating mix of cultures and styles, ranging from the initial, Roman presence, to a significant impact by Muslim rulers during the period of Islamic rule, to the bombastic palaces that came to make up the city over the course of the Renaissance.
Use your holiday in Spain to discover Cáceres's top five sights, taking them in from the luxurious comfort of one of the finest Paradores' luxury and historic hotels, Parador Cáceres, a grand palace in the very heart of the city centre.
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Cáceres' Old Town: Recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the city's Old Quarter reflects a rich mix of Islamic, Gothic and Renaissance architecture. The city walls and many of the towers were built by the Almohads, while some traces of the ancient Roman wall can also be seen. The true masterpieces belong to the 15th and 16th centuries, when the aristocratic families built Renaissance palaces less focused on defence and more on ostentatious elegance. The Casa de Aldana and the Palacio Toledo-Moctezuma (built for the grandson of the Aztec who had greeted Cortes when he reached Mexico) are required stops.
Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe: Located in a valley surrounded by soaring mountains, this is one of the country's most important religious sites, as well as an architectural wonder, with artwork by Francisco de Zurbarán and Luca Giordano. It remains a pilgrimage site even today.
Plaza Mayor de Trujillo: The nearby city of Trujillo's Plaza Mayor is well-worth the visit due to its renaissance style and statue of its famous native son, conquistador Francisco Pizarro. Grand palaces and noble homes surround the long, rectangular square.
El Arco de la Estrella (Star Archway): This has been Cáceres' main gateway since the 15th century and it is crowned by a statue of Our Lady of the Star. It was here that the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabel, swore to obey the city's sacred laws.
Cáceres Museum: Located within two ancient palaces, the museum is a great way to get to know the city's history via the objects that shaped its evolution throughout its turbulent, multicultural history. The delicate Islamic arches within the Casa de las Veletas are especially worth seeing.
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Q: PlayOnLinux Excel on Second Monitor I installed Office with PlayOnLinux/Wine on my Ubuntu 20.04.
The application works fine, but I usually run excel on my second monitor.
When I drag the window, it won't fill the second screen as it fills the main monitor
The left monitor is full filled, but the right one above the excel windows is black.
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Watch: Willie Nelson "I've been smoking ever since I can remember"
Music icon Willie Nelson sits down with Rolling Stone to chat about his love of weed, the first time he wrote a song while high, and more.
Music icon and Country Music Hall of Famer Willie Nelson sat down to talk first-time experiences for Rolling Stone, tracking his long and storied career by touching on everything from writing songs and braiding hair, to his singular love of marijuana.
Watch: Willie Nelson chats with Rolling Stone
"I've been smoking something ever since I can remember", he recalls. "I grew up smoking cedar bark, grapevines, and then somewhere along the line Bull Durham cigarettes came – that's where I learned to roll pretty good."
That's probably why Willie Nelson is known as America's most legendary stoner, even though he recently gave up marijuana due to age-related reasons. He once told Rolling Stone that he is high "pretty much all the time", so much so that his wife Annie recently gifted him an expensive version of a gravity bong – best known for its staple use in high school house parties, where the bong can shoot an entire bowl of weed into the lungs in just one hit.
In fact, Nelson was preaching on the numerous medical benefits and economic potential of weed long before U.S. states began legalising it for recreational use. As he puts it, it's a medicine.
Which is probably why, at the age of 86, Nelson is a walking testament to the medical power of pot. In his Rolling Stone cover story interview in 2019, he explained his habits. "I'm kind of a canary in the mine, if people are wondering what happens if you smoke that shit a long time. You know, If I started jerking or shaking or something, don't give me no more weed. But as long as I'm all right."
Elsewhere in the interview, Nelson tries to remember the last song he wrote while high. "The first one is way back there," he smiles. The legend also talks about the first time he learned how to braid his hair, and – because weed is always front and centre for a Willie Nelson interview – being the "official tester" to his own Willie's Reserve line of marijuana. "I probably tested it before anybody else did," he says. "I think it's like sex – it's all good."
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Growth-aspiring organizations continually look for ways to improve their organizational performance. Employee training programs are common, but measuring the benefits and payback of these initiatives is difficult. To help answer these questions, The TRACOM® Group conducted a research study of more than 500 recent graduates of interpersonal skills training programs. These "end users" were asked about their training experience and the impact that training has in the workplace.
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Art Director Daniel Lopez Muñoz on Finding Pixar's "Soul"
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Women Take Charge in Our First Look at Terminator 6
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By Ashley Perlmutter
Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions are ready to terminate one more time. They've just revealed the first official Terminator 6 photo, and we can already decipher a lot. We finally get a clear image of the film's three lead characters, the glorious return of Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and the two new characters, Grace (Mackenzie Davis) and Dani Ramos (Natalia Reyes). Another exciting tidbit is the return of the franchise's iconic title villain/hero (depending upon whether you're recalling the original film or the epic sequel, T2) Arnold Schwarzenegger. Terminator 6 is shaping up to be a reunion—James Cameron is back as a producer, with Deadpool's director, Tim Miller, behind the camera. What a team!
Cameron's return as producer is significant. Terminator 6 is meant to serve as a direct follow-up to his game-changing Terminator 2: Judgment Day. So forget what you know from the franchise's most recent film, Terminator Genisys, because this film will pick back up to when Sarah is still alive and well in present-day. Other alternate timelines may even be involved, so the future of this film is still pretty hazy.
In a phone call interview with Business Insider, Schwarzenegger said: "I think [James] Cameron and [upcoming Terminator movie director] Tim [Miller] came up with a concept where they can continue on with the T-800, but make the movie a whole new movie. What they are doing now with this one is basically to just take a few very basic characters, like Linda Hamilton's character and my character, and dismiss everything else. Just move away from all these rules of the timeline and the other characters."
From the featured image, we can assume that Terminator 6 will be led by the women, and that this intense trio is ready for battle. We can see Grace's ornamental scars, Sarah's suited armor, and Dani rocking a mechanic's shirt. It looks like these women are ready to roll.
Although the synopsis for this film is still unclear, its been reported that Terminator 6 follows Sarah Connor and Schwarzenegger's T-800 as they attempt to protect Dani, a young Mexican woman. Terminator (Gabriel Luna) from the future haunts Dani, so it is up to Sarah and her trusty T-800 to save her. Grace will play a post-apocalyptic character and will aid Sarah and Dani on their mission. As for the rest of the film, we're unsure of what is to come, but we've got hope this franchise is back on track.
Official first look at the new #Terminator featuring Natalia Reyes, Mackenzie Davis and Linda Hamilton. Directed by Tim Miller (DEADPOOL). Produced by James Cameron and David Ellison. In theatres 11.22.19. pic.twitter.com/mOz3rxfbAN
— Terminator (@Terminator) August 1, 2018
Terminator 6 opens in November 2019.
Featured image: L-r: Natalia Reyes, Makenzie Davis and Linda Hamilton in 'Terminator 6.' Courtesy Paramount Pictures.
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This week in the catering industry
We take a look at three of this week's biggest news stories in the catering and hospitality industry that will be of interest to the kitchen equipment sector.
Walkabout owner posts loss
Intertain, the owner of bar-restaurant chain Walkabout, has reported a pre-tax loss of just under £5 million in its latest financial report.
Covering the year up to February 28th, the firms' results show its profit before deductions was actually higher than last year, with sporting events such as the Euro 2012 football championship helping to boost sales.
However, this could not prevent the company from seeing its total loss rise from £2.3 million to £4.9 million, while its turnover also suffered a fall.
Despite the negative results Intertain did manage to refurbish five of its Walkabout venues, but warned 2013 will be a "fallow" year, as the lack of a major football or rugby tournament means sales figures are unlikely to compare favourably with those from 2012.
There are currently 29 Walkabout outlets across the UK.
Brakspear enjoys good 2012
The parent company behind pub and brewery operator Brakspear has reported positive financial figures for the year ending December 31st 2012.
JT Davies & Sons saw its operating profit increase by 12.8 per cent to £4.6 million, while its earnings before tax and deductions was up by 20 per cent to £2.7 million. This growth was partly driven by a 3.6 like-for-like sales rise in draught beer and cider, while turnover expanded by 7.1 per cent to £16.4 million.
Tom Davies, the company's chief executive, said: "We're extremely pleased with these figures, which compare favourably to the draught volume declines recorded by many of our competitors. 2012 was a tough trading year for pubs generally and especially for the many Brakspear pubs with wonderful gardens that sat empty during the wettest summer for a century."
The company purchased five pubs worth a total of £7.4 million during 2012 and also invested £1.8 million into improving its existing estate.
Subway plots expansion
One of the most familiar quick-service food chains in the country is planning to expand.
In a phone interview with Bloomberg, Subway assistant regional director Mike Charest claimed the sandwich company aims to open between 800 and 1,000 new venues in Europe next year and the UK will be at the forefront of this expansion.
"Europe is the strongest, fastest-growing international market for Subway outside of North America and will continue to be," he told the news provider.
According to Mr Charest, the company plans to increase its UK presence from 1,544 to 2,000 stores by 2015. It has already opened 63 new venues in the country throughout this year.
Subway has a total of 4,018 stores across Europe and has launched around 500 new outlets annually over the past two years. It has plans to expand in Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden as well as creating a presence in Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia and Ukraine.
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Finding Your Tribe - BigReggaeMix.com - The Global Healing Station!
There is an old saying that "you can never go back home again." While that saying is true on some level, the biggest reason why most people say it is that they cannot relate to the world we live in now. Are you one of these people? I hope you will find these words of comfort. You are not alone out there.
Do we control technology or does technology control us?
Short answer: (My view) Technology is controlling us more and more as so many are addicted to the dopamine rush. Where do they get this rush? They get the rush from always checking their of their smartphone's for the latest Twitter, Instagram, Text or Like on FaceBook.
The technology grid you live in now has been in place for a long time.
enough time to get things done?
you are in the conversation?
Each and every day I am amazed at how fast time is speeding up. I have been able to slow up my day by making my life a lot simpler.
Movies, Television and Sports are mind control and diversion technology for the masses. The long-term goal is that we will think we are in control where we will not be in control of anything.
We're on the verge of a revolution — very soon, computers are going to start programming us, through ideas, culture, and eventually, our DNA.
We may have no idea this is happening to us.
To understand this, you really should start with the article "Artificial intelligence chatbots will overwhelm human speech online; the rise of MADCOMs." There, I explain how emerging AI technologies will enable machine-driven communication tools (MADCOMs) that dynamically generate content for marketing, influence, politics, and manipulation. These MADCOMs will be running influence campaigns 24/7/365 all across the social web. But since the MADCOMs won't be able to differentiate the human accounts from the machine-driven accounts, MADCOMs will run information ops on machines and people. The machines will talk back and run their own influence campaigns. The end result is the Internet being swamped by machines talking to other machines.
Much of this content will be dynamically generated. Sure, humans will configure the AI tools and give them objectives, but their content will evolve based on machine learning. And as they communicate and influence other machine-driven accounts, the MADCOMs behind them will evolve their content as well.
The end result could be machines becoming the driving force in our culture.
AIs are already creating news articles, novels, music and screenplays. Soon they will create memes, write jokes, drive political conversations, and promote celebrities. They will probably be jabbering away on Reddit and 4Chan, trying to convince humans that Coke is the real thing or that 9/11 was a coverup. They will be spinning all sorts of wild tales.
And in doing so, our creations will be programming us, through culture.
In thinking about thinking, I have always thought that we overestimate our free will and are in fact a sum of our sensory inputs and inner dialogue. We have a basic hardware — our personality in the Myers-Briggs fashion — and that doesn't change much over time. The theory used to be that it was fixed at a very young age, perhaps in utero. But recent research shows personality is highly malleable throughout life. Regardless, we can think about personality like hardware — you might change your computer many times throughout life, and it's a bit more persistent.
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Q: Creating user registration/login website I thought of creating a website where users can register and login to their accounts. I want to use the Ruby language combined with my html/css/javascript/jquery knowledge. The problem is I don't know how or where to start.
Of course I'll need a database, maybe MySQL?
I read about Devise, I have no idea how these work.
In short, I want to be able to create a form (this I can do) that will store registered users in a database and make them able able to login to check their accounts and do some stuff.
What am I missing? What do I need to do? Can someone please point in the beset direction how to start something like this?
A: For a database, look at starting with SQLite. It's plenty capable for your initial experiments.
To test using SQLite, I recommend using the Sequel ORM ("Object Relational Mapping") gem. The big advantage to using Sequel is you don't have to learn SQL or a query language to talk to the database right away. You can concentrate on getting your code working instead. Sequel is also a great shim-layer between your code and the database, that abstracts the specifics of connecting and talking to it, making it easy to move from one type of database to another with no, or very minimal, changes to your code.
Look at using HAML with Sinatra for generating your HTML. It's a great templating engine for HTML that can really clean up your HTML and ease the task of embedding Ruby's variables or control structures.
A: The best way is to work in Ruby On Rails framework which is a framework developed by Ruby language.
You can get the tutorial here
You can check the video tutorials here in railscast
It will be easy after learning Ruby on Rails
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Diamond Sevens is a pretty basic classic slot that deals with diamonds. All it has is limited to three reels, a single payline, and ten winning combinations. During the spinning of the reels the following symbols will come your way: Sevens, Bar, and Cherries. Microgaming is responsible for your pleasure and comfort, ladies and gentlemen, so stay completely calm and enjoy the gaming process!
Diamonds Sevens offer the maximum jackpot of 2,500 coins, while the biggest bet is $15. Not bad for a basic slot, but still not the best offer on the market, so to say. An in-betweener.
Before you start hunting for Cherries, Bars, and the like, pay close attention to the payout chart, where all of the possible winnings are indicated together with their respective values. As the tradition goes, slot machines use their own special currency (coins), so, to convert them into actual and more tangible dollars, multiply the number of coins you have won by their nominal value indicated in the payout chart – and you're done!
There is nothing more to add, really, except that the slot machine features a minor jackpot of 1,000 coins. No additional symbols or prize games are available, which makes the slot elementary and as simple as ABC. If you are looking for sancta simplicitas, with Diamond Sevens you won't need to go on searching.
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Anyone else going through this combination? Trying to find any hope in success stories or progress.
Triggered tonight and go for my 5th IUI Sunday.
I am doing the same thing this month except gonal f instead of folllistim. I've read a lot of success stories about this working for people who didn't have success with femara alone.
How were the folllistim injections? I'm only on cycle day 6 right now.
I replied on the duplicate post, did it get deleted? Anyway, I am doing the same protocol this month. My Iui is tomorrow. On Sunday, I had 1 18mm snd 1 14 mm. I took an a additional shot of Follistim on Sunsay, hopefully by Tuesday am, both will have pushed about 4 more mm. Fingers crossed! How was yours?
Sorry @nwt I duplicated post when I didn't get response on the other feed. My mistake. I wrote a novel on the other post, if you'll reply there.
@mtw come over to the other post on IUI board so we can stay together!
I am doing 7.5 Femara (Day 3 to 7) and 150 follistim(Day 7 - Day12) for day 6 days and Now I have 4 mature follicles and all are at size 17-19mm.
Planning to do Shot today in evening and IUI on Wednesday.
Any one had success after 4 mature follicles and IUI?
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found the attached symbols imprinted on every page of the book. They are the same symbols throughout. In the Ancient Arrow as well only slightly different. None found in Quantusum... All this through the Spiritstate site.
I will double this post on the Ancient Arrow section as well.
Probably, it would be kind of Digital Watermark.
However, this is very mysterious…indeed.
I feel somehow genetic images from these symbols.
Wow, yours are different than mine!! I hope that doesn't mean we have to get everyone having access to the books to do the same so as to figure this one out!
Did you try the other book so as to check resemblance? Mine was different in only a handful of symbols..
Actually this issue had discussed on this forum in 2011.
It seems there are a couple of patterns in terms of "symbol sets".
I understand the fact that it would be a fail safe for not copying, something that must have changed as an approach with the next books as the watermarks aren't there. It would even be able to track down who uploaded the content as the symbols are uniquely placed on the page for each reader.
So you doubt it is actually meaningful in any fashion?
Many forum members feel the connection with chromosome.
Above images contain abnormal chromosome.
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If you're looking to move up a major PostgreSQL release (like 9.1 to 9.2), here's my standard safe/quick way to do it. I'm using Windows in this example, but other than service management specifics it shouldn't be too different on other platforms.
Install the latest PostgreSQL in a different directory with a different port (the Windows installer will automatically bump it up to 5433 if it detects another Postgres service).
Tweak out your postgresql.conf and pg_hba.conf files to your normal settings and install whatever extras you need (i.e. PostGIS) on the new server.
Translation: dump everything from the Postgres server on port 5432 into the one running on 5433. And it gets everything - databases, user roles, extensions, etc. You'll have an exact duplicate of your production server in no time flat.
Now for the stop-play dance. Hit stop on the new service, change the port in postgresql.conf to 5432, hit stop on the old service, and hit start on the new service. Bob's your uncle, updated server in production with 4 seconds of down time (depending on your mouse reflexes).
Set the old service to Disabled so it doesn't try to pop back on after the random it-keeps-things-running-smooth Windows reboot (insert generic Microsoft rant here).
That has been my PostgreSQL upgrade method for a while, and it has never let me down. The great thing is your old service is sitting there twiddling its thumbs - if you run into a problem stop the new service and crank the old one back up.
Edit: If you're on a Windows box and you have your path variable set to your old PostgreSQL bin directory, don't forget to point it to the new one.
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Air strikes target capital of Ethiopia's Tigray; 3 civilians dead
Posted byamongthefray October 18, 2021 Posted inNews, World NewsTags:Abiy Ahmed, Africa, Air Strikes, Amhara, Authoritarianism, Axum, Civil War, Civilians, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ethnic Cleansing, Famine, Food Shortage, Foreign Policy, Genocide, government, International Relations, Investigation, Kindeya Gebrehiwot, Legesse Tulu, Market, Massacre, Mekelle, Militants, Military, Militia, Prime Minister, Tigray, Tigray People's Liberation Front, Togoga, UN, War Crimes
The raids, confirmed by two humanitarian workers, came days after a new military offensive was launched against Tigray forces.
Ethiopian military air strikes hit the capital of the Tigray region and killed at least three people, witnesses said on Monday, returning the war abruptly to Mekelle after several months of peace.
Oct 9, 2021: Tensions escalate in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region
Ethiopia's government, however, dismissed the reports.
The raids, confirmed by two humanitarian workers, came days after a new military offensive was launched against the Tigray forces who have fought Ethiopian and allied forces for nearly a year.
Kindeya Gebrehiwot, a spokesman for the Tigray authorities who lives in Mekelle, told The Associated Press a market was bombed on a busy shopping day and many people were wounded.
Two Tigrayan Americans who live in Denver, Colorado, spoke about the genocide happening to their families and homeland by the Ethiopian government. Fighting-in and blockades-against the Tigray region of Ethiopia has intensified as of late. https://t.co/niptiwcEfE pic.twitter.com/meYt2N0TtG
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) October 17, 2021
Another resident, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation, said the first air strike occurred just outside the city and three children from the same family were killed. The resident said at least seven people were wounded in the second attack, which also badly damaged a hotel.
Mekelle has not seen fighting since late June, when the Tigray forces retook much of the region and Ethiopian troops withdrew.
Since then, Ethiopia's federal government has called all able citizens to crush the Tigray fighters who dominated the national government for 27 years before being sidelined by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
Tigrai TV – controlled by the region's ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) – said the attack on the city of Mekelle was carried out by "Abiy Ahmed".
A government spokesman denied air strikes were launched on the regional capital.
"There is no reason, or no plan, to strike civilians in Mekelle, which is a part of Ethiopia, and home to our own citizens. This is an absolute lie," Legesse Tulu, head of the government communication service, told AFP news agency.
"It is a total and absolute lie of the TPLF junta, just to misguide the international community, to create pressure on the Ethiopian state."
Attacking markets
The TPLF said the aerial assaults were designed to inflict civilian casualties.
Oct 16, 2021: Ethiopia's Tigray racked by world's worst hunger crisis in decade
"Monday is market day in Mekelle & the intention is all too palpable," TPLF spokesman Getachew Reda said on Twitter.
The last time the Ethiopian military carried out an air strike near Mekelle was in June, when a market in Togoga outside the city was hit and at least 64 civilians were killed. Soldiers for hours blocked medical teams from responding to victims.
#Ethiopia 🇪🇹: footage by #Tigray regional media shows the impact of the airstrikes on #Mekelle. One strike was on the outskirts of the city and only seemed to have hit some cattle. The 2nd strike was near the Planet Hotel, a prominent hotel which is often used by #TPLF officials pic.twitter.com/j4ggTbEHdF
— Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge) October 18, 2021
Conflict erupted between the TPLF and the Ethiopian central government last November.
Government forces swiftly drove the TPLF from Tigray's cities and towns, but the rebels retook most of the region, including its capital, by late June.
William Davison from the International Crisis Group said pressure from the African Union is key to bringing the warring factions to the negotiating table to end the deadly conflict.
He noted the African Union's new envoy – Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria's former president – is leading an investigation into war crimes committed during the fighting and is a key figure in mediation efforts.
"What we have is a gigantic political problem that is driving this conflict. I think everyone is looking to the African Union envoy to really impress on these Ethiopian parties that unless they change track here then the country is just going to be on the path to increased deterioration," Davison told Al Jazeera.
In July, the TPLF pushed into the neighbouring Afar and Amhara regions, a move it said was intended to prevent government forces from regrouping and to break what it describes as a humanitarian siege of Tigray, where the UN estimates hundreds of thousands face famine-like conditions.
Last month, Abiy's office said the TPLF had "suffered great losses" and been "routed" from Afar, while the TPLF said it had withdrawn troops from the region to focus on other fronts, including in Amhara.
Last week, TPLF spokesman Getachew told Reuters news agency the Ethiopian military and allies from the Amhara region were fighting the Tigrayan forces on several fronts, in both the Amhara and Afar.
Pleas from the United Nations, the United States, the European Union, and African nations for the warring sides to stop the fighting have failed, even as the US threatened new sanctions targeting individuals in Africa's second most populous nation.
The war has killed thousands of people and forced more than two million to flee their homes.
Feb 27, 2021: Eritrean soldiers have been accused of killing hundreds of Ethiopian civilians in a 24-hour massacre late last year. Amnesty International says the attack on the city of Axum came as Ethiopian federal forces retook the capital of the Tigray region after a deadly battle. Al Jazeera's Malcolm Webb reports.
There have been myriad reports of massacres and atrocities, including rape and extrajudicial killings, and hundreds of thousands of people suffering famine.
The Tigray forces have said they are trying to pressure Ethiopia's government to lift a deadly blockade imposed on the Tigray region since the dramatic turn in the war in June.
But witnesses in the Amhara region have alleged door-to-door killings and other atrocities against civilians by the Tigray fighters — an echo of the atrocities that Tigrayans reported at the hands of Ethiopian and allied forces earlier in the war.
Ethiopia's foreign ministry accused the TPLF of "crying wolf" over Monday's alleged air strikes, and said the rebels had themselves "launched widescale unwarranted attacks against civilians".
"The government of Ethiopia is deeply dismayed by the reticence of the international community to condemn the perpetuated atrocities of the TPLF," it said in a statement posted on Twitter.
It also again accused the TPLF of hindering humanitarian aid supplies to Tigray despite famine-like conditions.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/18/air-strikes-hit-capital-of-ethiopias-tigray-regional-media
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Welcome to the Fifth Generation
As most of you know, I've played the occasional round of golf over the years. So it is impossible for me to start anywhere other than the 18th green at Augusta as Tiger Woods rolled in the putt which gave him his 15th major, after a gap of 11 years.
Tiger's had his problems. We all know that. We all know that his behaviour has sometimes fallen short of certain standards. But leaving that aside, to come back from all the operations, the injuries and the headlines to win another major is an astonishing achievement. And he's 43 – as many of us who are a similar age will testify, that's the age at which your body doesn't always want to co-operate…
So let me add my congratulations. What an example of dedication and a sheer, bloody-minded refusal to be beaten.
On to business, and the blog on a Wednesday morning – on the simple grounds that Friday may find you with better things to do than read my thoughts on 5G, the 'fifth generation' of mobiles.
Two weeks ago both South Korea and the US launched commercial 5G services. This should bring a 'new wave' of capability and connectivity for smartphone users, with Samsung claiming that its Galaxy S10 5G will offer speeds that are up to 20x faster than current phones.
What will 5G do?
What will it do? 5G will simply be faster. Users should get more data, get it faster and enjoy better and more stable connections.
Quoted in a BBC article, Ed Barton, chief entertainment analyst at Ovum, said the shift from 4G to 5G would be significant. 1G brought voice, 2G gave us text, 3G images and photos and 4G enabled video. "We're expecting the leap from 4G to 5G to be a much greater leap than ever before," said Barton.
The current 4G offers download speeds of around 20Mbps. That is enough to download a movie in HD in 30 minutes. 5G will offer download speeds of 500 to 1,500Mbps – so you will be downloading your Saturday night movie in around 25-30 seconds.
That's incredibly quick – clearly you cannot make a cup of tea in 30 seconds or nip to the kitchen for another can of beer – so providing you have a good connection, 5G will see everything becoming more or less instant. Which is fine in theory: there is just the thorny question of coverage. Or the lack of it…
Will 5G really improve coverage?
Possibly… Which areas do and do not get coverage is still very much a business decision made by the phone companies. You may feel – as I do – that a good broadband signal is now an integral part of life. If, for example, I stay in a hotel I am far more concerned about the broadband signal than how many channels the TV has.
You may therefore feel that our Government shouldn't stand any nonsense from the phone companies. But they do – and the phone companies will continue to weigh the cost of new towers against the potential revenue from users in that area.
Businesses continue to suffer
There is no question that UK businesses – especially in rural areas – are being held back by poor 4G connectivity. While 83% of urban homes and offices have complete 4G coverage, rural premises get less than half that, with no coverage at all in some remote parts of the country. As every member of TAB York knows as they drive around North Yorkshire…
For me, the roll-out of 5G across the whole country is essential. Nearly everyone I speak to sees it as far more important than HS2. It would be wonderful to see one of the phone companies really champion rural areas – and seaside towns, which are now also suffering because of poor connectivity.
Sadly, if past performance is any guide that's not going to happen. And that's a real shame – the PR benefits for any company that made a genuine commitment to genuinely giving the UK 100% coverage would be enormous.
But let's at least try and have the glass half full for the Easter weekend…
What will 5G bring us?
The most exciting answer to that question is, 'we don't know.' For example, once your smartphone could process payments and was aware of your location, it gave rise to companies like Uber and Lyft.
But you are not reading this for a pathetic answer like 'I don't know' so let's look into the crystal ball and come up with some 5G predictions. Although if you are in the UK, it may be a good idea to move to London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast, Birmingham or Manchester. These are the cities that are supposed to have 5G capability by the middle of this year…
Mapping and shopping
5G is going to allow your phone to know even more about you – and as the AI algorithms become ever-more powerful, expect your shopping to become more and more personalised. Just walking past Next? There's a notification on your phone, with a special offer, just for you. And the female side of TAB will be pleased to know that stick-thin models could become a thing of the past. 5G and augmented reality could allow the catwalk models to look exactly like you…
Driverless cars and smart cities
5G will undoubtedly speed up the arrival of driverless cars – and with every other lamppost acting as a base station those driverless cars are going to take in all the information they need from the smart cities they are driving through. Quite how those driverless cars will fare when the passenger wants to go into the desolate British countryside is another matter…
The cloud and security
Very clearly, 5G will see everything heading up to the 'cloud.' And that's fine – being able to access everything you need wherever you are – apart from the countryside and the seaside, of course – is vital for business. But so is security, and 5G has understandably given rise to plenty of security fears, especially where the Chinese company Huawei is concerned.
Like 3G and 4G before it, 5G is unquestionably going to change lives, businesses and industries. Five or six years from now I will be writing about a $100bn company that hasn't been founded yet. Like Uber, it will no doubt cause a 'crisis' in one sector of the economy. But we all know the old saying: the Chinese word for 'crisis' is made up of two characters – danger and opportunity.
Have a wonderful Easter. The blog will now revert to its traditional Friday, and will be back on May 3rd.
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I blame myself. My bicycle boy-racer days should have been over. I'd had two whiskies at the Duke of York, the night was dark, the lane was narrow and I knew well enough there were potholes. This one was a stonker. Crash, bang, wallop. Anyway I survived. I broke a few ribs but the crash helmet did its job, the ribs healed, the bruises faded and I live to tell the tale more than a year later.
I tell it now more as parable than anecdote. In a couple of weeks come important local government elections in many places. We don't think enough about local government, whose job it was to mend that pothole.
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Upon awakening from our harrowing cold and soggy night, I wanted to stay in the chilly sleeping bag forever. Eric got me out by reminding me that the truck was warm and dry and there was coffee waiting at a Dunkin Donuts near you!
We got coffee and breakfast sandwiches and tried to get our heads together.
We decided to check out a nearby state park that had cabins, on the long shot that they would have one available.
Because f**k that cold and wet business.
The state park was beautiful and Uber clean and neat. We got a cabin for two nights and went to pack up the tent . We opted to leave the tent to air out until the next day.
After running errands, we landed back at the cabin in the later afternoon.
We broke out the camp stove and made dinner and coffee.
Fill basket with coffee, fill pot with water to just below basket. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 10 minutes.
Attempt to not let it boil over and get coffee and coffee grounds all over the pot and new camping stove.
Using the trails in the park, we wore the heck out of the kids and by evening, they were ASKING to go to bed !
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Xinhua New Media
Ecuadorian president orders curfew, militarization in Quito as anti-government protests intensify
Source: Xinhua| 2019-10-13 14:59:02|Editor: Yurou
QUITO, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno declared curfew and militarization of the Metropolitan District of Quito on Saturday after 10 days of anti-government protests.
"I have ordered the curfew and the militarization of the Metropolitan District of Quito. It will take effect from 3:00 p.m. (2000 GMT)," Moreno tweeted. "This will facilitate the police action against the intolerable excesses of violence."
Shortly after he tweeted, Moreno reaffirmed his decision in a televised address. "I've order the Joint Command of the Armed Forces to take necessary measures and operations immediately."
Moreno said that those behind the acts of violence and vandalism in the protests "are drug traffickers, the criminals, the Latin Kings (the largest gang group in Ecuador), and the correistas (supporters of Ecuador's former President Rafael Correa)."
Moreno thanked indigenous leaders for agreeing to talks.
Ecuador's Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie) earlier said that it would take part in the "direct dialogue" after rejecting Moreno's invitation at first.
"We insist on the need for a direct and public dialogue on Decree 883 for its repeal or revision," Conaie said in a statement.
The government announced the elimination of fuel subsidies on Oct. 1, as part of an austerity package designed to reduce the public deficit in keeping with a 4.2-billion-U.S.-dollar loan deal with the International Monetary Fund.
Following the government's action, gasoline and diesel prices shot up and transport fares rose, prompting indigenous groups, union workers and students to launch a nationwide strike, which sparked violent protests.
Moreno declared a nationwide 60-day state of emergency on Oct. 3 to try to quell the protests with a stepped-up police and military presence, but demonstrations continued to intensify.
According to local media, protesters damaged Ecuador's congressional building and broke into the Comptroller General Pablo Celi's office on Tuesday.
Conaie denied any responsibility for the acts of vandalism, saying "those actions have nothing to do with our base."
The unrest led Moreno to relocate his government to the costal city of Guayaquil.
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The apartment in Encamp has 1 bedrooms and has capacity for 4 people.
The apartment is cozy, is a new build, and is 50 m². It has views of the mountain.
The property is located 300 m from Funicamp Grandvalira skiing resort, 500 m from Encamp city. The house is situated in a residential neighborhood in a suburb.
The accommodation is equipped with the following items: lift, 5 m² terrace, iron, internet (Wi-Fi), central heating, covered parking in the same building, 2 TVs.
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Detailed report on the dialysis center located in Gadsden, Alabama (AL).
Gadsden Dialysis is a large dialysis clinic with 24 stations based at 409 South First Street in Gadsden, AL. The for-profit facility is operated by Gambro Healthcare, which runs other dialysis facilities. The center was certified by Medicare in 1976. The facility offers in-center hemodialysis services. The patient survival category for this clinic is average.
Staff is made up of the full time equivalent of 6.96 registered nurses, 0.97 licensed practical nurses, 7.97 technicians, 0.64 social workers, 0.79 dietitians, 3.09 administrators, and 0.23 other employees. On call staff is made up of the full time equivalent of 0.25 doctors. A total of 146 Medicare patients were given outpatient care and services in 2006, and the provider was reimbursed $2,765,279 by Medicare. Gadsden Dialysis furnished 135,841 units of epoetin to patients in 2006, which is below average when compared nationally. The number of patients that have a URR of 65% or more is on par with national levels. Patients with a HCT of 33% or higher is close to national levels.
CiteHealth is not associated with Gadsden Dialysis. We do not endorse, sponsor, or take financial incentives from this provider.
Located 3.29 miles away in Rainbow City at 2800 Rainbow Drive.
Located 17.59 miles away in Boaz at 16 Central Henderson Road.
Located 26.43 miles away in Anniston at 901 Keith Avenue.
Located 28.96 miles away in Anniston at 711 Snow Street.
Located 33.07 miles away in Ft. Payne at 423 Medical Center Drive Southwest.
Gadsden has a total population of 38,978, of which 8,984 are children under the age of 18 and 7,822 are seniors 65 and older. The median age is 39.0.
The median family income is $31,740 while the median household income is $24,823. Roughly 22.13% of the population live in poverty.
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New Trek Show Ideas
June 21, 2018 UncategorizedPaul
According to rumors, there are a passel of new Star Trek shows under development, including the possibility of Patrick Stewart stepping back into his role as the smoothest of operators, Jean Luc Picard. I'd like to spitball a few ideas I would like to see made into shows.
Star Trek: Ambassador: Jean Luc Picard, now retired from Starfleet, has become the civilian diplomat everyone expected him to be. A gritty drama about the political machinations of the Federation as it deals with the various turmoils in the wake of the Dominion War. Tons of untapped potential to show a very different side of Trek using a fan favorite to secure the initial buy-in.
Star Trek: Dirty Jobs: Imagine Firefly, just in the Trek universe. A small ship with a quirky crew, but instead of quasi-outlaws, they're a clean-up/salvage crew that's basically following the Enterprise around, cleaning up various space debris from its encounters. Could be a sidequel to TNG, happening just in the wake of old episodes. Imagine the salvage from Wolf-359!EDIT: You're welcome for this idea, CBS. Now please option Star Trek: ShiKahr and cast Robert Carlysle.
Star Trek: Me and Q: Wesley Crusher, having been abandoned on the other side of the galaxy by the Traveler, meets up with Q, who realizes that Wes is one finger-snap away from being a Continuum member. Now a Q in his own right, Wes decides to travel the galaxy and is joined by a young Q love interest. A road show, romp through the unexpected. Frequent guest star John de Lancie! Also, and I say this with all seriousness, please put Wil Wheaton back into Trek because he is a treasure.
Star Trek: ShiKahr: A series set on Vulcan in the Surak contemporary period. We get to see the wars that lead to the Romulan exodus and Vulcans in their original, non-logical state.
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The IBM Blockchain Platform makes use of the most prevalent and popular open source Blockchain technologies, and is a big supporter and contributor to OS projects. As such, this documentation is based on the Hyperledger Composer docs, so you should expect to see commands, diagrams and screenshots of Composer.
IBM Blockchain Platform: Develop is an extensive, open development toolset and framework to make developing blockchain applications easier. Our primary goal is to accelerate time to value, and make it easier to integrate your blockchain applications with the existing business systems. You can use Blockchain Platform to rapidly develop use cases and deploy a blockchain solution in weeks rather than months. Blockchain Platform allows you to model your business network and integrate existing systems and data with your blockchain applications.
IBM Blockchain Platform: Develop supports the existing Hyperledger Fabric blockchain infrastructure and runtime, which supports pluggable blockchain consensus protocols to ensure that transactions are validated according to policy by the designated business network participants.
You can use IBM Blockchain Platform: Develop to quickly model your current business network, containing your existing assets and the transactions related to them; assets are tangible or intangible goods, services, or property. As part of your business network model, you define the transactions which can interact with assets. Business networks also include the participants who interact with them, each of which can be associated with a unique identity, across multiple business networks.
How does IBM Blockchain Platform: Develop work in practice?
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Q: What does 'computer murk' mean? I came across this term in Black Mirror S03E06 00:12:01. And I haven't found any explanation about it on Internet. The context is here:
"So you were in Tech Crime?"
"Digital Forensics. Computer murk."
"What happened, you get bored of it?"
A: It is either spelled correctly as "murk" or it is misspelled and supposed to be "merc".
MURK (from Merriam Webster ELL)
noun : darkness or fog that is hard to see through; also : dark or dirty water
That idea of dark and dirty could apply here. "Computer murk" would then mean dark and dirty secrets held on a computer. This makes sense because the next line lists things that definitely count as dark and dirty:
"You've seen what people tuck away on these. Schemes and kill lists, kiddy porn."
MERC short for Mercenary (from Merriam Webster ELL)
adjective : caring only about making money
If I heard the show without reading the script's spelling as "murk" then I would probably assume they meant "computer mercenary" and believe it was a made up title in this world for someone who gets paid to hack computers.
But the rest of the conversation doesn't really help this fit in. A mercenary is someone who gets hired and paid for one task and they change who they work for based on who is willing to pay more. So they don't talk about money in the next lines, and by saying:
"So you were in Tech Crime?" "Digital Forensics."
It sounds more like a real full time job, not freelance mercenary work. It's still a possibility though because the script's spelling of "murk" that I found could have been fan-written and not the official script.
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Barratt Milk Gums – The original ones which makes you hands all floury!
These milk gums are a classic retro sweet with a sweet milk flavour with dusting on top which makes your hands all sweet.
Classic milk bottle shape these are loved by children and adults alike.
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Fundraising, Funding sources, COVID-19 support and advice
Weekly funding updates - 7-10 December
ByDSC Research Team
Published on 7 December, 2021
John Lyon's Charity is providing grants of up to £5,000 to create opportunities for young people to engage with arts that have been curtailed by restrictions due to Covid-19. Applications are invited from arts and cultural institutions in London with registered charity status that has previously been funded by John Lyon's Charity; and state schools or nurseries based in the charities beneficial area in London, details of which can be found on the website. The fund has a rolling application process with no deadlines. For more information and to apply, visit the website.
Tuesday 7 December
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has launched a £4 million fund to help suicide prevention services meet increased demand as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Grants are available to voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in England that work to prevent suicide, particularly those that work with high-risk groups. Applications close at 17.00 on 16 January 2022. For more information and to apply, visit the website.
For information on 8,000 sources of funding giving a total of £8 billion, take a look at Funds Online.
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How would you like a glimpse into the future?
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Home » Buy | Sell » Country Club Communities at Smith Mountain Lake
One of the best ways to enjoy life at Smith Mountain Lake is to live in one of its premier country club communities. Below are some of the best you'll find in this gem, offering an unparalleled quality of life.
The Waterfront Country Club
Described as a place of exceptional and tranquil beauty, The Waterfront is one of the most desirable communities in Smith Mountain Lake. Established in 1977 by Willard Construction of Roanoke Valley, Inc., it's remembered to be the first country club community in Smith Mountain Lake. Hardwoods and a verdant countryside surround this luxurious enclave, where you can find one of Virginia's best golf courses.
Designed by George Dillon of the Fazio Group, The Waterfront's 18-hole, PGA Championship golf course covers an area that spans approximately 750 acres, including around 8 miles of shoreline. The extensive grounds give way to gorgeous vistas of the Blue Ridge Mountains, making the golf course's challenging layout deceptively beautiful.
Other amenities include the sprawling 22,000-square foot clubhouse where members can enjoy an exemplary fine-dining experience. Two outdoor tennis courts, a Junior Olympic sized swimming pool, and a state-of-the-art fitness center are also found within The Waterfront's lush grounds.
Potential homebuyers count rustic townhomes, single-family residences, condominiums, and custom homes as some of their housing options. Spacious home sites provide ample room for you to build your dream home at The Waterfront.
Residential Listings at The Waterfront
$859,900 122 Catamaran LN
Moneta, VA 24121 Listing office: BUYERS AGENCY OF SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE LLC
$640,000 494 Peaks View DR
Moneta, VA 24121 Listing office: MKB, REALTORS® - AT THE LAKE
$565,000 209 Peninsula DR
Moneta, VA 24121 Listing office: WAINWRIGHT & CO., REALTORS® (LAKE)
$489,950 681 Gangplank RD
Moneta, VA 24121 Listing office: RE/MAX LAKEFRONT REALTY INC
$489,900 106 Starboard LN
Moneta, VA 24121 Listing office: LYONS TEAM, REALTORS®
$399,900 150 Windlass Pointe DR
$374,000 845 GANGPLANK RD, 216
$318,500 265 Shore DR
Moneta, VA 24121 Listing office: CONTINENTAL REAL ESTATE GROUP INC
$315,000 305 S Pointe Shore DR, 202
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The Westlake Golf and Country Club
A semi-private golf community that features stunning vistas of Smith Mountain Lake while being conveniently located near modern amenities, The Westlake hits all the right spots. Residents enjoy a relaxing, country club lifestyle surrounded by the emerald fairways of The Westlake's premier golf course. Owned by The Willard Companies, this exclusive enclave is a thriving hub come summer with its exciting line-up of activities. It's a popular venue for banquets, parties, and receptions.
The Westlake boasts an 18-hole, 6,511-yard course designed by Russell Breeden, a legend among golf course designers. Players of varying skill levels are all invited to play in its pristine grounds that are regularly used for tournaments and events. A challenging combination of double doglegs and downhill tee shots are sure to test even the more advanced golfers.
Aside from the scenic golf course, The Westlake boasts an array of amenities, ranging from banquet facilities, to a pool and tennis courts, to a golf pro shop. All amenities are managed by The Westlake's well-trained staff, guaranteeing excellent service.
Single-family residences, vacant home sites, and custom-built homes that evoke a distinct and friendly Southern atmosphere are just some of the real estate options that await you at The Westlake.
The Water's Edge Country Club
One of the most exclusive and prestigious addresses in Smith Mountain Lake, The Water's Edge epitomizes the best of country club living. With unparalleled views of the tranquil waters of the Smith Mountain Lake and the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains, residents enjoy a harmonious life alongside the splendor of Mother Nature. With an assortment of world-class amenities and recreational opportunities, The Water's Edge is an exceptional place to live.
The Water's Edge's luxurious clubhouse features a modern fitness facility, a men's lounge, and several dining and bar areas, perfect for social gatherings. A full service equestrian center is also located within the community, perfect for aspiring equestrians as well as seasoned riders. The star of The Water's Edge, however, is its 18-hole private PGA Championship Golf Course. Designed by the late R.F. Loving, Jr., the golf course is ranked by Golf Digest as one of the best in the country. Member tournaments take place every month, helping foster friendly competition between members.
Three stunning neighborhoods are located within The Water's Edge. The Grande Villas feature 10 luxurious waterfront properties that boast private decks, covered slips, storage, and floating docks. Golfer's Crossing, on the other hand, sits on 25 acres. This lakeside neighborhood features 45 single-family homes, most of which are on the water, with floor plans that range from 2,250 to 3,600 square feet. Last but not the least is Village Green. The Water's Edge's newest community is just a short walk from the clubhouse, tennis courts, and pool.
Residential Listings at The Water's Edge
$8,950,000 205 Silver Tee DR
Penhook, VA 24137 Listing office: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESERVICES SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE REAL ESTATE
$3,200,000 136 East View CIR
$2,895,000 330 Upland Shores DR
$2,000,000 185 Blackwater CIR
$1,650,000 85 Blackwater CIR
$1,600,000 215 Low Country DR
$1,499,000 2895 Waters Edge DR
Smith Mountain Lake Real Estate
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Betty White supports gay marriage: 'I don't care who anybody sleeps with'
Betty White, whose status as a gay icon dates to the mid-80's popularity of the NBC sitcom "The Golden Girls," sat down with Parade magazine to talk her love of animals, her fans, and her belief that everyone should have the right to say "I do."
By LGBTQ Nation Friday, October 29, 2010
Betty WhitePhoto: PARADE
Betty White, whose status as a gay icon dates to the mid-80's popularity of the NBC sitcom "The Golden Girls," sat down with Parade magazine to talk her love of animals, her fans ("Gays love old ladies!") and her belief that everyone should have the right to say "I do."
"I don't care who anybody sleeps with," White told Parade magazine.
"If a couple has been together all that time – and there are gay relationships that are more solid than some heterosexual ones – I think it's fine if they want to get married. I don't know how people can get so anti-something. Mind your own business, take care of your affairs, and don't worry about other people so much."
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Let's just pause for a moment and take in how incredibly adorable this kid is! ...William! We had a great time at the Bishop's garden exploring all the flowers and the water! I love this kid's pure curiosity and ability to laugh on command..?? I mean, really- a photographer's dream! Thanks Brady family!!! It's been so fun watching this little guy grow up! Check out William's newborn shots here and 6 month photos here!
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In 2011, when I first started LadyB Wonderland I was healing from severe depression and as a part of my healing process I created this space to reflect on life from a brighter perspective.
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Clinical inertia in lipid screening and prescribing statins for primary prevention: Experience from a low-to-middle income country
Anne Thushara Matthias1, Mathotage Satheisha Nihari Padmasiri1, Batheegama Gamarachchige Gayasha Kavindi Somathilake1, Nethrani Sameera Wijesekara Pathirana2
1 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
2 University Medical Unit, Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dr. Anne Thushara Matthias
Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda
Introduction: Most adults who should be screened for dyslipidemia do not undergo lipid testing in low- to middle-income countries due to lack of resources and clinical inertia. Those eligible for statin therapy for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention are under treated possibly due to clinical inertia. This study aimed to find out the present lipid screening practices and prescribing of statins for primary prevention in a low- to middle-income country. Methods: This study was conducted at medical wards of Colombo South Teaching Hospital in patients with a first-time acute coronary syndrome (ACS), who have not been on treatment with statins and not diagnosed with dyslipidemia prior to this admission. Eligibility for lipid screening was assessed using U.S. preventive services task force recommendations. CVD risk prior to ACS was assessed by QRISK2 score. Lipid profile was done within 24 h. Results: Out of 125 participants, 70.4% had a QRISK2 >10 and were eligible for statins prior to their first episode of ACS. Eighty-four percent have not had a lipid screening and 91.4% were not aware of the need for it. 54.4% were not aware that the elevation of certain types of cholesterol leads to ACS. Of 125 patients (100 males/25 females), mean age 55.78 (26–82). Body mass index >23kg/m2 in 65.6%. 65.6% had some lipid abnormality. Total cholesterol >200 in 29.6%, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol >130 in 28.8%, triglyceride >150 in 31.2%, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol suboptimal in 67.2%. Discussion: Lipid screening is suboptimal. Most patients who were eligible for statins based on their CVD risk prior to their first episode of ACS, were not receiving statins prior to their first ACS. Patients should have their CVD risk estimated and statins should be given to eligible patients for prevention of ACS.
Matthias AT, Nihari Padmasiri MS, Kavindi Somathilake BG, Wijesekara Pathirana NS. Clinical inertia in lipid screening and prescribing statins for primary prevention: Experience from a low-to-middle income country.Int J Non-Commun Dis 2021;6:187-192
Matthias AT, Nihari Padmasiri MS, Kavindi Somathilake BG, Wijesekara Pathirana NS. Clinical inertia in lipid screening and prescribing statins for primary prevention: Experience from a low-to-middle income country. Int J Non-Commun Dis [serial online] 2021 [cited 2023 Jan 26 ];6:187-192
Available from: https://www.ijncd.org/article.asp?issn=2468-8827;year=2021;volume=6;issue=4;spage=187;epage=192;aulast=Matthias;type=0
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Of course, actually making that episode so was anything but mundane. Indeed, Gene Roddenberry's update on his optimistic vision of humanity's future set Trek on a blistering 20-year mission — including four TNG movies, three more Trek TV series, and an explosion in first-run syndicated TV — that no one could have foreseen. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of TNG, we're looking back at the genesis of the episode that (re)started it all.
Gene Roddenberry's first attempt to mount a new Trek live-action series came a decade before The Next Generation.
ROBERT H. JUSTMAN, original series producer, supervising producer on TNG I think [the idea for a new series] came about as a result of the sudden explosion of Star Trek reruns. It just gathered up a whole slew of people who had never seen the show. But the whole thing came to naught because of, I think, tense bargaining terms with respect to money.
DOROTHY (D.C.) FONTANA, original series writer, associate producer on TNG, co-writer of "Encounter at Farpoint" I think approximately six scripts were developed [for what was then called Star Trek: Phase II]. Then, Star Wars happened. Suddenly Paramount was saying, "Don't we have a franchise show that we could do that with?" The idea for a series, to my understanding, was put aside and they started doing the movie.
The idea for a new series sat fallow for several years as Paramount cranked out four Star Trek movies with the original cast before moving ahead with what would become The Next Generation.
JUSTMAN In the mid-1980s, Paramount realized that they were making zillions of dollars on this old television show and if they had a new one, they could milk the cow again. Gene had a peculiar way of getting people onto whatever show he was doing. I knew enough to know that when he called me to go to lunch and screen some films to look at the special effects, a new show was in the offing. This is late September, early October 1986. We saw a film called Aliens, and I said, "Jesus Christ, Gene, that was a great picture! But have you ever seen Blade Runner?" And [Gene said] "What's that?" He didn't know what Blade Runner was! I said, "You'd better take a look at that," and in the meantime, I just went to work.
FONTANA Late 1986, in the fall, Gene Roddenberry called me and said, "I'm interested in getting a new Star Trek series on the road." He outlined how he wanted it to be sometime after the original series. New cast, new characters. He invited me, Bob Justman, [original series writer] David Gerrold, and [original series associate producer] Eddie Milkis to put our ideas in. We wrote tons of memos.
Roddenberry also persuaded a young Paramount TV exec named Rick Berman to leave his post overseeing the new Trek and join the production full-time as a supervising producer.
RICK BERMAN, supervising producer There were three reasons not to do it. One, this was a sequel, and sequels on television had never been successful. Two, it was science fiction, and in the 1980s science fiction was not successful. And three, it was going to be syndicated, not a network program. But my desire to get into the ranks of producers was strong enough that I agreed.
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